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Welcome summer, goodbye to 2017 MERRY Christmas friends, In our last edition for 2017, I have endeavoured, through various profiles and feature stories, to include a snapshot of various demographics in our brilliant Seniors community.

To welcome in summer and portray what is perhaps the quintessential Australian story, we feature 87-year-old Bruce Robertson, the man believed to be Australia’s oldest, active lifesaver. In a spirit of renewal, he praises the younger generation: “In my generation, the thumb was down on you. Today, people are out to make the best of everything and that applies to young people. I admire them enormously.” Go Bruce – love your attitude.

The gorgeous Anna Abbot in her 70s speaks honestly about retirement.

Yes, she loves and appreciates the life she has, but still there are a few things…. Retirement

Remembering

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK GAIL FORRER

Group editor Seniors Newspapers network

has many connotations, I haven’t been there yet, but retirement seems to run in cycles ranging from initial euphoria to some sadness in saying goodbye to the working habits of old.

Nevertheless, whatever stage, it’s about coming to terms with, and in turn comfortably establishing your identity at a stage of life. Part of that comes with realising you are not alone in your feelings and if you can have a “Yes, that’s me-too moment” – then, thank you Anna for sharing.

In this edition, we speak with Kaz Cooke about her latest book, based on an Australian stage actor, who certainly lived beyond the norms of the time. I think that most post-55-year-old people

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I hope the last 12 months of Seniors News has provided you with supportive stories.

have something in common with this character, which is, navigating a new stage of life without a generation of role models. Our older age is so much different to that of our parents, with a new set of challenges and advantages, we too must navigate a fresh path forward. In saying that, I think the words of Kaz Cooke’s bring it all back to earth: “I’d be more worried about not laughing than laughter lines.”

The diversity of our Seniors community is further expressed with the wonderful story of Stuart and Robin Cumming, a long-term married, professional couple, who,

ready to hit their 60s decided they had had enough of big city stress and would leave for the country. However, it was the stress not the work, they were avoiding. So, not content to sit back in their rocking chairs, they have happily set up a life of fulfilment with the type of business interests conducive to a joyful rather than stressful lifestyle.

I have had a good start to Christmas family get-togethers with my aunty and cousins and it’s set me up for all the ones to come with my much-loved family and friends.

I hope the last 12 months of Seniors News has provided you with supportive stories, helpful information and a good deal of entertainment. I also hope that our stories on grandparent’s rights, age discrimination in the workplace and housing issues has also provided you with deeper insights into our society.

Enjoy, Gail

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75 years of lifesaving Memories still being made as this man performs active duty Tracey Johnstone

A LIFETIME of public service rests well on the broad shoulders of Australia’s oldest active patrolling lifesaver, 87-year-old Bruce Robertson.

The summer patrols have started and Bruce is again on the beach with his patrol members. He no longer has his driver’s licence, so he catches the bus from his inner-city home to Bilgola, faithfully turning up once a month ready to do his duty alongside his younger lifesaver mates.

Bruce started his extraordinary volunteer lifesaving journey when he was just 12.

His father was away at war and Bruce had a Saturday morning job at Swain’s in Sydney city, the same place as actor Rod Taylor.

“He and I became good mates. He was very keen to join the surf lifesaving movement so we both went down to Mona Vale,” Bruce said.

In 1942, Bruce and Rod joined Mona Vale club where they both gained their Bronze.

“There was only one person over 18 at the club then, and that was the president, George Wray,” Bruce said.

“They didn’t ask our age because there was nobody else.”

The war had taken all the older members away.

Bruce and Rod remained firm friends until

Rod drifted off into the pursuit of his art at East Sydney Tech College and films, while Bruce remained in school.

“Rod was almost two years older than me,” Bruce said.

“He was also very successful with the ladies.”

Bruce started as a rower for the club’s surf boat crew. Mona Vale had won the national championship in 1939 and they were looking to return to that glory.

So, at 12, Bruce was co-opted as a member an enormous surf boat.

He remembers rowing in the 1954 surf carnival at Bondi Beach which the Queen attended.

“It was an enormous surf, but it was a fantastic day,” Bruce recounts.

He also has found memories of his rowing mates, some 15 or 16 of them, sleeping on gym mats in the clubhouse.

“We would go down to the club for the weekend,” he said.

It wasn’t until 1950 that Bruce moved to Bilgola to join some of his friends.

Throughout this time and in the ensuing years his volunteer lifesaving commitment never waived.

While he may have retired from paid work at 60, that was the only retiring he did.

His patrol group are on duty once a month for four hours. If there is a crisis, Bruce said he now lets his younger patrol members

ACTIVE AGEING: Bruce Robertson (second from left) with members of his Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club patrol group.

PHOTO: BILGOLA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB

deal with it.

“I find there is a lot of respect by younger people today,” Bruce said of his fellow patrol members.

“I think the younger generation are to be admired. They have not had the thumb put on them.

“In my generation, the thumb was down on you.

Today, people are out to make the best of everything and that applies to young people. I admire them enormously.

“Now I am quite happy to sit and watch, to see what people do.

“So much has happened and so many changes have been made, really I should be one

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Author Kaz Cooke entertains us with the story of a fiesty, creative, independent woman KAZ Cooke reckons she’d like to be “a fully vaccinated time-traveller”.

The 54-year-old author, best known for her advice books for modern girls and women, such as Up the Duff and Girl Stuff, has just released her new book Ada and, although it still mixes fact and humour, it’s a complete switch from what we have come to expect.

In it, Kaz travels back to the 1890s through the true-life character of Ada Delroy, who escaped the humblest of beginnings in a mill town in Lancashire to become an acclaimed dancer, comic and singer, with her own vaudeville-style troupe which toured Australia and the world.

That would be quite an accomplishment even now, but how much more so for a woman over 120 years ago?

Kaz first “met” Ada in an old theatre scrapbook while doing a fellowship on a completely different subject at the State Library of Victoria.

“I came across a photo of this woman that completely arrested me.

There was something really feisty and modern about her,” Kaz said.

Unlike most photos of women in the day, Ada’s hair was not scraped back into a severe bun, as she stood or sat, straight-backed, looking morosely directly into the camera.

Instead, Ada’s hair was out and curled, escaping from a huge feathered and bowed hat, and she was bejewelled in a thick necklace, two butterfly brooches, and another spelling out her name in diamantes, as she looked into the distance with a secret smile playing around her mouth.

Kaz soon discovered

KEEPING IT REAL: Kaz Cooke’s humour is never far away in her books or her conversation. “I’d rather worry about not laughing, more than laugh lines,” she says of getting older.

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there was a huge body of information about this woman and the exploits of herself and her troupe, and became “transfixed by her story”.

Thus began two years of research and another of writing to give this incredible woman a voice.

“She wasn’t an angel.

There was definitely a naughtiness to her – her whole act was stolen,” Kaz said. “But there was

FEISTY: Ada Delroy, c1895, had something feisty and modern “naughtiness” about her that appealed to author Kaz Cooke.

PHOTO: COURTESY STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

so much life in her and I wanted her to be able to tell her own story.”

The book begins in 1911, with Ada in reduced circumstances, suffering tuberculosis, dependent on morphine, and being assessed to live out her last days in a charity cottage for those in the theatre profession.

“Dying is a bit like being poor,” Ada says.

“You don’t get much in the way of choices.”

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“I sometimes wonder if Ada would be a bit cross with me that I’ve taken liberties, but I think she’d be proud that she’s put on a good show,” Kaz said.

And you could say the same for Kaz, whose advice books – constantly updated with the latest medical information – have been best sellers now for some 20 years.

(An updated version of Kid Wrangling – about caring for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers – is about to be re-issued under a new name.)

Asked her secret, Kaz said she reckoned no one else could be bothered doing all the work and research involved!

While her books have, to an extent, traced Kaz’s

own development, from 1994’s Real Gorgeous, looking at body image, to pregnancy, with Up the Duff, and then her child-rearing and teen books, Kaz said she’s not quite ready to write an advice book for the over-50s.

“I’m a bit worried my next book after that would be ‘How to Cark It’, so I really don’t want to rush that!” she laughed.

She also admits she knows she’d probably have to take a bit of her own advice and do more exercise “which is my personal goal and my personal terror really”.

Not that she’s worried about getting old, saying: “I’d rather worry about not laughing, more than laugh lines”.

Besides, Kaz has a few other ideas in the pipeline, including losing herself in history again for another project, and the possibility of another children’s book, for those who remember reading The Terrible Underpants and Wanda Linda Goes Berserk to their kids and grandkids.

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MULTI-TALENTED and meticulous are perhaps the words that best describe popular Sunshine Coast musician and recording artist, Janet Brewer. “Multi-talented” because at different times in her career Janet has played the trombone, clarinet, harpsichord and piano in various symphony orchestras.

“Meticulous” because, nearly fifty years after she saw her first piano, the accomplished Janet, who lives at Ninderry, still practices four hours a day.

“Of all the instruments I play, I love the piano best.

It’s not easy for me. I’m not a natural.”

Janet is accompanist for Noosa Chorale and her pianist skills will be on show when the choir sings excerpts from Handel’s Messiah and traditional festive songs and carols at its 10th Anniversary Christmas Wassail.

Janet, 55, was just six

METICULOUS MUSICIAN: Sunshine Coast musician and recording artist, Janet Brewer.

years old when she saw her first piano. “It was my grandparents and I used to thump it. It wasn’t music but I enjoyed the sound. I begged my parents to learn and I started when I was seven.

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The transitions of life There’s a little spot in Anna’s heart that misses the job Ann Rickard

YOU can’t miss Anna Abbott. With a smile almost as wide as the enormous hats she favours, and with faultless make-up and a sense of extravagant style that turns heads, she makes a grand entrance.

Now retired after and long and fulfilling career, Anna spends her days and nights with mixed and myriad activities that would leave most retirees exhausted.

She studies language (she is already fluent in French, is learning Italian) and attends Shakespeare reading classes.

She founded Les Belles, a group of like-minded local women who get together once a week to speak only in French throughout a fun and learning afternoon (and over a glass of French bubbles).

She coaches students in English at the local language school, never misses a social event,

lunches at lot, and is making plans for her next overseas trip.

All this, and yet Anna says she does not quite feel complete.

It is the dreaded Relevance Deprivation Syndrome to blame. This condition strikes men and women who have had long and rewarding careers with all the trappings that go with it: power, money, perks, influence.

In Anna’s case it is decades of working first as a lawyer and then as head-principal of a prestigious girls college in NSW. “I used to love being able to solve problems for people and make a difference to their lives,” she said of her role as principal.

“Every day someone would come to me weeping over something.

I was Mrs Fixit. I had 100 staff. I miss that.”

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MY STORY: The talented and determined Anna Abbott.

and it is a very real condition.

It affects people who have worked hard for years to achieve promotions and goals, and who have invested all their working lives in their professional roles.

In her position as school principal, Anna also helped young women

in countless ways, from teaching them table etiquette to giving them career advice, but mostly by just being herself and presenting as a powerful role model.

“I miss being multi-faceted, giving academic and moral guidance, attending conferences,” Anna said.

“Despite all the things I do now I still miss it.”

Anna is being honest in expressing feelings many like her have experienced upon retiring, yet have kept them to themselves.

Generally, work makes us feel relevant and when we stop it is difficult to wake each morning and wonder what we are going

to do to make the day rewarding.

“It is hard to be an older woman in Australia,” Anna said.

There is probably no cure for Relevance Deprivation Syndrome, other than to let time take care of it, and Anna with her quick intelligence and deep insight knows this.

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The fight for his life

Personalities

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Telling his shocking story helps Barnes’ healing Yvonne Gardiner

THE pain of a povertystricken childhood marred by violence is hard for anyone to shake off.

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes tried for many years, numbing his anguish with an abundance of alcohol, drugs and wild behaviour.

In recent times, he has beaten his “demons” by writing about his life in a two-volume autobiography, laying bare the disappointments, drug-taking, violence, shame and desperation of a man frequently “out of control”.

Working Class Man is the second volume, released last month. At the start of this book, 17-year-old Jimmy leaves his childhood home in Elizabeth, Adelaide, with his new band, Cold Chisel.

Despite all the chart-

topping records in the years that followed, both with the band and solo, the fame, adulation and good fortune, Jimmy’s “demons” stuck relentlessly by his side.

For him, writing his autobiography was part of the healing process.

“It allowed me to put some of those demons in their place at last,” he said.

“The sooner I open up and let this poison out, the better things will be.”

Jimmy felt an overwhelming need to “get over” his painful childhood experiences to benefit his family, especially his grandchildren.

“If I didn’t, they would have to struggle with demons that I had brought from my childhood into theirs,” he said.

His first best-selling book, Working Class Boy,

is a harrowing story of a Scottish migrant boy from Glasgow, growing up with his parents, Jim and Dorothy Swan, and five siblings in an impoverished and violent household.

It was a tough tale to tell. Drunkenness, child abuse, fighting and the shame of his deprived circumstances come into play.

His alcoholic, abusive father was not a good role model.

The damage, the demons Jimmy speaks of, has taken its toll.

“It’s been a lifetime battle to get over it,” he said.

But the love and support from his “darling” wife Jane, children and grandchildren have helped Jimmy.

“Love, peace and quiet was all I really wanted,” he said.

WORKING CLASS HERO: Jimmy travels the country promoting his second book, his long-lasting “road to ruin” has fortunately taken a turn for the better.

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Speaking up for the truth THE talk is all about our generation.

Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Rolf Harris, Don Burke – they are all seniors.

If anyone ever questioned why women’s liberation had to happen – then right here, right now, on the media’s front pages, you will find the answers.

To vindicate his actions, movie producer Harvey Weinstein flashed on a singular truth when he said: “I came of age in the ’60s and ’70s, when all the rules about behaviour and workplace were different. That was the culture then. I have since learned it’s not excuse, in the office – or out of it. To anyone.”

Yes, the 1960s and

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK GAIL FORRER

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’70s, the age many of us grew up in, was transition time, the first wave of women’s liberation saw changes such as women able to keep working in banks after they were married and, in various areas, wage equalisation.

In terms of government legislation, women were starting to gain liberation from a stultifying culture of gender inequity.

But socially, well that’s another story and I think it’s here that Weinstein, sadly, tells the truth. The

up against the essence of the women’s liberation movement that started in the 1960s.

At its heart, women’s liberation was always about having the female voice heard, considered and owning an appropriately influential place in society.

In 2017, we have a watershed moment when this is spectacularly happening. In some ways, I see it rather like the process of Truth and Reconciliation commissions undertaken by various nations, as a process of healing after undergoing dreadful atrocities. Right now, we are at the face of truth, I trust that after this, the next step will be an honest reconciliation.

Some men saw women’s liberation as another green flag to express their power.

Hopefully the next step will be an honest reconciliation.

rules of the ’60s and ’70s about behaviour and workplace were different.

While women saw the loosening of societal moors as liberating for their own spirit, some men saw women’s

liberation as another green flag to express their power. In those times, women were indeed taking on more public roles, but men were still the boss. In some ways, nearly 50 years on, things haven’t

changed, men still dominate the highest realms of government, business and religious institutions.

What has occurred in the last months of 2017, is a clash of cultures. The truth that many men in power believed that the society of 1960s and ’70s allowed them to abuse women and their belief was so strong, they were unable to move into a new world of respect wedged

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Finding the good life Going bush provided a natural alternative Tracey Johnstone

and a close friendship with its general manager helped Robin and Stuart to make the relocation choice to a very different climate and home.

“It’s free range retirement down here; we’re not requiring the mobility scooters yet,” Stuart chuckled.

“The neighbours are mainly escapees from Melbourne because it is only three hours away.

“Beechworth is also a growing town with good health facilities.”

To kick-start their new semi-retirement future, they formed Silver Creek Marketing.

Utilising Stuart’s consumer marketing and strategic planning skills with Robin’s accounting and administration experience, the couple are using this platform to move forward, with a

variation on their past work life, and with tweaking courtesy of their new home.

“There are even more options on the menu in that direction, albeit requiring trips to Sydney and maybe even Melbourne as that fertile retail marketing market opens up,” Stuart said.

It’s been a quick learning process for Robin and Stuart about living on a property habituated by waratahs and proteas and what to do with the trees

which the previous owner planted. Selling the flowers into the local florist shop is the first move.

“We are learning,” the happy couple both said.

Stuart’s other work interests include keeping his hand in at the old firm, working as a consultant and working with a private school in Sydney and another in northern NSW on developing understandable and deliverable strategic plans. And last month he

was appointed to the Beechworth Community Bank/Bendigo Bank board to assist with strategic marketing.

Robin is enjoying the break from full-time work.

Instead she is supporting Stuart in his projects and looking into how to improve the flower growing business which she sees as becoming a lucrative side business.

“What is retirement? I am working harder than I ever had as I have all these projects on,” Stuart said.

“We are keen to keep the connection of work,” Robin said.

“We see it as a new direction; a new lease on life,” she added.

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UN-RETIREES Stuart and Robin Cumming have left behind much of their old inner-city life to move to another state where the living is easier, the outlook healthy and enjoying work into older age a reality.

The couple moved in February to Silver Creek on the green rolling plains below the Victorian Alps, settling into a 10ha bushland property only 4km from the historic gold rush town of Beechworth.

Frenetic Sydney with its push-me, pull-me attitude made them start to feel claustrophobic which they decided simply wasn’t an attractive scene for the two soon-to-be 60-year-old business couple.

They had lived in the same eastern suburbs home for 29 years with

their daughter Catherine, but over time Stuart said the people around them were getting too aggressive.

“Everything was money.

It was unpleasant,” Stuart said.

“We had been stressed at work for a long time and I think it was getting too hard,” Robin said.

“Trying to keep up a standard of living in the city just didn’t appeal anymore.”

By late last year Stuart’s family boutique catalogue agency was winding down as the advertising market changed which meant both he, and Robin who was the finance manager, were forced to look at their working futures and retirement.

A previous financial interest in the Indigo Vineyard at Beechworth

LEFT: Revived and relaxed and with a whole exciting new world in front of them, un-retirees Stuart and Robin Cumming.

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If you would like to submit a photo please ensure it is at least 180dpi or 500kb to 1mb in size and of faces, in a nice bright setting.

The deadline for the January issue December 13. Email Nicky or Chris: communitynotes@seniors newspaper.com.au.

every child deserves a chance at a healthy life and every parent deserves to watch their child grow up. That’s why we are so firmly committed to our goal of helping to create a 100% survival rate for children with cancer. If you can help, phone Lorraine on 0429 908 020.

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ON TUESDAY, November 14, the Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild officially handed over to the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre four beautifully hand-crafted silky oak tables and about 20 hand-made jigsaw puzzles. The tables were made by Woodies member Rob Otto who was ably assisted by fellow

DAY OUT: Glasshouse Country VIEW Club members celebrated Melbourne Cup and a great day was enjoyed by all.

member Don Lear. The timber for the tables was locally grown silky oak and was milled at the Woodies’ shed at Montville. The jigsaw puzzles were made by Guild member Phillipa Friend on a scroll saw and were beautifully painted.

The official handover took place at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre and was attended by 17 people at a morning tea.

SEARCH FOR 1 CENT AND 2 CENT COINS DO YOU have any? If so

would you like to donate them to the Lake Currimundi-Kawana Lions Club who are collecting them to raise funds for Lions Childhood Cancer Research.

This is a 201Q3 Lions project and the aim is to collect one million coins

before April 2017. Every year in Australia, over 800 children are diagnosed with childhood cancer.

20% of those children do not survive their battle.

That is a disheartening reality facing many Australian families every day. Lions believe that

PLEASE note that due to unforeseen circumstances our VSC AGM will now be held on Thursday, December 7 at 10am, voter registration will begin at 9.30am. The Hive Business space, Tower 2, Suite 101, Kon-Tiki, 55 Plaza Parade, Maroochydore. At this meeting, election of committee will occur.

Nomination, agenda and proxy forms available from the secretary Michael Henning at ceo@ maroochync.org.au. All members welcome.

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COOLUM CROQUET CLUB

A SPECTACULARLY successful 2017 year has seen Coolum Croquet Club win two out of the five Sunshine Coast Croquet Pennants and runners-up in a third. Our club offers all three different forms of the sport suitable for all levels of experience and for players from purely social up to the highest levels of the game. Anyone interested is welcome to come along and try croquet free of charge both for the initial sessions and for coaching. Details phone Adrian Prince on 5448 2985 or email coolum_croquet @yahoo.com.au or find us on Facebook. Our lawns are at Coolum off David Low Way north of Stumers Creek behind Seacove Resort / RSL. Ricochet and Association Croquet are played on Saturdays and Wednesdays, Golf Croquet is played Monday and Fridays. We play all year and visitors are very welcome.

BUDERIM GARDEN CLUB

GARDENS of Buderim nook is a perfect Christmas gift. For over 71 years, Buderim has had

an active Garden Club, currently boasting over 200 members. Now the club has published a book titled Gardens of Buderim featuring many of the gardens which have been opened to the public at the annual Buderim Garden Festival as well as articles about garden design, the club’s background, Buderim’s garden history, the future of gardening in Buderim and useful details about local public parks. It will be launched at the club’s Christmas lunch on December 8 by the book’s editor Sarah Seeberg. The garden stories are enhanced by superb photographs, mostly taken by Club members.

The book will be on sale in early December at Books of Buderim, Manawee Garden Centre and Buderim’s Old Post Office for $26.95. Members can obtain copies from the Club.

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MEMBERSHIP Renewals – Members of the U3A Sunshine Coast are reminded that your membership should be renewed this month. You can do it either online or, if you prefer, at the U3A Office in Sippy Downs on the ground floor of Block ‘B’ at the University, or phone 5430 1123

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WINNERS: Coolum Croquet Club Inc. won the Bray Shield for Division 3/4 Association players.

between 9am-noon Monday-Friday. To register and pay online, go to u3asunshine.org.au.

VIEW CLUBS ■ BUDERIM

OUR upcoming December lunch and meeting is a special one as it is the club’s birthday month. All welcome and a glass of wine is included with the meal and fun activities.

The theme this year is ‘Come to the Masquerade’ on Wednesday, December 6 at 11am for 11.30am start. Buderim Tavern.

Cost: $35. RSVP to Pat Cooney on 5445 6329.

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OUR club celebrated Melbourne Cup at two venues this year – we had a gathering in a member’s

garden and also at Club Glasshouse – a good time was had by all with lots of fun, games and laughter.

Great buffet lunches were served and we all enjoyed the race. In December we will be having a Christmas party with a bush to beach theme this will be held on December 6 at Glasshouse Sports Club.

If you would like to join us or come along to one of our gatherings, phone Lynda on 5494 7875 or Trish on 5493 0026. Our club raises money for The Smith Family and The Learning For Life Program at all our functions.

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THE Buderim Men’s Shed invite you to a breakfast with Allan Pease at the Buderim Tavern, Burnett

Sunshine Coast Street, Buderim on Friday, December 8 from 7am and sponsored by Ray White Real Estate. For more than four decades Allan Pease has been recognised as one of the world’s most influential speakers. Well known for his insight into human behaviour, Allan has addressed more than 4000 audiences in 72 countries around the world. He understands the Brain System and how it can take you where you want to go and now Allan has “The Answer” which he is willing to share with you. The charge for “The Answer” and the breakfast is $55 per person or a table of 10 for $500 with all proceeds going towards the Buderim Men’s Shed building fund.

Book now on 5453 3777.

MARJIE’S: WELCOME TO WALKING

ENJOY healthy exercise at your own pace for fitness, fun and friendship combines riverside walks with exercise interludes (along the south bank of the Maroochy River).

Meeting at the cod-hole boat ramp vehicle park – Bradman Avenue (upstream of the Motorway bridge at 9am Mondays and Tuesdays.

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good. Call Marjie Andrews (qualified fitness leader) on 5448 4229.

WINTER WONDERLAND

A CAPPELLA choir concert featuring: Good Vibrations (popular) and Spiritsong (classical)Friday, December 8 at 7.30pm, Uniting Church Hall, Werin Street, Tewantin.

Admission $12. Conc. $10. Directed By Andrew Emmet. Email andrewjemmet @gmail.com or phone 5474 1498.

LINEDANCING

BEGINNERS classes on Monday’s at 9am at Woombye Hall, Wednesdays at 9am at North Shore Community Centre, Mudjimba and Thursdays at 8.4am 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.

SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING

EVERY Tuesday evening from 7-9.30pm, Pat and Norm Young organise a social evening at the Pomona Memorial School CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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YOUR CLUBS Drop in to your local club for great food and entertainment CALOUNDRA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB

METROPOLITAN Caloundra Surf Lifesaving Club is located on beautiful Kings Beach, Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Our beach is popular both with families and surfers and attracts approximately 120,000 visitors each patrolling season. Volunteering with Metropolitan Caloundra SLSC is a choice that will ultimately change your life and the lives of your family and friends. The skills you learn and memories you make will remain with you for life. Your membership fee to our surf lifesaving club is an investment in your own safety as well as the safety of everyone around you. It is an investment in the beach lifestyle and something to be proud of. Go to www.caloundrasurf club.com.au.

MARCOOLA SURF CLUB

LOCATED on beautiful Marcoola Beach, the club has been patrolling Marcoola Beach since 1969 and had the honour

of hosting the Queensland State Titles in 1990 and 1998. The club is open at 10am daily with visitors most welcome. Lunch and dinner is served Monday to Friday from 12-2pm and 6-8pm. There is also a buffet breakfast every Sunday from 8-10.30am.

All day dining Saturday from 12-8pm and Sundays from 8am-8pm. There s´ always plenty to do at the club. Enjoy a cappuccino.

Bring the family for a meal. Relax on the deck watching the waves, drink in hand. Hold your next function at the club. Get into the live entertainment. The courtesy bus runs on Monday to Saturday from 5pm, and Sunday from noon. Phone the club on 5448 8605 for a pick up.

COOLUM BEACH BOWLS

IT’S time to book your Christmas parties. Let us do the catering – sit down menu or finger food.

Barefoot bowls. Phone Neil for bookings on 5446 1153. Looking at dining out? Join us at our Crackerjacks Kitchen. We

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pride ourselves on serving top quality meals from a widely diverse menu.

Phone us on 0404 029 474 to arrange a pick-up by our complimentary courtesy bus. Opening hours are from 10am-midnight Monday-Saturday and 8am-midniht Sunday. For more information, email info@coolumbeach bowls.com.au.

TEWANTIN NOOSA RSL

BOOK for our Christmas Day buffet luncheon.

Bookings essential at www.noosarsl.com.au or phone 5447 1766.

The Club Function room caters for up to 120 people. Also available for functions is the RSL-CWA Hall catering for up to 50 people. This facility is

suitable for day-long meetings and seminars.

Diggers Bar is the club’s sports bar with two pool tables, two TAB terminals, live entertainment on Friday nights. The Quarterdeck Bar services the Gaming Lounge and Coffee Shop. The Bistro Bar operates during service of meals and functions.

Tewantin Noosa RSL is

the largest gaming venue in the Noosa Shire with 180 of the latest gaming machines, two Keno terminals, two TAB terminals and bingo is held every Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9am and Sunday afternoons at 3pm with a $500 and $1000 Jackpots. The courtesy bus service is available by phoning 5447 1766.

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of Arts Hall. The cost is $4 which includes supper.

It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide New Vogue and Old Time dancing. Come and be a spectator and see if you will enjoy it. All welcome. Details phone 5485 2007 or come and visit.

AGLOW

WINNING SMILES: Bill Bray, Theo Kleiberg, Eileen Kleiberg, Robyn Pettman and Pat Manser from Nambour Croquet Club.

WE WILL meet on Friday, December 8 from 9.30am at Flame Tree Baptist Church hall, 27 Coes Creek Road, Burnside.

Entry $8. Phone Dorothy on 5476 4190 or Joyce 5445 9518 by Monday, December 4 as registration is required.

Come along, bring a friend and enjoy our end of year celebration.

Women and men are welcome. Aglow is a world-wide, non-denominational Christian organisation with branches in over 170 nations on six continents.

Competition contested for by all croquet clubs in the southeast Queensland area. The handsome copper trophy was inaugurated in 1974, and has been won by our club 17 times since then.

There was a period when it was missing from the club premises between 2008 and 2015, but it’s back and deservedly so.

Well played Captain Theo Kleiberg.

Also proudly held are the three Golf Croquet pennants won by the club during the year. The Noosa Croquet Club was a close runner-up.

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BUDERIM BRIDGE CLUB

WE ARE holding a mega raffle to be drawn on December 15. To view the raffle and prizes, go to buderimbridgeclub.com

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and click on the “breaking news” section on the right hand side: Mega Raffle.

Our First Prize is a “24 hours of Indulgence” Package including overnight accommodation at a beachfront Mooloolaba Resort, a sunset cruise, and dinner, breakfast and lunch at various restaurants within the Mooloolaba restaurant precinct. Other prizes include meals and cruises from the Mooloolaba Wharf which will be in focus during December with the opening of the redeveloped restaurant area, and the Christmas Boat Parade on December 16.

We are a registered not-for-profit organisation with a focus on bridge playing, but which also provides an environment of fellowship and social

Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild Inc (from left) Don Lear, Chenoa Fulford, Jo Rickards, Karen Barnett and Dave Purcell.

engagement with mental stimulation for our (mostly elderly) membership of more than 200 Sunshine Coast residents.

SUNSHINE 60 AND BETTER GROUP INC.

WE PROVIDE a healthy ageing program providing a variety of fun activities to keep the mind and body active for older people.

Activities for Sunshine 60 & Better Group Inc Nambour are held at Civic Way Nambour (behind McDonald’s carpark) and include mah jong and Ageless Grace on Monday, Tuesday we have cards, craft on Thursday and Friday we have cards and mah Jong.

There is a special Nostalgia Seniors Art

Exhibition happening December 8-22 at the Butter Factory Arts Centre, Maple Street, Cooroy. Free participative workshops Tuesday to Friday at 10.30am-noon. Bookings essential. Sunshine Coast residents over the age of 55 have participated. Free entry. Details phone 5444 5833 or email admin@sun60. com.au or go to www.sunshine60. org.au and now you can follow us on Facebook too.

NOOSA ARTS & CRAFTS ASSOC.

THIS is just a small selection of our group activities: “Embroidery” every first and third Friday of the month, 9.30am–1pm. “Writing”

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Mondays, 9.30am–12.30pm.

“Mosaics” Tuesdays, 1–4pm. “Smocking” every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, 9am–noon. “Creative Artists” Thursdays, 1–4pm. “Beading” every first and third Thursday of the month, 1–4pm. Noosa Arts & Crafts Association is a centre for creativity, learning and friendship.

New members welcome.

Visit our Gift Shop. Room Hire available.

Disabled-friendly access.

Phone 5474 1211 or email create@noosaartsand crafts.org.au or go to noosaartsandcrafts. org.au.

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Mon to Sat 10aM to 12aM. Sun 8aM to 12aM.

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Giant raFFle Saturday. drawn at 12.30 pM 36 poker MaChineS. GaMBle reSponSiBly

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CraCkerjaCks restaurant..$7.00

Lunches Mon to Fri and A La Carte menu at club prices.

Theme Nights - all $15* tuesday: Schnitzel Night - chicken or beef* wednesday: Fish night - grilled, battered or crumbed* thursday: Throwback Thursday - relive some classic dishes from the past* sunday: The Sunday Roast

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Free Courtesy Buses All Day Every Day The Club donated over 440,000 of Cash & In-kind to the local Community in the past financial year.

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DECEMBER 9 – The annual Eumundi Christmas Carols will be held in the Eumundi Amphitheatre, between 6.30-9pm. All invited to join the wonderful festive atmosphere.

CHRISTMAS AT ALEX

DECEMBER 10 – Come along and enjoy the entertainment on the new community staging. Santa arrives at 6pm. Fireworks from 7.45pm. From 4-8pm at Buhk Park Alex Headland.

LIGHTS ON THE LAKE

DECEMBER 10 – There will be supervised arts and crafts for children, music on the main stage, a water parade of

NIGHT LIGHTS: The 14th annual Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade is on December 16 along the Mooloolah River.

decorated and lit kayaks and canoes on the lake at dusk. From 4-8pm at Crummunda Park, Coongarra Esplanade, Wurtulla.

PEREGIAN BEACH CHRISTMAS CAROLS

DECEMBER 12 – The 53rd annual carols will be held at Peregian Beach Park, Kingfisher Drive, Peregian Beach between 5-10pm.

There will be plenty of music, fun, food and a visit from the jolly man in red.

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DECEMBER 16 – Watch as the parade of boats, dressed up in their Christmas-themed best, make their way through Mooloolaba canals. The Wharf Mooloolaba will serve as the hub of the event, and will be a great place to watch the parade, and enjoy the local entertainment. The parade starts at 6.30pm in front of The Wharf Mooloolaba before heading out along the main canals of Mooloolaba, Kawana and Buddina before finishing back in front of The Wharf. www.christmasboat parade.net.

CAROLS ON KINGS

DECEMBER 16 – Bring seating, a singing voice and a Christmas cheer to the annual Carols on Kings Beach event, with carols, food stalls, a visit from Santa and fireworks.

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Live entertainment kicks off at 4.30pm before the carols spectacular at 6.30pm, fireworks from 8pm. www.carolson kings.com.au.

KAWANA CAROLS BY THE BEACH DECEMBER 17 – Kawana Carols by the Beach promises a family afternoon and evening overflowing with Christmas spirit, hosted

by Todd and Sami from MixFM. Kawana Surf Lifesaving Club, 99 Pacific Boulevard, Buddina, 3-7.30pm. The evening will culminate in a spectacular fire and laser show.

COOLUM CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK

DECEMBER 16 – The Coolum Christian Family Church will host the Coolum Christmas in the Park event, with a night of carols for the whole family. It will be held at Tickle Park, Coolum, between 7-9pm.

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DECEMBER 16 – The community will gather for a family night out with kids activities, community dance groups, pre-show entertainment and night full of sing-a-long carols with local musicians and a choir. The fireworks show starts from 8.15pm at Turner Park, Beerwah,

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10 top travel wardrobe items Ann Rickard

WE’VE all done it – over-packed. A heavy suitcase loaded with clothes, most of which will not be worn, is a curse to all travellers, especially the senior.

Travel author Ann Rickard spoke to Lee Watt, of Brisbane’s Soubret Pink boutique, who can help women construct 20 different looks from just 10 pieces. The secret lies in being disciplined and the benefits are stress-free travel.

1. Stick to the numbers: two pairs of pants, six tops, one of them doubling as a lightweight cardigan/jacket. That’s it. Oh, shoes... of

course, they don’t come into the 10 items, but you’ll need three pairs.

And scarves, three of them.

2. The pants or jeans should be black or navy to create a basic background.

Comfort is essential.

Mac Jay make a good pull-on jean without any hardware at the front that will accentuate the tummy. They are stretchy, don’t cut you in half and come in sizes 8 through 20. They are even comfortable to wear on a long-haul flight. A straight-leg jean is best. It can be worn as casual during the day and dressed-up for evening wear. Basic black pants will go with

everything.

3. Six tops are all you need. Some can be plain, others must have black or navy in them.

Mela Purdie and Verge make beautiful and flattering tops suitable for the mature woman.

Every top must co-ordinate with the jeans or pants.

4. Three scarves will help bring the outfits together or make them look different. Perhaps a plain white or black scarf and one with some navy or black in it.

The scarves will double as wraps to keep you warm or work as an accessory when tied different ways.

5. Three pairs of shoes.

A walking shoe, a good

casual shoe for day wear and a pair for evening.

That’s it. No more.

6. Two bags. A small evening bag, one travelling bag. Baggallini do a good travel bag designed by two American flight attendants. It has zips and pockets for passports and documents, and it also has room for your laptop.

7. Four items of costume jewellery (plus earrings). Never take good jewellery when travelling. Lee suggests two short and two long necklaces, and if you have one in gold and one with pearls you can put them together for a double look.

8. One of the tops that doubles as a cardigan.

If you are going to a very cold country in winter, you can still work with just these basic pieces, but you will need a good warm coat, a hat, gloves and boots.

You wear your outers and just peel off when inside to the basic pieces. You don’t need heavy jumpers and cardigans.

9. Choose items in fabrics that don’t wrinkle or need ironing and can be rolled for packing. The ten items chosen will all fit into a small 7kg carry-on case and leave room for toiletries. If you stick to the ten items rule you can make the different

outfits show variety and style and they will do you for a three-week holiday.

10. We all make mistakes and throw in something extra. It takes discipline to stick to the ten items, so when packing, no drinking wine.

Feedback on this approach has been excellent. One woman who disciplined herself to stick to the 10, wrote: “It was so liberating, so easy to pack and go every morning. I didn’t need to think of what to put together each day. I went to top class restaurants, hiked in the jungle, slept in hammocks and stayed at Raffles, all with just those pieces...”.

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A warm Parisan night Seniors travel writer Ann Rickard shares with us the delight of dining in style in Paris on a hot summer evening Ann Rickard

Ann Rickard takes a selfie beneath the Eiffel Tower.

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Still there was more. We had trawled the opulent Chateau del Malmaison near Paris where Josephine spent much of

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SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL: Stradbroke Island is a perfect holiday location.

Classic Straddie love Shirley Lowrie

JUST like that Golden Breed T-shirt from the Seventies that was so cool and comfortable to wear, Stradbroke Island is a classic.

It’s the family beach holiday idea that can be pulled out of the cupboard at a moment’s notice and everyone will be happy with the choice.

That’s because Straddie, as it is affectionately known, never wears out its appeal for the surfer, the foodie, the nature lover, the beachcomber and even the “lazy bones” who simply enjoys relaxing and

Straddie has some stunning scenery and local flora and fauna.

taking in the spectacular scenery.

And what you see is what you get, year after year.

Sitting on Brisbane’s doorstep, just a

45-minute vehicular ferry ride across Moreton Bay from Cleveland, the great majority of Straddie’s 27,530ha has barely changed over the decades and has always remained

true to itself.

Locals and visitors have vehemently resisted the idea of a costly bridge link to Brisbane, so the world’s second-largest sand island hasn’t been loved to death.

To the casual observer, Straddie remains largely undiscovered.

The wide variety of accommodation isn’t dominated by hotels and resorts, but rather by house and apartment rentals (even original beach shacks) and camping and cabin facilities (including glamping tents at Adder Rock Campground).

Long beach walks on

sandy stretches of pristine beach and over weathered rock pools barely encounter a soul on weekdays.

The bush, ocean and suburban townships (Dunwich, Amity Point and Point Lookout) still teem with birds and wildlife all-year round.

The clear, pristine waters are naturally refreshing for humans and a favourite haunt for frolicking humpbacks during the annual whale migration from late May to early November.

Classic Straddie is the 20-minute drive from Dunwich to Point Lookout and pulling up at the surf

club carpark for that first panorama of 32km Main Beach.

It’s pinpointing the perfect patch of sand to park the 4WD, setting up the gazebo for shade under a cloudless sky and settling in for a day of unadulterated bliss with no one else within coo-ee.

Classic Straddie is a cold ale under a huge outdoor umbrella in the Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel beergarden, overlooking the water.

So what if you wear Old Guys Rule T-shirt these days?

Just like Straddie, you’re still a classic.

Sunshine Coast agency excellence recognised UCANGO Travel & Cruise Centre has cleaned up at the annual Travellers Choice Awards in Perth last week, taking home the event’s highest honour, The Brian Pateman Award for Excellence, among a swag of other accolades.

The annual award – named after industry stalwart, the late Brian Pateman, recognises a travel agency committed to the achievement of excellence across a range of categories, including support for fellow agents and

marketing strategy.

Not only did Ucango also take home a Gold Choice award, which recognised the Top 10 preforming agencies across Australia, the agency also received national awards from Royal Caribbean Cruise

Lines, Celebrity & Azamara, P&O Cruises and Travelcube.

“We are truly honoured and humbled to have won this award and to have our name associated with such esteemed company,” Ucango managing director Dave

Hulsman said.

Travellers Choice managing director Christian Hunter said Ucango, which has offices at both Maroochydore and Waters, was a worthy winner.

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Cruise Centre has an absolute commitment to excellence and enhancing their customers’ experience through considered marketing initiatives and investing in development of the agency’s staff,” Hunter said.

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Empowering our Baby Boomers Tracey Johnstone

TACKLING the hard issues with directness, tinged with moments of humour, gerontologist Dr Drew Dwyer is taking his “ageing well” message on the road.

Dr Dwyer’s tour is based on his presentation of the enlightening material in his first “consumer” book, Ageing in the New Age – A Survival Guide for Baby Boomers.

“What has driven me to write the book is the increase in the number of consumers that are quite confused about the changes of the government, the councils, the services, the systems that are going to be

provided as we move into an ageing population,” Dr Dwyer said.

“There are a number of cohorts we deal with in the ageing population; Baby Boomers who are aged 52 to72, Silent Generation which are 72 to 92 and then the Great Generation which are 92 to OMG. “The government has been doing a long process of reform for the last five to eight years in preparation for the Baby Boomer generation which in Australia there are about 6.5 million.

There are about 3.5 million people over 65 who are about to enter care, retirement and nursing home services,”

he added.

As the push from the government is to keep seniors healthy and active at home through the delivery of its

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There are about 3.5 million people over 65 who are about to enter care, retirement and nursing home services. consumer-directed care plan, until they move into a hospice type environment during end-of-life, Dr Dwyer wants

to see the Baby Boomers quickly educated on ageing well, happily and own and plan the final stage of their life.

“To be absolutely in control of it,” Dr Dwyer said.

To that end the sometimes comical, seven-foot two tall former army nurse and selfconfessed “not your average doctor” will be delivering his show at RSLs in Queensland and then inter-state.

He will cover subjects from his book including knowing generations, building and strengthening emotional intelligence, the facts of ageing and what is healthy ageing, sex and sexual health,

AGEING WELL: Gerontologist, Dr Drew Dwyer.

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“I need to get this information into the hands, ears, eyes and senses of the Boomers because, if you allow the government to just run its course through the providers, the information is broken, it’s not real, it’s dressed up, it’s something else and it’s quite confusing,” Dr Dwyer.

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Listening carefully Perhaps poor hearing could be at the heart of withdrawal the details in conversations, because he couldn’t hear. It had become too difficult to communicate.

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Warwick, who had been diagnosed with “very aggressive” prostate cancer in 2015, watched as his chemotherapy proved to be more successful than first thought, killing off the skin cancers on his legs. But the small cavities left behind grew, and grew, and eventually, formed big, painful, weeping ulcers.

The wounds – some as large as a 50-cent piece – became so uncontrollable that the couple resorted to unconventional methods.

“I used to get up in the morning, and because (my legs) were all mucky, I’d go out and put the garden hose on and wash it off,” Warwick told Seniors News.

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Warwick’s treatment included 50 dives: that’s 50 times the couple drove up and back from the Lockyer Valley, 50 times they had to put their life on hold. But it was worth it.

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Warwick said it took about 20 dives in the hyperbaric chamber before he started to see any improvement on his legs, but once he did, every day seemed like a new dawn. Now he only needs to visit the centre occasionally to get his dressing reapplied.

The long, arduous, frustrating and painful journey has inspired the couple to spread the message of the hyperbaric chamber to the wider medical community. And just like Warwick’s wounds, the results have been remarkable.

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It is Just Better Care Donation to make a rooftop garden aims to bring joy IT MAY take a village to raise a child, but the benefits of living in a proactive and caring village extend well into our adult and even senior years.

Local homecare provider Just Better Care Sunshine Coast recently played a pivotal part in ensuring dementia patients on the Sunshine Coast receive better care.

As major sponsor of Wishlist’s inaugural Teddy Bears Picnic, Just Better Care helped create special memories for more than 700 local families.

In doing so, the organisation provided dementia patients at Nambour Hospital an opportunity to escape the clinical hospital environment in an architecturally designed rooftop garden.

Using space previously used for the Children’s Ward playground, local hospital foundation Wishlist has been working towards the garden for six

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“My partner Lisa works for Wishlist and I know first-hand the difference the hospital foundation has made to local health services so when I heard of the plans for a $30,000

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Work is set to begin in the New Year on the special garden that offers patients and their families an opportunity to escape, at least for a while. rooftop garden for dementia patients I wanted to help,” Director of Just Better Care’s local franchise Tony Sandy said.

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The gifts of Christmas Thinking of what to get the grandchildren? Read on...

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“WHAT would you like for Christmas?”, I ask my grandchildren, expecting a helpful answer. The responses are mixed.

Gift vouchers are the current favourite request from the older ones.

They have very definite views about what they can live with – brand names, advertised products, specific colours, whatever their friends are obsessed with... and there’s no doubt they like to shop!

“I don’t really need anything,” announces the eldest.

That’s a refreshing but surprising comment, coming from a teenager, but when goaded he does concede that he might

need new clothes and shoes (necessary as he’s growing about a foot a month)... and another video game could possibly be squeezed into the extensive collection.

It’s obvious that youngsters are heavily influenced as consumers by their peers, and advertisements on TV and in brochures.

What’s on the best-seller list for children is usually a good guide to sought-after gifts. Expect these products to sell out early in the lead-up to Christmas.

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Children also live in a hi-tech world, and we can’t ignore that.

The time will come, around school-age, when they’ll need a laptop and/or iPad. Before they go to school, buy them gifts that are fun to play with, and help them learn about families and the world around them.

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investment in mining there which has had a very positive result for their economy.

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Generally speaking the PE ratios on the US stock market would appear to be expensive, however when you factor in long term lower interest rates (as opposed to what they have experienced over the thirty years prior to 2008) the market doesn’t look expensive, but in fact fair value.

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This is positive for the whole global outlook although the Australian GDP forecast was downgraded by the RBA in October from 3% to 2.2%.

One of the reasons given for this is the effect of Cyclone Debbie on our coal industry. Housing starts in Australia have strengthened in the back half of 2017 and the share market has also

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At this stage it is generally thought that 2018 will be another reasonable year with business as usual.

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Making Money THINK MONEY PAUL CLITHEROE I DO love a catchy new phrase, and this one made me laugh. “Debt lag” is a new one for me.

It seems that as Chrissy approaches we plan a holiday, but don’t quite get around to saving for it.

So some two million of us turn to our credit cards on vacation, and cop a nasty case of debt lag!

Among the holidaymakers who return home with a maxed out credit card, half clear the slate within three months.

But the remainder can take anywhere from six months to more than a year to pay off their holiday debt.

Taking a credit card on vacation can make a lot of sense. It’s a lot more secure than carrying wads of foreign currency, and it provides a handy back-up if you run low on the folding stuff.

Vacations tend to encourage a sense of bonhomie, which can see us splurge on things we

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There’s no problem with a bit of overspending – if you can afford it.

But Australians rack up an average of $2000 on their credit cards while on vacation, and unless you can pay off the balance immediately the outstanding interest charges won’t just take the shine of a trip’s happy memories, they could

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Plan how much you’ll spend and how you’ll pay for it all. leave you cash-strapped well into 2018.

The key to avoid blowing your vacation budget is to plan how much you’ll spend and how you’ll pay for it all.

Most holidaymakers set a travel budget but only around one in two stick to it.

Doing plenty of online research can give you an idea of the sorts of costs you’re facing, and from here it’s easier to set daily spending limits.

Where possible, aim to

book and pay for accommodation, tours and even entry to attractions before you leave home so you’re not facing inflated tourist prices.

Surprisingly, the most cited rip-offs mentioned by Australian travellers are not dodgy souvenirs that fall apart before you reach the airport.

Rather, credit card and ATM fees plus mobile phone roaming charges are among the biggest gripes. Yet these are easy to control.

Read the fine print of your credit card and/or travel card to understand any fees you may be slugged with.

When it comes to phone charges, either purchase an add-on pack with your local Telco – it’s likely to be far less costly than pay-as-you-go roaming, or ditch your local SIM altogether.

Picking up a pre-paid SIM at your destination is a low cost way to stay connected while you’re away.

Paul Clitheroe is a founding director of financial planning firm ipac, Chairman of the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board and chief commentator for Money Magazine.

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Why you should not write your own will Advertorial

I TAKE my car to the mechanic whenever it needs a service or a repair.

For the same reason, you should take your legal requirements to your family’s solicitor.

Your will is too important a job to leave to a post office will kit and your own expertise.

As Donald Rumsfeld said during the Iraq war, there are unknowns that you do not know.

I wish for you that your loved ones receive your deceased estate in a smooth and timely way.

There needs to be no-one unwittingly left out and there need to be no Court disputes.

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Almost every will deserves a catch-all provision called the ‘residue clause”.

So few D-I-Y will-makers know that they should draft one.

For similar reasons, I advise you not to make your own Enduring Power of Attorney. This set form is available online but, almost inevitably, do-it-yourselfers get it wrong or draft it in a dangerous way.

Your Enduring Power of

Attorney is like a motor car: commonplace, very useful and very dangerous. The danger is the fraud that is being committed with EPA’s worldwide.

Third, your Advance Health Directive is hard to get wrong. It is a health-care document and my clients hear no complaint from me when they draft their own. If in doubt, contact your solicitor to prepare your Advance Health Directive for a fee.

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Post to Sunshine Coast Seniors Free 4 Sale, PO Box 56, Maroochydore, Qld, 4558, or email free4sale@seniors newspaper.com.au.

CHESS SET, complete, 34cm x 34cm box, glass pieces, vgc. would make a suitable Christmas gift. $35 ono.

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Across: 6. Enough 7. Cherub 10. Regress 11. Robot 12. Rite 13. Alter 16. Cause 17. Memo 20. Ideal 21. Laid low 22. Greedy 23. Hornet.

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