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Gail Forrer Seniors Group Editor HOW much do you value yourself?

Are you guilty of age-discrimination against yourself?

In 2017, Australia’s Benevolent Society launched its EveryAGE Counts campaign which is underpinned by a research program that found ageism damages lives and prevents older people from participating fully in society.

Due to the numerous social implications of our increased lifespan, the lifestyle of contemporary older Australians is vastly different from previous generations.

In this edition, 72-year-old entertainer Normie Rowe talks about his role as an advocate of ageing and his mission to change the conversation around ageing.

In general, he believes there is a negative attitude to older Australians.

“When you turn 60 your working life is over. It’s time to hang up the tools. You’re not of value any more.” he told Senior News.

If you are not ready “to hang up your tools”, rather you would like to “hang in there”, then you will gain an

insight into the culture of modern workplaces in our double page employment article. Working to an older age is a feature of our generation, and while it’s certainly not for everyone, it’s an area where we need to be aware of our personal worth including valuable life experience and capacity for life-long learning.

Fortunately, we have plenty of great role models and among them is the vivacious and gifted 61-year-old Elena Kats-Chernin, whose great talent is shared with us via the work Opera Australia commissioned her to create.

Besides personalities,we share an refreshing armchair tour of Iceland with our favourite senior travellers, Yvonne and John Gardiner.

I trust this edition gives you plenty of reasons to value and enjoy this third stage of life.

Enjoy

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Spokesperson Helen Thomasson said they have learnt Macadeonia, Bulgarian, Greek, Romanian, Armenian, Israeli, old English, old American, Swedish, Canadian and Maori dances.

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Miss Op Shop 2019 Tracey Johnstone EVERY one of Bloomhill Cancer Centre’s 10 op shops has received the magic touch of dedicated volunteer Elaine Funch.

After 18 years Elaine, 79, has retired from her volunteer activities.

But you never know, there might be just one more op shop that down the track needs the her help to get it set-up and started.

She hasn’t done it all alone.

“I couldn’t have done it without my husband Trevor,” Elaine said.

Both have been touched by cancer; Elaine by breast cancer and Trevor by prostate cancer.

“I liked the idea that Bloomhill is a support centre,” Elaine said.

It all started quite innocently.

“Where I lived in Buderim, Bloomhill were just starting an op shop,” Elaine explained.

“I went in with some donations and while there one of the staff said ‘if

you want to volunteer, you should come along’.”

She put her hand, but little did she know what that one action would lead to.

The people-person quickly found her previous working life skills came into play.

Elaine started with dusting and rearranging the shop shelves.

With a tight budget to work with, she gradually came up with innovative and attractive ways to display the shop goods.

Soon it was three days a week in the shop and then time on the volunteer Bloomhill management committee.

“I have to be doing something so I agreed that my husband and I contribute,” Elaine said.

“We said we would will give it six months and paid me for a day and a half.

“We would set up the shop, train the staff and get it going.

“Sometimes six months turned into nine months.

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LOUD AND PROUD: Ageing advocate and rocker, Normie Rowe AM. Photo: Contributed

NORMIE Rowe is heading down the road when he stops in front of a 70-ish aged woman resplendent in her gym gear, rousing her for having her face in her phone and not looking where she is walking.

“I pull over to the left of the footpath before I look at the device,” he said.

The outspoken 72-year-old entertainer then completes his regular 45-minute gym workout before launching into an empathic discussion on how he is trying to change the conversation around older Australians.

Rowe is proudly and loudly advocating for ageing Australians to be respected.

“I really think Australian society has gone completely the wrong way,” Rowe said.

“When you turn 60 your working life is over. It’s time to hang up the tools.

You’re not of value anymore. It’s really frustrating to me to see

all these people who take umbrage at minorities being lampooned and are very happy to lampoon people over 60.”

He uses the example of television news show The Project which he said constantly laugh at older people.

“These people will never achieve most of the things that the older people have achieved in this country,” he adds.

“I am not talking about those in their 60s. I am talking about those getting into their 80s and 90s who had to try and make do through the Second World War and perhaps The Depression.

“Everyone seems to have it easy today. I just admire some of these people who have slogged away constantly at what they do.”

Rowe finds remaining in the entertainment industry opens doors and enables him to be heard above the crowd of dissenters.

His message to them is that they are wasting a vital national resource.

“These are people who have gathered knowledge,” he said.

“Not everybody is running around in a demented state or with Alzheimer’s or can’t move their bodies because of arthritis. There’s this wealth.”

Rowe continues to support a whole range of charitable organisations such as Soldier On and Variety. He is also talking ageing and attitude as a supporter of Grey Matters Live.

“One of the favourite things I like to do at the end of a show is to talk to the people in the audience,” he said.

“I will sign autographs, have photos taken and maybe sell a few CDs or not.”

“Life isn’t about being the most pristine corpse in the cemetery,” he said.

“Life is about broadsiding up to the grave, completely worn out.

“I don’t want to be the prettiest person in the cemetery. Every wrinkle I’ve got, I earned.”

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Long Tan film challenging Tracey Johnstone A SCAN of the cinema where Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan premiered during the Sydney Film Festival revealed a large number of millennials and genXers, and three-generation families.

The sold-out showing of the Australian movie provided a chance for a reflection by them on what the surviving men and women, many aged in their early adulthood when they were sent to Vietnam, have carried deep in their memories and why their lives have been moulded by the trauma of that war.

The movie explores the August 18 , 1966 battle between 108 Australian and about 2500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. Eighteen Australian soldiers lost their lives and another 250 or more Vietnamese.

Over three and half hours in a rubber plantation in monsoonal conditions, members of the largely inexperienced D Company’s 10, 11 and 12 platoons, under the

COMPELLING MOVIE: The cast, director and producers of the new Australian movie, Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, at its premiere during the the Sydney Film Festival.

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About 150 veterans and

family members watched the movie several months before it premiered.

Among them was Sunshine Coast resident Harry Smith. Not Travis Fimmel who played Major Smith in the movie, but the real Commander of D Company, Harry Smith.

“Everybody thought it was bloody good,” Mr Smith said. “During the movie, when I seeing my soldiers being shot and you saw a graphic picture of the bullet hole through the centre of the man’s forehead, I had tears in my eyes while watching

that part of the movie.

“It would be the easiest thing in the world to bring on PTSD although I don’t suffer terribly bad from that, though my wife says I do. Overall, the story line was per the Commander’s book. There were a few things that they changed

to add a bit of dramatisation into like Travis Fimmel, who was playing me, was running around with a 45 calibre pistol firing at the enemy who was charging at him.

Well, that didn’t happen but I suppose it sounds good; a bit like cowboys and Indians.”

The movie is confronting. It provides a chance for younger generations and those that did not see service in Vietnam to witness a close-up view of the intensity of the conflict.

Friendships are challenged, very human interactions recounted, decision-making under incredible pressure and leadership analysed, and deadly outcomes shared.

“I think young fellows that have a sense of sanity about them would be advised to see the movie and see what their fathers and grandfathers did in fighting the war in Vietnam,” Mr Smith added. “Anyone who has anything to do with military history should certainly see it to give them an idea of what went on.” ● In theatres from August 8.

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Their adventures continue

Age has made no difference to travel plans for Coast couple Tracey Johnstone IT’S 60 years ago and the Browns are foot loose and fancy free, astride their trusty scooter and heading off on the start of a lifetime together.

To say the Coast couple are adventurous is an understatement. Michael, 85, and Audrey, 88, have been travelling since their childhood.

Michael started immediately after the end of World War I when his mother took him around Europe. Audrey started when she was about five as her father, an engineer, was based in various locations in the Far East.

When they met, it was a match made in heaven.

“The things we liked doing were so compatible,” Michael says.

On their 60th wedding anniversary the couple revisited many of the places they took in during the original seven-week honeymoon which covered about 4000 kilometres.

“We realised we

couldn’t exactly repeat what we exactly did, but what we wanted to do was touch on some of the places we enjoyed,” Michael says. “Going to those places bought back happy memories.”

The Lambretta scooter didn’t appear. Instead the journey was done by ship and plane flying to Le Touquet in France, which was where they spent their first night of the original honeymoon. From there they visited the other European countries.

The British-born couple have travelled just about everywhere they can think of both overseas and through Australia, and have accumulated some extraordinary experiences, enough for the couple to joke about writing a memoir.

“I had an International marketing career which meant I travelled widely through out the world from the Far East to South America,” Michael says.

“On many occasions Auds would travel with me.”

“We went into China

CHEERS: Michael and Audrey Brown celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in Carnne. before it became westernised as it is now,” Michael recounts. “We went in on a Chinese army hovercraft, from Hong Kong, with the Chinese Army guarding the boat. A missionary took us in. It was when everyone was in pyjamas.”

The adventurous couple aren’t stopping travelling

any time soon. There’s still more exploring to do, good food and wine to enjoy, and friends and family to visit.

Over the years they have found some smart travel ideas. They do all their own online research particularly through Viator, and direct bookings.

They also use

disposable cotton underwear. “I have a phrase; I have left my knickers all around the world,” an exuberant Audrey chimes in.

Michael’s other tips are have a daily plan and containers for various medications, choose every aircraft seat so that you are close to the

amenities, using the Eagle Creek pouch packing system for all clothes, check each country for reciprocal medical services and use European pharmacies like you would a doctor.

“The main thing is always think positive and keep moving,” Michael says.

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The mature workplace Business advice for keeping engaged Tracey Johnstone TO GAIN an edge in securing and retaining employment is going to require young Australians to hone their skills in digital literacy, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and presentation skills along with expertise in a particular role.

All those skills are equally applicable to mature age workers, not just exclusively to the younger generations.

As the focus turns to how to keep older workers engaged in the workforce and how to upskill those workers to meet the changing demands of an evolving workplace, the responsibility to meet these challenges lies both with the employees and the employers.

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“There has been some difficulty in retaining skills

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Ms Fitzsimons says.

The company recognised it needed to work out how to help its workers to stay at work longer and how to have a conversation with them in a non-threatening way so that the employees could be honest about their needs and future plans.

“Firstly, the program was about helping the older workers understand they were valued.

“Secondly, it was about having a conversation with them to identify what their needs were going to be into the future to help them stay at work longer,” Ms Fitzsimons says.

She looked at the financial goals and physical health of the employees as well as flexibility in the number of work days and the need for training to help them transition to another role within the company.

“They (management) also walked around some of the operations and asked people what the simple things that they needed to help them cope with their workplaces,” Ms Fitzsimons adds.

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Our job options FROM PAGE 10 “We looked at lighting, temperature, matting to make standing easier to magnifying glasses to make it easier to reach parts of products; so, what we could put into the workplace that would allow them to stay at work and make work easier than before.

“As a consultant in this area I am seeing more and more businesses thinking about this and wanting to find ways to engage in conversations with their mature employees about work, the importance of work in their lives and how they can help support them stay at work for their benefit as well as the individual employees.”

■ Job options Telstra Group CEO and Managing Director Christine Holgate has been looking at how to repurpose their extensive workforce to meet the changing needs of Telstra’s business.

“For us, automation is allowing us to think about our workforce,” she said at last month’s Centre for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) forum in Melbourne.

“We can get more women in, more part-time in and the guys who were driving onto the mail processing lines because it’s less physical. It enables us to address where we have labour shortages in the market,” she added.

“The workers most vulnerable to being disrupted are those in the more automated sectors as a first filter,” Mr Hassan Noura, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Partner said during the CEDA forum.

“Those will be the transport, warehouse, manufacturing, mining and all sorts of administrative tasks. The

second filter will be functional tasks even within very professional sectors that are quite routine; think of administrative and payroll, accounting, and basic legal research. Even in medicine, some particular specialisations like radiology are incredibly susceptible to automation.

“So, while you can generalise and say it’s going to lower skilled jobs in certain sectors, the reality is that there are going to be pockets of disruption everywhere.

“In terms of who will be more vulnerable, it will come down to resilience and adaption.”

Curtin University’s Dr Petery has a different view on the impact of automation, “We have this idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be taking over all the jobs and there is not going to be any work.

“I don’t think that is the case,” she says.

“What we have seen is a change in the nature of work and a change in the roles and tasks that people are doing.

“Yes, we are seeing AI taking over some jobs and tasks, there are new tasks and jobs emerging as a result of that.”

This keeps the door open to work opportunities for mature age workers.

There are industries starting to open up work opportunities such as service industries, particularly in jobs that can’t be replaced by AI. “There is always going to be people working with other people,” Dr Petery says.

“Follow the population trend,” Dr Petery recommends. Look at what are the needs for ageing people and look at the renewable markets

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■ The opportunities Some of the industry opportunities across various skill levels are in health care, social services, education, technical, construction and retail.

David Tarr from the mature age workforce talent matching agency maturious.com.au says older workers skills are their future.

“They have accumulated an enormous amount of knowledge, skills and experience which are transferable across many different industries and can be used in many different ways, as long as the individual has the ability or the desire to grow and learn because the world is changing, it will never stand still,” Mr Tarr said.

“There are transferable skills which most mature people will already have just by living and having to interact with other human beings such as different

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“Some have been with us for their whole career and others have joined us after retiring, often from trades.

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The skills she lists that can give an older worker a competitive edge over younger workers are professionalism, loyalty, productivity teamwork, organisational skills, time management, research, planning, communication skills including writing, speaking and listening.

“These are things that mature workers tend to do well,” Dr Petery says.

“As long you have the aptitude and learnability, you will be successful,” Mr Tarr says.

The human resources director for the hardware chain Bunnings, Jacqui Coombes, says its employees ages range from 15 to over 80.

“This provides fantastic learning and mentoring opportunities for everyone. Mature aged workers have always played a significant role at Bunnings with almost 30 per cent of our team members aged over 50.

“We learned a long time

IN VARIOUS ways, my own working experience allows me to understand the requirements of the older worker.

I agree with the experts who name financial goals, physical health, flexibility of hours and training as some the main factors we need to consider when thinking about staying in the workforce, going part-time or casual.

Personally, I’m a life-long learner and that doesn’t mean racking up educational debt at this age.

So I always keep my eye out for appropriate free courses. In terms of computer programs, I have found a great deal online through state libraries.

I’ve signed up to certain newsletters relating to social media and these have certainly supported my social media understanding.

But, I think another important part of our learning is to acknowledge the skills we have gathered over a lifetime.

The experience we have accrued by the time we reach 60 plus is wide and useful.

And it looks like employers such as Bunnings and the Commonwealth Bank understand that.

It’s up to other employers and employees to tap into that.

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Inspiration comes from

This dynamic, gifted woman is known for her extraordinary output of work and brilliant musical compositions Tracey Johnstone ELENA Kats-Chernin AO is bringing to the Opera Australia stage this month the bold life of an iconic Australian artist in the opera Whiteley.

Seniors News spoke to Kats-Chernin on the eve of the world premiere of Whiteley.

It’s late in the evening in Sydney. She has been home from rehearsal for about an hour and already 40 pages of the 800-page orchestral score have been edited. There are another two scenes to be reviewed before the end of the night.

The kitchen table is strewn with hand-written sketches and drafts. She has to push them away to find a corner to eat.

Once the Whiteley opera work is complete, Kats-Chernin will put all the paper in boxes. But then there is another opera waiting to be written.

She’s in bed by 2am then back at work from 5.30am before heading to the rehearsal well before it starts at 10.30am.

There’s always a lot for her to do before and after each rehearsal.

“I am like a machine; I need to work. I make sure I do exercise,” the 61-year-old said.

She uses weights at home each morning and does something, even simple exercises, for about 10 minutes which forces her to engage her muscles.

Kats-Chernin is also mindful of what she eats which includes lots of

healthy food and no sugar.

“Says she who has just had a chocolate,” Kats-Chernin said jokingly.

“But that’s OK because somebody gave it to me and it’s dark chocolate which I like.”

As to using her gym memberships, she admitted: “At the moment I don’t have time because of rehearsals”.

Born in Russia, the child prodigy started playing the piano when she was four and was composing at five.

“I just sat down and played,” she said.

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He was an iconic artist, interesting, quirky, genius, flawed “I could play anything I saw. I couldn’t read the words, but I could read the music.”

Her music-loving parents didn’t know what had hit them.

“They did everything for me to have good lessons,” she said.

“They got me special teachers because I was very far advanced immediately, so I was bored at normal music school.”

The family moved to Australia in 1975 and Kats-Chernin started at Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music.

Her resume is simply

MAKING MUSIC: Whiteley opera composer Elena Kats-Chernin.

Brett Whiteley’s The Balcony 2. outstanding. She has created a huge range of pieces for symphony orchestras across

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Australia and overseas and composed pieces for television and film. How many?

Photo: Prudence Upton

Brett Whiteley’s self portrait.

“If only I knew,” she said.

“Sometimes I don’t even remember what I

wrote. Sometimes people will say ‘you know you wrote that piece and it went like this’ and I will

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Whiteley’s Opera House.

have completely forgotten how it went,” Kats-Chernin said.

“I will recover it immediately I hear it, but I forget as every year I write about five hours of music, sometimes more.”

And that is after she has written several versions to find just the right score.

“This year alone I have written a piano concerto for Tamara-Anna Cislowska, called Lebewohl, a piano quartet, a piece for the ACO called A Knock One Night, and many more things.

“It sounds crazy but when working on something so big I need another outlet, something else to write.”

Does she ever think about anything else? “No” is the emphatic answer.

“I am thinking about it all the time because there is always a project. I am always thinking about it because it’s in my blood until something has premiered, and even afterwards I still think I could have done this differently.”

If she’s not composing, Kats-Chernin said her alternative was to clean

the house.

“And I don’t want to do that.”

The only time she really takes off is when she visits her grandchildren.

“But, don’t do that very often. For that I wish I had more time because that is very enjoyable,” she said.

There’s no planned date when Kats-Chernin will stop composing.

“There are composers who compose when they are 100. As long as my brain works,” she said.

“I think I will compose as long as I can. It’s another reason why I work every single day.

“I just think ‘who knows what will hit me tomorrow’ so I need to finish what I am doing and I try every day to send something away to my copyist in case something happens and I don’t wake up.”

The prolific and highly acclaimed composer partnered with librettist

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Justin Fleming to honour and share the tumultuous story of Brett Whiteley.

“It’s a great subject and inspiring in many ways and very multi-layered,” she said.

“He was an iconic artist, Australian, interesting, quirky, genius, flawed; lots and lots of extreme character features which are inspiring to compose.

“I don’t want to write about somebody who is a goody two-shoes who does beautiful pastels or something.”

It’s been an 18-month project for the Sydney resident. As soon as Fleming’s libretto was in her hands in December 2017, Kats-Chernin started work on the Whiteley score.

She has crafted the score to deal with several themes and changes in pace from conversations, to aria, to the singer or

Elena Kats-Chernin. singers talking to the audience, to them talking to each other.

Woven into the final product are the complexities of fitting the librettist’s work and the voices along with the orchestra and digital backgrounds that make up the complete show.

Whiteley is on at the Sydney Opera House until July 30. More info: opera.org.au.

Elena Kats-Chernin has created works in nearly every genre including commissions for Ensemble Modern, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra, the Adelaide, Tasmanian, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony.

In 2000, she collaborated with leading Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard on Deep Sea Dreaming which was broadcast worldwide as part of the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Her awards include 1996 – Classical Music Awards – Best Composition by an Australian Composer; 2004 Helpmann Awards – Best Original Score; and 2014 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award – joint winner.

She has been the Composer in Residence for the Melbourne and Queensland Symphony Orchestras.

Her first QSO symphony, Symphonia Eluvium for organ, choir and orchestra, commemorated the devastating Queensland floods of January 2011.

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Community group guide

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SUNSHINE COAST COMPUTER CLUB

THOSE making inquiries to the club now often say they can use their computer for what they need but are wanting help with a tablet or smartphone. In some cases they want to use these to do what they used to use their computers and cameras for. Meetings have help groups for these as well as still offering computer help. Come as a visitor to a weekly club meeting at Buderim on a Thursday afternoon or Caloundra on a Saturday morning and have an introductory chat.

Phone 07 5492 1005 or go to sccc.org.au.

MELANOMA PATIENTS ASSOCIATION

MPA is a small group of people who are either having treatment for or have survived melanoma.

We try to support each other through any health difficulties and all enjoy a friendly cuppa and a laugh. We meet on the third Friday of each month in RSL House, 106 Memorial Dr, Cottontree.

The meeting starts at 10am. Phone Christine on 0412 689 546. The next meeting is on Friday, July 19, at 10am. Go to melanomapatients. org.au.

AGLOW INTERNATIONAL

AGLOW Sunshine Coast

will meet on Friday, July 12, at 9.30am at Flame Tree Baptist Church hall, 27 Coes Creek Rd, Burnside. Entry $8, includes morning tea.

Come along, bring a friend and enjoy inspirational worship and message.

Phone Melva 07 5443 5752 or Dorothy 07 5476 4190.

Aglow is a worldwide, non-denominational Christian organisation with branches in more than 170 nations on six continents.

SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR MEN

A SPECIAL workshop for men on the power of gratitude as a way to feel happier, stronger and more resilient is being held on Saturday, July 27, at 10–11.45am. This event is informative and practical and is suitable for anyone in a rut or who simply needs a reminder of life’s joys. Debbie, a Louise Hay life coach, will be mentor for this workshop. Morning tea is included. Venue is Tinbeerwah Hall. For more and bookings, phone 0436 104 237.

BRIDGE FOR BEGINNERS

THE Sunshine Coast Contract Bridge Club is holding another series of evening classes for beginners. The 10-week course starts on Monday, August 5, from 7–10pm.

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No partner is needed for the lessons, which are held at the club rooms at the northern end of the Elizabeth Daniels Sports Complex on Syd Lingard Dr, Buderim. The full course is $40, which includes the lesson manual. Phone Alison Dawson on 0412 690 781 or go to suncoast bridge.com.au.

UA3 SUNSHINE COAST

YOU haven’t used computers before? You have been avoiding them?

Afraid you might break it if you touch it? They’re not what you grew up with and you haven’t needed one?

Don’t know how to start?

Come along to a new course – I Hate Computers. This class is for the total (adult) beginner. We will start assuming nothing and no question about computers will be considered too basic. You don’t even need to bring a PC. To find out more or to enrol phone 07 5430 1123.

CAMEO

YOU are welcome to join us for a coffee and chat at CAMEO (Come and Meet Each Other) at Castello Cafe and Bar, King St, Buderim, at 10am on the last Monday of each month. See you at the

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table with the Smiley Face. Phone Aurilea on 0439 768 394.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

HAVE you experienced the loss of a loved one? A Grief and Loss Program to help you work through your grief starts on Wednesday, July 31, from 10am–noon at the Buderim Uniting Church Hall, corner of Gloucester Rd and King St, Buderim.

The program runs for two hours a week over eight weeks. This is a free Blue Care program. For registration or more, phone Aurilea Augustine on 0439 768 394 or email aaugustine5 @bigpond.com.

GENEALOGY SUNSHINE COAST

FORMER Queensland University lecturer in political and social philosophy Peter Wertheim will be guest speaker at the general meeting of Genealogy Sunshine Coast on Saturday, July 13. In the course of his long life, Peter (now in his 90s) discovered the importance of his ancestors from both sides of the family in shaping who he was and is. The meeting starts at 9.30am at the Resource Centre,

Petrie Park Rd, Nambour (entrance opposite the swimming pool). An excellent opportunity for anyone who missed Peter’s talk at the Old Ambulance Station on April 11. Free.

SUNSHINE COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

THE July/winter concert this year features some amazing heavyweights from the Baroque period – Albinoni, Vivaldi, JS Bach.

Once more our orchestra, conducted by Adrian King, provides nourishment for the soul and inspiration for the intellect with its choice of music to uplift the spirit. On Saturday, July 13, from 2pm at the Caloundra Church of Christ, Beerburrum St, Dicky Beach. Afternoon tea provided for purchase from the TS Onslow Navy Cadets. Tickets: go to sunshinecoast symphonyorchestra.com or phone 07 5445 3703.

Also at the Old Buderim PO.

ART MARKET IN THE PADDOCK

ON JULY 27 from 8am 12 noon. Stall applications now open.

There is also Volunteering opportunities at the Gallery: administration duties and coordination of

membership- marketing & PR; gardening and preparation of potted plants for sale; curator of ongoing hanging of 2D artwork in the Signal Room and Station Master’s Room; regular shifts at the Gallery (3 hourly shift on weekdays; 4 hourly shift at weekends). Pomona Railway Sation Gallery, 10 Station St. Hours Mon-Sat 10am-4pm Sun 10am-2pm. Phone 07 5485 2950 or go to pomonartgallery.com.

AIR NOOSA BRANCH

RETIRED or about to retire? Join the Association of Independent Retirees Noosa Branch. AIR is the peak national not-for-profit organisation supporting self-funded retirees or those about to retire. We recently held a forum to discuss issues facing self-funded retirees. The forum panellists were: Noel Whittaker AM, one of Australia’s leading financial commentators; Matthew Auger, partner and stockbroker at Morgans Noosa; Rob McGregor, McGregor Wealth Management; and Kesh Maclachlan, chartered accountant at CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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COUNTRY MUSIC

TOE-TAPPING TUNES: Aart and Bev invite you to an Irish and country music concert at 2pm on Sunday, July 21, held in the Buderim War Memorial Hall, Main St, Buderim.

FROM PAGE 16 Otto and Partners, Noosa Heads.

The panellists concluded by stressing the importance of maintaining or improving the current situation: retirement savings should not be seen by governments as an easy way of revenue raising.

Next meeting is the AGM on Thursday, July 11, at 9.45am for 10am start.

BEGINNERS’ LINE DANCING

AT NORTH Shore Community Centre, Mudjimba, on Mondays at

7pm and Wednesdays at 9am; at Woombye Hall on Mondays at 9am; and Thursdays, 9am at Yandina School of Arts Hall. Keep your mind active and body fit with dance. Fun, fitness, friendship and great music. Phone Barbara on 0407 733 280.

CALOUNDRA CHORALE AND THEATRE COMPANY

FABULOUS entertainment awaits you at the Caloundra Chorale and Theatre Company’s July Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Concert,

featuring vocalist, voice teacher, actor and performer Michelle Bull, troubador Jodie Collie, violinist Helen Brereton, a wind quintet and some very talented students.

Hosted by the gregarious and accomplished Neil Booth.

Mark the date on your calendar – Sunday, July 7, at 2pm at the CCSA Hall , Nutley St, Caloundra.

Admission $10 and $5 for Friends of Chorale.

Afternoon tea included.

No need to book, just turn up at 1.30pm. Phone Ann on 07 5437 2719.

IRISH AND

THIS rollicking, toe-tapping Irish and country music concert will be held in the Buderim War Memorial Hall, Main St, Buderim, at 2pm on Sunday, July 21. Featured artists are Ken O’Flaherty and his McGuiness band, Athol Matcham (who tours as the Roy Orbison tribute show), local singers Bev Gourlay and Aart Schouten, country singer Edith Elaine and Ian Macleod (who tours as the Country Music Show).

Tickets are $25 each, which includes afternoon tea, and can be bought at the old Buderim Post Office, 4 Burnett St, Buderim, and Pioneer Cottage.

COOLUM AND DISTRICT RED CROSS BRANCH

OUR next meeting AGM is on Wednesday, July 10, at 10.15am. Venue: Board Room, Coolum Surf Life Saving Club, Coolum Beach. Come and join us for morning tea and find out what we do. Guest speaker: Jak Hardy, former Young Citizen of the Year. Guest presenter: MP Fiona Simpson.

Special guest: Maureen Farrington. Visitors very welcome. Phone Leonie on 0411 248 505.

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY SUNSHINE COAST

WE MEET every Thursday, 7pm, at the Croquet Club, Syd Lingard Dr, Buderim. Donation $4 to cover hall hire. This July we present for inquiry topics current for this age and the theosophical view on these. Come along for discussions and talks. All welcome.

COOROY NOOSA GENEALOGY

WHEN we look in the mirror, do we really see who we are? Many of us in Australia have taken a DNA test to find out who we really are, who we belong to – last year in the US alone, 12 million DNA kits were sold and in total 26 million people have taken a test. In many cases, people have discovered their parent is not their parent. At 10am on Saturday, July 27, in the Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical Group’s Heritage Centre, 17 Emerald St, Cooroy, Dr Gattas will be the special guest speaker explaining the use of DNA testing in treating his patients and how nextgeneration sequencing technology has entered clinical practice. Bookings essential, the presentation is free.

Phone 07 3129 0356.

SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING AT POMONA

EVERY Tuesday from 7 9.30pm, Pat and Norm Young organise a social evening at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall. Cost is $ 4, which includes supper. It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide new vogue as well as old-time dancing. Come and be a spectator and see if you will enjoy it. All welcome.

Phone 0407 456 939.

SUNSHINE COAST CONCERT BAND

WE PRESENT Seaside Showcase on Sunday, July 28, at 2pm At St Peter’s Church, 22 Elizabeth St, Coolum. With music director Ken Chadwick OAM and talented vocalists Tanya Maree and Alex Chambers, it will be an afternoon of top-quality entertainment. Tickets $15, available at the door, includes a home-baked afternoon tea. For all inquiries, phone Toni on 0404 193912. Proceeds from the concert are for the chaplaincy programs at Coolum High School.

For all future events, go to sccb.org.au.

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ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH

2019 is the Anglican Church’s Year of Generous Hospitality and St Peter’s rector the Rev Tania Eichler and church community would like to welcome you to our services, activities or friendship groups. Our Sunday services are 7am and 9am. We also have a Wednesday service at 9.30am. Join us after our services at St Peter’s Cafe (our church hall) for a cuppa and chat. To find out more about St Peter’s activities phone

JULY, 2019// SENIORS 07 5443 2133 or go to www.anglicanmaroochy dore.org.au or visit us on Facebook. Located at corner of Church St and Beach Rd, Maroochydore.

LINE-DANCING CLASSES

NEWCOMERS with little or no experience welcome. Fun exercise for mind and body. Mondays at 9am at the Sport and Recreation Centre, cnr Currimundi Rd and Ilya St, Currimundi. Saturdays at 9am at the Uniting Church Hall, 6 Milwell St Maroochydore. Cost $12.

Phone Ute Woods 0412 804 499.

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Working demonstrations. Heavy horse memorabilia.

Learn the history of horses. Visit our gift shop.

Harry & Marlene Churches

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PROBUS CLUBS

Buderim East THERE is nothing more important than social activities to encourage the fun, friendship and fellowship that is so necessary in a successful Probus Club. Recently our members enjoyed an all-day bus trip to Noela’s Gardens for morning tea and a tour of the gardens, then onto “The Abbey”. At the monthly meeting, which is held at the Waterfront Hotel in Diddillibah on the second Tuesday of each month from 10am–noon, president Marilyn Keelty welcomed guest speaker Joe Natoli, the proud owner of a Tom Roberts painting that was once thought to be a fake but has been proven to have been painted by the very famous Australian artist.

Joe then joined members for lunch at the hotel. At this meeting member Jessie Logan was presented with her 30-year membership pin by president Marilyn.

Phone Kenn Rogers on 07 5445 6176 to arrange a visit.

Buderim Mountain WE ARE a mixed club for active retirees providing friendship, fun and social interaction with interesting speakers and outings, dine-outs, coffee mornings, golf, bowls

Sunshine Coast Council proudly presents Seniors Week Dance Workshops with

QUEENSLAND BALLET

walks and more. We meet on the second Monday of each month at Buderim Bowls Club, Elizabeth St, at 9.30am. Come and enjoy morning tea while meeting our friendly members. Sponsored by Rotary. Phone Evelyn on 07 5477 1218.

Caloundra 86 ON THE club’s recent monthly outing the members travelled to Woongooroo Estate Winery, Mt Archer, Kilcoy, where lunch, wine tasting and poetry reading was enjoyed on a very cold day. Other activities for the month are a walk and talk, games afternoon and lunch at a local eatery, as well as a general meeting with guest speaker at the Pelican Waters Tavern on the third Tuesday at 9.30am. Probus is for retired or semi-retired men and women who enjoy having fun, friendship and fellowship.

Phone membership officers Dorothy and Bill on 07 5492 6721.

Coolum Beach Combined WE ARE for retired and semi-retired people looking for friendship and fun. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, July 2, at

9.15am at the Uniting Church, Elizabeth St, Coolum Beach. Visitors are welcome. A guest speaker entertains us each month. Organised lunches, bus or car trips each month and more.

Phone 0429 516 788 or 0401 976 062. After the meeting is closed we meet at the Coolum Beach Hotel for lunch at your own expense.

Kawana Waters THIS club has got off to a flying start for the 2019–20 year – pun intended. Our guest speaker at the May general meeting was Captain (Retired) Noel Dennet, who kept us interested with his story of the history of fixed wing naval aircraft during the 20th century and his service experience in the Royal Australian Navy from 1959–67 in some of these aircraft.

Our recent bus trip, organised by Probian Wendy Tame, took us to the Brisbane Museum where we wandered over the NASA exhibition. We had spare time to visit GOMA, where we found the Creative Generation Excellence Awards as well

as the Ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art APT9. Lunch was excellent at the GOMA Cafe. Venue: 114, Sportsmans Pde, Warana, on the second Tuesday of the month. Phone Jan Rowe on 07 5491 9287.

Noosa Tewantin OUR club is all about friendship and mental stimulation for retirees.

There are weekly outings such as coffee mornings, lunches, dinners and visits to places of interest. Something to please everyone and every budget.

Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of each month at 9.45am at Tewantin Noosa RSL. Visitors are welcome. A donation of $5 covers morning tea.

Our July meeting will be on Monday, July 22. The guest speaker will be a representative of the RACQ, who will talk about road safety for senior citizens. Phone Geoff Bailue on 0418 145 034.

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FROM PAGE 20 WE ARE pleased to announce that our new patron will be Dr Gordon Matthews. Gordon was born in Geelong, Victoria, and lived and practised in Victoria prior to moving to the Sunshine Coast with his wife, Judith, and two children in 1974. He has officiated nationally and internationally as a referee, being tournament referee on numerous occasions. He was Australian national director of golf croquet refereeing from 2010–18 and has been the Australian representative on the World Croquet Federation Golf Croquet Rules Committee from 2010 until early 2019.

Gordon has always been in the forefront of activities to support our club. The club is very pleased that Gordon, a person so widely known and respected throughout the world of croquet, has accepted the special role as our patron.

CALOUNDRA FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH INC.

OUR next general meeting will be held on Thursday, July 18, at 1.30pm. Our guest speaker will be Lee Goleby and her topic is “One Shup, One Voyage, One Colony: The Great Victoria in Queensland’s History”. Our rooms are open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9am– 12.30pm for people who want to use our resources (library, computers and on-site expert advice). We welcome new members and visitors. Go to www.caloundrafamily history.org.au, email us at hello@caloundrafamily history.org.au or phone Cathy Meyer on 0411 881 745.

BE CONNECTED

BE CONNECTED is an Australian Government initiative committed to increasing the confidence, skills and online safety of older Australians. Be

JULY, 2019// SENIORS Connected aims to empower everyone to use the internet and everyday technology to thrive in our digital world.

Be Connected also supports families to mentor a relative or friend to help them be more connected online. To sign up at Bloomhill and take part, phone Graham Tannis on 0438 590 979.

THE BLACKALL RANGE WOODCRAFTERS GUILD INC

THE Blackall Range “Woodies” are gearing up for their annual Wood Expo, to be held at Montville State School’s main hall on July 6 from 9am–4pm and July 7 from 9am–3pm. An extensive range of woodcraft will be on show, including wood-turning, carving, mechanical marvels (in wood), toys, household gadgets, intarsia and pyrography. Some will be for sale, some for judging and others just for display.

Certainly worth a visit.

POMONA COMMUNITY HOUSE

NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

On Wednesday, July 10, from 10am–2pm, Goombuckar Creations will be presenting a range of activities at the Lawson Shed in Pomona to celebrate NAIDOC Week.

Starting at 10am there will be a short historical talk on NAIDOC, followed by a display and discussion of artefacts. This will be followed by a demonstration of how to make lemon myrtle tea and fried scones, which will form part of the light refreshments provided on the day. The presentation will end with a lesson in how to make piccabeen baskets. Lawson Shed, Memorial Ave, Pomona.

Cost: $10, includes light refreshments. Bookings essential on 07 5485 2427.

BUDDINA COAST CARE

JOIN us under the shade of the Casuarina trees any time between 8–10am for our dune care activities (planting natives and removing weeds) on Tuesday, July 9, at Beach Access 201 (opposite LaBalsa Park) on Pacific Blvd, Buddina. All provisions, tools, plants, conversation and morning tea are provided. Buddina Coast Care is a small community volunteer group and new volunteers and visitors are welcome.

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month.

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ACMA COUNTRY MUSIC CONCERTS

HELD at the Hall of Fame, 24 Steggalls Rd, Yandina, on the second Saturday (traditional country) and third Sunday (more upbeat and diverse) of every month, 1–5pm.

Toe-tapping music with a great band, local artists and a guest artist.

Walk-ups welcome. Raffle and door prizes, canteen open, free afternoon tea.

Entry $8, concession $6.

Inquiries with Jim on 0437 19 1004. Our country music spans a wide area – audience members and walk-up artists come from as far as Gympie, Noosa, Coolum, Caboolture and other clubs closer to Brisbane.

PERMACULTURE NOOSA

OUR next monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, July 18 at Cooroy Memorial Hall, 23 Maple St, Cooroy (third Thursday of each month).

Doors open at 6pm. At our July club night, the Keynote Speaker is Stuart Andrews of Forage Farms.

His presentation is titled ‘Natural Sequence Farming‘.

For more, go to permaculture noosa.com.au.

The meeting begins at 6.30pm and the night is complete with a bring-a-plate shared

supper at or after 8.30pm. Entry is a $5 donation for non-members.

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Buderim THE next lunch and meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 3, at 11am for 11.30am start at the Buderim Tavern. Guest speaker will be Sunshine Coast Lightning assistant coach Kylee Byrne. Cost: $28. RSVP: Pat Cooney 07 5445 6329. New members are very welcome. Attending our club’s events will help raise funds for educating students of underprivileged families.

Our club always has an interesting guest speaker at our monthly luncheon meetings, plus there is a social event held on the third Wednesday of the month.

Glasshouse OUR next outing on July 3 will be a soup and movie morning at a member’s home – we will be meeting at 10am for morning tea to start the day. Our lunch meeting will be on July 17 at 11am at Glasshouse Sports Club, this will be a social day.

There will be raffles, trade tables with home-made goodies, fun and laughter. Phone Trish on 07 5493 0026 or Janet on 0448 845 303.

Maroochydore WALK from Alexandra Headland Surf Club to Mooloolaba Surf Club and return on Friday, July 12, from 8.30am for a 9am start. Distance 5km.

After the walk we meet to partake in complimentary refreshments provided by Alexandra Headland SLSC. Lisa Maclean from Queensland Rail Travel will showcase some of Queensland’s iconic rail journeys and holiday packages covering our state. Join Lisa on this entertaining, educational and engaging journey on Friday, July 26, at Maroochydore SLSC. Phone Sandi on 0429 022 033.

Study the best way forward Philanthropist is recognised NOOSA’S Scott Williams believes education offers a “lifetime return on investment”, which has led to him donating to universities - including USC – for more than 20 years.

The USC Deputy Chancellor has been named Queensland’s Higher Education Philanthropist of the Year by the Queensland Community Foundation.

USC Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Hill said the award was a wonderful recognition of the generous work through the Scott Williams Foundation, which had generated $375,000 to help students attend university on the Sunshine Coast and in Central Queensland.

“Scott gives back to his community by supporting young people. He meets with each of the recipients, encouraging them to make the most of their studies and find ways that they can also give back,” Professor Hill said.

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“I’m impressed by those who donate who aren’t necessarily affluent, but they offer what they can to help students chase their dreams,” he said.

“I see education as offering a lifetime return on investment and one of the most satisfying things is to know that a student, who may well have dropped out of university for a want of a few dollars, can be supported to stay on course to pursue a better career.”

Since 2016, Mr Williams has provided funds to USC to support Business degree students in financial need in the Noosa Shire region. By the end of 2018, his support had assisted 40 USC students. In 2018, Mr Williams matched USC’s Giving Day donations up to a total of $50,000 and this year he raised that limit to $75,000, helping USC to raise a total of $156,000.

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY QUILT SHOW

IT’S an early Christmas in Caloundra when on July 27 and 28 the Caloundra Quilters hold their biennial Quilt Show at the Caloundra Arts Centre.

The Christmas in July theme event will include displays of quilts in all manner of styles, colours, sizes and designs including wall hangings.

Member’s handmade craft items will be for sale along with local trader’s tables and a bag raffle.

The results of the That Red & White Challenge quilt challenge will also be prominently displayed.

The raffle has some prizes. First prize is a queen-size quilt valued at $2500, second prize is a Bernina 215 sewing machine valued at $1299 and third prize a craft basket of goodies valued at $250. This year the Quilt Show has selected supporting the Caloundra Volunteer Coast Guard.

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NAMBOUR WINTER JAZZ FEST

THE Nambour Winter Jazz Fest is back and set to entertain jazz lovers with over 20 acts across six venues for three big days from July 19-21. With almost double the line-up from last year, over the three days it will feature more than 15 world-class Australian and International Jazz artists offering a diverse range of jazz styles, entertainment, and more in the fringe of the beautiful Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of Nambour. Festival-goers can immerse themselves in the jam-packed program including; local markets, cafes, art, culture, the Nambour Heritage Sound trail and iconic Big Pineapple. The festival’s headline act this year is award winning vocalist Emma Pask, one of Australia’s favourite voices in jazz. Audiences will be spellbound by her effortless honest stage presence and powerful vocal ability at The Supper Club on the Saturday night, which also offers a two-course meal at the Nambour RSL Club. Go to nambourwinterjazz fest.net.au or phone 0403 152 397.

STORIES COME ALIVE AT BANKFOOT HOUSE

DO YOU remember the stories your grandparents told you, how they took you back in time? Re-live your memories through Storytelling at Bankfoot House which will showcase objects from the remarkable heritage collection and explore how we share intimate family memories. Each Sunday in July there will be storytelling bought to life with a free afternoon tea, guided tour of the house and stories shared by descendants of the families who lived in the house, volunteers and Friends of Bankfoot House and Sunshine Coast locals. These sessions are on from 1.30-2.30pm on July 7, 14, 21 and 28. To book phone 5420 8600.

Guided tours are available from 10am. The exhibition will be on display in Bankfoot House and Mary Grigor Centre, 1998 Old Gympie Rd until August 25. Go to heritage.sunshine coast.qld.gov.au

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THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD: Motherhood the Musical is on at The Events Centre Caloundra in August. stalls and craft markets on July 6-7. The Yarn & Fibre Arts Festival celebrates the theme Australiana through fibre arts and crafts. It’s a a magical festival for families to discover new skills, talents and creativity with the use of yarns including knitting, crochet, basket weaving, spinning and weaving, felting and lots more.

There will be 27 fibre art workshops, music, 100 trade and market stalls, a stargazing night, cooking classes, Raw Fleece Expo, displays, demonstrations, Jazz on Sundays at Spicers and golfing fun at the Maleny Golf Club. The Maleny Arts and Crafts Group will have its workshop open for

demonstrations, displays and sales at the Showgrounds on Saturday near the Park’n’Ride.

Knitfest features competitions for community groups, art associations and skilled artisans to decorate trees in our beautiful streetscapes with handmade art installations made of yarn and fibre. Go to knitfest.com.au.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE LAUNDRY

THE hilarious Motherhood the Musical is on at The Events Centre Caloundra August 2-3. In this original play by Sue Fabisch, four women share their insights,

challenges and pleasures at a baby shower. You will laugh till you cry as you peek into the powerful friendships of Amy, a soon-to-be first-time mum; Brooke, a hard-working lawyer; Barb, a stay-at-home stressed-out mother of five; and Tash, a single mum seeking to balance work, her kids and her divorce.

Motherhood the Musical is a rare show that all parents can directly relate to. From pregnancy, to facing an empty nest, to anxiously awaiting one’s first grandchild, the show covers the entire wonderful, crazy journey of being a mum. Go to theeventscentre.com.au or phone 5491 4240.

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FOLLOWING on from their 2018 sell-out concerts and celebrating the most iconic artists of the 20th century, internationally acclaimed group Boys in the Band are excited to present their brand-new concert experience, “Jukebox Revolution ...

Every Record Tells a Story”, performing at The Events Centre Caloundra on Saturday, August 3.

Launching at the iconic Adelaide Fringe Festival on March 1 to five-star reviews and voted as the No.2 “must-see show” of the festival by FIVEaa’s Jane Reilly, the group is now on a 40-date national tour visiting capital cities Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Canberra plus regional theatres across the country.

The “feel-good show” travels through 50 years of classic music hits from artists such as Elvis, Queen, The Beatles, The BeeGees, The Jackson 5

IT’S A REVOLUTION: The Boys in the Band are performing at The Events Centre Caloundra on Saturday, August 3. A high-energy show that has something for everyone, with all the hits you know and love.

and Australian icons including John Farnham and AC/DC. The cast warns audiences “you better warm up your voices and polish those dancing shoes because there’ll be lots of singing and

toe-tapping”.

Australia’s most talented leading men Hugh Barrington (We Will Rock You, Channel 7’s All Together Now), Damon Grebert-Wade (Grease Arena Spectacular), Keane Fletcher (Ten

Tenors) and Justin Rynne form a powerhouse cast who sing, dance and front a sensational live band.

“It’s a non-stop high-energy show that has something for everyone, it’s all the hits you know and love, just like any

good jukebox should be,” seasoned performer Fletcher said.

Boys in the Band headlined the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers in 2016 and 2017 and have just returned from performing at the 2018 F1

Singapore Grand Prix, a return performance for the group who over the years have supported Bon Jovi, Maroon 5 and Pharrell Williams at the prestigious event.

The show’s creators, Dale Burridge and Dave Malek, were excited about the new show.

“We can’t wait to bring our brand-new show to Aussie audiences,” they said.

“It’s a non-stop roller-coaster ride through 50 years of iconic hits from the world.”

Tickets: $50 full price, $45 concession (pensioners, seniors and students), $45 child two to 17 years, $45 a head for group of eight or more.

WARNING: This performance uses smoke/haze effects.

Boys in the Band performs at The Events Centre, Caloundra at 8pm on Saturday, August 3.

For tickets, go to www.the eventscentre.com.au or phone 07 5491 4240.

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Rocketman to land on Coast IN RESPONSE to enormous demand, and hot on the heels of the incredible global success of the Rocketman epic musical fantasy film, Elton-mania has reached fever pitch.

Yes, it is true – Sir Elton John has extended the Australian leg of his sold-out Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour and added a second concert at the Sunshine Coast Stadium on March 4, 2020.

By popular demand, the legendary singer, pianist and composer will host a second performance at Sunshine Coast Stadium 24 hours after his March

3 concert as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road World tour.

Seniors will need to be quick in grabbing tickets thanks to the huge success of Sir Elton’s recent movie, and his fan base has blown out to include an even younger following.

The concert tally currently stands at 34 (40 including six performances in New Zealand) – and now carry the mammoth tour through five months, beginning in Perth on November 30 and wrapping up in March 2020.

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DON’T MISS OUT: Elton John will enthral Sunshine Coast audiences in March 2020, performing two shows at the Sunshine Coast Stadium.

Photo: Ben Gibson February, Australia and New Zealand fans have snapped up tickets to Elton’s farewell tour, with total sales approaching half a million tickets to the 33 shows announced to date.

“We’re thrilled to be adding even more dates to Elton’s final tour,” promoter Michael Chugg said.

“Demand has been absolutely incredible – we know the Rocketman is going to create magic memories for Australia

and New Zealand when he arrives later this year.”

Elton’s career achievements to date are unsurpassed in their breadth and longevity.

He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 26 gold, 38 platinum and multi-platinum albums and one diamond album, more than 50 Top 40 hits, and he has sold more than 300 million records worldwide.

He holds the record for the biggest-selling single

of all time, Candle in the Wind 1997, which has sold more than 33 million copies.

Diamonds, the ultimate greatest hits album, reached the Top 5 of the UK album charts on its release in November 2017, becoming Elton’s 40th UK Top 40 album in the process.

This release celebrated 50 years of his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin.

In 1992, Elton established the Elton

John AIDS Foundation, which today is one of the leading non-profit HIV/AIDS organisations and has raised more than $450 million to date in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. This is the final chance to nab your spot at Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. It’s more than just a concert.

Tickets on sale now! For more information, go to eltonjohn.com or ticketek.com.au.

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NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s Meet the Winemaker returns in the 2019/2020 season. Wine enthusiasts will meet winemakers and other experts through seminars and activities including open-forum discussions, meet-and-greets, intimate wine tastings and wine-paired dinners, interactive cooking demonstrations and educational sessions.

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TOUR WHITE CLIFFS AND OPAL FIELDS

THE desert landscape of White Cliffs disguises the value that lies hidden underground; it’s one of the richest opal fields on earth. Experience the local’s way of life with a two-night stay in the Underground Dugout Motel. Enjoy a rich touring experience through the silver city of Broken Hill,

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TRAIN TRAVEL: Great Southern has launched a range of off-train excursions. overlook Cobar’s first gold mine and visit Coonabarabran’s Crystal Kingdom. The All Australian Journeys tour goes for six days, and departs both Brisbane and The Hunter. Costs start at $2599 per person. Info: phone 1300 631 383 or visit aaj.com.au.

GO OFF-TRAIN ON GREAT SOUTHERN TOUR

GREAT Southern’s new immersive Off Train Excursions including wine tasting in the Hunter Valley, visiting the 12 Apostles, lunch with a view from Melbourne’s Eureka Skydeck followed by a laneways tour, Canberra’s War Memorial and Parliament House, exploring the wilderness of the Grampians and beachside dining. There will be 16 departures from Adelaide for Brisbane,

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ON in Darwin from October through to next April, the Tropical Light is artist Bruce Munro’s largest-ever Australian exhibition. Arriving in time for the Top End’s Tropical Summer season, the eight immersive large-scale light installations can be experienced through a walking tour and will illuminate Darwin’s vibrant and relaxed CBD and waterfront precincts.

Bruce Munro: Tropical Light will complement Mr Munro’s hugely popular Field of Light installation, which is set against the backdrop of Uluru.

OPERA AT ULURU

FOR the first time Opera Australia will perform an exclusive concert on November 2 in the spiritual heart of Australia with the vast outback plains and Bruce Munro’s Field of Light as the backdrop. The special gala performance held under the stars will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience as some of the world’s most renowned opera singers perform in a uniquely Australian setting. For more details ayersrockresort.com.au/ events/detail/ opera-gala-at-uluru.

KAKADU NATIONAL PARK TURNS 40

KAKADU National Park is celebrating its 40th year as a recognised natural wonder. Officially opened in 1989, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed icon is home to the world’s oldest indigenous rock art galleries, rich stories and primordial wonders, and is marking this impressive milestone with a jam-packed events calendar.

From Kakadu Bird Week to Mahbilil Festival’s annual explosion of music, dance and art celebrating the local Aboriginal culture, this vast and ancient wilderness has something for everyone to enjoy throughout this anniversary year.

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UNIQUE new swimming spots, 4WD tracks, mountain bike and walking/hiking trails, new campgrounds and more day-use picnic areas will open in the Top End’s Litchfield National Park, as part of a $12.1 million investment to grow visitation to the Territory.

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THE Northern Territory is a living, growing exhibition 65,000 years in the making, and it’s become a whole lot easier to discover the varied and vibrant art and cultural experiences on offer. The Northern Territory Government’s Arts Trail project is funding the development and promotion of Aboriginal art galleries, museums,

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Travel the Gulf Country of northern Qld aboard the legendary Gulf & Savannahlander Trains. Visit the Atherton Tablelands, Georgetown, Cobbold Gorge, Finnegans Rest & Mt Surprise and traveling back to Cairns on the through lush tropical rainforest aboard the Kuranda Scenic Railway.

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PMARRA ALTURLA – HOME WEST

ALICE Spring’s Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre has launched Pmarra Alturla – Home West, is a new exhibition showcasing the rugged landscapes that extend from the heart of Alice Springs to the West MacDonnell Ranges.

Revealing the captivating stories of the desert landscape, told through vibrant watercolour paintings, offer a glimpse of the spiritual connection between land and the local Aboriginal artists.

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WOMEN’S ONLY TRADITIONAL WEAVING TOUR

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The lagoon, Jokulsarlon, had an ethereal beauty about it at twilight.

NATURE’S GREATNESS: Gullfoss, a waterfall in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.

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Our travelling retirees John and Yvonne Gardiner take their journeys to another level when they walk through the snow, ice, caves and waterfalls of Iceland

ICELAND has the most dramatic scenery of any country I’ve visited. Its diversity of attractions is breathtaking.

Raging waterfalls, soaring geysers, snow-capped mountains, stunted birch trees, vast glaciers and a picture-perfect coastline make this big island entirely unforgettable.

It’s not a place where I’d like to drive, as the weather can change quickly, producing dangerous icy conditions and gale-force winds. Far better to book one of the many expert tours led by knowledgeable guides.

In nine days, my travelling companion and I had time to complete the Golden Circle tour, seeing a host of major tourist sites, plus overnight stays on the south and west coasts.

Hunting for the northern lights (or aurora borealis) was thrown in at every available opportunity.

Expect to stay up late, or be woken during the night, if you’re keen to see this most spectacular of the world’s wonders.

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Dramatic scenery is everywhere you look in Iceland. included a cup of warming hot chocolate, which was very welcome when the temperature dipped below

zero and we’d been outside the bus for a good hour gazing at the sky.

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coloured light dances across the sky, the experience is worth all the discomfort.

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This famous fountain geyser, Strokkur, erupts every 6-10 minutes.

A supremely graceful waterfall, Seljalandsfoss, on the south coast of Iceland.

Jokulsarlon, also known as the glacier lagoon, is one of the most awe-inspiring and popular places in Iceland.

The Saga Museum in Reykjavik reveals the island’s Viking heritage.

like land of fire and ice

Sapphire blue ice caves vary in size and shape, and change daily. adventures.

As a senior with a dodgy back, I was hesitant to visit the blue

ice cave.

As it turned out, the trip wasn’t as strenuous as I’d imagined, requiring a

speedy ride in a super-jeep across the glacier – accompanied by the rousing AC/DC hit

Highway to Hell – then a slow walk across the ice wearing crampons, and short climbs up and down

steps at the cave.

It’s no wonder the unique and other-worldly Icelandic landscapes have been the backdrop to countless TV series and movies, including Game of Thrones, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Star Wars, Tomb Raider, Thor and Noah.

Many scenes in two James Bond movies were shot in Iceland, taking in amazing snowboarding and an epic car chase across the frozen glacier lagoon, meandering between giant blue icebergs.

The lagoon, Jokulsarlon, had an ethereal beauty about it at twilight.

Dozens of slowly melting icebergs jutted out of the river, with the glacier in the background and the sea in front.

Afterwards we drove through miles and miles of snow and moss-covered lava, punctuated by high mountains and glaciers, wide rivers, brown grasslands and small settlements.

Our west coast tour guide, Christian, was a

rock-loving bikie with leather waistcoat and long, grey hair.

He showed his six passengers sputtering geysers, an isolated church, towering waterfalls, a lava cave, and yet more stunning scenery.

In November the capital, Reykjavik, was a delightful scene of pre-Christmas sparkle.

A plethora of toy trolls of all shapes and sizes populated the shelves among the souvenirs.

A visit to the Saga Museum gave us a fascinating insight into the island’s heritage, beginning with the Viking settlers, in a series of tableaux containing wax figures.

A rare treat before we caught the plane out of Iceland was a few hours’ dip in the fabulous Blue Lagoon, a gigantic thermal heated pool complete with bar and restaurant.

Said to contain healing qualities, the lagoon was a perfect finale to a captivating journey through an amazing country.

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The citizen science expedition teams get immersed in these long-term wildlife conservation projects run by scientists embedded locally.

The teams may visit for one or two weeks, but BE will go back again and again until the work is completed.

BE founder and CEO Dr Matthias Hammer explained his organisation has a very close connection to each project, which are selected after whittling down the large number of submissions received each year from scientists.

“It’s a very detailed process designed to ensure we can achieve benefit for our participants, local wildlife and people, and our expeditions have a genuinely positive impact and generate real conservation outcomes,” Dr Hammer said.

“We then stay intimately involved in the project, sending staff on it each year and supporting our partners on the ground.”

Dr Hammer is a strong believer that expeditioners will get lots out of an expedition if they put a lot of their energy into it.

“The people who

commit to coming with us and helping with wildlife conservation for a week or two and sharing our ambitions; they will have a great time,” he said. “If people come expecting to be served cocktails at dinner time, and be handed safari-type wildlife experiences on a plate, then they won’t enjoy the experience.” ❚ What are expeditions like?

They are expeditions with a conscience, a sense of purpose and tangible benefits and outcomes.

Each one is a citizen science project, not a package holiday.

Expeditioners live, breath and sleep expedition, working and sharing in the BE vision.

If they go to bed tired after a day’s work, then that will only make the experience more enriching, the memories stronger and the sense of fulfilment more real. ❚ Who travels?

It’s people who want to be actively involved, who tell their friends not just what they saw, but also what they have done about it. ❚ Travelling solo?

Not a problem. Once expeditioners have made it to the assembly point, they will be part of a small team of between 10 to 12 people, united by a common goal. ❚ Never too old The typical participant is in his/her mid-30s to late 70s (average age 42.3, spread six months to 87 years) and there are

usually many singles and a few couples. ❚ Expedition leaders The leader stays with the expedition and is an integral part of the team, participating in the research, working, eating and staying with the team, and generally making sure that things run safely and smoothly.

They provide guidance and take care of any problems as they arise and are an interface between the expedition team, the local scientists and the local population. ❚ What skills are needed?

Expeditioners need English and, for diving expeditions, a diving qualification.

“Most importantly you need the enthusiasm and the willingness to muck in,” Dr Hammer said.

There are no age limits.

If an expeditioner is healthy and enjoys the outdoors, that will be sufficient in most cases.

All research skills are taught during the first couple of days of the expedition. It is a steep, but satisfying learning curve and expeditioners acquire a host of fascinating new skills in topics as varied as animal identification, navigation, camera trapping and other research and conservation techniques, off-road driving, behaviour in the bush, and more.

“There is something for everyone from very sedentary projects studying whales on a boat in the Azores to very active ones of tracking snow leopards in the Tien Shan Mountains,” Dr Hammer said. ❚ What you eat BE has a unique vegetarian policy, so only vegetarian food is served on the expeditions. ❚ What happens to your work?

Within six to 12 months of the end of an expedition expeditioners will receive a report with full details on all conservation work done, the data collected, how this information was used and what the results were.

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AWESOME: At first sight, the 900 metal snake metres of The Ghan stretching away from the Darwin train station is awe inspiring.

The isolated outback town of Coober Pedy has long been on my bucket list...

An epic Aussie rail journey Kerry Heaney IT’S A trip that will take you from one side of the continent to the other through Australia’s red heart in absolute comfort all the way.

From first sight, the 900 metal snake metres of The Ghan stretching away from the Darwin train station is awe inspiring.

When your cabin is in carriage Q, it is also a long walk. Luckily, The Ghan offers transport to your carriage if you prefer.

That’s just one of the many thoughtful gestures that make travelling on this iconic journey a real pleasure.

The Ghan Explorer is a

four-day and three-night trip that departs each week from Darwin between March and October.

It heads out on a 2979km journey through Australia’s rugged outback, stopping to offer passengers experiences along the way.

I boarded the train with my iPad loaded with plenty of books and Netflix shows, ready to relax in my seat and watch the world roll by.

At the end, I realised I need not have bothered as sitting in the cabin was last on the list of top train activities.

From day one and the first stop at Katherine, to cruising up Nitmiluk Gorge

to view the stunning red cliffs silhouetted against the bright blue sky, the options were many, varied and all included in the journey.

With options for activity levels, the tours took passengers to see destinations well away from the train stops via buses.

From sedate to more adventurous, including an optional flight over Uluru, passengers have plenty of choices to see the outback their way.

There is also no chance that you will starve on this trip.

The elegant Queen Adelaide dining car is full of old-fashioned charm and warm hospitality while

the meals and wines are included in the fare.

As the train traverses the country, the menu reflects the region with crocodile sausages in Darwin, kangaroo in Alice Springs and Barossa gammon (ham) in Adelaide.

Feeling peckish between meals? The lounge car is the place to go for a cappuccino and morning tea or pre-dinner drink.

Day two on the journey sees the train pull in for a full day at Alice Springs.

Passengers head off on buses to explore the town and surrounds and finish with a starlit evening meal at the historic Alice Springs Telegraph Station.

It’s an outback barbecue with a rollicking local band that has many dancing the night away.

The isolated outback town of Coober Pedy has long been on my bucket list, and I was not disappointed by this quirky underground treasure.

The lunar-like landscape of the opal minefields, the spacious underground houses, the magnificence of Breakaway Conservation Park and the famed dog fence left me with lasting impressions.

Back on the train for the overnight journey into Adelaide, I enjoyed sharing memories with new-found friends over

dinner and drifting off to sleep with the gentle rock of the rails.

As The Ghan heads into its 90th year, it certainly deserves a place on every Australian’s bucket list as a unique way to explore the heartland of Australia.

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Pretty postcards from Paris DON’T MISS

Graeme Wilson PARIS is renowned as the city of love – and on both my visits I’ve fallen head over heels.

The object of my desire hasn’t been a beguiling French beauty, but the city itself.

Whenever I visit a new destination, my priority is to get out and explore by foot, and Paris is the perfect place to wander in wonderment.

Day and night, its streets are filled with unexpected treats around every corner, with its rich history evident wherever you roam, be it from Montmartre to the Marais or Bastille to Belleville.

And if you’re not up for a walk, there’s always the option to jump on board and take in the sights from the comfort of one of the many vessels gliding up and down the Seine.

I’m not a student of architecture, but more than once during my treasured time in the city I have found myself staring at a charming building of unknown origin just marvelling at its exquisite design.

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When it comes to iconic landmarks, Paris shines bright – with the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Sacre-Coeur and Louvre featuring in literally millions of annual holiday selfies by visitors from across the world.

And around-the-clock restoration efforts are bringing legendary Notre Dame back to life after the devastating fire that destroyed its roof and famous spire earlier this year.

The arts in their varying

forms are proudly celebrated in Paris, and any refinement I possess owes much to cultural beacons such as the Opera Bastille and Musee d’Orsay.

On my latest visit, I declined queuing for

hours for a fleeting glimpse of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa at the Louvre, but instead put that time to good use at the Picasso Museum where I gained new appreciation for the unique work of the Spanish master.

The Musee d’Orsay is a work of art in itself.

The Musee d’Orsay is home to some of the world’s finest artwork.

Paris streets are equally alluring by day or by night.

The Seine overflows with romance.

Eiffel Tower Arc de Triomphe Sacre-Coeur Louvre Picasso Museum

If the way to a man’s heart is indeed through his stomach, then that goes a long way to explaining my deep affection for Paris.

The myriad patisseries and boulangeries have played a key role in fuelling the dawn-to-dusk sampling of all the city has to offer this latter-day Antipodean explorer, and no visit is complete without a little people-watching over a coffee and croissant at a corner cafe.

I’m a little less comfortable in fine-dining environments, but a milestone birthday treat sampling the culinary pleasures of the Jules Verne restaurant high up in the Eiffel Tower is etched in my memory.

Such memories of Paris will live with me forever with these photos a lasting reminder of my love affair with the city.

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How to stay safe in winter Kerry Heaney HEALTH experts are preparing for an increase in falls and more elderly patients who require urgent attention as injury numbers jump by nearly a third in the colder months.

According to a recent report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, falls are the leading cause of hospitalisation for the elderly.

Narelle Hopper, customer care manager at the Tunstall Monitoring Centre in Eagle Farm, says several factors caused an increase in falls in winter.

“The main factor is cold weather. Limbs can get a bit stiff, and it can be hard to get up out of bed or your chair and move about. In some regions, the increase in wet and

windy weather in combination with an increase in leaves on the ground can cause a rise in falls outside and around the house,” Ms Hopper said.

“Vertigo brought on by certain hearing conditions, standing up too fast, dehydration, or some medications are other common fall causes.”

The consequences of falling can range from mild to quite debilitating.

Ms Hopper said a fall could affect a person’s confidence, leading to a reduction in physical activity, and the complete opposite of what they actually needed to do.

“People are often embarrassed if they can’t get back up again.

“They worry about going to a hospital or being put into a nursing home,” she

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SAFETY FIRST: Narelle Hopper, customer care manager at the Tunstall Monitoring Centre. said.

“The most important thing for our elderly loved ones is being attended to quickly, which can reduce the long-term impact and severity of a fall injury.

“This is where fall detectors and personal alarms come into play.”

What are the top proactive measures to prepare and be safe?

Here are some simple steps to decrease the likelihood of falling. ❚ Take medication at the prescribed times and dose recommended by your GP

❚ Drink plenty of water ❚ Keep hydrated ❚ Drink warm cups of tea and soup, which help to bolster fluids ❚ Warm your body up by doing leg stretches and circles before standing up ❚ If you have a walking aid, use it ❚ Do weight-bearing and balance exercises to help improve gait and balance ❚ Hold on to something to steady yourself when you stand up ❚ Whether you’re inside or outside, hold on to the railing while walking up or down stairs and take your

time ❚ When walking outside, avoid slippery, wet areas and wet leaves ❚ If you have a personal alarm, wear it so if something does happen you can get help quickly and your family can be alerted If you are worried about the danger of falls for a friend or family member, these are the steps to take. ❚ Check the house and surrounds for trip or slip hazards ❚ Encourage your loved ones to do their exercises

❚ Make sure their home is warm in winter. ❚ Check their medications are being taken properly.

If they are a bit forgetful or the medication is complex, ask the chemist to pop them in a Webster pack ❚ If they have a fall detector or personal alarm, encourage them to wear it and use it ❚ If you see signs of bruises or scrapes, which may indicate loss of balance or spatial awareness, suggest a visit to GP or even an occupational therapist.

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Site found for hospice

Three years of fundraising results in a vision fulfilled SUNSHINE Hospice and its more than 200 volunteers are excited to announce the recent purchase of a 6100sq m land parcel at 7-15 Illuka St, Buderim.

For some years, Sunshine Hospice has been looking for a site on which to create the coast’s first purpose-built community hospice.

According to Sunshine Hospice board chairman Frank Lewins, Unitywater offered this land to the market during the past year and the Sunshine Hospice team is delighted to be the successful purchaser.

“Sunshine Hospice has been fundraising for more than three years to fulfil its vision of creating a six-bed hospice sanctuary,” Dr Lewins said.

“Our experience in hospice operations highlighted an ever-increasing need for a 24/7 residential hospice, especially given our ageing population. Our

vision is to provide high quality, residential palliative care.

“The hospice will provide an end-of-life alternative to hospital, aged care or home care in a peaceful setting.”

Sunshine Hospice is an experienced hospice care provider. It is a Sunshine Coast community-based charity and was established in 2008.

Dr Lewins said it was important to counter misconceptions about hospices.

“A hospice is not a hospital, but rather a peaceful home away from home,” he said.

“Sunshine Hospice will be a quiet place; architecturally designed and surrounded by natural bushland and landscaped areas, providing a tranquil environment for patients.

“The hospice will care for a person’s physical, spiritual and psychological wellbeing, as well as supporting loved ones.

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Ways to control diabetes Tracey Johnstone THERE’S no silver bullet for curing Type 2 diabetes, but there are some ways to reduce your chance of being diagnosed by the surprisingly common condition.

The ABS reports about one in six Australians age over 65 have diabetes with the most common being Type 2. The highest prevalence of diabetes is in people aged 85 and over.

There are risk factors for contracting diabetes some can be managed, some can’t.

Controlling blood pressure, eating better and keeping active are the cornerstones of good management.

“There are things that we can’t do anything

about,” diabetes educator and registered nurse Myles Clarkson-Fletcher says. “They are genetics and as we get older our body becomes less able to deal with blood glucose levels as efficiently as it used to. Age is also a big risk factor.”

Other risks are gestational diabetes and a family history of diabetes.

“Being unhealthy, putting on weight; that’s not what diabetes is about,” he added.

“Everyone who puts on weight doesn’t get diabetes.”

Why bother? Well, diabetes is a condition that can have significant impact on a long list of chronic health conditions including heart attack and stroke, kidney damage, vision loss, nerve damage

BETTER HEALTH: There is no silver bullet for Diabetes 2, but with some sensible lifestyle choices it can be managed.

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Dealing with your blood sugar levels earlier rather than later can delay the onset or slow the progression of complications.

■ So, once you hit 65, get an annual screen to understand your risk.

This can can done online using the free

AUSDRISK screening tool at health.gov.au/internet/ main/publishing.nsf/ Content/diabetes RiskAssessmentTool, or have a blood test.

■ Get started on eating a healthy diet. A dietician can guide you on what comprises a healthy diet based on your diabetes screening test results.

“There is no special diet, no magic,” Mr Clarkson-Fletcher says.

“It’s not just about sweets and treats. It’s about all the carbohydrates you eat.”

■ Stay active using resistance work. An exercise physiologist can devise a program for you.

■ Talk to a diabetes educator who can help you to understand what impact diabetes can have you on short and long-term, and what small

changes you can make, and what medication choices suit you.

“There is a really strong relationship between depression and diabetes, and all forms of dementia and diabetes,” Mr Clarkson-Fletcher also advises.

For more information, go to diabetesaustralia. com.au or phone the helpline 1300 136 588.

Do something good and make a donation to help save lives rare,” says Lucinda Barry, CEO of the Organ and Tissue Authority..

“Many people don’t know, but you have to die in hospital, usually in an intensive care unit or an emergency department.

This is because your organs do not survive very long without blood flow with oxygen.

“So, out of all the deaths in Australia, only two to three per cent have the opportunity to be a donor.

“We need as many people as possible to

register so we know your wishes.

“If you are registered your family will say yes to donation in over 90 per cent of cases.”

■ How do you register to be a donor?

You can register through donatelife.gov.au, MyGov or with a paper-based form.

■ What tissue can be donated?

Heart, lungs, liver, kidney and pancreas.

Tissue that can be transplanted includes heart valves, bone, skin

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and parts of the eye.

■ It’s What level of health is needed?

A common barrier that seniors think they are too old or sick to become organ and tissue donor.

People in their 70s and 80s have saved lives through organ and tissue donation.

One of the oldest Australian donors was an 88-year-old kidney donor.

People who smoke, drink or have an unhealthy diet can still donate. You don’t have to be in perfect health to save lives.

■ How do I know if I am already registered?

Look on donatelife.gov.au and go to Register tab, submit your details and if you are registered it will immediately let you know.

You can also check through your MyGov account or phone 1800 777 203.

■ Telling the family Tell your family you have registered. Consent is given in seven out of 10 cases when the family knows what their loved one wanted, but this

drops to five out of 10 when the family is unaware of what their family member wanted.

■ Does a person’s GP need to know that a Senior has registered?

Why? If you become either brain dead or not going to survive the case specialist donation staff will check the register and also talk with your family about your wishes.

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For someone who is seriously ill, an organ or tissue transplant can mean the difference between life and death, being healthy and sick, between seeing and being blind or between being active and never walking again.

“Becoming an organ donor is actually quite

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Vintage village therapy A dive into the past can act as a soothing tonic for spirit Tracey Johnstone TOWN Square in California is a unique and quirky concept for the delivery reminiscence therapy for people with dementia.

Developed by the team at the George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Centers in Chula Vista and led by its CEO Scott Tarde, they have opened in late 2018 Town Square which is an old-time interactive and stimulating indoor urban environment reflective of the early 1960s.

Reminiscence therapy has been around since the 60s. “It says people make their strongest memories between the ages of 10 and 30,” Mr Tarde said.

“If we look at the older people we serve in our organisation, they are typically in their early 80s.

“If you look at the time they made their strongest memories it would have been in the 1950s and 1960s.”

“In the county of San Diego there are 85,000 people with Alzheimer’s,” he added.

With the help of the San Diego Opera’s scenic studio, the Town Square was constructed across an area of about 836sqm.

Over time the scenic company will help to remodel the site and music to reflect the change in generations using the centre.

The Town Square comprises 11 vintage stores, fully fitted out.

There’s the diner with a 50s jukebox, the City Hall

GOOD TIMES: Glenner's Rosie's Diner is fitted out with a jukebox playing 50s and 60s music while old-fashioned food is served to its visitors.

Glenner's Town Square old-fashioned newstand.

It's time to enjoy ice cream sundaes in Rosie's Diner.

and the library, a pet shop, park, clinic, department store, garage, news stand, museum and even a movie theatre.

With the help of onsite carers working at the

through 45-50 minute group activities in each of the stores to eating an old-fashioned meal in the diner.

“If you think about it at a deeper level, these are

respite centre, at any one time each weekday, up to 45 people with dementia spend a day immersed in structured, tactile experiences, in groups of five, going from rotating

spaces that are typically cut-off to people who have dementia,” Mr Tarde said.

The experiences are designed to create dignity and purpose for the visitors, helping ultimately

to reduce their agitation, improving their mood and sleep quality.

“We’re not trying to fool anybody it’s 1953 within Town Square, but we are trying to create an experience that is consistent with where their strongest memories are,” he added.

School class groups have also visited Town Square to learn about what life was like for their grandparents. “The teachers have then been getting them to design a town square for what it would like when they are in their 80s,” Mr Tarde said.

The Town Square concept is in the process of being franchised internationally by Senior Helpers.

Medical professional recommends vaccinations to avoid flu DON’T tempt waking a sleeping dragon if you are over 65 and have the flu or have a chronic disease; get a pneumococcal injection now.

Take this message seriously said Professor Robert Booy, an Infectious Diseases Paediatrician and Immunisation Coalition chairperson. “It could keep you out of hospital and even save your life,” Dr Booy added.

Ignore his warning and you could find yourself developing a life-threatening case of pneumonia.

“Anyone aged 65 and above is at risk of pneumonia,” Dr Booy said. “That can be quite serious. If you are admitted to hospital with pneumonia, there is a 10 per cent chance of dying from it despite the fact that you get good management in hospital with antibiotics.”

Meredith Lores, 62, has just spent five weeks in a Brisbane hospital getting over hospital acquired pneumonia. She was there to receive her regular treatment for chronic obstructive

pulmonary disease.

“I wasn’t shocked I got pneumonia in hospital as you can pick it up anywhere,” she said. “I was in hospital two weeks prior to that and somehow picked it up from there not realising. After I came out, after a few days I started going downhill again.”

It’s best to prevent rather than trying to cure.

As Mrs Lores fits into the high-risk category she had her first pneumococcal vaccine about four years ago and is due for a booster next year.

“My GP, even with the flu, has suggested I get one in October again, just to cover me,” Mrs Lores said. “I was just about to come home from hospital with pneumonia when I got Influenza A.” GPs offer free pneumococcal vaccines to those at high risk of the infection and to people aged over 65.

So far, only about one in two people at risk are vaccinating against pneumococcal pneumonia.

If you under 65 and have chronic medical

conditions that affect the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, or are smokers or diabetics, are all at risk.

Others at risk are Indigenous Australians who are aged 50 and over.

“It’s a must; it shouldn’t be a question,” Mrs Lores said about getting a pneumococcal vaccine.

“My daughter is 28 and she gets the flu injection as she is around me and she knows how sick I can get. I think for anyone 65 or plus, and those susceptible to that or with chronic diseases, you have got to get it.”

“It’s not a question in my mind that people need to get it. Then it might stop others getting it,” she added.

Flu is a virus and causes respiratory symptoms and if it is severe, it can lead to pneumonia.

Aged Care workers who are in contact with elderly people should also get an annual flu vaccination. “It protects them and also stops them from transmitting to someone in a nursing home or an elderly free-living individual,” Dr Booy said.

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Aveo recipes taste better BRAND INSIGHTS YOU may have heard that food in retirement and aged care communities is not very good.

So had leading retirement and aged care community operator Aveo, which is determined to change the industry standards for all senior Australians.

Aveo has been working with Nutrition Professionals Australia to set new standards in the kitchen so its residents enjoy meals that not only taste great, but meet their changing needs as they age.

“We understand that food plays an important part in helping to maintain independence and bringing friends and family together,” an Aveo spokesperson said.

“That’s why, at Aveo, residents come together over good food in our dining rooms, surrounded by a feeling of wellbeing.

“We want older

Delicious lamb korma.

Australians to feel empowered by good food and be inspired to cook simple and healthy meals at home.”

Aveo has taken its mission one step further by asking its executive chef John Casey and Nutritional Professionals Australia to work together to create the Live Life Cook cookbook to meet the idea that eating well should be easy and that with the right preparation it can be.

Live Life Cook features more than 50 simple recipes, beautiful photos of finished dishes and

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easy-to-find ingredients.

It draws on the 30 years of experience of John Casey, who began his professional career as as chef at one of Melbourne’s iconic five-star hotels.

He has since gone on to successfully represent Australia at the Culinary Olympics in Germany, where he was awarded a gold medal.

He has worked with chefs such as Stephanie Alexander and elite athletes such as Cathy Freeman and nurtured a passion for innovation in food quality and nutrition.

Full of cooking tips and tricks, delicious and nutritious recipes, Live Life Cook will empower the country’s active seniors to keep cooking well into the future.

The perfect gift for family members and friends is available now for $29.95.

To purchase a copy, go to aveo.com.au/food/ aveo-cookbook.

HEALTHY MEALS AT HOME: Enjoy a tasty freekah pomegranate kale salad from the Aveo cook book.

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Walking netball courts you Tracey Johnstone NETBALL has jumped on the modified sport bandwagon with programs that offer women and men the chance to get back on the court for a social and active experience.

The modified team game allows participants to play for recreational fitness while others can aspire to enter competitions such as State carnivals and the Australian Masters Games.

The pace of the game is slower which reduces the chance of injury and some of the rules take into consideration putting less stress on ankles and knees.

Since Walking Netball started in Australia about 18 months ago, Queensland has set-up both all-ages and over 6os programs across 21 locations, with another 10 to start during 2019. NSW has 20 locations, so far.

“Some participants say they prefer to play with people around their same age,” Netball Queensland’s Walking Netball coordinator

WALKING NETBALL: Whether you do it for recreation or competition, male and female seniors can enjoy the social fitness program which is expanding across Australia.

Photo: Netball Queensland Rhonda Newton said.

Some of the rules of seven-aside Walking Netball include keeping one foot on the ground at all times, banning running and jumping, keeping at least three feet between you and your opponent when defending, having

four seconds to throw the ball, taking an extra step which avoids sudden stopping and unlimited rolling substitutions.

The teams are usually made up on the day so anyone can turn up and have a chance of joining in. This means a senior

can come to play as often as their availability allows rather than being locked in to play each week.

The length of a quarter varies, Queensland rules allow for about 12 to 15 minutes.

“For people who haven’t exercised for a long time,

they may not be able to play an entire quarter, so they can come on and off the court as they see fit.”

“It’s very relaxed, very social,” she added.

“Walking netball brings back the girl whom forgets the cancer, the bad knees, back and ankles

and who flies like an angel; I surely missed her,” Melinda from Brisbane wrote.

“I’ve never had so much fun in my life,” Rosie from Brisbane’s Chermside added. “For the first time, in a long time, I am smiling and laughing and having fun. I’m talking to people I would never have met and I am making friends. Anxiety can be such a crippling disease but when I’m playing I feel supported and welcomed and for that brief hour the anxiety disappears and I feel normal.”

The cost of participation varies between venues, but is generally about $12 a game.

The only equipment required is running shoes or sneakers and comfortable clothes.

“It’s focused on safety, fun and fitness as we want everybody to play it for as long as possible so we try to take the competitiveness out to reduce the injuries,” Ms Newton said.

For details: Qld Netball at 1ld.netball.com.au/ walking-netball or phone 0439 706 077.

My Health Record can support health system

HEALTH SUPPORT: Aged Care nurse Susan Emerson.

Photo: Creolumen Photography

AGEING is not a destination, but a journey. It’s not a place you suddenly arrive at one day – rather it’s something we’re all experiencing, all the time.

Our population is living longer than ever before and before the turn of the next century it is expected that nearly a quarter of Australians will be over the age of 65.

The increased longevity is mostly due to advances in treatments, better hygiene and improved models of care –

something that should be celebrated – but it also means it’s crucial that our health system is robust enough to provide support for all Australians through their ageing process.

As our longevity continues to increase, so too do the new challenges faced by the aged care sector.

“I see the My Health Record as a great tool to support inter-professional and cross-disciplinary care,” Aged Care nurse Susan Emerson said.

“As we age, the number of medical problems we face can increases, which in turn can result in an increase in the number and type of medications we take.

With that comes the potential for side effects and drug interactions that can impact our quality of life and may impact our wellbeing and independence.

Australia is at the forefront of healthcare technology and new systems such as My

Health Record will allow us to provide higher quality treatment plans tailored towards the needs of an individual, meaning continuum of care and better patient outcomes for all.

As we live longer, let’s set ourselves up for success.

Susan Emerson is an experienced aged care nurse and thought leader working in an innovative role in the aged care setting.

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Care for fitness of feet Tracey Johnstone AS WE get older our feet health changes so the choices of our footwear should also change.

Podiatry Australia ambassador Charlotte Bodell says we should be thinking about support, comfort, the weight of the shoes, affordability, and removable foot bed if you are wearing orthotics.

It’s also important you understand what foot problems you have, such as diabetic neuropathy, and whether you can bend down to tie shoelaces, before buying shoes.

If you have just come out of surgery, then you may need to wear slip-on shoes.

“Good slip-on shoes are Propet and Skechers,” Ms Bodell suggests.

“When you are looking at good shoes, you need to look at motion control, if it’s breathable, lightweight material and has cushioning or support for the foot,” she adds.

“Motion control is the amount of stability the shoe can provide when you are walking.”

If you are over pronate and the mid-foot drops, the vernacular bone can sometimes protrude.

“If that is prominent there can be a lot rubbing and a lot of hard skin can form on that bony area.

So, you need to make sure it is cushioned as well,” Ms Bodell says.

Breathability is important if you prone to fungus or tinea.

If you have bunions, you need to ensure the shoe is wide enough and flexible in the forefoot.

SHOE CHOICE: Changes in your feet may demand more suitable footwear.

The fat pad gets reduced over the years particularly if you have been on your feet for most of your working life.

“The fat pad moves away from the bony areas and then causes calluses,” Ms Bodell says when explaining why cushioning is an important consideration.

At home Wearing a slip-on shoe with a Velcro strap to help to secure the foot is the best option. But, if you still want to wear a slip-on, then make sure the outsole is non-slip.

Out and about Ecco, Hush Puppies, Skechers and Zierra - all of them have good leather

7 tips for controlling your anger LEARNING to control your before it takes control of you is the first step in combating other issues, such as family and domestic violence.

Being angry can give us the energy to deal with difficult and sometimes threatening situations so it’s important to be able to feel anger occasionally, director of Psychological Services at Wesley Hospital Kogarah, Dr John Kearney, says.

“However, when it occurs frequently and with too much intensity, or is increasingly linked to aggression, it becomes a destructive emotion that can be classified as a disorder,” he adds.

Dr Kearney’s tips for managing anger are: ■ Learn to recognise the early warning signs Anger often escalates rapidly; you can lose your temper before you are even aware of it.

There are physiological and cognitive changes that occur as you become angrier, such as getting hot in the face and a faster heartbeat. By recognising these changes before they occur, it will become easier to manage your anger before it gets out of hand.

TENSION: Tips to support you to gain control.

Photo: Tuned_In

■ Identify and acknowledge your triggers Acknowledging what triggers your anger can help you avoid it in the future and allows you to identify what you should do to change your reaction in a particular situation.

Triggers might be things such as being stuck in traffic, which may lead to road rage, or getting blamed for something you did not do, which can lead to irritable, verbal outbursts.

■ Reduce bodily tension When you get angry, your heart and blood pressure increases and blood flow is redirected towards the major muscle groups. To reduce bodily tension, do muscle relaxation exercises by slowly tensing and

relaxing each muscle group in the body, or take part in physical exertion such as cycling or running.

■ Know when to withdraw from a situation that could turn hostile When you realise you are becoming very angry or are in danger of losing control, the best thing to do is to walk away from the situation. Doing so will prevent you from saying things that you might regret or from becoming potentially violent, such as threatening someone near you by slapping, shoving or pushing.

■ Use distraction strategies to prevent aggression Your thoughts become narrow when angry, resulting in illogical thinking. You can resolve

this by diverting your attention to the environment around you and concentrating on something nearby in detail, or by counting your breathing.

■ Challenge angry thoughts through a series of self-directed questions When angry thoughts arise, ask yourself a series of questions that challenge the truth and reasonableness of your thoughts. For example, if you begin thinking negatively of your spouse leaving dirty dishes in the sink or being stuck in an unpleasant social situation, ask yourself how logical, realistic or useful it is to think that way.

■ Avoid spreading your anger through social media Before you post an angry tweet or an enraging Facebook story, make sure it is not a product of your irrational thoughts.

Anger spreads more virally than other emotions – so people are more likely to react, getting yourself or someone else in trouble.

The consequences of exploiting anger on social media can be dire, from loss of jobs to even criminal charges.

shoes which are wide, deep and with a stable heel cup.

For an orthopaedic shoe, Ms Bodell recommends Dr Comfort, Propet and Orthofeet.

On the go The material of the outsole is key to a good walking shoe.

Velcro-top trainers from

Photo: NickyLloyd

New Balance, Brooks Dyad and Saucony are options.

The Hoka One shoe offers a lace-up shoe with a thicker cushioning and is good for when you are recovering from a foot injury.

Info: go to www.podiatry.org.au.

Can laughter really be best medicine?

OK, it’s an old saying.

But is it true?

The science is in and…. YES! Laughter has a myriad of health benefits. Laughter is essential for our well-being. Why? When we laugh for a sustained period of time, our bodies release oxytocin – called the love drug; serotonin - to enhance our mood; dopamine to tap into our brain’s pleasure centre; and endorphins - our body’s natural pain killer.

Regular, sustained laughter can aid our: Physical Health ■ When you laugh, you breathe deeply, bringing more oxygen into your blood stream. Your immune cells move around your blood stream, aiding general wellbeing.

■ This boost in oxygen also helps your brain, improving creative thinking and problem solving skills.

■ Laughing elevates your heart rate – it’s an aerobic exercise!

Mental Health ■ Laughing is a mindful activity. You are completely in the here

and now, not thinking about yesterday or tomorrow, reducing anxiety and even depression.

■ Laughter involves play and imagination – and having fun for its own sake.

■ Laughing is a connecting activity – the shortest distance between two people is a smile and a laugh.

Emotional Health ■ Learning to laugh at life can help build emotional resilience, enabling you to cope better with life’s challenges.

■ Connection – we are social beings and laughing helps us feel part of a group.

■ Regular laughter lifts your spirit and brings out your natural beauty.

Meredith Yardley is a Happiness Specialist.

She is a certified Laughter Leader and Trainer, has an MA in Communication, Certificates in The Science of Happiness, Hypnotherapy, and a GradDip in Social Ecology.. www.meredithyardley. com

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Scooters just get better

New showroom highlights top service, range of mobility aids BRAND INSIGHTS FOR nearly 20 years Bryan and Shilo Hill have been looking after Sunshine Coast seniors’ scooters and mobility needs from their shop at Nicklin Way at Warana.

This month, the duo are on the move, but only 300m south of their old showroom on Nicklin Way to the opening of new showroom bringing a bit more space and the chance to show off more scooters than ever before.

In terms of the philosophy behind their business and the secret to their longevity in the market, Bryan sums it up pretty simply: “If you look after people, they’ll come back”.

Bryan, who started his career as a financial controller, said his parents started his journey into the world of scooters and mobility aids.

They had bought a similar shop at Caloundra and were running it as a family business.

They suggest Bryan get into the trade, so he opened his own shop, and the rest, is history.

Asked what had changed in the industry since they first opened their doors Bryan said the scooters were now a lot

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New light weight scooters can fold up into a suitcase. more efficient than they used to be with better motors and longer battery life.

“Comfort’s really picked up over time, and the ability for people to take their scooters with them,” Bryan said.

EASY RIDER: Bryan Hill at the newer, bigger, Scooters & Mobility shop front on the corner of Nicklin Way and Main Drive, Warana.

New light weight scooters can fold up into a suitcase, and Bryan says international carriers will generally carry them under the planes for free.

The new shop has allowed Bryan and Shilo to

present more product than ever before to the market, with about 40 scooters and electric wheelchairs in stock and on show at any point in time.

There are also 12 walker models to try out

and an increased variety of in home mobility aids such as shower chairs.

The team offers mobile sales and service too for those who find it hard to make it into the store.

Scooters & Mobility Sunshine Coast is now

opposite the BP service station on the corner of Nicklin Way and Main Drive.

For more information, phone 07 5493 8455 or email scooterssuncoast @bigpond.com.

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Money

In the dark about super changes

DRIVERS: The $A is largely driven by swings in the prices of Australia's key commodity exports and also relative interest rates.

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Interest rates impacts THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced a cut to the official interest rate early in June – the first cut for almost three years.

The 0.25 basis point cut brought the official cash rate down to 1.25 per cent.

The decision reflects concerns about the economic outlook, wages growth and inflation.

We have recently seen slower economic growth due in part to the housing downturn and there are concerns more generally about the global environment and its impact on Australia.

There are also increasing signs that unemployment is increasing again at a time when the RBA really needs more employment to drive both wages and inflation up.

While interest rate cuts are often welcome they

are not good news for everyone.

People with money in bank deposits such as self-funded retirees relying on bank interest for income will be hurt by interest rates remaining lower for longer.

The key for those investors is to seek advice on other investment options that might provide them better returns and a higher income flow.

Lower interest rates will also help keep the Aussie dollar down and Australian companies probably need that to get a bit of a boost when it comes to competing internationally.

The Australian dollar has appeared resilient despite weak Australian growth and Reserve Bank rate cuts, but from a bigger picture it had already fallen

substantially — down 37% from its great high of $US1.10 in 2011 and down 15% from a high in January last year of $US0.81.

The $A is largely driven by swings in the prices of Australia’s key commodity exports (iron ore, coal, gold, wheat, copper) and also relative interest rates eg. a fall in Australian rates relative to US rates makes it more attractive to park money in the US and hence pushes the $A down.

The Australian dollar likely faces further downside: The main reason is that Australian growth is weaker than US growth, and also spare capacity is much higher in Australia — our labour market underutilisation is 13.7% while just 7.1% in the US; growth in Australia is running at 1.8%

year on year comp- ared to 3.2% in the US; and the drag on growth from the housing down- turn is likely to keep growth relatively weak in Aust- ralia for the next year or so.

This will likely keep inflation lower in Australia than the US and so the RBA may cut rates more than the US. The Reserve Bank is

also much closer to having to do quantitative easing to boost growth.

This all has an impact on the investment forecast and with such market forces afoot it is wise to consult you financial adviser to make sure you have the best investment strategy in place to meet your needs.

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

MORE than half of Australians have no idea about a shake-up of superannuation that’s due to kick in from July 1.

The clock is ticking towards the end of the financial year. That matters because from July 1, more than three million Australians may be affected when default life insurance is switched off in super accounts that have been inactive for 16 months.

This change is part of the Protecting Your Super package aimed at preventing unnecessary or unwanted erosion of super savings by life insurance premiums.

While holding life insurance through a super fund can provide an important safety net for your family if the worst should happen, paying multiple premiums out of different accounts doesn’t make sense.

Paying several lots of premiums may provide no real benefit if you already have adequate cover in place through your main fund.

The key is to check your super before July 1 to see if you have life cover in place, and be sure you have the right level of insurance for your circumstances.

Paul Clitheroe is Chairman of InvestSMART, Chairman of the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board and chief commentator for Money Magazine

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Daughter’s tale shines spotlight

Heartfelt, tragic and humorous POW story

The forgotten aviator with a story to tell

AUSTRALIAN author Mary Garden shares the personal, soulful story of her father in the newly released book Sundowner of the Skies: The story of Oscar Garden, The Forgotten Aviator.

She knew little about her father’s life as an aviator until she starting digging into his amazing flying adventures where she discovered his tumultuous childhood in north Scotland, the ghosts of his past which he could not escape.

He was Australian swagman and famous long-distance aviator who soared through any sky but crash-landed the one-way journey of his life on earth.

She approaches the book with the same disregard for self-preservation that saw her father fly to Australia from London in 1930 in a second hand plane with only 39 flying hours under his belt.

In the early morning of October 16, 1930, Garden taxied his tiny Gipsy Moth across London’s Croydon aerodrome and with a wave of his hand to the only person there to farewell him, took off.

He was to fly that plane to Australia, which was sheer madness as he only had a mere 39 flying hours under his belt.

When he landed at Wyndham 18 days later, no one was expecting him.

Diggers warts and all account

However, his flight – the third fastest after veteran aviators Bert Hinkler and Charles Kingsford Smith – captured the world’s imagination.

With a lack of fanfare, he had given the impression he had just set out on a short

pleasure trip, instead of the most formidable feat in aerial navigation.

The press dubbed him Sundowner of the Skies.

Unlike most of his contemporaries who died in crashes, Oscar survived and went on to a career in commercial aviation.

He ended up as Chief Pilot of Tasman Empire Airways, the forerunner of Air New Zealand, but left suddenly in 1947.

He never flew a plane again.

Released by New Holland Publishers, RRP $29.99.

FROM recruitment and training and the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, Burma and beyond, these are the highly individual stories of Australia’s World War II diggers told in their own voices – warts and all.

With a reputation for being hard to discipline, generosity to their comrades, frankness and sticking it up any sign of pomposity, Australian soldiers were a wild and irreverent lot, even in the worst of circumstances during World War II. In Larrikins in Khaki, author Tim Bowden has collected compelling and vivid stories of individual soldiers whose memoirs were mostly self-published and who told of their experiences with scant regard for literary pretensions and military niceties.

Most of these men had little tolerance for military order and discipline, and NCOs and officers who were hopeless at their jobs were made aware of it.

They laughed their way through the worst of it by taking the mickey out of one another and their superiors.

THE Diggers of Colditz is a classic and dramatic prisoner of ware tale about escaping from the inescapable.

Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany’s infamous ‘escape-proof’ wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent.

Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold... by any means necessary.

In this riveting account – by turns humorous, heartfelt and tragic – historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ tell the story from the point of view of the prisoners themselves.

Their story is about 20 Australians, who made Colditz Castle their ‘home’, and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible – escape!

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Available now.

RRP $35.

Published by Allen & Unwin, RRP $32.99.

Ghosts of the Past brings a true story to life TONY Park’s new novel Ghosts of the Past brings to life the forgotten, but fascinating true story of a young Australian who at 24 took up arms against a brutal colonial power in the early 1900s in a remote corner of Africa.

The book is based on the story of Edward Lionel Presgrave, an Australian who fought in the Boer War in South Africa, but stayed on after the war and made a quasi-legal living as a cattle and horse trader.

In 1904, two years after the fight against the Boers ended, another conflict

broke out across the border in German South West Africa when the local indigenous people rose up against their colonial overlords.

“Edward Presgrave ran horses and guns to the Nama rebels and at some point he joined the fight, tying himself to a charismatic guerrilla leader, Jakob Morengo, known to the Germans as ‘the Black Napoleon’ due to his tactical genius,” Park said.

“By the time Presgrave joined the war the Germans had borrowed a tactic pioneered by the British in

the Boer War and rounded up innocent Nama and Herero women and children and interned them in concentration camps.

“In an eerie portent of what was to come some three decades later under the Nazis, tens of thousands of prisoners were beaten, starved and worked to death on construction project and subjected to inhumane medical experiments in the camps.

“We don’t know exactly why Presgrave joined Jakob Morengo in his war against the Germans, but we do

know he was a thorn in their side.

“A price of 3000 Marks was put on his head and Presgrave was eventually lured into an ambush by a couple of Afrikaner spies working for the Germans, and killed.”

The fictitious version of Presgrave, war-weary Australian Sergeant Cyril Blake is drawn into the rebellion by his love for two different women and a quest for a missing treasure based on another true story.

Published by Pan Macmillan, RRP $32.99.

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