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Hello Readers, welcome to the final edition of 2015.

I have loved working in my new position as Seniors Newspaper editor and trust you have enjoyed the additional local stories, pictures, opinion pages and online presence as much I have enjoyed including these features.

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SUNCOAST Clayworkers Association president Jackie Gasson admits to a feeling of quiet happiness as she watched the unveiling of Eudlo’s Story Wall this month.

Three years ago she had the idea of telling the past and present story of the early timber town by creating a Story Wall the whole community could enjoy.

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“I wanted to create something the Eudlo community could be proud of and visitors to the area would be able to identify with.

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“The wall is a symbolic tribute to both those who have gone before us and those growing up in the area now,” she said.

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Men didn’t talk about it or approach anyone. They just sat in a corner and tried to get over it. couldn’t find a way out of it.

“One year after surgery I decided there had to be other methods of going through this so I put an ad

in the paper saying, that, if there were any other men out there diagnosed with prostate cancer and having trouble, I would like to meet them. “Í set up a meeting at Wavell RSL club and about 70 men and their partners came. From that moment we started what was to become the Brisbane Prostate Cancer Group and it is now the largest local support group in Australia of any sort.

“We now have 32 groups and 4000 members in the Queensland Chapter and we are affiliated nationally with 170 groups in Australia that form the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Australia. The Foundation raises about a million dollars a year for funding, advocacy and support.”

“We discuss psycho-social issues, all the problems with treatment side effects, diagnosis and the horrendous decisions that go through a man’s brain

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Peter admits the process of readjustment took time. It wasn’t until seven years after his diagnosis and treatment that he felt the need for a sense of closure in 2003 by climbing Mt Kilimanjaro—at almost 6000 metres, Africa’s highest peak. Ostensibly it was to

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Ask him, however, about the challenge that has most influenced his life and he will tell you - dealing with prostate cancer and setting up a support movement that now has 4000 members throughout Queensland.

Close on 20 years ago Peter was diagnosed with the disease. For him the news was “pretty overwhelming and, at the age of 52, devastating.

“I didn’t even know what my prostate was and what it did,” he told Seniors. “I wanted to learn but there were no support groups to talk to. I rang the Queensland Cancer Fund people thinking they could help me but they didn’t have a group. Men didn’t talk

about it or approach anyone. They just sat in a corner by themselves and tried to get over it. It was taboo.

“My life suddenly deteriorated from being a healthy, fit, in-control, positive individual to one experiencing incontinence and erectile dysfunction, seriously depressed and bordering on suicidal because I

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tate cancer groups.

“There are no free get out of jail cards but if men follow a precise fitness program before and after surgery and, provided there are no post-surgery complications within six months of the operation, less than three to four per cent need have ongoing incontinence.

THE meeting room is filled with more than 70 men of senior years – 15 of them with their partners.

A grey-haired man stands up, “Hi, my name’s Ian and I was told I had prostate cancer about four weeks ago. It’s caused me some emotional problems and I would love to talk to someone.” The empathy in the room is instantly so intense as to be almost tangible.

This scene is nothing new to Rob Tonge, co-convenor of the Sunshine Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group.

“We have blokes who are pretty shattered when they come here. A couple of weeks ago a man walked in here and he was in tears, then five of our blokes sat down and had morning tea with him and he left the meeting smiling.”

Rob’s group meets once a month at Maroochy RSL and with 431 members is the second largest in Australia. It was formed in 2002 and takes in an area from Landsborough and Caloundra in the

Prostate Cancer group convenors, Alan Keetley, Shirley Prior and Rob Tonge.

south, then north to Cooran and west to Kenilworth taking in the Blackall Range townships, in all, 22 communities. The southern area is covered by the Glasshouse Country Support Group.

In Australia, 20,000 Australian men are diagnosed with the disease annually and there’s a mortality rate of close to 3500.

Rob is 77 and was diagnosed when he was 65. “I didn’t know which way to turn when I was told. I

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reeled out of the doctor convinced I was going to die. I picked up a brochure about the group at the local library and spoke to the convenor. I discovered I wasn’t going to die immediately so I went to the meeting and that was it.”

The group is very handson, operating on a selfhelp, peer support basis and the monthly meetings feature guest speakers who are doctors or other professionals in allied health services.

“Support and awareness are our primary roles. If someone has no family and no one to go with them to a medical appointment, we have a network to enable one of us accompany him. It’s important to have two people and we get the doctor’s permission to be there. We take notes and later sit down with the patient and go quietly through what was said.

“We have a referral register which enables men

who are deciding on treatment to talk one-on-one with members who have had that particular form of treatment.

“Also, because of our working relationship with Community Health, a social worker now attends our meetings to assist members.

“We recognise the very important part played by partners and the strain they are under. We encourage partners to attend meetings. We have a marvellous lady on our committee who is our partners’ representative, Shirley Prior, of Tewantin.

Rob says many new treatments have come through since he was diagnosed.

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Groovin’ with Hat Fitz about Woodford FOR six days, starting on December 27, 130,000 people ranging from young partygoers to retired groovers will cruise, sing, dance and lose themselves to the music and the moment as the Woodford Folk Festival celebrates its 30th year.

Veteran blues/hill-style singer Hat Fitz calls the festival “a massive event”.

“There’s nothing like it in Australia that I know of.

We’re lucky to have it on our doorstep.”

He should know as he’s watched it grow during the many times he’s been there in the last 25 years.

In those early days, the festival was called the Maleny Folk Festival but a few

years later it became just too big for the Maleny Showground and moved to Woodford, about one hour north-west of Brisbane.

Fitz was a 24-year-old Aussie folk and gospel/blues singer in 1990 and he talked with Seniors about the Maleny days. “There were just a few thousand people then. There was a big creek with a waterhole and everyone was skinny-dipping.

“We had only three or four tents and mine was called ‘Eureka.’ It was the blues tent and that’s where I played. Everything was so kick-back and casual and I loved it.”

As Woodford has grown so has his music. Fitz is the bearded half of now international singing duo, Hat Fitz and Cara, (wife, Cara

Robinson). Their UK manager is the boss of Manhattan Records and he spends a lot of time booking them all over the world.

“We spend 12 to 14 weeks a year overseas in England, France, Germany and Holland, most of the European countries, as well as Canada and the U.S. We do about five to seven gigs a week. There are plenty more countries I would like to see,” Fitz said.

“I met Cara in Ireland six or seven years ago and that’s when my music took the big left-hand turn.

She’s a singer and she brought a lot of her Motown soul which we mixed in with my old-school mongrel blues or whatever you want to call it.

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Fitz is the bearded half of singing duo, Hat Fitz and Cara, (wife, Cara Robinson).

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At Woodford he and Cara will do five shows at different venues. “We’ll mix the material up a bit so it’s not the same show.

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Care Bears bring joy

By JIM FAGAN

A CHANCE look at a story in Seniors Sunshine Coast Newspaper six years ago has led to an astounding 30,000 Care Bears, knitted beanies, berets and baby socks being donated to sick and injured children in hospitals in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and ambulance services at Kawana and Caloundra.

Last month another donation of some 200 bears plus 400 cuddly toys, blankets, outfits for premmie babies and library bags with colouring-in paper and pencils was received with grateful thanks by hospital staff at Brisbane Mater Mothers.

This selfless task of bringing comfort to sick children was started in 2009 by Eric Brusewitz (78) and wife Dawn Chalkley (75) who live in a retirement village in Kawana. While their work is still continuing, it has been greatly reduced because of ill-health and they are now appealing for help from volunteers.

Eric said the Care Bears were popular. “They are

You are invited to join the volunteer knitters.

soft and cuddly and we try to have them in every ambulance on the Coast. As well as bringing comfort to sick and traumatised chil-

dren, the Care Bears are also bringing joy to their makers.

“We have ladies who make up to 30 bears a month and

they tell us, ‘If it wasn’t for this knitting, I’d fall asleep in front of the television all the time. Now we have something to do’,” he said.

Dawn said that over the years there have been up to 150 volunteers they could call for help.

“Now we’re down to 25 to 30, who live all over the Coast.

“Until very recently every two or three months we would drive about 300 km to pick up the volunteers’ work.

“Because of our ill-health, that’s been curtailed and as a result we have lost a lot of knitters.”

Dawn said there were a number of ways to donate – cash donations, knitting or collecting the knitting.

Does she think that without new help, she and Eric will have to stop their valuable work?

“Not as long as we are alive. You only have to see joy on the nurses’ faces when we go down to Lady Cilento and they’ve got these things to give to the kids.”

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Talented artist loves to travel

By JIM FAGAN

The interview: Continuing our series in which we feature the interesting, offbeat and innovative lives of our Coast neighbours PASTELS, pencils, water colours or oils, in fact specialising in any one of the fine arts is Carolyn Sheather’s joy but the 57-year-old admits being an artist in the studio can be fairly solitary life so, when you can share your time and your talent with other people, it’s “magic.”

For her the ultimate is to take a group of local creatives to exotic locations like the Greek Islands, Italy and France just as she has done for the last five years.

In that time she has had six art tutoring tours and another two are planned for June and October.

Award-winning Carolyn lives at Palmwoods and she told Seniors “The first visit to the Greek Islands in

Artist Carolyn Sheather in Orvieto, overlooking Umbria, Italy.

2011 was a trip of a lifetime.

We had artists from all over the Sunshine Coast, even some from Cairns and Victoria.

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derful, everything you can imagine—blue water, olive trees, white buildings, colourful fishing boats, bougainvillea...”

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We’ve all started to keep one at some time, a diary that is.

It might have been when we were eight years old, determined to keep it going forever then some new interest came along and the diary was put away in the toy box.

Or maybe when we were older we thought it would be something nice for the family to read one day and, who knows, maybe you’re still writing yours.

Artists like Carolyn Sheather, however, aren’t satisfied with just jotting down their thoughts.

They like a visual record as well.

They call it “artist journaling” and Carolyn alcialist get from the Sunshine Coast to the Greek Isles? “I had a friend who introduced me to an art tour company which did tours to the islands and we decided to work together.

The first tour was for three weeks.

“This year in June the tour to the islands will last 19 days. Our tour facilitator lives on Kalymnos, one of the three islands on the tour but it also includes an op-

The art of journaling ways has a little book at the ready in her handbag.

Artist journals are an important part of group luggage when she takes her artists on study tours like the Greek Islands.

As she says: “The greatest benefit of this is that we all get to relive our moments and memories through our travel journals.

“When we draw some-

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thing and take the time to study, it’s almost like the impact is doubled. It’s more than taking a photo when you just click at something amazing.

“With the journal we take our time, we smell what’s going on and hear things.

We meet locals. It’s all just a wonderful experience which is magnified through the drawing,” Carolyn said.

Artist journals are an important part of group luggage “The greatest benefit of this is that we all get to relive our moments... tional excursion to Turkey to visit the coastal town of Bodrum. I will do the art facilitation.”

Later, in October, she will take another group to Italy visiting Venice, Orvieto and Rome which she describes as “visually and culturally stunning.” That Tour is also facilitated by a local tour guide.

Carolyn came to the Queensland 24 years ago from Victoria, living first in

Hervey Bay for four years, then Maleny for nine years before moving to Palmwoods ten years ago. She is highly regarded as an artist and teacher and conducts workshops in towns like Maleny, Kenilworth and Landsborough.

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This is the place for active ageing Caloundra services the baby boomers Caloundra is home to around 80,000 residents and there’s no doubt the fastest growing age group is seniors. The city’s Chamber of Commerce Tourism and Events chairman Bill Darby tells how Caloundra’s reaching out to baby boomers.

IRRESPECTIVE of what brings over-50s to Caloundra, one thing is for sure; the migration of baby boomers to the area won’t be slowing down anytime soon.

All the economic indicators point to decades more growth in population numbers and, with seniors living longer and healthier lives, the ageing will have more influence over our economy than ever before.

From a business and tourism point of view, it’s great news that Caloundra has so much appeal to the over-50s. It’s safe, clean and just an awesome community of which to be a part.

The great news for the over-50s, is that Caloundra’s

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leading tourism and business groups, as well as Council, have spent a lot of time and money researching what services best cater to our seniors.

There is currently (and has been for some time) a coordinated effort to ensure Caloundra delivers the very best facilities for our active ageing population.

In 2013, focus groups identified safety and access to be fundamental requirements for an ageing community. Subsequently, the cornerstones of Caloundra’s new street-scap-

ing projects (soon to commence) include suitable bright lighting to parks and pedestrian walkways and a significant reduction in trip hazards beside roads and on footpaths.

Improved way-finding signs and a more extensive network of pathways will aid locals and visitors alike.

Bringing back the vibrancy of Caloundra’s shopping precinct is priority Number One. Our historic and beautifully shaded main street is changing for the better. It seems that every few weeks a new café or specialty shop is opening in the CBD and the locals are discovering new reasons to venture into town.

Our award winning Caloundra Street Fair transforms Bulcock Street every Sunday morning. Twilight markets along the beachfront boardwalk over summer bring visitors in from all over the Coast.

As the new communities of Kawana and Caloundra South grow over the next two decades, the Cal-

oundra CBD will play an all-important role as the region’s lifestyle heart. Plans are afoot to build new residential-style apartments in the CBD precinct that will be accessible, affordable and convenient to all Caloundra’s amenities.

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CLUBS Caloundra Family History Research The final general meeting of the year for the Caloundra Family History Research group was held on Thursday, November 19.

Guest speaker was Ms Toni White who gave a presentation on “Genealogy & the Unrecovered War Casualties Unit”. The research facility is now closed and will re-open on Saturday, January 9. The group wishes all members and fellow researchers a happy festive season and successful breakthroughs during the holidays. The first general meeting of the new year will be held on Thursday, January 21. Guest speaker will be Kirsten Perris from the State Library of Queensland. Phone Roz on

Caloundra family history research guest speaker Toni White being thanked by member Ian Edwardson.

5493 1197, Valerie on 5437 3879 or Dawn on 5492 2208 if you have enquiries about the activities of the group, or email caloundrafamilyres@ y7mail.com. Visit our website www.caloundrafamily history.org.au Good News for Bli Bli Bli Bli on Maroochy Historical Society received a grant of $2085 from the Australian National Maritime Museum, allowing for The Patrick Bennett Collection of 100 glass negatives to be professionally scanned and archived.

More good news concerns the house where Patrick lived when head teacher of

Bli Bli School. BBOMHS has been able to sub-lease two rooms of the old school house for two years.

Thanks go to the Bli Bli Hall Committee and Sunshine Coast Council. The next meeting will be held Monday, February 1, visitors welcome. See Facebook or phone Anne on 0400 913 443.

Genealogy Sunshine Coast Nambour Two new interest groups have commenced at the Sunshine Coast Genealogy Resource Centre at Nambour. Maureen Irvine has convened both the Irish interest group, which meets the third Tuesday of every

second month (December 15 was the last meeting), starting at 9.30am and the Scottish group which meets the second Tuesday of the month (next meeting February 16). These interest groups provide an avenue for members to network and share successes and try to get over the brick walls that hinder successful research. The DNA interest group meets on the third Monday of every month.

The centre is open from 9am-2.30pm Mondays and Wednesdays, 9am-noon Tuesday, 1-5pm Thursdays and 12-4pm Saturdays. Enquiries email genealogysc @gmail.com, phone 5441 4266 or visit the Centre on Petrie Rd (opposite the swimming pool).

Workshops and activities for 2016 will be posted on the website at genealogy sunshinecoastinc.

Cooroy-Noosa Family and Local History Our members have much to be excited about in the new year. It has taken 18 years of energetic fundraising by members and now Noosa Council has approved the construction of a new Heritage Centre in Cooroy.

Space and designated areas for our library and research projects will be welcomed by visitors and members. It

will be months before the completion of our new home and in meantime the Research Room at 41 Miva St, Cooroy will reopen Tuesday, January 12 from 9.30am to 1pm. The special interest groups will regroup in January: Scottish at 9am on January 20; Irish at 1pm on January 23 and German at 9am on January 27.

To start your family history visit genealogy-noosa. org.au, phone 5442 5570 or drop in to the Research Room on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays.

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■ Caloundra Looking forward to another successful year. At the Christmas Dinner Meeting held at the Caloundra Power Boat Club on Tuesday, December 8, president,Sandra Harding thanked all members for their outstanding efforts during 2015. The money raised supports The Smith Family’s Learning for Life Program which provides educational opportunities for disadvantaged Australian children and their families.

Sandra also congratulated club member Sue Meehan on her work as a Student2Student volunteer supervisor. The Caloundra VIEW Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Caloundra Power Boat Club at Golden Beach. If you are interested in finding out more about the club you can contact the secretary at caloundraview@hotmail. com.

■ Kawana Kawana Waters members recently celebrated the club’s 22nd birthday with a party which had a Venetian Carnivale theme with some very glamorous masked members. The first meeting for the Kawana Waters club in 2016 will be held on Wednesday, January 27 at Headland Golf Club, Golf Links Rd, Buderim. Time is 11am for 11.30am start and this will be the Annual

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Caloundra Arts Centre Friday Art group will present its second “Unite, Inspire, Paint” art exhibition at the Caloundra Arts Centre from January 9-13.

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held their final Cent Sale of 2015 on Friday, November 27. A great time was had by all with heaps of prizes up for grabs. The raffle prize was a beautiful patchwork quilt and cushion made by Lyn, one of the branch members. The sale was also the opportunity to invite Andy Young and Michelle Metcalfe from Integrated Family and Youth Services for morning tea, and to present them with Christmas donations. Members at the QCWA Maroochydore are happy to support the IFYS Foster Care to make a difference and support the wonderful work they do.

Trauma Teddy Donation At the Wharf Tavern on December 7, the SunshineCoast Doll, Bear, Craft and Miniatures Club donated dozens of trauma teddies to the care of Senior Constable Mark Readman, to assist police investigators when dealing with child abuse and domestic violence cases. This small gift provides comfort for children going through difficult circumstances and provides police with a way to tangibly show empathy and gain much needed rapport. The club raises money from activities and its annual show at Buderim in

National Seniors Buderim members at the Christmas Party this year at Clio's on Rosemount.

July. Monies raised are used to support children’s charities on the Sunshine Coast. The club’s next show will be held on July 16. The club meets on the second Monday of each month at 9am at the Kawana Library.

Retired Business Seniors Single Social Group We are a retired business senior’s single group. We would like more retired single men to join us. Over 65 to 75 is our age group. We need a balance of men to enjoy our social group outings. Theatre, home dinner parties, barbecues, walks, picnics and dining out are some of the activities we would like to share. These are the outings one doesn’t enjoy on one’s own. For further details phone

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Woombye Bowls Club Woombye Bowls Club recently held the last in a series of six successful Seafood Days for 2015. It was an Open event and bowlers came from many parts of the Sunshine Coast to compete. Overall winners were a team from Woombye, skippered by our very experienced Peter Harris. Congratulations to our greenkeeper, Geoff Steele, for preparing very true greens, and to Peter Harris who organised the days.

Over five Friday nights, Woombye Bowls Club hosted a Major/Minors event with bowlers from our winning Division 2 team pairing up with bowlers from our winning Division 6 team to compete.

Sunshine Coast Contract Bridge Does the card game of bridge improve your memory and ward off dementia? Many scientists think so. The Sunshine Coast Contract Bridge Club runs beginners classes just once a year. Bookings are now being taken for the next series starting Wednesday, March 2. The course runs over 14 weeks and includes four review sessions. The classes are held Wednesdays 9am to noon. Instructor Wendy O’Brien said when the course is completed participants will be beginners are then skilled enough to join supervised play which is held at the club every Wednesday morning. Beginners or those taking the course as a refresher can then choose from several levels of play with games held throughout the week at the club rooms at the northern end of the Elizabeth Daniels Sports Complex on Syd

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Coolum Beach Quilters The Coolum Beach Quilters club recently made a special delivery of 12 little Rainbow Quilts for the Special Care Nursery at the Nambour Hospital. The Coolum Beach Quilters have given 30 quilts as well as the 12 Christmas quilts to be given to premature and sick babies during the month of December. Our Christmas lunch and last meeting for the year was staged on December 10.

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National Seniors Buderim After a great year for our group, we had our Christmas Party this year at Clio’s on Rosemont. We had great food and lively conversation, proving getting old does not necessarily mean going quietly. All over 50s are welcome to join our group of happy seniors who enjoy each other’s company. The club undertakes regular outings to places of interest, restaurants and picnics. Enquiries phone Graham on 5444 2831.

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Kawana Waters VIEW Club 22nd birthday celebrations.

Foundation members, Jill Ryan and Trish Brett cut the birthday cake at the Venetian Carnivale.

Sunshine 60 and Better Belly Dance group at the Big Top Market Fresh.

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Kawana Waters Toastmasters The international convention was staged in Las Vegas and at their most recent meeting Kawana Waters members were regaled with stories from the convention

by Ian Pinker who attended the event. We are a happy, supportive group from various walks of life. Come along a check us out, make new friends and have fun.

No obligation. Meetings on the first, third and fifth Thursday of each month at the Guide Hut, Iluka St, Buddina (behind Kawana Shoppingworld) at 9am for a 9.15 start. Why not make it your New Year’s resolution to step out of your comfort zone? You will amaze yourself and your family and friends with your growth in self confidence. Anyone from 18 years up can join. You move at your own speed, and don’t think you are too shy to speak in public; most of us at the club were at that stage before we joined. Enquiries phone Elizabeth on 5452 7615 or Lorraine on 5493 7470. Check us out on Facebook. Meetings recommence on January 21 with a fun Australia Daythemed meeting.

Maroochy North Shore Lions Maroochy North Shore Lions joined in the local community’s Christmas

Spirit when they provided a sausage sizzle for the North Shore Community Centre’s Christmas celebrations on November 28. Sausage sandwiches were provided as a thank you for the support that the local North Shore Community has given to our fundraising activities during the past year.

Lion’s members will continue this Christmas spirit as they sell their famous Lions Christmas cakes this Friday and Saturday at the Pacific Paradise shopping centre.

Sunshine 60 and Better Iconic seniors group for the over-45s, Sunshine 60 & Better Group operated an information stall at the Big Top Market Fresh at Maroochydore on November 25.

The Sun 60 belly dance group performed two lively sessions at the Big Top Market Fresh in the morning. Members of the dance group range in age from 60 years to nearly 80. The dancers impressed a large group of spectators with their colourful costumes and their shimmying. The belly dancing group meets from 8.15-10.15am on Tuesdays. After 10 years Sun 60 has moved from its office in Maroochydore.

From Tuesday, 5 January the class will meet at the Kawana Family Centre at 50 Iluka Ave, Buddina.

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Still having a hit, and some low-key fun, on the tennis court

WHEN over-50s estate Monterey-Noosa River Heights in Tewantin was built about a dozen years ago amenities included a tennis court.

Quick off the mark were not one, but two tennis clubs both of which are still functioning today.

One of the earliest players was Joan Barton who has been a member of the Tues-

day morning ladies’ club since 2002, soon after the clubs started at Monterey.

There are no fixed numbers. Players go away on holidays and come back when they return.

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“We do keep score, the person serving keeps the score,” Joan said.

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ladies are coming in from outside Monterey to fill the gaps.”

The other club takes things a little more seriously (but not much more). Players meet on Monday and Wednesday evenings 5-6.30pm.

Les and Vicki Checkley have been playing for eight years, after transferring from playing comp at Noosa Tennis Club.

There are six or more who line up every week to have a hit but again, numbers vary, depending on who is on holidays. Average age is 6568.

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As a result global growth remained uneven with an average of around 3%. However, while this is causing ongoing nervousness amongst investors it’s not bad. Stronger growth would only bring inflation and interest rate worries.

Inflation remained low or fell in developed countries as excess capacity and falling commodity prices continued to have an impact.

The downturn in commodity prices continued as oversupply faced slower demand led by China. Bad news for commodity producers and related investments, but good news for most developed countries.

Despite terrorist attacks in Paris, the escalating war in Syria and tensions in the South China Sea, there was not much lasting impact on markets.

In Australia the mining slump continued causing economic growth to remain sub-par. This saw the RBA cut the cash rate to a record low of 2%. The $A fell another 10% and this helped boost the returns from global shares, once translated into Australian dollars.

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WELCOME TO VENICE NO MATTER your age or your travel experiences, your heart will surely beat a little faster as you enter Venice.

This historic city and living museum enchants and thrills from the minute you arrive to the moment you leave.

Yes, it is clogged with tourists most of the year, and yes, it can be expensive, but it’s a dreamy destination to top every traveller’s bucket list, and if you’re careful you can do it on a budget.

FIVE THINGS TO DO IN VENICE – WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. Walk: Put on your walking shoes, don a hat, take a bottle of water and get lost. No matter how many tight alleyways you wander, canals you traverse or tiny piazzas you stumble upon, you’ll find yourself back at St Mark’s Square sooner or later.

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cias and pizzas where you can sit and snack.

Beware sitting in any of the cafes lining St Mark’s Square. Seductive they are, but if the orchestra is playing, you’ll be charged an “orchestra tax”, and a cup of coffee could cost you $20. Stand by the famous Caffe Florian in St Mark’s under the Procuratie Nuove, and sway to the soft music.

Take a tour: While Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica are a must-do, the queues could see you waiting for three or more hours.

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Board a vaporetto: A gondola ride is impossibly romantic...but horrendously expensive and well...getting in and out of a gondola is not easy for the senior traveller.

The vaporetti (water taxis) cost just a couple of euros and will take you all over the main waterways past every historic sight.

All of Venice is a post card. Get out and walk and lose yourself in the beauty and adventure.

Buy a selfie stick: Hawkers sell these everywhere, and for five euros (less if you bargain them down) you’ll have more fun that you thought possible taking photos and making videos of yourself against the gorgeous Venetian backdrops.

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LAST month, after 22 years, the man who invented the Cirlock System of Lockouts worked his last official day at Cirlock, Sunshine Coast.

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He said in the early days he started in a garden shed at a kitchen table.

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Cirlock business founder Erik Larsen (left, front) enjoys a business retirement lunch.

job and got a much larger shed workshop - which was needed when I started selling to many of Queensland’s mining and wholesale companies.”

Erik was always looking at new design ideas and said the, “inventing of new products” was something he enjoyed the most. From the days at the kitchen table,

Cirlock embarked on an exciting journey, growing from nothing, to selling Cirlock designed and made products Australia wide and overseas.

One special highlight was the 2004 company move to the Sunshine Coast.

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