Town & Country Journal, Week #111 - February 23, 2023

One more river to cross

Aterse press release from council challenging “assertions that have been reported in recent media” gives a hint as to the tension that has bubbled up at the one of the sources of the Murray Darling system - up in Cambanoora Gorge near Killarney. The controversy surrounds a road that is rarely out of the news - the Condamine River Road crosses the Condy 14 times, and its maintenance, tricky at the best of times, is in council’s hands. Apart from locals, including eco-tourism ventures, the road is the focus of frequent

police attention due to 4WD-equipped hoons using the road and river banks as ski-slopes to try out their skills. The road, SDRC Mayor Vic Pennisi said in a recent statement is a public road, “not a four-wheel-drive enthusiast track,” and he backed the continuing police crack down on hoons. With private properties along the road, closing the road is not an option, and the current free range situation.

Spokesperson for the opponents of the ‘minimalist’ culvert plan called for a revival of the permit system proposed by the previous council, and told the ABC last year that the plan to introduce culverts would “devastate” the environment, but devastation is

what’s been the norm for the ill-fated road, with up to 400 cars a day going through the causeways, with some heading off road to wreak havoc on the riverine environment -

Exclusive: Rose City Shoppingworld’s Showcase Jewellery Store robbers have reportedly been caught by police. More details to come in The Daily Journal tomorrow.

legally capped at 5 kmh through the water, 30kmh on ‘dry’ land, but extremely difficult to police. A quick search of the internet shows videos of multiple 4WDs clearly violating the speed limits... and then posting the results to YouTube.

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Selina Venier reports on complaints about the state of Warwick parks and streets as well as the abandoned cars in Stanthorpe.

Widely promoted on the internet as a ‘fun’ road for 4WDers, the Condamine River Road attracts dozens of motorists trying out their vehicles in sensitive water crossings.

CONDAMINE RIVER ROAD DIPS BACK INTO CONTROVERSY AS CONCERTED ECO-CAMPAIGN FIRES UP

What’s the fuss?

Trollies, abandoned cars, orange mesh in parks to name a few concerns

Selina Venier editor@thedailyjournal.ink

As we pride ourselves on being a newspaper family that gives voice to local issues and listens to readers when concerns are raised, as well as following through on our own concerns from living, working, and raising our families, if we have children or grandchildren, on The Southern Downs, at least four issues have been on our collective minds of late, although there are always more.

The first was if Southern Downs Regional Council has a Media Policy. This was a question that interested us all as we are qualified journalists with collectively more than 120 years’ experience. When SDRC Councillor Stephen Tancred

was quoted in the Stanthorpe Today newspaper last month, he spoke of many valuable endeavours achieved. Our consulting Editor, Olav Muurlink has researched and written answers to the questions that this write up evoked, and this can be read here, no doubt with more developments and commentary to

Dr. GAL: ON THE PULSE

Home-based Healthcare Back to the Future

Some readers might be too young to remember the doctor home-visit. In actual fact, I don't remember it either! Wiser colleagues inform me that such visits were normative and expectedrepresenting close to half of all doctor-patient meetings in the 1930s and 1940s - but less than 1% by the 1980s. So, what happened?

Ironically, as the new generation in Medicine is bringing forth robots and artificial intelligence, our parents are longing for the "old-fashioned" doctor home-visit now more than ever. In fact, we may have got it wrong by investing too much in telehealth and virtual technologies at the expense of traditional, in-home, accessible care. Rapid technological advances, evolving applications of artificial intelligence in Medicine, and widespread availability of genetic sequencing, are revolutionising the way we envision healthcare across the human lifespan.

It's a time of great excitement and uncertainty as we navigate the precarious juncture between old-world, compartmentalised models of care, and emerging home-based care models which demand collaboration and planning to meet the twin challenges of an ageing population and increasingly complex burden of multi-morbidity.

one-on-one care in a familiar environment. Zoom calls and tele-conferencing, whilst convenient, often lack that (essential) human element.

Technology and artificial intelligence stand as a testament to human innovation and creativity, however, they cannot replace the healing power of human interaction, compassion and care. I believe the next challenge in Medicine is finding ways to best utilise these technologies in order to deliver efficient, timely, and accessible care for an ageing population within a comfortable, human environment.

come. Council did respond to our questions.

Concern number two was the three abandoned cars in Stanthorpe, as we reported in this newspaper on February 9. As we go to print, two cars are still there and the third, on Wallangarra Road, was towed away minutes before we went to print with this edition (see photo here). Readers and people on the street, store owners too, were asking why the cars had been there for weeks, even during the Stanthorpe Show. One local said it made our streets “look like the tip”.

This is what Council told us. “If a vehicle is sighted or reported abandoned, Council runs a registration check as Council can only intervene with unregistered vehicles abandoned on Council roads or reserves. As part of the process, Council liaises with the police to assess whether they have any interest in the vehicle. When the vehicle is cleared by the police, a sticker is placed on the vehicle for it to be removed within 7 to 14 days, depending on circumstances. If the vehicle has not been moved or collected in the specified time frame, Council impounds it. Abandoned vehicles on the main highway fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Main Roads.”

Asking Council when the vehicles would be removed wasn’t met with dates. What a spokesperson said was that on February 20, the orange sticker pictured here was placed on the Folkestone Street car, adding to the four others that say “Police Aware” from weeks ago.

A Council Spokesperson further said that: “Local Laws is not aware of any vehicles being abandoned for more for three months in Stanthorpe. In all cases of sighted or reported abandoned vehicles, Council responds and attends to it immediately.”

Of the car in Weeroona Park, Stanthorpe, “The time on this vehicle has expired and Council’s works team has been informed to impound it.” Of the third car on Wallangarra Road, Council said: “This vehicle has a Police Aware sticker on it. As the vehicle is

still currently registered, Council cannot intervene. Council will follow up once registration has expired if the vehicle is still abandoned.” Locals put to us the perspective that if the art gallery had of been open and not undergoing renovations, “the abandoned car would have been removed because it’s a valuable parking space”. We will find out the cost and particulars of towing a car such as these.

Third issue was from a Warwick local who spoke of the abandoned shopping trollies nearby, see her letter within this edition. Council said this: “Shopping trollies are the responsibility of the shopping centre. Please contact centre management to arrange pick up.” We will report back from Rose City Centre Management on that.

The fourth issue raised with SDRC is the state of the playground playing areas for children with orange mesh currently around several, and for “too long a time to be reasonable” said the local. That letter is printed here too. We asked Council and at the time of printing, they were yet to respond but agreeable to do so.

Our papers tomorrow will have more, another plus from more than one edition a week. Keep asking what’s on your minds and we will ask too, and report back, as is our best use of time and space.

Photo of he park opposite the police station in Warwick, as seen this week and for weeks, the car being towed on Wallangarra Road on February 21; The orange sticker (above) placed three days ago on the Folkestone Street car.

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On February 13, police intercepted a vehicle on Mingoola Road, Texas where the driver, a 32-year-old Riverton man, was asked to perform a roadside drug test. He allegedly

returned a positive result. The 32-year-old Riverton man is set to appear at Inglewood Magistrates Court on March 27, charged with driving a vehicle with an illicit substance in his system.

On February 14, police intercepted a vehicle on Broadway Street, Texas where the driver, a

57-year-old Texas man was asked to perform a roadside breath test. He returned an alleged reading of 0.05 per cent BAC. The 57-year-old Texas man is set to appear at Inglewood Magistrates Court on March 27 charged with driving a vehicle under the influence and his licence was suspended for 24

hours.

On February 14, police intercepted a truck on Broadway Street, Texas where the driver, a 50-year-old Forest Springs man was asked to perform a roadside breath test. He returned an alleged reading of 0.039 per cent BAC. The legal limit for driving a truck is 0 per cent. The

Drinking behind the wheel, and caught Reece Tart remembered

50-year-old Forest Springs man from is set to appear at Inglewood Magistrates Court on March 27 charged with driving a heavy vehicle while over the legal limit. His licence was suspended for 24 hours.

Deborah Wheeler editor@thedailyjournal.ink

Locals and visitors now have the opportunity to see the latest display at the Warwick RSL Club, of the military life of Tannymorel

Second World War Veteran, Reece Tart. Mr Tart fought in the Middle East and was one of the famous Rats of Tobruk.

The display includes his photos,

medals, original diaries, his wallet, watch, cushion covers which he had sent back home to his mother. Also included in the display are the original letters to his parents from Mr Tart’s commanding officers and the medal which was sent to his mother upon his death.

It is evident after reading the letters to see that he was very highly regarded by both his superior officers and his fellow soldiers. The shock and the lost his friends experienced at this time was enor-

mous.

There is a copy of the book which features the full transcription of Mr Tart’s two diaries. A copy of this book will shortly be available for the public to read in the Warwick Libraries Local History section.

John Skinner remarked, “The Warwick RSL Sub Branch are proud and honoured to have these precious items on display so everyone can have an opportunity to view them.”

set the legislation and or policy that controls these prices.

COLUMN CENTIMETRES

EVERYONE’S ENTITLED with Andrew Gale

It’s not all that often that I praise our state government, and I don’t think I’m Robinson Crusoe when it comes to that. But credit where credit is due, particularly when we hear news that they are reducing the price of something. By quite a lot too.

No, they aren’t reducing the price of registration for V8 cars. I don’t think that would fly with the greenies too well. They’re not reducing the price of driver’s licences. (But close though). In the last couple of weeks, the Queensland state government announced that as of March 1 2023, they are reducing the price of a 3 year learners licence from $186.55 to $75.

Wow, that’s quite a bit. And it has come as a complete surprise to me because ever since I started a driving school I’d lobbied anyone in government and government departments who would listen, (and badgered those who hadn’t as well), at what I saw as a blatant gouge on learner drivers.

Hey, don’t get me wrong though. I’m not claiming this is down to me. Not in any part. I’m sure the powers that be had forgotten long ago about the pesky, whiney, belligerent Mr Gale. Just as I had given up a couple of years ago on the current politicians and bureaucrats who

What particularly irked the cynic in me was that this charge was being levied upon 16 and 17-year-olds. Our young people who don’t vote yet and had no democratic voice or way to push back at all.

I don’t disagree with people paying their way but what I did disagree with was that this charge was for 3 years, whether the learner needed it for 1 year or 3 years. All 5 of my kids who now drive had their learners for no more that a month or 2 over 1 year, yet paid for 3 years regardless.

As well as this, as a driving instructor I have had lots of customers need to renew their learners for another 3 years for ridiculously short periods to do a driving test after having held their learners for 3,6,9 or even more years. 1 of my students even had to renew their licence for a mere 1 day to fit into the next test, which they passed, but had to pay for the full 3 years.

I had hoped that a simpler solution was at hand. I had suggested that when a learner passed their test that any time they had left on their learners was just transferred over to their provisional licence. Just like how time left on a provisional licence transfers over to an open licence. I suppose this is just a different way to skin a cat.

Oops, not that I’m ever going to advocate for skinning cats. I like my little kitty cats Shelly and Brodie. Just as I like my driving school students. And I like them and their mums and dads having a few more shekel’s in their pockets.

Most of all though, I like a fair go for everyone.

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with Olav Muurlink

I’ve had to dip my toes back into council politicking the last few days, and the water is hot, so hot. One of the wonders of modern council politics is how hot it gets. It used to be the domain of semi-retirees; join the Lions, or Rotary, or do a stint on council. Now people treat a council role as if they are one step down from James Listers roleand notably a couple of councillors did put their hand up to step up to state politics when Lawrence Springborg stood down as MP for the Southern Downs. I like to treat council like its state politics, as it makes it more exciting to report on. But council is really a thermometer of how politics is brewing at the grassroots level, not an action packed arena where things get done. \We had some charismatic mayors in the past—like Bruce Green, Peter Blundell, and Tracy Dobie - but charisma doesn’t mean rates are going to suddenly rise or fall, or economic growth is going to spring up on the Industrial Estate in a fingersnap. Get real…

I’ll leave you with a thought experiment, which is ideal for those of you who are running a business, or work in a small or large business. Think back, and remember the bad old days, or the boom years, or the in-between years when business just quietly was ticking over. Now think back…who was in government then? Labor or the Lib/Nats? I bet you can’t correlate who was in power

with how good/bad things were. Neither can I…and I have been in business many years, and been watching politics keenly for all those years. The truth is, Australia goes OK whether it’s running on petrol, diesel or solar juice. Some years things go better; some year things go grim. The politicians are more often than not, the empty cans and bottles floating on the surface of events. Remember when you were a kid, sitting on the back street, pretending to steer the car with your dad in front. You’re in the the backbench. Your dad is the PM, trying to negotiate traffic, subject to the whims of the red lights, the green lights, the truckies on a mission, the drivers eating breakfast with one hand on the wheel… The opposition meanwhile is in the trailer hanging on for dear life. The reason Australia runs well is actually down to us, collectively.

So what councillors do? They can try. So if your councillor takes your calls, takes time to meet with you, is out and about, attending meetings, putting forward points, and wrinkling their brow over decisions…that, dear voter, is a good councillor, hanging on for dear life.

Olav Muurlink is former founding editor of the Free Times, and consults to the Small Newspaper Company. His day job is associate professor at Central Queensland University.

Reports from Warwick Courthouse Just can’t leave well enough alone

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A35-year-old pleaded guilty to four charges related to domestic abuse in Warwick Court on Monday, February 20 which included harassing the aggrieved with 254 phone calls in the span of one month.

His defence lawyer, Hamish Chapman said his client was “an active Aboriginal support worker, who’d maintained consistent full-time employment over two decades, and that his recent actions were a relatively new development in his behaviour.”

The defendant had reportedly threatened to kill his ex-partner, “but he was never going to follow through” said Mr Chapman, who noted that it was a poor lack of judgement on his clients part.

“Victims often don’t know that” Magistrate Victoria Sturgess retorted quickly to this defence.

Initially in 2018, the man was put on a Domestic Violence order for reasons which were not disclosed, and in 2022, his ex-partner ended the relationship.

The incident happened “during the

breakdown of an 18-year relationship,” of whom the defendant has “five children with.” Mr Chapman informed.

After the relationship was ended, the defendant called his ex-partner repetitively thereafter, to the point where the aggrieved felt “distressed and controlled,” and despite asking him to stop harassing her, he continued to do so, going as far as to get a new phone number when she blocked him.

The ex-partner felt that the initial order did not offer sufficient protection, and she and another order was made preventing him from making contact outside of negotiations with her children, nor was he allowed to come near the property she resided on.

Following this order, the aggrieved continued to receive phone calls, this time including threats to kill her and the person he believed she was dating at the time, including threats to “Cut her throat” and “Calling her a m****.”

The ex-partner, on some days, would receive over 60 calls a day from the defendant, which included phone calls in the early hours of the morning.

The defendant reportedly was binge drinking and had concerns about the pos-

sibility of seeing his children again.

When police conducted an interview with the defendant and played back the voice messages, he let the matter of seeing his children go, stating that at the time he was drunk. They further questioned whether it was appropriate to request speaking to his children at 3am in the morning.

The defendant was noted to have an alcoholic problem by the Magistrate, who pointed out his previous (though limited and spread out) criminal history, which included two counts of being a public nuisance, and three counts of drink driving.

“Drinking is not an excuse,” Magistrate Sturgess told the defendant. “When a relationship is over, it’s over. You cannot force someone to be with you. And bombarding someone with threats is no way to convince them otherwise.”

His limited criminal history and contributions to the community were looked upon favourably. Mr Chapman noted that, “If he can shake the (alcoholic) habit, he could very well continue to be a productive member of society.”

The man was fined $1000, and put on probation for 12 months.

Media policy rethink continues

Staff Reports

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The ruckus over who is allowed to say what and where, is continuing to simmer on Fitzroy Street, with the Southern Downs media policy undergoing review as a result of complaints about an op-ed by Cr Stephen Tancred printed in the Today papers earlier this year. Headed “Where’s the next crop of good councillors?”, the article sparked heated debate in chambers. In question was the fact that it was written as a third person piece, but widely quoted the views of Cr Tancred including his views on how the council was performing.

Our newspapers will keep readers informed of updates within the ruckus.

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Dear Editor, I’m surely not the only person who’s sick and tired of seeing supermarket trolleys discarded on our city streets. It really is a disgrace. On two occasions over the weekend, during the day and again at night time, I came across many Coles and Woolies trolleys along the Fitzroy Street footpath, plus in tree beds, in the gutter, in parking spaces etc. This doesn’t seem to happen very often with Aldi’s trolleys, if at all. Is that because they have the $2 incentive to return a trolley? If that works for them, why don’t all supermarkets use this tactic and keep our streets tidy?

Robyn Warwick

Dear Editor,

I was pleased to see the Letter to the Editor from G. Hing (Daily Journal 17/2/23) and endorse his or her disappointment with the lack of access to play equipment and questioning the long period of time numerous small parks in and around Warwick have been closed. Is there a timeline for completion? SDRC (Southern Downs Regional Council) please provide residents with some information regarding this project? Let the swings swing, families gather and children play!

Anon Warwick

To the Editor, The only dam that this district needs is for town water and there is at least four options according to DERM, and Emu Swamp was not a priority. From what I have read, the best option was to raise the wall on Storm King. Also it would help if

the dam was de-silted. Other towns have done this. Dam maintenance is necessary yet the council has become so obsessed with Emu Swamp, nothing else matters. The next best option is to dam the creek near M&M Sawmill. If a large dam has to be built for a perceived benefit, it should be below the confluence of accommodation Creek or Washpool Creek. This effectively doubles the amount of water available. There is numerous excellent sites there. A site here would ensure water 100% of the time. Remember the old saying, “God also created idiots”. Unfortunately God seemed to give Stanthorpe more than its share. The trick is not to be one.

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WEATHER

(Rain table courtesy willyweather.com.au)

In news coming through as we go to press, the Small Newspaper Company understands that the Southern Downs Regional Council has received a request

to halt work on the Condamine River road project from lawyers associated with the indigenous stakeholders. The impact of the request on council's plan to begin work is unsure, with the

issue likely to be discussed at this week's council meeting. We hope to have further details on this development in Friday's paper.

Legal help for Queenslanders facing mortgage squeeze

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Legal Aid Queensland is encouraging people to talk to their lenders and service providers if they are struggling to make ends meet, as increasing interest rates and cost of living pressures start to hit household budgets.

Consumer law expert Loretta Kreet said it was important for people to understand the options available to them if things are tight financially and to

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get help quickly.

“The first step is to talk to your lender about your mortgage and all of your other loans, credit cards and Buy Now Pay Later products, and talk about the options available in your particular case,” she said.

“The earlier you talk to your lender, the more assistance they are usually able to provide. You should also talk to your local council if you’re struggling with rates, your body corporate if fees are an issue, and your water and electricity providers to ask about their hardship policies,

which can help you get your bills back on track.”

Ms Kreet said many people didn’t realise there were consumer protection laws that gave borrowers the right to access hardship provisions if they are struggling to repay their loans.

“Many lenders and service providers are legally required to offer help to people experiencing hardship, which means you can negotiate with your lender to increase the length of the loan or suspend or reduce your payments until you’re back on track financially,” she said.

invitation for International Women’s Day

Following the March 4 Yellow Dinner, on March 8, members of Zonta Stanthorpe will “celebrate the achievements of women around the world and recognise their contribution to our community by commemorating International Women’s Day”.

“For more than 100 years, Zonta International has embraced equity and worked towards equal representation of women at all levels of society,” Zonta Stanthorpe President Desleigh Volpato said. The theme for this year’s

International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity, the local advocate explaining that: “This means everyone in our community has a role to value and seek out difference as a necessary and positive element of life.”

“To embrace equity means to understand the journey required to achieve women’s equality,” Ms Volpato said, Funds raised at the Yellow Dinner will be donated to Zonta’s international service projects and education programs which “aim to provide life-changing opportunities for women and girls to

“But it’s important to note that not all lenders or service providers are covered by these laws, so sometimes we see people who are able to negotiate a repayment plan for their mortgage, but their house ends up being sold due to unpaid body corporate fees or council rates.

“It can be really hard to talk to someone if you’re struggling financially. Asking for help is hard. But if your finances are really tight, we encourage you to talk to us so you understand the legal protections that are available to you.”

achieve gender equity worldwide”.

“Our members also engage at the local and national level in advocacy and awareness efforts focusing on ending gender-based violence and closing the gender gap in male-dominated fields through education and advocacy,” Ms Volpato concluded. This International Women’s Day, Zonta Stanthorpe invites members of the Southern Downs community to “join in helping build a better world for women and girls”.

Legal Aid Queensland also has a free legal information guide “Are you struggling to pay a loan?”, available to read online, which explains your rights when negotiating with lenders and service providers if you’re struggling financially. You can also order a free hard copy of the guide at www.legalaid.qld.gov.au

If you are struggling to pay a loan and need legal advice call Legal Aid Queensland on 1300 65 11 88 or visit www.legalaid. qld.gov.au

Zonta’s Yellow Dinner

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Amanda Dalton from Protea Place in Toowoomba is the next guest speaker for the Zonta Club of Stanthorpe’s International Women’s Day “Yellow Dinner” on March 4. The Toowoomba charity was established in 2018, opening its doors the following year “to assist vulnerable women in the region”. Ms Dalton, as the Founder and CEO has experience in the social services sector and is reportedly “passionate about creating tangi-

ble change for women in need”. Ms Dalton’s March 4 address will inform attendees of the centre’s work as a non-government funded entity, existing because of community financial donations, sponsorship, community grants and active fundraising. These funds provide meals, laundry services, clothing, and assistance with domestic and family violence.

To attend the Queensland College of Wine Tourism event at 6.30pm on March 4, contact Edith Boccari on 0402 261 098 or visit her at Stanthorpe Furniture Emporium in Maryland Street, Stanthorpe.

Road to a less wasteful economy

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On February 15, Assistant Minister for Regional Roads, Bruce Saunders announced the commencement of reconstruction work to repair a damaged slope face on GattonClifton Road at Fordsdale. Repairs were needed after wet weather eroded a large section of the hillside last year, raising safety concerns.

“The slope was damaged after heavy rainfall and flooding last year, particularly in late February and March, and again in May,” Mr Saunders said. “Transport and Main Roads engineers assessed the site and developed a green solution.

“Spray concrete is frequently used as a method of stabilising cuttings and damaged slopes, and while it is an effective treatment method, we strive to take

opportunities to do our work in a more environmentally friendly way. This project will involve securing large and unstable rocks with anchors and installing steel mesh to stabilise the slope face, followed by a hydromulch treatment. The hydromulch, which is a combination of seed, water and wood fibres will provide a protective cover and limit soil erosion, and help revegetate the site.”

Works are scheduled to be completed by 4 May 2023, weather and construction conditions permitting.

It is good to see the Queensland Government looking at more environmentally friendly solutions for slope stabilisation. Reducing concrete use is essential, as its production releases enormous amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. If we want to reach net-zero carbon targets we need to find

Could an investment in recycling technology help with road building and repair in the district?

innovative ways to reduce our concrete use. Provided it is a non-toxic blend of native seeds, hydromulch is a much greener option and it can even include specially selected strains of bacteria and fungi with essential nutrients to improve and restore soil.

In the bigger picture, the road to net-zero might well be paved with recycled materials, which can be used in road building and repairs.

The incorporation of recycled materials in the construction,

repair and maintenance of roads has several benefits. These include reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the production of new materials and the disposal of waste materials. It is part of the “circular economy”, where materials are continually reused to their highest and best use.

Waste products like glass, plastic, tyres, crushed concrete, crushed brick and rubber are already being used to create various components of road infrastructure. Recycled plastic products can be used to make bollards, guardrails and speed humps, as they have been proven to be strong, durable, and weather-resistant. Recycled rubber from tyres can be used to make asphalt for roads, with the resulting roads being more dura-

ble and resistant to cracking and potholes. Recycled glass can be used as a substitute for 10-20% of sand or aggregate in road materials.

Apart from the obvious environmental benefits of using waste products in road construction there are also economic benefits. The cost of waste management is a significant burden on local governments and using waste products to build roads can reduce those costs. Additionally, using recycled products in road construction can lower the cost of production and maintenance of roads.

In the 2019-2020 financial year, Southern Downs Regional Council recovered 37% of waste. Their goal is the recovery of 70% of all waste by 2039, so there’s still a lot of room for improvement. Could an investment in recycling technology help with road building and repair in the district?

Nominations open for the 2023 Queensland Volunteering Awards

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During National Volunteer Week from 15-21 May 2023, volunteers from all over Queensland will be recognised at the Queensland Volunteering Awards at Brisbane City Hall. With such a strong commitment to volunteering on the Southern Downs, readers are encouraged to read more about how to nominate.

Queensland’s volunteers have always been “the life force of their communities”, extending helping hands and fostering vital human connections that give hope and meaning to the lives of others. Despite the fall in volunteering in formal settings, informal volunteering continues to thrive, often hiding in the shadows of sporting clubs, schools and charities.

The Queensland Volunteering Awards acknowledge and honour the astonishing contribution and spirit of service of all Queensland volunteers and volunteer

involving organisations. The Awards are presented across six categories:

· Queensland Volunteer of the Year Award

· Queensland Youth Volunteer of the Year Award

· Queensland Lifetime Contribution to Volunteering Award

· Queensland Excellence in Volunteer Management Award

· Queensland Volunteering Impact Award

· Queensland Corporate Volunteering Award

Volunteering Queensland said they are “privileged to present the Awards and want to recognise the contributions from each and every region of Queensland”. They also recognise that one of Queensland’s strengths is its diversity and the collective contribution of all its citizens, “welcoming nominations from all members and sectors of the community”.

Volunteering Queensland CEO Mara

Basanovic said, “The power and spirit of volunteering is alive and well across Queensland and evidenced every day. Queenslanders are generous, compas-

sionate, and supportive of one another and their local and wider communities.” To nominate, visit the Volunteering Queensland website.

Donovan book launch in Warwick

On the 8th February, Rosanne Buck (nee Donovan) hosted the “Donovan” book launch at Little Gallery Café in Palmerin Street Warwick.

The book of family history features one of the Southern Downs earliest pioneers, Denis Donovan, who is first mentioned shearing at “Westbrook” in 1853 and who is thought to have arrived in Australia in 1842. Denis married Phoebe Luck in 1855 in Pilton. The book also tells of Denis and Phoebe’s family and the struggle to ultimately purchase a property called the “Glen” at Omanama.

The launch was a reunion event for some 50 relatives including the Charles, Donovan, Bellingham,

Dowling, Gray and Osborne families. Rosanne said the book started out as a school project for her son Tony in 1980 and later on with Rosanne and her sister Nancy. The book’s editor was Gayle Cartwright and the artist, Margaret Druitt.

Rosanne warmly welcomed and thanked all those who attended the official launch of the Donovan book. She was also very appreciative of the closing comments by Hon. James Lister, local LNP member, who spoke of the importance of our history and of recognizing the early pioneers for their commitment and ethos of working to make things better for those who followed. Everyone agreed they had a wonderful time catching up with old friends and family members.

86 Mt Marshall Clintonvale Road

Hon. James Lister addresses attendees at the Donovan book launch.

L-R Rosanne Buck, Gayle Cartwright and Ann Donovan.

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• Main bed has en suite, walk-in robe

• Bathroom has separate shower, vanity

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• Vehicle access to backyard

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Storage cupboards

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Short drive to Warwick – 9 mins or 6.9k Livestock suits 11.8 Ha (29 Ac) property

• Large 5 Bay Shed

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HENDON - 2023 m², frontage 40.2m, power on street, country village $ 65,000

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One more river to cross

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One of the options bandied around by opponents of the council approach is to literally build bridges - but the price of 14 extra bridges for the shire already facing a budget crisis. There’s also a legislative problem in the road: Council officers told our newspapers that bridges have to comply with fish passageway legislation and “need to be built outside of the area high-water mark which is problematic given that the crossings are prone to elevated water levels and high debris loads.”

Council picked the four crossings that were the deepest and most vulnerable to closure, with bridges costing up to six times as expensive. Council culvert plan is to create a resistant artificial riverbed at the the four crossings at the natural depth, replicating what is there in ‘normal’ flow times. Environmental and cultural assessments have been undertaken, and to try and tackle the 4WD nuisance by fencing off the road corridor at MaWhirts, Mill’s, Reis, Heywood, Billy John Daggs, Andrew Evans, Long and Watson

Crossings.

The campaign to oppose the building of reinforced culverts at some of the more sensitive crossings hit the national spotlight with the ABC including Australia All Over featuring the story. Privately (and in its press release sent out last Friday, publicly) the council is disputing the account events run

in a series of articles in the Today group newspapers, both in detail and in spirit. The articles hint at a council - and more particular a mayor who’s gung-ho about community opinion on the gorge, and the environment in general.

But some of the facts are undisputed: Two years ago access gates to the road were removed, and

plans to introduce a permit system, which would have weeded out nuisance traffic in the sensitive area, were scrapped on legal advice given to council in 2021, as the road, for better or worse, is a public road.

The council has however taken an alternative controversial route to put the squeeze on the off-road-

ers: Two CCTV cameras have been installed, =and material that may have been interpreted as encouraging off-road hooners to use the road as a off-road trial for their vehicles has been dropped from information distributed by information centres. The raft of measures were moved by Crs Trancred and Gliori and carried late in 2021.

The road has been arguably the most debated and reported council road in the region, with a series of public meetings being held prior to the Condamine River Road Working Group (CRRWG) settling on a plan to engineer four crossings that will prove more robust against the wear and tear the road is facing.

With $1.252 million jointly funded by the federal and state governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements plus over $750,000 from the Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme and Council, a contractor has been appointed and works can commence on the four identified priority crossings. But with television stations booking face-to-face responses from Mayor Pennisi in response to the campaign against the changes, it’s likely this year’sold saga is not over.

Widely promoted on the internet as a ‘fun’ road for 4WDers, the Condamine River Road attracts dozens of motorists trying out their vehicles in sensitive water crossings.

Something fishy in the Condy

Olav Muurlink editor@thedailyjournal.ink

OK, this is a weird one.

A while back I got myself into a bit of biffo with The Today papers over a conflict of interest between the manager Samantha Wantling’s paid day job as sales manager, and her volunteer roles in the community… Outrage from the backers of Ms Wantling, a tireless volunteer in the community was sobering, but I think the point was missed by most. Which is that if you are a volunteer trying to promote an event (e.g. the Apple and Grape) don’t allow your day job to get in the road… Ms Wantling’s managed to ‘secure’ major sponsor status for the Today papers…which is nice, not a major achievement considering she is the manager of…the Today’s papers, count me cynical…particularly considering we weren’t asked to bid. But, all publicity is good publicity after all, particularly when it is free, so our noses did get out of joint when press releases were withheld and questions left unanswered by the ‘publicity team’. Apparently one of the sticking points is that we didn’t print each and every press release we were given…and we only opened up 97% of our emails from the

Apple and Grape. As someone who has (just checking now) 13,419 unopened emails in my personal email box alone (believe me, I’m not joking), I’m shocked we hit 97%!

Now, there’s another strange case brewing at the Today papers following their decision to employ an award winning journalist Amelia Willmer as senior writer. Don’t get me wrong - Ms Willmer deserves the role, with a very impressive CV. However, to say that Ms Willmer is perhaps better known to the region as an artist and campaigner against council on the infamous Emu Vale dog kennel case… is to put it mildly. (Remember the story about how protesters arrived at a count of bags of doggy do that would be generated, and end up in our precious waterways?)

The mysterious Ms Willmer is that very rare creature: An award winning journalist who has left almost no electronic footprints on the internet. Just to illustrate how invisible Ms Willmer is on the ‘net, the journo who ran second to Ms Willmer in the prestigious Walkleys back in 1989 gets 243 results despite doing pretty well all his work pre-internet, including his local MP eulogising him in parliament when he passed away. If, however, you Google Amelia Belbin (as she was known then) you will find exactly ONE reference to the illustri-

ous former journo, turned artist, turned journo…and that is in a simple grid of results of the Walkley Awards, the premier journalism prizes in Australia.

At no stage in her many interactions with this paper over the dog poo story did Ms Willmer mention that not only she was a former journo…let alone that she was actually a bloody good one. Her modesty is all the more strange considering she hasn’t been actually backward in coming forward about her artistic (and prizewinning) talents. “Warwick grandmother Amelia Willmer left her office job to chase her artistic dreams…” goes one story in the Courier Mail and the Today group themselves ran a Q&A without once her illustrious news past coming up once.

Now everyone of course has a right to edit their own history to suit who they are

today, but it is strange to find her leaping into the journalism limelight now, and stranger still to find that the despite the national outrage over, and I quote, the concreting of “three sensitive riverbed crossings”, the public petitions and the people coming into the office with letters…and despite the fact this newspaper is as sympathetic as any to the cause of protecting the environment (I’ve been attacked for it), Ms WIllmer seems to have had a pipeline to the Condamine River crossing protest story, yet we have mysteriously not received any contact from letter writers, petition organisers etc seeking our help in raising this issue and gaining support for the cause. Just as we never received certain press releases from the Apple and Grape Harvest Festival, we never received the press release from Barbara George about the Cambanoora Gorge issue.

Now it’s of course possible that we are a totally unprofessional rag that deserves to be ignored. But we weren’t ignored by Ms Willmer when she wasn’t working for the opposition. Far from it - she was in very regular contact.

So what’s going on here? Community journalism needs all the troops it can get, so I absolutely welcome Ms Willmer’s decision to come out of retirement, but I’m struggling to connect the dots.

“The mysterious Ms Willmer is that very rare creature: An award winning journalist who has left almost no electronic footprints on the internet.”

ACROSS

1 Name the word for the letter ‘V’ in the standard phonetic alphabet (6)

7 Which NE African republic was formerly called Abyssinia (8)

8 Name a brandy, especially one made in France (6)

9 Which creature eats all kinds of food indiscriminately (8)

10 Name an Australian underworld crime leader, Squizzy ... (6)

11 What, in the functions of defective kidneys, are the removal of waste products from the blood (8)

14 Which musical piece is appropriate to the evening (8)

18 Ochlophobia is the fear of what (6)

19 To be dead, is to be what (8)

21 What are eight-armed sea creatures (6)

22 What, in law, is an agreement creating an obligation to do something (8)

23 England is part of which continent (6)

DOWN

1 Name another term for a holiday (8)

2 What is a confused mass of something (6)

3 Which soft-toned flute is played in a vertical position (8)

4 Name a title of respect in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc (4)

5 What is a group of military vehicles travelling together under the same orders (6)

6 To penetrate, or run through something, is to do what (6)

12 What is a short narrative of an interesting particular occurrence (8)

E-QUATIONS 7

Letters have a number value

15 What is a spotted, leopard-like cat (6)

16 Name an ancient ruined city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile (6)

17 Which material binds bricks, stones, etc, into a compact mass (6)

13 Name either of the two times in the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator (8)

Some values are in the right hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.

Letters A to Z have a number value. Some are shown in the right-hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD QUICK THINK

20 What does a tramp carry across his shoulders (4)

E-QUATIONS

Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally. Some letters are used more than once.

MINI WORD FIND CURIO

What did the workers at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum do when they accidently knocked the braided beard off the burial mask of King Tutankhamun? Why, they whacked some glue on it and hoped for the best –but the big glue line was a give-away! Now professionally fixed, all is well.

BIYWORD

Build it yourself using the clues and each of the twenty-four letters once only to form ten words: five across and five down. A key word (bold clue) builds on the letter set in the grid.

CLUES:

Easy (coll): ... of cake (5) Fruit (5)

IOC code: Sierra Leone (3) Lid (3)

Milk-producing vertebrate class (7) No (coll) (3)

Pass on a circular track (3)

Popular aromatic spice (5) Porridge (7)

Stringed instruments (5)

SOLUTIONS SUDOKU

Solve the crossword. Each answer has four letters.

The Long Paddock with Gerard Walsh

Just before Christmas, we bought 19 Friesian steers through our Warwick agent.

They were reared by a producer from Pittsworth and were about 18 months old.

One might ask why someone with a beef cattle property would buy dairy steers.

The answer is it was probably a bit of an adventure.

Keep the steers for two to three years, plant some oats to fatten them and hopefully get $2000 plus.

I was inspired a bit by two steers at home about 10 years ago.

One was a Friesian cross steer and the other a red steer and they ran around for a couple of years, had a bit of better feed and made $1700 or thereabouts.

That price was before the recent rise in prices.

The red steer was one that didn’t fit in, if you had a nice pen of Angus cross steers, the last thing you wanted was a red steer.

Suspect his mother got in the neighbours and got in calf to a bull which wasn’t Angus.

He was always bigger than the rest of the calves and weaners, perhaps that bull was better quality that the Angus bull we had at the time.

Down the years, I admit we haven’t paid the five-figure sums for bulls to improve cattle quality

I don’t disagree it might be the best way to go.

Pay $15,000 for a bull which breeds you 300 calves down the years, you only have to get $50 more per beast to be in front.

The best bull we bought was Bective Paraguay, a Hereford from a sale at Tamworth.

There is nothing more stressful than a bull sale, you mark down 20 bulls from early in the catalogue and each of them makes more than you are prepared to pay.

I really felt sick on the way home from Tamworth, such was the pressure to buy the right bull

at the right price.

We did well with Paraguay, the Greymare producers who I was with at the sale were very impressed with the bull and one even wanted to buy him some years later.

At the time, one of the important things was to try to buy a bull

YOUR GUIDE TO THE STARS

ARIES

21 Mar-20 Apr

A very restless period. Time spent with your loved one could be fertile. Most will have more success in their endeavours. Communication can bring a surprise.

CANCER

22 Jun-22 Jul

Your attitude towards future and security could be changing into material things. Your financial affairs should be in for quite a boost.

LIBRA 24 Sep-23 Oct

There could be a promotion coming up and therefore more money. Some of the mysteries will be resolved for you. Don’t let an opportunity slip by.

CAPRICORN

21 Dec-19 Jan

A career opportunity to gain a top position could soon be on offer. Your social and domestic affairs will be happier and rather hectic. A past contact should be interesting.

TAURUS

21 Apr-20 May

with red skin around the eyes. It was proven that bulls with red skin were less likely to get a little cancer on the eye and that meant a visit from the vet.

Now there has been a move to Angus (black) cattle which has reduced the eye cancer problem dramatically.

23rd February - 1st March

GEMINI

21 May-21 Jun

A very gainful period, provided you don’t take anyone for granted. A self indulgent urge could take your mind away from material things.

LEO

23 Jul-22 Aug

The best period for a very long time is indicated. You will receive many pleasant surprises. Your career could be helped along by a very important person.

SCORPIO 24 Oct-22 Nov

You could have an unexpected windfall. a relative could have a lucky break. There could be some pleasant surprises coming up on a trip undertaken.

AQUARIUS

20 Jan-19 Feb

Don’t presume you have the upper hand in your romantic affairs. Be more considerate of your partners feelings. Unexpected good fortune will find many. However, make sure you keep your valuables safe.

Health and moods should improve. A more interesting time ahead. Love life should improve and someone could repay their debt to you.

VIRGO

23 Aug-23 Sep

You will be feeling on top of the world and capable of facing some challenges with a confident spirit. A legal argument will be settled in your favour.

SAGITTARIUS

23 Nov-20 Dec

Health improvements. An opportunity to advance. Luck and money should be easier to obtain. In your romantic life you’ll gain more by putting your partner first.

20

More energy and a positive attitude will get your life going in the right direction. Your financial position should improve. However, keep impulsive spending urges under control and don’t lend anything.

The Friesian steers at Greymare.

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12:00 First Australians (PG)

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Red Dirt Riders 4:00 Grace Beside Me (PG) 4:30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea (PG) 5:00 Our Stories

5:30 The 77 Percent 6:00 Bamay 6:30 NITV News Update 6:40 Arctic Secrets

7:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 8:30 True Colours (M l,v)

Roman Roads: Ermin Way 3:10 Mastermind 3:40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw 4:10 Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Restoration London (PG) 5:05

Jeopardy! 5:30 Letters And Numbers

6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News

7:35 From Paris To Rome With Bettany Hughes: Amalfi Coast, Capri, Rome

8:30 American Presidency With Bill Clinton: Extremism 9:20 The Walk-In (MA15+) 10:15 SBS World News 10:45 L’Opera (M d,l) (In French) 11:35 The Eagle (M l,v) (In Danish/ Icelandic) 3:55 Mastermind Australia

12:40 Movie: “An Almost Ordinary Summer” (M d,l,n) (’19) Stars: Peter Paul Muller (In French/ Italian) 2:35 The Movie Show (PG) 3:05

Movie: “A Street Cat Named Bob” (PG) (’16) Stars: Luke Treadaway 5:00

Movie: “The Scarlet And The Black” (PG) (’83) Stars: Gregory Peck 7:35

Movie: “Red Joan” (M s,v) (’18) Stars: Judi Dench 9:30 Movie: “I, Tonya” (MA15+) (’18) 11:40 Movie: “Passion” (MA15+) (’12) (In English/ German)

6:00

6:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 7:00

NBL Slam 7:30 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00

Becker (PG) 10:00 The Middle (PG)

11:30 The King Of Queens (PG) 12:30

Frasier

12:00 Pure Genius (M)

1:00 Raising Hope (PG) 2:00 Full House (PG) 2:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG)

3:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

4:00 The Nanny (PG) 5:00 Bewitched

5:30 Movie: “Alvin And The Chipmunks” (G) (’07) Stars: Jason Lee 7:30

Movie: “The War With Grandpa” (PG) (’20) Stars: Robert De Niro 9:30 Movie: “Meet The Parents” (PG) (’00) Stars: Robert De Niro 11:40 Alphas (M v)

4:30 Barter Kings (PG) 5:30

American Restoration (PG) 6:00

American Pickers (PG) 7:30 Movie: “I, Robot” (M v) (’04) Stars: Will Smith 9:50

Movie: “The 6th Day” (M l,v) (’00)

6:00 Home Shopping 6:30 Religious Programs 9:00 Home Shopping 10:30 Pointless (PG)

11:30 My Favourite Martian 12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 Grantchester

(PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30

Movie: “Up The Front” (PG) (’72) Stars: Frankie Howerd 5:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow

7:30 Keeping Up Appearances (PG)

8:40 TBA 11:30 House (M)

12:00 Land Of The Giants (M) 1:40 Bamay 2:05 The UnXplained With William Shatner (PG)

2:50 Counter Space (PG) 3:20 BBC

News At Ten 3:50 ABC World News

Tonight With David Muir 4:15 PBS

Newshour 5:15 Takeshi’s Castle (PG)

5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05

Jeopardy! 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Hoarders (M)

9:25 Late Life Lesbians (M)

12:00 Movie: “Desperately Seeking Susan” (M l,s) (’85)

Stars: Rosanna Arquette 2:00

Shortland Street (PG) 2:30 The Cook

Up (PG) 3:00 Bushwhacked 3:25

Bogged 4:00 Grace Beside Me (PG)

4:30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath

The Sea 5:00 Our Stories 5:30 NITV

News: Nula 6:00 Bamay 6:40 Extreme

12:15 Movie: “Iris” (M l,n)

(’01) Stars: Dame Judi Dench 1:55 Movie: “Woman At War” (M l,n) (’18) Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (In Icelandic) 3:50 Movie: “Stan & Ollie” (M) (’18) Stars: Steve Coogan

Africa (PG) 7:30

Movie: “Belle And Sebastian 2” (PG) (’15) Stars: Thylane Blondeau (In French)

5:40 Movie: “The Man Who Invented Christmas” (PG) (’17) Stars: Dan Stevens 7:35 Movie: “Firepower” (PG) (’79) Stars: Sophia Loren 9:30 Movie: “Mr. Jones” (MA15+) (’19) Stars: James Norton (In English/ Ukrainian)

Town & CountryJournal

6:00 rage (PG) 7:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 rage (PG) 10:30 rage Guest

Programmer (PG) 12:00 ABC News At Noon 12:30 Movie: “The Boy With Green Hair” (G) (’48) Stars: Pat O’Brien

2:00 Death In Paradise (PG) 3:00

Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) 3:30

Monty Don’s French Gardens: Gardens

Of Power And Passion (PG) 4:30

Landline 4:55 Dream Gardens: Essendon, VIC 5:25 Further Back In Time For Dinner: The 1930s (PG) 6:25

Better Date Than Never (PG) 7:00 ABC

News 7:30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras *Live* From Oxford Street (PG) 11:35 rage Guest Programmer (MA15+)

6:00 Children’s Programs 1:30 Movie: “Pokémon 3 The Movie: Spell Of The Unown” (G) (’00) Stars: Veronica Taylor 3:00 Movie: “Casper” (PG) (’95) Stars: Christina Ricci 5:00 Transformers: Cyberverse (PG) 5:15 Movie: “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” (PG) (’14) Stars: Ty Burrell

7:00 Movie: “Back To The Future” (PG)

(’85) Stars: Michael J Fox 9:20 Movie: “The Terminator” (M l,v) (’84) Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Religious Programs 7:30 Home Shopping 10:00 Seaway (PG)

11:00 Movie: “The Syndicate” (PG) (’68) Stars: William Sylvester 1:00 SpeedSeries Highlights 4:00 Movie:

“Invitation To A Gunfighter” (PG) (’64)

Stars: Yul Brynner 6:00 Rugby Union: Queensland Reds v Hobart Hurricanes

*Live* 8:30 Rugby Union: Post Match

8:45 Movie: “A Fistful Of Dollars”

(MA15+) (’64) Stars: Clint Eastwood

12:00 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish (M)

1:00 Front Up 2:45 BBC News At Ten 3:15 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 3:40 PBS News Hour 4:40 Mastermind Australia 5:40 Hair Power: Me And My Afro Hair Power (PG) 6:35 Kylie Minogue’s Secret Night (PG) 7:35 Impossible Engineering (PG) 8:30

Handbag: The Untold Story Of The Fag Hag (M) 10:05 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA (M) 11:00 The X-Files (PG)

12:30 Movie: “She’s The Man” (PG) (’06) Stars:

Amanda Bynes 2:25 Stand Up And Be

Counted: NAIDOC Concert (PG) 4:20

Elsta Foy (PG) 4:50 Bush Bands Bash

5:50 Going Native (PG) 6:20 Chuck And The First People’s Kitchen 6:50 NITV

News Update 7:00 Family Rules (PG)

7:30 The Beaver Whisperers (PG) 8:30

Movie: “Blade Runner” (M v) (’82)

Stars: Harrison Ford 10:35 Drag Heals (PG) 1:05 Volumz (PG)

The Abyss - Rise And Fall Of The Nazis (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes (PG) 8:30 Portillo In The Pyrenees (PG) 9:30 Inside Windsor Castle: Happy Families (PG) 10:25 Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman (M) 11:15 UFOs (PG) (In French) 3:15 The Back Side Of Television (MA15+)

12:30 Movie: “Red Joan” (M s,v) (’18) Stars: Judi Dench 2:25 Movie: “Masteri Cheng” (AKA ‘A Spice For Life’) (M) (’19) Stars: Pak Hon Chu (In English/ Finnish/ Mandarin) 4:30 Movie: “Philadelphia” (PG) (’93) Stars: Tom Hanks 6:50

Movie: “Hairspray” (PG) (’88) Stars: Sonny Bono 8:30 Movie: “Stage Mother” (M d,l,s,v) (’20) Stars: Jacki Weaver 10:15 Movie: “Miss” (M l) (’20)

Stars: Alexandre Wetter (In French)

12:00 I Escaped To The Country 1:00 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 2:00 South Aussie With Cosi (PG) 2:30 The Great Australian Doorstep 3:00 Sean’s Kitchen 3:30 Our Town (PG) 4:00 Vintage Roads: Great And Small (PG) 5:00 Escape To The Perfect Town 6:00 Border Security USA

(PG) 6:30 Border Patrol (PG) 7:00

Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Heathrow (PG) 9:30 Chris

Tarrant’s Extreme Railways (PG)

6:00 Children’s Programs

2:00 Hollywood Medium

With Tyler Henry (PG) 3:00 I Can See Your Voice (PG) 5:00 About A Boy (PG)

5:30 Transformers: Cyberverse (PG)

5:50 Movie: “The Secret Life Of Pets 2”

(G) (’19) Stars: Kevin Hart 7:30 Movie:

“Godzilla Vs. Kong” (M v) (’21) Stars: Alexander Skarsgård 9:40 Movie: “Escape Plan” (MA15+) (’13) Stars: Sylvester Stallone 12:00 Nightmare

Tenants, Slum Landlords (MA15+)

12:00 The Fishing Show By AFN (PG) 1:00 Hook Line

And Sinker (PG) 2:00 Al McGlashan’s

Fish’n With Mates (PG) 2:30 Step

Outside With Paul Burt (PG) 3:00 Mark

Berg’s Fishing Addiction (PG) 4:00

Shipping Wars (PG) 4:30 Full Custom

Garage (PG) 5:25 Movie: “Superman

Returns” (M v) (’06) Stars: Brandon

Routh 8:30 Movie: “Man Of Steel” (PG)

(’13) Stars: Henry Cavill 11:20 Movie:

“The Omega Man” (M v) (’71)

9:00 Home Shopping 10:00

Helping Hands (PG) 10:30

The Avengers (PG) 11:45 Getaway (PG)

12:15 Movie: “Ghost Ship” (PG) (’52)

Stars: Dermot Walsh 1:45 Movie: “I Was Monty’s Double” (G) (’58) Stars: John Mills 3:50 Movie: “Khartoum” (G)

(’66) Stars: Charlton Heston 6:30 Bondi Vet (PG) 7:30 David Attenborough’s Life In Colour (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Sudden Impact” (MA15+) (’93) Stars: Clint Eastwood 11:00 Major Crimes (M)

6:00 Friends (PG) 7:30 The Neighbourhood (PG) 9:30

The Big Bang Theory (PG) 12:00

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9:00 Friends (PG) 12:10 Home Shopping 1:40 Movie: “Angel Has Fallen” (MA15+) (’19) Stars: Gerard

Butler 4:00 The Neighbourhood (PG)

4:30 Home Shopping

12:00 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey 2:10 Gone Fishing With Mortimer & Whitehouse (PG)

2:45 E-Sports Revolution (PG)

3:45 ABC World News Tonight 4:15 Mastermind (PG) 6:45 The Cars That Built The World (PG) 7:35 Abandoned Engineering (M) (In English/ Mandarin)

8:30 Lost Gold Of World War II (PG)

9:20 Tales From The Territories (MA15+)

10:15 The Kings: A Champion Never Quits (M d,l,s)

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Religious Programs (PG)

8:00 Tough Tested (PG) 9:00 Pat

Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures 10:00 Reel Action (PG) 11:00 Healthy Homes Australia 11:30 Roads Less Travelled

12:00 JAG (PG) 1:00 What’s Up Down

Under 1:30 Football: Round 18:

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

*Live* 4:30 Beyond The Fire 5:30 JAG (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 10:20 Movie:

11:30 AFL: Men’s Grand Final: Cable Beach v Derby

1:00 NRL: Grand Final: Imalu Tigers v Muluwurri Magpies 2:30 Rugby Union:

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AFL: NTFL Women’s Under 18s 4:40

First Nations 6:05 Stories From The Land (PG) 6:30 NITV News Update 6:40

Wild Mexico (PG) 7:40 Idris Elba’s Fight School (M) 8:40 Zappa (MA15+) 11:00

Movie: “Waru” (M l,s) (’17) Stars:

Awhina-Rose Ashby

2:05 Horrible Histories

Operation Ouch!

The Fairly OddParents 4:30 The Beachbuds

6:00 rage (PG) 7:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Offsiders 10:30 The World This Week 11:00 Compass (PG) 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 ABC News At Noon 12:30 Landline 1:30 Sydney WorldPride Opening Ceremony *Replay* 3:30 TBA 4:20 Grand Designs: House Of The Year (PG) 5:10 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World (PG) 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Death In Paradise (PG) 8:30 Vera: For The Grace Of God (PG) 10:05 Butterfly (M l) 10:50 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras *Replay* 1:50 Victoria: The White Elephant (PG) 2:40 rage (MA15+) 4:15 The Recording Studio: Shirley Brayton And Kristian Zorino 5:00 Insiders SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26 Classifications �G� General �PG� Parental Guidance, �M� Mature Audiences, �MA15+� Mature Audience Over 15 Years �d� drug references �s� sexual references or sex scenes �h� horror �l� language, �mp� medical procedures �n� nudity �v� violence Programming information correct at time of going to press, changes are at the network�s discretion Prepared by National Typesetting Services 6:00 NBC Today 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) 1:00 Jabba’s Movies (PG) 1:30 Movie: “Beetlejuice” (PG) (’88) Stars: Alec Baldwin 3:30 Highway Cops (PG) 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens 5:00 Seven News At 5 5:30 Weekender 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Australian Idol (PG) 9:00 TBA 10:00 Maternal (PG) 11:00 Born To Kill?: Douglas Clark And Carol Bundy ‘The Sunset Strip Slayers’ (MA15+) 12:00 Movie: “Step” (PG) (’17) Stars: Gari McIntyre 2:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Million Dollar Minute 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Drive TV 6:30 A Current Affair (PG) 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Sports Sunday 11:00 Drive TV 11:30 TBA 12:30 TBA 1:30 Movie: “Rocky IV” (M v) (’85) Stars: Sylvester Stallone 3:30 Space Invaders (PG) 4:30 Explore TV 5:00 NINE News: First At Five 5:30 My Way (PG) 6:00 NINE News Sunday 7:00 Married At First Sight (M) 8:40 60 Minutes (M) 9:40 NINE News Late 10:10 Australian Crime Stories: Derek Percy: The Face Of Evil (M) 11:15 The First 48: The Girl Next Door (M) 12:10 Law & Order: Organized Crime: Forget It, Jake; It’s Chinatown (MA15+) 1:00 Explore TV 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Religious Programs 6:00 Religious Programs 8:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield 8:30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey 9:00 Good Chef Bad Chef 9:30 Destination Dessert 10:00 Studio 10: Sunday (PG) 12:00 Australian Survivor (PG) 1:30 My Market Kitchen 2:00 Waltzing Jimeoin (PG) 2:30 Exploring Off The Grid (PG) 3:00 Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures 4:00 Farm To Fork 4:30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn 5:00 10 News First 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) 9:00 NCIS: Hawaii: Rising Sun (M) 10:00 FBI: Fire And Rain (M v) 11:00 The Sunday Project (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings 5:00 Worldwatch 9:05 Blue Water Safari (PG) 10:05 Love Your Garden (PG) 11:00 Outside - Beyond The Lens (PG) 12:00 Motorsport: Australian Superbikes *Live* 2:30 Worldwatch 3:00 Figure Skating: ISU Highlights 4:30 Life Saving: Australia Interstates Highlights 5:00 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 5:30 The Abyss - Rise And Fall Of The Nazis (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Ancient Egypt By Train (PG) 8:30 Tutankhamen (PG) 9:40 Acropolis - The Ancient Builders (PG) (In English/ Greek) 10:40 CastlesSecrets, Mysteries And Legends (M) 11:40 24 Hours In Emergency (PG) 1:30 Why We Hate (M v) 3:10 The Source (M) 4:00 Mastermind Australia

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6:00 Home Shopping 6:30 Religious Programs 9:00 Home Shopping 10:30 Pointless (PG) 11:30 My Favourite Martian 12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 Bondi Vet (PG)

2:50 Antiques Roadshow 3:20 Movie:

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Stars: Aldo Ray 5:30 Murder, She

Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow

7:30 Death In Paradise (PG) 8:40

Agatha Christie’s: Partners In Crime (M)

12:00 Hear Me Out (PG)

12:30 Adam Ruins Everything (PG) 2:10 The Curse Of Oak Island 2:55 Insight 3:55 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 4:20 ABC America This Week 5:15 Takeshi’s Castle (PG) 5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob

2:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw 3:00 Bushwhacked 3:25 Harding Dam 4:00

News

Update 6:50 Extreme Africa 7:40 Who

Killed Malcolm X (M v) 8:30 Karla Grant

Presents (PG) 8:50 She Who Must Be

Loved (M l) 10:25 Movie: “Radiance” (M l) (’98) Stars: Deborah Mailman

11:50 Movie: “Stage Mother” (M d,l,s,v) (’20)

Stars: Jacki Weaver 1:35 Movie: “Corpo Celeste” (PG) (’11) Stars: Yle Vianello (In Italian) 3:30 Movie: “Astérix And Obélix In Britain” (PG) (’13) Stars: Gerard Depardieu (In French) 5:35

Movie: “Viceroy’s House” (M) (’17)

Stars: Gillian Anderson 7:35 Movie: “Freeheld” (M l,s) (’15) Stars: Julianne Moore 9:30 Movie: “The People Upstairs” (M l,v) (’21) (In Spanish)

Programs (PG) 2:00 Full House (PG)

2:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 3:30

Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00

The Nanny (PG) 5:00 Bewitched 5:30 I

Dream Of Jeannie 6:00 That 70’s Show (PG) 7:00 Young Sheldon (PG) 7:30

Movie: “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory” (MA15+) (’95) Stars: Steven Seagal 9:30 Movie: “Nobody” (MA15+) (’21)

Stars: Bob Odenkirk 11:15 Young Sheldon (PG) 11:40 Duncanville (M)

6:00 Home Shopping 6:30

12:00 Rise Up (M v) 12:55

2:00 Shortland Street (PG)

Fanatics: The Deep End (M)

1:25 Planet A (PG) 1:55 Chasing Famous (PG) 2:50 Counter Space (PG)

3:20 BBC News At Ten 3:50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 4:15

3:00 Antiques Roadshow

Religious Programs 9:00 Home Shopping 10:30 Pointless (PG) 11:30 My Favourite Martian 12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 Death In Paradise (PG)

3:30 Movie: “The Pure Hell Of St

Trinians” (G) (’60) Stars: Thorley Walters

5:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30

Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks

(PG) 8:40 The Closer (M)

PBS Newshour 5:15 Takeshi’s Castle (PG) 5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Trainspotting With Francis Bourgeois (M)

2:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw 3:00 Bushwhacked 3:25

Red Dirt Riders 4:00 Grace Beside Me

(PG) 4:30 Spartakus And The Sun

Beneath The Sea (PG) 5:00 Our Stories

5:30 Indian Country Today 6:00 Bamay

6:30 NITV News Update 6:40 Great Blue Wild 7:30 Moko (PG) 8:00 True North Calling (PG) 8:30 The Last Land (PG) 9:00 Hunting Aotearoa (PG) 9:30 Wellington Paranormal (PG)

12:50 Movie: “Twist” (M l,v) (’21) Stars: Dominic Di Tommaso 2:30 Movie: “The Red Turtle” (PG) (’16) Stars: Pascale Ferran 4:00

Movie: “Ernest & Celestine” (PG) (’12)

Stars: Forest Whitaker 5:30 Movie: “A Month Of Sundays” (PG) (’19) Stars: Anthony LaPaglia 7:30 Movie: “Jindabyne” (M l,v) (’06) Stars: Laura Linney 9:45 Movie: “Crime Wave” (MA15+) (’19) Stars: Sarah Jain (In Spanish)

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WEDNESDAY MARCH

PET’S DOMAIN of the MONT H PET

Warwick East Bowls Club

Ed Diery Contributed

Last Saturday, February 18, we played two games of triples in our evening social bowls. The overall winner was Steve Ford, with Johnno Johnson and Ed Diery equal runners-up. Evening bowls will be on again on Saturday, with play starting at 6pm. Please let the club know by 5.30pm if you would like a game.

Today, February 23 is our monthly mixed pairs competition. Play starts at 10am. Next Thursday, March 2 is our monthly mixed triples day. Play starts

then at 10am. too.

We still have a couple of vacant spots in our open fours carnival on Sunday March 12. Please contact Steve Ford (0403 991 301) or Margaret Wright (4661 9331) if you would like to enter a team. We are also holding an open singles competition on Saturday March 11. It will start with sectional competition, followed by knockout finals, all to be completed on the same day. Please contact Steve or Margaret to nominate or find out more details.

To finish up with two reminders: Firstly, to add your name to the list on the noticeboard if you would like to order a club shirt or jacket; secondly, to attend our AGM on Saturday March 4.

GIANT TRASH & TREASURE; NATIVE PLANTS & SUCCULENTS; BOOKS; STALLS

Home Made Produce, Sweets & Healthy Treats, Cakes, Biscuits, Sausage Sizzle, Cafe for Co ee & Cake Plus ARK ANIMAL RESCUE

War wick Uniting Church

Warwick Bowls Club’s Sports notes

Trish Owens

Contributed

Social Bowls was played on Saturday February 11. Result: Ray Southee and Max Balfour def. Peter Guy and John Ruhle 27-11; Pamela Kerr, Brian Black and Gary Cooper def. Percy Cutmore, Peter Mole and Craig Thurgate 27-18.

Result of 1st Round of Jack Pot Bowls played on Wednesday, February 15: Barry Perks and Ray Southee def. Gerda Brack and Barry Frame +2 -2; John Ruhle and Russell Bean def. Fay Flint and Max Balfour +3 -3; Ken Hayes and Edwin Welsh def. Pamela Kerr and Brian Black +3 -3; Result of 2nd Round - Skip’s name only: Russell Bean def. Barry Frame +14 -14; Max.Balfour def. Edwin Welsh +8 -8; Brian Black def. Ray Southee +2 -2.

Last Sunday (February 12) the Open Fours Carnival was a wonderful success. Our thanks to all the Bowlers for their attendance. The heat was almost unbearable for everyone but we couldn‘t change that but tried with plenty of cold water bottles etc.. Our thanks to Carol for this and also for the cold neck towels.

Results of 1st Round: Fay, Ray, Max and John Johnson def. Bluey, Lynn Collie, J. Richardson and Trudy Elder 16-8; David ter Hedde, Edwin Welsh, Craig Thurgate and Trevor Wright def. Paul Beamon, Steve Ford, Margaret Wright and Peter

Collis 18-6; Kim Hankerson , Barry Siebell, Clark Davidson and Dave Scotney def. Ken Hayes, Max Balfour, Nev Richardson and Jim Rickard 18-6; Sue Barth, L. Mulcahy, W. Werney and Phil Wagner def. D. Callaghan, E. Scott, F. Taylor and E. Zamprogno 17-11; Liam Holland, Julie Foster, Wayne Foster and Steve Tyter def. Jack Bell, Gary Travena, Peter Smith and Brian Brown 18-6; Gordon Assay, D. Hughes, Mick O’Leary, and Mat Shepherd def. J. Cochrane, Joe Torrisi, A. Larkin and Marion Skaines

17-7; Jill, Linda, Sandra and Robyn Griffith def. Barry Perks,John Ruhle, Michael Dungey and Peter Guy 14-10; Polly, Robyn, Margaret and Jools Buse def. Andy Imhoff, Desley Kehl, Garry Death and Robert Kehl 16-8.

Result of 2nd Round - Skip’s name only: Trudy Elder def. Peter Collis 15-9; Dave Scotney def. John Johnson 20-4; Trevor Wright def.Jim Rickard 21-3; Steve Tyter def.

E. Zamprogro 17-7; Phil Wagner def. Jools Buse 17-7; Gordon Assay def. Brian Brown 17-7; Robert Kehl def. Peter Guy

19-5; Marion Skaines def. Robyn Griffith

19-5.

Result of 3rd Round: Phil Wagner def. Peter Guy 19-5; Jim Rickard def. Trudy Elder 18-6; John Johnson def. Trevor Wright 16-8; Steve Tyter def. Jools Buse

20-4; E. Zamprogro def. Gordon Assay

21-3; Brian Brown def. Robyn Griffith

16-8; Marion Skaines def. Robert Kehl

16-8; Dave Scotney def. Peter Collis 18-6. President Max Holder thanked everyone

for their attendance and congratulated the Winners of the Carnival who were Kim Hankerson, Barry Siebell, Clark Davidson and Dave Scotney with a score of 56. The Runners-up were Liam Holland, Julie Foster, Wayne Foster and Steve Tyter with a score of 55, and coming in 3rd place was Sue Barth, L. Mulcahy, W. Verne and Phil Wagner on 53 points. 1st Round Winners were Gordon Assay, D. Hughes, Mick O’Leary and Mat Shepherd with a score of 17. 2nd Round Winners were David ter Hedde, Edwin Welsh, Craig Thurgate and Trevor Wright with a score of 21. The 3rd Round Winners were D. Callaghan, E. Scott, Frank Taylor and E. Zamprogno scoring 21 points. Max and Phil then drew the Raffles with the lucky Winners being

(1) Fruit Box - Cathy Davidson; (2) Bottle of Scotch Lynn Collie - who quickly swapped it with Cathy. (3) ChocolatesMargaret Wright; (4) Fruit Box - John Cochrane; (5) Yellow Tale - Jack Bell; (6) K.F.C. Voucher for $25 - Carol Thurgate; (7) Moët Champagne - Steve Ford.

The Games Director, Brian Black, is to be congratulated on a job well done, and Peter Mole, our Green Keeper for his tremendous work on the Green. Thank You to all the members who helped to make the day so successful. Also the ladies in the Kitchenf A lot of work goes on behind the scenes by a small number of willing workers. Our thanks must go to the Sponsors, L.J.Hooker, Warwick Credit Union and Warwick Hotel. Without their support the Carnival would not have been so successful.

Last Thursday, February 16, Evening Bowls commenced at 6pm. There were 16 players plus 5 visitors and the wonderful evening, and temperature, was thoroughly enjoyed by all during the 18 Ends. Everyone said they would be back every Thursday evening which will be great. The smell of the Sausage Sizzle etc. at half- time made everyone hungry and our thanks to Carol, Gary and Pat for supplying the eats, and to Percy and Charlie for cooking the BBQ, also to Carol on Bar duty. Much appreciated. A special Thank-you to Craig Thurgate for organising the evening, and we all look forward to Thursday Evening Bowls continuing through Summer. Result of Social Bowls:

Fay Flint, Max Balfour and Craig Thurgate def. Kay Bloomfield, Ray Southee and Max Holder 23-14; Ryan Cooper and Richard Tartan def. Trish Owens and Peter Mole 22-13; Pat Seipelt, Barry Perks and Gary Cooper def. Carol Thurgate, Gerda Brack and Peter Guy 14-12.

Coming Events for February: Sat. 18th: Social; Wed. 22nd: Social; Thur. 23rd: Evening Bowls; Sat. 25th: Warwick Bowls Club’s Annual General Meeting at 1pm. All Members are requested to attend.

Please note the following: Wednesday morning Bowls - names in from 8.00 to 8.30 for play at 9am. Thursday Evening Bowls - names in from 5 to 5.30 for play at 6pm. Saturday afternoon Bowls - names in from 12 midday to 12.30 for play at 1pm. Phone the Club on 4661 1516, or names on the outside noticeboard.

Southern Downs Rifle Club Results Warwick Sporter’s Golf

Robert Tyllyer

Contributed

Abeautiful morning led to a good attendance last Sunday. The open class was a very close competition with only four points separating eight shooters. The winner was Kevin Birse who put down a perfect score with Richard and Greg just one point behind. Geoff Volmerhause was the sole entrant in standard class and

entered a good total. In the sporter/ hunter class Adrian Baker had a successful morning with a victory over Gary Snelling and Colin Dunstan. Next Sunday February 26 we will be at the 600 yard mound, sign on at 7.30am for 8am start. Please contact Margaret on 4666 1018 for more information if required regarding these competitions.

500 yards F Open Kevin Birse 126.11 Richard McKillop 125.13

Stanthorpe Golf

Aaron Simmers

Contributed

Stanthorpe golfers played a single stableford on Saturday 18 February, the day sponsored by Hello World in Stanthorpe and the club thanks them for continuing their sponsorship at the club.

A good field and a few visitors set out for the competition with an early score of 39 points already returned by Ron Batterham. Ron, who spent quite a few

years being the official starter at the club, has found his golf improving since retiring from the role, obviously less stress. His score held on through the day and was the winning score. A few 38 points also returned and the countback was needed to find a runner up which went to Eric Ree. Others on 38 settled for the run down.

The ladies event was won by Helen Jones whose game appears to be improving all the time since undergoing some surgical work some months ago. Her 38 points for the round eged out Lisa Stuart on 36 points, good enough for ladies’ run-

Garry Hanson Contributed

The weather gods were kind and Sporters had 68 keen players in the Betta Homes Living sponsored stableford game last Wednesday (15/2).

Tim Plemming took the honours with 40 points just outlasting Ron Munro with 39 points.

Balls in the run down :- Josh Manwaring and Dan Bowles 37 points Garry Adcock and Bryan Slattery 36 points.

Taking time out from his duties as

ner up.

Nearest the pins at the par 3 holes went to Brendan McMillan, Hamish Adam, David Hunter (Tenterfield), Helen Jones, Lisa Stuart and Christine Hood. Matt Burgess had best second shot at 1/10, David Lang at 5/14 and Scott Constable at 9/18. The birdies nest at hole 1 was again not won.

In the run down, a ball to scores of 36 and better for the men and 34 and better for the ladies.

Next Saturday, February 25 will be the last Saturday in the month so a shot gun

the Killarney Publican, Scott Mills posted 34 points and also on the same score were Peter Farrell, Greg Carey, Michael Payne and Duke Maloney.

Darrell Bain rounded things out with 33 points on a count back.

The pro pin 13th had Tim Plemming collect $20 Josh Manwaring $15 and Garry Adcock $10.

Nearest the pins :- 5th Wayne Watt 7th Ron Cruice 9th A Skinner 11th Hugh Nose 16th Doug Wilson.

I think we can all relate to this saying: “A golf match is a test of skill against your opponent’s luck.”

start at 12 noon for a 2 Ball Ambrose, a fund raising day for the Glen Aplin State School. The day is open to all and no need to have an official handicap. One will be sorted for all players. Already have heard of some ex- students, old boys of the school who intend playing. The nomination sheet for the day is at the club so get a playing partner arranged and turn out for a fun day. Clubs and hire buggies are available at the club, but get in early if needed.

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DISTRICT DIARY

MUSICAL & FRIENDSHIP MORNING ON THE 1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE WARWICK SENIORS CENTRE, 13A

ALBERT STREET. MUSIC PLAYS FROM 9.30AM TO 11.30 AM. COST $5 PER PERSON. THIS INCLUDES MORNING TEA AND A DOOR PRIZE.

KILLARNEY ALL AGES SKATE/SCOOTER NIGHT. LAST

FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH EXCEPT DEC AND JAN. 5.30 PM

TILL 8.30 PM KILLARNEY RECREATION HALL, WILLOW ST. GAMES, PRIZES, THEME NIGHTS, FOOD, DRINKS AND THE BAR IS OPEN FOR THE ADULTS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT SONYA CARR ON 0439618371

WARWICK PENSIONERS AND SUPPERANNUANTS

LEAGUE NEXT OUTING WILL BE LUNCH AT THE CON-

DAMINE SPORTS CLUB AT 11.30 ON THE 2ND OF MARCH ALL MEMBERS WELCOME IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND PLEASE RING RUBY BY MONDAY THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY

PHONE 043867403

WARWICK COMBINED PROBUS CLUB MEETS 1 ST WED

EVERY MONTH FROM 9.30AM – 12 MIDDAY IN THE AUDITORIUM, CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN DRAGON ST. INCLUDES GUEST SPEAKERS, MORNING TEA, GROUP TRAVEL TO INTERESTING DESTINATIONS, OUTINGS TO MUSICAL SHOWS IN BRIS & TOOWOOMBA. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME. PHONE SECRETARY 0457 317 597

WARWICK SENIORS TABLE TENNIS – EVERY MON & FRI

9AM – 11AM AT RAILWAY INSTITUTE HALL, HAMILTON ST.

$2.50 PER DAY INCLUDES MORNING TEA. CONTACT RITA 0407 763 878 OR LUITHA 0447 524 554.

WARWICK: ROTARY CLUB OF WARWICK SUNRISE MEET

EVERY THURSDAY 7AM TO 8AM AT WARWICK GARDENS

GALORE, ALBION STREET. JOIN “PEOPLE OF ACTION” AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME, CONTACT

DON HUGHES ON 0456 654 814.

WARWICK U3A. ARE YOU ACTIVELY RETRIED? IF SO U3A MAY BE FOR YOU. WE ARE A GROUP RUN BY LOCAL VOLUNTEERS PROMOTING LIFELONG LEARNING FOR PERSONAL ENJOYMENT AND WELLBEING. VISIT WWW.U3AWARWICK.ORG.AU FOR FURTHER INFO OR CONTACT RHONDA COONEY 0403 438 984

ROSE CITY PROBUS CLUB MEET-UPS FOR SOCIAL RETIREES! MEETS 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. FROM 9.30AM. – INCLUDES GUEST SPEAKER & MORNING TEA. RSL FLANDERS ROOM – BOOKING ESSENTIAL. OTHER LOCAL OUTINGS INCLUDE COFFEE MORNINGS, LUNCHES, DINNER. OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUP TRAVEL. YOU’LL BE MADE MOST WELCOME! PHONE MARION: 0499267547; LESLEY: 46614273

WARWICK SPINNERS AND WEAVERS MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY, AT ROOM 3, BRICK BUILDING AT ST MARKS CHURCH, GRAFTON ST, 9 AM TO LUNCHTIME. YEARLY MEMBERSHIP. WCKSPINANDWEAVE@GMAIL.COM KERRY 0430 511 260.

QCWA CONDAMINE VALLEY - WARWICK BRANCH MEETS EVERY 1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 1.30PM AT 76 GRAFTON ST. TEA ROOMS OPERATE TUES TO FRI FOR DINE-IN FROM 9AM - 2PM AND TAKE-AWAY CAN BE ORDERED ON 4661 2966. HALL IS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE.

WARWICK MENS SHED EXTENDS A WARM WELCOME TO ALL MEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE CAMARADERIE AND SKILLS WITH OTHER MEN. YOU CAN BE AS ACTIVE OR

AS RELAXED AS YOU LIKE. AFTER A SHORT INDUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE WIDE RANGE OF MACHINERY AND TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 29 ACTIVITY ST. PH 0490 170 569.

WARWICK: THE SEW CRAFTY CHICKS HOLD THEIR CRAFT MORNING EVERY FRIDAY AT THE WARWICK BOWLS CLUB, FITZROY STREET, WARWICK (OPPOSITE THE WARWICK POLICE STATION) FROM 9AM TO 11.30AM. EVERYONE WELCOME, COME AND ENJOY GOOD COMPANY, MORNING TEA, WORK ON YOUR OWN PROJECTS OR LEARN NEW ONES. COST $5. THE CLUB NOW HAS AIR-CONDITIONING - COOL SUMMERS AND WARM WINTERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION RING TRICIA COLLINS ON 4661 3076.

WARWICK: LIONS CLUB MEET ON THE 1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE CRITERION HOTEL. MEET AND GREET 6.30PM TO 7PM. THEN 7PM DINNER MEETING. ALL WELCOME. PHONE JENNY ON 0432 804 826 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

WARWICK TOASTMASTERS MEET EVERY 2ND AND 4TH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7PM IN THE CWA BUILDING. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME - LEARN ABOUT THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. FOR MORE INFO CALL CHRIS ON 0435 994 763.

WARWICK BRIDGE CLUB, VICTORIA PARK, HOLD LESSONS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9.30AM AND PLAY EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY AT 12.30PM. FOR MORE INFO, CALL NOELA ON 0417 757 255.

WARWICK: THE GATHERING - “SATURDAYS AT THE SALVOS” YOU ARE INVITED TO A COMMUNITY GATHERING AT THE SALVATION ARMY, 25 GUY ST, WARWICK. THIS WILL HAPPEN EVERY SATURDAY AT 4PM. THE GATHERING WILL INCLUDE A FREE MEAL, A POSITIVE AND PRACTICAL MESSAGE, AND FRIENDSHIP. THE SALVOS CREATING A PLACE TO BELONG. COVID GUIDELINES IN PLACE. PHONE RICHARD 0428 230 431, LEANNE 0419 379 738.

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Gabba redevelopment: good news?

Selina Venier editor@thedailyjournal.ink

If you were in Brisbane last week you might have heard that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was there too, anyone within cooee or watching the news, able to hear about the billions of dollars to be spent on the 2032 Olympics, ensuring the River City is “game ready”. Some of those billions are to be poured into a redevelopment of the Gabba facility that many of us, even from our homes on the Southern Downs, would likely have visited for various sporting events over its time.

Tourism and Sport Minister and Minister

Assisting the Queensland Premier on Olympics and Paralympics Sport and Engagement (say that without a breath!),

Stirling Hinchliffe said: “The Gabba will be the first glimpse of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games for a global audience of around one billion. Rebuilding The Gabba is more than four weeks of elite sport, it delivers a lasting 2032 Games legacy for sport and entertainment for Queenslanders for decades to come. Work on the current Gabba started 30 years ago, so it’s not up to modern accessibility standards and as a future Paralympic venue it needs to be.

“The Gabba is a great opportunity to

create a world-class, fully accessible stadium precinct everyone can enjoy with the convenience of Cross River Rail’s seamless public transport connectivity. A new Gabba delivers more options for international sport and entertainment events that contribute millions of dollars to Brisbane’s visitor economy.”

The word on the streets of the Southern Downs is that there’s thumbs up for this support of sporting types, especially those with a disability, as well as the means to watch them, s The Gabba refit will allow. Here’s what we heard this week:

“I think the redevelopment is overdue and will mean Queensland will look good on the world stage,” Sally said.

“I reckon we had to spend the money but it’s going to blow out, in terms of the actual dollars needed,” Shannon said.

“If I was a disabled athlete, I’d be going for gold,” Aaron said.

It was reported that Australian Paralympian wheelchair basketballers Matt McShane and Sam White also give the thumbs up on what’s proposed.

“It’s an old stadium and for us that have mobility issues, it’s tricky to navigate the long-haul to the seats and a world-class upgrade will mean no one will longer be loaded into the goods lift,” Matt said. “I’m excited about an accessible and inclusive stadium that will benefit anyone including mums with prams, the elderly with walkers, and obviously Chis and myself.”

Paralympics Australia Chief Executive Catherine Clark said the level of infrastructure investment announced is “transformational”.

“By revamping existing infrastructure

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and building new facilities, accessibility and inclusion come closer to the centre of our consciousness,” he relayed to media.

“The goal is to allow more members of the community to benefit from their facilities and the Gabba announcement is a promise of a truly accessible Paralympic and Olympic Games. It’s a commitment to fully embrace the unprecedented opportunity that a Games brings to make generational change beyond sport.”

The Gabba rebuild is said to support professional and community sport and entertainment “for decades beyond the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games”.

Construction is planned to start in 2026 for completion in 2030.

Artist’s impressions of the redevelopment and the overall perspectives put forward by government.

Late win for Warwick and District

Gerard Walsh sports@thedailyjournal.ink

Alate try by Malik Wrightman secured a 26-24 win for Warwick and District in round 3 of an under-17 rugby league competition which was supported by the Western Clydesdales and Canterbury Bankstown NRL Club.

In the early game at Eastern Suburbs Oval on Sunday,

February 19, Toowoomba City beat Roma. Rounds were played in Roma, Toowoomba and Warwick.

Warwick and District, Toowoomba City and Toowoomba Country each won two games but City won the development club due to the best for and against.

Wrightman broke through three defenders in a run close to the line to secure the Warwick and District victory. A factor in the win was two

conversions from touch by five-eighth Bryce Stewart.

Warwick and District coach Roger O’Brien rated Wrightman from Stanthorpe, Collegians prop Harrison Boal and Wattles lock Sam Gilmore as his best.

“I was really proud of how the boys played and grateful for the great support from assistant coach Aaron Beckhouse, manager Sam Beckhouse and trainer Lindsay Locke,” he said.

Warwick win Davis Shield

Gerard Walsh sports@thedailyjournal.ink

An outstanding spell of bowling by Alex Dwan and some classy top order batting secured Warwick an easy Davis Shield cricket final win against Lockyer on Sunday at Slade Park.

Winning the toss and batting, openers Sean Bryson, 52, and Tom Allison, 53, added 110 for the first wicket for Warwick.

Samson Lowney then went to the wicket and scored 103 and was well supported by Tom Doherty who made 36 to finish with a shield batting average of 188 from three games.

Warwick finished with 8-290 in 50 overs.

The Lockyer team was behind in the run rate from the start and was 6-23 at drinks.

Alex Dwan had 5-7 off six overs.

The Lockyer lower order batted better than the top order to take the final score to 80.

Matt Higgins ended any hope

of a comeback with 3-3 in one over. He took wickets with the first, third and sixth balls of the over.

Dwan came on for a seventh over to finish with 6-9 off 6.5

Warwick Women’s Golf

Michelle Wright

Contributed

Wednesday February 15 saw a good field of ladies contest the Pro shop/Red Rooster Single Stableford with a twist…. We were only allowed three clubs and a putter. Helen Olsen found her good form, and may have questioned why she had ever purchased a full set of golf clubs, as she took line honours with 31 points, only using 3 of them! Helen survived a countback from Maria Carey, and Jill Barnes also with 31 points.

Many of us realised this is why we have a full set of clubs. The field scored as follows- Lyn

McKillop 30 C/B, Roslyn Darton 31 C/B, Sharron Cooper 30, Carole Brandon 29 C/B, Narelle Norris 29 C/B, Mary Young 29, Judy Lester 29, Yvonne Pinington 28 C/B, Patti Hemmings 28, Janet Davis 27, Margaret Adcock 26, Elizabeth Cockram 25 C/B, Tub Ingall 25, Di Johnston 24 C/B, Annice Payne 24 C/B, Janine Stewart 24, Majella Kahler 22, Michelle Wright 21, Vicki Bennett 20.

The front 9 was taken out by Majella Kahler with 17. The pro pin was shared amongst Helen, Judy and Maria.

Saturday February 18, we played a Single Stroke off the Red Markers kindly sponsored by Noo and the Gang at One Table Café. Thank you for your

sponsorship, I know our ladies truly appreciate your support. Lyn McKillop is finding her form, coming into podium finishes just in time for the championships. Lyn had a fabulous 39 points. Tub Ingall had a great game as well, scoring a very tidy 37 points surviving a countback from Danielle Siebel also with 37. The field followed like thisAnnice Payne 36, Roslyn Darton 35 C/B, Janet Davis 35, Molly Scotney 32, Maria Carey 31, Judy Lester 30, Margaret Adcock 29, Gwen Mills 28 C/B, Melanie McLennan 28, Mary Young 27 C/B, Carole Brandon 27, Yvonne Pinington 26 C/B, Majella Kahler 26, Jill Barnes 25 C/B, Michelle Wright 25, Helen Olsen 24, Dianne Evans 18. The pro pin was shared

overs.

Captain Tom Allison said it was good to see there was so much good young talent in Warwick, Lockyer and Stanthorpe teams.

“One of the best from Lockyer

on Sunday was a 16-year-old,” he said.

Allison and close mate Lowney live in Brisbane but are in Warwick each weekend for club cricket with the Redbacks and representative cricket.

Lowney works each Friday and Monday in Warwick as a chiropractor while Allison works as a fire alarm and sprinkler technician, predominately in south east Queensland.

amongst Molly Scotney, Melanie McLennan, Majella Kahler and Annice Payne. Danielle was the clever golfer to take out the front 9 with a great 19 points on a countback from Annice. Lyn and Roslyn added to their gobble tallies as well, Lyn on the 16th, and Roslyn on the 4th.

Next week we will be playing our mid-week Medal on

Wednesday, and on Saturday we will support our hard working Secretary Lynette McKillop who is sponsoring the Annual Secretary’s Pen.

Also remember Ladies… the Championships are coming up, the first two weekends in March. It is always wonderful to play in them, the conrardary after the four rounds is always awesome, and if you can’t play all four, come on up on Sunday March 12 to help celebrate the skilled golfers who have won.

Thank you for a great week ladies, and always remember…. If you hit it right it’s a slice … if you hit it left it’s a hook, if you hit it down the middle…. IT’S A MIRACLE!

Malik Wrightman on the attack for Warwick and District in junior rugby league. Photo Gerard Walsh.

The winning Warwick Davis Shield cricket side (front, from left) Sean Bryson, Alex Dwan, captain Tom Allison, Samson Lowney, Tom Doherty, (back) Jack Ragh, Mitch Scheiwe, Jacob Meddleton, Joe Wagner, Lachlan Boal, Matt Higgins and Marc Wagner.

Jacob Meddleton bowling for Warwick in a Davis Shield final cricket win against Lockyer. Photos Gerard Walsh.

Tub Ingall who was runner up in Saturday’s competition. Photo supplied.