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hen I mentioned to some South American visitors recently that I could show them around the cemetery, they thought I was kidding. Gobsmacked, they asked what on earth made me think they might want to go there.

Why indeed! I jabbered trying to come up with a good answer once I realised how it must have sounded.

Well, because not only is it one of the oldest public spaces around with dates on the headstones to prove it, but there is a lot of history there, marvellous life stories to be told, interesting takes on changing perceptions of eternity and some fascinating memorials as well.

OK, I give up. It may not sound like

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Contents everyone’s idea of fun, but as an old cemetery-haunter from wayback I have to confess to stopping in the heat of a dusty Outback track; standing on the clifftop at Bronte in Sydney; creeping through heavy iron gates on a remote Greek island; wondering at the moss-covered funerary architecture of London’s Highgate and seeking out Oscar Wilde at Pere Lachaise in Paris ... among many others. Most recently it was a torchlight tour of Brisbane’s oldest cemetery. So when Chris Adams and Helen Goltz mentioned their book of stories not laid to rest, they had me from the beginning. The tales behind the headstones bring little known parts of history to life; the ultimate people stories.

Also this month, Mocco Wollert gives a humorous take on the guilt of feeling relieved as she waved off her grandchildren and Margaret Worland explains how easy it is to be caught out by scammers.

Happy reading.

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Oh give me a home ‌ the plight of senior singles

Not all baby boomers are rolling in cash and living the high life in luxury retirement villages, writes JANET MARSHALL. For an increasing number of single seniors, particularly women, retirement will be bleak.

Women over 55 are the fastest growing group of homeless in Australia, prompting Linda Mina to establish a group for senior share housing.

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etired community development worker Linda Mina has first hand experience of what it’s like to be a single, homeless woman, and she’s now channelling it to help other senior women find safe and affordable accommodation along the Queensland coast.

The founder of Senior Shares Gold Coast and Senior Shares Sunshine Coast Facebook pages, Linda has spent much of her time over the past two years developing an impromptu service that aims to bring together homeowners and potential sharers.

Together, the two Facebook pages

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currently have more than 1400 members looking for affordable housing, but the idea has quickly caught on and Linda has helped other people develop similar Facebook pages covering the same needs in Gympie, Northern New South Wales, Gladstone and Bateman’s Bay on the south coast, among others. “Affordable accommodation for seniors is more than a local problem,� she says. “The issue of homelessness among senior women is widespread and growing across the country for a number of reasons.�

Linda’s own story is typical. “After divorce, I became a single,

working woman bringing up children with little or no help,� she says. “My parents were elderly and when my father died, I also looked after Mum. We managed for a while, pooling our resources to live together, but then she needed more care.�

Linda worked fewer hours so she could provide the home care her aged mum needed and they gradually became poorer, dipping into savings to keep the family afloat.

After her mother died, aged 91, Linda herself became ill and realised that she could no longer afford to keep her home.

She moved in with her youngest

daughter and lived there for 18 months while she searched for a small, affordable unit. “I was shocked at rental costs on the Gold Coast,� she says. “By that time retired, I quickly realised that the 30 per cent rule - the average percentage of income estimated to cover housing costs - when applied to my pension meant finding accommodation for $150 a week. “This was impossible in an area where rents for studios and one bedroom units were upwards of $350. “But I had flat shared when I was younger and I knew about Gumtree, and although it wasn’t very senior friendly, I eventually found a share and moved in with another senior lady, but it didn’t last long.�

After another couple of sharing experiences and with her savings diminished further, Linda relied on “couchsurfing� with friends and relations, as recently as 18 months ago.

It’s a story that is becoming increasingly and worryingly familiar.

Last month Linda featured in the SBS Insight program which focused on affordable accommodation for seniors.

For Linda, who now lives in her eldest daughter’s granny flat, the worry is over, but for thousands of other women, the struggle against homelessness is a daily struggle, leading to depression and anxiety. “I do know that there are women who live in their cars after becoming homeless from sheer force of circumstances,� she says. “We are talking about educated women who have lost out on pensions, have minimal super through working in

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FEATURE STORY low paid jobs, have lost their homes through divorce or widowhood, have lost their jobs, or are unable to find sustainable long-term work.

“They are often desperate not to admit how close they are to disaster.

They struggle to retain their pride and dignity and may not even confide their desperate situation to their family and friends.”

It’s no surprise then that her Senior Shares Facebook pages are flourishing.

In the two years since the first page was started, many women have turned to it to find safe, reliable house shares.

Occasionally, Linda offers more than hope in acute situations.

“I do make a personal effort to help anyone who is vulnerable and will put a call out for emergency accommodation if the need arises,” she says.

However, the widespread nature of the problem needs a long-term solution, so Linda has also been focusing on putting the issue in front of local politicians, writing to them to highlight the problems.

She has also used as many free sources of publicity as possible to spread the word about her Facebook groups.

In August, Linda was invited to speak about her Facebook service at the Lady Musgrave Trust’s 2017 Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness in Brisbane

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“We are talking about educated women who have lost out on pensions, have minimal super” Statistics released during Homelessness Week in August revealed that the number of women aged over 50 who relied on couchsurfing has almost doubled in the past four years at 1618 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare).

The number of women who resort to sleeping in cars has also risen drastically, with 75 per cent more women over 50 years relying on this and other forms of

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and hopes, by that, to raise the profile of house sharing as an innovative and workable solution to the issue of affordable living.

Linda would also like to see the government or other agency regulate house sharing.

“There are certain risks involved in house shares,” she says.

“Owners often have strong reservations about opening their homes to strangers and sharers have no formal rights and can be evicted with little or no notice.

“I would like to see a regulated service that could, for example, introduce a register of tenants and landlords. This could help to ensure the safety and security of both parties and it would reduce the chances of vulnerable people being taken advantage of.

“Police checks and a dispute resolution service might also encourage more owners to share their homes.”

In the meantime, Linda continues to publicise the issue and to share her experience in setting up Facebook groups and welcomes anyone who would like to find out more, to join or set up a local group.

If you are interested in sharing a house - as an owner or tenant - sign up to a Senior Shares Facebook page and make contact with Linda.

“hidden” homelessness, including squats. “Homelessness is an indication that broader social supports and service systems are failing,” says Jenny Smith of Homelessness Australia. The HA has called on government to build 100,000 new public and community homes to provide adequate housing for single people and for the elderly and families on low incomes.

RENTAL pressure keeps deepening

According to ABC Census data, there were 135,494 women aged 55 and older in the private rental market in 2011, up from 91,549 in 2006.

These figures probably underestimate the actual number of senior women who rent, especially those who share informally.

Officially, older women now make up four per cent of private rental tenants (as opposed to those living in community or public housing), but as Australia’s senior population grows, this percentage will increase Meanwhile the number of senior renters and potentially increases, and affordable rents diminish.

Shelter, the housing charity and voice of the homeless, said in 2015 that households in the lowest 40 per cent income bracket faced “severely and extremely unaffordable rents” in all major Australian cities and regional areas. For some, this means paying 60 per cent or more of their income on rent.

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History in the headstones

Ever wandered through an old cemetery and wondered about all the stories it could tell? Helen Goltz and Chris Adams have many a tale to tell, writes DOT WHITTINGTON. Images courtesy of Michelle Bowden, Visuall Photography

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or some, it sounds like it could be bordering on the macabre but for many, a cemetery is filled with fascination, or as authors Helen Goltz and Chris Adams like to put it, stories about ordinary people who have been involved in extraordinary events.

It could be the young girl serendipitously boarding the Pearl ferry on the Brisbane River in 1896, or the young man from Clermont who gallantly served his country at Gallipoli only to die in poverty in a West End boarding house; bushfire, the shearer’s strike or murder.

The headstones seldom tell the story or the historic event that led to their demise – but Helen and Chris do.

And it has been a fascinating journey for them – and one that is ongoing.

“In cemeteries throughout Australia, gravestones hint at our history – tales of early settlement, unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, health epidemics, scandal and sacrifice,” they say.

“We reveal more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that led to these final resting places; people who willingly or unwilling, were participants in events

that made local and national headlines.

They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses as exist now.”

Their first book Grave Tales – Stories Not Laid to Rest which covers some of the

occupants of five Brisbane cemeteries is out now, and a second Grave Tales – Great Ocean Road is to be launched this month, with a third about Sydney and a fourth covering the towns along the Bruce Highway, already in the pipeline.

“I had been thinking about the concept for more than a decade, but never really did anything about it,” says Chris. “Then we moved to Port Fairy in Victoria for a seachange and found it was so isolated that we had time to start working on it.”

They returned to Brisbane and although they had collected a lot of information from their Victorian experience, decided home should come first and set to work covering not just the people, but the history that necessarily comes with them – the train crash of 1947;

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the only woman to die on the gallows in Queensland; the man who introduced the world to Goanna Oil; a murderous surburban housefire; and the Douglas DC-3 that went down in 1943.

Together, they have the perfect mix of skills for the task. Both journalists, Chris worked in radio and television documentaries and Helen on newspapers and as a television and radio producer.

They were both well familiar with the art of telling the stories of people and their lives – how to “spin a good yarn” as Chris puts it.

“I grew up in Toowoomba and I would go with dad to visit the old Drayton cemetery where his parents were buried,” Helen says. “I was always more fascinated than fearful even as a kid. Cemeteries are very peaceful places.”

They started by wandering through old cemeteries looking at headstones for hints. From there it was solid research, haunting the state library and reading old newspapers.

“We didn’t want to make it a family history, although we do get a lot of families who happily provide their own research and photos,” Helen says. “It’s like winning the lottery when you find something. I get really emotionally connected with these people.”

One of her favourites is the story of Grace Yorsten, who was 27 when she drowned in the Brisbane River.

Part of the Victoria Bridge had been washed away in the great flood of 1896 and the Pearl was one of several small boats pressed into service to carry commuters across the river.

It capsized at the cost of at least 40 lives although it was never known just how many people were on board at the

time.

“For me it was a sliding door moment,” Helen says. “Grace had been observed dawdling towards the ferry and in no rush to catch it, so she took the next one, the Pearl.”

For Chris, a favourite is the story of the only man shot in the 1894 shearer’s strike.

“I had never realised just how close we came to civil war,” he says. “I never really knew the details and I had never even heard of some events. Stories are being lost.”

They agree though, that the biggest frustration has come from parents naming their children after themselves.

“It’s the hand-me-down names,” says Helen. “There have been times when it wasn’t even the person that we thought was buried there, but their son or father.

Historical societies and cemetery trusts have been brilliant in helping us sort these out.”

They are also giving back to the cemeteries, with $1 from every book sold going towards cemetery heritage restoration in Brisbane and with their new Great Ocean Road book, to see that a headstone is finally put up for a 17-yearold sailor whose ship went down on the “shipwreck coast”.

It’s an ongoing labour of love chasing up the stories of everyday people and Chris has also found himself on the talk circuit, speaking to library groups and various clubs and organisations.

“But we are doing what we love,” he says. “It’s the whole history of it and telling the story for those who never got to tell it for themselves.”

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Beware the language most foul

I swear that this month’s column is about bad language, writes DAVID PARMITER. And I do not mean the bad language used by everyday people, journalists and some politicians – we’re used to that.

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his is about the badly inappropriate use of the English Language by our young people.

Back in the old days (by which I mean the first thousand years of our so-called civilisation AD) educated people would say things like “gadzooks”, and “God’s bodikins”, by which they simply meant “oh, goodness” or “by the little body of God (Jesus)”, but without crossing the line to their religious beliefs.

“On my Life; and by the Holy Bible” was another, but used in self-defence when hauled up before a court.

Even “upon my mother’s life/grave” might count as swearing, because nobody believed for a moment that it was true. It was blasphemy, for which the punishment has always been severe.

After all, in the holy Bible, the third commandment clearly states “Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain”. Which, in modern parlance, means that thou shalt not swear by God or Jesus otherwise you can expect eternal purgatory in your next life.

If you do not believe any of that, well that’s your problem in the future. Hell and damnation ...

“For God’s Sake”, “Oh Jesus” and other references to the Almighty may well rebound on you later.

The lower classes in London would say “Gor, Blimey!” – God blind me ... if I ain’t telling yer der troof. Fer chrissake, I was a just a teenager in Sarf Lundon and I can speak the lingo, know wot ah mean?

But I knew my manners when at home or at parties. One just does not use such language in public.

This was later changed, between the wars, to “Gordon Bennett” which meant

the same, but proved you knew your manners in polite company.

The expression “oh, my God” has long been accepted as irreverent swearing; so it became shortened to “omigod” - and with the advent of texting among impolite teenagers, it has been further reduced to simply the letters “OMG”.

They don’t even know that they are swearing. Funny that, because when you are next up in the witness box of a court of Law, you will be told to swear on the Bible (or is it just the telephone book?) that the evidence you will give shall be the truth and nothing but the truth ... so help me God”.

What a load of traditional and modern humbug! Swearing today has two different applications.

First it is the law of the land that you shall speak the whole truth. Except what happens if you don’t? It’s called perjury a late Middle English term for swearing under oath (from the Latin per jure and the Middle English āth). Before the law and under my oath ...

The Macquarie Dictionary defines swearing (among other meanings) as “an irreverent or blasphemous use of the

name of God; or any profane or irreverent curse”. Please define!

Swearing in the last century meant that ladies might say “Oh my goodness” (Godness). And gentlemen might say “oh my God!” or “for God’s sake” – both swear words and sociably quite acceptable – except for the new Hollywood films wherein the hero says: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” which caused a minor social revolution.

Swearing in the cinema? Whatever next? Well, wait for the Sex Pistols and Adam Hills.

Read your Shakespeare, and pick out the real swear words, both emphatic and blasphemous, and poor Lady Macbeth who swore: “Out, out damned spot” and she wasn’t kicking out the dog. She had just forced her husband to kill two men.

The word “bloody” was originally only used by sailors and the army. Well, they got shot a lot didn’t they? And the walls of the surgeon’s butchery were painted red to hide the blood as arms and legs were cut off.

But its original meaning of “by our Lady” became a euphemism and these days have no meaning other than the

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emphatic. Especially (and only) in Australia, as in “bloody oath”.

If only the users knew the origins and true meaning of the words.

And then television introduced us to “Ken Oath”, which again is an acceptable replacement for another expression.

The wonderful Aussie, Alf Stewart in Home and Away has his frequent and emphatic use of “strewth” which is of course a contraction of “God’s truth”, but he makes it an emphatic rather than third commandment blasphemy.

There are others, beginning with b, c and f, which no polite or educated person would ever use ... except the mate who had just dropped the hammer on his toe.

Just an expletive. However, it is not the word itself (check the French and Italian equivalent). Rather, it is the context and the tone of voice that matters. Is it just an adjective, or an expletive?

If I say, “you are a damned fool ...”, will you or I go to Hell? If I say “You are a ‘Gordon Ramsay’ idiot”, I can expect an argument or maybe a punch on the nose.

We all know what it means, but you just do not say it in public. Unless you are the foul-mouthed cook. Note: I did not call him a chef.

Which brings us back to usage. Every child over the age of 10 knows every swear-word in the dicktionary. You’ve

protected them and brought them up to be polite. It’s not what they know, it’s that they know what the word means ... and what and when it is acceptable in public.

It’s called manners.

My father spent his life in the Royal Navy. I spent eight years of my life on board ships and in a boys’ boarding school so I learned English, French and Latin. I also learnt a lot about swearing – in the engine room, on the decks, in the Mess – but never before an officer.

It’s as my Dad said – “it’s not what you know that is acceptable. It’s what you do or don’t say in public. That is what makes you either a young lady or gentleman, or just another one of the ignorant or ill-bred ferals on the streets or in the Plaza.”

Every day we hear our young people shout to each other in shopping centres or even on the street: “Get f----d, you “----”.

They all know what the words are.

Few know what the words really mean and even fewer have been brought up to know when it is or is not appropriate to use them.

The problem is not with the kids. It’s with the ‘procreating’ parents and that’s being polite! Now, teach your grandchildren just one thing. We all know it, but when you’re out in public, just watch your language.

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Television becomes a Bonanza for an eager audience

For appliances that are designed to relax and entertain, televisions have become devilishly complicated, observes KATE CALLAHAN.

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nd so it was last week that I cautiously entered the electrical store to buy a new TV for my sports-loving husband. Not only do I not watch much TV, I also don’t know much about TVs so the burden of this decisionmaking responsibility weighed heavily upon me.

Beloved had only one requirement – big – so the rest was left to my discretion.

Granted, it would have been sensible to undertake some serious research before crossing the threshold of the store, but after making a half-hearted attempt to read about screen resolution, high dynamic range and refresh rates, I was none the wiser.

Ignorance is bliss, I decided. Anyway, wouldn’t a television salesman prefer to talk to a consumer who actually knows nothing? Yep, I would go for the sympathy vote.

Thirty minutes later, I was backing the SUV up to the loading dock and folding the back seats down. In went the new television. A neat fit, it was meant to be.

Buying a new TV wasn’t so hard after all.

Television arrived in Australia on September 16, 1956. For my parents, however, there were more pressing priorities, such as raising a family and

parents would have paid cash for it. No time-payment, hire purchase or loans for them.

Television receivers were a major purchase, costing approximately two months’ pay for the average worker.

My Dad presided over the TV like a not-so-benevolent dictator – no questions asked and definitely no negotiations entered into. He had an almost insatiable appetite for news. As a child, it confounded me that he watched the first news bulletin at 6pm and then lined up again at 7pm for the later bulletin on the ABC, usually read

by James Dibble.

The unfortunate consequence of Dad’s news fixation was that I never got to see the second half of Disneyland, which was broadcast on a commercial channel on Sunday night from 6.30 pm until 7.30 pm.

It didn’t matter if it was Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontierland, or Tomorrowland; the show conflicted with the 7 o’clock news and Dad just walked in and switched the channel to the ABC, always in time to hear the unmistakable strains of Majestic Fanfare.

Mum and Dad quite liked Bob Dyer’s Pick-A-Box, too, having listened to it on radio for years.

They both had more than a passing

saving for their own farm. Besides, television wasn’t available in the bush where we lived so it was the old wireless or nothing.

By the time owning a television receiver, as it was then called, became important for my parents, they had bought a dairy farm and the year was 1964.

I don’t recollect the arrival of the new television, but I know for sure that my

admiration for Barry Jones, contestant extraordinaire, whose debates with Bob Dyer about the minutiae of trivia were immensely entertaining, even for me as a child. Years later, I ran into Barry Jones in the corridors of Parliament House in Canberra and couldn’t stop myself from

“Who could forget the theme tune and the striking opening scene of a map engulfed in flames to reveal four men on horesback?” gushing all over him. How embarrassing!

The 1960s was the golden age of American Westerns, which my Dad, being an old bushie, loved almost as much as the news. His favourite (and mine) was Bonanza.

I was fascinated by the Cartwrights, who were men for all seasons – Adam, refined with dark good looks; big-hearted Hoss with his huge hat and body to match; Little Joe, impulsive and cute; and the original silver fox, Big Daddy Ben Cartwright, who watched over the

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Ponderosa and his sons, wisely and well without the benefit of a good woman by his side – other than the housekeeper, of course.

Who could forget the theme tune and the striking opening scene of a map (which I now know to be Virginia City) engulfed in flames to reveal four men on horseback?

And speaking of theme songs, none was more unforgettable than Frankie Laine’s rendition of that other Western classic, Rawhide. I would sing along with him, especially when it got to this part: Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, Though the streams are swollen, Keep them dogies rollin’, rawhide.

Through rain and wind and weather, Hell bent for leather, Wishin’ my gal was by my side.

All the things I’m missin’, Good vittles, love, and kissin’, Are waiting at the end of my ride.

The show had a simple premise, a seemingly endless cattle drive. It was all dust, campfires, hardship and distant horizons. The long-forgotten star of the show, one Eric Fleming, was the tough but fair trail boss, Gil Favor. Of more significance, however, was the aloof and grunting character of Rowdy Yates, played by a very young Clint Eastwood.

“He’s called Rowdy because he’s not”.

Incidentally, my ageing red cattle dog is

named after the same character.

Then there was Gunsmoke, unforgettable due to the sterling qualities of the lead character, Marshall Matt Dillon, who was impossibly tall (6’ 7”), steadfast, honest and utterly indestructible. The Marshall somehow survived every gunshot wound that Dodge City’s “baddies” managed to inflict upon him. Along the way, he dispensed wise advice and just punishment in equal measure.

In the great man’s shadow was Chester, his limping Deputy, and Miss Kitty, the glamorous, red-headed saloon madam, who maintained a close and, dare I say through adult eyes, sexually ambiguous relationship with the Marshall throughout most of the 635 episodes.

How times have changed and not necessarily for the better. We have had access to Pay TV since 1992, with its almost limitless viewing choices.

But more choice hasn’t necessarily meant better TV viewing. Reality TV burst on to the scene 25 years ago when Sylvania Waters first appeared and look what that genre has done to us?

We’ve become a nation of inveterate renovators, entertainers, and cooks; and some of us are even willing to expose our peccadillos and inadequacies on national TV in a quest to find true love.

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As an emergent writer I appreciated Kate Callahan’s (YT Sept) article “Mind the Bump”.

It was very amusing as she eavesdropped on the young couple seated at the adjacent table while Kate took her elaborate turmeric coffee.

The contrast drawn between the generation gap and the expectation of our youth that there is an ‘app’ for everything, even child-birth is extraordinary.

Well done Kate, I for one really enjoyed your article in the “Time Warp” section of Your Time.

Harry Dennis I heartily agree with comments by E. Rowe, W. Millar and Bill Glasson and the article on nouns.

It seems there are two prominent contributors to this situation – sloppy journalism and the digital world. I could add the inaccurate geographical and historical references so common in the media, often influenced by the Hollywood version.

Another observation is the loss or misuse of descriptive adjectives - things are brilliant, fantastic, awesome, unreal

etc. Also rather irritating is the adoption, parrot like, of trendy (often imported) English such as the “get go” and “uptick”.

It’s clumsy, lazy language.

Brian Jones I really enjoy reading Your Time each month and as a (now retired) language teacher, I particularly enjoy reading David Parmiter’s column.

I studied Latin all through high school and for two years at university.

As a former language teacher, I found that Latin was one of the most useful subjects that I had studied. It gave me a solid grounding in English grammar and in word derivation.

I find it regrettable that the teaching of formal English grammar has disappeared in many Australian educational systems.

In explaining a particular point of grammar in a foreign language I frequently referred to English grammar in my classes.

I recall comments from many of my students along the lines of: “I never understood that before. You’re the only teacher who ever explained that to us.”

I look forward to reading David’s

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column (and the other articles) in the next edition.

Ian Wood It’s a brave David Parmiter who translates his schoolboy knowledge of grammar in a magazine for seniors. (YT Sept). I must admit, I’ve not heard of all six cases of nouns named though I know of their usage.

Maybe our public school system didn’t stretch our vast learning to that extent.

Mind you, teaching wasn’t as sophisticated as it is today, with all the current bells and whistles.

What was valued was a Victorian regime of discipline – the Lord’s Prayer, rote learning, love of country, flag and our colonial history.

The curriculum was set by the State and teachers simply passed on what they’d learnt. We didn’t come out too bad. No anti-bullying policies needed; the cane took care of the rare recalcitrant.

My education of all things Greek and Latin encompassed roots of words, prefixes and suffixes, slightly more than the “Americanisms” today’s schoolchildren are exposed to.

No longer seen as relevant, yet to get an understanding of the origins of our English language, we must appreciate the derivation of English words.

Grammar and punctuation included analyses and parsing of sentences and

passages. Rote learning, of spelling and multiplication tables, was an expectation; no calculators. We read books for literacy and life; no television.

Today, excellence in advertising is an anomaly. My local tavern sells “Lunch’s” for $9. Two recent ABC journalists have used the noun “loan” as a verb, just like Judge Judy on her show! The word “loaned” is now part of our pop culture.

Where will it end? Oxford English is morphing into a fragile future speak, exacerbated by texting.

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Warning – even the wary are caught by this clever scam

I had often heard about people getting caught up in scams, but never quite knew how it could happen, reports MARGARET WORLAND. Then it happened to me.

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y computer froze when I was going into some innocuous site. A black square appeared on the screen with writing purporting to be from Microsoft Support Services. It advised my IP address had been compromised and could cause a security risk and/or malicious content.

I immediately thought it was Microsoft telling me that my photographs could be accessed by someone else and as I have a lot of photos of my grandchildren, I didn’t want that to happen.

They asked me to phone 1800 958 212 which sounded like an average Australian 1800 number so I called it. The chap who answered said they needed to check my files and I believe it was then that I allowed them into my computer, although I’m not sure. Maybe they were there already.

I kept asking what the problem was and he kept saying they were checking.

All the while, files were scrolling on my screen. He said it would take a while to go through and not to hang up.

I do believe keeping me on the phone was a ploy so I couldn’t call anyone else for advice.

I kept questioning and had trouble understanding him so was put through to

the supervisor. I asked again where they were located and he said at Microsoft Headquarters in California.

I told him I couldn’t understand why this was happening, as I thought I had some prevention programs on my computer.

He said it was that something that had been introduced and if it wasn’t checked out I could lose money from my bank and other dreadful things.

I knew in the pit of my stomach that this wasn’t right but silly me, I stayed on the phone being shuffled around with files scrolling while they kept me holding.

It was a constant barrage, but finally they said they had found it and that I had to get rid of the content causing the problem.

I now know that your IP address is a constant, regardless of the computer, but I was getting frantic and frazzled, after two hours on the phone waiting and questioning for something to trip up so I would know it wasn’t right.

They said it would cost me for them to put on another program, and although I didn’t want to give them my payment details, I was told it was the only way to save my precious files, especially photos and bank details.

He persuaded me to buy a program to fix the problem. By the time I hung up after the transaction and printed out what was supposed to be a receipt, I was in tears.

I knew I had done something wrong and I was panicking, telling myself that I was an intelligent person and this should not be happening.

I went to see my daughter as her husband is an IT person. She said straight away it was a scam. I wanted to check even though I knew. Her husband said it was definitely a scam.

If you see anything like this, just turn off the computer and consult someone, even if they do claim to be Microsoft Support Services.

I called my bank and had the payment blocked. The amount was something like $US899. I was lucky.

My son-in-law checked out my computer and removed the programs they had put on. He said they were harmless programs that were not going to do anything but we eliminated them anyway.

I thought that was the end of it until a month later I got a call from a private number with a foreign voice asking about the payment and why the bank had

rejected it. They had the cheek to call back.

Since then, I have heard of others being taken in by the same scam, even those who have been using computers for years. It’s very clever, using the name Microsoft.

Microsoft will never do this, so just turn off your computer and call a tech. It will be a lot less heartache in the end.

The problem was I knew something was wrong, but had no evidence to confirm it so I am telling my story hoping that others won’t get caught the same way.

The number of people reporting scam activity in Australia hit a record in 2016, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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The fashion industry is cottoning-on to the importance of Australian cotton, writes KAY McMAHON.

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ost Australian Boomers will remember the days when our country “rode on the sheep’s back�. From the 1950s to the 1990s wool was a part of our national psyche and a large contributor to the global fashion and textile industry.

But times are a-changing. Australia’s cotton industry is now stepping up and becoming known for world-class sustainable production.

With demand for cotton on the rise and consumers demanding more efficient, ethical and sustainable practices from the fashion industry, Australian cotton farmers are now in a perfect position to promote their crops.

Australia is now recognised as being equal to Egypt in producing some of the highest quality cotton in the world, with yields 2.6 times the global average.

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In May this year, Cotton Australia, in conjunction with the Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI) initiated a tour of a Narrabri farm and cotton gin for representatives from several national

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K Mart has already released a 100 per cent Australian cotton T- shirt range and Target, its sister store, has introduced an Australian cotton men’s wear range.

This augurs well for our cotton growers and supports a program to promote more environmentally friendly and sustainable production methods.

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Don’t spare the horses – or the passengers

The coach trip from Brisbane to Gympie was a long and arduous journey before the railway line was built, writes AUDIENNE BLYTH.

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n 1868 Cobb & Co coach service obtained the mail contract along the newly opened Brisbane to Gympie Road.

The Gympie Times advertised the first journey on November 19, 1868: “Gympie to Traveston (15 miles); thence to Ward’s, later Murray’s (16 miles), thence to Maroochy, Low’s (10 miles), thence to Cobb’s Camp (8 miles), thence to Lander’s (11 miles), thence to Glasshouse (13 and a half miles), thence to the punt at the Caboolture River ( 13 miles), thence to Petrie’s (15 miles), thence to Brisbane (16 miles)”.

That’s a total of 117 and a half miles or 187 km.

Passengers spent the night on these first journeys at Low’s Hotel but Cobb’s Camp Hotel at Woombye then became the regular overnight stop. In 1878, a route to Gympie via Tewantin was used as well.

Cobb & Co coach service operated twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The fare of £3.10.0 was well beyond ordinary folk and well beyond

To mark the centenary of Queensland, a restored Cobb & Co coach travelled along the Brisbane to Gympie Road. hopefuls travelling to the goldfields. Sea travel to Maryborough and walking was preferable.

The arrival of the coach was filled with hustle and bustle.

About a kilometre from any stop, the driver would sound his bugle to allow everyone to get ready. It was essential for the groom to have a new team brushed and

harnessed very quickly.

If the coach was running late, fines could be imposed for the late arrival of mail.

At least 40 horses needed to be available at the different stops to get the coach from Brisbane to Gympie.

Luggage and baskets of mail were strapped to the roof as the coach driver also delivered the

mail and goods. There may have been some quick exchanges about the condition of the road, the weather or some outside news.

Twice a week going north and twice a week going south, the coach stopped to change the horses. It also gave the settlers their link to the rest of the world.

There may have been time for cups of tea with damper or meals.

A flooded river meant that the coach was delayed and meals and accommodation were needed.

Women and children sat inside the coach with little room to move. The seats next to the driver were thought to be the best place to sit and this was referred to as being in “the box seat”.

In fact, the driver liked a strong male to sit next to him to help with the braking. Another peculiarity of coach travel was the rocking action due to the leather springs or thorough braces. Motion sickness was common.

Cobb & Co had ceased to operate on the route from Brisbane to Gympie by the end of 1879.

Small settlements along the Gympie Road relied on packhorse mail. Coach services were becoming a thing of the past with the building of rail lines and were doomed to close where a railway line opened.

Alex McCallum obtained the mail contract and his coach service ran from Caboolture to Mooloolah from 1883 until 1885.

It was extended to Cobb’s Camp (Woombye) in 1885 and extended to Cooran the same year.

In 1886 the service went through to Gympie. In 1889 Jimmy Myles & Co held the mail contract for the Yandina to Cooran service and this closed in mid-1891 when the rail link to Gympie was opened.

The north coast railway line then linked Brisbane to Maryborough. Great progress had been made.

Transport of goods and people had taken a leap into the future.

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President John Lyon (left) with committee and display organiser Steve Wikman GARDENERS and visitors from around Queensland will converge on Buderim this month for the annual Buderim Garden Festival which this year features the colour red.

Based at the Buderim War Memorial Hall (corner of Main and Church Streets)

it includes a competitive Spring Flower Show of cut flowers, novelty arrangements, hanging baskets, bonsai and photographs.

Adjacent to the hall, there will be a quality plant market selling mixed garden plants, bromeliads, gerberas, orchids, staghorns and ferns, subtropicals, geraniums, cottage garden plants, begonias, garden novelties, cacti and succulents, along with all natural bush soaps and jams.

There will be exclusive access to Open Gardens in the Buderim area which are selected to showcase the diversity in size and style of gardening in the area.

This year there will be seven gardens at six venues, and a small bus will make it easy to get to them all.

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SCULPTORS, POTTERS JOIN IN BUDERIM’S creative spirit will be on show during National Garden Week this month when Buderim Craft Cottage presents its Sculptured Garden exhibition alonsgside the Buderim Garden Club’s annual festival.

The Sculptured Garden showcases ceramic sculpture designed for gardens and courtyards, but also includes functional pottery and decorative ceramic works for indoor settings.

Craft Cottage potters and sculptors have been designing ceramic art works for this annual exhibition since 1997. Works from previous exhibitions now feature in some of the Coast’s finest homes and gardens, and in commercial buildings.

This year the exhibition will have a special theme of “reflection”.

More than 30 artists will be showing about 150 works in the exhibition which opens on Saturday October 7 and continues through the week and the Buderim Garden Festival weekend of October 14-15, 9am-4pm daily.

St Marks Anglican Church, next door to the Cottage, will also celebrate its 100th year with a display of wedding gowns, floral arrangements and memorabilia.

Admission is free.

Refreshments will be available both weekends.

Buderim Craft Cottage, 5 Main St Buderim. Free entry, works for sale. Visit buderimcaftcottage.com.au

ALL ABOUT BEES AT THE BUSHLAND BOTANIC GARDENS

FRIENDS of Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens teamed up with University of the Sunshine Coast researchers to make native bee nests as part of their Natives Naturally for Your Garden event last month.

USC researchers Rachele Wilson and Linda Pappadarlo helped the Friends develop designs for “bee hotels” for solitary species such as teddy-bear bees and blue-banded bees.

“Some homes already have hives for stingless native bees, but we also need to replace lost habitat for solitary species,” Rachele said. “They nest in various kinds of small spaces that are very easy to create in the smallest backyards, even in units.”

To learn more about the group, visit friendsofmaroochybotanicgardens.org.au or email friendsofMRBBG@gmail.com

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READER’S STORY

The joys (and guilt) of grandparenting

Although she has the most charming and talented grandchildren in the world, MOCCO WOLLERT is praying they don’t come to stay for the holidays.

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should tear my hair and beat my breast! I felt so guilty. My eyes were brimming with tears.

We had just left our eldest daughter, Susan, in Melbourne and cuddled our grandchildren – Anne, 8, Jessica, 4, and seven- month old Nicholas.

Susan and I had burst into tears at the door, holding each other tightly when it was time to leave.

So how could I be sitting in our car barely an hour later, feeling relieved and happy? I should be crushed, should be missing the children already. What sort of a worthless grandmother was I? My husband Ben took one hand off the steering wheel, scratched his head and said ‘Thank God, peace!’.

I took a peek at him and saw a relaxed man, happy with himself and glad to be on the road again. What sort of a terrible grandfather was he?

It was rather fun in the beginning to run around in sloppy clothes. After four days of it, I felt like a complete frump.

Balancing a seven-month old baby on one hip is also deadly for the back.

I learned new skills. I became onehanded. Baby on one arm, I learned how to sort dirty clothes with the other, put them into the washing machine, take

them out, put them into the dryer etc.

The staying power of those machines.

They worked all day long – and so did I. Susan was always busy – driving the children to kindy and school and the dentist and - breast feeding. Oh, blessed generation where breast feeding is “in”; where the breast is always available for nourishment and comfort; where the mother gazes lovingly at her baby sucking away while the house falls around her in chaos.

The worst part was the noise.

Nature is very kind to us elderly people. She lets us see less as we get older so our wrinkles are in a kinder, dimmer light and she takes some of our hearing capacity away as well. Not enough.

Two television sets were usually going at the same time, one with Humphrey B. Bear, the other showing a video. A radio played in the kitchen, Nicholas the baby screamed and Jessica had a fight with her sister. Then the phone rang and the dog started to bark at the door.

Susan, mother, ruler of the house and 30 years old, laughs and sails through the days on full steam, undeterred by the added need to supervise the workmen building an extension on to her house.

As soon as we arrived home I rang my

friend Annette. She has five grandchildren. A friend like Annette is a must for every woman.

She picks me up when I am down; she pulls me into line when I have the miseries. She too had spent some of the festive season with her grandchildren. I knew she would not have been glad to leave them. I could just see her surrounded by her large family, laughing, having a wonderful time.

“Is that you my friend?” Annette sounded agitated. “Before you say anything, let me tell you, I am never going to have another holiday like the last. I am too old for it. I do not like being spewed on by babies and dirty nappies – well … no, no, no!”

I grew five centimetres. I was not alone. Being made a grandmother did not automatically mean one had to like it or had to be good at it. Later, I cautiously asked a few acquaintances how they felt about their adorable grandchildren and this opened a Pandora’s Box. They all had long stories of noisy, undisciplined, sleep-disturbing children.

It was generally understood that this generation of grandchildren was not at all like we had been. We were obedient. We ate what was on our plate. We certainly

did not wail, “it’s Thursday, on Thursdays we always have McDonalds”.

We washed our hands, we never answered back. Of course, I vividly remember the way my grandfather shook his head in horror the first time he saw me in a two-piece bathing suit. I received a long lecture on the immorality of modern youth. Now, somehow, my guilt feelings have flown out of the window. I have come to understand that I am not a terrible grandmother. My feelings are NORMAL. I have the right to live in a house where order reigns supreme, where I am in charge of the noise. I have earned the right to have peace. I am entitled to afternoon naps and watching the news without interruption.

I did my duties long ago, when a messy, noisy house was the order of the day and I was young. When children and their needs took up all my time, when I had the strength to cope with long days and often sleepless nights.

Just so there is no misunderstanding, I like being a grandmother. I think that nobody’s grandchildren are as goodlooking, clever, charming or talented as mine and I love them with all my heart.

But please God, don’t let them all come and visit during their next holidays.

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MOTORING

Slow doesn’t mean the same as safe on the road Careful and considerate driving does not mean driving at 10km/h under the speed limit, writes BRUCE McMAHON.

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s a wise man (all right, the wife’s first cousin) said the other day: Every driver has an obligation to be brisk about the business.

This doesn’t mean breaking any laws but means being aware of fellow travellers, means moving aside for faster traffic.

Travel and insurance crowd RACQ has again noted that tailgating is Queensland drivers’ pet hate. But consider this – is that speedometer reading right? Distracted and slowed by the GPS, phone call or changing a music track?

Maybe it’s time to stick closer to the speed limit. Or move aside.

It’s up to police to enforce the limits, not uptight drivers who have never lost a licence point.

Wonder why some folk get closer than appreciated to your rear? How about moving off from traffic lights when green? Especially on right turns with green arrows – there are many times when another five cars and a semi-trailer could have safely taken that turn.

Motoring, despite the dumbing down in recent years, is a privilege and not a right.

Okay, so there are reasons for some folk toddling along below speed limits. A sick car perhaps? An older driver a little more cautious in motoring habits?

Looking for an address?

And yes, all should be shown some consideration. But that works both ways and perhaps fewer would complain about tailgaters if they had their speedometer checked because most, even today, are not 100 per cent accurate and readings will differ.

Slow and disconnected drivers, leading to frustration and dangerous overtaking moves, can be just as dangerous as fast drivers.

(Memo to maroon Ford Territory on that country drive the other day: Yes, that’s a narrow and winding road in part but the speed limit is 100km/h, not the 50km/h you averaged for 30km.

If the kids/mother-in-law/designer dog are feeling crook, that’s fine but move over and let others pass. Please.)

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Developed with Subaru and running one of Subaru’s trademark boxer engines, the 86 doesn’t have to be driven beyond Australia’s speed limits because its dynamics can be well appreciated at lower speeds on demanding roads.

The steering is well-weighted and very precise. And it’s a light and lithe car so 152kW is adequate though still best to keep swapping gears for maximum attack on a hillside.

There’s a limited edition out at the moment, jaffa-orange with Brembo brakes and Sachs shock absorbers for extra finesse at $41,490, some $4550 over the standard GTS version.

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It’ll fit a couple of grandkids in the back and will always be driven with briskness and wide smiles. Enjoy.

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TECHNOLOGY

This upgrade brings big changes Home Network Basics – let’s look at IP addresses Every September Apple releases a new operating system for its iPhones and iPads and this year’s update, writes The iPad Man COLIN DUNKERLEY, has some big changes.

Now that you have the rundown on Wi-Fi, we are ready to explore the world of IP addresses, writes NATHAN WELLINGTON.

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OS11, which stands for iPhone Operating System version 11 (the equivalent of Windows on a PC) has been released and if your iPad or iPhone is capable, you should take advantage of this free update as soon as possible.

While some people find updates a pain, everyone needs to embrace them as they are necessary to help keep your devices secure and to keep technology pushing forward.

One of the biggest changes Apple has made is to move away from JPEG files for photos. JPEG is a format that is 25 years old and it uses a lot of space on devices.

To help access photos faster and fit more of them on your device Apple has made the courageous move to a new global standard called HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format).

This new format maintains the image quality but takes up half the space, which means not only can you fit more photos on your device but they will take up less space in Apple’s iCloud as well.

This format will be available for iPhone 7 or later, iPad Pros and the 2017 iPad models.

Apple has also introduced a new File App which makes it much easier to access any files you may have, not only

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on any of your Apple devices, but also in other Apps like iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive etc. iOS11 adds the ability for you to drag and drop files, photos etc on an iPad for the first time. This is a very clever and useful feature but will take a little practise to get use to.

If you are fortunate enough to have an iPad Pro you will benefit from incredible new functionality with your Apple Pencil.

You could even give up using paper forever as the iPad recognises your handwriting as you write making all your notes searchable.

There are hundreds of other changes too. The Camera App, Photo App, Maps App and News Apps have all had significant changes, as has the keyboard, which can now easily add numbers without you having to switch back and forth between keyboards.

And of course Siri - my favourite feature - has had huge improvements.

As always, I highly recommend backing up your devices BEFORE you do the update and to help you I have made available some free videos to guide you at ipadlessons.com.au/ yourtime

here are a lot of terms, but it is handy to understand these when dealing with your Internet Service Provider (ISP), so you will understand when they ask you to troubleshoot any internet issues you may have at home.

With the slow but painful transition from ADSL to NBN, many of you may have come across the acronym IP address or ‘internet protocol address’.

Think of an IP address like your car licence plate. It is used for your computer or device to communicate with other computers, servers or devices; it denotes ownership so you are billed for your internet usage and recently, it allows the authorities to track your online movements by gathering metadata.

There is the IP address you are allocated from your ISP that connects you to the world-wide web.

It is generally in the following format: 123.456.789.10.

There is also an internal IP address that your home modem/router allocates to your home devices so they can talk to each other within a closed network and is generally in the format of 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.138.

Most modem/routers have their IP address printed on the underside for you to use to login through a browser and make changes (that is, if you know what you are doing).

There are also two formats of IP address, the first is called IPV4 which comprises of four number only segments separated by dots like the ones described above.

In 2013, a new protocol called IPV6 was introduced as they could see running out of IPV4 addresses appearing on the horizon.

These IPV6 addresses have 8 segments and are alpha-numeric 3ffe:190 0:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf

Also, early on in the development of the World Wide Web, it was foreseen that people would find it hard to look up a website by numbers alone, so domain names were introduced, where you type in www.domainname.com.au to visit a website.

This name is actually linked to the IP address of where the website is hosted, to make it easier to find.

Most modem/routers use a centrally located name server that connects the website name to your hookup with their IP address. These are called dynamic name servers or DNS for short.

Most home users are also allocated a dynamic IP address by their ISP, as opposed to a static IP address.

This IP address is lent to you with a shelf life of usually 24hours, after this time they then lend you another IP address. It is much like sharing a dealer licence plate to test drive cars from the dealership.

Next month for the last in this series I will discuss how every website you visit records your IP address along with your ISP, and now, also, the government.

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CARE AFFAIRS

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION TO THE END REAL estate agents spruik location, location, location and it applies right to the end.

According to the Grattan Institute’s 2014 report Dying Well, around 70 per cent of Australians want to die at home, yet only about 14 per cent actually manage it – 54 per cent die in hospitals and 32 per cent in residential care facilities.

The reasons for this include not having a house suitable for extra equipment such as a hospital bed; lack of family or community-based care support; finances; medical conditions requiring hospitalisation and already living in residential care.

Recent changes to community-

based care mean you now have the say in how your package is allocated, both in the type of services and the providers. While this sounds great, there is a substantial shortage in availability of care packages, so having your own plan is a good idea.

The first step is to consider what you want and where you want to be, if possible, and taking into account your circumstances.

All of this forms part of the bigger picture around the topic of end of life.

The important things are creating precious memories; working towards a good death, as defined by the person dying; focusing on hope and joy; ticking off the bucket list;

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HOME CARE DELIVERY CHANGES IN REVIEW ON February 28, the federal government reformed home care delivery in the biggest industry shake-up for 25 years. MARY BARBER asks Kendall Morton, the director of Home Care Assistance how the changes are being felt by seniors and their families.

What have the benefits been to clients so far?

A lot of them now know they have the choice so they’re looking for providers who can meet their needs.

They are seeking information, shopping around. We’re getting a lot of questions about pricing and what kinds of services we offer, such as do we do overnight care.

Clients are benefiting from better pricing and more service flexibility, for instance, access to evening care and weekend care. There are also many new players who have come into the industry. Personally I think this competition is healthy. The closed market we had for 25 years did not encourage innovation or best practice. The changes were overdue.

What problems have emerged in the last 6 months?

There have been a few problems, largely around the system, which

was going to be the case as it is a brand new system. So, not only do clients have to navigate a new system of funding but the providers do as well. It’s been a steep learning curve for everyone.

There is some confusion out there. Clients are getting different information from various sources about what the essential costs are.

Make sure you have confidence in the information you are being told, and ask more people more questions until you find someone you trust.

How has the national queue for home care packages worked so far?

Prior to the national queueing system you could help seniors with urgent needs by finding a provider who had a vacant package and could respond quickly. The local providers had more control over who was assigned the packages.

Now we are still trying to iron out the kinks. The national queue is prioritised. There has been some need to get clients reassessed by the ACAT team (Aged Care Assessment Team) to have a priority attached to their assessment.

People ask how long they will have to wait for a package once they

have had an ACAT assessment. At this stage, My Aged Care does not have enough data to predict this.

What are the pitfalls and barriers in changing providers?

If you are unhappy with the care you are getting and wish to change, be aware of three things. Firstly, if you signed a service agreement that had exit fees, you will have to pay these fees. Secondly, providers must transfer your unspent funds to your new provider. This should be done within 70 days. And thirdly, you need to give two weeks’ written notice to your current provider.

Changing care providers can be daunting. They are familiar. So take your time and do your research.

What’s your comment about the home care reforms?

All in all, My Aged Care is managing the changes well. Seniors and their families certainly have more control and choice about their home care. This is a hopeful time.

However, it is confusing too because everyone is learning. The key thing is to educate yourself about your options and your rights.

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Mooloolaba Lions Club president Tim Fraser with Gary Langford of the Nambour Local Ambulance Committee and Nambour Station officer in charge Joy Reitz.

Mooloolaba Lions Club has presented a state of the art training mannequin to the Nambour Local Ambulance Committee to help with training paramedics.

Called Resusci Anne, the mannequin will better simulate an actual incident that requires CPR, defibrillation and airway management than previously possible.

President Tim Fraser said it was the club’s a way of showing community appreciation for their ambulance service’s care.

Funds were raised by stallholders and patrons of the club’s Fisherman’s Road Sunday Markets.

“Additionally, this is a community project that goes towards our 100 years celebration of Lions Internationally in which we are aiming to complete 100 projects by June 2018,” Mr Fraser said.

Barry Bull and his grandsons Archie and Hudson at the get into the music at Loud shirt Day Mooloolaba, which raised $10,000 for Hear and Say. Archie was born with severe hearing disability but with his cochlear implant was keen to get into the music. More than 160 people attended for live music and inspiration at the Mooloolaba Surf Club.

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LIFE IN FOCUS

It’s not just about the toast

When PAULINE DU REITZ surmises there is more to an argument than the toast, she means the type we smear with butter not the “ra-ra, let’s lift our glasses” variety.

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was recently observing two people who I know well. They were in the process of arguing about a piece of toast. That’s right, one piece of toast.

A huge amount of energy was going into the topic of the one piece of toast. The strong and vicious argument went on for over 40 minutes.

The story was that husband and wife got up in the morning and were preparing for work. By the time one of them had entered the kitchen, the other was eating breakfast, consisting of a piece of toast.

It was then noted that there had only been one piece of bread left in the refrigerator and the person already eating breakfast had claimed it.

The newly-arrived person felt that this was unfair, uncaring, rude and disrespectful. A long and angry argument was triggered, but it really wasn’t about the toast.

It was about the underlying frustration, anger and disappointment they were experiencing because each considered that in their relationship, their reasonable needs were not being met.

We see this in relationships or families all the time. Issues about stacking or un-stacking the dishwasher, leaving food

out on the bench etc. For some, these issues are not a problem because their needs or their standards are different.

“It was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” means that sometimes, small things can trigger a significant situation, feeling or behaviour.

The 1970s film Network, was about the television news presenter who ranted and raved about how dysfunctional society had become?

From his news anchor desk, he encouraged viewers to get up and go to their windows and yell, “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more!”

Sometimes the trigger, the straw that breaks the camel’s back, might be a social issue. When it’s a social issue, like-minded people gather and create a strong voice based on their beliefs, expectations or standards.

In relationships, it is likely to be something more personal.

When, over time, we consider that our reasonable needs have not been met, we often either brood about it or externalise our feelings.

If we are observing someone who is upset, we may be able to read what is

going on, not just by what they are saying but from their body language.

Dissatisfaction can be observed through a range of body language behaviours.

When we look at our lives, we are involved in many relationships, a situation where we have some interaction with someone.

It might be the mechanic who looks after our car, the doctor, hairdresser, or indeed, those who provide, or are supposed to provide us with behaviours that will meet our reasonable needs.

Meeting “reasonable needs” is based on standards. Sometimes our standards are different to those of another and often they are the foundation for conflict.

For most of us, it’s not too difficult to tell someone that you are not really close to, or do not have an emotional investment in, that your reasonable needs have not been met, or that certain standards have not been achieved.

We face the difficulty and change our behaviours. We just don’t buy coffee in that shop again, or we change our hairdresser or mechanic.

In emotional relationships, challenging or negotiating what we consider to be our

reasonable needs can be difficult.

We may be concerned about confronting the other person because we consider the bond we have with them.

We may be anxious about damaging that bond, or frightened of the reactions to our challenge.

In close relationships, we also develop patterns of dealing with conflict. These patterns might show behaviours where controlling, avoiding, people-pleasing or compromising behaviours are very strong.

Most of us don’t learn effective communication, conflict resolution or interpersonal negotiation skills. We just pick these skills up from others as we travel through life, but the skills that we use, may not be the best possible methods for our interactions with others.

So, the accumulation of hurts mount up and sometimes all it takes is missing out on a piece of toast to unleash a deluge of dissatisfaction and hurt.

In relationships, whether the relationship is with another or be the relationship with self, we often end up being as mad or as sad as hell.

It’s a pity that we don’t employ better skills.

What happened to Pete?

Elder abuse takes many forms and one of them, writes AVA JAMESON, is rushing to put Dad into care when he has friends willing to look after him.

I

met Pete in February. He had lost his job six months earlier and Alzheimer’s was settling in as his daily companion.

Pete was carrying the groceries to his house when I stopped to offer him a lift.

We started off as friends, and our friendship eventually turned into something more serious.

It was a slow-burn relationship. He was a lonely man whose family seldom came to visit.

The first thing his oldest daughter told me was that he had early stages of Alzheimer’s. I told him, and he said that she had told a few people but he had asked her not to, as it was his private business and he didn’t like it being spread.

He was always alone.

I asked him one day how often his family came to visit and he replied the last visit had been three weeks earlier.

So, my meetings with him became more regular and he eventually opened up and told me his story.

Pete had worked in the railways for more than 30 years and had owned his house for that long. He was born in 1955, and had bought the house where he lived for $30,000 in 1980.

He had also saved and over 30 years

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had put away enough super to see him through.

I asked him one day if he thought he would ever be put in a nursing home. He told me he planned to stay in his own home until he needed to go to high care.

His wife had died two years earlier and he had been alone since.

Our lunchtime visits eventually turned to dinner visits, and kept getting longer so that after five months, we were spending all our time together.

He was a funny man, charming; and we always had a good laugh. He was kind in spirit.

We would spend ages talking about his time in the railways and he would get out his certificates and manuals to show me. He had started out as a shunter and ended up as a guard.

He was very proud of his work.

We cooked together, cleaned the house together, I made lunch and dinner for him. We hung out and became good friends as well as lovers.

His kids would call now and then, but were not really close to him. He did have early Alzheimer’s, but he still knew who he was and where he lived.

He knew me and his friends. He was

80 per cent functional. He could cook, clean and mow the lawn and was very house proud.

Then, one day, I went out to check on my own house which I still kept down the street. I called Pete to check on him and he told me that the police were at his house.

I asked him what they wanted. They had come to take him to the station.

We both knew he had to go with them.

I never heard from him or saw him again after that.

His family had arranged for him to get an assessment from the mental health ward at the hospital.

I tried to visit him a couple of days after it happened, but as I was walking in, his children came out and told me that I was banned from seeing him.

My dear friend was incapacitated by the drugs and his family had power of attorney.

The nurses said he could not make any decisions anymore and that his family didn’t want me to contact him again.

That was at the end of May, and I don’t know what has happened to him.

He was drugged up for a week at the hospital and then put into the care of family who tried to put a peace and good behaviour order against me, saying that I was stalking Pete by trying to find out where he was.

My lawyer sent a letter stating that I was in a romantic relationship with Pete, and that there were no grounds for such an order. The case was dropped as I had done no harm.

After Pete disappeared, the electricity was turned off in his house and his phone disconnected.

His close friends were also told to stay away.

No one knows how he is or where he is – it’s like he has disappeared.

And now, three months later, his house has been sold.

I hope he is OK. I do miss him and hope he is not being psychologically tortured without his friends around or being allowed to live the life of his choice.

Although he didn’t get to stay in his own home until he needed high care, I can only hope the sale of his house has helped his family find a good care facility.

I can only hope that they are doing the right thing by him and he is happy.

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FINANCE

Aged care is a family affair

Think about how you would like things to be in your old age, advises BRIAN MOONEY, and family help with decision-making makes it all so much easier.

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his is embarrassing, but I am going to share it with you anyway. Recently, I was lying in bed with a cramp and suddenly I had a call of nature. I hopped into my ensuite and to keep balance, I put the cramped-up leg on the floor and then I went flying backwards into the glass shower door before crashing on to the tiles.

When my son asked me what happened to the shower door he quipped that it might be time to move into aged care.

I politely suggested he should be concerned about his housing situation before advising me on mine.

We all joke like this, but for many of us it’s a reality and in my work I get to see this time and time again. As a financial adviser I often meet with elderly (and not so elderly) people and their families to help them navigate their way through the maze of aged care.

For me, it’s not so difficult,

it’s my job but for my clients and their families it’s an emotionally draining and stressful time. I’ve noticed down the years that there’s a good way to approach this, and a not-so-good way.

My success stories are the ones where the entire family has been involved well before the need for aged care becomes urgent. As an example, about six years ago a long-term client suffered a recurrence of a major illness and along with her children, decided she would enter a retirement village that also had a nursing home.

All three of her children spent some time helping her make this decision and then pack up her belongings. I had three meetings with them.

The advice went beyond just moving into a retirement village, but also addressed a possible later move into the nursing home. Naturally this was a stressful time and having her children supporting her and

assisting with the decisionmaking was very important.

Recently another client referred an elderly neighbour who is facing the inevitability of a nursing home. In this case, her two children attended the meeting with her and I explained the issues that needed to be addressed and how the facility costs could be funded.

If you’re starting to get to the point where your birthday cake needs a permit from the fire department, please do yourself and your family a few favours.

Have the hard discussions, get your will and power of attorney in order, and educate yourself on aged care options. If all of that sounds like too much to handle then get a professional financial adviser involved, and do it while the cramp is just a cramp and not a bigger safety issue.

Brian Mooney is a qualified financial planner and authorised representative of Logiro. Email: brianm@logiro.com

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BEEFY’S KEEPS PIES IN THE FAMILY WHEN Ron and Shirley Hobbs opened their first bakery at Aussie World in 1997, they hoped the business would grow but they didn’t imagine that within 10 years, Beefy’s would be opening its 10th store.

Beefy’s Buddina opened on the corner of Nicklin Way and Point Cartwright Drive in September.

These days it’s the next generation of the Hobbs family – Mark and Belinda – who are front and centre although Ron and Shirley remain involved.

“As a local Sunshine Coast family-owned business we’re grateful for the support we receive from our loyal, local customers,” says Mark. “After all, without them, we wouldn’t have achieved all that we have.”

“The opening of Beefy’s Buddina means all those loyal customers who live in Buddina and neighbouring suburbs now have less distance to travel to find their favourite Beefy’s pie.”

The Beefy’s Signature Steak remains the favourite, but there are lots of other varieties including gluten free pies which have been endorsed by Coeliac Australia.

Drop by for a cup of coffee and a chat!

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RETIREMENT LIVING

MUSIC MATTERS

Give us a hand

LIFESTYLE KEY TO LAKESIDE RELEASE OVER 50s developer Halcyon has embraced the great outdoors with the release of its latest homes at Halcyon Lakeside at Bli Bli. The 231-home community comprises of 35 lake front homes. The final 14 luxury, lake front homes have now been released.

Halcyon Lakeside project director Chris Carley said the lakefront homes encompassed the ultimate in lifestyle living.

“These premium homes by the lake are a two-minute stroll to the recently completed Recreation Club, which is the heart of the community,” Mr Carley said. “These are the closest homes available to the resort-style facility, and we’re expecting the lakefront homes to be snapped up quickly.”

The superior eight-star energy rated homes with ducted air, AEG appliances, 2Pac and stone kitchens, 3Kw solar power system all have spacious living

Hand strength is important for the musician and and music teacher HEATHER NEL finds it helps with sewing curtains and opening jars too.

W areas that flow to the back patio overlooking the lake.

Halcyon Lakeside community manager Donna Osborne said the wildlife in the surrounding 20ha of forest created a relaxed lifestyle for many residents, particularly those fronting the lake.

The lakeside is also home to a model boat club established by residents, which brings both enthusiasts and first-timers together for a weekly activity.

Lifestyle Release homes range from 312sqm to 474sqm and are priced from $564,000 to $739,000. Construction of the homes will start in October for completion by February 2018.

hew! It’s late and I have just finished sewing up miles of curtain fabric for our townhouse.

I look at my hands. They feel a bit sore from all the sewing so it’s a quick rub with voltarin and off to bed.

The next day I am up at 6.30am, half awake and struggling to remove the lid of a jam jar.

I give the lid a crack with the back of a knife to break the seal.

It doesn’t budge. I stop and sigh.

Well, the curtains look nice in the morning light anyway.

In my dozy haze, I mutter, “why do they make jar seals so tight these days?”

Hmmm, maybe it’s me. I am not as strong as I used to be,

that’s for sure.

I settle for cereal but am determined to discover hand strengthening exercises that will keep my breakfast options open. I have read that having stronger hands and forearms will help with playing music also.

In fact, playing music appears to assist in keeping correct posture, and is mentioned in brain health literature. Could this mean that maintaining hand strength actually helps maintain general health?

I consult the internet for some answers and find a series of videos by Levi Harrison. I follow the first video of a simple but effective routine and can nearly smell the toast.

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RETIRING soon and like to sing?

Enjoy singing but don’t read music? Enjoy company and fellowship? Retired and bored?

The Buderim Male Choir has been entertaining at retirement villages and raising funds for Sunshine Coast charities for more than 40 years.

The popular choir is the only male choir on the Sunshine Coast and is seeking new members to bolster numbers and add strength to the voices.

Under the expert guidance of music director Mitchell Meyer the choir enjoys singing in the Welsh tradition.

Practices are two hours from 7pm on Monday at the Buderim Uniting Church. Come and see.

Call Rod 5456 4473 or Mort on 5326 3071.

DRUMMING is great for fitness, coordination, memory, stress relief and encourages community, friends and laughter.

Rhythm Culture classes offer a new traditional West African rhythm every four weeks.

The different parts of the rhythm are taught on West African Djembe drums and each student learns two or three different parts to each rhythm.

Classes have a focus on call and response, warmup exercises, memory for breaks and calls and technique.

There is a story for each rhythm and quite often an accompanying dance.

Coordination is not essential to start drumming, that’s what the class is for.

GENTEEL CROQUET COMES TO THE HAMPTONS PALM Lakes Resort’s Long Island-inspired Hamptons Country Club has become even more Gatsby, with the addition of the ultimate cool garden party activity.

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“Do 10 repeats of the exercises three times each day,” Levi suggests. “Extend and contract the palms of your hands,” he goes on.

I am thinking of the popular children’s song “Open shut them. Open shut them.”

It takes me at least a month to take up a new habit, or in this case, exercise.

This easy clenching and releasing motion should be simple enough to do. I can’t wait to feel stronger.

At ascseniorcare.com I find that presses, pick ups, stretches and wrist rolls along with the squeezes will all add strength over time. Look out jam jars and overlockers!

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HEALTH

Cardiac trial volunteers sought Sunshine Coast volunteers are needed for a cutting-edge trial which will reveal whether they have very early signs of heart disease.

The University of Queensland-led study, conducted at Sunshine Coast University Hospital and Ipswich Hospital, is using advanced technology to determine participants’ risk of developing heart disease and to compare two approaches to managing their care.

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) cardiologist Professor Tony Stanton said volunteers have a CT scan to obtain their coronary calcium score.

Depending on their result, they may also then undergo a CT coronary angiogram.

Prof Stanton said the tests, provided free-of-charge to trial participants, would normally cost more than $500 and were not currently covered by Medicare.

“This is a great incentive for people to get involved in the trial, have themselves checked for early indications of heart disease and make a contribution to medical research,” he said.

“Early detection and management play a critical role in preserving and maintaining heart health.”

Men and women aged 40-70 with no diagnosed heart disease and who are not already on cholesterol lowering medication are able to volunteer for the study.

“We need people for the trial who have a close relative who was diagnosed with coronary artery disease, angina or heart attack at a young age (before 60),” Professor Stanton said.

The calcium scoring CT scan looks for specks of calcium in the walls of the coronary arteries, which is an early sign of heart disease.

“If signs of heart disease are detected, further scans are conducted and management plans are created or intervention is provided to assist the participant.”

The trial is part of an Australia-wide study known as CAUGHT-CAD – or coronary artery calcium score: use to guide management of hereditary coronary artery disease.

The study is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.

To participate or for more information on the trial contact research nurse Sarah McLennan 3176 7500, email caught@uq.edu.au or visit medicine.uq.edu.au/caught-cad

DEMENTIA - EVERYONE HAS A ROLE A recent nationwide survey conducted

by Alzheimer’s Australia found that 94 per cent of respondents diagnosed with dementia had encountered an embarrassing situation due to a lack of public knowledge.

Current estimates indicate that more than 400,000 Australians are living with dementia, more than 77,000 of them in Queensland.

The figures highlight the importance of ensuring understanding and awareness is achieved within communities, so those with a diagnosis can have a high quality life with dementia.

Alzheimer’s Australia’s Dementia Awareness Month last month had the theme You Are Not Alone, aimed at encouraging those with dementia and their carers to reach out to their communities when needing support.

Alzheimer’s Australia (Qld) acting CEO Pat Walsh called on all Queenslanders to reach out to people with dementia in their community, to let them know they are not alone and to find out more about how they can support them.

“To make this possible, Australians must first become dementia-aware by being able to identify the signs of dementia, know how to communicate effectively while showing respect and

empathy and ensuring people with dementia are not socially isolated or alone,” he said.

More than 70 per cent of Australians admit that they know very little about dementia and almost half of the population do not realise that it is fatal.

Dementia impacts everyone and we can all play a part in giving people living with dementia the opportunity to remain engaged with their community and lead meaningful lives.

“More than 70 per cent of Australians admit they know very little about dementia.”

Alzheimer’s Australia conducts free community workshops for the public and accredited training programs for health and aged care professionals who assist people living with dementia.

“Everyone is encouraged to become involved. Whether you are a health professional, care provider, have a diagnosis or just feel like you need to know more about dementia, the National Dementia Helpline and our website are available,” Mr Walsh said.

Call the National Dementia Helpline 1800 100 500 or visit fightdementia.org.au.

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Make taking care of yourself a priority this October

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ocal women are being urged to “think pink” and make themselves a priority for Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

BreastScreen Queensland Sunshine Coast health promotion officer Kelly Hart said it was a good time for women to make an appointment at one of the six permanent BreastScreen Services on the Sunshine Coast.

“Many people in the community participate in pink ribbon events across the area during October to support breast cancer charities and raise vital funds towards breast cancer research and support,” she said “Unfortunately, the surge of interest in raising these vital funds does not necessarily translate into an increase in the number of women booking their two-yearly mammograms.”

Ms Hart said statistics showed that less than 60 per cent of eligible women were making the time (just 30 minutes every two years) to have their regular breast screen.

“This means 40 per cent of women are missing an important opportunity to have this free health check,” she said.

“One in eight Queensland women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime and the risk increases with age with more than 75 per cent of breast cancers diagnosed in women over the age of 50.

Breast cancer screening remains the most effective way to detect breast cancer early and early detection is important – the earlier breast cancer is detected the better the chances of successful treatment and reduced recovery time.”

The BreastScreen Queensland program is a free, high-quality breast cancer screening service.

Women aged 50 to 74 are strongly encouraged to participate in this program. Call 13 20 50 or visit breastscreen.qld.gov.au to make an appointment.

RESEARCH IS VITAL THE Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group and its fundraising department, Breast Cancer Institute of Australia, have combined under one name as Breast Cancer Trials.

With breast cancer the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, it is embarking on a campaign to educate about the importance of research.

The new name aims to bring wider attention to the vitally significant research activity undertaken.

However, breast cancer is still the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with 48 women diagnosed every day.

It is important that women aged 50 to 74 years have a breastscreen every two years as getting older is the biggest risk factor in developing breast cancer. Women aged 40-49 years and 75 years and over are also eligible to attend.

The risk of breast cancer increases as you get older and drinking alcohol and being overweight can also increase risk.

A breastscreen is the most effective way of detecting breast cancers early, well before any signs can be seen or felt by a woman or her doctor. Finding breast cancer at an early stage could save a woman’s life.

Early detection and treatment are the best way to survive the disease.

A breastscreen takes only 30 minutes and a doctor’s referral is not required. Appointments open at 7.15am.

MASTECTOMY NOT THE END OF FEELING BEAUTIFUL DESPITE breast cancer affecting so many women, there is some good news – survival rates are improving with medical advances, and it is possible to look great again after a mastectomy.

Forget frumpy. The days of settling for second best and hunting through the lingerie department are gone.

Lingerie advances mean there is no more filling the breast cup with tissues or fabric, or being uncomfortable all day in a poor fitting and ugly bra.

Forget having to give up favourite pastimes too. Breast forms have come a long way and there are literally dozens of shapes, weights and sizes available.

For those who have had bilateral surgery, picking the breast size you’ve always wanted has become an option.

Post-mastectomy wear such as bras and swimwear has also advanced significantly, with many beautiful colours and designs available.

The federal government will cover the cost of breast prosthesis up to $400, per breast, every two years. Many private health funds also cover the cost of post mastectomy bras. The key to success and looking and feeling beautiful is to have a professional fitting by a trained lingerie and prosthesis fitter.

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Healthy Sleep Solutions, Australia’s premier provider of

home sleep studies, offers a complete pathway for sleep apnea patients, from testing, diagnosis, introduction to therapy, ongoing support, data downloads and equipment purchases. The Healthy Sleep Solutions sleep technicians ensure that patients are advised and taught about sleep apnea, CPAP equipment and masks. Our Sleep Technicians actively encourage their patients to trial all equipment before purchase to ensure they are comfortable and obtain the maximum health benefits.

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Traditional medicine can help strengthen and normalize the heart without adverse side effects, writes registered naturopath TRUDY KITHER.

ROBOTIC SURGERY AVAILABLE HERE ON THE SUNSHINE COAST. September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness month and according to the Cancer Council, Prostate Cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian men.

1 in 7 men are diagnosed by the age of 75, meaning that around 17,000 men are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer each year in Australia.

The measurement of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) in the blood is the primary method of Prostate Cancer detection.

The National Health and Medical Research Council recommends men discuss PSA testing with their GP and if they are average risk of Prostate Cancer they undergo a PSA test every 2 years from 50 years of age. Men with a family history of Prostate Cancer should be tested every 2 years from 40 years of age.

The Cancer Council advises men experiencing the following symptoms to see their GP. • Feeling an urgent need to urinate • Difficulty starting to urinate • A slow or intermittent stream of urine • Leaking or dribbling after urination • Blood in the urine • Pain when urinating • Pain in the lower back or pelvis.

If you have any of these symptoms it does not necessarily mean you have prostate cancer. It may well be that you have benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). This is common in men over 50. The advice for men with

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The hospital has a range of treatment options should you require surgery, that your surgeon will discuss with you. This may include robotic surgery using the Sunshine Coast’s only Da Vinci Xi Robot.

The hospital’s robot was installed earlier this year and gives the surgeon a 3D view of the prostate, which is magnified up to ten times. Operations are performed using keyhole surgery through a small incision in your lower abdomen. The robotic arms, which hold various instruments are inserted through these incisions.

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Motherwort has a wide range of uses.

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eart problems such as atrial fibriliation, arrhythmias (abnormaleart rhythms), high or low blood pressure, angina (heart pain), and tremors are mostly treated with pharmaceutical drugs known as beta blockers and calcium channel blockers.

Beta Blockers act by blocking adrenaline receptors (norepinephrine and epinephrine) from attaching to the beta receptors located on the nerves. Their actions then primarily reduce blood pressure by dilating blood vessels.

However, they can also act to constrict air passages by stimulating the muscles that surround the air passages to contract, which is considered an adverse side effect of the drug.

From a traditional medical perspective, there are quite a few really effective and safe herbs that can be of benefit to help strengthen and normalize the action of the heart.

Four of these are: Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) Having been well researched, its main medicinal benefit is due to its bioflavanoid content which helps to relax and dilate the coronary arteries. These in turn increase the blood flow to the heart muscle and reduces the symptoms of angina, heart weakness and also palpitations.

Being strongly antioxidant because of its bioflavonoid content, Hawthorn helps to prevent or at the very least, reduce the degeneration of the blood vessels. Being able to reduce blood pressure, means it is considered a valuable remedy for heart conditions.

Like many herbs, Hawthorn works in tune with the body’s own processes to effect a positive change. Along with Gingko, it can also enhance memory by stimulating the circulation of blood within the brain.

It is contraindicated where common cardiac preparations are being used except under strict practitioner supervision.

Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) A popular Indian medicinal plant, Arjuna has been used as a cardiotonic agent throughout history. It is successfully used for strengthening the muscles of the

heart and subsequently improving its pumping activity.

Arjuna is inoptropic, meaning it changes the force of heart contractions, cardiac-protective, anti-inflammatory and a tonic. It is especially beneficial in chronic cardiovascular diseases, including stable and chronic angina, heart weakness, low blood pressure, metabolic syndrome and high cholesterol.

Lime Flowers (Tilia spp.)

Can be used over the long term to treat high systolic blood pressure due to the actions of its volatile oils containing (0.01 per cent) farnesol, eugenol and geraniol. It also contains flavonoids, mucilage and saponins.

Along with its beneficial cardiac effects, it is also an excellent remedy for stress and panic, and is used specifically to treat nervous palpitations. Lime Flowers can be safely used in children and the elderly. Lowering high blood pressure, particularly where there are emotional factors involved, is a favourable benefit of this incredibly useful and effective herbal treatment.

Motherwort (Leonorus cardiaca) The latin name of this plant indicates its wide range of uses. It is a remedy for the heart and nerves and is often prescribed for palpitations. It strengthens the heart function. It is also a sedative and antispasmodic, although the herb actually helps promote relaxation rather than drowsiness.

As in all cases of using herbs for medicinal purposes, Motherwort should be used with caution and only under the strict supervision of a qualified naturopath who can advise the appropriate herbs for your condition It should be noted that in cardiac conditions with prescription and herbal medications, you should always seek the advice of your naturopath or medical practitioner to discuss your suitability for the available treatments.

Never discontinue any medication without professional supervision.

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CONSCIOUS LIFE FESTIVAL The Conscious Life Festival, now in its 7th year, returns to the Lake Kawana Community Centre on the weekend of October 28-29.

The Festival promotes all aspects of conscious living, holistic health, selfawareness and sustainable lifestyles.

It has become the Coast’s premier celebration of natural health, wellbeing, personal growth and sustainability. Feed mind, body and soul with free presentations, workshops, meditations, music, alternative therapies, fitness and dance. New this year is the Green-Speak seminar tent and the Sustainable Lane market stall and demonstration area.

The festival has about 125 exhibitor stalls, bringing together the best of southeast Queensland’s Conscious Life practitioners, presenters and products.

Special guests include Therese Kerr, raw food teacher Scott Mathias and organic gardening guru Anne Gibson.

Lake Kawana Community Centre, Sportsman Pde, Bokarina. October 28-29, 9.30am-5pm. Entry $10 or weekend pass $15. Parking is free and public transport handy. Visit consciouslifeevents.com.au

WOODWORK OPEN DAY Caloundra Woodworking Club members will showcase their craft and offer some inspired Christmas shopping at its open days on the weekend of October 28-29.

More than 100 enthusiastic and talented members of the club, both men and women, create different items from pull-along toys to beautifully-crafted tables, pens, bowls and boxes, and everything in between.

All visitors are welcome to come and view the exhibits, talk to the talented people who craft the designs, and purchase from the displays at competitive prices.

There will also be music, a barbecue and tea and coffee available as well as the chance to win a beautiful piece in the monster raffle offering dozens of prizes each day.

The Caloundra Woodworking Club is known in the wider Sunshine Coast district for its generous community support, supplying finished wooden items on request. Entry is free and all are welcome.

Ulm St, Caloundra, 9am-2pm.

SPRING RETIREMENT FESTIVAL The host of ABC’s Gardening Australia Costa Georgiadis will share his expertise at Hibiscus Buderim Meadows retirement village at 183 Karawatha Drive on October 4, 10am-noon. And on October 18, 6pm8pm Australian film and singing star Tom

Burlinson brings his Frank Sinatra tribute show to Hibiscus Chancellor Park retirement village at 52 University Way, Sippy Downs.

The free shows are among 13 creative and entertaining events being held at Lendlease retirement villages as part of the Spring Retirement Festival.

Bookings essential. Online at springretirementfestival.com.au or call 1800 550 550.

GREY MEDALLION IS BACK RESPONSE to the Grey Medallion course for over 55s was so strong that a second course has been organised for October 21-22. Grand Pacific Resort Caloundra is again sponsoring the event and a local benefactor, Accountants United, is funding other costs.

The Grey Medallion is a special course and award from the Royal Life Saving Society, aimed at the over 50s and covers water safety, dry rescue, water familiarisation techniques for grandchildren, emergency procedures, first aid, CPR and defibrillation.

It is a free two-day course run by the Ithaca Caloundra City Life Saving Club teaching skills that could save family members, friends or even your own life To learn more or enrol, visit the website caloundracity.org.au, call Patricia 0402 454 644 or email secretary@ caloundracity.org.au

OPERA AT THE CASTLE FOR UOC’S ANNIVERSARY FINALE The Underground Opera Company (UOC) is getting ready for the final touring season of its 10th anniversary year, with concerts at the Sunshine Castle at Bli Bli and Brisbane’s Spring Hill Reservoirs.

The concerts will feature UOC regulars, soprano Dominique Fegan, mezzo soprano Kathryn Bradbury, tenor Mr Glenn Lorimer and baritone Lionel Theunissen, accompanied by Mark Connors on piano.

Opera in the Castle is October 27-29 at 7pm Friday and Saturday and 4pm Sunday, at the Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli. The grand finale will be a festive season Carols in the Reservoir, six metres below Wickham Terrace, from December 1-17, at Spring Hill in Brisbane. Tickets for Castle $45-$85 at undergroundopera.com. au and for Opera in the Reservoir $45-$89 at ticketmaster.com.au. The Castle is wheelchair friendly and sensible shoes recommended for reservoir steps.

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WHAT’S ON WELSH AFTERNOON The Welsh music festival Cymanfa Ganu, the only public event of the year by the Welsh Society of the Sunshine Coast, is on October 8, 1.30pm at the Queen St Uniting Church in Caloundra. Principal performers include Kim Kirkman with his harp, soprano Elisabeth Gaedtke and the Oriana Choir. Afternoon tea provided. Admission free.

SPRING ARTS Meet 18 local artists in 15 studios during the Arts Connect Open Studio October 7-8, 10am-4pm. Enjoy the colours of spring and Range views as the backdrop for these quaint, elegantly grand or sometimes gloriously cluttered, work spaces when you meet the creative folk who make the region artistically vibrant.

The trail begins at Landsborough or Conondale in the south or Kiel Mountain in the east, and along the range from Mapleton to Maleny. Follow the road signs or find the map artsconnectinc.com. au/events/spring-open-studios-2017 BOOK LAUNCH A literary lunch will be held to launch Force of Nature by Jane Harper on Thursday, October 5, at noon. It will be at the River Deck Bar and Restaurant, Noosa Marina. Meet the talented new author and winner of the Australian Book Industry’s Book of the Year as she discusses her new thriller. Cost of $55 includes a two-course lunch and glass of

wine. Bookings essential 5448 2053 or email anniesbooks@bigpond.com JAZZ SESSION One of Australia’s finest jazz singers, pianists and composers, Sharny Russell will present her new album Comes a Time at the Bison Bar, Currie St, Nambour on Saturday, October 28, 3.30pm. Sharny will be on piano and vocals, her sister Helen Russell on bass, son Sam Schlenker on drums, Martha Baartz on saxophone and Bruce Woodward on guitar. She is known for her vocal scat ability, which she often performs in unison with her piano.

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PAVAROTTI TRIBUTE Ten Tenors co- founder Roger Davy celebrates what would have been the Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti’s 80th year with The Man And His Music at The Events Centre, Caloundra on Sunday, October 29, 2pm. Tickets $30 concessions $28. Visit theeventscentre. com.au or call 5491 4240.

RHYTHMS OF IRELAND Ireland’s celebrated dancers come to Caloundra as part of a 10-year anniversary tour.

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YOUR Time has five double passes to be won to see Geoffrey Rush in Final Portrait, a fascinating look at worldrenowned artist Alberto Giacometti.

The story is set in 1964. While on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush), to sit for a portrait.

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CHORAL EXTRAVAGANZA Dr Jonathon Welch AM, celebrated singer and conductor of the awardwinning Choir of Hard Knocks will perform for the first time on the Sunshine Coast at the inaugural massed Absolutely Everybody Sunshine Coast choir. The Events Centre, Caloundra, October 15, 2pm. Tickets $35, concessions $29. Visit theeventscentre.com.au or call 5491 4240.

PSYCHIC COMMUNICATION Popular psychic-medium Peter Williams will demonstrate his ability as he contacts and communicates with loved ones on the other side and delivers messages to the audience. The Events Centre Caloundra, October 7, 7pm. Tickets $35.

PNG REUNION A back to PNG night for Sunshine Coast residents who have some affiliation with New Guinea is being planned by the Rotary Club of Eumundi.

The night is a chance for ex-PNG residents to remember their time there and exchange stories and experiences as well as hear of current opportunities to support or participate in some of the work being conducted by Rotary and others. Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi, October 27, 6pm. Entry $25 includes hot and cold snacks and first drink free. Call 5442 8144 or 0412 715 461 to book.

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BOOK REVIEW

ELIZABETH PASCOE

This should have been an engaging and warm story. The prose and descriptive passages of fauna and flora are delightful, but the author failed to engage me, the reader, with the central characters of this story. Charlotte is an emotional mess which worsens with the arrival of another child. This is totally understandable, but I don’t feel it. Henry is as boring as watching paint dry. They are portrayed as cardboard paper cutouts of themselves. The screaming children seem to be the only ones that are real. There is potential for this to have been an outstanding story, but the emotional impact is lacking for me.

TONY HARRINGTON

The author of this book is an excellent descriptive writer, but the novel, which is incredibly slow moving, gets bogged down with description of every little detail. Complex themes of love, marital relationships, motherhood, career loss, relocation, home sickness and the drudgery of domesticity are well explored.

The characters and the story are realistic, but it is hard to feel much empathy for the main character who is suffering post-natal depression and is running away from her personal, emotional and social problems.

I found this book hard to finish and a depressing read. 4/10

BOOK review JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT After reading the book summary I suspected I would struggle with affection for this story and its characters. It is essentially a love story that is impacted by stressful circumstances for Charlotte and Henry.

The dreary climate of England, a small house and demanding infant children inspire the couple’s migration to Australia despite only Henry being a truly willing party. Then begins the oft repeated journey of the “whinging Pom” very familiar in the 1960s.

A positive is the precise and fluid writing of the author, but not the ending, which is ambiguous and disappointing.

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

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This is beautifully written book, a story of love, marriage, children, depression and broken dreams. Bishop has captured the mood of Charlotte and Henry, the heat of Australia, the slums of India and the cold damp of England beautifully. I was disappointed with the ending, it came abruptly and left me in mid-air. Worth reading.

It’s 1963 and Charlotte, a once promising painter, is struggling with motherhood and post-natal depression. She lives with her Anglo-Indian husband Henry in a cold and damp cottage near Cambridge. Then she learns she is pregnant with a second child. A brochure arrives in the letterbox and Henry has the answer: “Australia brings out the best in you”.

Charlotte is too tired to resist. They travel to the other side of the world and soon discover their new life in Perth is not the utopia they had expected.

JO BOURKE

MARY BARBER I did not warm to the central character, Charlotte.

The book explores her losses – no time to paint now she has two small demanding children and her homesickness for England, when her husband Henry moves the family to Australia. It describes the isolation of being a suburban mum and the foreignness of the Australian bush. That story has been told before.

Henry, her Anglo-Indian husband, was a complex character whose past shaped his desires.

His journey is interesting. If you have been a migrant out of step in a strange land, you may relate to this novel. For me it was too long and too intense. Just 3 stars.

The melancholy that pervades this novel is evident from the first chapter. The couple may have been in tune when first they met but throw in a couple of children, unrecognised post-partum depression, a particularly harsh English winter and the scene is set for conflict.

Agreement to move to Australia for a new start is given grudgingly by Charlotte with no expectation of it actually happening. But it does!

Nothing could have prepared Charlotte for the culture shock, but the heat reminds Henry of his native India yet it’s his very heritage that is a barrier to acceptance in this new country.

At times the negativity annoyed me but on the whole the author portrayed the characters vividly with insight and clarity. A few weeks after reading I can still visualize Henry, Charlotte and Nicholas. With such flawed characters there was never going to be a happy ending – or was there? The author left that conclusion up to the reader. An interesting read.

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ashington DC has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture – great power bases.

Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we don’t see.”

Dan Brown, the author of the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code made that remark in a TV interview when asked why he chose the US capital as the setting for one of his psychological thrillers.

Anyone who has watched even one episode of TV’s hit series, House of Cards will have enjoyed a short virtual tour of Washington DC, the United States capital.

Just as depicted in the rolling credits, the streets of DC are full of patriotic sights and imposing architecture built around the needs of government and an urge to impress both residents and visitors.

For the visitor, DC is a very walkable city and on a warm summer’s day, it’s easy to pack in many of the key sites.

Supplement your strolls with the

ubiquitous “hop-on hop-off” Big Bus tour and you can get a compact, yet accurate feel for this most important of cities.

But apart from the larger-than-life monuments to heroes and grand civic buildings, there are whole neighbourhoods and precincts waiting to be explored.

There’s historic Georgetown, dating from the mid-18th century, now a heritage district in its own right and home to many premium retail stores and flash restaurants.

And Arlington across the Potomac River where the Pentagon sits and more than 400,000 veterans, statesmen and generals lie in the National Cemetery. And Hispanic-centric Adams Morgan. And cosmopolitan Columbia Heights. The list goes on.

Often, when visiting somewhere for the first time, it’s a good idea to walk like a local and that’s what I did when I joined DC Design Tours for a pedestrian expedition of Dupont Circle, named for Civil War Union naval commander, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont.

The Dupont Circle and adjacent Kalorama districts of Washington DC comprise the celebrity and embassy dress circle of the nation’s capital.

It is home to such noted names as the Obamas, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, as well as Amazon billionaire, Jeff Bezos. Numerous current and politicians from the last century also make (or made) this district their home, even the fictitious power couple, Frank and Claire Underwood from House of Cards reside there.

As our small group tours the fabled streets, we hear the stories of the sumptuous mansions and historic terrace houses and the famous (and not so famous) names behind each door.

The house of Woodrow Wilson, the US president who declared war on

Germany in 1917, is preserved as a museum. The secretive and exclusive Cosmos Club is open only to men (and now women) of exceptional character and achievement.

There’s the obscure Society of the Cincinnati, founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War (whatever that means), plus the former Alice Pike Barney Studio which was once the home to the controversial feminist artist.

“Barney and her daughters,” my guide tells me, “were so bohemian for their time, she caused so much gossip and scandal in Washington society, it drove her poor ultra conservative husband Albert to drink and ultimately death.”

While our tour only passed by these illustrious residences, many are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and open to the public. A chance to see these fabulous places up close and learn the in-depth stories behind them.

Right on the historic central roundabout itself is the 327-room Dupont Circle, a landmark property of the Irish premium hotel group, Doyle Collection.

Outwardly austere, the original eight-storey property opened in 1947 and operated most of its life as the Dupont Plaza Hotel.

Under the Doyle Collection ownership

A 1777 cannon is a nod to history.

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Every city has its elite neighbourhoods and Washington DC’s historic Dupont Circle stands out as a beacon. RODERICK EIME walks the hallowed streets.

Woodrow Wilson’s house is now a museum since 1998, a further $US50million renovation in 2009 saw the exclusive Level Nine added, which included 15 ultra luxurious penthouse suites as well as a guest lounge and events area, all enjoying panoramic views over the Circle and city itself.

Ground floor dining and outdoor bars blend harmoniously with the upmarket surroundings with the swank Bar Dupont a particular feature in this ‘be seen’ neighbourhood.

The Café Dupont brasserie restaurant adds a touch of Parisian chic and serves locally-sourced and organic FrenchAmerican cuisine.

An unbeatable location, the Dupont Circle makes an ideal base to explore the historic district with easy access to DC’s Metro, Big Bus and an easy walk to many other sights such as the National Geographic Museum and Phillips Collection gallery.

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TRAVEL

Nature’s mystery the Pinnacle of WA coastline

The Pinnacles, limestone formations on the Coral Coast about 200km north of Perth, are a magical marvel writes the grey nomad, BEVERLEY EVERSON.

There’s a four kilometre one-way loop road with designated stopping bays.

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nly 3 ½ hrs drive from Perth, the scenic route along Indian Ocean Drive to Nambung National Park has great coastline views to the town of Cervantes, which has been a popular holiday destination since the late 1960s.

Another 17km from Cervantes is Nambung National Park, an area of 17,500ha which has superb beaches and coastal dune systems.

It is also home to The Pinnacles which are so close to the Indian Ocean, that in the 1700s Dutch sailors mistook them as the ruins of an ancient city.

There are literally thousands of limestone pillars from baby size to 4m high, rising from the sand. Some are jagged sharp-edged columns rising to a point, while others resemble tombstones.

The area is only 60m above sea level but this eerie inhospitable desert landscape supports a huge diversity of wildflowers and wildlife.

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caravans, motor homes and buses and accommodates more than150,000 sightseers a year.

The Discovery Centre and interpretive hall which opened in 2008 is modern and well laid out. Amenities are excellent including coffee and gift shop, public toilets, sturdy walkways, viewing platforms and informative signage.

The best time to visit is between August and October as the days are mild and wildflowers begin to bloom in spring.

This location is for day visitors only, so you will need to stay at one of the nearby beachside towns. Accommodation options include caravan/recreational parks and motels but book ahead in the peak season and on public or school holidays. Free camping was limited.

Once you have checked out the displays and read up on all the information, you can choose to do a desert view walk which is about 1km return or a loop trail of 1.5km. The lookout at the centre is wheelchair friendly and gives a great overall view, and with the ocean only 6km away, the

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White sandy beaches, aqua-green ocean and shifting sand dunes rising up beside the road are a real treat. So many places, never enough time!

outlook is grand. During the walk you can see evidence of the origins of the Pinnacles. These windblown sculptures tell their own story. You can see how a continuous bombardment of wind, water and sun weathering has eroded and shaped them.

There is also a 4km one-way loop drive on an unsealed road which is suitable for all makes of cars. If you are towing, you will need to unhitch before your drive. There is also a maximum vehicle size.

The drive (10km/h speed limit) will take an hour or more depending on how many stops are made. There are various allocated parking bays to hop out and explore the limestone giants on foot but cars are not permitted to leave the track and of course, climbing is prohibited.

In geological terms, the Pinnacles are young and possibly formed underground.

Scientists are only just beginning to unravel their many mysteries.

To me, it appears as if there was once a huge forest standing guard over our ancient land which then transformed into what you see today.

Whatever the cause, they are truly magnificent and fascinating.

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Hidden along the riverbanks of Europe’s rivers lie a host of treasures,

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historic, ticking off grand vineyards and wine tastings along the way.

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FEAST ON CREATIVITY – AND LOCAL FOOD – IN TASMANIA

AWARD-WINNING ceramic artist Shannon Garson (pictured) is embarking on a new adventure and inviting others along for the ride.

The vivacious, yet quietly spoken artist is hosting a very different tour to Tasmania in March and has room for a bunch of artists, foodies and travel buffs to experience our southernmost state in a special way.

Shannon’s delicate, nature-inspired work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and she has picked up dozens of awards and accolades.

She has taught overseas and featured in an art magazine and yet this new venture has captured her imagination.

“I’m really excited to be hosting my first tour. We’ll explore, forage and

experience some of the most stunning places in Tassie,” she says.

“Every day will bring new surprises – slow breakfasts, bespoke tableware, magnificent wild seas and intimate gatherings sharing local food with artists, designers, farmers and chefs.”

Partnering with group travel experts Trade Travel, Shannon has handpicked creative art and food experiences.

They have been chosen to captivate and inspire everyone from the novice to the experienced travellers and those coming just for the adventure.

Tour guests on her “Creative Voyage Tasmania” will be treated to feasts along the way – dinner with the executive chef at MONA (Museum of Modern Art,) a Huon Valley Hungarian feast and lunch with Gourmet Farmer Matthew Evans.

And it wouldn’t be a Tassie tour without a chance to munch on apples right there in the orchard!

“We’ll peer into hidden corners of studios and learn first-hand from renowned artists while feasting, talking and laughing,” she says.

“Stunning scenery, magnificent historic buildings and quaint townships are along the way.

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POLAND is the cultural hub of Europe, with a rich history, culture and artisan traditions.

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Her cultural tours are highly personalised and with a limit on group numbers for tours during the European spring and autumn.

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TRAVEL In Cracow, the centre of Poland’s cultural and vibrant artistic community, wander to the largest medieval town square in Europe, through cobbled streets and lanes, and find the hidden cityscape treasures filled with artisan shops and galleries where handmade items are created with love and passion.

Zakopane, the heart of Polish Tatra Mountain, is a folk art packed region with a unique food tradition while Lodz has a rich textile tradition.

The biggest Polish centre of textiles, fashion and film industry it is filled with creative ideas, startups and highly creative businesses.

On the Baltic Coast admire beauty and natural properties of Baltic amber and linen creations and venture to the country’s far east where its multicultural character, rich natural wonders and the essence of regional food, are a perfect blend of multicultural influences.

Taste local dishes, artisan, naturallyfermented and homemade products to enjoy the full flavours and experience the small pleasures of traditional, ecological, sustainable and slow food culture.

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From February to November, members rally to various places around Queensland and New South Wales, and sometimes plan extended trips further afield.

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1. What is 25 per cent of two million?

2. Who is the current Australian of the Year?

3. Which Toyota car has models called Altise and Atara?

4. Existing from 1967 to 1970, Biafra was a breakaway from what African country?

5. “It’s so lonesome away from your kindred and all” is the opening ning line from what Slim Dusty hit?

6. Who painted “The Scream” in 1893?

7. In the union abbreviation CFMEU, what does the first letter stand tand for?

8. In the TV show Millionaire Hot Seat, how many contestants compete each night?

9. Where on the body are mittens usually worn?

10. What do astronomers call The Southern Cross?

11. In soccer, how many points is a goal worth?

12. In computing, which is biggest: a terabyte, megabyte or gigabyte?

13. Who was the French explorer who arrived in Botany Bay a few days after the First Fleet?

14. What is the shortest book in the Old Testament?

15. What does an archer keep his arrows in?

16. What is the nickname for the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

17. The Italian “buongiorno” means what?

18. What movie, released early this year, told of an Indian boy’s search for his family?

19. What type of animal is a dory?

20. Who is the only one of the Seven Dwarfs whose name is not an adjective?

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Arid

Lynx

Baboon

Mali

Cairo

Mandela

Cape Horn

Meerkat

Chad

Nile

Congo

Rand

Egypt

Sahara

Eland

Togo

Elephant

Wild

Ghana

Zebra

Gnu Gorilla

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No. 3631

9-LETTER WORD

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Today’s Aim:

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51 words: Very good 68 words: Excellent

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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once.

No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

WORD STEP

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Concert (3) Clarification (11) Another time (5) City in New York (9) Group of organisms (7) US state (7) Cut (5) Periods before elections (9) Left behind (9) Water birds (5) Very outdated (7) Sickness (7) Eviction (9) – pole (5) Pharmaceuticals (11) Finish (3)

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Spectacles (7) Neighbour of Mexico (9) Listlessness (5) Components (5) Celebrated (9) Citizens of USA (9) Preamble (colloq) (5) Winners at Hastings in 1066 (7) Related to pressurised water systems (9) Recruit (9) Promise (9) City in California (7) Cooked with water vapour (7) Mythical shooter of lovers (5)

22 “I don’t know” (colloq) (5) 23 Places (5)

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No. 785

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34 words: Good

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WORK IT OUT!

Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step. One possible answer shown below.

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