Lithgow Local Community Newspaper - Issue #135 by Village Voice Newspaper

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LOCAL NEWS AND EVENTS FOR THE LITHGOW REGION

HALLOWEEN 16 A GREAT NIGHT FOR LITHGOW

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Issue 135

Proudly Independent

4 November 2016

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Photo by David Hill A record number of grizzly ghouls from every tomb closed in on Lithgow under a dramatic stormy sky to attend Australia’s largest community Halloween party on Saturday, October 29. Organised and hosted by Lithgow City Council, with support from local business sponsors including Lithgow McDonald’s, Centennial Coal, Energy Australia, Village Voice and Lithgow Workies, the event featured spook-tacular Vivid-style lighting displays and boo-tiful decorations. Main St was transformed into a fun-filled pedestrian zone with themed precincts, market stalls, rides,

ghoulish selfie props including a huge mummy and a skeleton wall (even the statue of local star athlete Marjorie Jackson dressed up for the occasion). Highlights of Lithgow Halloween `16 included Australia’s biggest Trick or Treat lolly grab and Australia’s number one King of Pop impersonator, Jason Jackson, performing some of Michael Jackson’s most memorable hits in a dazzling show featuring multiple costume changes.

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Halloween is done and dusted for 2016. As one of the people who spent many hours volunteering my time, I am very happy we are past the finish line. I would like to congratulate the team behind the event; Kellie Barrow and her staff in the Tourism Office, the council staff that assisted with the heavy lifting, the local creatives Rhonda Collins and Ludwina Roebuck for their amazing creations, the local business owners hat got behind the event and also, the sponsors. McDonalds Lithgow, Energy Australia, Centennial Coal and Lithgow Workies. We were very happy to be able to sponsor the event as well, and seeing happy smiles on kids faces makes it all worthwhile. Now that is done, we are on the slippery slope to Christmas. Christmas hits the stores earlier and earlier these days, with every one trying to grab the shopper’s attention. I guess it is fair enough, with the online sales eating in to the sales of local retailers - they really must do something extra in order to ensure they too have a good run into the silly season. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a fan of shopping local, I would encourage you to try and do as much of your shopping for Christmas as you can in our local stores. With a shifting economy all around us, our retailers and local businesses need all the support we can muster. A photo my friend David Rawsthorne grabbed of me on the day... not my best side, but I was pretty knackered by this point.

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Letters to the Editor The Editor, Village Voice I must say this week has been a difficult one to fathom with the Council’s decision to terminate the contract of the General Manager. As a former Councillor for nine years, a decision like this should not be made without a proper investigation. I have been silent over the past two terms of Council but as a ratepayer this decision has really troubled me. It was only the second Council meeting for some of these newly elected Councillors. After just two meetings, did they feel that they were qualified to make such a decision without a proper investigation? Is there evidence that they had any legal advice prior to the decision to sack the General Manager? Did they consider the ramifications of their decision and the cost to the ratepayers who have had year after year of rate increases? Did they all have time to examine the General Manager’s Contract with legal or HR advice? Who instigated this and rallied support for the General Manager’s Dismissal? The everyday running of any large organisation is no easy task and performance management is a key part of it. Some Councillors work for very large organisations themselves or have done in the past. I wonder if a survey was sent around to all employees in these organisations asking if they were happy with their boss, what answers would come back. The role of a General Manager is very difficult. Dealing with multiple personalities on Council is one thing but being the boss of a very large and diverse workforce and public voice of the Council is another. The General Manager should have a yearly performance review and at this time if there were any problems then they should be discussed. Has the Council been conducting Annual Reviews of the General Managers Performance? Did the Council give the General Manager the opportunity to speak on the matter prior to his dismissal? It was only last year that everyone was congratulating Roger Bailey for his contribution for Lithgow Council winning the A.R. Bluett Memorial Award. The Questions above need to be answered from the current Councillors. I believe the cost to the ratepayers could be in excess of $400,000 by the time the contract is paid out plus replacement staff and additional recruiting costs. Where is this money going to come from? Did you budget for this Councillors? I hope Councillors that you have not put a nail in our coffin for Amalgamation with Bathurst as it will be on your heads. I thank Councillors Leslie, McAndrew and Thompson for their common sense in voting against this decision. Barbara Moran

This letter is in regard to recent comments from some past and current councillors, in the media, about events relating to the dismissal of the Lithgow City Council General Manager (GM). Whilst the focus has been on the cost of replacing the GM and according to one writer, a revenge from two of the current councillors (Village Voice Issue 134), there should be consideration of the council employees, past and present, their families and friends and the impact on the wider community of the Lithgow LGA. One reader of the Village Voice penned that there were rumours ‘floating around town’ about one of the current councillors but it is also to be noted that there are rumours about Lithgow City Council staff morale especially prior to the dismissal. One important issue to address is the high attrition rate of staff at Lithgow City Council. In recent years, there have been many experienced and well respected staff who have left employment at Lithgow City Council. In addition, there had been many staff on sick leave. The costs associated with advertisement, recruitment, training of new staff along with those on leave for medical reasons are accumulative and these have not been addressed and should be factored as a

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I would just like to congratulate all involved with last weekend’s Halloween festivities. What a great event. To see so many happy people at a family friendly event , which benefits the whole community is fantastic. Not only does it benefit local accommodation, food and tourism providers but it helps to showcase all that is good about the Lithgow region. The skull auction showcases the talents of the local artists and helps Lithgow Tidy Towns to beautify Lithgow’s many laneways. We are fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the world and to have a community and Council which supports a wide range of cultural and recreational activities. We only have to look at the list of things that have been happening around the district in the last month to realise that we live in a very talented and vibrant community. In the last couple of weeks we have had a gymkhana at Rydal, the Mountain Cruzers car show, Portland Spring Fair, the fishing day at Wallerawang, the Cullen Bullen speedway, Halloween, Back to Hartley , art exhibitions and live music at the clubs. These are only the things I have heard about, there are probably many more. In the coming weeks there are a multitude of things on, including the Musical Society’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang show, open gardens at Rydal, the artist trail open weekend, Lithglo, markets and all the various Christmas activities. Anyone living in the community that can’t find something to go to must be hard to please. These events can’t happen without the support of Council, businesses which provide sponsorship and of course a multitude of dedicated and hardworking volunteers. So to all those involved in Halloween and the host of other events that showcase our wonderful region and community please know your efforts are appreciated. I look forward to many more events that help to showcase the best of Lithgow region. Rachael Young Rydal

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comparison cost to replacing the GM. The smiles of relief on many council employees’ faces may be short lived especially when they hear and read comments that condone the unacceptable behaviour of some in management and thus appear trivial or dismiss the staff’s concern as an ‘excessive over-reaction’. It is hoped that current management and councillors be mindful of their words and actions. The mental health of all is important and the ratepayers and residents expect you to be ‘models’ of fair and reasonable behaviour. It is also important for the health of the Lithgow LGA to stand alone and be proud of its past, present and future. The ratepayers and residents do not want Lithgow to be displayed in the media in a negative stance. Regards Jennifer Povey Meadow Flat

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$4 MILLION BOOST FOR LITHGOW AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Public schools in the Lithgow area will benefit from over $4 million in additional needs-based funding in 2017, a record investment made possible by the NSW Government’s signing of the Gonski agreement. “The NSW Government is delivering on its commitment to provide additional funding for schools, based on specific student needs,” Mr Toole said. “These extra resources go directly to our schools, allowing principals to better meet the unique needs of their students and the school community. “The funding will also increase employment opportunities in the Lithgow area where schools will employ additional teachers with the expertise to assist students who need extra support in key learning areas

like literacy and numeracy.” In NSW public schools, needs-based funding is distributed under the Resource Allocation Model (RAM), which uses information about student need to deliver resources where they are needed most, consistent with the Gonski recommendations. A total $4,096,652 will be distributed to schools in the Lithgow area. Schools across the Bathurst Electorate will share in a total $13,101,772 – an increase of $3,347,596 provided in 2016. Since 2014 public schools across NSW have received $504 million in extra funding, made possible by the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government signing up to the Gonski agreement.

Will Lithgow win any Tidy Towns awards at Orange? Lithgow is facing stiff competition this weekend in the Keep New South Wales Beautiful awards. It is one of four finalists in the Blue Star award competing with Tweed Heads, Maitland and Port Stephens for the top Blue Star award in NSW. This award used to be known as the Tidiest Town in NSW, now it’s called the Blue Star award. Lithgow Tidy Towns has entered into six categories and our submissions will face stiff competition throughout NSW. Those entered are; • Lithgow Small Arms Factory museum, Cultural Heritage • Lithgow High School, Cultural Heritage • Mrs Helen Drewe in Environment Achievement

• Zig Zag Public School, Education in Going Green Education • Lithgow Men’s Shed, in Community Environmental Achievement • Ferrero Australia, Lithgow Factory in Sustainable Systems • Also Lithgow is one of four NSW finalist in the top award. Sixteen people from Lithgow and Cullen Bullen will be attending the awards in Orange. Sue Graves, Chairperson of Lithgow Tidy Towns said, “Lithgow people can be well pleased and very proud of these entries, they all are top class”. “This is our twenty ninth year of entering into these awards and so far we have won ninety four awards for our community, including the Tidiest Town twice and the Australian Tidiest Town in 2011.” “We hope for some success”.

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Home alone: Seniors lost in loneliness The Magpie Whisperer Launching the 2016 Mayor’s Christmas Appeal recently, Lithgow Mayor, Cr Stephen Lesslie, said: “Many nursing home residents are without family and Christmas can be a lonely and isolated time.” Sadly, it’s not just at Christmas that many seniors experience loneliness. Spending your final years without companionship ranks among our greatest fears, but it’s the lived reality for untold elderly Australians. Society has become more individualised and social meeting places like post offices, community centres and libraries are closing. There’s been a shift to online for everything from customer services, to shopping and welfare payments, with less need for personal contact. People are moving further away from where they were born and relatives are living greater distances apart. More than half of people aged 75 and over live alone, and their main form of company is usually the television. Twenty percent of seniors have contact with relatives and friends less than once a week. For half of those the rate is less than once a month. And loneliness is a real health threat. When it comes to premature deaths, it ranks with smoking as a major risk factor. Regional communities have disproportionately more older members than urban areas. Many senior couples retire to the countryside, but when one of them dies, it leaves the surviving partner quite alone, without any family close by. If they lose the ability to drive, the isolation and distance from key services can be devastating. Everyone should have dignity and security in old age. After decades of toiling at work, retirement should be something to enjoy, not dread. As social beings, we depend on human interaction: people to listen to us, to share experiences, making life more meaningful than it otherwise would be. There are organisations that run befriending services, and charities that link young people with older people who want companionship, but maybe its time for a government-supported national scheme. Loneliness is miserable, but it’s not inevitable, and it’s a scourge we have to overcome.

Contribute to the 2016 Mayor’s Christmas Appeal by donating a small gift for one of our local nursing home residents. For information phone 6354 9999 or the Lithgow Council website http://council.lithgow.com/christmasappeal.

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All the spooky sights of Lithgow Halloween 16!! Continued from front page > Lithgow Mayor Stephen Lesslie said: “Congratulations to the businesses of Main St and the Lithgow community for helping to make this year’s Halloween event a success.” “Not only did it attract a record crowd but it boosted local business and fostered community spirit. It was marvelous to see many visitors from other areas as well.’’ Bathurst State MP Paul Toole praised the council and local businesses for supporting the event, which had grown each year. “This is fantastic. To see the effort that has gone into this by so many people. This is about putting places like Lithgow on the map. This is about making sure this is a destination for people to come along and enjoy as well.’’ Calare Federal MP Andrew Gee said: “It is the biggest Halloween event, not only west of the Great Divide but in Australia and it’s all happening right here in Lithgow.’’ “Not only did it “put Lithgow on the map’’ but gave the town a huge economic boost,” Mr Gee said. Pictured this page from l-r clockwise: Dave Webb Performing movie hits (photo David Hill) Scene from Alice in Wonderland (photo David Hill) Crowds enjoying main Stage performances (Photo Brad Bridger) Main Street Costume Parade (Photo Brad Bridger) Pioneer Park transformed into ALice in Wonderland feast (Photo Brad Bridger) Trick or Treat (photo Gary Warrick)

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Lithgow Skulls16 The Lithgow Skulls exhibition and auction once again drew crowds of people through the doors of Lithgow Library on Saturday, proof that it has become one of the highlights of Lithgow’s Halloween celebrations. For the third year running, local artists transformed blank skulls into 58 eye-catching and thought-provoking works of art. These were auctioned off to the highest bidder on Saturday night, raising around $11,000 for Lithgow Tidy Towns Laneways Project, an ongoing arts initiative which aims to revitalise Lithgow’s laneways with public art. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the Skulls exhibition is that there seems to be no limit to the ways in which skulls can be interpreted. Skulls apparently make an irresistible canvas, with many of the same artists agreeing to take part year after year. This year saw a White Rabbit, a skull disguised as a peacock spider, and a sequel to last year’s popular Skull Mountain. Some artists chose to paint the surface with a decorative design or landscape. Others incorporated textiles, sculpted elements or found objects to create a more complicated three dimensional piece. The auction attracted skull collectors from far and wide, with one collector from Sydney buying no less than eight skulls. The highest bid went to “Ants” by Hycast Metals and sculptor Tim Johnman from Lithgow Pottery. Hycast Metals were excited to collaborate with Tim on their skull, which was cast in stainless steel. It went for $1500. Organisers would like to thank auctioneer Graham Hodson from Richardson & Wrench, and the staff at Lithgow Library Learning Centre for all their assistance. Thanks must also go to the artists, who have embraced the project so enthusiastically, and to everyone in the community who came out to support the auction or see the skulls. Whatever the attraction, it’s clear skulls are irresistible and not just to artists.

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On the weekend of 16th and 17th October the parishioners of St Patrick’s Lithgow and St Vincent’s Parish Portland farewelled into retirement their Parish Priest, Fr. Mark McGuigan. Fr. Mark arrived in January 2015 as Parish Priest of both Portland and Lithgow, and has provided us with a wonderful liturgical and pastoral ministry in the Parishes, Schools, Hospitals, nursing homes and the Lithgow gaol. The Parishes gathered for the Vigil and Sunday Masses to give thanks for, and to acknowledge his, quiet, gentle, thoughtful and thorough ministry amongst us. We also gathered to give thanks for his ministry in many parishes throughout the diocese over the past 31 years. It is fitting that Fr. Mark started his ministry in this area as a Deacon and priest in 1985, and that he returned here to where he first started. A large congregation attended all farewell masses, concelebrated with the Parish Administrator, Fr. Greg Bellamy. After mass in Lithgow, Mr Jeff Larsen and Mr Sebastian Caruso thanked Fr. Mark for his Pastoral Ministry and presented him with a farewell gift on behalf of St Patrick’s Parish and then cut his farewell cake which was made and decorated by parishioner Mrs Pat Ray. After mass in Portland, Deacon Charles Applin, and St Joseph’s Principal Mrs Sue Kearns thanked Fr. Mark for his time with us, and President of the Pastoral Parish Council, Mr Charlie O’Mahony, made a small presentation on behalf

of the parish. After each mass, all present were invited to stay for light refreshments. In his reply, Fr. Mark spoke of the need to pray continually, to never lose heart, and of how people have influenced and inspired him throughout his priestly ministry: he stressed the need for gratitude for those gifts that God has bestowed upon us all throughout our lives. He thanked those who have assisted and encouraged him throughout his ministry, and taught him, through their example, how to respond to the needs of God’s people. Farewell Fr. Mark: may you have a long, healthy and happy retirement, and may the Bathurst weather be kind to you.

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LITHGOW HALLOWEEN 16 Ghosts, ghouls, clowns and zombies filled the streets of Lithgow last weekend for Australia’s biggest Halloween party. It was great to see so many people getting into the spirit of the event, dressing up in some very impressive costumes. Not only did it put Lithgow on the map, but it also gave the town a huge economic boost. Pictured: Andrew with Brian and Theresa from Papadino’s Pizza

Funding Secured for Blast Furnace The grant of $545,050 was recently announced for the Lithgow Blast Furnace in a surprise visit from Minister for Regional Development, Fiona Nash. The funding comes under the National Stronger Regions Funding Scheme which will allow Lithgow City Council to commence a new stage in the upgrade of the facility. The unique tourist attraction is part of Lithgow’s, and in fact the country’s industrial and cultural heritage. This is a big win for the Lithgow community and the future of tourism across our region!

Carcoar Show Known by Carcoar locals as the ‘best little show in the region’, I was out at Carcoar over the weekend for the annual PA&H show. While many events such as the wood chopping and whip cracking were hotly contested, there was plenty of action in the gumleaf judging contest where the competition was so tight the Marshall's had to be called to determine which leaf was longest!

National Vaccination Program Expanded Seventy-year old Australians can now get the shingles vaccine for free. Shingles is a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus. It is a serious infection that has a particularly debilitating effect on older people. Regardless of how healthy and fit you may feel, one in three adults are at risk of developing the virus in their lifetime. The shingles vaccine will be free to eligible people, with a catch-up program available for adults aged 71 to 79 years. For more information about the National Immigration Program, please visit www.immunise.health.gov.au

The Bathurst Electorate office is located on the corner of Keppel and Bentinck St and is open from 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday. Andrew is also available to meet in Lithgow by appointment. If you wish to arrange a time to meet with Andrew, please contact the electorate office on (02) 6331 0524.

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On Thursday 27th October 2016 Centennial Coal had their proposal “The Airly Mine Extension Project” heard by the Planning Assessment Commission. There were residents and business owners from the Capertee Valley, employees from the Airly Mine, Union officials, business representatives from both the Chamber of Commerce and the tourism sector, University Professors, environmentalists and Centennial Engineers and Project Managers. There was even a Barrister speaking on behalf for the Capertee Valley Alliance Inc. Centennial were well represented including the Mine Manager, Bob Miller, Katie Brassil, Executive General Manager External Affairs who was also heavily supportive and involved in the Springvale Colliery events of last year where 330 employees were stood down awaiting Federal approval to continue mining. Airly Mine is already an existing underground coalmine in the Western Coalfields. Centennial’s current consent allows extraction of 1.8 million tonnes per year supplying both domestic and international markets by rail. Centennials proposal includes an extensive

Environmental Impact Statement detailing the environmental outcomes Centennial technical assessment has recommended. All possible care and thought has been considered considering the area where the mine is situated in the Mugii Murum-ban State Conservation Area. There were a lot of speakers against the granting of the proposal, mainly they were people who had moved to the Capertee Valley in the last 3-10 years operating tourist businesses who believe the mine will cause the wild life to become extinct and that the Valley is going to dry up as water tables are fractured due to the mining under the State Forest. Howie Fisher representing Westfund and the Workmen’s Club summed it up when he said that he had meetings with Keith Muir (Colong Foundation For Wilderness) 30 years ago where Keith Muir stated that within 8-10 years, the area in question would be no more, there would be no wildlife to speak of and the land bare and baron. He was scathing in his comments to the people who call the Capertee Valley home when they are only relatively new to the area, their concern is for their business. They stated that they have a thriving tourism industry and that the tourism industry could sustain employment in the area rather than coal mining. The Lithgow District Chamber of Commerce spoke in favour of the development as it recognises the importance of a solid mining industry in the region as one of the main sources of employment.

Wallnuts add to their collection in Portland Only a few small showers dampened proceedings for the Annual Portland’s Wallnuts gathering last weekend. The annual gathering of traditional sign writing enthusiasts ensures that he towns collection of Signs of Yesteryear continues to grow. Organiser of the event Ron Bidwell was happy with the turn out and grateful to all the participants, many who travel from interstate to attend the event. This year attendees painted panels to repair an antique carousel that is used by the town to brighten it up and bring it back to it’s former glory. The signs are displayed on buildings in alleyways and streets around Portland and are continuing to get a reputation as a must see attraction for those visiting the area. The local CWA ladies were also on hand over the weekend to ensure that the artists were well catered for.

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Investing in property is a fantastic wealth creation tool, and is one of the most common ways for many Australians to invest for the future. However, buying your first investment property can be a daunting experience. By Christine Dodson, R&W Lithgow

Many first-time buyers learn through hard experience the potential pitfalls of property investment, so take a moment to read this article and save yourself time, money, and stress! No Substitute for Research Property investing is relatively simple, which is why so many Australians choose it as an investment option. But only a proportion of these investors make positive returns from their properties, and only a small percentage of those make great returns. Just like building a home, buying an investment property is all about laying strong foundations early. And for that, there is no substitute for research. Australia is fantastic for property investors as highquality publicly-available data from a range of sources can give you a wealth of information about suburbs,

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7 DAY TV GUIDE Sliding Doors

Pick Of The Week Sliding Doors on ONE Southern Cross on Saturday 5th November at 8:50pm

By Kellie Evans With the Cricket back in to full swing, this is definitely one for the ladies… Ever wonder what would happen if you missed didn’t get every red light on your way home or didn’t miss the elevator taking you to work? This movie gives a really interesting insight in to how our destiny really can change in the blink of an eye! Helen (played by leading lady Gwenyth Paltrow) is having a bad day! After a terrible incident at work, Helen heads for the train only to just miss it by a seemingly split second delay. But the chaos that follows can only mean she was meant to be in the right place and the right time. I must say, this is one of my all time favourites and even if you’re not a great “Gwenyth” lover, this is still a fantastic movie with an awesome twist ending and very worthy of your Saturday night viewing.

SATURDAY 05 NOVEMBER SBS ONE

5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:10 8:40 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:30 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:30 4:30

NHK World English News France 24 English News Deutsche Welle News Al Jazeera English News Italian News Filipino News French News Greek News German News Spanish News Arabic News Turkish News PBS NewsHour Small Business Secrets ISU Figure Skating Carthage’s Lost Warriors Lost Kingdoms of Central America 5:30 The Story of Luxury 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Treasures of Ancient India 8:30 Misery 10:30 RocKwiz 11:20 Real Humans

SBS2

6:10 11:00 11:35 12:05 12:30 1:00

International News NHK Japanese News Punjabi News Hindi News Dutch News A-League Round 5: Bris Roar v Melb City 3:00 Superbike World Championship 3:55 Flying to the Ends of the Earth 4:50 Street Genius 5:20 Des Bishop: Breaking China 5:50 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:55 Survivor Games With Bear Grylls 7:05 Food, Booze And Tattoos 7:30 If You Are the One 8:30 Royal Navy School 9:25 Halfworlds 10:00 12 Monkeys 10:50 Lost Girl

ABC

5:00 rage 8:00 rage: Ausmusic Month 10:30 rage: Guest Programmer 11:38 The Checkout 12:06 Myf Warhurst’s Nice 12:36 QI 1:07 Pointless 1:53 The Level 2:41 Reinventing the Royals 3:33 Edge of Nowhere 4:30 Landline 5:01 Midsomer Murders 6:31 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:32 Doc Martin 8:22 Home Fires 9:10 Inspector George Gently 10:40 Call the Midwife 11:42 rage: Guest Programmer

ABC2

6:00 Children’s Programs 3:30 Play School 4:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4:12 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:23 Tree Fu Tom 4:47 Timmy Time 5:00 Ready, Jet, Go! 5:26 Kazoops 5:36 Peppa Pig 5:51 Fireman Sam 6:02 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:22 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:51 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:30 Highway Thru Hell 8:19 Would I Lie to You? 8:49 Rosehaven 9:16 Live at the Apollo 10:01 Comedy Next Gen 11:03 Black Books 11:27 The Spoils of Babylon 11:51 The Wrong Mans

PRIME 7

5:30 Brand Developers - Paint Runner 6:00 Brand Developers - Powerfit 6:30 Brand Developers - Paint Runner 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:30 Melbourne Cup Carnival 5:30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Spider-Man 2 9:35 Contraband 11:45 The Goldbergs

6:02 2:27 2:56 3:21 3:28 3:35

ABC3

Children’s Programs Officially Amazing Good Game SP Cartoon It Up Masha and the Bear Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 4:00 Odd Squad 4:13 Officially Amazing 4:31 Operation Ouch! 5:05 Hank Zipzer 5:30 Fangbone! 5:43 Danger Mouse 5:57 The Legend of Korra 6:26 House of Anubis 6:53 Cub Fries Celebrity Survival Camp 7:00 Horrible Histories 7:30 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:21 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:07 Dancing Down Under

WIN

5:30 Home Shopping 6:00 Fishing Edge 6:30 Everyday Gourmet 7:00 RPM 8:00 Family Feud 8:30 Weekend Feast 9:30 Studio 10: Saturday 12:00 The Living Room 1:00 Everyday Gourmet 1:30 Life Inside the Markets 2:00 Sara’s Australia Unveiled 2:30 Good Chef Bad Chef 3:00 IFISH 4:00 What’s Up Down Under 4:30 A Taste of Travel 5:00 TEN Eyewitness News First at Five 6:00 Territory Cops 6:30 Scorpion 7:30 MacGyver 8:30 Hawaii Five-O 9:30 Anchorman: The Legend Continues 11:30 Supercars Highlights

GO!

5:00 MacGyver 6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 Get Smart 9:00 World Sport 9:30 Operation Repo 10:00 Jake and the Fatman 11:00 Star Trek: Voyager 12:00 All 4 Adventure 1:00 MacGyver 2:00 Monster Jam 3:00 The Offroad Adventure Show 4:00 M*A*S*H 5:00 Driven Not Hidden 5:30 Escape with ET 6:00 Last Man Standing 7:00 Attenborough’s Nature’s Great Events 8:00 Supercars Highlights 9:00 48 Hours 10:00 Mega Breakdown 11:00 Rosewood 12:00 Bellator MMA

TEN

4:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 10:00 12:00

Good Morning America Paw Patrol Dora the Explorer Weekend Today Today Extra - Saturday The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner 12:30 First Test - Australia v South Africa 3:30 The Cricket Show 4:00 First Test - Australia v South Africa 6:00 Nine News Saturday 6:30 First Test - Australia v South Africa 8:45 Shooter 11:15 Dead Heat

GEM

5:30 Becker 6:05 Pokemon 7:00 Mako: Island of Secrets 7:30 Kuu Kuu Harajuku 8:00 Totally Wild 8:30 Scope 9:05 The Loop 11:35 Neighbours 2:05 Charmed 5:00 Frasier 6:00 Turbo 9:00 Sex and the City 11:00 The Loop

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7TWO

6:00 Brand Developers 8:00 House Calls to the Rescue 9:00 Room for Improvement 10:00 Brand Developers - Powerfit Gym 10:30 The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie 11:30 Australia’s Best Houses 12:00 The Travel Bug 1:00 Home in WA 1:30 Great South East 2:00 Creek to Coast 2:30 Queensland Weekender 3:00 WA Weekender 3:30 Sydney Weekender 4:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 5:00 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 5:30 Melbourne Cup Carnival 6:00 Escape to the Country 7:00 The HundredFoot Journey 9:30 Chef 12:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

ONE

5:00 Gideon’s Way 6:00 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre 7:30 Foot Support 8:00 Danoz 8:30 TV Shop - Home Shopping 9:00 The Avengers 10:00 San Demetrio, London 12:00 River Cottage Every Day 1:00 A Hole in the Head 3:30 The 7th Dawn 6:00 First Test - Australia v South Africa 6:30 Marley & Me 8:50 Sliding Doors 10:50 Annie Hall

7MATE

3:00 NFL 6:00 Night Thunder 8:00 Brand Developers 9:00 Dream Car Garage 9:30 Harley Davidson TV 10:00 Fifth Gear 11:00 MXTV 11:30 Classic Car Rescue 12:30 STIHL Timbersports Series 1:00 AFN Fishing Show 1:30 The Next Level 2:00 BCF Adventure TV: Hook, Line and Sinker 3:00 Adventure Angler 3:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 4:30 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 5:30 MythBusters 6:30 Real Steel 9:10 A Million Ways To Die In The West 11:40 1000 Ways To Die

SBS FOOD

1:00 Nigella Bites 1:30 Dinner at Tiffani’s 1:55 Destination Flavour Bitesize 2:00 Cake Wars 3:00 Cake Wars 3:55 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 4:00 Cake Wars 5:00 Man Fire Food 5:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 5:30 Mystery Diners 7:25 Destination Flavour Bitesize 7:30 Kids Baking Championship 8:25 Gourmet Farmer Afloat Bitesize 8:30 Cutthroat Kitchen 9:30 Cutthroat Kitchen 10:25 Luke Nguyen’s France Bitesize 10:30 Cake Wars 11:30 Cake Wars

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7 DAY TV GUIDE SUNDAY 06 NOVEMBER 5:45 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:10 8:40 9:30

SBS ONE

France 24 Feature France 24 English News Deutsche Welle News Al Jazeera English News Italian News Filipino News French News Premier League Man City v Middlesbrough 12:00 Arabic News 12:30 Turkish News 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 NBL 5:00 Small Business Secrets 5:30 Nazi Megastructures 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Great Human Odyssey 8:35 Clinton v Trump: The Choice 2016 10:45 Snow Monkey

SBS2

6:10 International News 11:35 Punjabi News 12:05 Hindi News 12:30 Dutch News 1:00 We Are Young 2:05 Geeks 3:00 Billy on the Street 3:30 Human Resources 4:25 Survivor Games With Bear Grylls 5:40 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:45 Fameless 6:35 VS Arashi 7:30 If You Are the One 8:30 MythBusters 9:30 Great Minds With Dan Harmon 9:55 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee 10:25 The Green Room with Paul Provenza 11:30 Tent and Sex 12:00 Oxyana

ABC

5:00 rage 7:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:01 Insiders 10:00 Offsiders 10:32 Australia Wide 11:02 The World This Week 11:31 Songs of Praise 12:01 Landline 1:01 Gardening Australia 1:30 The Mix 2:00 W-League 4:41 Australian Story 5:11 Doc Martin 5:58 QI 6:30 Compass 7:00 ABC News 7:41 Grand Designs 8:31 Poldark 9:32 Jamaica Inn 10:32 Secrets Of The Mona Lisa 11:26 Balibo

6:01 3:14 3:30 4:00 4:12 4:23 4:47 4:59

ABC2

Children’s Programs Teacup Travels Play School Bananas in Pyjamas Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Tree Fu Tom Timmy Time Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails 6:03 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:23 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:51 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:30 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 8:13 Video Killed the Radio Star 8:37 20,000 Days on Earth 10:11 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends 11:01 Employable Me

PRIME 7

5:30 Brand Developers Shark NV750ANZ 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 12:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 12:30 The Franchise Show 1:00 The Dr. Oz Show 2:00 The Zoo 2:30 Better Homes & Gardens 3:30 Chimpanzee 5:00 Seven News 5:30 Sydney Weekender 6:00 Seven News 7:00 The X Factor 8:30 Sunday Night 9:30 Afghanistan: the Australian story 10:30 Jumbo Jet

ABC3

6:02 Children’s Programs 2:56 News To Me 3:16 Winston Steinburger & Dudley Ding Dong 3:27 Masha and the Bear 3:35 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 4:00 Odd Squad 4:11 Officially Amazing 4:28 Let’s Go! 4:33 Operation Ouch! 5:05 Hank Zipzer 5:31 Fangbone! 5:43 Danger Mouse 5:58 The Legend of Korra 6:26 House of Anubis 7:00 Horrible Histories 7:30 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:22 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:08 Dancing Down Under 9:37 rage

MONDAY 07 NOVEMBER SBS ONE

6:00 8:40 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:30 1:00 2:00

International News French News Greek News German News Spanish News Arabic News Turkish News Al Jazeera News Unity: Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson 3:00 The Story of the Jews 4:00 On a River in Ireland 5:00 Noma Australia 5:30 Letters and Numbers 6:00 Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Supervet 8:30 The Supervet: Bionic Stories 9:30 For the Love of Meat With Matthew Evans 10:30 SBS World News Late Edition 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Rectify

SBS2

6:10 9:05 9:40 10:20 11:00 11:35 12:05 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30

International News Croatian News Serbian News Portuguese News NHK Japanese News Punjabi News Hindi News Dutch News Urdu News Tamil News Thai News Sri Lankan Bangla News Romanian News Illusions Of Grandeur Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle 5:25 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:30 If You Are the One 6:30 Community 7:30 The Feed 8:00 The Science Behind Sex 9:05 Twelve Monkeys 11:30 Soundtrack to War

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Landline 11:00 Compass 11:29 Eggheads 12:00 ABC News at Noon 12:59 Poldark 1:59 Parliament Question Time 2:59 Grand Designs 3:47 The Bill 4:13 Murder, She Wrote 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:03 The Checkout: Snack Size 6:13 Pointless 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:01 Australian Story 8:33 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:36 Q&A 10:43 Lateline 11:12 The Business 11:31 PGA Tour Golf Highlights

ABC2

6:00 Children’s Programs 3:15 Teacup Travels 3:29 Play School 4:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4:12 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:23 Tree Fu Tom 4:47 Timmy Time 5:00 Ready, Jet, Go! 5:25 Kazoops 5:35 Peppa Pig 5:50 Fireman Sam 6:03 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:22 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:51 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:31 Class 8:18 Gruen Planet: Cutdowns 8:30 Humans 9:19 Ross Kemp: Extreme World 10:06 Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell 10:37 20,000 Days on Earth

PRIME 7

5:30 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 A Sister’s Nightmare 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News at 4 5:00 The Chase Australia 6:00 Prime7 News 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 The X Factor 8:40 The Secret Daughter 9:40 The Big Bang Theory 11:40 The Catch

WIN

5:00 Inspiration Ministeries 6:00 Mass for You at Home 6:30 Hillsong 7:00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church 7:30 Joel Osteen 8:00 Fishing Australia 8:30 Everyday Gourmet 9:00 Car Torque 9:30 Studio 10: Sunday 12:00 All 4 Adventure 1:00 The Offroad Adventure Show 2:00 The Doctors 3:00 IFISH 3:30 RPM GP 4:00 Supercars Highlights 5:00 TEN Eyewitness News First at Five 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 All Star Family Feud 7:30 Modern Family 8:30 Taken 2 11:25 48 Hours

GO!

5:30 6:00 8:00 8:30 9:30 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:00

Whacked Out Sports Home Shopping World Sport Daryl Beattie Adventures Life Inside the Markets Supercars Highlights Driven Not Hidden Snap Happy Far Flung With Gary Mehigan 1:00 Undercover Boss 2:00 Monster Jam 3:00 Moments of Impact 4:00 Mega Breakdown 5:00 What’s Up Down Under 5:30 IFISH 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 M*A*S*H 7:30 CSI: Cyber 8:30 Supercars Highlights 9:30 Hot Shots! 11:15 Last Man Standing

WIN

4:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 8:00 8:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30

6:02 2:45 2:57 3:22 3:35

ABC3

CHildren’s Programs Get Ace Steam Punks! Jamie’s Got Tentacles Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 3:59 Odd Squad 4:11 Officially Amazing 4:31 Operation Ouch! 5:00 BtN Newsbreak 5:06 Hank Zipzer 5:31 Fangbone! 5:43 Danger Mouse 5:58 The Legend of Korra 6:25 House of Anubis 6:50 BtN Newsbreak 7:01 Horrible Histories 7:30 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:23 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:08 Dancing Down Under 9:35 rage

5:30 6:00 8:00 9:00

CBS This Morning Family Feud Everyday Gourmet WIN’s All Australian News Entertainment Tonight Studio 10 The Talk Dr. Phil Bondi Vet Entertainment Tonight Good Chef Bad Chef Judge Judy My Market Kitchen Ben’s Menu The Bold & the Beautiful TEN Eyewitness News First at Five WIN News The Project All Star Family Feud Have You Been Paying Attention? Life In Pieces The Odd Couple WIN’s All Australian News

GO!

Whacked Out Sports Home Shopping Moments of Impact Attenborough’s Nature’s Great Events 10:00 M*A*S*H 11:00 Hogan’s Heroes 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 Matlock 2:00 Nash Bridges 3:00 Jake and the Fatman 4:00 Diagnosis Murder 5:00 Star Trek: Voyager 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 M*A*S*H 7:30 Undercover Boss 8:30 Die Hard 2 11:00 The League 12:00 Home Shopping

TEN

5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 10:00

Wesley Impact Paw Patrol Dora the Explorer Weekend Today In Conversation With Alex Malley 10:30 The 2016 Isuzu Queensland Open 11:30 MySurf TV 12:00 The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner 12:30 First Test - Australia v South Africa 3:30 The Cricket Show 4:00 First Test - Australia v South Africa 6:00 Nine News Sunday 6:30 First Test - Australia v South Africa 8:30 60 Minutes 9:30 The Mad World Of Donald Trump 10:40 Hyde & Seek 11:40 Unforgettable

GEM

6:05 Invizimals 6:30 Victorious 7:35 Pokemon 8:05 Pokemon 8:30 Scaredy Squirrel 9:00 TMNT 10:00 Mako: Island of Secrets 10:30 Sabrina 11:30 Dr. Quinn 1:30 Frasier 2:30 Cheers 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 4:00 Becker 5:00 The King of Queens 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 Futurama 7:00 The Simpsons 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 The Simpsons 8:30 The Graham Norton Show 9:30 The Eye 11:30 Frasier

TEN

5:30 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 Nine Morning News 12:00 Extra 12:30 First Test - Australia v South Africa 3:30 The Cricket Show 4:00 First Test - Australia v South Africa 6:00 Nine News 6:30 First Test - Australia v South Africa 8:30 Hyde & Seek 9:30 Australian Crime Stories 10:30 Person of Interest 11:30 Undateable 12:00 A.D. Kingdom And Empire

GEM

6:05 Pound Puppies 7:35 Pokemon 8:00 Totally Wild 8:35 My Little Pony 9:00 Littlest Pet Shop 9:30 Crocamole 10:00 Neighbours 10:30 Family Ties 11:00 JAG 12:00 The Good Wife 1:00 Medium 2:00 Becker 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 4:05 The King of Queens 5:00 Frasier 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 Neighbours 7:05 The Simpsons 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 Fresh Off the Boat 8:30 Supernatural 9:30 Scream Queens 10:30 American Horror Story 11:30 The Late Late Show

7TWO

5:30 Global Shop Hurricane Spin Mop 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Tomorrow’s World 7:30 Leading the Way 8:00 David Jeremiah 8:30 Home Shopping 9:30 Home and Away 12:30 House Wreck Rescue 1:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 2:30 Around the World With Manu 3:30 New Zealand on a Plate 4:00 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook 4:30 The Intolerant Cooks 5:00 Animal Airport 5:30 Hachi: A Dog’s Tale 7:30 Around the World With Manu 8:30 Escape to the Country 9:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie 11:35 Animal Airport 12:00 New Zealand on a Plate

ONE

4:10 Rugby League Four Nations 2016 9:00 TV Shop - Home Shopping 10:00 The Avengers 11:00 Adventures in Rainbow Country 11:30 Playboy of the Western World 1:35 The Teahouse of the August Moon 3:55 Run for the Sun 6:00 First Test - Australia v South Africa 6:30 Sparks Of Invention 7:30 Death in Paradise 8:40 Major Crimes 9:40 Rizzoli & Isles 10:40 The Closer 11:40 Murder in the First

7TWO

5:30 Home Shopping 7:00 ZooMoo Lost 7:30 Match It 8:00 Lah-Lah’s Adventures 8:30 Harry’s Practice 9:00 Home and Away 9:30 NBC Today 10:30 Meet the Press 11:30 Australia’s Best Houses 12:00 The Dr. Oz Show 1:00 Scandal 2:00 Grey’s Anatomy 3:00 The Great Outdoors 4:00 Medical Emergency 4:30 60 Minute Makeover 5:30 Escape to the Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Rosemary & Thyme 8:30 Foyle’s War 10:30 Air Crash Investigation 11:30 Bargain Hunt

ONE

6:00 Friends 6:30 Benny Hinn 7:00 Creflo Dollar Ministries 7:30 TV Shop 8:00 Gilmore Girls 9:00 TV Shop 9:30 Danoz 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Friends 11:30 Please Turn Over 1:20 Come Dine with Me 1:50 River Cottage Every Day 2:50 Heartbeat 4:00 Ellen 5:00 Gilmore Girls 6:00 First Test - Australia v South Africa 6:30 Friends 7:30 The Blue Planet 8:40 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 9:40 Nature’s Weirdest Events 11:00 World’s Worst Holiday Horrors 12:00 Blackadder II

7MATE

5:30 Foot Support International 6:00 Home Shopping 6:30 BCF Adventure TV: Hook, Line and Sinker 7:30 Home Shopping 9:30 Dream Car Garage 10:00 American Pickers 11:00 Combat Dealers 12:00 Ultimate Factories 1:00 Hustling America 2:00 Doomsday Preppers 3:00 Tricked 4:00 Seinfeld 6:30 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 8:40 Thor 11:00 Deep Rising

SBS FOOD

12:30 Kids Baking Championship 1:30 Kids Baking Championship 2:30 Cake Wars 3:25 Lyndey & Herbie’s Moveable Feast 3:30 Cake Wars 4:30 Cake Wars 5:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 5:30 Mystery Diners 7:25 Gourmet Farmer Afloat Bitesize 7:30 Kids Baking Championship 8:25 Luke Nguyen’s France Bitesize 8:30 Cutthroat Kitchen 9:25 Lyndey Milan’s Taste of... 9:30 Cutthroat Kitchen 10:30 Kids Baking Championship 11:25 Destination Flavour Bitesize

7MATE

5:00 NFL 11:30 Sound FX: Best of 12:00 Dream Car Garage 12:30 NFL 4:00 Bomb Hunters 5:00 Outback Truckers 6:00 American Pickers 7:00 Pawn Stars 7:30 Highway Patrol 8:30 Motorway Patrol 9:00 Fast Five 11:40 Car Chasers

SBS FOOD

12:00 Mystery Diners 2:00 Kids Baking Championship 3:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 3:30 30 Minute Meals 4:00 5 Ingredient Fix 4:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics 5:00 Pati’s Mexican Table 5:30 Secret Meat Business 6:00 Man Fire Food 6:30 Nigella Bites 7:00 Dinner at Tiffani’s 7:30 Follow Donal... to Europe 8:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 9:30 Mystery Diners 10:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 10:30 Chopped 11:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 12:00 Secret Meat Business

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7 DAY TV GUIDE TUESDAY 08 NOVEMBER SBS ONE

6:00 France 24 English News 6:30 Deutsche Welle News 7:00 Al Jazeera English News 7:30 Italian News 8:10 Filipino News 8:40 French News 9:30 Greek News 10:30 German News 11:00 Spanish News 12:00 Arabic News 12:30 Turkish News 1:00 PBS NewsHour 2:00 Searching For Sugarman 3:35 Shackleton 4:30 Wild Italy 5:30 Letters and Numbers 6:00 Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? Aus 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News 11:00 Resistance

SBS2

6:10 11:00 11:35 12:05 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:35

International News NHK Japanese News Punjabi News Hindi News Dutch News Urdu News Tamil News Thai News Sri Lankan Bangla News Nepali News The Feed Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle 5:25 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:30 If You Are the One 6:30 Community 7:30 The Feed 8:30 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee 9:00 Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man 10:40 Rampage

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Four Corners 10:46 Media Watch 11:01 Country Town Rescue 11:30 Eggheads 12:00 ABC News at Noon 12:30 National Press Club 1:29 The Book Club 1:59 Parliament Question Time 3:17 The Cook and the Chef 3:46 The Bill 4:13 Murder, She Wrote 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:03 The Checkout: Snack Size 6:14 Pointless 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:01 Catalyst 8:32 Streets Of Your Town 9:32 Mambo: Art Irritates Life 10:32 Lateline 11:03 The Business 11:20 Q&A

ABC2

6:00 Children’s Programs 4:47 Timmy Time 5:00 Ready, Jet, Go! 5:26 Kazoops 5:35 Peppa Pig 5:49 Fireman Sam 6:03 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:22 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:50 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:32 Seconds From Disaster 8:22 The Checkout: Snack Size 8:30 Good Game 9:01 The Agony Of Modern Manners 9:30 Hard Time 10:16 Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell 10:47 Humans 11:38 Video Killed the Radio Star

PRIME 7

5:30 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Gone 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News at 4 5:00 The Chase Australia 6:00 Prime7 News 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 First Dates 8:40 Gold Coast Medical 9:40 Cold Feet 10:40 Chicago Fire 11:35 Grey’s Anatomy

WIN

4:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 8:00 8:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 9:30 10:30 11:30

ABC3

6:02 Children’s Programs 3:22 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3:35 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 3:59 Odd Squad 4:11 Officially Amazing 4:26 Cartoon It Up 4:32 Operation Ouch! 5:00 BtN Newsbreak 5:05 Hank Zipzer 5:30 Fangbone! 5:42 Danger Mouse 5:56 The Legend of Korra 6:19 In Tune 6:26 House of Anubis 6:50 BtN Newsbreak 7:01 Horrible Histories 7:30 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:23 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:08 Dancing Down Under 9:34 rage

GO!

5:00 Jake and the Fatman 6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 Star Trek: Voyager 9:00 Lands Of The Monsoon 10:00 M*A*S*H 11:00 Hogan’s Heroes 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 Matlock 2:00 Nash Bridges 3:00 Jake and the Fatman 4:00 Diagnosis Murder 5:00 Star Trek: Voyager 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 M*A*S*H 7:30 48 Hours 9:30 Michael Moore In Trumpland 11:30 Rosewood

WEDNESDAY 09 NOVEMBER SBS ONE

5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:10 8:40 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:30 12:55 5:30 6:00

NHK World English News France 24 English News Deutsche Welle News Al Jazeera English News Italian News Filipino News French News Greek News German News Spanish News Arabic News Turkish News SBS World News Special Letters and Numbers Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 India: Nature’s Wonderland 8:30 Tutankhamun 9:25 24 Hours in Emergency 10:25 SBS World News Late Edition 11:00 The Five 11:55 Omar

SBS2

6:10 10:20 11:00 11:35 12:05 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30

International News Portuguese News NHK Japanese News Punjabi News Hindi News Dutch News Urdu News Tamil News Thai News Sri Lankan Bangla News F24 International & Africa News 4:00 The Feed 4:30 Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle 5:20 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:25 If You Are the One 6:25 Community 7:30 The Feed 8:00 RAW Comedy Roadshows 2016 8:30 Showgirls 10:55 The Miscreants

ABC

5:33 The Bill 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Q&A 11:13 Pointless 12:00 USA Votes 1:59 Parliament Question Time 3:00 USA Votes 5:30 The Drum 6:03 The Checkout: Snack Size 6:14 Pointless 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:01 Hard Quiz 8:32 Upper Middle Bogan 9:02 Rosehaven 9:30 Please Like Me 9:57 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 10:40 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:27 Four Corners

ABC2

6:00 Children’s Programs 3:30 Play School 4:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4:12 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:23 Tree Fu Tom 4:48 Timmy Time 5:00 Ready, Jet, Go! 5:26 Kazoops 5:36 Peppa Pig 5:50 Fireman Sam 6:03 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:22 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:50 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:32 Seconds From Disaster 8:22 The Checkout: Snack Size 8:31 Employable Me 9:32 Extreme Brat Camp 10:21 Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell 10:53 Class 11:39 Jono: Finding My Family

PRIME 7

5:30 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 US Presidential Election 2016 5:00 The Chase Australia 6:00 Prime7 News 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Highway Patrol 8:00 Beach Cops 8:30 Surveillance Oz 9:00 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 10:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:00 Blindspot 12:00 Hannibal

WIN

4:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 8:00 8:30 11:00 12:00 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30

6:02 2:45 2:57 3:22 3:35

ABC3

Children’s Programs Get Ace Steam Punks! Jamie’s Got Tentacles Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 4:00 Odd Squad 4:12 Officially Amazing 4:30 Operation Ouch! 5:00 BtN Newsbreak 5:06 Hank Zipzer 5:30 Fangbone! 5:42 Danger Mouse 5:58 The Legend of Korra 6:26 House of Anubis 6:50 BtN Newsbreak 7:00 Horrible Histories 7:30 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:22 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:07 Dancing Down Under 9:34 rage

CBS This Morning Family Feud Everyday Gourmet WIN’s All Australian News Entertainment Tonight Studio 10 The Talk Dr. Phil Bondi Vet Entertainment Tonight Good Chef Bad Chef Judge Judy My Market Kitchen Ben’s Menu The Bold & the Beautiful TEN Eyewitness News First at Five WIN News The Project Jamie’s Super Food Family Classics NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: New Orleans WIN’s All Australian News

CBS This Morning Family Feud Everyday Gourmet WIN’s All Australian News Entertainment Tonight Studio 10 The Talk Dr. Phil Entertainment Tonight Good Chef Bad Chef Judge Judy My Market Kitchen Ben’s Menu The Bold & the Beautiful TEN Eyewitness News First at Five WIN News The Project Jamie’s Super Food Family Classics The Wrong Girl Madam Secretary Hawaii Five-O WIN’s All Australian News

GO!

5:00 Jake and the Fatman 6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 A Taste of Travel 8:30 Merv Hughes Fishing 9:00 Monster Jam 10:00 M*A*S*H 11:00 Hogan’s Heroes 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 Matlock 2:00 Nash Bridges 3:00 Jake and the Fatman 4:00 Diagnosis Murder 5:00 Star Trek: Voyager 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 M*A*S*H 7:30 Sharks - Beyond The Bite 8:30 Shark Tank 9:30 Reservoir Dogs 11:30 Sons of Anarchy

TEN

5:30 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 Nine Morning News 12:00 Ellen 1:00 The Cutting Edge 3:00 Nine News Now 4:00 Nine Afternoon News 5:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 6:00 Nine News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 The Block 9:00 Unreal Estate 10:00 An Hour To Save Your Life 11:20 Doctor Doctor

GEM

6:05 Pound Puppies 6:30 Transformers Prime 7:05 Cardfight!! Vanguard G 7:35 Pokemon 8:00 Totally Wild 8:35 My Little Pony 9:00 Littlest Pet Shop 9:30 Crocamole 10:00 Neighbours 10:30 Family Ties 11:00 JAG 12:00 The Good Wife 1:00 Medium 2:00 Becker 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 4:05 The King of Queens 5:00 Frasier 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 Neighbours 7:05 The Simpsons 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23 8:30 Let’s Be Cops 11:30 The Late Late Show

TEN

5:30 Today 10:00 Nine News Special 4:00 Nine Afternoon News 5:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 6:00 Nine News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 The Block 8:40 Doctor Doctor 9:40 Medical Mysteries 10:40 Embarrassing Bodies 11:40 Stalker

GEM

6:30 Transformers Prime 7:05 Cardfight!! Vanguard G 7:35 Pokemon 8:00 Totally Wild 8:35 My Little Pony 9:00 Littlest Pet Shop 9:30 Crocamole 10:00 Neighbours 10:30 Family Ties 11:00 JAG 12:00 The Good Wife 1:00 Medium 2:00 Becker 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 4:05 The King of Queens 5:00 Frasier 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 Neighbours 7:05 The Simpsons 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 Futurama 8:30 The Simpsons 9:00 Son of Zorn 9:30 The Simpsons 10:00 Bob’s Burgers

7TWO

5:30 Home Shopping 7:00 ZooMoo Lost 7:30 Match It 8:00 Lah-Lah’s Adventures 8:30 Harry’s Practice 9:00 Home and Away 9:30 NBC Today 12:00 The Dr. Oz Show 1:00 Scandal 2:00 Grey’s Anatomy 3:00 The Great Outdoors 4:00 Medical Emergency 4:30 60 Minute Makeover 5:30 Air Rescue 6:00 Crash Investigation Unit 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia 8:30 The Da Vinci Code 11:30 Air Crash Investigation

ONE

5:00 Seaway 6:00 Friends 6:30 Skippy 7:00 Creflo Dollar Ministries 7:30 TV Shop - Home Shopping 8:00 Gilmore Girls 9:00 TV Shop - Home Shopping 9:30 Danoz 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Friends 12:00 Confession 1:50 Come Dine with Me 2:20 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 3:20 Heartbeat 4:30 Ellen 5:30 Gilmore Girls 6:30 Friends 7:30 New Tricks 8:40 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 10:40 Cold Case

7TWO

5:30 Home Shopping 7:00 ZooMoo Lost 7:30 Match It 8:00 Lah-Lah’s Adventures 8:30 Harry’s Practice 9:00 Home and Away 9:30 NBC Today 12:00 The Dr. Oz Show 1:00 Scandal 2:00 Grey’s Anatomy 3:00 The Great Outdoors 4:00 Medical Emergency 4:30 60 Minute Makeover 5:30 The Border 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Doc Martin 8:30 Lewis 10:30 Air Crash Investigation 11:30 Bargain Hunt

ONE

5:00 Danger Man 6:00 Friends 6:30 Benny Hinn 7:00 Creflo Dollar Ministries 7:30 TV Shop - Home Shopping 8:00 Gilmore Girls 9:00 TV Shop - Home Shopping 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Friends 12:00 Loot 2:05 Explore Fillers 2:10 New Tricks 3:20 Heartbeat 4:30 Ellen 5:30 Gilmore Girls 6:30 Friends 7:30 Miss Marple 8:40 Midsomer Murders 10:50 Silent Witness 12:00 Person of Interest

7MATE

5:30 Dream Car Garage 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 BCF Adventure TV: Hook, Line and Sinker 8:30 Harley Davidson TV 9:00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions 10:00 Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy 11:00 American Pickers 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 1:00 Zero Hour 2:00 Charlie’s Angels 3:00 Abandoned 3:30 Rocket City Rednecks 4:00 Bomb Hunters 5:00 Outback Truckers 6:00 American Pickers 7:00 Pawn Stars 7:30 Highway Patrol 9:00 Ice Road Truckers 10:00 Counting Cars 11:00 Restoration Garage 12:00 Harley Davidson TV

SBS FOOD

11:30 Follow Donal... to Europe 12:00 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 1:00 Mystery Diners 1:55 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 2:00 Chopped 3:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 3:30 30 Minute Meals 4:00 5 Ingredient Fix 4:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics 5:00 Pati’s Mexican Table 5:30 Secret Meat Business 6:00 Man Fire Food 6:30 Nigella Bites 7:00 Dinner at Tiffani’s 7:30 Sandwich King 8:30 Sandwich King 9:30 Mystery Diners 10:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 10:30 Chopped 11:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 12:00 Secret Meat Business

7MATE

5:30 Dream Car Garage 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 BCF Adventure TV: Hook, Line and Sinker 8:30 STIHL Timbersports Series 9:00 A Football Life 10:00 Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy 11:00 American Pickers 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 1:00 Zero Hour 2:00 Charlie’s Angels 3:00 Abandoned 3:30 Rocket City Rednecks 4:00 Bomb Hunters 5:00 Outback Truckers 6:00 American Pickers 7:00 Pawn Stars 7:30 American Restoration 8:00 Storage Wars 9:00 300: Rise of an Empire 11:15 Hardcore Pawn

SBS FOOD

12:00 Sandwich King 1:00 Mystery Diners 2:00 Chopped 3:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 3:30 30 Minute Meals 4:00 5 Ingredient Fix 4:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics 5:00 Pati’s Mexican Table 5:30 Secret Meat Business 6:00 Boys Weekend 6:30 Nigella Bites 7:00 Dinner at Tiffani’s 7:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 9:25 Gourmet Farmer Afloat Bitesize 9:30 Mystery Diners 10:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 10:30 Chopped 11:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 12:00 Secret Meat Business

7 DAY TV GUIDE THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER SBS ONE

6:00 12:30 1:00 2:00

International News Turkish News PBS NewsHour Smart Secrets of Great Paintings 2:30 Big Art 3:00 SBS Flashback 3:10 Tales From The Bush Larder 3:40 The Sixties 4:30 The British 5:30 Letters and Numbers 6:00 Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Heston’s Great British Food 8:30 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 9:00 My Restaurant in India 9:30 Outlander 10:35 SBS World News Late Edition 11:05 Frisky Business 12:00 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

SBS2

6:10 11:35 12:05 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:35

International News Punjabi News Hindi News Dutch News Urdu News Tamil News Thai News Sri Lankan Bangla News Somali News The Feed Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle 5:25 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:30 If You Are the One 6:30 Community 7:35 The Feed 8:05 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee 8:30 The Feed 9:00 South Park 9:25 Bra Boys 11:10 Love City, Jalalabad

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Australian Story 10:31 Kangaroo Dundee 11:01 Attitude 11:30 Eggheads 12:00 ABC News at Noon 1:00 Pointless 1:59 Question Time 3:18 The Cook and the Chef 3:46 The Bill 4:13 Murder, She Wrote 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:03 The Checkout: Snack Size 6:11 Pointless 6:56 Clarke & Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:01 Silvia’s Italian Table 8:32 Midsomer Murders 10:03 Escape To The Wild 10:52 Lateline 11:23 The Business 11:40 Keeping Australia Alive

ABC2

6:00 Children’s Programs 4:23 Tree Fu Tom 4:48 Timmy Time 5:00 Ready, Jet, Go! 5:26 Kazoops 5:36 Peppa Pig 5:50 Fireman Sam 6:03 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:22 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:50 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:32 Seconds From Disaster 8:22 The Checkout: Snack Size 8:30 Hard Quiz 9:00 Black Books 9:24 Comedy Showroom 9:53 The Spoils of Babylon 10:17 Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell 10:48 Comedy Next Gen 11:48 Live at the Apollo

FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER SBS ONE

6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:10 8:40 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 3:30 4:25 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 10:50 11:20

France 24 English News Deutsche Welle News Al Jazeera English News Italian News Filipino News French News Greek News German News Spanish News Arabic News Turkish News PBS NewsHour Characters Of Broome The Point Review Heston’s Mission Impossible Who Do You Think You Are? Letters and Numbers Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food SBS World News Wild Sri Lanka Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy SBS World News Late Edition Viva Riva!

SBS2

6:10 8:30 9:05 9:40 10:20 11:00 11:35 12:05 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30

International News Macedonian News Croatian News Serbian News Portuguese News NHK Japanese News Punjabi News Hindi News Dutch News Urdu News Tamil News Thai News Sri Lankan Bangla News Armenian News The Feed Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle 5:25 365: Every Day Documentaries 5:30 Adam Ruins Death 6:00 If You Are the One 7:00 Community 7:30 A-League Round 6: ADL v BRI 10:15 MythBusters

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 One Plus One 10:30 Remembrance Day Memorial Service 12:00 ABC News at Noon 1:00 Pointless 1:47 Sounds Like Home 2:18 Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild 3:07 Silvia’s Italian Table 3:36 The Cook and the Chef 3:46 The Bill 4:13 Murder, She Wrote 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:03 The Checkout 6:13 Pointless 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:01 QI 8:33 The Level 9:21 DCI Banks 10:08 Hard Quiz 10:37 Lateline 11:08 The Business 11:25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg

ABC2

6:00 Children’s Programs 4:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4:12 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:23 Tree Fu Tom 4:48 Timmy Time 5:00 Ready, Jet, Go! 5:26 Kazoops 5:36 Peppa Pig 5:50 Fireman Sam 6:03 Hoot Hoot Go! 6:11 Octonauts 6:22 Peter Rabbit 6:38 Charlie and Lola 6:50 Shaun the Sheep 7:02 Spicks and Specks 7:32 Seconds From Disaster 8:22 Gruen Pitch Rewind 8:30 The Midwives 9:31 The McCanns and the Conman 10:18 Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell 10:49 Extreme Brat Camp 11:38 Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

PRIME 7

5:30 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Concrete Canyons 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News at 4 5:00 The Chase Australia 6:00 Prime7 News 7:00 Home and Away 8:30 Australia’s Cheapest Weddings 9:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Goldbergs 12:00 Revenge

WIN

4:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 8:00 8:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 10:30 11:30

6:01 2:45 2:58 3:22 3:35

ABC3

Children’s Programs Get Ace Steam Punks! Jamie’s Got Tentacles Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 4:00 Odd Squad 4:12 Officially Amazing 4:31 Operation Ouch! 5:00 BtN Newsbreak 5:06 Hank Zipzer 5:31 Fangbone! 5:43 Danger Mouse 5:58 The Legend of Korra 6:26 House of Anubis 6:50 BtN Newsbreak 7:01 Horrible Histories 7:30 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:22 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:08 Dancing Down Under 9:35 rage: Guest Programmer

PRIME 7

5:30 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Borderline Murder 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News at 4 5:00 The Chase Australia 6:00 Prime7 News 7:00 Better Homes & Gardens 8:30 Captain Phillips 11:20 Afghanistan: the Australian story

GO!

5:00 Star Trek: Voyager 6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 Jake and the Fatman 9:00 Storm Season 9:30 Operation Repo 10:00 M*A*S*H 11:00 Hogan’s Heroes 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 Matlock 2:00 Nash Bridges 3:00 Jake and the Fatman 4:00 Diagnosis Murder 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 M*A*S*H 7:30 Moments of Impact 8:30 Mega Breakdown 9:30 Cops 10:30 Megafactories 11:30 Epic Meal Empire 12:00 Home Shopping

WIN

4:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 8:00 8:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 11:30

6:01 2:45 2:58 3:22 3:35

ABC3

Children’s Programs Get Ace Steam Punks! Jamie’s Got Tentacles Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 4:00 Odd Squad 4:12 Officially Amazing 4:31 Good Game SP 5:00 BtN Newsbreak 5:06 Hank Zipzer 5:31 Fangbone! 5:43 Danger Mouse 6:00 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising 6:52 BtN Newsbreak 7:02 Horrible Histories 7:32 Deadly 60 8:00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8:22 Adventure Time 8:45 Stoked 9:08 Lanfeust Quest 9:31 Sword Art Online 9:55 K-On!

CBS This Morning Family Feud Everyday Gourmet WIN’s All Australian News Entertainment Tonight Studio 10 The Talk Dr. Phil Bondi Vet Entertainment Tonight Good Chef Bad Chef Judge Judy My Market Kitchen Ben’s Menu The Bold & the Beautiful TEN Eyewitness News First at Five WIN News The Project David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Law & Order: SVU Blue Bloods WIN’s All Australian News

CBS This Morning Family Feud Everyday Gourmet WIN’s All Australian News Entertainment Tonight Studio 10 The Talk Dr. Phil The Living Room Entertainment Tonight Good Chef Bad Chef Judge Judy My Market Kitchen Ben’s Menu The Bold & the Beautiful TEN Eyewitness News First at Five WIN News The Project The Living Room The Graham Norton Show Have You Been Paying Attention? WIN’s All Australian News

GO!

5:00 Star Trek: Voyager 6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 Bandages And Battlefields 9:00 Snap Happy 9:30 Fishing Edge 10:00 M*A*S*H 11:00 Hogan’s Heroes 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 Matlock 2:00 Nash Bridges 3:00 Jake and the Fatman 4:00 Diagnosis Murder 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 M*A*S*H 7:30 MacGyver 8:30 Walker, Texas Ranger 9:30 True Justice 11:30 24: Live Another Day

TEN

5:30 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 Nine Morning News 12:00 Ellen 1:00 Extra 1:30 Hot in Cleveland 2:00 The Block 3:00 Nine News Now 4:00 Nine Afternoon News 5:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 6:00 Nine News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 The Big Bang Theory 8:30 The Bounty Hunter 10:45 Survivor: Millennials Vs. Gen X 11:45 The Mysteries of Laura

GEM

6:30 Transformers Prime 7:05 Cardfight!! Vanguard G 7:35 Pokemon 8:00 Scope 8:35 My Little Pony 9:00 Littlest Pet Shop 9:30 Crocamole 10:00 Neighbours 10:30 Family Ties 11:00 JAG 12:00 The Good Wife 1:00 Medium 2:00 Becker 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 4:05 The King of Queens 5:00 Frasier 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 Neighbours 7:05 The Simpsons 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 New Girl 8:30 Tomorrow, When the War Began 10:30 Sex and the City 11:30 The Late Late Show

TEN

5:30 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 Nine Morning News 12:00 Ellen 1:00 Hyde & Seek 3:00 Nine News Now 4:00 Nine Afternoon News 5:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 6:00 Nine News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Ready For Takeoff 8:30 Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone 11:40 The Presidio

GEM

6:30 Transformers Prime 7:05 Cardfight!! Vanguard G 7:35 Pokemon 8:00 Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures 8:35 My Little Pony 9:00 Littlest Pet Shop 9:30 Crocamole 10:00 Neighbours 10:30 Family Ties 11:00 JAG 12:00 The Good Wife 1:00 Medium 2:00 Becker 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 4:05 The King of Queens 5:00 Frasier 6:00 Family Feud 6:30 Neighbours 7:05 The Simpsons 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 The Grinder 8:30 Along Came Polly 10:30 Sex and the City 11:50 The Late Late Show

7TWO

5:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 12:00 3:00 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 10:30 11:30

Home Shopping ZooMoo Lost In Your Dreams Lah-Lah’s Adventures Harry’s Practice Home and Away NBC Today Mr Selfridge The Great Outdoors Medical Emergency 60 Minute Makeover RSPCA Animal Rescue SCU: Serious Crash Unit Bargain Hunt Father Brown Murdoch Mysteries Air Crash Investigation Mr Selfridge

ONE

5:00 Danger Man 6:00 Friends 6:30 Skippy 7:00 Creflo Dollar Ministries 7:30 TV Shop - Home Shopping 8:00 Gilmore Girls 9:00 TV Shop - Home Shopping 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Friends 12:00 Three Hats for Lisa 2:05 Explore Fillers 2:10 Miss Marple 3:20 Heartbeat 4:30 Ellen 5:30 Gilmore Girls 6:30 Friends 7:30 999: What’s Your Emergency? 8:30 Kings Cross ER 9:30 Embarrassing Bodies 11:30 Helicopter Heroes 12:00 The Great Fire

7TWO

5:30 Home Shopping 7:00 ZooMoo Lost 7:30 In Your Dreams 8:00 Lah-Lah’s Adventures 8:30 Harry’s Practice 9:00 Home and Away 9:30 NBC Today 12:00 The Dr. Oz Show 1:00 Scandal 2:00 Grey’s Anatomy 3:00 The Great Outdoors 4:00 Australia’s Best Houses 4:30 60 Minute Makeover 5:30 Islands On The Edge 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Cities of the Underworld 8:30 Selling Houses Australia 9:30 Escape to the Country 10:30 House Wreck Rescue 11:30 Australia’s Best Houses 12:00 Bargain Hunt

ONE

5:00 Gideon’s Way 6:00 Friends 6:30 Benny Hinn 7:00 Creflo Dollar Ministries 7:30 TV Shop - Home Shopping 8:00 Gilmore Girls 9:00 TV Shop - Home Shopping 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Friends 12:00 The Courtneys of Curzon Street 2:20 River Cottage Every Day 3:20 Monarch of the Glen 4:30 Ellen 5:30 Gilmore Girls 6:30 Friends 7:30 David Attenborough’s Life in Cold Blood 8:40 The Enforcer 10:40 The Longest Yard

7MATE

5:30 Dream Car Garage 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 BCF Adventure TV: Hook, Line and Sinker 8:30 MXTV 9:00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions 10:00 Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy 11:00 American Pickers 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 1:00 S.W.A.T. 2:00 Charlie’s Angels 3:00 Abandoned 3:30 Rocket City Rednecks 4:00 Bomb Hunters 5:00 Outback Truckers 6:00 American Pickers 7:00 Pawn Stars 7:30 World’s Craziest Fools 8:30 Family Guy 10:30 American Dad! 12:00 Behind The Blacklist

SBS FOOD

11:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 1:00 Mystery Diners 2:00 Chopped 3:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 3:30 30 Minute Meals 4:00 5 Ingredient Fix 4:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics 5:00 Kelsey’s Essentials 5:30 Secret Meat Business 6:00 Boys Weekend 6:30 Nigella Bites 7:00 Dinner at Tiffani’s 7:30 Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day 8:30 Giada at Home 9:30 Mystery Diners 10:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 10:30 Chopped 11:30 Kelsey’s Essentials 12:00 Secret Meat Business

7MATE

5:30 Home Shopping 7:00 BCF Adventure TV: Hook, Line and Sinker 7:30 My Fishing Place 8:30 Dream Car Garage 9:00 A Football Life 10:00 Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy 11:00 American Pickers 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 1:00 S.W.A.T. 2:00 Charlie’s Angels 3:00 Rocket City Rednecks 4:00 Hillbilly Handfishin’ 5:00 Outback Truckers 6:00 American Pickers 7:00 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 9:35 xXx: The Next Level 11:40 Defiance

SBS FOOD

12:00 Giada at Home 1:00 Mystery Diners 2:00 Chopped 3:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 3:30 30 Minute Meals 4:00 5 Ingredient Fix 4:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics 5:00 Kelsey’s Essentials 5:30 Secret Meat Business 6:00 Boys Weekend 6:30 Nigella Bites 7:00 Dinner at Tiffani’s 7:30 Guy’s Grocery Games 8:30 Beat Bobby Flay 9:30 Mystery Diners 10:25 Food Safari Fire Bitesize 10:30 Chopped 11:30 Kelsey’s Essentials 12:00 Secret Meat Business

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November Colours

By Barbara Moran, Good Earth Gardening in November is always fun. The summer vegies are all growing and the seeds that I planted a few weeks ago are starting to emerge. This year we are a long way behind last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth due to very late frosts and cool weather. Seasons are different year to year and although I have been lucky with not covering vegies like tomatoes a lot of people have lost their early plantings. At this time last year I had small zucchinis on my zucchini plants and large tomatoes on my tomato plants. Every year I plant magic beans with my grandchildren. When they come back to visit they are amazed at how big they have grown. Last week we planted purple climbing beans and Red Emperors. If you have not put any vegies in yet then you are definitely not too late this year but right on time. This Spring I have noticed that the weeds are out of control. The strong winds have carried seeds far and wide and the rain has encouraged the growth of the weeds. The flickweed is rampant and as soon as you try to pull it out it flicks seeds into the garden. Flick weed (Cardamine hirsute) seeds grow very fast and can

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germinate within five days and reach 90% germination by 13 days so in fact they can take over your garden patch very quickly. These weeds cannot be put into the compost. If you need to compost them then place them in a bucket of water for a week or so first to drown the seeds. The potatoes have grown into healthy bushes but will not be ready to harvest until the plants have flowered and died down to the ground usually three to four months after planting. If left in the ground too long then your potatoes will start to shoot so I generally harvest them when the plant dies down. It is important to mulch thickly around potato plants to retain moisture and protect the tubers from light. Potatoes exposed to light turn green and develop a toxic substance. In the berry patch the currants have fruit already and the raspberries, boysenberries and young berries are in flower. If you have a spot for some blueberries you will need to purchase two different varieties for pollination. Blueberries do require planting in an acid soil or if putting them in a trough or pot you can use an Azalea or Rhododendron potting mix.

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In the last 2015/16 financial year residents of Lithgow City Council have recycled over 1600 tonnes of recyclable materials Reducing waste is important for protecting the environment. The simplest and easiest way to reduce waste is to recycle. Recycling ensures the reduction in general waste entering landfills unnecessarily. By recycling we are reducing the amount of raw material taken from the earth and processed to make a new product. This saves resources and energy by recycling what has already been made. Recycling is easy and great for the environment, for every kilogram of cardboard recycled, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saving up to one kilogram of greenhouse gases! Recycling can help reduce the amount of rubbish going to landfill and also prevent the wasting of valuable resources. I urge all residence to consider what they are placing in their Red lidded bin, is it recyclable?

If you have already done so your roses should be fed up with some organic compost, screened cow manure or pelleted Rose Food. Flowering at the moment are the beautiful Osteospermum, Dutch Iris, Petunias, Daphne, Waratahs, Marigolds, Violas, Armeria, Tree Peonies and starting to bud up are the Salvias. New on the scene this year is a Deep Purple Petunia with White splashes called Petunia Night Sky it will be perfect for pots or garden beds. Whether you love or hate it each flower has different markings making it a standout feature in the garden. Barbara Moran is a long time team member of GoodEarth Nursery at Lidsdale. She has an extensive knowledge and experience of both exotic and native gardens.

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Christmas and Beyond Luncheon Christmas Day Lunch: 9:30am till 3:00pm Where: Lithgow Bible Church Hall, 1 Col Drewe Drive, South Bowenfels, adjacent to the Lithgow Hospital Do you find at this time of year, that you begin to feel a little left behind as people prepare to spend a day of gift giving with family and friends. You may find yourself without family or friends, or feel unable to meet the expectations that are being placed upon you to join in with those around you. In that case, Christmas may already be sorted for you. For the past 13 years Christmas and Beyond has been hosting for all that wish to attend a lunch to celebrate Christmas. If you would like to come then you are welcome to join us. It will be held at the Lithgow Bible Church Hall, 1 Col Drewe Drive, South Bowenfels,

adjacent to the Lithgow Hospital, starting at 9:30 with an extended morning tea. The Lithgow community support Christmas and Beyond, and we cannot thank enough those people and groups that continue to allow lives to be positively touched in this way. Companies and groups that generously support us are The Lithgow Workmen’s Club, L.J.Hooker, Energy Australia, Westfund, Lithgow Lions, plus many individuals. Christmas and Beyond also needs people to help run the day. Much of the work involved is done before the date. We need people to help set up the hall on Friday

the 23rd Dec. starting at 3:00pm, and also people to serve and cleanup on Christmas day, from 9:00 am till 4:00pm. Do not feel you need to commit to the entire day to help. Christmas and Beyond appreciate whatever time you wish to gift us. Perhaps one gift you could give the community this year is yourself.

For further information you can contact Craig Rayner on 0456 560018, email craig@ craigrayner.com or write to Christmas and Beyond 39 Wrights Road Lithgow 2790.

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COMMUNITY NOTICES QUILT SHOW

Money Raised will support both White Ribbon and Lithgow Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Family Abuse

The Friends of St. John’s Church Wallerawang will be holding their second Quilt Show on the 12th November 2016 starting at 10.00 am and finishing at 4.00 p.m. Gold coin donation to view these amazing quilts, there will be a special section of quilts for children also a craft stall with wonderful Christmas gifts and a BBQ lunch will be available.

Mid-week church service

(first Wednesday of each month) Wednesday, 2nd November 11.00 – 1.00 Old hymns, prayers & sermon followed by a light lunch Lithgow Baptist church (cnr Lee St & Great Western H’way) ALL WELCOME

Portland Tidy Town market Saturday 5th November Open from 9am - 1pm New Stall Holders Welcome Gates open 7:30 Williwa Street Portland $15 entry per person Food and drink can be purchased at the Bistro Teams are asked to register by contacting Lithgow Community Projects Inc 6351 2230 or 28 Main Street, Lithgow. * Participation in games and raffles will require a gold coin donation

Join The Lithgow White Ribbon walk and Make a stand against Domestic Violence By walking with white ribbon ambassador Darryl Goodwin and other local policeman, Fire and Rescue, ambulances, workers at State Debt, corrective services, general community services, sports clubs, and general community members and businesses. Everyone welcome!

All men, women and children in the Lithgow Community welcome to walk in unity with us!

The walk starts at Queen Elizabeth Park, gather at 4pm for 4.20pm walk on 25th November 2016. Walk ends at Workies club. No need to book, just turn up.

Senior’s Monthly Morning Tea Come one, come all! It’s Free! Come and have a cuppa and light food in pleasant company! Your Entertainment this month is provided by **Ian and Rita Kinross** Specializing in the songs of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley John Kearns returns as your MC Where? Mary O’Leary Centre, 43 Williwa St Portland. When? Tuesday the 8th of November at 1030am

LOJORN ROSE DAY 13th November 2016 Entry is via a $5 donation

Morning or afternoon tea is available $15 will get your a BBQ lunch All money raised this year will go to help the up keep of St Matthews Church, Rydal, built in 1869, and to help local women in crisis. As usual there will be plenty to see with over 400 varieties of roses in the garden. There will also be a cat show and of course, horses, sheep, chooks and Daddy Peacock. Garden is open from 11am till 4pm The address is 183 Stacks Rd Rydal. Contact Lorraine on 6355 6222

The Lithgow Valley Film Society will be screening the

After the Walk, you are invited to stay on at the Workies for an evening of trivia for our annual. Also

Trivia Night in Support of White Ribbon &

Lithgow Partnerships against Domestic Violence and Family abuse 7pm for 7.30pm start Info and bookings for Trivia for Lithgow Community Projects (02) 63 51 2230

“I want to tell people that family violence happens to (anybody), no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent you are” Rosie Batty (Feb 14, 2014)

New Release Movie-‘’ THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY’’- 2016-PG. Stars Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise, Stephen Fry and Toby Jones. Based on a true story it is based in Colonial India in 1913. Srinivasa [Patel ] is a 25 year old shipping clerk and self- taught mathematical genius. Determined to pursue his passion despite rejection and derision from his peers, he writes a letter to G.H .Hardy [Irons] an eminent British mathematics Professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. Hardy recognises the originality and brilliance of Ramanujan’s raw talent and despite the scepticism of his colleagues, the professor undertakes to bring him to Cambridge so that his theories can be explored. An incredible story and film. SCREENSFRIDAY 4th November. 10.30 AM Sunday 6th November 2.30 PM

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Local towns encouraged to apply for the NSW Healthy Town Challenge

Cup day fun raises funds for CAN Assist

Small rural communities can now apply for NSW Healthy Town Challenge funding of $15,000 each for 2017. Grants are available for five towns in NSW to organise healthy eating active living projects.

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A big thank you to everyone who came along to the Melbourne Cup Luncheon yesterday at the Commercial Hotel By Rhonda Collins To Owen and Staff at the Commercial Hotel, thank you for the great service and delicious buffet of Chicken, Prawns and Champagne. To the ladies from CAN Assist, Margaret Burns and Doreen Minor, who attended thank you it was wonderful for us to put together a fun afternoon and in the process raised some money for your wonderful organisation. A total of $700 was raised. well done everyone Some great prizes were given out Lucky door prize donated by Stoo-De-Ho 26 was won by Cheryl Van Der Velden. We had some very Fascinating Fascinators but the winner shoe looked stunning was Cheryl Wilson. Raffle prize donated by Commercial Hotel was won by Doreen Minor. So thank you once again to everyone who attended. Owen and Staff of Commercial Hotel. All in all, a great afternoon with a few winners backed.

Family Twilight Markets

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Four western NSW towns were successful in gaining grants in the last two years, with the Twin Towns Tottenham Tullamore winning the first Challenge in 2015. First prize is an extra $5,000 to spend on improving the healthy living environment. Wellington also had healthy living activities in 2015 and this year Cowra and Warren both ran major projects in their towns, with great results. Projects need to include referring people to the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, which provides free telephone health coaching over six months. To apply for funding, towns must have a population of between 1,000 and 15,000 people. Smaller villages can combine to reach the 1,000 minimum. Towns who have received a grant before cannot apply again. Projects could include community weight loss efforts, walking events, healthy cooking classes, vegetable workshops, giving pedometers to local residents or any original healthy living idea a town can think of. Strong partnerships between health workers, community groups and local businesses need to be outlined in the application, to produce long term benefits. Funding is provided by the NSW Office of Preventive Health and Heart Foundation (NSW). Support is available from Sydney as well as locally from Health Promotion Officers with Western NSW Local Health District by emailing WNSWLHD-HealthPromotion@ health.nsw.gov.au for writing your application and implementing your project. If your town is big on community initiatives and has a group of people with time, passion and skills to get an application in by the closing date of 14 November, check out the Application Form at www.preventivehealth. net.au. The website also has a Healthy Town Challenge summary fact sheet and brochure for the eligibility criteria, application process, winner selection criteria and a list of the available support for successful towns. There is also a link to a very useful resource called Creating Heart Healthy Towns, from the Heart Foundation, which has lots of ideas in it. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this opportunity to get funding to help make your community healthier.

For the whole family

market stalls, food & coffee vendors raffles & games music & fun

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amazing Psychic Readers giving mini-sessions and our beauty team for mini appointments

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an appearance by Blinky Bill and our Blinky Fairy

For information or bookings contact

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or the Centre on 6355 5833

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Vale of Clywdd needs your help! Your local Landcare group needs your help! Landcare and Local Land Services are working together to hold a community planting day at the Vale of Clwydd on Saturday 12 November 2016. Our creeks are essential in providing habitat and corridors for our birds and wildlife - they also can help to make it nice place for people to live! The Vale of Clwydd Community Planting Day has become an annual event. This year we aim to plant 500 native plants to improve bank stability, downstream water quality and habitat for native plants and animals. Our objective is to replace the weeds infesting the area with a mix of native wetland species. The community planting day is supported by Lithgow Oberon Landcare Association, Lithgow City Council and Central Tablelands Local Land Services. All community members are invited to come along to show we care about our local creek and to plant some native plants followed by a sausage sizzle lunch. What: Vale of Clwyyd Tree Planting Day When: Saturday 12 November 2016 Time: 9:30am - 1:00pm Where: Vale of Clwyyd (off Mort Street) RSVP: Marg Duffy email: marg.duffy@lls.nsw.gov.au phone: 6350 3113

Perfume, Kisses and Roses An exciting concert of French, German and English art song as well as Classical and Romantic operatic arias will be taking place at Mitchell Conservatorium’s Lithgow building on Friday 11th November at 7.30pm. Performing on the evening will be singer Julia Romano with associate artists Cindy Fox, pianoforte, and Rosemarie Barnes, clarinet. Julia’s performance experience includes major roles in opera and musical theatre as well as solo work in numerous recitals throughout Sydney and the Central West. Cindy Fox is well known to Lithgow audiences having performed here as a soloist on a number of occasions. Rosemarie Barnes has had extensive experience performing in Europe, especially Germany, before settling in the Central West 15 years ago. She has been in demand as a performer as both a soloist and guest artist with several chamber groups and Macquarie Philharmonia since coming here. All three are members of Mitchell Conservatorium teaching staff.

Tickets for the concert are $30 for adults, $20 concession and $80 for a family of four. Tickets are available at the door. Doors open at 7pm. Call 6351 3990 for further information or to book a seat.

Summer Season Starter at JM Robson Aquatic Centre Council is conducting an Open Day at the JM Robson Aquatic Centre to celebrate the completion of the upgrade of the 50m Pool. The Open Day will be held on Sunday, 6th November 2016 from 8am til 6pm. “Council is very proud of the investment in the upgraded infrastructure.” said Lithgow City Mayor, Councillor Stephen Lesslie. Activities for the Open Day include: • An inflatable on the 50m pool • FREE learn to swim assessments for Term 1, 2017 • FREE trial Aqua classes at 8.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm and 4.30pm • Information sessions from organizations such as Lithgow Swimming Club • Plus much more

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The JM Robson Aquatic Centre staff look forward to seeing everyone there. “Please come along and join in the fun and take the opportunity to view Council’s investment which is designed for all ages.” concluded Mayor Lesslie.

Entry is by gold coin donation so come down and join in the fun!

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DAPHNE BLACKLEY’S MEMORY HONORED

Dr Derek N. Allan BDS Hons (Syd), DCD Orth (Melb), MOrth RCS (Edin), Specialist Orthodontist

Beautiful smiles. Excellent treatment. Specialist care. Treatments include braces, Invisalign, ceramic braces, lingual braces, plates and appliances. Speedway stars of the future:(Back) Jackson Goldie,Bek Giffin,Jaiden Healey,Bailey Brennan and Ethan Field. (Front)Sarah Bradley,Tarah Swadling and Ethan Brown. A top effort was also put in by Brendon McManus also in a Magna and Shane Clark driving a Falcon ute. The Williams Liquid Waste Service Series Production class gave Orange driver Mat Hutchison two heat victories whilst the other was won by ACT Champion Wes Barnes who also won the thrilling ten lap feature followed home by fellow Commodore peddlers Hutchison and Peter Simmons. Kevin Sawdy drove well in his new Commodore while Scott Bradley battled for the minor placings with Mitchell Duggan, Bruce Bradley and Terry Board. The Stones Pest & Weed Control Junior “all star” Class saw some really top class racing with Ethan Brown, Bek Giffin and Sarah Bradley each claiming a heat victory while Tarah Swadling took the feature win over Giffin, Bradley, Brown and Amber Culverson. The Suez Junior “new star” Class for 10 to 13 year olds saw some spirited drives from four youngsters taking to the track for the very first time. Coming from a speedway racing family it was no surprise that Jaiden Healey would clean up in his Story & photo by Les Taylor Corolla but not before some great racing with Jackson A grand parade started the meeting off with Daphne’s Goldie, Bailey Brennan and Ethan Field who was the husband Ray riding in the Green Machine push ute improver to snatch second place in the feature event followed by son Kevin in his restored LJ Torana, then driving an iconic Datsun 1200. The Tony Scott Plant Hire RSA Street Stocker class Raymond Giffin driving a similar Torana followed then by Kevin’s wife Jodie and their two speedway star boys is always a highlight of racing and this time Sydney Martin and Andrew. driver Chris Marino ran riot in his Ford Falcon to win Ray Blackley, club president for over thirty years, two heats with David Giffin taking out the other. later thanked new president Ray Healey and his Jodie Blackley won the amazing feature race chased secretary wife Sue for taking over the running of the all the way by husband Kevin, David Giffin, youngest speedway plus their continued support of his family son Andrew, eldest brother Martin and an out of and friends. control Shaun Davoodi. The evening came to a bone jarring, panel pounding Moruya driver Bruce Irvine took one heat of the end with seven cars fighting it out to the end in an JR Conveyors Four Cylinder class but it was raceway amazing demolition derby. sponsor Ed Newton who took out the feature and two There was only one stoppage during the car heat in his Honda chased all the way by Colin Mitchell, crunching event with Stuart Brown needing assistance Ray Hawkins and Bathurst debutant Chloe Board. from his totally destroyed Corolla after being rammed Chloe’s father, Bathurst builder Danny Board drove and ridden by Mitchell Duggan’s Magna. the Laser to victory in every heat and the feature of the After Duggan managed to get his car off Brown’s Portland Newsagency Second Drivers Class over the wreckage he set out after Jono Paskins’ Magna with Commodore campaigner Rob Barnes. some sensational crashes. Rob Eyeington looked set to dominate the Portland Paskins eventually was the last man standing with Automotive Compact Speedcar Class but he was beaten second place going to Duggan while one handed driver in heat two by Gaby Yammouni and Stewart Henderson Adrian Clark of Sydney was third in his Falcon Van. in the grueling fifteen lap feature. Stuart Brown was award the bravest driver trophy Top class performances also came from Nathan while Scott Medlin took home the best presented O’Brien, Steven Hawkworth, Andrew Coopock, Rod trophy for his camouflage Hyundai dedicated to the Burns and Craig Hickey. memory of his late military serving father Bruce. Mud marred the running of the Speedway Karts

A short shower at the end of the third event slackened the dust during the opening speedway meeting of the Portland District Motor Sports Club new season at the Cullen Bullen Raceway last Saturday dedicated in honor of the late Daphne Blackley.

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02 6352 5878 Ground Floor, 11 Bridge Street, Lithgow www.lithgoworthodontics.com racing with all drivers struggling with flying blind but Joel Robertson managed to stay ahead of the menacing pack to take victory in two heats and the final from Rob Adams and Grey Ryan. Ray Goodyer won the other heat ahead of Tony Bell, Wade Pilgrim, Matt Elliott and Peter Ellis. Rounding out the open wheeler classes were fourteen beautifully restored Vintage Speedcars and eight Vintage Modifieds. Results of the pointscore held over three by six lap heats and a ten lap feature race were as follows: JR Conveyors Four Cylinders;1st Edward Newton Honda Orange, 2nd Bruce Irvine Laser Moruya, 3rd Colin Mitchell Toyota Moruya. Stones Pest & Weed Control “all stars” Juniors ;1st Sarah Bradley Corolla Blayney, 2nd Ethan Brown Hyundai, 3rd Tarah Swadling Honda Orange. Tony Scott Plant Hire “new stars” Juniors:1st Jaiden Healey Corolla Portland, 2nd Jackson Goldie Corolla Orange, 3rd Bailey Brennan Charade Newcastle, 4th Ethan Field Datsun Portland. Coates Hire RSA Street Stock:1st Chris Marino Falcon Sydney, 2nd Kevin Blackley Falcon Cullen Bullen, 3rd Andrew Blackley Commodore Cullen Bullen. Portland Newsagency Series Production class;1st Mathew Hutchison Commodore Orange, 2nd Wes Barnes Commodore Dubbo, 3rd Kevin Sawdy Commodore Portland. Centennial Coal Second Drivers;1st Danny Board Laser Bathurst, 2nd Rob Barnes Commodore Dubbo. Royal Hotel Cullen Bullen Compact Speedcars;1st Stewart Henderson, 2nd Rob Eyeington, 3rd Gaby Yammouni. Suez Environmental Services Speedway Karts:1st Joel Robertson, 2nd Rob Adams, 3rd Greg Ryan. The speedway canteen committee are pleased to announce that they have made a donation to the hats on for Zara appeal. The new 2016-17 speedway season continues on Saturday 26th November with the Australian “soft nose” Fender Bender Championship at the Cullen Bullen Raceway.

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