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Editor’s note

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ucked away in a small newspaper column was what I would have thought would be the biggest news this century.

Scientists have come up with a 10-minute test to diagnose cancer. It looks for genetic material in a drop of saliva and early tests from lung cancer patients suggest it has near-perfect accuracy.

It can be done in a doctor’s office while you wait. Imagine that!

I am surprised by two things – one, that it makes such a small ripple on the news scene and two, that it has taken so long to get to this point.

Considering that there is only one degree of separation from cancer for

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Contents most of the population, and it is the cause of so much personal heartache and suffering, it always amazes me that a society that can put man on the moon, create an information superhighway and come up with phones that do everything, can’t get rid of this scourge.

It comes up because a friend who, in the weeks before Christmas, sat with me whinging about the small stuff, as you do, is unlikely to be around next month. So quick and so devastating. Let’s hope the saliva test will be able to change all this.

On a brighter note, this month we congratulate our book reviewer Tony Harrington on his Australia Day gong and we also meet the old musos who are still rocking it and getting back with old bandmates.

Hopefully this means that by the time I land in a nursing home, the days of singing Vera Lynn’s hits around a piano will have been replaced by the rock’n’rollers.

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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Play it again – and keep on playing Music is memories and for the music makers, you’re never too old to keep feeding the nostalgia machine, writes ALAN LANDER. duos and bands feeding the nostalgia beast, turning out often good – sometimes very ordinary - renditions of music from the fifties right through to the end of the century.

“It’s changed significantly.

They used to put on World War II specials in the RSLs; now they’re looking for AC/DC and Muddy Waters.�

The Claptomaniacs demonstrate you can still have the moves like Jagger and your own audience.

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he Rolling Stones cop it all the time in the media.

Wrinkled, past it, drug-worn and still determined to prove they’re invincible, we’re told.

True, Keith Richards, who turned 72 last December, can look a little scary sometime, but not all older musos were

as reckless with the drugs and the booze.

As part of the vibrant music scene in South-East Queensland, it’s amazing to see so many musicians in the 50-plus age bracket still knocking it out in the clubs, pubs, cafes and restaurants.

When I think back to when my

father was my current age in the UK, I really can’t recall a whole generation of his peers actively emulating Count Basie or Tommy Dorsey, or flogging Frank Sinatra or Peggy Lee tribute bands to the local watering holes.

Or maybe I just wasn’t looking.

But today, there are many soloists,

Cynics will say we’re all constantly re-living some past desire for fame, but the reality is we just love playing music – and for many of us, we’ve been playing for so long we have become very good at it.

Every person goes through that oh-so-sensual period of puberty and the meeting our first loves, and the soundtrack to that incredible experience becomes an integral and treasured part of our lives. continued over>

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<from previous page Further on in life, we experience other intense emotional episodes – and again, the music of the time records these moments for us forever.

Greg Eastwood is truly a child of the ’70s.

Now 55, Eastwood started classical piano at age nine, and evolved into the modern music scene by age 17.

He has been involved in the family business, Thomas Textiles in Brisbane’s Acacia Ridge, for 38 years, but has always made time for his greater love – music – throughout that time.

“We grew up on Little River Band, Steely Dan, the Doobies – serious music, which is making a comeback,” he says.

Now it’s back to the future for him, as he leads the Little Steely Brothers, which covers a range of ’70s music – and he’s “gobsmacked” by it.

“My musical career has never been better,” Eastwood says. “The irony is we are having more success now than at any other time in my musical career.

“There’s always a good turnout of fans and I am just gobsmacked by how well it’s going in the twilight of my musical career.”

Eastwood reckons he and his fellow members of the six-piece band are playing and singing better than ever before.

“Like a good wine, we seem to be getting better with age,” he quips.

Fans appreciate the ‘real’ music.

“It’s fully live; we use instruments, not hi-tech equipment making sounds – and fans appreciate the real thing.

“I get beside myself seeing these

duos – they’re like karaoke. Hours sweating in rehearsal rooms seems to be a thing of the past.”

Eastwood knows he will at some stage retire from running the family business.

He picked up his first ‘harp’ as a 40th birthday present.

“Initially I put it in the cupboard for a couple of years as I didn’t have time to deal with it. I was very amateur and occasionally I played some event

Greg Eastwood manages the family business at Acacia Ridge between music sessions.

But music’s another story.

“We’ve even joked about doing the nursing home circuit,” he says. “I’ll still be playing when they put me in the pine box.”

Noosa deputy mayor and former Sunshine Coast mayor Bob Abbot is well-known on the Sunshine Coast for his prowess with the harmonica.

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locally; but it was something I enjoyed, and it was what kept my equilibrium,” Abbot, 65, says.

Musical ability wasn’t in the family lineage, as his father was barely musical, sitting around barbecues “strumming a guitar”.

“He didn’t play it properly, basically just keeping time,” Abbot says.

“But now I am more into entertainment I understand what you can exude and what people want to enjoy.”

Abbot is finishing his final stint in public life following a stellar 30-year career but retirement is the last thing on his mind.

“In the last 15 years in mayoralty I played as often as I could, but never got an opportunity to play properly. After my (Sunshine Coast) mayoralty stint in 2012 I found myself wanting to do better so I learned more about tone and melody, and the more I learned the better I got.

“Now I enjoy playing and I’ve been lucky, playing with two bands, and playing with some great people. We respect each other’s skills and abilities.”

Abbot looks at the local scene and is equally surprised and buoyed by the number of musical seniors in – or still in – the game.

“I think there’s a lot of people in my situation who have enjoyed making music over the years but never had the chance to do it properly,” Abbot says.

“They’re starting to come out now, with a bit of a revival in older music.

Venues, RSLs, places like that are looking for entertainment that the older generation appreciate.

“It’s changed significantly. They used to put on World War II specials in the RSLs; now they’re looking for AC/ DC and Muddy Waters.”

So is it just a Baby Boomer thing?

Abbot says yes – and no.

“It certainly is a Baby Boomer phenomenon. But I think it will go on.

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There’s another generation behind us with even more leisure time and they will be doing something similar. They’ll probably be reproducing Lady Gaga songs in 30 years’ time.”

Science teacher-turned commercial photographer Jonathan May plays keyboards in The Claptomaniacs, a five-piece rhythm and blues outfit covering a range of ’70s music including Clapton – hence the name and other classics from that decade.

Like Abbot, the 61-year-old ex-New Zealander sees music and photography as a passport to staying active into later years.

“Both music and photography are activities I can pursue well into older age,” he says, but acknowledges that music’s late nights and the shifting of musical gear to and from venues could be the arbiters of a decision on when to give it away.

May suffered a stroke 15 years ago, but fully recovered. He says there will always be a market for audiences wanting to reach back to their teenage years.

“Our generation who were teenagers through the ’70s – it’s the teenage music that sticks with you the longest,” he says. “You are emotionally receptive then. You feel everything more keenly and it makes a lasting impression.

“You play that music now and people say that’s when it really was music. It’s so enjoyable to play and it

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“It’s five people trying to coordinate something quite complex so that it doesn’t turn into a train wreck.”

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There are intelligent venues management and bands who know today’s more mature audiences do not want their ears blown off when they come out to listen to live music.

They know these audiences don’t want to be surrounded by bingedrinking head-bangers.

And there are so many good musicians and bands, they are spoilt for choice.

Music and dance keeps us all younger, more social and active, and in touch with the strongest emotions we have ever felt. Enjoy.

Alan Lander is a Sunshine Coast-based journalist (of a certain maturity) and is also drummer for The Claptomaniacs.

“Both music and photography are activities I can pursue well into older age,”

Jonathan May, 61, at the keyboard for the Claptomaniacs.

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The Tribe speaks loud and clear WITH domestic violence still rampant in our society and alcohol fuelled aggression causing death with coward punches, members of the Men’s Shed believe it is time to stand up and be counted on this blight on our country.

We would like to make the following statement, pledge and plan of action: Real men have got to tell all men If you go down the road of domestic violence. Assaulting women and or King Hit /Coward Punch. Then we cannot defend you. You will be banished from the tribe.

With that said, we must provide avenues for men to find support, advice and training for any man who finds he may be heading down the wrong path in life.

We are presently investigating how Shed members can mentor young men in our society who want to be helped and to provide information, contacts

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE – With David Parmiter and a general understanding to our members to pass on to family members, friends and associates.

Terry Welch

Language minding I taught languages for over 40 years and always enjoy reading David Parmiter’s articles in Your Time. I agree wholeheartedly with David’s view that when it comes to the written word, we should all be able to write correctly in the English language.

In the paragraph beginning “From Chaucer, through Shakespeare” (Feb) I was somewhat surprised to find that David used the singular verb “is”.

I counted three subjects in that sentence: “spelling”, “pronunciation” and “daily use”.

Ian Wood

Reader feedback I have just received my first-ever copy of Your Time. What a wonderful magazine. It’s the first time I’ve been able to enjoy all the articles from the first page to the last! The puzzles are a bonus. So refreshing.

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SOMETIMES I despair about the ways in which many people use the English language. Or, more accurately, MIS-use the English language.

I suppose we are becoming used to split infinitives and the incorrect use of apostrophes. You know: “to proactively manage”, “to immediately cease” or “fish-nchip’s” and “closed on Sunday’s” with unnecessary apostrophes in silly place’s.

Oh, and there’s no apostrophe in “places”, thank you! There is NO Apostrophe in a plural. Full stop.

So the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s never take an apostrophe. OK? If you want to put in an apostrophe, it replaces the dropped 19- at the front: ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s would be correct.

But the mistake that really gets up my nose is “different to”. You cannot be “different to”, or make something “different to”.

By definition it has to be different FROM. Now, why is that?

Take the words “converge” and “diverge”. “Con-verge” means to come together, as in converging lines or roads.

“Di-verge” means to move apart as in diverging views or roads.

Con- means towards, and di- means

apart. They are di-fferent.

The word “different” or the verb “to differ” comes from the Latin verb fero, feri, tuli, latum, meaning “to make”; I make, you make, I made (past tense); I have made (past participle).

So di-fero means “I make, or move apart”. You say something and “I beg to differ”.

I differentiate or make different.

So you can only differ FROM something, in order to move apart. You cannot differ TO something which involves getting closer.

If I beg to differ it can only be FROM you, not TO you.

If all of this sounds petty and irrelevant in a constantly changing modern English, well maybe we should make a stand for getting it right, at least in public utterances.

Learning in school where words come from, what they mean literally and how they should be used correctly in spoken or written communication should be basic to the teaching and learning of English.

Your opinions may be different to mine (ouch!); but they can only be different from mine. And that’s the big difference.

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Seniors Plus branded goods used the Commonwealth coat of arms accompanied by the words “Australian Government”, “Department of Health and Ageing” and “Therapeutic Goods Administration” in its brochure.

The words “TGA Approved products” were used elsewhere in the brochures.

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NEWS

A great honour Congratulations to ANTHONY HARRINGTON for his Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day honours list.

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ong before he “retired” and added ‘Your Time book reviewer’ to his long list of activities, Dr Anthony Harrington spent four decades making a difference in the lives of the sick and injured.

His CV is impressive, yet he has modestly attributed his award to the team who worked with him.

“Quality emergency health care can only occur when there is great teamwork between all the emergency service agencies,” he says.

Married to Sue and with three adult children, he said his family had supported him throughout his career.

Tony was Nambour General Hospital’s director of emergency medicine from 1989 to 2000, but he also dedicated much of his time to fundraising activities with local groups including Lions,

Rotary, Jaycees, the Variety Club, Ronald McDonald House and the Nambour General Hospital Wishlist program.

With help from Wishlist, he also developed a private courtyard garden where emergency workers and ambulance and police officers could relax and de-stress on their break. It was named in his honour in 2011.

Tony was Queensland’s first training registrar in emergency medicine and became a senior trauma instructor with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He also used his knowledge and skills to foster emergency teamwork, training and education for doctors, nurses, ambulance and police officers, SES,

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lifeguards, schools and the community.

In the 1980s, concerned that people in remote communities might spend days on the road to reach a hospital, he decided to do something about it. The result was LifeFlight, a helicopter rescue service based at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1985; followed in 1989 by the Emergency Medical Helicopter Outreach Service to rural and remote communities in

South-East Queensland based on the Sunshine Coast.

With Hayden Kenny and ambulance officer Peter LeLievre, he established the first defibrillation program in Australia for cardiac arrest patients by lifeguards.

One of his pet projects was inaugural research on intranasal fentanyl for children, in 1999. In layman’s speak, that’s a painless way of giving strong pain relief to children.

“It’s a little spray up the

nose that works like an intravenous injection,” he says.

“We did the first research and the technique is now used worldwide.”

Despite dedicating much of his working life to helping others and providing services to the health department, Dr Harrington, 64, has struggled with his own health issues.

“I’ve retired due to health reasons,” he says. “I’ve lived for 40 years with insulindependent diabetes and had significant vision problems.”

He may have slowed but he hasn’t stopped in retirement. As well as reviewing books, he works as a volunteer at the Woombye Library, is a publicity officer and plays tennis four to five times a week.

“My vision limits my ability to play tennis but it’s much easier than working,” the retiree says.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

High flyer still liking that old time rock‘n roll

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n the late 1950s America had The Comets and Brisbane had The Planets, one of the city’s two leading rock and roll bands and the first in Queensland to appear as a support act for the big name national and international performers.

The six-man group consisted of Rob Tonge (lead guitar), John Reed (bass), Brian Gagen (saxophone), Steve Neale (piano), Bobby Richards (drums) and Johnny Pickering, who sang under the name Johnny Pal, as vocalist.

Today, after losing touch with one another for many years, the four surviving band members Tonge, Gagen, Richards and Neale still try to get together once a year at Gagen’s Mt Mee property to play the old music and remember how much fun they had back in the late 1950s and early ‘60s.

Rob Tonge, 77, who now lives at Coolum Beach with Barbara, his wife of 55 years, fondly recalls those days when the band would play at venues such as Brisbane City Hall, the Railway Institute and Festival Hall and were known as The Gentlemen of Rock and

Roll. The Planets soon developed their own following in entertainmentstarved Brisbane and were sometimes asked to perform on the same bill as visitors such as Col Joye and Rob Tonge Johnny O’Keeffe and international teen idols such as The Champs and Fabian.

“We were pioneers in every sense,” Rob recalls. “We had small amplifiers and the first electric bass in Queensland. We had to improvise. No sound mixers – we found our own balance of sound and it seemed to please the audience.”

Rob loved being a muso – but he loved flying more and decided to become a professional pilot. In fact, the gigs paid for some of his early flying lessons on Tiger Moths out at Archerfield and when doing his night

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flying training, he would often go straight from a gig to the airport.

He progressed to a commercial licence and charter flying and then became a pilot with Ansett ANA. And sold his guitar, because he no longer had time to play but he didn’t lose touch with popular music. As a pilot he often found himself flying international performers such as The Kinks, Manfred Mann and Peter, Paul and Mary.

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Later, he founded his own tourism planning and development consultancy and, as part of this, wrote several popular manuals on the subject.

Twelve years ago Rob was diagnosed with prostate cancer and although he responded well to treatment, the disease has recently returned. The music helps get him through the difficult times, he says, now that he is back playing the guitar.

He remains a busy man despite the cancer, diabetes and arthritis. He is co-coordinator of the Sunshine Coast Prostate Cancer Support group, grows his own vegetables, makes model aircraft, still writes on tourism and is writing a recipe book for blokes and a book of aviation trivia questions.

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HISTORY

Gems of historic New Farm

Moray Street has a story on every corner. Author and historian GERARD BENJAMIN leads this first instalment of a tour down memory lane.

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F you wanted to make an impression in 1880s Brisbane, then reside in Moray St, New Farm, because this was where one of Queensland’s most prominent citizens lived.

Between Merthyr and Sydney streets and overlooking the river was the entrance to Merthyr, the luxurious home of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920), premier and chief justice.

This meant that Moray Street’s social prestige was a magnet for politicians, lawyers, judges, pastoralists, business figures and the upper echelons of society.

A block on the corner with Sydney St was ideal when, in 1888, the merchant Leopold Benjamin decided to build a mansion, which would reflect his business success.

Employing the architect who designed the Bellevue Hotel and Roseville (Chester St, Teneriffe), the result was a substantial two-storey brick residence named Inglenook for which no expense was spared.

Unlike Merthyr, which was demolished in 1963, this house has

GFS House in all its splendour.

survived and continues to pique the interest of passers-by, especially now that it is being faithfully restored.

Over the years, the house had several name changes (Allawah, Risdon) as it passed to a variety of owners and tenants including a politician and a Fortitude Valley pharmacist.

In 1942, it was purchased by the Anglican organisation, the Girls’ Friendly Society, for use as a hostel for young women who were working or studying.

The property is once again privately owned and reportedly changed hands in 2009 for $6.2M. Moray Street was also just the right

address from which to conduct a school.

Miss Stevenson’s “Girls’ and Infants’ Private School” (later the New Farm Private School) began in 1900 just across the road from the entrance to Merthyr. That school lasted more than 60 years.

The art deco-style Elron Court (1939) at No. 176 today occupies what was once part of the playground.

Not far away, another modest institution opened its doors ca 1911.

Miss Emma McKenzie’s private school (assisted by her sister Louisa) was conducted from the old Queenslander on the corner across Sydney St from GFS House.

Miss McKenzie had previously run the school from houses in Arthur St (1893-1902) and Merthyr Rd (1902ca1911).

A former student from the 1930s remembers: “The two Misses McKenzie were genteel ladies in long black dresses. Classes were upstairs on the verandah, and exercises took place under the house.”

THE FULL STORY Homes with History on the New Farm Peninsula by Gerard Benjamin features more than 20 local homes but its main focus is on people those who built the houses, the architects who designed them, and the successive residents who occupied and adapted them.

It is available from Mary Ryan’s New Farm bookshop call 3254 0444 and New Farm Editions on 3254 2122, as well as from the State Library of Queensland Bookshop.

WALK THE WALK The pleasure of viewing New Farm’s historical gems is best enjoyed on foot, and from time to time there are historical walks in the area. Gerard Benjamin will be leading a two-and-a-half hour walk in Teneriffe on March 19.

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Joanna (Jo) Bone happily shared the secrets of her cut cane surface technique with the crowd gathered around her work titled Seed.

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TUGUN GOLDEN GIRL AND A DIAMOND COUPLE

FOR Howard and Joyce Warne, who have just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, love, communication and teamwork has been the key to happiness.

“You’ve just got to give a lot and take a lot,” Joyce says. “We’ve always worked together no matter what: working in the garden, building our house, even mixing concrete – everything!”

The couple, who have been living at Birkdale’s Wellington Manor Retirement Village since 2003, first met while on holiday in Tugun, a popular holiday spot on the Gold Coast.

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They started going out together in 1954, were engaged in 1955 and married the next year.

Sixty years later, the couple have been through much together and have three children, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren with another on the way.

The Warnes count the birth of their first great-grandchild as one of the more special moments they have shared as a couple and both are looking forward to meeting the newest addition to the family.

“Not many people get to see their great-grandkids, so we’re very lucky,” Joyce says.

To celebrate their Diamond anniversary, the couple gathered with their extended family and many friends for lunch at Cleveland’s Sunshine on the Bay seafood restaurant.

For Joyce and Howard, it’s the perfect way to mark the milestone.

“We’ve had a very happy marriage,” Joyce says. “We love one another just as much now as we did back then.”

TRY YOUR HAND AT PRINTING TUCKED behind the Kedron Park hotel, a re-imagined tram substation has been transformed into a multi-purpose art space for Brisbane’s print artists.

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SPORT

Genteel game has fascinating history Croquet is a perfect sport if you have creaky knees but as ANGELA BENSTED reports, it can be fiercely competitive.

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t’s a very satisfying sound, the “thwack” of a brass-tipped mallet as it hits a rubber ball, sending it spinning towards a hoop and cracking an opponent’s ball off-course.

On a steamy day at the 101-year-old Windsor Croquet club, three-time Queensland representative Cynthia Tacey downs her weapon of choice, a “terminator”, to talk about her sport.

“When I first took it up about 20 years ago I did it for the social activity,” Cynthia says. “My husband died and I decided I needed to get out and make new friends.”

She says most people join for recreation, but once they get to know the game and how much fun it can be, they want to compete.

“It can be quite aggressive,” she says.

“I got hooked after a few months.”

Croquet has a long history, possibly dating back to Roman times. A version of the game called pall mall (from the Latin for ball and mallet) came to England from France in the early 17th century and was played in London’s St James’s Park, now called the Mall.

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The modern game flourished in England in the mid-19th century and in 1870 the All England Croquet Club bought four acres of grassland at Wimbledon. The club offered to share its courts with the emerging game lawn tennis but was swiftly overtaken in popularity by the newcomer.

Those once humble paddocks are now home to The All England Croquet and Tennis Club. Today, the sport has a strong following in the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia. These countries compete every four years for the MacRobertson International Croquet Shield (the ‘Mac’), started by Australian

confectionery maker Sir Macpherson Robertson in 1925.

Geoff McGlashan, an ex-rugby player, surf lifesaver and paddleboarder, is new to the sport and loves it.

A gammy knee sent him searching for a gentler pastime but croquet surprised him. He plays golf croquet, a faster version of the game.

“Competition is fierce,” he says “and we don’t mind a bit of sledging. It can be brutal.” The rules are easier to learn and it’s more social, with four players on the court at the same time.

“I can teach you that game in a few minutes,” Cynthia says, adding that a lot of businesses have their yearly winddown at the club playing golf croquet.

But association croquet, which is the original game, is more complex.

“I can teach you in about six lessons, but to get the nuances of the game it takes at least a year,” Cynthia says.

Some players come to croquet via tennis or golf, looking for an alternative sport when joints start creaking.

But croquet is not a soft option.

“If you’re playing competition you

can probably do about 12km of walking in a day,” Cynthia says.

It’s not an expensive sport; a mallet costs anywhere from $150 to $1000.

There’s no age limit and men and women play together. For competitions, players are graded by handicap.

In typical Australian fashion, the game’s name has been mangled a bit over time and the French pronunciation is losing favour. But Cynthia says it doesn’t really matter.

“I don’t care if you call it ‘croak-ee’ or ‘croak-ay’, so long as you play.”

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DID YOU KNOW? • Australian Robert Fletcher, 22, from Lismore, is ranked number one in the world for association croquet • Billiards is an indoor version of croquet • The expression “it’s all over red rover” stems from croquet, where the last hoop played is the red one

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TECHNOLOGY The solution to finding recipes when you want them is to search for them and there is no better way than using your iPad in the kitchen.

The internet has thousands of recipe dedicated websites and a quick search of your iPad’s App Store will also reveal thousands of results. Within those apps are millions of recipes.

In fact, the BigOven alone has more than 350,000!

It doesn’t matter if you are vegetarian, vegan, diabetic, gluten free, Paleo or anything else, you can find hundreds of apps that can cater for specific needs.

Most brands have a recipe app on the iPad and a lot of them can be voice controlled to keep sticky fingers off the iPad. There’s no endless searching through the pages of cookbooks and magazines, just a quick iPad search and make a choice. This can open up an incredible new world of flavours as you try new recipes based on search results and reviews.

So what do you do with all those recipe books and magazines? Recently I found it liberating to throw out old magazines and most cookbooks to free up kitchen cupboard space.

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Cooking with Google The iPad is in the kitchen and DOT WHITTINGTON wonders how she coped before Google.

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t started with a good old-fashioned recipe for lemon biscuits a friend had posted on Facebook and ended up a thought-provoking demonstration of Google dependency.

It left me trying to remember how I had solved problems before the iPad lay where the hand-written recipe book once sat before me on the kitchen bench.

It appeared the recipe was from the US, a presumption made first of all because the recipe was not for biscuits, slice or cake, but for brownies.

Lemony Lemon Brownies to be precise.

“How,” I ask myself, “can it be a brownie if it is clearly bright yellow?” Surely this had to be a recipe for lemony lemon lemonies. I digress.

The second reason for it appearing to be of American origin was that the first ingredient was all-purpose flour. King Arthur All Purpose Flour.

I googled King Arthur flour and yes, it’s a company based in Vermont making specialty flours. However, that still didn’t tell me if I wanted plain or self-raising.

Back to Google. “What’s all purpose flour”. Others had obviously trod this same path as plenty of answers popped up. It’s just plain old plain flour.

The oven had to be pre-heated to 350, another indicator of the recipe’s American origins, but which was of little use to me. Back to the iPad “350 in C” and straight away it pops up “180”.

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old hand-held electric beater circa 1975 decided it was time to pack it in. Dire news when the ingredients are in the bowl waiting to be creamed.

I brought out the Bamix but which attachment for cake mixing? Back to the iPad. “Bamix attachments”.

Yep, there they all were, a picture and description of each and I could choose the precise one to “mix and aerate” rather than chop or whip. The lemonies were saved and were soon baking away nice and steady.

It was a good time to start preparing the icing, or lately in this case, the “glaze”. Trouble descended again. Only a quarter of a cup of icing sugar left in the packet. I would have to make my own.

Mr Google: “Make icing sugar”.

And lucky I did for the first sentence on the New Zealand how-to guide warned that grinding up sugar wasn’t the way to go. No, it had to be taken steady and a cup of corn starch had to be added. Is corn starch the same as cornflour, Google? Yes, that’s right. By the time the lemonies came out of the oven, a cup of fresh icing sugar was ready to be turned into a glaze.

Despite the dramas, the Lemony Lemon Brownies looked just like the ones on Facebook, or what I could see of them through the flour, sugar powder, lemon zest and sticky finger prints on the face of the iPad. But no stains to show a well-loved recipe on this page. A quick wipe and my descendants need never know what a mess grandma made in the kitchen.

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GARDENING

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Palms have been getting a bad rap but as GARDENEZI explains, make the right choice of palm and you won’t be disappointed.

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othing says “tropical” as eloquently as a palm tree yet choosing the right palms to give a tropical touch to your garden is not as easy as it might appear.

The two main factors to consider when choosing palms are position and soil.

Some palms are better able than others to tolerate exposure to wind and cold.

Contrary to some belief not all palms will thrive in beachside gardens. Most are from the rainforest and need protection from salt-laden wind and too much sun.

Some of those rainforest palms will thrive in very wet soils, too, but most palms need well-drained, sandy soils and a few of the desert types are adapted to hot, dry, shallow and rocky areas.

So before choosing palms, look at the location of your

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garden and the soil type.

Here are the five best palms for South-East Queensland gardens: 1. Alexandra and Piccabeen (or Bangalow): These come from Australian rainforests and do very well in most conditions here, which is why they are so common.

Piccabeens are more coldhardy and have spikes of creamy-white flowers while the flowers of Alexandra Palms are pale mauve. They will take

water-logging but also tolerate long, dry periods once established. They grow very tall with age.

2. Foxtail: One of the most elegant palms and another Queensland native.

Does best in a welldrained sandy loam with plenty of water when young. Needs plenty of room.

Handsome palm for long driveways.

3. Golden Cane: Common because attractive and tough in most landscapes, can grow into a very large clump so look for dwarf varieties.

4. Kentia: A small, neat palm which needs protection from salt winds.

5. Dwarf Date Palm: Small, elegant and tough it needs well-drained sandy soil.

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In a special welcoming ceremony, Halcyon Glades rolled out the red carpet recently to welcome the 100th homeowners, Bernie and Anne Sheahan.

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n advance health directive is a document in which you give directions about your future health care. It only comes into effect if you are temporarily or permanently unable to make your own decisions.

Anyone over the age of 18 who is capable of understanding the nature and effect of their health care decisions can make an advance health directive.

If you have strong or definite views about how your treatment should be handled under particular situations then you would be wise to have an advance health directive in place.

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What is an advance health directive? Succession law specialist Dr JOHN DE GROOT explains.

Older Australians will have greater choice and control over their aged care services under proposed changes to aged care legislation.

In last year’s Budget, the Australian Government announced significant reforms to strengthen the aged care system to ensure older Australians would receive further support to remain living at home.

As part of the first phase of these home care reforms, from February next year funding will follow the consumer not the provider, allowing people to choose the care which suits their individual needs and to then direct funding to that provider.

Health Minister Sussan Ley said that with Australians living longer, demand on aged care was changing.

“The changes will allow greater flexibility for the consumer,” she said.

Why should I make such a directive?

People who are seriously ill are often unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate their wishes at the very time when many critical decisions need to be made. It is wise to make your wishes known now, before any urgent matters arise.

What should I consider before making an advance health directive?

Carefully consider what you want your medical treatment to achieve if you become very ill. For example, if treatment should prolong your life, what level of quality of life would you find acceptable.

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• General directions about particular treatment you do

not wish to have, special medical conditions your health care providers should know about, for example diabetes and allergy to medications; and any religious beliefs that could affect your treatment.

• Directions as to treatment you want or do not want if your condition is terminal, incurable, irreversible or likely to leave you in an ongoing condition that is unacceptable to you.

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The Food Safety Information Council reports that a national survey conducted by OmniPoll for Australian Food Safety Week found that while most people were aware of some risks, there were also many misconceptions about food poisoning.

Everyone blames food poisoning on the last meal they ate but some forms of food poisoning can take days or even weeks to eventuate.

The survey found that most people correctly recognised that chicken (95%), minced meat (90%) and seafood (96%) were food poisoning risks if not handled properly.

But fewer people (83%) identified raw egg dishes as a problem and 12% even considered raw egg dishes unlikely to be a risk.

Recent salmonella outbreaks have been linked to raw egg dishes such as handmade aioli and mayonnaise. If you make your own mayonnaise and aoli prepare small amounts and use immediately.

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WHAT’S ON

Bring out the old black billy and the lagerphone Folk musical play Reedy River brings the bush to Redland City and as ANGELA BENSTED reports, it’s a brilliant way to share the yarns.

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risbane musician John Thompson actually had a copy of the folk musical play Reedy River sitting on his desk, pondering how he might do something with it, when friend Jan Nary tapped him on the shoulder to front a new production of the play by MATES Theatre Genesis.

John, who toured Australia as the singing narrator in 2015’s stage show Warhorse, says he thought it would be an interesting collection of songs to do something with.

Reedy River first brought folk classics like Click Go the Shears and My Old Black Billy from bush campsites to city theatres in 1953, launching the original Bushwacker Band and giving a voice to Australian music and stories.

Members of Melbourne’s New Theatre used a reel-to-reel tape recorder to collect ballads from old bushies, and then wrote a play, set against the 1891 shearers’ strike, as a way to publish them.

They added some new tunes, including the title song which is based on a Henry Lawson poem. The music

John Thompson and Sharon Vassallo.

struck a chord with audiences and the play was wildly successful.

“They were the songs of the people, the songs of the working class,” director Jan Nary says. “Most of them are adaptations of old English, Scottish and Irish songs, but folk music travels - it travels and it maintains its integrity.

“It adopts the jargon and the patois and the place names and the little anecdotes of wherever it lands.”

Jan played Rosie the barmaid in two Sydney productions in the 1970s. She has her original costume “and it still fits”. And the play is still relevant

according to Jan: “As a working class rallying play it certainly plays a role; and I think it’s got an even stronger role in preserving Australian history and Australian language, our slang.”

“Our vernacular contains a huge amount of information about immigration patterns into the country; about trades and professions and industries that immigrated.”

Jan says the band for this production is still being finalised “but it will be splendid and there will be some traditional instruments, including a lagerphone” (a stick decked out with loosely-attached bottle tops, usually with a cross-bar, which jangles like a tambourine when whacked or thumped on the floor).

While the lagerphone may be simple in its design, Jan warns “You’re not allowed to just go through the garbage bin retrieving bottle tops.

Legend has it if you don’t drink every bottle yourself it’ll never play in tune.”

John has been a mainstay on the folk music scene “since I first walked into the wrong pub at the right time in

1982”. “Irish music was big in my family’s background, so for me there was a real resonance with the style of music,” he says. “I loved how raw it was, the fact it was being made right there.”

He says folk music is a thing that comes and goes in waves, recalling an era when the Moreton Bay Bush Band used to have a big dance at the city hall every New Year’s Eve. Today the traditional music scene in Australia is largely based around informal sessions and festivals but for musicians and enthusiasts like John Thompson and Jan Nary, its survival is guaranteed by its defining quality.

“It’s a brilliant way to tell stories.”

Redland Performing Arts Centre Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 7pm Tickets $20, concessions $15 at the box office, call 3829 8131 John and his folk trio Cloudstreet will launch their latest CD, on Sunday, March 20, at 2pm at the Danish Club, Austin St, Newstead. Tickets $20/$15 at the door.

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Clever musical adventure with Don Juan

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on Juan is a colourful tapestry of craftedwords and music, a feast of music and adventure following the life of one of the most magnetic and seductive heroes in western literature and his equally charismatic creator, Lord Byron.

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poem, extracts of the author’s own life and the beautiful music of Turina, Pujol, and Tarrega into a unique and memorable theatrical event.

Don Juan moves between the steamy world of the lustful Don, and the equally scandalous life of Lord Byron himself, so that each becomes a reflection of the other.

Matheson and Schaupp are a formidable duo, creating a colourful tapestry of beautifully crafted words and virtuosic music.

This is a performance that scintillates with the romance, passion, humour and intrigue of one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.

Redland Performing Arts Centre. March 12, 7pm. Tickets $35, seniors/pensioners $32, groups of 10 + $30.

Bookings: www.rpac.com.au or 3829 8131.

SLEUTH BRINGS THRILLS AND CHILLS YOU be the sleuth when Sunnybank Theatre Group presents another chilling, spine-tingling thriller.

Written by Anthony Shaffer, Sleuth has one of the most intriguing plots ever presented, with plenty of twists and turns.

The story tells of noted detective writer Andrew Wyke, who, on discovering his wife’s infidelity, invites her new lover, Milo Tindle to visit him to

discuss the situation.

Instead of being upset and saddened by the news, it seems Andrew is happy to hand her over to Milo, and the pair set about discussing how this might happen. And so the intrigue begins.

Sunnybank Theatre celebrates 50 years of continuous presentation of quality plays and musicals this year so all the shows are new productions of shows that have

been presented during the past five decades.

It is many years since Sleuth was last presented at the intimate Sunnybank Theatre, and the new production is sure to delight all ages of theatre goers.

Sunnybank Theatre Group April 1-16, Fridays 8pm, Saturdays 8pm and 2pm Tickets: $18-$25.

Visit: stg.org.au or call 3345 3964

Dress. The Allan Ball play takes a group of strangers on a journey of self-discovery when bridesmaids at the social event of the season seek sanctuary in an upstairs bedroom.

March 4-20, 2pm and 8pm,Yeronga State High School Auditorium, Oakwood St, Annerley, $25/$17/$12 tickets at the door, phone 3899 9962 or online at www.trybooking.com.

CALLING all bower birds – fossils, rocks, gemstones and jewels are on show at the North Brisbane Lapidary Club’s annual Gem and Jewellery Festival.

Chat to sapphire and opal miners, check out a faceting demonstration or pick up a new piece of jewellery.

March 5 8.30am-4.30pm, March 6, 8.30am-3pm, Bracken Ridge State High School, Barfoot St, $4/$1. Visit nblc. com.au

IN BRIEF LIKE to dance? The 26-member UQ Big Band will jazz things up in Bardon, performing a charity event for Doctors Without Borders before departing on its April tour of the US. March 19, 7pm,Magda Community Artz, Bardon, $25/$20 tickets at the door.

VILLANOVA Players dust off their taffeta for the comedy Five Women Wearing the Same

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WALK 500 MILES FOR THE PROCLAIMERS

IRISH SINGER’S FAREWELL

CELTIC soul brothers, The Proclaimers, are on their way to Australia and will debut performance at QPAC. The strikingly individual and charismatic twins, Craig and Charlie Reid, have carved themselves a niche in which pop, folk, new wave and punk collide.

Their songs, delivered with passionate honesty, political fire and wit, incite euphoric singalongs at their live shows.

Their second album, Sunshine on Leith peaked at No.2 on the Australian album chart and includes the moving title track, along with signature tracks I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) which was Australian No.1 for four weeks in 1986 and No.3 on the ARIA Top 25 in 1989. I’m On My Way peaked at No.3 in 1989 and re-emerged in the film Shrek in 2001.

QPAC Concert Hall, April 15, 8pm. Tickets qpac.com.au or call 136 246

MARKING Mary Black’s retirement from touring, Ireland’s premier female singer says goodbye to her fans on this side of the pond for the first time in four years with The Last Call Australia tour.

The touring performance of her latest album Down The Crooked Road will be in Brisbane for one-night-only.

For more than 25 years Black has been a dominant presence in Irish music, at home and abroad. She has released 11 studio albums all of which achieved platinum sales status and spawned countless hits. She has also played a front-line role in bringing Irish music, past and present, to an increasingly appreciative global audience.

“So to my fans everywhere I’d like to thank you and let you know that I hope to get back again to all my favourite places for one final tour;” she said.

QPAC Concert Hall. March 15.

Tickets qpac.com.au or call 136 246

BRISBANE gospel fans will have the chance to see five time Grammy Award winning and Gospel Hall of Famers, The Blind Boys of Alabama this month. Since the original members first sang together as kids at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the late 1930s, the band has persevered over more than seven decades to become one of the most recognised gospel soul music groups in the world.

The group of African-American singers started touring during a time of whites-only bathrooms, restaurants and hotels. In the early 1960s, they sang at benefits for Dr Martin Luther King Jr and were a part of the soundtrack to the Civil Rights movement.

QPAC Concert Hall. March 31. Tickets qpac.com.au or call 136 246

FREE THEATRES OF WAR EXHIBITION THE important role played by the performing arts in the lives of Australians affected by war, at home and in the field features in the touring exhibition Theatres of War: Wartime Entertainment and the Australian Experience.

Curated by Arts Centre Melbourne and drawn from its expansive Performing Arts Collection, Theatres of War covers from improvised theatrical performances used as means of escapism in POW camps, to celebrities visiting the front line to entertain our troops. It shows the powerful role of performing arts in Australian war history.

Chronicling the First and Second World Wars as well as later conflicts and peace keeping missions, the exhibition reflects on the power of performance within conditions that are often creatively stifling. It highlights three themes; On the Home Front, On Active Service and Entertaining the Troops.

QPAC Tony Gould Gallery, entry via Cremorne Theatre. Until June 4, 10am-4pm. Free.

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MELISSA Etheridge comes to QPAC in March, as part of her This is M.E. 2016 Australian tour. Known for her raspy, smoky vocals, profound lyrics and riveting stage presence, she will share personal stories about her remarkable journey through life and the inspiration behind some of her best-loved songs.

Since storming on to the American rock scene in 1988, she has been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and won two, as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song for I Need to Wake Up from Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth.

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Coffin Bay to Venus Bay – a journey not to be missed Take a short drive on the western side of Eyre Peninsula and discover spectacular coastline writes grey nomad BEVERLEY EVERSON.

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There’s plenty of accommodation to choose from including bush camping (some require permits) and of course many free camping spots.

Coffin Bay was discovered by Matthew Flinders and is renowned for its world famous oysters. It is surrounded by the pristine Coffin Bay National Park and Kellidie Conservation Parks. Unusually, one of our national emblems, the emu, is right at home roaming the streets of this small town.

There are some great fishing spots and beautiful walking tracks in the town area.

Coffin Bay waterways have played a part in history having been involved with the fishing industry since 1802.

Overlooking the calm waters of Yangie Bay, the National Park campground has 13 basic unpowered sites accessed by 2WD and suitable for caravans. It is protected by low lying

hills and dense scrubland. All other camping spots in this park are accessible only by 4WD and are not suitable for caravans.

Leaving Coffin Bay township, there is a great lookout where you’ll be glad you stopped. From here, our next overnighter was Farm Beach.

The caravan park and campground is close to the beach and is clean with shady spots and only $5 a night based on an honesty system.

Just up the track from here it’s a short drive to Gallipoli Beach where in 1981, the Anzac Cove scenes were filmed for the Gallipoli movie.

The next day we continued on about 80km to Sheringa Beach. This is a pretty stop and a little isolated. It is mainly used by keen fisherman.

It’s suitable for vans and tents behind the dunes which provide protection from wind and there are bush toilets. Weather permitting, you can camp on the cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Continue then along the Flinders

Venus Bay jetty where the fishing boats moor is a good place to cast a line.

Highway to Elliston on the shores of Waterloo Bay. Next, head about 60km along Anxious Bay, named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, to Colton.

Further on is Talia Beach where you will find The Tub and Woolshed Cave.

Both are beautifully coloured by the distinctive limestone and granite formations common to this area.

Don’t leave until you go to Needle Eye lookout which provides views of the towering cliffs. In a normal travelling day, we aim for about

100-200km and rarely do more unless bad weather or lack of safe camping spots (preferably free) plays a role.

Finally, we reached magnificent Venus Bay, named after a schooner that traded around Eyre Peninsula in the 1850s.

The caravan park is the only place to stay if travelling in a van or with a tent, and also has cabin on the beachfront with camp kitchen and spotless amenities.

Remember to take in a full supply of fresh water as the only water here.

The jetty where the fishing boats moor is a good place to cast your rod or there are boat launching facilities nearby where salmon trout, mullet, whiting, squid and tommies (herring) are waiting for you.

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Festival secretary, Dan Kelly, said there couldn’t be a better location for a writers’ festival than Winton, the home of Banjo Paterson.

“Outback Queensland is doing it tough and we want all of the city folk to get out there and hear first-hand from the people of the Outback,” he said.

The festival will be hosted at the iconic Winton Club, where Qantas held its first board meeting in 1921.

“We have already received commitments from six authors including Penguin authors Sue Williams and Helene Young,” Mr Kelly said.

“Boolarong Press will be supporting the festival with

four authors so far, and there will be more to come.”

For those who wish to become authors themselves there will be master classes on offer including Writing Fiction and The Science and Art of Book Publishing.

Festival president and deputy chairman of the Waltzing Matilda Centre, Jeff Close, is inviting visitors to come and enjoy the serenity.

“You will not see stars in the sky like can be seen in Winton,” he said.

The Waltzing Matilda Centre opened in 1998 and is the first museum dedicated to a song. A.B. “Banjo” Paterson wrote the famous lyrics while holidaying at nearby Dagworth Station.

The music was arranged by Christina Macpherson, the sister of the station manager who was visiting at the same time and its first performance

The sweeping plains of a sunburnt country are inspirational.

was at Winton’s North Gregory Hotel.

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Following the festival, which starts on June 21, is the Splendid Film Festival for visitors to stay on and see some great Australian films.

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BOOK REVIEW

ELIZABETH PASCOE

Translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch, this is a humanly warm totally engaging story.

Each chapter encapsulates a part of Ove’s life. It doesn’t flow day by day or year by year, but there are flashbacks such as one chapter describing how his father acquired his first car and another how Ove met Sonja who put the colour in his life.

And so it goes, each chapter giving us a little part of him and how and why he reacts and who he was, and what he has finally become.

We meet so many including his off and on again friend Rune who now drives a Mercedes, his wife Anita and the cat with missing fur.

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Ove is a 59-year-old Swede who has an autism spectrum disorder. His eccentric behaviour produces a few smiles but not the laugh-out-loud behaviour of the Aspergers character Professor Don Tillman in The Rosie Project.

He meets his colourful wife who loves him for his very different personality and black and white view on everything.

She colours his world and after she dies he is desperate to join her. Multiple failed attempts to end his lonely life result in unwanted interactions with his neighbours and a mangy cat.

The author’s creation of the thoughts, behaviour and interpersonal relationships of this unusual character is worth a read. 6/10

BOOK review JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT Sometimes described as a grumpy old man, I could certainly relate to the central character of this book. One might call Ove a curmudgeon or bad tempered, churlish, cantankerous person, but his actions show him to be considerate, generous and kind. After the death of his wife Ove wants only to join her in the afterlife.

However, his many attempts to end it all are thwarted by a vivacious, loveable, demanding new neighbour and loyalty to an old friend and neighbour. Ove and Rune have fought over the body corporate, water heaters, mowing the lawn and the cars they drive.

While tinged with sadness the story is one of a highly principled good man with a healthy disrespect for bureaucracy.

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A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman Atria Books

This bestselling and quirky debut novel from Sweden, is a thoughtful and charming exploration of the profound impact one life has on others.

Ove is a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse.

People call him the bitter neighbour from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness.

Ove is a grumpy yet loveable man whose solitary world is turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.

I liked this book. Seemingly a simple but sweet story at the outset, it leads on to surprising depths. Ove, the character of the title, is an ageing, grieving widower who is irritable, and pernickety, a slave to his daily routine and dismissive of the incompetent. He is the sole occupier of the moral high ground.

However, like many a curmudgeon there is another, deeper side to his character. Underneath the defensive barnacles we discover a loving son and husband, a good man who possesses a heightened sense of social responsibility and community spirit.

The book filled me with new hope about relationships - both personal and societal. Although there is a certain predictability about the story, the writer handles the spectrum of human emotions without lapsing into self-indulgent sentimentality.

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MARY BARBER A thoroughly enjoyable book. I wasn’t convinced at the start though.

Ove is trying to buy an i-pad that he calls an o-pad. I thought here’s another joke about older people not understanding technology.

Ho-hum. But it quickly turns into a portrait of a 59-year-old man who has lost his wife and his job, the two things he loves and that give him his identity and purpose. What’s left for Ove? Well, his life gets taken over by his kindly incompetent neighbours and the absurdity starts. A great read. This is a book to lift your spirits.

I loved this book - predictable ending but utterly captivating! In the first chapter we are introduced to a grumpy Ove as he frustrates a young computer salesperson.

Gradually, with gems of imagery, the author reveals Ove’s background, his family and work life all leading to Ove’s stage of life where he has lost his job and has nothing to live for.

There is so much emotion in this story of Ove – humour, sadness and inevitability.

The chapters portraying Ove finding his soul mate are beautiful with Ove likening her laughter to “how champagne bubbles would have sounded if they were capable of laughter”.

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2. From where were the Elgin Marbles purloined in the early 19th Century?

3. What is the common name for the coccyx?

4. How old was Juliet in Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”?

5. What is studied in toxicology?

6. What is a traditional Chinese sailing ship called?

7. In which European city is Marco Polo airport?

8. What Greek letter is also used to refer to a tiny amount?

9. What group with a palindromic name won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974?

10. What is the title of a person who carries out the wishes of a will?

11. What is Queensland’s State bird?

12. What is the French word for 20?

13. What was the name of the prison in Dutton Park that was closed in 1989?

14. What four-letter prefix beginning with “x” relates to wood?

15. What gas is often called “marsh gas”?

16. In what movie did the phrase “wax on, wax off” feature?

17. In the TV network WIN, what does the “W” stand for?

18. What kind of animal is a wobbegong?

19. What is the party game where players scramble for a seat when the music stops?

20. What is the most common species of lizard that can vocalise?

SUDOKU (MEDIUM)

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CODE WORD N K R Z U P B S J DO T I 15

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PERMUTATE BEGIN, BEGUN, BUGLE-BULGE, BLUEY, BULKY-CLUEY, LUCKY There may be other correct answers

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SCATTERWORD EXPECTANT, patent, extant, peace, pecan, enact, epact, tacet, exact, eaten, exeat, acne, cane, cape, pace, cant, pact, tact, nape, neap, pane, pean, ante, etna, neat, pate, peat, tape, apex, teat, pant.

1. To score goals; 2. Parthenon, Athens; 3. Tailbone; 4. 13; 5. Poisons; 6. Junk; 7. Venice; 8. Iota; 9. ABBA; 10. Executor; 11. Brolga; 12. Vingt; 13. Boggo Road Gaol; 14. Xylo; 15. Methane; 16. Karate Kid; 17. Wollongong; 18. Fish (shark); 19.Musical chairs; 20. Gecko.

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ACROSS 1

8 9 10 11 13 15 18 19 20

A dispatch container that obviously didn’t take the jury very long to determine at all (9) It’s enough to make one nuts, these army divisions (5) A small number surrounded fifty with ground meal (5) Makes reference to the works of the love quest, somehow (6) Block shoe? (4) Planets design bistro without it (4) Ruefully drop an excuse (6) Putting pig meat inside both ends of the silverside can cause embarrassment (5) The sound of love about the start of the week (5) Inside the ancient manor the astronomers discovered a compass bearing (9)

No. 2511

DOWN 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 14 16 17

Large beast composed of terribly hot iron (5) It came as a consequence that one should litigate in conclusion (6) You might go there for refreshments and a face-lift! (4) Ruin special purpose lubricant (5) Stone turned quite sour (9) Speak grandly of this winged creature with a monstrous zipper (9) A real victory transpires for young insects (6) Such sensational vibrato!

It left the audience cheering so (5) Slow realisation comes to many mornings (5) It’s superlative to exist by the way (4)

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light lock motor nut oil pedal plug seat sump tank trunk tyre wheel

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SCATTERWORD

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Today’s Aim: 20 words Good 25 words Very good 28 words Excellent

SUDOKU Level: Easy

No. 747

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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

ACROSS 3 Compels 8 Given (a prize) 10 The last in a long series 11 Endure 13 Religious paintings 16 Plans 17 Streamlets 19 Witty remark 20 Blue 22 Daub 24 Amount owing 26 Engine part 28 Professional athletes (informal) 29 Narcotic plant 31 Flying mammals 33 Light weight 34 Pages 37 Amidst

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Normal Held for a set period The night before Answer Lustrous, patterned fabric

DOWN 1

Indian term of respect 2 Simple musical instrument 3 Marsh 4 Probability 5 Large collection of written texts 6 One who pries 7 Pursuers 9 Gloomy 12 Momentary views 14 Move stealthily

15 Piece of music appropriate to the night 18 Enclosed space (Anatomy) 21 Capture 23 Large artery 24 Gives freely 25 Arrogantly prejudiced 27 Belonging to mother (informal) (2’1) 30 Large bore gun 32 Dull, heavy sounds 35 Monetary units in France 36 Slip 38 Commits offence 41 Expression of alarm

No. 021

WORK IT OUT!

Your aim is to change the top word one letter at a time, each time rearranging the letters to create a new word. Perform one such permutation for each blank line until you arrive at the last word. There may be more than one correct solution.

BEGIN

_____ _____ _____ _____ LUCKY

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