Cape York Weekly Edition 101

Cape York Weekly FREE – #101 | Tuesday, September 13, 2022 SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION ourFarewell,Queen Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

“I just remember she looked very pretty; as a kid I was thinking she looked really beautiful.”

“We had to train how to walk with books on our heads and curtsy.

JUST 450 people lived in Cook town when Queen Elizabeth II sailed in on April 22, 1970.

It was actually quicker for Her Majesty to travel by sea than road back then, such was the state of the road.Accompanied by His Royal Highness, the late Prince Philip, and their daughter Princess Anne, there was a buzz in the air when the Brittania appeared in the En deavour River.

“They were saying we need

“I was just excited, I wasn’t nervous. I was excited really to meet the Queen. (Prince Philip) was there but we didn’t meet him, it was the Queen we focused on.”

“We were the first ones to meet them at the Queen’s steps. They asked us a few questions, asked about our age, if we liked school.

“(The Queen) was only there for a few hours. She arrived and had the welcome down at the water front.“She was lovely. She reminded me of my mother. She had a lovely, friendly face.

“I went to Cooktown school and they were going around the class room saying the Queen’s coming to visit Cooktown,” she said.

Jenny Creek now lives in Coen but can still remember her brush with royalty.

“Two of the girls had pink and two had aqua. The girls in pink presented flowers to her at the museum and the other two at the wharf when she arrived.

“I didn’t get a photo with her because I was never in the right place. My husband at the time did.

Locals lined the foreshore to get a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Princess Anne when they visited on April 22, 1970.

“Every afternoon after school we went out and tried our dresses and kept practising our walk.

Queen Elizabeth II unveils a monument rock in the Endeavour River in 1970.

“Me and Yvonne Palmer were the girls that welcomed them (the royals) to Cooktown. I gave flow ers and had to do the curtsy, while Yvonne gave flowers to Princess Anne, who was behind the Queen.

The Queen comes to Cooktown:

Irene Bowyer (nee Doughboy) also had a royal interaction.

Lyn Potter, a former nurse, took photographs of the Queen during her visit to Cooktown.

As reported by Australian As sociated Press at the time: “Queen Elizabeth met another monarch –Mr George Doughboy, the ‘king’ of the Bloomfield District aborigi nals. Mr Doughboy, a small man wearing a brass plate inscribed with his rank around his neck, is believed to be about 100 years old.”Granddaughter

“We all pitched in. A Royal tour was something we’d never had be fore and we had to get it right.

“I wasn’t part of organising it but I made dresses for the four girls who presented flowers to the Queen,” she said from Cairns.

some girls to present the key (to the front door of the newly refur bished James Cook Museum) and flowers to the Queen.

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“Over the years, I’ve col lected pictures of the Queen. I’ve watched her grow up.”

“My children love that photo.

Cooktown’s population swelled as a result of the Royal visit, with many locals now saying it helped restore town pride and build a resurgance in local commerce, leading to future growth.

and pink stockings,” she told Cape York Weekly

“A lot of girls put their hands up and I was chosen. We always talk about“Mythis.niece put a photo of myself and Margaret (Rootsey, one of the other four girls, now deceased) on Facebook, saying this looks like you, is this you? It gave me goose bumps.”MsCreek said a lot of prepara tion went into the visit.

“I’d just turned 12 about five days before. I think they picked me because old Granddad Doughboy

Jenny Creek and Margaret Rootsey presented a key to Her Majesty at the opening of James Cook Museum.

“We had to do training, get our outfit all fitted, pink little dress

“I was such a shy kid, it was so scary. We had training for weeks before.“Ididn’t even hang around town (after meeting the Queen), I lived out of town past the racecourse, I got on my pushbike and rode straight home.

“He was in a line of sailors shak ing hands along with his brother.

Irene recalled: “Everyone had to dress up with the hats and gloves.

was the King from Wujal and they sat right next to the stage, all done up in their glad rags,” she said.

The Royal Family even brought their own Rolls Royce, which was hoisted off the vessel and used to transport the Queen to different parts of Cooktown.

Officially there to open the James Cook Museum and unveil a plaque and rock at the site where the Endeavour was brought in for repairs in 1770, the Queen was re portedly delighted with being able to attend a small town and immerse herself with local culture.

The Torres Strait Island performers stole the show, according to media reports at the time.

The Cairns Post said: “Roads from Cairns to Cooktown for the Royal visit next week are now restored and in as good a condi tion as they have been for the past 15 years, the administrator of the Cook Shire (Mr G. D. Gallop) said.

“There should be no difficulty driving to Cooktown within the next few days provided due cau tion is exercised at gully cross ings,” Mr Gallop said.

visit to Cooktown as one of the most important events of the Royal tour,” he said.

Cooktown, which once boasted a population of 30,000 in the gold rush and more than 30 hotels, had to bring in reinforcements for the swell in visitors, who came from across the Peninsula to see the Queen.Thirty tents and 100 beds were sent by the army to Cooktown to cater for any overflow from hotels and caravan parks.

The Queen, who had just turned 44, made the effort to say hello to all members of the re-enactment party.

Under the headline “Wild war dance upsets aboriginals Royal plans”, AAP reported: “The dis play by the Torres Strait Islanders overshadowed a re-enactment of the landing of Captain Cook 200 years ago, and upset plans for a party of local aboriginals to wave spears and boomerangs at Cook’s landing party.

– By Matt Nicholls, Sarah Martin and Samuel Davis

The Queen opens the James Cook Museum. You can also see Prince Philip and Princess Anne.

Mr Gallop said the crowd should show their appreciation.

A NEW ERA CURRENT Cook Shire mayor Peter Scott wasn’t living at Cook town in 1970 but said the Queen’s visit was still fondly remembered.

“It brought a lot of joy to a lot of people when she visited.”

The mayor said her passing would be felt for a long time.

“Considering the fact that the Royal family has seen fit to honour such as sparsely populated area at a small sea-side town because of its connotations surely marks this

“A lot of people looked to her for solidarity and continuity. She was solid as a rock in her manner, her approach and leadership.”

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Cr Scott said he believed the Queen’s passing would start a new referendum movement to make Australia a republic.

THE reporting of the Queen’s visit was brutal from the wire service.

“She was a bit of glue, not just for the British but for the whole Commonwealth,” he said.

and war paint, danced in a sym bolic battle between New Guinea hillmen and Torres Strait Islanders.

“George Blanco, of Murray Is land, played the islanders’ leader, Beizan, and Kala Waia of Saibai Island, played Kuian Wakemab, the New Guinea leader.”

“The islanders, wearing Emu and Cockatoo feather headdress

ISLANDERS POPULAR

“Only five were at the shore when the landing was staged.

“Organisers blamed the pres ence of 40 husky islanders for the failure of 15 aboriginals to appear for the pageant.

WHILE Cooktown’s population had stagnated, visitors came from far and wide for the visit.

“People still come up to me and share their memories of that day,” he said on Friday.

locals look back on HRM’s visit

Queen Elizabeth is greeted by students and parents from the Butchers Hill School.

“I think we’ll see that bob up.”

THE WAY IT WAS

Irene Bowyer (nee Doughboy) and Yvonne Palmer presented flowers to HRM.

Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch was also invited and soon requested Mrs Stapley tailor him a shirt for the occasion.

“I wasn’t given much notice,” Mrs Stapley said.

KATHY

“But then I thought, Warren’s the one who was going to be wear ing it, not me.”

“Seeing her in person, I was as tonished by how pretty she was. Even as an older woman, she was veryMrbeautiful.”Entsch said Queen Eliza beth left a remarkable legacy.

In 2002, the former Cooktown seamstress was honoured to attend an event in Cairns for the Royal Flying Doctor’s Service with Her Majesty in attendance.

“I had been pushing tropi cal shirt Fridays pretty hard back then,” the MP recalled.

– Story by Samuel Davis

“She was absolutely delightful,” he said. “She was everything that people say she is. She was gracious and she was good humoured.

upon seeing it. “Everyone else was sweating in their tuxedos inside an RFDS hangar,” he said.

“I remember the conversation went something along the lines of ‘Kath, I’m going to meet the Queen. We need to show her and the Duke what we’re really like up here’,” Mrs Stapley said.

“To be honest, I was a bit fright ened I’d get locked up and taken away for being disrespectful.

“A few dignitaries turned their noses at it but I think they loved it.”The Member for Leichhardt even passed on “his personal tai lor’s details” in case the Queen wanted to buy her husband some thingMrssimilar.Stapley said she never heard from the royal family but is tickled to know she custom made a garment worn in the Queen’s hon our.“Sewing was really just a hob by,” she said.

Stapley will never forget her tropical for mal wear that left the late Queen Elizabeth in stitches.

Despite the dress code being strictly formal, Mr Entsch’s sarto rial specifications left Mrs Stapley worried.“Ithad to be tropical, bright, colourful and cheerful,” she said.

“But I was born in England, so I am a royalist at heart.

Mr Entsch said the shirt made quite the impression with Prince Phillip, who reportedly chortled

The late Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II were regular visitors to Australia. Twenty years ago, they were introduced to Warren Entsch, who was wearing a Cooktown-made tropical shirt.

“So I had a reputation to up hold.”Inkeeping with the dress code, the self-confessed “fabric hoarder” fashioned a bright yellow formal shirt featuring multi-coloured ma caws and tropical foliage.

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“Shirts are quite fiddly. You’ve got buttonholes and the collar.

How a Cooktown seamstress put together an unforgettable outfit

“It’s a very labour intensive job but I got it done with a few days to spare.“I’dmade Warren a few shirts by then and thankfully, there was a shop in Cairns that had really spe cial prints that I’d buy with colour ful crocodiles and things like that.”

“You got a sense of how spe cial she was being around her. She spent more than 70 years in service of the “It’sCommonwealth.sadbutanopportunity to celebrate a life very well lived.”

Kathy Stapley now lives in Woodgate but still loves sewing.

Warren Entsch loves a loud shirt.

Mr Entsch meanwhile, deter mined to make an impression, was entirely unfazed.

With school holidays approach ing, Weipa-based Senior Sergeant Warren Flegg said the rising road toll was alarming.

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“It’s certainly not acceptable,” he “Roadsaid. deaths can happen any

AUTHORITIES are issuing a des perate plea to motorists on Cape York roads to drive safely follow ing three deadly crashes and mul tiple serious accidents this month.

where. People need to start to take responsibility for their driving.

Cape’s worst

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By SAMUEL DAVIS

week THREE ROAD FATALITIES IN SEVEN DAYS

“Enough is enough.”

Remarkably, the number could have been even higher after a man and woman were lucky to walk away alive after a van rolled over on Shiptons Flat Road at Helen vale on September 6.

Cooktown State School last week welcomed Annastacia Palaszczuk after the Premier made an impromtu visit to the community. Cook Shire mayor Peter Scott introduced the Premier and Minister Leanne Linard to the school’s leaders and principal. Premier’s visit – Pages 6, 7 & 10

Two separate vehicle rollo vers near Lakeland and Rossville proved fatal last week.

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More than 200 people have died on Queensland roads this year with fears the state will reach its worst record in more than a decade.

It comes after a Wujal Wujal man died on Homerule Road af ter a vehicle veered into Wallaby Creek on Friday, September 2.

Two men escaped with minor injuries after their vehicle clipped the car in front of them as they crossed the Little Annan Bridge near Cooktown, causing them to lose control and veer off the road and into the river.

“Maybe you can’t contrib ute to society after the accident, earn an income or raise a family.

“Weroads.have

Driving to conditions, par ticularly during the wet season, was“We’recritical.already starting to see some early rain so there are a lot of elements at play.”

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Some accidents stay with

“It’s hard, especially when it involves young people,” Senior Sergeant Flegg said.

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Driving while fatigued

emergency service providers forever, the veteran officer said.

“The van then partially rolled off the embankment, struck a large tree, and was then held up by Seniorvegetation.”Sergeant Flegg said witnessing the grief and sorrow families suffer following an ac cident was heartbreaking, no matter how long you’ve served.

Later this year, the Weipa officer in charge will address Western Cape College students about potential dangers on Cape York a mock traffic crash

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“If you’re a police officer for 20 years, let’s say you witness two crashes a year.

“It can ruin people’s lives.”

Driving under the influence of substances (drugs/alcohol) Not wearing a seatbelt

“That’s potentially 40 fatali ties you’ll have seen. Then there are the nurses, doctors and phys ios that have to help and support those that are injured.”

Police lament shocking period on region’s roads

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“From a first responder point of view it’s something that we deal with much more than the general public,” he said.

Cooktown Police were made aware of the crashed vehicle – which is resting on its roof opposite Springvale Station on the Mulligan Highway – in the early hours of last Tuesday. When police attended the scene, there were no occupants there and the car’s registration plates had been removed.

“The driver took evasive ac tion to avoid an oncoming vehi cle which had allegedly partially crossed onto the incorrect side of the road,” Senior Sergeant McArthur said.

feedback we’re getting is that maybe Year 10 and 11 students who are just learning to drive should be a part of it too so that they understand the impact of drugs and alcohol.”

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Driving while distracted (including mobile devices)

Cooktown officer in charge John McArthur said it was a lucky escape for the pair.

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QUEENSLAND Police say five behaviours contribute most sig nificantly to deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Speeding

and then talk to students about why an accident might occur,” he “Thesaid.

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“We’re coming up to school holidays which will be a busy time, too.”

The contacts proved use

communities and financial sus tainability.OnThursday, the contingent will visit Napranum to inspect some of the new projects and initiatives in the community.

By MATT NICHOLLS

“There is a lot of value in showing off our communities

Western Cape prepared to host regional councils

The councils will then return to Weipa for another meeting, including video link-ups to a number of government repre sentatives.

“We’ve got councils coming from across the whole Cape and the Torres Strait.

“The on-the-ground meetings have been popular in other parts of the region and we’ve made sure we’ve allowed time to sit down and discuss some of the major issues facing our councils.

“We’d like to thank the Mapoon and Napranum Abo riginal Shire Councils, as well as the Weipa Town Authority, for being such welcoming hosts.”

TCICA executive officer Melinda Eades said she was ex pecting a productive couple of days in the region.

COOKTOWN’S Walker Bay beach is cleaner than ever af ter a clean-up organised by the Lakeland State School.

With help from Lakeland State School staff, the students remove a large piece of rubbish from the Walker Bay beach.

MAYORS, councillors, CEOs and staff from the region’s councils will gather in Weipa, Mapoon and Napranum over the next three days for a series of events and Membersmeetings.ofthe Torres and Cape Indigenous Councils Alli ance (TCICA) are flying in from all corners of the Far North for the quarterly conference, which will involve on-site tours to the Aboriginal communities of Mapoon and Napranum.

Six students from Lakeland removed four large bags of rubbish.

councils will then sit down after lunch to discuss key issues, including issues with the latest Census data, sly grog in

The idea came after teacher Jeanette King visited Bathurst Heads and was horrified at all the plastic on the remote beach.

Ms King said lessons the stu dents were learning at school were having flow-on effect.

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to other councils in the region so they can see what is working elsewhere,” she said.

“I’ve been really impressed, they have all taken it on as something that they are going to change in their lives.”

“I spoke to our students and asked them what they thought we could do about it, and they already knew of a few groups we could email,” Ms King said.

Lakeland kids clean up Cooktown beach

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ful and resulted in a successful beach clean-up, with four huge bags of rubbish removed.

“One student whose dad smokes has a butt bin at home and she won’t let him put his butts anywhere else,” she said.

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Aurukun road tender

“We were seeing other areas where it was business as usual.

“We had a Police Liaison Of ficer but I didn’t want to do that.

“The more Indigenous em ployees we have within com munities the better our service delivery will be.”

Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council mayor Robbie Sands said recently the sense of isola

A QUEENSLAND politician has called on former Prime Min ister Scott Morrison to explain his “bizarre” role in Cape York’s longThelockdowns.PMwassecretly appoint ed to administer the Department of Health on March 14, 2020 de spite Greg Hunt already assum ing the role.

AUSTRALIANS will get a one-off public holiday on the national day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II later this month.

Less than two weeks later, the Cape was virtually closed off with movement strictly limited to essential travel.

The initiative is an important step towards reconciliation.

“That is what cultural aware ness and cultural safety is all about.“We need to make sure that it’s part of our patient-centred care.”Ms

Thomas, who works as an emergency medical dispatch of ficer, said working in the health sector can be a rewarding expe rience for First Nations peoples.

ScoMo sledged over secret ministries

COLOURFUL troopies patrol ling Cape York will encourage more conversations about health and wellbeing in remote Indig enous communities, Queensland Ambulance Service says.

“We shouldn’t be shy about bringing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling to gether with what we do every day,” Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said

The single engine turbo-prop plane, owned by Cenderawasih Air, was en-route to Papua New Guinea via Horn Island about 11am on Monday, September 5 when it began experiencing engine failure.

“Mayors have a right to ask those questions,” she said.

tion took a toll on his commu nity’s mental health.

Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council says the ferry will operate its normal hours for the rest of the week.

FNQ Civil was handed the tender at last week’s Cook Shire Council meeting.

The Prime Minister and GovernorGeneral will travel to London for the Queen’s funeral, with the memorial to be held upon their return.

By SAMUEL DAVIS

“It’s completely unheard of in this country and “(Lockdowns)bizarre.keptour Indig enous communities safe but that vaccine was supposed to roll out and be led by the federal govern ment and they completely failed.

The health provider unveiled two new vehicles bound for Cooktown and Kowanyama this week, featuring art created by designer Keisha Thomason in collaboration with QAS staff.

“It was up to us to have to step in and perform that role.”

“I never saw Indigenous para medics or firefighters as a kid,” she said.

Mindy Thomas and long-time Yarrabah paramedic Claine Underwood stand next to the QAS’s new-look vehicles.

Public holiday for Queen

“Health is a very private thing, so if we can start to break down those barriers people can start to talk to us about things that are happening at home. This starts the conversation.”

The commercial flight was believed to have two pilots, but was not carrying any passengers at the time.

Emergency landing

A PILOT has managed to glide into Cooktown Airport safely after reporting engine failure 30km out of town.

A COOKTOWN company has been awarded a sealing project on the Aurukun Access Road, which will complete the bitumen from the community to the Peninsula Developmental Road.

“With the impending wet season, the completion of these works will also help improve all-weather access.”

Mr Albanese said he had written to advise state and territory leaders of the holiday.

“Back in 2020 as a newly elected mayor the Biosecurity Act was needed because COVID was an unknown (threat),” Cr Sands

“Butsaid.astime went on, voices in the community became loud er to lift the biosecurity zone.

“I’m proud of what we did to keep people safe and that in cluded working closely with our mayors in remote Indigenous communities.“ButIwill never get my head

“The road provides critical access for the Aurukun community and local stations to the PDR,” mayor Peter Scott said.

“I’ll leave it to the LNP to ex plain their decisions.

Deadly vehicles to drive better Cape York health

THE Jardine River Ferry will be closed all day for urgent repairs on Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Police, QFES and ambulance personnel rushed to what could have potentially been a serious plane crash, however the pilot managed to land safely.

“It will be a one-off national public holiday to allow people to pay their respects for the passing of Queen Elizabeth,” Mr Albanese said.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said community leaders deserved to know who was in charge at the time.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, September 22 would be a holiday to coincide with a memorial service for the Queen.

around why Scott Morrison kept secret ministry (portfolios).

Works are anticipated to commence at the end of this month and should be finished by December, weather permitting.

“But right now, there are so many options for people to help our communities and this is an opportunity to encourage that.

“That time period caused a lot of stress for our people.”

The QAS’s freshly painted vehicles will be seen at major events across the Cape in the coming weeks.

The Caring for our mob to gether work will feature in QAS’s offices, documents, am bulances and uniforms as part of its commitment to health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderMindypeoples.Thomas, senior ad viser for QAS’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety unit, said the artwork will also help break down barriers for“Wepatients.want to make sure peo ple feel a connection to us,” the proud Birri Gubba and Gungalu woman“Historicallysaid. as a government agency we have not had the best relationship with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pa tients.“This is a way for us to try and improve that relationship so that uncles, aunties and ‘cuzzies’ feel they can talk to us in a safe space about their issues.

Don’t forget to protect yourself and others by staying up to date with your vaccinations. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and stay home if you are unwell.

If you want a Rapid Antigen Test (RATs) and you are well, you can get them from your local council. Find a full list of places on our Facebook page.

“They’re described as gallant in writings and praised for the way they behaved.

The brutal history of the Jar dine settlers, who served as police magistrates, farmers and adminis trators in the region, makes for un comfortable reading.

By SAMUEL DAVIS

Jardine no more – National Park

In 1864, Frank along with his younger brother, Alexander, drove 250 cattle from Rockhampton to the Cape’s tip, killing Aboriginal people on their 10-month journey.

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Not only have Traditional Owners been handed back more than 360,000 hectares of land, but they’ll also get to manage it in partnership with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service officers.

THE legacy of one of Cape York’s most controversial figures is being revisited following a major land handback to traditional owners.

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Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said many community members had waited generations to have their land back.

COVID-19 is still in our communities!

“These people were seen as co lonial heroes by European Austral ians at the time,” James Cook Uni versity historian Claire Brennan told Cape York Weekly

If you feel sick and need a RAT, please still visit your local Primary Health Care Centre. If you test positive, don’t forget to report your RAT at www.qld.gov.au/rat-positive or call 0438 755 738. This is important to help protect your community!

Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk returned more than 362,000 hec tares to the Gudang/Yadhaykenu, Atambaya and Angkamuthi (Sev en Rivers) peoples at Injinoo last week.As part of the agreement, Jar dine River National Park has been renamed Apudthama National Park and will be managed by na tive title holders in partnership with the Queensland government.

Minister Scanlon said last week.

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Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said many community members had waited generations to have their land back.

The area is made up of 319,300 hectares of national park and 42,799 hectares of Aboriginal free hold land.

“It’s going on all over the world.

The name change reflects changing attitudes towards colo nial settlers across the globe, Dr Brennan said.

“Who we are has been lost for many decades. Definitely it will be a brighter future for our kids, our grandkids and great grandkids.”

“The view of them is righteous and yet we see them as violent men forcing their way through now.

Wymarra said changing the park’s name to Apudthama (which means “everybody”) was an important step

“The brothers aren’t inquisitive scientific explorers. They’re set tling cattle and they’re doing it be cause they see money in it.”

It’s great to see this happen in Queensland as we come to terms with our past.”

Michael Solomon gives the Premier a tour of the surrounding Country. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk received a warm welcome from Traditional Owners at Injinoo.

Gudang Yadhaykenu Tradi tional Owner Nick Thompson

“It’sforward.been great to be able to have the opportunity to revive our dreaming again and for who we are, our identity,” Mr Wymarra told media at the handback.

“This is about land justice,”

“It’s about supporting the ambi tions and aspirations of First Na tionsThecommunities.landwillbe granted to the Ipima Ikaya Aboriginal Corpora tion RNTBC and the Atambaya Aboriginal Corporation on behalf of the Traditional Owners.

Also included in the handback is Denham Group National Park, part of Heathlands Reserve and Jardine River Reserve; and two offshore islands.

to atrocities in the past. In 2020, Western Australia renamed the King Leopold Ranges to Wun aamin Miliwundi.

“This is part of a broader move to deal with the colonial movement and assess it from the present,” she said.“We’ve seen the ‘statue wars’ deal with explorers and colonial administrators who are linked

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Weipa store manager Katie Far rell said locals would soon see the changes.“The application of review of Queensland trading laws for Wool worths’ six day per week traders has been approved by parliament, allowing us to trade on public holi days.“Woolies Weipa will now trade

sponders and emergency services officers and are always a great hit with the kids,” the MP said.

Katter’s Australian Party has spoken out against the changes, claiming it has an impact on inde pendent

“Thesegrocers.smaller retailers simply cannot compete with the big fish – across the board, whether it’s buying powers, staff wages, adver tising, they are undercut at every turn,” KAP’s Robbie Katter said.

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“Council is doing a good job in the community and I was pleased to hear about the progress of a number of local initiatives,” he said.

Following the state govern ment’s community cabinet held on Thursday Island last week, Mark Ryan flew to Kowanyama to meet with mayor Robbie Sands.

Not everyone is in favour of the changes, though.

Police Minister Mark Ryan and Kowanyama principal Finn Buckley with some of the clothing donated by Uniforms 4 Kids.

Mr Ryan also visited the com munity police station and dis cussed regional challenges with authorities.“Historian Vivian Sinnamon has also set up an impressive na tive police display in the station,” he “Thesaid. display forms part of one of Australia’s most extraordinary collections of historical artefacts –all located in Kowanyama.”

To find out more or to donate, visit uniforms4kids.com.au

Minister delivers for Kowy kids

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During his stay, the communi ty’s ministerial champion stopped by Kowanyama State School with clothes courtesy of Uniforms 4 Kids for students.

Since becoming the remote In digenous community’s ministerial champion, Mr Ryan has regularly visited Kowanyama.

While Woolworths’ head office will still have to apply to trade on Sundays in the Cape community, it appears to be a formality due to the nature of the shift-working town and the growing tourist trade.

For locals in Weipa craving an extra day of trading, there is still another 13 months to wait, but there is some good news in the shortWoolworthsterm. has been approved to trade on public holidays, which will prevent lengthy closures around Christmas and Easter.

“The debate of this issue is of ten incorrectly summed up as one of ‘what’s more convenient?’, but it is about so much more than that in the long run.

“It is about who we want to ul timately control our retail sector and it’s about which businesses give back to our communities and are therefore more important.”

“These items are made from do nated uniforms of frontline first re

Uniforms 4 Kids has donated more than 30,000 children’s cloth ing items since its inception.

QUEENSLAND’S Police Minis ter has delivered a special gift to children in Cape York.

WEIPA’S Woolworths supermar ket will almost certainly be able to trade on Sundays from October next year after changes were made to state legislation last month.

9am till 6pm on all public holidays excluding Christmas day, Labour Day, Anzac Day and Good Friday, in line with all other stores in the state.“We will now be open on the public holiday on October 3 from 9am till 6pm.”

Mr Butler said he was now on the road to recovery and never wanted to put himself or his loved ones in that situation.

“We live 22km from town and rather than call an ambulance I drove myself to hospital,” he said.

Mr Butler told himself the ex cruciating chest pain keeping him awake at night was indigestion, chomped down some heavy duty painkillers and kept on showing up for work.

“This continued for most of Au gust and I knew something wasn’t right but I stubbornly ignored it,” he “Threesaid.

The 62-year-old Cooktown man survived a heart attack after ignor ing symptoms for a month, driving himself 20km to hospital and wait ing overnight to be flown to Cairns for life-saving surgery.

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We're redeveloping hospital and health facilities in the Torres and Cape as well as adding more hospital bedscontributing to health equity for First Nations peoples.

RICK Butler has a stern message to others – don’t ignore your health.

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“I fatigued much quicker than usual, and my workmates kept ask ing if I was OK, but their concern made me feel old and useless so I told them I was OK and that I felt great,” he said.

He then began experiencing sharp chest pains after heavy lifting, but decided it was the cold moving to his chest, or a pulled muscle.

On September 25, he went to bed with mild chest pains peppered with the odd sharp pain.

By midnight the pain was “eight out of 10” and Mr Butler woke up his wife and told her they needed to go to hospital.

“On the way, and in severe pain, we ended up behind, of all vehi cles, an ambulance – but still, rath er than toot the horn and get them to pull over and help me, I told Ha zel I wished they’d hurry up!”

“Deep down I knew it was not that, but something worse, but I didn’t want to believe it,” he said.

Mr Butler said his response upon arriving at hospital and being told he was in the middle of a heart attack was, “Yep, I thought so,” but up until that moment he really hadn’t allowed himself to think it could be one.

The Cardiac Challenge riders will arrive in Cooktown next Mon day, September 19.

Rick and Hazel Butler can smile now after Rick had a near-miss from ignoring his heart attack symptoms.

“It was too windy for the chop

“I didn’t believe it until they told me at the hospital. Before that, it was excuse after excuse for it to be anything else.”

Following his life-saving sur gery, Mr Butler said he had turned over a new leaf and was deter mined to improve his health.

“All because I chose to ignore the very obvious signs of a heart attack,” he said.

at Cairns Base Hospital it all went according to plan, a stent was put in my clogged up artery and I was sent off to the cardiac re covery ward.”

Butler can’t wait to get back out on the Cooktown golf course.

Mr Butler’s symptoms began after a head cold in late July and initially he put them down to the cold not clearing up.

weeks later I had pain shooting up my left arm, my chest was getting tighter and tighter, I had to rest in between jobs, and all my colleagues were urging me to go to hospital and get checked out, but each and every time I fobbed it off, telling them I was OK – I was in full denial.”

“Don’t ignore or deny the warn ing signs as it could be the last thing you do. Never be too proud to ask for help.”

Mr Butler said the “angels” at the Cooktown Hospital were amazing in their care and concern for him, and told him he needed to get to Cairns pronto, but that wasn’t to eventuate for another five hours.

“I told my wife Hazel a couple of times that my chest felt tight, but I self-diagnosed it as being part of the Mrscold.”Butler said she urged her husband to seek medical attention.

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He was also a new supporter of the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, whose annual Cairns to Cooktown charity bike ride, the Cardiac Challenge, raises funds for the Cairns Base Hospital’s cardiac unit.“I absolutely will be supporting them, they all rock,” he said.

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per to land, and the fixed wing Fly ing Doctors were up the Cape for multiple emergencies that night,” he “Oncesaid.

The Premier meets Cook Shire staff members Shane Gibson, Sha-Lane Gibson, Sarah Frew, Linda McNab and Ivan Hegamaea.

With Minister for Children and Youth Justice Leanne Linard in tow, the Premier met with Cook Shire Council staff and elected rep resentatives, before dropping in on the Cooktown State School.

Cr Scott said the council was keen to discuss some key issues in the region, including the push for a new Cooktown Hospital.

“Their faces lit up and the Pre mier was able to read a book for the Grade 3 class.

“It was a good meeting and we were able to discuss a few things,” he “Wesaid. really wanted to push our support for the hospital develop ment because we know it’s basi cally been given the nod.

AFTER spending several days in the Torres Strait for Commu nity Cabinet, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made an impromptu visit to Cooktown last week.

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Premier makes Cooktown detour

“One of her principal advisers used to be up here a long time ago and I think the Premier said that they should drop in and visit.”

Mayor Peter Scott and the Premier in the Cook Shire Council chambers.

“The Premier said the full busi ness case had yet to come to the government but they were expect ing it soon.

“It was a productive visit and the highlight was seeing the kids at the state school,” Cr Scott said.

Mayor Peter Scott, Shaelanee Hegamaea, Wudarabin Snider, Cooktown State School executive principal Leanne Rayner, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Jaylarni Harrigan, Ava Pensio and Minister Leanne Linard.

Back row – Shane Gibson, Wudarabin Snider, Shaelanee Hegamaea, Jaylarni Harrigan, Mayor Peter Scott, Ava Pensio, Jaleece Creek, Lachlan Tran, Tahj Ling, Hannah Ryder, Jacinta McCosh, Scott Johnson, Grete Harstad. Second row – Miles Dunkerton, Minister Leanne Linard, Cathelya Flinders, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Lattiesha Bramwell, Alihandra Deemal-Bounghi, Leanne Rayner, Rylee Cave, Joseph Diamond-Kulka. Front row – Ashton Gilmour, Archie Oakley, Michaela Sheppard, Topaz Rist-Massingham, Nevaeh Harrigan, Jamayah Morris-Hart and Scout Lane-Ritchie.

“Every time the helicopter lands here to transport a patient it costs $35,000 and it came here four times last week,” he said.

The mayor said the council also raised ideas to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Maytown next year.

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“I think once it comes through it’ll get the approval from cabinet.”

“It was a just a spur of the moment-type thing,” mayor Peter Scott said on Friday.

Cr Scott said last week’s tragic incidents on regional roads proved the need for an upgraded hospital.

“She had limited time here and I would have loved to taken her to Endeavour Christian College and Holy Spirit because they are also doing great things, but it was such an honour to have her drop in and hear from us.”

teams with 62 registered, but they are all pairs. We did open it up for teams of three but most hunt in pairs.”The weigh-in at the Alby will be from 2.30pm on Saturday, with hunters expected to be in line by 5pm to be eligible.

The feral cat category was in troduced last year with a mystery weight winner, but this year there will be prizes for the most feral cats, as well as heaviest.

“You wouldn’t want to be a feral animal in the Cape this weekend,” said Weipa Pig Hunt president Rodney “Redman” Brett.

It’s the same for the cane toads, although that category is for the young“Weones.introduced the Toadbusters for the kids aged 13 and under be cause we felt the kids were coming down but couldn’t get involved,” Redman

“We even have a fun category of best dressed toad for those who are reallyRegularkeen.”attendees at the Weipa Pig Hunt weigh-in should avoid turning up at the golf club this year as the September event has been shifted to the car park of the Alba tross Bay Resort.

supportive and organised a band and we have comedian Michael Crawford coming up to MC, which will make it super professional.”

And it’s not just the pigs that should be concerned.

A NEW-LOOK Weipa Pig Hunt has locals excited with a record number of teams ready to take part in this weekend’s event.

“We’ve got a record number of

“Pigs, feral cats and cane toads – they are all in our sights.”

Once the pigs and cats are weighed in, it’ll be time for the cane“Thentoads.we’ll get into the Alby and do presentations, starting with the toads and then the main stuff,” Redman said.

Redman said hunters had been warned about trespassing on land without permission and starting fires, which is not allowed.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 – Cape York Weekly – Page 11 Weipa Pig Hunt sponsors: • 1PM – 5PM Pig Hunt Weigh-In • 4 – 5.30PM Toad Buster Weigh-In • 4 – 8.30PM Comedian MC: Michael Crawford • 6PM Presentations Cape York Weekly ArcherRoadhouseRiver WEIPA PIG HUNT 2022 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 @ THE ALBATROSS BAY RESORT Toad Hunt sponsors: LIVE MUSIC: THE WALKER BROTHERS Feral animals in for a rude shock Charlotte and Demi were keen participants in the 2021 Weipa Pig Hunt and it looks like plenty are like-minded with 62 teams registered for this weekend.

“I think there’s a lot of renewed

“The fishing comp was back in its usual spot this year and that gives us a bit of clean air.

“Tim at the Alby has been super

interest this year with a change of venue and it not being so close to the Weipa Fishing Classic,” Red man said on Sunday.

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“Theysaid.come up with their own team name and when they regis ter we give them a sheet and teach them how to kill the toads properly.

Cape’s citizen scientists can help sawfish search

No freshwater sawfish were encountered but positive eDNA was detected at upstream sam pling sites.

“A lot of areas where there has been a lot of habitat devel opment and fishing pressure is where the animals have disap peared.“So we need to know about them and be thinking about them.”

“We know in the Fitzroy Riv er in Western Australia where

Sharks and Rays Australia’s Dr Barbara Wueringer is conducting sawfish surveys in western Cape York.

Dr Weuringer has recently finished scouring creeks and estuaries in western Cape York searching for more sawfish.

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“We also collect environmen tal DNA (eDNA). So, we filter the water and that water may have DNA traces of sawfish.”

“But I think once you start talking to people about saw fish they may start seeing them again. This is a global hotspot.

“In Kowanyama there are a few areas we’ve been sampling over the years.

If you’ve had a sawfish sight ing, visit www.cytags.com

Reporting a sawfish sighting is crucial to research, Dr Wuer inger“Manysaid. people’s reaction when I talk to them is, ‘Oh yeah we used to see them but they’re gone’,” she said.

“We put the displays up be cause we want people in the pub talking about them,” Sharks and Rays Australia’s Dr Barbara Wueringer said.

Together with Indigenous rangers, SARA’s principal sci entist spent two weeks on the Mitchell River hoping to find a “hot“Thespot”.sampling spots are de termined by previous sawfish captures,” Dr Wueringer said.

“I think what we’re seeing in Queensland is not the natural state,” she said.

The exhibits serve as an im portant conversation-starter.

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THE search for Cape York’s mysterious freshwater sawfish starts in the region’s roadhouses and outback pubs.

Last year’s survey of the area was cause for concern.

Sawfish surveys are funded by the Queensland govern ment and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

Dr Weuringer said population sizes should be growing.

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Far from the shallow waters where they forage for food, dis play cases are mounted on walls featuring the curious creatures’ famous long rostrums and infor mation about the species.

protection (measures) of sawfish have been implemented over the last 15 years, there are large numbers in those systems.”

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“But we’re still trying to fig ure out where those hot spots are because the animals are so rare.

Sawfish numbers are still low in the Cape.

“You can’t look after them if you don’t know that they exist. We need to bring these animals back into our memory.”

“Our region has gone through enormous change since the current plan was imple mented 13 years ago,” he said.

“Regional plans set the long-term direc tion for how our regions will grow and re spond to change over time,” Mr Miles said.

well as various advocacy bodies in Far North Queensland have requested a review of the regional plan as a priority,” he said.

“By involving the councils, community and industry in updating the plan, we will be bringing the Far North closer together for a brighter and more sustainable future.”

FAR North Queensland’s regional plan will soon be updated, followed by Cape York and all other regional plans over the next three years.Deputy Premier and Minister for Plan ning Steven Miles said it was important to update the strategic plans.

“They advance diverse regional econo mies and support a broad range of industries, including manufacturing and knowledgebased industries creating new jobs in our regions.“They also help plan for the right infra structure to cater for the population growth, including housing supply, schools and roads.”MrMiles said much had happened since the Far North Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031 was implemented.

“Our successful health response to the pandemic and great lifestyle has seen Far North Queensland become an even more at tractive place to live, work and raise a fam ily,” he “Populationsaid. forecasts from 2009 are outdated. In the 2006 census 122,731 lived in the greater Cairns region. That grew to 253,748 at the 2021 census.

“We have listened to those requests and are moving forward for the benefit of Far North Queensland communities.

“Reviewing and updating the regional plan is vitally important for the local coun cils and our communities as we plan for fu ture

Mr Miles said regional infrastructure plans reflected a place-based approach to better align regional infrastructure with regional priorities, recognising the impor tant role infrastructure plays in catalysing regional economic recovery, resilience, growth and liveability.

Far North to be put in spotlight

“Through a new Far North Queensland Regional Plan, we will be able to address is sues that are specific to the region.

North is no longer a well-kept secret and, as we see more people from throughout Queensland, interstate and over seas wanting to call the region home, we need to make sure we are well prepared to cater for them in terms of infrastructure and employment opportunities.”

“Updating the regional plan to reflect the latest forecasts is crucial to provide the ba sis for identifying improved opportunities for economic development and liveability across the Far North.

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A Queensland government review of the Far North’s regional plan will take a look at Cairns and the surrounding region. Major infrastructure projects will be thrusted into the spotlight, including the much maligned Daintree River ferry, which has divided opinions in the Douglas Shire Council.

Douglas Shire mayor Michael Kerr wel comed the review.

In Far North Queensland, the updated plan will be developed in conjunction with the Far North Queensland regional infra structure plan, that will be underpinned by a regional economic strategy to consider and prioritise significant infrastructure needs.

“This is about getting it right now to en sure that a liveable and prosperous regional future is secured for generations to come.”

“This informs important levers such as the planning and delivery of infrastructure and services, and connections across council areas.”Member for Barron River Craig Craw ford said the state government had listened to local governments, stakeholders and the community.“Mayors, councils and councillors, as

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“It was surreal to be repre senting the country, and also scary. There was an immense amount of pressure to do a good job knowing that thousands of people were watching.”

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Ms Farnan has been perform ing solo for the past few years, with her EP launched in early September. She has also per formed with her siblings in their band Legends of Perhaps for the past seven years.

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“I loved it so much, she got a second job so she could buy me a drum kit and paid for lessons, and I really took to it – my mum is an amazing person.”

“This would have to be the largest audience I have per formed to,” she said.

The festival runs from Septem ber 23 to 25, with three stages of live music, as well as workshops, circus, dance, street theatre, and croc-free swimming.

His passion for the didgeridoo started with a dream of himself

“We formed the band to enter Cooktown’s Got Talent competi tion,” she Unsurprisingly,said. the talented trio of older sister Holly, Amber and twin brother Jake won the talent competition. renowned didgeridoo performer.

playing the ancient instrument as a youngster, which he revealed to a neighbour, who leant him hers.

The 19-year-old singer-song writer, who lived in Cooktown from the age of four and is now based in Cairns, said she was shocked when asked to perform at the match at Cazaly’s Stadi um in Cairns last week.

The quietly-spoken musician credits his success to energy, his mum, and a dream as a kid.

TEEN Cape York songstress Amber Farnan wowed the crowd and thousands watching on TV after singing Australia’s national anthem to open Australia’s ODI cricket match against New Zea land last week.

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Despite touring all over the world as a solo artist and with his band, Giri said Wallaby Creek was special.“It’s one of those festivals

GLASTONBURY, Burning Man and Woodford have nothing on the special vibes of Wallaby Creek Festival, according to international didgeridoo and dance music phe nomenon Ganga Giri, who is one of the headline acts at the event.

“It was like the dream came back to me when I closed my eyes, and I taught myself how to play in a very short time,” Giri said.

“I used to drive the teachers batty at school, always drumming on things, full of energy, so they spoke to mum and she borrowed a drum kit from friends,” Giri said.

where you can wander around and meet people and get involved and be part of it,” he said.

“You can feel the community spirit, I love it, I’ve been there a couple of times before and I really like the nice family friendly vibe.”

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If you witness the unlawful killing of livestock or receive information in relation to these matters, please contact Crime Stoppers or police.

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“I’m just a normal guy. I have average fitness. I’ve never re ally done this sort of thing,” the 30-year-old said.

Mr Fertil, who’s spent much of the last three years fruit picking, is hoping to get a lift back to Cairns before planning his next adventure.

Nonetheless, the backpacker de cided to embark on the journey to Pajinka after failing to find a fourwheel drive to get him there.

“People would stop and talk to me on the road.

Tickets are free for under 5s or cost $10 for children up to 16.

Adults are $15 or you can buy a $50 family pass.

“I did 90 kilometres on the final day to get to the tip,” he said.

On Saturday a 2pm movie mati nee will feature Prehistoric Picnic, followed by The Pulse

A FRENCHMAN’S outback od yssey has seen him cycle a remark able 1100 kilometres from Cairns to the tip of Cape York in search of tropicalBryanadventures.Fertilhad never ridden a bike until two months ago.

there were roadhouses and people on the road.

Presented by Australian Thea tre Live and Cook Shire Council, the films bring four of the best live theatre productions from the 2022 Sydney Festival, all recorded live, to town.Thefilms kick off at 7pm this Friday, September 16, with the Italian Baroque with Circa, a rol licking ride through Italy’s multi layered past with new daring cho reography from Circa’s acrobats.

Police have received several reports this year from station owners in relation to alleged of fenders entering their properties or cattle located on the side of the roadways that have been un lawfully killed and butchered.

Gardens. The Pulse is a physical theatre treat, featuring 24 bodies and 26 Sunday’svoices.offerings are Prehis toric Picnic at 2pm and Stay at 6pm.

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Repeats will be shown on the Monday and Cinema-styleTuesday.snacks and re freshments will be on sale by local community groups at the screen ings, so bring along your bean bags, cushions or camp chairs and enjoy the movies in Cooktown.

Prehistoric Picnic will take viewers back 65 million years with towering three-metre tall thunder birds, against the spectacular back drop of the Sydney Royal Botanic

Stay is part-concert, part-story, part-ceremony and tells the story of two skeletons emerging from the dried-up creek bed of a remote Queensland farm, and the inter twined fates of three women thou sands of kilometres apart.

“You just have to keep going. I was totally by myself but I knew

“I don’t know if it will be on a push bike but I loved it,” he said.

Frenchman learns to ride, then cycles all the way to Cape York hosthallRefurbishedreadytofestival

Police are reminding the com munity that, even if unbranded, cleanskin cattle are still subject to ownership and cannot be killed or taken without permis sion or authority.

“It’s more mental than physical.

“We encourage rural commu nities to remain vigilant, includ ing regularly inspecting firearms and ensuring they are secured, reporting any suspicious behav iour or stock theft and consider developing strategies to deter offending, including signage and the use of farm cameras,” a police spokesperson said.

To report stolen livestock, contact Policelink and your re port will be passed on to district MOCS officers.

Bryan Fertil with his bike at the Tip of Cape York after cycling all the way from Cairns just months after learning to ride.

Setting out with nothing but food, water, clothes and a small tent, the journey took two weeks.

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The long dirt stretches along the Peninsula Developmental Road were the hardest.

COOKTOWN’S refurbished Shire Hall will come to life with the smell of popcorn and the glow of the silver screen for the first time in decades, with four films on show over five days as part of the Sydney Festival Roadshow.

“If I had a four-wheel drive maybe I wouldn’t have probably done this. But it was a hell of an adventure.”

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Page 20 – Cape York Weekly – Tuesday, September 13, 2022 info@skytrans.com.auor1300759872 www.skytrans.com.au Fly with a Queenslander Cape York Weekly Puzzles Page © bmpuzzles Distributed by Knight Features Fit the given numbers into the hexagons so that where the hexagons touch, the numbers will be the same No number is repeated in any hexagon 1 2 3 4 5 6 SOLUTION 600 181006 1 4 2 2 6 4 4 1 5 6 4 3 4 6 5 2 2 5 6 3 1 4 2 2 6 4 4 1 5 4 4 6 6 4 2 1 6 6 33 11 1 1 3 3 5 5 5 5225 2 2 335 6 yelgdMarabraB serutaeFthginKybdeubrsiDsezzupmb© srebmunnevgehttF ossnogaxehehtotni snogaxehehterehwtaht srebmunehthcuot emasehteblliw detaepersirebmunoN nogaxehynani 654321 NOITULOS 600181006 41 22 446 1 5 346 64 25 52 36 41 22 446 1 5 346 64 25 52 36 4 46 4 466 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 441 4 4 6 3 3 66 3 3 3 1 1 6 6 3 3 1 1 11 3 3 55 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 2 52 3 3 6 516934278 973528641 284716935 725143896 648279153 139685724 867352419 451897362 392461587 No. Yesterday’sSolution RMSTRALSASHESGRCARATTHOANTIDTEARABEMOOBREACTREMORDANOUNTANMARELAUSESDGARRNDLITESACELTTTTHESEAAARYIDELLNASBTRDELDEARBSEVEEBLCESMORNEDUCETOGGEARRSETTESWOTHEMEEAGOAHTESISTNIN Quick172304340262218231510839444131244364542372719145284738251133206341221357 ACROSS3Command 7 Prejudiced person 10 Wilfully disregard 11 Highland Games tossing pole 12 Waste time 13 Ship’s record 15 Of a clan 16 Tendons 17 Copy 19 Fruit of the oak 22 Wards off 25 After due time 26 Dressed 28 20 quires 30 Certain 32 Wooed 34 Deep sleep 36 Social standing 38 Assail 39 One who nestles 42 Begins 44 Brasslike alloy 45 Non-venomous snake 46 Souvenir 47 King with the Golden Touch 48 Lower in dignity 49 Lustre 50 Inherited units DOWN1Cold, dry northerly wind 2 Poison counteraction 3 Admit to holy orders 4 Kingdom 5 Brilliance of success 6 Narrow beam 7 Credits 8 Metal 9 Essay on a theme 14 Equipment 16 Heavenly body 18 Bury 20 Gem weight 21 Respond 23 Draw forth 24 Motif 27 Perfect 29 High land mass 31 arrangementsRose-shaped 33 Puts to a purpose 35 Making amends 36 Waistbands 37 Desert dweller 38 Imparts rigidity 40 This group 41 Omit in pronunciation 43 Eternal city 46 Horseplay SPOTTHE5DIFFERENCES:Bundleonstickmoved,missing corkfromhat,patchmissingfromjacket,partofswag missing,missingbutton. FOCUS:acheanthemchantchatcheatchumchuteeach etchhatehauntheathumanhumaneHUMECTANThunt machmatchmuchmunchnuchanuchaetanhteachtech tenchtenththanthanethatthecathemthentheta LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION No. 8484 Across 3 Game of skill 7 Tree 10 Coating on teeth 11 Waterway 12 Part of a theatre 13 Fate 15 Cowardly 16 Restaurant cars 47 Surrenders 48 meetingSpiritualists 49 Encouraged 50 Postpone Down 1 Instructor 2 Hanger-on 3 Fault 4 Unaccompanied 21 Stop 23 Wear away 24 Woody plants 27 Iced as a cake 29 Given up 31 Threatening 33 Turn away 35 Rubeola 36 Literary ridicule 37 Quantity of Bankpaper ColourFishTantaliseUnboundemployee DAILY CONVENTIONAL CROSSWORD 15 X 15 GRID Y Created: Ted Whillier Creator Number: Matt Trickey Qxpress: 8484 Checked: Rosemary Note to Editor: Created box.isbeforItemsVER.4.03QUARKinXPRESS.notneededpublicationcanerasedaseachinaseparatetext Yesterday’s Solution A C T I V E P I C A D O R S R N R O A R D E D E B A T E R A N D R E P P E N C L A N S T A V E R E L E N T D A M E N E I S P E C I A L I G L E N O D E D E B U T I V E I N S A L O N E E S H E E R E M S T A R N T D E G R E E S R C E L S E N E N T I R E R A I D S S A I L O N E S U N O T I C L I N G E R G O G E N E I L C H A S T E N S R E C E S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Quick Crossword 7 2 4 4 6 9 5 6 1 8 3 9 7 8 6 8 3 4 5 6 3 7 4 2 An All Australian Word Game * Each word must contain the centre ‘Focus’ letter and each letter may be used only once * Each word must be four letters or more * Find at least one nine letter word * No swear words * No verb forms or plurals ending in ‘s’ * No proper nouns and no hyphenated words YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION agar argon argot arrogant garn gaunt gnat goat gout gran grant groan grout grunt guano GUARANTOR nougat organ raga ragout ragu rang rung tang tango taonga tarragon toga turgor FOCUS Reference: Macquarie Concise Dictionary Focus No. 3928 TODAY’S Good: 15 words FOCUS Very good: 22 words Excellent: 34 words H N C A M U T T E What is this? Find out by joining the dots. Sudoku Join the DotsSpot the 5 Differences Fill in the blank cells using numbers from 1 to 9. Each number can only appear once in each row, column and 3x3 block. Focus Crossword Solutions Puzzles and pagination supplied by Auspac Media

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Page 22 – Cape York Weekly – Tuesday, September 13, 2022 ST1OCTOBER–3RD HASTINGS2022DEERING Contacts: Ben Bright 0407 112 685 Andrea Kennedy 0427 577 630 TOURNAMENTweipabillfishclub@gmail.com Ongoing until the end of October 2022 Decant Outlet Repair Works Public Notice Please call our feedback hotline 1800 820 711 or email RTAWeipafeedback@riotinto com FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Repair works of the decant outlet of the EW4 TSF, which involves the excavation and replacement of existing pipework and infrastructure will be ongoing until the end of October During this time there will be minimal disturbance to the TSF catchment area, as the work will occur at the 20ML dam area (southern side of facility) There will be no night time activities and dust controls will be implemented via the use of watercarts 2023 Ely SchemeEducationBursaryAssistance As part of the Ely Bauxite Mining Project Agreement, Rio Tinto is offering education support and scholarships for Aboriginal people, with a traditional or historical connection to the Mapoon, Napranum and New Mapoon communities and from the following Traditional Owner groups: • The Taepithiggi People  • The Tjungundji People  • The Thanakwith People  • The Warrangku People  • The Yupungathi People  • The Dulhunty People Open to those attending boarding school or tertiary education. To apply, you can request an application form by emailing Tania.Johnson3@riotinto.com or obtain a copy from your local council. Applications open Monday 29 August 2022 and close at 5pm on Monday 10 October 2022. For more information contact Tania Johnson 07 4069 8260 • Tania.Johnson3@riotinto.com 5090R1 PO Box 538 Weipa QLD 4874 07 4090 5607 www.napranum.qld.gov.auemployment@napranum.qld.gov.au 320 Wa Tyne St Napranum QLD 4874 Position Vacant HR and Administration Assistant Full time ImmediatePositionStart The Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council seeks a capable and motivated HR and Administration Assistant to join our busy Corporate Services team in Napranum. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the Corporate Services Senior Officer in completing a range of HR functions, including end to end recruitment, HR administration and general HR duties. You will also have strong interpersonal skills and provide a high standard of HR support to Council's diverse work force. General duties include: • Manage the end to end recruitment process, including creating job ads, facilitating the interview process and job offers, and drafting position descriptions and employment contracts. • Assist in the process for grievances, performance management, probation reviews and annual reviews. • Understand and apply current Awards and Industrial Relations legislation. • Provide information to NASC staff to promote compliance with NASC policies and procedures. • Conduct general administrative duties and ad hoc HR projects to support our team. • Council Website/Social Media; o Upload and Edit website as required o Promote council activities including key events, community updates, employment opportunities, council minutes and policy changes via website and Social Media Platforms Assist the Council with discreet projects and participate in and perform any other duties a s directed. Selection c Previous experience in a HR or administrative role. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to build trust and rapport with scretion in relation to all HR and Council matters. Previous experience working with and understanding the needs of a culturally diverse range of clients and delivering services that meet the client’s needs. Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure and with limited supervision, and to To apply: • Download the Application Pack online at www.napranum.qld.gov.au • Submit your resume and a cover letter that addresses the selection criteria to employment@napranum.qld.gov.au or in person at the Napranum Council Reception, 320 Wa Tyne St Napranum. Applications close 4pm 12th August 2021 Previous applicants are not required to resubmit their application. Applications that do not include a cover letter or address the selection criteria will not be considered ABN 43 593 215 992

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The sold-out crowd at After Dark show in Cairns nearly lifted the roof off the venue as hometown favourite Ryan McDonald and Hanson went toe-to-toe.

Monday 10th October 2022

Wednesday 12th October 2022

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Oliver Hanson and Ryan McDonald go toe-to-toe in the ring at After Dark in Cairns.

Hanson’s brother Chris Obodin also had a hard-fought loss against Tristan Picton.

McInnes, now head coach at Rippers Gym in Hervey Bay, showed the crowd the skills gathered across his 60-fight career with a technical and powerful knockout win over Cairns’ Michael Sariman to take out the WMO professional heavyweight title.

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“That was probably the best muaythai fight I’ve seen between two Far North fighters,” said Full Boar Gym coach Vince Parkes.“Oliver has put everything into muaythai for the past seven years, and his speed, pow er and technique are amazing.”

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As a result of the win, McDonald claimed a WMO professional title.

9:00am – 12:00pm

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Thursday 13th October 2022

Mixed results for Full Boar fighters

There were some positive results, with Full Boar’s Sam Kenny victorious against Sebastian Maric, while Mariah Bowen won against Tammy Meers.

9:00am – 12:00pm

Former Cooktown fighter Jack McIness (centre) had Full Boar’s Vince Parkes and Clayton Cook in his corner for his retirement fight in Cairns on Saturday. Parkes was his former coach, while Cook, also a former Cooktown product, is now a coach in Innisfail.

A huge contingent of Cooktown and Far North supporters filled the venue in support of the local team, with many turning out to watch former Full Boar fighter Jack McI nnes have his retirement fight.

9:00am – 12:00pm

COOKTOWN fighter Oliver Hanson had a tough night in the ring on Saturday after he was stopped by a spinning back elbow knockout late in the final minutes of a fiveround muaythai battle.

Mason Douglas caught an archer fish at Stones Crossing. David Rusis with a juicy cod.

Zac Adams with a beaut barramundi.

an 85cm barra. Tyrone

a large cod caught at Pennefather. Marcus

Loraine Smith finally caught a nice little grunter.

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Ash at Lakefield

43-metre field goal to snatch a 3230 victory against his former club.

Warren’s Wednesday, too

“It had literally everything – it was very physical from the kick off, it had good tries, good play ers, it was very scrappy, very good defensively, with big shots and it came down to golden point.

Cowboys hero Valentine Holmes.

Speaking to her supporters on a social media video, the CrossFit champion revealed she was al most a withdrawal from the 2022 Games, which she won for the sixth

Tia-Clair Toomey gets a kiss from her Weipa parents Debbie and Brendan after winning the CrossFit Games.

Hutton was Sunday’s overall winner with a nett 67 after an impressive gross 74.

Parramatta and Canberra play on Friday night and the Cowboys game will be the following Friday.

Over the two days, he had nett 72 and nett 70 to be the overall winner with a score of 142, six clear of Jamie Hutton. For winning, Flegg secures his name on the honour board at the Carpentaria Golf Club.Grant Jamieson was the overnight leader after a nett 67 on Saturday, but didn’t back up on NearestSunday.topins on Saturday went to Flegg on 7 and Michael Newman on 18. On Sunday, Clinton Wonfor was closest on 9 and Newman picked up another on 15.

“A big thanks to Carpentaria Contracting for their sponsorship of the event and to the players who battled it out in the heat,” the club captain said.

it still isn’t clear wheth Toomey will compete again as an individual, she is hoping to reha bilitate her back in time to compete at the Down Under Championship this November in Wollongong.

Mick Cerneka had the nearest to pin on the 18th, while none of the players could find the green on 15.

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Toomey coming back to Australia for team event

“Leadingtime. into the Games I actu ally had a really bad back injury, and so it has really been just about managing that, and not to go into too much depth about it, but it was giving me quite a lot of feedback and it was affecting my training in the lead-up,” Toomey said.

Cowboys just one victory away from NRL grand final

“It was a huge relief to be able to actually compete and get through theWithGames.”her family visiting from Australia, Toomey took an entire month off training and is only now getting back into the gym, albeit slowly.While

“I have never been a part of a group, and a coaching staff, that have been able to turn around a team like that.

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play Origin this year and that comes from what we started in preseason and how well we trained, and how we have played for each other.”

PROVIDING she can overcome a back injury, Weipa’s own Tia-Clair Toomey is preparing to compete in Australia in November.

Foy was the unlucky runner-up with the same gross score, but had to give away 1.5 strokes to Flegg.

If she’s fit, she will compete in the team division with Brooke Wells and Ellie Turner.

There is still speculation she will retire from the sport next year.

“I think we had five or six guys

IT was a massive week for Flegg. He won the mixed foursomes the Saturday prior and then backed it at the Wednesday Wackers with 44 off the stick for a nett 33.5.Mick

The Cowboys have a week off before hosting the winner of the Eels and Raiders semi-final.

Brett Humphries claimed the Bradman’s in a field of 15.

Holmes converted a Jason Tau malolo try 15 seconds before full time to send the qualifying final into extra time and then kicked a

WEIPA Police’s officer in charge might have to book himself with burglary after he took out the weekend’s Carpentaria Cup.

“I know it is only the first week of the finals but that match was the definition of almost a grand final game,” Holmes said.

Warren Flegg was in sizzling form with a handicap that’s probably just a bit too generous for a man of his ability.

The victory puts the Cowboys within one win of an unlikely grand final appearance after finish ing 15th last season, and Holmes insists they can now go all the way.

Honours to Flegg

NORTH Queensland hero Val entine Holmes believes Saturday night’s epic 93rd minute defeat of Cronulla proves the Cowboys are on track to complete the biggest turnaround in NRL history with a premiership win.

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