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Cover Story: Gabriel Poole .....................................Page 3 Wellbeing ...........................................................Pages 9-11 Feature: Housing & Finance...........................Page 17 Travel.... .......................................................Pages 19-22 What’s On.....................................................Page 23 Puzzles ....................................................................Page 25

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Our world revealed in Census figures

EVERY four years, my natural curiosity is piqued by the publication of Census results. Look here, these figures say, these are the real facts, figures and trends shaping our Australian lifestyle.

Did you think you were just imagining a more diverse population, more older people and less people attending the local church? Perhaps, you wondered if these changes just happened in your neighbourhood rather than as a nationwide trend. Wonder no more, the 2016 census figures have made available the statistical information to back up your thoughtful observation.

For instance, the marriages of my adult children and a number of their cousins to spouses born overseas has significantly increased the cultural diversity of our family. So when statistics highlighted the rich diversity of Australian society, I felt that our family was more or less

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conforming to the norm.

Census figures revealed more than a quarter of our residents (26.3 per cent) are now born overseas, and for the first time in our history, the majority of people born abroad are from Asia, not Europe.

Just over 6,150,000 people were born overseas in census 2016, compared to 5,280,802 in 2011.

More than one-fifth (21 per cent) of Australians spoke a language other than English at home.

After English, the next most common languages spoken at home were Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, and Vietnamese.

Another statistic that bears out what what we see in our neighbourhood is the increased number

of older adults.

This observation reminds me of a comment made by my late mother to the effect of: "When I was growing up you hardly saw old people." My, how times have changed.

These days, one in six people is over the age of 65 (compared to one in seven in 2011 and only one in 25 in 1911) and there are now 84,000 more people aged 85 years and older than in 2011. The results have been identified as the success of modern, medicine, improved diet and a greater public health system. Indeed, the number of folk celebrating 100th birthday and beyond, grew to 3500.

This month, our publication’s theme is, "Housing Options" and after Census figures noted a huge change in our style of homes, I reckon we are right on the money.

In terms of housing, the Census counted

10 million dwellings (a dwelling is defined as any structure which is intended to have people in it and is habitable on Census night). While separate houses account for 72%, there’s been a large increase in other forms of dwelling, such as flats, apartments, semi-detached, row housing or town housing.

Of the 8.3 million occupied private dwellings, seven in 10 housed families (69% by one family and 1.9% by multiple families).

In 2020, I’ll place a bet these alternative housing numbers will increase, but we need information to make informed decisions.

I hope our article on Gabriel Poole’s multigenerational living, along with various other ideas will provide this for you.

Also, good news for country music lovers Check out advertisements advising how you can win a Troy Cassar-Daley CD (latest release).

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“We understand how getting the right support at the right time is vital to people managing the ongoing changes and challenges that come with ageing and disability,” Ms Gray said.

“This year’s theme Riding the Change Wave

aims to improve social inclusion and healthy living for people with a disability and their carers.”

The Living Well Expo is at C.ex Coffs on Wednesday, August 16, 10am–2pm. No registration required, prizes generously donated by local businesses and thanks to major sponsorship by many exhibitors and C.ex Coffs, entry is free.

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

AT A time when large brick homes were popping up all across the suburbs, Gabriel Poole’s architectural vision of small, affordable and sustainable housing was a challenging proposition.

Now, as house and land prices soar and care of the environment becomes paramount, his vision has become much more than relevant, for many it provides the practical and necessary guidelines for 21st century living.

Along with other distinguished accolades the Queensland-born architect has received the Robin Boyd Award and in 1998 the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture Gold Medal for lifetime contribution to Australian Architects.

This year, looking forward to his 83rd birthday with absolutely no plans for retiring, Poole is still devising and implementing architectural answers to social conundrums.

These days, he is espousing, multigenerational living as a practical solution to the dearth of affordable property, the need for care

for both aged and younger family members and as a means of keeping the human footprint as light as possible upon the earth.

Speaking of the need for extended family living, he says: "There’s really not much choice.

"The government can’t afford to keep providing nursing homes and the young people can’t afford to buy homes."

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researched the pattern of multi-generational housing in Brisbane and Sydney and says the trend is on the increase.

KPMG demographer Bernard Salt believes multi-generational living will see Baby Boomers disposing of the big family home and setting up financial arrangements with their children to ensure a future home and care for all.

This year, looking forward to his 83rd birthday with absolutely no plans for retiring, Poole is still devising and implementing architectural answers to social conundrums.

In 2014, he exhibited his ideas in a Queensland architectural show at Mt Tamborine. His design adhered to low-cost, modular principles with private areas for grandparents, parents and children. He included aged care facilities including rails, non-slip floors and wheelchair access across the home.

This sort of optional housing struck the interest of academic Dr Edgar Lui who has

Since one in four Australians will be over 65 by 2050, he has praised the living style as a creative solution to the ageing population.

Finally, Gabriel Poole has often talked about the spiritual dimension of housing and as he moves forward designing housing for the inhabitants, rather than just following fashion, he insists that his designs must also ‘lift the spirits’.

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Pushing your eButton Ian’s ingenuity has resulted in making life better for many Belinda Scott

IAN Kinny arrived on the Coffs Coast to carry out a work contract, but he and his wife fell in love with the place and decided to stay on.

In the process, they got to know their neighbours and it was thanks to one of those neighbours that Ian developed the eButton.

The semi-retired engineer with a special interest in digital technology was looking for a new project when his neighbour and friend had heart surgery and chafed at being restricted to his house in case he became faint and collapsed.

Ian, who enjoys motorcycle touring and walking the beach with Nelson the labradoodle, began hunting for solutions.

At the same time his mother, who had a home-based emergency call system, had the alert go off several times by accident and was upset

when she was called by people she did not know.

“There was no mobile emergency call system available at that time,” Ian said.

He decided to investigate a cutting-edge development, low-energy Bluetooth technology.

“It was a lot of fun – there was no documentation. No one knew anything about it, it was all researching online,” Ian said.

By the end of 2013, the first Android mobile phones which could use the new technology appeared on the market and in 2014 Ian launched eButton.

Today thousands of different smartphones use the technology and the eButton, a smartphone app linked to a tiny call button, has become a success story.

Its applications have widened from being a mobile help button for seniors, to being a discreet help button for anyone who may need to

CLICKING ON: Ian Kinny aboard his Yamaha touring motorcycle. His eButton emergency call system allows people to make contact on the road or in the bush as well as at home.

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call for assistance in a range of situations.

It may be professionals like doctors, nurses or lawyers who are alone in a room with a client who becomes threatening or unstable, or teenagers who find themselves in an uncomfortable situation –

or at a party they want to leave. It may even be real estate agents taking a new client to inspect a vacant house. The majority of modern smartphones are compatible with the app, which teams with a fingernail-sized button

which you can wear as a pendant or put in your pocket.

You then select your list of helpers – Ian suggests from three to five is a good number; add them to your call list and choose whether to add a siren sound or just send a text

message. Once you press the eButton, the alert goes to the first person on your list. If he or she does not respond, the call goes to the next person until someone responds.

The eButton works up to15 metres away from your mobile phone and if you are moving, location updates are notified until the eButton is deactivated.

It is also economical, costing just a one-off payment of $89.

And, yes, Ian’s friend now has an eButton.

Unfortunately, his mother did not live to see his success, but his 102-year-old father did.

Since 2014, Ian has talked to hundreds of people about their needs, helped them with their problems and continues to refine the technology he uses.

The saddest story he has heard was from a Sydney man who said he could not use eButton because he did not have a single friend or relative he could call in an emergency.

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Getting honest with Troy Cassar-Daley The acclaimed country music singer confronts his past as he releases his autobiography

By Alison Houston

IT’S AN odd sensation getting off the phone after interviewing Troy Cassar-Daley – it feels like I’ve been talking to a mate I haven’t seen for a long time rather than a complete stranger, never mind a Country icon.

As with his music, there’s an ease, an honesty and humility which you can’t help but like.

Over the past year he’s invited us into his life more than ever through his autobiography Things I Carry Around and the album by the same name.

He has been touring the album for six months and says he’s excited to finish at home this month in south-east Queensland where he has spent the past 28 years of his life.

"It’s very special because this album is so personal and such an

emotional thing," Troy said.

To capture that intimacy, the stage is set like a lounge room which he’s inviting audiences into for a chat, and he said at times "you can hear a pin drop, it’s so emotional".

Troy said many of the

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two worlds and embracing both his mother’s Aboriginal heritage and his father’s Maltese.

"The book was the hardest thing I’ve ever written," Troy admitted.

It took about two years to complete, partly because he found it so confronting to look

If you strip back the layers of paint, I’m still that kid lined up to get Slim Dusty’s autograph. songs had been sitting in the background for years because he felt they were "too personal to record".

They are joined by songs inspired by the at-times painful task of delving back through his own history for the autobiography, which included coming to terms as a youngster with living in

backwards "for someone who has always just wanted to move forward in life".

In contrast, the music, he said, was "quite a relief … to tell a story in 3-4 minutes" But it wasn’t always like that.

"In the old days starting out I was playing a lot of

YOUNG TALENT: Troy Cassar-Daley as a teenager.

other people’s music. You have to make yourself familiar to people," Troy said.

"But my end goal was always to play my own music and tell my own stories."

And tell them he has, through 10 solo albums which have sold in excess of 450,000 copies and won him an array of awards, including 35 Golden Guitars across his 30-year career.

Not bad for a bloke who hasn’t hit 50 yet!

Things I Carry Around won Troy the coveted Album of the Year at this year’s Country Music Awards, where his legacy was also recognised by his induction as the 50th and youngest artist on the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown.

His name now sits on a plaque on a granite bolder beside that he touched as a kid of Slim Dusty.

"It was a bit mind-blowing really," Troy said of the moment, which he adds was made all the more special by the presence of wife Laurel Edwards and kids Clay and Jem. "If you strip back the layers of paint, I’m still that kid lined up to get Slim Dusty’s autograph."

His autobiography began, appropriately, by talking to Slim’s wife Joy, with whom he indulges in a cuppa and sandwiches each Tamworth festival.

When he told her how much he had enjoyed her book, she planted the seed that he should write his own story.

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hesitancy, he said the autobiography captured the truth and emotion he wanted it to – swearing and all – with readers telling him they feel like he’s sitting across the table talking to them.

And perhaps it’s that honesty which best sums up Troy’s approach to his music and his life. On his Roll of Renown plaque it says that he "embodies the spirit of Australian Country music".

And when asked what that means to him, his answer is "honesty – being who you really are".

"When I heard Slim Dusty sing, I knew he was singing about him and about me, and that’s what it’s about."

In today’s world, filled with so much tragedy and confusion, Troy said he hoped music would

remain an escape for many, as it was for him as a kid and continues to be.

In his opening track, Funny How Things Change, he sings of a simpler time when people talked and shared more of themselves one-to-one, but Troy said having looked back on his life, he wouldn’t change a thing.

"Even when I was broke, I was happy. I was able to continue loving music. I never had a plan B," he said.

And while the Gympie Muster, where he first met Laurel, will always have a special place in his heart, Troy said every audience had a life and a character of its own.

"To be truthful, any time I can step on stage and make my music it’s a special gig."

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Our world expressed in poems and picture

By Belinda Scott

POET, photographer, academic and activist John Bennett is the laureate of the Coffs Coast.

And this month his voice is echoing through the public space with hymns of praise to the beauty of the natural world that surrounds us and reminders of its fragility.

A relatively recent arrival to the region and a refugee from the big city, John is delighted, enchanted and absorbed by everything from backyard bonfires to sunlit waves; from the stony banks of the Never Never River to the not-so-lonely Solitary Islands.

A dose of John Bennett is an excellent corrective to the everyday sin of taking wonders for granted.

In The Eos Experience,

his multimedia exhibition at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, John takes us back to the very beginning of every day, the pre-dawn light called Eos by the Greeks, after the sister of the sun god Helios.

He shows us how this daily awakening can be far more to us than simply rolling back the dark.

On Thursday, August 10 John will give an artist talk, The Experience of Eos, and on Saturday, August 12, the last day of the exhibition, the gallery will host morning tea with John from 10.30–11.30am.

At the Not So Solitary Arts in the Garden afternoon at Coffs Harbour Regional Museum, from 12–4pm on Sunday, August 13, John will join other voices in celebrating the rich history and present wonders of the area now known as the Solitary

POET LAUREATE OF COFF HARBOUR: John Bennett on the beach at Valla.

Islands Marine Park.

In this afternoon of music, poetry, art and history, there will be live music from 60% Water; songs based on Captain Cook’s 18th century voyage of discovery; poetry from John, a printmaking workshop and storytelling by participants in the Solitary Islands Oral History Project.

There will also be a barbecue and afternoon tea, so bring a rug or chair and enjoy the afternoon in the museum’s heritage gardens.

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A denture reline is the process of taking an existing denture you may or may not be wearing, and refitting it to the shape and size your gums are TODAY. The result, a comfortable secure denture with a nice, sealed fit. This will also reduce premature uneven wear of the denture teeth, giving the denture its full life span.

Relining a denture usually takes just one day, consisting of just two appointments – morning and afternoon.

After wearing a denture for some time, or after having teeth removed, the gums under which the denture sits continues to shrink away. This is called gum resorption and is a natural process of the body. For longevity of your denture, it’s best to

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Having your denture assessed for a reline, or speaking to us about any query you have, starts by making an appointmemt with us today.

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Clarence Care + Support for Seniors A word from Kerry Little

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Manager, Care + Support Services Clarence Care + Support offers a wide range of services in the community including domestic assistance, personal care, home care packages, social support and a Meals on Wheels services.

Cuppa for a Cause In August there will be the Cuppa for a Cause event.

This was created to raise money for those in need simply by sharing a tea with friends, colleagues and family.

As we operate a Meals on Wheels service, we have decided to hold a morning tea on Wednesday, August 30 at the Maclean Council Chambers.

Any funds raised will go towards our service in regards to upgrading our equipment.

A trading table will also be held as well as having some lovely teas and scones.

Another special event is that Meals on Wheels is celebrating their 60th year of operating in NSW. The service originated in Britain during WWII assisting frail older people who wanted to stay in their own homes, but who needed help to do so.

In Australia, the service started in 1952 in South Melbourne.

A woman on a tricycle delivered the meals. When it became too much for her, the Red Cross took over.

In March 1957, Sydney City Council started Meals on Wheels in NSW. In the first week, 150 meals were cooked in the town hall for inner city dwellers.

The cost of the meal then was two shillings which is about 20 cents in today’s money.

So there is a long history in Australia of people assisting those in need and our volunteers deliver more than 200 meals a week.

If you need information about aged care services, please contact us on 6645 0400.

BRUSHING your teeth is one of those basic tasks that we all tend to take for granted each day.

For some, this task can be forgotten or difficult due to illness and injury.

Good oral hygiene is even more important as we age, especially for those persons who may be suffering with chronic health conditions.

Problems with teeth, gums and dentures can effect a persons overall well-being and thus significantly impact on their ability to age positively.

EXAMPLES OF THESE PROBLEMS AND THE ASSOCIATED RISKS INCLUDE:

■ Pain and difficulty when eating can lead to a decreased nutritional intake.

■ A dry mouth caused by illness and/or medications can impact on speech, physical appearance and the ability to eat foods.

■ Difficulty speaking clearly.

■ Overall appearance can impact on lower self-esteem and cause social isolation.

■ Risks associated with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, can be increased.

SO BEFORE YOU ALL LINE UP FOR A VISIT IN THE LOCAL DENTIST’S CHAIR THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW HANDY TIPS TO KEEP THE PEARLY WHITES SHINING:

■ Try to brush your teeth twice daily with a good quality toothpaste. The use of mouthwash alone is not enough.

■ Incorporate flossing into your daily dental routine.

■ Avoid tobacco and cigarettes.

■ Limit the intake of acidic drinks, coffee and alcohol.

■ Try to maintain a healthy dietary intake.

■ Limit eating sugary foods.

■ Calcium and vitamin supplements may help maintain tooth integrity.

■ Visit your dentist at least twice a year.

ANOTHER HANDY HINT JUST TO KEEP YOU THINKING:

Avoid using your teeth for anything other than chewing food. Cracking nuts, removing bottle caps, ripping open packets and even chewing your finger nails can put your smile at risk.

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Residents are mainly from the area and Mareeba is connected to its community through local clubs and organisations. Family members and friends are always welcome. Intergenerational programs with local schools run successfully and an enjoyable activities program with plenty of options sees residents engaged, active and connected within a friendly and supportive community. Registered nurse support is on hand 24 hours a day because Mareeba employs a high

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Health hints for 70 and beyond

YOUR lifestyle is directly affected by your health and it is vital to do all you can to maximise your wellbeing.

Walks, tennis or gardening. They’re all investments in your long-term mobility and energy levels.

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■ Blood pressure.

■ Cholesterol and glucose levels (diabetes).

■ Eye checks.

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■ Flu and pneumonia shots.

■ Blood test for kidney and liver function, and iron levels.

■ Bone density.

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■ Keep your brain active – Do Sudoku puzzles, crossword puzzles, play cards and other games that engage you.

■ Moderate your alcohol – have three alcohol-free days each week.

■ Talk it over – talk to your GP or a counsellor for assistance and advice.

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Tips for a better night’s sleep

SLEEP, blessed deep sleep can be harder to get as we grow older, so where do you turn to for some simple, inexpensive ideas to improve your sleep pattern?

As we celebrate Sleep Awareness Week, health psychologist Moira Junge from the Sleep Health Foundation offers tips on how to slip into a better night’s sleep.

Keep a regular sleep pattern ■ Try to go to bed and wake up at about the same time each day.

Aim for seven to nine hours sleep ■ On average, adults benefit from seven to eight hours sleep each night.

■ People who sleep less than six hours regularly or more than nine or 10, are associated with illnesses.

Keep technology out of the bedroom ■ The blue component of light suppresses melatonin which is the hormone which is needed to regulate and instigate sleep.

■ Avoid too much stimulation from about 8pm and onwards when the melatonin is meant to

be naturally rising.

■ Turn it off so your brain can think about sleeping at this time.

Relax for at least an hour before going to bed ■ Reading, talking with partner, listening to quiet music, doing yoga, meditation and stretching are all good ways to relax.

■ Watching TV across the room is better than a TV that is right up in front of your eyes. And, try to avoid stimulating viewing.

Be comfortable in bed ■ Ensure your bedroom has a comfortable temperature, you are going to sleep on a good mattress and you are feeling safe in your environment.

Avoid caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol just before bed ■ Avoid consuming stimulants before going to bed.

■ Moderate your caffeine drinks and try not to drink coffee after lunchtime.

■ Drinking alcohol close to bedtime can be stimulating and consequently fragment your sleep.

■ Nicotine is also considered a big stimulant for sleep disturbance.

Limit the amount fluids

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you consume before bed ■ It’s very individual as to a person’s bladder capacity, but as a helpful tip, avoid drinking a large amount of fluids close to bed time, no matter what age.

■ Calming drinks are not

bad for you, but they are not strong agents for anxiety and sleeplessness.

Don’t eat just before going to bed ■ Try to avoid a large amount of food for up to three hours before going

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■ Eating can wake you up as your stomach works on digesting a meal.

Enjoy natural light during the day ■ During the day time, try to get as much natural light as possible, to

suppress melatonin which you don’t want during the day. You only want it at night to help you get to sleep.

If these tips don’t help with your sleep pattern, then see your GP for further assistance.

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The hard road less travelled

THERE isn’t any doubt that life can be challenging, particularly as you get older and need some help with daily tasks and taking care of yourself.

But what if you could get help to turn your life around and avoid the need to move into a nursing home?

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Living

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BUILDING a granny flat in your own backyard is the most cost-effective trend in affordable living on the market today. They enhance our aging and disabled family members living experience through homes designed with features specifically aimed to suit individual needs.

Living close to the family provides comfort, trust and dignity to those who may feel vulnerable in our community. A secondary dwelling in the backyard offers freedom, independence, and flexibility and provides security by knowing a loved one is just outside the door as told by Jodie’s Story: Jodie’s Story “My disabled sister, Jodie had always lived with my mother until mum passed away in January 2014.

Upon her passing we had no option but for Jodie to come and live with me and my husband.

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was doing everything for Jodie and she had very little to no independence.

When Jodie came to live with us it was challenging to say the least and knew we had to come up with an alternative option. We looked at many solutions and found that having a Granny Flat was the best solution for us so it would give her some independence, but still be close to us if anything should happen to her.

We opted for 2 bedrooms so her carer could stay over if we were away. Since she now has her own place she has to get everything ready for work, e.g. making her own lunch, getting her own breakfast and even has a cat to look after and she also has to do all the cleaning, vacuuming of her house and her own clothes washing.

It might not be for everyone, but if it is possible and viable I would highly recommend it.” Debra and Colin.

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Community HOW TO SUBMIT NOTICES

TO ALLOW for readers’ requests for the publication of more neighbourhood news, please keep notices short and to the point (100 word maximum).

If you would like to submit a photo, please ensure it is at least 180dpi with faces in a nice and bright setting.

The deadline for the August issue is August 16. Email Nicky or Chris at communitynotes@ seniorsnewspaper. com.au

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BONVILLE-BOAMBEE VIEW CLUB

OUR club was formed in 1995 and currently sponsors three Smith Family Learning for Life students and is actively involved in fundraising activities to raise donations for The Smith Family programs.

We are always open to new members, so please get in touch today and come and see what it's all about.

Meeting day is on the second Thursday of the month.

For more information, call 6658 6336 or www.view.org.au.

PROBUS CLUB OF COFFS CITY

TWENTY four members recently travelled to the Lookout Mountain Resort in Dorrigo to celebrate Christmas in July. Being wet and cold only added to the atmosphere.

A great night of friendship fun and dancing was enjoyed by all.

The group enjoyed the music provided by Coffs Harbour entertainer Bob Howson.

On the way back to Coffs Harbour the group celebrated the birthday of one of the members with coffee and cake at the Old Butter Factory in Bellingen.

If you would like to be part of this friendly club or for more information, contact president Jan on 6652 9619.

GRAFTON SENIOR CITIZENS

OUR group began in 1983, but with amalgamations, actually has roots in other groups back to 1949. In 2002, the group moved into rooms at Grafton Community Centre, but following recent leasing of this venue and need to vacate, seniors have moved to a room at Grafton Racecourse, in Powell St, where the group plans to continue their activities. Regular activities are: second Tuesday of the month – general meeting at 10.30am. First and second Tuesday of month – Housie at 1pm. Every Wednesday – carpet bowls at 9am. Every Thursday – craft at 9am. Every Thursday – Hoi at 1pm.

Every Friday – mah jong at 9am. Every Friday – Euchre at 1pm.

Occasionally, these activities are cancelled due to public holidays.

The group also has intermittent special activities, this year, as follows: Monday, September 18 – Singalong morning, with ukulele band. Friday, December 1 – Christmas luncheon, with entertainment. There are also regular bus trips, around every six weeks.

Trips planned for remainder of year include: August – 7-day tour to Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley, Brisbane.

September – Day trip to House With No Steps, Alstonville. October – Day trip to Madura Tea, Murwillumbah. November – Day trip to Evans Head for annual picnic. For membership inquiries, call publicity officer Sandra Connelly on 6642 7720.

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Vets join to care for ageing pets OVER several months, the lives of the elderly and near-homeless Mary* and her little, fluffy dog were turned around through the work of volunteer veterinarians working in a park in Frankston, Melbourne.

Each month, she bought her companion to the park for treatment and advice by the charity group Pets in the Park.

The vets helped the little dog back to good health by clipping its overgrown nails and treating both ear and skin infections.

“She was so grateful for the support we gave her,” PITP’s director Dr Mark Kelman said.

“She saw her dog walk better and its ears treated. Those simple

things made such a difference.

“Talking to her at the event she brightened up.

It’s really what we are there for; it’s not just the pets, we help the people as well.

“One of the reasons we run these events monthly is there is a lot of camaraderie and community as a result of people getting together.

“Partly it’s about helping people realise there are there who want to help and love them as well.”

PITP started in a Parramatta park in Sydney in 2009 by Dr Kelman.

Since then he has also recruited volunteer veterinary specialists and supporters in Sydney city, central Melbourne and Frankston, Brisbane and Canberra, with more

The volunteer vets are there for the pets and their owners. PHOTO: LINDA WARLOND

PETS IN THE PARK: Founder and volunteer, veterinarian Dr Mark Kelman with one of his patients.

locations to start clinics in the next six months.

He said they dealt with a mix of people, “which certainly reflects what’s going on in society”.

“We definitely have a population of senior people who are in need of our help, and those people are either homeless or at risk of homelessness,” Dr

Kelman said.

The volunteers offer full veterinary services at the pop-up clinics in parks, with an undercover area to cater for cats.

“In a lot of cases, if they didn’t have us, they would spend every last dollar they have on their pet and then leave little to look after themselves,” Dr Kelman added.

“That’s why this service is so important as we are trying to give them a hand so they can live a bit easier and hopefully help them get out the situation they are in if that’s what they want to do.”

All services are free and funded purely by donations.

For more details of Pets in the Park and to support their work, go to www. petsinthepark.org.au. *Not her real name.

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Local history stories Roger Fryer

PUT the words architecture and Clarence Valley together and many fine, old historic buildings come to mind, but the grand old dame must be Grafton’s Christ Church Cathedral.

The Anglican diocese icon is one of a number of landmarks indicating Grafton’s status once as the premier city of northern New South Wales. While coastal towns have developed rapidly in recent times, Grafton’s class and style shines through many connections to its historic grandeur.

The cathedral was designed by John Horbury Hunt and completed in 1884. The grounds around the cathedral are called Cathedral Close and include a number of historical buildings, the oldest being a red brick cottage constructed around 1856 and restored in 1984. It is currently known as the Ministry Centre.

The cottage next to the Ministry Centre is used as the Anglicare Counselling Service was built circa 1891, only a few years after the cathedral. Like its neighbour, it was restored in 1984.

The Hunt Hall, also designed by Horbury Hunt, was completed in 1890.

Adjoining the hall is the Cathedral Parish Centre, completed in 1976 and incorporating the parish

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HISTORIC LANDMARK: Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton.

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office, a kitchen area and The Edwards Hall (in lieu of a chapter house). The bell tower was moved from its original site near the first church when the new cathedral was opened in 1884.

The imposing multi-storied Cathedral School was built in 1954 initially as a Youth and Synod Centre. In 1962, an extension was added for the Bishop’s Registry.

Of the residences on the close, the Deanery is the oldest being built in 1872.

The Registrar’s residence, McWilliam Lodge, built around 1910 and renovated in 1991, was named after the first registrar of the diocese.

Bishopholme is also situated atop the river bank and was completed in 1924. Both houses have sweeping views of the river.

The two timber Californian bungalows on the northern side of Victoria St, which serve as homes for the Parish Clergy, were constructed during the 1920s and renovated in the 1980s.

The side of the close facing the Clarence River provides views across to South Grafton and a pleasant walk west along the levee. Indications of flood heights show why the river has been an integral part of the city’s, and indeed the church’s history, from the earliest days.

WE’RE CELEBRATING AGEING NExT MONTH AT SENIORS!

Last month, Australian Census Survey Data was released and it had alot to say about the senior lifestyle in Australia.

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Housing and Finance

Affordable housing: home equity release Tracey Johnstone

THERE are three main options for older Australians wanting to release equity in their home; reverse mortgages, the Pension Loans Scheme and shared sales proceeds arrangements.

The most commonly used is a reverse mortgage.

REVERSE MORTGAGE

■ A person can access their home equity.

■ The lender takes a mortgage over the property.

■ The minimum amount is usually $10,000, and a maximum is set based on the lender’s age.

■ The loan can be received as a lump sum, a regular payment or sit ready to be drawn down when required.

■ It only needs to be repaid once a trigger event occurs, such as the sale of the house, the breach in the contract or the death of the borrower.

■ Interest is charged and compounded monthly, over the loan period.

■ Loans can have either fixed or variable rates.

■ A No Negative Equity Guarantee is in place so the loan, regardless of its length or the movement in interest rates, will not exceed the home value.

■ If the loan is taken out by a couple and one of them dies, it will stay with the surviving partner.

■ Most providers will allow for top up amounts or further borrowing.

■ Some providers will allow for the loan to be used for the payment of an aged care accommodation deposit.

National Seniors Financial Information Desk manager Craig Hall explained the concept behind this type of loan was to help people who owned a house, but were income poor, to get them through costs such as daily living expenses or cover a one-off expense.

“It’s important for the borrower to understand how much of the asset will likely be passed onto the provider upon repayment,” Mr Hall said.

“Projections must be given to the borrower to give them an understanding about what

equity will remain after so many years (of the loan), and they have to use the MoneySmart calculator on the ASIC website.”

Mr Hall said legal advice was mandatory to ensure the borrower knew the terms and conditions of the loan.

“We also suggest a person seeks independent financial advice as they can advise on whether the loan will affect a person’s Aged Pension and will it impact on provisions for aged care, for example.”

There is also one provider that has launched a loan product which, subject to the retirement village allowing for it, means a person could take out a reverse mortgage on their village contract.

HOME EQUITY RELEASE: For retirees finding it tough to meet the cost of living, a reverse mortgage may be worth considering.

human services.gov. au/customer/ services/ centrelink/ pensionloans- scheme. The advantage of a reverse mortgage is that it’s likely more money can be borrowed or a lump sum borrowed for a major expense.

PENSION LOANS SCHEME

■ This is a government scheme. It’s available for people who aren’t on an Aged Pension or are on a part-pension.

■ It’s based on the what amount of equity is offered, how much is to be kept back and the age of the borrower.

■ The government takes out security over the home. It will then top up the aged pension to the maximum amount per fortnight. That amount, which becomes the loan amount, and with interest, would accrue.

■ The current interest rate is 5.25%.

■ The full loan amount would then be repaid at the time of a trigger event.

It can also be repaid, in part or in full, at any time.

“For example, if the full pension is $500 per week and if I am eligible for an Aged Pension at $300 per week, I could say I want the full pension.,” Mr Hall said.

“The $200 difference forms part of the Pension Loans Scheme and that’s the part that accrues interest over time.”

A borrower should note that they can access the loan if they are of age and because they aren’t eligible for a payment or only for reduced payment rate because of the assets or income tests, but not both. More on the loans is available at: www.

SHARED SALES PROCEEDS ARRANGEMENTS

■ It’s called Homesafe and is only offered by Bendigo Bank.

■ Contracts can only be made for properties located in metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne.

■ There is no interest charged on the loan.

■ A home owner can access a lump sum by selling a share of the future sale proceeds of their home. So, when the property is sold, the owner forfeits some of the home equity as the loan provider takes an agreed

percentage of the sale proceeds.

■ There are eligibility requirements such as the minimum age is 60.

Of these three equity release options, the reverse mortgage has the most flexibility. “The reverse mortgage has been around for the longest,” Mr Hall said.

“They had a bit of a bad name in the late 2000s until the industry started to clean itself up a bit.

Since then they are more user friendly and quite flexible.

“If you have other resources such as term deposits, it’s generally a no-brainer that you would be better off using those first.

“For those who don’t have other resources behind them, their house is something they can tap into.”

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SOLDIERING ON: Bret Wilson with Tom and Smudge.

Bret Wilson with daughter Sam and grandkids Charni, Ashton, Saxon and Harper, and (above) Bret practising at the Orara River.

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Looking to the future, Sawtell Catholic Care of the Aged, Southern Cross University and Allied Health Service provider HealthStrong have teamed up to address the demand that will be placed on health support services by an ageing Coffs Coast population.

Winter is finally here and we are all shivering through it!

Winter can be especially dangerous for some older people so presents a great opportunity to check in on the people we care about – friends, neighbours and family – to make sure they’re okay and managing in the cold.

Ruby and Alicia, two SCU fourth year Occupational Therapy students from the Tweed SCU Campus are undertaking their final placement at Mater Christi Aged Care Facility, supervised by HealthStrong Team Leader and Occupational Therapist Charlotte Rodgers.

There are some simple things you can do to ensure you and the people you care about are prepared for winter such as: • Regularly having hot drinks and aiming for a minimum of one hot meal per day • Wearing several light layers of winter clothes instead of just one, thick or bulky layer

They will spend the next 10 weeks in Mater Christi to hone their skills. “We are so lucky to be working here in Coffs Harbour. Everyone has welcomed us. It is a great city to stay in” said Ruby. “The residents at Mater Christi have been wonderfully friendly to us. They are such a happy group of people with so many stories to share” said Alicia.

• Eating regularly to ensure you have sufficient energy • Ensuring that heaters are in a safe, stable location where people or pets can’t accidentally knock them over • Keeping doors closed and blocking any draughts • Ensuring adequate heating, ventilation and keeping surfaces in your home dry to minimise the risk of mould

Dr Marie Hutchinson, Associate Professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences at SCU stated that this is possibly the first placement of OT students from Southern Cross University within Coffs Harbour.

• Keeping as active as possible. It is really easy to feel less motivated over winter but important to keep moving If you think you might require support this winter or in the future, please feel free to contact us. We can support you to understand the choices available to you and how you can access the supports you’ve identified.

We hope it will be the first of many!

SCCA, it’s a great story.

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WHEN Bret Wilson, from Coutts Crossing, took a package at the end of a long career as a linesman, he didn’t want to have an average retirement. Still fit and strong he needed a physical challenge.

He had heard of the Bicentennial National Trail, a 5000km adventure along the Great Dividing Range from Healesville in Victoria to Cooktown in far north Queensland. Then a chance meeting with local trail section co-ordinators Paul and Cherry Jones brought the idea into focus.

“What came next was a choice between bowing to the money god and finding another job I really didn’t want or alternatively spending a bit of cash and grabbing a slice of adventure,” Bret said.

“And in the process having a lash at maybe helping some absolutely deserving people along the way.”

Bret’s plan was to raise awareness of the problems of returned servicemen through an organisation called Soldier On. Bret’s own son recently returned “in one piece physically and emotionally” from a tour of Iraq, but many others don’t.

“When I first touted the idea to my family I guess there was a fair amount of

scepticism and trepidation,” Bret said.

“However, I feel now they are extremely supportive and also have taken on board the fact I am fair dinkum and absolutely determined.”

What came next was near 18 months of preparation and aquiring gear and horses.

“I am not the greatest horseman, bushman, navigator or camp setteruppera, however I am finding it really satisfying in becoming the best I can be,” Bret said.

Observers however have remarked on Bret’s diligence, professionalism and attention to detail.

“One thing everyone told me was to expect the unexpected,” Bret said, little realising what was to come.

After trucking his horse team to Cooktown and flying up himself Bret was ready to begin his year-long adventure. Then the unexpected struck.

Only one day later Bret was swaying delirious in the saddle. Locals called an ambulance and he ended up in Cairns hospital for two weeks with acute Q-fever.

Now back in Coutts recovering, Bret will fly back up to Cooktown, collect his agisted animals and start again.

This time with Sue as a backup driver. www.nationaltrail.com.au

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Travel ANN RICKARD hopped on board the luxury hotel barge Panache in France and glided slowly from Pont-L’Eveque to Paris. She offers her 10 top reasons to go barging, beginning with the obvious: it’s perfect for seniors in no hurry.

10 points to to show you the best of barging apple tart tatin. Cheeses we’d not encountered before (Morbier, Saint Nectaire, Munster) came with each meal and a charming story of their origins.

4. Wine: Local wines are chosen with meticulous care and offered with engaging information. It’s wine education at each meal. Just saying a few of the wine names we

enjoyed on Panache stirs the palate: Pouilly Fuisse; Sancerre; Chassagne Montrachet…more please.

5. Accommodation: Panache has spacious cabins with gleaming bathrooms stocked with L’Oicctane products.

Cabins are serviced daily, showers and loos work very well. Evening turn-down and a little

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chocolate on the pillow…who doesn’t love that?

6. Le Bar. European Waterways who operate a fleet of barges in France, Scotland, the UK, and Holland, has an open-bar policy. Help yourself any time from well-stocked shelves or ask one of the stewards to make you a cocktail. French Martinis before lunch, Sidecars

before dinner, Brandy after dinner (usually refused but nice to know it was there.) No nasty bar-bill surprises at the end of the cruise.

7. Excursions: European Waterways puts as much thought into its shore excursions as it does to ensure your comfort and gastronomy fulfilment. A mini-van waits at each anchorage and you are comfortably driven into the countryside to experience famous landmarks, renowned cultural and historic sites…each time to return to the comforting arms of the crew waiting with a new-to-you cocktail.

8. Friends: Most European Waterways barges take eight guests, some 12, so the atmosphere is more like a house party on a private vessel. Guests’ ages usually range in figures mature folks like (about 45 upwards). Full charters mean you can get the gang or the family together and have the barge to yourselves.

9. Style and elegance: Panache is all teak and leather and fresh flower displays. Beautiful china and glassware adorn the table at every meal.

Service is intimate, friendly with a “nothing is too hard” approach. The crew speaks English.

10. Adventure and scenery: Going through the many locks along the waterways provides lively entertainment. Watching deckhand Judy jump on and off the barge with the deftness of a mountain goat to do nautical things with ropes and bollards was part of the experience. Then there are all those bridges to go under and the slow-passing French countryside stretching to the horizon.

Barging provides more than ten reasons to go…it’s all about leisure, indulgence and discovery.

Details: visit website: gobarging.com The writer was a guest on board Panache.

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1. Because it is slow. Just the dawdling pace of a luxury barge makes you wind down. It travels only a few kilometres a day and floats so slowly you can disembark after breakfast, walk or cycle along the towpath and embark for lunch (or morning tea if you like a short walk.)

2. You are spoilt: Panache has a crew of six: captain, pilot, chef, stewards and deckhand. As it takes only 12 guests that means plenty of attention and lots of indulgence. You lift not a finger.

3. Food: With an onboard chef sourcing the best local produce, every meal is a gourmet adventure.

Our chef Oli presented us with salads that ranged from beetroot and goat cheese to duck with artichoke and capers.

Main courses of stuffed pork fillet, rack of lamb, seared pigeon, scallops with crayfish and beef bourgignon, delighted all of us. Desserts defied any attempt at restraint, from triple chocolate terrine to

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NATURAL BEAUTY: The crowds flock to see Monet's bridge .

Monet’s magnificence Experience the sheer beauty of famed painter’s real-life garden Ann Rickard

MONET’S Gardens in Giverny, not far from Paris, must surely be on the bucket list of every traveller in the world.

That was my first thought as I looked at the long queues outside the gardens.

Thousands of people flock to Giverny every day in summer to see where Claude Monet lived for 40 years, developed and grew his gardens and painted them so famously.

Although you must share the glorious gardens with the hordes and squash into the house shoulder with hundreds of others, the experience is still strangely serene.

Who could not feel peace in these extensive gardens that Monet cultivated, loved and painted? Despite the crowds, all you seem to hear is the sound of birdsong, the buzz of bees.

The beauty of a Monet

The beauty of Claude Monets famous lily ponds.

painting comes to life as you stand by the ponds and gaze at the lilies.

It is surreal to stroll through the Japanese garden, sit a moment in the bamboo section, gaze at the roses or brush slowly past graceful weeping willows – all meticulously maintained and now a living museum of scenes so many of us have admired on canvas and in myriad prints.

Our visit was on a shore excursion from the luxury hotel barge Panache, a

most pleasant way to see the gardens rather than driving from Paris and all its chaos.

Our captain on board Panache had gone to the gardens the day before, while we were at anchorage, and purchased the tickets so we would not have to wait in line.

Service way above the call of duty, and one we appreciated as we slipped past the long queues.

It is not just art lovers and ardent fans who flock to the gardens:

gardeners, landscapers and botanists all find the gardens fascinating.

It is a way to get an understanding of Claude Monet’s work, to feel connected.

The son of a grocer and obviously way ahead of his time, Monet rebelled against his family and insisted he was an artist, taking his easel outdoors to paint exactly what he saw before his eyes – at a time when painting

outside was not the norm and when artists were trained to paint their subjects in the controlled lighting of a studio.

Monet loved to paint everyday things: lily ponds, landscapes, ladies strolling the gardens with parasols, families picnicking.

A visit to these beautiful gardens brings the works to life and gives a connection to the impressionist artist.

You can arrange all manner of visits to the gardens, half-day tours, full days, out of Paris, or just book online.

We believe the most comfortable and convenient way to see them is as we did, from a shore excursion on board luxury barge Panache.

More information on the itinerary that incorporates the gardens is at the website: www.gobarging.com.

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Unique long weekend escape to the Riverina A FIRST for Cruise Express – a cruise tour with no cruise Australian cruise agency, Cruise Express, is offering its first escorted cruise tour without a cruise – a unique, new, four-day trip by heritage train to the NSW Riverina region over the October long weekend.

Timed to coincide with the Taste Riverina Festival, which celebrates the region’s fine wines and abundant produce harvest, the Long Weekend Rail Adventure starts in Sydney on Friday, September 29, when the privately chartered heritage train departs Central Station, complete with buffet and compartment cars from the 1930s.

Hauled by the 62-year-old, 4204 ‘Streamliner’ locomotive, the train will stop for lunch at the 139-year-old

Junee Railway Station Café and for afternoon tea in Narrandera – the gateway to the fertile Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area – before arriving early evening in the Italian foodie haven of Griffith.

The next day brings a visit to Corynnia Station, a working sheep and cotton farm where the group will enjoy lunch sourced from local produce.

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Day three will offer a morning sightseeing tour of Griffith followed by a special ‘farm to fork’ lunch at Piccolo Farm where guests will take part in a farm forage and a cooking demonstration and enjoy lunch featuring paired wines and fresh local ingredients harvested by hand on the farm.

An indulgent afternoon of wine tasting follows at Calabria Wines and De Bortoli Winery – both pioneered by Italian

migrants.

Griffith’s Italian origins will be savoured at dinner with a sumptuous, private dining experience at Zecca Handmade Italian which offers seasonal and authentic, regional Italian food, using fresh, locally sourced produce and wines.

The final day of the tour on the public holiday, Monday, October 2, will see guests rejoin the heritage train for the daytrip back to Sydney, with a stop to visit the

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Heritage of Budapest A city that holds the beauty and secrets of centuries

JOURNALIST ERLE LEVEY MAKING sense of life in an exotic setting, you have to pinch yourself.

A 17-hour flight from Brisbane to Budapest and here we are walking through the streets of this city of mystery.

For many years, hidden behind the Iron Curtain of Soviet occupation, this cross-roads of civilisations between East and West is more than that.

It dates back centuries and has hosted both the victors and the vanquished.

It’s a place of two cities ... Buda and Pest.

The building of the Chain Bridge in 1849 did more than joining these two cities geographically, it joined them politically.

The suspension bridge, like the underground railway and even Hungary’s Parliament House, were inspired by what the civic leaders had seen in London.

The underground was second only to London in its inception in Europe.

When built, the Chain Bridge at 202m long was then amongst the largest in the world.

Parliament house has tremendous facade to the river –cathedral-like as opposed to London’s castle-like Westminster parliament.

Buda was the cultural and political centre – more relaxed while Pest was the commercial heart, more cosmopolitan.

Budapest is a very walkable city. Wide avenues and narrow streets, a spider’s web of laneways but so full of character.

You can smell the history and be absorbed by the old architecture.

There are concerts every night, from organ and trumpet recitals at the basilica to Bach at a cathedral or a strings concert at St Annes.

Budapest was the second capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great city and railways played their part in its development.

We are booked into Radisson’s Hotel Beke in Pest. Not overlooking the Danube River like the more fashionable hotels but somewhere

comfortable, full of character.

It’s like stepping into a movie, one set when train travel was at its height.

A place of home-made pastries at the buffet and a pianist playing in the lounge of an evening.

We are in Central Europe for a concert tour of four countries by the Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir.

A group of four of us set off to explore this city, so full of colour. Such a melting pot of cultures.

St Stephens Basilica stands out as a land mark. Seeing its dome makes me realise I am really here, in this place that is so full of history.

There are many faces.

Buildings rotting in neglected disrepair, while others display all glitz and glamour.

A walk down Andrassy Boulevarde and you could be in Paris, Berlin, London or Rome.

Big brands, big prices.

Yet just a few hundred metres up the road the desperate homeless claim their park benches for the night.

You can see its dome from many parts of the city. But as well as looking up you can look down.

The ravages of a broken and battered 20th century of war and uprisings shows on the faces of Budapest.

Faces of buildings, faces of people. Some faces are spectacularly beautiful while others sad, unhealthy.

Budapest had been occupied by the Ottoman Turks for 150 years and that is remembered in the foods at the Central Market which first opened in 1897.

Near the river, it is full of stalls filled with fresh fruit, cured meats, breads and pastries, all sorts of wines and liqueurs including the national drink, palinka.

Much like slivovitz, it is traditional fruit brandy generally made from plum, apricot or peach.

Ideal for when visiting friends or relatives, a welcoming drink.

“Egeszsegedre!’’ That is the greeting you will often hear.

Due to prosperity arriving from joining the European Union and abject poverty remaining, the contrasts created are strong and in-your-face.

The maintenancedeprived buildings are evident though, often just

TWO CITIES: There are many faces to Budapest and each has a fascinating story to tell.

three storeys high with a basement.

And quite often it is downstairs where you will find the city's ruin bars; grunge bars would be the easiest way to describe them.

They have been around since the early 2000s and form an important part of Budapest's night life.

Created in run-down or abandoned buildings, they were left in a ramshackle state and filled with random furniture and fittings rather than redeveloping them.

On this day we line up for langos, the traditional Hungarian bread filled with anything you like. It satisfies many tastes.

How do you eat it? The best way you can.

Across the Danube from the markets is the Gellert Baths, part of the Hotel Gellert built in 1912.

References to the healing waters of Budapest’s thermal springs date back to the 13th century.

Word of the therapeutic benefits of the magical spa waters have spread

far and wide. Today, they are particularly popular with those from the colder parts of Europe.

Yet a wave pool has been added so body surfing has been added to saunas and hot tubs as an attraction, especially for visiting Australians.

The only thing they cannot heal is a broken heart, I am told.

Yet then again, they can revive your outlook on life.

That is the thing about Budapest, such competing interests.

I could talk about tranquil walks across the Green Bridge ... wines by the Danube, walking for miles across the city to reach the Astoria's cafe with stunning musicians serenading our cup of tea.

Budapest is a city of domes and spires, bridges and ballrooms, goulash and beer.

And of course the many magical performance moments for the choir.

The first time we entered the back 'secret' spiral staircase down into the spiritual rooms of the Matthias Church.

The first church on the site was founded in 1015

by St Stephen, the King of Hungary.

It has been the scene of several coronations, weddings and burials.

It has seen a century and a half of Turkish occupation, was a base for German and Soviet occupation in World War Two as well as the Soviet occupation of Hungary.

Today it houses the Ecclesiastical Art Museum which starts in the medieval crypt and leads up to the St Stephen Chapel.

It contains a number of sacred relics and stone carvings, along with replicas of the Hungarian royal crown and coronation jewels.

With this sense of history and place, the first time three of us crept up the stairs to take a look at the logistics of fitting 45 people into a space they'd never seen before was spellbinding.

So often in these circumstances the musicians go through the

motions, the waiters simply do what is needed.

Yet when the choir stood and sang as one, Waltzing Matilda, the evening was turned on its head.

The waiters adopted a spring in their step and a flair when presenting the platters.

The musicians lifted their tempo, their enthusiasm, and choir members showed their dance steps as well as songs from the floor.

A night of so many good memories.

And you realise the effect that respect and appreciation can have instead of entitlement and suspicion.

The first notes of the choir in such a space will stay with me forever.

They resonated throughout the ages.

Then afterwards to take the coach across the river to the Karpatia restaurant with wood panelling and old fashioned lights.

A gypsy group of musicians in the corner.

Such a night. One that you dream of.

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What’s on WE ARE on winter’s downhill run, when the days are getting longer but the cold likes to tighten its grip. Keep seasonal ills and chills at bay with some of these activities.

TIMBER FESTIVAL

chairs, barbecue, drinks and afternoon tea available. Bookings: call 6648 4847.

GO WEST to Glenreagh for the 2017 Glenreagh Timber Festival on Saturday, July 29 from 8.30am–4.30pm, with State Title woodchopping, post splitting, wood working, blacksmithing, motorbikes and tractors, horse and carriage rides, live music, market stalls, food, Glenreagh Mountain Railway site open for inspection, Glenreagh Recreation Grounds, Bridge St, Glenreagh

Concert, on Friday, August 4 at 8pm at Coffs Harbour Education Campus Lecture Theatre D. The performer will be 2016 Sydney International Piano competition winner, 29-year-old Russian musician Andrey Gugnin, described as a glorious ambassador and star pianist. Gugnin will play pieces by Bach; Schubert; Shostakovich; Stravinsky and Desyatnikov. www.coffsmusic society.com.au or call Jean on 0466 985 652.

GRILLER IN THE ROOM

CIRQUE AFRICA

HEAD east on Saturday, July 29 for the Winter Taste Woolgoolga Bar and Grill Festival, with beer, wine, spirits and grilled, smoked and spit-roasted foods. For more, see tastewoolgoolga.com.

GOLD CUP CARNIVAL

COFFS Harbour’s racing event of the year, the 2017 Carlton Draught Coffs Harbour Gold Cup, takes over the town on Thursday, August 3 as all roads lead to Coffs Harbour Racing Club for this major carnival day.

Fashions of the Field, special guests.

WINTER CONCERT

MUSIC is soul food and this month will see Coffs Harbour Music Society host its second Winter

SOCIAL DOGS

JOURNALIST BELINDA SCOTT

HIGH energy blockbuster show with 25 performers from six African countries at Grafton’s Saraton Theatre at 7.30pm on Friday, August 4. Music, dance, acrobatics and comedy. Colourful costumes, a show for all ages with no language barriers. For more, see www.saraton.com.au

2017 ROTARY CARTOON AWARDS

COFFS Harbour’s Bunker Cartoon Gallery will host the 29th Rotary Cartoon Awards from August 11 to October 10. Opening night, always a gala event, will be held on August 12.

Hundreds of entries are expected in this competition, which this year includes the special topic A Pain in the ANZUS.

WALKING a dog is fun and good exercise and can be a social event as well.

Society Dog, a project of the Animal Protection Association of Australia, organises monthly walks at leash-free beaches around the Coffs Coast.

This is a fun way to socialise your dog and make friends with other dog owners. For details of the next walk, email appa@internode.on.net BACK IN TIME: QUOTA International of Coffs Harbour will host the 22nd Antique Fair at the Exhibition Hall, August 26 and 27.

BUILDING BRIDGE

HUNDREDS of bridge players from all over will lay their cards on the tables at Opal Cove Resort from August 8–13 for the Coffs Coast Gold Congress, a major bridge playing event hosted by Coffs Harbour Bridge Club.

WOOLLY TREES

KNITTING nuts, crochet fiends and pom-pom power rangers are planning to wrap the trees in Coramba’s main street in wool on Sunday, August 13. Bring tools and wool and join in. Inquiries to Sam Mihelffy on 0409 543 711.

COUNTRY MUSIC

ADAM Harvey and Beccy Cole with present The Great Country Songbook Vol II at Grafton’s Saraton Theatre at 7.30pm on August 18.

ANTIQUE FAIR

QUOTA International of Coffs Harbour will host the 22nd Antique Fair at the Exhibition Hall, Coffs Harbour Showground on Saturday and Sunday August 26–27, with a gala preview evening with drinks and finger food from 6–8pm on Friday, August 25. There will be furniture, china, glassware, jewellery, linen, coins, military items, toys and tools.

ARTS IN THE GARDEN

POSTPONED from its earlier date, Arts in the Garden will now take place from 12–4pm on Sunday, August 13 at the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum. Stories, music, poetry, art and history from the Solitary Islands Marine Park area. Free entry, bring a picnic rug or

CAMP OVEN FESTIVAL

CLARENCE Valley Camp Oven Festival will be held at Nymboida Camping and Canoeing from Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20. Music, camp oven cooking (open fires permitted) Saturday night bush dance, markets, dog trials, kids activities. Call 6649 4155.

LOVING LIFE DAY

SATURDAY, August 19 is Loving Life Day in Grafton from 10am, with free all-day stage entertainment, young talent quest, food vendors, market stalls.

Special attraction free speedball radar camera tests, market square, cnr Prince and Pound Sts, Grafton, hosted by Grafton community radio station Loving Life FM 103.1.

TIM THE BREAM

Clarence River from the Harwood Bridge to the river mouth will be held on August 19 and 20 with $30,000 worth of prizes for tagged fish. HQ, based in Ford Park, Yamba.

BOWL ALONG

TEN pin bowling is a fun indoor sport suitable for just about every age.

Club 300 Bowling & Bar in Coffs Harbour’s newly refurbished Bowl Arcade offers 13 lane bowling, a licensed bar, pool tables and an in-house chef.

Gather up a friend or two and go bowling.

OFFSHORE POWERBOATS

OFFSHORE super boat racing will return to Coffs Harbour Jetty on Saturday and Sunday August 26 and 27 with the 2017 Offshore Powerboat Series.

Coffs is deemed to be the best place in Australia to watch super boat racing, with the boats spraying up to 200ft rooster tails of water as they slam their way in and out of the harbour and around the course.

Time trials from 1pm on Saturday and 11am and 1pm Sundays.

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE

CLARENCE Valley Historic and Enthusiasts Motor Cycle Vintage, Veteran and Classic Rally, Grafton, August 25–27. Contact Terry on 6649 3382.

TIM the Bream Fishing Classic for fishing the

Smell the roses and enjoy garden competition IT MAY seem like midwinter but entries are already opening for Coffs Harbour’s Spring Garden competition.

This is one of the largest garden competitions in NSW with 26 different categories covering residential gardens of every size, including rental properties, as well as schools and commercial gardens, plus a special section for water wise gardening.

The 2017 competition will be launched on July 29 at Total Gardens nursery and cafe on Coramba Road.

IN BLOOM: A rainbow of colours will bring this garden alive during the 2017 Spring Garden Competition.

This year the special school-growing

competition theme is “rocket launch”, with free

seeds from Fothergills Seeds.

The nursery will have live entertainment with music, coffee and a sausage sizzle from 10am to 2pm.

There will be bargains on plants and ideas for your garden and members of Coffs Harbour Garden Club will be in attendance.

Entry forms are available from Total Gardens and the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden and can also be downloaded from the club’s website: coffsgardenclub.com.

Judging of the

competition will begin on September 10 and winners will be announced and awards presented on Friday, September 15, with winning gardens open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17.

Right now is a great time to join the garden club which offers friends, friendly help and some great outings for new and experienced gardeners alike.

Coffs Harbour Garden Club is planning a visit to five beautiful gardens at Sapphire on Thursday, August 3, with lunch at

the Beachstone Café.

Also on Thursday, August 3, Bellingen River District Rose and Garden Club is hosting a Friendship, Flowers and Food Day at the Uniting Church Hall in Hyde St from 10am.

Entry fee of $10 includes morning tea and lunch. The day will include talks on biological pest control, native plants, bonsai and local ecology.

For the Bellingen event, an RSVP is essential for catering purposes.

Call Judy on 6655 2232.

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BEWARE OF SCAMS

Don Adams formerly from Beatons

Buyers should be cautious when dealing with car sellers that are overseas and should always arrange to view the vehicle prior to the transfer of any money.

APPLIANCE AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS

Now trading as Don Adams

Buyers and sellers should be cautious of possible scams when buying or selling a vehicle.

More information is available at scamwatch.gov.au

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Be wary if the number in the ad is disconnected.

If the buyer/seller says the number is disconnected because they are overseas, ask for a landline phone number at their current location as well as a mobile phone number.

All contact details of the person buying or selling the car should be verified to ensure they are genuine.

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Can you complete these four words, using the same three-letter sequence in each?

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Fill the grid so every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

alpHaGRaMS 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 five-letter solution starts with J, the six-letter solution starts with K, and so on.

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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, e.g. he burns with anger.

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ROCKS, SLEUTH, TAUNTED, UNCORKED, VOLUNTEER.

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QUIZ

5 lEttERS DEWEY GERMS MITRE SEWER

1. What was Darling Harbour called before a NSW Governor named it after himself?

2. Spice Girl Mel C joined which artist on the hit “When You’re Gone”?

3. In which country was tennis player Monica Seles born – France, Yugoslavia, or Germany?

4. Which middle name did Winston Churchill share with Charlie Chaplin?

5. Who starred in the film Evita as Eva? 6. Which former four-star general was US Secretary of State from 2001-05?

7. If your luggage label on an international flight says TUN, where are you going?

8. Which band had hits with Don’t Dream It’s Over, Something So Strong and Weather With You?

6 lEttERS ABUSER ALTARS ANGLER GALLOP IMPUGN REGIME 8 lEttERS CLEANSER EYESIGHT HANGOVER MULTIPLE RESONATE REVEREND

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1 Long Cove, 2 Bryan Adams, 3 Yugoslavia, 4 Spencer, 5 Madonna, 6 Colin Powell, 8 Fiordland, 7 Tunis, in Tunisia, 8 Crowded House

Fit the words into the grid to create a finished crossword

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Across 1. Mazes (10) 7. Egg-shaped (5) 8. Leave suddenly (colloq) (7) 10. Enthusiasm (8) 11. Greenstone club (4) 13. Fugitive (6) 15. Counterbalance (6) 17. Level (4) 18. Badge (8) 21. Dispense (4,3) 22. Distribute (5) 23. Moved to a new position (10)

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The challenge is to rearrange a crossword which has been broken into 25 sections. One letter has been given to get you started. Work out which 3x3 square fits in with that letter and write in the letters.

You can also shade the black squares if you find it helpful.

After completing the first 3x3 area, work out which square joins on to it, and continue until you have made a complete crossword.

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QUICK CROSSWORD

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Across: 1. Labyrinths 7. Ovate 8. Vamoose 10. Keenness 11.

Mere 13. Outlaw 15. Offset 17. Tier 18. Insignia 21. Mete out 22. Issue 23. Redeployed.

Down: 1. Lease 2. Biennial 3. Revise 4. Numb 5. Hookers 6.

Rock bottom 9. Eventuated 12. Affinity 14. Theatre 16. Instil 19.

Nosed 20. Cope.

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Reviews

Crime Mystery Health Wellbeing Recipes

Oz gangsters in US history

AUSTRALIAN Desperadoes is Terry Smyth’s incredible story of how Australian gangsters terrorised California.

They were the Australians who made American history.

In the roaring days of the 1850s California gold rush, San Francisco was the most dangerous town in America, made so by a notorious criminal gang known as the Sydney Coves.

The Coves – San Francisco’s first organised crime gang – were Australians: men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush.

The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which America had never seen. Robbery, murder, arson and extortion were the Coves’ stock-in-trade, and it was said that the leader of the gang, Jim Stuart, had killed more men than any man in California.

The gang’s base in the waterfront district came to be known as Sydney Town.

The area was a no-go zone for police – many of whom were in Stuart’s pocket anyway. So just as Capone would one day rule Chicago, the Coves ruled San Francisco.

And more than once, just to make sure there was no doubt that Frisco was their town, they burnt it down.

The Coves were hated and feared by the respectable citizens of San Francisco – who derisively called them ‘Sydney Ducks’ but never to their faces – and, realising the forces of the law could not or would not take them on, they decided lynch law was the only solution and formed a vigilante group.

The streets of San Francisco became a battlefield as the Coves and the vigilantes fought for control of the city, with gunfights and lynchings almost daily spectacles as the police stood idly by.

Jim Stewart was

Here’s some healthy and easy recipes QUICK and achievable recipes for fresh, healthy and wholesome food are on offer in this new book.

Callum Hann of Masterchef fame and Themis Chryssidis, an accredited practising dietitian, present over 70 simple, quick and convenient recipes for fresh, healthy, flavoursome food.

The dishes use easy to find, seasonal ingredients, that represent good value for money and which require minimal preparation and clean-up time.

Valuable nutritional information is given for every recipe.

The book is divided into four seasonal

chapters, each with a collection of recipes using readily available ingredients in season, with suggestions for variations and substitute ingredients.

The Quick. Easy.

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arrested in Sacramento for killing a sheriff but escaped to be involved in one the most celebrated cases of mistaken identity in the annals of American crime. When the smoke cleared, the Coves’ reign of terror was over.

Some were strung up from storefronts in the street, some fell in a deadly gunfight with Jonathan R. Davis, one of the fastest guns in the west, others escaped capture and returned to Australia.

The story of the Sydney Coves is little-known, fascinating and well worth telling.

Terry Smyth’s Australian Desperadoes is published by Penguin Random House and available in July at bookshops.

RRP hardback $34.99.

A piece of crime and mystery IT’S the story of a nineteenth century court case involving Thomas Guthrie Carr, a notorious, larger-than-life character who made his living as a mesmerist, phrenologist, public speaker and some say charlatan.

Thomas Guthrie Carr is charged by Eliza Gray with mesmerising her and raping her while she was under his influence.

But if mesmerism and Mr Carr are shams, was Eliza raped? In the tradition of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Charlatan is the story of a notorious nineteenth-century court case involving a larger-than-life character.

Learn about brain health & dementia

With a driving narrative and novelistic pacing, this scrupulously researched account of the life of Thomas Guthrie Carr, stage mesmerist – who lied, fought and sleazed his way around Australia and New Zealand between 1865 and 1886 – is more than just a fascinating piece of social history.

Catherine Jinks’ Charlatan is published by Penguin Random House.

RRP $32.99.

GROUNDBREAKING publication on the hot topic of brain health and dementia prevention plus over 70 recipes to keep your brain healthy.

On average we can expect to live 10-20 years longer than our grandparents’ generation.

These extra years are a bonus but also impose challenges to our bodies and brains.

Recent scientific investigations have uncovered foods and ingredients that can help protect brain cells from damage by oxidation and inflammation and keep the systems that support them working

as well as possible.

An international authority on nutrition for aged care, dietitian Ngaire Hobbins presents a compelling argument that the food you eat can make a big difference to your quality of life. * Published by Allen & Unwin. * Better Brain Food is available in August from book stores.

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Live and let’s save

Try a DIY project BE THRIFTY AND THRIVE NICKY NORMAN BEFORE you jump into a ‘do it yourself’ project, make sure you have enough time, the right materials and understand that you might need plenty of patience.

Things don’t always go as you first planned out, so be aware of unexpected costs. It might be a good idea to start small if you are a beginner. You can visit your local Bunnings or hardware store for DIY classes. Construct simple pieces if you are unsure of your skills. If you like a challenge, here are some pros and cons to help you decide on if, a DIY project is for you.

Pros: ■ It is a great way to develop creativity.

■ Simply painting or refinishing old furniture

can give it a new look and a new lease on life.

■ DIY projects often give you a chance to design your own furniture or other home decor items.

■ You get to choose colours, materials and sizes, giving you a greater sense of control.

■ You get a sense of satisfaction from making something yourself.

■ It’s a chance to recycle or upcycle products to create something of your own for individuality.

Cons: ■ The most common one is having an unfinished DIY project due to lack of time, expertise or access to the right materials.

■ There is always the chance of failure and wasting your money, materials and time.

■ Make sure you have the right safety equipment and working conditions to avoid injury.

Overall, a DIY project is a great way to spend your spare time during the cooler weather. www.thespruce.com

Your health and vitality in winter WINTER is here and healthy eating is always a challenge so here are a few ideas to help stay on track.

A good healthy breakfast makes a great start to the day.

Porridge with a serve of fruit or eggs and tomato and what about sourdough toast with avocado, sliced tomato and a poached egg, my favourite!

Be prepared and stock your cupboards with canned goods such as baked beans, tinned fruit and veggies; which can help with the choices you can make when trying to think of what to cook.

You can always use canned veggies to add to casseroles and soups for extra convenience and flavour.

Enjoy 2-3 serves of

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HOME COOKING CHRISTINE PERKIN fish a week either baked or make a fish pie but try to use low fat pastry or filo as an alternative.

Frittata’s are also a great option for a pastry free pie or quiche.

Lots of fresh or canned fruit and vegetables are very important for a balanced diet.

Eating with the seasons means more money in your pocket and better tasting ingredients on your plate. So shop with that in mind when you go to the green grocers or supermarket next time.

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KEN’S SMASHED AVOCADO AND EGG

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1 ripe avocado 2 slices sourdough bread 1 poached egg Squeeze of lime juice Toast sourdough bread while cooking poached egg, spread avocado over toast then add a squeeze of lime juice and top with egg.

Sliced tomato is a also a nice addition Season to taste.

Tip: Keep the stone in the leftover avocado and splash with lemon or lime juice then cover to stop avocado browning.

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Tickets

$20 presale* $25 on the door* 5pm - 10pm 18+ Event

Two days of fine food, wine and beer tasting, live music, gourmet food competitions and cooking demonstrations on the North Lawn at C.ex Coffs

Friday 1 + Saturday 2 September

If you are a licenced fine food, wine or beer supplier/producer and are interested in promoting your product at Gourmet on the Lawn, please contact Fiona Pike on 6691 9289

*Tickets include 7 beer sample tokens and 3 food sample tokens. Tickets valid for one day only