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$2 • PH: 1300 4895 00 • EDITORIAL: editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au • Issue 628 • Thursday, August 15, 2013
6 charged with 11 offences in drug bust
Drag race fun for Black Mountain Unplugged
By COREY BOUSEN
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then there was plenty of optometry work required at Black Mountain Unplugged on the weekend, when this bevvy of blokes in dresses (plus one woman in a sombrero) took part in
the inaugural Drag Race on Saturday afternoon. You can see more photos from the Black Mountain Unplugged event on page 13 in this edition of the Cooktown Local News.
545 sign petition against flouridation of water
A PETITION, with 545 signatures against the fluoridation of the Cooktown water supply, was presented to the Cook Shire Council on Tuesday. In a letter that accompanied the petition, the ‘Safe Water for Cooktown People’ community group said: “We believe that the Cook Shire Council needs to consider this issue very carefully as this issue is not going to go away as more people become informed of the fluoride issues and aware of the latest peer reviews and research that are now published and available on the internet. “Sixteen Queensland local councils have now rejected fluoridation, either ending existing fluoridation, deciding not to proceed to use the newly built or partially built fluoride dosing plants, or voting not to proceed down the path of fluoridation any further, even though up until the end of November 2012 the Queensland Government legislation had mandated that these councils fluoridate their drinking water. “We are submitting this petition in the hope that Cook Shire Council will give due consideration to this very important issue and will do the same,” the letter states. Cooktown Mayor Peter Scott, in a letter to the
Kim Fowler, Rhonda Holland and Trish Allen presented the anit-fluoridation petition to the Cook Shire Council on Tuesday. neighbouring council and we appreciate it,” Councillor Scott told Cooktown Local News earlier this week. “The Council is always on the look out for cost saving measures and this was a gift, so why not?,” he said. The Mayor said fluoridation only costs the shire about $10 a day, with the freebie fluoride enough to satisfy the local requirements for about 2.5 years.
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Cooktown Local News (25 July, 2013), said the antifluoridation lobby has not been presenting a balanced view on the issue. “It is important that balanced and informed consideration be given to the contentious issues such as the current fluoride argument,” he said. Councillor Scott added that mass medication is “a popularly accepted convention” and highlighted that Coen, which has naturally-occurring high levels of fluoride in its water supply, boasts “significantly better” dental health than similar Cape York Peninsula communities. The presentation of the petition, which is expected to be discussed at the next Cook Shire Council meeting, coincides with the news that Tablelands Regional Council gifted Cook Shire Council with about $5000 worth of fluoride. The gift, which has been described as having “solved a waste disposal problem” for the Tablelands (see letter on page 2 of this edition), has been described as a welcome cost-saving by the mayor. “The Cook Shire Council has managed to reduce its fluoridation costs by getting this additive for free from a
A ROSSVILLE resident, 41, was caught with 109 marijuana plants, allege Queensland Police, as part of an operation on the weekend that saw six people arrested and charged with 11 offences in the Cooktown and Hope Vale regions. The local drug-busts were part of a wideranging operation on the weekend, from Port Douglas to Hope Vale, that saw the arrest of 30 people who were charged with 56 drug offences. Dubbed “Operation Cairns-Dragon”, raids included properties in the Cooktown and Hope Vale region, as well as Port Douglas and Mossman. Commenting on the operation, Cooktown Station Senior Sergeant John McArthur said: “Over the four days Monday, 5 August 2013, to Thursday, 8 August 2013, Detectives from Mossman and Cooktown, with the assistance of staff from Cairns Tactical Crime Squad, Port Douglas Station, Mossman Station, Cooktown Station and Hope Vale Station, executed search warrants at target addresses across Port Douglas, Mossman, Cooktown and Hope Vale divisions in search of evidence of drug related crimes.”
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letters to the editor Cooktown ‘drinks the fluoride Tablelands rejected’ INFORMATION recently obtained through Freedom of Information shows that Tablelands Regional Council, after deciding not to fluoridate the residents in their council area, sent their unwanted fluoride to Cooktown. Cook Shire Council obtained this unwanted fluoride for free. It certainly solved a big waste disposal problem for Tablelands Regional Council but it created a
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problem for those in Cooktown who want to see fluoridation ended. Cook Shire earlier this year bought in Tableland’s fluoride, estimated to have cost Tableland’s $5000, so that it appears that senior Cook Council staff must intend to continue fluoridating Cooktown’s water long time, even though mandatory fluoridation in Queensland was overturned late last year.
It is pity that Council, before agreeing to take on another council’s waste, did not seek the opinions of their residents, particularly when, in the last seven months, 16 Queensland councils have rejected fluoridation. Our association’s policy has always been that not a single person should have fluoridation forced on them. When fluoride chemicals are
added to the drinking water, it is hard to avoid fluoride. Fluoride Mass medication has always been a particularly contentious issue so it must be particularly galling to some in Cooktown to learn that they are drinking fluoride that John West, I mean Tablelands, rejected. Merilyn Haines, President Queenslanders For Safe Water, Air and Food Inc.
Prostate cancer Helpline available Time to put an end to It also demonstrated the about cancer, you can reach us IT has long been a concern of mine, and of Cancer Council Queensland, that the emotional and psychological impacts of cancer often go untreated, even though they are critical to a patient’s wellbeing. New research last m onth by CCQ and Griffith Uni highlighted the importance of supporting men who might feel distressed by prostate cancer. In Far North Queensland, around 170 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year - 1 in 7 of us in our lifetime. Our study confirmed many men distressed by prostate cancer do not access the psychological support they need to cope better and preserve quality of life.
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Thu 15. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30am. Fri 16. Rough N Ready, live in the Caf Bar 7.30pm @ The Sovereign. Sat 17. First day of Cooktown Horse Sports 2-day event at the race course from 9am. Live band featuring Black Image. Contact Raeleen 0428 695 609 for more information or to pre-nominate. Sat 17. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - 9am to 10am. Sat 17. Cooktown SSAA annual general meeting from 1.30pm. Sat 17. Fundraiser for Brenton Bowen @ the Top Pub, including bands Black Image and the Warrigan Clan. Sat 17. Pub Warming, barbecue dinner and live band Big Wheel at the Lakeland Hotel Motel. Sun 18. Second day of Cooktown Horse Sports 2-day event at the race course from 9am. Contact Raeleen 0428 695 609 for more information or to pre-nominate. Sun 18. Long Tan Day, Anzac Memorial Park, from 11am. Sun 18. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Sun 18. Greggo & Nelsen, live from 4pm on the Verandah @ The Sovereign. Mon 19. 9am, West Papua Freedom Flotilla. 'Meet and greet the sailing fleet', Cooktown Post Office. Tue 20. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30am. Tue 20. Free community barbecue supporting Angel Flight, from 11.30am in the Lions Park, hosted by the Cook Shire Council. Tue 20. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 21. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
effectiveness of a practical screening tool to diagnose distress associated with prostate cancer - welcome news, which will assist health professionals conducting routine checks and providing referrals to appropriate support. I also want to encourage men to have the courage to call on our help. And no matter where you live in Queensland, from Mareeba to Port Douglas to Karumba, Cooktown and the Torres Strait and beyond, we are here to help. Our Helpline is our first responder, providing referrals to our statewide no-cost Cancer Counselling Service. Whether you’re a patient or a family member, or just someone with a question
via the Helpline on 13 11 20. No one should feel alone on a cancer journey. It’s crucial to address distress so that patients have the emotional resilience to cope with the many physical symptoms of cancer. We also acknowledge an ongoing need for further research into patterns of distress in regional men with prostate cancer - to build on our current understandings of regional cancer disparities in Queensland. More information about Cancer Council Queensland is available via www.cancerqld. org.au or Cancer Council Helpline 13 11 20. Professor Jeff Dunn CEO Cancer Council Queensland
flouridation debate
IN response to the above letter, which was circulated by email on Monday, the author of this letter has asked for her response to be published in the Cooktown Local News. I do not wish to be privy to any further information regarding fluoridation. I think as a community both sides of this argument have been well represented. I do not actually want to keep reading articles such as this in the local newspaper. If the anti-fluoridation lobby has represented its case truthfully and to the best of its knowledge, then it shouldn’t have to go digging up petty information such as this. Not only that, but the anti-fluoridation lobby is jeopardising individuals’ integrity by putting pressure on them to disclose information of this sort, through right-to-information requests, regardless if they support non-fluoridation or not. It’s all hearsay and not worth the paper it’s written on! Michelle Hodgkiss
Amanda’s Showground at dusk
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CHURCH SERVICES Baptist: Hogg Street, near IGA, 9.30am Sun. Phone 4069 5155. Cooktown Community Church (AOG/ACC): Gungarde Hall, 9.30am Sun; Home Group 7.30am Wed. Phone 4069 5070, 0427 756 793. Catholic: 6pm Sat and 8.30am Sun, St Mary's, Cooktown. Phone 4069 5730. Anglican: Christ Church Chapel, Sun 8.30am. Phone 4069 6778, 0428 696 493. Lutheran: Hope Vale at 9am on Sunday, Cooktown. Phone either 4060 9197 or 0419 023 114.
THE winner of this week’s $25 meat voucher in the Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News photo competition is an almost surreal capture taken by Amanda Brooks of last weekend’s showground on dusk. Photographers are reminded they now have until 5pm today, August 15, to submit their entries for this week’s stage of the competition. Remember, entries need to be in full resolution - between 1mb and 10mb in size and they need to be forwarded as an email attachment to editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au And please include your contact numbers. Amanda’s winning entry will be printed and displayed in a gallery the IGA has prepared in their store.
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shows that Queensland has been the most-littered mainland state for the last three years. A shocking discovery considering that we pride ourselves on having one of the most naturally diverse and stunning locations in the world. So what can you do to help? Cook Shire Council encourages residents to report all witnessed littering and illegal dumping. If you witness an incident, take a note of as much information you can: dates, times, volume of waste illegally dumped, vehicle registration numbers, description of the person(s) committing the offence, etc. You can also report littering and illegal dumping to the DEHP online www. ehp.qld.gov.au or printed forms are available on request from Council. Remember that most
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Transfer Station. With such a large geographical area to protect and maintain, illegal dumping is difficult for Council to monitor alone. With successful grant funding from the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP), four surveillance cameras have been installed in various locations to ensure offenders are caught and made accountable for their actions. Littering and illegal dumping are crimes punishable under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 and enforced by Council’s Local Law’s. Fines for individuals start at $220 and businesses could receive fines up to $7040, depending on the volume and type of waste. If contested in court, fines can increase significantly up to $110,000.00. Research performed by Keep Australia Beautiful
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DESPITE efforts to make disposing of waste as easy and convenient as possible, Cook Shire Council is finding that littering and illegal dumping are on the increase. According to the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011, illegal dumping is defined as unlawfully deposited waste in volume greater than 200 litres (about the amount contained in an average wheelie bin) with all smaller amounts considered littering. Council is aware of several illegal dumping spots; some in close proximity to waste disposal bins. These areas require repeated cleaning up, adding unnecessary workload to Council staff at the expense of ratepayers. Resources allocated to these tasks could be reduced significantly if rubbish is disposed of in an appropriate and responsible manner. Cook Shire Council said it has a strong commitment to waste management, with programs in place to ensure our communities are clean, healthy and litter-free for the benefit of locals and visitors alike. In Cooktown alone, there are 27 rubbish bins available, in addition to three recycling skip bins, one Waste Transfer Station and a buy-back shop for unwanted second-hand goods. The communities of Lakeland and Ayton each have rubbish bins in several locations around town, as well as a dedicated recycling trailer and Waste
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Future of the School P&C in the balance THE future of the Cooktown State School P&C is hanging in the balance, with the two of the three executive positions remaining vacant after the recent AGM. Nikki Darvell, who was re-elected as President at the 30 July meeting, says the positions of treasurer and secretary need to be filled or the P&C, by law, will have to fold. “Having members isn’t a problem. We’ve got members but it’s having people to fill the executive positions that is critical,” Ms Darvell said. While there is a stop-gap arrangement to fill the secretary position, it is very urgent to fill the treasurer’s position, which doesn’t involve very much work, she said. “We’ve really got to find a treasurer, and that person must be someone who has a child attending the school, as they must have a child attending the school to be on the executive committee.” (Regular members of the P&C do not have to have a child attending the school). Ms Darvell said any unspent P&C funds, should the committee fold, will be given to the state government to be held in trust in the event that a P&C should be reformed sometime in the future. The P&C plays a vital role as the designated intermediary between parents and the school, as well as organising fundraising activities. But with Ms Darvell carrying most of the load in the past two years, the P&C has only been holding a couple of fundraisers a year, which include Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day sausage sizzles. “It’s a real pity but it’s always been the same. “We’ve always struggled to get executive members. I’m doing this job for my kids to ensure the get the best educational experience possible,” Ms Darvell said, adding that the P&C has been very effective in achieving positive outcomes for both students and the school. And for those who are hesitant to put their hand-up to join the committee, Ms Darvell highighted that the duties of both vacant positions are not too onerous. “You don’t have to be at every single meeting,” she said. The next P&C meeting is on Friday, 30 August, starting at 9.45am at the Events Centre and everyone is welcome. Anyone willing to help, but who can’t make the 30 August meeting, can also contact Ms Darvell by email at nikki@capecrusaders.net.au or by calling 4069 5564 and leaving a message.
Six charged with 11 offences in drug bust << From Page 1 The operation resulted in 30 offenders prosecuted for a total of 56 charges, including: supply of cannabis, production of cannabis, possession of amphetamines, possession of kapanol, possession of cannabis, possession of property (drug related), possession of drug utensils, failure to dispose of syringes and permitting a place to be used for drug offences, he said. Of those charged, a total of six people were charged with 11 offences in the Cooktown and Hope Vale region. “Street value of drugs and property seized during the operation is estimated at approx. $100,000,” said Senior Sergeant McArthur. Among those arrested was a 14-year-old boy in Port Douglas, who faces a charge of supplying dangerous drugs. Senior Constable Russell Parker, from Cairns Police, said those arrested were not linked. “This was not an organised drug ring, although some of the alleged offenders would be known to each other,” he told the Cairns Post. “A lot of them would just be lone offenders.” A 50-year-old Cape Tribulation resident faces five charges, which is the most of any alleged offenders caught during the operation. Those arrested will face caught in their respective jurisdictions in coming weeks.
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Freedom Flotilla to visit Cooktown A GROUP of activists, aiming to highlight the abuses of human rights by the Indonesian government in West Papua, are due to arrive by sea in Cooktown on Monday morning, 19 August. Locals are invited to come down to near the Cooktown Post Office at 9am to meet the people of the “Freedom Flotilla”, with three vessels expected to arrive from Cairns with about 20 people on board. Described as a “unprecedented event of creative resistance to the Indonesian occupation of West
Papua”, the flotilla began it’s journey from Lake Eyre in June and is scheduled to depart from Cairns on 17 August. After picking up some supplies in Cooktown, the Flotilla will sail northwards to the Torres Strait and then will attempt to sail to West Papua, although the flotilla members have been refused visas by the Indonesian government. Local Cooktown boaties are invited to welcome the flotilla into Cooktown or to join the flotilla for any part of the trip north, organisers said.
The Indonesian military invaded West Papua in 1962 and made it a province of the country and has repressed political dissenters ever since, costing the lives of many. “We’ve spoke to many locals throughout the entire journey and they are giving their full support to bring peace and stability to West Papua. “We are acting as peace keepers to shine the light on the ongoing atrocities that are happening every day just across the Strait from Cape York”, said West Papuan activist Ronny Kareni.
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BLACK IMAGE & WARRIGAN CLAN a delectable hour of enlightenment and humour. North American cellist Zuill Bailey’s playing was heart-stopping. Nicholas Daniel (U.K.), arguably the world’s best oboe player, gave spinetingling performances that were too good to be true. Violinist Gil Morgenstern (U.S.) played with great sensitivity and young Latvian-born Ksenija Siderova thrilled the audience by playing fast and quirky music with fantastic rhythms on the piano accordion. Ksenija’s whole body danced to the music, living every bit of it with facial expressions and lively eyes as she sat operating her 20-kilo accordion with amazing skill. Her instrument, being modern, was not limited to ump-bah-bah. She produced magical sounds that we had never imagined possible from a piano accordion. She told us that at the end of her Year 9 school year she had been awarded a scholarship to the London Royal College of Music, one of five places for students of that instrument. And, she would love to come to Cooktown!
Piers Lane’s life is one constant whirlwind of world travel to perform with top orchestras to audiences of thousands. His playing is sensitive and virtually flawless. Piers always remains cool and relaxed with a genuine smile and time to listen, even at the Townsville Festival, despite 10 days and nights of demanding work with limited rehearsal time and 40 performers to be kept in the loop at all times. How fortunate we are to have this wonderful man devote time to Far North Queensland. In 2008 his insightful advice was of great assistance in deciding on the purchase of our superb Yamaha piano at NPH. Plan now to represent Cooktown in Cairns for the 2014 concerts; Sunday evening 10 August at the Civic Theatre where a bar is open at interval, and at Whitfield House on Monday morning where a delicious morning tea is provided. Everything about it is lovely. Your presence would be appreciated and you would not be disappointed.
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RIGHT: With pianist Piers Lane (left) are local chamber music lovers Liz Milne, Herman Soenario and Jacqui Sykes during their recent visit to Cairns.
ON Sunday, August 4, a group of Cooktowners went to Cairns for the last two concerts of the 23rd year of the Townsville Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Chamber music is composed for performance in the intimacy of a music room or small hall by a group of accomplished instrumental musicians. This is the second year that the last two festival concerts have been held in Cairns, with support from the James Cook University. Some of the best instrumentalists in the world come to Townsville for the festival. The pianist and artistic director is Piers Lane whose mother was born in Townsville and whose grandparents lived in Innisfail. Since 1979 Piers has been based in London where, until international engagements intervened, he was a professor of piano at The Royal Academy of Music. Piers, who is well known to BBC Radio 3 listeners, interviewed each of the 4 performers which, as always, was
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Unfortunately for them, he will have to touch on specifics soon and the results could be, well, interesting. Opposing Tony, we have Kevin the Weasel. Kevin is remarkable because many people genuinely like him. On the other hand, the people who actually know him - his colleagues and people who have suffered him as a boss - absolutely loathe him. At one stage they called
WHILE walking down the street one day, a “Member of Parliament” is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.” “No problem, just let me in,” says the man. “Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up,” St Peter says. “What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven, then you can choose where to spend eternity.” “Really,” says the MP, “I’ve made up my mind, I want to be in heaven.” “I’m sorry, but we have our rules,” re-enforces St Peter. And with that, St Peter escorts him
him Dr Death, behind his back, of course. The Labor Party is not a fundamentally happy place at the moment, and the prospect of a big defeat has made things worse. Enter the White Knight, parachuted into a winnable Labor seat. Yes, it’s Peter Beattie to the rescue, and there he was sharing a platform with The Weasel as if they were old chums - which they definitely are not. Still, Peter looks good,
and I have a lot of time for him after I learned that, as a young man, he had been bopped on the head with a police truncheon and thrown into the Watch house during an anti-apartheid demonstration. He may well win extra votes for Labor - a man to watch. And then we have the Tweedle-Dum and TweedleDee of the elections - Clive Palmer and Bob Katter. Both of them can talk sense, and they don’t have
One for the political cynics to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne. Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly and nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realises it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell
and waves while the elevator rises. The elevator goes up, up, up and the door re-opens on heaven where St Peter is waiting for him. “Now it’s time to visit heaven,” St Peter said. So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realises it, the 24 hours have gone by and St Peter returns. ‘Well then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in heaven, now choose your eternity,” he said to the MP. The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: “Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.”
embarrassing histories in govView ernment. from They the Hill could well garner some significant protest votes, but don’t expect either of them to be Prime Minister just yet. If they did well enough to form a parliamentary block, wouldn’t that be interesting? They would keep the big boys honest, and that would be great for Australia.
So St Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. “I don’t understand,” stammers the MP.”Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. “Now there’s just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. “What happened?” The devil looks at him, smiles and says, “Yesterday we were campaigning, today you voted.”
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Start the cameras rolling for Cooktown Film Festival LIGHTS, camera, action! Get yourselves organised and start filming for the Cooktown Film Festival on Sunday ,October 27. A three-day workshop, funded by a Queensland Regional Arts Development Fund, will see Director Jed Cahill and his crew from In The Bin Pty Ltd travel to Cooktown to hold these community workshops. Co-ordinator of the C/ Town Asylum Productions, Sarah Henderson said the festival is going to be a stellar event on this year’s calendar: “We are very fortunate to have Jed and his crew visit Cooktown again, and the three-day workshops involve assistance with scriptwriting and story-boarding, best filming practices and video editing techniques. “Being taught by a team of professionals for three days will give participants the opportunity to further develop their videography skills. And it’s free!”. Starting on Friday, October 25, the participants will need to be available for all three of the full day workshops and need to separate into four groups and decide on a script to produce. To add to the Film Festival’s festivities, Jed will also be holding Superfly workshops with school students on Thursday, October 24 “These workshops will be loads of fun and the videos that are created from here will be played on the night
of the Film Festival, I hope I get to have a turn after the students!” Sarah said. And if that isn’t enough silver screen action for you, there will also be a Silent Movie Night on Friday, October 26 where the sound effects will be spontaneously created by some local musicians and artists in town. “This is a good opportunity to have a fundraiser for our group, as we are trying to purchase a laptop and video editing software,” she said. “If you’re interested in helping out, we’d love to hear from you.” The venue and time for this is yet to be confirmed. Similar to last year’s “Cooktown in a Minute” Film Festival, C/Town Asylum Productions will be having a competition as well to see who can create the best video. There are five different categories this year and the videos will be judged by the most creative and entertaining way of using the theme, “Community”. Prizes will be awarded to the Best Adult entry (+18), Best Child’s entry (-18), Best Community Group, Best School entry and the popular, People’s Choice Awards. Entries need to be submitted by October 11 to be entered into the Festival. Sarah said she hopes she can double the amount of entries received last year: “20 entries would be a fantastic result, so if you’re into this
sort of thing, you better get filming!”. People who are interested in these free workshops are urged to contact Sarah if they want to be involved. “Time is of the essence and if you have an idea you want to turn into a script and film for this festival, please contact me asap!” she said. The next meeting will be held at 10am on Saturday, August 24. at the Cooktown Bowls Club. Contact Sarah Henderson (0417 622 655) for further information or if you would like to donate a prize to the Festival.
2013 “Community” Cooktown Film Festival organisers Faye Pini, Sarah Henderson and Roz Smith meet to discuss this year’s event. Photo submitted.
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A travelling man who settled in Cooktown By ERIC GEORGE ONE of our local assets is a widely known bush poet - Martin Pattie. Cooktown probably knows him better as Marty the gardener and contributor of gardening columns to the Cooktown Local News.
We sat together over a coffee and talked about the things that made him who he is, and how he sees his home town. Is Martin a local lad? “Yes, probably, for me anyway. I’ve been here 10 years and that’s the longest I have spent anywhere.
“Since I left home I have never spent longer than 12 months anywhere. I was born and bred in Ballarat. “Dad was a school teacher and jazz musician; mum is a farm girl. A standard family, me and my sister, a two-bedroom home in a suburb of Bal-
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larat.” Is Martin saying he used to be normal? “Yeah - I don’t know what happened. I didn’t like school. Just the concept of being told you had to learn something. As a young fellow I just wanted to get out on my own. “I finished school with mediocre grades, accepted an arts course place but took the year off. “That’s when I first came to north Queensland, on a fruit-picking journey. Tomatoes, picked tobacco around Mareeba, came to Cooktown in about 1990. “ A f t e r a y e a r, a n 18-year-old man having a lot of fun, earning a bit of coin, there was no way I was going back to university. I just kept on moving. “It was a good life. I just followed the seasons; I picked grapes, went over to Western Australia, went up to Darwin and picked mangoes. “I was intrigued by going to new places and meeting new people. I bought a ticket to Bali and island-hopped through Indonesia. It was good fun.” Martin’s story so far was one of travel. Did he come back to Australia? “Yes, but I went overseas again. I spent a few years overseas. I did the standard tour. England never really tickled my fancy. I went right up to the far north of Scotland as a chef in a sea-food restaurant. “ I c o u l d n ’t s t a n d the winter up there; the days are so short. It’s the suicide season because it’s so dark and morbid and depressing. I went to India for six months and
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went back to manage the same restaurant. “That’s where I met my wife. She was still a young thing. “She latched onto me, and she’s still latched. When we came back we still lived that traveller life. We landed in Perth and drove across the Nullabor to Ballarat to see the folks. “We came here, we went across to Darwin. Then we lived in Cairns.” So what brought Martin to settling down? “We were living at Buchan Point and working in the resorts there. We had had enough of that. We threw our jobs in and said let’s go for a walk. “We walked up here, mostly up over the mountains. The Black Mountain Road. Then the CREB track to Bloomfield and then Mount Poverty to stay with a friend. “It took three and a half months ambling along. We were in no hurry.” So Martin settled in Helenvale and started having children. Is that the end of his travels? “To be honest, even though we have got four children, and I’ve got a business, we still feel we could drive off into the sunset tomorrow. With the kids, obviously! “We talk about it - if
we had the urge we could just pack up and leave. There’s nothing tying us down. I like that feeling. I do like that feeling.” While we still have Martin here, I asked him about his business. “Cooktown Lawn and Garden Care. It’s a business I started a few years ago. I don’t see it as being tough. “I get plenty of work. I work for myself; I don’t have any employees. I’m not a capitalist! I enjoy going to work and doing the jobs I have to do for people. “I don’t think it’s a tough job. It’s physically demanding but I’ve done lots of physical work in tropical places. “You get conditioned to it, you actually enjoy it. Except in December when it gets up to 40 in the shade. That’s the busiest time of the year. “I have plenty of work all the year around, and I don’t mind this time of year when things quieten off. I’m not a workaholic.” One thing Martin has not mentioned so far is his career as a poet. “I’ve always been a bit of a writer. Short stories, putting pen to paper and dabbling in a bit of poetry. I actually learnt after many years how to write Australian bush poetry properly. “It is harder than you
might think. I have a CD out, which I did a couple of years ago. I got invited to go down and perform at the Gympie muster. “ A lot of the poetry leans towards the humorous stuff. They like audiences to have a bit of a laugh. You can read poems that have a totally different effect. “There’s a few poets who can do both. You can have tears in your eyes from sadness than, in the blink of an eye, you have tears from laughter. “It’s a thing I enjoy doing. And if we every move on, it’s something I can spruik at a street corner. “I can put my hat out and might get enough to buy my children some two-minute noodles!” I asked Martin if there is anything he would like to give Cooktown. “I was in the Top Pub a little while ago and talking to one of the boys there. We were looking at the block across the road. “We need to start up an 1870s theme park. Like Palmer River gold rush days with opium dens and brothels and raging grog shanties. “It did happen, didn’t it? If it’s done right. Sovereign Hill in Ballarat is a re-created gold town. “Something like that. It takes you back in time, and people really love that sort of stuff.”
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And the Mega winners are . . . By HEIDI JASON “I’M so excited!”, “I never win anything!” and “we can’t wait to go camping in our new tent!”, were some of the comments from the 11 excited winners of the Rossville State School P&C Mega Raffle. Rossville State School is a small school of 31 families and 42 students. They had to work hard in selling over 1000 tickets. Each fortnight there was a lucky draw for the students who brought back 20 sold tickets. Eliza Sail, Solomon Gibson, Bethany Slocombe were rewarded for their selling efforts by each receiving a voucher from the Lion’s Den Hotel, a toy from Ambience Boutique and a voucher from Cooktown Video. Cinaed Finall received a dinner voucher from the Lion’s Den for selling the most raffle tickets. Thanks to the hard work of those who sold tickets, a massive $3254 was raised. With these funds the P&C will purchase iPads or similar that will assist learning groups and activities in the 2 multi-aged classes. Following the official opening of the 2013 Cooktown and District Show, the Mega Raffle was drawn by Warren Entsch MP and announced by Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott on Friday, August 2. Local businesses were very generous in donating more than $4000 worth of fantastic prizes. Some people specifically wanted the women’s purplewheeled bike donated by Ayton Store. Other people said they would be happy winning any one of the 11 major prizes as they were all so good. A lot of people were intrigued by the first prize, with some buying up to $50 worth of tickets to help secure a better chance of spending two nights at the stunning Bloomfield Lodge. Forbes Magazine Rates it as the no.1- world’s best remote hotels!! Generous visitors to the show and Discovery weekend from as far as South Australia and rural NSW were happy to give donations. The committee would again like thank our very generous sponsors as it was with their great support that made it such a successful raffle. Congratulations to the following winners: 1st: Bloomfield Lodge, 2 nights accommodation and meals Robyn Holmes 2nd: The Sovereign Resort, 2 nights Accommodation and $100 dinner - Zoe Pennell 3rd: Cooktown Hardware, 4-person tent - Kia Footer 4th: Guurrbi Tour, Voucher for 2 adults & 2 children - Paul Gavin 5th: Mungumby Lodge, 1 night accommodation & breakfast Kimberly Sullivan 6th: Hinterland Aviation, Return flight Cooktown to Cairns Janie Michael 7th: Ayton IGA, Ladies Mountain Bike - Veronica Kaczmarouski 8th: Cooktown Caltex, $100 Starcard voucher - Valdo 9th: The Italian, $100 Meal Voucher - Alexandra Darken 10th: Cornetts IGA, $100 worth of Groceries - Warren Walsh 11th: Cooktown Newsagency, $50 Voucher - Jacynta Hunt
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Bird problem aired By VIRGINIA SIMMONDS A FORUM has been held in Tolga to discuss ways for Birdlife Northern Queensland to support farmers protecting their crops from birds foraging on their croplands without having having to resort to killing them. A vigorous discussion brought out the complexity of the problems arising from the different bird species involved, including different behaviours such as day or night feeding. Some farmers have been employing scare-guns and loud noises, but had run into protests from non-farming neighbours. Others advocated reducing the bird population to “natural numbers”. However, there is no evidence that crops increase the numbers of birds - birds have to get a feed every day of the year. The population is controlled by the worst season - not the ad lib feed during the cropping season. This phenomenon is not a ‘bird populatoin size’ problem but a ‘bird concentration’ problem. Unexpectedly, a case was made in favour of the birds on the croplands. Nature-based tourism is an increasingly important part of the local economy. Cranes flying into Bromfield Swamp is now an internationally known icon. The sight of large flocks of cranes and cockatoos on cropped fields is a tourist delight. The thousands of ducks on Hasties Swamp is also a tourist attraction. Follow-up action saw a meeting with Shane Knuth, in which his support was sought for the import of a non-toxic seed treatment from the USA, which repels the birds when they attempt to eat the seed after sowing. In a meeting with Mayor Rosa lee-Long, the problem of bird-scaring noise and the need for information and explanation to go to the residents who are affected was discussed.
Cooktown Local News 15 - 21 August 2013 – 9
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Change comes from the heart that changes in us occur. WE are so used to change and we accept it as a daily Consider these. occurrence. • We love the name of Jesus and we love him (after all he Fuel prices rise, we put on died for us so that we could be weight and start going grey, free of our load of wrongdothe tyres on the car are worn From the Pulpit and need changing and folks ing - sin), visit their grandchildren and remark how • We now hate sin (as it separates us from God and make us feel guilty again), much they have changed! • We pray regularly and read the Bible The message of the Bible is for change. Change from being “lost” to to find out more about this new lifestyle “found”, from going our own way like we have embraced, • We turn from our wrong desires (we sheep ( Isaiah 53:6) to going God’s way, from a way that seems right (Proverbs start listening to our conscience again), • We live by faith (in God’s provision 14:12) to Jesus who is the way (John not our own efforts and savings), and, 14:6). • We show the changes in our lives The Psalmist asked for change when he prayed, “Create in me a clean heart O ( like a fruit tree shows what type it is God and renew a right spirit within me” by the fruit). (Psalm 51:10). A thief on a cross beside Our fruit is love, joy, peace, patience, Jesus that first Easter made a request kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentlefrom a contrite heart, “Lord remember ness, and self-control (Gal 5:22-23.) We grow in God’s favour and knowledge of me . . .” (Luke 23:42). Stemming from the cry of the contrite God (2 Peter 3:18) Challenging but encouraging heart comes a change. We read, “anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new thoughts! Blessings. person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Cor 5:17 NLT) Pastor Peter Things become different as we find Cooktown Baptist Church.
Gardening - time with God “Today I spent my time in the company of God. I gardened.” As all of us here in The Far North live close to the bush with its beguiling ambience, gardens rank high on our list of treasures. “Memories” Writers’ Oh for the peace and tranquillity of the North Queensland bush! The birds are singing, the water is refreshing. There is no push. Corner Memories, precious memories; some happy, some sad; They all come back to me through my plants and I’m glad. One of my fondest memories is of my father Who taught me, as a little girl, the beauty and charm of a flower. Now I really must stop this reminiscence I think Or my plants will be dying for want of a drink! By HAZEL DAVIS “My Own Secret Garden” I walked in a secret garden today; IF you have penned thoughts A mystical, magical space; (in verse or prose) suitable With limey leaves and velvet deep corners for our column, email them And the sunlit winks of God’s grace. to: either: editor@cookJust for a mere time my problems shrivelled. townlocalnews.com.au or Backwards to Eden I had flown. thekellers@bigpond.com or Like strong wine, I knew I must only sip post them to: P O Box 645, At this rare elixir unknown. Cooktown,4895. I’m back in my real world, solid but staid; Dianne Keller Bound by duty, toiling along; Cooktown Writers’ But I smile to a new tune, sweetly green; Group. My own secret garden’s my song. By DIANNE KELLER
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Salvinia eradication program earns award for local Catchments group LEFT: The South Cape York Catchments team of Jason Carroll, Ted Lees, Sue Marsh, Marty Patty and Sam Hobbs are happy with the final Salvinia survey at Broken Dam. Photo submitted.
Lakeland community for their support and for letting us know if we missed a bit, and the volunteers who braved the green ants, pandanus and bogs. However, the bulk of the work remained with SCYC personnel Martin Pattie, Samantha Hobbs, Susan Marsh, the Laura Indigenous Rangers and me. In the Honey Dam, booms were installed and removed, Glyphosate applied and the final plants removed by hand. In May, 2009, the last plants were eliminated from the dam. Next, we turned our attention to the 9km of downstream infestations. Inaccessible to machinery, with treacherous swamps and heavy vegetation inhabited by a remarkable variety of venomous creatures, it tested our resolve, but we are happy to report, all those who walked into the bogs made their way out again. To have removed all the Salvinia in three years with no regrowth truly required a team effort. Check out the video on Facebook to see how we beat this highly invasive weed Jason Carroll, South Cape York Catchments Co-ordinator.
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SOUTH Cape York Catchments recently had the honour of receiving the Batianoff award during the 13th Queensland Weed Symposium. This award, for team excellence in weed control, was presented in recognition of the Salvinia control undertaken in Honey Dam, Bullhead Creek and the Laura River at Lakeland. The project commenced in February, 2008, with follow-up surveys ongoing. If we can go three years without finding any Salvinia in the system, we hope to declare the Lakeland Salvinia infestation has been eradicated. This is looking like February 2014, at this stage. Many thanks to all those involved - in particular the Lakeland State School, with one teacher and 17 students who bred the weevils needed for the eradication program in water troughs borrowed from local landholders. Initially dubiously received in a grain growing area, you kept the faith and the weevils went forth and multiplied. Thanks also to the Cape York Weeds and Feral Animals Program for the use of their boat, John Clarkson from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and the
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BELOW: South Cape York Catchments Coordinator Jason Carroll with some of his team members, Sue Marsh and Marty Pattie and the award they received for team excellence in weed control, presented in recognition of the team’s salvinia control program. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
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Cooktown locals found their thrills at the base of Grassy Hill on Friday night at the “Happy Days” themed party at the Sovereign Hotel’s Café Bar. When asked about his opinion about the night, the Fonz said: “Eeyyyy”. Local dancers lit up the dance floor, twirling-and-awhirling to the tunes of the visiting band “Big Wheel”.
ABOVE: Pinky ‘Jackie James’ Tuscedero took a night of from demolition derby driving to have some fun at the Sovereign. BELOW: Lofty and Val Loftus looked the part, despite Val’s knee injury that kept her off the dance floor.
ABOVE: Karen Whipper and Barb Keats from the Cooktown & District Youth Association were working hard on the night selling raffles tickets with profits to go towards “The Block” project. BELOW: Carl Hocking, Rodney Camel and Sel Wend had a catch up.
Louise Sumption had her bobby socks on, ready for a night of Happy Days themed-fun with colleague Natalie Maltby behind the bar.
Gail Cowe, along with Tim and Catherine Ryle enjoyed the evening.
Michael Gordon and Camelia Burns were had a great time watching the band.
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Di and Russ Pyers were joined by Karl and Loane Benke for some old-fashioned fun.
BLACK MOUNTAIN UNPLUGGED 2013 By COREY BOUSEN THE 2013 Black Mountain Unplugged gathering was a laid back success on the weekend, attracting some exceptional talent that was appreciated by a happy and enthusiastic crowd. Running from Friday to Sunday evening in the shadow of the iconic Black Mountain, the event built on last year’s inaugural success to provide a great experience for the punters.
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But music wasn’t the only entertainment on offer, with the now classic ‘Black Mountain Underpants Race’ on the Sunday morning bolstered by Saturday’s inaugural ‘Drag Race’ and fashion parade. In a clear show of support for alternative lifestyles in the region, there was a large field of men keen to jump into a dress and strut their stuff. Only one woman was prepared to get her bloke on, but let’s hope that a few more ladies will get into the spirit next year.
It was a relaxed and happy crowed at Black Mountain Unplugged on the weekend.
ABOVE: Bill and Adriana, in a dance-off, as the two finalists in the Drag Race ‘Fashion Parade’ contest. Adriana took out the prize with the loudest crowd applause. RIGHT: Dragon, with child, was a contender in the fashion stakes.
Amanda Hogbin, Sarah Henderson, Billie Westerhurs and Sandy Lloyd were welcoming faces at the gate.
Danny Ross, recently garnering national attention as a finalist on television show The Voice, played a very chilled solo set.
Estelle, Arnaut, Sandra, 2 year-old Malena, and Margie enjoyed the natural surroundings. RIGHT: Swaggie Campbell, one of Australia’s few remaining swagmen, made his way to Black Mountain for the festival on the weekend. A bush poet, Campbell travels year around visiting festivals, recently making it to Laura, while he will travel to Yungaburra next. Campbell has been walking the highways for more than 30 years. BELOW: The Secret Tuesdays were a unique and memorable Tiffany Eckhardt and Dave Steel performed an act. enchanting set.
BELOW: Winner of the Drag Race was determined by who had the longest length of ribbon. Seth was determined to be the winner.
At only 15 years of age, Yasmini Morris, who grew up at Helenvale, wowed the crowd. Yasmini was joined on stage by her mother Gypsy. It’s been a great couple of weeks for the Morris family, with Yasmini’s brother Jack to join the Parramatta Eels - see the article on page 23 of this week’s paper for the full details.
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Chilli Beach clean-up volunteers pose with the mountain of thongs collected along the 6.5km of beach during the five day clean-up. rubbish in the oceans, “The total weight of ers, Tangaroa Blue and the Heidi said. Story and Photos “It’s really a matter rather than having to deal By GIEMBRA BUSMER rubbish weighed-in was Lockhart River Primary of trying to educate the with the enormous job slightly down on 2012 fig- School. “There were more people in these countries of cleaning it up once it MORE than 60 volunteers ures, however there were joined forces to clear Chilli more thongs collected in than 30 volunteers who to stop discarding their arrives on our shores.” Beach of marine debris at this year’s clean-up,” she participated for the whole five days of the clean-up the annual clean-up earlier said. This year’s clean-up and we covered 6.5km of this month. A total of 4910kg of v o l u n t e e r s i n c l u d e d the beach, from the river debris was weighed in members of Conserva- mouth at the southern end which included 4757 tion Volunteers Australia, to the northern boundary Lockhart River Kawadji of Chilli Beach,” Heidi thongs. Chilli Beach clean-up Kanidji Rangers, Cook said. “On Friday we were organiser Heidi Taylor Shire Council, Great Barfrom Tangaroa Blue said rier Reef Marine Park joined by Lockhart River she was pleased with the Authority, Queensland community members, Parks and Wildlife Rang- Weipa locals, and tourists results. from all over the world ABOVE: Cook Shire Council’s Michael Hosking bales so it was a terrific mix of up plastic for recycling. people lending a hand for BELOW: Iron Range National Park ranger Gary a great cause.” Seatonby with some of the plastic collected from the One of the clean-up beach baled ready for recycling. volunteers, Luke McConell, operates a marine plastic debris recycling plant in Byron Bay and will be taking delivery of seven cubic metres of plastic, collected at the Chilli Beach clean-up and baled by the Cook Shire Council on-site, to be recycled in the near future. “There is a large market ABOVE: Chilli Beach with clean-up bags. for recycled marine debris BELOW:Chilli Beach clean-up volunteers with a plastic and I am very in- portion of the rubbish collected. terested in working with local groups to establish a recycling plant here on Cape York,” Luke said. Interestingly, after analysis it has been found that over 90 per cent of rubbish collected on Chilli Beach is not from Australia. “Most of the rubbish is from South-east Asia,”
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TOP: Aphelandra sinclairiana - an orange shrimp plant. ABOVE: Petrea volubilis or sandpiper vine. LEFT: Canna in bloom. BELOW LEFT: Turnera subulata or yellow alder. BELOW RIGHT: A vanda orchid.
THIS month I’ve had the pleasure of visiting an array of wonderful local gardens as part of the judging panel for the garden competition held in conjunction with the Cooktown & District Agricultural Show. We visited gardens from the Endeavour Valley, south to Bloomfield and then to Lakeland Downs and Laura and it was great to see so many fantastic ideas showcasing lots of creativity, flair and passion. From having a few pots of herbs on the back verandah, to acres of sprawling gardens and fruit trees, it was a joy to see such a diverse range of concepts and designs. There is sometimes a line of thinking that not much happens in the garden in winter. That may be true in cooler climates, but gardening in the tropics over winter sees so many fantastic plants coming into flower. Besides the ever present ixoras and hibiscus offering splashes of colour, there are literally oodles of winter plants flowering at the minute, including some early spring flowers due to the milder temperatures. It might not agree with those hypersensitive to pollens, but all the mangoes are in flower, and there’s the unmistakable pungent aroma of the melaleucas along with the golden sprays of wattle flowers. Other trees in flower at the minute are the bats wing coral tree (there is one near the barbecue area in the Lions Park) and the impressive golden bouquet (Furneaux Street side of the museum). Lots of tropical vines burst into flower, starting in winter continuing through to spring. Like some trees, they can have two flowering cycles, sometimes an early winter and then late spring. One vine in flower is the tropical wisteria substitute, the sandpaper vine or purple wreath (Petrea volubilis). The eye-catching pyrostegia (orange trumpet) vines are also in bloom, and keep an eye out for early flowers on the jade vine (Lion’s Den Hotel) and flame of the forest. Cannas, gingers, heliconias, bougainvillea, adenium (desert rose) and kalanchoe are all having a flower, along with ground covers such as evolvulus and alder. There is also an abundance of orchids and bromeliads that flower over winter, along with justicias, fire spikes (odontonema), sanchesia and aphelandra. A good tip to encourage your flowering plants is the regular use of liquid potash. It is high in potassium and phosphorus, which promotes enhanced flower and foliage colour and improved fruit size and quality. It also encourages hardy growth and disease resistance. Like all liquid fertilisers, it should be used regularly in low doses (weekly weakly). A lot of liquid fertilisers now come with easy to use applicators you simply connect to your hose. It is important to apply liquid fertiliser early in the morning “after” watering. This way there is a good sap flow within the plants resulting in a greater uptake through the foliage. Visit the local Top End Nursery and inquire about any plants. Jenny will do her best to get them in for you if she hasn’t any in stock. A big thank-you to Gwen Pini for allowing me to take these featured pictures in her fantastic garden, and also for providing me with correct botanical names.
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6:00 Fish Hooks 6:30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 AFL Game Day 11:30 Happy Endings 12:00 TBA 1:00 Movie: “Gotta Kick It Up!” (G) 3:00 Footy Flashbacks 4:30 2013 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 21: Western Bulldogs V Adelaide 7:30 TBA 10:00 Bones: The Doom In The Gloom - When the Jeffersonian team investigates the death of Deanna, a former Marine sergeant whose remains were found burned to a crisp, they discover that she was discharged after a fist fight with another Marine. When Booth and Sweets go to question the other Marine involved in the altercation, they learn that Deanna was obsessed with the idea of the apocalypse, which leads the team to a group of doomsday preppers who become key suspects in her death. 11:00 Castle: The Lives Of Others / Kill The Messenger 1:00 Special: Australia’s Deadliest Destinations 2 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Living Black 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 Football Asia 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 ADbc 5:30 Mythbusters: Flu Fiction 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Iceman Autopsy 8:30 The Observer Effect: What are Australia’s mavericks, powerbrokers and celebrities really like? In an age where 30 second sound-bites and social media dominate our view of the world, host Ellen Fanning uses the news events of the week as a window into the lives of the people who shape our culture and politics. 9:30 The Central Park Five: This documentary from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. 11:35 Movie: “The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada” (M s,a,l,v) When a crooked Border Patrol officer guns down his friend and buries him in an unmarked desert grave, ranch hand Pete Perkins sets out to ensure that justice is served with or without the involvement of the local police. 1:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 19
SBS
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 As Time Goes By 1:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Country House Rescue: Chesters, Scottish Borders 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Dalziel And Pascoe: The Wood Beyond - The sins of the past refuse to rest in peace in a complex story of power, greed and family loyalty. 1:10 Movie: “Drive, He Said” (M l,n,s,v) 2:40 Pilot Guides: Amsterdam 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: Round 18: Teams TBA 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 The People’s Court 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Hamish And Andy’s Gap Year Asia 8:00 Big Brother 9:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Hot Troll Deviation 10:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Desperate Emanation 10:30 Two And A Half Men: Another Night With Neil Diamond 11:00 Two And A Half Men: Oh Look! Al-Qaeda 11:30 Episodes 12:00 Nikita: Concequences 1:00 Extra 1:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 4WD TV 2:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Dead Before Dawn” (M v,a) 2:00 The Chase 3:00 The Daily Edition 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:40 Mr Selfridge: Harry has a new idea - to create a new beauty counter at the front of the store that sells perfume and even makeup - much to the consternation of some of his staff. Both Lois and Henri spot the threat of an ascendant Ellen Love, and Agnes helps Henri develop the new house perfume. 9:40 TBA 10:25 Hotel Secrets 11:24 Up All Night 12:20 Celebrity Juice 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today / 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
4:45 Italian Super Cup 2013: Juventus Vs Lazio 7:15 Weatherwatch & Music 7:25 World News 1:00 America: The Story Of The U.S.: Westward 2:00 Could You Eat An Elephant? 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:05 Massive Moves: Cliff Collapse 5:30 Global Village: The School Of Fire 6:00 Cassical Destinations: Bayreuth 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Beat The Ancestors: Medieval Machine Gun 8:30 How To Be More Creative - Creativity defines the human species, it underpins our favourite technology, lies behind our music and arts and has allowed us to journey beyond our own planet. 9:30 Housos: Rehab 10:00 Bogan Pride: The Need For Mongs 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Community: Spanish 101 11:55 Shorts On Screen: The External World 12:30 Great Australian Albums 1:30 Mr Firth Goes To Washington 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 20
7 CENTRAL
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Compass 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Country House Rescue: Albury Park Mansion, Surrey 6:55 Australian Encounters: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks: Communal Living 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 Artscape: Comic Book Heroes 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 A Good Man 1:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 2:30 Football: VFL: Round 18: Port Melbourne Vs Geelong 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 The People’s Court 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 The Great Australian Bake Off 9:30 The Bible: Betrayal - The downfall of Jesus begins as Caiphas convinces Judas to betray the son of God. Aware of this impending betrayal, Jesus hosts the Last Supper with his 12 disciples shortly before being arrested. 10:30 The Mentalist: Red Shirt 11:30 Weeds: Vehement V Vigorous 12:00 Nothing Trivial 1:00 Extra 1:30 4WD TV 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Lies He Told” (M v) 2:00 The Chase 3:00 The Daily Edition 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:30 Winners & Losers: I Shall Be Released - The pressure builds on Frances as Shannon’s committal hearing looms. Sophie struggles with Doug and Carla being a couple. When she lets her frustrations show, it leads Doug to reveal the truth about their past to Carla. Bec’s anger about Matt and Tiffany’s affair is bubbling away with nowhere to go. 9:30 TBA 11:30 Go On: The World Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over 12:00 Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Franks Brother 12:30 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today / 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Movie: “Lola: The Movie” (M l,n) 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Bush Kings 6:00 Classical Destinations: The Rhine 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? Len Goodman 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The Killing: Another failed attempt to capture their man leaves Mathias Borch and Sarah Lund with a dilemma - should they obey the perpetrator’s instructions or take action in spite of his directives, thereby risking Emilie’s life? 12:10 Iran’s Green Summer 1:15 Movie: “Sons” (MA a,n,s,v) - Lars, a lifeguard at a swimming pool, suspects a middle-aged regular of trying to pick up young boys, and decides to stop him. The film negotiates the sensitive issue of paedophilia without resorting to stereotypes. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 21
IMPARJA
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:05 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Country House Rescue: Black Clauchrie, Ayrshire 6:50 The Checkout: Snack Size: Tickets 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Highs and Lows 8:30 Gruen Planet 9:05 TBA 9:35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 10:00 TBA 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Spooks 12:35 Luther 1:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 2:30 Football: SANFL: Round 20: North Adelaide Vs Eagles 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 The People’s Court 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 Arrow 9:30 Embarrassing Bodies: Liverpool - In the portable clinic there’s a woman with a prolapsed bottom who must empty her bowels by hand and a chap whose anal abscesses are ruling his life. Dr Dawn offers advice to a man with troublesome testicles. 10:30 Embarrassing Bodies: Wakestock 11:30 20/20 12:30 Extra 1:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 4WD TV 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Class Warfare” (M v) 2:00 The Chase 3:00 The Daily Edition 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Slideshow 8:30 Criminal Minds: Brothers Hotchner 9:30 The Mole 11:30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Chasm Of Death - Three friends embark on a ‘guy’s trip’ to the remote wilderness of Utah. They are exploring some of the state’s most beautiful canyons gorges but after taking a wrong turn the friends find that they are in way over their heads. 12:30 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
4:30 UEFA Champions League 2013/2014 7:00 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Wine From The Lagoon 6:00 Classical Destinations: Sydney, Australia 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Expedition Wolf 8:35 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers: South Africa 9:30 The Killing 10:35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Brick” (M v,d) - Brendan Frye is a loner, someone who knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When his ex-girlfriend Emily turns up dead, he is determined to find out why, and plunges into the dark and dangerous underworld of a high school crime ring. 1:05 Movie: “Ko Ho Nas” (M l) - Faced with a cross cultural midlife crisis, 46-year-old comedian Simon Palomares is going back to Spain, a country he left when he was 10, to try his hand at comedy in his native tongue and also to take care of some family matters. 2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight
THURSDAY 22
ABC
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 My Family 1:00 Museum Of Life 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Country House Rescue: Pentillie Castle 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Upper Middle Bogan: Forefathers And Two Mothers 9:00 It’s A Date: How Important Is Honesty On A First Date? 9:30 Would I Lie To You? 10:00 Derek 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Three Men Go To Venice 12:30 Pilot Guides: Madrid 1:30 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 22: East Perth V Perth 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 The People’s Court 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 The NRL Footy Show 10:30 Arrow: Dodger - Oliver asks detective McKenna on a date; a jewel thief named Dodger hits Starling City and targets someone close to Oliver; a pickpocket named Roy Harper steals Thea’s purse; Moira makes a move against Malcolm. 11:30 The AFL Footy Show 1:30 Extra 2:00 4WD TV 2:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Shattered Trust” (M a) 2:00 The Chase 3:00 The Daily Edition 4:00 TBA 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 8:00 Please Marry My Boy - It’s time for a family holiday to cheer up everyone after the elimination of one potential bride from each home. 9:00 Formal Wars - Unlike the other parents who have seen this as a chance to challenge their daughters, Tanya and Alex’s parents are determined to give their children everything they want. 10:00 Grimm: The Bottle Imp / The Other Side 12:00 The Mindy Project 12:30 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today / 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
4:30 UEFA Champions League 2013/2014 6:45 Spanish Super Cup 2013: Atlético Madrid v Barcelona 9:00 World News 1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 Luke Gamble’s Vet Adventures: Nepal 2:30 Food Investigators 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The White God Of Pabellones Islands 6:00 Classical Destinations: Melbourne: Percy Grainger 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 8:30 Heston’s Feasts: Heston’s 80s Feast 9:30 Vikings 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 11:30 The Oberver Effect 12:35 Movie: “Control” (MA l) - A stunning and profoundly moving biopic of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis, a tortured soul who committed suicide on the eve of the band’s first US tour. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
16 – Cooktown Local News 15 - 21 August 2013
CROSSWORD No. 161
SUDOKU No. 161
Your Lucky
Stars
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
A long conversation with a manager will help to clear the air. Once issues have been resolved, don’t bring them up again in the future. Romance. You’ll be determined to take a few risks, no matter what the consequences. Listen to your partner, even if you won’t follow what they say.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) This will be a good time for meeting new people. Don’t let your enthusiasm get the better of you, however. Just be yourself! Romance. A financial strain on your relationship will force you and your partner to be creative with your spending habits. Be happy with your new choices.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
FOR KIDS
A difficult decision will not be any easier if you worry constantly. Put your mind at rest and the matter will soon sort itself out. Romance. You will be very dynamic this week. You may find it a little difficult to get the co-operation you need from your partner, however, and may need to act independently.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) You will be getting tired of the additional projects that are coming your way at work. Voice your concerns at the next meeting and things may change in your favour. Romance. Your partner will take your side in an upcoming argument with their family. Be sure to thank them for their support.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) The Moon/Pallas Midpoint moving through your sign will make you especially sensitive to your colleagues’ needs. Try to make the workplace friendlier. Romance. A fleeting encounter with a person born overseas will prove interesting. However, try not to get too involved with them.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
FINDWORD No. 161 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
You will be surprised how easy it is to make plans with your friends. It may seem as though their schedules revolve around your own. Romance. You may get a little anxious if things don’t quite work out according to plan. You need to be flexible if you want to improve your relationship.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) This will not really be a very good time for new friendships. It seems your time is stretched thin between current friends and you need to divide your time wisely. Romance. A very dreamy week will be a good starting point for a romantic evening later in the week. Indulge yourself!
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)
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MUDDY RIVER
Try to get your family’s support for any changes that you make this week. They have your best interest at heart and won’t allow for mistakes. Romance. Your love-life will soon be in very good shape indeed. Use this time to look for a potential lover if you are currently single.
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) A peculiar twist of fate will give you a reward which you don’t really deserve. This may begin to play on your conscience. It’s not too late to be honest. Romance. You thought you knew your partner very well, but you may be surprised with recent news about them. Try to remain positive.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) The Moon/Venus Midpoint moving through your sign will signal an important improvement in your social life. Work diligently during the week so you have the weekend free. Romance. Make sure that you use your excess energy wisely. Otherwise, you will quickly become frustrated.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
– Steve Jobs
SOLUTIONS No. 161
Other people may try to slow you down this week. Don’t let them. You finally have the means to complete the tasks that have been waning on you for a long time. Romance. An awkward situation at work may take its toll on your relationship. The relation may not be immediately seen.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
Someone whom you see as a figure of authority may be interested in bringing you on their team. Don’t be overwhelmed with their offer. Instead, be grateful. Romance. Be particularly careful of accidents. Don’t drive if you are tired and certainly not if you’ve been drinking!
Cooktown Local News 15 - 21 August 2013 – 17
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Position Vacant: English and Maths Tutoring Support Gungarde Aboriginal Corporation is seeking community members to provide support for students in the Cooktown area. The position involves tutorial support on a Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3pm to 5pm. A total of 4 hours per week is required and is based on an hourly rate. For more information please contact the CEO Greg Whittaker or the PaCE Coordinator Peter Herrmann on 4069 5412 or email pace@ gungarde.com Funded by DEEWR.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WATER ACT 2000 Notice is hereby given of application made under section 206 of the Water Act 2000 the details of which are: Applicant name: GUNGARDE COMMUNITY CENTRE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Application reference: 560359 Application details: The taking of underground water from FINLAYSON GRANITE with the point of take under Lot 23 on C17930 for the purpose of Commercial, attached to land described as Lot 23 on C17930 with a nominal entitlement of 6 megalitres per year. The maximum rate at which water is to be taken is 1.5 litres per second. The property is located in the HOPE STREET, COOKTOWN area. Submission: Any person may make a submission. The chief executive is only obliged to consider a submission if it is properly made. A submission will not be properly made unless it: (a) is made in writing and signed by each person making the submission; (b) is received on or before the closing date stated below; (c) states the name and address of each person making the submission; (d) states the grounds of the submission and facts and circumstances relied on; and (e) is received by the chief executive at 28 Peters Street, MAREEBA or posted to PO Box 156, MAREEBA, QLD, 4880. The submission must include the water licence applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and application reference, as stated above. Closing date for submission is September 30, 2013. In accordance with statutory requirements, the name and address of any person making a submission will be included in the information notice given with respect to the decision on this application. Submissions made in response to this application will become subject to the Right to Information Act 2009 and the Information Privacy Act 2009, and may be disclosed to a person who makes an application for access to them. Copies of the application may be inspected at the Department of Natural Resources and Mines office, 28 Peters Street, MAREEBA, and on payment of the prescribed fee, purchased. Enquiries: Telephone Marina Turchet on (07) 4048 4850.
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FOR SALE
DATE CHANGE KIDS ART SOCIETY EXHIBITION now on Sat 24 Aug 10am at gallery. Sausage Sizzle and refreshments.
S outh C ape Yor k Catchments AGM that was set for Thursday the 5th of September 2013 is now postponed.
CONTAINERS for sale or hire. Ph Cooktown Towing, Tyres & Mechanical 4069 5545.
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FOR LEASE – “Nonyas” 88 Charlotte Street (formally Jobfind). Commercial property with bathrooms and kitchenette facility. Can convert to com/res for right tenant. Phone Nadine 0417 002 143.
Cooktown Small Engine Repairs will be closed Wed 7th August until Monday 19th August. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
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STANDBY Response Service. Support and information for people bereaved by suicide. Ph 0439 722 266. 24 hours – 7 days per week.
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WINNERS of the Cooktown Amateur Turf Club Meat Raffle (side of beef) drawn Saturday 3rd August are: Tracey Clark and Tom Nevins.
School Age Care Assistants (Qualified and Unqualified)
ABANDONED VEHICLE Notice is hereby given under section 100 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 that the vehicle indicated below has been considered by Cook Shire Council as being abandoned. VEHICLE COLOUR REGO
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If this vehicle remains unclaimed after one (1) month from the date below, Council proposes to dispose of it in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Act. For further information, call Cook Shire’s Local Laws Officer on (07) 4069 5444. August 15, 2013
• Casual • $20.94 - $25.46 (gross) per hours (depending on skills and qualifications) PCYC Cooktown is currently looking for motivated School Age Care Assistants to provide high quality School Age Care programs at our Outside School Hours Care Service. The key responsibilities for this position include: • Assist the Coordinator with the planning and preparation of interesting, educational and fun activities for children in care; • Active involvement with children in activities as directed by the Coordinator; • Maintain a clean and safe environment before, during and after the completion of the daily program; • Actively supports and provides information to ensure the service meets licensing, accreditation and QPCYWA requirements. To apply or for more information go to: http://pcycqld.currentjobs.com.au/ and enter job code 1346870 or contact Branch Manger Howard Pratt on T: 4069 5890 or E: pcyccooktown@pcyc.org.au Police-Citizen Youth Clubs – Improving Communities Through Youth Development
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CIVIL celebrant Kathleen Roberts. Naming Ceremonies, Marriages, Funeral Co-ordination. 4069 5004 or 0427 695 004
Holden Rodeo 2002 model, 4WD, dual cab utility, canopy, Sunraysia wheels, bull bar, tow bar, registered, very clean ute. $7990. Call 0407 753 570.
PUBLIC NOTICE This is to certify that Marie and Richard Naylor, formerly the managers of Jowalbinna Cabins and Camping, are no longer associated with the property or any of the business activities carried out there. Richard Naylor.
FOR RENT AYTON One bedroom partly furnished house. Stunning views and fantastic breezes. Close to shop and beach. $230 p/w. Call Roz on 0447 883 490.
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AUCTION NOTICE
Take notice that on Friday, September 6, 2013 commencing at 10.00am at the Administration Office of Cook Shire Council, 10 Furneaux Street, Cooktown, Cook Shire Council in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4, Part 12, Division 3 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, will offer the land set out in the below schedule for sale by public auction for overdue rates and charges on the land, some of such rates and charges having been overdue for at least three years.
Take notice that on Friday, September 6, 2013 commencing at 10.00am at the Administration Office of Cook Shire Council, 10 Furneaux Street, Cooktown, Cook Shire Council in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4, Part 12, Division 3 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, will offer the land set out in the below schedule for sale by public auction for overdue rates and charges on the land, some of such rates and charges having been overdue for at least three years.
LOCATION
14 Kerr Street, Cooktown
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27 Furneaux Street, Cooktown
REAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Lot 79 on Plan C17949
REAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Lot 24 on Plan C17933
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Dated at Cooktown this 6th day of August, 2013.
Dated at Cooktown this 6th day of August, 2013.
• Welding Fabrication: steel, alloy, stainless, site work • Guillotine, Bender, Roller: pipe threading and bending • Machining: lathe, milling • Hydraulics: hose repairs • Bolts, welding equipment • Metroll products, perlins, iron by order • Marine: boat, trailer, outboard repairs, parts and oils MacMillan St, Cooktown
Ph Phil 4069 5224 or Mob 0417 776 524
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FOR SALE HAY, Humidacola 4x3 round bales. $25 gst inclusive. Phone 4069 5514. Farm pickup.
FOR SALE FOR SALE - 1 Greenfield rideon mower $500. Wood post borer, irrigation pump, travelling irrigator and pipe. Phone Greg 0467 658 512.
for sale BOAT FOR SALE. 4.55M (1/2 Pod) Quintrex Adventurer, centre console, new anchor ropes & fuel tanks. 60 hp Mercury,big foot gear box, hydraulic steering, 18 p new stainless prop. Custom stainless cavitation plate, updated trigger stator, Currently under warranty and CDI. 3.3 hp auxiliary motor (Johnson). Marlin Trailer, heavy duty multi roller,galvanised 1997. 14” Mag American Racers on trailer with two spares. Current Rego Boat and Trailer. $16,000 Negotiable. Enquiries Please Phone 0409 170 230.
BUSINESS FOR SALE sLASH-IT. Slashing/Machine Hire Business. Lots of work already booked & good happy customer base. Big Potential! Can help you run the business side for a year, FREE. Registered Internet Domain name www. slash-it.com.au already set up. A Great Secure Business Opportunity. Reduced to $49,500. Interested? Give it a go. Phone 0457 958 807.
MOTELS AAA CBD CBD CBD – Inn Cairns Boutique Apartments, 71 Lake Street, Cairns. Self catering, secure car parking, pool/gazebo, opp PO and Woolworths. Ph 07 4041 2350.
MOTELS CAIRNS Rainbow Inn. 3½ star, all facilities including cable TV. Close to the city, from $65 per night. Ph 4051 1022.
TRADES COOKTOWN Skip Bins. Commercial and domestic rubbish removal and disposal. Ph 4069 5545 or 0408 772 361.
Work wanted farm Fencing, regrowth and line clearing. Phone Greg on 0467 658 512
Yuku-Baja-Muliku Rangers are offering their services to assist with any sick or injured Marine Turtles found. We encourage contact with us at any time to implement a speedy recovery for these beautiful creatures to enable a better chance of rehabilitation.
Please contact our office on (07) 4069 6957 or Larissa - 0432 283 357 / Mick - 0408 577 193. Yuku Baja Muliku Landowner & Reserves Ltd • Archer Point Land Trust • www.archerpoint.com.au Ph: (07) 4069 6957 ~ Fax: (07) 4069 6501 • PO Box 1011 Cooktown QLD 4895
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Fundraiser at Top Pub to aid Brenton Bowen FAVOURITE local bands Black Image and Warrigan Clan will be at the Top Pub this Saturday night, as part of a fundraiser for Brenton Bowen. The Top Pub is donating $1000 towards the fundraiser, which will go to former Gold Coast Titans winger Brenton Bowen, who is fighting a battle
against a second brain tumour. Bowen, who was contracted with the Titans from 2008 to 2009, had a brain tumour removed in July, 2011. Brenton attempted a brave footy comeback last season with Cairns District Rugby League club Edmonton Storm before the
tumour grew back. Bowen, 28, is currently receiving radiation treatment in Melbourne, following surgery on the benign tumour last December. There will also be raffles and prizes on the night. Brenton Bowen is cousin of the North Queensland Cowboy’s Matt Bowen.
Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK Ants in your plants!
Livvy Davies and Dooren Creek discuss proud new Toro and Livvy Davies looking out for Capt Cook at Cape Tribulation. artwork purchase at Bana Yirriji, Wujal. Ant Plant and button orchids at James Cook Museum. road work, but everyone is looking ANT plants. Symbiotic or mutual paperbarks (melaleucas) or mangrove preciation, the ants protect the larvae. the like) hanging around. But Livvy and Toro had a busy day forward to the annual grading, as lots Complicated? Incredibly so! relationships in nature can be very species. Superficially, it looks like an Recent young visitors from fulfilling their other wishes. Livvy’s of travellers are complaining that the fascinating, but here’s one that beats orchid, but close up, you can see that Manchester had different ants in pride and joy was an acquisition from steep slopes on Donavans and Cowie them all. It’s a triple whammy of the the outside is covered with prickles. The real action is inside. Ants live their pants. Toro and Livvy from the Wujal Arts and Cultural centre Ranges are pretty disgraceful. natural world and it taking place right The Road between Ayton and inside the chambers and patrol the the Davies family were excitedly (Bana Yirriji). now throughout Cape York. I’m very impressed by the recent Rossville is not quite as bad, but just You can find specimens in the Na- plant to remove leaf-eating pests. desperate to see where Capt Cook was tures Powerhouse Botanic Gardens at Their excreta is absorbed as food by shipwrecked off Cape Tribulation, works of two women artists, Doreen drive carefully if you don’t want a climb trees, make sand artwork, Creek and Florence Williams. They shocking suspension experience. Cooktown, along Marrja Boardwalk the plant. So, drive carefully, don’t get too at Cape Tribulation, but by far the That’s a genuine symbiotic or meet the bama people, and talk have different styles, but their conabout the megafauna that used to cepts and use of colours are exciting excited by the ants in your pants, and most easily spotted is in the gardens mutual relationship. The next symbiotic layer is the inhabit Australia. Many young kids and becoming very popular. Check enjoy the area while this marvellous outside James Cook Museum, where one endemic Ant Plant species is arrival of the Apollo jewel butterfly, are fascinated by dinosaurs, but them out and recommend the Centre weather lasts. Happy travelling nicely plaqued and presented on a the larvae of which live inside the young Toro was quite an expert on to visitors. Mike and Trish D’Arcy The scenery along the Track has plant. They seem to eat either the ant megafauna and spiders. paperbark tree. D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours We had a good look, but there been spectacular with the recent The Ant Plant (myrmecodia becca- plant tissue and leaves or ant larvae. Phone: +61 7 4098 9180 rii) is an epiphytic plant with fibrous The butterfly larvae then provide were no megafauna (giant lizards, sunny weather. Cairns Council is doing a little www.darcyofdaintree.com.au inner chambers. It usually grows on honeydew as food for the ants. In ap- kangaroos, wombats, echidnas and
Living Well
with MICHELLE HODGKISS
WELL done to all the 8-Week Challenge participants. Here’s a quick overview of the Challenge: The healthy eating challenge provided by Richard Ball our previous community nutritionist in conjunction with the http://www.healthyweightweek. com.au, included a series of challenges that have been distributed weekly over the last eight to 10 weeks. The aim was for participants to change one aspect of their diet a week until week 8, when they would be following all of the eight challenges. How many of you actually carried out all eight challenges? Challenges were accompanied with information outlining the benefits of meeting the challenges and strategies to
assist participants. So, here’s a reminder of what they were: Week 1 - Water/Fluid intake; Week 2 - Breakfast; Week 3 - Reduce fat; Week 4 - Fruit and vegetables; Week 5 - Snacks; Week 6 - Portion control; Week 7 - Take Away/Eating Out; and Week 8 - Salt/Sodium. Anyone wanting a copy of these challenges need only contact me via email on hodgkissmichelle@hotmail. com. I would be happy to share them with you. In conjunction with these eight challenges is of course - “Physical Activity”. It is estimated that 25% of cancers
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can be attributed to four major lifestyle risk factors: physical inactivity, poor nutrition, alcohol and being overweight or obese. In Australia, it is estimated more than 7600 cancer deaths every year can be attributed to those four major risk factors. Physical activity guidelines • The national physical activity guidelines for Australian adults are: • Think of movement as an opportunity, not an inconvenience; • Be active every day in as many ways as you can; • Put together at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, preferably all days; and • If you can, also enjoy some regular, vigorous exercise for extra health and
fitness. Thirty minutes of activity can be accumulated in a minimum of 10 minute bouts of physical activity. Cancer Council Queensland recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate activity per day for good health. However, 60 minutes of moderate physical activity per day, including some vigorous physical activity is more likely to reduce cancer risk. Being active, like healthy eating, requires some thought each day. It also needs to be kept up over a lifetime. Every little extra effort adds up to make a real difference to your health. When starting an exercise program, ensure gradual and realistic lifestyle goals are set. One way to ensure this occurs is to
set yourself “smart” goals. Specific - What will you do? • Measureable - How much. How many? • Achievable - Are you able to do it? • Realistic - Will you be able to do it? For example cost and time commitments. • Timely - is there a timeline? By when? • An example of a “smart” goal is: I will increase my physical activity by walking 30 minutes in the morning at least four times each week, starting this Saturday. The difference between “moderate” and “vigorous” exercise will be explained in more depth next week with some examples. Have a good week everybody.
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Grey Nomads’ fundraiser at the Racecourse THE remaining handful of grey nomads camped in the infield of the Cooktown racecourse as of last Friday night were treated to a night of entertainment, drinks and a BBQ as part of fundraising efforts for local groups. Local bush poet Martin Pattie got the entertainment underway, and had the crowd of about 25 in stitches.
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Captain James Cook also made an appearance, before the nomads enjoyed a BBQ. The grey nomads at Friday night’s event were what remained of a large number of aged road-warriors who had travelled to Cooktown the previous week for the re-vamped Cooktown show. The numerous nomads spoken to by the Cooktown Local News were very
enthusiastic about the RVfriendly Cooktown and promised to pass their positive views about Cooktown down the vast and powerful grey nomad grapevine. Funds raised from the low-key event are to be split between the Cooktown Re-enactment Association, the Discovery Festival and the Cooktown Amateur Turf Club.
Local bush poet Martin Pattie had the grey-nomad crowd in stitches.
Lighter winds tease boaties A break of lighter winds mid-week last week allowed smaller boats to hit the inshore reef, as the weekend drew closer the fans wound up, and conditions we marginal at best. Looking ahead the weather looks similar with moderate winds peaking to about 20 knots with a few breaks around 15 knots so we just have to be ready. The rivers are steady with a number of larger fish testing gear to the max. There was a few more barrra in
the mix last week, as well as grunter, golden trevelly and queen fish. As we build to the moon, the tides will bring bait and clean water on the flood tides. Mackerel will be worth targeting with lures or livies. Reefs have been firing so watch for the weather breaks. Tight Lines Russell Bowman, The Lure Shop.
ABOVE LEFT: Barry and Barbara Pittard were enjoying the relative warmth of Cooktown, compared to their hometown of Murtoa, Victoria. ABOVE RIGHT: Wollongong’s John and Robyn Wilson enjoyed the night’s entertainment. LEFT: Volunteers, including Sayah Scott, Captain James Cook (a.k.a. Ricky Ashcroft), Bronwyn Sieverding and Loretta Sullivan ensured the fundraising night was a success.
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10 Event Program Saturday & Sunday, August 17 & 18, 2013 – Starting 9am each day – at the Cooktown Amateur Turf Club grounds
Live band Saturday night by local band “Black Image” Camping available Call Raeleen 0428 695 609 for more information or to pre-nominate
Full-time nomads Chook and Deb Suell chat with Tony and Thelma Berry from the Sunshine Coast.
Sydney-siders Allen and Jenny Grono enjoy their first visit to Cooktown.
Mt Carbine Bull and Bronc Ride results OPEN BULL 1st Cody Teece 2nd Harry Hoffman 3rd Jeremy Yoren OPEN SADDLE BRONC 1st Billy Ericson NOVICE BULL 1st Twelyn Gibbo 2nd Harley Wagstaff
3rd Jarred Galvin BUSHMAN’S SADDLE BRONC 1st Raymond Brown 2nd Telwyn Gibbo 3rd Billy Ericson JUNIOR BULL 1st Jack Henley 2nd Jack Portelli and Travis
Gattera (equal) JUNIOR STEER No scores PODDY 8 - 12 1st Whatt Milgate PODDY U8 1st Jake Simpson 2nd Reno Bowen 3rd David Neller
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Jack Morris in his Queensland Schoolboys under-15 uniform, with his dad, Allan, waiting at the airport to travel to Perth in June, 2011.
Jack and his mum Gypsy, who performed with Jack’s sister Yasmin at Black Mountain Unplugged on the weekend.
Jack, who is known for his ferocious tackling, in action.
Broncos’ loss is Eels’ gain as Jack signs with Parra By COREY BOUSEN FORMER Cooktown junior rugby league player Jack Morris thought his path to an NRL career would be an “easy journey”, having signed a three year contract with the Brisbane Broncos junior academy at the age of 14. The journey came to a screeching halt at the end of last year, when the Broncos decided not to take up the option for the third year of Jack’s contract. “I signed with the Brisbane Broncos at the start of 2010 and prior to that, in Grade 9, I was part of their development work,” Jack told Cooktown Local News in a phone interview this week. The multi-year deal saw Jack travel from his current hometown of Gympie to Brisbane for training with the Broncos 10 times in 2011 and another 25 times in 2012. But despite the many trips between Gympie and Red Hill, Jack wasn’t able to convince the Broncos that he had
what they needed. “I thought I had it. I thought an NRL career was going to be handed to me. I thought it would be an easy journey,” he admits. With his once promising rugby league career now hanging in the balance at the end of 2012, Jack spent some time surfing during the school holidays and also putting some thought as to where his future lay. With some time to digest the Broncos rejection, Jack decided that he still had the hunger, and would do his best to achieve his NRL dreams in 2013. To that end, Jack dazzled at the 18 years State Secondary Rugby League Carnival in Kingaroy at the end of May, and was swamped by NRL talent scouts. In the ensuing two months, the Newcastle Knights and the Parramatta Eels emerged as the two organisations prepared to put deals on the table. Jack’s father, Al ‘Screamer’ Morris, who is well known to many in Cooktown as the drummer with the
ever popular Roadtrippers, says the Newcastle Knights, with great surfing and a university near by, was the initial favourite for Jack’s signature. “Jack even got a call from Wayne Bennett to say that he had heard good things about him. So that was a bit of a buzz for Jack. “We travelled down to Newcastle and Parramatta for a week and checked things out, and the family was going to move to Newcastle next year, but, late in the piece, Jack has decided to go with Parramatta,” Al reveals. Commenting on the Eels deal, Jack admits it’s all “pretty amazing”. “It’s an awesome feeling just having this opportunity happening again. I’m just really pumped about it and I can’t wait to get down to Parramatta,” says the 95kg tackling machine, who plays a variety of positions in the back row. On what swayed him toward Parramatta in the end, Jack says he was impressed with their development setup and the “keenness” with which Parra courted his signature.
“Basically, if I went to the Knights, I would have always been wondering what would have happened if I had gone to the Eels,” Jack says. With the Eels offer verbally accepted in the last fortnight, Jack is due to sign the paperwork in the very near future. As Jack is finishing year 12 this year, he will take Schoolies Week off for a much-anticipated trip with his mates to the Gold Coast, and will leave his family for his life with the Eels shortly thereafter. Jack will play with the Eels Under 18 in 2014, and hopes to step up to the Under 20 in the near future. If he’s able to prove his abilities at that level, then an NRL career will be the next step. Al says he couldn’t be prouder of his son, but admits it was “a bit of a shock” with Jack’s last-minute decision to opt for the Eels over the Knights. “Jack is just a happy lad. I’m proud of how he handled himself during all the negotiations and basically, in the
end, we really trust what he thinks and it was his own decision as to where he went in the end.” People who attended Black Mountain Unplugged on the weekend would have seen Jack’s sister Yasmin (performing as Yasmini) make her career debut, showing as much talent on the stage as Jack does on the footy field. Finishing her set with a duet with her mum, Gypsy, the 15-year-old Yasmin was a musical highlight of the weekend. (See Yasmin and Gypsy on stage on page13). Back to the football, and Jack admits that there has been a recent change in allegiance regarding who is his favourite NRL team; which has been the Broncos, for obvious reasons. As fate has it, the Broncos and the Eels are facing off in Brisbane this Friday night at Suncorp Stadium and Jack will be in attendance to watch the game - in a Parramatta Eels jersey.
No change to leaderboard for weekly stroke competition THERE was no change in the leader board for The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stroke competition last week with Wayne King holding onto the number one position with a Nett score of 61 and Peter Gunther in runner up position with a Nett score of 62. Well done boys! Last Saturday’s 3-Person Skins Ambrose competition was changed to a Stableford competition as it is quite difficult to arrange players for a
3-Person Ambrose. The Endeavour Valley Road boys were on top for the Saturday with John Pettersen being the winner with a score of 34 Points and Steve Butler in second place with 33 Points. Nearest the pins were landed by Steve Butler for 2/11 and Julie Sauer knocking Robyn McDonald off his perch for 9/18. No one landed on the green for the NTP for 14. A handful of members and one visitor competed in
The Cape York Tyres Sunday 9-Hole Stableford competition. Visitor player Brendan Corrigan of Nambucca Heads was the winner for the day with 19 Points and Tanya Eizenberg in second place with a score of 18 Points. Brendan Corrigan is currently leading the field in Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford competition with a score of 34 Points. Tanya Eizenberg is currently in second place with a
score of 31 Points. As most of you are aware, the weekly competition ends on Friday afternoon. Coke have advised us that we are very close to losing our Coke machine as not enough product is being purchased through them (instead we are supporting our local providers!) and that it is costing Coke a lot of money every time we have a service call (which is quite regular - it’s not working at the moment either!) costs
them $$$$. To that good fishing days, etc). end, if anyone out Phil mows the there has a fridge g r e e n s , Tu e s d a y, they would like to Thursday and SaturIn the day and watering of donate to the Club for use as our soft Bunker the greens and tees is drink fridge, please done anytime on any contact Kelly at the Club day during the week. House (Thursday to Sunday). Sometimes on a weekJust a reminder - Club end, fairways will also be House hours Thursday to watered. Sunday 8:30am to 5:30pm. Happy golfing everyone Monday 9:00am to 10:30am Kelly Barnett, (subject to change - sick days, Manager, annual leave, time in lieu, Cooktown Golf Links.
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Bat, pads, snorkel and goggles packed for Rainforest Cup
Chat with Matt
G’day again, IT’S a pity we couldn’t have shown our current form earlier in the season as we wouldn’t be fighting for a place in the top eight as we are now. Our 36-4 hammering of the Panthers in Penrith on Sunday night was a great team effort, scoring six converted tries. I’m not sure why we struggled earlier in the season, but at present everyone is doing their job and we’ve been training well leading up to the games. That’s the biggest thing for us. One of the strongest aspects of the game was that the Panthers scored one try and a lucky one at that. They couldn’t get through us and had to go around us - our defence was outstanding. If we can maintain this form over the final four rounds, we’re still in with a chance of making the top eight. We need to win every game, and, even if we do that, we’ll need a couple of results to go our way. But we’re still in there with a chance, so it’s up to us to keep winning - that’s all we can do. I just hope we haven’t left our run too late. We have the Titans at home at 1300SMILES Stadium in Townsville on Saturday. They’re coming off a good 26-16 win against the Bulldogs on Monday night which probably surprised everyone after they’d lost a few on the trot last month. But they now have had successive wins after beating the Tigers a fortnight ago. So they’ll come into the game full of confidence after that result and will want to hang on to their spot in the top eight. We haven’t discussed the game against the Titans yet, but will do so closer to the game. But we need to concentrate on our game and not worry about what the Titans might or might not do. I think everyone has pulled up fit with no injuries, and I don’t expect any changes to the side after such a good win. On a personal note, I’m hoping to settle my future this week. It’d been great to get it sorted out and can put that behind me. My manager handles all that side of it, and it would be good to put it in the “done” basket. Don’t forget to watch us on TV, with the game starting at 5.30. Until next week - Matt Bowen.
Story and photo By ALF WILSON
COOKTOWN and Hope Vale cricketers may receive coverage on national television when they contest the 2013 Rainforest Cup Indigenous cricket carnival at Tully and Innisfail in October. Tully is one of Australia’s wettest towns and often games are interrupted by rain at the carnival which has a unique atmosphere. The carnival will be held on the weekend of October 4 and 5. In past years the Cooktown Crocs XI have been among the strongest sides. Last year the side reached the semi-finals, and the year before, qualified for the grand final before losing narrowly. Cooktown Crocs spokesman Selwyn McIvor told the Cooktown Local News that his side was looking forward to the carnival. “The boys who will play with us have been going well in the local cricket competition here in Cooktown and we will be trying hard at the Rainfor-
est Cup,” he said. Selwyn nominated Tim Rosendale, Preston Deemal, Errol Kulka, Geoffrey Kulka and Errol Ross-Kelly as players who would perform well at the Rainforest Cup. Two years ago, Errol Kulka slammed one of the biggest sixes in Cup history which is still talked about. The ball travelled an estimated 90m and cleared a high fence around a business well outside the field. Fielders had to climb the fence to retrieve the ball so the game could continue. When told that organisers were negotiating with NITV to cover the event, Selwyn was delighted. “That would give us
some national coverage and recognition,” Selwyn said. Ten teams are expected to battle it out for honours on turf wickets, while the Cooktown competition is played on concrete wickets covered with mats, with the difference in playing surfaces being a major disadvantage to the Crocs. Organising committee member Stan Lenoy said that hopefully a ladies’ match would also be played. “On October 4 we hope to have a game between two of the original communities that competed in the first Rainforest Cup, Mt Garnet and Jumbun but most matches will be played on the weekend,” Stan said.
Wombat_101 increases lead even further WOMBAT_101 now is only one win short of being a complete round in front of the field after round 22 of the Cooktown Local News/Hinterland Aviation/ Inn Cairns NRL footy tipping competition. Wombat_101 sits on 122 after registering six wins, with only four rounds remaining. The Titans’ upset win against the Bulldogs on Monday night undid most tipsters with only Gracie and Harry the Bear selecting the Gold Coast side. The Knights’ last-gasp win against the Sharks also caught out most tipsters. Obviously no one tipped all eight winners, with
Wazza the only one to nominate seven winners. With six were Wombat_101, Nikki, Prickly. Trailling Wombat_101 (6 wins), seven in arrears on 115 is Eye of the Tiger (5). Beagleb2 (5) is one further back on 114, one in front of TheFantasticMrsFox (5) on 113. Nikki (6) is on 111. 107: Wazza (7). 106: Camf (4), Prickly (6). 104: Pootie Tang (5), Maggie_P (5). 103: Matthew Thompson (5). 100: bubsie1981 (4).
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98: Whiteyfunk (4). 96: Cameron Neill (5). 94: FNQ_Chris (5). 92: Gracie (3). 91: Harry the Bear (5). The winner of the Cooktown Local News/ Hintertland Aviation and Inn Cairns NRL footy tipping competition will received a return flight to Cairns with Hinterland Aviation and three nights’ accommodation in Inn Cairns right in the heart of Cairns. The runner-up will receive $250 from the Cooktown Local News.
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