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SPORT ON THE BARCOONQ Cowboys visit Blackall

Logan Hauff and Sam Mobbs participated eagerly in the clinic at the BlackallState School.

Blackall State School student Beau Turlan with North Queensland Cowboyscentre Antonio Winterstein.

Blackall students got an injectionof sporting inspiration last weekwith visits from a group from theNorth Queensland Cowboys.

The group was made up ofCowboys development managerDean Payne, recruitmentmanager Adrian Thompson,development ofcer Gavin Lloyd,

QRL development ofcer Andrew

Lawrence, Toyota Cup forward

Sam Hoare and injured NRL

centre Antonio Winterstein.

Clinics were conducted at both

schools on Thursday, with the

Blackall Magpies also getting

the chance to benet with Mr

Winterstein attending training

last Tuesday evening.

Adams bound forshooting World Cup

Local shooting champion Ashley

Adams has returned to Blackalltriumphantly after qualifying to

represent Australia in internationalopen shooting events.Competing at the Australia

Cup 3 in Brisbane last weekendAshley scored 595 out of 600 tobeat his own previous record andcame second in the 50m mens rie

prone.Ashleys new score has allowed

him to qualify to representAustralia in able-bodied shootingevents and will see him compete

in the Shooting pre-Olympic WorldCup in London in April next year.Ashley has previously competed

in the Paralympics in Atlanta1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004,Beijing 2008, but his new scorecould see him headed for the openOlympics in London next year.

Ashley competed in the Open .22rie and the disabled air rie and

disabled .22 rie.

After the event, Ashleys 12

month average sees him placedsecond in Australia, with his six

month average seeing him rankednumber one in Australia.

Ashley is also currently rankedthe number one disabled shooterin the world.

Ashley said he was pleased withhis results and had achieved along held dream.

Its always been my dream torepresent Australia in the able-

bodied shoot and now Ive done it,Ashley said.Ashley said that weather

conditions made the competitionmore challenging but he felt thathed shot well.

I was only one down on 45 butthen I dropped 4 more points afterthe wind picked up, Ashley said

Ashley will be kept busy overthe next few months, competing

in disabled air rie competitions

in London in August and FortBenning, USA in October as wellas competing in the Oceania2011 Continental Championshipand Grand Prix in Sydney in

November.


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In brief....August 5 2011 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]

Blackall and Tambos actingtalent was showcased as part of theQueensland Music Festival when

two radio plays were presented atthe Blackall Cultural Centre onthe weekend.The plays, presented in a casual

cabaret format, gave people achance to look behind the scenesinto how plays set for radio aremade.The plays were selected from an

annual national competition runby the Dogwood Theatre Initiativein Miles, which receives over 150entries a year.

According to the QMFs event

coordinator Hilary Perrett, theplays are usually performed with

recorded music.We could see a terric

opportunity to use live musicinstead and reimagine the wholeidea for the 21st century, shesaid.

Brisbane band Clocked Out wasengaged for the performances inMiles and Blackall.

Dressed in military costumes,they gave the rst play of the night a

zany madcap feel before switchingto a slinky jazz theme for the

evenings second performance.Local people were cast in the

speaking parts, which proved tobe one of the hits of the show.

Performers included policesergeant Bruce Trickett as aCanberra bureaucrat, state schoolprincipal Jason Smith playingthe part of a lovestruck shopassistant, and local journalistVictoria Nugent, who acted as hisshort-sighted love interest.

People in the audiencecommented that they had seentheir fellow community membersin a whole new light.Two plays were presented,

Queen Bea and The Call of the

Night Parrot.The rst had two separate casts,

with Blackall people acting onFriday and a cast from Tambo

coming over to perform onSaturday night.

Other actors included Lisa

Kings, Alison Mobbs, Alison Shaw,Janette Lawler, Carroll Nugent,

Murray Hilton, Colin Duffy,Trethella Smith and Lily Kent.

Around 200 people attendedthe performances, which werestreamed live to the world on theQMF website on both nights, and

watched as packets of Cornakes

were used to make the sound ofwalking on a gravel path, or atrumpet providing a background

talking effect.I found the second play was

easier to understand if I shut myeyes and listened, like you wouldwith a real radio play, SallyCampbell said.

Stars are born at QMF Radio Playsby Sally Cripps

continued on p 10

The Clocked Out band provided music for the Radio Plays performances in Blackall on Friday and Saturday night.


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From the Editor

An exceptionally busy week has

passed and a varied focus on eachday made for a very interestingtime despite the hectic agenda.

I attended a Remote AreaPlanning and Development boardmeeting in Longreach which

was focused on mining and theimpact of mining on communities;a coal seam gas presentation bythe Industry and the newly created

DERM Entity in Queensland andthe LNG Enforcement Unit alongwith DERM Coal and coal seamgas operations.There has been a coal seam gas

water management policy createdto manage this very concentratedsaline efuent by-product of

the CSG industry. Papers were

presented on good obligations,Underground Water ManagementFramework, (an Amendment to the

Water Act 2000), an undergroundwater impact report, rehabilitationof land disturbance from coal seamgas activities, new arrangementsto protect groundwater resourcesin coal seam gas extraction

areas, managing impacts of CSG

extraction on underground water

in the Great Artesian Basin,

hydraulic fracturing in CSG

wells, environmental assessmentand management of coal seamgas developments, coal seam gas

water, coal seam gas water damsand bore assessments.

All these and other papersrelating to this important issue areavailable on the DERM website atwww.derm.qld.gov.au

There were also presentationsby the Hon Fred Chaney AO

and Dr Bruce Walker of DesertKnowledge Australia regardingthe Remote Focus project which

seeks to reform governance,administration and engagementin remote Australia with theaim of signicantly advancing

regional development througha more strategic, systemic and

sustainable process of governanceby government. The key aim ofRemote Focus is to develop a

national conversation about howremote australia should best begoverned. This project could havea far reaching effect on all remotecommunities across the top ofAustralia.The RAPAD board was addressed

by members of the New SouthWales Standing Committee onState Development, The Hon RickColless MLC, Chairman, NSW

Legislative Council, and Standing

Committee on State Developmentthe Hon Amanda Fazio MLC,

Member of the NSW Legislative

Council, Standing Committeeon State Development. Thiscommittee is currently conductingan enquiry into the developmentof central western NSW and wasinterested in the work of RAPAD,in particular the process followed

to achieve increased infrastructurefunding and economic growth bylocal government collectively co-operating.There was a presentation on

Wild Rivers by DERM director

Scott Buchanan. There was arecommendation by the board thatthe Wild Rivers Advisory Panelremain in place for at least twoyears after the implementation ofthe legislation.The Regional Water Group

agreed to be a part of a pilotproject which will be conducted byDERM and the LGAQ. The RAPAD

board is operating the Water

Group in a similar manner as theOutback Regional Roads Group,

with a technical committee and anelected members committee.The RAPAD board also agreed

to continue RAPAD Skilling as aregistered training organisation forthe region and is seeking fundingto provide training necessaryfor jobs such as those for thedisaster recovery work on ourroad networks. All participantswill undertake accredited trainingin Construction White Card andat least two of the following: Level

11 Trafc Controllers: Stop/Slow

Bat, Level 11 Trafc Ticket, Skid

Steer Ticket, Roller Ticket, Grader

Ticket and First Aid.

This should give participantsan advantage to prepare them foremployment by regional councilsand shires as well as private

enterprise.The Outback Regional RoadsGroup Meeting was also held and

I will give a report in the next

edition.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYORS DESK

I would like to take thisopportunity to remind everyonethat the deadline for advertisementsis 5pm on Monday afternoon.The deadlines are there for a

reason and it would be fantasticif people could abide by them. Thesimple fact is that when I receiveadvertisements much later thanthe deadline, there is often no

room for them in the paper, evenif I attempt to t them in.

I always want to thank everyonewho sends in news items to thepaper for your contribution.


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Barcoo Independent TV Guide August 7- August 13ABC SEVEN Im ar a SBS

Wedne

sdayAugust10

5:00 Talking Heads5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 For the Juniors10:15 Our Animals10:20 Cyberchase10:45 Behind the News Special11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Everest ER2:00 Poirot3:05 Childrens Programs6:00 Grand Designs6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 The Gruen Transfer9:30 Judith Lucys Spiritual Journey10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Wild China12:25 Family Footsteps1:20 Pop Always Pays2:30 The Graham Norton Show3:00 Big Ideas4:00 Headcases4:25 Message Stick

5:00 Sunrise Extra

5:30 Seven Early News

6:00 Sunrise

9:00 The Morning Show

11:30 Morning News

12:00 Movie: The Reading Room

2:00 Dr Oz

3:00 10 Years Younger

3:30 Childrens Programs

4:30 Seven News

5:00 Mercurios Menu

5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 Worlds Strictest Parents

8:30 Criminal Minds

9:30 Covert Affairs

10:30 Parking Wars

11:00 Detroit 1-8-7

12:00 Style by Jury

12:30 Sons and Daughters

1:00 Infomercials

3:00 Home Shopping

3:30 Room For Improvement

4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

12:00 The View

1:00 Danoz Direct

2:00 Days of Our Lives

3:00 The Block


4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News

6:30 A Current Affair

7:00 The Block

8:00 Top Design

9:00 RPA

10:00 RPA Where Are They Now?

11:00 Embarrassing Teenage Bodies

11:25 Little Britain

12:00 Eclipse Music TV

12:30 Prime Time: What Would You Do?

1:30 Danoz Direct

3:00 Fishing Australia

3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music

5:05 International News

1:00 Movie: Dear Frankie

3:00 Everyone Loves A Wedding

3:30 Al Jazeera News

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village

6:00 Letters and Numbers

6:30 World News Australia

7:35 Tropic of Capricorn

8:30 The Hotel


10:05 Movie: The Lives of Others

12:30 112 Emergency

2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

ThursdayAugust

11

4:55 National Press Club Address6:00 ABC News Breakfast

9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Neue Freunde10:05 Jung In Europa10:15 A Table!10:20 Me Voila!10:30 Behind the News11:00 Visions Of The Future12:00 Midday Report12:30 Little Dorrit1:25 Lead Balloons2:00 Poirot3:00 Childrens Programs6:00 Restoration Man6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 Catalyst8:30 Crownies9:30 Junior Doctors10:25 Lateline

11:00 Lateline Business11:25 Songbook12:25 Lydia2:10 Junior Doctors3:10 To the Manor Bowen4:00 Compass4:30 Catalyst

5:00 Sunrise Extra


6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show

11:30 Morning News

12:00 Movie: Family Sins

2:00 Dr Oz



4:30 Seven News

5:00 Mercurios Menu

5:30 Deal or No Deal

6:00 Seven News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 WWII Lost Films: The Air War

8:30 Pawn Stars

9:30 Law and Order: LA

11:30 Off the Map

12:30 Young Dumb and Living Off

Mum

1:30 Infomercials

3:00 Home Shopping

4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

12:00 The View

1:00 Danoz Direct


3:00 Entertainment Tonight


4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News


7:00 The Block

8:00 Hot Property

8:30 Hamish and Andys Gap Year

9:30 The NRL Footy Show

11:15 The AFL Footy Show1:00 Entertainment Tonight

1:30 Danoz Direct

3:00 Alive and Cooking




1:00 The Food Lovers Guide to

Australia

1:30 Have You Heard From

Johannesburg: Fair Play

2:30 Dateline


4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village



7:30 French Food Safari

8:00 Oz and Jamess Big Wine

Adventure

8:30 Supersizers Go...


10:05 The Protectors

11:10 Movie: Inside Ring

12:50 Movie: Inspector

Montalbano: Equal Time


FridayAu

gsut12

5:00 Can We Help?5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Noah and Saskia10: 25 What I Wrote10:30 Arrows of Desire11:00 Catalyst11:30 Best of One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Midsomer Murders2:10 Worlds Greenest Homes3:00 Childrens Programs

6:00 Bills Tasty Weekends7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 Collectors8:30 Silent Witness9:30 Hustle10:30 Lateline11:15 Beautiful People11:45 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Camp2:30 Dr Oz3:30 Childrens Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurios Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL St Kilda vs Collingwood11:45 That 70s Show12:15 Alan Sugar: The Apprentice1:35 Danube Interlude2:30 Room for Improvement3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Childrens Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News

6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block Unlocked7:30 NQ Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos9:30 Wests Tigers v Penrith Panthers11:30 Movie: Half Past Dead1:30 Movie: The Omega Man3:30 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News1:00 The Food Lovers Guide toAustralia1:30 Insight2:30 The Nest3:30 Al Jazeera News4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 James Mays Toy Stories8:30 One Germany: The OtherSide of the Wall9:30 World News Australia10:05 Sex: An Unnatural History10:35 Erotic Tales11:10 Movie: Restless1:05 Spiral3:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday

Augsut13

6:00 Childrens Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Sally Bollywood-SuperDetective11:30 Legend of Enyo12:00 V8 Extra12:30 That 70s Show1:30 Hawks Active2:00 AFL Carlton vs Melbourne5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Hook Line and Sinker7:00 The Zoo7:30 AFL Port Adelaide vsCollingwood11:00 The HitRater.com11:30 Movie: The Mexican2:00 Movie: Time Served4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Power Rangers

6:00 Childrens Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Sally Bollywood-SuperDetective11:30 Legend of Enyo12:00 V8 Extra12:30 Minute to Win It1:30 Hawks Active2:00 AFL Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide5:00 Creek to Coast

5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Hook Line and Sinker7:00 AFL Western Bulldogs vsEssendon10:30 TBA12:00 Movie: The Pawn2:00 Movie: No. 24:00 Home Shopping5:00 Power Rangers R.P.M

6:00 Childrens Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Danoz Direct10:00 Fishing Australia10:30 Your 4x411:00 Kids WB2:30 Take 40 Live Presents Gaga Live3:00 Movie:Seminole Uprising4:30 Discover Down Under5:00 News: First at Five5:30 4WD TV

6:00 National News6:30 Funniest Home Videos7:30 Movie: Charlie and the ChocolateFactory10:00 Movie: The Dark Knight1:55 Rugby Australia vs South Africa3:00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air3:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo4:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Wesley Impact



1:00 La Boheme

2:55 The Nobel Prize in

Literature 2010

3:30 Bronzino: Restoring Genius

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Costas Garden Odyssey

6:00 Behind the Front Door

6:30 World News Australia7:30 Engineering Connections

8:30 Iron Chef

9:20 RocKwiz

10:10 Movie: Paris, Je TAime

12:15 SOS

1:15 Lifes A Zoo



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Barcoo Independent TV Guide August 7 - August 13ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

SundayAugust7

5:00 Rage6:30 Childrens Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:05 Asia Pacifc Focus

11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline1:00 7:301:30 Message Stick2:00 Natures Great Events: The Great Tide3:00 Herb and Dorothy4:30 First Tuesday Book Club5:00 Art Nation5:30 Dance Academy6:00 Robin Hood6:45 Mr Bean7:00 ABC News7:30 Grand Designs8:30 Midsomer Murders10:00 Compass11:00 Strictly Speaking11:30 Foyles War1:05 Grand Designs1:55 Artscape2:25 Wire in the Blood4:00 Gardening Australia4:30 Collectors


7:00 Weekend Sunrise

10:00 Dinner Date Australia

11:00 Movie: Fat Albert

1:00 AFL Brisbane vs Adelaide

4:00 Three In A Bed

5:00 Guide to the Good Life

5:30 The Great South East

6:00 Seven News

6:30 Sunday Night

7:30 Great Migrations

8:40 Bones

9:40 Castle

11:40 Parking Wars

12:00 AFL Hawthorn vs North

Melbourne

3:00 NBC Today

4:00 NBC Meet the Press

6:00 ARL Schoolboy Cup

7:00 Weekend Today

10:00 Wide World of Sports

11:00 The Sunday Footy Show

12:00 The Sunday Roast

1:00 2011 Gold Coast Marathon

1:30 Top Design

3:00 The Block

4:00 Manly Sea Eagles vs Sydney

Roosters

6:00 National News

6:30 The Block

8:00 60 Minutes

9:00 The Mentalist

11:00 CSI Miami

12:00 Super League

2:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

2:30 Danoz Direct

3:30 4WD TV





7:45 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Colombia 2011: Australia v

Spain


10:30 Football Asia

11:00 Les Murrays FootballFeature

12:00 Futbol Mundial

12:30 Speedweek


4:30 The Mayor, the Artist, the

Farmer and His Wife

5:00 Cycling Central

6:00 Trawlermen


7:30 Lost Worlds

8:30 Dateline

9:30 Is There Life on Mars?

10:30 Movie: Rally Chicks

12:15 Movie: Holy Lola


MondayAugust8

5:00 Art Nation5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Backyard Science10:25 Science Clips10:35 Atoms Alive10:50 Ace Day Jobs10:55 Wagging School11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Monarch of the Glen1:30 Cheese Slices2:00 Poirot2:50 TBA3:00 Childrens Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:30

8:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:15 Media Watch9:35 Q & A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Brideshead Revisited12:30 The Clinic1:25 The Most Dangerous Game2:30 The Graham Norton Show3:00 Bowls: World Cup 2011: Womens SemiFinal 1

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News

6:00 Sunrise


11:30 Morning News

12:00 Movie: Stone Cold

2:00 Dr Oz



4:30 News at 4:30

5:00 Mercurios Menu


6:00 Seven News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 Unlikely Animal Friends 28:30 Body of Proof

10:30 Teen Wolf

11:30 Ocean Force

12:00 Heroes

1:00 The Real Seachange

1:30 Infomercials

3:00 Home Shopping

4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

12:00 The View

1:00 Danoz Direct




4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News


7:00 The Block

8:00 Hot in Cleveland

8:30 Rescue Special Ops

9:30 CSI Miami


12:05 English Challenge Cup Rugby

League

2:00 Danoz Direct

3:00 4WD TV


5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News

1:00 The Food Lovers Guide to

Australia

1:30 Dateline

2:30 Insight


4:00 The Journal

4:30 Futbol Mundial

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Global Village



7:30 Mythbusters8:30 Man vs Wild


10:00 Flight of the Conchords

10: 30 Skins

11:30 The World Game

12:30 Movie: At Point Blank


TuesdayAugust9

5:00 First Tuesday Book Club5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Behind the News10:25 Being Me10:45 Food for Thought

11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 Egypt Unwrapped1:35 Meerkat Manor2:00 Poirot2:50 TBA3:00 Childrens Programs6:00 Rick Steins Far Eastern Odyssey7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Wonders Of The Universe9:35 QI10:05 Artscape10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:40 Four Corners12:25 Media Watch12:40 Air Australia1:40 Commando Chaplains

2:30 The Graham Norton Show3:00 Big Ideas4:00 The Occasional Cook4:30 Carbon Cops

5:00 Sunrise Extra


6:00 Sunrise


11:30 Morning News

12:00 Lewis




4:30 Seven News

5:00 Mercurios Menu


6:00 Seven News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 Four Weddings

8:30 Winners and Losers


10:00 How I Met Your Mother

11:00 Keeping Up With The

Kardashians

11:30 Perfect Couples

12:00 House Calls To The Rescue

1:00 Infomercials

3:00 Home Shopping

4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

12:00 The View

1:00 Danoz Direct




4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News


8:00 The Big Bang Theory

8:30 Top Gear

10:00 James Mays Man Lab

11:05 Worst Case Scenario


12:05 20/20


1:30 Danoz Direct

3:00 4WD TV




1:00 Movie: My Life Without

Me

3:00 Australian Biography


4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village



7:30 Insight

8:30 Cutting Edge: Science

Under Attack


10:05 Death By Fire

11:05 Movie: Vitus

1:10 My Year on the Low-Carbon Diet


Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G General ClassicationM MatureClassicationRecommendedforviewingbymatureaudiences.PG ParentalGuidanceRecommended

MA MatureAudienceNotsuitablefor peopleunder15yearsofage. AV AdultViolenceClassicationNotsuitablefor peopleunder15yearsofage.


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Blackall residents should beprepared for an increased amountof trafc on the road on August

19 when a convoy of trucks andvehicles protesting the actions ofthe current federal governmentrolls into town.

The Convoy of No Condencein the Federal Government is

the brainchild of Mick Pattel,a livestock transporter fromNorth West Queensland and thepresident of the National RoadFreighters Association (NRFA).

Eleven convoys will travel acrossAustralia to converge on Canberraon August 22 to express their

dissatisfaction with the federalgovernment and attempt to force

an election.NRFA treasurer Peter Whytcross

is the leader of Convoy Number

One which will travel from PortHedland in Western Australiato Canberra, passing throughwestern Queensland townsincluding Longreach, Barcaldine,

Blackall and Tambo.Mr Whytcross said it would be

hard to know how many vehicleswould pass through Blackall, aspeople are welcome to join theconvoy for part of the journeyrather than travelling the wholedistance.

We anticipate that this wholething will snowball in the next few

weeks, Mr Whytcross said.Were getting a fair bit of interest

out of the Top End, from peopleunhappy with the live export

situation, he said.Were hoping there could be

100 people by the time we get to

Blackall.The vehicles travelling through

Blackall will be decorated withbrown streamers and balloons torepresent their convoy and willstay in Blackall for the night.

A petition will circulate inBlackall in the week prior to theconvoys visit and will then bedelivered in person to Canberra.

Mr Whytcross said he hoped tosee western residents joining theconvoy as well as lining the roadto greet the participants.

Its going to support thelocal communities as well, MrWhytcross said.

Were hoping that in the town

the local clubs will be able to puton barbecues to provide dinnerand breakfast for the convoy.

Vehicle convoy to protest against government

New signage for Tambos Coolibah WalkTambo residents celebrated

the installation of new signsat the Coolibah Walk along theBarcoo River with a communitywalk and a barbecue breakfaston Sunday morning.The revamp saw the

installation of new descriptive,interpretative signs identifyingthe trees along the walk, whichwas also regravelled to helprestore it after it was ood

damaged earlier this year.The project was undertaken

by the Blackall Tambo RegionalCouncil in conjunction with theTambo Tourism and BusinessAssociation.

Funding for the project was

provided by Desert ChannelsQueensland and South WestNRM with further help from aBuilding Rural CommunitiesCapacity grant.The barbecue breakfast was

provided by Queensland HealthPopulation Health.

Tazma Skennerton received a pedometera h r pr h wal. Ph

Lynn Ogden.

The Coolibah Walk was decorated forthe occasion. Photo Lynn Ogden


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WHATS ON in 2011

AUGUST

3 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

6 Tambo Ladies Race Day

6 Blackall vs Ilfracombe Rugby League Home Game

6 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner

8 Blackall State School Variety Bash10 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

12 Blue Light Disco

13 Community Markets


20 Tambo Golf Fun Day

20 Barcoo Pastoral Society AGM

23 Ofce Meltdown Workshop


26 Blackall State School Showcase Evening

25-27 Symposium on Public Art in the Non-Urban

Context

30 SDE Blackall Sports Skills Day31 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

SEPTEMBER

3 Annual Flower Show

3 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner

6 Blackall to Slygo Wagon Trek

9 Blackall State School Arts Evening

13-14 WesTech Barcaldine

16-18 Back to Blackall Weekend

16- 19 Tambo Teddy Bears Picnic Festival

17 Community Markets

23 Blue Light Disco

OCTOBER

8 Community Markets

8 Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Springtime Festival

14 Blue Light Disco

15 Blackall Races

15 Elvis Presley Tribute Show

28 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall

29 Outback Tourism QLD Awards

NOVEMBER

4-5 Gallery Day5 Halloween Trick or Treat

5 Halloween Blue Light Disco

7-8 SDE Blackall Swim Camp

12 Dance Blackall Annual Concert

26 Blackall Races

26 St Patricks Christmas Fete

27 Christmas Tree Festival

DECEMBER

16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Members Xmas

Party

24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo

31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New Years Eve

Costume Party

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The Blackall State School will be setabuzz on Monday when the 2011 NewSouth Wales variety bash rolls into town.The variety bash will see 370 participants

in more than 100 decorated pre-1974vehicles travel 5423 kilometres in 12 daysto raise money for children in need.

Blackall students will line the streetsto greet the colourful convoy shortly after11am with the P and C set to provide lunchon the day.The day will also see the group present

the school items for their special needsunit, including a body cycle bike worthmore than $4,000.The rallys stop at Blackall is one of many

schools they will visit during the adventure,donating over $60,000 in equipmentand resources to help and support local

communities and schools.The variety bash has been running since1985, traditionally starting and nishing

at a destination starting with the letter B,with the convoy this year travelling fromBaulkam Hills in New South Wales toBuccaneer Rock in Western Australia.

Variety bash

Tambo glass artist Alison Shaw willgain a wider audience for her work whenseveral of her pieces are showcased in anexhibition being held in Brisbane from

August 13-20.Alison is one of six western Queensland

artists whose work will be featuredin the Small Objects exhibition at the

Contemporary Artisan Collective Gallery at

20 Lyons Terrace in Windsor.

Alison has made a series of miniatureglass owers for the exhibition and said she

will try to make a trip to Brisbane duringthe exhibition.

An ofcial opening will be held on Sunday

August 14 from 3:30pm with drinks and

nibbles provided.Other artists featured in the exhibition

are Jane Colvin, Jill Dyer, Heather Hale,Dawn Head Rose and Margaret Stevensonwith each artwork limited to a size of15cmX15cmX15cm.

Tambo artist in thespotlight

A bluelight disco will be held next Friday

night at the Blackall Memorial Hall from6-8pm.

Entry will cost $5, with the price includinga sausage sizzle and drink.

It would be preferred if all children weresigned into the disco by a responsibleperson over the age of 18.

Bluelight disco


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SPORT ON THE BARCOO

The Blackall Magpies got theirsecond win of the season in lastSaturdays home game, defeatingthe Longreach Thompson Tigers

24-16, in a mistake ridden game.Try scorers for the Magpies were

Brett Hayman, Matt Mclane, BeauFrame and Bob McCleod.

Matt Mclane converted all 4 trys,kicking 4 from 4.

Players player went to RobertMcCleod, who was a standout

player along with Aidan Walker,Jack Burgess, and fullback TomReddy.The Blackall Magpies will play

another home game this weekendagainst the Ilfracombe Scorpions,before travelling to Barcaldine forthe last round of the year.

Kick off against Ilfracombewill be at 6:30pm at the Blackallshowgrounds.

-- Matt Mclane

Magpies take down Tigers After school sports

Alan Hinds, Wayne Roney and Kevin Horsten celebrated the Magpies win onSaturday.

Brett Hayman gave his son Jock a hug after the Magpies win over Longreachon Saturday night.

The Active After Schools Sportsprogram has kicked back intoaction this week with Blackallprimary school students takingthe chance to learn skills in cricket

and martial arts.The sessions are open to all

primary school students withinthe Blackall district, and arebeing held at St Josephs PrimarySchool.The cricket sessions are being

held on Monday afternoons, whilethe martial arts sessions are takingplace on Wednesday afternoons.

Charlie Schutt takes to the bat atcricket on Monday afternoon.

Blackall Pony Club membersagain travelled to Barcaldine lasweekend to compete in the nal

Colin Wood Memorial Shieldcompetition.

All members presentedthemselves impeccably resulting inBlackall winning the March Past.

Blackall came home with winners

and place getters from all riders.This then resulted in Blackallwinning the overall title of AggregatePoint Score winners for the entireround of 3 competitions.

Pony club vies forColin Wood shield

Front:Shauna Kangan, Taylor Wheeler,Arena Wheeler, Jaimie Lee Morris,Middle:Sara and Helen AspinallBack: Rachel Bourke, Codie Fanning


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Tambos Lynn Ogden was recently announced

as the Peoples Choice winner in the HeartlandFestival photography exhibition which was

hung at Tambos Grassland Art Gallery in

June.Relatively new to the art of photography,

Lynns winning photograph was of a foal

bathed in the afternoon sun.She has only been serious about photographyfor three years, attending workshops withJohn Elliott and Mark Coombes to rene her

technique.Having the gallery at Tambo has really

helped too, she said.The Heartland exhibition in 2010 showed

me what could be possible and gave me thedesire to exhibit there.

Lynn said that her main interest at the

moment lies with capturing the moods ofanimals and local wildlife.

You have to take a lot of photographs toget that one perfect shot when youre dealingwith animals, she noted. Thank heavens fordigital cameras, which have made it much lessexpensive.

--Sally Cripps

Lynn Ogdens photograph won the Peoples Choiceaward in the Heartland photography competition.

Winning photograph

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Council releases budgetThe Blackall Tambo

Regional Council hasadopted a budget for the yearahead after a special meetingheld on Wednesday.The 2011/2012 budget

will see the general rates

increase by 5%, whileservice charges haveincreased in the water andsewerage areas as a resultof increasing depreciationcharges.

Cleansing charges havebeen modied and for the

rst time Blackall and

Tambo Residents will paythe same charge.

Mayor Jan Ross said theincreases are necessary tohelp maintain the currentstandard of services in theBlackall Tambo region.

It would be remiss of theCouncil to have come in at alower rate as the communityexpectation is to have well

maintained infrastructure aswell as all essential servicesfunctioning in excellent

condition, Cr Ross said.Replacement costs for

water and sewerage haveto be borne entirely bycouncil.

Council has madeslight modications to its

deferential rate categories,following the recent landvaluations which sawrural valuations remainunchanged, while someurban valuations increasedby more than 3000 percent.

Cr Ross said council made

the modications to try to

assist ratepayersIt would have been beyond

some people to have to paythe unmodied rates, Cr

Ross said.We have tried to do the

very best we can by all ourratepayers.The budget has also seen

$1million set aside in reservefunds for the upgrade of theBlackall Aquatic Centre.Tambo has also been

considered with anallocation of $80,000 madeto re-broadcast digital TVto Tambo in the case thatcouncil decides to undertake

the project.The Blackall Tambo

Regional Council will spendapproximately 25 million

dollars on the regions roadnetwork with ood damage

funding being a signicant

portion of this gure. Capital

works will continue on theEmmet and Alpha/ Tamboroads as well as minorprojects on other roads inthe district.

Other items includedin the budget include theengagement of a sports andrecreation ofcer, upgrades

to the industrial estates inBlackall and Tambo withthe addition of power, waterand sewage and an upgradeto the Blackall airport tocomply with Australian

standards.


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available at

local businesses.

Anglican Flower Show

Blackall producers will be ableto brush up on their ofce skills at

a workshop being held on August23.The workshop is being run

by Partners in Grain and the

Queensland Rural Womens

Network and aims to helpproducers implement streamlinedsystems in the farm ofce, achieve

goals and stop procrastinating.The workshops will be delivered

by Jeanette Buegge, an experienced

trainer and primary producer fromWestern Australias wheatbelt.

Ms Buegge said that having anefcient farm ofce is important

and that other businessesemploy someone specically to do

administrative work.It means members of the

farming business have to respect

the role of the person doing theofce work, Ms Buegge said.

The content of the workshopwill include ofce set-up and

procedures including payingbills, ling systems, archiving,

ofce design, wages and business

communication.

The workshop will be run atthe Blackall Sports and MemorialClub from 9am-3pm for a cost of$235 per person.The course is registered with

FarmReady with participants able

to claim back 65 percent of the

cost after the workshop, as well astravel and accommodation.

Anyone interested inparticipating is asked to registerwith Theresa Kunde on 07 46259076 or 0428147749 or [email protected].



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Blackall Combined Agentsyarded 1434 head of cattle at theBlackall Prime and Store sale.Cows and bullocks were rm

on previous weeks, with feedersteers and heifers gaining groundon previous weeks. Meanwhile

store cattle were in demand withveal calves improving up to 5 to8c in places. Cattle were drawnfrom Boulia, Coreld and local

districts.Bullocks over 500kg topped at

168c to av 153c. Feeder steers

400-500kgs topping at 178.2c toav 162c. Steers 350-400kgs madeto 188c to av 176c. Steers 280-350kgs sold to 195c to av 171c.Steers 220 to 280kg topped at

179c to av 174c while steers up to220kg topped at 221c to av 216c.Cows over 500kgs reached 149cand av 135c. Cows up to 500kgsmade to 142c to av 119c. Heifersover 450kgs made to 155 with an

avg of 149c. Heifers in the 350-450kg range sold to 184c to av172c. Heifers 280-350kgs madeto 187c to av 157c. Heifers 220-280 topped at 211c and av 195c.Weaner heifers up to 220kgs werestrong to make to 211c and av

204c. Bulls over 450kgs sold to147c and av 129c with bulls under450kg making 214c to av 176c.

Don Batts Blackall sold SantaX bullocks to a top of 168.2c/kgto average 166.2c/kg to average840kg or $1329/hd.The Birchley Family Gartmore

Tambo sold Braford x steers

making 155.2c/kg weighing 660kgreturning $1025/hd.

Arbie and Josie Smith

Shady Downs Tambo soldDroughtmaster x cows topping

at 137.2c/kg weighing 543kgreturning $745 to average 132c/kg weighing 500kg $662/hd withtheir Droughtmaster X heifers

making 162c/kg weighing 436kg

returning $706/hd

DM and SE Wehl Ravenswood

Aramac sold Droughtmaster cows

for 139.2c/kg weighing 528kg

making $735/hd.

HF and DM Rich TilburyBlackall sold Devon X no. 0 heifers

weighing an average of 381kg for

177c/kg returning $677/hd to

top at 181.2/kg weighing 394kg

or $715/hd.

Forest Park Alice Downs

Blackall sold no. 9 Santa heifers

to a top of 152.2c/kg weighing

558kg or $850/hd.

Jason and Anne Sprague

Neverfail Blackall sold

Droughtmaster X no. 1 heifers

topping at 205.2c/kg weighing

223kg or $458/hd with the no. 0

Heifers making 160c/kg weighing

357kg or $572/hd.

Market report

Landowners in the Blackall

and Tambo districts will be ableto learn about how to recoverMitchell grass country through wetseason spelling with paddock andplanning sessions being organisedby DEEDI.

The free series will see half tofull day paddock sessions held onlocal properties, followed up byplanning sessions to be held intown a few weeks later.The paddock sessions will

address locally relevant pasturemanagement, discuss howspelling country helps recoverland condition, combine scienceand local knowledge throughdiscussions on practical hurdlesand solutions to wet seasonspelling and discuss what actualresults people have seen frompasture spelling.The sessions will also cover how

to assess ABCD land condition,how to use a feed budget as a toolto estimate short term carryingcapacity, how to estimate treebasal area and how to establish a

simple monitoring site.The planning sessions will then

allow for each landowner to createa spelling plan for their individualproperty, focusing on individualspecications such as business

goals, costs, stocking rates and

pasture indicators.Sessions will also be held in theBoulia, Longreach, Ilfracombe,

Cloncurry, Hughenden andWinton districts.

Food and non-alcoholic drinks

will be provided at both thepaddock and planning sessions.The program will run between

August and October with datesyet to be decided.

Anyone wanting more informationis asked to contact David Phelpsor Ian Houston at the Longreach

DEEDI ofce on 07 46501200 or

by email at [email protected] or [email protected].

Individual planning sessions willalso be on offer at the WesTech eld

days in Barcaldine on September13-14.

Wet season spelling workshops


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Isisford shing competition draws big crowd

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For further information or to obtain a Position Description please contact Lance or Catherineon (07) 4657 4376.

Resumes to be sent to: The Manager, PO Box 284, Blackall Q 4472 or via email:

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Fires are up around BlackallBlackall and Tambo residents

were left without power for overthree hours on Tuesday afternoonafter a faulty circuit breaker at theClermont substation tripped supplyon the high voltage line supplying theBarcaldine bulk supply substationwhich services the district.

6000 Ergon Energy customersacross the Barcaldine, Longreach,

Muttaburra, Aramac, Alpha, Blackalland Tambo areas were affected bythe outage.

Local eld crews assisted by

specialist substation staff investigatedthe problem and after conrming

the fault was not at the Barcaldinesubstation, investigated the linefrom Barcaldine to Clermont.Tests of high voltage equipment

at the Clermont substation thenidentied the faulty circuit breaker.

A gas turbine at Barcaldine thatwould normally provide power to thecentral west district during such aproblem also malfunctioned.

Bob Pleash from Ergon Energysaid the company would be takingmeasures to limit any similar outagesin the future.

We certainly will be carrying out afull investigation into why the circuit

breaker malfunctioned and into theunavailability of the gas turbine atBarcaldine, Mr Pleash said.

Mr Pleash said the fault wasunrelated to two other recent poweroutages affecting the central west andcentral highlands, which were causedduring scheduled maintenance atthe Lilydale station.

Blackall left in the dark

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on Tuesday afternoon.

Fire ghters in the Blackall

district have been kept on theirtoes over the past week with anumber of res breaking out

across the region.Amongst the reported res

were two grassres at Wooroolah

Station and Malvern Hills late lastweek with damage to pastures atboth properties.

On Tuesday afternoon shortlybefore 4pm, a re broke out near

the Blackall saleyards, with theBlackall re brigade kicking into

action to put it out.Blackall re brigade captain

Matt Richardson said theybelieved the re may have been

started by a spark from a welder.

Matt said the recent res werea reminder to landowners to takeadequate re preparations.

If people are thinking about

making rebreaks, they should

do it now, Matt said.Dont leave it any longer.Matt said he thought that the

number of res could increase

even more in coming monthsand that drying pastures wouldcontribute to the risk.

After the big rain that wevehad, theres a lot of feed aboutthats drying off, Matt said

Normally we havent got thebody of feed that is there now,he said.

It only needs a stone to get hitand cause a spark for a re to

start.The Blackall re brigade will be

conducting controlled burning onMonday evenings in the comingweeks to help decrease the re

risk.


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Lights, camera, microphone at Radio Playscontinued from p1

The Clocked Out band and QMF

team members also engaged withschool groups in Blackall andTambo, undertaking a numberof musical exercises to show how

versatile the instruments could

be.In Blackall we had children

bring their instruments alongso they could actually put intopractice what the band memberswere showing them, Ms Perrettsaid.

It gives them a whole new rangeto explore and play with.

She said the work with schools

was just as important to the

Queensland Music Festivals aims

as the public performances.

Blackall was one of 33 regional

centres to enjoy the QMFexperience in 2011.

Trethella Smith and Alison Mobbs enjoyed the after partyas much as their acting when the Queensland MusicFestival came to Blackall on the weekend.

Angus MacDonald and Brian Davison were amongstthose enjoying a night out with a difference at the QMFRadio Plays performance.

Proud parents Chris and Rosemary Heard took in theFriday night performance of Queen Bea at the RadioPlays.

Blackall police sergeant Bruce Trickett and school studentGeorgina Heard played the roles of Canberra bureaucratsWilfred and Smith in the radio plays.

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