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TITLE="mailto: sofar@hunterlink.net.au"><U>sofar@hunterlink.net.au</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="138"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="145" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="138" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></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= 490 WIDTH="128"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="490" 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 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> <A HREF="id187.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="7th Annual Frog and Reptile Expo"><U>7th Annual Frog and Reptile Ex</U></A><A HREF="id187.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="7th Annual Frog and Reptile Expo"><U>po</U></A>.  </div> <div> What a great success with over 3200 paying people through the gates. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Century Gothic" > </FONT></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> <bR> <div> The Draft Code of Practice for the Private Keeping of Reptiles went live on the DECCW web site.  To view the draft please click on the following link <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifelicences/ReptileDraftCOP.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildli"><U><U>http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifelicences/ReptileDraftCOP.htm</U></U></A><A HREF="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifelicences/ReptileDraftCOP.htm." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildli"><U><U>.</U></U></A> </FONT> SOFAR urges members and any reptile owners to please have a look at this document and make any comments you think need a mention.  Comments can be emailed or sent to DECCW. The <B>closing</B> <B>date</B> for <B>comments</B> is <B>18 December 2009</B>.  If you would like to know more about this draft please contact SOFAR Secretary via email at sofar@hunterlink.net.au.   <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calisto MT" >                                                                                        </FONT></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= 487 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>9 February 2010</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Meeting time: 7:30 PM - 8.30 PM (approximately)</I></div> <div> <I>Type of Meeting:</I> General Meeting  <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> Sugarloaf Animal Hospital</div> <div> <I>Topic:</I> To be announced</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <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> <div> <B>Next Expo Sub-committee meeting:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>23 February 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>SOFAR expo committee only</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></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 7 Feb 10</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>