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obody ever married with the thought it might end. When we said “until death us do part”, we meant it. Unfortunately, life doesn’t always turn out the way we plan, dream and hope.

Times have changed a lot since the social revolution of the 1960s. Divorce has become easier and lost its stigma, and there is no longer the social pressure to stay in a marriage that isn’t working out as it was supposed to.

Indeed, the number of “silver splitters” is rising but at the same time, many are prepared to give marriage a second chance.

While some might say “once bitten, twice shy” or “no kids, no need to

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Contents marry” others are finding new happiness in wedded bliss. And it can happen at any age. Stories abound of octogenarians signing up again.

I recently asked a divorced friend why she would marry again and she said it was simply a matter of selfesteem. After the perceived failure of a broken marriage, not of her own making, it would be a sign for all to see, particularly herself, that she was happy and prepared to commit.

Others have said there are certain financial advantages or it’s something to make the kids happy. And of course, there is the biggest and best reason of all — love and commitment.

Renae Spinks asks “why not tie the knot?” in this month’s report on couples who play the wedding game again. She discovers an emerging trend of second-timers loving life.

Perhaps it’s worth looking up some of the tips Kay McMahon, soon to be mother of the bride, discovered in a 1913 guide for successful wives.

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Taking a more mature approach to marriage can still be fun There has been plenty said about the rise of Grey Divorcees, the growing number of couples who are ready to call it quits on a long marriage when they are past 50. But, writes RENAE SPINKS, there are also those who are keen to give marriage a second chance and are tying the knot again.

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he thought of getting married can be daunting at any age, but the good news is, if you’re over 50, you’re more likely to know what you want and have the confidence to make it happen.

And while the marriage rate for over-50s is tiny (3.3 per 1000 for men and 2.2 per 1000 for women, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data), for those who do choose to walk down the aisle, it is all about the love.

Brisbane couple Maria and Dave Harvey tied the knot late last year, after 10 years living together. At ages 52 and 55 respectively, it was the second marriage for both.

“We got engaged fairly early on … and we just decided after the 10th year together that we really wanted to make that marriage commitment,” Maria says. “I particularly wanted to have Dave’s name. I just wanted to tell the world that he was my husband.”

Dave, ever the joker, says it was because they were sick of living in sin.

Nevertheless, they were still nervous about telling Dave’s adult children turned out to be very happy with the plan. Other family and friends were somewhat bemused, asking: Why bother?

“My father asked me that question and I said to him: No.1, ‘I love him; and No.2, because I want to take Dave’s name

and I want to be married to him’,” Maria says.

Dave contends it’s because he’s a good catch.

Despite the end of her first marriage, Maria had no qualms about doing it again. “I didn’t think I’d ever trust again – for a lot of women it’s a trust thing – but from the moment I met Dave, I’ve never not trusted him. That’s why I knew he was the man for me.”

Others raised misgivings about financial circumstances and inheritances.

“You just have to be true to yourselves and talk,” Maria says. “Make sure that you’re really open with each other. We were together for so long it didn’t really

“Couples should also discuss their financial goals, update their will and reassess their superannuation” matter. We knew each other and we knew what we were getting into.”

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s MoneySmart agency recommends couples organise their finances before marriage – deciding whether to have joint or separate accounts and who pays which bills.

Couples should also discuss their financial goals; update their wills; make sure insurance policies reflect their new

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Richard and Kathy take their vows at their wedding ceremony with celebrant Natalie Skye, who specialises in elopement packages. status; and reassess their superannuation.

And then there are wedding costs to consider. MoneySmart says the average Australian wedding costs $36,000.

But for many older couples, an expensive wedding is not a priority.

Brisbane-based marriage celebrant Laurie Pollard of The Wedding Wanderer says older couples tend to prefer a low-key ceremony where adult children are very much part of the day.

“They still want their friends and family around to celebrate, and they still want to say ‘I love you, you’re mine forever’,” Laurie says. “If anything it’s probably a little bit more emotional because usually if there’s a second marriage – a marriage doesn’t end for good reasons. I’ve found it’s a huge weight lifted off their shoulders.”

Peace of mind at a great price

Laurie says older couples tend to be more grounded with life experience and less superficial. And they’re smarter with their money, opting for backyard weddings or choosing smaller venues, with less lavish meals.

“It might be just having a ceremony and a little cocktail afterwards, not necessarily the big buffet,” he says. “If they’re in their 50s, too, they’re quite financial so they tend to spend the money on their honeymoons instead.

They know the value of a good holiday.”

Some prefer to combine their ceremony with their honeymoon, opting for a modern-day “elopement”.

Natalie Skye, of Noosa-based Fancy & Free offers elopement packages for up to 20 guests at outdoor locations.

She has a range of packages, including

a bohemian-style teepee; Champagne; chocolates; witnesses; a mobile hair and make-up artist; a 1.5-hour photo shoot; bouquet and music.

At just under $3000, it’s about a tenth of the price of the average wedding.

“A lot of people are actually opting to go with the elopements. They’ve already got children, a mortgage, and they’re being a bit smarter and savvier about how they spend their money,” Natalie says.

“They realise it’s about the commitment of their love and their union, as opposed to putting on the show for their family or friends.

“When they pick Noosa, it’s a destination holiday for them. They bring along their nearest and dearest family and friends, and everyone tends to have a

holiday over a period of a week or so.

That’s actually their honeymoon as well.

They have a beautiful time with their families in paradise and they’re getting married.”

Natalie says a ceremony that incorporates the whole family, including children and grandchildren, is very important for older couples, adding that adult children with mortgages cannot always afford to jet off overseas for a wedding, so Noosa is a nice compromise.

Most elopement ceremonies tend to be held during the day, followed by a lunch reception.

“They have a long, lazy lunch where they can just sit there and watch the surf roll in and enjoy the family and wine and food with a great view,” she says.

“The grandchildren can get to bed on time, and everyone can get up early the next morning for a surf.

“The majority of people over 50 are fairly relaxed. They’ve done it before so they’re not really too fussed on having everything absolutely perfect. Most are really wanting it to be about them and about their love.”

For Maria and Dave, the emphasis was on fun. They had a garden wedding in their backyard, in contrast to Maria’s full white wedding, and Dave’s registry office wedding the first time around.

“It is more about family celebration.

This time we knew what was important to us,” Maria says.

Family members each had a special part in the day, although they did not have formal roles.

“We didn’t have a buck’s night, we didn’t have a hen’s night, we didn’t have to worry about bridesmaids dresses and shoes and all the other kerfuffle that people go through.” continued over>

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REGISTRY WEDDINGS ENTER A STYLISH NEW ERA

After the ceremony, they cut the cake, had Champagne and afternoon tea – and more Champagne – then everyone piled off into Fortitude Valley for a teppanyaki feast.

“It wasn’t expensive, but it was perfect.”

They saved their hard-earned cash for a honeymoon in Tahiti.

Maria has this encouragement for older couples considering marriage: live life.

“Just because we’re older, why can’t we get married? We really had the best time,” she says.

“Why not have fun, why not have a laugh, why not enjoy life?”

Another inexpensive option, favoured by 87 couples aged over 50 in Brisbane last year, is a registry wedding, which costs $549 or less.

The Brisbane Registry has recently moved to new premises in Ann St, featuring a marble backdrop, modern chandelier, and sprawling views of Brisbane City and surrounding suburbs. We asked registry celebrant Tuaa Laumoli what a registry wedding involves.

What do you most like about the weddings you have conducted?

I like being at the beginning of the couple’s journey, where they commit themselves to each other, as well as having fun by making it memorable because they have chosen the registry to do their wedding.

What’s involved in a registry wedding?

A couple will contact the registry either via phone, email, in person or online to book a time to discuss with a registry officer about a registry wedding. Couples are sent confirmation of their interview time/ date with a fact sheet and a Notice of Intent to Marry form to complete prior to the interview.

Couples are advised of the legal

THE GREY DIVORCEES The divorce rate among people aged 50 and over has doubled in the past two decades, so much so the phrases Grey Divorcees or Silver Splitters have been coined.

Between 2010 and mid-2013, more than 3600 couples in which one partner was aged 70 or over, lodged divorce applications.

In 2011, 15.2 per cent of women aged over 50 were initiating divorces.

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30-day cooling-off period. This means the notice must be lodged with the nominated celebrant, at least 30 days prior to their wedding date.

At the interview, couples are asked if lodging your notice at the registry is an indication you are wanting to marry here. First, we assure them they are not locked into any obligation with the registry. We discuss the legal ramification of getting married in Australia and provide a link to the Attorney-General’s website that lists all appointed civil celebrant/religious ministers that can perform ceremonies anywhere in Australia.

If they choose the registry, the interview continues with the lodging of their notice and securing a date/time.

The couple return on the day of the ceremony, bringing two witnesses (aged over 18); arriving 15 minutes prior to their ceremony to finalise paperwork. They are allocated a 30-minute ceremony time with music and an option of two rooms: one to accommodate up to 20 guests and another room up to 60 guests.

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Great reviews from all. It’s modern and the view from a highrise location is spectacular. People are pleasantly surprised that it’s not sterile and there is an element of comfort.

Why do you think people choose registry weddings?

1. Having/had a celebration ceremony overseas.

2. Having been married before and don’t want the hype.

3. Non-religious factor.

4. Location and costs.

In your experience, how do later-inlife weddings differ from other age groups?

They’re more relaxed and couples are experienced in life lessons.

What tip do you have for people over 55 who want to get married?

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Consumer group Choice is calling on the Federal Government to force health insurers to give clearer information and remove tax benefits on junk policies.

After premiums increase by an average of 4.84 per cent on April 1, private health insurance customers will have been hit with a 54.6 per cent cumulative price increase since 2009.

“Worryingly, this latest price increase will see many consumers downgrade to poor-value policies, so we think it’s time for the Federal Government to take action,” Choice’s Tom Godfrey says.

Choice last month launched a free website called DoINeedHealthInsurance. com.au to help navigate the complex health insurance market.

The site asks a few simple questions to help you decide if you actually need private hospital cover.

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Mr Godfrey says. “With low payout rates on extras and an increase in complaints to the ombudsman, it’s hard to see how insurers could reasonably expect consumers to pay another 4.84 per cent premium price hike.”

He said it was important to remember that every Australian already has health cover through Medicare.

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More than 45,500 reports of cybercrime were received by the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) in 2016.

For consumers, online shopping remains an increasingly attractive option, but Australians need to be wary of fake websites selling counterfeit items.

Scammers are known to set up sophisticated websites to trick consumers into thinking they’re legitimate, often using a “.com.au” domain name and stolen Australian Business Number (ABN). The leading types of cybercrime reported are online fraud and scams, with 22,679 reports received, accounting for 43.97 per cent of total reports in 2016.

Online trading issues, which affect Australians who buy and sell goods online, were the second highest type of cybercrime reported, with ACORN receiving 8783 reports in 2016.

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$25 million was lost, the largest amount lost to any type of scam.

Statistics also show that Facebook is a popular contact method used by romance scammers, and that those aged 45 and over are most likely to be affected.

“Reports of dating and romance scams increased by more than a third in 2016 and, sadly, the amount of money reported

lost has also increased by about $3 million compared to 2015,” the ACCC says.

“Romance scammers are getting increasingly manipulative, so if you are going online to look for love, it’s vital you recognise the warning signs, particularly if you’re contacted by someone you don’t know through social media.”

Look for signs such as inconsistencies

The ACCC is warning anyone looking for romance online to be wary of scammers, with social media now the most common method used to engage potential victims.

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RESEARCHER SEEKS ROAD CRASH VICTIMS If you have had the misfortune to have been involved in a car crash recently, the Recover Injury Research Centre would like to hear from you.

It is conducting an online Injury Impact Study that aims to better understand the recovery challenges encountered.

The University of Queensland research, investigating why some people experience more complications than others during the course of recovery, involves completing a number of online questionnaires once a week for six weeks.

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“When people are injured in a road traffic crash, some recover without complication while others recover more slowly,” Senior Research Fellow Dr Rachel Elphinston said.

“Our past research has shown that certain ways of thinking, feeling or behaving can slow the pace of recovery after a road traffic crash.”

Interested participants should email research@recover.edu.au or visit recover.edu.au to find out more.

CANCER BATTLE CONTINUES The cancer death rate has continued to fall, from 209 deaths per 100,000 people in 1982 to an estimated 161 in 2017.

The drop is attributed to a decline in the incidence of prostate cancer.

The latest cancer report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveals that cancer continues to be more common in males, with 54 per cent of diagnosed cases expected to be men this year. Breast cancer in females is expected to be the most common type of cancer diagnosed.

The report, Cancer in Australia 2017, estimates that over 134,000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia in

2017 – an average of 367 diagnoses each day and 2.8 times as high as in 1982.

“The rate of new cancer cases rose from 383 per 100,000 people in 1982 to a peak of 504 per 100,000 in 2008, before falling to an expected rate of 470 per 100,000 people in 2017,” AIHW spokesman Justin Harvey said.

Survival rates have improved substantially, with five-year survival increasing from 48 per cent in 1984-1988 to 68 per cent in 2009-2013.

According to World Health Organization comparisons, Australians generally have better cancer survival than other countries.

SHARING THE ALZHEIMER’S JOURNEY Alzheimer’s Queensland (AQ) offers a range of services based on the assessed holistic needs of each client.

• Behavioural and physical changes are ongoing as dementia progresses.

AQ provides timely, responsive and flexible person-centred services. The person with dementia is treated as an adult whose dynamic life has history, purpose, relationships and meaning.

• Behaviours may vary depending on the type of dementia. For example, they may appear early in frontotemporal dementia

The South Australian Museum is to acquire the rare Fire of Australia opal, through a $455,000 grant to the National Cultural Heritage Account.

The funding secures the 988 gram opal, worth an estimated $900,000, which is believed to be the most valuable piece of rough opal in existence.

The Fire of Australia is a significant acquisition for South Australia and the nation’s heritage for its rarity and its links to early resource exploration and mining.

There is no known example of another stone of this size consisting entirely of gem quality opal, making it one of the most exceptional opals in the world.

The current owners, the Bartram Family, has agreed to sell the opal for considerably less than its estimated market value, to prevent it from being sold overseas and cut into gemstones.

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The Royal Australian Mint has released a special collectible commemorative 20 cent coin on the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke by Japanese forces during the evacuation of medical staff and the wounded from Singapore.

Despite a number of survivors making it to Radji Beach, the servicemen were bayoneted and nurses were shot.

Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was the only Australian to survive.

“This coin recognises a significant

part of Australia’s war history which demonstrates the horrific experience many endured for our country, unimaginable to many of us today,” Mint CEO Ross MacDiarmid said.

The coin design depicts the SS Vyner Brooke’s torturous journey while the packaging features several images including a group photo of the Australian war nurses.

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

All the way down Lovers Lane with Chaucer Modern pop songs, with their tales of love found, lost and betrayed, have their roots in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, writes DAVID PARMITER

“W

hen April, with its sweet showers, has pierced the drought of March to its very root, and bathed every human vein with such goodness as is born into every flower; when Zephyrus also with his sweet breath has brought to life into every woodland and heath the tender young shoots ... then people long to go on pilgrimages ... and especially from the end of every shire in England they wend their way to Canterbury.”

Sweet, poetic language welcoming the Spring and announcing the social season of devout pilgrimages to the tomb of Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, there hopefully to receive absolution for their sins.

This is the language of Geoffrey Chaucer, writing at the end of the 14th century.

He wrote in Middle English, which was an amalgam of Old English and Old French. The spelling may be different and the pronunciation certainly was more like French; but now you will be able to read and understand the original language in Chaucer’s masterwork the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote

The droughte of March hath percéd to the roote, And bathed every veyne with swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour; When Zephyrus also with his swete breeth Inspiréd hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, ...

Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, ...

And specially, from every shires end Of Engelond, to Canterbury they wende.

Now that wasn’t very difficult. The English language of the Middle Ages is not so far removed from our modern language after all, is it?

And when proclaimed with feeling you can imagine the group of 29 travellers on horseback meeting for the first time as a tourist group, who will while away the journey and the evenings in various taverns by telling tales.

Some of them are fairytales, some courtly tales of knights and their ladies and some of them bawdy tales of marital dalliance and jealous repercussions.

If you think modern women’s magazines are scurrilous scandal sheets, wait until you read The Wife of Bath’s Tale. She had more husbands than Elizabeth Taylor.

And as for where the Miller stuck his

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red-hot branding iron ... well poor old Absolon couldn’t sit down for a month.

To quote Monty Python, when it comes to narrative poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was “just a very naughty boy”.

For modern students of the English language, however, the Canterbury Tales provides a rich source of appreciation for the etymology of words.

“Wende” for example, is the third person plural of “to wenden” meaning to go or to wander; it also explains why we say “they go” today but “they went” last week.

We do not say “they goed” but “they will go” tomorrow; not “wende”.

No wonder foreigners find English a mongrel of a language to learn.

Geoffrey Chaucer was in many ways the first English poet, both in form and in

content. Born in 1340, he became in turn a courtier, soldier, and diplomat; and in 1374, he was made comptroller of customs in the port of London. He died in 1400.

His travels through Europe gave him a close knowledge of French and Italian literary traditions, and one of his first works was a translation of the French classic La Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose).

This ballad of courtly love not only gave him the writing discipline of this landmark work, but also enriched his (and our) vocabulary with the French words of chivalry and romance – the language of love.

One critic describes Chaucer’s importance in the history of the English language thus: “To wed the vocabulary of his native land to the courtliness of France was his first essential task. He recast English words – that is, surviving words of Teutonic origin and acclimatised words of French origin – in the moulds of the French poets. He expressed in English all the graces and refinements he found in the poetry of France.”

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Letters David Parmiter missed that most annoying part of Australian English, the “you know” sprinkled throughout sloppy language. Even the so-called well-educated and academics use it frequently.

And then there’s the revolting Americanisms that permeate our language: Draw down for withdrawal or reduction; going forward for the future; the horrible word outage for blackout; lockdown for lock up.

These are just a few examples of the plethora of hideous imports.

Australians seem to think if it’s from overseas, it must be superior. And of course when they open their mouth to sing, it’s to ape the American whining accent. Do they know what sycophancy is?

I still use good language of the anglophile as espoused by Alistair Cooke in his (ironically titled) “Letter from America”.

Ya know, like, this’s damn annoyink!

John Armstrong

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THERE are many occasions when I bristle at how the English language is used today just as Judy Campbell does (YT, Feb). Then I read David Parmiter’s article Get out the dictionary, English is changing, a couple of pages further on.

Also very true. Perhaps it is just that the rate of change in the use of English has speeded up of late, thanks to modern technology, email, iPads, Facebook, Twitter and so on.

I read recently about how widely popular the use of those little yellow symbols called emoticons are becoming instead of writing a string of words to explain how we feel.

I wonder how long it will be before these appear in our standard Dictionaries?

Brian Robertson I have had some criticisms over my Watch Your Language column recently.

My sister, in England, has told me off for using “but” and “and” to begin a sentence. And worse, to begin a paragraph.

“You should know better,” she says.

Quite rightly; but I just follow the daily newspapers.

Also, Winston Churchill repeatedly admonished his advisers: “A sentence ending with a preposition is something up with which I will not put”.

Finally, I referred to Mum, “just as if Mum was listening”. I should, of course, have used the conditional and written “just as if Mum were listening”. That is the subjunctive form of the verb “to be”. But (!) who knows what the subjunctive is these days?

Mea culpa, slap my wrist and I must watch my language with more care.

David Parmiter I am just writing a quick couple of lines, in response to a very good article penned by Bruce McMahon on the Willys Jeep, (YT Feb) in your well-read and valuable magazine. I would like to elaborate, on a little-known fact on Bruce’s story about the Willys.

During the original development process, the vehicle, which later became known as the “Willys”, was a joint British/USA vehicle. The body was designed, developed and produced in the USA, while the engine was already in production in the UK, having been designed and built by Willys, a large motor vehicle manufacturing company in the UK. At the time the USA had no reliable small four-cylinder, side valve (side wacker) engines, mainly because the Americans had a preference for large gas guzzling engines in their motor vehicles, and the cost of petrol was cheap in the 1930s and 1940s.

The vehicle was assembled in the USA, and when it first rolled off the assembly line in 1942, the US Army, using nomenclature typical of Armies around the world, named it “Vehicle, Utility, Willys, General Purpose (GP)”. As soldiers do everywhere, GP quickly became abbreviated to (Geep) or Jeep.

Thus, the Willys Jeep was born. It was a very useful, robust and versatile motor vehicle, and quickly became much sought-after by the allied Armies during

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LETTERS

World War II. Even today, it remains a much-sought vehicle for restoration by Military Vehicle Collectors everywhere.

I served in the Australian Army for over 30 years, and at one stage I had the privilege of having a Jeep as a local-area runabout.

Bill Burton

FOR the past 12 months I have had a German Shepherd dog who has stalked me and generally made life a misery. This dog barked when I was inside my home, and when I went out to water plants or get the mail.

This went on for nine months, when I finally contacted the council because I’d had enough. They did try to help, but there was little they could do because the dog was in its own garden and registered.

We put shade cloth over the fence to try and deter it, but nothing made any difference.

I am leaving soon to go to an over 50s

village where there are a few rules concerning big dogs. Not a bad idea.

I wonder if owners ever stop to think about how dogs affect the lives of elderly people.

G. Adams WHEN I read the article by Lorraine Page (YT, Feb) who tried to deconstruct the maze of red tape, it was a vivid reminder of my own venture into the My Aged Care zone.

Because I have no family in Australia to hold my hand and wade through the complicated mess with me, I have always been mindful that it is up to me to plan for my future.

Coincidentally, over time, I have saved the information that has been fed to us as consumers with future needs, in order to try and learn the system for myself.

I nursed my husband through terminal cancer and that was a catastrophic experience without much guidance available.

Then My Aged Care arrived on the scene with great fanfare and dare I say it, surely a King’s Ransom worth of media advertising. The advertising copywriter’s recommendation was: “Call My Aged Care or visit the website to find out what you need to know to start planning and talking about aged care with your family and loved ones, because the sooner we all

start talking about aged care and planning it, the better the outcome”.

The kicker which in retrospect makes me even more cynical, was “For personalised assistance talk to a real person (on the number given or the website). May I quote from that glorious film, The Castle, “in your dreams”!

My first mistake was assuming naively that one could “plan for the future” – vital for me to have a plan while I was still capable of making it. Wrong.

Apparently, as I was told, the government doesn’t do this. My query: “why not?” Answer: because the rules have changed.

“What rules?”. “I don’t know”.

“But I have to because who will do it for me?”. Well, that’s your problem!

At which point the battery on my telephone died. This extraordinary conversation continued the following day by which time I began to realise that I was speaking to a Call Centre of some kind staffed by young, inexperienced (untrained?) people as I had to start my story all over again.

Still no success. I tried over and over again to explain that it would be good to be able to register somewhere so that should I need help, it would be there.

This is not possible. One can only register if you need the help (levels of in-home care, transport etc) right now.

I suggested that perhaps I could fall, have a stroke, become demented and helpless by tomorrow, but because I can still drive, cook, do my laundry, take my meds and generally look after myself, the future as governed by My Aged Care ceases to exist!

One can qualify only by activating a Care Package. I am embarrassed to admit that this was the point when I burst into tears.

Later, I took it upon myself to speak to a few care providers and the ladies at ACAT, and were it not for their wonderful patience, wisdom, kindness and compassion, for which I will forever be grateful, I would have been tempted to throw myself off a bridge (only joking about that).

I am also a member of COTA and admire their tenacity in support of ageing Australians. They were horrified when I relayed my woeful tale.

I should have paid more attention to the warnings of “consumer-driven” and “market-based” predictions. The rough translation is, “buyer beware”. My Aged Care is not what you think.

In conclusion, may I say that I thoroughly enjoy the magazine and the content is so relevant to the readership.

Thank you.

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DROP IN AND SEE THE U3A CENTRE “Doing something you like with people you like in a place you like” is the essence of community, according to University of the Third Age Pine Rivers president Susan Stephenson.

This becomes difficult when districts change and facilities used by residents are closed or moved. Three years ago, the Kallangur library at Anzac Ave closed.

The nearest library is now North Lakes.

Many mourned its closure. Moreton Bay Regional Council later leased the library building to U3A Pine Rivers.

The association now offers a variety of activities at the centre, including exercise groups, book clubs and drama groups, classes, cards, mahjong and pop music and the building is also now a senior’s drop in centre.

People are welcome to read the local and seniors’ papers or do a crossword puzzle. There is a book exchange and a

variety of magazines is available.

Over the small library the sign reads: “Books are the visa for the mind”.

“The books here have all been read and loved by the people who have dropped them off. I find amazing stories in the book exchange,” Susan says.

It is a place where people can do something they like with people they like in cool and pleasant surroundings – or just hang out over a cup of coffee.

Everybody is welcome. You do not have to be a member to drop in.

The U3A Pine Rivers Centre at 1480 Anzac Ave, Kallangur is hosting a formal drop-in day on Friday, March 10.

There will be a free morning tea and visitors are welcome to join in activities on the day or browse the library and displays.

For more information call 3880 6677 9am to noon, Monday to Friday.

Artisit Joan Ruiz will have her work on display at the Ashgrove Library during March. Her expressionistic style in modern acrylic work represents scenes created by Australian poet, Dorothea Makellar in her poem, “My Country”.

“I would like this exhibition to bring awareness to the public of our beautiful land, a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains,” she says.

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Brisbane’s Victoria Barracks was an important administrative centre for much of the jungle training conducted in Queensland and was the communications hub during the war.

A visit to the exhibition will include a tour of Victoria Barracks and devonshire tea in the historic Officers Mess.

Bookings are essential. Tours are conducted on Wednesday mornings, other days by arrangement.

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The first session is Looking at home sources and covers birth, death, and marriage certificates and genealogy and family history societies.

This will be followed by a session on websites to make the most of Google, the internet, and social media. The third session is Making the most of libraries and archives covering both Australian and overseas repositories.

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GARDENING

Downsizing? Trees for smaller spaces Everyone loves a tree, but many of them are too large for the kind of gardens we have when we’ve downsized from the family home, but, GARDEN EZI writes there are ways around that.

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here are trees – native and exotic – that are suited to smaller gardens.

Here are 10 suggestions, selected because they are long-lived, easy to grow and manage, not too messy, and can tolerate dry periods and heavy rain and humidity.

All should be planted at least 4m from pipes, paving and retaining walls.

Heights are approximate because soil type of can affect tree growth – generally the richer and deeper the soil, the taller the tree.

• Magnolia Little Gem and other small magnolia varieties, 4-6m.

• Tibouchina Alstonville and Noeline, 3-4m.

• Bottlebrush or Callistemon (Melaleuca viminalis varieties and var. Harkness, 4m.

• Golden Penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), 3m.

• Eucalyptus Summer Red and Summer Beauty (E.ficifolia hybrids) small, pretty flowers, 4m) • Tropical birch (Betula nigra), 4m.

• Poached-egg tree (Gordonia axillaris), 5m.

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• Blueberry Ash or Ballerina bush (Elaeocarpus reticulatus “Prima Donna”) 4m.

Dig a big, square hole and loosen the soil at the base, especially if it is clay or shale, to help roots spread out.

A tree with strong, well-developed roots is a tree that will live long, stand straight and survive gale-force winds.

Put a shallow trench around the planted tree to hold water.

Mulch well after watering.

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HISTORY

Shipwreck tears apart a fledgling community After the RMS Quetta went down in 1890, memorials went up at home and abroad in memory of the many souls lost. DIANA HACKER sifts through the archives.

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Windows tell the story and the little church on Thursday Island. uncharted rock in Torres Strait and sunk, resulting in the loss of almost half of the entire ship’s complement which sent ripples of loss and sorrow through many communities.

Many memorials were erected to the lost, including marble and brass tablets within places of worship and in the form of two new churches.

On Thursday Island, nearest land to the site of the tragedy, the community erected a Quetta Memorial Cathedral Church.

Artefacts retrieved from the wreck, such as a bell, porthole,

flag and life-ring as well as colourful windows and marble tablets, memorialise Sandy and Minnie Archer, May Lacy and Peter McCurcher.

They are still to be found within this place of worship.

In more recent times, the Thursday Island church community has worked a memorial wall hanging which tells the story of the sinking and the rescue of just three women.

Two of these young women, Alice and Emily, had been taught to swim. The survival of the third, a small child, was

indeed a miracle. Her identity was never established and remains a mystery to this day.

In Brisbane, marble tablets dedicated to Claude and Annie Whish were erected in St Andrew’s Church, Lutwyche.

In the Albert Street Uniting Church is a tablet to the memory of George Prentice and his granddaughter Jessie.

On the wall of St Thomas, Toowong, hangs a marble tablet to the memory of Maria Ross.

Kate Barlow a promising artist from Toowoomba, not only lost her life but the state was deprived of her entire portfolio of art work.

Within the church of St James, where she worshipped, her memory is recalled by two beautiful windows and a brass plaque proclaiming the donation of funds to install the windows.

A committee from the Brisbane Girl’s Grammar School designed a Wight Memorial Medal, as a tribute to Miss Annie Wight a highly regarded

past pupil and music teacher at the school. The first medal was awarded in 1891.

Young Edgar Bennett Dawson had worked as a tutor to the sons of Mrs Joshua Peter Bell of Jimbour and was returning to England to take up Holy Orders.

His parents gave an ornately carved English oak font cover in memory of Edgar and his siblings, Cecil and Ethel who had died as children. The cover is no longer in use but is stored in the vault of St Nicholas Church in Tooting Bec, London.

Mrs Sophia Hall, the mother of Rev Thomas Hall, had St Thomas church erected at Aslockton near Nottingham, in his memory. The church community collected the funds and in 2002 installed a memorial window, which depicts the unfortunate event.

Thanks to John Brown Archivist of St Leonard’s church, Streatham, London and the Cranmer History Group who assisted this research.

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hree minutes between time and eternity” was the headline printed in the Brisbane Courier of March 3, 1890, after the loss of RMS Quetta in the Adolphus Channel, Torres Strait on the night of February 28.

The 1890s was a bad decade for Queensland and its people.

It began with floods and loss of life in January, followed by the sinking of the Quetta in February.

Then 1891 saw the beginning of the shearers’ strike, the foreclosure of several banks and even greater floods in 1893.

The state was depressed with many wealthy people and businesses going to the wall.

The Boer War had our men fighting in a foreign land while our farmers were fighting drought on the home front.

RMS Quetta was completing her 12th round-trip from London to Brisbane by way of the Suez when the tragedy occurred. She struck an

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FASHION

Good Victorian brides took advice aplenty from mother For mothers there’s still nothing quite as exciting as your daughter getting married, writes KAY McMAHON, and in 1913, there was much to be shared between mother and daughter before the nuptials.

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ur household is currently in the middle of pre-wedding festivities for family old and new.

Traditions are still important in the Australian bride’s calendar and the bridal shower remains as an event for more mature and experienced females from both sides of the family to pass on their wisdom for creating a successful marriage.

According to World Bride magazine: “… bridal showers became popular during the late Victorian Era. Ladies of the upper echelons of society held them to celebrate, gossip and exchange gifts, food and thoughts on the soon-to-be-wife’s new role. During these parties, women would often place small gifts inside a paper parasol and ‘shower’ them over the bride-to-be”.

While our get-together was a more modest event, and there were no parasols, only huge umbrellas erected to ward off summer heat, there was much fun and frivolity in the sharing of tips for the bride-to-be.

The bridesmaids decided a pinata, filled with guests’ hints on how to create a successful marriage, was the more fun way to “shower” this Brisbane bride.

showers, and made for plenty of entertainment at a 2017 event.

The preface states that “Art is a hard mistress, and there is no art quite so hard as that of being a wife. So many women exhaust their artistic power in getting married, which is, after all, a comparatively easy business. It takes a perfect artist to remain married – married in the perfect sense of the term – but most of us have to be content to muddle through.”

The remainder is divided into sections such as Personalities, How to Avoid Discord, Evenings at Home, Household Management, Financial Matters, Dress and Children.

So here are some fashion tips from 1913.

• Don’t be satisfied to let your husband work overtime to earn money for frocks for you. Manage with fewer frocks.

• Don’t dress badly, even if your allowance is small. If you can’t have new gowns with every fleeting change of fashion, never have them made in an extreme style, so that they may not be too accurately dated. Let them be of good material, dainty, and well cut;

Krista McMahon at her bridal shower.

One bright young guest added a small book titled Don’ts for Wives written in 1913

by Blanche Ebbutt.

This must have been a bestseller for those left-over Victorian

there is nothing gained by being dowdy.

• Don’t take your husband on a laborious shopping expedition, and expect him to remain good-tempered throughout. If you want his advice on some special dress purchase, arrange to attend to that first, and then let him off. Men, as a rule, hate indiscriminate shopping.

• Don’t allow yourself to get into the habit of dressing carelessly when there is “only” your husband to see you.

Depend upon it he has no use for faded tea-gowns and badly dressed hair, and he abhors the sight of curling pins as much as other men do. He is a man after all, and if his wife does not take the trouble to charm him, there are plenty of other women who will.

• Don’t talk to your husband about anything of a worrying nature until he has finished his evening meal.

But my favourite hint was “Don’t sneer at your mother’s old-fashioned ways. They suited your father well enough, and perhaps she can give you points”.

Amen to that.

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MOTORING

Arrival of gizmos sees departure of good driving sense Not so long ago, car features were rudimentary, but much has changed and as BRUCE McMAHON writes, the mod cons haven’t produced better drivers.

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emember when you had to wind up car windows?

Had to reach out to change the angle of outside mirrors? Crack open a quarter vent for a blast of tepid air on a summer’s day?

There was a time when AM radios and heaters were optional and “safety” was an extra pillow for sleeping kids.

Remember the days of polished vinyl seats; Dad changing gears with a stick on the steering column and humming tunes for entertainment while Mum wrestles with a recalcitrant paper map?

Now there’s air-conditioning and airbags, cruise control and computerised maps. Cars are quicker, quieter and safer; which in turn, it could be argued, has numbed driving senses and given many the idea that driving is a right, not a privilege.

Authorities around the country saw a spike in road deaths last season so maybe it’s

learners’ skills’ tests. Yes, that may cost kids/parents more, but few quibble about swimming lesson fees.

Let ’em out on a damp road in an old underpowered, under-tyred commercial ute to

not all about speed and speed cameras – a fixation in some quarters – after all?

Maybe there’s an attitude problem, educational issues?

Maybe too many comforts and gizmos in today’s vehicles?

So here are a couple of ideas: Scrap meaningless slogans such as “Every K over is a killer”.

Get those camera vans moving, let people see police patrolling roads.

Adjust some country speed

limits, or at least allow police some discretion –120km/h on many country roads in a modern car in good weather is much safer than the mandated 100km/h on a wet road in an old Magna.

Maybe offer some carrots instead of waving big sticks; some recognition of good driving practices.

Speaking of practice, why isn’t Driving a high school subject? At least tighten up

“Maybe offer some carrots instead of waving big sticks to recognise good driving practices” fathom some idea of car control without electronics.

Understand the mechanical forces involved in driving a car and better understand road etiquette.

Much of this road rant was brought on by an outing in a LandCruiser ute, this one a highpriced GXL version at $66,490 with air-conditioning a $2761 option (but electric windows

thrown in). This is one tough truck with 4.5-litre turbo diesel V8 producing 151kW and 430Nm of lugging torque from 1200rpm.

It’s a load-carrying, 3500kgtowing four-wheel drive with old-style motoring nuances.

But it now has five airbags, steers better and the five-speed gearbox has been reworked to cruise a tad smoother and quieter.

There’s decent stereo, cloth seats and floor carpet for the GXL. It’s an easy drive and a top off-roader even allowing for the front track (the width between the wheels) being wider than the rear, which could be an issue in mud or sand.

Step back to the Workmate version and it’s back to our basics. Wind-up windows, vinyl all through and lock-it-yourself.

LandCruiser utes bring a smile to drive. A touch of old-school motoring reminds us to drive the road, not just the vehicle. Thanks Toyota.

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Everything is suddenly as bright as can be. The sky is a beautiful blue, but there is too much of it. I can’t bear to look at it. I’ve had to invest in a pair of dark glasses which until now, I had considered sheer affectation.

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Open my right eye and I was in a brilliant heaven.

Now I live permanently in this bright new world. Perhaps my writing will pick up to match my new environment.

And it takes no time at all.

The actual surgery lasts about 11 minutes, provided there are no complications. It is the reading and the form filling beforehand that takes the time – and to think I almost changed my mind about it.

You are handed a page which the nurse tells you is required reading (if your eyes are good enough, that is!) This is what you read. I have summarised only slightly.

RISKS OF CATARACT SURGERY This is not to scare you, but do not sign the consent form before reading this.

• Infection is possible causing severe pain.

• The retina can detach. If so you’ll need an operation to reattach it.

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• Your cornea can become water logged and this too needs another operation.

• Your macula can become swollen.

• The pressure in your eye can increase.

• You can lose your eye.

• This is not a complete list, just the more common possibilities.

“Right, that’s it I’m going home”, I thought, and said so to my wife. She persuaded me to stay.

They certainly cover their bums. No

Chin here and let me look into your eyes … Brian Robertson gets a new view of life. doubt if you happen to walk into a glass door on the way out, this would not be their fault either.

So reluctantly I signed up and asked the doctor what comedian had written the risks document. He didn’t know.

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Do you know what WD-40 stands for? I didn’t.

The WD stands for Water Displacement but why 40? And what does it have to do with using an iPad? Well, the 40 is from the 40th formula the company Rocket Chemical Company tried. They didn’t give up when it didn’t work on the 17th attempt and they didn’t give up on the 32nd attempt. They kept trying until they got it.

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Mimi’s formula a lifelong journey From the privation of post-war Europe to settling in a strange, hot country as a young wife, Mimi Gyergyak has met life head-on, and, writes DOT WHITTINGTON, the successful businesswoman can’t imagine doing anything any differently now. damaging climate’. By the 1970s, it was common in Europe to find a beauty salon in most villages,” she says.

“I felt homesick. I couldn’t get a facial or an espresso.”

So, armed with the knowledge of manufacturing products for skincare that she had been building since her adolescence in Hungary, she decided it was time to educate Australian women to look after their skin.

On the bright side, the hot climate also produced the perfect ingredient for her to work with – aloe vera, which she found a perfect vehicle for carrying nutrients deep into the skin.

“I had no choice but to manufacture products as there was nothing on the market to improve a client’s skin,” she says.

“First I made my own and then I started supplying others and the rest is history.”

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hen Mimi Gyergyak was born in a small village on the Danube River on the outskirts of Budapest in Hungary, World War II was still fresh in everyone’s mind and her country was a satellite state of the Soviet Union.

Times were tough; doing without was the order of the day but as always, necessity is the mother of invention.

The teenaged Mimi, like most adolescents, found herself waging a war with pimples and if she was going to do something about it, then she had to come up with something herself.

She did. Using various herbs and flowers provided by nature – this was hardly something to concern mankind in such times – she brewed up her own potion to deal with the problem.

“It was a very primitive time,” she says. “I had no choice when I had pimples as a teenager. I had to make my own as there was nothing to buy. I had a little electric burner which I used to make my first products.”

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become a lifetime passion and the foundation of a successful skincare empire.

Mimi is careful to emphasise she isn’t in the beauty business – no makeup, eyebrow tints or waxing – she is a dermotherapist concerned only with helping women make the most of what they have been given.

Her story moves from Hungary – also the home of skincare giants Estee Lauder and Ella Bache – to studying dermatology in Switzerland, to married life in England, emigration to Brisbane four decades ago and the birth of her son, and honing her craft in Queensland.

In 1986, she established her own clinic at Wickham Terrace and has been in the same rooms ever since – “I have been right here, on this same spot for 30 years” – and can boast that she has treated three generations of the same family.

But for this sprightly 68-year-old grandmother, that’s only part of the story.

“When I arrived here, I thought ‘wow, there is no beauty clinic and yet it is such a

dangerously good”. Her main aim has always been to work with nature, not against it.

“Juice of the aloe vera is the best base for a product and it is grown here in Queensland,” she says. “We also have to go with nature. We all have to age but we can do it gracefully.

“At 68, I would look stupid with the skin of a 21-year-old, but I can still have good skin and

‘It is such a damaging climate. I felt homesick. I couldn’t get a facial or an espresso.’

After obtaining a licence from the TGA, Bio-Pacific skincare was born.

“I changed my formula based on results and client feedback. I was not in a laboratory but working with real people. The main thing I used was my commonsense,” she says. “I shared it with other beauty therapists, went to trade shows and then started marketing it overseas.”

Since 1994, her Bio-Pacific range of skincare products has been marketed in the Middle East, UK, US, New Zealand and Korea, although she concedes she has given up the travel and prefers to take it easy on herself staying at work at home.

Mimi now has a range of eight products and says she is so close perfection, “it’s

She also points out there is no quick fix when you are working with the largest organ in the body.

“It’s like going to the gym.

You don’t see a muscle after one session,” she says. “You have to keep it up if you want lasting results.”

Mimi is full of good advice and says age has given her patience.

Mimi Gyergyak sets to work, doing what she does best and sharing her expertise and stories along the way.

look good for my age.”

As well as her manufacturing business, Mimi still runs her Wickham Terrace clinic where she continues to provide consultations on everything to do with the dermis.

“What we see is not always the same as the clients may see as a problem when they arrive,” she says. “Pigmentation is a big issue as we age, but they might worry more about wrinkles and broken capillaries which appear because the skin is thinning.”

“I like to talk about the skin.

I’m never in a rush,” she says.

“I’m rewarded by seeing what a difference I can make and seeing what people can achieve.”

But although she doesn’t rush, she hasn’t slowed down either.

“I wear many hats and I’m always working on something,” she says.

“I like to spend a day in the factory, some time in dispatch at the warehouse, I have some former students who have now opened up their own business and I like to support them and I like to see my clients. I have known some of them for 30 years now.

“I can’t see myself not doing what I am doing. I’m happiest when I’m busy.”

And her final word of advice: “Don’t stop seeing the beauty in a mature face. You don’t want to look like an overfilled sausage. The look of beauty is to enhance what you have and work with it.”

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FINANCE

What the new Age Pension assets test means for you Hopefully you popped champagne corks on New Year’s Eve and enjoyed yourself because, writes ERICA JACKSON, in the cold light of January 1, Centrelink introduced the long-anticipated changes to the Assets Test.

T

he change to the Assets Test, which Centrelink referred to as “rebalancing the system” is designed to reduce the cost of the government paying Age Pension income to Australians who Centrelink have determined can probably manage without this support.

Many people philosophically disagree with this approach and have lamented “but I paid income tax for 40 years so I deserve to get a pension”.

Despite some heavy lobbying by pensioners, the change was supported by both parties of government, so for now we have to live with it.

Importantly, the recent change did not impact people already receiving the full Age Pension so these pensioners will continue to have access to this benefit. There is some good news and there are some winners under this change!

There are some pensioners

who will in fact receive an increase in their fortnightly pension and many of them will move from a part pension on to the full pension. While this sounds like great news for them, the actual increase in dollars is only relatively minor.

The biggest losers, so to speak, are the many partpensioners who are faced with the potential of a significant reduction to their pension, or their pension ceasing altogether.

If you are one of the many impacted and you’ve seen your pension go down or cease completely, you may be asking yourself what you can do?

There are a number of things you may do to improve your position, however, care must be taken as while they may result in more pension, this is only the result of having less money. You may cut off your nose to spite your face! Options include: Spending: You can spend

money on travel, personal expenditure and lifestyle activities. While you’ll have had a lovely time, the money will be gone so care should be exercised!

Home Improvements: Your home is an “exempt asset” so any money you spend on it will no longer count towards the Assets Test. Have you been planning, but not yet got around to, having the house painted, the kitchen updated or adding anew pergola? If spending money on your home will make it a nicer place for you to live, or increases the value of it then these may be valid options. However, care should also be taken to not over-capitalise in the asset, which may be the case should you sell in future.

Gifting: You can give money or assets away to family and friends or anyone you like really! However, you need to be aware of the “gifting rules”. You

can only gift $10,000 a financial year ($30,000 over five years) and the amount gifted will not count when tested.

If you decide to gift more than these amounts, the excess will count against the Assets Test for five years. Care needs to be taken when gifting as while it may be lovely to help your loved ones, you need to be very confident that you will not need the money back in future as the receiver may not be in a position to return it when you need it most.

Investing: There are some investments (called annuities) that are Centrelink-friendly, which means they are treated more favourably than other investments. These investments are designed to produce regular income from a secure investment and, generally speaking, the capital invested is locked away for the long term.

This is a type of investment

the government is keen for retirees to have, so it has provided an incentive by assessing them more favourably when tested. These investments can be very advantageous for some but are not necessarily suitable for all.

Before investing, it would be important to weigh up all the pros and cons!

For more information, talk to your financial adviser about your retirement income and how best to manage it.

Disclaimer This information is of a general nature only and neither represents nor is intended to be specific advice on any particular matter.

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RETIREMENT LIVING

DAVE DISCOVERS THERE IS LIFE AFTER WORK

HALCYON GLADES A POPULAR CHOICE

RETIREMENT has given Dave Henry the gift of a passion and talent he never knew he had.

All it took was making time to stop and smell the roses, or in his case, the timber.

For this former workaholic, it is reason to celebrate this exciting new phase of his life.

Working in managerial roles within the mining industry, Dave was so busy he didn’t have time for anything. He says it took him about six months of retirement to fully realise that there was more to life than working.

“I had to get away from that attitude of waking up and thinking ‘what do I need to do today?’ and always being busy,” he says.

Dave didn’t have hobbies because work had been his hobby.

“I found myself sitting around with nothing to do.

That’s when I picked up a piece of timber,” he says.

Without any drawings or plans, Dave found himself able to build some impressive pieces using wood from old pallets.

He started with birdhouses and quickly moved on to coffee tables, dining tables and plant stands.

With a new project always

THE record run of sales continues at Halcyon Glades over 50s lifestyle community in Caboolture North, following the opening of the community’s multi-million dollar 5-star Lifestyle and Recreational Precinct.

Project Director Marie Cone said the community’s expansive recreational facilities and lifestyle amenities were the icing on the cake for purchasers looking to upgrade their lifestyle opportunities.

“Caravan and boat storage, gated security and CCTV cameras allows for lock and go living which appeals to over 50s downsizers who love to

on the go, and two sons and three grandchildren close by, Dave says he is celebrating the freedom of the lifestyle he has created for himself.

“It’s a very relaxed atmosphere here,” the Buderim Gardens resident says.

He often finds himself wandering down to the waterfront for a coffee, or spending an afternoon working on his garden.

“I always wanted to be here on the Sunshine Coast and I’m so happy. I should have done the move years ago.”

For more information about any of the 12 Lendlease villages in Queensland go to retirementbylendlease.com.au or call 1800 550 550.

travel,” she said.

The Lifestyle and Recreational Precinct has a flood-lit tennis and pickleball courts, a 25m heated swimming pool and heated spa, championship bowling green, communal veggie and herb gardens and a fire-pit.

With more than 150 home owners now living in the community and more moving

in every week, special interest groups are rapidly being formed. Priced from $361,000 to $545,000, the latest release of homes, showcases a range of Halcyon’s favourite designs and introduces the affordable double car garage home, the Allara.

With a focus on value and premium living outcomes, this two-bedroom plus study home has access to bathrooms from both bedrooms and generous outdoor living areas.

The study has access to an outdoor courtyard ideally located opposite the side entry door to maximise breezes.

Call 1800 814 567 or visit lifebeginsathalcyon.com.au

LIVE IT UP AT PALM LAKE RESORT AS EXTENSION SET TO OPEN PALM Lake Resort Beachmere is the ultimate destination for retirees, offering a coastal location, spacious villas and state-of-the-art facilities.

It is now set to expand with the Sands clubhouse currently undergoing an extension and luxurious refurbishment planned in 2017.

With an official re-opening and grand reveal on March 25, the newly expanded areas of a grand main hall, library and

billiards room will showcase an illustrious design and fitout.

Coming soon is an additional Country Club which will create a new community hub alongside the existing Sands clubhouse.

It will include a 10-pin bowling alley, luxury cinema, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sauna, spa and gym.

Visitors are welcome at Palm Lake Resort Beachmere and can take a personalised

tour of the fully furnished display homes. Villas feature spacious interiors, have an average floorplan size of 195sqm and start below $500,000. Residents retain 100 per cent capital gain on exit and villas with inspirational features mean life in a retirement village has never looked better.

Book a tour by freecall 1800 338 382 or at 218 Bishop Rd, Beachmere.

ROSEMOUNT SET TO SHINE IN BRISBANE’S WEST

Australia Day was celebrated in style at the Pebble Beach freehold retirement community at Sandstone Point near Bribie Island, when 70 residents turned out to enjoy their annual breakfast on the Barbie.

ROSEMOUNT retirement community, coming soon to Sinnamon Park, is set to offer a premier way of living for over 65s – independence, security and relaxation.

Rosemount’s architecturally designed, open plan apartments will take full advantage of the Queensland climate.

In the wider community, residents will enjoy superior facilities including a heated swimming pool, barbecue

pavilion, cafe, cinema, gym and library.

“Moving into a Wesley Mission Queensland retirement community has been one of the best decisions I have ever made,” resident Mary George said.

“There is less maintenance, great security, and an amazing community where I feel supported and can have fun.

“Now I can finally take the time to stop and smell the roses and prioritise my dreams.

Retirement really has been a joy.”

Rosemount is handy to the Jindalee Homemaker Centre and DFO precinct, Canossa Private Hospital and specialist medical centre, public transport and the Brisbane River.

One, two and three bedroom apartments are selling off the plan now.

Call 0417 661 912 or 3621 4558, or visit wmq.org.au/rosemount

STATE-OF-THE-ART LEISURE CENTRE TAKES SHAPE AS LIFE BOOMS AT NATURE’S EDGE BUDERIM

NATURE’S Edge, Buderim’s over 50s community, is on the brink of some major goal kicking after massive growth in 2016.

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Leisure Centre, will be completed this year with indoor heated pool and spa, gymnasium, cinema, games lounge, dance floor, alfresco dining areas, bowling green, flood-lit tennis court, art and craft rooms and a workshop.

The over 50s community has master-built construction, superior lifestyle facilities, and a location surrounded by rainforest.

“Our home owners love the

sense of community that exists in our village,” the developers say. “They feel like they belong.

We are immensely proud of Nature’s Edge Buderim. It is without doubt the flagship of our developments to date.

“We recognise our market as young retirees who wish to travel, play sport, enjoy a full lifestyle without looking after lawns and homes.

While the first stage of Nature’s Edge Buderim is now

95 per cent sold, blocks in The Reserve and The Crest in stage 2 are in high demand due to the introduction of the first RV sites.

This has necessitated the release of forest-view sites, The Ridge and The Pinnacle which are expected to sell out rapidly.

Priced from $435,000, there is a selection of two-bedroom plus study or media room designs all architecturally appealing, to over 50s who want space and style.

Homeowners at Nature’s Edge Buderim will have use of the state-of-the-art Leisure Centre, caravan and boat storage, a community bus, an onsite manager and visual intercoms connected to the front gates. The sales office is on site at 25 Owen Creek Rd, Forest Glen and is open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm.

Call 1800 218 898 for an inspection.

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NEWS

PROBUS CLUB INVITATION TO JOIN IN BUSY YEAR

Poms and Aussies on Nearly Australia Day

THE Probus Club of Pumicestone Passage is an energetic group that invites others to join in their activities.

The club began the year on a high note when 19 members met at a local park to celebrate Australia day – two days early, thus calling it “nearly Australia Day”.

The club has a full calendar of social events planned for 2017. Apart from the monthly dinners, coffee mornings and fishing group, there’s a winery weekend and a “guess who’s coming to dinner”.

The hosts have no idea who the guests are and the guests have no idea who the host is, until the 11th hour.

Christmas in July will be held on the Sunshine Coast, transport provided.

There will also be a “murder” party followed by a mystery car tour and a Halloween party, before wrapping up the year with a visit to the Lord Mayor’s Christmas party and a Christmas lunch.

Pumicestone Passage Probus is a mixed club of vibrant men and women from a variety of backgrounds, each one intent on sharing fun and friendship – the Probus mantra.

Retired and semi-retired men and women are invited to join the club, which meets at Bribie RSL on the second Tuesday each month at 9.15am.

Visitors from other clubs are also welcome. Call Gerry 5497 6580 or Margaret 3408 4540.

SANDGATE BEACH WALKS EACH year, Keep Sandgate Beautiful Inc. sponsors “Laurie’s Beach Walks” on the foreshore of Sandgate. Discover the web of life along the Sandgate foreshore and tidal flats in this free walk which takes about two hours.

Discover the soldier crabs, where the stingrays feed, the shell-house worms, moon snails and plenty more. Meet at the picnic area at the southern end of Flinders Parade, opposite the former Baptist Church. Wear shoes that can get wet (not thongs), a hat and sunscreen and bring water. Walks coming up are Friday, March 3, Monday April 3 and Tuesday May 2, all starting at 8am. Numbers are limited, and bookings are essential.

For enquiries and bookings email info@ksba.org.au or call 0410 327 095.

AFTERNOON FRIENDS IN MT GRAVATT

COMMUNITY GUIDED HISTORY WALKS

AFTERNOON Friends, a women’s friendship group at Mount Gravatt, will celebrate International Women’s Day with a high tea on March 7.

It is the start of a busy month with a Nancy Cox-Millner Going Green theme and Lorna Rasmussen for St Patrick’s Day on March 14, a Poetry and Butterflies afternoon on March 21 and board games on March 28.

Meetings are held at the Mt Gravatt Community Centre, 1693 Logan Rd, every Tuesday, 1pm-2.30pm.

Each month members bring a donation of food to give to the community centre to help others.

Afternoon Friends will celebrate its fifth anniversary in July and invites other women to join them and enjoy the variety of programs, afternoon tea and a chat with others.

April will be busy with a party for Easter, and in May, there will be Mother’s Day celebrations, an afternoon tea to benefit cancer research and an outing.

Call facilitator Lorna Rasmussen 3343 9833 or turn up at the community centre on the day.

EACH year the Sandgate Historical Museum presents a program of guided historical walks throughout the local area.

The walks are an opportunity for young and old to learn about their community and the early settlers and development of the area.

Museum volunteers are strong believers that the walks provide an opportunity for everyone to acknowledge our past, to celebrate the present and to look to the future.

The series includes: • Discovering history in the heritage Bald Hills Cemetery • Step into the past on the Shorncliffe Pier and Moora Park history: on the Shorncliffe Pier • Historic homes of Sandgate • Historic buildings of Sandgate A new walk for 2017 will explore the lagoons, the bird life, the life of Thomas Dowse and the historic 1872 monument.

There is a small fee for each walk and morning tea is always included. Walks are easy level. Numbers are limited, and bookings are necessary.

For dates, times and further information and bookings contact the museum 3869 2283 or 0410 327 095, email pam.verney@bigpond.com

Rosemount

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Welcome home to Rosemount, Wesley Mission Queensland’s newest retirement community.

Rosemount retirement community in Sinnamon Park offers over 65s a premiere lifestyle of independence, security, and relaxation. Co-located on site with the Sinnamon Village residential aged care community it features a gourmet café, heated swimming pool, library, gym and lush gardens.

Residents can also enjoy access to the Sinnamon Village wellness centre, including the hydrotherapy pool, right from their doorstep.

Only moments from the Jindalee Homemaker Centre and DFO precinct, Sinnamon Park RSL, Canossa Private Hospital and specialist medical centre, public transport, Rocks Riverside Park and the Brisbane River, Rosemount retirement community is river city living at its finest.

Call our friendly sales team today to find out how you can secure your own perfect slice of retirement life.

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HEALTH

Eat for peak performance, potential and longevity We eat to survive and what we eat determines much about our personality, physical, emotional and mental health and our potential, writes GARY MARTIN.

I

t starts before conception. A tree planted in nutrient-rich soil produces quality fruit. One in nutrient-deficient soil produces poor quality fruit or no fruit at all.

It is the same with humans. Our soils have been farmed to exhaustion and are now mostly dependent on artificial fertilisers. Processed and refined foods dominate our supermarkets. Our hospitals are full. Pharmaceutical companies prevail. Cancer is a plague.

Those who aspire to achieve a long and healthy life must maximise nutrition

and minimise exposure to toxins. This should be our very first science.

There are three nutrient categories: protein, fats and carbohydrates. The most important is protein. The word “protein” is a plural, referring to 22 different amino acids – all individual nutrients. Complete proteins are found in animal products such as eggs, chicken, red meats, fish and dairy foods.

Proteins are responsible for growth, repair, maintenance and most physical and mental functions.

In 1992, the Bordeaux University determined the minimum proteins required daily should be calculated by subtracting 100 from the person’s height in centimetres. This will give the number of grams required for optimal health. A physically active person needs more.

Dr Jan Kwasniewski of Poland advises that a sedentary person should eat one gram of protein per kilogram of his ideal body weight per day.

Both calculations generally produce the same number. Kwasniewski advises physically active persons to increase protein consumption in proportion to their activity levels. Most meats comprise 25 per cent protein. An egg has seven

grams while most dairy products range from 12 per cent to 20 per cent. Eggs provide the most efficient form of complete protein of all foods.

Adequate protein can be helpful in the relief of depression, as the amino acid, L-Tryptophan, enhances the production of serotonin, the mood regulator.

Inadequate dietary protein can adversely affect cognitive function, healing, hormonal balance, sleep, and growth in children. It is also related to fatigue, immune dysfunction, frequent infections and muscle wastage.

Fats are also important for optimal health. The fat family has been blacklisted as public enemy number one since the mid 1900s.

There are fats that heal and fats that kill. The good fats include coconut, olive and other quality oils, butter, cheeses and, to the surprise of many, the fat on our meats. Even chicken skin has great nutritional value.

The Bordeaux University studies in 1992 concluded that daily fat consumption should be 2½ times the intake of protein, of which 80 per cent should be saturated fats. Sounds high, but France has the lowest death rate from

heart attack, cardiovascular disease and stroke in the world. Symptoms related to fat deficiency include aching joints, attention deficit, anxiety, cognitive problems, constipation, course hair, cracked heels, eczema, hypertension, irritability and immune dysfunction.

The brain has a mechanism to warn us when we have eaten enough protein and fat. We feel satisfied. However, carbohydrates can make a full person feel hungry again. This food group requires self-control. A diet low in fat leaves a person feeling dissatisfied, hence one gravitates to carbohydrates.

Carbohydrate foods include grains, sugars, legumes, fruits and vegetables.

The French studies recommend that carbohydrate consumption should be kept to 80 poer cent of protein intake.

It is best to dispense with sugar-based foods and refined grains altogether.

Food should be nutrient-dense, prepared in such a way as to smell, look and taste wonderful.

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A new clinic on the Sunshine Coast, and services also available at Morayfield, has given the region’s first access to technology that can painlessly boost comfort and rejuvenate vaginas without the need, cost or downtime of surgery.

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“We believe women should be free from discomfort often associated with menopause and at V’juvenate, we want to empower women from the inside out to return their freedom and confidence back through vaginal rejuvenation,” she said.

“After only a couple of treatments, our clients report new and improved sex lives, increased comfort when exercising and confidence to get back into activities and hobbies which they had ceased due to discomfort or bladder control issues.”

Radio frequency technology is different to laser technology and is a genuine alternative to labiaplasty or vaginoplasty surgery, which can be expensive, painful or require downtime.

Treatments are likened to a warm massage sensation.

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KNOW YOUR DIET TYPE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR ATTITUDE TO FOOD

Most Australians tend to over-think, have too high expectations and are anxious about failure – all of which can derail the best intentions, according to CSIRO behavioural scientists.

They have recently identified the dominant diet type among Australian adults, revealing why many people find it hard to maintain a healthy diet.

They found there are five behavioural “diet types” with the over-thinking, anxious perfectionist predominant.

CSIRO surveyed more than 28,000 Australian adults to identify the personality traits and behavioural patterns in relation to eating and weight

loss. The research found Australians are motivated to lose weight, with nine out of 10 of surveyed adults attempting to lose weight in their lifetime.

About 50 per cent have made more than six attempts while almost 20 per cent has tried more than 25 times.

But even with motivation and persistence, obesity rates remain high.

The Diet Types program aims to address this gap by identifying psychological characteristics which play a key role in improving diet success.

The most and least common of the five main diet personality types across the surveyed population were: • The Thinker, 41 per cent, overthinking and worrying about failure leads to stress which can derail diet progress.

• The Craver, 25 per cent, craves delicious food and finds it hard to stop, leading to overeating in tempting situations.

• The Foodie, 15 per cent, loves making, eating and experiencing food.

• The Socialiser, 15 per cent, flexibility is essential – you

won’t let strict food restrictions stifle your social life.

• The Freewheeler, 4 per cent, makes spontaneous and impulsive food choices, finds planning meals hard.

“If you have struggled to maintain your diet after a few weeks, your personal diet type will shed light on what behaviours and habits are creating a barrier for you,” says CSIRO Behavioural Scientist Dr Sinead Golley.

“Knowing your personal Diet Type helps you maintain a healthy eating plan because you are more aware and equipped to manage moments of weakness.

“Successful weight loss requires a different mindset, focused on long-term total wellbeing. If you identify as a Thinker, you can improve your eating habits by reflecting more on positive changes and rewarding progressive achievements towards your goal.”

Older people scored highly as The Socialiser type.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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edland Performing Arts Centre (RPAC) has launched its 2017 performance season, so get ready to pencil in your diary dates.

This month it’s Rumour Has It starring Naomi Price in her award-winning portrayal of Adele. This deliciously frank life story comes alive in the words of this world-class performer backed by a six-piece band.

Rumour Has It evokes the inspirational spirit and talent of a mischievous

WALK THE STORY OF BRISBANE working-class diva from Tottenham as she spills intimate details about a meteoric rise that has captured hearts across the globe.

It is March 11, 7.30pm. Also coming up in March is Speak Percussion’s Fluorophone, an extraordinary fusion of light and sound.

If you prefer your music more classical then you can look forward to the return of Queensland Symphony Orchestra, with a selection of movie masterpieces. Be sure to book early as last year’s concert was a sell-out.

The Southern Cross Soloists will also return with a beautiful program of works from the great romantic composers.

For drama, The 7 Stages of Grieving is an enduring masterwork of Australian Indigenous theatre and Bell Shakespeare’s latest masterfully envisioned production, The Merchant of Venice.

For a laugh there are two comedycabarets, the outrageously ocker duo Barbara and Barry with Sweet, Sour and Saucy and the crazy Babushka songstresses with I Can Keep a Secret. The Kransky Sisters also return to RPAC and will be joined by Topology to play some whacky Tunes from the Tube.

Throughout the year there are Indigenous and multicultural events to enjoy.

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WANTOK Musik is a night of Melanesian music and dance on the weekend of the anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s Independence.

This showcase celebration is a partnership in community cultural development with the Quandamooka Festival.

Towards the end of the year, the Cleveland Contemporary Music Event provides a rare opportunity to focus on the excellence, inspiration and imagination driving contemporary music composition and performance.

This will be a celebration in sound performed live in the best acoustic environment in southeast Queensland – the RPAC Concert Hall.

Many national touring and local community productions as well as the popular Musical Melodies Concert Series are also in the mix.

With high quality and diverse productions to choose from RPAC has something for everyone this year.

Tickets for all shows are now on sale with early bird discounts available on many shows for a limited time.

For a free season brochure, call 3829 8131, visit the Box Office (2-16 Middle St, Cleveland) or go to rpac.com.au

LEARN more about the story of Brisbane with an entertaining walk around the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Actors, Therese Collie and Tim Mullooly will transform themselves into a variety of characters to tell the fascinating story of the city as captured in the words of its great writers from Steele Rudd to David Malouf; the defining poetry of Oodgeroo Noonuccal to the songs of The Go-Betweens.

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Diary of a Wombat The Arrival – Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

POPULAR MUSIC // Pearl – The Janis Joplin Story Rumour Has It – starring Naomi Price

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DRAMA // The 7 Stages of Grieving Bell Shakespeare – The Merchant Of Venice

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STRATTON STORY IS A FEAST FOR CINEMA BUFFS

A TOUCH OF THE IRISH

writers have seen the city.

An easy walk, Therese and Tim will give a unique insight into the way of life of Brisbane people, from its original indigenous inhabitants to the European convicts and free settlers, through wars and depression to the jump and jive of the 1950s, the flowering of the ‘60s and the protests of the ‘70s to the present day.

The Story of Brisbane walk starts March 1, and is every Wednesday for one hour from 10am. Tickets are $30 (plus booking fee $3 for singles, $6 for multiples). The tour takes 1 hour. Book at brisbanepowerhouse.org or call 3358 8600.

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TAKE a cultural trip through the glens and valleys of Ireland on the eve of St Patrick’s day with a celebration of Irish culture.

Travel through the glens of Antrim, from Cork to Galway to the ring of Kerry, enjoy ancient stories, heartfelt singalong ballads, fiery traditional Irish music, dance and song, delivered by the very best touring Irish musicians.

Irish Joe, a seanchaí (storyteller) from County Cork, will make you laugh, cry and fall in love, all in the space of a beautifully crafted poem.

If you loved River Dance and Lord of the Dance, and you have an ounce of Celtic blood, you will be enthralled with the atmosphere.

Kindle the Celtic spirit at the Eatons Hill Hotel, on March 16. Bookings 3325 6777.

CINEMA has always been an obsession for the English-born Australian critic David Stratton.

Filed in a ring binder labelled 1946 on a shelf in his office he can, without delay, extract a short “review” he wrote as a seven-year-old after seeing the Australian film The Overlanders.

At last count he’d seen 25,254 films and reviewed most of them.

It was Australia that gave David the opportunity to turn his passion for cinema into a profession, first as the director of the Sydney Film Festival a position he held for nearly two decades – then on national television alongside Margaret Pomeranz for nearly three.

He arrived in Australia an outsider; now he’s a national treasure.

David Stratton’s A Cinematic Life is the story of how a love affair with Australian cinema led one man to understand himself and his adopted country.

A compelling personal journey, he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history.

David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963

and on to his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy.

Parallel is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema including Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.

WIN A FREE DOUBLE PASS Your Time has five double passes to be won to see David Stratton a Cinematic Life after it opens in cinemas on March 9.

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POPS PRESENTS A CELTIC SPECTACULAR LOVERS of all things Celtic can look forward to a spectacular night out with the Queensland Pops Orchestra.

The QPO brand of Celtic magic brings extravaganza of music from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the broader Celtic nations and guests are invited to wear kilts or trews.

The Celtic Spectacular introduces Sarah Calderwood to the Pops audience, a singer-songwriter flautist who unites classic with contemporary folk and is well known in Celtic band circles.

Her first solo album “As Night Falls” was nominated for an ARIA award and Sarah has recently recorded “You Raise me Up” and other songs by Brendan Graham, with the Australian Girls’ Choir.

The orchestra will be joined by the Celtic rock ensemble Murphy’s Pig and there will be highland dancers and the Watkins Academy of Irish Dance, as well as a dazzling display of pipes and drums.

BBC Pipes and Drums will be debuting with the Pops as they prepare for their trip to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2018.

It’s all happening on Saturday, May 20 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm at the QPAC Concert Hall.

JOEL Archer brings back Roaring Twenties Cinema, a silent film night at Metro Arts, at 109 Edward St, in the Brisbane CBD, monthly from Friday, March 17 at 7pm.

Be transported back to cinema-going in the 1920s with a two-hour immersive program. Local musician Fin Taylor will play piano to accompany the silent features in the intimate, air-conditioned Lumen Room on the ground floor.

Prior to the main feature will be previews, cartoons and shorts.

The program will include movies starring Mary Pickford, Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.

Tickets $15. Bookings stickytickets. com.au THE Southern Cross Soloists present Angels and Demons at QPAC’s Concert Hall on Sunday, March 5, at 3pm.

It is an exploration into the fascination of the ethereal cosmos versus the gothic macabre with ABC Classic FM’s Damien Beaumont reprising his role as guest narrator.

Angels and Demons is named after a new work by the Soloists’ Ashley Smith, which will be performed as a world premiere at this concert.

KRISTIAN Fletcher hosts ABBA in Australia, the 40th anniversary celebration at New Globe Theatre, 220 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley on Friday, March 3.

It was one of the biggest tours the country had ever seen. Forty years to the day later, the night will pay tribute to the Swedish pop phenomenon and those couple of weeks when Australia went ABBA-mad.

To the disappointment of Brisbane fans, ABBA only visited Sydney,

AUSTRALIA’S national circus company, Circus Oz, returns to QPAC Playhouse with a new show, Model Citizens, from April 12-15.

Audiences will be taken on a visually and emotionally charged journey by the multi-talented Circus Oz ensemble, exploring what it really means to be a Model Citizen in our “lucky” country.

Set in a beautiful yet chaotic model kit world, Model Citizens seamlessly blends the risk, beauty and rawness of acrobatic circus with pumping live music, stunning lighting, breath taking physical improbability and no shortage of absurdity.

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videos plus rare footage and concert clips will play on the retro cinema’s big screen.

Dress-up in jumpsuits is optional.

Foyer and licensed bar opens 6pm, cinema opens 6.30pm, screening 7pm.

Tickets $12. Bookings kristianfletcher.com. With licensed bar (18+)

ACCLAIMED Scottish singer, songwriter Eddi Reader will play Concert Hall for one night only on Thursday, March 16.

Eddi and her four-piece band will perform songs from across her enduring career, including The Songs of Robert

Burns, a timeless interpretation showcasing the poems of Scotland’s national bard.

The album gained her a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for outstanding contributions to the arts.

Eddi’s rare blend of tenderly true vocals and towering romanticism, combined with an astute and pragmatic nature, make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary British music.

TWILIGHT Notes is set to enchant audiences with a collection of intimate musical discoveries in the QPAC Concert Hall in six concerts, between March 29 and October 30.

Designed as an early evening escape from the ordinary, each concert will showcase some of Australia and the world’s most cherished chamber artisans.

The first Twilight Notes concert, will showcase one of Finland’s musical prodigies, pianist Paavali Jumppanen, on Wednesday March 29, 6.30pm.

Equally at home as a concerto soloist or in recital, Paavali will perform works by fellow countryman, Sibelius, as well as Debussy and Beethoven.

Unique chamber music partnership Ensemble Liaison will perform the second Twilight Notes concert on June 5.

Bookings qpac.com.au or 136 246

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Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

A “Bring ABBA to Brisbane” rally was held in King George Square in October 1976 and there was even a “ABBA Bring Them to Brisbane Association”. A “Get ABBA to Brisbane” petition managed to muster more than 30,000 signatures.

According to the band’s agent, it was “physically impossible”to come to Brisbane, as “time and technical difficulties of putting such a big show on the road are the biggest problems”.

Newspapers reported ABBA cassette sales were higher in Brisbane than in Melbourne.

Joh Bjelke-Petersen shocked Queenslanders by publicly announcing that he hoped ABBA would change their mind.

Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Frida and an entourage of 117 people arrived in Sydney in late February 1977. ABBA played 11 dates in Australia before a total of 160,000 people.

The fan-frenzy is immortalised in ABBA The Movie, a documentary compiled from hours of footage filmed during ABBA’s 1977 Australian tour.

Interwoven with a loose plot about a radio DJ trying to get an interview with the group, it features stunning live performances of their classic hits.

After the movie, end the night dancing to your favourite ABBA music videos. A collection of classic ABBA music

THE swinging Paris Combo will make their Queensland debut in a one night only concert on Monday March 20, at QPAC’s Concert Hall.

As diverse and sophisticated as the city from which they hail, Paris Combo has garnered global acclaim and an immense following for their unique, fun-loving blend of swinging gypsy jazz, cabaret, French pop and Latino and Middle Eastern rhythms.

Fronted by the charismatic vocals of chanteuse Belle du Berry, Paris Combo is David Lewis (trumpet, flugelhorn, piano), Potzi (guitar), François Jeannin (drums, background vocals) and Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac (double bass).

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The WORLD in Your Hands

Travel in Your Time

North to Alaska, go north the rush is on Alaska is attracting Australians in record numbers and the reasons, writes RODERICK EIME, are obvious from the moment you arrive.

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Wilderness Adventurer waits in the bay. (Image: Roderick Eime)

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he vast wilderness, huge range of activities for all tastes and budgets and the sheer sense of adventure is a wonderful attraction for outdoor-loving Aussies.

But Alaska’s tourism season is short and frantic and the best attractions sell out quickly, so first-timers are advised to plan carefully with the assistance of an experienced agent.

Any visit to Alaska should include both land and sea components to gain full insight into this rich and varied destination.

Alaska’s famous Inside Passage is where the vast majority of cruising takes place, whether you have chosen the big or small ship option.

Bordered by stunning mountain ranges with dense forest to the shoreline and calm, deep waterways, the Inside Passage is a 1500km sheltered sea extending from Seattle in Washington to Skagway in Alaska.

Most commonly claimed by the Alaskans because of its enormous tourism appeal, the protected waterways were originally explored by early navigators as a way to escape the dreadful weather in the Pacific Northeast.

Very soon tales of this most agreeable land and the favourable passage were widespread in maritime circles.

Alaska’s portion encompasses more than 1000 islands, 24,000km of shoreline and thousands of coves and bays, while British Columbia’s share is of similar extent.

During the northern summer tourist season (mid-May to mid-September) the seaborne traffic through the passage gets hectic.

The big cruise ships from lines such as HAL, NCL and Princess, each carrying around 2000 passengers, loaf along the tranquil waters, soaking up the crisp air and eye-popping scenery. Stopping occasionally at the little villages and

towns, the enterprising locals come out in force to embrace the cashed-up tourists.

Alaskan Inside Passage cruises are overwhelmingly popular, easy on the motion-sensitive tummy, and overflowing with magnificent scenery and fun shore excursions. But the big ship experience barely scratches the surface of the wondrous nature and wilderness possibilities hidden away.

Small ship options are a fascinating way to explore the truly wild Alaska.

Adventure cruise options available

from such operators as Lindblad Expeditions, Un-Cruise, Alaskan Dream Cruises and others will permit much more intimate exploration of these glorious waters.

Excursion by a Zodiac is the preferred method, where a dozen passengers and a guide can investigate wildlife sightings, birds, plants and geographic features at leisure.

These vessels typically carry less than 50 passengers into some of the most continued page 38>

National Geographic Sea Bird at Glacier Bay. (Image: Roderick Eime)

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Malawi safari can make a huge difference Veterinarian DR ELIZA SMITH invites you to play chicken and join her on a trip to Africa with a difference — and a purpose — this year.

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xplore everything that the warm heart of Africa offers with an award-winning tour company – and make a difference to the international work of a Queensland born and bred organisation that strives to build social security for the country’s poorest, in a somewhat surprising way.

The Kyeema Foundation empowers communities to be self-sustaining by protecting their income – vaccinating their chickens which represent their currency.

Pleasingly, the donations you make to the organisation as part of the tour fee will be tax deductible as we have DGR status in Australia.

The tour company, Crooked Compass, is a boutique tour operator uncovering the world’s best kept secrets through small group touring and customised

itineraries. It was created to inspire, educate and encourage travellers to understand responsible tourism by providing culturally immersive experiences, supporting local communities and projects.

Travellers see their destination through the eyes of a local, uncovering the side of a destination they didn’t know existed.

So while enjoying a rare view of Malawi, you will also be supporting its people.

Apart from the legendary Malawian friendliness, what captures you first about this vivid country is its geographical diversity.

Slicing through the landscape in a trough formed by the Great Rift Valley is Africa’s third largest lake, Lake Malawi.

It is a shimmering mass of clear water,

its depths swarming with colourful cichlid fish. Liwonde, in the southern region of Malawi, is its premier nature reserve and a haven for wildlife, thanks to the Shire River, the lifeblood of the park.

Ntchisi Forest Lodge sits at the foot of one of the last remaining indigenous rainforests in southern Africa. This area of outstanding natural beauty is surrounded by rolling hills covered by subsistence farming and dotted with traditional villages.

Each of the accommodation places have been carefully chosen to give you a truly rewarding and rejuvenating hospitality experience with an unmistakable African warmth and flare.

Indeed, the country is widely predicted to be the next big safari destination, so you can be one of the first to understand why.

Most people in Australia simply cannot fathom how chickens can be so important to someone’s livelihood. A $5 donation provides a household with two hens, a rooster and protection from disease for a whole year.

As their flocks grow, the chicken meat and eggs can be sold for school fees, medical fees, more diverse household

diets, reliable household energy and, more often than not, more investment in the health and husbandry of their birds to further improve their business opportunities and quality of life.

Kyeema most often works with women and children, as well as disability or HIV/AIDs affected households because of the importance of chickens in these communities. Chickens are traditionally cared for by women and require less resource and time inputs compared with other livestock.

There is also the incredible nutritional benefits the eggs and meat provide to those with little access to other nutrients or diverse crop foods.

Where will you stay and what will you do?

Arrive in Malawi, transport to Ntchisi with three nights at Ntchisi Forest Lodge.

On day 2, there will be village visits with Kyeema Foundation to learn about its supported program, the National Rural Poultry Centre of Malawi.

Day 3 will be village visits with Kyeema Foundation or spend the day with a local, learning about their work.

On days four and five, see Lake Malawi and enjoy two nights at Makakola Retreat.

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Australlian-born Gemma Sisia opened the gates to The School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in Africa, in 2002 with the belief that education is the best way to fight poverty.

Infrastructure such as roads, health and education are still in the early stages of development, but this is balanced against the wildlife, culture and optimism of the people.

This means that making any sort of project work is highly rewarding but extremely challenging.

To achieve a runaway success like Gemma and her team have done is virtually unprecedented.

Gemma’s journey began from an idea crystallized through late-night conversations with a Ugandan girl and the first “buy a brick” campaign in Australia.

In 2002, three students entered the 100 per cent charity-funded school.

It now delivers free, high-quality primary and secondary education to about 1800 of the most gifted yet impoverished students in northern Tanzania.

It has expanded to three campuses with boarding and employs more than 280 staff.

St Jude’s runs along modern educational lines and is starting to produce graduates who are truly useful in

Days six, seven and eight, head to Liwonde National Park for three nights at Mvuu Camp.

Then it’s an overnight in the capital Lilongwe, and a night at Latitude 13 before departure.

Why not connect with something bigger on your holiday this year. This country and its people will surely make your heart smile.

Make their story part of your stories in 2017.

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Gemma Sisia will share her stories. helping shape this emerging nation.

In 2015, the first Sixth Form class graduated – less than 2 per cent of the student population in Tanzania graduate – and the school introduced a voluntary Community Service Year for graduating students.

The program provides graduates an opportunity to give back to their community by either teaching in their local government school or working at St Jude’s.

It has been a huge success, with local schools reporting an increase in student attendance and improved grades.

Graduates of St Jude’s have also been accepted into quality universities throughout Tanzania, embarking on

studies in engineering, medicine, science and education.

The School of St Jude’s aims to be an exemplary, modern, self-sustainable institution that brings about change in the Tanzanian education system by enabling Tanzanians to run successful schools, alleviating poverty and breaking the cycle of external aid dependency.

Through high-quality and wellrounded education and mentorship, it is fostering the next generation of leadership in Tanzania.

Part of Gemma’s responsibility remains to tirelessly fundraise.

Each year, she sets off on a long fundraising road trip around Australia, appearing regularly on TV and radio.

Gemma and her team, including Winrose, one of her new graduates, will be sharing their inspirational story at the Brisbane High Rise Cocktail Party at Level 10, 100 Creek St, Brisbane on March 22, from 5.30pm.

Gemma’s inspirational story “Fighting Poverty through Education” is one of hope, determination and persistence.

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Grizzly at Denali National Park remote and secluded nooks and crannies along the Passage where you can get up close (but not too close) to calving glaciers while escorted by pods of orcas and inquisitive seals.

The tourist attractions such as the abundance of glaciers in Prince William Sound, the delightful Alaska Railroad and the awe-inspiring Denali National Park should all be considered, but just remember, everyone else is considering them too.

This is where booking with an experienced agent is important. Don’t let a rookie mistake spoil your expensive holiday.

Apart from the enormous variety and scope of natural attractions, there is a refreshing perspective on indigenous tourism in Alaska.

“First nation” families run many of the museums and guided tours in and around the little towns such as Petersburg, Ketchikan and Wrangell. An exquisite piece of Alaskan native artwork is a magnificent souvenir.

Other activities to consider include guided trekking, kayaking, flightseeing and camping.

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FAST facts • Alaska, “the last frontier” is the largest and most sparely populated US state.

• It was organised as a territory in 1912 and became the 49th state in the union in 1959.

• Capital: Juneau but the most populous city is Anchorage.

• Area: 1.718 million sq km

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Unforgettable experience deep in the heart of Africa Ngorongoro crater has long been a contender for one of the wonders of the natural world, writes SEAN LUES whose memories of Tanzania remain strong.

T

he crater, declared a World Heritage site in 1979, is the remnant of a long-extinct volcano and is the largest unflooded, unbroken caldera in the world.

At about 20km across and 600m deep, it is a breathtaking natural wonder – or it certainly was for me on my first visit, and it still continues to impress.

The first impression for most comes after driving through subsistence and commercial farming areas, followed by the abrupt start of dense forest at the boundary of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

After winding your way up the steep and narrow road with sparkles of butterflies and birds in the undergrowth and slowing for troops of baboons or even elephants on the road, you arrive at the summit, on the rim of the crater where that breathtaking view unfolds.

From the lookout platform, visitors can watch eagles circle past or search the crater floor to

It would be a rare day when a pride of lions doesn’t wander past. spot any of about 25,000 large mammals that live there.

Scanning with binoculars, you realise the cluster of dots on the crater floor are actually a herd of buffalo. A large grey lump is an elephant, hippo, or if really lucky, a black rhino.

With limited access to the crater floor, vehicle numbers are controlled. This helps keep the experience as exclusive as possible and with the large concentration of animals, it is possible to keep away from the crowds. The crater floor has

thousands of buffalo, zebra, gazelle and wildebeest, among other antelope.

It also has the highest known concentration of lions in Africa. It would be an extremely rare day when at least one wouldn’t be sighted. I have even seen them hunting down there.

Hyena and jackal are also in abundance as well as other predators.

Maasai tribesmen are allowed to enter the crater daily, to graze their livestock but they have to leave again before

nightfall (as does everyone else).

It is the Maasai who gave this remarkable area the name of “el-nkoronkoro” or “gift of life”. The Maasai first came into this area about 200 years ago, displacing the Datoga tribe, who had previously displaced other tribes. Hominids have been occupying this area for as long as three million years, maybe more, for it is within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area that Dr Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the remains of Zinjanthropus in the worldfamous Olduvai (Oldupaai, according to the Maasai) Gorge, which is a short drive north of the crater.

Numerous other hominids have been found here, including homo habilis.

There are numerous spots within the vicinity of the crater where the Maasai will welcome you to their boma (living enclosures) to see how they live – a very, very different existence to most of us in Australia!

No one is allowed to overnight within the crater, but on the rim and the surrounding areas there is a huge choice of accommodation types, all discreetly away from each other, making the most of the expanse of Africa.

There is everything from sites where you can put up your own tent, traditional East African permanent tented sites and colonial-style lodgings to sprawling hotel-type lodges or boutique 5-star luxury lodges.

One of my greatest memories is sitting wrapped up in a Maasai shuka (blanket) next to the crackling camp fire of my lodge, the full moon lighting up the crater floor in front of me.

From far below a lion roared, the spine-tingling sound travelling through the crisp night air, followed by the whooping and cackling hyena … and then silence again.

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Tours in tune with fine music-lovers

THE owners of opera and song company, OPERATIF! have struck a chord with their travel business Music-Lovers Tours.

Soprano Jennifer Parish and baritone Stewart Cameron lovingly create and host every tour and up to 200 clients, many of them repeat, enjoy one of the boutique tours each year.

“It was an easy transition from producing acclaimed performances to sharing our other passion, travel,” they say.

Each tour features music in the itinerary, from the grand opera houses of Europe to Sydney’s Opera on the Harbour.

There is OPERATIF!’s own Opera in Paradise festival on Norfolk Island and a musical cruise charter in Burma or in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands – “the possibilities to create appealing holidays with music are endless”.

Jennifer and Stewart believe the

quick success of their tours comes down to hard work, creativity and always aiming to exceed client expectations.

“We love to spoil our clients,” Stewart said. “A glass of bubbly, a surprise special visit ... such things are appreciated.”

The 2017 offerings include Opera on the Harbour in Sydney (already sold out); a tour of Vienna Prague and Budapest, (also sold out); the Verdi Opera Festival in Parma, Italy plus opera at La Scala. There is also a premium tour of Tasmania.

Coming up in 2018, is OPERATIF!’s 12th Opera in Paradise festival on Norfolk Island, a Dolce Vita tour of smaller towns and secret locations in Italy and a colourful tour of southern England and Wales.

Each Music-Lovers tour offers much besides music, with engaging itineraries filled with enriching, enjoyable experiences, excellent central hotels, an easy pace and always a surprise or two.

“We spend hours designing each tour, much as we do a good performance”, Jennifer says. “Each is filled with plenty of variety, high points and conviviality.

“When clients tell us they feel they are travelling with friends, we know we have achieved what we were aiming for.”

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Captain Arpad was informative and handled the vessel well even when the

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There is a range of guided holidays to suit every taste and budget while meeting like-minded people from around the world – couples, friends, families, solo travellers and the young at heart.

Venture deeper into each destination while entertaining and experienced travel directors and driver guides share their stories and local knowledge.

With everything taken care of, guests can focus on making memories and discovering new places as AAT Kings brings each destination to life.

Highlighted this month is New Zealand.

Whether you’re interested in nature and wildlife, experiencing different cultures, indulging tastebuds or are up for some soft adventure, New Zealand is the perfect choice.

Discover Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park and the majestic view of the Remarkables that surrounds Queenstown in the spectacular South Island.

In the North Island, explore the geothermal region of Rotorua, experience a heart-pounding haka for a taste of Maori culture, make your way to the buzzing city of Auckland for some light

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Departing Brisbane on October 20, is a fully-escorted European Highlights cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam.

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Queenstown mall shopping by the harbour, then travel north to discover the Bay of Islands.

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stunning scenery while cruising the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers past the beautiful cities of Bratislava, Vienna, Regensburg, Bamberg, Oberwesel and more.

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Esperance – A pretty perfect stopover in the West After travelling across the Nullarbor on the Eyre Highway, the first major town in Western Australia is Norseman and here, writes grey nomad BEVERLEY EVERSON, there are decisions to be made.

The coastline in the south of Western Australia.

H

ere in the Goldfields-Esperance region, the questions arises, do we turn north to Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie and the goldfields and soak up the beautiful rugged countryside of the west? Or do we turn south and head towards the coast to the edge of the Southern Ocean.

On a previous trip in the 1980s we

had taken the western route to the goldfields on our way to Perth, but this trip was all about following the coastline as much as possible.

We steered south to the town of Esperance, a region of agriculture, fishing and tourism.

Esperance enjoys a Mediterranean climate with dry summers and cool wet

winters and while we were there in May, it did not disappoint with 15C and drizzle some days.

However, most days are warm with brilliant sunshine and even warm enough for a dip in the ocean.

But on southerly-wind days, the air is fresh and crisp straight from the Great Southern Ocean so the Queenslanders had to rug up.

Statistics indicate that Esperance experiences only 86 days of fine weather a year.

Esperance’s prosperity was influenced by whalers and sealers followed by pastoralists and miners keen to cash in on the boom in the goldfields to the north.

The town’s jetty was built in the 1890s after the discovery of gold and a railway line was completed in 1927 between Coolgardie and Esperance.

A number of wind turbines supply electricity to the town. This was the first wind-driven power generating farm in Australia when it was built at Salmon Beach as a research facility in 1987.

There are all the usual choices of accommodation from backpackers to caravan parks, motels and B&Bs.

Esperance

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The table in our caravan had broken and we had no trouble replacing it while in town. There’s everything you would expect of a larger town with a population of about 10,000.

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Port Esperance passed through the waters off Esperance in 1627, but he didn’t bother to stop.

French explorers are acknowledged as the first to land in this area in 1792.

Esperance (meaning hope) was named after a French ship.

Much later, in 1802, Matthew Flinders sailed the Bay of Isles discovering and naming places such as Lucky Bay and Thistle Cove in the Cape Le Grand National Park.

“Prosperity was influenced by whalers and sealers followed by pastoralists and miners”

Even explorer Edward Eyre camped here, in June 1841, after suffering a disastrous crossing of the Nullarbor.

Captain Rossiter on the whaling vessel Mississippi came to his aid and Eyre named Rossiter Bay after his rescuer.

Close to town are numerous beaches for surfing, scuba diving or just enjoying a casual drive along the Great Ocean Drive, a 38km circular loop that travels past breathtaking coastal scenery such as Blue Haven and Twilight Beach.

Or you might see fishermen out catching salmon or families swimming, surfing and windsurfing.

Rotary Lookout and Observatory Point give you excellent views over Salmon Beach, coastal rocks and the wind turbine farms in the distance.

It is home to the Cyclops wave, said to be the world’s heaviest wave, which sees huge volumes of water crashing on a shallow reef.

This was featured in the Bra Boys documentary.

Also nearby are a number of salt lakes, the best known being Pink Lake, which gains its rosy colour from the red algae living in its waters. This is especially spectacular at sunset.

There are five major national parks within a few hours drive of town.

The closest is Cape Le Grand National Park, with its big granite boulders, rugged coastal peaks (the highest being

Frenchman’s Peak which you can climb), coastal sand heath with wildflowers everywhere and stunning white beaches touched by aqua waters.

The furthest is Cape Arid NP at the mouth of the Thomas River and the eastern end of the Racherche Archipelago, which is a string of about 110 islands, many within sight of the shoreline.

You certainly will be spoilt in your stopover here as the pace is relaxing, the people are most friendly and the scenery magic.

ESPERANCE trivia • In 1979 pieces of the space station Skylab crashed on to Esperance after it broke up over the Indian Ocean. The local shire council fined the United States $400 for littering.

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BOOK REVIEW

ELIZABETH PASCOE

Father Frank Docherty is to speak at a Council of the Clergy.

His chosen career hasn’t been smooth sailing as he has an open mind and tends to query some of the Catholic Church’s dogma.

We follow this story through Frank, who is an honourable and dedicated priest with some human traits which make him all the more approachable, vital to the path he is now going to undertake. This book caught me by surprise. My first reaction was “here we go again, another story on child abuse”.

We meet people from all walks and stages of life. This is a subtle and cautionary tale written by an author whose knowledge of the Catholic faith shines through. Worth reading.

TONY HARRINGTON

This is a well written, engaging and entertaining novel by a prolific master author. Tom Keneally’s life journey has given him keen insights into the clergy and the problems and politics of the Catholic church. This story sensitively deals with topical issues of child abuse and the denial and aggressive legal action against the victims to protect maleficent priests and the institution of the church. Interwoven themes include Humanae Vitae, the prohibition of all forms of contraception for married couples, celibacy and the reluctance of the church over the past 40 years to modernise. The hero of this story embodies all the qualities we expect of a priest who is the real deal. This book is the real deal and provides a glimmer of hope for an outdated institution.

You don’t have to be a Catholic to read this book. 8/10.

BOOK review JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT The central character of this book, Fr Frank Docherty, would to most people be a fair representation of what a Catholic priest should be – learned, progressive, questioning, compassionate, faithful to the church, friends and parishioners. And he holds true to these values despite a protectionist culture embedded in the church that serves to divorce it from reality.

Fr Frank, on leave from an exile post in Canada, is unrelenting in his pursuit of societal and ecclesiastical justice for three victims of a predatory priest who has risen to a position of authority and the protection of his Cardinal.

While a work of fiction I could not help but feel that this story was real. Strongly recommend this book. It’s a good read.

CRIMES OF THE FATHER

By Tom Keneally

Keneally, an ex-seminarian, interrogates the damage done to innocents as the Catholic Church has prevaricated and covered up for its own. Fr Frank Docherty, ex-communicated to Canada due to his radical preaching on the Vietnam War and other human rights causes, is now a psychologist and monk. He returns to Australia to speak on abuse in the Church, and unwittingly is soon listening to stories from two different people – a young man, via his suicide note, and an ex-nun – who both claim to have been sexually abused by an eminent Sydney cardinal. Fr Docherty finds he must confront each party involved in the abuse.

Did I enjoy this book? Hard to say. It did, however, leave me feeling that even in this age of enlightenment and exposure, the Catholic Church has not moved forward with the times.

It is still covering for its own when priests guilty of abuse and paedophilia are exposed.

That the Catholic Church has the money to hire the most expensive lawyers and pays the abused to keep quiet, is a travesty of justice.

The book is incredibly well written when dealing with the hard topic of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The coincidences and how the paths of the main characters cross with Fr Frank Docherty is cleverly plotted.

A worthwhile read but I am glad I am not a Catholic or my faith would be very much tested.

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MARY BARBER This is a compelling novel. On the downside, the vocabulary can be a stretch and it’s peppered with ecclesiastical words.

You may need to read it with a dictionary nearby.

Keneally draws you into the lives of these Sydneysiders. I was never lost in this book as each chapter title gives you a short description and a date.

Like other great authors, he is able to turn a broad social issue into a detailed personal story that you can understand and care about.

Keneally does have a way with words, even when the topic is harrowing. This is a lively book and worth the read.

Author Tom Keneally is a top-notch storyteller and with his background of seminary studies, his telling is authentic and absorbing.

The period portrayed is the early 1960s when priests, nuns and the hierarchy were on such high pedestals that for the laity, they were untouchable. It was a time when guilt was ingrained and Catholicism was a religion of fear and rules.

This book is a ‘déjà vu’ for Catholics who lived through those years.

It is confronting and shocking and left me sad and angry. Despite some optimism towards the end, I was left with a feeling that the Catholic Church has a long way to go before it is relevant to this day and age.

It is a book worth reading if only for the portrayal of the characters and the sad realisation that Tom Keneally could write similar stories for other institutions based on evidence from the royal commission.

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TRIVIA

By Quizmaster Allan Blackburn

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS QUICK CROSSWORD

1. A fawn is the young of what animal?

2. What is the capital city of Switzerland?

3. In Australia, on what hand is a wedding ring normally worn??

4. How many seconds in a quarter hour?

5. What is the specialty of a dermatologist?

6. How does a sheet of A3 paper compare in size to a sheet of A4?

4?

7. What song has the line, “The pipes, the pipes are calling”?

8. What does “per favore” mean in Italian?

9. Which gem comes from a living thing?

10. In what month of 2016 was the infamous “Brexit” vote?

11. What group of people has a name meaning “eater of raw meat”? at”?

12. Sam Snead found fame in what sport?

13. What kind of thing is a shooting brake?

14. Suffolk Punch, Percheron and Shire are all types of what?

15. Who was credited with the saying, “I think, therefore I am”?

16. The red, white and blue flag of France flies with which colour closest to the flag pole?

17. Kayak, rotor and noon are examples of what kind of words?

18. Who was the wooden boy whose nose grew when he lied?

19. Which country manufactures the most cars?

20. Caries is usually called what?

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

SUDOKU (MEDIUM)

SUDOKU (EASY)

WORD FIND

CODE WORD CWH S MX P A F G J O K 15

14

2

1

16

17

18

19

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21

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25

26

Q Y R Z E L U I DN V B T 3

4

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13

PERMUTATE BLANK, BLEAK, BAKER-BREAK, BROKE, POKER, PROSE

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There may be other correct answers

SCATTERWORD DEFLEXION, flexion, enfold, fondle, donee, oldie, doxie, oxide, olden, foxie, felon, olein, dole, lode, done, node, fold, fond, idol, nodi, floe, leno, lone, noel, oxen, foil, info, lino, lion, loin, noil.

1. Deer; 2. Berne; 3. Left; 4. 900; 5. The skin; 6. Twice as big; 7. Danny Boy; 8. Please; 9. Pearl; 10. June; 11. Eskimos; 12. Golf; 13. Car; 14. Horses, specifically draught horses; 15. Rene Descartes; 16. Blue; 17. Palindromes; 18. Pinocchio; 19. China; 20. Tooth decay.

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PUZZLES

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

DOWN

1

1

4 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 21

The sergeant takes an old measure to register olfactory perception (5) That which persuades one to be neat? (5) Bungling the pouring of cement in top condition (11) Ban part of the music (3) A mound out of plum (4) Force beam used in battle (4) An elevated plain denture with gold on it (7) Sounds like a means of securing the port (4) Amusing but aimless animals (4) Kneeling without any washed linen on the casket (3) Impromptu visit, seen in the circumstances to be lacking in tact (11) Bequeath what one owned, possibly (5) Fierce fighter loses fish ends without really changing much (5)

2 3 4 5 6 8 11 12 14 16 17 18

No. 2523

Spin smoothly with inward rotations, leaping first (5) Included all the aspects that make men so spaced out (11) Medicated balm for a gentle beast (4) I hear you look intently at the landing place (4) Spreading rapidly it made the vigneron run out (11) Given a brief at typing class comprising a lot of lard (5) Functions as average bonds (7) Work with a measure of wool (3) Make hard work of a cigarette? (3) Give up eggs first, rather completely (5) Ox direct! (5) You are aware of the negative side, I hear (4) You left the shame for a brighter coating (4)

CODEWORD

1

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3

14

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W

R

No. 714

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WORK IT OUT!

SUDOKU WORDFIND

Level: Medium

No. 43

armour bard castle chivalry court drawbridge dungeon inn jester joust keep king knight lady

No. 772

land lord lute noble page princess queen quest sire sonnet sword throne trod

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PUZZLES

QUICK CROSSWORD

No. 3624

SCATTERWORD

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Today’s Aim: 21 words Good 26 words Very good 29 words Excellent

Level: Easy

No. 771

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SUDOKU

No. 2960

L

Form at least one nine letter word from the given letters and as many other words as possible of four or more letters. Each word must contain the letter in the central circle. Simple plurals, formed by adding “s” are not counted as extra words. No prefixes or suffixes. Reference: The Macquarie Concise Dictionary.

PERMUTATE

ACROSS 1 5 8 10 13 14 15 17 20

21 22 23

Very poor person Wearing a sleeveless cloak Alternatively Wooden frames to hold artists’ works Groups of people exercising major influence Solvent Cads Hypnotic state A benefit obtained by virtue of one’s employment (informal) Cut glass Timid Relating to the thigh bone

26 28 29 31 32 33 35

Move on water Worships Glued Authorise Serviette Scanty Unit of electrical potential 36 Evade 37 Haunt

DOWN 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11

Exclamation Fore-runner Pauses from work Salad plant Inventor’s copyright Scatter Soldier on watch Mistake Wise

12 16 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 34

Onion-like plant Made a choice Murderers Telegram Mountain pass Gambling venue Acted obsequiously Wiped up liquid Rehearse the memory of former experiences Became submerged Article Sauce oft served with pasta Period of time Dance step

No. 033

WORK IT OUT!

Your aim is to change the top word one letter at a time, each time rearranging the letters to create a new word. Perform one such permutation for each blank line until you arrive at the last word. There may be more than one correct solution.

BLANK

_____ _____ _____ _____ PROSE

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