Tweed Echo – Issue 1.12 – 13/11/2008 by Echo Publications

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Ballerinas prepare to dance up a storm

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Left-to-right: Erin Boyd, Tammy Dundon, Alana Woods and Adrienne Keevers strike a pose during rehearsal for the ballet ensemble performance in Sydney at school recently. Photo Luis Feliu

all over NSW will perform in it. Kingscliff High’s longtime dance teacher Robyn Ludeke said the girls have had to travel to Sydney regularly, initially for the audition and the subsequent rehearsals and performances. Tammy and Adrienne have also been studying for their Higher School Certificate (HSC), making

the task that much more arduous. ‘It is a huge commitment from the girls who are also in the North Coast item “Tribute to Beijing” with 110 other North Coast students,’ Ms Ludeke, who has been involved with the spectacular for 20 years, said. ‘The girls have all been involved in the Schools Spectacular before and all agree it is an inspiring experience.’

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Five Kingscliff High School students will do their school and shire proud later this month when they dance in the 25th annual Schools Spectacular in Sydney. Erin Boyd, Adrienne Keevers, Tammy Dundon, Alana Woods and Margot Robertshaw have been selected in the ballet ensemble to perform in the Spectacular at the Entertainment Centre on November 28-29. The ballet item is called Depth of the Temple and 100 students from

Tweed mayor Joan van Lieshout has snubbed a Parliament House invitation in order to attend next week’s council meeting where her vote is expected to be pivotal in deciding whether two more contentious residential developments in Hastings Point get the go-ahead. Cr van Lieshout has stunned some of her colleagues by defying a council resolution to attend an ‘historic’ meeting in Canberra on Tuesday to hear how councils can cash-in on the government’s $600 million infrastructure program. Instead, she has confirmed she will stay in Murwillumbah to decide the future of the two three-storey hybrid multi dwellings bordering Cudgera Creek ahead of the expected introduction of new planning controls which the council has put on the backburner. Her controversial decision puts her in the hot seat with both developers and a majority of residents vying for her allegiance to break what appears certain to be a three-all council deadlock over the developments. Cr van Lieshout sent mixed signals this week about her intentions, but told The Echo she intended to support the developers if their buildings conform to the council’s planning regulations and ‘do not pollute the creek’.

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Residents rally for Hastings Pt Mayor snubs Canberra Up to 100 residents of Hastings Point rallied yet again to protest at the delay of a locality plan for the village. Tweed Shire Council at its last meeting deferred adopting a development control plan (DCP) for the village limiting densities and building heights to two storeys, sparking anger by residents who have fought for years to protect their village’s character against overdevelopment. Hastings Point Progress Association member Trish Mann said scores of locals turned up at the North Star Holiday Park for the meeting at short notice ‘via the grapevine’. ‘They are angry at the claims by developers that the community is opposed to the plans because it will “downzone” and devalue their properties,’ Ms Mann said. ‘The reality is a community committed to protecting their property value intact with protecting the environment that supports it. ‘R e s i d e nt s are c on cerned their children can no longer swim in an estuary which is contaminated. They are concerned at the loss of species in the area. They are concerned that proposed underground carparks and massive soil disturbance is polluting the whole estuary.

Val and Les Robson bought their home at Hastings Point in 1967 and have watched their land value go from $1200 to $447,000 as development takes place. The couple don’t want any more developers moving in and are fighting to protect the unique character of the sleepy coastal village they retired to 20 years ago.

‘The community calls for ecologically sustainable development endorsed by the law, the experts and authorities so that the character and environment of the hamlet is not destroyed. ‘They are concerned that this untimely delay will allow large developments to be approved contrary to the position of Council’s own planning department who are of the opinion that the village does need interim controls. ‘Council’s expert opinion and much legal authority indicates that the developments proposed are not consistent

with the desired future character of the area. ‘Certainly, if the permanent owner residents who live in Hastings Point had any say, and their letters, surveys and submissions had any weight, these developments could only be classed as undesirable. ‘If the community can wait 12 years for controls, developers can wait six months while the experts get the controls in the form of a locality plan.’ Council is set to vote on whether to adopt the plan at its meeting next Tuesday (November 18).

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Community watchdog group Tweed Monitor has called for mayor Joan van Lieshout to be sacked. In a letter to the local government minister Barbara Perry, group spokesperson Jerry Cornford said that since her election six weeks ago, Cr van Lieshout had twice met with developers (Gales Holdings and Metricon) without the attendance of the council professional staff as required under council’s rules of conduct. ‘You should note that two previous Local Government Department inquiries into the former council (including the Bulford Report) found that similar conduct by members of the dismissed council was both improper and against the community interest,’ Mr Cornford wrote. ‘In addition, Ms van Lieshout has given vocal public support to the development aspirations of the Gales Holdings development group in their efforts to establish a strip mall shopping complex at Chinderah, despite the fact that the proposal is in violation of council’s own Retail Development Strategy for the shire. ‘We ask that you give serious consideration to dismissing Ms van Lieshout from the position of mayor before this shire again finds itself the subject of another local government inquiry.’

But residents say she has told them she wants to give Hastings Point special treatment to protect what she described as a very special place and are hopeful she will keep an open mind on issues. ‘She indicated she is going to do something for us and she has agreed to come and see the impacts of these proposed developments and how they are likely to set a precedent on Monday,’ said local resident Richard Gow. Cr van Lieshout told The Echo this week: ‘These developments have gone a long way down the track and I would like to see a compromise where we could allow them to go ahead, perhaps with certain restrictions. ‘After they’re dealt with, I’m happy that Hastings Point gets a development control plan limiting building heights to two storeys.’ Cr van Lieshout, who is married to a millionaire property developer, defended developers in general, saying that while they sometimes stood to make a lot of money, they also risked a lot. ‘I don’t like to see people being squeezed just because they are developers. It’s a dirty word to some and it’s sad,’ she said. ‘Some of them try to get away with murder but others try to come in line with requirements. I don’t like seeing

He said it would also fly in the face of a report by the council’s consultants who found that ‘multi-dwelling buildings’ needed to be avoided until new density and height controls were imposed to protect the village’s character and its unique environment. It would also ignore a council survey which found that 76 people out of 85 were opposed to building residential units as well as the 100 people who attended at a rally in the village

council resolution to attend the summit after trying in vain to persuade Cr Longland to take her place. She was advised to make a statement to the council explaining that the decision to send her was made before the council voted to change the next meeting date to Tuesday, which coincided with the Canberra meeting. ‘I would have liked to have gone and I tried to amend the council meeting date so I

last week calling on the council to bring in the long-overdue controls. Mr O’Reilly said one of the developments Ms van Lieshout referred to was a threestorey hybrid unit building which was being resubmitted after a court ruled that council consent granted 12 months

could but I was unsuccessful,’ she said. ‘But it’s only for one day and I will be able to get the information sent to me afterwards. “There will be about 600 mayors there and the only thing I’ll miss out on is seeing the Prime Minister but I feel my place is with the council at this early stage just weeks after our election.’ Cr Longland confirmed Cr van Lieshout asked him to go in her place last Friday, saying there were ‘important things’ coming up at next week’s council meeting. ‘I was astounded when she told me that she had decided not to go,’ said Cr Longland. He said he shared the concerns of Hastings Point residents that she might support two developments which would be prohibited under new controls recommended by council planners, their consultants and the NSW Planning Department. ‘I can’t see how we could even be considering approval of more three-storey buildings against all the evidence,’ Cr Longland said. ‘It’s simply madness and defies all logic.’ Council general manager Mike Rayner recommended that the mayor accept a ministerial invitation to attend the meeting which he said was aimed at establishing a ‘regular dialogue with local government on issues of national significance’. ‘The association will give local communities a real voice in the future of Australia’s national infrastructure,’ he said, adding that a report indicated that the government was prepared to fast-track up to $600 million in spending on small infrastructure projects to bolster economic activity.

‘These developments have gone a long way down the track and I would like to see a compromise where we could allow them to go ahead, perhaps with certain restrictions.’ people go bankrupt.’ Cr van Lieshout said she had met with the developers in the presence of a council officer as well as residents and would assess the two developments in further detail at a workshop on the shire’s major projects this week. But members of the local progress association, who were counting on deputy mayor Barry Longland to use his casting vote during her expected absence to bring in the new planning controls and stymie the two developments, are wary that the council could approve the projects and again delay the hard-fought planning controls. Scores of residents are expected to pack the public gallery to watch the council’s first real test of whether they side with the community and planners by bringing in the new controls or developers by delaying them further. Association lawyer and spokesman John O’Reilly said if the mayor backed the developments it would contradict her reported public statements that decisions should be made on merit and benefit the wider community.

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ago failed to take into account its cumulative impact on the environment. ‘If it’s approved again by the councillors we will have no option but to appeal the decision,’ he said. ‘We are already challenging a three-storey residential resort comprising 262 units which was able to sneak in under the wire because of ongoing and inexplicable delays in bringing in new density and height controls over the past 12 years. ‘To inflict these two totally inappropriate developments on the residents at the 11th hour and involve them in the expense of further litigation against all reasonable and sound advice would be beyond belief.’ Mr O’Reilly also rejected what he described as a myth being spread by developers that the association was seeking to downzone the village, saying the new controls would not change the current mediumdensity residential zoning. Cr van Lieshout said she approached the council’s public officer Neal Baldwin about the legalities of ignoring the

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Seabreeze shopping centre stopped Ken Sapwell

Metricon’s hopes of winning a lucrative slice of the Tweed’s retail market with a major shopping centre on Pottsville’s Seabreeze estate were dashed when a judge found it contravened the council’s retail strategy and threatened shops in the village centre. But while the Melbournebased company and its joint partner, the Peninsula Group, failed to punch a hole in the council’s planning laws, they may have dented its longstanding strategy to retain South Tweed Heads as the shire’s retail hub. Senior Commissioner John Roseth said in his judgement handed down in the Land and Environment Court this week that everyone involved in the hearing agreed that an alternative site for a big supermarket would be needed one day. ‘The ease or difficulty of finding the site is likely to influence the council when it considers whether a change to its retail strategy is justified,’ he said. Dr Roseth said the community was split over the full-line supermarket, speciality shops, petrol station, childcare centre and a kiosk, but without a

survey it was impossible to tell who was in the majority. Residents in favour believed the supermarket in the village was too small and expensive and the alternative of travelling to Tweed Heads or Kingscliff too long, while those opposed were worried about ‘traffic, parking and the commotion it would attract.’ He found that ‘there is a huge likelihood of the demise of the Pottsville village centre’ if the development went ahead, adding that these fears had been

days before the court case was scheduled to begin. Council staff refused to attend the meeting which was subsequently aborted after Pottsville business chamber president and project critic, Tania Murdock, insisted on being present. Ms Murdock yesterday applauded the decision, saying the centre’s size and density was inappropriate for the site. She said it had grown in size by 1800 per cent from a 2,200-square-metre centre

‘Building a full-line supermarket with associate commercial activities within the estate is inconsistent with the council’s planning controls and retail strategy.’ expressed by local traders who had mostly set up in recent years. The two companies, who were appealing against the council’s deemed refusal of their plans for a shopping centre on the fast-growing estate, have declined to comment on the outcome. The decision follows a controversial attempt by the two companies to ‘brief’ new Tweed mayor Joan van Lieshout and councillors on their project just

under the developer’s original master plan for the estate to what was bordering on a district shopping centre totalling 40,000 square metres, including future commercial development. Ms Murdock said the commissioner’s decision vindicated the policies and judgement of the council’s professional ranks. Tweed Council’s chief planner Vince Connell said the decision reinforced the council’s original planning for the estate

which included a small centre servicing the local neighbourhood which did not threaten the existing village centre. ‘The decision also responds to the concerns of existing residents in the Seabreeze estate in terms of protecting the amenity and discouraging the types of high impact uses put forward by Metricon in the proposal,’ he said. Mr Connell said he also saw it as a vindication of council’s retail policy which supported retail development within the existing centres and was backed by the shire’s strategic plan and a coastal regional strategy. But some councillors have indicated they want the strategy reviewed to cater more for shoppers on the southern end of the coast. Dr Roseth said: ‘The judgement concludes that building a full-line supermarket with associate commercial activities within the estate is inconsistent with the council’s planning controls and retail strategy and that such a development would severely impact on the Pottsville village centre. ‘Given those planning controls and the council’s policy to protect the Pottsville Centre, the proposal should not proceed.’

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Practical joke on teacher proves a winner A practical joke in the classroom has created more attention than two young students bargained for, with the end result praised by judges in the annual Les Peterkin Portrait Prize for Children recently. Ocean Shores students Tal Galper’s and Omri Benharush’s fantastical depiction of their teacher ‘Mr Cooper’ has been framed and will be exhibited on the wall of the Tweed River Art Gallery in the 12th annual Les Peterkin Portrait Prize. This year over 1400 students from 20 different Tweed and Byron shire primary schools entered the award. A total of 44 of the best works are on exhibit from November 20 till December 7 at the Tweed River Art Gallery. The teacher, Phil Cooper, described the pair as ‘good rat-

Tyalgum Public School students Leyton Payton (left) and Owen Bruin choose a portrait which puts a smile on their face in the Les Peterkin Prize’s Children’s Choice award. The collage they are viewing is ‘What’s Going On’ by Taylah Laine of Cudgen.

bags with a lot of get up and go’. The boys depicted their teacher with tusks and demonic eyes to match this year’s competition’s theme ‘Fantasy’.

The collaborative work was praised by judges for its ‘liberal and expressive use of blue biro ink and imaginative subject matter’.

Dragons, demons, Frankenstein and aliens were favourite subjects in the prize although visitors to the gallery will also discover flying pigs, queen butterflies and princesses. Creativity in any form is encouraged in this annual art competition named after wellknown local artist and art teacher Mr Les Peterkin and coordinated by Tyalgum School. The category winners are: Murwillumbah South’s Sharnae Hayes (5-7 years), Tom Guinea from Murwillumbah East (8-10 years), Taiki Tomizawa (11-13 years) of Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School and four students from Centaur School who shared equal first in the special education category. Ryan Benton of Tweed Heads South Public School won the new category, Children’s Choice.

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key to all the dishes I create, and I believe it is important to source local produce and support our local farmers and artisans,’ Mr Pieper said. ‘The arrival of these markets means you can now take home some of the finest fresh produce and ingredients we use and recommend in our kitchens. I love discovering delicious fresh food at farmers’ markets. They’re a real grass roots experience and fun for all the family,’ Mr Pieper said. The markets give cus-

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Cardboard coffins don’t cost the earth Luis Feliu

Several years ago, Burringbar artists Julie Ward and Evelyn Jones had to deal with the loss of family members and the subsequent grief. Julie dealt with it by painting a local panorama to sit near her dad’s coffin at the funeral while Evelyn painted her mother’s casket. ‘It was really nice and brought a personal dimension to the whole grieving process and helped both of us in our healing,’ Julie said. At the time, the pair were running an art gallery/studio in Burringbar and when the building was sold, they wanted to continue with their art work and create another business so came up with the idea of designing coffins, preferably environmentally-friendly ones. ‘It was an economic decision at first, as six years ago when mum died I went to a funeral home to choose a casket and saw the chipboard coffin which looked awful so I decided to paint it with the family crest, angels, flowers and more... I turned a really ugly coffin into something beautiful and special and relating to mum,’ Evelyn said. ‘The reaction from mum’s friends at the funeral gave me the idea later to do this because they all just loved it.’ Julie said that when her

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Evelyn said dealing with funeral homes made grieving for family members harder and more expensive ‘with chipboard coffins and all the extras’ so they decided to start their own funeral-wares business after undertaking a New Enterprise Incentive Scheme program. Calling themselves The Rose and Lily Funeral Wares, the women converted a shed on their property into a factory and started designing and painting environmentally-friendly cardboard coffins from mostly recycled paper or cardboard

Sufferers aim to catch their breath Time to take a deep breath and step out in support of your lungs. TWEEDALS, a support group for people suffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), has challenged other North Coast areas to see who can walk the most metres in the Catch Our Breath Walk on Wednesday, November 19. The Tweed Airway Limitation Support Group (TWEEDALS) provides support for people who have chronic lung

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conditions such as emphysema, bronchiectasis, asthma, chronic bronchitis or pulmonary fibrosis. The group meets on the last Monday of the month from February-November in the Allan Millard Room at the Tweed Hospital between 3pm-4pm (DST). Whether it’s a walk of 50 metres or five kilometres, the TWEEDALS are also inviting community support for World COPD Day. The event will be held behind the Tweed Hos-

pital, corner of Florence Street and Francis Street, Tweed Heads, at 9am (NSW time). Each event will tally the distances walked collectively and this distance will be plotted across a map of Australia. The Australian Lung Foundation estimates that about one million Australians have some form of COPD, which is the fifth leading cause of death in Australia. There is a toll free support hotline for the Lung Foundation: 1800 654 301.

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Tempers flare in the Bearpit Alex Mitchell

Tempers became frayed in State Parliament on mini-budget day when North Coast Liberal Catherine Cusack accused Treasurer Eric Roozendaal of being ‘a two-faced, backstabbing, double-dealing bastard’. The slanging match broke out in the Upper House on Tuesday evening when Cusack, shadow minister for fair trading, attacked the mini-budget’s impact on the North Coast where she lives. ‘Labor has again delivered a special kick in the guts for the far North Coast,’ she said. ‘The news on the Pacific Highway is worse because it is a decision that will tragically cost lives. The mini-budget slashes $245 million from our hard fought for and desperately needed Pacific Highway upgrades, including the Tintenbar to Ewingsdale section, which addresses the horrific St Helena black spot.’ Turning to Roozendaal, who had just delivered the minibudget in the lower house, Cusack said: ‘You have toyed with the families of our region, you have smashed their hard work and their hopes of a solution. ‘You have slapped the faces

and ignored the tears and pleas of those whose lives have been destroyed by this vicious strip of bitumen and whom you tricked into believing was going to be fixed. You are a twofaced, backstabbing, doubledealing bastard. You have no business being in politics.’ Labor’s Greg Donnelly interrupted to demand Cusack withdraw her ‘unparliamentary’ language and Cusack told the chamber: ‘I withdraw the words that offended the member’. Before her time expired, Cusack also condemned the axing of subsidies for petrol in northern NSW to make a saving of $44 million. ‘It was the one program we had to cushion our businesses, which are trying to operate in competition with Queensland businesses in a type of economic war zone,’ she said. ‘The Queensland Government has proposed changes to its scheme, but the changes have not been confirmed and there is no commencement date. So the unilateral axing of the New South Wales petrolshading scheme, without consultation and without regard to timing or the detail of the Queensland reforms, is a king hit on local jobs.’

Rusty wrecks removed for free It may be a free metal collection for Tweed residents, but contractor ‘Cowboy’ John Mayer is at the mercy of scrapmetal prices. Mr Mayer’s Cowboys Car Removals is contracted to collect metal on behalf of Tweed Shire Council in the Murwillumbah and surrounding villages area and onsells it to scrap metal dealers on the Gold Coast. Another contractor does the pickups around Tweed Heads and Tweed Coast. As his business card says, ‘We’ll round ‘em up and move ‘em out!’ with Council picking up the tab for the service. Old farm machinery, car bodies, white goods, roofing iron and other metals can be collected as part of Council’s effort to clean up the shire, recycling wherever possible, as well as getting rid of sources of pollution. But Mr Mayer reckons it’s costing him as world metal prices drop. ‘They’re not buying our scrap overseas and the price is slowly dropping... but battery prices are up now, mainly because we recycle those here in Australia,’ he said. Adam Faulkner, Council’s acting waste and management coordinator said the original idea of the free metal collection was to help clean up the shire and recycle metal responsibly.

‘Cowboy’ John Mayer with some old rusty farming machinery he recently loaded on to his ute, destined to be recycled. Photo Annelie Ivarsson

‘Metal is quite easy to recycle so it is a good environmental outcome,’ he said. The service started 18 months ago and the council has collected 1000 tonnes of metal. Very little goes to waste. ‘We still try to recycle if people take these things to our landfills or transfer stations. But the difference here is that we come to you, some people may not have the opportunity

to recycle themselves,’ he said. Mr Mayer takes the old metal junk to a Gold Coast scrap metal/recycling station where it is refined and sent to Japan to be used for manufacturing new metal items, such as cars. To get rid of your of old metal junk from your backyard or property, register your unwanted items with Council to arrange collection, phone 6670 2694.

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The cancellation in this week’s state mini budget of $245 million promised for the Pacific Highway upgrade in the Northern Rivers has been condemned by Tweed MP Geoff Provest. The measure, he says, will put local lives at risk. ‘Most of that money was supposed to be the NSW contribution to the jointlyfunded Sexton Hill upgrade, but now the whole project is in jeopardy,’ Mr Provest said. ‘Once Labor defers a project, it never comes back. Labor has given up on the Pacific Highway’s worst black spot – there will be no upgrade until we get a change of Government in 2011. ‘This was one of the biggest cuts in this awful mini budget, but the Treasurer didn’t even bother to mention it in his speech. ‘Tweed motorists are also going to be slugged an extra eight cents a litre for petrol for the privilege of driving on unsafe roads. ‘From a Tweed perspective this budget isn’t going to fix the economy, it is going to drive small business, jobs, investment and tax revenue across the border into Queensland.’

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These bottlenose dolphins were spotted in the Tweed River at Murwillumbah on Sunday by an Echo reader who had his camera handy.

A pod of dolphins spotted cruising the upper reaches of the Tweed River at Murwillumbah on Sunday surprised some people but gave others a fright. Tweed Shire Council’s natural resources management coordinator Jane Lofthouse said several people had reported the dolphins in the river at Murwillumbah in the past fortnight. ‘I don’t know what they’re doing there, probably following fish but it seems to be a very unusual event,’ she said. ‘It gave some people a scare seeing such a large thing moving about in the water –they got a fright from it.

‘But obviously the water quality there is pretty good.’ Southern Cross University dolphin researcher Christine Fury, after looking at the photographs sent to her by The Echo, said the dolphins were bottlenose dolphins, an inshore species. Ms Fury, who researches the species in the Richmond and Clarence Rivers further south, said bottlenose dolphins sometimes travelled up a river a fair way, especially during king or high tides, ‘feeding along the way’. She asked Echo readers to keep her informed if sightings continued. She can be contacted on 6620 3815.

His Nationals colleague, Lismore MP Thomas George, who represents Murwillumbah and surrounding rural villages, said the mini budget would ‘hit local families hard, hurting country and coastal people in northern NSW communities’. Mr George said drastic cuts included: the introduction of an annual co-payment of $45 for primary school students and $90 for high school students (capped at $180 per family with hardship provisions); abolition of the $44 million per year petrol subsidy scheme operating in northern NSW; and discontinuation of the Back to School allowance. ‘This mini budget is a heartless move by State Labor that will cause a lot of hardship for people who live in my electorate.’ Mr George said many road transport operators were based in the Northern Rivers so the fuel subsidy decision will drive up freight costs across the board in NSW. ‘The NSW Labor govern ment is acting against the interests of people in this state, he said. ‘The only people who will benefit from scrapping the scheme will be across the border in Queensland.’ He said NSW residents will be hit hard, particularly with Queensland Premier Anna Bligh looking to exclude NSW residents from the subsidy scheme operating north of the border at the beginning of next year. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Local News

Head-hunting Tweed journo wins jungle princess Madeleine Doherty

n an unlikely saga, a former Tweed journalist found himself a ‘jungle princess’ thanks to Baptist missionaries and a former head-hunter’s dream. Murray Simpson was faced with redundancy while working for a Tweed newspaper 18 months ago. Footloose and fancy-free, Murray woke up in February this year to find himself sitting in the Honky Tonk Bar in Sarawak. One evening while Murray sat with friends in the bar his attention was caught by Busak Iboh, a woman raised in a tribal mountain village with a tradition of head hunting. Busak was the sixth child of the village chief and was born in 1962, two years after the first Christian missionaries arrived. ‘The missionaries, Baptists from Australia, stayed for two and half years and were successful in converting the village people from their spiritual beliefs in nature to Christianity,’ Busak said. ‘It was through their influence that my father became the first chief to stop the ancient

tradition of head hunting resulting in my dad being called T.K.Tulong Ribuh (meaning: 1000s of heads he saved). Head hunting had taken place when two village tribes clashed. ‘The men would return with the heads of those they had killed. They would sit on a mat, with the heads beside them and drink rice wine for five days. They ate nothing, they just drank,’ Busak said. Once the head hunting stopped with the arrival of the missionaries it was replaced by hunting Orang-utan. The heads of the Orang-utans were placed on the ground and Busak remembers being the only one to partake of the flesh, earning her accolades from her chieftain father and her mother. As the missionaries readied themselves to leave, they made a request of the village chief. ‘They wanted to adopt a child to take back to Australia with them. My mother was pregnant with me at the time and after some discussion it was agreed that when I was Murray Simpson and Busak Iboh. born I would be given to the father reneged on the deal say- one day marry an Australian missionaries,’ Busak said. But once she was born, her ing he loved his little daughter and told his wife not to let too much to part with her. He Busak elongate her earlobes offered the missionaries what- like the other village girls, as a ever else they wanted instead. Western man would not find it ‘They asked that I be named attractive. public school students aged Life in the mountain village after the female missionary from 5 to 19 joined by many and so I was named Busak’ she was simple and Busak attended big names from the entertainthe village school along with said. ment industry who made their As Busak grew, her father some of the children from the stage debut in the event. had a dream that she would nomadic tribe, the Peanan. Aussie musical icon Rolf Harris, who performed at the first spectacular, will perform his classic Tie Me Kangaroo Down with over 300 dancers from the Hunter region as well as puppets. The spectacular combines a 1,000-voice choir, 1,800 dancers and an 80-piece symphony orchestra.

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The 16-year-old, who has studied ballet, jazz and contemporary dance since she was a four-year-old, will take up her place with the prestigious private school in January next year. NSW Minister for Education and Training Verity Firth said the Schools Spectacular was the world’s biggest youth variety extravaganza which ‘in terms of sheer size and scope was unequalled in the world’. The event will feature 3,200

Fascinated by the nomads, Busak, aged 10, convinced the nomadic children to take her into the forest to meet their families. ‘One day after school we just ran off into the forest and walked for a very long time until we found their families. We told no one where we were going and for three days the men from my village looked for me. When they found me I was nicknamed the Princess of the Jungle.’ Busak was the first person ever to make contact with the Peanan tribe and spent days learning about nomadic life. Her contact with them proved invaluable in the early 1990s when politicians flew her into the mountains to speak to the Peanan on their behalf. She eventually left the village and worked in the family business in Long Seridan, doing the accounts. Enter the man of her father’s dream, Murray Simpson, Australian journalist (well New Zealander actually). ‘I wasn’t sure about Murray at first but I remembered my father’s dream and decided to give him a chance,’ Busak said.’ Meanwhile, Murray had to convince Busak’s brothers and sisters that he was worthy. ‘Five of her family booked out a room in the Honky Tonk Bar to meet with me. It was really heavy. They sat, just looking at me while I tried to fill in the long silences by making small talk. They wanted to

Chillingham kids drum up support for village

know what my prospects were,’ Murray said. He was unaware that he was being judged more on his body language than on his words. But even so he didn’t convince them that he was a good match for their sister. They had someone else in mind for their Busak. Knowing there was someone else in the wings, Murray moved quickly. ‘I outmanoeuvred them,’ he said. He and Busak quickly bought the traditional four pieces of wedding gold jewellery that signifies a betrothal and headed off to see the eldest brother who gave them his blessing, ending any disquiet from the other siblings. This week the couple were back in the Tweed tidying up Murray’s affairs with plans to marry early next year in Sarawak. Busak will wear her traditional tribal highlander dress and Murray will wear his traditional highlander dress – a Gunn clan kilt! And as for Murray’s prospects, the couple are establishing boutique tours in Long Seridan, Sarawak, offering a range of tailored holidays including scuba diving, golf, retreats, village treks and for the more adventurous, a holiday with the nomads. For more information on a Busak Boutique Holiday in Sarawak email: murraysimpson@hotmail.com.

Chillingham Youth Committee Organisers, who all belong to the Hot Chilli Drummers, recently won a $3,000 award through the independent Foundation For Young Australians after making a film about life in the village. The award is earmarked for a skate park at Chillingham Community Centre. The drummers (Rhys Buckley, Callum Warren, Nick Townley, Beau Wills, Daniel De Klerk, Sai Buckley, Dylan Wills, Lauchlan Bambach) have just finished producing their first CD which is to be launched soon. Community worker Fi Sproule said the teenagers plan to take part in a drumming workshop at the Chillingham Hall handicrafts show called ‘A Handmade Christmas’ to be held on Sunday, December 7. The Hot Chilli Drummers are pictured with Hello Africa members after last year’s Harmony Day celebrations in Murwillumbah’s Knox Park.

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To claim the rebate, people need to complete a rebate application form, attach the original receipt for the washing machine showing payment in full, and read and accept the terms and conditions. The completed application form and receipt should be sent to the NSW Climate Change Fund Washing Machine Rebate Program, PO Box A290, Sydney South, NSW, 1232. Lismore MP Thomas George said a 4.5-star water-efficient washing machine can save up

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Local News

Tweed joins Byron in push for rail re-opening Ken Sapwell

Tweed Shire Council is joining a renewed push to re-open the Murwillumbah-Casino railway line which was axed by the NSW government in a cost-cutting program four and a half years ago. It voted unanimously to ‘strongly support’ a submission by Byron Shire Council calling for the regional service to be restored and extended to link with the Queensland network at the Gold Coast Airport at Coolangatta. The detailed submission, to the federal government’s new infrastructure funding agency, Infrastructure Australia, seeks at least $50 million over seven years to re-open the spur line and to secure a rail corridor

between Murwillumbah and Coolangatta. The council’s director of operations, David Oxenham, says re-opening the line will improve public transport options for tourists accessing the Green Cauldron hinterland and locals accessing jobs and a range of community and health services in the region. He says an extension of the line to Coolangatta would bring even more direct benefits to the Tweed, including: • Improved access to the Gold Coast and Brisbane, including the two airports, with reduced traffic volumes and greenhouse emissions. • Improved access to jobs, education, health, entertainment and cultural facilities. • Extended options for resi-

‘As 86 per cent of residents in the Lismore and Byron shires live within five kilometres of the rail line, it is well placed to act as the spine of an integrated transport system for the Northern Rivers.’ dential commuting from western parts of the shire to the Gold Coast. • Improved travel options suitable for an older population and for younger people who do not have a licence. • An extended market for the shire’s tourist and recreation businesses, including town centre and beach access without need for car parking. • More freight transport options for the two neighbouring regions as fuel costs rise. ‘Both proposals would be

effective measures to reduce rapidly increasing greenhouse emissions in transport and provide alternative local transport as car use becomes increasingly prohibitive,’ Mr Oxenham says in a report to the council. ‘They would also utilise existing regional assets that could be restored at significantly less cost than providing new assets for regional growth.’ The submission comes hot on the heels of one by a residents’ lobby group, Northern Rivers Trains for the Future (NRTF),

which has asked Infrastructure Australia to consider replacing the former once-a-day XPT service with a light-rail commuter service. Spokesperson Karin Kolbe says NRTF believed that initially the service could be limited to a few a day but as money was spent on upgrading the track, up to 16 services a day could ply the line between Casino and Murwillumbah. She said a recent Southern Cross University survey indicated that 72 per cent of the population would use a commuter service as least once a month, translating into an estimated 2,875 passenger trips a day. ‘As 86 per cent of residents in the Lismore and Byron shires live within five kilometres of the

rail line, it is well placed to act as the spine of an integrated transport system for the Northern Rivers by way of regular commuter services,’ she says. ‘Public transport would improve economic and social linkages across the region, particularly between labour markets. ‘Stubbornly high rates of youth and long-term unemployment within the region may begin to move closer to national averages and business efficiency may improve as the market for skills opens up.’ Ms Kolbe says re-opening the line would also provide a major boost for tourism in the region which already contributes $646m to the local economy and generates around 6,000 jobs.

Tweed residents urged to Make Turtles Count Business owners meet for happy hour

‘Make Turtles Count’ is not a compulsory arithmetic project for reptiles, but the latest initiative of Australian Seabird Rescue (ASR), launched at Byron Bay last Friday with the release at The Pass of young turtles ‘Sassy’ and ‘Rasputin’. The Make Turtles Count project has been funded by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Australian government. A beach monitoring program will span the turtle nesting and hatching season from this month to April 30 next year, as well as four 10day underwater surveys conducted through the year. The project covers 225 kilometres of coastline between the Tweed and Clarence Riv-

You will believe a turtle can fly: Australian Seabird Rescue’s Garry Fenton gets ready to release Rasputin at Byron Bay last Friday. Photo Jeff ‘The Old Shell Game’ Dawson.

ers. Partner agencies include the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Cape Byron Marine Park, Southern Cross University and the Byron Underwater Research Group. Project coordinator Keith Williams said ‘A comprehensive nesting and population survey has never been undertaken on the far north coast and is vital for the ongoing protection of these endangered species. ‘Over the past few years local beach users have demonstrated their interest in looking out for turtles and now we all have the opportunity to

work together on this project. ‘We need at least 100 people to help monitor the beaches,’ Keith said. ‘So many people already walk, surf, swim or fish on the beaches, it’s just a matter of knowing what to look for and how to report turtle activity.’ ASR will also be promoting the project at local markets and community events and people will be able to sign up for the project at a ‘Make Turtles Count’ stall. Further information is available from admin@seabirdrescue.org or 6686 2852 during office hours.

Nurturing children the focus of talks The Red Cross Hall in Murwillumbah will be the epicentre for a series of talks about nurturing children in a holistic way. The talks, by a group of alternative thinkers, are running to December 5. They cover such topics as a magical time of sharing through reading with your children, the new generation www.tweedecho.com.au

of awakened children, better health and easy learning and education in human values. The talks are designed for parents, carers, teachers, counsellors and anyone interested in a variety of approaches to life. Wendy Cameron, who will talk on November 28, will cover a holistic view on children’s health and wellbeing

using naturopathic health tips to nurture and nourish healthy young bodies and minds for optimal learning. The talks are on Friday afternoons from 12.45pm to 2.45pm at the Red Cross Hall, Knox Park, Murwillumbah. Bookings are preferred on 0430 223 250 or email belaflora@hotmail.com. The cost is $10.

Thank God it’s Friday was the catchcry for the 35 businesses that came together in Murwillumbah last week to boost morale and swap ideas. Organiser of Thank God It’s Friday, Toni Zuschke, of Barking Toad, said it was heavenly to be in the cool climate of the Imperial Hotel for a few drinks and nibbles with other business people. ‘It’s basically just a social gettogether so business people can meet each other and let off a bit of steam,’ Ms Zuschke said.

Toni Zuschke of Barking Toad, Murwillumbah, organiser of Thank God It’s Friday, a business get together, says it’s time business people had a time and place to let off steam and share ideas over a drink.

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Comment

Restoring the American dream

Volume 1 #12 November 13, 2008

Mini budget, major problems, no change First of all, let’s be clear about whose fault it is that the NSW economy is on the brink of disaster. For years the Labor ministers entrusted with the state’s finances have been more concerned with their careers and their political advantage than providing good government. As we saw last month they have been fighting and backstabbing each other while spending ever-increasing amounts of taxpayers’ money on media spin to obscure the real state of affairs. Both the elected politicians and the unelected apparatchiks of Sussex Street deserve nothing but contempt from the people of NSW. Indeed, had the opposition not allowed itself to be taken over by religious bigots, the voters would probably not have given former premier Morris Iemma and his band of fools the chance to demonstrate their hopeless incompetence. But a Labor government is what we are stuck with in NSW for another three years, if the state does not go bankrupt in that period. So even the most partisan observer must hope that the new premier Nathan Rees, unlike his predecessors, can bring some coherent thought to the business of government. In the meantime we suffer from underfunded hospitals, overcrowded schools, reduced social services and inefficient public transport. Unfortunately, very little attention is paid by the bench warmers in Macquarie Street to those who live outside Sydney, and the further away the greater the neglect. Tweed Shire is about as far as you can get from the capital, and we endure the consequences every day. This editorial was going to be about the mini-budget brought down in parliament on Tuesday, but what’s the point? The damage has been done and fiddling round the edges won’t achieve anything. If the crankshaft is skewed, tuning the carburettor won’t help. Of course, amid all the asset fire sales and funding cuts the fuel subsidy for the far north coast could not be expected to survive. Another hike in the cost of petrol is bad enough in a region without public transport, but it will also aggravate the economic downturn and have the effect of raising prices, destroying jobs, and forcing some people off to live in Queensland. For years the major parties ridiculed the Greens as a oneissue organisation unfit to govern. In NSW right now a change from Labor incompetence and Liberal intolerance looks quite attractive.

Change on the way The people of the USA did not have to avoid a major party in order to vote for change. In president-elect Barack Obama they have a Democrat who is well-placed to make a clean break from the policies of the past. The rest of the world hopes this will mean a rational foreign policy. Simply to have America act in its own perceived national interest rather than posturing for internal political purposes or following convoluted neocon ideology will be a change for the better. Whether the new president will be able to solve even half of America’s domestic problems remains to be seen. At least he has the advantage of not having the help of the NSW Labor Party. – David Lovejoy, Echo publisher

uring the last eight grim years just one fact has allowed a flickering faith in America to survive: most of its citizens did not vote for George W Bush. True, most of them did not vote against him either; a depressing number did not vote at all. But at least Bush and the gang of mercenaries, morons and maniacs he installed in Washington could never truly be said to represent a majority of his countrymen. Respect for the office of president, intense as always in the United States, went some way to concealing the fact that the man who occupied it was regarded with increasing loathing and contempt as the years passed. In the end, Bush had become the most unpopular leader since the beginning of polling and had so tarnished the Republican brand that the Grand Old Party’s chosen candidate had to pose as an antiBush maverick and team up with a mad caricature to give himself a chance. But change was in the air, so much so that rather than risk any extension of the failed conservative regime, Americans across the spectrum were prepared to entrust their destiny to a black man. Well, 53 percent of those who voted were; the international euphoria at the election of Barack Obama has tended to obscure the fact that the 2008 poll was not a landslide along the lines of 1964 or 1972. Certainly it was an historic moment, a catharsis and an inspiration; but whether it represents a genuine turning point for America, let alone for the rest of the world, is less clear. Obama will enter the White House with enormous power, a healthy majority in both houses of parliament and no real political baggage. But

he takes over an economy in recession, two wars, and the enormous but hitherto scarcely acknowledged challenge of climate change. With all the goodwill in the world it will not be the best of times to play the philosopher king in a Kennedy-style Camelot. Nor should the rest of us raise our expectations about America swiftly resuming its role as a generous and outgo-

Obama takes over an economy in recession, two wars, and the enormous but hitherto scarcely acknowledged challenge of climate change. by Mungo MacCallum ing nation, playing the role of Superman in a ceaseless quest for truth and justice. If Obama has any overblown ideas he will swiftly be reminded that the American voters elected him to solve their problems, not those of anyone else, and that if he wants a second term he’d better get on with it. In strictly practical terms, Obama’s presidency may actually be bad news for Australia in particular. In the current climate the Democrats will almost certainly be more inclined to retreat down their traditional road of protectionism to appease their core constituency of factory workers and small farmers than to pursue the wider goal of free trade. And of course while Kevin Rudd might like to see himself and the new President as soul mates, their relationship is never likely to be as cosy as the Bush-Howard coupling. Our days as Washington’s pet poodle are well and truly over; another pooch

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tion by dismissing their concerns with threats and insults. Obama’s election has already gone a long way to restoring the dream that the United States, with all its faults and failings, remains the best hope of mankind. America, welcome back to planet Earth. Welcome home.

nd right at home, the collapse of ABC Learning and the government’s enforced bailout is yet another reminder of the dangers of privatisation, especially where essential services are concerned. There is no longer any doubt that child care has become an essential service; the model of two working parents is now considered necessary to most household economies and the sudden resignation of all mothers from the workforce would cripple large sections of the national economy. The old-style ad hoc arrangements with friends and

relatives which were a previous generation’s idea of child care cannot any longer come close to filling the need for properly qualified supervision, let alone the expectation of some form of pre-schooling that is supposed to go with it. Thus when the privately owned and run, profit-driven organisation that controlled nearly a quarter of Australia’s child care places went belly up, Julia Gillard had no real choice: something needed to be done immediately, and if this involved rewarding private failure with public funds, well, that was the way it had to be. But of course it didn’t. If all child care had been a properly regulated and supervised public service run on a notfor-profit basis, as some of it already is, the government would not have had to throw good money after bad. There would still be taxpayer subsidies involved, but at least the government would control where they went; it is unlikely that the public servants in charge would be driving around in Ferraris. The lifestyles of the directors of ABC Learning make it clear that the enterprise has not been short of money in at least some areas. It would be nice to recoup a bit of the $22 million we are spending to redeem their administrative bungles. But it would be nicer still to have a society in which the necessities of life were not handed over the tender care of profit-driven entrepreneurs in the first place. Some things are just too important to be abandoned to the roller coaster of fear and greed that powers the marketplace. Australia’s children, who increasingly depend on well run child care, are some of them.

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entirely is to be installed in the White House. Of course, none of this alters the fact that Obama’s win is overwhelmingly good news for us all. Things are seriously out of joint when the richest and most powerful nation in history is generally disliked and mistrusted by its fellow democracies for its perceived arrogance and hubris and that nation reinforces the percep-

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Letters and Comment

Mystery deepens around Cabramatta MP’s murder

huong Ngo, former Labor deputy mayor of Fairfield City Council in southwest Sydney, is locked up for the rest of his life in Goulburn Jail’s Super Max for the 1994 murder of Cabramatta Labor MP John Newman. The Crown case was that the politically ambitious Ngo wanted Newman out of the way so that he could take his Cabramatta seat. Sentencing Ngo to life for Australia’s first political assassination, Justice John Dunford accepted the police theory that the Mekong Club boss had been driven by naked political ambition. The judge added: ‘In seeking to become the member for Cabramatta he not only deprived John Newman of his life, but destroyed any further potential which he himself may have had.’

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Now a judicial review ordered by NSW Chief Justice Jim Spigelman has heard evidence which explodes the safety of Ngo’s conviction and destroys the murder motive argued by the Crown. Last week former NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher, who succeeded Newman in the Cabramatta electorate until her resignation from state parliament in September, gave sensational evidence at Judge David Patten’s inquiry. Meagher testified that former ALP general secretary John Della Bosca offered her Newman’s seat just hours before he was gunned down in the driveway of his home. And 90 minutes after Newman’s slaying, Della Bosca phoned to ask her to make a decision on accepting Newman’s (now vacated) seat.

Events on the fateful day, September 5, 1994, can now be reconstructed. Midday: Meagher, a 26-yearold right-wing Young Labor gauleiter, received a phone call from Della Bosca inviting

State of Affairs The Crown case against Ngo rested on his political ambition to grab Cabramatta from his rival.

with Alex Mitchell her to a meeting at his Sussex Street office at 4pm. 1pm: Della Bosca held a prearranged lunch in Chinatown with Ngo, a Vietnamese boat person and notorious Labor branch stacker. Della Bosca and Ngo, both educated by De

the ridge, on which the tavern is located, carries and echoes down to all the houses in the valley below. If the tavern hours are extended there will be many residents seriously affected and significantly disadvantaged. There is well-documented evidence that there is a direct correlation between extended hours and alcohol related antisocial behaviour. While only a minority of people cause problems, the issues of litter, vandalism and excessive noise have certainly been experienced in Murwillumbah and other places in the shire where there are extended trading hours. And it is worth remembering that the nearest police station to Terranora is at least 15 kilometres away. This development was approved more than ten years ago and I suspect that if it were to be presented afresh, it would

class company is a solid commitment to non-negotiable values that impact on every activity it undertakes. Metricon is one such organisation and its values are very clear.’ (‘Lord, they know not what they say.’) I suggest that Metricon’s Joyce Reely behaviour in this instance has Pottsville Waters very clearly shown us what its real values are. Alan Johnston n Those diverse members of Pottsville the Pottsville community who stood against the outsize retail ambitions of Metricon (Qld), School canteens are to be sincerely acknowl- In an earlier letter to The Echo edged. The just announced I hinted that money doesn’t Land and Environment Court give one a full life. The best of decision scuttling this com- one’s achievements are made pany’s attempt to further profit on a voluntary team where the from exploiting Pottsville and common goal is bigger than its unique Tweed Coast envi- all concerned. But sometimes the messy failures of instituronment is a shaft of sanity. It is a resounding ‘no’ to tions only able to run by reducmore of the same thinking ing all effort down to a money that has directly led to the eco- sum bring havoc down upon nomic turmoil we are now ex- the oldest, best and smallest of volunteer groups. periencing. Our struggling state governMetricon’s website boasts, ‘The hallmark of every first ment in need to pass over any www.tweedecho.com.au

possible chore to shire councils has given them the job of assessing the quality of all foodserving kitchens. Not a silly idea in an area with so many public eating places, but it is bureaucracy gone mad when the once a week canteen of tiny village schools are lumped in with the rest. Don’t know who gets the best from these learning centres of community life, the kids eating homecooked food made by the most skilled mums passing their tips to other ladies, the ladies themselves discovering a good new social network or keeping up public work skills for the time they return into paid work, or the school that might get the odd new library book or a bat and ball for sport. Whatever the standard fee coming to government won’t go anywhere near to balancing out the loss of any such group having to close because too much red tape has hunted all the best mums back to paid work.

Concerning the proposed Shopping Centre at SeaBreeze Estate, Pottsville, it is certainly a very much needed proposal. There are approximately 4,000 people now living in the Pottsville area and the shops that are here are completely inadequate and mainly just food outlets, so we have to travel many kilometres to do our shopping despite the price of fuel. The persons calling the shots of opposing the shopping centre do not even live in Pottsville. It’s just for greed to make more money for themselves and have no consideration for pensioners and disabled folk. Also Tweed City is now too big an area for elderly people to get around and insufficient disabled parking spots close to the shops. May I add to this how nice it is to get The Echo. it is great reading, thankyou.

seat. Both seats had already preselected their sitting MPs – Newman in Cabramatta and Tony Aquilina in St Mary’s – but ‘Della’ informed the couple that ‘there were problems with two members of parliament who probably would not be

contesting the next election’. Meagher told Judge Patten she had ‘eyes as big as saucers’ when she heard the offer. 9.30pm: Newman gunned down in front of his fiancee, Lucy Wang, as he parked his car at his home in southwestern Sydney. 11pm: Della Bosca phoned Meagher at home asking her to a meeting the following morning. ‘I would have to make up my mind [that night] whether I was willing to be the candidate for Cabramatta and I was required to attend Sussex Street by 9am the following morning,’ she testified. The next day Meagher was gifted Cabramatta which she won, first at a by-election in October 1994, and then at the 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections without facing a preselection.

Her close associate, Tripodi, shafted sitting MP Geoff Irwin in the neighbouring seat of Fairfield and became its MP in 1995. He too has never faced a rank-and-file preselection. The Crown case against Ngo, which rested on his political ambition to grab Cabramatta from his rival and anti-drugs campaigner Newman, has been left in tatters. From Meagher’s sworn testimony, we now know that she was the ALP’s ‘pea’ for the seat and that plans were afoot to unload Newman before the 1995 election. Judge Patten has no choice but to issue a summons to Della Bosca, now the Health Minister, to give evidence at the Ngo inquiry and also Tripodi, the Finance, Infrastructure, Regulatory Reform, Ports and Waterways Minister. If he doesn’t, this thing stinks.

Unreasonable opening hours I notice in the Tweed Link a proposed amendment to the Development Application for the as yet unopened Terranora Tavern which seeks to increase the trading hours from 10am to 10pm Sunday to Wednesday and 10am to 11pm Thursday to Saturday to 10am to 12am seven days a week. Before this amendment is given automatic approval there are some issues which the Terranora community and council should consider. Unlike most modern hotels and taverns, which are located in commercial or industrial zoned areas, the Terranora Tavern is located in the midst of a purely residential area that continues to grow. This means that traffic and noise associated with the tavern will have a detrimental effect on the public amenity of residents of this dormitory suburb. Noise from activities along

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La Salle priests, discussed his future in politics. 4pm: Meagher, accompanied by her Young Labor accomplice Joe Tripodi, meet Della Bosca at which he offered her either the Cabramatta or St Mary’s

have considerable difficulty obtaining approval. While the community has to live with the poor decisions of a decade ago, let’s not make it worse by blindly approving extended trading hours. A reasonable course of action would be for the tavern to open with the currently approved hours and after a suitable time, say twelve months, the application could be reconsidered. At that time, the community, the police and council officers could take into account the effectiveness of the noise dampening strategies, how responsible the tavern management has been with the service of alcohol and the degree to which any increase in public nuisance, vandalism and graffiti has affected the Terranora residents. Tom Dobinson

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Could anyone sit down and read the articles published in last week’s Echo about Hastings Point and not be alarmed? In a nutshell, Hastings Point and its natural environment, is, as Ted Brambleby stated, ‘the Last Eden’. It’s not an overstatement, and what the Tweed Coast stands to lose in this debate far outweighs the Cr Skinner approach to land values and ‘downzoning’. The arrogance of his statement defies what the majority of Tweed residents voted for at the last council elections, but sadly seems to reflect the intent of the majority of councillors, with one exception – a courageous Katie Milne.

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Letters Hastings Point is more than just the ‘Battle for Hastings’, council’s arrogance and ignorance has seen to that. If we are to understand the reasons that make the Tweed Coast special, then take some time to understand both the uniqueness and the fragility of Hastings Point, and what’s at stake, what Ted Brambleby and many others have been fighting for over many years. Hastings Point is unique, not just for the Tweed, and not just for Australia, but internationally and ‘the Battle for Hastings’ is a battle that the people must win. Christian Ellis

Cabarita Beach

Air and water

In addition to the excellent comment entitled ‘The Barbarians were running the show’ (October 23) it is also important to advocate systems that reward efficiency and sustainability over profit and excess, which masquerade under the name of economic growth. The true cost of raw materials including air and water need to be factored into the cost of consumables. We take resources without working out their true cost; we manufacture inefficiently, consume wastefully and dispose of our unwanted consumption thoughtlessly, and all this is sanctioned under the banner ‘economic growth’ reinforced by the (irrelevant to human wellbeing) statistic of GDP.

Exchanging climate change arguments Water evaporation to cool the global atmosphere has not been considered, why? Pollution of evaporative surfaces, such as oils, fats, particles from smog, unburnt fuels, decomposed plastics, resins and solvents, settling on oceans and lakes (and vegetation) reduces, even if slightly, the evaporation rate from water and ocean surfaces. This causes less cooling of the water surface, so that ocean surfaces become warmer and consequently the air becomes dryer. This results in lower humidity and higher dew-point to form clouds so, less and higher clouds with less heat reflected and more intense sunlight to atmosphere. Less cloud cover means less rain and more droughts and less water to evaporate from land area, and of course poorer crops and more famines.

Strong winds break up and expose the warmer ocean surfaces resulting in warmer and wetter air in that area causing stronger cyclones (ie. Gulf of Mexico pollution area). Waxy and oily surfactants and polluting smog settling on water are known as evaporation retardants. CO2 is not the only big problem. Reduced water evaporation from water surface pollution is a big problem and this should be fully examined.

The mighty river Nile starts as a very small stream in the Ethiopian Highlands. Good policy that benefits many and harms little starts as a very small suggestion from any individual. The elephant in the room must be removed from the minds of policy makers and this can be achieved by public outcry.

Dogs on the beach

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J M Jackson

Murwillumbah ■ Do readers of the excellent Echo have to be subjected to the rantings of Mungo MacCallum? We need intelligent consideration of Global Warming Theory, today’s most important issue. Mungo’s diatribe fails on three main counts. First, varia-

That strip of beach between Pottsville and Hastings Point is a slice of coastal heaven on the Tweed. Sadly, as I stand on the sand dunes behind the beach and take in the vista, my olfactory nerve is assaulted by the now all-too-familiar smell of dog faeces. I check the Council sign behind me, and yes, it does read ‘dogs must be kept Irene Young on leash and faeces removed Bilambil Heights by the owner’. Gingerly, I make

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■ As mankind proceeds to populate and pollute himself out of existence, the consequences of climate change will become progressively more challenging. Over twenty years ago, my attempts to sound the alarm were met with cynicism – ‘alarmist’ – but then, I don’t have an American accent. It was obvious, decades ago, that renewable energy was feasible – it was the way we must go. By now Australia could have become solar-powered. With our vast expanses of cloudless skies, our abundance of silicon (from which photovoltaic cells are manufactured), we should have become world leaders in solar research and its application – and doing very well from our advancement in the technology. Climate change will bring exGerry Worsell tremes of heat and cold, dry and Tweed Heads South wet, drought and flood. Electri-

cal storms, lightning, hail, wind, etc will increase in frequency and intensity. Damage will become so severe that insurance will become unaffordable for all but the wealthy. Heat-induced oceanic expansion will be exacerbated by melting ice-caps, glaciers, etc leading to the inundation of low-lying regions, eg. Pacific Island nations will experience mass evacuation – in this direction, no doubt. Our own environs will not be immune: the Tweed Coast, rivers, estuaries, etc. We’ll not need to wait for a tsunami in order to experience such excitement. It’s not too soon and hopefully not too late for serious investigation and discussion. I fear it is already too late for any intervention by King Canute.

council meeting to move that an item in the confidential section be discussed in open council, the six-one vote against the motion and the obligations laid on her by the Code of Conduct should have precluded her later wide dissemination of that confidential information. She also has to watch what she says publicly. Her statement that the mayor was ‘out of order’ at the October 30 council meeting was itself out of order. On the advice of the GM, the mayor had correctly followed Code of Meeting Practice rules and disallowed comment by Cr Milne. It seems that the lessons in the Daly Inquiry Report have not been learned.

my concerns, please inform the council accordingly before the end of November.

tions in the sun’s activity, rather than manmade carbon dioxide, may be the principal driver of climate change. Carbon dioxide is only half of one percent of all the gases in Earth’s atmosphere and the human contribution to this percentage is far less than that of volcanoes, animals and fallen vegetation. Second, Treasury modelling of climate change over the next 50-100 years must be suspect when the same modellers fail hopelessly and regularly to predict Budget surpluses only one year ahead. Third, as Australia produces only a little over one percent of the world’s manmade carbon dioxide, a unilateral Australian carbon reduction scheme (ETS) would be futile and, perhaps, economically suicidal.

my way down onto the beach proper and I’m soon forced to witness the dog owner’s ritual. The ritual goes something like this: 1. Dog is released from leash after cursory Ranger check. 2. When it’s time for dog to defecate, owner turns and casually walks away from proceedings. 3. Owner keeps walking until enough time has lapsed for little pooch to have finished ‘the business’ and then, without actually looking around, 4. owner ‘innocently’ calls back for dog to catch up, and finally, 5. dog is allowed to remain off the leash as reward for not implicating owner in ‘the business’. The evidence, however, is left to funk up the beach and cause its fair share of environmental damage. The above ritual leaves me to ponder why so many adults in the 21st century need to have pets. As Jung once said, ‘…instead of prohibiting pets (on the beach), it’s time to train their owners to attain the emotional maturity to live fulfilling lives without their pet dependency’. Perhaps there’s some truth in this, but to see a dog owner following behind picking up the faeces of man’s best friend, just ain’t right somehow.

Barbara Fitzgibbon

Kingscliff

Bay Street amazement

I was absolutely amazed to see the announcement of the ‘Proposal to close and sell part of road reserve’, ie. Bay Street, in the Tweed Link of October 28. I find it an absolutely outrageous idea and cannot comprehend that the council is that desperate for money, having implemented substantial rate increases in connection with the Seven Year Plan. The current Bay Street is a beautiful four-lane boulevard allowing for an important flow of local traffic to the CBD as well as to and from Tweed Mall Centro. It also caters for delivery truck access to Woolworths and bus traffic. Furthermore the capacity of the bus terminal in Bay Street west of Wharf Street may need to be expanded in the future. Please leave our roads for traffic and not for short-term money raising activities for the purpose of senseless developments and to the benefit of the developers involved. I do hope that Cr Katie Milne will be able to convince her fellow councillors to disallow this senseless project. If you share

Breaking news Lloyd Fielding

Pottsville

Lessons not learned

We can understand and accept some mistakes made by new councillors, but there can be no latitude for wilful flouting of the Local Government Code of Conduct and incorrect or petulant public statements. Cr Lieshout has offended through intemperate dalliance with developers, and by later promises to make ‘whirlwind’ decisions on development. Cr Milne’s conduct has contravened that section of the Code of Conduct relating to ‘use and security of confidential information’. While she was in her right at the October 9

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Tweed Heads West ■ Edited for length

Dead politician

I refer to the letter by Paul Flanagan (whom I don’t believe I know) in your paper last week. As I know the new councillors, my wife and I went to the last meeting to see how they were settling in. I hadn’t seen the agenda/business papers, and am out of touch with shire news. Paul generously flatters me in supposing I have any influence with the ‘PDK/MacIntosh crusade’. None so dead as a dead politician, Paul. I don’t have any ‘financial interest in the over-development of Hastings Point’. I don’t have any financial interest in Hastings Point or any other part of Tweed Shire apart from my/wife’s own property. Paul’s paranoia/delusion about me is ill-founded. Yes, Paul, there is much in the ‘good book’ about greed, and you may benefit from an open-minded reading of it. I applaud your insightful observation that an abandonment of secularism and replacement with Christian values and ethics in law-making would be beneficial for society.

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Gavin Lawrie

Murwillumbah

Bondi blues

As Mandy Nolan is editor of your Soap Box column and has been to Bondi, did she have to write such a cheap, crude record of her visit? Her focus seems to be in the wrong direction, she did not notice there is a beautiful beach there! Your paper needs to raise its level if people are expected to carry on reading it. Margaret Younger

Pottsville Beach

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The game continued 51.Ke6 h5 52.h4! and Black resigned, since after 52...g4 53.Ke5 he soon loses all his pawns. Yet had Black been more alert he might have found 51...g4! 52.Ke5 Kh5! 53.Kxf5 stalemate. Nakauchi was lucky, though luck would not have entered into it had he played 51.h3! or 51.h4! instead of the careless 51.Ke6?. Diagram 2 sees an Australian junior on the other side of lady luck. The game, SetiabudiChirita, U/16, has been drifting towards a draw but the Canberra junior decided to try his luck in a king and pawn endgame with the disastrous move 45.Rd5? Instead of exchanging rooks directly, Chirita found the clever intermediate move 45...e5+ and after 46.Kg4 Rxd5 47.exd5 Kg6 White had no way through and had to give up the struggle: 48.Kf3 Kf5 49.Kg3 h5 50.Kf3 e4+ 51.Ke3 Ke5 0-1 a

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Television Guide Classic movies abound on the airwaves this week. If you are lucky enough to live near an independent video shop you can rent these titles. But if your local video shop is one of the big franchises they tend not to keep old movies on the shelves… 1. Despite the strong claims of Anthony Sher, Laurence Olivier was the defining Richard III of the 20th century, and he made a film of the play to boot (ABC2, Saturday 10pm). 2. William Wyler’s Ben Hur (NBN, Saturday 12.30pm) was made without the benefit of computer generated images, and still retains its punch. 3. Slow going at times but packed with extraterrestrial feeling, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (SBS, Sunday 9.35pm) remains one of the most imaginative films of an imaginative filmmaker.

FRIDAY 14

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Gorillas Revisited With Sigourney Weaver (G) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Rewind (M*,sr,a) Repeat. 1.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Trial And Retribution (M*,v,a) Rpt. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 4.50 RollerCoaster 6.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat. 6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 Taggart (M*,v) Final. 9.40 Beaten (M*,a,v) 10.40 Lateline 11.25 Review With Myles Barlow (M*,s,cl) Repeat. 11.50 triple j tv Repeat. 12.20 Good Game Repeat. 12.50 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 5.00 7.30 Select 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 6.00 Compass: The Decision (G) Repeat. 6.35 The People Watchers (G) Final. 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09 Live – Bulleen vs Sydney University. 10.00 Soundtrack To My Life: Belinda Carlisle (PG) 10.25 Planet Rock Profiles: The Killers (G) 10.50 Freshmen On Campus (PG) Repeat. 11.20 Close

5.20 World News in various languages. 1.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia (G) Repeat. 1.30 Insight Repeat. 2.30 The Seige (PG,v) Japanese Ambassador’s Residence – Peru. 3.30 Living Black (G*) Repeat. 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Andre Rieu (G) Part 2 of 6 doco from the Netherlands. 6.00 Global Village (G) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Bill Gates: How A Geek Changed The World (G) Repeat doco. 8.30 As It Happened: The SS (M,a,v) part 5 of 6 doco. Repeat. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Polygamous Wives (MA) doco from the UK. 10.55 Movie: An Italian Romance (MA, 2004) Romance from Italy. 12.45 Movie: Redeemers (M,v,a,cl, 2004) Comedy from Brazil. 2.35 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 11.00 All for Kids 11.30 Seven News 8.30 Puzzle Play 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 12.00 Movie: Second Nature (M,v, 2003) 9.00 9am With David & Kim (PG) 12.00 The View (PG) Stars Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe. 11.00 Ten News 1.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 3.00 Home Improvement (G) Repeat. 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) 3.30 Raggs pre-schoolers program. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Here’s Humphrey Repeat. 4.00 It’s Academic 3.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Seven News 4.00 The Elephant Princess (G) 4.30 National News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) Liverpool 2 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Evening News 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Prime & Seven News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Emirates All Star Twenty20 Cricket 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens (G) Live 8.30 Shark Swarm (M,v) special premier. 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 10.35 Movie: Cliffhanger (M,v,cl, 1993) 7.30 Ice Road Truckers (PG) 11.50 Movie: Possessed (AV,h,cl, 2000) 8.30 Movie: The Informant (M, 2008) Stars Sylvester Stallone, John Stars Timothy Dalton, Christopher Stars William McInnes, Colin Friels, Lithgow, Rex Linn. Plummer, Shannon Lawson. Matt Day. 1.00 Movie: O (AV15+, 2001) Stars Mekhi 2.00 Auction Squad (G) 10.25 Late News With Sports Tonight Phifer, Josh Hartnett. 3.00 Home Shopping 11.25 Late Show With David Letterman 3.00 The Nanny (PG) Repeat. 12.25 Movie: Trespass (MA15+,cl) Stars Bill 3.30 Guthy-Renker (G) Paxton, Ice T, William (Bill) Saldler. 4.30 Good Morning America 2.20 Video Hits Up Late (PG) Seven QLD program same as above except: 2.30 Infomercials 6.30 Today Tonight Prime HD program same as above except: 4.00 Celebrity Cooking Showdown (PG) 12.00 Movie: In The Bedroom (M,v,cl, 2001) 2.15 5.00 Religion Da Vinci: Unlocking The Genius 3.15 Get Ed 3.35 The Great Outdoors 10.35 Movie: TBA 12.35 Ultimate Access

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5.00 rage (PG) 8.00 rage: Guest Programmers Van She (G) 9.00 triple j tv With The Doctor 10.00 Songbook: Ian McCulloch (G) Final 11.00 The Kumars At No. 42: Corbett/ Cooper (G) Repeat. 11.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Repeat. 12.00 Stateline Repeat. 12.30 Australian Story Final. 1.00 Foreign Correspondent Repeat. 1.30 Bowls: NSW Open 2008 – Women’s Singles Semifinal: 1 2.30 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09 4.00 Soccer: W-League – Sydney FC vs Newcastle Jets Live 6.00 Totally Frank (PG) Repeat. 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Rough Diamond (PG) Final. 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (PG) 10.05 ABC News 10.10 The Ghost Squad (M*,cl,v) Repeat. 11.00 The Last Detective (M*,v) Repeat. 12.15 rage (M)

7.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 rage (G) Repeat. 5.00 rage: Guest Programmers Van She (G) Repeat. 6.05 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 6.35 Robin Hood (PG*,v) Repeat. 7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Animated. 7.30 The Einstein Factor Repeat. 8.00 At The Movies (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Movie: Bonjour Triestesse (PG, 1958) Stars David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Geoffrey Home. 10.00 Movie: Richard III (G, 1955) Stars Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Kerridge. 12.15 Close

6.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (G) 5.20 World News in various languages. 6.30 Kids’ Programs 1.00 On Eagle’s Wing (G) Masterpiece 12.00 Eclipse (PG) chart hits. from the UK. Repeat. 1.00 V8 Xtra (G) motorsport. 2.25 Arts in the 21st Century (PG) 1.30 Motorsport Aussie racing cars – Masterpiece from the UK. Repeat. Round 4 and 5. 3.30 The Horses Of The Louvre (G) 2.30 Home Improvement (G) Masterpiece from France. Repeat. 3.00 Movie: Because Of Winn-Dixie 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer (PG,a, 2003) Stars Annasophia Robb, 5.30 Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Jeff Daniels, Eve Marie Saint. Athenee (G) food series from France. 5.30 Sydney Weekender (G) 6.00 Classical Destinations : The Real 6.00 Seven News Song Of Norway (G) Repeat. 6.30 Movie: TBA 6.30 World News Australia 8.30 Movie: TBA 7.30 Mythbusters (PG) doco series. 10.30 Movie: Heartbreakers (M,s,cl, 2001) 8.30 Iron Chef (G) Repeat. Stars Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer 9.20 RocKwiz (PG) entertainment. Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman 10.00 Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (M,cl,s,du) entertainment 12.55 Movie: Gideon (PG, 2000) Stars 11.00 Nynne (PG) drama series from Denmark Christopher Lambert, Charlton 11.45 SOS (G) Heston, Shirley Jones. 12.45 Newstopia With Shaun Micallef (M) 3.00 Undercover Angels (G) Comedy series. Repeat. 3.30 Home Shopping 1.15 Drawn Together (MA,s,v) Animated comedy series. 1.40 Stripperella (MA,s) Animated. Seven QLD program same as above except: 2.05 Life Support (M,cl,s) Comedy. Rpt. 6.30 Today Tonight Prime HD program same as above except: 2.35 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 8.30 Video Hits First (G) 7.30 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 11.00 The Music Jungle (PG) 12.00 Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures (G) 12.00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) Repeat 12.30 Movie: Ben Hur (PG, 1959) Stars 12.30 Jimmy’s Farm (PG,cl ) new series Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith, Haya 1.30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape (G) Harareet, Jack Hawkins. 2.00 Journeys To The Ends Of The Earth (PG) search for disappearing cultures 5.30 Antique Roadshow (G) Burghley House. 3.00 Totally Australia – Retreat Of The 6.00 Evening News Ice Birds (G) 6.30 Funniest Home Video Show (G) 4.00 Escape With ET (G) 7.30 Wipeout (PG) 5.00 Ten News With Sports Tonight 8.30 Rugby League World Cup Semi6.00 The Simpsons (PG) Repeat. Final No. 1. 6.30 Movie: The Perfect Man (PG,a, 8.40 Saturday Lotto 2005) Stars Hilary Duff, Heather 10.45 Movie: Ransom (AV, 1996) Stars Mel Locklear, Chris North. Gibson, Rene Russo. 8.35 Movie: Liar Liar (M,sr, 1997) Stars Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Cary Elwes 1.10 Movie: Price Of Glory (M,v,cl, 2000) 10.20 Movie: The Blues Brothers (M,cl, Stars Jimmy Smits, Maria del Mar, 1980) Stars John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Ron Pelman. James Brown. 3.20 Seinfeld (PG) 1.00 Rugby Spring Tour 2008: Wallabies 3.50 Rouge Traders (PG) Repeat. vs England 4.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 3.00 Infomercials) 4.00 Religion (G)

6.25 World News in various languages. 6.00 Religion 6.30 Creflo A Dollar 10.00 The Best Of Insight 2008 Repeat. 7.00 Staines Down Drains 11.00 Sunday Brunch Sessions: Ray 7.30 Weekend Sunrise Davies (PG) Repeat. 10.00 Kochie’s Business Builders (G) 12.00 Cycling: Tour Du Faso 2008 10.30 Sea Change, Tree Change (G) Cairns 1.00 Speedweek 1.30 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Live 11.00 Rolex Spirit Of Yachting (G) 11.30 Home Improvement (G) from NZ. 12.00 Noosa Triathlon (G) 3.00 Football Asia 2.00 Scrubs (PG) 3.30 UEFA Champions League 2.30 Bond On Location – Making Of Magazine Sport. Quantum Of Solace (PG) Repeat. 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 3.00 Movie: Fat Albert (G, 2004) Stars 5.00 The World Game Football. Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt. 6.00 Thalassa: Village Of Ice, Canada (G) 5.00 What Not To Wear (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? – Carol 6.00 Seven News 6.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Vorderman (PG) doco series. Durie (G) Thailand. 8.35 Where’s My Robot (G) doco from UK 7.00 Kath & Kim (PG) Repeat. 9.35 Movie: 2001– A Space Odyssey 7.30 Where Are They Now (PG) (G, 1968) Stars Keir Dullea, Gary 8.30 Movie: Legally Blonde (PG,s,cl, Lockwood, Douglas Rain. 2001) Stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke 12.05 Death On The Staircase (M,a) doco Wilson, Selma Blair. on Michael Peterson from the UK. 10.30 Movie: Bringing Down The House 12.50 TV Around the World: Russia (M,v,d, 2003) Stars Steve Martin, (M,cl,n) from France. Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy. 1.20 If The Dead Could Speak (M,v,a,cl) 12.30 Movie: Dirt (M,cl,s, 2004) Stars Drama series from Argentina. Repeat. Julieta Otiz, Yvette Mercedes. 2.20 Weatherwatch Overnight 2.30 Home Shopping

6.00 Religion 7.00 Wormwood 7.30 Totally Wild 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 State Focus 9.00 Video Hits First (G) 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 11.30 Video Hits Presents: Coldplay In Concert (PG) 12.00 I Fish (G) 1.00 Australian SuperX (PG) Supercross 2.00 Rugby Spring Tour 2008: Wallabies vs England Replay 4.00 Country Matters (G) 5.00 Ten News With Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) Repeat. 6.30 Thank God You’re Here (PG) Repeat 7.30 Australian Idol (PG) 8.30 Rove (M) Final. 9.40 NCIS (M) Repeat. 10.40 Californication (MA15+) 11.20 The Office (PG) 11.40 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Global Edition (MA15+) 12.10 The Office 12.40 Video Hits Up Late (PG) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

12.00 Toons At Noon 2.00 Movie: Brink (G, 1998) 3.30 Brainiac – Science Abuse 10.30 Movie: The Butterfly Effect (AV,cl 2004) 12.30 Ultimate Access

SUNDAY 16

5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders And Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise (G) Repeat. 12.00 Landline 1.00 Gardening Australia (G) Repeat. 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.00 The Celts (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? 4.10 Conversations With Australian Artists: Dadang Christanto Repeat 4.30 Art Museums Of The World (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts (G) 6.00 At The Movies Repeat. 6.30 The Einstein Factor (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Humpbacks: From Fire To Ice (G) 8.25 ABC News Update 8.30 A Room With A View (M*,v,s) 10.05 Compass: Bishop Of The Universe 10.35 Dickens In America (G) Repeat. 11.10 Order In The House Parliament. 12.10 Movie: The Last Detail (M,cl,sr, 1973) Stars Jack Nicholson. 1.50 Movie: Full Confession (PG, 1939) Stars Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers. 3.05 Movie: Stagecoach Kid (G, 1949)

7.00 Charles Mingus: Live At Montreux (G) Repeat. 8.00 Blind Boys of Alabama: Live In Concert (G) Repeat. 9.00 The Guitar Show with Duke Robillard, Angus Young, Rod McCormack 9.30 Pop[b]session: Session 1 (G) Repeat 10.30 triple j tv With The Doctor 11.30 triple j tv presents The Vines (G) Rpt 12.00 London Live (G) Music. Repeat. 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) Final. 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Green Day 2.00 jtv live: silverchair’s One Night Stand (G) Repeat. 3.00 jtv Live: Wolf And Cub (G) Repeat. 4.05 jtv Live: The Shins (G) Repeat. 5.00 Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours(G) Repeat. 6.00 ABC Fora 7.00 Jennifer Byrne Presents: Biography 7.30 Sunday Arts (G) Repeat. 8.30 Alice Neel (M*,cl) biography. 9.55 Mozart, Constanze and Georg (G) 10.30 Opera Confidential (G) Repeat. 10.55 Close

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6.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 7.00 TVP Direct 7.30 Biomagnetics (G) 8.00 Sunday News 9.00 Wide World Of Sports (G) Final. 11.00 Samsung Melbourne Marathon 12.00 Speed Machine (G) 12.30 Boarding Pass travel show. 1.00 WWE Afterburn wrestling. 2.00 Seinfield (PG) 2.30 Movie: The New Guy (PG,cl,s, 2002) Stars DJ Qualls, Eddie Griffin. 4.30 Travel Wild (G) Marine encounters. 5.00 The Gurus Explore Canada (G) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 20 To 1 (PG) Repeat. 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Rugby League World Cup SemiFinal No. 2. 10.45 Movie: The Mexican (M,cl,v, 2001) Stars Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Gene Hackman, James Gandolfini. 1.15 A1GP – World Cup Of Motorsport China 2.15 Newton Faulkner (PG) Music. 2.30 Guthy Renker and Danoz 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard (PG) Repeat. 1.30 Atlantic Edge (G) Repeat. 2.00 The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 RollerCoaster 6.00 Landline Extra Repeat. 6.30 Talking Heads: Jim Sharman (G*) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 Report with Kerry O’Brien 8.00 Face Painting With Bill Leak (G) 8.30 The Howard Years: Change The Government, Change The Country 9.35 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 10.25 Lateline 11.00 Lateline Business 11.25 A Machine To Die For (G) Repeat. 12.30 Movie: Wedding Rehearsal (G, 1933) Stars Merle Oberon, Roland Young, Lady Tree. 1.55 Movie: Letter From An Unknown Woman (G, 1948) Stars Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan 3.25 Bowls: Australian Indoor Champs

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Gardening Australia (G) Repeat. 5.00 Message Stick Repeat. 5.35 Can We Help? (G) Repeat. 6.05 Collectors (G) Repeat. 6.35 Coach Trip (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 triple j tv 8.30 The Hack Half Hour (M*,sr) 9.00 Good Game 9.30 Death Note (M*,v) drama 10.00 triple j tv presents The Herd (M*) 10.30 Nelly Furtado: Loose, The Tour 11.25 Close

5.20 World News in various languages. 1.00 Living Black (G*) Repeat. 1.30 Haditha: The Rules Of Engagement (M,v) doco from the US. Repeat. 2.30 Rendezvous With Death: Kennedy and Castro (G) Part 1 of 2 doco. Repeat. 3.30 Insight Repeat. 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew (G) student video production. 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. Repeat. 6.00 Global Village (G) Isles of Croatia. 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear Australia (PG) Final. 8.30 Swift And Shift Couriers (M,cl,a,s) part 4 of 9 comedy series. 9.00 South Park (M,a) Repeat. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Shameless (M,a,cl,d) Comedy. 10.50 The Dark Side Of The Moon (PG) spoof doco on the moon landing. 11.50 Movie: Bichunmoo (MA,v, 2000) Drama from South Korea. 1.55 Life Support (MA) comedy. Repeat. 2.25 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 6.00 Ten News 5.30 Today 11.00 All for Kids 11.30 Seven News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 9.00 9am With David & Kim 11.00 Time/Life (G) 12.00 Movie: Someone Is Watching 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Danoz (G) (M,v,cl, 1998) Stars Stephanie 12.00 The View (PG) talk show. Powers, Martin Neufeld, Mickey Toft. 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) Repeat. 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 1.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M,v) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) 3.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) 4.00 It’s Academic 4.00 Outback 8 Kid’s travel to the 3.30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi new 4.30 Seven News Australian Outback. kids’ series. 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge kids’ game show. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 5.00 Ten News 4.30 National News 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) Kentwell 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) Hall. 7.30 The Rich List (G) 7.00 Will And Grace (PG,sr) Repeat. 6.00 Evening News 8.30 City Homicide (M,v,s) 7.30 Australian Idol (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair 9.30 Bones (M) 8.30 Good News Week (M) comedy. 7.30 Domestic Blitz (PG) 10.30 Out Of The Question (M,s,a,cl) 8.30 CSI (M,v) all new episode. 11.00 Louis Theroux And The Swingers (G) 9.30 Supernatural (M) 10.30 Out Of The Blue (PG,at) drama set in 8.45 Lotto 12.00 Auction Squad (G) Repeat. beach resort of Manly. Premier. 9.30 Cold Case (M) all new. 1.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 10.30 True CSI: Cold Blood (M,v,d) Seven QLD program same as above except: 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 11.30 Just Shoot Me (PG) 6.30 Today Tonight 12.30 Judge Judy (PG) 12.00 Shipwrecked (PG) Prime HD program same as above except: 1.00 The Baron (PG) Repeat. 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Movie: 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am. 2.00 Guthy Renker and Danoz Too Good To Be True – Part 1 (M,s,v,cl,2003) 2.15 Bond On Location 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 Power 3.30 Good Morning America Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 5.00 Early Morning News 10.30 Alias,11.30 Ross Kemp On Gangs 12.30 Commando: On the Front Line 1.30 Out Of The Question.

6.00 Ten Early News 5.20 World News in various languages 6.00 Sunrise 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Repeat 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.00 All For Kids pre-schoolers program 8.30 Puzzle Play drama from Lebanon. 11.30 Seven News 9.00 9am With David And Kim 2.05 Don Matteo (PG) Drama series from 12.00 Movie: Search For A Homeless Man 11.00 Ten Morning News Italy. (M,v, 1998) Stars John Schneider, Robin 11.30 TTN (G) 3.05 Here Comes The Neighbourhood (G) Lively, David Brainard. 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M,v,a) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 3.30 Food Safari: Mauritian (G) Repeat. 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 4.00 The Journal 4.00 It’s Academic 3.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.30 Seven News 4.00 Totally Wild 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy series. 5.00 M*A*S*H 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 Global Village (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.30 World News Australia 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) 7.35 The Nest (PG) Part 1 of 6 doco series. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 7.30 The Zoo (G) 8.00 Find My Family (PG) 7.00 Will And Grace (PG,sr) Repeat. 8.30 Cutting Edge: The Price Of Sugar 8.30 Packed to the Rafters (PG,v,s) 7.30 The Simpsons (PG) double episode 9.35 World News Australia 9.30 All Saints (M) 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.05 Hot Docs (M,v,a,cl) Brazil. 10.30 Surgery Saved My Life (PG,a) epi9.30 Rush (M,at) drama. 11.40 Movie: Lolita (MA, 1962) Stars lepsy surgery. 10.30 Out Of The Blue (M) drama set in James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue 11.30 Revenge TV (M) beach resort of Manly. Lyon, Peter Sellers. 12.30 Home Shopping 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 2.15 WeatherWatch Overnight Seven QLD program same as above except: 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 6.30 Today Tonight 12.30 State Focus Repeat. Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Movie: 1.00 Infomercials (PG) Too Good To Be True – Final (M,s,v,cl,2003) 2.15 4.00 Religion to 6am.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 9.30 Business Today 6.00 Kids’ Program 10.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Behind The News Repeat. 4.30 Selling Australia (G) Repeat. 11.00 The Airships (G) Repeat. 5.00 An Island Parish (G) 12.00 Midday Report 5.35 Time Team (G) Repeat. 1.00 National Press Club Address 6.35 Coach Trip (G) six week bus trip of 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. Europe. 2.00 The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh 7.00 Zoo Days (G) Britain’s largest zoos 3.00 Kids’ Programs 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 4.55 RollerCoaster 6.05 Art Museums Of The World (G) Rpt. 8.00 Sleep Clinic (G) 8.30 Spendaholics : Stuart Hicks (M) 6.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) 9.30 Fakes (PG) fastest rising crime. 7.00 ABC News 10.30 Peking To Paris (PG) Repeat. 7.30 The 7.30 Report 11.25 Close 8.00 The New Inventors (G) 8.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 9.00 Stupid Stupid Man (PG) 9.30 Summer Heights High (M*,cl) Repeat 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.30 Cracker (M*,v,at) Repeat. 12.25 Movie: Day OF The Triffids (PG, 1963) Stars Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey 2.00 Movie: First Yank Into Tokyo (PG,1945) Stars Tom Neal, Barbara Hale. 3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat

6.00 Sunrise 5.20 World News in various languages. 9.00 The Morning Show 1.00 Movie: Facing Windows (M,s,a,cl, 11.00 All For Kids pre-schoolers program 2002) Drama from Italy. 11.30 News 2.50 Herstory (G) Animation from Korea. 12.00 Movie: The Brush-Off (M,s,cl,v, 3.00 Salam Cafe (G) Repeat. 2003) Stars David Wenham, Deborah 3.30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow Repeat. Kennedy, Joel Tobeck, Ronald Falk. 4.00 The Journal 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) 5.30 Is Your House Killing You? (G) Repeat. 4.00 It’s Academic 6.00 Living Black (G*) Final. 4.30 Seven & Prime News 6.30 World News Australia 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 7.30 Food Safari: Brazilian (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 8.00 Cooking In The Danger Zone: 6.00 Prime & Seven News Venezuela (PG) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 8.30 Well-Founded Fear (MA, cl) a search 7.30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) new for rejected asylum seekers. episode. 9.30 World News Australia 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 10.00 NEWStopia (M) Comedy 9.30 The Unit (M) new episodes. 10.30 Movie: Barry Lyndon (PG, 1975) 10.30 Jonestown (M) cult murder/suicide Stars Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, in 1978. Patrick McGee, Hardy Kruger. 11.50 Scrubs (PG) double episode. 1.40 Women As Booty: The Wehrmacht 12.30 Danoz, Expo and Guthy Renker and Prostitution (MA) Repeat doco. Seven Qld program same as above except: 2.40 Weatherwatch Overnight 6.30 Today Tonight

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TUESDAY 18

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Behind The News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 10.35 The Australian Experience (G*) 4.30 Little Angels (G) Repeat. 11.05 Sleek Geeks (G) Repeat. 5.00 Talking Heads (G*) Repeat. 11.30 Carbon Cops (G) Repeat 5.35 Game Ranger Diaries (G) 12.00 Midday Report 6.35 Coach Trip (G) 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Quiz show. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 1.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 2.00 The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh 8.05 Father Ted: Hell (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Hamish Macbeth (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 9.20 The Bill (PG) Repeat. 4.55 RollerCoaster 6.05 Time Team: The Cheyne Gang (G) 10.50 MDA (M*cl,a) Repeat. 11.45 Close 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 Report with Kerry O’Brien 8.00 Navy Divers (PG) Final. 8.35 The Last Aztec: Part One (PG) 9.30 Foreign Correspondent 10.00 Peter And The Wolf (G) 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 Iconoclasts: Eddie Vedder And Laird Hamilton (M*,cl) Repeat. 12.20 Movie: Death Drums Along The River (PG, 1962) Stars Richard Todd, Jeremy Lloyd. 1.50 Movie: Sanders Of The River (PG, 1935) Stars Paul Robeson, Leslie Bank. 3.35 Murder Prevention (M*,v) Final.

Bond On Location 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 10.30 Urban Legends 11.00 Lost 12.00 Scrubs 1.00 Brainiac – Science Abuse

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 8.30 Puzzle Play 11.00 Danoz 9.00 9am With David And Kim 12.00 The View (PG) 11.00 Ten Morning News 1.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Kingdom Of Paramithi 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge Final. 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 National News 4.00 Totally Wild 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) Ulverston. 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 Evening News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) all new. 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 7.30 Hamish & Andy Re-Gifted (PG) spe- 8.45 Lotto cial presentation. Comedy. 9.30 CSI: NY (M) 8.30 House (M) 10.30 How to Have Sex After Marriage (MA) 9.30 Life (M) 11.30 Just Shoot Me (PG) 10.30 Out Of The Blue (M) drama set in 12.00 All Of Us (PG) beach resort of Manly. 12.30 Twins (PG) 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 1.00 Mad TV (M) Repeat. 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 Guthy- Renker Australia 12.30 Infomercials (PG) Repeat. 2.30 Danoz Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Movie: 4.00 Religion to 6am. 3.30 Good Morning America Footsteps (M,v, 2003) 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 5.00 Early Morning News Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 10.30 Dr Danger 11.00 Gear 11.30 Make Me A Supermodel 12.23 Human Trafficking

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THERE’S A BEAR IN THERE! We have 2 family passes (4 tix per family) to give away to Playschool – the popular television show LIVE in concert at Seagulls on Tuesday November 25. Featuring two presenters and the Play School toys, this 40 minute show is full of songs, games and stories designed to delight pre-schoolers and parents alike. We’re talking Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima and Humpty. Email ‘And a chair as well’ to mandy@ tweedecho.com.au and you will be in the running!!!

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meeting Loren

Loren at Ukitopia and the Mullumbimby Music Festival

ki based Loren is a singer/songwriter who ten years ago made the move from Western Australia and settled in the lush village of Uki. Every year he travels back three or four times for a small tour, but admits that the circuit in Western Australia is just too small to support a performing artist. ‘You tend to get to know a lot of people in the scene and there’s only a handful of gigs available, it was pretty hard to eke out a living over there, going back works well, but I tend to work a lot more on the East Coast.’ Loren has only great things to say about Uki, the village where he’ll be performing this weekend as part of the first inaugural Ukitopia, Uki Festival. ‘The community is really good here and very supportive of the arts. It has the people, it just doesn’t have the infrastucture, in fact the only thing it has is community! I think that is what makes it a bit special, people drive into town after hearing about Uki and go, where is everything?’ After years of travelling all over the country, Loren has developed his own unique way of getting a feel for a place. ‘I think you can tell a lot about a town by its noticeboard. The one in Uki is overflowing with events and workshops and healings – it’s just amazing, people come up

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and stare for hours, I often go and check it out in a little town, go to the noticeboards and get an idea about what makes the place tick!’ When it comes to songwriting, Loren credits his artistic inspiration to his emotional repertoire. ‘When I’m creating a song, it’s usually some kind of extreme emotional experience – I tend to process a lot through songwriting, I think it’s a good way to bring it out of the darkness and see it. There are often hazy concepts there and the feelings that you weren’t even aware of and you use the creative process to bring it out and by the end you have come through and it and you have a way to continually process it.’ Loren will be sharing his love of songwriting at the Uki Cafe on Saturday morning from 10am with a songwriting workshop. ‘Songwriting works on so many levels, that’s what makes it so special, you can’t anaylse it on a cognitive level because you really feel it. What is a good song, or a powerful song? Well, on the surface you have your notes, and it’s a just a feeling that it evokes. I noticed the other night when I was supporting The Toothfaeries, they go into an African Soweto type feel and it’s something that just ignites a part of me, just a few notes in a particular way.’ For Loren, this is the magic of good songwriting. So how do you know when you’ve created that kind of

resonance in a song? ‘I know when it does it for me, it’s a matter of whether other people relate to it as well. There are some songs that really resonate for me and I keep playing and I get no particular reaction, and ones that I don’t feel much for and the audience love. Thats the ultimate, that’s what the communitcation is about, finding just what is going to resonate.’ Loren performs at Ukitopia and is one of the featured performers, alongside Murray Kyle in the street concert on Sunday, (and at the Uki Cafe on Friday night). He will also be appearing the following weekend at the Mullum Music Festival. Loren notes that the kind of performances you get

at a festival are very different from your regular pub gigs. ‘There is a special space that happens at a festival, once people are there there is no where else they want to be, they are in the mood to absorb – its’ a gathering of people for a similar cause or focus and in a way it feels a bit like a protest rally, and that is because people come together, it’s almost more important than the music, as a musician you think they are loving the music, you can think you have more to do with the whole feel than you do!’ As a musician who likes to work outside the mainframe, Loren regularly performs house concerts. I had never heard of them. Thankfully Loren enlightened me.

‘Someone, usually a fan will organise a private concert at their house. If they have a nice deck or a garage where you can set up – there is a worldwide network of house concerts, it has something pretty special about it, everyone tends to know each other, kids can come if they want and it’s completely outside the pub scene, and don’t need to publicise, it’s so much more intimate, it’s more of a two way conversation with an audience.’ For those who’d like to catch Loren he’s appearing at Ukitopia this weekend, The Anglican Church in Uki on Friday November 21 with Murray Kyle, and at the Mullum Music Fest on Sunday November 23 at the Bowlo.

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Running on Diesel Diesel is back on the road, this time launching his recent release of Days Like These. The trio will deliver and an all-encompassing Diesel

The U2 Experience with Achtung Baby at Seagulls, Stardust Room, on Friday

experience as they unfold their material in a fresh and exclusive format. Divided into three distinct segments, the two hour non-stop set will be unlike anything Diesel and his band have done before. Diesel’s artistic progression doesn’t appear to be letting up. A casual creation born out of studio jams with his band, the songs are a strong mix of rock, pop and blues. This officially marks album number eight for Mr D, who admits that ‘When you’ve been a part of the musical landscape for almost 20 years, it’s easy to lose track. It was just the three of us,’ says Diesel. ‘Myself, Richie Vez on bass and Lee Moloney on drums. I kept it really off-the-cuff. I went with the flow, where the style was going when we were jamming.’ He’s even doing a bit of a life request line with Diesel Lounge by Request. Willing audience members will be invited onstage to request a song and watch it be performed from arguably the best seat in the house. Diesel explains, ‘I’ll be asking for participants to sit on the couch and make requests. They can even sing or grab a tambourine... I’m keeping the door open for anything musical’. A segment aptly titled Electric Rewound will close the show. The band will rewind through the catalogue synonymous with Diesel. Sunday at the Coolangatta Hotel. Doors open at 8pm.

Ukitopia

Rebecca Ireland at Sphinx Rock Cafe on Sunday

On Friday there’s a jam night at the Uki Café 6pm to 9pm. Come and join the fun and share an impromptu jam with local musos and people who just like to have a go… bring your voice, your instrument/s or just your good mood and enjoy the unbridled musical spirit of Uki. On Saturday, there’s a

Movie Night at the Old Butter Factory, Uki from 7pm. Sit under the stars and enjoy Crop Circles and The Mayan Calendar. On Sunday the monthly Buttery Bazaar Markets are at the Old Butter Factory, Uki. Come enjoy the colour and ambience of this fun-filled market with local arts, crafts and food for sale. Live music by local musicians on the day. On Sunday come and celebrate Ukitopia, a celebration of life, arts and culture in Uki. In the centre of the village. With parades, colour, music and so much more… Come and help us celebrate! Music with Murray Kyle, Loren, Channel Free, Hot Chilli Drummers, 6 Minutes to Midnight, belly dancing, circus performances, hiphop dancing, kids art space and a grand parade.

Caroline Nin and a Hymne A Piaf ‘Nin is a classic femme fatale… a taste of intimacy with one of music’s true dark angels.’ – The Guardian, Edinburgh. Femme fatale and acclaimed Parisian chanteuse Caroline Nin will inject Gold Coast audiences with a shot of pure cabaret straight to the bloodstream in a tribute to Edith Piaf called Hymne A Piaf. From headlining at the famous Lido in Paris, triumphs at the Edinburgh Festival and a sellout Sydney Opera House season, Ms Nin brings her spinetingling rendition of Edith Piaf to the Arts Centre stage. Caroline Nin at no time tries to imitate Piaf, but delivers her tribute with precision and clarity, creating a celebration of a city and people with Piaf’s legacy. ‘Perfect Piaf. Nin is utterly engaging, simmering and sultry.’ – The Adelaide Advertiser. Saturday 15 November, 8pm. Dinner and Show $64, Show only: Adults $40, Concession $36. Phone box office on 5588 4000. For further information, visit www.gcac.com.au

Deya Dova has got the GLO

Scarlett Affection at the Mullum Music Festival

Diesel at the Coolangatta Hotel on Monday

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This month’s GLO Dance at Uki Hall features the talents of Deya Dova performing brand new dance tracks from her forthcoming album, plus a global beats set from DJ Pulse. Originating from the desert of South Australia, Deya Dova is a diva of tribal vocals and without doubt one of the most innovative vocalists you are likely to hear. With her release in 2006 of the The Jasmani Garden Deya pioneered her own world music sound using a vocal loops, triggered samples and drones. GLO Dance is happening Friday at the Uki Hall at 8pm. Tickets $15 presale or $20 on the door. Tickets at Fresh Wholefoods (Santos) Murwillumbah, Psy.Co Mullumbimby, FirstLight Bodyworks Uki, or go online for tickets and all details at www.originarts.com.au.

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Attack of the Cancer Cluster Caroline Nin at The Gold Coast Arts Centre Saturday

Kitty Flanagan at The Gold Coast Arts Centre Friday

Gold Coast Arts Centre events Miss Kitty If you ask anyone in the comedy industry to name the top three Australian women comics, Kitty Flanagan’s name would rate right near the top. Kitty is one of the most accomplished comics around – starting out in Full Frontal over a decade ago, Kitty is a pretty girl that has the most curious talent for characterisation and it’s the source of her hilarious charm. She has appeared on The Micallef Show (AUS) and The Sketch Show (UK) with other numerous TV standup appearances, including The World Stands Up on Comedy Central (US). Kitty Flanagan appears at the Gold Coast Arts Centre, Friday November 14, 8pm. Support is Brendan Lovechild and MC is Mark McConville. Tickets only $15.

Saltbar with Preston Train

The other day I flicked open the email that informed me that drinking warm water from my plastic drink bottle would probably give me breast cancer. Excellent. I’ve been drinking water from hot plastic since I was a kid. Mum would pack cordial in a plackie bottle and let it sit in the Queensland sun until just enough toxins had been released. I’ve packed the same refreshments for my kids for years now. In fact we don’t drink it until the dioxins have been released. Honestly there’s so much stuff to watch out for. It’s enough to give you an anxiety condition. Mobile phones, electricity poles, food additives, cigarettes, the sun... these are a few of my favourite Big C producing things. Seems like these days everything gives you cancer. I’ve done a bit of my own research and as it turns out it’s a lot worse than I originally suspected. Satan’s number one choice of footwear, Crocs, give you cancer. It’s hard to detect but the first symptom is thinking they look good. Reading Who Weekly, or NW can give you cancer, but usually the readers are so stupid they don’t notice, and even with full brain removal they can continue to go on living their life as per usual. Watching any Nicole Kidman film can give you cancer, as can looking at the sun reflecting off

her unlined botoxed forehead. Neighbours and Home and Away are both so toxic, there isn’t a recommended safe level of exposure. I know someone who contracted cancer from listening to a Britney Spears album and had to have her ears removed. Just looking at a photo of Paris Hilton gives you retinal cancer. Not paying your rates gives you cancer, driving through the speeding camera at St Helena gives you cancer, and a lesser known fact is that Queensland tourists at Christmas time can give you cancer. They inflame the annoyance gland, situated right next to the Fuck You finger. Chocolate gives you cancer, as does good sex and having a smug sense of self-satisfaction about not being a self-funded retiree. Being a dog owner gives you cancer. Owning your own home gives you cancer, but so does renting. Turns out the homeless don’t get off scott free, they get a very rare Bum cancer. What can one do? I’d suggest living an organic life on a mountain top drinking crystal clear water and supping from nature’s rich bounty except you’d die of boredom. Which is apparently more brutal and more difficult to cure than Mr C.

After a successful show at the Saltbar in Kingscliff last September, Preston Train will return to the same venue this Friday night. With a mixture of Funky/Blues to complement their classic rock tunes, The Train are geared up for a big night Friday.

Sunday at the Sphinx Ocean Shores singer/songwriter Rebecca Ireland says she’s got a face ache from her smile dial stuck on full throttle since creating and playing with Brook Rees (bass) and James Cox (drums and percussion). ‘It adds a whole new meaning to the feeling! They’ll be showcasing new tunes as well as tracks from the sonically classy EP, Circuit Breaker released last year.’ Joining them for a rare North Coast appearance is special guest, M.Jack Bee. He’s been out there playing his solo show in Sydney and Melbourne and

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other party was a lot more fun. I have to admit Bono was very pleasant. We chatted for an hour or so and then we were released. I think he quite enjoyed meeting regular people; I Achtung Baby – U2 felt like a specimen. I will admit I did just do a massive name tribute show drop, but when else do you U2 are undoubtedly one of the get to tell your I met a rock star stories? The closest you’ll get to great superbands. I saw them a U2 concert now is, Achtung in concert about 10 years ago Baby, – the concept show. See when they played Sydney – I even got to meet Bono, which them at the Seagulls Stardust Room on Friday from 8.30pm was a bizarre experience. dst. $5 members and $10 for There was more security than going to meet the Pope. Man, I non members. You won’t get a thought that was A list enough, real U2 that cheap, so go and sample the pirated version. but apparently it got even more A list… we went through Murwillumbah – about 3 levels of security until finally we were seated at a big You’ve got talent!!! round table with Bono and the Channel Seven’s hit show band. No one else was there, except of course Helena Chris- ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ is about to embark on a nationwide tensen, the only other person talent search, and guess what, who was high enough up the the only regional town in their celebrity tree. It seemed really country wide sweep is humble lonely and in all honesty the just recently, the Opera House. Come early to catch him! They play The Sphinx Rock Café on Sunday from 1pm, with Rebecca on about 3.

Ann Vriend at the Byron Community Centre on Thursday November 27

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little Byron Bay. Hmm, I wonder why? Is that because we are renowned for being insanely creative and creatively insane? Australia’s Got Talent has uncovered the amazing talents of some very unique performers. Illusionists Soul Mystique, gum leaf player and Aussie Gem Herb Patten, young singing dynamos Bonnie Anderson and Jourdain and guitar whiz kid Smokin’ Joe Robinson, can all thank Australia’s Got Talent for making their dreams come true. This year it could be you! If you can amaze, surprise or thrill an audience with your talents then it could be you. Man, I could cast about 50 people just from the folk I know. It’s open to everyone and everything big and small to young and old. Novelty acts, jugglers, circus and street performers, magicians, comedians, animal acts, ventriloquists, burlesque performers, singers, dancers – you name it – the weird, the wacky and the truly wonderful! Australia’s Got Talent is vaudeville for the 21st Century, so dig deep and unearth the quirky performer inside you and try your luck at the auditions. Bottom line, we want to be entertained. The Byron Heat is on Sunday December 7 at the Byron Entertainment Centre. Auditions from 8am -6pm. www.australiasgottalent.com.au

Welcome to Woodford The 23rd Woodford Folk Festival has a program of 580 acts and 2600 performers and it’s a pulsing mini-city of culture and creativity. The festival runs from Thursday December 27 through till late on Monday January 1. This years highlights include festival favourites such as Lior, John Williamson, Dya Singh, Doch, Katie Noonan, Ash Grunwald, Augie March, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, Josh Pyke, That 1 Guy, Kristina Olsen, Waiting For Guinness, Backsliders, The Bird, Jeff Lang, Alistair Hulett and David Rovics, Martin Pearson, Wild Marmalade, Ernie Dingo, The Herd, Miguel, Leah Cotterell, Mr Percival, Bluegrass Parkway, Mic Conway1s National Junk Band, the Amazing Drumming Monkeys, and Oka. Also there’s the captivating Mama Kin and a solo appearance by Harry Angus, the Cat Empire’s trumpeter and vocalist who this time will bring his guitar. Programs and tickets are available on the Woodford Folk Festival website or call the Queensland Folk Federation on 07 5496 1066.

Rhythm Fest Cheze and Chinta, the life blood of Rhythm Konnections present Rhythm Fest, a two day African drum and dance spectacular at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall on Friday and Saturday. Friday kicks off with Lamine Sonko and Sena M’Baye from Senegal

Invisible Friend at Whian Whian Hall on Saturday and Sunday at The Beach Hotel

Deya Dova at GLO Dance at the Uki Hall on Friday West Africa in a show titled Feel the Pulse of Africa. Tickets for this show are just $20 and show time is 7pm. Saturday is about getting you to do it, to feel the rhythm and work it into your feet and body with West African Drum and Dance Workshops at the Mullum Civic Hall. For those who identify with making the tribal beat – drumming is at 10am-12pm and for those who like to move their booty, it’s 12.15pm-2pm. Cost is $30 per workshop or $50 for both. www.rhtythmkonnections.com for more info. Bookings: 6685 7927 / 0402 678 220.

Emma Gale’s Frida Kahlo inspired works at the Byron Fine Art Gallery, opening on Friday

complementary images of women. Emma Gale interprets Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in Men, Monkeys & Mexico and Feeling Invisible at Julie Hutchings presents a sensitive exploration of the The Beach human figure beyond ‘vessel or November is an exciting month façade’ in her Chasing Shadows for the crew from Invisible collection. The exhibition runs Friend. The funk, rock and till November 24. roots outfit kick summer into high gear at Whian Whian Hall on Saturday night and then again on Sunday at The Play with Place Beach Hotel. The band has Where do you love? Where do carved a reputation over the years as one of the East Coast’s you live? Are heart and place the same thing? Attention to formidable live and recorded acts, weaving soulful signature place brings depth and meaning to our lives, and provides vocals with distinct grooves an opportunity for the heart to and arrangements recruiting open and create. At the same an audience as diverse as the time, our heartfelt experiences music itself. The boys have are often strongly linked to a been busy in the studio prepsense of place. When we put ping new recordings and tour our heart into something, what planning for 2009. Their latest happens? Is there somewhere album Mysterious Maps is out in your life where heart and now. place meet? Join us in sharing your stories of Heart and Place and witness them as they are played back by the A Brush with Two Cape Byron Playback Theatre Women Company through improByron Fine Art Gallery invites vised movement, voice and music. Saturday at the Drill you to a dual exhibition of paintings by local artists Emma Hall in Mullumbimby from 7.30pm. Entry by donation. Gale and Julie Hutchings, Enquiries: 6685 4501. opening this Friday. Both cbplayback@gmail.com artists present unique but

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BLISSED OUT AT BAMBOO Over and above the call of hospitality was the lift from Bamboo restaurant back to our inferior hotel by one of the chefs at the end of an enchanted evening. That felicitous combination of the personal with the extreme professional preceding it proved to me â€“ even had I dined less magnificently than I had â€“ that here was a place whose perfect pitch had been struck. Moreover, the head chef, whose food it was we had come to eat, was not even there that evening; the kitchen did not skip a beat.

Darleyâ€™s in the Blue Mountains before heading north where he worked at Raeâ€™s and helped set up Olivo, both in Byron Bay, and did a 3-year stint with Phillip Johnson of Ecco fame, ending up at Kingscliff running Marine with his then-partner Toby Bamford. He and Toby opened eight restaurants in seven years; Sandbar and Bamboo are where Greg, currently running solo, is now. The eldest of five children, he always loved cooking and tended to experiment on the family. Everything inspires him: produce from the mountains and the vineyards, country Some lucky group of ten produce, produce from the people had the luxury of sea â€“ and while he claims not a private dinner cooked to have an â€˜ideal restaurantâ€™, exclusively for them by Greg Pieper that same night â€“ a prize his huge enthusiasm for the for a competition, I believe. Greg has obviously been a prize himself for the Santai resort at Casuarina which houses the restaurant. This is a chef whose apprenticeship was at The Cellar in the Hunter Valley vineyards, who went on to work at Lillianfels and

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by the langorous splashes of a breast-stroking couple, until their small child called them away. There seemed no hurry to do anything at all, It had been daytime when I and Scott, our man for the first drove up to meet Greg. evening (whom I remembered He took me on a little tour around the place â€“ through the some years ago from Raeâ€™s) ensured that our drinks were restaurant and out to where topped up in that seamless the pool lapped lazily across from a pavilion like an island, silent way only consummate a guest lounge complete with waiters know. When we moved bare-legged guest dangling inside there was confit ocean in a swinging cane chair. The trout flaking fatly and pinkly restaurantâ€™s name does not, as into its watercress sauce; I had thought, imply a menu baby beetroots crimson and of oriental persuasion â€“ it was gold with beetroot jelly and conceived because of the fresh white cheese on a plate Balinese style, feel and design which looked like art; butterof the five-star resort. soft Wagyu beef with peas Going back at night was to and potatoes and the cutest partake of an extra dimension. little beef pithivier; dense rich A soft still night chocolate pudding to share meant that over the last of our red wine. there was no Time seemed to float until, so question of not lusciously sated, it was time having preto consider taxis. Which was dinner drinks when the final gift of gracious outside by the hospitality was offered in the pool, where form of a lift home by a tired we were briefly but smiling girl still in her entertained checked trousers. current location, â€˜countryliving by the seaâ€™, as he puts it, suggests that Bamboo might be close.

PERUVIAN SASHIMI WITH HOT SHALLOT OIL AND CHILLI Ingredients

Method

Shallot oil Place fish in the freezer 60ml extra virgin olive oil until it firms up, do not freeze. 5 red shallots, finely sliced â€“ lightly fry shallot in the olive Using a very sharp knife oil over a low heat until thinly slice the fish and lay golden (approx 10 mins) on a chilled platter, slightly overlapping each piece, (approx 20 slices). Sashimi plate Top each slice of fish with 300g sashimi grade, firm coriander leaf. white fish fillet (Mackeral, Sprinkle the fish with diced Blue eye trevalla) cut into tomato and red onion and matchbox size pieces season with salt and 1 lime, cut into 4 segments pepper. 20 leaves coriander Heat a small pan of oil and 20 paper thin slices of fry the potato until golden jalapeno or similar chilli and just cooked. Sprinkle 40g red onion, finely diced over the fish. sea salt cracked white pepper 1 tomato, de-seeded and finely diced 30ml light soy

Squeeze the lime over the fish and spoon over soy. When ready to serve, drizzle the hot oil over the fish and eat immediately. Serves 4

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gig guide local events and entertainment friday 14 ng old coast arts centre, comedy in the basement 8pm kitty flanagan + brendan lvoechild + mc mark mcconville n cOOMERA WATER TAVERN 7.30pm brian sutton nm errimac tavern 7.30pm sorrento n r adison resort, gold coast 6.30pm john mcalpine n royal pines resort 8pm summerdaze n seaworld, nara resort 7pm graham hobson n seagulls, stardust piano bar 8.30Pm u2 experience with achtung baby, connections 9pm AKASA n sandbar casuarina 8.30pm Preston train n uki CAFE 6pm jam night n uki hall 3pm images of uki exhibition 8pm glo dance with deya dova + dj pulse n luffley cafe, m’bah 7pm lie music n southport yacht club 6.30pm tony Krugen n BEACH HOTEL, byron 9.30PM the krishna jones band n the rails, byron 7pm hudibrastic funk n hotel great northern, byron hi fi handgrenades n la la land, byron RYAN RUSHTON + DANIEL WEBBER n COCOMANGAS, byron dj kristin n chee ky monkeys, byron jungle party with mc wild n byron fine art gallery emma gale & julie hutchings exhibition opening n HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM bill jacobi n tapa s tapas, brunswick 8pm dj nick taylor

restaurant 8.30pm kulaz n the royal pines resort 8pm apple tree n merrimac tavern 7.30pm diva divo n mullum ex-services 8.15pm akasa n r adison resort, gold coast 6.30pm ipso facto n royal pines resort, kalinda 6pm julian jones n saltbar, kingscliff 8.30pm darren marlow n seagulls, connections 6pm tony kruger 9pm black magic n uki CAFE 6pm loren for ukitopia festival n uki hall 5pm images of uki & ukitopia festival opening n old butter factory, uki 7pm movie: ’night with crop circles’ & ‘the mayan calendar’ n sheoak shack, fingal head 7pm glen brace cat stevens show n BEACH HOTEL, byron 9.30pm king farook n THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM method n la la land, byron LIVEWIRE n COCOMANGAS, byron quality control + foxxy n HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM smart artists n lu lu’s cafe, mullum 11am birling gap (UK) n mullumbimby rsl 8.15pm akasa n mullumbimby civic centre west african drums & dance w’shops 10am–noon drum 12.15pm–2pm dance

saniel n tooley’s bar & restaurant 5pm ross river fever n saltbar, kingscliff 1pm the genes n sphinx rock cfe, mt burrell rebecca ireand, jack bee n uki CAFE 10am–3pm ukitopia festival + monthly buttery bazaar n uki CAFE 10am–2pm songwriting w’shop with loren n BEACH HOTEL, byron 4.30PM invisible friend 8pm djs ego + gravy n THE RAILS, BYRON 6pm duke baritone & the swamp dogs n BYRON GOLF CLUB 4PM BIG BANDIDOS BIG BAND n la la land, byron CAPTAIN KAINE n satori on belongil, noon nigel mctrustry n hotel brunswick 3pm mason rack 7pm soloist

with John Campbell

Newcastle

Uh-oh, another Australian coming of age flick. We make a disproportionate number of them in Oz and 2008 has already seen The Black Balloon (a gem) and Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger (a self-important crock). This one, which is above average, differs in that it was written and directed by an American, Dan Castle. Teenagers Jesse and his gay brother Fergus, along with Nathan, Scotty and Billy, Debra and Leah, go to a deserted beach for the weekend to surf, smoke dope, drink beer around a campfire and, with any luck, get a root. At first I had trouble determining who monday 17 was who (seventeen year-old n gold coast arts waxheads all look the same centre patterson to me), but when familiarity college – speech was established I grew to appreciate their relationships night n coolangatta hotel and, despite the foul-mouthed banter, be interested in their 8pm diesel story. Added to the usual tuesday 18 gaucherie and bumptiousness of youth is the bitterness that n gold coast arts Jesse feels about losing out centre patterson to Nathan in a qualifier for a college – speech major surfing meet. Jesse’s night older, embittered brother n saltbar, kingscliff Victor had been a champion 7pm trivia tuesday whose career was cut short by n seagulls lakeview injury and Jesse’s ambition is lounge 5.30 – 9pm to surpass his achievements michael king and, more importantly, prove n to his dad. But the wednesday 19 himself father/son issue is forgotten n gold coast arts about at the beach, where centre st hilda’s there are more gleaming lunar school graduation buttocks than you can point a n seagulls – lakeview stick at as friendship, horniness and Fergus’s homosexuality lounge 1.15–3.15pm become the centre of don whitaker attention. A portent of disaster don whitaker insinuates itself into the thursday 20 emptiness of the beachscape sunday 16 n gold coast arts – what a claustrophobic mood centre benowa n gold coast arts the ever-present line of cargo state high school centre, arts ships on the horizon creates graduation saturday 15 theatre leanne – and it looms large with the n mullum civic hall arrival of Victor and a couple spence dance ng old coast arts of his mates, who appear like 8pm mullum music world academy centre, the a mob of gravelly gunslingers festival opening n pottsville beach basement 7pm jazz night: tina harrod, at a showdown. The ensuing sports club 1pm the in the basement tragedy is expertly veiled and mr percival, the have a go show paul gibens & brilliantly filmed by Richard blue hula’s, jali revue (JAM) lothan Michalak, whose photography buba kuyateh, mc schildhorst n seagulls, is breathtaking throughout, but joel salom connections 3pm n surfers paradise especially so when he takes the high noon n seagulls, lakeview marriott 6pm camera underwater. The patois tangarine jam lounge 6–9pm craig is spot on and the energy level n southport yacht never falters, thanks to a cast of shaw club 4pm lloyd n tooley’s bar & fine young actors, with Reshad Strik as Victor an eye catcher. gig guide deadline There is no great sense that 12pm tuesday mandy@tweedecho.com.au anybody has broken through ph. 6672 2280 fax. 6672 4933 to a clearer understanding of

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is won over by the ebullient Tarek and his seductive music. A turning point comes when Tarek is arrested in the subway and incarcerated in a detention centre. Part two concerns itself primarily with the tender relationship that grows between Walter and Moula, Tarek’s mother, played by Hiam Abbass, the Arab beauty most recently seen in The Lemon Tree at Mullum The Visitor Flicks. She has come to support ‘Bring me your tired, your poor, her son and is comforted by your huddled masses yearning Walter’s concern. The pacing to breathe free …’ How telling needs an occasional rev and, that this quiet, touching love even though it’s not that story should be screened at type of intimacy, pairing the a moment in history when, retiring professor with the misguidedly or otherwise, raven haired Moula doesn’t there is an almost universal sit quite so convincingly as belief that Barack Obama, it might – but the heart is a upon assuming the Presidency, lonely hunter, as they say. A will magically right the moral mild mannered man on a slow compass of a nation that has, in boil, Walter arrives at a point the view of so many, benighted where he cannot control his itself in the aftermath of 9/11. rage at the stonewall apathy of Professor Walter Vale is a jaded a flunky who helps maintain a professor at a Connecticut security regime that, through college who, in his own words, personal involvement, Walter ‘has done virtually no work now sees as one of brutal for twenty years.’ Unwillingly, inflexibility and psychological he travels to a conference in cruelty – a regime that has New York to deliver a paper been put in place to preserve and when he enters the small the unquestioned liberty that apartment that he owns in the once shone so brightly for the Village he finds it occupied world’s huddled masses. by Syrian Tarek and his Senegalese girlfriend, Zainab. Both are illegals. Walter lets them stay until they can make alternative arrangements. Tarek plays African drums in a jazz (M15+) club and in Central Park and Walter, who had been trying Fri 14 6.00 The Duchess (M) 7.50 In Bruges (MA) ThetoClone unsuccessfully learnWars the Sat 15 2.45 Wild Child (PG) piano, takes him up on his offer 4.20 Whaledreamers (PG) 6.00 The Duchess (M) to tutor him in the ancient 7.50 In Bruges (MA) art of drumming, the lessons Sun 16 2.45 Wild Child (PG) 4.20 Whaledreamers (PG) stirring dormant passions in 6.00 In Bruges (FINAL) (MA) the older man. Written and 7.50 The Duchess (M) Tues 18 6.00 Whaledreamers (PG) directed by Thomas McCarthy, 7.35 The Duchess (M) who beguiled us with The Regent Cinema Cafe Lunch: Tues-Fri 11.30am-2.30pm Station Agent, the movie is $7.50 All you can eat divided into two sections. The Pure, healthy vegetarian menu first covers the heady days 5 Brisbane St Murwillumbah 02 6672 8265 of Walter’s awakening as he www.cinemaregent.com themselves, but the movie’s strength is in its frankness and honesty. It depicts perfectly that time of life when the conflict between peer group pressure and the need to find an individual identity is never more volatile. Faithful to the world that it inhabits, without warning – and it was the last thing I expected – it quite choked me up at the end.

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school term,’ she says, ‘and the choir members have a very strong attendance. Many of them have a family history of involvement.’ President of the choir’s society, Michael Worley, is one who never misses. ‘It’s a wonderful thing to be involved in,’ he says, ‘and we’re really looking forward to singing at the gallery.’ The urbane Worley is also on the committee of the Friends of the Gallery, and for the past year has edited its quarterly bulletin Artifacts. The concert is certain to be popular among the Friends and seating is limited, so it’s advisable to book. with Judith White Fine Music and Seasonal judith@tweedecho.com.au Wassail Sunday November 23. Doors open 5.30pm, concert 6pm. Tickets $20, Wassail away Friends $18, from the Gallery or Summer is upon us, and with it comes music to gladden the Andersons’ Treasure Store, Main St, Murwillumbah. heart. First up for the festive season is the Murwillumbah Four Seasons: Philharmonic Choir next Sunday, November 23. They Summer present their concert Fine Music A new season means a new and Seasonal Wassail as the sun concert in the Four Seasons goes down on the spectacular series at the Anglican Church view from the Tweed River Art in Murwillumbah, and on Gallery. Sunday November 30 organThe 60-strong choir will sing iser Ian Holston brings us what a 90-minute program of seaso- he calls ‘a scorcher’. nal music old and new, spiritThis time Holston, a bass uals and, says musical director baritone, will himself be among Heather Martin, a surprise item the performers, along with – ‘something with bells’. soprano Irene Utley, mezzo The newly-formed ChillinSophie Wotten, accompanist gham Singers, led by Harlie John Woods, the Emmanuel Axford, will also give their first College Carrara Jazz Quintet public performance, and there and others. will be an appearance by the Each concert is carefully clarinet group Licorice Allsorts. programmed for the time of The concert concludes with the year and this one will feature a audience joining in the carol special arrangement of Gerssinging. hwin’s Summertime as part of a A wassail, according to the feast of Christmas and seasonal Macquarie Dictionary, is ‘a music, with the accent on spirifestivity or revel with drintuals, jazz and carols. king of healths’, so it’s entirely Two musical scholarships for appropriate that wine and cake young people will be anat interval is included in the nounced at the event. Encouticket price. ragement of younger artists is The choir has a long history a passion for Holston. His own in the area. Founded in 1923, singing career, which took him it suspended operations at the to Glyndebourne, began with start of the second world war Gilbert & Sullivan productions and resumed afterwards, only when he was a pupil at Murwilto fall into the doldrums in the lumbah High School back in 1960s. In its third incarnation it the 1950s, and keener on sport has now been going contithan music. nuously since 1979 and Martin, It wasn’t an auspicious head of music at Murwillumbeginning. ‘Joyce Martin was bah High School until her the music teacher,’ he recalls, retirement in 2005, was instru- ‘and Joe Elliott was the drama mental in its rejuvenation. teacher. We were doing Pirates ‘We meet every night of the of Penzance and I was the pirate

king. But I acted up so much that Joyce demoted me to lieutenant.’ Leaving school at 16, Holston went to work in town at the Commercial Banking Company, now the NAB. He continued to sing Gilbert & Sullivan, with encouragement from many in the community including one of his bank managers, who arranged a transfer to Sydney so that he could further his interest in music. There he gained professional experience in live performance and recording, appearing with the Sydney Philharmonic, the Conservatorium choir and on the ABC. He went on to spend two years overseas as a full-time singer, based in London. He appeared in opera and with the London Symphony Orchestra – where a young John Willison, later to found the Tyalgum Festival, was lead violin. But with a young family to support, he returned to Sydney and to banking, specialising in marketing and pursuing his business career until he returned to the Tweed four years ago. ‘I’m a marketing person really,’ he says. It’s a combination of talents that serves local music-lovers well. Be sure to arrive early on the 30th – the church will be packed. Four Seasons Concert: Summer All Saints Anglican Church, Murwillumbah. Admission by donation at the door, $10 adults, $5 under 18. Bring a cushion

Frankie J in Carols at Salt

When Salt hosts Carols Under the Stars at Central Park on Saturday December 13 the star turn of the night, other than Santa, will be the one and only Frankie J Holden. Also performing will be the Kingscliff Christian City Church Choir, Kingscliff Performing Arts and many more. Children’s activities begin at 4pm and the concert starts at 7pm. Bring your own picnic, rugs and camp chairs. Entry is free but glow sticks, non-flame candles and Santa hats will be on sale with proceeds going to Salt SLSC and local charities.

Hot flush on stage Twin Towns Services Club presents a completely different kind of entertainment on

November 25 when the touring production of Menopause the Musical comes to Tweed Heads. Not many men have been seen in the audience but it’s been packing in women of a certain age at theatres around the nation for the past seven years. Sounds like one for a girls’ night out. Creator Jeanie Linders claims it was ‘inspired by a hot flush and a bottle of wine’ and it’s billed as a feel-good show with parodies of golden oldies such as Stand by Your Man and I Will Survive. The current cast includes Vivien Davies, Maria Mercedes, Angela Ayers and Cindy Pritchard and the performance is directed by Gary Young with Paul Keenan as musical director. Tuesday November 25, 8pm. Tickets $30 from Twin Towns 1800 014 014 or (07) 5536 1977.

Art and the didgeridoo

Regional museum gong

NSW and ACT in the small to medium museum category – not bad going for an institution that is still battling to get its The Tweed River Regional Museum has won a prestigious own central building. You can join the Friends award from Museums and Galleries NSW for its project on of the Regional Museum by migration to the area. A morn- calling 6670 2493. ing tea to celebrate the award Head For Uki at the Civic Centre on Friday A reminder that this is UkiNovember 14 will be attended by deputy mayor Barry topia weekend – exhibition opening, film and café music Longland and council general on Saturday evening, and a manager Mike Rayner, along with museum staff, volunteers big day for all ages on Sunday. and Friends. Budd Park The Imagine award is given Installation for public engagement with We couldn’t resist showing a museum project. More than you an aerial shot of the latest 40 post-war international migrants of 11 different nationasite-specific mandala installation by artist Tania Summerell. lities were interviewed for the local project, resulting in the An ephemeral work, it was on exhibition and 2007 book The show in Budd Park, Murwillumbah last week. Once again Other Side of the World: International Migration to the Tweed Summerell celebrated the 1940s to 1960s. The participaendangered ipe tree from the ting migrants included people rainforests of Brazil, with an from the South Sea Islands, outer rim including 24 phoChina, India, England, Greece tographs of deforested areas and Italy. in the Amazon, showing the ‘On Friday we particularly effects on indigenous people want to thank the people who and the ecosystem. helped with the project,’ said ‘I spoke to over 100 children senior museum curator Sally from different schools about Watterson. ‘That is, the core these concerns throughout the group of volunteers who worday,’ she said, ‘and many other ked as researchers, and the gemembers of the public came nerous group of migrants who by. Art in this case also became shared their stories with us.’ a great educational tool, as it To win the award, the often does.’ museum beat all entrants from Escape Gallery in Murwillumbah makes social occasions of its openings. Next Sunday, November 23, it’s putting on a lunch with didgeridoo performance by Brook TurnerMann, prior to the opening of Habitat, an exhibition of watercolours by Gold Coast artist Lorraine Rogers. Lunch with music $25, bookings by November 19 on 6672 2433

Left to right: Mezzo Sophie Wotten, Harpist Sherie Sunderland, Soprano Irene Utley, artists appearing in the concert Four Seasons: Summer. Lorraine Rogers exhibiting at Escape Gallery. Photo courtesy Escape Gallery, by Lesley Gail. From top: Ian Holston, bass baritone and moving spirit of the Four Seasons concert series. The Murwillumbah Philharmonic Choir. Photo courtesy Lloyd Martin. The ipe mandala by Tania Summerell in Budd Park. Aerial photo courtesy of the artist. The Tweed River Regional Museum publication from its award-winning migration project.

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Championship bowling pair Dragons swap paddles for bowls

beach buzz what’s happening in the surf

Mount Warning Dragon Boat members swapped their paddles for a bowling ball to go Bare Foot Bowling on Sunday at the Condong Bowling Club. Despite the threat of storms, the day was well attended by young and old to raise money to enable Mt Warning Dragon Boat Club to purchase a new dragon boat. Currently they are using ‘leased’ boats. These boats are old and very heavy hence the club is desperately saving to buy a new lighter boat. A Monster Raffle of items and gifts donated by businesses of the Tweed Community was a great success. Kevin Palmer presented Dragon Boat Club president Chris Lonie with $1,000 on behalf of the Vietnam Veteran’s Social Club. Mt Warning Dragon Boat Club appreciates the support of all concerned especially the Condong Bowling Club for Tweed Heads Ladies Bowls Club, Open Club Championship Pair their ongoing support. Rosely Griffin skipper and Sue Hanlon Lead, defeated Fran MarMt Warning Dragon Boat tin and Lesley Ann French to take out the final 22/19. Club invites people from the Photo Greg Kelly age of twelve onward to come

and try social paddling on the beautiful Tweed River at Condong. Dragon boat paddling is a team sport with the emphasis on fun and fitness. The club encourages men to try this amazing activity as it

Cudgen Surf Notes

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and Gerry Riley, Jack Lawford Tuesday November 4 A very good roll-up of players for this afternoon with 3 full greens of mixed fours. Green 1: Hannah and Sam Ramsay, Barbara and Ramsay MacDonald; r/ up: Jed and Sybil Hambleton, Marie and Tom Kelly; Green 2: Marjorie Crane, Laurina and Simon Spencer, Mark Howarde; r/up: Caroline and Ian Davies, Muriel Cooper, Ken Calvert; Green 3: Penelope and Arthur Collins, Michelle and Mike VanRunt; r/up: Ralph and Jess Armstrong, Norma and George Craig. No bowls Wednesday due to rain. Frday November 7 Green 1: Ray Carter, Jack Barnes, Bob Wike; r/up: David Nelson, Bob Perriotte, Jeff Walter. Green 2: Col Heydt, Rod Mullings, John Mann; r/up: Kevin Wormald, Harold Moy, Ted Williams; Green 3: Harold Fox, Ron Hottinger, George McGregor; r/up: Lol Sables, Graham Jones, Ron Taylor. Saurday November 8 Green 1: Brian Irby, Jim Quin on c/b; r/up: Tony Goad, Graham Jones; Green 2: Jack Blagbrough, Bill Perry, Phil Brandon; r/up: Andy Lavelle, George Vlismas. Tweed Heads Tourers Next Sunday the lads will be travelling to Pottsville and will accomplany Redlands Bay for morning bowls. The list is on the notice board in the Members Lounge for those wishing to attend. No traveling arrangements have been made at the time of publication. GOLF Chinderah Veterans Social Golf Thursday 6/11/08 - Stableford Winner ‘A’ grade - Pat O’Dwyer - 41 points (c/back) - new h/cap 12 R/up - Ron Shipp - 41 points - new h/cap 9 Winner ‘B’ grade - Jack Kuhne - 43 points (c/back) - new h/cap 13 R/up - Barbara Thompson - 43 points - new h/cap 19 Winner ‘C’ grade - Carolyne Beynon 41 points - new h/cap 26 R/up - Bob Cafarella - 40 points - new h/cap 21 Ball rundown to 37 points (c/back) Hole-in-one 16th George Michael next event 13/11/08 - Stroke Results for Monday 10/11/08 Stroke

ATHLETICS Twin Towns Little Athletics Regional Relay Results U7 Girls 4 x 70m 4th, 4 x 100m 4th U8 Girls 4 x 70m 4th, 4 x 100m 2nd, Long Jump 3rd, Shotput 2nd, Discus 2nd. U9 Girls 4 x 100m 5th, 4 x 200m 5th. U10 Girls 4 x 100m 5th, 4 x 200m 5th, Long Jump 1st. U11 Girls 4 x 100m 3rd, Medley 1st U13 Girls 4 x 100m 6th, Medley 4th, Shotput 1st, Discus 1st. U15 Girls 4 x 100m 4th, Medley 3rd, Long Jump 2nd, Discus 2nd. U8 Boys 4 x 70m DQ, 4 x 100m 6th U9 Boys 4 x 100m 2nd, 4 x 200m 2nd, High Jump 1st, Shotput 3rd, Discus 3rd. U10 Boys 4 x 100m DQ, 4 x 200m 11th, Shotput 3rd. U12 Boys 4 x 100m 3rd, Medley 5th, Long Jump 3rd, Shotput 3rd. U13 Boys 4 x 100m 2nd, Medley 2nd, Shotput 2 nd, Discus 1st. U14 Boys 4 x 100m 3 rd, Medley 4th, High Jump 3rd, Shotput 2nd. BOWLS Burringbar Men Bowls Saturday November 8 W Deering (swinging lead) Jacko and R. Howard def L Philip and S Wade T Allard and M Cox def B Bathie and S Robson B Andrew and R Grob def R Chapman and E Roberts the jackpot did not go off and our member’s draw was won by W Deering. Sunday November 9 The damp and windy conditions failed to impact on the great morning spent with the Helensvale Bowling Club. Due to overnight rain conditions favoured the local side with a five rinks to two victory well done fellas. Entries for the KG Philip Shield close this Friday November 14, the draw will be on the board at the weekend. We will endeavour to complete as many matches as possible prior to the Xmas break. Sheets for the singles and pairs championships will be on the board next week, please note entry close-by dates for each event. Don’t forget Mick Dignan Day is Saturday November 22, only 16 teams to nominate 14 teams already confirmed sheet is on the notice board. Cudgen Leagues Ladies Thursday November 6

Ann Revie, Colleen Payne, Rosalie Lowe and Lorraine Sandall def Sharon-Lee Hinks, Pauline Bowen, Colleen Wein and June Wotherspoon in the Club Selected Fours. Well done girls. Betty Sydneham and Margaret Trapnell defeated Pat Smith and Joy Ashford in the Club Pairs. Ladies social winners – Betty Sydneham and Margaret Trapnell. Raffle, Anne Law. Club selected triples played on Monday November 10: Freda Hall ( sub ) Isabel Nipperess and Joy Ashford def Marion Hull, Pat Pieterse and Val Andrews. Congratulations everyone. Coming up: Ann Revie, Colleen Payne, Rosalie Lowe and Lorraine Sandall to play Lola Taylor, Judy Martin, Val Andrews and Margaret Trapnell in the Club Selected Fours Final at 1pm today. Good luck girls. Thursday ladies social arrive 12.30pm for 1pm start. All welcome. The sun social club break up day will be on this Sunday November 16 with a 9.30am start, and lunch at 12.15 pm (party at 12.15pm dress Christmassy, Cost $15 p.p. All welcome. Donations for the Christmas hampers greatly appreciated for our break up day on Thursday December 11, thank you. Monday December 17: 1pm social mixed triples. All welcome. Sheets on notice board for club fours 2009 and the pennant season 2009, interested bowlers get your names in. Committee meeting Tuesday November 25 at 9.30am. Look forward to seeing members and visitors at our Club. Bookings 02 6674 1816. Good Bowling everyone. Pottsville Men Saturday November 8 Saw a visit from 22 bowlers from Helensvale Bowls Club. After a sound lunch the Helensvale boys came out firing and the friendly competition saw them walk away with a convincing overall win. Try though the Games director may no threats of penalty points awarded could save the Potty boys from a demoralising defeat. Presentations were made to the visiting representatives and with a promise of a return match next year. Sunday November 9

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Tweed - Byron District Champion of Champion Fours Final Congratulations to Barry Sheppard, Rod Wilson, Kris Lehfeldt and Abdul Latif new District Champion of Champions Fours for 2008. After playing a great semi final in the morning they continued on their winning way with a resounding hard fought 20 to 16 win over Brunswick Heads in the afternoon. REMINDERS. ‘Barefoot Bowls’ every Sunday at 2.00pm, beginners welcome. For enquires and bookings for bowls call the Pottsville Beach Sports on 02 6676 1077 and follow the prompts. Don’t forget if you strike the answering machine, to give clearly your name, the day and date for which you are booking and your preferred position. If you are a visitor, a contact phone number would be appreciated, we would hate for anyone to be disappointed. Tweed Heads Men Championships: B Grade Triples: The final of this championship was completed on Saturday morning 8 November 2008 and the team skipped by Kim Stephenson, with Brian Scrase [lead] and Brian Lamb, substituting for Clem Jones won the game beating the team of Alan Davis, Frank McPhillips and [skip] Roy Nuttall 23/15. Senior Triples: Peter Goldsmith, Frank McPhillips, Roy Nuttall d. Jim Hammersley, Terry Patton, John Parker-Smith 25/16; John Moon, Carlo Campana, Graham Simpson d. Geoff Green, Jack Blagbrough, John Griffiths 21/13; Don Shoobert, Jack Barnes, Eddie Hewitt [reconst] d. Dennis Lusby, Ian Wildman[sub. Brian Lamb], Paul Price 22/14; semi-final: John Moon, Carlo Campana, Graham Simpson d. Don Shoobert, Jack Barnes, Eddie Hewitt 19/12; Laurie Rea, Nick Separovich, Peter Harris d. Peter Goldsmith, Frank McPhillips, Roy Nuttall 24/21; The final of this event is scheduled for Sunday November 16. Social Results: Sunday November 2 Green 1: Toots Sibley, Bill Davies; r/ up: Lucy and Col turner; Green 2: Aileen Bolton, John LeBoeuf, Ian Simmonds; r/up: Joy White, Maureen

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Dragon Boat members Dougal and Brenda Cummin-Thorn watch as Mount Warning Dragon Boat ‘Sweep’ Jacqui Turner tries her hand at barefoot bowling. Photo Louise Devine. Winner ‘A’ grade - Stan Allen - net 56 - new h/cap 7 R/up - Alan Uebel - net 57 - new h/ cap 11 Winner ‘B’ grade - Darrell Seaman net 57 (c/back)- new h/cap 16 R/up - Margaret Watson - net 57 new h/cap 12 Winner ‘C’ grade - Derek Cranch - net 53 - new h/cap 25. R/up - Patrick Tavener - net 57 - new h/cap 25. Ball rundown to net 60 (c/back) Next event - 17/11/08 - Stableford Murwillumbah Golf Club Monday November 3 Veterans Individual Stroke in 2 Grades Winner A.Grade L.Reynolds 70 nett c.b R/Up G.Thorburn 70 nett Winner B.Grade W.Bruce 65 nett R/Up B.Bolt 67 nett N/Pin 2nd G.Thorburn 5th N.Shepherd 10th L.Reynolds 17th B.Wedlock B.R.Down 71 nett. Wednesday November 5 Individual Stableford Winner A,Grade C.Varela 41 pts B.Grade A.Crockett 44 pts N/Pin 2nd R.Souter 17th T.Soan B/R/Down to 35 pts c.b Friday November 7 Women’s Winner: S.Mackey 34 pts Members Winner: G.Johnston 38 pts c.b B.R.Down to 36 pts Saturday November 8 Individual Stableford in 4 Grades Winners A.Grade D.Hobday 38 pts c.b R/Up P.Fahy 38 pts B.Grade P.Maskill 40 pts and R/Up C.Varela 38 pts C. Grade T.North 42 pts and R/Up

Adding to the tally of recent weeks, a further 48 members requalified for patrol duties last Sunday. Any member still to do so can attend an exam at Fingal next Sunday morning. Results of the nonpoint score for 9.11.08 were: Nominated Time Swim: 1st Jo Colja, 2nd Giles Wilson and 3rd Michael Powell. In the Handicap Board the places went to: 1st Jan Gielis 2nd Jemma Walker and 3rd Paul Capper. A decision will be made later in the week as to whether the Mantra Salt carnival will be a two day or one this weekend. Competitors please check with the club coach or president before Saturday. The AGM of the Club Limited is now scheduled for Tuesday 2nd December. A reminder that the Cudgen Carnival is on November 30 and any other updates, patrol rosters or information can be found don the club website www.cudgenslsc.org.au. W.Mavin 41 pts D.Grade D.Noonan 41 pts c.b and R/Up R.Small 41 pts N/Pins 2nd R.Smith 5th M.Panzram 10th P.Berryman 17th A.Causley Hole in ONE Eagle on 7th L.Catt and 14th G,Carroll B/R/Down to 34 pts c.b. SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club Week ended November 8: Air Pistol – Men – R Hanby 625 M Curtis 614 J Curtis 578. Air Pistol – Ladies – S Stebbing 388. Rapid Fire – R Fleming 634 A Berry 612 D Stebbing 574 A Gazzard 572 J Lumsden 565 S Nash 545 R King 541 D Gazzard 527 R Rees 505 J Traves 499 S Stebbing 441 S Doyle 413 J McKenney 405.

SLSC PATROLS Cudgen SATURDAY 15.11.08 10-3pm ‘Oysters’ S.Spence (C). SUNDAY 16.11.08 A.M. ‘Octopuses’ S.Douglas (C). P.M. ‘Hammerheads’ D.Field (C).

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Row, row, row ya scull, gently down the Tweed Rick Kranen, a local rower based in Murwillumbah, has recently signed a sponsorship deal with international boat building company, Swift Racing Shells. Rick who is a sports fitness consultant and developer of RowQuickAustralia, is a provider of training information and programs specific to rowers. Rick is a keen rower with a strong desire to help other rowers row quicker but he is also a relative newcomer to the sport. This is Rick’s second time around as he rowed as a schoolboy more than 25 years ago, but had not done much rowing since. Apart from events like the Pan Pacs, competition in the Northern Rivers region is hard to come by and since taking up the sport, Rick found that racing the 17 year olds was the most rewarding. Rowing requires long hours of dedication building and maintaining the conditioning required to withstand that short burst of maximum effort. As a novice sculler at the beginning of the 2006/7 season, not only did Rick learn how to scull, but won the Australian National Masters Rowing

Rick Kranen blitzed the recent Pan Pacific Master’s Games on the Goldie, winning a scullful of medals including 10 gold, 2 silver and a bronze for colour. Rick trains five or six days a week in his new craft, sponsored by Swift Racing Scull on the Tweed River. Photo Tree Faerie.

Championships in Sydney in that same year. That particular regatta was the largest rowing event held within Australia with over 1500 participants. Rick also cleaned up at the recent Pan Pacific Masters

Games held on the Gold Coast winning more medals than you could shake a scull oar at, a whopping 10 gold, 2 silver and a bronze, ( becasue he didn;t have that colour), and a clean sweep of the indoor rowing.

Rick believes that rowing is a sport unparalleled by any other. ‘You are required to travel at an anaerobic threshold for the duration of the event,’ he says. ‘It starts in an anaerobic state and you need to quickly

transfer into your aerobic state or else you ‘blow up’, and often finish in a completely spent anaerobic state again. Rowing uses around 82% of the muscles of the body and is a great way to stay in shape.’ When you add together the actual race distance and the row to the starting line, Rick travelled over 50 kilometres during the course of the Pan Pacs, that’s not something you do without a solid and carefully planned preparation. Rick was spotted by Swift earlier this year after becoming Australian C Grade Master Rowing Champion for the second year running. A racing scull costs upward of $8,000. This sport is not for the faint hearted and requires maximal effort from an athlete for over three and a half minutes. Rick approached Swift Racing Shells about the possibility of sponsorship. They wanted to back someone who is successful and likely to help show case their products. Club sculls weigh about 20kg and are too heavy for racing effectively and Rick wished to be independent of the club sculls and have the

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Infant and preschool Swimsafe develops water confidence through games and fun activities. Any child over 18 months can participate, and mum, dad or an adult carer joins the child in the water for every lesson. This helps develop confidence, and the adult then learns how to teach and encourage the child after lessons are finished. Children under 4 years are generally not sufficiently developed to learn the skills necessary to swim. However, Swimsafe teaches basic familiarisation and safety skills such as getting in and out of the water, blowing bubbles and floating.

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50m in two strokes) and basic water through to those who want to develop their swimlifesaving skills To join these classes, chil- ming strokes or breathing dren must be going to school techniques. Swimsafe will arrange adult already, starting school in 2009, or turning five years old by 31 lessons based on demand andJuly 2009. These classes are dates and times suited to adult based on the Royal Life Saving participants, rather than conSociety’s ‘Swim and Survive’ ducting programs with preschool and school age children. Program. NSW Sport and Recreation Swimsafe classes can be arranged for adults, anyone over will be delivering adult Swim13 years can join in. It’s never safe lessons in 2008/09 based Level 1: on registrations of interest. too late and it has to be fun. For more info phone SwimClasses cater for those who Water discovery safe on 13 13 02 or visit www. have never had swimming lesFor children who are nonswimmers, have never had sons or aren’t confident in the dsr.nsw.gov.au/swimsafe. swimming lessons and/or aren’t confident in the water. The aim is to develop confidence and basic skills such as submerging, blowing bubbles There is an abundance of gifted and talented sports humans and safe entry and exit.

This transitional class aims to develop independence from adult support, while learning basic stroke and breathing skills School age children quickly learn how to have fun in the water and it doesn’t take long for swimming to become second nature. Swimsafe caters for beginners through to those needing stroke correction.

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This program is designed for young children with little or no Level 2: experience in the water. The Water awareness aim is to develop water familFor children with some water iarisation and basic skills such confidence, who can submerge as submerging, blowing bubwith eyes open, float with a flobles and safe entry and exit. tation aid for 30 seconds, and can move through the water Frogs This group caters to young unassisted for three metres children who have some ex- with feet clear of the bottom. perience in the water, but still The aim is to further develop require flotation or adult sup- confidence, basic strokes skills, port. The aim is to develop and breathing. confidence and movement Level 3: through water.

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in the Tweed Shire and The Echo wants to hear from you (or we would like you to dob in a mate). If you excel in your chosen sport and compete locally or you play with a local team, we’d love to hear from you and we are leaving no sport untouched. If you play in the Cudgen Marble Championships, the Fingal Elastic Band Flicking round-robin, the Murwillumbah Marshmallow Eating Master or if you are simply the fastest runner in your street, we want to see your story and photo on our pages. Of course we also want to see rugby big blokes, cricketing bat brains, surfing water babes and terrific tennisers – no sport is too mainstream for The Echo.

opportunity to race a true 14kg racing scull. The difference in weight is significant in the first part of the race where acceleration of a lighter boat is a distinct advantage. ‘I can now train exclusively in one boat which will give me greater freedom to participate in regattas,’ said Rick. ‘I am very happy to have been given this terrific opportunity and especially appreciate the support Pierre van der Poel, director of Swift Racing has given to me. Normally this kind of sponsorship is only offered to elite athletes of Olympics or world standard calibre.’ The boat has already proven itself in Murwillumbah’s latest regatta where Rick Kranen recently won a hotly contested race against competitors less than half his age.

TIDE TIMES PHASES OF THE MOON Sagittarius Full Moon 13th Dec 3.39 am Last Quarter 19th Dec 9.30 pm New Moon 27th Dec 11.23 pm First Quarter 4th Jan 9.56 pm FRI High 9.24 am 1.8 Sunrise 5.44 am 14th 10.07 pm 1.3 Sunset 7.15 pm Low 2.54 am 0.3 Moonrise 8.37 pm 4.07 pm 0.1 Moonset 5.57 am SAT High 10.14 am 1.8 Sunrise 5.44 am 15th 11.03 pm 1.2 Sunset 7.16 pm Low 3.42 am 0.3 Moonrise 9.46 pm 5.02 pm 0.1 Moonset 6.56 am 5.43 am SUN High 11.08 am 1.9 Sunrise 16th Sunset 7.17 pm Low 4.34 am 0.3 Moonrise 10.48 pm 6.01 pm 0.1 Moonset 8.02 am MON High 12.02 am 1.2 Sunrise 5.43 am 17th 12.05 pm 1.8 Sunset 7.18 pm Low 5.31 am 0.4 Moonrise 11.40 pm 7.01 pm 0.1 Moonset 9.13 am TUE High 1.03 am 1.2 Sunrise 5.43 am 18th 1.05 pm 1.7 Sunset 7.19 pm Low 6.34 am 0.4 Moonrise 8.02 pm 0.2 Moonset 10.22 am WED High 2.08 am 1.2 Sunrise 5.42 am 19th 2.07 pm 1.6 Sunset 7.20 pm Low 7.42 am 0.5 Moonrise 12.24 am 9.01 pm 0.3 Moonset 11.29 am THU High 3.12 am 1.2 Sunrise 5.42 am 20th 3.11 pm 1.5 Sunset 7.20 pm Low 8.53 am 0.5 Moonrise 1.01 am 9.56 pm 0.3 Moonset 12.32 am Eastern Standard Time. Heights in metres. Courtesy of NSW Tide Charts, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, NSW Dept of Commerce

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Regular cleans Spring cleans One-off cleans Pre-sale Bond cleans Home detailing

Tile & Building Concepts 0437 984 349

www.australis.net

DENTISTS BYRON DENTAL SURGERY Mercury-free restorations .......................................................66807774

DESIGN & DRAFTING GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au .Lyn 0428 884329 or 66857756 SPACE STUDIO Bespoke designs for buildings and interiors..............................................66809921

Byron Energy Efficient Design & Drafting DAs • House Plans • Renovations Dave Lawrence 6685 7713 0423 531 448

CARPENTER/JOINER

Stairs – Roofs – Decks – Pergolas Doors – Windows – Built in furniture All timber repairs – Quality workmanship Phone Tony 0429 038 412 A/H 02 6677 9519 Lic. No. 79961C

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES VACUUM & APPLIANCE REPAIRS & SPARES Power & Air Tool Repairs .........................66844514

ELECTRICIANS CURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service. Lic 79065C ........................................................0427 402399

www.tweedecho.com.au

Wate

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Service Directory Business, home, farm, industrial

Reliable & punctual

ELECTRICIAN

No call out fee • Solar power specialist Andrew Curtis • Lic 79065C • 0427 402 399

PRINTING & GRAPHIC ART

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey 0409 799 909 ph/fax 02 6684 3208

various implements available for limited access projects

creative design solutions a sweet hive of possibilities elissa@freshhoneydesigns.com

Lic # 154293C

0419 772 897

Lic NSW 88593C

Call Jürgen

• Country Energy contractor • Overhead power supply • Underground power • Metering / Off Peak • LED lighting sales & installations

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL

24 HOUR SERVICE

Anthony 0439 624 945 a/h 6680 4173 • Rural • Domestic • Commercial • Industrial • Phone/Data • Test & Tag Tools/Appliances

Friendly – Free Quotes – No Callout Fees – Reliable

7 days a week service

Call 0427 402 399

Lic 79065C

SMALL JOBS – URGENT JOBS – EMERGENCY JOBS ONLY

02 6680 5241 | 0411 204 390

MOTORING

BAYSIDE RADIATORS, WINDSCREENS AND AIR CONDITIONING 24 Hours 7 Days Serving Tweed and Byron Shires

Natrad

AUTO COOLING SERVICE CENTRE

Where else would you take a leak! Lot 4, Wilfred St, Billinudgel. Ph 6680 2444

BORDER BATTERIES & RADIATORS

Automotive and industrial radiator recore and repair service www.borderbatteries.com.au

(07) 5524 6422 Unit 7/37 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South NSW 2486

Bill McCullochs Specialists

23 years servicing the Tweed Valley & Gold Coast (opp. Motor Registery)

Fax 07 5524 4768 Mobile 0418 244 755

ACREAGE MOWING

• Qualiﬁed Arborist • Tree Pruning • Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Mulching • Fully Insured • Same Day Response

‘At your service’

Lic No 189144C

6680 9281 • 0438 784 226

Andrew Harvey owner/operator

ACME Skips Tweed

COWBOYS CAR REMOVALS

hes Cockroaicalty a spec

FREE PICK UP

GUARANTEED RESULTS

ARTISTS CANVASES Premium cotton/linen, unbeatable prices .......................................66808010

Call Jai

Friendly Jamaican service Servicing the Tweed & Northern Rivers 02 6679 5290 or 0400 483 101 andysremovals@aapt.net.au

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PEST CONTROL

PEST CONTROL PHONE 13 579 131 546 do it for you PICTURE FRAMING Mojo Mowing Garden Care & Property Maintenance

• Lawn mowing • Weed control • Garden mulching • Gutter clearing • High pressure cleaning • Rubbish removal Professional, reliable, affordable. ABN: 73 200 480 126

6687 6445 / 0409 917 646

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail www.allwayspainting.com

Marty’s Mowing & Brushcutting

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL

REMOVALS & FREIGHT

All-Ways Painting

TREE & PALM LOPPING Felling, rubbish removal, fully insured, free quotes ........................0405 620261

0422 798 013 or 6684 6693

ALWAYS AFFORDABLE

PAINTING

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Insured • ABN 77177499472

PLEASE COULD YOU ADD AUTOMOTIVE TO THE PROOF, READING AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL RADIATOR RECORE AND REPAIR SREVICE ----- Original Message -----

’S REMOVALS ANDYMurwillumbah

TWEED CITY

Exhaust & Towbar

BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, colourbond & timber fencing ...........07 55904540

Automotive and industrial radiator recore and repair srevice

REMOVALISTS Battery Manufacturers

Unit 11/12 Greenway Drive, South Tweed

FENCING

Design | Visual Identity | Web

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred Street, Billinudgel...................... 66803444 CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING @ BYRON ART SUPPLIES 3/97 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay 66808010

0402 310 784

All scrap metal, white goods, farm machinery 4WD access • Local towing service Lic 06105 NSW

Ph/Fx 02 6677 9443 Mob 0421 251 477

FREE

Beer or Wine & Pizza

with every skip*

*Tweed to southern Gold Coast. Limited time only.

Call Gary now for a free quote 0421 999 018 or 02 6676 0098 www.tweedskips.com.au

PLUMBERS

WINDOW TINTING

HANDYPERSONS

WINDOW TINTING

CALL A HUBBY for all your little odd jobs .............................................................. Ami 0421 347320

HEALTH MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS NATUROPATHY, Massage, 79 Stuart St ..............................66843002

6680 2484 • 0416 218 720

HIRE

TWEED BYRON WINDOW TINTING

INTERIOR DESIGN

ALAN WALKER PLUMBING NEW INSTALLATIONS & MAINTENANCE

SPACE STUDIO Bespoke designs for buildings and interiors..............................................66809921

LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATION GARDEN DESING, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au...Lyn 0428 884329 or 66857756

KITCHEN / BATHROOM / LAUNDRY RENOS • HOT WATER – SOLAR / LP GAS • DRAIN CLEAR – SEWER & STORM WATER CLEARED USING HIGH PRESSURE WATER JETA

Lic. L14685

BYRON WEDDING & PARTY HIRE ........www.byronpartyhire.com.au 66855483 or 0439 855483

0427 791 787 • 0266 791 787

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

POT GARDENS, BALCONIES, TERRACES, LOW

RDING www.tweedecho.com.au

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Peter Thompson

FOOD FROM YOUR GARDEN EVERY DAY?

MAINTENANCE AND WATER WISE GARDENS.

sheoak EDIBLE LANDSCAPES CAN BRING

EDIBLE LANDSCAPES S

Trine Solutions YOUR BACKYARD, GARDEN OR SMALL SPACE

TRINE

she oak

422 918

Gas appliance repairs and installations • Gas, heat pump TRINE and electric hot water systems • Repairs and installations WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENJOY FRESH HEALTHY • Caravan certiﬁcates and repairs • Lic. NSW & QLD

SUSTAINABLE AND USER FRIENDLY GARDEN

! SOLUTIONS Sheoak Edible Landscapes can bringDESIGN your backyard, garden or small space to life in a EALTHY productive and rewarding way. Sustainable and user DAY? friendly design solutions BRING E D I B L E L A N D S C A P E

0405 295 012 L SPACE

Gasﬁtter & Plumber

TO LIFE IN A PRODUCTIVE AND REWARDING

Licence No. 158031C

WAY.

POT GARDENS , BALCONIES, TERRACES , LOW SEWAGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS

MAINTENANCE AND WATER WISE GARDENS. Sustainable environmental outcomes SUSTAINABLE AND USER FRIENDLY GARDEN Drainage, Gasfi tting & Plumbing DESIGN SOLUTIONS! 6680 2358 / www.trinesolutions.com.au / 0407 439 805

TWEED SHIRE ECHO SERVICE DIRECTORY Colour display ad: $35 per week Including GST with a minimum 8 week booking, 4 weeks payable in advance.

Line listing: $70 for 12 weeks Got any questions? Please call Danielle Francis on (02) 6672 2280 The Tweed Shire Echo November 13, 2008 25

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Classified Ads ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6672 2280 PHONE ADS Ads may be taken by phone on 6672 2280 8.30am-12pm Wednesday 9am-5pm Monday to Friday Ads canâ€™t be taken on the weekend AT OUR OFFICE Classified ads may also be lodged at our office: Suite 1, Warina Walk Arcade, Murwillumbah RATES & PAYMENT $13.00 for the first two lines (minimum charge) $4.00 for each extra line (these prices include GST) Cash, cheque or credit card â€“ Mastercard or Visa. Prepayment required for: Garage Sales, Share Accommodation, Short Term Accomodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classifications. DEADLINE 12pm Wednesday for display ads 12pm Wednesday for line ads Account enquiries phone 6684 1777

PUBLIC NOTICES PHOTOS All photos handled by The Echo - all care & no responsibility taken. â€“ CLASSIFIEDS â€“ Can be booked any time during business hours Monday to Friday by phoning 66722280 Please be very clear about what you want to have printed in your ad. Our Echo staff will read your ad back to you. Please help us by making sure we have correct details and phone numbers. Please also have your credit card ready for ALL ads placed over the telephone. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ECHO If you want to be sure of your copy each week, or if you have a friend whoâ€™d like to have a subscription, why not send them one? $35 per quarter or $125 per year, post incl. Write to â€˜The Echoâ€™ 6 Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby 2482 including payment in advance.

BLISS BOTANICALS

100% NATURAL SKIN CARE Handmade with all natural ingredients. Great for you or a great gift idea! Avail at: GYPSY LE FAY 7 Park St, Brunswick Heads Shop enquiries: 0417427518

CELEBRANT

DEREK HARPER 66803032, derekharper@mac.com AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CONVENTION 2008 21-23 November, Gunundi Camp, Shelly Beach Ballina. Ph Leanne 0427553571 All welcome! Our spirit: strong-sober

TAX DOCTOR!

Ronald H Wolff, former officer with Tax Dept is happy to keep you in good tax health incl. GST. For personal and professional tax services call 66794129 Will make house calls.

FARMERS MARKET

NEW BRIGHTON Each Tuesday 8am - 11am

PSYCHIC CONSULTANT: MEDIUM With over 45+ years of invaluable experience as a Psychic, Consultant, Medium, Counsellor and Advisor for business, personal, career and relationships. I can offer a level of accuracy, a depth of compassion and proven psychic gifts, and I request that you do not reveal your particular enquiry. All sessions by appointment only. 6687 1006 Annabelle.

HEALTH

KINESIOLOGY

Clear subconscious sabotages. Reprogram patterns and beliefs. De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies. SANDRA DAVEY Reg. Pract. 66846914 OSTEOPATH A biodynamic approach to Osteopathy in the cranial field

ANDREW HALL

COMPUTERS INTERNET â€˘ DATABASE â€˘ DIGITAL FileMaker Pro Specialist 11th Hour Group Pty Ltd www.11hrg.com.au â€˘ 66875367

FOR SALE BURLS Redgum & Coolibah, all sizes. Phone David on 0414959446 COOLAMON GARDENS

PLANTS FOR SALE

Natives & exotics for the home garden and larger landscapes. Great prices & huge range. Come and browse. Ocean Shores end of Coolamon Scenic Drive. Open 7 days. 66805505 TRAMPOLINES, REPLACEMENT MATS & parts. 66851624 or 0409851624

BAMBOO PLY

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA Panasonic NV-GS400. Excellent Condition, $1480. Ph 66779207 COLOUR PHOTO PRINTER for A3+ paper, Epson R2400, 12 months old, $850. Phone Jeff 0418841777 LOCALLY HAND-MADE CUSTOM

JEWELLERY

by Helen Luna 66844163 www.helenluna.com.au

eco friendly compostable catering and packaging supplies

6680 3630

www.greenpack.com.au

WANTED LP RECORDS 5/1condition. Carlyle Phone St, Byron Bay Good Matt 66841634

1300 890 BOATS 558 & MARINE

14FT ENTERPRISE sailing dinghy on trailer, $750 ono. Phone 66845094

MOTOR VEHICLES

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

CAR AUCTIONS

LEARN REIKI TRADEWORK

MASTER PLUMBER Absolutely everything to do with plumbing. Drainage, roofing, gas fitting. From Tweed Heads to Mullumbimby & surrounding areas. Prompt, reliable. Phone Scott anytime on 0419443196

HANDYMAN

MAN WITH UTE Phone Matt 0427172684

Buy at Dealers only through us. Phone David 0414306152 CHOICE MADE, $$$ SAVED.

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

$$$s for most. Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

BARGAINS

â€™98 Rodeo Tray Back with Canopy air, p/s, 2/09 rego. VSK-500 ...........................$6250 Mazda 626 Hatch auto, air, p/s, 8/09 rego, very clean car. YWU-562......................$2750 â€™99 Mazda 323 Protege auto, air, p/s, 2/09 rego, immaculate. AIE-542 ..................$8650 Holden Commodore Sedan auto, air, p/s, 7/09 rego, 184KMs. AQ-61-ER ............$1950 Nissan Navara Tray Back 5spd, air, work or play. QTD-343 .....................................$3250

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JEWELLERY COLLECTIVE Members wanted, sell your jewellery 7 days a week with no commission, work 1 day per week 10am-5pm, limited places, Byron Arts & Industry Est. Phone Bruce Pringle 0409960614

TRACTOR REPAIRS

UNDER $10,000 www.dealcars.net

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

6686 5586

DLN 19950

BUSINESS OPP.

TRACTOR REPAIRS

Repairs, Parts and Restorations to all Makes and Models, on-site service available. Prepurchase inspections. Tractors sold on consignment for clients. Unwanted tractors removed at no charge

HANDYMAN

MAN WITH UTE Phone Matt 0427172684

TO LET BRAYS CREEK via Tyalgum 2484, beautiful rural setting, northerly aspect, 2 large bedrooms, large living area, new kitchen & bathrm with spa, $300pw. Phone 0412367233 CENTRAL COOLANGATTA Walk to beach, 2br flat, polished floors, $290pw. Ph 66761436, 0423936937

WE HAVE TRACTORS FOR SALE Tractor loader Daedong DK80Câ€“ 82 hp, 4wd, 925 hrs, a/c cab, FEL, QR, bucket forks auger $37,000 o.n.o.

TRACTOR SAFETY SCHEME Have an approved R.O.P.S. safety frame fitted to your tractor. Itâ€™s cheaper than a funeral. Phone us now.

Workshop Charltons Rd, Federal. Phone Bill for service.

02 6688 4143

PETS OK Mullum, lush, pool, spa, for single to family. Louella 0434497774

SHARE ACCOM. ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. POTTSVILLE BEACH mature working person to share large house, own bd/ bthrm & living rm, pool & pvt gardens, $160pw + exp. 040709899, 66763608 MURWILLUMBAH Share 2br unit, walk to town, $100pw. Phone 0400266466

TUITION LEAP. Learning Enhancement Advanced Program. Specialised Kinesiology for learning difficulties. Proven results. Reg. Practitioner Sandra Davey. Ph 66846914

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TEACH ENGLISH OVERSEAS

TRAVEL â€“ WORK â€“ ADVENTURE! No degree or experience required. Cert III & IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Recruitment service & Job Guarantee! FREE RESOURCE BOOK for prompt course enrolment! Free info sessionâ€“ Mon 22nd September 5.30pm Next course 15 October

5/1 Carlyle St, Byron Bay

6680 8253

POSITIONS VACANT

TWEED VALLEY RESPITE SERVICE INC requires an experienced

Grounds Maintenance Person. TVRS requires a person 15 hours a week to maintain the grounds and buildings of an administration and activity site. Application and information packages are available from www.tvrs.org.au â€“ Positions Vacant or by phoning William on (07) 5524 8185 or by emailing williammcmanamey@tvrs.org.au Applicants MUST address the selection criteria. Applications close at 5.00pm on Monday 17th November. WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box. CLAIRVOYANT to work out of our organic lifestyle store in Kingscliff on Saturdays. Phone Andrew 02 66742140

Happy, healthy, confident women wanted for nude photographic projects.

Earn $200-$400+ â€˜Alternative Ethical Eroticaâ€™ putting WARNING women back in control of their self The Department of Fair Trading has image. warned people to be very careful about An opportunity to be creative, take your responding to advertisements offering own photos, ... and get paid for it! work at home. Readers should be No obligation. No Sleaze. wary if asked to pay money upfront for No pressure. Just great fun! employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box. Call Kate for an interview on BAT HOTLINE ................................................. (02) 6680 7755 0500 888 822 GRAPHIC DESIGN / MARKETING Well KOALA HOTLINE............................................ LADIES (18+) ONLY â€“ Sorry Guys Established, excellent client base, modern 6684 1213 Based in Byron Bay studio. Contact 0431044254 (old)

WORK WANTED ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

Rural Machinery Repair Service

HOLIDAY ACCOM.

New Brighton, 66802027, Thurs, Fri. Not your usual Osteopathy.

Workshops in New Brighton. 66805098

HAMMER & HAND

Noticeboard Xmas stories We are taking bookings now for Christmas Story and Craft Fun, Tuesday 16 December 10.00 â€“ 11.30am. Come and share some Christmas stories and songs with your 2-5 year olds. Make cards gifts and decorations to take the stress out of this time and have a whole lot of fun while you are at it. Location: Kingscliff Playground Marine Parade. Bookings essential contact Michelle at The Family Centre 07 5524 8711. Cost $5 per family.

Historical society

Tweed Heads Historical Society & Museumâ€™s next Monthly meeting is on Tuesday 18th November commencing at 10am in the Old Court House, Kennedy Drive West Tweed Heads. Guest Speaker, will be Sue Frost from Volunteers Abroard. â€œspeaking on her experiences volunteering with this groupâ€? Visitors are most welcome. Furtherenquiries 07 5536 8625.

Nov 25 - W.O.N.F.A.

We Ought Never Feel Alone â€“All are invited to enjoy a varied program with entertainment by Tweed Valley U.C. Music group and followed by 2 course luncheon at Kingscliff Uniting Church, 24 Kingscliff St. at 11.00am . Donation $5.00. Bring your friends. RSVP 6676 2577 by Mon 24/11/08

PERSONAL TAYLOR-NINNESS My grandfather was John Edward Taylor, married to Elizabeth Ninness. Their daughter Joyce Edna Taylor was my mother. Her brothers William, Art & Jack lived in Lismore. I would like to make contact with any family members. V.Turnbull, 29 James-Meehan St, Windsor NSW 2756

PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070 BEAGLE / KELPIE X puppies 3 male & 1 female, microchipped, vaccinated, 10 weeks old, too cute $150. Ph 66843505

ONLY ADULTS BEST BODY MASSAGE. Guaranteed. 0415200866. 9-6pm, Brunswick Hds

EMERGENCY NUMBERS Please stick this by your phone

EMERGENCY ONLY AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 AMBULANCE Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . 131 233 MURWILLUMBAH HOSPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 1822 EMERGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 0230 TWEED HEADS HOSPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5536 1133 FIRE BRIGADE Kingscliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6674 1271 Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 8305 Tweed Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5536 2222 Tweed Rural Fire Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 7888 POLICE NON EMERGENCIES 24/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 444 Tweed Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5536 0999 Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 9499 Kingscliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6674 9399 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 500 Banora Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5524 1349 Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6670 2460 Tweed District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 4093 LIFELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 114 GOLD COAST HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICE . . . . . . . . . .07 5598 0222 TWEED COAST AIR SEA RESCUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5536 9333 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1800 656 463 ANIMAL WELFARE (RSPCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5536 5135 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES). . . . . . . . 6628 1898 WILDLIFE CARERS TWEED VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6672 4789 CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5534 1266 SEA WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 5588 2222

www.tweedecho.com.au

Real Estate

Brand-new home

BUYERS $595K TO $985K

twin towns

Corner Griffiths & Stuart Streets. The owners here love the fact that they can walk from their door straight into the world renowned Twin Towns Services Club by enclosed skyway….not to mention the walk to everything else convenience! I specialise in this exceptional building and have never had a better selection of superb apartments on offer here. Two and three bedrooms, all ensuited, all with absolutely stunning views and very reasonable strata levies. Come see!

SELLING $1.05 TO $1.15M

Reduced

42 Tongarra Drive. This property sits safe and high in the best street in Ocean Shores and enjoys breathtaking views. With much use of natural timbers, this quality home just oozes character. Here, you are protected from all bad weather and simply soak up the sunshine from the north. The bonus is self contained independent in law or guest accommodation with its own entry. A very special home!

$100k to

Springfield Lakes, Brisbane

1404/2 Stuart St (cnr Griffith St), Tweed Heads I have several superb units for sale here but this one is truly exceptional both in terms of presentation and also pricing. My owner is keen to get on her way to be closer to her family, Invest in a spotless 4 bedroom house close to lake, parks, schools and keen shopping hence the very price centre.

sell

$469,000

range. There are 2 spacious

For further information please contact Cas Gray fromwith Delfi n Realty bedrooms ensuite on 07 3280 2255 or 0409 040 140. and this is one bathroom

of the very few units here with its own huge lock up storage locker in the security carpark. The apartment is very tastefully furnished Maui Bay Estate, located on the beautiful Coast of withCoral quality inclusions andthe the owner is prepared to main island of Fiji, offers an ideal lifestyle change/holiday negotiate on some of these home destination and unique investment opportunity. items.You will be constantly A peaceful relaxed living fascinated by theand stunning environment located on a white sand views from the mountains the sea andthe willocean love the beachto overlooking provides all day winter And close an idyllic livingsunshine. atmosphere willtsappreciate verysurfing, toyou resor and worldthe class reasonable strata levies, diving and fishing reefs. Maui Bay especially the plethora $650 - $700k Estate featuresgiven electricity, telephone, of facilities on offer here… broadband internet access and Beach pools, spas, makes tennis courts, gym Clubhouse which for convenient etc. I simply cannot show living from your island paradiseyou home. a more complete and better Taveuni Development Company The best ocean view lots (over ½ value unit in this entire area. acre) are selling Justfast call from me to$125,000 inspect, I (available live in (Australia Office) on 10% deposit vendor finance). the building. on 07 5572 4415 or 0404 448 430

ocean shores

FIJI – RARE FREEHOLD LAND OPPORTUNITY

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21 Quayside Court and 39 Navigators Way, TWEED HEADS. Freehold titled homes on the waterfront here in Tweed’s best address are rare, so it is incredible to have two superb examples on offer. Single and two storied respectively, both comprise 3 bedrooms plus study or 4th. Views over sandy beachfront to the magical boatharbour beyond. Compact, easily maintained grounds, quiet surrounds, yet so handy to the buzz of Coolangatta. Many berthing options for boaties too. This is living!

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155 Smiths Creek Road, Uki NSW Saturday 1.00pm – 1.30pm DST Sharon King on 0411 270 019 $648,000

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Exasperated Hastings Point residents two weeks ago came as close as they’ve ever come in their 12-year battle to limit heights and densities in their village when council planners and their consultants recommended new planning controls. But it all turned into another groundhog day for the hapless villagers when the council, like those before them, voted to put the new controls on hold. Now their worst fears have been realised, with two more DAs for three-story hybrid unit buildings set to sneak under the wire. Their suspicions that developers get inside runs were heightened by a five-month delay before the new DCP went to council after public exhibition, while one of the developments in question is now going to the council only three weeks after public exhibition. Perhaps administrators may have thought it was too hot to handle. ■ ■ ■ ■

Next Tuesday’s council meeting will be the first real opportunity for the newly elected councillors to hoist their true colours. With the state government, planners and their consultants and the majority of residents saying it’s time for a new DCP at Hastings, will the councillors stick to preelection promises to curb development? Backburner is wistfully hoping that only three of them will be running up brown flags featuring a pair of size 15 white shoes rampant. ■ ■ ■ ■

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The outcome will also be keenly watched by one of Hastings Point biggest landowners, Alan McIntosh, who was present in the gallery when the council performed its most spectacular backflip on bringing in the same planning controls for the town way back in 2004, allowing him to sell some of his land for the controversial 262-unit resort development now being appealed by residents. He may now be pondering the mayor’s reply when he asked her at a Murwillumbah chamber of

already (repeat, already) on the roundabout. The way some drivers approach ’em round here, you wouldn’t know which country you were in. ■ ■ ■ ■

Murwillumbah’s Regent Cinema is screening the award-winning film Whaledreamers this weekend with writer, director and producer Kim Kindersley and Bunna Lawrie, Whaleman of the Mirning tribe, who features in the film, attending for a question/answer session on Sunday’s screening at 4.20pm. Singer and songwriter Julian Lennon presents the film, which is narrated by Jack Thompson with guest appearances from John Hurt, Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush. Whaledreamers Lisa Harrell of J H Williams, Murwillumbah, with a new kind of low maintenance pet. It’s the perfect toy to appease the deter- tells the story of how an ancient whaledreaming Aboriginal mined child who insists on a kitten or a puppy for Christmas tribe from Southern Australia and an environmentally friendly way to enjoy a pooch or a comes back from the edge of expussy without the vet and food bills, not to mention the pet poo on the lawn. The toys come as kittens or pups and simulate tinction. The film also shows on November 18, 22, 23 and 25. breathing while sleeping… freaky but true. commerce breakfast five weeks ago whether she would listen to ‘vocal minorities who don’t really represent the community’. The community was made up of many voices, said the mayor, and all had the right to be heard. She went on: ‘Decisions have to be made on merit for the whole community. I know I’m going to upset a lot of people but I want to hear every voice.’ ■ ■ ■ ■

Want to enjoy those love handles or just want to have fun? Well get along to the Temples of Egypt Belly Dancing Show to be held at Tyalgum Hall on Saturday, November 22, from 5.30pm-10.30pm to inspire you to take up the vigorous Middle Eastern dance form. It’s being put on by the Bellydance For Fun Group which is urging interested people to bring a plate of food to share and any percussion instruments. Hot Chilli Drummers from – of course – Chillingham will be special guests. Entry $20 adults, children $5. Bookings are essential so call Sandi on 6679 1308.

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That fine bunch of communityminded denizens from Mooball village and surrounds, also known as The Mooball Movers, will hold their annual Christmas party at the Victory Hotel next Tuesday, November 18, from 5pm. The big toy hamper raffle proceeds are going to the local Gumnut Preschool. It’s family fun and all welcome, with free sausage sizzle, carols and that party animal, Santa, arriving at 6.30pm (but not down the old pub’s chimney). Info from Joan on 6677 1578. ■ ■ ■ ■

NRMA Insurance claims NSW drivers (and that includes the Tweed!) are a bit dizzy with roundabout rules. A study found more than one in four NSW drivers do not understand basic roundabout rules. The insurer, which last financial year paid out more than 5000 claims for roundabout collisions, said the biggest misconception seemed to be that drivers should give way to their right, rather than giving right of way to cars

The letters pages were so chokka this week we didn’t even have space to acknowledge the ones that didn’t make the cut. They were from: G Tubbs, South Tweed Heads, D Ogilvie, Bilambil, R Edwards, Pottsville, J Jennings, Couchy Creek, D Cooke, Tweed Heads South. ■ ■ ■ ■

Mystery of the missing sponge – solved? Bundaberg cook Peter Lloyd-Jones suffered the loss of one of his sponge cakes which was to be entered in the Tweed Agricultural Show. Peter express-mailed the sponge, along with five other cakes, but the sponge (spiced with Buderim ginger) mysteriously disappeared. This week a reliable source revealed that a sponge cake turned up at the post office in Murwillumbah. The source said the cake did not smell of ginger! Backburner is not convinced that this is Peter’s sponge – it may be a red herring to throw us off the trail. We suspect the cake was eaten by persons unknown prior to the judging!