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$2 • PH: 1300 4895 00 • EDITORIAL: editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au • Issue 588 • Thursday, October 25, 2012

‘DON’T LOCK UP THE CAPE’

World Heritage process ‘clandestine’

By GARY HUTCHISON FORMER Cape York Sustainable Futures President Bob Sullivan (INSET) has labelled as clandestine, the Federal Government’s rush to secure a World Heritage nomination of the majority of Cape York by February, 2013.

And he has nicknamed Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke as “Backdoor Burke”, because of his refusal to involve CYSF, seven councils, residents, business owners, leaseholders and pastoralists in the consultation process, stating the gov-

ernment only needs the approval of traditional owners.

A CYSF foundation member with 25 years in the organisation and a former Cook Shire Mayor, Mr Sullivan said real consultation is talking to everyone.

“Why the rush?” Mr Sullivan asked.

“The Indigenous people have looked after the land for 40,000 years, and, between them, the pastoralists and residents of the Cape, we’ve done a pretty good job of looking after the place.”

Mr Sullivan asked why National Parks legislation is not sufficient to

protect the Cape?

He voiced his concerns the economic development of the region would be stifled by a World Heritage listing.

“I don’t believe World Heritage will allow the people of Cape York to engage in projects that will secure real jobs and real economic development,” he said.

“The well-being of the people of Cape York is secondary to their agenda.”

Instead, he accused the Federal Government of adopting the process for

political advantage, securing the votes of the greens in the south-east corner of the country.

“This isn’t about conservation; it’s about pandering to the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Greens and the Wilderness Society.

“They should be looking after the people of Cape York.”

Expressing his extreme concern that no one knows which areas of the Cape are being considered for listing, he volunteered the theory the green groups would.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by email to editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au or phone Gary Hutchison on (07) 4069 5773.

OCTOBER

Sat 27. SSAA Cape York Cameron Creek Road Rifle

Shoot from 9am.

Sun 28. Croc Trophy bike race will finish at Grassy Hill.

Time to be announced.

Sun 28. Cooktown SSAA Practical Shoot from 9am.

Sun 28. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Tue 30. Art classes supervised by Ross Franzi at the Cooktown District Community Centre between 9.30am to 11.30am.

Tue 30. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.

Tue 30. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Wed 31. Cooktown SSAA General Meeting and Service Core/Sports Pistol/Centrefire/ Shoots and Air Pistol Match from 5.30pm.

NOVEMBER

Sat 3. Aqua aerobics at Cooktown Pool at noon.

Sun 4. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from

1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Tue 6. Art classes supervised by Ross Franzi at the Cooktown District Community Centre between 9.30am to 11.30am.

Tue 6. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.

Tue 6. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Wed 7. Aqua aerobics at Cooktown Pool at 5.30pm.

Sat 10. Cooktown Annual Turf Club race meeting at the racecourse.

Sat 10. Aqua aerobics at Cooktown Pool at noon.

Sun 11. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Tue 13. Art classes supervised by Ross Franzi at the Cooktown District Community Centre between 9.30am to 11.30am.

Tue 13. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.

Tue 13. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

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CHURCH SERVICES Baptist: Hogg Street, near IGA, 9.30am Sun. Phone 4069 5155.

Assembly of God: Gungarde, 9.30am Sun; Home group 7.30pm Tue; young adults 7pm Thu. Phone 4069 5070.

Catholic: 6pm Sat and 8.30am Sun, St Mary's, Cooktown. Phone 4069 5730.

Anglican: Christ Church Chapel, Sun 8.30am.

Phone 4069 6778, 0428 696 493.

Lutheran: Hope Vale at 9am on Sunday, Cooktown.

Phone either 4060 9197 or 0419 023 114.

 letters to the editor Broken promises by the Member for Cook AN elected member of parliament is required to do three main things: • Listen and act for those who live in the electorate; • Represent their constituents in parliament; and • Represent their party in both the community and parliament.

Our current State member for Cook (David Kempton) is doing none of those things.

For six months now, I have sat back, listened and watched in great disappointment as those many promises that were made have, to no surprise, simply gone and disappeared into the space between many politicians’ ears.

I can remember those flyers in the mail and those many advertisements as we were told that the good people of Mareeba and Mossman/

Port Douglas would in 90 days of being elected, have the opportunity to vote on deamalgamation.

We are now at 200 days and counting.

I can also remember that the good people of North Queensland were promised a review and action immediately on Alcohol Management Plans.

I can also remember that the good people of Queensland were promised less red tape for small business.

However, I can’t remember being told that the Mareeba airport funding would be cut beneath our feet within 90 days of being elected.

I also cannot remember issues like deamalgamation and the like would be dragged out to the next election and most probably be scrapped.

Lastly, I cannot remember being told that thousands of jobs, including

Concern at benefits cuts

WHO would expect a Labor government to cut the benefits of single mothers, once the children have reached eight years of age?

One only has to look in the back pages of the Cairns Post to see the extent of the sex industry there and to realise that many more single mothers will be forced into prostitution to survive.

A single, female, childless Welsh socialist Prime Minister who claims any opponents are misogynist and sexist, does not have much sympathy for single mums.

That children will suffer and become targets of paedophiles via vulnerable women is well known.

Give young women a baby bonus and then abandon the childcare at eight? Disgusting!

Mick Loughlin, Rossville.

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Thousands coming for the Eclipse UNLESS you were around in the year 710 AD, or plan to stick about until April 25, 2237, then Wednesday, November 14 may be your only chance to view a total eclipse of the sun in Far North Queensland.

The eclipse will take place from 5.45 to 7.40 on the morning, with the shadow path of the eclipse starting in Northern Territory before passing over the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula.

The duration of totality will increase the closer to the centre of the shadow path you are. Cook Shire will offer

some of the longest periods of totality with the Palmer River Roadhouse, Lakeland and Laura all offering between 1-2 minutes of totality from 6.37am and 06.39am.

Cook Shire Tourism Coordinator David Barker said thousands of people including astronomers and other scientists were visiting the shire for extended periods to take advantage of the once-ina-lifetime experience.

“I know there are about 60 astronomers camping at the Palmer River Roadhouse,” Mr Barker said.

“But as I speak (Tuesday) there are more than 7000 people booked into the property across the road from the roadhouse for the Eclipse2012 Festival.

It is believed that all other accommodation in the area is booked out for the event.

For a regional overview of what’s happening, when and where, visit .www.eclipse2012. org.au And for a more scientific overview, download the 2012 Total Solar Eclipse fact sheet from the Astronomical Association of Queensland.

Australia Day Awards nominations now open

NOMINATIONS are now being called for the 2013 Cook Shire Australia Day Awards.

The Cook Shire Australia Day Awards were first introduced in 1991 with the late Vera Scarth-Johnson named as the first Citizen of the Year.

In the past 20 years, the award has been bestowed upon men and women from all over the shire in recognition of their outstanding contributions to our communities.

Categories and criteria for nomination include: Citizen of the Year Nominees for this prestigious award will be any person aged 26 years or over who has provided outstanding community service in any sphere. They will have made a significant and lasting contribution to the quality of the life of others through individual effort, philanthropy, advocacy or exemplary community service.

Young Citizen of the Year

Any young person aged 25 years or under who has provided outstanding community service in any sphere may be nominated for this award. They will have made a significant and lasting contribution to the quality of the life of others through individual effort, philanthropy, advocacy or exemplary community service.

Sports Achievement Award This person aged 18 years or over, will have made an outstanding achievement in any sport. Nominees will have achieved personal success through representing the region at a state or national level, or made a positive difference to local sporting groups and/or participants through sports administration, coaching, management or volunteering.

Junior Sports Achievement Award Acknowledging our young sports people aged 17 years or under, who have made an outstanding achievement in any sport or made a positive

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many of my friends’ jobs, would be scrapped.

Now to be fair, I guess our current member is doing something. He is representing his party who is delivering a multi-million dollar office building in Brisbane.

He is representing a party who have, and will, sell assets quicker than any Labor government could ever do, and, most importantly, he is representing a party who have forgotten about towns, like ours, which are made up of thousands of families who just want a real fair-dinkum member of parliament who won’t tell “porky’s” and who will deliver the much-needed services and support that we need to prosper and that will allow us to be competitive with our urban cousins.

Lachlan Bensted (pictured), Mareeba.

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Cultural / Arts Achievement Award Nominees for this individual award may be of any age and will have demonstrated outstanding personal achievement through any medium of arts or culture, or have provided a significant and lasting contribution to the community through the advancement, promotion or appreciation of arts and culture in Cook Shire.

Service to the Community Award Community groups and clubs nominated for this award will have fulfilled one or more of the following requirements: demonstrated continual community involvement and assistance for the benefit of residents and visitors of Cook Shire; provided a significant and lasting contribution to the social, recreational, environmental and economic quality of life in Cook Shire; or staged an outstanding event

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Publisher’s Details Publishers of the Cooktown Local News

for the benefit of residents and visitors of Cook Shire during 2012.

The revised award categories aim to acknowledge groups and individuals over a broad spectrum. Each nominee will receive a certificate recognising their nomination that will be presented during the official Australia Day awards ceremony, after which each winner and any special recognition awards will be announced.

Why not express your appreciation of someone you know who has made a real contribution to their community, by nominating them for an Australia Day award.

Nomination forms are available from: • Council’s administration building and website; • Cook Shire libraries; and • On request by emailing vkirk@ cook.qld.gov.au Nominations close Friday, December 7, 2012.

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Letters must be legible, preferably less than 250 words, carry a name and address, and be signed. A telephone number or similar identification must also be provided.

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Letters may be edited for space or content or omitted altogether at the discretion of the editor.

Mail to: PO Box 36, Cooktown, Qld, 4895 Fax: 1300 787 248 or Email: editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au.

NEWS

World Heritage process labelled‘clandestine’ << From Page 1 “What areas are they looking at for potential listing?” he asked.

“Will they be telling the Traditional Owners they intend consulting just what areas are being considered?

“What have they got to hide?

“I reckon the ACF, Greens and Wilderness Society know.”

Mr Sullivan likened the Minister’s bulldozing tactics to that of the former Peter Beattie/Anna Bligh state Labor government in its introduction of the Wild Rivers Legislation.

“I thought Beattie and Bligh were bad when they sold us down the river with the Wild Rivers (legislation) he said.

“But what the federal government is doing with this is worse.”

And he asked whether the appropriate funding will be provided by the Federal Government if the listing is approved, citing a failure to fully honour its commitment with the current Wet Tropics listing.

“I was Cook Shire Mayor when that was going through, and they’re not

providing the funding they’re supposed to be,” he said.

Mr Sullivan is calling on the people of the Cape to be much more vocal and express their concerns loud enough to be heard.

One avenue to do this will be the recently announced Peninsular Peoples Forum to be held at the Musgrave Roadhouse from 10am on Saturday, November 3.

CYSF Chief Executive Officer Trish Butler said the forum will allow people to learn about their rights and what they

can do to stop an inappropriate and rushed eight-week consultation process.

“In the interest of openness and transparency in conjunction with Cape York Landcare, and ROCCY (the Regional Organisations of Councils Cape York & Torres Shire) and the North Queensland Miners Association, CYSF is bringing key stakeholders together on the Cape to discuss the issues facing the community, both social and economic,” said Mrs Butler.

“The Commonwealth’s intentions are by no means hearsay, all was re-

vealed in the recent Senate Estimates in Canberra where the government admitted to forcing a World Heritage Listing

by February, 2013, and confirmed that it intended to rush the consultation process to meet this deadline no matter what.”

Mrs Butler said hundreds of distressed stakeholders worried about their livelihoods and that of future generations, are expected to attend the open forum to voice their concerns.

The Campbell Newman-led Liberal National Party state government has withdrawn from the process.

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AUCTION MUST BE SOLD Granite Creek, Bloomfield

Cape York

Cooktown Granite Creek Port Douglas Cairns

Imagine......

Cooktown’s Volunteer Coast Guard vessel requires $25,000 to effect electrical repairs. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

Coast Guard needs funds for major work HAVE you ever called on the Cooktown Volunteer Coast Guard for help?

Are you, or anyone you might know likely to make a call? Whether it be an urgent distress call or just for a tow because your boat has broken down?

Well, it is now a good time to put your hands in your pockets, dig deep and come up with some much-needed cash to put towards the $25,000 electrical re-fitting bill that will see our local boat back in the water.

Currently on the slip for maintenance work, the boat also needs a refit of its 24-volt electrical system and will not be available for any rescue work until that work is completed.

Cooktown Volunteer Coast Guard Commander Helen Greaves said the wiring is in such a state that the lives of her volunteer crews would be at

risk if called upon to attempt a rescue.

“It’s not a case of needing money for new ‘toys’, but there is a very real risk of the boat breaking down because this system needs to be replaced,” Cdr Greaves said.

“It would then be a case of the Coast Guard needing the Coast Guard.”

The unit recently received a $3000 donation from the Cooktown Police Community Benefit Day, money Cdr Greaves said they were grateful to accept.

“Any donation is well-received, and that $3000 will be a great help,” she said.

“But we need a lot more to get back in the water and be ready to do the jobs we might need to.”

Cdr Greaves said applications for grants were being made, but there was a hitch in the money needed for this project.

“Grant money is fairly easily accessible for equipment like radar etc,” she said.

“But the biggest portion of the $25,000 is tied up in labour costs, and getting grant money for repair work isn’t such an easy task.”

She said donations of any amount were most welcome.

“They all add up, regardless of how big or how small,” she said.

“We need to get back into the water as soon as we can.”

Anyone wanting to make a donation can call Cdr Greaves on 4069 5655 or drop in to the Lure Shop.

Slight change to deliveries THE decision by News Ltd to close its Cairns Post printing facility from the end of this week will have a slight impact on the delivery of the Cooktown Local News to Cooktown.

This edition is the last to have been printed at the Cairns Post whose entire printing operation has been transferred to the Townsville Bulletin facility.

The Cooktown Local News will now be delivered to Cooktown by Hinterland Aviation on their morning flight.

The delivery of the paper now will not start until a little later in the morning, probably around 8am.

Group editor Mark Bousen said the Cooktown Local News apologised for the slight delay, but the News Ltd decision to close the Cairns Post operation was beyond its control.

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Murderer sobs as given life sentence CAIRNS taxi driver Andreas Mueller sobbed in the Cairns Supreme Court on Monday, as a judge handed down a life sentence for the murder of Erica Liddy in April last year.

The 52-year-old had entered a last-minute guilty to the charge.

Ms Liddy, 21, had moved from her home in Coen to Cairns to further her studies as a ranger.

The crown prosecutor told the court Ms Liddy got into Mueller’s taxi on April 10, and he had agreed to take her to a friend’s home, but on the way there she asked if she could

go to his place instead.

The prosecutor further told the court that just before dawn, Mueller stabbed Ms Liddy below the eye with a butter knife while she slept on a couch at his home, then lay her on his bed and went to sleep next to her.

In a victim impact statement to the court, the victim’s aunt, Alison Liddy wrote: “It hit us like an earthquake or a tsunami, but it was too late to escape. Our hearts have been ripped out of our chests.

“She was the heart of our family, she was our princess, our little girl.

“There will never be another girl like Erica … we look at the sky and the stars, and that is where she is.”

Ms Liddy’s murder sparked an outpouring of emotion in the Cairns community after she was found unconscious at a Kamerunga Road bus stop on April 12 last year, with police embarking on a manhunt for her killer which ended when Mueller phoned 000 and confessed.

Outside court, another of the woman’s aunts, Karen Liddy, told the Cairns Post the Coen-based family was relieved the case had come to

a close.

“Finally justice has been served for Erica and she can rest in peace and the family can move on … finally the weight’s been lifted off us that we have been waiting for,” she said.

“A day will never go by without the whole family thinking and wishing Erica was here with us.

“She is not only loved by the family that are here representing her today but she is loved by the Coen community and even throughout the communities on the Cape.”

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Crocodile Trophy riders resting on Grassy Hill at the completion of last year’s race.

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SPORTS enthusiasts are reminded the 2012 Crocodile Trophy, known longest and most-adventurous mountain bike race in the world, will finish in Cooktown, this Sunday, October 28.

As at Tuesday night, Czech rider Ivan Rybarik remained in the lead after winning the fourth stage of the race at at Irvinebank.

Czech and Austrian riders were dominating the top five positions, with Rybarik ahead of fellow Czech rider Ondrej Fojtik in second and the Austrian Wolfgang Krenn in third. Ondrej Slezak (CZE) was

fourth and Dominick Hrinkow (AUT) claimed fifth overall place.

A crowd of 300 athletes, supporters and organisational crew will arrive at the finish line in Cooktown, and once again Grassy Hill will be the riders’ final destination.

The riders are expected to arriving from about 1.30pm for their ride down Charlotte Street and then up to the finish line on Grassy Hill.

Once they have finished ceremonies there, they will ride en masse down to the park behind the cannon for presentations.

NEWS

Pharmacy changes will bring benefits IF you haven’t already been into Cooktown’s Endeavour Pharmacy and noticed new faces and the furniture rearranged, you soon will with your next visit.

That is because Tyson Hang, the pharmacy’s owner of nearly 12 years, handed over the reins of the business to Nick Loukas on Monday.

But the popular chemist, actor, director and writer will be staying on in a managerial capacity for at least 12 months, as well as his wife, Amber, whose own business Ambience Boutique will continue under her management.

Nick and his staff wasted no time on Monday, installing new computer systems to update client records, which required moving the counters around - giving the old shop a new, open look.

He said very little will change, with the exception of eventually bringing cheaper prices to some lines because of the buying power of his other stores.

“We own another pharmacy in Smithfield, but along with that one, we also hold franchises in pharmacies in Smithfield, Palm Cove and

Brisbane,” he said.

“This gives us the buying power small businesses like Cooktown don’t have, and we’ll be doing our best to bring those advantages here within the not too distant future.”

Himself a pharmacist of 22 years, Nick has also been involved with the pharmaceutical faculty at the James Cook University in Cairns.

While not intending to move here for some time, Nick said he and his family intended spending a lot of time here.

“I’m excited,” he said.

“I’m busting my chops and can’t wait to get here.”

And it’s not just a business interest that will bring his wife Melinda here, with her mother Carol Lovell (nee Martin) having some roots here.

Management style will not be the only thing that will see little change, with Nick stating his intention to continue with Tyson’s policy of maximum community involvement.

“A pharmacy is the most-visited health professional in any community,” he said.

“Tyson’s been heavily involved

in the community and it’s important to me that we continue with this.”

Tyson said he could not be happier with Nick being the new owner, and that he and his family will be very sad when the time came to move on.

“Cooktown’s been a very special place for me and it always will be,” he said.

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Endeavour Pharmacy owner Tyson Hang handed over the keys to new owner Nick Loukas on Monday, but the popular Mr Hang will be staying on in the business for at least 12 months. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

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The Harrigan brothers, Vincent, Pando, Dylan, Cliff and Damien, who make up the band, Black Image, will hold the Cooktown launch of their new album, Too Deadly, with a musical extravaganza at the Top Pub on Saturday. Photo: VANESSA GILLEN. To be distributed throughout Australia and the world, COOKTOWN will be shouted to a free musical extravaganza on Saturday at the Top Pub, when Black the album will also be available on iTunes, while local Image celebrate the release of their third album, Too documentary production company Storm Boy will Deadly, along with 15 years of performing together release a DVD on the bands journey so far.

“SBS has a keen interest in airing the ‘doco’,” he as a band.

The Harrigan brothers, Vincent, Pando, Dylan, Cliff said.

Dylan said they could not wait until Saturday night and Damien, started recording the album in April and have been hard at it until September in the Pegasus when they will be on stage strutting their stuff for the loyal fans who have supported them for so long, but Studio in Cairns, with Will Kepa producing.

Band spokesman Dylan Harrigan said it was the before they hit the stage, a number of other musicians longest stint they have spent in a recording, but it was will entertain patrons from 3pm.

Rough N Ready, Troy & Trevelyn, Shane Wilkie, worth it.

Ivana Gibbo-Pearson, Country Unknown and the “This is definitely our best work yet,” Dylan said.

“The album has a taste of everything we have learned Walker Brothers are the musicians already lined up for the event, but Dylan is extending an open invitation for over the many years we’ve been performing.” any other locals to join the program.

And the album features a special guest?

“We’d love any other bands or musicians to join us “Yes, Troy Cassar-Daley does a song with us, I Had on the day and get up for a jam,” he said. a Dream Last Night, which is special to us,” he said.

“We’ve been a support band for him in the past.”

“We want to make it a day to remember.”

It all starts from 3pm, with all-day music, an all-day Other bands the brothers have supported over the barbecue and Black Image merchandise on sale, with years include the Wolverines and Yothu Yindi.

Winners of the 2007 Deadlys Award as Indigenous of course the new album, Too Deadly.

Black Image are set to start their performance from Band of the Year, the boys have also been nominated for the 2005 Music Oz Award and another Deadly in 2011. 8.30pm.

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NEWS

Wetland weed knocked for six at Keating’s Lagoon

By JASON CARROLL FIVE years after two hectares of the invasive waterweed, Hymenachne, was discovered at Keating’s Lagoon, this wetland menace is now on the ropes.

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Trevor Meldrum, Pest Management Officer from CYWAFAP, believes the key to this success was: “regular and sustained follow up to reduce the seed bank in the soil and to allow native plant species to reestablish”.

Hymenachne is a semi-aquatic grass that was introduced into Australia for cattle feed.

Now escaped from cultivation, it is regarded as one of Australia’s worst weeds, and represents a serious threat to wetland and river health.

Because Hymenachne can out-compete all other wetland plant species, it can quickly cover the entire surface of a water body excluding fish and other aquatic life.

Dense stands can also block drains, cause flooding and reduce water quality.

While there is very little Hymenachne left at the lagoon, it is necessary to regularly monitor the area and quickly remove any new plants as they emerge.

With continued funding from Caring for our Country, this weed has little chance of impacting the health of Keating’s Lagoon.

Anyone with questions about the control of Wetland weeds can call CYWAFAP (4069 5020).

Keating’s Lagoon is flourishing now that is free from hymenachne. Photo submitted.

Hectic week for the Cooktown State School COOKTOWN State School is alive with big events this week.

We started the week with a Student Free Day. All teachers, teacher aides, principals and admin staff came together for workshops focused on building the Southern Cape Cluster to become stronger and more connected communities.

Working together we can make a big difference to each child in our schools and improve the outcomes and opportunities available to all.

This will be shown today, Thursday, October 25, when all Cluster schools and community members are invited to attend the unfurling of the Cape’s Biggest Banner - a collaborative project with Cluster schools and Queensland Health to promote anti-smoking messages in the MPCA at 2pm.

This will be followed by the performance of Chasing the Lollyman by Indigenous

comedian and inspirational speaker, The artworks can be viewed until November 16.

Mark Sheppard.

We invite all community memThe finale for the evening is the bers to come along and support the Southern Cape’s Got Talent, which be held at the Cooktown Community School artists of our future and perhaps Events Centre. acquire a quality artwork at a good News price.

This popular annual event will The Art Auction will be silent this year, run from 4pm to 6pm for the Prep to Year-3 students, and then 6.30pm till late for Years which means that people are invited to submit 4 to 12. a price for the artwork they desire at any time Please come along and support the Student during the exhibition.

Council who are raising funds for more Artworks will be sold to the highest outdoor, covered seating areas and will be bidder who will be informed at the close of cooking a barbecue for purchase on the night. the exhibition.

Cooktown P-12 State School and Nature’s Let’s also not forget that tomorrow is PowerHouse are also presenting Art Kitchen, World Teachers Day. Teachers are committed a showcase of extraordinary student artwork to improving the life outcomes for every student they teach, so don’t forget to thank at our III Annual School Art Exhibition.

The exhibition is currently on display them for their dedication!

Katherine Macfarlane at Nature’s PowerHouse, with the official Deputy Principal opening being held tomorrow, Friday, Cooktown State School October 26 at 6pm.

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QUEENSLAND has been out depressing, look at this. of the news recently, and I Queenslanders have long been wonder why? proud of their tradition of View taking more unofficial days off I know news magically ceases to happen when our from than anyone else, not to menpolies are taking their holidays, the Hill tion more less-than-necessary but they were actually in parliasickies. ment for three days last week.

Now we have lost our leading posiLarge exclamation mark here, please. tion, probably due to the Oberführer That’s not all - they have now racked firing anyone he doesn’t find slaving up an impressive 12 days of work since away at his desk. last May, and that deserves several Those slackers in the ACT turn out exclamation marks. to be even worse than we are and have It is good to think that our intrepid carried off this year’s trophy. representatives are earning their keep.

In fact, the Oberführer has fired so I feel they are happy too, because the many people recently that Joe Hockey cabinet has decided to meet in what had to lend him some moral support. they laughingly refer to as “the remote He has urged Queensland unemQueensland town of Goondiwindi”. ployed not to worry, because the state Do you know where that is? You budget predicts the creation of 15,000 will find it right down at the bottom of new jobs this financial year. I’m sure that Queensland. makes everyone feel very much better.

It has slipped so far down the state I’m sorry, but although we have a litthat it might as well be in New South tle news again, none of it seems relevant Wales. Yes, well, but it is only a hop and to us up here. Nothing on wrapping up a skip from Brisbane. the Cape in World Heritage.

Our polies can rush out there, pretend A circus over alcohol management to have visited the real Queensland, and plans that will probably end badly. No still be back in their comfortable homes sign that any of the 15,000 imaginary by bedtime. jobs will be sent up here.

If you think that sort of thing is I guess we are on our own. Again.

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Vale: MELVIN ARTHUR HAYWARD 19/7/48-27/9/2012

Loving family man danced his way through a full life MELVIN Arthur Hayward was born on July 19, 1948, in Geraldton, to Arthur and Merle Hayward.

He was blessed with six sisters, Ailsa, Imelda, Rhonda, Georgina, Maree and Sandra.

Mel was a state Ballroom Dancing champion, winning many trophies and awards while still living in Geraldton. It was something he was very good at and something he loved.

He married Jeanette Parker in 1970 in Geraldton and they had four beautiful children - Adrian, Lana, Liesha and Nardia.

In 1974 from Geraldton, they went on a working holiday, where they were flooded in at a small town in West Australia called Wyndham, where they raised their children on a property at the 7 Mile. The Haywards had a wonderful life in Wyndham with much adventure fishing, going bush and living life to the fullest “Kimberly Style!”. They would frequently go to Halls Creek prospecting for gold.

Mel, with his good friends Bob and Paul Wainwright and son Adrian made the first road with much grief through to the famous Bungle Bungle, which was then put on the map.

Weekends at the Hayward house were mostly spent out bush, with the kids sitting on the roof of the car or sitting on their Dad’s knees while driving, cruising along the marsh, or an old bush track in the middle of nowhere, or camping in a creek bed and catching a barra at the King or Pentecost.

The family would collect rocks

and slate for many hours out bush for the gardens and paths at their Wyndham home.

Mel first worked as a builder and then as the head maintenance officer at the Wyndham Hospital, where he was the mentor to many young apprentices, who he showed not only the trade, but also how to be good young men.

Mel and Jeanette were not your ordinary couple. Mel was known as a very hard worker, always giving his best. He was a skilled cabinet maker and produced the most beautiful works of arts in furniture. Mel was a mentor to so many people in the family’s hometown of Wyndham.

Jeanette and his children describe Mel as a wonderful family man.

“We always came first. He was the greatest Dad, he doted on his kids and he taught them how to be very respectful, proud, charitable and easy going.

“He made us feel safe, and we are all better people because of this,” were the sentiments expressed in their jointly prepared eulogy.

Mel had a major role in the Lions club in Wyndham, for over 25 years and donated so much of his life to this cause, the Parry’s Creek Picnic was a huge event on the Wyndham Calendar - over three days of fun camping, with so much preparation in planning for so many games and for the Lions Club, the bar, the Chocolate wheel, wheelbarrow races.

Mel and Jeanette were soul mates, they lived together, worked together and played together, they

loved each other and that is all that really mattered. Mel’s humour and quick wit was infectious; he always had a good comeback.

Mel and Jeanette were well known for partying on down at the Wyndham Town Hotel, dancing the night away. Sometime the locals would just stop and watch in awe.

After 27 yrs and having all of their children fly the nest, Mel and Jeanette left Wyndham looking for some more adventure.

They got jobs in Gove, Northern Territory at a small Aboriginal community called Yirrakala. They had a wonderful time there with something exciting to do always.

It was a big change having all the wonderful blue waters of the Gulf Of Carpentaria to play in.

They bought a boat and had plenty of time for camping, fishing by the sea and also inland where there was so much fun to be.

The pair came to Cooktown for several years to holiday, loved the town and so planned to eventually return here to live.

They bought a virgin block of land 5 km from town. They built a house and settled in 2000. Mel picked up a bit of work around town as a “chippie”.

However, in 2004, illness drove them out of town, we moved around to Mackay, then to Moa Island in the Torres Strait, but returning every few months to maintain the property.

In 2008 they returned to their beloved Cooktown where Mel was employed by the Cook Shire as a water ganger, studying hard for approval of the position.

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He enjoyed his job and the camaraderie of the team with whom he worked.

But he was forced to retire unexpectedly due to a diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma, terminal asbestos cancer.

An incurable and very aggressive cancer, Mel passed away four months after its diagnosis.

But before his passing, he and Jeanette decided to buy a camper van and go on his farewell tour to all of the kids and grandkids.

They reached Mackay and this is where the journey ended.

All of the four children came to his side and they were able to say their goodbyes and tell him how wonderful he was.

They gave him their love and he was honoured as his sisters came all the way from Geraldton and it was the love for him and each other that carried him away.

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Taro another food great to grow and eat TARO is another tropical staple food that is great to grow if you have a dam or permanently damp or boggy spot because it loves water.

If you haven’t used taro before, beware that the skin of the corm (root) and the leaves and stem contain oxalic acid crystals.

This means that you must cook them well before eating or else you can get an unpleasant scratchy feeling in your throat.

Peel taro corms thickly dry (don’t run them under water) as thick peeling removes the high concentration of oxalic crystals in the skin layer.

Taro can be boiled, steamed, baked in an oven or baked in the ground the traditional way. If baking in the oven, I prefer to bake it covered with some liquid as otherwise the flesh can be quite dry.

If you need to avoid pasta because of gluten or egg intolerance, or if you simply have taro available, then the following recipe is simple and produces soft pillows of gnocchi-ness, the perfect canvas for your favourite pasta sauce.

This recipe works best with a large taro corm as that allows for a greater number of similarly shaped ‘gnocchi’ pieces.

Taro Gnocchi Cut slices about 2cm thick per person across the taro corm and peel the rough outer skin off thoroughly.

Cut into batons about 2cm across, then cut

each baton into sections about 3cm long each (the segments on the outer edges will obviously have a slight curve on one side).

Allow about 8-10 ‘gnocchi’ pieces per person. If you are using a very large taro corm, one slice will produce about this many pieces.

Bring a very generous amount of water to the boil and season with salt.

Add the taro and keep the water on a rolling boil for between 15 - 20 minutes, depending on the size of your pieces and the dryness of the taro.

The ‘gnocchi’ are done when a fine skewer easily penetrates through one of the largest

pieces. Drain immediately and serve with your favourite pasta sauce.

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CHAMP Ventures acquires majority stake in Sea Swift CHAMP Ventures has acquired a majority interest in Sea Swift, Chief Executive Officer Fred White has announced Investing alongside CHAMP Ventures is leading global private equity firm HarbourVest Partners, LLC. Mr White said the exciting partnership with CHAMP Ventures will allow the company to continue its growth plans. “ We h a v e a l r e a d y enjoyed an exciting first 25 years, and this is now the right time to position our company for the next 25 years of growth,” said Mr White.

“This agreement with CHAMP Ventures provides

us with many new opportunities, and it’s a great time for everyone at Sea Swift, with our growing company entering a new and exciting era.

“For our existing clients, it’s business as usual.

Our fundamental values of service, safety and reliability, that form the basis of our professional reputation, will never change.”

Mr White also confirmed that he, along with members of the senior Management team will acquire a stake in the business and he will assume the role as Managing-Director under the new ownership.

“I would like to thank all our customers, clients, staff and partners

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for providing us with the amazing support to build Sea Swift’s business foundations over the last 25 years,” he said.

“We are now looking forward to partnering with CHAMP Ventures as we enter the next phase of our growth plans.”

Paul Readdy, CHAMP Ventures Director, said: “We are delighted to partner with Sea Swift and assist in developing the next phase of a business that has a quality management team, strong safety and business systems, and excellent growth potential in the marine logistics industry.

“CHAMP Ventures has a strong track record for supporting the capital and strategic requirements of high-growth companies, and Sea Swift is a great example of that.”

Mr White said Sea Swift has a five-year horizon to significantly improve marine cargo and project services associated

Sea Swift CEO Fred White (front) with management and staff at their Cairns Branch. with remote coastal com- ern Australia and beyond,” 1987. The original fleet of munities and infrastructure he said. four vessels has since grown projects.

Sea Swift evolved as and Sea Swift now has more “This agreement with a result of the company’s than 300 staff and 25 vesCHAMP Ventures will al- founder, Sid Faithfull, sels, with current turnover low us to continue to grow transferring his business of about $100 million. and expand our operation activities from the Gulf of Sea Swift is the industry around Queensland, north- Carpentaria to Cairns in pace setter in marine trans-

port in northern Australia, with its fleet of purpose -designed vessels delivering vital supplies and services to remote island and coastal communities and resource development outposts.

Sea Swift celebrates 25th anniversary

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MORE than 200 people gathered at Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal on Friday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sea Swift, Australia’s largest privately owned shipping company.

Torres Strait musical legend Seaman Dan was on hand to provide the entertainment alongside another world-class entertainer in Daryl Braithwaite.

Long-service awards were handed out to Sea Swift staff, and Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, National Party Leader Senator Barnaby Joyce, and other key politicians and business operators from across Far North Queensland, also attended the event.

There was also an extra celebration on the night as Sea Swift Chief Executive Officer

Fred White announced that CHAMP Ventures had acquired a majority share in the company.

“The Sea Swift of today is a far cry from the company that was established to provide mother-shipping services for prawn trawlers in the Gulf of Carpentaria all those years ago,” said Mr White.

“Today Sea Swift is a dynamic and innovative shipping company employing over 300 people from Gladstone to the Torres Strait.

“Our fleet has 25 vessels and it is growing all the time. In fact the green of the Sea Swift fleet will soon be seen further afield, on new vessels and in new ports.

“One thing is clear though, we will never forget where we have come from.

“Our commitment to the communities we service, the companies we work with and the people we are proud to employ is unfaltering.

“Our 25th anniversary celebration was a great way to acknowledge the people and communities which have made us who we are today.

“We couldn’t have done it without them all, so to them I say a huge thank you.”

The company, whose headquarters are in Cairns, also has depots in Weipa, Seisia and Gladstone, as well as on Thursday Island and Horn Island.

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LEFT: Sea Swift CEO Fred White (right) with Warren Faithfull, representing his brother and founder Sid Faithfull.

ABOVE: The legendary Seaman Dan entertains the audience at the 25th anniversary celebrations.

BELOW: Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch leads the applause during the evening.

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BRAVE SHYLOH CONTINUES HER FIGHT LEFT: Shyloh, pulling a smiley face for the camera.

RIGHT: Shyloh - starting to heal.

Little battler conjures up a miracle

By GARY HUTCHISON COOKTOWNERS might remember the August 23 edition of the Cooktown Local News in which a call was put out to help with a fund- raising event to help toddler Shyloh Morrell with treatment in her battle with cancer.

And answer the call you did, with $7000 raised in just a few hours at a function held at the Sovereign Resort Hotel, money that has since made the struggle just a little easier for the little tyke, mum Nicole Franks and her brothers.

Well last week, Nicole sent in a letter of thanks to the community, but also included an update on Shyloh’s condition, which includes a gut-wrenching complication, off-set by a biological miracle.

Read Nicole’s account below. I had tears in my eyes when I read it.

“As if dealing with finding out my girl has cancer, losing her hair and the dramatic changes to our life weren’t enough already, nothing prepared me for my little girl’s surgery.

The morning of her surgery, Shyloh was fasting - very hungry, very tired and just so upset.

I had to stay positive, even though I just wanted to curl up with her and cry with her.

The surgeons came in with a sheet of

paper to sign with all the negatives that might happen during the operation of removing one of the big tumours from her belly. Even though i didn’t want to sign it, this was one of the many decisions I have had to make to save her life.

The most heart breaking moment was having to carry my little girl to the surgery room, knowing that this might be the last time I will see her alive.

I can never tell you this without tears.

I had to lay her down on the table surrounded by strangers all in blue. She screams because the drug that makes her go to sleep stings a little bit, (like the surgeons say).

I sat out crying, praying for my little girl to come out of this a strong warrior.

Nine long hours later and six cups of tea in the waiting room, I received a phone call from a surgeon to say they are finished and they need to talk to me.

Horrified I asked for Shyloh and was relieved to hear she was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) recovering.

But when I met with the surgeons, I could tell by the looks on their faces there was something to be worried about. They told me that I nearly lost my little princess, and that the tumour wasn’t only in her belly, but also in the two main veins that carry blood to, and from the bottom half of

her body. If there is no blood getting to the bottom half of her body, it might mean she might need more surgery, with talk about the removal of her legs.

The picture of my daughter having no legs imaged in my head, something I knew I would learn to deal with if it meant keeping my princess.

Another option was to cross my fingers and hope that the tumour that had blocked the veins enough, that Shyloh’s body has made other ways to carry the blood instead.

Oh that sounded like the option I wanted.

When I went down to ICU shaken by the news, I saw my baby laying there with a big cut from one side of her belly to the other.

I looked at her little feet and kissed them, as I would never know what would happen in the next two days.

But the miracle happened. My princess’ body had made ways to carry the blood and her legs wouldn’t have to be amputated.

The doctor called her ‘unique’.

He also said my princess will have to wear pressure stockings for life for now.

I jumped up and down with joy hearing those words.

Shyloh was asleep for six miserable days. On day three, they tried to wake her and take the breathing tube out, but her

lungs had locked up, so they sent me away crying while they put it back in.

Finally, day six and my princess was awake. I could kiss her and tell her how much I missed her, and loved her.

It was one of the best days of my life to see her smile again.

We spent the next three weeks in hospital learning to walk again, eat again and heal.

Soon after Shyloh’s surgery, we started daily radiation treatment over a period of six weeks. It was supposed to be four weeks, but because the surgeons had discovered more tumors, they increased the number of treatments.

Although the extra radiations were draining for Shyloh and I, we made it through.

My boys have paid for it a lot during our ordeal, because I couldn’t spend time with them or show them any attention.

I’m so glad it is over and to be a mother of four again.

Shyloh has burn marks still from the intense heat and continues blood and platelet transfusions.

At the moment though, we are passed the radiation and surgery stage, and half-way through chemo.

It has been a long journey so far, but every step is worth it to keep my Shyloh.”

A mother’s thanks I just want to say thank you for the beautiful printed page in the Cooktown Local News, I love them.

I just would like to say a special thanks for all the donations contributed by Bargain Barn, Ambience, Cape York Folk Club, Cooktown RSL, Cooktown Bowls Club, Iceworks, Cooktown Quality Meats and the special efforts of Barnacle Bill, John the Wog, Gary Hutchison, the people of Cooktown and Keith and Sally and all the staff from the Sovereign Resort.

I am very overwhelmed, it brings tears to my eyes to see such amazing support.

Thank you all so much, my little girl and I are now travelling back and forth from the hospital comfortably, instead of parking far away from the hospital and walking there because we couldn’t afford it. We are now parking inside.

This is just one of many things the support has helped out with.

Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart.

Nicole Franks Shyloh’s mum.

LEFT: Shyloh was in ICU for six days before she woke to hear her mum telling her she loved and missed her.

RIGHT: Shyloh Morrell recovering in the Intensive Care Unit from life saving cancer surgery. Photos submitted.

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LEUKAEMIUA FOUNDATION BENEFITS FROM ‘DUNNY DAY’ SUNDAY’S “Dunny Day” fundraiser at the Top Pub turned out to be a family affair for the Herrmanns, with sisters Chelsea and Sophia, holding an impromptu stall outside their home, while dad Peter was setting up for his gig with Rough N Ready, the band who performed at the pub.

The event is the pub’s annual fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation and is named in honour of pool playing stalwart Graeme Dungavell, affectionally known as “Dunny”, who fell victim to the disease some years ago.

One of the day’s organisers, Kellie Sadleir, said the girls’ contribution of $63.75 towards the final tally of $1395.75 was a touching display of community spirit from the youngsters, while Peter said he and wife Jacqui were very proud of the girls.

“It was pretty much a last-minute thing they did off their own bat,” Peter said.

“They knew I was going to be at the pub, so they gathered up some old clothes, CDs and DVDs and even sold some mangoes off the tree.”

“Dunny” was renowned for his use of a crooked

pool cue, which is now used for the traditional pool competition.

“Dunny’s cue was a real challenge for the players,” Kellie said.

“But Pat Wilson proved to be its master, eventually winning the day.”

Kellie said votes of appreciation had to go to Hope Vale Meats, Cooktown Food Services and the IGA for their donations as sponsors of the event, along with Rough N Ready for a “crowd pleasing afternoon and their kind donation”.

“And of course there’s the generosity of the patrons who came along, bought food from the barbecue and invested in the raffles,” she said.

The Endeavour Pharmacy’s new owner Nick Loukas said he thoroughly enjoyed himself with his first taste of what a “Sunday Sesh” is like at the Toppy.

“It turned out to be a great day,” Nick said.

“Although it started off a bit slow, the crowd picked up later in the day and everyone seemed to be having a great time. The band was great, they kept getting better as the afternoon wore on.”

PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON

Competition was fierce in the Dunny Day traditional pool competition, and it was no exception with Peter Williams and Vince Nelson, seen here eyeing each other off before the start of their game.

Rough N Ready’s music, the warm sun and a cold Graeme Watson from Kew in Victoria made Rough N Ready had Kaz and Jody singing drink in the Toppy’s back bar made Dunny Day all the Mother and daughter, Stacey and Shannon Stevens a number of donations to the cause by more enjoyable for Andy Wilson and Dick Chaple. were watching the pool competition in the front bar. purchasing raffle tickets sold by Kellie Sadleir. along.

RIGHT: Barbecue chef Graeme Andrews kept the snags and onions coming for the Top Pub patrons during Sunday’s annual Dunny Day fund raiser.

LEFT: Fearless Phil, Peter Cameron and Pa Jacks enjoying the sun in the back bar.

Who’s is that with Timon?

Hope Vale star to play in Cairns carnival

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NORTH Queensland Cowboys Toyota Cup star Javid Bowen is looking forward to lining up for the Dharrabah Bulls from his home town of Hope Vale at this weekend’s big Cairns All Blacks carnival.

The side will be coached by his superstar cousin - Cowboys champion fullback Matt Bowen.

The Cooktown Local News caught up with the 19-year-old Javid on October 19 at Palm Island where he was one of the coaches of the Rasmussen State School side which contested the Obe Geia Challenge.

Twelve primary school teams battled it out for the Challenge named in honour of Obe Geia jnr, the first Palm Islander to play A grade for the Cowboys.

Javid works as a teacher’s aide at Rasmussen and said he had gained permission from the

Cowboys to play for the Hope Vale team at the Cairns carnival on October 27-28.

“It will be really great to once again for the Bulls and to catch up with all of my family and friends at Hope Vale,” he said.

It is expected that 30 men’s teams will line up at the Cairns carnival which will also host an under 18 and women’s comps.

Javid played at fullback or in the centres in his 12 matches for the young Cowboys in the 2012 Toyota Cup. Another Cowboys player on Palm Island was halfback Robert Lui who is looking forward to pre-season training but knows he faces a battle from Michael Morgan and Ray Thompson in 2013 to win the halfback spot.

At the Obe Geia shield Marian Christian School defeated Heatley State Primary 8-4 in the final.

Javid Bowen was on Palm Island and is looking forward to playing with a Hope Vale side at the Cairns All Blacks carnival.

Cooktown Local News 25 - 31 October 2012 – 13

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Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK

Things that glow in the night FIREFLIES that sparkle in the early evening. Glowing fungi on the night forest floor. The constant glow of glow worms in caves. Monstrous worms that light up in the wet season.

I’ve often recently seen glowing fireflies in the car lights driving home after a tour. They’re one of the nice evening sights sitting on our balcony, wandering around the rainforest.

Wandering lights.

Ever since reading one of the many adventure books by Ion Idriess called, Men of the Jungle, set on the Bloomfiled River area, I have been fascinated by things that glow in the night.

Idriess readily admits not being a scientist, but was a good observer.

He claims to have seen giant worms and even the belly of a black snake glowing, “as he slides up and over a hanging root”, due to, “minute phosphorescent insects”.

I’m also no scientist, so until I am corrected, I believe that all the above are examples of bioluminescence, and not phosphorous.

And, perhaps, he was describing a glowing fungi that covers parts of the rainforest floor in the wet season?

So what makes fireflies glow?

Why do they glow? What other organisms in the rainforest glow?

As usual, the Wet Tropics website at www.wetropics.gov.au has one of the simplest explanations, and I

have used it as my major information source.

The process is called bioluminescence, which occurs when the luciferase enzyme and the chemical luciferin react.

A third element needs to be present for this reaction to take place and it varies according to the type of animal or fungus.

For example, adenosine triphosphate is required in fireflies and glow worms; calcium for jellyfish and peroxide for earthworms. Oxygen is also sometimes required.

Whatever the exact reactants are for each animal or fungus, the end result is the release of energy in the form of light, a cold light, unlike the old light bulbs.

The chemical reaction described above and the resultant unstable by-product are often referred to by the experts as “an excited state”.

In some cases, this may be a clue as to why an animal might be bioluminescent, but the situation is different for each type of animal that has the ability to glow.

In the case of fireflies, the ability to glow is useful for attracting mates.

Males and females of the same firefly species (actually, they are beetles, not flies) will flash signals back and forth as a way of communicating.

Each firefly species has its own particular pattern. For example, the

A challenge to pray MATTHEW 5:43-48 reminds us to pray for the people who mistreat us and to show kindness to them.

When you buy a birthday gift for that person who “gets under your skin”, you will catch his/ her attention. She or he just might come to you one day and ask what made you show Christian love in that way - a great opportunity to show Christ-like love and build a friendship too.

Jesus didn’t command us to do nothing that he himself didn’t do.

It was on the cross where Jesus prayed for his executioners. Jesus asked his Father to forgive them, for “they know not what they do”.

The Bible in Acts 7:59 informs us that as Stephen was being

fireflies of one species will fly around in the night sky and dive steeply just as the flash begins and turn upward to make a distinctive J-shaped pattern of light.

Female fireflies hang out on a tree branch or in the grass, while the males fly around showing off their best flashes.

When a female recognizes the flash from a male of the same species, she will answer with her best flash.

Fireflies also seem to glow to avoid predators. At least some are filled with a nasty tasting chemical called lucibufagens, a mouthful to say, and to swallow.

After a predator gets a mouthful, it quickly learns to associate the firefly’s glow with this bad taste.

So not only does the flashing help attract a mate, but it also warns predators to stay away.

To complicate matters, some adult fireflies are not luminescent at all, but use attracting pheromones instead. Some even use both systems.

Desperate little things aren’t they?

Why does some fungi glow on the forest floor? Maybe it’s to attract fireflies into thinking they’re a mate, and after a disappointing match-up, the firefly then carries the spore through the forest, propagating the fungi further.

Glow worms, known as cave-

dwellers by most people, are the larvae or maggots of a mosquito-like fly.

They use its constant pale green light to draw in a curious, unsuspecting meal. So, their glow is to attract a meal, not a mate.

The light rain has freshened up the Bloomfield Track and waterways, so conditions have been good.

With low tides coming up, the Bloomfield River should pose no special problems for 4WD travellers.

The low afternoon tides over the weekend and beyond will allow nice beach walking in the early afternoons, so enjoy!

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stoned to death for his faith, he still prayed for his persecutors as stones hit him, asking God not to lay this sin to their charge.

If we want to exemplify the true Christian spirit, then we must follow these commands of love that would make one seem peculiar to the world. And when you pray, don’t only pray for those unkind people, but pray and ask God to help you respond in the right way toward them. Ask God to show you how to love them, when you know they have no love for you.

When we love our enemies in the ways Jesus commanded us, then we show that we are indeed children of God. God gives us wisdom if we ask for it (James 1:5)

and provides a way out when we are tempted to be less than From the Pulpit who he meant us to be when confronted by those who we could call enemies. Who knows? That way out may be an opportunity to begin a growing friendship. Remember lose an enemy, make a friend!

By the way, we follow the same God who told Joshua (1:9), “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go”.

Blessings, Pastor Peter, Cooktown Baptist Church.

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The Palmer Goldfield - early day experiences

By WILLIAM HILL and published in the Cummins and Campbell magazine in 1938 CONTINUING on from last week as we recognise the 139th anniversary of the arrival of the first miners on October 24, 1873 and the commencement of European settlement at Endeavour River, we continue the reminiscences of W.R.O. Hill, an early warden on the Palmer.

“As Wardens, we were often wrongfully accused of cutting off the Chinamen’s tails; but I remember when the then Premier was visiting Cooktown, he had to cross a hand bridge, and was amazed to see three genuine pig tails; recently cut off, hanging on each side of the handrail. But this was the work of some of the anti-Chinese Cooktown larrikins.

My billet was a good one, but my salary was well earned, when I tell you that during the nineteen months I worked on the Palmer, my collections for Miners’ Rights and business licenses amounted to the sum of £5707.

I was the first Warden to visit Thornborough on the new Hodgkinson Goldfield.

My chief Orderly was Bill Norris, who was afterwards at Charters Towers.

He and I swam the Mitchell River in high flood.

Previously we stopped a mob of two thousand men at Byerstown, who were waiting for the river to go down before continuing their march.

In three days I returned with the opinion that the new field was a rank duffer, as far as alluvial was concerned.

This report saved a lot of hardships and misery.

Gambling was an awful curse on the Palmer.

Chinamen were fleeced of their money and were then compelled to resort to crime in order to get an

existence. We did our best to improve matters, and made several exciting raids on the gambling houses.

The black troopers took infinite delight in this sort of work; and it was very funny after a big haul to see the troopers lugging six or eight Chinese in each hand, and holding them by the pigtails.

One night I reserved for myself the duty of tackling the Boss, a man I wanted badly. When we made our rush, I vaulted over the heads of the crowd around the table and gripped the man.

All the lights went out, but I stuck to the Boss and got a hitch on him. Someone kicked me on the ankle, and I was crippled for nearly a month. On the night in question, nineteen of us captured over sixty.

When we escorted the lot over to the camp, I had to be carried on the back of a big black trooper.

Next morning I fined the lot ten pounds each, giving my kicking Boss the extra privilege of contributing fifty pounds. All the fines were paid.

I often met Jack Hamilton, who was practising as a medico. He had a private hospital at Maytown, and a story is told that a bully came a long way to punch Jack.

But he caught a Tartar and got an awful thrashing. Then he had to go to Hamilton’s Hospital to be cured and pay up for all expenses. Early in 1877 I visited Warden Sellheim at Maytown.

His camp was a mile from the township, and the first morning there I rode with him to his office, and on the road we met a constable who was riding out with the sad news that Sub-Inspector F…(NOTE this was Ferrall, more about him in a couple

Three wise sayings THERE are three wise sayings: “Variety is the spice of life”, “A change is as good as a holiday” and “Never take yourself too seriously”, and these old saws hold just as much truth for today. Our poet this week, Faye, has ably embodied their wisdom in her verse.

“Rainbow Hair” A whimsy on awakening, I put colours in my hair.

Looked a little like a rainbow But I really didn’t care.

I think now I’ve gone grey And am well past my youth I’ll do whatever I feel like Though it may seem uncouth.

‘Cause if we don’t know, By the time we’re getting old, We’re as free as we want to be, ‘Bout time we’re uncontrolled!

So if you have a fancy To do this or maybe that; To kick up your heels; To wear a silly hat; Then go ahead and do it And throw away convention.

Enjoy a renewed freedom.

It’s time for your redemption!

By FAYE PINI

Writers’ Corner

Email your literary efforts, in poetry or prose to: thekellers@bigpond.com or send to: P O Box 645, Cooktown, 4895.

Dianne Keller, Cooktown Writers’ Group.

of weeks) had just shot himself.

We went at once and broke open the door of the poor fellow’s office, to find he had discharged a rifle into his mouth, his head being blown to pieces.

I noticed two holes in the iron roof, one of which was made by the bullet, and the other we found out afterwards was made by a piece of the skull being blown clean through the iron, as I found the piece on the roof.”

Continued next week

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Chinese with their long pigtails were the targets of Cooktown larrikins around 1877. Photo submitted.

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11:35 The Trophy Room 12:05 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Hofstadter Isotope - While a fellow comic book loving pal of the guys romances Penny, Leonard and Wolowitz venture out into the world of ‘Ladies’ Night’.

8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Vegas Renormalization - Leonard and Koothrappali take a heartbroken Wolowitz to Las Vegas, leaving Sheldon locked out of his apartment and forced to bunk with Penny.

8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 12:30 Movie: “Cowboy” (PG) - A hotel clerk and a cattleman each learn valuable lessons about life when they become partners on a rugged cattle drive to Mexico.

2:30 The Baron 3:30 Danoz 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Impact” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Dex overextends himself and Sid and Romeo bond over their shared support of Dex. 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:00 TBA 11:15 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Death In The Sea Of Cortez - A fishing trip turns deadly as three men become shipwrecked on a remote and hostile desert island.

12:35 Movie: “Dark Water” (M l,h)- A young mother is led into a haunting pursuit when her new apartment begins to take on a life of its own.

2:35 Room For Improvement 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1:30 The Hotel: Damson In Distress 2:30 Living Black 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Crystal Eye 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Brittany 8:30 She Wolves: England’s Early Queens: Isabella And Margaret - In this series, historian Helen Castor explores seven queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked, and whether the term ‘she wolves’ was deserved.

9:35 As It Happened: World War Two’s Luckiest Man 10.35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Diary of a Nymphomaniac ” (MA s,a,n) - A chronicle of a promiscuous young French woman who finds herself at a crossroads in life where the only way to quell her gnawing sex addiction is to enter the seedy world of prostitution. In Spanish and French.

12:50 Kurt Wallander: The Brother- Military exercises in Ystad make solving the case of five murdered people very difficult.

To make things worse, when a couple is found tortured and murdered, Kurt realises the woman was a school friend and the first girl he had ever kissed. (MA a,v) 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:30 25 Years Of Rage: 1999 - 2002 (PG)11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Eggheads 1:30 Movie: “The High And The Mighty” (PG) 4:00 Basketball: WNBL 5:00 Football: W League 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin - Martin thinks PC Penhale’s much loved brother, Sam, has a rare genetic disease, but instead his findings change PC Penhale’s opinion of Sam forever.

8:20 Kingdom - Crop circles in a field grab the attention of the local sci-fi community, and a farmer initially angry about all the vandalism on her land soon sees an opportunity to charge people to view them.

9:05 Sinbad - The crew meet Kuji, a teen who says she’s a god.

Anwar falls for her, confiding that he doesn’t belong as he’s not brave like the others. An army demands her back, but Anwar refuses.

9:55 The Jonathan Ross Show 10:40 United States Of Tara: Crunchy Ice 11:10 United States Of Tara: The Good Parts (Final) 11:40 25 Years Of Rage: 1999 - 2002 (MA a,l,d,h,n,s,v.)

4:00 Rage

6:00 Weekend Today - Sunrise 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Kids WB 12:00 Imparja’s Horse Racing - Cox Plate 4:00 The Wildlife Man Featuring: David Ireland 5:00 National News: First At Five 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 Nine News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos - Join your host Shelley Craft for an hour of side-splitting laughs on Australia’s Funniest Home Videos.

7:40 TBA 9:40 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Body Heat” (M) - In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

2:05 The Avengers: The See-Through Man - Steed and Emma pay a visit to Sir Andrew Ford at the Ministry, when they find a file stolen from Wilton’s office.

3:05 F Troop - The Sergeant And The Kid - Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch star in this rollicking comedy about the F Troop, the most unheroic troop the old west ever saw.

3:35 Skippy: The Bush Kangaroo 4:05 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact

6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekends 11:00 The Woodlies 11:30 The Woodlies 12:00 Ghosts Of Time 12:30 Ghosts Of Time 1:00 V8 Xtra 1:30 Seven’s Motorsport 4:30 Wild Vets 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender - Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays.

6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 8:15 TBA 11:30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: 76 Days Adrift - After his boat sinks to the bottom of the ocean, a sailor must survive for seventy-six days in a small inflatable life-raft.

12:40 Movie: “Roll Bounce” (PG) - 1970s roller-skate jams fuel this coming -of-age comedy, as X and his friends, who rule their local rink, are shocked when their home base goes out of business.

3:00 Room For Improvement 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Music In The Air 2:05 The Chopin Etudes 2:10 Sex and Sensibility: Vienna 3:25 Leonardo Da Vinci: The Restoration Of The Century 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex in Rome: Vendetta 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 James May’s Toy Stories: Plasticine 8:30 Prohibition: Nation of Hypocrites - The conclusion of director Ken Burn’s epic story of the rise and fall of Prohibition. By the close of the 1920s, many blame the law for the rise of criminal syndicates, promiscuity, and a sense that the entire government is corrupted.

9:30 Boardwalk Empire: Belle Femme - Jimmy returns to Atlantic City, having decided to work with Nucky again - but is determined to do it on his own terms. However, he is surprised to learn that neither his boss nor Angela had been expecting him.

10:30 Boardwalk Empire: The Emerald City 11:30 Movie: “Tornado” (M a,l)- After four years in Oklahoma studying twisters, meteorologist Jan returns to Berlin and immediately recognises the warning signs of an unprecedented storm that threatens to devastate the city.

1:35 Drawn Together: Little Orphan Hero 2:15 Drawn Together: Clum Babies 2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Hexham 4 Farne Islands 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Travel Oz 2:00 Sinbad 2:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 3:00 Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 5:00 Wild Russia: The Making Of 5:50 Miniscule: Halloween Paranoid 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass: Divine Women - Part 2 7:00 ABC News 7:30 David Attenborough: Kingdom of Plants 8:20 The Making Of The Kingdom Of Plants 8:30 The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab 10:05 The Slap: Harry - Harry has everything; the Brighton Beach mansion, the beautiful wife, a son and a successful business.

But Harry stands to lose all of that as a result of slapping Hugo.

11:00 Strike Back 11:50 Movie: “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly” (M l,v) - The ‘Man With No Name’ returns teaming up with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of $200,000 - and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way.

2:50 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Art Nation

6:00 Handy Manny 6:30 Fish Hooks 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend 11:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 11:30 Movie: “Halloweentown High” (PG) 1:00 Outsourced 1:30 Movie: “Anne Of Green Gables - The Continuing Story” 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5:00 The Great Outdoors 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 TBA 8:30 Bones: The Gunk In The Garage - After an explosion occurs in a hotel garage, the Jeffersonian team must research the remains found at the crime scene in order to match them to the victim.

9:30 Killing Time - Following Dennis Allen’s death, Fraser finds himself defending his brother Victor. When Victor’s friend is shot, he plots his revenge & soon Fraser must face his most challenging case yet: the Walsh Street murder trial.

10:30 Strike Back 11:30 Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny 12:00 Special: The Outback, My Home 1:00 House Calls To The Rescue 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Burma’s Nuclear Ambitions 3:30 Inside Nature’s Giants: The Elephant 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Nunavut: Jellyfish Day 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Battle Castle: Malbork 8.30 The Hunt For Al 9.30 Asia-Pacific Song Festival 11:35 Movie: “Conversations with My Gardener” (M n,s) - Daniel Auteuil stars in this charming story of a successful painter who returns to his rural hometown in the throes of a mid-life crisis, and reconnects with an old school friend - a local gardener.

1:20 Movie: “Anthony Zimmer”(M a,s) -Interpol and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, a criminal genius responsible for money laundering in France. Zimmer has had extensive plastic surgery, and the only way to trace him is through his girlfriend Chiara. When François, an ordinary man, speaks to Chiara on the train, he is mistaken for Zimmer, and thus becomes a target for the mob 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Murder In Mind” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 The X Factor 8:45 Scandal - The team reluctantly decides to help a millionaire’s son accused of rape, but regardless of the facts, public perception is a hard thing to change, and this is one case that the team might not be able to win.

9:45 The Amazing Race 10:45 Up All Night: Rivals - Reagan and Ava are thrown into a spiral when rival talk-show host and former friend of the show, Shayna, is suspected of stealing their show ideas.

11:15 Suits: Asterisk 12:15 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 10 Years Younger 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Heaven’s Heart” (M l,a) 2:40 Drop Dead 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Global Village: Visions Of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Spy Car Escape 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: The Secret Of Luck 9:30 This is England ‘86 - This four-part drama series revisits the characters of Shane Meadows’ award-winning film, This Is England, three years on. It is 1986, and Shaun is preparing to leave school and enter the adult world, but all he really wants to do is enjoy his freedom with Smell, his sweetheart.

10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS 1:05 Living Black 1:35 Pizza World Record 2:05 Wilfred: The Dog Father - Wilfred is romancing Caddy, one of the local dogs, while Adam and Sarah receive a visit from Adam’s extraordinarily good looking and clever brother, Spencer.

2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Loss Of Faith” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: Bianca sleeps at Adam’s place, causing April to become concerned with Bianca and Adam’s relationship.

7:30 The X Factor 8:45 Winners & Losers: To Have And To Hold 9:45 Grey’s Anatomy: I Saw Her Standing There 10:45 Smash: Publicity - “ Karen finds herself seduced by the glamorous life of new BFF Rebecca Duvall - but can Rebecca be trusted? What will Karen’s ascent mean for her relationship with Dev? And will Rebecca drive Derek insane?

11:40 I Just Want My Pants Back - Jason, egged on by his friends (and several beers), posts an ad looking for Jane on missed connections.

12:10 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Celtic Thunder: The Show 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 56 Up 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner” (M a) - Following a severe car accident in which both his parents are killed, Sashko is taken to hospital with amnesia.

Sashko’s grandfather, Bai Dan, decides to help him restore his identity. As they ride on a tandem bicycle through the Balkan countryside, Sashko begins to recall snippets of the past.

1:00 Mad Men: The Benefactor - Harry tries to gather support around a controversial sponsorship in order to bolster his career. When Don ditches work for a day, trouble brews on the set of a commercial.

1:55 Mad Men: Three Sundays - A last minute pitch meeting has Sterling Cooper staffers working double time in preparation.

2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

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MONDAY 29

FRIDAY 26

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6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Australian Fishing Championships 11:30 Melbourne Marathon 12:30 Cybershack 1:00 Lockie Leonard 1:30 Stormworld 2:00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 2:30 The Middle 3:00 House Husbands 4:00 Getaways European Tour 4:30 The Garden Guru’s 5:00 National News 5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 Big Brother 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 House Husbands: Mark decides to take responsibility for problems at home and work, but has he left it too late? Abi chooses the worst possible time to volunteer as a parent helper in Miss Nadir’s classroom.

9:30 The Mentalist: At First Blush 10:30 Person Of Interest: Flesh And Blood 11:30 Southland: Wednesday 12:20 What Would You Do? 1:05 Spyforce 2:05 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2:35 Danoz 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Ellen DeGeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon Midday Report 12:30 Egypt Unwrapped 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 News 5:30 Hot Seat Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 6:00 National News 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restoration Man: Bath Lodge 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 Miniscule: No Luck 7:00 Big Brother 7:00 ABC News 8:30 The Mentalist: Blood Feud - The team investigates a small 7:30 7.30 town’s possible gang war involving Rigsby’s dad, who is 8:00 Australian Story found injured at a crime scene.

8:30 Four Corners 9:30 Person Of Interest: Triggerman 9:20 Media Watch 10:30 CSI: NY: Air Apparent - When a young woman is stabbed to 9:35 Q & A: A lively interactive discussion hosted by Tony Jones. death, the junkie brother of a high school basketball phenom 10:35 Lateline is accused.

11:10 The Business 11:30 Nikita: Game Change 11:35 The Kennedys 12:30 The Avengers - Winged Avenger 12:20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:30 Extra 1:20 Movie: “Swing Time” (G) - Concluding the season of musicals 2:00 Danoz with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with, arguably, the best3:00 Newstyle Direct loved of the dancing duo’s romances. Complicated entangle3:30 Good Morning America ments and a challenge from a prospective father-in-law in a 5:00 National Early Morning News dance team.

5:30 Today 3:05 Rage

4:05 Movie: “The Private Life Of Don Juan” (G) 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures 10:30 Australia’s Prime Ministers 10:35 My Place 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Restoration Man 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Time Team 6:50 Miniscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Chateau Chunder: Wine Revolution - A fun and lively documentary that tells the recent history of the Australian wine industry.

9:30 QI: Advertising 10:00 Artscape: The Australian Ballet At 50 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:30 God Made Them Blind 2:30 Basketball: WNBL 3:30 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Skank Reflex Analysis 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Holographic Exitation - The gang celebrates Halloween at Stuart’s comic book store. Meanwhile, Leonard seduces Penny with science.

9:00 2 Broke Girls: And the Candy Manwich 9:30 Two And A Half Men: The Island of Broken Toys 10:00 Mike And Molly: Happy Halloween 10:30 Survivor: Phillipines 11:30 Weeds: Van Nuys 12:00 TBA 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 3:30 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

4:10 Movie: “The Ghost Goes West” 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programmes 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help?

2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restaurant: The Banquet 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: England 8:30 A Moody Christmas: Separate Seats - How does an unsentimental family get through the most sentimental time of year?

Such is the ordeal Dan Moody must face when he journeys home from London to Australia each year to spend Christmas with his overbearing family.

9:05 The Chaser: Hamster Wheel 9:35 Randling 10:10 At The Movies 10:40 Lateline 11:15 The Business 11:40 Very Small Business: Basics Of Team Building 12:10 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:10 The Oasis: Australia’s Homeless Youth 2:25 Football: W-League 3:25 Rage 4:15 Movie: “The Challenge”(G) 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Being Italian 10:30 BTN 11:00 Ancient Megastructures 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The World’s Worst Disasters 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Secrets Of Shangri-La: Quest For Sacred Caves 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 BTN Daily 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Greatest Cities Of The World With Griff Rhys Jones: Paris 6:50 Miniscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Redfern Now: Family - Grace and Wesley and their family are off on the holiday of a lifetime and the taxi is waiting. Then Grace gets a call from the young son of her mentally ill sister.

9:30 QI: Dogs 10:00 Summer Heights High 10:30 Lateline 11:00 The Business 11:25 TBA 12:25 The Clinic 1:15 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2:15 Songs Of Praise: Meet The Musicians 2:40 Rage

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Death In The Shadows” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away - Casey and Sasha find it difficult to figure out their roles in their new friendship. Liam agrees to do a job for Adam as long as Adam stays away from Bianca.

7:30 Highway Patrol 8:00 Surveillance 8:30 Criminal Minds: Hit - When the BAU goes up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., the team tries to negotiate the situation unfolding inside the bank, but the stakes rise when one of their own becomes a hostage.

9:30 World’s Wildest Police Videos 10:30 Strike Back 11:30 Parks And Recreation 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 12:00 Movie: “Meteor” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price News 5:30 Hot Seat Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 National News 6:00 Seven News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Big Brother 7:00 Home & Away 8:00 Big Brother Confidential 7:30 Brynne: My Bedazzled Life 8:30 AFP: Australian Federal Police 8:00 How I Met Your Mother: The Magician’s Code - Part 2 - On 9:30 CSI: Miami: Rest In Pieces - The “Miami Taunter” kills again, Barney’s future wedding day, when his wife is finally revealed, and Horatio visits the matriarch of the suspected killer’s family. the gang reminisces about the time they encouraged Ted to 10:30 Australian Families Of Crime: The Killer Couple - David And follow his heart and go after the one that got away.

Catherine Birnie - David and Catherine Birnie were without doubt 8:30 Beauty And The Geek Australia the most violent couple in Australia’s history - deadly predators who abducted, raped, tortured and brutally murdered four women 9:30 The Unbelievable Truth to satisfy their perverse sexual needs.

10:15 Celebrity Juice 11:30 Are You There, Chelsea? Strays 11:00 Whitney 12:00 20/20 11:30 Cougar Town 1:00 Extra 12:00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelpia 1:30 Danoz Direct 12:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 3:00 Newstyle Direct 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Good Morning America 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings - Bride And Prejudice - Discrimination is nothing new to the traveller community and their secretive seclusion from mainstream society seems to be their only defence 9:30 TBA 10:30 Who Do You Think You Are? Blair Underwood 11:30 House Husbands - Kane and Tom’s home life is under the microscope when they apply to become foster parents. When Nicola reveals she’s moving to Sydney, Justin struggles to say goodbye to his kids.

12:30 Eclipse 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

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5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Meet My Wild Friends - They have inherited the unique knowledge possessed by their fathers. Tleujan, Arjun and Camille had already formed special bonds with wild animals that eventually became their sidekicks: an eagle in Mongolia, snakes in India and a she-wolf in France. Their fathers have passed on to their children a wealth that is theirs alone.

8:30 Living with the Amish 9:30 The Choice 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “The Beat My Heart Skipped ” (MA v,l,a) - 28-yearold Tom is following in the footsteps of his thuggish father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals. Tom has innate musical talent and is torn between dreams of being a concert pianist and the reality of life as a ruthless debt collector.

12:50 Iron Chef: 2000 Dishes 1:40 Iron Chef: 2000 Dishes 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 Two Rembrandts In The Garden 2:30 One Of The Lucky Ones 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita 8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 2 8:30 Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket: Meatballs 9:35 One Born Every Minute 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Scarlet Road - A Sex Worker’s Journey 12:40 Movie: “Flame And Citron” - (MAV v) The true story of two infamous World War Two resistance fighters, brilliantly presented by director Ole Christian Madsen. During the Nazi occupation, Flame and Citron are assassins in the Danish resistance and target important officials of the Third Reich.

However, the game changes when the pair discover that their powerful boss may be using them to settle his own personal scores 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

CROSSWORD No. 121

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LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You will be in quite an adventurous mood this week. If you can find some suitable outlet for your energy, everything will go well. Spend your time outdoors. Romance.

Don’t allow family duties to get in the way of a romantic evening. It’s important to designate time to your personal relationships as well.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Try to avoid getting into an argument with a colleague. This person can be very petty at times. You will only be giving up precious time. Romance. A new relationship may seem to be slowing down a little. An honest discussion will help to clear the air. Avoid routine and spice up the relationship later this week.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)

FOR KIDS

A group of friends that you do not know very well may want to see more of you.

Don’t be afraid to get involved. They will bring new ideas to the forefront. Romance.

You will meet an interesting person later in the day.

Your first impressions may not be very favourable, however. Allow time for this relationship to develop.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) You will not be very pleased if somebody wastes your time because they can’t decide what they want. You may have to decide for them. Romance. This will be an excellent day for romance. Both you and your partner will be in just the right mood for an evening on the town. Take your partner dancing to really spice things up!

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) An improvement in your relationship with your colleagues will help you to feel much more positive about your work. However, it’s not always healthy to rely on others’ opinions. Romance. Your partner may want to tell you how much they care. You will need to put them at ease first. Are you making the relationship more difficult than it should be?

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Try not to mention a subject which you know might lead to trouble. This week is not the best time to discuss sensitive issues. Save your opinions for later.

Romance. Don’t try too hard to catch your partner out. Your curiosities may get the best of you and leave you feeling guilty.

FINDWORD No. 121 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) This week, you will be able to enjoy the company of a few friends. There is lots of gossip to look forward to. Free your schedule for this gathering. Romance. Be careful to separate reality from fantasy. Everything will go well, but it will not happen in quite the way you have been expecting.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A person whom you have always thought was boring may be quite interesting. You should open yourself up to people more often. Romance. An office romance could gradually become more serious. Tread carefully, until you are sure. Be careful of power roles and how a relationship will affect your work life.

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GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Try to rely on your gut feelings about a difficult situation. There may be some hidden pitfalls. If you are open to some small setbacks, this venture can be good for you. Romance. You will be thinking very positively about the long-term future of your relationship at the moment. Keep these positive feelings going all week.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) You will become frustrated if you don’t manage to find a new outlet for your energy. You have achieved a lot recently, but need to move on. Start a new project.

Romance. Your partner will be very supportive of a recent change. Be sure to acknowledge this support and to also take charge of this new direction you’ve chosen to take.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“

“

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and

you’ll understand what

little chance you have in trying to change others.

– Jacob M. Braude

SOLUTIONS No. 121

You may find it difficult to “see the forest from the trees” at the moment. Try to get a different view on the situation from someone that you trust. Romance. Ceres is in good aspect this week. You may want to “nurture” your partner a little more than usual. Invest more time in this relationship and you will enjoy the result.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Try to forget a recent remark. This is not something that you should take seriously.

It was simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Romance.

A wild fling is on the cards. Be careful not to do anything which you will regret later. Is this person someone you’d like a meaningful relationship with?

Cooktown Local News 25 - 31 October 2012 – 17

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ANTENNAS & SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

CONCRETING & CARPENTRY

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Deadlines: Advertising – • Box ad bookings: by 10am TUESDAYS • Box ad material:

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EARTHMOVING

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• Over 20 years experience • Re-gassing • All repairs • Installations • Conversions • All work guaranteed

BLINDS & AWNINGS

Cooktown Blinds & Awnings

All aspects of earthmoving – Experienced and professional operators Specialising in roadworks, subdivisions, clearing, driveways, dams and rockwalls.

• 8, 12, 21, 23 and 26 Tonne Excavators • Grader, Backhoes, Rollers, Dozer • Float, Roadtrain Sidetippers and Water Trucks

 Blinds  Awnings  Shade Sails 

Contact us on 0408 181 894 or 4069 6407

for a FREE measure and quote Phone: 4069 6625 or 0439 393 546

ELECTRICAL

BUILDERS

ANDREW DAVIES LICENSED BUILDER PH: 0408 930 905

Licence number 12261

Telephone: 1300 4895 00

PO Box 317 Cooktown 4895

Bart and John Harrison • New installations/additions and repair work

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ph/fax: 4069 5289 – mob: 0427 695 289

COMMUNICATIONS

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Phone 4069 5663 or 0438 695 663 CONCRETING

BSA: 12141087

COLOUR! $45/wk Colour • $30/wk Mono for a 6-month booking (GST inclusive)

Call 1300 4895 00 or email ads@cooktownlocalnews.com.au to book your advertisement

ENGINE REPAIRS

FENCING

Kingfisher

FENCING

Timber – pine or hardwood Glass  Gates  Aluminium Security  Retaining walls Gramline / Colourbond New house lots a speciality PHONE GREG

Licensed Contractor QBSA 1093073

0428 128 044



4098 1866

FLOOR COVERINGS

carpet, vinyl & blinds Servicing Far North Qld and all Islands

Supply and lay Supply and lay Sand & polish

* Gov approved products * * Domestice & commercial * * Repairs * Call Neil and deal direct with layer

Ph: 0419 776 121 E: nmcash22@gmail.com

INSURANCE

BRACKENHURST CONCRETING

• All aspects of concreting and civil work • Houses, sheds and driveways • Decorative and exposed concrete • Spraycrete and concrete grinding Nick Prendergast Phone: 0429 923 400

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Open 8am – 5pm, Mon to Fri

ph: 4031 1222 mob: 0417 708 814

Trades and Services PAINTERS

PLUMBING

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Attention-seeking space seeks like-minded advertiser THIS COLOUR SPACE COSTS ONLY $45 PER WEEK* Email ads@cooktownlocalnews.com.au or call 1300 4895 00 *CONDITIONS APPLY – GST inclusive – Minimum 6 month booking. $30 per week Mono.

STORAGE SHEDS

R&C Lemon BSA No 736944

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• All Maintenance and New Work • Remote Work a Specialty

PH: 4069 5378

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TOWING / TYRES

TOWING - TYRES - MECHANICAL OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

GENERAL TOWING – Special local & Cooktown to Cairns rates TYRES – Cars, Utes, 4x4’s and Trucks – most sizes MECHANICAL REPAIRS & SERVICING – All makes & models, 2WD & 4WD

Cooktown Towing, Tyres & Mechanical

PEST CONTROL ROOFING

Ferrari Street (behind Mobil S/S) Cooktown

Phone: 4069 5545 • Mobile: 0408 772 361

TREELOPPING

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Attention: Trades & Services Advertisers To ensure that consumers locating contractors through advertisements published are protected, and that licensed contractors are not being disadvantaged, the Building Services Authority requires that all advertisers • state their name and BSA licence number on their advertisement or • state words to the effect “cannot perform building work valued at more than $3,300”.

Non-compliance with these requirements may result in the advertiser receiving a warning or a fine from the BSA. If you do not meet the above requirements in your present advertisement, please contact us as soon as possible with your details.

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CLASSIFIEDS M O B I L I T Y A N D H E A LT H C A R E P R O D U C T S

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: 10.30AM

Ph: 07 4035 6588

FNQ Authorised Sales & Service Agents for:

t Mobility Scooters t Electric Wheelchairs t Manual Wheelchairs t Electric Lift Chairs t Walkers t Patient Hoists/Lifts t Patient Electric Beds t Bathroom Aids t Mobility and Independent Living Products

WEDNESDAYS

Thank you…

Now Located at: 69 Anderson Street, Manunda, Cairns, QLD 4870 Fax: 4035 6566 • Email: info@scootersnq.com.au www.scootersnq.com.au

We would like to offer our thanks to all our friends, work colleagues, customers and well wishers for the prayers, concern and kindness offered during Cameron’s recent illness.

Special thanks to Aunty Helen, Jacko, Carl and Clarita, Rod and Chris, Rex and Coralie, Jan from Endeavour Falls and Louie and Vicky for that extra effort.

A special thanks to Lyle and Pam Robinson for keeping the business running.

You have all been amazing.

COOKTOWN GOLF CLUB INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

POSITIONS VACANT

COOKTOWN STATE SCHOOL P-12

PERMANENT CLEANERS

Cameron and Daphne.

Saturday, October 27, 2012 Commencing @ 10am

PHONE: 4069 6032

@ Cooktown Golf Club (Club House) Quarantine Bay Road, Cooktown

Applications are called for persons interested in a permanent cleaning position at Cooktown State School P-12.

Early morning starts and split shifts may be involved. Hours available are between 10 and 25 hours per week.

Flexible, quality child care in a safe, nurturing environment

ALL MEMBERS PLEASE ATTEND

TO MEMBERS OF GUNGARDE

All applicants need to include a resume and must address each key attributes in the section “How you will be assessed” in the role description available from the School Office. Telephone 4082 0222.

Gungarde Board wish to advise there will be an AGM held:

CAPE YORK ENGINEERING COOKTOWN MARINE

Venue: Gungarde Hall – 92 Charlotte Street

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Business Services Manager, Cooktown State School P-12, PO Box 4, Cooktown Qld 4895. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, November 16, 2012.

Date:

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Time:

10am

Penrite Oil Agent

Steel and Aluminium supplies • Welding Fabrication: steel, alloy, stainless, site work • Guillotine, Bender, Roller: pipe threading and bending • Machining: lathe, milling • Hydraulics: hose repairs • Bolts, welding equipment • Metroll products, perlins, iron by order • Marine: boat, trailer, outboard repairs, parts and oils

Agenda Items • Confirmation of previous minutes – 30/11/2011 • Presentation of Audit and Financial reports • Choosing an Auditor • Review the members list

A non-smoking policy is effective in all Queensland State Schools. The successful applicant may be subject to a probation period of up to a maximum of three months. Successful Applicant must also obtain a “Working with Children Suitability Card”.

Notice to all Gungarde Tentants: As per rule 5.4 (members’ responsibilities) – Compulsory for at least one member that lives in a Gungarde house to attend at one general meeting.

MacMillan St, Cooktown

Refreshments will be served.

Ph Phil 4069 5224 or Mob 0417 776 524

Warren Kulka, Chairperson

Photo: Michael Amendolia

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Cooktown Computer Stuff 72 Charlotte St Computer sales • service • repairs • cables • media networking • software & virus troubleshooting • cartridges • video games

Phone 4069 6010

Email: computerstuff@westnet.com.au

Cooktown Skip Bins Rubbish removal and disposal Ph: Deb Smith 4069 5851 or 0428 106 136

COOKTOWN MULTI PURPOSE HEALTH SERVICE – NOVEMBER 2012 MONDAY

5

TUESDAY

6

WEDNESDAY

7

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1

2

Dentist (C/H)

Dentist (C/H) Women’s Health NP (C/H)

8

9 Dr Ruben (C.H) Dr McDonald (Hosp)

12

13

14

15

16 Women’s Health NP (C/H)

19

20

Eye Team (C/H)

Eye Team (C/H)

26

27

Dr Thomas (Hosp)

Podiatrist (C/H)

OUTREACH CLINICS:

21

22

23

Dr McDermott (Hosp)

Women’s Health NP (C/H)

28

29

30

FROGS (Hosp)

Dr Reeves (C/H) FROGS (Hosp)

Women’s Health NP (C/H)

Hope Vale Women's Health NP November 7, 14, 21, 28

Wujal Wujal Women’s Health NP November 4, 14, 18, 25

VISITING SPECIALISTS: COMMUNITY HEALTH

HOSPITAL

Dr. Ruben: Paediatrician

Dr McDonald: General Physician

Dr Bart: Dentist Dr Reeves: Cardiologist

FROGS: Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Dr Thomas: Surgeon

MENTAL HEALTH Dr Gynther: Psychiatrist

Dr McDermott: Orthopaedic Surgeon

20 – Cooktown Local News 25 - 31 October 2012

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health • care • people

CLASSIFIEDS PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR SALE

POSITIONS VACANT

MOTELS

MOTELS

Cooktown Horse Sports Association Inc. AGM – October 27, 2012, 10am – Cooktown RSL.

ECONOVAN Commercial 5 spd manual, registered, bed, storage.A great Roadtripper, $1500 ono. Phone 0457 958 807.

House cleaner wanted for 3hrs p/f. Phone Tanya 0428 696 586.

CAIRNS Rainbow Inn. 3½ star, all facilities including cable TV. Close to the city, from $65 per night. Ph 4051 1022.

PETS & LIVESTOCK

COOKTOWN Skip Bins.

Commercial and domestic rubbish removal and disposal.

Ph 4069 5851 or 0428 106 136.

ADVERTISE your classified here! Call 1300 4895 00.

AAA CBD CBD CBD – Inn Cairns Boutique Apartments, 17 Lake Street, Cairns. Self catering, secure car parking, pool/gazebo, opp PO and Woolworths. Ph 07 4041 2350.

PUBLIC NOTICE STANDBY Response Service.

Support and information for people bereaved by suicide. Ph 0439 722 266. 24 hours – 7 days per week.

FARRIER. Ron Searle will be in Cooktown and Lakeland on OCTOBER 27, 28 & 29. Trims $30, shoes $70. Ph 0427 846 336.

TRADES

ADVERTISE your classified here! Call 1300 4895 00.

News Cooktown Local

ADVERTISE your classified here! Email ads@ cooktownlocalnews.com.au

on

to read extra news not published in the newspaper.

PUBLIC NOTICE CIVIL celebrant Kathleen Roberts. Naming Ceremonies, Marriages, Funeral Co-ordination.

4069 5004 or 0427 695 004 FOR SALE Mandarin trees. 3yr old seedlings established in bags. $30 each. Ph: 4069 5966 and leave a message.

FOR SALE 1984 Suzuki Sierra Hard Top. Good all round condition.

Registered. $2000 ONO. Phone 0428 198 332.

FOR SALE 2004, 5m clarke Abalone, side console, 60 hp Mercury four stroke, 174 hours, canopy, 80 litre underfloor tank, EPIRB, Sounder, Redco trailer, all registered, excellent condition.

Phone 0408 796 520.

A donation tin was left on the bar at the Cooktown Bowls Club after Russ passed away and all profits from a recent garage sale are going to this good cause.

Thank you to everyone who spared their change for Russ – it’s heartwarming to see so much empathy in a small town. $1136.15 was donated to Parkinson’s Queensland for ongoing research into this Neurological Disease.

THANK YOU xx The Henderson Family

NOTICE OF MEETING

Optometrist visiting Servicing Cooktown since 1997

Visiting regularly     

FOR SALE CONTAINERS for sale or hire.

Ph Cooktown Towing, Tyres & Mechanical 4069 5545.

Cape York Land Council

Ocular health Eyesight testing Glaucoma assessment Diabetic sight analysis Contact Lens Consultations

Eyedentity Optical phone: (07) 4033 7575

TO ALL NATIVE TITLE PARTIES OF BATAVIA (INCLUDING BATAVIA DOWNS), TELEGRAPH ROAD, CAPE YORK PENINSULA Tuesday 20th November & Wednesday 21st November 2012 – about 20km South of Cairns All persons who claim to hold native title over Batavia area (incorporating the former Batavia Downs Pastoral Lease) are invited and urged to attend a meeting convened by the Cape York Land Council and Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation. The area in question is described as Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 22 on SP241405, Cape York Peninsula. Batavia is accessed by either the Telegraph Road or the Sudley-Batavia Road, from the Peninsula Developmental Road. Batavia stretches from the Embley Range in the West to Bromley in the East, and from Picaninny Plains (York Downs) in the South to Bramwell in the North. Batavia is traversed by the Wenlock River.

On Tuesday 20th November 2012, about 20km South of Cairns a meeting will be held to: authorise the making of an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) with the State of Queensland.

The ILUA will provide for:

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(a) the grant of land as Aboriginal freehold land under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991 to the Batavia Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation ICN 7538; (b) the dedication, use and management of a national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land) over parts of Batavia; (c) entry into and complying with an Indigenous Management Agreement; (d) entry into and complying with a Conservation Agreement and the declaration, use and management of a Nature Refuge over parts of Batavia; (e) entry into and complying with an Occupancy Licence Agreement over part of Batavia; (f) dedication of areas of new road under the Land Act 1994; (g) entry into and compliance with an agreement providing for gravel and water extraction for construction and maintenance of roads and tracks; and (h) the addition to the Moreton Reserve of airstrip approach areas (Lots 3 and 6 on SP241405).

Date: Tuesday 20th November 2012 at 9.00 am (lunch included) Venue: Djarragun Wilderness Centre, via Roos Road (off Gillies Range Road), Little Mulgrave Valley.

On Wednesday 21st November 2012 about 20km South of Cairns will be the Transfer Ceremony.

Date: Wednesday 21st November 2012 at 9.30 am (lunch included) Venue: Djarragun Wilderness Centre, via Roos Road (off Gillies Range Road), Little Mulgrave Valley.

If you need assistance with transport to these meetings please call Toni Hodges at Balkanu on (07) 4019 6225 or email toni.hodges@balkanu.com.au. For all enquiries about the proposed ILUA contact Ryan Ellis at CYLC on Freecall 1800 623 548.

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Cooktown Junior League    celebrates a great year

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Come on down for a great night of fun!

Wednesdays and Fridays – Courtesy Bus – out to Marton & Keatings Lagoon – Ph

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THE Cooktown Junior Rugby League Club its breakup and presentation ceremony at the pool on the weekend after a very successful year of footy.

On behalf of the club I would like to say a huge thank-you to some of our sponsors - John, Nick and Jake at The Italian Restaurant, Greg at Gungarde, The Soveriegn Resort and everyone else who has donated goods or services to our club this year.

Your help was much appreciated and helped our kids have a great year.

Over the next few months Cooktown PCYC will be offering a series of Come Try It Sessions at the Events Centre to encourage community members to get active.

COST: Gold coin donation per session.

COME AND TRY IT Sessions from October 29 – November 9 FUTSAL (Indoor Football) – For Adults Wednesday, October 31, 7 – 8pm BADMINTON (and Table Tennis) – All equipment provided NEW TIMES: Kids and Families: 5 – 6pm, Adults: 6 – 7pm Tuesday, November 6 KINDERGYM – For Under 5’s Friday, November 2 and 9, 10 – 11am (No kindergym during school holidays)

Coming soon - Basketball and Floorball Come Try It sessions

Our club would also like to thank our team of dedicated committee members, and in particular Sylvia, for their hard work throughout the year to raise funds and keep the club running, and also a thanks to our mums and dads who have helped out through the year.

A special thanks to our coaches Scotty, Tex and Michael, who give up their time every week to train the kids and to also travel away with the boys and myself on our trips to other venues.

Last but certainly not least, I want to thank the boys who play.

You guys should be very proud of the way you have conducted yourselves, both on and off the field this year.

We have had so many good reports from other clubs and it has been an absolute pleasure to take you guys on these trips this year.

We had an amazing year of footy in 2012, and we look forward to another year of good matches next year, as we continue our competitions with Kuranda, Ravenshoe, Atherton and hopefully some other southern clubs as well.

The following is a list of awards that was presented at our breakup, these players were picked by the coaches for special recognition of their efforts.

UNDER 10 Best Forward: Hudson Dagge; Best back:: Gauai

Walllace; Team Player Award: Jack Whitman; Most Improved: Damian Walker.

UNDER 12 Best Forward: Shaun Harrison; Best Back: Jai Ross; Most Improved: Dylan Gilmore; Team Player Award: Russell Clark.

UNDER 14 Best Forward: Siezar DeWaal; Best Back: Shaun Law; Most Improved: Kyle Witheridge; and Team Player Award: Aiden Kelly.

UNDER 16 Best Forward: Ethan Sieverding; Best Back: Trumbie Kulka-Fox; Most Improved: David Curtis; Team Player: Daymara Deemal.

We also had a very special award this year the club’s Most Valuable Player.

This award was for the person that the committee and coaches felt had contributed the most to the club both on and off the field, and someone who led by example and was not afraid to help out when needed.

That award this year was given to Shaun Law for his outstanding dedication to our little club.

Congratulations Shaun on a job well done all year and to all the other boys who received awards.

Nardia Whitman Secretary.

ABOVE: Shaun Law with his two tropgies.

BELOW: Coaches Tex Harrison and Scott Thomason with Scott’s daughter Kyra at the footy breakup.

RIGHT: Jack Whitman and Dylan Gilmore with their trophies. Photos submitted.

The Cooktown Golf Club would like to thank the following businesses and individuals who have provided their generous support and sponsored our events for January to September, 2012.

The Italian Restaurant Cape York Tyres Graham & Alice Burton Trinity Petroleum Peter Shields Steve Weise Contracting Cooktown Earthmoving Cook Shire council Metals X Apels Lawyers Mareeba

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Lachy, with his first barra, is seen here with his granddad. The pair are visiting Cooktown with Lachy’s dad. Photos submitted.

Wind to drop for reef anglers REEF fishing has been out of the question for most, but the local rivers have been showing good results.

There are still some good barra and jacks coming off the wharf and fishing should improve up to the full moon.

This weekend should see a significant drop in the wind to allow fishers out to the reef, so be ready.

The Endeavour has been fishing well with lures. Quite a few good barra in the 80-90cm bracket, plus plenty 60 -70cm fish landed when the conditions and tides have been right.

Most fish are being caught on deep divers in 3-5metres of water, however, the shallow areas on the top of the tide have seen some good fish hitting twitched minnows.

One client hooked a huge threadfin

salmon only to be lose it at the boat certainly not something you see all the time.

Throwing live herring around the deep holes and snags has also been very productive with plenty of good barra, fingermark and jacks approaching 50cms. The turn of the tide has been the optimum time.

A local group of lure flickers have just returned from Princess Charlotte Bay and reported some great fishing with big catches of barra up to 90cm.

In one spot, they waded through the mud to get to the creek and were landing barra on virtually every cast. Certainly worth getting muddy for!

Mark Privett Gone Fishing Cooktown

Brisbane visitor Bronny and her friends are excited with her Spanish mackerel.

Marlin sends fishos reeling From Page 24 >> A GROUP of mates experienced the ultimate case of “the one that got away” off Cooktown when a 300kg black marlin jumped on board their charter boat, then shook itself free.

The seven friends were on a six-day catch-and-release fishing trip when they latched on to the big marlin on Monday of last week.

Little Audrey skipper Daniel Carlson said the crew was lucky to walk away unharmed when the marlin’s spear-like snout came straight at them. cairnspost.com.au reports: “We were out there heavy tackle

Ladies get amongst the wins IT was brought to my attention during the week that unfortunately, Carol and Marilyn misunderstood the scoring system of last Saturday’s competition, and, upon reviewing the competition, Rick Butler was the winner and Blue Hobbs was the runner-up for the Par competition which was held on October 13.

Thanks ladies for being honest.

No one could top off Kim Copland and Steve Butler for The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stroke competition held between October 14 and 19.

Both men turned in a nett score of 62 and Kim was the winner on a count back.

Thank you Wog Boys, John and Nick for your continuing sponsorship of the weekly competition.

Your support is appreciated.

Limited clubs didn’t stop Marilyn Clark from having a great game on Saturday for the No Woods Stableford competition, turning

in a score of 34 Stableford points.

Hot on her heels was Steve Butler in runner-up place with 33 points.

Kim Copland landed nearestthe-pin for 9/18 and I don’t know about the others as the cards have gone missing.

It was good to see the girls out enjoying a game on Sunday for The Cape York Tyres Sunday 9-Hole Stableford competition and the commencement of The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford competition.

Kate Thomson is the lady to beat this week. Kate took out The Cape York Tyres 9-Hole competition with 22 Stableford points and Wayne King was runner-up with 20.

Kate is also leading the field for The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford competition with 40 Stableford points and Wayne King is currently the runner-up with 36 points.

The Italian Restaurant In the competition for this week Bunker is a Stableford competition which is being played off the red tees, and this Saturday’s competition is The Cooktown Hardware and Italian Restaurant Monthly Medal competition.

Don’t forget that Wren Timbers are holding a 4-person 9 Hole Ambrose competition on 24th November. If you wish to nominate a team, please contact Kelly for a team nomination form.

Don’t forget members, this Saturday, October 27 is the AGM, which will commence at 10am at the Club House.

If you can’t make it, please try and give your Proxy Vote to someone who is attending.

Happy golfing everyone Kelly Barnett Manager Cooktown Golf Club

fishing up the Reef when this 600-pound marlin latched on and was fighting for about five minutes and started backing down,” he said.

“But then it’s done the big U-bolt, spun around and jumped into the boat and just missed a few people.

“It was thrashing about for a few seconds but jumped back out and swam away.”

Mr Carlson runs a charter company from Sydney and visits Cooktown each year for marlin season, which runs from September to December.

He said while it wasn’t the biggest marlin he had come

across, it was certainly the most memorable catch.

“It will be a very good story to tell,” he said.

“We were just lucky we got away. We were all pretty scared and glad that no one got injured and the fish wasn’t injured.”

An on board video, which catches the action from several angles, has become a viral hit, notching up more than 32,000 views and 115 comments in one day.

“Expect the unexpected, good thing is no one got hurt,” one person wrote.

“This is what I call intense fishing,” another posted.

Shooter to Masters’ Games OUR Club President Mal made the long trip to Alice Springs to take part in some Pistol events and represent the Cooktown SSAA club at the Alice Springs Masters Games which were held from October 13 to 20.

This event has multiple shooting disciplines that include both pistol and rifle.We are waiting for Mal’s return to hear how he went.

If you would like to try your hand at one of our shooting disciplines please come and have a go.

You just need to bring some photo ID and wear some closed in shoes.

Dates to include in your diary for October: Sunday, 28 - Practical Shoot from 9am; and Wednesday, 31 - General Meeting, Service Core/Sports Pistol/Centrefire Shoot and Air Pistol match from 5.30pm.

Chris Stewart Publicity Officer

Hope Vale in crushing victory HOPE Vale slaughtered Cooktown on Monday night by a whopping 28 goals to 11.

Fiona was on fire and just couldn’t seem to miss the goal, even though Toni and Maggie tried valiantly to keep the ball away from her and the ring.

Again it was fantastic to have some new faces.

Lizzie and Jaccan proved to be valuable assets to both sides in the

wing positions, as did Alice for Cooktown assisting the centres Nicole (Hope Vale) and Jess (Cooktown) to keep the ball moving around the court.

Janarra played with Hope Vale for the first time and proved her worth as goal keeper, as shown by the score.

The under-12s will resume their games from 5.30pm on Monday, with the seniors starting at their usual time of 6.45pm.

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Soggy promise makes life difficult for ‘dicky tickers’ and wobbly knees SOGGY invited the Hash to her home this week, with a promise that the trail she set would include “no hills”.

A promise worthy of a politician, because everyone knows that she lives on the summit of a local mountain and every trail you can think of would: (a) start off downhill, and (b) end up by staggering back up the same hill.

It’s not as if she has installed an escalator to get the aged and infirm pack from sea level to her Himalayan heights.

The trail this time did not start off

down the road.

Instead it dropped off a cliff into the neighbouring canyon, and it took a good deal of whingeing and complaining before everyone was standing upright on level ground at the bottom.

From here, things were easy. The paper simply followed the road as far as the caravan park and the turning to the old reservoir.

This was more interesting, one of the prettiest unknown places in Cooktown.

We trekked along the dam wall, pulling fallen trees aside as we went.

At the far end we were presented with a choice - the easy way home led back to the road.

On the other hand, there were rumours of a drink stop waiting in the other direction, and everyone volunteered.

Even the ones who don’t climb mountains, or have wobbly knees and dicky tickers, could not resist the temptation and eventually arrived red-faced and gasping at the water tanks, where a soothing, icy drink was waiting.

Back at the bash, Stumbles was GM for the evening.

He welcomed a virgin runner, and congratulated Oyster on reaching 11 cartons of runs (264).

Then he punished Soggy for the demanding run, and Moses for slavishly supporting her mad scheme.

Next was Tuff, for getting wrapped up in a barbed wire fence, and Fakawe for forgetting her own name.

Then Oyster was criticised for her taste in music (The Wiggles), and Granddad for again failing to predict

last week’s heavy rain.

We finished with a traditional roast dinner from Soggy, with her amazing Impossible Pie for dessert.

Next week’s run will be on Monday, October 29, and will be at Stumbles’.

Just turn up at 5.30pm to join the fun.

Call Moses on 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 for details.

On-on! Lye Bak

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Marton opener Dom Aprile opened his shoulders to dispatch this ball for six in his knock of 85 against Council in a Man of the Match performance on Sunday. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.

Marton batsman Randal Smith watches Council bowler Billy Dukes put his back into this delivery.

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Marton batsman Rob McLean push this ball away.

Marton cruises into cricket 40-over grand final he soon had a new partner four balls later as Clancy bowled Mark out for an entertaining 64 runs.

Steve Wilton was the new batsman and he had amassed nine runs before he was bowled by Zane Stallan with the score on 110.

Wal Welsh attempted to hold the middle up with Tony, but was bamboozled by the spin of Greg Morris and popped a simple catch to David Curtis for five with the score then at 4-126.

Steve Law only made one when he became Zane’s second scalp, bowled middle stump.

Shaun Law joined Tony and took the total to 150 before Tony’s innings came to an end, bowled by David for

for 85.

Rob McLean joined Randal and the pair took to the Diggers attack and walked off at the end of the innings with a total of 282.

Randall was unbeaten on 85 and Rob had a quick fire 54 not out.

Shawn was the pick of the bowlers with 1-12 off 5 overs.

After a quick lunch courtesy of Amber and co., the Diggers set about the chase with Mark Whitman and Shawn up first.

The score had reached 79 before the first wicket fell with Shawn being caught

by Dom off the bowling of Clancy Gainfield for 12.

Tony Holmes was first drop, but

By WAL WELSH THE semi-final of the 40-over competition was held at the Queens Oval on Sunday between the Council Diggers and the Marton Invitation XI in blustery conditions.

Marton won the toss and elected to bat with Randal Smith and Dom Aprile opening.

Both players batted sensibly and had reached the first drinks break at 15 overs with the score at 100. They took the total to 160 in the 25th over before the partnership was broken with Dom getting a rush of blood trying to hit Shawn Humphries out of the park, only to have his furniture knocked over

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23. Billy Dukes (8), Jakeb Whitman (2) and Kevin Dukes (0) tried in vain as the Marton juggernaut rolled the Diggers for 174 and into another grand final appearance.

Best bowlers for Marton were Zane with 2-14 from 5overs, John O’Neal with 2-14 off 3.2 and Clancy 2 -26 off 5.

The Man of the Match award went to Dom for his power hitting and fielding prowess.

There will be no cricket played this weekend with players from the Black Mountain Panthers and Hope Vale attending an All Blacks footy carnival up Weipa way.

The following Saturday, November 3, will be the Twenty20 grand final between the Council Diggers and the Hope Vale Heroes

Marlin sends fishos reeling

AIRCONDITIONED

Members’ Draw & Raffles: Members Draw $1150 members not present #709 M. Nijskens and #232 M. Roostey. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26: Draw jackpots to $1200 in the early draw between 6.30 and 7pm.

Social Bowls:

Don’t miss out…

EARLY MEMBERS DRAW BIRD THIS FRIDAY S P E C I A L

EVERY NIGHT 7 DAYS A WEEK

OCT. 26

$ 1 2 0 0 Choic$e o1f6

Wednesday register 1pm, play 1.30pm. Sunday register 9am, for 9.30am. Jackpot $292.

Pokies Lucky Seat:

EVERY FRIDAY: Drawn between 8pm and 8.30pm. 4 x $25 raffles for food or fuel. Cannot be exchanged for cash.

5.30pm to 6.30pm

BE HERE TO WIN

Bush Bingo:

3 tasty dishes

• Orchid Raffles and • Pokie Lucky Seat Prizes

Every Thursday morning, 9am start.

Bingo jackpot won by L. Walter.

New Jackpot $100.

Wednesdays and Fridays – Courtesy Bus – out to Marton & Keatings Lagoon –

Ph 4069 5819

Tide times – Cooktown

This marlin jumped on board a fishing charter boat off Cooktown on Monday of last week, knocking one of the fishermen over before returning to the water.

Photo from littleaudrey.com.au wesbite. See report Page 23 <<

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 TO FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Datum is Lowest Astronomical Tide. Tide times are provided by courtesy of Maritime Safety Queensland, © The State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads) 2010.

Fri 26 Time 01:02 07:08 13:07 19:09

Sat 27 Ht 0.48 2.26 0.76 2.36

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Time 01:29 07:40 13:41 19:35

MOON PHASES

Ht 0.46 2.33 0.82 2.27

Sun 28

Mon 29

Tue 30

Time 01:54 08:11 14:13 19:59

Time 02:17 08:41 14:44 20:19

Time 02:39 09:10 15:14 20:32

NEW MOON Wed. Nov 14 . Time: 08.08

at the Gardens in the morning, followed by the end of year presentation of trophies etc. that afternoon.

The Sunday after that, November 11, will see the rescheduled 40-over grand final between Marton and BMP played.

There will be no alterations to these dates, as it is getting too hot to stand out in the middle all day.

Hopefully, all finals will be played this year and a good turnout of players attends the presentation.

Good Luck to all the teams as it is the first time that all sides have reached a final in each competition.

See you there.

Ht 0.47 2.36 0.9 2.15

FIRST QUARTER Wed. Nov 21. Time: 00.31

Ht 0.49 2.35 1 2.02

FULL MOON Tue. Oct 30. Time: 05.50

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Ht 0.54 2.31 1.11 1.88

LAST QUARTER Wed. Nov 7. Time: 10.36

Wed 31

Thu 01

Fri 02

Time 02:57 09:40 15:46 20:35

Time 03:14 10:12 16:21 20:38

Time 03:31 10:48 17:08 20:38

Ht 0.6 2.25 1.22 1.76

Ht 0.68 2.16 1.33 1.66

Ht 0.77 2.06 1.44 1.56

Weather Watch Endeavour Valley October montly rainfall totals: 23.5mm

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