The Terania Times Issue 57

What Happened to Our Walking Track?

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2014 has seen a major

makeover for Terania Times.

I do hope the changes have

made for a more interesting

and reader-friendly publica-

tion. Your feedback is always

welcomed, including con-

structive criticism.

You will #nd plenty of

interesting holiday reading in

this edition. Melinda gives

some good tips for holiday

reading.

I want to pay tribute to

our regular contributors who

make our job easier and the

publication what it is. At the

risk of becoming a ‘cracked

record’ I want to remind

everyone that this is your

Terania Times. Have an

opinion piece or interesting

travel story? Do send it in.

Or a letter to the editor can

convey your feelings or

opinions in a concise man-

ner. Photographs with local

content are always sought

after.

Generally we now aim to

distribute Terania Times so

it’s available by the beginning

of the month. It’s been a

challenge to get this edition

out in time with the usual

chaos of the ’silly season’.

Wishing all our readers a

happy and peaceful 2015.

Ray Flanagan

Regular contributors

Your magazine

We welcome your articles, photographs,

stories and other contributions.

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keep articles to under 400 words, letters

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grammar, punctuation, expression, opin-

ions and information they contain are all

their authors’ own work.

�is is a community magazine so we want it

to be �lled with articles from members

of our local community!

Executive contributors

Disclaimer

Managing Editor & Advertising Enquires Ray Flanagan

Creative Director Anna Ioannidou

Cover photograph 6e Channon Public Hall

Trust Committee

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Times are those of the contributors and not

necessarily those of the editors, the advertising

or administrative team members.

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Simon Clough

Kathleen McMahon

Pauline Barratt

Jen Ireland

Christian Uhrig

David Corazza

& Peter Boyle

Melinda Marshall

Betty Ryan

Jason & Robin Gough

Maggie Ritchie

Angelos Bakas

John Revington

Alison Bath

Martha Beasley

Lina Svensson

George Urbarszek

6e Channon Hall

Committee

Nan Nicholson

Julie Wattus

Sho Wakejima

Contact us

Terania

Times

January/

February 2015

Issue 57

Editorial

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The Channon Craft Market Coronation Park (details page 24) Sunday January 11th

The Channon Craft Market Coronation Park (details page 24) Sunday February 8th

The Channon Open Mic The Channon Tavern Sunday February 22nd from 3pm

Social tennis The Channon Tennis Courts Every Monday from 6pm

Kung-fu The Channon Hall Every Monday: 4.30pm & 6pm

Every Thursday: 6pm

Circus classes The Channon Hall Contact Rena 6688 6175

Every Thursday

Seekers and Sages Luncheon Contact Cedar: 6689 1709 Third Thursday

Karate: Kids The Channon Hall

Contact Rachel: 0427 778 837

Every Tuesday & Friday

4:30-5.30pm

Karate: Adults The Channon Hall

Contact Rachel: 0427 778 837 Every Friday 5.45-6.45pm

Rural Fire Brigade meeting The Channon Fire Station First Monday at 7.30pm

community diary

what where when

TO BOOK contact The Channon General Store at 6688 6240

The

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Hall

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HIRING RATES

Ken Chelshworth Land & Engineering SurveyorLand & Engineering SurveyorLand & Engineering Surveyor

Terania Creek Rd. The Channon

phone: 6688 6120

Boundaries

Marked Building Set-outs

Subdivisions

Identification Surveys

thechannonhall.com

Full Terms and Conditions can be found on the website

$120$120$120$120 $30$30$30$30


In April of 2014 a new

committee of 6e Channon

Hall Trust Board began

working on behalf of every-

one wanting to use the hall,

as well as community mem-

bers near the hall. I am one

of the committee members

and want to give you an up-

date on happenings.

6e Channon Hall now

has a website where you will

#nd almost everything you

need to know about hiring

the hall. As before, the hall

hiring is managed by 6e

Channon General Store

(phone 02-66886240).

6anks to the generous sup-

port of Chris, Dianne and

staD, the store continues to

take bookings for the hall.

6e current hire fees, plus

updated hire terms are avail-

able at the shop. You will al-

so #nd the current hiring

rates for 6e Channon Hall

in this edition of 6e Terania

Times.

Due to a couple of unpleas-

ant events that eDected many

members of the community,

the terms for hiring the hall

were in need of an update.

Because 6e Channon Hall

is a place for the community

to enjoy, we trust the new

terms and conditions reEect

everyone's best interests

and intents.

On Sunday, 1 February

2015, there will be a Work-

ing Bee at the hall, beginning

at 9am. If you want to help

maintain this valuable com-

munity asset, please come

along and assist in any way

you can.

We are looking for another

one or two committee mem-

bers. In case you want to

contribute to 6e Channon

Hall Trust Board, please

phone Beth on 66886331.

I can say from my own par-

ticipation that the experience

has been fun and rewarding

in many ways.

We all have useful skills, so

how about applying yours to

help 6e Channon Hall and

the community?

What's Happening at The Channon Hall

Q Big congratulations to

6e Channon's Ruby Ger-

rish, a year 12 student at

Richmond River High

School. Ruby has just been

awarded a swag of awards

including #rst in Personal

Development, Health and

Physical Education, #rst in

English Extension 1, com-

mendations for Mathematics

and Chemistry, and overall

Dux of RRHS.

6is tops oD a couple

of action-packed senior

school years in which Ruby

also spent time

volunteering at an orphanage

for HIV suDerers in Cambo-

dia, travelled to Sydney to

compete at state level in cross

country, and was part of a

RRHS science team that

won the Chemistry Titration

competition at Southern

Cross University this year.

While achieving these out-

standing academic, sporting

and humanitarian feats, Ru-

by also managed to hold

down a part-time job and

play football for Dunoon.

Ruby is currently sitting

exams for her HSC and

hopes to study at university

next year. Keep up the fan-

tastic work, Ruby!

George Urbaszek

www.thechannonhall.com T.C.H. Work Bee @ 1/2/2015 +

out & about

Ruby Gerrish


Call to ACTION to create change in LOCAL communities

Lismore City Council will

be visiting seven rural com-

munities over the next 18

months to create action plans

with local people that reEect

the community’s unique

wants and needs.

Council’s Community

Engagement and Partnering

Team will hold a series of

two-day Community Plan-

ning Workshops with resi-

dents encouraged to share

ideas for community projects

they can undertake with the

Council’s support to improve

their community.

6e planning day feedback

will form the basis of Com-

munity Plans and people will

be invited to join Communi-

ty Panels in the seven diDer-

ent areas to oversee the im-

plementation of key actions.

Council’s Partnering and

Community Engagement

OKcer Casie Hughes said

the idea is to inspire commu-

nity leadership and volun-

teering with plans that are

project and activity based,

engendering community

ownership and participation.

“We know from experience

that each small community

in the Lismore Local Gov-

ernment Area has its own

unique character and needs,

so we knew right from the

beginning that a one-size-#ts

-all approach would not

work,” Casie explained.

“We are looking for com-

munity members that have

fresh ideas, creativity, enthu-

siasm and energy. If you have

passion for your community,

then please join this process.”

6e aim of the #rst Com-

munity Planning Day is to

explore people’s thoughts,

ideas and aspirations, and to

document these into actions

and objectives. At the second

Community Planning Day,

Council staD will return with

a draft plan to show commu-

nity and further identify

priorities and feasibility

of projects.

“6is is your chance to

have a say in planning for

the future of your com-

munity,” Casie said.

“6is is a real chance to

make a diDerence at a grass-

roots level and see real

change take place in the

place you live.”

See below for �e Com-

munity Planning Days for

6e Channon, Terania

Creek, Tuntable Creek,

Koonorigan and Keerrong

communities

Where: The Channon Hall

When: 31 January 2014

Start: 9.30am for 10am

Finish: 3.30pm

RSVP: 9 January 2015

Planning Day One

Where: Koonorigan Hall

When: 28 February 2015

Start: 9.30am for 10am

Finish: 3.30pm

RSVP: 9 February 2015

Planning Day Two

If you live in or around these communities and need further information or want to register your attendance at a Community

Planning Day contact Lizette Twisleton or Casie Hughes on 1300 87 83 87.


New rainforest “bible” is launched

H ugh and Nan Nicholson

have #nally released the

computer-based inter-

active key for rainforest identi#cation

that nobody actually believed they

would ever #nish.

It has taken 13 years but Rainforest

Plants of Australia – Rockhampton to

Victoria is now available.

6e new key has been a mammoth un-

paid eDort by four colleagues. As well as

Hugh and Nan, Gwen Harden and Bill

McDonald, the authors of the well-

known “Red Book” and “Green Book”,

have been involved from the outset.

Gwen is a retired botanist from the Na-

tional Herbarium of NSW in Sydney

and editor of the 4-volume Flora of

NSW. Bill is a retired ecologist from

the Queensland Herbarium with an

encyclopaedic knowledge of the

Queensland Eora.

Hugh is the photographer for the

key and has contributed or collected

over 12,000 photos of the 1139 species

of trees, shrubs, vines and mistletoes.

He and Nan have travelled 1000’s of km

to rainforest sites in Queensland, NSW

and Victoria to gather the photographs

and collect herbarium specimens.

With this USB key, people with little

or no botanical knowledge will be able to

work out the names of rainforest plants

that they see around them. Even fruits

or Eowers picked up from the

forest Eoor can be identi#ed to species.

6is key will make life a lot easier for

landcare workers, consultants, research-

ers, gardeners, environmentalists, profes-

sional botanists – in fact anyone interest-

ed in rainforests.

It is available for sale for $80 from

www.rainforestplantsofaustralia.com

or you can pick one up directly from

the Nicholsons if you ring them

on 66 886 204.

Hugh and Nan will run a free work-

shop on using the key for Channon lo-

cals. It will be at their house at 391 6e

Channon Rd, 6e Channon (entry via

6e Channon Village Campground) in

early January, on a date to be con#rmed.

Ring 66 886 204 if you would like to be

part of it. If you bring your own laptop

you will be able to start using the key

and take advantage of some expert help.

Bring your key if you have already

bought it or you can buy it on the day.


T he Walking Track was

constructed by local people

under an EnviTE Work for

the Dole/Training Scheme back in 1995

on the land along the side of Terania

Creek between the Tennis Courts and

Madman’s Gully. 6e initial project

unfortunately never completed its in-

tended #nish and was left in limbo with-

out any real end before Madman’s Gul-

ly. 6e initial plantings became over-

grown with weeds and the track slowly

degraded.

6anks to a council grant the track

was #nally completed and linked across

Madman’s gully to Coronation Park in

2004. Since then 6e Channon Land-

care have cleared a large portion of weed

growth and carried out several plantings.

6is work has allowed native Eora to

thrive.

However, inherent faults in the ini-

tial track work mean that problems re-

main with landslips, and the slippery

nature of the surface has limited safe

access to the public.

6e long-term vision for the track is

to address some of these problems. 6is

includes revegetation along the track so

that it becomes a well-used recreational

asset of the village. In order to achieve

this it was thought that the main access

be created at the end of Mill Street and

putting partial steps on the steeper sec-

tions of the track. It is hoped that by

changing the access position and closing

the original section to the tennis courts,

major construction work can be avoided

for a while as the rest of the track gains

use. 6is proposed entrance point would

allow access to an open area which is

regularly mown and provides a pleasant

picnic area which could be further devel-

oped into an information and interpreta-

tion site.

6e Channon Public Hall Trust

Committee, as administrators of the

Walking Track Reserve, are looking for

anyone with pictures of before, during

and after the track was built so that we

may copy them to make a historical rec-

ord and show them on an information

board along the track.

If you can help with photos, infor-

mation, and even your view of the future

of the Walking Track, please phone

Beth Wallach on 66886331.

The Channon Walking Track A Great Community Asset

Call Jeremy

t: 02 6689 5414

m: 0457 895 414

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A recent track inspection

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Intentional teaching at the TCCC

W hen the Tuntable

Creek Landcare Group

was started back in

1991 the group had a vision to rehabili-

tate the riparian zone along accessible

sections of Tuntable Creek. Integral to

this was involving the students at Tunt-

able Creek Public School. Consequently

a nursery was set up within the school

grounds where students could actively

learn about seed collection and propaga-

tion. One of the early projects was a

planting inside the school grounds of

local rainforest species suited to a school

garden. Now, some 15 years later, these

plantings are well established providing

ongoing student learning opportunities.

Another project, a site on the steep

creek bank next to the school, long used

as a public dumping point, was planted

out with species designed to slow ero-

sion of the site. An access track from the

school to the creek was refurbished with

the help of funding and work by Tursa

and is still used by school students and

the public today. Next year we aim to

continue work on this site and hope to

attain funding to extend work further

north along the creek bank.

In August this year Tuntable Creek

Landcare Inc was invited by the Tunta-

ble Creek Public School Principal, Ali-

son Bath, to once again reconnect with

the school as a collaborative partner in

their project to protect the Giant Barred

Frog, Mixophyes iterates, a critically en-

dangered frog which has been identi#ed

in our area. Our members have conduct-

ed a walk around the school planting

where current students learnt to identify

both native tree species and invasive

weed species as well as develop a better

understanding of the role of habitat

creation for fauna such as the Giant

Barred Frog.

In December Tuntable Creek Land-

care Inc and Tuntable Creek Hall Trust

combined their eDorts as the‘Charity of

the Day’ at the Channon Craft Market.

6is fundraising opportunity is vital to

our organisation’s ability to function and

we are grateful to the market and its pa-

trons for their support.

2015 is shaping up to be an inspiring

and busy year for our group. Our mem-

bership has risen from a caretaker four

to an enthusiastic sixteen and we wel-

come our new members along with their

knowledge, skills, experience and new

ideas for future projects. Richmond

Landcare Inc has been invaluable in

helping our group with setting up a

website as well as other administrative

details and we look forward to continu-

ing our association in 2015.

TCL Inc committee

President John Wyngarden

t: 0415482009

Treasurer Amanda Furze

t: 66886385

Secretaty Lina Svensson

t: 0427891781

Public O<cer Jo Pitt

t: 66886459

email [email protected]

website www.tuntablecreeklandcare.org

Wishing everyone a safe and

happy holiday season.

Regards, Lina Svensson

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Giant Barred Frog, Mixophyes Iteratus


Around The Channon

Excerpts from Pauline Barratt’s historical book published in 1999

T he early settlers took up their land on the understanding that the state government would pro-

vide access to their properties. In this area this was slow to happen. It took until 1905 for work to begin on a road between Rocky Creek and Terania Creek. 6is was followed by work on Tuntable Creek Road as far as Dunn's selection, three miles from 6e Channon and on a road into the Terania Creek Valley known as the Closer Settlement Road. 6e construction of these roads made life a little easier. But from then on it was a constant battle between resi-dents and the Public Works Department and later Terania Shire Council to have them maintained. In 1907 a bridge was built over Rocky Creek. 6ere had been many near fatali-ties on the Rocky Creek crossing. 6e contract for the bridge was let to Kenne-dy & Ward for £400. 6e ironbark piles, girders and heavy bridge timber were cut from George Rose's selection on Tunta-ble Creek. 6e sawn timber came from Roach's Mill. 6e bridge was oKcially opened in November 1907 by Terania Shire President, Cr. W. Massey Greene. Following the opening, a Basket Picnic and Sports Day was held on George Bailey's property beside the bridge, and about 400 people attended. In 1911 a water trough was erected half way down McCarthy's Grass Cutting (now called 6e Channon Cutting) to water the horses and bullocks using the road. 6e trough was moved to Corona-tion Park many years later.

6e Tuntable Creek Road was extended past Dunn's selection in 1909 to meet up with a road being constructed from Nimbin which was becoming a thriving business centre. 6is allowed the people at the north end of Tuntable Creek to bring their cream to 6e Channon in wagons instead of by packhorse. Major reconstruction work was carried out on the Closer Settlement Road in 1910, from Roach's Mill to Flemings. Several culverts had to be replaced. 6ey had been built with green timber — rosewood slabs with sap and bark still on them. A very bad patch of road which caused trouble for years was the 'Bog Hole' at Branch Creek. 6e year 1912 saw the second bridge constructed in the district. 6is was built over Terania Creek, just below its junc-

tion with Tuntable Creek. 6e bridge was designed by the Shire Engineer, Mr C. Burrows and built by Mr W.F. Oakes at a cost of £1084. 6e timber for the bridge was drawn by George Standing with his bullock team. William (Dinky) Ward had a horse team winching gravel to the abutments of the bridge. 6e la-bouring for the bridge was done by local men contracted on day labour. In 1912 the residents along the top of the range (later Wallace Road) made an application to Terania Shire Council for a bridge over Terania Creek at Funnell's crossing (just below present F. Ford bridge) and a road to be constructed from Funnell's to Tom Wallace's prop-erty. 6e road was surveyed later in the year but the bridge was not built until thirty-seven years later in 1949. 6e long awaited bridge became known as Ford's Bridge. It serviced Wallace Road, named after Tom Wallace but known locally as 'the back road'. “Around the Channon” can be purchased at The Channon Store, The Channon Market, Lismore Tourist Info. Centre or direct from Pauline by emailing [email protected]

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Official opening of the long awaited Rocky Creek Bridge, 11/11/1907

PART 1


Gasfield Free Communities

NEWS JEN IRELAND

T here’s still more action

needed to stop unconven-

tional gas mining coming

to, and worse still, taking over the

Northern Rivers! Large numbers of peo-

ple are needed to take action leading up

to the State Elections in March – espe-

cially to get the message across to all

parties that gas mining is not welcome,

not wanted, not needed and not possible

in this area! 6e Government needs to

be reminded of this on a continual basis,

it would seem, so that would-be State

government candidates get the message

that they will not be voted in unless they

make a public stand and commitment to

block gas mining. And certain candi-

dates need to be reminded that they will

be voted out because of their lack of

commitment. We especially need to be

wary of the National Party candidates

and current representatives – a recent

example was in the Ballina Shire where

the National Party announced their sup-

port for a gas#eld free Northern Rivers

by revoking part of a licence where there

was, in fact, no gas! We

cannot be complacent

with untrustworthy gov-

ernment representatives

and untrustworthy min-

ing companies dictating

our future!

So what action can you

take? All the usual ones

that have worked well in

the past, such as writing

letters to the candidates

who are standing for the

coming elections. And

also sending letters to

the NSW Premier Mike

Baird and current Min-

isters for Mining, Ener-

gy, etc. Look out for

the letter writing stall

at local markets or come

to local CSG meetings.

Also, more people are

needed to call into the

recently opened Lis-

more Environment

Centre, in the same building as the

Transit Centre in Molesworth Street.

Information on letter writing, petitions,

and other interesting facts and #gures

are to be found, not to mention interest-

ing people, plants and purchases to be

made…..and more! I was happy to re-

ceive a phone call recently to say that I’d

won the Xmas RaYe – so it pays oD to

go to the Lismore Environment Centre!

6e CD “Songs from the Bentley

Blockade” was launched on the 19th

December in Byron Bay. 6e CD fea-

tures more than 20 songs by the com-

munity of artists who lived and sang

at the Bentley protection camp. 6ese

songs were shared in the chilly, foggy

mornings at Gate A and around the #re

at the main camp and were recorded at

various studios around the northern riv-

ers. Artists and producers all donated

their time. Like Bentley, the creation of

this CD is a testament to the strength of

uni#ed community. Google/Facebook

“Songs of the Bentley Blockade” or buy

the CD at locations such as the Lismore

Environment Centre.

Many thanks to all those who have

donated towards the two part time paid

Gas#eld Free Northern Rivers Coordi-

nator positions – more donations are

welcome as funding is only secure for

these positions for the next three

months. We could not voluntarily do

what these two paid people do in terms

of running campaigns, organising rallys,

compiling press releases, etc.

THERE’S STILL MORE ACTION TO TAKE !

The prestigious North Coast Envi-ronment Council 'Triumph over Greed Award' (TOGA) was present-ed to Ian Gaillard (pictured) and the Bentley protectors, who took part in the Bentley Blockade that saw thousands of people con-verge on an unconventional gas

project near Lismore. The award honours everyone who took part in the Gasfield Free and the Lock the gate movement in the Northern Rivers. The award was last awarded 4 years ago.


SIMON CLOUGH

Simon Says So

good to see some

rain the country is

turning green so

quickly and it’s such a vibrant colour.

Our #nal Council meeting of the

year was quite momentous, as is often

the case. Some of the highlights were:

REMP: �e Renewable Energy Mas-

ter Plan. 6is plan has the goal of: “Self

-generate all of Lismore City Council’s

electricity needs from renewable sources

by 2023”, and the following priorities

were agreed:

a. Aggressive energy eKciency initiatives

to reduce consumption;

b. Install solar photovoltaic (PV) sys-

tems ‘behind the meter’ for all buildings

and facilities where possible;

c. Install solar hot water for all buildings

and facilities where possible and

d Construct and commission a large-

scale solar plant (i.e. utility sized).

6e REMP has the potential to put Lis-

more City Council at the forefront of

energy eKciency and renewables in Aus-

tralia. Councillors Bennett, Meineke

and Scheible voted against the plan.

�e next stage in ‘Farming the Sun’

a community solar farm project. 6is is

an innovative community energy initia-

tive that aims to result in renewable en-

ergy production by the Lismore com-

munity in line with Council’s delivery of

the Imagine Lismore 10 Year Plan

Community Vision: Lismore Being a

Model of Sustainability - To have Lis-

more recognised nationally and interna-

tionally as a centre for sustainable living.

6e project requires the setting up of 2

private companies where the community

invests to lend the money for two 99

kW solar farms. Unfortunately because

of the uncertainty around the Renewa-

ble Energy Target created by the Feder-

al Government the project could not be

done as one project. Once again Coun-

cillors Bennett, Meineke and Scheible

voted against the recommendation.

I put forward a motion that Council

write to politicians and Essential Energy

expressing our concern that essential

Energy was being very slow in the provi-

sion of LED streetlighting. LEDs have

the potential to save Council’s signi#-

cant amounts of money and greenhouse

gas emissions. Councillor Meineke op-

posed this motion.

�e rail trail probably caused the

most discussion of the whole meeting.

Cr Ekins put forward a motion that

proposed dual use of the rail corridor by

trains and bikes etc. Councillor Bennet

put forward a “bring back the train” mo-

tion which failed.

I have changed my position on this

issue having been a #rm supporter of the

rail coming back into use, possibly with

a rail car. However the complete lack of

interest in rail by either major party has

convinced me that pursuing that course

is a waste of time. Additionally the rail

misses out on 2 major population cen-

tres, Ballina and Tweed Heads. With

177 viaducts and much of the rail ease-

ment on the Eoodplain I don’t believe

dual use is possible unless there is a pot

of gold to regularly restore the rail trail

after Eoods. In the end a motion to sup-

port the rail trail was endorsed with

Councillors Bennett, Meineke and

Marks dissenting.

Gas�eld Free Northern Rivers is

still awaiting the results of the judicial

review on Metgasco’s claims that it has

been treated unfairly by the government.

6e results could be quite decisive about

other unconventional gas#elds in NSW

in terms of the responsibilities for drill-

ers to consult with communities.

I recently returned from Adelaide

where I ran a weekend training in non-

violent action and strategy for 20 people

from around the state. It’s deeply shock-

ing to hear of the plans of the mining

companies and the state government to

damage or destroy the 1% of SA which

is arable land. For example the Coona-

warra region famous for its wine grow-

ing is facing Beach Energy which is al-

ready doing exploratory drilling for shale

gas. Apart from producing some of the

best wines in the world Coonawarra is

totally dependent on artesian water. But

don’t worry the government and miners

say it’s very diDerent from CSG drilling,

much safer. I can’t count the number of

times I’ve been told in our area, “don’t

worry all those #lms about gas from the

US are about shale gas, CSG drilling is

much safer!” As an older farmer said in

‘Fractured Country’ “you can tell when

their lying because their lips are mov-

ing.”

Wishing everyone a joyous Christ-

mas and a happy and healthy new year.

Local Councillor reports on the latest Lismore City Council

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F inally mainstream medicine

is taking the human gut

Eora seriously. Up ‘til now

research has been stymied because drug

companies can #nd few bucks in gut

bugs, but the internet has provided

us with crowd sourcing as a way to #-

nance things and there’s exciting re-

search underway.

What do we know about our bugs?

We know that bugs living in and on us

outnumber our cells 10:1 and that they

have heaps more genes than we do, out-

numbering ours 100:1. We also know

there are good and bad bugs and a lot

–just like us– can be either. 6ey are

crucial to our health and well-being:

training our immune systems, providing

essential nutrients and protecting the

lining of the gut.

6e immune interaction is really im-

portant with 70% of immune sensors in

the intestine, tasting the environment

and responding to the microEora. Kids

without appropriate gut Eora are more

likely to develop inappropriate immune

responses such as allergies.

While there may be bacteria that are

passed through the placenta our intesti-

nal Eora is kick started at birth as the

baby gets coated in bacteria from the

birth canal. In Puerto Rico it is now ac-

cepted that Caesarean birth babies are

wiped with their mother’s vaginal Eora

if it has tested as healthy, to overcome

the lack of appropriate bacteria. So it’s

obvious that the baby’s intestinal health

begins with the mother’s good health.

Skin to skin contact with parents

helps de#ne the baby’s outside Eora and

more of the intestinal bugs are supplied

by the mother’s milk, which comes with

sugars that feed the intestinal Eora ra-

ther than the baby. As the baby interacts

more with its environment it picks up

more bugs and there’s evidence that kids

growing up in farm situations where

there is contact with animals and a more

robust environment have fewer allergies.

By the age of three the child’s intestinal

Eora is largely set; there’s still room for

change but it will be alterations in bal-

ance more than diversity.

6e Western lifestyle has led to a

loss of variety in the internal milieu and

this could be the cause of the increasing

prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as

the increase in allergies, cardio-vascular

disease and bowel problems to name just

a few. Our diets encourage a more lim-

ited range of bowel Eora and we pass

this on to our kids and so it goes.

Can we change this? Well yes, sort

of and gradually. Again, we need to cut

down on sugars and #ll our meals with

the beloved vegies but some of them

should be fermented to enliven the inner

garden –sauerkraut’s good here being

both fermented and kind-to-the-gut-

cabbage. Other fermented

foods and drinks, added to

the diet as tolerated will also

do a lot to improve the gut

microbiota.

Exploring “gut microbiota”

and “fermented foods” online

will overwhelm you with in-

formation on this

fascinating subject.

healing arts Bugs ‘R’ Us BETTY RYAN

Human Bacteria at work


L ooking for a good

summer read? Here

are a few books I’ve loved.

�e Secret River

by Kate Grenville (2005)

6is confronting and cele-

brated historical novel re-

imagines the colonisation

of the Hawkesbury River,

outside Sydney. On the one

hand, it’s a #rst-class story

that gives you that goose-

bumpy feel of being taken

back in time. On the other

hand, it left me with a lasting

and eerie awareness of the

invisible violence that is pre-

sent throughout our “settled”

landscape. I loved that Gren-

ville has compassion for her

convict protagonist, despite

her unEinching and con-

demning description of his

ignorance and brutality.

�rowim Way Leg

by Tim Flannery (1997)

6is is a jaw-dropping

memoir of adventure and

misadventure in Papua

New Guinea by the Australi-

an zoologist and all-round

national treasure. Flannery

has visited PNG many times

to collect specimens, journey-

ing into some of the most

remote and rugged areas and

sometimes putting his life on

the line to do so. 6e tales of

adventure are equalled by

Flannery’s colourful and

compassionate accounts of

the people he met, and by his

descriptions of astonishing

animal life and the extraordi-

nary landscape.

�e Children’s Book

by AS Byatt (2009)

6is novel by a legendary

British writer is multi-

faceted, beautiful, and poign-

ant. A good one for art-

lovers, it is about children

growing up in bohemian

households at the end of the

19th century. 6ere are glit-

tering parties, complicated

relationships, and nasty fami-

ly secrets. Byatt is an intellec-

tual writer and this book ex-

plores the human cost of ar-

tistic creation. (PS, if you’d

prefer something lighter,

Byatt’s book Possession is

a gem – a clever, romantic

mystery story.)

�e Amazing Adventures

of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon (2000)

6is is a wonderful novel

that genuinely made me both

laugh and cry. A summary of

the plot cannot do it justice,

but here goes…. It begins

with two Jewish teenage

boys, cousins, in New York

during WWII. One is a refu-

gee from Prague (and former

apprentice to a master magi-

cian), the other, an NY local.

Together they invent (a #c-

tionalised version of) Super-

man and in turn, the modern

comic book. 6e book fol-

lows their friendship over

several decades. 6e novel

won Chabon the Pulitzer

Prize in 2001.

Eat Pray Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)

I was ready to hate this

book, but it swept me oD my

feet. I expected it to be cheap

and cheesy, but instead I

found it delicious and nour-

ishing. It’s a travel memoir

by an American who went to

Italy to eat, then to an Indian

ashram to seek God, and #-

nally to Bali where she fell

into a novel-worthy romance

that turned to true love. Yes,

it is a rather girly book. It

works because Gilbert is a

charismatic and intelligent

narrator who speaks from

the heart.

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)

6is is a science #ction

book, but it doesn’t feel like

one. It is set in an orphanage

-style institution in the Eng-

lish countryside and follows

the friendship between three

of the children who live

there. At #rst the children’s

lives appear idyllic: they are

nurtured, educated, and

freely roam the picturesque

grounds. Of course nothing

is as it seems and when the

truth emerges it is chilling.

Like much science #ction,

this book warns of the mis-

use of technology – but I

found it had even more inter-

esting things to say about

mortality and friendship.

Animal Vegetable Miracle

by Barbara Kingsolver

(2007)

Kingsolver and her family

spent a year in Virginia, US,

eating only what they could

grow themselves or buy di-

rect from local growers. An

inspiring and beautifully-

written memoir with lots of

research about the environ-

mental cost of mainstream

farming practices. It is telling

I think that when this book

came out its subject was kind

of eccentric, but now it seems

totally chic.

American Sucker

by David Denby (2004)

A decade before the Global

Financial Crisis, there was

the burst of the Dot.Com

bubble. Denby is a New

Yorker #lm reviewer who got

sucked in big time as a novice

investor riding a midlife cri-

sis. I loved this book because

Denby writes so well and is

so embarrassingly honest

about how badly he was se-

duced by greed and how hard

he fell. As an economic igno-

ramus, I also found this book

informative about how, like,

money works and stuD?

book nerd In this issue Melinda Marshall

is proposing some good summer reads


Terania Shutterbug CHRISTIAN UHRIG

Take control of that 20% that makes a good photograph a fantastic one and rise above your camera’s auto settings

A really really really good

digital camera (and #lm)

can cover a range of 5 to

6 EV (Esposure Value) – meaning that

the diDerence between a dark and a

bright section of your photo can only

be 5-6 times – outside of that, your

camera either shows pure BLACK or

pure WHITE (under and over exposed).

In many day to day situations the diDer-

ence between bright and dark area, es-

pecially here in Australia, is 10 to 20

times (EV / Stops).

Remember the shots you took of

someone on the beach trying to capture

the sunset or sunrise at the same time?

Nice sunset – black face. Or your Eash

kicked in and the person is bright and

the background is near white. Nothing

like you saw it.

Keynote: You can not always take a

good photo of everything your “eyes can

see well”. Our eye/brain system is far

more powerful than a camera.

Our brain and eye combo also learns

and interprets what we see. A camera

can not do that. 6e camera only cap-

tures the photons and converts them

into a representation of the scene you

pointed at. Now this is where it gets ex-

citing! 6is representation, or the nega-

tive, is the raw material you can work

with. While we try to take (technically)

good photos “in camera”, processing

them in post production (on the phone,

camera or the computer) is a very im-

portant step to achieve the #nal result

and especially to overcome the limita-

tions mentioned above. But let me get

back to THE LIGHT. So you now

know that if you want ALL of the ele-

ments to be visible in the photo your

light range should be 5 - 6 EV (stops)

from the darkest to the brightest. Over

and under exposure are also design

elements (e.g. back lit photos, silhou-

ettes) where you use the intensity of

the light in a certain way.

Now, did you know that Light has

a colour/temperature? In simple terms,

light takes on the colour of what ever

reEects (deEects) it. While pure white

light has ALL colours still in it and is

usually experienced as “the plain sun

at noon” with a temperature value of

5000 Kelvin (also the setting of your

Eash and studio Eashes) – the morning

and evening light is usually Orange to

Red (warm, 500-1000K); and the light

before sunrise and after sunset is seen as

BLUE – the blue hour. 6is is due to

the diDerent colours being #ltered out

or reEected by something (e.g. the dust

or mist in the sky).

And again, our eyes can identify/

see a large spectrum of the present col-

ours and give us a “normal representa-

tion of our environment” – a camera

can’t “interpret what it is pointed at”.

6e settings de#ne what the camera

sees/shows. 6e settings around the

colour of the light in the image that

we want to understand are called “the

white balance”.

Sounds diKcult, is relatively easy.

Tell the camera what to interpret as

white? Example: You hold up a white

cardboard before sunrise, 20min after

sunrise and at noon – and your eyes al-

ways see it as white – because we know

it is white and also know what time of

the day (what light) it is. 6e camera

(without adjustments/settings) shows

it as BLUE, ORANGE and WHITE.

To make it even more fun, your output

device and the environment you are in

when looking at the photos also inEu-

ences the appearance. If you use a cheap

digital monitor or even a TV and you

run it near a Euorescent or incandescent

light source in your house what you see

might have very little resemblance with

what your eyes registered at that beauti-

ful sunset on the beach.

TVs and computer screens have a

strong BLUE and arti#cial light (light

bulbs) usually emit a GREEN light.

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The Light: friend, not foe

PART 2

The Colour of Light

See below the images to show a “as shot” and “slightly modified” – with Black & White (format of Terania Times) contrast is an important feature – so the 18% grey looks boring and unspecific where the high con-trast takes the attention and focus of the viewer to the interesting areas.

NOTE: Terania Times is a black and white publication and these photos were taken with colour as a major design element and I use them here only to show the before and after effect.


Peter Boyle art beat

W hen does a photograph

become a work of Art?

6is is perhaps one of those post-modern meta-questions that

could be levelled at just about anything

that these days could be held up as some-

thing that could or should be viewed as Art. Considering the recently reported

sale at auction of a photograph called

“Phantom” by Peter Lik, this could be

the $6.5 million (US) question! We have had cause to reEect on such

things with recent exhibitions at the gal-

lery - by photographers - Colin Beard and

Matthew Shepherd (currently exhibiting) - and past exhibitions by internationally

renowned Sue Adler and a group show

that included works by Lismore photo-

grapher, R. J. Poole. Fine art photography began in the

early days of photography where the cam-

era was used as an instrument to explore

and apply aesthetics, just as a painter

would use a brush. 6e work of US pho-

tographers, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Stelchen, were inEuential over long careers

in bringing acceptance to photography as

an art form. Later, Ansel Adams, Robert

Mapelthorpe, Cindy Sherman and con-temporary artists, Bill Henson and JeD

Wall developed the art form across a range

of genres including the landscape, still life

and the nude.

6e hint is above in the application of ‘aesthetic’ theory (or whatever ‘art’ theory

may be applicable at the time) and the

intent of exploring and expressing a sub-

ject beyond its material form. 6e work should perhaps evoke some emotion or

invite the use of imagination of a viewer

to distinguish it from photography

that is commercial in nature, journalistic

or scienti#c.

6ere are of course cross-overs where artistry is expressed in the likes of photo-

journalism, fashion photography and other

forms of illustrative photography.

Confusing, isn’t it? As with all art, there is always a theoretical, academic

and often objective way to ruminate over

de#nitions of ‘what is art’, but in the end,

it always falls back to the intent of the artist and the perception and experience

of the viewer as they engage with the

artist’s work.

6e gallery is currently exhibiting pho-tographic works by Matthew Shepherd.

Intent and execution of his work reside

very nicely within both ‘de#nition’ and

‘perception’. Explanation might be inter-esting, but ultimately, futile. Experience

is perhaps, everything.

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your eyes adjust to the natural light in

the garden, then look back into the

house at a TV or lightsource. Until your

eyes adjust) you see the TV and the

room around it as bright blue. You can

also do the same exercise with a camera.

So, try it out and go and learn more

about the colour/temperature of light –

plenty of good sources (reading and

video) online.

Last, not least all cameras are set to

see 18% grey. Now what the heck does

that mean and why do you need to

know anyway.

Take a photo of a BLACK card-

board in bright daylight (5000K); what

colour does it show on the photo

(without adjustment)?

Take a photo of something plain

white (snow or white cardboard) at

bright daylight (neutral 5000K), what

colour does it show?


The 18% Grey Trap

What makes the photograph art,

though?


O ur last Open Mic session

of 2014 was held at 6e

Channon Tavern on Sun-

day 23rd November. In spite of the

scorching weather we did attract a good

number of performers and audience.

Special mention to young Bridie for

her #rst public performance with dad,

Mark Bromley, backing with some nice

guitar #nger picking.

Our broken front-of-house speaker

has #nally been repaired so we hope to

be back on 22nd February with an even

better sound than the last few months.

Don’t forget our summer starting time

is 3pm.

Rain or shine our

Open Mic gets us out

of Sunday snooze.

Ray Flanagan and

his faithful volunteers

keep the show running

whatever the weather!

the channon

Open Mic

Lismore socialites meet Channon High Society under Open Mic umbrella!

Correct, both show 18% grey if you

don’t know which one is which (brain

inEuence) they look the same. Because

after analysing 100,000nds of photos

the camera designers found out that

on average each scene has 18% grey

and hence that is what the camera

should register to optimize the 5-6

stop limitation.

So, to close the circle: If you take

photos within the 80% range for which

the camera (on Auto) is programmed –

you will have most or all the parameters

within their optimum range and the

photo looks good. Take it outside that

80% (e.g. too dark, too bright, too

much diDerence between the bright

and dark areas, too much red, too

much blue, into the light source etc.)

the camera struggles and you don’t get

the shot your eyes and brain registered

and you were hoping to capture.

Now for the good news – you can

make a lot of adjustments in “POST

processing” – on your phone, camera or

computer. Of course this is also where

the more expensive cameras and taking

manual control over your settings come

into play.

More about that next time.

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Pure Guava

by Ween (1992)

J ason’s Jive

Be warned! 6is

album contains ex-

plicit lyrics and at times du-

bious content. Press on if

you dare and you will #nd

a treasure trove of inspired

brilliance and freestyle frolics

to delight and entertain. It is

diKcult to categorize or draw

musical allusions to this

piece. Even within Ween’s

own discography each album

is its own genre. Ween is un-

abashed, unapologetic and

unexplainable.

Gene and Dean Ween

(not their real names) forged

new pathways of stream of

consciousness “alternative”

music. Pure Guava is some-

times sublime and sometimes

abrasive with all sorts of lev-

els of delightful wrongness in

between. To my mind this

album encapsulates Ween.

6ere is a lot of creepy

voice synth which I really

like. 6ere is also some very

raw noise play which seems

like lazy #ller to me. 6e best

song is de#nitely “Push th’

little daisies”, a kooky ro-

mantic classic. 6is song

made it to number 40 on

Triple J’s hottest 100 of 1993

and is probably Ween’s best

known song. I love ‘Pure

Guava’, but not every bit of

it. Having said that, it’s a

‘must listen’ for anyone into

weird alternative rock. I give

it 7.5/10 little daisies (make

‘em come up!).

R obin’s Jive

Pure Guava is

the kind of al-

bum that most won’t imme-

diately like, and I’d say it’s

likely that many never will. If

you don’t like swearing and/

or innuendos, don’t listen to

this album. In my eyes Pure

Guava is Ween’s best album,

it provides an excellent caba-

ret of ridiculous personalities

and stories that intertwine

perfectly with the raw instru-

mental performances.

Gene(r) and Dean(er)

Ween are the two eccentric,

pseudonym bearing master-

minds that sing every insane

verse and pluck every twangy

guitar jingle. Pure Guava is a

hazy dust storm of un#ltered

noise, dissonant ‘southern

blues’ inspired guitar riDs and

mumbled motifs. Every time

I listen to this record I notice

another nuance to the fe-

vered shouting and endless

layered vocal eDects.

6ere isn’t really a song

I would list as a taster, (as

Jason said, ‘push th’ little

daisies’ is their most popular)

as the album is too varied

and must be taken all at

once, in order. 6e songs

are paradoxically annoying

and catchy. I rarely listen to

Ween anymore, however I

love them dearly. I give Pure

Guava 8/10 disgruntled pet-

rol station staD.

notes music Music news, views, reviews and all sounds that

Robin & Jason Gough find so interesting

that they have to share them with you

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CHOOSING

T he master barely tolerated

being called ‘master’, let

alone ‘guru’ or ‘sage’ or any

such names. If anyone came to him and

said “teach me”, he would retort “teach

yourself” and dismiss him immediately.

6e few people who followed him, had

come to him mostly by accident, much

like I had. However, when I asked him

once why he avoided choosing his disci-

ples, all he said was: “Who says I do?”

Now &Zen teachings of a reluctant master

ANGELOS BAKAS

TRUE WISDOM

“A few years ago”, said the

master, “I visited a small

monastery, whose mas-

ter, rumour had it, was a man of great

wisdom. When I arrived, all the monks

were sitting quietly in the yard, practic-

ing the art of doing nothing After I

bowed many times to get their atten-

tion, I asked who the master was. Im-

mediately, one of the monks replied:

‘I am’. I bowed again many times and I

left the yard. I went into the garden,

where I spoke with the man who was

tending the vegetables. He was a very

enlightened person.”

6e master took a sip from his tea.

“It’s never too diKcult”, he concluded,

“to see where true wisdom lies.”


Article adapted from conergy.com

Conergy Australia announced that it

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lands. 6e company, a subsidiary of one

the world's largest solar companies, will

build a #rst-of-its-kind heart-shaped

solar power plant in New Caledonia,

1200 kilometres east of its national

headquarters in Brisbane.

6e new 2MWp power plant will be

located in the northern community of

Pouembout, on Grand Terre, New Cal-

edonia's largest island, where 7,888 pan-

els will generate enough electricity to

supply 750 homes. Conergy will begin

engineering and construction (EPC)

work in the coming months, partnering

with local contractor AMBI Energy.

6e unique design was inspired by the

"Coeur de Voh", or "Heart of Voh", an

area of nearby wild mangrove vegetation

that has naturally taken the shape of a

heart. 6e "Coeur de Voh" gained

worldwide recognition thanks to the

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the best-selling book, "6e Earth from

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Dunoon School at Tuesdays

from 11.15 to 12.15pm

Modanville School

at Tuesdays from 2 to 3.30pm

For both schools:

January 13th & 27th

February 10th & 24th

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“Read the best

books rst,

or you may not

have a chance to

read them at all.”

Henry David

Adelaide company Muradel has

launched Australia's #rst algae biofuel

demonstration plant in Whyalla, on the

north-western coast of the Spencer Gulf

in South Australia. It comes after suc-

cessful completion of a pilot begun back

in 2011; this larger-scale plant is the

next step in the development of a com-

mercially viable operation.

6e $10.7 million plant's initial aim is

to produce 30,000 litres of green crude a

year, using processing technology con-

verting micro-algae into a renewable

fossil-fuel equivalent. Micro-algae spe-

cies tolerant to a wide salinity range are

cultivated in outdoor seawater ponds,

eliminating the need for fresh water, and

producing an algae biomass ready for

conversion into green crude oil. 6e

process is touted as producing next to no

waste as all used water, nutrients and

byproducts are recycled back into the

micro-algae production ponds.

Started with investment of $9.8 mil-

lion from ARENAs Biofuels Investment

program, the company aims to commer-

cially scale its operations by 2019 to

potentially produce 500,000 barrels of

green crude annually. More info at

www.muradel.com

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T untable Creek Public School

trusts that everyone had a

safe, peaceful Christmas

and a happy New Year.

We look forward to working with

our local community in 2015.Our Giant

Barred Frog project has created many

links with our community and we hope

to extend this next year. A workshop on

local weeds and native plant identi#ca-

tion will de#nitely be held at the begin-

ning of the year. Keep an eye out for the

Eyers.

A few weeks ago, Tuntable Creek

Landcare held a clean-up day at our

local creek. We cleared many weeds and

tidied up the path area. Unfortunately

we found quite a bit of rubbish – such

as glass bottles. It is such a shame to see

such a beautiful area being contaminated

by carelessness.

6e school is supporting the North-

ern Rivers Wildlife Carers by sponsor-

ing a page in their 2015 calendar. If you

would like to purchase a calendar, they

cost $15. We have a few available at

school.

We held our end of year concert on

the 16th. Miss Jodie and the students

did a wonderful job - with singing,

a play, even playing the ukuleles and

recorders. I am always amazed at the

talent we have.

Last week our students participated

in 6e Hour of Code. Again, I was im-

pressed with all students K-6, learning

how to code and program computers to

create animations.

Finally, I would like to wish our

top Tuntable Tiger Luna Spence, all

the best as he moves on to High School.

We hope to see him continue his awe-

some athletics and maybe represent his

country one day.

Tuntable Creek Public School

t 66886212, f 6688 6397 e [email protected]

Alison Bath

The Channon Butterfactory Tavern

T he 2014 Christmas night at

6e Channon Butterfactory

Tavern took on a diDerent

Eavour mixing “Hill-billy”, Irish, Rus-

sian and French music in with the tradi-

tional Christmas carols. An untimely

weather squall brought the event indoors

leaving the rainbow-lit gum tree to be

the backdrop for the chaos of our com-

munity’s children at their frolicking best.

Inside, the Ragged Blossoms bush band

had adults and children swinging their

partners, do-si-do-ing, dancing intricate

waves of Tory and boisterous arm-

raising Russian “OI OI OIs”! 6e fun of

an unintentional workout was followed

by performances from local school chil-

dren on the recorders and ukulele, led by

Miss Jodie. Our Christmas carols sing-

along was short but very sweet with

vocal performances, again, from local

schoolchildren led by Julie. A special

guest appearance was made by Santa


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box. Each column and each row must contain one each of

the numbers 1 to 9. And each box must likewise contain one

each of the numbers 1 to 9. 6ese puzzles have a rating

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who was welcomed by excited children

bearing their own “star of the east” in

the guise of glow stick necklaces. Santa

didn’t disappoint, and children, fuelled

by Santa’s sugar, took their fun outside

while the BluSkillet Rovers enlivened

the front bar with their Yip-Yah infec-

tious energy and toe-tapping music.

By the looks of the audience, it was

impossible to do anything but dance.

Fun was had by all and thanks to Na-

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Tavern for holding the event.

(Con�nued from page 20)

The Ragged Blossoms -Joe, Bianca, Melissa, Stu, Julie and Dave


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Group Bookings, Parties, Functions

COURTESY BUS AVAILABLE

RESTAURANT

Lunch – Mon to Fri 12 – 2pm Dinner: Wed to Fri 6 - 8pm

Lunch: Sat to Sun - 12 to 2:30pm Dinner: Sat to Sun - 6 to 8:30pm

TUESDAY NIGHT - 2 for $20 pizza night WEDNESDAY NIGHT - Members’ Draw & Roast Dinner

THURSDAY NIGHT - Cheap Steak Night FRIDAY NIGHT - Meat Raffles - Joker Wild Card Draw

LIVE Music from 7.30pm

AUSTRALIA DAY

SUNDAY 25th

Events

Jumping Castle For the Kids, Plus water slide.

BBQ LUNCH LIVE MUSIC FROM 1pm W/ Dan Grace

& to follow INSIDE OUTLAW plus RAFFLES and more….

EVENTS

Phone: 6688 6240, Fax: 6688 6256

Proprietors: Michael & Cathy Quinn

YOUR ONE-STOP LOCAL SHOPPING DESTINATION - OPEN 7 DAYS

Mon-Sat (October-March):7am-7pm

Mon-Sat (April-September): 7am-6.30pm

Sundays: 8am-6pm

Market Days: 8am-6pm

Public Holidays: 8am-2pm

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��Fuel

��Post Office

��Ice

��EFTPOS

��Common. Bank

Agency

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��Vegetables

��Beer, Wine & Spirits

��Take-away Foods

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AND LOTS MORE!

THE CHANNON General Store


Terania Times tech specs

Sudoku Solutions from Page 21

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Wednesday 11th February 2015

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October November & December rainfall chart

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Period Monthly

Rainfall YTD Totals Location

October 2014 22mm 1257mm Upper Terania

October 2014 20mm 945mm Lower Terania

October 2014 12mm 814mm The Channon

October 2014 21mm 966mm Rose Road

November 2014 145mm 1279mm Upper Terania

November 2014 126mm 1072mm Lower Terania

November 2014 76mm 890mm The Channon

November 2014 116mm 1082mm Rose Road

December 2014 257mm 1536mm Upper Terania

December 2014 256mm 1326mm Lower Terania

December 2014 213mm 1103mm The Channon

December 2014 256mm 1338mm Rose Road

Dave Yarnall reports that

the 26 year average rainfall for

Rainbow Falls (Upper Terania)

is 2083mm. I calculated the

average rainfall for Dharma-

nanda (Lower Terania) using

#gures dating back to 1973

(41 years) and came up with

1747mm. So you can see that

2014 was well below average.

Dharmananda’s wettest

year was 1988 with 2998mm.

6at contrasts incredibly with

1986, our driest year, with just

951mm, less than one third

of the 1988 precipitation.

Restaurant Hours

Dinner:

Wednesday - Saturday: 6.00pm to approximately 8pm

NEW: Chef will take orders after 8pm

if still cooking

Menu on our website www.dunoonclub.org.au/restaurant

For reservation & function enquiries

Restaurant: 6689 5469 Club: 6689 5444

2nd Sunday of the month

at the Club from 3.00pm

3rd Saturday

of each Month at 3.00pm

CLUB TRADING

3-8pm

3-8pm

3-9pm

3-10pm

1pm-12am

1-10pm

3-8pm

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

FRIDAY NIGHT

7-8PM

$ $ $

MEMBER’S DRAW

COME TO Dunoon Sports & Recreation Club

ENJOY OUR COMMUNITY

CLUB

ENTERTAINMENT

Next Markets

SUNDAY

11th Jan.

Charity

The Channon Rural Fire Service

Bands of the Day & Busker

The Big Top-Kobya Mo'Fyah Band

& 'The Tiny Top'-Telegraph Tower

EFTPOS now available at the Market

Office Information at www.thechannonmarket.org.au

SUNDAY

8th Feb.

Charity

To be announced

Band of the Day & Busker

To be announced

WED 14/01

Aussie Trivia with Rod Little

MON 26/01

Australia Day “Nightcap Rangers”’

Dunoon Club Restaurant

The Terania Times Issue 57

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