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CLIMBING FOR A CAUSE Firefighters Gary McNicol and Aliysa Gibbons are among the local emergency services officers who will participate in the Firefighters Climb for MND at Sydney Tower Eye, climbing to raise money for the Macquarie University MND Research Centre this weekend. See Page 4 inside

SAY NO TO ANGER Pollies push for kindness See page 3

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No ‘green thing’ in her day A t the supermarket recently, I noticed a lady in her 50s or 60s get a dirty look and a few choice words from a young cashier who suggested she should be bringing her own bags to the shops rather than using the soon-to-bephased-out plastic option.

Think more “green”, the cashier instructed.

The woman apologised to the young girl and explained, “We didn’t have this ‘green thing’ back in my earlier days”.

The young cashier responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations”.

The older lady again said that the ‘green thing’ just wasn’t done in her day, but she continued.

“Back then, we returned milk bottles, soft drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over,” she said.

“So they really were recycled. But it’s true, we didn’t have the ‘green thing’ back in our day.

“Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalise our books on the brown paper bags. But, too bad we didn’t do the ‘green thing’ back then.”

The cashier started to raise her eyebrows, but the lady continued.

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“Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room”

“We walked up stairs because we didn’t have an escalator or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a massive SUV every time we needed to go five minutes down the road,” she said.

“Back then we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the disposable kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine.

Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.”

The girl started to get the point.

“Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Tasmania,” the lady said.

“In the kitchen we blended and stirred

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by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a gym to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

“We drank from a bubbler when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blade in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.”

Still, no ‘green thing’ in her day.

“Back then, people took the train or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service in the family’s second or third car, which cost what a whole house did before the ‘green thing’.

We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 kilometres out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint”.

Her overall point? Isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful previous generations were just because we didn’t have the ‘green thing’ back then?

Not so selfish, after all, perhaps.

(Yes, I stole the above from the Internet, but I thought it was worth repeating given the intent of the message).

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Pollies plea for sensible debate ERIN MAMO

ederal and State Members for the Blue Mountains, Susan Templeman and Trish Doyle, agree that by giving people the chance to have their say, the national same-sex marriage vote has brought out aggression in the local community.

Ms Templeman, who has made her stance on the issue very clear, said that it’s unfortunate that the activism that has been taking place particularly in Springwood’s town square has led to a number of disagreements between the two sides.

“No one is going to change my view but I think people need to think about the impact of their actions on other people,” she said.

“I would ask that everyone respects one another’s different opinions.

“If you’re young and gay and standing there putting yourself out on the line that’s a person to show respect to whether you agree with their position or not.

“This survey is actually about reminding people that they need to vote not necessarily changing people’s views.”

Danny Wotherspoon from Faulconbridge, who has experienced vandalism

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on his property since the commencement of the campaign, said that it’s very sad that there is a lack of tolerance for people’s opinions.

“I had an ‘it’s okay to vote no’ sign out the front of my bed and breakfast one day and when I woke up the next morning it was gone,” he said.

“A few days later a sign out the front of my office in Springwood was put on the back of a ute, smashed up and then taken away. People are becoming very nasty, if you don’t allow others to have a point of view and allow diversity of opinion it may well be in the future that the shoe’s on the other foot.”

Ms Doyle, whose Springwood office was defaced last month where marriage equality posters had been hanging, said that at the end of the day the survey is about acceptance, equality and fairness.

“At the moment there is heightened emotion in the community, but aggression here doesn’t help anyone,” she said.

“When you have people who are so passionate about an issue sometimes they are unable to hear the other side, I think we need to acknowledge that in ourselves and step back from it.

“What I think some people are forgetting is that this is actually about love.”

Trish Doyle and Susan Templeman. Photo: Erin Mamo

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Climbing for a cause Firies from Glenbrook will race up 1504 stairs this Saturday, raising money for MND ERIN MAMO

his weekend, the 301 Mountain Goats from Glenbrook Fire Station will race up 1504 stairs in a bid to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

This Saturday, October 14, the Glenbrook firies will participate in the Firefighters Climb for MND at Sydney Tower Eye, climbing to raise money for the Macquarie University MND Research Centre.

Now in its third year, the event was started in honour of Adam Regal, an MND sufferer who became confined to a wheelchair because of the illness.

Mr Regal said he was overwhelmed and deeply honoured when the climb was established.

“Other MND sufferers and I firmly believe that what the firies are doing is a game changer and we are all hopeful for a breakthrough soon,” he said.

“Each day, two Australians die from MND and another two are diagnosed with it.

“90 per cent of patients die within three to five years of first experiencing symptoms.

“The disease currently has no known cause or cure, so research is urgently

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Local firefighters Gary McNicol and Aliysa Gibbons. Photo: Kate Reid

needed to help find some answers.”

This year firefighters from across the country will line up to take part in the climb, wearing 20kg of turnout fire gear, including a structural jacket and trousers, helmet, suspenders and firefighting boots.

By coordinating the event, Fire & Rescue NSW with Macquarie University has already raised over $1,000,000 for research, and this year firefighters hope to double the amount.

Macquarie University MND Research Clinic Professor, Dominic Rowe, said that finding a cure for MND is just about money.

“We have two new clinical trials that started this year,” he said.

“This is the first time we have had two trials in one year ever for MND. “We can do this because of our fundraising from last year.”

MND is a progressive disease where the nerve cells controlling the muscles that allow a person to move, speak and breathe degenerate and die.

With no nerves to activate muscles, the muscles gradually weaken and waste away.

To donate to MND research, visit www. firiesclimbformnd.org.au.

To donate to the 301 Mountain Goats from Glenbrook, visit their Facebook page.

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Police snapshot COMPILED BY ERIN MAMO

Mount Victoria: Kids disturbed stealing Aussie flag Between 8pm and 9pm on Monday, October 2, a group of youths attempted to steal the Australian flag at Mount Victoria Memorial Park.

The offenders cut the rope, which was holding the flag, and were attempting to remove the flag when they were disturbed by a passer by.

No description of the offenders could be obtained due to poor visibility.

Police are urging anyone with information about this matter to contact Katoomba Police Station on 4782 8199 and quote reference number E273038595.

Wentworth Falls: Woman injured bushwalking

About 2.45pm on Monday, October 2, a 22-year-old Katoomba woman was bushwalking along the Queen’s Cascade Arch Cave track in Wentworth Falls when she fell down an embankment of about three metres.

As a result, the woman sustained a suspected fractured right shoulder, lower back pain and lacerations to both her legs.

Police Rescue attended the location and assisted the woman, walking her out from the bush where she was taken by ambulance to hospital for treatment.

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The National Firearms Amnesty ended on Saturday, September 30.

A total of 112 firearms within the Blue Mountains community were surrendered to Katoomba and Springwood Police Stations, including but not limited to, 55 rifles, 28 air rifles, 16 shotguns and two sub-machine guns.

The Amnesty ran from July 1 and aimed to improve public safety by reducing the number of unregistered firearms and firearm-related articles in our community.

Blaxland: Men charged in massive local drug bust

At about 7pm on Tuesday, October 3, police from the North West Metropolitan Region Enforcement Squad and detectives from the Blue Mountains executed a search warrant at an address on the Great Western Highway in Blaxland after an investigation into allegations that cannabis was being grown at the location.

On entering the premise, 270 cannabis plants were located growing in hydroponics along with a quantity of loose cannabis head.

Two men were arrested, one after a foot pursuit by police.

Police will allege the two men are responsible for cultivating the plants.

They were a 52-year-old male from Smithfield and a 37-year-old male from Canley Heights.

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Scenic World’s popular Skyway is undergoing a multi-million dollar upgrade ERIN MAMO

cenic World’s famous Skyway is about to get a whopping $3 million upgrade.

Suspended 270 metres above the ground, the large glass cabin that allows tourists to take in 360 degree views of Katoomba Falls, The Three Sisters, Jamison Valley and beyond, is currently being decommissioned to make way for a brand new, larger unit.

Scenic World Managing Director, Anthea Hammon, said the upgrade was part of Scenic World’s mission to evolve as a tourism business and provide unique experiences that appeal to visitors from across the globe.

“We have come a long way as a family business since my grandfather opened Scenic World in 1945,” she said.

“But we recognise the importance of moving forward so we can maintain our leading position in a competitive market and continue to capture the hearts and minds of our valued visitors.”

The new Scenic Skyway will increase the ride’s capacity by 30 per cent, to provide a more spacious visitor experience and improve queuing times during peak periods.

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Scenic World’s Skyway is about to get a $3 million revamp Built by world-leading ropeway engineering company Garaventa, the re-configured cabin will also allow for streamlined loading and unloading, and visitors will be able to access free Wi-Fi on board for the first time.

The Skyway has seen many upgrades over the years, including a change to its signature yellow colour before a new cabin

and cable system was installed in 2004.

Originally built in 1958 by Scenic World founder Harry Hammon, the original Skyway cabin was clad in plywood and painted bright pink.

Without the luxuries of modern day technology, the original cable was manually installed by dragging a steel cable down each side of the valley and joining

it in the middle to affix a track rope which was then tensioned with a four-wheel drive tractor.

The upgrade marks the next phase of the attraction’s evolution ahead of its 60th anniversary next year.

The Skyway is currently closed for renovations and will re-open on Sunday, November 13.

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Adut inspires students Refugee turned lawyer Deng Adut has inspired dancers from St Thomas Aquinas ERIN MAMO

ancers from St Thomas Aquinas Primary in Springwood have been named as finalists in the 2017 Wakakirri Story-Dance Festival.

Students from the school wowed the judges at the recent semi finals by telling the inspirational story of African refugee and 2017 NSW Australian of the Year Deng Adut.

Principal Sergio Rosato said the students decided to tell Mr Adut’s story after he visited their campus earlier this year.

“Deng visited our school and shared his remarkable story with the students which, in turn, inspired them to tell his story that the power of education can help transform lives,” he said.

After Mr Adut’s visit, the Springwood troupe spent 20 weeks writing, staging and rehearsing their all singing, dancing act titled ‘Songs for a War Boy’.

The performance follows Mr Adut’s journey from humble beginnings in Sudan where he was forced, as a six-year-old, to march to Ethiopia and become a child soldier.

Mr Adut’s life changed when he was injured and was smuggled out of the country and to Australia, where he learned to

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read, write and eventually graduated from Western Sydney University with a law degree.

Mr Rosato said up to 90 students got involved in the artistic project as well as teachers, parents and former students.

“Everyone involved has spent so much time including recess, lunch, after school and even school holidays getting ready to perform,” he said.

“We are all incredibly proud of the students and their teachers for their achievement in this prestigious creative arts competition.”

St Thomas Aquinas is now in the running to win the ‘Story of the Year’ award through the competition.

Established in 1992, Wakakirri is Australia’s largest story-dance festival involving over 20,000 students from across the country. The aim of Wakakirri is to teach students about themselves and others by creating and sharing stories.

The winner of the major award will be announced on the Wakakirri TV series ‘The Search’ which starts on October 19.

As a finalist for the major national award, students were invited to the Wakakirri Awards Night where they earned performance awards for excellence including lead cast, group acting, concept, set movement and staging and teamwork.

Students from St Thomas Aquinas Primary performing ‘Songs for a War Boy’

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This week is Mental Health Week; today is World Mental Health Day; yesterday was Headspace Day. And it’s good that we are talking about it.

Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, is encouraging people to share their mental health tips. They are gathering thousands of ideas from Australians of all ages to show different ways to maintain a healthy headspace.

Sometimes, for me, staying mentally well is as simple as a phone call to a very good friend of mine, Alison, who lives in Darwin. We were both Rotary Exchange Students to Mexico in 1981, have children the same age, and have a long, shared history. And of course I think chocolate helps too.

But it’s not always that simple. We live in a world where we understand a lot more about complex mental illness and suicide, but we don’t yet have all the answers.

The Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network has recently announced the roll out of new programs in mental health.

Our local PHN is committed to using Federal funding for patient-centred services, which are much needed, especially in an area such as ours where distance can be a real barrier to accessing appropriate care.

Headspace will deliver an early intervention service for young people, and their families, affected by psychosis.

The Headspace Youth Early Psychosis Program (hYEPP) is one of only six hYEPP programs in Australia, providing a holistic approach to care and support.

I’m pleased to see that these vital services are in the hands of local organisations who understand the nuances of our local area, and I look forward to seeing tangible improvements in services to our community.

In recent weeks, I think we’re more aware than ever about the mental health challenges the LGBTIQ community experiences. Compared to the rest of the population, LGBTIQ young people aged 16-27 are five times more likely to attempt suicide.

Research shows that legalising same sex marriage will have a significant beneficial effect on the mental health of LGBTIQ young people, reducing the overall suicide rate.

Headspace offers a youth-friendly service that supports young people experiencing mental health issues to get back on track: www.headspace.org.au Beyondblue provides support for all ages: www.beyondblue.org.au.

You can also call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Lacaze FINANCE MATTERS

Being somewhat of a student of market behaviour, I have been particularly interested in the analysis of assorted media experts about the continued record highs being enjoyed by the US share market.

And as is always the case with these things, there are differing opinions.

The ‘bearish’ commentators view this record breaking as actually the harbinger of impending market doom, whilst the ‘bulls’ are suggesting it’s just the start of the good times.

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will tell, but if nothing else, it is certainly providing us, with a stark reminder of our very own stock markets woeful under performance.

There’s certainly been no record high for the Australian market; in fact it hasn’t even come close to the previous one. Now for a country boasting continuous economic growth for over 25 years, this is indeed strange market behaviour.

But spare a thought for all the index investors out there.

Index funds have become the new ‘black’ of recent years, and although they have been around for a long time, their popularity has grown exponentially as a result of advisers moving to a fee for service model.

It seems the cheaper management fees of index funds when added to an adviser service fee gives a total cost result far more palatable for the average advice client.

So most financial plans written after 2008 will probably include an Australian Share Index fund and no doubt it will have been illustrated with the ubiquitous graph depicting a seven per cent growth rate year on year.

Unfortunately as the saying goes “past returns are no indication of future returns”, and boy, has that been correct. In fact my ECG is showing a greater uptrend.

(I’m not sure if that’s good by the way!)

But, unfortunately, that’s the problem when hugging an index.

You will be guaranteed to hit the highs and the lows, but you also spend a lot of investment time, ‘marking time’ between the two.

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We’re brewing with witchcraft ERIN MAMO

ou know what they say, if the broom fits ride it.

According to recent Census data, witchcraft and paganism has a strong presence in Australia with a couple of hundred practising right on our doorstep.

Unfortunately if you’re picturing pointy hats, magic wands and cauldrons, you might be a little disappointed.

Local pagans Jane Meredith and JulieAnn Henninger said their belief system is built on nature-based spirituality.

“We believe in the Earth,” Ms Meredith said.

“For us, it’s all about celebrating and recognising the meaning and practice of our link with each other and the Earth.”

Ms Meredith has been a practising pagan for over 20 years.

The Katoomba resident has written a number of books about magic and rituals, and also teaches tarot cards and a magical system centred on the Celtic Wheel of the Year.

Along with Ms Henninger the two ladies conduct pagan rituals at Blue Mountains Organic Community Gardens in Katoomba every six weeks.

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On September 22, locals gathered in the gardens to celebrate the Spring Equinox where light and dark are equal in time.

“Spring Equinox is a celebration of crossing over into lightness,” Ms Meredith said.

“From the equinox, days will get increasingly longer, so we looked at what this means to people and the environment.

“Rituals can just be about what we are celebrating like spring, but there is always an invitation to go deeper and look at what the change means to a person inside themselves and how it will impact them.”

The local rituals are open to people of all ages and kids often attend.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) most recent data, nature-based religions including paganism, witchcraft, animism and druidism currently have almost 30,000 worshippers nationally.

In the Blue Mountains, 226 people identify with a nature-based religion, with 149 identifying as pagans.

Ms Meredith said a lot of people in the local area are interested in nature-based religions.

“Up here I feel like people already have that love for nature,” she said.

“If enough people connect and fall in love with nature, the seasons, the moon

Local Pagans Jane Meredith and Julie-Ann Henninger and the land they live on, we might have a chance of saving the planet.”

Ms Meredith and Ms Henninger are currently organising a workshop in Katoomba that will teach the foundational tools of magic and ritual including grounding, casting circle, invocation,

energy raising and trance.

To find out more information about the upcoming event, visit goo.gl/forms/ r8VjQ2378JD22RCy1.

What are your thoughts about witchcraft in the Blue Mountains? Email news@bluemountainsrecord.com.au.

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Teaming up with Jetstar, Mattel took to social media to crowd source more than 20,000 submissions to help decide on the final list of Aussie slang.

Aussie Scrabble features slight deviations from the original rules and includes ‘strewth cards’, which allow players to draw extra tiles for extended game play.

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ENTERTAINMENT

KEEPING BLUE MOUNTAINS RESIDENTS INFORMED ON WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO

Arj goes Organic

A KATE REID

rj Barker is the American comedian that Aussies just can’t get enough of, and this November he’s heading back to Penrith with his hilarious show ‘Organic’.

In the lead up to his visit, we thought we’d take a peek inside the mind of the US funnyman.

How would you describe yourself in one sentence?

Living in a perpetual state of thinking that I almost have life figured out, for over 40 years now.

Who are your favourite comedians?

Mitch Hedberg, Eddie Murphy, Louis C.K., Maria Bamford.

What makes you laugh more than anything else?

Sadly fart humour still makes me laugh.

I can’t seem to grow up in that one little area.

What are your passions aside from comedy?

I have really ramped up my passions in the last few years. I absolutely love trying to learn piano. I’ve been trying to teach myself off YouTube.

I’ve also been learning to build stuff.

I started a D.I.Y. channel on YouTube

called ‘Do it Myself TV’. I’m literally learning and teaching at the same time.

It’s not meant to be 100 per cent comedy, but it isn’t very serious either because half the time I barely know what I’m doing.

What skill would you love to master?

I’d like to be able to fly. But right now I flap my arms as hard as I can and I can’t even get off the ground.

What can’t you live without?

Well besides water, air, caloric intake, sadly like everyone else I probably wouldn’t get very far without my iPhone.

It’s sad because there was a time when we survived without them, but it would be hard to go back.

What’s your favourite comedy flick?

That’s an easy one – ‘Gentlemen Broncos’. It’s a movie from the director who did ‘Napoleon Dynamite’. It’s got great characters and a lot of heart, but it’s also really silly.

If you could trade places with a historical figure who would it be and why?

I’d trade places with Hitler when he has a child, and I’d go straight to therapy.

I’d also go to Tibet and study buddhism.

There’s a lot of problems in the world but hopefully I could save a lot of trouble by doing that.

What’s your favourite place in the world?

My couch when I’ve got the comforter on and my dogs curled up with me. It’s just such a good feeling.

What’s your go-to Aussie slang?

I like the saying ‘crackin’ the shits’.

A few years ago in one of my shows, I made up this story about how they used to hang up poop to dry to draw the flies away from the camps.

But then they would dry out and be less effective, so they would draw straws and some unlucky person would have to

go crack the shits so the flies would be drawn back.

‘Arj Barker: Organic’ will be on at the Evan Theatre on Friday, November 10 at 8pm. Tickets start at $47.65. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.penrith.panthers.com.au or call 1300 PANTHERS.

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what's on AND where HEADING OUT Friday, October 13 Best of You: Foo Fighters Show – Colonial Hotel Free entry, 9pm 9623 1384 Jed Zarb – Oriental Hotel, Springwood Free entry, 8pm 4751 4488 Karaoke with Dean – Penrith Hotel Free entry, 9pm 4721 2060 All Access 80s – Penrith RSL Free entry, 9pm 4728 5200 Social Darts – St Marys Band Club $3, 7pm 9623 1211 Live Music – Wentworth Falls Country Club Free entry, 7pm 4757 1202 IWA Pro Wrestling Live – Evan Theatre From $19.05, 8pm 1300 PANTHERS Spoken Four – The Joan $18, 7.30pm 4723 7600 Too Many Guitars – St Marys Leagues Club Free entry, 9pm 9677 7777 Backlash – Penrith Gaels Club Free entry, 8pm 4722 8180

Saturday, October 14 Big Yard Bird Band – Penrith RSL Free entry, 2pm 4728 5200 Karaoke – Jamison Hotel Free entry, 8.30pm 4721 5764

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THE BLUE MOUNTAINS’ BEST LINE-UP OF LIFESTYLE EXPERTS

ARIES

MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20

your horoscopes

Mid-week looks mighty frustrating, as the Mars/Saturn square stymies motivation and slows progress. So you’ll need to be patient … which is not one of your natural virtues! The good news?

Prosperity planet Jupiter jumps into your ‘money-from-others zone’. So (over the next 13 months) you could benefit from a pay rise, inheritance, loan, bonus, divorce settlement, insurance claim, bumper tax return or superannuation pay-out.

TAURUS

APRIL 21 TO MAY 21

With Jupiter in your partnership zone, aim to be more compassionate and generous towards loved ones. Try to view a troubled relationship from a philosophical perspective. If you are single, you could fall for someone from overseas. As John Lennon said: “We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant …

You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it”.

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JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23

The week starts with a challenging Sun/ Pluto square. So pace yourself and do your best to avoid run-ins with authority figures. If you are the person in charge, then resist the urge to be bossy and overbearing with others. Being a demanding Diva will get you nowhere fast! Over the next 13 months, Jupiter is set to expand your domestic horizons. So you could buy or sell real estate, move house, get a new housemate, or renovate your place!

VIRGO

AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23

On Monday your fussy and finicky OCD side could run rampant. If you let it.

Instead take 10 deep breaths, try to relax, and keep things in perspective. Your public profile really takes off over the next 13 months, as Jupiter blesses all forms of communication. So it’s a terrific time to start a blog, launch a website or promote your current business. One of your social media posts could even go viral.

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MAY 22 TO JUNE 21

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Expect a week of intense communication and/or relationship challenges. You’ve got plenty to say but make sure you take the time to really listen to others. Jupiter wanders into your wellbeing zone, which is good news for your physical health and emotional wellbeing over the next 13 months. There’s one proviso though – you must be disciplined. So aim to find a deliciously nutritious diet, a fun exercise program, and a routine that you enjoy.

CANCER

JUNE 22 TO JULY 22

A relationship looks problematic, as a loved one issues ultimatums. More compromise is needed if you want to avoid tears before bedtime. Jupiter visits your entertainment zone until November 2018. So many Crabs will take up a sport or hobby, start a romance, go on a holiday or welcome a new addition to the family.

Creative projects are also favoured, plus expect a plethora of big celebrations too.

SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23

When it comes to a personal issue or a family matter, it’s time to ask some hard questions and take a firm stand. Don’t let a loved one walk all over you, and avoid the tendency to procrastinate! You won’t get far if you just sit on the fence.

And have you been worrying about money matters? Prosperity planet Jupiter transits through your $$$ zone. So make sure you capitalise on the lucky financial opportunities that come your way.

SCORPIO

OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22

It’s time to celebrate! Jupiter is moving through your sign until November 2018.

And this only happens every 12 years.

So make sure you are passionately proactive as you capitalise on the energy boost, positive mood and good fortune it potentially provides. Smart Scorpios will seize the moment, day and year, as you grab opportunities when they come along.

SAGITTARIUS

NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21

Work will be frustrating this week, or a friend could surprise you by doing something unexpected. So pace yourself.

It’s definitely time for speedy Sagittarians to slow down and become much more philosophical, as Jupiter moves through your contemplation zone for the next 13 months. So you are likely to take up meditation or yoga as Jupiter broadens your spiritual perspective. There’s always something new to learn!

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DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20

This week is all about getting the ratio right between your busy public life and your private inner world. Be inspired by well-balanced Libran movie star Hugh Jackman (who celebrates his birthday on October 12). “The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management”. It’s also time to make plans and set goals for the future. And don’t make them too safe and sensible! Go for gold!

AQUARIUS

JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19

Jupiter charges into your career zone.

Which bodes well for a promotion, new job or lucky break coming your way over the next 13 months. But there is no room for false modesty! In order to truly flourish you must be passionately proactive as you promote your capabilities and trumpet your talents far and wide. If you tap into this reservoir of confidence and abundance, then professional success and accolades will follow.

PISCES

FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20

Someone may pressure you to reveal information that was given to you in confidence. Hence your current moral and philosophical conundrum as you ponder ‘Is honesty always the best policy?’. With Jupiter transiting through your travel zone, foreign shores beckon over the next 13 months. So start planning your itinerary now. It’s important to keep up-to-date with your overseas contacts.

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The hotter weather has arrived and with it comes a variety of fruit and vegetables now in season...

Kate Reid Nutritionist kate.reid@ westernweekender.com.au @kate_reid6

These days we tend to take for granted the fact that we can walk into our local grocer and choose from a wide range of fruits and vegetables.

But this convenience can also make us blind to the fact that produce is seasonal – not everything grows year round.

Buying your fruits and vegetables from local growers, when it’s in season, is a great way to get fresher, more nutritious ingredients into your meals.

Eating local, seasonal produce also means less food miles, making it better for your health and the environment.

Spring is a great time for fresh produce and, with the weather warming up, salads are looking more appealing.

Add an Asian flair to your spring meals with Asian vegetables, cucumbers and red cabbage, which make for a delicious noodle salad dish or fresh rice paper rolls.

Cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage are all in season in New South Wales during spring and make a great foundation for a delicious stir fry dish or as an accompaniment to red meat or seafood.

What’s in season in NSW during spring?

Fruits: Cherries Lemons Mandarins Nectarines Oranges Peaches Plums Strawberries Vegetables: For those days when the nights are still a little chilly, there’s still plenty of hearty options in season like potatoes and mushrooms, which work well in stews, curries and pastries.

On the fruit side, spring is all about stone fruit, with nectarines, peaches and plums kicking off the delicious spring/ summer fruit season.

Try adding these to a fruit salad, along with fresh strawberries and cherries, or add them to your cereal of a morning to start your day off with a nutrient kick.

Another handy trick is to keep your fruit bowl in a high traffic area so you’ll be more likely to pick up something healthy when you’re feeling a little peckish.

Happy eating!

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’ve constantly been surprised at how Australian consumers treat wines that are pink in colour.

Have they been avoided in male company because our ‘blokey’ culture somehow rates pink as a ‘girly’ colour? I fear so.

And our winemakers probably haven’t helped over the years by delivering so many pink wines with residual sweetness, I guess in the belief that the same ‘girls’ who adore pink will also go for something sweet.

The same bias certainly doesn’t apply in southern Europe. Walk into any restaurant in the south of France during warmer months and you’ll probably see half the customers — in mixed-gender groups or single-sex groups quaffing rosé — dry rosé — by the carafe.

And that’s the way it should be here in Australia, where the climate in many places absolutely lends itself to this sort of drink, and good heavens, perhaps even with a couple of ice cubes thrown into the glass.

Thankfully, there’s availability on quite a scale.

Much of it seems to come, at ridiculously low prices, from Provence and nearby areas, the southern French home of rosé.

How they manage to grow the grapes, make the wine, bottle it, then ship it half way round to Australia, then sell it for sometimes as little as $10 a bottle simply staggers me.

There’s quite a bit of Australian stuff available, too, though some of it is still sweeter than it should be.

All I can do is to urge as many Australians as possible, including the blokiest of blokes, to follow the lead of so many of their compatriots at the Sydney Test match and to embrace pink as just as manly a colour as red or blue.

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The 23-year-old was left gutted after finishing outside the medals in the women’s C1, ending a run of three consecutive World Championship titles in the event.

The former Blaxland High student only scraped into the K1 final in 10th but then posted an incredible 97.14 in the final, which proved unbeatable.

“This one is really special,” Fox said.

“Yesterday was really disappointing and exhausting and draining, and I knew I had to come back today with a fresh start and try and make that final.

“Sometimes in training I’m able to do things to rival the guys, but then in racing I’m too safe. Today I’m really proud of that race because I feel like I attacked it the way I wanted to.”

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Jessica Fox celebrates winning gold in France recently first K1 world title at Deep Creek in the US in 2014, a World Championship where she also won her second C1 title.

But Fox said her most recent win was something very special.

“2014 in my mind is my best ever performance, winning the K1 and the C1,” she said.

“After the Olympics, I was really pleased and

proud to win the bronze, but I was a little bit frustrated. So to come back this year to Pau, to deliver a really sweet run after some disappointments here in the past few years, it’s really awesome. I’m just so happy right now.”

Fox also bagged a silver and bronze medal alongside fellow Aussie teammates in the K1 and C1 team events.

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