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Christmas is the perfect time for people to throw their troubles aside and be with the people they love the most. However, not everyone can be home for the holidays, like Maeve, spending the festive period in Barwon Health’s University Hospital Geelong children’s ward. According to the Barwon Health Foundation, thousands of patients, including babies and young children, are expected to attend the hospital over the festive season. Luckily for the 11-month-old, she is surrounded by many loving hospital nurses and staff helping keep the Christmas spirit alive. The rooms are full of sparkling tinsel, magnificent trees and beautiful decorations to bring joy and light to an otherwise scary time for many kids who find themselves at the Geelong Hospital. Maeve will be in great hands with nurses Ally, Brielle, Thalia and Susie
Green Spine takes shape By Matt Hewson Another block of the controversial Green Spine project was officially completed this week, just in time for the Christmas retail rush. Victorian minister for regional development Gayle Tierney announced on Monday block three of the Green Spine - the section of Malop Street between Yarra and Bellerine Streets had been completed after nearly six months of major works. Minister Tierney said the Green Spine was “an investment in Geelong for years to come”. “It unlocks new opportunities for local
businesses, creates a fresh new space for people to spend time, and provides a safe route for cyclists and walkers through the city,” she said. “We’re excited to see how this key asset will be used by the city for years to come.” The newly finished block, one of six that will ultimately make up the Green Spine connecting Johnstone Park and Eastern Park, now sports new native plants, a separated bike lane and a raised wombat pedestrian crossing. Federal member for Corio Richard Marles expressed his pleasure at seeing the most recent works completed. “It’s fantastic to see the final touches put on
the Green Spine project Block 3, as we work to transform the heart of Geelong to encourage locals and tourists to spend more time and money in the city centre,” he said. The Yarra Street to Bellerine St section is the third block to undergo works as part of the Green Spine project, which is part of the Revitalising Central Geelong Action Plan. The 10-year project has been made possible by the Geelong City Deal, a collaborative partnership of federal and state governments and the City of Greater of Geelong. The Malop Street section between Gheringhap Street and Moorabool Street’s
north side has been completed, as has the stretch between Moorabool Street and Yarra Street. The latter was famously - and controversially - altered after completion, with the Geelong council electing in early 2020 to spend $2 million to tear up the newly-installed bike lane and reintroduce turning lanes, drawing the ire of its state government funding partner. The block three works were delivered by Victorian building company Bild Infrastructure. Visit infrastructure.gov. au/territories-regions-cities/cities or more information on the Geelong City Deal.
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Precinct agreements signed tourism that will positively impact generations to come,” Minister Tierney said. The agreement confirms Plenary Conventions will invest $120 million upfront into the 200-room Crowne Plaza hotel, with a further $130 million to be put toward other developments in the precinct down the line. As part of the Geelong City Deal, which is intended to revitalise the city and the region’s economy, the state government will contribute $423 million to the project, with the federal government contributing $30 million and the City $3 million. Federal member for Corio and deputy prime
minister Richard Marles said the City Deal was crucial for Geelong, which was one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. “It’s fantastic to see this partnership agreement locked in, because it means that this transformative convention and event centre precinct is one step closer to being a reality,” he said. “This project is supporting local jobs, will create a range of significant economic opportunities, and will give local businesses in the Geelong region the confidence to expand their operations.” The project will create 1450 jobs during the precinct’s construction, supporting 700 new
Ambo’s zero tolerance for violence As the peak holiday season approaches, Ambulance Victoria (AV) has called on the community to help stop violence directed toward paramedics. AV released a statement this week revealing an assault or attempted assault was reported by paramedics every 15 hours across Victoria. Incidences of occupational violence increased 14 per cent in the last financial year, with 580 cases reported, 41 of those in the Barwon South West region. From July to June this year that rate has increased, with 33 incidents reported in the region. AV acting team manager Michelle Risk, who has been a paramedic for 15 years and spent the last three years working in Geelong, said the busy holiday period exposed paramedics to more opportunities for abuse. “Violence and aggression against paramedics can end careers,” Ms Risk said. “Over time, it can have cumulative effects on anxiety, depression, PTSD. I know staff members who are off work permanently because of occupational violence. “This campaign is about spreading awareness in the community, to be respectful and let us do our job.” Barwon South West regional director Jessica McGowan said Ambulance Victoria had zero tolerance for threatening behaviour, abuse and assaults. “We’ve seen horrific behaviour recently, including paramedics being spat on, hit with a closed fist, a patient punching a vehicle with the crew trapped inside and even had a random bystander hurl a hammer at an ambulance,” Ms McGowan said. Injuring an emergency worker in Victoria is a category 1 offence and carries a mandatory minimum six-month jail sentence. “We have zero tolerance for these disgusting and illegal acts, and we do not accept occupational violence as ’part of the job’,” Ms McGowan said. “For us to provide treatment to you or your loved ones, we need a safe environment to work in. We recognise
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emergency situations can be stressful but becoming angry or aggressive will not help you or the patient paramedics are trying to help.” Ms Risk said one of the ways community members could help was to alert triple zero operators if violence or aggression was present at the scene.
Orchard blooming bright Torquay’s Quay Reserve Community Fruit Orchard has been upgraded with a new automated irrigation system, which would allow the orchard to flourish. The new system will help make the orchard drought-proof and relieve volunteers of hand-watering 22 trees and other plants. Volunteer Graeme Biggins said he looked forward to seeing the orchard provide “bountiful fruit for years to come” thanks to the upgrades. “We recently hosted a Melbourne University PhD student conducting a research project on urban food forestry and she was impressed with what she saw,” he said. “With a variety of apples, pears, stone and citrus fruits, the orchard has become a wonderful community asset where people can enjoy the setting.”
The Quay Residents Association established the orchard in 2017 and has provided fruit for the community in the past few years with support from the Surf Coast Shire Council. Councillor Kate Gazzard said she loved to see community groups develop projects that they are passionate about. “This group has valuably improved and activated this public space and enhanced community connections along the way,” she said. The upgrade included a working bee to plant indigenous species in a new mounded garden bed and the installation of labels for the trees in the orchard. The $8500 irrigation upgrade featured funding from the $5000 Council Community Initiatives grant, $2500 from Barwon Water, and $1000 in-kind contributions from community members.
“If they tell the call-taker at the time they can relay that and we can have police there with us to mitigate the chances of occupational violence and keep bystanders safe as well,” she said.
ongoing jobs once it opens. Nyaal Banyul will be one of the first major developments under the state government’s 30-year Central Geelong Framework Plan and will include a large public plaza, hospitality spaces and a commercial office tower in addition to the convention and events centre and hotel. It is expected to be completed by 2026 and is forecast to attract up to 300,000 additional overnight visitors to Geelong by 2030. Geelong mayor Trent Sullivan said it was exciting to see the project reach another major milestone.
Funds for netball courts Three netball courts in Lorne and Winchelsea have been given the green light to be renewed. Surf Coast Shire Council endorsed funding of $405,000 transferred from the Asset Renewal Reserve to the Netball Court Renewal Budget during its December 12 meeting. The funding increase from $500,000 to $905,000 would allow two Winchelsea Eastern Reserve and one Lorne Stribling Reserve courts to be renewed. Winchelsea Ward Councillor Heather Wellington said the current asphalt courts had cracked, and the playing surfaces had deteriorated due to seasonal ground movement. “It’s critical that these courts are safe... and I’m very grateful to see that these are being resurfaced,” she said. “I think the people of Winchelsea will be thrilled to get these courts resurfaced as it will be safer for everybody, and I’m really pleased to see this coming up.” Lorne Ward Cr Gary Allen said the new courts would be well-suited to the environment and be safer for community members. “Reconstructing the courts in Winchelsea and Lorne is a great way Council can provide support to two fantastic clubs,” he said. “Sport is such an essential part of building and fostering healthy, active communities. The new surfaces will be more durable and adaptive to the weather.” The proposed method for the courts’ renewals was reconstruction with concrete because it is a robust pavement. The project budget included an allowance for external construction supervision and advice from a Netball Victoria consultant.
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Explore Anglesea gardens By Matt Hewson Two beautifully designed Australian coastal gardens in Anglesea will be on display for the public during the second weekend of January. Open Gardens Victoria will open Sunnymeade and Jamboree on January 13 and 14, with the two gardens only a three-minute drive apart. Both of the gardens were designed by Ocean Road Landscaping creative director Peter Shaw. Sunnymeade, which has been Mr Shaw’s home for over 20 years, is an award-winning garden that has been featured on Gardening Australia, Dream Gardens and The Design Files.
After purchasing the land in 2000, Mr Shaw said he and his wife Simone wanted a garden that was easy to care for, fun for the kids and suitable for everyday family life. “We spent time with the kids when they were little and got them involved,” Mr Shaw said. “It’s been a very organic thing; it wasn’t textbook (design) or anything like that. And now they all have a creative spirit. “I feel pretty proud that they’ve picked up some of that and run with it. The garden has definitely helped foster that in them.” Featuring displays of correas and westringias clipped into spheres, a mounded “hilly” lawn and a Moonah forest, the garden has a “soft, wavy feel”.
Jamboree, on the other hand, is a relatively new garden, having been completed in 2020, but Mr Shaw said it was “full and healthy” despite its young age, featuring low-maintenance, coastal-tolerant flora, much of it native. “There are maybe eight or nine key plants, a reasonably simple plant palette,” Mr Shaw said. “It’s a garden that doesn’t take a lot of water or need a lot of care. It’s got a nice rhythm to it; it’s pretty soft and loose, grasses and shrubs.” In addition to the gardens, both venues have a range of events over the weekend. Visit opengardensvictoria.org.au for more information and bookings.
Geelong Lutheran College (GLC) has bid farewell to the outgoing Head of College, who concludes her time at the school at the end of the year. Jill Lange-Mohr OAM has chosen to stay in the Geelong region rather than return to her home state of Queensland following her departure from the school. Ms Lange-Mohr said she looked forward to calling Geelong home and that current principal Sue Ellis was well-prepared to take over the College’s leadership as the Executive Principal next year. “Sue and I have worked closely over the past several years, and her commitment to the values and vision of the College aligns seamlessly with our mission,” she said. “I am very confident that under her leadership, Geelong Lutheran College will continue to thrive and provide an exceptional learning environment for students in the Geelong region. “Geelong holds a special place in my heart, and it’s more than just a professional chapter coming to a close. The community became an integral part of my life, and I am delighted to call it home now.” Ms Lange-Mohr’s tenure has been characterised by visionary leadership and a relentless pursuit of excellence, culminating in significant achievements and growth for the institution. Ms Ellis said she was thankful for Ms Lange-Mohr’s leadership and looked forward to her new GLC role.
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The fate of a contentious seven-storey development in Rippleside will be decided by an expert panel appointed by the minister for planning Sonia Kilkenny. Geelong council has resolved to send amendment C436ggee and planning permit PP-573/2021 - Balmoral Quay in Rippleside to the planning minister rather than approve or deny the development. The amendment and planning permit refer to stage five of the Balmoral Quay development, which seeks to build a 28m-high apartment complex including 84 apartments, office and retail premises and a reduction of car parking, at 1 and 11 Harbourside Drive, Rippleside. After supporting the preparation of the amendment and planning permit required for construction of the building, Geelong council
conducted a public exhibition of the proposal through nearly five weeks in August and September 2023. During that time the City received 173 submissions, including a petition with 419 signatures, with 167 of those objecting to the proposal. The major themes of the objections were traffic, building height, neighbourhood character and overshadowing. City officers will engage a traffic expert and seek to “further resolve issues” in the lead-up to the panel hearing, which is scheduled for February next year. Councillor Jim Mason said though submissions from the public had raised “some quite difficult questions”, the proposal satisfied a range of City planning policies. “This amendment is consistent with the State and local planning policies related to the delivery of urban consolidation, social and
affordable housing, a range of housing types in well-serviced locations, environmentally sustainable design and urban design,” Cr Mason said. “It’s also got a social housing component (and) is consistent with the Social Housing Plan 2020-2041, Housing Diversity Strategy and Settlement Strategy. “I see it also as most appropriate to delegate this, to get an independent and expert panel to properly resolve the case and where objectors also have an opportunity to have their say again.” Councillors Melissa Cadwell and Ron Nelson voiced their concerns with the proposal. “I’ve certainly got some concerns with this; 27 metres is extremely high,” Cr Nelson said. “I certainly wouldn’t want to live in Rippleside and have a 27 metre monolith blocking my sunrise.”
GLC Sematics 101 and 102 teams experienced success at the First LEGO League National Championship South with help from coaches Jane and Greg Hollett and team mentor Ella Schurmann (second row, first on right). (Supplied)
Gold and silver for GLC’s robotics team It’s gold and silver for Geelong Lutheran College (GLC) Armstrong Creek’s two robotics teams after experiencing success at the First LEGO League National Championship South. The Sematics 101 team of five Year 6 students took first place, and the Sematics 102 team of seven Year 7 to 9 students placed second at the Saturday, December 16, competition in Tasmania. The 101 team now advances to the Asia Pacific Open Competition in Sydney from July 4 to 7 next year, and the 102 team will travel to America for the First 2024 Championship from April 17 to 20.
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France beckons for chippy Geelong apprentice carpenter Trey McAuley is off to France to represent Australia at the 47th WorldSkills International Championships in Lyon. After success at the WorldSkills National Championships in Melbourne this August, Trey has been selected as a member of the WorldSkills AU Skillaroo Training Squad. As the only carpenter in the squad, the Bannockburn apprentice carpenter really is the best in his field. The international competition will bring together approximately 1500 competitors from more than 65 countries and regions, showcasing 62 different trades and skills, including Trey’s domain of carpentry. “I’m the sole carpentry apprentice in the training squad, so I’m determined to prove myself and represent Australia in my trade,” Trey said. “I love my job, and to think it started with a regional competition at The Gordon and led me to where I am now is exciting. “I’m grateful for the support surrounding me. I love being a carpenter and having this extra opportunity through trade school. My employer is another reason why working in the trade industry has been a great career choice. I’m committed to giving it my best.“ Despite the intense competition at one of the world’s largest skills excellence events, Trey appears unnerved. The most talented young apprentices and trainees worldwide will compete for the title of World Champion. While this is undoubtedly Trey’s ultimate goal, he relishes every step of the journey, including meeting fellow apprentices and trainees rising to the challenge. “I’m excited to give it my all, work hard at the training squad, and see where it can take me,” he said. Aaron Nesbitt, Trey’s supportive employer from Nesbitt Constructions, commended Trey’s carpentry skills and acknowledged the opportunities available to skilled and dedicated apprentices and trainees beyond the usual trade school and work commitments. “Trey is a hard worker. He’s a dedicated apprentice and always puts in 100% effort on the worksite,” Aaron said.
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Hidden in the Reeds wins By Jena Carr Bannockburn’s Keama Rowan has taken out the major prize in the Golden Plains Shire photo competition for her exploration of environmental beauty. The council encouraged amateur photographers to capture the 2023 Spring in the Shire photo essay competition’s Photo[synthesis] theme through their lens, with winners announced at the Golden Plains Twilight Market. Ms Rowan said she “couldn’t believe it” when she took out the $600 top prize for the 18 years and older category on December 14
for her ‘Hidden in the Reeds’ photo. “I picked up a camera in May for some stress relief and bird watching, and one of my friends said that I should enter but I didn’t think for a million years that I’d actually win,” she said. “At the time, this little brown bird was darting back and forth in the reeds and was singing its little heart out. So, I just sat on the ground for 20 minutes and got that photo. “I’m an ED (emergency department) nurse by trade, so photography gets me outside, and it helps me clear my head, get into nature, and listen for what’s around me. “I’m an avid bird watcher and there’s heaps
of species around Bannockburn that people wouldn’t even be aware of.” Prize winners included Rokewood’s Amelia Preston for ‘Freddy the Frog’ in the Young Adult, 13 to 17, and Inverleigh’s Jessica Richens for ‘Two Little Bugs’ in the Junior Prize, up to 12, categories. Golden Plains Shire Council Mayor Brett Cunningham said he was “very impressed” with all the competition entries. “The quality of entries for this year’s competition really highlighted the beautiful surrounds, vibrant communities, and amazing flora and fauna we have in Golden Plains,” he said.
The Lifeblood mobile blood donor centre will return to Torquay in January for the first time in more than ten years. The centre will return to the Surf Coast from January 15 to 19 at 1 Beacon Boulevard, when demand for blood will be the highest in a decade. Lifeblood spokesperson Stephanie Reynolds said the centre’s visit was a trial but that if it were successful, it would return. “One blood donation is needed every 18 seconds in Australia, and I am pleased people in Torquay will have the opportunity to donate closer to home,” she said. “We recognise Torquay has a growing population and we are eager to make blood donation as convenient and easy as possible.” Ms Reynolds said one in three Australians will need blood or blood products in their lifetime, and the need for blood does not stop. She also said a blood donation appointment took close to an hour and that the donation would only last five to 10 minutes. “There are 190 appointments available. I encourage you to book now because they are likely to fill fast,” she said. “And if you are out of town during January’s mobile unit visit, the Geelong Blood Donor Centre is another option. It’s open seven days a week.” People can book a blood donation on 13 14 95, the DonateBlood app, or at lifeblood.com.au
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Literature inspires passion Fair returns By Matt Hewson Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College (MFG) student Sonnet Pandit’s lifelong love of literature has inspired her to two major achievements this year. The year 11 student completed Unit 3/4 subject Extended Investigation and received a subject score of 48, the state’s second highest for the subject, and was also the MFG recipient of the 2023 Deakin Young Influencer of the Year Award scholarship. She said she was “overwhelmed” when she found out about her score for the subject. “When I got up and saw a 48 I started running around the house and screaming ‘I have a 48 for extended!’” Sonnet said. Extended Investigation requires significant research into an original topic of the student’s choice, culminating in a 4000-word report and an oral presentation. Sonnet chose to explore the interconnections between authors Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf from a feminist perspective. “Both Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf have this profound influence on me as a person and as somebody who would consider herself a feminist,” she said. “When I was very sick, I was reading Virginia Woolf for comfort, and I was reading her essay, A Room of One’s Own, in which she alluded to Austen quite a bit. And then that kind of interested me; I wanted to see if Jane Austen had an influence on Virginia Woolf. “I found out that there was quite a limited amount of research done on the interconnection between Austen and Woolf as authors within a broader feminist tradition. So I thought that it would be quite worthwhile to kind of, perhaps, bridge that gap.” Following high school, Sonnet plans to
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The Tranquillity at Twilight Fair returns to Ocean Grove in the new year and promises a great evening of music, food and fun. The family-friendly event will take place on January 6 from 4pm to 9pm at Ocean Grove Park and is a key fundraiser for the park to help keep it in the public’s hands. Stall manager Bec Abram said 72 food, gift and entertainment stalls would be at the fair, showcasing the region’s community spirit. “We’ve tried to focus the last couple of years on getting local people that are making different things and there will be a large spectrum of things to suit everybody,” she said. It’s a family event, so the kids can come have dinner and entertainment. A bar will also be open, just off to the side of the stage. “It’s a lovely way to end the day and come off the beach by grabbing something to eat with entertainment... It’s such a nice way for all the community to get together.” Music coordinator Colleen Maloney said people would be treated to many entertainment shows with several local bands. “The musical journey begins with the electrifying tunes of Rock band Mr Hyde, setting the stage for a night of dynamic performances,” she said. “Pop enthusiasts will be delighted by the catchy melodies of Brunette Red Dress, while Country music lovers can kick up their boots to the tunes of Tin Stars.” Entry to the Tranquillity at Twilight Fair is $5, and children under 16 can enter the event for free. Jena Carr
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By Cr Trent Sullivan If you want to understand what’s happening in Geelong, Council’s Community Grants program is a good place to start. Through our 2023-2024 program, we’ve recently awarded a total of $768,766 to 118 different projects. Reviewing the list of recipients gives a great insight into the vast array of activities happening across the city, and highlights the wealth of innovation, creativity, and talent our residents possess. As mayor, it gives me great pride that we can back such a wide-cross section of our community life. The funds for some groups may appear relatively small, but they provide the necessary capital to transform their ideas into reality. The supported projects, across categories such as arts, environment and events, help make us a healthier, better connected and more sustainable community. They include: • $10,000 for a mixed media historical art project by Jun Bin Lee and Platform Arts about the incredible journey of Ham Hop, a Chinese woman who moved to Geelong in the early 20th century. • A $10,000 grant to the Australian Highland Cattle Society towards a National Highland Cattle Show. • $9,777 for the North Geelong Warriors Festa, which showcases Croatian food, wine, music, and dancing. • A $9,246 grant to Corio Model Railway Club to install roof-mounted solar panels; and • $1700 to the Association of Bengalis in
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Geelong to promote healthy, low-cost meal preparation among Pakistani women. You can see the full list of recipients – and find out when the next round of grants open – at geelongaustralia.com.au/grants In my last Indy column for the year, I wanted to recognise the tireless work of those who support our community. The demands on the City of Greater Geelong don’t stop during this time, with our essential services continuing to operate. Thank you to all those at the City – and across other organisations – who are working through the Christmas and New Year period. This includes agencies such as Geelong Food Relief Centre, which council provides funding to. There is a lot of pressure on people at this
time of year, and Geelong Food Relief Centre assistance to thousands of residents and families who would otherwise struggle to put a good meal on the table. I’d also like to give thanks to our community centres and neighbourhood houses, who provide a supportive, social space for so many members of their local area. Through the Christmas-related funding we provide to our neighbourhood houses, primarily in the northern and eastern suburbs, we hope we have helped make the festive season more enjoyable. Before I sign off, I would like to wish all readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please be safe and take extra care on our roads, during this very busy period.
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CITYNEWS CHRISTMAS IS A SPECIAL TIME It's so important that we ensure everybody has equal access to the many offerings across the region, and helping to make people feel included in this most wonderful time of the year.
It presents as the perfect opportunity to gather with friends and family and reflect on the past year with those closest to us. It has been a big twelve months in Greater Geelong, but it is difficult to think of a busier, more exciting time than December.
On behalf of our Council, I wish you a safe and Merry Christmas and hope that you enjoy some quality time with family and friends.
The City has built a reputation as the Christmas capital of Australia. We have done this through our incredible Christmas in Geelong program, which is packed full of attractions, events and activities to make the festive season even more memorable.
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TEMPORARY CHANGE TO BIN COLLECTION DAY
Every year, our region becomes a special place at Christmas with experiences and events that bring our community together, spreading the festive spirit. Headlined by our iconic Floating Christmas Tree on the Waterfront, our popular Christmas in Geelong program is supported by free family activities across Greater Geelong designed to delight and entertain people of all ages.
On Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Monday’s bin collection will move to the previous Saturday.
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Only residents with a Monday collection are affected. Please put your bins out on Friday night for the Saturday collection. Christmas Day and New Year's Day are the only two public holidays every year that have a collection change. On all other public holidays, bin services operate as per usual.
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New summer-themed Sound and Light Show starts Boxing Day! Our spectacular Floating Christmas Tree will continue lighting up the bay at night until Sunday 7 January 2024. It's your last chance to see the current Christmas-themed Sound and Light Show, on now until Christmas Day (night)! See it nightly
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Can’t make it to visit the tree in person? You can watch it live online or view a video via geelong.link/Christmas
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When you choose to spend money in Greater Geelong instead of outside, you’re helping to support more than 21,000 small businesses, which supports our people, industries and economy. Making the switch to local doesn’t have to be expensive - it could be buying Christmas presents or a gift card from a local retailer, getting fruit and veg at the nearby greengrocer, choosing a local wine, selecting a local tradesperson, donating to a local charity or trying out a different café. Scan the QR code to learn more or visit geelong.link/OurBackyard
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With a crowd making their way into the city and surrounds for the celebrations, it’s a good idea to pre-plan your travel arrangements.
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Celebrate the arrival of 2024 with a dazzling spectacle at the Waterfront as free fireworks displays return this New Year's Eve. Join us to enjoy a family-friendly fireworks display at 9.30pm followed by a repeat of the same show at the traditional midnight timeslot as we bid farewell to 2023.
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This beloved and free community event invites you all to revel in the Christmas magic beneath the stars. Join the chorus of carolers, bring your own picnic or savour delights from onsite food trucks on Sunday 24 December 2023 from 7.30pm.
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Geelong councillors Melissa Cadwell, Anthony Aitken, Jim Mason and mayor Trent Sullivan with the 2023 Women in Community Life Awards winners.
Women’s awards open Nominations are now open for Geelong’s annual Women in Community Life Awards. The awards acknowledge the contributions women have made to the Geelong community, in particular the impact they have made toward gender equality. Nominations can be made across seven categories - economic empowerment, First Nations woman, disability rights, leadership in women’s health, climate action, human rights and education - and are open until 5pm on Monday, February 2024. The awards will be presented as part of the City’s International Womens Day celebrations
on Friday, March 8. Councillor Melissa Cadwell, Chair of the Women in Community Life Advisory Committee, said the awards provide the opportunity to highlight the work of women who were often unrecognised. “We want to hear about women you know, from the quiet volunteer to the inspiring leader, who are working for an equal society in our Greater Geelong community,” Councillor Cadwell said. “Sharing the accomplishments and stories of women allows us to thank them for their contributions and helps to inspire other women and future generations – after all ‘you can’t be,
what you can’t see.’” Geelong mayor Trent Sullivan expressed similar sentiments, saying the contribution of women in building a generous and supportive community was often underestimated. “I encourage you to consider women you know who have contributed positively to our community and consider nominating them for an award,” Mayor Sullivan said. “These awards form part of a number of awards programs hosted by the Council to target under-represented groups to ensure we equitably recognise and celebrate everyone’s contributions.”
There will be changes to bin collection over the Christmas and New Year period for City of Greater Geelong and Surf Coast Shire residents. The changes for City of Greater Geelong apply only to those who have a Monday bin collection. Bin collections will not occur on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. Monday December 25 collection will take place on Saturday December 23. Monday January 1 collection will take place on Saturday December 30. Normal Monday collection services will resume from Monday January 8. These service changes only impact residents who have their bins collected on a Monday. There will be no changes to bin collections on any other days over the Christmas and New Year period. Collection truck drivers will have Christmas Day (Monday) off, and during that week all residential bins will be emptied the day following usual collections. This means from December 26 to 30 only: • Bins normally emptied on Monday will be emptied on Tuesday • Bins normally emptied on Tuesday will be emptied on Wednesday • Bins normally emptied on Wednesday will be emptied on Thursday • Bins normally emptied on Thursday will be emptied on Friday, and • Bins normally emptied on Friday will be emptied on Saturday Normal collection schedule will resume from Monday January 1.
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All ready for Christmas Independent photographer Ivan Kemp ventured out on Monday night in search of houses adorned with Christmas decorations. He captured these pics in Geelong West.
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New Year’s Eve May this fireworks show Christmas New Year’s Eve revellers are in for a treat with the City of Greater Geelong announcing two eight-minute fireworks displays over Corio Bay are set to take place on the big night. The first fireworks show is at 9.30pm on New Year’s Eve and a second display will also be safely discharged from a barge at the traditional time of midnight. Mayor Trent Sullivan said community members would be able to view the fireworks and bring in the new year if they can see the skyline over Corio Bay. “Council is thrilled to make the end of 2023 extra special for residents and visitors to our region by delivering fireworks each year,” he said. “The fireworks can be enjoyed in so many ways – whether it’s having a picnic at Eastern Beach, going to dinner and drinks at a central Geelong hospitality venue or finding the perfect vantage spot. “We recommend starting your night with
more free entertainment by taking in Council’s spectacular Floating Christmas Tree Sound and Light Show and the Christmas Projections on City Hall.” A new sound and light show programme kicks off on Boxing Day, running for six minutes at a time from 8.30pm to midnight. In between shows, community members can change the colour of the lights themselves. The projections at City Hall also run during that time. Community members are asked to refrain from letting off illegal fireworks as they create a risk of serious injury or death. Council said it recommends pet owners bring their animals indoors or secure them in a safe location when the fireworks are discharged. To ensure public safety, Eastern Beach Road between Moorabool and Yarra Streets will be closed from 8pm on Sunday December 31 to 12.30am (or when safe to do so) on Monday January 1.
bring joy, peace and a renewed sense of hope. As we approach the festive season, I want to take a moment to extend my warmest wishes to you all. There have been many exciting times this year and many new initiatives to help curb cost-of-living pressures. From strengthening Medicare to paid parental leave, rental and energy relief to thousands of fee-free TAFE places and teaching scholarships – the Albanese Government has been busy taking some of the pressure off Australians. Let’s cherish the moments spent with loved ones this season, and look forward to a new year filled with opportunities for growth and positive change. Warm regards,
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Tourism recovery an ongoing process Tourism Greater Geelong and the Bellarine’s (TGGB) annual report, released last week, details a remarkable recovery throughout the industry since the pandemic. The report revealed gross visitor numbers had increased by 41.8 per cent from 2022 to 2023, jumping from 4.3 million to 6.2 million, with overnight stays increasing by nearly 16 per cent. But the big number is annual visitor expenditure, which leapt from $1.08 billion to $1.57b, an improvement of over 45 per cent. But TGGB executive director Tracy Carter said the raw figures did not necessarily tell the entire story. “The number ($1.57b) is big, and I guess we always focus on yield as a key performance indicator for how tourism is going… but there’s a bit in it to unpack,” Ms Carter said. “This leap to $1.6 billion sounds amazing, and in some ways it is, but I’ll be really careful
because I understand that some of that number is inflationary. “We also certainly know our operators had a bit of a tough year. The spend in the region was up in a big way, but the cost of doing business increased, so it wasn’t all roses. “And many hospitality and tourism operators are telling us they’re still having a hard time getting staff who can deliver the level of experience we want to be delivering in the region.” Ms Carter said the recovery process was still ongoing. “There was a period of years where businesses were just doing enough to tick over and perhaps… went a bit backwards during that time. So consolidating and feeling like they’re on top of things again is a longer term thing than just ‘the visitors are back’,” she said. Matt Hewson
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Partnership through art Barwon Water has purchased a work from a local artist through its partnership with disability support and services organisation genU. Aaron Deans’ work is a free-hand piece in pencil and fineliner inspired by Barwon Water’s Black Rock reclamation plant, which transforms sewage into recycled water and biosolids. Aaron has honed his skills at genU, which supports artists with a disability and promotes their works. Aaron’s art teacher Gosia Reflinski said was very impressed with the composition and level of detail of the work. “This is the first time Aaron has tackled the complex issue of perspective in his art,” Ms Reflinski said. “He was very successful in the execution of this concept in this work.” Barwon Water and genU have partnered since 2013, when they began their community nursery partnership, providing 40,000 plants annually for Barwon Water revegetation and ongoing full-time employment and training to employees and supported employees. Barwon Water general manager of customers, community and strategy Laura Kendall said she was pleased the partnership had been able to add art to the list of collaborations. “Together, we’ve provided important opportunities and outcomes through our plant nursery, Ryrie HQ and garden programs, and now we can add art to the list thanks to Aaron’s work,” she said. “We’re taken by Aaron’s creative interpretation of our Black Rock site and feel a new kind of inspiration for our work when we see his artwork on display at our Ryrie Street head office.” Clare Amies, genU’s chief executive, said
Barwon Water’s Laura Kendall and local artist Aaron Deans. (Supplied)
it was fantastic to see the organisation’s art program having a positive impact like this for Aaron. “As part of the many disability support
services we offer there are a wide range of art programs, all designed to help artists embrace their creativity and express themselves in an inclusive environment,” she said.
Aquatic centre designs done Designs for the Surf Coast Aquatic and Health Centre have been finished, with the project going out to tender in January. Construction will begin in the middle of next year and finish in 2026 to bring the community a multi-use, fully accessible and environmentally designed health and wellbeing asset. The $46-million Torquay North centre will include a 25-metre indoor pool, warm water program, first-floor gym, allied health suites, cafe, Changing Places facility and car park area. Surf Coast Shire councillor Rose Hodge said the centre would be integrated with the Wurdi Baierr Stadium and become an “invaluable hub” for wellbeing, water safety, recreation and social connections. “With start of construction now on the horizon we look forward with pride and excitement to seeing the Surf Coast Aquatic and Health Centre,” she said. “It will provide Learn to Swim, leisure, fitness, rehabilitation and social options for people from across our community for decades to come. “The centre will also demonstrate a strong focus on environmentally sustainable design, including all-electric operation supported by an extensive rooftop solar system.” The pool halls will have limited, low-profile glazing, low ceiling heights and no skylights to maximise energy efficiency. It will also collect 100 per cent of rainwater for re-use in the centre. A walk-through rendering of the centre is available at surfcoast.vic.gov.au/ SurfCoastAquaticAndHealthCentre
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The Guide SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ABC TV, Saturday, 8.20pm
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Cheesy and cosy Christmas specials are a unique British treat. From Call the Midwife to Doctor Who and Downton Abbey, the annual festive offering is a badge of honour for any popular series. Aussie shows are yet to fully embrace the festive cheer, but is there any hunger for it when we are spoiled with traditional snow-covered fancies such as this? Eccentric private investigators Frank (Mark Benton, pictured) and Lu (Jo Joyner) have charm aplenty, which is only amplified in this smile-worthy special. The duo are tasked with saving a Christmas festival from sabotage, while Seb (Patrick Walshe McBride) is kidnapped when investigating his first solo case. It’s frivolous, festive fun. HOUSE HUNTERS HO HO HOME 9Life, Christmas Day, 7pm
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Nine, Christmas Eve, 8pm
Before the early wake-ups and bounty of Christmas Day tomorrow, there’s this tradition which hordes of Australians hold close to their hearts: the chance to languidly settle into the couch on Christmas Eve for the annual Vision Australian fundraiser. Get out the candy canes, prawn cocktails and pavlova: this year David Campbell returns for his 10th time co-hosting, along with sparkling new co-host Sarah Abo (pictured with Campbell). Taking to the stage in a show that will spring a tear in many people’s eyes is much-loved singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and musician of the moment G Flip, as well as Emma Memma, Bowen Young, Marina Prior and Patti Newton in a wonderful assortment of talent and Christmas cheer.
After all the traditional Yuletide cheer – think a catalogue of carols, cooking shows marinating in lots of turkey and pudding, and the many repeats of classic festive flicks – this kooky special might be just the kind of jovial delivery to put a bow on your festivities. In this entertaining spin-off of the long-running US house-hunting series, host Albie Mushaney, who is also a bodybuilder as well as a real estate agent and a dead ringer for Santa, dons the red suit to help a young couple find their perfect abode just before Christmas. Mercifully, the budget-conscious couple aren’t too distracted by Mushaney playing Santa – or blinded by the endless string lights and decorations – as they face one of the biggest financial decision of their lives.
CRICKET: SECOND TEST Seven, Boxing Day, 10.30am
There are traditions and then there are traditions: the Boxing Day Test is staple viewing for millions of Aussies after the shenanigans of Christmas. Across the nation, the welcome sound of the ball hitting the bat and raucous MCG crowd is synonymous with lazy days in front of the box as summer settles in. After winning the World Cup in India and retaining the Ashes in England, Australia is in form and ready to deliver in this Second Test against Pakistan. Settle in for the sporting prowess and insights from the stellar commentary team, with Pakistani fast-bowler Waqar Younis joining the commentary box along with Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer (pictured, right, with Ponting) and Matthew Hayden.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 9.55 The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds. (Final, R) 11.00 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mv, R) 2.30 Christmas With Poh. (R) 3.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces. (R) 3.55 Back In Time For Dinner. (Final, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PGa, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PGah) 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGl, R) 11.05 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 3.10 Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Candy Coated Christmas. (2021, PGa) 2.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Family For Christmas. (2015, G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 WIN News.
6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 2.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.
6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop: 1850s – 1919. (PG, R) Part 1 of 5. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Camilla’s Country Life. (Ml, R) Follows Camilla, the then Duchess of Cornwall. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) DCI Barnaby and DS Winter investigate when the winner of a music award is murdered and his violin stolen. 10.00 Life. (Mal, R) David investigates Kelly’s past. 11.00 Wakefield. (Mal, R) Nik searches for a missing ring. 11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Christmas Carols From London Coliseum. A selection of Christmas carols. 8.30 Cecil: The Real Lion King. (PG) Charts the life and legacy of one of the world’s most famous lions, Cecil. 9.25 Lapland: The Ultimate Winter Wonderland. (PG, R) Presented by Gregg Wallace. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 L’Opera. (Return, Mls) 11.45 Sisi. (Premiere, MA15+av) 2.45 Nine Perfect Strangers. (Mlv, R) 3.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Karen Martini prepares a bahn mi burger. 8.30 MOVIE: We Bought A Zoo. (2011, PGal, R) In the wake of the loss of his wife, a single father moves his family to a run-down zoo. Matt Damon, Colin Ford, Scarlett Johansson. 11.05 MOVIE: Tully. (2018, Mals, R) A mother bonds with her nanny. Charlize Theron. 1.05 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm) 8.30 MOVIE: Jingle All The Way. (1996, PGv, R) A man searches for a Christmas present. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad. 10.15 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008, Ms, R) 11.50 MOVIE: Family For Christmas. (2015, G, R) Lacey Chabert, Tyron Leitso, Milli Wilkinson. 1.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (PGl, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards Summer. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
6.30 The Project. (Final) A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton is joined by Imelda Staunton, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Dornan and Jack Lowden. 9.30 My Life Is Murder. (Ma, R) When Alexa investigates the death of a popular male nanny, she discovers pushy parents can be terrifying. 11.30 Good Sam. (Ma) The battle between Sam and Griff takes a turn. 12.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.05pm Pfffirates. 5.20 The Adventures Of Paddington. 5.30 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 5.45 Hey Duggee. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Lu And The Bally Bunch. 6.55 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MOVIE: Boy. (2010, M) 9.55 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 10.25 QI. 11.00 Ghosts. 11.30 Killing Eve. 12.15am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.00 ABC News Update. 1.05 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Wallykazam! 5.50 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 7.55 France 24 Feature. 8.10 ABC America Nightline. 8.40 CBC The National. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 2.40 Australia’s War On Feral Cats. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS NewsHour. 5.15 Shortland Street. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Naughty And Nice: Sex Toy Britain. 10.15 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. 11.10 Limetown. 12.10am Letterkenny. 3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.30 I Escaped To The Country. 12.30am Escape To The Country. 2.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Man Who Loved Redheads. (1955) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: The World Is Not Enough. (1999, M) 11.05 Madam Secretary. 12.05am Rizzoli & Isles. 1.05 The Closer. 2.00 MOVIE: Cry, The Beloved Country. (1951, M) 4.00 Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Becker. 8.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Last
7MATE (64, 73) 6am Fishy Business. 7.00
Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 10.50 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: I’m Not There. (2007, M) 2.20 Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Strait To The Plate. 6.00 Bamay. 6.25 No Distance Between Us. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 MOVIE: Bush Christmas. (1983, PG) 9.10 MOVIE: Ping Pong Summer. (2014, PG) 10.50 Late Programs.
Chance Harvey. Continued. (2008, PG) 6.55 Selkie. (2000, PG) 8.35 Ramen Shop. (2018, PG) 10.15 Entrapment. (1999, M) 12.20pm Ali’s Wedding. (2017, M) 2.20 Malcolm. (1986, PG) 3.50 Mr. Holmes. (2015, PG) 5.50 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 7.30 The Mask Of Zorro. (1998, M) 10.00 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 11.55 American History X. (1998, MA15+) 2.10am Two Days In Paris. (2007, MA15+, French) 4.05 Freshman Year. (2020, M)
The Next Level. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 The Car Club. 11.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 11.30 American Restoration. Noon American Pickers. 1.00 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Blade Runner 2049. (2017, MA15+) 11.50 MOVIE: Lock Up. (1989, M) 2.05am Pawn Stars. 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 Late Programs.
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.30 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. 11.00 Teen Titans Go! Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Transformers: Cyberverse. 5.45 MOVIE: Snowed In For Christmas. (2021) 7.30 MOVIE: Dolittle. (2020, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: K-9. (1989, M) 11.35 Under The Dome. 1.30am Life After Lockup. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Gigantosaurus. 4.30 Ninjago: Crystalized. 5.00 Pokémon Journeys. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners. Highlights. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
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Friday, 22 December, 2023 GEELONG INDEPENDENT 15
Saturday, December 23 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6, 7)
NINE (8, 9)
TEN (5, 10)
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 2.10 The Durrells. (PG, R) 3.50 MOVIE: Robin Hood: Men In Tights. (1993, PGs, R) Cary Elwes. 5.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Songs Of Summer: The Best Of Take 5. (Ml, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Peer To Peer. (R) 9.40 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PGa) 10.10 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix Final. Highlights. 4.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (PGa, R) 4.40 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around. (R) 5.35 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (PG)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Christmas at The Valley and Bernborough Plate. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 Great Australian Detour. 1.00 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 1.05 Iconic Australia. (PGal) 2.15 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 3.15 MOVIE: Journey Back To Christmas. (2017, G) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (PG)
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 8.00 I Fish. (R) 8.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 9.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 9.30 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 10.00 St10. (PG) 12.00 Luxury Escapes. (R) 12.30 The Yes Experiment. 1.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGas, R) 2.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas. (R) 3.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 5.00 News.
6.00 Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2022. (R) Concert from Westminster Abbey. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG) Mrs Hall leaves Skeldale House for the day, leaving Siegfried and Tristan in charge of the house. 8.20 Shakespeare And Hathaway: Christmas Special. (PG) Frank and Lu are hired to save Arden’s revamped Christmas festival from a mysterious threat. 9.05 Vera. (Mav, R) Part 1 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates a suspicious death on a remote and inaccessible island. 10.35 The Capture. (Mlv, R) Carey investigates the TV hack. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. (PGas) Behind the scenes of two historic homes. 8.40 Highclere: The Real Downton Abbey. Part 5 of 5. Lord and Lady Carnarvon and their staff put on a Christmas celebration to remember. 9.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: The Neapolitan Line, Italy. (R) Narrated by Bill Nighy. 10.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 11.20 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R) 1.10 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 3.50 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Johanna Griggs meets Wes, a man who fundraises for his local community and St Giles. 7.30 Carols In The Domain. (PG) Coverage of Carols In The Domain from Sydney. Featuring Jonathan Antoine, Dami Im and The Wiggles. 10.00 NSW Schools Spectacular: Fabulous. (PG, R) Coverage of the NSW Schools Spectacular from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney’s Olympic Park. 12.45 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) An old enemy unveils a dangerous new scheme. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Get Clever. (R) The wonders of science are explored. 5.00 My Greek Odyssey: West Coast, Crete. (PG, R)
6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Christmas With Delta. (R) A Christmas concert with Delta Goodrem. 8.30 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007, PGalv, R) Santa Claus’s cranky older brother comes to stay with him at the North Pole. Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks. 10.50 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (Mls, R) 11.45 MOVIE: Charming Christmas. (2016, G, R) Julie Benz. 1.20 Country House Hunters Australia. (PG, R) 1.50 Explore. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 Cybershack. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. Jamie Oliver makes a giant Yorkshire pudding with stuffing and roast vegetables, cheesy gnocchi with bacon, spicy kipper kedgeree and easy ice cream. 7.00 The Dog House. (PGa) The team at Woodgreen makes its abandoned dogs feel extra special this time of year with a doggy Christmas dinner. 8.00 Ambulance. (Mal) Multiple crews, including police and fire, are dispatched after a suicidal patient phones in a bomb threat. Crews come under pressure on a busy St Patrick’s Day. 10.30 CSI: Vegas. (Mav, R) A wrongly accused former suspect enters the lab covered in blood, wielding a cleaver and looking for Allie Rajan. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) Religious program. 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 9.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.05 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021: Opening Night. 11.00 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 11.45 State Of The Union. 12.05am MythBusters. 12.55 Inside Portlandia. 1.20 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 1.30 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Cup. Individual Apparatus. H’lights. 3.35 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.50 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 6.45 The Toys That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Age Of Rage: Australian Punk Revolution. 10.00 Glastonbury 2022 Highlights. 11.10 Late Programs.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 3.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Christmas at The Valley and Bernborough Plate. 6.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Gideon’s Way. 8.30 TV Shop. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Baron. 12.10pm Saved & Remade. 1.10 MOVIE: Bonnie Prince Charlie. (1948) 3.35 MOVIE: Last Holiday. (1950) 5.30 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Die Another Day. (2002, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Death Wish V. (1994, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 Seinfeld. Noon The King Of Queens. 1.00 Becker. 2.00 The Bachelors Australia. 4.20 Frasier. 5.10 Seinfeld. 6.10 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 South Park. 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. 4.30 Home Shopping.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 1.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 2.30 Bamay. 3.30 Going Places. 4.30 Struggling Songlines. 5.00 Stories From The Land. 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 6.20 News. 6.30 The Barber. 7.00 Great Lakes Wild. 7.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. 8.30 Stan Walker: Impossible Live. 9.25 MOVIE: The Descent 2. (2009, MA15+) 11.05 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 Big Fish. (2003, PG) 8.45 Mr. Holmes. (2015, PG) 10.45 The Mirror Has Two Faces. (1996, M) 1.05pm Husbands And Wives. (1992, M) 3.00 Last Chance Harvey. (2008, PG) 4.45 Peggy Sue Got Married. (1986, PG) 6.35 Whale Rider. (2002) 8.30 A Walk In The Woods. (2015, M) 10.30 A Tale Of Love And Desire. (2021, MA15+, French) 12.25am Late Programs.
7MATE (64, 73) 6am Morning Programs.
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.
11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Aussie Adventure Bike Show. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 My Road To Adventure. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 8.30 Disasters At Sea. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 11.30 Late Programs.
1.45pm MOVIE: The Christmas Setup. (2020, PG) 3.35 MOVIE: The Mistletoe Promise. (2016) 5.20 MOVIE: Sing. (2016) 7.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988, PG) 9.45 MOVIE: Fletch. (1985, M) 11.45 Metro Sexual. 12.45am Yorkshire Job Centre. 2.45 Transformers: Cyberverse. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Yu-GiOh! Sevens. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Late Programs.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 On The Fly. Noon Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Diagnosis Murder. 1.30 Luxury Escapes. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman. 3.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 9. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. 10.15 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 9. Perth Glory v Macarthur FC. 1am Late Programs.
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Sunday, December 24 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6, 7)
NINE (8, 9)
TEN (5, 10)
6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Pilgrimage. (PG) 10.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R) 1.00 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (2022, G, R) 1.55 Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast. (R) 2.25 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 3.15 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.00 Project Wild. (R) 4.30 The Gospel According To Marcia. (PG)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. (PGa, R) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 France 24 English News. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix Final. Highlights. 5.30 Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 5.35 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (PGl)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. (PGanv, R) 12.30 MOVIE: A Holiday Wish Come True. (2018, PG, R) Schuyler Fisk. 2.30 MOVIE: A Christmas Number One. (2021, PGalsv) Freida Pinto. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Golf. Cathedral Invitational. H’lights. 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Iconic Australia. (PGalv, R) 12.30 Fishing Australia. 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Explore. (R) 1.40 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 2.10 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm, R) 3.10 MOVIE: Wishin’ And Hopin’. (2014, PGas) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Postcards Summer. (PG)
6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts. (R) 10.00 St10. (PG) 12.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. (R) 1.00 Second Chance Champions. (PGal, R) 2.00 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 4.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 5.00 News.
6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (Final) Hosted by Fiona Bruce and the team. 7.00 ABC News Summer. The latest news and top stories. 7.30 MOVIE: The King’s Speech. (2010, Ml, R) King George VI struggles with a speech impediment. Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter. 9.25 The Larkins At Christmas. (PG, R) As the Larkins prepare for Christmas, the village faces a rash of burglaries. 10.35 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2023. (R) 11.35 Christmas Cabaret. (Ml, R) 12.30 Christmas Sounds Better This Year. (R) 1.35 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 2.40 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Gardening Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Tis The Season: The Holidays On Screen. (PG) A celebration of holiday films and TV specials, featuring archival footage and interviews. 9.00 Roberta Flack. (PGa) Takes a look at the life and career of Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack. 10.35 Big Fat Quiz Of Sport. (Mdlns, R) Presented by Jimmy Carr. 12.20 The Toys That Built The World: Masters Of Invention. (PG, R) 3.25 Child Genius Australia. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. (PGl, R) Hosted by Jim Jefferies. 8.05 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vacation. (1983, Mdl, R) A Chicago family encounters an endless series of disasters during their annual cross-country road trip. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid. 10.15 MOVIE: The Blues Brothers. (1980, Mlv, R) Two brothers try to reform their blues band. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd. 1.00 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.30 NBC Today.
6.00 Nine News Sunday. 7.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) A sneak peek at Tipping Point Australia. 8.00 Carols By Candlelight. (PG) David Campbell and Sarah Abo host performances from Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl. 11.00 MOVIE: Christmas In The City. (2013, PGa, R) A single mother moves to the big city. Ashley Williams, Ashanti. 12.50 MOVIE: The Breakfast Club. (1985, Mal, R) Students experience high-school detention. Molly Ringwald. 2.50 Explore: Gwydir Castle. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV. (R) 5.00 Christmas At Highclere Castle. (R)
6.00 MOVIE: PAW Patrol: The Movie. (2021, G) Heroic pups battle their nemesis. Will Brisbin, Iain Armitage. 7.40 Have You Been Paying Attention To 2023? (Malns, R) Celebrity guests include Celia Pacquola, Kitty Flanagan, Anne Edmonds, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang. 8.50 MOVIE: Top Gun. (1986, Ms, R) A young, hot-headed fighter pilot competes for the prestigious Top Gun award at an elite US flying school, however, his insistence on doing things his own way brings him into conflict with those around him. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer. 11.05 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017, PGals, R) An ideal Christmas is thrown into chaos. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI Christmas Special. 8.30 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 10.05 Doc Martin. 10.50 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.35 MOVIE: Empire Records. (1995, M) 1am ABC News Update. 1.05 Close. 5.00 Molly And Mack. 5.20 Love Monster. 5.35 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Jeopardy! 7.30pm Abandoned Engineering. (Final) 8.25 Travel Man: 96 Hours In Rio. 9.20 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning. 10.10 One Night In Hamleys Xmas Special. 11.05 The X-Files. Midnight QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.50 Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. 2.45 United Shades Of America. 3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 3.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. 8.30 Call The Midwife. 11.05 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Eatwell Christmas With Emma Dean. 11.00 Avengers. 12.10pm MOVIE: Hobson’s Choice. (1954, PG) 2.30 MOVIE: The Greatest Story Ever Told. (1965) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 9.50 MOVIE: Blue Canaries. (2023, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am Friends. 9.00 The Bachelors Australia. 12.10pm Friends. 1.10 The Middle. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets. 4.00 MOVIE: Happy Feet. (2006) 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. 11.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Friends. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am
7MATE (64, 73) 6am Morning Programs.
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.
Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 11.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Noon This Magic Moment. 1.50 Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 2.00 Going Places. 3.00 On Australian Shores: Survivor Stories. 4.00 Ethnic Business Awards. 6.00 Moko. 6.30 News. 6.40 Wild Mexico. 7.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s. 8.30 Miss Sharon Jones! 10.10 MOVIE: Boys On The Side. (1995) 12.15am Late Programs.
Morning Programs. 7.00 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 8.40 Bring It On. (2000) 10.35 Freshman Year. (2020, M) 12.30pm The Mask Of Zorro. (1998, M) 3.00 Magnetic Fields. (2021, PG, Greek) 4.35 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 6.30 Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. (1967, PG) 8.30 The Good Lie. (2014, M) 10.30 The Ghost Writer. (2010, MA15+) 12.55am Late Programs.
11.30 Fish Of The Day. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Motorbike Cops. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Zero Dark Thirty. (2012, M) 11.40 Late Programs.
1.50pm MOVIE: Family For Christmas. (2015) 3.35 MOVIE: Random Acts Of Christmas. (2019) 5.20 MOVIE: Gremlins. (1984, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Parenthood. (1989, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. (1985, M) 11.50 The Nanny: Oy To The World. 12.20am MOVIE: Random Acts Of Christmas. (2019) 2.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. 3.00 Late Programs.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 9.00 All 4 Adventure. 10.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 JAG. 1pm On The Fly. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under. 2.30 Taste Of Australia: BBQ. 3.00 Tough Tested. 4.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 A Million Little Things. 2.05am 48 Hours. 4.00 JAG.
16 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 22 December, 2023
Monday, December 25 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6, 7)
NINE (8, 9)
TEN (5, 10)
6.00 Rage Christmas Special. (PG) 9.00 News. 9.30 The Pope’s Christmas Mass. 11.30 News Breakfast. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Bluey. (R) 12.55 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 1.05 MOVIE: The King’s Speech. (2010, Ml, R) 3.00 HM The King’s Christmas Message. 3.10 The Larkins At Christmas. (PG, R) 4.15 MOVIE: The Secret Garden. (2020, PG, R) 5.50 Royal Carols: Together At Christmas.
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 All Is Bright. (R) 10.20 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. (PG, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 2.30 The Luxury Christmas Decorators. (R) 3.25 Silent Night: A Song For The World. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 NBC Today. 6.30 Carols In The Domain. (PG, R) 9.00 Alinta Energy Christmas Pageant. (PG) 10.00 Mayor’s Christmas Carols. (PG) 11.00 SeaLink Carols By Candlelight. (PG) 1.30 Christmas With The Salvos. (PG, R) 2.00 The Chase. (R) 3.00 MOVIE: Crown For Christmas. (2015, PGa, R) Danica McKellar, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ellie Botterill. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant. 8.00 Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols. 10.00 CMA Country Christmas. (PG) 11.00 Christmas With Delta. (R) 12.00 WIN Symphony Orchestra Special. (R) 1.00 Carols By Candlelight. (PG, R) 4.00 MOVIE: Blizzard. (2003, G, R) Jennifer Pisana.
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 GCBC. (R) 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGas, R) 2.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas. (R) 2.45 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 The King’s Christmas Message. 3.15 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 5.00 News.
7.00 ABC News Summer. The latest news and top stories. 7.30 HM The King’s Christmas Message. (R) King Charles III’s Christmas message. 7.40 The Royal Variety Performance. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. 9.40 MOVIE: Lion. (2016, PGa, R) Twenty-five years after being adopted by an Australian couple, an Indian man sets out to find his biological family. Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman. 11.40 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen: Destination Unknown. (PG, R) 12.40 Royal Carols: Together At Christmas. (R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. (R) 4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.00 Home: The Story Of Earth. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Story Of Irish Dance. Charts how Irish dance developed over the centuries from a traditional dance to a global phenomenon. 9.05 Adele: 30 Greatest Moments. (PGl, R) Celebrates Adele’s return to the spotlight by counting down her top 30 moments. 10.55 My Brilliant Friend. (Final, Malsv) Elena’s doubts about Pietro grow. 12.20 Bohème On The Beach. (R) 2.20 The Seekers: Live In The UK. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) An X-ray of a package at the mail centre has the wildlife team desperate to get it open before it is too late. 7.30 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003, Mlns, R) Explores a series of interlocking vignettes about love and romance in Britain in the weeks before Christmas. Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley. 10.15 MOVIE: Groundhog Day. (1993, PGal, R) A cynical TV weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell. 12.25 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) Emma finds herself in danger. 1.25 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. (1989, Ml, R) A man tries to create a fun-filled Christmas. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. 9.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation. (1997, PGs, R) After striking it rich thanks to a new invention, the Griswold family embark on a holiday to Las Vegas. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. 11.30 The King’s Christmas Message. 11.40 MOVIE: The Jazz Singer. (1980, G, R) Neil Diamond. 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGaln, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards. 6.30 The Project. A look at highlights from the show. 7.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 8.30 MOVIE: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. (2003, PGls, R) An advertising executive bets he can make any woman fall in love with him in just 10 days. Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn. 10.50 MOVIE: Just Like Heaven. (2005, PGals, R) An architect moves into a haunted apartment. Reese Witherspoon. 12.50 The Project. (R) 1.50 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 Upstart Crow. 9.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces. 10.40 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 11.05 Would I Lie To You? 11.35 QI. 12.05am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 1.15 ABC News Update. 1.20 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 1.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 2.00 Sidelined: Women In Basketball. 3.00 WorldWatch. 4.50 Shortland St. 5.20 Vs Arashi. 6.15 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Forged In Fire. 10.15 Then You Run. (Final) 11.15 Hoarders. 12.05am Late Programs.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Slow Train Through Africa. 3.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Fortitude. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Dr Quinn. 2.50 Christmas At Highclere Castle. 3.50 MOVIE: The Holly And The Ivy. (1952) 5.30 Christmas At Warwick Castle. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Queens Of Mystery. 10.40 Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 The Middle. 11.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. Noon Friends. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 7.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. 11.30 Frasier. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.30 Bold. 4.30 Shopping.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Moko. 2.00 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.30 Big Boss. 10.00 MOVIE: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. (2010, M) 11.30 Late Programs.
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7MATE (64, 73) 6am Morning Programs.
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.
Morning Programs. 6.35 Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. (1967, PG) 8.35 Whale Rider. (2002, PG) 10.30 A Walk In The Woods. (2015, M) 12.30pm The Man With The Answers. (2021, M) 2.00 Peggy Sue Got Married. (1986, PG) 3.55 Hacker. (2019, PG, Danish) 5.40 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 7.35 Labyrinth. (1986, PG) 9.30 A Hard Day’s Night. (1964, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.
11.30 Border Security. 12.30pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 1.30 Boating. Australian V8 Superboats Championship. Round 2. 2.30 Motor MythBusters. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. 11.30 Late Programs.
8.00 MOVIE: Alice-Miranda: A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021, C) 9.30 Children’s Programs. 1.30pm The Nanny: Oy To The World. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Austin Powers In Goldmember. (2002, M) 10.30 Late Programs.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Luxury Escapes. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Tough Tested. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 Reel Action. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.
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Tuesday, December 26 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6, 7)
NINE (8, 9)
TEN (5, 10)
6.00 The Homes That Built Australia. (PG, R) 7.00 News Breakfast. 9.30 Wildflowers Of The Midwest Of WA. (PG, R) 10.00 Ask The Doctor. (R) 10.30 Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 2.55 The Royal Variety Performance. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.05 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Patrizio Buanne: Celebration. (R) 3.10 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Morning session. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Afternoon session. From the MCG. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session. From the MCG.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Love Upstream. (2021, PGa, R) Kimberly-Sue Murray, Steve Lund, Nadine Roden. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 WIN News.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGas, R) 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Bold. (PGas, R) 3.00 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 5.00 News.
6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop: 1920s – 1940s. (PG, R) Part 2 of 5. 7.00 ABC News Summer. The latest news and top stories. 7.30 Call The Midwife. (PG) It is Christmas 1967. 9.05 MOVIE: Queen Of The Desert. (2015, Mls, R) A chronicle of the life of Gertrude Bell, a political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the 20th century. Nicole Kidman, James Franco. 11.05 Mystify: Michael Hutchence. (Mal, R) 12.45 Just Between Us. (Ml, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. (R) 4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.00 Home: The Story Of Earth. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Melissa Etheridge. (PGa) Melissa Etheridge explores her roots. 8.20 MOVIE: Whitney: Can I Be Me? (2017, Madls) Documents the life of singer and actor Whitney Houston who died tragically at 48. Whitney Houston, Gary Houston. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Das Boot. (Maln, R) 12.40 Dear Mama. (Madl, R) 2.50 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 3.50 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 14. Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars. From the SCG. 9.10 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 15. Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades. From Perth Stadium. 12.30 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) Norman questions Norma’s faith in him, in the wake of the incident with Cody’s father. 1.30 My Impossible House: First Time Home. (PG, R) A couple buy a mid-19th century chapel in Devon, but the project tests their creativity. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.
6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGl, R) Ordinary Australians visit the Kimberley. 8.30 MOVIE: The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee. (2020, Ml, R) Paul Hogan is reluctantly thrust back into the spotlight as he tries to restore his sullied reputation. Paul Hogan, Kerry Armstrong. 10.10 MOVIE: Last Vegas. (2013, Mls, R) Four aging friends throw a bachelor party. Robert De Niro. 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 2.50 9Honey: He Said She Said. (PG) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. (PGdls, R) Hosted by Celia Pacquola. 8.30 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. (Ms, R) Four Aussie mates set out to embarrass each other in a public setting. 9.00 MOVIE: The Italian Job. (2003, Mlv, R) A gang of thieves brings Los Angeles traffic to a standstill to steal millions of dollars worth of gold. Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron. 11.15 MOVIE: The Bank Job. (2008, MA15+ls, R) Jason Statham. 1.30 The Project. (R) 2.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Final) 9.10 Ghosts. (Final) 9.45 Would I Lie To You? 10.15 Rosehaven. 10.45 Portlandia. 11.30 State Of The Union. 11.50 Would I Lie To You? 12.20am MOVIE: Boy. (2010, M) 1.45 ABC News Update. 1.50 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon When Big Things Go Wrong. 2.30 Killing Cancer. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. 9.25 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 10.15 Hudson & Rex. 11.55 Box 21. 12.50am Dopesick Nation. 1.40 Hate Thy Neighbour. 2.35 VICE Guide To Film. 3.05 Late Programs.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Law & Order: UK. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Iconic Australia. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 1.55 Dr Quinn. 2.55 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express. (1974, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 MOVIE: The 13th Summer. (2022, M) 11.40 Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets. Replay. 10.00 King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am
7MATE (64, 73) 6am Morning Programs.
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.
Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. 7.30 The Casketeers. 8.30 MOVIE: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché. (2021, M) 10.15 Faboriginal. 10.45 Late Programs.
Labyrinth. Continued. (1986, PG) 6.55 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 8.50 A Hard Day’s Night. (1964, PG) 10.25 The Good Lie. (2014, M) 12.30pm Parallel Mothers. (2021, M, Spanish) 2.45 The Movie Show. 3.15 Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. (1967, PG) 5.15 Steamboy. (2004, PG) 7.40 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 9.30 This Is Spinal Tap. (1984, M) 11.05 Late Programs.
12.30pm Sailing. Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. 2.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 14. Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.
Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Mercury Rising. (1998, M) 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10am Under The Dome. 1.05 Life After Lockup. 2.00 Late Programs.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Luxury Escapes. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 9.25 FBI: International. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.
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Wednesday, December 27 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6, 7)
NINE (8, 9)
TEN (5, 10)
6.00 The Homes That Built Australia. (PG, R) 7.00 News Breakfast. 9.30 Walking Man. (PG, R) 10.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (2022, G, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (PG, R) 2.30 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2023. (R) 3.30 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PGa) 10.20 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.10 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 2.15 Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels. (PGa, R) 3.10 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Morning session. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Afternoon session. From the MCG. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session. From the MCG.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Sweet Autumn. (2020, G, R) Nikki Deloach, Andrew Walker, Daina Leitold. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 WIN News.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGas, R) 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 3.00 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 5.00 News.
6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop: 1950s – 1960s. (PG, R) Part 3 of 5. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. From Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Scotland. 9.00 MOVIE: Brooklyn. (2015, Mls, R) After moving to America during the ’50s, an Irish immigrant falls in love with a local man. Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen. 10.50 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Final, R) 11.30 We Hunt Together. (Final, Malv, R) 12.20 Life. (Mal, R) 1.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. (R) 4.05 Classic Countdown. (PGl, R) 5.00 Home: The Story Of Earth. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax. (Mav, R) A look at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. 8.30 Monster: The Mystery Of Loch Ness: The Hunt For The Monster. (PG, R) Part 2 of 3. TV presenter and conservationist Peter Scott joins the hunt for the monster. 9.30 Fargo. (MA15+) Dot takes a fantastic journey. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 COBRA. (MA15+v) 11.50 Max Anger: With One Eye Open. (Malv, R) 3.25 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 16. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 11.00 MOVIE: The Game. (1997, Mlv, R) After a wealthy businessman receives an unusual birthday present from his brother, the chance to take part in a mysterious liveaction game, it triggers a storm of events that threatens to consume his life. Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger. 1.40 [MEL] Parenthood. (Mds, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 [MEL] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. International news including interviews with people from the world of business, politics, media and sports. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.
6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Wild Dog Masego. (PGm) A wild dog needs surgery. 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm: Pan (Dem) Icking. (Ml) Jeremy Clarkson’s finds his biggest worries are not all related to the upcoming lambing season. 9.30 Police Rescue Australia. (PGlm, R) Police rescue is called in after a crowd surges past barricades towards Sydney Harbour Bridge. 10.30 The Equalizer. (Mv, R) 11.20 La Brea. (Mv, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Our State On A Plate. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) Chappo sees a swimmer struggling. 6.30 The Project. A look at highlights from the show. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. (Mdls, R) Hosted by Celia Pacquola. 8.30 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. (Mas, R) Four Aussie mates set out to embarrass each other in a public setting. 9.00 MOVIE: Forrest Gump. (1994, Malv, R) A kind-hearted and simple man recalls the story of his extraordinary life to anyone who will listen to him. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright. 11.45 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible. (1996, Mv, R) Tom Cruise. 2.00 The Project. (R) 3.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Bay Of Fires. 10.15 Killing Eve. 11.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 11.30 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. 12.30am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.55 ABC News Update. 1.00 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Nekrotronic. (2018, MA15+) 10.20 MOVIE: Hereditary. (2018, MA15+) 12.35am VICE. 1.45 Spiraling: Crypto Special. 2.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Our Miss Fred. (1972, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Friends. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Going Places. 1.30 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. 7.30 Supreme Team. 8.30 Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away. 10.05 Bruce Lee: Martial Arts Master. 11.05 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 8.05 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 10.00 Boxing Day. (2021, M) 12.05pm I’m Not There. (2007, M) 2.35 Labyrinth. (1986, PG) 4.30 A Hard Day’s Night. (1964, PG) 6.05 Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 7.35 Where Is Anne Frank. (2021, PG) 9.30 Man Of The Year. (2006, M) 11.35 Late Programs.
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11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Beach Cops. 10.30 Surveillance Oz. 11.00 Late Programs.
Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Junior. (1994, PG) 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10am Under The Dome. 1.05 Life After Lockup. 2.00 Late Programs.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Luxury Escapes. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 A Million Little Things. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.
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6.00 The Homes That Built Australia. (R) 7.00 News Breakfast. 9.30 Great Expectations: Karta The Orang-Utan’s Story. (PG, R) 10.00 Catalyst. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (Final, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? (PG, R) 3.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG) 10.20 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.10 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 2.15 Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels. (R) 3.10 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Morning session. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Afternoon session. From the MCG. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Late afternoon session. From the MCG.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Vineyard Romance. (2021, PGa, R) Rebecca Olson, Marcus Rosner, Leanne Lapp. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 WIN News.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Bold. (PGas, R) 3.00 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 5.00 News.
6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop: 1970s. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 MOVIE: Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool. (2017, Mals, R) A man and an eccentric actor fall in love. Annette Bening. 9.15 Grand Designs: East Essex. (Final, Ml, R) Hosted by Kevin McCloud. 10.00 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen: Unfinished Portrait. (PG, R) Part 3 of 3. 11.00 In The Room: Leigh Sales With Lin-Manuel Miranda. (Ml, R) 12.00 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. (R) 4.05 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.05 Home: The Story Of Earth. (Final, PG, R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History. (PG, R) The true story behind Monopoly. 8.30 Costa Concordia: Why She Sank. (Mal, R) Part 1 of 2. Takes a look at the 2012 sinking of the Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 A Class Apart. (Premiere, Madlsv) A student is found dead. 11.35 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+asv, R) 3.35 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 17. Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars. From Blundstone Arena, Hobart. 10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a deep dive into the world of cricket. 11.00 MOVIE: Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life. (1983, Mls, R) A series of sketches that takes a look at the various stages of life, from the miracle of birth to a visit to heaven. Graham Chapman, John Cleese. 1.20 Black-ish. (PG, R) Bow brings Diane to her feminist group. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) Part 4 of 4. 8.30 RPA. (PGm, R) A 25-year-old adventurer and rock climber has hit the limits of survival from his lifelong liver disease. 9.30 Children’s Hospital. (PGlm, R) Doctors must act fast when a young boy is brought in after having his leg sliced open by a boat propeller. 10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) 11.20 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Drive TV. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. (Mals, R) Hosted by Celia Pacquola. 8.30 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. (PGls, R) Four Aussie mates set out to embarrass each other in a public setting by becoming wait staff at a fancy restaurant. 9.00 MOVIE: Catch Me If You Can. (2002, Mls, R) An FBI agent spends years chasing a young con man who amasses millions in fraudulent cheques. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks. 11.50 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000, Mv, R) 2.20 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Final) 11.25 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? Midnight Live At The Apollo. 12.45 Would I Lie To You? 1.15 ABC News Update. 1.20 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. 10.10 Making A Killing: Triads, Cartels And The New Business Of Drugs. 11.05 Locked Up: Teens Behind Bars. Midnight F*ck, That’s Delicious. 12.30 Late Programs.
7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (81, 92) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Up The Front. (1972, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 MOVIE: Downton Abbey. (2019, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.
10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Friends. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. 11.30 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.20 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 9.10 This Beautiful Fantastic. (2016, PG) 10.50 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) 12.45pm This Is Spinal Tap. (1984, M) 2.15 Love And Friendship. (2016, PG) 3.55 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 6.00 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. (2005, PG) 7.25 Heidi. (2015, PG, German) 9.30 Destination Wedding. (2018, M) 11.05 Late Programs.
7MATE (64, 73) 6am Morning Programs.
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.
9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Highway Patrol. 1.00 The Force: BTL. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Family Guy. 8.00 American Dad! 8.30 MOVIE: The Hot Chick. (2002, M) 10.45 Late Programs.
1pm Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Uncle Buck. (1989, PG) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Young Sheldon. Midnight Under The Dome. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Late Programs.
10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 9. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. Highlights. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.
Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Not Even. 9.00 MOVIE: Soul Plane. (2004, MA15+) 10.35 First Sounds. 10.50 Late Programs. 18 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 22 December, 2023
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Molly and Simon hit the stage Simon Gleeson and his daughter Molly, 17, will travel from Geelong to Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl to perform in the Vision Australia’s 86th Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve. They speak with Jena Carr about what they’re looking forward to from the show.
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or Molly Gleeson, performing at Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve for the first time is exciting and a little nerve wracking. Luckily for the 17-year-old, she will sing at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl alongside her father and seasoned carols veteran Simon Gleeson, who will return for his 11th year. “Every other year I’ve just watched, so it’s nice to have a chance to be on stage and it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do. I love to sing and it’s nice to share that with others,” Molly said. “I’ve watched it on TV and from the audience multiple times, so it’s fantastic to be on stage and watch all the kids dancing, which is so cute. “It’ll be exciting, but I think I’ll be too busy thinking about the fact that I’ll have to go on stage...but I’ll just make sure I breathe, especially in the rehearsals, and get used to what it’s like on stage.” Molly said she was “really looking forward” to being on stage and was following in her parents’ footsteps with her performing arts interests. “I do lots of dance with contemporary and technique stuff as well as teach little kids musical theatre, and that’s really fun,” she said. “I reckon him (Simon) and mum got me into singing as I’ve always watched them perform, so I suppose they’re probably my main role models. “I would love to continue performing after Year 12 next year. I think that’s something that I’ll follow, and I’d like to take on. It’s
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going to be a challenge but why not?” Simon said he enjoyed participating in the carols and seeing old friends, but it would be a special year as he would perform with Molly. “For me it’s to experience that with Molly; to get up, have a sing and sort of almost see it for the first time again through her eyes,” he said. “It’s such a beautiful occasion, and I did sing with my wife, Molly’s mum, about two
years ago for the carols, and that was the same, just getting up and seeing it all afresh through her eyes. “I’m always nervous, but I’ve done it for a while. What’s weird is everyone backstage is incredibly nervous, no matter how many times they’ve done it. “But as soon as you cross that threshold onto the stage, it’s weird how all that disappears because everyone is there for a good time.
“There are little kids there and you very rarely perform to an audience who are unanimously there for the same sort of joyful experience, so you get swept up on that instead of your own nerves.” Carols by Candlelight is in its 86th year, after it started in 1938, and is Vision Australia’s largest annual fundraiser, going towards services for children who are blind or have low vision.
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We believe in collaboration, support, and a shared vision for delivering the highest quality early childhood education. Jenny’s ELC Lara is more than a workplace; it’s a community where everyone plays a vital role in making a difference in children’s lives. If you’re a qualified, enthusiastic educator, eager to #MakeADifference, we invite you to join the Jenny’s ELC family. Showcase what makes you shine and discover the pride of being part of a team that values growth, teamwork, and creates lifelong career opportunities. Apply by emailing your cover letter to hrvic@jennyselc.com.au
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Fun and creativity for all these school holidays School holidays are an excellent opportunity for children to recharge, explore their interests, and have fun outside of the classroom. Whether it’s a short break or an extended vacation, parents and guardians often seek engaging activities to keep their kids occupied and stimulated during these breaks. In this article, we’ll explore some exciting school holiday activities that provide a mix of learning, creativity, and outdoor adventure.
Museum visits A visit to a local museum can be both entertaining and educational. Many museums offer interactive exhibits and workshops tailored to children’s interests. It’s a great way to introduce them to history, science, art, and culture in a fun and engaging manner.
Nature exploration Exploring the great outdoors can be a transformative experience for kids. Hiking, camping, and nature walks not only encourage physical activity but also foster a deep appreciation for the environment. Consider family outings to national parks or local nature reserves.
Creative workshops Enrolling your child in creative workshops such as painting, pottery, or theatre can be a great way to nurture their artistic talents. These classes encourage self-expression and boost creativity while honing specific skills.
Reading challenges Reading is a fundamental skill that should be nurtured year-round. During school holidays, set up a reading challenge with rewards for completing a certain number of books. It’s a fantastic way to foster a love for reading and improve literacy.
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Cooking and baking
and a healthy lifestyle.
Cooking and baking activities can be both educational and delicious. Involve your kids in the kitchen, teaching them the basics of meal preparation and baking. It’s an excellent opportunity to impart valuable life skills.
Sports and physical activities Physical activity is crucial for a child’s overall development. Encourage participation in sports like soccer, swimming, or dance classes. These activities promote teamwork, discipline,
Volunteer work Engaging in volunteer work during school holidays teaches children the importance of giving back to the community. It can be as simple as helping at a local food bank, participating in a beach cleanup, or visiting senior citizens in a nursing home.
STEM projects For kids interested in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM), school holidays are an excellent time to engage in hands-on projects. Build robots, conduct chemistry experiments, or explore coding through fun online platforms.
Travel and cultural experiences If possible, consider planning a family trip during school holidays. Travelling exposes children to different cultures, languages, and historical landmarks. It broadens their horizons and provides valuable life experiences.
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Come Saturday January 27, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra are headed to Geelong Arts Centre’s Open House theatre for their magical music workshop Jams For Juniors. Spanning across two 30-minute sessions from 10am and 11.30am, children aged up to five and their adults will have the chance to pull up a cushion and explore the music of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with the wonderful presenter Karen Kyriakou and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Jams For Juniors opens the spell-binding
line up of Geelong Arts Centre’s Family Magic Program. Sometimes fantastical and funny, and always engaging, Family Magic opens the door for you to immerse your family in the magic of the performing arts and leave with sore cheeks and full hearts. The perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music arts and beyond. Don’t miss it. Secure your tickets and browse the full line up now at geelongartscentre.org. au
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Connect with nature at Girl Guides Victoria Nature Adventures School Holiday Program.
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This summer, The Rock Adventure Centre invites all kids and young climbers to embark on an exciting indoor rock-climbing experience. Escape into an adventure-filled day right here at our centre, designed to offer thrilling climbs and exhilarating challenges. Dive into the world of indoor rock climbing where each ascent is a journey of excitement and personal triumph. Our diverse range of climbing walls caters to all skill levels, providing a safe and enjoyable environment for beginners and seasoned climbers alike. At The Rock Adventure Centre, it’s not just about scaling walls; it’s about fostering resilience, courage, and self-confidence. Engage in a heart-pumping, adrenaline-filled
School holidays are for unplugging, unwinding and enjoying the great outdoors. At the Girl Guides Victoria Nature Adventures School Holiday Program, girls get to do all three. This uniquely crafted program promises a week of exploration, hands-on learning, and unforgettable moments in the great outdoors. Connecting with nature has the power to inspire, educate, and cultivate a lifelong love for the environment. Designed for all girls aged 10 to 14, this nature-focused program gets participants out into nature to soak up all the wonder, joy, and insight that our natural environment provides. Each day unfolds with outdoor adventures, carefully curated to captivate young minds.
experience while developing physical strength and problem-solving skills. Our experienced instructors are here to guide and encourage climbers of all ages, ensuring a rewarding and memorable climb each time. No need to book for these school holidays, just ‘Rock up’ and we will give you an unforgettable day of adventure with family and friends. Step into our vibrant, dynamic atmosphere and create lasting memories as you conquer our climbing challenges. Call (03) 5221 3101 or check out rockadventures.com.au for more information, no need for bookings and no time limits.
From bushcraft activities and upcycling to an adventure excursion, and trip to the nature reserve, Nature Adventures offers girls a summer they’ll never forget. In addition to fun daily activities, girls will sharpen their essential survival skills and gain a deeper understanding of our natural surroundings. Through a blend of adventure, teamwork, and environmental education, Nature Adventures equips girls with skills that extend far beyond summer. Register now and watch your daughter blossom into a confident, nature-loving adventurer! Join for one or multiple days of January fun. bit.ly/ggvholidayprogram
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Pistol Pete serves up the blues By Matt Hewson An all-star group of musicians will help rock your blues away at Pistol Pete’s annual Christmas bash this Saturday night (December 23). Pistol Pete (aka Pete Raimondo) has curated a lineup featuring two of the best-loved acts of the local blues scene, with the Maskell Love Band and the Von Robertsons kicking off the night with a set apiece. The Maskell Love Band is driven by
incendiary guitarist Troy Love and the highly regarded Pete Maskell on vocals on guitar, with drummer Adrian Gardham and bassist Luke Hynes completing the band. Maskell said the Pistol Pete’s Christmas gig had been a yearly event since before he got involved in the Geelong blues scene and he felt fortunate to be a part of it. “It’s Troy’s band; I like to tell everyone, even though my name’s first in the band name, it’s really his baby,” he said. “He does all the work, he’s got all the energy.
I’m not new to the music scene, but I’m sort of new to the blues scene. I just got lucky to get invited.” The night will then open up into a rotating jam, with a number of legendary performers joining the fray to celebrate the season in style. One of those special guests is virtuosic guitarist Shannon Bourne, a musician whose work spans many genres but who has a special affinity for the blues. Bourne featured at Pistol Pete’s last weekend as part of Checkerboard Lounge, as did fellow
special guest Tim Neal. Neal (keyboard, alto sax) is a stalwart of the Melbourne music scene known for his long-standing work with Paul Williamson’s Hammond Combo. The Ukulele Queen of the Bellarine Sarah Carroll is another of the Christmas party’s special guests, as is harmonica phenom Jack Meredith, who plays with Carroll and was a student of her late husband, blues legend Chris Wilson. Doors open at 8.30, tunes begin at 9pm.
Young Ocean Grove rocker launches debut Carly Jorja. (Supplied)
her own music, a base of punk rock spiced with pop vocal sensibilities and nods to the many stylistic influences she had listened to throughout her life, such as soul and latin music. “I started doing my own stuff and then
COVID happened,” she said. “And then I decided to change to Carly Jorja - Jorja is my middle name - just because it has a nicer ring.” After finishing high school last year, Robertson decided to take a gap year to focus
on her music and complete the EP she had been intending to record and release for the past three years. Flanked by boyfriend Will Anderson on bass, father David on drums and brother Heath on lead guitar, Robertson will launch her five-track debut You’re Not Welcome Here! at the Barwon Club on Sunday, January 7. “All these songs I wrote were kind of like me journaling,” she said. “Hey Man, I think I wrote it in about 10 minutes, it was just about my female rage. A Romance Comedy is about the sexist stereotypes of rom-coms. “But then Second Chance, No Tears Left and Put On A Show are all love songs. So the EP’s two-fifths feminist rock and then the other three songs are love songs.” Robertson will be supported by Geelong band Violet and Surf Coast newcomers Ciao Bella. Doors open at 4pm. Matt Hewson
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Carla Jorja (aka Carly Robertson) might only be 19 but she’s no stranger to the stage. The Ocean Grove native, has been performing with her musician parents Andrea and David Robertson and brother Heath since she was still in primary school. “I grew up going to my mum’s gigs as a young girl and I used to get up and sing with her every now and then,” Robertson said. “I started performing properly with my parents as the Von Robertsons when I was 11 or 12. I still play bass in the Von Robertsons, and I play drums in a band called Cool Dad, but I play guitar and sing for my own music.” Growing up in a musical family, Robertson was exposed to a diverse range of musical styles, from Aretha to Zeppelin and everything in between. “I listened to Ben Harper, Kings of Leon and Alabama Shakes, but one artist I discovered myself was Courtney Barnett, and I’m very inspired by her,” she said. In 2019 Robertson decided to begin writing
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Afternoon tea Dance resumes January 11, at Leopold Hall for four weeks from 1.45pm to 3.45pm. $5 entry. ■ 5251 3529
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Drysdale CWA Every second Tuesday at 1pm and crafts every third Tuesday at 11.30am of each month at Drysdale RSL Club. ■ Jenny, 0452 258 333
Ballroom dance Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Highway. Admission $10 includes supper. Saturday December 23, 7.30pm-11pm, music Ben Costanzo. ■ 0400 500 402
First steps in music Babies, toddlers and preschoolers welcome with parent/carer. Thursdays Northern Bay College, Tallis, and Fridays at Northern Bay College, Peacock. Free if living in 3214 postcode, bookings essential. ■ info@bluebirdfoundationinc.org.au
Scrabble club Christ Church hall, corner Moorabool and McKillop Streets, 1pm Saturdays. Beginners to experts welcome. ■ Marlene, 5275 0363, or John, 0434 142 282
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Community organisation offering practical steps and peer support to help recover and maintain mental health through free face to face and online groups. Mondays 7pm, 195 Ormond Road, East Geelong, Fridays 12.45pm, Vines Road Community Centre, Hamlyn Heights, Zoom group 7pm Tuesdays. ■ grow.org.au, or 1800 558 268
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Indoor bowls Monday 1-3 pm; gentle exercise Tuesday 9-9.45 am; cards (Euchre) Tuesday 1-3pm; bingo Thursday 1-3pm. Grovedale Community Hub, 45 Heyers Road. ■ Julie, 0419 549 521
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Run by Rotary Club of Lara District every second Sunday of the month at Lara RSL from 9am to 1pm.
Saturdays 9am, Eastern Beach in front of the swimming enclosure. 30-minutes free laughter yoga done standing or seated. ■ 0418 521 265
Sing Australia Geelong Choir Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pm at Senior Citizens Centre, 52 Thomson Street, Belmont. No auditions needed. ■ Mary, 0419 278 456
Mindfulness & meditation Wednesdays 11am at U3A Geelong, Thursdays 10am U3A Torquay. ■ Jean, 5264 7484
Ocean Grove Seniors Ocean Grove Seniors play 500 every Thursday at 1.15pm. Cost $20 annually and coffee included. At 102 The Terrace, Ocean Grove. ■ Lyn, 5256 2540
Scribes Writers Group South Barwon Community Centre, Mondays 9.30am-noon. Welcoming new members who wish to refine their skills. ■ geelongscribeswriters@gmail.com, or 5243 8388
Kids’ church Group lessons for children aged three to six years; 7-10 years; and 10+ years at St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 171a Latrobe Tce, Geelong, first Sunday of the month during school term, 10.30-11.30am. ■ Suzie, 0402 963 855, or Althea, 0403 005 449
Wanted: card sharp partners to play the game of Bolivia on Thursday evenings. For venue email Ingrid. ■ griddlepop@hotmail.com
Choir St Paul’s Choir rehearses Wednesdays from 7.45pm to 8.45pm and 9.30am Sunday for 10.30am service. Choral scholarships available. Occasional choir for those unable to make commitment to main choir. Children’s choir soon. ■ Dr Terry Norman, 0411 875 033, or termernorman@gmail.com
Geelong ballroom dancing Saturdays 7.30pm to 10.15pm, corner Bayview Parade and Carey Street, Hamlyn Heights. Entry: $10. BYO drinks and a plate. ■ 5278 9740, or geelongballroomdc.com.au
Corio Bay Lions Club Meetings First and third Thursday of each month at 6.30pm. ■ geelongcoriobay.vic@lions.org.au
Dancer’s Club Ballroom dancing Wednesdays 7.30pm-10.30pm, Leopold Hall, Bellarine Higway. Cost: $6, includes light supper. ■ Russ, 5250 1937
Elliminyt ballroom dancing Elliminyt Hall, 168 Main Street, Elliminyt. Third Saturday of the month, 8pm-11.30pm. Entry: $10 and a plate. Music by CD. ■ John, 0403 903 809 to confirm dance is on
Geelong Dragon Boat Club Paddle at Barwon River. Training Wednesdays 5pm, Saturdays 9am. Free one-month trial. ■ revolutionise.com.au/geelongdragons
Zonta Club of Geelong Meets monthly for dinner first Wednesday of the month between February and December at 6.30pm for a 6.45pm start. RSVP essential. ■ zontageelong.org.au or zontaclubgeelong@yahoo.com.au
Line dancing Kardinia Seniors Club, beginners class from 12.30pm every Wednesday, at 450 Moorabool Street, South Geelong. ■ Dianne, 0410 039 063
Geelong Prostate Support Group Meets last Friday of the month (except December), 10am-noon, Belmont Park Pavilion, 162 Barrabool Road, Belmont. 24 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 22 December, 2023
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Drysdale Day VIEW Fourth Friday of each month at Portarlington Golf Club for lunch. ■ Margaret, 0431 636 090
Badminton Social mixed, Corio Leisuretime Centre, Mondays 12.30pm. Beginners welcome. ■ Maureen, 0429 397 015
Geelong Day VIEW First Monday monthly from 11am at Eastern Hub, East Geelong. ■ geelongdayview@gmail.com
Geelong Amateur Radio Club Storrer Street Clubhouse, Geelong, Wednesdays 1.30pm to 4pm and Fridays at 6.30pm. ■ Robert, 0438 409 979, or vk3atl.org
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Leopold VIEW Second Tuesday of each month at Leopold Sportsmans’ Club at 10.30am. ■ leopold.viewclub@gmail com
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Women’s four-part harmony singing. All ages encouraged. Rehearsals Mondays 6.45pm in Herne Hill. ■ contact@geelongharmony.com.au, or 0406 666 737
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Small ladies choir who require no knowledge of the Welsh language. Meet Wednesdays 7pm at St Luke’s, Highton to help each other sing in Welsh and English. ■ 0413 406 433, or welshladieschoir.com.au
Meets first and third Monday of the month at Belmont Park Pavilion, 7.30pm. ■ John, 0409 234 307
Service club for women and girls, every second Tuesday of the month from 6pm at Belmont RSL. ■ 0455 835 691, or geelong@siswp.com
Third Monday of the month, 6pm at Waurn Ponds Hotel. ■ Von, 0414 930 259, or geelongeveningview@gmail.com
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Chess clubs Ocean Grove, Tuesdays at 1.30pm at 101 The Terrace, Ocean Grove; Portarlington, Mondays at 9.30am, Parks Hall, 87 Newcombe Street, Portarlington; and St Leonards, Thursdays at 9.30am, unit 2 1375-1377 Murradoc Rd (on Blanche Street), St Leonards.
Enjoy meeting great people and help out your community at the same time. Clubs all over Geelong & District - see which one is right for you. ■ Les, 0428 466 446
Geelong Anglers Club Meets fourth Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm, 9 Yuille Street, Geelong West. Monthly fishing competitions. ■ Brian, 0417 190 092, or Ian, 0470 114 787
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Styling Tough guy trappings are not only for show. They are worn to take on the harshest driving conditions, featuring unique Warrior 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped in larger, wider Cooper Discoverer All Terrain tyres. A redesigned towbar is built to carry a full-size spare, and a premium body coloured bulbar with integrated LED light bar, plus tub liner go beyond their good looks with premium practicality.
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Interior With upgrades to chassis and suspension weighing in with ride comfort in the toughest going, it’s only natural to complement this with an eight-way power driver’s seat, with lumbar support, and heated front seats. With space for five adults, premium leather accented PRO-4X seats sport Warrior stitching on the front headrests. Dual zone climate control incorporates rear air vents. The back seat base folds up to expose storage spaces underneath. The Navara is well-equipped to carry loads up the back, with four robust tie-down loops low in each corner of the tub and adjustable Utili-Tracks running lengthways along the upper tray. A plastic tub liner completes the cargo carrying set-up.
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Left: Max Rowley watches his line closely. Centre: Mick Sloper is under pressure (top); Andrew Pratt follows through. Right: Matt Flapper needs to draw this shot.
Posters defy the odds in upset Bell Post Hill caused the upset of the round in Geelong Bowls Region Premier Division, defeating previously unbeaten Ocean Grove. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was there to see it all unfold.
Above: Brian Bottrell concentrates hard to build a defence; Wayne Frith leads the way for Ocean Grove.
Above: Michael Couzens looks for position with this bowl. Left: Dieter Gerke leads off for Bell Post Hill.
Left: Glenn Baudinette leads for Ocean Grove. Centre: Darren Gillett leads the way for Bell Post Hill (top); Mick West plays the draw. Right: Ben Toner knows this is close. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 378780 28 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 22 December, 2023
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Cricket returns after rain delay Local cricket returned last weekend after rain ruined any chance of play the previous Saturday. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp went to Zampatti Oval for the St Joseph’s vs East Belmont 2nd XI game and to Ervin Reserve for the Newcomb vs Collendina clash.
Above: Brendan Klein-Boonschate successfully appeals for lbw against Mitch McMullen. Below: Mitch Keane plays and misses.
Connor Lay on his way back to his bowling mark after dismissing Brayden Slater. He finished with 4 for 27 off 10 overs.
Shaun McAllister is bowled by Jack Every.
Corey Walter lofts this delivery to Jack Scanlon.
Above: Matt Dennerley in full flight. Right: Mitch McMullen cuts.
Left: Cameron Kavaliunas skies this to be out for a duck. Centre: Jack Scanlon takes the catch to dismiss Cameron Kavaliunas for a duck. Right: Newcomb players celebrate the wicket of Stan Grazotis. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 378781 Friday, 22 December, 2023 GEELONG INDEPENDENT 29
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Huge upset throws competition wide open Bell Post Hill caused the upset of the Geelong Bowls Region Premier Division season in a nailbiting contest against the previously undefeated Ocean Grove. Proving that any side on its day can defeat the other, Bell Post Hill won the contest 57 to 55 in a huge boilover. Ocean Grove won two of the three rinks on offer, but the margins were tight. It allowed Leigh McIlvenny’s rink comprising Dieter Gercke, Andrew Pratt and Brian Bottrell to win by eight, giving the home side a two-shot overall win. Matt Flapper won by one for Ocean Grove and Bradley Pavey got up by five, but it was McIlvenny’s rink that won the day. The Grovers are still on top of the ladder leading into the break, but now only have a four-point lead over Queenscliff. The win was Bell Post Hill’s second of the
season with the side in seventh spot, but only one point separates fifth from seventh. Queenscliff is hot on Ocean Grove’s heels after an 83 to 66 win against City of Geelong. Lee Greening won for City, but Ray Butler and Benjamin Russell won by enough to give Queenscliff a good win. Highton sent a warning to the rest of the comp with an 83 to 37 win against Eastern Park. Big wins from Scott McLachlan and Dan Priddle and a 23 to 16 win from David Priddle gave third placed Highton all 16 points. Eastern Park is still searching for its first win of the campaign. Drysdale opened up a handy gap between it in fourth place and Bareena in fifth. The 12-shot win gave Drysdale a 35-point buffer with Mark Godbolt and Ashley Rees getting wins while Chris Richardson saluted for Bareena by the barest of margins.
Left: Leigh McIlvenny knows that the game is in the balance. Centre: The pressure is really on Chris Price. Right: Peter Loe knows that he must draw the jack. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 378780
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Thursday Triples Section 2 Ace Ace Baby: Jason Tournier, Daniel Payne, James Sheehan and Courtney Hicks. (Pictures:: Supplied)
Tennis premiers crowned LOCAL TENNIS Donna Schoenmaekers It has been an action packed year for Tennis Geelong competition and it culminated on Thursday with four Triples grand finals. Wallabies and Bannockburn’s Ace Ace Baby were almost impossible to separate with a win each during the season, and only one point separating them at the end. This Section 2 final was bound to be good. Remington Clarke got Wallabies off to a good start with a 6-2 win in the first singles, while David Payne and Courtney Hicks got Ace Ace Baby on the board, winning through in a tiebreak. Darryl Mohr evened the score with Hicks in the second singles winning in a tiebreak, while Payne paired with James Sheenan to level the match with their 6-1 win. With only one game separating the teams going into the final two sets, tensions were high, but Ace Ace Baby came out firing with Hicks and Sheenan winning 6-3 and Payne winning his third set for the night 6-2 giving the team a 4-2 win. Lara Green would have been considered underdogs in the Section 3 final with their one meeting with Rally Cats being a 6-0 whitewash 30 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 22 December, 2023
Thursday Triples Section 5 Highton Flyers: Will Gruer, Pri Sandhu, Erin Wilkinson and Luke Trethowan.
to the minor premiers, but anything can happen in finals. The teams split the first two sets, before Ben Griffin put Lara ahead with his tiebreak win, then Joshua Simic and Christopher Brown followed suit also winning in a tiebreak, putting the team up by two sets. This lead proved to be enough when Griffin and Brown won the third doubles, putting Lara at four sets and the win.
Grovedale Grand Slammers were undefeated during the season in Section 4 and continued their good form in their final against Grovedale’s Backhanded Compliments. Father and son pairing of Matt and Fletcher Allen kicked off with a 6-1 win, while Aki Bhatt also played well to take the first singles 6-2. Compliments put themselves on the board when Ishan Phule won the second singles 6-0, but it was all Slammers from there, winning the night 5-1. In the closest match of the night Leopold Lizards hosted Highton Flyers in the Section 5 final. Hayden Walters and Georgia Verlin started well for Lizards with a 6-1 win in the first doubles while Erin Wilkinson countered for Flyers taking the first singles 6-0. The Lizards took charge in the middle part of the match with Walters teaming with Cheyenne Walters, and winning 6-3, while Verlin took the singles 6-4. With a two set and four game lead, Lizards were in the driver’s seat, however, Flyers weren’t going to give it away and came out firing, with Wilkinson and Pri Sandhu winning 6-0 in the doubles, then Will Gruer sealing the match for Flyers with a 6-3 win.
Geelong has added Bendigo Pioneers father-daughter midfielder Bryde O’Rourke with pick 23 in the 2023 AFLW draft. O’Rourke, whose father Ray played two games for Geelong in 1969, played 18 games across three seasons for the Pioneers in the Coates Talent League, and represented Vic Country at the National Championships this year. Playing as both a midfielder and forward, O’Rourke averaged 16.1 disposals, 3.5 tackles and 2.7 marks per game in 2023, as well as kicking six goals across 11 games. The Cats took key forward Chantal Mason with pick 18. The Geelong Falcons product is 177cm tall and excelled inside 50 in the Coates Talent League winning the leading goal kicker award after slotting 31 goals in her 13 regular season games. It included a stunning streak in the middle of the season where she booted 21 goals in four games, with hauls of 7.2 and 6.1 against the Pioneers and Tasmania Devils respectively. AFLW Draft Recap Pick 18 – Chantal Mason Position: Forward Height: 177cm State: Victoria Clubs: Geelong Falcons/St Joseph’s Pick 23 – Bryde O’Rourke (matched bid) Position: Midfielder Height: 174cm State: Victoria Clubs: Bendigo Pioneers/Strathfieldsaye
Bryde O’Rourke. (Bendigo Pioneers Facebook)
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Willows smacks second ton By Justin Flynn Star English import Greg Willows belted his second century of the season to keep Highton’s GCA finals hopes well and truly alive. The 24-year-old made a superb 147 from just 124 deliveries as Highton raced to a huge score of 6/286 against Newtown & Chilwell. He bludgeoned 13 fours and six sixes at Queen’s Park Reserve. The Leicestershire talent played for the Heat last season and had a good season without scoring a century, but that has all changed this time around. Willows made 126 against Lara in round six and followed it up on Saturday with another swashbuckling innings. “Last year was so stop and start that I never really got going,” he said. “I don’t know why. I probably wasn’t used to the conditions, but this year I know everyone from the club and know the opposition. “I think I’m just in a better position to score runs because we’ve been playing every week, so it’s been a massive plus.” Willows has his sights set on County cricket in the UK next season and knows that weight of runs at any level will help. “It was a really good batting pitch, which obviously helps,” he said. “Felt really good from ball one. It was one of those days. It doesn’t always go that way.” Highton’s top order, while not prolific, all contributed, which allowed Willows to play his own game. “They played a massive role in me being able to come in and bat freely and then score at the end,” Willows said. “Just good support enabled us to get that
Mitch McMullen gets home for a quick single in the East Belmont vs St Joseph’s 2nd XI game. (Ivan Kemp) 378778_14
score. Without those partnerships, you can’t keep scoring freely because if you keep losing wickets at the other end, you’ve got to rein it in.” Highton’s bowlers then got the job done, bowling the potentially dangerous Two Blues out for 133. Errol Burns picked up three wickets while Nash Viney, Nathan McCoach and Fionn Neeson grabbed two each. Spinner Viney picked up the prize wicket of Englishman Ronnie McKenna for 12. “That was a big wicket for us, I reckon he was looking in good nick,” Willows said. “It was a great delivery. He probably
deceived him with that one.” Leg-spinner Neeson also drew high praise. “He’s been brilliant for us since he’s come in,” Willows said. “We didn’t really give any boundary balls at all. With that total (the key) was to just not give boundary balls early on because if they get off to a flyer, then they have some really good players.” EAST Belmont crushed St Joseph’s. Shane McNamara (66), Josh Lacey (57) and Luke Inglis (47 not out) were the architects of a 4/219 total batting first. James McMahon (3/27 from 10 overs) then stepped in with the ball to help get Joeys all out for 135. LARA defeated South Barwon to keep its
finals hopes alive. Brad Hauenstein (50 not out) batted well for South Barwon, but a real team effort with the ball, led by Casey Young (2/13 from 10 overs), restricted the final total to 8/160. Sam Ellis then took 3/31 to give South Barwon a sniff, but Daniel Weigl (36) and Daniel Hughes (43 not out) got Lara home with three wickets and 14 balls to spare. NORTH Geelong heads into the break on top of the ladder after taking the points against Grovedale. Grovedale made 8/178 with Brayden Engelen-Baker (40) top scoring, but a superb unbeaten 79 from Philip Visser saw the Magpies to safety despite some good bowling from Jack Wrigglesworth (3/36).
Norman stuns with rapid fire century Anglesea heads into the midseason break unbeaten and on top of the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A1 Grade ladder thanks to a brilliant century from opener and wicket-keeper Tyron Norman. The left-hander made a stunning 112 from just 103 deliveries and hit 11 fours and five sixes. When Norman was dismissed with the score on 8/162, he had made most of his side’s runs. The Seas would eventually go on to make 187 against Armstrong Creek. Norman said he hit the ball “pretty clean” and that he “felt nice out there”. An opener all his junior years, Norman slid down into the middle order for several seasons, but was elevated back to the top of the order three seasons ago and has thrived. Late order efforts from Luke Taylor (17), Darcy Elliott (11) and Dylan Taylor (13) pushed the score up to 187 when it could have been much worse. “They helped move the score up to 180 when it might have been a different story,” Norman said. “They could have been chasing 150. The ground was quite quick. To go from 170 to 190, it was about par.” Titans skipper Daniel Maclean took 4/38 in an innings that was completely dominated by Norman. In reply, Armstrong Creek was 1/70 and looking settled with Clay Mulgrew and Sam Stoneley playing well. “Mulgrew is a good player,” Norman said. “He made runs against us in the two dayer and he can bat.” But when Mulgrew departed for 28 and Stoneley for 37, Anglesea regained control. It was the slow bowling of right-armer Brett Venables (2/21 from eight overs) and leftie Steve Nicholson (1/22 from eight) that put the brakes on the innings. Seamer Ky Eskrigge then stepped in to take
4/28 to have the Titans all out for 139. “Coming from turf background to hard wicket, it’s a little bit of a change for him (Nicholson), but he’s played a lot of cricket so he obviously knows what he’s doing,” Norman said. “He’s (Eskrigge) working with (coach) Bryan (Thomas) a fair bit, but this year it just seems like he’s taking that next step, which is good.” Anglesea faces Queenscliff after the break. “We haven’t seen Queenscliff yet as we got rained out against them, so we don’t know what they’re like, but they’re usually thereabouts,” Norman said. OCEAN Grove stayed in touch with the top four with a crushing win against Jan Juc. Sam McGlynn thrived in his return to A Grade with 4/31 as the Sharks were bundled out for 70. Fletcher Long stayed patient with an unbeaten 29 to make sure the Grubbers won by nine wickets. BARWON Heads won a thriller against a plucky Queenscliff. Kane Leathem and Hayden Ilingworth both made half-centuries in Queenscliff’s score of 5/157. But the Seagulls’ batting depth came to the fore even after they were 6/61 with Ben Harris getting 55 and an injured Brent McMinn making 32 not out to pass the total in the 39th over despite some terrific seam bowling from Luke Adam (4/22). BARRABOOL was too good for Inverleigh with Kane Pickering (74 not out), Lachlan Grigg (60 off 54 balls) and Brydon Barnett (40 not from 21) getting the home side to a hefty 4/219. David Peel (43) played well for Inverleigh, but Barnett followed up his heroics with the bat to take 4/20 and Brad Greenwood grabbed three wickets to have the Kookaburras all out for 148. Justin Flynn
Top: Collendina’s Aidan Foard is nearly run out in A2 Grade. Above: Newcomb’s Jack Scanlon celebrates his second catch in the A2 Grade clash. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 378781 Friday, 22 December, 2023 GEELONG INDEPENDENT 31
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