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Merry Christmas friends The Doo Wop Dolls Dolls are singing carols for Christmas: See story P2.

community news Merry Christmas and thanks for your support this year HELLO Sunshine Coasters, You have stamped this Christmas edition with your own personality and what really shines through is a generous Christmas spirit.

Your local journalist Jim Fagan has interviewed Buderim Men’s Shed members and we are delighted to share the news

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From the editor’s desk about their huge toy making effort.

In a shed that seems to have turned into Santa’s workshop, the men are skilfully creating absolutely beautiful and very clever toys for charity.

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Look inside and enjoy great reads & festive recipes There’s more good reads with Jim’s stories on Coast musician Barry Charles and author and blogger Ronda Hetzel.

In this edition, we have set

a fresh format for community news and social pictures, included two pages of opinion pieces and letters to editor. And in the Christmas spirit you will find a couple of traditional festive season recipes.

Thanks for your readership and support this year and I wish you all a safe and happy Christmas.

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EUMUNDI Night markets will have a distinctive “doo wop” feel to their Christmas festivities when Sunshine Coast’s Doo Wop Dolls take to the stage from Friday, December 4.

The Dolls will be entertaining market goers with their rendition of some classic Christmas carols, paying tribute to the smooth vocal harmonies and rhythm and blues of a bygone era. But it doesn’t stop at the singing.

From top to toe they’re channelling the frocks and hairstyles of ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s.

Director and lead Doll, Melissa Isles said,

“I love everything about the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s from the fashions and hair styles, through to the music. Especially the music.

“I was raised on it as a kid, so I think it’s in my blood,” she said.

These sisters of rhythm and swing blend classic rhythm and blues with group harmonies to cover all the great Christmas songsters, from the Ronettes, Doris Day, The Crystals and Brenda Lee to Michael Bublé and Rod Stewart.

Join the Dolls for a carols sing-along and some retail therapy under the stars, with art and craft stalls and

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The Doo Wop Dolls will be on stage from 6.30pm each Friday night in the lead-up to Christmas - December 4, December 11 and December 18. Santa will be arriving on the Eumundi fire truck at 6.30pm each event, and will be joining the Dolls on stage for a little tune.

And if you miss them at the markets, they’ll be headlining the two free Christmas Carol events: Once Upon a Christmas Carol -The Pantomime, coming up in Eumundi and Peregian.

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At 72, Jan is in the swim of things Senior squads are held at 7.30am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Noosa Aquatic Centre, Sunshine Beach.

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ON ENTERING the 70s age bracket, most people are slowing down. Not Sunshine Beach’s Jan Croft.

Fresh from winning the 70plus division of the 3.8km marathon swim at Mooloolaba’s World Swims Series Swim Queensland event last month in a time of 1:03:23, the 72-year-old swimmer actually has plans to ramp up her training.

“Last year I competed in the 70-plus age group at the World Masters Championships in Montreal in the 3km open water swim.

“I won’t go to the worlds this year… I’m hoping to hang in there until the 75plus age group for another hit-out,” she said.

“I still enjoy the swimming, I have no plans for retiring, as long as the body holds out.

“You just manage the injuries. Anyone who has been swimming that long, it would be impossible not to have any issues.”

Jan’s son Nick is head coach of Multisport Consultants, and each week Jan joins his squad for three sessions of between 3.5–4km.

Among the faster lanes at squad, she joins athletes less than half her age.

“All I do is hang on to the young ones as long as I can,” Jan said.

“I enjoy swimming with the young ones. I enjoy their company… it doesn’t matter how old you are.”

When training for major events, she lifts the training to four or five weekly pool sessions.

Jan regularly does gym work to maintain her strength and supplement her training in between swim coaching at Noosa

Aquatic Centre.

Growing up in Ayr, Jan started swimming competitively from the age of six and during the 1950s she held state records for every freestyle distance between 50m–800 metres.

In 1961, Jan secured the Australian 800m title in Brisbane, and did it again one year later in Melbourne.

Married in her early 20s and then having three sons, Jan got back into swimming and at the FINA Masters championships in 1988, when she won gold in the 800m.

She has just completed the Arena Noosa 1000 event as part of the tri festival (where she won her age group with a time of 18:51).

Her next major events will include the next World Swims Series events at Noosa in February and Mooloolaba in March.

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Goodwill from the Men’s Shed

Handmade toys for local needy children SANTA’S Workshop at Buderim Men’s Shed has been working overtime this year and on Saturday, December 5, they will bring Christmas to local needy children when they give more than 1000 wooden toys, like trains, planes helicopters and semi-trailers, to local charities.

“We usually have six or eight toymakers and they work on an assembly line,” vice president Barry Cheales told Seniors.

“Most of the materials come from kitchen renovation companies who recycle their off cuts.

“Among the charities we’re helping are SunnyKids and Care Outreach. We’ve been doing it for three or four years now and it’s a happy day for everyone.”

Like the other 260 members of the Men’s Shed, Barry is hoping this won-

Buderim Men’s Shed president Barry Cheales.

derful day of warmth and goodwill will not be the last for the group.

“We’re living on the edge of a cliff,” he said. “We don’t own the building here at 53 Mill Rd. We have a handshake arrangement with the owners, Dr Bill Glasson and his wife, Pro-

fessor Clare Jackson, and they have been wonderful mentors. We are very grateful for their permission to use the premises.

“We know, however, that if an investor came along with the money to buy the building, which is a former eye hospital, then we would be out with five minutes’ notice.

“We have a block of land at Kuluin but we need $1 million to build a new shed and we haven’t got it.”

The demise of the Men’s Shed would be a blow for the district. Many of the members are retired and, according to Barry, “come from all walks of life”.

“There are 1100 Sheds in Australia and we are the biggest.

“Including the toymakers, we have 22 different activities, including learning how to use computers,

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“We started just over four years ago and it was clear a lot of people didn’t know what ‘all these men’ were doing. It was even said we were a respite centre.

“We decided we needed to open our doors and invite people in. That’s how the

annual Opening Day came about. It gives us a chance to show what we do and to sell our wares.”

How are the members trying to raise the $1 million to build a new shed at Kuluin?

“We have a fundraising committee and it’s very active. We had an arrangement with the previous state government but that fell through. We are, ho-

wever, maintaining links with our politicians for assistance.

“We are also associated with a research study by the University of the Sunshine Coast on how Men’s Sheds impact on men’s health.

“We are hopeful the outcome will help to put dollar figures on how much Men’s Sheds save (in terms of) the cost of health.”

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TOYMAKERS: Buderim Men’s Shed members hold up their Christmas creations.

SUNSHINE Coast University is conducting important research on Men’s Sheds and their impact on men’s health. The study, funded by a grant from the university, started in December last year and results are expected towards the end of this month.

Associated with the research are Buderim Men’s Shed members who are hoping the findings will have a vital role in their efforts to find the $1 million they need to fund a new building on land they own at Kuluin.

According to Professor John Lowe, head of the university’s school of health and sports sciences, the study is investigating members’ experiences and looking at their wellbeing, social interaction and activities, focusing mainly on health consequences.

“Our first step was to develop a survey to find out some data about Men’s Shed participants,” Professor Lowe said.

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...we can see it is serving a big purpose in the community

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nials and looked at parameters about what to investigate. This gave us some insight on case studies on individuals, spouses or partners and what they were saying about their participation in the movement.”

Professor Lowe said the next phase in the research will be to conduct group and individual interviews “to try and put some meat on some of these findings and we’re just about to embark on that aspect of it.

“Our ultimate aim will be to work nationally, based on our experience, and develop a survey to see if we can quantify what’s going on with regard to Men’s Sheds and what different parameters there might be to men’s

health.

“Results are preliminary but already we’ve found 62% of the men say they joined to meet new friends and we can see it is serving a big purpose in the community in keeping people from being isolated.

“We can model that to one of the concerns about the aged is that they can become isolated. We know the lack of interaction increases dementia and the lack of physical activity is now starting to be linked to the possible onset of Alzheimer’s.

“Getting men out, therefore, learning new skills and meeting new friends and doing all those things will help to keep men healthy and productive.

“If we can find that participating in a Men’s Shed improves the quality of life or health, then we have some good models and indices to say we can save the community and Medicare etc X amount of dollars of taxpayers’ money. That’s what we are investigating.”

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conductor Leonard Spira mentioned there was another Manly chorister and that was Joan.

“When she left Sydney, I had no idea where she was going so it was a lovely surprise.”

Both women are preparing for the choir’s Christmas Wassail at The J, Noosa Junction, on Friday and Saturday, December 18-19, both nights at 7pm.

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ty, I had some marvellous opportunities to take part in major events like Sydney Sings in 1997 at the entertainment centre.

“I was one of 3000 singers and we performed Verdi’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah.

“The centre holds 12,000 and the choir took up a quarter of the seats.

“I retired to Noosa in 2000 and I joined the Chorale in June of that year. The then

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A RECENT survey by the Music Council of Australia has found there are more than 1000 community choirs in Australia and “in all likelihood there may well be several thousand”.

So what are the odds of two former members of the same choir in Sydney, Joan Murray and Carol Monks, discovering each other by chance on the Sunshine Coast?

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Soprano Joan is a founding member of Noosa Chorale, joining in 1994. Before coming to Noosa two years earlier, she was a member of Manly Warringah Choral Society for 12 years, performing in shows like The Merry Widow, The Sound of Music and sharing the stage with Carol in Turandot at the Hills Centre in Castle Hill.

Carol became a chorister with the Manly choir in 1984 and in the same year also joined the Sydney Beethoven Society.

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Coast musician brings disability awareness Barry Charles lends his talent to support 121 Care group

By JIM FAGAN

SUNSHINE Coast singersongwriter Barry Charles has been rocking and entertaining audiences on the Sunshine Coast since 1973.

Apart from a few years when he played the international scene, his big voice and his mix of blues and jazz has been heard from Mooloolaba to Maleny and points north and south.

Barry (67) contracted polio in his left leg when he was 15 months old (these days he walks with the aid of two sticks) and says it restricts him from quite a few things. “But I’m not in a wheelchair. My work is music and I can sit down and play and sing.”

This year he has been lend-

Barry is a proud patron and it is a new gig which is very important to him. ing his superb talent to bringing public awareness to the charity 121 Care, a Cotton Tree-based organisation which has supported people with disabilities on the Coast and in Brisbane for more than 22 years.

Barry is the proud patron and it is a new gig which is very important to him.

“They are a fantastic group of people. They provide services like personal and aged care, housekeeping, meals, transport, that sort

GIFTED : Sunshine Coast musician Barry Charles is renowned for his varied style.

of thing. They support those with long-term injuries such as cerebral palsy or acquired brain injury and there are programs for clients who want to have control over their own care.

“Seventy per cent of the

committee have disabilities themselves and their aim is to make the lives of people who are also disabled a lot easier and more rewarding.”

Right now, Barry’s entertainment calendar is

packed with bookings, including a trip to New Zealand, but one gig he is looking forward to next year is a music festival in Noosa to raise funds so people with disabilities can go sailing on Noosa River.

A great voice was in his family DNA

BARRY Charles was just 25 when he came to the Sunshine Coast, at first living in a tent in the woods at the end of Hastings St and then at Lake Weyba.

“My bass player in Melbourne told me a lot about Noosa and going there for me was a ‘voyage of discovery’.”

He says having polio hasn’t affected his singing capacity. I come from a background of singers. My father was a singer and my grandfather was an operatic bass baritone. He sang with Dame Nellie Melba for a season in 1927.

“My father and uncles had long careers with Collingwood, a huge club in Melbourne.

“My family has been very big in the AFL football scene for 100 years but when I got polio it was obvious I wasn’t going to play football, although I did play at school.

“Even when I was wearing callipers I still wanted to play until I accidentally hit someone on the head one day with one of those big metal things on my boot.

“I was sent home with a note saying, ‘Barry should be made an umpire or a scorer’ and that was the end of my football career.”

Barry says it also “pushed me into music”.

“I was taught to sing from the age of eight. I was a boy soprano and The date isn’t set yet but it’s timed for late March/ April and is being spearheaded by 121 Care. He is thrilled he will be sharing the stage with entertainers with disabilities like star rapper MC Wheels and singer and guitar player

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I was taught to sing from the age of eight.

I was a boy soprano and won a couple of eisteddfods.

As I grew older I did instrumentals and was a singer in a rock’n’roll band.

won a couple of eisteddfods. As I grew older I did instrumentals and sung with a rock’n’roll band.”

His astonishing vocal range and what he calls his “radical and different” singing style connects with audiences.

“In the late ‘90s I went to see my sister who lives in New York. I performed there then went to Jamaica and sang with some really big names.

“I lived in England for nearly five years recording and also doing solos in Holland, Spain and Portugal.

“I was starting to make headway as a performer when my wife Diana got pneumonia.

“Doctors said she would die if we stayed in the UK and in 2002 we came home and started all over again.

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THE seniors group Sunshine 60 and Better Group Inc has been operating on the Sunshine Coast since 1994 and serves the Maroochydore, Nambour, Coolum, Imbil, Caloundra, Noosaville and Gympie areas.

The group, also known as Sun 60, actively pursues a philosophy of empowering older people to obtain a quality lifestyle and good health and well-being.

Some of the activities available for its members include computer tutorials, art, tai chi, exercise, craft, excursions, belly dancing, cards and mah-jong – all with a lot of fun.

The Sunshine Coast office has been located at 10 Beach Rd, Maroochydore, since 2005.

The opportunity has arisen for the group to take over the lease of the Kawana Family Centre at 50 Iluka Ave, Buddina.

Sun 60 will close the office

University of the Sunshine Coast placeement students Bibitha John and Monisha Scaria with Joy Morwood and Heather Myers.

at Beach Rd on Friday, December 18, and reopen their operations in their new Buddina premises on January 4.

The Kawana Family Centre is located near a number of amenities including the Kawana Library, Kawana Centrelink, Buddina Community Garden and Kawana Shopping

World. It is also only a block from Kawana Beach.

In 2016 the organisation plans to begin a walking club which will take advantage of the new location with walks along the coast.

There will also be monthly barbecues with interesting guest speakers.

“We are still looking at ways we can utilise the

Centre and hope to provide opportunities for intergenerational activities with local schools and Girl Guide and Scout groups,” Sun 60 manager Joy Morwood said.

Management committee secretary Heather Myers said: “We are excited about the possibilities this new venue offers for our group activities.

“For instance, a wonderful covered outdoor area plus a grass area may just mean that our Gentle Exercise and Tai Chi groups can enjoy being active in the fresh air.

“Who knows what new activities could be organised?”

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THE National Heart Foundation of Australia has presented the National and Queensland 2015 Golden Shoe Awards to Heart Foundation Walking member Helen Weil, of Mooloolah Walkers.

Mayor Mark Jamieson congratulated Helen on her award-winning achievements.

“Helen has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the community and has made a significant

impact on the Mooloolah walking group,” Cr Jamieson said.

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so I had to reduce my cost of living. One of the boys had just started uni and the other an apprenticeship and they were eating me out of house and home.

“I used to be a bit of a hippie with my own vegetable garden and chickens, so I thought I would do that.

“We enlarged the veggie gardens, built a chicken coop, put in solar panels, a bigger water tank – all the things to make us more self-reliant.

“I had to teach myself to bottle jam, bake bread, and preserve our own fruit.”

Her new lifestyle was giving her an independence and a freedom she had only imagined, so she decided to share her experiences and knowledge by writing down her thoughts in a regular blog on the internet, called Down to Earth.

Her blogs quickly became popular – to date she has had close to 9 million visitors and she has “followers coming out of my ears” – with the result of Penguin Books emailing to ask,

Rhonda Hetzel shares tips on living the good life.

“We love your blogs.

Would you write a book?”

Down to Earth was published in March 2012, and its message of simple living has made it a best seller in Australia and New Zealand, with 20,000 copies sold. It is now being reprinted and Penguin are negotiating world-wide sales.

Rhonda’s second book came out a year later.

“Penguin brought out a special called A Simple Life, which was a condensed version of Down to Earth that you could pick

up at an airport or a railway station, and since then I’ve been working on my third, which will be published in March next year.

“This one is called A Simple Home and is a continuation of Down to Earth because there wasn’t enough room to say everything I wanted.

“It’s a book about how to do things like mending, darning, making dairy foods like butter, yoghurt and cheese, recipes for home cooking and lots more.”

CHRISTMAS CREATION: FESTIVE GINGER CORDIAL On Christmas Day, Rhonda’s backyard produce will be very much part of her festive lunch preparation.

Her own eggs, lettuces, tomatoes, herbs, raspberries and passionfruit for the pavlova will shape the menu, plus home-made ginger beer, cordial and a fruit punch.

She will, however, be “splurging” on a baked ham and organic chickens.

“A family time is an important get-together and I want to provide fabulous food,” Rhonda said.

Here is Rhonda’s recipe for ginger cordial.

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Make delicious gluten-free plum pudding This week Seniors Newspaper staff member Chris Perkins has shared a Christmas pudding recipe. It’s a real beauty.

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Prep time: 15 minutes and overnight. Cook time: Four hours. Serves: 10–12.

Ingredients ■ 1kg fruit (can include cranberries, dried plums, raisins or mixed fruit to make up the kilo) ■ 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice ■ 250g butter, at room temperature, chopped ■ 1 cup brown sugar ■ 4 eggs ■ 1 cup almonds, chopped ■ 1 cup of walnuts, chopped ■ 1 cup plain gluten-free flour ■ 1 tsp ground cinnamon ■ 1 tsp ground ginger ■ ½ tsp baking soda ■ 1 cup almond meal ■ 1 cup fresh gluten-free breadcrumbs

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■ 1 cup brandy (or ½ cup of brandy and ½ a cup of your choice of alcohol – can be port, Vanilla Galliano or whiskey, it’s your choice) ■ Custard and ice cream/ cream, to serve Method 1. Place mixed fruit, raisins, zest, lemon juice and brandy in a large bowl. Cover and stand overnight.

2. Grease a six-cup metal pudding steamer. Line base with a circle of baking paper.

3. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in fruit mixture and chopped nuts. Sift together flour, cinnamon, ground ginger and baking soda. Add to batter with almond meal and gluten-free bread-

crumbs. Mix to combine.

4. Fill prepared pudding basin. Place a large circle of baking paper and large circle of aluminium foil over the top of the batter, then secure the paper and foil with string. Place basin in a large saucepan on a trivet inside the saucepan and fill two-thirds with boiling water. Steam on medium heat, covered, for four hours, adding more boiling water as needed. Remove from water, cool and refrigerate until ready to serve.

5. To serve, steam pudding using the same method for two hours. Alternatively, turn the pudding out onto a plate, cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high (100% power) for four to five minutes. Serve with custard.

Guide to measurements All recipes were tested using 59g eggs, unless otherwise stated. Australian standard measures are used in all recipes, including standard cup, tablespoon and teaspoon measures.

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Laguna Estate - a lifestyle choice

Is ‘grandma’s ghetto’ your idea of a retirement village? If so, stop right there! There is nothing further from the truth.

In the past, most residents entered these villages aged in their seventies as part of a move to downsize, decrease maintenance responsibilities, experience a greater sense of safety and security, or for health and lifestyle reasons.

Today, younger retirees from age 55 are seeing the benefits of relocating to a retirement village, with the emphasis on lifestyle and making the move a liberating experience.

To those who say that they are not ready for such a move, many of the residents at Laguna Estate say that they wish they had made the decision earlier. It has given them the freedom to travel, visit family or just pursue new hobbies without any of the worries they previously had with the upkeep and security issues of their previous home.

Combining outstanding resort facilities with stylish homes in a fully landscaped environment, this village strikes the perfect balance between privacy and independence whilst encouraging a vibrant and rewarding community in which to live.

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It is a combination of many things – particularly the smart community facilities and the activities which cater for all lifestyles, but also the quality finish of both the new and the refurbished villas, the resortstyle feel, the professional and hugely cheerful staff and the low monthly fees.

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Taskforce appointed on needs of seniors

Panel to identify housing options for older citizens A TASKFORCE of industry experts has been appointed by the Palaszczuk Government to identify affordable and independent housing options for ageing Queenslanders.

Seniors Minister Coralee O’Rourke announced the appointment of the Advisory Taskforce on Residential Transition for Ageing Queenslanders in Parliament at the end of November, delivering on a key election commitment to support Queensland seniors to retain their independence.

“We understand that seniors can be faced with barriers such as cost of living, equality and independence when it comes to housing options as they get older,” Mrs O’Rourke said.

“The primary focus of the taskforce will consider the needs of older people and will aim to improve choice, affordability, fairness and independence, while reducing complexity in their transition to aged care.

“The taskforce will consider and advise the State Government on options for the supply of housing, supports and other initiatives that will improve choices for Queensland seniors.”

Minister O’Rourke said the 11 representatives on the taskforce included industry-leading property and finance experts

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and high-profile leaders from the seniors sector, government and academics.

The taskforce is led by independent chair Professor Laurie Buys from QUT, a social science researcher focussing on active ageing.

Housing and Public Works Minister Leeanne Enoch said the taskforce’s work would build on what the government was already putting in place regarding Queenslanders’ transition to retirement.

“We are currently reviewing laws overseeing retirement villages and residential park homes and working on guidelines for liveable and visitable housing,” Ms Enoch said.

“The taskforce will carefully look at our seniors and what our aging population will need.”

The number of Queenslanders aged 65 and over is expected to increase from 429,000 to 1 .4 million in the 25 years to 2036.

Ms Enoch said the latest Census data indicated that 77 per cent of Queenslanders aged 65 and over lived in their own homes, while about 10% rented privately, and about 9% lived in retirement villages and residential park homes.

The taskforce will report with advice and recommendations to the Palaszczuk Government by August 31, 2016.

Message from the Minister

Coralee O’Rourke.

A KEY commitment for the Palaszczuk Government was to establish an Advisory Taskforce on the Residential Transition for Ageing Queenslanders, and in October, I was pleased to announce this taskforce had been appointed. The primary focus of the taskforce will be to consider the needs of older people and will aim to improve choice, affordability, fairness and independence, while reducing complexity in your

transition to aged care.

This includes selling the family home, transitioning to retirement villages and remaining close to loved ones. We understand that this issue is important, especially around Christmas time, and I look forward to giving you an update on their findings in the future.

Christmas is an exciting time, but it can also be very stressful for Queenslanders who are stretching their budgets to enjoy some of the holiday cheer. The expense of buying gifts, preparing for Christmas lunch and organising festivities can add up quickly As a Government, we understand the impact that cost of living pressures can have on older Queenslanders. Which is why this Christmas, we are encouraging seniors to take full advantage of the savings on offer through the Seniors Business Discount Scheme.

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Queensland Seniors aged 60 and over, and offers discounts at more than 6200 participating businesses.

Savings can be nabbed from goods and services to accommodation and holiday attractions. Some discounts are even extended

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more. To see the full list of concessions available visit www.qld.gov.au/seniors/.

The website also includes useful information and resources including financial advice and support, as well as consumer protection guidance.

The Palaszczuk Government is committed to providing concessions to help ease the household budget interstate.

The Palaszczuk Government is committed to providing concessions to help ease the household budget.

My department administers $242.9m in concessions and rebates on electricity, life support, reticulated natural gas, water and rates.

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If you wish to speak to someone, please call the Seniors Advisory Line on 13 74 68.

On behalf of the Palaszczuk Government I wish all Queensland seniors a safe and happy holiday.

The Honourable Coralee O’Rourke MP Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Seniors, and Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland.

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Opinion MR BRITTENDEN seeks the advancement of Australian Eastern Standard Time by 30 minutes on a permanent basis and the abandonment of DST on the east coast of Australia. He said it was a question that has never been asked before and the Queensland State Attorney-General has challenged him to collect a meaningful reaction from the people of Queensland.

Please send your comments to: Editor@seniorsnews paper.com.au.

“DID you know there is a sector of the eastern seaboard between Rockhampton in the north and Wollongong in the south which has never been part of any standard time zone in Australia since universal time zones were adopted by our forefathers in 1892?

Between 10–11 million people (43% of our population) presently live in this sector.

In an attempt to correct

DAYLIGHT SAVING PERSPECTIVE this anomaly, a rather illconceived and confusing practice was introduced into the national landscape in October 1971 – the concept became known as Summer Time in state legislation.

It has continued in some eastern states and the ACT ever since. Clocks were adjusted by 60 minutes (an over-kill by 30 minutes) every six months or so.

The practice was also known as daylight saving time (DST) – defined in an article by Mike Corones [Reuters, November 26, 2014] as “the greatest continuing fraud ever perpetuated on the American people”.

It is not unreasonable to refer to DST in Australia in the same terms.

Geographic factors mean that not all eastern states can justifiably advance

LET’S DEBATE GST COSTS OLDER Australians are welcoming a national debate on increasing or broadening the GST as part of a major rethink of the

whole tax system.

National Seniors chief executive Michael O’Neill said tax reform was imperative for system simplicity.

their clocks by as many as 60 minutes every October.

As a result the partial observation of Summer Time on the east coast has become fragmented and is causing chaos and confusion at some state borders,

Queensland, the extra costs to the state economy are $4.35 billion per annum.

At an average rate of 25 cents in the dollar, the best part of $1 billion is not reaching the federal tax coffers.

IDEAS: Change the clocks altogether, forever.

confusion in our domestic airline timetables and extra costs in doing business between states.

According to a 2010 report by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in

This proposal will assist in rectifying this situation – it makes sense and is realistic.

Here is my proposal: Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and

“Australians want a serious debate about tax revenues and efficiencies and that includes the GST.” But O’Neill said the discussion would have to encompass compensation

models for people on low, fixed incomes.

“The carefully planned household budgets of retirees very much centre on basic essentials like food, utilities and health.

“They have little capacity

Tasmania amend their respective legislation so that standard time in each of those legislatures is 10.5 hours in advance of GMT/ UTC. Summer Time/ DST on the eastern seaboard becomes a thing of the past.

Australia reverts to three time zones on a permanent basis. The benefits to the national economy would be considerable.

All clocks on the eastern seaboard would be synchronised year-round – a much better way of carrying on business between the major states – which encompasses 80% of the nation’s population.

The six-monthly adjusting of clocks would cease.

To implement this proposal the following needs to be done: the premiers and the chief minister on the to adjust to sharp increases in these areas,” he said.

“As part of a complete package, everything should be on that table.

For example, stamp duties might be a bonanza for state governments but

eastern seaboard need to agree that these changes would benefit the state and national economies.

Relevant legislation in the eastern states and the ACT needs to be amended.

I have asked my federal members to convince our PM that he should prevail upon the relevant state leaders to agree to have their legislation amended as soon as possible, either directly, or via a COAG resolution.

The necessary legislation would then be in place so that, at 2am on Sunday, October 2, 2016, or prior if thought appropriate, all clocks in Queensland, NSW, the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania would be advanced by 30 minutes and never changed again.

I have been researching this matter over the last four years. I have addressed numerous governing bodies. It’s about time we fixed our clocks forever.

Graeme Brittenden they’re a huge disincentive for older people who want to downsize.

“Let’s consider where everything fits and interacts, and do away with the waste and inefficiencies,” he said.

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Opinion: email us at Editor@seniorsnewspaper.com.au Local Council Rates Subsidy ARE you aware that whether or not you can take your local council rates subsidy with you into a retirement village depends entirely on which council area your retirement village is located? Michael Fairbairn explains: “IN 2005 a private member’s bill was introduced to the Queensland Parliament (Local Government (Approved Pensioners

Rate Subsidy) Amendment Bill 2005).

This Bill was designed to eliminate the discriminatory application of the subsidy by denying the subsidy to retirees who had previously been able to claim the subsidy, losing it when they relocated to a retirement village.

The Bill was defeated 23–50 (see Hansard for August 19, 2005, pages 2319– 2325).

By reading the pages of Hansard the reader can form their own opinion on the reasons for it’s not hav-

THIS WEEK’S LETTER Custom home builders I WAS very interested to read the letter to editor, from S Heath of Caboolture.

We are a custom home builder and can build any size new home, addition or renovation.

I think people have the misconception about builders because of the bigger companies that build a number of houses the same and they do not have any flexibility.

We can design and build to what our client needs and to the land and council requirements.

We find that in Queensland people are not aware of what a custom home builder can do and they tend to go to the large building companies.

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PERSPECTIVE Have you lost your rates subsidy after moving into a retirement village? ing passed and might care to reflect on the degree of concern that some members of parliament had for the section of the community that this association represents.

Many members of Queensland parliament who voted on the Bill are still serving members of Parliament.

All are listed on page 2325 of Hansard for July 19.

By reading this page you

can establish which way your local MP voted and form a judgement on how much value your member of parliament places on you.

If you live in Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, the Gold Coast, Ipswich or the Lockyer Valley, among others, you can continue to claim this subsidy as those councils have chosen to permit the transfer of the subsidy.

At the time of writing, we were researching which other councils permit the transfer of this subsidy.

We have written to the Premier and several still serving MPs who voted for the bill asking that its intended outcome be revisited.

If you find that your council doesn’t not allow you this transfer you might want to contact you mayor, local MP and/ or the Premier and express an opinion on how the State Government and local councils are treating their retired citizens?

– Michael Fairbairn, Vice president, Assoc of Residents of Qld Retirement Villages

Many people I have spoken to naively believe they will only be required to pay a 5% increase on the existing 10%. They fail to understand GST tax could go up by a whopping 50% if it is approved.

However with a 50% increase and a broader base GST this will bring a lot of people to their knees as they struggle to maintain their homes and pay for goods and services.

If federal and state governments advocate for senior citizens to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, I doubt any pro-

tection measure for low income earners currently proposed would offset a 50% increase in daily goods and services required to run a household, plus inflation in the years to come.

I urge seniors to communicate with each other and write to their local member and to federal members of parliament expressing “no increase to GST”.

– Brian Fox Hamilton ■ Brian, see the article on p.14 for more info on senior advocacy. Views on this page are also read by politicians. – Gail Forrer, Editor.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Speaking out IT’S time for seniors to speak out and get serious about the proposed 50% increase in the GST! I was told many years ago, “Where their is smoke there is fire”, and when politicians start talking about only a 5% increase in the GST it’s time for seniors, pensioners and small income earners to unite with a resounding answer, “No”.

You see a 5% increase is in fact a 50% GST increase from 10% to 15%.

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community news NOTICES HELLO readers, to enable us to respond to your request for publication of more Community Notices, this month, we are presenting your contributions in a format that allows a more equal sharing of news space.

This means everybody will be able to access more information. But we require your help to achieve this.

We ask that you keep your notices short and to the point (100 word maximum).

Please email your community notice to editor@seniors newspaper.com.au.

– Christine and Nicky, editorial assistants.

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branch will hold its Christmas meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 9.30am.

Entry costs $7 including morning tea. Meetings are held at Anglican Church Hall, Church St. ■ Sunshine Coast Meet at Flame Tree Baptist Church Hall, 27 Coes Creek Rd, Nambour, on Friday, December 4, from 9.30am for our end of year celebration. Entry $8 including morning tea.

Phone Melva, 5443 5752, 0421 900 770; or Dorothy, 5476 4190, 0487 425 657.

are welcome to join our group of happy seniors. We have regular outings to places of interest, restaurants and picnics. Phone John on 5456 1370.

■ Kawana Senior Citizens The club enjoyed a day at the 2015 Kawana Seniors Hobby Horse Derby, with delicious cupcakes for morning tea. Thursday mornings the club has different musical artists to entertain the seniors for an hour. Usually they are from all over the Sunshine Coast and are of a high standard. The Tour Director Eileen Edwards usually has a lot of bus trips available for the seniors to choose from. The club meets each Thursday morning in the Kawana Community Hall, behind the Kawana Library, with

"Snapshots of life” with Ann Rickard

This week Seniors Newspaper is pleased to introduce columnist Ann Rickard. Ann works fulltime as a lifestyle editor for APN Newspapers and is a happy senior who likes to make light of ageing. Ann has put a smile on many people’s faces with her delightful take on life so be prepared for your lips to turn up and your eyes to brighten as you read on..

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I AM a senior. Well past retirement age. But I still work. Fulltime.

If I gave this any thought, which I never have until now, I’d be proud of myself and my work record.

As it is, I just keep working, grateful my management hasn’t noticed I should have packed my belongings in a cardboard box long ago, left my desk, and headed out the

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door.

Until someone does notice – and you can bet it will be a young whippersnipper just out of university who suddenly looks my way with rolling-eyes and whispers “who is that old sheila sitting in the corner?” – I’ll keep on working.

Working as long as you are able to and your employer lets you has to be good for you, no?

A company can’t fire me now for being past a certain age – at least not in this country – and this is a very good thing.

But the older working person needs to keep up, because it is a certainty

I’m pretty certain I’ve fooled everyone. she will be working with youthful lithe things and she doesn’t want to appear “elderly”.

Even if she is groomed and cosmetically enhanced, even though she may be young at heart and of mind, there are still things the older worker needs to be aware of to

keep up appearances, especially if her job entails sitting in front of a computer as so many jobs do now.

It is the act of getting up off a chair after a sitting period of two or more hours.

Every time I rise from the chair I have to suppress a series of unbecoming grunts.

Then, the actual walking from the chair to the kitchen or a colleague’s desk — trying to pretend the thighs aren’t cramped, the calves are not seized and the feet are most unhappy about being placed on the ground — takes a fair bit of fakery.

“I’m just off to the kitchen to make coffee,” you must say loudly to cover the bendy-knee groan.

If you don’t care about work colleagues hearing your unflattering chairascending groans or noticing your shuffle once out of the chair and on your way to the coffee, then congratulations to you.

But I do mind, and I’ve been covering up for a few years now. I’m pretty certain I’ve fooled everyone. ann.rickard@scnews.com.au

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entertainment from 9.30am. Entry fee of $5 gives you a lucky door ticket, with a chance at Spin the Wheel and maybe win a fruit tray, as well as morning tea. Indoor bowls is played, as well as hoy and bingo. Lots of books for you to take home too.

Phone president Selima on 5452 5979.

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■ Currimundi Combined The Probus Club of Currimundi Combined Inc Camping and Caravanning Club spent a weekend at Warwick visiting the rodeo where there were a lot of events to attend. They also visited the Glen Galleon Winery and a working farm using heritage machinery.

Dinning out at the local hotel and cooking and eating in the camp kitchen, where all the tall stories of the day were told – and what happens in camp stays in camp.

Remembrance Day was celebrated with guest speaker convenor Jo McEwan welcoming John Major to our general meeting. Also this month our club enjoyed a luncheon at Domenico’s On Kings.

■ Nambour At the October meeting members congratulated president Gordon Rick and

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his wife Norma on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Presentations were made on behalf of the club by Terry Hall.

Guest speakers were Chris Ashton and Juanita Overson, from Red Cross. Red Cross started in Australia in 1914, and the local branch is 75 years old. Red Cross has seven basic principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. If required, it provides support in people’s homes as well as monitoring them daily by phone to see they are safe. It also maintains a Wellness Centre at the Nambour Hospital for relatives of very ill patients. It is also well known for its Red Cross Blood collection service.

■ Kawana Waters October’s general meeting was an interesting and fun packed event for members. Presi-

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dent Brian Clark was again ‘on deck’ to welcome Elaine Davidson to club membership. Recent recruits Ron and Ann Beaufoy presented their member profiles. Our morning was rounded off with a entertaining presentation by the Bayview Towers Yeppoon Getaway Holiday Resort on the Capricorn Coast. A lively Holiday Mood Meeting for Elvis Fans. Our club is delighted to recognise established members with long service awards and Audrey Wynne was recently presented with her 10year service award.

■ Buderim East THIRTY members of the Buderim East Probus Club travelled to Adelaide. That was the launching place for a wine tour, the first of several in South Australia. A visit to Tanunda had us start and then onto Seppeltsfield Winery. A bottle of 100 years old port was on

President Gordon and Norma Rick 50th Wedding Anniversary with Terry Hall.k

Moving Moments with Annie McGhee

YOU may have heard those old adages, “When the body becomes stiff and inflexible, so does the mind” and “You are as young as your spine”.

As we move into our more senior years, this can be interpreted in many ways. Apart from perhaps not being able to display but not for sampling. The studio of Hans Heysen left us in awe of his skill at painting trees. Then a quick trip to McLaren Vale (more wineries) and then to Victor Harbour.

We expressed sincere appreciation to Clara and John Ongly for the organisation of a very memorable trip.

touch our toes as we once could, we may find ourselves becoming less resilient, more fixed, perhaps resistant to change or experiencing difficulties in accepting new ideas.

The regular practice of yoga helps create a flexible body and mind, and assist us in keeping old age at bay, maintaining optimum health and removing stiffness and inertia in the body.

Maintaining a healthy and flexible spine is a key aspect of yoga. The spine is designed to move in many directions, so twists and backward and forward bends are all incorporated into a wellrounded yoga practice.

Our body’s nervous system has a direct relationship with the spine, so a healthy spine leads to a healthy nervous system, which supports a healthy

VIEW Clubs VIEW stands for Voice, Interests and Education of Women.

■ Buderim Meetings and lunches are held on the first Wednesday of the month, at 246 Petrie Creek Rd, Rosemount (Bli Bli), at 11am.

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and active life; all pivotal as we age.

Each yoga pose moves the varying joints in the body through a full range of movement, stretching, strengthening and opening each part of the body, which results in an increase of energy and a renewed enthusiasm for life.

You are never too old to commence practicing yoga. We can do some yoga each day or several times a week to keep our spine as strong, flexible and as healthy as possible.

Annie McGhee is a 500 hour registered yoga teacher, enabling her to train teachers. She has been practicing and studying yoga since 1968, and teaching for three decades.

Annie teaches Longevity Yoga in Noosaville and Peregian, and can be contacted on 0435 064 593.

Wednesday, December 2.

Interesting guest speakers and a social activity also on the third Wednesday of each month. In December, instead of a guest speaker there will be fun and activities celebrating our birthday month. Theme is Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. All welCONTINUED PAGE 19

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Something to think about: Introducing a practical column

"Inspiring and retiring” with Eva Bennett

HOW often do we make assumptions about what others may be thinking or doing, then find out later that the situation wasn’t what we thought it was, which can lead to unnecessary conflict and stress.

Here is a true story, told to me by a financial planner, about mistaken assumptions: One of his clients, who was getting close to retirement, travelled a lot with his work and was really looking forward to spending time at FROM PAGE 18

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■ Kawana Waters Kawana Waters VIEW Club members enjoyed a lunch at Grill’d Healthy Burgers where they were presented with a cheque for $300 by the manager of Grill’d. The

home, gardening and getting involved in his local community.

His wife, who had spent a lot of time at home, was looking forward to OS trips when he retired. One day discussing financial matters, the husband mentioned he was looking forward to no more travel when he retired, which caused a heated argument.

Each had assumed that the other person wanted the same thing they did, so had never really discussed it.

So how could this argument have been avoided?

By good, clear communication and asking questions of each other, listening to each other about their thoughts about what to do in retirement. .

Here is an exercise you can do to develop the habit of having clear communica-

tion and reducing the conflict that assumptions can create.

Each person writes down how they want a particular situation to be, eg. what to do in retirement, how to spend Christmas. When you have each completed your list, listen carefully to each other’s “wants” and ask questions to get clear on what is being said.

Do you have a better understanding of the situation? Can you and the other person resolve any issues in a peaceful way?

I’d be happy to get some feedback from you, when you try this approach.

Remember – ask rather than make assumptions.

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Down to Kas on the Mediterrainean Sea then up the west coast and finally Gallipoli, where we paid our respects to the fallen. Our final week was spent in Izmir being hosted by the members of the Karsiyaka Bay Friendship Force, who showed us around their area. For more details or attend meetings and functions, phone Jim on 5443 8959. New members welcome.

■ Maroochy RSL Shield The Maroochy RSL Shield Triple Bowls Probus Carnival was on Monday, October 26, at the Mooloolaba Bowls Club.

Currimundi Probus hosted this event this year. The carnival was a resounding success, with 30 teams competing. The winners were the Pelican Waters Probus Club. .This very popular bowling event was enjoyed, along with a delicious meal, a great raffle, and the chance to meet fellow bowlers.

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Recently, Tewantin Noosa Branch QCWA held a very successful street stall, with all proceeds going to Katie Rose Hospice and Public Rural Crisis Fund. Each recipient received $600 each.

■ Caloundra Family History Research Inc In October, member Ian Edwardson presented a talk titled Sounding the Symbols. Ian showed how mankind has always lived with symbols. They have been with us from cave paintings to computers. .

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Phone Valerie on 5437 3879, Roz on 5493 1197, or Dawn on 5492 2208. Email caloundrafamilyres@y7mail.com or visit www.caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au.

■ Headland-Buderim Croquet Club Croquet is alive and well with local members, proving their sporting ability on the national and world scene. Headland-Buderim Croquet Club members, Ross and Helen Rillie recently competed In the ACA (Australian Croquet Association) National (Golf Croquet) Handicap Tournament in Deniliquin NSW. Finalist, Kyle Mula from Deniliquin was on 2 handicap and Ross on 1. A nail biting finish with 1 game each, 6 all in the 3rd when Ross executed a very long, angled jump shot to win. Ross and Helen were Doubles Runners Up also at Deniliquin, winning silver. Kathleen Colclough also from H.B.C.C. playing Association has also had good success, recently competing in the Scottish Open at Edinburgh, WCF Women’s Championship in Nottingham also many Australian events. Kathleen is currently competing in the ACA Aust Open AC

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Some of the Maroochydore ladies helping on bowls day.

Singles and Doubles. . Information on website or phone 0423 534 909.

■ Buderim Bridge Club Bridge lessons will be held for 10 weeks, each Wednesday, from February 3, finishing on Wednesday, April 6. Lessons between 9–11.30am (approx.) including morning tea. Text books, lesson sheets and homework will be provided each week and all queries answered promptly. Cost is $30 per person. Following the lessons, supervised bridge with planned hands is held for six Wednesdays, from April 13 to May 18 with the same time frame.

Phone secretary Joan Keeley on 5456 1934. Buderim Contract Bridge Club, Education Centre, Hibiscus Retirement Resort, Lakehead Dr entrance, Chancellor Park.

■ Noosa Care – Carramar

and Kabara We are seeking community minded professionals to become board members.

There are a number of vacancies available and we are looking for a fresh and progressive generation of professionals to join our experienced board members. You need to have skills and experience in hospitality services, business or accounting. NoosaCare Inc is a community based, non-profit organisation. Carramar, in Tewantin, and Kabara, in Cooroy, have provided high quality residential aged care to the Sunshine Coast districts for over 30 years.

If you would like to be part of this well-established organisation, phone Megan D’Elton on 5449 8799 or email megan@noosacare.com.au ■ Hibiscus Society Sunshine Coast Branch

MAROOCHY Home Maintenance and Care Association Inc (also known as Maroochy Home Assist) would like to take the opportunity to wish their clients and contractors a safe and merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Our offices in Maroochydore and Caloundra will close at noon on December 22, and re-open at 7.30am on January 6.

Maroochy Home Maintenance and Care Association has been operating on the Sunshine Coast for the past 21 years, and continues to operate the Commonwealth Home Support Program, funded by the Department of Social Ser-

vices for clients aged 65 years and over.

We also operate the Home Assist Program and the Queensland Community Care program (for clients under 65), both funded by the State Government.

We assist with services such as plumbing and electrical labour costs, repairs to whitegoods, gutter cleaning, pressure cleaning of paths and driveways, installing grab rails and handrails, wedges, ramps, flyscreens, smoke detectors, changing light globes, minor carpentry work, doors and locks and more.

We also perform major home modifications for those clients with a clinical

need to assist them to remain living independently (conditions apply).

We are based locally and employ a large team of staff to cater to our clients.

Our field officers and building team are engaged as full time staff and their training and skills are developed to specifically cater to our clients.

We use local tradespeople and all contractors and staff have a National Police Clearance Certificate.

For further information, or to check eligibility, visit www.maroochyhomeassist .com.au or phone 5476 6130 for Maroochydore or 5438 9731 for the Caloundra office.

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There will be no monthly meeting in December. Next monthly meeting Sunday, January 10.

Phone 5476 2771.

■ Sunshine Coast Computer Club Inc Members of the Sunshine Coast Computer Club will be having a break over the Christmas New Year. Inquiries can still be made by the usual ways – phone the club info line 5492 1005 or visit www.sccc.org.au and watch the introductory video or email sccc@internode.on.net. Meetings will resume at locations at Buderim and Caloundra in the first week in January and in Yandina on January 20.

■ Sunshine Coast Choral Society Will be performing their Christmas Concert A French Christmas on Sunday, December 13, 2pm, at Uniting Church, cnr Queens and Ulm Sts, Caloundra. Adrian King will conduct and Natasha Koch will accompany the choir and soloists in this delightful afternoon of music Tickets at door: $22 adults, $20 concession or via www.trybooking.com.

Choral conductor Adrian King.

■ National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association Qld Inc Seeking new members. Ordinary membership is open to all ex-service personnel who served in Malaya, Malaysia Singapore, Borneo, Brunei, East Timor and surrounding areas. We are mainly a group interested in the social side, with a lunch meeting and catching up with service friends every month. We also attend Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and other special days.

Phone Ivor Rich on 5478 8712, Brian McGee on 5453 7346, or visit nmbvaa.wix.com/qldinc.

■ Association of Independent Retirees (AIR) Ltd Are you retired or about to retire? Noosa branch invites you to attend their

meeting on Thursday, December 10, 9.45am for 10am, at South Pacific Resort, 179 Weyba Rd, Noosaville. Speaker is Tom Sartor, head of the equity strategy team at Morgans Financial, and the topic is the Australian equity market – where to from here?

Cost $5 including morning tea. Visitors welcome.

Phone 5448 2985 or email airnoosacommunications @gmail.com or visit www. facebook.com/AirNoosa.

■ Sunshine Coast Jazz Club A Jazzy Christmas with Caxton Street Jazz bandpresented by the Sunshine Coast Jazz Club Inc on Saturday, December 5, Kawana Hall, Namjima St, Buddina, behind the library. Doors open at 6.30pm, music 7.30–10.30pm. This sixpiece band not only appeals to jazz aficionados but has a broad following, from the general public who enjoy good live music. Book your Christmas table with Carlyn on 5444 7502. Members $20, non-members $25, seniors/u3a $22.50. Cash at door please. Inquiries to Ted on 5491 6017. BYO nibbles, drinks, glasses.

The Pink Ladies Kitchen will offer hot tea, coffee and cake $5.

■ U3A Noosa The controversy over who really did write those 37 plays and at least 154 other works attributed to William Shakespeare still pops up regularly, so Susan Roberts will present more of her fascinating research on Monday, December 7, at 9.30am at Noosa U3A, 64 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin.

This two-hour talk looks at Edward de Vere, the infamous Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon the prolific writer known also as Lord Verulam and the boy from Stratford, Will himself.

The talk is open to the public, $2. Phone 5440 5500.

■ Blackhall Range Woodcrafters’ Guild The Blackall Range Woodcrafters’ Guild is presenting their Santa’s Workshop at St Mary’s Hall on the Village Green, in Montville, on Saturday, December 5, 10am–7.30pm. Santa arrives between 5.30– 7.30pm, lighting of the Christmas tree, then the workshop will open again on Sunday from 9am–4pm.

Sausage sizzle, cakes, tea and coffee, and a raffle.

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THE Noosa Leisure Centre takes its commitment to the community’s wellbeing seriously and its comprehensive group fitness program offers classes for all ages, abilities and genders.

“The emphasis has always been on seniors, but it’s encouraging to see the recent increase in the number of males attending classes,” said centre coordinator Cathy Simon.

“Men, who tend to have a reputation for neglecting their health, are starting to enjoy the many benefits of exercising in a group of like-minded people.

“With professional and motivating instructors, the support and mateship of other men and results to boot, the guys are coming back for more,” she said.

The rewards of exercise are plentiful, and it is not just the body that profits.

Even though weight loss, diabetes and blood pressure control, and the assistance in the prevention of chronic diseases are among the draw cards, studies have shown that the social atmosphere and increase in endorphins after exercise also have a positive impact on mental health.

“Activities at the Noosa Leisure Centre that appeal to an increasing number of men are indoor bowls, table tennis and badminton, but they also enjoy other classes such as Boxfit, Pilates Fusion and Body Moves,” Ms Simon said.

“We would love to see more males trying out our classes,” she said.

“The ladies and gentlemen who regularly participate invite all guys out there to join in and make the most of the health advantages of taking part in our group fitness program.”

Group fitness participant Tony King said: “I have been to a number of fitness classes over my 69 years and Al’s Boxfit classes at Noosa Leisure Centre are the best I have ever been to.”

Peter Jack, another male participant, said: “Seniors of all abilities, all shapes and sizes come along and we exercise together and have a lot of fun.”

To view the centre’s current group fitness timetable visit www.noosa.qld.gov.au/ nlc/groupfitness or phone 5329 6550.

Giving Back To Community Best In Care Australia, in co-ordination with Suncare Community Services, are looking for volunteers to provide social support to the senior members in our community.

Please either email or post a brief profile of yourself to Best In Care Australia, if you would like to receive more information.

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Visiting the beautiful, crazy city of New York

By GAIL FORRER

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A FLASH of falling yellow leaves make a beautiful carpet across the wide footpath of Riverside Drive, Manhattan. It’s the beginning of October, crisp blue skies, comfortably cool weather and a city dabbed with the colour of falling autumn leaves.

I look up towards the swirl of leaves, but before I can take in the trees, my vision is caught up in the spectre of magnificent, mighty buildings reaching, pushing into the blueness. And there it is, all at once – New York – a city of nature, nurture and big ideas.

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Manhattan Island is bounded by the Hudson, East and Harlem rivers.

These rivers frame a crazy beautiful city that arguably attracts the biggest, the boldest and most wildly divergent lifestyles in the world.

It’s a city where the skyline provides an understanding of its past, future and people. Up high, the cathedral style facades, modern blue glass, turrets, baroque design, Greek columns and pale green spirals pierce the heavens. It’s a showy exhibition mirroring the vision of architects, men of money

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A built environment that, since its inception has echoed the collective imagination of an audacious tribe. Talk about having your head in the clouds – in New York, it has to be, or you miss out on the marvels of sky-high beauties.

At around eight-and-a-half million, the city boasts one of the country’s biggest populations. Additionally, the tourism industry is booming with a record high of 56.4 million visitors in 2014.

The New York City mayoral office attributed visitor numbers to: “Quality of life, low levels of crime and dynamism”.

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The traffic is still navigable outside of peak hours and if you pick the right season, the air is still relatively clear.

We chose early spring, when trees and flowers were blooming and the smoky days of winter were some way off.

Autumn and spring are recommended times for a Beijing visit.

And why not? It’s a city that should be on everyone’s bucket list, simply because Australia’s en-

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There’s no better place to start than fascinating Beijing.

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If you’re looking for maximum comfort on their overnight flight, Air China’s Business Class is superb, with lie-flat beds and a Mercedes limo to meet you on arrival! You can get a free 72-hour visa on arrival.

Choose a hotel that’s in between the airport and the downtown area. Why? The further you are from the airport, the more you’ll run into traffic problems that take the shine off the whole trip. The brand new fivestar NUO Hotel has the perfect location and it will also give you an experience of Ming Dynasty style blended with a gallery of contemporary Chinese art.

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The hotels’ concierges are extremely helpful and will organise local tours to the Great Wall (an absolute must-see) and other major attractions such as Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven.

Getting around by subway is easy, fast, cheap and interesting … highly recommended.

Shopping for silks and antiques is fun and good value, but you’ll find luxury brand name goods more expensive than in Australia. They’re priced for the wealthy Chinese!

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You can expect to meet up with funky street performers throughout the city.

Free street theatre view across the streetscape of Broadway. The hotel is managed by the most hospitable of staff.

Not for a moment is the street noise a problem. My friend and I loved it, the strange, different sounding sirens of NYPD (New York Police Department), the accent of hipster Afro Americans and were delighted with people who raise their voices to argue with partners, sing with mates or loudly declare a point of view. It’s New York, we’re there to see and hear it all.

Everyday is an adventure – but here’s a few highlights; In the front of the magnificent facade of Museum of Natural History you are met with the words of President Theodore Roosevelt – knowledge, truth, vision.

The President’s environmental values prompted the construction and focus of this mindblowing museum. The mission statement of the American Museum of Natural History is: “To discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and education—knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.”

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trees. As we walk through Central Park, little somethings splatter on our heads and we realise it these tiny bushy tailed creatures breaking chestnuts above us. No matter where you go Times Square, Wall Street, Grand Central Station, there is always a spare, quiet seat in Central park to revive yourself.

On the clear blue day, we gazed down from the Empire State building and marvelled at the tall, piles of buildings, in shapes that defied their position, and again it made us wonder how a city, so busy, could have made time and space for something as tranquil and fun as Cental Park.

And those who built the subway have gifted another bit of luxury for New York.

It is easy and cheap to get around New York. For $31 (USA) you could travel around for a week.

But you are easily brought to earth when out the blue, there are some incredible hip-hop dancers doing their thing on the sidewalk in front you, or the notes of a random blues singers are playing just a little ahead of you.

sures in themselves, effectively part of the collection housed there. The Cloisters’ collection comprises approximately two thousand works of art. *High Line: (also known as the High Line Park) is a 2.33 km linear park built in Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. Inspired by the 4.8kilometer Promenade Plantée in Paris, the High Line has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway and rails-totrails park.

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Vibrant, fascinating city WHERE: Ho Chi Minh City WHAT: Bustling city situated in the southern part of Vietnam. Also known as Saigon.

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SLEEP Ho Chi Minh has accommodation across various price brackets, including those in the budget category. You might consider the Grand Hotel Saigon, EdenStar Saigon or the Novotel Saigon Centre.

DO French inspired architecture that can be easily (and freely) accessed by going on a self-guided walking tour. Some noteworthy buildings include the Central Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon Opera House, Ho Chi Minh Square and the Hotel Continental. In a more modern vein, Reunification Palace and the Rex Hotel, former home to American GIs, are also worth a look. But, a note of caution traffic in Ho Chi Minh can best be described as mad!

If this is all too much, a trip to the Central Markets (Ben Thanh) is always good value.

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Trivia with Allan Blackburn 1. Which continent is often called “dark”?

2. On a standard keyboard, what punctuation mark is on the “1” key?

3. What date is Boxing Day? 4. What is the name for an angle between 180 degrees and 360 degrees?

5. Nephritis is an inflammation of what bodily organ?

6. What is the tallest building in the United States?

7. Which Australian state has the same name as a national capital?

8. What nationality was pop artist Andy Warhol?

9. “It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in” are lyrics from which song?

10. What native Australian animal has young called puggles?

11. In 1975 the ship Lake Illawarra collided with and damaged which bridge?

12. What was the value of the pre-decimal coin called a “deener”?

13. What word, beginning with “P” means lying under oath?

14. What phone and Internet provider shares its name with an animal that became extinct in the 17th

Century?

15. Anopheles is a breed of what common insect pest?

16. In Bingo, what number has the nickname “never been kissed”?

17. True or false: About one third of Australia is in the Tropics.

18. Lanolin is extracted from what fibre?

19. What is the study of the sounds of human speech called?

20. Rock, honeydew and water are types of what food?

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ENTERTAINMENT ■ Coolum The Lioness Club of Coolum Beach will be organising the Twilight Markets again this year on the beachfront in Tickle Park, Coolum on Fridays 4pm to 8pm from November 27 until January 22. The 65 stalls offer a wide variety of goods, particularly with Christmas coming up, and is fun for the whole family and wheelchair friendly.

The club has been doing this for the past 23 years and the funds raised are donated back to the community to benefit organisations such as the Rescue Helicopter, High School Chaplaincy, Lions Emergency Accommodation, Meals on Wheels, Motor Neurone disease and many more. Info: Markets contact no. is 0400 791508.

■ Nambour Carols by Candlelight will be held at Sundale Nambour, 35 Doolan St, Nambour on Friday, December 4. Kids entertainment and barbecue at 5pm, carols at 6.30pm, Santa arrives at 76.30pm and fireworks at 8pm. Come and join in on the fun. Bring a chair to enjoy the festivities and $1

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■ Buderim The Buderim War Memorial Community Association (BWMCA) present the annual Buderim Community Carols on Saturday, December 12. This will be the first time the annual event has been held at the new Buderim Village Park. This year’s line-up of performers include, Buderim’s own opera star Natalie Peluso, the Buderim Youth Theatre of Excellence (BYTES) and of course a visit from Santa. This family fun event starts at 6.30pm, and is a great opportunity for everyone to come together and celebrate the festive season and sing along to some of your favourite carols. Candles, glow sticks and other products are for sale, with proceeds going back to the BWMCA for future events.

If it rains, the show will go on – moving into the Buderim War Memorial Hall as the wet weather alternative.

So bring your fold-up chairs or picnic rugs and a sausage sizzle will be on site. Gold coin entry.

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The day will have something for everyone, the first half containing beautiful vocal arrangements such as

I Dreamed a Dream featuring Tanya McFadyen and sensational instrumental numbers such as an Artie Shaw medley which “showcases” Paul Williams a professional musician who has had the wonderful experience of backing artists such as Isaac Hayes, Cilla Black, Al Martino, Gene Pitney and Linda Ronstadt with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.

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■ Eumundi Eumundi markets will have three fun-filled Friday nights on December 4, December 11 and December 18. Join us from 5-9pm for retail therapy under the stars, with art and craft stalls plus a gift wrapping service on site. The village of Eumundi will be sparkling - with shops in the village and the trees within the market precinct lit up with Christmas lights and spectacular lights theatrics.

Santa will be coming to the Eumundi Night Markets at 6.30pm each event. There’ll be kids Christmas craft ac-

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tivities with the amazing crew from Noosa Pengari Steiner School; colourful street performers and fire twirlers; and a great line-up of live music each week, including Christmas carols performed by The Doo Wop Dolls.

There’ll be children’s book readings hosted by Berkelouw Books plus free family outdoor movies screening each week at 7pm.

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■ Pomona Helen Lawson is preparing her artwork for an exhibi-

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The exhibition will capture the flow Betwixt and Between contemporary and traditional style to capture the subjects most admired by the artist.

The artwork reflects both the real and the abstract world that is constantly changing around us.

The diversity of our local environment lends itself to the expression of both styles and in various media.

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■ Highland Fling For Cittamani St Andrew will be honoured with a special Highland Concert in Buderim on Saturday, December 5.

The Concert hosted by the Buderim Male Choir is a pre-Christmas event in support of the Cittamani Hospice Service.

The very Scottish program will feature traditional Scottish songs; a Piper and the Cairngorm Dancers.

In addition the Choir’s leading Tenor, Jim Gordon, a resident Scot, will entertain.

Ritchie Wallace will be playing the Bag Pipes.

The Buderim Male Choir will be pleased to introduce the Cairngorm Dancers, a

Scottish Dance School from Burpengary.

This group of talented dancers have competed all over Australia and internationally, including in Scotland over the last three years.

Locally, they regularly dance at Tartan Day in King George Square.

This special Scottish afternoon concert will be held in St. Mark’s Anglican Church at 2pm Admission $15-includes afternoon tea.

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