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DOWN TOOLS
THE
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THE BEST GADGETS AROUND
IFETCH TOO BALL LAUNCHER
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SPORTS
CALENDAR
You’re watching the cricket with a tinnie in hand
and your pooch wants to play fetch... Satisfy both of
your needs with the iFetch Too Ball Launcher. Set
the launcher for various distances, and watch as
it launches balls for your dog to go grab. You
or your dog drops the balls in the top and
the game begins again. Comes with a
rechargeable battery. Price $399.
JUNE
5 The 2019 Origin series kicks off where
STATE OF ORIGIN
last year’s wrapped up – on the Maroons’
home turf. Still smarting from last year’s
(rare) defeat, the QLD team will be hoping
to get their campaign off to a winning start,
before heading to Perth and then Sydney.
NITE VISION BOOTS
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JULY
Made from water-resistant leather and breathable upper nylon,
with an additional underfoot phylon interlayer and a steel toe
cap for safety, these boots are anti-static, and the PU
footbed helps with fatigue. In dim conditions, when
light strikes the boot, it illuminates like a beacon.
Comes in black and wheat leather. Price $160.
1-14 Get the Pimms and lemonade
WIMBLEDON
at the ready and enjoy one of the greatest
tennis tournaments in the world. There are
always a few shocks in this grass
tournament, however Novak Djokovic is the
strong favourite for the men’s title, and
Serena is tipped for the women’s title.
ANKI OVERDRIVE FAST & FURIOUS EDITION
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6-28 This year’s Tour goes through
TOUR DE FRANCE
Remember how awesome Scalextric was as a kid?
Now you can re-create the joy of remote-control
racing on an easily assembled track, paired with an
AI interface. The Fast & Furious edition comes with
Hobbs’s International MXT and Dom’s Ice Charger.
Play against the Toretto crew or your mates using
your mobile or iPad via the app. You can also design
the track the way you like it. Price $149.
Belgium as well as France, and for the first
time visits the cities of Binche, Saint-Dié-
des-Vosges and Pont du Gard. Fun fact: the
Tour was founded by a newspaper – L’Auto.
It needed to boost its circulation, so created
something it could report on. L’Auto is now
L’Equipe, the popular daily sports tabloid.
ENTERTAINMENT WATCH IT. PLAY IT. HEAR IT.
MOVIE
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX
When mutant Jean Grey
(Game Of Thrones’s Sophie
Turner) develops world-
shattering powers, her fellow
X-Men must try to save her – at
the risk of all humanity. In
cinemas now.
46 GEMCELL.COM.AU JUN – JUL 2019
DVD
VIKINGS, SEASON 5, PART 2
Their descendants make great
furniture today, but once their
warriors terrorised England and
the world. Expect epic battles,
betrayal and bloody intrigue in
the latest instalment. Price
$44.98 on jbhifi.com.au.
GAME
DAYS GONE
Like bikes? Like games where
the world has been ravaged by
a pandemic, leaving you to try
to survive in a Mad Max-like
world as an outlaw biker? This
game is for you. Price $66 on
jbhifi.com.au.
ALBUM
MY CRIMINAL RECORD
Jimmy Barnes taps the gritty
tales of tormented youth from
his memoirs to produce his first
solo album of original material
in almost a decade. Instant
classic, anyone? Price $19.99 on
jbhifi.com.au.