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INDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO

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2 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 23 2009

October 23 2009 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]

SPORT ON THE BARCOO

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Need something to do with your children on a Sunday afternoon?

Well, come along to the...

TENNIS FUN DAY

Starting at 3:00pm and finishing with a BBQ around 6:00pm.

Heaps of fun games for the whole family. Lots of giveaways for everyone. Music and balloons.

See you there.

NOVEMBER 8

Blackall property, Inverness was sold for $14 million or $250/acre at auction in Brisbane last Friday.

Len and Margaret Peel, who own Northampton Downs in the Blackall district, were the purchasers of the 22 581ha (55 805ac) property, which was sold by cattle baron Sterling Buntine.

Mr Buntine purchased the 17 000ha Inverness for $10.75M in June 2006 and the adjoining Barney’s Bore block of 5500ha for $950 000 in September of the same year.

He also had two other Blackall properties on offer, Malvern Hills and Allambie, both of which were passed in on the day, Malvern Hills for $11M and Allambie for $5M on an auctioneer’s bid.

Malvern Hills had originally been purchased in 2006 for $14.5M and $6.1M was the price paid for Allambie in 2007.

Mr Buntine, the brother-in-law of Great Southern cattle general manager David McLeod, managed the pastoral herd of the collapsed group, which went into receivership in May.

According to the Australian Financial Review, much of Mr Buntine’s property, more than 2.8 million hectares across the Kimberley, Northern Territory and Queensland, was leased to Great Southern for its managed cattle investment schemes, and he has chosen to sell some of his property to fill the void created when Great Southern sold its cattle assets.

Andrew Adcock of Ray White, who handled the sale, said the result for Inverness had been very positive.

There were 17 property inspections and five registered bidders at the sale.

“Good property is still making good money,” Andrew said. “There is always interest in Blackall

Inverness makes $14Mcountry.”

Consultant Alister Boyd believes the Inverness sale is completely out of line with the existing market and stands alone.

“It’s predominantly a gidyea block and in past decades downs country has always fetched higher prices, mainly due to development costs associated with gidyea,” he said.

Mr Boyd has recently been quoted as saying a false market had been created which inflated the price of grazing land, and that was now unwinding.

“For the last revaluation in 2005, sales relied on in the shire by the department were the Mineeda/Forest Park aggregation, Eastwood and to a lesser extent, Allambie.

“The sale of Tarves earlier this year for $180/acre has confirmed that trend or given an indication of a lesser market.”

Two months ago Mr Buntine also sold two of three smaller blocks close to Blackall, Glencoe (2700 acres) going to neighbours Simon and Christine Campbell for $700 000 or $259/acre, and Ansgrove South (4200 acres) being sold to Cooyar cattlemen Mick and Paul

Junior fashion hopefuls line up for the big announcement on Saturday afternoon at the Qantas Link Blackall Beef Producers race meet

In sets of nine ends last Sunday at the Blackall bowls club, Col Pfingst and Lou Kelly had a tight first set being 7-7 on the last end. Col then drew one shot to win 8-7. Unfortunately Lou didn’t produce his best in the next set to go down 12-4.

In social bowls, the combination of Jane, Cookie, Dally and Roland was too good for Jenny, Loretta, Marta and Mark, winning the game 19-7.

Next Sunday is the publicans-sponsors combined day. All players and non-players are welcome to play. Teams or individual names must be submitted by 8am on Sunday so bowls play can start at 9am.

– Dally Holden

– Sally CrippsFrom left: Kurt Mann, Longreach with Alex Choyce and Jeff Russell, Blackall. St Brendan's College Yeppoon competed in the Rugby Union 7's Competition in Emerald. St Brendans College took out the competition for the weekend

Last Wednesday, the Junior Netball season got off to a good start with around 15 players, aged 4-7, at the courts having a great time. The season will run for approximately 6 weeks every Wednesday, at 4pm at the town netball courts for skills training and some fun games

Volumes saved in commitment to Basin

Young Blackall dancers take to the stage to perform at the Blackall Dance night of extravaganza

Close bowls in nine ends

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The project to cap and pipe uncontrolled artesian bores in Queensland is now conserving 169,500 megalitres of water per year in the Great Artesian Basin.

Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Stephen Robertson said it is a significant saving, and demonstrates Queensland’s commitment to the sustainable management of the country’s natural resources.

“The Basin continues to be of vital importance to outback Queensland because in these areas, water from the basin is often the only available supply for towns, properties and many industries.”

The Great Artesian Basin covers 23% of the continent of Australia and is estimated to hold 64,900 million megalitres of groundwater that is up to 2 million years old. Water flow through the sandstone in the basin is very slow, at a rate of 1 to 5 metres each year.

Since 1878, bores have been sunk across Queensland and New South Wales and provided properties and towns with a source of freshwater.

Prior to 1954 bores were sunk and left to run

Barcoo Independent TV Guide October 25 - 31ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday O

ctober 28

4:30 G.P.5:30 Collectors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Mummy Detective12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Talking Heads2:00 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives3:00 Children’s Programs6:10 River Cottage Autumn7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 Hungry Beast9:30 John Safran’s Race Relations10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 The Line of Beauty12:40 The Sideshow with Paul McDermott1:40 Parliament Question Time: The Senate2:55 Grumpy Old Men3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Family Plan (PG)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercials3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 It’s Academic4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Coastwatch8:00 Medical Emergency8:30 City Homicide9:30 Criminal Minds10:30 My Name is Earl11:00 American Dad11:30 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia12:00 Africa Alive1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men8:00 Money for Jam8:30 RPA9:30 CSI10:35 Without a Trace11:30 News12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 Poker Ashes1:30 The View2:30 Danoz Direct/GlobalShpDirect3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today

5:20 International News1:00 Movie: Man Without a Past (M)2:40 Spacefiles3:00 Corner Gas3:30 A Fork in the Mediterranean4:00 Eco House Challenge4:30 The Journal5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia7:35 Inspector Rex8:30 Destination Australia9:30 World News Australia10:00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey11:10 Movie: Nero (M)12:50 Nazi Number One1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

Thursday October 29

4:30 G.P.5:30 Collectors6:00 Children’s Programs11:05 The War of the World12:00 Midday Report12:30 River Cottage Fishing1:30 Collectors2:00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate3:00 Children’s Programs6:05 Grand Designs Revisited7:00 News7:30 The 7:30 Report8:00 Catalyst8:30 The Great Escape9:30 Q&A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Live at the Basement12:30 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives1:30 Movie: Spirit of the People (G)3:20 Grumpy Old Men3:55 The Glass House

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Fielder’s Choice (G)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercials3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 It’s Academic4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Ghost Whisperer8:30 Beauty and the Geek9:30 The Amazing Race10:30 Family Guy11:00 American Dad12:00 Room for Improvement12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 The View 2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Getaway8:30 Secret Millionaire9:30 Fergie: Duchess on a Mission11:00 E.R.12:00 News12:30 Danoz Direct1:00 The Alice2:00 Entertainment Tonight2:30 Danoz Direct/GlobalShpDirect3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today

5:30 International News1:00 Australian Biography1:30 Little Me2:30 Dateline3:30 Road Trip Nation Australia4:00 Feast Bazaar4:30 The Journal5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam8:00 Costa’s Garden Odyssey8:30 Dave in the Life of a Politician9:00 ADbc9:30 World News Australia10:00 Movie: Empty Nest (PG)11:35 Oz12:40 Movie: Uno (M)2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

Friday October 30

4:30 G.P.5:30 Collectors6:00 Children’s Programs11:05 Wild China12:00 Midday Report12:30 Wild at Heart1:30 Spicks and Specks2:00 Monarch of the Glen3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Message Stick6:30 Can We Help?7:00 News7:30 Stateline8:00 Collectors8:30 Midsomer Murders10:10 beached az: The Snail10:15 That Mitchell and Webb Look10:45 Lateline11:25 The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote11:30 Triple J tv with the Doctor11:55 Good Game12:25 Rage

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Three Men and a Little Lady (PG)2:30 The Golden Girls3:00 Infomercials3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 It’s Academic4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 Flashback – 50 Years of Channel 79:30 Movie: Basic (AV)11:30 Movie: Breathless (MA)1:30 House Calls to the Rescue2:30 Room for Improvement3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 The Saddle Club4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Two and a Half Men8:00 Movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PG)11:25 News11:55 Movie: The Right Stuff (M)3:30 Entertainment Tonight4:00 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

5:20 International News1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Insight2:30 Treasures of the Silk Road3:30 Living Black4:00 Classical Destinations4:30 The Journal5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Paris8:30 As It Happened9:30 World News Australia10:00 Polygamous Wives10:55 Movie: A Good Lawyer’s Wife (MA)12:50 Movie: The 7th Day (M)2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday October 31

5:00 Rage10:00 Rage: Guest Programmers: Lamb of God11:00 Songbook12:00 Stateline12:30 Australian Story1:00 Basketball: WNBL3:00 Football: W-League5:00 Bowls: Queensland Open6:00 The Wild Gourmets6:25 Minuscule6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 News7:30 Hope Springs8:30 News Update8:35 The Bill9:20 News Update9:25 Taggart10:15 Silent Witness11:10 Rage

6:00 Children’s Programs

10:00 Melbourne Cup Carnival

4:30 Behind the Scenes of Wicked

5:00 River to Reef

5:30 Queensland Weekender

6:00 News

6:30 Bledisloe Cup: Australia v

New Zealand

8:30 Movie: Shooter (M)

11:00 Movie: Taxi (M)

1:00 Movie: The Yes Men (M)

2:45 Hot Auctions

3:00 Room for Improvement

3:30 It is Written

4:00 Infomercials

5:00 Dateline NBC

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Children’s Programs1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Movie: Jeremiah Johnson (PG)4:30 The Garden Gurus5:00 David Attenborough’s Leopard – Agent of Darkness6:00 News6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos7:30 Movie: The Cat in the Hat (G)9:15 Movie: Runaway Jury (M)11:55 Keith Urban – the Making of ‘Defying Gravity’12:15 Four Nations Rugby League: England v Australia2:30 4WD TV3:00 Danoz Direct4:00 Mad TV5:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Rise and Shine

5:20 International News

1:00 Les Boreades

3:50 Restless Flights

4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer

5:30 Civilisations

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Mythbusters

8:30 Iron Chef

9:20 RocKwiz

10:00 Movie: The Science of

Sleep (M)

11:50 SOS

12:50 NEWStopia

1:20 Knot at Home

1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

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FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

STANDING OFFER ARRANGEMENTS Hire of Contractors - Plant Contract No. BTRC – T02 Contractors are invited to submit tenders for the hire of external plant for use on projects within Blackall – Tambo Regional Council boundaries for a period up to 30 June 2010. Tender documents can be obtained by contacting Council Administration on (07) 46216600. Suitably endorsed tenders addressed to the Chief Executive Officer must be received by 2.00pm Wednesday 18th November 2009 at PO Box 21, Blackall Q 4472. The lowest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted. Mr. Ken Timms Chief Executive Officer Blackall Tambo Regional Council PO Box 21 Blackall Q 4472

WHATS ON in 2009OCTOBER26 Blackall CWA Annual Pink Ribbon Morning Tea27 ‘Simple Strategies for Entrepreneurial Rural Women’

Free Workshop, Blackall27 ABBA ReBjorn29 Blackall Combined Agents’ Weaner and Store Sale31 Blackall Kindy Music Quiz Night

NOVEMBER3 Blackall Memorial & Sports Club Melbourne Cup

Luncheon6-7 Blackall Cultural Association Christmas Gallery Event6-7 Q150 Shed Entertainment8 Tennis Fun Day11 Remembrance Day11 Blackall State School Primary Musical12 Climate Change Adaptation Forum, Longreach14 Blackall Tennis Club AGM18 Blackall State School Presentation Night28 St Patrick’s Christmas Fete28 Blackall Race Meeting29 Blackall Advent and Christmas Tree Festival

DECEMBER4 Blackall Evening Community Markets

The general meeting of the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council was held in Tambo on October 14. The agenda was extremely busy with presentations by ‘Cicadas’ to give councillors an overview of the model that members of Cicadas have developed. A further presentation by RAPAD General Manager David Arnold provided up-to-date information on current RAPAD projects. John Perry of Mead Consulting also gave an overview of the planned priority of the necessary plans which will accompany the Blackall-Tambo Corporate Plan. A number of these plans must be completed within a State Government timeline, hence the need to have an orderly approach to accomplish these.

A day in the office on Thursday after the International Rural Women’s Day Breakfast held at the National Bistro by the Blackall CWA. An interesting talk by Rowan Hunnam on her recent trip to East Timor, relating to the women especially. Rowan answered many questions put to her by the audience.

I travelled to Windorah with the Blackall-Tambo Economic Development Officer John Hine for the opening of the solar sun farm by Queensland State Government Minister for Natural Resources, Environment, Mines and Energy Steven Robertson and Ergon Energy. This was a most interesting facility with great potential for remote and rural communities, with four already in operation. Solar farms certainly would seem to be the way to lessen our environmental footprint while maintaining the necessary power required by communities.

The invitation to attend the “Bringing Them Home” repatriation ceremony held in Longreach, extended by the Inangai custodians, was accepted. At Inangai Place on the outskirts of Longreach the skeletal remains of two Inangai elders were formally handed back to the custodians by a Melbourne museum representative. A ceremonial smoking took place at Longreach Cemetery “Keeping Place” to ensure the acceptance, welcome, safety and peace of the two Inangai elders who would be laid to rest alongside others. It was a privilege to be part of such an emotive, yet reconciling ceremony.

MELBOURNE CUP IN TAMBO... What a day it was! Victorian Racing Club’s historian Andrew Lemon, Emirates Melbourne Cup Ambassador, acclaimed jockey John Marshall and promotions officer Lauren Zemmet flew into Tambo early for hobby horse races at Tambo State School. Students came from Aramac, Barcaldine, Blackall and Tambo. Everyone enjoyed holding this year’s fabulous 1.6 kg, 18 carat gold Melbourne Cup. Gloved hands were the order of the day.

A well-attended luncheon at the Royal Carrangarra Hotel had thinking caps on as everyone struggled to come up with Melbourne Cup trivia answers. The ladies in their race day hats looked grand. An afternoon tea of outstanding treats in E.E. Parr Park was a pleasant diversion for those attending, although I feel many had a “good lie down” in anticipation of the evening to come.

The Tambo Race Club dinner was an outstanding success with over 100 attending, from Augathella, Charleville, Blackall and Tambo. Andrew Lemon provided some entertaining facts about the history of the Melbourne Cup. The Turnbull family of the Tambo district, being descendents of Richard Turnbull who was Chairman of the Victorian Racing Club for a number of years during the Second World War and proud owner of the 1944 Melbourne Cup winner “Sirius”, were able to provide memorabilia of those wonderful far off race meetings in Melbourne and of course of the modern Turnbull Stakes.

Master jockey John Marshall who rode “Rogan Josh” to victory in 1999 gave an insight into the highs and lows of the racing game, and having worked for Bart Cummings.

An auction of sporting memorabilia and a trivia game rounded out the evening.

The Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Staff input and support, together with the Tambo Race Club, certainly ensured the success of the entire day as well as the wonderful evening.

Jan Ross

Barcoo Independent TV Guide October 25 - 31ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday October 25

5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:00 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline1:00 Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick2:00 The Lost World of Communism3:00 The Great Contemporary Art Bubble4:30 The Wall5:00 Sunday Arts6:00 At the Movies6:30 The Einstein Factor7:00 News 7:30 Ganges: Waterland8:30 Wuthering Heights9:40 Compass10:35 Invitation to a Voyage11:30 Order in the House12:30 Movie: Time is my Enemy (PG)1:35 Movie: Hitting a New High (G)3:00 Grumpy Old Men3:30 Talking Heads: Stephanie Alexander 4:00 The Pet Show

6:00 Children’s Programs

7:00 Weekend Sunrise

10:00 V8 Supercars

5:00 Queensland’s Best Living

5:30 Great South East

6:00 News

6:30 Sunday Night

7:30 Border Security

8:00 The Force – Behind the Line

8:30 Bones

9:30 Castle

10:30 Las Vegas

11:30 Scrubs

12:00 Movie: The Night We Called

it a Day (M)

1:50 Room for Improvement

2:30 Infomercials

3:30 NBC Meet the Press

4:30 NBC Today

5:30 News

6:00 Four Nations Rugby League: Australia v New Zealand8:00 Weekend Today10:00 Wide World of Sports11:00 Sydney Marathon12:00 The ARIA Music Show1:00 4WD TV1:30 Postcards Australia2:00 The 2009 Deadly Awards3:30 Alive & Cooking4:00 Talk to the Animals5:00 Coles Great Aussie Cook-Off5:30 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News6:30 20 to 17:30 60 Minutes8:30 Rescue Special Ops9:30 CSI: Miami10:30 CSI: Miami11:30 Movie: A Beautiful Mind (M)2:00 Skippy – the Bush Kangaroo2:30 Danoz Direct3:30 4WD TV4:00 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today

6:25 International News10:00 A Fork in the Road10:30 She’ll Be Right, Boss11:00 Futbol Mundial11:30 Cycling: Paris-Tours12:00 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships1:00 Speedweek2:30 2010 FIFA World Cup Magazine3:00 UEFA Europa League Highlights3:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature5:00 The World Game6:00 Feast Greece6:30 World News Australia7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?8:30 Dateline9:30 Black Money10:30 R.A.N.: Remote Area Nurse11:30 Embedded with Nationalists12:30 Movie: Iron Island (M)2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

Monday O

ctober 26

4:30 G.P.: What About Your Heart?5:30 Collectors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 The Gil Mayo Mysteries1:30 The Cook and the Chef2:00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate6:00 Landline Extra6:30 Talking Heads James Hardy7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report8:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:20 Media Watch9:35 Ashes to Ashes10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Searching 4 Sandeep12:30 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives1:30 Movie: Gambling House (PG)2:55 Grumpy Old Men3:25 Bowls: Australian Queensland Open

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Flashforward1:00 Criminal Minds3:00 Infomercials3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 It’s Academic4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Highway Patrol8:00 Destroyed in Seconds8:30 Flashforward9:30 Criminal Minds10:30 Mercy11:30 Momma’s Boys12:00 The Jump-Up Land12:30 Hot Auctions1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

6:00 Today9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men 7:30 Two and a Half Men8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 The Mentalist9:30 The Apprentice Australia10:30 Amazing Medical Stories11:30 News12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 Young Lions1:30 Spyforce2:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today


1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to

Australia

1:30 Rosa’s Story

2:30 Dateline

3:30 Insight

4:30 The Journal

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Futbol Mundial

6:00 Living Black


7:30 Top Gear

8:30 Man v Wild


10:00 South Park

10:30 Skins

11:20 Life’s a Zoo

11:50 Movie: Infernal Affairs 2

(MA)


Tuesday October 27

4:30 G.P.5:30 Collectors6.00 Children’s Programs11:00 The Abbey12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Catalyst2:00 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives3:00 Children’s Programs6:05 Rivers and Life: Rhine7:00 News7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Tutankhamun9:30 Fear, Stress and Anger10:00 Artscape10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Four Corners12:15 Media Watch12:30 Poirot1:25 Parliament Question Time: The Senate2:25 A Sense of Place2:55 Grumpy Old Men3:25 Triple J tv with the Doctor

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Rabbit Proof Fence (PG)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercials3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 It’s Academic4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue8:00 Last Chance Surgery8:30 Packed to the Rafters9:30 All Saints10:40 My Shocking Story11:35 Scrubs12:00 Paradises of the Pacific1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 Pyramid4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 20 to 18:30 Two and a Half Men9:30 Aussie Ladette to Lady10:30 Moonlight11:30 News12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 20/201:30 Entertainment Tonight2:00 4WD TV2:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today


1:00 Movie: The Man on the Train

(M)

2:30 Here Comes the

Neighbourhood

3:00 Corner Gas

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


7:30 Insight

8:30 East West 101


10:00 21 Up Japan

11:40 Movie: Kitchen Stories (PG)

1:20 Milosevic on Trial


Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G GeneralClassificationM MatureClassificationRecommendedforviewingbymatureaudiences.PG ParentalGuidanceRecommendedMA MatureAudienceNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage. AV AdultViolenceClassificationNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage.

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BLACKALL C.W.A.Morning Tea

for Breast Cancer

When: 9.30am on Monday, October 26Where: 42 Rose St, Blackall

Cost: $5 per person

‘Best Pink Outfit’‘Prettiest Hat’

‘Best Decorated Bra’Lucky Door Prize

RafflePlease bring a chair and a mug

Droughtmaster bulls topped at $9000 to average $4623 at the inaugural Artesian Droughtmaster sale in Blackall last week.

Organisers said that the new multi vendor sale comprising six prefixes struck instant accord with the buying audience.

With 99 percent clearance, all but one of 73 bulls sold at auction to buyer’s sheet from as far south as Moonie, east to Wowan and all parts of the central highlands and central and north-western regions of the state.

The market topper was the $9000 Glenlands 7037 (P), an 860kg, 32-month-old son of Swan Jeopardise from ‘Glenlands Stud’, Bouldercombe. The bull was bought by Leigh Propsting, Acton, Richmond who accounted for 11 to average her $5318 and take home the $1000 bulk buyer bonus of pasture seed donated by TJO Grass Roots Consulting.

Two others made $8500: the 31-month, 815kg, Medway Oombabeer (P) (Talgai 912) offered by the Donaldson family ‘Medway Stud’, Bogantungan selling to Paul Russell ‘Cooeeall’, Wowan, and the 23-month, 780kg, Fairhaven 08/328 (P) (Glenlands Hallam) offered by Colin and Linda Hewitt’s

‘Fairhaven Stud’, Emerald. The buyer was Duncan Emmott ‘Whitehill’, Longreach.

Jason Sprague ‘Neverfail’, Blackall picked up three to average $4833 topping at $6500 for the 25-month-old, 755kg, Clonlara 0865 (Glenlands D Jutebox).

Jim and Sue Counsell ‘South Delta’, Barcaldine signed off on two to average $5250 topping at $6000 for a 23-month-old from the Fairhaven stable.

Bill Chandler ‘Hillalong’, Barcaldine selected the $8000 Glenlands Hatch son, Glenlands 6933 (P) while Butch and Hazel Howard ‘Locharnoch’, Jericho picked through the offering ending with five to average $5000.

Investing in two Clonlara entries to an average $4750 was Mrs Carrigan ‘Anchorage’ Moonie while Ted Scholes ‘Mena Park’, Blackall took home a $7000 Glenlands 28-month-old.

Ray and Christine Langdon ‘Tiree’, Blackall outlaid $5000 for Glenlands 7000 (29-months) by Glenlands Federation.

The lucky bidder card holder of $500 worth of product donated by Rural Supplements, Rockhampton was the Weber family ‘Nardoo’, Cloncurry.

Artesian Droughtmasters hit $9000Third-year University of

Queensland medical student, Andrew Ramage, is visiting Blackall for his rural medical rotation. He will be holding a free seminar on prevention and early detection of skin cancer.

Mr Ramage says that everyone will have heard the public health messages ‘Slip, slop, slap’ and ‘No hat, no play’, but asks whether anyone has considered why government agencies and health councils emphasise the prevention of sun exposure? What is skin cancer and why is it important to prevent it?

Australia is the skin cancer capital of the world, and Queensland has the highest incidence of skin cancer in Australia. The total incidence for melanoma diagnosed in 2005 in Queensland was 2,658, with 263 deaths from melanoma. Melanoma is not the only type of skin cancer. All skin cancers, like melanoma, can be prevented with sun smart practices and are able to be treated if identified early.

The seminar will be held at the Blackall Memorial & Sports Club on Wednesday, October 28. Tea, coffee and finger food will be provided.

– Andrew Ramage

Skin Cancer seminar

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Around thirty people gathered at the Barcoo Hotel last week to celebrate Joyce Bernie’s 80th birthday

Blackall State School representatives Alison and Samuel Mobbs at the Parliament House Citizenship Awards ceremony. Blackall State School students and teachers were named Order of Australia – Primary School Citizenship Award winners for their Edgar Towner / Wakakirri Country projects. Mrs Mobbs said “it was a terrific ceremony and we were honoured that our project was recognised among some excellent school-based citizenship projects from across the state.”

Guest speakers from Ergon Energy visited St Joseph’s grade 4/5 and 6/7 last week to give a talk on energy, how to use less of it and the benefits of those savings.

Dance teachers Leanne Paix, Birrali Schefe and Catherine Dibbs with Ian and Di Kinsey who donated $1000 to Dance Blackall

Dear Neville,I have kept the Barcoo

Independent of 11 September with the front page article about you.

Congratulations on your being inducted into the National Road Transport’s Hall of Fame in Alice Springs. I guess your name is now alongside some impressive names from the trucking fraternity, and yours is justly there with them.

I am sure the people that you have been closely associated with in the past 49 years are delighted that you have been honoured. I know Doug would have been very proud of you for this recognition. Life has not always been easy for you, I know, but one thing is certain, your word is your bond, and you always delivered from go to whoa as promised. As it says in the article, you are considered a “legend in your own time”.

Although I have never been involved with the wider side of the trucking industry, I can see so much change that has occurred around the Blackall area. Big names have come and gone. The

smaller truckies have soldiered on whilst many good trucking men have been lured by the big money in the mines and what were once family-run businesses within the industry have been gobbled up and taken over or just wiped out of existence. I have no idea how many local drivers are still in Blackall.

I can’t see myself getting out to Blackall again. I went out 12 months ago for Peter Skewes’ birthday. I no longer drive myself even though I have a lovely little Mazda, 3 years old, which has only done 4,000 kilometres, and in which my daughters drive me around Rocky where I need to go. I used a walking stick in Blackall but have now progressed to a wheelie walker which makes getting about the house a lot easier. Thankfully I am not sick, but walking has become a bit of a problem.

I wish you all the best for the future, Nev, and congratulate you on your award. Well deserved.

Keep on trucking!Coleen Skewes

LETTER TO THE EDITORThe Blackall Cultural

Association gallery exhibition is fast approaching with only 3 weeks to go.

This year’s feature artist Lindy Hardie has been busy leading up to the exhibition and will present prints on canvas and an array of place mats and coasters.

Other artists exhibiting their work include Lindy Rutledge, Bec Fing and Sue Stirton with jewellery collections and Elizabeth Clark and Heather Wehl with paintings.

Hats, belts and handbags will be on show as well as glass works and mirrors.

There will also be gourmet food, with a Christmas theme.

Following completion of painting by the WORC crew, the courtyard precinct is ready for the gallery evening on November 6.

Everyone is invited to enjoy the gallery show and sale and relax in the newly renovated courtyard area. Exhibits will also be on show and for sale all day Saturday.

– Dale Lane

Above: Bluelight President Brent Gerber presented the $1500 cheques to St Joseph’s P&F President Julanne Doonar and Blackall State School Principal Jason Smith and student Bonnie Lawrence

The first official hire out of the Bluelight canoes on the weekend

Ringrose Button Chartered Accountants are a locally owned and based practice which previously operated as O’Regan & Partners Longreach. Some areas in which we specialize are:

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We will be attending our Blackall Office in Woods Arcade on Friday 23 and Monday 26 October.For all your Accountancy & Taxation needs contact

Prue Button or Bill Ringrose on 07 4657 4144

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uncontrolled. It is estimated that approximately 95 percent of the water discharged into bore drains from the Great Artesian Basin has been lost through evaporation and seepage. The rate of discharge has been so great that many bores across the Basin have suffered a decline in pressure and flow rate.

The Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative (GABSI) was established to reduce wastage of the resource. The GABSI relies on voluntary participation from landholders and assists rehabilitation of bores and replacement of bore drains with poly pipe systems.

GABSI Regional Manager Andrew Brier reports that over the past 20 years, 562 bores have been repaired or replaced, 283 bore drain systems and 10,700 kilometres of bore drains have been replaced, and that as a result there has been considerable pressure recovery across the basin.

“Some bores that haven’t flowed for years are now flowing. The pressure increase is significant right across the board.”

The GABSI Stage 1 and 2 and predecessor projects were completed this year with a total expenditure of approximately $132 million from government and landholders.

The project has now entered stage 3 with financial contributions topping $120 million for five years until 2014, including an expected $30 million from landholders.

Mr Brier says that they expect this to be the final stage of the project, with a rough estimate of 200 bores and 500 bore drain

systems still to be replaced.“Blackall to Isisford has been

one of our main areas, working on a lot of deep bores.”

Blackall grazier Dick Banks says that the fact the project is subsidised makes it a very viable option, although noting that property owners are contributing 40-60% of the costs while government is funding the balance.

Three years ago, Mr Banks replaced 30 kilometres of bore drain systems with poly piping on ‘Duneira’. They also replaced their 95-year old bore which Mr Banks says was in a bad state and the casing had decayed.

Mr Banks said that their bore has the capacity to discharge 945,000 litres of water every day, but now the only water that is used is what the stock take to drink.

“In the Blackall area, there would be very few bores that are not controlled now and there has been a really positive effect on the pressure.”

Blackall grazier James Pearson says that the initiative is fantastic. Under the GABSI project, Mr Pearson removed 5 sub-artesian bores from ‘Terrick Terrick’ and replaced around 40km of drain systems with 120 kilometres of poly piping. He now supplies two-thirds of the 140,000 acre property from one bore and its piping system.

“It was a full-time job for two people to maintain our water systems. Now we just have to check them 2 or 3 times each week,” Mr Pearson said.

“It should be a compulsory

scheme. Too much of this resource is just being wasted. By capping and piping, all of the water you don’t need isn’t being wasted.”

– Rowan Hunnam

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KIDS CORNER with Eddie EmuG’day kids. Welcome to another exciting issue of kid’s corner. Last Friday

night many young and talented boys and girls performed in the Star Struck extravaganza. What a performance they gave, led by Miss Bib. It was great to see

so many kids enjoying themselves as they performed for their mums, dads and even some grandparents. Another great event for the people of Blackall.

Well done to everyone involved.

Eddie

POSITIONS VACANT Traineeships and Apprenticeships

Blackall-Tambo Regional Council are seeking enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed people to join our workforce at the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council as Trainees or Apprentices. There are opportunities available in the following fields.

Administration Information Technology Diesel fitting Horticulture

For information on any of the above positions please contact Carroll Nugent – Human Resources Officer on 07 4621 6600 or email [email protected] or send your resume and a cover letter addressed- “Private and Confidential” Chief Executive Officer PO Box 136 TAMBO QLD 4478 Blackall-Tambo Regional Council is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Applications close Friday, 13 November 2009 by 4pm Ken Timms Chief Executive Officer

Happy Birthday to Travis Burton, Benji Smith, Jacob Downie, Noah Kangan, Leroy Brown Hope you all had a great birthday. If you have a birthday coming up let us know at [email protected]

Comedy CapersQ. What is higher when it is upside-down?The figure 6Q. What goes up when the rain comes down?An umbrella.Q. What goes ha-ha, plonk? Someone laughing her head off. Q. How do you play squash with an elephant?Let the elephant sit on you!

BLACKALL-TAMBO REGIONAL COUNCIL

LEASE OF AERODROME PADDOCKS

Tenders, endorsed "Lease of Aerodrome Paddocks", and closing with the undersigned at 4.30pm on Monday, 2 November, 2009 are invited for the lease for a two (2) year term of Aerodrome Paddocks ‘A’ and ‘B’ contained within Lot 2 on RP 619451, Parish of Blackall, County of Tambo.

Prospective tenderers are advised that the lease(s) will provide for the grazing of horses or sheep, and that tenders may be submitted for individual paddocks or for both. Where tenders are submitted for both paddocks, a tender price shall be given for each paddock. Council reserves the right to accept a tender for both paddocks or for individual paddocks.

Further particulars, including a copy of a map of the land, regarding the lease may be obtained from Mrs Donna Richardson, Commercial Services Officer during normal office hours.

PO Box 21 BLACKALL Q 4472 Fax (07) 4657 8855

K L TimmsCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Phone (07) 4621 6600

The very talented Miss Bib

Baron for $1.05M ($250/acre).Ansgrove North, consisting of

1200 acres, is still available for sale.

Mr Boyd said these small blocks were not indicative of the general market in the Blackall area, as the land court had said at the last revaluation that they had added value.

Mr Adcock said he was still negotiating with parties for all of Mr Buntine’s unsold Blackall country, and added that there had been fresh interest in Malvern Hills.

“People are not walking away; if expectations are reasonable, buyers are there,” he said.

“There’s always good interest in Blackall because of the style of country. You don’t see too many going broke there.”

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Due to numerous requests from our readers, and as residents in the home of the Black Stump, you may have noticed the comic strip ‘Beyond the Black Stump’ making an appearance in the Barcoo Independent (see page 6 this week). We would like to hear your feedback on this feature, which will be appearing fortnightly. Please call on 4657 6966 or email

[email protected]

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Kerry Walker, Annette Banks and Kylie Banks

Matt McLean with Paul Holm and his brother David Holm from Melbourne

Blackall horse trainer Kevin Birse, Rob Picking and Beau Frame

As the sun goes down: Dennis Rafter, Barcaldine with Mitch Horsten and Danielle O’Brien

Alisa Remeikis and French backpacker Anais Spinosi, who is working on ‘Darracourt’

Penny Swanson presented Peggy Wagstaff with the prize for classic racewear

Josh Duncan and Sally Suthers enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the races on Saturday

Qantas Link Blackall Beef Producers Race MeetOwners Charlie Prow and Rosie Kerr were on hand to collect the trophy for Tuscan Blaze’s win in the Ryan Bros Carlow class five handicap, pictured here with jockey David Rewald and race club president Paul Banks

Yasmin Mackay, Barcaldine with Lyn, Tim, John and Beth Harlow

Brent Gerber, Jason Smith and Ashley Loveday at the races

All people matter to God !

BLACKALL UNITING CHURCH

where Jesus makes a difference

SUNDAYS 9.00amMinister: Rev Peter Aay

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Blackall ContactsGraham & Meryl Gibson

46574740Warren & Marg Lehmann

46574546Phil & Ricki Walker

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Ladies FellowshipHeather Whitfield

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