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👄 Cane toad contraptions 🐸

👄 Cane toad contraptions 🐸

Jeremy Billett
January 30, 2025

Good morning, Clarence Valley. Stay outta the heat and keep cool this weekend, here are some things to keep you busy.

In this week’s Catch:

Citizen of the year
Georgia missing
Cane toad contraptions
Live music all weekend

Let’s get started.

👋 This will be our last catch up for a bit 👋

I’m taking a break from weekly updates for a little while, I hope you’ve all found it helpful and can keep busy until next time :)

Quick News 📰

Gavin - Citizen of the Year

Gavin Rayward has been named the Clarence Valley’s 2025 Citizen of the Year for his dedication to promoting outdoor activities and mental health in the Clarence Valley. He has organised numerous events to engage people of all ages and abilities, such as Street-O orienteering event in Grafton and traditional orienteering events in Bom Bom State Forest since 2013. Well done Gavin!

Have you seen Georgia?

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate Grafton teen Georgia Thomas, aged 16, who was last seen about 10.30am on Friday 24 January. She is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 155cm tall, of thin build, fair complexion, with brown hair and brown-coloured eyes. She was last seen wearing blues jeans, a navy-blue T-shirt and a black jumper. Anyone with information into her whereabouts is urged to call Grafton Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Toad Bustin’ Bob

Lawrence local Bob Callaghan has recently shared his impressive, solar-powered, automatic cane toad catching device on Facebook, with a video demo and images of how everything works. Some local ingenuity in action. Watch the video here.

What’s Happening 📅

Saturday

🎸 Neil Young’s ‘Harvest’: The Honey Sliders will perform ‘Harvest’ in its entirety, plus a long second set of their favourite Neil Young tunes in front of a huge screen, displaying visuals that will make you feel like you’ve been transported back to 1972! Tickets and details available here.

Know what’s happening?

Reply or email details to [email protected].

Local Markets 🛍️

Glenreagh Markets - Saturday 1st February, 8am to 12:30pm at the School of Arts Hall at 62 Coramba Street, Glenreagh.
Iluka Markets - Sunday 2nd February at the Iluka Sports Ground, Owen Street, Iluka.
Yamba Farmer’s Market - Wednesday 5th February, from 7am to 11am at Whiting Beach carpark, Yamba.

Live Music Lowdown 🎸

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Harwood Hotel | Matt Buggy | 1pm
The Crown Hotel | Phil Wakeling | 12pm

Movie Night 🎬

Yamba Cinema - Now Showing
Saraton Theatre Grafton - Now Showing

THANKS!

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