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Talking about love and the real deal

AH, THE age of generational disruption.

The world of post 55+ year-old is not the world we were told it would be.

Who would have thought that love would ever be so inclusive, so real and so rich, so multi-coloured?

Most of us, raised by conventional thinking post-WW2 parents, had little idea that waves of women’s liberation movements would take us on a ride into workplace and educational places our mothers could only have dreamed of, that

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traditional teachings of religious institutions would be questioned and more than often abandoned by many of us, that we would be the first generation to use contraception in the form of the pill and grapple with its consequences.

Many of our generation were at the start of the

lightening fast ride into social, cultural and educational changes and along with these advances, there has been a wider acknowledgement of various human identities and relationships.

Once, unmarried mothers were destined to adopt, there wasn’t any choice.

People who suffered from dyslexia were thought to be of low intelligence, we didn’t know better.

Myths abounded that placed left-handed people on the wrong side of

Godliness. There was absolute belief in the righteousness of religious orders. Let’s face it there was a lot of unfounded and ridiculous beliefs.

Because, as I have said before, I am a glass half full sort of person, I have ensured this issue is full of love, without bias or prejudice. Indeed, where now and again you can perhaps reflect and think – "Yes, good idea", or "I feel like that too."

There’s enough bad feeling in the world, I trust this month, in this publication, there’s a little bit of love for everyone.

Queenslanders and pension changes THE Federal Government has recently made changes to the pension asset threshold, which will mean thousands of Queensland seniors could lose their part pension entitlement and as a result will no longer receive their Pensioner Concession Card.

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When David sang ‘My Funny Valentine’ ❝

Forty-five years of marriage and a new play coming right up Jim Fagan

DAVID Williamson is 75 this month. He’s at the age when he could be putting his feet up at his ocean front home at Sunshine Beach and enjoying the fruits of a career spanning nearly 50 years as Australia’s lauded, and leading, international playwright.

He certainly has enough grandchildren to play with.

He and his author/ journalist wife Kristin have just come home from California where they welcomed their 12th into the world.

But no, David is busier than he has ever been.

He is currently adapting Rupert, his 2013 play about Rupert Murdoch, for US cable television. It is a six part miniseries and he has finished part one. He also has a Hollywood movie in development but he wants to keep it under wraps for now.

His new play Odd Man Out opened in Sydney last month and Noosa Long Weekend festival director, Ian Mackellar, is bringing it to Noosa in March as a publicity and fundraising precursor to the festival.

Tickets are now sale at The J. “I’ve had a very lucky life,” he told Seniors when we called to wish him a happy 75th which is on February 24.

“I’m one of those rare playwrights who gets just about every play he writes produced. I get such a kick out of constructing something, seeing it come

to life with good actors and then the big buzz of watching the audience react.”

And even after household name productions like Don’s Party, The Club, The Removalists, Travelling North and 25 screenplays for hugely successful movies like Phar Lap and Gallipoli and Emerald City the need for the “buzz” is clearly still there.

David went to high school in Bairnsdale Victoria and attributes his career path to a teacher, Alan McLeod.

“He brought Shakespeare to life for me. The basic human emotions of love, hate, revenge, ambition, all of these things are timeless,” he said.

“He steered me to being a playwright by making drama seem interesting, relevant and a real exploration of human nature which it is.

“I started by writing some university material in the 60s and, oh my goodness, there you go, I’m still going.”

Twelve years ago he developed a heart rhythm problem called atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

“I had them both and they seemed to alternate.

It was stress related. I was working too hard and I went from being a four cylinder car to a three cylinder car,” he said.

“I went on effective medication and I was able to live with it. The fibrillation still reappears

Kristin would feel very bereft if I didn’t find some good red roses on Valentine’s Day.

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL: David and Kristin Williamson in Los Angeles in December celebrating the birth of their 12th grandchild with family and friends, and above, David and Kristin with grandchildren in Sydney last Christmas.

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from time to time but I have a new lease of life now.

The work hasn’t ceased and, fortunately,

audiences are still coming in numbers.”

David described how he and Kristin met during rehearsals for The

Removalist at La Mama Theatre in Melbourne.

“I was looking for a replacement lead actor and suddenly this

gorgeous woman turned up. The problem was we were both married to other people at the time.

“We’ve been together 45 years and I’ve just dropped her off in Hastings St to have lunch and go shopping with two of the grandkids.

Something must have been right about it.”

David believes romance is “important in your life.

“Kristin would feel very bereft if I didn’t find some good red roses on Valentine’s Day. It’s been a bit of a scramble sometimes but I’ve always managed it.

It’s part of our calendar and I try and take her out for a nice dinner.”

The interview ended just as Kristin arrived home. I mentioned Valentine’s Day and she recalled how she and David were in a Chinese restaurant in Umina on the NSW coast.

“There was an electric organ and David started playing and singing My Funny Valentine.

“Our teenage children were mortified but the restaurant people applauded.

Our friend, actor John Bell, who was with us, was astonished.

“He hadn’t seen the exhibitionist side of the quiet playwright before that night.”

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It’s your choice Old school rules expanded to let you live your life your way Suni Golightly

WHEN IT comes to relationships, old school rules may still apply, but so do a range of new ones. It used to be that relationships had certain rules: male and female relationships were the norm, the male made the first move, you were engaged for a certain amount of time, marriage and children followed.

Pretty soon you were celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary.

But times have changed says social commentator Bernard Salt.

“Back in the 60s it was mum, dad and the kids and that was pretty much it,” he said.

“Over the past 20 years we’ve seen the emergence of a range of different relationships and lifestyle options, for example the gay culture is now celebrated.”

Relationships that were once taboo – older women and younger men, gay and lesbian partnerships,

living together and not making it official, and even choosing not to have a relationship – are now more commonplace.

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... older women and younger men, gay partnerships, living together and not making it official are now more commonplace.

Increasing awareness of other people’s lifestyles or preferences, perhaps through greater connection on social media, is behind our change of attitude, believes psychotherapist and relationship counsellor Shirley Hughes of Life Makeovers.

Feminism, as well as the Age of Aquarius, also saw a loosening up of old

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HAVING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP ❚ Remember that, even though you are a couple, it’s healthy to have different interests or even opinions.

You don’t have to agree on everything, even if you agree to disagree. ❚ It doesn’t hurt anyone to say sorry, or to be the person who ends an argument by making a compromise. ❚ That said, it’s important to know what needs you consider “essential” in a partnership and expect your significant other to honour those needs. You also need to maintain healthy boundaries. ❚ It’s never too late to begin discussing old issues that are still bothering you, as well as the new ones that will inevitably come up. ❚ It’s true that you should never go to bed angry with your partner. Ask yourself, will this matter in five years’ time?

MARRIAGE OVER THE YEARS POSITIVE CHANGE: Relationships like that of Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart are now no longer considered taboo.

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rules, she said.

Then there were television shows like Sex and the City, where sex before marriage and sexual freedom of women was considered completely acceptable.

Men, too, can “play the field” without it being thought immoral, except in strict religious terms.

The frenzy that surrounded Demi Moore’s marriage to Ashton Kutcher, not forgetting the widely reported liaisons of stars such as Madonna, Mariah Carey and Sandra

Bullock with men younger than themselves, also changed attitudes.

Recognition that loneliness is not tied to relationship status means more people also feel comfortable with living alone.

Says Eric Klinenberg, the author of Going Solo, a book about living alone: “People who live alone do get lonely.

“But so do people in marriages.”

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At the same time, the rise of effective contraception fundamentally transformed marriage. Couples could choose how many children to have, and even to have no children at all. If they were unhappy with each other, they could divorce. ❚ Marriage is now seen to be more about love and that has opened the door to gays and lesbians claiming a right to be married, too.

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Looking for love Adam’s online search for sixth wife Tracey Johnstone

AFTER spending almost 18 months coming to terms with the death of his fifth wife, Adam* decided he needed to get himself back into the dating scene.

He noticed a surfing friend of his always seemed to have a different girlfriend.

“I asked him, where the bloody hell do you meet these girls?” Adam said.

“He then told me about this website.

“You see, I don’t drink so I don’t go to clubs, so I got onto it.”

Adam was 59 at the time and knew he wanted to spend his life with a companion, and maybe even fall in love again.

“The only reason you are on these sites is because you are looking for a partner,” Adam said.

He registered with RSVP.com, chose a current photo of himself and used the

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Adam had three dates, but none of them were compatible.

Then he met Shirley* in October 2004. They were married in May the following year and have lived a happy life for 11 years.

Adam, 72, said he really doesn’t know where someone of his age can meet single people other than online or at a local club, and if you aren’t a drinker, he recommends a club isn’t the best place to be. (* Names have been changed)

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International star still calls Brisbane home Ann Rickard

HE travels the world, lives on three different continents but Dane Lam still calls Brisbane home.

The Chinese- Australian conductor and Principal Conductor of China’s Xi’an Symphony Orchestra has been in his home town of Brisbane for the past month preparing to conduct the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s World Beat concert on February 9 to celebrate the Year of the Rooster.

“It is great to be back here,” he told Seniors Newspaper.

Lam, who was born and raised in Brisbane, divides his time between Xi’an in China, London and Australia and although he would love to make Brisbane his permanent home once again, it does not seem possible with his global commitments.

For now he is content just to spend some time here.

Music has been Lam’s life from the moment he could walk and talk. He began playing piano, clarinet and saxophone as a child, studying at the University of Queensland under Gwyn Roberts.

He conducted most of Australia’s professional ensembles before he was 20 and was then propelled into an assistantship with Gianluigi Gelmetti, then Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony.

With Gelmetti, Lam led the Sydney Symphony on tour and played at the Sydney Opera House.

In the ancient city of Xi’an, the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra has grown under Lam’s leadership since he assumed the post of principal conductor in 2014.

The role of conductor for someone so young is something he takes in his stride.

“When it works, when everything is in sync and the synergy is there, it is the most wonderful feeling in the world,” he said.

“People think conducting is just to beat in time, to bring instruments in.

“But it is about giving a vision of the music that is unified.

“Every conductor is different.”

Even though music has been an integral part of his life since birth, it was not until Lam went to Mansfield State High School that he thought music could be a career.

“I thought I’d be a jazz pianist, then a composer and then a conductor,” he said.

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FIVE months ago I published the first of these stories in Seniors Newspaper ‘Talk n thoughts’ section, and I have since noted there is plenty of talk going on with Australian committees, working groups, governments and private interests.

On the other hand some not-for-profit building companies such as Brisbane Housing Company or the Tiny Homes Foundation are flat out with fundraising and building appropriate housing. I have also published a story on Sydney’s Paramatta Council, which is taking a look at alternative housing models through a house sharing initiative.

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demand far outweighs available accommodation, and as the older demographic increases so does the urgency of this issue.

Nevertheless, in a decent society there are always people who, rather than sticking their head in the sand, raise their hand and take solid initiatives in the quest for affordable housing for the older person.

Here, I introduce you to Linda Mina, whose own experience led her to set

up an online housing site, and Anglicare North Coast NSW chief executive officer Estelle Graham, leader of a group who has gone to work to raise affordable housing construction funds.

■ House sharers Gold Coast resident, 68-year-old Linda Mina, has set up Facebook groups to help older people find share housing. She said her inspiration for creating the Seniors Share Houses Facebook groups evolved from personal experience.

“At 60, due to ill health, I retired. My children had moved out and I was left with a mortgage struggling to make ends meet,” she said.

“I decided the only way to afford any sort of life

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things big things grow was to sell my house and rent.”

However, a look at the price of rentals and the realisation that her pension wouldn’t even cover a one-bedroom apartment, meant she had to consider alternative housing styles.

“I remembered the share houses from my youth and decided to check Gumtree. I found most were seeking younger people.

“Luckily, I did eventually find a flatmate of similar age and interests and we became close friends.”

Linda’s career background was in community development and with that knowledge she took a further step and created a specific space just for seniors to

advertise when seeking or offering share accommodation.

“You may wonder ‘why Facebook?’, because it might not be considered

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months and she told me it had helped many find their perfect flatmate (and friend).

“There are currently 550 members and

At 60, due to ill health, I retired. My children had moved out and I was left with a mortgage struggling to make ends meet. senior-friendly,” she said.

“However, it is free to use, has the capacity to reach many people, and libraries and community groups are now offering courses in the use of social media.”

Linda’s Facebook site Seniors Share Houses Gold Coast has been running for about 18

growing,” she said.

This month, due to its success, she has developed a similar Sunshine Coast group. In a little over a week Seniors Share Houses Sunshine Coast had grown to 60 members and has several adverts for people seeking and places to share.

You can search for and join Seniors Share Houses Gold Coast, Seniors Share Houses Sunshine Coast and Seniors Connect on Facebook. ❚ Anglicare North Coast Anglicare CEO Estelle Graham said the North Coast area reached from Port Macquarie to the Queensland border and while on the surface this area represented a sunny holiday destination, there was a problem with affordable housing.

Ms Graham said high rental costs were exacerbated by increased demand from the influx of road construction workers, and homes, formerly permanent rentals, reassigned to the Airbnb pool.

She also pointed to research by Sandy Darab and Yvonne Hartman from the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, Lismore, and their studies on the housing situation of older women in the Northern Rivers area.

In an article for *ProBono (16/11/2016) the researchers said they had found a “massive problem”. They went on to describe the issue as “a sleeping giant”.

In an effort to generate affordable housing funds, Ms Graham said in December last year, Anglicare North Coast launched the Gr8Cleaning business. GR8CLEAN is a specialist cleaning service for Ballina, Alstonville, Lismore and Byron Bay

residents. It does specialised work such as air conditioner cleaning and pressure cleaning of houses/offices, driveways and footpaths.

The not-for-profit is run by qualified and trained Anglicare North Coast employees and all profits from GR8CLEAN help Anglicare North Coast continue to provide vital services.

GR8CLEAN Visit the website gr8clean.com.au or call (02) 6642 4345. *https://probono australia.com.au/ news/2016/11/ homelessness-olderaustralian-womensleeping-giant/ (16/11/2016)

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Diane’s search for gay friend Tracey Johnstone

DIANE* was surprised how quickly she found her best friend and life partner.

At 57, single and gay, she moved to a new town without knowing anyone and then went searching for a partner to share her retirement with.

After doing a bit of shopping around for ideas including joining a group of women who had formed a gay ladies social golfing group, she made the decision to go online.

“I chose Pink Sofa as I heard it was reputable,” Diane said.

She met several new people and in the process met her life partner who she has been with for seven years.

“It changed my life. I am in the best period of my entire life right now because of that. I would certainly recommend it,” she said.

Diane has heard of

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friends using other sites including Lesbians on the Loose.

The other site she knows some of her friends use is RSVP, although she found most people were hesitant to admit they had gone online to find love.

When she went online she decided not to have high expectations and to be honest with her details.

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But, like meeting anybody, you need to vet the responses you get on the website.

“I wanted to meet friends or a partner who played golf,” she said.

They also needed to be a dog lover and enjoy a glass of nice red wine.

“Those were the three

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things I put on my profile that resonated with the partner that I ultimately met,” Diane said.

“But, like meeting anybody, you need to vet the responses you get on the website.

You have to be patient.

“Sometimes you might think you have wasted time meeting with someone you have nothing in common with.

Diane happily admits she found the whole

process entertaining and not onerous.

“It didn’t take me long, but I think I was very lucky,” Diane said. (* Name has been changed)

MEETUPPERS use the internet to get off the internet by joining a group with common interests and maybe make some new friends along the way.

It’s not an online dating service; it connects people near where they live so they can do all sorts of activities with others. Across 184 countries there are more than 29 million people of all ages meeting up through groups set up on meetup.com “It’s organised around one simple idea: when we get together and do the things that matter to us, we’re at our best, the organisers say.

There are many categories for groups explore, outdoors and adventure, technology, family, health and wellness, sports and fitness, learning, photography, food and drink, writing, language and culture, music, movements, arts, book clubs, dance, pets, hobbies and limitless sub-categories. www.meetup.com.

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Cyberspace meeting place THERE isn’t any single answer to the age-old question of where to find true love.

Going online allows you to operate almost anonymously, at least to start, so that your friends and family don’t have to know you are reaching out for a new friend.

If you go online for dating, always take a moment to read the detail and think about what information you are being asked to share and with whom.

There are lots of scams out there that can catch you short either financially or emotionally, or both.

But looking for love can be fun.

There are lots of good men and women who want friendship, companionship and maybe even a long-term

relationship.

Until you get yourself moving you will never find out just how much choice and how much enjoyment you can have searching for and finding a new partner.

ONLINE SITES If you are prepared to get online and start talking to potential new friends via the keyboard, there is an extensive choice of websites with many open to registration for any age and persuasion, while a handful are fully focused on the over 50s and over 60s market.

Several site names are very recognisable, such as RSVP.com and eHarmony, which are open age sites.

Then there are the age-specific sites; single60s.com.au, seekingsingles.com,

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sixtydating.com/Australia, Singleandmature.com which has sub-sites for differing ages and fiftydating.com/Australia, just to name a very few.

Whichever site you access, you need an email address.

Most sites have free

registration, but having a credit card on hand becomes a necessity to progress into the detail of the site.

It’s always advisable to click on the Terms of Use. The document contains important information, and interestingly is often

❚ Protecting your identity can seem complicated, so here are 10 simple identity security tips from the Attorney General’s Department: 1. Secure your personal documents at home, when you are travelling and if you need to destroy them.

2. Secure your computer and mobile phone with security software and strong passwords and avoid using public computers for sensitive activities.

3. Be cautious about using social media and limit the amount of personal information you publish online.

4. Investigate the arrival of new credit cards you didn’t ask for or bills for goods and services that aren’t yours.

5. Learn how to avoid common scams at www.scamwatch.gov.au. familiar on several sites which are owned by the same company.

Take time to have a good look through a website so that you can determine if it is offering the types of contacts you want. Not all sites will

cater for your interests.

Be wary; most sites are legitimate, but some are not. There are no hard and fast rules for determining which sites are not real, so start by talking with friends about ones they use and ones they avoid.

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Surprise on a Greek Island

RESEARCHING for this month’s travel top 10 gay destinations (see Page 17) brought back so many memories I laughed out loud at my own writing (a first!).

Holidaying where the gay community gathers is always going to be fun if you are of an open mind, and most of us seniors are assuredly that.

The first time we stumbled on a gay beach, my husband – usually a very open-minded man – was a little discombobulated. It was about 25 years ago on the Greek island of Mykonos, what a surprise?

We had no idea we were entering a gay beach as we stepped off a little wooden boat that had chuffed us around a series of bays from the port in the main town to Super Paradise Beach.

As we trudged along the sand we were confronted by row upon row of naked bodies, mostly men, just a very few women. My own man was most confused and didn’t know where to

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“I’m not comfortable here,” he said as the tanned and toned men applied sunscreen to each other’s backs.

“I’m comfortable here, I love it,” I told him which didn’t make him feel any more relaxed.

When the men got up and began throwing frisbees to each other, the husband declared his intention to depart the beach immediately.

We spotted a bar perched on top of a hill above the beach. We weaved our way through oiled, naked bodies, keeping our eyes upwards and our thoughts open, and climbed the steps up the hill, passing a naked

man with breast implants and wearing a turban, to find a large circular bar looking over an infinity pool.

“This is better,” the husband said and pulled up a bar stool.

We could see the nakedness cramming the beach below but at least we were now distanced from it. We felt most comfortable, until about an hour later when the naked men on the beach donned tiny Speedos and joined us at the bar, greeting each other with exuberant lip-smacking kisses.

“They’ve all come up here,” the perplexed husband said, lowering his eyes and dipping his nose deep into his mojito.

“It’s their space,” I said.

“If we don’t like, we must leave.”

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The voice of Ellaways Stan’s part in the history of Brisbane’s music scene

dealership to sell the fast growing electronic organ market we set up a separate showroom for this purpose in one of our large loading bays and Ellaways Music was born.

It was not long before the music business grew beyond all our expectations and we made the decision in 1975 to move to Kedron.

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ASPLEY resident Stan Ellaway now spends his days tending his vegetables gardens but still finds time for his love of music.

Stan and his brother Fred started Ellaways Music in a purpose built showroom in a loading bay of the French polishing company in Fortitude Valley after being offered an agency to sell the all new and fast growing electronic organ sales dealership.

Mr Ellaway was born at Nudgee Beach 1935, one of six boys.

They later moved to Enoggera and he attended Oakleigh State School.

After passing grade 7 and obtaining a scholarship, Mr Ellaway started an apprenticeship in French Polishing and repairs at a furniture factory in Newmarket.

“I was always keen on music, and became a member of 4KQ mouth organ band then purchased an alto saxophone to further myself in music. I joined a seven piece band (The Jonny McGuire 7) playing at dances at Newmarket Memorial Hall. The electronic organ was my

MUSIC MAN: Stan Ellaway has a new passion for gardening but after 40 years in the Brisbane music scene.

next challenge. I joined a Theatre Organ Society of Australia which allowed me the privilege of playing the magnificent, Christie theatre pipe organ on a few occasions”.

A friendship was struck on a working holiday in New Zealand taking Mr Ellaway to London in 1959/1960 to visit his travel companion to Essex. Two of his brothers joined him on this trip of a lifetime which included visiting Europe.

“Back in London I secured a job with a French polishing company in Wembley. One evening at a dance at the Kilburn State Ballroom (the luckiest day of my life) I met Ann,” he said “The relationship flourished and before I knew it, it was time for my

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“In 1963 my employer George Milligan advised he was retiring and offered to sell to us his French polishing business in Fortitude Valley. Ann and I decided to give it a

go. We employed about five people and renamed the business Ellaways French Polishing and Repair Company.

“Shortly after my brother Fred who was also a French Polisher and his wife Margaret joined the business. From then it grew to employ around 10 staff as we had gained some commercial contracts with well know cabinet making suppliers.

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business. Sadly Fred passed away in 1995 just a week before his 66th birthday, but Ellaways Music continues today as one of Queensland’s leading musical instrument specialists,” Mr Ellaway said.

Mr Ellaway and his wife Ann now live in Compton Gardens retirement Community in Aspley. “It is such a wonderful happy

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra A 70th anniversary is cause for the biggest of celebrations and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) plans to give us the best anniversary present this month.

Two of the most influential and exciting artists in the world – acclaimed conductor

Lucent, Aboriginal and Pacific Works exhibition is on at GOMA until July 30.

This free exhibition features works from the Aboriginal and Pacific collections, showing connections and differences between the cultures.

The Orange Grove Writers’ Group meets every Tuesday from 1–3pm in the Coopers Plains Library.

There isn’t any charge and members welcome aspiring and established writers in a friendly and creative environment.

For more information, call Miriam on 3848 5550.

GLASS EXPERT: World-renowned glass authority Andy McConnell will be special guest at two events with QUT Art Museum.

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Alondra de la Parra in her first year as QSO music director, and world-leading virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov will perform a series of extraordinary musical events on February 17, 18 and 22.

One of the most compelling conductors of her generation, the appointment of Alondra de la Parra as Music Director was widely seen as placing QSO firmly at the vanguard of the world’s orchestral stage.

Alondra de la Parra conducts the QSO on Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18 with a program that also continues her epic Mahler cycle with Symphony No.1 Titan.

On the same program exciting young pianist Zhang Zuo makes her QSO exclusive Australian

debut with Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1.

Hailed as a superstar and regarded as one of the world’s greatest violinists, Maxim Vengerov (also QSO’s Artist in Residence in 2017) returns to the concert hall stage after his muchlauded Tchaikovsky Gala concert last year.

On Thursday, February 23, as part of the 2017 season launch, and continuing the anniversary celebrations in inimitable style, he performs a Queensland-first concert hall recital.

For more details go to www.qso.com.au.

National Servicemen’s Memorial Band It’s always uplifting to hear stories of seniors enjoying life and forging ahead with pursuits that

entertain and nourish them and at the same time, give pleasure to others.

Such a group forms the National Servicemen’s Memorial Band, average age 65. Members meet every Wednesday without fail for band practice.

The band was formed in 1999 as a memorial to the men called up for National Service between 1951 and 1972 and for those who gave their lives in defence of Australia.

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Dates and times at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ facilities-recreation/ libraries.

QPAC indulgence Everyone should indulge in a bit of make-believe, and QPAC will show you how with its Dramatic Imaginations exhibition.

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Travel

Travel to new worlds

Ann Rickard takes us out of Australia and into great, new spaces LET’S face it, those in the gay community seem to have far more fun than the rest of us, so it makes sense to follow their instincts and holiday where they do.

Check out these ten gay destinations from around the world and around the country.

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A.

The Big Daddy of all the gay cities, the place where it all came out in the 1960s and gay pride spread its tentacles all over the world.

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is a treat, especially when there is a restaurant, café or bar always a few footsteps away.

MYKONOS, GREEK ISLANDS

If San Francisco is King of the gay destinations then Mykonos must be the Queen. The entire Greek Island is gay – from the seafront tavernas at Super Paradise Beach to the myriad clubs and bars hidden in the maze of cobbled streets in Mykonos town.

SITGES, SPAIN

This small fishing village with its sunny beaches and quaint old town was

home to a sprinkling of fishermen and their families in the 1960s, until the gay crowd discovered its laid-back charm and arrived in droves.

The clubs, gyms and saunas quickly popped up and now Sitges is famous the world over for its vivacious gay nightlife and colourful festivals.

It’s a perfect European summer destination for all of us.

all over the world. A sweep of sandy beach fringed with over-sand taverns buzzes with gay women hanging out, having fun.

How Lesbos will recover from the massive influx of refugees in the past couple of years won’t be known for some time.

It is cheaper than most Greek islands.

SKALA ERRESSOS – GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS

Super gay-friendly city, Sydney pulses during the biggest annual gay party in the country each February/March. We all know about Mardi Gras but how many of us have made the pilgrimage to

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The beautiful sights and sounds of this wonderful country will stay with you forever Ann Rickard

Italy is one of the countries on the bucket lists of so many travellers – even though it has suffered a number of heartbreaking disasters lately.

But intrepid seniors do not let a potential calamity of nature turn them off their travel plans, do they?

Everyone should see Italy just once if it is possible within time and budget restraints.

The first time you visit Rome and set eyes on the coliseum will be embedded in your memory forever.

The same goes for St. Peter’s.

Even if the Trevi Fountain is packed with tourists, and it will be, and

you will find it hard to snap a selfie without a dozen others in the background, and you will, it won’t take away from the spine-tingly thrill that you are there, right there at this world famous landmark.

The first time I entered the Plazza del Campo, the historic centre of Siena in Tuscany, I experienced a feeling of mouth slack.

My jaw dropped considerably, not quite to the ground as many a colourful writer would embellish, but it definitely did drop as I took in the sight of arguably Europe’s most renowned medieval square.

The breathtaking architecture of the shell-shaped piazza, the soaring Torre del Mangia,

that slender tower rising from the square, the Fonta Gaia, the fountain that first brought water to the square, halted me on the spot.

Our Siena visit was just days before the famous Palio di Siena, the bare-back horse race around the periphery of the piazza where thousands of people cram into every centimetre of space on the ground and hang off the surrounding balconies to watch and cheer.

There was much ceremony and colour during our pre-Palio visit, many celebrations with groups of young men draped in brilliant colours, carrying flags, beating drums.

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Scenic picture-postcard view of famous Amalfi Coast with beautiful Gulf of Salerno, Campania, Italy.

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cafes around the edge of the square for aperitvo and tried to keep our jaws from gaping too much at the absolute Italian splendour of it.

The first time on the Amalfi Coast was another jaw-dropping experience.

The huddled towns of Positano and Amalfi clinging to the cliffs, the death-defying ride on the local buses around the hairpin bends of the coastal mountains that plunge to the sea, it was all so thrilling, despite the hundreds of steps up and down to the beach; allowed us to eat and drink more, there is always a positive side.

The Cinque Terra was another first that offered a buzz beyond words as we walked along the cliff faces to each of the five villages, stopping for refreshments in each one, wondering if we had the stamina to walk on to the next.

We did, but only after fortifying gin and tonics.

Even though it took an entire day and there was much climbing and puffing and cursing along the Cinque Terra towards the

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last town of Monterosso, it was one of the most unforgettable experiences of all our travels.

Now if I am fortunate to visit the Cinque Terra again, I would take the train or boat between villages – a much more senior-friendly option.

Florence is another Italian joy never to be forgotten.

The art, the culture, the food and wine, the leather markets.

Ensure you reserve your tickets before you go to the Uffizi Gallery in the Piazza della Signoria and avoid the three hour wait in the queue.

Even if you have to queue it is worth it just to stand before Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus.

The same ticket-savvy rule applies to the Accademia Gallery where you will stand beneath a naked David and hold your breath in enthralment.

Then there are the hundreds of charming small villages and pretty seaside towns in Italy waiting for exploration.

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Regional city culture Bendigo has preserved history and moved with the modern Phil Hawkes

BENDIGO, Victoria. Best known for its 19th Century Gold Rush history, its Chinese Museum and unique Bendigo Pottery.

And maybe the famous Shamrock Hotel with its wide verandas peering down on the main street delightfully called “Pall Mall”… the early colonial settlers certainly had a sense of humour. Irish, no doubt.

But what of today’s Bendigo? We decided to find out for ourselves, so after driving less than two hours from Melbourne we’re sauntering along Pall Mall observing the rejuvenated heritage listed buildings as well as a smattering of more recent architecture, and lots of green space.

Surprisingly, some trendy boutiques and streetside cafés as well.

First impressions are important, and it seems to be a relaxed visitorfriendly place.

So far so good. Next we

check in at a new hotel, the Schaller Studio not far away (in fact next to the hospital) and are immediately struck by the artwork and sculptures dominating the entire building, including all the guest rooms. It’s like walking into a gallery of modern art, plus a studio section in the lobby where guests (and their children) can use the provided art materials and even attend art classes.

Mark Schaller, after whom the hotel is named, is a contemporary Victorian artist well known as one of the founders of the expressionist group, Roar Studios.

Schaller says: “Bendigo is really romantic…the vibrant art centre for regional Victoria… (growing) into a unique destination for art lovers around the world”.

The Bendigo Art Gallery is proof of this. With its long history dating back to 1887 and modern, well-lit extensions, it’s arguably Australia’s finest gallery

RICH TRADITIONS: Ulumbarra Arts Centre in the old gaol.

outside a capital city.

Another example of an arts-related project embraced by the community is the Ulumbarra Theatre complex. Built in and around the bones of the 1860s Sandhurst Prison, this is as attractive an arts venue as we’ve found anywhere. There’s a busy program of theatre, film, music and other events and especially

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The Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation played an important role during the building of Ulumbarra and the opening of the theatre.

The name means Gather Together or Meeting Place, as the hill on which it stands was a

significant meeting place long before a gaol was constructed there.

Next we turn our attention to the city’s culinary offerings. It’s not difficult to find wine bars and restaurants mirroring the Melbourne scene in miniature… but here the emphasis is predictably on locally-sourced food and wine.

We have pitstops at places like Wine Bank, Mr

Beebe’s and Rocks on Rosalind, sampling wines and tasting plates. All very delicious, convivial and relaxing… no city hustling here.

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ACTIVE AGING WEIGHT-bearing and resistance exercises are the answer to helping your bones get stronger.

Osteoporosis Australia exercise specialists say hopping and jumping, and progressive resistance training such as lifting weights in the gym, are the most effective exercises for improving and preserving bone strength throughout life.

Other exercises that involve the feet making impact with the ground such as running and jumping, tennis and dancing are all good for bones.

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.. .hopping and jumping, and progressive resistance training such as lifting weights in the gym, are the most effective exercises . . .

“Bones need to be stressed in very specific ways in order to get stronger.”

To get successfully active, you should: ■ Be regular – exercise for about 30 minutes, at least three times a week.

■ Exercise intensity should increase gradually over time – the amount of weight used, degree of exercise difficulty, height of jumps, and so on, must increase or vary over time to challenge the bones and muscles.

■ Routines should be varied rather than repetition.

■ Exercises should be performed in short, intensive bursts.

■ Regular short bouts of weight-bearing exercise separated by several hours are better than one long session.

■ Lifting weights quickly is more effective for

improving muscle function than lifting them slowly.

■ Rapid, short bursts of movement such as jumping or skipping are more effective than slow movements.

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HEALTH HELP: Strengthen your bones using regular weight-bearing and resistance exercises. PHOTO: OSTEOPOROSIS AUSTRALIA

anyone starts exercising, particularly those people who have osteoporosis or already had a fracture, a qualified exercise

professional should be consulted so that an appropriate program can be designed to obtain the most benefits.

The single, retired and invisible need feel alone no longer WHEN WE look at most of the promotional literature produced by the retirement industry, we see lots of pictures and stories of attractive couples on cruise ships, at parties and walking along beaches.

When was the last time you saw a picture showing a single retired person in any of these situations? Many single

TUNED UP FOR THE THIRD AGE PAUL McKEON retirees complain that they feel invisible. It’s as if the whole idea of life in retirement is only about couples

having a good time.

The reality is that there are currently more than one million single people over 50 in Australia and the numbers are growing fast. While singles have the distinct advantage of not having to compromise with a partner when deciding what to do and where to go, they generally have to manage a range of

issues which are quite different to those facing couples. These include having to pay the dreaded “singles supplement” when travelling, having to fund living expenses out of one income, having only one salary going into your superannuation, and being solo in many social occasions.

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Staying together for longer Tracey Johnstone

KEEPING older Australians and their pets together is the goal of the national lobby group, Pets and Positive Ageing which is the first of its kind.

The voluntary organisation is a specialised advocacy group which is helping to find ways for domestic pets to stay with their elderly owners at home or in retirement villages, in hostels, at independent living units and in low care areas of nursing.

President Jan Phillips said the organisation realised from very early days that pets and ageing was a national issue.

Since 2012 it has confronted and challenged the issues surrounding when older Australians need to move to supported accommodation and the vexing problem of what to do with their pets which can at times stop people from making the choice of moving to more suitable accommodation.

Ms Phillips said PAPA is continually engaging with several animal welfare and in-home pet support programs across

Australia.

Its community consultations have led PAPA to offer, “practical initiatives such as promotion of support services in other states, holding public forums on key issues, talking to key senior groups and service providers, and mentoring community organisations looking to emulate the PAPA programs,” Ms Phillips said.

The group’s newest campaign is focused on pet support becoming one of the standard services offered to home and community Care clients within home care packages.

Other PAPA projects on the table for 2017 are developing advice on end-of-life for pets, promoting the use of emergency or home alone contact cards, and opening discussions on taking dogs into public places and onto public transport.

For more information on the group, go to www.petsandpositive ageing.com.

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PET SUPPORT: PAPA president Jan Phillips with her dogs Kirsty and Mintie.

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FAMILY history can be an expensive and timeconsuming hobby but there are ways to save time and money.

Queensland Family History Society will hold a seminar on Saturday, March 4, to assist researchers to make this pursuit less expensive. Come to the three sessions dealing with economical ways of researching. The first session is Looking at Home Sources: Birth, death and marriage

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certificates and alternative sources, genealogy societies and family history societies.

This will be followed with a session on websites to make the most of Google, the internet, and social media. The final session, Making the Most of Libraries and Archives covering Australian and overseas repositories.

Presenter Shauna Hicks, a Fellow of the Queensland Family History Society, was awarded a Distinguished Achievement Award from the

Australian Society of Archivists and, in 2009, Shauna received the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations award for Meritorious Services to Family History. She has been tracing her own family history since 1977.

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LOCATED at 18 Prospect Rd, Enoggera (across Samford Rd from Gaythorne RSL Club). We have modern facilities with old-world charm and atmosphere. Free learn-tobowl sessions for over 50s, under lights in the cool of the evenings every Wednesday in March from 6–8pm, bookings not required. Put this on your 2017 calendar, not to be missed.

This activity is part of the Brisbane City Council Active and Healthy GOLD Program for over 50s. If you’re younger, no problem, there are plenty of rinks for you to also take part in learning the basics of this game.

Copies of the Brisbane City Council Active and Healthy GOLD Program booklet (January–June 2017) will be available at all Brisbane City Council libraries or on the Brisbane City Council website from late January.

NORTHERN SUBURBS BOWLS CLUB

COME along and learn the game of bowls with others in the community. It is a low-impact and a therapeutic form of exercise that offers weekly activity for a group of all ages, shapes and sizes. Improve your health and wellbeing while enjoying this fun sport.

Most persons with a disability can play. Interact with others and take part in regular social events.

Free coaching is offered for you, family and friends at Northern Suburbs Bowls Club, Edinburgh Castle Rd, Wavell Heights.

Details call in or call on 3359 2142, email bowls@nsbc.com.au.

AFTERNOON FRIENDS GROUP

RESUMES on Tuesday February 7. This is a women's friendship group which meet every Tuesday from 1–2.30pm at Mt Gravatt community centre 1693 Logan Rd, Mt Gravatt. Details call the centre on 3343 9833 or Lorna 3219 5504. All women welcome to enjoy a variety of programs with fun,afternoon tea and a chat.

STAFFORD GARDEN CLUB

WE LOOK forward to an interesting year of meetings and outings in 2017. We thoroughly

enjoyed our Christmas break-up lunch at Chatters and our January morning tea at Kedron Wavell. In February, our year begins in earnest. Guest speaker is Shirley Morris, a committee member of the Qld Council of Garden Clubs' and a gardener of many years' experience.

Our first meeting for 2017 will be held on Thursday, February 16, at the OES Hall, cnr Kitchener and Bohland Sts, Kedron. The ladies will have their usual trade table. Come at 9.30am for a cup of tea and a chat before the meeting. Visitors always welcome. The meeting starts at 10am. Details: call Gloria on 3355 4703 or Kaye on 3357 7660.

BEGONIAS ON SHOW THE 2017 show by the Queensland Begonia Society will be held in the Auditorium at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens on Saturday, March 4, from 9am–4pm.

Admission $4. This is the largest and only show of begonias in Queensland with many outstanding hybrids created by keen begonia growers from Queensland, other Australian states and International enthusiasts.

There will be a demonstration workshop by the president, experienced grower Mrs Carmel Browne, at 11.30am. Sale plants and Refreshments will be available.

Meetings held in the Uniting Church Hall, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm, on the third Saturday of the month at 1pm. Details: rohan1@aapt.net.au or show secretary Philip Adam on 3353 1131 phil.dulcie@bigpond. com.au.

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MERRY OLD TIME: Stafford Garden Club’s Christmas lunch was well attended by its members..

to make new friends, have fun and raise money for The Smith Family foundation Learning for Life program.

We always have an interesting speaker. In January, Kira from Australian Hearing gave us an interesting and informative talk, from which we all gained some insight to being hard of hearing. Our next meeting is on Wednesday February 15, at the Murrumba Downs Tavern on Dohles Rock Road. The guest speaker, from Alzheimers

Australia, will talk on the difference between aging and dementia and risk reduction.

Details: Elizabeth 3886 4937 or Sandra 3452 2738. We welcome visitors and new members.

6.30pm for 7pm. Cost is $35. Bookings essential.

This meeting will also be the AGM when members will be reminded of all that occurred during the past year. The speaker will be national councillor Lyn Masters who will present the national councillor's address.

Committee members are busy planning activities for the year and preparing a list of possible guest speakers, who make meetings so interesting and enjoyable.

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■ CENTENARY EVENING

THE FIRST dinner meeting for 2017 will be on Monday, February 13, at the McLeod Country Golf Club, 61 Gertrude McLeod Cres, Middle Park,

LYN MASTERS, national councillor for VIEW clubs invites interested women to an International Women's Day event on Saturday, March 11, at 10.30am for an 11am start. The venue is Easts Leagues Club, Langlands Park, 40 Main Ave, Coorparoo. Cost of $55 includes a three-course lunch, a panel of guest speakers and a Learning for Life student. RSVP to Lyn Masters by March 1, at masters47@bigpond. com. Payment can be made by direct debit at a Bank of Queensland branch, BSB 124029 a/c 22123240 VIEW Clubs of Australia. Please use your name as the reference.

■ LOGAN

OUR club wishes to publicly thank Diggers Services Club, Logan, for its generous community grant. Six tablets and cases were purchased and presented to The Smith Family for use by Logan students who cannot afford computers to aid them with their studies.

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WE MEET on the 1st Wednesday of the month at Arana Leagues Club, Dawson Parade, Keperra, 10.30am for 11am. Cost is $25 for a two-course lunch. There are lucky door and raffles prizes and monies raised are donated to the Smith Family Learning for Life program supporting disadvantaged Australian children.

March guest speaker will be Diane Loneran, the author of the popular children’s book, Mavis The Amazing Tugboat.

New members and visitors are always welcome. This year we celebrate out 20th birthday and have an exciting party planned for the April meeting.

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PROBUS club meets in the Bowls Club at Hall Ave, Corinda, on the 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. Members get together for regular outings, a garden group, walking group, theatre visits, book swap and other activities. We welcome retired men and women from Chelmer to Oxley and surrounding suburbs who wish to join the fun, friendship and fellowship of Probus and meet for club meetings and outings with active, like-minded retirees.

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OUR members started off the year with an early Australia Day celebration after a brief business meeting. Members were encouraged to dress in Aussie clothes and many did. Prizes were given for best lady’s and best gent’s outfits. There was a competition for best

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decorated table and one with a miniature cricket match won. All tables had gum leaves and gumnuts adorning them. No-one could get a tune out of the gum leaves.

We had two written competitions, one Aussie anagrams and one on Aussie trivia. There was a guest poet and a lavish morning tea which included mini pies and sausage rolls, Vegemite sandwiches, lamingtons, Anzac biscuits and other tasty morsels. An enjoyable morning was had by all and a great start to the year.

ENOGGERA & DISTRICTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

THE society has resumed

its Thursday morning open house and is available to visitors researchers and new members every week from 9.30am–1pm. The research centre is situated in Enoggera Memorial Hall, on the corner of Wardell and Trundle Sts, Enoggera.

Visits on other days can be arranged. To arrange a visit, become a member or to purchase our publications, call Dave on 3366 3191 or email ehs. secretary@gmail.com.

NATIONAL SERVICEMEN’S ASSN OF AUSTRALIA (QLD) INC NSAA’s Brisbane North West branch has started monthly meetings for 2017.

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welcome to join us for a chat and coffee. The group meets on the 2nd Monday of each month.

Details: Phone Peter on 3345 7421.

Monthly morning teas are held on the second Monday of each month at various venues in nearby suburbs. Details: Brenda on 3357 7043.

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THE Grange NSA has moved its meeting venue due to the closure of the Stafford Bowls Club.

Monthly meetings will now be held in the meeting room at Chatters, on the 1st Monday of the month.

Chatters is part of the Uniting Church on Gympie Road, Chermside. Our meetings include guest speakers and morning tea. We are a social group and everyone is welcome to enjoy lunch at a nearby venue after the meeting.

THE COMMITTEE wishes a happy new year to all members and friends.

Plans are underway for interesting guest speakers and bus tours for 2017.

The first tour will be to Port of Brisbane on March 14 and May 9 tour to Albert River Wines, Tamborine. New members are welcome to join our branch.

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Membership is open to all former nashos who served in the two schemes operating between 1951 and 1973 and their wives and widows. Conscripts who served with countries other than Australia are welcome as associate members.

Details on the benefits of joining the association or to apply for either of the two medals available to Australian nashos, call 3324 1277, email officeadmin@nashoqld. org.au or write to PO Box 7014, Holland Park East Qld, 4121. Details about Brisbane North West branch, phone Dave on 3366 3191.

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For information on meetings and tours, phone Jill 3272 8210 or Bev 3341 4170.

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Cold drink on arrival, sumptuous spread, let us know your special dietary needs. Baking competition on the day.

Inquire for details if you wish to enter to Sylvia.

Proceeds to go towards completing the QCWA Pine Rivers kitchen project.

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Finance

Strategies counter change THE changes to the aged pension asset test are driving pensioners towards looking for innovative ways to protect themselves from losing out as the tests come into play.

Financial planner Liam Shorte of Verante Pty Ltd, says the feedback from within the community is the changes are hitting middle-income earners who believe this Federal Government cost-saving measure should be applied to companies and people with more wealth, not them.

“There is a lot of bad feeling among the people who have been affected, basically because a lot of them planned their retirements around what they could expect from the aged pension plus their own money,” Mr Shorte said.

“It’s such a huge difference. For every $1000 you reduce your assessable assets by, you can get $78 extra pension per year. That’s a 7.8% return if you can use the $1000 to improve your wealth rather than give it away,” he said.

STRATEGIES

Mr Shorte offered the following strategies to help pensioners through the aged pension assets test maze: ■ Contribute to superannuation in the name of a spouse if they are under age pension age. Putting $50,000 in superannuation could increase your single pension by nearly $4000 per year until your spouse qualifies for the age pension.

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allowed to invest up to $12,250 into funeral bonds to cover funeral costs and the investment is asset test exempt. For a couple both taking up the maximum funeral bond, it could provide an increased age pension of $1911 per year.

■ Making improvements to the principal home – funds spent on home improvements and renovations are not assessed against your pension. For example, spending $12,000 on a solar system will pay back over 10 to 15 years, but also mean up to $938 extra in pension income each year per person.

■ Review the value of motor cars, caravans, trailers, bikes, contents and personal effects.

■ Look to pay for the big cruise or overseas trip

in advance – ask for a discount for doing so or an upgrade.

Improve your income Charge board and lodging – some people in bigger homes are looking to make up for the loss in age pension by renting out a room.

You could say rent out a room and charge $150 per week for the room which includes breakfast.

Centrelink’s default position is that 50% of that $120 per week is treated as additional income (about $3900 per year). The remaining 50% is assumed by Centrelink as required to cover costs such as utilities, food, etc. If the costs were higher than the 50%, then a submission to Centrelink could see that 50/50 standard approach being adjusted.

If you are an

asset-based part-pensioner, the additional $3900 does not further impact your pension.

Lower Centrelink assessments are available where more meals, etc, are offered.

Gifting This is not something I recommend often as it seems a bit silly to give away capital to get some income. However, if you have planned to help family, then maybe you should think about transferring the money early.

The allowable gifting limit for both singles and couples is $10,000 per financial year, limited to $30,000 per five financial years.

If the total of gifts made in a financial year exceeds $10,000 the excess will be assessed as a

deprived asset for five years from the date of the gift and will be subject to Centrelink’s means test.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Mr Shorte says he gives clients some strategies to think about and then he sends them to a Centrelink financial information service officer.

“They help people make the most of the system, but they can’t give advice,” Mr Shorte said.

“We get them to go to Centrelink to run (the strategies) past them to see if they are possible in their situation. Centrelink may refer back to us to implement the strategy.”

Mr Shorte encourages pensioners to try to use all the services for their situation.

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■ 1/2 cup (50g) grated parmesan, plus extra to serve ■ 100g sliced mushrooms ■ Few sprigs of thyme ■ 3 slices chopped bacon ■ 1 cup rocket leaves ■ Olive oil, to drizzle ■ Salt and pepper to season Step 1 Preheat oven to 170°C and place a five-litre ovenproof dish in to heat.

Step 2 Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat, add onion and cook for 2–3 minutes until soft.

Add bacon, brown then add chicken and cook for 2–3 minutes.

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Cover tightly with a lid or foil and place in the oven for 15 minutes.

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Spiritual experience Ann Rickard

WHEN Neale Donald Walsh was approaching his 50th birthday, he felt his life had no purpose.

He had reached a dead end, his relationship was not working, his financial situation was dire and he felt everything in his life was “devastatingly failing”.

In the middle of a long and painful night he called out to God. “I asked what I had done to deserve a life of such struggle,” he said.

“I then wrote an angry letter to God asking what it would take to make my life work.

“I began receiving answers, in the form of thoughts I had never had before.

“I began writing those thoughts down, they brought me other questions, other thoughts, and before I knew it, I had engaged in conversation with God.” Walsh kept a record of his

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notes as they grew, and eventually sent the notes off to a publisher never dreaming he would hear back.

But he did.

The notes became a book, entitled Conversations with God, and when published, it instantly hit the New York Times best-seller list and went on to sell multi-million copies around the world, translated into 37 languages.

That was 20 years ago, now Walsh is considered one of the world’s top 100 spiritual teachers helping people to find spiritual well-being.

The 74-year-old US-based author and non-religious spiritual messenger will share his learnings with Australian audiences through a three-city east coast tour of Australia, appearing in Brisbane on March 1.

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SPORT: Rugby Tens heaven for Brisbane

Anniversary party will be orchestra’s biggest A 70th anniversary is cause for the biggest of celebrations and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra plans to give us the best anniversary present this month.

Two of the most influential and exciting artists in the world – acclaimed conductor Alondra de la Parra in her first year as music director, and world leading virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov will perform a series of extraordinary musical events on February 17, 18 and 22.

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Brisbane’s stamp firmly on the cultural map.

It also signals the beginning of what promises to be a remarkable year-long program of powerful, passionate and breathtaking music.

One of the most compelling conductors of her generation, the appointment of Alondra was widely seen as placing orchestra firmly at the vanguard of the world’s orchestral stage.

Alondra conducts the orchestra on Friday, February 17 and Saturday,

February 18 with a program that also continues her epic Mahler cycle with Symphony No.1 Titan. On the same program exciting young pianist Zhang Zuo makes her orchestra exclusive Australian debut with Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1.

Hailed as a superstar and regarded as one of the world’s greatest violinists, Maxim Vengerov (also the orchestra’s Artist in Residence this year) returns to the concert hall stage after his muchlauded Tchaikovsky Gala

concert last year.

On Thursday, February 23, as part of the 2017 season launch, and continuing the anniversary celebrations in inimitable style, he performs a Queensland-first concert hall recital.

Alongside pianist Roustem Saïtkoulov, he presents a program of extraordinary and captivating violin works including pieces by Schubert, Beethoven, Ravel, Ernst and of course, Paganini.

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FEBRUARY is the month to hit the streets if you love a party, especially on the weekend of February 11 and 12.

Queensland will host the inaugural Brisbane Global Rugby Tens tournament at Suncorp Stadium and it’s going to be big.

A blockbuster weekend of world class rugby featuring 14 of the best teams from around the globe means the city will put on its festive hat.

Ten Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby clubs and four elite invitational teams including famed French team Toulon (playing in Australia for the first time ever), the Bulls, Samoa and the Panasonic Wild Knights will compete in 28 matches – all up, 16 hours of compelling live rugby that will also signal the beginning of the Super Rugby season.

The Brisbane Global Rugby Tens will shine the light firmly on Brisbane and the thrill of a major sporting tournament.

It doesn’t matter if you are not a fan or have failed to get tickets, the city itself will be in party-mode with bars and restaurants and public spaces all donning team colours, staging special events, creating signature drink and menu specials, paying tribute in music.

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(5,8) 9 Used in computing, what number system has a base of 8? (5) 10 Using linseed oil, pigments, rosin and pine flour, what did Frederick Walton invent in 1860? (8) 11 What is the capital of Belarus? (5) 14 What drilling tool is held in a brace? (3) 16 Which short-lived republic broke away from Nigeria 1967 to 1970? (6) 17 What is anti-aircraft fire also called? (3-3) 18 What is the abbreviation for trinitrotoluene?

(1,1,1) 20 Formed in 1791, what was the Berlin SingAkademie? (5) 24 In what ornamental needlework are pieces of fabric attached to another? (8) 25 What is a promontory more commonly called?

(5) 26 What is used for sharpening a writing quill? (8) 27 Which Chicago tower was the world’s tallest building from 1973 to 1996? (5)

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(8) 12/13 Who won a Bafta in 1990 for her role in the film Dangerous Liaisons? (8,8) 14 What type of creature is a serotine? (3) 15 What is to make an intricate type of looped cotton lace using a hand shuttle? (3) 19 Which Scottish mathematician (John ___) invented logarithms? (6) 21 What is the flat bladelike projection at the end of the arm of an anchor? (5) 22 Reaching a length of 18m or more, what is the world’s largest invertebrate? (5) 23 How many eclipses, lunar and solar, are possible in a single year? (5)

ALPHAGRAMS

Insert the missing letters to make ten words — five reading across the grid and five reading down.

Solve the anagrams. Each solution is a one-word anagram of the letters beside it, and the five solutions are sequential.

For example, if the fiveletter solution starts with J, the six-letter solution starts with K, and so on.

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Opt 16. Aloft 17. Eye 18. Police states 21. Among 22. Odorous 23. Badlyoff 24. Thus.

Down: 1. Abrasion 2. Recap 4. Yes 5. Consultation 6. Primate 7. Need 8.

Increasingly 12. Arose 13. Persists 15. Twofold 19. Tooth 20. Daub 22.

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BLACKOUT

ALPHAGRAMS: HATED, IGNORE, JOSTLED, KANGAROO, LIBERATES.

Solution opposite

QUICK CROSSWORD

Find a finished crossword by deleting one of the two letters in each divided square.

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How many words of four letters or more can you make? Each letter must be used only once and all words must contain the centre letter. There is at least one nine-letter word.

No words starting with a capital are allowed, no plurals ending in s unless the word is also a verb.

TODAY: Good 23 Very Good 31 Excellent 39

DOUBLE CROSS

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Across: 5/8 Spike Milligan, 9 Octal, 10 Linoleum, 11 Minsk, 14 Bit, 16 Biafra, 17 Ack-ack, 18 TNT, 20 Choir, 24 Appliqué, 25 Bluff, 26 Penknife, 27 Sears.

Down: 1 Smolt, 2 Flint, 3 Viola, 4 Watusi, 6 Pachinko, 7 Knapsack, 12/13 Michelle Pfeiffer, 14 Bat, 15 Tat, 19 Napier, 21 Fluke, 22 Squid, 23 Seven.

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BLACKOUT

Work out which squares need to be deleted to reveal a completed crossword.

Solution opposite

DOUBLE CROSS

I N D U S R T D E R A S E U M A L E G I S H I S I T U A T S C Y O H U S P E E R S A T I D E T R I E C E S R E D

T R I O U S E A N P O T P O L M W S L A T E C A T L I O T E R G A C O M U H S P E C T T E E A M E N T R A M T E T H O S

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