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Issue No. 58 – Thursday, January 15, 20099

EYE ON THE SKYPAGE 8 & 9

FEATURE STORY

Irrigators expect little or no change in water allocation

WATER:WATER: TIGHTTIGHTJumping into

summer

By LES PEARSON

TODAY, Riverland grow-ers will fi nd out if they will have a lift in their al-locations when the State Government makes its monthly announcement.

At this stage, irriga-tors and industry leaders share a general consensus that there won’t be an in-crease in allocation and if there is an increase, it will only be minor.

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BY BRAD PERRY

SOARING temperatures of more than 40 degrees across the Riverland over the past two days had people looking for any way to keep cool in the scorching heat.

The Riverland hasn’t experienced back to back 40 degree days since March last year and the River Murray has been a popular source of cooling comfort.

Residents and visitors have been fl ocking to their favourite water spots either to relax in the shade or indulge in water sports.

US visitor Jim Ridgeway, from Chicago, was enjoying taking advantage of the river’s charms to escape the sizzling temperatures after experiencing freezing conditions back in his home town.

“I’d much rather be here on the river than on a frozen one back home where it’s snowing,” he laughed.

“We are here for a couple of days and thought it would be a good day to cool off in the river.”

His partner from Adelaide, Maureen Carman, believed that it will take everyone a while to adapt to the climate.

“People have forgotten what it’s like to have days over 40 degrees,” she said.

■ Continued Page 5

■ SPLISH SPLASH: Steve Mathusalem and his mates from Mount Gambier cool down at Martin’s Bend as the temperature climbs into the 40s. Photo: JANE WILSON

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Swim stars head south

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G’day Riverland I’M going to go out on a limb and predict that most people reading the Riverland Weekly do not believe in unidentifi ed fl ying objects.

In fact, I’d also predict that most of our readers would think those that did believe in UFOs were looney.

So, the fact that some Mor-gan locals believe their town is a UFO hot spot will provide much predictable mirth.

And who could blame any-

one for having a chuckle at such unbelievable revelations.

Even though I grew up mere kilometres from a site claimed by conspiracy theo-rists to be a holding pen for UFOs and their attendant spacemen, I cannot profess to share such beliefs.

The popular 1990s tele-vision program The X Files could not persuade me either, no matter how much I looked into Scully’s beautiful eyes.

However, Mary Bayliss and some of her friends believe and she is convinced by what she has seen.

So give her story a read over and at least give her a shot, if nothing else it is an in-teresting yarn.

Who knows, you may even start to look at the night skies a little differently.

Some times it pays to be open minded.

Is the truth really out there?

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LES Pearson explores the paranormal when he meets some Morgan people who believe they have seen UFOs in the skies above their town. - Full report, Page 8 & 9

TONY Whateley is attracting more and more visitors to the region through his Loveday 4x4 Adventure Park. Find out why as we tour the park. – Full report, Page 10

Word of the week

ALLOCATION (noun): The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Allocation will.“If we’re on 15 per cent, the chances of

getting another 15 per cent and doubling it are near on Buckley’s,” he said.

It is in such times, humour seems to be the best medicine and the irony is not lost on Mr Angove.

“The crazy thing is, I’ve been in the indus-try 65 years and nothing has changed,” he laughed.

“I’ve got a block that no one wants to buy and I’m still stuck here.”

Thursday January 15, 2009 – Riverland Weekly • 3

■ From Page 1

Given the recent introduction of the Critical Water Allocation (CWA) initiative, growers believe any allocation increase will be overshadowed by the CWA and not affect them at all.

Central Irrigation Trust chief executive Jeff Parish was yesterday on his way to the meeting where the announcement will be made when the Riverland Weekly caught up with him.

“It’s not a good outlook and I’ve got to say it worries us head-ing into vintage with another low allocation,” he said.

Sadly, he fears that some growers may fi nd themselves at a dead end, depending on how well they have managed their water over the last few years and what they have left.

“A few may be reviewing their place in the industry after this harvest,” he said.

Winkie irrigator Gary Ashton was sceptical of the government’s methods and decisions of late.

“I reckon the government is playing games with us,” he said.

“I think we’ll get it (the in-crease) when we don’t need it, more like April.”

While critical of how things have panned out, he still kept an open mind on the future.

“I’m not sure, they might be looking out for us but it’s hard if you’re in the middle of it all,” Mr Ashton said.

“Whatever happens, happens and we’ll just do our best.

“We’re going to have to pur-chase more water.

“We’re getting by.”The resilient nature of such

By LES PEARSON

UNBEKNOWNST to many, Premier Mike Rann was in the region last week, meeting with irrigators and industry leaders in Waikerie before checking in on the town.

Citrus grower Ted Angove was part of the invited group, organised by River Murray Minister Karlene Maywald.

Mr Angove said the group had an informal lunch at the pub with the premier while dis-cussing local issues, although he himself is content with the way things are being managed at the moment.

“I really don’t have that many beefs about what is going on,” he said.

In the wake of the Critical Wa-

ter Allocation (CWA) initiative, Mr Angove said many of the represen-tatives there expressed their appre-ciation of the new idea formed late last year.

“The CWA program has given us an opportunity to hold this region together,” he said.

“We will go on from here.”

Mr Angove said the Pre-mier was very casual in his approach.

“He seems to be all right and very down to earth,” he said.

Mr Rann also visited busi-nesses in the main street to get an idea of how the district was cop-ing under the current economic climate.

“He was looking to get a feel for how the community was coping with the downturn in the industry,” Mr Angove said.

Mr Rann’s media adviser Jill Bottrall said the Premier does use this time of year to get out to regional areas and have a look

around.“It gets quiet in the Christmas

period so he will cancel appoint-ments and heads out to different regions,” she said.

“It’s good to have the oppor-tunity to go out into the region-al areas and talk to some local

people.A move backed by Mr Angove as

something “…any sensible politi-cian would do”.

Mr Angove was particularly impressed with Mr Rann’s empha-sis on the long-term future for the state.

“It wasn’t Mike Rann ’09 it was Mike Rann for the long haul,” he said.

With the Premier’s visit behind him, Mr Angove believes such tours will save politicians looking igno-rant on regional issues when mak-ing the big judgements.

He said Mr Rann was also gen-uinely praising the work Karlene Maywald has done in the region in

one of the toughest political posts in the nation.

“He’s absolutely 100 per cent behind her,” he said.

“This was a huge wrap.“I’ve thrown my 100 per cent

support behind her too.“She has one bitch of a job. “If

there was ever a job in politics you wouldn’t want, she has got it.”

Mr Angove said he believed the meeting with Mr Rann did pass on the message that the Riverland wants to be here to stay and go beyond this drought long into the future.

“I think the message got through … we’re keen to knuckle down and work our way out of this drought,” he said.

“At the end of it all, we’ll come out as a far stronger community.”

He seems to be all right and very down to earth.

Premier Rann’s surprise visit

No allocation increase expected amongst irrigators

■ DOUBTS: Winkie grower Ian Schober believes there won’t be an allocation increase in the

announcement to be made today. Photo: JANE WILSON

growers is refl ected by many right across the region, even border-line unsustainable prices hasn’t deterred Mr Ashton from work-ing harder to keep all that he’s worked for.

“If it comes to the time where we have to leave, we’re going to go out with the best looking property,” he said.

“I’m not just going to walk away from it.

“That’s why we get better at what we do.”

Fellow Winkie grower Ian Schober shared Mr Ashton’s thoughts.

“I don’t think we’re going to get any more at this stage,” he said.

That positive stance bobbed its head up once more.

“It’s ok, we’re in an indus-try that goes up and down,” Mr

Schober said.“One day, and it will happen,

it will fl ood and the wineries will want our grapes.

“I don’t want the doom and gloom to fester in the River-land.”

Waikerie citrus and avocado grower Ted Angove, again, be-lieved the allocation announce-ment wouldn’t go close to cov-ering what the Critical Water

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Letters

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Media’s making

A BUREAUCRAT re-cently told me that I am a stirrer.

I believe that if scientifi c evidence is not being carried out the general public have a right to com-plain.

The over em-phasised media pro-paganda has done nothing but destroy a healthy and prosper-ous Barmera and the beautiful Lake Bon-ney.

The older gen-eration who grew up with the Lake saw it at its best even when in drought the Lake

was cropped. Ever since Lock

3 was built we have seen an environmen-tal decline.

Doom and gloom is not the way to re-pair.

Now we have an opportunity to carry out what our ances-tors tried to do many years ago.

The trench that was dug from Nap-pers Bridge towards Lock 3 should be completed by install-ing a large pipe to fl ush salt out of Lake Bonney to below the lock.

The present si-phoning of water into the lake is only a band aid solution

and has many envi-ronmental faults.

One being the high salt content of Chambers Creek.

Pumping water in near the town using existing pipes directly from the river may be cheaper and envi-ronmentally friendly when replacing evapo-ration losses to main-tain the present level.

South Australia Research and Devel-opment have built a successful carp sepa-ration cage recently trailed at Banrock Sta-tion.

This could be in-corporated with the fresh water inlet to re-duce carp on a regular basis.

The fi sh kills are nothing new and have been evident in the past.

I collected 19 oto-lith from Murray cod in Lake Bonney during the recent fi sh kills.

One day in the main stream of the river we found 34 dead Murray cod.

The last cod found in the lake was sent to SARDI and on pre-liminary examination found it to have a blood clot in the ar-tery near the heart.

A similar size cod was collected from near Mannum at the same time.

This fi sh had the same problem; that is not connected to the health of Lake Bon-ney.

Urgent modifi ca-tions are necessary. Addressing over al-location of water through the whole Murray Darling Basin.

The practice, of managing Flood Plains as Wetlands.

Instigating an en-vironmental impact study, on all construc-tions blocking river connections to natu-ral fl oodplains.

The water savings that could be achieved by lowering lock pool levels enough to keep the fl ood plains dry as they were before locks were built.

All of these sug-gestions should make it possible for more usable water for all consumers and a healthy environment.

Malcolm Wilksch,

Loveday.

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Brad joins the Weekly team

BRAD Perry joins the Riverland Weekly as the latest member of our writing team.

He joins us after complet-ing a degree in professional and creative communication and a degree in journalism which he studied at the University of South Australia at Magill.

He is a passionate writer who has had a life long goal to develop a career in journal-ism.

He has done work experi-ence with Barossa Valley news-paper, The Herald, and has writ-ten weekly in Gawler weekly publication The Bunyip, on be-

half of his sporting clubs.Brad is looking forward to

working in the Riverland and getting involved in the com-munities.

“I have grown up amongst rural communities and really enjoy getting to know everyone and getting involved,” he said.

“The Riverland Weekly has an excellent reputation and I am relishing the opportunity to write for it.”

Brad is an enthusiastic cricket and football player and is looking forward to playing locally in the region’s highly regarded competitions.

■ NEW: Brad Perry is looking forward to experiencing the Riverland lifestyle. Photo: JANE WILSON

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BY BRAD PERRY

WITH the grape harvest un-derway, the region’s growers are struggling to battle the combination of the warmer days and water shortages.

Grapegrowers welcomed the cooler weather through-out December but now face problems as the region expe-riences hot and dry weather.

With the last two days recording 40 plus tempera-tures, the region’s grape vines are feeling the stress of the Riverland water allocations, according to Loxton Research Centre plant pathologist Pe-ter Magarey.

Mr Magarey is concerned the water shortage may have

a signifi cant impact on the crops this year.

“The lack of water will count pretty heavily on the crops as they fi nish,” he said.

“Where vines have not been well watered, they will show stress later in the sea-son.”

While the water shortage is a major concern, the soar-ing temperatures may also heavily impact on the crops.

“Water is being sucked out of crops at 10 millilitres of evaporation a day,” Mr Magarey said.

Meanwhile, some types of grapes had begun to be harvested and Peter Magarey said that good management of crops will get growers

through this tough period.“There is not really much

you can do except to use the water appropriately and use good management,” Mr Magarey said.

“Water needs to be exert-ed appropriately by the crop growers.”

Mr Magarey said that an option that has been used to fi ght the water shortage is the placing of mulch around the vines.

However, with the profi ts of the industry playing a ma-jor role, extra expenses can take their toll on growers try-ing to survive.

“In a year of very low margins, mulching is an extra cost,” Mr Magarey said.

Vines struggle in the heat as harvest begins

The heat has been turned up in the Riverland after a cool start to 2009

Summer splashes

into season■ From Page 1

The pair enjoyed their time at the Renmark Riverfront Holiday Park opting to take a canoe out for an early morning paddle before the heat set in.

Meantime, Murray England and his family, from Mount Gam-bier, continued a family tradition of enjoying a Riverland holiday, despite the conditions.

“We used to come up here when we were younger, now the kids are up here,” he said.

The family had brought their boat so the younger family mem-bers could use the ‘Banana Boat’

they had received for Christmas.Laureen Eldridge, visiting from

Mount Gambier, even had a plan to escape the heat when it hit its peak.

“We hibernate under the trees and umbrellas even when it gets really hot,” she said.

Swimming pools all over the region had their busiest days of the year as many fl ocked for a dip in the water.

Waikerie Swimming Pool man-ager Leslee Wallace, said that it was great to see around 40 people turn out for the fi rst two hours of the pool’s opening on Tuesday and even more in the evening.

“People were bringing picnic teas and enjoying the water and the shade,” she said.

“It’s so lovely to see so many people at the pool on such a hot day.”

Delis had fully stocked ice cream fridges in preparation for the hot weather and the locals took advantage of the treats.

Keryn Johns, from Bonney Deli in Barmera, offered a range of milk-shakes, thick shakes and ice creams which were greatly appreciated by those who braved the heat.

“It was a much busier day on Tuesday with the temperature over 40 and we sold a higher than nor-mal number of ice creams,” she said.

The high temperatures came as a bit of a shock to locals after a relatively cool December which recorded only nine days of over 30 degree temperatures.

So far the summer is on track to record a higher average temper-ature than in January of last year, during which an average tempera-ture of 34 degrees was recorded.

With the Bureau of Meteorol-ogy predicting high temperatures over the next three months, it is looking like the remainder of the summer is set to be scorching.

■ WATERFALL: Hannah Zambelli, 3, Arabella Golswothy, 4, Max Golsworthy, 7 and Archer Zambelli, 6 escaped the hot weather under the waterfall at the swimming pool at the Renmark Riverfront Holiday Park. Photos: JANE WILSON

■ COOL BANANAS: Tayla England, Jessica Case and Sarah England, from

Mount Gambier, keep cool on a banana ride at Martin’s Bend.

RIVERLAND WEEKLY photog-rapher Jane Wilson showed just how keen she is to get the perfect shot this week.

In 41 degree heat, she was taking photos of children jump-ing into the river from the back of a boat.

After a few photos, with the kids having a great time, she asked them to jump a bit closer to where she was situated.

Unexpectedly, one of the children jumped in with such force that Jane was splashed,

along with her camera. In a frantic moment she held

up the camera to protect it and was hit with a large amount of water.

The resulting shot is this week’s page one photo.

So who says that photogra-phy is an easy job?

You’ll be glad to know that Jane’s camera survived the drenching and will continue to provide the Riverland Weekly with the beautiful shots we’re renowned for.

No dampener for Jane


Local fi shing identity brands...

New cod fi shing laws poorly thought out

By LES PEARSON

COBDOGLA fi sherman Brian Bochow has slammed the State Government’s recent Murray Cod fi shing ban legislation, claiming it is too vague and does not address the issue at hand.

He said nearly 40 large cod were found dead last year, be-lieving they had possibly died due to being inadvertently caught multiple times and this ban was put in place to prevent that happening.

“I don’t think there’s as many cod left in the river as people think,” he said.

According to Mr Bochow, under the new legislation, peo-ple can still hook cod and bring them to the side of the boat, which he believes to be contra-dictory to what the fi shing ban is designed to do.

“It’s not until they lift it out of the water for that trophy shot that it’s illegal,” he said.

“I think that’s very, very wrong.”

The speed in which it was enforced also has Mr Bochow, and reportedly other fi shermen in the area, quite frustrated.

Mr Bochow claims there was little or no public consultation on the legislation.

“It was just handed down through the Rann Government within seven days,” he said.

Mr Bochow said there is also no legislation against lure size

and those using similar lures to target cod can argue the point they are fi shing for callop.

He believes the whole legis-lation is borderline impossible to enforce.

“There is no Fisheries pres-ence on the river at all, so how are they going to police it?” he said.

Going on what the legisla-tion states, Mr Bochow believes the cod fi shing ban is in place to wait until a fl ood comes to wash the cod fi ngerlings into shallow

water for numbers to replenish properly.

Given the ban is in place for 12 months, Mr Bochow said it indicates that the government is expecting a fl ood soon.

He said the ban should be in place until the river fl oods if that is the case.

“If they’re waiting for a fl ood, enforce it until the fl ood comes,” Mr Bochow comment-ed.

“If they’re going to close it, close it completely.”

He feels the answer is in ar-tifi cially breeding the fi sh in the river system.

“South Australia needs to get their proverbial head out of the mud and look to artifi cial propagation,” he said.

Mr Bochow said this tech-nique is well utilised upstream in NSW between locks seven and eight and the South Austra-lian Research and Development Institute has the resources to do something similar.

■ ANGLING ANGER: Fisherman Brian Bochow is disappointed by the new laws regarding cod fi shing. Photo: LES PEARSON

By LES PEARSON

KIDS looking for something to do over the holidays should really look into taking part in the Cobdogla Caravan Park’s junior fi shing competition.

Held on Saturday, January 24, at Cobdogla, the competition encourages families to get into fi shing in the river and organiser Brian Bochow said it is going to be a great event if people sup-port it.

According to Mr Bochow, it is the fi rst ever children’s catch and release fi shing competition in South Austra-lia.

All fi sh caught will be weighed, cal-lop will be returned to the water, while redfi n and carp will also be weighed but disposed of as legally stated.

Product prizes will be handed out for carp and redfi n, while callop catch-es will be rewarded with cash prizes.

Mr Bochow said the Cobdogla Car-avan Park should be congratulated on such a great initiative.

“It’s about getting kids out from behind their computers and all the negativity and doing something posi-tive with the river while it is in front of them,” he said.

Cost of entry is $20 per family, no matter how many members it con-tains.

All children must be 16 and under and supervised by an adult.

Fishing can be done by boat or bank, bait or lures.

The action gets underway from 7.30am to 3.30pm.

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■ NEW LEADER: Matt Patterson is the new principal at the Riverland Christian School.

Photo: JANE WILSON

By ROB McLEAN

WHEN Matt Patterson moved to the Riverland for a lifestyle change, he didn’t expect he would soon become the principal of a local school.

This year will see Matt replace well-loved Bill Greenslade in the role of principal at Riverland Christian School.

Having moved to the Riverland two years ago with wife Kym and children Erin and Anika, Matt has developed a feel for the area.

“We wanted to slow down and take a breather and try my hand at something else, which was the block,” Matt said.

“I don’t regret it.“I think the fact that you can

be on your block and it’s very peaceful and quiet but it’s not far to services is really nice.”

While life on the Loveday al-mond block was enjoyable, Matt was lured back to teaching, doing some relief work at a series of local schools.

Matt’s Riverland experi-ence was further enhanced by being part of the various school communities and seeing what local community life has

to offer.“What we’ve really noticed

about it (living here) is that people remember who you are,” Matt said.

“You go into the city and people don’t really connect with who you are and what you are doing.

“I enjoy recognising faces and starting up conversations.”

So when the principal’s posi-tion at the Riverland Christian School, where Matt’s two daugh-ters are in attendance, came up it was time to get back in front of the class again, ensuring the fam-ily will be staying in the region for some time yet.

He said he is looking for-ward to seeing what he can add to the Riverland through his role.

“The thing I’ve really got out of teaching in the region is that a lot of good things are going on,” Matt said.

“It’s a unique situation (the principal’s position) having been involved for a few years but now I’m coming in and looking at our numeracy and literacy, which is good.”

“I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”

Just Married

If you have had your wedding recently, bring your photos in to the Riverland Weekly at 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri, or send them to PO Box 1279, Berri 5343 or email

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Grant Schubert and Julie Choate were married in Perth on December 6.The groom is the son of Bruce and Glanys, of Loxton, while the bride is the daughter of Clive

and Lynne. The ceremony was held at Our Lady of Victories church in Wembley, followed by the reception at City West Function Centre.

The couple then honeymooned in Koh Samui, Thailand.

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■ EYE ON THE SKY: Morgan’s Mary Bayliss regularly watches the sky for any UFO activity. Photo: LES PEARSON

■ LIGHT: Picture taken on dusk of what Mrs Bayliss believes is

classifi ed as a light ship. Photo: MARY BAYLISS

■ SPOTTED: Specks in the sky hidden

amongst the clouds indicate to Mrs

Bayliss that the UFOs are real.

Photo: MARY BAYLISS

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By LES PEARSON

FOR hundreds of years hu-mans have been fascinated by the paranormal and ex-actly what is out there in this widely unknown and unex-plored universe.

Reports of UFO (uniden-tifi ed fl ying objects) sightings have been widely reported worldwide and it seems the riverside town of Morgan has sprung up as an area with particularly increased para-normal activity, according to some locals.

Morgan resident and amateur metaphysician Mary Bayliss believes she has some answers.

Mrs Bayliss grew up in Morgan and has traveled around the nation a bit but since returning to the town has noticed oddities in the skies.

With her trusty camera in hand, she even believes she has photographic evidence of such activity and while she is by no means expecting any-one to believe her, she feels her story must be told.

“It’s quite a story over the years but its all lead me to this,” she said.

“I’ve always believed in UFOs, I’ve never had a doubt.

“Its always been fascinat-ing.”

What started as a coinci-dental sighting has developed into a study and interpreta-tion for Mrs Bayliss.

After peering in on a few of her photos of clouds she had taken, Mrs Bayliss said she started noticing other ob-jects in the sky.

“I didn’t see them until I zoomed into the photos,” she said.

She continued to take pictures of the sky and clouds in Morgan in a hunt for an explanation or further evi-dence, which she claims she found.

“I was just excited that I got some on fi lm.”

It wasn’t just the objects she saw that caught her in-terest but also the shape of the clouds, more research leading to the discovery of a theory that UFOs were using clouds as a disguise.

“They’re (the ships) called transformers and they do mask themselves with clouds,” Mrs Bayliss said.

“They can change shape and cloak themselves.

“These clouds, if they look like UFOs, and they’re fairly smooth around the edges, then there’s a good chance they are and there’s lots of ac-tivity going on around them.

“I discovered them be-cause I’ve been taking cloud

photos for years and been on the internet for about 10 years, just searching, surfi ng, reading.

“I’m a bit like a sponge, if I want to know something I’ll look into it.

“It just opens you up to say, well what else is out there?”

Yes, it does sound rather far-fetched but if that was a bit much for you to take on board, brace yourself.

Mrs Bayliss said she has seen evidence of the UFOs using far-superior technology in a way unfathomable to human minds; vessels called

beam ships, linking to one another with a partly translu-cent beam.

“Believe it or not, they supply food and things that are needed from that ship to this ship,” she said.

While fairly isolated in her beliefs as far as all the theories surrounding the UFO activity is concerned, she is defi nitely not alone in regard to UFO sightings in the area.

A Morgan ferry driver, known only to Mrs Bayliss as ‘Glenno’ also reports that he has seen similar activity in the area.

“He’s actually seen quite a few weird lights out in the

same places where I’ve taken photos,” she said.

Stories of sightings and abductions in Morgan are actually more common than one would imagine, one al-leged abductee known locally as ‘Spaceman Ray’ still lingers today, as does one surround-ing a few seasonal workers some years back.

Mrs Bayliss said years ago a few young blokes working for Penfold’s had lights fol-lowing them back from work late at night.

“The story goes the car stopped and he got out to run but it just lifted him up,” she said.

Mrs Bayliss has since published a book about her research called Contact.

“I was so frustrated that none of this stuff was out anywhere except the net, so I published the book,” she said.

Despite her obvious battles with sceptics and the likes around the place, Mrs Bayliss hardly feels alone and has a strong faith behind her beliefs.

“Some of it (scepticism) can bother me but I guess I can say I know better.

“There’s lots of people like me out there.”

She said she doesn’t fear the presence of the UFOs in her encounters.

“I’m excited, like, beam me up Scotty!”

“Get me out into the uni-verse, because it’s just huge.”

“A lot of people are scared because they don’t under-stand it.

“It’s just easier to stick with the norm.”

At the end of the day, Mrs Bayliss can appreciate why people believe what they do, so she’s got her heart set on what she’s followed for so long.

“I know they’re there.”


IT is not just UFOs showing up in Mrs Bayliss’ photos.

Recently, Mrs Bayliss has managed to capture what she says are known as ‘Orbs’ on fi lm.

Pictures taken in October of her niece and nephew, whose father passed away fi ve months ago, appear to have yellow glowing circles in random areas of the photos.

Mrs Bayliss said they’re known in meta-physics as ‘celestial beings’ and emit “good energy”.

That being said, there are a few differ-ent explanations for exactly what these

orbs are.“Some people say they’re spirits, some

people out there who seem to communi-cate with them say that they’re celestial be-ings coming from another dimension to help awaken us,” Mrs Bayliss said.

Mrs Bayliss believes they are connected to the UFO presence in the area.

“Just the energy connection of what I would call ‘the intelligence’,” she said.

The orbs appear to be only showing up in her photos at this stage but Mrs Bayliss said there’s thousands of examples of orb photography out there.

out there

Orbs also emerging on fi lm

I’ve always believed in UFOs, I’ve

never had a doubt.

■ TOP LEFT: More and more of such objects have appeared in Mrs Bayliss’ photos. Photo: MARY BAYLISS

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By LES PEARSON

TONY Whateley to many, is known for being as mad as a cut snake but he is also as wise as the man who steered his wife clear of the shoe sale at Myer’s.

While that may be hard to grasp, Tony’s Loveday four-wheeled drive “playground” is coming along in leaps, bumps and bounds.

Doubling as a vegetable farm, the family property is littered with challenging four-wheeled drive terrain and I expe-rienced the range of tracks fi rst hand when Tony took me on an exclusive tour of the Loveday 4x4 Adventures site.

Four-wheeled drive enthu-siasts from all over the state are catching on to Tony’s new craze and understandably so.

First up, we tackled a new creation he calls ‘The Roller Coaster’ and it’s easy to see why.

You’ll fi nd most of Tony’s tracks are fairly aptly named, I’ll expand on that later.

The Roller Coaster is a series of steep climbs and sharp falls, one after the other, much in the same mould as your traditional theme park roller coaster.

We headed off the beaten trail and into the bush, where a series of challenging, outback style tracks awaited us.

Tight bends, more steep climbs, drops, lumps, jumps and bumps featured quite promi-nently.

If you happen to bring your missus along for a weekend, I recommend what Tony calls the ‘Boob Shaker’ track.

I didn’t ask Tony if that was the sole purpose behind the design of the track, but it’s fair to assume it would live up to its name.

There’s more fun to be had screaming through the Mallee bush, again, the appropriately

named ‘Tilt Track’ and the ‘Teas-er’, ideal tests for those drivers out there looking for a challenge.

I’ll add a little important note in here, that all the bush cruising is done on private prop-erty and not national parks.

The lookout point is well worth a gander, according to Tony, the trained eye can spot Renmark, Berri and Barmera from the top.

I couldn’t see any of those towns but I didn’t know exactly what I was looking for, the view was pretty awesome all the same.

From there, we trekked across to the series of steep ascents and descents Tony simply labels as ‘One’, ‘Two’ and ‘Three’, accord-

ing to their diffi culty.I would have labelled them

all as “Three” but that’s refl ec-tive of my four wheeled-drive experience.

Tony simply sat calmly in the driver’s seat as we plummeted to-ward what I thought was certain death before we were once again on horizontal land and headed off to the next obstacle.

The name of the creek we had to cross is hard to print without offending anyone but some might know what I’m talk-ing about if you’ve ever been up this particular creek ‘without a paddle’.

You hit the water and for a brief moment you think you’re

sinking, before you pop out the other side and off on the road again.

This takes you to a stretch of riverfront the property runs on to, perfect for camping and the likes, which quite a few adven-turers take advantage of when visiting the park.

It is along this trail you come cross the obstacle (again aptly named) Coloured Water, fast growing a reputation as one of the toughest obstacles to over-come in Australia.

The slippery grey clay climb has claimed many vehicles over its time; only the bravest dare attempt to cross.

After winding a little further along the riverfront, the track veers off into a series of red sand dunes, again peppered with climbs, descents and turns.

Then, once the dust has settled, it’s back to the Loveday Tavern for a beer and a barbie, just to cap off an intense day in the cab.

We only covered a couple of the tracks out on the prop-erty and it might take a whole weekend to get a complete taste on just what the Loveday 4x4 Adventures park has to offer.

With the picturesque Murray River to camp nearby, the option to stay is there and it’s the temp-tation to stay that gets people.

So much to explore, so many challenges, so little time, it’s no wonder this property is becom-ing a popular destination for 4WD enthusiasts across the state.

On the beaten track with our 4x4 master

■ CONFIDENT: Quietly confi dent in the driver’s seat, Tony Whateley prepares to

take Riverland Weekly journalist Les Pearson on

a ride of his terrifying four-wheel drive track. BELOW: At the peak of

one of the climbs.

■ WASHED: Charging through a proverbially named creek on one of the many challenging trails at the park.


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By ROB McLEAN

IT MAY be a little out of the way but Mally-on’s on the Murray is a real little treasure.

The Riverland Weekly popped in for a visit recently to the Weston Flat cafe and was delighted by its lovely surrounds.

Owned by Rita and Nick Builder, the café is located half way between Taylorville and Morgan.

The building is one of the more impor-tant properties in our region’s pioneering history.

It was built in 1841 and was located specifi cally to provide a rest stop for over-landers, who would then travel on to Over-land Corner where their next accommo-dation stop would be at the famous hotel located there.

Also on the site is the former Mallyon House Hotel, which was used for accom-modation by Cobb & Co employees, as well as tree cutters who were working in the region to provide wood for the pad-dlesteamers.

The hotel’s fi rst licensee was J. MacK-ay in 1860 and was named Rest and Be Thankful for the fi rst two years, then later Mallyon’s Public House & Gardens when William Mallyon took over in 1867.

If you think there is a local historical icon or tourism spot the Riverland Weekly should be visiting, contact us on 8582 5500 or [email protected]

Riverland and Mallee Hidden Treasures

Part of our pioneering history

■ HISTORY: Mallyon’s was built in 1841 to provide a rest stop for overlanders. Photos: JANE WILSON

■ SPACIOUS: The cafe offers plenty of room to dine and explore the impressive array of arts and crafts on sale.

■ CHARM: The old

verandah is the perfect place for a

cool ale on a hot day. ■ HOME COOKING:

Mallyons’ menu is full of homemade delights.

■ RUSTIC: One of the many rustic antiques that has been transformed into

something beautiful.


■ I’LL be at the Riverland and Mallee Apprentice of the Year Event this Saturday and am expecting a big night.

The Apprentice of the Year is one of the more sought af-ter awards in the region and many of the winners go on to bigger and greater things in their industry.

Good luck to all of the entrants.

Community building■ THE Sturt Area Consulta-tive Committee is hosting the next in their series of com-munity capacity building workshops in the Riverland in early February.

The free training work-shop, will build on a work-shop held last year called Ef-fective Committee Meeting.

The workshop will target community organisations and clubs.

The free session will be at Oscar’s Room Waikerie Hotel, Thursday February 5, from 6.30pm.

For bookings contact 8562 2511.

Surprise visitor■ THE Waikerie Bakery had a high profi le visitor last week,

with the Premier Mike Rann stopping in for a feed.

Mr Rann was accompa-nied by Member for Chaffey Karlene Maywald at the pop-ular eatery.

The bakery was not the only local business to be vis-ited by the premier, with Mr Rann also popping into sev-eral other spots during the surprise trip to the region.

Mr Rann also managed to speak to some of our strug-gling local growers during his brief, and unannounced, visit to the region.

Pool party■ LOCAL youth aged be-tween 12 and 25 are invited to a pool party next Friday night.

Taking place at Berri’s Hayden Stoeckel Swimming Pool, the event will be held between noon and 3pm on Friday, January 23.

Admission will be free from midday to the fi rst 50 people to arrive and there will be lots of games and activities and a free sausage sizzle for lunch.

Sounds like a fun event!

River rally■ A COMMUNITY rally for a fairer deal for the Low-er Murray will be held at Murray Bridge on Saturday.

The rally will be held at Edwards Square from 4pm to help show that the com-munity needs a fairer deal for the Lower Murray.

Speakers include Mem-ber for Hammond Adrian Pederick, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and some local speakers concerned about the plight of the riv-er.

The event is sure to draw a large crowd.

Ambassadors’ busy lead up■ WITH the Mardi Gras edging ever clos-er, the girls involved in ambassadorial du-ties are getting very busy with their fund-raising events.

This weekend will see two events held.

Riverland Weekly columnist Pamela Perre will hold a

Girls Night In at the Loxton Sporting Club tomorrow night (starting at 7pm, the cost is $10).

Apparently you need to bring a bowl to soak your soon to be clean jewellery in.

Meantime, Nicole Langford will hold the Dogs and Snakes

concert at Loxton North Football Club on Saturday.

The $12 cost in-volves live band, the Door Snakes, while the dog part of the night is the hot dogs that will be sold to help your energy levels to dance up a storm. ■ PAM PERRE

Kochie’s love for our river■ National television ce-lebrity David ‘Kochie’ Koch is set to become the face of the river.

The former South Aus-tralian will head up the State Government’s $620,000 ad-vertising campaign to pro-mote the struggling river communities.

Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith said the cam-paign will aggressively tar-get the Adelaide market, en-couraging city residents to travel the short distance to fi nd out about our river and all that it has to offer.

“This campaign will as-sist in ensuring the tourism industry reaches its expen-diture goal of $6.3 billion by 2014,” Minister Lomax-Smith said.

A Port Adelaide sup-porter, Kochie’s ad tells how much he loves the river.

“The brief was simply to talk about his favourite river experiences, resulting

in a genuine and affection-ate portrayal of the Murray River,” Minister Lomax-Smith said.

“Tourism is an impor-tant economic driver for the Riverland and Murraylands - never more so than now -

and I am confi dent Kochie’s infl uence will encourage people to explore these re-gions.” During the 30 sec-ond advertisements, Kochie refers to the Murray River as the “lifeblood of the coun-try”.

■ CAMPAIGN: David Koch (right), pictured with fellow tv host Mel Doyle, is set to appear on city screens spruiking the river’s charms.

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■ VISITOR: Mike Rann.

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Woodleigh celebrates 20 years

■ KITCHEN WHIZ: Lyn Nickolai (above), pictured with Kaitie

Francis, Skyla Schulz, Piper Gibbs and Jaylen Skinner,

is always coming up with

healthy new dishes for the children at

Woodleigh.

■ PAPER WORK: Sheryl Pontt (left)

gets a hand with the offi ce work from

Tia Dahlitz.

■ SERVICE: Tania Kurtzer (centre) is one of three staff who have worked at Woodleigh since it opened its doors 20 years ago.

■ BABIES ROOM: Deb Row with Jonty Koehne, Zavier McLaughlin, Oscar Burgemeister and Hope Campbell in the babies room

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Woodleigh celebrates 20 yearsADVERTISING FEATURE

LOXTON District Children’s Cen-tre, more affectionately known as Woodleigh, celebrates its 20th birth-day this month.

Opened back in January 1989 with seven staff and a 27 children capacity, two decades on the centre has grown to accommodate 51 children employing a total of 20 full time, part time and casual staff.

Jo Mitchell has been the director at Woodleigh for the past 11 years and said it was a great achievement given the uncertainty surrounding the childcare facility a while back.

“At one stage the centre looked like it was going to close and that was some 12 or 13 years ago,” she said.

“It’s just got bigger and bigger.”Mrs Mitchell said Woodleigh has

well and truly established itself in the Loxton community and the 20th

birthday was something to celebrate.“We’re seeing children who came

here years ago have their children coming to the centre,” she said.

“I suppose it does make you feel all warm and fuzzy.

“Woodleigh is now a part of the Loxton community.”

Mrs Mitchell said the centre has been a great training ground for young budding childcare workers in the region as well, further adding to its community value in the town and the district.

As far as why Woodleigh is so successful, Mrs Mitchell considered there were a number of factors be-hind it, starting with staffi ng.

“We’re very selective when em-ploying staff,” she said.

“Our employees show real care about the children here and their families.”

Mrs Mitchell takes particular pride in Woodleigh’s personalised service and introductory process which involves parents and children meeting all the childcare profession-als and getting familiarised with the environment.

Woodleigh is a big supporter of primary care, involving childcare professionals each allocated to small groups of children to maximise support, while also making observa-tions and developing each child’s individual work portfolio.

“Ultimately, the program is set up for children to have fun, with a real focus on play,” Mrs Mitchell said.

“It’s the best way for them to form relationships with the other children.

“They learn all the lessons of life while they’re playing.”

Centre gets bigger and bigger

■ WELCOME: Jo Mitchell, the director of Woodleigh (left), started at the children’s centre as a cook 20 years ago. She is pictured with Jaylen Skinner, Skyla Schulz, Kaitie Francis, Deb Row (also an original staff member) and Piper Gibbs.

■ FUN: The sandpit is a favourite with (from left) Skyla Schulz, Zahli Duthie and Piper Gibbs. Photos: JANE WILSON


Lake Bonney Holiday Park: The fun parkADVERTISING FEATURE

BARMERA’S Lake Bonney Holiday Park is one of the best known facilities of its type in South Australia.

Now operated by Dis-covery Holiday Parks, the 10 hectare holiday resort is situated right on the shore of the picturesque Lake Bonney, which remains a viable tourist attraction, despite negative percep-tions about water levels.

The park is situated in

the heart of the Riverland, central to most tourist attractions and offers a wonderful setting for cara-van, camping and accom-modated holidaying.

Barmera has a Mediter-ranean type climate which provides more sunshine hours than the Gold Coast.

The park attracts tour-ists and holiday makers all year round.

The lake is totally

ideal for sailing, canoeing, windsurfi ng, skiing, boat-ing and fi shing.

The park also has its own boat ramp.

A swimming pool has also recently become a welcome addition to the park.

Further to the 250 powered and unpow-ered sites and 10 en suite caravan sites, guests have a wide variety of

accommodation options available.

Cottages and cabins range from budget cheap and cheery cabins, to de-luxe lake view villas with huge front decks over-looking picturesque Lake Bonney.

Lake Bonney Holiday Park is a franchise member of Top Tourist Parks of Australia.

Lakeside park is top notch

■ VILLA: Lake Bonney Holiday Park has deluxe lake view villas with huge front decks overlooking the lake. Photos: JANE WILSON

■ COOLING: The new pool is popular with children and their parents and (inset) is well maintained by caravan park manager Harold

Willcourt.



THE Lake Bonney Holiday Park has been a long standing feature of the Barmera landscape, attracting tour-ists from all over the country.

Formerly owned by the com-munity, the park was purchased by Mary and David Axon, who under-took a series of upgrades to improve the facility.

Discovery Holiday Parks took over the business three years ago and continued developing the facility with a $1 million project to

further upgrade accommodation.Seven new cabins were added to

the park, fi ve of which are the largest in the Riverland.

These Lakeview Villas over-look the lake and are sited to take advantage of the magnifi cent sunsets Barmera enjoys.

Lake Bonney has always been a family holiday destination and Discovery Parks has continued to support that culture with the supply of many new facilities designed for

adults and children alike.The attractions include the only

water trampoline in a caravan park in Australia. The tramp was import-ed from America in time for Easter last year and has become a very popular feature of the park.

A swimming pool was recently opened at the park, further develop-ing the family atmosphere, while also addressing negative perceptions of the lake that have grown over past years.

Plenty of family attractions■ AIRBORNE: The Lake Bonney Holiday Park’s air trampoline is another facility that is popular with visitors to the park.

The park prides itself on being a fun place to holiday. Photos: JANE WILSON

Lake Bonney has always been a family holiday destination.

■ SCENIC: Despite water restrictions the

park still retains a colourful

atmosphere thanks to drought resistant plants

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THE popularity of the Lake Bonney Holiday Park is such that regular summer visitors are rebooking their spots as they leave each year.

All of the regulars love the beach and the snag free foreshore, the new pool and the relaxed style of the park.

The short term aim of Discov-ery Holiday Parks, which owns the

attraction, is to build on the great holidays that have been enjoyed by this year’s customers, people who are now fantastic ambassadors of the lake and are telling all and sundry that it is a very enjoyable, safe and family orientated holiday destination.

Projects for the new year include another camp kitchen

to cater for campers and groups looking for cooking facilities and meeting rooms, or even just a place to relax and read a book or watch a DVD or TV.

In keeping with their family fun theme for the park, Discovery have more unusual toys like the water trampoline, in the pipeline. These are fun activities not before

seen in parks in Australia.Water restrictions have affected

all parks drawing water from the Murray Darling Basin, as a result they are installing recycling water systems which produce more effi cient irrigation systems and practices.

Gardens now feature more drought tolerant plants, including

roses, for that important blast of colour with many more to come.

Discovery will continue to upgrade cabins and facilities as part of its ongoing enhancement program.

This means the park will con-tinue to bring the regulars back to Barmera for many, many years to come.

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By TAHLEE NEILSON

BUZZ OFF! That’s what you might be thinking when you see an insect in your garden; that’s not necessarily the best attitude to have towards some insects.

Does the term “busy as a bee” mean anything to you? In most cases the more active you keep bees and other insects the less harmful they will be for you.

These days there are so many people obsessed with removing anything that may fl ower to stop attracting bees and other so called ‘nasties’ to your outdoor living space to avoid a rare sting or bite.

However, that may be making their gardens suffer.

When you look deeply at the core of your garden you will fi nd a haven for insect and animal activity.

Bees, butterfl ies, lizards, birds and even spiders, although some are a little frightening, can be very benefi cial to a garden.

Bees and butterfl ies will bring your garden alive with their colour and buzz-ing noise and are a necessity if you like to grow your own fruit and vegetables.

Rather than deterring them away, at-tract them to an area of the garden that is not often visited.

Lizards and spiders are very affective in helping to control levels of fl ies and mosquitoes, snails and slugs and other harmful bugs.

But if you can’t stand them, then attract birds to the garden; they will control all of the above insects as well as the lizards and spiders.

The other option is to plant shrubs that will attract the bad insects away from the house.

Flies are attracted to Geraldton wax and other forms of waxes, whereas there is a pelargonium available called ‘Mozzie Buster’ which contains natural citronella and does exactly what its name suggests, deters mosquitoes and also other insects.

The beauty of these plants as well is that they are very heat, dry and frost tolerant.

By ANDREW WALLADGE

AN AUSTRALIAN gardener used to be someone that had a good looking front lawn, a few roses, a productive vegetable patch (or at least a few tomatoes in summer), the odd fruit tree and a few shrubs thrown in for good measure.

Now it would be easier to defi ne the length of a piece of string. However, try this for size; one that derives pleasure from actively gardening using techniques and plants from the

world over with a quintessential Australian fl avour with strong consideration for the local cli-mate and soils.

In the past an Australian or native gardener was simply one that used exclusively Australian plants. This misses the point. The most formal gardens can be constructed entirely with Austra-lian plants and the most unruly, wild and out of control garden can now be comprised of entirely non-Australian species. This is simply a matter of how the plant material is used and maintained.

Buzz offBy my defi nition an Austra-

lian gardener could be one that has a hectare of lawn using under turf drippers with the occasional shade tree, if he or she derives pleasure from spending every Saturday morning on the ride on mower.

Others may have pleasure sit-ting in a comfortable chair with a cup of tea with the binoculars watching for new bird arriv-als and enjoying the resident songsters fi ghting among the eremophila.

Others may delight watching their children build elaborate cubby houses out of nothing amongst a stand of dense trees and shrubs.

Therefore, we have decided that an Australian gardener is one that derives pleasure from their garden whatever form it may take (within legal bounds of course), regardless of what you or I think.

The Australian fl avour has to be the combination of yourself, your preferences and the use of (particularly for us in the River-

land and Mallee on a 250mm annual rainfall) dry land Austra-lian plants.

With a rich palette of plant material from our very own fl ora, there is no excuse for not having and enjoying an Australian gar-den that is practical, unique and beautiful.

Here’s to Australia, you’re standing in it.

The Aussie gardener

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BERRI10.00am - 11.00am 44 Powell Street Ray White Berri11.30am - 12.30am 16 McLean Street Ray White Berri1.00pm - 1.45pm Scott Road LJ Hooker1.00pm - 2.00pm Lot 6 Fuller Road Ray White Berri2.00pm - 3.00pm Lot 5 409 Sturt Hwy Ray White Berri3.30pm - 4.30pm 2 Raeder Court Ray White Berri

LOVEDAY3.00pm - 4.00pm Sec 802 Loveday Road Ray White Berri

LOXTON12.00pm - 1.00pm Lot 259 Bookpurong Rd Ray White Loxton12.30pm - 1.30pm 24 Thiele Avenue Ray White Loxton11.00am - 12.00pm Sec 836 Newton Road Ray White Loxton

MORGAN10.30am - 11.30am 3 Sixth Street Ray White Waikerie

PARINGA2.30pm - 3.00pm 26 Riverview Drive

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RENMARK9.30am - 10.00am 52 Sims Parade Ray White Renmark

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12.15pm - 1.00pm Eighth StreetRay White Renmark

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MONASH3.15pm - 3.45pm Ellis Road

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In ground swimming pool, large pergola area and walk around verandah.

Loads of shedding with concrete fl oor, power, lights, plus sliding and roller doors.

If you are planning to up-grade to your second home and want the best, this home has it!

This home will be open for inspection this Sunday, January 18th between 2pm and 2.45pm at Yeo Road, Loveday.

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THERE is no better way to enjoy the Murray than with a fi ne dining experience on board Waikerie’s P.S. Murray River Queen.

The MRQ offers a range of cruises, from four nights to two nights, for the more extended holiday but for a great night out with family or friends she offers a mag-nifi cent fi ve hour twilight dinner cruise.

This gives passengers the opportunity to experience some of the most magnifi -cent scenery in the world, while sampling local wines and modern cuisine sourced from the bounty of the Riverland.

When you board you will be greeted with a glass of sparkling wine and hors d’oeuvres on the back deck.

As the sun slowly slips away, a stunning three course meal is served and the live entertainment kicks off a night to be remem-bered.

The MRQ can cater for over 90 guests and she can also accommodate up to 60.

The graceful vessel is a fantastic venue for your next

night out. The P.S. Mur-ray River Queen is also the perfect spot to host special occasions such as weddings or conferences.

■ GRACEFUL: The Murray River Queen is a wonderful place to experience fi ne dining on the river. Photo: JANE WILSON

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MAIN MENU ALSO AVAILABLE 7 DAYS

Thursday January 15th

• Charity for all Bingo at the Loxton Club, Bookpurnong Tce Loxton, eyes down at 7:30pm, proceeds to Mardi Gras. Phone Deb Ball on 0428823924 for more information.

Friday January 16th

• Loxton Mardi Gras Fundraiser ‘A Girls Night” for Ambassador entrant Pamela Perre at the Loxton Football Club from 7pm, cost is $10 and includes supper. BYO bowl to soak in and nail polish. Phone Lyn Schmaal for more information in 0438846164

• Don’t have anything to do these School Holidays? Come and join the friends of CYH centre in Cornwall St Berri from 10am - 12 noon, this week is ‘Physios’. Phone Val 85802526 or Monica 85822338

Saturday January 17th

• Riverland Farmers Markets, every Saturday morning, 7:30am – 11:30am, Crawford Tce, Berri. Phone the Market Manager on 85824864 for more information.

• Cobdogla Irrigation and Steam Museum Twilight Diesel Train rides, Park Tce Cobdogla. Phone the Barmera Visitor and Information Centre on 85882289 for more information

Saturday January 17th cont.

• Loxton Mardi Gras Fundraiser ‘Dogs and Snakes’ for Ambassador entrant Nicole Langford at the Loxton North Football Club from 7pm. Cost $12p/p which includes live band, The Door Snakes. Phone Nicole on 0439406823 for more information

Sunday January 18th

• The P.S Industry will be steaming at 11am and 1:30pm, the cruises run for one and a half hours and depart from the Renmark town. Phone the Renmark Visitor Information Centre on 85866704

• Pace Makers Bingo at the Berri Hotel eyes down at 2pm, proceeds to Riverland Women’s 8-Ball. For more information contact Dianne 85838267

Tuesday January 20th

• The Barmera Library has an exciting School Holiday program from Tuesday 2pm - 3pm. This week learn about a frog’s life with special guest Cindy Shorrock. Phone the Library on 85882872 for more information

• Riverland Gem and Mineral Club, workshop in Glossop from 3pm - 5pm. For more information and directions phone Dennis on 85823430.

January 15 - 21January 15 - 21

Community Events File

Got an event for our File? Phone 8582 5500 and let the Riverland and Mallee know about it!

Community events fi le is for not for profi t organisations and events are listed at the discretion of the Riverland Weekly management. We recommend you verify details of events listed with the relevant organisation.

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Lot 6 Fuller RoadRay White BerriRLA 195714Bronte Manuel 0439 828 882

Price $415,000Inspect Saturday January 17

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A ONE acre paradise dream that allows indulgent

family living with this su-perb designer residence in a blue ribbon locale and con-veniently established on the fringe of the Berri township.

Through the lead light entry door, be enchanted at the gorgeous features on offer with coffered ceilings and ornamental cornices within the formal dining and lounge rooms.

The free fl owing fl oor plan has roaming space with its lofty high brick feature walls incorporating raked ceilings and exposed timber beams which add extra character and charm to this unique residential property.

The master bedroom is certainly a delight with its ensuite and walk in robe while the stunning glass French doors are inviting to witness and enter scenic views of the glistening resort like in-ground swimming pool.

It is landscaped and ad-jacent to the newly erected entertaining area which allows you to laze about and

enjoy those summer days whilst supervising play in the pool.

Upstairs is a loft which will offer quiet nurturing moments or a peaceful read and has polished timber fl oors and large picturesque windows providing infi ni-tive views of the Katarapko wetland.

Outdoors accompa-nying this grand home is established tall shady trees, expansive lawns and restful gardens. At the rear is fruit trees, gazebo and a tennis court for the children to make a racquet.

To keep the garden

green & preen there is a fi ve meg water allocation, fully automated irrigation system and bonus shedding which will be perfect lockable storage for extra vehicles or storage.

What more could you ask for? Don’t dream it, just live it!


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THERE’S nothing quite like watching the sunset on the Murray River while relaxing on the top deck of one of the luxuri-ous vessels available from Quality Houseboats.

Proprietor Jim Mur-phy has assembled South Australia’s fi rst houseboat en suite fl eet, the only fl eet of quality house-boats in South Australia, which offers individual

bathroom facilities to each queen sized bed-room.

Last year, Quality Houseboats took out the gold medal at the 2008 South Australian Tourism awards in just its eighth year in business.

Now boasting a fl eet of fi ve houseboats depart-ing from both Mannum and Blanchetown, Qual-ity Houseboats has an

option to suit any needs, all with excellent facili-ties that will impress at simply unbeatable prices; with costs per head start-ing at $35 per day.

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the Murray Matrix and Murray Meanderer are beautifully fi tted out up-market boats with four queen sized bedrooms, all with individual en suite bathroom facilities.

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Ring Quality House-boats and Jim will be very happy to discuss these options with you - and then arrange for you to hire the boat of your choice.

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Snakes and LaddersARE the kids tearing the house apart these holidays?

Do yourself and them a favour, beat the boredom and have a great day out at Mildura’s all ages playground Snakes and Ladders.

Offering hours of full-on physical fun, kids will run themselves ragged on the action-packed playground featuring a huge 50 metre slide, rocking giraffes and pedal buggies.

Open seven days a week for the summer holidays, pack the towel and go wild on the freestyle Hippo Waterslide, 125 feet of wet and wild fun on one of the world’s largest infl atable waterslides.

Snakes and Ladders also boast a fun and challenging 18 hole mini golf course set to chal-lenge any man and his putter.

With barbecue facilities and lawned picnic areas, it’s a great place for parties and gatherings.

Group, work and party bookings are also available.

There is a kiosk full of yummy goodies is also available, full of cold drinks, ice creams, chips, lollies, pies and pasties.

Make a day trip of it and come down to Mildura and ex-perience the fun of Snakes and Ladders for yourself.

Mildura Wave poolIMMERSE yourself in a wet and wild world at Mildura Waves this summer.

There is an untapped amount of fun to be had as the

weather heats up and there’s plenty of things to dive into.

Venture down next Tuesday for the big splash competition between noon and 1pm, while the wave pool will keep the kids happy for hours on end.

The waterslide operates on

Sunday between 1pm and 4pm.Free swimming assess-

ments run between 10am and 11.30am, on January 19 and 21, with Aquaplay sessions between 9.30am and 11.30am, ideal for the younger children to get into swimming.

Wet and wild fun

■ SLIDE: The water slide at Mildura Waves is a popular attraction for youngsters looking for some aquatic fun.

Greetings from Mannum Caravan Park

By KIRSTY MacGREGOR

WELL after a year where water, or rather the lack of it, has dominated our every waking thoughts, ferries have gone and come back again.

The global economic crisis has hit, yet we are seeing resur-gence of the ‘Family Holiday’.

Mannum Caravan Park was full to capacity between Christ-mas and New Year’s with fami-lies all with one thing on their mind, to get out of the city and relax by the river, boats, jet skis and canoes were out in force.

Houseboats once again fi led up and down the river.

Children swam and played in the river and every one just relaxed totally.

Christmas day saw Santa come to the Mannum Caravan Park and give lolly bags to the kids and so the memories of childhood begin.

Visitors have come from Ad-elaide but we have also seen an increase in holidaying families from Victoria, mainly Horsham area, where in just fi ve short hours they can be on the river here at Mannum and relaxing.

For the towns along the Murray and in particular those below Lock 1, the visiting public is a welcome sight people are genuinely interested in their river and with the emergence of websites like Discover Murray and hard working operators along the river the adventure has only just begun.

From all on the river, we hope every one has safe holidays and remember to enjoy and treasure your family and friends.

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Lake CullullerainePUT the feet up and relax on the shores of beautiful Lake Culluleraine at the Lake Cullulleraine Caravan Park.

With 58 powered sites, 20 un-powered sites, large lawned camping sites and cabins available, there’s a

camping option to suit all holiday makers.

The lake’s perimeter measures 11 kilometres and given its shallow depth it is perfect for safe swimming, fi shing, skiing and canoeing.

Free electric barbecues and seasonal kiosk (open now) are just a few of the feature facilities the park

boasts, so book now and enjoy the friendly hospitality on offer.

Lake Cullulleraine is also perfect for school camps with a large camp hall at the park.

It’s been a popular destination for classes in the past, so schools better get in quick before camp times are all booked out.

Big River StayzLOOKING for that perfect geta-way but don’t want to leave those homely comforts behind?

Big River Stayz is the perfect answer.

Suitable for couples, families and corporate bookings, the unique home is situated in Berri, the hub of the Riverland region.

The home has been brilliantly renovated with modern décor, clean line furnishings and appliances through the home to make the home even more comfortable.

Featuring two bedrooms, well-equipped kitchen, bathroom, lounge, laundry and an outdoor entertaining area, the holiday home ensures an easy transition from the hustle and bustle of everyday life into relaxing holiday mode.

It’s all within walking distance of the township, shopping complex, hotel, cafes, river, walking trail, park and sporting facilties.

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■ FATHER and son Dennis and Craig Treloar (Berri), Malcolm Inglis (Renmark RSL), Graeme Huppatz (Loxton), Roger Davies (Waikerie) and Darren Piltz (Moorook) were the section winners at Sun-day’s North Eastern Region 4 men’s bowls state singles tournament at Renmark RSL.

Twenty-four players took part in the event. Five of those to win through to this Sunday’s knock-out fi nals back at the RSL greens, Dennis Treloar, Inglis, Huppatz, Davies and Piltz, all went through their three game sectional series undefeated.

On the other hand, Craig Treloar and Terry Thurston both fi nished on two wins but Treloar pro-gressed on ‘shots up’.

Thurston in fact de-feated Treloar 21-17 in the opening game but Treloar’s better shots up aggregate in the other sectional games put him six shots up over-all giving him victory on the day.

Inglis, Huppatz, Davies and Piltz all had reason-ably comfortable passages to the fi nals but Dennis Treloar had a real scare and had to dig deep for a last bowl 21-20 win over Dixie Lee (Renmark RSL) to en-sure his progression to the next stage.

Piltz’s effort in making the fi nals from the sec-ond division competition is noteworthy, especially when taken into account that he had to play the very consistent John Van

der Wyst, who would have gone into the event as one of the favourites.

Van der Wyst also went down 21-20 (another last bowl of the day win) to one of the big improvers in Riverland bowls, Pieter Raams (Berri).

Raams recently teamed up with Berri second grade skipper Des Button to win through to the regional semi-fi nals of the state pairs upsetting several top ranked teams.

On Sunday at 9am Piltz plays Dennis Treloar and Craig Treloar meets Hup-patz, with the winner of game one to play Davies and game two victor to meet Inglis.

Final impact■ MEANWHILE, a couple of last Saturday’s men’s pennant results may have a signifi cant impact of the composition of the Divi-sion One fi nal four at the end of the minor round.

Waikerie’s upset win over Loxton at Waikerie gave it a 15 point buffer in fourth spot, which it may well require, while under performing Renmark RSL, grand fi nalists last season, did not do its major round chances a lot of good by going down to bottom side Lyrup.

As an aside, RSL play-ers were very impressed by their conquerors and in particular by the women’s contribution in the Lyrup rinks with Sue Lloyd “bowl-ing brilliantly at number three for David Bollenha-gen”.

The reason Saturday’s results may be super im-portant?

Not so comfortable travellers Waikerie play only one of its remain-ing fi ve matches at home, while Renmark RSL, which loves its own turf patch, enjoy the reverse, four at home.

And before cries go up! Fifth placed Barmera are home for two out of fi ve and bottom ranked Lyrup can help shape the four, even if fi nals may appear out the window, in its year of promotion as it also has two at home, including Waikerie on January 31.

■ HAT TRICK: Can Berri, pictured celebrating last season’s premeirship, maintain its dominance of local cricket and win a third straight title? It would take a brave man to bet against them. Photo:LES PEARSON

■ I WATCHED an hour or so of Sunday’s one day A Grade cricket grand fi nal between Berri and Monash at Barmera and the thrilling fi nish got me thinking about the battle we appear to have ahead of us before the major premiership is decided.

Berri took out the one day pennant in a cliffhanger and with its marvelous record it would take a brave man to tip against it winning a 2008/09 title double and making it three ma-jors in a row.

‘Doc’ Clifford, in the batting, and skipper Simon Frankel, in the bowling, are the main-stays and both are poten-tial match winners, while a return to his 2007/8 powers by young bats-man Chris Scholefi eld would be a bonus.

Monash’s two dif-fi cult run pursuits last weekend, one successful the other nearly, oozed maturity, with its expe-rienced group of Dave

Gegoric, Jake Albrecht, Jason Trew and David Hastwell showing the way.

It may only require recent form from players like Josh Deren and Mick Radak to be converted to real purple patches for the club to be right in the premiership frame.

Wa i k e r i e - Ra m c o ? Who would wager against a side boasting three re-cent Riverland Cricket-ers of the Year; Andrew Duffi eld, Kym Taylor and Glynn Muster.

That trio holds the key as the side does not appear to have the depth of recent seasons.

A reported injury to ‘Mussy’ is a concern but that would be compen-sated for somewhat if Taylor could get right back to his prime batting form.

Renmark, back in the big time in 2008/9, could run over the lot in the journey home if it is able to settle a side that contains (at least the ma-

jority of) skipper Derek Stevens, Danial Shaw-yer, Simon Turk, Brodie O’Dea, Ben Jones, John Persinos and even Luke Fitzsimmons.

Throw in their prom-ising rookies and any-thing like the best Ren-mark line-up could prove to be the best RTCA A Grade unit come fi nals time.

Loxton would no doubt be slightly disap-pointed at its more re-cent performances and looks like the side that will miss.

However, its youth and enthusiasm and obvious player depth af-ter struggling to survive only a season or so ago is a credit to all involved and their time will come – particularly if they can keep the likes of their three zone representa-tives Ryan and Tim Ar-nold and Craig Fisher, with Adam Walker and Les Pearson amongst a line-up that can become more settled.

Berri title favourites

Region 4 bowlers battle it out

■ AIM: Bowls veteran Dennis Treloar is among contenders for

the Region 4 singles title.

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■ I spoke to an enthusiastic Ruth Strout, our Australian triathlon representative, ear-lier this week.

Ruth had just returned from an event at West Lakes on Sunday and apart from being thrilled that she was continuing to make up ground on the trendsetter in her division, Trudy Fenton, was also excited at the performances of her fellow Riverland-ers Megan Taylor, Ellie Garrard and Ian Worsfold.

Ruth led Fenton out of the water, was humbled by her power cycling opponent in the next stage but had a great run to fi n-ish off.

Ruth has traveled regularly overseas to compete in World Triathlon titles but will not take part in the Gold Coast event this year.

However, still recovering from yet an-other fairly serious injury, she casually re-marked that she has planned “a bike ride to Mildura, another to Adelaide and her fi rst full marathon in 2009” amongst the regular triathlon program.

Ruth, as always, was full of praise for Taylor who “fi ts in training as she can” in a busy life but improved on her previous Tinman (300 metre swim, 13 kilometre cycle, three kilometre run) time.

Garrard, 14, won her age group and was again the fi rst female to fi nish and placed 10th overall in the Tinman event, while 15 year old Ian Worsfold, in his fi rst triathlon, fi nished second in his age group and was third over the line after an excellent cycle

leg and smooth run.West Lakes will host another event over

the January long weekend.

Rose stars again■ SA Powerlifteing has announced its 2008 Lifters of the Year with Barmera’s Rose Gow winning the female award and Adelaide’s David Wescombe-Down the male.

The winners are arrived at by using a formula that takes into account total weight lifted for the season times body weight.

Runner up in the female award was Barb Juers (Kingston-on-Murray) with Tan-ya McMahon (Barmera) third, while in the male section Aaron McFarlane (Adelaide) was second and in an outstanding perfor-mance for an 82 year old, Barmera’s Trevor Vanstone was third.

The 10 strongest lifters in order on formula were Gow, Juers, Wescombe-Down, McMahon, McFarlane, Lee McKin-non (Barmera), Vanstone, Sheryl Rapson (Winkie), Dean Jenkinson (Adelaide) and Malcolm Barber (Gumeracha).

Earlier this month the association held its AGM in Adelaide with Kingston-on-Murray’s Don Juers re-elected as president, Gow as an administration offi cer and Jade Farrelly as records keeper.

With the SA body now a member of the Drug Free Powerlifting Association, stalwart Juers also has the position of drug control offi cer.

■ MY co-host on 5RM Radio’s Sports Saturday ‘BT’ has set him-self up as a ‘Super-Sub’.

I understand he intends to make himself available to any team that is looking for a player in an emergency.

It is a unique offer indeed but knowing the way the young man has thrown himself into a variety of sports since he arrived here, I honestly believe him when he says he wants to try anything that presents itself.

The mischief in me hopes he gets approaches from a sky diving team missing a member, Phillip Goodes looking for a sparring partner for his boxers, Aaron Hartwig looking for a swinger for his motor cycle side-car, Brad Gallard seeking a navi-gator for his American off road beast, Mitchell Johnson wanting someone to bowl to, the River-land Greyhound Club anxious to have a reserve ‘bunny’, or one of our netball teams after a fi ll in.

Seriously though, it really is a good idea. Even better, perhaps ‘BT’ can form a Riverland team of Super-Subs! Some hopefully that would look better than him in a netball skirt.

■ WITH Moorook-King-ston the only local football club still to name a senior coach for 2009, I under-stand a meeting next Mon-day night will hopefully provide the missing link.

We have refl ected re-peatedly in these columns on the importance of our sporting clubs to our smaller communities in particular, so no doubt the

Warriors will fi ll the posi-tion and be able to get on with their business.

Skipper Darren Van Der Woude tells me that player numbers appear okay in the camp and after a fi rst ever colts fl ag in 2008 it will be interesting to see how many of the juniors involved have an infl uence at senior level this season.

While on footy, just a

point of order. It is prob-ably not super important as everyone from offi cials to supporters seem com-fortable with the situation but unless things have changed, we have only one league, the RFL, that con-ducts two senior competi-tions A Grade and Inde-pendent.

They are not separate leagues.

■ CHANGE: Moorook-Kingston, the sole Riverland club yet to name a coach for the 2009 season, appears set to fi nalise its new leader on Monday night.

■ SUPER SUB: Local radio announcer Brett Thomas has put his name up as a super-sub for

any Riverland sporting team.

Brett’s super idea

Coach decision expected soon

Strout remains enthusiastic

I have made an en-quiry and am reliably informed that there is a team still looking for a player and they are prepared to at least ‘look’ at BT.

The Moorook Wednesday bowlers are still running on a week to week proposi-tion. Not quite skydiv-ing or boxing, but it is a start.

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RIVERLAND swimming clubs will don the club colours this weekend at the annual State Country Cham-pionships in Mount Barker.

The event is the biggest on the clubs’ calendars, Berri Swimming Club president Jenni Trewren hopeful that her crew can main-tain their outstanding efforts from last year’s event.

Mrs Trewren said the atmo-sphere is one to behold when there and inspires the competitors to bigger and better things.

“The noise made around the pool, particularly when the relays are on is absolutely huge,” she said.

“Swimmers will achieve times there that they won’t match in any other pool.”

The club will take 15 swim-mers to the meet, with swimming sensation Emily Millar likely to perform extremely well on the back of strong performances at the Berri Open Carnival a fortnight ago.

Millar has been in a rich vein of form in the last few months and after knocking off her two clos-est rivals in her pet discipline the breaststroke recently, Mrs Trewren

said she should go into the event with confi dence.

Aside from Millar, Mrs Trewren also hopes the younger swimmers can lead the way from the front in

the relays.“The 13 and under relay team,

I really expect big things from,” she said.

After fi nishing an agonising

yet admirable second to Loxton last year in the same event, those Loxton swimmers have moved up an age group and Berri will be looking to take that

vacant mantle.Other names to watch include

Nikki Harwood, Tenae Feher and Sarah Trewren.

“Katie Feher has also been backstroking beautifully,” Mrs Tre-wren said.

Competitors have been train-ing twice a day in preparation for the event, eager to get amongst the winners and post some great times.

It’s been a great year so far for the club, which has also reached great heights.

“Our summer numbers are up with the largest number of swim-mers in the pool compared to pre-vious years,” Mrs Trewren said.

It augers for a classic weekend, the 50th anniversary of the event.

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Riverland CricketA gradeWaikerie Ramco 1/238 dec. (A. Duffi eld 124, G. Muster 110 n.o.) d Loxton 75 and 87 (S. Hoff-mann 18, A. Walker 15, K. Smith 14, T. Bevan 4/25, A. Duffi eld 3/3, B. Kayser 2/17).

Berri GolfSaturday StablefordG. Branford 43 pts, T. Branford 42. Ball Winners: D. Howes 39, W. Adams 38, J. Meakin 38, K. Traeger 38, L. Smith 38, R. Thurmer 37, W. Thiele 37, S. Baylis 36.

Sunday StrokeG. Branford 70 pts, S. Baylis 70. Ball Winners: L. Campbell 71, R. Wright 71, T. Branford 72, L. Smith 73.

Friday Stableford S. Norton 21 pts. Ball Winners: D. Howes 20, W. Thiele 19, D. Badran 19, M. Cronje 18, R Sully 18.

Barmera GolfWednesday StablefordJ. Bannear 36 pts, D. Walker 36, G. Eitrich 35, N. McPherson 35.

Saturday Par CompetitionP. Jericho +6, D. Hicks +5, B. Frost +1, J. Kniter +1, T. Murfi tt 0, P. Girdler 0, C. Pickering 0.

Sunday StablefordM. Cenko 44 pts, P. Butterworth 36, M. Van Hensbergen 34, J. McKendrick 32, T. Hansen 32, I. Chamberlain 31.

Waikerie Golf Saturday StrokeDivision One: J. Sullivan 42 pts. Division Two: B. Allen 38. Voucher Winners: B. Wilson 40, S. Nitschke 39, P. Sellar 38, D. Fechner 38.

Renmark GolfSaturday StablefordR. Ormsby 38 pts, R. Forward 38. Ball Winners: G Seddon 37, G. Florance 37, G. Morrison 36, A. Cenko 36, C. Stimpson 36, M. Daws 36, G. St-impson 36, S. Tyndale 36.

Pinnaroo Line BowlsDivision One: Geranium 47 d Lameroo Red 42, Murrayville 59 d Lameroo White 34, Parilla 77 d Pinnaroo 31. Division Two: Lameroo White 56 d Murray-ville Maroon 33, Pinnaroo Blue 73 d Geranium White 27, Parilla White 48 d Parilla Red 43, Pinnaroo Gold 53 d Lameroo Red 35, Gerani-um Blue 57 d Murrayville Gold 38.

Riverland Men's Pennant BowlsDivision One: Lyrup 94 d Renmark RSL 72

W. Haby 23 l M. De Col 24,G. Milich 27 d M. Inglis 16,D. Bollenhagen 22 d R. Lee 17,S. Munro 22 d J. Van-Der Wyst 15.

Renmark 94 d Barmera 53W. Dopson 27 d J. Morena 15,M. Howe 20 d D. Kleinig 15,S. Leesue 21 d D. Wutke 14,J. Thompson 26 d H. Lockwood 9.

Waikerie 76 d Loxton 67T. Strauss 18 l P. Kimber 22,B. Harden 14 l B. Bald 18,G. Pursche 25 d V. Pavia 13,B. Burnett 19 d G. Huppatz 14.

Division Two: Barmera Red 55 drew Renmark RSL 55B. Mudge 15 l to M. Curtis 25,I. Lloyde 26 d K. Knight 14,B. Marks 14 l N. Dunstan 16.

Monash 65 d Berri 42K. Ruediger 25 d D. Button 10,M. Voight 20 d K. Breakwell 17,K. Schulz 20 d J. Davis 15.

Loxton Black 59 d Barmera Blue 50D. Vaughan 19 d D. Goldfi nch 13,G. Thom 19 d R. Kleinig 10,K. Dansie 21 l D. Hill 27.

Renmark 67 d Loxton Blue 53M. Brady drew C. Barry 21,M. Matulick 20 d P. Vaughan 18,

M. Rice 26 d D. Schliebs 14.

Moorok 94 d Lyrup 38D. Piltz 36 d N. Nattrass 8,J. White 28 d B. Packer 20,S. Pantic 30 d L. Jeltitzas 10.

Loxton Green 62 d Waikerie 57R. Lee 22 d M. Carrera 19,G. Ireland 19 l J. Smith 20,B. Schubert 22 d N. Taylor 18.

Division Three Green:Loxton RSL 74 d Loxton White 38T. Lehmann 34 d K. Taylor 5,D. Nott 21 d J. Vaughan 17,

Loxton Yellow 69 d Moorok 57R. Fielke 20 d N. Pollard 19,B. Wetherall 22 d M. Couzner 20,W. Ahrens 27 d G. Baird 18.

Monash 63 d Renmark 61A. Viney 33 d M. Lacey 13,I. Radosevic 15 l M. Warnock 24,J. Dixon 15 l M. Weiss 24.

Division Three Gold:Barmera 72 d Loxton Red 71L. Bond 21 l T. Hucks 27,K. Doughtery 17 l to B. Mattner 28,K. Brown 34 d D. Mckenzie 16.

Loxton RSL 74 d Loxton Orange 42S. Schmidt 27 d T. Strother 18,

R. Bedson 19 d M. Campbell 17,M. Wallis 28 d P. Koopman 7.

Renmark RSL 55 d Renmark 47R. Van Dam 25 d D. Parish 19,M. Van Dam 13 l to R. Minge 19,P. McDonald 17 d J. Dopson 9.

Waikerie 72 d Berri 43M. Rolton 22 d J. Lyons 10,S. Copeland 31 d N. Martin 16,H. Peebles 19 d T. Marshall 17.

Riverland BaseballBerri A d Loxton A 4, Barmera B 16 d Lyrup 2, Renmark 2 d Barmera A 0

Riverland SoftballA grade: Loxton 8 (C. Venning, M. Lidgerwood, K. Ed-monds) d Renmark 4 (A. Healy, M. Cant, S. Howard).Loxton 8 (P. Carney, C. Venning, A. Lidgerwood) d Cobdogla 0 ( J. Bonney, J. Gregory, A. Lowe).

B grade: Gerard 19 (C. Johnson, G. Abdulla, E. Abdulla) d Cobdogla 4 (W. Taylor, C. Taylor, W. Leckie).

C grade: Waikerie 20 (N. Collins, B. Fridd, K Goodrich) d Cobdogla 5 (M. Wutke, N. Taylor, M. Hayes), Loxton d Renmark on forfeit.

Country champs arrive■ HOPEFUL: The team

competing for Berri in the 13 and under girls relay at the

State Country Championships this weekend

includes (from left) Emily Millar, Tenae Feher, Sarah

Trewren and Nikki Harwood.

Photo: LES PEARSON


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FORD’S FG Falcon has won its second car of the year award, after taking home the Best Large Car trophy in the 2008 Australia’s Best Cars awards announced in December.

The Falcon XT won the hotly contested Best Large Car category for traditional family cars, ahead of established challengers and the latest large car models to hit the market this year.

“Winning an Australia’s Best Cars award is a fantastic achievement for the entire team at Ford Australia and a just reward for a lot of hard work and dedication,” Ford Australia President and CEO Marin Burela said.

“The FG Falcon has now won two major car of the year awards in as many weeks, which is an outstanding result but also a tremendous thrill for everyone involved.

“The judges’ recognition of the Falcon XT as the best large car on the market in Australia represents a resounding endorsement of the entire FG Falcon range.”

The judges praised Ford for its sustained approach to product development and for building a world-class car with its FG Falcon range, saying “Ford has made a major step forward with the FG model” and “Ford has brought Falcon back to class supremacy with its new FG range”.

The judges also recognised its advancements in engine and suspension performance: “it is clearly the best handling car of the bunch and its turbo six engine is an absolute ripper”; along with Falcon’s

ability to deliver genuine real world fuel effi ciency.

Vehicle refi nement was also acknowledged, in conjunction with the improvements to interior accommodation and packaging, with the judges saying “for drivers, the Ford’s dash layout and presentation at the wheel is among the best anywhere”.

Two other Ford models were fi nalists in the 2008 Australia’s Best Car awards, with the sports luxury G6E Turbo fi nishing second in the Prestige Car category, ahead of last year’s winner, and the Mondeo TDCi fi nishing third in the Mid-

size Car over $28,000 class.

The G6E Turbo drew high praise from the Best Cars judges in a number of key areas: “For an Australian-designed and built car to come so close to grabbing top honours in a class that has been dominated by the best from Europe and Japan

speaks volumes about Ford’s determination to make exceptional vehicles in this country.

Only once since the awards began, in 2000, was there another Aussie fi nalist in this category”.

“Performance-wise, there

are none better in the category. The G6E Turbo will outrun many in the sports car class; in this category, it’s a rocket ship.

“The G6E Turbo has some of the best seats and occupant space going. Inside the cabin there are none better in terms of

ergonomics, everything is simply laid out and easy to interpret.”

The judges also paid tribute to the Mondeo as “still one of the brightest lights in this category and its attributes will be attractive to many”.

Australia’s Best Cars are presented by the Australian Automobile Association on behalf of Australia’s Motoring Clubs, which include NRMA Motoring & Services, RACV, RACQ, RAASA and RACT.

Regarded as Australia’s most consumer-focused motoring awards, they are based on a unique objective scoring system that takes into account a wide range of criteria across three main areas – value for money, design and function and on the road performance.

When it comes to performance in the FG FALCON RANGE there’s little doubt Ford has turned its efforts to its hot-shot fl agship,

the turbocharged version of the six-cylinder engine.

The G6E Turbo will outrun many in the sports car class.... it’s a rocket ship

FG Falcon Wins Australia’s Best Car AwardFG Falcon Wins Australia’s Best Car Award


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IT SEEMS to me that if cars are in your blood then there is little hope of avoiding them.

This is certainly the case for Dale Tucker of Renmark, as his dad was a panel beater who was into GT Falcons and Chev Corvettes and his older brothers were both into cars; one was an avid Ford man and the other was into Hold-ens.

Dale’s fi rst car was an EJ Holden sedan that he began to modify but sold before fi nishing due to a lack of fi -nance.

With the money from that sale he bought an EH Holden ute that had been repainted and looked good from the outside. However, on closer inspection his father advised him to move it on and get what he really wanted and not waste any more money on modifying.

With that advice on board, Dale went out and purchased a 1968 HK GTS Monaro which he still owns today and is pretty much original in appearance apart from a wheel change.

When the Monaro Na-tionals were held at Loxton in 2006, Dale decided to enter his car because the event was so close and an opportunity not to be missed.

He didn’t win any awards, as it was neither restored nor heavily modifi ed, however he did have lots of fun at the performance day held at the Waikerie airstrip.

This gave him a taste of drag racing and it was the cat-alyst for building a drag car.

A 1984 VH Commodore sedan had been sitting in the yard for a while as a result of a trade but it was minus an engine and trans and the body was only primed ready for paint.

Dale organised to get the car painted and while this was happening fi nished building a fresh motor and trans to in-stall, all this taking place over a 12 month period.

By November of 2007 the VH was ready to race and slotted straight into the Super Street Class.

The car is painted Gloss Jet Black and runs VK Com-modore bumpers, grill, head-lights and tail-lights with Weld Wheel Draglites on the front and steel rims with drag slicks on the rear.

Internally the trim has-been redone in grey velour with a full aluminium roll cage fi tted for safety and all unnecessary items like the heater box, etc removed.

The engine, which Dale built, is a Holden 308 V8 stroked to 330ci running a solid camshaft with roller rockers and a large single plane manifold with a

750cfm HP race series carby. The heads are recondi-

tioned large valve Yella Terra and although the car has not been run on a dyno, Dale es-timates the output to be ap-prox 400+ at the fl ywheel.

A Powerglide two speed trans with a 3500rpm high stall converter operated by a Hurst Promatic shifter trans-fers the power to the GM 10 bolt diff donated by a Hold-en one tonner and running 4.44:1 gears. Brakes are stan-dard Commodore discs on the front and rear.

I asked Dale what he liked most about the car and

he said, “the instant response you get when you put your foot into it and the very con-sistent times it runs. So far the car has made about 70 passes at a number of meetings, it’s been super reliable and my reaction times are becoming even more important”.

So far its best time over the 1/8th mile is 7.95 sec-onds with an ET of 87mph but consistency has seen Dale fi nish runner up at a street meet some time ago.

More recently in Novem-ber he won the Super Street Class at the fi rst round of the Tri Series held in Mildura.

Dale would like to thank Brian Jeffery for the use of his workshop during the fi nal stages of the build up and his current sponsors, Sprint Auto Parts and the Caltex Take-away, Renmark.

He would also like to hear from anyone looking to promote their business or the Riverland outside the region, as he has plenty of room for sponsorship on the car.

The next round of the Tri Series is to be run at Coon-awarra on Sunday, January 25, and Dale is looking to represent the Riverland and put in a strong performance.

Give him a call on 0417 899 991

Cruise On 2009THE Valley Hot Rodders are hosting their Cruise On 2009 event in the Barossa Valley this coming weekend and I would urge anyone who is into hot rods and/or 50s and 60s cars to go along and have a look.

The event is held over the whole weekend, however, it is probably the Saturday night in the main street of Tanunda that is the highlight.

You can see over 200 ve-hicles on display, while the general public gets into the atmosphere, with the street closed to through traffi c, with two dance fl oors and rock ’n’ roll music setting the scene.

Dale’s black beauty

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Death

GREER, DesmondPassed away suddenly on January 9th, 2009.

Aged 73 years

A beautiful man gone to be with his beloved wife.

Sadly missed by his sons, Michael, Chris and Stephen, and brother Barry, Tammy, Karmel and his grandchildren, Dylan, Melissa, Chelsea, Daniel, Jack and Callem.

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GREER, Desmond

The relatives and friends of Mr Desmond Greer are respectfully invited to attend his funeral service to be conducted in the Riverland Funeral Chapel, 231 Twentyfirst Street, Renmark on Tuesday, January 20th at 11am.

At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Renmark Lawn Cemetery for the committal.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society in his memory would be appreciated. Donations may be made at the service.

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RIDE-ON Mower Rover 10.5hp, V.G.C., $1,900. Queen bed ensemble with head board, V.G.C. $300. Phone 0428318516

SARABAND quilted nylon bedspread, good condition green/ beige floral double bed will fit queen bed $15. Phone 85847170

TRACTOR David Brown 990, 4000 hours, good condition. $5,000 inc. GST. Phone 0447243368, at Cadell

VOLTA upright vacuum cleaner, ‘enviro vac 1400’ true hepa filter system, $35. Phone 85847170

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MITSUBISHI Magna executive 91 one owner, auto, a/c, p/steering, tow bar, 288,000km VCE075, $2,000 ono. Phone 0458144951

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BEADS and Findings, necklaces, Pandora style bracelets etc. Open Saturday and Sunday 9am- 3pm Dalziel Rd Winkie - 300m from Lavender Farm. Phone Marilyn 85832397 or 0429142702

HOUSE Clearance including single ensemble bed $150, 2 large pine wine racks $30ea, single mattresses $25ea golf clubs starting at $100 per set. Phone 0458144951

LEARN to Belly Dance the Ranni School of Belly Dance will restart for 2009 on Tuesday January 27 at the Uniting Church Hall Denny St Berri at 6:30pm for more information call Chris 0427612031 or 85821533

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MOBILE ASSISTANCE PATROL (MAP)– Based in the Riverland

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12 month position with possible extension – as per the SACS Level 2 Award

The Mobile Assistance Patrol (MAP) is a unique and essential service offered by the Aboriginal Sobriety Group (ASG). MAP provides transport to Aboriginal people under the infl uence of alcohol or other substances from public

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Cricket in the 80s12.30pm, ABC 1CRICKET luminaries reflect on arguably the most tumultuous period in the history of one of Australia’s favourite sports.

Tight yellow pants and beards were all present in the 80s and this really brings one back to earth to think we might be heading through this cycle again.

At least we’ve seen the last of Dirk Wellham, the uncoolest man to play for the Green and Gold.

I Can Jump Puddles12.30pm, ABC 1WELL, whoop-di-doo.

I hope you fall in one with a show title like that.

However, while the title of the movie is less than inspiring, the tale of Allan Marshall’s experiences while suffering from the debilitating effects of polio is.

The movie is an adaptation from Marshall’s iconic Australian novel.

Kooyong Classic Day 412.30pm, WIN TVIT’S the fourth and final day in this lead-up tournament for the open.

I was perusing the promotional material and it mentioned featuring some of the world’s top tennis players including world number 53, Ernests Gulbis.

I can imagine Enrests swinging from his jock strap on a hook in the changerooms after a run in with Raphael Nadal. The nerd should have stuck with biology.

Australian Fishing Champs12pm, WIN 10YES, I know the cricket is on right now, but flick over and catch a glimpse of this cracking piece of sports entertainment.

Australia’s top anglers return to battle it out for the title of Outdoors Champion in the Australian Fishing Championships.

With Adam Royter, Darryl Beattie and Carl Jocumsen.

Those names mean nothing to a lot of people but everything to a lurking bass.

Lleyton’s return to Oz Open10.30am, WIN TVOKAY, okay, I know you hate him.

For some reason though, I find myself going for the plucky Adelaide lad with the missus that is way out of his league.

After watching Jo-Wilfred Tsonga emerge last year, it would be good to see another potential star challenge for the crown.

It would also be good to see the end of tennis on TV for another 11 months.

It’s Me Or The Dog4pm, WIN 10VICTORIA Stilwell meets the UK’s most spoilt dogs who have their own nanny, gourmet meals on tap, their own bedroom and their own four by four.

Not such a stretch given the people I know and the way their dogs are treated.

Phone calls go something like this: “Hi mum, how is the dog, yep, are you feeding her, yep, and how are you?”

The Inauguration Of President Obama12.30pm, ABC 1 and SBSA NEWS special featuring the highlights of the inauguration of Barack Obama.

Bush leaves with little else to branch into, looking to continue to embarass himself in the business world.

Worthy of two channels covering the event, but not worthy of interrupting the Australian Open coverage. Good on you WIN!


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QUIZMASTERwith CALLUM TRIFONOFF

1. What year was former test cricketer Adam Gilchrist born in?

2. What type of horse was Phar Lap?3. What was the very fi rst episode of

The Simpsons called?4. True or False - The oldest Beatle was

Ringo Starr?5. Which Italian band sang the song

(Who Said) Stuck in the UK?6. Which cricketer has the record for

the most runs in a test over?

7. Which late actor played Wilson in the American comedy Home Improvement?

8 What year was the animated fi lm The Road to El Do-rado released?

9. What is the brand name of the fi ctional cola in The Simpsons?

10. Which Beatle quoted that the band were “bigger than Jesus”?

11. What percentage of crushed lemons is in Solo?

12. In which year did Manchester United famously win “The Treble”?

13. How many open fi nals have Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played each other in?

14. What is the average lifespan of a meerkat?

15. What corporation makes the iPod?16. Who wrote the famous novel Trea-

sure Island?17. True or False - The creator of such

animated comedies as The Simpsons and Futurama is James L. Brooks?

18. Which movie did Jimmy Stew-art win an Academy Award for as Best Actor?

19. Which two teams played in the last SANFL grand fi nal at the Adelaide Oval in 1973?

20. How many feet are in one mile?

1. 1971; 2. Gelding; 3. Simpsons Roast-ing on an Open Fire; 4. True, 5. Planet Funk; 6. Brian Lara- 28; 7. Earl Hind-man; 8. 2000; 9. Buzz Cola; 10. John Lennon; 11. Five per cent; 12. 1999; 13. Six; 14. 12 to 14 years; 15. Apple Inc.; 16. Robert Louis Stevenson; 17. False - Matt Groening; 18. The Phila-delphia Story; 19. North Adelaide and Glenelg; 20. 5280.

By BROOKE WALLIS

SPARKADIA hit the Austral-ian music scene with an im-pressive jump into the ARIA album charts at number 23 with the release of their debut album ‘Postcards’ last year.

Drummer and founding member David Hall says he is stoked to be playing at this year’s Big Day Out.

“I have been going along to Big Day Out gigs since I was 14 and I am in my mid 20s now, so it is like a dream come true,” he said.

“There is nothing better than singing to a crowd of people who know your mu-sic and love the music but the best sound is hearing them sing back to you.”.

Sparkadia are busy writ-ing songs for their new al-bum and some of the new songs will be performed at Big Day Out.

“We’re spontaneous and looking to grow, the new lyric will be a way for us to express ourselves and hopefully peo-ple will be able to relate to the sounds,” David said.

Following Sparakadia’s rapid rise to musical promi-

nence, David has some advice for younger musicians.

“Don’t write yourself off, be prepared to do anything and if you want to make it in a band tell yourself that and it will happen,” he said.

David and fellow band member Alex have been close friends from the age of 10 and have always been amazed by music from jazz to metal.

“We would go into a cheap record store and buy 30 year old records and we would take them down into a basement and learn how real songs were created,” David said.

“So, we want to produce a sound that makes people want to sing and dance, we want to see our music mak-ing people happy, to see them smile is our goal and then we can celebrate.”

After two years of writing, Sparkadia was born and “be-ing in Sydney we were lucky, we played at so many clubs and one day we just got lucky and things just suddenly took off”.

Sparkadia has spent much of the past year touring, a situation that has provided

several moments of note.“We were in Germany and

we had been for fi ve months, we had a day off and Nick went off on his own, he had been missing for a day and a half and every time we tried to ring his mobile it was off, he still says the battery was dead,” David said.

“Anyway we ended up calling the police and 11pm the night after the day he went missing he turned up absolutely stuffed and had to go to hospital, that was the most frightful experience of my life.”

Sparkadia have been madly touring and perform-ing at gigs around the world but have found time to return to Australia for the holidays.

“We don’t want to lose touch with what we have ex-perienced and where we are today, we have fi nally come home to Sydney and although we haven’t had holidays over Christmas as such we have enjoyed it,” David said.

Sparkadia is looking forward to playing at this year’s Big Day Out on Friday, January 30.

Sparking up for Big Day Out

■ BIG OPPORTUNITY: Playing at this year’s Big Day Out is an opportunity that Sparkadia is going to grasp with full enthusiasm according to drummer David Hall.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember no number

can occur more than once in any row, column or box

Sudoku

Last week’s solution:

■ QUESTION 7

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8.45 Movie: Sahara: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn and William H. Macy11.15 Rush12.15 America’s Next Top Model 2.15 Taken Out3.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Bayless Conley4.30 Leading The Way With Dr. Michael Youssef5.00 Hour Of Power

5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch7.15 Weatherwatch7.25 World Watch1.00 Baroque Academy2.00 Black Widow2.55 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison4.30 Newshour5.30 A Fork In The Mediterranean6.00 Dakar Rally: Highlights6.30 World News 7.30 Mythbusters:

The team finds out if it is possible to use bamboo as a form of torture.8.30 Iron Chef9.20 Rockwiz10.00 Movie: Empire Of The Wolves (France): Jean Reno and Arly Jover12.10 S.O.S.1.10 Cirque Du Soleil: Ka Extreme2.05 The Insiders Guide To Love2.55 Weatherwatch

5.00 Rage 6.30 Children’s Programs9.00 Q&A10.00 Inventions From The Shed10.30 Root Of All Evil?11.30 Songs Of Praise12.00 Best Of Landline1.00 Best Of Gardening Australia1.30 Message Stick2.00 War Of The

Birds3.00 Eagles: Farewell 1 Live 4.30 World Music Awards 20086.10 Kidnapped7.00 ABC News7.30 Eye For An Elephant8.30 Trial Of Tony Blair9.45 The Eternity Man10.50 Compass11.15 Pablo De Sarasate

6.00 Children’s Programs8.00 Movie: Ducktales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp9.30 Cricket: One Day Series: Australia v South Africa: Bellerive Oval, Hobart10.00 Movie: Thunder Alley: Annette Funicello1.00 Scrubs1.30 Cricket: One

Day Series: Australia v South Africa5.30 According To Jim 6.00 Seven News6.30 Outback Wildlife Rescue7.00 Hot Property7.30 The Rich List8.30 Movie: Nine Months: Hugh Grant10.40 Holby Blue11.50 Movie: Snowbound2.00 Hot Auctions2.30 Home Shopping

6.00 Mass For You At Home6.30 Hillsong7.00 Children’s Programs8.00 Video Hits12.00 Australian Fishing Championship1.00 It’s Me Or The Fat Dog2.00 Beach Cricket: Round Two: Coolangatta5.00 Ten News5.30 Sports Tonight

6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Movie: Bad News Bears: Billy Bob Thornton8.45 Movie: About A Boy: Hugh Grant10.50 The Daily Show11.20 The Office11.50 Taken Out12.30 Home Shopping2.30 Copeland3.00 Life Today3.30 Benny Hinn 3.55 Video Hits

5.00 Weatherwatch6.25 World Watch10.00 Insight Summer Season11.00 Iron Chef11.50 Cocktails12.00 Cycling: National Road Championships1.00 Speedweek3.00 Football Asia3.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial4.00 Football Feature5.00 World Game

6.00 Dakar Rally: Highlights6.30 World News7.30 Lost Worlds8.30 Nuremberg: Nazis On Trial9.40 Speer And Hitler11.20 Cycling: Tour Down Under Classic: Highlights12.20 Movie: Inheri-tance (Denmark)2.20 If The Dead Could Speak3.15 Weatherwatch

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6.00 Ten News7.00 Children’s Programs9.00 9am11.00 Ten News12.00 Dr Phil1.00 Oprah2.00 Ready Steady Cook3.00 Judge Judy3.30 Huey4.00 It's Me Or The Dog4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful5.00 Ten News

6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours7.00 Friends7.30 The Simpsons8.00 Rules Of Engagement8.30 House10.30 Ten News11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Taken Out12.30 Home Shopping 2.30 Copeland3.00 Life Today3.30 Benny Hinn 3.55 Video Hits

5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch7.15 Weatherwatch7.25 World Watch12.30 President Obama Inauguration3.00 Salam Cafe3.30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow4.00 World Watch4.30 Newshour5.30 Corner Gas 6.00 Cycling: Tour Down Under: Highlights6.30 World News

7.30 Food Safari8.00 Tales From The Palaces8.30 Long Way Down9.30 World News10.00 Movie: Operation Valkyrie (Germany): Sebastian Koch and Axel Milberg11.40 Movie: The Unforgiven (South Korea): Ha Jeong-Woo1.50 Weatherwatch

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Clubs gear up for swimming champs in Mount Gambier

■ READY: Berri Swimming Club relay member Sarah Trewren prepares to dive in as Nikki Harwood touches the wall, while Emily Millar (second right) and Tenae Feher cheer their team on. The girls will be competing together at the State Country Swimming Championships in Mount Gambier this weekend, along with several other local clubs. Full story Page 38.

Photo: LES PEARSON

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