The Lockyer and Somerset Independent - 13th March 2024

Gatton told about siege

There wasn’t a seat spare at the Gatton Library on 7 March as Australian Author Selina Win Pe delivered her inspiring story of survival as the longest-held hostage of the Lindt Cafe siege.

Told through her memoir Untold Truths: A JOURNEY TO A ‘WILL OF COURAGE’ Selina’s book primarily focuses on the years since the siege.

Beginning a relationship with Australian rural communities in early 2019, Selina said she found comfort and confidence in her Christian faith.

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Young ones lead on

By Grace Crichton

Toogoolawah’s young people put their passions, ideas, and opinions forward as they participated in the Lion’s Youth of theYear competition.

Hosted by Esk Lions Club, the program challenged four Toogoolawah State High School students in public speaking and leadership.

On 8 March, Eloise Alderson, Ash Pratt, Charlie Humphreys, and Paul Maher were interviewed by three judges before presenting prepared speeches and answering impromptu questions before an audience.

Eloise was named the overall winner and Charlie was the public speaking winner

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Growers campaign for water… H2O stakes high

By Grace Chrichton

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the future of water for agriculture as part of a new MoretonWater Plan.

Its the deadline set by Lockyer Irrigators

for the consideration of inclusions prior to the lodgement of their joint submission. Lockyer Water Users Forum is calling on all irrigators to attend the Gatton Shire Hall at 6pm on 19 March to adopt or amend the submission, which is due at the end of the month. IrrigatorsfromtheLockyerandLowerLock-

yer met at the Gatton Shire Hall onWednesday 29 November 2023 to hear a presentation from Gary Jenson of the Queensland Government. They also agreed on a plan of action in response to the review of the Morton Water Plan by the State Minister forWater Glenn Butcher. The scope of the review would have serious

impacts on the LockyerValley if it was adopted in full.

The final submission has to be submitted at the end of this month and the draft is ready to be presented to all irrigators across the LockyerValley for final comment and acceptance.

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Esk Lions Youth of the Year contestants Eloise Alderson, Charlie Humphreys, Ash Pratt, and Paul Maher.

Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

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Police look at fatalities

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal two-vehicle traffic crash at Gatton on 9 March.

About 4:55pm, a Yamaha Yzf-R1 motorbike was travelling west along Eastern Drive before it lost control and crashed with a white Toyota Corolla travelling in the opposite direction.

The rider, a 34-year-old Wilsonton man, sustained critical injuries and was declared deceased at the scene.

The two occupants of the Toyota were uninjured.

The Forensic Crash Unit is appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident or may have relevant dashcam vision to come forward.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

IGA birthday

Dear Editor,

I just wanted to say a big thank you to IGA in Gatton for a lovely shopping experience on Saturday, 9 March. We were greeted with a smile by two friendly staff members who handed us each a complimentary piece of birthday cake.

The kids were treated to free face painting and balloon art - such an unexpected surprise to our Saturday after-cricket shopping ritual. Thank you and happy birthday IGA Gatton, here’s to many more wonderful years!

With thanks,

Felicite, David and Emmett Cootes

Gatton

Road quest

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Ma Ma Creek - Marburg - Minden

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Toogoolawah

Responsibility

With the upcoming election and there being so much interest in roads and who is responsible for what, would it make sense to have a well known list of roads and which level of Government is responsible?

I am hearing lots around who should do what? A simple list, with Federal, State or Local government being listed, and who to make contact with.

There seems to be lots of ”passing the buck”.

Chris Duncan, Gatton

Ringwood on 7 March.

Just after 3pm, a Toyota Corolla was travelling west along the Warrego Highway when it left the road and rolled.

The driver, a 69-year-old Rangeville woman, was transported to Toowoomba Hospital with serious injuries.

The passenger, an 84-year-old Rangeville man, was declared deceased at the scene.

Witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam vision is urged to contact police.

Laidley crash

A male in his 20’s was transported by the rescue helicopter to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition with a suspected head injury following a motorcycle crash into a tree on private property in Laidley on 9 March.

IWD, Glamorgan Vale

The QCWA GlamorganVale Branch celebrated International Women’s Day a day early on the 7th March with morning tea and guest speaker Amanda Petersen, Postmistress of the Marburg Post Office.

Amanda spoke of her life and family and of her position as Post Mistress with Australia Post.

Colleen Phipps, Glamorgan Vale QCWA Trail romance

Recently two very adventurous young people hiking north on the 5330km National Trail came through the Upper LockyerValley.

Tom (23, UK) and Laura (21, Germany) began their journey at Killarney on the Qld/ NSW border and were heading for the Krombit Tops, near Gladstone on their ambitious 3-4 month trek.

The couple had only recently met each other in Melbourne at a back-packers hostel and joining forces decided they wanted to see the ‘real’ Australia, first hand.

They ‘Googled’ long distance (Aussie) trails and the world’s longest multi-recreational National Trail set them into a frenzy of planning and excitement.

With new boots, back-packs, cooker, tent, etc., they embarked on this wild expedition

There is no shortage of inspiring women in our region.

I was delighted to attend several International Women’s Day events last week, hear from some wonderful guest speakers, and spend time with the women of our communities (see page 9).

The issues affecting women today – glass ceilings, pay gaps, and the division of domestic labour, to name a few – impact everyone in our society.

We need men to be engaged in these discussions if we are to affect real societal change.

So while IWD is a great cause for celebrating the progress of feminism and honouring the women in our lives, it’s also a time for all of us, women and men, to take a hard look at our society.

I would like to commend all the organisers who made these International Women’s Day events a reality.

Thank you for bringing us together so we can all inspire inclusion.

- Grace Crichton

with little previous experience.

However the National Trail maps can be downloaded or digitally accessed via a mobile phone so navigation requires basic skills and common sense. It also has trail markers.

Completely voluntarily run, the National Trail relies upon locals (e.g. Brian and Di White, Razorback, Fordsdale) who allow trekkers to camp on their property.

Their camp is set in superb scenery with campers kitchen and shower and toilet facilities. Brian and Di often share food and help trekkers along the way.

Enduring hot conditions the couple were enjoying a life changing challenge and said the scenery, the people and wildlife of Australia were making their trek unforgettable.

John Hopwood, Fordsdale

Election thanks

I was pleased to see information on all of the candidates standing for the local government elections, in your last newspaper [28 February]. Having all this information available in one place, made it so much easier to choose who to vote for. Thank you to the staff of The Lockyer and Somerset Independent and thank you to the candidates for supplying the information.

Lorna Martin, Gatton

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal two-vehicle traffic crash at Gatton on the afternoon of 9 March.

It’s time to tick the box

By Jacob Hayden

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residents can early vote at the Gatton RSL.

Somerset Regional Council residents can early vote at the Fernvale and Kilcoy Visitor Information Centres, or at The Rectory in Esk.

The closest early voting locations for Ipswich City Council residents within The Independent’s readership area are 22 Nicholas Street in Ipswich City Mall and Whitehill Church in Raceview.

Postal voting started in February and must be completed before 6pm on election day.

More venues will open for voting on election day, Saturday 16 March.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council voting day locations:

Blenheim State School (SS), Flagstone Creek SS, Forest Hill SS, Gatton SS, Glenore Grove Hall, Grantham SS, HattonVale SS, Helidon SS, Laidley District SS, Lake Clarendon SS, Ma Ma Creek SS, Murphys Creek SS, Sophia College (Plainland), Stockyard Creek Hall, Thornton SS, Tenthill Baptist Church Hall, Withcott SS. Somerset Regional Council voting day

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Coominya State School (SS), Esk SS, Fernvale SS, Glamorgan Vale SS, Kilcoy Memorial Hall, Lowood State High School, Minden SS, Moore Soldiers Memorial Hall, Mount Kilcoy SS, Mount Tarampa SS, Tarampa SS, Toogoolawah SS.

Ipswich City Council Division 1 voting day

locations:

Grandchester State School.

Ipswich City Council Division 4 voting day

locations:

Haigslea State School (SS), Marburg SS, Rosewood SS, Walloon SS.

More information about local government elections can be found at ecq.qld.gov.au

Messy play day at Laidley

By Grace Crichton

Get the little ones to Laidley to enjoy some messy fun at the first Messy Play on Harmony Day on 21 March.

Together for Lockyer are hosting the event for young ones aged 0-5 and their parents to connect with early childhood services and have a fun morning out.

From 9am until 11am in the green space next to Laidley Library, kids can get their hands dirty and parents can connect with health services, nurses, early childhood education centres, and the library team.

Laidley Community Centre early connections program coordinator Janella Cox said the Together for Lockyer team decided Harmony Day should be celebrated.

“Within our community there are so many different cultures,” she said.

“We wanted to put on an event for our community but also messy play at the same time.”

There will be a ceremony with the Didge Boys from Laidley District State School, everyone singing Heads Shoulder Knees and Toes in English and Yuggera, and the ‘biggest orange cake you’ve ever seen’ at 9:45 am.

“It’s loads of fun,” Ms Cox said.

Activities will be ‘all things messy’ including face painting and sensory activities.

Together for Lockyer is comprised of the Laidley Community Centre, Laidley District State School, and Anglicare South Queensland.

“We create events for our families with 0-5 [aged] children just letting them what services are available,” Ms Cox said.

Welcome baby, fix a road; its happening in the Valley

Woodlands Road roadworks

LVRC has identified a portion of Woodlands Road that requires extensive rehabilitation works, which will result in delays to road users under traffic control.

These works aim to improve the safety and reliability of this intersection by improving the sight distances, road surface drains, intersection layout, pavement condition and aim to mitigate the causes of previous crash incidents, while also widening the road.

term sustainability.

Grants will be awarded on merit and the availability of funds.

Applications close 15 April. Visit lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/our-council/grants-and-funding

Registrations open for Welcome Baby Celebration

LVRC’sWelcome Baby Celebration is an opportunity to introduce and welcome babies born in 2023 as a valued member of the LockyerValley Community and is being held on Saturday 25 May at 10am.

Get your laps and splashes in before Somerset Regional Council’s pool facilities close for in April.

Picture: JACOB HAYDEN

Somerset Council briefs

Voting is compulsory for the local government elections, with polling day on March 16.

Somerset will join the rest of Queensland in electing its respective mayor and six councillors.

Pre-poll voting ends on Friday 15 March.

Postal voting started in February and must be completed before 6pm on election day. Postal votes must be received by the Electoral Commission Queensland no later than Tuesday, 26 March, to be included in the count.

Voters need to number one to six against their chosen councillor candidates for their vote to count.

Somerset residents must also select one candidate for the mayoral position.

More information about local government elections can be found at ecq.qld.gov.au

Get your swims in before aquatic season draws to a close

It’s time to get a few more laps in before Somerset Regional Council’s aquatic facilities close for the season in April.

The Kilcoy Aquatic Centre and Toogoolawah Swimming Pool will close on Sunday 14 April, and Lowood Swimming Pool will close on Sunday 28 April 2024.

The Toogoolawah Community Gym at the Toogoolawah Swimming Pool will continue to operate in winter shut down hours.

The Lowood Swimming Pool season has been extended following recent construction and refurbishment works which impacted the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.

The aquatic facilities will reopen in mid-September, coinciding with the start of the September-October school holidays.

Works are scheduled to commence on 18 March and will require one lane to be closed for the majority of the project, which is expected to be completed in August, weather permitting.

Environmental grants now open

Applications for LVRC’s Community Environmental Grants Program are now open, with funding of $500 to $5000 available to schools and community organisations to deliver projects that focus on environmental initiatives, education, management, conservation, enhancement and building capacity for long-

If you or someone you know has a baby born in 2023, you are welcome to join council for a wonderful morning of celebration and community connection.

Each family receives a certificate from the Mayor, and a First 5 Forever library pack.

The celebration will conclude with morning tea.

To register, visit lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/ welcome-baby

Registrations for the Welcome Baby Celebration are now open. Picture: LVRC

Lockyer Valley Regional Council candidates and campaigners greeted voters outside the early voting booth at Gatton RSL last week.

Picture: JACOB HAYDEN

Charity needs hot kitchen

By Grace Crichton

A Gatton charity is seeking support to replace vital kitchen equipment so they can continue providing meals to those in need.

Gatton Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Kitchen Connection ministry provides free meals on Monday nights, but their commercial oven is on its last legs.

Pastor Dayne Habermann said they were reaching out the community to source a second-hand replacement, or gauge interest in donations to purchase a new system.

“If there’s a local kitchen, restaurant, business, that are wanting to upgrade their equipment and they’re wanting to get rid of the stove, that would be great,” he said.

“Maybe there’s local businesses or some philanthropist in the community who sees the work that Lou and Grace and the Kitchen Connect ministry does.

“If they’re willing to give some kind of donation toward that, that would also be appreciated.

“We’re open to a discussion around what works for people and businesses and their circumstances.”

Grace and Lou Uljarevic run the Kitchen Connection ministry and, with their team of volunteers, serve up 100 meals a night on average.

“The purpose was to offer free meals to people who were homeless or struggling,” Mrs Uljarevic said.

The ministry started eight years ago and Mrs Uljarevic has seen many more people seeking support recently.

“Not just for a free meal, but there are people who need the facilities, to be able to shower or wash their clothes,” she said.

“We don’t ask any questions.

“It doesn’t matter what their circumstances are.”

The eight-burner stove and oven unit was purchased second-hand six or seven years ago.

The oven and one of the burners no longer works and, although they have a temporary work around, a replacement is vital to the ministry continuing its outreach.

“We want to continue to serve the community in this capacity in particular because it’s obvious there’s a need and we want to be able to continue to meet that need,” Pr Habermann said.

“We really need eight burners because, as you can appreciate, to feed 100 people minimum it’s not just one or two pots, it’s multiple.

“It needs to be a commercial grade so it can fuel or heat the size pots that we have.”

The North St premises operates as a community centre and other groups also use the commercial kitchen for their own programs.

Many of the volunteers are from the wider community, as well as members of the church.

“It’s not just our church members but we

do have people coming from the community coming in too,” Pr Habermann said.

“It’s the community working together to serve the community.”

They are also exploring their options for grants to replace the equipment.

“We’re putting all the options on the table and seeing what can come,” Pr Habermann said.

Contact Pr Habermann on daynehabermann@adventist.org.au or 0404754711.

By Jacob Hayden

The inaugural Share Fair invited locals

Centre manager AlanaWahl said she hoped the visitors were able to find a gem.

“We’ve put any remaining stuff away now, but will hopefully run the event again sometime in the future,” she said.

“Thank you to everyone who came along to our very first Share Fair.”

Visitors were treated with musical entertainment, games and freshly-made apple pies.

Laidley Community Centre staff Alana Wahl,Kaitlyn Fleming,Jackie Porter,Nevella Dauth and Janella Cox at the inaugural Share Fair. Pictures: JACOB HAYDEN

Denise O’Keefe served up freshly-made apple pies at the Share Fair.

Deanne Schulz,Kaitlyn Fleming,Roselyn Tubman,Jan Keys with Rachel Glase sitting).

Gatton Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Grace Uljarevic and Dayne Habermann are in need of a new commercial oven to continue their Kitchen Connection ministry. Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

Bunnings brings flowers

By Grace Crichton

Retirees can flex their green thumbs thanks to a new community garden in Laidley.

Tabeel Aged Care teamed up with Bunnings Plainland to install the garden next to Hopeland House in Tabeel’s retirement village.

Tabeel Aged Care client and community advisor Blake Gray said the idea came up when he was speaking with a few of the village residents.

“We were just chatting about how cool it would be for us to have our own little community garden,” he said.

He reached out to Bunnings for a collaboration.

“They straight away said yep, happy days, just let us know what you need, when you need us there, and we’ll be there,” Mr Gray said.

“At the moment they also come and volunteer an activity with our residents at our aged care facility.”

Lindt Cafe survivor speaks

By Jesse Hamilton

There wasn’t a seat spare at the Gatton Library on 7 March as Australian Author Selina Win Pe delivered her inspiring story of survival as the longest-held hostage of the Lindt Cafe siege.

Told through her memoir Untold Truths: A JOURNEY TO A ‘WILL OF COURAGE’.

Selina’s book primarily focuses on the years since the siege and how the impact of the ordeal drove her to a life of connection and support for rural communities.

Beginning a relationship with Australian rural communities in early 2019, Selina said she found comfort and confidence in her Christian faith and in supporting goodhearted country people.

“I found myself reaching out and connecting first-hand with kind-hearted, country people whose values I aligned with,” she said.

“Nothing could have prepared me for the journey that was the ultimate test of my faith.

“I will dedicate the rest of my life to faith led service, and that’s to country Australian’s all over Australia.”

Selina has donated 100 per cent of the book-purchasing sales for Untold Truths to supporting rural communities, which has

Picture: JESSE HAMILTON

raised close to $19,000 since its June 2023 release.

Having been the longest held of eighteen hostages during the 17-hour-long siege, Selina said she never questioned God’s will during the experience and is thankful it has led her to a life of serving others.

“I acknowledge that time because without it, I wouldn’t have found this journey and what I’ve made of it,” she said.

“We lost two beautiful souls, who are remembered throughout the chapters of the book.”

The Gatton Library author talk was the first time Selina shared her book publicly as she continues to travel across the state to rural Queensland communities.

Bunnings donated raised garden beds, soil, and plenty of plants to get the garden off to a great start.

Several village residents put up their hands to help look after the garden and the community can visit as well.

“The whole idea is it’s a community garden, so anyone involved in the community can help and partake,” Mr Gray said.

Mr Blake said there were health benefits from being in a garden, growing your own

food, and the little wins of growing your own produce and plants.

“The mental benefits are great,” he said.

He thanked Bunnings for their donations, time, and support.

“The team at Bunnings have always been really good,” he said.

“It’s really cool to know that Bunnings have a community aspect to it and they go out and help not-for-profits.”

Piped water helps the birds

By Lockyer

Valley Regional Council Lockyer Valley Regional Council (LVRC) continues to partner with a host of local organisations – and this time it’s to the benefit of our native animals.

Council has joined forces with Lockyer Uplands Catchments Inc, a community environmental group which received 77 Tree Troffs from the Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (W.I.R.E.S).

A Tree Troff is a small watering trough that’s fed via a float system and was designed by Robert Frend from Wildsip Pty Ltd.

As the basin water level drops the float refills it from a 200 litre water drum.

This will not only make it easier for residents to enjoy the benefits of green spaces but will also ensure the long-term future of our furry friends.

WIRES received funding, under their Water for Wildlife program, from concerned countries that were saddened by the 2019 drought, as well as the 2020 fires that claimed the lives of so many animals

An LVRC spokesperson said council was thrilled to assist with the behind-the scenes logistics of this program, with officers set to assist with the delivery of the Troffs this coming weekend.

“These Tree Troffs were initially to assist koalas in times of drought and heatwaves, however it has been observed that birds, possums,

gliders and other tree climbing animals utilise these Troffs as well,” the spokesperson said.

“The beneficial aspect of these Troffs is that animals need not come to the ground to get a drink, where the predators could be waiting.

“As a council, we’re proud to put our partnerships to good use for initiatives such as these and work with the community to create a more liveable future.

“We’re confident ventures such as this will assist in securing the future of the Lockyer Valley for generations to come.”

The Lockyer Uplands Catchment Inc received 77 Tree Troffs from WIRES. Picture: LVRC

Author Selina Win Pe with Toowoomba locals Helen Hempstead and Paula mcGurie at the Gatton Library on 7 March.

Bunnings and Tabeel Aged Care teamed up to build a new community garden at the retirement village.

Several raised garden beds full of produce and plants were build for the retirement village residents and wider community to enjoy.

Kilcoy’s master painters

Kilcoy Art Society’s February artist of the month exhibition received an amazing reaction.

Several pieces artworks were sold during the ‘Paint Like A Master’ exhibition.

The Courthouse Gallery hosted several events in February.

Foggy Friday on 9 February attracted 35 attendees.

Artists Lisa May, Darla Boyd, Dawn Evans, Wendy Houston and Carol Robinson gave presentations about their chosen master artist for the ‘Paint Like a Master’ project.

On February 11 the new exhibition opening event was help, attracting more than 70 attendees.

The afternoon was a lot of fun with the People’s Choice Award being presented to the most popular artwork in the ‘Paint Like a Master’ collection.

Congratulations to Susan McConnel, Wendy Houston and Sharon Lee for taking out first, second and third places in the People’s Choice Award.

A beginners’ watercolour workshop was held at the gallery under instruction from watercolourist DiTaylor, on Saturday 17 February.

Ten students attended and learnt the three important techniques of wet into wet, dry on wet and working from light to dark whilst painting gum leaves.

Kilcoy Art Society Inc artists usually meet on the last Friday of the month, but this year they are doing something different.

The town of Kilcoy will be the focus of their work and they will set up their art gear on the last Friday of the month somewhere in the town’s streets.

The aim is to have a set of paintings and works of art of the Kilcoy township to display for Artist of the Month for January, 2025.

This will be titled ‘Kilcoy - Draw My Town’.

Start time is 9.30am.

The first meet-up was on Friday 23 February on the median strip opposite the chemist shop in William St.

KASI will advertise via their Facebook page (Kilcoycourthouseartgallery) future dates and locations as everyone is welcome to join in.

March’s artist of the month is Larry Rollason.

Larry was born in Victoria and grew up in the Northern Territory.

He worked as a stockman and a mechanic

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and has travelled all over Australia.

He now resides in beautiful Mount Archer in the Somerset Region.

Larry thinks the NT is where he got the taste for his colour palette, as he enjoys bright colours, hues of red, yellow, purple and orange, and lots of contrast.

He only started painting when he turned 60,

firstly dabbling in spray paints, before finally picking up a brush and moving to acrylics.

Larry surprised himself as he would never have thought that he could turn out a ‘reasonable’ work of art.

Larry’s advice is ‘go for it, pick up a brush and give it a go.’

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Jayne McKenzie, Peggy McMillan and Jason Wendt and the Courthouse Gallery’s exhibition opening on 11 February.

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Larry Rollason is March’s artist of the month.

Artist of the month Larry Rollason is inspired by the colours of the Northern Territory.

Kilcoy artists will ‘Draw My Town’ this year, creating artwork inspired by the town.At Foggy Friday on 9 Feb were ‘Paint Like a Master’ artists Darla Boyd, Wendy Houston, Dawn Evans and Lisa May.

Esk’s Youths of the Year

By Grace Crichton

Toogoolawah’s young people put their passions, ideas, and opinions forward as they participated in the Lion’s Youth of the Year competition.

Hosted by Esk Lions Club, the program challenged four Toogoolawah State High School students in public speaking and leadership.

On 8 March, Eloise Alderson, Ash Pratt, Charlie Humphreys, and Paul Maher were interviewed by three judges before presenting prepared speeches and answering impromptu questions before an audience.

Eloise was named the overall winner and Charlie was the public speaking winner.

Eloise presented an impassioned speech challenging the way youth are represented in the media, calling out the tarring of her generations as ‘criminals, moody, and antisocial’ as a damaging generalisation.

Charlie drew on his experience participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards to encourage his audience to ‘give it a go’, sharing how the newfound skills he has acquired has benefitted him socially and emotionally.

Ash used her speech to address the true crime phenomenon, asserting it glorifies serial killers and robs victims of their identities, prioritising their gruesome deaths over the lives they lived.

Paul challenged society’s expectations and the media’s representation of masculinity, detailing the negative impacts this has on men’s mental health and asserting all men are indi-

viduals who should not have to conform to society’s expectations.

Judges Tanya Sherlock, John Cumner, and Garry Hutchinson were given the difficult task of picking a winner.

Mr Hutchinson said any one of the four candidates were worthy of winning.

“It was a really tough job for us… they are all deserving,” he said.

“The quality of those discussions and speeches was just outstanding.”

Eloise will represent the Esk Lions at the Regional Youth of the Year competition in Lowood on 23 March, along with winners from the Lowood, Ipswich, Jindalee, and Oxley/ Sherwood.

Esk Lions Club president Cameron Wyatt was impressed by the four students.

“It’s inspirational,” he said.

“These young people are right in the middle of their assessment.

“There’s a hundred reason why they would go ‘I haven’t got time to that’.”

Mr Wyatt said the youth are the future.

“Anything we can do to help them to develop has got to be worthwhile,” he said.

“And not only to help them develop, but by watching them we grow ourselves.

“They might be younger than us but there’s plenty of wisdom in this room by the sound of it.”

Mr Wyatt thanked fellow Lions members, particularly those from Lowood and Fernvale, for their assistance in running the program.

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Judges John Cumner, Garry Hutchinson, and Tanya Sherlock were impressed by all four participants.

Toogoolawah High School students Eloise Alderson, Paul Maher, Charlie Humphreys and Ash Pratt participated in Esk Lions’ Youth of the Year program on 8 March.

Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

Eloise Alderson was named the overall winner. She will represent Esk at the regional competition. Pictured with Lowood Lions member Judy Lehmann.

Charlie Humphreys was the public speaking winner, pictured with Lowood Lions members Judy Lehmann.

Women lead the

By Grace Crichton

International Women’s Day brought communities together to celebrate, commune, and connect.

This year’s theme was ‘Inspire Inclusion’, calling on all to forge a more inclusive world for women.

In Gatton, Lockyer Valley Regional Council held their annual breakfast on Thursday 7 March.

The guest speaker was Amanda Dalton, CEO and founder of Protea Place.

Ms Duncan shared her story of founding an organisation dedicated to helping women get their lives back on track, whether they are homeless, escaping domestic violence, leaving a correctional facility, or simply need a hand getting back on their feet.

Somerset Libraries hosted two morning teas on 8 March, one in Esk and one in Kilcoy.

Kerrie Oakes was the guest speaker in Kilcoy and Beryce Nelson spoke at Esk.

Ms Nelson shared her experiences as a politician, the many injustices she has campaigned against, and called on the crowd to bolster the women in their lives.

Gatt and Co. hosted a Girls Night Out dinner at their hub on Railway St in Gatton on 8 March.

Women came together for dinner and dessert, connecting with old friends and make new ones.

The Ma Ma Creek Community Hall committee hosted a lunch on 9 March for women of the community to get together.

Paige Garland, Eugenie Burkhardt, Jenny Atkinson, and Lauren Sankey at the Esk Library.

Ma Ma Creek Community Hall volunteers Chris Duncan, Maree Rosier, June Evans, Eva Schmidt, and Helen Wegner at the International Women’s Day lunch on 9 March. Pictures: GRACE CRICHTON

Megan Bourne, Marilyn Stephan, and Joy at Edwards at Ma Ma Creek.

Protea Place founder and guest speaker Amanda Duncan with Lockyer Valley Regional Council Mayor Tanya Milligan at the International Women’s Day breakfast in Gatton on 7 March.

Kids unite to paint

By Jacob Hayden

Students from two small LockyerValley schools joined forces last week to produce hundreds of art pieces to be displayed at local exhibitions.

On Friday 8 March Murphys Creek State School students visited Flagstone Creek State School for Art Day, where they learned how to produce clay plates, tinfoil art, 3D images and surrealist art.

Flagstone Creek principal Charmaine Wilson said students learned to create visual representations that communicate, challenge and express their own and others’ ideas through visual art.

“Students make new knowledge and develop their skills, techniques and processes as they explore a diversity of artists, visual imagery, representations, designed objects and environments, and viewpoints and practices,” Mrs Wilson said.

“They also have an opportunity to interact with their peers in a creative and relaxed setting.”

Murphys Creek principal Lynne Stritzel said the day was a great opportunity for students to come together.

“Because we’re a small school, this is a chance to meet other students so they can come together in play, use their creative strengths and have a nice day meeting other students,” she said.

“They’ve been really involved and engaged in all the activities and some of the work’s pretty amazing, to be honest.

“I’d love to thank Flagstone for hosting and for Mrs Wilson, because she came up with the idea.”

Mrs Wilson said the community could find the students’ work at upcoming local events.

“Our finished products will be sent on to the Ma Ma Creek Exhibition, Gatton Show and Brisbane Exhibition, creating links to the local community.”

Choir sings

By Grace Crichton

Experience the Easter story in a new way this Maundy Thursday. Brisbane Valley Churches Together and Esk Community Choir will present “The Triumph Song of Life”,anEasterCantata,on28Marchatthe Somerset Civic Centre.

Brisbane Valley Anglican Church priest in charge Loretta Tyler-Moss said the cantata includes choral music, hymns and readings.

“For most people, Easter is Sunday and maybe Good Friday,” she said.

“But in actual fact, Easter is a week long, and that was what I really wanted to share.

“It’s not just Christ dying and rising.

“The cantata takes it from Palm Sunday to that joyous entry into Jerusalem, through the Last Supper, the foot washing... and then to the trial, the Crucifixion, and then the resurrection.

“So on Thursday evening, people will be in the middle of the story and they” get the beginning and the end around them.

Esk Community Choir choral director Alexis FitzGerald said the cantata was ‘choral music at its best’.

“It’s a fitting conclusion to the story of Easter,” she said.

The free concert is open to all with light refreshments from 5pm for a 5:30pm start.

Esk Community Choir will join with Brisbane Valley Churches Together to present the Easter story through song on Maundy Thursday.

Emily and Archie with their tinfoil art pieces.

Bella, Summer and Skylar creating 3D hand drawings.

More students creating clay plates.

Twenty-eight students from Fernvale State School travelled to Ipswich Grammar School on Tuesday 5 March for the Term 1 Brisbane West Zone Interschool Chess Competition.

Checkmate

By Jacob Hayden

Fernvale State School sent a horde of students to compete in the Term 1 Brisbane West Zone Interschool Chess Competition last week.

On Tuesday 5 March, 28 Fernvale students boarded a bus to Ipswich Grammar School where they competed against students from across the region in A and B grade competitions.

Fernvale State School chess teacher Geoff Butler said the school was well-represented in the competition of 120 students.

“I think from memory there were about 45 teams from about 15 schools in the region playing,” Mr Butler said.

“There were some pretty decent standard players there, and there were a lot of kids there playing for the first time, which was great.

“Historically we take a decent amount of children, we’re one of the bigger participation and stronger schools in the region at chess.

“We took a number of kids who were play-

ing in their first ever chess competition, which is a little unusual for Fernvale, it doesn’t happen that often.”

A number of children won merit certificates for scoring 4.5 out of 7 or better on the day.

“In B grade one of our teams came 3rd and in A grade one of our young fellows, Jensen, came 2nd overall,” Mr Butler said.

“He was the highest rated player so he was actually expecting to probably win it, but that’s how chess goes sometimes, it doesn’t always work out the way it should.”

Mr Butler said the competition would increase in size and difficulty in the following terms.

“I would expect that in term 2 that competition will have 150 or more and in term 3 it’ll be pushing 200,” he said.

“They all played well, they had a great day, and it was very well run.

“We’re looking forward to the next one in term 2.”

Rosewood supporters give Easter a hospital message

By Jacob Hayden

A group of Rosewood women have brought the Easter spirit to the Ipswich Hospital oncology ward.

The Lady Cilento Crafters delivered Easter chocolates and other goodies to the day treatment unit on 4 March, much to the delight of the patients and hospital staff.

Crafters organiser Coralie Bradley said the gift comprised of hand-made items and donations.

“We’ve got Spill the Beans Takeaway and Cafe across the road from the hospital, they donated a coffee voucher,” she said.

“We had a chocolate bar and a Werthers Original, and our crafters once again made the bags and the ribbons.

“We have two wonderful community ladies, Dawn and Karen, who have made the gift tags to go on all of them.”

The group also visits the hospital to donate Christmas hampers for patients, and donates hand-made quilts, toys and bibs to

the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Mrs Bradley said the hospital staff have become familiar with the crafters and have come to look forward to their visits.

“The staff were expecting us, because now we’ve become part of it, they’re excited about it,” she said.

“Kim Toohill, the supervisor, said ‘we’d like to give you something because you’re always giving us something’ so they gave us a bag of Darrell Lee chocolates and some other liquorices.”

The Lady Cilento Crafters fundraise through plant sales on Saturday mornings at The Big Orange, Forest Hill, and through the sale of donated items outside of a Coles store.

Mrs Bradley said she could not describe the emotion she felt when packing the gifts for patients at the oncology ward.

“We’re very proud of what we take in there,” Ms Bradley said.

“We’re all dedicated to what we do.”

The Lady Cilento Crafters delivered their Easter chocolates to the Ipswich Hospital oncology ward day treatment unit on 4 March.

Picture: LADY CILENTO CRAFTERS

Picture: GEOFF BUTLER

Cost probe

The Senate Select Committee on Supermarket Prices has announced an initial set of dates to hear stories about bad behaviour by supermarkets.

National Farmers Federation Horticulture Council chair Jolyon Burnett said it was critically important as many fresh produce growers and wholesalers as possible supplying the supermarkets, either directly or indirectly, shared their stories.

“Individual anecdotes are powerful without doubt,” he said.

“Even better is a number of people describing the same practice or behaviour which will allow this inquiry to establish a pattern and paint a more complete picture.

“It is only with a clear picture that we’ll get from this inquiry the right sort of recommendations that will make a difference to the lives and profitability of our industry for years to come.”

In addition to hearings, the Committee

where requested will also make arrangements for individual growers to give evidence confidentially from their home or office by secure video link straight into Parliament House.

“We are aware the main reason stopping growers coming forward is the real fear of being identified and suffering commercial retribution that could ruin their business and livelihoods,” said Mr Burnett.

“So, we’ve received assurances from the Committee that records of confidential conversations will only ever be shared with members of the Committee at their request, for a limited period of time and on paper that’ll subsequently be destroyed.”

Growers and suppliers interested in better understanding how to appear physically at hearings or arrange confidential virtual conversations with the Committee are encouraged to speak with Richard Shannon, Executive Officer to the NFF Horticulture Council on 0448 860 630.

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Campdraft’s a fundraiser

By Grace Crichton

It was an action-packed weekend at the Toogoolawah Campdraft from March 8 to 10.

The program kicked off on Friday night with a maiden draft, restricted open draft, and saddle cut-out.

Saturday morning was the kid’s gymkhana, novice draft, open draft, and the feature event, the maiden shootout, followed by novice, junior, and juvenile drafts on Sunday.

The campdraft raised funds to support the Marshalls, a valued family in the campdraft community.

Lisa Marshall sadly lost her husband Reece in January.

Toogoolawah Campdraft committee member Tiara Hurley said the money raised will help her and their four children, Dusty, Steele, Tilly, and Lainey.

“All the proceeds of the raffle plus the stallion auction will go to Lisa’s kids,” she said.

The ten stallion semen lots were also listed on StockLive and fetched up to $2,300.

“People that aren’t at the draft can actually bid on the stallions as well,” Mrs Hurley said.

The event attracted competitors from as far as Julia Creek and was a hit with strong local attendance as well.

“We had 1,800 nominations for the draft all up,” Mrs Hurley said.

“We took about 1,200 because that’s what we were restricted to with our cattle numbers.

“We’ve had fantastic cattle and fantastic weather all weekend.”

Mrs Hurley thanked the show society, who ran the committee, the campdraft committee members, cattle suppliers, and donors to the raffle.

Makenzie Richele and Simone Klaus with horse Alice at Saturday morning’s gymkhana.

The Toogoolawah Campdraft provided a weekend full of quality drafting competition. Picture: GRACE CRICHTON Nominations exceeded capacity with plenty of events over three days.

Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

FRUIT:

· LEMONS: Eureka $20-$25[$22.50] 1/2CP, Eureka No1 $20-$45[$29] Best $50 13KgCtn, Eureka No1 $15-$60[$34] BulkCP, Eureka No1 $45-$60[$52.50] CP, Eureka No2 $5$40[$22.50]BulkCP.

· MANDARINS:AfourerNo1$95-$104[$99.50] 13KgCtn.

VEGETABLES:

· BEANS: Borlotti $8-$10[$9] Kg, Flat Continental No1 $4-$6[$5] Kg, Round S’less No1 Hand Picked $5-$10[$7.80] Best $12 Kg, RoundS’lessNo1MachineP’kd$2-$5[$4.20] Kg,SnakeLoose$7-$10[$8.50]Kg.

· BEETROOT: $1.40-$2.60[$2] Bunch, Large $6-$12[$8] 10KgBag, Medium $10-$16[$12] 10KgBag, Small $6-$12[$8] 10KgBag, Baby $2-$3[$2.70] Bunch, Golden $20-$30[$25] Best $36 10KgBag, Target $3-$4[$3.75] Bunch.

· BROCCOLI: $1.20-$3[$2.30] Kg, No1 $16$28[$23.20] Best $30 8KgIPk, No2 $12$16[$14] Best $20 8KgIPk, Baby Bunched $24-$30[$27]2.4Kg.

· BROCCOLINI:$26-$26[$26]2.4Kg.

· CABBAGES: Ballhead ExLarge $6-$8[$7]

Each, Ballhead Large $5-$6[$5.50] Each, Ballhead Medium $3.50-$4[$3.75] Each, Red $5-$10[$8] Best $12 Each, Red No1 $50-$140[$84.20] Best $150 Carton, Savoy $1-$2[$1.50] Each, Sugarloaf No1 $45$55[$52.50]Best$60Carton.

· CARROTS: $14-$22[$19] Best $24 15KgCtn, $12-$22[$18]Best$24Bag,$12-$22[$18]Best $25 Carton, Pre-pack $14-$22[$18] Best $24 Bag, Pre-pack $14-$24[$19] Carton, Dutch $1.20-$2.20[$1.60] Best $2.40 Bunch, Purple $25-$35[$30]10KgCtn.

· CAULIFLOWERS: No1 $55-$75[$68.50] Best $80 Carton, No2 $20-$40[$30] Best $50 Carton,Caulini$20-$24[$22]Best$262KgCtn.

· CHINESE CABBAGES: Wombok No1 $45$60[$53.50] 16KgCtn, Wombok No2 $20$30[$25]16KgCtn.

· CHINESE VEG.: Bukchoy $1.20-$2.20[$1.94]

Best $2.40 Bunch, Choisum $1.40-$2[$1.80]

Best $2.50 Bunch, Kailan $1.40-$2.40[$1.95]

Best $3 Bunch, Pakchoy $1.20-$2[$1.75] Best $2.20Bunch.

· EGG PLANT: Thai Apple $16-$26[$22] 6KgCtn, Thai Apple $25-$35[$30] Best $40 7KgTray, Continental $20-$30[$27] 6KgCtn, Continental $14-$20[$17] 7KgCtn, Purple $30-$32[$31] 10KgCtn, Purple $12$20[$15] 7KgTray, Purple $12-$18[$17] Best $20 8KgCtn, Purple Extra Glasshouse $18$24[$22]Best$267KgTray,PurpleNo1Glasshouse$16-$20[$19]Best$247KgTray.

· KALE: Green $18-$26[$22] Best $30 Carton, GreenSleeves$2-$3[$2.50]250g,RedSleeves $2-$3[$2.50]Best$3.50250g.

RURAL

· LETTUCE: Baby Cos Hydroponic $10$18[$15] Best $20 Carton, Baby Cos Sweet Gems Pre-pack $16-$24[$20] Carton, Baby Cos Hearts Sleeves $12-$20[$19] Carton, Cos No1 $20-$32[$31] Best $36 Carton, Cos No2 $8-$16[$12] Carton, Headed No1 $16-$36[$25] Best $40 Carton, Headed No2 $2-$16[$7.80] Carton, Hearts $16-$20[$18] Carton, OpenVarieties $8-$14[$11] Best $16 Carton, Open Varieties Butter $10-$12[$11] Best $14 Carton, Open Varieties Green Oak $10-$14[$13]Best$16Carton,OpenVarieties RedOak$10-$14[$13]Best$16Carton.

· MUSHROOMS: Buttons $7-$9[$8.50] Best $9.50 Kg, Cups $6-$8[$7.25] Kg, Flats $7$9[$8.50]Best$9.50Kg.

· PARSLEY: Continental $1.60-$2.50[$2.25] Bunch, English ExLarge Bunch $2$2.80[$2.42] Best $3 Bunch, English Large Bunch $1.60-$2.60[$2.14] Best $3 Bunch, English Medium Bunch $1.20-$2[$1.78] Best $2.20Bunch.

· PARSNIPS: $35-$50[$42.50] Best $55 10KgCtn,$20-$30[$27.50]Best$355KgCtn.

· SHALLOTS: Eschallots $1.60-$2.20[$2.10] Best$2.40Bunch.

· SILVERBEET:Sleeves$1.60-$5[$2.90]Bunch, No1Full-cut$1.20-$4[$2.20]Bunch.

· SQUASH: Gold $16-$30[$23] 18LCtn, Gold No1Large$18-$26[$22]Best$309LCtn,Gold No1 Medium $22-$36[$29] Best $40 9LCtn, Gold No1 Medium Large $20-$30[$25] Best $369LCtn,GoldNo1Small$26-$40[$35]Best $45 9LCtn, Gold No1 Small Medium $24$40[$34]Best$459LCtn.

· SWEET CORN: No1 $18-$30[$26] Best $32 18LCtn, No2 $12-$16[$14] 18LCtn, Baby $3.60-$3.75[$3.68] 125g, Pre-pack $24$40[$35]18LCtn.

· TOMATOES: Cherry Red $1.40-$2.20[$2] Best $2.40 250gLP, Egg Extra $30-$36[$33] Best $40 10KgCtn, Egg No1 ExLarge $24$30[$27] Best $36 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Large $20-$30[$25] Best $36 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Medium $20-$26[$23] Best $30 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Medium Large $22-$28[$25] Best $36 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Small $16-$22[$19] Best $24 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Small Medium $18-$24[$21] Best $26 10KgCtn, Egg No2 $8-$20[$14] 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet Extra $30-$40[$37] 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Cocktail $12-$18[$14] 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Large $20-$32[$26] 10KgCtn, Field GourmetNo1Medium$18-$30[$24]Best$32 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Medium Large $18-$30[$27] Best $36 10KgCtn, Field Gour-

met No1 Small $14-$24[$21] 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Small Medium $16-$28[$24] Best $30 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No2 $16$20[$18]10KgCtn.

· TURNIPS: Baby Purple Top $2.80-$3[$3] Bunch, Purple Top $20-$30[$25] 10KgBag, White$20-$26[$23]Best$3010KgBag.

· ZUCCHINIS: Green Extra $30-$36[$33] 10KgCtn, Green No1 ExLarge >250mm $8$18[$13] 10KgCtn, Green No1 Large 201-250 $12-$20[$16] 10KgCtn, Green No1 Medium 140-200 $16-$28[$23] Best $30 10KgCtn, Green No1 Medium Large $16-$26[$21] Best $2810KgCtn,GreenNo1Small<140mm$16$28[$23]Best$3010KgCtn,GreenNo1Small Medium $16-$28[$24] Best $30 10KgCtn, Green No2 $8-$16[$12] 10KgCtn, Lebanese No1$40-$40[$40]10KgCtn.

HEAVY VEGETABLES:

· ONIONS: Salad Red $2-$3[$2.40] 1KgBag, Salad Red Large 76-90mm $8-$14[$11] 10KgBag, Salad Red Medium 61-75mm $8$14[$11] 10KgBag, Salad Red Medium 6175mm $20-$26[$25] 10KgCtn, Salad Red Small 45-60mm Jarer $10-$16[$11] 10KgBag, White$32-$40[$35]10KgCtn.

· POTATOES: Brushed White $22-$34[$29] 20KgBag, Brushed White $3.40-$5[$4.20] 5KgBag, Gourmet Dutch Cream Brushed $30-$40[$37] 10KgCtn, Gourmet Dutch CreamBrushed$30-$45[$38]15KgCtn,Gourmet Dutch Cream Washed $36-$45[$42.50] 10KgCtn, Gourmet King Edward $30$40[$38] 10KgCtn, Gourmet Nicola Washed $30-$40[$37.50] 10KgCtn,Washed Red Large $28-$32[$30] 15KgCtn, Washed Red Large $36-$40[$38]20KgBag,WashedRedMedium $32-$36[$34] 15KgCtn,Washed Red Medium $32-$40[$38] 20KgBag, Washed Red Small $28-$36[$30] 15KgBag, Washed Red Small $28-$36[$33] 20KgBag,WashedWhite $4.50$6[$5] 5KgBag, Washed White Large $20$32[$28.40] 15KgBag, Washed White Large $22-$36[$32] 20KgBag,WashedWhite Medium $30-$38[$34.60] 15KgBag,WashedWhite Medium $32-$38[$37] 15KgCtn, Washed White Medium $30-$38[$31] 20KgBag, Washed White Small $30-$40[$38] 15KgBag, WashedWhiteSmall$36-$40[$39]20KgBag. · PUMPKINS: Blue Qld. Blue $1-$1.10[$1.05] Kg, Butternut $22-$28[$25] Best $30 18KgCtn, Butternut No1 60c-90c[75c] Best $1 Kg, Butternut No2 50c-60c[55c] Kg, Grey Jarrahdale No2 50c-70c[60c] Kg, Grey Sampson 70c-90c[80c] Best $1 Kg, Jap $14$20[$17] Bag, Jap Small 40c-60c[50c] Kg, Jap No1 40c-80c[70c] Best 90c Kg, Jap No2 30c50c[40c]Kg, Average=[]

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Charolais, market reports

CHARNELLE CHAROLAIS INVITATIONAL

FEMALE AND GENETICS SALE

Saturday March 2, 2024

The Charnelle Charolais Invitational Female and Genetics sale is over for another year. The competition for the top end females was really strong although the clearance was well down on previous years. Five females made $10,000 or higher with a top of $13,000 for lot 29 Sanlara Park Nadia offered by the Platzer family and sold to long time vendors and supporters Ryan and Rachel Holzwart.

Nine other females made between $7000 & $10,000.

Toppingthejoinedheiferswaslot34Bauhinia Park Sandra 27 offered by the Holzwart family and selling to Lachlan Dickson for $11,000.

Topping the unjoined section was lot 73 Charnelle Julie 11 offered by G& K Blanch selling to John Hughes Killarney for $8500.

Embryos sold to $2700 for lot 105 on account J & K Weeks - Palgrove Rockerfella x Palgrove Jana, selling toVenturon LivestockWA

Ross Carr sold 4 straws of Fleets Rascal semen for $600/ straw to Juandah Grazing 10/19 Cows & Calves top $13,000 average $7450 6/10 PTIC Cows top $8500, average $5416 19/25 Joined Heifers top $11,000 average $5289 14/16 Unjoined Heifers top $8500 average $4892 44/144 Embryos top $2700 average $936 486/967 Straws Semen top $600 average $85/ straw. Many Thanks to all the buyers underbidders, agents and everyone who helped or had interest in our sale. I also thank and appreciate all the vendors who contributed to our sale. I wish everyone who bought anything at our sale the very best.

Graham Blanch

DALBY SALEYARDS

Wednesday March 6, 2024

The supply of stock at Dalby lifted to higher level of 5,201 head an increase of 1,523 from the previous week. Buyers were very selective with only top end quality lines receiving strong support and a small reduction in quality resulted in a large fall in price. The better end of the light weight yearling steers held firm while lesser quality lines averaged 20c to 30c/kg less. Heavy weight yearling steers to feed struggled to remain firm. The best of the light weight yearling heifers experienced very little change while the poor quality lines lost 30c to 40c/kg. Cows sold to a cheaper market to average 4c to 10c/ kg less. Light weight yearling steers returning to the paddock made to 502c to average 440c and poor quality lines 307c/kg. Yearling steers under 330kg to restockers made to 440c to average 393c/kg.Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market averaged from 358c to 363 and sold to 398c/kg. Heavy weight yearling steers to feed made to a top of 380c to average 355c/kg. Light weight yearling heifers returning to the paddock made to the occasional 312c to average 273c and lesser quality lines 205c/kg. Medium

· Heavy Cows Fernvale Past Co Charolais x 262.2 $1704

· Heavy Cows G Enks Charolais 259.2 $1684

· Bulls R &V Laycock Simmental 270.2 $1999

LAIDLEY SALEYARDS

Thursday March 7, 2024

weight yearling heifers to feed averaged from 260c to 284c and sold to the occasional 320c/ kg. Heavy weight yearling heifers to feed made to 318c to average 279c/kg. Heavy grown steers to export processors made to 318c to average 303c/kg. Medium weight 2 score cows averaged 230c and made to 236c/kg. Heavy weight 3 score cows made to 249c and the best of heavy weight cows made to 267c to average 260c/kg. Heavy weight bulls made to 291c/kg.

MORETON SALEYARDS

Tuesday March 5, 2024

Agents Boyd O’Brien Bartholomew yarded of 436 head of cattle. A similar size yarding to last week came tohand with cows being more numerous. All usual buyers were present and in operation. This saw rates for export cattle improve slightly, trade cattle sold at last weeks rates with cattle suitable to return to the paddock improving under solid local competition. Description Vendor Breed c/kg $/head

· Weaner Steers J Price Charolais 411.2 $1233

· Weaner Heifers J Price Charolais 341.2 $972

· Feeder Steers C Weeden Limousin x 341.2 $1475

· Feeder Heifers Biarra Valley Simmental x 281.2 $1181

· Trade Heifers RAAU P/L Brahman x 284.2 $937

· 8 Tooth Ox E & M Tones Hereford x 283.2 $2068

· Pen of Cows D & FWilliamson Charolais 255.2 $1416

347 head were sold at Stariha Auctions Laidley cattle sale on Thursday. The steer market continued its very strong trend, with western buyers and locals in competition. Cows & calves and heifers sold to a firm to dearer market, while cows remained firm. The Smith Family, Flagstone Creek, sold lines of cows and calves, with British Whites making $2220, Brangus $1960 and Murray Greys $1900. Frank O’Toole, Blenheim, sold Limousin steers, 20-22 months, for $1700 and heifers for $1200. Robert Pearce, Gatton, sold Murray Grey backgrounder steers for $1370, $1290 and $1100. Des Poole, Veradilla, sold Angus backgrounder steers for $1300 and milk tooth heifers for $1025. Mick & Maree Coogan, Mt Whitestone, sold Limousin weaner steers for $1020. Dan Speedy, Fordsdale, sold Droughtmaster steers, 12-14 months, for $1290. CraidanPtyLtd,Dayboro,soldyoungUltrablack weaner steers for $1070 and calves, 5-6 months, for $740. Scott McLauchlan, Merryvale, sold Droughtmaster backgrounder steers for $1200. Tim O’Shea,Walloon, sold Charolais cross backgrounder steers for $1260 and weaner steers for $1000. Jim and Eileen O’Keeffe, Ingoldsby, sold 6-7 month old steer calves for $940 & $860. Brett Kerle, Crowley Vale, sold Charolais cows & calves for $1800. Bruce Greer, Flagstone Creek, sold a line of young Brangus weaner steers for $990. Copley Gully, Kilcoy, sold Brahman heifers for $1030, $1010 and $1000. Tony Stariha, Mulgowie, sold Droughtmaster cows for $1280. Carol Gardiner, Glen Esk, sold mixed breed steers for $1170 and $920. Senophene Christensen, Rosevale, sold a line of Santa cows with young calves at foot for $1500. Mick Brennan, Lower Tenthill, sold, Charbray weaner steers for $1020. Jack Capewell, Lanefield, sold Droughtmaster weaner steers for $1000. Col Litfin, Thornton, sold Hereford cross weaner steers for $940 and vealer heifers for $760.

TOOWOOMBA SALEYARDS

Monday March 4, 2024

Isolated falls of rain over parts of the general supply area reduced numbers at Toowoomba down to 198 head a fall of 236 from the previous week. Theoverallqualitywasnotuptothestandard of the last sale. Buyer attendance returned back to the regular operators following the extra large line up last week. Prices experienced very littlechangewithonlyqualityrelatedvariations. Light weight yearling steers under 200kg made to 502c to average 455c/kg. Yearling steers under 280kg returning to the paddock sold to and averaged 416c/kg. Yearling steers under 330kg to restockers made to 376c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market made to 368c

and averaged from 337c to 362c/kg. Heavy weight yearling steers to feed made to 344c/kg. Light weight yearling heifers returning to the paddock averaged 278c and made to 290c/kg. Yearling heifers to feed averaged from 271c to 273c and sold to 286c/kg. Plain condition medium weight cows made from 175c to 200c/kg. The best of the heavy weight cows made to 240c to average 235c/kg. Heavy weight bulls made to 246c/kg. Light weight heifers sold open auction made to $460/head.

WARWICK SALEYARDS

Warwick agents penned 974 cattle 174 less than the previous sale.The overall yarding was mixed with most classes not up to last weeks standard however the better bred and finished lines sold to prices similar to last week and dearer in places with quality a factor in the price increases. Light weight yearling steers to restockers sold to 406c/kg.Yearling steers over 200kg to restockers made 379c to average 335c/kg. Yearling steers over 280kg to background sold to 368c and averaged 332c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market made 392c to average 337c/ kg. Heavy yearling steers to feed sold to 335c and averaged from 312c to 328c/kg. Yearling heifers over 280kg to back ground made 280c to average 256c/kg. Medium weight heifers to feed made 312c with those to the local meat trade at 338c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to feed averaged 291c and sold to 344c/kg. Grown steers to feed made 333c to average 323c/kg. Bullocks to processors made 318c to average 304c/kg. Grown heifers to processors made 287c to average 272c/kg. Light weight cows to restockers made 209c to average 205c and to processors from 155c to 226c/kg. Heavy score 2 cows to processors sold from 220c to 239c with the score 3 cows topping at 270c to average 251c/ kg. Light weight bulls to restockers made 320c to average 312c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors averaged 278c and sold to 298c/kg.

WOODFORD SALEYARDS

Monday March 4, 2024

232 head were sold at Stariha Auctions Woodford cattle sale on Monday. The market remained similar to last week, with steers continuing to sell to strong competition. Robert Vogler, Kilcoy, sold Brangus backgrounder steers for $1200.Warren Jensen, Narangba, sold Droughtmaster cross steers for $1240 & $960 and heifers for $860. Terry O’Neill, Bracalba, sold light Romanola backgrounders, with steers selling for $1040 and heifers $860. Doug Harris, Mt Delaney, sold Charbray weaner steers for $1100 and $950. Ian Kent, Samsonvale, sold Braford cows for $1400 and young Blonde males for $800. Paul Keylar, Dayboro, sold Charbray weaner heifers for $800. Trevor Carberry, Elaman Creek, sold Senepol cross steer calves for $730. Helen Thornton, Woolmar, sold a line of Brangus male calves for $670 and Brangus cows for $1150. Taran Mellors, Glass House Mountains, sold a Blonde bull for $1990.

Pre sale Female Challenge finalists Graham Blanch, Greg Nicholson (major sponsor), Ashley Casten, Ryan Holzwart and Over Judge Tammie Robinson (StockLive Elite).

Picture: CHARNELLE CHAROLAIS

Its the deadline set by Lockyer Irrigators for the consideration of inclusions prior to the lodgement of their joint submission.

Lockyer Water Users Forum is calling on all irrigators to attend the Gatton Shire Hall at 6pm on 19 March to adopt or amend the submission, which is due at the end of the month.

Irrigators from the Lockyer and Lower Lockyer met at the Gatton Shire Hall on Wednesday 29 November 2023 to hear a presentationfromGaryJensonoftheQueensland Government.

They also agreed on a plan of action in response to the review of the Morton Water Plan by the State Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Water Glenn Butcher.

The scope of the review would have serious impacts on the Lockyer Valley if it was adopted in full.

The agreed outcome was to form a working group of 20 irrigators from across the Lockyer and Lower Lockyer and to engage Tom Vanderbyl, principal of Badu Advisory.

The irrigator working group has met twice, resulting in a draft submission being prepared under the direction of Tom.

The final submission has to be submitted at the end of this month and the draft is ready to be presented to all irrigators across the Lockyer Valley for final comment and acceptance.

On Tuesday 19 March from 6pm to 9pm at the Gatton Shire Hall, 52 North Street Gatton, there is an irrigator meeting to review and adopt/amend the final Morton Water Plan Submission by Lockyer irrigators one last time prior to lodgement.

It is important all irrigators attend, especially those from Lower Lockyer who tend to be under represented, so make the drive to Gatton.

Greg Banff from Lower Lockyer urged all irrigators to attend the meeting

“We don’t want a situation in the future where irrigators complain they never knew,”

he said.

“This is the last and final chance to have their input.

“Don’t be complacent.”

dealings and future regulation of water for agriculture in the Lockyer and Lower Lockyer. You need to attend this meeting to have your say and make sure your issues have been addressed and captured in the submission.

GORDON VAN DER EST

WEATHER

PLAINLAND’S

E&OE.

The Guide

PICK OF THE WEEK

Close to home: Sarah Lancashire as policewoman Catherine Cawood.

HAPPY VALLEY

ABC TV, Friday, 8.30pm

After a seven-year wait, the third and final season of this supreme crime thriller lands on free-to-air. Featuring a fascinatingly ordinary protagonist in Yorkshire policewoman Catherine Cawood (played with bewitching emotional dexterity by Sarah Lancashire), this sterling British whodunnit from Sally Wainwright is a masterclass in character-led drama. Damaged and dogged, Cawood’s tragic personal life hasn’t clouded her sense of humour, or her innate sense of justice. In this thrilling six-episode conclusion, it’s seven years later in Cawood’s chaotic life too, with her grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah) now 16. In a fulfilling twist, a gangland crime leads Catherine to Ryan’s locked-up father (Grantchester’s James Norton).

Thursday, March 14

ABC TV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30

Compass. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Whale With Steve Backshall. (PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R)

3.25 Tenable. (R)

4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R)

5.15 Grand Designs. (R)

This Is Going To Hurt. (MA15+as, R)

12.10 Grand Designs. (R) 12.55 Tenable. (R)

1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Catalyst. (Ma, R) 5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Curse Of The Mummy. (PGa, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.15 World’s

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Bettany Hughes: Treasures of Oman. Bettany Hughes explores Oman.

8.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Piedmont. (PGl) Stanley Tucci visits Piedmont.

9.20 The Vanishing Triangle. (Malv) Lisa’s article is leaked.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 The Spectacular. (Malv)

11.45 Unseen. (Mals, R)

3.20 22 Kids And Counting. (PGal, R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour:

Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines

The World Tonight.

THE EMERALD ISLES WITH ARDAL O’HANLON SBS, Sunday, 7.30pm

Irish comedian Ardal O’Hanlon (pictured) whips off any rose-coloured glasses for this very engaging and witty tour of his homeland. The Father Tedand DeathinParadisestar is an impeccably playful presenter in this three-part sojourn, airing in full tonight. He employs the dubious wisdom of the 1840’s book Ireland,itsScenery,Character,etc.by Mr and Mrs Hall to answer his own question: ”Are we really a bunch of superstitious, godfearing, whisky-sodden chancers?” Tune in for this affectionate and fun travelogue in which O’Hanlon nimbly explores everything from religion to storytelling in some of Ireland’s under-the-radar towns.

LIDIA’S KITCHEN

SBS Food, Monday, 6.30pm

If you don’t have a nonna in your life to impart invaluable Italian cooking know-how and wisdom, Lidia Bastianich (pictured, below) is the big cheese. And even if you do, she’s a welcome addition to everyone’s stockpile of cosy, mouthwatering cooking shows. Returning with her ninth season, there are 26 episodes to feast on. From the keenly simple “Salt Your Pasta Water!” and “Cheese Please!” (with helpful exclamation marks included) to “Bread and Beans”, “Southern Italian Favourites”, “Potato, Potato” and “Just Braising”, Lidia leaves no dough unturned. In tonight’s premiere, “What’s For Dinner?”, easy meals are the go, with an antipasto rice salad highlighting Lidia’s simple ethos.

AARON CHEN COMEDY SPECIAL 10, Tuesday, 9.15pm

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

We’re all impatiently awaiting the return of the hilariously quirky comedy Fisk, the homegrown series from Kitty Flanagan that has surged to a global hit. In the meantime, here’s your chance to get your fill of star Aaron Chen (pictured, left). The stand-up comedian’s turn as a mullet-haired probate clerk, known as the “webmaster” has seen the Sydneysider’s popularity skyrocket.

In this performance of his show, IfWeren’tFilmed,Nobody WouldBelieve, Chen showcases his deadpan humour, albeit with a smile on his face. The HaveYou BeenPayingAttention?

favourite has a unique style with his deceptively timid yet chatty set about the minutiae of life, including making friends with taxi drivers and learning to cook online.

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Levi keeps up with his lies.

7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PGa) Hosted by Graeme Hall.

8.30 America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League. (Premiere, PG) Judges Mel B, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel each choose a roster of their favourite acts.

10.30 The Amazing Race. (PG)

12.00 Black-ish. (PGa, R)

6.00 9News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 2. Brisbane Broncos v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

8.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis of the Brisbane Broncos versus South Sydney Rabbitohs match.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+v)

11.10 A+E After Dark. (Mm, R)

Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.30 Global

(R) 3.00

Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PG) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith.

8.40 Gogglebox Australia. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows.

9.40 Law & Order: SVU. (Masv, R) Benson and Stabler join forces.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

NITV

Friday, March 15

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30

That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.00 House Of Gods. (Ml, R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R)

3.25 Tenable. (R)

4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R)

5.10 Grand Designs. (R)

6.00 Back Roads: Cloncurry, Queensland. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Jane Edmanson investigates novel crops.

8.30 Happy Valley. (Return, Malv) Catherine discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir.

9.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

10.00 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) A satirical news program.

10.35 QI. (Ms, R)

11.05 ABC Late News.

11.25 Grand Designs. (R)

12.10 Tenable. (R)

1.00 Belgravia. (PG, R)

1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 8.30 MOVIE:

6am Morning Programs. 2pm

5.00

5.30

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Good Ship Murder. (PGv) A fellow crew member is murdered.

8.25 Endurance: Race The Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition – 1910 To 1913. Part 3 of 3. Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields relive the trials and tribulations of the Terra Nova expedition.

9.20 Queens That Changed The World: The Rebel Queen – Eleanor Of Aquitaine. (PG) A look at Eleanor of Aquitaine, who married Prince Louis and became Queen of France as a teenager.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Departure. (Mav)

11.30 Devils. (MA15+ad, R)

4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SEVEN (7)

6.00

6.00

11.30

12.00

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs and Charlie Albone continue their journey to the Cassowary Coast.

8.30 MOVIE: My Best Friend’s Wedding. (1997, Ml, R) After a woman’s friend announces his engagement, she realises she loves him and sets out to prevent the wedding, however, she finds her efforts hampered when the bride-to-be invites her to be maid of honour. Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney.

10.45 To Be Advised.

12.25 The Arrangement. (Mav, R) Megan connects with someone from her past.

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 2. Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels.

8.55 Golden Point. A post-match NRL wrap-up of the Penrith Panthers and Parramatta Eels match, with expert analysis and interviews.

9.45 NRL: Penrith Panthers Undisputed. (PGl, R) Delves into the Penrith Panthers.

11.20 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Mls, R)

12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.20 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.20 The Garden Gurus. (R)

2.50 Talking Honey. (PG)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00

TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy

The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

7TWO (72)

6am A

River Runs Through It. Continued. (1992, PG) 8.05

The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 10.00 Selma. (2014, M) 12.25pm The Quiet Girl. (2022, M, Gaelic) 2.10 Little Women. (1994, PG) 4.20 Amanda. (2018, PG, French) 6.20 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) 8.30 Mystic River. (2003, MA15+) 11.00 Blade Runner. (1982, MA15+) 1.10am Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. (2016, MA15+) 3.15 Late Programs.

FARM FRESH

6.00 Australian Story: Call Of Duty – Anjali Sharma. (R)

6.30 Back Roads: East Arnhem Land, NT Pt 2. (PG, R) Rae Johnston continues her visit to Arnhem Land.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Miniseries: Life After Life. (Mav) Part 2 of 4.

8.25 Endeavour. (Mav, R) Part 1 of 3. A grisly discovery in a college garden raises suspicion among a celebrated Oxford orchestra.

10.00 House Of Gods. (PGl, R) Isa struggles to meet his financial commitment.

11.00 Happy Valley. (Malv, R)

12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Britain’s Most Beautiful Road. (PGa)

7MATE (74)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars.

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand Prix of St Petersburg. H’lights. 1.00 Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Raymond. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Maya The Bee 3: The Golden Orb. (2021) 7.30 MOVIE: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (2012, M) 11.15 Medium. 12.15am Late Programs.

6.00

8.30 Royal Crisis: Countdown To Abdication: The Secret Scandal. (PGa) Part 1 of 3.

9.30 The Wonders Of Europe: Alhambra, Treasure Of Andalusia. (PGav, R) Part 4 of 4.

10.30 Those Who Stayed. (Mal)

11.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Milan-San Remo.

3.30 Face To Face. (Ma, R)

4.25 Bamay. (R)

4.55 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 Morning Programs. 8.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGads, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 12.00

10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Ready Steady Cook. Everyday Aussie home cooks team up with some of the country’s finest chefs and go head to head in the kitchen.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. Irish comedian Graham Norton presents the first of two compilations of highlights from the recent series, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Dame Judi Dench, Ncuti Gatwa and many more

10.50 Fire Country. (Mv, R) A delivery truck crashes into the fire station.

11.40 The Project. (R)

12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

SBS VICELAND (31) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) SBS VICELAND (31) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 1. Gold Coast v Adelaide. From Heritage Bank Stadium, Queensland.

10.00 The Irrational. (Ma, R) After a passenger plane crashes into the Potomac River, suspicions focus on the pilot.

12.00 The Arrangement. (Mav, R) Terence learns something surprising.

1.00 Travel Oz.

7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.15 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.45 MythBusters. 11.35 Double Parked. Midnight Portlandia. 12.40 Black Mirror. 1.25 Upstart Crow. 1.55 Unprotected Sets. 2.50 ABC News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 Pablo. 5.35 Late Programs.

6am Lola. Continued. (1961, PG, French) 7.10 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) 9.20 Driving Miss Daisy. (1989) 11.10 American Hustle. (2013, M) 1.40pm A River Runs Through It. (1992, PG) 3.55 The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 5.50 Mr Holland’s Opus. (1995) 8.30 La La Land. (2016, M) 10.50 Sex, Lies And Videotape. (1989, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.00 My Way. (R) 1.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGam, R) 2.30 David Attenborough’s Dynasties II. (PGa) 3.30 Renovate Or Rebuild.

6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 So Help Me Todd. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12)

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

Jason Bourne. (2016, Mav, R) An assassin is forced out of hiding. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones.

11.25 MOVIE: Into The Blue 2: The Reef. (2009, MA15+sv, R)

1.10 Renovate Or Rebuild. (R)

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.30

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R)

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm Explore. 12.20 MOVIE: Fire Over Africa. (1954) 2.00 MOVIE: Lawman. (1971, PG) 4.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Women’s. Round 1. NSW Waratahs v ACT Brumbies. 6.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 4. NSW Waratahs v Blues. 8.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 8.45 MOVIE: Hang ’Em High. (1968, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

TEN (5, 1) NINE (8, 9) 9GEM (81, 92) 9GO! (82, 93) TEN (5, 1) NINE (8, 9) 9GEM (81, 92) 9GO! (82, 93)

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PG, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith.

7.40 The Dog House. A couple dream of very different dogs.

8.40 Ambulance Australia. (Mad, R) NSW Ambulance crews race to a call for a slashed throat and perform life-saving CPR on teens.

9.40 Ambulance UK. (Ma, R) With a spike in staff illness due to COVID-19, the ambulance service calls on the military for help.

10.55 So Help Me Todd. (PGv, R)

11.50 FBI: International. (Md, R)

12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Healthy Homes. 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 9.00 Miles In Front. 11.00 Horse Racing. The All-Star Mile and Chandon Ladies Day. 11.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 12.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Eddie’s Lil’ Homies. 10.15 MOVIE: Beasts Of The Southern Wild. (2012) 11.55 MOVIE: Selkie. (2000, PG) 1.30pm Kenya Wildlife Diaries. 2.20 NITV News: Nula. 2.50 The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard. 4.50 Going Places. 5.50 True North Calling. 6.20 News. 6.30 Tradition On A Plate. 7.00 The Other Side. 7.30 Idris Elba’s Fight School. 8.35 MOVIE: Constantine. (2005, MA15+) 10.40 Late Programs.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2pm Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand Prix of St Petersburg. H’lights. 3.05 MOVIE: Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life. (2016, PG) 5.00 Kenan. 5.30 MOVIE: Sonic The Hedgehog. (2020, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde. (2003, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017, MA15+) 11.35 Dating No Filter. 12.05am Made In Chelsea. 2.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 The 4WD Adventure Show. Noon MXTV. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 2. Race Tasmania. Day 1. 3.00 Blokesworld. 3.30 Bossy’s Bucket List. 4.00 Supercar Customiser: Yianni. 5.00 Storage Wars: NY. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 MOVIE: Ford V Ferrari. (2019, M) 10.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11)

6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30pm Australian Survivor. 3.10 Becker. 4.10 Frasier. 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 South Park. 4.30 Home Shopping.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 10 BOLD (53, 12)

NITV (34) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Pooches At Play. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Luxury Escapes. Noon Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 JAG. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 21. Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers. 9.15 NCIS. 10.15 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.05am FBI: Most Wanted. 2.00 48 Hours. 3.00 JAG. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Sunday, March 17

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World

This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Dream Gardens. (R)

3.00 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, R) 4.40 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R)

5.30 The ABC Of... (PG, R)

6.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Jane Seymour. (PG, R)

6.30 Compass: Homegrown Imam. (PGa)

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Mv) A former children’s home resident is murdered.

8.30 House Of Gods. (Mls) Batul’s politicking is interrupted by the possibility of motherhood.

9.30 Happy Valley. (Malv, R) Catherine discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir.

10.30 A Life In Ten Pictures: Robin Williams. (PGln, R)

11.20 Harrow. (Final, Mav, R)

12.15 Significant Others. (Madl, R)

1.05 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.05 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6am

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Love Your Garden. (PGal, R) 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (PGl) 11.00 Urban Conversion. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Starblasters Cricket. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. (R) 2.30 Volleyball. Australian Beach Tour. Gold medal matches. 4.30

Cycling. Paris-Nice. Highlights. 5.30 Lisbon & WWII: Spies, Gold And Diplomacy. (PGa)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Emerald Isles With Ardal O’Hanlon. (PGa) Part 1 of 3. Irish comedian and actor Ardal O’Hanlon explores the islands off the coast of Ireland.

10.30 Pompeii: The Origins. (Mv, R) Explores the development of Pompeii.

11.30 Egypt’s Lost City of Canopus. (PG, R) An investigation into Canopus.

12.25 Spain’s Secret Conquest. (Mav, R) Part 1 of 2.

2.45 Chernobyl: The New Evidence: Fallout. (PGa, R)

3.40 Grayson Perry: Divided Britain. (Ml, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

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NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00

The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG)

12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

1.00 To Be Advised.

3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R)

5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Australian Idol. (PGl) Hosted by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.30 Lockerbie. (PGav) Part 1 of 4. Documents the events surrounding the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, focusing on the investigation into the tragedy on both sides of the Atlantic.

10.30 Quantum Leap. (Return, Mav) Ben finds himself in 1978.

11.30 Autopsy USA: Gilda Radner. (Ma) A look at the death of Gilda Radner.

12.30 MOVIE: Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise. (2006, Masv, R) Tom Selleck.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Fishing Australia. (R) 6.30 A Current

Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00

Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL

Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Fish Forever. (Premiere) 1.30 Drive TV. (Return) 2.00

Rugby League. NRL. Round 2. Manly Sea

Eagles v Sydney Roosters. From 4 Pines

Park, Sydney. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 My Way.

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls)

It’s time for a commitment ceremony.

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 The First 48: Last Hope/ Truth And Consequences. (Mav, R)

A teen’s life is cut short in Atlanta.

11.10 Transplant. (MA15+m, R)

12.00 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. (PG, R)

1.00 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. (PG, R)

2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGa, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 My Market

Kitchen. (R) 10.00

Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30

Pooches At Play. (R) 11.00 Buy To Build. (R)

11.30 Healthy Homes. (R) 12.00 Australian Survivor. (PG, R) 1.00 Planet Shapers. (R) 1.30 Cook With Luke. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (PGl) 3.00 Taste Of Aust. (R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.30 GCBC. (R) 5.00 News.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. (PG) With only days remaining, someone’s in the firing line and another must make an impossible choice.

8.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) After ransomware is used to cause the controls on a dam to malfunction, Ernie and a team of hackers are tasked with finding the culprit responsible before power and water is cut off to the island.

10.40 FBI: International. (Mv, R) The fly team chases a tech tycoon.

11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am

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The Falcons. Continued. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 7.25 Amanda. (2018, PG, French) 9.25 About Elly. (2009, PG, Persian) 11.35 Room. (2015, M) 1.45pm

6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Dipper’s Destinations. Noon Hook, Line And Sinker. 1.00 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 2. Race Tasmania. Day 2. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Disasters At Sea. 5.00 Storage Wars: New York. 5.30 Football. AFL. Round 1. Fremantle v Brisbane Lions. 8.30 MOVIE: Ghostbusters: Afterlife. (2021, PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

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6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 A1: Highway Patrol. 3.00 Abby’s. 5.30 MOVIE: Dolittle. (2020, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Jason Bourne. (2016, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Looper. (2012, MA15+) 12.20am Resident Alien. 2.10 A1: Highway Patrol. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. 4.00 Power Players. 4.30 Transformers: Cyberverse. 4.50 Lego Dreamzzz. 5.10 Late Programs.

Monday, March 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 Back Roads. (R)

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG)

Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas.

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. (R)

11.10 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R)

11.45 Planet America. (R) 12.15 Grand Designs. (R) 1.05 Parliament Question Time. 2.05 Tenable. (R) 2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Finding Your Roots: Rising From The Ashes. (PGa)

8.30 The 2010s: The Social Media Boom. Takes a look at social media.

9.20 24 Hours In Emergency: Something Changed. (Ma)

An elderly man is struggling to breathe.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Blanca. (Final, MA15+v)

11.50 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (MA15+av, R)

3.25 Grayson Perry’s Rites Of Passage. (Mas, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad)

7.30 Australian Idol. (PGl) Hosted by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

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6am The Middle. 9.00 Australian Survivor. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 12.30pm Ready Steady Cook. 1.30 The Middle. 2.30 So Help Me Todd. 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.

8.30 The Irrational. (Mav) Alec agrees to testify

6.00 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. (Final) 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: By Reason Of Insanity. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 QI. 12.15am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.00 ABC News Update. 1.05 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 Pablo. 5.35 Late Programs.

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4.10 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 The Greatest Aussie Caravan. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 1pm Your Money & Your Life. 1.30 The Real Seachange. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Late Programs.

5.10 6am Morning Programs. 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 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Champagne Charlie. (1944) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 9.40 Whitstable Pearl. 10.40 Late Programs.

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9.00 Peer To Peer. (R) 9.30 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.20 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. 11.10 Food ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Scorpion. 3.00 Bewitched. 3.30 Full House. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Yes Man. (2008, M) 10.35 Seinfeld. 11.35 The Nanny. 12.05am Medium. 1.00 Below Deck Mediterranean. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Australian Survivor. (PG) With only the final four contestants remaining, tensions are on the rise as deals are exposed.

8.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+v, R) The team searches for a businessman wanted for murder and an embezzlement scheme.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

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3.25 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 GCBC. (R) 9.00 Bold. (PGads, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 Australian Survivor. (PG, R) 3.00 GCBC. (Return) 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGasv) 5.00 News. 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 The Movie Show. 12.05pm WorldWatch. 12.35 Insight. 1.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 2.00 Cycling. AusCycling Mountain Bike National C’ships. Downhill. H’lights. 3.00 WorldWatch. 5.50 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Ten Year Old Tom. 10.30 The Matchmakers. 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm The Barber. 2.10 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 2.20 Yarning Culture Through Film. 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 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Kenya Wildlife Diaries. 7.35 Asking For It. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 Terra Nullius. 9.25 MOVIE: Lean On Me. (1989, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

In The Belly Of The City. (PGa, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Blitz Spirit With Lucy Worsley. (PGav, R) 3.45 The Cook 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Border Security: Int. Noon Border Security. 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Drag Racing. NDRC Nitro Funny Cars. Round 2. Highlights. 3.30 Billy The Exterminator. 4.00 Storage Wars. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Adventure Gold Diggers. 9.30 Frozen Gold. 10.30 Mountain Men. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6am The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Ready Steady Cook. 10.30 The Middle. Noon The Big Bang Theory. 1.00 Charmed. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Two And A Half Men. 3.30 Bold. 4.30 Shopping.

NITV (34) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 iFish. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm In The Dark. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6am Beauty And The Beast. Continued. (2014, PG, French) 7.25 Mr Holland’s Opus. (1995, PG) 10.05 La La Land. (2016, M) 12.25pm Sex, Lies And Videotape. (1989, M) 2.20 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 4.05 About Elly. (2009, PG, Persian) 6.15 The Caine Mutiny. (1954, PG) 8.30 Dr Strangelove. (1964, PG) 10.20 The Lighthorsemen. (1987, M) 12.30am Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (a, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00

The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R)

4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 The 2010s. (R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PGa,

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are?

Dame Judi Dench. (PGa, R)

8.30 Insight. Presented by Kumi Taguchi.

9.30 Dateline: Over Sharenting.

Explores issues of childhood exploitation.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Great British Railway

Journeys. (R)

11.05 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. (Mlv)

12.00 Miniseries: Bonnie And Clyde. (MA15+av, R) 12.40 Trom. (Malv, R) 3.10

Grayson Perry’s Rites Of Passage. (Mal, R) 4.05 Bamay. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Highway Patrol. (PGa) Officers pull over a duo who have swapped seats.

8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (Ml) Gordon Ramsay steps in to reassess South Brooklyn Foundry’s priorities and straighten out their finances.

9.30 First Dates UK. (Ml) Singles experience the thrills of dating.

10.35 The Latest: Seven News.

11.05 Born To Kill? Richard Cottingham – The Times Square Ripper. (MA15+av, R)

12.05 Your Money & Your Life. (PG, R)

12.35 Emerald City. (MA15+hv)

1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven

6.00

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The homestays continue.

9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (Ms) Andy Lee is joined by a panel of comedians and 100 Aussies to explore the fun behind the facts.

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 To Be Advised.

11.20 Family Law. (Ma) Abby and Daniel’s clients share a problem.

12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.05 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGl, R)

Voice Of Victory. (PGa)

6.00

R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 Australian Survivor. (PG, R) 3.00

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGav) 5.00 News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

Strangelove.

6.00 Back Roads. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program.

9.05 This Is Going To Hurt. (Final, Mal) Adam faces a tribunal over his malpractice.

9.50 Planet America. (Final)

10.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R)

11.00 ABC Late News.

11.15 The Business. (R)

11.35 Rosehaven. (PG, R) 12.30 Grand Designs. (R) 1.15 Parliament Question Time.

2.15 Tenable. (R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Australian Survivor. (Final, PG) After 45 days of battling it out in Samoa, the final three are pushed to their limits.

9.15 Aaron Chen Comedy Special. (PGal) A stand-up comedy performance of Aaron Chen’s IfWeren’tFilmed, NobodyWouldBelieveshow.

10.15 NCIS. (Mdv, R) The NCIS team investigates the death of a US Navy commander who trained athletes.

12.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am

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6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Australia’s Sleep Revolution. (PGa) Part 3 of 3.

8.30 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. (Premiere, M) Jimmy Carr hosts a comedic game show where paying attention pays off.

9.30 Kin. (Final, MA15+alv) Conflict is put into overdrive.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Blinded. (Malns)

11.45 The Wall: The Chateau Murder. (Mal)

NHK World English News

Morning.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads: Gunbower And Torrumbarry, Victoria. Presented by Heather Ewart. 8.30 Better Date Than Never. Charles navigates speed dating. 9.05 Whale With Steve Backshall: Ocean Survivors. Part 4 of 4. 9.55 You Can’t Ask That: Ex-Football Players. (Final, Mal, R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Q+A. (R) 12.55 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.10 Parliament Question Time. 2.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 3.00 Tenable. (R) 3.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R) 20 THE LOCKYER AND SOMERSET INDEPENDENT Wednesday, 13 March, 2024 Order now on aussietoysonline.com.au

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 See No Evil: Shaken And Disturbed. (MA15+av)

The Equalizer. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Ma) NSW Ambulance delivers a baby and saves a four-year-old with a critical heart condition.

8.30 FBI: International. (Mav) As the clock ticks on Forrester’s reassignment, the FBI Fly Team heads to Austria to find an American teen who was kidnapped as a child and whose abductors are now holding a second young girl captive.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

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Meta threat to local news

By CPA president Andrew Schreyer Australia’s largest organisation of newspaper publishers has attacked the announcement by Meta that it will no longer negotiate deals with publishers once current agreements expire.

Country Press Australia represents more than 230 regional, rural and outer suburban publications across the nation.

In a meeting and via public statements, Meta has made it clear that Country Press Australia’s agreement with Meta will not be renewed.

This is a devastating blow to CPA members who are party to the agreement. All are publishers of regional and local public interest journalism.

Meta has been providing grants to Country Press Australia publishers which has provided vital sustainability.

There will be publishers who close the doors and won’t be able to continue supporting their communities with news in the wake of this announcement. These regional and local publishers are the major, and in most cases sole, providers of local public interest journalism in their communities.

Meta’s actions undermine public confidence in the media sector.

The most popular Facebook pages in most regional and rural communities are those of the local news publishing company, yet Meta says people don’t go to Facebook for news or political content.

Sadly, jobs will definitely be lost, but it’s hard to put a number on this, given the already well-documented challenges our industry faces.

The reaction from our members in the aftermath of the announcement has been one of

Wallaby-tracker in research

Queensland wildlife research projects will share more than $730,000, including local efforts to support brush-tailed rock wallabies, which are listed as a threatened species.

Announced on 8 March the work will support two university projects in the region.

The University of Southern Queensland received $100,000 for a project supporting brush-tailed wallabies based in Mount Glen Rock Reserve in Esk, Crows Nest National Park, and the upper Brisbane River catchment.

This project aims to create routes of safe passage between colonies, improving the dispersal of the wallabies and by confirming their presence at multiple sites in the upper Brisbane River area.

A Griffith University project based in various national parks in southeast Queensland was granted $99,060 to establish long-term monitoring protocols in support of the endangered glossy-black cockatoo.

Environment Minister Leanne Linard said Queensland was the most bio-diverse state in Australia.

“But sadly, more than 1000 species are currently listed as threatened under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act,” she said.

“By partnering with these organisations, we can tap into their vast research experience to improve our understanding of the threats being faced by our threatened species to ensure they survive for generations to come.”

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deep concern, alarm and even anger.

The federal government must act to give assurance to our industry and to support the democratic infrastructure that is the newspaper industry. And it needs to move swiftly, decisively and with purpose.

Facebook reaped the benefits of our members’ unique local content for many years. It has paid those local and regional publishers for only the last three years and will now not renew its agreement.

A democracy cannot function without a healthy news sector, and this is now heavily at risk in regional and local communities after Meta’s decision.

It is important that the federal government responds swiftly to this decision and considers all possible action including designating Meta under the News Media Bargaining Code.

A USQ project aims to create routes of safe passage between colonies for brush-tailed rock wallabies.

Picture: PIXABAY

Regional and local publishers like The Lockyer & Somerset Independent are the major, and in most cases sole, providers of local public interest journalism in their communities.

Picture: TLSI

Attending to local history

By Jesse Hamilton

Through the years, volunteers from the Gatton and District Historical Society have endeavoured to uphold the historical essence of the region by exhibiting its structures and artifacts and preserving local family records. The society’s historical village was founded in 1972 and consists of three distinct sections including a Soldiers Memorial Hall, blacksmith shop, and an extensive collection of operational tractors and stationary engines. Gatton and District Historical Society vice president Kelven Freeman said the village has managed to stay afloat through a core group of volunteers and features key displays that define the region.

“We have the Gatton tragedy display presentation of the Gatton murders that happened in 1898 and a display of working telephone and telegraph equipment dating back to 1890,” he said.

“It is integral for locals and visitors to have a place that showcases the visual, written, and oral history of the region.

“We get a number of family lineage enquires that give multigenerational locals interested in their history a richness once they get a sense of their family lineage.”

Mr Freeman said volunteer numbers in recent times have been improving, but the committee is aging and needs some fresh faces.

“All the committee are over 70, we would like people who could spare a couple hours a week on a Monday or Tuesday to come out and help,” he said.

“The heartbeat was very slow and very weak two years ago, but in the last 18 months the displays are reorganised cleaned and mostly marked.

“All we need is more volunteers, we’ve completely reorganised the 1890s house, and turned the office room into a research centre.”

Gatton and District Historical Society assistant secretary Marney Smith has been volunteering for the past 12 months and has always been fascinated with family history.

“I’ve loved volunteering here,” she said.

“When you get to our age, a lot of people start wanting to go back and ask where my grandmother came from and where she was buried.”

The historical village is located on Freemans Road Gatton and is open by appointment for schools and other groups, with the church and meeting hall available for hire. Mr Freeman said the society was holding its Lockyer Heritage Festival open day on 27 April , encouraging everyone to step back in time.

“We’ll have the blacksmith shop operating, we have the 1912 Denis truck up and running, static display of stationary motors running, horse and sulky rides for kids, stalls, entertainment, and a colourful quilts display,” he said.

Village blacksmith Richard Smiths will be in full swing on 27 April at the Lockyer Heritage Festival opening day.

Gatton and District Historical Society village blacksmith Richard Smith With assistant secretary Marney Smith in front of the former Upper Tenthill Congregational Chapel available for hire at the village.

Pictures: JESSE HAMILTON

The village is home to an extensive collection of operational tractors and stationary engines.

The 3G network is toast

By Grace Crichton

It’s been around for more than 20 years, but it’s time for the 3G mobile phone network to retire.

As of 30 June this year, Telstra will shut off its 3G network and if you have a 3G device, this means it’s time to update.

The telco announced the shutdown in October 2019 and customers have until the June deadline to make sure they are operating on the 4G or 5G networks.

Other Australian telcos are also shutting down their 3G networks this year.

Lockyer Valley Communications manager Sarah Burgess said switching to a new device was straight forward.

“If you’ve got a 3G device, it does mean that you need to upgrade and get a new handset,” she said.

“There are a range of different devices now, so the cost doesn’t have the break the bank to upgrade your device.

“Come in to store and have a chat with us.”

THE STORY?

WHAT’S

Telstra’s 3G network launched in 2003 and, at the time, phones were mainly for calling, texting, and sending limited amount of data.

Smartphones were still several years away.

Now, we use our smartphones for dataheavy tasks, increasing the demand for mobile data by 30 per cent every year.

Telstra launched its 4G network in 2011 and phone users have progressively upgraded their services to take advantage of increased speeds and service availability.

In May 2019, the 5G network was launched, which now covers more than 80 per cent of Australia’s population.

Traffic on Telstra’s 3G network declined significantly since the subsequent networks were launched.

As our phones have gotten smarter and technology gets better, more and more of us are moving to 4G or even 5G.

WHY DO I NEED TO UPGRADE?

It is important to make sure your phone is compatible with the newer networks to ensure you’re covered when you need it.

There may be customers who have devices which use the 4G network for internet access, but the 3G network for calls and text messages.

“We’re still getting a lot of customers in who think they’re fine, but we have to check that and let them know it’s a 3G calling device,” Sarah said.

“After the 30th of June, they can’t even make a Triple Zero call.

“It’s not a risk anyone should be taking.

“If they’re on a 3G device it’s really important.”

DO I NEED A SMARTPHONE?

Upgrading to a new phone doesn’t mean you have to move to a smartphone if it is not your preference.

“There are a lot of different devices for different customers,” Sarah said.

“There are seniors who come in with an old 3G push button phone, they can get a compatible 4G push button phone.

“It isn’t a push into a smartphone, there’s no major technological leap that they have to take if they’re just a simple phone user.

“There are still options for people who don’t want to go to a smart phone.”

IT’S NOT JUST PHONES

The 3G network closure affects other devices too.

Mobile broadband, tablets, medical alert devices, EFTPOS machines, some smart watches, repeaters and smart antennas all run on the mobile network.

Older devices may be 3G only, so check with your device manufacturer and upgrade to a 4G compatible version before 30 June so you’re not left without connection.

Most banks or merchants have already swapped their customers’ EFTPOS machines over.

WHAT IS MY NEXT STEP?

Telstra have reached out to their customers who they know have a 3G phone to advise them of the changes.

The correspondence, whether by email, text, or white mail, advises customers of the next steps.

If you are not sure if your phone is 3G, or 3G and 4G, check your with device manufacturer’s website or pop in store.

Switching to a new phone is quite straight forward and not a time-consuming process.

“The change over between a 3G phone to new 4G phone is a matter of half an hour in store,” Sarah said.

“New device, we swap your SIM over, and it’s all done.

“It’s not anything scary.”

You can stay on your existing phone plan or prepaid offer, too.

“One of the big questions we get is ‘am I going to need to pay more, is there a change to my plan?’,” Sarah said.

“Absolutely not.

“Nothing changes in regard to your plans, you can just continue on your prepaid offer or your plan and just move straight to a new device.”

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR MY COVERAGE?

Over the last several years Telstra has been upgrading its 4G network to match its 3G coverage.

Like all new technologies, the 5G coverage is building outwards from population centres over time.

The 3G spectrum will be repurposed.

The 3G 850MHz will be reallocated to the 5G network, providing 5G coverage to larger areas of regional Australia and better in-building coverage in metro areas.

Of course, mobile coverage is impacted by many factors and even if an area is covered by the mobile network, the environment itself matters.

Coverage is impacted by the landscape, like mountains and hills, and can be changed by trees, foliage, and buildings.

For those in regional areas, Telstra’s ‘Blue Tick’ devices have been thoroughly tested to maximise coverage reach.

If you have a Blue Tick 3G, it is best to get a Blue Tick 4G phone to ensure coverage equivalence.

Lockyer Valley Communications can help you switch to a 4G phone. Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

There are a wide range of handsets available, meaning you can find a new 4G phone to suit your usage and your budget.

Picture: GRACE CRICHTON Telstra have extended their 4G network to maximise coverage and the 3G spectrum will be repurposed to 5G. Picture: TELSTRA

Telstra and other carriers are closing their 3G mobile networks this year. Picture: TELSTRA

PUZZLES

To

5x5

QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Philosopher, Rene – (9)

6 Ukraine city (4)

10 Indian Ocean country, – Lanka (3)

11 Extreme conservatism or rightism in politics (11)

12 Brings to life (8)

13 Urging, – on (6)

14 Greeting (Ital) (4)

15 Forbidden by law (7)

20 Order (7)

21 Prefix meaning 1 billionth (4)

25 French male name (6)

26 Disparage (8)

28 Disenchant (11)

29 Suitable (3)

30 Directs (4)

31 Banishment (9)

DOWN

1 Send out (6)

2 Curved sword (8)

3 Antenna (6)

4 Journeyed (9)

5 Location (4)

7 Roma is its capital (6)

8 Journey (6)

9 HitchhikersGuide author, – Adams (7)

16 Fanatic (9)

17 List of employees (7)

18 Seasoned smoked beef (8)

19 Impetus (8)

22 Eight-legged animal (6)

23 Time of the year (6)

24 Austrian capital (6)

27 Car (4)

DECODER

WORDFIT

3 LETTERS

9-LETTER WORD

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

Today’s Aim:

15 words: Good 23 words: Very good 31 words: Excellent

No. 176

QUICK QUIZ

1 What word can refer to a famous volcano, a variety of apple or a photography company?

2 What chemical element is represented by the symbol Pt?

3 Which of the following series did JJ Abrams not produce: a) Fringe, b) Revolution or c) Continuum?

4 Danny DeVito (pictured) plays Frank in which US comedy series?

5 How many strings are there on a standard ukulele?

6 What is the heaviest lizard on Earth?

7 What is the capital of Croatia?

8 What is a female rabbit called?

9 What colour is sepia?

10 Is pinot gris a red or white wine?

No. 176

No. 176

No. 176

Thu Mar 14

•฀Peace฀Ladies฀Stalls฀in฀front฀of฀IGA฀Gatton,฀8am-11am. •฀Lowood฀Senior฀Citizens,฀morning฀with฀a฀guest฀speaker฀ from฀Somerset฀Assist,฀Lowood฀QCWA฀Hall,฀9.15am,฀cost฀ $3,฀all฀welcome฀0447489875

Fri Mar 15

•฀St฀Patrick’s฀Day฀Celebration,฀Alexandra฀Hall฀Toogoolawah,฀ live฀music฀with฀Billy฀Guy,฀prizes฀for฀best฀dressed฀in฀ Irish฀style,฀7pm,฀bar฀and฀nibbles,฀$25pp฀(no฀eftpos),฀ tickets฀from฀Two฀Galahs฀Gallery,฀enq฀0408379894฀or฀ 0428549268

Sat Mar 16

•฀Forest฀Hill฀Annual฀Artisan’s฀Gathering,฀Forest฀Hill฀School฀of฀ Arts,฀8am,฀stallholders,฀local฀businesses,฀local฀community฀ groups,฀local฀support,฀beverages฀and฀sausage฀sizzle,฀ browse฀the฀stalls฀and฀see฀what฀treasures฀you฀can฀find,฀ organised฀by฀Team฀Jody,฀fundraising฀for฀the฀Leukaemia฀ Foundation,฀0402085260

•฀Afternoon฀Melodies฀Gatton฀Senior฀Citizens฀Hall,฀13฀North฀ St฀Gatton,฀starts฀1.30pm,฀cost฀$7,฀0439030677฀(Mon-Fri)

•฀Glamorgan฀Vale฀Hall฀Easter฀Carnival,฀5pm-9pm,฀ Glamorgan฀Vale฀Hall,฀BBQ,฀hot฀food,฀bar,฀ham฀wheel,฀kids฀ rides,฀face฀painting,฀Easter฀Bunny,฀multi-draw฀raffles,฀

Lockyer International Women Group

•฀Tue฀9.30am-11.30am,฀Gatton฀Seventh฀Day฀Adventist฀ Church฀North฀St฀find฀us฀on฀Facebook.

Lockyer Ladies Support & Seniors Group

•฀2nd฀&฀4th฀Tue/mth,฀9.30am-12pm,฀Grantham฀Butter฀ Factory,฀0438765212฀or฀0409676526

Lockyer Ukulele Group Wed

•฀9am,฀Gatton฀Senior฀Citizens฀Centre,฀$5฀donation฀for฀ hall฀hire,฀0409758546฀

Lockyer Valley Art Society Inc.

•฀24฀Bertrand฀Ave฀Kensington฀Grove,฀Mon฀9am-11.30am฀ pottery,฀Wed฀9am-11.30am฀social,฀Thu฀9am11.30am฀painting฀mediums,฀1st฀Sat/mth฀9.30am-12฀ facilitated฀workshops฀(bookings฀essential,฀fees฀apply)฀ 0490825846฀

Lockyer Valley Camera Club

•฀last฀Thu/mth,฀6.30pm,฀Lutheran฀Church฀Hall฀7฀ Macgregor฀St฀Laidley.฀FB:฀LaidleyCameraClub

Lockyer Valley Cancer Support Group

•฀1st฀Thu/mth฀Davson฀Room,฀Lockyer฀Valley฀Cultural฀ Centre,฀Gatton฀0419646902฀or฀54621766฀

Lockyer Valley Celtic Pipeband

•฀Thu฀6pm-8pm฀Grantham฀Butter฀Factory฀0447003423

Lockyer Valley Community Activity Shed

•฀Saleyard฀Rd฀Gatton,฀Tue฀&฀Thu฀8am-12pm.

Lockyer Valley Dog Training Club

•฀6.30pm฀Mon฀Laidley฀Showgrounds฀Facebook฀or฀ 0428048823฀

•฀Monday฀6.30pm,฀Laidley฀showgrounds,฀0428048823

Lockyer Valley Karate

•฀Tue฀&฀Thu฀6pm-7.30pm,฀Fernvale,฀all฀ages฀5+,฀all฀ fitness฀levels.฀0458641202

Lockyer Valley Orchid Society

•฀1st฀Tue/mth฀Gatton฀Showgrounds฀room฀under฀ grandstands฀0409475504฀

Lockyer Valley Toastmaster Club

•฀7pm฀2nd฀&฀4th฀Thu/mth,฀Gatton฀Senior฀Citizens฀Centre฀ 54627576฀

Lockyer Valley Writers Group

•฀1-3pm฀2nd฀Tue/mth฀Gatton฀Library,฀4th฀Tue/mth฀ Laidley฀Library,฀lockyervalleywriters@gmail.com฀

Lockyer Woodcrafters Group

•฀Mon-Thu฀&฀Sat,฀24฀Railway฀St฀Forest฀Hill฀0457219408฀ or฀lwcg4342@gmail.com

Lowood Community Action Group

•฀2nd฀Tue/mth฀6.30pm฀at฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀ Clubhouse฀0407279412฀

Lowood Craft Group

•฀9.30am฀Fri฀Lowood฀RSL฀Sub฀Branch฀0409343446

Lowood CWA

•฀2nd฀Tue/mth฀CWA฀Hall฀54261514฀

Lowood District Residents Network Inc.

•฀3rd฀Tue/mth,฀7pm,฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀Clubhouse,฀ 0488234553

COMMUNITY EVENTS BILLBOARD

music฀by฀Kev฀Smith,฀0402฀026฀706

•฀Junction฀View฀Hall฀Social฀Night฀and฀Trivia฀6pm,฀please฀ bring฀a฀plate฀of฀food฀to฀share,฀cash฀bar฀available,฀gold฀coin฀ to฀play฀trivia,฀0409614651

Sun Mar 17

•฀Glenore฀Grove฀Country฀Music฀Shindig,฀12pm-4pm,฀ Glenore฀Grove฀Hall,฀entry฀$7฀includes฀afternoon฀tea,฀lucky฀ door฀prizes,฀raffles,฀refreshments,฀live฀band,฀walkup฀artists฀ welcome,฀0418875939

Wed Mar 20

•฀Harmony฀Week฀communal฀social฀lunch฀inc.฀opening฀of฀ Community฀Kitchen฀Facility,฀11.30am฀–฀1.30pm,฀Lockyer฀ Community฀Centre,฀14฀Crescent฀St,฀Gatton.฀54623355

•฀Ken฀and฀Annie฀Music฀Variety฀Show,฀Gatton฀Jubilee฀Golf฀ Club,฀11am-3pm,฀light฀lunch,฀tea฀and฀coffee,฀entry฀$5฀ pp,฀raffle,฀lucky฀numbers,฀lucky฀door,฀everyone฀welcome฀ 0408707114

Thu Mar 21

•฀CAMS฀Program฀Multicultural฀Social฀BBQ฀฀Littleton฀Park฀ Gatton,฀4.30pm-6.30pm,฀run฀by฀Lockyer฀Community฀ Centre฀54623355

•฀Fri฀Mar฀22

•฀Food฀Truck฀Night฀in฀Esk,฀4pm-8pm,฀BYO฀tables฀and฀chairs,฀

Lowood Euchre

•฀Wed฀7pm฀at฀Lowood฀Showgrounds,฀all฀levels฀welcome฀ 0439301955฀

Lowood Lions Club •฀7pm฀2nd฀&฀4th฀Mon/mth฀Lowood฀Railway฀Station฀ lowood@lionsq3.org.au

Lowood Senior Citizens •฀CWA฀Hall฀Lowood฀every฀2nd฀Thursday,฀call฀for฀next฀ date฀0447489875

3฀hot฀food฀vendors฀and฀1฀hot/cold฀dessert฀vendor,฀Colonial฀ Plaza฀carpark,฀0437110789

Sat Mar 23

•฀Lowood฀Slimmers฀bus฀trip,฀Downsteam฀Railway฀Museum฀ Toowoomba,฀p/u฀Lowood฀7.30am,฀Plainland฀7.45am,฀ Gatton฀8am,฀54261468

•฀Esk฀Community฀Choir฀presents฀‘Gounod฀Vs฀Gershwin฀–฀A฀ Sundowner฀Soiree’,฀Somerset฀Civic฀Centre,฀5pm฀for฀ 5.30pm,฀tickets฀$30฀or฀group฀bookings฀$25฀inc฀light฀meal,฀ trybooking.com/CODRP฀or฀box฀office฀54242713,฀more฀ information฀0432048387

•฀Glenore฀Grove฀Dance,฀Old฀Time฀Dance฀with฀Ian฀and฀Lyn,฀ 7.30pm-11.30pm,฀Glenore฀Grove฀Hall,฀$12.50฀includes฀ supper,฀0423849002

•฀Country฀Music฀Concert,฀Ma฀Ma฀Creek฀Community฀Hall,฀ 7.30pm,฀great฀country฀songs฀and฀Australian฀ballads,฀duets฀ and฀solos฀by฀artists฀Maggie฀Stokes,฀Carl฀Rowlands,฀Kenny฀ M,฀Scott฀Rowlands,฀plus฀the฀great฀pedal฀steel฀player฀Ray฀ Cullen฀‘The฀Old฀Steeler’,฀tickets฀$20฀includes฀tea฀and฀ coffee,฀supper฀for฀sale,฀bookings฀appreciated฀for฀catering฀ 0434531768

•฀Sun฀Mar฀24

•฀Back฀to฀Townson฀Day,฀Crosby฀Park฀Townson,฀from฀ 10.30am,฀BYO฀lunch฀and฀chairs,฀54667159

Lowood Show Society

•฀7.30pm฀1st฀Mon/mth,฀Lowood฀Showgrounds฀ 0407674864฀or฀0403464338

Lowood Slimmers

•฀Tue฀5.30pm฀Lowood฀Show฀Hall฀54261468,฀ Marburg & District Art Society

•฀Fri฀Walloon฀CWA฀Hall,฀$3฀inc฀m’tea,฀ marburgartsociety@gmail.com

Men’s Workshop

•฀Fri฀9:30am-12pm,฀19฀School฀St,฀Rosewood฀54641544

Movement to Music

•฀Mon฀10am-12pm฀43฀Park฀St฀Lowood฀0756000733

Mulgowie Farmers Market

•฀8am-11am฀1st฀Sat/mth฀Hall฀grounds฀0417799679

Mt Beppo Art Group

•฀Wed฀9am-1pm,฀Community฀Hall฀916฀Mt฀Bepp฀Rd,฀ 0437197381

Myplace Lockyer Valley

•฀putting฀unity฀back฀in฀community,฀3rd฀Sat/mth฀1pm,฀ Floating฀Cafe,฀Grantham

Narcotics Anonymous

•฀Thu฀7pm-8pm,฀St฀Alban’s฀Anglican฀Church฀68฀Railway฀ St฀Gatton,฀house฀next฀to฀hall

•฀Open฀Mic฀

•฀Sun฀1.30pm-3.30pm,฀Fernvale฀Lions฀Club฀Hall฀$2฀entry฀ 0490366148

Painting Classes

•฀10am฀Fri฀Summerholm฀0450656356

Parkinson Support Group

•฀1st฀Fri/mth,฀9.30am,฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀Clubhouse฀ Lowood,฀0400926709

Poker

•฀Fri฀7pm,฀$25,฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀Clubhouse฀Lowood฀ 0423833954

Rosewood and District Support Centre

Pop-up Hub

•฀8.30am-12pm,฀Walloon฀1st฀Wed/mth,฀Marburg฀2nd฀ Wed/mth,฀Grandchester฀last฀Wed/mth,฀5464฀1544

Rosewood Community Art Group

•฀Fri฀9:30am,฀Girl฀Guides฀Hut฀54641544

Rosewood Euchre Group

•฀Mon฀9am฀m’tea,฀play฀at฀9.30am,฀CWA฀Hall฀Rosewood฀ rosewoodqcwa@outlook.com

Rosewood History Group

•฀bi-monthly,฀3rd/Thu฀10:30am฀Girl฀Guides฀Hut฀ 54641544

Rosewood Men’s Shed

•฀Fri฀9am-12pm฀361฀Marburg-Rosewood฀Rd฀Tallegalla฀ 0417079426

Rosewood Monthly Market

•฀3rd฀Sat/mth฀Anglican฀Church฀grounds฀John฀St,฀sites฀ from฀$15.฀0439095645

Rosewood Rural Women’s Group

•฀Tue฀9:30am฀at฀memorial฀Hall,฀54641544

Rosewood Seniors Group

•฀Country฀Music฀Heritage฀Association฀Inc฀Qld,฀Uniting฀ Church฀Hall฀John฀St฀Rosewood,฀guest฀artist฀Johnny฀ Greenwood,฀singer฀entertainer฀and฀performer฀of฀Country฀ Music,฀including฀traditional฀country฀and฀Australian฀and฀ Bsuh฀Ballad฀Music฀with฀guitar,฀walk฀up฀artists,฀doors฀open฀ 11am,฀show฀starts฀12pm,฀members฀$8฀non฀members฀ $10,฀raffles,฀afternoon฀tea,฀please฀bring฀a฀plate฀to฀share,฀ everyone฀welcome฀0408707114

Mon Mar 25

•฀Tombola,฀hosted฀by฀Glenore฀Grove฀QCWA,฀Glenore฀Grove฀ Community฀Hall,฀9.30am฀for฀10am฀start,฀$5฀morning฀tea,฀ lucky฀door฀prizes,฀raffles฀6฀for฀$5,฀craft฀stall,฀tombola฀ tickets฀$1/sheet,฀lots฀of฀prizes,฀all฀proceeds฀to฀The฀ Public฀Rural฀Crisis฀Fund,฀hall฀is฀wheelchair฀friendly,฀RSVP฀ appreciated฀0419642913฀

Thu Mar 28

•฀‘The฀Triumph฀Song฀of฀Life’,฀an฀Easter฀Cantata,฀performed฀ by฀Esk฀Community฀Choir,฀Somerset฀Civic฀Centre,฀5pm฀for฀ light฀snacks,฀5.45pm-7pm฀‘The฀Triumph฀Song฀of฀Life’,฀ 7pm฀coffee,฀free฀admission,฀0432048387

Sat Mar 30

•฀Laidley฀RSL฀Garage฀Sale,฀behind฀Laidley฀Cultural฀Centre,฀ 7.30am-12฀noon.฀

•฀1st฀Tue/mth฀9.20am-11am฀at฀Girl฀Guide฀Hut฀54641544

Rosewood Weekly Get Together

•฀Anglican฀Church฀grounds฀John฀St,฀Fri฀9am-12pm,฀ coffee฀cake฀and฀chat,฀check฀out฀trash฀and฀treasure฀ shed.฀0413789763

Steve Jones Community Men’s Shed Withcott

•฀Tue฀&฀Fri฀8-12,฀Steve฀Jones฀Community฀Centre,฀Honan฀ St,฀Withcott,฀see฀FB฀page฀sjcmensshed@gmail.com

Somerset Dam Neighbourhood Watch

•฀bi-monthly฀at฀Coronation฀Hall,฀Somerset฀Dam,฀3pm.฀ 0419588138

•฀Something฀to฀Sing฀About฀Choir฀

•฀Sat฀9.30am-11am฀Laidley฀Anglican฀Church฀ 0417799679

Tai Chi for Health

•฀From฀Apr฀9฀for฀9฀week฀term฀6.30pm,฀Glenore฀Grove฀ Community฀Hall฀0493624961฀(please฀leave฀a฀ message)

Tai Chi Internal Arts Esk

•฀Somerset฀Civic฀Centre฀Mon฀5pm,฀Thu฀9am฀ 0432288435

Tai Chi Internal Arts Gatton

•฀Seniors฀Hall฀13฀North฀St฀Mon฀&฀Wed฀1pm-3pm฀ 0432288435

Tai Chi Rosewood

•฀Tue฀12pm฀beginners,฀1pm฀advanced,฀19฀School฀St฀ 54641544

Toogoolawah Men’s Shed

•฀96฀Bellambi฀St,฀Tue฀&฀Fri฀9am-12pm,฀0468540313

Tranquillity Zone

•฀guided฀meditation฀Tue฀7pm฀Laidley฀Heights฀ 0429861086

Veterans Support Centre

•฀Tue฀10am-12pm,฀Lockyer/Bris฀Valley,฀cnr฀Rosewood฀ Laidley฀Rd฀and฀Frome฀St฀Laidley฀54652591฀ secretary@laidleyvsc.com.au

Walloon QCWA Cent Sale

•฀2nd฀Tue/mth฀9.30am฀Walloon฀QCWA฀Hall฀54645243

Withcott & District Creative Corner

•฀2nd฀Wed/mth฀6pm฀Postmans฀Ridge฀Hall,฀ withcottprogress@gmail.com

•฀Withcott฀&฀District฀Progress฀Assoc.฀

•฀3rd฀Tue/mth,฀Postmans฀Ridge฀Hall฀withcottprogress@ gmail.com

•฀Withcott฀Day฀Village฀

•฀159฀Roches฀Rd,฀all฀ages฀playgroup฀and฀home฀ed฀Tue฀ 9am,฀sing฀for฀joy฀Wed฀8am,฀self฀care฀sessions฀for฀ parents฀and฀carers฀9am฀Wed,฀see฀FB฀page฀or฀call฀ 0400584683

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The Lockyer Valley Orchid Society meets on the first Tuesday of the month. Picture: FILE

MOTORING

Trike riders travel to Esk

By Jesse Hamilton

Converging into town for their AGM, the group organises numerous meetings nationwide each year, with the inaugural Esk event attracting 128 members to register.

United Trikers’ Australia member Darryn Klein helped organise the ride and said it was

an opportunity to host it in a lovely country town.

“I was asked to organise this year’s AGM and we looked at half a dozen country towns and decided on Esk,” he said.

“It was up to us for somewhere in this area, and we decided not to worry about going to Toowoomba and instead host it in a small town that would benefit economically from 120 people being here.”

United Trikers’ Australia member Colin Peake has owned a trike since 2009 and said it

is a safe and reliable vehicle with members following a nice scenic route come Saturday.

“We will be going down towards Fernvale from Esk, turn left at the corner and going back up past the dams,” he said

“We will have lunch in Kilcoy and then go back towards Esk.

“I used to drive a two-wheel motorbike, and as I got older and I didn’t like the thought of losing skin, they’re a lot safer than motorbikes.

“They’re a three-wheel motorised vehicle that you just sit back and relex and enjoy, they’re

big enough that other cars can see you.”

Mr Peake encouraged spectators to come along to the BrisbaneValley Roasters to witness a unique event.

“It’s handy for those people interested in them, they can talk to the guys who are riding them and find out information about owning one,” he said.

“You need an open motorbike license to ride one in Queensland.”

The Esk ride will attract a range of models from European and Australian make.

Trike enthusiasts from all corners of the country will descend upon Esk this Saturday 16 March as the United Trikers’ Australia group hosts an exhilarating ride event starting at the Brisbane Valley Roasters.

United Trikers Australia members Darryn Klein and Colin Peake with their Panther Wildcat 2009 model Trikers powered by Subaru motors. Pictures: JESSE HAMILTON

United Trikers of Australia member Colin Peake is getting ready to enjoy over 120 other members in Esk this Saturday for a country ride.

SUNSHINE STATE PROPERTY PRICES ON RISE

ANOTHER quarter has brought another round of records for Queensland’s property prices, according to sales results (December 2023 Quarter) released by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland.

Across Queensland, median house prices climbed 3.88 per cent over the quarter, and 6.04 per cent over the year, and this healthy growth was also reflected in the unit market with the state median median rising 3.4 per cent over the quarter or 8.11 per cent annually.

The capital city led the charge for house price growth over the quarter at 6.91 per cent to a Brisbane LGA median of $1,125,000, with this growth rate matched by neighbouring city Ipswich but at a relative bargain median price of $620,000.

Taking a broader view, Queensland’s regional housing markets also continued to experience strong growth, with Toowoomba, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, and Townsville all standout performers over the year and nudging closer to brand-new price brackets.

REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said another quarter of solid performance proved the price growth was sustainable and likely to stay firm.

“Property prices in the Sunshine State have continued to steadily track in a northerly direction in the December 2023 quarter, rounding out another impressive growth year,” Ms Mercorella said.

“While these sale prices are cause for celebration for property owners when it comes time to sell, it can be frustrating and disheartening for buyers trying to enter or

transition into the market.

“The reality is that a balanced marketplace could support both – we want to see the dream of home ownership stay alive for first home buyers in our state, and we need property investors to put a roof over

“Lending for new homes was at record lows in 2023, and this downward trend continued into the new year,” Mr Reardon said.

“The number of loans for new dwellings was down by 8.7 per cent in the three months to January 2024 compared to the previous year.

“This is consistent with other leading indicators of home building activity, such as new home sales and building approvals which continue to show a slowdown in 2024.

Mr Reardon said the Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate hiking cycle caused consumer confidence to decline and home buying activity to consequently fall.

“The decline in lending is not consistent across jurisdictions, with the slowdown most evident in New South Wales and Victoria.

“Western Australia, on the other hand,

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

is continuing to show signs that it is out of sync with the rest of the economy.

In original terms, the total number of loans issued for the construction or purchase of new homes increased in South Australia (+1.9 per cent) and in Western Australia (+23.2 per cent) compared to the previous year.

The other jurisdictions saw declines in new home lending, including Queensland (-3.3 per cent). ●

the head of our renters.

“The critical gap of course is at the affordable end of the market.

“For listings that address this gap, real estate agents are reporting that the open homes are overflowing, and second open

homes are often unnecessary.

“The regions still offer exceptional value and affordability, and it’s exciting to see these economies having their time in the sun, riding the strength of their property markets.” ●

Picture: RBA

The number of loans issued for the purchase of construction of new homes fell by 4.2 per cent in January 2024 according to the ABS.

Picture: UNSPLASH

Queensland’s regional housing markets continued to experience strong growth last quarter.

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Pure Bred Mini Daschund pups. 1 Female black and tan $1000.00. Parents carry the dapple gene with children and animals Call 0439 391 012 or 0499 029 538.

For Sale Milking Goats from $150-$250 each, Ph: 4697 6354.

Blue Heeler Kelpie Cross female pup, 14 weeks old, extremley friendly and affectionate breed, good worker, black with 4 blue feet, (Breeder No: BIN00107795692704)

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FOR SALE - Assortment of Roosters, Bantams, Hem Hires & Sussex Price ranges from $5-$15 Ph: 5424 7281

Blue heeler Kelpie Cross female pup, 14 weeks old, extremely friendly and affectionate breed, good worker, black with 4 blue feet (Breeder No. BIN00107795692704). $450

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FOR SALE budgies assorted colours $8ea, Ring Doves $10ea, cockatiels $20ea, ring necked parrots $50 ea - Ph: 0407 587 164

PRODUCE

Lucerne, Rhodes Grass,Sorghum, sml bales and round bales from $8.00

Phone 5462 4965 or 0412 519 883

ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES

GOLDEN FLEECE Drums, Cans and Oil Bottle with Metal Pourer Rosewood - Ph: 0407 021 438

VINTAGE VICTA Toe Cutter Mower Rosewood Ph: 0407 021 438

VINTAGE QUALCAST cylinder mower Rosewood Ph: 0407 021 438

AUTOMOTIVE, PARTS & ACCESSORIES

Tractor tyres on rims 95%, Case rims 8 stud centres 75mm $600 Ph: 0427 279 487

19 Mark 1 1966 Cortina parts and panels for sale Ph: 0402 178 033

8x5 Steel Trailer, registered, chequer plate floor, 750 kilos with brakes and winch. $1100.00 Ph

Wayne 0418 602 560 Toogoolawah

ALUM Bull Bar, GC suit 90 series Pajero $150 - Ph: 5465 3207

EJ Holden hub cap with lion on it $40 - Ph: 07 3202 3830

Isuzu DMax – 1 nudge bar 1 roll bar, $40.00 each - Ph: 0433 620 426

Heavy type car ramps, Gatton $80 - Ph: 07 5462 1034

Assortment of Car Magazines $20.00 - Ph: 5462 1034 Gatton

Wheel Hub puller, assortment $130.00 - Ph: 5462 1034 Gatton

Ford Falcon, 2001, Dash Mat. GC $40 Ph: 0403 669 003

Wrecking 2002 Holden Astra 1.8 2 door manual 100,000 km parts for sale motor and gear box vgc call 0477 056 783 any questions

BOOKS

WANTED TO EXCHANGE hardcover westerns 5465 8323

Model engineering magazines from 2006 to 2017. VGC, $30. Ph: 07 5462 1034.

CAMPING

BBQ small with oval lid $45.00 Ph: 0433 620 426

Spinifex BBQ, two burner with plate $35.00 Ph 0433 620 426

Bag of tent poles, spreader bar + 20 poles $100 Ph: 0433 620 426

MARQUEE 4m canvas tent centre pole pegs ropes extras never used at beach, Cost $3500

Sell $1500 Rosewood - Ph 0407 021 438

Vintage 12 in (30cm) diameter cast iron camp oven with curved lid for coals Approx 70 years old ( not made in China) $60 - Ph: 0488 763 203

FURNITURE

Kitchen Island Bench,Pine, Black Granite Top, 2 draws, shelf under. (52” L x 24” W) (1.32m L x .60m

W) $300 - Ph 5466 4120

4x solid timber chairs VGC - $25 each Brightview - Ph 0431 750 957

Large wall unit, timber stain, genuine tongue and groove pine, glass doors, draws and shelves.

Excellent condition. $250. Ph 0433 727 432.

Steel frame storage tables, various sizes, solid. $15 each. - Ph 0433 727 432.

Dining table 1920s era, silky oak, 1230x1800, $75. Laidley - Ph: 07 5466 4120.

Buffet & Hutch, solid pine, maple stained.2m H 1.81m W 43m D, $300 - Ph 0476 185 347

Silky Oak Squatters Chair made locally. Good condition. $300.00 Ph: 0437 828 945

Glass dining table, 6 steel freame chairs with paddedd seats, good condition. $150

Contact Barry on 0433 727 432

Glass dining table, 6 steel frame chairs with padded seats, good condition. $150.

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Solid timber table, seats 6-8 people, VGC $85, Brightview area Ph: 0431 750 957

4 solid timber chairs, VGC, Brightview area Ph: 0431 750 957

LOST & FOUND

Found at Manteuffel Road, Woodlands on side of the road. 2 boxes of children’s nappies & 1 carton of food stuffs plus a car breakdown kit. - Ph: 0438 740 591

WANTED TO BUY

Wanted - Stick Rake approx 1 metre wide with three point linkage mount. Please phone or text

Ph: 0411 098 575

Axe heads with plumb brand stamp. Ph: 0435 047 082

Wanted Pre-2006 ute or 4 cylinder sedan, no rego, no RWC. Ph: 0493 547 734

Wanted small fridge approx 550mm wide x 575 mm deep x 1,700mm high, prefer bottom mount

Ph: 0488 763 203

GARDENING

15lt knapsack spray, almost new, $50 Gatton. - Ph: 0429 964 567

Bamboo stakes 70cm long - 50 for $10 Ph: 5465 3207

Deep well pump with foot valve 10m suit dam oe well $500 Ph: 5465 3207

Electronic Watering Cable 15mts $200 Ph: 5465 3207

Moreton Bay Fig tree plants $5.00 each Ph (07)5465 1458 Laidley

Waterlillies - Large plants in flower - Pink & Yellow $20 Each Ph: 5466 4120

White frangapani trees $10ea, advanced mock orange bushes $10ea, advanced Geisha girl bushes

$10e, Brightview area - Ph: 0431 750 957

COX Shredder - Chipper, 5 h/p Motor, Good condition $100 Gatton - Ph: 0432 671 579

“Pope” Mower, B & S Engine, new carby, good condition $50.00 Ph: 5462 1034 Gatton

Stable Manure available free of charge 0401 229731

Yellow flowering Water lily $25 - Ph: 0499 029 538

Orchids from $20ea . - Ph: 0411 632 141

Composting Tumbler Bin - Relngarden brand, instruction manual, Excellent condition, $25.00

Ph: 0467 051 955

Skid mounted 350lt poly tank c/w 2 hose reels and valving $500.00 - Ph 0418 651 013

MACHINERY

Napier 3Pl Cultivator, 13 tyne, 3mts wide, new points Ph: 0427 279 487

International 3pl Cultivator, 19 tyne, 3.8 mts wide, vibra shank style Ph: 0427 279 487

International D466, 170hp, non turbo motor, 3157hrs Ph: 0427 279 487

Stick Rake for ride on mover. Pin type tow connection. 1 meter wide, used twice. Australian made.

$350 Ph/text to 0410 172 361 Forest Hill

3 point linkage steel forks, very solid. $250. - Ph 0433 727 432.

4 can dairy fridge - $50. Kilcoy - Ph: 0476 137 421

Dairy boiler - $50. Kilcoy - Ph: 0476 137 421

Post hole digger - $600. - Ph: 0408 876 054

Saw bench for firewood 3pl pto back pulley, $950. - Ph: 0429 394 665

John Deere ride on mower, excellent condition, x320, 3 blades, $3000.00 ONO

Ph: 0428 971 692. Adare.

2 FJ Holden Wheels with hub caps, 75% rubber, axle springs $50.00. - Ph 0428 971 692. Adare.

Side delivery slasher, 3-point linkage, 5ft 6inches cut, good condition, always housed in shed.

$1750 Contact Barry on 0433 727 432

Fibreglass telescopic lance - 7.3 metre - rated 4000 psi - Brand new - $250.00 - Ph: 0418 651 013

Post hole digger, 3 pt linkage - $600 Ph: 0408 876 054

MISCELLANEOUS

Stock Saddle complete, old but usable in paddock Ph: 0427 279 487

English Saddles, 5, priced from $50 - $750, some old 2 as new hardly used Ph: 0427 279 487

15 Solar Panels including all set up parts and inverter Ph: 0402 178 033

Childs Swing, 2 singles and slider, good condition $60 Ph: 0403 809 313 Forest Hill

Singer Sewing Machine semi industrial, Model 591, recently serviced, selling due to illness $475.00.

Ph Wayne 0418 602 560 Toogoolawah

78 RPM Records, Country & Western & Old Time Dance. $2 each ph: 5465 3207

Push bike, 26inch Blue, GC, Near new tyres, $50 ph: 5465 3207

Single bowl sinks, stailess steel 45cm x 90cm $20 ph: 5465 3207

14ft Buffalo Sailing Catamaran on registered trailer $650 Ph: 0418 186 212 Gatton

11ft 1940 – 50 Sailing Moth $100 Ph: 0418 186 212 Gatton

White Westinghouse Fridge – 1702m H x 703m W x 558 D – VGC $145 Brightview

Ph 0431 750 957

Holiday Portacot, good condition $80.00 Ph: 0433 620 426

Home Gym - York 24, 8 weights, good condition. $130 Gatton. Ph 0432 671 579

Mobility Mate modular bath step, stackable, slip resistant. Single step, provides 10cm (4”) raise.

49.5W x 40.6D. $10 Ph 07 5465 5251

Vehicle Length, steel ramp on concrete blocks. Also make excellent farm loading ramp $300.00

Ph: 0408 876 054

Wheelie walker, height adjustable, easy fold, padded seat with bag & internal pocket. Excellent Condition. Pickup at Adare (Gatton). $90 Ph: 0477 033 121

Home Brew Kit used, 155 pet bottles @ 750mls, 30L fermenter, bottle tree, hydrometer, heat pad plus extras, good condition $150 Ph: 0402 048 662

TOOLS & IMPLEMENTS

Harmonic Balancer Tools for FJ/FX Holden $25.00 - Ph 54621 034 Gatton

No5 Stanley Woodwork Plane VGC Ph 54621 034 Gatton

Heavy duty garage floor jack & screw type stands - $180. - Ph: 07 5462 1034

Dawn Woodworking Vice, very good condition, $50. - Ph: 5462 1034

Local scoreboard latest

BOWLS

Laidley Bowls Club

L. Duggan, R. Duggan, D. McGuire, 20.

E. Roffe, R. Webb, S. Harrison, 9. A. Roffe, M. Locker, R. Knight, 16. J. Mace, J, Budd, B. Pearce, 12. B. Yates, E. Muller, P. McAndrews, 16. M. Zabel, C. Faranda, R. Pagett, 4.

Open Singles games C. McGuire, 25. M. Anderson, 6. J. Thomas, 25. C. McGill, 7.

Don’t forget our Carnival in June, It’s time to start getting things together for our raffles and stall.

BRIDGE

Lockyer Bridge Club

Results for Wednesday 6th March, 2024

Well Michelle Porter & Sue Hooper certainly blitzed the field with a score of 72.92&percnt; placing them once again into the 70&percnt; Club – congratulations and great achievement.

R & A McLucas & P Zibarth & R Drouin tying 54.17&percnt;, A Eising & P Hooper 45.83, J Kuhle & T Fitzgerald 40&percnt;.

Hoping for full contingent of Members next week. General reminder for those who haven’t paid their Annual Membership is due now.

If you are visiting the Lockyer Valley & looking for a game of Bridge or just like to observe some games, phone Peter Hooper 0408 782 776, we would love to see you,Wednesday evenings arrival 6.45pm. Lessons for Beginners held on Tuesday morning, arrival 8.45am is also at the same venue, The Catholic Community Hall, Maitland Street, Gatton. Pat Ziebarth is the organizer for Tuesday’s play phone 0490 539 734.

CRICKET

Esk and District Under 13s Junior Cricket Grand Final

On Saturday the Esk and District Under 13s played their final against first placed Forest Hill.

Both teams played a great game and gave it their all.

In the end Forest Hill took the win 138 to 114 despite the best efforts of the Esk and District team.

Batting - Billy Bergin 30 top score, Carter Melville 19, Nate Friedrich 17, Damon Wood 11, George Thornton 7, Joe Bergin 6, Ben Jardine 3

Bowling: Wickets to - Billy Bergin 2, Joe Bergin 1, George Thornton 1, Nate Friedrich 1, Dean Kunde 1, Griffin Kruger 1

Fielding: Catches to - Billy Bergin 2 and 1 run out, Dean Kunde 1, Jai Halsted 1

Esk and District 8 for 114

Forest Hill 8 for 138

Congratulations to both teams on a great final.

Lockyer A Grade

A thrilling final round to the regular season finally settled the semi-finalists and produced some memorable cricket. The Mulgas, who have struggled to top 50 in recent matches, rattled up 204 at Helidon, with six players topping twenty, James Crosby the best on 38. However, it wasn’t enough to catch Helidon with a remarkable 8/280 of which Ray McBride contributed 106 putting an exclamation mark on a stellar season, and steering the Heat into the semis.

Glenore Grove, who have played well all season without much luck, knocked over the Minor Premiers, Forest Hill, who, none the less, retain top spot. The Goats were restricted to 9/127, Harry Engel 30, with Rogan Utz, back from Vikings duties taking 3-16. It was again Rogan, with 54* who steered the Roos home with 5 wickets down.

With Helidon in ascendancy in their game, it became a must win equation for Ropehill against Gatton Fordsdale. Their score of 9/113, Reece Teske 32, didn’t look nearly enough. Young Jack Whiting had 3-16.In reply, the Bulls were just too steady, through Steve Kleidon, 33 and Reece Willmett backing his good form with 35.

Next Saturday will see Helidon and Gatton Fordsdale face off for the right to tackle Forest Hill in the Grand Final. It’s been an absorbing season of cricket.

EIGHT BALL

Kilcoy Eight Ball Association

Round 9 of the Summer League was played on Wednesday the 6th of March.

Some very entertaining frames were played and a fantastic night was had by all.

Round 9 resultsBushrangers 8 drew Homestead 8

Kill Shots 9 defeated Ball Busters 7

Four Q’s 12 defeated Bill’s Team 4 Teams playing in round 10 of the Summer League on the 13th of MarchBill’s Team v’s Calm Your Farm Team Ballzy v’s F-Troop

Four Q’s v’s Wolfpack

GOLF

Esk Golf Club

Turkey Comp 8-3-2024

A pleasant afternoon saw Mario Beetz take out the win and also the pin shot on Hole 8. Gordon Ray coming second after a 2 way countback.

The Run-down.

Winner - M Beetz 41/29

Runner-up - G Ray 50/32

Best Putts - D Bitossi 12

Ntp 4 - B Thorogood, Ntp 8 - M Beetz

J Humphrey - 44/32, D Bitossi - 42/34, P Cook - 45/35, B Glanville - 47/35, B Thorogood - 46/36, M Kingdom - 48/36, G Punch - 48/37, P Sheehy - 49/37, G Highland - 50/38, I MacIntyre - 56/38, J Lumsden - 62/44, J Shadwick - 58/46

Sunday 10/3/24 - Trev’s Sunday Session

Round 1

Single Stableford

Winner - C Wheeler 39pts

R/UP - I Macintyre 38, S Wilson 38

NTP - 1/10 3rd S Wilson, 2/11 3rd T Adams, 3/12 3rd B Tumney, 5/14 3rd S Wilson, 6/15 2nd D Richards, 9/18 3rd J Beetz (in hole) ALL IN

Sponsor Esk IGA - 4/13 G Smith

Sponsor Brisbane Valley Meats - 8/17 2nd S Lerm (in hole)

Today’s game replaces Saturday Competition due to race day. Proudly sponsored by Trevor and Sandra Adams. Chris taking a good win with just one point behind, player of the moment Macca getting R/UP spot after a 3 player count back. A top field of 35 players turned out for a great day, Steve Lerm having the shot of the day, bouncing off a tree on the par 3 No 17 hole and dropping into the hole for a 5 point birdie, (some people), then promptly wiping No 18 with a 7 shot.

Sunday 10/3/24 - 9 Hole Chooky

Winner - B Glanville 25nett

R/UP - D Back 31, S Dardan 33, M Scott 34, J Humphrey 37

V Scott NCR

Putting Competition - Brian Glanville 11 putts

Small field today as some Chooky players played in the 18 hole competition. Brian taking a good win with a 25nett and also the putting competition. Don getting R/UP spot.Would like to thank Joe and The Grand Hotel Esk for Friday Raffle with the Esk Golf Club benefitting greatly.

Laidley Golf Club

Saturday 9th March - Men & Ladies Single

Stableford

Ladies Winner: Linda Knopke 36

Runner Up: Barbara Panzram 33

Run Down: J. Blaney 32

Pins: (Pro Pin) -------- (Div.1) Cheryl Sternberg (Div.2) Julie Murray (All In) Linda Knopke

Men’s Winner: Lionel Edwards 35

Runner Up: Robin Core 34

Run Down: K. Tofis 33, P. Bird 33, A. Cullen

33, J. Stewart 32, C. Lee 32,

Pins: (Pro Pin) Jonathon Haddrell (Div.1)

Bruno Maugeri (Div.2) Ken Godwin (Div.3)

Keith Tofis

Also 1st Round of Men & Ladies Single Matchplay Results:

Ladies: C. Scheiwe defeated T. Pyers 4/2

T. Harris defeated D. Manteufel on the 20th

C. Sternberg defeated J. Logan 3/2

J. Sippel defeated M. Voorma 1 up

Men’s Division 1 (Scratch)

C. Fletcher defeated J. Etherden 3/2

P. McFie defeated A. Parker 4/2

K. Goebel defeated G. Zischke 7/5

T. Grimshaw defeated D. Hauser 4/3

Men’s Division 2 (Handicap)

W. Nielsen defeated A. Barrow 4/2

B. Maugeri defeated C. Panzram 3/2

K. Godwin defeated R. Yeo 7/5

D. James defeated A. Lee 7/5

The next round of Single Matchplay will be held on Saturday 23rd March (after the Men & Ladies Classics)

Players please arrange your partners on the timesheet for that day.

Friday 8th March - Chook Run 12 Holes Stableford

Winner: Michelle Taylor 26

Others: G. Robinson 25, G. O’Sullivan 23, L. Belford 22, R. Yeo 21, A. Perker 20, R. Hurley 21, P. McFie 19, P. Wood 19, C. Sternberg 19, D. Manteufel 18, D. James 17, S. Hulett 12, D. Stubbs 10, J. Rolfe 3

Thursday 7th March - Open CompetitionSingle Stableford

Winner: Andrew Parker 76/67

Gross Winner: Troy Grimshaw 74/73

Runner Up: Peter Wood 81/71

Run Down: K. Goebel 78/72, J. Ormaechea 89/72, , S. Luck 79/74,

Pins: (Pro Pin) Troy Grimshaw (Div.1) ----(Div.2) Dave Cannard (All In) Robbie Yeo

Putting: Jeff Etherden 24 putts

Wednesday 6th March - Ladies Monthly Medal & Putting

Trophy donor: Jenny Paroz

Winner: Flo Lee 93/75

Runner Up: Judy Logan 93/76

Run Down: H. Gilbert 105/76, T. Harris 101/77, W McIntosh 103/77, L. Emery 92/77, C. Sternberg 86/78,

Pins: (Pro Pin) Shirley Hulett (Div.) Lorraine Emery (Div.2) Helen Gilbert (Div.3) ---

Putting: Lorraine Emery 25 putts

Also Qualifying Round Ladies Single Matchplay

Results of draw - 1st Round to be played

next week 13th March

Division 1 (0-24)

F. Lee (75) to play M. Taylor (84)

J. Logan (76) to play J. Paroz (80)

T. Harris (77) to play J. Sippel (80)

L. Emery (77) to play C. Sternberg (78)

Division 2 (25 - 45)

H. Gilbert (76) to play J. Blaney (88)

S. Hulett (79) to play J. Murray (88)

D. Manteufel (82) to play J. Kane (86)

V. Etherden (84) to play P. Davis (85)

Lowood Golf Club

Results for Tuesday 5 March 2024 Single Stroke

Winner: D Sharp 71 R/Up: M Whitwell 72

BRD: P McGuigan 73 C Petrohilos Peta Dwyer P Jensen 75 B Lowe D Sippel 76

NTPs: 2: J Webb 5: D Olsen 11: Shane Kopelke 14: Shane Kopelke 2nd shot 1/10 Div 1: C Petrohilos Div 2: A Skinner

Results for Thursday 7 March 2024 Single Stableford

Winner: Pat Dwyer 38 R/Up: P Lawrenson 37 ocb

BRD: R Young 37 I Dobbie G Winter P Harmon 36 R Peachey 35 Shane Kopelke P Brown J Morris 34 ocb

NTPs: 2: V Bales 5: I Dobbie 11: V Bales 14: Peta Dwyer 2nd shot 3/12 Div 1: P Lawrenson

Div 2: A Skinner

Results for Saturday 9 March 2024 Single Stableford

Winner: K Glover 38R/Up: D Johnstone 37 ocb

BRD: J Brady 37 P Coles B Broad 36 A Bolton H Doran V Birchall 35 P Brown J Luxford 34 C Wieland 33 ocb

NTPs: 2: Shane Kopelke 5: G Sippel 11: B Wieland 14: A Milady 2nd shot 4/13 Div 1: H Doran Div 2: S Webb

Rosewood Golf Club

RESULTS 29.2.24

THURSDAY SINGLE STABLEFORD:

Winner: P Walker 37 pts

R/Up: M Bryson 36 pts

Run Down: R Bryson 35, J Comp 32, B Graham 32, S Nicholls 29

NTP (All 2nd shots) - No 2: B Graham in Hole, No 9: R Bryson 30 cm, No 11: K Leisemann in Hole, No 15: T Voss in Hole

RESULTS 6.3.24

LADIES MONTHLY MEDAL

Winner: M Woodrow 80 nett OCB

R/Up: S Myerson 80 nett

Ball Run Down to 81

NTP (All 2nd shots) - No 2: S Myerson, No 9: D Pearson, No 11: J Browning, No 15: J Browning

Mrs Putter: M Gibson 29 putts

Chip Ins: M Woodrow on No 14, M Morton on No 9, M Gibson on No 6

RESULTS 7.3.24

THURSDAY SINGLE STABLEFORD:

Winner: M Bryson 44 pts

R/Up: R Ala-Outinen 35 pts OCB

Run Down: S Hibberd 35 OCB, G Molloy 35, G Wyeth 34, K Parker 33

NTP (All 2nd shots) - No 2: M Bryson 88 cm, No 9: S Wright 120 cm, No 11: S Hibberd 8 cm, No 15: M Soich 74 cm

RESULTS 9.3.24

TheEskandDistrictUnder13s(left)facedoffForestHillforthegrandfinalonSaturday9March. Picture:CONTRIBUTED

Ten years and 500 runs

By Grace Crichton

When Paul Robin set out for his first parkrun ten years ago, he had never run before in his life.

But it quickly became an integral part of his weekly routine, culminating in his 500th parkrun on 9 March.

The Gatton parkrun community did not hold back in celebrating on Saturday, as Paul is the first person to reach 500 runs at the location.

Gatton parkrun director Georgie Smith said Paul is an inspirational person who motivates and uplifts others.

“Paul Robin is the heartbeat of Gatton parkrun,” she said.

“His contributions to our community have really transformed what Gatton parkrun is today.”

There are 54 parkruns every year, each Saturday plus a on Christmas and New Years Day.

Out of his ten years at parkrun, he has attended a parkrun more than 50 times per year six times.

In 2023, he did 53 parkruns, missing only one while he was out of town and ran at another venue.

Georgie said Paul was a an ‘unbelievable’ volunteer who took on many jobs, showing his commitment and dedication.

Paul was at Gatton’s first parkrun on 13 July 2013.

He turns up every week not just for his own

health and fitness, but for his fellow runners.

“The crowd, lining up at the start, then running with everybody, it was a bit of a buzz,” he said.

“I’d never done anything like that in my life before and I just kept going after that.”

He thanked the run directors, volunteers, and everybody he runs with.

“They’re just great people,” he said.

Gatton parkrun is held at Lake Apex at 7am on Saturdays.

Paul Robin celebrated 500 parksuns over ten years at Gatton parkrun on 9 March. Pictured with Gatton parkrun director Georgie Smith.

Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

Who scored, who didn’t, in golf, netball, touch, tennis

From page 33

SINGLE STABLEFORD:

Div 1: Winner: P Knight 37, R/Up: R Robertson 36 OCB

Div 2: Winner: J Morgan 37, R/Up: D Keeling 36

Div 3: Winner: W Allan 39, R/Up: J Daniels 36 OCB

Ladies: Winner: E Nelson 40, R/Up: S Tupai

39 Run Down to 34

NTP - No 2: T Tupai, Ladies: S Tupai, No 9: (0-18) R Johnson, (19+) B Gehrke, Ladies: E Nelson, No 11: S Nicholls, Ladies: M Humphreys, No 15: T Woodford, Ladies: E Nelson, Approach (No 7): L Collins, Ladies: S Tupai

SINGLE MATCHPLAY WINNERS:

Div 1: D Walkom, T Ross, L Collins, S Browning, T Woodford, D Russell

Div 2: B Gehrke, J Lee, D Hangan, W Crouch, J MR Smith, L Petersen, G Collins

Toogoolawah Golf Club

Monday 4th March Ladies PennantTeam travelled to Gatton

Gatton v Toogoolawah Gatton won 4/1.

Wednesday 6th March Ladies played a 9 hole single stableford event.

Winner was Sam Maclean, no runner up, Enid’s NTP Sam Maclean.

It was a Sam Day.

PM Chook Run also a 9 hole single stableford event.

Winner Agg Dagan, Runner up Garry Hutchinson.

NTP 3/12 Garry Hutchinson, 4/13 Richie Marschke.

These two events are open to non-golfer/ non-members.

Saturday 9th March was Graeme Kuhn and Leanne Collie’s Trophy day.

A 4BBB stableford for Golfer/Golfer – Golfer/ Non-Golfer.

Winner of the Golfer/ Golfer were Kilcoy visitors Gavin Aylward and Dean Roberts 44points.

Golfer/ Non Golfer winners Agg Dagan and

Danny Tango 44 points (Toogoolawah)

1st Runner up Peter Granzien and Kim Dorman 42 points (Toogoolawah)

2nd Runner up AlanWhite and Craig Granzien 42 points (Toogoolawah)

Graeme and Leanne’s NTP’S ladies 2/11

Kim Dorman(T) Longest putt 5/14 Gavin Aylward (K)

Men’s 8/17 Troy Edwards (K), Closest Chip 9/18 Warren Hatfield (T). couldn’t get any closer as he chipped it in the hole.

Exchange Hotel Groovy G.O.A.T 3/12

Eric Cox (T), IGA Toogoolawah 4/13 Garry Hutchinson (T)

For Frank 6/15 A Skinner, Grand hotel Esk Men’s Troy Edwards(K) Ladies Chris Stevens (T)

Well what can you say, such a terrific day for Graeme and Leanne’s 4BBB. Visitors came from Kilcoy and Lowood, we hope you enjoyed your day with us. Graeme and Leanne made sure nobody went home hungry by providing Savoury Mince Rolls. Just like school tuckshop. They were so good that seconds were in order. A Big thank you to them for such an awesome day.

Coming Events

Saturday 16th March BV Supa Store/Thirsty Camel Bottle Shop (Club Hotel) Trophy Day.

A 2 Person Ambrose for Golfers and nonGolfers members and non-members, this will be a 9 hole event names at 10.30am for an 11.00 Shotgun start. If you are not a golfer and want to have a go phone Peter Granzien on 0417 025 007 after 5pm.

Monday 18th Ipswich Vets Laidley.

NETBALL

Laidley and Districts Netball Associaiotn

March 7, 2024

Junior 1 Results

Winners (5) def Redbacks (3)

Kermits (8) def Pinkies (3)

Junior 2 Results

Raspberries (14) def Black Widows (8)

Rubber Duckies (11) def Poison Apples (3)

Stingrays (20) def Lightning (1)

Social Results

Wii Not Fit def Mack Attack (forfeit)

Groupies (25) def Blues Clues (24)

Pink Panthers (40 def Bells (12)

Mixed Results

Hooligans (19) def Just Ducking Around (6)

Biggie Smalls (48) def Howlers (41)

Fruit Hoops (31) def G Rated (8)

Backyard All Stars (28) def Buttercups (19)

A and B Results

Wobbly Bits (25) def Valley Girls (21)

Roar (39) def Better With Age (6)

Storm (45) def Flying Foxes (25)

Roadies def Rebels (forfeit)

TENNIS

Esk Tennis Club

The Summer Fixtures Tennis Grand Final was played on Thursday Night with Team Terry/ Bruce defeating Team Ian 37 - 27.

Winter Fixtures will start after the Easter School Holidays if anyone is interested in playing Winter Fixtures please contact Terry on 0427 340 715. Terry can be contacted by email – terrykrisanski01@gmai.com

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Laidley Touch Association

Results for Monday 4th March

MIXED GAMES

Layabouts 7 def Mob Up 5

Sweathogs 8 def Golden Oldies 4

Sitting Ducks 10 def Tigers 2

Dirty Ruckers 10 def Gammin Mx 5

BIts ‘n’ Pieces 8 def Need A Sub 2

Rovers Mx 6 def Sambuca’s

Uncos 6 def Halfbacks & Halfwits 2

Underachievers won on a forfeit by 434Run

MEN’S GAMES

Waterboys 4 def Gammen Men 2

Laidley High 7 drew with Rovers Men 7

Penetrators 12 def Backyard All Stars 2

SQUASH

Gatton Squash Club

This week saw some huge upsets. Top team What Dreams May Come was beaten by Love

is Blind in a result that came down to the total points scored in each game. Green-eyed Monster defeated the higher ranked Much Ado About Nothing in a performance that could see them advance strongly on the competition ladder.

Congratulations to all those who played on the night. Sound and Fury lost to That is the Question

Kent Idle (1-41) lost to Clayton Whincop (4-52)

Craig Jones (3-41) def Kevin Gloss (2-45)

Kelsey O’Dea (2-46) lost to Chrissie Everitt (3-46)

Josh Reisenleiter (0-30) lost to Clive Nuttall-Smith (5-55)

Terry O’Dea (3-48) def Annette Kilah (2-45)

Caleb Weier (5-55) def Nat Kajewski (0-0)

Love is Blind defeated What Dreams May Come

Shane Zischke (1-39) lost to Michael Pratt (4-52)

Rob Balenzuela (4-51) def Steve Marriott (1-45)

Neil Thomas (1-43) lost to Brent Loughman (4-54)

Bruce McLachlan (3-50) def Blake Loughman (2-43)

Hayden Kleidon (2-49) lost to Jason Cook (3-50)

Graham Malone (4-48) def Nick Theodosis (1-32)

Green-eyed Monster defeated Much Ado About Nothing

John Bleakley (2-42) lost to Natalie Mati (352)

Andrew Lerch (4-53) def Wong Xu (1-34)

Kerrie Toohey (4-50) def Aaron O’Dea (139)

Courtney Haak (5-55) def Sam Steinhardt (0-31)

Jacob Sudhaus (0-0) no game Scotty Coggins (0-0)

Codey Wegner (1-33) lost to Conner Kleidon (4-55)

Maybe old, but pigs win

By Grace Crichton Gatton

Black Pigs Rugby Union Club held their annual Old Boys Day on 9 March, bringing together past players to reunite over an afternoon of footy.

After a morning of catching up, the old boys laced up their boots for a match against the Black Pigs C Grade team at UQ.

They held their own against the young ones, clinching a 26-17 win.

Club vice president Claire Lowe said the club was more than 100 years old, giving plenty of opportunity for generations to connect.

“It is all about bringing in the boys from the past generations,” she said.

“It’s a really good opportunity for the boys to bond with the old boys as well.”

Many brought their partners and kids for the day out and showed real commitment

to the reunion.

“We had a really good turn out this year,” Lowe said.

“We even had an old boy fly in.”

The Black Sows played a 7s match in between the thirds and the afternoon wrapped with the A Grade side playing a trial match against Beaudesert.

Lowe said committee member Robert Murphy was instrumental in pulling the event together.

“He’s really been the driving force of this event and he’s an old boy himself,” she said.

“Big shout out to him.”

Murphy thanked all the old boys who came to support the club and get on the field.

“It’s been a hell of a turnout,” he said.

“We’re going to try and keep this tradition going every year and it’s good to get everyone back.”

Shooters put to the test at prize meet

By Grace Crichton

Competitive shooters were challenged by a blustery day at Gatton Glenore Grove Rifle Club’s Open Prize Meeting on 10 March.

Forty shooters from clubs across southeast Queensland participated in several disciples of target rifle and scope shooting at the club’s range on Woodlands Rd.

Queensland Rifle Association chairman and Pacific Rifle Club member Andrew McKillop said the windy conditions added an extra challenge to the event.

“Today’s event was a little bit rough,” he said.

“We had plenty of wind today which is really good from the point of view of sorting out shooters.

“It makes it more challenging for everyone, no one gets an easy break.

“In these sort of conditions your really good shooters who are patient and can control themselves generally rise to the top.

“Wedooccasionalgetsomeluck,andyou’ve got to make your own luck in this game.”

Gatton Glenore Grove Rifle Club captain Colin Greenwood said there were good performances despite the trying conditions.

“It’s a good chance for them to put their wind reading skills to good use and a lot of them did quite well,” he said.

“They’re shooting 600 yards into a small target that’s only two feet wide.

“The guys who are shooting today all know and can shoot into the area and not miss the target.”

State Member for Lockyer and club patron Jim McDonald presented the winners in more than twenty classes plus aggregate winners.

Greenwood thanked Mr McDonald for his support. McKillop encouraged anyone interested in the sport to reach out.

“If you’re interested in long range target shooting get in contact with the club,” he said.

“There are new disciplines that have been introduced where the standard sporting rifle can be used.

“Contact the club and I’m sure they’d be happy to have you.”

Association

with the men’s competition.

Classics on its way

By Jacob Hayden

The Laidley Classic is almost upon us, with four days of golf locked in over the next two weeks.

Laidley Golf Club ladies captain Judy Logan said the Mens Classic, which has been held since 2011, would be held on 16 and 17 March.

The Ladies Classic, held since 2012, would follow in 21 and 22 March.

“This is our biggest event for the year with over $5,000 in trophies being handed out for each event,” Logan said.

“The men’s field has 90 nominations from over 12 clubs [and] the ladies’ field had around 60 nominations from more than 15 clubs.

“Many players have represented at numerous events.

“Cameron Smith was a winner in an early event.”

As well as overall trophies, there are daily, nearest to pin and hole in one trophies.

“Thanks to our generous sponsors,” Logan said.

The Laidley Classic kicks off on 16 March

Picture: JACOB HAYDEN

Forty competitors from Queensland Rifle

clubs came to the range.

Aggregate winners of the day’s event.

Shooters were put to the test against windy conditions at Gatton Glenore Grove Rifle Club’s Open Prize Meeting on 10 March.

Pictures: GRACE CRICHTON

The Sows 7s players went head to head in between the thirds.

A friendly but fierce boat race capped the match.

The Black Pigs old boys faced off against the C Grade team in the main match of the day. Pictures: GRACE CRICHTON