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THE TWEED www.tweedecho.com.au What’sWhat’s Volume 3 #44 Thursday, July 14, 2011 NewNew Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Special feature [email protected] [email protected] – pages 10-12 CAB 21,000 copies every week AUDIT LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Tax renews calls for Tweed rail link Steve Spencer ing thousands of vehicles from north coast roads. The creation of a carbon tax has She said councils were fi nding it sparked renewed calls for the Mur- fi nancially diffi cult to repair roads, willumbah to Casino rail line to be with a large percentage of the damage reopened. (up to 40 per cent) caused by tourist Abandoned by the Carr Labor gov- traffi c. ernment in 2004, the line was once ‘Th e myth is that it was closed be- popular with young people as a cheap cause no-one used it,’ she said. way to travel to Sydney and between ‘Th e truth is the XPT train schedule towns on the far north coast, with was designed for Sydney commuters stations at Lismore, Bangalow, Byron, and locals stopped using it. Mullumbimby, Billinudgel, Stokers ‘Before the XPT the old Gold Coast Siding and Murwillumbah. Motor Rail was used by locals to travel But aft er the Greiner government from town to town. Th ey called it the replaced the Gold Coast Motor Rail “Surf Train’’ because people from Graeme Stevenson is taking art to TV. Photo Jeff ‘See Arty’ Dawson with the faster and more expensive Murwillumbah and Lismore would Graeme aims XPT service in 1990 it became less take it to Byron so they could go to popular, with most younger commut- the beach. to put colour ‘It’s a form of entertainment, but it’s opportunities for artists to promote ers deserting the service only to have ‘The late-night XPT timetable based around art,’ he said. and sell their work. their seats taken by half-price paying might have suited Sydneysiders, but Graeme says he has had interest Th e series has also been backed by pensioners. not locals. back in art from airlines wanting to screen the Destination Tweed, which sees it as Rail activist Karin Kolbe said that ‘It was similar to running a chil- series as part of their onboard enter- a potential showcase for the region. with a price now placed on carbon it dren’s movie at the cinema at mid- Kate McIntosh tainment, as well as major TV stations Graeme, himself an artist of inter- was the right time to spend the $70 night. Nobody would go to see it.’ who are keen for him to take the pro- national repute, is well known for his million needed to recommission the Graeme Stevenson says a new real- gram national. colourful surrealist-style oil paintings. rail line. ‘Extend rail to airport’ ity art series he developed has the All of the artwork featured is for He spent 10 years in the United ‘To put the $70 million into per- Tweed Shire Council deputy may- potential to put Tweed artists and the sale, with episodes stored on the web- States where he made regular appear- spective, it is costing $321 million to or Barry Longland predicted the rail region’s natural beauty on the world site as part of an online database of ances on an art show on the US cable build the Banora Point bypass,’ said link would only reopen if funding was map. artists. network which screened to an average Ms Kolbe, of the Trains On Our found to extend the line to the Gold Put Some Colour in Your Life cur- of 60 million viewers every year. Tracks (TOOT) group. Coast Airport so it could be linked to rently screens weekly on community Library of minds Aft er returning to Australia, he was ‘We have 132 kilometres of track the Queensland rail network. television in Brisbane and Perth and is ‘Th e idea is to build a library of the inspired to create his own reality art between Casino and Murwillumbah. He said the rail line could have a due to be rolled out nationally across minds of artists,’ he said. show as a vehicle to help other art- It would be money well spent. Th e rail future as a commuter service rather the network in coming months. ‘Artists don’t leave a legacy of their ists harness the enormous potential is still in excellent condition but the than a route for high-speed trains to Graeme, who hosts the program, minds; they leave their pictures but of new technology and market their bridges need work. Sydney. travels on his Harley Davidson across not the creative process.’ product to a wider audience. ‘It would be a wonderful way for ‘You have to have a service that will the Northern Rivers, Brisbane and Th e Northern Rivers has the high- Graeme poured his own savings tourists to explore our region and attract mainstream commuters and Sunshine Coast to interview artists est proportion of artists per capita into the project and also returned to leave a low-carbon footprint. It would encourage them to leave their cars at about their work and the creative in Australia, yet Graeme says many college to study fi lm and editing to sit well with our green-clean image home,’ said Cr Longland. process. struggle to make a living due to help get the series off the ground. and would be something tourists ‘Th e bulk of Tweed workers travel The Murwillumbah-based artist tough competition and a lack of re- He says the art world had long suf- could do when it rained.’ across the Queensland border in cars describes the program as Billy Con- sources. fered due to perceptions of snobbery Ms Kolbe said that with petrol ex- to go to work.’ nelly meets Master Chef and The Art gallery closures across Austra- and academic elitism. cluded from the carbon tax, the rail Cr Longland said the future of the Hairy Bikers. lia in recent years had also limited the continued on page 2 link would be a quick way of remov- continued on page 2 ABN 82 087 650 682 ACL No. 241000 <echowebsection=Local News> Local News iPads, MBPros & iPods Shop off ers stepping stone to workforce in Stock & On Sale! 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