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No 128925 JULY 2013 (IssUed WeekLY) pH 6295 1708 Fax 6295 1964 email cygtel@southbus.com.au issn 1442-51068

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Natalie Manning, children’s writer and Huon Valley resident, is off on an exciting adventure. The West Australian Screen Awards from 2nd to 4th August, follows the Revelation Film Festival held in July in Perth, Western Australia. Natalie Manning’s children’s story What a Debacle, Freddy Farkle! in animation form, is being presented at the festival. Natalie will attend the screen awards function in her professional capacity as scriptwriter. What a Debacle, Freddy Farkle! has been entered in several categories: best animation-short, best script-short and best director. The animation has won nominations for best animation-short and best original-score. Another feature of the movie is the talented crea-

tive team, including Natalie’s childhood friend, animator Jesse Emmerson and producer Bridget Curran. Natalie and the team were talented enough to attract Sir Barry Humphries’ help in providing the voiceover.

Fame and Freddie FarkleNatalie Manning is a young mother and member of the Huonville Writers Group. Originally from Western Australia, Natalie has lived in Tasma-nia for seven years. “I started off with a name, Freddie Farkle. It comes from a childhood name my dad used to say,” says Natalie. “I asked him about it, but we both can’t remember why.

NBN Co has announced the start of construc-tion of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Margate, releasing a detailed map showing the area covered by the first construc-tion module.Construction contractors have now been given instructions to start work, which begins with a detailed survey of the area and the existing telecommunications infrastructure. This work is expected to take several months before fibre hauling commences.The new fibre map, available on the NBN Co website, shows that construction will begin in the area between Davies Road, Brightwater Road, Beach Road and Allens Rivulet Road. The map is available on NBN Co’s website at www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/maps/margate-tas-rollout-map-7mgt.pdf.Once construction has begun in an area, NBN Co will generally release further maps as they add more construction modules until all properties in the fibre footprint are covered.NBN Co community account manager for Tasmania, Lalla Mackenzie, said: “The release of these maps each month signals to residents and businesses that they are on the way to being able to take advantage of the benefits the NBN offers.”On average, it takes around 12 months from the start of construction until residents and business owners can order NBN retail services from telephone or internet service providers.“Information is already available online about the plans and packages that telephone and internet service providers are offering over the NBN. The details of which service pro-viders are operating in individual areas will be available closer to service activation at www.nbnco.com.au/serviceproviders,” Ms Mackenzie said.Mayor of Kingborough Council, Dr Graham Bury, has welcomed the news regarding the NBN construction. He said: “It’s exciting to see work starting on the National Broadband Network in Margate. I hope that businesses in particular and families in Margate will take advantage of the opportunity provided when

NBN arrives in Margate

Humphries adds sparkle to Farkle

Budding Huon Valley scriptwriter Natalie Manning at a recording session with Barry Humphries

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Tennis for primary school-aged children, an upgrade of the Glen Huon Memorial Garden, new equipment for sporting clubs and presenta-tion of archives and photographs. These are just some of the successful projects to receive funding from the Huon Valley Council through its 2013-14 Community Grants Program. Huon Valley Mayor Robert Armstrong said he was pleased to once again be part of the

scheme. “During the scheme’s 18-year history, many community activities, projects and events have been initiated and supported,” he said. “These initiatives have added vibrancy to our community and given people opportunities to take part in community events, access to sport-ing equipment and opportunities to improve

Wishes granted

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