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Beaux’s owners console each other and hope the right person will see the poster of their beloved pet Beaux MARIA GIRGENTI

MENA Creek couple Kimberley Collins and Darren Shields are appealing to anyone for information or the safe return of their beloved entire bull mastiff cross dog Beaux (Boh) who has been missing since May 31.

Their owners were completely devastated when Beaux suddenly wandered off their rural property in the Mena Creek area.

“He’s a such a huge part of our family and we just want him back, so if there is anyone out there who knows something or has seen him, please let us know.”

Collins said Darren had wanted a French mastiff for years, but as they’re are both rescue dog/dogs in need of a home type people and not buy a new dog people he never had one.

One day, Darren came across a couple stranded on the side of the road and he helped fix their car.

They had a female French mastiff in the car and Darren jokingly said, “I’ll take the first-born male pup and they jokingly said he could have a pup as payment for his help.

Collins and Shields discovered they both had mutual friends who had a gorgeous male crossbreed with the best personality, as they’d looked after this dog for three

Man’s best friend MISSING

PHOTO: Maria Girgenti Beaux (Boh) is a twoyear-old entire bull mastiff cross dog who has been missing since the end of May

weeks one time when he went missing from home.

“This dog had just turned up at their place and didn’t leave until we found his home and even then, he’d often visit us even after we found his owner.”

Within weeks of the car incident, this same dog wandered off and next thing the female French mastiff was pregnant and went on to have only two pups, one male and one female.

“So, we strongly believe it was our destiny especially how we first got Beaux when he was six weeks old and feel he is meant to be ours.”

“Beaux is such a loveable larrikin, with a very curious nature who loves to be involved and is very confident in himself. He

can be a bit headstrong, but very friendly and just loves people, other dogs and cows.”

“He’s our baby who has home cooked dinners and a proper bed. He just loves cuddles and his mum and dad, and we also love and miss him.”

Collins said he has a quirky nature and for a while they were both worried Beaux thought he was a cow. “He just loved hanging out with them and one evening last year I found him lying in the paddock with the cows like he was on a sleep-over.”

When they weren’t at work, Beaux came everywhere with them and were inseparable. He loves going on car rides anywhere, especially visiting friends and family.

Since Beaux had start-

ed to roam around the back paddocks of the property, the pair had been discussing putting up a fence in a section of the yard so he could move around freely while there was no-one home as they hated leaving him on a chain.

“In the end, he disappeared in less than 30 seconds while we were with him anyway and it’s odd nobody saw him. We will certainly be fencing the yard now and should have acted sooner, but we didn’t think Beaux would just vanish as he never ventured far.”

The pair have been walking the streets and put up over 200 posters of their beloved missing dog from Townsville to Cairns, including Innisfail, Tully, Mission Beach and Babinda.

They have also spread the word out on Facebook and two weeks ago appealed to a wider audience when Radio 4KZ aired Beaux’s disappearance was broadcast over the radio for a day.

The couple are offering a reward of $2,000 for information or the safe return of Beaux with no questions asked.

Their contact number is: 0409 253 668 and they have also set up a Facebook page called Finding Beaux.

Beaux is tan with a white patch on the left of his chest and under his bottom jaw. He answers to Beaux (Boh) and at the time he went missing was wearing a yellow Barkin’4Bacon collar.

“He is irreplaceable, for many reasons mostly personal, hence the reward.

Obviously, you can never replace one dog with another as they’re all so different.”

They said the community interest and support received has been truly overwhelming. Heaps of people, even strangers have alerted them of missing dogs on social media, as well as sending lots of well wishes while there are others actively looking out for their beloved missing pet.

Collins said they have met some good people which has been a positive side to what is a truly awful situation.

It’s a waiting game and Beaux’s owners are keeping their fingers crossed the right person will see the poster as they know by now, he could be anywhere.

“If we have to take the posters down and put up new ones every week or so, then that’s what we will do to ensure Beaux is not forgotten and keep him fresh in people’s minds.”

“Both of us miss Beaux like crazy, every day, but it’s not knowing where he is and especially how he is which is extremely frustrating, worrying and upsetting.”

“We can only keep doing what we are doing and try to remain positive as we’re not going to give up. I really do feel he’s out there somewhere and we live in hope someday he will be reunited with us.”

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Minister Bailey is working with the Mission Beach community to reduce cassowary strike

Cassowary strikes call for road changes in Mission Beach IMOGEN KARS AS the construction of the innovative cassowary land bridge crossing south of El Arish begins to take shape, the State Government is delving deeper into cassowary conservation.

After a spate of recent cassowary strikes in the Mission Beach area, the community is busy brainstorming new approaches to road management.

A meeting held last Wednesday, catalysed by the death of beloved 50-year-old Mrs C, was attended by Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey and local cassowary welfare activists.

Discussions focused on measures that could be taken to reduce deaths of the endangered species on local roads.

“The Mission Beach community is in mourning after Mrs C’s death, which was the fourth cassowary strike in almost as many weeks,” Mr Bailey said.

“Anyone who drives around there will see plenty of signs warning them to be aware of cassowar-

ies crossing the road.

“We don’t necessarily need more signs, but it’s clear we need to work with the community on unique approaches to warning drivers because we are dealing with a unique issue when it comes to saving the cassowary.”

The action has also been spurred by the reopening of tourism across Queensland and the coinciding school holidays, with Mr Bailey’s department introducing a monthlong driver awareness campaign to reach both holidaymakers and locals.

As well as the campaign, the meeting brought a number of suggestions to light which Transport and Main Roads is due to investigate further.

“Those (suggestions) ranged from reducing speed limits on some roads and greater enforcement of speeding drivers, through to the creation of specific interventions around known cassowary crossing points, such as painting the road surface or installing traffic calming devices.

“Everyone seemed to

agree that community education around driver behaviour was key to giving cassowary protection a higher profile, starting from school age up.

Representatives from Cassowary Coast Regional Council, Mission Beach Cassowaries, Cassowary Coast Alliance, C4, Djiru Traditional Owners, Transport and Main Roads and Terrain Natural Resource Management were present at the meeting.

“It was a valuable opportunity to get everyone in one room, share their ideas and map a way forward,” Mr Bailey said.

Liz Gallie, spokesperson for Mission Beach Cassowaries and renowned local cassowary advocate, said the group was looking forward to continuing to work closely with the Minister to help the plight of the cassowary.

“With a creative approach involving the whole community, the designs of the cassowary crossing points can be a positive outcome for both the community and the cassowary,” Gallie said.

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LNP support for One Mile

Small business owner and long term electorate resident, Scott Piper, has hit the ground running after being selected by the LNP to contest Hinchinbrook next state election in October 2020.

Mr Piper has made two visits to Cardwell in successive weeks to engage with the Cardwell and District Community Futures Forum about the need for a sustainable outcome at One Mile Creek. “The Hinchinbrook electorate is very diverse and I am absolutely committed to engaging with people right across the region to un-

derstand the issues that are important to locals” said Mr Piper.

“I was grateful to receive an invitation to meet with the Cardwell Futures Forum shortly after I was chosen to be the LNP candidate and I was on site immediately to get across the issue” he said.

“I was very pleased that one week later, I was on site again with LNP Leader Deb Frecklington and LNP Deputy Leader, Tim Mander, following up with the Cardwell Futures Forum”.

An LNP Government will look after regional

Queensland. “For nearly six years our area has been let down without a voice in government.”

“My objective is to deliver an outcome at One Mile Creek for our recreational boaties, commercial operators and the Cardwell Coast Guard, but to do so, I will need their support”.

Mr Piper, a small businessman from Townsville’s Northern Beaches who has lived in the Hinchinbrook electorate for 27 years, said the One Mile Creek project was a catalyst for Cardwell’s future.

depends on all of us to correctly separate various waste types.

‘The current system of wet and dry waste separation is to reduce both the financial and environmental cost related to waste management,’ he said.

‘State laws limit the disposal of wet waste in the Cassowary Coast,’ ‘The less wet waste we produce, the less we pay in transport and disposal costs.’ said Councillor Baines.

The Cassowary Coast has a two wheelie bin system for kerbside garbage

collection - the red or blue-lidded bin is for “wet waste” and the green-lidded bin is for “dry waste”.

The wet waste bin is collected every week and the dry waste bin is collected every second week.

2020/2021 waste calendars will be available from all Waste Transfer Stations, Council Customer Service Centres, Libraries, Visitor Information Centres and Real Estate Agencies from 2 July 2020.

Getting the right day Cassowary Coast Regional Council is rolling out waste calendars to help keep residents on track for bin day.

The 2020/2021 financial year calendars were printed locally, on 100 percent recycled paper and include a colour coded week to week collection guide and tips on recycling, composting and dealing with waste.

Councillor Jeff Baines who leads the portfolio for Governance, Environment and Finance said the success of our waste disposal system

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Council’s winning budget PETER MCCULLAGH

EARLIER this week, Hinchinbrook Shire Council (HSC) Ramon Jayo delivered an economically and responsible budget designed to “create short term jobs and assist to establish industry for long term job sustainability throughout the Shire.”

Centrepiece for this year’s budget is no overall increase in Council rates and charges.

“There will be no increase to Council rates and utility charges. Individual property owners may experience minor increases, or in some cases reductions to rates and utility charges compared to those paid last year.

“That outcome is because of movements in their individual property valuations and not because of any overall rate increase.” Cr Jayo said.

In the post COVID economy Hinchinbrook Shire Coiuncil will deliver relief for struggling businesses and households with several major assistance initiatives.

1. Extending the time period for payment of rates from 30 days to 60 days; 2. Introduction of a Hardship Policy in order to assist Council assess financial support for applicants on an individual basis; 3. Normal charges for businesses, such as food licensing and trade waste fees, will be waived for the 2020-2021 financial year; and

4. Extension of the Policy waiving General Rates for construction of new houses for a two year period.

The Operational Budget totals $36 million which includes $2,868,635 for road management services, $2,850,839 for waste management services, $1,792,031 for water services and $1,748,026 for public open spaces services.

“This year’s Budget also reflects the need to urgently address the COVID-19 situation by the promotion of works and

bishing waste facilities with this year’s program as the base line start to additional works in future years to an estimated value of a further $3.1 million, with these initial works being complete in 2023.” Cr Jayo said.

“The Electronic Water Meter Program continues into the second year of installation of the new smart meters.”

“Council continues to seek funding opportunities and will receive $2.4 million under the 2019-2021 Works for Queensland Program and a further

“welcome news for the

Hinchinbrook community in particular the business community projects that will not only maintain Council jobs, but also create short term jobs, and assist to establish industry for long term job sustainability throughout the Shire.

“A Capital Works Program of $23.9 million has been allocated to include $3,175,000 for Warrens Hill Landfill rehabilitation, $2,601,323 for road rebuild and reconstruction program, $1,190,000 for Dungeness Car Park enhancement and $550,000 for sewerage for the Forrest Beach RV Park.

Importantly, a further $10,857,901 of Disaster Relief Road Works will be undertaken to further improve the road network.

“Council has committed $3.2 million on refur-

$1.74 million under the 2020-2021 COVID Works for Queensland to assist with job creation and economic stimulus programs.”

Cr Jayo said.

This budget has been well received by the Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Rachael Coco, President believe the budget to be positive, due to the zero rate increase.

“This is welcome news for the Hinchinbrook community and in particular the business community.

“In particular the initiative surrounding economic development: we look forward to working collaboratively with Council.”

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23.9M 20% $ 10.8M $ 3.2M $ 2.6M $ 2.1M $ 2.4M $ 1.7M

Capital Works Program

Pensioner discount, with eligible homeowners up to $2 00 off their rates Disaster Relief Road Works (NDRRA) Warrens Hill Landfill Rehabilitation Road Rebuild & Reconstruction Program Economic Development Programs Works for QLD Project funding Works for QLD COVID-19 Response Projects

A focus on community

COMMUNITY development featured strongly in the Hinchinbrook Shire Council’s 2020/21 Budget.

Funding was allocated for the employment of a full-time Aged and Youth Services Officer.

Once appointed this officer will link community groups, stakeholders and Council together.

The Aged and Youth Services Officer will plan, develop, manage and evaluate Council’s Aged and Youth services, programs and facilities, ensuring they meet Council’s and communities expectations.

With more than 25% of Hinchinbrook residents aged 65+ it is anticipated this new officer will be

kept busy developing services and programs for the region.

In addition to this appointment, Council allocated significant funding for the development of an exercise circuit for health and wellbeing activities ($55,000) along with $150,000 for Community Activities Grants.

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Tourist lift with the news

A lesson in life PETER MCCULLAGH I remember as a young lad, I was involved in gymnastics. I was fortunate to have a coach with a mixture of wisdom and age. There was one particular year that as particularly challenging for me. I suffered a series of knee injuries as well as a slipped disc making training almost impossible and undermining my confidence.

I had a modified training program, mainly postural strength and alignment exercises. It was depressing being reduced to light training and seeing team mates train and compete, winning where I would normally have won.

My coach took time out from coaching the rest of my team to try and bring perspective to my mind.

He narrated a story to me, he claimed it to be true, but I had my doubts. “There are two young lads; one is placed in a gym full of equipment the other is placed in a gym 6 foot deep in horse manure. They are both told to go off and have fun.”

Two hours later their coach returns. The lad in the gym full of equipment is sitting quietly in the corner, doing nothing. “Why?” asked his coach.

“See that trampoline over there, it look a bit unsteady, I could fall and hurt myself. The bars over there, there’s not enough matting around them, I could do a serious injury in landing.”

“So it’s best not to tempt fate,” was his answer The coach went next door to the gym full of horse manure. The lad is nowhere to be seen, but there’s horse manure piled up, tunnels dug, manure splattered up the walls, it’s a total mess, but no sign of the lad.

The coach calls out to him, up pops a head from one of the tunnels with a broad grin spreading over his young face.

His coach was stunned and just had to ask, “Why? You’re in a gym full of manure, why are you playing?”

His answer was simple. “With all this horse manure around, there’s got to be a horse somewhere.”

Our goal in life is not to worry about the ‘whatifs”, we need to look for our horse in every situation we confront. It is difficult at time, and I personally have struggled many times to muster the energy to start to look, let alone find my horse.

Finding our horse will not change the situation we are in, it will make our situation easier and who knows there really could be a horse under a pile of manure waiting to be discovered.

As a young gymnast this did make sense to me, it did not change the injuries I had, nor did it change the training I had to do to come back. It did change my attitude each day I went into the gym and I think it did shorten the length of time I spent on the sidelines.

PETER MCCULLAGH Local tourism operators are welcoming the news of the easing of border restriction into Queensland.

Paronella Park owner Mark Evans expressed optimistic caution regarding the re-opening. “We rely totally upon the health professionals and their advice regarding relaxing or easing restrictions. “So long as they deem it safe we are comfortable with the decision.”

“Paronella Park is fortunate to have thousands of Queensland and domestic tourists visit our attraction, so we will definitely benefit from the borders opening up, but more importantly our entire region will be a winner,” said Mr Evans.

Cassowary Coast Regional Council’s Mayor, Mark Nolan is pleased to see the easing.

“The continued easing of restrictions as outlined by the Premier, lines up well with school holidays and offers further oppor-

tunities to explore our region.

“It will keep our economy moving by supporting business, industry and Queensland jobs.

“The Cassowary Coast is open for business. And as long as all those who travel here observe health and safety guidelines, including continued social distancing and hygiene measures there is no reason why we shouldn’t see positive results toward our road to recovery. “ The Queensland Government announced this week a further and faster easing of restrictions across Queensland from 12 noon, Friday July 3, including a clear plan to manage our borders going forward.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said anyone who had travelled from Victoria – including Queenslanders - would be prevented from entering Queensland from this Friday unless they quarantined at a hotel at their own expense for two

weeks.

The state’s borders would be opened to visitors from other states from July 10.

Ms Palaszczuk said Queenslanders’ continued efforts in uniting against COVID-19 had also paved the way for a further easing of restrictions, allowing more people in more places and more events, a week earlier than expected.

“From Friday, anyone travelling from Victoria will not be permitted to cross the Queensland border and if they do they will have to quarantine at a hotel at their own expense.”

The Government will open the borders to other states from next Friday, provided travellers complete a border declaration stating they have not been to local government areas in Victoria in the previous 14 days.

“The risk to Queensland from travellers from New South Wales, West-

headlights on.

Even when its raining cars will be coming toward you with ni lighting. Yes you ccan see my car, because I have muy lights on, but you car can be lost into the background or the rain.

Accidents can happen so quickly and the results are truly tragic, so please, if you are driving on the open road, regardless of the time of day, or the weather conditions, please turn your lights on.

The life you save could be your own.

Frustrated motorist El Arish

Open the boarders At last the government has seen sense and opening the boarders to interstate travel.

Our economy needs visitors. the chinese virus is crippling our local industry and the government will end up paying at the next election.

Theres only a few pollys who understand and we need more KAP in government. So do the right thing and open the boarders and lets all get back to work.

J. Jones Innisfail

ern Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory will be limited, given the low levels of community transmission in these places,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

President of the Cassowary Coast Economic Development Group, Suzanne Basssette welcomes the news that our region will now see greater visitor numbers. “Our wider economy has been sheltered to a certain extent from the tourism down-turn. However it will be wonderful to once more experience the lift and excitement that tourists bring to our region.

“No doubt the tourism operators in the region will welcome this news, plus the wider business community will all benefit from the tourist dollars circulating through our economy,” said Ms Bassette.

For more information and a full list of measures under the Roadmap to Easing Queensland’s restrictions visit www.covid19.qld.gov.au

Letters to the Editor Submit your letter by email to: info@ WetTropicTimes.com.au WET TROPIC TIMES Congratulations on a good read and a great paper.

Its fantastic to see a independent paper with such information for our region.

Well done Councilor Barry Barnes Div 1 Casowary Coast Turn your lights on please I am amazed as to the number of vehicles driving on the open raod without

Well done Hinchinbrook Council Congratulations to Ramon and his team.

Impressed that my rates are not going to go up this year.

We are all feeling the pinch and not having to pay more this year is greatly appreciated.

By the ways, whats happening with Wallaman Falls.

Mario Ingham

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THEN & NOW GREG SHANNON THE North Qld Toyota Cowboys excellent win last weekend over the Newcastle Knights was a real boost for the clubs season after a few losses.

Local product Jake Clifford had a great game as did the whole squad.

It is interesting that this win came against the Newcastle Knights, a club that has a special connection with the North Qld Toyota Cowboys that may have gone slightly unnoticed over the years.

This Newcastle connection includes several personalities who have played key roles in the Cowboys history.

For instance the inaugural Cowboys coach Grant Bell was from Newcastle before he moved north in the late 1980’s to work for the QRL as a development officer.

Current Cowboys head of football Peter Parr also originates from Newcastle and current Cowboys assistant coach Dave Farleigh is a former Newcastle Knights player.

Back in 1995 several former Newcastle Knights players featured in the Cowboys first season squad, including Damien Gibson, who although originally from Dalby, was a former Newcastle Knights player and he has the distinction of being the first Cowboys try scorer in A grade Other former Newcastle Knights players who joined the Cowboys for

the clubs first season were Shane Christiansen who was from the Burdekin but had played for the Knights 1990 and Jason Martin, a talented halfback who also captained the club at several stages.

Then there are former Newcastle players Leigh McWilliams, Tim Maddison, Paul Rauhini and Neil Sweeney all who played for the cowboys in the early and mid-2000s.

The trend goes the other way too, with former North Qld players and Qld origin reps Mike McLean, Adrian Bunker and Dane Gaigai all playing for the Newcastle Knights during their careers.

Even last weekend the NQ connection continues with former North Qld junior and Qld origin player Aiden Guerra and of course former Cowboys star Kalyn Ponga playing for the Knights The connections between Newcastle and North Queensland really started long before 1995 though.

Actually it can be traced back to 1947.

That was the year when Newcastle, NSW and Australian winger Noel White decided to take a job in Townsville.

Noel was a speedy winger who made the 1946 Newcastle team to play the touring Great Britain side and then went on to make the NSW Country, and NSW sides before making his test debut for Australia in the third test of the 1946 series.

Then in 1947 he became one of the first of a long line of International players to move to North Queensland, when he relocated to Townsville to work as a mine surveyor.

In Townsville he played for the Centrals club and after making the Townsville Foley shield and NQ sides he was selected for Queensland against NSW in all four games of the 1947 interstate series.

Those were the days when state selection was based on residency not origin, so Noel gained the rare distinction of having represented both NSW, Qld and Australia inside 12 months!

Noel only stayed in North Qld for one season, moving to Brisbane in 1948 to play for the West’s club but sadly his Rugby League career was cut short by a knee injury sustained in a tackle by Brisbane East’s, Qld and Australian reserve forward Ron McClellan, who ironically later moved to North Queensland and played for Ayr. When I met Noel and his wife some 10 years ago in their nelsons bay home he talked very fondly of his brief time in the north and although a Newcastle Knights supporter he admitted to having a soft spot for the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys!

When Noel White passed away in 2019 at 95 years of age he was at the time the oldest Australian rugby league representative.

PHOTO: 1300 Smiles Stadium Townsville. Cam Laid / Shutterstock.com

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Lights, Camera, Action CASSOWARY Coast regional Council will continue with their policy of live-streaming Council’s meetings after a very positive response to streaming during COVID-19.

Council’s decision was based upon the number of views each meeting has achieved.

As travel restrictions are reviewed and relaxed across the Country, local governments are making decisions about the health and safety of their communities and weighing up the benefits to continued live stream services.

At the recent Council meeting Cassowary Coast Regional Council Mayor Mark Nolan advised of his intentions to keep all meetings closed to the public until, at least December 2020.

Councillor Nolan said easing of restrictions places greater pressure on Council’s ability to protect the public should there be a second wave or resurgence of COVID-19 in the community.

‘There will be opportunity to review this decision but ultimately Council has to consider what is really important here - when we are talking about continued social distancing, what is actually necessary,’ he said.

‘We are currently reaching far more of our commu-

Meeting Dates: July 9 July 23 Aug 13 Aug 27 Sept 10 Sept 24 Oct 8 Oct 22 Nov 12 Nov 26 Dec 10 Meetings can be viewed on-line nity hosting the meetings online, at a fraction of the cost and with very little risk were the virus is concerned,’ The post-election meeting held 23 April 2020 was viewed 984 times, the meeting held 15 May 2020 was viewed 608 times, 28 May 2020 viewed 329 times and the most recent 11 June 2020 was viewed 121 times.

Councillor Nolan noted that despite the number of views per meeting declining, over 100 views is considered record breaking

attendance as far as local government meetings on the Cassowary Coast are concerned.

‘Never before in the history of this Council have we had these types of numbers ‘attending’ Council meetings,’ he said.

‘Since our decision to close meetings to the public and move to live streaming, we have seen data which demonstrates the public viewing of meetings is vastly greater than previous viewing in person,’ ‘Live streaming also allows the public to replay meetings and watch in their own time, which is a great outcome for those working and unable to watch at the time of the meeting,’ ‘I am very proud, as Mayor, that the live streaming solution has led to significantly greater transparency in the interests of democracy,’ Meetings will continue to be conducted from the Innisfail Shire Hall with existing sanitation procedures and physical distancing in place.

The next Council meeting will be held from 9am on 9 July 2020. All residents are welcome to access the live stream by going to Council’s website, cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au.

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DINING GUIDE

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Beautiful food and what a view PETER MCCULLAGH TRAVELLER and locals alike will love the new Riverfront Cafe in Innisfail.

Situated on the Fitzgerald Esplanade in the site formerly occupied by Coffee club the Riverfront Cafe boasts a commanding view over the Johnstone River along with cooling breezes and the tempting aroma of some truly mouth-watering food.

We have called in a couple of times for breakfast on the go as well as a relaxing lunch earlier this week.

The hospitality is warm and inviting, service is just what you expect, prompt and very polite and the coffee and food was amazingly good.

We started our day with a Bacon and Egg Muffin, with cheese. Well I was sold. Nothing fast food about this breakfast standard. It was perfect, washed down with a coffee, it was the perfect way to start our day.

Next time we will have the luxury of time so the Farm

Fresh Breakfast will be the next delight I try. Two eggs my way - I will have poached with hash brown, sausage, mushrooms, tomato, baked beans and toast. I really will not need anything else for the rest of the day.

We called in earlier this week for a relaxing lunch whilst visiting from Tully for business.

Sitting outside on a winter’s day, what is there not to like? Conversation was constantly interrupted by losing concentration to marvel at the view.

On the table we tried a variety of dishes. The spring rolls from the Light & Easy Menu and my favorite, crumbed steak with chips and salad and the others tried the Beef burger as well as the steak sandwich.

We weren’t rushed, why would you want to rush considering the setting. Relaxed conversation, great laughs and complimented by beautiful food.

We certainly can recommend the Riverfront Cafe in Innisfail. With a mixture of dining inside or al fresco, a

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June 24

High range drink driver

Goondi Hill: A 36-year-old Innisfail man was intercepted at about 3am on Wednesday morning for a roadside breath test.

As a result of that test he was transported to Innisfail Police Station for further testing.

June 22 It will be alleged that he returned a reading of 0.225 per cent BAC. Drink Driving Mourilyan, high range drink driver: Police charged a He was charged with drink driving, breach of bail con30-year-old Boogan man at about 12.30am on Monday dition and contravention of an order. He is scheduled to appear in Innisfail Magistrates Court today. morning with high range drink driving.

Officers received information that the man was driving his vehicle in the Mourilyan area while allegedly under the influence of alcohol.

Officers located the man and conducted a breath test.

He was transported to Innisfail station for further testing. It will be alleged that he returned a reading of 0.153 per cent BAC. He is scheduled to appear in Innisfail Magistrates Court on August 3.

Bingil Bay, drugs located

A 37-year-old Bingil Bay man and A 27-year-old Feluga man were each charged with one count each of possessing a dangerous drug, possessing a drug utensil and possessing property suspected of having been acquired for the purpose of committing a drug offence.

At about 1.30pm on Saturday, officers conducted a search warrant at a Bingil Bar Road address. It will be alleged that as a result of that search, officers located cannabis, cannabis seeds and various drug paraphernalia.

The men are scheduled to appear in Tully Magistrates Court on July 9.

June 25

Single vehicle traffic crash

Kennedy: A 26-year-old Jarra Creek man was airlifted to Townsville hospital after his vehicle left the road near Baird Creek yesterday afternoon.

Initial investigations suggest that at around 5.20pm on Wednesday afternoon, the white 1990 Nissan Patrol he was driving swerved a number of times across the road before it has crossed over the edge of the culvert, coming to a stop.

He was safely extracted from the vehicle by paramedics and is suspected to have sustained bruising and lacerations.

Investigations are continuing.

Traffic offences

Damper Creek: A 22-year-old Gold Coast woman was issued with a number of infringement notices on Thursday.

She was intercepted at about 5pm, allegedly travelling at 131km/h in a 100km/h zone. She was issued with a $622 traffic infringement notice for speeding.

It will be further alleged that she had failed to change Stealing, Ernest Street details on her Queensland driver’s licence within 14 A 24-year-old male international tourist has been days and was issued with a $133 traffic infringement charged with one count of attempted stealing. notice.

At about 4pm on Thursday afternoon he entered an Ernest Street business and allegedly placed a bottle of June 29 alcohol down the front of his shorts.

Fatal crash near Cardwell As he approached the counter, staff confronted him A 34-year-old Kirwan man has died after his car collidabout the bottle in his shorts he handed it over before ed with a tree. leaving the store.

The man was travelling along the Bruce Highway and He was located by police a short time later and was struck the tree, causing the car to catch fire, south of issued with a notice to appear in Innisfail Magistrates Cardwell, just after 5pm.

Court on August 3.

Members of the public attempted to rescue the man from the car, however were unsuccessful.

June 23 The man, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, Hit and run, Innisfail was declared deceased at the scene.

A red Mazda 2 has been reportedly damaged while it was parked in the parking bays of Edith Street near the Disturbance intersection of Owen Street between 2.30pm and 3pm Wongaling Beach: A 26-year-old Tully man was issued with a $400 infringement notice for public nuisance on on Monday afternoon.

It will be alleged that a white 1993 Holden Rodeo utility Friday morning.

It will be alleged he was at a Dickinson business around backed into the Mazda.

The Mazda sustained significant damage to the rear 10am shouting and arguing with staff at the store.

He was located by police in the carpark area and was panel.

Anyone with any information are encouraged to contact subsequently issued with the infringement notice.

Police and quote reference number QP2001298016.

Found bike, Innisfail Estate

The well-loved Enzo black and blue mountain bike pictured below was located by police around 8am Monday morning on Seymour Street.

The bike is being held at the Innisfail Police station.

Inquiries can be made to the Innisfail police property section between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday.

Proof of ownership will be required to claim the bike.

Bruce Highway, Kennedy at 11.10am on Sunday morning, allegedly travelling at 125km/h in a 100km/h zone.

A 46-year-old Townsville man was allegedly detected travelling at 122km/h in a 100km/h zone along the Bruce Highway, Kennedy when he was intercepted at 11.25am Sunday morning.

A 61-year-old Townsville man was intercepted around 1pm on Sunday afternoon allegedly travelling at 125km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Bruce Highway at Damper Creek On the Bruce Highway at Damper creek on Sunday afternoon, a 60-year-old Yorkeys Knob woman was intercepted at around 2pm allegedly travelling at 130km/h in a 100km/h zone.

The four driver were all issued with four demerit points and a $444 traffic infringement notice.

If you have any information for police contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the ionline form 24 hours per day.

You can report information avout crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24 hours per day.

Update – Fatal traffic crash, Cardwell

Detectives have charged a 22-year-old man with manslaughter following investigations into a fatal traffic incident at Cardwell last week.

It will be alleged that around 8.45pm on Sunday June 21, the man was involved in a physical altercation with a 46-year-old man on Victoria Street causing him to fall into the path of a truck.

The 46-year-old Innisfail man was pronounced deceased at the scene.

A 22-year-old Innisfail man has been charged with one count of manslaughter and is due to appear in the Attempted stealing Babinda: Police are investigating the attempted theft of Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow. a pig from a Howard Kennedy Drive address.

At about 8.30pm on Wednesday, June 24, an attempt was made to remove the pig from its pen.

The occupants of the residents disturbed the attempted theft and the intruder fled without the animal.

Anyone with any information or any CCTV footage for the area are encouraged to contact police and quote reference number QP2001341079.

June 30

Speeding

Police want to remind all drivers and riders to check their speed, and drive or ride to the conditions, and stay within the limits while on the road.

A number of motorist were issued with traffic infringement notices after they were detected on Sunday travelling more than 20km/h over the speed limit.

A 50-year-old Douglas man was intercepted on the

Put the brakes on speeding:

• Regularly check your speed when you’re driving.

• If weather and/or road conditions are poor, slow down.

• Don’t follow too closely – leave at least a two second gap

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ROAD SAFETY

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Do road rules apply to cyclists?

IF you are on a bicycle, it is important to remember you are still bound by the general road rules, as well as additional road rules specific to cyclists.

Cyclists can be issued traffic fines for riding through a red light, not wearing a helmet, or riding the wrong way along the street and these are among the most common traffic offences.

Always use your common sense, obey the road rules, and remember to regularly check your surroundings and the vehicles around you.

Some of the penalties related specifically to cyclist include: • carrying more passengers than a bicycle is designed for • failing to give way to pedestrians on a footpath or shared path • failing to display a light at night or in hazardous weather conditions Cyclists who break the following road rules will be given the same fines as motorists:

Cyclists can be issued traffic fines Failing to stop at a red traffic light.

Disobeying a ‘no U-turn’ sign at an intersection.

Failing to stop at a ‘stop’ sign at an intersection.

Exceeding the speed limit in a speed zone by less than 13km/h.

As a motorist, it is important to remember that bicycles are much smaller than cars and trucks, so they are harder to see.

Check your blind spots before changing lanes, turning, or when you open your car door.

If it is safe, indicate and pass the cyclist at the minimum distance.

If it is not safe, slow down and wait until it is safe for you to pass. This should not hold you up for long and it could save the life of a cyclist.

You can cross centre lines, including double unbroken centre lines, to pass a cyclist if it is safe to do so. If it is not safe to pass a cyclist, you must wait until it is safe to pass.

It is legal for two cyclists to ride side-by-side on a road if they are not more than 1.5metres apart.

If a cyclist is ahead of you and you want to turn left, turn behind the cyclist. Overtaking and cutting off the cyclist is very dangerous.

For more information on road rules specific to cyclists, please go to: http://www.qld.gov.au/ transport/safety/rules/ nonpowered/bicycle/index.html.

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Do not overtake turning vehicles PETER MCCULLAGH FIGURES released recently by Budget Direct Insurance Company paints a grim picture regarding our road toll in Australia In 2019, Australia has recorded more than 1,100 road related deaths, over 3 people a day. More than 60% of fatalities occurred in our regional or rural areas.

Since 1925 when Australia commenced with accurate car record keeping, we have seen more than 190,000 fatalities.

This figure represents over double the number of Australians killed during both World Wars and one thousand times the recorded number of Australian killed by sharks since 1791.

Yet we have no major public outcry. Road fatalities appear to be accepted as a fact of life, until a family is directed impacted.

The Wet Tropic Times is

committed to a campaign designed to potentially decrease the number of traffic accidents in our region.

This is an issue very close to our hearts.

Our first step is to increase the awareness of the road rules and debunk some of the old mis-conceptions as to who has right of way and what happens in common road use situations.

Last week we reviewed right of way at an uncontrolled intersection. This week we consider a frequent occurrence on our roads involving heavy vehicles turning right at a roundabout.

Review the above illistration.

The driver of this truck is intending to turn right at the roundabout.

It has a ‘DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE’ sign on the back.

Is the truck allowed to take up two lanes to turn at the roundabout?

Long vehicles often need more space to turn safely. They’re allowed to use any part of the two marked lanes to turn left or right at corners, intersections and roundabouts—as long as they have a ‘DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE’ sign.

If you are driving behind a truck, you should keep a safe distance and be prepared to give the truck extra room, allowing it to finish the turn.

You must not overtake a long vehicle that has a ‘DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE’ sign while it’s turning.

If you are uncertain regarding this and other road safety issues, please check out the TMR website on www.tmr.qld.gov. au/Safety/Queenslandroad-rules

COMMUNITY NEWS

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One Belle of a night planned Beauty and the Beast is set to return to Innisfail in November with two performances planned

MARIA GIRGENTI THIS year’s production

by Innisfail Dramatic Arts of ‘Beauty and The Beast’ is set to go on after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed to enable 20 people at a venue so the cast has returned to weekly lessons at the Con Theatre in preparation for two performances on November 20 and 21.

Since June 4, the cast has returned to face-toface classes and are slowly getting back into the routine of reading scripts and learning their lines with some travelling from Babinda and Mirriwinni to attend.

The cast were able to fit in five weeks of lessons in the first term before COVID-19 restrictions were imposed and classes abandoned a week early in early March.

Over the April school holidays, Swiney sent a message via Facebook and letter to all parents asking if they were happy for their children to continue with online Zoom lessons which was very well received.

She was also faced with the dilemma if the play was unable to go ahead this year and made the difficult decision that those students who had done all the work this year would keep their roles for next year’s production.

Despite having to adapt and make changes, props were still being made behind the scenes, and with parental support costumes and items pur-

chased despite significant shipping delays due to COVID-19.

A total of 18 cast members would log in at the same allotted time for online lessons via Zoom, while another student who was unable to go online continued to practice at home and received regular phone contact from Swiney.

“At first, the Zoom lessons were fun for students, as they were shown props and costumes live or via photos to keep them positive and excited.

The biggest challenge was trying to communicate with every parent, understanding instructions, adjusting to use of technological devices and dealing with online issues.”

Swiney said she felt for the parents who were stuck at home with children every day and hoped the lessons provided some normality and routine each week.

“During this time, I kept students and parents well informed with regular communication via Facebook, email, texts and mail and my online lessons received positive feedback from parents.

“They were very supportive ensuring their children were present for online lessons and by keeping them focused.”

As the weeks passed, it proved challenging to alleviate boredom while cast members waited their turn, however Swiney said she saw great creativity and support among her students online and noticed great improvement.

Director Erika Swiney and cast members of Beauty and the Beast are thrilled to be back rehearsing at Con Theatre in preparation for two shows in November Due to COVID-19, Swiney was unable to provide adequate singing lessons with cast members so had to improvise with less songs in the production, while one cast member will lip sync her song.

During lockdown, craft kits were also prepared and posted out to enable students to continue with activities while they were at home.

After two sell-out shows last year, Innisfail Dramatic Arts, under the professional direction of local theatre lover, Erika Swiney will present Beauty and The Beast adapted by playwright Kathryn Schultz Miller.

The production will be performed by a cast of 18 local children aged four to 14 which includes 10 from last year’s production and 10 new students.

Swiney will be ably assisted by Angela Leutton with her creativity and props, as well as make-up artists, Charlie Russo and Vanessa Chiarotto and is extremely grateful to Cassowary Coast Regional Council for the use of their venue.

The beloved classic story of Beauty and The Beast as chosen by the students is just as you remember, an unlikely love story which features music, dancing drama, comedy and mystery.

It is set in the French countryside where a handsome prince lives in a beautiful castle.

Even though the prince

ly taking a well-earned break and will return to the stage to continue with rehearsals in two weeks’ time after the June/July school holidays.

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was rich and fortunate, he cared little for his people and for his cruelty a spell is cast.

Until the prince is loved by a good and fair lady, he will remain a beast.

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TAX TIME

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END of financial year as come and gone, now is the time to start preparing for your 2020 tax return or perhaps a new start for the financial year 2021 When to Lodge: To save you the headache, it may be best to wait until the end of July to ensure that all data from employers, banks, health funds, government agencies and other institutions information is available on ATO prefill.

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However, many cannot, and incorrectly claiming these may result in a penalty from the Australian Taxation Office.

Here’s a few examples that you might be eligible for: Tools and work-specific clothing.

The item is needed to perform your job for example, tools that tradesmen use, equipment that hairdressers use, special shoes such as steel cap boots.

Safety items.

Item’s needed for self-protection or safety when doing your job for example, sunscreen and sunglasses if you are required to work outside Laptops and mobile phones If these are used for work purposes you’re able to claim it on tax (if you have a laptop that you use for work and personal use, you’re only entitled to claim the portion that you use for work).

Courses and conferences.

Self-education expenses such as courses and certificates need to be directly related to your profession and will help you get a promotion or a pay rise.

2. Claim tax deductions for working at home If you work from home full time, part time or only on the odd occasion, you are eligible to claim this as a tax deduction.

For example, if you’re running a business from home (full-time or parttime) that requires you to use computers, phones and other electronic devices, you could be eligible to claim deductions on certain costs.

This even included the cost of your home internet and electricity bills!

Working from home tax deductions can include the following: Cleaning costs. The expenses incurred from cleaning office space at home.

Office furniture. Purchase and repair costs for office furniture and fittings required to do your job.

Your phone bill. Landline and mobile phone calls related to work matters (you should get an itemised phone bill and highlight the work-related calls) Your home internet bill.

You can claim a portion of your monthly internet bill, in line with how often you use it for work purposes.

Electricity bills. You can also claim a portion of your home electricity bills, in line with how often you work from home.

Amazingly, you can also claim a portion of your occupancy expenses, like rent, mortgage, and home insurance, so long as you operate your business solely from your home and have a dedicated space for business activities.

It’s important you claim working from home expenses correctly, to avoid a penalty from the Australian Taxation Office.

You’ll need to show evidence and your calculations to justify how much you’re claiming.

A tax agent can do this for you to ensure you’re claiming correctly.

3. Use a registered tax agent (they’ll help maximise your return and their fee is tax deductible!)

For a lot of people, using a tax agent to lodge your tax return is the easiest way to ensure you’re claiming everything that you’re eligible for.

Here’s how tax agents can help you this tax time: Claim the tax agent fee as a tax deduction.

You might be surprised to learn that the cost of using a tax agent is completely tax deductible.

Claim more deductions.

Tax agents know the ins and outs of the tax system so they’ll be able to help you claim everything you’re entitled to, even things you might not be aware that you’re entitled to claim.

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SUPER QUIZ

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One point for each correct answer.

1. Name Australia’s most successful ODI cricket captain in the 1970s 2. Who was the 350th test match cap for Australia?

3. Name the oldest player to play NRL. 4. How much of Australia is classified as desert? 8%, 18%, 25%, 35%

5. What can be a liquid base for soups and goods kept in a store?

6. Born in Townsville, Queensland, which Australian was the founder of WikiLeaks?

7. Name the Wet Wet Wet hit from 1994.

8. In what Australian city did the first Commonwealth Parliament sit?

9. Who became Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics?

16. Which boxer was known as “The Greatest” and “The People’s Champion”?

17. What country won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930?

18. Which actors played the characters, Kath and Kim? 19. Name Elvis Presley’s first movie, 1956?

20. Who replaced Sir Joh BjelkePetersen as QLD Premier in 1987?

27. Which Aussie promised to “Go all the way with LBJ”?

28. Australia was the second country in the world to give women the vote.

Who was the first?

29. What is a quandong?

30. Name the composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning show, Matilda the Musical.

21. Name Queensland’s oldest living former premier.

10. Which sportswoman is the youngest (as of 2018) to represent Australia at cricket and is the only Australian to represent Australia at both cricket and soccer World Cups?

22. In what year was the first ever Wimbledon Championship held?

23. Recite the first line of the second verse of Advance Australia Fair.

24. Which F1 racer holds the record for the most Grand Prix wins?

11. Where in Australia would you find the Big Prawn?

12. Which Australian actress born in 1967 whose first film was Bush Christmas but came to prominence in the film Dead Calm?

13. Who made the first flight across the Pacific from California to Brisbane in 1928?

14. The Indian Pacific rail service travels between which two cities?

15. Which Williams sister has won more Grand Slam titles?

25. Why was Australian Football invented?

26. Which former Australian Prime Minister set a beer drinking world record?

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1. Bill Lawry (1 win from 1 game) 2. Shane Warne.

3. Paul Gallen (38 years and 31 days). 4.35%. 5.

1Stock 6. Julian Assange. 7. Love is all around.

8. Melbourne 9. Cathy Freeman. 10. Ellyse Perry 11. Ballina. 12. Nicole Kidman 13. Charles Kingsford Smith 14. Sydney and Perth 15.

Serena 16.Muhammad Ali 17. Uraguay 18. John Farnham 19. Love Me Tender 20. Mike Ahern 21.Russell Cooper 22. 1877 23. Beneath our radiant Southern Cross 24. Michael Schumacher 25. To keep cricketers fit in the off season. 26.

Bob Hawke—drinking 2.5 pints in 11 seconds 27.

Prime Minister Harold Holt. 28. New Zealand 29. A fruit. 30. Tim Minchin

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Specialising in Kitchens, Shops & Office Fitouts FAMILY CHIROPRACTOR Vanities & Robes Tully: 4068 2225

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Phone 4068 2100

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INNISFAIL 4061 2225 Monday - Friday

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TULLY 4068 2225 Tuesday and Thursday

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Contact Trevor and Brenton Edwards 0427 665 571 or 4068 7456

Web: www.cassowarychiropractic.com.au Email: cassowarychiro@gmail.com

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CHIROPRACTORS DENTISTS

CHIROPRACTORS: Dr Will, Dr Isabella, Dr Brie ACUPUNCTURIST: Agnes Kim 0474 531 775 Innisfail Central Arcade, INNISFAI INNISFAIL L and 11 Watkins Street, TULLY

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• BRICK & BLOCKWORK • DIAMOND FINISH CONCRETE POLISHING • RENDERING • CONCRETE GRINDING • TILE & GLUE REMOVAL

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MILL STATISTICS ACROSS THE REGION

Tully Sugar

HERBERT RIVER Cane Crushing Statistics

Cane Crushing Statistics for 2020 Crushing statistics for Week 2 ending Friday, June 26

for 2020 Crushing statistics for Week 1 ending Saturday, June 27 2020 Crushing Weekly Season to Season Date Total Tonnes Cane Crushed 65,550 CCS

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Season estimate

65,550 10.61 4,160,000

2020 Crushing Weekly Season to Season Date Total Tonnes 96,111 154,260 Cane Crushed 735 Tonnes Cane 731

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Season estimate Balance to crush

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SOUTH JOHNSTONE MILL Cane Crushing Statistics

for 2020 Crushing statistics for Week 1 ending Sunday, June 28 2020 Crushing Weekly Season to Season Date Total Tonnes Cane Crushed 39,598

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Growers to Elect Local QSL Representatives

ELECTIONS are now underway for cane growers in the Mossman,Tablelands, Herbert River, Burdekin, Mackay and Plane Creek districts to decide their local QSL Grower Representative Members.

QSL Grower Representative Members are volunteers who represent their fellow growers with Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL), the state's industry-owned sugar marketer.

Elections for these important roles are held every three years, with nominations for the current elections closing earlier this month.

In eight of the 14 milling regions around the state, the number of nominations received was equal to the number of available positions, and as such, an election is not required. These milling regions and nominees are:

● Mulgrave: Jeffrey Day ● Northern (South Johnstone Mill): Barry Stubbs ● Tully: Thomas Harney ● Proserpine: Peter Quod ● Southern (Bundaberg): Allan Dingle & Mark Pressler ● Isis: Peter McLennan ● Maryborough: Jeffrey Atkinson ●Rocky Point: Greg Zipf The six milling regions where an election is required are: ● Mossman ● Tablelands ● Herbert River

T S E V R A H S E RVIALT HA SSP PEECCIAL

T S E V HARVEST R A H L A I C E SPSPECIAL

● Burdekin ● Central (Mackay) ● Plane Creek To be eligible to vote in any of the elections noted above, you must be a sugar cane grower who supplies sugar cane under contract to a mill in that region.

To lodge your vote, you must complete the applicable voting paper available on the QSL website: www. qsl.com.au and return it to QSL by 5pm Friday 17 July 2020.

Results will be declared by mid-August after votes have been checked and counted by an independent scrutineer. Until such time, current QSL Grower Representatives remain in their positions.

GREATER STRIKE

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1 x 20 LITRE OF EQUIVALENT OIL & SPECIALLY MARKED 205L INCLUDE: MARKED • SPECIALLY Top Dog XDO® 15W-40 205L CI-4/SLINCLUDE: • Ultra Clear Diff Lub 80W-140

• Top Dog Global Lube 85W-140 • Top Dog XDO®Mineral® 15W-40 CI-4/SL • Gear • Ultra Clear Diff Lub 80W-140 15W-40 CJ-4/SN • Superdraulic® ISO 68 • Top Dog Global Mineral® • Gear Lube 85W-140 • Top Dog CK-4 15W-40 CK-4 • Gulf Harvester ISO 68 15W-40 CJ-4/SN • Superdraulic® ISO 68 • Agriblue UTTF •MARKED Clearonox (Adblue) PURCHASE ANY SPECIALLY 205 LITREISO DRUM • Top Dog CK-410W-30 15W-40 CK-4 • Gulf Harvester 68 OF • Agritrans UTTF 10W-20 30th June 2020 GULF WESTERN RECEIVE THE BELOW FREE! • Agriblue UTTF 10W-30 OIL AND Expiry • Clearonox (Adblue) • Agritrans UTTF1 10W-20 Expiry 30th 2020 x 20 LITRE OF EQUIVALENT OILJune &

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• Gulf Harvester ISO 68 • Clearonox (Adblue) Expiry 30th June 2020

ECIALLY MARKED 205L INCLUDE:

· FAST ROOT–DEVELOPMENT · STRONG ROOT HEALTH · SUITS COLD & WET SOILS 80W-140

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Rural Economic Development Grant RURAL agricultural business with the opportunity to share in $10m worth of grants to help fund job-creating projects across the state have until July 10 to submit their interest.

Applications are open for a third round of the Palaszczuk Government’s job-creating Rural Economic Development (RED) grants, which are administered by the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority.

Co-contribution grants of up to $250,000 are available for food and agricultural businesses to support ‘shovel-ready’ projects that create jobs for value added primary production and provide significant economic benefits to rural and regional communities.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said across round one and two, 28 businesses received $6.32 million under the RED Grants program over the past two years.

Overall these 28 projects are expected to create 1,200 jobs across the agricultural sector in regional Queensland.

“There have been some truly innovative and forward-thinking

shovel-ready projects able to come to life across the state,” Mr Furner said.

“Blistering summer heat impacting vegetable crops in the Lockyer Valley has forced a grower to invest heavily in climate control infrastructure to ensure they can meet demand and grow their work force.

“In North Queensland, at Marilyn Harbour, a barramundi farm will triple production when they build an intensive barramundi nursery capable of housing one million fish a year.

“In Emerald, plans to reinvent old school butcher values while introducing a boutique supermarket and meat hub to the rural town will depend on up to 24 full time workers in a range of new roles.

“These are just some of the projects able to get off the ground with a RED Grant and now is the time for other rural business to secure their interest in the third round of the program.”

Mr Furner said to be eligible to apply for round three, applicants must propose an agricultural supply chain project based in regional Queensland that would generate

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“This is a critical time for the Queensland economy and we have provided unprecedented support for Queensland businesses over the last few months,” Mr Furner said.

“Job-creating initiatives like our RED grants are critical as we implement our plan to Unite and Recover Queensland Jobs.

“I have visited quite a few of the businesses that have received RED grants in rounds one and two, and all of them are preparing for an exciting future of business growth and more jobs.”

The RED Grant program is funded for a total of $10 million over three years.

Expressions of interest for round three close at midnight on 10 July, 2020.

For more information on the RED Grants including program guidelines, round one and two successful applicant stories and the Expression of Interest form, visit www.qrida.qld.gov.au/current-programs/redgrants or Freecall 1800 623 946.

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LEASED INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE PLUS FREEHOLD GRAZING PROPERTY FOR SALE by Expressions of Interest closing Thursday 23 July at 4pm 420 CAMP CREEK ROAD, CAMP CREEK QLD 4871 (L1/SP121918)

RURAL & INVESTMENT

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233.4Ha* freehold

Separately leased industrial warehouse + vacant grazing property

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Part (7Ha*) under industrial lease with income of $103,499pa* (inc GST)

Balance (226Ha*) vacant grazing and forested land with 3BR home, machinery shed, yards & some fencing

Stacey Quaid 0418 773 258 Natural streams and creeks - high rainfall area *Approx

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On Instruction from the Executor

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

closing Thursday 23 July at 4pm 67722 BRUCE HIGHWAY, BABINDA AND LOT 59 NELSON ROAD, BABINDA, QLD

67722 BRUCE HIGHWAY

LOT 50 NELSON ROAD

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4 titles totalling 30.03Ha*

Former cane farming land

Improvements incl 3BR home, machinery shed

Bruce Highway frontage

Available as one or in multiple parcels

32.38Ha* elevated land

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Cleared home site

Substantially forested

Stacey Quaid 0418 773 258

Commanding views

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WELL MAINTAINED COTTAGE

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 Renovated Kitchen and Bathroom.  Airconditioned bedrooms.  Large 968sqm yard.  Front and rear access.  Close to primary school and childcare.

Do not delay. This home a must to inspect. $198,000 - List # 1198

Total Land Area: 87.88 Ha = 217.16 acres.  217 acres of lush Brachia and Guinea grass.  Natural springs and creek run through each of the three fully fenced paddocks.  Breathtaking views from many potential house sites.

Call Kylie on 0428 944 563

 Power runs past the front of the property.  Situated 20 minutes from Innisfail.

Cattle blocks with water, grass and views of this quality rarely come on the market.

Move fast to secure your piece of paradise. $1,200,000 - List #1176

Call Kylie on 0428 944 563

EXQUISITELY RESTORED CHAPEL...

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PRIME CATTLE LAND – FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND

land area 976 sqm

A magnificent cement rendered church transformed into a delightful Air B&B  Spacious open plan living with majestic cathedral stained glass windows  Two bedrooms, with floor space for a third.

 Outdoor kitchenette in the undercover entertainment area.

This property is in a platinum location with country lifestyle ambience and going at a very alluring price, so be quick to snap us this rare piece of real estate. Use it as lucrative B&B or just make this, home sweet home yours to live in… $375,000 neg. List #1170

Call Connie on 0410 008 918

70 Edith Street, INNISFAIL PHONE: 4061 1466 EMAIL: aarealty@aarealty.net www.aarealty.net

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 3 airconditioned bedrooms  Close to town and bike/walking track  Bore and town water – perfect for the gardener  Remote lock-up garage  Fully fenced yard and Large masonry block shed $330,000 - List # 1191 Call Kylie on 0428 944 563

DUPLEX - REDUCED BY $25,000

Tidy 2 X 2 bedroom units. Masonry block inside and out. Kitchen / dining / lounge areas. Good sized bedroom and laundries / utility areas, Lockup garages.

Air conditioning, fans, security screens and front verandahs to enjoy the outdoors. Lovely back yard also. Presently returning $390 in rent in total per week. Ideal for anyone wanting to size down, retirees etc. Live in one and rent the other. Ideal for the extended family as well. Handy to most conveniences.

Well worth considering. $235,000 List # 1085 Contact Fran on 0401 191 258

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Location: Bella Vista Av Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Inspect: By appointment

only Agent: Fran 0401 191258 Price: $430,000 Amazing property ideal for the extended family. On a generous 1115sqm allotment minutes from Innisfail CBD and most other conveniences. The home features three bedrooms plus office / fourth bedroom, state of the art kitchen adjoining the dining room. Comfortable lounge area leading out to a beautiful deck. Downstairs there is a guest area, extra shower and toilet, laundry, rumpus room and multiple vehicle accommodation.

LIVE ONLINE AUCTION

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY - 9AM START

On instructions from Govt Depts, Receivers, Loss Adjustors, QLD Police, Importers & Private Vendors

4 BERTH SELF CONTAINED DONGA, TOYOTA LANDCRUISER WAGON, RESORT FURNITURE, COMPUTERS, COMMERCIAL CATERING EQUIPMENT, MOTORHOME

OFFICE: Desktop & All-in-One Computers, iPhones, Tablet, E Readers, Conference Table, Swivel Chairs, Lock Boxes, Filing Cabinets. FURNITURE: Fabric & Leather Lounges, Bedside Tables, Entertainment Units, Single & Double Beds, Pool Table, Floor Rugs. Sold In Situ: Location Babinda: Ford 6600 4WD Tractor, Massey Ferguson 65 Tractor, Ford 5000 Tractor, 90 Mitsubishi Triton Utility, Toft Robot 300 Cane Harvester, MTD Yard Machines Ride on Mower, Ride On Mower Yard Trailer, 3 Point Linkage Weeder Rake, Cotton King & Carry All, Hardy Boom Sprayer & Tank. VEHICLES: 13 Mazda 3 Sedan, 12 Toyota Landcruiser Wagon, 99 Audi A4, 95 Volvo 850 Sedan. Holmatro Hydraulic Rescue Kits, Truck, Trailer & 4WD Tyres, 99 Ford Transit Fully Furnished Motorhome, Crown Electric Walkie Stacker & Height Assistant Vehicle, Yamaha Waverunner Jet Ski, Tandem Axle Tradesmans Trailers, 6 Mtr Shipping Container, 12V & Deep Cell Batteries, Safety Equipment, Fuel Bowsers, Hitachi Oil Free Scroll 15 Compressors, 320L Receiver

AND SO MUCH MORE . . .

Note: A 15% Buyers Premium will be added to the knockdown price of each lot sold, excluding Vehicles to which 10% Premium will apply. (GST Incl. Sale)

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401 Sheridan Street, Cairns North - Phone 4051 3300

Live a lifestyle of Leisure

INNISFAIL

Location: 3 Rita Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Inspect: By appointment only Agent: Kylie 0428 944 563 Price: $290,000 This home has everything on a growing family’s wish list. Three airconditioned bedrooms and fully tiled air conditioned living area that has enough room for entertaining friends and family.

The kitchen and dining area has a large pantry and plenty of space to add an island bench.

The rear door leads out to the fenced back yard with the bonus of two street access on the 1,103sqm block.

Located within walking distance to river, primary school and child care centre.

27 MARTINUZZI CLOSE, NEW HARBOURLINE

OPEN FOR INSPECTION SATURDAY 11.30 AM TO 12.30 PM

30 FITZGERALD ESPLANADE. OPEN SATURDAY 1 PM TO 2 PM

PRICED TO SELL MAKE AN OFFER

This Beautiful four bedroom low set home is situated on approx. 2.5 acres, makes for the perfect family home.

This wonderful property presents inside:  Open plan living, a dining & kitchen area air-conditioning

Riverfront and Parkland Living

 Large modern well-designed kitchen with quality kitchen cabinetry + dishwasher

Make and offer on your choice of two and three bed apartments.

 The kitchen looks out over the massive well maintained back yard with views of the surrounding area

 Prestige interiors

 Large 3 bay shed, perfect for high wheelbase 4x4’s

 Luxurious inclusions

 Fully fenced yard with established fruit trees

 Pool deck entertainment  Live in a River Front apartment with a relaxing friendly lifestyle of leisure with full security and no maintenance Call Ronnie 0417 760 500 or Matt 0490 274 794 To arrange an inspection Today

Only minutes away from Mourilyan Harbour for access to harbour and reef for fishing, Etty Bay Beach, Mourilyan township with some shops, primary school, and Innisfail approximately 10 minutes away.

Contact Ronnie Neary 0417

760 500

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SITUATIONS VACANT P O S I T I O N VAC A N T We currently have a position available for a SERVICE SUPERVISOR. Applicant must be available early mornings, nights and weekends. Previous experience necessary.

Please email cover letter to accounts@tullyiga.com.au Applications close 14th July 2020.

MULTI SKILLED MAINTENANCE PERSON

with mechanical knowledge required to repair and maintain machinery and equipment on medium banana farm in Tully

Phone: 0428 682 591

TULLY SUGAR LIMITED

18 Scullen Avenue Innisfail 07 40616 806 66 Butler Street, Tully 07 40681 188 Members of the Australian Funeral Directors Assoc.

Servicing the Cassowary Coast for 3 Generations

Local Business

Give us

ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER

Funeral Home – Chapel & Crematorium Bronze Plaques – Funeral Bonds

We Support

TULLY SUGAR LIMITED is one of Australia’s most successful producers of raw sugar. We own and run a modern, well equipped operation producing raw sugar and renewable energy, as well as a large cane farming business covering over 2000 Ha with a productive capacity of up to 145,000 tonnes.

THE ROLE: You will be reporting to the Farm Manager. This role is challenging as you assume significant responsibility for a full range of farming activities, the work program, cost management, safety and people management functions associated with Tully Sugar cane farms.

This is a full-time, hands-on position and the successful applicant will need experience in all aspects of farming operations including tractor driving. We are looking for someone with the work ethic to impress, and the aptitude to develop over time into a position where they assist and at times provide relief in the Farm Manager’s absence to manage our cane farms on behalf of the business.

Over time, the successful candidate will also assist with: • Overseeing Tully Sugar’s farming operations, including harvesting and day to day farm production;

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Phone:

4068 0088

• Developing work plans and financial budgets for the farms; • Liaising with Mill Staff and industry organisations as required; • GPS based precision ag systems; and • Maintaining records to BMP standards and above.

FUNERAL NOTICES

The successful applicant must have a current driver’s licence and hold or be willing to work towards a HR Truck Licence.

Computer literacy and farm experience including spraying and tractor driving is essential. Chemical application Licence would be an advantage.

JOHNSTONE, William George (Bill)

Applications should be emailed to abarrie@tsl.com.au by close of business 17 July 2020. Phone enquiries should be directed to Sean Hodgson on 0417 758292.

Late of Briggs Street, Tully. Bill passed away peacefully, at the Cairns Hospital, on Saturday 27th June 2020, aged 73 years. Most dearly loved husband of Sue, loved father of Paul & Cherie, loved grandfather of Angus, Lincoln & Elle, loved brother of Ian, Gerry, Linda & Rhett, loved brother in law & uncle of their families.

FOR SALE

43 KVA GENERATOR

Due to COVID-19 Restrictions on Funeral Numbers, Bill’s family will be extending an invitation to mourners to attend his Funeral.

Silenced. 2016 4 cylinder Cummins Diesel.

Stamford Alternator. DEEPSEA ELECTRONICS engine management. 154 litre tank – $11,000

PHONE: 045 788 6957

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Cassowary Coast Regional Council has scheduled the following meeting dates and times for the Months of July 2020 to December 2020.

ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC Pursuant to Section 277E(1) of the Local Government Electoral (2020 Quadrennial Election) Regulation 2020 (Qld) it is advised that no member of the public will be permitted within the Meeting Room at Level 4 at any Council Meetings until further notice.

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He was clinical, and if you had to pick a NSW side come back out when they start winning again. I will be the first to admit that the Nth Qld Cowboys looked like now based on form, then the elephant man gets my IF the COVID-19 show didn’t disappoint our Friday a more committed outfit on the weekend, but I still think vote. night weekly pub catch ups, then my Brisbane Bron- Paul Green is on borrowed time.

Ricky Stuarts Raiders made a good comeback cos proved to me and my loyal supporters that they are Tully’s wonder kid Jake Clifford looks to have ce- against queen Cutho’s Eels, but it was his royal highactually more useless than the Gold Coast Titans and mented his spot for at least a few more games, whilst ness who kicked them home in a golden point special, powdered milk on a dairy farm.

Drinkwater’s game looks to improve as we go further so all is forgiven as my new name for Clint this week It was so excruciating to watch, with Milford and Co into the season. will be Prince Cutho. looking more like the Cowboys in the late 90s, such Manly and the Bulldogs round out my second worst The Dragons I feel should have won against the was there standard.

Roosters with all the chances they had, but errors at week of NRL tipping as both sides looked softer than My only gripe is that a team, or a club that has that crucial parts of the game made them look more like Mr Whippy’s soft serve ice-cream that seem to be my much success in the past, and what us supporters under 6s. only friend in this weather. are accustom to, can all of sudden look like a bunch of So there you have it, the long, the short, the good, The Rabbitohs game against the mountain men the players that don’t look interested in effort.

Penny Panthers showed how big Nathan Cleary’s fore- the bad and the darn right ugly that is the NRL footy.

If the season does not get any better soon for my head really is, but it also showed his class when the Can’t wait for this week’s game, maybe Brisbane will team, then I will be putting my NRL gear away with my game was on the line. look like winning.

Bulls, John Cena and Wallabies apparels that will only

SHANE MURIATA

Who would win a game of footy between the NZ All Blacks and the Australian Kangaroos?

SHANE MURIATA With all sporting codes across the world suffering because of a global pandemic, we now turn our eyes to what maybe the biggest boost for footy since Alfie Langer made himself available for game 3 for the maroons in the 2001 Origin Decider.

Plans and pieces of the puzzle have been put together for what many consider the game of the century when the New Zealand’s All Blacks take on the Australian Rugby League Kangaroos.

The match will of course have hybrid rules which will suit both codes so no one will have any sort of advantage.

In my opinion, this game should have happened at least 5-6 years ago when both codes were at their peak of performance.

The All Blacks had Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Nonu

“I just think the speed speed of our guys like Ponga, Teddy and Cook around the ruck will expose them.

The All Blacks usually rely on power, but you wouldn’t write them off”.

Cameron Miller: Spilla Sports Show Host.

and of course my favourite Keven Mealamu, all who are certain Hall of Famers.

Then you would have had the Kangaroos, with Cronk, Lockyer, Thurston, Smith, Petro and of course wrecking ball Greg Inglis, a side that could have easily beaten the Avengers and the Justice League in one afternoon.

So how do we put this argument to rest and work out who would come out on top, easy, we just speak to North Qld sport Royalty and get their view on who and why.

First off the list is Rugby League icon in the Hinchinbrook and Herbert River Crushers Rugby League Head Coach Mitch Seri.

Followed by serious but funny bloke who is also the Head Coach of the Innisfail Leprechauns Leon Hallie.

“Just going by the speed of the ruck, the Kangaroos would easily dominate.

The All Blacks would only stand a chance if they had 70% possession, because league’s line speed is far superior”.

Paul Ketchell: Tully Tigers Coach

Head

“All Blacks would win, only because union players have dabbled in both codes whereas league players have only played the one.

Just not experienced enough, that’s pretty much what it will come down to”.

Leon Hallie: Innisfail Leprechaun Head Coach

This column would be nothing without sports voice of the north from the highly successful Spillas Sport Show, the one and only Cameron Miller, whose show just continue to grow.

Next we have the Queensland State League Northern Pride 20s coach and highly knowledgeable footy brain Mr Dave Scott.

A panel of footy experts would not be complete without former Cowboys, Foley Shield and current Head Coach of the Tully Tigers Paul Ketchell.

To round out the list of professionals to lend their opinion for this argument is none other than cricket god of the north, former League player and all round fanatic, Brenton Edwards.

“Depends on the rules because the scrums would be a little challenging for the Kangaroos because the All Blacks are more hardened for contact.

In saying that, if the game was more open, then yeah Kangaroos would dominate”.

Brenton Edwards: QLD, AUS Rep Player

“The core aspects of the game pass, draw and conditioning mostly likely advantage rugby league.

The defensive line retreat will show union lack of speed, so for mine, rugby league will have union covered”.

Dave Scott: Queensland State Rugby League Under 20s Coach, Northern Pride

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A Need to Redeem PETER MCCULLAGH FANS, commentators and past players expressed dismay and shame regarding the latest poor showing by the Brisbane Broncos on Saturday evening.

Perhaps for the first time ever, fans soundly booed the team from the field at half-time as we as after the final siren.

Broncos great Justin Hodges was astounded to hear fans vent their disgust so loudly. “This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Broncos team get booed off at half-time, the fans are very angry as you can tell, “ Hodges told Fox League.

There may have only been 10,000 spectators but those at the game spoke loudly and passionately for the hundreds of thousands Broncos fans throughout Australia.

Social media also vented, with many saying the 10,000 fans showed more passion and commitment through their actions than the coach and players during the game.

Hodges commented on Fox Football that the Broncos lacked organisation and spark.

From the kick-off the Gold Coast Titans showed they were hungrier and more passionate for the victory. It was the titan’s biggest winning margin over a hapless Broncos in their history, exerting even more pressure upon the team and embattles coach Anthony Seibold.

The pressure is surely building on Seibold. Visibly angry as he stormed from the Coach’s box at halftime, Seibold must be running short on ideas and options.

Seibold has a further two and a half years remaining on his contract at Redhill, but like many of the players, Seibold is closer to being ‘retired from the club’ than a NRL Premiership.

When asked at the post match conference if he feared for his own job, replied that he believed he was the right person for the job and looking over his shoulder fearing for his job.

“At the end of the day, I signed a long term deal, the last five weeks have been super challenging, this time last year we had won only 2 games, but we were able to make the play-offs.”

“There’s thirteen games to go, and are aims are to make the playoffs. We will have to win eight of our last thirteen games, in not impossible.”

Fortunately for Seibold and his team the next three games are against teams in the bottom half of the table, Warriors currently 14th, Bulldogs 16th , and West Tigers sitting just outside the eight in ninth.

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Identifying and Assisting Future Champions

Anthony Seibold at his press conference after loss toTitans.

The Broncos will need to win these three to restore a certain amount of pride and stability to the team.

Should they lose any of the coming three games, fans, will be ready to demand the sacking of players and the coach.

Team Lineup Broncos: 1. Tesi Niu, 2. Jamayne Isaako, 3.

Herbie Farnworth, 4. Darius Boyd, 5. Xavier Coates, 6. Anthony Milford, 7. Brodie Croft, 8. Matthew Lodge, 9. Issac Hodge, 10. Payne Haas, 11. Alex Glenn, 12.

Tevita Pangai Junior, 13. Patrick Carrigan, 14. Tom Dearden, 15. Thomas Flegler, 16. Rhys Kennedy, 17.

Ben Te’o, 18. Corey Oates, 19. Corey Paix, 20. Richard Kennar, 21. Jamil Hopoate.

Warriors: 1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2. David Fusitu’a, 3. Peta Hitu, 4. Patrick Herbert, 5. Ken Maumalo, 6. Kodi Nikorima, 7. Blake Green, 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Agnatius Paasi, 11. Jack Murchie, 12. Tohu Harris, 13. Adam Blair, 14.

Chanel Harris-Tavita, 15. Jack Hetherington, 16. Karl Lawton, 17. Josh Curran, 18. King Vuniyayawa, 20.

Isaiah Papali’I, 21. Adam Pompey, 22. Gerard Beale.

EMERGING sports men and women in the Cassowary Coast can now apply for and benefit from the newly established Cassowary Coast Community Sports Bursary Program.

The Cassowary Coast Regional Council voted to accept the recommendation to cease membership of the North Queensland Sports Foundation at their recent Meeting.

Savings created by ceasing membership of the NQSF would be the seeding capital required to launch and administer these proposed bursaries.

The bursaries are open to young people aged from 8 to 18 years, who are a permanent resident within the Cassowary Coast and must not be a professional athlete.

Cassowary Coast Mayor Mark Nolan said the new program will complement the existing Community Assistance Scheme and suite of sport and recreational services that include Youth Assistance financial support, annual grants and grant writing workshops.

‘Council is committed to creating opportunities for junior athletes by providing a suite of Sports Bursaries to promote, encourage and sustain sporting participation and healthy life styles in the Cassowary Coast,’ ‘At this time, the development of internal organisational capacities to promote, encourage, and represent the take up of sport at a grass roots level would provide a greater community benefit than continued membership with the NQSF,’ Councillor Nolan said.

Six bursaries will be awarded: Junior Sports Female (Age 8-12) Junior Sports Male (Age 8-12) Senior Sports Female (Age 13-18) Senior Sports Male (Age 13-18) Junior Indigenous Sports Person (Age 8-12) Senior Indigenous Sports Person (Age 13-18) Application forms as well as additional details are available on Council’s website. Nominations close 4:30pm Wednesday July 15

Thomas Flegler returns to the Broncos, starting on the bench, after serving his one week suspension.

Friday, June 26, 2020

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An Epic Battle Looms PETER MCCULLAGH FRESH from a confidence boosting game against the Knights, last weekend in Townsville, the NQ Toyota Cowboys travel to Bankwest Stadium to take on the ladder leaders Parramatta.

The Eels currently sit comfortably atop the ladder with 6 wins from the past 7 games.

Last week the Eels struggled to put away the Raiders with the game being taken into golden point time.

Parramatta coach, Brad Arthurs after the game believed they showed signs of good character during the game.

“If we keep coming with the same attitude and belief, we will be tough to beat.

“We are trying to play physical football, whilst that might frustrate other, it’s the style that works best for us,” said Arthurs.

Cowboys mentor, Paul Green believes his side would have beaten any side last week. “It was their best performance in the past few weeks and hopefully we can build upon that.

The Cowboys plan to take this renewed confidence and belief into their game against the Eels and continue their march up the ladder.

“We showed desperation, urgency and a willingness to pay the price for your team mate.

Speaking earlier this week about what motivated his players against the Knights and if they could keep the

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motivation strong for this weekend, Green stated that motivation was generated within each player and their sense of professional pride.

Cowboys coach Paul Green believes it is up to the individual players to dig deep and find the motivation required, rather than waiting for bad press or someone else to motivate them to give their best effort.

“Last week’s win again the Knight whilst pleasing and should provide motivation for the team to press forward this week against Parramatta, it will be important to play the full 80 minutes.”

Team List Cowboys: 1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 2. Kyle Feldt, 3. Tom Opacic, 4. Esan Masters, 5. Justin O’Neill, 6.

Scott Drinkwater, 7. Jake Clifford, 8. Josh McGuire, 9.

Reece Robson, 10. Jordan McLean, 11. Shane Wright, 12. Coen Hess, 13. Jason Taumalolo, 14. Ben Hampton, 15. Gavin Cooper, 16. Peter Hola, 17. Francis Molo, 18. Reuben Cotter, 19. Valentine Holmes, 20.

Corey Jensen, 21. Jake Granville.

Eels: 1. Clinton Gutherson, 2. Maika Sivo, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Waqa Blake, 5. Blake Ferguson, 6.

Dylan Brown, 7. Jai Field, 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 9. Reed Mahoney, 10. Junior Paulo, 11. Shaun Lane, 12. Ryan Matterson, 13. Marata Niukore, 14. Ray Stone, 15. David Gower, 16. Oregon Kaufusi, 17. Brad Takairangi, 18. Stefano Utoikamanu, 19. Daniel Alvaro, 20. George Jennings, 21. Will Smith.

Pos

Team

P

W

D

L

Pts

1.

Eels

7

6

0

1

12

2.

Panthers

7

5

1

1

11

3.

Roosters

7

5

0

2

10

4.

Storm

7

5

0

2

10

5.

Knights

7

4

1

2

9

6.

West Tigers

7

4

0

3

8

7.

Raiders

7

4

0

3

8

8.

Sea Eagles

7

4

0

3

8

9.

Rabbittohs

7

3

0

3

6

10.

Cowboys

7

3

0

4

6

11.

Sharks

7

3

0

4

6

12.

Dragons

7

2

0

5

4

13.

Titans

7

2

0

5

4

14.

Warriors

7

2

0

5

4

15.

Broncos

7

2

0

5

4

16

Bulldogs

7

1

0

6

2

NRL Round 8 Games Storm v Roosters: Raiders v Dragons: Eels v Cowboys: Titans V Sharks: Warriors v Broncos: West Tigers V Panthers: Sea Eagles V Knights: Bulldogs V Rabbitohs: Season 2020 Stats Points: Kyle Flanagan (Roosters) 80; Adam Reynolds (Rabbithos) 60; Kyle Feldt (Cowboys) 65; Kalyn Ponga (Knights) 56; Zac Lomax (Dragons) 54: Tries: Kyle Feldt (Cowboys) 9; David Nofoaluma (West Tigers) 8; Sione Katoa (Sharks) 8; Suliasi Vunivalu (Storm) 7; Brett Morris (Roosters) 6: Goals: Kyle Flanagan (Roosters) 34; Adam Reynolds (Rabbitohs) 26; Cameron Smith (Storm) 26; Mitchell Moses (Eels) 23; Kalyn Ponga (Knights) 22: Tackles: Apisai Koroisau (Panthers) 366; Damien Cook (Rabbitohs) 248; Isaah Yeo (Panters) 323; Jake Friend (Roosters) 314; Reed Mahoney (Eels) 304:

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FISHING NEWS Roly Newton THE larger boats managed to travel out to the islands over the weekend and managed mixed catches consisting mainly of grass sweet lip, just legal nannygai and the occasional coral trout. The westerly winds were replaced by south-easterly winds around 11 am, which forced most boats to fish the lee side of the islands. The spanish mackerel which were around in large numbers a fortnight ago seems to have disappeared however as conditions settle I am sure they will reappear just as quickly.

I did hear of the odd boat that managed to travel to silver sands which is wide of the Barnard Islands, however at this stage the doggy and spotted mackerel are not there in large numbers.

Several boats travelled down to Cardwell and fished the drop offs and deep holes in the Hinchinbrook Channel for fingermark and grunter. Although conditions were far from perfect some reasonable fish were still caught.

The warmer conditions last week resulted in some great catches of mangrove jacks and barra in the local creeks. We have a very talented group of young anglers that have well and truly got the estuaries wired and as a result are managing some great catches.

A friend and I managed 14 barra and 4 jacks during four short sessions last week, not ground breaking but good fishing for the middle of winter. Soft plastics and the new deep diving hard body the Jackson Jester accounted for most of the jacks and barra caught over the last few days. The Jester is a small profile deep diving lure which is perfect for these cooler conditions.

Reports keep coming in of some great catches of grunter and even the occasional fingermark in the coastal creeks. Certainly effort is needed, however the size of some of the fish makes the time spent worthwhile. There has also been some good catches of bream, whiting and flathead reported. The tides this coming weekend are far more suited to target grunter so hopefully the results are reflected.

Although the mud crab catches have dropped off and there seems to be a lot of just undersize bucks it is still worthwhile, we managed 4 legal muddies over 2 days with 8 pots, not fantastic but still worthwhile. (Have you seen the price of mud crabs at the moment.)

There have been no reports of catches of sooty grunter and jungle perch from the freshwater reaches of the coastal rivers. The cool, wet and slippery conditions have kept the anglers away. Besides this the sooty

EL ARISH GOLF HOW fortunate we 'played the right ball' to get both our competitions in last week before the heavens opened.

Tuesday's comp saw a fair field teeing off with Marie Pavan coming in winner on 36 points, closely followed

by Paul Marland runner up on 35.

We also now welcome to our competition Paul's wife Liz, who put in her final card to officially qualify for a handicap rating.

Saturdays interesting 4 Ball Best Ball Stableford Multiplier sponsored by Stewy and Jacqui Worth had another good field of players enjoying the challenge.

Winners on the day were as follows: Gavin Camilleri and Kelly Cavallaro winning with 92 points, 2nd Arthur Hamilton and Tony Haydockon 70 followed by Paul Marland and Stewy Worth with 65.

All winners thank Stewy and Jacqui for their sponsorship. This Saturday is our 5th Monthly Medal competition of the season - let's hope we get a break in the weather again to play!

SPORT & FISHING grunter spread out during this time of year, reasonable catches can be made by fishing with bait in the lower freshwater reaches of the Tully river. Perhaps scented soft plastics might work in these conditions.

At this early stage of the week the weather forecast for this weekend is for winds around the 20 knot mark.

There is a chance sea conditions could be marginally better in close to the coast, however most anglers will be forced to concentrate on the estuaries. The good news is the fishing has been fairly good and if you travel south and fish the Murray river or Cardwell area you will hopefully avoid the worst of the rain.

Either side of the weekends early morning high tide is a classic tide to fish for grunter in the coastal creeks or along the edge of the flats in the Hinchinbrook Channel. Either side of the mid afternoon low will suite chasing barra and jacks in the creeks. The extreme low will definitely cause some access problems both around the river mouths and to some boat ramps such as Port Hinchinbrook. This same low tide will be perfect to pump some yabbies on the exposed sand bars and then to fish for whiting and bream during the incoming tide.

Good Fishing Roly Newton Tackle World Tully

Friday, July 3, 2020

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Dylan Rigato with a solid creek GT caught on the new Jackson “JESTER” lure.

Cardwell Golf

LADIES' Thursday competition was won by Kass Marshall (33) with Sneza Lazarus (32) in second place.

Thursday's 9 hole Sporters was won by Rowly Mott (22), with Dave Hoare (21) in second, Col Woods (20) C/B in third and Lou Virt (20) fourth. The rundown was Doug Osmond (20), Kass Marshall (19), Lindsay Hallam (18), Brian Wishart (18) and Kenny Kane (18).

Saturday’s stableford was won by Greg Smith (38) followed in second place by Sneza Lazarus (37), in third Andrew Green (36) and in fourth Keith Hoare (35) on a countback from the rundown of Dave Hoare (35), Brian Wishart (34) Clint Isaac (34) and Ian Ingram also (34).

Thursday, Ladies play a Stableford, followed by Sporters. Saturday is July’s Monthly Medals. The men will play off the blue tees and are sponsored by Terry Moss. The ladies will play off the red tees and are sponsored by Marina Hoare. Our sponsors are a valued part of our Club.

Please note: competitions will be played in groups of four at 10 minute intervals, registration is still via timesheet. Register by email to enquire@cardwellgolfclub.com or jackieolditch@bigpond.com or by phone or text to 0414 359 314. The timesheet can be viewed on the Cardwell Golf Club website, cardwellgolfclub.com.

FRI 03 2:05 am 1.02m 7:45 am 2.76m

1:58 pm 0.35m 8:45 pm 3.52m SAT 04 2:40 am 0.99m 8:29 am 2.68m

2:38 pm 0.35m 9:27 pm 3.58m SUN 05 3:34 am 1.01m 9:13 am 2.59m

3:20 pm 0.42m 10:09 pm 3.54m MON 06 4:17 am 1.08m 9:58 am 02.47m

3:59 pm 0.56m 10:49 pm 3.42m TUE 07 5:04 am 1.21m 10:43 am 2.34m

4:37 pm 0.76m 11:30 pm 3.23m WED 08 5.54 am 1.34m 11:28 am 2.19m

5:11 pm 0.99m THU 09 12:09 am 3.0m 6:58 am 1.46m

12:17 pm 2.06m 5:42 pm 1.23m

Innisfail Ladies Bowls

THE further easing of restrictions announced this week will see competition allowed back on our greens.

This means all forms of bowls, fours, triples, pairs and singles can now resume, and Innisfail lady bowlers are ready.

Innisfail Bowls Club is ready for a return to normality next Wednesday, July 8 with Jan Edgerton on afternoon tea duties.

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Touch and Go

MARIA GIRGENTI

TOUCH football action will return under lights to Wangan Sports complex on Wednesday, July 15 and Innisfail Touch Association is calling for team nominations to play in their mixed season.

Due to COVID-19, fixtures were postponed in mid-March and when play starts up again in two weeks' time, the competition format and conditions of entry will be quite different to what has been seen in the past.

It will take a lot more volunteers to make things work and the association would appreciate everyone's help and support during this transition.

Anyone wanting further details on what will be expected with restrictions can visit Touch Football Aus-

tralia website which has a page dedicated to COVID-19 Return to Play at https://touchfootball.com.au/ coronavirus-return-to-play/.

Discussions are still taking place regarding the recommencement of junior touch football and how it will look moving forward.

Due to COVID-19, players who were registered for the winter season competition will have their fees transferred over to this season. Those who are not playing mixed, will be entitled to a partial refund which can be accessed at the office on a date yet to be confirmed.

The registration fee for teams is $150 which must be paid before they can register and are due by July 29. All teams must have eight financial players be-

fore the team will be added to the draw.

Nomination fee for players is $120 and $80 for students which needs to be paid in full by August 5.

When nominating a team, players must first check the availability of uniform colours, as it is a case of first in best dressed, since there have been too many teams with the same uniform colours i.e. black/blue.

Not all colours are available.

All players must have the same uniforms and team shirts and all shirts must have numbers on them.

Anyone wishing to nominate a team or requiring further information can contact Deb Zanoletti on 0447 777 306 or via email: cdzano1@bigpond.com.