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The Blackall Pistol Club Inc. held their annual Open Black Stump Shoot over the weekend of July 8-10. Shooters travelled from Tamworth, Glenn Innes, Murrumba, Gold Coast, Tarawera, Fraser Coast, Warwick and Cunnamulla for the event.

28 competitors lined up for various events over the three days starting with the 50m Pistol and Women’s 10m Air on Friday afternoon. Saturday’s event included the Standard Match, 25m Rapid Fire, Centre Fire Precision, Women and Mens Sport Pistol Precision, Mens 10m Air, Junior 10m Air and Sunday saw

the second half of the 25m Rapid Fire, Centre Fire and Women’s and Men’s Sport Pistol rapid fire stage. There were two Grade breaks with D Grade Kevin Lowe Fraser Coast 25m Rapid Fire with a score of 487 and D Grade Geraldine Otto of Murrumba Club with score of 321 in Womens 10m Air. Both grade breaks are now in C Grade.

The Black Stump shoot was sponsored by Guy’s Outback Workshop. The next shoot is the Terry Dendle Memorial Standard Match / Rifle Match (Pairs) to be held on Sunday July 24 with a 9am start.

-- Aub Carter Scores for the weekend 50m Pistol, A Grade Max Hogg 470 (Tamworth), B Grade John Strazzari 507 (Murrumba). C Grade 1st John Maher 449 (Tarawera), 2nd Kevin Lowe 438 (Fraser Coast). D Grade 1st Bob Campbell 452 (Warwick), 2nd Arthur Elmy 398 (Blackall). 25m Standard Match, B Grade 1st John Strazzari 522 (Murrumba). 2nd John Maher 515 (Tarawera). C Grade 1st Kevin Lowe 486 (Fraser Coast). 2nd Peter Molle 482 (Blackall).D Grade 1st Ross Allen 447 (Blackall). 2nd Len Russell 437 (Blackall).25m Rapid. C Grade 1st Noel Otto 497 (Murrumba) 2nd Ross Allen 486 (Blackall). D Grade Kevin Lowe 487 (Fraser Coast), 2nd Arthur Elmy 422 (Blackall). 25m Centre Fire. A Grade 1st John Strazzari 564 (Murrumba). 2nd Max Hogg 533 (Tamworth).B Grade 1st John Maher 526 (Tarawera). C Grade Aub Carter 517 (Blackall) 2nd Kevin Lowe 510 (Fraser Coast). D Grade 1st Len Russell 492 (Blackall). 2nd Arthur Elmy 460 (Blackall).25m Womens Sport Pistol. B Grade 1st Lyn Gilligan 492 (Gold Coast). 2nd Pam Maher 477 (Tarawera). D Grade 1st Jean Martin 427 (Cunnamulla). 2nd Karen Otto 379 (Murrumba).

25m Mens Sport Pistol. B Grade 1st Peter Molle 468 (Blackall). C Grade 1st Ross Allen 485 (Blackall)10m Womens Air. B Grade 1st Pam Maher 359 (Tarawera). 2nd Lyn Gilligan 338 (Gold Coast). C Grade Jean Martin 303 (Cunnamulla). 2nd Noelene Gleeson 302 (Blackall).D Grade 1st Geraldine Otto 321 (Murrumba). 2nd Carol Hannemann 282 (Warwick).10m Mens Air. A Grade 1st John Strazzari 561 (Murrumba). 2nd Max Hogg 530 (Tamworth).B Grade 1st John Maher 527 (Tarawera). C Grade 1st Bob Campbell 539 (Warwick). 2nd Kevin Lowe 523 (Fraser Coast). D Grade 1st Ray Otto 468 (Murrumba). 2nd Ross Allen 453 (Blackall).Junior Women 10m Air. 1st Jessica Strazzari 307 (Murrumba)Junior Men 10m Air. 1st David Strazzari 145 (Murrumba)Mens 2011 4 Match Aggregate. John Strazzari 2091 (Murrumba)Womens 2011 3 Match Aggregate. Pam Maher 1303 (Tarawera)South West Zone Champion Rapid Fire. Ross Allen (Blackall) South West Zone Champion Standard. John Maher (Tarawera)

South West Zone rapid fire champion Ross Allen from Blackall, Mens Match Aggregate. John Strazzari from Murrumba, Womens Match Aggregate Pam Maher from Tarawera and South West Zone standard champion John Maher from Tarawera.

Black Stump pistol shootThis weekend will see the Blackall

Magpies travel to Winton to take on the current leader of the points tally, the Winton Diamantina Devils.

Round 11 of the Central West rugby league draw saw the Barcaldine Sand Goannas defeat the Ilfracombe Scorpions 34-28.

The current points tally stands at Winton 16, Ilfracombe 12, Barcaldine 8, Longreach 4 and Blackall 2.

League roundup

The CQ NRL bid is continuing to gain support with recent online polls showing that central Queensland is one of the most popular locations to base a new team.

An NRL.com.au poll posing the question ‘If the NRL introduces a 17th team, where should they be based?’ saw Central Queensland topping the list alongside the New South Wales Central Coast, with each are receiving 33 percent of the vote.

Rugby League Week has posted a similar poll on Facebook which has so far seen the CQ NRL bid receive 1114 votes to come second to the central coast bid, with 1894 votes.

The third position on the list is held by the WA Reds, the proposed Perth team with 563 votes.

CQ NRL bid wins fans

INDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO

Blackall’s own community newspaper

A group of young Blackall dancers are in Brisbane this week, ready to perform in the Creative Generations State Schools showcase on Friday and Saturday which will see them perform alongside students from throughout the state.

In brief....

New cookThe Prince of Wales Hotel has gained a

new cook this week in experienced pub cook Brendon Collins who brings fifteen years experience to the position.

Creative Generations

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Seven young people from Blackall and Tambo are receiving non cash grants to assist with further education thanks to the Blackall Tambo Education Group.

Education grants

July 15 2011 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]

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Tambo touch teamIn the space of eight weeks a group of young

girls from Tambo has gone from never having played touch football to competing in the State Touch Junior Touch titles in Hervey Bay last weekend.

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Health careersHigh school students in Blackall and Tambo

will get the chance to hear about medical careers when a group of health students from the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology visit next week.

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Kyley, Hydey and Shane Storey and new addition Cody the goat at the Out-back Pioneer Centre at Slygo near Jericho.

New tourist attraction takes shapeTwenty kilometres from Jericho

on the Blackall-Jericho Road, the district’s latest tourist attraction is being developed by Shane and Kyley Storey.

Until recently Shane and Kyley ran the Universal Store and a museum in Jericho, but found the space wasn’t big enough to contain the museum’s growing collection.

Shane said the idea of running a local museum came from a passion for rescuing historical items that would have otherwise been lost, with many of the museum’s items salvaged from properties and tips around the district.

“Often when people die, their next of kin throw out all their things- old photos and possessions,” Shane said.

“Then all that history’s gone, so we try and grab it to preserve it.”

Now based at their property Slygo, the Storeys have big plans for the Outback Pioneer Centre and have already done a substantial amount of work.

The museum is now housed in a homestead that used to be located at Mafeking near Jericho, but was previously transported out from England in the late nineteenth century.

The property is also home to a menagerie of animals including goats, dogs, horses, sheep, chickens, turkeys and a joey kangaroo.

Kyley said the animals were a large part of their life, and that the property was always willing to take in unwanted pets, particularly if people’s circumstances had changed and they were no longer able to care for them.

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by VICTORIA NUGENTIn brief....

CQ NRL bid gains supportThe CQ NRL bid is continuing to gain

support with recent online polls showing that central Queensland is one of the most popular locations to base a new team.

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Human Ventures is taking the next step in handing the Shockwave festival and Creative Pathways program back over to the Central West region and looking for a regional program coordinator.

Regional coordinator

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Cattle sale cancelledCattle sales in Blackall and Longreach were

cancelled this week due to lack of numbers.

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From the Editor

Many adventure travellers are in our region right now, enjoying great weather and all we have to offer in the way of hospitality and tourism. I believe the unhurried pace of life is of great advantage to us all and it is something the travellers revel in.

School holidays are over and teachers and students are commencing their studies once again. I am sure this term will be both exciting and interesting as we are now in the latter half of the year.

The art exhibition “Outback Impressions” by local artists is currently open at the Grassland Gallery in Tambo. This is the second “Outback Impressions” exhibition by local artists from our region. It is well worth the time to have a detailed look at the delightful art works offered by our talented artists. There are two new artists exhibiting which adds to the interest as well. Congratulations to all on a wonderful exhibition.

The disclosure of the carbon tax information on Sunday certainly has brought more questions than answers. It will have an impact on the operations of every local government and business in Australia. I

would like to know who the 500 businesses are who will be taxed significantly and why did the other 500 businesses get dropped off the register as the figure was originally 1000 businesses to be paying significant taxes.

It was also pleasing to see the ban on live exports finally lifted by the federal government. It remains to be seen if the industry can obtain permits from the Indonesian authorities to get underway again as soon as possible.

The Blackall Tambo Regional Council workforce continues to reconstruct the flood damaged road network. The process of obtaining funding for flood damage through the Queensland Reconstruction Authority has proved lengthy.

The 2011/2012 budget is well advanced and will be announced at the end of July. The Blackall Tambo Regional Council is working to have a balanced budget which will have minimal impact on ratepayers in the region. With a focus on sustainability, equity, accountability and transparency, our intention is to accomplish as much as possible with available funds.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

It may be cold outside but that’s not stopping the array of activities in Blackall, Tambo and the surrounding districts.

Last weekend’s Bee Gees concert apparentally drew a crowd of around 170 people and Tambo had its share of entertainment at Sunday’s art exhibition opening.

A little further afield Jericho was holding its monthly drive in movies on Saturday night. I went along and it was honestly a fantastic night out. I’d highly recommend it to anyone thinking of attending a future screening.

There was a good crowd of people to talk to during intermission, a

barbecue dinner and a sense from

old fashioned charm in the air.

Occasions like this just remind

me that although we may be far

from the city lights, there’s plenty

of first rate cultural experiences

around the district.

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide July 17- July 23ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday July 20

5:00 Talking Heads5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Human Journey11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Everest ER2:00 Poirot3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 Angry Boys9:25 Angry Boys Bonus Scene9:30 Laurence Leung’s Unbelievable10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Wild China12:25 Life at 12:10 Teenage Kicks3:00 Big Ideas4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: McBride: Semper Fi2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Highway Patrol8:00 World’s Deadliest Roads8:30 Criminal Minds9:30 Covert Affairs10:30 Detroit 1-8-711:30 Eastbound and Down12:00 Style by Jury12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Room For Improvement4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 The Block3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block8:00 Top Design9:00 RPA10:00 RPA Where Are They Now?11:00 Embarrassing Bodies12:00 Eclipse Music TV12:30 Prime Time: What Would You Do?1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Fishing Australia3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 International News8:30 Weatherwatch and Music8:40 International News10:30 Copa América 2011: Semi-final 11:00 International News3:30 Here Comes the Neighbourhood4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:35 Inspector Rex8:30 Victorian Pharmacy9:30 World News Australia10:00 Tour de France 2011 Live: Stage 172:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

Thursday July 21

4:55 National Press Club Address6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Human Journey11:00 The Lost World of Communism12:00 Midday Report12:30 Little Dorrit1:25 Lead Balloons2:00 Poirot3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst8:30 Crownies9:30 Junior Doctors10:20 Lateline10:55 Lateline Business11:25 Songbook: James Blunt12:25 Beyond the Backyard1:20 Time Team2:10 Junior Doctors3:10 To the Manor Bowen4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Paparazzi2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 The Vicar of Dibley8:40 Law and Order: Los Angeles10:40 Off the Map11:35 Young Dumb and Living Off Mum1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block8:00 Hot Property8:30 Inside the Human Body9:30 The NRL Footy Show11:15 The AFL Footy Show1:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 PWC3:30 Good Morning America

7:00 International News7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 International News8:30 Weatherwatch and Music8:40 International News10:30 Copa América 2011: Semi-final 21:00 International News2:30 Dateline3:30 International News4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:30 French Food Safari8:00 Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure8:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations9:30 World News Australia10:00 Tour de France 2011 Live: Stage 182:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

Friday July 22

5:00 Can We Help?5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Human Journey11:00 Catalyst11:30 One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Midsomer Murders2:10 World’s Greenest Homes3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Collectors8:30 Silent Witness9:30 Hustle10:30 Lateline11:15 Beautiful People11:45 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: The Net 2.02:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL St Kilda vs Adelaide11:45 That 70s Show12:15 Alan Sugar: The Apprentice1:35 Lord Howe Island: Jewel of the Pacific2:35 Room for Improvement3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block7:30 Melbourne Storm vs Brisbane Broncos 9:30 Canterbury Bulldogs vs Parramatta Eels11:30 Movie: Any Which Way You Can1:45 Movie: Captivity 3:30 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 International News1:30 Inside the Bombay Railway2:30 The Nest3:30 Angels in New York4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:30 James May’s Toy Stories8:30 As It Happened9:30 World News Australia10:00 Tour de France 2011 Live: Stage 192:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday July 23

5:00 rage10:00 rage Guest Programmer: The Wombats11:00 Big Chef Takes On Little Chef12:00 Collectors12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Two In The Top End2:00 Rugby League: QLD Cup 20114:00 Treks in a Wild World4:25 Space Odyssey 5:00 Bowls: Moama Tri-Series6:00 James Martin’s Champagne6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 ABC News7:30 Kingdom8:20 Spicks And Specks Shorts8:30 Marchlands9:15 Rake10:10 Doctor Who11:55 rage Guest Programmer: The Wombats

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Castaway11:30 Legend of Enyo12:00 V8 Extra12:30 Motorsport1:30 Hawks Active2:00 AFL Nth Melbourne vs Brisbane Lions5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Movie: Mr Bean’s Holiday8:30 AFL Essendon vs Carlton10:30 Deep Blue12:05 Movie: Catch a Fire2:05 Movie: Farewell, My Love4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Power Rangers

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Danoz Direct10:00 Antiques Roadshow10:30 Your 4x411:00 Kids’ WB2:30 Movie: Yellowstone Kelly4:30 Discover Down Under5:00 News: First at Five5:30 4WD TV6:00 National News6:30 Funniest Home Videos7:30 Tri Nations Rugby: Australia vs South Africa9:45 Movie: Gran Torino12:00 Movie: Final Cut1:55 Movie: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure4:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Wesley Impact

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 International News1:00 Trovatore, Il3:25 In Their Own Words: British Novelists4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Food Safari6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:30 Engineering Connections8:30 Iron Chef9:20 RocKwiz10:00 Tour de France 2011 Live: Stage 202:00 Weatherwatch Overnight


Barcoo Independent TV Guide July 17 - July 23ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday July 17

5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:05 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline1:00 7:301:30 Message Stick2:00 Nature’s Great Events: The Great Salmon Run3:00 Typeface4:00 Morin Khuur: The Soul Of The Mongolian Horseman4:50 Clarinet.Ballistix: Miroslav Bukovsky: Time Is Moved5:00 Art Nation5:30 Mr Bean5:45 Robin Hood6:30 Dance Academy7:00 ABC News7:30 Grand Designs8:30 Midsomer Murders10:00 Compass10:30 Strictly Speaking11:00 Foyle’s War12:35 Grand Designs1:30 Cricket in the 50s2:30 Wire in the Blood4:00 The Bill

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise10:00 World’s Strictest Parents 11:00 Movie: Slap Shot: The Junior League1:00 Our Lives: Sleepwalkers2:00 AFL Brisbane vs Geelong5:00 Guide to the Good Life5:30 The Great South East6:00 Seven News6:30 Sunday Night7:30 Great Migrations8:40 Downton Abbey10:10 Castle11:05 Police Under Fire12:00 Heartbeat of the Coral Coast- Part 11:00 Heartbeat of the Coral Coast- Part 22:00 Home Shopping3:00 NBC Today4:00 NBC Meet the Press

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today10:00 Wide World of Sports11:00 The Sunday Footy Show12:00 The Sunday Roast1:15 Boots ’n’ All Special1:45 Rugby Test: Australia vs Samoa4:00 Newcastle Knights vs Manly Sea Eagles6:00 National News6:30 The Block7:30 60 Minutes8:30 The Mentalist9:30 Underbelly10:30 CSI Miami11:25 The Guardian12:20 Super League2:20 Nine Presents Foo Fighters2:30 Danoz Direct3:30 4WD TV4:00 Good Morning America

4:45 Copa América 2011: Quarter-final 17:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 Copa América 2011: Quarter-final 210:30 Football Asia11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature12:00 Futbol Mundial12:30 Speedweek2:00 International News5:00 Cycling Central6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?8:30 Dateline9:30 The King of Calls10:00 Tour de France 2011 Live: Stage 152:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

Monday July 18

5:00 Art Nation5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Human Journey11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Monarch of the Glen1:30 Cheese Slices2:00 Poirot 3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:15 Media Watch9:35 Q & A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35Brideshead Revisited12:30 The Clinic1:25 Time Team 2:15 Movie: Challenge, Change, Faith: Catholic Australia And The Second Vatican Council3:00 Bowls: Moama International Tri Series 4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Glass House: The Good Mother2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Border Security8:00 The Amazing Race Australia8:30 Crash Investigation Unit9:30 Bones10:30 Teen Wolf11:30 My Big Friggin’ Wedding12:30 Heroes1:30 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 Rescue Special Ops9:30 CSI Miami11:30 Secret Diary of a Call Girl12:00 The British Golf Open: Highlights1:00 Super League2:00 Danoz Direct3:00 4WD TV3:30 Good Morning America

4:00 FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011: Final7:05 International News7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 Copa América 2011: Quarter-final 410:20 International News1:30 Dateline2:30 International News4:00 The Journal4:30 Futbol Mundial5:00 The Crew5:30 Global Village6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:30 Mythbusters 8:30 Man vs Wild9:30 World News Australia10:00 Flight of the Conchords10: 30 Skins11:30 The World Game12:30 Movie: Infernal Affairs2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight

Tuesday July 195:00 First Tuesday Book Club5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Human Journey11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 Time Team1:35 Meerkat Manor2:00 Poirot3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Wonders Of The Universe: Destiny9:35 QI10:05 Artscape: Jedis & Juggalos: Your Census Guide10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:40 Four Corners12:25 Media Watch12:40 Wings To Fly1:40 Time Team2:30 Artscape: Adam Elliot In Conversation3:00 Big Ideas4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: First Daughter 2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Australia’s Got Talent9:15 Winners and Losers10:15 How I Met Your Mother11:15 Keeping Up With The Kardashians11:45 10 Years Younger Couples1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block7:30 The Big Bang Theory8:30 Top Gear9:00 Worst Case Scenario10:30 Two and a Half Men11:30 Secret Diary of a Call Girl12:00 20/201:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 4WD TV3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music

5:05 International News

7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily

Updates

7:45 Gandhi My Father

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village

6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily

Highlights

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Miracle Cure? A Decade of

the Human Genome

8:30 Behind the Force

9:30 World News Australia

10:00 Tour de France 2011

Live: Stage 16

2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 15 2011- Page 3

Central west high school students will get the chance to learn about careers in health when the health students from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Queensland (UQ) visit schools early next week.

The QUT and UQ rural health club TROHPIQ, which stands for ‘Towards Rural and Outback Health Professionals in Queensland’, is comprised of students from medical, nursing and allied health degrees and aims to encourage students to work rurally after graduation.

From July 18-20, the club’s team consisting of Susan Mullen (Medicine and Surgery), Joshua Nicholls (Medicine and Surgery), Emily Moore (Speech Therapy), Melissa Cooke (Speech Therapy) and Sally Rouhan (Nursing/Midwifery) will be visiting schools

in the Central-West including Alpha, Barcaldine, Aramac, Tambo and Blackall.

The club will run scenarios and conduct practical workshops that provide the students with an understanding of the roles of the different health professionals.

Twice a year volunteer members of TROHPIQ with support from Health Workforce Queensland conduct visits to rural high schools to promote careers in health.

The club’s aim is to encourage high school students to consider careers in health and provide information on the different career pathways, as well as scholarships available for rural and indigenous students with research showing that students who grew up in the country are at least two times more likely to go back to rural areas to work.

Health students visit western schools

A group of young Blackall dancers have been rehearsing hard this week in Brisbane in preparation for this weekend’s Creative Generations showcase which will see them perform along with students from across the state.

Creative Generations - State Schools Onstage will see 1500 state school students from across Queensland showcase their performing arts talent in the professionally produced event with shows on Friday and Saturday.

The performances will feature a 700-voice choir, a 65-piece symphony orchestra, 600 dancers

and solo vocalists aged from 12 to 18.

The Blackall dancers flew into Brisbane on Monday morning and have been busy preparing for the show with full day rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday, as well as their own private rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday.

The group has also managed to find time enjoy the city lights with some highlights of week including going to the movies, visiting the surrealism exhibit “The Poetry Dreams from Paris” at the Gallery of Modern Art and shopping in the Queen Street Mall.

--Victoria Nugent

The Blackall State School dance troupe and their supervisors were at the Blackall airport on Monday morning, excited for the week ahead.

Blackall dancers in Creative Generations Human Ventures is taking

the next step in handing the Shockwave festival and Creative Pathways program back over to the Central West region and looking for a regional program coordinator.

The organisation is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and proactive person based in the central west Queensland region for the role.

Brooke Newall from Human Ventures said the role was the first step in a three year plan to give the program a constant regional presence.

“We’re entering a transition phase where it’s about creating a strategy and delivering the program back into the community,” Ms Newall said.

The transition phase will take three years, at which time Human Ventures will re-evaluate their role in running the program.

Ms Newall said it would be nice to find a person within the Blackall Tambo region to take on the role, but that the position could equally be filled by someone in a different central west community.

“The position is not necessarily based in one community,” Ms Newall said.

“Once we’ve found a suitable person, we would then find a base for them to work out,” she said.

“We’re hoping for applications from across a range of communities.”

However, this did not mean that the Shockwave festival would relocate to another community, Ms Newall said.

“The home of Shockwave is in Blackall, and we have no plans to move the festival,” she said.

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WHATS ON in 2011JULY18 Nudgee Band Performance at St Joseph’s20 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner22 Anglican Ladies’ Guild Street Stall25 St Joseph’s Prep Open Day26 Blackall State School Parent Teacher Interviews27 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner29-30 Radio Plays performances30 Blackall Rugby League home game

AUGUST3 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner6 Tambo Ladies Race Day6 Blackall vs Ilfracombe Rugby League Home Game6 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner8 Blackall State School Variety Bash10 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner13 Community Markets17 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner24 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner26 Blackall State School Showcase Evening25-27 Symposium on Public Art in the Non-Urban Context30 SDE Blackall Sports Skills Day31 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

SEPTEMBER3 Annual Flower Show3 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner6 Blackall to Slygo Wagon Trek9 Blackall State School Arts Evening13-14 WesTech Barcaldine16-18 Back to Blackall Weekend16- 19 Tambo Teddy Bear’s Picnic Festival17 Community Markets

OCTOBER8 Community Markets 8 Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Springtime Festival15 Blackall Races15 Elvis Presley Tribute Show 28 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall29 Outback Tourism QLD Awards

NOVEMBER4-5 Gallery Day5 Halloween Trick or Treat7-8 SDE Blackall Swim Camp12 Dance Blackall Annual Concert26 Blackall Races26 St Patrick’s Christmas Fete 27 Christmas Tree Festival

DECEMBER16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Members’ Xmas Party24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New Year’s Eve Costume Party

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Nudgee bandBlackall will be rocking next Monday

when a teen rock band from Brisbane’s Nudgee College performs at St Joseph’s Primary School as part of their western music tour.

This is the sixth time St Joseph’s Nudgee College has held the annual music tour which will this year see the band perform in Blackall, Barcaldine, Longreach, Emerald and Biloela.

The band will be performing at St Joseph’s Primary School from 1:30-2:30pm with community members welcome to attend.

Blackall businesses can brush up on their qualifications at the Small Business Planning for Success workshop to be held in early August.

The workshop will include 3 hours of mentoring with an experienced mentor, a business health check and developing a business plan with participants eligible to gain a Certificate IV in Small Business Management from the Metropolitan Institute of TAFE.

The workshop will be held from August 1-3 at the Blackall Cultural Centre with only ten spaces available and will be run by Helen Cowley and Alison Blomkamp from Small Business Solutions.

The workshop has been subsidised and will cost $320, down from a cost of $1250

Anyone interested in registering or making enquiries is asked to contact Small Business solutions on 1300 40 60 80 or email [email protected].

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Blackall residents with a yearning for some weekend entertainment can head to the Prince of Wales Hotel this Friday night to hear some live music.

A three piece male band featuring local musicians Dylan and Damien Dolinski will be playing a range of pub rock and country covers.

The entertainment will kick off at around 9pm and will run until midnight.

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Tambo Timberwolves compete in junior touch titles

SPORT ON THE BARCOOFortnightly Pony Club rally

Kim Trickett, enjoying her first riding lessons at the Blackall Pony Club.

Codie Fanning receiving some instruction from Helen Aspinall riding Oak.

In the space of eight weeks a group of young girls from Tambo have gone from never having played touch football to competing in the State Touch Junior Touch titles in Hervey Bay over the weekend.

For the Tambo Timberwolves under 10s team the titles were the first chance they had to play against other teams, some of whom played between two and four times a week.

The Tambo team consisted of six girls from Tambo, two girls from Charleville and one from Toowoomba.

Coach Lorelle Sankey, a touch fanatic, said she started the team after her own nine-year-old daughter complained about a lack of team sports in the town and asked Lorelle to teach her to play touch.

“She was desperate to be part of a team, so that’s where this all started,” Lorelle said.

Lorelle said competing in the state titles had been a fantastic experience for the girls, who had done well for their first competition.

“You can train all you want, but it doesn’t mean much until you get thrown into a competition,” Lorelle said.

“That’s where you really learn all the skills and rules.”

The team’s efforts showed in a number of close games with Timberwolves narrowly going down 4-2 to Noosa, 4-2 to Kingaroy, 3-2 to Brisbane and 2-1 to Hervey Bay.

The team was sponsored by the now defunct Tambo Junior Rugby League Club to buy a team uniform.

“Now that there isn’t a team any more, the club still wanted to keep the money in the town,” Lorelle said.

Lorelle said she hopes to co-

ordinate a few regional games for the team against Roma, Chinchilla, Dalby and Toowoomba in coming months.

“Whatever we can get, we’ll have a go at,” Lorelle said.

“These girls now could have more knowledge about touch than girls in Year Six or Seven,” she said.

Lorelle said distance naturally posed challenges for the team, as with any sporting team in the district.

“Darling Downs kids don’t have to travel three or four hours for a game, which makes it hard, but you have to try,” Lorelle said.

“Some of the players will be too old for the titles next year, but hopefully we’ll pick up a few more girls before then,” she said.

“We’re really trying to keep touch alive.”

--Victoria Nugent

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Brendon Collins brings fifteen years experience cooking full time in hotels to his new position as the cook at the Prince of Wales Hotel.

There are new ideas on the menu at the Prince of Wales Hotel with the arrival of new cook Brendon Collins.

Brendon is an experienced cook, having worked most recently at the Purple Pub in Normanton.

Previously Brendon cooked at the Birdsville and Innamincka pubs for a total of five years, where during the winter months it wasn’t unusual to cook over 200 meals a night.

Brendon said he had cooked in pubs for around fifteen years full time and had also done it part time in his younger years.

“I have also tried cooking more upmarket food for lodges and five

star restaurants, but I just didn’t get into it,” Brendon said.

“I’m more interested in pub bistro, home style cooking that still looks good on the plate.”

Brendon said the dishes he enjoyed making most were curries and pasta dishes such as carbonara and amatriciana.

“Thai green curry is probably my favourite dish to make,” Brendon said.

Brendon said that although he had only arrived in Blackall on Sunday, he already had a good vibe about the town.

“Everyone seems very friendly and it’s all very easygoing and laidback,” he said.

The Blackall Poultry and Caged Bird Club will hold its first ever Poultry and Caged Bird Show this Saturday at the Blackall showgrounds with entries flocking in from around the district.

Club member Kaye Wood said the club was only formed at the end of last year as a low cost recreational activity for bird lovers in the district.

“The original idea was to share some information and build up some networks,” Kaye said.

Kaye said the club had already received entries from Blackall, Barcaldine, Longreach and Alpha, as well as further afield.

“I think it’s going to be a really good day for people just to get together and chat about their poultry and birds,” Kaye said.

“Anyone who has birds is also welcome to come and perhaps ask some questions and speak to people with experience with breeding and caring for poultry.”

The show entries will be judged by skilled judges, some with over twenty years of experience.

Judging will take place at 11am with community members welcome to view the exhibited birds from 1pm.

The event will include a backyard chook section and a junior section, and point of lay chickens will be available for sale.

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Seven young people from Blackall and Tambo are receiving valuable assistance with their life goals thanks to the Blackall Tambo Education Group.

The group will give out over $8000 in grants to the prospective nurses, electricians, business managers and vets following their successful applications for help with their employment and studies.

The young people receiving non-cash grants are Alex Choyce, Kirsty Johnstone, Rebekah Richardson, Ellerah Campbell, Alexandria Bolton, Haylee Ogden and Lucinda Noble.

BTEG president Kaye Wood said it was pleasing to see some of the region’s youth taking up the opportunities presented by the group, and she encouraged others to apply for assistance too.

The grants given out this year will assist with textbook purchases, help pay rent and accommodation expenses, and go towards computer costs.

Kirsty Johnstone described the help she is to be given as “priceless”.

Currently in her fourth year of a vet science degree at James Cook University in Townsville, Kirsty said it had been very costly for her to relocate to north Queensland to study.

“Textbooks are $200 to $300 each, and every day I have coursework from 8 to 5, with

assignments and study on top of that,” she said.

“These sorts of hours make it really hard to get a job to support myself although I have done weekend work looking after the uni’s animals.

“On top of that I have to undertake 12 weeks of practical placements in vet clinics, which has to be done in holiday time when I could be working for money.”

Kirsty said the group’s assistance would help her greatly.

Similarly, Ali Bolton at Tambo said the BTEG assistance would remove some of the stress involved with university and allow her to concentrate on her studies.

She is in her first year of nursing at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba and is currently working in two jobs as well as studying.

“I want to go into surgery when I finish,” she said.

“I plan to get some city experience first and then come west.”

BTEG will assist Ali with textbooks and rental payments.

Also nursing at USQ is Rebekah Richardson, who has plans for midwifery when she completes her course.

“I like the idea of delivering babies, of helping another life into the world,” she said.

“The grant will help me to buy the necessary textbooks plus a computer, which will mean I won’t have to be traipsing off to the uni

library all the time.”Ellerah Campbell is in the third

year of an Applied Science degree as well as a certificate 4 in vet nursing, and said it had been a struggle to put herself through university study.

“The accommodation costs in Gatton are horrendous so it’s great that the town wants to help its young people,” she said.

Kaye Wood said that BTEG was designed to assist regional youth to achieve their goals, recognizing that those in rural and remote areas must often leave home, travel and live elsewhere, which comes at a high financial and emotional cost.

The group’s parent body, the Country Education Foundation of Australia provided assistance of over $820 000 nationwide this year.

Kaye said the group was looking forward to giving out further grants to young people in Blackall and Tambo and she encouraged people to get in touch for application forms.

--Sally Cripps

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The program funds one-off, short term projects that offer professional arts, culture and heritage opportunities. Our local council bids for an annual allocation of funding for the region from arts Queensland which is managed by Council and a committee of community volunteers.

Round one of this financial year funding is now open and applications close on July 27.

To celebrate RADF’s 20 year birthday, the Blackall Cultural Association is planning a display of past accomplishments from workshops that have been funded by RADF. This will be part of the

‘Gallery Day’ which is being held on November 4.

The association is appealing to students who have taken part in workshops to dig out their creations so RADF can be acknowledged for their contribution to the Arts in our town. Without RADF funding Blackall and Tambo would not be able to afford to employ the variety of tutors that have visited our towns over the last 20 years.

Workshops and projects have been presented in many areas of skill development and art forms: Painting in differing media, leadlighting, photography, furniture restoration and woodwork, upholstery, silversmithing, glass bead making, pottery, sewing and quilting, hebel sculpture and resin craft.

Blackall and Tambo will be joining to rejoice in the 20 year anniversary of the RADF program and to celebrate and appreciate the benefits it delivers.

Please contact Lorelei on 4657 6403 if you have anything to offer for display.

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RADF celebrates 20 years

Blackall combined agents yarded 900 mixed quality cattle at the Blackall Prime and Store sale last week. Prices held firm to slightly easier for the meatworks cattle, with feeder steers selling to a stronger market.

Bullocks over 500kg topped at 159c to avg 155c. Feeder steers 400-500kgs topping at 170c to avg 165c. Steers 350-400kgs made to 170 to avg 169c. Steers 280-350kgs sold to 180c to avg 168c. A small number of weaner steers up to 280kg topped at 198c. Cows over 500kgs reached 136c and avg 128c. Cows up to 500kgs made to 124c to avg 115c. Heifers over 450kgs made to 143c with an avg of 140c. Heifers in the 350-450kg range sold to 157c to avg 147c. Heifers 280-350kgs made to 181c to avg 146c. Heifers 220-280 topped at 195c and avg 165c. Weaner heifers up to 220kgs were strong to make to 195c and avg

193c. Bulls over 450kgs sold to 148c and avg 129c.

KW and BM Gillies, “Devenish” Blackall sold a top line of Droughtmaster cross bullocks making 159.2c weighing 654kg returning $1041 while their Droughtmaster cross cows topped at 136.2c weighing 682kg returning $929. AW Price Family Trust “South Terrick” Blackall sold Droughtmaster cross bullocks to top at 151.2c with the heaviest steers weighing 645kg or $962.

Stockport Pastoral Company “Stockport” Boulia sold a good quality line of Santa and Shorthorn cross steers. The two tooths made 166c weighed 422kg and $702. The milk tooth steers made 170c weighed 404kg and $688. The draft average 168c weighed 372kg and $627. Mildura Grazing Trust “Mildura” Barcaldine sold Angus cross steers 172c weighed 282kg and $486. HF and DM Rich

“Tilbury” sold a good quality line of Devon and Devon Gelbvieh cross cows topping at 134c weighing 658kg and $884. The draft average 123c weighed 524kg and $647. Recruit Investments “Edwinstowe” Jericho sold Brahman cross cows for 134.2c to weigh 607kg returning $815. ES and JB Otto “Minnamoora” Jericho sold a very good line of Red Brahman heifers topping at 181.2c weighing 281kg returning $510. Strathfield Past Co “Strathfield” McKinlay sold a line of Red Angus heifers topping at 194.2c weighing 249kg returning $484. JA and AM Sprague “Neverfail” Blackall sold Droughtmaster cross heifers 147c weighed 353kg and $519 to average 148c weighed 322kg and $477. DR and FC Clein of “Colerain” Jericho consigned a deck of heifers that sold for 195.2c/kg weighing 221.9kg and returning $433.10.

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Back to Blackall

16-18 September

As in 1941, the “Welcome to Blackall” banner goes up again to welcome everyone back to a great weekend in the bush.

It is now only 10 weeks away, and accomodation is filling, so please take our advice to book now. We have the offer of other accomodation once motels and hotels are full, but some may be swags only! Maybe a bus could be organised to meet the train on Wednesday if numbers require. Tell us!

We are requesting that people advise the contacts below if you have friends, relatives, or just know of someone who is coming back. We need to know so we can cater for everyone! Also, if anyone has any photos that you would like to have displayed on our memories wall, please see below. Photos can be copied if you don’t want the originals to have blu-tac on them.

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Outback Pioneer Centrecontinued from p.1

Cattle sale cancelledThe Blackall saleyards remained silent this

Thursday morning, with the cattle sale for the week cancelled due to lack of numbers.

Landmark agent and president of the Blackall Livestock Agents’ Association Paton Fitzsimons said current insecurities in the industry were causing general instability in the market.

“Prices are cheaper at the moment so producers are choosing to hold onto their cattle for a bit longer,” Paton said.

“The actual processors are also having trouble shifting the product at the moment, mainly in exports.”

Paton said he believed the decrease in prices was only temporary and that the market would pick back up again.

“Prices aren’t going to be what they were at the start of the year, but the lack of cattle will generate some increases in price,” Paton said.

“Markets fluctuate and it’s always been a numbers game so sales will be cancelled when there’s a lack of cattle,” he said.

“When there are not a lot of cattle on the market, we then might see an increase price, like what happened at the Roma Store sale earlier this week.”

The Longreach saleyards also cancelled their sale this week citing lack of cattle numbers.

“We’ve always had a lot of animals, and we would have them even if we weren’t doing this,” Kyley said.

Shane also has a large collection of salvaged wagons and carts collected from across the district which he is working on restoring.

Shane said he currently has about 20 wagons, with half of them at Slygo and the other half at his father’s place near Mackay.

“We want to build a shed to present them so we can have them on display undercover,” he said.

Visitors with self contained campervans can camp at the property’s 20 mile site where drovers used to camp, and plans are underway to establish other accommodation options.

The centre was officially opened on April 22 by Barcaldine mayor Rob Chandler but is still in development stages, with the Storeys hoping to have the attraction open for tours and fully operational by April 2012.

At present the attraction is gearing up for its first major event, a wagon trek in early September.

A convoy of wagons driven by the Townsville Harness Club will travel from Blackall to Slygo to raise money for Angel Flight.

The wagon trek will leave Blackall on August 31, with plans to travel along the railway corridor and part of the Blackall Jericho Road before reaching their final destination at Slygo on September 6.

Members of the Townsville Harness Club will be visiting Blackall this weekend to survey the route and get plans underway for the event.

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Over 60 works of art produced largely from the Blackall-Tambo region made up the Tambo Arts Council’s Outback Inspirations, Twenty Eleven exhibition opened last Sunday at the Grassland Art Gallery.

Thirteen artists – Helen Sargood, Sally Campbell, Cassie Swanson, Kiralee Fox, Mylinda Rogers, Trish Arden, Marilyn Hobbs, Selina Courtice, Alison Shaw, Emily Ridley, Sally Cripps, Heather Wehl and Sharynn Brigg – contributed works.

Tutors brought to the region with Regional Arts Development Fund grants had a big impact on the paintings and glassware produced

for the exhibition.According to curator Cassie

Swanson, it was a delight to witness the growth of the showcased artists over the past year.

“We have been extremely fortunate to have been nurtured and supported by our community and visiting tutors,” she said.

“To find such wonderful talent in this isolated corner of central Queensland is a true inspiration.”

Former Tambo Shire Council mayor Dougal Davidson, speaking about that council’s initiative in developing the Grasslands complex, said the idea behind a gallery in the town was to encourage local people to explore

their skills, and he was pleased to see this coming true.

Dougal opened the exhibition and said he thought the standard of artwork on display was getting better every year.

He congratulated exhibition curator Cassie Swanson for all her work, saying that since she had arrived in Tambo in the early 2000s she had encouraged the district’s artists greatly.

“And the whole Swanson family has put their all into putting this day on,” he added.

-- Sally Cripps

Local artists showcased at Tambo

People came from far and wide for the Outback Inspirations exhibition opening, including Natalie Newell from Augathella and Charleville’s Kerry Bredhauer and Christie Bredhauer.

Andrew Martin and Geoff Swanson had a good afternoon out at the Outback Inspirations opening on Sunday.

Jennie Drysdale, Augathella joined sisters Penny Button, Muttaburra and Cassie Swanson, Tambo for a delicious ploughman’s lunch at the exhibition opening.

Scott Turner, Morven kept cousins Tom Gall, George Swanson and Bob Gall entertained with his saxophone, along with the large crowd at the event.

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Even the Breastscreen Qld bus operators, Winnie and Di, found their way to the opening of the local artists exhibition at Tambo.

Tambo glass artist and tutor Alison Shaw takes in the last of the afternoon sun with Tracy Lewington at the local artists exhibition opening.

Robyn Scholes and Helen Sargood shared a seat in the sun before the opening of the Outback Inspirations exhibition.

Two of the artists featuring in the Outback Inspirations exhibition at Tambo are Trish Arden, Augathella and Heather Wehl, Emerald.

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