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Our world revealed in Census figures

EVERY four years, my natural curiosity is piqued by the publication of Census results. Look here, these figures say, these are the real facts, figures and trends shaping our Australian lifestyle. Did you think you were just imagining a more diverse population, more older people and less people attending the local church? Perhaps, you wondered if these changes just happened in your neighbourhood rather than as a nationwide trend. Wonder no more, the 2016 census figures have made available the statistical information to back up your thoughtful observation. For instance, the marriages of my adult children and a number of their cousins to spouses born overseas has significantly increased the cultural diversity of our family. So when statistics highlighted the rich diversity of Australian society, I felt that our family was more or less

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conforming to the norm. Census figures revealed more than a quarter of our residents (26.3 per cent) are now born overseas, and for the first time in our history, the majority of people born abroad are from Asia, not Europe. Just over 6,150,000 people were born overseas in census 2016, compared to 5,280,802 in 2011. More than one-fifth (21 per cent) of Australians spoke a language other than English at home. After English, the next most common languages spoken at home were Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, and Vietnamese. Another statistic that bears out what what we see in our neighbourhood is the increased number

of older adults. This observation reminds me of a comment made by my late mother to the effect of: "When I was growing up you hardly saw old people." My, how times have changed. These days, one in six people is over the age of 65 (compared to one in seven in 2011 and only one in 25 in 1911) and there are now 84,000 more people aged 85 years and older than in 2011. The results have been identified as the success of modern, medicine, improved diet and a greater public health system. Indeed, the number of folk celebrating 100th birthday and beyond, grew to 3500. This month, our publication’s theme is, "Housing Options" and after Census figures noted a huge change in our style of homes, I reckon we are right on the money. In terms of housing, the Census counted

10 million dwellings (a dwelling is defined as any structure which is intended to have people in it and is habitable on Census night). While separate houses account for 72%, there’s been a large increase in other forms of dwelling, such as flats, apartments, semi-detached, row housing or town housing. Of the 8.3 million occupied private dwellings, seven in 10 housed families (69% by one family and 1.9% by multiple families). In 2020, I’ll place a bet these alternative housing numbers will increase, but we need information to make informed decisions. I hope our article on Gabriel Poole’s multigenerational living, along with various other ideas will provide this for you. Also, good news for country music lovers Check out advertisements advising how you can win a Troy Cassar-Daley CD (latest release). Cheers, Gail

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Re-imagining our home An ageing population and increased living costs behind a new concept of family home Gail Forrer

AT A time when large brick homes were popping up all across the suburbs, Gabriel Poole’s architectural vision of small, affordable and sustainable housing was a challenging proposition. Now, as house and land prices soar and care of the environment becomes paramount, his vision has become much more than relevant, for many it provides the practical and necessary guidelines for 21st century living. Along with other distinguished accolades the Queensland-born architect has received the Robin Boyd Award and in 1998 the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture Gold Medal for lifetime contribution to Australian Architects. This year, looking forward to his 83rd birthday with absolutely no plans for retiring, Poole is still devising and implementing architectural answers to social conundrums. These days, he is espousing, multigenerational living as a practical solution to the dearth of affordable property, the need for care

for both aged and younger family members and as a means of keeping the human footprint as light as possible upon the earth. Speaking of the need for extended family living, he says: "There’s really not much choice. "The government can’t afford to keep providing nursing homes and the young people can’t afford to buy homes."

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researched the pattern of multi-generational housing in Brisbane and Sydney and says the trend is on the increase. KPMG demographer Bernard Salt believes multi-generational living will see Baby Boomers disposing of the big family home and setting up financial arrangements with their children to ensure a future home and care for all.

This year, looking forward to his 83rd birthday with absolutely no plans for retiring, Poole is still devising and implementing architectural answers to social conundrums. In 2014, he exhibited his ideas in a Queensland architectural show at Mt Tamborine. His design adhered to low-cost, modular principles with private areas for grandparents, parents and children. He included aged care facilities including rails, non-slip floors and wheelchair access across the home. This sort of optional housing struck the interest of academic Dr Edgar Lui who has

Since one in four Australian will be over 65 by 2050, he has praised the living style as a creative solution to the ageing population. Finally, Gabriel Poole has often talked about the spiritual dimension of housing and as he moves forward designing housing for the inhabitants, rather than just following fashion, he insists that his designs must also ‘lift the spirits’.

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IT’S AN odd sensation getting off the phone after interviewing Troy Cassar-Daley – it feels like I’ve been talking to a mate I haven’t seen for a long time rather than a complete stranger, never mind a country icon. As with his music, there’s an ease, an honesty and humility which you can’t help but like. Over the past year he’s invited us into his life more than ever through his autobiography Things I Carry Around and the album by the same name. He has been touring the album for six months and says he’s excited to finish at home this month in south-east Queensland where he has spent the past 28 years of his life. “It’s very special because this album is so personal and such an emotional thing,” he said.

JOURNALIST ALISON HOUSTON To capture that intimacy, the stage is set like a lounge room which he’s inviting audiences into for a chat, and he said at times “you can hear a pin drop, it’s so emotional”. Troy said many of the songs had been sitting in the background for years because he felt they were “too personal to record”. They are joined by songs inspired by the at-times painful task of delving back through his own history for the autobiography, which included coming to terms as a youngster with living in two worlds and

embracing both his mother’s Aboriginal heritage and his father’s Maltese. “The book was the hardest thing I’ve ever written,” Troy admitted. It took about two years to complete, partly because he found it so confronting to look backwards “for someone who has always just wanted to move forward in life”. In contrast, the music, he said, was “quite a relief... to tell a story in 3-4 minutes”. But it wasn’t always like that. “In the old days starting out I was playing a lot of other people’s music. You have to make yourself familiar to people,” Troy said. “But my end goal was always to play my own music and tell my own stories.”

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And tell them he has, through 10 solo albums which have sold in excess of 450,000 copies and won him an array of awards, including 35 Golden Guitars across his 30-year career. Not bad for a bloke who hasn’t hit 50 yet! Things I Carry Around won Troy the coveted Album of the Year at this year’s Country Music Awards, where his legacy was also recognised by his induction as the 50th and youngest artist on the

Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown. His name now sits on a plaque on a granite bolder beside that he touched as a kid of Slim Dusty. “It was a bit mind-blowing really,” Troy said of the moment, which he adds was made all the more special by the presence of wife Laurel Edwards and kids Clay and Jem. “If you strip back the layers of paint, I’m still that kid lined up to get Slim Dusty’s autograph.”

His autobiography began, appropriately, by talking to Slim’s wife Joy, with whom he indulges in a cuppa and sandwiches each Tamworth festival. When he told her how much he had enjoyed her book, she planted the seed that he should write his own story. Despite some hesitancy, he said the autobiography captured the truth and emotion he wanted it to – swearing and all – with readers telling him they feel like

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SEE TROY IN CONCERT Thursday, July 20 – Kedron Wavell Services Club 8pm. Tickets (adults from $42) at ticketmaster or the club on 07 3359 9122. Friday, July 21 – Nambour RSL Club Dinner from 6pm; Show from 8.40pm: Tickets ($69 dinner & show) on 07 5441 2366. Go to www.nambourrsl.com.au Saturday, July 22 – Ipswich Civic Theatre 7.30pm. Tickets (adults $45) on 3810 6100 or at www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au Sunday, July 23 – City Golf Club Toowoomba 2pm. Tickets (adult $35) on 07 4636 9000 and online at www.citygolf.com.au. ★If you are on the Gold Coast, you can also catch Troy in a completely different sort of gig at the Broadbeach Country Music Festival on July 28-29.

he’s sitting across the table talking to them. And perhaps it’s that honesty which best sums up Troy’s approach to his music and his life. On his Roll of Renown plaque it says that he “embodies the spirit of Australian country music”. And when asked what that means to him, his answer is “honesty – being who you really are”. “When I heard Slim Dusty sing, I knew he was singing about him and about me, and that’s what it’s about.” In today’s world, filled with so much tragedy and confusion, Troy said he hoped music would remain an escape for many, as it was for him as a kid and continues to be.

In his opening track, Funny How Things Change, he sings of a simpler time when people talked and shared more of themselves one-to-one, but Troy said having looked back on his life, he wouldn’t change a thing. “Even when I was broke, I was happy. I was able to continue loving music. I never had a plan B,” he said. And while the Gympie Muster, where he first met Laurel, will always have a special place in his heart, Troy said every audience had a life and a character of its own. “To be truthful, any time I can step on stage and make my music it’s a special gig.” PHOTO: MIK MCCARTIN

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Truly vintage protest AUSTRALIAN mature aged people are galvanising forces to provide a gutsy voice in the fight against climate change. Going gently into that good night is not an option for Queensland grandparents in their protest action against the coal mine in the Galilee Basin and the proposed expansion of the Abbots Point coal loader, which opponents say will contribute to destroying the Great Barrier Reef. In March this year, Queensland grandparents occupied the foyer of Labor's state headquarters in Brisbane in a bid to stop taxpayer funds being loaned to the controversial Adani coal mine. About 10 people from The Grandparents for the Galilee group marched with pillows and air beds into the South Brisbane building on a Monday afternoon. Spokeswoman Miree Le Roy said more than 2000 grandparents had signed up to the group "to stand up to Adani to take direct

action". These Queenslanders are supported by a NSW group of senior climate change warriors from the Coffs Coast. This group of upstanding citizens in their 60s and 70s are politely but firmly storming the barricades of the establishment, holding demonstrations and sit-ins, occupying politicians’ offices, blocking access to mine sites; locking themselves to gates and bulldozers and flooding the in-boxes of banking executives and investors with their objections to funding environmentally-damaging projects. They are united in their opposition to what they see as decisions which will be disastrous for the environment they cherish and for the future of their descendants. Included in their number are Coffs Coast Climate Action Group members Ron Ryan, Russell Chiffey, John Ross and Susan Doyle. The four senior Coffs Coast residents were among activists who refused to leave Federal

MP Luke Hartsuyker’s office on June 5, until they were given an appointment with the National Party politician to discuss Indian company Adani’s proposal for a giant new coal mine in Queensland. The rally ended in the arrest of several of the activists, including grandmother and foundation action group member Susan Doyle, who was given an infringement notice and fined $350. “I’m concerned for the future of the planet,” Susan said. “I’ve got grandchildren and things will start to become difficult for them. “How could they consider building the world’s biggest coal mine – and near the Barrier Reef? “I’m very concerned about the lack of action from the government (on climate change). “I’ve worked in the solar industry and I know how easy (renewable energy) is. “With jobs, it is common sense that

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people working on one industry can be retrained in another and I feel the same about the car industry. “We need industry and I see people queuing up for expensive electric cars from overseas. “Instead of sitting and crying I took action. “I went to non-violent direct action training. “The video of us being arrested went viral and the photos have been widely shared. “I don’t want personal publicity but I feel so strongly about it, that it’s fine.” Nurseryman, bookshop owner and long-time Landcare volunteer John Ross said he had been reading about climate change and its damaging

effects for 40 years. John was among activists at the Maules Creek coal mine site who locked themselves on to gates and machinery to protest the mine and the destruction of bushland involved. “Taking action stops me from boiling over in anger about what is happening,” John said.” “We seem to be ignoring massive changes. “The (political) devotion to digging things up and selling them is mental. “There would be three to seven times as many jobs in deploying solar and wind, for the same investment.” John said the politicians’ figure of 10,000 future jobs at

Adani’s proposed Carmichael Mine was wildly exaggerated and Adani’s own consultant had suggested less than 1500 jobs, many of which would probably be pulled from existing Hunter Valley coal mining workforces. “When the climate goes crazy we are all in trouble,” retired teacher Russell Chiffey said. “Natural disasters like the Victorian bushfires tend to draw attention, but of course people forget. “You have to make people take notice. “If people sit by and do nothing you lose your democracy. “”I’m a pretty slacko member and I don’t do too much,” Rod Ryan, self-described ‘eccentric old bastard’, said.

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Jane to the June “naming ceremony”. Now semi-retired, Frank has been active in the cause of bilby protection and conservation since 1999. “I was over the moon when I received word that Dr Jane Goodall accepted my offer to name a bilby after her. “She will plead with people to help stop them from going extinct.” Jane is the founder of the worldwide Jane

Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, and has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She is on a speaking tour of Australia. Both Jane and Frank highlighted the urgency to recruit young people into the campaign for wildlife preservation. Jane hoped they would be “better stewards” of the planet. Frank says the bilby

population in Australia goes “up and down depending on the seasons”. And with cars, dogs, feral animals, deforestation and disease all taking a toll on the country’s wildlife, these unique animals – like the bilby – need all the help they can get from dedicated individuals. Female bilby triplets Jane, Daisy and Blossom will be part of a captive breeding program.

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THE petite, white-haired lady greeted with loud applause at Brisbane’s RSPCA centre needed no introduction. Dr Jane Goodall is a world-renowned conservationist, best known for her 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, Africa. At this low-key Brisbane gathering she would rub shoulders with three of Australia’s own wildlife crusaders – swimming legend and Save the Bilby Fund patron Dawn Fraser, conservationist Bob Irwin and bilby fund co-founder Frank Manthey. It was Frank who invited

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WE’VE seen the photos of grannies jumping out of planes to celebrate their 80th birthdays and wondered if we’d have the courage to do something similar. While sky jumping is very drastic, climbing in general, in the safety of professionals, is another matter altogether and achievable for adventurous seniors. The team behind Sky Zone Trampoline Park has introduced Sky Climb, high and safe climbing walls and obstacles with 21 different challenges. If you feel daring enough to celebrate an important senior birthday with a climbing challenge, or if you are just into challenging yourself for no reason, it’s something to think about. There’s 13 walls and all climbers are welcomed by the fully trained team. Safety harnesses are clipped and then it’s up to

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A new book talks about alternative choices GOOD Life to the End educates us on what happens when an older person nearing the end of their life goes to hospital, and about alternative choices. “The way older people are dying at the moment, you really don’t have a choice,” the author of the ground-breaking book, Professor Ken Hillman said. “It’s because we don’t allow our society to think about the choices.” Prof Hillman has been an intensive care specialist for long enough to have seen some important changes in how older patients in ICU are treated. “Our patients are getting older and older. That isn’t a problem, but it’s just that older people have got many chronic conditions and they are being medicalised with

age-related deterioration,” Prof Hillman said. “There’s hardly a ward round goes by without one of us saying, ‘please don’t ever let this happen to me’. So, one has to ask why we are doing this to others?,” he added. Through his book Prof Hillman wants older and younger people to understand what actually happens when older people are admitted to hospital. “Hospitals can do really great things, but they don’t do very good things when you are very old; when you are 80 plus and have no reversible, agerelated deterioration in the body, and there are no machines or drugs that can make you better,” he said. “We are trying new systems to talk to older people in a far more honest and empathetic

way and then trying to empower them to make their own choices about life. “You can’t do this in an academic way, you really need to talk to society.” This book is a step forward in the conversation. It is for everyone no matter what role they have in caring for older Australians; families, carers, aged care staff and clinicians. We are all know someone who knows someone who is dealing with frail, older Australians. “When they get sick, they go into hospital and get put on his conveyor belt. They suffer enormously in the last few days and weeks of life,” Prof Hillman. “It’s for everyone to start thinking about it and make choices, including having an Advanced Care Directive.”

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Positive action towards The future of Australia relies on generational collaboration Tracey Johnstone

THERE are three very important quality of life issues that are on the table for older Australians according to National Seniors Australia founding director and ageing advocate Everald Compton. The articulate and passionate 85 year old and his Longevity Innovation Hub group want key changes – an independent tribunal to determine the aged pension, affordable housing issues resolved and intergenerational partnerships prosper. Compton, a respected voice for a better deal for older Australians for more than 40 years, isn’t backing away from finding ways to achieve these changes which he believes will meet the big cultural changes happening across the community. “There is a growing

feeling among younger Australians that they are going to be paying heavy taxes to keep older people alive, and not just with the pension, but also with the cost of health. And they feel that they have an unfair tax burden,” Mr Compton said. “There are a certain amount of people who are angry about the cost of ageing and that they are paying too much out of their taxes. “We want to see a situation where we see younger and older people work together to take any intergenerational warfare out of it. “The government seems to be blithely unaware that there is a lot of younger people out there angry about the costs of ageing. “The best way to get over that is for young and old to work together for a better Australia,” he added. Mr Compton provided

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A government-organised tribunal would be responsible for determining the size of the aged pension every year. “Instead of it being a

government and which we are trying to get going.” He believes that anyone other than a politician should at the tribunal table. “In the draft legislation we have drawn up, no member of parliament, no former member of parliament, no person who has been a member of a political party can be on it (the tribunal),” Mr

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The government can give air space above government buildings to put up accommodation towers and have older, younger and handicap, all in the one building so you don’t have retirement villages that become ghettos for older people. political decision,” Mr Compton said. “We want it done by an independent tribunal because the pension has been around for a 100 years and it will be around for another 100. “We have drafted legislation which we think should go to the

Compton said. Instead he wants to see eminent citizens who have completed a lot of community service, an economist, a social work expert and others that can make an independent decision based on the economics of the day with the knowledge of what

older Australians need to keep them above the poverty line and one which parliament will respect. Mr Compton reports he has met with 51 members and senators from all parties and is making some progress on this issue.

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Mr Compton said there was very little supply for seniors wanting to downsize, but not live in a retirement village. His group is pushing the government to make available either land or air space available free-ofcharge. This is so that, “the land component, which is the highest component, can come out of the whole issue of housing and its price can drop considerably,” Mr Compton said. It’s the cost of housing that is the biggest barrier for older Australians. “In Australia it is ridiculous,” Mr Compton added. “The government can give air space above government buildings to

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Tackling elder abuse

MINISTER’S MESSAGE CORALEE O’ROURKE WE OWE so much to those who built our communities, raised us and guided us. Here in Queensland, it’s our seniors that make it truly special. Throughout life we can be faced with challenges and for our older Queenslanders these can cause issues that impact on their way of life. They can cause difficulties around being able to stay in their own homes for one reason or another, they can mean there are barriers to accessing their community and engaging meaningfully. And sadly, seniors can experience abuse by those closest to them. I knew how important it was to be able to address these issues in the budget and am pleased the Palaszczuk Government has again shown their commitment to our older Queenslanders. I’m pleased we will spend more in the 2017/18 year

than any other year – $12 million. We are committed to tackling elder abuse by continuing to raise awareness of the types of abuse seniors can experience, in particular emotional and financial abuse. We have so far seen this campaign working and have further funded the Seniors Enquiry Line so that we can offer more support. Cost of living can be a considerable issue for our older Queenslanders and to assist with this we have increased our funding for concessions, including electricity, gas, water and rates. I want Queensland seniors to be able to spend time with their families in their local communities and this budget should help make that happen. This budget is a budget for all Queenslanders – regardless of age, ability or where you live. We are delivering opportunities to live well for longer through our spending on hospitals, housing and community safety. Elder Abuse Hotline: 1300 651 192. Seniors Enquiry Line: 1300 135 500.

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OVER several months, the lives of the elderly and near-homeless Mary* and her little, fluffy dog were turned around through the work of volunteer veterinarians working in a park in Frankston, Melbourne. Each month, she bought her companion to the park for treatment and advice by the charity group Pets in the Park. The vets helped the little dog back to good health by clipping its overgrown nails and treating both ear and skin infections. “She was so grateful for the support we gave her,” PITP’s director Dr Mark Kelman said. “She saw her dog walk better and its ears treated. Those simple

things made such a difference. “Talking to her at the event she brightened up. It’s really what we are there for; it’s not just the pets, we help the people as well. “One of the reasons we run these events monthly is there is a lot of camaraderie and community as a result of people getting together. “Partly it’s about helping people realise there are there who want to help and love them as well.” PITP started in a Parramatta park in Sydney in 2009 by Dr Kelman. Since then he has also recruited volunteer veterinary specialists and supporters in Sydney city, central Melbourne and Frankston, Brisbane and Canberra, with more

locations to start clinics in the next six months. He said they dealt with a mix of people, “which certainly reflects what’s going on in society”.

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is so important as we are trying to give them a hand so they can live a bit easier and hopefully help them get out the situation they are in if that’s what they want to do.” All services are free and funded purely by donations. For more details of Pets in the Park and to support their work, go to www. petsinthepark.org.au. *Not her real name.

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Flexible home options A HOUSING affordability option for seniors is proving to be a win-win scenario for both investors and seniors alike. Carseldine Gardens, a 143-one and two bedroom villa residential village 12.5km from Brisbane CBD, is a unique seniors village offering affordability, convenience and a community lifestyle for seniors downsizing, whether they are working or not. Seniors can buy or rent the villas, starting from $272,500 to buy or rent from $335 per week. Renters receiving an age pension may be eligible for additional rental assistance. The average median unit price in Carseldine in $403,000. Unlike dwellings in a manufactured home village, these villas are brick and mortar and are purchased in the same way as buying into a residential townhouse or unit development. The purchaser pays stamp duty, has freehold title, there are modest ongoing body corporate fees and the usual outgoings

associated with home ownership. Purchasers can sell their villas any time or rent them out. Demand for affordable rental property is high. And there are no restrictions when it comes to the purchasers themselves as investors – they don’t have to be seniors. “This is a great opportunity for anyone keen to get into the property investment market as the investment is less than $300,000 with rental yields of 6%, proven rental history, cash flow positive up to $43 per week and low risk tenants, in other words a low cost/low risk investment,” said Todd Pepper, executive director of Alceon Brisbane. It’s also a great opportunity for families to pool resources to provide long term secure tenure for low income, modest asset retiree parents who might otherwise find themselves in inappropriate accommodation or moving into residential aged care long before they need to,” Mr Pepper said.

“Some SMSF trustees may also see this option as an ideal property investment with the goal of moving into a villa once the trustees have reached retirement age. “In fact anyone with sufficient superannuation or savings close to retirement age could consider this the first step to securing their retirement living. “Everyone is talking about the need for more affordable housing, particularly for seniors, but there are very few practical, flexible solutions on the table to ease the current predicament or solve the potentially worsening situation in 10 or 20 years time with an ageing population,” Mr Pepper said. Some 54% of local residents in Carseldine do not have sufficient income or superannuation to enter traditional retirement living options. One in four residents are aged over 55, according to an exclusive report on Carseldine demographics prepared by URBIS for Alceon.

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THE Queensland Museum offering a Just for Adults, on selected Friday nights throughout the exhibition adults (18) can have their Gladiators experience when the kids have all gone home, and you can enjoy it with a glass of wine, some food, live entertainment and expert talks. Tickets are $24 (food and drink is extra) go to www.museum.qtix. com.au. or purchase at the box office. After Dark dates are July 28, September 1, October 13, November 3 and December 1. Queensland Museum is located on the corner of Grey and Melbourne Sts, within the South Bank Cultural Precinct in South Brisbane. Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum

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Travel ANN RICKARD hopped on board the luxury hotel barge Panache in France and glided slowly from Pont-L’Eveque to Paris. She offers her 10 top reasons to go barging, beginning with the obvious: it’s perfect for seniors in no hurry. 1. Because it is slow. Just the dawdling pace of a luxury barge makes you wind down. It travels only a few kilometres a day and floats so slowly you can disembark after breakfast, walk or cycle along the towpath and embark for lunch (or morning tea if you like a short walk.) 2. You are spoilt: Panache has a crew of six: captain, pilot, chef, stewards and deckhand. As it takes only 12 guests that means plenty of attention and lots of indulgence. You lift not a finger. 3. Food: With an onboard chef sourcing the best local produce, every meal is a gourmet adventure. Our chef Oli presented us with salads that ranged from beetroot and goat cheese to duck with artichoke and capers. Main courses of stuffed pork fillet, rack of lamb, seared pigeon, scallops with crayfish and beef bourgignon, delighted all of us. Desserts defied any attempt at restraint, from triple chocolate terrine to Lic No TAG 1446

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Monet’s Gardens by barge Pleasure planted in a stunning art garden

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NATURAL BEAUTY: The real life Monet lily ponds visited by thousands of people every day in the summer at Giverny.

gardens the day before while we were at anchorage, purchased the tickets, so we would not have to wait in line. Service way above the call of duty, and one we appreciated as we slipped past the long queues. It is not just art lovers and ardent fans who flock to the gardens: gardeners, landscapers, botanists all find the gardens fascinating. It is a way to get an understanding of Claude Monet’s work, to feel connected. The son of a grocer and obviously way ahead of his time, Monet rebelled against his family and insisted he was an artist, taking his easel outdoors to paint exactly what he saw before his eyes – at a time when painting outside was not the norm and when artists were trained to paint their subjects in the controlled

lighting of studios. Monet loved to paint everyday things: lily ponds, landscapes, ladies strolling the gardens with parasols, families picnicking. A visit to these beautiful gardens brings the works to life and gives a connection to the impressionist artist. Once you have strolled through the gardens you will look on a Monet painting through new and insightful eyes. You can arrange all manner of visits to the gardens, half day tours, full days, out of Paris, or just book online. We believe the most comfortable and convenient way to see them is as we did, from a shore excursion on board luxury barge Panache. More information on the itinerary that incorporates the gardens at the website gobarging.com.

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MONET’S Gardens in Giverny, not far from Paris, must surely be on the bucket list of every traveller in the world. That was my first thought as I looked at the long queues outside the gardens. Thousands of people flock to Giverny every day in summer to see where Claude Monet lived for 40 years, developed and grew his gardens and painted them so famously. Although you must share the glorious gardens with the hordes and squash into the house with hundreds of others – the experience is still strangely serene. Who could not feel peace in these extensive gardens that Monet cultivated, loved and painted? Despite the crowds all you seem to hear is the sound of birdsong, the buzz of bees. The beauty of a Monet painting comes to life as you stand by the ponds and gaze at the lilies. It is surreal to stroll through the Japanese garden, sit a moment in the bamboo section, gaze at the roses or brush slowly past graceful weeping willows – all meticulously maintained and now a living museum of scenes so many of us have admired on canvas and in myriad prints. Our visit was on a shore excursion from the luxury hotel barge Panache, a most pleasant way to see the gardens rather than driving from Paris and all its chaos. Our captain on board Panache had gone to the

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Housing and Finance Feature

The pressure for affordable housing Tracey Johnstone

AT the age of almost 74, Peter Montgomery believes his age cohort are the forerunners to a major affordable housing crisis in Australia. “The government are talking about the demographics of the ageing population but they don’t appear to be addressing any of the related issues that are starting to emerge,” Peter said. “At our age, we are the frontrunners. But what about the ones that are coming behind? They’re not all going to be financially independent.” Peter is living his own crisis now. He and his wife Barbara exist on a part-pension, plus he runs a small business that helps pay for the house they have to rent, plus food and “spiralling utility costs”. “Renting is hugely expensive. If we were on the aged pension only, we would be paying around 70% of it on rent,” Peter said.

He is also caught in the middle of a family health crisis and without funds to buy a home, it’s a daily battle to keep his and his wife’s heads above the tideline.

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Renting is hugely expensive. If we were on the aged pension only, we would be paying around 70% of it on rent. In his early 60s and with his wife diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, Peter decided to sell the family home in Queensland, which gave him enough money to pay out all his debts, including a mortgage, and buy a caravan which he and his wife could live in. “We had a huge back-debt on the mortgage, which I cleared, but having cleared it, it meant that we were cleaned out. Then we did the sums and worked out

we no longer could afford to keep it,” Peter said. Peter and Barbara then moved to Victoria, where most of his family lived, and spent 18 months in the caravan. The proud former farmer struggled with the confined environment so the couple settled into a rented house for a year. When it came time to renew the lease, he discovered how insecure renting can be. The owner wanted the house back to demolish and build units on the site. “So we had to move again,” he said. The next house he rented for just more than 12 years, until the owner died and the family took possession and promptly told Peter to move out. He calls it “investor determination”. “People buy a property, lease it out for a while and renters think they are secure. But no they’re not because the lease isn’t going to be renewed because the owners are going to demolish the house and put units on it.”

When pursuing another rental property, Peter said he experienced overt age discrimination. While the agent wouldn’t say it out loud, Peter voiced it for her. “I said there is no way in God’s earth that we can be that bad a tenant, so can I say to you it’s got a lot to do with our age?” His other accommodation choice is public housing, but he expects to wait at least six years for it to become available. “I suggest that it’s been at least 20 years since there was in any state a major building project for community housing that met specific needs,” Peter said. “I am doing all right because I am working and I am reasonably healthy, but what about the poor people who may have been in a house as long as us, are older than us and that get the same notice to vacate? “They might not have a family that can help them or they might not be able to raise a bond , where do they go? They’re the forgotten people.”

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Affordable Housing: Your share Home Equity release Tracey Johnstone

THERE are three main options for older Australians wanting to release equity in their home; reverse mortgages, the Pension Loans Scheme and shared sales proceeds arrangements. The most commonly used option is a reverse mortgage.

REVERSE MORTGAGE

■ A person, generally aged 60 and over, can access their home equity. ■ The lender takes a mortgage over the property. ■ The minimum amount is usually $10,000, and a maximum is set usually based on the lender’s age. ■ The loan can be received as a lump sum, a regular payment or sit ready to be drawn down when required. ■ It only needs to be repaid once a trigger event occurs, such as the sale of the house, the breach in the contract or the death of the borrower. ■ Interest is charged and compounded monthly, over the period of the loan. ■ Loans can have either fixed or variable interest rates. ■ A No Negative Equity Guarantee is in place so that the loan, regardless of its length or the movement in interest rates, will not exceed the value of the home. ■ If the loan is taken out by a couple and one of them dies, it will stay with the surviving partner. ■ Most providers will allow for top up amounts or further borrowing,

depending on the lenders borrowing margins. ■ Some providers will allow for the loan to be used for the payment of an aged care accommodation deposit. National Seniors Financial Information Desk manager, Craig Hall, explained the concept behind this type of loan is to give people who own a house, but are income poor, help to get them through costs such as daily living expenses or cover a major one-off expense. “It’s important for the borrower to understand how much of the asset will likely be passed onto the provider upon repayment,” Mr Hall said. “Projections must be given to the borrower to give them an understanding about what equity will remain after so many years (of the loan), and they have to use the MoneySmart calculator on the ASIC website.” Mr Hall said legal advice was mandatory to ensure the borrower knew the terms and conditions of the loan. “We also suggest a person seeks independent financial advice as they can advise on whether the loan will affect a person’s Aged Pension and will it impact on provisions for aged care, for example.” There is also one provider that has launched a loan product which, subject to the retirement village allowing for it, means a person could take out a reverse mortgage on their village contract.

PENSION LOANS SCHEME

■ This is a government scheme. ■ It’s available for people who aren’t on an Aged Pension or are on a part-pension. ■ It’s based on the what amount of equity is offered, how much is to be kept back and the age of the borrower. ■ The government takes out security over the home. ■ It will then top up the aged pension to the maximum amount per fortnight. ■ That amount, which becomes the loan amount, and with interest, would accrue. ■ The current interest rate is 5.25%. ■ The full loan amount would then be repaid at the time of a trigger event. It can also be repaid, in part or in full, at any time prior to a trigger event. “For example, if the full pension is $500 per week and if I am eligible for an Aged Pension at $300 per week, I could say I want the full pension.,” Mr Hall said. “The $200 difference forms part of the Pension Loans Scheme and that’s the part that accrues interest over time.” A borrower should note that they can access the loan if they are of age person age and because they aren’t eligible for a payment or only for reduced payment rate because of the assets or income tests, but not both. Full details on the loans are available from www.humanservices.gov. au/customer/services/ centrelink/pension-loans-

scheme. The advantage of a reverse mortgage is that it’s likely more money can be borrowed or a lump sum borrowed for a major expense.

SHARED SALES PROCEEDS ARRANGEMENTS

■ It’s called Homesafe and is only offered by Bendigo Bank. ■ Contracts can only be made for properties located in metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne. ■ There is no interest charged on the loan. ■ A home owner can access a lump sum by selling a share of the future sale proceeds of their home. So, when the property is sold, the owner forfeits some of the home equity as the loan provider takes an agreed percentage of the sale proceeds. ■ There are eligibility requirements such as the minimum age is 60. Of these three equity release options, the reverse mortgage has the most flexibility. “The reverse mortgage has been around for the longest,” Mr Hall said. “They had a bit of a bad name in the late 2000s until the industry started to clean itself up a bit. Since then they are more user friendly and quite flexible. “If you have other resources such as term deposits, it’s generally a no-brainer that you would be better off using those first. “For those who don’t have other resources behind them, their house is something they can tap into.”

EVERYDAY MATTERS CAROLYN DEVRIES CEO of New Way Lawyers

WE ARE excited to continue with Part 4 of our series which focuses on debunking some of the common myths about separation, divorce and property settlement. This month we look at what is probably the most common myth that is shared with people who have recently separated or divorced and trying to resolve property matters.

MYTH NUMBER 4: EVERYTHING IS SPLIT 50 / 50

Ever since we were children, we have always been told to share and our instincts seem to tell us that the fairest way to share is equally. A very common myth about property settlement is that assets and debts are automatically divided 50/50 following separation or divorce. While this may be the case for some relationships, it does not apply across the board. There is no legal presumption that the court will equally divide the assets and liabilities of your relationship. Although there have been some very interesting recent cases coming from the courts regarding property settlement it is still generally accepted that when determining the division of assets and liabilities the following four-step approach should be followed: ■ 1. All the assets and liabilities held by the individuals to the

relationship are identified and valued; ■ 2. The contributions that each party made to the assets and liabilities to the relationship are considered. Contributions are defined broadly and include initial contributions, contributions during the relationship and contributions following separation. Contributions may take the form of financial and also non-financial contributions which include contributions in the role of homemaker and parent. ■ 3. The future needs of both the parties to the relationship are then considered, such as the age of the parties, the health of the parties, the income and earning capacity of the parties and care arrangements for any children of the relationship. ■ 4. The outcome is then further considered and if necessary adjusted to ensure that it is fair and just. After following this approach, the entitlement of each party to the assets and liabilities can be ascertained.

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MEN’S HEALTH: University of the Sunshine Coast fourth-year nutrition students, Ricki-Lee Driver and Courtney Lynch, are helping local men improve their mental health through their diets.

NUTRITION and Dietetics students from the University of the Sunshine Coast are working with men to make them more aware of the important connection between diet and mental health. Ricki-Lee Driver and her partner, Courtney Lynch, have found many men are unaware that making small changes to their diet could boost not only physical health, but also their mental and emotional state. “If a person isn’t getting the right nutrients in their diet, they’re more susceptible to conditions like depression and anxiety,” Ms Driver said. “We want to teach the public about the different components of food and

how each component links back to the brain. “Research has shown that men tend to have poorer diets than women, and are less likely to talk about their mental well-being, so it’s particularly important to reach them.” To achieve good mental health through diet, Ms Driver explains men need have a balanced diet which is varied and contains foods from each of the five food groups – fruit, vegetables, grains, meats or alternatives, and diary. The daily recommended consumption of the five food groups are: For men aged 51 to 70: ■ 6 grains, 2 fruit, at least 5 vegetables and

legumes, at least 2 meats or alternatives, at least 2 dairy and up to 2 unsaturated fats and oils. For men aged 70 and older: ■ At least 4 grains, 2 fruit, five vegetables and legumes, at least 2 meats or alternatives, at least 3 dairy and up to 2 unsaturated fats and oils. Men should be aware that various food nutrients influence the health of the brain and ultimately a person’s mood state. Deficiencies in any of these has been linked to lower mood states, and increased risk of depression and anxiety. Other tips for a good diet are: ■ Protein is another key component in good brain

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KEEPING ACTIVE: Margaret Byles recently turned 98 and celebrated with her friends at the 50+ Club Brisbane.

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IF YOU want to know how to stay healthy, challenged and connected Logan Loves Seniors expo on August 15 is the place to start. Free activities run from 9am–1pm at the Logan Entertainment Centre with workshops and information stalls, there’s even free massage to increase your health and wellbeing. Stay on for musical fun as The Beehives bring back the sounds of the 60s ` in two live shows 9.30am and 1pm. Tickets are $5 and available for purchase online at www.logan entertainmentcentre.

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COME along any Tuesday between 9am-12noon to the Community Centre, 19 Nerida St, Rochedale. Members of a Senior Citizens Club play indoor bowls or are entertained with a concert on alternate Tuesdays. Tuition provided for new players and new members are most welcome. Details phone Shirley on 3209 1682.

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Easy health tips for 70 year olds & beyond YOUR lifestyle is directly affected by your health and it is vital to do all you can to maximise your wellbeing. Walks, tennis or gardening. They’re all investments in your long-term mobility and energy levels. It is possible to increase the number of years you live beyond 70 and equally possible to be more productive and energetic across these years. The great benefit of this is the increased opportunity to stay involved with family, friends, your community and your favourite activities. So keep moving at least 30 minutes a day with a brisk walk, a game of golf or bowls, gardening – they’re all investments in your long-term mobility and energy levels. The range of opportunities open to you is far broader if you are in good health. By now you will know

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able to. ■ Eat nutritious food with plenty of fruit and vegetables. ■ Many men in their 70s are affected by depression and emotional

problems as they lose some independence. Speak to your family, your mates or your GP if you are feeling depressed. ■ Remember; it’s never too late to improve your diet, get fitter, energise and find new interests and friends. Next up is using the following 70s health check when talking with your GP: ■ Weight and waist measurement. ■ Blood pressure. ■ Cholesterol and glucose levels (diabetes). ■ Eye checks. ■ Bowel cancer screening. ■ Flu and pneumonia shots. ■ Blood test for kidney and liver function, and iron levels. ■ Bone density. ■ Mental health – talk about any issues or concerns with your GP or a counsellor. Put the following

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The secret of nose blows

IF YOU have a blocked or runny nose, chances are you’ll reach for a tissue or hanky to clear the mucus by having a good blow. But is there a right way to blow your nose? The three most common reasons for extra mucus or snot are the common cold, sinusitis (infection or inflammation of the sinuses, the air-filled spaces inside the face bones) and hay fever. Each of these conditions cause the lining in the nose to swell up, and to produce extra mucus to flush away infection, irritants or allergens. Both the swelling and extra mucus lead to nasal congestion. This is when the narrowed passages increase the effort of breathing through the nose. Clearing the mucus by blowing the nose should reduce this congestion somewhat. At the beginning of colds and for most of the time with hay fever, there’s lots of runny mucus. Blowing the nose regularly prevents mucus building up and running down from the nostrils towards the upper lip, the all-too-familiar runny nose.

Later in colds and with sinusitis, nasal mucus can become thick, sticky and harder to clear. Think of snotty nosed kids, in particular infants or toddlers who haven’t yet learnt to coordinate the mechanics of blowing their noses. They tend to repeatedly sniff thick mucus back into their nose or allow it to dribble down their upper lip. Keeping this mucus (rather than blowing it out) is thought to contribute to a cycle of irritation that causes the snotty nose to persist for weeks or longer. This may be due to the retained mucus acting as a good home for bacteria to grow in, as well as fatigue of the hairs (cilia) that cleanse the nose by moving along mucus and carrying with it irritants, inhaled debris and bacteria. Thick retained mucus is also more likely to be transported to the throat rather than gravity working it from the nostrils, leading to throat irritation and possibly a cough. This is the mechanism behind the most common cause of prolonged cough after a

BLOW YOUR NOSE: When you do make sure you do it carefully.

viral infection or hay fever, known as the post-nasal drip cough. So it makes sense to encourage people to blow their nose to remove unwanted mucus.

RARE RISKS IF YOU BLOW TOO HARD AND TOO OFTEN

Although extremely rare, there are a few examples in the medical literature of

people blowing so hard they generated pressures high enough to cause serious damage. In most of these cases people had underlying chronic sinusitis or an existing weakness in the structure they damaged after blowing too hard.

CAN I TAKE ANYTHING TO STOP THE SNOT?

So looking to remove the need to blow so forcefully is probably a better option. Decongestants and antihistamines, which you can buy without prescription from pharmacies, reduce both nasal congestion and the volume of mucus. Decongestants work by constricting (narrowing) dilated blood vessels in the inflamed lining of the nose, and decreasing the volume of mucus produced. While decongestant sprays are effective, they are probably underused due to concerns about nasal congestion when you stop taking them after long-term use (rhinitis medicamentosa). But further studies have questioned this increased risk. Antihistamines treat nasal congestion associated with hay fever, but may be less effective for treating cold symptoms. Saline nose sprays have some evidence they work for acute and chronic rhinosinusitis (inflammation of the nasal lining and sinuses), and can reduce the need for

medications. A related technique, known as nasal aspiration, is when you squirt liquid saline up the nose with a special medical device to flush out mucus and debris from the nose and sinuses.

WHAT’S THE VERDICT?

If you have mucus in the nose, it is probably best to get it out, so blow gently or by clearing one nostril at a time. Use of appropriate treatments can lessen the need to blow, and the force required to clear your nose. If you are repeatedly blowing your nose you probably have a nasal condition, like hay fever or sinusitis, which should be treated more comprehensively. And if you see a snotty-nosed kid, please wipe away the mucus discharge for the benefit of all. To read the full story go to www.seniors news.com.au. It was first published in The Conversation

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Screener urges other women to get checked JULIE McGregor is one of the lucky ones: she’s never had breast cancer nor have any of the women in her immediate family. But she knows there’s always a chance her luck could change, which is why her two-yearly date with the BreastScreen Queensland service is one she never misses. “Just like everyone else, I have seen and read articles that suggest mammograms aren’t that effective,” she said. “But I have experience with friends where certain issues have been found from their breast screen, so I know that it does work and it does find things which can be really important for early detection.” Like many women her age Julie is busy. The 68-year-old mother of three and grandmother of two might be retired but her days are full; catching up with family and friends, playing the piano and helping out at the University of Technology. But she

ENJOYING LIFE: Julie. PHOTO: STATE OF QUEENSLAND

knows getting a breast screen isn’t just important for her but also her family. “I encourage women to definitely make the time. It’s not an arduous process, it’s really very efficient with only a few seconds of discomfort and then it’s over,” she said. “Having a conversation about breast screening with

family and friends can really help with raising concerns and can encourage others to get regular checks. “I was telling my daughter I had booked a breast screen and she immediately said ‘I think it’s time for me to start breast screening regularly as well’. “It really pleased me that my breast screening has led to my daughter to recognising the importance of regular mammograms as part of her health routine.” A new online booking system is making it even easier for Queensland women to make an appointment. “My advice to women is to just do it – avoiding mammograms is not helping your life in any way and the positive of early detection really outweighs the negative of being too late. Women aged 50 to 74 years can book a free breast screen today by visiting www.breastscreen .qld.gov.au or they can call 13 20 50.

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Surviving the challenges of head and neck cancer FOR sufferers of head and neck cancer, July is the month when their condition hits in the international spotlight. World Head and Neck Cancer Day is marked down for July 27 with 55 Head and Neck Societies, 51 Countries, and several government agencies organising events to highlight the day. Key pointers for these groups are to raise awareness of the conditions, and talk about risk factors, cessation, prevention, public education, screening, early diagnosis, physician education, outcomes and survivorship. For Fran Levy, head and neck cancer is very real. In Fran’s own words, she describes her battle. “In 2004, at the age of 47, I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. “This is a children’s

cancer, which goes from nothing to life-threatening in 8-10 weeks. “My tumor, in my soft palate, was very advanced and I was not expected to live. “I was given very intense chemo for 10 months, with 6 weeks of radiation in the middle. It was a shock to all when my treatment stopped and we discovered that the cancer was gone! “What a relief, as I had young children still at the time. While the cancer appeared to have been defeated, the side effects of the treatment required to kill it off remained. For Fran, finding a solution to these side effects led her to investigate hyperbaric treatment, settling on a series of treatments at the Wesley Hyperbaric

SO SUCCESSFUL: Fran Levy has found the benefit of “dives’.

Centre in Brisbane. “The side effects from radiation began to show soon after, with the worst ones in my mouth and jaw, which had taken the full

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Inter-age mentoring Tracey Johnstone

RETIRING from your workplace doesn’t mean that you have to put your skills and knowledge away in a drawer when they can be used to benefit a younger generation. For the last year 67-year-old Howard*, who still works full time in manufacturing, has volunteered with The Smith Family in its national iTrack program. After school Howard didn’t know what to do so while in a part-time technical college degree he met a man, John, who mentored Howard into more study. He qualified for university and went on to complete a degree. “It was my encounter with John that steered me into my career path,” Howard said. “Not all kids are lucky enough to have a mentor like John that stimulate and inspire them. “That’s why I took on the iTrack mentoring role. I

got help in my career and it was invaluable.” The Smith Family welcomes retirees, and seniors still working, who want to connect with and mentor high school students. It has found mentoring is an effective way to engage with youth who may not have positive role models. Called iTrack, it’s an online mentoring program which works with high school students from disadvantaged communities and families, supporting them through their schooling. “iTrack pairs a school student with a mentor who is able to offer guidance and support about career options available to them, or post-school planning,” The Smith Family’s Ms Economou said. ■ The program is run online via a keyboard conversation. ■ It’s anonymous with the mentor and mentee knowing only each other’s first name, and each

other’s interests and hobbies. ■ New mentors are provided with training. ■ Mentors talk to a student for about 60 minutes, on the same day each week during supervised school hours, for an 18-week period. The program runs twice a year, from May to September, and July to November. The type of mentors they are looking for are people: ■ With life and work experiences which they want to share with students to help inform their decisions. ■ That can empower the student to find their own way and guide them towards available resources. ■ The student will provide the iTrack team details of what interests and hobbies they have, and if they have a gender preference for their mentor so that the team can find a suitable mentor.

MENTORING : iTrack school students participating in the online mentoring program. PHOTO: MARNYA ROTHE

“We really want someone who can help a student explore a variety of pathways,” Ms Economou said. “It’s sharpened my listening skills,” Howard said of his experience. “It’s been a really strong, two-way interaction. The proof of

that is when we finish after so many weeks, we exchange cards and I find in reading the card the student seems so grateful,” Howard added. No matter what a person’s work experience is, Howard advises, “The right person can bring a lot of experience to a

young person”. For the students, the mentors are seen as an unbiased, listening adult, who is willing to give the student a dedicated hour per week to listen to them, to give them encouragement and advice about education and career options. “And, to give the students a pat on the back, talk to them about their school work and assignments,” Ms Economou said. “We want student outcomes to be positive and enhance their knowledge and their confidence. We also want our mentors to have a positive experience and give back to the community,” Ms Economou added. For more details on iTrack volunteering, go to www.thesmithfamily.com. au/programs/ mentoring/itrack. *Howard chose to keep his full name confidential.

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TO ALLOW for readers’ requests for the publication of more neighbourhood news, please keep notices short and to the point (100 word maximum). If you would like to submit a photo, please ensure it is at least 180dpi with faces in a nice and bright setting. The deadline for the August issue is July 20. Email Nicky or Chris at communitynotes@ seniorsnewspaper. com.au

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QUEENSLAND Country Women’s Association are looking for volunteers to assist us in our Refreshment stall at the Royal Brisbane Show, the Ekka. The show goes from August 11 to 20 and we have three different time shifts throughout the day. Call Sue on 0407 693 218.

LITERARY HIGH TEA

ELEGANT High Tea plus speaker in a beautiful and historic venue on Saturday, July 8 from 1.30-4pm. In the Inchcolm Hotel, 73 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill. Cost $30. To book go to www.trybooking.com/ 287619. Details call Di Hill 0411 099 848 Society of Women Writers QLD. The speaker is writer Susan Johnson.

STUDENTS from the Advanced Performance Programme, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University will perform on Thursday, July 6 from 11-11.50am at St

John’s Anglican Cathedral, 413 Ann St, Brisbane. Details go to www.stjohn scathedral. com.au or call 3835 2222.

QHFS SEMINAR

SEMINAR – Online Newspapers Trove and the British Newspaper Archive. Newspapers are an invaluable source of information on people, places and social context for family history researchers. This Seminar presented by Sue Reid will be held on Saturday, August 5, 9am- 12.30pm at the Queensland Baptists Conference Centre located at 53 Prospect Rd, Gaythorne. Bookings are essential and there is a small cost. Book online at www.qfhs. org.au/events. You can check QFHS’s other events for 2017 at www.qfhs.org and or visit us at Facebook for details about future events.

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CINEMATOGRAPHERS are people who can make a short movie of your video and photos you have taken with your camera adding background music, your own voice announcements? Come to my meetings and learn how to do it. I use Linux and Windows. My group, JDs 50 Plus We hold two

meetings per month, the 1st and 4th Tuesdays, 9.30am-12.30pm at the 50+ Centre in the Brisbane City Hall. $2 per day. Code FF. Call John D’Alton weekdays but *not* between 12-2pm on 3371 3707 or email jcdalton@paradox.com.au

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THE Association of Independent Retirees meets monthly at our venue at Wavell Heights for a social meeting to discuss our social events and issues of finance without giving advice personally. No meeting July we will be doing a mystery bus trip instead. Our financial group will still meet for members only at the Chermside, on the second Friday in July. We are a group of people with national branches across Aussie who are motivated on the interest of helping our members on financial matters of interest and social outings. We usually have guest speakers with morning tea etc, and meetings taking app. Details call 3881 1820 before 5pm daily or sitram@powerup .com.au.

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GINGER up you July and come join us for our next meeting. This month our

Redcliffe Peninsula VIEW Club recently enjoyed a meal at the Chandelier Restaurant in Sandgate.

activity is All About Ginger (our product for the year) which will include some tastings. Bring your knitting or crochet to keep the hands busy. We look forward to your company. Visitors welcome. Details email Christine at cwabrisbane@gmail.com.

WROCCS

WYNNUM Region Organised Computing Club for Seniors Inc will be holding their monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 11 at the Wynnum RSL at 10.30am. The club is for anyone who would like to know more about their computers, laptops, tablets and phones and is run by volunteers. Irrespective of the type or duration of a class they only cost $10. Our classes can commence from a very basic level so don’t be afraid to make a start. Details call Lavina on 0411 806 154 or visit wroccs.org.au.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

IT IS time once again for our annual open day at Enoggera Memorial Hall, held this year on Saturday, July 15 between 9.30am and4.30pm. Our displays will illustrate the growth of Enoggera and districts through peace and war during two hundred years as well as in Australia and the rest of the world. Entry is free and refreshments will be available for a gold coin donation. Located at Enoggera Memorial Hall, corner of Wardell and Trundle Sts. The wheelchair friendly facility is open every Thursday from 9.30am-1pm. To arrange visits, become a member, to purchase our publications or details on the open day, call Dave on 3366 3191 or email EDHSinfo@gmail.com.

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BROWNS PLAINS NATIONAL SENIORS

NEXT quarterly barbecue will be held in the Sub Branch Rooms on July 23 from 10am-2pm. Visitors and intending members are welcome to join on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Greenbank RSL from 10am for a cuppa and entertainment. Details: call Ron or Bev on 3809 0697 or 0402 094 887.

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THE Brisbane Branch hold our meetings on the 1st Thursday of the month. Commencing at 1pm, at various locations. Details for venue call on 0439 524 512. Come along and learn all about growing beautiful hibiscus.

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and new members are welcome. Next meeting Monday, July 24 at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha Auditorium, Mt. Coot-tha Rd, Toowong. Cost $7 is payable at the door. Details call Heather Prior on 0412 735 483 or go to www.floralartsocietyqld. org.au.

STAFFORD GARDEN CLUB

OUR Club held a Friendship Day in June that was a great success. Members of other gardening clubs and the general public arrived at a hall spilling over with plants, flowers, bric-a-brac and general goodwill. The speaker was Dale Arvidsson, curator of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. A special thanks to members of other gardening clubs who contributed some wonderful raffle prizes. We welcome new members and meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the OES Hall (corner of Kitchener Rd and Bohland St, Kedron) at 9.30am. A new speaker every month.

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A LITERARY High Tea, Elegant High Tea plus speaker in a beautiful and historic venue on Saturday, July 8, from 1.30-4pm at the Inchcolm Hotel, 73 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill. Cost $30. To book go to TRYBOOKING – go to www.trybooking.com/ 287619. Details call Di Hill 0411 099 848 Society of Women Writers QLD.

ORANGE GROVE WRITERS’ GROUP

OUR Group is a supportive gathering of people who enjoy writing in all its forms: short stories, all genres of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, script-writing. The group meets every Tuesday from 1-3pm. Aspiring and

established writers are welcomed and encouraged to share and discuss ideas in a friendly and creative environment. Interested call Miriam on 3848 5550.

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AT THE Tavernetta Function Centre, Carseldine, on June 1, six new Probians were inducted by the president of the Albany Creek Probus Club, Desley Revell: Allen Schnitzerling, Lyn McLean, Margaret Schnitzerling, Beth Jones, Sandra Holt and Wayne Holt. The club meets at 10am at the Tavernetta Function Centre on 1st Thursday of the month and you are invited to have a cuppa and listen to a quality guest speaker. Details call Greg Early 3863 1180 or 0407 960 588.

■ NORTH LAKES

IF YOU are recently retired or looking for social contact then look no further. Our club is social outlet for like minded ladies to meet in a friendly atmosphere. We meet once a month and have a variety of interesting guest speakers, monthly outings and coffee mornings all promoting friendship, fellowship and fun. Next meeting at Munmorah Bowling club on the 2nd Wednesday each month February to November at 10am. Details: call Marie McLaughlin, 4392 2532 or Julie Fisher 4397 3121.

■ WAVELL

OUR Guest speaker this month was Val Marlow, president of the Volunteers Committee of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Val provided an interesting and enjoyable talk and left us with a greater understanding of how this service supports our country cousins.

■ REDCLIFFE PENINSULA

WE ALWAYS welcome new Members and would love to see some new faces. Our activities include 4 or 5 bus trips each year a dine-out once a month together with a monthly coffee morning, interesting guest Speaker plus other activities. Meetings are held at the Redcliffe RSL on the 4th Tuesday of the month, from 10.30am-12.15pm, morning tea is available for $7 per person. Details: call Ray Baulch on 3203 2611 or Shirley Smith on 0401 360 999.

■ CHELMER AND DISTRICTS

OUR Club meets in the Bowls Club at Hall Avenue in Corinda on 4th Tuesday of the month at 9.45am. We have our monthly meeting with a friendly chat over morning tea, followed by a guest speaker covering a wide and interesting range of topics. We welcome retired men and women from Chelmer to Oxley and all surrounding suburbs who wish to join in the fun, friendship and fellowship, club meetings and outings with other active, like -minded retirees. Details: call Kathy on 3379 7237.

VIEW CLUBS ■ CHAPEL HILL

OUR Club supports eight primary Learning for Life students and our next fundraiser for these disadvantaged young people will be a HOEDOWN, 9.30am for 10am morning tea on July 10 at Mt. Ommaney Hotel/Apartments, Dandenong Rd. Come along and join in the merriment with Bush Poet, Noel Stallard and Country Entertainer Hugo Fitz-Herbert, $25. Inquiries Pat 3289 1121. Lunch meetings are held at Mt Ommaney Hotel/ Apartments, Dandenong Rd, Mt Ommaney on the first Tuesday of each month. Inquiries Bev 3279 2819 or email

HAPPY PLANTS: Stafford Garden Club’s Friendship Day volunteers man on of the plant stalls .

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■ LOGAN

OUR Club is holding a fashion show by Portafino on Wednesday, July 19 at 11.30am at the Rec Club, Alba Lane (off Jacaranda Ave), Kingston. Cost of $20 includes sandwiches, tea and coffee. Proceeds from the day will go to The Smith Family. Details: phone Nan on 3200 6241.

■ REDCLIFFE PENINSULA

OUR Club holds lunch meetings, including a speaker or entertainment, on second Thursday of each month at the Moreton Bay Boat Club, Bird of Passage Way, Scarborough at 10.30am. Cost is $28. Phone Cath on 3284 7567 or text to 0403 693 646 or email cath_cramb@ yahoo. com.au by the Tuesday night before the meeting. Our next Coffee and Chat morning tea are held at various coffee shops around the area on the last Tuesday of the month. We would love to have your company and friendship.

■ PINE RIVERS

OUR Last outing was held at the Putt Putt course on South Pine Rd at Albany Creek. What a fun outing we had! Next luncheon meeting is on Wednesday, July 19 at 10.30am at the Murrumba Downs Tavern on Dohles Rock Rd. At this meeting we shall be holding a cent auction. We

have many lovely ‘prizes’ on offer. All visitors and new members are welcome. Details: call Sandra 3425 2738 or Elizabeth 3886 4937.

■ CENTENARY EVENING

OUR Club’s next monthly dinner meeting will be on Monday, July 10. Meetings are held at McLeod Country Golf Club, 61 Gertrude McLeod Cres, Middle Park, 6.30pm for 7pm start, cost is $35 and bookings are essential. Members also enjoy many other social occasions as well as events to raise funds to support students through The Smith Family Learning for Life Program. Details or to RSVP email centenary eveningview @gmail.com or call Di 3202 9759 before noon on Friday, July 7.

■ KENMORE EVENING

OUR Club is looking forward to celebrating its 27th birthday at the July meeting July 19 at the Boulevard Gardens, Indooroopilly. We will embrace a Great Gatsby theme for an evening of fun and games. We have two new interest groups: a Garden Club and a Dining Out Club. Details call Marian on 0410 701 458.

■ ARANA

OUR Next meeting is on Wednesday, August 2 at Arana Leagues Club, Dawson Parade, 10.30am for 11am start. Cost of lunch is $25 and there are

Val Marlo (president of the Volunteers Committee of the Royal Flying Doctor Service) and Wavell Probus president Bonita Trenwith.

the usual raffles as well. Our guest speaker for August is Patrick Pickett of the Queensland Pops Orchestra. New members and guests are welcome and we have many social activities each month to enjoy. Call Heather on 3300 3733 to book by 4pm on July 31.

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