Geelong Indy - 15th May 2026

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Sam selects Tanner to slide

Geelong midfielder Tanner Bruhn is Sam Moorfoot’s choice to slide into the icy water at Geelong’s Big Freeze.

Newtown & Chilwell Football Netball Club will host the fifth edition of the Big Freeze on Sunday 31 May at Elderslie Reserve, taking on South Barwon in a huge round.

The Big Freeze is dedicated to MND research and fundraising and each year Sam’s Choice is selected to participate and this year it is Bruhn, who will slide, joined by premiership Cats David Wojcinski and Cam Mooney.

Bruhn said his costume will be something Newtown & Chilwell related.

“It is where I first fell in love with the footy,” he said.

“I still remember my first game filling in for my younger brother Jaxon’s Under 9 team. I am lucky enough to have known Sam ever since I arrived at the Cats. It’s my fourth year…and it’s a great pleasure to spend time with Sammy.”

See support.fightmnd.org.au/ fundraisers/BigFreezeGeelong52026 for more information and to donate.

Tanner Bruhn braces for the chill with David Wojcinski and Sam Moorfoot only too keen to make it happen. (Ivan Kemp) 551893_01

Solidarity on show

The Geelong community came together in an act of solidarity and remembrance last weekattheGeelongCandlelightVigil.

More than 200 attended the event at Geelong Arts Centre’s Open House Theatretohonourthewomenandchildren who have lost their lives to family and domestic violence, hearing from survivors and advocates including Conor Pell and CourtneyUgle.

A proud Ballardong/Wardandi Noongar woman, Ms Ugle is the founder of Waangkiny,asocialenterprisededicatedto empoweringindividualsandcommunities throughthepowerofstorytelling.

Just 19 years old when her mother was killed as a result of domestic violence, she

shared how personal tragedy led her to advocate for change.

“Now I travel and share my story, spread love and light, and bring awareness to the very cause that took my mum,” Ms Ugle said.

“Familyanddomesticviolenceisriddled throughout our society. It is happening in our homes and in our communities, and there are so many of us with similar experiences.

“I’m not the only one with a story like this, I wasn’t the first one with a story like this,andIwon’tbethelastonewithastory likethis.”

The vigil, which included a minute’s silence to remember those lives lost, also

featured artwork created by local women who have experienced sexual and family violence.

Meli chief executive Robyn Hayles said the vigil was an “incredibly powerful evening” demonstrating the “courage of survivors like Courtney and the strength of a community willing tostand together”.

“When survivors share their stories and a community listens, it creates real momentumforchange,”shesaid.

“It sends a clear message that violence will not be tolerated and that those impactedarenotalone.

“At Meli, we see the impacts of family violence every day. Events like this reinforce the role we all play in prevention,

early intervention and in reducing harm andsavinglives.”

Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre chief executive Kerriann Campbell-Jones said she was grateful for strong show of communitysupport.

“The evening provided a meaningful opportunity for our community to pause, reflect and honour those whose lives have been lost to family violence, while standing alongside those who continue to be impacted today,” she said. “Courtney’s courageousstoryhadaprofoundimpacton allwhoattended,creatingapowerfulsense of connection and hope, and reminding us of our shared responsibility to prevent violenceagainst women and children.”

Have a say on water plan

Barwon Water is seeking community feedback on its priorities and investments overthenextfiveyears.

Theregion’swatermanagementcompany has encouraged residents and businesses to help inform the development of its price submission 2028-2033, a five-year plan that outlines service standards, infrastructure and operational investments and customer prices. Customers can engage with a community panel, an online survey and pop-upsaroundtheregionthroughtherest oftheyearandintoearly2027.

Managing director Shaun Cumming said community input was critical to the

success of Barwon Water’s longer-term planning, given the growth of the region, a long-term decline in rainfall and cost of livingpressures.

“We’re committed to listening and learning from our customers to ensure that wedeliverwhatourcommunitiesvalueand expectfromus,”hesaid.

“We’re keen to hear from people from all walks of life, as we all benefit from safe, secureandsustainablewatersupplies.

“Wewanttoworktogethertoplanawater future that works for everyone. Your input will help to shape the choices we make for pricesubmission2028-2033.”

With the region’s population expected to grow from 370,000 to more than 500,000 by 2040, Barwon Water’s modelling suggests the organisation will need an extra 10,000 gigalitres of water each year to meet the needsofthecommunity.

Mr Cumming said the upcoming price submissioncameatavitaltime.

“Water keeps our communities healthy, our environment thriving, our economy moving, and provides deep cultural significanceandconnectiontoCountry,”he said. “The price submission will look at the services we’ll provide, the new and improved infrastructure we’ll build and

Trek celebrates a record-breaking weekend

Thousands of trekkers tackled the forests, cliff tops and sandy beaches of the Surf Coasttoraisemoneyforpeopleinneed.

Arecord-breaking1500peopleembarked on either the 37km route from Aireys Inlet to Torquay or the 23km journey from Anglesea to Torquay during the Surf Coast Trekon9May.

Give Where You Live Foundation chief executive Zac Lewis said more than $255,000 was raised during the weekend, with every dollar raised supporting the foundationandKids+.

“We’re working hard to create a fairer Geelong, and we can only do that with the supportofourcommunity,”hesaid.

“The amazing efforts of all of our 2026 Surf Coast Trekkers, and everyone who’s given a donation, will help those most in needinourcommunity.

“It was inspiring to see the generosity and energy of everyone involved, and to know that together participants...are helping build a fairer and more inclusive communityintheprocess.”

Kids+chiefexecutiveShaunCannonsaid

the event was special as it brought “people togetherforasharedpurpose”.

“We are incredibly grateful to be part of theSurfCoastTrekandtoseethegenerosity of the community on display once again,” he said. “Participants challenge themselves physically, while making a tangible difference to local families who relyonKids+.”

Fundraising will remain open for another month to help reach the event’s $350,000 target, with people able to visit surfcoasttrek.com.autodonate.

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maintain, and how costs will be shared acrossourcustomerbase.

“We expect this will be a period of innovation and new solutions, via a diverse program featuring a range of water savings initiatives,smarttechnologies,andmultiple watersources.”

While planning for price submission 2028-2033, Barwon Water is still delivering on the actions of its price submission 2023-2028.

Visit yoursay.barwonwater.vic.gov.au/ your-water-your-say for more information on contributing your ideas or to register for acommunitypanel.

Future of music on the agenda

A free community event will give musicians, venue operators, educators and music lovers the chance to help shape the future of Geelong’slivemusicscene.

The 2026 Greater Geelong Live Music Summit, convened by the City of Greater Geelong, will be held at Barwon Heads Hotel on Wednesday 20Mayfrom4pmto8pm.

The City has called on anyone passionate about music to register and attend the event, which will include representatives from Music Victoria, Adelaide UNESCO City of Music, Live Music Locator, as well as venue operators, performers, researchersandeducators.

Deputy mayor Eddy Kontelj, chair of the City’s arts and culture, hospitality and live entertainment portfolio chair, said the event wasn’t a one-off, but a “check-in point to keepusmovingforwardwithhelpful, practicalideasandsolutions”.

“SinceourlastLiveMusicandLive Entertainment Networking Event in 2022, I’ve had strong and ongoing feedback from performers, venues and supporters encouraging us to bring people together again in this way,”hesaid.

“Thissummitisachanceforhonest discussion to build connections and identify the practical steps we can take to support venues, emerging artistsandactivateourcity.”

Member for Geelong Christine Couzens said pathways and opportunities for local artists were a centralfocus.

Visit geelongcity.vic.gov.au/ whats-happening/events/greatergeelong-live-music-summit

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Federal budget lacking

Geelong mayor Stretch Kontelj has responded to this week’s federal budget, which holds little for those in the Geelong region to be enthusiastic about.

The Australian government’s main investment intended specifically for Geelong is an undisclosed amount for capital works at the CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in Newcomb and the tail end of federal funding for the Geelong City Deal.

MayorKonteljsaidJimChalmers’budget did not support Geelong in realising the region’s much-needed housing supply targets.

“Greater Geelong is being asked to

deliver a significant share of Victoria’s future housing, but this budget falls short of matching that task with adequate regional investment,” he said.

“As one of the fastest growing regions in Australia we need ongoing investment in housing-enabling infrastructure, transport connectivity, liveability and economic growth.”

“We welcome the federal government’s $2 billion housing enabling infrastructure fund, which reflects strong advocacy from Geelong and regional cities. It recognises that homes cannot be delivered without the essential infrastructure to support them.

“However,withonly25percentavailable

toregionalAustralia,thereremainsaclear disconnect between what regions are being asked to deliver and the funding available to support it.”

MayorKonteljsaidtheGeelongCityDeal demonstrated what genuine investment in the region could deliver, transforming the city by “driving major projects and long term economic benefit”.

“While we value continued funding through programs like Growing Regions and Stronger Communities, they do not provide the same scale or lasting impact,” he said.

“As the City Deal concludes, we will be advocating to address the significant funding gap it leaves behind.”

Deserved recognition for veterans at rest

By Matt Hewson

A group of local volunteers is spearheading efforts in Victoria to ensure veterans do not restinunmarkedgraves.

The Headstone Project Victoria (HPV) seeks to locate the final resting places of veteranscurrentlylyinginunmarkedgraves and make sure their graves are marked in a waythatrecognisestheirservice.

Ocean Grove historian Dr Bob Marmion is secretary of HPV and one of the people responsibleforitsfoundingtwoyearsago.

He said it was important Australia’s veterans received the recognition that was duetothem.

“Idon’tknowhowtodescribeit,thefeeling when you come across a veteran that’s just in a bare grave with no recognition; I think they deserve more than that,” Dr Marmion said.

“We obtain maps of the cemetery –Geelong Cemeteries Trust is fantastic, they give us a lot of help – and our volunteers actually walk the cemetery. And if they see an unmarked grave they check the name to seeifthepersonisaveteran.

“Iftheyare,thenwestartourresearchinto their service records. We build up a really detailed report – some are 10 pages long –

and then use that research information to prepareanapplicationforfunding.”

With minimal funding, project members have managed to identify and successfully apply for funding for 16 veterans’ graves in Queenscliff and Port Lonsdale and more acrossthestate.

“We’re going strong, but we struggle for funding,”DrMarmionsaid.

“Sponsorship plays a huge part but other than that it’s all funded by members. They give up their time voluntarily and there’s a lotofworkinvolved.”

Visit theheadstoneprojectvic.org.au for moreinformationortohelpsupportHPV.

Bookworm’s delight at St Bernard’s Church book fair

One of Geelong’s best-loved book fairs returns this weekend, with thousands of books on offer.

The St Bernard’s Church annual book fair is back for 2026, with quality second-hand books available at bargain prices on Sunday 17 May from 8am to 2pm at Clairvaux School Hall in Belmont.

Ranging from fiction to politics, kids books to cooking, more than 15,000 books will be on sale, donated by St Bernard’s parishioners and the broader Geelong community.

As well as books, the fair will feature puzzles, DVDs, CDs and a cake stall

provided by Sacred Heart College.

The event is St Bernard’s only fundraiser for the year, with all proceeds from the fair goingtowardsupportingthechurch’swork in the parish

Organiser Peter Wills, who came up with the idea of running a fundraising book fair for the church nearly a decade ago, said he hoped the event would raise $10,000 or more.

“The whole parish really gets behind it, they come and buy books and catch up with old friends, but we also have a lot of people that have nothing to do with the parish that come along,” he said.

Flexible and untied funding was “critical” for councils managing rapid growth, the mayor said.

“To manage this growth, we are strongly advocating for a Special Economic Zone in central Geelong to facilitate more building and residential developments in the CBD,” he said.

Mayor Kontelj said the investment in the ACDP, one of the “few specific announcements for Geelong”, was “welcome and reinforces Geelong’s importance on the national stage”.

“Geelong is ready to play its part, but ambition must be matched by investment, and regional cities must be properly resourced to deliver,” he said.

Free e-waste disposal events

Golden Plains residents will have the chancetosafelydisposeoftheiroldor unwantedelectronicitemsattwofree e-wastecollectiondays.

Residents will be able to dispose of a range of household electrical items including toasters, coffee machines, slow cookers, blenders, computers, laptops,tablets,scannersandprinters at the free drop off events conducted bytheGoldenPlainsShire.

The e-waste collection days will be held from 9am to 1pm on Saturday 30 May at Russell Street, Meredith and Saturday 6 June at the Golden Plains CivicCentreinBannockburn,

The Victorian government has banned the disposal of electronic waste in household bins and landfill since 2019 due to the safety and environmentalriskstheypose.

Golden Plains Shire mayor Owen Sharkey said the drop off events supportedresponsiblerecycling.

“E-wasteisoneofthefastest-growing waste streams, and these collection days give our community a simple, safe way to do the right thing for the environment,”hesaid.

“By recycling old electronics, we’re keeping valuable materials out of landfill and supporting a stronger circulareconomyforGoldenPlains.

“I encourage residents to look through their homes, sheds and cupboards for any unused or broken electronic items. Bringing them to our e-waste collection days is an easy way to reduce clutter while helping our shire reduce landfill and recover valuablematerials.”

Visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/ resident/waste-management/e-waste to register to attend the sessions. Walk-insarealsowelcome.

“Itstartsat8o’clock,andeveryyearfrom about7.45onwardswehaveabigqueueout thedoor.Whenitopens,peopleruninwith their lists of things they’re looking for…it’s really well supported.

“We’reincrediblygratefulfortheongoing support from our community, whether it’s through book donations or coming along to the event. Each year the response grows stronger, and we’re excited to make this year’s sale our biggest and most successful yet.”

Visit geelongcity.vic.gov.au/ whats-happening/events/secondhandbook-fair for more information.

Cash for containers

Geelong residents have the chance to turn their recycling into big money this May and June.

Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) has brought back its Win A Million Cents competition for a second year, giving peoplethechancetowin$10,000cashwhen they return eligible drink containers at one ofthescheme’srefundpoints.

Thestatewidecompetition,nowopenand running until 14 June, will see five winners take home the money just like Geelong residentLucindaNawrockididlastyear.

“When I was looking online for a place

to drop them off, I saw it was the last day to enterthecompetition,”shesaid.

Ms Navrocki, who won a $10,000 prize after dropping her containers off at the Norlane Reverse Vending Machine, said returning containers through CDS Vic was easyandstraightforward.

“I find it’s more beneficial than putting them in your recycling bin - not just lots of extra room in the recycling bin, but it’s a nice feeling of giving back and helping the environment,”shesaid.

Chief executive of the scheme’s coordinator VicReturn Matt Davis said

the competition rewarded Victorians for recycling while helping ease cost-of-living pressures.

“Victorians are embracing CDS Vic not only to build a more sustainable future, but becauseitputsmoneybackintheirpockets. Those 10-cent refunds can quickly add up,” he said. “This competition takes that a step further, with five chances to take home $10,000. With cost-of-living pressures at frontofmindforalotofVictorians,theprize moneycouldmakearealdifference.”

Visit winamillioncents.com.au for more information.

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Grants available for kids week

Local not-for-profit organisations can now apply for support for Children’s Weekactivitiesandevents.

The City of Greater Geelong is now accepting applications for Children’s Week grants, offering funding of up to $1000 for a wide range of events including yoga, cooking classes, parenting sessions, dance, road safety andnature-basedactivities.

With a total pool of $20,000, the funding is available for local events held during Children’s Week from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November.

Geelong mayor Stretch Kontelj said eligible activities would help promote children’s health, development and wellbeing.

“It’s important that children in our regionhaveaccesstofunandinclusive activities,” he said. “Children’s Week is about celebrating our smallest residents and ensuring they have safe spacestolearnandgrow.”

Applications are open until 5pm on Monday 22 June, with successful applicants notified on Monday 10 August.

The council will hold an online information session on Tuesday 19 May, covering eligibility and how to apply.

Visit https://geelong.link/CWInfo to register for the information session or https://geelong.link/CWGrants for more information about Children’s WeekGrants.

Sustainable waste for Barwon

Barwon Water will continue to transform how environmental waste is managed, with its processing capacity receiving an increase.

Barwon Water will be able to create a new and replicable model for sustainable waste management at its Black Rock precinct, thanks to $20 million through the federal government’s Precincts and Partnerships Program.

Barwon Water chair Peta Maddy said the funding would support the organisation’s Regional Renewable Organics Network project to increase local processing capacities.

“(The project) supports the ongoing evolution of Black Rock, from the home of a wastewater treatment plant into a world-

class centre of clean resource generation,” she said.

“It will convert biosolids and other organic waste into beneficial products, further improving the region’s circular economy and environment.”

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said the funding would help convert organic waste from wastewater treatment, commercial woody waste and selective food and garden organics into renewable energy.

“The Barwon Water’s Black Rock precinct treats around 85 per cent of the Geelong region’s wastewater,” he said.

“This increased local processing capacity will strengthen the region’s resilience

Walking towards better health

By Jena Carr

Students across Geelong and the Bellarine are being encouraged to put their best foot forward and walk safely to school.

St Margarets Primary School in East Geelong is one of the many schools across the region that will participate in National Walk Safely to School Day on Friday 22 May.

Teacher Josh Wilson said walking to school helped reduce the number of cars on the road around the school while also improving the health and fitness of students.

“Our school is growing in numbers, whichmeansourroadsarebusierat around 9am when the school bell goes,” he said.

“We’re trying to encourage students to walk or ride to school just to help with traffic around the area and promote more time between the parents and kids before school.

“Students who live further away can also get their parents to park like 500 meters away from our school zone and walk the rest of the way to school.”

Pedestrian Council of Australia chief executive Harold Scruby said the national initiative was in its 27th year and encouraged children to lead healthier and more active lifestyles.

“The extremely concerning childhood obesity epidemic continues to affect one in four children across Australia,” he said.

“Children need at least 60 minutes of

and support future population growth and economic development.

“It is another fantastic example of how the Albanese Government is committed to investing to create jobs and unlock opportunities across our regions.”

Minister for Water Harriet Shing said the project would help reduce waste, cut emissions, create local jobs and support sustainable growth.

“Growing regional communities depend on resilient water infrastructure that makes life easier, safer, and more affordable,” she said.

“This innovative water infrastructure delivers real benefits for regional Victoria by turning waste into smart solutions that

support local business, communities, and economies.”

Member for Corangamite Libby Coker said the project would be “transformational” for the Barwon region.

“People across the Bellarine and Surf Coast care deeply about protecting our environment while planning for the future, and this investment delivers both,” she said.

“By turning organic waste into renewable energy and biochar, we’re building a cleaner, smarter circular economy here in our backyard while helping meet the needs of our growing community.”

Visit infrastructure.gov.au/regional for more information and a full list of funded projects.

physical activity every day, and walking is the simplest way to achieve this before school, during the day and afterwards.

“Walking every day builds confidence,

improves concentration and establishes healthy habits for life while making our roads safer and our air cleaner for everyone.”

Region’s global ambition

Geelong’s new space for facilitating connections between local, national, and international partners is now open.

The City of Geelong’s new Global Hub was officially opened at Wurriki Nyal civic precinct on Monday 11 May, providing a dedicated space for business and government leaders from home and abroad to explore connection, partnership and collaboration opportunities.

In addition to offering a meeting and office space for visiting dignitaries and local businesses and organisations, the hub will also provide a base for Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong, a government, business and research consortium developing the region’s capabilities in ad-

vanced fibres and composite materials.

The opening was attended by dignitaries including Japan’s Consul-General in Melbourne Mr Furuya Tokuro and US Consulate General in Melbourne head of public affairs Brian Bauer.

Geelong mayor Stretch Kontelj said the hub would encourage further collaboration and connection with businesses, cities and countries from around the world.

“International engagement and collaboration play an important role in boosting our region’s economy,” he said.

“We’ve already seen how having an international port and an expanding airport means more jobs for local people.

“The opening of the Global Hub pro-

vides further opportunities to build on bi-lateral international relationships that will deliver significant economic benefits.”

City of Greater Geelong chief executive Ali Wastie said the opening of the hub sent a message that Geelong was serious about international engagement and being a global city.

“Geelong has been a multi-cultural city for decades and will continue to evolve on the world stage, supported by all levels of government, educators, industry and key organisations like Cultura,” she said.

“I also welcome the opportunity to bring more business, industry, government and diplomatic leaders into Wurriki

World leading literary fest returns to Geelong

Book lovers from Geelong and the Bellarine will be able to hear from a range of authors during one of the world’s leading literacy festivals.

The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) Live and Local program will return to the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre with livestreamed author talks.

SWF artistic director Ann Mossop said book lovers from all over the country would be able to hear from “writers who have shaped how we think and feel today”

“Audiences hungry for powerful ideas and enthralling conversations will find a feast at the festival,” she said.

“Live and Local is central to how the festival reaches audiences beyond Sydney, opening up our headline conversations to communities across the country.

“We can’t wait to share one of our most popular broad-ranging programs to date... as so many of the world’s most brilliant contemporary writers come together on our stages.”

SWF chief executive Brooke Webb said the program enabled people from Geelong and the Bellarine to take part in discussions remotely.

“We’re looking forward to seeing the festival alive with engaged audiences through-

out the week,” she said.

Nyal.” Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong chief executive David Buchanan said the hub would provide a practical front door for international engagement.

“The Global Hub will provide a central meeting point for industry, government, universities and international partners to connect, collaborate and convert opportunities into real projects,” he said.

“For the Cluster, it means we can better support inbound delegations, trade missions and strategic partnerships with countries such as the USA, Japan, Korea and India, markets that are critical to the next stage of advanced manufacturing growth.”

Explore the faces of water at free exhibition

By Jena Carr

“Audiences have embraced the events, conversations and ideas on offer, with record-breaking ticket sales across the opening weekend and strong momentum continuing since.”

The festival will be livestreamed at the Geelong library from 21 to 24 May, featuring talks from popular authors such as Yann Martel (Life of Pi), Trent Dalton (Boy Swallows Universe) and Dav Pilkey (Dog Man and Captain Underpants).

Visit events.grlc.vic.gov.au/events?term=sydney+writers+festival for more information or to register for an event.

Geelong Sustainability program supports local green transition

Three local not-for-profit organisations have received free clean energy upgrades through Geelong Sustainability.

Samaritan House, Phoenix Housing Co-operative and Bellarine Catchment Network all received solar and/or heat pump systems from partner suppliers

Winki Solar and Too Hot To Handle Heating and Cooling through Geelong Sustainability’s Electric Homes Program.

The program supports households to transition to all-electric and renewable energy through partner suppliers, with each system installed through the program contributing to donations from the suppliers to local community organisations.

Emergency men’s housing provider

Samaritan House Simon White chair said the donation of three heat pump hot water systems had made “a real difference” to the organisation.

“Reliable hot water is essential in our emergency accommodation, and these upgrades will significantly reduce our energy costs while helping us transition away from gas,” he said.

“Lower running costs mean we can direct more of our limited resources to what matters most – supporting men experiencing homelessness in the Geelong community with safe, stable, and dignified accommodation.

“This project supports our commitment to long term sustainability while strengthening the services we provide to those most in need.”

Geelong Sustainability co-chief executive Karnia Donkers said the Electric Homes Program was about strengthening the whole community.

“These donations mean that three organisations doing really diverse and important work in our region will have lower running costs, warmer and more comfortable spaces, and cleaner energy powering what they do,” she said.

“That’s exactly the kind of impact we set out to achieve.”

An Ocean Grove artist will take viewers on a journey through our ancient land as he reimagines what earth looked like before there was water.

Gordon Lingard’s Face of the Waters free exhibition features 20 paintings of contemporary landscapes.

Mr Lingard said the paintings detailed scenes of headlands, safe harbours, a place to call home and an older world.

“I just want to get people to have some memory jolt through my paintings of when they go to the water,” he said.

“Water has many faces. You’ve got the surface, water in the air, and underneath the water, so not only is it kind of prehistoric, but it’s also very contemporary as well.

“I want my paintings always to draw some emotions out of people who are seeing them rather than try and make recognisable paintings or reproductions of something that I’ve seen.”

Mr Lingard said Face of the Waters was his fifth solo exhibition and that his connection to spirituality was an important aspect of it.

“There’s a connection in paintings that touches not just the eye, the heart, or the mind, but also the soul and spirit,” he said.

“For me, painting is really a spiritual kind of activity in a large part because I think that’s true of any creativity for anyone.”

Face of the Waters will continue to be held at The Hive Gallery Ocean Grove until 31 May, with the exhibition open to the public from Friday to Sunday each week.

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Teen not defined by illness

Ellie-May Jury had been in and out of hospitals throughout her childhood before a new miracle drug allowed her to regain her life. With this month marking Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, Jena Carr speaks with Ellie-May and her mother Jennifer about what living with the disease looks like.

When Torquay’s Jennifer Jury gave birth to her second daughter

Ellie-May 17 years ago, she didn’t know what Cystic Fibrosis (CF) was.

It was about six weeks after Ellie-May’s birth when a heel prick test (a routine procedure to test for rare or serious disorders) turned up a positive result for CF, a genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.

“Therewasalotofemotionandfearofthe unknown, and I just wanted to know what itmeant,andifitwasaccurate,Iremember second-guessing it all,” Jennifer said.

“She hadn’t been well, like I’d noticed little things compared to her older sister, soshewasalotmoreunsettledandneeded feeding around the clock.

“What had been happening was I was pretty much feeding Ellie, but it was going through her, and she wasn’t putting on a lot of weight considering how much I was feeding her.

“Her older sister was 21 months old at that stage as well, and the doctors said there could be a slight chance that she’s got it as well. She was fine, but it was an anxious wait.”

Hospital visits and sickness were a normal part of Ellie-May’s life growing up, and she didn’t realise it was something not everykidwentthroughuntilherfirstdayof primary school.

“I ended up having about 48 surgeries in mychildhoodand52hospitaladmissions,” she said. “An appointment that you would think would just be like a normal checkup wouldturnintostayinginforweeksonend because my lung function was bad.

Finding and loving volleyball was kind of the moment that I went from surviving to living

- Ellie-May Jury

“I didn’t realise that it was a niche experience as I thought every kid went to the hospital because the people I was surroundedbywereotherkidswhowentto hospital.

“I had an IV (intravenous therapy) in my arm attached to a little backpack that I had to wear all day with a bottle of antibiotics inside it, and I remember walking into school and everyone else taking their bags off

“ButIremembermumtellingmethatI’m not allowed to take my bag off, and I was like, ’Why does everyone else get to take their bags off but I don’t?’

“IthinkgoingtoschooliswhenIrealised that something was different with me. I always knew I had CF, it just took me a while to figure out that not everyone has CF.”

At age 13, Ellie-May started taking a new miracle drug called Trikafta (used to treat CF), which has allowed her to get her life back.

“As sad as it is, I can’t remember much of my childhood being anything besides the hospital,asIwouldbeinhospitalforweeks on end and once every three months,” she said. “I just remember there being times

where I didn’t really know if I was going to ever get out of hospital, and I didn’t know if it would ever get better.

“Deathbecomesareality,andIremember facing the idea that I was going to die early, probably when I was like five years old, and I just had to accept it because there was no cure.

“During the first few months after Trikafta, I was really sick because of the amount of mucus cells coming out of my body, and then all of a sudden, things just gotbetter.

“I’m not getting sick as frequently, but when I do get sick, it’s pretty bad, but I seem to be able to clear it a lot easier than I did whenIwasyoung.

“When I was young, I used to get these chest infections, and they would go away for a month, and they would come straight back.

“Now,wheneverIgetachestinfection,it’s there for a while, and it’s probably worse, but then it goes away, so I actually get some timetolive,whichisnice.”

Ellie-May is now 17 and plays beach volleyball alongside her Year 12 studies, with dreams of representing Australia in beachvolleyballontheinternationalstage.

“I just remember hating sports as a kid because I would always be out of breath beforeeveryoneelse,anditmademefeelso different,”shesaid.

“Now I feel like I can actually play to my full capability when I’m well...and it’s just nice to not worry about my lungs while I’m playing.

“Volleyball gave me a purpose other than just being sick, as it gave me something to

work towards and strive for other than just stayingalive.

“Finding and loving volleyball was kind of the moment that I went from surviving to living, and it’s just so different getting that clear purpose of my life and figuring out whatIwanttodo.

“As a kid, I didn’t think I would survive or be alive long enough to have a job, and even if I was alive, I didn’t know if I’d be well enough to have full-time work or get throughuni.

“Now I can actually come up with things to do in my life and...I’m hoping to do international relations and law at uni or college.”

May marks Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, with people encouraged to join the Unite65 Challenge to inspire action and raisefundsforCFresearchandprograms.

Ellie-May’s advice for other kids living with CF was to “surround yourself with people who see you as you are and not your illness”.

“I just really wish that I had persevered with hope, as hope is such an important thingtohavewhenyouhaveanillness,”she said. “It is also important to find a purpose to make you push through and have the constant belief that you will get better, and it’snotalwaysgoingtobelikethis.

“It would be so nice to live a life without the burden of CF...but I just hope someone finds a cure so that no one else has to go through what I had to go through as a child becausenokiddeservestogothroughthat.”

Visit cftogether.org.au to learn more about CF or to participate in the Unite65 Challenge.

National Week

300-plus volunteers thanked by the City of Greater Geelong

The City of Greater Geelong is marking National Volunteer Week by recognising the contributions made by more than 300 volunteers across eight City programs and venues.

The 2026 theme for National Volunteer Week is ‘Your year to volunteer’, which celebrates those who give their time while inviting everyone to make 2026 a year of meaningful volunteering in ways that work forthem.

City volunteers provide support across the Bellarine Arts Centre, Family Services, Geelong Botanic Gardens, Grovedale Neighbourhood House, L2P, National Wool Museum,TourismGreaterGeelongandThe Bellarine,andStudyGeelong.

Their efforts reflect a dedication and passionformakingGreaterGeelongabetter place, as seen in Nancy Donkers, who has volunteered at Grovedale Neighbourhood Houseforfouryears,andisamemberofthe Grovedale Neighbourhood House Steering Group.

“I live in a community that I feel very privilegedtobepartof,”Nancysaid.

“Iwasasocialworkerfor38years,sonow that I’ve retired, any skills I have in social work I’d like to continue to contribute and giveback.”

Nancy also leads the Neighbourhood House’s walking group, which meets every Friday for an hour and a half around Grovedale,finishingwithacoffeetogether.

“Because I’m a walker, I volunteered to do the leaflet drops in the area to promote Grovedale Neighbourhood House and out of that came the idea that I could host the walkinggroup.”

For people considering volunteering, Nancy’sadvicewastojuststart.

“Give it a go, it’s just wonderful, it’s lovely to feel like you’re a part of something and belongsomewhere,“shesaid.

“Being able to participate in our communityinawaythathelpsyougrowand develop is very rewarding - you meet lots of peopleandgainarealsenseofbelongingin differentplaces.”

MayorStretchKonteljOAMsaidNational Volunteer Week was an opportunity to champion the people making a real differencetothecommunity.

“At the City of Greater Geelong, we champion each other, and that’s especially true for our volunteers - they play such an important role supporting each other, and thewidercommunity,”hesaid.

“Volunteering for the City is a welcoming and supportive experience, where everyone’scontributionisvalued.”

“I want to take this opportunity to thank eachandeveryoneofour300volunteersfor theirpartinmakingourCityabetterplace.”

Learn more about volunteering and find opportunities at geelongcity.vic.gov.au/ volunteer

It could change your life

Emergency nurse Sarah’s life was transformed by a three-month Australian Volunteers Program placement in Papua NewGuinea.

Sarah’s role with St John’s Ambulance was broad, allowing her to engage in everything from developing standard operating procedures to training local staff

“I loved being an emergency nurse, and at that point I thought I would work in the emergency department forever, butmytimewithStJohn’sopenedmyeyes to how versatile nursing can be,” Sarah said.

“It’s not just about patient care, but also roles in education, project management, andmore.”

As Sarah’s interest in workforce development grew, she began to build a

professional network to support her new direction.

While on assignment, she met an Australian doctor who she still works with tothisday.

Sarahfoundtherealityofthehealthcare environment in PNG intense and often heartbreaking but was inspired by the localteam’seagernesstolearn.

Now based in Darwin, Sarah credits her time with the Australian Volunteers Programasaturningpointinherlife.

What followed was a deeper dive into global health, a Master of Global Health, a series of Pacific-focused roles, and now a PhD in strengthening Pacific health systems. Her advice to anyone considering a volunteerassignment?

“Goforit!It’llchangeyourlife.”

Gateways’ 45 years of community impact

For 45 years Gateways Support Services has been at the heart of our community, supporting children and adults with disability or additional needs to live inclusive,connectedlives.

As we celebrate this milestone, we’re inviting the Geelong community to be part ofwhatcomesnext,throughvolunteering.

Across Victoria, more than 3.3 million people volunteer, with 62 percent saying theydososimplytohelpothers.

In 2026, as the theme for National Volunteer Week declares, it’s Your Year to Volunteer, and there’s no better time to get involvedlocally.

At Gateways, volunteers play a vital role in helping individuals build confidence, friendships,andindependence.

From supporting our Community Services team with peer-based programs and social activities, to assisting our Community Engagement team with events

and fundraising, every contribution makes ameaningfuldifference.

k Wh th i f h t

Volunteering isn’t just about giving back, it’s about connection, purpose, and being part of an inclusive community where everyonebelongs.

Local businesses can also get involved through corporate volunteering opportunities,offeringtheirteamsachance to engage, give back, and create real social impacttogether.

Whetheryoucangiveafewhoursorwant to make a longer-term commitment, your support helps open doors for people with disabilitytoengageinthewidercommunity.

Interested in learning more? Come and meet the Gateways team at the Geelong Volunteering Expo at Geelong West Town Hall on Thursday 21 May and discover how youcanmakeadifference. Together, we can build a more inclusive Geelong,oneconnectionatatime.

Barriers installed

Safety barriers have been installed along a 7km stretch of the Bellarine Highway in an $8.58millionventureundertheRoadSafety Program.

The project added additional safety barriers along the highway and other safety measures atthreekeyintersectionsatSwan BayRoadinWallington,GreensideGrovein MoolapandResortBoulevardinMoolap.

The Australian and Victorian governmentseachcommitted$4.29million towardstheproject.

Additional safety measures included replacing the right-turn movements onto

the Bellarine Highway at Swan Bay Road in Wallington and at Resort Boulevard in MoolapwithU-turns.

A dedicated lane to slow down has also been installed 200 metres east of Swan Bay Road and 200 metres west of Resort Boulevard.

“By delivering safer intersections and betterroaddesignalongthiskeyroute,we’re helping protect local families and visitors travelling across the Bellarine Peninsula,” MemberforBellarineAlisonMarchantsaid.

“The Bellarine Highway is one of our region’s busiest roads, and these upgrades

are about making sure people get home safely at the end of the day,” Member for CorangamiteLibbyCokersaid.

“I’m proud to see this investment delivered for our community, improving safety for the thousands of people who rely onthisrouteeveryweek.”

Approximately 34,000 vehicles use the road each day travelling along the highway through Moolap, while about 22,000 vehiclespassthroughWallington.

Over the past seven years, there has been one fatal collision and several serious crashesalongthesesectionsofthehighway.

Netball boost for Magpies at Osborne Park

A badly needed second netball court at Osborne Park is on the way with $450,000 allocated in the state budget towards the project.

North Geelong is the only club in the Geelong & District Netball League without a second court, limiting its ability to host games, including finals, and requiring extra organisation from volunteers for team warm-ups.

“We’re backing the North Geelong netballers because we know how important sporting clubs are to our community,” MemberforLaraEllaGeorgesaid.

“Every sporting club, including clubs in Geelong’s northern suburbs, deserve world class facilities. And that’s exactly what this fundingwilldeliver.”

North Geelong legend Kelly Parker, who has played more than 400 games for the Magpies, was delighted with the announcement.

“I am over the moon with this news,” she said. “It means so much to the netball

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section. From our mini magpies right throughtoourseniorsides.”

City of Greater Geelong mayor Stretch Konteljalsowelcomedthenews.

“I’m delighted by the announcement of funding towards a second netball court for North Geelong Football Netball Club,” he said. “As the last remaining GDFL club with only one court, the expansion of their facilities will enable North Geelong to be competitive with the offering of other clubs and allow them to host more games and trainingatthesametime.

“We look forward to continuing discussions around how we can bring this project to life and work with the Victorian government to keep elevating sporting facilitiesacrossGreaterGeelong.“

A genuine timeless classic

The cast and crew of Geelong Lyric Theatre Society invite you to be their guest when they bring one of Disney’s best-loved movies to the stage.

Featuring dazzling sets, fantastical costumes, a cast of 44 and a 22-piece orchestra, the local theatre company’s productionofBeautyandtheBeasttellsthe timeless tale of the young and courageous Belle and the prince trapped in the body of a terrifying beast.

Director Jame Lee, who has graced the biggest stages in Australia with shows like Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables, said the production of the Disney classic was shaping up to be “spectacular”.

“It’s quite amazing, for the budget that a community theatre works on,” he said.

“Callie Fry and Lainie Brookman, who

are our wardrobe creators, and of course the team below them, have just pulled out some amazing stuff

“There will be some incredible magical

effectsthatwecan’tgiveaway,ahugecastle that will astound you…and our principals are absolutely sensational.

“LedbyEllaWalshasBelle,AndrewSmith as the Beast, Andrew Lorenzo as Gaston, they arejustpullingoutperformancesthat are absolutely sensational.”

Beauty and the Beast is Lee’s second directorial outing with Geelong Lyric since he returned to Geelong, the city he was born and raised in, a few years ago.

He praised the “extraordinary” local theatrecommunityinGeelongandsaidhis cast and crew were doing a wonderful job of bringing this production to life.

“The musical version has such a fantastical flair to it, but for me it’s a tale about looking beyond your first impressions,” he said.

“Beneath all the spectacle, the music, humour and enchantment lies a reminder thatkindness,compassionandthecourage to change can transform lives.

“Especially with a Disney production, it’s about making over-the-top characters come to life in a realistic way…you want them to have truth about them, an honesty about their characters, even though they might be a teapot or a clock.

“I’m so just proud of what we’ve done so far…(audiences can expect) absolute wonderment, absolute joy. Bring a big box of Kleenexes.”

Geelong Lyric Theatre Society’s Beauty and the Beast is at the Geelong Arts Centre from Friday 22 May to Sunday 7 July. Visit geelongartscentre.org.au for tickets and more information.

Get yourself ready for a racket with Minnie and the Moonrakers

The Barwon Club Hotel is set to host two unforgettable bands in an unmissable, all-out boogaloo.

Victorian High Country rhythm and blues band Minnie and the Moonrakers will headline the gig on Sunday 24 May, joined by Bass Coast surfy-blues quartet Ozone Street.

Siobhan “Minnie” O’Brien, frontwoman fortheMoonrakers,saidbothbandswould deliver “something really authentic”.

“I do think that there’s something really edge-of-the-seat about what we do,” she said. “We’re all seasoned musos, the riffing islightningfast,andIthrowmyselfaround the stage in this sort of untamed way…and Ithinkpeopleareabitlike,oh,whatisthis? And then they see it and they go, hell yeah.

“We’re inspired by the raw, powerful recordings of a bygone era, namely the 40s and 50s. And I’m a feminist, a mother, a wife, but I’m also an artist, so I’ve got a

story to tell.”

That story has resonated with audiences since the band formed during the COVID pandemic, performing at festivals and venues across Australia, supporting big name artists and becoming a regular act on the Blues Train.

O’Brien, a journalist by trade and author of the highly praised historical fiction novel All the Golden Light, said the key to connecting with audiences was

vulnerability.

“You have to be prepared to be vulnerable, and that’s hard, but if you get out of your own way you can start to produce something special,” she said.

“It’slike,shouldI,awomaninmidlife,be screaming like a banshee on stage? But it’s just so unbelievably cathartic and freeing to say, I don’t care. I’m just going for it.” Visit barwonclub.com.au for tickets and more information.

Pinot Affair

A celebration of Geelong’s Pinot Noir at the wineries

15 - 17 May 2026

Kilgour Wines

Kilgour Wines invites guests to enjoy a guided vertical tasting of Pinot Noir vintages from 2021 to 2025. As one of the Bellarine’s oldest wineries, visitors can experience this special tasting for $20, with optional Pinot Noir food boxes available for $25 each. Regular tastings and walk-ins are welcome; online bookings encouraged for the food boxes.

Join Oakdene at the iconic Upside-down House cellar door for the Oakdene Pinot Collective tasting flight, showcasing award-winning Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Gris, including a carefully cellared back vintage. Discover the many expressions of Pinot in a relaxed and immersive tasting experience.

Scotchmans Hill celebrates Pinto Noir with a guided museum and current vintage tasting flight, cheese platters, and a specially curated paired dining menu designed to showcase the elegance of the varietal. Available across the Pinot Affair weekend from Friday to Sunday.

Enjoy a warm and inviting tasting experience in the cellar door, where you can settle in on the deck or by the indoor fireplace and enjoy our award-winning cool-climate wines at a leisurely pace Enhance your visit with a cheese platter, designed to complement the wines on offer or visit Hidden Frog restaurant with a specially curated menu, designed to complement the Pinot selection and perfectly suited to an afternoon of diverse wines and relaxed dining.

“Geelong has an extraordinary wine story to tell, and Pinot Affair is where that story really comes to life. Our three sub-regions: the Bellarine Peninsula, Moorabool Valley and Surf Coast,  each produce Pinot Noir with its own distinct character, and this weekend is one of the best ways to experience those differences firsthand, straight from the source.”

“This is our seventh year and the energy around it has never been higher. We have eight incredible family-owned wineries throwing open their doors across three days with seventeen unique events and I genuinely cannot think of a better way for Geelong locals to spend a May weekend. The quality of what’s being produced in this region deserves to be celebrated, and that’s exactly what Pinot Affair is all about.” Andrew Butler, President

Focus on Education

Where faith, learning, and community thrive

GeelongBaptistCollege(GBC)ismorethan justaplaceoflearning.

It is a vibrant, supportive community where faith, education, and personal growthcometogether.

Established in 2002, GBC is a young and dynamic independent school offering classesfromFoundationtoYear12.Located just 10km from the centre of Geelong, the college is easily accessible with six college buses servicing Geelong and surrounding areas,includingWyndhamVale.

GBCiscommittedtonurturingthewhole child, providing a balanced education that supports academic excellence while also encouraging students to grow spiritually, socially, and emotionally. Through its Christian values, students are guided by principles such as kindness, respect, integrity,andservicetoothers.

GBC partners with families for their child’s education, creating a community withapositiveenvironment.

GBC encourages students to discover and develop talents, pursue interests, and make a positive impact. From sports to performing arts, community service to entrepreneurial projects, students are empoweredtogrowintoconfident,capable youngpeople.

GBC offers a program for Year 9 students focused on personal growth and community impact. In the first term, students explore their identity, resilience, values, and teamwork. The second term emphasises making a difference in the community through creative thinking,

entrepreneurship, and engaging service projects. Camps, physical challenges, and hands-on projects further enrich the experience.

With an open enrolment policy, GBC invites families to meet the principals, tour the grounds, and experience a school committed to academic excellence, spiritual growth, and personal development. Whether entering primary school, transitioning to secondary education, or preparing for senior years, Geelong Baptist College provides an environment where students can thrive. Enrolmentsfor2027areunderway.

Realise your potential

Lara Secondary College creates a dynamic andengaginglearningenvironmentwhere students are empowered to achieve their fullpotential.

Attheheartofourschoolisacommitment to high expectations and helping students discoveranddeveloptheirstrengths.

We invest in a wide range of academic, sporting, creative and extracurricular experiences. Student confidence in the school reached an all-time high in 2025 with positive endorsement measures aheadofthestateinalmosteveryarea.This isreflectedinfocusedclassrooms,invested teachersandastrongclimateforlearning.

We also offer a range of academic extension opportunities. Prospective 2027 Year 7 students seeking additional challenges with like-minded peers can apply for our Enrichment Program (Acceleration), running from Years 7 to 9. StudentscanalsoaccesstheVictorianHigh Ability Program, extension sessions in mathsandEnglish,debating,instrumental

musicandmathscompetitions.

Our student leadership program further develops confidence, communication and connection.

Our sporting program is also thriving, with the Rugby Union Academy Program recognised as one of the leading programs in the state alongside a growing Cricket Academy.

The school has outstanding access to outdoor environments, football grounds, tenniscourts,soccerfields,athleticstracks andstatewidecompetitions.

The ‘Thinking and Living Curriculum’ also fosters connection, leadership and spirit, while a strong focus on community ensures all students feel valued and supported.

Lara Secondary College students have a deep sense of pride and belonging. As the newlyappointedactingprincipal,Iwarmly invite families to come and see all Lara SecondaryCollegehastooffer. - Andrew McConchie

REALISE YOUR POTENTIAL

Lara Secondary College empowers students to achieve their full potential through strong academic programs, leadership opportunities, sport and extracurricular experiences.

✓ Enrichment & High Ability Programs

✓ Rugby Union & Cricket Academies

✓ Student Leadership Opportunities

✓ Supportive & Connected School Community

With invested teachers, focused classrooms and a strong sense of belonging, Lara Secondary College is helping students grow with confidence and purpose.

Book a tour today and discover all Lara Secondary College has to offer.

The Guide

PATIENCE

ABC TV, Friday, 8.30pm

With its clever, character-driven plots and quirky crimes that keep audiences guessing, it’s little wonder that this neurodiversity-focused drama was renewed for a third season before its second had even hit screens. The procedural drama changes gears for this second-season finale – placing records clerk Patience (Ella Maisy Purvis, pictured) and DI Frankie Monroe (Jessica Hynes) in a highstakes hostage situation where both their lives are on the line. Their captor is an escaped prisoner who claims she was wrongfully convicted of murder 15 years ago. With shadowy superintendent Callum Banks (John Hollingworth) in charge of the response and refusing to negotiate, it’s a tense hour of TV.

Fearless in the face of even the most violent and gruesome crimes, forensic pathologist Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox, pictured) is a formidable investigator that no crook would want on their trail. But this week’s chilling chapter sees Nikki’s professional detachment waver after she learns that a severed hand found in a canal in fact belongs to Faith (Kerrie Hayes), a barrister she knows through the court system. Her connection to the particularly macabre case transforms the investigation, with Nikki remaining optimistic that the tenacious Faith might still be alive somewhere. In a race against time, the team uses Nikki’s personal knowledge of Faith’s life and career to find answers.

Friday, May 15

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PADDOCK TO PLATE

SBS Food, Sunday, 7.30pm

Spotlighting fresh local produce, the joy of a shared dinner table and the special ingredients that make Australia’s regions shine, this nourishing series hosted by chef and restaurateur Matt Moran (pictured) is timeless. And good thing, too – originally produced by Foxtel in 2013, the show is only now making its free-to-air debut. Heading back to his roots in country Australia, the evergreen Moran seeks foods native to each area and creates dishes around them, before inviting the local community to an epic feast. In this week’s premiere, Moran travels to Victoria’s Yarra Valley, an area renowned for its wine-making, where he stumbles across a unique product that isn’t nearly as well known.

PICK OF THE WEEK

THE FLOOR

Nine, Monday, 7.30pm

This say-what-you-see trivia game could be the easiest money on Australian TV. There’s no need to tough it out in the jungles of Samoa on Survivor, spend months renovating a high-end home for TheBlockor create finedining fare on MasterChef; simply perform well in a few 90-second quiz battles and a $200,000 prize could be yours. Even host Rodger Corser appears to be on easy street – a computer screen handles the questions for him. In Monday’s secondseason finale, just eight contestants remain standing on the giant illuminated board. As they face off in both their own specialist subjects and those they’ve inherited from fallen rivals, all bets are off. It’s winner takes all. months y

SEVEN (6, 7)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Malicious Motives. (2021,Madv,R) Carrie Schroeder. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted byLarry Emdur.

NINE (8, 9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (PG, R) 10.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 The Assembly. (PGa, R) 1.45 Bad Company. (M, R) 2.10 Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Aust. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Legacy List. (R) 11.00 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point. (R) 2.05 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. (PG, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 6. Highlights.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia.

8.30 Patience. (Final,Mv) Patience and Frankie are held hostage.

9.20 Gruen. (PG,R) Presented byWil Anderson.

9.55 Urzila. (Mls,R)

10.20 ABC Late News.

10.40 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG,R)

11.25 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav,R)

12.15 Love Me. (MA15+, R)

1.05 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv)

5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented byMarc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Eurovision Song Contest. Hosted byCourtney Act and Danny Estrin. 10.00 Rock Legends: Chicago. (PGa,R) Charts the history ofrock band Chicago. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The King. (MA15+s)

11.55 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+asv,R) 1.50 Syndrome E. (Malv,R) 3.55 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Fizzy And Suds. 11.15 The Makery. 11.30 Wiggle. 11.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 1.30pm PJ Masks Power Heroes. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Daniel Tiger’s. 2.45 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.55 BattleBots. 9.40 Gladiators UK. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round10. Sydney vCollingwood. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back atall the action from the match. 11.15 GetOn Extra. Alook atthe weekend’s best racing.

11.45 My Reno Rules. (PGl,R) Hosted byDr Chris Brown. 1.20 Quacks. (Mads) Apatient ofWilliam’s suffers from adelusion. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) Hosted byGrant Denyer. 5.00 NBC Today.

7TWO (62, 72)

8.40 CBC The National. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 France 24 English News. 10.30 The Movie Show. 12.15pm DW The Day. 12.45 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 2.25 Bamay. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.35 Inside The Huddle. 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. 1.35am The Nine Lives Of. 2.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 6am Morning Programs. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Business Builders. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 The Yorkshire Vet. Midnight Bargain Hunt. 1.00 Surf Patrol. 1.30 Room For Improvement. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 Better Homes. 5.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 5.30 Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Paris Can Wait. (2016, PGal, R) Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00[MELB] TippingPoint Australia.(PG,R) 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R)

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Airport Security: USA. (PGdl) Agents carry out

8.30 MOVIE: A Star Is Born. (2018,Madls,R) Amusician helps own career spirals downward. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott. 11.15 MOVIE: Gifted. (2017,Ml,R) Chris Evans.

1.00 Explore TV Viking. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)

9GEM (81, 92)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Rugby Heaven. 12.30pm MOVIE: Clash Of The Titans. (2010, M) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. (2017, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans. (2012, M) Midnight Seinfeld. 12.30 Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.30 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.45 Cards And Collectables Australia. 3.15 Big Rigs Of Oz. 3.45

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Undermined: Tales From The Kimberley. 2.00 Strait To The Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.30 MOVIE: Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Masterminds. (2016) 11.05 Nula. 11.35 Stompem Ground. 12.10am Anthem Sessions. 12.30 Not Even. 1.00 Cultural Connections Immersion Festival. 2.00 Barunga Festival. 4.00 NITV On The Road: Women Of Barunga. 5.00 Late Programs. NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 8.15 The Orator. (2011, PGa, Samoan) 10.20 A Singular Crime. (2022, Malsv, Spanish) 12.25pm In A Land That No Longer Exists. (2022, Mns, German) 2.20 Vai. (2019, PG) 4.00 Grandpas. (2019, PGal, Spanish) 5.50 Thunderbirds Are GO. (1966, PG) 7.35 Groundhog Day. (1993, PGasv) 9.30 The Full Monty. (1997, Malns) 11.15 Late Night. (2019, Mls) 1.10am Wild Seas. (2022, MA15+ans, French) 2.50 The Vourdalak. (2023, MA15+h, French) 4.30 The Movie Show.

7MATE (64, 73)

6.00 10 News+. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG,R) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Acouple’s house istoo small. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns,R) Celebrity panellists compete tosee who can remember the most about events ofthe week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage ofnews, sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Antiques Downunder. 1.00 MOVIE: Not Now, Comrade. (1976, PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Angry Silence. (1960, PG) 5.30 The Derbyshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. South Sydney Rabbitohs vDolphins. 9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.45 MOVIE: Rambo: First Blood. (1982, M) 12.40am Antiques Roadshow. 1.10 1.40 Late Programs. 10 DRAMA (53, 12)

10 COMEDY (52, 11)

9GO! (82, 93)

Saturday, May 16

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

SEVEN (6, 7)

NINE (8, 9) 6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 Football. VFL. Round8. Carlton v Footscray Bulldogs. 3.10 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. (Final, R) 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals,R) Sharon takes ashine toKel’s best friend.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R) Hosted byTom Gleeson.

7.00 ABC News. Alook atthe top stories ofthe day.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG) Mervin and the team investigate the suspicious death ofa wellness business owner.

8.30 Silent Witness. (MA15+) Nikki conducts anunusual post-mortem. A terrifying discovery disturbs the team. DNA evidence forces the team toseek advice from anunexpected quarter.

10.15 Bergerac. (Mv,R) Bergerac and Barney’s relationship reaches breaking point.

11.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Sailing. Sail Grand Prix. Round5. Highlights. 3.00 Stories From The Cities. 3.30 U-96, The True Story Of Das Boot. (PGaln, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 7. Highlights. 5.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 5.35 Cold War Spies. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Eurovision Song Contest. Coverage ofthe70th Eurovision Song

10.00 The Wonders Of Europe: Schonbrunn Palace. (PG,R) Looks atVienna’s Schonbrunn Palace, aneye-popping, vibrant and glorious symbol ofAustria’s imperial heritage. 11.00 Snowpiercer. (MA15+v,R) Layton and Wilford vie for the upper hand. 1.40 The Kingdom. (Ma,R) Marc Fennell investigates Hillsong. 3.00 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Hornsea To Spurn Point. (R) Hosted byMichael Portillo. 4.10 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River – Ngunnawal, Wiradjuri And Ngarigo Country. (R) 5.00 Eurovision Song Contest.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.30pm Room On The Broom. 3.55 Odd Squad. 4.30 5.05 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. (Final) 8.10 Kids BBQ Championship. 8.55 Caper Crew. 9.15 Mr Bean: The Animated Series. 9.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Over The Black Dot. 3.00 Song Of Rapa Nui. 4.25 Stompem Ground 2022: Karajarri Dancers. 4.40 This Is Indian Country. 5.10 Treaty Road. 6.00 Our Law. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.25 MOVIE: Arachnophobia. (1990) 10.25 Stompem Ground 2022: Midnight Oil. 12.20am Late Programs.

6am Morning

Programs. 1.10pm The Feed. 1.45 Black Comedy In America. 2.40 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.55 Mastermind Aust. 6.55 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. 7.45 Abandoned Americana. (Return) 8.40 Travel Man. 9.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. 1.35am The Nine Lives Of. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am Morning Programs. 12.50pm Cat Call. (2023, Ma, Hungarian) 2.30 A Great Friend. (2023, PGalsv, French) 4.20 The Orator. (2011, PGa, Samoan) 6.20 The Way Ahead. (1944, PGv) 8.30 Crossing Over. (2009, MA15+ls) 10.35 The Sex Of The Angels. (2012, MA15+s, Spanish, Catalan) 12.35am Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Day, Andrew Ramsden Race Day and Doomben 10,000 Day. 5.00 Seven News At5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG,R)

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.00 Ooops! I Bought A Pub. country pub sight unseen and attempts tobring itback tolife.

8.30 MOVIE: The Day After Tomorrow. (2004,Ma,R) Aclimatologist tries tosave his family after the planet isplunged into asudden ice age. Dennis Quaid,

11.00 SAS: AUS v ENG. (Madlv,R) Recruits must maintain their composure.

12.00 Devils. (MA15+av)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 It’s Academic. (R)

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

7TWO (62, 72)

6am Morning

Programs. Noon Auction Squad. 1.00 Australia’s Big Backyards. 2.00 Animal Rescue. 2.30 Better Homes. 4.30 Harry’s Practice. 5.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 12.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (64, 73)

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Garage 41. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Sprintcar Series. Grand Final. 4.00 Frozen Gold. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 MOVIE: Taken. (2008, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Ghost Rider. (2007, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. (R) 12.30 Great Australian Detour Snow. (R) 1.00 Explore TV Viking. (R) 1.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGs, R) 2.30 Scar Tissue. (PGadm) 3.30 Tasman Trails. 4.30 Garden Gurus. 5.00 News. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Escape Fishing. (R)

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round11. Parramatta Eels vMelbourne Storm.

9.40 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage and analysis ofthe game between the Parramatta Eels and Melbourne Storm.

10.00 MOVIE: City Of Lies. (2018,MA15+lv,R) Themurders oftwo rappers are investigated.

12.05 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av,R) 1.00 Tasman Trails. (R)

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

9GEM (81, 92)

6am Morning Programs.

12.45pm MOVIE: The Magic Box. (1951) 3.00 MOVIE: Alive And Kicking. (1958) 5.00 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Evil Under The Sun. (1982, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Air Force One. (1997, M) 9.55 MOVIE: The Mod Squad. (1999, M) 11.50 The Real Murders Of Atlanta. 12.50am MOVIE: Rasputin: The Mad Monk. (1966, M) 2.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93)

6am Morning Programs. 11.45 Soccer. English Premier League. Liverpool vChelsea. 1.45pm Snackmasters. 3.15 MOVIE: Wonder. (2017, PG) 5.40 MOVIE: The Addams Family 2. (2021, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian. (2009, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: Yes Man. (2008, M) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.15am Prodigal Son. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.30 The Dog House. (PGa,R) Abulldog has lost its spark. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Acouple must decide whether tomove toa new home with enough land for aveggie garden and chooks orstay put intheir current home. 8.30 Building The Dream. Architectural designer Charlie design budget-friendly homes that suit their lifestyles. 9.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mms,R) Paramedics respond toa child’s inmud, but all isnot asit seems. 11.30 Elsbeth. (PGlsv,R) Elsbeth investigates anovelist. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

Sunday, May 17

ABC TV (2)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 The Assembly. (PGa, R) 3.15 Trail Adventure. (PGa, R) 4.10 Grand Designs. (Final, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass: Intimate Access. (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 The Assembly: Dave Hughes. (PGa) Thestudents interview Dave Hughes.

8.15 Bad Company. (PGn) Margie decides tobecome social media famous and Ryan helps her togo viral.

8.40 Bergerac. (Mal) Bergerac’s pursuit ofMonica has unexpected and dangerous consequences.

9.30 Death In Paradise. (PG,R) Theteam investigates the death ofa business owner.

10.30 Silent Witness. (MA15+,R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.00 Dream Gardens. (R) 4.30 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6, 7) TEN (5, 10) NINE (8,

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Hot Roads: World’s Most Dangerous Roads. (PG) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 The Point. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Gymnastics. Artistic World Challenge Cup Series. Highlights. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. Highlights. 5.30 The Battle Of Crete. (R) 6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage ofthe match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round10. St Kilda vRichmond.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Eurovision Song Contest. (PG) Coverage ofthe70th Eurovision Song Contest inVienna, Austria, as25 nations compete inthe Grand Final. 12.00 MOVIE: Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song. (2021,Ml,R) Leonard Cohen. 2.05 Matched: Neekita And Sid/ Sabby And Vinny. (PG,R)

2.55 A Certain Mother. (PGan,R) 4.15 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PGa,R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The1% Club. (PGls)

8.00 7NEWS Spotlight. 9.00 Child Snatchers: A Day At The Fair. (MA15+a) Looks atthe disappearance ofseven-year-old Mark Tildesley from afunfair in1984. 10.50 24 Hours In Police

Custody: Knifed. (Malv,R) Alook atknife crime inthe UK. 12.00 A Friend Of The Family. (MA15+a,R)

1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 The Floor. (PG) Hosted byRodger Corser.

8.15 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.15 To Be Advised.

10.15 9News Late.

10.45 The First48: Old Flame/Bad Behaviour. (Mav,R) Alate-night shootout leaves aman dead.

11.40 American Ripper: Home Sweet Hell. (Mav)

12.35 Oz Off Road TV. (PGl,R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 The Garden Gurus. (R)

5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take tothe kitchen. 8.15 Race Across The World. (Ml) Theteams must navigate the full length ofThailand toreach the next checkpoint inKoh Phi Phi. 9.30 Taskmaster Australia. (Ms,R) Thecomedians try toconceal the best thing intheir mouth. Hosted byTom Gleeson. 10.30 NCIS: Origins. (Mv,R) Theteam works with the FBI. 11.30 10 News+. (R) Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 France 24 English News. 10.30 Eurovision Song Contest. 1.10pm Faithless. 2.10 4.15 WorldWatch. 5.10 PBS News Compass Points. 5.40 The Frontier. 6.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. 1.35am The Nine Lives Of. 2.30 NHK World English News. 5.00

7TWO (62, 72) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.15 Peter Rabbit. 2.30 Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 Paddington. 4.30 5.05 6.05 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 Caper Crew. 8.10 Secrets At Red Rocks. 8.30 Animal Park. 10.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92)

6am Morning Programs. Noon Australia’s Amazing Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The Surgery Ship. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 5.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Maternal. 11.30 The Coroner. 12.30am Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. NZ Warriors vBroncos. 6.00 Getaway. 6.30 Police Rescue Australia. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Mammals. 8.40 Paramedics. 9.40 Emergency. 10.40 Major Crimes. 11.40 Midsomer Murders. 1.40am MOVIE: I Live In Grosvenor Square. (1945) 4.00 Late Programs.

7MATE (64, 73)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 11.45 Motor Racing. Indycar Series. Sonsio Grand Prix. H’lights. 12.50pm Soccer. English Premier League. Sunderland vManchester United. 2.50 The Summit. 5.35 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. (2004, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Speed. (1994, M) 9.55 MOVIE: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. (1989, PG) 11.50 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Inside The Huddle. 1.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. H’lights. 2.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 3.40 Black Magic. 4.40 Stompem Ground 2022: Midnight Oil. 6.35 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.25 The People Vs Robodebt. 8.30 I Am Not Your Negro. 10.10 MOVIE: Tudawali. (1987, M) 11.45 Late Programs. NITV (34) 6am Shopping. 9.00 All 4 Adventure. 10.00 Navigating The World. 11.00 3pm Escape Fishing. 3.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Grand Final. 7.00 Football

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Charter Boat Wars 2: Port Phillip Bay. 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 3.00 Frozen Gold. 4.00 Duck Dynasty. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: A Good Day To Die Hard. (2013, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Pitch Black. (2000, M) 12.55am Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Morning Programs. 12.55pm Close. (2022, Ma, Dutch, English, Flemish, French) 2.50 Thunderbirds Are GO. (1966, PG) 4.30 6.10 Sabrina. (1995, PGalv) 8.30 Past Lives. (2023, Korean, English, Mandarin, French) 10.30 The Talented Mr Ripley. (1999, Malnsv) 1am Late Programs.

Monday, May 18

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Silent Witness. (Ml, R) 11.40 You Can’t

Ask That. (Mls, R) 12.00 News. 1.00

Landline. (R) 2.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.30 Brush With Fame. (R) 3.00 Grand Designs Aust. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented bySarah Ferguson.

8.00 Australian Story. Australians tell personal stories.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Presented byLinton Besser.

9.35 Planet America. Alook atAmerican politics.

10.05 Todd Sampson’s Why? Donor Dads. (Ma,R)

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. (R)

11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma,R)

12.00 Long Lost Family. (PG,R)

12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Morning Programs. 1pm PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 The Point. (R) 2.05

Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. (PGa, R) 3.00 Going Places. (PGl, R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 9. Highlights.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend

Escapes: David Green. (PG) Robson Green goes ona trip with his brother.

8.40 Ancient Greece By Train: Athens. (R) Professor Alice Roberts explores Greece.

9.35 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M) Hosted byGreg Davies. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Sambre: Anatomy Of A Crime. (Mav)

11.50 Gomorrah. (MA15+v, R) 2.45 Off The Beaten Track With Kate Humble. (PGn, R) 3.55 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning

SEVEN (6, 7)

NINE (8, 9)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Floor. (PG, R) 1.15 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.45 My Way. (R)

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. Sonny pushes the limit. 7.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Ms) Hosted byGlenn Robbins and Mick Molloy. 8.40 9-1-1. (Mav) The118’s actions are investigated for possible

9.40 The Agenda Setters. (R) Anexpert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 10.40 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. 11.40 Happy’s Place. (PGal) 12.10 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a,R)

1.10 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (62, 72) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Expedition With Steve Backshall. 9.35 Chopped Jnr. 10.15 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

Programs. 2.50pm WorldWatch. 3.20 Stories From The Cities. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.50 PBS News Compass Points. 5.20 WorldWatch. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Holy Marvels. 9.20 Soccer’s American Dream. 10.15 The Verdict. 12.05am Dark Side Of The Ring. 1.55 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Strait To The Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters.

5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.35 Living Black. 9.05 MOVIE: Lady In The Water. (2006, PG) 11.00

MOVIE: Regard Noir. (2021, PG) 12.20am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.55pm Hounds. (2023, Malv, Berber, French) 2.35 The Movie Show. 3.10 The Way Ahead. (1944, PGv) 5.20 What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. (1993, PGas) 7.30 Goodbye Julia. (2023, Mav, Sudanese Arabic) 9.40 Sweet As. (2022, Mals) 11.20 UnIndian. (2015, Ms) 1.15am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Australia’s Big Backyards. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.45 Air Crash Inv. 11.45 Doc Martin. 12.45am Late Programs.

7MATE (64, 73)

6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Sprintcar Series. Grand Final. Replay. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Adventure Gold Diggers. 10.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Floor. (Final,PG) Hosted byRodger Corser. (Ml) Ateam offooty experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.

9.45 Players. (Ml) Three ofthe AFL’s biggest stars talk about all

10.45 9News Late.

11.15 100% Footy. (Mal) Features the latest rugby league news.

12.15 Tipping Point. (PG,R)

1.05 Hello SA. (PG)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

9GEM (81, 92)

6am Morning Programs. Noon David Attenborough’s Mammals. 1.10 Midsomer Murders. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Love Lottery. (1954) 5.30 The Derbyshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Four Weddings And A Funeral. 10.40 Major Crimes. 11.40 Chicago Med. 12.40am Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93)

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Jeopardy! UK. 12.30pm MOVIE: Tango & Cash. (1989, M) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Under Siege. (1992, M) 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 The 100. 12.35am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.45 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.55 Late Programs.

Tuesday, May 19

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6am Morning Programs. 11.50 Gardening Australia: My Garden Path. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (PGv, R) 2.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.25 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Aust. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point. (R) 2.05 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. (PGa, R) 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (Premiere,PG)

8.45 Murder In The Skies: Who Downed MH17? (Premiere,Ma) 9.30 Compass: Intimate Access. (PG,R)

10.05 If You’re Listening. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.45 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Guy Sebastian. (PG) 8.30 Insight. Looks atthe rising popularity ofOne Nation. 9.30 Dateline: Greek Islands: Built Up And Booked Out. Takes alook atthe price ofmass tourism inGreece. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Living Black. (R) 11.05 The Negotiator. (Premiere, Mal) 12.00 World On Fire. (Mav, R) 3.15 Off The Beaten Track With Kate Humble. (PG, R) 4.25 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.05pm Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 The Slow Mo Guys’ Big Adventures. (Final) 9.05 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.30 BattleBots. 10.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Strait To The Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.35 Ocean Warriors. (Final) 8.00 A Cedar Is Life. 9.00 MOVIE: Stand By Me. (1986, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Countryman. (2023, M) Midnight Late Programs. NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 10.50 The Movie Show. Noon DW The Day. 12.30 Homicide. 2.20 The Grudge. 2.50 Inside The Huddle. 3.20 Over The Black Dot. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.55 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.45 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Travel Man. 9.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. 1.35am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

(6, 7)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Floor. (Final, PG, R) 1.15 Destination WA. 1.45 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. Sonny refuses toplay bythe rules.

7.30 My Reno Rules. (PG) Hosted byDr Chris Brown. 9.15 House Of Wellness. (PG) Ateam ofindustry experts, media personalities and wellness advocates shares insights and experiences tohighlight living well.

10.15 The Agenda Setters. (R) Anexpert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.

11.15 Ambulance: Code Red. (Mav,R)

12.15 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a,R)

1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (62, 72)

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGl) Comedy panel show. 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm: Splurging. (Mal) Jeremy Clarkson visits ashis pub plans progress. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 The Grand Tour. (Mal)

1.05 Destination WA. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Building Ideas. (PG,R)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted byGrant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take tothe kitchen.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete tosee who can remember the most about events ofthe week.

9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage oflocal, national and international news, aswell asthe latest sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today. 6.00 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted byGrant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG,R) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) Amateur cooks take tothe kitchen.

9GEM (81, 92)

6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector Morse. 11.05 Escape To The Country. 12.05am Showtrial. 1.05 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.00 MOVIE: The Dancing Years. (1950) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Maytime In Mayfair. (1949) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Chicago Med. 12.40am Late Programs.

7MATE (64, 73)

The Cheap Seats. (Mal)

Home Shopping. (R)

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Hotel Salvation. (2016, PGad, Hindi) 4.50 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PGav) 7.45 Shadow Island. (2023, Malv, Norwegian, Swedish) 9.30 Ama Gloria. (2023, PGa, French, Kabuverdianu) 11.05 More Than Ever. (2022, MA15+s, Norwegian, English, French) 1.20am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 2.30 Adventure Gold Diggers. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Train Rescue Down Under. 11.30 Deadliest Roads. 12.30am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E World C’ship. 12.40pm MOVIE: The Watcher In The Woods. (2017, M) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hangover. (2009, MA15+) 10.35 Seinfeld. 11.35 The 100. 12.25am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.25 Late Programs.

Wednesday, May 20

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6am Morning Programs. 10.45 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. (R) 11.15 The Assembly. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club.

1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.00 Grand Designs Aust. (Final, PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Gruen. (PG) Presented byWil Anderson.

8.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG) Presented byGuy Montgomery.

9.25 Urzila. (Mals) Urzila has anodd house guest.

9.50 Bad Company. (PGn,R)

10.15 Planet America. (R)

10.45 ABC Late News.

11.00 The Business. (R)

11.20 You Can’t Ask That. (MA15+s,R)

11.50 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma, R)

12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R)

5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Morning Programs. 9.55 Legacy List. (R) 11.00 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00

Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. Highlights.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Alexander Armstrong In India. (PG) Alexander Armstrong heads toJaipur.

8.30 The Trial Of Michael Jackson: The Prosecution. (M) TheMichael Jackson trial continues and around race and fame.

9.25 The Audacity. (M) Awould-be tech titan and his therapist try tomake afortune.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Rise Of The Raven. (MA15+asv)

12.05 Golden Boy. (MA15+ds,R) 1.55 3.35 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 9.05 Adv Time. 9.50 Pokémon: Diamond And Pearl. 10.15 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Ochre And Ink. 2.00 Strait To The Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.35 News. 6.05 Bamay. 6.45 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.40 Ice Vikings. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding: USA. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Inside The Huddle. 10.30 MOVIE: We Are Still Here. (2022, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

6am Morning

Programs. 10.30 The Movie Show. 12.15pm DW The Day. 12.45 The Greatest Show On Earth. 2.45 The Bee Whisperer. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. 1.35am The Nine Lives Of. 2.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am Morning Programs. 1.20pm Sweet As. (2022, Mals) 2.55 The Movie Show. 3.30 Gulmohar. (2023, PGal, Hindi) 6.00 The 39 Steps. (1935, PGav) 7.40 The Tracker. (2002, Mav) 9.30 Monster. (2023, Ma) 11.50 Girl America. (2024, Malsv, Czech) 1.55am Blood Quantum. (2019, MA15+hl) 3.35 Late Programs.

Thursday, May 21

ABC TV (2)

SEVEN (6, 7)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Abigail works topersuade Mackenzie. 7.30 SAS: AUS v ENG. (Madlv) Apunishment proves too much.

8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take alighter look atall things AFL. (M) Hamish McLachlan sits down with key football stars and personalities toreveal their stories.

10.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) Anexpert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 11.00 Ultimate Crash Test. (PGal,R) Looks atwhat happens ina multi-vehicle pileup. 1.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (62, 72)

6am Morning

Programs. Noon My Reno Rules. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 McDonald And Dodds. 10.45 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 12.45am Late Programs.

7MATE (64, 73)

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 3.30 Mountain Men. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Surviving The Moment Of Impact. 12.30am Late Programs.

NINE (8, 9)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGl, R) 1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGm, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Events That Changed Australia: The Birth Of Professional Sport. (Ml) Looks athow Australia’s richest man disrupted cricket.

8.30 NRL Origin Stories. (Premiere) Looks atthe single rule change in1980 which ignited State ofOrigin.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 The Inheritance. (Mal)

11.10 A Killer Makes A Call. (MA15+av)

12.00 First On Scene. (Mav,R)

12.30 Tipping Point. (PG,R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

9GEM (81, 92)

6am Morning Programs.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (1956) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 The Spencer Sisters. 11.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 12.40am Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93)

6am Morning Programs.

11.40 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E World C’ship. 12.50pm MOVIE: Three Chords And The Truth. (2022, M) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Real Steel. (2011, M) 11.00 Seinfeld. Midnight The 100. 12.50 Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.50 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6, 7)

(8, 9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Gruen. (PG, R) 10.35 Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) 11.25 Urzila. (Mals, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Bergerac. (Mal, R) 2.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.00 Restoration Aust. (PG, R) 3.55 Frankie Drake. (PG) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point. (R) 2.05 Scotland’s Extreme Medics. (Ma, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. Highlights.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Restoration Australia. (Return,PG) Afamily resurrects abluestone farmhouse.

9.00 The Assembly: Dave Hughes. (PGa,R) Thestudents interview Dave Hughes.

9.45 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (PG,R) Shaun Micallef looks atour relationship with gambling.

10.30 ABC Late News.

10.45 The Business. (R)

11.05 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGv, R) 11.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Ultimate Vets. 9.05 Animal Park. 10.35 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. Noon Pro Bull Riding: USA. 1.00 Over The Black Dot. 1.30 Inside The Huddle. 2.00 Strait To The Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Saving Yellowstone. 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 Moonbird. 9.30 MOVIE: Braveheart. (1995, MA15+) 12.45am Late Programs.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Rick Stein’s Australia. (PGa) 8.40 American Prince: JFK Jr: The Final Summer. (Ml,R) Carolyn Bessette ispursued bythe paparazzi. 9.30 A Gentleman In Moscow. (M) TheCount’s old friend turns upat the hotel.

10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Under The Bridge. (Madl) 11.55 DNA. (Ma, R) 2.30 Off The Beaten Track With Kate Humble. (PG, R) 3.40 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 The Movie Show. 12.10pm DW The Day. 12.40 Alone. 1.55 UFOs: Investigating The Unknown. 2.45 Insight. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.20 Travel Man. 8.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. 1.35am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round11. Hawthorn vAdelaide. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back atall the action from the match.

11.00 Kick Ons. Apreview ofthe upcoming AFL matches.

11.30 To Be Advised.

12.30 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a,R) Ahistory-making blizzard hits New York.

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) Information about pet care.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (62, 72)

6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Grace. 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Father Brown. 12.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (64, 73)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love, Game, Match. (2022, PGa, R) Cristine Prosperi, Dale Moss. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGdl,R) Alook atpolice random breath test patrols.

8.30 Emergency. (Mm,R) DrAndrew Wallace and Dr Emma West fear achef, who fell down anescalator, has brain injuries.

9.30 A+E After Dark. (Malm,R) Awoman has aswollen and painful arm.

10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv) 11.20 9News Late.

11.50 Tipping Point. (PG,R)

12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

9GEM (81, 92)

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Queen Of Spades. (1949, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Canberra Raiders vDolphins. 9.55 NRL Thursday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30

6.00 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted byGrant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take tothe kitchen. 8.40 Elsbeth. (PGv) Elsbeth investigates awealth therapist after abillionaire’s son dies ina motorcycle crash. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage oflocal, national and international news, aswell asthe latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal,R) 11.40 10 News+. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

TEN (5, 10)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 GCBC. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.20 MasterChef Aust. (PG, R) 11.30 Everyday Gourmet.

6.00 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted byGrant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. (Ms) Hosted byTom Gleeson. 8.40 The Claudia Winkleman Show. (Mls) Claudia Winkleman isjoined byDan Levy, Phil Dunster, Cush Jumbo and Josh Widdicombe. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage ofnews, sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Highway Patrol. 2.30 The Force: BTL. 3.30 Mountain Men. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 Motorway Patrol. 8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 10.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Morning Programs. 2.15pm Open The Wall. (2014, PGal, German) 4.00 Ama Gloria. (2023, PGa, French, Kabuverdianu) 5.30 The 7.30 The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry. (2023, Mal) 9.30 Eighth Grade. (2018, Mls) 11.15 Juliet, Naked. (2018, Ml) 1am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Jeopardy! UK. 12.30pm MOVIE: Gifted. (2017, M) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms. (2016, MA15+) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Rugby Heaven. 12.30am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.25 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.30 Jeopardy! UK. 3.30 Late Programs.

International bowls at the Dome

The World Indoor Bowls Championships came to Ocean Grove with more than 32 nations competing. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at the Dome at Ocean Grove Bowling Club for the opening day of the six-day competition on Monday 11 May.

PUZZLES

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

ACROSS

1 Graceful bird (4)

3 South Asian republic (10)

10 High-protein food pulses (7)

11 Largest of the Ryukyu islands, south of Japan (7)

12 Rump (8)

13 Of the nose (5)

14 Summit (4)

15 An automatic weapon (7,3)

18 Actually, truthfully (10)

20 Devoted followers (4)

21 Step-by-step guide (3,2)

23 Relating to cultivated land (8)

26 Of that (7)

27 Continuing (7)

28 Black and white (10)

29 Just (4)

DOWN

1 Senior barrister (coll) (4)

2 Said or done so often as to become tiresome (2,7)

4 Partner; colleague (9)

5 Shine (5)

6 City in southern France (7)

7 Tests (5)

8 Front-page stories (9)

9 Perfect condition (4)

14 Indifferent (9)

16 Mirthful (9)

17 Subtle change by degrees (9)

19 US writer (1817–62), Henry David – (7)

22 Revolver (5)

23 Horrible (5)

24 Carpets (4)

25 Unsightly (4)

3 LETTERS

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural nouns ending in “s”.

Today’s Aim:

20 words: Good

30 words: Very good 40 words: Excellent

tidier, tied, tier, tiered, tired, tried, trip, tripe

1 Shandong is a coastal province in which country? 2 The SVNS is a series of tournaments in what sport? 3 Brutalist architecture first emerged in what decade?

4 Which Australian author wrote Tenderfoot, Nine Days and Addition?

5 What is the only five-star rank in the Australian Army?

6 The High Altitude Medal is given to armed forces members of which country?

7 Name the highest-selling song released by Roy Orbison.

8 The Rebecca Yarros books FourthWing, Iron Flame and OnyxStorm are part of which fantasy series?

9 In golf, what is an albatross?

10 What nationality is Hamnet star Jessie Buckley (pictured)?

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Mindfulness

Gentle mindfulness and stress-reduction session, Belmont Library, Saturday 16 May, 11am-noon. Beginner-friendly group offers simple practices to help calm the mind and support wellbeing. Pay what you can on the day.

Belinda, 0483 799 552

Quilt-in

Geelong Patchwork & Quilter’s Guild

quilt-in, Geelong West Town Hall, Saturday 23 May, 10am-4pm, entry is $15. Sit and sew, guest speaker Tania Tanti, pop-up stores. wheatsheaf_quilting@hotmail.com

Geelong Scout Heritage Centre

A trove of Scouting memorabilia. Meets third Sunday of the month (not September or January), 56 Russell Street, Newtown, 10am-3pm, entry by donation. Groups by appointment. 0419 591 432, or geelong.heritage@scoutsvictoria.com.au

Ballroom dance

Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Highway, Saturday 16 May, 7.30-10.30pm. Admission $10 includes supper. Music: Ben. 0400 500 402

Kids’ church Group lessons for children aged 3-6, 7-10 and 10+, St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 171a Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, first Sunday of the month during school term, 10.30-11.30am.

Suzie, 0402 963 855, or Althea, 0403 005 449

Geelong Dragon Boat Club

Paddle at Barwon River. Training Wednesdays 5pm, Saturdays 9am. Free one-month trial. revolutionise.com.au/geelongdragons

Combined Probus Club of Highton Meets third Thursday of each month, South Barwon Football & Netball clubrooms, McDonald Reserve, Reynolds Road, Belmont, 10am. Sandra, 0427 348 260

Geelong Prostate Cancer Support Group

Meets last Friday of the month (except December), 10am-noon, Belmont Park Pavilion, 162 Barrabool Road, Belmont. Bill, 0414 524 155, or info@geelongpsg.net

Geelong ballroom dancing

Saturdays 7.30pm-10.15pm, corner Bayview Parade and Carey Street, Hamlyn Heights. Entry: $10. BYO drinks and a plate. 5278 9740, or geelongballroomdc.com.au

Corio Bay Lions Club

Meets first and third Thursday of each month at 6.30pm. geelongcoriobay.vic@lions.org.au

Alcoholics (and other addicts) For Christ 12 Steps Group Meets Thursdays 7.30pm at Belmont-Highton Baptist Church, 43 Mt Pleasant Road, Belmont. 0420 910 763

Children’s play group

For babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with parent/carer. Free play, story time, and music. Wednesdays 10-11.30am in school term, St John’s Highton, 269 Roslyn Road, Highton. office@stjohnshighton.org.au, or 0433 191 890

Zonta Club of Geelong Global human rights organisation working to Build a Better World for Women and Girls. Meets first Wednesday monthly for dinner, 6pm. zontaclubgeelong@yahoo.com.au, or 0411 628 361

Belmont Seniors

Players wanted to play 500 each Monday 12.30pm. Belmont Senior Centre, 52 Thomson Street, Belmont. 5241 1776

Ocean Grove Library

Wednesday 20 May, 2-3pm: book chat Wednesday 3 June, 5.30-6.30pm: Growing Food, Growing Communities with Ben Shaw Tuesday 9 June, 2-3pm: AI and deepfakes Mondays 10.30-11.30am: preschool story time Tuesdays 4-5pm: youth collective (ages 12-18) Wednesdays 9.30-10am: toddler time Thursdays 11.30-11.50am: baby time Thursdays 3.45-4.45pm: after-school program

Community kitchen

Do you enjoy cooking or want to learn cooking and budgeting skills with a small group of like-minded people in your community? Are you interested in volunteering to facilitate a Community Kitchen?

healthycommunities@barwonhealth.org. au

Welcome mat

Belmont Uniting Church every Friday from 10am-1pm. Games, lunch and friendship. Fay, 0409 361 414

OMNI

Older Men New Ideas men’s friendly informal chat group, South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mt Pleasant Road, Belmont, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 10.30am. Allan, 0409 665 608

Bike riding

Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from Belmont. Rides to suit all levels of fitness; e-bikes welcome. Rob, 0412 308 166

Lara Community Market

Run by Rotary Club of Lara District every second Sunday of the month at Lara RSL 9am-1pm.

Geelong Amateur Radio Club

Storrer Street Clubhouse, Geelong, Wednesdays 1.30-4pm, Fridays 6.30pm. Robert, 0438 409 979, or vk3atl.org

Choir

St Paul’s Choir rehearses Wednesdays from 7.45-8.45pm and 9.30am Sunday for 10.30am service. Choral scholarships available. Occasional choir for those unable to make commitment to main choir.

Tom Healey, 0451 960 768, or healeytf@gmail.com

Bellydance classes

Beginner level, new term commencing. New students welcome. Tuesdays 1.30pm, Life Activities Club, Belmont Park Pavillion, Belmont. Glenys, 0400 214 897

Geelong’s Soroptimist International Service club for women and girls, every second Tuesday of the month from 6pm at Belmont RSL. 0455 835 691, or geelong@siswp.com

Geelong Sports & Game Fishing Meets first and third Monday of the month at Belmont Park Pavilion, 7.30pm. John, 0409 234 307

Geelong Anglers Club Meets fourth Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm, 9 Yuille Street, Geelong West. Monthly fishing competitions. Brian, 0417 190 092, or Ian, 0470 114 787

Drysdale CWA

Every second Tuesday at 1pm and crafts every fourth Tuesday at 11.30am of each month at Drysdale RSL Club. Jenny, 0452 258 333

Scottish dancing GOG Scottish Country Dance classes 7.30pm Tuesdays at Leopold Hill Hall, $5. No partner needed. Vicki, 0412 762 983, or Barbara, 0419 511 781

Geelong Showgrounds Museum Museum open to the public on the first Sunday of each month 10am-2pm (January and October excepted). Adults $10, students 13-18 $5, under 13 free. 5221 1707

Geelong Scottish Dance Highland dance classes for all ages Wednesday from 4pm and Saturday from 10am at Western Heights Uniting Church Hall, St Herne Hill. Christine 0468-311 788, or facebook.com/GeelongScottishDance Bingo

Tuesdays 1-3pm, great grocery prizes plus $50 jackpot books $2.50. Belmont Seniors Centre, 52 Thomson Street, Belmont. Frank, 5241 1776

First steps in music Babies, toddlers and preschoolers welcome with parent/carer. Thursdays Northern Bay

College, Tallis, and Fridays at Northern Bay College, Peacock. Free if living in 3214 postcode, bookings essential. info@bluebirdfoundationinc.org.au

Mainly Music

Music and fun for preschoolers during term time at the Welcome Centre, St Mark’s, Vicarage Road, Leopold, Thursdays 9.15-11am. $5 per family per week. Text 0461 582 618 for bookings

Geelong Patchwork & Quilter’s Guild Meets third Saturday of each month 10.30am-3.30pm, Newcomb Hall, Wilsons Road. Visitors welcome. $6 includes time to sit and sew, morning tea and guest speaker. info@geelongpatch.org.au

Dragons Abreast Geelong Dragon boating for breast cancer survivors, Saturdays 12.30pm, Geelong Canoe Club, Marnock Road, Highton. Free come and try. Traci, 0417 301 226, or Facebook Dragons Abreast GeelongJuggernauts

PlayLinks

Music and art playgroup where babies, toddlers and preschoolers learn together with their parent/carer. Wednesdays St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Norlane. Free if living in 3214 postcode, bookings essential. info@bluebirdfoundationinc.org.au

Grovedale East Ladies Probus Fourth Monday of each month, 9.30am, Belmont RSL.

Sally Nelson, 0402 450 610

Waurn Ponds Combined Probus Fourth Wednesday of the month, 10am. Maximum 100 members. probussouthpacific.org/microsites/waurn

Lions Club of Geelong Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month. Contact below for venues and times. geelong.vic@lions.org.au, or 0408 599 962

Geelong Harmony Chorus Women’s four-part harmony singing. All ages encouraged. Rehearsals Mondays 6.45pm at Herne Hill. contact@geelongharmony.com.au, or 0406 666 737

Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir Small ladies choir who require no knowledge of the Welsh language. Meet Wednesdays 7pm at St Luke’s, Highton to help each other sing in Welsh and English. 0413 406 433, or welshladieschoir.com.au

Chess clubs

Ocean Grove, Tuesdays at 1.30pm at 101 The Terrace, Ocean Grove; Portarlington, Mondays at 9.30am, Parks Hall, 87 Newcombe Street, Portarlington; and St Leonards, Thursdays at 9.30am, unit 2 1375-1377 Murradoc Road (on Blanche Street), St Leonards. Ralph, 0431 458 100 (Ocean Grove), Rob, 5259 2290 (Portarlington), Lyn, 5292 2162 (St Leonards)

Dancer’s Club Geelong Ballroom dance weekly, Leopold Hall 7.30-10.30pm. Admission $8 includes supper. Old time, New Vogue and Latin. CDs by Kevin and Tre. Russ, 5250 1937

Life Activities Club [Geelong Inc] Arvo tea dance every Thursday, Belmont Pavilion, 2-4pm, $5 entry. Val, 5251 3529

Out and about on the weekend

Independent photographer Ivan Kemp did the rounds at Queens Park, Highton, on Saturday 9 May at the Geelong Amateur vs Ocean Grove footy and netball games.

New MG IM is superb driving

By Alistair Kennedy, Marque Motoring

Another week, another new brand name, although in this case it’s actually a new sub-brand.

It’s called IM and it’s the new premium electric division of MG. Think Lexus to Toyota,GenesistoHyundai,etc.

And just to confuse matters further we’re toldthatitscompletenameis‘IMPresented by MG’. Good luck with anyone actually adhering to that. To keep things simple, we’lljuststickwiththeIMnametaghere.

ThetwofirstmodelsaretheIM5andIM6, not to be confused with MI5 and MI6 which aretheUKgovernment’sSpyCatchers.

IM5 is a sedan, IM6 is an SUV, both around the same length with variations of fastback styling but with the IM6 around 200mmtaller.

IM6 comes in three variants. The entry-level Premium has a 75kWh lithium-ion battery charging a single, rear-mounted battery. It’s priced at $60,990 driveaway.

The mid-spec Platinum model uses a 100kWh Nickel-metal hydride (NMC) battery, also with a single rear motor. Driveawaypriceis$69,990.

Top of the range is the IM6 Performance, priced at $80,990. It uses the same 100kWh NMC battery as the Platinum, but has a second, front-mounted motor providing all-wheeldrive.

Styling

Design of the IM6 is very smooth with none of the boxiness that used to identify SUVs. In that respect it can easily be mistaken for what’s likely to be its closest competitor, the TeslaModelY.

The most common feature that attracted attention from passers-by was the unfamiliar badge that sits on the front and rear of the vehicle. It features two bars at a 45-degree angle with small round dots on either side. Just for fun, we checked and found that dot-dash-dash-dot in Morse CoderepresentstheletterP.

Whilewecouldn’tfindanysignificanceto this,thereisafunctionalaspecttothebadge at the rear where, pushing the left-hand dot openstheboot.

TheonlycluetotheIM’sfamilyconnection is also at the rear where the ‘MG Motor’ badgeappearsontheleftside.

There’s a patterned black plastic trim along the side and also at the rear below a fullwidthlightbar.

As expected, all lighting is LED with the front wraparound headlight assemblies incorporating the turn indicators sitting aboveverticaldaytimerunninglights.

There’s much more character at the rear of the car than what we found a fairly bland front.

Afull-lengthfixedpanoramicglassroofis standard on all variants. It’s double-glazed butdoesn’tcomewithaslidingsunblind.

Entry-level Premium runs on 20-inch alloy wheels, with Platinum and Performance step up to 21-inch alloy with differingdesigns.Performanceincludesred brakecalipers.

Fiveexteriorcoloursareavailable.Athena White is standard. Ares Black, Rembrandt Grey, Raphael Beige and Nevis Blue are $1000options.

Interior

The dashboard has two screens. Spanning most of the top of the dashboard is a 26.3-inchscreenthatcombinestouchscreen multimedia features on the left and an adjustable driver’s instrument cluster on theright.

A smaller, 10.5-inch, touchscreen sits on an angle at the base of the dashboard within easy reach of the driver. Virtually every feature that operates the vehicle is controlled from here, many in combination

with two rollers on the steering wheel. Even adjustingthesidemirrorsisdonehere.We’ll lookatthisissuelaterinourDrivingsection.

There is a choice of two quilted soft-touch syntheticleatherseatsineitherDoverBeige orHighlandGrey.

A ventilated wireless smartphone chargingpadisstandard.

Boot space in the IM6 Performance is 646 litres with the rear seatback folded, expanding to 1600 litres when they are folded. There’s also a 32-litre front storage space, ideal for keeping charging equipment. No spare wheel, only the typicallyunreliabletyrerepairkit.

Both driver and front passenger get poweredseatswithheating,ventilationand adjustablethighsupport.Rearseatsarealso heated.

Powertrain

IM6ispoweredbytwomotorsthatcombine to provide outputs of 572 kW and 802 Nm from The IM6 Performance is based on the same 800V architecture that’s been used in vehicles such as the Kia EV 6 and Hyundai Ionic 5. That higher voltage provides greater powerdeliveryandfasterchargingtimes.

Driving range on the WLTP combined cycle starts at 450km from the Premium 75 kWh up to 555km in the Platinum 100 kWh, dropping down to 505km with the heavier Performance.

The CCS Type 2 charge port is located at the rear left-hand side with an 11kW onboardchargingunit.

Maximum DC charging power from the 100-kWh battery is listed at 396 kW with a claimed DC charge time from 30 to 80 percentof15.2minutes.

There is a Vehicle to Load (V2L) feature withamaximumof6.6kW.

Infotainment

There are only two USB ports in the IM6, oneinthefrontandoneintherear.Bothare USB-C.

Audio in all variants is through a bespoke 20-speaker system that includes four sky speakersintheheadlinerthatcanbepaired

with the vehicle’s 256-colour ambient lightingsystem.

IM6 is compatible with the MG iSMART smartphone application to remotely control functions monitoring, charging and checking vehicle location and route planning.

Safety

MG IM 6 was tested by ANCAP in July 2025 and received the maximum five-star rating. All three variants get the same features includingtheMGPilotsuite.

In addition to seven airbags there is a comprehensiveAdvancedDriverAssistance System(ADAS)withalargerangeoffeatures include autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane support system, hill hold, blind spot detection, rear cross-trafficalert,drivermonitoringsystem, 360-degreecameraandsensors,rainynight mode,andautomaticparkingassistance.

Driving

Entry through the pop-out flush door handles is keyless either by touching the door handle, pressing on the key fob, using an NFC key card or the MG iSmart mobile app.

Large windows and side mirrors provide excellent visibility in these directions enhanced by side camera images that are projected onto monitors on either side of the dashboard when turn indicators are activated.

The big problem, and it’s quite serious, is rear vision. Although the rear window is quite large it lies at such an angle that it only provides a narrow slit from the driver’s mirror.

To compensate, there is a rear-pointing camera that is activated from the steering wheel buttons and displays the view onto a third monitor, this one in the centre of the dash. There are three timing options, 10 seconds, 30 seconds and two minutes after whichtheimagedisappears.

Call me old-fashioned, but I want to be abletoseewhat’sbehindmeatalltimes.

The IM6 Performance model comes with

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air suspension that is operated by buttons on the side wall of the boot. It can adjust groundclearanceacrossarangeof70mm. There’s bi-directional steering that can turn the rear wheels up to 12 degrees of rear-wheel articulation that allows a low-speed ‘crabwalk’ mode to assist access totightparkingspots.

Turning circle is a class-leading 10.2 metres. By way of comparison the MG ZS smallhatchbackneeds10.4metres.

With virtually every feature controlled through one or other of the touchscreens, we were faced with the usual dilemma of having to locate and adjust even the most basicoffeatures.

There is no start/stop button. All that the driver needs to do is depress the brake pedal, select either Drive or Reverse and moveaway.

Being an EV acceleration is instant and spectacular, to such an extent that the zero to 100km/h sprint can be done in just a claimed 3.4 seconds. That’s supercar territory.

Acoustic glass windows, active noise cancellation and soft-touch materials combine to provide an impressively quiet cabinridequalityintheIM6Performance Summary

ThenewMIbrandtakesMGintoalevelthat the ex-British, now Chinese, brand could hardly have envisaged a decade ago. Gone isanysuggestionofthe‘cheapandcheerful’ tagthatearlyMGmodelscarried.

Technophiles will love the IM5 and IM6 and will revel in working through the myriadofhigh-techfeatures.Traditionalists –guiltyascharged–willbefrustratedbythe relianceonthesamethingandbythelackof physicalcontrols.

To keep it in perspective there is plenty of scope for creating shortcuts including the ability to turn off some ADAS features with a single touch as well as voice activation to minimise using the screens and the annoyingalerts.

Where both parties will agree is on the superbdrivingqualities.

Around the grounds

Scores, goalkickers and best players from Geelong & District, Bellarine, and Geelong Football League senior games played on Saturday 9 May.

GEELONG&DISTRICT

Winchelsea 4.4(28), 8.4(52), 13.7(85), 16.9(105)

Inverleigh 2.8(20), 7.13(55), 10.15(75), 13.18(96)

Goals: Winchelsea - I. Parish 5, C. Primmer 4, R. James 2, J. Sampi 2, J. Gould, B. Mumberson. Inverleigh - A. Donohue 5, N. Sneskov 2, J. Miles 2, E. Floyd, S. Condy, H. Bauer,D.Peel.

Best: Winchelsea - I. Parish, L. Gemmill, R. James, R. Williams, A. Walsh, C. Parish. Inverleigh - L. Haberfield, D. Peel, S. Condy, D.Maher,W.Stoney,J.Love.

Bannockburn 1.3(9), 4.5(29), 7.8(50), 11.13(79) East Geelong 2.1(13), 3.3(21), 5.5(35), 6.9(45)

Goals: Bannockburn-B.Harding3,B.Kelly 3, H. Hawker 2, T. Battaglia, W. Mack. East Geelong-Z.Smith3,C.Ezard2,W.Hough.

Best: Bannockburn - A. Mahoney, R. Ginn, L.Bowdern, B. Harding,T.Bath, A.Phillips. East Geelong - J. Ollis, J. Nolan, S. Purdy, J. Payne,W.Hough,P.Visentin.

Werribee Centrals 3.6(24), 8.9(57), 14.13(97),22.15(147)

Belmont Lions 0.5(5), 5.8(38), 6.9(45), 8.10(58)

Goals: Werribee Centrals - J. Sutton 3, B. Houlihan 3, J. MacDonald 3, C. Saliba 2, I. Cohen2,K.GomesPattiyage,J.Stephenson, K. Kur, M. Culliver, A. Stone, D. Phillips, T. Camilleri, B. Carlton. Belmont Lions - B. McPherson2,J.Butler2,J.Evans2,B.Evans, J.Wilson,B.Michell.

Best: Werribee Centrals - T. Camilleri, M. Watt,L.Robinson,B.Houlihan,M.Culliver, J.Stephenson.BelmontLions-N.Houtsma, B. McPherson, J. Butler, D. Johnston, M. Murdoch,J.Wilson.

Bell Post Hill 4.1(25), 9.2(56), 11.7(73), 14.8(92)

North Geelong 2.1(13), 3.4(22), 7.8(50), 9.11(65)

Goals: Bell Post Hill - N. Costello 4, D. Handley 2, L. Wilson 2, A. Casey 2, Z. Jones, J. Norman, J. Yates, F. Jones. North Geelong - B. Riccardi 2, J. Purcell 2, L. Parker, R. Desnoy, B. Miller, C. Pasque, O.Riccardi.

Best: Bell Post Hill - D. Handley, J. Yates, D.Godwin,D.Witney,D.Banister,B.Carter. North Geelong - O. Riccardi, R. Desnoy, B. Miller, L. Schwennesen, B. O’Brien, J.Jewell.

Anakie4.2(26),7.5(47),12.9(81),15.15(105) Corio2.4(16),6.5(41),9.8(62),12.9(81)

Goals: Anakie - J. Mawson 3, J. Francese-Fulton 2, O. McLachlan 2, M. Gavin 2, P. Ridout 2, B. Gerrard, O. Barter, L.Dahlhaus,S.Hoffman.Corio-J.Blackney 2, H. Carr 2, B. Cervenka 2, H. Taylor, J. Green,D.Waldron,H.Burns,M.Roberts,C. Gibson.

Best: Anakie - J. Mawson, L. Dahlhaus, L. Scerri, D. Harms, M. Gavin, B. Gerrard. Corio - M. Jelenic, B. Cervenka, K. Manning-Stratton, C. Gibson, J. Hall, J. Green.

Thomson4.1(25),8.3(51),12.4(76),12.9(81)

Geelong West Giants 0.4(4), 3.5(23), 3.10(28),5.12(42)

Goals: Thomson - P. Davis 4, D. Smith 3, J. Camm 2, H. Ryan, N. Hanneysee, J. Blair. Geelong West Giants - S. Goddard 2, R. Croft,J.Greaves,S.Keane.

Best: Thomson - J. Hanneysee, Z. Rochow-O’Toole, S. Jacka, C. Judd, H. Ryan, J.Camm.GeelongWestGiants-J.Collins,S. Goddard, M. Beattie, S. Frangos, J. Greaves, J.Jans.

BELLARINE

Barwon Heads 4.1(25), 4.4(28), 9.12(66), 12.20(92)

Drysdale3.1(19),8.4(52),9.7(61),10.8(68)

Goals: Barwon Heads - M. Jensen 4, D. Graham 2, C. Ward 2, J. Syddall, A. Ford, T. Mcencroe, J. Henderson. Drysdale - L. Nelis 3, J. Watson 3, J. Hopgood, H. Smith, C. Tainton, F. Chirgwin.

Best: Barwon Heads - S. Christensen, H. Hyland, J. Allen, K. Polley, A. Ford, F. Cornell. Drysdale - L. Nelis, N. Day, T. Delaney, J. Jenkins, J. Breust, C. Tainton.

Geelong Amateur 2.3(15), 5.4(34), 10.9(69),13.11(89)

Ocean Grove 1.3(9), 4.6(30), 7.9(51), 9.13(67)

Goals: Geelong Amateur - S. Lloyd 4, N. Beekmans 4, M. Day 2, H. Kershaw, R. Mattner, R. Ferguson. Ocean Grove - J. Paterson 3, L. Waldron 3, R. Devlin 2, J. Thomson.

Best: Geelong Amateur - S. Lloyd, N. Beekmans,L.Reilly,J.Tardio.OceanGrove - L. Jarrad, J. Lange, L. Waldron, N. Bourke, J. McDonald, L. Norman.

Anglesea 4.5(29), 7.7(49), 13.11(89), 15.12(102)

Portarlington 1.3(9), 3.4(22), 6.6(42), 10.8(68)

Goals: Anglesea - A. Gras 3, J. Walters 3, J. Anderson 2, J. King 2, W. Batson, A. Braaksma, C. Hutchinson, L. Smith, N. Collins. Portarlington - B. Williamson 3, M. Turnbull 3, N. Lane 2, D. O’Brien, M. Ruiter.

Best: Anglesea - J. Anderson, J. Fulton, A. Braaksma,L.Smith,J.Walters,I.Hardman. Portarlington - K. Pickard, B. Williamson, N. McHugh, S. Greenhough, M. Turnbull, M. Fromholtz.

Queenscliff 3.3(21), 8.8(56), 11.11(77), 13.15(93)

Newcomb 3.4(22), 6.5(41), 8.8(56), 10.9(69)

Goals: Queenscliff - I. Grant 2, J. McHenry 2, J. Monahan 2, S. Bowtell 2, N. Rippon, J. McIvor-Clark, B. Jones, M. Rippon, K. Keenan. Newcomb - J. Duke 3, J. Watson 2, J. Duncan 2, C. Harvey, J. Saltalamacchia, O. Marshall.

Best: Queenscliff - S. Kalbfell, C. Whitley, S. Bowtell, C. Durran, N. Rippon, L. Kidd. Newcomb - L. Wagener, T. Webster, J. Taylor, C. Morrissy, J. Duke, C. Harvey.

Modewarre 2.7(19), 8.10(58), 11.15(81), 17.21(123)

SurfCoast1.1(7),1.1(7),2.2(14),2.2(14)

Goals: Modewarre - J. Motton 5, C. Joseph 4, S. Morter 2, T. Hornsey, D. Hemphill, T. Scott, J. Harrison. Surf Coast - R. Young. Best: Modewarre - O. Butler, M. Mckim, J. Motton, B. Campi, D. Hemphill, C. Joseph. Surf Coast - R. Young, D. Coleman, D. Flanigan, T. Schultz, J. Lang, T. Lee.

GEELONG

Colac2.7(19),8.8(56),13.12(90),17.13(115) StAlbans3.3(21),7.6(48),9.9(63),12.12(84)

Goals: Colac - K. Smartt 4, M. Robb 4, L. Hillman2,K.Spokes,S.Ross,J.McCormack, C.Forbes,J.Fish.StAlbans-T.Gunther4,J. Grigsby3,K.Harris,H.Cockerell,B.Coutts, T.Roberts,B.Wolfenden.

Best: Colac - M. Robb, J. Skinner, Z. Zdybel, M. Buchanan, E. Liddle, J. Fish. St Albans - B. McDonald, J. Osborne, T. Gunther, L. Gray,F.Keck,H.Cockerell.

Geelong West Giants 2.3(15), 9.6(60), 13.10(88),19.16(130) NorthShore1.1(7),2.3(15),8.4(52),8.7(55)

Goals: Geelong West Giants - L. Horniblow 6, L. Wittman 3, T. Handley 3, N. Allen 2, J. Kaltenbach 2, M. Scoullar, M. Kelly, A. Stelma. North Shore - L. Mamone, J. Sammut-Miljevic, H. Purcell, B. Smith, B. Clifford,L.Vivian,O.McAusland.

Best: Geelong West Giants - L. Horniblow, A. Stelma, A. Codd, T. Lewis, M. Scoullar, L. Handley. North Shore - N. Creighton, J. Sammut-Miljevic, D. Bennett, L. Black, B. Cooper,M.Spohn.

Bell Park 5.3(33), 10.8(68), 13.9(87), 17.12(114)

Grovedale2.1(13),3.2(20),5.5(35),7.8(50)

Goals: Bell Park - J. Sarcevic 5, T. Pidgeon 4, A.Osborne2,T.Montgomery,M.Mahady,N. Payne, Z. Lamb, H. Lucas, J. Bermingham. Grovedale - J. McCarthy 2, R. Collins, G. Murrant,L.Ellis,R.Abbott,J.Tute.

Best: Bell Park - L. Patten, J. Sarcevic, F. Lucas, T. Norton, Z. Lamb, H. Lucas. Grovedale - L. Ellis, J. Caia, B. Ferguson, W. Ford,T.Schulze,C.Whyte.

Newtown & Chilwell 4.5(29), 10.5(65), 15.9(99),17.11(113)

Leopold2.1(13),5.2(32),6.4(40),12.5(77)

Goals: Newtown & Chilwell - L. Nash 5, A. Harkness 4, M. Dodos 2, C. Fopiani 2, N. Harris, A. Wojcinski, J. Colville, J. Coburn. Leopold - D. Brislane 3, M. Thompson 2, M. Williams 2, D. Henderson 2, T. Lunnon-Johnson,T.Porter,A.Eichler.

Best: Newtown & Chilwell - M. Diamond, A. Harkness, C. Wilkinson, M. Dodos, B. McGlade, L. Maddock. Leopold - M. Williams, T. Porter, D. Pitcher, W. Sheahan, D.Brislane,K.Gallagher.

St Mary’s 3.3(21), 9.6(60), 13.8(86), 21.8(134)

StJoseph’s3.0(18),5.0(30),7.1(43),11.3(69)

Goals: St Mary’s - P. Dowling 6, L. Peck 4, J. Willson 2, E. MacDonald 2, S. Bourke 2, H. Benson, C. Sprague, J. Travaglini, E. Wales, H. Cook. St Joseph’s - M. Adams 2, J. Hose 2, J.Mullen2,J.Jovanovic2,G.Posterino,P.De Grandi,A.Humphrey.

Best: St Mary’s - B. Cockerill, H. Benson, C. Lang, H. Bourke, P. Dowling, L. Peck. St Joseph’s-J.Hose,M.Adams,G.Morrison,E. McCoy,G.Posterino,A.Hickey.

Around the courts

Scores and best players from Bellarine, Geelong , and Geelong & District Netball League A Grade matchesplayedonSaturday9May.

BELLARINE

AGrade

Drysdale46defBarwonHeads31

Best: Drysdale - Demi Grant, Sienna Butcher, Phoebe Wilson. Barwon Heads - Krystal Baker, Polly Robertson,IsseyArmstrong. Geelong Amateur 56 def Ocean Grove52

Best: Geelong Amateur - Isabella Baker, Jessica Standfield, Eliza Oxley. Ocean Grove - Amanda O’Malley, ZannaPunshon,ShaeRowbottom. Queenscliff78defNewcomb36

Best: Queenscliff - Jessica Rankin, GeorgiaBerry,AmeliaBakker. Portarlington61defAnglesea27

Best: Portarlington - Madeline Casey, TylahMcCleish,NicoleButler. SurfCoast53defModewarre54

Best:SurfCoast-MalouryDavis,Elisa Hall, Johannah Griffin. Modewarre - Bella Robinson, Sarah Mulqueen, ClodaghNewton.

GEELONG

Colac70defStAlbans29

Best: Colac - Georgia Finn, Rachael Darwin,LouellaTomlinson.StAlbans -AmyCook,MiaRobb,EbonyFrank. BellPark45defGrovedale42

Best: Bell Park - Madison O’Keefe, Charlotte Morey, Isabella McDowall. Grovedale - Amy Cook, Mia Robb, EbonyFrank.

Newtown & Chilwell 54 def Leopold 53

Best: Newtown & Chilwell - Eliza Hannagan,HollyAdams-Alcock,Julia Woolley. Leopold - Natalie Heagney, HolliePhillips,AmeliaHolland. StJoseph’s47defStMary’s42

Best: St Joseph’s - Georgette Paatsch, Larni Howard, Kiahna Fallon. St Mary’s - Hannah FitzGerald, Ava Pierce,ElizaBrown.

GEELONG&DISTRICT

Bell Post Hill 57 def North Geelong 39

Best: Bell Post Hill - Jorja Caruso, Sharni Van Doren, Adasha Boxer. North Geelong - Cody Dixon, Brodie Marston,KeelinKirk.

Inverleigh54defWinchelsea41

Best: Inverleigh - Nicola McLennan, Jemma Schaftenaar, Riley Baker. Winchelsea - Connie Lake, Maddison McKiernan,MegRoyal.

Belmont Lions 45 def Werribee Centrals35

Best: Belmont Lions - Shayna Brown, Yianna Ross, Sophie Allison. Werribee Centrals - Mia Bruce, Julia Nash,NatashaDimkovski. Bannockburn45defEastGeelong29

Best: Bannockburn - Rebecca Trenerry, Lila Morris, Mikaela Minns. East Geelong - Molly Neeson, MadelineSolly,ShannonPietsch. Corio61defAnakie28

Best: Corio - Hannah Welsh, Erin Dillon, Sarah Kasparian. AnakieVeronica Borsi, Alice Egberts, Mia Edwards.

Thomson72defGeelongWestGiants 24

Best: Thomson - Bree Caldwell, Amelia Jarvis, Bek Lebish. Geelong West Giants - Mia Earl, Tori Hogan, TaleeaDrever.

Ammos ‘win ugly’ against Grubbers

By Justin Flynn

Geelong Amateur coach Riley Kershaw said his side will need to improve as it enters a hugeBellarineFootballLeagueclashagainst Torquay this weekend.

Ammos defeated Ocean Grove by 22 points at Queens Park on Saturday 9 May in a game that Kershaw said probably wasn’t one that would be watched back any time soon.

“(It was) a bit of a grind on our end and to their credit they stuck around and made things hard for us,” he said.

“I felt like our skill execution and our decision making was on the lacking side for sure.

“I’dsayitwasaprettyhighturnovergame across both sides so it wouldn’t have been a great spectacle to watch.”

Before the Ocean Grove match, the past three weeks probably hasn’t been Geelong Amateur’s best by its own lofty standards with a 35-point loss to Queenscliff, a hardfought low-scoring seven point win against Barwon Heads and a thrilling one-point loss to Newcomb.

“We’re not over the moon with our form at the moment,” Kershaw said.

“However, sometimes you’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do to win. We’ve got a good challenge this week (against Torquay).

“You can’t expect to go out there, play below par and win in this comp.”

Kershawsaidhissideneededtogetbetter at its cleanliness around the contest.

“I think we were a little bit fumbly at times and I don’t know whether that was a mindsetthing,”hesaid.“Cleanlinessaround contests, which sort of eventuates to good ball use and good decision making.”

What did please Kershaw was “winning ugly” and the senior debut of Under 18s utility Oscar Kattwinkel.

“You’ve got to be able to win ugly when games aren’t going your way or whatever it is and still find that way,” he said.

“That’s probably the most pleasing part of it that we just dug in. I never like to use injuries as an excuse or anything like that, but to see some of the guys that we’re playing in there at the moment still be able to come through and play a role and we had a young kid from the 18s (Kattwinkel) come in and had a good crack.”

Ammos were well served by two new recruits - Nick Beekmans (four goals) from Lara and Jesse Tardio from North Heidelberg.

“Beeks was playing down back with us for the first few games then we threw him

forward last week as well, and he played a really good role down there just towards the back end of the game,” Kershaw said.

“He’s lightning quick and gets some good separation on his opponents. We threw him down forward on the weekend and he was really good again.

“He’s (Tardio) a bit of a bull in there. He’s a bit of a contested beast, so having his presence in there, and when he has the footy, he’s pretty composed as well.”

Ocean Grove coach Dave Farrell said his side held its own against a seasoned opponent. The Grubbers were down by four points at half-time, but conceded five goals in the third term and couldn’t make up the deficit.

“They (Ammos) are a good side with loads of higher level experience that we knowisarealadvantageintheclosegames,” he said.

“Our group wasn’t overawed and continued to press the game and create opportunities for the full four quarters. It was awesome to see the way they showed up and worked together.”

The Grubbers also had a first gamer in Levi Norman, who was named in the best players.

“Levi brings high energy to everything he does, he’s been really patient and worked hard at his game the past couple of years to the point we had full confidence he was ready to come in and play his role at 2pm,” Farrell said.

“In his first game to be voted the players’ player of the day speaks volumes for the respect he has from our playing group and is a great example to other young players in our program wanting to develop their game.”

Highton and Lara win tennis premierships

The Autumn 2026 Tennis Geelong Triples season finished with some upsets, some nailbitersandsomedecisivevictoriesamong the eight grand finals.

Section 1 featured the 10-time premiership squad Moolap Two Phones Chol hosting Highton Net Results.

Moolap were without one of their top players, Callum Davey, but still had two of the top three singles players in the matchup. Moolap had a strong start, coming out on top at No 1 doubles with Lachy Edgar and Connor Chivell taking a 6-3 set over Julius Busch and Brodie Spong.

However, in his only set of the night, Highton’s Corey Hird took out a 6-4 set over Sophie De Wit. Chivell and De Wit for Moolap won their sixth set together against Spong and Andrew Grills, 6-3.

In a bit of lineup strategy, Highton’s top player Busch won 6-1 over Moolap’s Edgar, seeing Highton up by one game into the last two sets.

Busch and Grills took out a 6-4 win over Edgar and De Wit. Highton’s team captain Spong closed with a strong 6-2 win over Chivell, sealing their team’s first Triples Premiership in a 4-2 30-23 win.

Lara had a strong season in Section 2, with only one loss during the regular season and three 4-2 wins over grand final opponents Hamlyn Park H.E.A.T. Hamlyn changed their line-up going into the match and put captain Lou Arzanovski at No 1.

Lara’s No 1 player Ramona Mataruga had an undefeated singles season and only two losses in doubles, a fitting record for a player who was ranked in the top 1000 in the world in 2019.

The strategy stood a chance of paying off, with Hamlyn No 3 Zoran Roso winning 6-1 over Nicole Filippou while Mataruga and Karen Davies won 6-3 over Arzanovski and Xavier Willoughby.

The best set of the night pitted local coach and former Melbourne Pennant premiership player Karen Davies against young Willoughby with the up-and-coming Hamlyn player taking the set 6-5 in a tiebreaker.

Mataruga and Kellie Brunger won 6-3 against Arzanovski and Angelo Traficante, levelling the match on sets and games going into the last two sets.

Hamlyn’s strategy continued to go

Jan Juc pair claim state surf titles

Jan Juc duo Jarvis Barrow and Heidi Abetz claimed State Champions honours at the final round of the 2026 No TXT No Wrecks Victorian Junior Surfing Titles on Phillip Island.

Bumpy conditions and consistent surf across the weekend provided the perfect stage for the state’s best emerging surfers to battle it out for Victorian titles across the Under 18, Under 16 and Under 14 divisions.

The Under 18 Boys division produced one of the standout moments of the event, with Barrow claiming both the Round 3 victory and the overall Victorian State Title. Barrow posted a combined two-wave total of 13.73 in the final to narrowly edge out DomKellett(13.20)andTarviWoods(13.17) in one of the closest heats of the event.

Barrow’s consistent performances across the three-event series secured him the overall championship ahead of a stacked field of Victorian talent.

“It feels awesome, this is my last year in the Under 18s so it feels good to win,” he said.

“The final was really close and a bit stressful towards the end, I got that last wave but fell and then Tarvi had one whilst I was waiting on the beach. Stoked I got it done in the end.”

In the Under 18 Girls, Chloe Muscroft claimed the Round 3 event victory with a heat total of 8.67, however it was fellow Jan Juc surfer Abetz whose runner-up finish was enough to secure the Victorian State Title after a dominant season campaign.

“Its pretty crazy to win the State Title,” Abetz said.

“This year was the first time I have ever won an event and to do it alongside all my mates is cool. I’m super happy.”

to plan with Traficante and Willoughby winning 6-3 over Davies and Brunger. However, Mataruga stamped her mark on the match with a 6-1 win over Arzanovski, and Lara won 3-3 27-25 to claim their first premiership in only their second Triples season.

In other results, Highton’s Baseline Apologetic won 4-2 31-22 over Leopold’s Deuce of Hazard in Section 3, Geelong Lawn’s Winks Wizards finished on top in Section 4 with a 4-2 27-25 win against Lara, and Leopold Hit for Brains defeated Grovedale Four Posts 6-0 36-14.

Section 6 saw Highton Mixed Bag take the win 5-1 32-18 against Western Heights Uniting, Geelong Lawn 4 won a grudge match over Geelong Lawn 5 4-2 30-15 in Section 7, and Leopold Net Ninjas claimed victoryinSection8witha4-232-19winover Drysdale Family Three.

The Under 16 Boys division saw George Everist (Mornington Peninsula) take out the event win with an impressive 13.54 heat total ahead of Eden Hawken (Torquay) and Angus Kennedy (Phillip Island). Despite finishing fourth in the final, Harlem Pec (Jan Juc) accumulated enough points across the series to secure the overall State Title.

Rose Holland (Dromana) was one of the standout performers of the weekend, taking a commanding win in the Under 16 Girls final with a 13.83 heat total and the overall championship.

The Under 14 Boys division belonged to Torquay’s Teddy Robertson, who posted one of the highest scores of the event with a 15.43 heat total to take out the Round 3 victory and seal the title.

In the Under 14 Girls, Stevie O’Day (Jan Juc) capped off a stellar series with victory in the final round and the overall State Championship. O’Day’s excellent 15.00 heat total proved too strong for Lily White, Cobie O’Day and Edie Wouters in the final.

Ammos stay unbeaten

Geelong Amateur hosted Ocean Grove at Queens Park on Saturday 9 May in a battle of last season’s grand finalists. This time Ammos prevailed by four goals in a classic contest and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was there to see Ammos stay undefeated.

Grubbers and Dragons show their skill

Ocean Grove hosted Bell Park at Ray Menzies Oval on Sunday 10 May in an Under 14 grading game, which the Grubbers won easily, but Independent photographer Ivan Kemp, who took these photographs, said it was much more even than the 78-point result suggested.

Big, big sound from West Oval

By Justin Flynn

There’s a big, big sound from the west of the town as a Geelong Football League side begins to awaken.

Geelong West Giants may not win this year’s premiership, in fact they might not even play finals, but with a young list and some impressive form, there is no doubt they are on the right track.

First-year coach Chris Browne said the club was “pretty excited” at its potential with wins against St Albans and then North Shore on Saturday 9 May.

“I think we’ve got 68 registered players, so lots of kids missing out and unfortunately a lot of good footballers missing out,” he said.

“But it’s just a positive sign because obviously people are there for a reason.

They’re obviously enjoying themselves so we’ll take that as a compliment.”

Since the merger between Geelong West St Peters and Geelong West Sporting Club in 2016, the Giants have not finished higher than 6th.

On Saturday they withstood a spirited third-quarter fightback by the Seagulls to pull away and win by 75 points.

“I would say that we’ve got the youngest list in the competition,” Browne said.

“I think our average age is 20 and with a young group, when they get challenged like that, sometimes they can get spooked.

“They’re definitely learning. Every week there’s a positive to take out of the contest. We’re not going to win them all - as long as they’ve got that growth mindset to improve.”

Lachie Horniblow booted six goals in the win and had an absorbing battle with Lachlan Vivian.

“He’s a great kid,” Browne said.

“He’s a sponge. Anytime I get the opportunity to have a chat to him, he just wants to improve every single week. He just adds a different dimension.

“They made a change because he got hold of his opponent in the second quarter, but in the second half he was on number 38 (Vivian), who looked like a pretty good player.

“I was watching his defensive craft and I thought he was pretty solid, but Lachie got

hold of him on a couple of occasions, which is testament to how formidable Lachie is as a forward.”

August Stelma is putting together a fine season with his speed and running off halfback being rewarded with an invitation to Geelong’s VFL training program.

“He’s so good offensively, but one of the areas that he needed to improve was twoway running and just tackle pressure and things like that,” Browne said.

“And he’s a super, super quick learner,

and his performances in the last two weeks - that floored me.

“I actually said to him, ‘I expected you to get better, but I didn’t expect you to get better at that rate of knots’.”

The Giants travel to Herne Hill Reserve this weekend to take on St Joseph’s, which will be keen to atone for a 65-point loss to St Mary’s.

Browne was coach at St Joseph’s Under 18s before becoming an assistant at Leopold under Garry Hocking and a senior assistant coach with University Blacks last year.

“I know some of the boys that are running out on the park (for Joeys) and they’re great young footballers and they’re well coached by Ron (Watt),” Browne said.

“But some of our boys have a long history against Joeys and I think that they’re really motivated.

“So it’ll be a great contest because some of our boys have gone to school with some of those guys and they’re looking forward to the hit out as am I.”

BNL powerhouses put on another classic netball show

By Justin Flynn

Ocean Grove and Geelong Amateur have played in the past four Bellarine Netball League A Grade grand finals, so it was no surprise that their first meeting this season lived up to the hype.

Ammos won the 2022 flag followed by a Grove three-peat and although it was ‘only’ round 6, there is every indication the two powerhouses could meet again in September.

Geelong Amateur prevailed on this occasion at Queens Park on Saturday 9 May with an absorbing 56 to 52 win and remained undefeated.

Both teams have had personnel changes and are still getting used to different combinations.

“It was a really good game,” Geelong Amateur playing coach Kaitlyn Sheringham said.

“Both were probably two different looking teams to what we have been in the past so it was good to get out there and see what each other were like.

“It was a tight contest in the end. We pulled away, but it could have gone either way. We were lucky we got a few intercepts late in that last quarter and were able to capitalise.”

Ammos have added Bec Winch (Colac), Isabella Baker (Warrnambool), Jess Standfield (Torquay), Courtney Coutts (St Joseph’s) while Eliza Oxley has been promoted from B Grade and is enjoying a fine season in attack.

The scary thing is Sheringham said her side is still a work in progress.

“We’ve recruited a couple of really strong young players, which is always exciting,” Sheringham said.

“We’re still finding our feet, learning what combinations are working best. We made a few changes, lots of changes actually yes-

terday, which was really pleasing to see that whatever we put out there, we were able to hold strong.

“The girls that we’ve included into the mix have just slotted in seamlessly. We’re still working on a few things and working on combinations and so forth. But it’s a nice group of girls who are willing to just do whatever it takes.”

Ocean Grove welcomed back defender

Amanda O’Malley for her first game of the season, but lost midcourter Georgia Ryan, who was unavailable, and wing defence Gemma Bell to a knee injury. Bridgette Vos rolled an ankle at training, but battled

through on Saturday, leaving coach Mel Holmes with the bare seven to take the court.

But as far as losses go, Holmes said there were way more positives than negatives.

“It was the things that we’ve worked on that are coming together,” she said.

“It was the brand of netball we’ve been wanting to bring and it’s a bit of a glimpse of the future.

“They (Ammos) were amazing and they have got a really good group and lots of depth. I think for both of us it was good to have a look (at each other).

“For me it’s about the things that we have

been working on and starting to see that. All we need now is time together because we haven’t had one go at full training and a full team before.”

If the past two games against Torquay (2nd) and Amateur (1st) weren’t hard enough, the Grubbers face Queenscliff (4th) and Portarlington (3rd) in the next fortnight before a midseason bye.

“I think we probably match up alright with them (Queenscliff), so it will be good to see where we’re at against them as well,” Holmes said.

“And then it will be about keeping our team together and actually having time. It’s been a bit of a disruptive start, but we’ve hung on and the group vibes are really high.”

Ocean Grove will celebrate Pink Day for breast cancer on Saturday during the home fixture against Queenscliff.

Life member, former director of netball and long-time Pink Day organiser Gill Hodgson, who has just finished her own active treatment of breast cancer, is guest speaker.

“Gill and I are really close, so I think we’ll be playing with a fair bit of heart (on Saturday),” Holmes said.

“I’m looking forward to getting that done and then celebrating and raising money and all those really positive things as well.”

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