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Finding myself in a gum tree moment

HOLD on I’m having an Aussie moment.

With Don Burke on our front cover, rubbing shoulders on inside pages with Macca and Andrew McFarlane, I’m feeling right at home among the gum trees.

In 1987, a version of the song Home Among the Gum Trees seeped into the Australian consciousness as the introduction song to Burke’s Backyard television program.

Similar to the theme of Burke’s Backyard, the song recognised and celebrated all things that were, very simply, Australian.

The song was written in 1974 by Bob Brown and Wally Johnston, then the great Aussie band Bullamakanka did a version and the next thing you know John Williamson was singing it and Aussies were humming it across Australia.

The timeless rhythm, playful tune together with those marvellous, earthy Australian lyrics captured

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the country’s collective imagination and had us all tapping along.

For 17 years, every Friday night via television, the tune’s magic properties welcomed us into the backyards of Australia.

In 2006, at Steve Irwin’s memorial at Australia Zoo, a crowd of thousands joined the chorus as John Williamson sang: “Give me a home among the gum trees, With lots of plum trees, A sheep or two, A k-kangaroo, A clothes lines out the back, Verandah out the front, And an old rocking chair”.

As he watched from above, perhaps Steve would have responded with a “Crikey”, as he saw all these people sing with

pride of their connection with him, their community and their country.

Thirty-five years of broadcasting the radio show “Australian All Over”, hosted by Macca (Ian MacNamara), proves our love of Aussie culture has not diminished (and I very much enjoy the ditty to this show too).

It’s also inspiring to report on the long, colourful and rich career of Aussie Actor Andrew McFarlane. I love the way he has rejoiced in all his roles from the iconic Play School to his deeper and darker movie roles.

For about four decades, these creative men have transformed their appreciation for Australian life into performance, song, and media productions, in doing that they have made it possible for us to look into this mirror and identify our Australian character.

Since we are all Seniors here, I can’t miss highlighting the fact that these people would have to be the poster boys of

the Active Ageing movement.

I also think they would have be in the line-up for Creative Ageing awards (last month’s editorial theme).

But much like this famous song, I too have, been to foreign shores – seen the sights and had delights.

Travelling over planet earth is nothing less than awe inspiring and I have to say that as I sit behind my desk in front of the black framed computer reading through Ann Rickard’s Greek Island stories, I have suffered the occasional pang of severe jealousy.

On the other hand, if you can’t do the real thing, armchair travelling is certainly the next best thing. (Don’t forget to check out Ann’s travel videos on our facebook.)

Whether, national, local or in your own backyard, I trust you enjoy the catch-up conversations with our creative contempories.

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Spring into new planting ideas with Don Burke

SPRING WITH DON BURKE: Don with grandson Joshua, 3, planting a flower and veggie garden in tank raised garden beds that don’t take up a lot of space, but can still produce plenty of fruit and vegetables.

PHOTO: MAREA BURKE

IT’S the new gardening year for most parts of Australia as the blossom flowers bloom and gardeners start planning their summer pickings.

Before turning that plan into reality, here’s a few tips from gardening guru Don Burke.

World’s easiest veggie garden “You can buy virtually ready-to-eat plants. They often come in 20 to 30cm pots. “What that means, for some of the miniature tomato varieties, is they will grow

quite happily in that.”

Don said.

“All of those in an eight-inch to a foot diameter pot can go on your balcony as long as the pots get sun most of the day or put it out in the garden or near the front door, and you can grow quite a bit of edible food in a very small area.”

Don says if you are only going to grow one fruit, you should grow strawberries. “They will fruit for many years and all they need is fertilising say once a month with a

gentle liquid fertiliser,” he added.

“It’s perfect for a sunny balcony and for an easy-picking plant.”

Try something new this spring Don is keen for older gardeners to turn their gardening hands this spring to growing espaliered plants which are tied flat to lattice work, for example. Fruit trees such as citrus, apple and even olives, grown from when they are purchased with willowy stems, are easy to train

flat.

Planted in a pot of no less than 50cm diameter with two vertical timber pieces which have the lattice work screwed to it and with u-shaped plastic clips which can be purchased from gardening stores, your willowy plant can quickly be turned into an espalier plant. Remember to place the pot facing north where it will receive sun all day. If you aren’t sure which way is north, Don suggests you buy a compass.

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No weeds grow under Backyard’s first bloke GREEN thumb expert Don Burke reveals some little-known secrets about his passions that have kept the enthusiastic gardener, television star and flower show guest living life to the full.

In one part of his life, he continues to delight all those lucky enough to meet him as he travels throughout Australia presenting gardening shows.

However, when those jobs are complete, the outspoken advocate for keeping life simple, but fun, retreats to his small acreage to continue working on his garden and other enthralling passions.

Tucked away in one corner of his Sydney home is a secret garden Don has nurtured for the enjoyment of his two grandsons.

In one area, native

INNOVATIVE : Don Burke in his secret garden and his lifelong joy breeding budgies.

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orchids overhang the rocks and make colourful pickings for the children to present to their mother.

In another corner of his 2ha he grows Australian indigenous plants, most of which are local natives.

The garden is one of the few of its kind in Australia.

From time to time, Don even allows overseas visitors to see the private garden.

“A while back we had a big Chinese group came through as they hadn’t seen Australian gardens,” Don said.

During the visit, he and his wife Marea set up lunch using native Australian food.

“The guests were mostly men and were quite worried about eating crocodile, so I told them it was great for virility, at which point they ate the lot,” he quipped.

The only native edible plant he grows in that garden section is the common lilly pilly.

“It produces little berries about the size of a pea and abundant fruit, and that makes a brilliant jam like quince jelly and a great sauce to use on meat.”

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don’t ever call it a gardening show. Don said it was all about Australian backyards.

“We invented the concept of lifestyle. From day one it consisted of dogs, cats, backyard pools, kids, decorating the house, building, cooking and plants,” he said.

As to why he almost always wore a woollen jumper on the show, he reveals they were the solution to the problem of where to put his microphone so it would stay close enough to clearly catch his voice.

“Very quickly after we started doing that, many women started sending in jumpers. I loved these jumpers,” Don said.

During the show and by its end 18 years later, Don made sure his jumpers were donated to charities, which helped raise “many thousands of dollars”.

“You’d be surprised how

much money they went for,” Don said.

One passion Don doesn’t talk a lot about widely, but which he has treasured for 64 years, is his delightfully colourful budgerigars.

“I have never really distinguished plants and pets – I think they are the one thing,” he said.

“I started breeding exhibition budgies at about seven or eight, published my first genetics theories at 12, so I was a strange little kid.

“One of the great things about getting old is you can return to the passion of your life.

“For those that are not doing what is their passion, get a life and go do what you love doing.”

When asked if he was planning on slowing down any time soon, an emphatic “no” was all that could be heard from the energetic lifestyle leader.

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In another part of his garden, quarantined from the indigenous section, are his lovingly cultivated citrus and vegetables plants. The 70-year-old remains full of energy and enthusiasm for promoting happy, healthy lifestyles.

He remembers his Burke’s Backyard television show as the pioneer for the cloned lifestyle programs that now seem to dominate our prime-time viewing.

“I trained as a horticulturist and was a nurseryman for many years,” Don said.

“I then noticed worldwide that the media, in terms of lifestyle and gardening, wasn’t very professional.

“It was really more out of anger and disappointment at how gardening shows were that I just determined to do it.”

From there, Burke’s Backyard was born. But

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Tech Savvy Seniors

Toowoomba City Library is offering free Tech Savvy Seniors training sessions to teach older people how to use technologies to help them navigate the digital world. Seniors can participate in 19 different training modules covering a range of topics including intro to the internet & email, online shopping, banking, cyber safety and social media.

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Profile: Andrew McFarlane

The many

Alison Houston

AGELESS: Andrew McFarlane has been part of our TV lives since the 1970s, but his love of life and career show no signs of slowing.

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WE’VE been inviting him into our living rooms for decades.

But these days we are just as likely to find Andrew McFarlane laughing it up with the Play School toys as exploring his darker side in series like The Devil’s Playground and Clever Man. And he’s loving the juxtaposition.

There is absolutely no hint of age in talking to the 66-year-old, except perhaps that his experience is opening up new acting opportunities and challenges.

Even Andrew is surprised when the interview starts by referring to his 17 years on Play School – “Wow, that shocks me; that’s a very long time.”

He’s not one of the stars, he clarifies quickly, the presenters are just “necessities”, there to help the toys – the true stars for more than 50 years – relate to their child audience.

Things had definitely changed over that time, he said, but the essence remained the same, a

safe and secure place for children to learn and discover.

“It’s a landmark in Australian TV, in Australian culture and young childhood,” Andrew said.

“It has a nostalgia and people have great affection for it. It’s everyone’s show.”

The sets, the clock, even those iconic windows have transformed to meet today’s technological age.

“It has to change to keep the show vibrant and relevant – but it still maintains that excitement and discovery of childhood,” Andrew said.

And he appreciates the “delightful irony” that today Jemima can at times “jump on the World Wide Web” and do things with the technology that the presenters have to catch up on.

“I’ve always said it’s a privilege to be invited into this world of early childhood – everything about the world to them is new and exciting.”

Quite frankly, it also allows him to be a big kid.

“I’m allowed to dance really badly and sing

slightly off-key, to dress up and fly around like a butterfly and everyone thinks it’s cute, because that’s what’s expected of me,” Andrew laughed.

But there are also demands on the Play School set which the presenters – there have been about 100 over the 50 years, many of them Australia’s best known actors – don’t find in normal roles.

“You have to be completely unselfconscious and very honest,” Andrew said.

“Actors are always trained not to look at the camera, but here we have to look directly into the camera and pretend we are just talking to one particular child, so each child feels we’re relating to them directly and feels connected.”

And then there’s the stars – household names like Big Ted, Humpty, Jemima and Scrap – who, like all celebrities, have to be carefully handled.

In this case, that means not picking them up by the neck or the ear!

Because, of course, the toys are not toys to their

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faces of an Aussie star viewers but very real “people”.

Andrew was preparing to be special guest for the Dress-up Party as part of Play School’s 50th birthday celebration exhibition at Toowoomba’s Cobb+Co museum when we spoke, which raised the question of Play School’s live shows.

“They are intense – exhausting,” Andrew laughed. “It’s hard work being young!”

“We have a few minutes of quiet when we sing Twinkle, Twinkle, but the rest of the time it’s like trying to catch runaway baby chicks while riding a roller coaster.

“Their energy levels are so high and their concentration is continually changing.”

But, he admits, it is perhaps being part of Play School – combined with yoga – which keeps him young, with a career which shows no signs of slowing.

Starting out as the boy next door character of eldest son John in the 1970’s The Sullivans,

A KID AT HEART: Andrew McFarlane still delights in playing with the real stars of Play School, like Big Ted, and having been part of children’s development for 17 years.

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Andrew went on to other memorable “nice guy” roles as the trusted Tom Callaghan in The Flying Doctors, the dependable Lieutenant Keating on Patrol Boat and guest spots on just about every

other big-name Australian series you can think of.

But recently, “our Andrew” has been discovering his darker side, from the quietly menacing Dr Milson in A Place to Call Home to

more “twisted and corrupt” characters in The Devil’s Playground, Clever Man and Netflix cult hit Glitch.

It was his personification of Father Andrassi in The Devil’s

Playground, for which he won Most Outstanding Performance, which Andrew said really opened the door for him to more demanding, nefarious characters.

“It’s a really exciting time now for television,” Andrew said.

Access to cable networks, and the growth of Netflix and its counterparts, had raised the bar, not just changing the way audiences enjoyed TV, letting them watch programs how and when they wanted, but changing the genre of programs, the way they are made, the way they are acted and resulting in “really innovative, great writing”.

And he plans to be a part of it … as well as Play School … for a long time to come.

“The concept of age and maturity has changed.

“When we were young, roles for people my age now were very stereotypical – they’d go to bed early, garden, go to the pub – whereas now those people are instrumental in life.

“Sixty and 70-year-olds

are leaders in industry, leading very active lives, still behaving outrageously.

“It’s a different landscape and today’s writing and drama has to reflect that.”

In case you are in Toowoomba The Play School 50th birthday exhibit at the Cobb+Co museum in Toowoomba has been extended due to popular demand – led by grandparents taking grandkids along!

But on October 15 it’s time to say goodbye to Big Ted, Humpty and Jemima, the props (including the windows and rocket clock), costumes and archival clips.

And they are going out with a bang, with a farewell party from 10am–2pm, including games, craft activities, story time sessions and more!

This is a free event with museum entry (itself free to local residents), so get along on the day or before. To find out more call 4659 4900 or go to www.cobbandco.qm.qld. gov.au.

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TIME ROLLS ON: The Yamsion cheese factory is slowly falling apart, disappearing like the rest of the community at the foothills of the Bunya Mountains.

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THERE is virtually nothing left to mark the little community that was once Yamsion, at the foothills of the Bunya Mountains.

There’s a park, a hall and perhaps Australia’s smallest telephone exchange. But that doesn’t mean the remaining residents don’t think it’s something special.

Which is why they have created Back to Yamsion Anniversary Day, to mark what once was, and to allow current and former residents, those who once worked, went to school or church there, or whose parents or grandparents did, to reminisce.

Kay Nation is the force behind making the day on Saturday, October 28 a reality, along with members of the hall committee. She’s always lived at the foot of the mountains, but has been in Yamsion at her husband’s family farm of 93 years, for the past 40 years. They are one of just five or six original families from the 1900s still at Yamsion.

“It’s just a beautiful little quiet place, but it’s on the road between Dalby and the Bunya Mountains and today we’re just a memory.

“People just pass through. There’s nothing to say now ‘this is Yamsion’; if you blink you miss it.”

It’s 130 years since the school, which started as Black Gully School before being moved and rechristened as Yamsion School in 1891, was opened. It’s 50 years since it closed.

“About 200-300 children would have gone through that school,” Kay said.

There were eight smaller local schools – at Rangemore (twice), Bunya Mountains, Great Bunya Sawmill School, Black Gully, Woodlawn, Russelvale and Kings Tent (or Booum) Schools – also included in the day’s remembrances.

“It’s also 50 years since the church closed and 60

years since we lost the cheese factory.”

Kay said the area, first settled in the late 1860s, had grown on the back of the timber industry, and was once also once home to a tennis club, cricket team and rodeo grounds.

As the district grew, the Lutheran Church was erected, and with a boom in the dairy industry, a cheese factory was built.

When it closed, the humble Yamsion Hall – the district’s only remaining working public structure – was built in 1955 to give residents somewhere to meet.

“When the timber industry moved away, so did the people,” Kay said.

“But when I added all these things up in my mind, and I thought what we have and what happened all those years ago, I thought we should have an anniversary day to talk and chat and remember the old days.”

The event will be run at the hall, with a good old fashioned country morning tea of scones, pikelets and damper, a barbecue lunch and a church blessing and official opening by retired Lutheran Reverend Noel Noack. There will be a roll call, historic wall charts, stall holders and displays of woodchopping and cheesemaking, a giant raffle with more than $1000 in prizes, as well as a visit from three vintage car clubs, to give everyone plenty to talk about as they rediscover old and new acquaintances. While she laughingly refers to it as “stirring the dead”, Kay has been pleased with the response so far, with more than 200 people confirmed to attend, and hopes of up to 500.

“They are getting families together – they want to come back,” she said.

“We are trying to contact anyone who has been part of the district, in any way, to come along.”

The day starts at 10am.

Details, call Kay on 4663 4737 or email kaynation1@bigpond.com.

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Great honour for Mary Mary’s contribution recognised by the Toowoomba community Alison Houston

IN A tribute to her long-standing role in the Toowoomba community, Mary Wagner’s name will adorn a new presentation at the Downs Women in Business Awards.

It was a reflection of the determination and resilience that has seen her through many situations that Mary happily answered questions for the Seniors Newspaper about the honour, despite still convalescing after a hospital stay for pneumonia.

“It’s an absolute privilege to have an award named after me,” Mary said.

“I feel very humbled that the organisation would consider me in a field of so many accomplished and talented women.”

The Women in Business Awards are celebrating just their third year in 2017, and Mary is delighted to see women’s

achievements and business success recognised and the community supporting women to achieve their goals. The Mary Wagner Honour will recognise an individual who has demonstrated “excellence in leadership through deep local understanding and outstanding initiative”.

Mary and husband Henry Wagner are renowned for establishment of the family company Wagners in 1989 – now one of the state’s largest privately owned construction materials and mining services companies – and development of Wellcamp Airport.

She is a strong believer in the importance of good leadership. That entails “someone who leads by example, who is a great communicator and treats others with the same level of dignity and respect” and is able to recognise and harness people’s individual skills.

HONOURED: Mary Wagner is humbled to have an award made in her name at the Downs Women in Business Awards. Mary is pictured with her husband Henry.

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But family and community remain at Mary’s heart.

Asked if women can have it all, the mother-of-eight, who grew up in Warwick, was educated in Brisbane and trained as a registered nurse at the Mater Hospital before moving to Toowoomba in1956, paid tribute to the partnership she has enjoyed with her husband.

“Henry and I have had a

great marriage that extended beyond the family and into our working lives,” she said.

While she acknowledges there were tough times juggling her role as a nurse, motherhood and business, she said “Henry and I always ensured we had great communication and we could lean on each other in challenging times”.

“As our business

interests grew, I always made a point of being aware of what was happening from a big-picture perspective … from my experience, I tackled challenges and embraced opportunities one step at a time.”

And she believes immersing yourself in the community is vital.

“Having lived here for more than 60 years, I have fostered relationships with various

organisations and businesses, which has been rewarding to me, particularly on a personal level,” she said.

“We have a strong sense of community in our region and it’s great to see so many organisations supporting our economy and way of life.”

The Mary Wagner Honour will focus on community-driven and sustainable solutions to critical issues facing the Darling Downs. One of those issues from a business perspective, Mary said, was being able to “retain some of the up and coming talent and provide them with opportunities to develop their careers in our local region”.

“It’s a great place to live, so why not ensure the younger generation can stay in a city they know and love, and believe in?”

The winner of the first Mary Wagner Honour could hold the answer.

Nominations for the Downs Women in Business Awards are open until September 15. Go to wibaa.com.au/downs.

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What is QCF?

Foundation supports disadvantaged Queenslanders with trust IN 1997, public charitable trust the Queensland Community Foundation was set up by former Queensland premier Mike Ahern AO – 20 years later it has distributed more than $22 million to charitable organisations.

It’s a huge amount of money that has made a big amount of difference to everyday lives.

And it’s all come about through people who have made a firm decision to share their finances.

Philanthropy means different things to different people but is underpinned by promoting positive changes in society.

Every year, QCF recognises outstanding philanthropy with awards and, importantly, showcases how these funds work towards the betterment of

Queenslanders through such things as providing a helping hand to people with disabilities, helping disadvantaged and marginalised individuals improve their employment opportunities, supporting medical research or assisting those who are experiencing homelessness.

An excellent example of this type of gift is the QCF Patrick and Dorothy Woolcock Medical Research sub-fund, which provides financial support to cardiac and thoracic medical research in Queensland.

The Woolcock family established the sub-fund through a will, donating $2.8 million in 2002.

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gift that keeps on giving.

This year’s QCF Higher Education Philanthropist of the Year award went to Sunshine Coast couple Roy and Nola Thompson, who have gifted a financial legacy to Sunshine Coast University.

The QCF SME Philanthropist of the Year Award went to Hallmark Property in Toowoomba for its support of Teen Challenge and Vanguard Laundry.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

2017 grant foundation recipients: GingerCloud Foundation received a grant to expand its Modified Rugby Program to allow children with a learning and perceptual disability play a team sport.

Other grant recipients

included Foodbank Queensland, Smartpups, Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, Sunshine Butterflies, Toowoomba Clubhouse Association, and Montrose Therapy Gold Coast.

How it works: There are several flexible options available to people who wish to donate, including setting up a named memorial sub-fund in memory of family or loved ones.

While many charities would like to receive donations and bequests directly, with QCF your gift keeps on giving. The original donation is invested and only the return on investment is paid out each year to the chosen charity.

What is QCF? The Queensland Community Foundation

BIG THINKER: In 1997, public charitable trust Queensland Community Foundation was set up by former Queensland premier Mike Ahern AO. PHOTO: NICHOLAS FALCONER

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Family traditions alive Cobb + Co Workshops helps Kerry continue the Riehl trade WORKSHOP JOURNALIST ALISON HOUSTON KERRY Riehl still remembers vividly the flames as his grandfather heated a steel-rimmed tyre ready to work it around the wooden wheel of the spring cart in which he drove milk to the factory.

Kerry, now 61, and still on the same Cambooya property the family has owned for 120 years, reckons he was probably only four at the time, but he remembers it as clearly as he is sitting talking to me.

It was that same spring cart which started Kerry on the road to wheelwrighting in 1988 when he couldn’t find anyone else with the knowledge to fix the wheels.

A carpenter and joiner by trade, Kerry said he

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This workshop has a maximum of eight participants. had always loved “mucking around with wood” but it took a lot of time and resources to learn this heritage trade.

“I wanted to gather as much information as possible, because even then those old fellows who knew the skills were dying out,” Kerry said.

His research led him, among other places, to spend a week with Gosford’s Mike

HERITAGE TRADE: Kerry Riehl spreads his passion for making wheels to keep the skill alive.

PHOTO: BEVERLEY LACEY

Hendrikson, who has written books on the secrets of wheelwrighting, timber bending and tyres, and whose historic tools and machinery have since been sold to Victoria’s living open-air museum Sovereign Hill, for more people to see them put to their original use.

“It is a hard thing to learn,” Kerry admitted.

“There are a lot of things – little technical things – that you don’t

know until you put the wheel together and recognise something’s not right; then you’ve got to know how to make it right.

“Even now, after 30 years, I’m still learning different things.”

These days, as well as repairing and making wheels for customers throughout eastern Australia, Kerry also takes part in special event days at the Cobb+Co Museum and holds five-day

workshops in which people make all the components and construct their own 12-spoke wheel.

The next workshop is on September 30, and Kerry said students’ motivation varied from needing to fix a vehicle or wheel themselves to just wanting to be able to say “I’ve done it”.

“It’s still a great feeling of accomplishment building or fixing a wheel and knowing it’s nice and tight and it’s going to get used and I’ve done the job properly,” Kerry said.

“I still enjoy that feeling of accomplishment.”

Although he knows some of his students enjoy making wheels for decoration, for Kerry they

have to be put to their proper use, not simply to beautify gardens or hang lights off – despite his wife’s long-suffering requests.

That’s something other wheelwrights respect, passing on tools to him in the knowledge they will be used, not stuck in the back room of a museum and forgotten.

His daughter, Katharina, helps him out on the job, having been around his work shed since she was about four, and at 25 now knowing the ins and outs of all the components and how to put them together.

Perhaps it’s an image and a passion that will drive her, like her father, far into the future.

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Profile; Ian ‘Macca’ Mac Namara

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Get to know Macca and how he has managed his show Alison Houston

IAN ‘Macca’ MacNamara is surprisingly humble for a man who has hosted a top-rating ABC radio show for 35 years.

Congratulated on what is an almost unheard of milestone, the voice of Australia All Over said the show’s success was less about him and more about the ordinary Australians who called in and shared their stories.

“It is a really exciting and rewarding program to work on because it connects us,” Macca said.

“There are so many divisions in society today.

We don’t talk about them on Sunday morning (when the show airs). We don’t get into the political fray.

“It’s always been a very Australian program and what it does is reflect society and the lives and wants and needs of ordinary Australians.”

But Macca’s life is no ordinary story.

A Sydney boy who completed an economics

degree before heading bush to be a jackaroo, Macca became singer-guitarist for the legendary Col Joye and the Joy Boys before joining the ABC in 1974, working on TV’s A Big Country and Countrywide.

He moved to Rural Radio in 1980 and became host of Australia All Over two years later.

In 1987 the program went national, after city travellers who heard the regional show demanded to know why they couldn’t hear it in their own lounge rooms every Sunday.

But how has it kept its appeal for all those years? Has much changed?

“It’s always been about ordinary Australians going about their ordinary lives – and it still is,” Macca said.

“It’s fascinating what people do and the places they call from, whether it’s a ringer at Kurrumba Downs Station or religious people, truckies, people on oil rigs or kids interested in rocks.

ON THE ROAD: Ian ‘Macca’ MacNamara meets listeners during an outside broadcast in Tamworth in January this year.

“It’s just a lovely reflection of what life’s all about.

“People like hearing other Australians, their down-to-earth attitudes, their humour, their spirit and positivity.

“There’s not many places in the media you get that today, and it’s that reassurance that most

Australians are good, decent people.”

Just back from an outside broadcast in Blackall (about 1000km north-west of Brisbane), Macca said he loved travelling the country and getting out and meeting listeners.

He’s been to about 200 destinations in the

show’s 35 years, from the middle of the desert at Old Andado Station six hours south-west of Alice Springs, to Gatton in Queensland after the 2011 floods, to the centre of Sydney. “(Outside broadcasts) are pretty special,” Macca said.

“You get up at four in

the morning in a strange town after travelling all day and you might find 3000–4000 people waiting for you in a park in Toowoomba or Adelaide, or 30–40 people in a remote Aboriginal community like Oak Valley in central Australia – it’s wonderful.”

And while he had always received letters and calls from outside Australia, Macca said there was an increasing number of people reaching out on the internet from around the world.

“The world moves a lot faster these days. Life’s changed, society’s changed,” he said.

“We’ve got mobile phones and technology, but Sunday is still that bit slower and quieter, when you have a chance to sit and listen to the radio and relax.

“You could be surfing the net, but we surf Australia every Sunday morning – we talk to Australia and the world.”

Australia All Over airs on Sundays from 5.30–10am EST on ABC Radio.

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Mental note: I am not ageist DON’T say that again, it’s discriminatory. My friend made that comment after a certain memory escaped me and I smiled and filled in the gap with an: “Oh dear, it’s a senior moment”.

Really, I thought, no need to be so serious. I said I only used that phrase occasionally and I saw it simply as one of those things that people, including myself, begin to say at a certain age and I warned her that I wasn’t fond of over-the-top politically correct language. She didn’t get my reasoning: “It’s age discrimination against ourselves,” she persisted. “It continues the myth that a memory slip-up is an inevitable part of ageing – which it is not.”

After a bit more argy

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bargy, I could see her point. These days, most of us are mindful of typecasting other people through stereotypical descriptions, but seem not to care so much about ourselves. I guess, that would make us our own worst enemy. And yes, how can we expect others to stop ageist thinking, if we use it against ourselves.

In effect, as this light-hearted phrase becomes inbuilt into my own and other’s conversation, I concede that we are slowly, but

SENIORS NEWS: Celebrating the age of active wisdom.

surely, reinforcing the myth that memory loss is automatically connected with age: This certainly

doesn’t support a positive ageing attitude. An extract of article in Welcome Trust, Ageing: Can We

Stop the Clock? Welcome Focus (2006) was clear about the disadvantages. “… in clinging to stereotypes, we overlook the advantages of having larger numbers than ever before of older people rich in skills and life experience that they can, and do, contribute not only to the economy but also to their families and communities”.

Dr Barry Gordon in his book Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life, notes that each individual experiences a variation in memory over the course of their lifetime and declares that forgetfulness is a sign that something is wrong with your brain.

Incorrect, he says. “If we didn’t possess the capacity to forget we’d all

go crazy. The ability to remember what is important and the ability to discard the rest is a skill to be treasured.”

Recently, I came across the wise words of American writer and social anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson. In her book, Composing a further life, she talks about the age of ‘Active Wisdom’ which she defines this as the time of life: “When you have the harvest of a life of learning and thinking and observing, and you are still active”.

I hope to include myself in that category and if you do too, how about we recognise and appreciate who we really are rather than undermining ourselves through silly comments.

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The deadline for the October issue is September 27. Email Nicky or Chris at communitynotes @seniorsnewspaper. com.au.

RENDEZVOUS CAFE

SENIORS free tea and sandwiches, game of cards and meet new friends at Rendezvous Cafe at 461 Ruthven St, Toowoomba who are offering folks their cafe space. Groups who would like to meet new friends or have a regular game of cards or board game. The

WARWICK ROSE CITY PROBUS CLUB

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Warwick Rose City Jumpers and Jazz Scarf Presentation.

idea sprung from seeing my own mother living on her own and feeling lonely and bored. If we could offer free tea and sandwiches and provide cards or board games in our cafe to folks who are sitting at home on their own everyday, it could be a way for them to meet other folks in similar circumstances. We can accommodate your walkers or your scooters if need be, we have a lot of elderly folks who regularly visit the cafe and we make sure there is a place to put walking aids. If your interested phone

quite group of people from all walks of life doing good work towards making it a safer place to live. Topics they discussed were: Looking after Homelessness, Bullying in school, Home Security and mental health to name a few. If the accreditation goes through it will be a worthwhile tag for Toowoomba and the region to have to promote us as a safe place to live.

The was a great discussion and questions answered about where they see the region going in the next 30-50 years.

0419 650 370 or 4638 3411, leave your number and Lynn will call you back to discuss. Call between 7.30am-3.30pm.

FRIDAY WISH CLUB

CR GEOFF McDonald and Mr Geoff Holmes were the special guest speakers at the Friday Wish Club recently to tell us about the Safer Toowoomba Regional Partnerships Inc. This group had never heard about the programme and were intrigued about the different programmes that were in place via this body. Apparently this is a

CLUB members were joined by a group of Probians from the Beaudesert club who came to enjoy some of the activities that were available throughout the ten day celebration.

During the meeting three new members were inducted into the club by President Colin Dobie and the speaker for the occasion was Brian Paske from Warwick Community Radio, Rainbow FM and the Free Times local newspaper. The club meeting, which is held in the dining room of Warwick Christian College was followed by an excellent lunch provided by the college staff. There was general agreement that we had once again fulfilled the Probus aim of having a day of friendship, fun, fellowship and necessary food.

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Association Toowoomba Branch luncheon was held on August 13 at the Irish Club Hotel. This was to honour and celebrate with those National Servicemen who turn 80 this year. One of our members, Alan Zimmerle, travelled from the Sunshine Coast to celebrate and renew friendships made during the time he spent as an 18-year-old at Wacol Army Base and in Toowoomba before he retired to the Sunshine Coast. Those Nashos who were or had turned 70 were also honoured. These men were called up in the Vietnam conflict era and some of them saw active service in Vietnam. On Friday, October 6 a Memorial Service will be held at the State Memorial, Mother’s Memorial Park, Margaret St, Toowoomba to commemorate the formation of the National Servicemen’s Association 30 years ago and will commence at 11.30am.

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All National Servicemen are invited to attend. A morning tea prior to the memorial ceremony will be held in the park.

CENT SALE

THE Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver are holding their Cent Sale on Wednesday, September 13 at All Seasons Function Hall, corner of North and Tor Sts, Toowoomba. The $5 entry gives you a free sheet of tickets, Lucky Door entry and Buffet Morning Tea. Doors open at 8.30am for 9.30am start. Details phone Sr Miriam on 4632 1818.

NATIONAL SENIORS ■ TOOWOOMBA

OUR Branch meets the first Thursday of the month for morning tea.

Our next will be Thursday, September 7 at All

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Cost $12. Our guest speaker will be Mike Wells, senior horticulture teacher at TAFE. Our next bus trip September 21. A visit to Mt Cootha Gardens, lunch Ipswich Services Club, followed by a tour of Japanese Gardens in Queens Park, Ipswich. Details phone Desma 4613 6750 or Yvonne 4638 5252.

■ GARDEN CITY

WE will meet on Monday, September 18 at Drayton Bowls Club, corner of Ball and Gipps Sts. Morning Tea is served at 9.30am.

We will be entertained by the U3A singing group the S.A.L.S. (Sing-a-longsingers) Cost $7. Visitors welcome. Our bus trip on September 27 will visit Kooroomba Lavender Farm and Scenic Rim

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National Servicemen who turned 80 this year Bob Elliott, Barry Baldwin, Graham Hansen, Alan Zimmerle and Ron Keelan with president Bill Lane.

Brewery at Mt Alford.

Details phone Hazel on 4635 4519.

TOOWOOMBA CLIVIA SOCIETY

WILL hold its annual show during the Carnival of Flowers. A range of many-coloured plants will be on display along with plants, seedlings and seeds for sale. Admission is by gold coin donation to our nominated charity St Vincent’s Hospital, Toowoomba. The show is held during the Carnival of Flowers at the TAFE Horticultural Pavilion from Friday, September 15 to Wednesday, September 20 between 9am-5pm.

TOOWOOMBA QUILTERS

A COVER fit for a quilters’ car! For a bit of fun, this car cover will direct you to

a ‘Carnivale of Quilts’ the theme of the 2017 Toowoomba Quilters Club annual Quilt Exhibition at St Ursula’s College Salo Centre in Rome St, from Saturday, September 16 to Friday, September 22.

Doors open at 9am each day until 4.30pm Saturday to Thursday and from 9am-2.30pm on Friday.

Over 120 quilts will be on display plus many more small quilts and charity quilts, with demonstrations, Sales Tables of quality handmade items, Traders Table, and light refreshments available.

Come along to see an amazing display of creative works while in Toowoomba for Carnival of Flowers. Bus tours are welcome. Phone Betty 0447 247 081 to advise for catering. Details go to www.facebook.com/ TQClubandExhibition.

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CARNIVAL OF FLOWERS

IT DOESN’T matter what age you are, a parade is a parade, so don’t miss the annual Grand Central Floral Parade, which is a hallmark of the Carnival of Flowers from 3pm on Saturday, September 16.

It’s all part of an opening weekend which will also see some great Aussie voices old and new take the stage, including Daryl Braithwaite, The Angels and The Paper Kites.

Gardening guru Sophie Thomson and chef Anna Gare are also presenting.

For the full program go to www.tcof.com.au.

MORE FLOWER POWER

QUEENS Park has been planted with 40,000 annuals and 8000 bulbs, Laurel Bank Park with 68,000 annuals and 10,500 bulbs, Picnic Point with 26,000 annuals, the CBD with 6500 annuals and 1500 bulbs and Spring Bluff 8000 annuals, so there’s plenty of colour to enjoy as you explore Toowoomba at carnival time. There’s also private gardens open for inspection, including garden competition winners and, on the weekends, historic Harrow Homestead. For something different, why not discover Laurel Park’s secrets by night in a twilight tour from September 18–21. Go to www.tcof.com.au.

R U OK?

DRAYTON Villas is inviting everyone to an R U OK? morning tea from 10am on Thursday, September 14 to bring the community together. Held annually since 2009, R U OK? Day is a national day of action dedicated to connecting

JOURNALIST ALISON HOUSTON with others and promoting relationships of kindness and hope. Call 4636 2555 to find out more.

YOU’RE THE BOSS

THIS is your chance to make sure you are on top of everything, with the free seniors You’re the Boss workshop covering topics such as insurance, mobile phone and internet contracts, energy contracts, super, the no interest loans scheme and how to look out for scams. It’s at Laidley Community Centre from 10am–12pm on Friday, September 15. Call 5465 1889 or email admin@ourcommunity centre.org.au.

HEARTY EXERCISE

EAST Creek Community Centre’s Older Person’s Action Program (OPAP) has a couple of ways to help you feel healthy and help your heart.

Firstly, there’s a walking group each Tuesday from 8.45am – so it’s not too chilly! They set a medium pace and pets are welcome. Alternatively, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday you can join Heartmoves at The Willows. Free for over-60s OPAP members. (OPAP is free to join.) Call Bea on 4639 2755.

THINK PEACE

SEPTEMBER 21 is International Day of Peace, and the theme this year is ‘Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All’. With everything going on in the

CARNIVAL COLOUR: IT’S been a warm winter, and that’s nothing but good news for Toowoomba’s blooms for the Carnival of Flowers from September 15–24.

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world today, it’s a good time to find somewhere quiet, take a moment and think about that. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, “We must resist cynical efforts to divide communities and portray neighbours as ‘the other’.

Discrimination diminishes us all.”

TAKE THE STAGE

CHECK out some of the local musical talent in Take the Stage, featuring the Toowoomba Philharmonic Society ensembles together with local music theatre artists in a sizzling display of song and dance paying homage to classic and modern musical theatre numbers. It’s on the weekend of September

23–24 at the Armitage Centre. For tickets, call 1300 655 299 or go to www.empiretheatre.com. au. Adult tickets are $40.

WENDY MATTHEWS

THE Models and Absent Friends frontwoman, and successful soloist, Wendy Matthews has had 19 hit singles, claimed seven Arias and been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

In Little Village Sessions at USQ Arts Theatre, she will showcase her distinctive voice in an intimate setting, with contributions from some of Australia’s leading musicians.

It’s on Wednesday, September 27 from 7.30–9.30pm. Adult tickets $42. Call 4631 1111.

ROAD RUNNERS

GET running this month with Toowoomba’s Road Runners. One of the group’s major events, the Toowoomba Marathon, is coming up on October 8.

They are hoping for good numbers to sign up early after having to cancel July’s King and Queen of the Range, held since 1984, due to registrations below 20%. Maybe you had a shot at September’s half marathon events?

The full marathon also encompasses three-quarter and half marathons and a 10km fairly flat track.

For more, go to https://trr.org.au or see our full story on the Road Runners at www.seniors news.com.au.

GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA

MY DAD loved Glenn Miller – can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the movie the Glenn Miller Story!

So I can’t go past sharing this one.

Direct from the US, The Glenn Miller Orchestra is playing at the Empire Theatre from 7.30pm on October 12. Hailed as the greatest big band of the 1940s, it will showcase 24 musicians, singers and dancers, performing classics like Chattanooga Choo Choo, In the Mood and Moonlight Serenade.

Pensioner tickets $84.90.

Details and to book tickets go to empire theatre.com.au or call 1300 655 299.

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IT’S no secret that it’s Carnival of Flowers time again from September 15-24.

But alongside the big events, from flowers to music, food and wine, there are many smaller ones which you may not be so familiar with, including Quilt Journeys.

Held in the Homestead at Fairholme College from September 17-20, Quilt Journeys was launched in 2013 and showcases work from some of

Toowoomba’s finest needlewomen – this year featuring Leona Sweeney.

The aim is to raise funds for She is More Than, a not-for- profit group which seeks to restore hope, freedom and faith to teen girls who have been sexually abused and victims of human trafficking.

The group’s Lynne Anderson said the display this year was titled Through Seasons of Gentle Arts and

showcased a collection of over 80 quilts, miniature quilts, cross-stitch samplers and embroideries.

Entry is $5 for adults, and you can also stay and enjoy morning tea on the veranda.

It’s part of the larger Quilts, Stitches and Textiles Trail from September 15-23.

Details on events, search ‘quilt journeys’ and ‘quiltstitchtextile’ on Facebook, and carnival fun, go to tcof.com.au.

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ANN Rickard has visited the Greek islands every year for the past 15 years.

She gives us 10 reasons why she’d love to buy the Greek islands.

1. Because it sounds marvellous: There is something special about saying, ‘the Greek islands’. It’s like saying ‘the Bahamas’ or ‘the Maldives’. It has a ring of the exotic about it. (Not that you want to go to the Greek islands just to say it out loud… but, it sounds pretty good, no?)

2. The Aegean: I could give you 10 reasons alone about the joy of the sea in

Greece. Swimming in the Aegean is like wrapping yourself in silk, like immersing yourself in an invigorating salt bath. The sea is so clear and blue it is like looking through a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin. 3. Sunshine, lots of it: If you go in summer (and when else?), you are guaranteed consistent sunlight. In my 15 years of summers in Greece, I have never once encountered a cloudy sky or a drop of rain. It is the guarantee of consistent sunshine from sunrise to sunset that makes it

ideal.

4. Greek salads: Sunripened tomatoes, briny black olives, crunchy cumber, rings of red onion, full-fat feta, a sprinkle of oregano and a dressing of olive oil (Greek of course) and lemon juice. Greece on a plate, eat it every day.

5. The sea again: There is no fear of shark attacks or rips or currents to wash you out to sea, so swim out as far as you dare, look down through the crystal-clear water past your toes and the ocean bed below, tread water and stay there until you

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sunsets that defy belief, windmills, panoramic views out over the caldera… Santorini tops the bucket list of travellers across the world.

10. Plate smashing: Mostly only done in the tourist restaurants but fun to watch, as is a Greek dance show: lots of zorba and leg lifting and swift kicking. You’ll find plenty of these tourist restaurants in the Plaka below the Acropolis in Athens. Starting your Greek island hop with a stay in the vibrant Plaka will set you up for a perfect holiday.

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9. Santorini: The rock-star of all the islands. Soaring brown cliffs rising from the caldera topped with clusters of white buildings that look like icing sugar, give Santorini the wow factor. Vivid lingering

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A blooming beauty of a weekend in Sydney Rivendell Flower Show getting ready to flower at debut event Seniors News

GARDENING enthusiasts have a great reason to escape to Sydney for a spring weekend to take in the Rivendell Flower Show at the Thomas Walker Estate.

The inaugural show is on September 23 and 24, just when the city is showing off its glorious spring blooms.

In addition to showcasing an incredible line-up of landscapers and floral designers, the weekend festival will feature an array of floral exhibits, presentations, interactive workshops, market and food stalls and live performances.

An exciting program featuring a variety of guest presenters – including Don Burke – will entice those with a green thumb.

The event organisers are expecting about 2500 visitors.

To help visitors enjoy spending a full day at the show, a picnic basket lunch can be purchased and enjoyed on the banks of Yaralla Bay. In other parts of the estate, visitors can participate in the timeless experience of savouring a high tea served in the estate’s decorated fountain courtyards.

The majestic Thomas Walker Estate, which is open to the public only once a year, is located in Sydney’s inner-west, in the grounds of the Concord Hospital.

Organising committee member Don Burke OAM said the show’s debut features a stellar program, showcasing the work of local and national

SYDNEY IN SPRING: The Rivendell Flower Show committee members, patron Dame Marie Bashir, Don Burke OAM, Alice Kang, Cecily Rogers and Sharryn White.

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gardening enthusiasts, landscapers and creative professionals.

“I am tremendously impressed with the calibre of the show,” Mr Burke

said.

He will have on display his beautifully coloured budgerigars in their antique cages, along with colour co-ordinated

flowers from his garden.

Funds raised from the show will go towards Concord Hospital’s Department of Geriatric Medicine.

Tickets are now available. The cost is adults $20, children $5 (under 12). For details, visit www.rivendellflower show.com.au.

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Seniors travel check Ann Rickard

ANN Rickard is a seasoned and senior traveller who has made many mistakes in her annual travels. She gives us some tips that will help seniors enjoy smoother travelling.

■ The advantages of senior travel are many, mostly that we are free now to go any time, and out-of-season or shoulder-season means travel bargains. April through June is a lovely time to visit Europe or the US before the crowds have descended and when accommodation and tours are cheaper.

The same goes for September and October when the masses have gone home.

■ Speak to your doctor before you go and ensure you have enough medications to last through your holiday and at least a week after. Ask your doctor to write a list of medications and keep it with you when you travel. If you do have to visit a pharmacy, the

pharmacist will be able to match a similar brand.

■ Travel insurance increases with your age, especially once you are over 70. But travel insurance is essential.

Never leave home without it. Read the covenants on your policy carefully, especially the one about getting you home if you are taken ill and can’t fly on commercial airlines.

■ Always have a spare (or two) pair of glasses. And take your prescription with you in case of emergencies.

■ We all know to pack light, but how many of us do it? Stick to the adage of packing, then taking half out, and if you are brave, take half out again. I cannot emphasise this too strongly. Many is the time I have had to post half my clothes home for lack of need – and postage is expensive.

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■ When travelling on trains, pack your lunch and snacks. Simple sandwiches and water or drinks will save money and avoid you getting up and walking along the aisle of a fast-moving train to the dining car.

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■ Some of the big international airports have long distances to walk between gates. If you have knee or back problems or are just a slow walker make arrangements ahead and book a people-mover, or a wheelchair if necessary.

■ Stairs are the enemy of the senior traveller, especially in Europe, where many of the smaller hotels do not have elevators. Always book a ground-floor room.

■ Ask for seniors’ discounts everywhere you go. That means everywhere, from hotels to museums and tourist icons. Even if there is no sign, still ask. You’ll be surprised how many places offer seniors’ discounts but don’t advertise it.

■ Toilet stops. Make the most of any restaurant or café you are in and use the loo even if the urge is not there. It will be 10 minutes after you have left, and public toilets in countries other than our own are scarce (and scary).

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■ Always keep an eye out for seats, benches and chairs in museums, parks, squares, streets.

Seniors need to sit more than other tourists.

■ Never take your good jewellery. If you must bling-up, make sure it is costume jewellery and

your diamonds are sitting safely at home.

■ Ensure a family member or friend at home has your passport details. If lost or stolen, it is more efficient to correct if you know the number. www.annrickard.com

It’s no longer a great secret THE Greek island of Mykonos is an island synonymous with parties, noise, loud music, young people and night clubs that open from midnight till dawn. A holiday destination that certainly doesn’t sound like the choice of the seniors community.

But 12 years ago, we discovered a small bay about five kilometres from the main town, away from the usual hedonism associated with Mykonos.

Psarou Bay is small sandy beach, lapped by a serene sea dotted with fishing boats and was all anyone could want in a Greek island.

But at first, we were cautious. If you are going to Mykonos, you want to be in the famous town with its paved grey-and-white labyrinthine streets, its famous windmills, shops, the port, the restaurants … all the dazzle.

“We can always hire a car and go into town when we want,” I said to the husband, who was not keen on staying so far out of town.

We found a family-run place right on the beach called Soula Rooms.

Next door, a small taverna presented seafood and retsina at modest prices. Simplicity

CHANGING FACE: Little Venice in Mykonos.

melded with paradise.

And best of all, swimming in the gin-clear sea was an experience like no other.

We revelled in our discovery.

Soula and her family became our family and we make the pilgrimage every year.

As for the drive out of town? No problem at all. If we needed the lights, sounds and parties of Mykonos, it’s there waiting.

For the first five years, we left the serenity of Psarou Bay a couple of times a week; visiting the town, enjoying cocktails in Little Venice, shopping for sparkly sandals and snazzy swimwear. On several daring occasions, we even stayed out until the very early hours, crowding into the tiny Piano Bar after midnight.

Then Psarou Bay changed. The modest taverna next door upgraded, became super swish and began attracting celebrities and billionaires. The beach was taken over with the taverna’s sun-lounges; a hundred or more of them crammed so close together you were virtually in your neighbour’s lap.

Every year the changes became more significant.

Service on the beach is now so stylish we are taken aback. Girls in G-string bikinis stroll the hot sand taking drink and food orders, relaying them back to the taverna kitchen on little technical gadgets.

Psarou Bay is a scene that opens the eyes to the senior guest. You either love it or hate it. We’re not sure now where we fit in.

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Men, how is your sex life?

You may have an underlying problem that causes ED Foundation 49

HUMAN sexuality is complex and varied and can be influenced by any number of factors.

These include but are not limited to your age, your physical and emotional health, medications you may be taking, substance use and abuse, lack of sleep and work stresses to name a few.

Sometimes one person’s sex drive doesn’t match his or her partner’s sex drive.

The simple truth is that everyone is different and there is no norm for sexual behaviour.

Erectile dysfunction is a common condition where men have difficulty getting and maintaining an erection firm enough for sexual activity.

Often men joke about it, but when it happens over and over, it’s not only distressing but can mean something is wrong.

We take getting an erection for granted, and

think it will come up whenever we demand.

However the mechanism is complicated, requiring the mood and healthy nerves and arteries to make it happen.

Most men will have occasions where things don’t work out – that’s normal and shouldn’t cause concern. However when it persists this can be very distressing to both the man and his partner.

The longer it is left untreated, the more the relationship may suffer.

Unfortunately many men start to avoid sexual activity rather than seeking help.

For men in middle age, the blood flow to the penis may be impaired because of smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol.

When this is associated with ED it can mean the circulation to the heart may also be impaired.

Checking out a man with ED often picks up these problems in a timely

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way, allowing the underlying conditions to be treated before more serious problems arise.

Mental health problems also frequently affect sexual function.

For most men with ED,

treatment is available which will allow an erection to be achieved and sexual activity

Be prostate proactive ONE in eight men aged over 65 are being diagnosed with prostate cancer which is the third most common cancer diagnosed in Australia.

Prostate cancer surgical specialist, urologist Dr Peter Swindle, said generally there weren’t any symptoms for this cancer.

“If you’ve got symptoms you’ve missed the boat,” he said.

“The symptoms men get with urinating are due to an enlarged, benign prostate, not cancer.”

So, what it comes down to is getting tested, and regularly.

Dr Swindle strongly recommends all men over 50 should ask their GP for a PSA blood test and rectal examination.

“Men should have a PSA and probably a rectal exam on a yearly basis from the age of 50,” he said.

“If there is a family history, they should get it from the age of 40 and find out their baseline PSA which will determine if they need to be tested yearly or five-yearly.”

The Cancer Council of Australia reports other prostate cancer risk factors are increasing

age, family history of prostate or breast or ovarian cancer, a diet high in fats and low in fresh fruit and vegetables, having African descent and possibly high testosterone levels.

For those men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer Dr Swindle said there are several management options.

“For some men, we do nothing,” he said.

“If they are elderly with significant medical problems and they have a low-risk prostate cancer, we conduct active surveillance, as they have more chance of dying with the cancer than from it.

“Then there is radiotherapy which is where we send radiotherapy waves through the skin, muscle, fat and bone to irradiate the prostate.”

The third option is brachytherapy. This is also radiotherapy, but with a twist. In this procedure, radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate.

The final option is surgical removal of the prostate.

“There two ways to do

the surgery; open surgery where you make a cut on the abdomen and remove the prostate, and robotic prostatectomy which is keyhole or minimally invasive surgery.” Dr Swindle said.

“The majority of the operations, about 60 to 70%, are now performed using the robotic technique.”

Dr Swindle, who performed Queensland’s first procedure, now focuses solely diseases of the prostate and specifically prostate cancer.

“It’s a slave/master device with the surgeon controlling the robot’s very sensitive controls, and the robot moves,” he described.

“It’s very accurate as there are two cameras at the end of the telescopic arm so you can get 3D depth perception.

“The robot is very intuitive.

“The way in which you move your hand and fingers is the way the instruments move in the patient.”

Dr Swindle reminds all men over 50 to be proactive and get tested.

“Also, know your PSA level,” he added.

MEN'S HEALTH: Prostate surgery expert Dr Peter Swindle.

restored. The local GP is in a position to guide men about these treatments, as well as assessing the important associated factors.

Other sexual dysfunctions are not so common but also need to be addressed. These include loss of interest in sex, premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation and inability to climax. Again the local GP can help with these conditions or recommend an expert who can help.

If you are having problems in this area talk about it with your partner.

Sometimes they feel rejected as they don’t understand what is going on. They may feel they are to blame, or you no longer find them desirable, or you may be getting sex elsewhere.

If talking to your partner about your sexual needs and concerns is too difficult, seek professional assistance from a third party you trust, like a GP or sex therapist.

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Fitness and fun with our Road Runners Embracing runners of all ages the Road Runners club is all about having fun running Alison Houston

FUN and fitness in equal measure is the philosophy of Toowoomba’s Road Runners.

While there are undoubtedly fast runners among the group, spokesman Stephen Butterworth said it was more about giving people who enjoyed running motivation by running with others at set times.

“I think the name Road Runners does give people the impression that we

are very serious, fast, event runners, but it’s really about fitness and running with people of the same mindset,” Stephen said.

“And running with other people, for me at least, is always more enjoyable.

We tend to run at a steady pace and run as a group rather than as individuals.”

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Wednesday’s route is 7-8km, making it ideal for beginners, with slower runners given a 10-minute start on the faster runners.

“It’s a pretty flat area, but it is Toowoomba, so there’s always going to be a hill,” Stephen laughed.

They also hold weekly Sunday runs at various locations around Toowoomba and travel together to take part in events such as Redcliffe’s recent Jetty 2 Jetty.

Two of the group’s major events are coming up, with the Ridge to Ridge Half Marathon on Sunday, September 10 and the Toowoomba Marathon on October 8.

They are hoping for good numbers to sign up early after having to cancel this year’s King and Queen of the Range, held in July since 1984, due to registrations below 20%.

“We probably didn’t promote it as much as usual,” Stephen admitted, “but people also tend to leave signing up till the last minute, and you just

GIVE IT A GO: Toowoomba Road Runners at July’s Jetty 2 Jetty. They’ve got their own event coming up on October 8 and encourage everyone of all abilities to come along to the club and start training and having fun.

can’t afford to run big events like this and take the punt”.

September’s half marathon also includes 5km and 10km flat routes, making them accessible to most runners, while the full marathon in October also encompasses three-quarter and half marathons and a 10km track, which is a fairly flat course near the university.

“The 5km run is a pretty comfortable run for most basic runners; there’s not

a lot of training required,” Stephen said.

“For the half marathon, or anything above, you need to have done about a three-month training program.”

Currently with a core group of 40-50 members, many like himself in the over-50s category, but ranging from school age to over-60s, Stephen said people were welcome to join in a run and see how they enjoyed it.

Membership is $25 for

singles and $30 per family, and proceeds from the club’s three major events go to the Toowoomba Hospital Foundation.

As for the King and Queen of the Range, Stephen said it would return in a “new and revitalised” format, possibly over a different section of the range, so for those of you who enjoy hills, keep a lookout.

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BAKING WITH LOVE: Enid Camilleri and Perry Rawlins love cooking together in the kitchen at Toowoomba Hospice, helping others for nine years.

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ENID Camilleri and Perry Rawlins have been cooking up meals, friendship and ways to communicate for about

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The pair volunteer each Thursday in the kitchen at Toowoomba Hospice and thoroughly enjoy their work, each other’s company and helping

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They quickly overcame the slight hurdle of Perry’s deafness.

“Perry signs and can lip read and, if that fails, we write notes to each other,” said Enid, who has worked in the kitchen now for 14 years and was Perry’s mentor from the start.

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Perry just loves the friendly environment and being able to help others.

The community-based hospice, which gives terminally ill patients a home-like environment in their final days, currently needs more kitchen volunteers, as well as help housekeeping and in fundraising.

When asked what they would say to other prospective volunteers, the ladies said simply, “just pick up the phone”.

“The work isn’t difficult and it gives you a sense of community helping others,” Enid said.

Volunteer co-ordinator Sharene Gosley said the hospice had three kitchen shifts a day: breakfast

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Each shift involves taking meal orders, preparing meals for up to six clients and delivering them, cooking meals for freezing, and cleaning up.

The hospice is lucky to have a few volunteers with disabilities helping out, including one person in a wheelchair, so Sharene urged people not to hesitate.

“Perry’s great – she often helps clean up after functions, and when she’s in the kitchen she won’t let anyone else do the washing up.

“She just about wrestles our coffee cups out of our hands to wash them for us,” she laughed.

Other possible volunteer roles include flower arranging, gardening, pastoral care, reception and courier.

“Generally when potential volunteers come to an orientation session, we talk about all the different volunteer roles we have,” Sharene said.

“People often come with a particular job in mind but it does depend on what our needs are at the time – we can’t have everyone wanting to mow the lawn and no-one cooking meals!”

You’ll get all the training you need before starting out and be paired up with a buddy.

With 117 volunteers on the books, you would think all the roles would be filled, but Sharene said people often weren’t available due to other demands, family, travel or illness.

So if you can help, call 4659 8500 or go to www.toowoombaho spice.org.au.

That’s also where you’ll find the hospice’s fundraising events, with notable upcoming date-claimers being the jazz breakfast on October 29, Melbourne Cup lunch at Café Valetta on November 7, wine tour on November 11 and carols on November 26, as well as Toowoomba’s annual — Enid Camilleri Christmas Wonderland from December 2–24.

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Win A Double Pass to BCC and Event Cinemas’ special seniors screening of Battle of the Sexes Seniors can enjoy a complimentary morning tea when they catch a special screening of Battle of the Sexes on Wednesday 11th of October at BCC and Event Cinemas.

Battle of the Sexes tells the true story of the legendary tennis 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carrell), as they go head-to-head on the tennis court.

And thanks to BCC and Event Cinemas, Seniors is giving you the chance to win a double pass!

To be in the running, simply email communitynotes@seniorsnewspaper.com.au. Make sure you tell us your name (first and last), contact number, email, postal address and Seniors Newspapers region, then answer this question What movie are you most excited to see in the next year? Or visit seniorsnews.com.au/competitions to enter online. Good luck!

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Promotional period 4/09/17 – 2/10/17. Competition drawn 5pm 2/10/17 at Cnr Mayne Rd and Campbell St, Bowen Hills, Qld 4006. Winners announced in Seniors October/ November Editions 2017. Total prize value $72.00 (including GST). Entry is open to all permanent residents of Queensland, residing in the Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Toowoomba Seniors distribution areas.

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