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                            </div> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="961" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 157 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4f9868b0.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="662"><div> <I><B>Welcome to the official website </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>for SOFAR</B></I></div> <bR> <div> If you have difficulties viewing anything on our site, please email us at <A HREF="mailto: sofar@hunterlink.net.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: sofar@hunterlink.net.au"><U>sofar@hunterlink.net.au</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4f9868b0.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1064" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 386 WIDTH="128"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="386" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="128" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="925"><div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="8th Annual Frog and Reptile Expo"><U><B>Click here</B></U></A><B> to find see what out more about our </B><A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="8th Annual Frog and Reptile Expo"><U><B>8th Annual Frog and Reptile Expo</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Sunday 14 March 2010. </B></div> <div> <B>Our gold sponsor for our 2010 expo is </B><A HREF="http://www.oz-pet.net.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oz-pet.net.au"><U><B>Oz Pet Cat and Pet litter</B></U></A><B> and </B><A HREF="http://airborneupperhunter.com.au/flights.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://airborneupperhunter.com.au/flight"><U><B>Airborne Upper Hunter</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Found:</U></B></I><B> Did you loose a pair of 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If so please contact the Secretary.</B></div> <bR> <div> If you are a member of SOFAR please take a look at our members page for important information.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="38c54550.gif" border=0 width="84" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                            <img src="HTMLobj-1197/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="90" height="87">                                           <img src="HTMLobj-1198/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="89" height="50">                                         <IMG SRC="37075460.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="70" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (picture from http://wildlife-artworks.com/index.php)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Have you found an injured frog or reptile in NSW?   Do you have a frog or reptile that needs relocating?  </div> <div> Have you got a licensed frog or reptile that you can no longer care for or one that needs a new home?</div> <div> If you answered <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calisto MT" ><B>yes </B></FONT>to any of these question please<B> </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frog and Reptile Rescue Service"><U>c</U></A><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frog and Reptile Rescue Service"><U>lick here</U></A> for more information on how SOFAR can help you.                                                                                        </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="1057" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#DDDDDD" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CCFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 97 WIDTH="1049"><div> If you would like to contribute information to this site please contact the website administrator at <A HREF="mailto: sofar@hunterlink.net.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: sofar@hunterlink.net.au"><U>sofar@hunterlink.net.au</U></A></div> <div> Do you have an article you think we could use in our quarterly newsletter<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" >?</FONT> If so please email it to sofar@hunterlink.net.au Have you read a good frog or reptile book and would like to do a quick book review for SOFAR's newsletter? If so please email it to the above email address or email it to sofar@hunterlink.net.au.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 527 WIDTH="1049"><div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meetings"><U><B>Next General Meeting</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Members are welcome to bring along their favourite licensed Frog or Reptile for show and tell.  Please keep in mind if you bring your frog or reptile you must bring your Amphibian or Reptile Keepers licence.</div> <bR> <div> <B>10 August 2010</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Meeting time: 7:30 PM - 8.30 PM (approximately)</I></div> <div> <I>Type of Meeting:</I> <B>General Meeting</B>  <U>(Members and Guests welcome)</U></div> <div> <I>Venue: </I>Sugar Valley Neighbourhood Centre<I> </I></div> <div> <I>Address: </I>65 Carrington Street West Wallsend.</div> <div> <I>Guest Speaker:</I>  John Weigel</div> <div> <I>Topic:</I> Devil talk or something Reptilian</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Committee are at the venue from 7:10 PM to receive payments, hand out new membership cards and receipts and to talk to the members and guests.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Next Expo Sub-committee meeting:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3 August 2010</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Meeting time:</I> 7:00 PM - 9.00 PM (approximately) </div> <div> <I>Type of Meeting:</I> <B>Expo Sub-committee meeting </B>(<U>e</U><U>xpo sub-committee only, new members welcome to join</U>)</div> <div> <I>Venue: </I>Sugar Valley Neighbourhood Centre </div> <div> <I>Address:</I> 65 Carrington Street West Wallsend.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SOFAR Calendar"><U><B>SOFAR calendar</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(field trips for members and Community events SOFAR will be at)</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1041" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#DDDDDD" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CCFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 WIDTH="1035"><div> For further details on future field trips or community events SOFAR will be attending please click on the SOFAR calendar above and it will take you to the correct page.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>* All photos, graphics and images on this site remain the copyright of the original photographers, artists and SOFAR, and are </B><B>not</B><B> to be reproduced without prior written agreement. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Updated 15 July 10</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>