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Longland takes the mayoral helm Steve Spencer

Uki-based councillor Barry Longland (pictured) has been elected mayor after a shock switch of allegiance by former political rivals.

The surprise poll on Tuesday put the future of the controversial bid to build a dam at Byrrill Creek further in doubt, with Cr Longland vowing to use the mayor’s casting vote to break any deadlocked vote on the project.

Cr Phil Youngblutt was elected deputy mayor, even getting support from political rival Cr Katie Milne, who also voted for Cr Longland.

Although a longtime ally of Cr Warren Polglase, Cr Youngblutt switched his vote to Cr Longland, giving the new mayor four votes out of seven.

important issues in the past.

‘I thought Barry would do a good job; he’s quite an accomplished bloke, an accountant and well qualified for the top job,’ Cr Youngblutt told The Echo afterwards.

The most critical issue looks set to be the Byrrill Creek dam proposal, which saw the council spit down the middle last year after Cr van Lieshout decided to abstain from the vote because her husband owns land near the dam site.

That led to the then mayor, Cr Skinner, twice using his casting vote to push the dam project forward.

Now any future deadlocked vote on the dam will be decided by Cr Longland, who has opposed a Byrrill Creek dam from the start.

He said he would ‘agitate’ for the state government to finalise the review on the water-sharing plan gazetted last year which bans the new dam and then expected the issue to come before council again.

Cr Longland denied any deals had been done to secure his election, saying he represented the ‘middle ground’.

‘I believe in protecting the Tweed’s environment along with increasing the shire’s rate base so we can fund important infrastructure projects. The challenge is to find a balance between those two things,’ he said.

‘There will be a greater emphasis on listening to community opinion during my term as mayor. Seven councillors don’t hold all of the wisdom in the shire.’

Cr Longland, a 62-year-old former accountant, said his family had long links to the Tweed.

His grandmother was born at Condong.

Cr Polglase received only his own vote in the show-of-hands election, while deposed mayor Kevin Skinner and former mayor Joan van Lieshout nominated and then voted for each other for mayor (Cr Skinner) and deputy mayor (Cr van Lieshout).

Cr Youngblutt said he thought it was time ■ Greens ramp up Byrrill Creek dam campaign, for Cr Longland to be mayor, despite admit- page 2; Anti-dam group welcomes new mayor, ting the two had been at loggerheads over page 2

New life breathed into cinema Sandra Flannery on the balcony of the revamped Regent Cinema and Cafe in Murwillumbah The historic Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah which she hopes will reignite interest in going to will once again see a grand opening of sorts the movies and foster a new community spirit.

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tomorrow, Friday, September 23, when it opens after a major facelift, which new management longtime Murwillumbah locals, Sandra Flanhopes will revive the good old days of going to nery and Sheraden Robbins, who are putting their life and soul into the venture to bring back the movies as a social pastime.

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Greens NSW MP John Kaye will visit the Tweed region tomorrow (Friday) to discuss the contentious Byrrill Creek dam plan, accompanied by a key player in the community campaign that defeated the Tillegra dam proposal in the Upper Hunter.

Dr Kaye said the Greens would move a motion when parliament resumes on October 11 for primary industries minister Katrina Hodgkinson to drop the review on the water-sharing plan which bans the Byrrill Creek dam.

‘This review creates more uncertainy; we’re concerned it needlessly continues a battle thoroughly exorcised by the previous government,’ he told The Echo yesterday.

He said there were lots of similarities between the proposed Byrrill Creek dam and Tillegra. Both would be expen-

sive, unnecessary and environmentally destructive.

‘Both have been driven by a small group of individuals desperate to leave their mark with an enormous supply project. Neither can be justified, especially after opportunities for lower-cost water conservation, efficiency and recycling are taken into account,’ he said.

‘Since the March state election it has become very clear that local residents in Byrrill Creek have a similarly huge fight on their hands. The

O’Farrell government wasted no time in announcing a review of the provisions of the water-sharing plan that prohibited the dam.

‘The Greens have twice tried to move a motion in parliament calling for the release of all documents relating to the review. On both occasions the attempts were blocked by primary industries minister Katrina Hodgkinson’s colleagues in the Upper House.

‘Recently residents in Byrrill Creek watched in horror as

logging commenced in a damaffected area. These trees were not supposed to be logged until after the dam was approved.

Alarm bells are ringing as residents question the need for such haste.

Dr Kaye said Linda Bowden, who played a key role in the No Tillegra Dam Group, would visit the area and talk to locals about their campaign.

Dr Kaye will meet with campaigners at the Uki Cafe in Rowlands Creek Road from 1.15pm to 4pm on Friday.

Anti-dam group welcomes new mayor Save Byrrill Creek campaigners have welcomed the election of Barry Longland as mayor of Tweed as ‘a very positive development, not just because he holds a critical casting vote on the dam, but because he was supported by four fellow councillors who must have taken that into account’.

Spokesperson Andrea Vickers said it appeared ‘the truth about the dam’s cost, and its inevitable rejection under federal laws, is starting to make itself felt.

‘The plan to press ahead with the dam, against expert advice and community sentiment, needs to be discarded

as soon as possible – to stop the waste of ratepayers’ money on preliminary processes, to allow a sensible water augmentation policy to be developed with proper reference to expert advice, and to give all residents some peace of mind on this issue,’ she said.

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New life breathed into cinema (from page 1) the glory days of moviegoing.

‘We really want to create a vibrant community meeting place at the Regent, where people can go and meet friends, have coffee or a meal and see a movie,’ Sandra, a longtime community stalwart, told The Echo.

‘We’ve completely revamped and upgraded the old upstairs balcony, which is really in the heart of the town, for people to enjoy not only the movie experience but to come up here to meet friends for a cuppa, or have a quality meal with one of the best views over the town. It really is the jewel in the crown,’ Sandra, a former Banana Festival president, said.

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1947 by the owners of the old Regent cinema then located in Alma Street, South Murwillumbah, which burnt down in 1945 after operating there for 16 years. Both cinemas in their time were the social hub of the town.

The Regent has been closed for weeks while Sandra, Sheraden, a former real-estate worker, her brother Anthony and other helpers refurbished the cafe, balcony and entrance to bring it back to its former golden-era glory.

They are keen on making the new Regent a vibrant place for townsfolk.

‘We will offer a mix of films from the big hits to the arthouse ones and will open with a school-holiday special of The Smurfs for the first

week,’ Sandra said.

The new owners will also replace the old-fashioned movie reels with digital discs.

The cinema has a special place in the hearts of many longtime locals with not just classic Hollywood movies shown in the old days, but dances with big bands and other live shows held there.

The late rock and roll legend Johnny O’Keefe filled the 1,000-capacity building in its heyday with local youngsters and screaming teenage girls shaking the old timber floorboards, which were cut from the one teak tree from Brays Creek.

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Wooyung developers take legal action council moved to kill off the project by declaring the consents had lapsed and environmental controls inadequate.

But in 2006 the project unexpectedly reared up again when new owners, Samtay Pty Ltd, seemingly hit the jackpot after winning a landmark court case allowing it to reactivate the then 18-year-old development consent for what was described as a ‘destination resort’.

The original approval gave the green light for 300 tourist units (the developer claims 500 units) on islands created on a 15ha man-made lake and

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Tweed Shire Council will defend legal action launched by an unhappy developer who wants to build at least 300 holiday units at Wooyung, along with the construction of a lake containing three islands.

Council staff this week asked councillors to order the legal defence of the Land and Environment Court action, launched

by Wooyung Properties Pty Ltd against the council’s refusal to support the project, just south of the Wooyung Caravan Park.

Councillors voted unanimously to defend the legal action with Greens councillor Katie Milne saying it was unfortunate council was being taken Luis Feliu to court once again ‘by a developer who didn’t want to wait’.

The NSW government has been to ensure probity over the Burden on ratepayers urged controversial Kingscliff police ‘This puts another burden on station redevelopment followratepayers. It is a very compli- ing a surprise revelation by the cated construction certificate chairman of the planning panel and would take a lot of time. ‘ that he had been approached A Melbourne-based syn- by former National Party MP dicate, Wooyung Property Don Beck in a last minute bid to Group, bought the 80ha revive plans to locate the station ocean-front property between on land at Cudgen in which he Wooyung and South Golden has an interest.

The Echo reported last week Beach in 2008 for $17 million.

The Wooyung Action Group that Joint Regional Planning was formed in the wake of a Panel chairman Garry West dodgy development approval told the hearing into the $15 million redevelopment that Mr

by Tweed Council in 1988.

Council gave consent for Beck had contacted him to talk an upmarket Club Med-style about a site at Cudgen as a betresort amid corruption allega- ter alternative to the Kingscliff tions, but three years later the site.

a nine-hole golf course on the flood-prone site contaminated by high levels of acid-sulphate soils.

But when Samtay tried to push ahead with the project it was slammed by then planning minister Frank Sartor, describing it as ‘greedy’ and a ‘dog of a development’.

Mr Sartor also shared community concerns about creating an artificial lake between two nature reserves, which contained class two and three acid sulphate soils and state significant wetlands.

Environmentalists predict

an environmental disaster and flood and contamination problems along the Mooball CreekBillinudgel catchment area if the project went ahead.

Byron Shire Council is also opposed to the development because it will aggravate flooding problems at South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores.

From late 2010 to the middle of this year the developer canvassed an alternative project, involving the rezoning and subdivision of the property so it could build 25 large homes, mostly on beachfront dunal land.

Probity on police station issue urged Following the report, Labor MLC Walt Secord asked in parliament what steps the government would take to ensure probity after Mr Beck had ‘urged’ Mr West ‘to switch the location of the police station to Mr Beck’s land at Cudgen?’

Question on notice Finance minister Greg Pearce, representing planning minister Brad Hazzard, took the question on notice.

The Cudgen site, which was acquired from the Beck family by the Kingsliff Land Company whose directors later included Mr Beck, was the police department’s first choice but was vetoed earlier in the year by the planning minister because of its prime agricultural status.

Mr West’s disclosure follows criticism of a controversial push last month to put the Cudgen site back on the agenda by local National party figures who Mr Secord had likened to the reallife people who inspired the hit film Muriel’s Wedding.

The film parodies the controversy surrounding a former Tweed council, its former deputy mayor Tom Hogan and others involved who were later adversely named by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) which probed North Coast land development over 20 years ago.

One of those named included Mr Beck, but no charges were laid against him.

Mr Beck was unavailable for comment.

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Tweed Shire Council will pursue accountant Terry Sharples for tens of thousands of dollars in court costs after he declared himself bankrupt last month, soon after losing his long-running legal battle with council to overturn a series of rate hikes.

Mr Sharples filed for bankrupty after the High Court refused his appeal against a NSW Supreme Court decision upholding a Land and Environment Court ruling that the council’s controversial sevenyear plan was above board, despite critical flaws.

Mr Sharples, already burdened with over $100,000 in court costs from earlier cases, had his appeal against costs on public interest grounds rejected, and was ordered to pay half the council’s legal bills.

Council staff warned they intend to recoup the money and councillors voted on Tuesday to take ‘all appropriate legal action’ to enforce judgment for previous lower-court related cases against Mr Sharples of $134,058 and the recent order for costs from the High Court, yet to be assessed.

Left: Accountant Terry Sharples, who lost his longrunning legal battle against council’s seven-year rate plan, claims the High Court ruling gives government ministers absolute power to levy unlimited rates or tax increases without public consultation.

Staff said the case, heard over the past four years in the Land and Environment Court, NSW Supreme Court, NSW Court of Appeal and finally the High Court, has brought council’s court costs to date to $489,137.

A disappointed Mr Sharples told The Echo he had ‘no choice’ but to declare himself bankrupt as the case had personally cost him much. ‘What else can I do?’ he said He said it was unfortunate that the case had ‘hurt Tweed shire and the whole of democracy of local government’ as ‘it meant a government minister anywhere in Australia can levy unlimited rates or any taxes ad infinitum, at whim, doesn’t matter what the community input is’.

‘All it needs is council to ask

him to do it; it doesn’t have to go to ratepayers,’ he said.

‘I just wish it had been a better result for our community, but I gave it my best shot and now it’s time to walk away.’

Mr Sharples also praised businessman Harry Segal, who backed his legal fight to the tune of around $100,000.

‘I battled for the community but Harry did it in a very large way by backing this case,’ he said of the Gales Holdings spokesman whose company has also been embroiled in legal fights with council over the years.

Mr Sharples also repeated an earlier claim rejected by council staff that he had been offered ‘a bribe before it started to drop the case for a $70,000 council job, but I didn’t accept

it and went ahead and it personally cost me a lot of money’.

Former mayor Kevin Skinner told media that council would try to recover the costs ‘even if that means selling his house some time in the future’, while Cr Warren Polglase said there was ‘very little chance of us ever getting the money back’.

Mr Sharples began his legal crusade after government-appointed council administrators won ministerial approval in 2006 for a series of compounding rate rises over seven years to fund an $118 million capital works splurge.

Mr Sharples tried to have the plan voided on the grounds the council had misled the public and subsequently the minister by underplaying the real impact on ratepayers’ hip-pockets which would see some rates almost double by 2013.

In 2008 the Land and Environment Court found that while the council had materially misled the public about the true size of the increases and its community consultation process was flawed, it did not invalidate the minister’s approval of the plan.

Singer springs surprise Photo and story Albert Elzinga as pleasant as possible and al-

Banora Point’s Steven Dempsey has to spend six hours every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on a dialysis machine at Tweed Heads hospital.

Nurses at the renal dialysis unit do everything in their power to make the experience

though patients would prefer to do something else with their time, the nurses’ efforts make all the difference.

During one of Steven’s recent dialysis visits, registered nurse Kath Merlehan heard him talk about his admiration for Australia’s Got Talent show finalist Bree De Rome.

Ms Merlahan knows Bree and asked the 17-year-old singer for a CD for her patient.

After hearing of Steven’s love for her voice, Bree decided to go one step further and offered to deliver the CD in person.

Singer Bree De Rome brings Steven Dempsey her CD.

So while Steven was undergoing his dialysis, Bree sneaked onto the ward and presented him with her CD. Steven’s appreciation and en-

thusiasm was obvious and with a huge smile on his face, he said he was ‘totally blown away’ by Bree’s visit and couldn’t wait to listen to her CD.

Expensive items were removed from the two properties before the burglars focused their attention on Ms Smith’s home.

Ms Smith said although the family was upset, she thought they had been lucky no physical harm had come to her and her children.

Inspector Saul Wiseman said the area had recently experienced an increase in the number of burglaries with most offenders gaining access through open doors or windows.

Although temperatures were on the rise, residents should not become complacent and leave doors and windows open.

Inspector Wiseman encouraged residents to lock their properties at all times to stop opportunistic offenders from entering and taking valuable belongings.

Residents were also encouraged to take photographs of valuable items such as jewellery so police could identify them if they were recovered.

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A recent spate of burglaries in Banora Point has frightened residents and frustrated police who have warned people to lock their properties at all times.

Police suspect teenagers entered a number of unlocked homes in the area and removed money and valuables while the residents were asleep.

Banora Point mother of three, Kelly Smith, lost her laptop, mobile phone and a number of her children’s possessions including her son’s birthday gifts when burglars entered her townhouse through an unlocked garage door.

Residential caretaker Brendon Maxwell said the burglars quietly checked garage doors around 3am and had entered two other homes at the same complex.

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Severe impact However, the impact of the incident has been severe.

Ms Smith said the family lived with a strong feeling of safety before the incident but had now become so frightened, she had asked a male family member to move in temporarily to ensure the family is safe.

‘We should go back to a sense of community, know our neighbours and involve ourselves in what’s going on around us,’ Ms Smith said.

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Council slams Hastings Pt ‘overdevelopment’ Steve Spencer

Tweed Shire Council will ask the NSW government not to approve a controversial 45-lot housing development at Hastings Point.

Council staff advised against backing the Creek Street development over the ‘applicant’s failure to satisfy the significant planning, engineering and ecological issues’.

Cr Kevin Skinner said flooding of nearby properties had not been ‘properly addressed’.

‘I will be waiting a long time to see how they can drain that area properly,’ he said.

Cr Dot Holdom described it as an ‘antiquated plan’.

‘They could do a lot better.

The whole plan lacks imagination,’ she said.

And mayor Barry Longland said the potential of the development to cause flooding was a good reason for refusal.

Only deputy mayor Phil Youngblutt didn’t vote against the project, having left the council chamber after declaring an interest in the issue.

His brother is caretaker of the property.

Flooding major issue Flooding is seen as a major issue, with the amount of fill needed to raise the ‘overdeveloped’ site creating a dam which would stop water from escaping from properties along Creek Street, including a retirement community of hundreds of people within the North Star Caravan Park.

A council report said Creek Street residents had given council staff photographs of a recent flood which showed areas claimed to remain dry in the developer’s flood mapping had been under water.

The Hastings Point Progress Association have warned that if the project wins NSW government approval, up to four metres of fill will be dumped on the site, stopping water from escaping directly into Christies Creek and flooding

homes along Creek Street.

Developers want to lay 3.9 metres of fill and create 45 house blocks on 3.6 hectares of the 18-ha site on the banks of Christies Creek near where it meets Cudgera Creek.

Staff said there was a failure to consider the sensitive ecological status of land along Christies and Cudgera creeks, problems with the subdivision’s layout which failed to comply with the Hastings Point development control plan and that it would not integrate with existing homes along Creek Street.

They also described it as a ‘massive overdevelopment’ of a ‘highly sensitive site’.

the natural environment along the foreshore,’ said the report.

‘It is likely to result in significant impact to threatened species through direct damage to and loss of habitat and indirect indirect impacts associated with a change to water quality, increased lighting, noise, traffic and tramping (of vegetation) through uncontrolled access to the creek.’

The developer had told council that vegetation restoration will not be done until after approval of the project, but council staff said that ‘at the very least mowing and slashing in the environmental protection zone without development consent must cease’.

Past and present owners of the prime creek-side location have been involved in a long-

running war with residents who have been complaining about unauthorised works and vegetation removal during the past 20 years.

The most recent owner of the 28ha property, developer Walter Elliott, kept animosities simmering after he strung up a barbed-wire fence around the property shortly after acquiring it in 2000.

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‘History of unauthorised earthworks’ ‘The site has a long history of unauthorised earthworks and clearing,’ said the council report.

This is the fourth bid by developers since October 2008 to gain NSW government approval.

According to council staff the 450m2 blocks would be ‘inconsistent with the existing character’ of Creek Street, which mostly contains 735m2 blocks.

‘The site has some development potential but it must be done in response to the sensitive coastal location. The proposal is not in character with the existing environment and would have a negative impact on the amenity of the existing residents and negatively impact on the ecological status of the site,’ staff said.

The project could also threaten the health of Cudgera Creek, which is regularly closed off from the sea during droughts, as happened in 2005. The reduced flushing increases the build-up of pollutants.

Council planners have not ruled out supporting a ‘more sensitive development’, but said the current proposal did not comply with the Tweed local environment plan.

‘It does not protect or restore

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Mt St Pat College debating team (l-r): Callum Inksetter, Jessica Lees, Billi Lansky, Mollie Wilson, Marnie Booth, Maddison SherMount St Patrick College’s de- rah, Ela Heiniger, Kate Wilson, Sarah Sigley. Photo Albert Elzinga

bating team will join hundreds of fellow orators to compete in the Debating Association state finals held in Sydney in November.

The school’s debating team has a proud history and its English debating and public speaking ‘doyen’ Paddy Bailey believes the students are ready to take on their opposition and come home with another set of awards.

The remarkable achievements of the relatively small regional school include five state titles, a number of country championships and 16 years of consecutive finals appearances.

The students will compete one of the most important facin prepared and impromptu tors in reaching the finals.

The students said the most debates and need to address difficult exchange was the imset topics. promptu debate which allowed Debating topics them only one hour to prepare Previously, the students de- before going into verbal battle.

The students got involved bated the generosity of Australians, the assumption dreams because they liked public drive our lives, the statement speaking and loved the steady contemporary music has in- gains they made during practegrity and the supposition tice.

‘You can feel yourself growcensorship is an individual’s ing and improving’, Callum responsibility.

Year 11 students Maddison said.

The competition is open to Sherrah, Marnie Booth and Callum Inksetter have worked all Catholic schools in NSW on their debating skills for four and St Pats will field teams years and said persistence was from Years 7, 8 and 11.

Feds fund Mur’bah community centre Luis Feliu

The federal government has delivered on its commitment to provide up to $1.5 million to Tweed Shire Council for the long-awaited Murwillumbah Community Centre project.

Minister for regional Australia, regional development and local government, Simon Crean and Richmond MP Justine Elliot jointly announced the funding this week.

The centre, to be located adjacent to the existing one in Knox Park, Nullum Street, will provide office space for a number of community and family service programs, training rooms, activity rooms, and interview rooms for visiting clients as well as an indoor/ outdoor secure play area. A youth centre will also be incorporated within the building.

However, construction of the project is still up in the air, even though Tweed Shire Council on Tuesday announced four preferred tenderers for the project.

Staff said it would not be appropriate for council to accept the final tender until the terms of the lease over the Crown land on which the centre is sited were finalised.

Cr Kevin Skinner said council had been ‘ready to build this for nine years’.

Mrs Elliot said the centre would provide improved access to affordable, accessible and safe facilities allowing for extended programs and services for locals.

The project is one of 85 projects funded through the Community Infrastructure Grants Program, which is part of the $248 million regional community funding package committed to by the Gillard government at last year’s election.

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Lifesavers get on with the job at Kingy Albert Elzinga

Over the past few months, Cudgen Surf Life Saving Club volunteers have witnessed the disappearance of the beach in front of their clubhouse.

At high tide, waves crash into a high sandbag wall, placed to protect the club, and the area is out of bounds even to the club’s lifesavers.

Club members said the current circumstances made reacting to swimmers in trouble at that location extremely difficult and limited their area of operations to a small stretch of beach, south of the clubhouse.

However, lifesavers are a loyal lot and rather than turn their backs on their favourite bit of NSW coastline, they remain committed to providing weekend activities for their nippers and a safe beach for locals and visitors.

The lack of access made setting up for a day’s patrolling frustratingly difficult, as members needed to circumvent a high fence to place their flags and equipment.

Vital first aid equipment could no longer be kept at the clubhouse’s first aid room during patrol hours and had to be transported onto the beach, one member explained.

Once all the equipment was set up, lifesavers were able to

ECHO BUSINESS PROFILES The historic Greenhills on Tweed reception centre in south Murwillumbah will be a hive of colour and activity on Saturday, October 1, when a Bridal Expo will be held there.

Local celebrants, cake designers, wedding co-ordinators, florists, hair and makeup artists, photographers, wedding-car hire firms and the operator of a classic picnic boat servicing the centre will be on hand to advise on every detail for that very special occasion.

Greenhills’ owner and chef David Hillis said the expo would run from 11am to 2pm then 5pm to 8pm and the cost of $10 per person covers a glass of champers and canapes on arrival.

David, 39, who bought Greenhills on Tweed in July 2009 from Michael and Paul who ran it for 20 years, has since restored and refurbished the historic riverside building.

After years of travelling and working on ships and in fivestar hotels in London, David returned to Australia and decided to live in the Tweed near where his parents live at Uki. That’s when he decided to buy the ‘Grand Old Lady’ and restore it as ‘a love and passion’.

‘With a travel career and love of food and entertaining, I finally turned this dream into

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Erosion at Kingcliff beach in the past few months has limited the area in which lifesavers operate.

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do their jobs as before; however, moving the required materials from the clubhouse to the lifesavers’ arena was time consuming and tough.

Swimming between the flags

was more important than ever because access was limited and could delay lifeguards reaching people who failed to heed warnings and got into trouble.

Members said it was up to

Mother Nature to return the lost sand to their beach, although some measures had be taken so the club could again host the NSW Surf Life Saving titles in March this year.

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Coastal erosion, coastal plans and coastal regulation have been put on the agenda this week by the state government which plans to consult the public on the issue.

NSW environment minister Robyn Parker said the recent events at Kingscliff ‘are a reminder of how vulnerable some communities in NSW are to coastal erosion’.

‘It’s not a new issue, but unfortunately there is a legacy of poor past decisions that mean there are homes and com-

munity assets at risk. It’s vital that these communities are well prepared. I want to hear first-hand the concerns of local communities and their representatives. I also want to hear their ideas for improving the current situation,’ Ms Parker said.

‘Managing coastal erosion is very challenging because poorly designed “solutions” can damage beaches, or transfer erosion problems to other locations. Many sensible solutions also come with a hefty

price tag, so we need to think about new funding sources and be more innovative if we are to implement these plans.’

She said forming a coastal taskforce to develop recommendations is the first step in achieving this goal. The task force will be made up of key agencies, stakeholders and councils. Other measures will include consultation with coastal MPs and coastal councils with public consultation workshops to be held on the far north coast and other regions.

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Bridal Expo to showcase Greenhills industry and will showcase not only all the latest services and products, but revive interest in the historic reception centre as a great venue for weddings, parties and everything but also the river as a form of transport, without the hustle and bustle.

To talk to David about the expo or any function call him on 02 6672 1697.

David Hillis, the owner and chef at Greenhills on Tweed, has a vision that the Tweed River will one day become a water highway and a main access for the historic reception centre which he has refurbished. David is pictured near the new pontoon he had built, soon after then mayor Kevin Skinner officially opened it. A Bridal Expo will be held there on Saturday, October 1. a reality,’ he said.

Greenhills on Tweed was built in 1907 and originally called ‘Camelot’. Its then owner travelled by barge along the river to Tweed Heads to work.

David said the home’s beautiful regal historic formal style architecture had been fully restored, and it boasted paramount views of Mt Warning and the caldera from the riverbank.

‘But I could see there was one part of the puzzle missing: the river access, this water highway,’ he said.

With that in mind, David recently built a large floating pontoon and two gangways for picnickers or wedding

guests to arrive and leave by boat, like the good old days.

He has a vision of creating a water highway on the Tweed River.

‘We may not have a train anymore but we do have a river called the Tweed,’ he said.

‘It’s a unique and creative way of for brides to arrive by boat. The pontoon has been designed for commercial use so in the bigger picture people can arrive by boat, canoes or other forms of water travel.’

Mayor Kevin Skinner joined David recently to cut the ribbon on the gangway for the recently completed pontoon.

The Bridal Expo is expected to draw many people in the

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Julia’s reforms favour the union bosses

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ulia Gillard owes her job to Labor’s factional warlords, so it is hardly surVolume 4 #4 September 22, 2011 prising that her proposed reform program does nothing to lessen their grip on the party’s key institutions.

Under the Gillard plan unThe only thing which stands between us and the barbarism of, say, ion delegates would still make an LA-style urban sprawl is regulation of property development via a planning sytem. And that planning system is kept honest not up 50 per cent of the state and federal ALP conferences, leavby the wayward whims of politicians but by the force of residents ing them with effective control; wanting to keep their backyard liveable, even beautiful. the union bosses would conPlanning regulation is not a sexy subject, especially when you tinue to dominate the execuget down to the minutiae of control plans at local government level, but it is important to our welfare. A chance to have our say tives which look after the day –to–day running of the party on the NSW planning system – what system? you might ask – is and stack the key committees upon us and two high-powered ex-pollies are heading our way concerned with party rules. to hear it.

It’s not quite as bad as it used Former NSW environment minister Tim Moore (Liberal) and to be; before Simon Crean former NSW public works minister Ron Dyer (Labor) are on a ‘listening tour’ as part of the O’Farrell government’s current plan- launched his own reform program the union representation ning system review. They will lob into Ballina RSL on Thursday was 60 per cent and in the September 29 and Murwillumbah Services Club on Friday September 30. Sessions will be held at both venues at 3pm–5pm and dark eons before the advent of Gough Whitlam the parlia6pm–7.30pm. mentary party leaders (which The obvious thing to lobby for in a high-growth area like from time to time included the Tweed Shire is greater emphasis on what sort of built environment we are going to accept. The giant residential subdivisions at prime minister) did not have a seat in the party conferences.

Cobaki and Kings Forest were pushed through with great attenSo we can report progress, tion to the financial welfare of the developers and virtually none but almost invariably it has to the plight of the natural environment. As a result of the Joint Regional Planning Panel’s shameful inaction, it is likely that koala been a case of too little too late; like the street gangs of the habitat in the new estates will prove too small and fragmented slums, the factions manage to for the animals to survive.

The Tweed Shire coastline is also riddled with controversial de- consolidate their positions and continue to fight out their turf velopment hotspots, with constant pressure from get-rich-quick merchants to concrete over prime farming land or erect inappro- wars while the public watches helplessly and the party’s rank priate highrise eyesores. and file members drift away in There is plenty for the community to address and once Dyer search of more civilised and and Moore are done listening, options will be outlined in a Green rewarding activities, such as Paper followed by a legislative framework in a White Paper, resulting hopefully in the overhaul of the thoroughly rorted and reamed- nude mud wrestling.

Gillard’s aim is to entice out Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Follow the them back at a minimum rate action at www.planningreview.nsw.gov.au. of 8,000 a year not by breaking the power of the warlords Tweed Shire Echo but by tiptoeing around it. If Publisher David Lovejoy her ideas are accepted ordinary Editor Luis Feliu Advertising Manager Angela Cornell branch members will have a Accounts Manager Simon Haslam greater say in preselections Production Manager Ziggi Browning to contest seats in parliament ‘The job of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.’ – Finley Peter Dunne 1867–1936 through a system of Ameri© 2011 Echo Publications Pty Ltd can–style primaries, and may PO Box 545, Murwillumbah 2484 occasionally have a direct vote Phone 02 6672 2280 on key policy issues. email: editor@tweedecho.com.au Printer: Horton Media Australia Ltd There is also a proposal to

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embrace ‘online membership’, whatever that means; presumably it would be a way of avoiding attendance at branch meetings, currently one of the more pointless and tedious aspects of joining the ALP (not that there aren’t plenty of others – try signing up to the party’s website). But it may also prove a bonanza for aficionados of the traditional sport of branch stacking; imagine the oppor-

Like the street gangs of the slums, the factions continue to fight out their turf wars while the public watches helplessly.

by Mungo MacCallum tunities to increase your numbers if you don’t even have to produce a real person in the process.

What Gillard is suggesting is hardly revolutionary – indeed it is not even seriously ambitious. But even these tiny steps forward are too much for some of the faction leaders. Stephen Conroy has already rejected them, before the debate has even begun; he has clearly been taking lessons from Tony Abbott. So the prospects for any substantive change are bleak indeed.

The inquiry run by John Faulkner, Bob Carr and Steve Bracks actually recommended that the majority of conference delegates be elected by the rank and file – in other words that the factional warlords should voluntarily surrender their power. Usually well-informed sources believe that this is unlikely happen within the life of the known universe.

However it may be possible to improve things slightly in the lower houses of both state and federal parliaments. The

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When they themselves decide to make the move from the rigours of running a trade union to the semi-retirement of parliamentary politics, they generally opt not for the Legislative Assembly or for the House of Representatives, but

for the Legislative Council or the Senate.

The only exceptions are those who, like Bill Shorten, harbour serious desires for the leadership.

Most are content to simply select the leader, rather than play that thankless and exhausting role themselves. Indeed, comfort is their aim.

From the upper house they do not have to worry about looking after a real electorate; their constituency is usually an entire state, which means that most problems can easily be duckshoved to a member in the lower house.

Even in states like Victoria in which MLCs actually represent electorates, albeit very large ones, almost everything can be made to appear the responsibility of the local MLA. Those complaints that can’t be flicked on can be ignored with impunity; ordinary citizens have no say in the formation of a party’s ticket for the upper house and in any case the terms between elections are twice as long as for the low-

er house – six, or even eight, years. Thus almost all their energy can be, and is, devoted to maintaining and expanding their empires, both inside and outside parliament.

An influx of new members in the lower house is seldom a real worry; most of them are already committed to factions and those that aren’t will join pretty quickly if they know what’s good for them: independence in the Labor caucus is an all but certain bar to promotion. So even if Gillard gets her way at the National Conference later this year, it will be pretty much business as usual.

What the party needs is not gradual reform, but a purge, a ruthless clean out of the fat controllers. But short of actual bloodshed, they themselves are the only ones who can make it happen, and they won’t. Thus the prospects of attracting the masses back to the party – or even of reaching Gillard’s modest target of 8,000 a year, which would still take a couple of decades to replace recent losses – is not likely to happen.

But this does not mean that the political left is necessarily moribund. Activists are still around but instead of joining the political parties they are flocking to web-based groups such as GetUp and AVAAZ. Their passion is for ethically based policy, not for a party which seems to have forgotten the meaning of both words.

But it is a fair bet that most of them vote either Labor or Green, so the formal process does not miss out altogether.

The voters are still willing to flirt, but not to form a committed relationship. And while the warlords still guard their fiefdoms like dragons with their hoards they will not be tempted to take even the first step towards reconciliation.

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Truth decay

Seeing News Ltd papers now only seem to report opinions (usually from unnamed sources) it is only fair that they change their name to Opinions Ltd. I Carlson

Terranora

Support the park

It was refreshing to read a letter (September 8) in support of the holiday park/caravan park and residential estate at Cabarita Beach. I am also a resident of Cabarita and support both. I would like to congratulate David on his selfless remarks on the issue which has caused division in the community. Growth is needed for businesses to expand and sadly we are being left behind other areas such as Pottsville and Kingscliff.

The survey mentioned was in my opinion definitely biased towards opposition, especially when copies had been made available for any number of persons to complete without identification or postcode as to where they may reside.

Have the opposing residents looked at the state of Tweed Coast Road in the main street area and questioned the state of the unoccupied blocks of land?

These blocks are a disgrace and will remain so until we see some progress locally Mary Collie

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More of the same

When I heard on the radio that World Rally organisers were calling for volunteers to help stage their event in Coffs Harbour I had to laugh.

After their 2009 debacle in the Northern Rivers WRC said they would do things differently. But it seems they are up to their old tricks. Their game is to get maximum profit at the expense of the community. Local councils and the government still put in millions of taxpayer dollars into the event and the volunteers work for free. What

Two views on the big pokie reform question

■ Having worked in the club industry for 25 years, I have considerable knowledge of what the clubs do for the community.

Not only have I seen thousands of school leavers use the clubs’ employ as a first stepping stone into their careers, but countless thousands will lose their jobs and probably end up on welfare, being an extra burden on the taxpayer if the pokie reforms are introduced.

When the so called experts sit at home or in their smug little office trying to tell what others can and can’t do and say that 67 per cent of voters support the pokie reforms, I bet those 67 per cent don’t use the clubs’ recreational activities and so are telling the other 33 per cent that they can’t either. If you take a poll from people who use the clubs, who are the ones that count, you will soon realise that it would be close to 100 per cent against the reforms.

As well as pokies, our clubs have social activities, such as golf, lawn bowls, tennis, swimming, snooker, bingo, dancing and a beer or two for the workers. These are the social life of many of the surrounding communities which gets

them out of the house and into a healthy lifestyle. I know for a fact if these pokie reforms from independent senator Andrew Wilkie are passed that our club and many others the same may have to close their doors. The flow-on effect from this would be far reaching. All club suppliers, entertainers, contractors and any business affiliated with the club industry may also have to lay off staff or close their business.

The pokie reform that is proposed is that all pokie players have to have a licence to play with a card that has a set limit they can spend. This limit is set by the player. So if I am a gambler and like to spend a bit, of course I will just put a high cash figure on the card.

Is this going to stop me spending on the pokies? I don’t think so. Let’s say the reform stopped most of the gamblers on the pokies. Wilkie hasn’t thought of the next step, counselling, education and support for all the gamblers before they turn to another form of gambling.

There are counselling services in place now which the clubs support but they would not be able to counsel every pokie

do we get in exchange? Dust, noise, road closures, fossil fuel fumes and a spectacle which encourages reckless driving.

In 2009 rally organisers told us that local business would benefit by tens of millions of dollars. Stories that many businesses in fact lost money due to disruption to their normal trade prompted a survey by Tweed Monitor that proved a nil net benefit. One third of businesses lost money, one third increased profits and the rest reported no change for that weekend.

If this event is so popular and profitable why won’t they pay a fair wage to their workers? Why do our taxes pay for it? Why is the amount we have to pay for this ‘entertainment’ kept secret?

I’m glad we didn’t have to suffer this foolish outdated ‘sport’ again here in the Tweed. We had a great triathlon in Kingscliff that weekend instead.

Where do we want the police to be?

I think what is being overlooked in regards to the new police HQ is that the police are not affiliated with the other services. The police are a standalone body funded and administered separately. The idea of combining the police and other services sounds good; however, they are all separate identities.

On reading several of your recent media articles, in particular the one concerning the Cudgen village land push with the headline of ‘Nats under fire’ in August 2011, one wonders why council and others want to slice up the protected prime agricultural land on the corner of Cudgen Road and Tweed Coast Road and have it rezoned for the purposes of building a poScott Sledge lice headquarters and eventuLillian Rock ally other services, when there are better sites available.

Is this the same land Coles Myer offered $5 million for if it could be rezoned?

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player that Wilkie is trying to reform in one fall of the axe.

The only pokie players that this will stop are the ones that occasionally like a flutter on the pokies like the passing tourists who would have to go through the whole register with the government before they can play.

So all the tourists that have a bit of disposable cash keep their cash in their bank accounts for the banks to get fatter rather than the tourist dollar being dispersed through the community via the clubs.

This reform has been introduced in only one country before: in Norway and it failed. It pushed the gamblers to online gambling. Problem gambling went from 1.3 per cent to 2.1 per cent in two years and calls to problem gambling counselling services regarding online gambling went up by 838 per cent in one year.

So all the do-gooders that think they are trying to save our community by supporting the pokie reforms, think outside the box and actually visit a club and talk to the happy patrons.

Nick Cropp

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have the community’s interest in mind.

There is such a location.

However, it appears that council’s dislike for the landowner could be why this site has been ignored.

The land is at the corner of Ozone Street and Tweed Coast Road with entry to Chinderah industrial estate and very close to the Chinderah interchange.

This land is owned by Gales Holdings and we all know the millions of dollars of ratepayers’ money council has squandered losing court case after court case against this landowner.

This site would have minimal impact on the community.

It is my understanding that Gales Holdings also offered to have Ozone Street extended through to Kingscliff.

This site would be a win-win situation for everyone. It might need a small quantity of fill but council had no problems with metres of fill for the BP site that backs onto Ozone Street.

It’s about time this council did something that would benefit the community as a whole

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I don’t think the people protesting against the proposed poker machine laws have fully understood what they’re standing for.

I’d like to help them gain clarity around this issue.

I’ve written a letter (see below) that clearly states the issues at hand.

I think that supporters of the clubs’ position should print a copy of the following letter and sign it and hang it on their letterbox or in the car window so that it is clear to everyone in the community just what sort of person they are.

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Dear Mr Wilkie, I don’t want you to help problem gamblers.

I like the fact that people with gambling problems are wasting their family’s income in our poker machines because that means I can buy slightly cheaper beer and have free access to club facilities.

I don’t care how much the families of these problem gamblers suffer. Saving a few cents off my beer is much more important to me than whether the lives of their

and start talking with Gales Holdings.

This site has no 50 km/h speed limit zones, no houses, no parking problems and minimal impact on the community, as the raised highway then becomes a partial sound barrier to Chinderah which is in close proximity to this site.

It’s worth thinking about!

Bob Caine

Chinderah ■ It is time that a sensible decision is made in regard to this matter and the bickering and pettiness stops.

The sensible option is to build a multipurpose precinct incorporating police, ambulance and fire stations on the one site which will service the Tweed.

In fact if common sense were to prevail this precinct would

children are being ruined.

Furthermore I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that these problem gamblers keep putting their money into our poker machines. I don’t want anyone to help these problem gamblers get over their addiction because then my beer prices would go up.

In fact what we need is more problem gamblers, we need to encourage them to waste more money in our poker machines so that my beer prices get even cheaper and the club can buy some nicer paintings to hang on the walls to improve the ambience for the rest of the club’s members.

Listen to the people, Mr Wilkie! What you’re proposing is un-Australian. You need to get your priorities right: cheap beer is the most important thing to Australians – and we don’t care how we get it, even if innocent families have to suffer!

Let them suffer, that’s their problem.

I want cheap beer!

Lau Guerreiro

Murwillumbah

also include a major hospital and medical centre that would service all of the Tweed and surrounding areas.

In this way the hospitals at Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads could be downgraded to recovery centres or used only for minor procedures.

Vested interests will object and whine about this suggestion; however, it is time for some leadership instead of the continued procrastination that is going on now.

The people of Kingscliff and the Tweed deserve better and action on this must not be allowed to be delayed further by a few outspoken people whose only concern is for themselves and who are totally lacking in foresight.

C H Ainsworth

Kingscliff

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The McKenzie Group operates seven facilities throughout Australia including Murwillumbah, Burleigh Waters and Varsity Lakes – each offering its own unique retirement setting.

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Coastal Framing & Design What fabulous weather! Such an inspiration for us to start thinking about summer days, decorating the home and CHRISTMAS. It’s great to have customers already coming in with their family photos, or favourite photo to have framed or printed onto canvas in readiness for their Christmas gifts.

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‘We provide a safe, comfortable and friendly environment with a focus on independent lifestyle through all our facilities,’ said Sally.

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activities program tailored to the individual needs of each resident, a fully stocked library, four sitting rooms and an RSL-style recreation room.

Set in newly landscaped tropical gardens complete with several water features, Raffles is custom built to make residents’ stays a tranquil and pleasing experience.

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Workshops include a mix of science, art & drama Open to ages 8 – 12 September 27th, 28th & 29th 10 am to 2 pm Bring a lunch & hat 1 day @ $60.

Or three days @ $150 Early bird special = 1 day @ $45.

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Let your heart melt when Australian-born, 9-year-old Americus performs her hula hoop sensation, a superbly disciplined act, a show of incredible skill, leaving you mesmerised by her charm. She appeared on oprah’s show as one of the most talented kids in the world, and now performing with her new act The Lyra. It will bring tears to your eyes!

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No caged or exotic animals Club Banora has the activities for kids; of all ages during are featured in this circus. these school holidays.

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all about kids AS A PARENT it is reasonable to want to do everything you can to make your kids happy. However giving them all the things they want, too much stuff and too many experiences, at too early an age can lead to anything but happiness.

The best gift we can give our kids is to teach them to be resilient. Resilience is defined as the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. On the kids' page on the website embracethefuture.org.au it is says 'being resilient means being able to bounce back into shape like a rubber ball after something goes wrong or being able to keep going when life is tough. Being resilient means always being tougher than your life is!' This website has a Resiliency Resource Centre with information for parents, teachers and children and is well worth a look.

the lower canopy with rockpools, a butterfly lookout, local history enclosure and sheltered rest areas. Then you reach the cantilever, soaring 30 metres above the valley, with spectacular views over the creek and the rainforest below. Finally the walk returns along the rainforest floor.

Bring the kids to learn about the local wildlife, take in the magnificent views, and grab a bite at the birdwing cafe.

Find out more: call us on 07 5545 2222 or visit us at www.rainforestskywalk.com.au.

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providing a range of learning support and extension programs. All classrooms are equipped with state-of-the art technology to enhance the learning experience of our students and we offer a broad range of sporting and creative programs that enrich our school’s curriculum.

Murwillumbah East is proud of the strong relationship it has with parents, carers and the wider community, all of whom work closely together to ensure that each child’s time at school is a valuable and positive experience.

For information regarding our orientation program or enrolment details contact the school: Murwillumbah East Primary School, Charles St, Murwillumbah, phone 6672 6781.

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4-week course for the parents of pre-adolescents.

It is a time of great physical, emotional and social change. Topics include: improving communication; managing behaviour; changing established patterns; learning how to have ‘empowering’ conversations; what to expect during adolescence. Venue: Murwillumbah.

3-week course explores a down-to-earth, child-friendly and effective discipline approach that encourages good behaviour for children 2–12 yrs.

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Childcare worker Loki St. James is ditching nearly a dedcade as a preschooler teacher to work with school-age kids. The workshop centre is Murwillumbahs newest and coolest spot for kids. These school holidays we will be making lanterns, painting, papier mâché are a definite in the arts department. More explosions, mixing and separation, magnetic reactions are a definite in the science lair. In the drama department we will focus on getting reactions and being general superstars!

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all about kids In2surf & Cabarita Beach Surf School present Surfgroms The Program: starting October 8th we will be launching Surfgroms, fun, weekly-run surf sessions for kids aged 5–12. It is an initiative to get the local kids outside and in the water, not just to learn to surf but also to give them better ocean knowledge, beach safety and all things surf! It consists of eight lessons encompassing 12 hours, features five distinct skill levels, each with its own set of objectives and goals. These will run during school holidays, after school and on weekends so there are different sessions run to suit families’ schedules. The sessions will be held at Kingscliff Keach and Cabarita Beach.

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Each child registered will receive a free Quicksilver backpack containing a Quicksilver t-shirt, rash shirt,towel, sun-hat and Wahoo beach toys. The first session will be run on 20.10.11 from 3.45–5.15pm at Cabarita Beach.

For more information on locations and session times and costs go to www.in2surf.com.au or call Josh Fuller on 0406 318 162.

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Super Kids Food was formulated by gold coast naturopath Nicky Wood in 2009 as a bridging food for fussy eaters to make every mouthful count. Knowing how difficult it is for most parents to achieve a good cross section of vital minerals, vitamins and amino acids in the diet, Nicky has designed a unique combination of foods that are fermented with a range of gut-healthy bacteria.

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Using techniques such as CBT, Play Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy, I will work together with you and your child to attempt to resolve your concerns, be it anxiety, depression, self-esteem development, grief and loss, behaviour management, divorce and/or general parenting strategies.

I am a fully registered allied health psychologist and member of AHPRA and APS, who provides Medicare-rebated services with a ‘better health’ referral from your gp.

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The Experiment of Art vs Science Art vs Science has hit the road for a massive regional tour in the wake of their debut album The Experiment picking up a nomination for Triple J’s Australian Album of the Year, the J Award. The Experiment, released debuted at #2 on the ARIA Album Chart and was the most recently released entry on Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time.

The band have barely had time to take a breather this year, supporting the Chemical Brothers and pulling big crowds at the Future Music and Groovin The Moo Festivals. Selling out their last run of theatre shows and just about to embark on their second North American tour, the band are releasing a new single, ‘With Thoughts’ and set to embark upon a dance party around the country in regional centres to catch up with fans who may have not been able to make their metropolitan dates.

The Echo caught up with vocalist/keyboard player Jim Finn during a break in the band’s mad schedule, which includes gigs in Byron and Coolangatta this week

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This tour has 13 gigs on top of each other.

What’s next after that?

Sleep. Every tour ends with about a week’s worth of sleeping and recovering.

Then we’re heading back to the US to play some more shows. Can’t wait.

Do you plan to release another album next year?

We haven’t really thought about it. W’e’re always writing music and making songs, but I don’t think we have any idea about when or what the next release will be.

The next tour?

We are off to the US for a few shows through October.

We’re playing a few in Canada this time too, as well as a festival in Texas.

Actually, smack bang in the middle of our current Australian tour we’re going over to Kuala Lumpur for

three days to play a show with The Gossip.

Is there anything extraordinary that Coolangatta Hotel punters can look forward to?

Well the show at the Cooly is on a Saturday night. We don’t have anything on that Sunday so I think the people can expect us to go a little bit harder at that show than some of the others. We’ve got our lighting genius geezer pommy friend Toby (who does lights for the Chemical Brothers) coming along with us too so the kids will have some lovely twinkly lights to look at while they dance.

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GIVEAWAY

You have just toured North America. What was the highlight of the trip?

The Echo has a double I think probably our show in Mexico City. We were running on about two pass to give away to the hours’ sleep from the night before. When we played the show there were Art vs Science gig at the about 300 Mexicans jumping around singing along to our songs. I had Coolangatta Hotel on no idea anyone in Mexico would’ve even heard of us. It was quite a thrill.

Saturday night.

Simply email: gigs@ They all seemed very happy that we had come to their town. tweedecho.com.au with Do you have a fan base overseas? the subject header ‘My Art We’re slowly creating one. Because they don’t have a radio station like See how this experiment pans out at the Coolangatta Hotel on vs Science experiment’.

Triple J there it is much harder to get heard. You’ve just gotta tour around Saturday from 8pm and look at our give-away for a chance to win a Entries close noon Friday. and play to as many people as you can and get your name out there. We double pass. really like touring there. Americans are absolutely lovely people. They’re so welcoming, courteous and friendly. We will definitely be going back there to make some more friends.

What was the response from audiences in the US? I think overall it was quite positive. Most of the people we were playing to hadn’t heard of us before. I remember watching a group of three American uni kids during the start of Magic Fountain.

They had clearly never heard the song before and looked thoroughly confused through the first verse. They were looking at each other as if to say ‘what the hell is this?’ But then when the beat and the riff dropped they all screamed, wrapped their arms around each other and started jumping up and down. I think we got through to them.

For special events Was there a noticeable difference from the response special Events from Oz gigs?

Weddings For Birthdays Mainly the size. We were playing very small club shows...

Weddings Birthdays sometimes to as little as 50 people. Sometimes to a few Seminars Private Parties hundred.

Set menus with prices It kinda reminded us of how we started out as a band. Trying to win people over who had never heard our songs. It was to suit any budget really good to see a fairly chilled, observant audience at the Phone Woody on 6685 5833 or start of the show change into a crazy screaming dance party Phone Woody on 6685 5833 or email woody@byronbaybrewery.com.au by the end. It’s really satisfying when you walk out on stage email woody@byronbaybrewery.com.au Byron Bay Premium Brewery 1 Skinners Shoot Road Byron Bay NSW 2481 with the aim to get people to dance to songs they’ve never www.byronbaybrewery.com.au Byron Bay Premium Brewery 1 Skinners Shoot Road Byron Bay NSW 2481 Bookings 1800 014 014 Wharf St, Tweed Heads heard, and have them jumping around like maniacs by the www.byronbaybrewery.com.au www.twintowns.com.au 07 55362277 end. www.tweedecho.com.au The Tweed Shire Echo September 22, 2011 15

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Off with the birds After a year long sabbatical, Josh Pyke will be back on the road in September to celebrate the release of his eagerly awaited third album, Only Sparrows. With his intimate, solo Fans First shows selling out in a matter of days earlier this year, the Only Sparrows tour will provide those who missed out on tickets the opportunity to hear the new material performed in full band mode for the first time. Featuring the infectiously up-beat first single No One Wants A Lover, Only Sparrows will be released on August 19. Josh’s most assured record to date, it follows on from his Gold-selling ARIA award-winning albums Memories & Dust (2007) and Chimney’s Afire (2008). With a host of talented musicians on board to bring something special to his songs and producer Wayne Connolly helming the desk, Josh was given the freedom to take a step back so he could take a step forward, so to speak, and create a cohesive album that pushed him in all the right ways. Don’t miss your chance to see Josh and band when they fly through your town this September. Head on down to the Coolangatta Hotel on Friday.

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What the hell has happened to Shane Warne? At the height of his cricket career, Warnie was a beer-swilling, baked-bean-eating, pot-bellied womaniser. The world’s only cigarette-smoking elite athlete. In short he was a fat pig. But god we loved him.

Warnie represented what we most adore in the Aussie bloke: a laidback, unselfconscious hornbag. Now look at Warnie: he’s nothing more than a man bag. In recent photos published in Who Weekly I was shocked to see the new Warnie, the one that Liz Hurley has made over into her latest Ken-doll consort.

He’s almost unrecognisable, and is so much like Barbie’s male companion I am wondering if he’s even had a smooth hump fashioned down under in place of an untidy penis.

Warnie’s had his teeth whitened to migraine-inducing fluorescence, his eyebrows are shaped neatly into a manicured arch, and he’s wearing lip gloss. There’s also a noticeable absence of forehead wrinkle that would suggest our Shane has given up bowling for botox.

It’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. It signifies the death of the Aussie bloke. This is the face of a man who has been pussywhipped into health. The ex-cricket champ reveals ‘that he’s given up beer for protein shakes’. Liz Hurley has made her overweight ratbag Aussie boyfriend into a good-looking bit of arm candy and in the process she’s made him a complete creep.

He’s just not sexy any more.

I know a lot of women who secretly admitted to fancying the odd rogue ball from Mr Spin, but no longer. Even Simone, his dismally devoted ex-wife, has given up taking him back. Why would she; with all the work Shane’s had done, he looks more like Simone now than she does. I am still expecting one of the trash weeklies to launch a cover with Shane on the front in

Qld who know that when they come along, great music and entertainment are assured. Whether either listening or dancing, club patrons can enjoy the vast range of music and interaction provided by this experienced act. From classic party hits, rock’n’ roll favourites, cool swing, reggae, country standards, Latin covers and many more styles, Matrix delivers the goods with excellent musicianship and a real sense of fun. See this act at the Currumbin RSL on Friday.

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The vortex of the Matrix On Friday September 23 enjoy Matrix, easily one of the coast’s most popular live club acts.

Based around the talents of Craig Shaw (keyboards and vocals) and Christina Prowse (leading vocalist), Matrix is proud to have built a large and varied following of people all over South-East

Soap Box

MATRIX CURRUMBIN RSL, FRIDAY

PRESENTERS WANTED Add your unique voice to Byron Shire’s own and only radio station, BayFM 99.9.

September is submission month for the summer period. Our presenters will have fresh ideas, great music, quality presentation and something to share with the community.

Past and aspiring presenters should pick up their program submission form at BayFM, Level 1 of the Community Centre, during office hours.

Or go online to bayfm.org and download.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 5PM, SEPTEMBER 30

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by Mandy Nolan skimpy white swimmers with the headline declaring ‘My bikini revenge’.

I do love how people get bikini revenge on lovers once they’ve been jilted. I contemplated posting a photo of myself on the cover of The Echo in ‘My bikini revenge’ – except I’m a good 15 kilos heavier these days. In fact, I look more like the Shane Warne of old than the new Shane Warne does.

Warnie is such a fibber; he is claiming he hasn’t had any work done, ‘just been using some of Liz’s face creams’. Wow, there’s nothing more of a turn-on than finding your man in your bathroom, butt naked, covering himself in your nightcream.

What woman doesn’t love to crawl into bed at night and make love to a man who smells like her mother? Blokey blokes are becoming an endangered species. If a fat yobbo like Warnie is susceptible to the bullshit (‘Liz, tell me darling, do these cricket pads make my bum look big?’) then what hope does the average bogan have?

Warnie is in denial. Doesn’t matter how much weight he loses, or how much botox he sinks in that forehead, he’s still a bogan.

Now he’s just a poncey bogan. It’s bad enough that women are afflicted with the narcissistic obsession of ‘Am I fat? Am I old?

Should my lips be fuller? Are my teeth white enough? Should I rip out my pubes? Get a boob job? Maybe a fake tan? Or what about my labia, do you think they’re too long? Maybe they needs a trim?’ Now men are joining in.

I am a great believer in just letting yourself go. The only surgery I’ve ever considered is labioplasty, but it’s expensive. We’re building a house this year, so I think I’ll just get one done, and I’ll get the surgeon to make it look like Shane Warne!

of Indigenous superstar and Darumbal man D-Kazman, Dubmarine have a mission; to produce the sound and fury of electronic music live, in all of its bass-crunching, rhythm-pounding, hip-shaking fiendish glory, all played by musicians, all real. Check them out at Currumbin SoundLounge on Friday.

A Big Night out…

Rocking the stage will be vocalist Clint Boge and guitarist Tristan ‘Trizo’ Bouillaut from Thousand Needles in Red. These two will unplug the amps to showcase their songwriting talents with a series of special acoustic gigs in addition to their widely renowned jaw-dropping and critically acclaimed performances.

Creating the band in March 2010 Boge and Bouillaut have already attracted national radio and video airplay from two of their singles.

With the release of their debut album Empires in mid-September this is your chance to catch DUBMARINE them in the making as SOUNDLOUNGE, FRIDAY Thousand Needles in Red are ramping up for Rub a Dub Dub the Big Night.

Sound the alarm! Australia’s high-powered, high-energy, The Winnie Coopers’ dub and dancehall sub-bass vessel Dubmarine are third album, Surface preparing to release their much-anticipated début Parasites showcases the album Depth of Sound. 2010 has already packed a punch boys’ The Educator, Half with Dubmarine having just returned from a highly Kast, Queesy, Otto and successful European tour taking in shows in Germany, Bigbad blurring the lines THE WINNIE COOPERS the Netherlands, Belgium and the Czech Republic TWIN TOWNS, FRIDAY between hip-hop, rock through June/July. Add to that their recent nominations and reggae. Once again for a Deadly in the Best Band of 2010 category and a Q those lines are blurred with sugary-sweet harmonies Song award, the platform is set for their long-awaited and infectious hooks as the Coopers make fun of the full-feature release. industry, the haters but above all themselves.

Depth Of Sound features their trademark bass-driven With their hearts on their sleeves, and with nods to those foundations, twin trombone blasts and thunderous synth they have toured with, The Beastie Boys, Michael Franti explosions; the band rocks deep dancehall, reggae, dub, and Ugly Duckling, this is the Winnie Coopers at their and drum and bass riddims. Led by the vocal gymnastics humorous and thought-provoking best.

FIFTEEN MINUTES of FAME STOKERS SIDING HALL FRIDAY 7TH OCT. 7PM

Featuring the hilarious and talented THE and her PRODIGAL SON

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PLUS variety Blackboard acts including the young and talented Claudia Allard

$12 admission.

Good food for sale.

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■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM LISA ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM TREVOR RIX ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES 6PM DAVE CAVANAGH ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE ■ SALTBAR KINGSCLIFF 8PM AUSTEN TAYSHUS ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM VEENIE’S – SWIZZLE

FRIDAY 23 ■ AUSSIE HOTEL MURWILLUMBAH GOOD TIMES ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30 PAUL HAYMAN ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 8PM NITESTAR ■ CLUB BANORA 7PM CAPTAIN WOW ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM JOSH PYKE ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES 7PM DAVID TONKS ■ CUDGEN SLSC KINGSCLIFF 6PM JIM MCALLISTER ■ CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE 7.30PM DUBMARINE ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM MATRIX ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB ANGRY PENGUINS ■ MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA BEACH 7PM MARK FERRIS ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM DAVE FERGUSON ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM SURF’S UP ■ SALTBAR KINGSCLIFF CABOOSE ■ SANDBAR CASUARINA 6.30PM THE GENES ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB NOON BOB MILDREN 7.30PM ADRENALINE ■ TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM THE BIG NIGHT

■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM MATRIX ■ CHINDERA TAVERN DAVID TONKS ■ CLUB BANORA 7PM CRISIS ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 9PM ART VS SCIENCE ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM DON’T FRET ■ JAKES AT KINGSCLIFF 6PM MR TROY ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM KARAOKE - HEAT 7 ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM DAVE BARRY ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM BRETT PATMAN ■ THE RED PIANO BAR UKI 7PM LOREN ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM NITESTAR ■ SANDBAR CASUARINA 6.30PM THE GENES ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 8PM BOBKATS ■ SHEOAK SHACK ANDY BURKE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM TONY JEFFERY ■ TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM NEARLY NEIL

SUNDAY 25 ■ BABALOU, KINGSCLIFF HOTEL, 3PM SOUTH PACIFIC SOUND SYSTEM ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM PIXIE JENKINS ■ CHINDERA TAVERN MARSHALL ■ CLUB BANORA 11.30AM JENINE CARNELL 12.30PM MARTIN WAY ■ CUDGEN SLSC KINGSCLIFF 3PM JON J BRADLEY ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 1.30PM MISS MANDY SWINGS ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 4PM HAVE-A-GOKARAOKE ■ MARTY’S AT CABA, CABARITA BEACH 1.30PM CABALEROS ■ NEVERLAND COOLANGATTA EASY SUNDAYS

■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM LEITH STUART ■ SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD 4PM THE QUICK BROWN FOX ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 1PM A LITTLE PROVINCE ■ SURFERS BEER GARDEN SUNDAY SESSIONS ■ TUGUN SURF CLUB 3PM PRESTON TRAIN ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM DAVE CLAYTON

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MONDAY 2612 ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12 NOON SMOOTH & GROOVE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM EUGENE ELLISON 6.30PM PETER JOHNSON

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■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB NOON MARKET DAY WITH JAYNE HENRY ■ MARTY’S AT CABA CABARITA BEACH 7PM JAM NIGHT WITH ANNETTE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM FABIAN

WEDNESDAY 28 ■ BABALOU 7PM SPANISH DANCE NIGHT ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM MARTIN WAY ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM ALICE ANDERSON 6.30PM ROY DANIELS

THURSDAY 29 ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM FABIAN ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM ROBERT KEITH ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES 6PM MACKA ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM VEENIE’S – UPSTAGE

The Tweed Echo has the most comprehensive entertainment gig guide in the area.

For your free listing, email gigs@tweedecho.com.au or phone us on (02) 6672 2280.

Deadline is noon Tuesday prior to Thursday’s publication.

Performing together since 2008, Helm are surely starting to cement their name in the National rock scene. Their first album was warmly embraced by fans and critics alike, receiving rave reviews from various national and international press. As well as Helm’s second album The Winter March having a repeated success receiving National Airplay on Triple J and other Community Radio Stations.

With over six years as a band, four releases, countless tours and after parties, from playing small shows in parking lots to big venues including the RNA showgrounds and Brisbane Entertainment centre, Drawcard are hoping to create their own path of grassroots success.

Recent reviews of their debut album Modern Rivalry are positioning their music closely to Foo Fighters and Coheed and Cambria. With their sounds of raw honesty

hailing from Brisbane, made up of lead vocalist Adam Stewart, guitarist Matt Lind, bass guitarist Gareth Sykes and Mick Simmons on the drums. With Planet Fiction being described as full-on, fun and big on energy they are now in their prime, rocking the live performance scene.

With a recording session set for the end of 2011 they are bringing their mash-ups to life at the Big Night combining metal, hardcore, punk, pop and rock using their catchy melodies and beefy guitar riffs. No time to waste come in and see the band for yourself. See this Big Night on Friday at Towns.

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and heartfelt delivery, going from ‘pretty falsetto’, to a brutal breakdown then into a catchy melodic heavyrock chorus. Just recently coming off a tour stint with Californian band Unwritten Law, Drawcard are well and truly ready for the Big Night.

The Eggman has been passionately mixing in clubs since 2001, including thousands of appearances throughout Queensland, and gracing festival stages on the dance scene.

With the ability, experience and commercial sense the Eggman will be delivering the finest beats on the night.

As he is the logical resident DJ for Brisbane’s number 1 radio station Nova 106.9 his mix-ups are known to get you amped and excited as he plays some of the best tunes.

Planet Fiction, who were the winners of the Twin Towns Battle of the Bands, are a four-piece heavy rock band

Dancefloor-shaking roots-heavy reggae, potent social commentary, and nuff band members to form their own separatist state.

THE UPSTEPPERS The Upsteppers CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE, FRIDAY represent the new signature sound of Brisbane conscious music, and have come to get you moving in positive directions.

The sound is anthemic, compelling roots rhythms and conscious message delivered in big-band format; skanking guitars and keys, vintage 3-piece horns, honeysweet backing vocals, and a workhorse rhythm section.

Their potent live sound has led The Upsteppers to play alongside the world’s leading reggae acts such as Jamaica’s Chaka Demus & Pliers and Jah Mason, New Zealand’s Katchafire and Black Seeds, and Australia’s very own Kingtide and Rastawookie. Catch them at Currumbin SoundLounge on Friday.

From Ireland to Fingal Andy Burke is a singer/songwriter from the west coast of Ireland currently living in Fingal Head. Andy’s music is a blend of rock, reggae and folk. He mainly plays acoustic guitars accompanied by harp and stompbox. With a successful album BIRDS out now, Andy’s nearly finished his second solo album and an E.P. with the band Haldanes Daughters.

Daughters He’s toured all over the world and spent a twoyear residency in Switzerland playing in hotels and bars. Andy’s ANDY BURKE influences are SHEOAK SHACK, SATURDAY

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and casinos in Atlantic City and Nevada, Bobby’s talent caught the attention of producers from far and wide.

As a feature in Legends of Rock, Bobby appeared on sixty stages across Australia. Performing on every major television program and in theatres, clubs and casinos from Perth to Sydney, his celebrity spread and a new name was born – the Australian press affectionately dubbed Bobby’s tribute Nearly Neil. The recognition by the press and public of Bobby’s talent within the Legends format Neraly nearly Neil inspired him to go out on a limb and For the past 15 years, Canadian introduce his tribute to Neil Diamond singer Bobby Bruce has been independently. astonishing and amazing packed He formed Nearly Neil and put together houses throughout America, Hey a group of exceptional musicians, the Canada, New Zealand and Asia Band, to back his shows. He Solitary Band NEARLY NEIL Miss, with his passionate, exhilarating TWIN TOWNS, SATURDAY currently performs up to 200 shows a and vocally brilliant tribute to can I have year, spends at least six months on tour music legend, Neil Diamond. and is a regular crowd-pleaser on the some jazz?

The power and purity of Bobby’s Vegas strip.

Miss Mandy Swings combines voice puts him in a league of his From cruise ships in the South Pacific to 30,000 people jazz and cabaret to coin her own own, as he glides his way through a powerful package of in Calgary last year, everyone knows, everyone goes, to style ‘Jazzaret’ This entertainer is no Diamond hits. From Cracklin’ Rosie and Kentucky Woman Bobby Bruce’s shows. Don’t miss your opportunity to see stranger to the business. This kid has been kicking those to Cherry Cherry and Sweet Caroline. Holly Holy, Solitary Bobby Bruce live in concert. See him at Twin Towns on legs and swinging her head from an early age. With Man and Song Sung Blue, Bobby doesn’t miss a beat, or Saturday. an early career in variety television, Mandy went on to a favourite song, throughout his 90-minute feast of the perform as singer/dancer/acrobat in two productions at world’s best-loved music.

Don’t be fretting now Jupiters Casino – Starz and Galaxies. She has entertained A native of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb Don’t Fret are one of audiences in clubs, ballrooms and on the eastern edge of Vancouver, Bobby says he cut Australia’s leading duos, now stadiums in Australia and internationally his musical teeth on Diamond’s Beautiful Noise album based on the Gold Coast and with leading roles in dinner shows at the which his parents played endlessly on the family’s 8-track already after several months Tivoli Theatre Brisbane, Club Tropicana player while driving to and from their summer lake cabin have performed at many of the Cairns, Paradise Follies on the Gold vacations. region’s leading venues. Their Coast and the Za Za Club in Japan. Miss In his teens and early twenties, Bobby says his vocal stunning vocals are brought Mandy has worked alongside Australia’s ability to impersonate Neil Diamond and other famous alive by the captivating talents leading musicians and musical directors singers became ‘A bit of a party trick’. At the age of 25, of Wendy backed up by the including both Paul Grabowsky and while competing in a karaoke contest in Toronto, Bruce formidable session guitarist/ John Foreman on live television was discovered by an Elvis impersonator who caught him vocalist, Steve. As a duo they appearances. See her at Currumbin RSL have created a sound and style on Sunday. singing a Diamond song. that is captivating audiences Since that day in 1994, Bobby has never looked back, How will it all end? everywhere. With full vocal and he went on to play Diamond in the Legends of Vegas harmonies and a wide range of DoubleMask Performance proudly show based in Vegas. Within two years the world-famous variety, their repertoire covers presents ‘How the World Will End’ Las Vegas-based Legends in Concert had selected him for such styles as the latest pop this weekend, a brand new, never ‘HOW WILL THE WORLD END’ their line-up. After his first 10-month stint in the United hits, reggae, R&B and dance before seen musical, written and MURWILLUMBAH CIVIC CTR, States, which took him to theatres in Branson, Missouri tunes from the 60s to current performed by students of Mt St Patrick SATURDAY songs. These two individuals College, Wollumbin High School and combine together to create a magical rapport, apparent Murwillumbah High School, as part of the out of school to each and every audience. Their energy, vibrant stage Drama Program, DoubleMask Drama. presence and friendly personalities come together to The students have themselves written the musical, create a great night’s entertainment showcasing their everything from the script, to the characters, to the years of experience as top-line performers. Don’t miss 13 original songs for the musical. The students come this gig at Currumbin RSL on Saturday. together once or twice a week as part of the program, under the guidance of teacher Lachlan Glasby.

Quicker and foxier The kids have done everything, and that’s what The Quick Brown Fox delivers original gospel, blues, DoubleMask Drama is about, empowering kids to do soul, funk and reggae flavours. The Fox and his great things, not only in drama, but in all aspects of life.” compadres will take you on a journey through their See the show on Friday and Saturday at the interpretations of classic Motown, reggae, disco, dance Murwillumbah Civic Centre from 7.30pm. For more and funk tunes.

This is sure to be a night of musicality, THE GENES high-energy dancing and uplifting soul. Catch The Fox on information visit: www.doublemask.com or give SANDBAR, SATURDAY Lachlan a call on 0432 387 691.

Sunday at Sheoak Shack.

Arcade Fire, REM, Neil Young, all 70’s, Punk, Dylan, Marley etc. In Galway music mag in Ireland quoted Andy’s music as ‘Tom Waits with a sprinkle of Chilli Peppers’. Haldanes Daughters just finished a stint touring with Ash Grunwald and have many recordings and plans on the horizon. Andy kicks off the first of the new Sunday Sessions at Sheoak Shack, Saturday.

Set along the banks of the picturesque creek enjoy beer, great food, beer, schnapps, beer, live oompah band and did we mention beer?

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Free event but get in early and score yourself a deal! $15 For a pre purchased voucher for 2 beers and a bratwurst or kransky sausage!

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CHINDERAH

Chinderah Tavern 66 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah Ph 02 6674 1137 www.taphouse.com.au Open 7 days Lunch 12pm-2.30pm Dinner 5.30pm–8.30pm

Wilson’s by The Creek Open Fri, Sat, Sun Lunch 12-3pm Dinner 5-10pm 139 Newes Rd, Coorabell 6684 7348 Bookings essential

Alleys Currumbin RSL Club Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Open 7 days lunch and dinner 07 5534 7999 www.currumbin.com.au

Sheoak Shack 64 Fingal Rd, Fingal Head Ph 07 5523 1130 Wed-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 9.30am-5pm www.sheoakshack.com

GOOD FOOD GUIDE CHEFS HAT EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998

Saltbar has something for everyone, a large deck, newly refurbished Sports Bar, family friendly Bistro and Kids Korner.

As well as ocean views, there’s always a great atmosphere, daily food specials, a well-equipped children’s area, live music and more. Kids eat free* Mon-Thurs 5.307pm + free kids’ movie 7pm, T-Bone Tues & free trivia, Half Price Wednesday + free Karaoke 7pm. Saltbar is on the absolute beachfront, Salt Village, 15 mins south of Coolangatta Airport. *conditions apply

The ‘Chindy’ is an ideal place to bring family and friends of all ages for a real country pub experience. Kick back and watch the kids play on our brand new playground while you enjoy an ice cold beer and a dozen of our famous $12 oysters on the deck overlooking the Tweed river. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner, with afternoon entertainment on the weekends. Come and see why everyone is talking about the new Chinderah Tavern.

Saltbar Beach Bar & Bistro

Discover Wilson’s By The Creek Restaurant tucked away in the Byron hinterland. Newly open to the public, the elegant restaurant offers a truly gourmet experience, accompanied by Peppers renowned personal service.

Savour the incredible flavours of the hinterland for a romantic dinner or gathering with friends, as Head Chef Adam Hall inspires you with his seasonal menu brimming with local produce.

The Beach Shack FRESHLY ROASTED

ALLEYS GOURMET CATS

Horizons

Bells Boulevard, Salt Village, South Kingscliff Open 7 days 1300 725 822 www.saltbar.com.au

Shop 5, 60 Marine Parade, Kingscliff (next to Subway) 6674 5822 Open 7 days 9am-5pm

Top quality Arabica coffee beans from new boutique roaster. The beans are roasted fresh weekly.

30% Certified Organic.

Rainforest Alliance.

Taste the difference Overlooking the sparkling blue waters of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour at Twin Towns is Horizons Lunch from 11am restaurant. Enjoy a friendly atmosphere with casual Dinner from 5.30pm Brunch Sundays from 10am indoor or al fresco dining where you can take in our spectacular views. Bring a friend to Horizons for High Phone: (07) 5536 2277 Tea available Monday to Saturday in the afternoon or visit from 2.30pm to 4.30pm for an extra special afternoon www.twintowns.com.au delight!

Events for food and wine lovers!

Inaugural Winemaker’s dinner this October. Enjoy wines from Mandala Winery rated five stars

by James Halliday and superbly complemented by an inspiring menu created by our talented chefs.

If you are looking for delicious food, coffee or a romantic sunset cocktail on the riverbank, the Sheoak Shack is the beach shack for you with a funky laid back vibe. This gallery/cafe showcases the work of high quality local artists and is available for private functions… more Byron than Byron, in sleepy Fingal Head.

KINGSCLIFF

Fresh from his travels in Europe, Steven Snow is excited to launch a NEW MENU at Fins.

From Basque style BBQ seafood platters to spicy Mauritian King prawn curry.

Book now to sample our new flavours.

Salt Village, Kingscliff 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun

Mount Warning Hotel

Mt Warning Hotel Open 7 days 10am till late Bistro open daily 1497 Kyogle Rd, Uki 02 6679 5111

One of the region’s great old country pubs. Delicious food, bistro open for lunch everyday from 12-2pm, dinner Thursday to Sunday from 6-8pm. Children’s playground, relaxing beer garden. Curry night on Thursday, raffles and member’s draw on Friday, punter’s draw on Saturday and on Sunday there is a delicious roast.

TWEED HEADS

Mon-Thurs 9 to 5 Fridays 9 to 4 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 3/7 Brigantine Street, Byron Arts & Industry Park (02) 6685 5685

Fins

Small enough for personal care, large enough to offer competitive prices. Santos has been supplying high quality biodynamic, organic, natural foods, and healthy products since 1975. We continue our commitment to sourcing as locally as possible. Santos is the home of Rainfed Rice–zero irrigation, certified biodynamic, as local as you can get, and the most delicious rice you’re likely to find. Visit rainfedrice.com.au for more info, or visit our online store at santostrading.com.au. Eat well.

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Santos Trading Warehouse

Here you will find some of the best local dining on offer. Restaurant owners take note: Good Taste provides you with the chance to tell your customers more about your business with ample room for that extra information that may not fit in a small advertisement. Great introductory rates are on offer. Call 02 6672 2280 to find out more.

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Television Guide

FRIDAY 23

1. Colin Firth stars with Helen Hunt and Bette Midler in the comedy Then She Found Me (TEN, Friday, 8.30pm).

2. Young Thomas Turgoose is superb as the lonely 12-year-old ‘mentored’ by skinheads in the hardhitting drama This Is England (SBS1, Saturday, 10.25pm). If PM David Cameron wants to know why England has violence, then he should watch this.

3. We can’t go past critic Ty Burr’s description of Miss March (Eleven, Sunday, 8.30pm): ‘a sex comedy that appears to be made by people who’ve never actually had sex’.

ABC 1

ABC NEWS 24

4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Can We Help? 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Catalyst 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Midsomer Murders (M) 2.10 Finding The Fallen 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Bill’s Tasty Weekends 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Collectors 8.30 Scott And Bailey (M) 9.20 The Jonathan Ross Show 10.05 Bored To Death Stockholm Syndrome 10.30 Lateline 11.20 Beautiful People (M) 11.50 rage (MA)

4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 Food Quarter 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 Newsline 1.00 ABC News 2.30 One Plus One 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.30 One Plus One 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Rural Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Capital Hill 12.00 ABC News 12.20 Lateline 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Contact Sport 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The World This Week 3.00 Lateline 3.40 Food Quarter

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 River Monsters 8.30 Friday Night Lights (M) 9.15 On Track The Bees 9.30 Ricky Gervais Live (MA) 10.40 Crownies (M) 11.35 The Graham Norton Show (M) 12.20 Cold Feet 1.15 Code Geass (M) 1.40 Important Things 2.00 Close

ABC 3 6.05am to 5.35pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Prank Patrol 6.25 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.10 Black Hole High 7.35 Karaoke High 8.00 Stay Tuned 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

SATURDAY 24

ABC 1

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Program 7.00 Monkey Thieves 7.30 Wild Gourmets In Spain 8.15 At The Movies 8.30 Movie: Hell Is For Heroes (M 1962) WWII drama.

Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin 10.05 Movie: Mickey One (M 1965) US drama. Warren Beatty, Alexandra Stewart 11.35 Raw Comedy 2011 (M) 12.35 How To Be Absolutely Fabulous 1.00 Eataholics 2.00 Close

ABC 3 6.05am to 5.45pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Stoked 6.30 The Slammer 7.00 Deadly 60 7.30 Good Game SP 8.00 The Tribe 9.15 Close

stars WITH LILITH

While clutter-busting Virgo vibes hustle us to replace the excessive with the essential, midweek equinox suggests aiming for a new balance…

SBS 1

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Neighbours Everybody Loves Raymond 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village So You Think You Can 6.30 Iron Chef Dance US 7.30 Dateline 9.30 Primetime Emmy Awards 8.30 Insight 12.00 The Late Late Show 1.00 The 9.30 Movie: Portrait Of A King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days Beauty (MA 2008) Korean 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis romance Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 11.30 Movie: Ring – The Spiral 5.00 7th Heaven (M 1998) Japanese horror 1.15 Weatherwatch

SBS 2

TEN 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Renovators 8.30 Movie: Then She Found Me (M 2007) US comedy.

Helen Hunt, Colin Firth 10.40 Late News 11.10 Sports Tonight 11.40 The Late Show 12.40 Burn Notice (M) 1.40 Eureka (M) 2.30 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Insight 2.30 Living Black 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 Al Jazeera News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Coast 8.30 The Polio Crusade 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Hooker Harlot Whore (M) 11.00 Movie: Agnes And His Brothers 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The (MAV 2004) German drama 1.00 Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Entourage (M/MA) 2.30 Weatherwatch Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch

ELEVEN

ABC NEWS 24

5.00 rage (PG) 11.00 Bill’s Tasty Weekends 12.00 Collectors 12.30 Australian Story 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 1.30 E2: Transport 2.00 Trekking In East India 2.25 Shamwari 3.00 Shute Shield Rugby Union LIVE – Eastwood v Sydney University 5.00 Australian Indoor Bowls 6.00 Planet Food Barcelona 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Doctor Who 8.30 Monroe 9.25 Jeff Green Up West (M) 10.15 Oliver Twist (M) 11.45 rage (MA)

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1 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30

ONE HD

6.00 Sportscar Series 8.00 Ironman: Switzerland 9.00 Major League Baseball – LIVE 12.00 The Game Plan 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Beach Patrol 4.00 Airline 4.30 Extreme Dreams 5.00 I Fish 6.00 Airline 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 World’s Toughest Fixes 8.30 Movie: What Lies Beneath (M 2000) US thriller. Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer 11.05 Sports Tonight 11.35 Breakout Kings (M) 12.35 Fear Factor 1.35 Omnisport 2.00 Arsenal Football 5.00 FA Cup Classic 5.30 ATP World Tour Tennis

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Dying Young (M 1991) US drama. Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott 2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens

4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 6.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To 7.30 Frasier Australia 6.30 Hairy Bikers Food Tour Of 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.30 Biggest Loser US Britain 10.30 Buffy The Vampire Slayer (M) 7.30 Find My Family 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 8.30 Songs Of War (M) Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The 9.30 Movie: Anna M (M 2007) King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days French drama 11.20 UCI Road Cycling Champion- 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis ships: Denmark 1.15 Weatherwatch Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

SBS 2

4.00 ABC News 4.05 Health Quarter 4.15 The Drum 5.00 Q&A 6.00 7.30 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.45 Culture Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.45 Finance Quarter 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 7.30 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Foreign Correspondent 4.00 ABC News 4.30 Behind The News 5.00 ABC News 5.30 One Plus One 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Australian Story 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This Week 8.00 Four Corners 8.45 Big Ideas 9.00 ABC 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hot30 News 9.30 State To State 10.00 ABC Countdown 12.00 Landed Music News 10.30 7.30 Select 11.00 ABC News 1.00 Totally Australia 11.30 Foreign Correspondent 12.00 2.00 AFL Premiership Finals LIVE – Geelong v West Coast Big Ideas 1.00 One Plus One 1.30 7.30 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 6.00 Ten News 6.30 Movie: Back To The BBC World News 3.30 7.30 Future Part II (PG 1989) US adventure. Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Opera: La Dame Aux Camelias 8.45 Movie: Back To The Future Part III (PG 1990) US 3.20 Gospel According To Giotto adventure. Michael J Fox, 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Costa’s Garden Christopher Lloyd Odyssey 11.10 Movie: Basic Instinct 2 – Risk 6.00 Love’s Harvest Garlic Addiction (AV 2006) German thriller.

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Engineering Connections Sharon Stone, David Morrissey 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 8.30 Secret Life Of The Dog 9.30 RocKwiz 10.25 Movie: This Is England 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The (MAV 2006) UK drama.

Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Brady Bunch 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel Graham 12.15 SOS (M) 1.20 Life’s A Zoo (M) 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 2.15 Weatherwatch Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne

TEN

SBS 1

ARIES: Your ruling planet marching into the sign of wanting to be heard, seen and admired as the centre of attention, or somebody’s special attention, brings power struggles and control issues this week – mostly yours. But it just doesn’t pay to rub others the wrong way…

TAURUS: This week’s people-pleasing Venus is in the mood for lurve. So smile in the mirror before you leave home, wear your best outfit and be sweet to people whether they deserve it or not – just because this will make you feel fabulous.

GEMINI: The social scene’s much more fun this week, and with your sponsor planet Mercury giving Geminis extra glib you’ll be talking yourself into all sorts of stimulating liaisons. A

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ELEVEN

ONE HD 6.00 Arsenal Football 9.00 America’s Game 10.00 Pro Bull Riding 11.00 World Of Free Sports 11.30 Drive 12.00 WWE Experience 1.00 Triathlon: Yokohama 2.00 Ironman: Germany 3.00 First Ascent 3.30 Extreme Dreams 5.00 Targa West Rally 6.00 IRC Series Sailing Hamilton Island 6.30 WWE Experience 7.30 Fear Factor 8.30 Ross Noble’s Australian Trip (M) 9.30 Formula 1 Qualifying LIVE – Singapore 11.10 UFC (M) 1.10 Rally World 2.10 Omnisport 2.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 3.30 Sportscar Series 5.30 WNBA Action

PRIME 6.30 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.30 V8 Xtra 1.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Movie: Jurassic Park (PG 1993) US action.

Sam Neill, Laura Dern 5.00 What’s Up

slice of advice though: this week’s people won’t want slack service, last-minute invitations or being kept waiting..

CANCER: If midweek Cancer moon has you surrendering to the pressure of negative news, focus instead on a seasonal sorting of your emotional wardrobes. Clear the closets of your mind of that past baggage you’re hanging on to.

Okay then, not all of it. But at least some…

LEO: With Mars’s move to Leo rebooting your energy, this week’s caution is against overestimating possible potential. Or your own capabilities. Because taking on too much could have adverse health implications. So respect your limits and don’t overtax them, lords and ladies of the jungle.

3 8.30 Movie: Butterfly On A Wheel (M 2007) UK thriller.

Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler 10.30 AFL Premiership Finals Collingwood v Hawthorn 1.50 Home Shopping

Minute To Win It 2007) US comedy. Natalie 6.30 That ’70s Show Portman, Dustin Hoffman 7.30 AFL Premiership Finals 9.30 Movie: Made Of Honour LIVE – Collingwood v (M 2007) US comedy.

Hawthorn Patrick Dempsey, Michelle 10.45 Minute To Win It 11.45 Reaper Monaghan (M) 12.30 Malcolm And Eddie 1.00 11.30 South Park (M/MA) 12.30 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Camelot (MA) 2.30 Reno 911 (M) Leap 3.00 Knight Rider 4.00 Xena 5.00 The Hills 5.30 Tamagotch!

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr 5.00 Hercules Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Deal Infomercials 12.00 The Ellen Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Or No Deal 12.00 Escape To The Degeneres Show 1.00 The View Maytime In Mayfair (G 1949) UK Sun 12.30 To The Manor Born 1.00 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive musical romance. Anna Neagle, Rhodes Across India 2.00 Murphy And Cooking 3.30 Kids’ Programs Michael Wilding 2.00 Sea Patrol 3.00 Brown 2.30 The Hogan Family 3.00 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 The Voice McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Perfect Strangers 3.30 Night Court 6.00 Evening News Girls 4.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 4.00 Movie: Five Golden Hours (PG 6.30 A Current Affair 5.30 The Golden Girls 6.00 Friends 1961) Italian comedy. Ernie Kovacs, 7.30 Rugby League Finals 7.00 The Zoo Cyd Charisse LIVE – Manly Sea Eagles v 7.30 The Farmer Wants A Wife 6.00 Bargain Hunt Brisbane Broncos 8.30 Underbelly: Razor (M) 7.00 Harry’s Practice 9.45 Rugby World Cup Australia 9.30 Prime Suspect (M) 7.30 Are You Being Served? v USA 11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Psychic TV 8.10 One Foot In The Grave 11.45 Movie: Mindhunters (AV 2004) 2.00 Movie: Among The HeadUS thriller. Christian Slater, Val Kilmer hunters (PG 1955) UK doco. Armand 8.45 Escape To The Country 11.00 Living In The Sun 12.00 Movie: 1.50 Movie: The Fortune (M 1975) and Michaela Denis 4.00 Movie: Desperately Seeking Susan (M US comedy. Jack Nicholson, Warren Nicholas Nickleby (G 1947) UK 1985) US comedy. Rosanna Arquette, Beatty 3.30 Skippy 4.00 Danoz 4.30 drama. Derek Bond, Bernard Miles Madonna 2.10 Leyland Brothers Good Morning America World 3.10 The World Around Us 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30

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GEM

NBN

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7MATE

6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 Alias Smith And Jones 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Simon And Simon 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 Down Under 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Movie: The Lost World – Jurassic Park (PG 1997) US action. Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore 9.00 Movie: Jurassic Park III (M 2001) US action. Sam Neill, William H Macy 11.00 Movie: The Village (M 2004) US drama. Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard 1.20 Home Shopping

7TWO 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Better Homes And Gardens 10.00 The Great Outdoors 11.00 Queensland Weekender 11.30 Out Of The Blue 12.00 Great South East 12.30 A House In Tuscany 1.00 Sandcastles 1.30 Weekend Kitchen 5.00 Great Australian Doorstep 5.30 Men Behaving Badly 6.00 Are You Being Served?

6.30 All Creatures Great & Small 7.30 Heartbeat 8.40 Taggart (M) 10.30 That’s My Boy 11.00 Please Sir 11.30 Minder 12.30 Passport To The Sun 1.00 Movie: Dying Young (M 1991) US drama. Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott 3.15 Leyland Brothers World 4.10 Australia’s Wild Secrets

Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Spin City 1.00 The Hills 2.00 Dukes Of Hazzard 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Movie: Scooby-Doo And The Cyber Chase (G 2001) Animation 7.30 Movie: Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (PG

4.30 Monster Garage 5.30 According To Jim 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 Superships 7.30 Air Crash Investigation 8.30 Pearl Harbour Legacy of attack 9.30 Unsolved Mysteries (M) 12.30 Million Dollar Catch 1.00 Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes 2.00 Movie: Yellow Canary (PG 1944) WWII drama. Anna Neagle, Richard Greene 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN

6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Saturday Kerri-Anne 11.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Movie: Speedway (G 1968) US musical. Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra 4.30 Garden Gurus 5.00 NBN News 5.30 Getaway 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Rugby League Finals LIVE – Melbourne Storm v NZ Warriors 8.40 Lotto 9.45 Rugby World Cup New Zealand v France 11.45 Movie: Visitors (AV 2003) Australian thriller. Radha Mitchell, Dominic Purcell 1.30 Movie: Dr Jekyll And Sister Hyde (M 1972) UK thriller. Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick 6.00 AFL Premiership Season: 3.30 Skippy 4.00 Infomercials Collingwood v Hawthorn 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Zoom TV 1.00 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Married Motorsport: Carrera Cup 1.30 Aussie With Children 2.30 Here’s Lucy 3.00 Racing Cars 2.00 Great Grand Prix Green Acres 3.30 Spin City 4.30 Dukes Racing Heroes 3.00 Targa Tasmania Of Hazzard 5.30 Wipeout

7MATE

VIRGO: We’re all prone to soul-searching round anniversaries and this week’s birthday Virgo Leonard Cohen offers a workable operating manifesto: From bitter searching of the heart / Quickened with passion and with pain / We rise to play a greater part / This is the faith from which we start…

LIBRA: With this week’s Venus in Libra love is in the air, artistry’s in the wind and, like everyone else, you’re ready for a fresh start. Don’t be surprised if you’re drawn to unusual people, because they’ll appreciate your making the mundane and commonplace so much more delightful.

SCORPIO: A lot of complex self-examination’s been going on lately, dealing specifically with

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ancient issues. Fortunately this week masterblaster Mars in dramatic Leo summons you out of the inner zone to put the past to rest so you can better relish the present.

SAGITTARIUS: Others could have radically different opinions from yours this week and still be right – how spooky is that? The unholy trifecta of business stress, work concerns and financial pressure continues, but there’s still plenty of organising energy operating to keep the machinery of Sagworld working.

CAPRICORN: Capricorns have been dealing with some tough stuff lately and this week doesn’t lessen that intensity – sorry. But it does make things more workable via constant reminders that letting go of cherished attitudes

6.30 Movie: The Witches (PG 1990) UK fantasy. Angelica Huston, Rowan Atkinson 8.30 Movie: Almost Famous (M 2000) US drama. Billy Crudup, Frank McDonald 11.00 Movie: Empire Records (M 1995) US comedy. Anthony La Paglia, Rory Cochrane 12.50 Vampire Diaries (M/AV) 5.00 The Hills 5.30 Tamagotch!

GEM 6.00 Movie: Maytime In Mayfair (G 1949) UK musical romance.

Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding 8.00 Infomercials 9.00 Movie: The Man In The White Suit (G 1951) UK comedy. Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker 10.45 Movie: Up Jumped A Swagman (G 1965) UK comedy. Frank Ifield, Annette Andre 12.35 Friends 1.00 Movie: Oliver! (G 1968) UK drama.

Ron Moody, Oliver Reed 2.00 Movie: Across The Wide Missouri (PG 1951) Western. Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban 5.30 The Golden Girls 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 8.30 CSI: NY (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 CSI (M) 11.30 Conan (M) 12.20 Psychic TV 1.50 Movie: Horrors Of The Black Museum (M 1959) UK thriller. Michael Gough, Geoffrey Keen 3.20 Movie: Amorous Prawn (G 1962) UK comedy.

Ian Carmichael, Joan Greenwood 5.00 Dangerman

– what poets call killing your darlings – is sometimes the only way to reinvent yourself.

AQUARIUS: This week abounds with earthly delights, but you’re not the only people needing space. Surprised? So might partners be by your gracious acceptance that other people want freedom and tolerance as much as you – which could move relationships to a whole new level.

PISCES: The seasonal equinox reminds us of the importance of equilibrium, which means including absolutely everything in balance: the wonderful, dull, ugly, lovely, unfair and unexpected. In ancient Greece this week celebrated Athena the wisdom principle, so whatever you’re planning let your head lead the way.

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ABC 1

ABC NEWS 24

SBS 2

5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 7.30 1.30 Message Stick 2.00 Mountains Of The Monsoon 3.00 The Pink Floyd Story 4.00 David Hockney 5.00 Art Nation 5.30 Dance Academy 6.00 Life Reptiles & amphibians 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Grand Designs 8.30 The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency 10.20 Compass 10.50 Daredevils (M) 11.40 Order In The House 12.40 Grand Designs 1.45 Movie: 21 Days (PG 1940) UK drama. Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh 3.00 Murder Or Mutiny (M)

4.00 7.30 5.00 Big Ideas 6.00 7.30 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This Week 8.00 ABC News 9.00 Insiders 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Offsiders 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 7.30 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Australian Story 4.00 ABC News 4.30 Behind The News 5.00 ABC News 5.30 Inside Business 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Foreign Correspondent 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 Insiders 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Tonic 10.00 50 Years Of Four Corners 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Australian Story 12.00 Landline 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 One Plus One 2.30 Compass 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 6.00 More Than A Fiesta 6.35 Italian Food Challenge 7.30 Ninja Warrior 8.00 Unbeatable Banzuke 8.30 The Phone (M) 9.30 Movie: The Courier (M 2009) Kurt Wallander crime 11.05 Movie: A Heart Elsewhere (PG 2002) Italian romantic comedy 12.55 Weatherwatch

ABC 2

SBS 1

TEN 6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 8.00 Totally Australia 9.00 Hot30 Countdown 12.00 The Biggest Loser 1.00 Saving Babies 2.00 Movie: I Could Never Be Your Woman (PG 2007) US comedy. Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd 4.00 Meet The Press 4.30 The Bolt Report 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals 6.00 Ten News 6.30 Renovators 7.30 Junior Masterchef 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.30 Formula One Grand Prix LIVE – Singapore 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

5.00 World News 8.30 PopAsia 10.30 Football Asia 11.00 Football Feature 12.00 UEFA Champions League 12.30 6.00 Kids’ Programs Speedweek 2.00 Al Jazeera News 7.00 At The Movies 3.00 Hitler’s Bodyguard 4.00 Fork 7.30 Dancing King In The Mediterranean: Morocco 4.30 8.30 Sunday Best: Enron (M) Living Black 5.00 Cycling Central 10.25 The Jonathan Ross Show 6.00 Trawlermen 11.10 Art Nation 11.40 Absolutely 6.30 World News Australia Fabulous 12.10 Glastonbury 2010 7.30 Lost Worlds Planet Egypt 1.05 Later… With Jools Holland 2.10 8.30 Dateline Close 9.30 The Battle Of Britain (M) 11.10 UCI Road Cycling World Champ- 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The ionships: Denmark 1.05 Weatherwatch Brady Bunch 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel 6.05am to 5.35pm Kids’ Programs 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love 6.00 The Legend Of Dick And Dom Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 6.30 Horrible Histories 7.00 Trapped!

Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of 7.30 The Avengers 7.50 Vampire Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne Knight 8.40 Black Hole High 9.05 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days Close 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch

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Monday 26

ABC 3

ABC 1

ABC NEWS 24

4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Art Nation 5.30 At The Movies 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Monarch Of The Glen 1.30 Cheese Slices 2.00 Poirot 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Time Team 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Australian Story 8.30 Four Corners 9.15 Media Watch 9.35 Q&A 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Brideshead Revisited 12.25 The Clinic 1.20 Movie: Beat The Devil (G 1953) UK adventure. Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones 3.00 Australian Indoor Bowls

4.00 ABC News 4.05 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC News 5.15 Rural Quarter 5.30 Asia Pacific Focus 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 Inside Business 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Asia Pacific Focus 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Technology Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Health Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 9.30 Q&A 10.30 ABC News 11.00 The Drum 11.45 Health Quarter 12.00 ABC News 12.20 Lateline 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Lateline Business 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

ABC 2

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Dateline 2.00 Insight 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 Al Jazeera News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Futbol Mundial 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Living Black 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Swift & Shift Couriers (M) 9.00 Pizza (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 This Is England ’86 (M) 10.55 South Park (M) 11.30 The World Game 12.30 Living Black 1.00 Movie: You Bet Your Life (M 2005) Austrian drama 2.45 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Rude Boy Food 8.00 Outnumbered 8.30 Father & Son (M) 9.30 Breaking Bad (M) 10.20 Graham Norton Show 11.05 The Prisoner (M) 11.55 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (M) 12.25 Extras (M) 12.55 Later… With Jools Holland 2.00 Close

ABC 3 6.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Prank Patrol 6.25 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.10 Black Hole High 7.35 Deltora Quest 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

Tuesday 27

ABC 1 4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Q&A 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Neanderthal Code 1.30 Meerkat Manor 2.00 Poirot 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Lost Gardens 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Stealing Shakespeare 9.30 United States Of Tara (M) 10.00 Christos Tsiolkas 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Four Corners 12.20 Media Watch 12.35 Movie: Burn Up (M 2008) UK drama.

Bradley Whitford, Rupert Penry-Jones 2.05 La Paloma 3.00 Big Ideas

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Dirty Jobs 8.30 Good Game 9.00 twentysomething (M) 9.30 Sanctuary (M) 10.15 Seeker Lover Keeper 10.45 The Graham Norton Show (M) 11.30 Arrested Development 11.55 Extras (M) 12.25 Love Soup (M) 1.30 Later… With Jools Holland 2.30 Close

ABC 3 6.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Prank Patrol 6.25 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.10 Black Hole High 7.40 Deltora Quest 8.30 Degrassi 9.00 Close

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SBS 1

ABC NEWS 24

6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 Movie: Miss March (M 2009) US comedy. Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore 10.30 Angel (M) 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD

Eleven 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours

PRIME

ONE HD

6.00 National Football League – LIVE 9.15 Omnisport 9.45 World Of Free Sports 10.20 National Football League – LIVE 1.30 ATP World Tour Tennis 2.00 Pro Bull Riding 3.30 Bondi Rescue 4.00 Airline 4.30 Extreme Dreams 5.00 I Fish 6.00 Airline 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Psych 8.30 Burn Notice (M) 10.30 Sports Tonight 11.00 Formula 1 Grand Prix: Singapore 1.00 British Touring Car Championship 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 Arsenal Football 5.30 FA Cup Classic

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Love Letters (PG 1999) US drama.

Steven Weber, Laura Linney 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 The Force 8.30 Body Of Proof (M) 9.30 Castle (M)

6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 6.00 Global Village 8.00 Futurama 6.30 Iron Chef 8.30 The Office 7.30 Lost Worlds Papua New 9.30 Wilfred (MA) Guinea 10.00 Californication (MA) 10.30 The 8.30 The Wehrmacht (M) 9.30 Movie: Made In Hungaria Late Late Show 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage (M 2009) Hungarian Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 musical 11.30 Movie: Après Vous (M 2003) Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 French romantic comedy 1.25 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven Weatherwatch

SBS 2

4.00 ABC News 4.05 Rural Quarter 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 Health Quarter 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 Newsline 1.00 ABC News 2.30 7.30 Select 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Environment Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Indigenous Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 The Drum 10.45 Indigenous Quarter 11.30 Newsline 12.00 ABC News 12.20 Lateline 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Lateline Business 2.00 BBC World 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs News 2.30 7.30 3.00 Lateline 3.30 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Lateline Business Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News News 1.00 Movie: Nina’s Home 6.30 6.30 With George Negus (PG 2005) French drama 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 Al Jazeera News 7.00 The 7pm Project 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 7.30 Renovators 8.30 NCIS (M) Global Village 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 6.00 Letters And Numbers 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 6.30 World News Australia 11.00 Late Show 12.00 Saving Grace 7.30 Insight (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 8.30 The Meth Epidemic 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Hot Docs 11.00 Movie: Johnny Mad Dog 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The (MAV 2008) French drama 12.45 Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Silesia Strips (MA) 1.55 Weatherwatch Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch

TEN

SBS 1

Eleven

6.00 Home And Away 8.20 Ugly Betty 9.15 Flipper 10.00 Britannia High 11.00 Welcome Back Kotter 11.40 Movie: Care Bears Movie II – A New Generation (G 1986) Animation 1.15 Movie: Young Winston (G 1972) UK biography. Simon Ward, Peter Cellier 4.35 Movie: Jury Duty (PG 1995) US comedy. Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere 6.30 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 7.00 Sandcastles 7.30 Homes Under The Hammer 8.45 Escape To The Country 11.00 Living In The Sun 12.00 No Going Back 1.00 Movie: Jury Duty 2.50 Movie: Yellow Canary (PG 1944) WWII drama. Anna Neagle, Richard Greene 4.30 Leyland Brothers World 5.30 Home Shopping

7MATE

7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 Futurama 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 8.30 The Simpsons For Grown Ups 9.30 Being Human (MA) 6.00 Living Black 10.30 The Late Late Show 6.30 Iron Chef 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 7.30 Absolute Zero 8.30 Engineering Ground Zero Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 9.30 The World Game 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis 10.30 Movie: Wings Of Desire Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel (PG 1987) German drama 5.00 7th Heaven 12.50 Weatherwatch

TEN

7TWO

6.00 NFL Total Access 7.00 Triathlon: Yokohama 9.30 IRC Series Sailing 10.00 UFC Prelims – LIVE 11.00 World Of Free Sports 11.30 World Tour Snowboarding 12.00 Australian GT 1.00 British Touring Car Championship 2.00 Targa West Rally 3.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 4.00 Airline 5.30 I Fish 6.30 Megabridges 7.30 One Week At A Time 9.00 Formula 1 Grand Prix LIVE – Singapore 12.05 Movie: Land Of The Dead (MA 2005) Canadian action. John Leguizamo, Asia Argento 2.00 World 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 Of Free Sports 2.30 Omnisport 3.00 Alias Smith And Jones 8.30 Adam National Football League – LIVE 12 9.00 Man v Food 9.30 V8 Xtra 10.00 AFL Game Day 11.00 2011 Red Bull X-Fighters International Series 6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 12.30 Supercar Showdown 5.30 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.45 Movie: Pimp My Ride Problem Child (PG 1990) US com- 6.30 American Dad edy. John Ritter, Jack Warden 3.30 7.00 Family Guy Aftermath: Population Zero 5.30 New 7.30 Mythbusters Zealand On A Plate 9.30 Movie: The Butterfly 6.00 Seven News Effect (AV 2004) US thriller.

6.30 Sunday Night Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart 7.30 Wild Boys 12.00 Man v Food 12.30 Alias Smith

SBS 2

6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Junior Masterchef 8.30 Undercover Boss Australia 9.30 Good News World (M) 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 11.00 The Late Show 12.00 Saving Grace (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 The Suspects (M) 11.30 Forensic Investigators (MA) 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

ONE HD

6.30 Serie A Football 8.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 11.00 Targa West Rally 12.00 First Ascent 12.30 One Week At A Time 3.30 Beach Patrol 4.00 Airline 4.30 Extreme Dreams 5.00 I Fish 6.00 Airline 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Black Gold 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 Can Of Worms (M) 10.30 24 (M) 11.30 Sports Tonight 12.00 Black Gold (M) 1.00 Magic Of The FA Cup 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 Liverpool Football 5.30 FA Cup Classic

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Dear Prudence (PG 2008) US drama.

Jane Seymour, Tantoo Cardinal 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away

And Jones 1.30 Six Million Dollar Man 2.30 Movie: Hunt The Man Down (M 1950) US mystery. Gig Young, Lynn 6.00 Religion 6.30 Movie: Bitter Roberts 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 Springs (G 1950) UK adventure.

Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping Chips Rafferty, Tommy Trinder 8.15 Movie: The Queen Of Spades (PG 1949) UK thriller. Dame Edith Evans, 6.00 ARL Schoolboy Cup 7.00 Ronald Howard 10.15 Murder, She Weekend Today 10.00 Wide World Of Wrote 11.15 Movie: Golden Ivory Sports 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show (PG 1954) UK adventure. Robert 12.00 The Sunday Roast 1.00 Wildfire Urquhart, John Bentley 1.00 The 3.00 Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year 4.00 Garden Gurus 1.30 Getaway 2.00 The Farmer Wants A Wife 5.00 NBN Movie: Giant (G 1956) US drama.

Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson News 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 The Golden Girls 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.30 RBT 7.30 As Time Goes By 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie: The Power Of 8.30 Underbelly: Razor (M) One (PG 1992) Australian 9.30 Person Of Interest (AV) drama. Stephen Dorff, 10.30 Two And A Half Men (M) Armin Mueller-Stahl 11.00 The Joy Of Sets 11.30 Flashpoint (M) 12.30 Super League 11.00 Friends 11.30 Movie: McQ (M 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Good 1974) US action. John Wayne, Eddie Morning America 5.00 Early Morning Albert 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 News Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

GEM

NBN

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 The City 12.30 Eclipse Music TV 1.00 Married With Children 2.00 Spin City 3.00 The Bachelorette 4.30 Crash Course 5.30 Wipeout USA 6.30 The Middle 7.30 Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Camelot (AV) 11.30 Gossip Girl (M) 12.30 Crash Course 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

10.30 Suits (M) 11.30 Ocean Force 12.00 2011 Brownlow Medal 3.00 Home 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 Alias Shopping 5.30 News Smith And Jones 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Rider 1.00 Simon And Simon 2.00 Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale Drew Carey Show 5.30 According 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Deal To Jim Or No Deal 12.00 Escape To The 6.00 My Wife And Kids Sun 12.30 To The Manor Born 1.00 6.30 That ’70s Show Rhodes Across India 2.00 Murphy 7.30 2011 Brownlow Medal Brown 2.30 The Hogan Family 3.00 11.15 The Chaser’s War On Everything Perfect Strangers 3.30 Night Court (M) 11.45 Parks And Recreation (M) 4.00 Movie: Napoleon (G 1995) 12.15 Malcolm And Eddie 1.00 Six Animation Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum 6.00 Bargain Hunt Leap 3.00 Knight Rider 4.00 Hercules 7.00 Harry’s Practice 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping 7.30 Heartbeat 8.40 Keeping Up Appearances 9.20 Movie: Roddy (M) 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Catherine Cookson drama. Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Billie Whitelaw, Jonathan Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Kerrigan Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 11.30 The Sweeney (M) 12.30 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon Minder 1.30 Movie: The Three News 5.30 Hot Seat Musketeers (G 1935) US adventure.

Walter Abel, Paul Lukas 3.30 Room 6.00 NBN News For Improvement 4.00 Coronation 7.00 A Current Affair Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home 7.30 The Farmer Wants A Wife 8.25 Lotto Shopping 8.30 Movie: Four Holidays (M 2008) US comedy. Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon 10.30 CSI: Miami (M) 11.30 Better With You 12.00 Super League 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

7MATE

7TWO

NBN

7.30 The X Factor 8.30 Packed To The Rafters 9.30 Dinner Date 10.30 Hung (MA) 11.10 Parks And Recreation (M) 11.40 Perfect Couples 12.05 Holby Blue (M) 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

According To Jim 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 That ’70s Show 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Operation Repo (M) 9.30 Family Guy (M) 12.00 Parks And Recreation (M) 12.30 Newsradio 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 Knight Rider 4.00 Hercules 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Home Shopping Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Deal 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Or No Deal 12.00 Escape To The Sun Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres 12.30 To The Manor Born 1.00 Rhodes Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Across India 2.00 Murphy Brown Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 2.30 The Hogan Family 3.00 Perfect 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon Strangers 3.45 Movie: 3 Ninjas News 5.30 Hot Seat Knuckle Up (PG 1995) US comedy. 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair Victor Wong, Charles Napier 7.30 Charlies Angels 6.00 Bargain Hunt 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 7.00 Harry’s Practice 9.00 Joy Of Sets 7.30 Dad’s Army 8.10 Keeping Up Appearances 9.30 Survivor: South Pacific 11.00 Top Gear 12.00 20/20 1.00 8.50 One Foot In The Grave 9.30 Homes Under The Hammer Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Home 10.45 60 Minute Makeover 11.45 Shopping 3.30 Good Morning Jonathan Creek (M) 1.00 Movie: 3 America 5.00 Early Morning News Ninjas Knuckle Up 3.00 Passport To The Sun 3.30 Room For Improvement 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 Alias 6.00 Seinfeld Smith And Jones 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 6.30 Two And A Half Men NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Simon And Simon 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 7.30 Movie: The House Bunny (PG 2008) US comedy. Anna Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 Farris, Colin Hanks

7TWO

NBN

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Top Gear 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: The Punisher (AV 2004) US action. Thomas Jane, John Travolta 12.00 Chuck (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Raising The Wind (G 1961) UK comedy. J Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips 2.00 Sea Patrol 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Denegeres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Ocean Giants 8.30 Prime Suspect (M) 10.30 The Big C (M) 11.00 Weeds (MA) 11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

9.30 The Bachelorette 11.00 Nikita (AV) 12.00 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Tool Academy (M) 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Laxdale Hall (G 1953) UK comedy.

Raymond Huntley, Ronald Squire 2.00 Sea Patrol 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Lion Country 8.00 Cheetah Kingdom 8.30 As Time Goes By 9.30 Sensing Murder (M) 10.30 How Clean Is Your House 11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.10 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

GO!

7MATE

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Wednesday 28

ABC 1

ABC NEWS 24

4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Talking Heads: Shay Stafford 5.30 Spicks And Specks 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Jail Birds 2.00 Poirot 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Country House Rescue 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Poh’s Kitchen 8.30 Spicks And Specks 9.00 Gruen Planet 9.30 At Home With Julia 10.00 At The Movies 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.30 Ganges 12.30 Movie: Answered By Fire (M 2006) Australian drama. David Wenham, Daniela Carvolho 2.00 Country House Rescue (M) 3.00 Big Ideas

4.00 ABC News 4.05 Health Quarter 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 Indigenous Quarter 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.00 ABC News 2.30 State To State 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Culture Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Arts Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Arts Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Newsline 12.00 ABC News 12.20 Lateline 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Lateline Business 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Mega Builders 8.30 Louis Theroux 9.30 Kill It, Cook It, Eat It 10.35 The Graham Norton Show 11.20 Love In A Time Of HIV 12.25 Inside The Actors Studio: Danny De Vito 1.10 Later… With Jools Holland 2.10 Close

ABC 3 6.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Prank Patrol 6.25 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.10 Black Hole High 7.35 Deltora Quest 8.30 Degrassi 9.00 Close

SBS 1 4.30 UEFA Champions League LIVE – Bayern Munich v Manchester City 6.45 UEFA Champions League Real Madrid v Ajax 9.00 World News 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 Al Jazeera News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Tropic Of Cancer Bangladesh to Burma 8.30 The Hotel 9.30 World News Australia 10.05 Movie: Hidden (MA 2005) French thriller 12.05 112 Emergency 1.35 Weatherwatch

7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 8.00 Futurama 8.30 The Simpsons 6.00 Global Village 9.00 Futurama 6.30 Iron Chef 9.30 The Cleveland Show (M) 7.30 Inspector Rex 10.30 The Late Late Show 11.30 8.30 Spiral (M) Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 9.30 UEFA Champions League Sabrina 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Real Madrid v Ajax 11.00 Movie: Himalaya (PG 1999) Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 French drama 12.55 Weatherwatch Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

SBS 2

TEN

6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Modern Family 8.00 Renovators 8.30 Glee 9.30 Hawaii Five-O (M) 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 11.00 Late Show 12.00 Saving Grace (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

Eleven 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours

ONE HD 6.30 Serie A Football 8.00 WNBA Action 8.30 This Week In Baseball 9.00 Major League Baseball – LIVE 12.00 NFL Total Access 1.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Beach Patrol 4.00 Airline 4.30 Extreme Dreams 5.00 I Fish 6.00 Airline 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Fear Factor 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 Sons Of Anarchy (AV) 10.30 RPM 11.30 Sports Tonight 12.00 Omnisport 12.30 Major League Baseball 3.00 Bundesliga Football

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: What Makes A Family (PG 2001) US comedy. Whoopi Goldberg, Brooke Shields 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 The X Factor 8.30 World’s Strictest Parents

9.30 Law & Order: LA (M) 10.30 Great Escapes (M) 11.30 Ocean Force 12.00 Style By Jury 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 News

8.30 Hardcore Pawn (M) 9.30 American Pickers 10.30 Operation Repo (M) 11.30 American Dad (M) 12.00 Malcolm And Eddie 12.30 Newsradio 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Home Shopping 3.30 Room For Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home Improvement 4.00 Hercules 5.00 & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Deal Or No Deal 12.00 Escape To The 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Sun 12.30 To The Manor Born 1.00 Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Rhodes Across India 2.00 Murphy Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Brown 2.30 The Hogan Family 3.00 Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking Perfect Strangers 3.30 Night Court 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon 4.00 Movie: 3 Ninjas – High Noon News 5.30 Hot Seat At Mega Mountain (PG 1998) US 6.00 NBN News action. Hulk Hogan, Loni Anderson 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Send In The Dogs Australia 7.00 Harry’s Practice 8.25 Lotto 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 CSI (M) 8.40 Ruth Rendell’s Inspector 9.30 Prime Suspect (M) Wexford (M) 10.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 12.00 Minder 1.00 Passport To The 11.30 Better With You 12.00 Eclipse Sun 1.30 Room For Improvement Music TV 12.30 What Would You 2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Room Do? 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 For Improvement 4.00 Coronation Good Morning America 5.00 Early Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Morning News Shopping

7TWO

NBN

7MATE 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 Alias Smith And Jones 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Simon And Simon 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 According To Jim 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 That ’70s Show 7.30 Pimp My Ride

9.30 Movie: Boogie Nights (MA 1997) US drama. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore 12.30 Tool Academy (M) 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: The Burning Hills (PG 1956) Western. Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood 2.00 Sea Patrol 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Extreme Makeover 8.30 Wild South America Andes to Amazon 9.30 The Closer (M) 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M) 11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Top Gear 8.30 Two And A Half Men 9.00 The Big Bang Theory

Please note: The Echo takes great care producing this guide, but unfortunately TV stations like to tinker with things at the last minute and sometimes make changes after we have gone to print.

Thursday 29

ABC 1 4.00 rage (G) 5.00 National Press Club Address 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Heart And Soul 1.30 Mother And Son 2.00 Poirot 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Restoration Man 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Catalyst 8.30 Crownies (M) 9.30 The Next Big Thing 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Make ’Em Laugh 12.30 Tank On The Moon 1.30 The Abbey 2.30 The Next Big Thing 3.30 The Occasional Cook

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Marngrook Footy Show 8.30 Arrested Development 9.00 The Bazura Project 9.30 Gruen Planet 10.05 twentysomething (M) 10.35 Warehouse Comedy Festival (M) 11.05 Graham Norton Show (M) 11.55 Marngrook Footy Show 1.30 Later… With Jools Holland 2.30 Close

ABC 3 6.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Prank Patrol 6.25 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.10 Black Hole High 7.35 Deltora Quest 8.30 Degrassi 9.00 Close

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achieved only once in the three

by Ian Rogers Hungarian tournaments he has played. However, Illingworth Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6pm played the game of his life to overwhelm his Spanish opponent in the game given below, thus finishing tied for first and going a third of the way towards becom­ ing Australia’s fifth Grandmaster.

CHESS

Australian junior Max Illing­ worth (above) scored his first Grandmaster result in a European tournament last week.

Having completed his HSC, 18­year­old Illingworth has delayed his university entrance for a year to try his luck as a full­ time chessplayer.

Currently in Budapest, Max needed two wins in the last two rounds for an unlikely Grandmaster result. He scored a convincing win over German IM Hagen Poetsch, one of the tournament leaders, and in the final round needed to win with the Black pieces – a feat he had

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Budapest 2011 White: R Rodriguez Lopez Black: M Illingworth Opening: Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5!? The dreaded Gajewski Gambit, never before played by Illingworth but specially prepared for this game. 11.exd5 11.d4 is the critical answer to the gambit. 11...e4!

12.Ng5 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Rxe4 Bb7 also gives Black plenty of activity for the sacrificed pawn.

12...Nxd5 13.Nxe4 f5! 14.Ng3 f4 15.Ne4 f3 16.d4 fxg2 17.Kxg2 Qd7!? A new idea, though possibly less precise than the regulation 17...Bf5. 18.Qg4! Qc6!? Regaining the pawn on g4 was more sober but less likely to yield the much-need win. 19.Qg3 Bd6 20.Qh4? White was no doubt afraid to play 20.Nxd6! in view of 20...Ne3++ 21.Kg1 Nxc2 but then White could turn the tables with 22.Re7!!. 20...Bf5!

21.Kg1 Rae8 22.Nbd2? Here or last move White had to try to hold his position together with 22.f3; now Rodriguez is overrun. 22...Nf4!

23.Re3 Ng6! 24.Qh5 Bf4 25.d5 Desperation, since 25.Re2 Bxd2! wins material. 25...Qxd5 0-1 After 26.Rd3 Qc6 White’s pieces remain hopelessly tangled.

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Mungo’s Crossword

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. Imprisoned in a vehicle, overreacted (12) 8. Mad uncle in charge of the centre of DNA! (7) 9. Share the same space and drink too much? (7) 11. Amend the charge for printing (7) 12. Measure for each alternative

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bone or Scotch fillet! (2,5) 24. State tries hard, but produces parodies (7) 25. Eastern Queen grasps the hand of the sender (7) 26. Illegally predated time – and it was deliberate!

(12)

DOWN 1. Tend to bend (7) 2. 100 stride out for rewards (7) 3. Vehicle runs up and down around individual.

No good? Well, it’s built for speed! (6,3) 4. Top fell off TV control – show your feelings! (5) 5. First home of Sibyl?

And David Copperfield lived here! (7) 6. A measure of foaming lager – make it bigger!

(7) 7. TV presenters: Bury the audience! (12) 10. A deserter and a ruler (7) bounder in the news 13. Looks for opinions (5) media – we need the 14. Restrained in Asia, perhaps airborne division! (12) (9) 16. Off-centre Bana reserves 200 15. Trial without a prisoner? How one-sided! with a specialist (9) 19. Firm about the far left – that’s (2,7) 17. Small vessel? That or my belief! (5) 21. Passed away? I’m perversely somewhere to put it! (7) 18. Don’t play the banjo – pleased (7) it’s bad medicine! (7) 23. Bid for the steak – maybe T

19. Nepeta – Tom’s favourite (7) 20. Broke out untarnished, rising above Mulray (7) 22. Crazy odds about the English – they’ve been drugged! (5)

Quick Clues ACROSS 1. Imprisoned, locked away (12) 8. The N in DNA and RNA (7) 9. Cover the same area, lie partly on top of something (7) 11. One of a number of printings of a book or newspaper (7) 12. Ruler of more than one kingdom (7) 13. Opinions, ideas (5) 14. Large land mass such as Africa or Australia (9) 16. Off-centre, slightly mad (9) 19. Statement of belief (5) 21. Passed, slipped by (7) 23. Bid in bridge which outranks a spade (2,5) 24. Parodies, skits (7) 25. Sender, one who issues or discharges (7) 26. Planned in advance, deliberate (12)

(7) 2. Opposite of debits (7) 3. Formula One vehicle (6,3) 4. Show feeling, act a part (5) 5. District of London where David Copperfield lived (7) 6. Make bigger, expand (7) 7. Journalists who ask questions of their subjects (12) 10. Airborne soldiers, usually invaders (12) 15. Totally one sided match (2,7) 17. Small trading ship; place mat for a glass (7) 18. Quack or patent medicine; bogus cure (7) 19. The herb Nepeta Cataria (7) 20. Burst forth, usually of a volcano (7) 22. Medicated, drugged (5)

Last week’s solution

DOWN 1. Lean, show a tendency

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Cabba club selected triples winners Fantastic Tweed River weekend David Solano

Cabarita Beach Women’s Club Selected Triples Final winners Glenys Cartwright, Joan Griffiths and Liza Morris who won over Yvonne Hawkey, Robyn Creedon and Gwen Coustley.

SPORT RESULTS

BOWLS Cabarita Beach Men Club 4s Championship Semifinal – In a dominant game of draw bowls on our quick greens Sam Dimario, John Darling, Cecil Shepherd and Steven Anderson defeated C Lovell, Tony Cox, Bill Creedon and Laurie Freeman 19 points to 14.

B Grade Pairs – In Round 2 Greg Goode and David Crow defeated Ian Mc Glashan and Jim Baxter 26 points to 9. Danny Vegter and Bob Gormley defeated Art Thorpe and John Hammersley 29 points to 10.

Saturday September 10 Winners were S Harriman, A. Jones and Clare Hill, Runners Up were A Jones , Archie Campbell and Bill Davey Wednesday September 14; Winners were Cy vans and Jim Cook. Runners Up were Gary Coustley and Rowan Norris. Consolation went to Brian Carnley and Brian Burger. Monday September 19 Winners were Wayne Blackwood and Peter Jones. Runners Up were Brian Lamb and Mario Azzapardi. Consolation went to Josh Millington and Ray Millington.

Cabarita Beach Women September 20: C. Grade Singles Singles semifinals. Winners Nancy Dodds and Michelle Mantell.

Social Bowls; Winning rink went to Kate Potter, Helen Muller and Margaret Overall. Consolation prize went to Sue Harriman, Patsy Pilcher, Annette McLean and Dorothy Paterson. Raffles were won by Cath Lynch, Barry Petty and Glenys Cartwright.

Condong Ladies Tues 13/9/11 Final of Club Championship Singles K Edmunds def J Glasby. Social Pairs M Dobie & B Mullan def E Elvy & B Dunne. Social Triples D Dawes, M Standfield, R Thorley def M Wilkins, N Worthy, H Ross.

Winning Rink M Dobie & B Mullan. Club Comp M Sweetnam.

Tues 20/9/11 First Round Club Championship Fours club selected teams.A Tonel, M Dobie, N Worthy, J Glasby(s) vs M Wilkins, M Hinde, K Edmunds, P Flack(s). Byes to E Elvy, R Thorley, B Mullan, H Ross(s) & D Dawes, R Ross, M Standfield, M Sweetnam(s) .Social bowls as normal for those ladies in drawn in teams with a bye.

Tues 20/9/11 First Rd Club Championship Fours A Tonel, M Dobie, N Worthy, J Glasby def M Wilkins, M Hinde, H Fuller, K Edmunds,both these teams have byes next week. Social Triples D Dawes, M Standfield, B Mullan def E Elvy, B Dunne, R Thorley.Winning Rink A Tonel, M Dobie, N Worthy, J Glasby. Club Comp M Hinde.

Tues 27/9/11 First Rd Club Championship Fours club selected teams E Elvy, R Thorley, B Mullan, H Ross vs D Dawes, R Ross, M Standfield, M Sweetnam.

Condong Men Wednesday 14th 32 bowlers played Winners R Turner, K Hall. R/Ups B Clifford, S Keen, W Chislom. Raffle winners L Muir, C Douglas, I Darroch. Saturday 17th The Final of Open Pairs played saw winner W Peart def A Fing . Well done and played in good spirit. B Grade pairs R Gerds, S Keen def R Shoobridge, R Kaehler in a very close game by 1 shot.

Sunday 18th Condong hosted Musgrave hill and Tweed trippers with 2 greens of Triples.

Winners Musgrave G Jones, J Harrington, J Holden. South tweed trippers C Thompson , S Freeney , J Knight. Condong R Nelson, M Bennett, W Peart.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies Club Selected Pairs Semi Final results played last Thurs 15.Eileen Burke & Bev Hall def Maureen Alcorn & Colleen Wein;Beryl Mapp & Lorraine Sandal def Ann Revie & Pat Pieterse.Winning rnk 1, Clarice Blake,Janet Auchettel;Raffle – Yvonne Corcoran. Sunnybank Social Club (Brisbane) & Cobaki Cobbers Social Sunday Winners green 1- Marie Ellen, G Ellen & V Richardson; Losers green 1-M Brunt, T Conlan, Darby Lowe.Winners Green 2 – Jan Tobin,Ann Revie,G Tobin;Losers Green 2- C Jenkins, W Young,L Teese.Raffles – June Wotherspoon, C Wagner, F Pomfrett, Ron Tough.

Kingscliff Ladies Results of Major/Minor Pairs semi-finals played Wednesday, September 14: A. Johnson/L. Willoughby defeated A. Smith/Iris Azzopardi;

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E. Downes/M. Booth defeated D. Jones/J. Bonett. Results of Consistency Singles played Wednesday, September 14: D. Jones defeated B. Petri, J. Bonett defeated A. Shipway, C. Smith defeated B. Lane, J. Mitchell defeated D. James, J. Greenbank defeated V. Abery. Results of Social Play, Wednesday, September 14: Rink Winners: S. Davies, M. Edmed, M. Brown.

Pottsville Ladies Thursday 15th sept: Congradulations Jan Richards Wendy Fielding Aileen Swift being selected in the T.B.D Inter district Games.

Social Bowls Winners W.Fielding J.Brammer R/ up L.Rice J.Baxter H.Woodbridge Raffle Winners Bev Weidlich( Visitor Mckenzie Pk) J.Baxter Lucky Bowler R. Booth.

Pottsville Men Weekly Report Wednesday 14th September 2011. Winners: R.Sherwood – G. Booth – J. Rae. Runners-up: R. Parker – F. Moore – H. Milne. Consulation: W. Hill – B. Jackson – F. Fielding. Saturday September 17th 2011 Winners: B.White – W. Hill – J. Buckley. Runners-up: B. Jackson – D. Moir. Consulation: K. Mc Innes – G. Crawley. Championship Mixed Pairs Winners: C. Moir- K. Coyte Runners-up: J. Baxter – D. Moir. Score 19-16.

South Tweed Wed. a.m. Pairs: 1st A Jones & R Hickman, 2nd M Rosa & S Robson, 3rd B Wenban & S Lowe.

Wed.P.M. Social: Winning Rink: J Willey,O Kinane and I Ensbey. Losing Rink: R Breen,K Fahey and J Parton.

Thurs. P.M. Pairs. 1st K McMahon & R Hickman.

2nd S Lowe & P Willmott.

Winners of Losers: A Beckman & W Earea.

Sat. P.M. Social: Winning Rink: C Lee & J Shaw.

Losing Rink: J Scully,J McBain and P Johnston.

South Tweed Ladies Thursday 15th September.

Winners. S.Johnston J.Munns. Runners Up. J.Solly S.Carroll. Winners of losers. C.Martin R.Calverley. Tuesday 20th. Winners. - K.Cusack E.Hunt - S.Cook. Runners Up. H.Larkin J.Leckie E.Smith. Raffle winner. K.Cusack.

Result Pennants Division 1 went down to Tweed Heads 41 78. Division 3 Bye. Congratulations to S.Hickman C.Moran J.Munns in the District Triples Semi Final missing out by 1 shot to making the finals.

QLD .Disabilities Singles Congratulations to C.Martin on taking the Silver Medal.

Tweed Heads Ladies Open Club Triples: F. Hewitt def V. Robinson, J. Finney def J. Pearce, D. Cunnington def L. Robins, L. Hodson def L. Spencer, P. Reedy def H Mason, A. Plowright def D. Woods, A. Ebsworth def A. M Hardy, C. Hawkins def R. Curtis.

Tuesday Ladies Fours:L. Turner, D. Hunt, S. Hambleton, A. Harris def. A. Warman, N. Wise, H. Mason, D. Turner – J. Youll, D. Evans, K. Davies, S. Ganter def. D. Long, J. Wike, M. Blagborough, S. Taylor – B. LeBOuef, N. Dowling, J. Gilroy def.

G. Gorgeny, N. Ward, P. Govett – K. Sieben, N. Bell, M. Heydt, P. Henderson def. R. Laycock, M. Marquis, N. Matheson, R. Wallis – S. Lusby, D. King, M. Gwynne, M. Purcell, Y. Woolstencroct, K. Cussack, S. Cook, E. Hunt – J. Ryan, S. Jackson, E. Carter, A. Plowright def. E. Bartrim, D. Kerwitz, J. Withington, J. Finney.

Wednesday Ladies Pairs: F. Martin, P. Dearlove def. J. Clark, M. Dare – E. Simpson, M. Cooper def. P. Mann, J. Finney – B. Irwin, K. Robinson def. A. Morrissey, V. Neill – E. Hunt, J. Wilson def.

M. Rogers, I. Muldoon – K. Figura, F. Hewitt def.

Robyn, L. Prima – J. Matthews, E. Prince def. P. Clarke, H, Mason – M. Wright, A. Ebsworth def.

K. Henshaw, G. Evans.

Thursday Ladies Pairs: J. Clark, N. Bell, def.

T. Congdon, P. Clarke – M. Kelly, V. Cunningham. def. J. Ryan, H. Ramsay – H. Bardsley, P. Houghton def. R. Walls, B. Cooper.

Thursday Ladies Fours: A. Vermeulien, D. Evans, E. Titmarsh, S. Rushton def. N. Craig, J. White, B. Orchard, J. Wilson – D. Stewart, S. Wilson, N. Dowling, R. Wallis def. K. Henshaw, M. Gwynne, J. Kerkow, H. Carter – A. Warman, A. Nash, K. Davies, D. McNamara def. H. Reid, D. Spencer, S. Hambleton, I. Muldoon – M. Baxter, R. Whalebone, B. Adams, def. D. Reynolds, J. Matchett, J. Green.

Tweed Heads Men Round 7 Saturday September 17 Div 1 against South Tweed lost 54/84 no points.

Div 2 against Robina lost 52/66 no points.

Div 4 against Burleigh Heads lost 46/79 no points.

Div 5 against Helensvale won 71/53 – 2 points.

Div 6 against Beenleigh won 79/51 – 2 points.

Div 7 against Tugun lost 49/73 no points.

Div 8 against Beenleigh won 73/55 – 2 points .

Div 9 against Tugun won 65/49 – 2 points.

Championships: Mixed Pairs: round played September 18: Bernice Bryant [sub. Betty Bradley], Leon Harvey d. Hazel Bardsley, Ron Taylor 24/5; Rolita Quinlan, John Millington d. Jason Neville, Di Cunnington 30/7; Christine and Col Hawkins d.

Kirsty Thatcher, Jon Bosisto 23/20; Trish Dixon, Greg Ash d. Eileen Hunt, Russell Luland 16/15.

Semi-finals scheduled for 1.00pm Sunday September 25 Carnival: Overall winners Barbara Makin and Bob Mullens [Tweed Heads] with 6 + 35; runners-up Claire and Robert Mills [Cabarita Beach] with 6 + 31; 3rd place Ellen Joselin and Steve Massey [Tweed Heads] 6+ 29; 4th place Sally and Ray Hickman [South Tweed] 6 + 27 Section winners were: Eddie Vuik and Colleen Graver; Jenny Ware and Leigh Tynan; Pat and John Griffiths; Max and Judy Pearce; Ann Marie and Warren Peart; Lidia Elsey and John Strachan; June and Bruce Munn; Sue and Dennis O’Toole; Trish Dixon and Greg Ash; Lyn Cuthbertson and Leon Harvey. The Mystery Prize went to Margaret Gunton and Ken Calvert.

Social Results Sun Sept 11: Green 1: Nanette Wise, E. Haydon, Norma and George Craig; r/up: Joy White, Jack Lawford, Maureen and Gerry Riley Green 2: Ron and Lois Hodsdon; r/up: Pauline and Tony Houghton Tues Sept 13: Men: winners: Jed Hambleton, Norm Picking, Peter Howell, Geoff Dixon; r/up: Bob Trinder, Oscar Cunningham, Ian Davis, Bill Finney Ladies: Winners: Carolyn Davis, Betty Graham, Beth Jacobson, Barbara MacDonald; r/up: Molly Ramshaw, Pam Reedy, Erica Simpson, Dawn Fysh Wed Sept 14: Lowest Winning Score Green 1: Tony Muldoon, John Strachan 19/10 on c/b; r/up: Trevor Smith, John Gunton 19/17 Green 2: Frank McPhillips, Frank Birkin 18/12; r/ up: Brian Bitmead, Ron Duckworth 19/15 Green 3: Ron Hottinger, John Hemmingway, Jim Cowen, Bill Finney 18/13; r/up: Bob Trinder, Roger Graf, Ivan Mackay 22/14.

Green 4: Mike Nash, Steve Goodman 20/17; r/ up: John Brabham, Geoff Pike 21/9 Fri Sept 16: Green 1: Oscar Cunningham, Geoff Pike, John Heath; r/up: Andy Lavelle, John Brabham, Con Impellizzeri Green 2: Clem Jones, Brian Scrase, Bill Finney; r/up: George Harwood, Ron Hodsdon, Alex Mason Green 3: Laurie Rea, Max Reiter, Vince Leather; r/ up: Pat Dalley, Ted Ryan, Ron Taylor Green 4: Guy Amiconi, Peter Harris, Leigh Tynan; r/up: Barry Milburn, Jim Cowen, Bill Dangerfield Sat Sept 17: Green 1: Diane and Murray James; r/up: George Vlismas, Jack Maloney.

DARTS Tweed Valley Results of club championships played 19th September 2011. A Grade Ladies was won by Donna Bodley and runner up was Janelle Norris both from Condong Jokers. A Grade Men’s was won by Bill Aitken and runner up was Robbie King both from Kirra Blues.

B Grade Ladies was won by Joanne Bulluss from Ozzie Devils and runner up was Hazel French from Courthouse Tigers. B Grade Men’s was won by Leon Giacopazzi from Ozzie Ramseys’ Heroes and runner up was Peter Boyd from Ozzie Devils. Donna Bodley, Jason Anderson x 2 from Condong Jokers, Leon Giacopazzi from Ozzie Ramseys’ Heroes and Robbie King from Kirra Blues all threw 180 over the three nights.

GOLF Chinderah Seniors Social Results for 12/9/11 Stroke – Winner A grade John Brinsmead net 56 new h/cap 8, R/up Ray Kenway net 58 new h/cap 8.

This fantastic Tweed River is being very kind to me as I’ve been catching half of my target fish.

Normally I’m a bit of an opportunistic fisho and last weekend I had two fish in mind.

Number one jacks. As Summer seemed to arrive over night I headed down to the wall next to Boyd’s Family Park where local legend has it there’s a few cars on the bottom. I picked them up on my sounder (I could find three) but no fish.

I’ll keep trying this spot as it has a lot of potential where all that run out from Cobaki converges into a narrow deep hole.

Number two schoolies, soapies what ever you want to call them. It’s now the fifth week in a row that I’ve caught these great fighters. Story the same as last week’s column so I don’t need to go into the fight details, but I do have a question: why are they here?

From what I’m told Fisheries has been filling the river with fingerlings. I normally chase jewies at Iluka with Coz, Vando and Dic and I tell you it’s been great to send a quick pick of a nice jewfish caught in the Tweed to these guys.

Somehow I missed Coz on Saturday morning; he went to

David Solano’s neighbour Pete looks over the shoulder of Craig Costigan with his nice trevally,

the mullaway spot and I headed to the jack spot. Coz didn’t get a jew, but he did manage a cracker trevally. He is looking pretty suave these days – I reckon he should bring out his own fishing clothes range.

I rang Coz at 5 o’clock Sunday morning; no answer, but I did get a message later: Another jew. So where are the fish? Here’s a headsup. Everywhere! I’ve seen dolphins almost at the entrance to Bilam-

bil Creek and they aren’t there for fun. Our river is full of bait at certain times, but if you are keen, the earlier you can get out the better. That’s when the fish play.

Thinking back to what Ben ‘The Phantom’ said about letting the fish go so you might get a bigger one, well it works.

Last week I said goodbye to two jewies taking my third and biggest home.

Fishing karma – way to go!

Sam kicks the grand final winner A winning goal by Tweed’s adopted Kenyan son Sam Macharia ensured the Tweed team became grand-final champions in the Colts (under-17) division one of the Gold Coast competition earlier this month. Sam kicked the goal for Murwil-

lumbah FC Colts against Gold Coast team Magic United at Carrara sports complex.

The two teams had been feared rivals throughout the competition but Murwillumbah dominated the first half with two goals by Clancy

Tweed Valley Sailing Club – Sailing Days September 25; October 23; November 6 and 20 • It’s not necessary to have your own boat – all levels of participation are welcome.

• Meet at 11.30am at the at the pre-race staging area in the carpark at the Old Fingal boat harbour (look for the boats rigging up).

• Contact Hugh 0410 486 998 or tvscmail@gmail.com Winner B grade Alan Williams net 53 new h/ cap 15, R/up Steve Beacroft net 55 new h/cap 15.

Winner C grade Pam Andrews net 56 new h/ cap 20, R/up Val Henderson net 57 new h/cap 30. Ball rundown to net 59.

Results for 15/9/11 Stableford – Winner A grade Steve Holden 40 points new h/cap 8, R/up John Gordon-Smith 39 points new h/cap 6.

Winner B grade Shirley Seers 45 points new h/cap 16, R/up Ken Bagnall 40 poin ts new h/ cap 16.

Winner C grade Chris Smedley 48 points new h/cap 21, R/up Val Henderson 44 points(c/back) new h/cap 26.

Ball rundown to 39 points. Renee Innes Hole In One 5th hole.

Murwillumbah Monday September 12th Veterans individual stroke in 2 grades A.Grade winner A.Fraser 67 nett r.up C.Hulme 68 nett B.Grade R.Bradford 63 nett r.up G.Thorburn 65 nett N/Pin 2nd C.Hulme 8th L.Morris 10th G.Thorburn 14th K.Blyth B.R.D 72 nett c.b Wednesday September 14th 2 Person Ambrose Winners G.Ritchie & D.Nelson 60 nett R.Up P;Taylor & S.Allan 62.75 nett N/Pin 2nd B.May 8th S.Steen 10th L.McCormack 14th W.Rattray B.R.D to 65 nett Friday September 16th Women’s winner I.McCormack 34 pts Members winner R.Simpson 41 pts B.R.D to 36 pts c.b Saturday September 17th Individual Stroke in 4 Grades A.Winner N.Baker 65 nett Winner B.Grade M.Aams 65 nett C.Grade C.Breen 34 nett D.Grade R.Strudwick 67 nett N.Pin 2nd A.Jenkins 8th N.Fogo 10th M.Fenn 14th

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B.Baker B.R.D 74 nett c.b. Sunday September 18th Individual Stroke in 4 Grades A.Winner J.Robertson 34 nett B.Grade C.Clothier 69 nett C.Grade R.Castle 66 nett D,Grade A.Hardy 63 nett N.Pin 2nd S.Colefax 8th S.Allan 10th G.Beatty 14th B.McLean B.R.D. to 72 nett c.b Women’s Winner Nroser 42 pts N.Pin 2ne S.Gorton B.R.D. to 37 pts Leaders in the championships after 3 rounds a.grade N.Baker 212 gross b.grade J.Cousins 259 gross c.grade P.Brown 269 d.grade A.Hunt 277 gross SHOOTING Murwillumbah Rifle Club Fullbore: 700 yards: D Phippard 98.10, 3, 101.10; S Waddell 98.7, 1, 99.7; A Cronk 96.7, 2, 98.7; W Shoobridge 96.6, 2, 98.6; T Matthews 95.4, 3, 98.4; J Duncan 95.4.

Scope: A Glover 98, 17, 115; P Weeks 102.1, 12, 114.1; D McNamara 106.

Smallbore: 50 metres: P Turner 388, 15, 403; G MacMahon 387, 14, 401; W Shoobridge 392, 8, 400; A Cronk 399, 1, 400; P Loxley-Lewis 383, 15, 398; H Sadleir 384, 14, 398; C Freeman 377, 19, 396; D Perry 370, 26, 396; J Malek 377, 17, 394; G Johnston 374, 19, 393; A Glover 381, 11, 392; W Pulkownik 344, 38, 382; A Turner 388; J Lesleighter 360; A Watterston 361.

Next events: Smallbore on Friday afternoon September 23, starting 1.30pm.

Fullbore on Sunday morning September 25, at 800yards.

Shot Gun shoot postponed until November 6th.

Enquires contact Alan on 0439522191

Walsh and in the second a third by Sam Reynolds.

Their opponents got back into the game with two quick goals but the Mur’bah boys dug deep being rewarded with Sam’s late goal to for a final 4–2 score. Well done, Colts.

Sunrise, Tide Times can be found on page 26

MONTHLY MARKETS 1st Sat Brunswick Heads (02) 6628 4495 1st Sun Byron Bay (02) 6680 9703 1st Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 1st Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 2nd Sat 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun

Kingscliff 0406 724 323 The Channon (02) 6688 6433 Chillingham 0437 041 023 Lennox Head (02) 6672 2874 Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

3rd Sat Mullumbimby (02) 6684 3370 3rd Sat Murwillumbah Cottage Markets 0417 759 777 3rd Sun Ballina (02) 6687 4328 3rd Sun Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 3rd Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 3rd Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 3rd Sun Uki (02) 6679 5012 4th Sat Kingscliff 0406 724 323 4th Sun Bangalow (02) 6687 1911 4th Sun (in 5 Sun month) Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 4th Sun Murwillumbah 0422 565 168 4th Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 5th Sun 5th Sun

Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

WEEKLY FARMERS MARKETS Each Tue New Brighton (02)6684 5390 Each Wed 7-11am Mur’bah (02) 6684 7834 Each Thu 8-11am Byron Bay (02) 6687 1137 Each Sat 8-11am Bangalow (02) 6687 1137 8am-1pm Uki (02) 6679 5438 Each Sat

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Service Directory

TWEED ECHO SERVICE DIRECTORY

Full colour display ad only $40 per week – 85mm x 28mm.

Line listing only $80 for 12 weeks. Full year prepaid $280.

Deadline for additions and changes is 12pm Monday.

Enquiries: 02 6672 2280 or adcopy@tweedecho.com.au

CONCRETING

Beautiful, Functional & Ethical

THE TWEED

Designs that are ✓ Sustainable ✓ Comfortable ✓ Affordable

Inspired to support ✓ Planet Builders Lic. 218298C ✓ People ✓ Budgets

Call to discuss your new home – 02 6684 2100 www.e-construct.com.au www.beconstruct.com

ACCOUNTANT Jeannie Anderson .................................................................................02 6672 4044

AIR CONDITIONING

Lic 222684C

All aspects of carpentry. Qualified, friendly & professional.

Free COMPETITIVE quotes for all work – call Simon:

0427 633 703 / 02 6674 4709

NAROS AIR CONDITIONING & VENTILATION..........................................................07 5524 9111

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

making cool waves

CARPET CLEANING

Avoid the extremes with Daikin.

• Fax: 07 5524 5424 • www.coolitac.com.au

ANTENNA INSTALLATION

Naguar Holdings Pty Ltd T.A. Atlas Awnings, Northern Rivers NSW BLN 42748 Qld BLN 24566

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

GERARD BISSHOP Design, drafting, extensions & carports...........0407 151 740 or 02 6676 3405

Far North Coast

0408 232 066

DESIGN & DRAFTING

CLEANING

ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRS

HOUSE & OFFICE CLEANING Competitive prices .......................................................07 5536 1773

Graeme Archer

TWEED ELECTRIC MOTORS

(02) 6676 0903 • 0417 496 282

Pool pumps, electric motors, power tools, electrical equipment & repairs

TV ANTENNA SERVICES • Satellite systems • AM/FM radio • Home audio • Sales • Service

Hard to 85x28 0109.ai 30/01/2009 11:48:16 AM

Sales & Service

Free quotes, free information, 17 years local experience, 12 month warranty on all installations

Unit 2/42 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South

07 5524 7055

ANTEN NAS Fix your DIGITAL TV reception NOW NO FIX NO CHARGE*

ADVANCED Blind & Curtain Cleaning & Repairs Verticals Curtains Timber Hollands Romans

*conditions apply

07 5523 3622

• DVD/ video setup • New TV sockets • Surround sound setup • New phone sockets • Flat TV wall mounting • Pensioner discounts David Levine • FM radio antennas • Lic. electrical contractor

0402 022 111

www.iwire.net.au

6/6 Enterprise Ave, Tweed Heads South

COMPUTER SERVICES

Doctor Data Rescue

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We can recover from

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• hard disks • USB flash drives • ipods/mp3 players • CDs/DVDs • digital camera storage (SD etc)

TWEED MOBILE COMPUTER SERVICES • Hardware & software repairs • Internet connections • Home service • No job too small • PROMPT SERVICE



Ben Cullen Dip I.T.  

0412 593 511

• Professional data recovery (clean room class 100)



• Desktop/ laptop repairs & sales • Computer component sales www.itland.com.au • Network design & support • Custom build computers Honest & Reliable Service

BUILDING TRADES CORBETT BUILDING Quality carpentry, steelwork & verandahs. Lic 70753C .............0407 337 855

ARCHITECTURAL TIMBERS JACK MANTLE

ALL AREAS:

1300 199 585

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

BSC Lic 1180797 NSW Lic 178680C ARC AU05854

60 Poinciana Ave, Bogangar

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

Green & Clean

AWARD WINNING

Residential & commercial air conditioning with over 30 years experience

07 5524 4439

Lic 227281C

APEX CARPET CLEANING Specialising in Bond Cleans, Any Area.................. Nathan 0412 926 441 Energy efficient. Quiet.

Comfort all year round.

• SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION Ph:

Mako Concrete Constructions

All aspects of concrete. No job too small.

Call now for a free quote.

Ph: 0403 053 073 email: aaron@alexiuc.com

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPING VIRGINIA FRANCIS MYOB, qualified, experienced, reasonable rates .........................0434 630 953

CONCRETING All types of concreting, decorative spray-on paving, no job too small...0414 782 866

07 5523 2384 • info@itland.com.au 8/2 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South

CURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service. Lic 79065C .......................................................0427 402 399

2 Pauls

Electricians

All electrical work, including home maintenance and air conditioning systems

Email: 2paulselectricians@gmail.com NSW: 218495C, Qld: 70561

Paul Taylor 0412 506 536

Ernst Max Mann

Electrical Contractor 02 6677 1943 / 0410 314 897 Lic EC 26523

FENCING BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing ............0417 491 136

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Prestige MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS • Fully insured • Garden maintenance • Lawn/acreage mowing • Edge trimming • Weeding/poisoning • Hedging/tree trimming • Rubbish removal • Pressure cleaning • All handyman repairs • Residential, commercial and body corporate • Lic 234358C For a free quote call

07 5524 3202

LOCAL GARDEN MAKEOVER & MAINTENANCE

STAIRS

• Weed control • Rubbish removal • Mowing • Whipper snipping • Hedge trimming • Small trees removed • Minor handyman work From $30 – ring Woz for a free quote

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL OPEN / CLOSED RISERS

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ELECTRICIANS

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www.tweedecho.com.au

Service Directory

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Nice to Mow you

10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD! Anthony Neaves • Lawn mowing • Brush cutting • Pruning

NATUROPATH Your Professional Health Coach Tracey Lee Morley ND DBM 24 years Experienced Practitioner

• Hedge trimming • Rubbish removal 0421 699 872 • Pressure cleaning • BBQ cleaning nicetomowyou@gmail.com • Pensioner discount

GRAPHIC DESIGN

0266 841219

Poor Digestion? Tired? Lethargic?

Bloated? Nauseous? Wind?

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PAINTING

LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATION Specialising in • all styles of paving & brickwork • irrigation • retaining walls • turf areas• water features and all aspects of paving and landscaping.

Professional Painting & Decorating

Specialising in: Customer Service, Residential Homes, Interiors & Exteriors

Joel Watson 0404 202 415 Fully insured

Lic No. 211420C

PEST CONTROL

• Comprehensive management plans & property inspections • Spray-free cockroach treatments • Non-toxic termite control If you have found termites do not disturb them! Contact us for advice.

6672 4400 or after hours on 0414 769 018 • www.sanctuarypest.com.au

Philip Toovey 0409 799 909 ph/fax 02 6684 3208

0404 193 933

PLUMBING & GAS SOLUTIONS Blocked drains? New water heater?

Personalised, professional approach to your plumbing requirements.

NSW Lic 204860C Qld Lic 28721

Call your local plumber

MYOB TRAINING GEOFFREY COLWILL Certified consultant, BAS agent.................................................02 6679 4231

www.tweedecho.com.au

Fast delivery and friendly staff. Your local skip operator. We live work and play in Kingscliff. Call Mick & Jo 0418 992 111.

Share a bin with your neighbour!

SCREENPRINTING

SOLAR INSTALLATIONS •INSTALLATIONS •REPAIRS & SUPPLIES

Servicing this area for 11 years.

SOLAR SYSTEMS Lic. Electrical Contractors

Your local installer dealing in Sharp Solar Modules, Australian made Latronic Inverters and Century/Yuasa batteries. Specialists in Standalone and Grid Interact Solar Power Systems.

P: 02 6679 7228 E: sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com www.sunbeamsolar.com.au

Northern Solar Pty Ltd

Solar Power Systems & Electrical Quality solar power systems, after sales service and maintenance program Contact Darren or Jenny – phone 0427 661 421 or email info@northernsolar.com.au Lic No. 230119C CEC No. A7271144

WEB DESIGN

CALL LUKE 0407 119 910

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK No. 12 Greg Chappell Drive, Burleigh Heads • 07 5522 1400

www.emailnewsletter.com.au

0409 848 800

• Toilet repairs • Tap repairs • Blocked drains • Gasfitting • Hot water • Emergencys – 24 hours 7 days • 10% pensioner discount

Black Orchid

michael.umback@emailnewsletter.com.au

Nathan 0432 511 579 Tristan 0458 025 747 plumbjet@gmail.com

• Same day response • 10% pensioner discount • All plumbing & maintenance • Plumbing & gasfitting • Guttering & downpipe replacement

Gentlemen’s Retreat

Let me help you market your business effectively with eNewsletter, Automated eMails, Birthday eCards, Promotional eBlasts. p: Michael on 0402 728 207

0418 992 111

Available 24/7. FREE quotes.

Venus Lounge

MARKETING

Give us a call to do the trip to the tip!

PLUMBING

Whatever your plumbing needs we have the answer.

OUTCALLS AVAILABLE – OPEN 7 DAYS

Lic 06105 NSW

Ph/Fx 02 6677 9443 Mob 0421 251 477

MASTER PLASTER 20 years experience, best price. Lic 90972C ..................................0433 800 333

ADM PLUMBING SERVICES No job too small. Lic 234528C .............................Adam 0466 992 483

17 Morton Street, Chinderah • 02 6674 5020

FREE PICK UP

All scrap metal, white goods, farm machinery 4WD access • Local towing service

PLASTERING

EXCAVATOR BOBCAT & WATER TRUCK

LICENSED BROTHELS

COWBOYS CAR REMOVALS

Skip bin size 2m, 3m, 4m, 6m Est. 1994

• TIP TRUCKS • FLOAT • TRUCK & DOGS • DRIVEWAYS • ROADS • HOUSE PADS • CLEARING • DRAINAGE • CARPARKS • BUSH ROCKS • ROCK WORK • MACHINE TICKETS ALL MATERIAL DELIVERIES Ph: Quentin

Call Gary now for a free quote 0421 999 018 or 02 6676 0098

ARACHNID PEST MANAGEMENT Environmentally friendly ......................................0409 497 706

RELAX – Safe, effective pest control is our business

various implements available for limited access projects

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialist.................................................................0412 161 564

www.tweedskips.com.au

Over 20 yrs experience - friendly reliable service Ring Dean on 0417 856 212

TINY EARTHWOR

6 GENERATIONS IN ROOFING

ROOF RESTORATIONS • RE-ROOFING • REPAIRS • FREE QUOTES

Honest, reliable, all work guaranteed.

6681 4163 / 0414 674 110 • www.roofingcraftsmen.com.au

Ph: 02 6680 3025 Mob: 0429 801 320

FIX.MATE Building maintenance & repairs ..................................................................02 6689 7515

ROOFING CRAFTSMEN

1446 Coolamon Scenic Drive Mullumbimby

www.alternative-natural-remedies.com.au

This may lead to serious long term health problems such as obesity, migraine and diabetes to name a few.

Call Naturopath / Nutritionist / Herbalist Barry Donnelly

HANDY PERSONS

ROOFING

REMOVALISTS • Local • Country • interstate

WEDDING SERVICES

LOCAL • Sydney • GOLd COASt • BriSBAne • MeLBOurne

PERFECT WEDDINGS Diane Paludi. www.callacelebrant.com...................................0402 432 179

mullumbimbyremovals@bigpond.com

WINDOW TINTING

02 6684 2198

THE SHIRE FREIGHT CO

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane Mon & Wed • Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

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Classifieds

CLASSIFIEDS 02 6672 2280

PHONE ADS

Ads may be taken by phone on

02 6672 2280

9am-12pm Wednesday 9am-5pm Monday to Friday Ads not taken on the weekend

BY POST

PO Box 545 Murwillumbah 2484

DEADLINE

12pm Wednesday

LINE CLASSIFIEDS RATES

$15.00 for the first two lines (minimum charge) $5.00 for each extra line

DISPLAY CLASSIFIEDS RATES

Black & white 4cm x 1 column $35.20 (minimum charge) Colour 12cm x 2 columns $265 – premium position – 1 only

PAYMENT

Cash, cheque or credit card – Mastercard or Visa Prepayment is required for all ads Account enquiries: 02 6684 1777

HEALTH

MOTOR VEHICLES

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING. with Nick Devoy.

0408300150

MITSUBISHI L300 1985 4x4van, reg till Dec, exc rebuilt 2.6 Magna eng, exc gearbox, 5 new tyres, $1500. 0421509291

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE Free STI/HIV checkups Clinics Murwillumbah & Tweed For appointment phone 0755066850

SUBARU LIBERTY 93 auto wagon, 4WD reliable, good cond, rego 08/12 $3300 ono.

Ph 0428073346

Sexual Counselling

SUBARU FORESTER 99 man, 12 mths rego, 243,000km, $6500 ono. 66841866

Alison Rahn qualified sex therapist www.alisonrahn.com.au 0432599812

TOYOTA CAMRY Station wagon 96, 175000km. New engine, radiator, timing belt. G/C. $5500 ono. Ph 0421725721

KINESIOLOGY

BARGAINS

Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies.

SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. 66846914 QUIT SMOKING IN 60 MINUTES How? Ask Ingrid phone 66803827 KA HUNA BODYWORK IN KINGSCLIFF MASSAGE Bring the joy of life to your body.

Ph Susan 0418726877

TREE SERVICES

Toyota Prado Grande Auto, AC, PS, dual fuel, bull bar, tow bar, 8 seater, 5/12 rego. AHC13A .............................$10,950 8 Seater Toyota Van Auto, AC, PS, fantastic cond. 3/12 rego. VGX335 $5,495 2000 Commodore Wagon Auto, AC, PS, 2/12 rego. Very tidy. TA39TA ... $5,250 Toyota Corolla Auto, 4 door, 81,000km immaculate, log book. RXQ934 .... $4,950 Convertible Ford Capri 5 speed, alloys, AC, PS, 5/12 rego. Perfect for summer cruising. YXK419 ............. $2,550

50 CARS UNDER $10,000

www.dealcars.net

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

6686 5586 PUBLIC NOTICES

ECHO ECHO DOUBLE DEAL

Double your exposure. Your ad will appear in over 44,000 newspapers weekly. Ask us about our great deals when you advertise in both THE TWEED SHIRE ECHO & THE BYRON SHIRE ECHO Phone 02 66722280 or 02 66841777

touch-in massage

www.touch-inmassage.com.au

6684 6982 / 0403 730 304 Pregnancy massage course Oct 1 - $150 Psychosomatic Connections & Energywork course Oct 8/9 - $290

masti m adler

Voice Dialogue Training Level 1, self exploration and professional development Sat/Sun, October 8 & 9 with Ana Barner anabarner@voicedialogue.net 6684 7158, 0410 740 420

LOST?

FIND YOURSELF AT THE RUG SHOP BANGALOW

ON A TIGHT BUDGET?

Need an interest free loan?

Contact the Byron Community Centre on 6685 6807or visit our website www.byroncentre.com.au look under Community Services, NILS for more information.

SPIRITUAL SHARI NG WEEKEND October 8 & 9 @ Gunnebah Retreat Centre

A weekend of spiritual giving and receiving For more info go to www.gunnebah.com.au/ssw

or call 02 6679 1565

EMERGENCY NUMBERS Please stick this by your phone

AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE .............................................................. 000 AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay .................................131 233 BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Sea & road rescue...................6685 1999 BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER ...................................6685 0148 MULLUMBIMBY HOSPITAL ......................................................6684 2266 BYRON BAY HOSPITAL ............................................................6685 6200 POLICE Brunswick Heads .......................................................6685 1277 Mullumbimby ..............................................................6684 2144 Byron Bay ...................................................................6685 9499 Bangalow ....................................................................6687 1404 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding.6684 3444 AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ................................6622 1555 AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics .......... 6685 9690, 6680 4429 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours....................................6686 8599 ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) .........................................6628 1358 LIFELINE .........................................................................................131 114 MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men)..6622 2240 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily ...............................1800 423 431 NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE ..................................................6684 1286 NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE ...........................6687 2520 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ...............................1800 656 463 GAMBLERS’ ANONYMOUS Meet 7.30pm Tuesdays at Byron Hospital Group Room, Shirly St, Byron Bay......................0466 885 820 NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS...............................6628 1866 KOALA HOTLINE........................................................6622 1233 GEORGE THE SNAKE MAN.................................................0407 965 092 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES)..........6628 1898

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MOTOR BIKES FOR ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE NEEDS!

• REMOVALS • PALMS • TREE SURGERY • PROFESSIONAL CLIMBERS •12”, 15” & 18” CHIPPER • FREE QUOTES • FULLY INSURED ‘CERT. HORT/ARB’ • STUMP GRINDING • TREE REPORTS & DA APPLICATIONS

Carmine 6685 4015 - 0401 208 797

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

ACE MOWING & GARDENING • LOWEST PRICES • RUBBISH REMOVED • PENSIONER DISCOUNT • FRIENDLY HONEST RELIABLE SERVICE RING RAY FOR ALL YOUR MOWING AND GARDENING NEEDS

M 0422 094 090 AH 02 6677 6220

FOR SALE CORNER UNIT for TV, stereo, DVD etc, $800. Phone 0412221576, 66807891

BAMBOO PLY

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring.

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.

Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order.

Brims Builders Hardware, Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES

- HONEST & RELIABLE Best rates & service in the Shire.

Phone Matt 0427172684

helenluna.com.au

locally made jewellery & wedding rings

YAMAHA TY 175 $1200. Phone 0412196200

BUSINESS FOR SALE

BANORA PT 71 Laura St, 8am-11am Sat, lots of baby & kids items & more.

We need a fun and enthusiastic person to join our pre-school activity program. Experience with children including parenting, coaching, babysitting etc. If you would like to get paid to have fun email us at jcmoore@littlekickers.com.au

TUITION TAFE TESOL COURSE 5 week p/t course in Byron to teach English o’seas. Beg 10 Oct $1000. penelope.beaumont@tafensw.edu.au Ballina TAFE, 66818923

MUSICAL NOTES BAND FOR HIRE “Good Times” Rock Blues.

60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and current.

Parties, Weddings, Functions, Flexible Rates. Ph: 0447671898

PETS

MINIMUM of 3 hectares of flattish land (7.5 acres) to either buy or lease long term (with option to purchase) for a rural enterprise. With or without a Dwelling Entitlement or existing home or building(s).

Ideally within 15km of Billinudgel or along the Tweed Valley Way to Murwillumbah.

Phone 66802752

HOLIDAY ACCOM. FAMILY ACCOMMODATION ukigardenvilla.com

BJ

SHARE ACCOM. NUNDERI 2br, study, priv bthrm, internet + elect incl $250pw + bond. 0428846053

First quarter September 5 03:19

LOCAL REMOVAL

Third quarter September 20 23:39

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SEPTEMBER 2011 Astronomical data and tides

Moon High tide, Low tide, set height (m) height (m) 2101 1024,1.71; 2245,1.59 0407,0.15; 1637,0.22 2209 1115,1.70; 2339,1.43 0451,0.24; 1736,0.29 2314 1209,1.66 0539,0.34; 1842,0.37 0039,1.28; 1309,1.61 0631,0.45; 1956,0.43 0017 0148,1.17; 1416,1.56 0733,0.54; 2115,0.46 0115 0309,1.12; 1530,1.55 0845,0.58; 2228,0.45 0206 0425,1.14; 1638,1.56 0957,0.57; 2328,0.41 0252 0525,1.20; 1735,1.59 1101,0.53 0333 0613,1.28; 1822,1.61 0015,0.37; 1155,0.48 0410 0654,1.35; 1902,1.62 0055,0.33; 1242,0.43 0443 0730,1.40; 1939,1.60 0129,0.31; 1323,0.40 0515 0804,1.45; 2014,1.57 0200,0.30;1400,0.38 0546 0837,1.49; 2046,1.53 0229,0.31; 1437,0.37 0617 0909,1.52; 2120,1.47 0257,0.33; 1514,0.38 0649 0942,1.53; 2154,1.40 0325,0.36; 1551,0.40 0723 1015,1.53; 2230,1.32 0355,0.40; 1631,0.44 0800 1052,1.51; 2311,1.24 0427,0.46; 1714,0.49 0841 1133,1.48; 2357,1.16 0501,0.51; 1802,0.54 0926 1220,1.44 0544,0.57; 1900,0.58 1015 0052,1.10; 1317,1.41 0635,0.63; 2010,0.59 1110 0201,1.06; 1423,1.41 0741,0.65; 2122,0.55 1208 0318,1.09; 1532,1.46 0856,0.63; 2225,0.47 1309 0427,1.17; 1634,1.55 1005,0.56; 2316,0.36 1412 0520,1.28; 1729,1.64 1105,0.46 1517 0608,1.41; 1819,1.72 0001,0.26; 1200,0.34 1624 0653,1.55; 1907,1.77 0045,0.17; 1252,0.23 1731 0738,1.67; 1957,1.76 0127,0.12; 1345,0.15 1840 0824,1.77; 2046,1.70 0209,0.11; 1438,0.11 1950 0912,1.83; 2138,1.60 0252,0.14; 1531,0.10 2059 1000,1.84; 2232,1.48 0337,0.21; 1629,0.15

All times Eastern Standard Time.

Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less.

Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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ability in line with where it was twelve months ago with 34.6 per cent of the average family income going towards loan repayments.’

National manager of Deposit Power, Keith Levy, said, ‘Confidence in the sector is subdued; the government needs to provide home buyers, particularly first home buyers, with a sign that the property market is strong.

‘The Australian property market will always experience increases and decreases in growth; however, given Australians generally take out 25–30

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When housing affordability improved slightly during the March quarter of 2011 for the first time in more than two years, the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) expressed caution not to get too excited about the 1.1 percentage point change.

‘As expected, the brief improvement was short lived,’ said REIA acting president Pamela Bennett.

‘In June 2011 affordability deteriorated once again, with an increase of 0.4 percentage points in the proportion of income required to meet loan repayments. This brings afford-

government to look at ways it can assist home buyers in entering the property market and achieving the dream of home ket, it maintains underlying ownership.’ strength. With loans to first REIA’s recommendations home buyers down 2.1 per cent in the past twelve months, we would encourage action from

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Noticeboard Pottsville meet Tweed MP Geoff Provest has been invited to speak at this month’s general meeting of the Pottsville Community Association on Tuesday, September 27, at 7.45pm in the Pottsville Community Hall. The items to be discussed include the need for a high school in the Pottsville area, the pedestrian/traffic safety issues requiring a bypass of the current Pottsville shops, CSG in the Tweed and policing issues in the Tweed. For info call Ron on 0412 751 210.

Garden clubs Tweed Coast Garden Association is having a Sausage Sizzle at a park in Casuarina on September 27 starting at 10am. Cost is $5pp including morning tea and lunch. You will need to bring a chair and a mug. We are a friendly, social club and we are currently welcoming new members.

For enquiries phone 02 6676 4402.

Uki Garden Club’s monthly meeting is this Saturday, Sept 24. The food group will meet on October 11. For info call David on 02 6679 5551.

VIEW club Twin Towns Day VIEW Club’s next monthly luncheon will be held on Thursday October 6, 10.30am for 11am start at the South Tweed Sports Club. The theme will be country and western with entertainment provided by Gail Read. Cost is $22, to book call Freda on 07 5524 1357 before Oct 4.

Murwillumbah Day View Club meeting will be held at Sporties, formally Murwillumbah Bowling Club, on Monday, September 25, starting with morning tea at 10am and lunch at 12.30pm. A fashion parade will be presented by P

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Toastmasters Looking to form a new club, meeting twice a month, 3pm–5pm on a Sunday. The focus is on communication and leadership development, while at the same time encouraging good friendships and fun. For info call Gary on 0438 889 919 or visit high.ttm@gmail.com.

Table tennis On Saturday, October 8 from 9am Coolangatta Seniors Centre will be celebrating one year of social table tennis. Free games of table tennis and a free morning tea will be offered to all who attend.

Coolangatta seniors Bingo, $1000 major cash prize, Tuesdays 9.30am. All welcome at Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre, 2 Gerrard Street. For info call 07 5536 4050.

Respite volunteers Tweed Valley Respite Service, a notfor-profit community organisation, is seeking a volunteer board member to fill the vacant position of treasurer, accounting and financial management/planning experience required. The board meets the 4th Tuesday of every month 3.30pm–6pm. For info call Rebecca on 02 6672 0900, applications close September 30.

Navigation run The Apex Club of Murwillumbah will be holding a Navigation Run on Sunday, September 25, where families and friends are invited to attend to help raise funds for our club and increase our membership on the day. The event starts at Knox Park in Murwillumbah at 9.30am with the first car leaving at 10am, with a BBQ being provided and prizes to be given for placegetters.

Cost is $15 per car, to enter call Mark on 0413 650 738.

Free concert To be held at Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre on Monday , September 26, at 1pm, visitors welcome. This month’s concert features Fiddle In The Middle and their repertoire of vocal harmonies of Australian songs with an added Celtic touch. BYO lunch/nibbles, tea/coffee available for $1.50 per bottomless cup. To book call 07 5536 4050 or call in at 2 Gerrard Street Coolangatta.

Men’s a’cappella Are you of the male variety, can sing and possess a sense of comedy, then come and join Men Wot Sing a’cappella singers.

We perform at various functions, weddings, corporate gigs, festivals, and charities. Check us out on menwotsing.com.au or call Lou on 0419 735 633.

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radio for years and is now with 4CRB. Visitors and new members welcome at meetings and on the club’s monthly outings, for info call Gerry 07 5523 0028.

Girl Guides The Annual Guiding Get-Together is to be held at the home of Anne Biddulph, 64 Laura Street, Banora Point on Wednesday, October 26, at 11am.All persons who have been associated with guiding at any time either past or present, local or interstate are invited to come along and enjoy a great day. For info call Pat on 02 6674 4622.

Family history Tweed Gold Coast Family History and Heritage Association: if you wish to trace your family history and don’t know where or how to begin, come along to our meeting or visit our room in the Sth Tweed Sports Club which is open 10am–7pm on Tuesday, 10am–4pm Wed to Friday, 9.30am–3pm Saturday. For info call Noelene 07 5599 8939.

A’cappella choir, if you like to sing, come along on Thursday evening 6.30pm at the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Golf Club auditorium, Soorley St, Tweed Heads South. New members welcome. For info visit http://voiceweavers.brettlogan.com or call Brett 0418 754 868 Jan 07 5536 1078.

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U3A Twin Towns, Coolangatta, Tugun, Tweed Heads have various interesting classes for everyone, from exercises, dance, singing to the more academic pursuits. The Japanese class has been running now for four weeks and is very popular. For info call 07 5534 7333 before noon. U3A Twin Towns general meeting will be held at 10am on Tuesday, September 27, at 4 Boyd Street, Tugun and will be followed by a luncheon. All

AOOB Twin Towns branch, results of the Fathers Day Raffle drawn on August 31: 1st prize D. Zahn, 2nd prize J. McLaughlin, 3rd prize B. Lincoln.

Probus clubs Banora Point Probus Club meets on September 26, at South Tweed Sports Club. Guest speaker is Maurie Service who has been on Gold Coast

Tweed/Coolangatta and District ExServicewomen’s Association will hold its next meeting on Monday, Sep 26, at 9.30am in the Anzac Room, Twin Towns Services Club. For info call Hilary on 07 5536 8054.

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U3A Tweed Coast, First Friday Forum to be held on October 7 at the Kingscliff Uniting Church, Pearl Street at 2pm. Be entertained to some jazz, afternoon tea served in the Church Hall, donation $2. All welcome.

Banora Pt community Banora Point Community Centre Senior Program has various groups available on Tuesday afternoons and all day Fridays. If you are interested in card playing, Stretch your Mind, Tai Chi, Mah Jong, Scrapbooking, Art, Scrabble, gentle exercise with weights call Lyn on 07 5523 2030. The centre is on the corner of Leisure and Woodland Drives, Banora Point.

ZONTA ZONTA Club of Southern Gold Coast/Tweed meets 3rd Monday of each month in Secret Garden Room, South Tweed Sports Club, 4 Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed. For info on community and international projects call Marie-Elise 0412 632 304 or Carolyn 0416 637 771.

Computers for seniors Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 10.30am in the Seagulls Club. Get computer advice and learn computer skills at your own pace in a friendly social environment. All welcome. For info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939 bh.

Bridge lessons Tweed Bridge Club bridge lessons for beginners start Saturday, October 8, at 9.15am, for info call Dinah on 02 6676 3136. New members welcome.

Hospital fete Donations of goods for Tweed Hospital Auxiliary’s annual fete to

be held October 8 being gratefully accepted and may be left at the hospital gift shop on 07 5506 7867.

Anyone interested in joining the auxiliary call Merle on 07 5536 1441.

Lifeball Lifeball is an exercise sport similar to netball but played at walking pace by senior men and women.

At Chindera: sessions held every Tuesday 9.30am–11.30am at Tweed Supersports Centre, Chinderah, for info call Jill 02 6674 0636 or George 02 6624 4558.

At Pottsville: men and women players needed, sessions every Thursday 9.30am to 11.30am at Pottsville Community Hall, Coast Road, Pottsville. For info call Ruth 02 6676 0411.

Low cost food Low cost food available at Elevation Care, 56 Caloola Drive, off Ducat St, Tweed Heads. Mondays 12pm– 2.30pm. Closed public holidays. Bring your pension card or students card plus your bags and receive low cost food for any struggling pensioner or student. For info call 07 5507 6999.

Encore program Registrations are now open for the free YWCA Encore exercise program.

This 8-week program runs for 2 hours a week starting on Friday, October 14, and is for any woman who has experienced breast cancer at any time in her life. Call 1800 305 150 for details and to register.

Tax help Tax return not in yet? Are your tax affairs straightforward? You could be eligible for free help to complete your tax return. Tax help is available at Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre until Friday, October 28. For information or to book call 02 6676 4555.

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If a week’s a long time in politics, four years is an eternity and councillors aren’t willing to let anyone serve that long.

The Tweed has had four mayors in four years, giving punters a chance to see how over half the crop of councillors perform in the leadership stakes. Cr Phil Youngblutt, who’s believed to be calling it a day from politics next September, has finally given the ‘morons’ out there, as he once fondly called them, a reason to cheer for him. Cr Phil was the kingmaker at Tuesday’s open vote when he swapped his crucial and longtime support for fellow National, Warren Polglase, to Cr Barry Longland, whom he once falsely called a Labor man. Former mayor Kevin Skinner seemed to take it on the chin, knowing from the start he didn’t have the numbers, but the real question was who would Joan van Lieshout vote for? In the end it didn’t matter, as Cr Youngblutt, perhaps wanting a more unified, less factionalised council before he bows out next year, gave Bazza not Wozza the nod.

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Three-year-old Cooper Miller-Ross enjoys the company of quintuplet Anglo-Nubian kids born earlier this month at Cooper’s grandfather’s farm near Uki (grandad of course had to keep the kids in line for the photo). Coincidentally, three years ago almost to the day when the Tweed Echo was launched, we featured a front-page photo of Cooper’s cousin Makoa with a related newborn goat we dubbed the ‘new kid on the block’ to celebrate our very first edition. The birth of these quintuplets on our third anniversary is what some would call an auspicious occasion.

non-pecuniary conflict of interest as she and husband Peter owned land which would be affected by the new dam. That gave the former mayor the casting vote in a 3-all locked vote and he used it twice to push the dam option, instead of the staff-recommended option of boosting capacity at the existing Clarrie Hall Dam. Cr Skinner now says Cr van Lieshout may think differently about the perceived conflict and take part in a vote, but Cr van Lieshout told The Echo on Tuesday she had always favoured raising the Clarrie Hall Dam wall, and that it would be silly to flood such a biodiverse area as Byrrill Creek.

Both she and her husband said they believe the federal government would quash the plan anyway. There you have it; surely we can now expect a quick vote to put an end to a big waste of ratepayers’ money.

With new mayor Longland known to be an opponent of the Byrrill Creek dam plan, reporters were quick to jump on the issue in the post-election press conference. What would he do to stop it? Well, he’d urge the state government, which recently announced a review of the water-sharing plan banning the dam, to have it completed as soon as possible, so the issue could come back to council for a vote. Council has spent almost $1 million in planning for the dam to date and only a vote of council will put a stop to it. The water sharing plan gazetted late last year banned the dam, but the former mayor and his factional allies who pushed it through in the first place lobbied successfully for the state ■ ■ ■ ■ government to review the ban. Lismore councillors have voted ■ ■ ■ ■ to postpone their controversial Last year, Cr van Lieshout de- attempt to take over the Richclined to vote on the conten- mond-Tweed Regional Library. tious dam, citing a ‘perceived’ Backburner understands that

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While its owner battles bankruptcy, the Tweed Coast Weekly has naturally had to make some economies. Documents released by the appointed administrator show that one economy the paper has made is to reduce its circulation to 10,000 copies.

Another economy is to avoid the bother of correcting the figure of 22,000 copies claimed on its masthead and website.

Lucky that the paper has never submitted its accounts to the Circulations Audit Board…

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Council GM Mike Rayner has told Cabarita residents he will not respond publicly to claims by their residents association that the financial modelling for a proposed $22-million caravan park on the beachfront is flawed. An association rep told Backburner that neither will he respond to their assertion that council’s claim the van park would be a significant boost to the local economy cannot be backed up. Surely the best way to clear the air is simply to release the financial modelling – that can’t be too hard.

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mayor Jenny Dowell was one of only two councillors to vote against the motion, which came after Ballina Council decided to explore other options to the Lismore takeover, while Byron Council rejected it out of hand. The official reason for the takeover bid is now redundant since the new state government recently passed legislation to allow the county council model under which the library has been operating. Tweed councillors have supported the takeover in principle, based on staff advice, much to the consternation of many Tweed residents.

That advice was criticised as outdated by opponents of the move, yet Cr Dot Holdom, who is a Tweed rep on the library committee, insists that the staff recommendation in support of the takeover is the way to go, because the service would otherwise be operating outside the Local Government Act and staff need workplace security.

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