Alliance Airlines Magazine - Oct/Nov 2019

OCT/NOV 2019

A real Australian business magazine

THE CENTRAL COAST

Cool new operators breathing new life into the region

SPORTING CURSES

Bad things can happen when you don‘t play ball!

Townsville LET’S GET TROPICAL

Learn about the history of the Huon Valley apple industry

Enjoy a Willie Smith’s cider paddle

Take a tour of the Charles Oates Distillery

Visit the Saturday Artisan & Produce market

Visit the home of Willie Smith’s cider where you can enjoy a great meal and a cider paddle, visit the Huon Valley apple museum, get up close and personal with a working distillery, peruse the Saturday Artisan & Produce Market.

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WELCOME ABOARD

Thank you for flying with Alliance Airlines today. We pride ourselves on delivering genuine inflight service, industry-leading on-time performance, as well as a safe travel experience for all our passengers.

In August we announced the 2019 Financial Year was the most successful year in Alliance’s history. This involved 38,000 flying hours operated across Australasia, with growth across all flying categories. We appreciate the enduring patronage of our clients and passengers, and express gratitude to our entire Alliance family for their contribution to the success of the company.

Transporting valued personnel for Australia’s resources sector continues to remain strong, as does the growth in our services catering for Australia’s tourism industry. Alliance retains a positive outlook for the 2020 Financial Year based upon several opportunities that enable us to continue to grow.

American travel company Tauck’s charters have commenced a new season, and we welcome the return of its passengers for the sixth year. New itineraries are planned by Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) including Perth to Uluru Western Australian ports, as well as charters supporting Captain’s Choice, Australian Pacific Touring (APT) and cruise line Coral Expeditions. Later this year we welcome two air cruise charter programs around Australia and New Zealand for Dutch group Air Cruise Collection, which will utilise our business class aircraft.

Australia’s Kimberley region is set to become more accessible, as Alliance’s direct flights between Melbourne and Kununurra have been released for sale through our partner Virgin Australia, with the first flights commencing in May 2020. The flights will be operated

by Alliance and will provide a valuable link between the east coast of Australia and the East Kimberley, delivering access to some of the world’s most extraordinary natural and manmade attractions.

We recently proudly launched a new addition to our fleet of aircraft, VH-NUU ‘Pink Lady’. She is redefining ‘pretty in pink’ as she flies in her Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) livery throughout Australia, in support of Australians affected by breast cancer.

Acknowledging that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we continue to support the BCNA with the launch of our corporate cycling charity event Hangar2Hangar 2020, which will take place in late February 2020, based around finishing the ride at our Adelaide, South Australia hangar.

For sponsorship and participation details, please visit hangar2hangar.com.au Thank you again for flying with Alliance Airlines. We welcome your feedback at any time at media@alliancealirlines.com.au Lee Schofield, Chief Executive Officer OCT/NOV 2019

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In this issue. upfront

Features

8 Alliance News

18 Sporting Curses

New Alliance aircraft supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Alliance now operates flights to Kununurra; WA’s mining tecnhology is advancing; it’s a great time to explore the Gladstone region.

Our avid sports writer takes us through some of the most notable, ‘sporting curses’ that have plagued various sports teams over the years.

22 Townsville

The latest books, music, movies, tours and cool art.

We explore the best of the rainforest and reef around this sunny Tropical North Queensland city.

16 Events Calendar

26 The Central Coast

15 Entertainment

What’s on around the country throughout October and November.

We explore gourmet delights around this emerging destination.

AusBiz. Check out AusBiz. at the back of the magazine.

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DRIVING DIVERSITY Mining has changed so much in the last decade, but has diversity improved and how will things look in the future?

TIMES OF CHANGE Will wind farming be our biggest generator of sustainable energy?

LIFESAVERS WITHOUT WATER Meet the people helping those who find it hard to a see light at the end of the tunnel in crippling times of drought.

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PUBLISHER’S EDITORIAL

As always, it was a lot of fun putting together this issue of Alliance magazine.

I have to admit (and I am well aware that I am in the minority here), I am not a massive sports fan. So I had no idea that there were so many sporting curses out there, that anyone who is loyal to their game is well aware of. And, perhaps, even believes in.

Who knew that the North Sydney Bears had a curse on them that was purportedly made around the time of the First Fleet arriving, and that Cammeraygal elder Uncle Max had to step in and cleanse their home ground – North Sydney Oval – with a smoking ceremony? Apparently, it worked.

And then there was the curse placed on the Socceroos by a ‘nyunga’ (witch doctor) which saw social commentator and all-round stirrer John Safran travelling to Mozambique in 2004 to try and lift the curse with the help of another witch doctor. There’s curses out there affecting sporting heroes that started with someone offending someone else’s pet goat. I mean, what on earth? Whether you’re into sport or not, the story will certainly entertain you.

I also had the chance to explore the Central Coast, just north of Sydney.

I’ve lived in Sydney on and off for decades and I am ashamed to say that I have not taken the time out to delve into this breathtakingly beautiful region.

The new and upcoming operators on the coast are really breathing fresh life into the community. While there I had the chance to go on a pearl farm tour, and this is something really special for this part of Australia. Previously, you had to travel all the way to Broome to experience and learn about pearls.

And although that is an incredible experience, and one that I highly recommend, it’s nice to know where the Akoya pearl comes from and how it is created with the help of savvy pearl technicians.

We dive into the thriving city of Townsville, which is really raising the bar on Queensland’s food and entertainment offerings. After reading that feature you will be making a bee-line for the tropics.

On a serious note, we meet some of the incredible people who are lifesavers to those struggling with the drought that continues to ravage so many parts of Australia. Our heart goes out to those affected and we’ll always be doing something to try and help.

Enjoy the read and drop us a line anytime – we love hearing from you.

MICHELLE HESPE

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Introducing Alliance Airlines’ ‘Pink Lady’, supporting Australians affected by breast cancer Alliance Airlines officially launched the latest addition to its fleet of aircraft in support of Australians affected by breast cancer.

Alliance’s ‘Pink Lady’ is redefining ‘pretty in pink’ as she flies in her Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) livery throughout Australia.

For more details on the BCNA, please visit bcna.org.au

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Alliance News.

Stay in the know with what’s happening with our airline and in our industry.

Adventure through one of the last true wilderness areas on Earth A land of breathtaking contrasts covering billions of years in history, and more than one million square kilometres, the Kimberley region of Western Australia offers a journey of discovery you will never forget.

Kununurra is the gateway to the East Kimberley, and puts you at the heart of the action. From here you can take a helicopter flight over one of the world’s most unique ranges – the captivating Bungle Bungle Range of World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park. More than 350 million years in the making and remaining hidden from the world until 1983, it’s one of the best kept secrets in history.

Kununurra, which means ’big water’ in the local Aboriginal language, is surrounded by extraordinary waterways. The lake and banks of the

Ord River are home to an incredibly diverse ecosystem, including rock wallabies and hundreds of species of migratory and native birds.

The waters and wetlands of Lake Kununurra and neighbouring Lake Argyle, the largest manmade lake in the Southern Hemisphere, make it a mecca for water sports and wildlife enthusiasts, with many cruising, fishing and canoeing tours available.

Those keen to make the journey part of the adventure should hit the trail of Australia’s most unique four-wheel drive experience, the Gibb River Road, which will lead you through 660 kilometres of spectacular wilderness, including El Questro Wilderness Park, home to incredible natural watering holes such as Emma Gorge and Zebedee Springs.

The Kimberley is also one of the best destinations in Australia to participate in authentic Aboriginal experiences. Visitors can take guided tours, discover ancient rock art and hear Dreamtime stories.

Stroll through Kununurra and browse the Aboriginal art galleries, jewellers and sandalwood crafts.

Stop for a taste of the region’s flavours at a café, pub or perhaps the local distillery.

Alliance will operate three weekly flights between Melbourne and Kununurra from May to August 2020. Flights are timed to connect seamlessly with Virgin Australia flights across south-east Australia.

Book via virginaustralia.com or your travel agent.

Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu National Park.

Alliance supports BCNA Alliance Airlines has given wings to Australians diagnosed with breast cancer with the unveiling of a new Fokker 70 to promote the invaluable work of its charity partner Breast Cancer Network

Australia (BCNA).

Hailed as the ‘Pink Lady’, VH-NUU has been prepared in pink livery to raise awareness of breast cancer and the support services that BCNA deliver.

Wendy King, Maryanne Bloomberg, Betty Bengston, Denise Sixsmith and Jurina Demaine meet with Lee Schofield, Steve Padgett OAM and Scott McMillan at the launch of Alliance’s ‘Pink Lady’.

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Mining of the future in WA Opportunities for Western Australia’s resources sector to grow and maximise its contribution to the economy will depend upon maintaining and enhancing its competitiveness through productivity and technological improvements.

Western Australia’s resource sector companies are well-placed to drive innovation and technological advances within the sector, having been at the forefront of research and development for many years.

Advancements in mining exploration technology are important, as exploration technology allows for more cost effective exploration and discovery of new mineral deposits within Western Australia.

Recent research conducted by The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) predicts that continued advances in drone technology, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will significantly change the landscape in which the resources sector operates.

Perth is slowly becoming a high-tech hub for technological advancements in the mining sector, with companies such as BHP, Rio Tinto, FMG and Roy

Hill using automation and remote systems to operate equipment more than 1000 kilometres away.

Rio Tinto is taking the idea of smart mining a step further with the construction of Koodaideri in the Pilbara, which will be Rio Tinto’s first intelligent mine, incorporating the latest in high-tech advances in the industry and utilising an increased level of automation and robotics.

Most jobs have had elements of it automated over the past five years.

Automation is likely to continue into the future and there is now a focus in the industry to work with government to develop a new education and training curriculum that will provide the relevant skills for Western Australians to take on the jobs of the future.

Increasing access to digital technologies also presents many opportunities, as well as alleviating remoteness and inaccessibility.

For instance, access to virtual health and educational services when these facilities are not physically located within the regions can improve the standard of living for regional and remote communities.

Technology presents us with

many ways to address issues such as education and health services, which cannot otherwise be provided due to remoteness. In this way, technological change can improve the standard of living for regional and remote communities and our sectors’ workers.

All industry sectors have evolved with technology and innovation in the past, and businesses and individuals have evolved with it. We have found ways to adapt and re-train to accommodate for the rapid changes brought about by technology and the sector will continue to do so in the future.

Another major benefit of automation is improved safety outcomes. The use of autonomous drills, for example, has resulted in a reduction of health risks associated with dust, noise and vibration.

Technological evolution is inevitable.

So to stay competitive and continue to grow, the resources sector must be ready to adapt and meet the challenges it presents.

Paul Everingham Chief Executive Officer The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia OCT/NOV 2019

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Welcome to the Gladstone region At this destination where iconic Queensland meets an ancient reef within reach, you can explore pure national parks and experience authentic country farmstays. Here, there’s an abundance of unforgettable experiences and an adventure to suit every traveller.

As the gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, the Gladstone region contains incredible natural wonders, including Heron Island, Masthead Island, North West Island, Wilson Island and Lady Musgrave Island.

At the centre of the region is the city of Gladstone.

Known as the ‘engine room of Queensland’, this dynamic regional city is full of unexpected surprises.

The city offers a range of entertainment including the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, a wide variety of restaurants and bars, and local history to boot, with countless colonial buildings throughout the CBD. At the heart of the city centre is an impressive natural deep-water harbour, which each year plays host to the annual Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, marked by the Gladstone Harbour Festival. The Gladstone Marina pays homage to the city’s nautical history at the Gladstone Maritime Museum and its surrounding East Shores Precinct and Marina Parklands, which continue to attract people to the city from around the globe.

Surrounding Gladstone are the townships of Calliope, Benaraby, Boyne Island and Tannum Sands. This part of the region is home to many fishing hotspots including premier freshwater fishing location Lake Awoonga.

To the south, the natural surrounds of the Discovery Coast will entice you to explore the burgeoning township of Miriam Vale, the secluded white beaches of Agnes Water, and the birthplace of Queensland at the town of 1770.

The Gladstone region isn’t all about the coast and islands though! To the south-west you will find the spectacular Boyne Valley and Sandstone Wilderness – an area which abounds with opportunities for intrepid travellers to explore its spectacular hinterlands or enjoy a genuine farmstay experience.

Experience Gladstone – It’s Gladdy Good!

Alliance operates 34 weekly flights between Brisbane and Gladstone. Book via virginaustralia.com or your travel agent.

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Out & About

The Byng Street Boutique Hotel, Orange The Byng Street Boutique Hotel is Orange’s newest 4.5-star, luxury accommodation experience located right in the heart of town.

Formerly the historic ‘Yallungah’ homestead (c.1896), the building has undergone extensive renovations to create a spectacular juxtaposition of the significant historical homestead and contemporary architecture.

As you explore the building, you quickly appreciate the hotel’s commitment to its historical past, coupled with the magnificence of the modern additions.

The hotel presents 22 beautifully appointed rooms and suites. Choose from the superior comfort of the contemporary designed ‘Modern Wing’ or discover the historical style and charm of the ‘Heritage Wing’.

After a relaxing slumber, wake up to a delicious à la carte breakfast showcasing fresh local produce from Orange and the surrounding region.

The Byng Street Boutique Hotel will not disappoint if you are someone who appreciates unique style, luxurious comfort and service with warmth and sophistication.

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Entertainment.

compiled by: sarah hinder

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MUSICAL School of Rock

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November 10– January 26, 2020 at Capitol Theatre in Sydney NSW Based on the laughout-loud ‘80s film, this brand-new musical follows the life of failed rock star and dropout Dewey Finn, as he poses as a teacher at a preppy high school to teach pupils how to become ‘the most awesome rock ‘n’ roll band off all time’. capitoltheatre.com.au

MUSICAL Black Is The New White

November 13–December 1 at Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide SA With a toe-tapping soundtrack and star cast led by Miranda Tapsell, Sydney Theatre Company’s smash hit romantic comedy about an Indigenous lawyer, written by award-winning playwright Nakkiah Lui, comes to Adelaide just in time for the festive season. statetheatrecompany.com.au

MUSICAL Billy Elliot: 10th Anniversary Australian Tour

From October at Sydney Lyric Theatre in Sydney NSW, then touring Australia Featuring a legendary Elton John and Bernie Taupin soundtrack, this classic musical kicks off in Sydney before heading to Adelaide in December, then Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane in 2020. billyelliotthemusical.com.au sydneylyric.com.au

THEATRE Tennessee William’s Baby Doll

October 18–November 16 at Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, NSW This anticipated new adaptation of Tennessee William’s Baby Doll brings to life a tale of lust, jealousy and betrayal set in the Deep South.

Peppered with comedy, power and passion come irresistibly to the fore as a game of truth or dare plays out. ensemble.com.au OCT/NOV 2019

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What’s on.

Our pick of the very best gigs, festivals, and cultural and sporting events from around the country. compiled By: Sarah hinder

October 2–20 Melbourne International Arts Festival

Melbourne Vic Through performance art, outdoor installations and free events across the city, this art-centric festival seeks to break new ground in culture and the arts. festival.melbourne/2019

October 11–13

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

October 17– November 3 OzAsia Festival

Adelaide SA This vibrant program of contemporary Asian arts features free workshops, community performances and Australia’s largest Moon Lantern Parade. ozasiafestival.com.au

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Port Fairy Vic This regional music festival presents a range of jazz, classical and contemporary ensemble, orchestral and choral music throughout acoustically enhanced venues. portfairyspringfest.com.au

October 17–20

Cape to Cape MTB

Western Australia Australasia’s biggest mountain biking race sees almost 2000 riders hit the trails from Cape Leeuwin to Middle Earth. capetocapemtb.com

October 20, November 10 & 24

The Color Run Love Tour

Perth WA, Sydney NSW & Melbourne Vic This colour-sprayed fivekilometre fun run, which raises funds for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, will add Perth to the tour for the first time this year. thecolorrun.com.au

October 24–November 10

Sculpture by the Sea Bondi

Sydney NSW The largest free public sculptures exhibition in the world follows a pop-up sculpture park along the two-kilometre coastal walk between Bondi and Tamarama. sculpturebythesea.com

Events Calender

October 25–27

November 8–17

Phillip Island Vic On the famed Phillip Island Circuit, the absolute best of MotoGP is set to return. motogp.com.au

Swan Valley, Perth & Margaret River WA The showcase of this region’s wine, craft beer and local produce attracts the world’s best chefs. gourmetescape.com.au

Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix

November 2–3 Augusta Adventure Fest

Augusta WA Involving swimming, paddling, trail running and mountain biking, this is the last year of the world’s biggest adventure race weekend! augusta.rapidascent.com.au

November 2–9 Melbourne Cup Carnival

Melbourne Vic The race that stops a nation is an iconic date on the Aussie calendar. Flemington Racecourse features an electrifying weeklong atmosphere, while the rest of the country participates at social events nationwide on November 5. flemington.com.au/ melbournecupcarnival

October 25–27

Vodaphone Gold Coast 600 Gold Coast Qld V8 Supercars descend upon the Gold Coast for a weekend of races, stunts and rock gigs. supercars.com/gold-coast

October 30–November 3 Noosa Triathlon

Noosa Qld Participants swim off Noosa Main Beach, ride through the scenic hinterland and run across the best of this region. noosatri.com

November 9–24

Feast Festival

Adelaide SA Adelaide’s queer arts and cultural festival celebrates the diversity of sexuality and gender with theatre, music, comedy and parties. feast.org.au

Western Australia Gourmet Escape

November 14–23

Melbourne Music Week

Melbourne Vic The city is transformed into a live gig venue to celebrate Melbourne’s music scene. mmw.melbourne.vic.gov.au

November 22–24

Queenscliff Music Festival Queenscliff Vic Glamp or camp at this cool festival right by the sea. This year’s line-up features The Cat Empire and The Delta Riggs. qmf.net.au

November 22–December 1 Great Vic Bike Ride

Victoria This huge bike riding festival has live gigs, cinema, tours and parties at every destination. bicyclenetwork.com.au OCT/NOV 2019

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GREATEST SPORTING CURSES

Think your team’s inability to build a premiership dynasty is the fault of the gods? It could be true.

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The Legend of Bill Barilko’s bones

Damned team: Ice hockey’s Toronto Maple Leafs The gist: 1951 was a glory year for Ukrainian-Canadian Bashin’ Bill Barilko, the 24-year-old scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime to claim a famous victory. Then, in the off-season, he went on a fishing trip with his dentist, because it was the 1950s and all leisure activities were torn from plotlines in Leave It To Beaver. Only his dentist’s selfpiloted floatplane crashed in remote Quebec, and both disappeared. The grammatically debatable Maple Leafs didn’t win another title until 1962 – 11 years after Barilko’s plane crashed… and the same year they finally found his body (and his dentist’s).

The Curse of the Colonel

Damned team: Japanese baseball’s Hanshin Tigers The gist: Fan celebrations are different the world over. In Australia, we have tickertape parades; in the USA, a competition win (or loss) is reason to destroy one’s own city with a spontaneous riot. In Japan, Hanshin fans celebrated a victory in the 1985 Championship Series by kidnapping a statue of Colonel Sanders from a local KFC… and throwing it into the local Dōtonbori River. Despite having died five years earlier, this desecration is supposed to have enraged the chicken-bothering Kentuckian restauranteur, who condemned Hanshin from beyond the grave.

The result: 18 years of coming last or almost last, and ongoing folly in the Japanese Championship Series, which continues despite the statue’s recovery from the depths in 2009.

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The Socceroos’ witch doctor hex

Damned team: The Australian football team The gist: Mexico, 1969. The Socceroos are preparing to play Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the 1970 World Cup. To get a pre-game edge, wrote late Australian football godhead Johnny Warren in his autobiography, Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters, the team consulted a witch doctor, or ‘nyunga’, who buried bones near the goal posts, cursed the opposition and bedevilled a victory to Australia. The Socceroos won 3–1, but when the players refused to scrape up the good/bad doctor’s $1000 payment, the curse was reversed.

“From that moment that he put the curse on, everything went wrong for the team,” said Warren. Australia made the 1974 World Cup finals, failing to score a goal, then subsequently failed to requalify… for 32 years.

The twist? After reading of the curse, TV provocateur John Safran visited Mozambique in 2004 and hired yet another nyunga to lift the spell, as seen in the second series of John Safran vs God. It worked.

Australia reached the second round at Germany 2006, and has qualified for every World Cup since. 

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The Curse of the Bears

Damned team: The North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club The gist: A foundation side in the NSW Rugby League (now the NRL), the Bears entered the competition in 1908 – winning their only premierships consecutively in 1921–22. Their ground, North Sydney Oval, was often celebrated as the league’s most picturesque.

Then, according to folklore, the local Cammeraygal people were reminded of a curse dating back to the arrival of the First Fleet, placed in response to their dispossession. The hex was reactivated… and Norths were doomed forevermore.

“I’m not sure how accurate the curse theory is, but the Bears made it to four preliminary finals in the 1990s without reaching a single Grand Final, so it’s possible,” said one of the club’s greatest ever players, Greg Florimo, in 2007.

“We’re willing to try just about anything at this point.” Florimo’s tactic involved having a local Cammeraygal elder, Uncle Max, ’cleanse’ the oval with a smoking ceremony. It may have come a little late.

Merging with hated rivals Manly in 2000, the franchise fell apart after three years.

In 2007, Norths, by then a second-tier team, lost the grand final with 13 seconds to go – beaten by a forward pass try.

In 2008, they exited the finals with two consecutive losses, despite being minor premiers. In 2010, they came last.

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The Curse of the Red Fox

Damned team: The Melbourne Demons The gist: The Dees were the dominant VFL team in the decade from 1954, appearing in eight grand finals (seven consecutive) and winning six flags. Then, despite having won nine of the first dozen games of the 1965 season, the Dees decided to dump future AFL Coach of the Century, Norm Smith. By courier. On a Friday night. Enraged fans and an enthusiastic press piled into the club’s administrators, and Smith was shortly reinstated – but it was too late to appease the footy gods. Melbourne wouldn’t make the finals for another 22 years. And when they finally did reach another decider, in 1988, Hawthorn clobbered them by 96 points. The Demons’ 1964 premiership, under Smith, remains their last.

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The Damnation of Derby County

Damned team: Derby County FC, England The gist: In 1895, now second division team Derby County FC moved to a new home pitch, called The Baseball Ground. In so doing, they claimed land that was been being used as a camp by a group of Romani people (called ‘gypsies’ in the objectionable parlance of the time). Forced to move along, the enraged Romani supposedly cursed the team never to win the FA Cup — kicking off a long, luckless, losing run that would continue through two world wars. By 1946, times were desperate. Having finally made the final, a club representative reportedly ’met with some gypsies’ to plead that the curse be removed. Remarkably, in that game, with the scores tied 1-1, the ball burst – and with it, Derby’s run of bad luck. They’d go on to win 4-1… and be very nice thereafter to itinerants in caravans.

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The Talledega Jinx

Damned location: The Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama The gist: NASCAR has no shortage of superstitions – generations of the sport’s figurehead family, the Andrettis, have infamously (and occasionally, comically) failed to win the Indy 500 (73 starts and counting since 1969). But it’s Alabama’s famous speedway that attracts the real bad mojo. Rumoured to have been either cursed by a Native American shaman, or built on an Indian burial ground, speedway fans/probable Stephen King readers have long noted the circuit’s over-representation among untimely deaths and huge crashes.

Rationalists argue that, as the USA’s largest loop, Talladega allows faster speeds and less margin for error. But what of 1970 Cup champion, Bobby Isaac, who pulled over mid-race in 1973 for no apparent reason despite having no mechanical problems? “A voice told him he needed to get out of the car,” his wife later recalled. Spooky.

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by Billy Goat

Damned team: Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs The gist: “You are going to lose this World Series and you are never going to win another World Series again,” thundered a telegram by the owner of Chicago’s Billy Goat Tavern, William Sianis, to team owner Philip K. Wrigley in 1945. “You are never going to win a World Series again because you insulted my goat.” As was his custom, Sianis had taken his pet goat to the ground, only to be asked to leave because its odour was ’bothering other fans’. The curse was eventually broken in 2016 – 108 years after the Cubs’ previous win, and 46 years after Sianis’s own death.

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GET TRO Townsville and I have been having a love affair since the early ‘80s. And it’s a relationship that has stood the test of time.

WORDS: Fiona Harper The first time Townsville and I met, I was a naive teenager fresh out of high school on my first solo travel adventure. Months earlier, I’d caught a Greyhound bus from Perth to Broome laden with little more than a sleeping bag and a backpack stuffed with sarongs, bikinis and thongs. With a head full of dreams, I had no job, little cash and no real plan beyond ‘travelling around Australia’. Along the way I’d secured a ride on a yacht sailing through the Kimberley and earned some dollars pulling beers in a Darwin pub before hitching a lift with a truckie heading south through the Northern Territory and across Queensland’s breadth to Townsville.

With her sunbaked streets lined with dusty four-wheel drives, classic Australian pubs with shady verandahs and pool tables and

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a friendly vibe, Townsville wrapped me in her warm, welcoming, sweaty arms.

We loved one another immediately.

Back then, the ‘Sugar Shaker’ (the tallest building in Townsville) dominated the city.

Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo’s historic native title speech had just been delivered, a precursor to the 1993 Native Title Act. Reef HQ was underway and Jonathan Thurston would soon learn to walk, long before he would go on to co-captain the North Queensland Cowboys to an historic 2015 NRL Premiership and be unofficially anointed a Townsville legend.

Townsville and I have remained firm friends ever since, reuniting regularly.

Each time I return, the city seems to have settled into her bones ever more gracefully.

As my own well-travelled body bears the scars of adventures and mishaps further afield, I wish I could say the same…

Settled on the shores of the Coral Sea, Townsville has since made a name for itself as the research hub of the Great Barrier Reef. Reef HQ Great Barrier Reef Aquarium is the largest living coral reef exhibit in the world, showcasing 150 species of underwater inhabitants. The aquariums offer a 

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mesmerising underwater window – without all that peskiness of getting wet – into soft corals sashaying and swirling in the current or bell-shaped jellyfish propelling themselves like free-falling skydivers in slow motion. Standing in the tunnel that bisects the main aquarium, you’ll see tropical fish, sharks and stingrays glide overhead. At the Turtle Hospital, sick and injured reptiles are rehabilitated before being released back to the wild. Elsewhere in Townsville, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science contribute to management of the reef, too.

Just off the coast, the SS Yongala wreck is rated one of the best scuba dive sites in the world. One year before the Titanic foundered, steamship Yongala encountered cyclonic weather on a voyage from Melbourne to Cairns, sinking near Cape Bowling Green with the loss of 122 lives. The wreckage was not found until almost 50 years later. Laying in 28 metres of water and now home to immense marine fish and coral species, the 109-metre hull is the largest, most intact shipwreck in Australia, attracting divers from all over the world.

I missed visiting Magnetic Island on my first visit to Townsville, but made up for this omission many years later. Following a similar route to the SS Yongala, carefully avoiding the rocks where she came unstuck, I sailed into Horseshoe Bay on the island’s north coast and fell hopelessly in love. An official suburb of Townsville, Maggie (as the island is affectionately known) successfully balances a

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Previous page: Wallaman Falls.

This page: Snorkelling off the coast of Townsville; Magnetic Island; Cruising around Magnetic Island.

Right: Radical Bay on Magnetic Island.

residential community skirting the boundary of a national park. The next time I returned, it was as a residential landowner with big plans to build the island home I lived in for four years.

With its sweeping crescent-shaped beach shaded by palm trees and bookended by granite boulders sprouting towering hoop pines, Horseshoe Bay is the poster child for an island blessed with abundant treasures.

The intimate cove of Alma Bay is a serious contender for most-photographed beach, as well as one of the top 10 Queensland beaches according to Surf Life Saving Queensland. Hiking trails that pass through koala habitats on the way to historic forts, affording stunning views, lure thousands of travellers to relax on Maggie each year.

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The island’s hilly terrain is popular with adventure sports enthusiasts, too, attracting athletes to events like Magnetic Island Race Week, Magnetic Island Swim and the multisport Adventurethon races.

Back on the mainland, Townsville is no stranger to hosting big events either.

Emerging from the banks of Ross Creek, North Queensland Stadium has secured Sir Elton John to open the state-of-the-art venue in early 2020. Local hero Johnathan Thurston (JT to his mates) is credited with giving the campaign for a new stadium some momentum. Sharing the stage with Prime Minister Turnbull after winning the 2015 NRL premiership, JT expressed his belief that Townsville deserved a new stadium in his victory speech. Within months the multimillion project was funded and the football hero was virtually given the keys to the city.

Blessed with 13 sun-kissed hours of daylight and daytime temperatures that rarely drop below mid-20s, it’s no surprise Townsville is just a little sports-obsessed. Reigniting my relationship with the city recently, I laced up my joggers pre-dawn alongside 2400 runners in the 47th Townsville Running Festival. As the sun’s rays tinted Castle Hill burnt orange, another annual festival tradition was getting underway. Air heavy with the aroma of bacon, sausages and eggs, mingling with runners’ sweat, the Hash House Harriers popped the champagne and cranked up the music.

For the past 16 years the ’party house’ has hosted the Marathon Breakfast Party, supporting runners with beer and champagne-laced encouragement, dancing in onesies one kilometre from the finish line.

For those of us who run with friends purely for fun, the enthusiasm and laughter radiating from the house is an absolute highlight. This unabandoned joie de vivre is just the sort of carefree cheekiness that underpins my 30-year-plus love affair with Townsville.

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DOWN to E arth

The nsw Central Coast has some fresh new offerings that are are tempting those cruising up the highway to turn off, slow down and switch off.

Words: Michelle Hespe My partner and I are sitting in highly polished sturdy horse saddles enjoying a lovely bottle of pinot noir and a charcuterie and cheese board that tastes as good as it looks. That’s not a typo – we are very comfortably seated at the brassscalloped bar of Saddles, otherwise known by locals and staff as ’Singo’s loungeroom’.

After media magnate, entrepreneur and businessman John Singleton sold iconic Icebergs in Bondi for $15 million, it must have made perfect sense to invest in the beautiful land near his home on his beloved Central Coast. When he switches off from work he can amble across the paddock and enjoy time with family and friends in this beautifully rustic restaurant-come-bakehouse that offers guests a grassroots country experience only an hour’s drive from Sydney CBD. It’s a joint venture with acclaimed restaurateurs Cameron and Hayley Cansdell, who also own Bombini and Bombini Pizza at Avoca Beach and Fish Dining at Point Frederick. They worked with The John Singleton Group and White Dickson Architects to deliver this feel-good 11-acre property grandly spanning a dam.

Saddles is a culinary breakthrough for this picture-perfect patch of the Central Coast – gourmands travelling up the coast now have somewhere to stop, refresh and indulge before an open fireplace in the winter, or on a sprawling Queenslander-style wooden deck in the warmer months.

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of sourdough, pastries, pies, sausage rolls, pastas and soups constantly permeate the air.

They’re made here daily alongside the other treats on the menu, which has been designed to offer guests ever-changing hearty country-style fare created with local seasonal ingredients.

As we sip, nibble and relax, a waiter points out the painting hanging above the fireplace, of a simple old Australian farm shack with a tin roof – it’s one of Singo’s favourite pieces, and where the inspiration for this venture came from.

The saddles we’re sitting on also tie into the theme – they were created by artisan saddler and stuntman Heath Harris, who worked with Singleton at his nearby Strawberry Hills Stud and appeared in the well-known hill scene from The Man from Snowy River. There are many other interesting pieces dotted about the place, making it look like a 100-year old renovated barn rather than a perfectly planned new-build.

It’s an over-used saying, but there’s something so down-to-earth about the place, and the people working and dining here. And so Saddles sets the tone for the rest of our trip.

STAY THE NIGHT There are seemingly endless places to stay in the many lovely villages and towns on the Central Coast, and most have either bushland or ocean vistas. There’s a plethora of B&Bs, and the upmarket faves Bell’s at Killcare and Pretty Beach House are like honey to bees for those after a luxury getaway. 

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Centre image, then clockwise from top left: Chef Dan Hughes of Bar Botanica; Fresh herbs bring gin to life; Cosy seating at Saddles; Nadia, owner of Firescreek Fruit Wines, enjoying a wine tasting with guests; Chef Sean Connolly of Bon Pavilion; Philip Moore and his award-winning gin; Entrance to The Fragrant Garden at Distillery Botanica.

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Top to bottom: Seasalt restaurant at Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific, Saddles at Mount White.

In the mid-range offerings there’s a newcomer on the scene taking full advantage of its breathtakingly pristine hinterland and beach views. The Outlook Cabana is tucked into dense bushland and surrounded by mature flower-filled gardens. Overlooking rainforest with a sublime view of Avoca Beach, the romantic couples-only glass-walled cabin perched above an infinity pool offers complete privacy (when you have the blinds down), and on the property there are bushwalks and a horse riding academy.

If getting into the action of the Central Coast is more your style, Terrigal is a buzzing seaside location with the Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific hotel proudly positioned at its epicentre. The 199-room palatial complex has stunning ocean views, live music, a heated swimming pool with a poolside bar, a fitness centre and a range of stylishly decorated spaces to eat and drink.

Onsite Seasalt restaurant is a favourite for locals and visitors, and with its floor-to-ceiling windows, you can take in the ocean views while enjoying chef Simon Quick’s modern Australian meals.

Tuck into the best-selling seafood platter, with a side of his famous halloumi fries, and don’t sleep in too long as you might miss the rightfully raved about breakfast, where the offerings are as expansive as they are fresh and delicious.

CENTRAL COAST SCENIC SIPS “Save the planet – it’s the only one with wine on it” says the sign inside Firescreek Fruit Wines. I have a chuckle as we meet up with owner and winemaker Nadia. Despite her family once being city dwellers, she is another down-to-earth champion of the Central Coast, who knows just how lucky she is to have access to such an energising lifestyle in a beautiful location.

As we wander about her fruit winery, Nadia’s plump Wyandotte chickens roam about – the intricate patterning of their feathers making them look as though they’re wearing fancy lace coats. A lot of ’peeppeeping’ is going on, and she stops to pluck a tiny fluffy chick from the grass and offers up a cuddle. “Her mother is relaxed, doesn’t mind at all,” she says with a smile.

We enjoy a tasting of the latest six varieties of Nadia’s wines – raspberry, chilli & orange, blueberry & lavender, coffee & blackcurrant, plum & rose petal, and peach – and are completely surprised by the layers of flavour explosions that unfold. The wines are fermented in steel vats for around a year, so the sugar has long gone. 

FACT FILE Saddles at Mt White saddlesmtwhite.com.au The Outlook Cabana theoutlookcabana.com.au Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific terrigalpacific. crowneplaza.com Firescreek Fruit Wines firescreek.com.au OCT/NOV 2019

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Clockwise from top left: Firescreek Fruit Wines; Room for lounging at Bon Pavilion; Celeste and Steve run the Pearls of Australia Broken Bay Pearl Farm Tour; Eastcoast Beverages farm in Kulnura.

What’s left to lovingly bottle is fruity combinations, often with a surprisingly dry aftertaste. We buy one of each for the cellar, knowing that they will be the perfect ingredient for a range of unusual Kir Royales at our next dinner party.

With so much happening on the Central Coast, some savvy locals put their heads together and created Central Coast Scenic Sips – a self-guided tour where people can visit four different ‘sip-based’ operators all a few minutes cruise from one another.

And so our next stop is Distillery Botanica and Bar Botanica, both of which are on the same grounds only five minutes down the road from Firescreek Fruit Wines.

The property was formerly known (and well-loved) as The Fragrant Garden. Now the collaborative operators have breathed new life into the garden concept, and it’s a busier and more charming venue than ever.

Distillery Botanica is the brainchild of master horticulturist and herbalist Philip Moore, who has dedicated 20 years of his life to distilling. Using a traditional copper still he blends each of the six separate distillations by hand, and the result is highly distinctive, award-winning liqueurs and gins.

Philip has won seven golds and six silver medals in prestigious spirit competitions, and Moore’s gin is the first Australian gin to have ever won gold in the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition.

Nigel Weisbaum is the manager of Distillery Botanica. His humour, absolute passion for distilling and amazing depth of booze knowledge make the educational tastings here a real treat. He fits right into the mob of down-to-earth people who call this happening place home. Try to wiggle your way out of being the designated driver for this tasting, as it’s worth trying every one of Philip’s concoctions.

Next on the sipping tour, we cross the courtyard and enter Bar Botanica. Formerly a cluttered gift store, the building, that’s a bit log cabin, a bit yurt and all things natural, has a waterfall window, chunky wooden beams, brick floors and sandstone walls.

Surrounded by thriving herb, flower and vegetable gardens, the café has plenty of outdoor seating, and inside, chef and café owner Dan Hughes has hired staff who are obviously passionate about making excellent coffee. They also happily scoop up and hand out awardwinning Mr Goaty Gelato to excited patrons.

Dan runs a tight kitchen where light lunches

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are the order of the day. He lovingly sources every ingredient from nearby producers, and has abundant gardens at his fingertips to forage in.

Simple is often best, and he proves this with his Ploughman’s Platter – it has to be up there with the best in the country.

NEW OFFERING & ESTABLISHED ICON Gosford has long been known for its pubs and community clubs, but even the locals will admit that it’s not the first place that springs to mind when you’re seeking a high-end, architectually impressive hangout with great food, cocktails and an extensive wine list.

Enter Bon Pavilion. Aka Bon. Singo has hit the town, this time arm in arm with acclaimed chef Sean Connolly and the entrepreneurial couple behind Bells at Killcare and Pretty Beach House – Brian and Karina Barry.

The foursome have opened the upmarket eatery in the 14-storey Bonython Tower.

Bon is home to café Bon Bon Espresso, a cocktail and tapas ’Bon Bar’, a dining room called Bonfire, specialty craft beer and whisky den Bon Vin Private Dining, and wine bar Bon Vin. A half hour’s drive away is Eastcoast Beverages, which began in 1965 when Salvatore Lentini picked and packed fresh fruit from his Central Coast orchards to supply to Australia’s Flemington Markets.

Years later, when the Australian Government removed tariffs on imported juice concentrate, it became less profitable to produce juice derived solely from fresh fruit. That’s when Salvatore’s three sons – Sam, Mick and Frank Lentini – saw an opportunity to create their own niche market by squeezing citrus fruit juice made entirely from 100 per cent fresh fruit.

Today Eastcoast Beverages is a thirdgeneration Australian family business that creates a range of fruit juice, spring water, sparkling water and kombucha on its farm in Kulnura. The company’s solid philosophy is to Return – Regrow – Re-juice, so that absolutely nothing is wasted.

GEM OF AN EXPERIENCE One of the many things that attracts hordes of tourists to the Central Coast is its sublime waterways. A new way to enjoy some time out on the water is to take a Pearls of Australia Broken Bay Pearl Farm Tour, which largely

takes place on a 10-metre catamaran.

Celeste and Steve are a great team for this tour that teaches you everything you need to know about natural and cultured pearls, specifically concentrating on the pearl that is famous in these parts – the Akoya pearl.

Steve is a quintessential Aussie bloke who loves the water, and his entertaining and educational tour has all passengers marvelling at how intricate the process of seeding a pearl is, and how skilled the hatchery technicians need to be to continually succeed in their role. Everyone on the boat is in awe when an oyster is pried opened to reveal a perfect golden-hued pearl.

Later we cruise back to Ettalong, where over a cup of tea the lovely Celeste gets everyone involved in a hands-on session with precious Akoya pearls, explaining how pearls are graded and turned into stunning jewellery.

It’s the perfect way to wrap up a weekend filled with Central Coast gems.

FACT FILE Distillery Botanica distillerybotanica.com Bar Botanica barbotanica.com.au The Bon Pavilion thebonpavilion.com.au Pearls of Australia pearlsofaustralia.com.au Eastcoast Beverages eastcoastbeverages.com.au OCT/NOV 2019

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Christmas gift ideas

Christmas gift ideas Get organised early with these Christmas gift ideas for the whole family.

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1. Blundstone Boots The new Blundstone #600 is built for comfort, with a soft brown leather upper and leather lining. It also features hidden stitching in the heel for added durability. It’s the perfect boot to wear for work or play. $149, blundstone.com.au

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2. Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones II This is second release of these top-tier wireless headphones, now engineered with even more precise noise-cancelling technology. Allowing greater focus and the opportunity to block out noise when travelling, the headphones are sturdy, impactresistant and connect via Bluetooth.

The best part – 20 hours of battery and super-quick charging. $499.95, bose.com.au

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3. Tom Dixon Tank Decanter This Tank decanter takes its minimal, sculptural design from the functional shapes and volumes of scientific glassware. Each decanter is handmade, and fuses clear and solid black glass. $250, top3.com.au

4. SHREK THE MUSICAL

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On at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre from January 1–19 (then on to Melbourne and Brisbane), this Broadway hit will have the whole family in stitches.

From $49.90, sydneylyric.com.au

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5. noble cut gin This New World Australian Gin introduces techniques and flavours from both brewing and distillation. Young Henrys has produced a unique expression of quintessential Australian botanicals, including pepperberries, lemon myrtle and Tasmanian hops. $75, shop.younghenrys.com

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6. Catherine Manuell Design Overnight Bowler Bag

7. Waverley Mills Blackwatch Recycled Travel Rug

Perfectly suited for an overnight or long weekend trip, this stylish bag has a separate base compartment for storing your laptop or shoes, an accessible side pocket for essential items, and the option of adjustable shoulder or across-the-body straps. $180, catherinemanuelldesign.com

Waverley Mills is Australia’s oldest working textile mill. Using timehonoured, artisan craftsmanship, bolstered by the latest sustainable practices, the range includes these soft and stylish travel rugs made from recycled wool fibre. $199, waverleymills.com

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8. brookie’s byron gin and mac In the Byron Bay Hinterland, Cape Byron Distillery is set in the heart of the Brook family’s macadamia farm and regenerated subtropical rainforest. It’s in this unique rainforest that many of the botanicals are sourced to create Brookie’s Byron Gin and Mac Roasted Macadamia and Wattleseed Liqueur.

From $40, capebyrondistillery.com

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9. Wouf Messenger Bag Inspired by the classic bomber jacket, this messenger bag is both functional and stylish.

It is available in three colours, is waterproof and has multiple compartments for storing essentials. $295, top3.com.au

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10. FAME greeting card pack

11. Southern Wild Co Candles

Good greeting cards never go astray.

Featuring artworks by local Australian designer Danielle B Latta, FAME’s card designs include the Tasmanian devil, western quoll, southern cassowary, numbat and Mary River turtle. $19.95, to order email fame@fame.org.au or call the Foundation on 08 8374 1744

Inspired by the diversity of Australia’s distinct landscapes and references, Southern Wild Co pays homage to our cultural Australian identity through its range of beautiful bespoke candles and its collection of various scented goods. $65, southernwildco.com.au

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12. Islands of Australia: Travels through Time In this new photographic travel/history book, travel guru Tony Wheeler takes a journey around the Australian coast and beyond to discover the stunning natural features, unique wildlife and chequered histories of our remarkably diverse islets, cays, atolls and archipelagos. $39.99, bookshop.nla.gov.au

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Since 1983, Hollick Estates has been producing some of the Coonawarra’s finest handcrafted wine. Come and enjoy an exceptional cellar door experience and indulge in our region’s fantastic culinary offerings at our award-winning restaurant, Upstairs at Hollick, with sweeping views over the vineyards.

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Hunter Candles All about celebrating earthy natural scents, these candles make you feel as though you’re surrounded by Australia’s best flora and fauna. Hand-poured in Newtown, Sydney, these stylish candles have notes of blue gum, lemon myrtle, Kakadu plum and yuzu. The Christmas candle of nutmeg, pine and smoke is unlike anything you’ve experienced! $29–$99, huntercandles. com.au

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14. Danish Fuel Bar Cabinet

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16. The West Winds Gin

Made from recycled fuel cans which would otherwise end up in landfill, this truly unique handcrafted ‘art bar’ makes for a fantastic conversation piece and will store all your bar essentials.

All Danish Fuel designs are made using Jerry Cans that are collected from Military surplus stock-houses in Europe, and are one-of-a-kind. $795, top3.com.au

Looking for an extra special gift? Look no further than The Veuve Selection from Hampers With Bite. Starring Veuve Cliquot Brut Yellow Label with notes of brioche and biscuit, alongside smooth Fosette Heathcote Shiraz and an assortment of sweet and savoury snacks, this hamper is sure to impress.

Use code INFLIGHT10 for 10% off.

RSP $200, hamperswithbite.com.au

‘Handcrafted and tailored for the discerning palate’. This mantra stays true for The West Winds Gin’s latest creation: the ready-to-drink Gin & Tonic. Pairing the award-winning citrus and juniper flavours of ‘The Sabre‘ with a custom-made tonic, this is a new adventure from The West Winds team. $99 for 24-pack, available at all good bottle shops or thewestwindsgin.com

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17. George & Willy Letter Display

Inspired by the lazy board game afternoons you daydream about, the Letter Display makes the ideal menu, to-do-list, spot for ideas or at-home thought-board. $583, georgeandwilly. com

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18. Lamb Chop Socks Who said socks have to be boring? Who said socks even have to be identical?

These ‘odd socks’ are made from sustainable bamboo, which is moisture wicking and anti-bacterial. Meaning: no more stinky feet! $16.95, lambchopssocks. com.au

19. Moore’s Dry Gin This classic citrus and juniper dominant dry gin is enlivened with a selection of native botanicals, including wild lime, macadamia nut and Illawarra plum. It’s the first Australian gin to ever win gold at the prestigious London International Wine and Spirit

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Competition. The judges said Moore’s Gin is: “Truly classic in style – uplifting, assertive, balanced; pleasing and captivating.” $60, distillerybotanica.com

20. Sullivans Cove XO Single Cask Brandy Rich, powerful and complex, Sullivans Cove brandy is a gift for the serious spirits connoisseur in your life. Distilled from 100 per cent Tasmanian wines and aged for many years in hand-selected oak casks, each unique bottling is single cask, single varietal and non-chill filtered. $275, shop.sullivanscove. com

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Business News+Views Maseur has looked after Australian feet for more than 30 years In Australia, 44 per cent of adults report having sore and tired feet. Incorrectly positioned feet can place pressure on knees, hips and spine as your body compensates. Maseur sandals help to reduce this pressure with contours and arches that gently and comfortably help your feet find their optimum position. This may help to relieve stress, tension, pains and aches.

Maseur sandals come in two variants: Invigorating and Gentle. Flexible nodules on Maseur Invigorating Massage Sandals are designed to massage and help support healthy circulation, invigorating feet and body. The contoured footbed gently supports arch profiles to facilitate correct position of your feet and help relieve pressure on your body. The cushioning sole provides protection from hard surfaces. Maseur Gentle Massage Sandals alleviate fatigue and help recovery after sport. Its comfort soft straps align to the curvature of your feet and allow for adjustments to fit both narrow and wide feet.

NOW Leasing NT NOW Leasing NTÂ was formed by Joely Sullivan and Joanne Griffiths almost four years ago. They are long-term, experienced Darwin Property Managers with a reputation of providing personal and proactive service to clients in the management and leasing of residential property. In the current market, its commitment to service has the company outperforming its competitors in leasing in under 20 days on average compared to the industry average of 69 days.

Managing property in all suburban areas of Darwin, the office in Darwin Corporate Park on the Stuart Highway means NOW Leasing NT are just 15 minutes away from almost any potential appointment.

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Dust control at its finest – from Pit-to-Port Achieving effective dust control in mines and across the supply chain is an ongoing challenge for operators. Relying on conventional methods alone, such as water carts and lowpressure watering systems, is rarely enough. A combination of customised measures tailored to specific dust issues is required.

Dust-A-Side is a global specialist

in dust control management to the mining and resources sector.

First established in South Africa in 1973, Dust-A-Side Australia has been in operation since 2005. The business has grown steadily from its core capabilities in dust control management and maintenance of mine haul roads to its current ‘Pit-to-Port’ strategy incorporating custom-designed dust suppression

solutions in fixed plant, freight transport, soil erosion control and road stabilisation.

Dust-A-Side Australia operates in Brisbane, Perth and Newcastle and is investing heavily in sales and operational capability to meet demand.

For more information, visit dustaside.com.au or call 1800 662 387.

Tropical North Queensland birds exposed from the air Environmental research into the rainforests of Cape York has revealed new insight into the life of large Australian land birds which incubate eggs in large mounds of rotting vegetation, aka megapodes.

Hundreds of large megapode nesting mounds, including those of brush turkeys and yellow-footed scrubfowls, have been located by the Airborne Research Institute, using cutting-edge light detection and ranging (LiDAR) techniques.

“It’s fascinating to think an eye in the sky can strip away the rainforest with this technology to record and study the terrestrial nesting patterns of Australian brush turkeys on remote parts of the Cape York Peninsula,” says Airborne Research Australia’s chief scientist, Jorg Hacker.

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technology has been used across several worldwide archaeological applications, including the discovery of Mayan pyramids in Central America. “Now we have used our configuration of airborne LiDAR to [virtually] ‘remove’ the dense vegetation of the Australian rainforest to ‘see’ what’s on the ground in high resolution when it’s otherwise almost impenetrable to the human eye and aerial photography,” explains Hacker.

Backed by the not-for-profit Maxim Foundation, which funds philosophical and environmental research initiatives, the aerial mapping research forms part of a greater biodiversity project in the region.

For more information visit airborneresearch.org.au or news.flinders.edu.au

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Celebrating Indigenous Business Month 2019 This October marks the fifth annual Indigenous Business Month. Events will take place around Australia, as well as in New Zealand for the first time this year, celebrating and showcasing the talents of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women entrepreneurs from across a diverse range of business sectors.

The initiative is headed up by Melbourne Business School’s MURRA Indigenous Business Master Class alumni, with an aim to spark conversations about Indigenous business development and innovation.

Since the inception of Indigenous Business Month in 2015, the Indigenous business sector has become one of the fastest growing sectors in Australia.

Regionally based NGOs deliver significant results to local economies New research undertaken by the University of South Australia has shown that for every dollar spent by regionally based Australian NGOs, there is a return of 2.3 times the original dollar value to local communities.

The study found that the benefits flowing from NGOs in regional areas extend well beyond the direct services that they provide and play a significant role in reinvigorating local rural and regional economies.

Director of the study Dr Catherine Mackenzie explains, “The findings in this study suggest there are enormous social, civic and economic benefits of supporting country based non-government community service organisations and the significant role they play in underpinning and supporting local economies and vibrant communities.

They provide residents with something to build a community around and help to counter some of the problems associated with recent regional industrial and social change.�

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Darren Baguley Darren specialises in the fields of technology, mining, agriculture, energy and business.

Diversity and the mining company boardroom THE MINING INDUSTRY IS FACING CHALLENGING TIMES – PROPONENTS ARGUE DIVERSITY WILL HELP COMPANIES FUTUREPROOF THEMSELVES. The Australian mining industry is in the midst of a once-in-ageneration transition. William Gibson has oft been quoted as saying, “The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” And nowhere is this truer than the mining industry.

The mine of the future is close enough for its features to be seen and to transition to that future, companies must innovate, unlocking the power of digitisation. To do this they will need to attract a different type of talent.

The pace of change in mining’s global operating environment would be enough for any industry to deal with, however mining faces a host of other

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challenges. Environmental issues and distortions in the economy caused by the long-over mining boom have led to governments, communities, investors and other key stakeholders scrutinising the industry more than ever.

According to Deloitte’s ’Tracking the trends 2018’ report, “This level of scrutiny mandates new forms of co-operation and collaboration.

To repair broken relationships and tarnished reputations, miners must also explore ways to operate more sustainably. These drivers make it clear that companies will need to make substantive cultural shifts.

“Some companies have already taken steps in this direction by engaging in cross-functional collaboration, seeking out best practices from other industries, strengthening their executive teams and setting targets to achieve greater diversity and inclusion.

To cement these changes, however, mining companies will also need to ensure that their boards are properly constituted to support transformation.”

This new reality presents a challenge

for boards because they need to be able to embrace new operational realities before they can help drive the changes the industry needs.

As shareholder activism ramps up, companies are held to higher standards of corporate governance and technological disruption alters industry dynamics, this will be especially critical.

In the past directors were focused on oversight, however this notion is also under challenge. Today directors are increasingly expected to weigh in on corporate strategy, and studies show the best boards take a more active role in constructively challenging the executive team than merely fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities.

According to Deloitte, “Boards mired in old ways of thinking will increasingly struggle to fulfil this mandate. Although experience can help inform opinions, it can also inhibit directors from questioning their current assumptions – leading to a form of cognitive bias that prevents them from considering non-traditional solutions.

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Fast Facts

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Women comprise 46.9 per cent of all employed persons in Australia.

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Women hold 13.7 per cent of chair positions, 25.8 per cent of directorships, and represent 17.1 per cent of CEOs.

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35.2 per cent of boards and governing bodies have no female directors.

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mining board members only complicate the issue by limiting their ability to uncover outside views or challenge their habitual thought processes. Diverse perspectives are necessary if mining boards are to effectively challenge organisational assumptions, assess the validity of new ways of thinking and help determine if the organisation is taking on too much risk, or perhaps not enough.”

It’s not just mining companies that have issues with diversity. A recent Australian Institute of Company Directors report claimed that at 29.8 per cent, the ASX200 was just shy of the magic ’tipping point’ of 30 per cent female board representation.

According to Swinburne Law School Corporate Governance Research Fellow Helen Bird, further investigation showed that when women who held multiple directorships were only counted once, the number came down to less than 25 per cent.

Bird does however emphasise that recent research had shown the mining industry was no worse than any other industry when it came to diversity.

“We did a networking study last year, where we looked at board networks

– looking to see what the network effect was,” she explains. “Our initial hypothesis was that female-dominated sectors such as health and education would be where we might see more women on board appointments, but we found no such connection. Gender diversity is an issue across the ASX and it’s not relevant to specific sectors.”

Bird adds that it’s not just diversity of gender that’s important, “it’s also skills, ethnicity, cognitive diversity, experiential diversity. Nevertheless, although gender represents a divide of half the population, it doesn’t need to be as messy as we make it sound.

Companies simply need to ask: ‘Who is our client base?’ A lot of this diversity stuff is used to make out that it is too complicated and an abyss, when what we need to do is simply sit down and determine who we’re selling to. If half your client base is female dominated, you have to wonder why half your board is not constituted by women.

“No business sits still – there’s disruption, transformation and boards are increasingly accountable to a wider range of factors. Mining is a perfect example when considering the need for diversity because it’s a globally

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exposed industry. We need to have a wide range of experiences and points of view if we’re going to identify future risks and opportunities.

“In addition, there’s a strange similarity between mining and banking. When all is going well, the focus is on profit and there is little focus on issues beyond the financial cost of the business. Once the boom is over, other questions start to play a part, such as environmental footprint and digital disruption, and you need to have a more complex and diverse analysis of your business.”

Deloitte’s ’Tracking the trends 2018’ report made the point that board members are often appointed because of their functional experience/skillset – ie. former mining company C-suite executives, but cautioned that those skills which were valid in the past may not be what the company needs for the future.

According to Bird, “Companies need people with a range of skills and to not rely on the idea that a former CEO is a perfect non-executive director. Some studies have shown ex-CEOs are not the best directors because they want to tell the CEO how to do their job. No mining company, no company really, should have a board exclusively made up of ex-CEOs. There’s a natural attraction to stick with what you know, but experiential diversity is important as are reasonable periods of renewal.”

Deloitte US Mining and Minerals Consulting Leader Amy Winsor closes the ’Tracking the trends 2018’ report, saying “Mining companies are considering new business models and driving step change through innovation and digitisation. To enable this broader transformation, they need the right board composition.

Rather than having a firm grasp of how things were done in the past, today’s board members need to understand how the industry is evolving into the future.”

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Technology at full throttle for Singapore’s Grand Prix For the second year running, Singapore contractor United E&P was tasked with the preparing the racetrack for the country’s Formula 1 race which took place in September.

Unlike many cities that utilise existing race circuits, Singapore transforms some of its city streets into race carworthy surfaces in just a matter of days, shutting down roads for the shortest periods possible to minimise impact to residents, visitors and traffic.

To meet the tight deadlines and deliver a track that passed muster with the racing car elite, United E&P partnered with Topcon Positioning Systems’ largest distributor in the Oceania region, Position Partners.

Using a full suite of design software, mapping and profiling technology, survey instruments and paving machine

control systems, United E&P began by scanning and modelling the planned track surfaces before optimising a design and paving the tarmac.

“We really used every bit of technology we had at our disposal for this job to give a great result in a limited amount of time,” said Mathew Connelly, Position Partners Manger for South-East Asia.

The racetrack had a specification governed by global motor sport safety association FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile).

“The tolerances on this job were very tight,” said Graham Castle, Construction Manager at United E&P. “We had a riding index that we had to meet, a +/- 3 millimetre tolerance on our levels and also 3 millimetre tolerance under a four metre straight

edge for the paved surface.”

United E&P utilised a range of Topcon paving machine control solutions (these steer the paver to deliver the smoothest results, automatically correcting the machine for optimal compaction).

Topcon offers a unique machine control system for fine tolerance work including grading and paving applications. Millimetre GPS uses a combination of a high-performance laser transmitter and GNSS positioning technology to create a large working zone that delivers up to 300 per cent greater accuracy than a standard GPS solution alone.

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Train Street Central is ideally located and surrounded by a growing customer base offered by two nearby high schools, primary school, day care centres, expanding retirement village and the established township. The airport at Moruya is 8km away and offers flights to both Sydney and Melbourne. The coastline at Broulee is stunning with golden beaches and sheltered coves and has long been the favoured destination of both locals and visitors from Canberra, Queanbeyan and Country NSW. Interest in this development has brought early sales in both commercial and residential properties.

GET ON BOARD AT TRAIN STREET. To register your interest or to find out more, please contact Pat Jameson: 0405 442 905 or the First National office on 02 4472 5566, or email Pat on pat@bbfn.com.au

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TRAIN STREET CENTRAL Broulee, South Coast NSW The original vision for Train Street Central to become an exciting mixed-use development and opportunity for local businesses in our community – is now a reality! With all the buzz surrounding the sold-out completion of Stage 1, Train Street Central is now occupied, and businesses are operating!

In the past 15-20 years Broulee has transformed from a haven for holiday homes to a community enjoyed by families and retirees alike. Train Street Central will offer more to a community that currently caters for three of the region’s major schools and one of the largest and still expanding retirement villages. It is envisaged that Train Street Central will add a further dimension to the community, creating more infrastructure for local businesses and tourists alike.

Train Street Central is located on the corner of Cambridge Crescent and Train Street in Broulee. Train Street Central is divided into

three construction stages, incorporating a mix of office, retail, food spaces and north facing residential units. The concept of this mixed-use development is to act as a village centre mid-point between Moruya and Batemans Bay, catering for the growing population in the region.

Stage 2 is comprised of four more luxurious two-storey two-bedroom townhouses and eight commercial units.

Concept plans have been prepared for a potential Medical Centre and Café/Food Outlet to show prospective investors and businesses the endless possibilities.

To register your interest or to find out more about this unique development becoming Broulee’s commercial hub, please call Pat Jameson on 0405 442 905 or the First National Office on 02 4472 5566. trainstreetcentral.com.au Images by @timtaplinphotography

Stage 2 selling now (Stage 1 sold-out before construction was complete) • Stage 2 – Commercial prices from $345,000 • Stage 2 – Residential priced at $515,000

Local area info • Redevelopment & upgrades of the Moruya Airport; to provide vital economic, social and medical links to Sydney and beyond.

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• 150M Proposed Regional Hospital for Eurobodalla.

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QLD Invest deliver valuable property investments to Australian families Let’s face it, working for the man is good for paying the bills, but to really get ahead, we all know that property investing is a must. As a wise old investor said to me years ago: “This property will never be as cheap as it was when you bought it.” Well, I guess that’s why they call it REAL estate.

Where do you start? Seriously!

How much research do you need to conduct before you buy a property?

When navigating all the contradicting property reports out there, it’s easy to follow the herd, simply because that’s what the herd does. Plus, who has the time to drive across the country investigating every nook and cranny, trying to locate that ‘great deal’?

Well, enter Korry from QLD Invest.

The really unique thing about what Korry does is he ‘manufactures’ the wealth into the property design. It’s a concept that takes time to wrap your head around. But once you get it, you’ll probably never buy a stock standard property again. QLD Invest was set up by Korry in order to deliver real wealth, to everyday families, through smart property investments.

Korry explains that his team spends most of their time looking at council zoning, and what would be allowable under council rules. Then designing a building that will deliver a specific commercial outcome to the investor.

“We deliver a complete package.

All the investor needs to do is be prepared to work with the mortgage broker to get the lending in place and sign a few contracts.

“We’ve got dozens of clients currently involved in projects which will provide $80,000-$120,000 in immediate uplift, within six to eight months. Not only that, it provides big tax deductions. It’s hard to beat. And an investor on a normal salary can get into high return property, with around $100,000 equity or deposit.”

Korry explains: “We named the business QLD Invest because southeast Queensland is in fact one of the best locations for investment at the current time and foreseeable future.

“Many of our projects are returning high weekly rents and incredible returns of 6 to 15 per cent each year.

On top of that is the capital growth.

One of our clients who wanted to move up from Sydney, is in fact getting a 25 per cent annual return on the project that we delivered. It’s basically allowed the family’s dad to stay at home. That’s life changing, and that’s when I get real satisfaction from my business. We are a family business, and we pride ourselves in helping families secure a great future.”

QLD Invest makes the investment process seamless. With every step, from initial discussion through to securing lending, managing the project and getting it rented, the team at QLD Invest support the process at no charge to clients.

“We deliver far more than most people would be able to achieve with their own knowledge, and we do it quickly, including high return SMSF property.“ Talking with Korry, you will learn more in three minutes than you may in a lifetime. qldinvest.com.au | 0439 425 855 korry@qldinvest.com.au

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Ian Lloyd Neubauer With nearly 20 years’ journalism experience, Ian is abreast of global news as it happens.

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Suicide is a major problem in Australia’s country regions.

A recent study by the Centre for Remote and Rural Mental Health found suicide rates in rural areas are more than 50 per cent higher than in capital cities, while the suicide rate for farming men in Australia is actually double that of the general male population.

The drought, the worst to have hit Australia in 50 years, is exacerbating the crisis. Research on Australian farmers published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America shows a 15 per cent increase in the suicide rate among working-aged men during periods of drought.

But the bush is fighting back with a small but determined army of mental health professionals and volunteers who go above and beyond to help farmers in need. We talk to three of them about the modern farmers’ plight and their experience working on the frontlines.

Jenny O’Connell – Leading From Within There are few parts of Australia the drought has hit harder than the Murray-Darling Basin, where below-average rains since the year 2000 have seen 60 per cent of dairy farmers sell up or go broke.

“It’s very evident from doing the sums that farming is not viable anymore,” says Jenny O’Connell, a clinical social worker in Shepparton, Victoria. “But for some, especially the intergenerational farmers, their work, their lifestyle and home are all tied up with farming, so quitting the farm means losing everything. And when everything they have is being threatened by drought, vegans, water politics or any other source, their mental health can be compromised.

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“Leading From Within is based on the principle that instead of internalising trauma, growth can come from traumatic events.” their families will actually be better off without them as they might get a life insurance payout.”

During the day, O’Connell is a clinical social worker at a private practice in Shepparton. But at nights and on weekends she runs pro bono trauma-recovery therapy sessions under the name Leading From Within: a non-profit group she and her husband founded in 2000 after conducting an evaluation of the first-sector response to high-profile suicides in the area.

“After those suicides, there was massive trauma in the community, but no one was interested in using private or public treatment,” she says. “My husband and I thought there should be a process to help people recover.

Leading From Within is based on the principle that instead of internalising trauma and becoming victims with bad mental health, growth can come from traumatic events.”

For more information, visit leadingfromwithin.org.au

Mary O’Brien – Are You Bogged Mate?

When a spate of suicides hit Dalby Downs in central Queensland a few years ago, people in the community turned to Mary O’Brien for help.

“Friends and neighbours were ringing me to talk, which was great, but I was concerned about my lack of skills,” O’Brien says. “But what I discovered is that professionals from the city didn’t understand country people at all. They say men in the country need to sit down and express their feelings, that the men have to change. But it’s them that need to change their approach, and how they communicate with country men.”

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Are You Bogged Mate? is the manifestation of O’Brien’s research: a one-woman workshop that engages directly with rural men to break down the stigma surrounding mental health problems.

“It started as something I tagged onto my work,” she explains. “I travel around the state teaching spray-application technology. Afterwards, I ask the blokes if any of them are feeling bogged, and because they already know me, they listen. My approach is fairly direct. I keep it simple, peel away all the fluffy stuff and talk to them in a language they can understand.”

O’Brien reckons farmers are pretty much drought-proof.

But it’s not just the lack of rain that’s draining them today.

“Most farmers can cope with drought. In some parts it’s been going on for seven or eight years now,” she says.

“But now there are new social issues that weren’t around 10 years ago, like the fish kill in the Darling River. There was huge public scrutiny, farmers were blamed for taking too much water from the river, their kids got bullied at school and now they’ve got this vegan activism to deal with. It’s put all this extra pressure on farmers that they don’t need.”

For more information, visit areyouboggedmate.com.au

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Dianne Gill – Rural Adversity Mental Health Program

“I always thought when the ground gets sick, so do our people. It’s very similar in the Aboriginal culture,” says Dianne Gill, a registered nurse from Condobolin in central NSW. “During the Millennium Drought, I started trying to figure out how we can help our farmers stay well and ended up joining the Drought Mental Health Assistance Package.”

When the Millennium Drought ended in 2009, Gill’s work was folded into the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program.

“To tell you the truth, the drought never really went away,” she says. “It takes cattle farmers seven years to recover from drought, while orchardists need 15 years to replant and regrow their trees, so even though there were a few good years of rain, for most farmers, the stress never left. Then they’ve got the isolation of modern farming to deal with. Going back a generation or two, you’d have five men working at a property. Today with machinery and the high cost of labour, they work long hours all by themselves.

And while they’re very good at looking after their farms, they’re not very good at looking after themselves.”

Gill connects with stressed-out farmers at field days, agricultural shows and via referrals from old patients and friends. “I am not a Florence Nightingale-type character,” she says. “I wear jeans and boots, I stand shoulder-toshoulder with farmers and ask them if they’re okay.

“I also ask them to think of any mates or neighbours who normally come to these things and aren’t here, and suggest they visit them. I also teach people about the four signs that can indicate someone could be in trouble: a change in their physical appearance, substance abuse, comments about ‘ending it’ and a tendency to not talk – and then when they do talk it’s all negative.”

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Ian Lloyd Neubauer With nearly 20 years’ journalism experience, Ian is abreast of global news as it happens.

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Thanks to exponential leaps in wind turbine technology, wind farming is on track to becoming Australia’s biggest generator of sustainable energy within a few short years.

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Temporal lakes, forested ridges and wide flat country bathed in soft pastel colours. These were the views enjoyed by people commuting between Sydney and Canberra on the Hume Highway for more than 100 years.

But shortly after Labor won its last federal election in 2007, the landscape changed with the erection of dozens of massive wind turbines – high-vis proof Labor was keeping their promise to ensure at least 20 per cent of Australia’s electricity supply would be generated by renewables by 2020.

“This is necessary to protect jobs into the future and also necessary to protect our environment into the future,” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said at the time.

Attack of the clones

Fast-forward to 2014. Federal Labor is back in the Opposition and the wind turbines on the Hume Highway are making headlines again – for all the wrong reasons.

“I drive to Canberra to go to Parliament… and I must say I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive,” Treasurer Joe Hockey told Macquarie Radio. “I think they’re just a blight on the landscape.”

Hockey’s then-boss, PM Tony Abbott, followed through with a one-two punch combination. “When I’ve been up close to these things, not only are they visually awful, but they make a lot of noise,” he told broadcaster Alan Jones, who then alluded wind turbines can cause health problems like insomnia, headaches, dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, anxiety, irritability and depression.

Later Jones also repeated a claim that wind farming was flawed because the wind doesn’t blow all the time. “No matter how romantic [modern industrial people] are, they don’t want to return to pre-modern life. I mean, what are you going to do? Live in the dark?” he asked listeners, reminding them yet again that the push for sustainable energy sources would increase the size of their power bills.

All these claims are, of course, a bunch of hot air. The utility companies that provide us with power don’t rely on a single electricity source; instead, they use a mix of natural gas, coal, wind, solar and hydroelectric. So, if the wind doesn’t blow on Wednesday, we won’t be left in the dark on Thursday.

On the health front, 25 different studies

– including a 2015 review by Australia’s peak medical research body, the NHMRC – have found no evidence wind farms cause adverse health effects. Yet there is ample evidence linking the particulate pollution from coal plants to heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer.

And while electricity generated by emerging technologies like wind and solar power costs more than coal or gas, that’s only because there’s no level playing field in Australia.

A 2013 report by think tank The Australia Institute found Canberra gives the mining industry $4 billion in subsidies annually, while state governments offer their own subsidies.

And if you factor in the cost of air pollution created by burning fossil fuels with something like a carbon tax, wind farming becomes the cheapest source of electricity on the market.

Not in my backyard

Nevertheless, the writing appeared on the wall for wind farming when Hockey issued his rant.

Installed capacity – the maximum output of electricity that a generator can produce under ideal conditions – increased by only 10 per cent between 2013 to 2016 compared to 56 per cent in the two previous decades. 

Did you know?

Wind turbines reduce the number of fires started by lightning strikes by safely conducting the lightning to earth.

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but I swear they were paid by coal companies; there’s no other reason why someone would say so many bad things about wind farms – noise, vibrations and shadow flickers.

I’ve stood right under a wind turbine and felt the flicker. It did not bother me.

“What the wind farm did cause was a lot of friction in the community, because the family who has the turbines on their land, they get $5000 a year for each turbine and there are 26 of them, while the rest of the community only got half a million dollars, which we used to build a park and hall,” Bonet says.

“And the people who live right next door to the turbines are very bitter. They got a few perks like free Foxtel for life because they lost their TV reception, and double glazing for their windows to block out the noise.

I’ve been to their homes and admit the noise can be bad. But again, if you compare it to living next door to a coal power station, well, you really can’t compare the two.”

Winds are changing

Did you know?

The first practical windmills were in use in Sistan, a region of Iran bordering Afghanistan, in the 9th century.

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In 2017 wind farming took another beating when it was falsely blamed for causing statewide power outages in South Australia after supercell tornadoes crumpled 23 major transmission towers.

The culture war in which wind farms have been caught up is best summed up by a mock crowdfunding petition to erect wind turbines on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, where Tony Abbott lost his long-held federal seat of Warringah to climate change warrior Zali Steggall in the May 2019 federal election.

“It’s only fair that the wake votes in Warringah put up these monstrosities, like those of us who live out in the bonnies do,” commented Mike Trigs, one of 24,000 Australians who signed the petition.

But according to Shlomi Bonet, an environmental scientist and farmer who lives 2.5 kilometres from Cullerin Range (one of eight actual or proposed wind farms in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales), having a wind farm in your neighbourhood is no big deal.

“What amazed me was the way we were bombarded with so much anti-wind information by lobbyists during the consultation stage,” he says. “I know it sounds like a conspiracy,

Despite the campaign to stop wind farming in Australia, the industry has proven unstoppable. In South Australia, 41 per cent of its power is generated by wind. In Victoria, the figure stands at 25 per cent, while the national average is brushing 7 per cent – almost the same quantity generated by hydropower.

But thanks to exponential leaps in wind turbine technology, wind farming is on track to becoming Australia’s biggest generator of sustainable energy within a few short years.

There are currently 94 wind farms in Australia with another 24 either under construction or formally approved that will boost combined output by a third when they come online.

The not-in-my-backyard phenomena will persist, but could be mitigated by strategies used in Denmark and Germany, like community sharing of rental incomes, free electricity or degrees of local ownership of wind farms.

But we can also expect to see more anti-wind scaremongering by populist leaders who use the strategy to lure disenfranchised voters.

“Windmills, wheeeee,” US President Donald Trump said during a rally in March 2019. “And if it doesn’t blow, you can forget about television for that night.

Darling, I want to watch television. I’m sorry – the wind isn’t blowing!”

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WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CAREFLIGHT In 1986 CareFlight established Australia’s first dedicated medical emergency helicopter service.

Not only does the original rapid response helicopter service continue to serve the community in Sydney, the critical care team model it pioneered has been emulated around the world, making CareFlight an Australian success story in aeromedical training.

Doctors teaching doctors

CareFlight was the first organisation in Australia to be accredited by the Specialist Medical Colleges for training doctors in critical care skills outside of a hospital.

The doctor training program sets a benchmark both in Australia and internationally. It attracts and trains upwards of 50 specialist doctors each year, who will go on to fly all over the country and beyond, saving lives with CareFlight and many other organisations.

For more than 25 years, doctors at the top of their game have been vying for the opportunity to attend what is a unique and independent ‘school’ developed by some of the nation’s most experienced and respected specialist emergency doctors.

Today CareFlight trains doctors aboard its helicopters, propeller and jet aeroplanes, as well as in road vehicles.

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Nursing jobs like no other

The extraordinary conditions of Australia’s Top End call for a unique solution. CareFlight doctors, nurses, pilots, engineers, logistics, dispatch and support staff work together as one team, and across all operations.

The team is Australia’s only fully integrated aeromedical service, operated on behalf of the Northern Territory Government.

CareFlight nurses are on the front line of this busy service; they’re frequently a lifeline for families living in some of the most remote communities on the planet.

Training as midwives and in other advanced skills is vital for nurses so they can learn to manage all types of emergencies and save seriously injured and ill adults, children and babies who might be hours away from a hospital. 

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Fast Fact CareFlight trains some of the only nurses in the world who undertake downthe-wire rescues from the helicopter, day and night, over land and water.

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CareFlight’s social purpose and teaching on the ground CareFlight has grown to be one of the best known and most trusted charities in Australia. Its mission is unrelenting: to save lives, speed recovery and serve the community. All of the resources the not-for-profit can muster are strategically directed into growing the charity’s social impact.

The helicopter services in Sydney and Darwin are the best-known examples of CareFlight’s social impact funded with community support. In recent times, helped by businesses and individuals, CareFlight’s education programs have branched out to touch the lives of Australians right around the country, and will be expanding into Queensland soon. Highly trained and experienced pre-hospital medical specialists now deliver advanced training to volunteers and clinics in remote communities. Together, it’s about building resilience in remote, rural and regional Australia.

Territory Generation CEO Tim Duignan

“The MediSim Trauma Care Workshops have provided invaluable and potentially life-saving training to those in rural and remote areas, including some of our own employees, who may be the first responders in the event of a serious incident.”

TIO CEO Daryl Madden

“The MediSim program provides potentially life-saving education in some of the most challenging locations in the Northern Territory, and empowering local workers and volunteers with the skills and confidence as first responders is a great outcome for these regions.”

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Reach of mobile training since 2011 Total MediSim Training Sessions: 352 Total Responders attending: 5,011 We are looking for sponsors to expand our MediSim program into all states including Queensland.

Trauma Care Workshops

CareFlight’s award-winning MediSim program provides medical simulation training to rural and remote emergency service volunteers and workers. Given locals in remote locations are often the first to arrive at the scene of a major trauma incident, CareFlight trains them to deliver pre-hospital emergency care while awaiting the arrival of professional help. Educators use mobile simulation equipment and realistic scenario training to give participants the confidence to take action at an emergency scene that could ultimately save a life.

CareFlight instils cutting edge prehospital knowledge and skills in the workshops. Participants are also shown ingenious improvisation techniques that will work on scene, for example to stem serious bleeding or make a splint.

Dr Ken Harrison developed Trauma Care Workshops after years flying on the CareFlight helicopter. He was also able to draw on his personal experience of being deployed with CareFlight’s disaster cache to Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami, experiencing first-hand the need for improvisation due to lack of surgical equipment. More than 5,000 Australians have now been upskilled with MediSim. It continues to be delivered at no cost to participants.

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Sick and injured kids in remote communities

Building lasting resilience is vital in remote and regional communities.

CareFlight’s Top End team last year developed an additional clinical training program designed specifically to help sick and injured children in remote and regional settings, particularly Indigenous communities.

Over the past year, eight workshops have been delivered at no cost to participants and health clinics. This is largely made possible with financial support from CareFlight’s partners TIO and Territory Generation.

Paediatric cases are challenging for all clinicians, particularly when access to specialists is limited. The course was designed to help clinicians diagnose and treat children to ensure they receive the vital treatment they need.

Experienced CareFlight nurse and midwife Dean Blackney led development of the course. He said it was designed to share the latest evidence-based knowledge in managing and stabilising unwell and injured children and babies.

“Remote area clinicians are well trained, but they don’t see trauma after trauma like those working in a big hospital. Practising their skills can mean the difference between life or death in a lot of situations,” Blackney says.

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Education Special

Yanco Agricultural High School Yanco Agricultural High School is a public co-educational residential high school specialling in agriculture.

Established in 1922, this unique institution provides a broad, wellbalanced curriculum in a rural setting, beside the Murrumbidgee River just outside Leeton in the Riverina. The school covers 280 hectares, including 180 hectares of intensive irrigation and dry land agriculture, and 60 hectares of natural bushland boarded by the Murrumbidgee.

For students who come from farming properties, Yanco is a home-away-from-home. The school runs both sheep and cattle studs and students who are taking equine subjects are able to stable their horse at the school. All students from Year 7 to Year 12 are either weekly or

Yanco Agricultural High School 02 69511500 250 Euroley Road, Yanco, NSW 2705 yancoah-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au yancoag-h.school.nsw.edu.au

full-time boarders.

Apart from involvement in local team and sporting competitions, school facilities include a show stock centre, equine arena, tennis, netball and basketball courts, swimming pool, gymnasium, mountain bikes, kayaks and 10 hectares of playing fields.

Prospective Year 7 students sit the Selective High School Placement Test in Year 6. Students entering Year 8 to Year 11 should apply directly to the school. Applications are accepted mid-year, although requests outside this time may also be considered.

Yanco Agricultural High School will be having Open Days on Monday October 28, 2019 and February 17, 2020. For further information or to arrange a school tour, please contact Yanco Agricultural High School.

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