22 — Manning River Times Friday-Saturday October 4-5 2013 www.manningrivertimes.com.au

MANNING Great Lakes Skin Cancer Clinic (for-merly known as Molescan) has been in operationin this area for eight years.

Four years ago we relocated to our new andlarger premises in 71 Victoria Street, and our namechange was due to change of ownership, so we canbe independent and ensure our ongoing viability.

Currently working at the practice is Dr ByronSadler. He has worked in the practice since its in-ception. Dr Sadler has a wealth of experience andhas expertise in the detection and treatment ofskin cancer.

He has diagnosed more than 302 melanomasand countless basal and squamous cell carcino-mas in this time.

Dr Nihal Pathirana joined the clinic in 2012 andworks five days a week.

He came to Australia with his family from SriLanka over five years ago and worked inCoonamble initially.

Like Dr Sadler he is fully qualified in skin cancerdetection and treatment.

He has detected more than 63 melanomas inthat short time.

We also offer a “full body mapping” serviceavailable on a Tuesday with our registered nurse,Pam Sadler. Call the clinic for further details 65501733.

The clinic also has two fully equipped opera-tion theatres.

Melanoma is the most common cancer be-tween the ages of 15-24.

There are no limits with in regard to having afull skin check, no referral needed, and we bulk billpensioners, DVA and healthcare card holders.Appointments are necessary and can be made by

phoning 6550 1733. So don’t forget to Slip Slop Slap, and remember

to apply sunscreen to all the un-covered areas in-cluding the back of hands, tops of ears, and notforgetting that unmentionable spot on top of thehead.

Also we are exclusive agents for the Uveto SunSafe products and have a full range including hats,backhanders, sun gloves, as well as creams andsunscreen available to purchase.

Keeping skincancer in check

No rain and gardens are parchedHI Manning gardenersStill no flipping rain for our

parched gardens. DorotheaMcKellar’s famous words ring sotrue - “I love a sunburnt country ...of droughts and flooding rains ...”

Only all we have is drought, nota drop of rain for over two monthsin our part of the woods.

Rainwater tanks are empty andthe only advice I can give is pray.They say that prayer can movemountains when all we need is anhour or two of good, steady,soaking rain. Remy and I havereduced our water consumption byhalf with the clever use ofcompost, sugar cane and lucernemulches on our garden beds andpots.

We are quite happy to show youhow to get the best results withminimum effort. After all, I grew a

flourishing vegetable garden in themiddle of the Egyptian desert. InQueensland I was using a no diggardening method several yearsbefore Ester Deans published herbook. My very first garden was mymum’s green window box when Iwas just six-years-old.

Now over 80 years later I haveproduced a method of growingplants in pots using less water.

BougainvilleaVisit my place at 8 Bushland

Drive and see Taree’s finestdisplay of beautiful Bougainvillea,a plant that requires little waterand blooms three times a year.

I am now giving Pete’s PlantCorner a rest until our gardens getsome decent rain.

Happy gardeningPeter Pike

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