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7pm, MECC Plenary Halls Under the baton of conductor Chistoph Eschenbach, the Vienna Philharmonic will perform famous masterworks by composers connected with the orchestra and its home city – Brahms’ Tragic Overture, Mozart’s Symphony No.34 and the Romantic symphony of Bruckner.

Concert Booking Essential Tickets: FREE

SAT

WHO AM I?: SELF-PORTRAITS BY STUDENTS OF THE MACKAY REGION McAleese Gallery, Artspace Mackay

04 -23

OCT

WED

OCT

TUES

07 -26 THURS

NOV

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - LIVE SIMULCAST

This exciting event combines a competition, exhibition & art sale to raise funds for Artspace Mackay Foundation to invest back into arts in the Mackay region.

Participating artists are provided with a small format canvas and encouraged to use the medium of their choice to create an artwork. Once completed, the artist donates the finished work to Artspace Mackay Foundation, and all canvases are eligible to win first prize, and made available for public auction & sale at the official exhibition opening.

OCT

OCT

Artspace Mackay Foyer

MACKAY EISTEDDFOD

MECC Auditorium & Lynette Denny Space

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Throughout history, artists have used the self-portrait as a means of exploring not just their appearance, but often how they feel, what interests them, and other things that make them who they are. Who am I? is an exhibition of self-portraits by hundreds of students from 13 schools throughout the Mackay region.

ICEHOUSE

8pm, MECC Plenary Halls Club Mode With a career spanning over thirty years, ICEHOUSE continues to transcend the age groups with hit songs that are loved by audiences across several generations.

Top 40 singles including, Can’t Help Myself, We Can Get Together, Walls, Sister, Great Southern Land, Hey Little Girl, Don’t Believe Anymore, Crazy, Electric Blue, and Touch the Fire.

Tickets: $57.20 - $67.20 SAT

KIDS ART CLUB: TERM 4

Excluding 29 Oct, Artspace Mackay Seminar Room Kids Art Club is Artspace Mackay’s ongoing term-based art program for kids.

Renowned local artist, Rosemary Payne, delivers this rich six week program of creative art for kids in two age groups.

6-8 Years: 10am - 12pm 9-12 Years: 1pm - 3pm Bookings essential Limited places available Tickets: $110 per child, includes materials and snack each week.

OCT

OCT

OCT

Queen fans will be able to celebrate the music, the magic and the memories of Freddie Mercury and Queen in this fully staged ‘concert experience’.

Featuring over twenty Queen hits including; We Will Rock You, Bohemian Rhapsody, Fat Bottomed Girls, We Are The Champions and many more, this show transcends the void between reality and make-believe where you can relive all your favourite Queen memories.

Pre-show dining available Tickets: $39 - $59

15 -26 SAT

25 TUES

WED

26

COLD CHISEL LIGHT THE NITRO TOUR 2011 5pm, Mackay Showgrounds COLD CHISEL ARE BACK! These iconic Aussie rockers have announced their biggest tour in nearly 30 years.

26 concerts across Australia and New Zealand with a pit stop in Mackay!

Tickets: $100.90 Cash / $104.25 Card

In this engaging, vaudevillian comedy for 4-8 year olds, the Smith Family entertains us with its amazing acts of circus, music and illusion, including the Fabulous Flea Circus and the Incredible Sharp Shooting Carrots. When the Lighter-than-Air Levitation Act goes embarrassingly wrong, Dorrie and a ventriloquist doll named Danny, save the day.

Tickets: $15 Admission $55 Family Pass (2A + 2C) FRI

FRI

29 -28

OCT

MON

03

07 -26

SUBJECT MATTERS: POSTCARD EXHIBITION

Free Event - no booking necessary

8pm, MECC Auditorium

FRI

NOV

Tickets: $22 - $38

27 Oct - 6pm / 28 Oct - 11am & 2pm MECC Auditorium

THE HAPPIEST SHOW ON EARTH

QUEEN - IT’S A KINDA MAGIC!

Tickets: $12.50 - $14

SAT

OCT

Pre-show dining available

THURS

Join local artists and performers for creative art activities designed especially for toddlers and their adults. Includes free artist-run workshops and a live children’s concert.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER: ALTERNATIVE DESTINIES IN CONTEMPORARY FEMININE NARRATIVE Artspace Mackay Happily Ever After was born from artists and writers working together to create handmade books which explore female narratives within the fairytale genre. While the classic fairytale ending ‘happily ever after’ envisages a single, finite destiny, the contemporary feminine experience encompasses a multiplicity of roles.

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OCT

To see the future, one must only look to the past... This sharp political drama puts friendship to the test and reveals a stark contrast between our intentions and our actions.

Little Pattie is as energetic today as she was when she took a strong hold on the Australian music scene in the mid sixties. With a succession of hits Pattie established herself as a prominent force in the Australian music industry.

OCT

2pm & 7.30pm, MECC Auditorium

In 2005, Alison Lester traveled to the Antarctic as an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow. Thousands of children all around the world were inspired, using her on-line diary and photographic journal to track her journey. Alison encouraged the students to draw in response to her descriptions and photos and on her return home she was inundated with beautiful drawings of Antarctica as imagined by children. Alison used these illustrations to complete this exhibition of work combining the children’s line drawings with her design and colour.

11am, MECC Plenary Halls

27 -28

DALRYMPLE BAY COAL TERMINAL YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE SEASON

JULY

McAleese Gallery, Artspace Mackay

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FRI

BMA KIDSPACE 10am - 2pm Artspace Mackay 12pm Concert

OCT

BELL SHAKESPEARE JULIUS CAESAR

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WITH ALEX MANGLET & KATE MULVANY

07

LITTLE PATTIE IN CABARET

OCT

ALISON LESTER’S KIDS ANTARCTIC PROJECT

NOV

MECC PROFESSIONAL THEATRE & MUSIC SEASON

THURS

TUES

FRI

NOV

OCT

OCT

01

SAT

OCT

07 -26 THURS

OCT

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GLOBAL GROOVES

10am - 8pm, Queens Park Get together to celebrate the arts, music and culture with the local multi cultural community.

During the day the main stage will come alive with the best singing, dancing and music by Mackay’s ethnic artists and communities. Headlining the acts this year will be King Marong, a flamboyant West African band from Melbourne.

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CORE OPINION

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK We want to know what you think! What bits did you love and what could we do better? We want CORE to be the only magazine that gives you exactly what you want!

Email editorial@coremag.com.au with your feedback.

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GOT A FUNNY VIDEO SEND IT IN TO EDITORIAL@COREMAG.COM.AU

THIS MONTH’S FUNNIEST QUOTES, PICTURES AND REVIEWS.

The guys from Lonely Island team up with Michael Bolton with their newest hit “Jack Sparrow”. If you haven’t checked out these guys do yourself a favour!

Next time you think you’ve had a bad day spare a thought for poor old Nicolas Cage (don’t ask him about the bees).

WANT TO WIN? Answer on our Facebook page to WIN a carton of beer!

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough energy is produced to create an atomic bomb

It is said, grapefruit scent makes middle age women seem six years younger to men (but it does not work the other way round).

If you suffer from geophagia then you have a compulsive urge to eat soil.

Email us your funny photo and you could win $100 and see your photo in the next CORE Magazine.

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Images courtesy of www.youtube.com

www.philbrodieband.com/jokes-amazing_facts

The guy who makes doesn’t want it.

The guy who buys it doesn’t need it.

The guy who uses it doesn’t know he is using it.

What is it?

What’s better than watching Anchorman? Watching the Anchorman gag reel! Almost better than the movie itself.

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THE PLAN

This will be a mammoth event! October will see the iconic Australian Rockers kick off their biggest tour in almost 30 years. The Light the Nitro Tour will see Cold Chisel play over 26 shows throughout Australia and New Zealand and with support act You Am I in tow, many shows have already sold out. Be quick to get your tickets to see what is set to be an unforgettable show. The Light the Nitro tour will roll into town on the 26th of October.

26TH - MACKAY SHOW GROUNDS TICKETS ON SALE NOW FROM TICKETEK.COM.AU

8TH - TOWNSVILLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW

15TH - MORANBAH GROUNDS

20TH - ANDERGROVE TAVERN

The festival program caters for people from all walks of life with family fun, entertainment, music, competitions, and parties. Fun can be had by all - the program includes a wide range of events like the much loved

21ST - 23RD - GOLD COAST

fireworks, Comedy Gala, Street Parade, Recyclable Regatta, parties, starlight movies, wearable art, night markets, helicopter rides, the Chill in the Park event, live music, and much more.

FOR FULL PROGRAM DETAILS GO TO WWW.WHITSUNDAYREEFFESTIVAL.COM.AU

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Chilly by name but never by nature, Ice-house - one of Australia’s hottest and most iconic bands in modern musical history - is warming up for their 30th anniversary tour.

BY VICTORIA BERARDI

Icehouse will perform at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre on October 7 as part of their 30th anniversary tour.

Tickets are on sale now.

The band were formerly recognised for their phenomenal success in 2006 when they were inducted into the ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Hall of Fame.

Icehouse has produced 8 Top Ten albums and 20 Top Forty singles in Australia, multiple top ten hits in Europe and North America and album sales of over 28 times Platinum in Australasia alone.

Icehouse began as the band “Flowers” in 1977, becoming known as Icehouse in 1981.

As they prepare to take centre stage at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre, CORE Magazine caught up with frontman, Iva Davies to delve a little deeper into the music within the man who had the rockstar mullet.

Why was it important Q to celebrate 30 years of Icehouse?

Over the years it’s come A to my attention, through comments from a number of Australian artists from different generations (Eskimo Joe, Jet, Cut Copy, Aston Shuffle), that the Flowers album has remained an influence on subsequent generations of musicians, as well and has been embraced by a younger generation of listeners.

We also unearthed a great deal of live material and film footage from that period and the anniversary provided an ideal opportunity to make this available.

Who have been your most significant musical and lyrical influences?

Everything from Bach to A Radiohead. I’m very selective

Q

about lyricists, and there have been very few who have really impressed me. I rate Thom Yorke very highly. Old school it’s hard to go past Dylan and Joni Mitchell.

As for an artist who has generated some of the most potent socio-political commentary, coupled with extraordinary music, I have never been able to top Pink Floyd’s “Dark side of the moon”, and “Wish you were here”.

Q What are the main roles of the band members in terms of writing? Is it collaborative or a combination of individual strengths?

A The line up has changed over the years and apart from a trench of time from 1985 to 1987, when I worked closely with our guitarist Bob Kretschmer, I have generally taken care of most of the writing of both music and lyrics myself.

What’s your most memorable touring moment?

Clubbing with Bowie, A Holland, 1983. There was such a crush of crowd towards him, once the public discovered

Q

Icehouse (1980) Primitive Man (aka Love In Motion) (1982)

Bowie was in the club, that in attempting to grab him he was nearly strangled. He, our bass player Guy Pratt, and I, had to be passed out over the heads of the people in the club to get out of there.

Sidewalk (1984) Measure for Measure (1986) Man of Colours (1987) Code Blue (1990) Big Wheel (1993) The Berlin Tapes (1995) Icehouse - 30th Anniversary Edition (2011) White Heat: 30 Hits (2011)

1980 TV Week/Countdown Awards ‘Johnny O’Keefe Memorial Award for Best New Talent’ (as Flowers) 1988 ARIA Awards Best Album of the Year 1989 APRA Awards Most Performed Australasian Work for ‘Electric Blue’

It’s great to see quality acts coming to regional centres such as Mackay and the Whitsundays. What inspired you to include smaller centres in your tour?

It’s been a long time since A we visited that part of the country, probably nearly 20 years and since we’ve played at smaller venues. They always produce a different, more relaxed energy to the band, so we are all looking forward to that as well.

Q

Do you rock at Guitar Hero?

No I don’t, but my son A does a mean version of Van Halen’s “Eruption”. He’s very fast.

Q

2006 ARIA Hall of Fame Induction

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PUBS

& CLUBS CBD HOTEL The home of live entertainment, CBD Hotel hosts live entertainment Thursdays through to Sundays every week.

HEINEKIN RUGBY WORLD CUP See all the games live on FOXTEL 9 September – 23 October 1 2

DJ Kiddbenny and DJ Attic DJ Kiddbenny till late and NRL Finals Celebration kick off the party at 4pm with live music, competitions and loads of prizes and giveaways. Come and cheer

your team to victory!

6 Luke Geiger 7 Spun 180 8 Spun 180 9 Luke Geiger 13 Luke Geiger 14 Hard Drive 15 DJ Kiddbenny and DJ Attic 16 DJ Kiddbenny 20 Luke Geiger 22 Mojo and the World Marbles.

Arm wrestling and pillow fighting

and loads of giveaways.

23 Luke Geiger 27 Luke Geiger 28 Undercover 29 Hard Drive 30 Luke Geiger SPRING RACING CARNIVAL Race sweeps for all the races, cash prizes, Melbourne cup day fashions and more.

BIGGEST HALLOWEEN PARTY IN TOWN!!!

Monday 31st, Live music and loads of prizes starting from 5pm.

MORANBAH WORKERS CLUB PINK RIBBON BRUNCH Thursday October 6th, 10am in the Isaac Room. Make a donation of $10 which all goes to Breast Cancer and have Brunch on us! Heaps of games, activities, giveaways and lots and lots of fun. So wear pink and show your support!

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Pioneer Clay Target Club www.pioneerclaytargetclub.com

Our CORE challenge started before we even got there.

Courtney claimed my directions were buggered and I disagreed with her song collection; what a perfect way to get in the mood to shoot come clay targets.

Making our way down a very isolated Old McEwens Beach Road, we drove past some disorientated cows before Courtney remarked, “maybe this is their way to get rid of us? You know, a gun club out in the sticks, no phone reception…” I was nervous.

We pulled in and were luckily greeted by a friendly bloke named Laurie who was keen as mustard to hit the range. After a quick run through with the guns and an intro to Laurie’s shooting buddy Ben (having the same name as me made it easier to remember), we were handed some ear plugs and given a “you’ll be right”. It was time to start.

After Courtney hit a couple, it was time to give it a crack and try my best “pull”. I’d always wanted to say that. Beginner’s luck saw me off to a brilliant

start, but I convinced the boys it was probably the wind or a hand spasm; even I was surprised. The challenge was on and Laurie and Ben were shooting like champs; as Laurie put it on the day, “if you hit the sweet spot, it should just turn to powder”.

Well that sweet spot is travelling at around 90km an hour, and I was like that guy who couldn’t dance except I was holding a gun. After some terrible misses, Laurie’s coaching saw me cream a few beauties; this was fun.

The challenge continued and although most of my targets made their way out bush without even a scratch, I did manage to at least break a few apart. Enough to win the challenge against Courtney anyway (I’d tell you about the car ride home with Courtney but for my own safety it’s probably best to keep my mouth shut).

All up, this was a fantastic experience and I’ll definitely be back again. There’s something about chasing that elusive sweet spot that Laurie spoke about. Plus saying “pull” made me giggle.

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Husqvarna has always strived to innovate and bring new ideas to the world of off road motorcycles. At the start of this year, they released the new 449 range, which outstrips that of other off road models and stands out immediately for its looks, exclusive layout and cutting-edge technology.

The line is completely new: slim, svelte and refined. The single piece side panel runs from where traditionally the fuel tank would be, all the way back to the rear mudguard, allowing the rider free and unhindered movement. There is no chance of snagging boots or jeans on the edges of the panels with this design.

The new design also makes maintenance easier as the air filter, rear shock and throttle body can all be accessed with ease. Plus the 2 litre fuel pump housing is transparent so that the remaining fuel level can be easily monitored.

The idea behind the TE/TC 449 range is ‘mass centralisation’ – to keep the weight of the bike concentrated as close as possible to the centre of gravity and to design a chassis which adapts perfectly to the demands of competitive Enduro racing.

Clutch

Brembo hydraulic system

Fuel Supply

Keihin electronic injection system. Double Flap Throttle body Ø46mm

Exhaust

Euro3 homologated Lafranconi professional exhaust system with steel manifolds and aluminium silencer + Additional High performing Akrapovic racing exhaust

Starter

Electric

Traction system

Coaxial Traction System with sprocket coaxial to the swingarm pin

Frame

Frame made of high-resistance steel tubing

Front brake

Brembo wave type fixed disc Ø260mm with floating caliper

Rear brake

Brembo wave type fixed disc Ø240mm with floating caliper

Front suspension

Kayaba USD forks Ø48mm; adjustable compression and release. Stroke 300mm

Rear suspension

Kayaba monoshock; adjustable compression, release and pre-load. Stroke 300mm

Front wheel

90/90-21” – Black Excel rims

Rear wheel

140/80-18” – Black Excel rims

On the road weight 113kg

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Saddle height

995mm

Fuel tank capacity

8.5L Structure with two separate bodies

Clutch

Brembo hydraulic system

Fuel Supply

Keihin electronic injection system with map changing switch on the handlebars. Single Flap Throttle body Ø46mm

Exhaust

Akrapovic Full Titanium exhaust system

Starter

Electric

Traction system

Coaxial Traction System with sprocket coaxial to the swingarm pin

Frame

Frame made of high-resistance steel tubing

Front brake

Brembo wave type fixed disc Ø260mm with floating caliper

Rear brake

Brembo wave type fixed disc Ø240mm with floating caliper

Front suspension

Kayaba USD forks Ø48mm with sealed cartridge; adjustable compression and release. Stroke 300mm

Rear suspension

Kayaba monoshock; adjustable compression, release and pre-load. Stroke 300mm

Front wheel

80/100-21” – Black Excel rims

Rear wheel

110/90-19” – Black Excel rims

On the road weight 108kg Saddle height

995mm

Fuel tank capacity

8.5L Structure with two separate bodies

Book a N o Pressu re test ride to Jeff’s Bik day at es & Bits , 13 Laws on Stree t, Mackay.

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with Byran Euler + Tim O’Brien @ CORE Mag

having so much fun driving the car I forgot to test the stereo out!”

“Yep, the 2011 WRX Premium goes like bat out of hell and it sticks to the road like s**t to a blanket. It’s got all the modern gadgets to make it a boy’s toy that you just don’t want to get out of. Corners are so much fun because the car reacts like its on tracks. It’s got a kick-ass entertainment system so you can get your tunes right for the drive.

But to be totally honest I was

Get yourself into North Jacklin Subaru, on the corner of Gordon and Gregory Streets, Mackay to test drive the beast today. You won’t regret it!

The WRX was originally built specifically to compete in the FIA World Rally Championship as well as other motorsport activities.

Turbocharged horizontally-opposed Boxer 4 cylinder petrol engine

Transmisson

5 speed Manual transmission

MAX Power Output

195 kW @ 6000 rpm

MAX Torque (DIN)

343 Nm @ 4000 rpm

Acceleration

0 - 100 km / 5.3 seconds

Brakes

Front: Vaccum assisted, ventilated disc brakes Back: Vaccum assisted disc brakes

Suspension

Front: McPherson strut type, independent suspension Back: Double wishbone type, independdent suspension

Wheels

17”

Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive

Centre Differential with a Viscous Limited Slop Differential

Safety

ANCAP 5 Star Safety Rating

A

Engine Type

D

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“From the time you turn the key and hear the engine rumble, to putting the pedal down and feeling yourself literally slam back into the seat, you know you are in for something very special. Forget asking me how fast I was going, in what time and in what distance it all happened – all you can think

of is watch the road and get ready to brake! It’s truly a driver’s car that puts a smile on your dial for hours afterwards.”

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Can you handle the dangerous curves?

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NG S CU U O ER RV ES

WE CAN! The new WRX is now available from North Jacklin Mackay.

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ENGINE

ENGINE

ENGINE

ENGINE TYPE

Single cylinder, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, 4-valve

ENGINE TYPE

Single cylinder, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, 5-valve

ENGINE TYPE

Single cylinder, air-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC

DISPLACEMENT

686 cc

DISPLACEMENT

449 cc

DISPLACEMENT

348 cc

LUBRICATION

Dry Sump

LUBRICATION

Dry Sump

LUBRICATION

Wet Sump

IGNITION

TCI

IGNITION

TCI

IGNITION

DC-CDI

STARTER SYSTEM

Electric

STARTER SYSTEM

Electric

STARTER SYSTEM

Electric

FUEL TANK CAPACITY

11.0L

FUEL TANK CAPACITY

10.0L

FUEL TANK CAPACITY

9.0L

FINAL TRANSMISSION

Chain

FINAL TRANSMISSION

Chain

FINAL TRANSMISSION

Chain

GEARBOX

5 Speed + reverse

GEARBOX

5 Speed, manual clutch

GEARBOX

6 Speed + reverse

CHASSIS SUSPENSION FRONT

CHASSIS

CHASSIS

Independent double wishbone w/ piggy back

SUSPENSION FRONT

Independent double wishbone

SUSPENSION FRONT

Independent double wishbone

SUSPENSION REAR

Swing arm

SUSPENSION REAR

Swing arm

Cast aluminium swing arm w/ Rebound

BRAKES FRONT

Dual hydraulic disc, twin piston

BRAKES FRONT

Dual hydraulic disc

BRAKES FRONT

Dual hydraulic disc, twin piston

BRAKES REAR

Hydraulic disc

BRAKES REAR

Hydraulic wave type disc, twin piston

TYRES FRONT

AT 21 x 7-10

BRAKES REAR

Hydraulic disc

TYRES FRONT

AT 21 x 7-10 radial

TYRES REAR

AT 20 x 10-9

TYRES FRONT

AT 21 x 7-10 radial

TYRES REAR

AT 20 x 10-9 radial

WET WEIGHT

180 kg with 9.0L of fuel

TYRES REAR

AT 20 x 10-9 radial

WET WEIGHT

184 kg with 10.0L of fuel

WET WEIGHT

192 kg with 11.0L of fuel

SUSPENSION REAR

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In October, mackerel are still the target fish but as the water temperature increases and around the full moon sailfish and small black marlin should also be targeted. Trolling spots like Dolphin Point, Pinnacle Point, Edwards Islands, The Oval and Black Reef will produce the best results.

The best tides to fish for billfish is one hour both sides of the top of the tide or bottom of the tide.

Trolling the bluer water side of the current lines using pusher lures and rigged garfish baits. Whilst trolling always keep an eye out for bait schools or flying fish and once found keep trolling these areas.

Pusher trolled for billfish

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If you are interested in having a spread behind your boat, go to www.williamsonlures.com and click How to Fish. This site will give you several different types of spreads and distances for your trolling. It is not a requirement to have a spread but it does increase your chances of catching a billfish.

But plenty of anglers have caught marlin/sailfish in smaller boats with no spread.

The best tides to fish for billfish is one hour both sides of the top or bottom of the tide.

How slow do you retrieve lures and soft plastics when fishing for Barramundi?

Q

If you think you are retrieving slowly, slow it down more and more. You can’t go too slow.

A

Barramundi have started to come on the bite again with the best times being first neap tide after the full moon. Best spots being Proserpine River around Flying Fox and the deeper holes in the upper reaches. Trolling 5m divers such as RMG Scorpions and fishing the snags with weedless rigs.

What, if anything, can you catch fishing off the rock walls in Airlie Beach?

Q

Throughout the year you can catch small trevally, queenfish and grunter, in season you can catch barramundi, mangrove jack, fingermark bream, blue salmon and even good size mackerel.

A

Best result for barramundi will be fishing the run out tides. Find a small gutter or feeder creek and as the small bait fish are being washed out into the river the barramundi will be waiting to ambush these pray at the mouths.

Casting small soft plastics on a weedless rig such as Berkley Gulp or Squidgies or hard body lures such as Gold bombers, Reidys B52s, Rapala Xraps into the mouths of these feeder creeks for

Q

best results, remember you need to be patient, just relax and using a slow retrieval will reap the better results.

In other creeks and rivers in the area look for structures like logs, bridges and outcrops that the barramundi will be hiding in waiting for the bait fish to swim by. Using the same techniques as mentioned above should produce a barramundi.

How far back from the boat do you troll lures?

You can troll as close to the back of the boat as 5m in the wash or back to how far you like depending on reel capacity. The misconception that the boat will scare off the fish is not true and can actually attract some species.

A

Q&A by Adrian Odea Try casting small soft plastics on a weedless rig

Got a fishing question? Shoot an email through to editorial@coremag.com.au

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Get out on the water with an Evinrude outboard and feel the power!

If you’re a passionate boater, you know there’s nothing quite like the rush of adrenaline that comes from knowing the water is flat-as, winds are perfect and there’s not a cloud in sight. It’s a perfect day for boating and you just want to hit the water!

To do that you’ll need a top-notch engine for your boat and Evinrude outboard motors are about as good as they come.

With models ranging from 25 to 300 horsepower and awardwinning clean air technology built in, the makers behind Evinrude outboards pride themselves on a score of requiring no scheduled

dealer maintenance for the first three years or 300 years – and then for another three years after that!

If it’s reliability, outstanding power and performance, lightweight design and superior fuel economy that you’re after then Evinrude ticks all the right boxes for you!

ell at See Darr Marine, le Cannonvatosh Drive 14 McIn le or call Cannonva6136.

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YOU’LL ELIMINATE OVER 800kg OF CARBON MONOXIDE POLLUTION BEFORE YOU BRING YOUR EVINRUDE E-TEC IN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. *Figure based on a comparison between a 150hp 4-stroke Johnson carb engine versus a 150hp 2-stroke Evinrude E-TEC for 100 hours per year over 3 years.

EASY TO OWN & OPERATE • No scheduled dealer servicing for the first 3 years or 300 hours.

• No break-in period or oil changes.

DURABILITY, QUALITY & RELIABILITY • Fewer parts. Fewer problems.

• S.A.F.E system; which automatically switches your engine to protection mode in the unlikely event of loss of oil or overheating.

CLEAN & QUIET • Worldwide emissions - compliant with a quiet signature sounds.

POWER & PERFORMANCE • Best in class acceleration.

• Best in class fuel efficiency.

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#10 LESS FUEL

#5 LESS NOISE

Evinrude E-TEC uses up to 44% LESS fuel and 50% LESS oil than your older technology engine.

An Evinrude E-TEC is up to 50% QUIETER than an older technology engine, for easy conversation or extra stealth.

#9 LOW MAINTENANCE

#4 LOWER EMISSIONS

Evinrude E-TEC is the only outboard with NO dealer-scheduled maintenance for 3 YEARS or 300 HOURS.

Evinrude E-TEC produces fewer emissions, which means cleaner air and virtually no smoke to interfere with your time on the water.

#8 LOWEST OPERATING COSTS

#3 HIGH TORQUE

Replacing your engine with Evinrude E-TEC can save you up to $1,600 PER YEAR in fuel and maintenance costs.

Evinrude E-TEC is quicker out of the hole, with the absolute quickest throttle.

#7 PEACE OF MIND

#2 LESS WEIGHT

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A helicopter “safari offers How cool would it be to have your own chopper?

That’s a dream out of reach for most of us but not those at Helibiz...

Founded in 1973, Robinson Helicopters is the world’s leading manufacturer of civil helicopters.

The most popular and affordable Robinson Helicopter is the fourseater R44 Raven. The two base models are the Raven I with a Carburettor engine and the popular Raven II with a fuel injected engine.

There’s a couple of different type variants including the Clipper which has the added feature of floatation equipment for overwater operations, the newscopter for TV and media plus there’s also a purpose built Police/ Surveillance model that includes

the latest in day and night FLIR that incorporates infra red and day HD cameras for 24/7 operations.

flying to the ‘Red Centre’, Uluru, which had 38 helicopters flying around it at the time!

And here’s your chance to fly in one. Local company Helibiz has started offering wicked-good helicopter safaris where you get to explore all corners of Australia from the bird’s eye view of a Robinson R44.

We’re so fortunate to have access to amazing flying experiences at low level but the best part comes

Helibiz has so far completed 13 Helicopter Safaris, with the most recent being a seven-day Cape York adventure in August. Seven helicopters joined this adventure and the highlight for guests was

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Local father and son drag racing team, Paul and Scott Porter are giving it a red-hot go in the ANDRA Pro Series Championship.

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Finishing 8th out of 22 teams last year, the boys are looking ahead with goals of getting into the Top 5 this year.

How did you get into racing?

P Porters Racing was founded in 2000 when Scott and I decided to do something about our passion for drag racing and get serious about it. We worked our way through the various sportsmen’s categories and then in 2007 decided to step it up into Group 1 and join the ANDRA Pro Series Drag Racing Championship.

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Aaron Tremayne has won S the championship four years in a row so he’s the gun at the moment. But pretty much any factory based team is tough to beat because they have unlimited funds and it’s a challenge to keep up, being a privately funded car.

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On the topic of the car, tell us all about it.

It was built in the U.S in 2007 P by Jerry Bickel Race Cars in Missouri. It’s a Ford Mustang powered by a 400 cubic inch Small

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Block engine, which was built by JB Automotive in Ayr. What were the main challenges you face?

Our main challenge is P balancing full time work commitments with our race team, which we’re very dedicated to but sometimes the two just clash.

Keeping up with new technology is also tough, as well as finding time for practice. There’s a lot of travel time involved in getting to a testing track where we can do our practice runs.

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How have you prepared yourself for the 2011/12 championship?

The season actually started P early last month but unfortunately we weren’t able to make that meet due to work commitments.

The next round is the S Westernationals in Perth in March. We’ve just put a brand new engine in the car so we’re working on getting it weight perfect. It’s a multi-adjustable suspension car so we’ve got to set it up and get it right. Then we need to test it a few times. Once all that’s done and the car is ready to race, we have to freight the car over to W.A so there’s logistics to figure out there too.

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What’s been your best racing moment?

S Being the top qualifiers at last year’s opener in Sydney.

It was our quickest time down the quarter mile at 7.05 seconds.

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Have you ever crashed?

I had one little mishap a S few years ago. One of the parachutes didn’t come out so I couldn’t pull up. I did a few 360’s and clipped the front end on a fence. It was only cosmetic damage to the car and I didn’t get hurt. Definitely got the heart beating though.

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What’s the fastest speed you’ve been clocked at?

About 310km/h. In a good S run the car pulls around three or four g’s. The car’s also a fivespeed manual so to give you an idea of quick it is, I’ve changed to second gear at about 0.9 seconds into the 400m run.

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What’s the goal for this year?

A finish in the Top 5 would be nice.

I’d like to beat Aaron Tremayne.

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Starring: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte and Jennifer Morrison Ex-Marine Tommy Conlon returns home after fourteen years to enlist the help of his father to train for SPARTA, the biggest event in mixed martial arts history.

Tommy blazes a path toward the championship while his brother, Brendan, an ex-fighter, returns to the ring in a bid to save his family from financial ruin. But Brendan’s rise sets him on a collision course with the unstoppable Tommy.

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Starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Kevin Durand Set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone hightech, Real Steel follows the story of Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring.

When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.

Did you do something this cool last weekend?

We talked to Craig Mackenzie, Workshop supervisor from Dowdens Plumbing Mackay about his Ferrari experience!

What did you do last weekend?

A I actually just got back from a holiday to Singapore where I test-drove a F430 Ferrari Spider on the freeway that gets transformed into the site for the 2011 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix.

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How fast did you go?

The fastest was 160km/h – we were on a highway so we were limited in how much we could boot it. But I did sneak a couple of opportunities to let loose the angry horse power.

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Have you driven anything like the Ferrari before?

I’m a mechanic by trade so A I have worked on a lot of high performance cars like the Mercedes, Porsche and Maserati.

It was nice to get back into a car with a bit of class.

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What other luxury cars do you want to drive?

We had a choice between A the Ferrari or a Lamborghini, so definitely the Lamborghini next time.

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How was the overall experience?

The paddle shift gear change A was responsive and easy to use, but the breaks didn’t perform as well as expected. I put this down to the sheer acceleration of the vehicle. The camel coloured leather interior was an experience on its own!

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Do you think you could beat the Stig in the F430?

I don’t know but I’d have a hell of a time trying!

Who do you follow in the V8 Supercar Championship?

Steve Johnson racing in the A Dick Johnson Team in the V8’s, and Mark Webber in Formula One.

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Make: Ferrari Model: F430 Spider Price: $425,000 Engine type: V8, 4308cc Power/Torque: 483bhp @ 8500rpm / 343 lb ft @ 5250rpm Transmission: Six-speed manual or semi-automatic Fuel/CO2: 15.4mpg (combined) / 420g/km Performance: 0 to 62mph in 4.1sec Top speed: 193mph Interior: Camel coloured leather interior Seats: 2 Rating: 4/5 Safety: 4 airbags (driver and front passenger front and front-side airbags), ABS, CST (Control for Stability & Traction)

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A friend of mine approached me in the gym one day and asked if I was competing.

I had no idea what he was talking about. But after a little persuasion and encouragement I soon found out and loved it!

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Hi Energy is my favourite gym and I teach Zumba there as well.

I also train at Snap for the after hours that they offer.

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45 minutes of intensity.

A We break up body parts and usually focus on two at a time. Heavy weights and the goal is to meet it or beat it the next time.

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What’s the heaviest weight you can lift?

I can leg press 300kgs for 6 reps. I can also out lift the boys with standing calf raises at 260kgs!

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You’re off to Vegas in November to compete in the 2011 Fitness America Weekend. How did that come about?

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Since starting to compete, my fiancé Terence and I have been promotionally involved with a magazine called Australian Natural Bodz. The people that run the magazine take a team over to Vegas each year and they asked us to be a part of that team. I have a fuller look which will be well suited to the competitions over there, we shall see…

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I hope so. I plan on hitting the buffets in a big way after the show! It’s my second visit to Vegas but Terence’s first so it will be huge for him (no mum, we don’t plan on getting married there!)

Have you been on the podium in any of the competitions you’ve been in?

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With the world’s largest homage to beer being held around this time every year, what better time than now to present you with OKTOBERFEST FOR DUMMIES! Losevsky Pavel / Shutterst

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For those who have been living under a rock all your lives, Oktoberfest is a 16–18 day festival held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October.

• The festival is held in an area named the Theresienwiese (field, or meadow, of Therese), often called Wiesn for short, located near Munich’s centre.

• Only beer which is brewed within the city limits of Munich is allowed to be served in this festival.

• The original “Oktoberfest” occurred in Munich, on October 12, 1810.

• Since its beginnings the Oktoberfest has been cancelled 24 times due to war, disease and other emergencies.

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Area

0.42 km2 (103.78 acres)

Seats in the festival halls:

approx. 100,000

Visitors:

6.4 million

Beer:

appr. 7,100,000 litres (151,200 litres nonalcoholic)

Wine:

89,259 liters

Sparkling wine:

37,733 litres

Coffee and tea:

245,335 litres

Water and lemonade:

1,028,522.5 litres

Chicken:

505,901 units

Pork sausages:

119,302 pairs

Fish:

40,850 kg

Pork knuckles (haxen):

69,293 units

Oxen:

119 units

Waste:

678 t (2004)

Toilets:

about 980 seats, more than 878 meters of urinals and 17 for disabled persons

Phone booths:

83, also for international credit cards

Lost property:

about 4000 items, among them 260 pairs of glasses, 200 mobile phones, wedding rings, and even crutches.

If you’re thinking of going to Oktoberfest or are even thinking of holding your own Oktoberfest then your going to need to learn the German lingo.

We’ve prepared some phrases to give you a head start so you can woo and impress those German lasses with your fluent German vocabulary.

Can I sit here? Darf ich mich zu dir sitzen? (Darf ik mik zoo dear sit-zen?)

One beer, please! Ein Ma, bitte! (Eyn mass, bit-tey!)

Cheers! Prost! (Prawst!)

Your eyes are as pretty as a meadow full of cows. Deine Augen sind so schn wie eine Weisen Tulpen. (Dine-ny ow-gen sind so schern vee eyen vee-sen tul-pen) Let’s go back to my tent for a coffee! Gehen wir mal zu meinem Zelt f?r einen Kaffee!

(Gay-en veer mal zoo mine-em zelt fair eyn-en kaf-ey!)

I need to chuck up. Muss kotzen. (Ik moose kot-zen).

I have a killer hangover. Ich habe so einen Katter. (Ik hab-ey so eyn-en kat-er).

At the moment of opening Oktoberfest, “O’ zapft is!” is yelled which means It’s tapped!

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Steak cooked to order

Who ordered the medium rare?

Rump, T-Bone or Eye Fillet? Cooked to within an inch of its life or still mooing? It doesn’t matter how you like it, everyone loves a good steak (unless of course, you’re a vegetarian).

When we dropped into the Northern Beaches Bowls Club for a lunch time feed, we were hanging for a good bit of cow and happily, we got just what we were after. A delicious 300 gram grain fed rump with mushroom sauce, chips and salad.

Just the right amount of mushroom sauce

Good, chunky chips Good selection of free extra salads to choose from Fast service

When we added the tasty meal we had to a great looking venue, super friendly staff and a great atmosphere, it all added up to the Northern Beaches Bowls Club being a great place to grab a feed on the north side.

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Because all we could think about was steak, we ignored the suggestion to try the Chicken Mignon but we won’t do that next time.

Apparently it’s the bombdiggity!

WATCH OUT AIRLIE Coming in November

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Get ready to experience one of the hottest restaurants in Mackay (literally!).

The CORE team speaks to Amani Khehra, co owner of Spice n Flavor about dining, Mango Beer, sweat and chilli.

Finally, a restaurant that not only provides great tasting Indian food but can challenge your taste buds to an epic battle of hot proportions. Co-owned by Amani Khehra and Ricky Dhliwal, these guys know the right combination for a great night out.

Spice n Flavor opened on 17 July 2010 and has quickly become one of Mackay’s best known restaurants. Specialising in exotic Indian cuisine, Spice n Flavor combines modern cuisine with traditional flavours.

With a menu that has more variety than you can poke a stick at and an extensive beer, wine and spirits menu, you’re sure to find a favourite.

You can dine in and experience the relaxed atmosphere of the restaurant or order takeaway.

If you’re wondering what to have for lunch, they also offer great lunch specials from $9.95 takeaway or $14.95 dine-in.

So whether it’s a first date, Friday night takeaway or a work function, Spice n Flavor will serve you up a traditional Indian experience every time.

Five things you didn’t know about Amani Khehra, co-owner of Spice n Flavor.

Born in Chandigarh, India Amani moved to New Zealand when he was 18 to study hotel management at the Pacific International Hotel Management School in New Plymouth.

He is co-owner of Spice n Flavor with Ricky Dhliwal who was his roommate for their last two semesters at school.

He has had 15 years experience in hotel management.

Amani has travelled and worked in hotels throughout the world including the Hilton, Hyatt and the Ritz Carlton.

He has travelled throughout Australia and decided to settle in Mackay because he prefers the laid back lifestyle here.

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SPICE AND FLAVOR

Try Old Monk Rum, a traditional Indian spiced rum. Watch out - it packs a punch!

You can also get traditional beers like Kingfisher in normal and strong. Beware of the strong brew - it’ll knock you over!

Try a refreshing Mango Lassi, a mango flavoured yoghurt drink.

Chilli is one of the most popular ingredients in Indian cooking and can give your dish a real kick.

But have you ever wondered how it’s measured?

Chilli is measured in scovielle units and the spiciest you can get is rated at about 14 million units.

Spice n Flavor’s hottest chilli in the restaurant is rated at 8 million units and if you can eat the whole dish in 25 minutes you’ll get your name and photo on an Honour Board plus a free beer. Warning: you will have to sign a release form before you try it because it’s that hot!

The second hottest in the kitchen is Saton’s Blood rated at 800,000 units. Amani says one drop is way, way, way too hot!

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A stroll in the opposite direction crossing a separate boardwalk with the sea below is Abel Point Marina, your direct access to the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef.

room, disabled and lift access, massage facilities, private Jetty, water sports, 25 metre pool, wedding chapel, 200 seat function room, resort shopping and tour desk.

Coral Sea Resort features a variety of hotel rooms including deluxe suites and one, two and three bedroom apartments, penthouses and beach houses.

All accommodation is serviced daily. Coral Sea Resort offers an enticing array of facilities including, an award winning oceanfront restaurant, private dining seaside gazebo, cocktail lounge, fitness

The 4 ½ star Coral Sea Resort rates as one of the most appealing deluxe resorts in the magical Whitsundays, combining first class facilities with award winning legendary hospitality.

The on-site tour desk can assist you with activities such as the crocodile river tour, overnight sailing and island adventures

ABSOLUTE BEACH FRONT DELUXE ROOMS PRIVATE DINING SEASIDE GAZEBO COCKTAIL LOUNGE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS AN ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES

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including the magical Whitehaven Beach. The knowledgeable local staff speaks a variety of languages including German, French and Italian.

Location, Location, Location - get romantic!

Flowers and champagne make a big impact...get it sorted.

Book the Dinner Date.

Airlie Beach will come alive with a vibrant and colourful celebration of the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsundays. Check out all the fun over four huge days: Thursday 20 October • Experience the Barrier Reef TAFE Festival of Flavours Luncheon, hosted by the Whitsundays up and coming chefs and hospitality students.

• Don’t miss festival favourite, the AT Hotel Group Comedy Gala night. Get your friends together and laugh the night away with great food and entertainment.

• Kick back under the stars at the lagoon for Starlight Movies.

Friday 21 October • Visit the Airlie Beach foreshore to soak up the carnival atmosphere, featuring the Porters Whitsunday Fireworks, night markets, attractions, carnival rides and live music.

• Don’t miss Airlie’s signature fashion event, Frocktails at Deja Vu on Waters Edge, offering a night of glamour, gourmet and good times.

Saturday 22 October • Helibiz helicopter joy flights.

Enjoy an Airlie Beach Scenic Loop for $50!

• Check out the latest catwalk trends in the Wearable Art Competition.

• Explore your inner child and join the Sand Sculpting fun!

• Take a stroll through the markets.

• Enter the Recyclable Regatta and build a raft from recyclable materials then race against your competitors.

• Be part of the annual Street Parade which attracts over 1000 people.

• Head to the Main Street car park party “Rock The Reef”, with a massive line up of free entertainment including The Twine, Paul Green, and the legendary Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows.

Sunday 23 October • Telstra Whitsunday Family Fun Day offers a fantastic day for the kids packed with exciting demonstrations, rides, games, competitions and entertainment galore.

• “Chill in the Park” with an afternoon of live music on the beautiful foreshore.

• Enjoy another night of Starlight Movies.

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Your best bet is to set up camp is the dead centre of town (not the cemetery)! We’re talking about the area between Altstadt and Isarvorstadt. From here you are close to the main train station and all the Oktoberfest festivities. For budget accommodation you will pay around $60AUD per night, but if you’re after something a bit more lux you’re looking at around $560AUD a night.

If you’re keen to see more of Munich than the bottom of a beer stein, you might be surprised to find out that one of the most popular things to do in Munich is surfing. It may be an artificial wave but it’s still totally gnarly and even watching the ‘surfing’ from the English Garden is a massive tourist attraction. Once you have had your fill of German beer and surfing check out the Olympic Stadium, which offers awesome tours including roaming around on the roof! While you’re on that side of town, stop off at the BMW Headquarters to marvel at this incredible building and don’t forget to check out the BMW Museum while you’re there.

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If you said Oktoberfest, you’re on the same wavelength as us! What you might not know is that Oktoberfest actually starts in September and right now the festival is actually wrapping up, rather than gearing up.

So take this as travel tips for next year... book a trip to Munich, Germany for September 2012 to experience the most epic beer festival on the planet (BYO lederhosen).

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Let’s play a word association game. What’s the first thing you think of when we say October and massive world-wide celebrations?

You need to be in Germany by 22 September 2012 to catch all of next year’s Oktoberfest festivities. Unfortunately due to massive world-wide popularity, accommodation will be considerably dearer, if there is any accommodation at all, so keep in mind that it is best to book heaps far in advance.

Also the abundance of alcohol and celebration during Oktoberfest causes a bit of a spike in the crime rate, so it’s a good idea to keep your wits about you, don’t down too much of the good stuff and stay out of trouble. Weatherwise the average daily temperature this time of year can be a little chilly at about 15 degrees Celsius.

There are a number of airlines that fly to Munich, such as Emirates, V Australia, Qantas and Singapore Airlines at a cost of roughly $2,000 per person return including stopovers in Asia and the United Arab Emirates. The total travel time depends on the length of your stopovers, but you are looking at about 24 hours to get there.

If you want to break up the trip, you could extend your stop over and have a few days exploring Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai or Abu Dhabi.

When it comes to getting around, Munich has a great public transport system that includes trains, buses and trams. The city is divided into zones making it easy to navigate for tourists.

You can purchase weekly public transport passes than cover all the zones. If you plan to enjoy the Oktoberfest it would be wise to book a hotel within walking distance to the festival. The Munich public transport system maybe great but after a few litres of beer your navigation skills will more than likely be impaired!

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Where do you work and what do you do?

A I work for United Group Resources as a boilermaker/ welder. I do some general structural fabrications but the field of work I really enjoy learning about is the welding of pressure equipment.

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What were you doing with yourself before you got this job?

I was pursuing a career A in professional golf while moving from job to job.

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How did you get into this sort of work?

A I pretty much fell into it. I wasn’t happy with any of the other jobs I’d had and just walked into Skilling Solutions one day to see what pre-courses they had in trades. Boilermaking was the only one available at the time so I gave it a go. It was kind of a perfect fit because my partner Michael could teach me how to weld, which we

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did in pluggers, shorts, a tee shirt and wtih an old stick welder!

What’s the dirtiest part of the job?

A Getting into tricky spots to weld when you’re hot and sweaty!

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Tell us the best part of the job?

A I really enjoy new challenges as I learn more and more. I also love finishing work at 3:30pm everyday. I also don’t have to work holidays!

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What do you like to do on your days off?

A Michael and I like getting out in our boat and going camping out on the islands. I also loving fishing and crabbing.

Have to mention partying with my friends Ella and Sarah too!

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What’s something random not many people would know about you?

A I have a tennis ball signed

by Evonne Goolagong from when I was asked to play the Goolagong Cup when I was 14.

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A day in the life of Gus Nichols...

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What do you do for a crust?

I’m a shift working professional firefighter.

What does your job involve?

I do shift work, two days, A two nights then four days off.

We respond to most emergencies – anything from road accidents, hazardous materials incidents, vertical rescue, swift water, structural fires and wild fires. We’re also heavily involved in community safety; visiting schools, doing building inspections of businesses around Mackay, and safe home visits to residential homes. Another large part of the job is ongoing skills maintenance.

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Is this the job you dreamed of doing when you were a little tacker?

A No, it wasn’t until 10 years ago that I became interested and starting pursuing firefighting as a profession. I’ve always been active and knew I didn’t want to end up in an office job.

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What did you have to do to score this job?

A The Fire Service has a few minimum requirements that you have to meet in terms of education. You have to have finished grade 12 and then trade or tertiary qualifications are preferred too. You also need to have some volunteer work on your

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resume. Then there are physical, psychological and academic assessments. Once I was accepted, I had to complete a four month basic recruitment course in Brisbane. It sounds really intensive but the Fire Service has to be, to weed out those who are only half in it. It’s difficult to get in, but once you’re in it’s great.

What’s your proudest working memory?

A This may sound corny but I just love helping people in their greatest time of need.

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What’s the best part of the job?

It comes with a good A lifestyle. I have two kids and live in Airlie but travel to work in Mackay. I also really enjoy going to the schools and doing Fire Ed presentations with the kids, talking about serious topics with them and being able to have a laugh on lighter subjects too.

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What’s the worst part of the job?

Dealing with children at A incidents because I have two of my own.

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If you could be doing anything else, what would it be?

Professional fisherman or A game fisherman. I’d love to win the lotto and not have to work for awhile. (You and me both buddy!)

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Organise your thoughts – what do you want and why do you want it?

If you are buying for yourself – what features are must haves, what’s on the wish list and what are deal breakers?

If you are buying for investment – are you after capital gain, income stream, negative or positive gearing.

Organise your finances The best deals can often be made when you can “talk turkey” with confidence. Talk to a few mortgage brokers and find one you trust. Get preapproval and know what your maximum repayments could be so that you make good choices when it comes to buying.

Offload the hard work Pick three real estate agents.

Tell them what you want and

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where you want it and discover who will work for their money.

(Hint: Ask the agents if they are owners/ landlords themselves).

Educate yourself Take time with your chosen agent to understand the process. About 10 or 15 minutes spent early on will save stress and worry later.

If you are investing in property take time to really understand the jargon.

It’s amazing how many people want to “negative gear” without realising that means losing money.

It’s not always a bad thing but at least understand why you’d want to do it.

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Never let anybody push you around Sad but true that some agents get pushy. Dump them! A good agent will work with you because, although they work for their sellers, they also know that a good reputation is gold so they will always strive for the win/win result by matching a buyer to a property they will be happy with.

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You can find Plantation Palms only a stones throw away from one of Mackay’s most sought after locations in the Northern Beaches. Just 15 minutes drive from the CBD and 5 minutes from the beach it truly is unbeatable for convenience.

If the location doesn’t sell itself the variety will. Plantation Palms is home to the largest display village in Mackay including builders like Gemini Homes, Visual Construction and River City Homes.

There are also plenty of affordable house and land packages available that are perfect for your next investment property or new home.

Plantation Palms is also Mackay’s first and only Telstra Smart Community offering leading edge fibre-optic cabling to every home.

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Northern Beaches will have its own state high school in 2013 Plantation Palms is one of the only subdivisions which was relatively untouched from the flood disasters.

Always look a RMS rating when matching speakers and subs with amps. Peak is a marketing figure only.

A sound system is only as strong as its weakest link. Aim to install the highest quality components your budget allows for.

Never adjust audio settings without thorough knowledge of what they do. Incorrect settings can easily destroy speakers.

Always ask for a birth certificate for the amplifier. Poor quality products are often never individually tested.

By underpowering your system you can induce clipping and signal distortion which is fatal to speakers and subwoofers. It’ll burn the internal components and destroy the speakers and subs – you know it’s bad when you get that nasty burning smell!

This is normally due to inferior components and under powering your system.

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New from the Razer workbenches is the “Blade Laptop”. This one is the “World’s first true gaming laptop”. This machine sports a lightning fast Core i7 processor with a 2GB GeForce Graphics card built in. It is ultra-thin and ultra-light making this an extremely portable unit for that Gaming LAN you just need to make your way to with this baby. Instead of a Number Pad on the right-hand side it has a revolutionary LCD panel that will allow you to set up in game macros for all your favourite games including 10 dynamic adaptive keys, customizable for the game you’re playing. All of this makes the Razer Blade Laptop a must have for those wanting gaming perfection.

Asus has just released a new series of “Republic of Gamers” series laptop, aka ROG. The one we have our eyes on right now is the Asus G53SX. For the first time ever, this machine has Naked-Eye 3D capabilities. This means no annoying 3D glasses to play your 3D games or watch your 3D movies! Being a ROG laptop, this machine isn’t just a 3D Video player; it’s designed to be a beast of a gaming machine. Paired up with a Core i7 processor and a 2GB Geforce GTX Graphics Card, this machine is on a whole new level. These machines are slim and sleek, so the performance matches just how cool they look. Starting at $2699, these machines will certainly set a new level for gaming laptops on the market.

It has been 20 years since the world of Sanctuary was attacked and ravaged by Diablo and his demon brothers; Mephisto and Baal. All players of the Diablo series will remember Deckard Cain, the elder who survived the destruction that fell over Tristram. Cain returns to the Tristram Cathedral after a fiery harbinger of doom falls from the sky to seek clues on defeating this monstrosity. The fire this creature reawakens the ancient evils that

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Acer has just released their brand new “World’s first 10-finger multitouch, dual screen tablet”. This amazing machine has not one, but two screens. If you’ve ever opened a laptop, you know that the bottom half is a keyboard. But not on this machine; this one has a 10 inch display where the keyboard is supposed to be. You can use this as a keyboard or change it to programs such as an Audio Mixer or DJ program. Sporting a super-fast Core i5 processor and 4GB of RAM, makes this item hard to pass up. The new Acer Iconia 484G is RRP at $2499 with a 12 Month Warranty.

exist below Sanctuary and once again Diablo arises from the Burning Hell he calls his home to destroy Sanctuary.

Once again players can choose from 5 classes to play as; Wizard, Witch Doctor, Demon Hunter, Barbarian and Monk. This gives the player the option of playing the way they like to.

As we all know, Blizzard makes online gaming easy and extremely enjoyable. With their other major title, World of Warcraft, we can

see that Blizzard know how to do online gaming; which Diablo III will not lack. There will be a multiplayer option as well as a Co-Operative option to allow you and your friends to play the Story Mode together and team up to fight the evil beings.

The release date for Diablo III is currently set for Feb 2012 however this can change at any stage. For the players to experience a perfectly polished game we must be patient.

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Basically this app makes your car sound like it has a turbo charger. Mount your iPhone in your car, plug it into your stereo and go for a drive. As you change gears the iPhone reads the movement and plays a blow off sound. Couple it with wicked graphics and you have one awesome app to impress your friends.

Carsales.com.au now makes finding your new car easier. Add the cars you like to your favourites or even call the seller straight away. If you’re looking at selling your car why not list it on the app or find out how much it is worth with the car validator. Navigation is confusing at times but can be worked out with persistence.

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By adding vibrant colours and patterns, spray on paving transforms existing concrete to add value and appeal to your home. It is slip resistant and very hard wearing and best of all, cost effective! So it’s an easy way of giving your home a boost, without having to fork out the big bucks to have actual paving done.

It’s suitable for heavy traffic areas like driveways, patios, entertaining areas and pool areas – basically anywhere you have existing concrete.

The special UV proof sealers that are applied to the finished surface lock in the natural colours and form a protective barrier against staining.

Consider spray on paving at your place and imagine what a difference a bit of colour on your concrete could make!

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A rural location has always presented its challenges when building a new home. The basic services like power, sewerage, phones, and construction can sometimes be difficult to locate and install.

Rebetzke Homes has taken this dilemma and devised solutions to overcome potential issues.

Oceanview Estate in Sarina has all the rural beauty without the building hassles. House and Land packages have been created to make building in this rural location a breeze.

Each block has been serviced with Telstra and overhead power supply and the sale price includes supply of a sewerage treatment system for your home connection.

A Rebetzke Homes house and land package will take this a step further and also add in: 3 x 25,000ltr Poly Water Tanks free of charge; plus a 600mm Deco House Pad. These great solutions make building in Oceanview Estate just like building in a town residential estate – but with added space, views and privacy!

LOT 23 - 8,332m2 with 182m2 “Hamilton” design home (3+ bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, double garage) from $505,900.

That’s a 2+ acre block with room to move!

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• No fever, except toddlers and infants who may show a fever of between 37.5

If you have acute symptoms then you really should rest. This will allow the immune system to really kick in and do its job.

Stay at home and drink lots of fluids. Take a break from alcohol, caffeine, refined foods, sugars and saturated fats. Grandma’s Chicken Soup, fruit and vegetables provide the right nutrients for recovery.

and 39ºC. • Nasal stuffiness, sneezing and runny nose, sometimes a throat irritation.

• Symptoms begin 1 to 5 days after catching a cold, usually with irritation in the nose or a scratchy feeling in the throat, followed by hours of sneezing and a watery nasal discharge.

• Usually over in 7 days, although a cough may linger.

“The flu a viru is caused s, not by b so an tibiotic acteria, no va s are lue of the flu at all unles s has le bacte a rial illn d to ess.”

A Naturopath can make up a herbal mix and give you the right advice on cold and flu remedies. Get your doctor’s assessment if you have an underlying medical condition, become short of breath, or have been sick for a week or more and aren’t getting better.

• May get symptoms throughout the body.

• An abrupt fever in the 38.5 to 42ºC range.

• Sudden fever followed by flushed face, body aches, headache, lack of energy, and sometimes dizziness and vomiting.

• Symptoms begin within 1 and 3 days - usually fever, tiredness, and muscle aches followed by an increase in respiratory symptoms which can include croup, sore throat, bronchiolitis, ear infection and/or pneumonia.

• Symptoms (except a cough) usually disappear within 4 to 7 days. Sometimes the fever returns.

The cough and tiredness may last for some weeks.

Decrease the duration and severity of symptoms with herbs and nutrients such as Andrographis, Echinacea, Zinc and Vitamin C. Be fair to others and cover your mouth and wash your hands often to reduce the chance of passing on the virus.

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Are you in a relationship that’s missing the spice?

Do you want HOT sex but getting the COLD shoulder instead? Lack of sex is one of the biggest killers in a relationship. Once the intimacy and sex dissipates the relationship can go down hill quickly, going from passionate lovers who can’t keep their hands off each other to finding yourselves back in the ‘friend zone’.

the process without even realising it. So, how much sex is enough? The answer really depends on the couple and mismatched libidos is a common issue in most relationships. One person may want sex three times a day and the other may only want it once a week. So why is it that people in relationships who could have sex as much as they want simply choose not to?

A common misconception is that men want sex all the time. Realistically, men are so busy working to make the bacon to provide for their families and keep up with society that they are sacrificing their sex life in

If you’re in a relationship – don’t give yourself a life sentence with not enough sex!! Make time to connect, get adventurous, get romantic and most of all ENJOY it!

Over worked Too tired or stressed Conflict in the relationship Too much alcohol or drugs Boredom - not enough variety Lack of intimacy and affection Lack of time

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Depression Lack of communication Not wanting to instigate sex first No longer finding your partner attractive Prefer masturbation

Whether you have a partner in crime, web-based love or a figment of your imagination, CORE is here to help. Ask the questions you can’t ask anyone else.

I work away and when I get home I want to spend time with my girlfriend but she still wants to go out with her mates. Is that wrong?

What’s right and wrong in a relationship is determined by the people in it. It’s natural that you want to spend time with your girl, so plan something ahead of time with her, be romantic. If she recharges by going out why not take her out yourself. Be part of the fun.

I love going on Facebook and my girlfriend gets jealous. What should I do?

Facebook can be a great outlet.

You can communicate with people anytime and seek out old mates.

At the same time a lot of marriages and relationships have ended as a result of people seeking out past lovers and reigniting the old flames. Talk to your girlfriend and set some boundaries that you are both comfortable with. Reassure your girl that she is the “one”.

Got a question? Email: advice@coremag.com.au

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If you think being a V8 Supercar driver is all about sitting on your butt all day you are so wrong! We explore the extreme workout techniques of a race driver and how you can implement these into your next workout.

They are some of the most well known sports stars in the world but can they really be called athletes?

Race car driving is one of the most physically demanding sports and requires a combination of strength and heat resistance training.

CLEAN AND JERK Try this weight lifting combination which will cover all major muscle groups. Try 6-8 reps.

TREADMILL Try interval training workouts combining high intensity intervals with low intensity effort.

BIKRAM YOGA Bikram yoga is a 90 minute Yoga class that consists of a set series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises.

Bikram Yoga is practiced in a room heated to 40.6°C so is perfect for heat resistance training.

An initiative of Mackay Regional Council in partnership with city businesses.

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“Trai n li there ke no fin is ish line ”

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The Armor All Gold Coast 600 takes us to Surfers Paradise this October.

Whether you like the smell of rubber, the sound of the engines, or are really just hoping to see someone crash. There is plenty here to get your heart racing and get you off your seats to cheer your favourite driver home!

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Look out for our CORE photographers and you could get your pic on our social snaps page!

• Summer - you might be ready, but is your body?

• Movember, get your Mo out!

• A sneak peak into the CORE VIP Party!

Check us out on the world wide web for exclusive online content, all the latest social snaps and the down low on events happening in your area. coremag.com.au

Donate to the CORE Movember team to help raise funds for great causes.

Become a CORE Club member for FREE to get access to awesome discounts and exclusive offers. Register online at www.coreclub.com.au

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