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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, April 8, 2011

SPORT ON THE BARCOOMagpies put on good show

Friday evening saw the start of the Blackall Magpies Footy Season with a trial match against the Barcaldine Sand Goannas at the Blackall Showgrounds.

A minute’s silence was held in remembrance for past president Gwynne Stockwell before the start of an entertaining game of football broken up into 20 minute quarters.

Barcaldine settled into the game well and at the end of the first quarter led 18-0. Thanks to some fine backline movements Blackall players started full of enthusiasm but took some time to find their feet.

The second quarter saw some good hard defence and attack by both sides with Blackall’s Tom Reddy crossing wide out to make the half time score 18-4.

The third quarter produced opportunities for both sides to score points. However simple handling errors seem to start creeping into both side’s game. A dropped ball by Barcaldine saw Adrian Walker of Blackall score under the post and Matt McLane converting the try making the score 18-10.

The final quarter saw the Magpies attacking the Sand Goannas’ line on a number of occasions. Finally Kenny Grahame dived over and McLane converted to make the final score 18-16 with Barcaldine victors.

President Jeremy Barron appreciated the fact that Barcaldine had travelled over to give the Magpies a trial match.

He also welcomed the presence of Peter Hauff and the junior Magpies and their workers in the canteen, and the sponsors who are back on board this year.

Blackall had a good turnout of loyal supporters who turned up and supported the players, and they are now all keen to see the 2011 season get bigger and better.

The Blackall Magpies will travel to Longreach on April 16 for a double header which will see them play the Winton Devils.

-- Tony Hauff

The Magpies team after the game, ready for the season ahead.

French and Scottish backpackers working at Terrick – Max Defreitas, Alison Young and, right Sabrina Platini – joined Warringah governess Katrina Mackenzie in the Australian Friday night ritual of beer and footy.

Junior Magpies Mitchell Parry, Mason Spinks, Will Alexander and Jack Banks enjoyed their first hit out for the year.

INDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO

Blackall’s own community newspaper

The Tambo Heritage group held a morning tea to mark the reopening of the Tambo Heritage Precinct last weekend.

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In brief....

ShockwavePlans are well underway for

the Shockwave festival with a community meeting held in Blackall last week.

Heritage Precinct

Butterfly DayGirls from Year Seven

to Twelve at Blackall State School celebrated the second annual Butterfly Day at the Cultural Centre on Tuesday.

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Three missionary priests from India are currently visiting Blackall as part of their tour of the Rockhampton diocesce.

Visiting priests

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Blackall Magpies to star on the small screen

Producer Shane Gaunt, presenter Ben Dobbin, camera man Chris Forsyth and sound guy David McGregor-Jones from The Footy Show after filming at the Magpies training on Tuesday night.

The Blackall Magpies were in the spotlight on Tuesday as the focus of a segment filmed by a visiting camera crew from Channel Nine’s The Footy Show.

Producer Shane Gaunt, presenter Ben Dobbin, cameraman Chris Forsyth and sound guy David McGregor-Jones visited Ilfracombe and Blackall to film segments about rugby league teams in outback Queensland.

During their visit to Blackall, the crew filmed footage at the Jackie Howe Centre, the Black Stump, the Woolscour, the Blackall Magpies’ training session and the Prince of

Wales Hotel. At the training session Ben

Dobbin donned a Magpies jersey to give the team some unusual coaching as part of the light-hearted segment.

Shane Gaunt said the show chose to film a segment about the Blackall Magpies because of the story of how the club did not have a team for many years, while the Ilfracombe Scorpions were selected as the original club of North Queensland Cowboys player Matt Scott.

Mr Gaunt said it was extremely interesting to visit western

Queensland and the crew was enjoying their time in Blackall.

“The locals here are extremely accommodating and so respectful with what we want to do with the filming,” Mr Gaunt said.

“We really enjoy coming out to these country towns.”

Blackall was initially suggested as a location for a segment by new presenter Ben Dobbin, a Condamine local with contacts across rural Queensland.

The segment will air within the next few weeks with an exact broadcast date yet to be decided.

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From the Editor

Autumn is definitely here with the mornings much cooler. The days however are just beautiful.

Banksia and Mulberry are the new Blackall street names which have been given to two unnamed Streets in the Industrial Estate. The unnamed street adjacent to Salvia Street will be named Magnolia Street in keeping with the tradition of plant names for streets in Blackall. The unnamed roads in the subdivision on the Ravensbourne Road will be Frames Lane and Glenora Lane.

A Remote Area Planning and Development Board Meeting held via teleconference held on Friday morning and a Blackall Tambo Wild Dog Advisory Meeting held via video link in the afternoon ensured the end of the week was as busy as the beginning.

There has certainly been a variety of events to attend in both Blackall and Tambo. A seminar and information day regarding breast cancer and related women’s health issues was held last weekend, supported by The Breast Cancer Association of Queensland and our own West’n Breast Support Group. Survivorship Issues involved many high level medical

practitioners along with associated health workers who were able to advise western women on their personal issues. A gourmet lunch and a lot of laughter topped off a really great day.

The Tambo Historical Group were able to showcase their recent work which was to give a make over to the heritage buildings, the old Tambo post office, Mulhern house and the Tambo Court House. The group will man the buildings during the tourist Season and give historical information. I have to congratulate the Tambo Historical Group on their enterprise as there are a growing number of motor homes and vans on the Landsborough Highway right now.

On Tuesday morning I was

fortunate enough to be able to attend the Blackall State School annual Butterfly Day for the girls from Year Seven through to Year Twelve. There were a number of workshops to attend on makeup, grooming, cookery and self esteem. The presentation featuring the female teachers and school support staff was very well received as was the workshop on the dangers of social networks. A gourmet lunch was served featuring dishes with an Asian theme, congratulations to the chef and her helpers. The table settings were very feminine as were the hall decorations. A special treat was the laser skirmish action which was set up in Memorial Park. Congratulations to Linda Whysall and to the teaching staff on what could only be called a very special day in any girl’s life.

The columbarium at the Blackall Cemetery is in place and landscaping and finishing off will ensure the site will be of a suitable standard to complement the existing facilities.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

The year is getting busier and busier by the week, and I greatly appreciate all the information that everyone is sending me. It really makes the paper that much better and more interesting.

With Easter just around the corner and tourist season fast approaching, the calendar is filling up. With that in mind, I’d like to remind everyone to give me ample notice of your events and news. It’s always nice to include

photos with stories, but that sometimes can’t happen without prior organisation.

Similarly, if your organisation is holding an event I can’t attend, it’s fantastic to receive information and photos from someone who was there.

We have two colour issues coming up in the near future so advertisers should get in touch as early as possible to book their adspace. The first colour issue will

hit the shelves on Thursday April 21, the day before Good Friday.

The week after Easter there will be no paper, due to the number of public holidays that week.

The week after however, Blackall will be treated to another colour paper on May 6.

Advertisers during these weeks should be aware of a $65 colour surcharge to cover the cost of colour printing.

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide April 10- April 16ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday A

pril 13

5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 The Trail of Genghis Khan2:00 Darling Buds of May3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 My Family6:30 Strictly Speaking7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 The New Inventors8:30 Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight9:30 Hungry Beast10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Cuckoo12:20 Tycoon2:30 The Cook and the Chef3:00 Big Ideas4:00 National Press Club Address

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Thicker than Water2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 My Kitchen Rules9:00 Detroit 1-8-710:00 Brace for Impact: Inside the Hudson Plane Crash11:00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive12:00 Parks and Recreation12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 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 Big Bang Theory7:30 The Big Bang Theory8:00 Mike and Molly8:30 Two and a Half Men9:00 The Big Bang Theory9:30 RPA-Where are they now?10:30 Embarrassing Bodies11:30 Til Death12:00 Eclipse Music TV12:30 The Strip1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Alive and Cooking3:30 Good Morning America

4:30 UEFA League: Qtr Final Live6:45 UEFA League: Qtr Final Delayed9:00 International News3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:35 Inspector Rex8:30 Every Family’s Nightmare9:30 World News Australia10:05 Movie: Incident at Loch Ness11:45 Movie: The Sovereign’s Servant1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

Thursday April 14

5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 The National Parks12:00 Midday Report12:30 Dalziel and Pascoe2:05 Darling Buds of May3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 My Family6:30 Strictly Speaking7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Catalyst8:30 Turn Back Time9:30 Whites10:00 Getting On10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 The Film Festival Project12:25 Invaders from Mars1:45 Advise and Consent4:00 Can We Help?4:30 The Cook and the Chef

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Marco Polo – Part 12:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Heston’s Mission Impossible8:30 Grey’s Anatomy9:30 Desperate Housewives10:30 Private Practice11:30 30 Rock12:00 True Beauty1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 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 Big Bang Theory7:30 RBT8:00 Getaway8:30 CSI9:30 The NRL Footy Show11:15 The AFL Footy Show Late1:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Skippy the bush kangaroo3:30 Good Morning America

4:30 UEFA League: Qtr Final Live6:45 UEFA League: Qtr Final Delayed9:00 International News2:30 Finding my Mind3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Italian Food Safari8:00 Oz and James Big Wine Adventure8:30 Heston’s Feasts9:30 World News Australia10:05 UEFA Champions League Hour11:05 Movie: Mataharis12:45 Movie: Loser Takes All2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

Friday April 15

5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Catalyst11:30 One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Midsomer Murders2:20 Wild Tails: Broken Fin Hunter2:35 Ladies of Letters3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 My Family6:30 Strictly Speaking7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Collectors8:30 New Tricks9:30 Waking the Dead10:25 Lateline11:10 Headcases11:35 Rage4:00 Rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Marco Polo – Part 22:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL : Richmond vs Collingwood11:45 That 70’s Show12:15 Movie: Monster2:30 Room for Improvement3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 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 Big Bang Theory7:30 League: Titans vs Wests Tigers9:30 League: Eels vs Bulldogs11:30 Movie: Today You Die1:30 Movie: Cleopatra Jones3:05 Skippy the bush kangaroo3:35 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

4:45 UEFA League: Qtr Final Live7:05 UEFA League: Qtr Final Delayed9:10 International News1:30 Insight2:30 Italian News3:00 Living Black3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Coast: Anglesey to Blackpool8:30 WW II – Behind Closed Doors9:30 World News Australia10:15 How to get more sex10:40 Movie: You will be Mine12:25 Entourage12:55 Shameless1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday April 16

5:00 Rage11:00 Cooking the World: Greece12:00 Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Carbon Cops2:00 Rugby League Qld Cup4:00 Pilot Guides: Holy Lands5:00 Bowls: Aust Open 20116:00 Can We Help?6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 ABC News7:30 Doc Martin8:25 ABC News8:30 Spooks9:30 A Quiet Word with Simon Pegg10:00 Durham County11:40 Rage4:00 Rage

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Castaway11:30 Legend of Enyo12:00 Zeke’s Pad12:30 Master Raindrop1:00 Aust Smashes Guinness World Records1:30 TBA2:00 AFL – Carlton vs Essendon5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Hook Line and Sinker7:00 AFL – Sydney vs Geelong10:30 V8 Supercars 20112:00 Movie: Mexico City4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Power Rangers

6:00 Children’s Programs

7:00 Weekend Today

9:00 Danoz Direct

10:00 Kids’ WB

1:00 Imparja’s Horse Racing

4:30 The Garden Gurus

5:00 News: First at Five

5:30 Your 4x4

6:00 National News

6:30 Funniest Home Videos

8:00 Movie: The Water Horse

10:15 Movie: Hitch

12:35 Movie: Sea Wolves

2:50 Movie: The Avengers

4:00 Danoz Direct

5:30 Wesley Impact

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News1:00 The Trojans2:35 The Chopin Etudes2:45 Musica Leggera3:45 The Chopin Preludes4:00 Eating Art: Fruit Palettes4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Prototype This6:30 World News Australia7:30 Animal Monster Moves8:30 Iron Chef9:20 RocKwiz: Mary Gauthier & Jordie Lane10:05 Movie: Russian Dolls12:20 SOS – How I met your Father1:20 Life’s a Zoo1:45 Drawn Together2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight


Barcoo Independent TV Guide April 10 - April 16ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday April 10

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 Planet Earth2:00 Tony Robinson’s Crime and Punishments3:00 Intangible Asset No 824:30 First Tuesday Book Club with Jennifer Byrne5:00 Art Nation5:30 Mr Bean5:45 Dr Who6:30 Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life7:00 ABC News7:30 Human Planet8:20 ABC New Update8:30 Midsomer Murders10:00 Compass10:30 The Street11:30 Insider the Great Magazines12:20 Second Chorus1:45 Friends and Lovers2:55 San Quentin4:00 Art Nation4:30 The Cook and the Che

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise10:00 The Amazing Race11:00 Movie: The Sandlot-Heading Home1:00 AFL – Melbourne vs Brisbane4:00 In the Bush with Malcolm Douglas5:00 Drive Thru Australia5:30 All for Adventure6:00 Seven News6:30 Sunday Night7:30 Border Security8:00 The Force – Behind the Line8:30 Bones9:30 Castle10:30 Serial Killers11:30 Suburban Secrets12:00 AFL – Geelong vs Port Adelaide3:00 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 Roast1:00 4x4 Adventures2:00 Stormworld2:30 Pyramid3:00 The Farmers Wants a Wife4:00 League – St George vs Canterbury6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair - Sunday 7:00 Customs7:30 60 Minutes8:30 The Mentalist9:30 Harry’s Law10:30 CSI Miami11:25 The Guardian12:20 Super League2:20 Nine Presents Kings of Leon2:30 Danoz Direct3:30 4WD TV4:00 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch6:35 International News10:30 UEFA Europa League Highlights11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature12:00 UEFA Champions Magazine Program12:30 Speedweek2:00 Feast India3:00 Earthquake: The Destruction of Lisbon4:00 Little Mosque on the Prairie4:30 Living Black5:00 Cycling Central6:00 Thalassa: A Disappearing Village6:30 World News Australia7:30 A History of Scotland8:35 Cutting Edge: The War You Don’t See10:20 Cycling: Paris-Roubaix 20111:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

Monday A

pril 11

5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Monarch of the Glen1:30 Cheese Slices2:00 Darling Buds of May3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 My Family6:30 Dog Whisperer7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:15 Media Watch9:35 Q&A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Blue Murder12:20 The Clinic1:15 Ill met by Moonlight3:00 Bowls: Aust Open 20114:00 Travel Oz4:30 The Cook and the Chef

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: The Doctor is Out…2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 My Kitchen Rules8:30 Conviction Kitchen9:30 Brothers and Sisters10:30 My Shocking Story11:30 The First 4812:30 Parks and Recreation1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 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 Big Bang Theory8:00 Two and a Half Men8:30 The Million Dollar Drop9:30 CSI Miami10:30 Crime Investigation Australia11:30 Til Death12:00 Super Rugby Extra Time1:00 Super League2:00 Danoz Direct3:00 4WD TV3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 An Island Calling2:30 Insight3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial5:00 The Crew5:30 Living Black6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Mythbusters8:30 Man vs Wild9:30 World News Australia10:00 Ugly Americans10:30 South Park11:00 Wilfred: Dog of a Town11:30 The World Game12:30 Living Black1:00 Movie: The Wedding Song2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

Tuesday April 12

5:00 Something in the Air5:30 Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 Time Team Special1:30 Meerkat Manor2:00 Darling Buds of May3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 My Family6:30 Strictly Speaking7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 The Long Goodbye9:30 QI: Doves10:05 Artscape: Eddie Perfect10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:40 Four Corners12:25 Media Watch12:40 The Mad Bomber2:30 Talking Stick3:00 Big Ideas4:00 Talking Heads4:30 The Cook and the Chef

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Wild Hearts2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 My Kitchen Rules8:30 Winners & Losers9:30 Parenthood10:30 Cougar Town11:00 Keeping up with the Kardashians11:30 10 Years Younger12:30 Style by Jury1:30 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

1:00 Danoz Direct

2:00 Days of Our Lives

3:00 Entertainment Tonight

3:30 Children’s Programs

4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News

6:30 A Current Affair

7:00 The Big Bang Theory

7:30 The Big Bang Theory

8:30 Top Gear

10:00 Survivor

12:00 20/20

1:00 Entertainment Tonight

1:30 Danoz Direct

3:00 4WD TV

3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch

5:05 International News

1:00 Movie: The Road Home

2:45 Good Luck, Nedim

3:00 Living Black

3:30 Letters and Numbers

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village

6:00 Letters and Numbers

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Insight

8:30 The Story of Science:

What is out there?

9:30 World News Australia

10:05 Forbidden Lie$

12:00 Movie: Nesio

1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G GeneralClassificationM MatureClassificationRecommendedforviewingbymatureaudiences.PG ParentalGuidanceRecommendedMA MatureAudienceNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage. AV AdultViolenceClassificationNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage.

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Visiting priests get taste of westBlackall had some visitors from

overseas to share in some western Queensland hospitality this week.

Catholic missionary priests Fr Marcel, Fr Thadayoose, and Fr John belong to the Heralds of Good News Missionary Society from the Mother Theresa Province, India.

The priests are visiting western areas of the Rockhampton Catholic diocese before they are appointed to a parish within the diocese for the six year duration of their missionary experience.

They have travelled north to Mackay and south to Bundaberg and now are in the western parts of the diocese for a few days to familiarise themselves with this area.

Brian Heenan, bishop of Rockhampton, will appoint them

later in the year to a parish where they are needed.

After travelling to Barcaldine they continued on their journey to Blackall and gathered with members of the Anglican, Uniting and Catholic communities to share in an ecumenical bible reflection for Lent.

Local ministers Rev Beth O’Neill, Rev Scott Ballment and Fr Matthew Moloney gathered with parishioners and welcomed them with a cup of tea and shared in their stories.

Later that day renowned local fisherman Br Terry Kingston led them to the Barcoo River to share in a little recreational fishing. Alas his reputation was not as good as it has been recently as there was no yellow-belly to be caught

this day. Well known local Marie Messer even went as a support and advisor but still no yellow-belly to be seen.

A few “Barcoo Grunter” were caught however and with some local mutton chops, lunch and billy-tea was served.

Fathers Marcel, John, and Thadayoose have been staying at St Patrick’s with Fr Matthew and will share in an anointing mass on Friday with the students of St Joseph’s and local parishioners.

After celebrating weekend mass on Saturday evening in Blackall and then mass on Sunday in Tambo, they will journey back to Rockhampton for the “Mass of the Holy Oils” and the next stage in their introduction to the diocese.

-- Matthew Moloney

Ecumenical gathering with the visiting priests at Trinity Church.

Marie Messer with visiting missionaries Far Thadayoose, Fr Marcel, and Fr John.

WHATS ON in 2011APRIL8-10 Blackall Campdraft9 Community Markets14 QCWA Community Dinner with the State President15 Easter Fete16 Blackall Races16 Tambo Stock Show29 Blackall Show Ball30 Tambo Campdraft

MAY1 Tambo Campdraft1 Blackall Agricultural Show8 Mothers’ Day Function Dance Blackall9 -13 Alpha SDE Cluster Camp12 Biggest Morning Tea sponsored by Anglican Church13 Blackall Combined Schools Athletics Carnival13 Blackall Combined Schools Disco14 Community Markets21 Dance Benefit Dinner21-22 Tambo Polocrosse Carnival23-27 Lantern Workshop25-27 Paul Costa Songwriting workshop 26 Biggest Morning Tea at 60s and Better27 Opening Night Heartland Festival Art Exhibition28 Longreach SDE Interschool Gymkana28 Heartland Festival Food and Music Fiesta28-29 Arts Yakka Workshops in Tambo29 Heart-y Breakfast with Blackall Walking Group30-31Painting workshop30-31 Photography workshop

JUNE1-2 Painting workshop 1 Sustainable Gardening Day2 Photograpy workshop3 RFDS Mary G Show4 Tambo Cup Races4-5 Shockwave Festival 5 Les Chansons show5 Heartland Festival Photography Exhibition opening10 Blackall vs Barcaldine Rugby League home game11 Community Markets11-12 Machine Quilting workshop with Pauline Rogers11-12 Ian Francis Campdraft Clinic18 Blackall State School Trivia Night25 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Casino Night25-30 Woodies Workshop

JULY2 Blackall Races9 Community Markets29-30 Radio Plays performances30 Blackall Rugby League home game

AUGUST6 Tambo Ladies Race Day6 Blackall vs Ilfracombe Rugby League Home Game8 Blackall State School Variety Bash13 Community Markets

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Blackall campdraftThe Black Stump Campdraft will be held in

Blackall this weekend with campdrafting kicking off at 1pm on Friday and continuing throughout the weekend.

Friday night will see participants unwind with a barbecue tea and music provided by local DJ Dave Goodman.

Saturday night will step up the pace with a meal and live music provided by Tambo band Court in Session.

A bar and catering will be provided throughout the weekend.

Local business Design Hub will hold a free event in Blackall on April 27 to celebrate the 16th year of World Graphic Design Day.

The event will include exhibiting graphic design work, short videos, creative workshops, music by DJ Dave, competitions and a barbecue.

“It will be an opportunity to learn about and appreciate the profession of graphic design in a fun environment,” client liaison for Design Hub Rachel Walker said.

There will be an opportunity for hands on activities such as arts workshops, as well as an opportunity for businesses to win a free poster design by Design Hub.

The event will be held Wednesday April 27 from 6.30-8.30pm at the Blackall Memorial Hall with all welcome.

The event is supported by the existing Creative Pathways program with the barbecue dinner sponsored by Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.

World graphic design day

Easter feteEaster is in the air with an Easter fete to be

held at St Patrick’s Church next Friday night from 6pm.

The evening will be well catered with burgers, kebabs, hot potatoes, donuts, soft drinks and a bar on offer.

Raffles will run throughout the evening, including a ham wheel and a hundreds board, with money raised going towards the St Patrick’s parish and community.

Visitors can also enjoy a novelty store, cent sale, balloons and plant stall while Friday night football will be shown on a big screen.

There will be a prize for the best Easter bonnet with categories for children under and over seven years old.

The Easter bunny will also make an appearance on the night, arriving at 8pm with a special advance delivery for the children of Blackall.

Anyone interested in getting involved with the fete is asked to contact Brother Terry Kingston or Father Matthew Moloney.

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Exercise Physiologist Individual Consults Group classes

Conditions that will benefit include:

Weight loss or to increase fitness Various medical conditions (e.g. High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Depression, Osteoporosis) Lower back painSports training

Exercise Physiology

This service is provided to the community by the Blackall—Tambo Regional Council Rural Primary Health Services Program and

delivered to you by Vital Health

John Dennehy, Exercise Physiologist

will be visiting Blackall on the following dates: Wednesday 13th April

Wednesday 18th May Wednesday 15th June

Interested?

Then telephone the

Tambo Multipurpose Centre to make an

appointment

Ph- 4654 6481

Group

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Two games of B singles were played last Sunday with very close finishes in both games.

Trevor Brown and Brad Carolan were close all the way, being 19-18 on 16 ends, then 26-24 on 22 ends, with Trevor winning 31-27 on 27 ends.

In the other game, Roy Black looked down and out being 2-14 down to Roland Blucher, before making a remarkable comeback to level up at 30 all after 42 ends but Roland rallied to win the next end and the game 31-30.

In sets of nine ends Ron Robinson never really fired against an in form Don Daly, going down 11-8 and 9-2.

Next week A singles, B singles, handicap singles and sets of nine ends will be played at the Blackall Bowls Club from 9:30am with social play available and visitors welcome.

In A singles T Brown to play P Fry with spotter R Blucher, W Richardson to play J Bowyer with spotter J Carter.

In B singles C Pfingst to play G Whitfield with spotter H McHugh.

In handicap singles, T Hayward to play Woody with spotter B Carolan.

In sets of nine ends, J Blucher to play L Kelly with spotter D Daly.

--Dally Holden

Close finishes for bowls The Smith Bros Mixed Foursomes were played on April 3. This event was won by G Schluter and K Choyce at 131 gross and 104 net with runners up J Walker and L MacNamara at 136 gross and 127 net The leftover competition was won by S Robinson with runner up A Allom. Golden hole number 11 was won by A Allom. Pin shot number 17 was L MacNamara.

Next week the Barcoo Butchery Monthly medal will be held on April 10 with hit off at 12:30pm, weather permitting. Next week also sees the Central West 4 ball competition to be held in Alpha.

There will be a club meeting at 11am on April 10.

For changes to the program, see the blackboard at the grid to the golf club.

-- Albert Ross

Golfing news

Ladies bowls commenceLadies bowls has started up for 2011 with the

first games played at the Blackall Bowls Club on Tuesday morning.

Gwen Turnbull and Hazel McHugh played a game of pairs against Ruby Williams and Judith Adam, with Gwen and Hazel winning 9-4.

The second game was between Gladys Hayward and Joyce Bauer against Janet Choyce and Melda Hauff. It was a very close game with the second last end being nine all before Gladys and Joyce won by three on the last end.

Anybody interested in playing of a Tuesday morning is asked to put their names in at 8am to play 8:30am with travellers welcome to participate.

--Janet Choyce.

Central west horse riding enthusiasts were treated to a three day clinic in Blackall with professional trainer Huon Smith last weekend.

Twenty riders participated in training in general horsemanship skills before progressing on to cattle work.

All riders showed great improvement from the start to the finish of the clinic, with much fun and knowledge shared.

--Helen Aspinall

Huon Smith horseriding clinic held in Blackall

Huon Smith demonstrating the correct techniques to Simon Campbell from Norwood, Blackall.

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Plans for the Shockwave festival are well underway with ideas and activities for the upcoming event discussed at a community meeting held last Wednesday night.

The event will showcase music, dance, art, photography and other creative arts with a broad range of activities and workshops to be held over the weekend.

The festival will feature live music performed on two stages operating during the festival, with performers to include bands from Blackall and Longreach, Brisbane singers Melinda and Bree Wells and a Brisbane DJ.

There will also be a dedicated

disco area run by Jeremiah Faulkner from Longreach, with the possibility of a silent disco where participants dance to music played through mp3 players.

Dance will also be a highlight of the event with performances from Dance Blackall, the Edrine Keegan School of Ballet from Roma, the Retro Pixies dance crew from Ilfracombe and local hip hop crews.

The weekend will feature workshops on song writing, DJ skills, photography and a graffiti art session which will see the decoration of a table and chairs at the skate park.

Other highlights of the festivals will include badge making, LED light decorations, fire twirling, face painting and a photo booth.

The weekend will kick off with a performance by comedian Mark Bin Bakar as his well-known character Mary G, to be held at the showground on Friday night.

Mr Bin Baker was named West Australian of the Year in 2007, and in 2005 received a Deadly Award for excellence in film.

The Deadly Awards celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence in music, sport, entertainment and community.

Shockwave festival set to be action packed

Blackall’s Justin Hauff was recently inducted as one of the student leaders at St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon.

He received his prefect’s badge at a special mass presided over by College chaplain, Father Bryan Hanifin from the Capricorn Coast parish.

Acting principal Geoff McManus acknowledged the significance of the occasion for not only the newly inducted leaders but for the whole school.

In coming weeks, the senior leaders will begin active leadership by engaging with each of the younger year levels at the Student Representative Council.

Mr McManus said the aspiration to develop a culture of service to others should continue to grow amongst the young men of St Brendan’s College.

New St Brendan’s prefect Justin Hauff with Fr Bryan Hanifin, his parents Bevan and Julie Hauff and grandmother Pat Hauff after the presentation at Yeppoon.

Justin takes on prefect role at St Brendan’s

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A new exhibition will open at the Grasslands Art Gallery in Tambo from April 27, showcasing paintings by Gladstone artist Melanie Jai.

Through the Looking Glass is Ms Jai’s artistic attempt to understand and portray the inner world of her autistic son.

Ms Jai said she hopes her paintings will inspire understanding, compassion and acceptance for those affected by mental health issues.

“Each artwork tackles a base emotion that we all experience at some time, the difference being that Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) sufferers experience these strong emotions all the time,” said Ms Jai.

“This has become my inspiration,

my vessel through which to feel what my son feels, to attempt to understand his world.”

Exhibitions manager Mia Kempel said that by focussing on child-like subjects such as Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, puppets and dolls, the works evoke an imagined adventure trail of Ms Jai’s son’s experiences.

“By using a highly stylised portraiture, Melanie connects with the fairytale land of villains and heroes that her son so often retreats to,” said Ms Kempel.

The exhibit will run until May 13, and is presented by the Tambo Arts Council and Queensland Arts Council and supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.

New exhibit for Grasslands Art Gallery

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The Blackall Tambo regional council has received approval from the Department of Local Government and Planning for a loan of $3,000,000.

Approximately $1.7 million will be used for upgrades to the Blackall saleyards, with the rest to be used on smaller projects around Blackall.

The saleyards upgrade will include replacing wooden selling

pens with steel ones, installing a new computer system and developing the roads and drainage around the area.

The loan will also fund upgrades to the water and sewerage in Blackall, including the installation of electronic telemetry systems which would allow for remote monitoring and reporting of information regarding water management.

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In a rain reduced yarding the Blackall Combined Agents yarded 977 head for the Fat and Store Cattle Sale last Thursday.

Cattle were drawn from Boulia, Winton, Jericho and locally.

Bullocks were 5c cheaper on previous weeks while all other classes were firm on previous weeks rates.

Rayment Pastoral “Eildon Park” Winton sold Droughtmaster X bullocks for 184c/kg weighing 525kg returning $967. Peel Mungerie “Inverness” Blackall sold No. 8 Brahman X bullocks for 183c/kg weighing 540kg or $990. Bailey Properties “Paradise Downs” Blackall sold Charolais x bullocks for 188c/kg weighing 653kg returning $1229.

Moonbong Partnership “Chatham” Tambo sold Santa X cows topping at 165c/kg weighing 694kg returning $1145/hd to average 160c/kg weighing 615kg returning $910/hd.

Peel Mungerie “Inverness” Blackall had 4 tooth heifers making 174c/kg weighing 544kg or $948/hd with the 2 teeth

topping at 178c/kg weighing 535kg returning $953/hd to average 183c/kg weighing 183c/kg weighing 539kg or $988/hd.

Lorne Grazing “Lorne” Blackall sold Brahman steers weighing 456kg for 190.2c.kg returning $868/hd.

Alderley Pastoral “Alderley” Boulia sold Brahman X steers for 181c/kg weighing 368kg returning $667/hd to average 172c/kg weighing 419kg or $724/hd.

Wayne & Penny Hooper “West End” Isisford sold Droughtmaster X steers for 196.2c/kg for $756/hdweighing 387kg.

Tim and Kerry Joseland “Newhaven” Yaraka sold Brahman X heifers for 209.2c/kg weighing 240kg returning $503/hd. Stewart & Mary Neal “Geogery” Barcaldine sold Santa heifers for 185c/kg weighing 311kg returning $576/hd with their Hereford heifers for 186c/kg weighing 295kg or $550/hd.

Clayton Hannay, Aramac sold Droughtermaster X cows and calves for $915/unit.

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Short coursesThe Australian Agricultural

College in Longreach is holding a number of short courses in April to help participants gain new skills or gain formal qualifications for existing skills.

The courses include chainsaw handling, ChemCert accreditation or reaccreditation and basic welding.

The welding course will provide an introduction to manual metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding and will run from April 18-21.

The chainsaw course will over chainsaw safety, chainsaw maintenance and basic cross cutting and will run from April 27-29.

The ChemCert courses are targeted AgVet chemical users and will run from April 18-20 for full accreditation and on April 20 for reaccreditation.

The Barcoo Independent, Friday, April 8, 2011

Tender – Restumping of Tambo Day Care Centre Building

Tenders are invited for the Restumping of the Tambo Day Care Centre Building.

Tendering specifications and plans are available on request from Mrs Donna Richardson, Commercial Services Officer at the Blackall Council Office.

Tenders endorsed “Tender for restumping – Tambo Day Care Centre” close at 4.30pm on Wednesday 27 April, 2011 at the Blackall Office, 6 Coronation Drive, Blackall, Qld 4472.

Tenders received after this date will not be accepted. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. PO Box 21 Ken Timms Blackall Qld 4472 Chief Executive Officer Fax: (07) 4657 8855 Phone: (07) 4621 6600

The President, the People and their Pearls

Come join the CWAto welcome State President Marian Mudra with a threecourse meal and entertainment by the Divas

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BLACKALL HEARTLAND FESTIVAL ART EXHIBITION 2011

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Tambo heritage precinct re-opensSunday saw the re-opening of the

heritage precinct in Tambo with a morning tea and multi-draw raffle marking the occasion.

Volunteers from the Tambo Heritage Group will man the precinct which incorporates the old Tambo post office, constructed in 1876 and the Mulhern residence, constructed in 1885.

With the reopening comes new facilities, including a retail outlet based in the old post office called Totally Tambo, which will stock locally made craft products and a book exchange where tourists and locals alike can purchase and swap second hand books.

Another feature in the precinct is a new touch screen DVD installed in Mulhern House, which showcases the history of the Tambo district.

Bob Gall sampling some of the morning tea at the heritage precinct re-opening.

Pauline Nevell and Inge Gajczak enjoying the morning spent at the heritage precinct.

Long time Tambo residents Nell Galway and Edna Sargood with the new touch screen DVD in Mulhern house.


The Tambo Stock Show held its annual wether shearing competition last Friday at Tambo Station with three shearers from Tambo and Charleville shearing 212 sheep on the day.

In the open section wool judge Marc McKellar of Landmark Charleville awarded Westbourne the prize for the single highest value fleece, with a value of $134.33, whilst Bayrick took out the prize for the highest comfort factor.

In the milk section, Lambert was

an all round winner, receiving the prize for the single highest value fleece, with a value of $144.73, and the prize for the highest comfort factor.

A third section has been added for 2011 for most productive team, with the wethers kept a further year with their cumulative results for the whole period of the competition combine with their carcass value, as assessed by Charleville Landmark Manager, Damien Ferguson.

The new section saw Macfarlane

awarded for both highest value carcass and highest average team.

The wethers entered in the competition are run in the same paddock for the year preceding the competition, with this year’s sheep run on Westbourne and next year’s sheep to be run on Acton.

The sheep leaving the competition are donated to the Tambo Show Society and then sold to raise money for the Tambo Stock Show.

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Blackall students get taste of agricultural life

High school students from Blackall State School had the opportunity to attend the Australian Agricultural College in Longreach last week as part of the school’s agricultural program.

Twenty students visited the college as part of the Rural Vocations Pathways program held at the college.

The students stayed in residential accommodation at the college during the week and participated in activities such as horse mustering, farm machinery education, first aid and workplace health and safety.

The school will hold four visits to the Longreach pastoral college throughout the year for students studying agricultural certificates, with one week-long visit per term.

The students who visited the college are currently undertaking

either a Certificate I in Rural Operations, or a Certificate II in Agriculture.

Principal Jason Smith said the students greatly enjoyed the opportunity to participate in the practical activities held over the week.

“We think it’s a vital part of education, and we fully support students who are interested in pursuing agricultural careers,” Mr Smith said.

Physical education teacher Mr Ossipow accompanied the students on the visit and said the trip renewed the students’ interest in the agricultural sector.

“They all had a fairly good time, were excited about it and I think the college worked them pretty hard during the week,” Mr Ossipow said.


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Former Blackall resident Bob Fallis caught up with next door neighbour Meg Irvine this week while on a tour of the Woolscour.

Bob was a member of a 45-person tour of western Queensland being undertaken by the Mackay Rural Production Group, which has been in operation and undertaking fact finding tours for 38 years.

The group toured the Woolscour while in Blackall and enjoyed a camp oven dinner afterwards, and

heard about Blackall’s industries from Simon and Christine Campbell and Sally Cripps.

Bob’s family used to own a dairy in Blackall and Fallis’s Crossing, a dry weather Barcoo River crossing at the end of Daisy Street, is named after the family.

Bob enjoyed seeing the many changes that had taken place in Blackall.

-- Sally Cripps

Rural tour group stops in Blackall

Former Blackall resident Bob Fallis catches up with his old next door neighbour Meg Irvine at the Woolscour.

The tour group took the chance to visit the Blackall Wools-cour before enjoying a camp oven dinner.


Blackall and Tambo youth will soon have new places to hang out, with the development of new youth centres for each of the towns.

The Blackall centre was funded by the Community Gambling Benefit fund and will be located in rooms below the Memorial Hall.

The centre will feature a technology space with computers, a media room with a television and DVD player, an air hockey table and a pool table.

The Tambo youth centre will be located in the front rooms of the Tambo Shire Hall, with a technology space, pool table and

board games. The centres are scheduled to

open within six months, and will initially be open for one day a week.

Blackall Tambo Regional Council sports and recreation officer Lisa Goodman said the new youth centres address the need to provide more services for youth in the district.

“It’s just giving them a space to be themselves and allowing them a leadership role to have some say in what they want from the centres,” Lisa said.

--by Victoria Nugent

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A fluoro party held in Longreach last Saturday night has raised another $440 for the Shockwave Festival.

Around 70 people attended the party, held as part of Longreach’s Youth Week celebrations.

A community meeting was also held in Longreach on Monday night with further artists and volunteers confirmed for the festival.

The Creative Pathways team behind the Shockwave Festival has also been sharing arts skills this week in the region, holding film and theatre workshops at the Alpha State School.

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A panel of speakers that would be held in high regard in international circles brought an audience of 80 much needed information when the Breast Cancer Association of Queensland held its annual seminar at Blackall on the weekend.

Dr Shireen Senewiratne, who undertakes more immediate breast reconstructions than any other surgeon in Queensland, said she was amazed at how far people had travelled to attend.

People came from beyond Longreach and from around Alpha as well as from Blackall, Tambo and Isisford areas.

She said that although the seminar was different to the way the subject was approached in a city, the concerns were much the same.

Dr Chris Pyke, a specialist in breast endocrine surgery, said he and fellow specialists were very aware they were not offering the full service to their patients.

In response to a question about whose role it was to talk to patients about follow-up, Dr Pike said it used to be the surgeon who was the gatekeeper but a multi-disciplinary care approach was used now.

“The awkward thing is that you feel no-one is in charge anymore,” he said. “I would probably say the doctor or person you feel you have the best relationship with should be the one.”

Speakers were also questioned about genetic factors and were given a link to a National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre website that calculates the risk - http://www.nbocc.org.au/risk/yourrisk.html

Regular exercise was promoted as one of the effective ways of reducing the risk of getting breast cancer.

“Walking for an hour a few days a week will help a lot,” Dr Pyke said.

Lymphoedema, physiotherapy, psychiatric and sexuality issues were also covered comprehensively by speakers.

Heather Morton, who is the organiser for the regional West’n’Breast support group, said the day had helped make breast cancer sufferers and their families more aware of the issues surrounding diagnosis and recovery.

“They were all subjects and experts we don’t have access to easily,” she said.

Heather also felt the day had helped to spotlight the West’n’Breast group for local people.

“When we went through all this, there was nothing for people.

“We’re not counsellors but we can share our experiences, which we feel can help.”

The group also makes up pamper packs and raises money to assist women with their costs.

Heather said there was a contact person for every town in the west.

“The number of women recently diagnosed is scary. I would just like to say to people, be kind to yourself and others.”

-- Sally Cripps

Support the key word at breast cancer seminar

Speakers and organisers of the breast cancer and women’s health seminar in Blackall – Dr Chris Pyke, Vivette White, Dr Hildegard Reul-Hirche, Heather Morton, Dr Jane Turner, Dr Margaret Redelman, Dr Shireen Senewiratne, and BCAQ board member Gina Fairfax.

Beris Harrison, Janelle Dickson and Shirley Dagan took time out from the seminar for a cup of tea and a chat.

Lyn Schluter caught up with anaesthetist Peter Adams and Dr Shireen Senewiratne at the seminar.


Butterfly Day a hit with Blackall students

Ali Turlan and Leonie May making spring rolls for lunch in the cooking activity.

Catherine Duffy, Stacey Donnelly, Tahlia Gerber, Jessica Walker, Amy McNamara and Keely Pitt were enthusiastic and ready for Butterfly Day.

Ashlee Fry, Courtney Richardson, Deni Benson and Georgina Heard with the butterfly decorations.

Hayley Spinks shows Stacey Donnelly and Jamie Lee Morris how to apply makeup properly.

There was a positive atmosphere at the Blackall Cultural Centre on Tuesday with Blackall State School’s second annual Butterfly Day.

The day aims to build self esteem among girls from Year Seven to Twelve and featured a range of workshops, activities and inspirational talks.

The theme of the day was “Free to be me” and the event was held in the Blackall Cultural Centre which was decorated for the occasion in shades of pink and purple with balloons and butterfly motifs.

The day kicked off with a talk about healthy relationships from Charleville’s Grace Ironside, who

was on reality television show World’s Strictest Parents last year.

The girls then enjoyed a morning tea of butterfly cakes and fresh fruit before launching into a series of rotational workshop activities.

One group of students learnt about hair, makeup and skincare, while another learnt about healthy relationships with the final group assisting to prepare a healthy lunch with chicken noodle salad and spring rolls.

After lunch the students got to participate in laser skirmish and mosaic art workshops.

Students also watched a video consisting of motivational

messages from the female teachers and staff.

A live butterfly release was scheduled to finish out the day, but had to be postponed when the butterflies were not delivered on time.

School chaplain Linda Whysall said the day was one that the girls really looked forward to and attracted a lot of community support and sponsorship.

“The support really shows the girls how much the community is behind them and willing to believe in them and all of that is a great message for the girls,” Linda said.

--Victoria Nugent

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