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Let’s mix it up and learn from the best 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 a positive term for intergenerational friendships.

A recently published report Truth about Age, McCann World Group 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 a healthy, happy ageing.

With this information in mind, we have presented The Intergenerational Issue. The great thing about intergenerational connection is that depending on the connection or program, friendships can be made, education gained and wisdom shared by two or more generations.

This month, we tracked

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK GAIL FORRER

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down a few stories that personify the meaning of intergenerational.

To that end, we have featured 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 educational institutions and the aged care industry.

Initially, it came out of a 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.

We also bring you up-to-date with one of Australia’s most important care-giving institutions Meals on Wheels - which, of course, relies on the generosity of more-able bodied volunteers.

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 - (See our inside feature story).

You may not be aware, but Grandparents’ day is celebrated this month on Oct 25.

This means we all have a chance to celebrate in our own way.

For the grandparents, who have had to take 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.

Read the full stories in our Wellbeing section.

At times, we all require good, honest sounding boards, and for me that means my three sisters, who generously offer a running commentary on my editorial efforts!

Of late, they have told me to take care in writing about too many extraordinary older people, it can make them feel inadequate.

My reply is that the goal is to write about inspirational people, regardless of whether or not they are extraordinary.

Let’s face it, is it ever too late to live the dream?

So, here’s to all my genfriends - may you be inspired and enjoy the Big Read ahead.

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Fighting for Right

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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

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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 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.

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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

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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 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 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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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.

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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

— Shane O’Reilly

ECO RANGERS: Intergenerational connections grow as environmental knowledge is shared and enjoyed.

there in 1911, four years later the Lamington Park was declared a state

forest.

In 1994, World Heritage 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.

Thousands of years of Indigenous history in the Lamington region 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

are the Birinburra, Kombumerri, Wangerriburra and Migunberri people.

The Yugambeh peoplewere well established with their environment. They understood seasons, plants and animals and used these to provide a comfortable lifestyle.

Whereas early European farming methods required toil from dawn to dusk in order to achieve a small return, (European crops where not suited to early Australian environments), the

Yugambeh people were able to feed a large group with just a few hours walk a day.

Trading of food was well established between Aboriginal groups and early Europeans relied on trading with the Aborigines to survive.

The Yugambeh people monitored plant and animal resources to ensure that food gathering was both efficient and sustainable.

They gathered nuts, honey and other plant material, perhaps even planting many of the nut

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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beauty of the landscape THIRD GENERATION : Shane O’Reilly.

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

PHOTO: ADAM HEAD

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 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.

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GenXchange

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Connecting gen friends GENXCHANGE – have your heard the word yet?

If not, be on alert, because it will soon be in your neighbhourhood. 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 were bringing local university students and community elders together in a way that gave meaning and purpose for themselves, and had 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 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 the Breaky Club group serves meals to the homeless, socially disadvantaged and isolated at the Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre.

Debra, 63, is a member of the gardening group.

She said genXchange was 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.

“What I can teach them I will find out along the way.”

Sam, 26, said, “We are creating friendships and connections rather than seeing it as a chore that we have to do.

“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.

GEN FRIENDS: Emma (USC student and genXchange member) and Jack (genXchange member) at Smell the Roses garden and social club.

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“I am able to have a really authentic conversation, really easily.

If the best thing I can do is listen and be actively engaged with these people, 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.

Kristen, 28, chimed in,

“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.”

Charlotte said genXchange has partnered in Brisbane with Aveo Springfield for a cooking program and creating vertical gardens, in partnership with students from the

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“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.”

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Your primary physician can make the best determination if you are a good candidate for breast MRI.

this current society and that allows me as a medical practitioner to deliver the best medicine to my patients.”

Dr Chou said the ability to offer three specialised modalities for detecting and treating breast cancer under one roof was rare.

The three modalities offered by QDI Varsity Lakes, Kawana and Chermside clinics include ultra sound, mammography and MRI. “This means we offer prompt and accurate diagnosis,” he said.

“Which places us in the best position for early detection and treatment.”

The clinics offer per-operative diagnosis

Technology is constantly evolving in this current society and that allows me as a medical practitioner to deliver the best medicine to my patients.

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BREAST CANCER FEATURE

Choosing 3D over 2D mammograms SINCE the relaxation of the rules around medical services advertising a raft of competing radiology businesses are promoting all that is on offer including the very latest in breast imaging.

One service being actively pushed is 3D mammography, which for many women may not be necessary suggests Dr Deborah Pfeiffer, past president of the Australasian Association of Breast Physicians.

“I am concerned about the commercial advertising of breast imaging services without women understanding the basis of its need,” Dr Pfeiffer said.

“Once upon a time, most women went to their doctor to ask who they should see for certain tests.

“Now women

increasingly go to their doctor and tell them what they want.”

So, while women may be better informed about what is available, they don’t necessarily fully understand what is needed.

Depending on a women’s breast density, 3D imaging may offer a significant advantage in detecting notable changes.

Currently Breastscreen Australia only offers conventional digital 2D mammography while 3D mammography, or tomosynthesis, is only offered through private

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providers.

“The difference between the two is that standard digital mammography uses two images of the breast in opposite planes and gives a high-quality image of the breast structure, but has some shortcomings, particularly in very dense breasts,” Dr Pfeiffer said.

“3D images take more pictures, still in two views and with a slightly higher dose of radiation, and then uses a computer program to construct a three-dimensional view.”

For women with very low-density breast tissue, 3D imaging doesn’t offer

... standard digital mammography uses two images of the breast in opposite planes and gives a high-quality image of the breast structure, but has some shortcomings...

any significant advantage, but for women with medium density, it could make the difference in being called back or not called back for investigation of a possible abnormality.

For women with high to extremely high density, 3D is better than 2D, but they may still need to also have an ultrasound.

The downside to 3D imaging is that it’s more expensive and not fully covered by Medicare.

So, it comes down to a woman determining through her GP or specialist, whether the expense of 3D mammography is justifiable for them.

“For some women, it’s not worthwhile, but for others, they should always have it,” Dr Pfeiffer said.

To find out more breast imaging, contact your GP or BreastScreen Australia.

MAMMOGRAMS: The difference in resolution between standard and 3D mammography.

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Scam alert for iTunes cards Be aware of the rip-off that has duped more than 1200 people USING Apple iTunes gift cards to scam money out of unwitting people is the latest scam the ACCC is warning about.

Scammers are trying to con their victims into paying for scams with Apple iTunes gift cards.

Reports to the ACCC’s Scamwatch this year show 1236 people lost a whopping $540,000 to scammers using gift cards as payments.

Apple’s website clearly states iTunes gift cards can only be used to purchase goods and services on the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or for an Apple Music membership.

It’s a growing trend with losses of about $480,000 recorded in the 2015-16 financial year.

“Scammers are increasingly getting their victims to pay with iTunes gift cards as they can quickly on-sell them and pocket the money,” ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard said.

“If someone asks you to pay for anything using

an iTunes gift card, it is a scam.

“There are never any circumstances where a legitimate business or government department will ask for payment this way.”

Reports to Scamwatch show there are three common scam examples the ACCC is currently seeing where scammers are demanding iTunes gift cards as payment: ■ They will get victims to travel to a business where iTunes gift cards are sold, such as a supermarket or department store, and get them to purchase amounts sometimes worth thousands of dollars.

■ Businesses that sell iTunes gift cards are encouraged to inform their staff about these scams so that they can help warn customers and even question any customers spending large amounts of money on iTunes gift cards.

■ “The scammers are very persistent once they have a victim hooked and

SCAM ALERT: Online criminals are trying to con their victims into paying for scams with Apple iTunes gift cards.

will, for example, keep their victim on the phone while they’re in a store buying the gift cards. Once a victim has bought the card, the scammer will get them to quickly read the

serial number on the back – it’s this information they use to then on-sell the gift card,” Ms Rickard said.

“If you pay for a scammer’s con with iTunes gift cards it’s nearly

impossible to get your money back.

“Don’t ever believe the scammers’ lies, no matter how convincing they sound. Hang up on their calls and delete their

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Talk ‘n’

Unlocking the means to defy FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK GAIL FORRER

Group editor Seniors Newspapers network

ageing. 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 an ageing festival in California conducted by RADD (Revolution against death and dying).

The RADD website explains their vision as such: “We’re at a unique

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. But only now is the science starting to look solid.

“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 the late 1990s, American scientist 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, Human

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Longevity, which aims to take the DNA information he helped unlock and find the means to use it 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 picture of the body capable of identifying present/future health problems.

Foretold is forewarned and with this knowledge, there is the possibility of outwitting sickness and death. It is hoped to be available in more than 300 centres around the world within the next five years.

Australians are also recognised for their contribution to longevity

studies. This month Australian, Professor David Sinclair has been announced as a industry category winner of the 2017 Advance Global Australian Awards.

David Sinclair, PhD, is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and founding director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard. He is also a conjoint professor at the University of New South Wales, and honorary professor at the University of Sydney.

He was the first non-US citizen to be awarded a prestigious Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship, allowing him to leave to work in the US where he discovered a cause of aging in yeast.

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MOMCHILOVSTI, telemeres, epigentics, RADD, lutathione – these words might sound rather out of the ordinary, but as the conversation around longevity grows longer and louder, these words are gathering familiarity.

Dreams of drinking from the fountain of youth have long been part of the human race.

These days the dreams are fast being replaced with scientific research. In 2013, Google announced the creation of Calico, short for the Californian Life Company. It is focused on longevity research and therapeutics and its mission is to reverse engineer the biology that controls lifespan. In 2015, American Liz Parrish experimented with gene therapy to find what she has called a cure for

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Share your thoughts

Email editor@seniors newspaper.com.au or go online to www.seniorsnews .com.au

Hurdles, highjumps and solutions

ageing

genome, bioinformatics, how to reverse aging, and how to enhance human fitness.

Today, longevity studies are one of the world’s most prominent research areas. This article is just a tiny taste of what is happening in the world and perhaps, what is just around the corner.

Ageing science: Telemeres: At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.

Epigenetics, essentially, affects how genes are read by cells, and subsequently how they produce proteins.

Glutathione is a very simple molecule that is produced naturally all the

time in your body.

It is a combination of three simple building blocks of protein or amino acids — cysteine, glycine and glutamine.

Poor diet,pollution, toxins, medications, stress, trauma, aging, infections and radiation all deplete your glutathione.

Momchilovsti: Located in Bulgaria the area is famous as ‘the village of longevity’ because of the high number of centenarians living here.

It has also given its name to a kind of drinking yoghurt that is all the rage for Chinese consumers and spawned an industry worth nearly a billion dollars a year.

PLEASE NOTE: AT THIS MOMENT, EXERCISE IS KNOWN AS BEST POSITVE AGEING THERAPY.

MRS AND MRS RIGHT

HERE’S one for the book.

Me and my husband have been married three years coming up October 4. The unique thing about our marriage is how we got together. I was married to my previous husband for 35 years and he passed away. George, my husband now volunteered where I worked and was a good friend to us both. George was 66 years old and had never married and very little dating experience.

We ask why he never married or got into a relationship and his comment was he always was too busy and was waiting for Mrs Wright to come along. Well long 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

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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.

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

WHERE’S OUR SENSE OF HUMOUR

To Gail, I was quite taken aback 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.

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Worthy Cause

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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.”

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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”.

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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

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to help hold off price rises minimum of $4.70 estimated that for every released, Mr Matthews towards the cost of each $1 the government was hopeful it would meal. Some Queensland provides in subsidy, they address the current services had been get $5 back in inequities and take receiving under $3 per downstream health pressure off local meal in subsidy. savings? services.

“The government has When Seniors “Food is essential,” Mr recognised the massive newspapers spoke to Mr Matthews said, “but MoW return in downstream Matthews after the is essential not just for community benefits and funding announcement, providing a well-balanced health savings it gains he said funding had and nutritious meal, but through preventative care passed to the Federal for the care we provide services like Meals on Government from the through social contact, Wheels,” Mr Matthews States in recent years, monitoring of health and said. and there had been a lack well-being, which is an He pointed to the UK The government has recognised experience, where the massive return in downstream hospitalisation community benefits and health savings it rates of gains through preventative care services malnourished older people like Meals on Wheels increased by over — Australian Meals on Wheels Association 200% when president Nelson Matthews funding for in-home support services such as of understanding as to enormous comfort for delivered meals and how it operated, that customers as well as the social support was cut. customers paid for their families of older people So why did it take so meals and that, because who might otherwise be long for the Australian MoW services had quite isolated.”

Government to identify the developed independently He said in connecting benefits of this service from grassroots communities and giving which runs on the good community efforts, each people a sense of hearts of volunteers and, service ran slightly purpose, MoW provided as Mr Matthews put it, differently with slightly another service. “the smell of an oily rag”? different funding.

MoW delivers more Why was it refused extra While the exact details than 10 million meals to funding earlier in the year, of how the $8 million will more than 120,000 despite the fact it’s be divided have yet to be Australians each year.

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FUNDING WIN: Australian Meals on Wheels Association president Nelson Matthews said the service was all about keeping people at home for longer.

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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.

Deadline for the November issue is October 27. Email Nicky or Chris at community notes@seniors newspaper.com.au.

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ENJOY handworked needle crafts and friendship at our club. Adult beginners are welcome. We meet on Wednesdays, 12.30 to 3.30pm at the Community Centre, 2439 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach.

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some social activity. The group meets every Wednesday at the Masonic Hall in First Ave, Burleigh Heads, between 9am and noon. A catered morning tea is served prior to a morning of friendship, fun, trivia quizzes, Bingo, raffles and a great trade table. Maybe a guest speaker or entertainer could drop in.

Have your hands pampered in our Pamper Corner or browse through the lending library. Age is not a barrier. A dedicated team of volunteers ensure that nobody is left out of the fun. Cost $3. Details call Neville on 5562 2993.

NEW to the Gold Coast or a senior resident looking for social activities? Join us for weekly barbecues, picnics, theatre, restaurants and outings at various locations around the Gold Coast. Singles and couples welcome. Our club is called PALS and we look forward to meeting you. Details call Vicky 0412 783 907.

NEVER ALONERS

FRIENDSHIP: Never Aloners celebrate at the seven-year birthday bash.

VILLAGE CRAFT FAIR

MUDGEERABA Uniting Church, 89 Franklin Dr, will be holding their Village Craft Fair on Friday October 13, from 9am to 4pm and October Saturday October 14 from 8am to 2pm. Come along and enjoy some of the creative talent Mudgeeraba and surrounds has to offer.

There will be handmade

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On Saturday there will be a jumping castle, slot car fun and other activities for the kids. Details call 5525 1309.

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THE Never Alone Friendship Centre recently celebrated seven years of service to the community at a birthday lunch. The group of guests and volunteers enjoyed a mouth-watering meal at the Burleigh Sports Club, having a tipple or two while many prizes and gifts were distributed amongst the guests. In the seven years of service the centre has addressed those in our community who are lonely, isolated, recently bereaved, retired or maybe just looking for

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Our Research Room is open between 10am and 7pm Tuesday, 10am to 4pm Wednesday to Friday and on Saturday 9.30am to 3pm. This month our guest is Eric Kopittke speaking about German immigration in the 1800s.

Details call Trish 07 5524 2156.

COOLANGATTA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE

FOR 50 and over seniors, we welcome all Gold Coast and Tweed area residents and visitors.

The centre has a large range of activities including Bingo, new vogue dancing, computer lessons, cards, choir, indoor bowls, craft, light exercises, line dancing, mah jong, qigong, rock and roll, eight ball, table tennis, tai chi, yoga, guitar and ukulele, bus trips, hairdressing and beauty.

Our next free monthly concert will be on Monday October 30 at 1pm Queensland time featuring Davo the comic genius.

Details call 07 5536 4050 or visit the centre at 2 Gerrard St, Coolangatta.

SOUTHPORT SENIOR CITIZENS WE welcome all over 50s

to our activities which include line dancing, new vogue dancing, scottish, square and tap dancing, tai chi and light exercise.

For all activity times go to our website: www.south port seniorcitizens.com or call Annette 5537 1377.

Membership is $8 a year with each activity costing a low $3. We celebrate Christmas twice a year and organise other various functions. Our club motto is Finding Friends, Fun and Fitness.

If you are interested in these three things please come along and join us.

We are a very active and friendly club. You can find as at 2 Whitby St, Southport. Parking is available in Owen Park right behind our lovely air-conditioned hall.

DANCE FITNESS CLASSES

THE low-impact, slower paced, easier to follow Zumba Gold dance fitness class is aimed at the over 50s through to the golden years for a more gentle kind of groove. Mainly Latin based but full of world rhythms. You can salsa, merengue and cha cha yourself to a healthier lifestyle without a partner in these fun and friendly 45 minute sessions which take place in Ormeau, Jacobs Well, Upper

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Coomera and more. The groups are very welcoming and it’s easy to make new friends who usually coffee chat or lunch afterwards.

Details call Selina on 0404 531 533.

GOLD COAST WINE & FOOD SOCIETY THEY recently held their 45th anniversary.

Members celebrated with a special luncheon at beautiful Albert River Wines in the Gold Coast hinterland. Details call Bruce on 5578 9454

TWIN TOWNS & DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB

NEXT meeting will be our annual general meeting on Monday November 13, in the downstairs

auditorium at the South Tweed Sports Club, 4 Minjungbal Dr, Tweed Heads South. The guest speaker for this meeting is yet to be announced.

Watch the website: http://twintowns gardenclub.com. AGM on November 13. We have a great committee to see us through 2018. How lucky we are to have such enthusiasm looking to our needs. Our chosen charity for our annual donation in 2016 was the Wedge Tail Palliative Care Home at Murwillumbah. Members, do you have a group in need of help? Let us know now. Begonia Group: meets at 9.30am on the third Monday of the month at a venue to be nominated (usually a member’s garden). Call Pat on 5534 6188.

A fundraiser for the local charity LIVIN will be held on Sunday, October 15 at GoBowling Tenpin Bowling in Ashmore. To participate in this national Mental Health Awareness Week event helping LIVIN to smash down the stigma around mental health and raise awareness for suicide prevention, just call GoBowling at 5539 6433. Bookings are essential from 9am until 3pm. See you there from all of us at LIVIN.

UNITING TOASTMASTERS CLUB

COME in and join us to improve your public speaking and leadership skills. Learn how to speak with confidence, to think on your feet and be provided with constructive feedback. Meetings every Tuesday morning 9.30 to 11.30 at 17 Applecross Way, Elanora. Meet in the Robinson Hall next to the coffee shop. You are welcome as our guest, as the first three visits are free. Details call Norma 5534 3270 or email Tuti t.aulia14@gmail.com.

PROBUS ■ NORTH BURLEIGH MEETS on the second Wednesday of the month

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at North Burleigh Surf Club 10am. We enjoy morning tea and interesting guest speakers with outings planned for the fourth Wednesday of the month.

Visitors are always welcome. Details call Margaret 5520 6603.

■ SORRENTO

OUR members enjoyed a wonderful bus trip to Byron Bay recently. Our growing mixed club holds monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month at Southport Bowls Club. Details call Doreen on 5526 6126.

■ BURLEIGH WATERS

GENERAL meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. Our September outing was a trip to Toowoomba to see the flowers, with lunch at the City Pro Golf Club, and at our last meeting Barry and Delwyn Smith gave us a great presentation on much of Gold Coast’s history. Retired or semi-retired men are invited to join us at club meetings at 10am on the third Monday of each month at Burleigh Waters Community Centre, 131 Christine Ave, Burleigh Waters. Nominally a men’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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club, but wives are very welcome to share the club’s fellowship, friendship and fun at all club meetings and outings. Details call Brian 5520 6332 or John 5520 6661.

■ RUNAWAY BAY

IF YOU are interested in making new friends and joining us to enjoy guest speakers, lunches and outings, the club will be holding its next meeting on Monday, October 16 at Paradise Point Bowls Club on the corner of Thrush and Sunbird Ave. The meeting will start at 10am. There will be an interesting guest speaker.

All members and new friends are welcome to attend. Our next activity will be a Gold Coast to Brisbane day cruise on Thursday, November 9 departing at 9am from

Spotlight Theatre at $25 a ticket.

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OUR club meets on the third Wednesday of the month at the Burleigh Heads Surf Lifesaving Club at 10am, a meeting with an interesting speaker and a morning of good fellowhip and frienship. Visitors welcome. Details call Peg on 0428 903 715 or Glenda on 5576 0303.

Ken on 0403 524 964 or Rod on 0438 341 909.

TASTY TREATS: Gold Coast Food and Wine Society celebrated their 45th anniversary with a special luncheon at beautiful Albert River Wines in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Marina Mirage, 74 Seaworld Dr, Main Beach, Southport, returning approximately 5pm. Those interested, including visitors, can contact Noel 5564 2231 for more details. Other inquiries to Warren 5514 0234.

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OUR meetings are held at Paradise Point Bowls Club, corner Thrush Ave and Sunbird Ave, and start at 10am on the second Tuesday of each month.

The next meeting will be October 10 and visitors are most welcome.

Details call Jessie on 5577 4768 or Bronwen on 5537 1342.

■ MIAMI COMBINED

GENERAL meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 9.30 for 10am. A great club for active retired singles or couples; you will be most welcome. Monthly dinners, guest speakers of interest, trips, theatre and cinema and walking club. Come and join us at the Burleigh Heads Surf Club. Details call Lesley 0404 395 944.

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OMG.. It’s Great! If you know what that means, and you are retired or semi-retired you are probably in the Baby Boomer fun-loving and active age group. Maybe

you are looking for a bit more social life in your retirement, and would like to meet like-minded, active fun people. Our club can offer you a great variety of outings, entertainment, sports, brain teasers like cards and mah jong, dining, theatre and more. We have a meeting with a guest speaker once a month but nearly every week there is a variety of activities you can join in with. Maybe the walking gang, maybe take in a movie and coffee, or an adventure. But best of all is our great group of friendly members. See us online at htpp://probus kirratugun.org.au or ring

MEETS on the third Tuesday of each month.

The next meeting of our club will be at Treetops Tavern, West Burleigh, on Tuesday, October 17 at 10am. New members are always welcome at this friendly club. Details call Ros on 5520 5821.

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OUR club holds meetings and lunch on the second Tuesday of the month at Southport Golf Club.

Meeting at 11.30am for lunch at 12pm. Always with an interesting guest speaker. New members and visitors are most welcome. For an opportunity to meet new friends and join in our social activities and really enjoyable outings, call Felicity 5679 0226. Also on October 12 there will be a luncheon fashion parade from Portofino Fashions and October 19 we have a benefit performance of Les Miserables at the

THE friendly ladies of our club meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 9.30am for 10am start at Robina Bowls Club, Ron Penhaligon Way, Robina.

We have interesting guest speakers with morning tea, social days and outings. New members and guests are welcome.

Details call Jennifer on 0408 005 458.

U3A

TWIN Towns offers classes, activities and social events for mature men and women in the Gold Coast and Tweed areas. Join for the remainder of 2017 at a reduced membership fee of only $40. We hold classes such as art, calligraphy, pen and ink and card marking workshops. Every Friday members play board games, cards and mahjong and on Thursdays, table tennis for all skill levels; in addition join discussion groups, literature and digital photography. Call 07 5534 7333 or u3atwintowns@gmail.com

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ARE presenting their 2017 Photographic Exhibition at Robina Community Centre Art Gallery from October 12 to 22. You will see 70 photographs including landscapes, portraits, nature, creative, street and architecture. Opening hours are same as Robina Library. Free entry.

Inquiries Greg on 0408 078 258.

GOLD COAST RETIREES INC

WE HAVE arranged for an experienced financial adviser, Matthew Brown from MiQ Private Wealth, to provide details at the next meeting of how a reverse mortgage can assist retirees and the traps and pitfalls to avoid.

The meeting will be held at 9.30am at the Broadbeach Seniors’ Centre, 23 T E Peters Dr, (cnr Havana Key), Broadbeach on Thursday, October 12.

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Details call Libby on 5593 0695.

SPINAL LIFE

THE Spinal Life Australia Gold Coast Post Polio Network meets at 10.30am on the second Monday of the month at Treetops Tavern, 7 Executive Dr, Burleigh Waters. Details call Lyn on 0448 206 856 or Joan on 0413 178 073.

MEDITATION AND POSITIVE THINKING

STARTS Tuesday October 10, from 11.15am to 12.15pm and every Tuesday until November 28. A thought is energy. If we have positive thoughts we send out good energy, a negative thought sends out negative energy. A positive thought brings benefit to all and has a higher vibration. In these sessions we learn how to transform negative to positive and experiment with these positive thoughts in meditation.

Soothe the mind, create calm and confidence and a happy life. Open to all over 55 years of age.

Please register your attendance with U3A North Gold Coast. Call 5529 0583 or email curriculum.u3anorthgc@ gmail.com.

Location Labrador Community and Youth Centre, 57 Billington St, Labrador.

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GREAT FRIENDS: Sorrento Probus members had a wonderful trip to Byron Bay recently.

IS AN organisation for people grieving the loss of a partner. We meet every second and fourth Wednesday at 10.30am at Broadbeach Senior Citizens Centre, TE Peters Dr, Broadbeach. Details call Betty 07 5580 7034.

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Location and details call 07 5531 3254 or 0400 849 573.

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AN AFFILIATED QBA club, we are a small friendly

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VOLUNTARY euthanasia options are discussed at meetings held quarterly on the Gold Coast. The next meeting will be held on November 9. Details call Elaine 07 5580 8215.

GOLD COAST SALVOS

PLANT Sale and Market Day on Saturday October 14 from 8am until 12noon at The Salvos, 157 Wardoo Street, Southport.

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healthy and very reasonably priced. Come along, have your car washed for $10, enjoy morning tea or Sausage Sizzle. Details call 07 5531 3471 Tuesday to Friday from 9am to 12.30pm.

Free 4 Sale YOU can submit one item a month and write up to 20 words.

Items must not exceed $500. Post to GOLD COAST Seniors Free 4 Sale, PO Box 56, Maroochydore, Qld, 4558 or email free4sale@seniors newspaper.com.au.

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Relax and unwind aboard a smooth and stable catamaran, sailing the beautiful clear blue waters of the Gold Coast.

Two-hour Sunset Sailing Cruise normally $69, now $49. Also includes a

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Call 0438 915 222 or email info@sailingin paradise.com.au to book using code into comment section GCTOD.

CHINATOWN STREET MARKETS

COME and enjoy an authentic Asian food experience with your family and friends at the Chinatown Street Markets. Gold Coast Chinatown in the heart of Gold Coast CBD comes alive with Asian culture, children’s activities and entertainment. The Markets offer a blend of cuisines from across Asia, or why not try one of the many restaurants in Gold Coast Chinatown and enjoy the atmosphere?

Operating from 5pm to 9pm on the first Saturday of every month until November when the markets break for Christmas and resume in February. Bottled water will not be sold to help reduce the amount of waste produced at the

event, instead free water refills will be available so bring your own bottle.

Come along on November 4 from 5pm to 9pm at Gold Coast Chinatown, Young and Davenport Sts, Southport. Details go to https://cbd.wearegold coast.com.au/whatson/chinatown-events/

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE GC2018 GAMES VILLAGE

CITY Libraries presents seven exclusive events taking you behind the scenes of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Get the inside scoop from the people in the know. Go behind the scenes of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Village with Emily Biviano from Village Operations, the team responsible for the planning and operations of the GC2018 Village.

From 6.30pm to 7.30pm, Wednesday, October 4 at the Robina Library. Cost: free. Details contact Alison Kemp on 07 5581 6706 or email

Win A Double Pass or Family Pass to Australia’s favourite Pooch-Festival - the Dog Lovers Show in Brisbane Calling all dog-tragic Queenslanders, it’s your chance to win tickets to Australia’s favourite Pooch-Festival - the Dog Lovers Show.

The inaugural Brisbane show will be bounding into the Royal International Convention Centre at Brisbane Showgrounds on November 4-5.

Meet Australia’s celebrity vets, Dr Chris Brown and Dr Katrina Warren along with The Wonderdogs, animal behaviourist Dr Jacqui Ley and renowned Hollywood animal trainer Peta Clarke. Snap a selfie with the most Instagram famous dogs strutting their stuff on the ‘dog’ walk. See 500+ beautiful dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds, 150 exhibitors, 30+ rescue groups, 40+ Breed Clubs and a huge array of visitor attractions.

We are giving you the chance to get your paws on a double pass valued at $50 each or family pass valued at $68 each.

To be in the running, simply email post your entry to: 28 Mayne Road, Bowen Hills Queensland 4006; And Address it to Seniors News - Dog Lovers Competition.

Make sure you tell us your name (first and last), contact number, email, postal address and Seniors Newspapers region, then answer this question “Why do you want to win tickets to the Dog Lover’s Show”?

Or visit seniorsnews.com.au/competitions to enter online. Good luck!

Visit seniorsnews.com.au/competitionterms for full competition terms and conditions. Promoter is ARM Specialist Media Pty Ltd of 2 Newspaper Place, Maroochydore Qld 4558. Promotional period 03/10/17 – 18/10/17. Competition drawn 5pm 18/10/17 at Cnr Mayne Rd and Campbell St, Bowen Hills, Qld 4006. Winners announced in Seniors November Editions 2017. Total prize value $354.00 (including GST). Entry is open to all permanent residents of Queensland, residing in the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast Seniors Distribution Areas.

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VOLUNTEER WITH BEACHCARE

COME along to free community dune planting activities with BeachCare and care for your local beach. You can make a difference to improve the Gold Coast’s beach environment by planting native species, removing invasive weeds and picking up litter. Suitable for all ages and fitness levels. All equipment is supplied. Please be sure to wear enclosed shoes otherwise you won’t be able to help out. Please bring some drinking water and wear sun-smart clothing. Located at Beach end of Abalone Ave, Paradise Point from 9am to 11am, Saturday, October 7. Cost free.

Details call James Gullison on 0414 762 374 or email beachcare@griffith.edu.au or go to http://www.griffith.edu. au/beachcare for other locations.

FESTIVAL OF KITES

KIRRA Beach will come alive on Saturday, October 21 from 10am to 4pm with the Gold Coast Festival of Kites. Bright and colourful kites of all shapes and sizes will take over the Kirra skyline, transforming

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the sky into a spectacular kite-flying masterclass that will have all ages captivated. Renowned flyers from across the country will add a unique blend of art and ingenuity to the festival’s colourful skies, making it a must-see for families and kite enthusiasts. With Kirra’s wide sandy beaches, along with the stunning Gold Coast skyline backdrop, the Gold Coast Festival of Kites will provide an excellent viewing platform for all spectators. Food vendors, kite merchants and up to 30 market stalls will fill the park and kids’ activities and roaming entertainment will add to the festive atmosphere.

Details call Sam Miano on 07 5534 3500 or email events@southerngold .coast.com.au.

THE Gold Coast region is renowned for its coastal lifestyle, a lifestyle that was enjoyed by indigenous people long before the area became a tourist destination. Today, the City of Gold Coast manages a 36-kilometre stretch of beach and has a multi-billion dollar tourism industry. An industry that is dependent on healthy beaches. This talk will highlight how the beaches from a coastal town have changed to beaches that are part of a thriving city and what has adapted in their management over 60 years. Please note that this is a free event, but spaces are limited and bookings are required.

Please book through the Broadbeach Library.

Details and bookings call 07 5552 8823. Located at the Broadbeach Library from 1.30pm to 2.30pm, October 24.

BUSKERS BY THE CREEK

IN A celebration of the old-fashioned art of busking, more than 300 performers will showcase their talents along the banks of Currumbin Creek. People of all ages will soak up the atmosphere, vibe and

sunshine and immerse themselves in the melting pot of creativity, culture and surprise. A variety of singer/songwriters, artistic fire, magicians, bands and dancers will be scheduled into the program, with a full schedule of acts announced closer to the event date. Throughout the park grounds, international festival fare will be available to tempt all tastebuds and artisans will be showcasing their creative wares and talents. Come and discover the undiscovered. Located at Winders Park, Duringan St, Currumbin on October 14 and 15. It’s a weekend of magic and marvel not to be missed. Details call 0421 035 432 or email talent@buskersbythe creek.com.au or go to http://www.buskersby thecreek.com.au.

SING GC

AWARD-winning musical director Jonathan Albertini welcomes people of all ages and abilities to four weeks of evening workshops to learn to sing a cappella harmonies in a fun, supportive and inclusive environment.

Starting in October, SingGC evening workshops will be held at the Griffith University Gold Coast Campus. It is the

Gold Coast hub for several community singing groups directed by Jonathan Albertini, including Voices in Paradise, Serotonin, The Blenders and Coastal Charisma. The free workshops for male singers will be held on Mondays from October 16 for four weeks and for female singers on Tuesdays from October 17 for four weeks from 7pm to 9.30pm, location Level 4, G40 Health Building, Health Dr, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus. Free parking is available. To register go on line https://www. singgc. com.au/

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LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE

GOLD Coast Bridge club on the highway in Surfers Paradise helps to brush up your skills or teach you new ones with our experienced teachers.

They provide beginners’ classes and coaching at all levels and conduct bridge sessions six days a week and two nights.

Join the club and meet interesting people from all walks of life. Details call Cecily or Lynley 5538 3112 or 0418 984 856.

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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

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.

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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.)

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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.

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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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Canberra it’s up, up and away

PHIL HAWKES finds the nation’s capital has more than enough hot air IF YOU’VE thought of Canberra as a place for “serious” tourism…

Federal Parliament, the Australian War Memorial, the National Gallery and so on, you’d be right.

Those places should be high on every Australian’s bucket list.

But only half right.

There’s another side to the city which is now attracting a new wave of visitors looking for fun, excitement, good food and wine, and lots of activities that will keep you busy with Facebook posts or Instagrams to the rellies back home.

For example, trying hot air ballooning on a frosty winter morning is one way to get the pulse racing. It may sound a bit nerve-racking, but ballooning is statistically safer than driving down the street and it’s a lot

more fun. In the hands of experienced operators such as Balloon Aloft, you get a wonderful bird’s eye view of the city and the picturesque countryside, a joyflight you won’t easily forget.

Ballooning is just for starters. Here are some other fun things to do in Canberra: ■ Stay at Jamala Wildlife Lodge at the heart of the National Zoo & Aquarium.

Here, you can choose a room or suite “close up and personal” with a lion, tiger, bear or cheetah…or next to a shark tank! Our favourite is the Giraffe Treehouse where you can feed the handsome Humbekhali from your balcony.

■ Take a Segway Tour around Lake Burley Griffin, it certainly beats walking and the guides give an amusing commentary.

FABULOUS EXPERIENCE: Feeding Humbekhali while staying in the Giraffe Treehouse at the Jamala Wildlife Lodge.

■ Try your hand at glass blowing at Canberra Glassworks, a unique workspace for glass artists where visitors can get arty and make a glass paperweight under the patient guidance of a professional artist.

■ Visit the new Capital Brewing Company in Fyshwick, an industrial area fast becoming a trendy urban precinct.

Enjoy not only superb craft beers, but tasty food from the famous Brodburger food truck.

■ Spend an hour or three at one of many wineries in the district… the closest to town is Mount Majura Vineyard and if you’re like us, you’ll want more than

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■ Dine at one of Canberra’s hot eateries, like Italian and Sons, ONA

Manuka (great locally roasted coffee) and Pialligo Estate on the banks of the Molonglo River incorporating a

vineyard, olive grove, market garden and smokehouse for a true chef-hatted gourmet dining experience.

■ Book well ahead for Floriade in September 2018, now in its 31st year and one of Australia’s best known flower and garden shows.

■ Check out Tigerair’s new Brisbane-Canberra flights… the low fares will save you enough money to enjoy more of the fun side of our national capital.

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Healing help for wounds Quinn Jones

JEFF’s voice starts to creak as he reaches for the glass of water. He squeakily apologises for the interruption before taking a sip and letting the cool water soothe a throat ravaged by cancer. The relief will only last a moment.

“At the end of the treatment you come out rather scarred,” Jeff told Seniors News.

“It’s not nice. Your whole neck is like a big burn and the inside of your mouth is ulcerated.

“You heal up gradually but it doesn’t quite go back to the way it was.

“And going back to the way it was, that’s why I’m here.”

The “here” is the Wesley Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine.

Gold Coast resident Jeff happened onto the centre during a local cancer support group when one of the nurses from the hyperbaric unit was invited down to present information on the treatment.

The nurse explained the facilities, described the chamber, spoke of the

staff but what caught Jeff’s attention was the success rate: hyperbaric medicine can improve the quality of life – almost back to normal – in 80 per cent of patients.

“When you have cancer, you do try everything and anything because you don’t want to be that person who missed out,” he said.

“I tried herbal medicines and everything else. But it’s all much of a muchness. “(But) hyperbaric therapy helps the healing of the burns.”

Now, almost midway through his treatment, Jeff is a through-and-through convert of the therapy and the Wesley Centre.

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“The nurses are brilliant, the technical staff are great, Doctor Aung, even though she goes at a million miles a minute, is fantastic!”

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alleviates Xerostomia, a condition more commonly known as dry mouth, is keeping a very close eye on Jeff and other patients affected by radiation injuries.

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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

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“This is happening more and more across the state,” she said.

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Foregoing retirement to raise a third generation Tracey Johnstone

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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.

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“Our grandparent group here in Wagga are aged between 50 and 81, and raising between one and seven grandchildren per household.

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Ms Reilly said grandparents could only access childcare benefits through Centrelink.

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What’s new at Gold Coast Open House

Through the lens GET snapping for Gold Coast Open House.

The three-year-old event will again host its popular Focus on

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Commonwealth Games-ready sports venues, inspiring private homes that reimagine the classic Gold Coast beach house and two new heritage projects at Bischof Pioneer Park at Nerang are among the new venues.

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The Open House events Everything you need to know about a jam-packed program GOLD Coast Open House this year will be held on Saturday, November 4.

■ Forty buildings, places and spaces that are usually closed to the public will throw open their doors to offer behind the scenes tours to the public. They include games-ready Commonwealth Games venues, historic gems, inspirational homes, churches, schools, universities and public buildings, stars of sustainability, and marvels of engineering that include tall towers and public utilities that work behind the scenes to keep the City of Gold Coast running smoothly.

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Property settlements WE HAVE so enjoyed sharing information and practical pointers to individuals who are facing the difficult experience of separation, divorce and property settlement and hope it has been of interest or benefit to you or someone close to you.

If you missed out on reading some of the previous instalments of this series these can now be found on our website www.newwaylawyers. com.au.

Now for the final instalment of the series.

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MYTH NUMBER 7: I NEED TO BE SEPARATED FOR 12 MONTHS BEFORE I CAN DO A PROPERTY SETTLEMENT

A lot of people think that they have to wait until they

have been separated for 12 months before they can take any steps toward property settlement.

This is incorrect - there is no waiting period that must run before starting the property settlement process.

Property settlement can in fact be started as soon as separation occurs.

There are however some deadlines to be aware of for the completion of property settlement.

For individuals who were in a de facto relationship the deadline for

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For couples who were married the deadline is 12 months from the date of divorce.

If property settlement has not been finalised by these deadlines it may be necessary to make an application to the Court for property settlement.

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DAWN French has written a new, non-fiction book.

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Published by Penguin Books, Me. You: A Diary is released this month and in bookshops and online. RRP $39.99.

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.

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Warm-hearted School Life retirement mean, they muse.

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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/

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10. Add at least six layers of newspaper and glue to the top half of the balloon.

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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.

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.

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How to keep your pets at home longer Tracey Johnstone

RSPCA South Australia has released a toolkit which community groups, councils and aged care services can use for free to help seniors keep their pets at home for longer.

RSPCA South Australia’s animal welfare advocate Rebekah Eyers said in the past, caring for a companion animal had been overlooked under healthcare plans.

The Companion Animal Toolkit has the potential to address this issue.

“For a lot of older people, their wellbeing is wrapped in their pet,” Ms Eyers said.

“That human, animal bond is a very powerful thing.

“They need to be able to stay at home with their pet for as long as they can.”

The toolkit helps with ideas, guidelines and operating procedures for programs which support people living at home who can’t continue to fully care for their pet.

It gives advice on recruiting, vetting and training volunteers who then go in a person’s home to help a disabled or elderly person do all the things a pet needs, such as walking, grooming, toileting, taking the pet to the vet, giving them treatments.

The added advantage of the toolkit is volunteers can also help identify pet owner health problems.

“Often the bond between the pet and the owner is so incredibly strong they will sacrifice their own needs so

they can meet the needs of their pet,” Ms Eyers.

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Ms Eyers notes this is why it’s important that the program owner collaborates with service agencies and animal welfare bodies to achieve a better outcome for the pet and its owner.

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17 What was Buffalo Bill’s surname? (4) 20 In India, what polite form of address is sometimes said after a man’s name? (5) 21 In what painting technique is paint applied thickly, showing brush or palette knife marks?

(7) 22 What colour is an aircraft’s “black” box? (6) 23 Who rules a country if a monarch is absent or ill? (6) Down 1 Which famous Spanish-born painter collected and kept all his toenail clippings? (5,7) 2 What is the technical name for the shoulder blade? (7) 3 What spike is driven into a rock crevice to aid a mountain climber? (5) 4 What is the topmost planking of the side of a boat? (7)

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ALPHAGRAMS

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

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

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

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directly in front of your dog and see which paw he or she uses to hold it to get the food out. A dog may use either paw or both paws.

To test your pet cat, you can set a food puzzle by putting a treat inside a glass jar and watching to see which paw your cat uses. Don’t forget to repeat it lots of times and take notes to see whether the effect is real or just random chance.

Don’t forget to repeat the experiment lots of times. To read the full story, go to www.seniorsnews.com.au

ALPHAGRAMS: INEPT, JILTED, KEEPING, LAMENTED, MUTILATES.

DO animals have a more dextrous side that they favour for particular tasks, just like humans?

The short answer is: yes they do. Like humans, many animals tend to use one side of the body more than the other.

Humans tend to be right-handed. Lefties or southpaws make up only about 10% of the human population, and more males than females are left-handed. Great apes show similar handedness

patterns to humans. Most chimps, for instance, seem to be right-handed.

There is some evidence to suggest that dogs and cats can be right- or left-pawed, although the ratio seems to be more evenly split than in humans, and it is unclear whether there are sex differences.

If you’re a pet owner you can do an experiment for yourself. Which paw does your cat or dog lead with when reaching out for something, or to tap open a pet door? To test your pet dog, you can place a treat-filled Kong toy

QUICK CROSSWORD

Janice Lloyd and Richard Squires, James Cook University

Across: 1. Withdrawal 7. Naked 8. Nucleus 10. Absolute 11. Tier 13. Escort 15. Solemn 17. Fund 18. Cataract 21. Reigned 22. Inane 23. Agreements.

Down: 1. Wakes 2. Tiddlers 3. Denote 4. Arch 5. Apelike 6. Uncaredfor 9. Strengthen 12. Donation 14. Cunning 16. Random 19. Amass 20. Ante.

Are animals left- and right-pawed?

R E E D S

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

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

TODAY: Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22

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WORD GO ROUND

SUDOKU

5x5 T R I C E

Down 1. Rouses (5) 2. Small fish (8) 3. Signify (6) 4. Curve (4) 5. Simian (7) 6. Neglected (7-3) 9. Reinforce (10) 12. Gift (8) 14. Sly (7) 16. Haphazard (6) 19. Accumulate (5) 20. Poker stake (4)

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Across 1. Retreat (10) 7. Bare (5) 8. Core (7) 10. Total (8) 11. Layer (4) 13. Accompany (6) 15. Dignified and sombre (6) 17. Pay for, sponsor (4) 18. Waterfall (8) 21. Ruled (7) 22. Mindless (5) 23. Arrangements (10)

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Across 6/7 Archie Bunker, 10 Leprosy, 11 Wheat, 12 Pelé, 13 Koala, 16 Pan-Am, 17 Cody, 20 Sahib, 21 Impasto, 22 Orange, 23 Regent.

Down 1 Pablo Picasso, 2 Scapula, 3 Piton, 4 Gunwale, 5 Skeet, 8 Rita Hayworth, 9 Pyromania, 14 Babbage, 15 Ross Sea, 18 Sheaf, 19 Ypres.

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5 What is also known as claypigeon shooting? (5) 8 In 1946, which star’s picture was taped to the first peacetime nuclear test bomb, at Bikini atoll? (4,8) 9 What is an obsessive desire to set fire to things? (9) 14 Whose (Charles ____) “analytical engine” calculator designed in the 1830s was finally built in 1991? (7) 15 In a southern ocean, which cold water body lies between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula?

(4,3) 18 What is a tied bundle of reaped grain stalks? (5) 19 Near which Belgian town were major battles fought in 1914, 1915 and 1917? (5)

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