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ABC News
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- ABC News
Advice - Explosive Hazard - Threat is Reduced
This Advice message is being issued for Wangaratta, between Sisely Avenue and Vincent Road. * The threat is reduced following the vehicle collision and fire on Frank Hayes Road. * Firefighters have made the acetylene cylinder safe. * There is no longer a risk of explosion. * This Advice message replaces the Warning issued at 1:26pm . People located within the area are now able to resume normal activities. What you should do: * You should avoid the immediate area of Frank Hayes Drive as emergency services are cleaning up. Impacts in your area: * There is a 50 metre exclusion zone in place on Frank Hayes Road while emergency services remain on scene. * This will be in place until approximately 3:30pm. * Tone Road has reopened. * The railway line has reopened and trains are running at a slow speed. This message was issued by Fire Rescue Victoria . This will be the final message issued for this incident. Use multiple sources to stay informed: * [ ] * VicEmergency Hotline [ ] - freecall 1800 226 226 * VicEmergency app [ ] * Facebook [ ] or Twitter [ ] * Tune in to ABC Local Radio, commercial and designated community radio stations, or Sky News TV. Accessibility: * The following services can help you, or someone you know, access information during an emergency. To access this information in other languages, call the Translating and Interpreting Service [ ] on 131 450 (freecall) and ask them to call VicEmergency Hotline. * If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech/communication impairment contact the National Relay Service [ ] and ask them to call the VicEmergency Hotline.
News.com.au
12-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Narrandera preview, best bets, inside mail for Sunday, July 13, 2025
The last two years has seen the Narrandera Cup head south of the border to Craig Weeding's stable and he's hoping to do it for a third time. Both the 2023 and 2024 editions of the race were run and won by Prince Of Helena and the Wangaratta-based conditioner has that galloper back for a third straight win and in similar form. The eight-year-old son of Sidestep finished third two starts ago in the Swan Hill Cup prior to running on for fifth at Flemington behind subsequent Winter Championship Final winner Jimmy The Bear. And while not winning since last year's edition of the Narrandera Cup, Weeding is happy with how he's going and thinks the race might even be a touch easier this year. Prince Of Helena wins the Narrandera Showcase Cup and makes it into the Big Dance again! ðŸ�† â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 14, 2024 The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! 'I think he's probably coming in with similar or maybe even better form than he has over the last few years,' Weeding said. 'He hit the line pretty good last time in a strong race at Flemington and the form out of that race has been pretty good too. 'Running on well behind a horse like Jimmy The Bear should be a good measuring stick for a Narrandera Cup and just looking at the numbers, it is probably not as strong as last year's Cup.' With the Narrandera Cup winner being eligible for the Big Dance, Prince Of Helena has headed to Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day previously but he's no certainty to target that race again, even if he were to win at Narrandera. 'We've gone the last few years and haven't measured up for various reasons and I think even if he was to win this year, we probably may not go down that path this year with him,' said Weeding. 'We just weren't quite up to it and he's getting older now so we would just be happy to win this race. 'I'm not saying he's 100 per cent not going to push on if he were to win but I've just got that in the back of my mind.' Weeding has one other runner in the $70,000 main event at Narrandera with four-year-old gelding Yam looking to increase his winning streak to four. Vegas Dream dives at Yam and gets there in the nick of time! @AlburyRacing â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 29, 2024 It's a big step in grade but Yam will get in with a light weight after the claim for Mitch Beer's apprentice, Holly Durnan. Yam has enjoyed racing in the wet conditions and Weeding is hoping the track remains a Soft 6 for his latest test. 'He's going great and has just been loving these wet tracks,' Weeding said. 'If he can get a wet track on Sunday I reckon he'll come right into it and be tough to beat.' Both of Weeding's brigade had plenty of fortune following the barrier draw with Prince Of Helena set to jump from the inside while Yam was handed gate three. A field of 12 plus one emergency accepted for the Cup and there's formlines across multiple states. South Australian galloper Not Usual Glorious is set to add plenty of intrigue in the race but is asked to carry 62.5kg while Zouatica is a last start narrow placegetter in Sydney behind Thunderlips. While Weeding has two in the Cup, he's got Big Day Out chasing win number 11 at his 80th start in the fourth race. 'He's been a great horse for the stable and has won more than $300,000 throughout his career,' Weeding said. 'It was good to see him show that he's still got it and win impressively last start so hopefully he can do it again.' JETT HATTON'S TOP SELECTIONS BEST BET Race 8 No. 2: ZOUATICA Just run down last time. Can chalk up another win. NEXT BEST Race 3 No. 5: FIRST DAY Won by a big space last start and can win again. VALUE BET Race 1 No. 1: MO SPIRIT Made ground for fourth on a heavy track last start. Better barrier here. WORTH A RISK Race 8 No.6: COUNTY KILKENNY Won't get this his own way here. QUADDIE Race 5: 1, 3, 4, 7 Race 6: 4, 6 Race 7: 1 Race 8: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 JOCKEY TO FOLLOW NICK HEYWOOD has only three rides but they all look like winning chances. INSIDE MAIL — NARRANDERA MO SPIRIT (1) is going better than the formguide would suggest. Got a long way back last start at Wagga on a very heavy track but made good ground to run fourth. Better barrier here, something he hasn't had at the last few starts. GIOLA RIVER (6) ran on well last start at Wagga. Drawn well here in barrier one and should be rock hard fit on the quick back up. DANTAINS PRIZE (4) missed the kick last start and couldn't get into the race from there. Form prior reads super for this. Bet: Mo Spirit to win â– â– â– â– â– DEKADANCE (7) hasn't raced in about 46 weeks. Last sighted finishing third to Highway Strip and Ghost Walker, which are super formlines for this contest. Liked her latest trial and think she can return with a win. TRIPTOLEMUS (12) finished third in Dekadance's trial. Looks to have a bit of upside. SPICE OF DUBAI (10) had two trials before changing stables to Tim Donnelly's yard. Won her latest trial but thought the piece of work was just OK. Rolled forward in that heat and would expect her to do something similar here. Bet: Dekadance to win â– â– â– â– â– FIRST DAY (5) won by a big space last start at Wagga over the 2000m. Looks like a promising staying mare out of Ben Brisbourne's yard and she can win again. DOC MARCH (10) is an 11 start maiden but matched it with Due Calzini last start and he did it tough too, trapped four wide without cover across the journey. I think he'll really enjoy the extra ground for this. DUE CALZINI (4) has enjoyed getting out over a trip and now Danielle Seib steps him up again to 2100m. Should be thereabouts on the speed from barrier three, but needs to do a bit to turn the tables on First Day. Bet: First Day to win again â– â– â– â– â– PERIGEAN (5) has some solid form on the board prior to heading for the spelling paddock. Won two straight before tackling metro and provincial company. His record at the distance and when first-up would suggest he's going to be hard to beat for this. DANCEENUFF (7) has been racing well without winning. Should get every chance to break through from gate two with a winnable weight on her back. HELLS SON (9) was trapped wide the whole way last start at Wagga and under the big weight, couldn't tack on. With the rise in grade here he drops 7.5kg but has a poor barrier again. Bet: Perigean to win â– â– â– â– â– SWEET PAREE (3) has run two good second placings coming into this. Held up for a bit at the top of the straight last start before getting clear at the 250m mark. Suited by the step up to 1400m as well. GRACEFUL ELLEN (1) got back at Moruya last start and couldn't get into it but was a strong fresh winner before that. Drawn better here and think she's looking for the 1400m now. MAJOR DESIRE (5) did too much work from a double digit barrier last start and tired late. Now from barrier one, she can bounce to the front and have a bit more in the tank over the concluding stages. Bet: Sweet Paree to win â– â– â– â– â– ZOUWASE (6) won by three at the Sapphire Coast last time out before heading for a break. Judging by his latest trial, he's returned in good shape. Tricky barrier to overcome but the son of Zoustar has all the talent. INVASIVE (2) tackled a Highway last start and didn't disgrace himself. Got back to the rear and went past a few to run midfield. Form prior is super too. SLATE RIPPER (4) will appreciate the drop in grade. DUBAI CENTRE (1) is in the mix as well. â– â– â– â– â– COUGARS (1) wasn't far off in a very strong Highway last start. Up in weight and drawn off the track but expecting him to have too much ability for them here. ROLLO (2) tackled a Country Championships Qualifier at start five and handled himself well. Was a strong heat too and he finished seventh of 16. Drawn well but just might need the run. HELLINDA (3) took the sit behind the leader last start before pouncing away to win well. Has a super record at the distance. â– â– â– â– â– Only Thunderlips was able to run down ZOUATICA (2) last time out and that horse is stakes quality. Can speed across to lead again here and with those types of horses not chasing, he can chalk up a win. PRINCE OF HELENA (3) has won this race the last two years and is going as good, if not better. Hit the line strongly behind Jimmy The Bear last start and that horse has come out and franked the form by winning the Winter Championship Final. COUNTY KILKENNY (6) is ticking away nicely.
The Guardian
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
From Madonna to New Order and Oasis, one man's odyssey to make an ‘atlas of album cover maps'
Growing up in rural Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria, Damien Saunder spent many a wintry day listening to music on the family's record player. Just beneath the stereo was a Reader's Digest atlas. 'Anytime we put on a record, I'd get out the atlas,' Saunder recalls. 'It was like a gateway to the world – a way to dream, explore and let your mind wander.' Decades later, music and maps have come together again, this time in a coffee table book: Maps on Vinyl, a world-first survey of the cartographic influence on album sleeve design; an atlas of album cover maps. It's the book most music fans – and map-makers – never knew they needed. Saunder is a cartographer by trade. Formerly director of cartography at National Geographic and head of cartography at Apple ('I can't talk about what we do there,' he says), he also helped develop a system for 'mapping' tennis matches using ball-tracking technology, which in turn led to him working with Grand Slammers including Roger Federer. But music and album cover design have always been passions. While he was studying typography at the ArtCenter College of Design in the US, a lecturer recommended looking at album covers for inspiration. 'That's when I wondered: have maps influenced album cover design? Turns out, they have – though strangely, it hasn't been studied in cartographic academia. So, I dove in.' Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning The project became a four-year labour of love: 32,000 words and a collection of more than 415 vinyl records – some of them deeply obscure, some celebrated. Artists with sleeves in the collection include Oasis, Coldplay, Talking Heads, Devo, Bob Marley, XTC, MC5, Queen, New Order, James Brown and Weezer. Others you will not have heard of unless you're into Belgian speedcore. Some major names in the design and graphics world are there, too: Peter Saville (New Order etc), Curtis McNair (Motown's in-house designer), Neville Garrick (Bob Marley's art director), Roger Dean (maker of fantasy worlds for the covers of Yes and Asia LPs) and Pedro Bell (Funkadelic, etc). Saunder collected physical copies of each record and photographed all the sleeves himself. That was one job he grossly underestimated, he says. 'I set up a light room in our lounge, photographed each one, made sure the white and black colours appeared as they should, cleaned them, colour-corrected them – three to four tasks per cover … times 415 covers. I pushed through, but I definitely had some moments of doubt.' Then there was the research. Where possible, Saunder tracked down the designer responsible for each sleeve design to ask them how their concept came about and what it means. The selection criteria for the book was strict: no landscape paintings; no satellite photography. 'A map had to be an abstraction of a geographic form – real or fictitious – and show spatial relationships. That distinction helped narrow the collection.' While maps are often celebrated for their beauty, they can also contain layers of meaning, says Saunder. 'Even the most basic shapes of countries can draw out a lot of feelings – positive and negative.' The reasons for using maps on album sleeves vary. Some reflect origins – the country or city a band or artist comes from – while others are more aspirational. Peter Barrett's sleeve design for the UK pressing of Madonna's 1983 album Borderline, featuring conjoined maps of New York and London, speaks of a star about to make it in the UK. ('Did Madonna sign off on it? I don't know,' says Saunder. 'Is she into maps? I don't know, but that would likely be the story behind that particular one.') Sign up to Saved for Later Catch up on the fun stuff with Guardian Australia's culture and lifestyle rundown of pop culture, trends and tips after newsletter promotion Some designs address global social or environmental issues. Others map the mind, imaginary places, feelings, worldviews – or, in the case of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno's The Equatorial Stars, deep space. Among Saunder's personal favourites is a sleeve from the long-gone Iowa alt rock band House of Large Sizes, showing a cake whose icing is decorated with a map, with a chunk missing. 'It's a commentary on how we're consuming the world piece by piece, almost without noticing,' says Saunder. Another favourite cover comes from Belgian punk band Hetze: an illustration of a globe dangling by a thread from the forefinger of an elegant, long-nailed hand, by tattoo artist Florence Roman. Then there's the minimalist cover of Mary Scholz's album California, a collaboration between the singer and guitarist Zachary Ross, showing a wide brush stroke in the shape of the golden state, the paint fading out towards the coast. 'It's like a never-ending horizon of opportunities being swept off into the ocean,' says Saunder. 'Having gone off to work and live in California myself, that means something to me.' During the writing process, Saunder spoke to influential graphic designers such as Peter Saville, creator of sleeves for Joy Division, New Order, OMD and Ultravox. He has three covers in the book – one of them created for Canada's Martha and the Muffins based on a 1:150,000-scaled map from the National Topographic System of Canada. 'I fired off an email thinking he [Saville] would be too busy or whatever, but … we ended up having a great chat. He has a genuine passion for the language of maps and cartography,' says Saunder. All proceeds from the sale of the book are going to Support Act, an organisation helping musicians deal with the emotional, physical and financial challenges rife in the industry. 'Without music, there are no album sleeves or books like this,' Saunder says. 'It didn't feel right to profit from others' artwork, so this was my way of giving back.' Maps on Vinyl: An Atlas of Album Cover Maps is out now.
The Guardian
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
From Madonna to New Order and Oasis, one man's odyssey to make an ‘atlas of album cover maps'
Growing up in rural Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria, Damien Saunder spent many a wintry day listening to music on the family's record player. Just beneath the stereo was a Reader's Digest atlas. 'Anytime we put on a record, I'd get out the atlas,' Saunder recalls. 'It was like a gateway to the world – a way to dream, explore and let your mind wander.' Decades later, music and maps have come together again, this time in a coffee table book: Maps on Vinyl, a world-first survey of the cartographic influence on album sleeve design; an atlas of album cover maps. It's the book most music fans – and map-makers – never knew they needed. Saunder is a cartographer by trade. Formerly director of cartography at National Geographic and head of cartography at Apple ('I can't talk about what we do there,' he says), he also helped develop a system for 'mapping' tennis matches using ball-tracking technology, which in turn led to him working with Grand Slammers including Roger Federer. But music and album cover design have always been passions. While he was studying typography at the ArtCenter College of Design in the US, a lecturer recommended looking at album covers for inspiration. 'That's when I wondered: have maps influenced album cover design? Turns out, they have – though strangely, it hasn't been studied in cartographic academia. So, I dove in.' Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning The project became a four-year labour of love: 32,000 words and a collection of more than 415 vinyl records – some of them deeply obscure, some celebrated. Artists with sleeves in the collection include Oasis, Coldplay, Talking Heads, Devo, Bob Marley, XTC, MC5, Queen, New Order, James Brown and Weezer. Others you will not have heard of unless you're into Belgian speedcore. Some major names in the design and graphics world are there, too: Peter Saville (New Order etc), Curtis McNair (Motown's in-house designer), Neville Garrick (Bob Marley's art director), Roger Dean (maker of fantasy worlds for the covers of Yes and Asia LPs) and Pedro Bell (Funkadelic, etc). Saunder collected physical copies of each record and photographed all the sleeves himself. That was one job he grossly underestimated, he says. 'I set up a light room in our lounge, photographed each one, made sure the white and black colours appeared as they should, cleaned them, colour-corrected them – three to four tasks per cover … times 415 covers. I pushed through, but I definitely had some moments of doubt.' Then there was the research. Where possible, Saunder tracked down the designer responsible for each sleeve design to ask them how their concept came about and what it means. The selection criteria for the book was strict: no landscape paintings; no satellite photography. 'A map had to be an abstraction of a geographic form – real or fictitious – and show spatial relationships. That distinction helped narrow the collection.' While maps are often celebrated for their beauty, they can also contain layers of meaning, says Saunder. 'Even the most basic shapes of countries can draw out a lot of feelings – positive and negative.' The reasons for using maps on album sleeves vary. Some reflect origins – the country or city a band or artist comes from – while others are more aspirational. Peter Barrett's sleeve design for the UK pressing of Madonna's 1983 album Borderline, featuring conjoined maps of New York and London, speaks of a star about to make it in the UK. ('Did Madonna sign off on it? I don't know,' says Saunder. 'Is she into maps? I don't know, but that would likely be the story behind that particular one.') Sign up to Saved for Later Catch up on the fun stuff with Guardian Australia's culture and lifestyle rundown of pop culture, trends and tips after newsletter promotion Some designs address global social or environmental issues. Others map the mind, imaginary places, feelings, worldviews – or, in the case of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno's The Equatorial Stars, deep space. Among Saunder's personal favourites is a sleeve from the long-gone Iowa alt rock band House of Large Sizes, showing a cake whose icing is decorated with a map, with a chunk missing. 'It's a commentary on how we're consuming the world piece by piece, almost without noticing,' says Saunder. Another favourite cover comes from Belgian punk band Hetze: an illustration of a globe dangling by a thread from the forefinger of an elegant, long-nailed hand, by tattoo artist Florence Roman. Then there's the minimalist cover of Mary Scholz's album California, a collaboration between the singer and guitarist Zachary Ross, showing a wide brush stroke in the shape of the golden state, the paint fading out towards the coast. 'It's like a never-ending horizon of opportunities being swept off into the ocean,' says Saunder. 'Having gone off to work and live in California myself, that means something to me.' During the writing process, Saunder spoke to influential graphic designers such as Peter Saville, creator of sleeves for Joy Division, New Order, OMD and Ultravox. He has three covers in the book – one of them created for Canada's Martha and the Muffins based on a 1:150,000-scaled map from the National Topographic System of Canada. 'I fired off an email thinking he [Saville] would be too busy or whatever, but … we ended up having a great chat. He has a genuine passion for the language of maps and cartography,' says Saunder. All proceeds from the sale of the book are going to Support Act, an organisation helping musicians deal with the emotional, physical and financial challenges rife in the industry. 'Without music, there are no album sleeves or books like this,' Saunder says. 'It didn't feel right to profit from others' artwork, so this was my way of giving back.' Maps on Vinyl: An Atlas of Album Cover Maps is out now.
ABC News
27-06-2025
- ABC News
Fallout from Ned Kelly's last stand haunted families for generations
When dawn broke at Glenrowan near Wangaratta in Victoria's north-east on June 28, 1880, four people laid dead. And after a two-year manhunt, Australia's most infamous bushranger had been captured. It's a story that became Aussie folklore, but for the descendants of those involved, the ripple effects of that frosty night 145 years ago would be felt for generations. Indigenous readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. Glenrowan's schoolmaster Thomas Curnow was headed to Greta Swamp with his family on June 27, 1880 when the Kelly gang arrived. Along with his wife and child, his sister, and his brother-in-law, Mr Curnow was marched at gunpoint to Ann Jones's inn. As night fell, dozens of Glenrowan residents had become the Kelly gang's hostages. By late that night, Mr Curnow had already tried once to escape. When his brother-in-law, David Mortimer, started playing the concertina so that the hostages could dance, Curnow asked the gang to let him get his dancing boots from home. When that failed, he convinced the gang that he was a Kelly gang sympathiser, and he wouldn't cause any trouble if allowed to take his pregnant wife, baby and sister home. The gang allowed it. But Mr Curnow was determined to alert police. David Mortimer's great-granddaughter, and Thomas Curnow's great-great-niece, Judith Douthie, has spent years researching the lead-up to the siege. Mrs Douthie described the 1870s in Glenrowan and Greta as a "pressure cooker", when the Kelly gang ran rampant. Two years before the siege, the gang had murdered three policemen at Stringybark Creek, sparking a manhunt for the outlaws in the north-east of the state. "It was a horrible point in time," Mrs Douthie said. On June 27, 1880, when police learnt that the gang had murdered informant Aaron Sherritt at Beechworth, they sent a train full of reinforcements and trackers north to capture the bushrangers. The gang tore up the train tracks beyond Glenrowan, then laid in wait for the trap to be sprung, the locomotive to derail and roll down a steep slope. Hearing the pilot engine approaching Glenrowan about 2am, Mr Curnow hurried to the railway line — armed with a candle, a red scarf and matches to alert them of the danger. The train stopped at the station, and police reinforcements disembarked to surround the inn. The man in charge was Superintendent Francis Hare, who had been hunting the gang since the Stringybark murders. Superintendent Hare's great-great-great-niece Sue Brown has been researching her relative and said he was "absolutely focused" on catching the gang. "He was very keen to rid the state of bushrangers." Superintendent Hare was shot in the wrist during the gunfight, and was taken to hospital, but his efforts to catch the gang had succeeded. By dawn, the siege was over. Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart laid dead, Ned Kelly had been captured, and the inn had been burnt to the ground. The Kelly gang's reign of terror was over, but for those left behind, difficult times endured. Ann Jones, the owner of the inn, was left homeless with her children. "They ended up camped, under a tarp, [hung] off the side of the burnt-out building," Mrs Douthie said of her research. Mrs Jones's son, Jack, was killed in the fighting. Thomas Curnow and his family swiftly returned to their home town of Ballarat, and though he was applauded by the police and government, his role in the Kelly gang's demise "ruined their lives". Mrs Douthie said her great-grandfather David Mortimer told her that once Kelly sympathisers had told Mr Curnow to "watch his back" as they walked in a Ballarat park. Mr Curnow's wife warned her grandchildren never to speak of his actions, or their connection to him, fearing for their safety. The gang's relatives were also implicated, long after the bushrangers had died. Anthony Griffiths is the great-grandson of Grace Kelly, Ned's younger sister. He said the Kelly gang's violence cast a long shadow over the family, as recently as his father's generation. "Speaking about it was not a done thing, and that's two or three generations afterwards," he said. Today, the siege site sits on privately owned land. Mr Griffiths says he's still floored by the events and the ripple effects, 145 years on. "The impacts it had on the rest of the family, the women who were left behind … while the men were on the run or in jail," he said. "Some of their friends and family supported them at terrific cost [and] personal risk to themselves."
