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The awards really are a great opportunity for friends, family, neighbours and mates to put up their hand and nominate someone who is usually simply known as a quiet achiever.

It’s great to feel appreciated and these awards express that sentiment well.

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK ple mentioned in this edition make up the fabric of what we call ‘community’.

In our busy world, where ATMs rule, recorded voices answer the phone and we can check out our own groceries without a single word to the cash register operator or where family may live interstate

or even overseas, face-toface communication takes on another level of meaning.

Camaraderie, friendship, community, whatever we want to label the situations where we come together to support, work, play or chat satisfies our basic human longing for

connection with others.

I also hope that this newspaper is a place where community members feel at home, where you find topics you can share with others, or are inspired to write to us with your news and views.

I trust you enjoy the read.

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Citizen of the Year Award: Marjorie McNamara (Sandgate). In recognition of Marjorie’s ongoing and extensive voluntary work in the Brisbane community, which has spanned more than 30 years.

Senior Citizen of the Year Award: Kenneth (Ken) Dixon (Boondall). In recognition of Ken’s commitment to the Sandgate community and the game of cricket through his voluntary work at SandgateRedcliffe District Cricket Club.

Young Citizen of the Year Award: Jessica Hickey (Bracken Ridge). In recognition of Jessica’s dedication to her community via volunteer work with Brisbane’s homeless through the Ecumenical Coffee Brigade and her contribution to local community musical groups and outreach programs.

Community Event of the Year Award: Mt Gravatt Show. The yearly tradition has marked its 100th milestone. The show has been held on the same site almost continuously since 1915 and offers a friendly community event that features fireworks, rides, entertainment, animals, food and horticultural pavilions.

Australia Day Sports Award: David Hodge (Moorooka). In recognition of David’s resourcefulness and commitment in developing not-for-profit organisation Return Serve, a community-based tennis program for people of all abilities and backgrounds, bringing the community to-

Brisbane Lord Mayor's Australia Day awards recipients.

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Corporate Citizen of the Year Award: Willims Motor Group (Fortitude Valley). In recognition of the group’s generous assistance by supporting multiple organisations and local causes, including more than $270,000 in donations and fundraising in the last 12 months alone.

Australia Day Cultural/ Arts Award: Denis Madigan (Manly West). Known as the “heart and soul” of the Kelvin Grove Wind Orchestra (KGWO), Denis has been the group’s president for almost 20 years the entirety of the orchestra’s lifespan.

Lord Mayor’s Green Heart Award – Individual: Marga-

ret Buchanan (Runcorn).

In recognition of Margaret’s involvement and devotion as a foundation member of the Brandon Road Bushcare Group, part of Brisbane City Council’s Habitat Brisbane program.

Lord Mayor’s Green Heart Award – Organisation: Mt Gravatt Environment Group (Wishart Ward). In recognition of the group’s dedication to the Mt Gravatt area which has seen the rehabilitation of Fox Gully into a vibrant wildlife corridor, and has also enabled the implementation of many flora and fauna projects within the local community.

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Karl bets you London to a brick you’ll enjoy his pedal adventures

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The 2016 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Cultural/Arts Award honoured Denis Madigan.

DENIS Madigan has made an extraordinary contribution to the cultural life of Brisbane in his role as president of the Kelvin Grove Wind Orchestra (KGWO) for nearly 20 years. Having been

bus back home,” Karl said.

“My wife asked why I had returned. She said if I didn’t go through with it I’d regret it for the rest of my life. She was right. I took the bus back to Winton with a better attitude, knowing it would be a great adventure.”

Judy, who also likes bike riding, did think about joining her husband on the adventure but baulked at the idea of spending long days in the heat of the Outback.

Now Karl wants to share his dream with other likeminded adventurers who want to escape the stresses of life ... “and enjoy free time under the stars”.

“Seeing parts of Australia on a bicycle is one of the most rewarding travel experiences you’ll ever have,”

Karl Andreis... somewhere along the Nullarbor.

said Karl who has set up Pedal Away Cycle Tours which offers cyclists from all walks of life trips from two days to three months.

All the tours include a support vehicle (driven by Karl), all meals and accom-

modation, staying in camps or hotels.

“Imagine cycling the Australian Outback then ending the day around an open camp fire gazing up at the Milky Way or staying at a country pub,” Karl reflect-

ed.

The tours are kept at a “personal size” – a minimum of 10 cyclists and a maximum of 20.

“It’s not the distance of the tours, it’s more the time spent on the saddle, usually

Contribution to cultural life of the city through orchestra President of KGWO for the entirety of its lifespan, Denis is literally the heart and soul of the group. As a result of his leadership, the KGWO has provided more than 240 amateur musicians with the opportunity to experience the

sheer pleasure of playing in a community orchestra and forged lasting friendships with like-minded members of the community.

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three times each year, not only selecting the works to be performed but also engaging concert guest artists from within the local area. These include upand-coming singers and instrumentalists as well as community choirs and

dance groups. In addition to his role as president, Denis volunteers his time building sets for performances, taking official photography and acting as the orchestra librarian.

Additionally, the KGWO Committee, under Denis’

about two to three hours, then a tea break and rest,” says Karl. “Then it’s on again for another couple of hours and another refreshment break.”

He said when he rode around Australia it took all day to ride 100-120 km with frequent stops just to enjoy the moment.

“This way I didn’t have the feeling of exhaustion at the end of the day.”

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leadership, supports many organisations and music groups.

“There can be few volunteers who have had such a positive and quantifiable impact upon so many in the Brisbane arts/cultural scene as a result of Denis Madigan’s guidance of the KGWO for nearly 20 years.” – Nominator

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AUSTRALIA seemed a long way away for English bricklayer Karl Andreis and he never dreamed he would eventually ride around the vast continent on a bicycle.

But the idea became more than a dream 26 years after he immigrated to Queensland in 1983 with his wife Sharon and two children – it became a 14,000 km solo adventure through coastal and outback regions in five states.

Today, Karl, 64, says he never regretted the decision to ride off into the sunset in 2009, although he nearly called it off when he reached Winton, 1150 km from his Slacks Creek home in Brisbane.

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community news A new role planned for school in Valley ABANDONED in December 2013, the heritage-listed Fortitude Valley State School could become a hub for specialist education in Queensland.

The school on prime real estate in Brookes Street closed due to low student numbers, despite a campaign by parents and students to keep it open. Its sale by the Education Department could have reaped $50 million.

But Education Minister Kate Jones says she has been involved in discussions to renew the site as an “education hub”.

The chairman of the FVSS celebration committee Ray Thurlow, who was a pupil at the school from 1952 to 1955, says he has been reliably informed that the school will be retained as an education centre.

A decision is expected soon on four options: an alternative education centre for disruptive students and students who struggle in standard school settings; an Education Department learning ‘hub’; a centre for leadership and professional development by teachers; or a centre for bringing teachers up to speed in mathematics and languag-

‘A true role model’ Committed to the Sandgate community

Memories ... past pupils of Fortitude Valley State School, some of them now in their late 60s and 70s, gather with school children to reminisce about the school's glorious past. Photo by Angie Holland.

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“Whatever the option, we are all happy that the school building will remain,” Mr Thurlow said.

One of the oldest state schools in Queensland, Fortitude Valley celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011.

It opened in March 1861 at Foresters Hall on the corner of Ann and Brunswick streets, now the site of the Royal George Hotel. By 1867, and with a boost to immigrants after the arrival

of John Dunmore Lang’s free settlers on the ship Fortitude, the school had outgrown the one-room rented premises, and moved to a purpose-built building in Brookes Street.

Changes evolved over the years and the present building was erected at 95 Brookes Street as a co-ed school in 1950.

Like its motto – Onward Ever Onward – it seems the Fortitude Valley State School will be around for a long time yet.

Senior Citizen of the Year Kenneth Dixon KENNETH (Ken) Dixon has demonstrated true commitment to the Sandgate community and the game of cricket through his voluntary work at Sandgate-Redcliffe District Cricket Club.

Ken joined the SandgateRedcliffe executive committee in 1973 and was elected assistant secretary in 1982. Since 1991, he has been club secretary and has been instrumental in the day-to-day functioning of the club, from attracting new players and organising member registrations, to assisting with club enquiries and being on-call 24/7.

Ken has a strong desire to continually improve club grounds and facilities, including the submission of government grants to better equip the club. In addition to his role as secretary, Ken has taken on a number of other voluntary duties at Sandgate-Redcliffe, in-

Brisbane Lord Mayor's Senior Citizen of the Year - Ken Dixon with Lady Mayoress Anne Quirk

cluding juniors’ coach, mentor to budding cricketers and stand-in groundsman. Ken has always been passionate about cricket being available to all members of the community.

In 1995, he introduced women’s cricket to SandgateRedcliffe and the club is now home to five members of the Queensland Women’s Cricket Team – more than any other district team.

Ken is also responsible for

establishing scholarship exchange programs with teams from Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

An advocate for the Sandgate community, Ken has been involved with providing community cricket events at Sandgate festivals for more than 20 years.

“Ken is seen as a true role model for many up-andcoming players and his approachability is to be admired.”– Nominator

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A physicist and historian

Dr JG Steele an unusual combination of talent

His books are resources for later researchers, rather than historical works.

By MARION DIAMOND

VALE: John Gladstone Steele (1935-2016) JOHN Gladstone Steele was a physicist and antiquarian (his word!) who worked for many years in the physics department at the University of Queensland.

John worked across two disciplines, physics and history.

That was unusual even thirty years ago. In our more specialist age it is practically unheard of.

John Steele’s most significant book was Aboriginal Pathways in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River (1984).

In his younger days, John was an enthusiastic bushwalker, and this book was

based on an earlier gestetnered and stapled pamphlet he produced for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Society.

He wrote about Aboriginal pathways in the first instance so that his group of bushwalkers could follow them, but in doing so, he became increasingly curious about the people who had made them.

I once asked him where he got his information – and he said he just asked the local Aboriginal people he met while out walking. In the 1970s and 1980s, very few people did.

About the same time he published Aboriginal legends of Stradbroke Island

(1984).

Bushwalking gave John a sensibility to the Australian landscape that many of us lack. In Conrad Martens in Queensland:

drum up painting commissions amongst the squatters of the Darling Downs.

John had the eye to identify the locations of many of Martens’ sketches, which

Bushwalking gave John a sensibility to the Australian landscape that many of us lack. the frontier travels of a colonial artist (1978), John looked at the sketchbooks and paintings of Conrad Martens, who travelled to the Moreton Bay settlement (not yet Queensland) during 1851 and 1852, to

now represent an important visual record of Aboriginal occupation.

Because of John’s identification of the location of an Aboriginal camp in one of Martens’ drawings, for instance, the botanist Rod

Fensham was able to show that this place marked the northern limit of the yam daisy, a native plant with a tuberous root that was an important food source for the Aborigines – and soon to be wiped out by hungry sheep.

John’s work dates from before Mabo, before Native Title, before current sensitivities about the European occupation of Australia.

His books are resources for later researchers, rather than historical works in their own right.

Dr Steele is also the author of The Explorers of the Moreton Bay District 1770-1830 (UQP, 1972), Brisbane Town in Convict Days 1824-1842 (UQP, 1975), Conrad Martens in Queensland (UQP, 1978) and The Brisbane River, as well as many articles in historical, scientific and religious journals For the full article by Marion Diamond, go to her blog site Historians are Past Caring: https://learnearnandreturn.wordpress.com/2016/ 01/26/john-gladstonesteele-1935-2016

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Monument recognises the lives of thousands of mariners lost at sea A GROUP of veteran mariners wants to erect the first monument that recognises all merchant seamen who served in ships travelling to and from Australia since the first fleet landed at Botany Bay in 1788.

“Some thousands of these seamen rest in watery graves, victims of cyclones, grounding on reefs, collisions with icebergs and destruction by bombs and torpedoes in wartime,” said Brian Hunt, chairman of a committee set with the task of raising $25,000 to erect the monument at Point Danger, a headland at Coolangatta on the Queensland-NSW border.

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ON SHOW: Anne Brache (centre) and Ruth Francis (right) with fellow painter Vivienne Beesley at their Silk Shed Studio at Milton.

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“EVERY face has a story to tell whether it's surprise, anger, sadness, fear or happiness,” says 91-year-old Brisbane artist Anne Brache who regularly takes to the sidewalks to capture human expressions for her paintings.

This spry bright-eyed lady, who will display her work at a special exhibition at the Royal Queensland Art Society gallery on Petrie Terrace in March, says she has been an artist and art lover all her life winning awards for photography, pottery, ceramics, embroidery, wood turning and painting.

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tion she is sharing with friend and painter Ruth Francis.

“The mind and brain are very powerful tools – they can make us think we are young or old; they create ‘reality’ in a sense, because what we think determines what we can and can’t see or do,” says Anne, who enjoys life in the bustling cosmopolitan inner-city suburb of West End and says she’s too busy to be sick.

Born on Guernsey Island in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy, Anne came to Australia as a teenager with her father and mother and brother on a 15-metre French fishing boat.

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Age not a good indicator

By YVONNE GARDINER

A QUEENSLAND aging expert has come out in support of older drivers and their safety record on the road.

Queensland Brain Institute researcher Dr Jaqueline Liddle has pointed out that driving performance is more related to health rather than age, so there can be safe drivers at any age. Age is not a good indicator of skill, she adds.

Dr Liddle’s comments follow a call from NSW Police head of traffic John Hartley for drivers over the age of 70 to “reconsider” their driving ability. Assistant Commissioner Hartley said drivers of this age were two-and-a-half times more likely than younger drivers to die in a roadside accident

in NSW. He added that senior citizens often found it difficult to stay centred in their lane, stop in time for red lights and reverse safely without running into objects. “It is these issues that put older drivers, their passengers, and other road users at great risk,” Asst Commissioner Hartley said. “Personal responsibility is the key to keeping us all safe on NSW roads. Don’t wait until you’re involved in a near-miss, or a crash, to reconsider your driving ability.”

The latest figures put out by the NSW Centre for

Road Safety reveal that the number of fatalities on the road for senior citizens has spiked by 20% in the last year alone. Drivers over the age of 70 represented nearly 22% of the total fatalities in 2015, while the age bracket makes up just 11% of the population. In Queensland, a Department

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of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) spokesperson said older drivers were not “over-represented” in road crash statistics. Seniors aged 75 years or older, as drivers or riders, made up 12% of road crash deaths – the same as other age groups, apart from those aged 16 to 24 years

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with 24% of fatalities.

“Age is not a barrier to driving and many older people are perfectly capable of driving safely. However, physical and mental changes that often come with aging can affect how older people drive,” the TMR spokesperson said. “In recognition of this, since 1996 Queensland licence-holders aged 75 or older have been required to carry and drive in accordance with a current medical certificate.

This requirement remains current.”

Following a review of older driver safety undertaken by the TMR and the Older

Driver Safety Advisory Committee, changes were introduced on January 1, 2014, to limit the term of an older driver’s medical certificate to one year. “This requirement to have an annual medical check-up ensures any problems are detected early and managed sooner.”

UQ Aging Mind Initiative co-director and clinical neuropsychologist Dr Nancy Pachana, who specialises in elder driving safety, said decades of driving research had found that older drivers were just as safe as younger adults on the CONTINUED PAGE 9

Perceived good of idea that roads would be safer without aged drivers used to SOME people have adopted the position that our roads will be safer without senior drivers. They appear to have arbitrarily selected a terminal age to our driving that rejects the existing considerations of health and ability. If

you remove any group from the road, whom you consider to be a greater than average risk, say people under 25 yrs, or perhaps the unemployed, you will no doubt include in the selected group, drivers who present a grea-

ter than average risk. Apart from this, the reduction in road users will certainly improve road safety. No matter what our age or ability, anyone taking a vehicle to the road presents some level of risk.

Ideologues focus and pursue a perceived “good”, in a way that ignores lateral contra-considerations.

For them, this perceived “good” justifies the means, and in their narrow focus, they can be fatuously convinced and

quite cruel. Our generation has etched in its mind the Darwinist ideologies of Adolph Hitler, which led to the extermination of six million Jews as well as some two million Poles and others.

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roads. “It’s ageist to state a person cannot drive just because of their age,” Dr Pachana said. “The NSW police are confusing the greater vulnerability to injury with driving skills.

“Older people have increasingly frail bones and are more susceptible to motor vehicle injuries, not just as drivers, but also as passengers and pedestrians.”

Seniors can use a self-assessment questionnaire on the RACQ’s website to check their current driving capability.

Dr Liddle said most older people voluntarily

Use a questionnaire on the RACQ’s website to check driving capability.

justify the cruel means fore a burden on the roads, may at some stage trigger the notion, in the not distant future, that as unproductive retirees, pensioners are a burden in general. I t would not be too far from

there, to the invention of a “happy valley” pill, as a “final solution”, and entice unwanted and depressed aged people, to unburden society, with it.

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stopped driving, often at some cost to their independence. “There are also costs and risks for older people not driving, including increased risks of depression, isolation and poorer health outcomes,” she said.

The UQDrive program endorses the following tips from retired drivers, for older people considering their driving future: Start to think about your options early – while you are still driving, try out different transport options including public transport, transport services and lifts from family and friends.

Have a long-term plan for your transport needs.

Weigh it up – take the time to think through all the factors involved in driving, and retiring from driving.

Look into your priorities

and values, and put plans into place.

Think about the positives and negatives of retiring from driving.

Talk to key people – talking to family, friends and health professionals might help you to consider all of your options.

Other ways –it is important to stay involved in the community. This can be done by using different transport options, and taking up new roles and activities.

Stay involved and active – staying active after giving up driving is important.

You should keep doing the things that are important to you.

To keep up an active lifestyle, some people find they need to change their routines, and others move to areas with better transport.

Senior’s concession on car registration discriminates against married couples in favour of de facto relationships MY WIFE and I are both in our late seventies, and we both run a car.

Our cars are old and battered, and worth almost nothing, but they serve us well, and as we live in a ru-

ral area, they are invaluable to us.

However, as we are a married couple, only one of us can claim the senior’s concession on car registration.

If we were not married, but just living together in a de facto relationship, we could both claim the concession.

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An age-friendly community encourages people of all ages to take part in community activities.

It is a place where people are treated with respect, regardless of their age or ability; where they can stay in touch with the people they care about and can find appropriate support services that meet their needs.

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COTA reaches out to ‘hidden’ elders State Govt commits $18m to help prevent problem

By JIM BOWDEN

SOCIAL isolation and elder abuse are causing more and more senior citizens to become part of a growing “hidden” community.

“We’re tackling this head on,” says Mark TuckerEvans, CEO of Queensland’s Council of the Ageing, who has welcomed the state government’s $18 million commitment to help prevent the problem.

“The elderly are becoming a community in isolation, tucked away from society and exposed to the abuse that comes with this,” Mr Tucker-Evans said.

“The money allocated by the state will help ensure those socially isolated will be supported by non-government organisations,” he said.

“COTA, as the peak organisation for seniors, will work with other organisations to identify problems among the aged in their respective catchment areas.”

Speaking with Seniors Newspaper, Mr TuckerEvans said COTA would

engage volunteer seniors – ambassadors – to identify and connect with people who were becoming socially isolated. Such volunteers would also be reducing their own isolation.

According to Professor Andrew Beer, who headed a study by the Australian Research Council, social isolation and elder abuse have become more harmful

Age-friendly communities are inclusive and accessible environments for all ages. than not exercising and twice as harmful as obesity.

“Social isolation is equivalent to the health effects of smoking 15 cigarettes a day or consuming more than six alcoholic drinks daily,” Professor Beer says.

COTA Queensland has

been a strong age-friendly advocate since the World Heritage Organisation (WHO) launched its agefriendly cities and communities initiative in 2007.

WHO is co-sponsoring the 13th global conference on ageing, which will be hosted by COTA Queensland at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from June 21 to 23.

“Age-friendly communities are inclusive and accessible environments for all ages,” Mr Tucker-Evans said.

“This initiative recognises that the world’s population is ageing and that governments and communities need to work together to ensure that society supports communities for all ages.”

Mr Tucker-Evans brought a wealth of community support knowledge to Queensland when he joined COTA in 2001. He was manager of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation and helped reposition communities pending the closure of BHP’s Newcastle

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Rhymes with messages for kids

MORE than 40 years recording events in the Queensland bush has inspired Jim Bowden’s latest publishing venture – as author of the children’s book Bush Rhymes for Younger Minds.

In 1958, during his early years at Queensland Country Life, he started writing a children’s column for a growing band of young

readers all over the state.

His Kiddies Korner by Cousin Jim included a poem each week about bush animals – Katie Kangaroo, Percy Platypus, Elmer Emu and Bertie Bandicoot among them.

They carried a special message in verse to children about the values of good health, good behaviour, a good education, respect for

family and elders and the under-privileged and those who may not have the same advantages as themselves.

“This was just such a wonderful time,” Jim said.

“I made friends with scores of outback kids who wrote regularly and I’m still in touch with some of them.”

Jim went on to become chief of staff, production manager and associate ed-

itor at Country Life and in the 1980s established his own publishing and PR business.

Still writing, Jim contributes regularly to Seniors Newspaper.

Now his verses have been enlivened by the antics of a colourful collection of bush animals, wonderfully illustrated by Brisbane artist John Flitcroft.

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The book of rhymes is also unique in another respect – it includes an educational illustrated glossary of facts about the Australian bush creatures featured – their origins, habits and habitats.

The book will support the Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme (BUSHkids), a non-government, non-profit community organisation.

Brisbane Seniors Newspaper is giving away a copy of the book to readers –

an ideal gift for children of any age.

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This Australia Day the Brisbane Lord Mayor's Green Heart Award ( Individual) went to Margaret Buchanan.

MARGARET Buchanan was a foundation member of the Brandon Road Bushcare Group, part of Brisbane City Council’s Habitat Brisbane program, commencing more than 10 years ago.

Along with her late husband Frank, Margaret started their volunteer work with the Brandon Road Bushcare Group as an activity to enjoy in their retirement. They quickly progressed to group leaders, which involved undertaking training and organising the monthly working

bees as well as preparing new sites for future working bees.

Margaret has continued this hands-on work as group leader, liaising with Council to plan activities including working with environmental agencies.

The group works with the community via monthly working bees and partners with the annual National Tree Day, Clean Up Australia Day and Bushcare’s Major Day Out. “It is the constant and reliable support that Margaret provides to the group that keeps the group running and able to achieve the environmental goals at the site.”– Nominator www.seniorsnews.com.au

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A SMART fridge that takes pictures of your food, a robot that could be your personal butler, and a new 360-degree action video camera from Nikon.

They were just some of the devices unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Shows in Las Vegas last month..

CES is attended by more than 170,000 gadget lovers each year Samsung unveiled new TVs featuring Quantum dot display and the world’s first bezel-less curved design.

Its TVs include “internet of things” capability, meaning they can be used as the controller for an entire smart home.

The TV’s new Smart Hub is designed to provide users with simple access to their favourite content all in one place.

More than 500 streaming

and downloadable games will be available on its smart TVs with recent PlayStation additions including Assassin’s Creed III, Batman: Arkham Origins, The LEGO Movie and many more.

One of the coolest looking devices unveiled by Nikon, was KeyMission 360, a wearable action camera capable of recording 360 video in 4K UHD. With an image sensor and lens combination on opposite sides of the camera, captured images are combined in-camera to create a high definition 360° image output.

It is expected to be available in April.

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Segway and Intel have teamed to create a hoverboard robot butler.

The sci-fi device, which is a self-balancing personal transporter with a built-in interactive robot, was un-

veiled at Intel’s keynote speech.

It’s not immediately clear what exactly the robot does - demonstrations showed it could use its built-in cameras to follow someone, and a pair of clip-on arms made it look a bit more robotlike, but that’s it.

How about a super smart fridge?

One of the most talked about products at CES2016 was Samsung’s new super smart fridge.

Its centrepiece is a 21.5” Full HD LCD touchscreen, a digital command centre for the connected home.

The Family Hub’s Key capabilities include: Improved Food Management.

Three built-in cameras take a photo of the inside of the refrigerator every time the door is closed so consumers can always see what they have wherever they go, via their smartphone.

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Retired, but still helping others

FORTY years of caring for the elderly and the disabled has ended with the retirement of Linda Rowan, administrator of the Beenleigh & District Senior Citizens Centre.

Linda first became involved with senior citizens in Beenleigh in 1976 when she volunteered to deliver meals around the district with Meals on Wheels.

She also found there was a need for providing transport and shopping assistance to many and she pro-

vided this as well as keeping on with Meals on Wheels.

When the Senior Citizens Centre was built in 1984, Meals on Wheels and Seniors’ services moved over to new premises in Alamein Street and in 1986 Linda became the welfare officer/ administrator, a position she held until she retired in January this year.

During Linda’s time, together with various management committees, the Centre has grown to become one of the largest

Linda Rowan - caring for others is her passion.

Centres in Queensland.

A major contribution being her success in applying for government funded services for the aged and younger persons with disabilities.

Another of her accomplishments was to open the

Centre-based day care—a first for Queensland.

Linda will continue serving the Centre as honorary treasurer and she has volunteered to return to her original passion of delivering Meals on Wheels.

DO YOU remember the Boondall drive-in?

One of the tragedies of modern living is the loss of the classic drive-in experience.

At one stage Brisbane had six drive-in theatres operating.

Now, there is just one at Yatala, and the Tivoli in Ipswich.

In an effort to rekindle some past memories, a local real estate agent has teamed up with the Sandgate & District Historical Society to gather memories, recollections, images and any artefacts.

Some basic facts about the Boondall Drive-In; ■ Opened February 8, 1956 ■ Located just off Sandgate Rd Boondall, near St Joseph’s Nudgee College ■ Largest screen in Australia at the time ■ Apart from movies there were Shetland pony rides for kids, play-

ground, etc. The site was also used as a Go-Kart Track ■ Snack bar and barbecue served food – you could pick your steak and a chef cooked for you on the spot ■ Two sessions per night – up to 600 patrons per session ■ The facility operated for over 30 years, closing February 28 1990.

Due to the era, taking of photographs was very limited and finding images has proved quite a challenge.Through investigations by John Andrew (PLACE Nundah) & Pam Verney (Sandgate & District Historical Society) a couple of images have been sourced from a past employee, Ian Day. If any readers do have memories of the Boondall Drive In they would like to share, a Facebook page has been created; https://www.facebook.com/Boondall.DriveIn/

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My hearing is still good dare I say excellent - despite my autumn years nudging into the winter season.

The same can’t be said for my old husband of 47 years.

Along with hair and an alarming number of teeth, much of his hearing has departed the building.

He inquired about a hearing aid, but when he told me a proper aid, no secondhand cheapie from the internet, would cost $13,000, my shriek of dismay almost destroyed what was left of the diminished hearing.

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Despite my own excellent hearing (and full head of hair and gleaming set of teeth), I need the assistance of captions for movies and television shows.

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I sat riveted in the packed movie theatre watching The Revenant last week without understanding a single word the bad guy

...an interesting side to the hearing scenario. said.

The hero, Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t say more than two sentences during the entire movie so that was a relief.

His terrible cries of agony and dreadful grunts and excruciating moans were easy to follow.

But the villain, the bloke who left Leonardo for dead in the snow after the bear attack, mumbled into his beard in the strong accent of a Montana fur trapping frontiersman, and I just had to assume he was talking bad stuff.

In the dark and tense silence of the movie theatre I couldn’t very well shout in the husband’s good ear to ask him if he understood the bad guy so I had to leave the movie theatre guessing.

There is so much dialogue I have missed at the movies and on television because of accents.

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I watched the complete series of Boardwalk Empire before this enlightening discovery and had to guess what most of the actors were saying, especially the Irish ones.

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Some BBC shows are just as hard. I loved the drama Happy Valley set in Yorkshire but had to lean forward to catch the strong northern English accents.

As for that wise-cracking, smart-alec, donkey in the Shriek movies, I’ve never caught one of his words.

In telling you this sorry tale of hearing loss I realise I have revealed my television viewing habits, and they don’t exactly make for a cultured mix...but what can I say? Now I have discovered captioned television, the mix is set to become even more eclectic. ann.rickard@ scnews.com.au

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on the first Wednesday of the month and welcome new members and visitors to our meetings and other social activities organised each month.

Aspley WE HAVE recommenced for 2016, meeting for a delicious two-course lunch on fourth Wednesday of each month at Kedron Wavell Community Centre. The

2016 committee is looking forward to another great year. Thanks to the wonderful support of our members we have managed to support 25 Learning For Life students through The Smith Family. We have International Women’s Day Luncheon, Hats and High Teas and Fashion Parade as well as some purely social outings planned. We have some vibrant guest

speakers coming to our luncheon meetings. Our beautifully wrapped and generous raffles will continue as well as our fabulous second-hand book stall and trading tables. Come along and meet some new friends, have some fun and support a very worthy cause. For more info please phone Ros 3263 8686 or Margaret 3264 1586.

Brendale Evening WE WOULD like to invite ladies who have been thinking of taking on a new interest to join us as a visitor at our 17th birthday dinner on Tuesday, February 16, at Wantima Country Club, 530 South Pine Rd, Brendale. The theme is ‘Rainbow’ so dress in your best rainbow colours. Time is 6.30pm for 7pm start. Entertainment by The Numb

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Phone Julia on 3285 2153 by 8pm, Saturday, February 13, to book your seat.

Coffee and Chat mornings: We meet on the 1st Saturday of each month at 10am at Gloria Jeans, Bracken Ridge Tavern, 154 Barrett St. The next C and C morning is February 6. No need to book just turn up.

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join our group. We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. For more information on our friendly club please phone Anna on 3425 2937.

Centenary Evening THE February dinner meeting of the Centenary Evening VIEW Club will be held on Monday, February 8, at the Mt Ommaney Hotel/apartments 6.30pm for 7pm. Cost is $35 and bookings are essential.

This meeting will also be the AGM and members will be able to reflect back on all the exciting meetings, events and entertainment that happened during the past 12 months. The committee is busy preparing a calendar of events for the coming year, and this promises to be full of all the elements of fun and friendship, as well as helping in the education of disadvantaged Australian children.

For more information ring Di 3202 9759 or email centenaryeveview@gmail.com Newmarket OUR members enjoyed a great outing for their Christmas luncheon at the Caloundra RSL with some of the group keen to view the display of memorabilia at the downstairs gallery

depicting those who fought so bravely in both World Wars and other battles in the Pacific. If you are interested in finding out more about our VIEW Club and perhaps attending our next lunch meeting on February 23 at the Gaythorne RSL Club, please make contact prior to that date with any of the committee members – Jan Capper, president ph: 3353 4129, Di Goodwin, secretary ph: 3300 4519; Heather Nightingale, treasurer ph: 3851 1122; or Kathrine Whyte, publicity officer ph: 3855 3329 to make an inquiry.

Pine Rivers THINKING about doing something new this year?

What about coming along to our luncheon meetings as a visitor or new member and making some new friends. We have a luncheon meeting, with an interesting speaker on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. We also have an outing on the 1st Wednesday and a Coffee and Chat morning on the 4th Wednesday of each month, so there are plenty of opportunities to make new friends and have fun while helping others. Our February luncheon meeting is on February 17 at 11am at the Murrumba Downs Tavern

on Dohles Rock Rd. Our speaker will be Frank Levey from Queensland Rail ‘Holidays with QR’.

Please phone Elizabeth 3886 4937 or Sandra 3425 2738 for information.

Caboolture THE February luncheon will be held on Thursday, February 18, at the Caboolture RSL Hasking St, Caboolture, 10.30am for 11am start.

The guest speakers will be speaking on their adventures walking The Camino.

For more information please call Lesley on 5498 8126.

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VIEW Clubs of Queensland will celebrate International Women’s Day 2016 with a lunch at East’s Leagues Club on Saturday, March 5. The theme is Make it Happen. International Women’s Day, first held in 1911, acknowledges the courage and determination of women who have helped to change history.

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HAVING difficulties obtaining or maintaining an erection can be a source of great frusDr Michael tration Gillman and em“Good barrassMedicine” ment for men, but did you know that they could also be signals of major underlying health problems?

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■ AIR Brisbane North WE MEET for our normal monthly meeting at the Wavell Heights Community Hall in Edingburgh Castle Rd beside the Wavell Heights Bowling Club at 09.30 till noon. We have various forms of social outings as well as bus trips and mystery lunches. Our members are made up in age groups of approx. 60 to 80 years and we are usually fully or partially self-funded.

We do have a pure financial section

which discusses finances amongst ourselves again without giving personal advice. This group meets at the Marchant Council Premises Chermside before Westfield on the RHS in Gympie Rd on the second Friday at the same times but admittance is for members only.

We like to consider we are “Working for Australians in Retirement”. Our contact Carl Nielsen 3881 1820 or 3351 4126 or sitram@powerup.com.au ■ The Gap/Ashgrove NSA A DAY trip has been organised for Friday, March 11, with morning tea at Woorim Park, Golden Beach, sightseeing northwards on the Sun-

shine Coast, lunch at the Pacific Paradise Bowls Club and back to Cotton Tree for a swim or the shops. Support this one, bring two friends. The usual pick-up times Keperra at 7.45am, The Gap at 8am, but please note the 8.15am pick-up will be at the Red Hill Community Sports Club.

In January we celebrated our 26th birthday! For more info phone 3369 5864 or 3354 2466.

■ Queensland Family History Society HAVE you ever wanted to capture the stories of your parents and relatives before it’s too late? Perhaps you are wondering about the best way to CONTINUED PAGE 21

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The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) can help with techniques to gather family stories.

QFHS launches its 2016 seminar program with a morning session on oral history. Suzanne Mulligan, an experienced oral historian and a life member of Oral History Queensland, will talk about the importance to family historians of collecting oral histories.

The presentation will take place on Friday, February 12, at 10am, at the QFHS Library and Resource Centre, 58 Bellevue Ave, Gaythorne. Bookings are essential and there is a small cost. You may book online at www.qfhs.org.au/ events/fridays-qfhs. If you are attending this presentation, bring a small object (eg a book, piece of jewellery, or a photograph) that is of significance to you.

You can check our other events for the year at www.qfhs.org.au/events.

You can find information about QFHS at www.qfhs.org.au. For inquiries, contact the secretary (email: secretary@qfhs.org.au).

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■ Brisbane South Dementia Forum INFORMATION for carers and community members on Friday, February 12, 9am–2.45pm (registration from 8.30am) at Pacific Golf Course, 430 Pine Mountain Rd, Carindale.

Free entry.

Morning tea and lunch provided. Please advise of any special dietary requirements when registering.

Places are limited, RSVP early to avoid disappointment by Friday, February 5. Phone 3349 0875 or email kcrc@alzheimersonline.org.

■ The Queensland Begonia Society Inc THE Queensland Begonia Society Inc meets again on February 20. The set topic for the day will be semituberous begonias. These have small maple-leaf shaped leaves and dainty white flowers and have a tuber like growth at the base of the plant. We also have a guest speaker, the noted botanist, Dr Paul Forster, who will deliver a presentation on horticultural matters.

The Queensland Begonia Society meets regularly on the 3rd Saturday of the month. Meetings are held

in the Uniting Church Hall, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm.

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Meeting at 1pm. Afternoon tea is provided. Visitors most welcome. For more information, contact Enid Henderson, President on 3359 4319.

■ Stafford Garden Club OUR Christmas Party at Chatters was a wonderful finish to 2015. Instead of gifts or a raffle, we took a collection to donate to the charity, Backpack BedsSwags for the Homeless.

The lovely rain over summer has kept our gardens looking beautiful. Our guest speaker for February is Noel Prior, the president of the Queensland Council of Garden Clubs, which was formed by 10 members, more than 40 years ago, to have a voice about conservation and to impart knowledge of horticulture.

The council is an umbrella for all the garden clubs with which it is affiliated. Noel, a keen gardener will talk to us about Foliage Plants.

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a chat before the 10am meeting. Visitors are always welcome. For more information phone Gloria on 3355 4703 or Kaye on 3357 7660.

■ Northern Districts Horticultural Society THE New Year’s summer is here and if you are a garden lover or gardener and you would like to increase your horticultural knowledge you would be most welcome to attend the Northern Districts Horticultural Society’s monthly

meetings held on the last Monday of each month.

We meet at the Wavell Heights Community Hall in Edinburgh Rd, Wavell Heights. Meetings include a guest speaker, display and judging of member’s entries of flowers pot plants, floral art, fruit/veg and cooking. Visitors welcome. Info: Noel Prior 3359 3457 or Elizabeth Jones 3314 6816.

■ QCWA Pine Rivers Branch WE INVITE you to come along and join with us at

our next social handcraft morning at the Girl Guides Hut in Barclay Park, Nightingale Dr, Lawnton (off Todds Rd) and a short walk from the Lawnton Rail Station.

The handcraft mornings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 9.30am.

Entry cost is $3 and morning tea is included. We will also conduct a garage sale at QCWA Hall, 1058 Anzac Ave, Petrie, on March 5 and 6 from 8am–1pm. For further information, phone: Sylvia 5495 5151 or Heather 3865 2320.

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■ Bribie Island Lions ON DECEMBER 12, 2015, the Bribie Island Lions conducted their 4th annual Christmas lunch for seniors at the Bribie Island State Primary School Hall.

President, Glen Hartley said: “This is the 4th time we have conducted the Christmas lunch and concert for seniors and it has become a very popular event in the Lions Calendar and well received by all.

This free event is a way of thanking the locals for their support during the year and giving some cheer at Christmas time”.

■ World Day of Prayer ON MARCH 4, World Day of Prayer is being hosted by Trinity Grove Wilston Uniting Church. It will commence at 10.30am, cnr Kedron Brook Rd and Hawdon St, Wilston.

Including the Parishes of St Alban’s Anglican Church Wilston, St Columbus’s Catholic Church Wilston, Holy Cross Wooloowin

plus the Baptist and The Salvation Army Australia Churches. We invite all denominations, one and all to join with us to celebrate this blessed occasion. Morning tea afterwards. For more information, contact: Betty on 3356 7448.

■ Citipointe Seniors CITIPOINTE Seniors are back for 2016 and looking forward to a great year ahead, together. 2015 ended on a huge high with all the Christmas festivities and break-up lunch at Carindale Hotel. On February 17 we have Graham Packer, who is the international marketing manager for the family business, Packer Tanning. This business has been established at Narangbar since 1974 producing leather for AFL footballs, cricket balls and much more.

In our freshly renovated auditorium, our weekly program continues every Wednesday at 10am. 1st week of the month we have an interdenominational

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Make-up artist reveals inner beauty

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“In fact everyone is beautiful – very beautiful – and at any age. You simply need to learn how to style your hair, apply make-up correctly for your face and skin type, and most important of all, to learn how to move with the make-up times,” Celebrity make-up artist Vivienne Somers.

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and replaced with a bunch of options.”

For 25 years, Vivienne Somers has worked with celebrities from all over the globe, including networks Channel 7, Channel 9, Channel 10, Fox Sports, NBC Universal, fashion shows and commercials for major car, fashion, furniture, travel and food brands.

She has also worked with people who have overcome extraordinary challenges and achieved meaningful goals, yet a fresh makeover made them feel like a different person. And that sur-

prised her.

“Inevitably, after their make-up was done, they would always comment how it made them feel so much better.”

For a number of years, she was on hand to sweep the make-up brush across former Prime Minister John Howard’s visage.

“But one time, I asked not to do the job because I was suffering from pleurisy, laryngitis, pharyngitis – the lot,” she said. “But my boss said there was no one else and I had to go.

Vivienne went to the job, explaining to Mr Howard

what she was suffering from and apologising.

“One thing a politician can’t get is laryngitis,” a bemused Prime Minister responded.

Her make-up artistry is al-

eyes by smudging into them. Black eyeliner also exaggerates any yellow or red in the whites of our eyes. The whites of our eyes naturally become more yellow and reddened with age and black eyeliner draws our attention to the discolouration.

4. Well-defined brows are vital for a mature face to frame and give definition to the eyes and facial features. Our eyes and brows change shape and colour with time, and we often lose the fullness of our brows. Use a home dye purchased from a chemist, for brows twice monthly, or learn to pencil in natural looking brows with an even arch. This is one of the most youthful make-up so supplemented by her training in astrology and alternative health study of Reiki.

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A great youthful foundation is called Face and Body by MAC makeup. Add a small pea size amount of “Strobe Cream” also by MAC, to the Face and Body foundation, and apply with fingers massaging into the skin. The “Strobe Cream” adds illumination and a youthful glow to the skin. phy at: You Tube channel: Vivienne Somers, In The Makeup Chair https:// www.youtube.com/channel/ And website: http:// www.viviennesomers.com/

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“It has the capacity to reveal your innermost beauty,” she said.

Vivienne’s ideas of beauty and the mature face dip into the new age/anti-aging/ embracing aging debate.

“There’s been an amazing paradigm shift. The belief system that you gave up ideas of beauty at a certain age have all but gone.

“Take away all the judgements,” she declared.

Vivienne recalled, for example, an old adage that bright red lipstick was not an option for a “good” girl.

“Now all that’s changed

1. Often we cut our hair into a shorter style as we get older thinking it will soften the features of our face.

Shorter hair doesn’t always make for a younger look, and in fact it can often make us look older! A soft longer hairstyle can often create a more youthful look and soften the features of our face.

2. Drop the brown and berry lipstick shades as we age. Replace them with softer shades of pinks and tangerines. Even if these shades don’t normally suit your skin tone they are inclined to have a more youthful effect on a more mature face and skin tone.

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2016 has started much where 2015 left off with basically the same worries driving another bout of sharemarket falls. Geopolitical concerns have played a role, notably an intensification of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran along with a claimed H bomb test in North Korea.

However the main issues are uncertainty regarding the Chinese economy, with declines in the Chinese share market and currency sparking renewed concerns about the Chinese economy, not helped by some soft manufacturing data in the US. While risks remain high in the short term there are several reasons not to be too concerned.

The latest fall in Chinese shares arguably tells us more about regulatory issues and fears around the share market and currency rather than much about the economy. Recent economic data out of China has been mixed rather than outright negative In addition a US recession is unlikely. We have seen none of the excesses that precede recessions – like ex-

cessive growth in private debt over investment in housing or capital goods, high inflation or a speculative bubble. There is also strong jobs data which is serving to keep consumer spending firing even though the strong $US has damped US manufacturing.

Also, the combination of okay economic data in China and the US along with good Eurozone indicators lately indicate the global economy is unlikely to

The current dynamic is very different, to say the GFC... plunge into recession.

The current dynamic is very different, to say the GFC, as lower oil prices and commodity prices are providing a huge boost to consumers and most businesses.

Monetary policy remains ultra-easy. The Fed is very unlikely to undertake the four rate hikes it’s signalling for this year and other countries are still easing.

In Australia, the latest bout

of global growth worries has its impact: ongoing commodity price weakness means ongoing pressure on our budget deficit, points to more downwards pressure on the $A, and more pressure on the RBA to cut interest rates again.

Disclaimer: For more Information contact Tim Maher at Maher Digby Securities Pty Ltd - Financial Advisers – AFSL No. 230559 (see advert Page 3). Ph: 07 5441 1266 or visit our website www.maherdigby.com.au This document was prepared without taking into account any person’s particular objectives, financial situation or needs. It is not guaranteed as accurate or complete and should not be relied upon as such. Maher Digby Securities does not accept any responsibility for the opinions, comments, forward looking statements, and analysis contained in this document, all of which are intended to be of a general nature. Investors should, before acting on this information, consider the appropriateness of this information having regard to their personal objectives, financial situation or needs. We recommend consulting a financial advisor.

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Council of the Ageing (COTA) Independent consumer organisation run by and for senior Australians.

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Department of Human Services (DHS) Provides information on the Aged Pension. Visit the Older Australians section of the DHS website www.humanservices.gov.au.

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Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) Professional body representing Australia’s financial planners. Has information on choosing a financial planner. See www.fpa.asn.au.

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To see how much you understand about investment risk, take the online ‘investing challenge’ Paul Clitheroe’s Making Money

SHAREMARKET falls have dominated the news lately, and while no one, myself included, enjoys seeing shares take a beating, it’s certainly not the first time stocks have had a horror run. And it won’t be the last.

Over more than three decades in financial planning, I have seen sharemarkets tumble on quite a few occasions. However I have also seen share values recover and rally to new highs following a market low – something that doesn’t attract the same level of media attention.

In fact, over the past century, the Australian sharemarket rose in value in 74 years, and fell in 26. So, statistically speaking, in any given year there is a greater likelihood shares will record a positive annual result rather than losses.

Nonetheless, research by our investment watchdog ASIC, found one in 10 Australian investors lost money they couldn’t afford to lose in 2015. This doesn’t always reflect the failure of an investment but rather a failure to understand how investments work.

ASIC’s study also showed that only one in three Australians understand the concept of the “risk/return trade-off”, which states that higher returns go hand

in hand with a greater risk of losing money.

Almost 70% of people have little or no idea about the concept at all.

If you have a direct investment in shares, it’s critical to accept that, yes, in some years your shares may fall in value. Selling those shares in a downturn will mean taking a loss – something that may be avoidable if you hold onto the stocks until markets recover.

Perhaps the bigger concern is that today’s low interest rate environment coupled with jittery sharemarkets, could see some investors turn to more complex or speculative investments in the pursuit of high returns.

That may be fine if you are

confident you know what’s involved. Just be aware of the risk. Ask questions and understand the true nature of risk in any investment before you do anything.

To see how much you understand about investment risk, take the online “investing challenge” on ASIC’s MoneySmart website (moneysmart.gov.au). Understanding how it works doesn’t make it any more enjoyable to ride out market lows but it can bring a sense of perspective to the sharemarket action.

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It’s not that they don’t enjoy using the ship’s elevators to speed them from deck to deck, it’s just that they like to know what day it is.

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Therese, a passionate lover of life began her headstands and spiritual practice after leaving a successful and multi-coloured career path some 12 years ago. Now she wants to share all she has learned so others can enjoy similar benefits.

She said her yoga makes her feel like a child again and certainly her vigour, humour and natural vivaciousness contain an age-

less quality.

Besides giving lessons, she conducts retreat/holidays to various places on the planet.

The retreats have a yoga foundation, but with a host of qualified teachers they also offer guidance in health, lifestyle, and holistic well-being.

“And there are very gentle yoga classes for beginners,” Therese said.

The master meditator and travel leader said the tour encompassed her idea of a combined retreat/holiday.

“Sometimes going on holiday doesn’t leave us really refreshed. Perhaps we have too much “fun” or we have to prioritise somebody else’s needs or because we haven’t found a way to effectively unwind.”

She said even with the best of intentions we can be waylaid.

“We have all heard of

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work/life balance, we make goals and plans but somehow we may feel as though we are drowning under the weight of incessant stresses.

We even sense an erosion of our self-esteem due to self promises again not fulfilled.”

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“An effective yoga holiday/ retreat will help you re-access your truly wonderful powerful self. The ancient yogis knew how to fold time and space and miraculously this is possible for even modern day practitioners. Many of us have experienced major breakthroughs and greater peacefulness from exercise,

movement, yoga class, relaxation and meditation however we struggle with achieving lasting benefits and beneficial habits.”

Therese has a life story that would resonate with many of this generation. She has successfully played the role of spouse, mother, masters student, business entrepreneur.

Therese was living a big life; it was joyful, rewarding

and satisfying, but extremely stressful.

She describes her desire to step away from this life as an inevitable start to her journey of self-discovery.

Twelve years ago to restore her health she began to attend Buddhist retreat.

“And for the last five years, I have gone on yoga holidays,” she said.

Her combined experience has led her to start Taraji Journeys.

“Journeys to give you the opportunity to truly connect with other like-minded people and make friendships for life.”

The Yoga holidays + retreats also provide you with a safe option to travel solo.

“You will find if you arrive alone you will definitely not leave alone unless that is your choice,” she said.

Therese is leading a trip to Rishikesh, in Northern India in March this year.

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So much to see in Broken Hill

By ERLE LEVEY

BROKEN Hill. “Why would you want to go there?” a mate had asked.

“There’s nothing to see.”

Exactly. That’s why I am driving along a straight road into the morning sunshine, the salt flats and patchy grasses.

Broken Hill had always held intrigue but somehow was always that little bit out of reach.

Isolated yet at the heart of much of Australia’s social and economic development.

It is on the way from Brisbane to Adelaide, which is more than 500km to the south-west. Yet going from Sydney, just over 1000km away to the east, you are more likely to go through Balranald and Mildura.

Melbourne is 725km to the south.

Broken Hill, western NSW.

Approaching Broken Hill.

A sense of mystery surrounds the place, having been featured in a swag of movies, from the confronting 1971 drama Wake In Fright to the 1994 hit Priscilla Queen of the Desert, from the series of Mad Max movies to the recent Last Cab To Darwin with Michael Caton.

Actor Chips Rafferty was born there. He starred in such films as Rats of Tobruk and in what was to be his last film, Wake In Fright.

Then again, the Brushmen

of the Bush rose to fame with the art work while based at Broken Hill, so it must have something going for it.

The Indian Pacific stops there on its journey across Australia.

And there is all that mining.

Broken Hill is the “BH” in one of the world’s largest mining companies, BHP Billiton, which started in the city.

Driving through the shimmering heat, the road sign indicates to watch for kangaroos for the next 150km.

The Trades Hall, Broken Hill, western NSW. Photos: Erle Levey

The thing about having “nothing to see” is that there is so much to see.

Rock formations, red soil, the way the sunlight catches in the grasses, the different shades of green in the gum trees.

You think of stopping to capture the moment on camera but then say to yourself, “Oh, I will do it down the road a bit.”

That’s just it. The moment has passed.

The country changes.

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Way off to the north-west, you notice some ranges ... long, low, blue. Is that it? Is that why it’s called Broken Hill? Two mountain ranges broken in the middle?

Watching Last Cab To Darwin, you cannot help but become fascinated by the houses of Broken Hill many of stone but also with corrugated iron walls.

Driving into the city is just like the movie. The houses

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Exotic, busy, beautiful Ubud, Bali

By GAIL FORRER

ACCOMMODATION

A good place for single person right in the middle of Ubud. Speak to Julie Silvester who has a wealth of information for you. email: rumahjepun@outlook.com (on behalf of Ketut Astana) Blog: http://rumahjepun. wordpress.com/

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My accommodation was a simple abode in a wonderful little village, at the southern end of Monkey Forest. Nuh Kuning is a few minutes walk through Monkey Forest to the CBD, but it’s a much quieter area. Early on, I decided a general sort of program would provide me with a balance between work and play. And indeed it did.

With the help of various

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Ubud xpat websites, I connected with xpat activities and joined in the lifestyle.

On a weekly basis, Monday morning became croquet time. Lead by the hospitable Patricia MorleyBrown, it shaped up as easy-going, all new members welcomed, fun game. You have to remember I was travelling as a single, “mature-aged” woman, so I was delighted to find company. Fortnightly on a

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Two big gigs start a swinging year for Coast jazz fans JAZZ is in the air this month and for the rest of a swinging year on the Coast.

The Bison Bar at Nambour will swoon with classic, nostalgic jazz on the last Sunday of the month and the Noosa Heads Jazz Club will rock Noosa with quality trad jazz each month at The J, both venues featuring local, national and international artists Last month the Robyn Brown Jazz Quartet performed a sell-out show at the Bison Bar and Robyn, a regular performer at clubs and festivals on the Coast, is now booking the artists for what she is calling The Jazz Sessions.

“This month I’m featuring the Sue Bond Jazz Trio.

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Geoffrey Datson and Annette Hughes.

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oporosis is the complete opposite of the current recommendations,” Lisa Weis said.

Lisa first began to notice significant changes in bone density using high-intensity progressive resistance training when working with mature-age women as part of her personal training business.

She took the results to Dr Beck who determined there were grounds to implement a formal scientific study.

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This is about to change thanks to the clinic’s new exercise program, Onero, based on scientific research currently conducted in conjunction with Griffith University into supervised, high-intensity exercise for osteoporotic patients.

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community news Hardly plain Jane TO DESCRIBE global identity Jane Fonda as an actress, author and activist is to tell only a fraction of the story.

Her story is an everchanging one.

Now in her 70s, Jane is talking about age and longevity.

As always, her message is loud, clear and full of meaning.

Here is a transcript from her TED talk and a review of a book I have recently read.

– Gail Forrer

EXTRACT OF JANE FONDA’S TED TALK THERE have been many revolutions over the last century, but perhaps none as significant as the longevity revolution.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did. Think about that.

That’s an entire second adult lifetime that’s been added to our lifespan. And yet, for the most part, our culture has not come to terms with what this means.

We’re still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That’s the metaphor, the old metaphor. You’re born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. Age as pathology.

But many people today – philosophers, artists, doctors, scientists – are taking a new look at what I call the third act, the last three decades of life.

They realise this is actually a developmental stage of life with its own significance – as different from midlife as adolescence is from childhood. And they are asking – we should all be asking – how do we use this time? How do we live it successfully? What is the appropriate new metaphor for aging?

I’ve spent the last year researching and writing about this subject. And I have come to find that a more appropriate meta-

phor for aging is a staircase – the upward ascension of the human spirit, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity. Age not at all as pathology; age as potential.

And guess what? This potential is not for the lucky few. It turns out, most people over 50 feel better, are less stressed, are less hostile, less anxious. We tend to see commonalities more than differences. Some of the studies even say we’re happier.

I don’t want to romanticise aging. Obviously, there’s no guarantee that it can be a time of fruition and growth. Some of it is a matter of luck. Some of it, ob-

viously, is genetic. One third of it, in fact, is genetic.

And there isn’t much we can do about that. But that means that two-thirds of how well we do in the third act, we can do something about.

We’re all born with spirit, all of us, but sometimes it gets tamped down beneath the challenges of life, violence, abuse, neglect. Perhaps our parents suffered from depression. Perhaps they weren’t able to love us beyond how we performed in the world. Perhaps we still suffer from a psychic pain, a wound. Perhaps we feel that many of our relationships have not had closure. And so we can feel un-

finished. Perhaps the task of the third act is to finish up the task of finishing ourselves.

Perhaps the central purpose of the third act is to go back and to try, if appropriate, to change our relationship to the past. If we can go back and alter our relationship, re-vision our relationship to past people and events, neural pathways can change.

If we can go back and redefine ourselves and become whole, this will create a cultural shift in the world, and it will give an example to younger generations so that they can reconceive their own lifespan.

Full talk at www.ted.com

Third act in an incredible life full of loss and tough lessons My Life So Far

By Jane Fonda Random House, New York, 2005 On December 21, 1996, actress Jane Fonda celebrated her 59th birthday and decided that her first two acts were over and now she was onto the third and she was ready to write about it.

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