Publican-sponsors day a hit at bowls club

The publican-sponsors day at the Blackall bowls club on Sunday was a big success. Over 40 people took part in the fun bowls day and although it was a warm day everyone had a great time. The overall winners were Jacko, Brett and Dave Carter with plus 20. Runners up were Loretta, Cookie, Marta and Dally Holden with plus 11. The hotel trophy and Tina Holdens memorial was won by the Barcoo hotel with 51 points, from the Union hotel with 45 points. The club would like to thank all those who helped on the day, especially Roby Doyle and John Bowyer for once again supplying a very nice barbeque lunch. This weekend, the club will be holding their annual general meeting followed by social bowls.

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More than 500 people came to Santa Gertrudis Open Handicap the fourth race meet for the year in 1050m race was won by Like A Blackall on October 17, enjoying a Sequalo, second place awarded to good afternoon of five races and a Gidyea Coals, with a dead heat for competitive Fashions of the Field. third place between Miss Mataya There was plenty of prize money and Cyclone George. handed out for fashion winners First place in the Lambert including Zac Frost (12 and under), Herefords Class B Handicap 1200m Shagun Gandhi (13-17 years), was Go On, second Fraarcas and Irish backpacker Francis Craven third Craiglea Fancy. (best dressed gent), Penny Wagstaff The final race of the day, the (classic racewear), Ang Crowther Forest Park Santa Gertrudis Class (contemporary racewear), and 3 Plate 1400m was won by Craiglea Danielle Butler (best hat). Pursuit, followed by Money Bunny The winner of the Ryan Bros and Elimination. Carlow Class 5 handicap 1050m race was Tuscan Blaze, followed by What Is This? and Fuel N Water. The Terrick Terrick Santa Gertrudis Maiden Plate 1050m, was taken by Craiglea Hummer setting a track record, with Ready Now General in second and Kwilatype James and Sarah Pearson presented the trophy for the Terrick Terrick Santa Gertrudis maiden plate to in third. The Strathmore Bevan Johnson, Tambo, trainer of Craiglea Hummer

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The Prince of Wales Hotel on Shamrock Street in Blackall is undergoing big changes with substantial renovations, a new lessee and a new manager. The freehold is also currently under contract. Longreach publican Roly Gooding officially took over the hotel lease at the beginning of October from previous lessee and owner of the Barcoo Hotel Geoff Pohlner, and is set to take over ownership of the Prince from the McGrath Family in the near future. Landmark real estate agent Robert Picking says that the sale will be a positive move for Blackall. This will create some healthy competition in town which is a great thing. The hotel is not Mr Goodings first business venture in Blackall. He ran the Tattersalls Hotel from 1980 to 1983. Mr Gooding says that he currently works 24 hours a day at his Commercial Hotel in Longreach and also owns another pub in Bouldercombe. I first had a look at the (Prince of Wales Hotel) in Blackall midway through last year and it was a complicated decision process but we decided to go for it, Mr Gooding said. It will be a great challenge. Blackall residents Neville and Debbie Dolinski have taken over the management of the hotel. It needs a really good tidy up and a good manager to take it on. I

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The golden gleam of the Melbourne Cup was the centre of attention at a gala dinner in Tambo last week when the Cups 2009 tour hit town. Tambo has enjoyed a reputation as the Doomben of the West, having the second oldest registered racetrack in Queensland after the Brisbane one, and it lived up to this on the day. The $125 000 Cup, made with 1.6 kilograms of 18 carat gold, brought interested school and pensioner groups from neighbouring towns to Tambo to take their turn to handle the trophy with white gloves. Other events held to celebrate the visit included hobby horse races and other fun at the state school, a lunch hosted by the Tambo Senior Citizens, and afternoon tea in EE Parr Park hosted by the BlackallTambo Regional Council mayor.

really believe Rowan Hunnam that Nev is the man for the job, Mr Gooding said. Mr Dolinski says that they are looking forward to the challenge of changing the Prince of Wales into a friendly, quality pub for Blackall with a good atmosphere. He started his business Outback Sound in 1982, providing a range of entertainment and lighting to the central west. I built it from scratch because it is something that I have always wanted to do. Having spent 26 years working on the railway and four years with the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, Mr Dolinski says that he was ready for a different challenge. continued on page 5

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Victorian Racing Club spokesman Andrew Lemon said that many people never got a chance to go to Flemington racetrack in November to see the big race and so the tour was designed to bring the Cup to the people. The Melbourne Cup doesnt belong to Melbourne but to all Australia, he said. The trophy isnt a perpetual one a new one is made each year for the winner. Replicas are made for the owner, the breeder, the jockey, even the strapper nowadays. Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, John Marshall gave the 100-strong dinner audience a taste of what it had been like to ride a winner in the race that stops a nation. He said that in 1999, he had been booked to ride Rue Lopez, a horse that he had a high opinion of, but who failed to win the Geelong Cup and so continued on page 7

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NOVEMBER 3 Blackall Memorial & Sports Club Melbourne Cup Luncheon 6-7 Blackall Cultural Association Christmas Gallery Day 6-7 Q150 Shed Entertainment 8 Tennis Fun Day 11 Blackall State School Primary Musical 12 Climate Change Adaptation Forum, Longreach 17 Swan Hill Annual Bull Sale 18 Blackall State School Presentation Night 19 Blackall State School Senior Formal 26 Shopping and Chardonnay at Blackall Newsagency after 6:30pm 28 Blackall Race Meeting 28 St Patricks Christmas Fete 29 Blackall Advent and Christmas Tree Festival DECEMBER 4 Blackall Evening Community Markets 4 Landmark Christmas Party APRIL 2010 Blackall Campdraft National Finals 1-24

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Well it RAINED! It is still looking promising!! Hopefully there is a bit more on the way. Fortunately we have missed the dust thus far, which has been to the west and north of us. We have clouds in the sky; the wind is in the north time to say our prayers! It was a beautiful ceremony and wonderful afternoon tea at St Josephs to mark Breast Cancer awareness week, as well as supporting local women survivors in our community. Lots and lots of pink apparel to please the eye and the delicious afternoon tea featured delightfully decorated cup cakes as well as all things yummy including really-good-for-you fruit. While I was at St Josephs, Principal Tim Franzmann took me on a tour of the grounds explaining the upgrade to the sporting oval made possible through the Federal Governments funding of the indoor sports complex, for which the school body had been raising funds. Those funds are now being spent on the muchneeded oval. The Blackall Tambo Regional Council Water and Sewerage team is working in consultation with the Principal to supply the necessary fittings, connections and meters to ensure an adequate water supply for the oval as the grass plots are laid. The meters are for monitoring purposes only. Blackall Tambo Regional Council senior staff have been engaged in preparation workshops for the process of asset management. This is a requirement of the Queensland State Government and will apply to every facet of the business of Councils statewide. The timelines drawn up by the State Government, together with the complexity and scope of the issue, certainly mean we have to make a start on this process now! I have a further meeting with the Minister for Transport and Main Roads the Hon Rachael Nolan MP on Sunday, November 1, in regard to the imposition of the loss of the Wednesday flight into Blackall. I am looking forward to the Q150 Shed which will be in Blackall on November 6 and 7. THIS IS A FREE SHOW. There are a variety of fabulous acts from Raw Metal Dance Company, En Garde! Blue Grass, Country and Flamenco guitar extravaganza, Shenzo Gregorio, Golden Fiddle winner for 2007 and his electric Stunt Orchestra, together with our own Damien and Dylan Dolinski, Alison Mobbs and the Blackall Community Choir. The Where Were From banners will be on display at the Q150 Shed for all to see. There are workshops available with the Raw Dance Company. Visit www.q150.qld.gov.au to register for the workshops. I am sure we have some budding dancers in our communities of Blackall and Tambo. Commencing at 3.30pm this is an opportunity NOT TO BE MISSED. see you there!! The ABBA concert at the Blackall Cultural Centre on Tuesday night was a great night; such fun with everyone participating in the singing and dancing! Congratulations to the Blackall Tambo Regional Council, Blackall office staff, for their organization of this event. I know everyone had a terrific time!!!

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide November 1 - 7 ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Gosford Park (M) 3:00 Infomercials 3:30 Larry the Lawnmower 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Border Security Australias Front Line 8:00 Medical Emergency 8:30 City Homicide 9:30 Criminal Minds 10:30 My Name is Earl 11:00 American Dad 11:30 Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia 12:00 The Magic of Africa 1:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 5:30 News 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne 11:00 News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days of our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 The Kingdom of Paramithi 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men 8:00 Money for Jam 8:30 RPA 9:30 Crime Investigation Australia 10:35 Without a Trace 11:30 News 12:30 The Strip 1:30 The View 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries 5:30 Today

5:30 UEFA Champions League 8:00 International News 3:30 A Fork in the Mediterranean 4:00 Eco House Challenge 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30 Destination Australia 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey 11:05 Movie: Nero (M) 12:50 Movie: Almost Peaceful (M) 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:30 UEFA Champions League 8:00 International News 3:30 Road Trip Nation Australia 4:00 Feast Bazaar 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Luke Nguyens Vietnam 8:00 Demetris Castle 8:30 Cooking in the Danger Zone 9:00 ADbc 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 UEFA Champions League Hour 11:35 Oz 12:00 Movie: King of Thieves (MA) 1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:45 UEFA Europa League 8:15 International News 3:20 Bit of Black Business 3:30 Living Black 4:00 Classical Destinations 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Trawlermen 8:00 The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World 8:30 As It Happened 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Hardcore Profits 11:00 Movie: Kill Me Tender (MA) 12:45 Movie: The Princess and the Warrior (MA) 3:30 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:20 International News 1:00 Toscanini 2:05 Saving Jazz 3:20 A Technicolour Dream 4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters 8:30 Iron Chef 9:20 RocKwiz 10:00 Movie: Angel-A (M) 11:35 SOS 12:35 NEWStopia 1:05 Knot at Home 1:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

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6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 9:30 Larry the Lawnmower 10:00 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Crown Oaks Day 4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Ghost Whisperer 8:30 Beauty and the Geek 9:30 The Amazing Race 10:30 Family Guy 11:00 American Dad 12:00 Room for Improvement 12:30 Sons and Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 5:30 News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Firestarter (M) 2:30 The Golden Girls 3:00 Infomercials 3:30 Larry the Lawnmower 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Better Homes and Gardens 8:30 Movie: War of the Worlds (M) 11:00 Movie: Blown Away (M) 1:35 Movie: Valet Girls (M) 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Childrens Programs 10:00 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Emirates Stakes Day 4:30 Mercurios Menu 5:00 Creek to Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 News 6:30 Movie: Movie: Independence Day (PG) 9:30 Movie: Deep Impact (M) 12:00 V8 Supercars 1:00 Movie: High Heels and Low Lifes (M) 2:30 Auction Squad 3:30 It is Written 4:00 Infomercials 5:00 Dateline NBCs

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6:00 Childrens Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Kochies Business Builders 10:30 Kochies Business Builders 11:00 Crime Busters 11:30 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Emirates Cup Preview 12:30 V8 Xtra 1:00 2009 Australasian Safari 2:00 NIB Coolangatta Gold 4:00 Pelicans of the Ghost Lakes 5:00 Queenslands Best Living 5:30 Great South East 6:00 News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Border Security 8:00 The Force Behind the Line 8:30 Bones 9:30 Castle 10:30 Las Vegas 11:30 Scrubs 12:00 Movie: City of Ghosts (M) 2:30 Infomercials 3:30 NBC Meet the Press 4:30 NBC Today 5:30 News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 News 12:00 Private Practice 2:00 Murder, She Wrote 3:00 Infomercials 3:30 Larry the Lawnmower 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Highway Patrol 8:00 Destroyed in Seconds 8:30 Flashforward 9:30 Criminal Minds 10:30 Mercy 11:30 Mommas Boys 12:30 Hot Auctions 1:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 5:30 News 6:00 Sunrise 8:30 Larry the Lawnmower 9:00 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Emirates Melbourne Cup Day 4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue 8:00 Last Chance Surgery 8:30 Packed to the Rafters 9:30 Private Practice 10:30 My Friend Michael Jackson: Uris Story 11:30 Scrubs 12:00 House Calls to the Rescue 1:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 5:30 News 6:00 Childrens Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World of Sports 11:00 St George Melbourne Marathon 12:00 The ARIA Music Show 1:00 4WD TV 1:30 Postcards Australia 2:00 Movie: Grumpier Old Men (PG) 4:00 Talk to the Animals 4:30 The Pursuit 5:00 Coles Great Aussie Cook-Off 5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 News 6:30 20 to 1 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 Movie: The Conspiracy (M) 11:30 Movie: Monsters Ball (MA) 1:35 Mad TV 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 4WD TV 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries 5:30 Today 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11:00 News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 The Kingdom of Paramithi 4:00 The Shak 4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men 7:30 Two and a Half Men 8:00 The Big Bang Theory 8:30 The Mentalist 9:30 The Apprentice Australia 10:30 Amazing Medical Stories 11:30 News 12:00 Danoz Direct 12:30 Young Lions 1:30 WWE Afterburn 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Global Shop Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries 5:30 Today 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne 11:00 News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days of our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 The Kingdom of Paramithi 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men 7:30 20 to 1 8:30 Two and a Half Men 9:30 Aussie Ladette to Lady 10:30 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 11:30 News 12:00 Danoz Direct 12:30 20/20 1:30 Entertainment Tonight 2:00 4WD TV 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Global Shop Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries 5:30 Today

Blackall goes pink for breast cancer awareness

Left: Blackall State School year 5/6/7 students performing the poem Women of the West Right: The awardwinning bra designed by Blackall State School teacher Margaret Bailey and some of the food laid out for the afternoon tea at St Josephs

4:45 Conversations with Australian Artists 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At the Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Rainforests: The Secret of Life 8:20 News Update 8:30 Wuthering Heights 9:40 Compass 10:15 The Yellow House 11:30 Order in the House 12:30 Movie: Appointment in London (G) 2:05 Movie: Wedding Rehearsal (G) 3:30 Talking Heads: Dick Smith 4:00 The Pet Show 4:30 G.P. 5:30 Collectors 6:00 Childrens Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Gil Mayo Mysteries 1:30 The Cook and the Chef 2:00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 6:00 Landline Extra 6:30 Talking Heads: David Hayes 7:00 News 7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Ashes to Ashes 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:30 Embarrassing Parents 12:20 Movie: The Guinea Pig (PG) 1:55 Movie: A Kid for Two Farthings (PG) 3:25 Bowls: Queensland Open 4:30 G.P. 5:30 Collectors 6.00 Childrens Programs 11:00 The Abbey 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Catalyst 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Programs 6:05 Rivers and Life: Amazon 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 A Thousand Encores 9:30 QI 10:00 First Tuesday Book Club with Jennifer Byrne 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Poirot 1:25 Movie: Affair with a Stranger (G) 2:55 Psychic Investigators 3:25 Raw Comedy

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St Josephs 4/5 class enjoyed a well-earned break after waiting on tables at the National Bistro on Saturday and reciting their own poetry to raise funds to travel to Camp Fairburn next month

CWA morning tea Best Outfit winner Veronica Law (back) with Marie Messer and Pat Doonar dressed in pink for the occasion. Judy Rush was winner of the Prettiest Hat and the lucky door prize. The raffle was won by Lisa Alexander.

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St Josephs Principal Tim Franzmann, Tessa Doonar, Amy McNamara and Blackall State School Principal Jason Smith cut the cake at the breast cancer awareness afternoon tea. The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 30 2009 - Page 3

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Longrange Weather Predictions: Blackall November 1 - 30 2009

1 or 2 rain days are expected this month. Temperatures may be highest around the first few days, November 17 and 24, averaging 36 degrees C at a maximum and 21 degrees C for a minimum. The barometer may be highest in the last week. Over the month, air pressures may average about 1013mbs. Windier times may be around November 4, 19 and 23/24.
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Birth Notice Peter and Jenny Avery are proud grandparents to a third grandson, Brayden John, born Mackay Base Hospital on October 7 2009, weighing in at 4360 (10oz). First child to Katie and Darren Berg of Andergrove, Mackay. Congratulations Lisa Collins, daughter of Ross and Denise Collins of Blackall, and Michael Todd, son of Peter and Valerie Todd of Tin Can Bay, were married on October 17, 2009 in Las Vegas, U.S.A.

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People who dispose of their waste in the incorrect area can be fined. As you can see from the photo, this rubbish is not green waste. Sorting out waste like the above into their correct locations as per Councils Environmental License incurs an additional cost to the rate payer. In other words rate payers are incurring a cost for those who do not dispose of their rubbish the correct way. Please ensure your waste is placed in the correct area so you dont incur a fine.

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clean, including my feathers, which were all dusty and dirty from all the dust storms we have had over the last few months. Now they are all fluffy and clean again, but for how long I wonder! Have a scary Halloween Saturday night.

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Major renovations 798 yarded at fat and store sale underway at Prince Blackall Combined Agents yarded Blackall sold Santa cows to a top
continued from page 1 I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Council but a career change is something that you may like or you may not and were giving it a go. Major renovations have been taking place behind the closed doors of the hotel since early October. The best thing that we can do while the doors are closed is give the place a revamp, Mr Dolinski said. We are focusing on the bar and bottleshop, with a plan to revamp the beer garden, kitchen and accommodation facilities in the future. Mr Gooding says that amongst other things there will be a new bar area, a new ceiling and new shelving in the bottleshop. They hope to open for business in mid to late November. The hotel will be opening for regular hours, including until midnight on the weekends. a total of 798 head at their weekly fat and store sale on Thursday, October 22. Indiana Alice Springs made the trip to Blackall for the first time with a run of Braford bullocks and feeder steers. Their bullocks topped the sale at 154.2 c/kg weighing 601.3 kg or $927.13, an average 139.8 c/kg weighing 496.6 kg to return $694.49. Latrobe Graziers Norwood Blackall sold 520 kg Brahman cows to a top of 132 c/kg. Norwood heifers suitable to kill weighed up to 545 kg and topped at 150 c/kg. GJ and L Angus Ewen Plains Prairie sold Droughtmaster cross heifers to 138 c/kg and weighed up to 537 kg. ES and JB Otto Minnamoora Jericho sold Brahman cows to average 128 c/kg, 561 kg to return $733, topping at 133 c/kg or $819 per head. The Otto family also sold killable which averaged 135 c/kg, 437 kg to return $592 topping at 139 c/kg or $592. Lucy Park Pty Ltd Lissoy of 119.2 c/kg for 525 kg to return $625.80. Henrichsen Pastoral Pty Ltd Durrandella Alpha sold cows to 129 c/kg, average 521 kg to return $651. RTK and SP Smith Depot Glen Stonehenge sold a run of quality Brahman feeder steers topping at 153.2 c/kg to average 142.5 c/kg at 350.9 kg making $499.91. PF and W Hooper Westend Isisford sold Charolais/ Droughtmaster steers to 168 c/kg to return $432. Nancy Dolgner Aramac sold Char/Santa x Steers to a top of 170.2ckg to av 167.8ckg for 238kg to return $400. Springdale Long and Cattle Co Muttaburra sold Euro cross heifers to average 148 c/kg, 343 kg to return $508. Lucy Park Pty Ltd Lissoy Blackall sold Brah cross heifers for 146.2 c/kg for 189 kg to return $276. The next fat and store cattle sale will be held on November 5, at 8.30am.

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An earlier Cup visit to Tambo

Tambo has been lucky enough see the Melbourne Cup twice over the years. People who worked on Lansdowne in the 1970s recall seeing either the Cup itself or one of the replicas made for the winning connections. The manager of Lansdowne at the time, Murray Leeds was the son of winning owner Gordon Leeds of Trangie, New South Wales. Gordon won the Cup with his horse Russia in 1946 in a sterling effort, being the top weight, winning by five lengths and equalling the race record. He was ridden by Darby Munro, the doyen of Australian jockeys at the time, and legend has it that Munro had partied long into the night before and was hung over.

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It seems likely that Mr Leeds trophy made its way up to his son Murray at Tambo where it was shown around. Tambos other connection with the Cup took place two years earlier, in 1944, when Richard Turnbull, who owned Lansdowne at the time, won the Melbourne Cup with Sirius. This gave Turnbull the distinction of being the first incumbent Victorian Racing Club president to hold the trophy, although being wartime, no trophy was presented. Mr Turnbull received war bonds instead, which he donated to charity. Members of the Turnbull family still live in the Tambo district today.

Tambo hosts Melbourne Cup dinner

Blackall-Tambo Regional is a native plant of Madagascar Councils Rural Lands officers which, due to its succulent easyPhillip Hayward and Kelvin Hafey growing nature and coral pink Mobile 0458 029 653 for Paul have been working in conjunction flowers, became a popular garden with the Weedbusters spraying plant in inland Australia. The Will come to you. contractors from Charleville to plants ability to reproduce in large eradicate the invasive weed, Mother numbers and withstand drought of Millions from the Blackall and has seen it escape from gardens Tambo town commons. and become a serious problem The eradication of the weed in many rural areas such as the has been an ongoing project for Blackall-Tambo region. where Jesus makes Council. Council has identified it Mother of Millions, particularly as a major issue in the Corporate the flowers, is highly toxic to a difference Plan, Operational Plan and the stock. Pest Management Plan. For further information regarding Council has allowed budgetary weed eradication contact your allocations to specifically eradicate local Rural Lands officers on Minister: Rev Peter Aay the weed including the work 4621 6600. 46512662 of the two Rural Lands Blackall Contacts officers and Graham & Meryl Gibson machinery 46574740 being utilized Warren & Marg Lehmann by the ongoing 46574546 programs. Phil & Ricki Walker F u n d i n g 46574884 from Desert Channels Ladies Fellowship Qu e e n s la n d Heather Whitfield has also 46574564 a s s i s t e d Council in Thrift Shop: 9am 12 noon meeting their Tuesday, Friday & Saturday targets. Flo Moore 46574465 M o t h e r Betty Walker 46574746 of Millions, Bryophyllum All people matter to God ! d e l a g o e n s e , Kelvin Hafey (left) with a Mother of Millions plant Page 6 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 30 2009

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Tambo Race Club president Richard Sanderson gets to hold the Melbourne Cup under the watchful eye of VRC personnel Lauren Zammit and Andrew Blair Clifford admired Trish Ardens Lemon hat at the dinner

continued from page 1 didnt qualify. He went to trackwork the following morning in a despondent mood which wasnt lifted when his trainer, Bart Cummings offered him the ride on Rogan Josh. I thought it was a case of soaking up the experience I didnt think Rogan Josh had a fantastic chance, John said. Then I rode him to win in the McKinnon Stakes and there was suddenly a shining light. He said he couldnt put the feeling of winning into words. A phantom race call was held during dinner, won by Rising Fast, who was owned for the night by Don Blinco. Phar Lap (Stan Johnson) was second and Sirius (Angus Ryrie) came in third. A racing theme was the dress code for the evening and the Fashions of the Field were won by Ken Creevey and Stacey Ryrie.

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Andrew Turnbull, Luke Goldthorpe and Mark McKellar at Jenny Skelton and Rhonda Banks were ready for a good the Melbourne Cup dinner night out in Tambo The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 30 2009 - Page 7