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Editor’s note

I

t’s funny really. You think as you get older you have so much more experience to offer in the workplace.

You are more patient, less ambitious and generally a bit more relaxed because you know the things you didn’t know 20 or 30 or 40 years ago.

Without the distractions you can simply get on with the job and be productive in whatever you do.

You have a different set of life priorities, don’t have to worry about racing off to look after children and you have all those years of experience behind you. You know your stuff and you have the commitment.

Nevertheless, I have seen many a young poppet waltz away with a highly

Contents paid job but a limited use of the English language, while a crusty old-timer who knows the ropes gets sidelined.

Often they don’t even get past first base for an interview unless they are careful not to include date of birth in their resume.

So what goes wrong?

Between my own experiences and those of my friends, I have come to believe it’s because we don’t know how to sell ourselves, or perhaps we just don’t like to talk ourselves up.

We can walk the walk but are not so good at talking the talk.

Either way, my old (as in long-term) friend, Russell Hunter, whose journalistic experience and ability is the stuff of dreams for many a cub reporter has, at 66, had a taste of reinventing himself for life in the workforce after 55. His story examines this block of ages.

Even if some employers don’t get it, it really is your time.

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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COVER STORY

Overcoming the block of ages We like to think we are older and wiser, but as RUSSELL HUNTER discovers, employers don’t always share that view.

“I

hope I die before I get old,” sang Roger Daltrey in The Who’s iconic 1965 worldwide hit.

But he didn’t and neither did most of the generation whose power he was so outspokenly asserting.

Sure, there were casualties (not least his bandmate Keith Moon) but the overwhelming majority of “My Generation” has survived to what can only be described as old age.

Daltry himself is still working – probably not because he needs to, which puts him in a special category.

The fact is that most of the Baby Boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 when the world’s young men came home from war – came late to the super industry and still need some form of income to keep them alive.

And alive they are, although some politicians would seem to prefer otherwise – or at the very least expect an apology from them for being above the ground.

That’s because a greying population costs.

It costs in terms of housing, Medicare, the age pension (such as it is), social security benefits and so it goes.

(Of course their contribution through lifetimes of tax paying is conveniently forgotten. Politics is focused on the time between today and the next

election). And while it can only be a matter of time before a grey party emerges, the oldies are for now on their own.

But if you’re not sufficiently rich to live out your twilight years in modest comfort, free from the financial woes that plagued your working years, you’re far from alone.

The reasons will vary but most over 55s want to work. And most employers won’t have a bar of them.

I returned from Australia after completing an overseas contract in 2010. I took a year out to write a book during which time I was not a cost to the community. The book completed, I thought I’d go back to work.

Having signed up at the local Job Centre (as it then was), I very quickly realised that anybody over 50, much less 60, was seen as a hopeless case.

For example, there were classes in interviewing techniques and cv writing, workshops on self presentation to name a few.

No over-50s need attend, we weren’t quite told but were made aware.

That’s because in Australia, it is illegal to discriminate against people because of their age. But all the legislation has achieved is to drive this age bias underground.

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COVER STORY

It’s become the work discrimination that dare not speak its name.

Overseas employers have no need to be so coy and will tell you openly they have a policy of not hiring anybody over 60.

But in Australia, employers and some employment agencies have had to become adept at inventing reasons for not hiring over 55s.

The government – yes the same bunch that passed the anti-age discrimination law – was one such, if my personal experience and those of the over 50s in my Job Centre “class” are anything to go by. It’s not at all clear why this prejudice should exist. Over 50s are, by and large, honest, hardworking, conscientious and are possessed of an experience bank hard to rival.

They take fewer sickies than their younger colleagues and are usually prepared to “go the extra mile” in the interest of their employer.

So why do so few employers want them? Throughout most of my own 30s, 40s and (early) 50s I was in positions that involved hiring – and I wouldn’t have hired an over-50 if you paid me. Why? The reason is far from clear to me even now. Maybe I thought “older” people were set in their ways and

would be unwilling to learn in this fast-paced world.

Perhaps (I imagined) they lacked computer skills. Or maybe I thought like Roger Daltrey did – that you had to be young, keen and dismissive of the old ways to amount to anything.

It would never have occurred to me then that it was possible to be older, keener and wiser in old and new ways.

A careful examination of the reasons older people are seen as unemployable (or at least as last resorts) would surely pay dividends.

And as if on cue, the Australian Human Rights Commission, in response to a request by Attorney General George Brandis, announces Willing to Work: A National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australian and Australians with Disability to be led by the Age and Disability Commissioner, Susan Ryan.

“Willing to Work is most timely as employment rates for both older people and those with disability remain unacceptably low,” said Commissioner Ryan. “We all lose when willing people are excluded from workforce.

“Research by Deloitte shows that increasing the older workforce by five per cent would bring an extra $48 billion annually to Australia’s GDP.

“We all lose when willing people are excluded from the workforce.”

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Matthew* is 63. Having spent most of his working life as a local government official he inherited some money and retired at age 61 with what he considered a reasonable self-funded pension.

He’s in excellent health and can afford the occasional overseas holiday.

“I’m not doing it hard compared with some I know but the collapsing interest rate has hurt people like me who seek to live off their investment income. I haven’t yet had to start eating into capital but I can see the day coming.

“The accepted wisdom seems to be that lower interest rates are good for the economy but I see no sign of it.

“I’m not thinking of going back to work – even if I could find a job – but I’m aware that I’m the exception rather than the rule.”

Sylvia* is a divorcee aged 60. She received just over $200,000 in the (voluntary) divorce settlement 15 years ago and used the money to buy a home.

She has since paid off the mortgage. She does volunteer work, having been made redundant from her state government clerical job two years ago.

“The house is all I have but I can’t live on it and will probably have to sell it as I refuse to be a burden on my children. I’m keen to work but haven’t been able to find anything so far. I’m still trying but don’t hold out a lot of hope. The redundancy payout was reasonable but there’s little of it left now.

“But having said that I know there’s plenty worse off than me.”

*Names have been changed.

It’s a step forward. But surely the needs of the disabled and the “aged” are starkly distinct, meaning this inquiry will be hobbled before it starts.

But one suspects it’s better than nothing, however marginally.

“The inquiry will seek to identify the barriers that prevent people from working, and in consultation with employers, affected individuals and other stakeholders establish strategies to overcome these barriers.”

The Inquiry will conclude and report by July 2016.

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COVER STORY

BUSTING THE BLOCKS for mature age workers

Meanwhile the Inquiry will cogitate expensively and deliver a report next year filled with recommendations highly unlikely to be implemented in any effective way.

In the meantime, many thousands – more like millions – of people who have worked and contributed throughout most of their lives can struggle on.

So you can either try to live on the age pension while watching your savings decline like the indicator on your fuel tank or try to find an income.

There are, of course, options. All come with drawbacks.

You can live very cheaply overseas, for example. Places such as Bali, Thailand, Malta, Trinidad come to mind. Doubtless there are more.

But you’ll be far from the grandkids and health services – and don’t even dream of finding even part-time work there. They won’t let you.

Anyway, let’s not run away with the notion that being over 55 should be a guarantee of a job.

But we are, on the other hand, entitled to expect a fair go.

The government – any government – can’t have it both ways.

They can’t tell us the age of entitlement is over without opening the door for those with lifetimes of experience who are willing and able to work.

For example, how many over 60s has the Queensland government put on in the last, say, four years? Let’s ask them.

We’ll let you know their answer when we have one.

MYTH 1: Mature age workers will cost the business more for their experience FACT: • Mature age employees can save costs to employers through increased rates of retention.

• Workers aged over 55 are five times less likely to change jobs compared with workers aged 20-24, reducing ongoing recruitment and training costs.

• Mature workers deliver an average net benefit of $1956 a year to their employer compared to the rest of the workforce – a result of increased retention, lower rates of absenteeism, decreased costs of recruitment and greater investment returns on training.

• Retention of mature age workers can help maintain corporate memory and save employers the cost of ‘re-inventing the wheel’.

• There is a strategic business advantage of having employees who reflect the diversity of the customer base as the Australian population ages.

MYTH 2: Mature age workers may be prone to health problems.

FACT: • Australians are living longer and are healthier. ABS reports show that the current life expectancy is

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78 years for men and 83 years for women.

• A 2005 ABS survey found the proportion of Australians aged 55-64 reporting their health as ‘good’, ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ was 75.5 per cent, an increase of four per cent since 1995.

• Mature age workers are less likely to take sick leave and experience work related injuries. A 2006 ABS survey found that mature workers were the least likely group to take days off due to their own illness or as a carer.

• ABS data indicates that mature age workers are less likely to experience work-related injuries compared to younger workers.

MYTH 3: There is no long-term benefit in training and developing mature age workers.

FACT: • Australia’s ageing population means business will need to invest in mature age employees. Based on current trends the working age population will grow by just 125,000 for the entire decade from 2020 to 2029 – less than one-tenth of current pace.

• Research of OECD countries shows that those countries that provide a higher level of training to older workers have workers leaving the labour market at an older age.

performers than mature age workers.

FACT: • Experience is a better indicator of productivity than age.

• A study of OECD nations concluded that verbal skills, communication and intelligence remain unchanged as a person ages.

MYTH 5: Mature age workers won’t be able to adapt to changes and new technology.

FACT: • ABS data shows that Australians aged 55-64 are the fastest growing users of information technology.

• Older people can be trained to use new technologies. International studies indicate that appropriate training provided in a supportive environment can greatly assist older workers to learn new technology systems.

• A survey of employers showed they were more likely to recruit someone with direct experience in the industry but with limited computing skills compared to a person who is good with computers but has no industry experience. * Source: Australian Human Rights Commission

MYTH 4: Younger workers are better

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Letters

Have your say. Send letters to Editor, Your Time Magazine, PO Box 717, Spring Hill 4004 or email editor@yourtimemagazine.com.au

REFRESHING READ What a refreshing read your new magazine is. Just right for over 55s.

Congratulations to David Parmiter with his article on pronunciation, especially of kil-o-meters. That’s been my annoyance too!

Also, particularly enjoyed the older bride’s poem. I could relate to that!

Keep up the good work.

Deanne Lister

HOMEOPATHY DEBATE Oh dear! Forget what the well respected and scientific body, National Health and Medical Research Council states about homeopathy: “There are no health conditions for which there is reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective”, because Kerry Larkman, who uses homeopathy, says they are biased and incorrect. I do agree that people should do their own research, especially Kerry because she seems to be the biased one.

Denise Kerley

CARAVAN TESTING I read your article on caravanning and completely agree that all drivers should complete a mandatory test to determine whether they can drive/ haul a caravan.

I am currently travelling (camping) and am of the baby boomer generation. I am continuously amazed by the age of people driving big vehicles and hauling caravans of varying size. It’s scary.

May I also suggest an article on “road courtesy”. It’s amazing how many people are doing 20km/h + under the speed limit and show no regard for the drivers behind them that can’t overtake.

I have seen many drivers in frustration take incredible risks to overtake when they have an opportunity.

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Necessity is the mother of invention, as baker Mark Hobbs discovered when faced with a family illness.

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A frightening health diagnosis for the Hobbs family, founders of Beefy’s pies, led to their famous Signature Steak Pie becoming available in a gluten-free version.

“Our third child, Michael, suffered severe stomach pains from birth. He was pale and underweight for his age,” Beefy’s owner Mark Hobbs said.

“Just before his third birthday he was diagnosed with Coeliac disease.

We were relieved to learn that it could be managed by changing his diet without the need for injections or medications.

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Among them of course was the family specialty – pies.

“Most times we tried something gluten-free it tasted terrible, especially the pastries,” Mark said.

“We all supported Michael by going gluten-free at dinner which meant no Beefy’s pie nights, something the two older children missed.”

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nvestors, independent or partly independent retirees and Baby Boomers close to retirement are invited to an Investor Breakfast organised by the Moreton Bay Branch of the Association of Independent Retirees.

Guest speaker will be Micheal Knox, the chief economist and strategist with Morgan Stockbroking in Brisbane.

“This a great opportunity for anyone with an interest in the equities market to hear from a speaker so experienced and knowledgeable in his field,” Moreton Bay branch president, Max Barton said.

Michael has had a distinguished career, firstly serving as a Trade Commissioner in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia before joining Morgans in Sydney in 1988.

He moved to Brisbane to take up his current position in 1990 and joined the board of Morgan Stockbroking in 1996 where he became director of strategy and chief economist two years later.

He has served on several government and local authority boards and committees and from 2003-2012, was chairman of the advisory committee for the School of Economics and Finance at the Queensland University of Technology.

Mr Barton, who is also the Independent Retirees national president, said anyone with an interest in investment was welcome to attend.

Thursday, June 11, 7am-9am.

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SUBSIDIES BOOST SENIORS WEEK ACTIVITY PROGRAMS More than 100 organisations and community groups across Queensland have shared in $100,000 in subsidies to run activities and events during Seniors Week, August 15-23. Seniors Minister Coralee O’Rourke said the week was about building stronger relationships between older and younger Queenslanders which was acknowledged in this year’s theme “It’s on for young and old”.

“Seniors Week is a wonderful opportunity for Queenslanders of all ages to join together and celebrate the valuable contribution of older people in our community,” she said. Seniors Week is coordinated by the Council on the Ageing Queensland (COTAQ), which receives Queensland Government funding to collaboratively plan, run and subsidise Seniors Week events and activities.

To find out more about what’s planned visit cotaqld.org.au or phone 1300 738 348; for more information about support and services for older Queenslanders visit communities.qld.gov.au/communityservices/seniors

Special guests at last year’s celebration of those who are in their 90s.

Metro Community Hub celebrates the 90s Elan Vital, “the vital spark of life”, an annual celebration for nonagenarians, is coming up at the Metro Community Hub to honour those who are already in their 90s or who will turn 90 this year.

More than 70 nonagenarians attended last year’s celebrations when 17 new members became eligible to join.

There are already five new members this year, but it is hoped more will become part of this select group on the day.

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Aged care trainer and seniors community worker FAB GODBEE lists the essentials to have around the house “just in case”.

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hope you are all fine after the chaos we endured in the storms last month.

At my village, we lost power at 6.30pm, which prompted me to check on my neighbours who are in their late 80s.

I was concerned that with no lights, they might fall.

I found them both very distressed.

Their torch batteries were flat and they didn’t have any candles.

I would all urge all families and neighbours to keep a check on their senior citizens, especially during times such as this and especially if power is lost.

Here’s a checklist of items for them – and you – to have in the house in case of emergency.

EMERGENCY KIT Three torches, spare batteries, candles

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Place the torches in three different places throughout your home.

I would suggest the table by your lounge chair where you watch TV, your bedside table and beside the phone in the kitchen.

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS Triple zero (000) will get you through to the following emergency services: ambulance, fire, police, disaster services, doctor.

MEDICATION LIST Keeping a list of all the medication you taking helps paramedics and emergency doctors at the hospital quickly diagnose your problem.

If you have a problem remembering to take your daily medication ask your chemist to have your meds placed in a Webster pack.

CONTACT LIST Have to hand a list of at least three members of your family. Place this beside your phone. This information is helpful for your neighbours to make contact with next of kin in an emergency.

LOCKED BOX KEY HOLDER Place outside on the wall next to your front door. Only give the code to your next of kin and neighbours you know you can trust.

YOUR DECISIONS Appoint a member of your family, a lawyer or trusted friend to act as your power of attorney who can look after your health directive.

We can’t stop disasters but this check list will give you and your family peace of mind.

Silk worms are not the only useful geometrids from the Orient. UK research suggests that osteoarthritis sufferers can get some pain relief from a fungus living on caterpillars in China.

Scientists at the University of Nottingham said that while their study of cordyceps mushrooms, commonly used in Chinese medicine, was a “long shot”, tests led them to believe it could be an effective painkiller.

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Reclaim power from energy providers The move into a new 55+ village was not supposed to end with harassment from an electricity company.

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would like to share an interesting experience I had recently as a warning to others.

I relocated to a new home in a beautiful over 55s complex and went about having phone and power connected, as you do.

When I picked up my mail, to my surprise, there was a letter from a power carrier, which was not mine.

To my amazement, on opening the letter, I found a bill for $8.26 for the week before I had moved into my duplex on March 21.

This got me thinking: I’m with another carrier, why am I getting an

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Lumo Energy operator (LEO): “May I have your name and address?”

After about five minutes spelling out my details as it appeared English was not the first language of the operator, the LEO said “Yes I see you’re with another company and your power was connected on March 21.”

Me: “If you have that information on your database why would you send me an account for the week before I moved in? You have a record there I’m with another carrier?”

LEO: “Oh, the resident before you used our company as their power preference. This is our company’s procedure. We send out to all new people so it’s easy for you and you don’t have to connect to another company.”

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LEO: “I will cancel this account right away.”

Me: “Thank you. You have not heard the last of this”.

Really, I wonder just how many seniors they have ripped off? How much money has been taken from unaware victims who unwittingly pay the bill?

Hence my warning – if you are relocating to a new premises and receive an account addressed “to the resident” and you are with another carrier, don’t pay it!

Phone them and let them know you are with your preferred carrier and don’t hesitate to express your opinion.

Tell your friends and neighbours to be watchful.

Funnily enough, I have just received another bill from them a month after my call. They really want that $8.26.

Now I am angry!

Fab Godbee

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There’s a whole new world out there for anyone in the media (I was one of them until I retired) and it has galled me to hear so much bad grammar coming out of the mouths of the young people who are given control of a microphone on any of our radio or TV stations.

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This happened to me at the Anzac parade. I had waited for ages and

moved to let some children through.

Their mother wearing a big hat followed, and that was it for my clear view. Thanks for the courtesy.

I’ve also had people with hair piled high on top of their head come and sit right in front of me at the cinema so my view was blocked.

Recently, I asked politely if a young woman would mind moving to the empty seat beside her which would clear my view, and was given an angry mouthful that she could sit where she pleased.

Whatever happened to the days of showing a bit of consideration to other people around you. It doesn’t cost anything and is simple goodwill.

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How often do we hear our 20-something weather people refer to “hot” ( or “cool”) temperatures?

When will they learn there is no such thing as “hot” temperatures?

Temperatures can be “high” or “low” but they can never be “hot” or “cold”! The measure of temperature is inanimate.

Temperature can rise, or fall, according to the day’s climate. The climate itself doesn’t make the temperature “hot” or “cold” but it can make it “higher” or “lower”.

There are so many of these quirks of our language – and so many of us fail to take the time to study it and actually enjoy our language.

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HISTORY

A tale of shipwrecks and lighthouses Historian AUDIENNE BLYTH investigates the connection between the Yungaba immigration depot at Kangaroo Point and a shipwreck at the mouth of the Maroochy River on the Sunshine Coast.

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incushion Island at the mouth of the Maroochy River has been witness to many calamities, near and actual.

Since white settlement, records show that ships trying to cross the ever-changing sandbars do so at their peril.

In March 1880, the Agnes, owned

by Brisbane sawmiller James Campbell, was wrecked on what became known as Agnes Rocks on the southern side of Pincushion, although there is scant record of them now.

The little steamer was carrying 25 pine logs, six cedar logs and bundles of hides.

Captain Scott and the crew deserted her to save their own lives.

The timber was later recovered and the well- insured ship was offered for auction as she lay with all the spars, sails, rigging, boat, steam winch, engine

Yungaba still stands proudly under Story Bridge at Kangaroo Point.

and boiler intact. William Peter Clark and his brother, John, had originally built and owned the Agnes so they knew the ship and happily paid £120 for the wreck.

Workmen and bullocks assisted in

salvaging the remains, which were floated in by ship’s water tanks. They prepared to rebuild.

It was said the ship was cut in two and lengthened by an 80ft keel of the best ironbark grown on Buderim

Mountain Rd. In 1881, the Agnes was reregistered as the Wawoon under new owners, D.L. Brown and W.P. Clark.

The Agnes had been launched at Bli Bli in 1875 and named after Clark’s wife. They had married in his native Scotland before coming to Australia via America.

The new name, Wawoon, is an Aboriginal word for scrub turkey. The name was apt, as she had to “scratch for a living but got a good one”.

For three years, she was a regular sight on the Maroochy River delivering goods and transporting cedar, pine and beech logs back to Brisbane.

In 1884, she was sold and reregistered by three brothers, George, Henry and Charles Skyring of Baffle Creek.

Now, back to William Peter Clark, one of Queensland’s first entrepreneurs, whose expertise was

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HISTORY

IMAGE: COURTESY OF MITCHELL FAMILY

construction of lighthouses for Cape Cleveland and Dent Island.

Clark was buried in Toowong Cemetery on November 20, 1889 four days short of his 58th birthday, beside his first wife of 28 years, Agnes, who had been buried there on November 16, 1887. He had married the widow, Isabella McNab, the year he died.

His handiwork is still seen daily at Yungaba, by river travellers near Story Bridge.

not limited to boat building.

As one of the earliest and largest selectors on the Maroochy River he dealt in timber and horses and was said to be the first to grow sugar cane on the Sunshine Coast.

In 1887 he was busy working as a builder for the government, his work including the impressive immigration depot on the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point, Yungaba, which means place of sunshine.

Its first residents arrived on the Duke of Buccleuch at the end of the same year.

In the 1920s Yungaba was extremely important as “the immigration program had stepped up and accommodation generally is paramount” and when immigration assistance cancelled during the Depression, it provided accommodation for the workers on Story Bridge.

With varied uses since then,

including a military hospital and post-war immigration, it became the first building listed by the state government on the Queensland Estate Register in 1988.

Still standing, but with promises of redevelopment, it is all but lost to the public even though it has many stories to tell of migrants who for more than a century called it their first home in Australia.

Clark’s talent also extended to building the first lighthouse in Queensland, the Bustard Head Lighthouse, in 1867, followed by lighthouses at Double Island Point, Pine Islet and Low Isles. He also began

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Bride-to-be JACQUI BALL begins her mission to visit 20 bridal shops in 20 months looking for a “wow factor” dress that is suitable for an older bride.

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Besides, since I have become older I find I do not wish to hurry things.

After all, the nicer experiences of our lives should surely be savoured.

The concept of “20 bridal shops in 20 months” started after I did some research on the internet and realised what an incredible array of beautiful gowns were out there.

“I’ll need to visit at least 20 shops before I can make up my mind,” I wailed to the family.

“Well that’s going to take a while!” quipped my fiancé, Peter, 60. “Lucky there’s 20 months until the wedding.”

My first foray was to a local op shop during my lunch hour.

I chose a gown in my size (14) and tried it on – but it didn’t fit.

It seems bridal gown sizes do not necessarily match regular sizes. Looks like I may need a bigger size.

I felt sad to see that such beautiful

Jacqui Ball with some of the bridal gown styles that have come up so far.

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I had seen a dress I liked on their website and sent an email asking for the price.

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I still had no idea of the price but went anyway, and took my sister Jill with me.

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I took turns in parading around with a young bride who had a perfect physique and a bevy of at least 10 relatives all putting in their two bob’s worth about how fantastic she looked.

They didn’t say much when I came out.

I think that was my first inkling that being an older bride was different.

While the experience was fun, I also felt a bit deflated.

I didn’t think any of the dresses suited me particularly well.

As we left, I could hear my sister garbling something about how the younger bride wasn’t getting it that the fishtail gown suited her better than the A-line.

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Redcliffe’s Squids production of Cats had ANGELA BENSTED purring.

Over the course of an evening, each is invited to belt out their story for a shot at the title. And belt it they did.

Audience members at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre were treated to a smashing show under the musical directorship of Julie Whiting.

Old Gumby Cat took us back to the ’40s with a sense of the Andrews Sisters, concluding with a glorious feather duster tap-dance.

The audience was then cat-apulted forward a few decades by the gyrations of the Rum Tum Tugger, part Elvis and part John Travolta but all pelvis.

In between the big numbers lesser moggies tap-danced, cartwheeled and pirouetted across stage in a flurry of spandex, felt and fake fur.

The production peaked with its chorus, where tight, rich harmonies filled the auditorium.

Perhaps the secret to Cats’ perennial popularity is that is provides a little something for lovers of all musical styles.

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ot for the feline phobic, Redcliffe’s Squids Theatrical’s production of Cats started with a trumpet blast from the orchestra and a pussy pawing at this reviewer’s skirt.

Just as well I wore my leopard print.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, first performed on the West End in 1981, is based on the poems of TS Eliot.

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The “Goldners” – violinists Dimity Hall and Dene Olding, cellist Julian Smiles and viola player Irina Morozova – performed to a large and enthusiastic audience at the Queensland Conservatorium on May 5, as part of Musica Viva’s 70th Anniversary 2015 concert season.

Their three selected works well demonstrated the quartet’s varied and extensive repertoire and those lucky enough to be there experienced many moments of pure musical magic.

First item on the program was Ligeti’s string quartet no 1, considered in its day (early to mid 1950s) as beyond avant garde, it remains challenging.

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CATS Redcliffe Performing Arts Centre It was smiles all round in the foyer of the Redcliffe Performing Arts Centre on the opening night of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats.

Staged by Squids Theatrical, the production showcased some of Brisbane’s best musical talent.

The audience loved it.

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Rachel Rees, Yvonne Gills and Karon Campbell

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Art works sold in a flurry of red dots at the opening night of Hope in the Present, the 24th annual art exhibition of the Mental Illness Fellowship Queensland (MIFQ).

Artists mingled with exhibition sponsors, family and friends at the gala event held in Brisbane’s King George Square on May 13.

Curated by Lee Steer of Redsea Gallery, the exhibition showcased over 340 works by 165 artists with a lived experience of mental illness.

MIFQ is a specialist, community-based mental health service that provides support to individuals living with a mental illness, their families and carers.

For more visit mifq.org.au or call 3358 4424.

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Karen and Gavin Bird

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Queensland Mental Health Commissioner, Dr Lesley van Schoubroeck with Jennifer Pouwer, Director Services MIFQ

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WEALTH

Retirement becomes riskier

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orkers planning to retire will need to take more financial risks than those who retired a decade ago. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens said the call of global central banks to cut interest rates and stimulate economies was squeezing returns on low-risk investments such as term deposits.

Unprecedented low levels on official global interest rates has meant yields have collapsed on many traditional sources of income for retirees and in many countries, yields have even become negative so investors are paying borrowers.

For the next wave of retirees, that means the likelihood of having to pursue riskier assets to meet income expectations.

And the cost of buying a future income stream, whether bonds, shares, real estate or other investments, has gone up.

“Just about everywhere in the world the price of buying a given annual flow of future income has gone up a lot,” Mr Stevens said. “Those seeking to make that purchase now – that is, those on the brink of leaving the workforce – are in a much worse position than those who made it a decade ago.”

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more risk to generate the expected flow of future income they wanted.

Mr Stevens said the problem was more acute in Europe, which had negative sovereign yields in some countries, but was also “potentially non-trivial” in Australia.

He said investment yields were the “lowest ever in human history” and it would take time for rates to return to levels seen before the global financial crisis.

“It will be quite an adjustment to get back to that world and it seems to be quite slow in coming,” he said.

Meanwhile, quarterly household budget figures reveal that couples aspiring to a modest retirement lifestyle will need $33,766 a year, or $58,364 to be comfortable.

That equates to $1122 a week or just $6 less than the average pre-tax weekly pay packet of the Australian worker.

Jeremy Cooper, a superannuation industry veteran and Challenger’s retirement income chairman, told the Australian Financial Review that even those retiring with $1 million were in for a shock.

He estimated that $1 million, in the current interest rate environment, would fetch about $1297 a fortnight, the same as the government pension.

NIB Health Funds Ltd (NIB) has paid a penalty of $10,200 following the issue of an infringement notice by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in relation to advertising about the waiver of the waiting period for “Extras” cover.

From December 2012 to November 2014, in promoting its combined Hospital and Extras cover, NIB offered to waive the waiting period on its Extras option which it represented as “usually” or “normally” requiring a twomonth wait.

The ACCC had reasonable

grounds to believe that NIB had contravened the Australian Consumer Law by making a false or misleading representation that it usually or normally required a two-month waiting period for the Extras option, when in fact NIB had made this benefit available to all customers immediately for 23 months from December 2012.

“Consumers should be able to make informed purchasing decisions. Claims that benefits are only available if a product or service is purchased by a specified date must be true and not mislead consumers,” ACCC Commissioner Sarah Court said.

MATURE AGE POLITICAL PARTY FORMS A political party has been formed to represent seniors, pensioners, retirees, veterans and the disabled and their carers on issues that affect them.

The fledgling Mature Age Party was formed six months ago with the aim of “being a voice at all levels of government”.

It has quickly become established throughout Queensland and is now seeking formal registration as a party on a state and federal level.

For more information phone 0429 066164 or visit themap.org.au.

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HEALTH

Moving against dementia

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hysical inactivity increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, obesity, diabetes and depression – all risk factors for dementia.

Recent research reveals that physical exercise reduces the rate of decline of cognitive function in those suffering mild memory problems while the physically inactive have an 80 per cent increased risk of dementia.

The brain abnormalities that lead to dementia are known to start at least 20 to 30 years before the disease manifests, suggesting that behaviours in young and mid adulthood will have a significant impact on brain health in old age.

Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing co-directors Professors Perminder Sachdev and Henry Brodaty, said one

of the most effective strategies to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia later in life is to become physically active from an early age, and remain active throughout our lives.

“By improving physical activity by just 5 per cent, as many as 100,000 fewer Australians would develop dementia by 2050,” Prof Sachdev said.

And it is never too late to start exercising.

“The SMART trial conducted by our collaborators showed that physical exercise reduced the rate of decline in cognitive function in those with mild memory problems,” he said.

The message for all Australians is to get active. Exercise at a moderate intensity for at least 30-40 minutes every day, including a degree of vigorous exercise, is recommended.

EXERCISE THE KEY Osteoarthritis sufferers are urged to keep moving during winter.

New research has revealed that 68 per cent of sufferers of chronic joint pain related to ageing or osteoarthritis are exercising less, despite exercise being a core pain management strategy.

The Voltaren Osteo Gel Keep Moving report found 76 per cent of respondents experiencing chronic joint pain related to ageing or osteoarthritis were not using exercise and weight training to help manage their symptoms.

Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disease, affecting 1.8 million Australians nationwide.

Symptoms may include pain with joint movement, joint stiffness or swelling or reduced mobility of the joint. Health professionals warn that as the temperature drops, there is a tendency to slow down. Motivation is reduced and exercise routines change.

“Exercise is key in the management of OA, which means it is more important than ever to keep moving this winter,” pharmacist Alex Bongers said. “There can also be a perception, for many people, that their joint pain actually worsens during the colder

months however this can often be linked to declining physical activity.”

Often sufferers notice joint pain after activities which may discourage exercise. However pain flare-ups can be reduced by complementing medication with important physical lifestyle changes.

Maintaining mobility in the hands, weight-bearing exercises to improve knee joint problems and weight loss are recommended.

The report also found that almost half of respondents put up with pain for a few months or more before seeking diagnosis or medical treatment.

Osteoarthritis is a condition in which the cartilage that protects the end of the bones is no longer efficiently repaired. As cartilage is degraded, the bone gradually loses its normal shape and bony spurs may develop on the edges of the joint. The rough, uneven surfaces rub together causing pain.

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HEALTH

Burnie Brae muscles up to research

A project investigating the benefits of exercise will work with 600 people aged over 65 in Brisbane’s north.

Healthy Connections Chermside manager Karen Stewart-Smith with Glenda Ryan.

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urnie Brae will help older people to muscle up against disability and provide valuable research into the benefits of progressive resistance training through a $1.3 million grant provided by the Department of Social Services.

The two-year research project, which is expected to start in August,

will work with 600 people aged over 65 who receive Home Care or Home Support services in Brisbane’s north.

The group will participate in a twice-weekly progressive resistance training exercise program using the latest in European, computerised equipment.

It builds on Burnie Brae’s extensive expertise working with seniors in its Healthy Connections gyms at Chermside and Taringa, and will evaluate the effectiveness of progressive resistance training as a service model of care, to help stave off later life disability and to live independently for longer.

“Management was delighted to receive the research support, which adds to the already significant work Burnie Brae and its wholly owned subsidiary, Healthy Connections, have done in the area of exercise, rehabilitation, wellness and healthy living for seniors,” Burnie Brae chief executive officer Kevin Rouse said.

“Given the strength of evidence, we expect that with regular progressive

resistance training, participants will reduce their trajectory of health decline and improve and prolong their wellbeing.”

The project, led by the University of Queensland’s Dr Tim Henwood, will also evaluate any potential economic benefits.

Burnie Brae is a not-for-profit community organisation founded in 1984.

It is now a vibrant hub of active, social, leisure and health activities, and provides a broad range of community services to over 50s.

For more information about the quantitative and qualitative research project, titled “Muscling-up against disability in older adults with home care packages: Implementing an evidence-based progressive resistance training service model of care” Contact chief researcher Tim Henwood 3720 5303, email t.henwood@uq.edu.au or Kevin Rouse at Burnie Brae, 3624 2100, email rouse.k@burniebrae.org.au

GET FIT at the Metro Hub Medical and fitness experts say that effective exercise for health should include three components: cardiovascular fitness or stamina, muscular strength and flexibility.

Tai chi, an effective exercise for health of mind and body, looks after all these and more. It improves posture, helps with arthritis, and improves balance to avoid falls.

Bruce Yang, one of Brisbane’s top Tai Chi masters, has classes at the Metro Hub at Woolloongabba every Wednesday at 11.45am for $5.

Yoga is also held on Wednesdays from 1.30 pm for $5. Sandra is a fully qualified Hatha yoga instructor and specialises in working with older people. No bookings required just turn up in comfortable clothes.

The Hub also has a free Broadband for Seniors Kiosk. Thursdays is Hub Day for morning tea and lunch, entertainment and activities.

The Metro Hub, 22 Qualtrough St, Woolloongabba. Call 3391 8122 or visit metroseniors.org.au

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HEALTH

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very day thousands of Australians with hearing loss, struggle through conversations.

It can be isolating and have a significant impact on relationships and emotional state.

There are many reasons why people choose not to seek a solution to their hearing problem, some incorrectly believing a hearing aid won’t help while others fear the social stigma of putting their “old age” on show.

Hearing specialists ihear, is excited to share the solution for those who say “you will never see me wearing a hearing aid”.

The SoundLens is the world’s first completely invisible hearing aid and is custom made for superior comfort.

It is so tiny it sits inside the second bend of the ear canal, completely invisible.

Despite its tiny size, the SoundLens is packed with the most advanced hearing technology to date, resulting in natural sound amplification and superior clarity for hearing speech in background noise.

“The SoundLens is truly amazing, and incredibly popular with our clients because it simply can’t be seen once it’s in the ear,” audiometrist Lisa Burley from ihear Caloundra says.

“Hearing speech in noise is something that has previously been a challenge for hearing aid manufacturers. The SoundLens has overcome this challenge like never before, resulting in easy listening for the wearer that reduces listening effort and mental fatigue in noisy

environments.”

Today, 50 per cent of Australians with hearing loss are below retirement age, so it is no wonder that there is high demand for an invisible hearing solution.

“As the world gets louder, the age of those with hearing loss gets younger,” Lisa says.

“The effect of noise exposure means we are increasingly seeing people in their 40s and 50s coming to us with a hearing problem.”

She said 80 per cent of the population will lose some of their hearing as they age and research shows the majority of people wait up to 10 years before they do anything about it.

Delays reduce chances of rehabilitation as the sensory receptors in the brain deteriorate over time if not kept active by sounds.

A hearing screening at ihear takes about 15 minutes and there is a wide range of solutions to suit all types of hearing loss, lifestyles and budgets.

Call 3832 7150 or visit ihear.com.au

A Spleen Registry support service has been established in Queensland for the first time. Queensland Health will partner with the Victorian-based service, Spleen Australia, to help prevent serious infections in about 3000 Queenslanders.

The service aims to raise awareness and educate patients, families and medical practitioners of the risks associated with not having a fully functioning spleen.

Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the spleen played an important role in combating some common bacterial infections. ‘‘People living without a spleen and those with reduced spleen function face a lifetime higher risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) from serious and life-threatening invasive bacterial diseases,’’ she said.

Registered patients will receive a credit card-sized “spleen alert card” as well as educational material and DVD. To register for the free support service call 1800 775 336 or visit spleen.org.au

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HEALTH

Incontinence doesn’t have to be a fact of life

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rinary incontinence, or poor bladder control, is a common condition and the good news is that it can be treated, managed and in many cases, cured.

More than 4.8 million Australians have bladder or bowel control problems for a variety of reasons.

Poor bladder control can range from

the occasional leak when you laugh, cough or exercise, to the complete inability to control your bladder, which may cause you to wet yourself.

Other symptoms may include the constant need to urgently or frequently visit the toilet, associated with “accidents”.

There are different types of incontinence with a number of possible causes.

The most common are stress, urge, overflow and functional incontinence.

Urinary incontinence can be caused by many things but can in many cases be cured.

For this reason, it is important to talk to your doctor or a continence advisor about symptoms, in order to get on top of them.

Risk factors most commonly linked with urinary incontinence include pregnancy, menopause, obesity, urinary tract infections, constipation and surgery such as prostatectomy and hysterectomy.

Reduced mobility preventing you from getting to or using the toilet, neurological and musculoskeletal

conditions such as multiple sclerosis and arthritis, health conditions such as diabetes, stroke, heart and respiratory conditions, prostate problems and some medications are also risk factors.

Managing every day life can be challenging but with forward planning (and a little bit of trial and error), most people find a routine that allows them to live their life to the fullest.

Finding a routine can often take time which may make you feel frustrated at times, but it is important to persist, as advances in new treatments and products mean it will get better.

If you have just been diagnosed

with incontinence, you’re probably feeling anxious and overwhelmed about how to manage those occasional accidents.

The Continence Foundation of Australia recommends working with a continence professional to explore different options to suit your needs, and come up with a tailored plan that supports your lifestyle.

For a confidential discussion with a continence nurse advisor, including tips for everyday living, or the details of local continence professionals or product suppliers, contact the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 or visit continence.org.au.

Health alert If you are always feeling thirsty and having to urinate all the time, talk to your doctor. It’s important that you are checked to ensure that diabetes is not the problem.

Apart from other important functions, your kidneys produce urine which is then drained into the

bladder. Did you know that you can lose up to 90 per cent of kidney function and not know it?

Ask your doctor for a kidney health check which can include a urine test, blood test, blood pressure test, and healthy lifestyle assessment.

Caring for someone with incontinence can be diff cult. As part of World Continence Week 2015, the Continence Foundation of Australia invites you to attend a free information session providing information to support you in your role as carer.

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See the world on a surfing safari If you’re battling to find your way around the internet, NATHAN WELLINGTON has tips and tricks to get where you want to go quickly and easily.

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On the heels of the success of Halcyon Landing comes a new lakeside development in Bli Bli

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alcyon is riding the wave of success after its acclaimed Bli Bli community Halcyon Landing sold out in record time.

Winner of five Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) State and National awards for Seniors Living, Halcyon Landing also became the first retirement community in Australia to be awarded a coveted six leaf EnviroDevelopment certification.

Buoyed by the sell-out of Halcyon Landing, a new community also located at Bli Bli, has been announced.

Halcyon Lakeside is an 11ha site set against natural bushland within the master planned Parklakes 2 community and features undulating hills and 500m of lake frontage.

Joint Managing Director Bevan Geissmann said the success of Halcyon Landing had given the company confidence to move ahead with its next community in

the growing Bli Bli precinct.

“The new gated community will offer homes at varying price points, some with lake frontage, some elevated with views, and some of the most affordable homes we have had on the Sunshine Coast in years,” Dr Geissmann said.

“We’re also planning to create the most exciting recreational and leisure precinct constructed in a gated community on the Sunshine Coast”.

Halcyon Lakeside will feature homes set among plentiful green space, parks and a cafe.

Nearby, plans are afoot for an expansion of the local shopping centre and the new golf course is now operational.

Dr Geissmann said Halcyon Lakeside would offer exciting new house designs and facilities with homes in early stages priced from less than $400,000.

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1. USE MULTI TABBING Multitabbing is a great way to view multiple web pages in the one browser quickly and easily. You can open webpages in new tabs, and switch between them by clicking the tabs you want to view. To open a new blank tab, click on ‘File’ in the top menu then ‘New Tab’ button on the tab row or press CTRL+T, or right mouse click ‘New Tab’. To open a new tab from a link on a webpage, press CTRL as you click the link, or right-click the link and then click ‘Open in New Tab’. You can then close the new button by simply clicking on the x located within the tab.

2. HTTP:// IS NOT NEEDED When typing an internet address you don’t need to type http:// or even www. in the address. For example, if you want to visit Your Time magazine you could just type yourtimemagazine.com.au and the internet is smart enough to find the page.

3. QUICKLY MOVE BETWEEN THE FIELDS OF A WEB PAGE

If you’re filling out an online form or e-mail, you can quickly move between each of the fields by pressing the Tab key or Shift + Tab to move back a field. For example, if you’re filling out your name and the next field is your e-mail address you can press the Tab key to switch to the e-mail field.

4. GET THE MOST OUT OF EVERY SEARCH RESULT If you’re having trouble finding what you want, try using quotation marks around the text. For example, if you use quotation marks when searching for “Your Time magazine” the search query will return pages that actually have Your Time magazine as grouped words within the website rather then treated as separate words.

5. KNOW YOUR INTERNET BROWSER SHORTCUTS There are dozens of different shortcut keys that can be used to quickly navigate around your internet browser.

• Pressing keys Alt + D in any major internet browser will move the cursor into the address bar so you can quickly perform a another search or type in an internet address.

• Hold down the Ctrl key and press the + or - to increase and decrease the size of text.

• Press F5 to refresh or reload a web page.

• Each browser is different so if these don’t work for your browser, you can simply look at each menu and to the right of each menu item will be the keyboard shortcut you can use.

I hope this helps you find what you are looking for without having to wander the Internet aimlessly.

If you have any questions or would like to know more, please email me Nathan@ hometechassist.com.au or you can call me on 1300 682 817 for any computer help you may need.

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WHAT’S ON the Dalai Lama. Tedeschi gave his debut performance of a Mozart piano concerto at the Sydney Opera House when he was nine.

He played for Pavarotti at 13, has been lauded as an international award-winning concert pianist since he was 18, and is currently signed at the top end to Sony Music Australia.

STAR SHINES ON MUSIC BY THE SEA CONCERT In a coup for Music By The Sea, world-renowned concert pianist Simon Tedeschi will perform a one-off concert at the Sandgate Town Hall.

Having evolved from a child prodigy to classical superstar, the formally attired concert pianist is often described by respected critics and his peers as one of the finest artists in the world.

Sandgate’s 102-year-old heritage listed federation-style Town Hall has a reputation for its excellent acoustics and will provide a gracious backdrop for the concert.

The audience will share the same musical majesty enjoyed by the Danish royal family, Vladimir Putin, George W Bush, Nelson Mandela and

Tickets $35, concessions $30.

Saturday June 6, 7.30pm. Sandgate Town Hall. For bookings and full program visit musicbythesea.com.au

COMING UP AT QPAC Tom Burlinson and his All Star Big Band will re-create Sinatra at the Sands on Friday, June 12, 8pm.

The Queensland Cabaret Festival, Cabaret @ The Cremorne until June 20, brings a big line up of talent bringing glamour, sizzling songs and colourful characters.

The Southern Cross Soloists mark their 20th year with French Revelations on June 28.

For the full program call 136 246 or vist qpac.com.au

RARE GLIMPSE OF HISTORY A rare example of a World War I nurse’s uniform is on display at Miegunyah, home of the Queensland Women’s Historical Society.

The dress is part of a World War I display “We Will Remember” which continues until the end of July.

The uniform, donated by Winifred Croll, a Queensland nurse who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service from1914-16, is one of only a few remaining in Australia.

The grey serge dress is modelled with the red tippet, or shoulder cape, fastened with a silver Rising Sun badge, which converted it into a mess dress.

It’s one of many exhibits in the fascinating display that includes family stories, all in the beautifully restored rooms of the historic home.

Entry $7.50 which includes access to the historic home. Wednesday 10.30am-3pm and weekends 10.30am-4pm. Miegunyah, 35 Jordan Tce, Bowen Hills. Visit miegunyah.org or call 3252 2979.

SPINNERS AND WEAVERS PLAN OPEN DAY The Redlands Spinners and Weavers, now in its 37th year, will showcase its activities for those with an interest in yarn and fibre or who would like to learn how to spin, at its open day.

The lineup includes a display and demonstration of antique spinning wheels; yarn, fibre, handmade soaps, embroidered goods, stationery and pottery yarn bowls for sale and a fashion parade.

Tuesday, June 16, 10am-2pm, Redland Performing Arts Centre, 2-16 Middle St, Cleveland. Entry $5 includes refreshments.

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WHAT’S ON

REVERED CELLIST AT THE CON Internationally renowned cellist, Steven Isserlis, is returning to Australia for his fourth Musica Viva tour and will arrive in Brisbane with exquisite Canadian pianist Connie Shih.

Isserlis is revered amongst cellists not only for his technical mastery, but also for his enquiring mind which seeks out lesser-known repertoire, and his vibrant stage presence which carries his enthusiasm straight to every listener.

With Connie Shih on this tour, Isserlis will create an unforgettable

emotional journey, traversing glorious works by four great composers united by their love of all things French Saint-Saens, Faure, Ades and Franck.

“The pieces I have chosen go really well together,” says Isserlis. “The program is basically Gallic – well, French – except that Cesar Franck was actually Belgian. Thomas Adès’ piece has a French title and he adores Fauré, who is also featured. It all seems to fit together nicely.”

Steven Isserlis is revered amongst cellists not just for his technical mastery, but also for his enquiring mind which seeks out lesser-known repertoire and vibrant stage presence.

Wednesday, June 10, 7pm, Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank. Bookings 136 246, qtix.com.au or musicaviva.com.au

CHOIR SHOWCASES 30 YEARS OF MUSICAL THEATRE The QPAC Choir’s 30th anniversary concert will pay tribute to some of the major musicals that have been performed at QPAC over three decades.

Under choirmaster Tim Sherlock, the 130-voice choir will present a selection of songs from iconic musicals.

This year the concert will feature students from the Queensland Conservatorium and musicians from the Queensland Youth Orchestras.

“Since the first musical at QPAC, The Pirates of Penzance, which commenced on February 7, 1985, there have been around 134 productions of 57 different musicals,” QPAC chief John Kotzas said.

Tuesday, June 23, 7pm, QPAC Concert Hall, $20. Bookings 136 246 or visit qpac.com.au

GET IN THE SWING WITH POPS If swing is your thing, don’t miss the Pops presentation Come Swing Again, featuring international jazz pianist Joe Chindamo performing the music of Duke Ellington.

The Queensland Pops Orchestra with its full big band will bring some of the music of the great jazz bands to the stage.

Also featured will be singer Deborah O’Toole with songs of the great swing artists as well as swing dance group Empire Swing.

JMI New Orleans Street Band will make a special appearance before the concert.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall. Saturday, August 29, 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

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The deadline for entries to the 21st Kingfisher Art Show at Victoria Point, is June 5. Presented by the residents of Salford Waters Retirement Estate, it includes morning and afternoon teas, cake, plant and craft stalls.

All proceeds will benefit the Lions Club of Cleveland Challenge.

If you have an event coming up in July and would like it to be included in our What’s On section, email details to editor@ yourtimemagazine.com.au or post to PO Box 717, Spring Hill 4004 by June 13.

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The organic part is made up of living bone cells and collagen (a special type of protein) that gives the bone flexibility and the ability to perform other important functions in the body.

While I was working in an orthopaedic hospital ward, patients were most commonly diagnosed with a “#N.O.F” – a fractured neck of the femur which is what we would call a broken hip.

It’s often difficult to recover from a broken hip as it can cause significant decline in health. I have a recipe for healthy bones that can help prevent this happening to you.

Ingredients: Calcium (about 1200mg) Phosphorus (about 1000mg) Protein (about 50-75g) Method: Combine the above ingredients with 30 minutes of exercise, in particular weight bearing such as walking and lifting light weights.

Season with 10 minutes of early morning or late afternoon sunlight

(outside peak UV time). Repeat daily.

And here’s the reason.

Calcium forms a major part of the honeycomb structure of bone. Women need 1200mg to counter age-related bone weakening.

Generally speaking, dairy foods are the easiest way to meet this requirement. By the way, it is a myth that dairy products actually strip calcium from your bones. There is no reliable research to support this.

Three and a half serves of dairy a day as the government guidelines recommend (2 cups of milk, 1 slice of cheese and 1 cup of yoghurt) get you very close to the recommended daily amount. If you have a dairy allergy, dislike milk or are vegan, choose a calcium fortified plant alternative such as rice, oat, almond or soy milk.

If you find milk doesn’t agree with you, I would recommend trying a lactose free alternative first.

Hard cheeses and even yoghurt are generally better tolerated than milk.

Other sources of calcium are almonds, seafood, some dark green vegetables and tahini.

Phosphorus is the other major mineral component of bone. It is found in many foods including eggs, meat and fish, seeds, nuts, tofu and dairy. Aim for 1000mg daily.

It is generally easier to get enough phosphorus than calcium although if you are vegetarian or vegan, take care to eat enough fortified dairy and meat alternatives.

Protein also helps reduce muscle wastage and in this way, reduces the risk of falling and the risk of bone breakage should you fall.

Protein is found in meat, fish, poultry, dairy, nuts, seeds and smaller amounts in grains. Make sure you chose lean protein options as often as you can.

It is vital to continue to consume calcium rich foods well into later life.

While osteoporosis can’t be reversed, it can be stopped in its tracks!

If you are at all concerned, see your doctor or dietitian who can organise a DXA scan to reveal your bone mineral density.

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MOTORING

When hitchhiking ruled Sticking out your thumb to get around was the way to go, writes KATE CALLAHAN.

W

ay back when, before life got so complicated and dangerous, I routinely picked up hitchhikers as I motored around the south-east corner of Queensland.

Call me horribly naïve, but in those days it made me feel good, a tad adventurous even, to help out a fellow human being in need and I knew Father Frank would be pleased that I was following his example.

It all started in church that Sunday in the early 1980s. Father Frank was giving his usual forceful performance in the pulpit and on this occasion he was talking about the Good Samaritan.

You remember, of course, the parable of the Jewish man who was attacked by robbers and left for dead.

After two supposedly good people passed him by without rendering aid, it was left to a Samaritan, the natural enemy of the Jew, to assist the injured man. The Samaritan bandaged his wounds, put him on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he paid the innkeeper to care for the poor soul.

We must do the same, urged Father Frank, who said he never failed to stop

SAY what?

SMALL VAN STILL BIG RIG I drive coaches all over the world and have long experience driving semitrailers here and the UK. I can tell you, handling a caravan behind a small or medium size vehicle is as big a job as driving a “big rig”. We, by law, need special licences to do our job as professional drivers of these big machines and yet we share the road with some persons pulling caravans without any training and no special licence.

Clive Sandison LAW NEEDS CHANGING Thank you for stating an argument I have had for many years. The law is wrong.

We have had a motorhome weighing less than four tonnes, obviously not articulated in any way, that requires only a car licence to drive.

The obvious thing to note here is that under four tonnes would generally mean

for a hitchhiker. With all due respect to the good Father, I didn’t always take notice of what he said. Sometimes, I didn’t even hear what he said, but on this occasion as I sat in the second front pew, his words went straight to my heart – my bleeding heart, that is.

There was the young musician whose car had broken down. She didn’t mind leaving the car on the side of the road, but the harp had to come with us.

Somehow we managed to get the unwieldy instrument into the back seat of my two door coupe. She was so grateful she cried, telling me her husband would be very angry that she was late home without the car. He wasn’t so concerned about the harp, it seemed. The following week she wrote to thank me for helping her out and offered to play for free at my 40th birthday party the following month.

Then there was the young fellow on the Bruce Highway just south of Cooroy on Christmas Eve. His black Metallica T-shirt screamed “don’t stop”, but I did anyway as my heavy rocker son had one just the same.

He’d hitchhiked all the way from Perth and was determined to get to his

family in Gympie by Christmas. I know he made it.

Fast forward to 2015. Would any right-minded individual stop for a hitchhiker? Not on your nelly, not even this old bleeding-heart, who without compunction picked up dozens of colourful individuals on the side of the road in days gone by.

And to be fair, would any rightminded individual accept a lift from a stranger? No way. Ivan Milat saw to that. These days we are hypersensitive to perceived risk of any description – and modern cars cater to our fears by providing an extraordinary level of safety technology.

My car has seven (or maybe nine) airbags and various other crash protection features. It also has automatic emergency braking, electronic stability control and traction control.

So the car is safe, much safer than the two door coupe I drove to death in the 1970s and 1980s. But do I feel safer?

Sadly, I don’t and I’ll tell you why.

The motoring experience today is far more unpredictable than it once was. I lock my doors when driving

through certain inner city areas for fear of someone jumping into my car or grabbing my handbag when I’m stopped at the lights.

Carjacking incidents are not exclusive to the Gold Coast. I wouldn’t dream of blasting my horn at a fellow driver, however reckless and rude. Too many violent road rage incidents have started with a simple honk and I’m not prepared to be a statistic or headline.

When an empty bottle, thrown carelessly or wilfully from a tradie’s utility, hit my windscreen recently on the M1, I never said a word, no rude gesture, no glare, nothing. My mantra is keep on driving if possible and worry about the damage later.

I rarely want to turn back the clock, but I would love to recapture the fun and adventure of driving in the 1970s and 1980s, when ignorance was bliss and life behind the wheel seemed carefree and predictable – except you never knew who you might meet around the next corner.

Thank you for your responses to my question about the risks associated with towing a caravan and whether some sort of training should be required. Here are two of your replies. an average size motorhome.

However, as the law stands, if the motorhome weighs more, then a light truck licence is required. The point to note here is when the motorhome gets larger and therefore heavier, a different category of licence must be used. They get longer, not wider, as 2.4m is as wide as they are allowed to be made.

However, I can buy a caravan weighing anything I choose (the fifthwheeler types can weigh with vehicle up to eight tonnes) but only require a car licence, no pre training in how to set the rig up for towing and even worse, never having towed a vehicle in my life.

You have to think that with nearly half a million caravans out there, there are many who do not know how to drive such a rig.

Our experience, having travelled around Australia for four years working and living in our motorhome, we have seen people of both sexes drive into a

caravan park on their own and ask a fellow caravanner to reverse the van into their site! Surely the basics of reversing must be taught. Granted it is not easy, but I know my limitations and don’t endanger other people on the road.

We have seen caravans flip on their sides when road trains pass them going the opposite direction. The wind buffering when two vehicles pass each other at 100km/h gives the caravan a side push and suddenly the foot goes on the brake. It’s the worst thing to do in this situation and usually ends in disaster.

Education is the key. Driver training in towing a vehicle, setting up rigs and towing weights and then a licence is essential for driving such rigs. The law needs changing before innocent people are killed by those who hook up caravans to live the dream without knowing how to safely handle them.

TELL US what you think

If you have had any experience on the roads you would like to share, or any other motoring related issues that you consider worthy of further discussion, I would love to hear from you.

Email me at kate@ yourtimemagazine.com. au or write to Kate Callahan, Your Time Magazine, PO Box 717, Spring Hill 4004.

Glenn Crawford

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TRAVEL

A perfect weekend: 48 hours in Hobart There’s never a dull moment in the Tasmanian capital with this action-packed escape.

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Why? Airfare prices dropped, a world-class art gallery hit town and an unexpected mention on Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Cities to Visit brought international eyes and acclaim.

And so this beautiful harbour city was reborn; a destination once so easily fobbed off by Aussies became a magnet for its natural beauty, modern frills and historic stature. Explore Hobart with this jam-packed weekend itinerary.

SATURDAY 9am: Start your weekend at Salamanca Place, lined by four-storey 19th century Georgian sandstone warehouses and plane trees. This revitalised stretch of shops, galleries and eateries springs to life with colourful markets. Browse the stalls, pick up some breakfast and soak up the ambience.

11am: Follow Kelly’s Steps into the heart of Battery Point, one of Hobart’s oldest areas and a treasure trove of

colonial charm. Amble and admire the 19th century cottages squished between the grand mansions before pulling up a stool in one of the heritage pubs for lunch.

2pm: For a unique art experience, don’t miss the world-class, highly acclaimed MONA (Museum of Old and New Art). It’s no conventional gallery, and that’s why it’s fascinating.

3.30pm: Conveniently, MONA is perched on Tasmania’s second-oldest vineyard, Moorilla Estate. Catch a winery tour and tasting at 3.30pm or do it at your own pace. The Moo Brewery is also onsite, offering tasting tours at 4pm.

7pm: Trendy and tasty, North Hobart is where the locals go for dinner, so follow their lead and explore the restaurants and drinking holes that have popped up.

SUNDAY 9am: The only way to truly appreciate Hobart’s magnificent harbour is from the water, so spend your morning on a scenic sailing tour. Help hoist the sails

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or relax with a platter of gourmet produce.

1pm: Cascade Brewery is a worthy visit for many a reason, not least because it’s Australia’s oldest brewery.

Established in 1832, its castle-like facade sits shrouded in hop vines by the Hobart Rivulet. Take a brewery tour, wander the manicured gardens and enjoy lunch in the historic surrounds.

3pm: A short wander from the brewery is the ruins of the Cascades Female Factory, one of only 11 World

Heritage Australian Convict Sites.

Explore on your own or with a guided tour.

4pm: The best views in Hobart can be found atop Mount Wellington which, in winter, is dusted with a layer of snow.

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TRAVEL < The Santorini church scene that’s often spotted in Greek restaurants everywhere.

It’s all Greek islands to me Bustling harboursides, ancient ruins, cobbled streets, superb beaches and the food – seafood, olives, rich red tomatoes – it’s all waiting.

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PARKLING clear waters for a swim, charming village streets to wander and great food – what more could you want?

The Greek islands have it all and with direct flights to Athens, it’s all too easy.

From Athens airport, it’s an easy run down to the port of Piraeus and then the Aegean Sea is your oyster.

And it doesn’t have to break the budget although, despite the precarious state of the Greek economy, don’t expect super cheap, just cheap.

Trains run from the airport to the city every 30 minutes, seven days a week from 6.30am to 11.30pm and fares are about $10 or half that if you are over 65.

The trip takes about 40 minutes to Monastiraki where it’s an easy change to the green line for the 30 minute ride

to the port.

Alternatively, if you get in early enough there is a bus direct to Piraeus along the coast from the airport.

Piraeus is a busy place, with ships and ferries in all shapes and sizes regularly setting off to the island of your choice.

There’s no need to lock in. Simply front at the port ticket office, then choose an island and a boat to get there.

Many leave early morning, so it’s a good idea to check in at the Ionian Hotel which is a stroll from the port and the Metro.

There’ll be a warm welcome waiting from owner Takis Saxionis who will also point out the nearby restaurants and cafes. And watch for the bakeries that stock a selection of sweet treats to rival any French patisserie.

While Santorini and Mykonos are the best known and recognised islands, (those white churches with the bright blue domes) they are also the busiest and there is a choice of equally beautiful islands.

All have sensational beaches, restaurants lining the harbour with seafood specialties and at least one remnant of the glory days of Ancient Greece.

Amorgos is quiet and relaxing; mountainous but the steep walk to the monastery is worthwhile. Patmos is where the Bible’s book of Revelations was written and has the monastery of St John the Divine and the Byzantine road to the cave of the Apocalypse.

Leros has the art deco town of Lakki, a remnant of its Italian occupation. Samos is a big island with lots of mountains and the Eupalinus Tunnel, a marvel of ancient engineering.

Sifnos is small, has a relaxed feel and monasteries on its rocky foreshores. Milos has Paleochori where the sand is warmed by thermal activity. Paros is quiet and relaxing with the traditional village of Lefkes and its huge church. And that’s just the start.

Then there’s Naxos, a peaceful island in the Cyclades group which is a good spot to bunk down for a few days and soak up the whole Greek Island experience. According to mythology, the young Zeus was raised in a cave here.

Getting there can be by a fast Seajet catamaran ($80) or the ferry ($50) which at 5.5 hours takes two hours longer but is a leisurely trip to enjoy the views of passing islands.

There is an abundance of accommodation on Naxos but Studio Stratos has Nick and Angela who make

A fisherman works on his boat at Naxos.

you feel part of their family.

It’s well located for exploring both the old town and village square, the port and the beach.

Nick will be waiting at the wharf for the drive to the apartments near St George beach, although, as the road must pass around the old town, it is just as easy to walk.

Nearby, guarding the waterfront in front of the Town Hall is the Sphinx of Naxos, a smaller version of its more famous ancestor which is now in the museum in Delphi.

The remains of Apollo’s Temple are on the headland.

Take a bus or hire a car for a trip around the island or to visit the emery mines, marble mine and the town of Apollonas or simply set off from home and wander the stone streets up to the castle, swim at St Georges beach, loll on the beach with a drink and watch the sun set and take your pick from the many good restaurants.

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TRAVEL

Captured at Boggo Road There’s many a story in the cell blocks, cells and exercise yards in a jail tour that gives a very real glimpse of prison life down the years.

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n San Francisco it’s Alcatraz, Tasmania has Port Arthur, there’s old Melbourne Gaol and in Brisbane, Boggo Road.

The notorious old prison now has guided tours giving a fascinating insight to this historic prison which found itself in the middle of suburbia.

While Boggo Road sounds a mean enough name to give a place of incarceration, it is much simpler. The old track near the site selected for a prison in the late 19th century, would always get boggy when it rained.

Punishment is very much part of Brisbane’s history. The city began as the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement and from 1824-42, a decade before Port Arthur and Melbourne, it was known as the most evil convict outpost of the British Empire.

The prison at Boggo Rd opened in 1883 as the Brisbane Prison, with just one cell block. It grew to have two divisions. The first and largest was closed as recently as 1992 and was

demolished in 1996. Division 2 closed in 1989, is heritage listed and is the site of the Boggo Road Gaol tours.

From 1901-1903 it was known as HM Prison for Women and held 82 females.

It was needed to contain all the women who were running amok in Fortitude Valley – drunk and disorderly, soliciting, assaulting and swearing at police, a crime which could end with three months in jail.

This women’s prison later became the maximum security area for men transferred from St Helena island. The sign at front still shows where “WO” was dropped off so it could read “HM Prison for Men”.

The tour starts at the gatehouse entry, the main gates. There was also an armory and a space for the bell that organised the prison’s day, starting with the wakeup call at 6am.

This bell was so accurate that local residents could set their watch by it and they protested in 1968 when it was

The “wo” was removed from the sign when the men moved in (above) and the tour explores the inner yards of the prison as well as the old cells.

replaced with a buzzer. Another bell in Division 1 had a much more sinister use. It announced an execution, always at 8am on a Monday.

The tour then moves into The Circle where three big old brick cell blocks – labelled D, E and F are of such a foreboding Victorian appearance it’s hard to imagine they were still the main Brisbane Prison in 1989.

The knowledgeable tour guide tells the stories that visitors want to hear – executions and escapes, terrible suffering and great kindness, mean crimes and tough sentences.

The guide shares little anecdotes such as the women prisoners tending the gardens and making it the most beautiful prison in the country when it opened in 1901. When the men arrived, the gardens had to go because the male

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prisoners were using the brick edging as weapons.

Boggo Rd gained some notoriety in 1988 when, with World Expo in town, protesting prisoners took to climbing on to the roof of cellblock F to gain attention.

Prisoners loved to watch Days of our Lives on the big old TV encased above a table in the exercise yard; all escapes were in broad daylight; lashings were still handed out until 1931; and the longest sentence in the totally black solitary confinement cell was 30 days.

So many stories and that was only one tour. There is also an Escapes Tour, a night Ghost Tour and a tour led by ex-inmates and guards.

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TRAVEL

On track with the world’s great rail journeys The romance of rail travel lives on as luxury trains make their way through stunning landscapes on every continent.

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BOOK REVIEW

ELIZABETH PASCOE

Geraldine Brooks has taken the title of this book from a poem written by John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis (Latin for year of miracles). This historical novel is based on events from later 1665 to November 1666, in the village of Eyam in the Derbyshire Dales.

The author has balanced the awfulness of the plague and how it affected residents with beautiful descriptions of the surrounding countryside. We are shown frailty, ignorance, suspicion, brutality and mayhem counterbalanced with love, compassion, and grit not to give in to the disease. It was an interesting read but the ending was a little too syrupy for my taste.

TONY HARRINGTON

I found this novel well crafted and an interesting story. It was a little heavy going initially but lightened up as the story progressed and a bit Mills and Boonish towards the end.

The main characters, Mr Mompellion and Anna Frith, are slightly unrealistic and a little too wonderful in this year of sorrows. Also, Anna’s father had no redeeming qualities. However, the overdone characterisation helped spice up the narrative with its themes of tragedy, good and evil.

It made me wonder how I would act faced with a similar family and community disaster. Not a bad effort for a fictional debut. Support Australian authors. 7/10

BOOK review JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT This is not a book I would enthusiastically recommend to friends. While the author has written in a style that makes the characters and their lifestyle believable for England in the 17th century, the storyline is a confusion of fact and fiction, not at all convincing in the way plague spreads through the village and to those that survive or perish.

On the positive side, Geraldine Brooks develops and describes her characters so well that you see them, both good and evil, very clearly, and the setting for the story is vividly painted in the reader’s mind.

SHEILA BRYDEN

Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks Harper Collins.

I enjoyed this book the first time I read it but have changed my view after reading other historical fiction, a genre that not everyone writes well. The heart of the story, a village beset by the plague choosing to isolate itself from other communities, remains strong.

As this was based on true events, the reader can only admire and wonder at the selfless actions of the villagers.

The author has written a well-researched fictional account of that event and gives a strong and convincing voice to Anna, the protagonist of the story. However, that wasn’t enough for me to enjoy a second reading.

A young woman’s struggle to save her family and her soul during 1666, when plague suddenly visited a small Derbyshire village.

Desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and murderous witch-hunting until, led by a young, charismatic preacher, they elect to isolate themselves in a fatal quarantine.

The story is told through the eyes of Anna Frith who, at 18, must contend with the death of her family, the disintegration of her society, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit attraction. The novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of 17th century science and religion to deal with a seemingly diabolical pestilence.

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Do yourself a favour and read this book. It is told from the point of view of Anna, a lowly maid who works at the vicarage in her small English village. As the plague progresses, Anna takes on new roles such as midwife and herbalist. Her skills and confidence grow with what life has thrust upon her.

Her sorrows compound too. Brooks has crafted a beautiful novel. She uses words and phrases that bring the reader smackbang into Anna’s rural life. I genuinely connected with Anna and the challenges she faced. Twists in the final chapters were unexpected and kept me wondering until the end.

I love a novel based on fact. I love it more when the characters are fleshed out so vividly they become part of the reader’s thoughts while turning the pages. Initially I was distracted by the use of “ye olde English” words (perhaps there could have been a glossary) but that soon passed. There were certainly no “wonders” for close to two-thirds of the book, as people were dropping like flies.

Descriptions were harsh and the gloom compounded by the fanaticism of the Rector convincing villagers to isolate themselves.

The wonder to me was Anna’s journey to maturity. I quite liked her by the conclusion, which was climactic and unexpected.

Worth reading!

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Herb of grace and speedy growth

Coriander looks good in a garden pot and can also spice up a pot or two in the kitchen.

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his is the best time of year to grow coriander, that most pungent of common culinary herbs and one which should be used only with discretion.

Coriander, known to Americans as cilantro and to Elizabethans as the “herb of grace”, is a speedy little grower that comes on too fast in summer and bolts to seed before you’ve had time to enjoy it.

Because it’s a standard in Asian cooking, gardeners tend to think of coriander as a “hot” climate herb but while a hard frost will kill it, the herb of grace is believed to originate in the eastern Mediterranean.

So I don’t bother with it in summer but buy and plant my seedlings in April/May. In early spring, usually about August/September, the leaves thin out and the plant produces lacy pink or white flowers and then seeds.

If you harvest the seeds you can enjoy the flavour of coriander in cooking throughout the summer – though the flavour is much milder than that of the leaves.

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To grow coriander in the ground you need a light, loamy soil that has been sweetened with dolomite to make it slightly alkaline – a pH of about 6.5 is ideal. If the soil is too acid the leaves will be small, sparse and bitter. One coriander plant is sufficient to last the season but if you are a very big user then plant more. The easiest

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Water regularly so that the soil doesn’t completely dry out.

Fertilising is not really necessary in good, loamy, well-composted soil but any delayed-release granules or liquid plant food will encourage a bushier plant.

Coriander is a great pot plant; just make sure the mix never gets either too wet or too dry.

It looks decorative on a sunny windowsill or patio, where the leaves can easily be harvested with scissors.

Potting mix containing fertiliser granules will feed the plant adequately, otherwise use a liquid feed.

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Finding lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairy tea and rainbows

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS QUICK CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Happiness is up to you, says DAVID PARMITER who overcame the dire events of his childhood.

SUDOKU (HARD)

SUDOKU (EASY)

WORD FIND

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PERMUTATE BOXED, abode-adobe, bated, bathe, batch, WATCH There may be other correct answers

SCATTERWORD FOREBODED, forebode, before, eroded, fodder, doofer, boded, breed, bored, boree, defer, freed, erode, rodeo, bode, bred, beef, beer, oboe, bore, erbo, robe, deed, feed, deer, reed, dero, doer, rode, free, reef, fore.

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was eight years old when my world collapsed. I was hit with a severe mystery illness that cut short my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career, broke up my family and blighted my childhood.

On a family camping trip to France we breakfasted on cereal with fresh milk from the cows.

Within just 12 months I had developed tuberculosis in the left hip socket. Yes, TB from the land of Louis Pasteur. My childhood came to an abrupt end.

I spent the next two years in a sanatorium in southern England

win some. You make your own mark in life.

At 22, I graduated from university and for reasons of political upheaval in the UK immediately emigrated to Australia to find a new life. My mother was devastated at losing her son for the third time and this time probably for good. It was 1968.

The lesson from all of this is very positive. Children are remarkable in that they quickly learn resilience, strength and self-discipline. All my life I have had nobody to lean on except myself. In my career with ABC TV and in my personal life, I have forged success and happiness. My children have been lucky.

The message in all of this is spoken by Hamlet. If you can â&#x20AC;&#x153;suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take arms against a sea of troublesâ&#x20AC;? then nothing will prevent you from drinking rainbow tea and discovering the magic in this world.

If you can create it for yourself.

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David as a boy with his mother.

with my left leg strapped by ropes over a pulley to two bags of lead shot, to stretch the bones apart.

I was one of 26 children, bedridden and separated from family, friends and a normal life. There were twice-daily injections of streptomycin into my dartboard bum â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no fairy tea or rainbows for us, just regimented and uniformed hospital routine. Get used to it.

At the age of 10, I was finally released on crutches to my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delight and relief but to my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rejection of me as â&#x20AC;&#x153;uselessâ&#x20AC;?.

A year later I was sent away to spend eight years incarcerated in an English boys boarding school, once again separated from family, friends and a normal life. My mother was heartbroken.

At school I was known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weedâ&#x20AC;?. I was not all allowed to do gym, forced to do piano and generally put down by everybody.

But I excelled in acting and I usually won the school drama prize.

I also played piano and organ for school services. You lose some, you

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PUZZLES

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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One circled carefully and then made peace (10) Considered, with his outďŹ t, as being rather a pale coloured (7) Looks at the similarities of hurricanes and needles (4) Using a hot weapon can cause damage (4) Bracket of an odd shape?

Insert carefully! (11) Summer treats made under the auspices of the USA (4) Etch artwork at college (4) Being unwittingly praised for depression? (7) Speculation causes one to foolishly reject United Nations company (10)

No. 2502

The buying back of red pimento recipes (10) 2 Pam left the spilt shampoo with exclamations of delight (4) 3 Attach ropes loosely, causing a disaster (11) 4 Turned red with embarrassment and got out of bed rich! (4) 5 That part of the brain that is only semi-worldly? (10) 6 Grew tired of having a dewier plot (7) 7 A proliďŹ c little breeder absolutely blitzed the rams (7) 12 Joined in all four directions.. (4) 13 Shade one in explosive (4)

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WORK IT OUT!

SUDOKU Level: Hard

No. 17

agapanthus aster banksia daisy daphne fuchsia geranium holly hydrangea iris jasmine

No. 730

jonquil lavender lilac lily lotus pansy petunia rose tulip violet

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PUZZLES

QUICK CROSSWORD

No. 3603

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SUDOKU Level: Easy

No. 729

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Form at least one nine letter word from the given letters and as many other words as possible of four or more letters. Each word must contain the letter in the central circle. Simple plurals, formed by adding “s” are not counted as extra words. No prefixes or suffixes. Reference: The Macquarie Concise Dictionary.

PERMUTATE

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Increased in scope Make site available to public again At a distance Discharging the contents of One who keeps a record of points gained Quality of sound Connoisseurs Jewish teacher Landed Dirt Noteworthy deed Avoid Small aromatic shrub Serious (eg. situation)

31 Least moist 32 Thin, high tapering heel 35 Cut into cubes 36 Garden building 37 Hangs

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Naturally deposited ice crystals 2 Luminous ring around sun or moon 3 Enlivened 4 Bland soft food 5 Subsequently 6 But more than that 7 Nonsense 8 Break down and absorb (food) 13 Part of eye 14 Deduction

17 Competitors expected to lose 18 Bodily disorder 19 Large carnivores 23 Containers for liquids 24 Keeps away from 26 Ate sparingly 28 Female kin 30 Distinctive spirit of a group 33 Projecting rim 34 Number

BOXED

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