Opel Cards; Jaye Ford; Mark Widdup; Sonia Walkom Memorial Flower Festival

Good morning. Today on the show:

• 09.15am: Sonia Hornery, Member For Wallsend and opposition spokeswoman for Hunter says the rollout of Opal cards is a disgrace. The Maitland Railway Cafe and the newsagent Beresfield Newspower are the only two places in this region where people can buy the new Opal transport cards
• 09.35am: Jaye Ford, author of Beyond Fear (which won Best Debut Novel), Blood Secret and Scared Yet is back with her latest Already Dead
• 11.15am: Mark Widdup, Director, Cooks Hill Galleries, shares some stories marking the galleries' 40th Anniversary
• 11.35am: The 2014 Christ Church Cathedral Sonia Walkom Memorial Flower Festival is on this Friday to Monday