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GENFRIENDS – I’m always up for word invention and I rather liked this one. Since, it hasn’t made the dictionary yet, I take its meaning as positive term for intergenerational friendships. A recently published report Truth about Age, noted that individual cultures value ageing in different ways, for instance the people of India believe being respected by society is the key to ageing well, while British value a sense of humour, however across the board intergenerational connections promoted healthy, happy ageing. With this information in mind, we have presented The Intergenerational Issue. The great thing about intergenerational connection is that benefits are shared between both age-groups. Depending on the connection or program friendships can be made, education gained and wisdom shared. This month, we tracked
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK GAIL FORRER
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down a few stories that personify the meaning of intergeneration. Our front page story features the O’Reilly clan – how they have worked together for four generations expanding their tourism business and nurturing the land for future generations. From another angle, Tracey Johnstone reports on the genXchange program. This program focuses on a sharing between education institutions and the aged care industry. Initially, it came out of student’s research project and is all about connecting people in the community and reducing social isolation. The underpinning philosophy supports the transfer of wisdom on one hand, and new skills and
new relationships on the other hand. This month we also speak with the Aged Discrimation Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson and reveal the three big issues - Elder abuse, Homelessness for women 50 years-old and onwards and Workplace age discrimination - where she aims to make a difference during the next four years of her position. We also bring you up-to-date with one of Australia’s most important institutions - Meals on Wheels. This great service relies largely on the goodwill of volunteers, without this team there would be a huge gap in the care for our elderly and an enormous cost to Government. On September 15, Federal Minister for Aged Care Ken Wyatt announced an additional $8 million in government support for services delivering meals to private homes through the Commonwealth Home Support Program. Seniors
News reporter Alison Houston explains the difference this funding will make to our community effort, (Page 15). You may not be aware, but Grandparents’ day is celebrated this month. This means we all have a chance to celebrate in our own way. For the grandparents, who have taken on a direct parenting role for their grandchildren it means an opportunity to have their message to the Government amplified. This year the CWA is conducting a support campaign asking the government for considered recognition of the part these grandparents play in the wellbeing of our society. As always, we present an interesting line-up of feature articles covering your health, wealth and happiness together with our regular book reviews and tips for recycling and cooking. Enjoy Gail
The knitting nanas annoy all politicians equally “Most of our active women are in their 60s and 70s,” Claire said. There are a few men in the group now, as well. “You don’t have to knit and you don’t have to be nana. It’s open to anyone who wants to abide by our philosophy.” The first KNAG group, which was formed in Lismore in 2012, started with protesting gas and coal issues, but subsequent protests by this group and others have taken up climate
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from locking onto machinery and blockading offices to providing information at festivals and sitting down at key public locations knitting or crocheting. While they advocate non-violent action, each group or loop make their own decision through consensus on what form of action they will take. “We’re well presented, not offensive and make everything easy for everyone to talk to us,” Claire said.
“And we have the experience to communicate in a non-threatening way.” Sitting each week outside of the Lismore office of Thomas George MP, and with their successful protest against Metgasco now a proud memory, Claire and her group of a dozen nanas are knitting and working on how they can support other KNAG groups. “We pick a place and we go back there every week.
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THE yellow-attired knitting nanas are prepared to stand up, stand out and stand their ground on issues that will help save the land, air and water for future generations. They don’t fear any politicians in their quest for a better future. Give or take, there are now 40 Knitting Nanas Against Gas groups active in Australia. Each is autonomous, “working more as a web than as a pyramid,” co-founder Claire Twomey describes.
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Meet the person with you in mind Tracey Johnstone
AGED Discrimination Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson has set a clear agenda and she plans on using every element of her public sector education experience and network to deliver deep change in issues vital to ageing Australians and the broader community. “I hope by the end I can say I have made a difference for older people,” the 72-year-old said. She has another four years with her support team of three to achieve some lofty, but worthwhile goals around her three chosen focus areas – elder abuse, homelessness for women aged 50 to 70, and seniors in the workplace. ■ Elder Abuse Report On June 14 the Australian Law Reform Commission released its 43 elder abuse law reform recommendations to safeguard older Australians. “There is a lot of momentum around that,” Dr Patterson said. She is now meeting regularly with a team of five from the Attorney-General’s office to develop a national plan out of the ALRC report and a first-time prevalence study. “I have said to both the attorney and shadow attorney that I would rather focus on getting this report implemented rather than writing another report.” Even though the report
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is about law reform, Dr Patterson said, “There are things that aren’t in the report that I think need addressing later on.” Registration of Powers of Attorney is a focus area for her. She has also spoken to the Australian Banking Association’s CEO Anna Bligh about finding a practical implementation for this recommendation since the banks have been pushing for this to happen. ■ Homelessness Women who are working, and aged between 55 and 70 and renting, if they become sick or lose their job and can’t pay their rent, they will become homeless. “I think you need a range of solutions because someone at 55 will have very different needs of someone who is 65. I would like to form a council of women who see this as a major issue and could invest into a property fund so that a person who has a bit of super can buy some equity so her rent is doable on the pension then years down the track. Women who have been
working have all sorts of resources; they have networks, and when the time comes they may be able to use them.” For others who don’t have networks and resources, she says it will put downward pressure on social housing. “Can we use their capacity to work or their super, using different solutions for the different women within that group to give them some housing?” ■ Willing to Work Since the mid-1990s and through to the adoption of the Age Discrimination Act in 2004, Dr Patterson pushed for the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Her vision now is to see implemented as many as possible of the commission’s Willing to Work report recommendations. Dr Patterson includes among her concerns about Australia’s older workforce that Australians are living longer than they had imagined they would and a lot of older people weren’t in superannuation from the beginning because it wasn’t portable, which means many of them are approaching retirement with less super. “And, many companies realise there is a big people dip after the Baby Boomers and there aren’t people coming in to fill those places,” she said. “Many companies are realising that suddenly they may have a dearth of
AGEING ISSUES: Dr Kay Patterson has three major ageing issues she will target in the next four years. PHOTO: TRACEY JOHNSTONE
people and what they’ve got to do is keep their people working longer.” Another area of focus for Dr Patterson is education. She is targeting human resources and health students with the aim to get more human relations courses about older people and the positive things of employing older people into education institutions. “The culture they set now is the culture they will inherit when they are older,” Dr Patterson said. “If young people coming up behind them in clinical situations or employment, see people dealing with older people in an understanding way that gets the fact they don’t always want to have
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full-time job, that’s the culture they will experience. If they don’t do that, they get the culture that currently exists which is less than helpful in understanding the motivation of older people.” Her next target is the Human Resources Institute of Australia, working with them to ensure professional development around older worker issues. “I am attending any event they invite me to, to talk to them about what they can do in their businesses and giving them examples of best practice,” she said. “I feel like I need to be like a bee, running around seeing the best practices and then pollinating them
around the country.” Her final target is seeing materials developed, similar to those produced for students, that will help industry leaders to become better informed about the value and importance of older workers. She is looking to groups such as the Institute of Company Directors to get directors to ask questions about diversity. “If they see older people in their company being looked after, and employing them, or making sure they can transition to retirement, then they are going to be more loyal to that company, because that’s what is going to happen to them.”
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Cover Story: O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
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TO UNIVERSITY research students the rainforest regeneration of O’Reilly’s property, in Lamington National Park is something to behold. “It’s highly valued as dairy land that has gone back to rainforest without any replanting,” Shane O’Reilly said. At 55-years-old, Shane is the third European generation to live on the land. He speaks in a relaxed tone and notes that the Rainforest Retreat, though now boasting architecturally designed unit, day spa and 25m infinity edge poll is still an unpretentious place. “The staff are good, the guests are friendly – it’s a relaxed, communal feel,” he said. The first O’Reilly settled there in 1911, four years later the Lamington Park was declared a state forest. In 1994, World Heritage
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ECO RANGERS: Intergenerational connections grow as environmental knowledge is shared and enjoyed.
status was bestowed on Lamington in recognition of its high biodiversity, and the fact it contains a living museum of the evolutionary steps taken in the development of Australia’s modern day
flora. It now includes 20,200 hectares of varying forest types, from temperate Antarctic Beech forest high on the border ranges through the sub-tropical rainforests, to the dry
eucalypt forest of the northern escarpment. O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, in the Gold Coast hinterland, has been a family owned and operated business since first opening in 1926.
After devoting more than 40 years to the business, the second generation family members, including 84-year-old Big Pete O’Reilly who built the Australia’s first tree-top walk 30 years ago and still spends a day a week on the property, retired in the late 1990s, and so charged the third generation with the responsibility of carrying on the business into the new millennium. Fortunately, this is a family who had foresight and goodwill to care both for themselves and the land. As Shane O’Reilly tells it, when he returned to the property in 1989 after working in an international
hotel, his parents and uncle and aunt who ran the property, were ready to retire. “They were in their mid-50s, worked all their lives, they had a lovely asset but no money. They had put all their money back into the property,” Shane said. “They could have sold, but they didn’t want to. “They were happy there.” With that in mind, he put together a retirement strategy for them and by the mid 1990s they were ready to retire. Shane spent an idyllic childhood on the land before heading to boarding school. His intimate knowledge of the land and family
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beauty of the landscape THIRD GENERATION : Shane O’Reilly.
PHOTO: ADAM HEAD
Morans Falls is part of the diverse environment.
photographs allow him to follow the dramatic growth, landscape changes and weather patterns across a century. His two children, not yet teenagers, are enjoying a
similar childhood and whether they follow in his footsteps is up to them. But why wouldn’t they. Shane has said each generation has added their own direction to the
Thirty-years-ago the tree-top walk was constructed. It is thought to be the first of its kind in the world.
retreat, for instance Big Pete O’Reilly’s birdwatching excursion is this year celebrating a 40th anniversary. While Shane talks about the eco rangers
project that provides conservation awareness and time out for the parents. “It gets kids away from their iPad,” he said.
O'Reilly family timeline until 2012.
Thousands of years of Indigenous history in the Lamington region
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trees that grow today. Using an assortment of weaponry, they hunted a wide variety of species. Nets were used to catch fish, flighted birds, land fowl along with land animals to the size of a kangaroo. Dingoes were trained to aid in the hunting of wallabies and kangaroos. Social gatherings such as corroborees were well attended, attracting visitors from as far as Grafton, Tenterfield and Maryborough. These corroborees were held for a variety of
reasons, for example, dances, initiations, feasts, fights and tournaments. Ornate body decorations were often worn to corroborees and included feathers, paints, leaves, flowers, animal skins and tails. Although these gatherings could be highly ritual occasions, there was always one or two men “funny men” amongst the dancers that would provide everyone with entertainment from their antics. After Europeans
settlement, the lifestyle of the Yugambeh people was gradually eroded. Various attacks of native lifestyle by convicts, free landholders, government acts and other European intervention has meant that today much of the previous way of life of the Yugambeh is now forgotten. However, many are still active in attempt to preserve what still remains, such as preserving the Yugambeh language, and ensuring it is passed on to future generations.
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PRIOR to European settlement, the Lamington region was inhabited by Aboriginal people of the Yugambeh language for thousands of years. The Yugambeh group inhabited the Gold Coast and hinterland, roughly between the Logan and Tweed rivers. This group lived as distinct family tribes in various regions, although interaction between them was well established. The family tribes that lived closest to Lamington National Park
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genXchange
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Connecting genXfriends Tracey Johnstone
GENXCHANGE – have you heard the word yet? If not, be on alert, because it will soon be in your neighbourhood. GenXchange is the brainchild of Queenslander Charlotte Mellis who has nurtured the cross-generational collaborative project through the pilot stages and is now driving it, to roll out nationally in 2018 On Queensland’s Sunshine Coast the local genXchange group coordinators, Sam Wall and Kristen Ottley, said they are bringing local university students and community elders together in a way that gives meaning and purpose for themselves, and gets them involved in the community. “It gives them (seniors) the opportunity to prove they have so much value and knowledge to give,” Sam said. “We want to create awareness around social isolation and it’s a dignified way of sharing wisdom without being derogatory towards any generation,” Kristen
GEN FRIENDS: Emma (USC student and genXchange member) and Jack (genXchange member) at Smell the Roses garden and social club. PHOTO: TAYLAH BERGANN
added. “Both generations have something to share and we want to get rid of the stigma around old age and redundancy which a western culture seems to give to elders.” Sam and Kristen are working with a group of about 70 seniors and 11 occupational therapy students, who are using their volunteer involvement as practical experience for one of their study units. Each Tuesday members of this genXchange group meet across various activities – computer classes,
Spanish lessons, arts and crafts, walking or participating in community gardening. On a Wednesday its Breaky Club group provide at the Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre meals to the homeless, socially disadvantaged and isolated. Debra, 63, is a member of the gardening group. She said genXchange is letting her get in touch with the “younger generation”. “I am learning what they want to do and how they feel and see life, and their future,” Debra said.
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“What I can teach them I will find out along the way. “We are creating friendships and connections rather than seeing it as a chore that we have to do,” Sam, 26, said. “I have learnt to engage with them. I used to have, like most people, an ageist way of thinking. From this program, it has broken down a heap of barriers for me. “I am able to have a really authentic conversation, really easily. If that’s the best thing I can do is listen and be
actively engaged with these people, then that’s great. “I love being able to do that, coming here every Tuesday and treating them the same as my friends and anyone of my generation,” Sam added. “Seniors are wiser people. They look a little bit different, but they are still young at heart. That’s the one thing I have really learnt the most,” Kristen, 28, chimed in. Charlotte said genXchange has partnered in Brisbane with Aveo Springfield for a cooking program and creating vertical gardens, in partnership with students from the University of Queensland the University of Southern Queensland. “There are a lot of younger people who are eager to be involved with this volunteer experience who may not have identified with other volunteer opportunities,” Charlotte said. Her team are developing a website to centralise the program information, and help people to search and connect within their local
area based on skills, interest and potential needs around companionship. The program will still retain physical hubs in each area it is running so genXchange groups can connect on mass and one-on-one. “As we roll out we will be partnering with universities and other education providers around Australia who will be accessing the platform to register their details for students who will be able gain approved credit points for their qualifications based on the partnership with the universities,” Charlotte said. “In exchange for that there is a huge amount of value to be gained by connecting with a genfriend, someone in their community of a different age.” She is also hoping to partner with aged care providers, retirement villages and hospitals to develop a program which suits their community’s needs. To register an interest in genXchange, go to www.genxchange.org.
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A very literary town During November all things books will be celebrated Belinda Scott
BOWRAVILLE is promoted to tourists as ‘the veranda post town’ but on Sunday November 19 it will be ‘the literary town’ as the sun-shaded main street of this small Nambucca Valley community hosts the Bowraville Regional Writers Expo. The Pioneer Community Centre at 70 High St, Bowraville will be busy all day from 9.30am onwards on November 19 with workshops on writing, researching and publishing; poetry and book readings; book signings, a second-hand book sale; raffles, refreshments and other activities. “We wanted to showcase the literary talent within our community – there is so much creative talent here,” said Writers Expo organiser Marion Syratt. “The authors we have on board for the event write across a variety of genres... from action/
thriller to researched history to fantasy to rural romance and more. “ “We also wanted to raise much needed funds for the hall. “The writers will set up ‘market style’ at tables in the main area of the hall, where patrons of the event can meet each author, buy books and have books signed. “There will also be interactive Word Collage held here plus a second-hand book stall as a fund-raiser for the hall and raffles. “The kitchen will be selling tea, coffee and cakes and we will also host a table of Boomerang Bags, sustainably sewn bags made from donated fabrics by volunteers in the community, so this can be a plastic-free zone.” On the back veranda will be poetry and book readings. The two rooms upstairs will be the venues for the workshops, many of which are aimed to people who
LITERARY TALENT: Writer RL Aiken (left) caught up with readers Betty Allsopp, of Nambucca, and Nerida Blackford, of Congarinni, at a recent event at Nambucca Library. Fantasy writer Aiken will conduct a workshop on fantastic magic at the Bowraville Regional Writers Expo, November 19. PHOTO: BELINDA SCOTT
are in various stages of writing their own books. The day will begin with a smoking ceremony by local elder Uncle Martin Ballangarry; an official opening by Nambucca Shire Mayor Rhonda
Hoban and a book launch of Julia Osborne’s latest publication, Song for Emilia. This book is the third in the author’s coming-of-age Midnight Piano trilogy. The day will conclude
with a panel discussion in the main hall on publishing, starting at 3.15pm. The panel of Bill Ridley, Tamara McWilliam, Annie Seaton and Fiona McArthur, chaired by Greg
Barron, will address the topic: So You’ve Written a Book, Now What? Writers attending the expo include Julia Osborne, Greg Barron, Bill Ridley, Andrew Kepitis-Andrews, Annie Seaton, Tamara McWilliam, Pat Richardson, Noelene Allen, RL Aiken, Rob Turnell, Rachel Scoltock, Fiona McArthur, Les Young and Alison Buckley. Also attending will be the Muurrbay Language Centre; Nambucca Shire Library; the Nambucca Valley Writers Group and Nambucca Valley Toastmasters. The nine workshops scheduled through the day range from researching people from the past to marketing; from the Gumbaynggirr language to fantastic magic and from the politics of the Middle East behind A Rite of Honour to how to get started writing a book and tips and tricks on how to get published. For more information phone: 6564 7908, email: bowra.writers.expo @gmail.com.
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Talk’n’thoughts Hurdles, highjumps and solutions
Science of leading a long life MOMCHILOVSTI, telomeres, epigentics, RADD, lutathione – these words might sound rather out of the ordinary, but as the conversation around longevity expands these words are gathering familiarity. Dreams of drinking from the fountain of youth have long been part of the human race – but these days dreams are fast being replaced with scientific research. In 2013, Google announced the creation of CALICO, short for the Californian Life Company. Its mission is to reverse engineer the biology that controls lifespans. In 2015, American Liz Parrish experimented with gene therapy to find what she has called a cure for ageing.
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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK GAIL FORRER
Group editor Seniors Newspapers network
The gene therapy she injected into her body had only been tested on mice. Two years later she believes certain areas of her body (Telemeres) have been made more youthful. “We have the opportunity through the booming field of genetics to pioneer the future,” Liz Parrish told a festival on ageing in California conducted by RADD (Revolution against death and dying). The RADD website explains their vision: “We’re at a unique story short, when my husband passed away George became a good friend and told me he would be there for me as I needed a friend he was here for me. He never was anything but a wonderful friend. We started to go out a few times and we discovered how much we had in common. We continued to date then our friendship blossomed. We fell in love and we took our time. After a short courtship, we decided to marry. It was the best decision I ever made. He is the love of my life. God is #1 in our marriage and we spend all our time making each other happy.
Human Longevity, which aims to take the DNA information he helped unlock to increase longevity. Behind this program is the Health Nucleus program – a $25,000 physical examination. The health data from this test is combined with the person’s DNA sequencing and together this data provides a comprehensive health picture of the body. Australians are also recognised for their longevity studies. This month Professor David Sinclair was named as an industry category winner of the 2017 Advance Global Australian Awards. David Sinclair PhD is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School . He is also a Conjoint Professor at the University
of New South Wales and Honorary Professor at University of Sydney. Dr Sinclair’s research is focused primarily on understanding genes that fight disease and ageing, with a focus on treating the major causes of death and disability. These include diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Longevity is one of the most prominent areas of scientific research underway today. This article is just a tiny taste of what is happening in the world and, perhaps, what is just around the corner. Ageing science: Telomeres: At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data.
Epigenetics: essentially, affects how genes are read by cells. Glutathione is a very simple molecule that is produced naturally all the time in your body. Momchilovsti: The area in Bulgaria known as “the village of longevity’’ because of the high number of centenarians living there. Dr J. Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist, biochemist, geneticist, and businessman. Human Genome: are are made up of millions of cells each with a set of instructions for making us, like a recipe book for the body. PLEASE NOTE: AT THIS MOMENT, EXERCISE IS KNOWN AS THE BEST POSITIVE AGEING THERAPY.
Our families also love each other. Life couldn’t get any better. George and Vickie Clements Fort Worth, Texas USA The internet certainly transforms the world into a ‘Global Village’. We were delighted to receive this letter from George and Vicki and furthermore share their good news story with our online and print readers. Cheers Gail
by how you caved in at your friend’s ridiculous reprimand re “a senior moment”. Guess who’d be first off my Christmas list? Where has our sense of humour gone, and our ability to laugh at ourselves. Everyone’s so worried about being PC they’ve lost the essence of what it is to be Australian. We’re known, especially in Queensland, for our ability to take a joke, and make a joke, to laugh at ourselves. It’s what got the pioneers through the hardships they faced in developing this harsh country and that is where it came from.
Our (some might say) weird sense of humour brought them through and now we’re being censored for being us. Now we’re frightened to be ourselves. Think about it! Someone should tell the friend that our memories do fade as we age, as does most of our body parts, and we shouldn’t be afraid. And, shock horror, we’re going to die sometime – another fact of life… but I intend to laugh at myself and my silly foibles all the way there. Yours sincerely, (Mrs) Chris Howard Thanks for your email Chris.
I guess it comes down to whether or not you believe language influences culture. I believe it does, and because of this, directly impacts on our interpretation of the world. However, I understand what you mean, but there’s often a very fine line between humour and inappropriate stereotypes. Ultimately, I love a goodhearted joke (even about myself). Cheers, Gail Gail Forrer, Group Editor, Seniors Newspaper Network. PS: Anyone else have something to say on the subject
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turning point in terms of the plausibility of radical life extension. It’s not a new idea. Taoists were interested thousands of years ago. 19th century Russian philosophers talked about physical immortality. Books written in the 1950s and 60s predicted it would happen. So this is a critical time for people to come together to learn what is happening now and to understand how they can make a difference in their own lives.” In the late 1990s American scientist J. Craig Venter PhD* discovered and subsequently became the first human to have his complete DNA sequenced. For his latest project, he has raised $300 million to form a new company,
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CWA speaks up for the care of our grandparents Tracey Johnstone
THE voice of the Country Women’s Association of NSW is joining the growing chorus of people calling for grandparents as carers of their grandchildren to be recognised as family rather than as foster carers. Decision makers in government will be targeted as the CWA seeks change around grandparent versus foster carer status and the surrounding rules. NSW chief executive officer Danica Leys said the CWA had good access to state politicians when they need and want to advocate for change.
“It’s just a matter of how the government chooses to prioritise this issue going forward,” Ms Leys said. “We will be talking to other like-minded organisations as well, and seeing if we can, as a collective, get a bit of a push-on with this issue.” State president Annette Turner will lead the powerful voice of 400 branches statewide, most of whom will take up the role of advocating for change through their local contacts. Ms Leys said this year’s state conference adopted the grandparent policy as part of the process of looking at the issues
around the changing face of families in the bush. “The grandparents’ position was bought to our conference in May from a Riverina area branch,” she said. “They had been noticing this issue across their area. At the conference the motion passed unanimously. “It was surprising to me that so many people got up and spoke quite passionately about it, and also spoke from a very personal point of view. “It’s quite surprising how many people are affected by this issue.” Ms Leys said she learned from that debate there are a lot of grandparents caring for
GRANDPARENTS: Delegates at the CWA NSW’s annual conference where they decided to enter the debate on recognising grandparents as the family of the grandchildren they are looking after, not foster carers. PHOTO: COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
their grandchildren on either a full-time or close to full-time basis, acting as the child’s primary carer and often as their
parent. “This is happening more and more across the state,” she said. “One of the biggest reasons our members are
telling us is there are issues particularly around substance abuse in lots of regional communities.”
We’re not foster carers, we’re family are not mum, dad and two kids. "The kids have been through the same trauma that most kids in foster care go through, but they are with their family. "Yet we have to jump through all the hoops that foster carers have to jump through; intrusive, humiliating assessment processes that could be done a lot better." Colleen said currently grandparents come under the government’s foster care model which she said treats them "a bit like
second-class foster carers". "We want changes around language and legislation in particular so that we can get on with our lives with our grandchildren without the interference and unnecessary processes that the department of family and community services place upon us." The NSW Government said grandparents can apply under Guardianship Orders for the guardianship of their grandchildren, which the
government said opens doors to funding and support. "Placing children with their immediate or extended family is always a priority for Family and Community Services," the NSW Government spokesperson said. "It is hoped that many more grandparents will consider guardianship so that their grandchildren are no longer considered to be in out of home care and grandparents have the autonomy they desire."
But Colleen argues this approach still doesn’t account for the individual grandparent relationship. "They can’t think a different way even though we are in greater number than foster carers,” the grandmother said. "They need to divide that department and have a section that looks after grandparents and grandchildren, and the foster carers can do their own thing." Colleen cares for three grandchildren. She is 66 and her husband is 71.
They have had a grandchild living with them full-time for 19 years. "They all have the same mother, just different dads. It’s drug and alcohol abuse with her. "We can’t retire," the grandmother added. "We either do this job and get the right support, or some of us go under," Colleen added. "It’s a very difficult job," she said as she mused over how common her story is among grandparents.
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WAGGA Wagga grandmother Colleen Beale is talking tough about grandparents being recognised instead of being buried within the foster care system. "It’s the process, policy and procedures that grandparents are subjected to when they are raising a family member that we object to," Colleen said. "We want our grandchildren to have a sense of belonging to their family. "Families these days
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Foregoing retirement to raise a third generation Tracey Johnstone
GRANDPARENTS are being sandwiched between acting as parents to the younger generation and trying to help manage their own children’s well-being. Many have had to give up jobs, retirement and even their super, to help their family. Centacare South West NSW’s facilitator of its local Grandparents Doing It Tough support group, Lyn Reilly, sees the changing family dynamics on a regular basis and the impact it is having on grandparents as they strain to deal with all the legal and social issues associated with raising a much younger generation. “Grandparents are being forced to take on the role of parenting a second generation because of the increase in drugs, particularly ice, and alcohol,” she said. “Sometimes it’s suicide and sometimes the parents aren’t in a
NSW group Grandparents Doing It Tough.
position to raise their children, so grandparents are being called upon to do that.” Leaning on a grandparent isn’t necessarily an intentional act by many parents, it just seems that they assume grandparents will always be around to “take up the slack”, Ms Reilly said. “We are bringing up
PHOTO: LYN REILLY
generations of more egocentric people where they are concerned more about themselves and what they need rather than perhaps what they need to provide as a parent,” she said. Also, a word of warning to our community from Ms Reilly; young children are learning ways of parenting that are probably not appropriate. They grow up
learning the behaviours of their parents, about unhealthy relationships and unhealthy lifestyles. “If you don’t learn anything different, then that’s just how you do it,” she said. Consequently, caring grandparents were starting to outnumber foster parents. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s 2016
Children in Care report identified that the number of children in out-of-home care had risen every year for the past 10 years. At June 30, 2015 there were 43,400 children living in out-of-home care, and of those, 40.4% were in foster care while 47.3% were in relative/kinship care. “The government at some stage is going to
have to recognise them because there won’t be enough foster carers,” Ms Reilly stated. Many grandparents had no government income to assist with the cost of raising a young child. “They are raising them on pensions,” she said. “Our grandparent group here in Wagga are aged between 50 and 81, and raising between one and seven grandchildren per household. “A fair percentage of these children have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, which results from alcohol exposure during pregnancy, and it’s a lifelong condition.” Ms Reilly said grandparents could only access childcare benefits through Centrelink. “This doesn’t compensate for a grandparent on a pension, bringing up a child that has disabilities or other behavioural or mental health issues. They are paying for this out of their own pocket.”
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knowledge, be inspired. Keynote speaker John Stanley, international expert in food tourism. Producer showcase and ticket info can be found online at www.foodcon. com.au or phone Nicole McLennan 6648 4834.
IF YOU would like to submit your club or neighbour news, please email Nicky or Chris at communitynotes@seniors newspaper.com.au. Deadline for the November-December issue is November 15. If you would like to supply a photo, please ensure it is at least 180dpi with faces in a nice and bright setting. We appreciate your community support.
RALLY AUSTRALIA
SOME of the fastest drivers behind a steering wheel will arrive to test the tracks around the Coffs Coast during the Kennards Hire Rally Australia from November 16–19. See the stars and cars close up from daily spectator points; at the Service Park and at the official start and finish ceremonies.
GRAFTON SENIOR CITIZENS
WE HAVE continued our activities as before, since moving in July, to our new venue at Kensei Lounge, Racecourse, Powell St, Grafton. Recent activities have included a day coach trip to Madura Tea, near Murwillumbah, a day trip planned for Evans Head for an annual picnic in November and annual Christmas luncheon upstairs at racecourse function room, in December. This is in addition to regular weekly activities of housie, carpet bowls, mah jong, craft, hoi, euchre and monthly meeting on second Tuesday of month. Special activities and bus trips for next year are now being planned. New members welcome, call publicity officer Sandra on 6642 7720.
PROBUS CLUB OF COFFS CITY
OUR members recently had a very enjoyable morning tea amongst the spring time display at Total Gardens. The nursery gave a very
COLOURFUL GROUP: Members of the Probus Club of Coffs City recently had a very enjoyable morning tea amongst the spring time display at Total Gardens.
interesting short talk to the members on making your garden look great. If you would like to be part of this very friendly group contact president Jan on 6652 9619 or just come along to the Cavanbah Centre on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10am.
GRANDPARENTS DAY
SUNDAY, October 29 is a day to celebrate the life, times and achievements of grandparents and all older people.
FOOD FESTIVAL
JETTY Food and Wine Festival, Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshores 12–9pm, Saturday, November 25. Food, wine, beer. Live music from The Groove Robbers; Joelene, Da Boyzos, facebook.com/ thejettyfoodandwine festival.
GROW AN ORGANIC KITCHEN GARDEN
ABC Mid North Coast gardening guru Steve McGrane will show you how to grow organically sustainable food in your own backyard in this hands-on Coffs Ambassador workshop in a Korora backyard on Sunday, November 26. Learn about sustainable design, soil treatment, plant selection, pruning, pest management and making a ‘no dig’ patch, making cuttings and saving seed to save you money. Bookings online at ourlivingcoast.com.au.
REMEMBRANCE DAY (POPPY DAY)
CEREMONIES will be held around the Clarence, Coffs Coast and Nambucca on November 11 to remember the end
of World War I, when hostilities ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, November 11, 1918.
MAGICAL MULLAWAY
LITTORAL rainforest, rock platforms, beaches and headlands are all included in this 3km medium grade walk with some steps and stairs on November 11. Walk through the northern section of the Coffs Coast Regional Park from Mullaway Headland to Cabin Beach and back along the Solitary Islands Coastal Walk. ourlivingcoast.com.au.
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DISCOVER the Coffs Harbour Regional Community Garden in Combine St on Sunday, November 12 with garden co-ordinator Arlan. Learn
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GRATITUDE DAY
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COFFS Coast Emergency Services Expo, Harbourside Markets, Jetty Foreshores Event Space, Sunday, November 12. Say thanks and learn how to be safer. Games, music, food, fun and more.
FOODCON2017
CONNECT with your local food industry at FoodCon2017. Open 9am–4.30pm Monday November 13, Coffs Harbour Showground, tix $45. Make connections, share ideas, gain
HELP give Coffs Creek, one of the city’s best-loved spaces, a massive clean-up as part of this year’s Sustainable Living Festival on Saturday, November 18. The popular Seaside Scavenge crew will be at the Festival at Coffs Harbour Showground from 9am–1pm co-ordinating the clean-up. Entry to the festival is via gold coin donation which covers all the activities and events on the day. For info: ourlivingcoast.com.au/slf.
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THERE is heaps on this month, whatever your preference for entertainment and don’t forget a hat, sunscreen, sunnies and a water bottle if you are heading for the outdoor life.
COUNTRY MUSTER
CLARENCE Valley Country Muster, with headline acts Jett Williams and Tania Kernaghan, plus a long list of other performers from Chad Morgan to the Gunbarrel Highwaymen will be held from October 23–29 at 11 Coulters Lane, Calliope. www.cvcmuster.com.au
COUNTRY STARS
COUNTRY music star Lee Kernaghan and special guests The Wolfe Brothers will take to the stage at C.ex offs on 7.30–9.30pm on Sunday, November 12. The concert will cover 25 years of Lee’s smash hits and will also feature songs from his new 25th anniversary album.
CLARENCE VALLEY INDIGENOUS ART AWARD
OCTOBER 25 will see the winner of the 2017 Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award announced. Held every two years, finalists in this year’s award will be on show at Clarence Regional Gallery until December 9, as will Yiiy: A Method to Decolonize, a solo show by the 2015 winner of the award, Penny Evans, plus the entire Lindt Collection of photographs. Landscapes of the Clarence and work by members of the Grafton Art Club from the collection will mark 50 years of work by members of the Grafton Art Club.
ADMIRE entries in the 2017 Marnie Yeates Nature Photography Exhibition, on show at Coffs Harbour’s Bunker Cartoon Gallery 10am–4pm daily until Sunday, October 29.
ROSS WILSON
ENTERTAINER Ross Wilson will appear at Sawtell RSL on Saturday, November 11. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets $35. Call 6653 1577.
TENORI AT ANCHOR
FOUR of Queensland’s powerhouse singers, David Kidd, Andrew Pryor, Craig Atkinson and Jason Turnbull will perform at Anchors Wharf Café at 6pm on Saturday, October 28 and 2.30pm on Sunday, October 29.
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LADIES AND TRADIES
FUNDRAISER organised by the Pink Silks Trust committee for the Coffs Coast’s first all-terrain medical rescue vehicle for bush and beach rescues. At Coffs Harbour’s Hoey Moey, Friday, October 27 from 6.30pm tix $40. info@pinksilks.com.au.
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AUSTRALIA V England. October 26, C.ex Coffs International Stadium, The Australian and England cricket teams will contest three one-day internationals ODI, one Test match and three Twenty20 Internationals, with the team that accumulates the most points across the series to be crowned the winner of the 2017–18 Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes series. Ticketek.com or call 6648 4950
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CANCER GALA: Paul Mercurio, star of Baz Luhrmann’s Australian film Strictly Ballroom, will be the celebrity judge of the 2017 Stars of the Coffs Coast Dance for Cancer gala fundraising night at C.ex Coffs on October 28. Call: 6659 8400.
Saturday, October 28. Phone 6648 4930. jettytheatre.com
UPCYCLING SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
LEARN how to create sculptures from used materials at the Upcycling Sculpture Workshop at Bowerhouse Community Reuse Centre, Short Cut Rd, Raleigh on October 28 from 9.30am–3pm. $60/$30 conc. Register: midwaste.org.au/ upcycling.
FOLK & BLUEGRASS
DORRIGO Folk and Bluegrass Festival 2017 runs October 27–29, based at Dorrigo Showground and the program includes plenty of home-grown talent. with the inaugural Dorrigo Old-Time Music School held October 25–27.
Featured artists include Foghorn Stringband and Mile Twelve. Info@ dorrigo folkbluegrass.com.au.
82ND GRAFTON JACARANDA FESTIVAL
GRAFTON goes purple from October 28 to November 5 with a packed program of events all over the city as part of the 82nd Jacaranda Festival.
BIRDS OF THE COFFS COAST
BRING your binoculars and discover the amazing variety of birds that call the Coffs Coast home or holiday stopover on this interactive 3km bird-watching on Saturday October 28. Coffs Ambassador Pauline will guide you through a variety of different habitats. Bookings:
HARBOUR HISTORY WALK
WALK and learn the Aboriginal and European history of Coffs Harbour on this relaxing 3km walk with Coffs Ambassador Adrian from 10am–12pm on Sunday, October 29. Bookings ourlivingcoast.com.au
HOSCHKE HISTORY
COFFS Harbour Regional Museum has a significant collection of items acquired by the pioneering Hoschke family now on display at the museum in Harbour Drive.
CRIME WITH MICHAEL ROBOTHAM
BEST-SELLING crime writer and Coffs Coast local Michael Robotham will visit Coffs Harbour’s Harry Bailey Memorial Library from 6–7.30pm on Tuesday, October 31 to talk all things writing and books. His new psychological thriller The
Secrets She Keeps plus his other titles will also be on sale.
DIGITAL MEETS TRADITIONAL
ARTISTS Deb Mansfield, Alex Riske and JP Willis blur the boundaries between the digital and the hand made in exhibitions of their work which are on show at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery until November 18.
SOUND OF MUSIC
FIONA Stiles and Beckley Vincent lead a cast of locals in the new Coffs Harbour Musical Comedy Company production of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music, at the Jetty Memorial Theatre from November 3–26.
BLUES AND BERRIES 2017
BLUES music and berries by the beach at Woolgoolga Beach Reserve on Sunday November 5 from 9am–4pm for Woolgoolga Blues and Berries Fair 2017. Live music with Mal Eastick, Blues Arcadia and Fiona Boyle. Market and food stalls, competitions, Miss Blueberry pageant, free farm tours to Costa Berries farm. Free entry, family community fair. See bluesandberries.com.au
STILL NATIONAL STILL LIFE AWARD
BIENNIAL national award for the genre of still life in all mediums. People’s Choice voting November 23–25; Opening night November 25, 6–8pm. Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery.
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$8m MoW funding boost to help hold off price rises UP TO one million older Australians are under-nourished or at risk of malnutrition, making them more prone to illness. It’s a scary figure, but it gets even more frightening when you learn that it costs $1000 to keep someone in hospital for a single night. That’s what the government spends to subsidise Meals on Wheels for one person for an entire year in many parts of Australia. On September 15, Federal Minister for Aged Care Ken Wyatt announced an additional $8 million in government support for services delivering meals to private homes through the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP). Mr Wyatt said supporting people to live as independently as possible in the comfort of their own homes was a top priority and acknowledged that volunteers delivered more than a healthy meal. “The visit is also an opportunity to have a friendly chat and to check on that person’s well-being,” Mr Wyatt said. “We need to maintain and grow this type of service into the future.” Australian Meals on Wheels Association president Nelson Matthews welcomed the funding boost, particularly for services which had been chronically underfunded and forced to raise meal prices to “levels we think are unacceptable”. In some cases that meant charging over $10 per meal for the first time in the organisation’s more
than 60-year history, while other services went into the red attempting to keep prices lower, something which Mr Matthews said was simply “unsustainable”. He said the additional funding would “help stall further price hikes for those who can least afford them”. The government now intends to contribute a minimum of $4.70 towards the cost of each meal. Some Queensland services had been receiving under $3 per meal in subsidy. “The government has recognised the massive return in downstream community benefits and health savings it gains through preventative care services like Meals on Wheels,” Mr Matthews said. He pointed to the UK experience, where hospitalisation rates of malnourished older people increased by over 200% when funding for in-home support services such as delivered meals and social support was cut. So why did it take so long for the Australian Government to identify the benefits of this service which runs on the good hearts of volunteers and, as Mr Matthews put it, “the smell of an oily rag”? Why was it refused extra funding earlier in the year, despite the fact it’s estimated that for every $1 the government provides in subsidy, they get $5 back in downstream health savings? When Seniors newspapers spoke to Mr Matthews after the funding announcement,
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he said funding had passed to the Federal Government from the States in recent years, and there had been a lack of understanding as to how it operated, that customers paid for their meals and that, because MoW services had developed independently from grassroots community efforts, each service ran slightly differently with slightly different funding. While the exact details of how the $8 million will be divided have yet to be released, Mr Matthews was hopeful it would address the current inequities and take pressure off local
services. “Food is essential,” Mr Matthews said, “but MoW is essential not just for providing a well-balanced and nutritious meal, but for the care we provide through social contact, monitoring of health and well-being, which is an enormous comfort for customers as well as the families of older people who might otherwise be quite isolated.” He said in connecting communities and giving people a sense of purpose, MoW provided another service,MoW delivers more than 10 million meals to more than 120,000 Australians each year.
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Spotlight on the seaside village of Sawtell
Sawtell welcomes visitors IF YOU’RE looking for a nice getaway to a special place that’s close by, sunny Sawty offers seniors a delightful day and/or evening out. This seaside sanctuary boasts a variety of attractions enjoyed by visitors and friendly locals. The 70 year old iconic
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SAWTELL FOR SENIORS: This seaside sanctuary known as 'Sawty' boasts a variety of attractions. PHOTO: LEAH MOORE
Saturday, November 11, $35 – 7:30pm. ■ Marian Grove’s Ukulele Group - practice every Wednesday 3.30-5pm – beginners welcome. Catch them in action at: ✰St Joseph’s Age Care – Tuesday, November 7, 10.15am. ✰St Nicholas Anglican Church Sawtell – Sunday November 12 – Fund-raising afternoon concert. ✰Legacy Nursing Home – Monday, November 13, 10.30am.
✰2AirFM Christmas Party Cavanbah Hall – Saturday, November 18, 12.30pm. ✰Sawtell Probus (Anglican Church) – Monday, November 20, 9.30am. ✰Coffs Harbour Probus Club – Wednesday, November 22, 10am. ■ Bonville-Boambee VIEW Club - a social club for women who raise funds for disadvantaged children in the learning-for-life program, meet on the second
Thursday of each month at the RSL from 11am. Enquiries: Lorraine Armstrong 6658 7290 or Lorraine Horder 6658 6336. ■ The Sawtell Probus Club - meets on the third Monday each month at the Anglican Church. The club is a bridge between professional business and retirement. Enjoy guest speakers, morning teas, and social outings – over 55 qualifies you for membership. Enquiries: Pat Winter 6653 1536.
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Money Strategies to spread cash SIX out of ten Australians own investments outside of the family home and super. That’s good news. The only problem is that many people are still putting all their eggs in one, or just a few, baskets. The latest investor study by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) found 40% of investors admit they don’t have a diversified portfolio. Almost one in two investors think their portfolio is diverse, yet they hold, on average, less than three different investment products. Diversification plays a key role in long term investing. To understand why, it
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The latest investor study by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) found 40% of investors admit they don’t have a diversified portfolio.
can help to think about what goes on at the racetrack, where the bookies always seem to win while the punters are invariably left empty-handed. The secret to bookmakers’ success is that they spread their risk by continually changing the odds to encourage punters to back as many different horses in a single race as possible. This spread of money means the wins should outweigh losses. Punters, on the other
hand, concentrate risk by betting on just one horse in each race. Unless the horse wins, the punter loses his money. When it comes to investing, the strategy of spreading your money so you have a little in a broad number of investments, not a lot in one, can strengthen long term returns and minimise losses in much the same way that bookies hedge their bets. However, a wealth of research shows
diversification is a weak spot for many investors. The ASX found we tend to stick to cash, property and Australian shares. In addition to concentrating risk, this can mean missing out on decent returns earned by other asset classes. As a guide, a recent ASX/Russell report found residential property topped the league table of returns for mainstream investments over the last 10 years, averaging gains of 8.1% annually. What’s surprising is
that over the same period, global bonds (hedged) and Australian bonds were the next best performing investments with average annual returns of 7.4% and 6.1% respectively. Aussie shares didn’t even make the top four, earning an average of 4.3% annually over the past decade (though to be fair, this period includes the global downturn when share markets tanked). Cash delivered woeful returns of just 2.8% annually over the 10-year period. It’s a compelling argument to consider expanding your portfolio beyond the mainstays of cash, bricks and mortar and local shares.
Investments like bonds, infrastructure (which incidentally returned 13.3% globally over the last year), or international shares (10.6%) can be good additions to a portfolio. These types of investments can be difficult to access as an individual investor, and a managed investment fund – either listed or unlisted, offers an easy way to expand your portfolio into new areas and reap the rewards of diversification. Paul Clitheroe is a founding director of financial planning firm ipac, Chairman of the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board and chief commentator for Money Magazine.
Super balances set to fall short It’s All About
The Income Stupid!
Bill Clinton famously used the catchphrase it’s the economy, stupid in his 1992 presidential campaign. Well as financial planners we understand that income matters and with interest rates at all-time lows combined with recent reductions in the Age Pension, retirees are being squeezed from all sides. We believe that it is these retirees that are the forgotten ones here as the Reserve Bank is only concerned with those that borrow and not those that save. SUPER: Far too many Australians are living without enough super. PHOTO: ARISARA_TONGDONNOI
per year to live comfortably, with singles needing $43,695 – up 0.2% from the March quarter. At a modest level, couples need to spend $34,911 and singles $24,270, up 0.1%. “The pension is not enough,” ASFA CEO Dr Martin Fahy said. “Far too many people are living without enough super, especially women. In particular, retirees with health care needs are facing significant increases in costs. “The costs of electricity and gas and of council and water rates are a
serious concern for many.” ★Retiree living costs by capital city ASFA examined living costs for retirees by capital city, with Sydney at the top of the list. Over the last quarter, Sydney saw an unsurprising increase in food costs (3.8%), electricity (12.5%) and health expenses (5.1%). Darwin, Perth and Brisbane had the lowest overall price increases. “Australian retirees living at the very basic level are doing it tough meeting costs of living and need help,” Dr Fahy said.
ASFA suggested financial support and literacy be part of the solution to help members sort out their retirement living planning. Ms Bourguignon said that just under a third of people surveyed admitted they never checked their super balance until well into their 50s. “By helping Australians boost their savings ahead of retirement, and assisting them for the next five to ten years, they might not have to miss out on the things they love in life,” she said.
With term deposit rates so low we are constantly meeting with people faced with the conundrum of eating into capital simply to maintain their cost of living. And whilst you can sustain that for a period of time at some point reality hits and you are forced to do something different. Income is out there, however, you need to be careful where you get it because like anything in life if it looks too good to be true then it probably is’. So what is the solution? Come in and talk to us as everyone’s situation is different and deserves individual attention.
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NEARLY half of Australians aged 50-70 have a super balance of less than $100,000 according to new research from MLC. MLC’s survey of 1000 Australians in that age bracket with super balances under $1m also revealed 33% had $50,000 or less in their super account. Lara Bourguignon, general manager of Customer Experience, Superannuation at MLC, said super is one of the greatest tools Australians have to change the high level of poverty among retirees. “While these results are concerning, we want to remind people in this age group that it’s not too late for them to take action and better understand their holistic wealth position as they prepare for retirement,” Ms Bourguignon said. “All Australians should enjoy retirement – regardless of their financial situation.” ★ASFA Retirement Standard The Association of Superannuation Funds has released its June quarter retirement standards update. The figures show a couple around age 65 will need to spend $60,063
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Let’s save
Get crafty with your grandkids
YUMMY: Honey Joys are easy to make and kids love them.
Recipes for kids HONEY JOYS
Ingredients 4 1/2 cups cornflakes 120g butter, chopped 1 1/2 tablespoon honey 1/3 cup caster sugar Method Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Line 12 hole, 1/3 cup capacity muffin pan with paper cases. Place cornflakes in a large heatproof bowl. Place butter, honey and sugar in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until butter has melted and mixture is smooth. Add to cornflakes. Mix well to combine. Spoon mixture evenly between paper cases. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden. Stand for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
PANCAKES
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups milk 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups SR flour 25g butter, melted or spray oil Method Whisk milk and egg and vanilla together in a jug. Sift flour into a bowl. Make a well in centre. Add milk mixture. Whisk until just combined. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Spray with oil or brush pan with butter. Using 1/4 cup
mixture per pancake, cook 2 pancakes for couple of minutes or until bubbles appear on surface. Turn and cook for 2 minutes or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Cover with foil to keep warm. Repeat with remaining mixture, brushing pan with butter between batches. Serve with butter and honey. There are so many variations. Try mashing a banana and adding to milk mixture.
PIZZA
Pizza bases/individual bases pita bread or wraps can also be used Tomato base sauce or BBQ sauce Grated cheese Sliced mushrooms Capsicum finely sliced Bacon- chopped Chicken- chopped Prawns Finely sliced red onion Cooked mince steak Pineapple pieces Cover the pizza base with sauce of choice then add a small covering of grated cheese. Start the toppings with meat first then progress with mushrooms, capsicum then onion and pineapple and top with cheese. The secret to a great pizza is to not overload. If you do the pizza will be soggy so less is more. Pop the pizza into a very hot oven and cook for 20 minutes until the cheese is golden and bubbling.
LIKE most French words, papier (paper) mache sounds so much better than its English translation, which means, chewed paper. This can be a fun, low cost activity to enjoy with your grandchildren and impress them with your handy craft skills. Together you can create a bowl of any size for trinkets in their room, as a gift or as a fruit bowl for the family. The bonus is you should have most of what you need at home. What you need: ★Recycled paper, like lolly wrappers, coloured paper, envelopes, newspaper, magazines and wrapping paper. The newspaper will be ripped into small pieces/ strips (4-5cms wide and at least 15cms in length). ★Paint and paintbrushes. ★A balloon. ★A wide cup/
haven’t been glued down properly with glue. 10. Add at least six layers of newspaper and glue to the top half of the balloon. 11. Leave it to dry. After it is dry, remove the newspaper mould from the balloon. 13. Trim off the rough edges, using scissors. To make a base for the bowl: 1. Turn the bowl upside down. 2. Make a loop/circle with the strip of card, and staple in place (as a base) and attach the loop with masking tape. 3. Paste on some glue and cover it with newspaper pieces/strips extending up on side of bowl. 4. Once the bowl and base are completely dry it is ready to paint and decorate.
BE THRIFTY AND THRIVE NICKY NORMAN small bowl. ★Vaseline. ★Scissors. ★Homemade glue/wallpaper paste. ★Strip of card, approx. 2cm x 25 cm. ★Stapler. ★Masking tape. To make bowl: 1. Lie newspaper out on the table and create a work area. 2. Blow up the balloon and fasten with a knot and spread plenty of Vaseline all over it. 4. Sit the balloon in the cup with the knot facing into the cup. 5. Brush over some glue/paste with the paintbrush on the top half of the balloon. 6. Cover the top half of
PREPARATION: Paper mache can be a fun activity to enjoy with your grandchildren. Just keep ahead of the mess.
the balloon (that is covered in paste) with strips of newspaper. 7. Make sure the newspaper is wet entirely with glue - add more if required. 8. Paste the strips horizontally and vertically as this will strengthen the bowl. 9. Cover the ends that
Cooking with the kids I LOVE cooking with kids, they’re so interested in learning how to make the yummy food they enjoy. Start with something simple like pancakes, fritters or honey joys, then progress to lemonade scones, pizza and rice paper rolls. The rolls may not look perfect when they’re finished but the kids think they are very clever with this healthy option. You can also, depending on the age of the kids, teach them how to prepare the ingredients. You will be very surprised how much kids are capable of at a young age. For stress-free cooking with kids, let
Ingredients 3 cups self-raising flour 1 cup thickened cream 1 cup cold lemonade Method Preheat oven to 200C Combine the flour, cream and lemonade in a bowl and mix until just combined. Do not over mix. Turn out onto a floured surface, and gently pat down to 2.5cm thickness. Use a 6cm round cutter to cut scones. Flour the cutter so the dough doesn't stick. Brush the tops lightly with milk. Place on a lined or greased tray, slightly touching each, and bake for 12-15 minutes until golden on top. Place on rack to cool. For more recipes go to www.seniorsnews.com.au
HOME COOKING CHRISTINE PERKIN them help choose the menu beforehand, give them a few options that are suitable and it is best to ensure you have the ingredients for what you are cooking and be organised. Don’t complicate the menu or the kids will lose interest very quickly. Have all the ingredients ready to go measured and portioned and make sure you have a stool or chair available for
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10 ACE REASONS TO LOVE TRAIN TRAVEL ANN RICKARD climbs on board a train and gives us her top 10 reasons to love train travel in foreign lands
1. The big train stations, especially in Europe and the UK, are intoxicating. The atmosphere is electric: the big clocks, the buzz of people going to places we have only dreamt of visiting, the romance, the magic…try finding that at an airport. 2. No check-in. How we hate long check-in queues at airports where it seems every person in front of us has a tonne of luggage and a mammoth problem to solve. With trains, you just turn up and get on. The recommended time to be on the platform before departure is two minutes (unless it’s the Eurostar, which does require check-in). 3. High speed trains get you there super-fast. Hurtling through the countryside at 300 kilometres an hour is exhilarating. 4. Arrive in the centre. Most airports are out of town and require an expensive taxi ride or bus
transfer to get you in the city centre. With train travel, get off, and you are there right in the heart of London, Paris, Rome, Madrid…. oh, let’s go. 5. Comfort. The inter-city trains have comfortable and spacious seats with head rests, plenty of leg room, power sockets for laptops and electronic devices. 6. Buy flexible passes in Australia before you go and snag a deal. In Europe, a Eurail Global Flexi Pass gives you access to countless trains in 28 countries. In the US, an Amtrak USA Rail Pass lets you hop on and off as you please. Similar passes apply in Canada and Japan. Flexible? We think so. 7. The dining car. Slip into a booth, have a waiter bring you anything from poached eggs to fillet of beef, depending on the time of day. There is wine, too.
8. Budget restraints? Pack a picnic to enjoy at your seat. BYO food is expected. We’ve seen people on trains (mostly in France) enjoy a multi-course lunch complete with wine, finishing with cheese and fruit… all from their backpack. 9. Atmosphere. The stunning architecture of
big train stations, the restaurants, cafes and shops. In Paris, at Gare de Lyon, the fabled Le Train Bleu restaurant with its gilt and chandeliers and Parisian grandeur is worth a station visit alone, even if you never get on a train. 10. Plan your train journey so you depart or arrive at your hotel check-in/check-out times.
No hanging around with luggage. Speaking of which, travel light…really, you must…getting heavy suitcases on and off trains is not for sissies (or seniors.) For more information on rail tickets and passes, visit www.railplus.com.au or phone 1300 555 003. About Rail Plus Rail Plus is Australasia’s leading
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Fiery ostriches at battle beside the road to Damaraland. PHOTO: DEBBIE PLUNKETT
Sundowners in Ongava Game Reserve, near Etosha. PHOTO: JEREMIA
BY DAY 10, my Namibia travelling companions wanted me to use something other than the word extraordinary to describe this vast desert country. But that was hard as no other word could truly encapsulate the nature of a country gradually emerging into its own since gaining independence from South African in 1990, and finding its financial feet through its natural resources and tourism. In early August, Wilderness Safaris took me on my first 4WD experience, rolling out of the capital Windhoek in a seven-seat truck with the phone turned off and in the company of three Americans, two of which were professors, a medical specialist from Melbourne, my husband Gary and myself, and the most amazing guide, Jeremia. The striking landscape unfolded as we soon left the paved highway and started out across the
rolling dry savannah, past craggy hills and into the desert. Just before sunset, when I was starting to wonder where our camp could be in the seemingly deserted landscape of rocks and then rough sand, appearing before us and nestled under a craggy outcrop was our first glamp. The permanent tents of the Kulala Adventurer Camp looked out across the pristine desert of red and yellow. A short distance away was a watering hole for the desert-adapted wildlife to visit. No amount of photos or words could have prepared me for the beauty, comfort, but also enthralling rawness of this location. It was on that first night, sitting around the camp table, accompanied by white linen, cool wine and interesting company, that I came to realise our guide was going to deliver the most amazing journey. His depth of knowledge of everything from the stars, landscape, birds,
NAMIBIA: A Himba woman trading local wares outside the entrance to Etosha National Park.
PHOTO: GARY MCCARTHY
Striking Namibia welcomes guests geology, country history and culture was without exception and readily shared. The six of us were back in the classroom and ready to learn. We started each day before sunrise, catching the first rays as we downed our ample breakfast and welcome cups of tea. For the road, Jeremia had packed cool drinks, plentiful lunch and even a secret supply of dried fruit for snacks. We also learnt not to waste any food, with leftovers collected and handed to people we met along the desert tracks. The Namib Desert part of our trip took us to south to Sossusvlei and the red
dunes where we climbed the fine edge of one of the steep dunes, only to then have to work our way down its edge to the dry pan below, where it hadn’t rained since 1965. From there Jeremia, who quickly was nicknamed Hawkeye, took us back north and towards Walvis Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. We were already seeing oryx, springbok, black-backed jackal, wilderbeast, ostrich, zebra, chameleon lizard, meerkats and even cheetahs. This coastal centre was an interesting diversion from the desert, with its busy port and amazing thick sea fog, but we were
all happy to get back on the road, heading north to Etosha National Park. A short stop at Cross Bay, where a massive fur seal colony made for pungent viewing, was our last view of water for quite some time as we headed back inland to Damaraland Camp to view herds of desert-adapted elephants and discover minerals. A visit to the Twyfelfontein UNESCO World Heritage site, where the rock drawings are between 2000 and 6000 years old, and then onto the Living Museum village were the last memorable moments of our time in the desert before headed
further north. As the savannah rolled out in front of us, Jeremia told us of Namibia’s battle to save its rhinos. As we crossed into Ongava Game Park’s Andersson’s Camp, next to Etosha, he told us in the first two weeks of July, already four rhinos had been poached in Etosha. During our final days of the adventure, we saw white and black rhinos, impala, ground squirrel, lots of guinea fowl and small birds, giraffe, warthogs, more fabulous zebras and elephants, and a lion. My husband wants to go back there, soon, and so do I.
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CLASSIC WEEKEND: Australian World Orchestra's Tim Nankervis – cello, Marcello Maio – piano accordion, Christina Leonard – sxophone, Miki Tsunoda – violin, Sally Clarke – viola and Kees Boersma – double bass.
A classical weekend in the NSW highlands
Take a trip to relax and savour the music of Great Masters Tracey Johnstone
THE Australian World Orchestra are turning on a summer weekend of breathtaking classical music in the southern highlands of NSW on November 25 and 26. The Chamber Music Festival will be delivered in historic venues near Bowral and complemented by good country hospitality. Billed as an intimate experience, guests will be up close to the Australian stars who are shining on the international stage Miki Tsunoda (violin, Royal
Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra) and Sally Clarke (viola, Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart). Joining them will be local musicians Christina Leonard (saxophone, AWO Chamber Music Festival Artistic Director), Marcello Maio (piano accordion), Kees Boersma (double bass, Sydney Symphony Orchestra), and Tim Nankervis (Sydney Symphony Orchestra). On Saturday guests will be able to enjoy the remarkable acoustics of the Robertson Hotel ballroom as Beethoven
MAJESTIC MUSIC: Robertson Hotel, near Bowral in NSW.
and the Dohnanyi serenade for string trio, the effervescence and ancient stillness of the
music of Ross Edwards, our Saturday night composer in focus, will thrill and be charmed by
the wit and humour of the music of Malcolm Arnold. The concert will be followed by sparkling wine and a canape supper in the company of the players. Sunday’s Fandango! concert will be held at the grand estate of Hopewood House. Guests can relax and savour the Mozart Divertimento and Mendelssohn String Symphony No.1 in the amphitheatre located in the beautiful gardens of Hopewood House. In the second half of the concert, it will be time to swoon to the sounds of jazz and tango classics with music by our Sunday composer in focus, local
identity Ann Carr-Boyd AM. Featuring a string quintet and saxophone, plus this year’s special guest, virtuoso piano accordionist Marcello Maio, this concert is in honour of the Hopewood family. The concert will be followed by a delicious, rustic country lunch with wines available for purchase. Guests will be able to soak up the atmosphere of one of the most picturesque gardens and impressive historic estates in the Southern Highlands. To book concert tickets and accommodation, go to www.ticketebo.com.au/ australian-world-orchestra
Exploration of NZ secret Erle Levey
STUNNING vistas and the crisp, crystal-clear ocean are just one of the many beautiful features of a visit to New Zealand’s north island in August. This pristine shoreline reminds me of the Greek Islands with its sandy beaches, dramatic limestone and sandstone cliffs, and caves. A photo in a travel brochure inspired me to seek out Cathedral Cove and the quirk of nature that formed its intriguing cave. It's one of the top spots to see and do in NZ - along with the nearby Hot Water Beach. Yet no-one had told me about it, until now. Cathedral Cove is walking distance from the small village of Hahei on the Coromandel Peninsula. The area, renowned for its natural beauty, green pastures, misty
rainforests and pristine golden beaches, is regarded as one of NZ’s most popular and best-loved holiday destinations. It was named after the British Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Coromandel which sailed into there in 1820 to collect kauri pine to use as its spars. The peninsula is steep and hilly, the range rising to a height of about 900m forms a spine. The large island of Great Barrier which lies beyond the northern tip is almost an extension of the range. This rugged nature means that much of the area is relatively isolated. Small island groups lie offshore while the peninsula shows considerable signs of past volcanic activity. Hahei is to the north of Whitianga, the Maori word for Land of the Long White Cloud.
Captain Cook visited Mercury Bay when he first sighted NZ in October 1769 on his voyage of discovery. He named it to mark the place where the expedition observed the transit of the planet Mercury. Getting to Cathedral Cove takes time ... time to enjoy the views, and time to drive carefully along the roads that twist and turn up ridge lines and down gullies, sometimes winding along the magnificent coastline and otherwise through rainforests and pine plantations or rich dairy and sheep country. Once you exit State Highway 2 the villages become smaller. Apart from some nice homes there is just the shop at Hahei. For Cathedral Cove you need either to park in the village at a designated area and walk along the coastline, perhaps 2.5km,
BREATHTAKING: Cathedral Cave, Hahei, New Zealand.
or catch a boat tour. Otherwise, it’s a drive up Grange Road and if it is on a weekday, you might get a park at the start of the pathway leading down to the cove. All along the road there are yellow lines to signify no parking. Once at the carpark there are good boardwalks and viewing platforms looking back to Hahei beach and of the islands. It’s a magnificent outlook. You can just imagine the Maori canoes coming ashore here or Cook sailing past. Most of the pathway is
sealed, but there are steps down to Stingray Bay and on the last part to Cathedral Cove. Stingray Bay is worth the detour for the seclusion and the clearest blue of the water. . Cathedral Cove is about 45 minutes walk each way from the carpark. Cathedral indeed. There is even a likeness of an outline of Western Australia seeping onto the wall of the cathedral arch as a result of minerals. There is an air of grandeur especially with the coves framed by elegant pohutukawa trees,
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and with the rocky outcrops. As well as walking, there are kayak tours, sailing trips, a water taxi and glass-bottom boat tours. As well as being a great place to dive and snorkel, you are also a 10-minute drive from Hot Water Beach which is best enjoyed two hours before and after low water. Take a shovel or hire one, dig into the sand and relax in the warm rising water. It’s good to come across such places, without crowds or commercialisation.
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Dawn French’s fabulous diary
DAWN French has written a new, non-fiction book. The reader and Dawn will spend a year together rambling through the days, the months and the seasons of the year to make sense of it. And have some fun along the way... “Feel free to write your appointments in it, lists, thoughts and reminders of, say, who to kill, and when, and in what order,” French writes. “But I’ve also written about age and life as I see it, through the seasons and the months, and I’ve added some places for you to join me in some fun and
FABULOUSLY FUNNY: Dawn French. PHOTO: TREVOR LEIGHTON
some thinking. “By the end of the year, I am hoping you will have a fatter, scruffier book that is written by me but totally personalised by you. “Come on in. The paper is lovely... AND... importantly, Me. You: A
WHATEVER your dreams, this book will help you tick them off your lifelong to-do list. We all have a list of things we dream of doing one day, but work, family, school, money, and responsibilities can all get in the way. If there were no boundaries on what you could experience, what would you do? The Bucket List is a collection of 1000
adventures to be had across every continent, from seeing the northern lights from an igloo in Finland to ninja training in Japan. The Bucket List is the perfect gift for the passionate traveller: an around-the-world listing of beaches, museums, islands, restaurants, mountains, and more. Published by Murdoch
Books, Kath Stathers’s The Bucket List is available this month from book stores. RRP $39.99.
Girl’s war-time choices THE Girl from Munich is set in worn-torn Germany of 1943 and tells the tale of a young girl’s choices that change her life forever. Growing up in Hitler’s Germany, Charlotte von Klein has big dreams for the future. But in 1943, the tide of the war is turning against Germany, and Lotte’s life of privilege and comfort begins to collapse around
Diary comes with a practical elastic strap to keep all of your papers safe, with a pocket in the back for storing those special mementoes.” Published by Penguin Books, Me. You: A Diary is released this month and in bookshops and online. RRP $39.99.
her. As Hitler’s Reich abandons Germany and the country falls to the Allied forces, Lotte is forced to flee from the unfolding chaos to the country with the darkly attractive Erich Drescher, her Luftwaffe superior. Amid the danger, pain and heartbreak of a country turning on itself, Lotte must forge a new life for herself.
The Girl from Munich is published by Simon and Schuster and available in bookshops for RRP $29.99 and as an ebook for RRP $9.99.
Warm-hearted School Life
SCHOOL Life is an entertaining movie that gives an insight into the lives of two teachers who are reaching retirement after 46 years of inspirational teaching in an Irish boarding school. The observational documentary film follows a year in the lives of John and Amanda Leyden, who work at the majestic Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland, and who have shaped the minds of thousands. But now the unthinkable
looms – what would retirement mean, they muse. Spanning the ancient and the ultra-modern has been their life and passion and so they’ve challenged the march of time by absorbing the endless supply of young ideas from their wards – but who will keep them young if they leave? For John, rock music is just another subject alongside maths, English, scripture and Latin, all of which are taught in a collaborative and often
hilarious fashion. For Amanda, the key to connecting with children is the book and she uses all means fair to snare the young minds. The children sit transfixed as she takes them on magical journeys with fantastical characters from tales of all kinds. “If we don’t come here, what will we will do all day?” John asks dryly. “We’ll sit around doing less and less and become more and more decrepit.” School Life in cinemas from November 2.
TEACHER TALE: Amanda Leyden in the documentary School Life.
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