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April Tue 3. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club Monthly General Meeting.
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23 - 29 November 2011
jam organised by Gove Peninsula Festival for Saturday night, and the Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club event on Sunday morning.
Electoral News
by NT Member for Nhulunbuy LYNNE WALKER
Wild About Gove is an opportunity for readers to showcase their favourite photos of Gove. There are many opportunities to take some great shots when you are out and about and the Arafura Times invites you to share some of your shots. This week’s shot was by Michael Jeffrey who was curious if the owner-builders extensions to needed a building permit for the extension to the existing building. What we are looking for is a photo which is at least 1mb in size and it can be in either landscape (horizontal) or portrait (vertical)configuration and at 300dpo resolution. You can email your photo to editor@arafuratimes.com.au as a jpeg attachment. All photos remain the copyright of the photographer.
Have you been in Gove too long?
NHULUNBUY Primary School has signed up for the Planet Ark’s new national recycling week initiative, the Tetra Pak schools recycle right challenge.Two of the school’s classes have been committed to recycling, reducing and reusing for this semester. Classes 2L and 3O have incorporated elements of gardening and general sustainability into the lesson plans as well. The inaugural schools recycle right challenge is operating for six weeks ending on Friday. Planet Ark has encouraged schools across Australia to arrange one or more re-cycling themed lessons, activities or events for students during the challenge period. For more information visit www.recyclingweek.planetark.org
Tue 6. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club Monthly General Meeting. TBA: AFANT Ladies Fishing Clinic - 2pm Sunday afternoon. TBA: Airnorth Ladies Fishing Tournament - Ladies 2 day Tournament. TBA: Airnorth Ladies Fishing Tournament - Presentation Dinner.
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await final year results and the pathways they will lead you. BEST of luck also to Marlene Organ, coordinator of the school’s RTO, who travels to Brisbane this week as the NT finalist for VET coordinator of the Year in the National Training Awards on Friday night. Marlene, who has reached the national finals on two previous occasions, surely has to win it this year. I’LL be looking forward to getting back into Nhulunbuy on Friday morning after a week of parliament. A BUSY weekend ahead with Arafura Dance’s end of year concert with three special performances, the open mic Chrissy
Primary school enters Planet Ark challenge
Tue 7. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club Monthly General Meeting. Date to be confirmed: Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - Junior Fishing Clinic and Family Competition. Clinic Saturday - competition Sunday.
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March 1 ahead of elections for delegates on March 24. This is an exciting opportunity for people from this region to be involved in the drafting of the Territory’s constitution with a referendum on statehood scheduled for 2013. In an Australian first, person’s age 16 years will be eligible to stand for election and to vote. C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S to Nhulunbuy High’s Year 12 students who celebrated the end of their school days with the annual school formal with teachers, family and friends last Saturday night. By all accounts a fabulous and very memorable event. Best of luck to the class of 2011 as you
Wild about Gove
Sat 3. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - Sponsors Fishing Competition - club sponsors taken out by members for a one day fun competition in conjunction with CGC presentation. Sat 3. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - XXXX GOLD Game Classic presentation at The Arnhem Club from 7pm. Tue 6. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club Monthly General Meeting. Sat 10. Annual Toy Run. Sat 10. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - Christmas Party and Awards Party at clubhouse from 6pm. Sat 10. NCL Art and Craft Market hosted by Over 3’s. Sun 11. Christmas Carols presented by the combined Churches of Nhulunbuy. 6.30pm for 7pm start. Electric candles and soft drinks for sale. Free sausage sizzle. Sun 11. Waterslide Day from 2pm-5pm at the Golf Club East Woody. Sausage sizzle and Icy Cups for sale. managere@gcgc.com.au . Tue 13. Nhulunbuy High School Presentation. Fri 16. Charles Darwin University Presentations at Town Hall from 2.30pm to 5.30pm.
NEWS FOR EAST ARNHEM LAND, INCLUDING NHULUNBUY AND YIRRKALA
Bid by Territory to become seventh state THE Northern Territory’s bid to become the seventh state in the Australian Federation and be on an equal constitutional footing with the rest of Australia, was the subject of two public forums held in Nhulunbuy last Monday, November 14. Specifically, the forums provided information about the Constitutional Convention scheduled in Darwin for April 2012 and encouraged locals to consider nominating as a candidate for the convention. Three delegates will be drawn from each of the Territory’s 25 electorates by way of the democratic process of election. Nominations open on January 27 and will close on
Wed 23 to April 20, 2012. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club – 2011-2012 XXXX Gold Billfish Tournament. Sat 24 - Tue 27. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - XXXX GOLD Game Classic - four day game fishing tournament. Fri 25 - Sun 27: Arafura Dance Association Concert Dates. Fri 25. White Ribbon Day - stop violence against women - at the Gove Country Golf Club - start 2.30-3pm. Sat 26. Geograph Earthmoving 18 hole closing Day Ambrose at the Gove Country Golf Club. All Month: Movember - All month at the Arnhem Club - See the weekly progress of those joining in. NovemBRA- drop in any unwanted bras to Lynne Walker’s Office.
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Shelly Tonkin recently submitted a list of thoughts about how you know if you have been in town too long. Shelley obviously has a sense of humour and each week we will be running a couple of her thoughts. If you have some others please feel free to send them in. 1. You turn on the cold water and are surprised when cold water comes out. 2. A car flashes their high-beams and you think buffalo before speed camera. 3. When in the big smoke you subconsciously say ‘Yaka’ when expressing disagreement. 4. You can spell and pronounce Nhulunbuy correctly.
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