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6 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 1 2009

May 1 2009 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]

SPORT ON THE BARCOO

Keith Hayward’s wife Glady and two of his sons, Phillip and Robbie attended the pistol shoot at Blackall last Sunday to present the shields and medals for the Keith Hayward memorial pairs events held over two weekends.

Standard match winning pair was Bruce McPaul and Doug Church with a total score of 732. Runners-up on the day were Len Russell and Helen Allen on 704.

The winning pair in sports pistol was Noelene Gleeson and Spencer Astill with a total score of 890, and runners-up Robyn Lound and Doug Lane finished on 810.

Centre fire winning pair was Aub Carter and Bruce McPaul with a total score of 954. Arthur Elmy and Bruce McPaul were runners-up with a score of 950.

Only three pairs contested the air pistol event. The title went to Noelene Gleeson and Doug Lane with a total score of 800 followed by runners-up Len Russell and Doug Church on 774.

Keith Hayward memorial pistol shoot

Those at the pistol shoot over the Anzac weekend. Back row: A Elmy, J McCarthy, B McPaul, P Molle, N Gleeson, G Hayward, R Hayward, P Hayward, B Coward. Front: L Marsh, A Carter, W Dendle, G Tierney

At the Blackall bowls club last Sunday, there was a good roll-up for social pairs with over twenty bowlers and visitors involved. Bowls were played until 12.30 followed by a great seafood and chinese lunch.

Our thanks to John Bowyer, his mother and father and Rob Doyle for a top class meal.

The winners on the day were Col Pfingst and Woody with a winning margin of 15 points.

The club would like to thank everyone who took part in making an enjoyable bowls fun day.

There are no championship bowls next week due to the Blackall show.

– Dally

Blackall Junior cricketers wrapped up their 2008/2009 season on Sunday, April 26 with an ‘adults versus juniors’ pairs match.

The juniors batted first and finished off with a total of 58 runs. It was no easy task for the adults coming in second, with hit me a catch coming from all angles of the field. Two of these catches were taken brilliantly by Caleb Richardson and Caitlyn Johnstone.

With smiles on their faces at the end of the match, the juniors took home the trophy by a winning margin of two runs.

Man of the match went to Caleb Richardson. The overall winner for the season was cricketer of the year, Jamie Harvey.

Blackall bowls hosts social pairs

Junior cricket season ends with win over adults

A member of the extended Towner family holds a wreath to place at the Anzac Day service on Saturday

Blackall’s Mitchell Donohoe played a trial rugby league match in March which gained him selection in the Rockhampton representative team for under 15s. They played in Tannum Sands in late March and were undefeated against both Mackay and Gladstone. The score against Gladstone at the final whistle was 80-0.

Mitchell makes representative rugby league team

Mitchell Donohoe gained selection into the U15 Rockhampton representative team

The junior cricketers ended the 2008/2009 season on a high note with a win over the adults

“Future generations will never forget” – Rowan Hunnam

This year in Blackall, Anzac Day had special meaning for members of the community and the township with the commemoration of two soldiers who had close ties to Blackall but fought in two very different wars.

Almost a century after the most highly decorated Queenslander received the Military and Victoria crosses, Blackall paid tribute to Lieutenant Edgar Thomas Towner with the unveiling and blessing of a bronze statue last weekend.

A large number of official military and other special guests travelled to Blackall for the occasion. The Anzac weekend began on Thursday night where an exhibition remembering Edgar Towner and his legacy was opened at the Veteran’s Dinner. Recently retired Colonel Stephen Goltz spoke of his service in East Timor and Iraq.

In the same way that they rallied together to realise the Towner project, the community turned up in force and in spirit for the unveiling and blessing of ‘Towner’s Call’.

The ceremony for the memorial statue of Edgar Towner in Blackall Memorial Park on Friday afternoon attracted a crowd of around 300. President of the Blackall RSL and Towner project coordinator Terry Brennan says that it is the community support of the project that has enabled Towner’s profile to be renewed and raised in society.

It is well known that the idea to pay tribute to Lieutenant Edgar Towner began with Ronan Robinson at the Blackall State School.

Guarded by the catafalque party 1st Field Regiment Royal

Australian Artillery, the statue was unveiled by Geoffrey and John Towner and Ronan Robinson. Around 30 members of the immediate and extended Towner family were present at the ceremony, and stood together in front of the bronze statue. Sculptor William Eicholtz remarked on the similarity between statue and family.

“It is in the eyes, mouth and that jaw line,” William said.

The Hon. Justice John Logan, who encountered Edgar Towner through the legal case surrounding the export of his medals, commended the bronze larger-than-life memorial.

“This statue captures all of the man of Edgar Towner, not just the war hero and with that, the capacity to inspire, with enduring truths about Australia and those who serve it,” Justice Logan said.

In the speech that brought the journey of ‘Towner’s Call’ to an end, Ronan Robinson modestly spoke of the importance of a community effort.

“This statue we see tonight, whilst it was physically brought into being by Mr William Eicholtz, it is the spirit and support of our community who has never forgotten Major Towner that has made it a reality,” Ronan said.

“I look around at the people gathered here tonight and understand that I am not the only one to know the importance of having a man such as Edgar Towner in our shared history.”

“I know that this statue that we gather around tonight will ensure future Blackall generations never forget Edgar Towner.”

Blackall serviceman Goody commemorated

Blackall’s 2009 Anzac weekend was also an important opportunity to add the name of Lance Corporal Philip Goody, a Blackall serviceman who died fighting in the Vietnam War, to the granite obelisk in Blackall Memorial Park. Philip Goody’s sisters Dell Murphy, Betty Clarke, Valda Picton and Narelle Goody, nephew Shane Goody and friends Blue Boyle and Jack Bridges unveiled the plaque along with Colonel Stephen Goltz.

Around 250 people woke up for the dawn service on Saturday morning

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide May 3 - 9ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday M

ay 6

4:30 G.P.5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:05 Super Cockroach12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Talking Heads2:00 Parkinson3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Travel Oz6:30 The Cook and the Chef7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 The Gruen Transfer9:30 Moving Wallpaper10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Vincent12:40 Movie: The Private Life of Henry VIII (PG)2:15 Movie: Criminal Lawyer (G)3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Ties That Bind (M)1:55 Special: Sneaky Sound System2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercials3:30 Raggs4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Thank God You’re Here8:30 Criminal Minds9:30 My Name is Earl10:00 Family Guy10:30 Russell Brand’s Ponderland11:00 Lost12:00 Special: Towards the Golden Triangle1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 The View2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 What’s Good For You8:00 RPA8:30 The Mentalist9:30 Cold Case10:30 Cold Case11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show12:30 Home Shopping1:00 The Baron

4:30 UEFA Champions League Semi Final7:00 International News12:55 Market update1:00 Eurovision Dance Contest 20083:30 Nerds FC4:00 The Journal4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer5:30 Corner Gas5:55 Market update6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia7:30 Food Safari: Maltese Safari8:00 Trawlermen8:35 Long Way Round9:30 World News Australia9:55 Market update10:00 Movie: Night on Earth (M)12:10 Movie: Buena Vida Delivery (M)1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

Thursday May 7

4:30 G.P.5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 The War12:00 Midday Report12:30 Pilot Guides1:30 Collectors2:00 Parkinson3:00 Children’s Programs6:10 Grand Designs: Midlothian7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report8:00 Catalyst8:30 Media Watch: 20 Years9:35 Q&A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Rufus Wainwright12:20 Wildside1:10 Movie: Rose of Cimarron (PG)2:30 Movie: Second Chance (PG)3:55 The Glass House

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Love’s Abiding Joy (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercials3:30 Raggs4:00 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 Grey’s Anatomy9:30 Private Practice10:30 Heroes11:30 Beauty and the Geek12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 The View2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Getaway8:30 20 to 19:30 The Footy Show11:00 The Footy Show Late1:00 Home Shopping2:00 Home Shopping

4:30 UEFA Champions League Semi Final7:00 International News12:55 Market update1:00 International News2:20 Podlove2:30 Dateline3:30 Kings of Clubs4:00 The Journal4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer5:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial5:55 Market update6:00 Global Village: Florence6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Inspector Rex8:30 Mad Men: New Amsterdam9:30 World News Australia9:55 Market update10:00 UEFA Champions League Hour11:00 Oz12:00 Movie: The Eye (MA)1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

Friday May 8

4:30 G.P.5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 The Orangutan King12:00 Midday Report12:30 Darling Buds of May1:30 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 The Hollowmen10:40 Lateline11:20 Triple J tv with the Doctor11:50 Good Game12:20 Rage

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Doomsday Man (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercials3:30 Raggs4:00 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 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL: Essendon v Hawthorn11:45 Brut Footy Flashbacks12:45 Movie: Danger Beneath the Sea (M)2:45 Special: Angelina Jolie Interview3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 The View2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Friday Night Football: Australia v New Zealand9:45 Friday Night Football: City v Country11:45 Movie: New Jack City (M)1:45 Home Shopping

4:30 2009 UEFA Cup Semi Final7:00 International News12:55 Market update1:00 Japanese News1:30 Insight2:30 Chinese News3:00 Hong Kong News3:15 Spacefiles3:30 Living Black4:00 The Journal4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer5:30 Hotspell5:55 Market update6:00 Global Village: Loire-Forez6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Afghan Star8:35 As It Happened9:30 World News Australia9:55 Market update10:00 In Search of the Perfect Penis11:00 Movie: The Final Gaze (M)1:10 Movie: A Tale of a Naughty Girl (M)2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday May 9

5:00 Rage8:00 Rage: Guest programmers: The Charlatans11:00 Executive Stress11:30 The Cook and the Chef12:00 Stateline12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Can We Help?2:00 Rugby League: Round 94:00 Naked Science: Explosive Force5:00 Bowls: Perth International 20096:00 Echo Beach6.25 Minuscule6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 News7:30 New Tricks8:25 News8:30 The Bill10:00 News10:05 Foyle’s War: A Lesson in Murder11:45 Rage

6:00 Children’s Programs9:00 Movie: Alice in Wonderland (G)10:30 Children’s Programs12:00 Eclipse1:00 V8 Xtra1:30 Creek to Coast2:00 AFL: Richmond v Lions5:00 River to Reef5:30 Hook Line and Sinker6:00 News6:30 Whacked Out Sports7:00 AFL: Carlton v Freemantle10:30 Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World11:30 Kath and Kim12:00 Movie: Igby Goes Down (M)2:00 Special: World’s Deadliest Creature3:00 Kiwifruit3:30 It Is Written4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Dateline NBC

6:00 Children’s Programs

12:00 Home Shopping

1:00 Rain

1:30 Movie: Big Jim McLain (G)

3:30 Discover Downunder

4:00 The Garden Gurus

4:30 Talk to the Animals

5:00 David Attenborough’s Life of

Mammals

6:00 News

6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home

Videos

7:30 Movie: Second Hand Lions

(PG)

9:50 Wolf Creek (AV)

11:50 Movie: Ghost Ship (AV)

1:30 Home Shopping

5:20 International News

1:00 Le Sacre du Printemps

1:45 Gabriel Yared

2 :45 Jumba Jimba

3:20 I’m Not Here Today

3:30 Buren and the Guggenheim

4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer

5:30 The Colony

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Mythbusters

8:30 Iron Chef

9:20 RocKwiz

10:10 Movie: A Friend of Mine

(M)

11:40 SOS

12:40 Sinchronicity

1:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

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DATE CLAIMERSMAY2 Woolscour Bush Dinner3 Blackall Show4 Labour Day6 Woolscour Tour and Dinner9 Guide Cent Sale, CWA Hall10 Women’s Health Seminar13 Woolscour Tour and Dinner13 Biggest Morning Tea, Anglican Church14 Loud Shirt Day17 Blackall golf clubhouse opening20 Woolscour Tour and Dinner 22 Heartland Festival begins23-24 Tambo Polocross27 Woolscour Tour and Dinner30 Matilda Highway race meeting, Blackall

JUNE3 Woolscour Tour and Dinner 6 Queensland Day6 Woolscour Bush Dinner6-8 Shockwave Youth Festival8 Heartland Festival ends10 Woolscour Tour and Dinner13 Blackall Billy Lids Bull Ride13 Tambo race meeting

The ANZAC spirit is alive and well in Blackall. The very well attended Veterans Dinner held on Thursday night, April 23, was a great success with proceedings opened by our distinguished visitor Chaplain (Major) Morgan Batt JP. PP. RAACHD. The most interesting veterans address was presented by another distinguished visitor Colonel Stephen Goltz, an Iraq and East Timor Veteran and our official ANZAC Day military representative. The wonderful display of items connected with Edgar Towner’s life presented in the Cultural Centre as well as the original marquette created by William Eicholtz drew the attention of all attending. It was a great night.

Friday, April 24 the Blackall combined schools ANZAC Day ceremony was conducted by the students from Blackall State School and St Josephs School, who welcomed visiting students from Isisford, Longreach and Barcaldine. A thoughtful poem by Stevie Harlow was recited, and the morning was made all the more memorable by the catafalque party’s presence and their significant part in the ceremony. The packed cultural centre was addressed by Colonel Steve Goltz, who made himself and the members of the catafalque party available to the students for questions at the meet and greet after the conclusion of the ceremony.

Friday evening, with the balmy weather making it delightful to be in the Blackall Memorial Park at twilight, a large crowd gathered for the exciting unveiling and dedication of the Lieutenant Edgar Towner statue “Towner’s Call” by sculptor extraordinaire William Eicholtz. The statue was unveiled by Geoffery and John Towner and Ronan Robinson and the dedication was made by Chaplain (Major) Morgan Batt. Guest speaker for this evening was Justice John Logan, formerly of the Australian High Court. Justice Logan was well acquainted with Edgar Towner VC. MC. as he had been involved in the court action to keep the illustrious medals won by Lieutenant Towner here in Australia during the 1990s when they were in danger of being sold overseas. The medals were on display here in Blackall over the ANZAC weekend in the secure hands of Les Williams for all of us to see and to touch. They were indeed an impressive collection.

The address given by Royal Geographical Society of Queensland councillor Neil O’Connor gave us even more information on this exceptional son of Blackall Edgar Thomas Towner, who devoted much of his time after he returned to Queensland from the war to exploration of the rivers and tributaries of the Lake Eyre Basin. He wrote a very interesting account of his travels, the people he met as well as his observations in this extremely remote part of our state. This account was presented to the Royal Geographical Society and for which Edgar Towner was made a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.

Great singing by the students of the Blackall State School captivated the audience during the evening’s proceedings.

Congratulations to Ronan Robinson on the fine address he gave at the conclusion of the twilight unveiling. I believe Ronan is well pleased with the outcome of his essay or assignment on this heroic soldier, Edgar Towner VC. MC. FRGSA.

The traditional ANZAC Day dawn service was a most solemn and dignified tribute and remembrance of the fallen. Again the catafalque party added to our unique military ceremony, as did the presence of Colonel Stephen Goltz.

The assembled community members of Blackall paid homage to our brave soldiers who did not return to Australia. The traditional gunfire breakfast was served by the students of the Blackall State School. Later a great many people assembled at the Shamrock Street marshalling area to be part of the 2009 ANZAC Day march and re-dedication of the refurbished Blackall cenotaph ceremony held in the memorial park. The march was led by members of the families of Edgar Towner and Lance Corporal Phillip Goody. Colonel Stephen Goltz took the salute.

The catafalque party stood on watch over the “symbolic tomb”, the Blackall Memorial Park cenotaph. The member for Gregory Vaughan Johnson MP, and Colonel Stephen Goltz spoke of the importance of this day in the lives of all Australians. The cenotaph was re-dedicated by the combined Clergy of Blackall and Chaplain (Major) Morgan Batt. Students from the Blackall State School participated in the ceremony with a bible reading and a poem. The newly formed Blackall community choir sang the traditional hymn “The Lord is my shepherd” to make the entire ceremony memorable indeed to all who attended.

It was my pleasure to read communications of congratulations from Her Excellency the Governor General of Australia Quentin Bryce AC, and from the Hon Kevin Rudd MP. Prime Minister of Australia at the Veterans Dinner, the twilight unveiling of “Towner’s Call” and at the re-dedication of the cenotaph.

I would like to thank everyone who played a part in the successful functions on each of the three days of this very special weekend, especially the Blackall RSL sub branch, the Blackall community choir, the students and staff of the Blackall State School who were magnificent in their attention to the tasks at hand. I congratulate each and every one of you for your input into a most successful ANZAC Day weekend.

To the Towner project committee I can only express our most grateful thanks on behalf of the community of Blackall for the time, effort and dedication required to bring to fruition a dream, which I am sure, has surpassed even your expectations.

Jan Ross

Barcoo Independent TV Guide May 3 - 9ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday May 3

5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:00 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise: Liverpool12:00 Landline1:00 Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick2:00 Mummy Detective3:00 Cinema’s Exiles4:55 Love on Track5:00 Sunday Arts6:00 At the Movies6:30 The Einstein Factor7:00 News 7:30 The Story of India: Freedom8:25 News up-date8:30 Dirt Game: Silent Night9:30 Compass: Alexander McCall Smith10:00 The Film Festival Project10:50 Movie: The Lion Has Wings (G)12:05 Movie: The Mad Bomber (M)1:35 Movie: Magic Town (G)3:20 Living Country3:55 Aussie Animal Rescue: Roo Rescue

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise10:00 Gladiators11:00 Magnum, P.I12:00 V8 Supercars: Winton3:00 2009 AFL: Sydney v Richmond5:00 Mecurio’s Menu5:30 Great South East6:00 News6:30 Sunday Night7:30 Border Security USA8:00 The Force: Behind the Line8:30 Bones9:30 Bones10:30 Infamous Assassinations11:00 2411:59 2009 AFL: Melbourne v Geelong3:00 Home Shopping3:30 NBC Meet the Press4:30 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Rise and Shine

6:00 Go, Diego, Go

6:30 Dora the Explorer

7:00 Today on Sunday

10:00 Wide World of Sports

11:00 The Sunday Footy Show

12:00 Sunday Roast

1:00 4WD TV

1:30 Fishing North Australia

2:00 Super League

4:00 Sunday Football: Bulldogs v

West Tigers

6:00 News

6:30 60 Minutes

7:30 TV Week Logie Awards

Arrivals

8:00 51st Annual TV Week Logie

Awards

11:30 Kings of Comedy

12:30 Superleague

2:30 Home Shopping

6:25 International News10:00 Mythbusters11:00 A Czech Winter’s Journey11:30 Marathon de Paris12:30 World Superbike Championships1:00 Speedweek2:00 FIA World Rally Championships3:00 UEFA Cup Highlights3:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature5:00 The World Game6:00 Thalassa6:30 World News Australia7:30 Lost Worlds8:30 Dateline9:30 Movie: Never Say Never (M)11:15 Movie: Film of Love (M)1:05 Speaking in Tongues1:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

Monday M

ay 4

4:30 G.P.5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Poirot1:30 The Cook and the Chef2:00 Parkinson3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Landline Extra6:30 Talking Heads: Troy Cassar-Daley7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report8:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:20 Media Watch9:35 Spooks10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Survival School12:25 MDA1:25 Parkinson2:25 Jackie2:55 Aussie Animal Rescue: Marine Rescue3:25 Bowls: Perth International 2009

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: The Last Chance (PG)2:00 Brothers and Sisters3:00 Infomercials3:30 Raggs4:00 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 How I Met Your Mother8:00 Scrubs8:30 Desperate Housewives9:30 Brothers and Sisters10:30 Boston Legal11:30 30 Rock12:00 Medical Incredible1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 The View2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men 7:30 You Saved My Life8:00 Missing Pieces8:30 Underbelly9:30 Eleventh Hour10:30 CSI: NY11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show12:30 Home Shopping1:00 Spyforce

5:20 International News12:55 Market update1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Growing Up and Going Home2:30 Dateline3:30 Insight4:30 The Journal5:00 The Crew5:30 Corner Gas5:55 Market update6:00 Living Black6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Top Gear: Botswana8:30 Swift and Shift Couriers9:00 South Park9:30 World News Australia9:55 Market update10:00 Shameless10:55 Mr Firth Goes to Washington11:55 Movie: Stranger than Paradise (M)1:30 Movie: Osama (M)3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

Tuesday May 5

4:30 G.P.5:30 The Einstein Factor6.00 Children’s Programs11:00 Never Did Me Any Harm12:00 Midday Report12:30 The Einstein Factor1:00 The New Inventors1:30 Catalyst2:00 Parkinson3:00 Children’s Programs6:05 Time Team7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Around the World in 80 Gardens: South America9:30 Lead Balloon: Lucky10:05 Artscape: Anatomy10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:35 Four Corners12:25 Media Watch12:40 Parkinson2:20 Movie: Bunco Squad (PG)3:25 Triple J tv with the Doctor

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Footsteps (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercials3:30 Raggs4:00 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 Christian the Lion8:30 All Saints9:30 10 Years Younger in 10 Days10:30 Lipstick Jungle 11:30 Carpoolers12:00 Special: The Kimberley Coast1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 The View2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 20 to 1 Hollywood’s Hottest Hunks8:30 Two and a Half Men9:00 Two and a Half Men9:30 Underbelly10:30 Hell’s Kitchen11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Home Shopping1:00 20/20

5:20 International News

12:55 Market update

1:00 The Storm Rages Twice

2:00 Don Matteo

3:00 Here Comes the

Neighbourhood

3:30 Living Black

4:00 The Journal

4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer

5:30 Corner Gas

5:55 Market update

6:00 Global Village: Udine


7:30 Insight

8:30 Cutting Edge


9:55 Market update

10:00 Hot Docs: The Devil Came

on Horseback

11:35 Movie: Samaritan Girl (M)

1:20 Weatherwatch Overnight

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


Blackall’s 5 Star supermarket will be a sea of colour on Thursday, May 14 as staff go all out to find and create really loud shirts to help raise funds for Queensland’s hearing impaired children.

Over 40,000 participants have registered throughout Queensland, including 5 Star Blackall. Loud Shirt Day is an initiative of the national alliance “deaf kids talking”. Queensland alliance member, the Hear and Say Centre aim to raise $100,000 through the appeal this year to help the centre continue to provide its life changing program to Queensland children.

“Queenslanders have really taken up the cause,” said Karen Dahlskog, Loud Shirt Day co-ordinator.

All of the staff working at 5 Star Blackall are really pleased to be able to support the charity. They are putting the challenge out to other Blackall businesses to register and make it a community event.

So don’t forget to go down to 5 Star on Thursday, May 14. Tea, coffee and morning tea will be available from 9am onwards.

5 Star set to get loud

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From the beginning of May, people claiming wild dog scalp bounties from the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council need to provide GPS coordinates showing where the animal was shot or trapped, in order to receive bounty payments.

Building up a more accurate picture of where dogs are coming from and at what times of the year, is the main reason for making the change according to the council’s Wild Dog Advisory Group chair Sally Cripps.

“With a lot of money being invested into wild dog control in the region, we need to get the best information we can and GPS points will be a vital part of this,” she said.

The form has been redesigned to collect information on the date the animals were shot, whether they were adults, juveniles or pups, and whether they were trapped or shot, as well as giving the location. All this data will be added to the control maps drawn up by groups and syndicates operating within the advisory group, to help landholders and council plan the next steps in their battle against wild dogs.

Cr Cripps said the group also aimed to deter any thought of cross-border trading with the GPS points.

“It’s an issue we are aware of and are keen to discourage. It’s not fair on local ratepayers to be lumped with other people’s dogs and it gives a distorted picture of the size of the problem in our shire.”

The advisory group and council staff that oversee the bounty payments are also keen to get green scalps and will no longer accept those in an advanced state of decomposition.

“This is a Workplace Heath and Safety issue as much as anything,” said Cr Cripps.

“Scalps won’t be accepted for payment unless they are presented in the correct manner either, from the top of the head including ears and a strip down the back with tail attached.

“Nor will council staff be responsible for any scalps left at the depots without the necessary paperwork being completed.”

– Sally Cripps

GPS points needed to claim scalp bounty


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Federal member for Flynn, Chris Trevor has encouraged all residents aged over 65 to have their annual free flu vaccination.

It is recommended to have the vaccination close to the flu season, generally between April and October with a peak in August each year.

“Most healthy adults in the community will recover from influenza within a few days,” Mr Trevor said.

“However some people, especially those aged 65 and over and people with certain chronic medical conditions, can suffer complications, including pneumonia requiring hospitalisation, and even death.”

“The likelihood of these serious complications (can be reduced) simply by getting vaccinated, with the government providing this service free of charge for people over 65,” Mr Trevor said.

Over 65s encouraged to have free flu vaccination

An excellent yard of 3300 head of cattle were on display at the Blackall saleyards on April 23, consisting of 1600 fat and 1700 store cattle.Cattle were drawn from Winton, Jericho, Aramac, Muttaburra, Barcaldine, Yaraka and Blackall areas.The bullock job remained firm with the best of the steers over 500kg topping at 170.2 c/kg to average 151.2 c/kg.A local bullock producer sold an excellent pen of Santa/Char cross steers weighing 763.3 kg at 137.2 c/kg to return $1047.29.A large run of cows were on offer, which eased the job back slightly. The best of the cows had 134.2 c/kg to return $974.Rich Enterprises “Boorara”, Blackall sold a line of Brahman and Angus cows to top of 124.6 c/kg to average 123.0 c/kg, weighing 513.8 kg to return $631.87.T M and K J Joseland “Eltham”, Yaraka sold a small line of Brahman cross cows topping at 123.2 c/kg for 557 kg, to return $651.11.AJ and CA Adams “Allo-Omber”, Barcaldine offered 95 Brahman and Brahman cross cows which topped at 136.6 c/kg for 557 kg or $761.40/head.DP and KA Mullens consigned cows from McKinlay to top at 130.2 c/kg, weighing 579 kg to return $754/head.Alice Downs Grazing Co “Alice Downs”, Blackall sold a quality pen of aged cows to top at 125.6 c/kg, weighing 582.5 kg to return

$731.62.An excellent line up of feeder and store steers and heifers were on offer and with the recent rain around the area, re-stockers were out in force.TM and KJ Joseland “Eltham”, Yaraka sold an exceptional line of Char/Droughtmaster cross steers that topped at 224.2 c/kg to average 207.3 c/kg, weighing 252 kg to return $522.31.VB and SD Campbell “Hillview”, Muttaburra sold a large run of quality light heifers that topped at 170.2 c/kg, weighing 227.3 kg, averaging 155.1 c/kg at 206.6 kg, to return $319.65.Brett and Jane Williams “Furbers”, Jericho sold heavy heifers to average $149.2 c/kg at 476 kg to return $711.Eastvale Pastoral Co “Dalmuir”, Hughenden sold Trade Feeder Angus heifers to make 147.2 c/kg, averaging 365 kg, to return $535/head.The Glasson family “Coopers Run”, Blackall sold young Santa steers to 220.2 c/kg at 184 kg to return $106/head.Ruthven Grazing Co “Pemberley”, Isisford sold Shorthorn cross steers, weighing 483.6 kg, to a top of 159.2 c/kg or $769.85/head. 543 kg steers were also sold for 142.2 c/kg and $772.15 to average $770.66/head.Ravenswood Pastoral Co “Ravenswood”, Aramac sold a line of Brahman cross feeder steers for a top price of 152.2 c/kg to average 144.4 c/kg, with an average weight of 473.4 kg, to make $683.45/head.A crowd drawing special line of 248 no. 7 and no. 8 Droughtmaster heavy and trade feeder steers from Roger and Jenny Underwood of Eversleigh Droughtmaster Stud “Eversleigh”, Hughenden sold to a top of $171.6 c/kg and $807 to average $166.2ckg for 425kg and $705/head.The next fat and store sale is on May 7, 2009. The following week on May 14 is the weaner and store cattle sale at the Blackall saleyards.

3300 head of cattle at Blackall saleyards KIDS CORNER with Eddie EmuG’day kids. What can I say…I am so proud of so many of you; the turnout

for the parade on Saturday was amazing. You all look wonderful in all your club and school uniforms. As a community I think you should all give yourselves a big pat on the back. This week I have put together a collection of happy snaps, look closely you may just find yourself in there

somewhere. EddieDirect from Dublin and live on

stage in Blackall, the Rhythms of Ireland are performing their new production.

Following their successful and critically acclaimed sell-out Australian tour in March 2008, Ireland’s most celebrated and elite company of dancers and musicians will return by popular demand with their new production to Australian audiences.

It is an exhilarating show of perfectly sounded traditional rhythms, song and dance that is the most exciting Irish dance and music production at this present time.

This production has been seen by over two-million worldwide amassing an unsurpassed reputation for their performances.

Their work blends the ancient traditions of Irish dance and music with the innovative and flawlessly choreographed production values of contemporary Irish excellence.

The Rhythms of Ireland are firmly established as a must see attraction.

$1.00 of every ticket purchased will be donated to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

The Rhythms of Ireland will be performing in Blackall on May 19. Tickets are available from the Blackall Council Office. It is advised to purchase tickets early.

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Producers took the opportunity to benefit from each other’s experiences at the inaugural Blackall Innovations Forum run by the Blackall Bestprac Group, Desert Channels Queensland and Grazing Bestprac, which attracted over 90 people from across the central west. There was a broad mix of sheep and cattle producers who travelled from far and wide to hear from other landholders about the innovations that have worked for them.

The day kicked off with grazier Simon Campbell from Norwood Station, Blackall telling how he uses a combination of satellite maps and photo points for planning his annual feed budget.

Jericho based graziers Glen and Natalie Williams have used a combination of water infrastructure, fencing upgrades and management practices to increase their carrying capacity at Granville Station by 700%.

Rick Keogh from the Terrick Merino stud 100 kilometres south of Blackall spoke about what a group of graziers in his region are doing to combat their wild dog problem. He attributes teamwork, research information and an expert dog trapper for the successes that they have had.

The Blackwater Dingo Trust is made up of 18 properties and after trying a few different methods, has found that working together with a common financial input and responsibility has been the key.

From Olga Downs, 60 kilometres north of Richmond, William Harrington shared his story.

He started the family company Harrington Systems Electronics and began developing some products that they would use

on their property. After the pipe reader that reads and stores RFID tags came the uSee telemetry system.

“The uSee gives peace of mind by taking photos of your water points showing that the stock have water. This saves time; money and vehicle wear and tear by reducing the number of water runs you need to do.”

Peter Schmidt, from Alwoona Station, Wyandra told fellow graziers about the OBE Beef Pty Ltd company that was started back in 1995 by a group of channel country beef producers and which has grown into a world-wide export business.

A demonstration of the Blackall Bestprac group’s E-sheep equipment allowed graziers to see how it works and hear about the benefits. The technology was designed to minimise the labour requirements when handling stock in the yards.

Steve Eussen said by measuring the individual animal productivity and profitability the precision stock management technology allows on-farm data to make effective management decisions and enables the selection of the highest producing animals for meat and wool.

“The auto drafting allows us to meet more specific market targets because the risk of error is reduced,” says Steve. “We can set the drafting up two, three or five ways using either a weight parameter or, based on other information, a tag number. The stock virtually draft themselves.”

Other speakers on the day were Mick Alexander from Grazing Bestprac, speaking on profitability of sheep and cattle in the central

west and the need for producers to crunch their numbers and see how their business is going.

Lisa Wright, a clinical psychologist said it was innovative to have someone with her knowledge on the treatment of depression invited to speak at the forum and she also touched on the support that is available in the central west for individuals experiencing psychological distress.

Phil Kemp spoke about a lamb feedlot in Clifton owned by a consortium of graziers, and Peter Hunt from McCracken’s Water Services spoke about water innovations.

Displays included breech strike management and Nutridose water medicators with David Counsell, GPS and property mapping with Desert Channels Qld, Grazing Bestprac, Harrington Systems Electronics, TrueTest, Telstra Countrywide, North West Primary Health Care and E-sheep.

People were able to taste the success with an OBE Beef sponsored barbeque dinner and drinks sponsored by Allflex and TrueTest at the close of the forum.

Elizabeth Clark from Leander, Longreach said it was a really great day, well worth attending and it certainly gave everyone plenty to discuss on the drive home.

The Blackall Innovations Forum was an initiative of the Blackall BestPrac Group Inc, Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) and Grazing BestPrac and was made possible by a Woolworths Landcare Grant and the Queensland Government’s Blueprint for the Bush program.

– Colleen James

Innovations attract graziers from across the central west

BLACKALL-TAMBO REGIONAL COUNCIL

Corporate Plan 2009 - 2014The Blackall Tambo Regional Council has prepared a Draft Corporate Plan for 2009 - 2014 and it is now open for inspection at Council Offices in Coronation Drive, Blackall and Arthur Street, Tambo. Interested persons may provide written submissions on the draft and forward them by the close of business Monday 25th May 2009 to the undersigned.

Chief Executive OfficerBlackall Tambo Regional CouncilPO Box 136Tambo Qld 4478

PO Box 21 KL TIMMSBLACKALL QLD 4472 Chief Executive Officer

Fax: 07 4657 4726 Phone: 07 4657 4222Email: [email protected] www.blackall.qld.gov.au

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St Joseph’s School NewsLast Monday, St Joseph’s welcomed a new

teacher to the school. Mrs Alison Mobbs has been employed and she will be conducting half hour music lessons for all classes. Mrs Mobbs will also lead a school choir in practise during Monday lunchtimes.

In week three St Joseph’s will be starting to prepare for sacraments. The sacraments that will be occurring will be Eucharist and Confirmation. Father Matthew Moloney and teachers Alisa Remeikis and Cally Hansen will be involved in this program. It will be held once a fortnight, at 6pm in the parish hall. This will run until the end of the term. Bishop Brian Heenan will be leading and seeing over the sacraments. This mass will be held on the last Saturday of the holidays, on July 11.

Friday, May 15 is ‘walk to school safely’ day. St Josephs would like to celebrate this day by walking to school and having a BBQ breakfast after the walk. The plan is to have several meeting points around the town that children can walk from with staff and parent helpers.

In the last week of last term, year two and three went on an excursion around Blackall looking at the local landmarks and tourist attractions. This was a part of unit work last term on Australia. The excursion included a visit to Ram Park, the Jackie Howe centre, the Black Stump, the Woolsour, the Barcoo river and the Blackall Aquatic Centre.

The children, and staff, had a wonderful day and all enjoyed it immensely.

Thanks goes to Kayla Schurmann who was the tour guide for the day. The other wonderful people that helped out on the day include Lisa Alexander, Alison McNall, Penny Alpass, and Missy DeHennin.

Thanks also to local businesses the Jackie Howe Garden centre, the Woolscour and the

St Joseph’s year two and three class enjoyed visiting the Black Stump, as well as the Jackie Howe centre, the Woolscour and Ram Park, as part of their excursion around Blackall last term

BLACKALL-TAMBOREGIONAL COUNCIL

TENDER FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF VEHICLE TO TAMBO

Tenders, closing with the undersigned at 4.30pm on Monday, 11 May, 2009 are invited for the supply and delivery to Tambo of the following Vehicle:-

1 x 4WD Diesel 1 Tonne Utility

Tender documents are available from Mrs Donna Richardson at the Blackall Council Office. Further enquiries regarding the vehicle can be obtained from Workshop Foreman, Mr Matthew Peacock.

Tenders should be endorsed “Contract P14 2008-2009”.

PO Box 21 KL Timms BLACKALL Q 4472 Chief Executive Officer Fax (07) 46 574 726 Phone: (07) 46 574 222

The Q150 history and future tiles for the Blackall – Tambo Regional Council have been completed and forwarded to Brisbane to become part of the Q150 mosaic – a “whole of Queensland” story.

The mosaic, which is to be exhibited in Brisbane permanently, will be 41 square metres and represented by all shires in Queensland.

Each shire was asked to produce two tiles; one to depict the history of their shire and one to depict the future aspirations of their shire.

The idea for the tile depicting the history of Blackall-Tambo came from Marilyn Hobbs, and it was created by Inge Gajezak in Tambo.

The history mosaic represents the original custodians of the Blackall-Tambo region, Major Thomas Mitchell exploring the area in 1846, the development of communications in 1860, water supplies secured, the introduction of sheep, 1892 as the year that Jackie Howe established the blade shearing record, wide open spaces and skies, abundant native flora and fauna, the development of the pastoral industry, Tambo teddies and the cradle of many river systems.

Emerging artists Elizabeth Harvey and David Goodman were the creators of the tile depicting the future of Blackall-Tambo. The primary vision of the future is demonstrated by a rail track leading out of Blackall in three ways with miniature coal trains attached.

Blackall – Tambo Q150 tiles

Future aspirations of Blackall-Tambo, as depicted by Elizabeth Harvey and David Goodman

Blackall-Tambo region history mosaic by Inge Gajczak

Few people could honestly boast they have reached 102 years of age but Dolly Stevenson of Blackall’s McLean Place can do just that. As a woman of so many years she has an intriguing life to look back upon, and holds many fond memories.

Mrs Stevenson was born in Gulgong, New South Wales and raised there. As one of the oldest of 11 children, she gave up her schooling in order to help her mother around the house. Once she got married, her husband Stan Stevenson got a job in Queensland and the family moved to a property in the Blackall district. Mr Stevenson was a mechanic and was also employed as a manager on a property at this time.

Mrs Stevenson went on to have seven children, but reared only two. Eventually the family moved into town. Mrs Stevenson said she had a great interest in gardening, proudly claiming to have the neatest garden in Shamrock Street, but did not have much time for it between housework and her work at local hotels. “All we knew was hard work,” she said.

Mrs Stevenson entered the Blackall Retirement Village around 1985. Up until the ripe old age of 100, she cared for herself in her own unit – that is to say, for 22 years. She has lived comfortably in McLean Place since November 2007.

– Stevie Harlow

McLean Place is Dolly’s home after a century

Carbon and Climate Change3 Cs Information Days

Friday 15 May

9:30am - 2:30pm

Barcaldine Main Roads Training Room

Climate change impacts on livestock carrying capacitySenior Scientist Grant Stone, Qld Climate Change Centre of excellence

Carbon cyclesDr Chris Stokes, CSIRO

Greenhouse budgets for grazing enterprises Dr Steven Bray, DEEDI (DPI)

For more information contact Industry Liaison Officer Colleen James email: [email protected] ph: 0428 580 998Register now by calling DCQ on 07 4658 0600 includes smoko and lunch.

As a grazier, how does Climate Change and Carbon affect me? Learn more about these topics and take the opportunity to get your questions answered by industry experts.

Working with the Dalrymple Landcare Committee, this is an initiative of Desert Channels Qld and is funded by the Queensland Government’s Blueprint for the Bush Program.

Blackall visitor information centre.St Joseph’s fete at the end of last term was very successful.

Thank you to all the wonderful organisers and volunteers. On last count a profit of approximately $7300 has been made, give or take a dollar or two. Well done everybody.

***Mobile Phone Fundraiser The St Joseph’s Parents and Friends Association are collecting mobile phones for recycling through the organisation envirofone.For every mobile phone collected, envirofone will pay the school $1. If you would like to support a worthy cause and recycle your old mobile telephone, please drop your mobile phone to the office at St Joseph’s school or to any St Joseph’s family. To see how the phones are recycled visit envirofone on the net at: www.envirofone.com.au. St Joseph’s P&F thanks you for your support.


At the end of one journey and the beginning of the next: following the Anzac weekend ceremonies in Blackall, student Ronan Robinson sits at the feet of the bronze statue commemorating Edgar Towner

‘Towner’s Call’ - a young man from central Queensland accepts his folded uniform and with it, the challenges of the world, and war

Above right: Chairman of the Towner project Major Terry Brennan addresses the community at the unveiling of the memorial statue on Friday night

Unveiling and Blessing of ‘Towner’s Call’

After months of work and getting through the final days of installation, Melbourne sculptor William Eicholtz was happy to relax with the Blackall community at the Anzac Day ceremonies over the weekend

Following the unveiling and blessing of ‘Towner’s Call’, members of the Goody family who had travelled to Blackall for the occasion, gathered in front of the statue, including Towner’s nephews Geoffrey and John Towner.

As the sun set on Friday night, the catafalque party guarded the unveiled memorial statue of Edgar Towner

Letter to the Editor‘Cap-n-Tax’-Two lies and two flaws

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is promoted using two lies and should be rejected because of two fatal flaws.

The Scheme has nothing to do with carbon or pollution - these are two Orwellian lies dreamed up to generate public fear and loathing about a non-polluting harmless natural gas that sustains all life on earth.

The Scheme is mainly about capping and taxing the production of carbon dioxide, a life-preserving plant food which has always been in the earth’s atmosphere, generally at concentrations far above the trace amounts present today. It is a Cap-n-Tax Scheme.

This Scheme has two fatal flaws.The first fatal flaw is that the scheme is not supported

by independent scientific advice that proves that carbon dioxide drives global temperature. Judging from past evidence, and the number of prominent scientists prepared to go public with their dissenting opinions, there are grave doubts about the science behind the scheme.

The second fatal flaw is that the government has not provided a cost-benefit analysis, done by independent experts to the standard required by any public corporation seeking to raise huge funds from an increasingly sceptical public.

The Senate should insist that independent enquiries are held into the science and the cost-benefits before this flawed bill gets legislative support.– Viv Forbes, Carbon Sense Coalition, Rosewood

and gathered around the recently refurbished cenotaph to pay tribute to the lives of Australians and New Zealanders lost in military operations and to enjoy breakfast and more singing from the Blackall Community Choir.

The Anzac Day March was attended by large number of community members, school children, official guests and tourists. Participants gathered outside IGA to collect their wreaths and marched down Shamrock Street towards Blackall Memorial Park past Vaughan Johnson MP, Colonel Stephen Goltz and his wife Denise and Blackall Tambo Mayor Jan Ross.

Anzac Day concluded with the community luncheon in the Blackall Cultural Centre.

– Rowan Hunnam

Anzac spirit alive in Blackall continued from page 1

Some of the entertainers who performed at the Blackall Woolscour‘s Country Western Show on Sunday Photo courtesy Robert Stockwell

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The catafalque party, 1st Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery prepare for Blackall’s Anzac Day March

Padre 1st Aviation Regiment Chaplain Morgan Batt re-dedicated and blessed Blackall’s recently refurbished cenotaph on Anzac Day

Young members of the Blackall Pony Club lay a wreath at the Anzac service

Reviewing officer Colonel Stephen Goltz, former commander Land Command Artillery (second from right), with Vaughan Johnson MP, Denise Goltz and Blackall Tambo Mayor Jan Ross

Chaplain Morgan Batt (second from left) with Blackall clergy Father Matthew Moloney, Pastor Les Peel and Reverend Beth O’Neill

Family members and mates gathered at Blackall on Anzac Day to unveil a plaque commemorating the service of Philip Goody. Pictured here are Philip's sisters Dell Murphy, Narelle Goody, Betty Clarke and Valda Picton, two of his mates, Blue Boyle from Perth and Jack Bridges from Armidale, and Philip's nephew, Shane Goody

A large show of support came from the community at Blackall’s Anzac Day March on Saturday morning down Shamrock Street


Anzac Day, Blackall

Wednesday 29th April4pm - Photos to Court House

THURSDAY 30th APRIL2pm - Needlework & Art due at Pavilion

FRIDAY 1st MAY12noon - Fleeces due at Wool Court

12noon - Prime Lamb Carcase Competition - lambs due at Barcoo Butchery Abattoir

SATURDAY 2nd MAYArts & Crafts Pavilion10.00am - Judging of all Art & Craft

RING PROGRAMRing One11.00am - Dressage

Ring Two11.00am - Dressage

Poultry Pavilion2pm - All birds to be caged2.30pm - Judging of Poultry & Caged Birds

Blackall Show “Off Road” Triathlon Challenge3.00pm assembly at Blackall Aquatic Centre

SUNDAY 3rd MAYRING PROGRAMMain Arena

7.00am - Latrobe-S&C Campbell Open & Landmark Blackall Novice Stockman’s Challenges - Section 7

9.30am - D&J Atkinson Fencing Junior Stockman’s Challenge - Section 8

Ring One8.00am - Led Horses - Section 210.00am - Galloways, Hack & Adult Riders - Section 4

Ring Two8.00am - Led Ponies - Section 310.00am - Pony and Children’s Hacks & Child Riders - Section 5

Gymkhana Area8.00am - Gymkhana

Pet Show12noon - assembly forPet Show on lawn near the Poultry Pavilion

Sheep Pavilion Merino Sheep - Section 10Flock Merino Sheep - Section 11Wool CourtWool Section - Section 13

3pm - Wool Court LawnPresentation of trophy’s for Sheep sectionsDoug Humphries - speaking on Genetic Improvement

3pm Judging of Commercial Replacement Heifers

PavilionProduce, Art & Craft, Horticulture, Photography and much more.4pm Presentation of Trophy’s

Variety of Stalls

Fashion Parades - 11am & 5pm

EntertainmentLaser Skirmish - 9am to 7pm

Mechanical Bull Ride - 11am-2pm & 3pm-6pm

Windy Wizard - clowning, trick bike riding, juggling and more1.00pm - Windy Wizard Workshop for kids4.00pm - Magic Family Fun Show

Prof Wallace Puppet Theatre -

Baby Animal Nursery -

11.00-1.00pm - Tug o’ War for Kids

Night Show7.00pm Heats for Tug o’War for Adults7.45pm Rodeo featuring Clint Gardiner Memorial Bull Ride9pm - Landmark Blackall FireworksFinals for Tug o’ WarFinals for Bull Ride

Barbeque, Sideshows, Bar and music til late.

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Children, Teen Girls, Women and Men

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