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Ken Sapwell

A blueprint for future development of the fast-growing coastal village of Pottsville was unveiled on Tweed Shire Council’s website yesterday but residents are awaiting a formal presentation before making any com-ment.

Pottsville Community Associa-tion member Terry O’Toole, who has made submissions to the coun-cil’s consultants, Architectus, says the long-awaited draft development con-trol plan (DCP) for the village would at least provide some boundaries.

‘We want to make it clear that we are not against development in the village but it has to fit in with the community’s wishes and expecta-tions,’ he said.

‘The plan will have legal teeth and provide certainty for the future growth of the town and its suburbs by stipulating clear boundaries.

‘We want to retain a two-storey height limit and make sure that the door is not left open for projects simi-lar to the over-50s resort which has upset the Hastings Point community.’

Mr O’Toole hoped Architectus’s plan would exclude some of the con-tentious elements contained in the company’s previous plan which he said the community rejected last year, including three-storey buildings bor-dering the village green.

‘We hope to be pleasantly sur-prised,’ said Mr O’Toole, who will be attending the first of two information sessions at the town’s neighbourhood

centre next Wednesday between 2pm and 7pm, with the second on No-vember 4.

Council’s chief planner Vince Con-nell says the revamped DCP followed a court decision rejecting plans for a supermarket on the nearby Seabreeze estate, ruling that it would create a new town centre and kill established business in the village centre.

He said the win by the council led to further investigation of retailing op-tions in the town centre which identi-fied a number of potential develop-ment sites contained in the DCP.

‘The village centre will be consoli-dated as the primary activity hub for the village the Pottsville community by increasing its opportunity for re-tail, commercial and accommodation development,’ he said.

‘The draft plan covers the village centre and surrounding residential and employment areas. It is struc-tured in such a way that it encourages readers to look at the area holistically recognising the interplay between areas within the wider Pottsville lo-cality.’

He said the plan responded to en-vironmental constraints and tried to keep the existing connected village structure of the Tweed Coast.

Association secretary Mike Wells indicated he was prepared to keep an open mind on all aspects of the plan, including three storeys proposed for the CBD, until he was fully briefed and obtained feed-back from the community.

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Tweed Shire Council has rebranded itself with a new logo as part of a $45,000 strategy aimed at strength-ening its corporate image.

It uses muted tones to create an abstract depiction of Mt Warning and our rivers, beaches, ocean and forests, replacing a more colourful logo and its squiggly lines which have been in use for decades.

In launching the logo on Tuesday, new mayor Warren Polglase said it was time the council had its own identity through a strong corporate image.

‘We are a major service provider on behalf of the community and the larg-est employer in the Tweed, managing an annual budget of around $200 mil-lion,’ he said.

‘As the largest local government area in northern NSW it is essential for us to deliver a strong, clear and unified identity through a strong and modern imagery and visual style.

‘We want to be the council for 2009 and beyond – not stuck back in the 1980s.’

Among the first to be rebranded with the new logo are 100,000 new wheelie bins as part of a new multi-bin collection system aimed at improving domestic waste recycling rates.

The new bins will be distributed to households over the next few weeks in time for the first waste collection on December 1.

Residents will then have two bins, a 240-litre container for recyclables and a 140-litre bin for normal domestic refuse, with the option of a third 240-litre bins for green waste.

The council’s waste contractor, Solo Resource Recovery, is investing more than $8 million in the new venture which includes a fleet of eight new trucks as well as the new bins.

Solo director Robert Richards said the objective of the exercise was to increase recycling, reduce landfill and improve waste collection services across the Tweed.

Tweed mayor Warren Polglase un-veiled the new-look bins, new collec-tion trucks and residents’ information kit at an official launch at Chinderah on Tuesday.

‘We urge everyone to ‘Do the Right Bin’ by becoming familiar with the new coloured lids on the new bins – red for garbage, yellow for recycling and green for the optional organics service,’ he said.■ See Backburner on back page.

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Kim Cousins

Catch up on what’s happening in the Tweed catchment dur-ing the Tweed River Festival.

Local groups and individuals are invited to come along to the Tweed Sustainable Living Centre, Chinderah, at 9am next Friday, October 23, for the Tweed Catchment Catch Up.

Jane Lofthouse, natural resource management co-ordinator for Tweed Shire Council, said the forum provided people with the opportunity to share ideas.

‘It’s exactly that, a catch up,’ Jane said. ‘We get groups such as Landcare and Council together and have a program of talks. A lot of people don’t realise that others are out there doing these things.’

The morning will focus on the long term needs of water in the Tweed with presentations from NSW Fisheries and Council. In the afternoon the day becomes hands on with workshops showing participants how to build nest boxes and attract wildlife to their garden.

To book for the Catch Up call Dianne Rowles on 02 6670 2783 or drowles@tweed.nsw.gov.au.

Tweed River Fest ival continues this Sunday,

October 18, with the main festival day on the following Saturday, October 24.

The paddle challenge has races from 800 metres to 14 kilometres and launches from Jack Evans Boat Harbour at 10am, and the festival

concludes that evening with a lantern parade and fireworks spectacular.

‘The festival is based around water and catchment issues,’ Jane said. ‘It’s education mixed with fun. Our catchment trailer is focused at children

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throughout the Tweed this week, including lantern and drumming workshops, field days and information walks. For further information call Jane on 02 6670 2743.

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everything on its merits – we don’t want to be negative about it to the point of stupidity,’ he said.

He said the association had been pushing for a DCP for years to provide more certainty as the town grew from its pres-ent population of about 5,000 to an estimated 10,000, mainly in the three suburbs of Sea-

breeze, Black Rocks and Koala Beach.

The association will meet on Tuesday, October 27, to con-sider its submissions to the draft which will be on public exhibition until November 13.

Copies of the plan are now available on the council’s web-site and at the Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads civic centres and the Kingscliff library.

Pottsville blueprint (from page 1)

Luis Feliu

Water from the Tweed’s water storage at Clarrie Hall Dam was released on Tuesday for the first time in two years to top up the shire’s water-sup-ply weir downstream at Bray Park, where increased levels of blue-green algae have been detected.

Red alerts for the algal blooms in both the dam and weir pool at Bray Park are now current and residents are be-ing warned to avoid contact with water in the dam and Tweed River downstream to Bray Park.

The alerts were issued by the North Coast Regional Algal Coordinating Committee in

conjunction with Tweed Shire Council.

The shire’s drinking water, extracted from just upstream from the weir, below the By-angum Bridge, is now being dosed with powdered activat-ed carbon (PAC) at the wa-ter treatment plant for safety reasons.

A council spokesman said sampling at the plant showed the treatment was ‘effectively removing taste and odour as-sociated with the affects of blue-green algae’.

The water releases from the dam, which has been 100 per cent full for nearly two years, will continue this week to maintain a consistent wa-ter supply in the river as dry

weather continues.Council’s water manager

Anthony Burnham said poten-tial harmful effects of contact with blue-green algae included skin rashes and eye and ear irritations.

‘Ingesting the water can lead to diarrhoea and long term health problems. Asthma at-tacks can also be brought on by contact with blue-green al-gae,’ he said.

Mr Burnham said Council was monitoring the situation closely with regular analysis of the affected water and asked people to heed the warning signs put up in affected areas.

He said sampling to date indicated no toxins in the algae.

Ken Sapwell

Fire fighters are bracing them-selves for one of the worst bushfire seasons in years as the Tweed remains in the grip of an unexpected drought.

Rural Fire Service safety officer Laurence McCoy said the shire was drier than many inland parts of NSW and long-range forecasts indicated conditions were likely to worsen in coming months.

‘The fire danger is already high but as we move into the warmer months things can only get worse unless we get some good rain,’ Mr McCoy warned.

‘It’s just going to get hotter and the fires will become more

intense. People need to start taking precautions.’

These included cleaning out gutters and clearing away long grass and other vegetation from around homes.

Tweed not immuneMr McCoy said many

residents wrongly believed the Tweed was immune from bush fires because of its normally high rainfall, but a similar dry spell in 2004 saw serious fires at Bogangar, Uki and Fingal Head.

So far this month only 11.6mm of rain was recorded at Bray Park near Murwillumbah, compared to a monthly average for October of 87.6 mm.

During September just

21mm was recorded, less than half the monthly average, and in August rainfall was just 0.4mm, compared to a monthly average of 51.3mm.

Locals farmers are already shipping in water for their stock and others are selling their cattle.

The big dry started in July when just 11mm of rain fell, compared to an average for the month of 67.7mm.

It follows a drenching in May and June when a total 506.66mm were recorded at the weather station.

The Bureau of Meteorology expects the remainder of the year to stay hot and dry as an El Nino weather pattern continues to develop.

No, this is not an image of Monte Carlo in summer but picturesque Tweed Heads last Saturday during the classic boat regatta, part of the Tweed River Festival which continues this week. Photo Jeff ‘Oar What' Dawson

Drought fans fears of bushfire

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Kim Cousins

Bringing home your baby can be daunting, but for Kady Tonkin and her husband John Maksimovic of Tweed Heads it was three times the fun.

When triplets Tennessee, Aurillius and Star-Bella arrived earlier this year, Joanne Bacon and The Family Centre were there to lend a hand.

The centre provides support through a volunteer home vis-iting service where new mums are matched to volunteers who have raised their children in similar situations.

Having 12-year-old triplets of her own, Joanne (Jo) was perfect for the role and the two women are now good friends.

‘Everything is so much hard-er with three, Jo understands,’ Kady said.

‘We just talk,’ Jo said. ‘You can drive yourself crazy with three babies. My job is to build confidence and let Kady know everything is ok. Each day is different.’

Now four and a half months old, Kady’s triplets are growing by the day and Jo’s triplets are getting ready for high school next year.

Jo said Kady’s triplets re-minded her of her own when they were the same age.

‘I can really indentify with

them,’ she said. ‘Star-Bella is loud like Sarah was. It’s been lovely getting to know them.’

Kady has the support of her mum Barbara but said Jo was also a special helper.

‘They always fall asleep for her,’ Kady said, ‘and wake up when she goes.’

Volunteers are given training

and their own support network through the Family Centre, which helps out more than 60 families each year.

Anyone interested in be-coming a volunteer or would like the support of a volunteer in their own home can call Yvonne Collins at the centre on 07 5524 8711.

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Joanne Bacon’s big triplets Josh (holding Tennessee), Sarah (with Star-Bella) and Lachlan (with Aurillius) enjoying the com-pany of Kady’s little triplets. Photo Jeff ‘Try Try Again’ Dawson

Ken Sapwell

Residents opposed to a four-storey luxury resort at Hastings Point will take their fight to the High Court after lodging an appeal this week.

The Hastings Point Progress Association will challenge as-pects of the government’s con-tentious seniors’ living policy under which the council ap-proved the resort known as The Point.

Association member and instructing solicitor John O’Reilly said it was an impor-tant test case which would de-cide whether the policy should override environmental and social considerations.

He said even though residents had suffered a setback when the NSW Court of Appeal rejected their case, they had been bu-oyed by the fact the decision was not unanimous.

‘The community will be re-lying on the same arguments which were carefully consid-ered and upheld by one of the Court of Appeal judges in no less than 21 pages,’ he said.

‘The appeal concerns a very basic issue which has nothing to do with the merits of the development because com-munities do not have the right to appeal against council deci-sions on merit.

‘The issue in the High Court is whether the seniors’ living policy prevails over a main

provision of the Tweed LEP, such that this provision must be ignored by council. If so, then council’s failure to con-sider it when approving “the Point” does not matter.

‘The practical application of the majority’s decision is alarm-ing and effectively means that many of the most important regulations of state, regional and local environmental and planning policies must now be set aside when councils are considering a seniors’ living development.

‘This is not what the policy intended.’

He said the seniors’ living policy did not intend to sup-plant important regulations on matters it did not cover such as traffic on main roads, contami-nated soils on site, air traffic noise, protection of adjoining water bodies, bush land and koala populations.

He described the upcoming case as ‘The Castle revisited’, re-ferring to the Australian movie where a resident took on the government through the High Court to save his house.

Mr O’Reilly said in this case residents were trying to save their tiny village from over development which threat-ened its fragile waterways and amenity.

He says the resort is being constructed over seven blocks of land and will more than double the population of Hast-

ings Point, from around 450 to more than 1,000.

‘Anyone who sees that devel-opment now, including the ex-perts, the consultants and even the council can tell that it’s completely inappropriate and contrary to the coastal design guidelines and other policies and laws,’ he said.

‘We’re just hoping that through the locality plan that this type of development isn’t replicated and isn’t used, as we feared, as a precedent for fur-ther similar developments in Hastings Point.’

The association has con-structed a new website and vid-eo in support of their stand at www.savehastingspoint.com.

High Court appeal over The Point

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Kim Cousins

Everybody has a story to tell and Murwillumbah Library is looking for more people to share theirs.

Joan Daniels (pictured) signed up to be a ‘book’ through the Living Library, which is hoped to be up and running later this month.

‘My book title is Surviving,’ Joan said. ‘I’ve got an inbuilt reaction to get out of things.’

Without giving away too much of the plot, her story goes like this:

Born in Sydney around the time of the Depression, Joan had a difficult childhood before leaving home at 18 to enter an unhappy marriage (although she adds she does have ‘two wonderful children’).

‘You soon discover that money isn’t everything,’ she said. As her Dutch neighbour told her as a child, ‘life always has its difficulties, it gives you the tools for life’.

Joan moved to Murwil-lumbah 45 years ago and got involved with the arts scene, which is still one of her pas-sions. She has also done plenty of work on her 100-year-old home to make it environmen-tally sustainable.

‘It’s sheer common sense, especially when you’ve lived through the depression,’ she said. ‘I have solar panels and

tanks, I walk to town. My car must be the most cultural car in town, the only place it goes is to the art gallery. I can’t walk up that hill!’

Joan and other ‘books’ will

be available to be borrowed in the Coolamon Centre (old art gallery) near the library when the Living Library starts up. Borrowers have a chance to hear stories and ask questions

of a selection of living books. If you’d like to offer your time and stories, call Jo Carmody at Murwillumbah Library on 02 6670 2427 or drop in and pick up a registration form.

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The talented trio of John Mor-rison (brother of world-re-nown trumpeter James), John Hoffman and Jackie Cooper are getting ready to share their big-band experience with loc-al kids.

During a two-hour work-shop next month, they will share their knowledge of im-

provisation, swing and jazz with young musicians.

The workshop runs from 3.30pm-5.30pm at Lakeside Christian Centre in Tweed Heads, on Thursday, Novem-ber 19. The $20 tickets can be prebooked by emailing kick-ingtothecityend17@hotmail.com or calling 0439 110 255.

An evening concert is also being held on that night for the adults to enjoy the talent of the teachers, with funds going to-wards further music develop-ment in the area. The concert is $20 for adults, $10 for children/pensioners or $50 for a family ticket (2 adults/3 children) and starts at 7pm.

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Luis Feliu

Campaigners wanting a return of rail services for the North-ern Rivers and a commuter link to Queensland have tar-geted Richmond MP Justine Elliot and her broken prom-ises over the issue.

Up to a dozen members of Trains On Our Tracks (TOOT) upset at Ms Elliot’s buck-pass-ing on the issue staged a pro-test outside her Tweed Heads office on Tuesday in a bid to draw her support for the pop-ular local cause.

TOOT president Karin Kolbe said that in the leadup to the 2004 federal election, Ms Elliot promised $150 mil-lion for rail services on the Casino-Murwillumbah line.

‘But not a penny has been forthcoming, even now, while the NSW government plans to sell of the line with new legis-lation due in NSW Parliament next week, Ms Elliot is silent,’ Ms Kolbe said.

‘Ms Elliot asked for our sup-port in 2004 and on the back of her commitment to get a rail service we supported her. Since then Ms Elliot has been very quiet on the train issue. Now the NSW government is trying to pass legislation to sell the land and still she is silent. When is Ms Elliot going to stand up for the people of Richmond?

‘Ms Elliot promised to end

the buck-passing and we’d like her to deliver what she prom-ised.

‘The seat of Richmond is on the NSW-Queensland border and so she has particular re-sponsibilities to work with the NSW and Qld governments to provide transport links across the border.’

Ms Kolbe said she wanted the federal member to com-ment on the state govern-ment’s controversial ‘rail-trails’ bill which TOOT fears will be used to sell off railway land to developers.

But again Ms Elliot has passed the buck on the issue, saying in a press release that it was the NSW government that closed the Murwillum-bah-Casino rail link in 2004 ‘and it’s their responsibility to commit to re-opening it in the future’.

‘The public transport needs of our region are an important issue and I support an inte-grated public transport system that best meets the needs of lo-cal residents,’ she continued.

‘I call upon the local state National Party members to

start delivering for the north coast. It is their responsibil-ity to fight for local issues in the NSW state parliament and start getting results.’

But in her maiden speech to parliament Ms Elliot said ‘forget the buck-passing and politics, I am here to do a job, and that is to represent Rich-mond’ and that Labor had ‘a long-term commitment’ to the restoration of the train service closed down by the state La-bor government.

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Jimbo, a well-known character on the streets of Coolangatta before his death 12 months ago, was remembered at a spe-cial event at Banora Point last Saturday night.

Jimbo’s Sleepout was or-ganised by charity group You Have A Friend to mark the start of National Poverty Week and raise money for others in situations like his.

John Lee, president of You Have A Friend and coordina-tor of the Coolangatta/Tweed Rosies, said the event would now be held annually.

‘It was a lot of fun,’ he said. ‘There wasn’t a great deal of people who stayed but lots of people came in and donated. I’m still counting but about $1,400 was raised.’

Although the rain fell after months of dry weather, people made the most of it.

‘It started to rain at dark and soaked everyone’s sleeping bags,’ John said. ‘It was very authentic.’

John said homelessness is getting worse in the Tweed, where his organisation sup-plies up to 260 meals each week.

‘We can’t just sit back and

cry into our tea, we’ve got to get out and do something,’ John said. ‘We know we’re helping by feeding these peo-ple and letting them know we’re here.

‘We’ve got success stories; some people have given up drinking and re-entered the workforce.’

The issue of homelessness has been discussed this week at a Youth Homeless Matters Conference, where the Youth Accommodation Association and local politicians came together to look at what can be done to address the prob-lem.

TOOT members remind Richmond MP Justine Elliot of her broken promises outside her elector-ate office on Tuesday. Photo Jeff Dawson

Sleepout helps the Tweed’s homeless

The federal government has approved construction of a sec-ond building, costing around $50 million, for Southern Cross University’s Gold Coast Airport campus.

The current building under construction on the airport land (owned by the federal government) cost around $20 million and is due to open in February next year.

The new block will include lecture and teaching spaces, faculty offices and student fa-cilities and is due to open by 2012.

Richmond MP Justine El-liot welcomed the approval by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Develop-ment and Local Government, Anthony Albanese, saying the project meant that locals would have a better opportunity to ac-cess tertiary education locally.

Mr Albanese said the devel-opment of a second university building was consistent with the airport’s 2006 master plan and would have no impact on its operations.

He said that consistent with the regulatory changes that

came into effect last month, all future developments at the airport would undergo a major development planning (MDP) process.

‘Furthermore, the airport’s operators have been advised that I expect consolidated ap-plications for any further de-velopment of the campus site so all stages can be assessed as a whole, rather than as indi-vidual buildings,’ Mr Albanese said.

He said the airport had 50 business days to make its MDP available to the public.

New SCU building for airport campus

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The Tweed is about to be swamped by a development tsunami with impending large-scale residential and commercial projects moving ahead while other concept plans, such as the massive Kings Forest southwest of Kingscliff and The Rise at Terranora, are to be considered by council next Tuesday before the state government has the final say. That of course doesn’t mean the lo-cal community, anxious about the impact of these developments, should not be heard – and it’s up to councillors to reflect that.

For a start, one thing they should seriously consider oppos-ing is the proposed golf course for Kings Forest (even the name suggests a wooded environment), which covers a big swag of the ‘greenfields’ site. It should be the first item on the developer’s wish list to go, as it is totally inappropriate for the time and condi-tions we live in.

We’ve got to get real. The mantra from developers and their puppet councillors will be that for the estate to be viable, it needs this golf course, that it will create jobs, jobs and more jobs. Well, that’s bunkum. Local golf clubs are suffering already from the economic decline and complain about lack of membership, etc, while others like the one at Sleepy Hollow went belly up some years ago, so a new one can’t possibly be sustainable.

It smacks too much of the Gold Coast of the 80s and 90s, where just about every major estate was marketed and sold with a golf course. But the Tweed just doesn’t need it. The course will be dressed up as part of the ‘passive open space’ of the develop-ment, but it’s only for use by a select minority, and it will impact heavily on surrounding habitat and water courses, as any nutri-ents and water used to maintain the greens will leach into the water table. And like the Gold Coast, it’s mostly an artificial envi-ronment plastered over a natural one, now is that really smart?

A much more sensible use would be turning the area into a world-class koala park with hundreds of koala feed and habitat trees planted. It’s not a far stretch that something like that could become an attraction in itself and a selling point for proponents.

Another part of the proposed estate, known as the ‘Cudgen paddock’, is mostly wallum heath plain on the estate’s eastern portion and it’s been suggested by local ecologists it should be set aside as nature reserve, as the minimum area required for heathland survival. The area’s biodiversity could be boosted and residents could enjoy much more nature-based activities and walks and a cleaner environment which attracted them to the Tweed in the first place. There are enough golf estates on the Gold Coast to cater for a sectional market of golf lovers who want to live in or around their playground.

Funny how in our neighbouring shire, Oceans Shores (another big residential subdivision dreamed up in the 70s) was initially targeted at retirees and golf lovers but it wasn’t too long before that market died out and young families began to buy up or rent and move in – and they didn’t move there for the golf course, but to be part of this beautiful and largely unspoilt environment on the Northern Rivers. The golf course there is the bane of many residents who have to put up with big smouldering burnoffs from the maintenance involved.

At the last election almost every councillor not already aligned with green (read sustainable and appropriate) principles and poli-cies draped themselves, like wolves in sheep’s clothing, in green-tinged cloth, promising to listen to the community in regard to the environment and developments affecting them.

Well here’s another test for them with these big projects, will we see a repeat of past (mal) practices in development too large scale or too inappropriate for the future? The whole shire will suffer the consequences if the environment is made a secondary consideration rather than the foremost one. The stress on water quality in our river and waterways, native wildlife, social infra-structure: all this has to be seriously taken into account. Huge developments like these will impact on our shire, don’t let them destroy it.

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One of the early casualties in the climate change wars is clear expression. The draft agreement cobbled together by UN bureaucrats for considera-tion at Copenhagen Decem-ber 7-18 – if you have a strong stomach, you can read it here: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/awglca7/eng/inf02.pdf – is prefaced by all the fid-dly amendments required by bureaucrats from various na-tion states. It was probably too much to expect the stirring rhetoric of Obama’s speech-writers, but it would be more heartening for the general punter if the agreement could be understood.

The document understates the bleeding obvious: ‘Cur-rent per-capita emissions in developed countries remain relatively high compared to those in developing countries, as noted in the Convention and by the IPCC.’ It does ad-dress the interesting notion of ‘global carbon space’, which the developed nations have been hogging since 1850 along with ‘their proposed continuing disproportionate use of the re-maining global carbon space’.

That ‘disproportionate use’ was accompanied by brutal col-onisation by the industrialised nations through the pillaging of natural resources and cheap/slave labour. The cheerful little nation of Belgium, for example, carries on its hands the blood of millions of Congolese who died under the aegis of King Leopold II from 1885 to 1908. Having helped create the cli-mate change emergency, albeit unknowingly at first, through industrialisation, the devel-oped nations are now expected to put the brakes on, a novel concept for those on the tread-mill of ‘economic growth’.

David Adam, environment

correspondent for The Guard-ian, notes that ‘According to the UN rules, for a new treaty to be agreed, every country must sign up – a challenging requirement.’ Especially as the US has not ratified the first agreement begun at Kyoto in 1997, and now has to be drawn into the process.

‘Behind the scenes, pessi-mism about the Copenhagen talks is rising,’ writes Adam.

‘Despite references in the text to a global goal and collective emission cuts of 25-40 per cent by 2020 for rich countries, many observers believe there is little chance such an approach will succeed.’

Adam goes on to quote ‘a top European official’ saying that ‘once all the carbon off-sets – buying pollution credits instead of cutting emissions – and “fudges” are taken into ac-count, the outcome is likely to be that emissions in 2020 from rich countries will be broadly similar to those in 1990, he said. “That’s really scary stuff.”’

Research by the World Re-sources Institute (www.wri.org) is more optimistic than the opinion of the anonymous official, but not by much. Com-mitments made by developed countries to reduce green-house gas emissions, when added together, fall short of stabilising global temperatures at a level that averts dangerous climate change, claims WRI, whose website carries the tell-ing slogan, ‘Earth Doesn’t Do Bailouts’.

WRI’s analysis of emission reduction pledges by the Euro-

pean Union, Japan, Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Belarus, Ukraine and Canada, plus the measures contained in the new American Clean Energy and Security Act, sees a ten to 24 per cent reduction of global emissions below 1990 levels by 2020. ‘This is less than the 25 to 40 percent range of emission reductions that The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change(IPCC) states

would be necessary for stabil-ising concentrations of carbon dioxide at 450ppm, a level as-sociated with a 52 percent risk of overshooting a two degrees Celsius goal.’

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Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, the grassroots TckTck campaign (http://tcktcktck.org) points out that the most recent negotiations which ran in Bangkok until last Friday moved at a snail’s pace and suggests you ‘adopt a negotia-tor’ (http://adoptanegotiator.org/category/australia) to help get future negotiations moving along.

Tcktck’s next project, in con-junction with 350.org, is the International Day of Climate Action on Saturday, October 24. The number 350 refers to the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, ac-cording to climate scientists. According to 350.org, ‘Two years ago, after leading clima-tologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural

disaster if atmospheric con-centrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million.’

Tcktck also focuses on the contention that climate change could ‘tip the planet’s delicate balance and unleash a host of geological disasters’, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which are always on the cards anyway.

It’s a view which was put for-ward at the University College London’s excitingly-named ‘Climate forcing of geologi-cal and geomorphological hazards’ conference in mid September. A good primer on just how capricious our planet can be is found in Bill Bryson’s wonderful book, A Short His-tory Of Nearly Everything. If you watched the excellent TV series on Yellowstone National Park, for example, you will know the park sits on a hot-bed of magma. Bryson points out that this could blow at any time, as it did 640,000 years ago, and plunge us into global night.

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And for those still trying to figure out if (anthropogen-ic) global warming is a legit phenomenon, visit the Myth Busters page at The Climate Institute www.climateinstitute.org.au, which includes a link to an entertaining review by astrophysicist Michael Ash-ley of Professor Ian Plimer’s book Heaven and Earth. See also Brave New Climate http://bravenewclimate.com by Pro-fessor Barry Brook, director of Climate Science at The Envi-ronment Institute, University of Adelaide. Brook and Plim-er both work for the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide and have engaged in public debate – mostly peace-fully – on the topic.

■ Mungo is on holiday.

Having helped create the climate change emergency, the developed nations are now expected to put the brakes on, a novel concept

for those on the treadmill of ‘economic growth’.

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■ So Mr Polglase thinks that Tweed Shire cannot afford to be strict with its development controls because it might scare a developer off (no prizes for guessing which one). ‘The Tweed has always been seen by potential investors as a diffi-cult place to invest money and a difficult area to work’. So he is urging our beautiful Tweed to marry even an ugly, mean bridegroom because no one else will want us.

In reality, there are 20 major projects valued at between 10 and 100 million dollars awaiting approval on the Tweed by the new panel created by the state government. Or, in other words, keen admirers are lined up out the door and down the road. The Tweed can afford to be fussy. Why wreck our image as the clean green Tweed, by going backwards by 15 years in terms of environmental controls for these two mini-cities? What’s in it for the rest of us? Eco means jobs for locals and minimising the impact of these developments on our precious wildlife and tourism. Surely with a fortune of $950 million, Mr Ell can afford a few underpasses and overpasses for the koalas to travel safely. They are a standard safety measure in this situation, and locally, they have been proven to work in Lismore by their council. Why not here? This is your last chance this week to write to the council so please help, the Tweed does not deserve second rate.

Lisa TownsendMurwillumbah

■ Team Koala would like to thank the many people who have supported us in trying to get eco and koala friendly strategies in place at the pro-posed new development at Kings Forest. Thanks also to all at The Echo for letting people know what is really going on.

Next Tuesday night (Oc-tober 20) the councillors will consider their response to the development application by Leda. Tweed Shire Council’s own planning experts would like to see harm minimisa-tion for the wildlife, as we do. This means no cats and dogs, underpasses and overpasses, protecting the corridors and decent block sizes as well as other standard safety measures for building on sensitive land like this.

Kings Forest is an extremely large development that along with Cobaki Lakes will take up 70 per cent of our urban devel-opment capacity. It is also right on a vital koala corridor. This is probably the most important decision the councillors will make in their term of office.

The state government has taken over approval of these big developments; however, they rely heavily on local advice from the council in-volved. In the first application in February, our planners ex-pressed grave concerns about a number of aspects of the plan including for our wildlfe and koalas. As the application has not really improved we expect that they will make the same recommendations. We would like our councillors to support these recommenda-tions in their very important submission to the Dept of Planning.

If Mr Polglase talks them into merely ‘noting the re-port’, as happened last time, it will look as if the people of the Tweed do not care what happens to us or our wildlife. From speaking to so many of you over the past few months, I know the general public does care.

If you would prefer eco koala friendly development, please check out our ad this week and write to the council. Encourage your friends and workmates to do so also. Numbers count. Submissions close on that day and after that it is really up to them. Alone I can do nothing to stop this massive develop-ment that threatens our rare healthy colony, but if we stand together, we can make a dif-ference. With the situation the way it is, it is the only thing that can. Even a postcard or a one line email saying you support the koalas will make a huge difference, especially for those fighting for their lives. Please be part of the koala’s team – we really need you now!

Jenny Hayes Team Koala, Murwillumbah

■ Even though I am probably just an ignorant ‘moron with no idea’ I note with interest our new mayor’s comment to media on September 17 that the Kings Forest and Cobaki lakes developments will be moving towards sales in the next 12 to14 months. In my ignorance I thought that these developments were still await-ing approval from the NSW Dept of Planning who have the final say.

So does this mean that eco-logically friendly development guidelines will not be applied to these developments and the colony of 75 koalas in Kings Forest will die? There are ap-proximately 10,000 people who will be living in Kings Forest. After the initial destruction/construction phase what em-ployment will this township create? Will ‘looking at raising the level of Clarrie Hall dam’ be enough to provide water to

the people here? Where will all the sewage go?

Does anyone other than council and other interested parties want massive develop-ments lacking responsibility to our environment and the current residents in Tweed Shire to be built? Is the Coun-cil’s reluctance to spend a few thousand dollars on a Koala Plan of Management for the Tweed Shire because the sta-tus of the koala here is much worse than our data tells us? Is this why they are going to push through developments as soon as possible and then bow to public pressure to undertake this plan?

If you want to have a say in forming these developments into ecologically friendly and more desirable propositions please write to Tweed Shire Council PO Box 816, Mur-willumbah, 2484 email tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au and the Minister for Planning, GPO Box 5341, Sydney, 2001 email office@keneally.minister.nsw gov.au.

Unfortunately for some whom it would suit other-wise, we still live in a democ-racy where we have freedom of speech. Please speak up before our beautiful Tweed Valley is ruined.

Sue NichollsMurwillumbah

■ The apparent disregard be-ing shown by developers for our precious local wildlife is absurd. With immediate refer-ence to the Kings Forest sub-mission before the NSW Dept of Planning, we must have common sense prevail.

Tweed Shire councillors, please advise the Planning Minister that this develop-ment is not welcome in our shire unless it implements a complete ban on potential wildlife-maiming domestic companion animals.

You must also ensure that the road network in this ‘mini city’ is koala friendly. Please respect the wildlife’s place in our ecosystem and promise us ratepayers that we can be as-sured of coexisting with the real locals for generations to come!

Cameron BowdenEviron

■ Who in their right mind would consider building houses for people without due consideration in this day and age to the recognised native animals’ habitat?

Are you all going mad? Thousands of people in the Tweed love koalas. Thousands of people in Australia love koalas and millions of people around the world recognise

and love the beauty of koalas, and there are many places that are not their natural habitat that could be used for housing developments.

Most of the people who care for koalas either don’t know what to do or don’t think anything they do will have an impact on blind, self-centred politicians in the hands of money-hungry developers.

So start to recognise that the people do not want to destroy koala habitat and do not want the developers just making money out of the koala territory. It is their territory, has been and ever should be, so leave it be. And get on with a more sustainable plan. The Tweed is being desecrated at speed.

Audrey HadleyTweed Heads

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Right-wing viewsI am becoming increasingly disappointed with the direction of your publication, I believe we still live in a democracy and people with right-wing views are equally entitled to be heard. Also, could you please pass on my sympathy to Emerald As-troturf, not for her business woes but for her unfortunate name.

David NelsonTweed Heads

The Youngblutt sagaI was once called a communist by a colleague whose politics, I later learned, were well to the right of those of Joh Bjelke Pe-tersen, premier of Queensland at the time. The premier had introduced draconian legisla-tion in response to demonstra-tions against visiting South African rugby players, selected on the basis of that country’s vicious apartheid policy.

While I was not, and never have been, a communist, I felt

somehow vindicated, even warm-at-heart, in my vocal op-position to Joh’s policies once my colleague’s politics became apparent.

It is with this in mind that I suggest to anyone who might have been referred to as a mo-ron by Cr Youngblutt that they should also take heart and feel duly vindicated in whatever stance they might have taken and are likely to continue to take in the interests of this de-lightful region.

Trevor RobertsonUpper Crystal Creek

■ Dust storms, wild weather, bushfires, surely it cannot take much longer for people to put two and two together and rec-ognise that the degradation of the environment through in-dustry, excess livestock agri-culture and overdevelopment plays a part?

Get rid of the development-hungry and environmentally-insensitive councillors cur-

rently in charge (Polglase and Youngblutt) and put in leaders the community actually voted for. By the way, wasn’t the coun-cil the new mayor previously led sacked for corruption?

And Youngblutt calling con-cerned citizens exercising their right to protest ‘morons’ not only displays his contempt for voters but brings to mind the old saying ‘when you point the finger at someone, remember there are always three pointing back’!

Suzanne GrayChinderah

The Point fundsThe general ratepayer did not foot the bill in the recent court cases against The Point. The le-gal cost to the ratepayer was vir-tually nothing because council filed ‘submitting appearance’ meaning they did not actively defend the cases but left them for the developer to fight. The Hastings Point Residents As-sociation, with a great deal of community support, funded the legal battle against the de-velopers with their own money and legal representation.

When Gavin Lawrie ran for council he didn`t need garage sales and raffle tickets, his campaign was funded by property developers and his campaign running mate was Alan McIntosh, the majority land owner in Hastings Point.

Former councillor Gavin Lawrie was quite vocal in his support for Hastings Point to be two storeys and voted accordingly. Then a month later after receiving a phone call from Mr Alan McIntosh about the matter, Mr Lawrie changed his mind, he said ‘he had made a mistake! There was a lone figure in the public gallery that day, ex-councillor Lawrie’s second running mate in the march 2004 election, Mr Alan McIntosh.

His now famous ‘backflip’ reinstated the three storey height limit at Hastings Point.

Paul FlanaganBogangar

Rally nightmareTweed’s new mayor Warren Polglase has written a column for the Tweed Daily News (Oc-tober 3) in which he claims the Repco rally ‘was a great suc-cess’ and proceeds to repeat the rally spin about 50 million TV viewers, etc.

Who remembers the names of towns in Finland where the rally was held the month be-fore they brought it here? I’m told that few, if any, visitors are drawn to places that have had rallies, apart from loutish lads who want to copycat reckless driving.

Where are the survey results about the promised $31 mil-lion our businesses were to profit? Why do so many shops and cafes in the Tweed say they had a quiet week and some ac-tually lost money?

Polglase wants council to ‘provide more support’ for the

rally. We already pay out from our rates to support these pa-thetic fantasies of fame. Before we commit more precious re-sources that could better pro-mote the area, let’s get some accurate results.

Why pander to the rich and spoiled elite who benefit from the running of this dinosaur event, rather than focusing on our future potential to at-tract eco-friendly visitors who come to experience the unique beauty and peace of our re-gion? What’s new or different about a car crash rally? Puts us on the map, eh? What, for being knuckle-dragging mugs who can’t see the forest for the trees?

Polglase concludes by saying ‘If council had taken a leader-ship role, I believe we would have brought the community along with us’. This statement admits that the community was at best deeply divided and begs the question, what sort of ‘leadership’ can we expect from this man (elected with support from two of his colleagues)? I suspect it will be an autocratic style that does not respect the views of those most affected: current residents will have to pay for the infrastructure of expanding Gold Coast-style development at the same time as we pay for Gold Coast-style ‘entertainment’.

Scott SledgeKingscliff

■ The rally weekend morphed the Tweed and Kyogle Shires into a ‘police state’.

My hometown Murwillum-bah saw the ‘Capitalist Defence Force’ or mini blitzkrieg if you like ride into town: groups of riot squad members patrolling the streets in groups of four or five.

On the Friday I became aware of a young local woman, a very ill woman, just out of hospital, having had fist-size diabetic ul-cers drained, who was crossing Main Street, understandably shaky on her feet. A group of four policemen confronted her, one of them physically frisked her, she was ordered down on her knees onto the footpath, made to empty her bag onto the ground, to have the con-tents spread across the foot-path by a policeman’s boot.

To prove she had a legitimate reason for the heavy-duty pain killers, she was ordered into the chemist shop for that evi-dence.

A report of the incident is currently with a state Upper House parliamentarian.

The other end of the spec-trum was my experience on Main Street, the Wednesday morning following the rally.

I witnessed a young child of three or four years being brutally, verbally assaulted, diagonally opposite the police station. I felt I must intervene for the child’s sake, who inci-dentally was cowering against a shop front terrified out of his wits. I told the assailant it was

not appropriate and he pro-ceeded to set upon me.

I retreated across the road to the police station with the assailant in hot pursuit and guess what? Nine forty five in the morning, ‘no one home’.

It is actions like this that reinforce public opinion that the police do not see them-selves as part of the general community.

The police clearly have an ‘us and them’ mentality – reason-able when dealing with pro-fessional criminals, but inap-propriate when dealing with the public.

That they refer to themselves as a police ‘force’ rather than a police ‘service’ is telling. That this attitude is so ingrained within police culture must be the fault of senior manage-ment.

Try making a complaint about any matter at Murwil-lumbah police station (when someone is home) and you will understand that the above rings true. Maybe it is the same at a police station near you. I suspect so.

A year ago I experienced the very sharp edge of this police attitude, when charged and convicted of assault. The boof-headed local magistrate totally ignored credible evidence of-fered in my defence. He didn’t even have the manners to look up from his paperwork when being addressed.

My conviction was just re-cently quashed in the District Court by a judge who spent 20 minutes eloquently demol-ishing the police case against myself.

The police prosecutor be-came tired of the dressing down her department received she melted into her chair, sit-ting down before the judge had finished, looking forlorn at having the wind judiciously evacuated from her sails.

It’s about time the police ‘force’ returned to a police ‘service’ and became servants of the public who pay their wages.

A more detailed version of this letter will go to the appro-priate Ombudsman and the lo-cal member.

Peter RaeCondong

■ So some local businesses are complaining that they did not turn a profit during the Repco rally and also asking why there were food vans brought in from outside the area. Remem-ber, the rally is put on to make a profit and having food vans in to ply their trade is just part of it, as these vans would most likely have to pay a fee. So they profit and so does the rally.

Also some businesses in Kingscliff did not make the money they expected. Well of course not! The rally’s main event was in Murwillumbah, Kingscliff only had the pit area; unfortunately tune ups and tyre changing are not ex-actly big crowd pullers.

But all is not lost. Millions of car race fans worldwide who watched the rally on TV should now be hastily packing their bags and flying to Murwillum-bah to see the nice trees they viewed in the background.

We can only hope they don’t watch another race before then, with a better background.

Terry SeabrookKingscliff

Support for railAnyone who doesn’t appreci-ate why rail trails replacing the Northern Rivers rail services is a bad idea should spend a few days flitting around Victoria’s regional centres at 160kph in the new ‘purple people eaters’, if you can get a seat.

The revival of V Lines’ fortunes is the result of investment in track upgrading and the purchase of 38 x 2-car diesel units. Nice to see groups of teenagers going to gigs without risking their lives on the road.

Robin SpraggTerranora

■ The size of the roll up at Mur-willumbah station on Tuesday, October 8, was disappointing. I’ve never yet come across a resident that thought losing our rail service a good thing, yet so few can be bothered to object to the imminent legis-lation that could sell off the rail corridor, thus making any chance of having a rail service a near impossibility. Such apathy lets incompetent governments get away with murder.

Also disappointing was the conspicuous absence of Justine Elliot; not even a message. As MLC Lee Rhiannon pointed out, federal Labor promised to pour millions into restoring our line as part of their election platform. Now we have silence when we need action.

This is a golden opportunity for the federal government to step in and appropriate control of our rail corridor from the incompetents in Macquarie Street. The building of the line and the provision of rolling stock could be handed over to the Queensland government so that we could have a seamless continuity with their excellent commuter service from Brisbane Airport to Robina. Ultimately it could be possible to catch a train in Byron Bay and alight in Brisbane or at the air terminals. How convenient, how sensible! Think of the number of people who would be able to leave their cars at home.

Diana EriksenMurwillumbah

■ Letters also acknowledged from Elizabeth Fullrand, Bogandar, Barbara Fitzgibbon, Kingscliff, Poppy Meeves, Terranora, Ari Ehrlich, Tyalgum, T Brill, Hastings Point. Writers are reminded that our preferred length is 200 words and our deadline is noon, Tuesday.

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Tweed teenager Heidi Goodall has such a love for animals that she invented a device which could save the lives of baby whales.

In August last year Heidi (pictured with the device) watched Colin the whale calf, which was later discovered to be female, struggle at Pittwater, Sydney, and ultimately eutha-nised as nobody could find a way to feed her.

‘I saw it on TV and thought there must be a way,’ she said.

Heidi, a Year 12 student at Lindisfarne Anglican Gram-mar School, made the whale calf feeder as part of a major design project for her HSC.

‘I had quite a few design ideas,’ she said. ‘This one is number six. In all it ended up costing $2,000.’

The outer tank is a boat like flotation device which can be tied to the side of a boat. A cav-ity slopes down to the inner milk tank and a tap moder-ates the flow. It can attach to either a teat or a stomach feed-ing tube.

‘I saw Colin nuzzling into boats and trying to feed that way,’ Heidi said of her initial design idea.

‘It would be great if the feed-er could be used in future but I’d love it if there were no more orphaned whales.’

Heidi’s ingenuity also scored her a place on the ABC’s New Inventors program where she got to live out a dream.

‘They came up here (to Mur-willumbah) and we went whale watching. It was the first time I’d seen a whale in real life.’

After finishing school Heidi has plans to take her love of animals even further by be-coming a vet.

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Aussie Fasteners would like to welcome our newest member of staff John Karam.

John is a local who has worked in this area for 29 years. John will be working as a Sales Representative, if you require any fasteners or stainless steel balustrading don’t hesitate to con-tact him on 0488 724 525 and he will be more than happy to assist with your inquiries. Or call into our showroom at shop 1, 19 Buchanan Street, Murwillumbah.

Aussie Fasteners keep an extensive range of stainless steel balustrading. Bring in your measurements for a free quote, you can install yourself or we can arrange for a qualified tradesman to do it for you.

We carry a huge range of stainless steel bolts and screws.

We are also specialised suppliers of industrial fasteners for rural, automotive, steel and marine and construction indus-tries. This includes mild steel and zinc plated, high tensile and structural bolts, Imperial and metric screws, stainless steel bolts and nuts, masonry anchors, construction hardware, Type 17s and TEK screws.

In fact all your fastener requirements, plus we have a free deliv-ery service (min purchase).

Call Aussie Fasteners on 02 6672 4525 or fax your order to 02 6672 7122.

All customers are treated as VIPs (please see display ad this page). At Murwillumbah Collision Repair Centre customers waiting for their car can enjoy a hot beverage whilst watch-ing their favourite program on the big screen TV, or simply by reading and relaxing on one of the comfortable leather sofas provided.

MCRC is the only preferred insurance repairer in the Tweed Valley, and therefore under constant audit by all insurance companies to maintain high quality repairs at very competitive prices. All repair work is backed up by a LIFETIME GUARANTEE.

MCRC’s experienced and dedicated team provides quality workmanship using the latest technology. They take pride in producing the very best results for you and your vehicle.

Call in to see Jes or Jeremy for your free quote or say hello to the new owner Nicoletta at Murwillumbah Collision Repair Centre, 12 Quarry Road or phone (02) 6672 1555.

The ibar in downtown Tweed Heads was once known for its risque adult-themed style, now it’s a popular family-friendly destination.

Forget the lap dancing, the ibar restaurant in Chris Cunningham Park has a lot more going for it these days for locals and visitors alike to lap right up.

After attracting so much unwanted publicity over the so-called lap dancing (it never really did get off the ground) since owner Warren Armstrong opened the late-night diner last year, the ibar has now ‘gone straight’.

Warren’s on a winner with the classy joint, near the new visitors information centre, now offering a new look menu and style set to draw local families in.

Patrons can enjoy an alfresco barbecue on the deck with a free sausage sizzle and soft drinks for the kiddies, who have the park nearby to play in so mum and dad can keep an eye on them while enjoying lunch, or Sunday breakfast.

As the weather warms up, the ibar will be the place to be for a cool drink, meet friends or live entertainment. And it’s the only late-night licensed diner open within 800 kilometres, so there’s no worries about where to get a decent meal and a drink after hours.

So go down to IBAR at 4 Wharf Street, Tweed Heads or call 07 5536 5047 to make a booking.

In just three easy steps the Australian Government’s Green Loans Program is helping householders save energy and water, and reduce greenhouse gas emis-sions.

Step 1: Book your free home sustainability assess-ment

Step 2: Receive your tailored home sustainability as-sessment report.

Step 3: Choose which of the recommended actions– from simple to larger scale – you’ll take to improve your home.

Simple actions might be switching to energy effi cient lights and replacing shower heads. Larger scale rec-ommendations may include installing water or energy saving products like rainwater tanks or solar panels.

You may also want to apply for an interest-free Green Loan of up to $10,000 to make the recom-mended larger scale changes.

To organise your free home sustainability assessment, contact Anthony McNamara 0419 349 119

Find out what you could besaving at your place

Free Assessment

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“Don’t go nuts...bolt to Aussie Fasteners!”

Stainless steel wire Eyebolts and nuts Saddles Screw eyes Shackles Rings, swages, thimbles, turnbuckles Hydraulic swager for hire We also have a full range of fasteners for the rural, automative, steel, marine and construction industries

We are specialised suppliers of stainless steel balustrading

Fax: 02 6672 7122 Email: accounts@aussiefastners.com.au

ALL CUSTOMERS TREATED AS VIP’S

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02 6672 155512 Quarry Rd Murwillumbah

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OPEN THURS, FRI, SAT

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SUNDAY breakfast from 6amFor a great Aussie breakfast most meals

$7.50

Then kick back, relax and enjoy the music, Free sausage sizzle and drinks

for the kids and plenty of space for themto play. Bring a ball!

Phone (07) 5536 5047 for bookings

It’s a panel-beating shop with a big difference, the new Murwillumbah Collision Repair Centre treats customers like VIPs and offers great

service and workmanship, and is the only preferred insurance repairer in the valley. Aussie Fasteners in Murwillumbah has a new sales rep

ready to explain the nuts and bolts of its business. The ibar restaurant in Tweed Heads (next to the new visitor information centre) raised

a few eyebrows when it opened last year so owner Warren Armstrong decided on a new makeover to open it up for families. It has now

become the in-place for a cool drink and tasty food in downtown Tweed Heads. Energy and water savings can now be achieved by obtaining

free home sustainability assessments and loans to help out from the federal government’s green loans program.

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The Wake Up To Yourself Tour

Patrick Mac is presently on tour of country NSW. He is coming to Mur’bah Civic Centre Nov 6 at 6pm“An amazing, wise young local destined to inspire and impact crucial knowledge which has been wilfully hidden from us.”

A knowledge well for Health Care Professionals, Philosophers, Linguists, Artists, Scientists and Environmentalists. A one-off not to be missed. Admission is $10 per person. The presentation will cover:

www.wakeuptoyourselfaustralia.com.au

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4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The New Inventors (G)

Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Wild China (G) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Wild At Heart (PG) 1.30 Spicks And Specks (PG)

Rpt. 2.00 Monarch Of The Glen (G) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Message Stick (G) Rpt. 6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline (G) 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 Hunter (M) 10.15 THat Mitchell And Webb

Look (M) 10.40 Lateline 11.10 The Urban Monkey With

Murray Foote 11.30 triple j tv With The Doctor 11.55 Good Game Rpt. 12.25 rage (M)

5.20 World News 7.15 Weatherwatch 7.25 World News 1.00 Food Lovers Guide To

Australia 1.30 Insight 2.30 Treasures Of The SIlk Road 3.30 Living Black 4.00 Classical Destinations:

Finlandia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News 7.30 Paris (M) 8.30 As It Happened: Paris

1919 (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Transvestite Wives (M) 10.55 Movie: Wild Camp (MA

2005) France. Stars Isild Le Besco, Denis Lavant.

12.15 Hold Please (MA) 12.30 Double Agent Popov: The

Original James Bond (PG) 1.30 FIFA Under 20 World Cup

Playoff 3rd v 4th. 4.00 FIFA Under 20 World Cup

Final.

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Leave It To Beaver

(G 1997) Stars christopher Mcdonald, Janine Turner.

2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Acadamic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Better Homes And

Gardens (PG) 8.30 Movie: Tomorrow Never

Dies (M 1997) Stars Pierce Brownan, Jonathan Pryce.

11.00 Air Crash Investigations (PG)

12.00 Movie: Dirt (M 2004) Stars Juleta Ortiz, Ignacio Guadalupe.

2.00 Infomercials

6.00 ABC News 9.00 Business Today 9.30 Asia Pacific

News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 The New

Inventors 5.00 7.30 Select 5.30 Catalyst 6.00 Wheelchair

Basketball 8.00 Hyperdrive

(PG) 8.30 Torchwood (M) 9.30 Being Erica 10.15 Later... With

Jools Holland 11.20 London Live:

Seasick Steve, Lady GaGa, The Script, The View

11.50 Close

6.00 Baseball. Division Series

9.00 Cycling. Jayco Herald Sun Tour

9.30 The Sport Of Kings

10.00 Sports Unlimited

11.00 College Football

1.30 Moto GP 3.00 NASCAR Sprint

Cup Qualifying 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 NFL Game Day 6.00 Transworld

Sport 7.00 Moto GP 8.30 Cycling. Jayco

Herald Sun Tour

9.00 Sports Tonight 9.20 Twenty20

Champions League Cricket

5.00 Omnisport 5.30 I Fish

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Dharma & Greg (PG) 4.00 Huey’s Cooking

Adventures (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 The 7pm Project (PG) 7.30 THe Spearman

Experiment (PG) 8.30 Movie: Love Actually (M)

Stars Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy.

11.10 Go Girls (M) 12.10 Sports Tonight 12.40 Late Show With David

Letterman 1.30 Infomercials (PG) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And Half Men (PG) 8.00 Motorway Patrol (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Sawshank

Redemption (M 1993) Stars Morgan Freeman, James Whitmore.

11.30 News 12.00 Movie: Final Destination 2

(MA15+ 2003) Stars A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd.

1.40 Movie: Falling Down (M1993) Stars Michael Douglas, RObert Duvall, Barbara Hershey.

3.45 Infomercials 4.35 Good Morning America

7.00am to 6.30pm World News

In Various Languages

6.30 World News 7.30 The Truth

About Killer Dinosaurs (PG)

8.30 112 Emergency

9.00 Movie: The Hidden Blade (MA 2004) Masatoshi, Nagase, Takako Matsu, Yukiyoshi Ozawa.

11.20 Movie: A Real Man (MA 2003) France. Stars Mathieu Almaric, Helene Fillieres.

1.25 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids Programs 8.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 9.00 Bewitched 9.30 The Flintstones 10.00 The Jetsons 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelor 2.00 Drop Dead Diva 3.00 Just Shoot Me! 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Camp Lazlo 4.30 Ben 10 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 TMZ 7.00 Entertainment

Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Godzilla 11.00 Frasier 11.30 Seinfeld 12.00 Bones (M) 1.50 Lean On Me (M) 4.00 The Aria Musick

ShowAll GO! programs G or PG unless otherwise classified

5.00 rage (PG) 11.00 Songbook: Donovan (G) 12.00 Wheelchair Basketball 1.00 Basketball: WNBL 3.00 Football: W-League

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC 5.00 Bowls: Australian Indoor

Championships Women’s Triples final.

6.00 The Wild Gourmets 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Heart And Soul (PG) 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (M) 9.20 Taggart (M) 10.10 Silent Witness (M) 11.05 rage (M)

5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline (G) 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G) 2.00 The lost World Of Communism 3.00 Firebird And Other

Legends (G) 4.45 Will Time Tell (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts 6.00 At The Movies 6.30 The Einstein Factor 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Ganges: River Of Life 8.30 The 39 Steps (M) 10.30 Daniel Libeskind (PG) 10.35 Yehudi Menuhin (G) 11.25 Movie: The Interrupted

Journey (PG 1949) Stars Richard Todd.

12.45 Movie: Break Of Hearts (PG 1935) Stars Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer.

2.05 Movie: Morning Glory (G 1933) Stars Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

3.30 Talking Heads: Hazel Phillips (G)

4.00 The Pet Show (G)

7.05 World News 1.00 Belkis Queen Of Sheba

SBS Radio & TV Youth Orchestra.

1.30 Adventures In Listening: Kurt Masur (PG)

2.30 Rembrandt Inc (PG) 3.30 Douglas Kennedy: My

Life 4.30 Newshour With Jim

Lehrer 5.30 Civilisation (G) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 The Nest (G) 8.30 Iron Chef 9.20 Rockwiz (M) 10.00 Movie: Om Shanti Om

(M 2007) India. Stars Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone.

12.50 SOS (PG) 1.50 Pizza World Record (MA) 2.20 Knot At Home (M) 2.50 Weatherwatch

6.25 World News 10.00 Fork In The Road: Egypt (G) 11.00 Fifty Years! Of Love? (PG) 12.00 Cycling Tour Of Tasmania. 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 Football Asia 3.30 UEFA Europa League Mag 4.00 Les Murray’s Football 5.00 The World Game 6.00 Feast Greece 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You

Are? Christine Anu 8.30 Dateline 9.30 The Conspiratory File:

Lockerbie (PG) 10.30 The Deadlys 2009 12.05 Embedded With

Blackfellas 1.05 Movie: Moi The Albino (M

2003) Iceland. Stars Tomas Learquis, Thostur Leo Gunnarsson.

2.45 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV (PG) 12.00 Out Of The Blue (PG) 1.00 Australian Moto GP 2009 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Movie: Home Alone

2 – Lost In New York (PG) Stars Macauley Culkin, Jo Pesci, Daniel Stern.

8.50 Movie: X-man – The Last Stand (M) Stars Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry.

11.00 Dexter (MA15+) 12.00 Rock Of Love (MA15+) 12.50 Sex And The City (M) 1.50 Infomercials 3.55 Brazilian Formula One

Grand Pri x Qualifying.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 V8 Xtra 1.30 Motorsport 2.30 According To Jim (PG) 5.00 Guide To The Good Life 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Movie: A Bug’s Life (G

1998) Stars Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phyllis Diller, Kevin Spacey.

8.30 Movie: Deja Vu (M 2006) Stars Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer.

11.10 Movie: Dodgeball – A True Underdog Story (M 2003) Stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn.

1.00 Infomercials

6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Kochie’s Business

Builders 10.30 Crime Busters (PG) 11.00 Retail Therapy (G) 12.00 According To Jim (PG) 12.40 Movie: Toys (PG 1992)

Stars Robin WIlliams, Joan Cusack, Jamie Foxx.

3.10 Movie: Welcome To Mooseport (PG 2003) Stars Gene Hackman, Ray Ropmano, Marcia Gay Harden, Maura Tierney.

5.30 Mercurio’s Menu (G) 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Sunday Night 7.30 Border Security (PG) 8.00 The Force (PG) 8.30 Movie: TBA 10.30 Las Vegas (M) 11.30 Scrubs (PG) 12.00 Hot Auctions (G) 12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

7.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 rage (G) 6.05 The New

Inventors 6.30 Wheelchair

Basketball 8.00 At The Movies 8.30 Movie: Otto

Preminger Season: The Cardinal (M 1963) Stars Carol Lynley, John Huston, Romy Schneider, Tom Tryon.

11.20 Movie: The Woman On The Beach (PG 1947) Stars Robert Ryan, Joan Bennett, Charles Bickford.

12.35 Close

6.00 Baseball 9.00 Cycling 9.30 Athletix. The

IAAF Magazine 10.00 Football.

Bundesliga 11.05 Mecum Auction 12.00 NASCAR Sprint

Cup Happy Hour

1.00 Moto GP 5.00 Cycling. Jayco

Herald Sun Tour

7.00 The Sport Of Kings

7.30 Sports Tonight 7.50 Pro Bull Riding 8.50 Sports Soup 9.20 Twenty20

Champions League Cricket

1.15 Twenty20 Champions League Cricket

5.00 Football. Bundesliga

7.00 Montreux Jazz Festival (G) 8.00 Zoo Days (G) 8.55 Little Angels (G) 9.25 Scrapheap Challenge 11.00 A Journey Through American Music (G) 12.00 Soundtrack To My Life (G) 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles (G) 1.55 jtv live (G) 1.55 jtv live: Jet 2.55 jtv live: The

Shins 3.50 jtv live: You

Am I 4.45 Rock In Rio 6.00 ABC Fora 7.00 Artscape 7.30 Sunday Arts 8.30 The Great

Contemporary Art Bubble (M)

10.00 The Wall 10.30 The Jewel In

The Crown 11.25 East Of

Everything (M) 12.25 Close

6.00 Football. Bundesliga

6.50 NASCAR Nationwide Series

9.45 Formula 1 Qualifying

11.00 Moto GP. Round 15 Australian

5.00 Moto GP 5.30 Baseball.

Championship Series National League

8.00 Sports Tonight 8.20 ANDRA Pro

Series Drag Racing

9.20 Twenty20 Champions League Cricket

1.15 Twenty20 Champions League Cricket

5.00 Omnisport 5.30 Athletix. The

IAAF Magazine

5.00am to 6.00pm World News

In Various Languages

6.30 World News 7.30 The World

Game 8.30 Outback

United 9.30 Movie: Love

At Fist Hiccup (M 1999) Denmark. Stars Robert Hansen, Sofie Lassen-Kahlke.

11.00 Movie: Kurt Wallander – Mastermind (M 2005) Sweden. Stars Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sallstrom.

12.45 Weatherwatch

6.00 Religion 7.00 Totally Wild 7.30 Pearlie (G) 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 State Focus (G) 9.00 Infomercials 10.00 Hit List TV 11.00 Australian Moto GP 2009 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Talkin’ ‘Bout Your

Generation (PG) 7.30 Australian Idol (PG) 9.30 Rove (M) 10.40 Californication (MA15+) 11.15 Movie: Hard Ball (M) Stars

Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane. 1.15 Infomercials 2.45 Brazilian Formula One

Gran Prix 5.00 Religion

6.00 Arrive Alive Cup 7.00 Weekend Today 9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Horse Racing 5.00 Fishing Australia (G) 5.30 Postcards (G) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest

Home Videos 7.30 Hey Hey Reunion (PG) 10.55 Movie: Ground Hog Day

(PG) Stars Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot.

12.35 Movie: Pink Cadillac (M 1989) Stars Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters.

3.00 MAD TV (M) 4.00 Infomercials

6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Wide World Of Sports 11.00 2009 Gold Coast

Marathon 11.30 Take 40 Live Presents... 12.00 The Aria Music Show 1.00 Maldives Pro 2009 1.30 From Legends To Heroes 2.00 Movie: Dennis The

Menace (PG 1993) Stars Walter matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright.

4.00 The Pursuit (G) 4.30 Talk To The Animals 5.00 Great Aussie Cook-Off 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 News 6.30 20 to 1 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Rescue Special Ops (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 11.30 Bizarre ER (M) 12.00 Movie: Due East (M 2001)

Stars Robert Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Kate Capshaw.

2.00 Skippy (G) 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 5.00 Early Morning News

5.00am to 6.30pm World News

In Various Languages

6.30 World News 7.30 Don Matteo

(PG) 8.30 Unit One (M) 9.40 Movie:

Frostbite (MA 2005) Sweden. Stars Petra Nielsen, Grete Havneskold, Emma Aberg.

11.20 Movie: Grimm (M 2003) Netherlands. Stars Halina Reijn, Jacob Derwig, Carmelo Gomez.

1.05 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kid’s Programs 1.00 Ballistyx Snowboard

Show 1.30 Seinfeld 3.00 Frasier 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 The Nanny 6.00 Seinfeld 7.30 Dance Your Ass Off 8.30 Father Of The Pride

(M) 9.00 South Park (MA15+) 10.00 RENO 911 (M) 11.00 Movie: Shaft’s Big

Score (M) Stars Richard Roundtree.

1.00 Movie: Westworld (M) Stars Yul Brunner.

2.45 Movie: Curse Of The Jade Scorpion G) Stars Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd.

4.30 Marine Boy 5.00 The Aria Music ShowAll GO! programs G or PG unless otherwise classified

6.00 Kid’s Programs 11.30 Seinfeld 12.00 Charlie’s Angels 1.00 Marine Boy 1.30 Scooby-Doo 2.00 Josie & The Pussycats 2.30 Scooby-Doo 3.00 The Jetsons 4.00 The Flintstones 5.00 The Nanny 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 South Park (M) 9.30 Curb Your

Enthusiasm (MA15+) 10.00 Weeds (MA15+) 11.00 Movie: Spies Like

Us (G) Stars Martin Sheen, Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd.

1.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 South Park 3.00 Curb Your

Enthusiasm (MA15+) 3.30 Weeds (MA15+) 4.30 Charlie’s AngelsAll GO! programs G or PG unless otherwise classified

1. Someone is pitting the world’s superpow-

ers against each other – whoda thought?

Fortunately Pierce Brosnan is on the job in

Tomorrow Never Dies (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm).

2. Vampires can survive in cold climates, too, at

least according to the Swedish horror comedy

Frostbite (SBS2, Saturday, 9.40pm). If the

Swedes can survive ABBA and Volvos, then the

mutant dead are a doddle.

3. The ever-disturbed Rupert Penry-Jones runs

into a beastly spot of bother with a biplane in

the latest remake of the classic thriller The 39

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Prime HD same as above except: ➟ 1.30 Movie: Rumble In The Bronx (M 1995) Stars Jackie Chan, Anita Mui.

SBS advises viewers that programming between 6pm and 10.30pm nightly is

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Most Prime programs between 6.30pm and 11.30pm (approx) nightly are

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4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The New Inventors (G) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Gil Mayo Mysteries 1.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) 2.00 Parliament Question

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3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Landline Extra 6.30 Talking Heads 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Australian Story (PG) 8.30 Four Corners 9.20 Media Watch 9.35 Ashes To Ashes (M) 10.30 Lateline & Lateline

Business 11.35 The Oasis (M) 12.50 Parliament Question

Time: House Of Representatives

1.50 Movie: They Won’t Believe Me (PG 1947)

3.25 Bowls: Australian Indoor Championships Women’s Triples final.

4.30 Psychic Investigators (G) 5.00 The New Inventors (G) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The Music In Me 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) 1.00 The New Inventors (G) 1.30 Catalyst (PG) Rpt. 2.00 Parliament Question

Time: House Of Representatives

3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 Rivers And Life: Niles 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 The Sphinx Unmasked 9.30 TBA 10.00 Jennifer Byrne Presents 10.30 Lateline & Lateline

Business 11.30 Four Corners Rpt. 12.15 Media Watch Rpt. 12.30 Poirot (PG) 1.25 Parliament Question

Time: House Of Representatives

2.25 Movie: Along The Rio Grande (PG 1941)

3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor

5.20 World News 7.10 Weatherwatch 7.25 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To

Australia 1.30 Letter To Anna (M) 2.30 Dateline 3.30 Insight 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Stay Strong 6.00 Living Black 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 8.30 Man Vs Wild 9.30 World News 10.00 Entourage (M) 10.30 Skins (MA) 11.30 Life’s A Zoo (M) 11.55 Movie: Warriors Of

Heaven And Earth (M 2003) China. Stars Wen Jiang, Kitchi Nakai, Xuequi.

2.00 Weatherwatch

5.20 World News 7.15 Weatherwatch 7.25 World News 1.00 Movie: Italian For

Beginners (M 2000) Denmark. Stars Andewrs Berthelsen, Sara Indrio Jensen.

2.40 Blue, Karma, Tiger (PG) 3.00 Corner Gas (G) 3.30 Living Black 4.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To

Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight 8.30 East West 101 (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Hot Docs: 21 Up America

(PG) Latest in the 7-up series 11.50 Movie: Electric Shadows

(PG 2004) China. Stars Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang.

1.35 Mao: A Life (PG) 2.40 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Something New

(PG 2006) Stars Simon Baker, Sanaa Lathan, Blair Underwood.

2.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 3.00 New Idea TV 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8.00 Destroyed In Seconds (PG) 8.30 Flash Forward (M) 9.30 Mercy (M) 10.30 Momma’s Boys (M) 11.30 Style By Jury (PG) 12.00 Room For Improvement

(G) 12.30 Infomercials

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: L.A. Law – The

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Magnus Carlsen’s magnificent victory in Nanjing this week has left historians scratching their heads – has there ever been a bet-ter performance by an 18-year-old in history?

Only one player, only one result bears comparison – Bobby Fischer’s 1962 win of the Stockholm Interzonal World Championship qualifier, 2.5 points ahead of 22 other aspirants for Mikhail Botvinnik’s world title from around the globe.

Both Carlsen’s and Fischer’s tournament wins were achieved within a couple of months of their 19th birthday and both tourna-ments signalled clearly that here was a future World Champion.

It took Fischer another 10 years to ascend the chess summit, obstructed by Cold War chica-nery and by Fischer’s propensity to boycott events if conditions did not meet his high standards.

After his overwhelming vic-tory at the Pearl Spring tour-nament in Nanjing – a perfor-mance which included victories over every rival, including world

number one Veselin Topalov - few believe that Carlsen will take more than half that time to take over at the top.

Carlsen’s result has virtu-ally guaranteed the Norwegian teenager a place in the Final 8 World Championship Candidates matches, though with the fickle-ness of the world body FIDE, it is hard to be 100% confident that the Candidates matches will actu-ally take place in 2010.

Teimour Radjabov, the Azeri wonderboy who beat Garry Kasparov in 2003 at age 15 but has subsequently failed to move higher than the top 10, spoke for the other Nanjing players when he said: ‘From the first round, you could see that Magnus had new ideas and strategies, and he changed every round which impressed me very much. He was well prepared and played particu-larly well. Of course such a result also needs some objective factors

– your good form and your oppo-nents playing poorly. Others may be surprised to see such a result, but Magnus is young and for him nothing is impossible.’

Carlsen did have one advan-tage denied to Fischer – most notably the facility to phone a friend, Kasparov. Almost every evening Carlsen’s new trainer was ‘giving me some comments and advice’ said Carlsen.

Evidence of Kasparov’s guid-ing hand could be seen in many of Carlsen’s opening choices, but the following victory was entirely Carlsen’s own work. We pick up the game at the diagram, Carlsen playing White against Chinese star Wang Yue, after five and a half hours play, with Carlsen about to play his 59th move.

White has run out of pawns and it seems as if a draw is inevitable but Carlsen manages to create threats from nowhere...59.Rc1! Re3+?Obvious but fatal. Both 59...Ra5 and 59...Rb3 should hang on.

60.Kd1! Rb3Wang’s hand almost released the rook on c3 before he reconsidered and found a safer, but not safe enough, square. Had Wang not been required by the ‘touch move’ rule to move his rook, he might have tried 60...Ka5!? 61.Nd5 Re1+! 62.Kxe1 Nd3+ 63.Kd2 Nxc1 64.Kxc1, reaching the notoriously tricky endgame of two knights against pawns. (Without the pawns White could not force checkmate.) Carlsen would still have been favoured to win after 64...f5 65.Nf4! but with less than 10 minutes left to finish the game, his endgame technique would have been severely tested.61.Nd5+! Ka7 62.Ra1+ Kb8 63.Kc2! Rh3 Suddenly the rook cannot stay on the b file and Black’s king will be left without protection.64.Rb1+ Ka7 65.Rb7+ Ka6 66.Rb6+ Ka566...Ka7 67.Nb5+ Ka8 68.Nc7 checkmate! would have been a prettier finish.67.Rb5+ Ka4 68.Nb6+ Ka3 69.Rxe5 1-0

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Quick CluesACROSS1. Written work submitted ready for publication (10)6. Halt, cease (4)10. Organs of taste (7)11. Make more intense, coagulate (7)12. Female head of a clan (9)13 Lovers’ meeting (5)14. Barb, prickle (5)15. Chairman, head of Presbyterian church (9)17. Mistaken, in error (9)20. Stakes in poker (5)21. Lower intestine (5)23. Watchmen, guards (9)25. Social worker, offi cial who hands out charity (7)26. 1920s design movement (3,4)27. Pig’s grunting sound (4)28. Nymphs who majntained the garden of the west (classical) (10)

DOWN1. Tribal emblem (5)2. Light red wine (5,4)3. Fuity white wine (9,5)4. Speaker’s platform (7)5. Tossed, threw (7)7. Fortifi ed European wine (5)8. Dry white wine (5,4)9. Popular Australian beer (8,6)14. Widely marketed Italian white wine (9)16. Document of ownership (5,4)18. Look at, watch (7)19. Portable tanning device (3-4)22. Human female (5)24. Specks, dots (5)

Cryptic CluesACROSS1. 13 across epic page sample prepared by Remington (10)6. Road work. Halt (4)10. Languages for Chinese crime syndicate union with two cardinals (7)11. Concentrate, yokel, captured by a number (7)12. Dominant woman to walk over poor Rita (9)13. Attempt street rendezvous (5)14. Number following god – what a prick! (5)15.Trade breakdown in the backroom needs a mediator (9)17. Certain to go back over the patent copier, but mistaken (9)20. Worker takes two directions making bets (5)21. Broken elbow – shows guts (5)23. Guards three points: silent service! 99025. The French Roman – confuses social worker (7)26. Design movement requires skill with cryptic code (3,4)27. Its all right about the popular, says pig (4)28. Man takes horse, having captured psychic power from the nymphs of the evening (10)

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Mungo’s Crossword fi rst published in The Week.

ARIES: With the planetary emphasis in your partnership zone don’t even think about behaviour that causes you or anyone else unnecessary stress. Accept that other people’s agendas are their own business, take care of your health and this week you’ll be looking good just like an Aries should.

TAURUS: You definitely win this week’s astral jackpot as your ruling planet Venus sashays into her favourite home stay – witty, artistic, pleasure loving Libra – while clever Mercury keeps a weather eye on Tauran finances, ensuring you don’t over-flash the plastic in the cathedrals of retail.

GEMINI: Stay detached from emotional dramas, tread gently around other people’s sensitive areas and a lucrative business deal could be cemented this week. While celestial cha-cha steps suggest a temptation to let style overwhelm substance, actions and results should speak louder than charisma.

CANCER: This week may need rapid, even radical, adjustments to the way you do things: sharing instead of hoarding, opening up when you’re feeling at your most vulnerable rather than snapping the crab shell shut. Insisting on your way could cause clashes – go for cooperation and collaboration.

LEO: Forget critics raining on your parade – this week’s Leo moon kickoff brings a reassuring upswing in creative inspiration. If the wow factor’s been a bit lacking lately take heart, because there’s plenty of verve and joie de vivre in this week’s wheelings and dealings.

VIRGO: Stop criticizing yourself! Do you even realize you’re doing it? Be as tender and understanding to yourself as you are with others. Appreciate the beautiful creature you are. Acknowledge those meticulous Mercurian gifts: your elegant aesthetics, your sense of service and finesse.

LIBRA: This week your intuition,

spirit wisdom, higher self or whatever you like to call it has important information for you. Sure you’re busy with a hundred and one different kinds of fun, but at some time turn off the mobile, iPod and the news and tune into numero uno…

SCORPIO: Don’t like living with unanswered questions? The universe has been busy probing your depths and this week Mercury brings answers. Possibly not what you expected, or even wanted, but they’ll give you more control over your life by clarifying a decision whether to commit or quit.

SAGITTARIUS: As Jupiter your ruling planet heads direct in the sign of unexpected benefits and new moves, this week could bring a fresh slant on a marketing presentation or business strategy, highlighting what needs to be repackaged, reworked or just resigned to the bin.

CAPRICORN: This week’s socially aerobic climate is

positively seething with

excellent contacts, while its

challenge is to balance the ideal

with the reality, the impulse and

its fulfillment, the way things

could be and the way they

are, ie. the hundred and one

contradictions of daily existence.

AQUARIUS: While Jupiter

direct in your sign attracts

support and applause for your

adventurous, cutting-edge

inspirations, it’s in your best

interests to be diplomatic rather

than blunt because this week

won’t appreciate your signature

straightforwardness. Awkward,

inconvenient truths need tactful

packaging.

PISCES: With present planetary

emphasis in the Piscean sector

of partnership, teamwork and

alliances, it’s important to heal

rifts and reestablish a smooth

flow of energy with the key

people in your life so you can

fully absorb your lucky transit

coming up this summer.

This week Jupiter, the zodiac’s all round fortune bringer moves forward, while the

planetary gathering in Libra inclines our minds towards peace, love, justice,

partnerships and partying

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MAY 7 – 13 A L L Y O U R L O C A L E N T E R T A I N M E N TOCT 15 – OCT 21 L O C A L E N T E R T A I N M E

Island Vibe Festival October 30 to November 1

Get set for the Island Vibe Fes-

tival, which boasts some of the world’s most acclaimed reggae and world music artists. Held at Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) you will arrive by ferry or water taxi at Dunwich on the western side of the island.

According to organiser Morg-yn, ‘The idea to do a festival on Minjerribah (Stradboke) hit me like a falling coconut one November day walking along Deadman’s Beach at Point Lookout. It was one of those magical days when the ocean and sky create that harmony of aquamarine and deep blue that make you feel like the luckiest being on the planet…’

The festival’s Arts, Culture and Community program exists to highlight and celebrate the music, dance, art and cultures of Indigenous peoples locally, across Australia , throughout Oceania and beyond. It also provides artistic and cultural exchange opportunities for the local island community, and strives to create harmony among cultures by coming together on equal ground.

Some of the line up includes Natiruts, Chali 2na, Saritah, Grrilla Step, Chocolate Strings, House of Shem, Nicky Bomba, SoundSystem, Kingfisha, Darky Roots, Bonjah, Laneous, Mista Savona, Spankinhide, Fyah Walk and Yeshe.

For more visit www.islandvibe.com.au

Tweed River Festival

A full weekend of activities will be on at this weekend’s Tweed

River Festival. It runs from October 17 to 24 and includes revegetation, art exhibitions, lantern, singing and drumming workshops, wetland and bird walks and open days. For more info visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/Events/WhatsOnCommu-nity.aspx

Mother of a Comedy Night

Stand up comedian and serial mother Mandy Nolan presents

a Mother of a Comedy night featuring Australia You’ve Got Talent’s semi finalist Sandy Gandhi and Jenny Wynter, just returned from 2 years performing in the US.

Jen is one of Australia’s fastest emerging comedic talents, with a particular passion for musi-cal, character and improvised comedy. For the past two years she has been based in North America, where she has toured her stand-up act throughout Canada with Yuk Yuk’s and has performed as a mainstage

cast member with the world-renowned improv company Loose Moose Theatre.

In 2006 she was awarded a $15,500 Lord Mayor’s New and Emerging Artists Fellowship to travel to New York, Boston, Las Vegas and LA to train in comedy and improv with the prestigious Second City and more. In 2007 Arts Queensland awarded her another grant to attend the Loose Moose Inter-national School of Improvisa-tion in Calgary and she was also offered an independent residency at the renowned Banff Centre, to work on her new solo show. Jen has written for ABC TV’s The Glass House, has performed all around Australia and the USA and has appeared on Brisbane’s 612 ABC, Tasmania’s Huon FM and Briz 31’s Cinema. Until jump-ing the ocean to Canada, she co-hosted The Frog and Peach, the cultishly popular comedy drive-time radio show on 4ZZZ.

Thursday October 15 at Side Splitting Comedy at the Cur-rumbin RSL. Show at 7.30pm with doors open from 6.30pm. Tickets are $15/18 and can be bought at the club or online on www.currumbinrsl.com.au Phone 07 5534 7999.

Andre Rieu live via satellite from the Acer Arena

André Rieu, together with his Johann Strauss Orchestra will delight fans across the country with an enchanting Arena Tour performance. At 8pm NSW

DST, from Sydney’s Acer Arena, this magnificent event will be beamed out via CinemaLive’s satellite network as it happens, into regional cinemas and big screens, including at Seagulls. Don’t miss André’s magical performance as he fills the night with breathtaking music. Tickets selling fast. Friday at Seagulls from 8pm.

Peter Powers – HypnotistPeter Powers is well known for his many appearances on the Footy Show where he hypno-tized Fatty Vautin and other members of the show. His shows are unique, fun-packed with loads of surprises. During 2008 Foxtel aired nationally a 13- week series of Peter Power’s shows ‘Power Of One’ which is the third series. Following these specials, Foxtel followed through with another series by Peter Powers titled ‘Street Hyp-nosis’. Peter Powers is in strong demand world wide and, in mid 2008 he filmed a 13-week series of TV shows in the Neth-erlands for the Dutch market. During each year, he tours Eng-land, Scotland, Ireland and is trying to fit in a tour of Canada. With appearances on The Footy

Show and his numerous TV specials ‘Celebrity Superpow-ers’, and ‘The Power Of One’, Pe-ter Powers has become a major celebrity and draw card on the Australian circuit. Peter is tour-ing Australia during 2009 with a fantastic new show full of surprises, one that promises to be an unbelievably outrageous and wild experience. Saturday at Seagulls from 8.30pm

Chase The Sun

Jan Rynsaardt, Ryan Van Gen-nip and Jon Howell formed

Chase The Sun and recorded their critically acclaimed self-titled 2007 debut with the high ideal that they would be an acoustic blues trio. Only problem was, they discovered shortly afterwards that they were too loud, too fast and pretty much way too rock n roll for anything as sedate as that.

Never fear, it’s not that the blues has left Chase The Sun entirely; it’s more that their oth-er influences, classic rock and

hard rock refused to leave the party. So, after two solid years on the road, Chase The Sun grew out of their blues roots and spread their branches up and out to the heights of rock and roll.

Princess and the accompanying Living Free Part 2 are new tracks from Chase The Sun’s forth-coming sophomore album Rednecks and Gentlemen due for release in March 2010.

Princess, the perfect song about a girl you love to hate, showcases the band’s burgeon-ing new sound and captures a taste of the excitement Chase The Sun generate with their rocking live shows at festivals and sweat box pubs all over the country.

Recorded in one take late one night after just the right number of beers, the other track Living Free Part 2 couldn’t be more different to Princess. Like Prince with a hangover jamming with Keb Mo, Ryn-saardt delivers this simple solo blues number about the good things in life in a falsetto style that would surprise and delight even his mum.

Both tracks were recorded on good old fashioned two-inch tape under the watchful ear of David Skeet (Kate Miller-Hei-

dke, The Church) with the idea of catching a real and honest representation of the band playing live in the studio.

See them at the Soundlounge, Currumbin RSL 8pm Friday.

Marshall and the FroFrom humble beginnings in By-ron Bay, Marshall and the Fro are now in demand performing nationally and internationally. Their music feels so natural and so comfortable it’s like

freebiesCheck it out!

We have 2 full weekend

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Vibes Festival, which

includes a camping

spot and ferry trans-

fers to the island. It’s

over $500 worth! Email

gigs@echo.net.au

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Email

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Gig Guide too,

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Tweed’s events.

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH: ELAINE WOODGATE AS AUNT SPONGE, CAROL EVANS AS AUNT SPIKER & KOBY L’ESTRELLE AS JAMES. FRIDAY OCTOBER 23 AT THE MURWILLUMBAH CIVIC CENTRE

SARITA APPEARING AT THE ISLAND VIBE FESTIVAL ON NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND OCT 30 TO NOV 1

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slipping into your favorite pair of double pluggers only to find that you’re slamming them together in the air chanting an OCCA anthem ‘I got my thongs on’. The band embraces its Australian heritage and what better token of choice than the humble rubber double plug-ger! Soundlounge, Currumbin RSL, 8pm Friday.

At Neverland this weekThis Thursday, Brett Sellwood starts up your weekend early with the latest in tech house.

On Friday Yolanda Be Cool from the infamous Ajax’s label

will be blowing Neverland away with the release of there EP Afro Nuts. Alongside them will be The Shake Up also releasing their EP.

The Goons of Doom will be planning their revenge on Neverland Bar on Saturday after the release of their lat-est album. In support will be Comic Sans and Thomas J.

DJ Black will be taking right through Sunday the only way he knows how, slow and steady.

Serene AddictionSerene Addiction is Bec and

Lani from the Gold Coast. They

cover genres such as rock ‘n’

roll, Aussie rock, 60s-70s rock,

hits from the 80s, 90s, 2000s,

as well as their own original

music. Serene Addiction

connect with their audience

through their upbeat vibe

and pure enjoyment of live

music. Their music provides a

blend of powerful harmonies

and punchy guitar riffs. Two

girls, two guitars, raw and

real, rhythmical without the

backing machine! Influences

include The Indigo Girls, The

Cranberries, Ritchie Valens, kd

lang, Melissa Etheridge, Ani

DiFranco, Rob Thomas, Mia

Dyson, Josh Pyke and late 60s

rock. Sheoak Shack Fingal

Head, 7pm Saturday.

Bill Jacobi

Bill Jacobi will be back on the

verandah at The Riverview

Hotel in Murwillumbah this

Sunday arvo, watching the

river flow and stomping out

some more those rootsy down

to earth grooves. Bill will be

riding in on the back of a Floyd

Vincent and the Childbrides

tour, so catch him at his sleep

deprived and road rattled best.

Show starts at 2pm.

The Train

Fresh from a show at the Pacific

Hotel Yamba last weekend,

Preston Train are looking to

roll into the Cabarita Sports

Club this Friday 16. The Train

interpret tunes from the likes

of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers,

Robben Ford, The Bondi Cigars,

Tim Buckley, 10 CCC through

to artists like Ben Harper,

Donovan Frankenreiter, Cruel

Sea and some classics from

the Hoodoo Gurus, Sunnyboys

and Hunters & Collectors. They

also play a few originals of their

own. Cabarita Sports Club

Friday.

Anarchist in your MidstThe Gold Coast’s hottest funk/rock/reggae export, Anarchist

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Some hippy chick back in the

seventies turned up in Hawaii,

opened her window, took in

the breathtaking view of the

mountains and then walked

downstairs into the carpark.

It inspired her to write ‘Don’t

it always seem to go that

you don’t know what you’ve

got till it’s gone. They paved

paradise and put up a parking

lot.’

The Big Yellow Taxi is pulling

up in Mullumbimby and

dropping off the Fresh Food

People. Woolies are soon to

hit town. It is the evil of which

we may not speak: Mullum’s

Mordor. It must be stopped.

If the hippies, activists and

freak brigade of the North

Coast of NSW can’t stop chain

store cancer vaccinating their

village against uniqueness

and small business, then

we’re done for. The corporate

machine has eaten the dream.

It’s a test. If they break us, the

town of most resistance, then

they break every little village

in Australia.

It’s chess. They needed

some practice negotiating

difficult free thinking, organic

communities. Take out the

Queen. They needed to

find a robust economically

healthy village where local

business flourished and the

town centre was alive with

chatter and diversity. So they

took out Maleny. Sure they

won’t shop there. Who cares?

If the citizens of Maleny are

philosophically euthanased in

the fight against what some

pithy progressives like to call

‘change’ (implying that those

who don’t accept big business

bastardising their town are in

fact change-challenged. You

want change, buddy? Then

give your BMW to St Vincent

De Paul and start riding a bike.

(Change comes from within,

not from your wallet), then

what hope do we have here in

Mullumbimby? Once Woolies

take Mullum it’s checkmate

on regional communities,

and the board falls. We stinky

hairy people of the revolution

must defend our honour. We

must rise up from our middle

class slumber, prise ourselves

from the plasma, and defend

our precious pawns: the

ordinary people who live in

Mullumbimby.

Franchise is the business

equivalent of the chicken pox

blanket for the butcher, the

baker and the candlestick

maker, the grocer, the chemist

and the alchemist. Woolies

is the camphor laurel by our

stream. Mullumbimby is all

that is left of the hippy dream.

It is a remarkable picture of

diversity and community, a

rich and thriving culture that is

a reminder of the power of the

village. Mullum has retained

her status as a country town,

albeit a little Newtown… with

dairy farmers.

Drive to Mullum on any

given day, and this is what

you’ll find: buskers on sitar,

buskers on guitar, kids from

Shearwater out-busking them

all, there’ll be a shirtless bloke

in a kilt on his mobile, a nice

neat Nanna off to the doctor,

a seedpod of single mums

outside Santos sharing tips

on crystal deodorant, there’s

workmen, men who have

never worked, emo teenagers

skipping school and eating

chips on the pavement, the

crazy walking guy bumming a

dollar and a cigarette, there’s

an elusively private local

lawyer walking his dog, there’s

a political activist with hair

like Jesus scowling into his

coffee, there’s the Mayor with

a bunch of papers having a

meeting in a local cafe, there’s

some dishevelled rock star

skulking the street but no one

really knows who he is, there’s

vegetarians in the butcher

shop buying bones for their

dogs and carnivores in the

health food shop buying a

colon cleansing kit, there’s

beautifully dressed women

next to badly dressed women,

there’s the whitened teeth

brigade holding court with

the toothless, there’s a bloke

from the local paper taking a

photo outside the fish shop,

there’s a handful of hard

core drinkers at the window

of the local pub, there’s a

whale activist in the chemist

waiting for his prescription,

there’s the guy in a wheelchair

with emphysema smoking

a durry, there’s a farmer in

his ute reading Shooter’s

Monthly, there’s a big-

mouthed comedian without

a licence pushing a pram and

lugging shopping, there’s

people talking everywhere,

gathered in groups, dotted

in shops, music playing,

noise everywhere. Dogs are

tied to every post and not

just one dog. Lots of dogs.

Small fluffy designer dogs

tied next to cattledogs, next

to collies, next to mongrels.

There’s dog shit on the street,

but we just walk over it. This

is our community. A vibrant

flawed gloriously fucked-up

cacophony of community.

Mullumbimby needs to be

heritage listed. Supermarkets

are soul destroyers. It’s time to

defend our town. It reminds

me of one of the saddest and

most telling lines from one of

my favourite films, Withnail & I when one of the characters

bemoans the end of the the

utopian wonderland that was

the 60s with ‘They’re selling

hippie wigs in Woolworths,

Man.’ So drop your firestick,

stop tie-dying those rainbow

shirts and put down your

lentils, it’s time to make a

stand… even a frigging

headstand would do.

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Mandy Nolan

PETER POWERS SATURDAY AT SEAGULLS FROM 8.30PM

PRESTON TRAIN AT CABARITA SPORTS CLUB FRIDAY

ANDRE RIEU FRIDAY AT SEAGULLS FROM 8PM

JENNY WYNTER, SIDE SPLITTING

COMEDY, THURSDAY OCTOBER 15 AT THE

CURRUMBIN RSL

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Duck is flying south to promote their new, full-length album Propaganda. They kick off their tour with three local shows: Nimbin Hotel on Friday, Lennox Hotel on Saturday and The Rails, Byron on Sunday. Anarchist Duck are teaming up, for this leg of the tour, with reggae soul sister, CC the Cat.

Storytelling for children at the GalleryRenowned storyteller Jenni Cargill-Strong from The Story-tree Company will share stories for children and families in the Tweed River Art Gallery’s Pe-ter and Judy Budd Foyer. 10am and 11am Sunday October 18 There will be two sessions of approximately 30 minutes, each featuring different stories.

At 10am Jenni will weave magic tales from her perch on Keith Cameron’s Chairs in Wonderland and at 11am she will share tales of fantasy and legend inspired by the exhibi-tion The enchanted forest: new gothic storytellers.

The Last Resort theatre productionLots of hilarity, music and may-hem is promised for the Tweed Theatre Company’s latest production, The Last Resort. The Aussie comedy is set in an over 50s retirement village, where residents have to raise money to repair the village bus. There is complimentary wine and cheese on opening night, which is this Friday October 16. Complimentary coffee or tea will be served at the inter-val. Written by Judith Prior and directed by Raelene Richards, the play has special permis-sion for performance by David Spicer Productions. It runs from October 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8pm DST, and October 18 and 25 at 3pm DST. Tickets at the door or telephone (07) 5536 2556 to book tables of 10 or more. BYO drinks and snacks. $12 adults

and $10 conc. The venue is located at the Tweed Heads Civic and Cultural Centre, cor-ner of Wharf and Brett Streets. Part proceeds from this pro-duction go to the Smith Family. www.tweedtheatre.com.au

Giant PeachMurwillumbah Theatre Com-pany’s final production for the year will be James and the Gi-ant Peach, opening on Friday October 23 at 7.30pm at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre.

This children’s classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight as the characters are brilliantly brought to life in this fantastical play for children and adults based on the novel by Roald Dahl.

Performances continue on Sat-urday October 24 and Octo-ber 31 at 7.30 pm and Sunday October 25 and November 1 at 2 pm. Tickets $15, adult, $12 conc. and $5 school student are available from Murwil-lumbah Music shop (02 6672 5404) or at the door. Enquiries Rosemary 02 6672 1520.

Choir Boys Friday October 23 Cabarita Beach Sports Club

Jeff Lang Friday October 23Soundlounge

James Guppy in Conversation2pm Saturday October 31Tweed River Art Gallery

Dance Force Showcase Sunday November 1 Seagulls

Hilltop Hoods Saturday November 7Seagulls

Natiruts (Brazil) Friday October 30 Coolangatta Hotel

Wolf And Cub Saturday October 31 Coolangatta Hotel

The Unity Festival Saturday November 14The Branding Rail Murwillumbah Showgrounds

BAYWRITE THEATRE

presents...

PERFORMING ARTS CHALLENGE

YOU’RE THE JUDGE !You vote for your favourite play, and the play with the most votes at the end of the last night wins...

A programme of 11 short plays written and performed

by local artists

At the Byron Community & Cultural Centre

DATE & TIME

TICKETS

$22 Groups of 10 or more $20Byron Community and

Cultural Centre. Bookings 6685 6807

Friday 16 Oct .........7.30pmSaturday 17 Oct .....7.30pmSunday 18 Oct ......5.00pm

Enquiries hotshorts2009@gmail.com

BILL JACOBI AT THE RIVERVIEW HOTEL IN MURWILLUMBAH THIS SUNDAY

THE ‘LAST RESORT’ THEATRE PRODUCTION OPENS FRIDAY

SERENE ADDICTION SHEOAK SHACK FINGAL HEAD, 7PM SATURDAY

CHASE THE SUN, SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN RSL, 8PM FRIDAY

MARSHALL AND THE FRO, SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN RSL, 8PM FRIDAY

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eating out guide to all the best restaurants and cafés in the northern rivers

`The best restaurant in town.Not to be missed.’

Australian Gourmet Traveller, March 2008

Open 7 days from 6pm till lateBeach Hotel, Byron Bay

Bookings 66 807 055

Restaurant HoursOpen Tues to Sat

8.30 till late10 Wharf Street, Murwillumbah.

(opp. M’bah Hotel)Ph: 02 6672 1853 / 0410 112 258

GOURMET-LEBANESE-CUISINE

RESTAURANT + LOUNGE BAR02 6670 5555

Poolside at Santai resort9 Dianella Drive, Casuarina

Breakfast & Lunch Tues–ThursBreakfast, Lunch & Dinner Fri & Sat

Breakfast & Lunch SundayOpen for lunch on public holidays

NAM YENGVietnamese & Thai Restaurant

OPEN 7 DAYSBYO

PH: 02 6672 3088

Yolanda Nutter0407 078 408

Michael Sopena0439 489 623

7 Wharf St MurwillumbahBISTRO OPEN DAILY

1497 Kyogle Rd, UkiPh: 02 6679 5111

OPEN 7 DAYS 10am–Late

MT WARNING HOTEL

FRIDAY BUSINESS LUNCH from 12pm

Free wireless broadbandSUNDAY BREAKFAST

from 6.30am-12pmSUNDAY SESSIONS LIVE MUSIC from 12pm + BBQ on the deck4 Wharf St Tweed Heads

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Corner Fletcher & Byron Streets, Byron Bay

Phone6685 60296685 5011

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07 5587 9000

Open every day6.30am-3pmPalm Plaza,Main Street,

MurwillumbahPhone 6672 4883

For great espresso coffee in the heart of town

GIG GUIDE DEADLINE 12pm tuesday gigs@echo.net.au ph. 6672 2280 fax. 6672 4933

Christmas Parties at Fins

$89 per personCanapés at the

bar on us!Enquire now

Bookings essentialPh 02 6674 4833

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Salt Village, Kingscliff

Open for dinner 7 days andlunch every Fri, Sat and Sun

The hot spotGet your name known and be part of the Tweed Echo Eating

Out Guide. Give us a call on6672 2280

Dinner for two, three or four.

If you have a restaurant in the Tweed Shire, The Tweed Echo Eating Out Guide can help your customers find

you easily.

Call us on 6672 2280

The Balcony RestaurantContemporary Australian cuisine in

the heart of MurwillumbahLunch: Tues-FriDinner: Wed-Sat

Upstairs 2/68-70 Main Street Murwillumbah

P 02 6672 1078

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THURSDAY 15 ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL, 8PM

BERST■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL

8PM PHIL EIZENBERG, 9PM DJ GHOST

■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, 6PM CHRISSY WILSON

■ CURRUMBIN RSL 6.30PM SIDE SPLITTING COMEDY FEATURING JENNY WYNTER, SANDY GANDHI AND MANDY NOLAN

■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE UNPLUGGED IN THE BASEMENT – SHOEBOX & WINSTON CHARRIOT

■ NEVERLAND, COOLANGATTA, 8PM BRETT SELLWOOD

■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 6PM BJ LITTLE

■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM VEENIE’S – MICHAEL

■ TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM FROGS ON TOAST

■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM BROADFOOT

■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM WAITING FOR BRIAN (DUO)

■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BRIAN WATT

■ LA LA LAND, BYRON DANIEL WEBBER

■ LIQUID, BYRON 10PM ELECTRIC BUTTERZ | DJ RUBIX | JONNY HUMAN

FRIDAY 16■ BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB, 8PM

JEFF BOYD■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB,

PRESTON TRAIN■ CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL,

TWO BLOKES 8.30PM■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL

7PM BRETT GANNON 9PM, DJ TRIAL & ERRA 10PM

■ CLUB BANORA 7.30PM PIXIE JENKINS

■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, 7PM UNDERPAID DUO

■ COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 8PM MAXIMUM GROOVE

■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM ABBY SKYE, 9PM DJ MISS CARLEY

■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM BEAUTY & THE BEAST

■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT - MONTY FRANKLIN, WHAT ARE THE ODDS? THE BILL WATERHOUSE STORY

■ GOLD COAST JAZZ & BLUES CLUB ANDREWS SISTERS TRIBUTE

■ IMPERIAL HOTEL, MUR’BAH 8PM LIVE MUSIC

■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM MICHAEL

■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL LIVE MUSIC

■ MUR’BAH SERVICES MEMORIAL 6.30PM KATHRYN JONES

■ MUR’BAH HOTEL 9PM DJ HERVE■ NEVERLAND BAR COOLANGATTA,

8PM YOLANDA BE COOL■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB

7PM RUSSEL HINTON■ SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 9.30PM

COAL BUCKET■ SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 3PM

PURPLE DRIPPERS■ SEAGULLS 8.30PM BRANDI AND

THE BADCATS, 8PM ANDRE RIEU LIVE VIA SATELLITE FROM THE ACER ARENA

■ SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN RSL, 8PM CHASE THE SUN & MARSHALL AND THE FRO

■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM SWIZZLE TRIO

■ TWEED CIVIC CENTRE 8PM TWEED THEATRE COMPANY INC. ‘THE LAST RESORT’

■ TWIN TOWNS 7.30PM FROGS ON TOAST

■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9.30PM SPUN

■ THE RAILS, BYRON 7PM CAROLA

CHRISTIAN & THE DIRTY FUNK AFFAIR

■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON THE SMASHED CRABS

■ BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 7.30PM HOT SHORTS

■ WAYWOOD GALLERY, BYRON 6PM PAN EXHIBITION OPENING BY JAMES GUPPY

■ LA LA LAND, BYRON DANIEL WEBBER & RYAN RUSHTON

■ LIQUID, BYRON 10PM H2O LT80 + DEEGS | DAVE C + DEEDEE

■ HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM HILLBILLY BLUES BANDITS

SATURDAY 17■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB,

SOULMAN O’GAIA■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL

9PM PAUL ATKINS, DJ MISS MATCH (SYD)10PM

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■ SEAGULLS 1.30PM DON WHITAKER

■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DON WHITAKER

■ TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 10.30AM THE BRITISH 60S SHOW

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SPORT RESULTSBOWLSCabarita Beach Men7/10/09 Winners J McArdle & C Sheppard, r/up S Dimauro & P Rose,cons F Moore & M Cox.Tenterfield bus trip 24 & 25 Oct, limited number of seats still available,Ph club for details. 66762951 ..10/10/09 Social winners B Creedon & M Cox, cons M Terare & L Shepherd.12/10/09 Winners B Rae & R Dunn, r/up B Laybutt & A Latif consM Lillye & G Marshall.Cabarita Beach Women 13.10.09 Club Friendship Day – 68 Bowl-ers braved the winds and enjoyed the afternoon game.Results: Overall Winners - S.Goode, H.Dobbin, R.Creedon, L.Fleming. 2nd. J.Brent, B.Campbell, W.Fielding. 3rd. L.King, M.Dobie, M.Mummery, B.Cox.Special Prizes: Winning Lead - K.Dimauro; Losing Second - A.Revie; Winning Third - J.McCauley; Losing Skip - J.Francis.Lucky Door Prize - I.Grant as well as 10 Lucky Number Prizes. 20.10.09 Club Selected Pairs Final.Social Bowls Tuesdays 9.15am. Visitors warmly welcomed. Ladies also invited to play Saturdays 1pm. Please phone Club on 6676 2951 and leave message. Coaching Free every Saturday with ac-credited coaches from 9.30amCondong Cane ToadsSunday 11th 36 Cane toads hosted 38 bowlers from Brisbane barflies and a great morning was had by all. We played for our trophy witch was won by the visitors on a small margined of points. Winners on the day were D Jackson,R Jackson, R Dillon, losers F Cpulter, B Coulter, M Carloss. Raffel won by J Timmins, I Muldoon, J Purcell, Bri-an, Margrett. Next week visit from South Tweed Bowls names in club please.Condong LadiesResults Tues 13/10/09 Semi-Finals Consist-ency: H Ross d M Hinde, E Hunt d S Cook Social Triples:B Wainwright, D Dawes & J Timmins def P Flack, K Cusak & M WilkinsWinning Rink:H Ross/K Edmunds markerComp Draw Winner: M Standfield.Upcoming Events :Mon 19/10/09 Con-dong Gala Day, Morning tea 8.30am, Bowls 9.30am.Tues 20/10/09 Consistency Final Draw: E Hunt vs H Ross.Mon 26/10/09 District Shield at Con-dong. Morning Tea 8.15am with bowls at 8.50am – 3 x 15 ends.Condong MenWednesday 7th 46 bowlers great day had winners J Miller, B McBurney Runners/up J Timmins,B Dunne, K Lutherborrough. Rafell B Albury, Kooka, M Stanfield.Mixed Pairs played H Ross, S Reading DEF E Elvy, B Elvy. Thursday 8th 3 bowl pairs shootout 16 teams played down to the winners be-ing J Miller, S Massey $50 each Second I Darroch, K Lutherborrough $25 each. Jack-pot for next week will be $175 . Names for next week game on board in club please.Saturday 10-10 20 bowlers played pairs Winners P Conrey, K Hall. Raffle win R Wild , M Stanfield. Open pairs win S Cook, R Pilon 20 def V Vickery, G Palmer.The final of B Grade pairs S Knight, P Pluis 23 def J McDonald, T Scuis.The game was won by P Pluis with a resting toucher ditch to ditch on the last bowl of the day. Every Thursday social club shootout starts at 1-30 pm.

Cudgen Leagues LadiesThurs 8th, Round 1 Club Selected Triples results – Freda Hall, Pauline Bowen, Liz fleming def Trish McGee, Isabel Nipperess, Margaret Trapnell; Judy Martin, Marion Hull, Helen Wylie def Yvonne Pritchard, Maureen Alcorn, Joy Ashford; Eileen Burke, Colleen Wein, June Wotherspoon def Sharon Lee Hinks, Mary Hay, June Tilley; Vickii Needs, Pat Pieterse, Lorraine Sandall def Ann Revie, Sadie Townsend ( sub ) Val Andrews. Thurs 8th, Ladies Social results – Joanne Dent & Margaret Huddy. Raffle – Pauline Bowen. Congratulations Girls. Coming Events – 9.30am today, Round 2, Club Selected 2 Bowl Triples - Eileen Burke, Colleen Wein, June Wotherspoon to play Freda Hall, Pauline Bowen, Liz Fleming; 1pm - Judy Martin, Marion Hull, Helen Wylie to play Vickii Needs, Pat Pieterse, Lor-raine Sandall. Thurs Ladies Social 12.30 for 1pm start, all welcome. Sat 17th Midday – Mens Presidents Day. Sun Social Bowls Club Day this Sun 18th, with BBQ Lunch, combined visit with Brunswick Heads, Burringbar, Butcher Birds, cost $10 pp, mufti 9.15 for 9.30start, all welcome. Mon 19th – 1pm visit Taree West, mixed bowlers ( 42 bowlers ) uniform please. Congratula-tions & Good Luck to our Cudgen Ladies selected to play in the TBDWBA District Sheild at Condong on Mon 26th – 8.15am, teams as follows: Ann Revie, Helen Wylie, Joy Ashford, June Wotherspoon; Vickii Needs, Lorraine Sandall, Margaret Trap-nell, Liz Fleming. Sheet at front desk for all events or Phone 02 6674 1816 / 2734. Kingscliff LadiesExtremely strong wind, thunder and lightning made for a very difficult days bowling last Wednesday which resulted in the day being cut short, however the results were:Winners: P.Stok / M. Lincoln with Skip J. Duffy. Runners-Up: A. Bousie / C. Guest with Skip F. Robinson. Raffle winners were L. Willoughby and W. Butler.Kingscliff MenResults of Pennants: Congratulations to Division 2 and Division 5 on their efforts in the Semis and Final of this year’s Pennant comp. Division 2 won the first semi-final against Mudgeeraba but were defeated by South Tweed in the second semi-final. Division 5 defeated Mt Tamborine in the first semi and went through to the final where they again met Mt Tamborine who took the Pennant by five shots.Congratulations to the winning teams and to all players on the spirit in which the finals were played. Results of the Major/Minor pairs played 7th October. W Blackwood, I Taylor d I Smith, V Lewis. Draw for Sunday 17th October: T Wonka, R Parlett v B Gold-stone, J McDonald; D Roughly, G Julius v D Whittington, P Jones; L Murphey, B Griffiths v W Blackwood, I Taylor; B Beat-tie, G Barrack v K Taylor, B Turner; The final of the President’s Singles will also be played this Sunday. T Hills v J Ritchie: Roll up at 8:45am. Social Bowls Results: Thursday 8thOctober: Winners: A Bousie, R Halls, K Sy-mons, B Clarke; J McDonald, F McNamara, L Murphey; E Cocks, J Goest, J Mirls: Plate Winners: T Sullivan, K Jordan, D Roughly: Saturday 10th October: Winners: R Dark, T Dimmock, D Gleave;Plate Winners: R Ellis, J Barnes, K Jordan;Tuesday 6th October: Winners: B McIllhat-ton, M Rice; Runners Up: I Thompson, W

Woods: Plate Winners: C Lane, M Pea-cock. Coming Up: Nominations are be-ing called for the Novice Singles and the Mixed Fours. Please check the board.Tweed Heads LadiesWednesday Pairs winners were B. Carmo-dy and D. Spicer and Runners Up were S. Rigney and V. Philpot.Thursday Bowls winners were Pat McNa-mara, Betty Rodger, Barbara Fox and Doris McNamara 17 def Doris Buchanan, Ruth Wallace, Val Pridham and Joy Withington 15.Runners Up were Jessie McDonald, Ro-byn Mullins and Pauline Southern 31 def Jeanette Davey Val Robinson and Pauline Houghton 11.Saturday Afternoon Mufti Triples Winner of Winners were C. Cragg, E. Bradley and L. Hodsdon. Winner of the Losers were Karen F., F. Hewitt and Judy Pearce, and the win-ners of the 2 draws were:- 1st draw L. Wilson, W. Wilson and M. Purcell, and 2nd draw J. Lyons, D. Beichanan and A. Warman.On Monday 12th the Classic Pairs were held in very windy weather. The first Section Winners were P. McClosky and M. Butler from Broabeach 2+15Second Section Winners were I. Byron and A. McClure from Mermaid Beach 2+41Third place winner were V. Jackson and R. Keys from McKenzie Park 3+16Second place winners were S. Bennett from Tugun and M. McMahon from Mermaid Beach 3+20Winners were L. Cuthbertson and S. McKen-zie from Tweed Heads 3+34.Tweed Heads MenPennant Season 2009Results of play over the finals weekend. Saturday 10 October: Div 1 lost to South Tweed 45/83 and eliminated. Div 4 beat South Tweed 59/56; Div 7 beat Paradise Point 52/47; Div 8 beat Burleigh Heads 72/50. Afternoon final play-off Div 4 beat Burleigh Heads 64/50.Grand Finals’ play on Sunday 11 October. Div 4 lost 55/56 to Tugun; Div 7 beat Bur-leigh Heads 59/58 to win flag; Div 8 lost 55/61 to Helensvale.Overall from 4 divisions in the finals Tweed Heads finished with Div 7 win-ners of flag and Divions 4 and 8 with the Runners-up flags. Congratulations to all pennant players for a great season.Social Results:Sun 4 OctGreen 1: John & Pat Griffiths; r/up: Ken & Bev Dowrick; Green 2: Liam, Sylvia, Arthur & Mitch Jackson; r/up: Joan & Fred Cramer, Ruth & Max Reiter.Tues 6 Oct:Green 1: Jed Hambleton, Col Robinson, Peter Howell, Tom Kelly; r/up: Beryl His-cocks, Kath Sieben, Margaret Heydt.Green 2: John Jeffries, Ray Carter, Arthur Collins, Ron Duckworth; r/up: Nanette Wise, Elma Elford, Bonnie Orchid, Anna Monks.Green 3: Barry Heffron, Leigh Tynan, Norm Picking, Peter Harris; r/up: John Sieben, Gordon Wright, Chas Turner. Wed 7 Oct - Highest Winning Score.Green 1: Sean Harty, Harold Moy [27]; r/up: Col Robinson, Jeff Walter [21]Green 2: John Moon, Bill Davies [32]; r/up: Ken Withington, Ray White, Jeff Badger, Col Moses [23].Green 3: Frank Parsons, John Heath [26]; r/up: Rick Meyhew, Alex Mason [25]Fri 9 OctGreen 1: Simon Stephenson, Rusty Lee-

son, Paul Fargher; r/up: Clem Jones, Brian Scrase, Bill Finney.Green 2: Bob Trinder, Laurie Cooper, Gor-don Holthouse; r/up: John LeBoeuf, Tom Wotton, Peter Goldsmith.Green 3: Errol Perkins, Ray White, Col Moses; r/up: Richard Mills, Tom Reeves, John Craig.Sat 10 OctWinners: Gary Clarkson, Ron Sturrock; r/up: Brian Varley, John Raywood.Tweed Heads TourersLast Sunday the Tourers invited the Ro-bina Rebels for a game on the Indoor Complex and with some of the Tourers involved in the Pennant Play-offs they arranged composite teams from the 26 players, thus no official winners.Next Sunday there will be a mixed morn-ing of bowls at Condong and the list is on the notice board for those wishing to attend. Please note the bus will leave the club at 8.10am NSW time.DARTSTweed Valley Darts AssociationResults of games played 12/10/09. Hog-an’s Heroes 9 def Jokers 6, and Gulls 12 def Tigers 6. Cgulls 8 def Leftovers 3 and Devils won by forfeit from Sharks.Point score subject to confirmation: Jok-ers 156, Hogan’s Heroes 130, Gulls 118 and Tigers 34.Result of West Moreton Challenge played at Condong on Sunday 11/10/09. Tweed Valley Darts presented with 18 players and West Moreton 12 so 3 of our players changed sides for the day but we (TVDA) were still victorious winning 24 - 9. Tracey Wright from Cgulls (playing for West Moreton on the day) won the ladies high score with 125 and Sarah from West Moreton won ladies high peg with 47. Andreas Zopel from Hogan’s He-roes won the men’s high score with 150 and Cliff Wilkinson also from Hogan’s He-roes won the high peg with 110. Thank you to all who scored on the day and Condong Bowling Club for the service behind the bar and the BBQ lunch they provided for us. A good day was had by all.

Semi finals next week 19/10/09 Jokers v Hogan’s Heroes at Courthouse Hotel, Gulls v Tigers at Condong Bowling Club. Cgulls v Leftovers at Sth Tweed Sports Club and Devils v Sharks at Seagulls Club.GOLFMurwillumbah Golf ClubSunday 4th October Women’s Winner C.Fogo 36 pts Member J.J.Baker 41 pts N.Pin 2nd C.Fogo & L.Hitchings B.R.D. 32 pts Monday 5th Individual Stableford Medley Member K.Butler 40 pts .Mon-day 5th October Veterans Members Winner A.Grade C.Hulme 69 nett R/Up G.Thorburn 70 nett B.Grade R.Brims 68 nett c.b & K.Dawson 68 nett N.Pin 2nd G.Thorburn 8th B.Wedlock10th B.Bolt 14th L.Reynolds B.R.D. 75 nett c.b Tues-day Women’s American Foursomes Winner .A.Amisano & D.McCabe 70.5 nett R.Up J.Selvey & P.Buckler 71.5 nett N.Pin 2nd M.Reynolds 8th J..Chapamn 10th J,East 14th G.Swan .R.D 76.250 nett c.bWednesday 7th A.Grade C.Hulme 41 pts & G.Thorburn 39 pts B.Grade R.Pols 42 pts & B.Bright 40 pts Thursday 8th Women A.Grade j.Boyd 69 nett c.b R.Up J.Moore 69 nett B.Grade M.Hanger 72 nett R/=.Up B.Thompson 76 nett C.Grade N.Roser 72 nett R.Up M.Dawes 76 nett 1st Nine C.Waugh 32 nett 2nd Nine M.Brown 34 nett N.Pin 2nd J.Boyd 8th P.Buckler & R.Edwards 10th J.Pezet 14th A.Amisano & N.Roser B.R.Down 77 nett Friday 9th October Members Winner C.Chapman 39 pts B.R.D 31 pts c.b Saturday 3rd October 4.B.B.B.Winners C.Breen & J.Hunt 48 pts c.b R.Up J.Mitchell & G.Bidnar 48 pts N/Pin 2nd K.Kerr 8th K.Prichard 10th K.Maxwell 14th B.Hill B.R.D 42 pts c.b SHOOTINGMurwillumbah Pistol Club10-Oct-09, SPORTS PISTOL; R Rees 609, R Fleming 591, S Nash 590, A Uren 573, R Smith 570, J Hoctor 518, A Dennison 397.RAPID FIRE; R King 557, A Berry 542, J Lumsden 518, J Traves 495.

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Rainbows win in the rain

The Rainbow Agent’s have taken out bragging rights as inaugural champions of the Premier Mixed Touch Foot-ball Competition at Koala Beach Sports Fields, Pottsville Beach. The Grand final match between Cabarita Surf and the Agents, was partly played in a freak rainstorm that proved challenging for even the most dedicated of touch football-ers – at one stage of the game, torrents of ankle deep water flooded the field and lightning threatened to prematurely end the contest, but both team sol-diered on.

In a fast paced game the Agents got on top early in the second half and held on to win, 3-2. Both teams deserve credit for the high level of skill and

sportsmanship displayed on the night in very trying conditions.

The A grade Grand final featured a hard fought battle between the Bushrats and the Spiderpigs. The Bushrats put on one of their best perform-ances of the season but the Spiderpigs were just too good on the day, taking out the con-solation prize.

The Grand final night con-cludes a very successful inau-gural season for Koala Beach Sports Club. ‘Probably the most rewarding aspect of running the competition was watching people with little or no experience on a touch foot-ball field,’ said KBSC President Mike Watt. ‘The players grew in confidence as their skills progressed and we were all

amazed by the vast improve-ment in the overall standard of play over the course of the competition.’

Plans are well under way for an expanded spring and sum-mer months comp. ‘We would like to thank the efforts of the Sports and Rec staff at Tweed Shire Council. Without their assistance this asset would sim-ply not be here,’ said Mr Watt.

The expanded format will continue to offer Mixed Touch on Monday nights but will now offer Men’s and Ladies’ com-petitions on Thursday nights from 6pm. For more infor-mation or to nominate a team, visit: www.koalabeachsports.com or come down to Koala Beach Sports Grounds at any Monday night from 6:30pm.

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McTavish launches book at Surfstock

This photo taken in 1965 is from legendary surfer and shaper Bob McTavish’s book which he will launch during the Kirra SurfStock Festival in November. The man who created the shortboard revolution, redesigned the V-bottom and was the innovator of the Fantastic Plastic Machine, will appear at Kirra Surf retail store on Friday November 6 at 4pm for the launch and signing. McTavish will then follow on to the KirraSurf Club as a special guest for the Friday night Surf-rider Foundation.

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ELECTRICIANSCURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service. Lic 79065C ........................................................0427 402399

NORTHERN RIVERS ELECTRICAL Domestic & commercial. Pottsville. Lic 152006C ..0432 122727

“Quality Work Personally Guaranteed”

QLD LIC - 60577 AUSTEL LIC - S22731 NSW LIC - 203581C

Michael Wardle: 0403 059 195 mjwardle@bigpond.net.au

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

BENS FENCING Reliable, prompt service. 7 days service. .............................................0409 983565

FRONTLINE FENCING & LATTICE Pool, Colourbond & Lattice. Lic 212208c ..................07 55241842

NORTHERN RIVERS FENCING All fences, will beat any quote ...................................0421 755978

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCEBENS MOWING & GARDEN MAINTENANCE Reliable, prompt, 7 days. .....................0409 983565

JO ANNE’S RELIABLE MOWING SERVICE Lawns from $10, free quotes ...................0449 970484

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

WOLLUMBIN TREE SERVICES Qualified arborist. Pruning, removals, economical .....0427 015923

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL

131 546

02 6672 8954

Tree Services

www.powerclear.com.au

GRAPHIC DESIGN

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www.webfeetdesign.com.au

0400395583

web design and development

0266874139

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GUTTERING

GUTTER GUARD SPECIALISTSInstalling Aluminium, Stainless Steel

and Polyethylene mesh.SPOTLESS GUTTERS – 0405 922 839

or a/h (02) 6685 0125

HANDY PERSONSLocal reliable building repairs, carpentry and

handyman serviceInsured. Licence 172802C

Phone Kieren 0407 986 071 or 6677 0064

ifi xproperty@yahoo.com.au

HIREBYRON WEDDING & PARTY HIRE .... www.byronbayweddingandpartyhire.com.au 02 66855483

MULLUM HIRE Wedding and party hire .............................www.mullumhire.com.au 02 66843003

INSULATION

Greener Way InsulationEco-friendly insulation + $1600 government rebate

0410 082 442 greenerwayinsulation@hotmail.com

Ken Walker Accredited insulation installer

Planet Safe

In s u lat io n

12˚ COOLER IN SUMMER!

The naturally smart solution100% RECYCLED PRODUCT

Fire and vermin retardantLocally owned and operated

Government registered installer

02 6672 5232 / 0429 434 630planetsafeinsulation@yahoo.com

FREE INSULATION UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REBATE SCHEME

Quality Professional Insulation Installers Your LOCAL Government Authorised Installer

For an obligation free quote call (07) 5524 5540

$1600 of free insulationCellulose fi bre, batts, foilFamily business for 10 yearsCall 07 5524 5949 or 0400 448 728Ask for Richard

LABOUR HIRE

Working like a dog?Working like a dog?Working like a dog? Need reliable staff?

Payroll & Insurances covered For Trades, Labour, Admin & Hospitality

1800 667 832 www.nortecltd.com.au

LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATIONBRENDON POWELL Bobcat, excavator, tipper & auger. All jobs...................................0404 988222

TWEED COAST BOBCAT HIRE Owner operator. 9 ton tipper .......................................0411 513001

BACKHOE 4WD & BOBCAT HIREAll Excavations & Roadworks

Experienced Local OperatorsServicing Byron Shire & Surrounds

John Coe0408 841 576

JB0414 838 069

Specialising in

and all aspects of paving and landscaping.

Over 20 yrs experience - friendly reliable serviceRing Dean on 0417 856 212

various implements available for limited access projects

TINY EARTHWORPhilip Toovey 0409 799 909

ph/fax 02 6684 3208

LICENSED BROTHELS

Venus LoungeGentlemen’s Retreat

17 Morton Street, Chinderah • 02 6674 5020

MOTORING

(02) 6677 1404

Barry Marshall’s Garage Burringbar est. 1970

PAINTING

All-Ways Painting

Ecolour (formerly Nature Cover Paints)6 Grevillea St, Arts & Industry Park, Byron Bay

Premium Environmental Paint

02 6685 8555

T & J PaintingReliable Professional Service

Tony Harmer – Tweed

0409 822 724Jeremy Delaney – Byron

0421 490 206

FREE QUOTESFULLY INSURED

Lic. No. 1144791tjpainting@dodo.com.au

PEST CONTROL

FREECALL 1800 991 322

TERMITE & PEST CONTROL SPECIALISTSYour Satisfaction Is Our BusinessPensioner discount

AMALGAMATED P E S T C O N T R O L

Trevor Bathie 0438 209 093 tweedheads@amalpest.com.au

TWEED HEADS: 07 5523 3455 MURWILLUMBAH: 02 6672 6822uu

PET SERVICES

T H E C A N I N E C O A C HJacky O’Neill Dog Trainer

Helping your dog become a well mannered member of your family

PLASTERINGGYPROCK PLASTERER Small jobs and neat finish. Call Nick .......................................0410 648895

PLUMBERS

future plumbing and gasPhilip Barnes

eco-friendly

Lic No 202910C 0438 335 785

REMOVALISTS

LOCAL • SYDNEY • GOLD COAST • BRISBANE • MELBOURNE

mullumbimbyremovals@bigpond.com02 6684 2198

• Local • Country • Interstate

RETAINING WALLS

ROCK RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST

FREE QUOTES

ROCK RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST

FREE QUOTE

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

FREE PIZZA!

*Tweed to southern

Gold Coast. Limited

time only.

Call Gary now for a free quote0421 999 018 or 02 6676 0098

www.tweedskips.com.au

with every skip*

COWBOYS CAR REMOVALSFREE PICK UP

All scrap metal, white goods, farm machinery

Lic 06105 NSW

Ph/Fx 02 6677 9443 Mob 0421 251 477

SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

EMAIL:nextgenerationsolar@hotmail.com

MOBILE: 0421 726 486 LIC 213977C

666679 44210

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INDEPENDENT CONSULTING INSTALLATIONS

James McLaughlan Plumber 103573Cwww.solarwater.com.au

P: 02 6679 7228 E: sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com www.sunbeamsolar.com.au

Your local installer dealing in Sharp Solar Modules, Australian made Latronic Inverters and Century/Yuasa batteries. Specialists in Standalone and Grid Interact Solar Power Systems.

Servicing this area for 11 years. Lic. Electrical Contractors

SOLARSYSTEMS

TILINGCERAMIC TILER Lic 161050C. Robbie ...........................................................................0409 368046

BYRONBAY

tilecentreCall for free quote and advice 0428 147 170

WEDDING SERVICESTAILORED CEREMONIES BY WILL ALLAN ................................ will.allan@me.com 07 5590 9757

WINDOW TINTING

WINDOW TINTING

TWEED BYRON WINDOW TINTING

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PROF SERVICESPIANO TUNING

Pianos tuned to concert pitch, 30 yrs exp Phone Margaret 0427155791

Free sheet music with every tune

HEALTHOSTEOPATH

A biodynamic approach to Osteopathy in the cranial field

ANDREW HALL New Brighton, 66802027, Thurs, Fri.

Not your usual Osteopathy.

REVITALISING MASSAGE Relaxing or deep tissue, Ocean Shores qualified. Nina 66802349, 0409393352

GENUINE THAI MASSAGE $35ph or $60 2hrs - Bangkok Style Phone Nui 66771670, 0410519341

BREATHWORK Accredited courses and sessions

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE Free STI/HIV checkups

Clinics Murwillumbah & Tweed For appointment phone 0755066850

STAR DISK ASTROLOGY Help with relationships, emotional

issues, stuck patterns, using astrology, alchymy & tarot. For info contact Fullton

02 66723454 or 0429861867

LEGALNotice of Intention to Apply for Grant After 14 days from today an application for a grant of letters of administration

on intestacy of GARY LEE BYRNE late of 753 Terranora Road, Terranora in the State of New South Wales deceased will be made by Deborah Leanne Byrne to

Supreme Court at Brisbane. .

You may object to the grant by lodging a caveat in that registry.

. Lodged by Bain Gasteen Lawyers,

Level 4, 171 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland.

TRADEWORKBRUNSWICK VALLEY

DIGGER MAN Excavator & tipper hire. 0427172684

COMPUTERS

FileMaker Pro Specialist 11th Hour Group Pty Ltd

TREE SERVICES

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin

www.cws.org.au/

Just under an hour’s

drive from Byron Bay

and 10 minutes north

of Gold Coast Airport

Royal Thai Massage Therapy Licensed Mobile Personal Trainer

$70 per session 1 hour *Deep Tissue Massage

*Foot - Reflexology *Portable Detox Sauna Spa *Thai Oil Massage *Certified Athletic Trainer *Nutrition Counselling

*Traditional African Herbal Remedies*

Musculoskeletal problems: neck/shoulder pain, sports injuries, strains & sprains, lower back pain, headache, stress, low energy, weight loss. Mobile Service. Ph. 0400644973

FOR ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE NEEDS!

Carmine 6685 4015 - 0401 208 797

Kate Chaserelationship counsellingfamily mediationco-parenting coaching

tel: 0402 207 137

www.KateChase.com.au

BAppSc, Grad Dip Relationship TherapyFamily Dispute Resolution Practitioner

Northern Tree Care

Peter GrayDip. Hort. (Arb.)

P: 6677 1697 M: 0414 186 161

PHONE ADSAds may be taken by phone on 6672 22809am-12pm Wednesday9am-5pm Monday to FridayAds can’t be taken on the weekend

AT OUR OFFICEClassifi ed ads may also be lodged at our offi ce:Suite 1, Warina Walk Arcade, Murwillumbah

RATES & PAYMENT$13.00 for the fi rst two lines (minimum charge)$4.00 for each extra line (these prices include GST)Cash, cheque or credit card – Mastercard or Visa.Prepayment required for: Garage Sales, Share Accommodation, Short Term Accommodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classifi cations.

DEADLINE12pm Wednesday for display ads12pm Wednesday for line ads

Account enquiries phone 6684 1777

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS6672 2280

Wildlife info dayA free community wildlife informa-tion day being held at Crystal Creek Miniatures Numinbah Road, Crystal Creek, on Saturday, October 31, from 1.30pm-4pm. Expert wildlife carers will be on hand to answer many commonly asked questions about handling ‘misplaced’ and injured wildlife. Afternoon tea provided. For info call Sally on 02 6670 2561 by Monday, October 26.

Free concertCoolangatta Senior Citizens Centre on Monday, October 26, 1pm(DST), featuring Bill Aleander, singing opera to George Formby on ukelele and other styles. BYO lunch/nibbles, tea/coffee available. For info call 07 5536 4050.

Mur’bah ratepayersMurwillumbah Ratepayers and Residents Association next meets at the Autumn Club, Tumbulgum Road on Monday, Oct 19 at 7.30pm. Guest speaker Laurence McCoy from the NSW Rural Fire Service. All welcome, for info call 02 6672 5602.

Family centreThe Family Centre is taking book-ings now for the following courses: DadSkills, fortnightly on Tuesdays 5pm-7.30pm from Oct 20; Being Me!, eight-week course for 11-13yr olds starts Monday, Oct 26, 3.30pm-5-pm; P5 Parenting education course, six-week course starts Oct 27, 10am-12.30pm; Say what you mean, mean what you say, eight-week course for women starting Tues, Oct 27, 1pm-3pm; Family Centre playgroups, 9.30am-11.30am places available now at Murwillumbah on Wednes-days and Banora Point on Thursdays. To book call 07 5524 8711.

Coast guard donationsKingscliff Volunteer Coast Guard are asking for donations for the flotilla’s garage sale to be held in January next year, which we will pick up. For info call Helena on 02 6674 0576 or 0427 740 576.

Bicycle cruiseWith Wollumbin Bicycle User Group, this Sunday, October 18, Crystal Creek cafe cruise, depart Knox Park 9am, 35kms on easy, mostly flat and sealed roads. Murwillumbah to Upper Crystal Creek and return with coffee stop at Crystal Creek. Register for the ride at wollumbinbug@yahoo.com.au

Kids gym/circusGymnastics/circus for kids, Kinder-gym 2-5yrs, Wed 9-10am at Pottsville Neighbourhood Centre. Gymnastics/circus 5-12yrs Mon/Wed/Fri 3-4pm at Pottsville Public School, to book call Jo on 0422 023 465.

Diggers sportsTyalgum Diggers Rodeo and Sports Day will be held Saturday, Oct 31 with the traditional rodeo and gymkhana and children’s sports. Also Skirmish games, alpaca petting, and a pas de deux demo, bucking bull, jumping castle, bands, stalls and food. Gates open at 9am, close at 9pm. For info call 02 6679 3897.

Probus clubMurwillumbah Probus Club meets at 10am on October 19 at Murwillum-bah Bowls Club. Members’ guests welcome. Call Ron on 6672 3388. Guest speaker, Kingscliff solicitor Graham Delaney, will talk about legal issues affecting the elderly.

Old time dancingCome to Tumbulgum Hall this Satur-day, October 17, at 8pm for a great night of old time and new vogue dancing. Door prize, raffles, lucky spots and supper, music by Trilogy. Cost adults $8, 13-17 years $4.

Historical societyTweed Heads Historical Society at

Tweed Heads Regional Museum,

Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, is open

Tuesday, Thursday Friday 11am-4pm

(DST) Sunday 1-4pm (DST) or by

appointment. Free entry. For info call

07 5536 8625. On Tuesday, October

20, general meeting at 10am (DST),

guest speaker will be Chinese born

Christine Joyce speaking of her jour-

ney to Australia. Visitors welcome.

Mini feteTweedlesea Seniors Day Club mini

fete, Saturday, October 17, from

9am. Bric-a-brac, cakes and craft at

Cabarita Beach Sports Club. For info

call Helen on 02 6676 0076.

River display‘River Boats and Pilots’, an exhibition

on navigating the Tweed River, is

on display at Tweed River Regional

Museum in Pioneer Park, Kennedy

Dr, West Tweed Heads until Sunday,

November 8, open Tuesday, Thurs-

day and Friday 11am-4pm, Sunday

1pm-4pm (DST). Free entry, for info

call 07 5536 8625.

Book saleFriends of the Library Kingscliff, will

conduct their next booksale on

Saturday October 24, from 9am-11

.45am. Donations may be left at the

library in Turnock Street. For info call

Larry on 02 6674 1607.

VolunteeringLooking for a way to gain work

experience, meet friends and/or

contribute to your community?

Volunteering could be your answer.

Each week NORTEC Volunteering has

approximately 200 volunteer posi-

tions available through community

organisations in our region. The ‘five

most wanted’ volunteer vacancies

this week include: Murwillumbah,

Tourist Information officer; Tweed

Heads, storeman; Tweed Shire (vari-

ous locations), social support volun-

teer; Murwillumbah, field member

rescue; Tweed Shire, life education

volunteer. For info visit www.norte-

cltd.com.au or call 02 6672 8288.

Community exchangeTweed Shire Community Exchange.

Tweed Shire’s newest economy.

Website: www.tweedshire.info.

Email: ur@machinerydrive.com.

Mobile/SMS: 0424 670787. People

helping people. The exhange is a

network of people helping people.

Get help, buy things, sell things and

help others without paying cash.

Wildlife carersTweed Valley Wildlife Carers provide

a 24-hour emergency wildlife serv-

ice, 365 days a year and always need

more help. If you’d like to know more

call 02 6672 4789.

Breast cancerYWCA Encore, a free gentle exercise

program to assist in the recovery of

breast cancer, will be held October

23-December 11 at Tweed Regional

Aquatic Centre at Murwillumbah. For

info call Sue on 6679 5091 or Ricarda

on 0420 925 353.

Parent supportThe Family Centre’s trained volun-

teers and support workers provide

practical parenting support to par-

ents and carers living in the Tweed

Shire who are caring for at least one

child 0-3 years of age. For info call 07

5524 871.

Bread soughtBakeries in the Tweed Heads area

able to donate bread on Tuesday

nights for the Wednesday free food

giveaway for struggling pension-

ers (at the iBar from 12.30pm) are

eagerly sought. Please call Terri 0414

376 057.

Byron Bay Visitors Centre

Location: The historic Stationmasters Cottage in the middle of Byron Bay.

Open seven days a week. Phone (02) 6680 8558

We are the only official Level 1 Accredited Visitor Information

& Tourist Accommodation Centre with Tourism New South

Wales in the Byron Shire.

www.cedarcreeklodges.com.au

The Thunderbird Park Mine at Tamborine Moun-tain is open to the public to fossick for their very

own thundereggs. 7 days a week from

www.thunderbirdpark.com

The ‘Tumby Pub’ was the fi rst pub in the area and licensed since 1887. The Bistro was

awarded the Best Hotel Dining Award in the Tweed Business Excellence Awards.

Lunch 7 days Dinner Fridays and Saturdays

A choice of indoor and outdoor areasTumbulgum Drive, Tumbulgum

Ph 6676 6202www.tumbulgumtavern.com.au

Pacifi c Dining RoomBay St, Byron Bay

6680 7055

Restaurant Bar Weddings Events, Open 7 days,

7am – 10am/ 6pm ‘till late

www.utopiacafe.com.au

13 Byron StreetBangalow6687 2088

CAFÉ RESTAURANT

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33 Childe St Byron Bay

Phone 6685 7144

Great coffeeDelectable pasta dishes

Hearty breakfastsFreshly made sandwiches

byronbayballooning.com.au

Free phone: 1300 889 660

From the mountains to the sea – the rainbow region will enchant you with its wonders!

www.wildhoneyfestival.com

Expressions of interest for tutors/performers/sponsors/

volunteers now being accepted for October 2010

Ph 6685 1316

Tamborine Mountain Getaway Day Spa 16 West Rd, Tamborine Mountain (the turn off onto West Rd is from Main Western Rd)

CRYSTAL TREASURES

3-5 Brisbane St. Murwillumbah 02 6672 2216

(next door to Regent Cinema & Escape Coffee lounge & Gallery)

Crystals, inspirational books, oracle cards, jewellery, wands,

art, music. Therapeutic massage, clairvoyant readings, Reiki, crystal healing, naturopathy,

iridology.

224 Stokers Road, Stokers SidingPhone: 6677 9208

www.stokerspottery.com.au

Open 7 Days 9:30am to 5pm

Your One Stop Gallery for Pottery, Ceramics, Zyladrums,

Netti Pots and More. World Class Pottery, Ceramics & Gifts

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FOR SALETIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002

GRASS FED YEARLING BEEF $8/KILO Paddock to plate delivered

65699306, 0427045226

NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS wide range, cheap, will deliver. Ph 0411576242

BAMBOO PLY from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring.

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure

www.bambooply.com.au

WOOD SHAVINGS, timber kitchen benches. Phone Stan 0412429156

COMPOST tumbler Azdec Rapid Delux 420L, $760 new sell $450. 0404472130

FAN FORCED OVEN separate grill, range hood, s/s sink, kitchen cupboards. Other items due to renovation. Phone 66801898 or 0427532122

FRIDGE F&P 400L 2dr, bottom freezer, frost free, exc cond. $220. 66801216

WASHING MACHINE F&P, 5.5kg, 4A water rating, as new $250. Ph 66850019

RATS OR MICE? Effective, poison free solution. 66845553

NEW NOKIA MOB PHONE N958GB 5mp camera, sat nav etc. Unwanted gift. Cost $949 sell half price. Ph 66857887

MIXED HARDWOOD LENGTHS real cheap. Phone 66857887

Wii in box + Wii Sports 2 weeks old $340 ono. Ph 0408267240

OUTDOOR SPA 4 to 5 person, new pump & cover $2000 ono. 66843469

WANTEDRECORD COLLECTIONS 1950-2000 Rock, Jazz, Blues. Rod 0409489997

BUYING FOR CASH $5 ea for Aussie 1966 50c round coins.

$250 ea for Aussie $200 gold coins. Also buy all coins incl pre decimal

currency (shillings, pennies, paper bank notes) coin sets, gold coins, scrap gold.

Also buy all medals & military items. See our rep at M’bah Golf Glub, Byangum Rd Sat 24 Oct 2009

9.30am to 3.30pm. Ph 07 33142264

60’s TEAK PARKER or Scandinavian furniture, or Scandinavian ceramics and/or glass. Ph 0417073029

Starving Artists need money to live and eat

will exchange for pretty shiny things HAMMER & HAND

Jewellery & Metal Collective Ti-Tree Pl, Byron A&I Est. 10-4, 7 days

GARAGE SALES

SPRING CLEAN Time to clear it out with a garage sale. Ph us on 66722280 to advertise here.

MOTOR VEHICLES

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

$$$s for most. Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

MAGNA 2 clean s-wagons 89/90, unreg $350 each, Tweed Heads. 0409158962

PEUGOT 405 auto, 1991, vgc, rego to 4/10, low km, $3500 ono. 66884448

TOYOTA CELICA SX ‘91 2.2L, manual, liftback, air-con, good stereo, power everything, keyless entry & security, vgc, 12 months rego, 2nd car for spares if wanted, $5500. 66804624, 0409152885

VAN TOYOTA HIACE ‘97 auto, 9 mnth rego, LPG/petrol $5990. Ph 0404833855

NISSAN SKYLINE ‘87 3L, manual, 14 months rego, 207,000km, p-st, towbar, $2500 ono. Ph 0432045767

VW GOLF FL 4th Gen, silver, 5 door hatch, auto, regular service by VW, 101,000km, dual airbags, a-c, p’steer, CD, 12 mth rego, $11,000. 0405202594

MOTOR HOMES1985 L300 4x4 POP-TOP CAMPERVAN

$3500 ono. Frank 0415448229

BUSINESS FOR SALEFLORIST & GIFT SHOP

For sale at Brunswick Heads, $36,000 neg. 66851698 or 0412276704

BEAUTY SALON in busy Byron health club, long lease. Suit fun & enthusiastic owner/operator. $19,000. 0419995618

HOLIDAY ACCOM

HOUSES FOR SALEMORTGAGE BROKER Buyers agent

property advice & the best finance deals & service around. Beat the banks.

Michael Murray 0428555501

PROPERTY FOR SALEOCEAN SHORES huge ocean views, executive 4br home, 2 bathrm, DLUG $712,000 www.diysell.com.au ID: P19537 Phone 66284127, 0418221294

TO LETUKI fully-furn 1br studio on 5 acres. $200pw incl elec & gas. Ph 66794225

COTTAGE 2 br rural, modern reno, Murwillumbah/Cabarita. 12 min beach, prefer no pets, must like dogs. $200 - $240pw. Phone 0428886352

COBAKI 2br house 10 mins to Tweed. $280pw. Suit quiet working couple. Refs required. Phone 0403704949

WANTED TO RENTKINGSCLIFF/SALT area, large 4br house for prof couple with 2 children & 1 sml outdoor dog, up to $700pw. Kate 0261662125, katesplane@hotmail.com

POTTSVILLE Pottsville Beach Professionals are

currently seeking more quality properties in the Pottsville/Hastings Point area, as we have quality tenants wanting to rent now. Please contact our experienced

property management staff: 02 66762997

POSITIONS VACANTWARNING

The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering

work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never

send money to a post office box.

MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines. No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846

LICENSED PLUMBER to install solar hot water system, contract basis 1800828350

RETAIL SALES minimum 3 years exp in retail sales, enthusiastic & customer service focussed, good work references. Please send CV and references to: mike08@westnet.com.au

MULLUM COMMUNITY GARDEN INC req Horticultural Therapy Co-ordinator to develop nursery & hort therapy program.

10h/pw. Must have exp in nursery operations & working with volunteers, a commitment to organic & sustainability

priciples, & an ABN. For position description ph 0412322255 or email

mullumcommunitygarden@gmail.com applications close 30 Oct.

PUPPY/DOG CARER perm 2-3 days pw Cabarita/Murwillumbah. 0428886352

WORK WANTEDDECKS & PERGOLAS & all carpentry needs. Ph for free quote 0427196962

TUITIONALCHEMY OF ART

turn your life into pure gold & harness the powers of your creativity. Classes

$25, BYO art materials, each Thursday 4-6pm next to Community Printmakers

Mur’bah. Phone Jhana 0418191190

MUSICAL NOTESMR SPEAKER

Local Funk, Swing & Blues Band www.myspace.com/mrspeakerbb

Ph 0422548251

PA & SOUND GUY FOR HIRE Call Ash 0404350841

PETSADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070

ONLY ADULTSSENSUAL, SEXY, TANTALISING, full body rub. Total stress relief in intimate environment. Tweed Heads 0466269033

$ $ $ $ Bubbly, well presented staff wanted for new relaxation centre. Tweed Heads,

flexible hours, big money, no experience needed. Phone Kate 0406649341

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1 T 0525 1746 1504 0323 0615,1.31; 1820,1.52 0012,0.40; 1205,0.492 F 0523 1747 1558 0352 0650,1.40; 1858,1.54 0045,0.35; 1246,0.433 S 0522 1747 1654 0422 0723,1.49; 1933,1.54 0115,0.31; 1326,0.37DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS Sunday October 4. Move clocks forward 1 hour at 2am

4 S 0621 1848 1851 0552 0857,1.57; 2110,1.52 0145,0.29; 1506,0.325 M 0620 1848 1950 0624 0931,1.64; 2149,1.47 0315,0.30; 1546,0.296 T 0619 1849 2052 0700 1009,1.69; 2231,1.41 0347,0.32; 1630,0.287 W 0618 1849 2156 0741 1049,1.71; 2317,1.34 0424,0.36; 1717,0.308 T 0616 1850 2300 0828 1133,1.70 0503,0.41; 1809,0.339 F 0615 1850 0922 0009,1.25; 1223,1.66 0549,0.48; 1908,0.3810 S 0614 1851 0002 1022 0009,1.18; 1320,1.61 0644,0.55; 2016,0.4111 S 0613 1852 0059 1128 0216,1.13; 1427,1.57 0749,0.59; 2130,0.4112 M 0612 1852 0150 1234 0335,1.14; 1542,1.57 0907,0.60; 2240,0.3713 T 0611 1853 0235 1342 0449,1.21; 1653,1.59 1025,0.55; 2338,0.3114 W 0610 1853 0315 1447 0548,1.32; 1756,1.62 1134,0.4715 T 0609 1854 0351 1552 0640,1.45; 1850,1.64 0029,0.26; 1236,0.3816 F 0608 1855 0426 1655 0726.1.57; 1941,1.62 0113,0.23; 1332,0.3017 S 0607 1855 0500 1758 0810,1.66; 2029,1.57 0154,0.22; 1425,0.2418 S 0606 1856 0535 1901 0853,1.73; 2115,1.50 0232,0.25; 1514,0.2219 M 0605 1856 0613 2003 0933,1.76; 2200,1.41 0310,0.30; 1601,0.2320 T 0604 1857 0654 2105 1014,1.76; 2245,1.32 0345,0.37; 1647,0.2721 W 0603 1858 0738 2205 1054,1.72; 2329,1.24 0422,0.44; 1732,0.3322 T 0602 1858 0827 2300 1133,1.66 0459,0.52; 1818,0.4023 F 0601 1859 0920 2350 0013,1.17; 1215,1.58 0537,0.59; 1907,0.4724 S 0600 1900 1015 0100,1.12; 1300,1.50 0621,0.65; 2000,0.5325 S 0559 1900 1110 0035 0155,1.09; 1351,1.42 0715,0.70; 2058,0.5626 M 0558 1901 1205 0114 0258,1.09; 1453,1.37 0820,0.73; 2157,0.5527 T 0557 1902 1300 0149 0405,1.12; 1600,1.35 0934,0.72; 2251,0.5228 W 0556 1902 1353 0221 0504,1.20; 1701,1.36 1044,0.68; 2337,0.4729 T 0555 1903 1447 0251 0552,1.29; 1754,1.39 1145,0.6230 F 0554 1904 1542 0321 0633,1.39; 1839,1.41 0016,0.46; 1237,0.5431 S 0554 1905 1638 0351 0711,1.50; 1922,1.43 0053,0.39; 1323,0.45Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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