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here’s no question, that most of us like the idea of being able to continue living at home doing things our way when the old body begins to fail.

The prospect of living out my days in a care home makes me shudder. I don’t like boiled cabbage and imitation instant coffee.

The sentiment was reinforced by the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care, which brought too many nightmare situations to light.

On the bright side, the government has come up with a relatively sound model for helping us live at home longer – if only we could get to it.

Julie Lake, who investigated the issue a year ago, returns this month with a follow-up, and has an inside

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Contents view as she has been assessed by the RAS because of back problems and other health issues exacerbated by being her husband’s carer. She was given a low priority.

“This means I have Buckley’s chance of getting any home assistance on my own behalf – that’s when you start consulting home-aids magazines and hike down to the rehab equipment shops,” she says.

She has found that the quality of services available were varied and excellent – yet many people either didn’t know about them or had trouble accessing them.

Curiously, nobody in authority wanted to answer her questions during her research yet, on January 30, she was contacted by a survey team asking why she had expressed dissatisfaction with aspects of the MyAgedCare service. At the same time, two people she had interviewed suddenly got a result. Julie wonders if it’s a coincidence.

If we have to work longer, perhaps it could be our job to design a system that works and let the eager but non-empathetic young bureaucrats do something else.

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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One year after reporting on how the Australian Government encourages those over 65 to live at home forever, JULIE LAKE revisits her investigation to find that several of the promised subsidised home care packages are available – if you can meet the challenge of accessing them.

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t can be very difficult, confusing and downright stressful trying to navigate the MyAgedCare system which is why many people with health issues still opt to go into assisted living facilities rather than remain in their own home.

Everyone interviewed for this report said much the same thing: Those who deliver aged care at home level – the

ACAT teams, the nurses, the respite carers, the domestic assistants – are all wonderful.

It’s the cumbersome, centralised administration that’s at fault.

The many glossy booklets put out by MyAgedCare are reassuring, even impressive. As is the website.

But the reality doesn’t always live up

to the cheery rhetoric. Firstly, it’s important to know the difference between home support services and home-care packages.

The Commonwealth Home Support Program subsidises help with housework, personal care, meals and food preparation, transport, shopping, occupational therapy, social support, home repairs and planned respite (to give carers a break).

This is delivered by a registered service provider such as BlueCare, OzCare, Anglicare etc. and you are expected to contribute to this service if you can afford it, with costs varying according to the type of service and the provider, who bills the client for contributions.

The Home Care Package services, graded one to four according to level of need, are subsidised through government payment of a designated amount of money a year (depending on package level) to a provider, with the client then selecting the services required and finding a provider who can deliver such services.

For both categories of in-home support, you will need assessment and MyAgedCare is the point of entry.

For home support services you will need a visit from a Regional Assessment Service assessor who, if you qualify, will supply you with referral codes to give to the service providers.

For home care packages you will need a visit from an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) who will then set the process in motion.

All well and good.

But let’s look at a couple of case histories to understand how difficult this process can be.

CASE 1: John S. (surnames are withheld in both cases because they are afraid of “upsetting the system”).

John is 84 and suffers from multiple serious health problems. He is mentally fine but his mobility is poor. He and his wife, who is also his carer, applied to MyAgedCare last September for a Level Three home care package.

He was already receiving three hours domestic assistance from a local (but limited) service provider. In October, John was visited by an RAS assessor who approved the interim help of a home support service plus some minor home modifications.

A misunderstanding of the process, especially the relevance of the approval codes, meant a month’s delay in applying to a service provider. The service provider, one of the larger and more wide-reaching church-based organisations, was unable to respond until the end of January.

That provider now supplies a carer to give John a shower three times a week plus three hours respite once a week so his wife can go and do the shopping because John cannot be left alone for long periods.

The respite person will also do light duties round the house and change John’s sheets and make his bed because his wife’s own health issues means she is unable to easily do this.

Four months after the first approach for an ACAT assessment John’s application for a Level Three package was approved, with the proviso that this could take up to 12 months to implement.

He was also given the necessary approvals for respite residential care (so his wife occasionally can take a holiday)

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and admittance to an assisted living facility should that become necessary.

This is interesting because it shows that getting into a nursing home is easier than getting a home package, provided of course that a room is available.

“We are relieved to have finally come this far”, John says.

“But it’s been a tough journey because dealing with these government departments is incredibly frustrating and slow at a time in your life when you are really too exhausted and unwell to be able to cope.

“It’s confusing to be dealing with both MyAgedCare (the overarching authority) and ACAT and they don’t always talk to each other it seems, which makes for more confusion.”

As just one example, when ACAT finally got in touch, John missed the call.

He rang back immediately but the caller wasn’t available. He left a message.

The next day he received a call from MyAgedCare who told him the longwaited assessment had been “rejected” because the ACAT assessor had not been able to make contact.

This caused a lot of anguish but when contact was eventually made with the ACAT co-ordinator the assessment had not been cancelled and the information given

by MyAgedCare turned out to be wrong.

“You find yourself talking to Michelle here and Jane there and Charlie somewhere else and you can’t remember who works for which department or service provider and the whole thing is so confusing you feel like shooting yourself,” says John.

“And then they keep asking you whether you are depressed or suffering from anxiety. What’s more, by the time one level of home care has kicked in you are likely to have deteriorated enough to need the next level.”

CASE 2: Sandie D. is in her mid-60s and suffered a stroke a year ago. She was left with chronic weakness down one side which means she can’t hold things easily and must walk with a stick. The inability to exercise has led to weight increase which has given her further problems.

And, she says, the stroke has left her “weaker in mind” and unable to concentrate easily or deal with problems. She is long-since divorced and her only family is a daughter with problems of her own who lives interstate.

Sandie was approved for home

“By the time one level of care kicks in you are likely to have declined enough to need the next level” support and, when available, a home care package.

“But it all took so long,” she says, “And I could never really get to grips with what I was entitled to or when I’d get it because I found myself dealing with so many people and so much paperwork”. Unable to cope, Sandie went into a nursing home for interim respite. Her condition has deteriorated and she now believes she will never again be able to live independently, despite an ACAT assessment that she should be able to do so.

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her. She has asked her daughter to try and do this for her.

In reply to a suggestion that there must be agencies within government or charitable organisations to help her, she says she has tried to seek help with some advice from her doctor, but: “It’s all so difficult and I just seem to go round in circles.”

To be fair, some recipients seem to have an easier passage through the rough seas of accessing aged care assistance but ALL those I spoke to reported at least some problems with wait times and confusion between the various agencies.

Australia’s aged care “experts” are not unaware of the problem.

There have been numerous major inquiries and reviews during the past two decades since major reforms were introduced through the Aged Care Act 1997, including last year’s Royal Commission which specifically addressed the issue of “Navigating the maze: an overview of australia’s current aged care system”.

The introduction of MyAgedCare as a single portal for accessing services is considered to be a significant reform which has received encouraging acceptance from recipients.

Nonetheless, last year’s Royal Commission found that people still had difficulty navigating a system which faces “substantial implementation challenges”.

Access and understanding is especially difficult for those who don’t have computers or devices to visit the website. According to the Aged Care website, Australia has budgeted $21.6 billion for aged care this financial year and this is expected to rise to $25.4 billion in 2022-23.

It seems like a lot of money (the

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defence budget is about $38 billion) but, “where does the money go?” asks Amy, an ACAT assessor who requested her name not be used because MyAgedCare takes a dim view of employees talking to journalists and regards them as whistleblowers.

Amy agreed to speak to Your Time because, like others at the pointy end of providing aged care, she feels frustrated by inadequate funds for some services and the long wait times, despite careful prioritising.

As one example, she says she finds it difficult telling pensioners in the Home Support Program that there is no funding for, say, a shower stool, even though it is considered essential for safety. The average cost of a suitable shower stool is $120 – quite a lot for a pensioner.

Sandie D. is an example of why some older people, when their health fails, opt for a once-only ACAT assessment that enables them to move into a nursing home or assisted living facility.

It’s just so much easier than trying to deal with all those initials and acronyms and catchy labels – ACAT, MyAgedCare, RAS, DHS, Centrelink, NHS, HomeAssist, PresCare, BlueCare, Anglicare, CentaCare, OzCare … the list goes on.

Yet there are wonderful services out there, available to those over 65, which can keep us living independently, including subsidised modifications to our homes. To access them, you will need patience, good humour, persistence and the assurance that good things DO come to those who wait because MyAgedCare is trying to improve its implementation methods.

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IN HOME aged care essentials DON’T wait too long! Wait time between initial contact and provision of approved services is prioritised and can take a long time – up to 12 months for home care packages.

You can contact MyAgedCare directly but how do you know when you are ready for help? Check with your doctor who will help you list your health issues. During assessment you are asked to sign a form permitting MyAgedCare to access your health records.

If you have a computer/ smart device visit the MyAgedCare website. This provides you with necessary information and links. If you can’t access this portal off-line then phone 1800 200 422, make the necessary application and ask where you can get information booklets. These will be supplied at assessment stage, but it’s good to have the information up-front.

Make your application on-line or by phone. Be prepared to spend about 10

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minutes answering questions as to your health, mobility, ability to cope. Your initial ID is your Medicare card so have it ready.

You will be assigned a client ID number and then you are in the loop.

If deemed eligible, you will receive a home visit from either the Regional Assessment Service (RAS) or an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT), depending on the level of support you require. This is your second stage entry to either home support, numbered home care package or assisted living facility.

Take notes! You will be bewildered by all the different people and information you are now receiving. Start a file and record the name of every person you deal with and the organisations to which they belong, plus contact numbers and a brief summary of what they tell you.

If you are too unwell to cope with all this, you can appoint a friend, family member, carer or

GP as your representative.

Inquire about this and also about the advocacy service provided by the Older Person’s Advocacy Network (OPAN). More paperwork – and acronyms – but it might be worthwhile.

All approved services require a provider and this is YOUR choice though the assessors may help you with a shortlist. Aged care services are heavily subsidised but you will be expected to contribute. Not all providers operate all their services in all areas. Fees for services differ. Some charge exit fees if you change providers.

Some are better at certain jobs than others. You can have more than one provider for different services. Seek help from ACAT if you find choosing a provider too confusing and have nobody to help.

ALWAYS ask questions if you don’t understand anything. The involved process of governmentsubsidised aged care will tax your concentration and memory to the utmost so be prepared!

Ainsley Sandow, mid 70s, has back and leg problems.

Following an interview with an RAS assessor she was visited by a MyAgedCare occupational therapist who said she would set the process in motion for an approved home assistance provider to install a grab rail in Ainsley’s shower.

This would be done at no cost except for the actual rail.

Ainsley’s understanding was that this would be done by a provider which operates a very good home assist program for MyAgedCare-approved clients

– let’s call it X. Two months later, when Ainsley inquired why the job hadn’t been done, X said it hadn’t received any paperwork for the installation and, on checking, found that it was another provider, Y, that was supposed to be doing the job.

“The thing is,” says Ainsley, “I am already getting help from this second provider and they asked me if I had a grab rail in the bathroom and said they could provide one but had not been asked to do so.”

Ainsley calls Y, explains the situation, and is told that they do not have the capacity to do home modifications and the request had been passed to X the previous day.

She calls X again and is told they know nothing about it and to call MyAgedCare. Back to Square One. Confused? Imagine how Ainsley feels – she still doesn’t have the grab railed deemed necessary by the occupational therapist – and has no idea when she will.

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all to see â&#x20AC;&#x201C; forever.

Then there are the holiday snaps. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to stay in touch, but when there are daily dozens of pictures taken of every panorama from every vantage point â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and plates of food, cups of coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as bad as those old slide nights when my uncle would turn up with projector and screen and click through the magnificent waterfalls and snow-capped mountains of his latest holiday in excruciating detail.

On top of all this, there is the invasion of technology into our private lives. You google something or mention it in an email and the next minute ads for that same something start filling the Facebook feed. And beware, for if you click on that ad, it could be a life sentence. Every time you open your device it will be there again. Every tap of your finger is being watched and monitored.

And to think we once feared that TV would become all-consuming.

I have removed all photos of my children as babies that I posted years ago when it seemed safe. That is shutting the door after the horse has bolted but at least my granddaughter has made it to 17 months without having a single image in cyberspace. If I want to show her off, I send photos and personal messages to those who matter and care.

So now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking, what was I doing in the days before I was glued to a screen? Well, I rang up friends for a chat, wrote letters, sent cards, kept a diary, did a crossword or jigsaw puzzle, read a book, watched TV and sometimes just had quiet contemplation time doing nothing at all.

For me, the printed word is hard to beat. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there, tangible, and you can choose what you want to read without some unknown being telling you want you should have. The choice is all yours.

And the sooner the young pups who work in marketing and advertising with the phones on their hips (if not their hands) and internet sales on their lips, realise that the Baby Boomers, while tech savvy, are a generation that just might like the printed word and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be monitored and told what they want to read, the better off we all will be.

I have rediscovered the joy of holding a pen for a morning crossword, without a device in sight. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom. Try it, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be disappointed.

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I RECLAIMED my life for Facebook-free February.

And that went for Instagram and Twitter too, although neither of those exert quite the same powerful force that had me scrolling aimlessly whenever there was an unoccupied minute.

Once, while waiting for a bus, train or friend, I might have looked at the sky thinking what a beautiful day it was, but I became a zombie, head down, reading nothing of any particular importance.

If idle minds are the devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground, so too are the empty hands that reach for iPod or iPhone to see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening on Facebook.

The realisation that I was a social media junkie hit when a message popped up to tell me how much screen time I had clocked up in a week. This was followed by a conversation with a friend saying she had dumped Facebook for a month and it had been exhilarating. In fact, she had regained so much time and clear thinking that she had decided to remain clean and deleted Facebook entirely.

Looking back, I think my addiction was incremental, year on year, sinking ever lower into the depths of reading lots of things I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to know â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and some I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know â&#x20AC;&#x201C; losing myself in the world of the little screens.

For a while it was fear of missing out (FOMO) but then it just developed into a time-wasting habit that cut participation in the real world.

Like a junkie, I gradually became a committed user and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x201C; go through a day without checking in every minute that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gainfully employed.

When Facebook began a decade or so back, it was still finding its way and we all smirked as our friends posted their latest thoughts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; do we care that you cleaned your teeth this morning?

We scoffed at inane comments and those annoying posts that said simply â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a rotten dayâ&#x20AC;? inviting the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;why?â&#x20AC;? to get the ball rolling.

And from there it just got worse.

Like everything, Facebook evolves.

Humdrum posts and cat videos and amusing memes have been taken over by advertising; groups formed to make a point that probably should never be given a public voice; and subjects that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong in the public domain.

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Ann Damen has had a remarkable 100 years.

Ann Damen, husband Pieter and five of their nine children.

ANN Damen has just turned 100, but her remarkable life could have ended tragically 70 years ago when the house she shared with her husband and children in the Netherlands was destroyed by bombs during World War II. Ann was born in The Hague on December 18, 1919. Her mother died from tuberculosis before she turned two.

In 1939, Ann married Pieter and the couple with the first six of their nine children migrated to Australia in the early 1950s, sailing on the ship Volendam.

“I remember, but not fondly, we went through the war. With all our kids we didn’t have much to eat. It was very hard,

but we made it,” Ann says. “Because we had nine kids, and especially with six boys I was thinking, ‘Holland is lovely and beautiful but it’s very small so maybe it’s better if we go somewhere else’, so we decided to go to Australia. I missed Holland a bit at Christmas because you had all the snow there but the weather in Australia was nice and warm.”

Ann lived independently on the top floor of a unit block at Newmarket until the age of 99. She moved to Carinity Clifford House in Wooloowin a year ago.

A vegetarian for 33 years, she has 23 grandchildren and too many great grandchildren to keep count.

HIGH AND RISING PRICE OF ROMANCE DATING and romance scams made up one-fifth of losses across all scams reported to Scamwatch in 2019.

Scammers are using new online platforms beyond traditional online dating websites to take advantage of their victims.

The highest losses were from romance scams originating on Instagram and Facebook although dating platforms such as Tinder or Match.com, also had high losses.

Australians reported almost 4000 dating and romance scams in 2019, with losses of more than $28.6 million. About 37.5 per cent of reports resulted in a loss, with an average of more than $19,000.

A new trend emerging last year was scammers increasingly turning to apps such as Google Hangouts, or online games such as Words with Friends and Scrabble, to con their victims.

“We’ve seen an increase in reports from people who did not originally seek an online relationship but have been caught up in a dating and romance scam,” the ACCC’s Delia Rickard said.

Scammers try to make their target fall in love with the persona they have created and quickly profess their love for the victim.

Women reported the highest total losses of $21.5 million while men reported $7 million.

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Women aged 50-70 are more likely than younger women to consume alcohol at levels that exceed low risk drinking guidelines – and most think that’s perfectly fine.

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found that despite the potential health risks of exceeding national drinking guidelines, many middle-aged and young-old women who consume alcohol at high risk levels tend to perceive their drinking as normal and acceptable, as long as they appear respectable and in control.

“As long as they don’t make a fool of themselves. They don’t want to go falling down and showing their knickers,” one 69-year-old respondent said.

According to Australian health authorities, drinking more than two standard drinks on any day increases the risk considerably of premature death over a woman’s lifetime.

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What a wonderful start to February, lovely soaking rain and the gardens are thriving.

There are new leaves on the trees and lawns are growing fast.

Lush new growth, though, brings pests to contend with – mealy bug on orchids, cliveas and hibiscus.

You can use a strong jet of water to disperse them, or spray with an ecofriendly insecticide.

If you see dead patches on your lawn with wasps or birds active, it means they are seeking lawn grub. Let them do their job of eradicating these pests.

Most types of vegetables can be planted by the end of the month including cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, corn, silverbeet and spring onions.

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I POSTED THEREFORE I AM The place and time where we find ourselves is puzzling. JEN ROUSH looks at the incongruity of our brave new world.

THERE are big movements to tackle climate change yet we consume and buy more than ever even while manufacturing this “stuff” ruins the environment.

We have made huge steps forward to recognise the right of anyone to be who they are and to love whoever they love, yet social media has given us the anonymity to post the most vitriolic things about others.

Sadly, some do not hesitate to spread hate if you post something they don’t like or agree with.

We are more image conscious than ever – tattoos, tanning, teeth whitening and don’t get me started on those spider eyelashes – yet, as a society, we are unhealthier than ever.

We do things for photos to post on social media instead using photos to remind us of a fun time.

It’s the new existential dilemma – if you had a good time and it’s not on social media, did it really happen?

We post photos of “perfect” lives, but we don’t take the time to work on our relationships or organise our existence. We have more “friends” yet less connection.

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FAITHFUL TURN OUT TO SEE RARE HOLY RELICS IT’S not often a Saint makes the rounds of Brisbane, so there were plenty of takers last month to see the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux.

The patron saint of missions, aviators, illness and florists, she was born in France in 1873 and, after beseeching the Pope to allow her to join early, entered a Catholic Convent at the young age of 15. In 1925 she was canonised at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Basilica and is affectionately known as the Little Flower of Jesus.

The tour was organised by the Catholic Mission and InvoCare, which is responsible for transporting the relics of St Thérèse and her parents, Louis and Zélie, to local churches.

Nerang’s Allambie Memorial Park was one of the first non-denominational facilities in the national tour.

“St Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the most popular saints of the modern era and we were honoured to transport her and her parents,” Invocare’s Cemeteries and Crematoria chief Andrew Dreghorn says.

“There was a large multidenominational turn out.”

The relics have now left Brisbane but if you missed out, they will be at Pinegrove and Forest Lawn Memorial Parks in Sydney on March 4 and March 19 respectively, as well as Lakeside Memorial Park in Wollongong on March 20.

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by Mocco Wollert

WHEN I was young, I met a dashing guy in a uniform. I knew immediately that he was a sailor because on one of his arms was vivid tattoo.

In “the good old days” nobody outside of the navy sported a tattoo.

Now, it seems to me that the whole world is populated by sailors!

The New Zealand Maoris always had tattoos, but for them it was a deeply tribal sign and a Moko. The special tattoo on the chins, especially of women, are true works of art and have a sacred meaning.

I was stunned when I read Fifty Shades of Grey. In the book the reader is taken into a world where a woman is sexually mistreated, subjected to pain and enjoys it. The book was bought mainly by women who made it a world best-seller. That got me thinking.

Maybe there is something deep in the psyche of a woman wanting to be subjected to pain – a relic of the stone age, when a woman was dragged by the hair into the cave – (I am quoting Hollywood films here) to please her

cannibal husband and guarantee food for her children.

Be darned though that I could imagine enjoying it.

And now, girls, mothers and grandmothers – not too many of those – are submitting themselves needlessly to pain to have pictures and words etched into their skin. Why? I look at my old, wrinkled arms, trying to imagine what a tattoo, inflicted on it 60 years ago, would look like now. I shudder at the thought of it. But like it or not, tattoos are the current fashion.

Usually, when fashions change, it mainly has to do with hemlines, waists cinched or not and deep décolleté or cover-up lace – all easy to achieve or undo. Tattoos inked into flesh, are there forever, although I have been told that they can be surgically removed which is horribly expensive, hurts a lot and leaves scars.

I am totally amazed at what people put into their skin – quotes, prayers and the names of sweethearts. Bad luck if the relationship breaks up.

Maybe the etiquette for relationships in my grandchildren’s generation is to ignore the indelible names of former lovers.

A sleeve was once part of a dress or jacket, now it means a mass of tattoos covering the whole arm. It must hurt, it must take a long time and it must cost a lot of money.

I have been told it can cost thousands, especially if it is a quality tattoo.

When I asked a young acquaintance what she plans to do when tattoos go out of fashion, she looked at me – with that look young people give the oldies – and said, totally convinced, that tattoos would never go out of fashion.

Do I have news for her!

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by Cheryl Lockwood A ROUTINE check-up told me I had no serious health issues, so I had a spring in my step when I left the medical centre.

As I rode my bike through the park on my way home, I was feeling pretty good about my clean bill of health.

The sun was shining, birds singing and children were playing.

One small girl raced by on her bike, cut back in front of me on the path, hit the brakes and came to a stop on the grass. She was reprimanded by her little mate.

“You should let old people go first.”

I smiled. This young girl knew the importance of respect for others. It raised my hopes that parents of this

“She didn’t even say older, just old. I refrained from challenging her to a lap of the park.” younger generation were teaching such values to their offspring until, of course, I realised that the old person was me.

She didn’t even say older, just old. I refrained from challenging her to a lap of the park.

I rode on, ego somewhat deflated, having gone from the poster girl for the over 50s to an old biddy on a bike.

I know I’m not 35 anymore, but I don’t feel much older. Sure, the woman in my mirror has a few lines on her face. I try to avoid her. Besides, the way my eyesight is going, I won’t be able to see the wrinkles soon.

To top it off, that night as I flossed my teeth, a filling popped out and

landed on the floor. Great, now I was literally falling apart.

Well, I was overdue for a visit to the dentist, so booked myself in. The dentist was polite as she lectured me about the importance of looking after our teeth “as we get older”.

As we get older? Really!

Come to think of it, the doctor had used the same phrase when discussing general health and fitness.

More than once recently, the assumption has been made that I am a grandmother. While grandchildren will be most welcome, I don’t have any yet.

Shop assistants used to call me “dear” because I was a cute, little girl. Now I’m just another person with greying hair, the cute and little long gone.

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So, what’s the problem?

There is a disease afflicting our society when it comes to answering questions, and it is especially evident among television commentators, writes DAVID PARMITER. The problem is, whatever the question, they begin their reply with “so”.

T

he conjunction “so”, as the OED tells us, when placed at the beginning of a sentence means “thus” or “consequently” and refers to the previous statement or opinion. Thus, it cannot correctly introduce the answer to the first question.

So why do they do it?

There are other similar examples of verbal laziness among news interviewees.

“Yes, yeah, well, err, like”, all often added to the “so”.

In days past, when children were taught public speaking – reciting poetry, joining a debating team or making a speech in front of an audience – they learned to think before they spoke.

They then spoke in properly formed sentences – subject, verb, object, verb/ number agreement, correct use of adjectives and adverbs, and how to articulate clearly and confidently.

All that seems to have gone out the education window to be replaced by grunts, monosyllables and bad grammar.

Where did we go wrong?

Whatever happened to correct use of pronouns: “Me ‘n’ ‘im went to ver movies”.

The correct use of verbs: “Yeah, me ‘n’ ‘im dunnit” and “Me mates gone to ver beach”.

And in McDonald’s, “gissa a burger, mate” just doesn’t draw comment.

It should, and the staff, the females in particular, are not “youse guys”.

I have recently come across an English magazine called The Oldie. Two of the features I like are “Words and stuff”, which focuses on the use and misuse of our language; and “Pedants’ Revolt” which is a side-bar of reader contributions of the dumb things said by everyday people, especially politicians: “We’re going to do this, going forwards” and “at the end of the day, the end result will be the same.”

Other inanities include “a near miss”.

If it didn’t miss, then it must have hit.

Here are a few more superfluities used every day: Continue on – you can’t continue back Meet with – meet is a transitive verb taking a direct object, as in you meet me/ him/her. Ditto with connect – you cannot connect up/down/out.

Similarly, you cannot head up a team.

You either head it or you are a part of it.

You cannot be quite/very unique – it means you are one of a kind and that’s that.

Other irritants with our language include modern buzzwords.

Consecutive songs on the radio cannot be “back to back” because that means facing in opposite directions.

An icon is a religious depiction of a holy figure used for devotion in eastern churches.

It came from the Greek “eikon” meaning likeness or image, and yet now it is used for everything from landmarks

and milestones to rock stars and even sports events.

A coup de gras is French for “lawn mower” but the correct phrase, coup de grace, means using the sharp side of the axe to remove the victim’s head gracefully. With grace.

The commentators also should know better than to use words such as “rain event” and “weather event” and nonsense words such as “pretty much”. Event is superfluous, and much is not pretty.

They should also know that you should not split an infinitive. The “to” belongs with its verb, so “to only do” and “to only say” is wrong. That’s only to say that is how it should be written or spoken.

Finally, to conclude, and at the end of the day, I will finish.

The two that really tick me off (to put it politely) are “different to” and “compared to”.

You don’t have to be a Latin scholar to know that one thing can only be different from another, and that you can only compare something with something else.

So, yeah, like, that’s my problem. Now, just watch your language.

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NORTHSIDE DOLL CIRCLE CRAFT SHOW

THE Northside Doll Bear and Craft show will feature displays and competition as well as trading stalls, to showcase a time when more of us invested time and skills in producing handmade items for simple pleasure.

This year’s theme is the German Doll Story.

Northside Doll Circle members will present displays featuring the craft and history of the art of German ceramic doll making, along with displays of competition dolls and bears.

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Entrants will compete for prize money and awards. Other like-minded club members will display their detailed miniature doll houses and dioramas, and traders will sell all things doll and bear related.

It’s at the air-conditioned rooms of the Strathpine Community Centre off Mecklem St, Strathpine on March 15, 9am-3pm.

Parking is free within the grounds and admission is $10, children free.

This busy not-for-profit club is now in its 34th year and the annual show has become the biggest and best doll show in Queensland.

Northside Doll Circle supports QCWA rural crisis fund and LinC, a Northside charity supporting people living with disabilities.

For doll show enquiries call Iris 3264 8489 or Kerry 0419 759 018.

10-PIN BOWLING AN active group of seniors is looking for members to join their 10-pin bowling meets. It’s every Monday 10am-noon, excepting school holidays and public holidays, at Kessels Rd, Mt Gravatt. It’s a social group aged 55-87, that also has a monthly social outing.

ORCHID lovers have a rare treat coming up at a show organised by the Australasian Native Orchid Society (Qld) Kabi Group.

ANOS Kabi, an orchid society which encourages growing and conservation of orchids from Australia and the surrounding region, will showcase Queensland’s floral emblem the

Cooktown orchid, at the show.

There will be a range of other orchid species and hybrids on display and for sale.

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Here are a few hints: Search your house for information – photos, certificates, diaries, letters, and postcards.

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Confirm names, birth, death and marriage dates and details from the certificates available from the Birth Death and Marriage Registry offices for the relevant country.

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The tale of a natural storyteller Who would have thought that a young Swedish boy who left school after just nine years, and who by his own admission was a very naughty boy, could become an accomplished author with a clever command of the English language? GLENIS GREEN reports. centres to wholesale confectionary and even handyman work.

The writing happened, purely by chance, 10 years ago.

“I was very naughty as a child – nothing illegal, but always getting up to mischief.”

A natural story teller from way back when even his siblings wanted to hear “Peter stories” for Sunday entertainment, he found that his grandson – then in his early teens – was also keen to hear about his antics.

“A natural story teller, even his siblings wanted to hear ‘Peter stories’ for Sunday entertainment”

Peter at a local bookstore (which missed his name spelling) promoting his latest book.

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t’s not exactly the traditional formula for writing success but then retiree Peter Oredsson, 68, is anything but traditional.

Relaxing in a comfy chair with his pug Mabel on his knee, Peter seems surprised that his unusual start in life could have led to a career as an author with his latest book, The Sicilian Favour!, steadily garnering fans.

So much so that he is already working on a sequel.

While it might seem at odds with his background in sales and marketing, it has turned out to be a good fit, with the entrepreneurial Peter having the experience to not only write but also to organise the Australian publishing, distribution and marketing of his books.

Born and raised in Hassleholm, Sweden, he was an early school dropout in Year 9 with marks well below average, leading him to take on hard labour in different factories and to leave home at just 16 to find his own way in the world.

He soon discovered he had a talent for marketing, and in 1974, arrived in Australia with a two-year contract

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sponsored by the federal government.

Peter persuaded a multi-national company to employ him as a technical sales rep and with his interest in education renewed, he spent seven years at night school, eventually graduating with a degree in business, majoring in marketing.

“All of my grownup life I’ve had a natural know-how for persuading people to buy things,” he said.

Living in a hostel in Nunawading, Victoria, he met his British-born wife and after three years, persuaded her and her son to return with him to Sweden, where they had a daughter together.

But the lure of Australia remained strong and being a natural entrepreneur, Peter was keen to start his own businesses.

“In Sweden you are very restricted whereas here you can set up a proprietary limited for $1800,” he said.

After mixing with business chiefs from around the world as a marketing manager, global sales manager and managing director, he began work as a marketing consultant through his own company, taking on everything from call

“He loved to read, all the Harry Potter stories and such, so I decided to write them down for him,” Peter says.

And that’s how his first selfpublished book Peeta Oreda came about.

“He said, ‘Granddad I love it, it’s so good’,” and so Peter, who himself loved fantasy and the mystery of numbers as a child, wrote a second book which he also self-published called The Power of Numbers.

As an unknown author, getting a book accepted by a major publisher is a hard-fought battle so when Peter wrote

his third book, Bloodline Incursion, a powerful dramatic read based on a true story, he also published that himself and set about selling copies.

It was well received and then, after four years of disciplined writing, he produced The Sicilian Favour! which was taken up by international publishers Austin Macauley.

A work of pure crime fiction and drama, its complex and compelling plot has drawn widespread favourable reviews and it has an ending so unpredictable that even an ex-detective mate who lives in the same retirement village as Peter could not guess the outcome.

Ever the entrepreneur, Peter realised that by doing a parallel import of his books and publishing them in Australia he could promote them better himself with local store book signings and get a better return per copy.

He says it’s hard to estimate just how many copies have been sold, with libraries stocking them, digital copies being downloaded and people sharing, but it has been doing very well.

He’s already well into writing the sequel, which should be finished by the end of this year.

A completely self-taught writer, Peter said he tried to model himself on his favourite author and fellow Swede Stieg Larsson, author of the blockbuster The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series.

Like Larsson, his dream is to have his books made into movies. Sadly Larsson died before his dream was realised – but Peter is hoping such major success will come long before that.

Author Peter Oredsson at home with his pug Mabel.

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WELLBEING

Will that be vinegar or baking soda?

There are three different conditions in the body that respond to taking apple cider vinegar and baking soda. TRUDY KITHER explains their purpose.

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lood is slightly alkaline, but if your blood is too alkaline, it is called alkalosis. Your blood pH should ideally be around 7.3-7.5.

Alkalosis will cause muscle twitching, tetany (the little twitching under your eye), or in your arm or legs, muscle spasm, cramps in your calf, muscle weakness, allergies, and calcium deposits and dehydration.

With alkalosis, you wouldn’t want to alkalise the body even more because it is already too alkaline.

Your stomach needs to be acidic to digest and process your food. If it is too acidic, it will result in a condition called acidosis.

Symptoms of acidosis are feeling nervous with an uptight nervous system, sighing frequently and dehydration. You may have light or sound sensitivity, feel a lump in the throat when you are swallowing and probably have difficulty breathing at high altitudes.

Then there’s another condition called lactic acidosis, which can sometimes result in a coma. It can result from the side effects of certain medications.

A conventional, popular medicine to lower blood pressure contains a warning

label informing the consumer that it could lead to lactic acidosis. The nutrients that can help to prevent these side effects are Vitamins B1 and B12.

Hypochlorhydria is a condition in which your stomach doesn’t have the quantity or strength of acid that it needs.

The pH of your stomach should ideally be between 4-6, which means you have a higher level of pH in your stomach to break down protein, kill pathogens, and absorb minerals.

If you don’t have the strength of this acid in your stomach, you will have incomplete digestion of proteins and pathogens can enter your system and create systemic illness.

You will also have difficulty absorbing minerals, which will cause anaemia. It will result in GERD (when the valve at the top of the stomach doesn’t close, and you get acid coming up your chest and throat).

When you have these symptoms, you are most likely to be put on antacids. If this is the case and you are on antacids, then acid reflux and indigestion, which are symptoms of low stomach acid, are going to neutralize the acid and cause the need for more medication because the antacids are not correcting the underlying problem.

You will then have constipation because you have incomplete digestion of the protein, malabsorption of nutrients, and it can even result in stomach cancer.

So now that you understand the difference between these three conditions and their symptoms, do you need to take something that neutralizes the acid or acidifies the body?

It certainly makes more sense to take apple cider vinegar for alkalosis and hypochlorydia and baking soda for

acidosis. Remember with baking soda, that one teaspoon will give you 1200mg of sodium, so if you’re already high in sodium or potassium, your blood pressure might increase.

You may also have complications because the sodium-potassium ratio will be imbalanced.

The more sodium you have, the less potassium you will have because it will alter the correct ratio, thus creating a whole new set of complications down the track.

Most people are heavy on sodium in their diet but don’t have enough potassium. Our bodies require twice as much potassium – 4700mg a day – as sodium.

If you are taking baking soda, ensure that you are consuming plenty of potassium foods or take a potassium supplement so you can keep these ratios properly balanced.

Potassium supplements shouldn’t be taken if you have kidney problems, so always consult with a trusted, registered health professional first.

Trudy Kither is a naturopath and the owner of Nature’s Temple.

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Innovations in dementia care The International Dementia Conference in Sydney in June has the theme Care in the Age of Outrage. KENDALL MORTON discusses three innovative approaches that are helping people who live with dementia.

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enny White from Northern Ireland is a barber who is innovating.

He has set up a pop-up barber shop for men with dementia. He takes his shop to their respite centres, care homes and private residences.

Lenny aims to give the men an enjoyable experience of being in a man’s space, having a natter

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and listening to some familiar tunes. A shave and a haircut is only part of the service. Lenny is serious about his contribution to men’s wellbeing.

As well as his scissors, combs and fresh towels, he comes equipped with his barber pole, his juke box and colognes. Lenny communicates calmly with the men and reminds them who he is

and what is happening.

The men leave feeling refreshed and as one regular says, handsome.

Working with more recent technology, Dementia Australia has created an app that helps visitors interact more positively with people with dementia. The app is called “A Better Visit” and can be downloaded free on Apple devices.

It’s loaded with familiar games for two players. There are eight games and a fun cocolouring section that does not require great dexterity and gives very artistic results.

Each game can be pre-set for complexity and length. The “A Better Visit” app uses music and visual images to stimulate memories, conversations and laughter. It is truly a valuable social tool.

What’s next in innovative care? A new study from South Australia has been looking into

the value of cottage respite for people with dementia. This is a service that operates in modified houses in the community.

Cottage respite can be homier and provide more personalised and flexible care than large residential settings. For instance, a person can stay one or two nights or for a longer stretch.

In Australia, only 2 per cent of respite care facilities are cottages but they deliver more than 6 per cent of governmentfunded overnight stays.

This is a strong indication that cottage respite is preferred over larger residential facilities.

Professor Chris Poulos and his colleagues interviewed carers who had a family member using cottage respite. The carers said it had definitely delayed the need to move their loved one to residential care, and 34 of them said the cottage care bought them an extra six months to six years of home time.

The average delay in moving into residential care was more than 15 months.

Professor Poulos recommends that we respond to this preference and the encouraging data by providing more cottage respite services across Australia.

Currently there are only 55 locations offering cottage respite while there are 2046 residential aged care homes. So, for most families, cottage care is not an option now but it’s certainly something to plan for.

On the dollar-side, given that the cost of living in a residential aged care facility is around $80,000 a year, there are also potential savings to be made by delaying the need for residential care.

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Take back control of your web browser Ever opened your web browser to find that it has been taken over by advertising and icons you didn’t ask for? NATHAN WELLINGTON explains how to clean up and get rid of the unwanted pests.

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any times, I have opened a client’s computer browser to find that the front page is not the usual Google search bar or Bing news feed.

Instead, an ASK, Babylon, Conduit, iStartsurf, Snap, Coupon Search tool bar appears, and there are five or six icons sitting on the top browser bar.

These bars are considered malware and are a means to promote advertising and direct your search.

My first question is “did you install this?”. After a bemused look the client usually replies, “well, no, it just changed like that one day”.

This is an all too common occurrence and can slow down your internet experience and load you with unwanted ad popups and notifications.

If your home screen has changed to one you don’t recognise then, chances are, you have malware installed on the browser. But don’t fear, it’s relatively easy to remove.

If you are using Google Chrome, here are a few simple steps to clean it up: 1. Locate are three vertical dots on the top right-hand corner of the browser. This is where the Google settings are located.

Malwarebytes offers a free version for individuals.

2. Click on this and a small menu appears, then move your cursor to hover over the “more tools” and you will find another menu appears, with “extensions” inside.

3. Click to open extensions and it will reveal all the extensions installed on your browser.

4. If there are some you don’t recognise, click to remove them. This will uninstall any extensions. You can remove all these extensions, without affecting your internet browsing.

5. Once you have cleared them out, close

and reopen your browser to see if it has reverted back to its original Google front search page.

6. If not, you may need to return to the three dots and choose “settings”, this time to view your search engine and startup page. In this area you can change the settings to remove the unwanted search engine or start up page.

If you are using Microsoft Edge to browse, you similarly will find three horizontal dots on the top right corner which you can also click to reveal a menu.

Similar to Google Chrome, you can click on “extensions” to remove unwanted malware, and the “settings” button to reset your search engine and start up page.

Finally, I would suggest you download Malwarebytes (the free version) and perform a quick scan to remove any residual unwanted nasties as a precaution.

This is an initial way to stop them. If this doesn’t resolve the problem then things start to get a little more complicated, as you may have inadvertently downloaded some adware that you need to find and uninstall.

Even when you uninstall it, they hide registry hooks, that once you open your internet again, it downloads the same program again without you knowing.

It is at this time, I suggest, you get a professional to clean your computer, as there is a number of procedures to be done in a specific order for them to be removed completely without harming your precious data.

Happy surfing.

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MOTORING

It’s a good year to go hunting for a deal With new car sales down in the dumps, BRUCE McMAHON suggests it may be time to chase up a deal in 2020.

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aybe the Australian car market is sated, maybe everyone now has an SUV in the driveway and new cars are no longer high on a household’s priority in tighter times.

Or perhaps there’s not enough excitement to drag people into showrooms, not enough sparkle or variety with a welter of look-alike SUVs and talk, talk, talk about expensive electric cars.

Remember when a new model Holden, Falcon or Chrysler would make the news pages?

Holden dropping the Commodore, once the country’s most popular car, could be seen as indicative of a lack of interest in that new family car smell.

Australia remains one of the most competitive places in the world for auto manufacturers.

There are 50-plus brands here chasing sales that have been falling over the past couple of years. (The Queensland market was down 7 per cent in 2019, following on from a small slip in 2018.)

The strongest of the mob are still SUVs and light commercials, some of this propped up by government and business sales. And yes, some of it by dint of good new machinery.

Toyota’s SUV the RAV4 was a standout in 2019 while niche players such as the Citroen C3 Aircross proved cheerful new additions.

Yet many 2019 vehicles were mere updates and there’ll be more “refreshed” cars again this year, although there appears to be a decent run of all-new machines arriving from premium manufacturers – hybrid Ferraris, hot BMW sedans and a fresh Porsche

Cayenne. And of course there’ll be another small wave of SUVs and humble dual cab utes.

Top of our list would have to be, from two iconic manufacturers, the second generation Land-Rover 90 and a fourdoor Jeep Gladiator ute.

The British four-wheel drive has a tonne of legend to live up to with an off-road heritage stretching back to the 1949 Series 1, a machine designed in 10

months to be a go-anywhere cross between military vehicle and farm tractor.

Jeep has built utes (or pick-ups) in the past but this one, based around the Wrangler, promises to be a reasonable piece of modern kit for work and play Both of these are expected by mid-2020.

Others that hold interest include an all-new Isuzu D-Max ute scheduled to arrive by the end of the year.

This one will have been coengineered with the next Mazda BT-50 ute now that Ford and Mazda have parted ways after some 30 years. I’m not sure if the next Mazda will make it this year.

Among SUVs due in the next 12 months there should be a re-worked Subaru Outback, two all-new Volkswagen SUVs the T-Roc and T-Cross, Mazda’s CX-30 to slot between the CX-3 and CX-5, and already here is an updated Pajero Sport.

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BOOK REVIEW

ELIZABETH PASCOE

The author has taken an extraordinary event in Australian history and written an exciting and compelling story about what actually happened.

The year is 1862 and gold has been discovered in the central west of New South Wales. Some likely lads who have been sent to Australia as prisoners of mother England have decided, after indulging in some petty criminal activity, to steal the gold.

We are taken on a fascinating journey and meet some interesting characters along the way. Most enjoyable.

JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT

This is not a book you would expect from an author detailing the exploits of Australian bushrangers. James Phelps has researched court records, police reports, newspaper articles, eyewitness accounts and other available factual information.

Set in 1862, the author admits that there are gaps in historical records and upfront tells us that he has “taken a few liberties with the narrative” thus maintaining the rhythm of the story and producing a thriller rather than historical text.

Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall and their gang were real bushrangers, their life was not easy or glamorous and this is all brought to life in a well written true crime story. Recommended.

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MARY BARBER

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I did skim some of the long trial scenes. I guess the author had transcripts to follow and wanted to be true to them.

This isn’t a work of literature; it’s an account of bushrangers on the run.

They were hated by the police and protected by the people.

The word “heist” in the title may be an attempt to modernise the story but it does not conjure up an image of bushrangers. On the Welcome to Eugowra website, it is referred to as The Gold Escort robbery.

James Phelps has portrayed Ben Hall and Frank Gardiner as men you can sympathise with. Gardiner had his code. He did not kill and he did not rob from the poor. This is a vibrant history book about wild and dangerous times. I will now look afresh at Eugowra and Forbes.

BOOK review

AUSTRALIAN HEIST

By James Phelps

I listened to this book as an audiobook (my first time to use an audiobook) and now will get the book to read it.

It is obviously a well-researched tale about Frank Gardiner and his bushrangers who took part in the largest gold robbery in Australian history worth about $10 million dollars in today’s terms.

The court documentation takes up the story for the most part and the life in Australia in the 1860s is well presented. I have to say I actually had a big soft spot for Frank by the end of the book and believe he was a good honest man – the Robin Hood of the day – who committed a crime and then tried to live a good life. 10/10

On June 15, 1862, a gang of bushrangers held up a gold escort at Eugowra, just east of Forbes in NSW. They escaped with a pile of cash and 77kg of gold, worth about $10 million. It remains the largest gold robbery in Australian history.

In this riveting re-creation of the events, Australia’s No.1 true-crime writer tells the full story of how Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, John O’Meally, Johnny Gilbert, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce, John Bow and Dan Charters planned and executed the robbery – and what happened to all that gold.

It’s a thrilling, fast-paced and thoroughly modern take on one of the more extraordinary episodes in the nation’s history.

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TONY HARRINGTON This well-researched historical book beautifully captures the life and times of bushrangers around Forbes in the 1860s.

In 1862, Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall and their gang pulled off the largest gold robbery in Australia’s history. These two likeable rogues were as popular with the locals as rock stars are today.

During those times, the average citizen hated the authoritarian and punitive police force. I especially loved this novel as I was brought up on bushranger tales told to me by my father who was a country boy from Gundagai, a two-hour drive south of Forbes.

I highly recommend Phelps’s well-written dramatisation of this interesting period of our history. 9/10

I absolutely loved this book! It has historical photos and court case evidence backed up with hard-hitting short chapters where the bushrangers’ personalities and strengths and weaknesses bounce off the pages.

Before you start this novel, read the Author’s Note describing his childhood as a bush boy growing up in a tiny Aboriginal settlement. His interest in bushrangers came from his early years gazing at the painting Bailed Up by Tom Roberts. To really set the scene we are then taken to the Prologue (1903 Southern Colorado) leading seamlessly into the main story with The Plan 1862. Each of the bushrangers is so vividly described that it is hard not to feel some sympathy for them, but they were lawless men who shot and injured indiscriminately and paid the price one way or another.

The colour photos served to make this an extremely fascinating read for me. Not too sure about the ending but I hope it is true!

I pay tribute to the impeccable research carried out by James Phelps and I am looking forward to reading more of his work.

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ON TRACK

Harness the law of attraction The law of attraction is a concept that has been around since the beginning of time. STEVEN MENDL explains how to reap the reward of positive thinking.

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hen I was younger, every now and then I would have a day when my perception was that everything was going wrong.

In short, I had got up on the wrong side of the bed and my focus was on all the bad things that had happened. This was despite there being, on reflection, many good things that I could have focused on.

The law of attraction states that like attracts like. If you operate from a place of positivity then, by and large, you will experience positive things. If you come from a place of negativity, you are likely to attract more negative experiences.

The reality for many successful people is that they have had to keep a sharp focus on managing risk and anticipating problems because it has been a large part of their responsibilities at work. But when preparing to leave employment, it is important to shift the focus from risk mode to positive mode.

Choose to be conscious of where you are operating from as you prepare to leave full-time employment and move into the next stage of your life.

If you find yourself confronted with fear, frustration, confusion and stress, it’s important to somehow find a way to move as quickly as possible towards creativity.

Focusing on the negative aspects of life is rampant in our western society. Just look at the news – very little of it is positive.

As a result, many people spend a lot of time thinking about what they don’t want instead of what

they do want. Yet, the more you think about something, the more likely it is to be attracted to you.

Here an exercise I have done with a lot of my clients over the years, called the reverse vision exercise. This is a simple but powerful way to invoke the law of attraction.

It involves putting yourself three, five or anywhere up to 20 years into the future and pretending you are already there.

You then look back on what you have done and achieved in the allotted time, assuming that everything you ever wanted and planned has come through.

Now, put pen to paper or start typing as if writing to an old friend about everything. I get my clients to start as follows: Good morning… I am so happy and have gratitude for…

Pen the rest of the letter.

If you need a framework to build the letter, use the following questions related to seven forms of wealth beyond the money: • What have you done with, and for yourself? Who have you become?

• How are the aspects of your wellbeing?

• Where are you living?

• What great relationships do you have, and have you created?

• What lifestyle have you created?

• What legacy(ies) are you leaving or have left?

• What have you created spiritually (if that is a part of your life)?

This can be a very effective way of envisioning the future and it offers a great way to tap into the law of attraction since your focus is on everything that has gone right, rather than what could go wrong.

A long-term client once completed a series of exercises with me, considered them for a few weeks and then promptly forgot about them.

Three years later he said that he had found the exercises when moving house and had been pleasantly surprised to find that he had created and was doing about 80 per cent of what he had written down on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.

Setting intentions and focusing on what you want is beyond important. You attract what you focus on. So, what do you want to focus on?

Steve Mendl is author of the bestseller Beyond the Money: A Practical Guide for Successful Men leaving Full-Time Work.

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RETIREMENT – I DID IT MY WAY MORE than 400,000 Australians plan to retire within the next 12 months, and for most, it raises many more issues than wondering if the super package will go the distance.

Psychologist Judy Rafferty, herself of retirement age, has written a guide to “knowing what you want and how to get it”, drawing on her research and experience gained over 25 years working in various areas of psychology.

“I wrote this book because so many people think only about whether they have enough money to retire on, but a successful retirement depends on much more,” she says.

“The book covers all those niggling doubts such as when will I retire, what will I do with myself, who will I be without my work and how will my relationship change. These questions are really about purpose, connection and identity.”

Judy says the guide is for both men and women and covers all of the many nonfinancial aspects of retirement in a friendly, useable and individualised way.

“In my research for the book I discovered the intriguing secrets of a happy retirement,” she says. “Do you know how to dramatically increase your chance of surviving the first six years of retirement when mortality rates are high?

Surviving retirement is a good start but what about your mental health?

“People with the Alzheimers-related gene but who have a positive view of aging, are 49 per cent less likely to develop dementia than those people who have the gene and a negative view.”

Developing dementia will have a major impact on retirement.

“The research is clear – educating yourself in preretirement will improve your retirement,” Judy says.

Retirement Your Way covers such topics as creating a vision and map of retirement, deciding whether and when to retire, maintaining identity, finding meaning and purpose, retaining visibility in an ageist society, using life’s experiences to navigate change and protecting relationships in times of transition.

Identifying depression, anxiety, anger, stress, and grief, especially in times of change and when retirement is not voluntary is also covered, along with decisions about moving house, downsizing and moving to another area.

There are also questions on navigating requests such as managing child care demands for grandparents. It’s an easy to read book that is full of information, strategies and tasks to complete –alone, with your partner or even your book club.

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FINANCE

When the will is not the way Will disputes are becoming an increasingly common situation in the courts. DON MACPHERSON discusses making a claim if you have been left out or feel you have been treated unfairly in a will.

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ills can be challenged on many grounds, such as mental incapacity when the will is made, or undue influence on the maker.

People are living longer, and many have complex family dynamics over their lifetime – perhaps a blended family – and

this can provide fertile ground for disagreement about how people are, or are not, provided for in a will. Many people want to challenge a will on the basis that they have been treated unfairly or left out.

There are a number of possible grounds for disputes over wills, but among the more obvious potential claimants are the spouse or child of the deceased. A spouse, child or dependant can make a claim under the Succession Act alleging that appropriate provision has not been made for them in a will. They feel it treats them unfairly.

These challenges are called Family Provision claims and are occurring

increasingly often. A claim that the will doesn’t provide, or doesn’t provide adequately, for a person must be commenced within nine months of the death. Extensions can be given, but only in limited circumstances, and can’t be guaranteed. The only safe way is to make the claim within the time limit, and not rely on any extension being possible.

In assessing the merits of a Family Provision claim, the court is focused on what is proper and adequate provision for the person claiming, based on many factors. These might include relationship with the deceased, the size of the estate, the rights and entitlements of other

claimants, and their own needs and financial circumstances.

There are many grounds that may exist for challenging a will, and each case depends on its specific facts. The law is complex, and you should seek specific advice about personal circumstances.

If you feel you have been treated unfairly or left out and are considering making a claim, or are an executor defending such a claim, you should seek assistance immediately.

Don Macpherson is expert in will disputes and estate claims. Call Brisbane Elder Law 1800 961 622 or visit brisbaneelderlaw.com.au

EARNINGS DOWNGRADES AND CORONAVIRUS

CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS, CHANGING RULES

There has been a raft of earnings downgrades and guidance scale-backs across the Australian equities market since mid-December, writes MARK DAVIDSON.

The rate of relationship change in later life is high. PETER PORCELLINI explains how these changes can affect your EPA and will.

DURING the so-called confession season, some 17 companies in the S&P/ASX 200 and S&P/ASX 300 Indexes have “confessed” to operating below market expectations.

Of these warnings, more than half have emanated from the consumer discretionary and industrial sectors, the former accounting for more than one-third of the total. On-day share price declines of these stocks have been sharp, with the average fall standing at 16.5 per cent. The average earnings downgrade of circa 15.5per cent is of a similar magnitude.

Excluding Nearmap (NEA), however, the earnings downgrade reduces to 9.5 per cent. Is this a portent of a rocky results season ahead? Through the lens of the S&P/ASX 200, the answer would appear to be no, with index EPS higher by 0.5 per cent. The only red mark is in small caps, where EPS downgrades are 0.1 per cent.

Late December and early January has sometimes been dubbed “confession season”; a period when companies falling short of guidance or market expectations come clean. We counted 17 confessors that have drawn the ire of investors, with the

CHANGE in relationships is not always voluntary. Spouses become incapable, can be separated by illness, die, separate, divorce, re-partner, and remarry.

Independent and objective professional advice is crucial during this often emotional time of transition as it will help filter the well-meaning but often misguided advice of family and friends – the bush, pub and barbecue lawyers.

And it’s a time when it should be all about you. A few of the common things that need to be considered include if you have an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA), Advance Health Directive and will.

If not, then make one. If you do, then know how it’s affected by relationship change.

Also consider how the relationship change affects pensions or benefits and financial affairs generally. If you don’t do things yourself, here are a few things the law may sometimes do automatically: If you make an EPA then marry or enter into a civil partnership, the EPA is revoked except to the extent that it might have appointed your new spouse or partner. The rest can be lost.

average on-day share price decline a deep 16.5 per cent.

Concerns surrounding the spread of the coronavirus and the knock-on effects to the global economy have escalated. Our China economists cut their 1Q GDP growth estimate to 4.9 per cent from 6.0 per cent.

Some stocks potentially affected by virus concerns include Crown, Sydney Airports, Flight centre, QANTAS, Webjet, Corporate Travel, Star Group and Treasury Wines.

However, index EPS and breadth are still in the green. Despite downgrades, the earnings backdrop in January was positive.

In summary, we have been due for a bout of volatility after a strong run in the sharemarket. It is too early to tell how bad the Coronavirus will get. The SARS experience early last decade saw an initial sell off, followed by a strong rally.

Asset allocation is the key – don’t be overexposed to risk assets to help in achieving your goals, invest according to your stage in life, risk tolerance and cash flow. As always, seek professional advice.

Mark Davidson is a senior financial adviser at Ord Minnett, Buderim.

If you make an EPA appointing a spouse by marriage or a registered civil partner then you divorce or terminate the partnership, the EPA is revoked to the extent that it appoints that spouse or partner. The rest can remain valid.

Interestingly, the end of a de facto relationship doesn’t affect an EPA. De factos should consider specifying when a spouse’s appointment should end.

Marriage or registration of a civil partnership usually revokes a will but any gifts and the parts that appoint the spouse or partner to certain roles remain valid if the partnership subsists at death.

Divorce or termination of a civil partnership or de facto relationship doesn’t revoke a will, but it does revoke any gift to the former spouse or partner as well as some of the roles appointed under the will.

Importantly, the simple act of separation from a spouse or partner doesn’t affect an EPA or will. In the case of a separation, it’s crucial to obtain advice and act as early as possible.

Peter Porcellini is a Special Counsel with CRH Law. Visit crhlaw.com.au

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RETIREMENT LIVING

LIFE SPARKS UP FOR RETIRED FIREMEN

GOOD REASONS FOR THE GOOD LIFE

MORE than 20 years after losing touch, retired firemen Allan Ford and Noel Lane (pictured) could not believe their luck when they discovered they’d be neighbours at the GemLife Bribie Island over-50s resort.

Since reconnecting, the pair – who last saw each in the 1990s while they were based at Kemp Place Fire Station in Brisbane – have quickly become mates, relishing the active lifestyle at Bribie.

“I could not believe how great Noel looked,” Mr Ford said. “It was fantastic to see the big guy again after all these years, especially knowing we would be living just two doors down from each other.”

Mr Lane said it was a terrific surprise.

“We’ve definitely been making up for lost time,” he said.

Since moving to GemLife Bribie Island, the pair have ben enjoying busy social lives together with their wives Maxine and Catherine, and taking advantage of all the activities on offer at the resort.

“GemLife has given us a new lease on life. We enjoy bowling, coffee at the cafe,

A RESIDENT at Baldwin Living Northside for the past nine years, Julie is in the box seat to advise others on retirement living.

Her main reason for moving was to downsize from her four-bedroom house after her three children left home.

Her 1.5 bedroom unit has everything she needs and space when her family comes to stay, which they do often. Still independent and working casually, Julie says being close to shops and transport, and having secure parking made life easier.

The social aspect is another good reason for moving to retirement living.

Baldwin Living Northside Village manager Nicole McInnes and her team work to create an enjoyable senior living environment for residents.

The village has a blend of one and two-bedroom apartments, each offering a different configuration but both with quality appliances, modern bathrooms and

taking the resort bus out on social trips, the movie theatre and the magic country club,” Mr Ford said.

They also stay fit by kayaking, taking boxing classes and regular gym workouts.

Centrally located at Bongaree on Bribie Island, GemLife Bribie Island’s awardwinning country club and surrounding recreational precinct offers first-class facilities, and was designed to support active lifestyles.

Call 1800 193 177 visit gemlife.com.au

LEARN AND MAKE A WISE MOVE AZURE Blue retirement villages offer easy retirement living with modern, spacious apartments close to shopping, medical and transport services, and low maintenance.

The secure community has resort style facilities and year-round activities.

Residents can access a range of Blue Care services, including assistance with housework, transport, and allied health services such as podiatry and physio.

Azure Blue also has state-of-the-art residential aged care facilities on-site.

Two free events are being held in March to provide more information about easy retirement living.

Azure Blue’s expert panel will share the latest information on retirement living

and the support services available.

Guest speakers include an aged care financial expert, a lawyer discussing elder law and estate planning, and a Blue Care Help at Home staff member.

Meet like-minded people and some of the friendly staff and residents over morning tea. RSVP is essential and seating is limited, so it’s a good idea to book now.

Azure Blue Carina, 455 Richmond Rd, Carina. March 24, 9am-11am RSVP 3155 2128 Azure Blue Redcliffe, 91 Anzac Ave, Redcliffe. March 26, 9am-11am. RSVP 3155 2134 Visit azurebluecarina.com.au or azureblueredcliffe.com.au

LUXURY RETIREMENT LIVING ON DISPLAY

THE first display villa at Samford Grove Retirement Village has been unveiled, giving interested buyers an opportunity to see the standard of the new homes.

The display home – one of 16 onground villas to be completed by June 2020 – is open for inspection by appointment. Reside Communities CEO Glen Brown said the display villa marked an exciting milestone for the project.

“We are pleased to be able to invite our clients to tour a completed, furnished villa and fully experience the spacious layouts, quality finishes and beautiful views that our new homes offer,” he said.

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“Downsizing to a villa at Samford Grove is not a downgrade. It’s also about more than bricks and mortar, such as the maintenance-free lifestyle and community connection.”

One of the village’s most sought-after floor plans, the three-bedroom, double garage villa, has a bright, open plan living and dining space, master bedroom with ensuite and walk-in robe, modern kitchen and bathroom, outdoor entertaining area and garage with work bench.

In addition to the 16 villas – also available in two-bedroom floor plans – Stage 1A includes a resident clubhouse.

At the centre of the village, it will feature a range of community facilities including a café, theatre, resident-run bar, library, gym, workshop and indoor pool.

Samford Village’s shops, services and cafés are only a short walk.

Visit samfordgrove.com.au or call 3289 3372 to book an inspection.

outdoor entertaining spaces.

Residents enjoy the manicured gardens and private gazebos while having easy access to all major shopping centres and public transport.

Baldwin Living Northside is at 259 Handford Rd and is adjacent to 11,000sqm of parkland, with a landscaped waterway, bike and walking paths through to Centro Taigum Shopping Centre.

Properties start at $210,500 and are open for inspection Monday to Friday.

Call 1800 911 989 or visit baldwinliving.com.au

DECISIONS THAT WILL SHAPE YOUR LIFE DECIDING how and when to retire is among life’s biggest decisions.

What does retirement look like for you? Do you have a plan for exploring new interests and learning new skills, catching up with old friends and making new ones, or travel?

The big decision though, is where to live – stay in the family home or downsize to a retirement village. Downsizing allows time to follow interests and hobbies.

It can give finances a boost and free up money for travel, topping up your super or a new car. Look for retirement villages that price their homes affordable and who defer their profit until you sell.

Beware of parks that charge their profit upfront in the purchase price. Villages that defer their profit have a vested interest in keeping the village as great as it looks now.

Location is key. Do you want to be

closer to family and near hospitals or parkland. Consider where additional care is located if needed in the future.

Fellowship and friendship through social events, happy hours, choir, craft, cards, and many more activities are available. At The Village Redcliffe, there’s a gym, aqua aerobics, yoga and tai chi classes every week, as well as regular mah-jong games, and trips to the theatre. The Village Yeronga has a gym and heated swimming pool open 24 hours.

Lock up and travel from a community where everyone looks out for each other.

Ultimately, retirement is a personal decision. Take your time, do lots of research, tour villages to discover your options, meet people who live there and ask the salesperson until you have your answers.

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SEE FOR YOURSELF AT TRICARE STAFFORD LAKES BRISBANE retirees can view the latest in resort-style living at TriCare Stafford Lakes Retirement Community’s open day.

It’s a chance to meet existing residents and inspect the community facilities, including two swimming pools, gym, sauna and lounge bar.

New residents, Donald and Ellen Coates are thrilled to be living in one of the 24 luxury Westside apartments that showcase contemporary open plan design.

When they started looking into retirement living options they knew they wanted to be close to family and still live within their existing community.

“Our unit is beautifully appointed, and we have lovely views, a courtyard at the rear and plenty of room for our family to come and visit which is important to us,” Mrs Coates said.

Set around a picturesque lake, TriCare

Stafford Lakes has a wide range of indoor and outdoor amenities, such as regular movie nights, musical events, dinners and Friday happy hour.

The Westside development completes stage three of TriCare Stafford Lakes Retirement Community, an addition to the 66 units and extensive community facilities established in 2014.

Tours of TriCare Stafford Lakes and the new Westside apartments will be held on the Open Day on March 21, 9am-2pm, at 682 Rode Rd, Chermside West. Morning tea and a sausage sizzle provided.

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Portable scooters prove a practical choice on the go Larger mobility scooters are great for longer trips and carrying heavier loads but they can be difficult to take with you when travelling.

And this is why portable scooters are becoming highly sought-after by those who love to live life on the road.

With unrivalled practicality, portable and folding models are a hit with buyers who love to travel.

They fit easily into car boots, planes, trains, buses and cruise ships without fuss.

Ingenious models such as the Luggie Standard fold down easily, so they can be stored away in small spaces.

At only 23.5kg, this scooter is a lifesaver that can simply be towed behind you like a shopping trolley. The Standard is anything but sluggish. Its lightweight design ensures it stays zippy and moves easily.

It’s not surprising folding scooters such as the Luggie Standard are a hit with travellers.

Their practical design makes them easy to take with you wherever you go and they take the hassle out of planning a getaway.

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ADVOCACY

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY TESTING

Navigating the aged care system is tricky “We all want to have a long life, although none of us want to get old” is a statement that I often hear.

Ageing is not something that we really want to confront, so planning for our aged care is often ignored.

For some of us, the first experience of the aged care sector arises when we are required to support an elderly family member, perhaps one of our parents.

We know that for many, the first exposure comes at a time of crisis – no time for planning, we need an immediate solution.

The Aged Care Royal Commission has reaffirmed that the aged care system is complex and difficult to navigate.

While My Aged Care has been created to provide a single-entry point, for many vulnerable older people it is inaccessible, resulting in a lack of vital care and support.

The starting point is My Aged Care 1800 200 422 or https://www. myagedcare.gov.au/ Need further help? Talk to one of Aged & Disability Advocacy (ADA) Australia’s advocates on 1800 700 600.

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Seek help to get to the ‘root’ of pain It can be difficult for your doctor to distinguish between spinal nerve-rootoutlet pain (radiculopathy) and unrelated peripheral pain.

Symptoms of radiculopathy (for example pinched spinal nerve which “radiates” to the limb/s) may vary depending on which nerves are affected.

The most common symptoms are pain, numbness and tingling in the arms or legs.

There may also be localised neck or back pain at the site of the affected vertebrae, with nearby muscle spasm.

Some patients also develop weakness in the muscles controlled by the affected nerve roots. This sometimes leads to permanent nerve damage.

However, symptoms of pain, numbness, tingling and/or weakness in the limbs/extremities may also be caused by unrelated limb injuries.

In this case, “referred” pain is experienced away from its actual source, for example, jaw pain caused by a heart attack, or even degenerative diseases such as diabetes.

Polyradiculopathy (multiple spinal nerve-root injuries) can be even more difficult to diagnose, for example a car accident causing multiple spinal compressions that radiate to different parts of the body.

Radiculopathy can affect any part of the spine but is most common in the cervical and lumbar regions.

About half the population will

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WHAT’S ON

Pops and Three Tenors – simply the best QUEENSLAND Pops Orchestra launches its 2020 concert series with Queensland’s own Three Tenors in a performance that will be “Simply the Best”.

Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo redefined the musical performance landscape when they hit the stage together in the early 1990s.

Not to be outdone, Patrick Pickett and the mighty Queensland Pops Orchestra revisit the artistry of this winning sound with their very own Queensland Three Tenors: Gregory Moore, Nathan Kneen and Adam Lopez.

All three have earned their entertainment stripes with the Pops over several decades and they’re back by

Redland Performing Arts Centre presents Gravity & Other Myths

popular demand with soaring voices and stage banter to show off their talents.

Simply the Best draws together the arias and songs that have stood the test of time – together with some new and exciting tunes that “the boys” will make their own.

Add to the mix a generous smattering of orchestral showstoppers, surprise segments (combined with a healthy portion of vocal competitiveness from the three protagonists), and you have the winning formula for the ultimate smash hit show.

QPAC Concert Hall. April 18, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets $88, concessions $82. Bookings 136 246 or visit qpac.com

QSO OPERA GALA

GENERATIONS CLASH IN MILESTONE PLAY

QUEENSLAND Symphony Orchestra presents its annual Opera Gala, a sophisticated concert of soul-stirring moments, next month.

Opera has been popular for centuries, stirring up emotions with heartbreaking love triangles, drinking songs, and slaves celebrating freedom.

The stories and scenes almost don’t matter – they’re all a great excuse to hear soaring melodies, rousing choruses and the glorious human voice in full flight.

This year’s Opera Gala will include arias by Verdi, Rossini, and Tchaikovsky.

QPAC Concert Hall.

April 24, 7.30pm and April 26, 11.30am. Bookings qso.com.au

THE One Day of the Year explores the universal theme of father-son conflict against the background and nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day. Alf is a working-class, Pom-hating veteran of World War II. Anzac Day is an excuse for boozy camaraderie and a chance to compensate for the disappointments of civilian life.

When his son, Hughie, refuses to attend the annual parade and Alf discovers he has written an anti-Anzac feature for his student newspaper, family tensions hit boiling point.

First staged in 1960, this milestone play was written when Australian theatre was establishing its own identity. It put ordinary, working class Australians and their language firmly in the spotlight.

COMING UP THE critically-acclaimed production of Joanna Murray-Smith’s American Song plays Brisbane’s QUT Gardens Theatre as part of an 11-city Australian tour.

Directed by Tom Healey, the work features Joe Petruzzi in a reprisal of his profound solo performance as Andy.

QUT Gardens Theatre, 2 George Street, CBD. March 20-21, 7.30pm Tickets $37-$49. Bookings 3138 4455 or visit gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au

AUSTRALIA’S best recognised pianist, Piers Lane, joins his friends the Goldner String Quartet on stage in Brisbane.

The Musica Viva national tour marks 25 years of sustained musical brilliance for the quartet. This quintessence of homegrown musical royalty, they play works glowing with warmth and melody.

Queensland Conservatorium Theatre.

April 8, 7pm. Tickets musicaviva.com.au To win a free double-pass, visit musicaviva.com.au/win/goldner-lane

The play has become an established and respected part of Australian theatre.

While the original shock of the subject matter has diminished over the years it retains a current resonance in its story and its characters.

Seymour’s work remains a relevant reflection of our military and domestic history and the personal wounds that, for many, have not yet healed.

Redland Performing Arts Centre April 18, 2pm, Tickets $15-$20 Bookings: Call 3829 8131 or visit rpac.com.au

Heart-stopping acrobatics that test the limits of strength!

WED 25 MARCH, 7.30PM Redland Performing Arts Centre – Concert Hall

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An enchanting and intimate theatrical experience for families, based on Edward Lear’s beloved childhood poem.

TUES 21 APRIL, 10.30am & 5.30pm Tickets: $15-$25 via 3829 8131 or www.rpac.com.au Booking fees: $4.30 by phone & $5 online per transaction

Image: Penny Challen. Photos: Nick Morrissey

Redland Performing Arts Centre – Auditorium

CIRCUS heads to new heights in Backbone from Gravity & Other Myths.

It examines the various perceptions of what strength is, where it comes from and how it is measured.

This frenetic celebration of human interconnectedness tests the limits of physical, emotional, individual and collective strength with heart-stopping acrobatics that will keep you on the edge of your seat Backbone is the third work of Gravity & Other Myths and was winner of the 2018 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement and nominated for three Helpmann Awards.

Redland Performing Arts Centre, Cleveland. March 25, 7.30pm.

Tickets $35-$45. Bookings 3829 8131 or visit www.rpac.com.au

TENORS TOUR WITH THE SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA THE Australian Tenors Spirit of Australia tour is on the way with a program spanning all genres of the classical tenor repertoire.

Five of the best tenor voices in Australia, The Australian Tenors bring romance, excitement, warmth and humour to their performances. The concert captures the spirit, beauty and vocal demand of authentic tenor voice.

Audiences can expect to be thrilled by classical arias from the popular operas such as the tenor trademark Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, and Verdi’s Anvil Chorus as well as songs from hit musical productions.

Duets from Phantom of the Opera and Friends for Life and favourites Waltzing Matilda, Australia My Country and I Am Australian are also part of a dynamic display of true Australian talent.

TIME OUT WITH THE GRANDKIDS GRANDPARENTS are invited to take their young descendants on a nostalgic journey with the Owl and the Pussycat.

The musical adventure is an enchanting and intimate theatrical experience for families, based on Edward Lear’s childhood poem.

This charming production features stunning vocals, interactive theatre, puppetry, a troupe of musical Puffins and

REDLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Live performance, film, community arts and so much more …

The Australian Tenors are Murray Mayday, Lorenzo Rositano, Bradley Cooper, Michael Butchard and Blake Fischer.

They are backed by the Southern Cross Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Macri.

Guests are Opera Australia’s soprano Giuseppina Grech and the Gold Coast Choir.

Redland Performing Arts Centre Thursday, March 26, 7pm Tickets $85, concessions $81 Bookings 3829 8131 or rpac.com.au

a blend of romance and nonsense.

Created by a national team of award-winning artists for children 4-10 years, this 45-minute interactive journey inspires, educates and enthrals.

Redland Performing Arts Centre Auditorium, Middle St, Cleveland April 21, 10.30am and 5.30pm Tickets $15-$25. Bookings 3829 8131 or visit rpac.com.au

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DANCE, CIRCUS & ACROBATICS // Queensland Ballet – Tutus on Tour Gravity & Other Myths – Backbone By a Thread – One Fell Swoop Circus

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By Alan Seymourr Generations clash in this iconic Australian play

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The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme of father-son conflict against the background and nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day. First staged in 1960, Alan Seymour’s landmark play questioned the existence of an Australian class system and challenged us to re-examine a national identity welded to our military history, even in defeat.

SATURDAY 18 APRIL, 2PM Redland Performing Arts Centre – Auditorium

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MODERN PLAY DELVES INTO THE BIG QUESTIONS

RELIVE BIG BAND SWING RELIVE the era of big band swing, song, dance and infectious rhythm at Come Fly with Me. From the enduring songs of Frank Sinatra to Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr, Ella Fitzgerald and others, Greg Aspeling and his daughter Katey continue the magic of their previous shows, backed by the 12-piece Swing Force Big Band.

The duo is mesmerising with smooth renditions of songs that mirror popular swing singers from the past to the present.

Their voices rise and fall in perfect cadence, backed by international show dancers in stunning costumes.

It will be an entertaining musical flight of fancy.

Redland Performing Arts Centre, Cleveland. March 14, 2pm. Tickets $31-37. Bookings 3829 8131 or visit rpac. com.au

A PLAY about friendship, love and loyalty, Falling from Grace, is by one of Australia’s most prolific and successful writers Hannie Rayson.

She has created a contemporary story about the deep friendship between three women. Suzannah, Maggie and Janet have been colleagues and best friends for years, but their relationship is about to be severely challenged by husbands, lovers, children, work ... and a new drug.

They work together, publishing a high-quality magazine, and have always helped each other deal with life’s crises.

The magazine is preparing to print an article about Miriam Roth, a high-profile female medical researcher, who is conducting a trial of a drug for PMS. This drug may or may not be responsible for birth defects.

The play considers what is moral/ ethical and how modern people deal with difficult situations.

The underlying issue is not clear-cut, and you are likely to change your mind, as do the play characters, several times, as various facts are revealed.

Ron Hurley Theatre, cnr Tallowwood St and Griffith Place, Seven Hills March 5-7, 7.30pm, and March 1,7,8, 2pm. Tickets $25, concessions online $20 Bookings 3991 7180 or visit trybooking. com or villanovaplayers.com

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The WORLD in Your Hands

Travel in Your Time

Inspirational destinations for a holiday at home

Take a paddle wheeler down the mighty Murray River AUSTRALIA has had a bad run – drought, bushfires, floods and now the corona virus – which has scared off visitors from far and wide. But as we know, it’s not as bad as it might sound.

We know we are not all about to burn, drown or be eaten in this wide, wonderful land and, as our communities are suffering the loss of foreign tourism, it’s a good time to holiday at home.

Despite the sharks, redbacks and snakes, it’s probably safer than spending hours trapped in a jet. Here are some ideas to get you started on your journey.

Woomera gives up its secrets WOOMERA is one of those eerie, largely deserted places that smacks of a 1950s secret base.

That’s exactly what is was and is.

Once the centre of Australian and British space race projects it now has 65,000 tourists. Located 446km north of Adelaide, it is just off the Stuart Highway and is well worth a couple of days.

The Eldo Hotel has 400 beds in a range of formats, and the reception, bar and restaurant, are in the former ELDO (European Launcher Development Organisation) administration

facility. Blocks have names such as Redstone, Black Knight, Blue Steel and Skylark - all former rocket or missile systems once tested at Woomera.

Woomera is still considered one of the best testing and launch facilities in the western world. At the 2016 census it had a permanent population of 146, but at the height of the Cold War, 7000 people lived in the area.

Since 1982, visitors have been able to stay at Woomera but only Australian Government staff and contractors can live there.

There’s year-round access to the facilities, including several museums, and the National Missile Park which has an excellent display of rare aircraft, rockets, bombs and missiles.

The Woomera Heritage Centre, the former recreation centre for USAF personnel, has a modern interactive display and interpretive centre covering the life of the range.

Sail the mighty Murray THE Murray is the mother of the great inland rivers of Australia.

The Murray Princess, based in South Australia, is a massive vessel that looks like the famous

steamboat in the musical Showboat. On board, guests enjoy top class a la carte dining and Barossa wines while sailing past the famous red gums.

Murray Princess was built to squeeze through the Murray locks and there is virtually a scrape of boarding house butter between ship and shore.

Sit on the deck and watching the changing riverscape and the abundance of birds or venture into historic ports and sacred Aboriginal sites. At Sunnydale homestead near the famous Big Bend, there’s sheep racing, whip cracking and shearing. Sit on the riverbank at the Big Bend and watch the sunset turn limestone cliff face from yellow to gold to orange to glowing red.

Visit murrayprincess.com.au Dinner at Dinner Plain On the Great Alpine Road between Omeo and Bright via Mt Hotham, a sign says “Dinner Plain 1km”. It’s a name that demands investigation.

Dinner Plain is arguably Australia’s newest and most beautiful country town. Straight out of a frosty white Christmas scene, it has streets of stunning architectural designs, all aimed at capturing the winter snow trade.

Chalets and lodges are based on the old cattlemen’s huts of the Victorian High Country.

Designed by architect Peter McIntyre, they are all timber and every one is different.

McIntyre camped at the site in a caravan 35 years ago and imagined the type of town he would build as the “just out of reach” clouds flew low and fast over his campfire.

The unique alpine life of Australia was vital in designing Victoria’s newest village, 1200m above sea level, and four hours from Melbourne.

The village is surrounded by alpine wilderness and stunted snow gums. The barman at the enchanting pub explains how it came by the name: In the days of Cobb and Co, the coach would stop at the old pub for midday dinner. Lunch was called dinner in those days, hence Dinner Plain. It is believed Aboriginal groups also used the area as a stopover and cattlemen also stopped to rest their herds.

Woomera reveals its secrets.

Slow travel in style ONE of Australia’s oldest express trains, the Spirit of Progress, will make her longest-ever journey in July on a week-long heritage rail adventure to the NSW outback.

The Far West Express rail tour has been launched by Cruise Express, which helped resurrect the old train to working order.

The Spirit’s gleaming, blue and gold compartment and parlour cars will take nostalgic travellers from Sydney to Broken

Quirky hotel at Dinner Plain.

Hill, on seven-day 2300km tour that includes three nights in the Silver City for tours of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, museums, art galleries, the Living Desert Sculptures, sunset at the Mundi Mundi Plains Lookout, and a meal at the Silverton Hotel in a quirky, ghost town.

The Spirit of Progress then heads back to Orange for a two-night stay before snaking back over the Blue Mountains.

Visit cruiseexpress.com.au Barcaldine’s national history Barcaldine is an unpretentious town of 1000 residents. It’s also where history was made when it played a significant role in the labour movement and the birth of the Australian Labor Party.

It all happened in 1891, when it was one of the focal points of the Australian shearers’ strike.

The landmark Tree of Knowledge, under which the strikers met, took pride of place outside the railway station. Sadly, in an act that defies logic, unknown vandals in 2006 poisoned the 200-year-old ghost gum. Today, the strike is commemorated in a display surrounding the restored remains of the old gum.

The town also has plenty of other heritage-listed sites.

Words Dallas Sherringham Feature supplied by wtfmedia.

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MUSIC festivals have become the domain of the young who are prepared to sacrifice creature comforts for being part of a jam-packed crowd under the open sky, rain, hail or shine, to see their favourite performers.

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In collaboration with Choose Your Cruise, Cruiseco presents three music cruises that cater for different musical tastes while cruising the South Pacific in a Royal Caribbean ship, so that music fans can cruise in comfort and have top-flight entertainers literally on board. It’s a big line-up, so here are the choices:

ROCK THE BOAT American rock legend Suzi Quatro is headliner for Rock the Boat, a cruise celebrating 10 years and back by popular demand, which will host more than 40 Australian and international rock artists.

The lineup also includes INXS frontman Jon Stevens, Russell Morris, Ross Wilson and Adam Thompson performing Bohemian Rhapsody.

It’s the whole shebang for anyone who wants the festival experience – rock ‘n’ roll dance lessons, artist signings, meet and greets, dress-up theme nights, late-night Schooner Bar jam sessions, guitar workshops and more. All this while cruising to the Isle of Pines and Noumea.

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BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts Australia’s all-encompassing performing arts cruise returns with a program of more than 30 artists. Passengers will be treated to seven nights of music covering musical theatre, opera, cabaret and jazz.

Performances by international and Australian acts, include Anthony Warlow with special guest Amanda Lea LaVergne, Ruthie Henshall, Teddy Tahu-Rhodes, Peter Coleman-Wright and Cheryl Barker.

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Take part in open mic sessions, costume dress-up theme nights, artist workshops and signings, and enjoy up-close immersive live performances with artists sharing the stage with their family members.

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TRIVIA

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

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Secret message: Fun and Games

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WORD STEP SOAPY, SOAPS, SLAPS, SLOPS, FLOPS, FLOWS

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WORDFIND

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SUDOKU (EASY)

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SUDOKU (MEDIUM)

There may be other correct answers

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1. Which national capital was once known as Batavia?

2. What percentage of one kilometre is 10 metres?

3. Which noted Australian, born 1864 and died 1941, and who featured on a bank note, was at various times a solicitor, journalist and war correspondent?

4. What recipe ingredient is often desiccated?

5. In comics, who was Dagwood Bumstead’s wife?

6. In which state is Wanda Beach?

7. What is the geologic name for volcanic glass?

8. “I once was lost, but now am found” appear in what classic hymn?

9. What Latin phrase means to improvise?

10. How many NRL teams are based in Victoria?

11. Who was the couch potato in the “Life Be In It”” TV commercials in the 1970s?

12. What is the scientific name for -273 degrees Celsius? sius?

13. Of what English given name is Liam often an abbreviation? bbreviation?

14. What was Johnny Depp’s character’s name in Titanic?

15. What is the colour of the front door of 10 Downing ning St? 16. What garden plants have leaves called fronds?

17. How many tibia does a normal human have?

18. What is the essential ingredient for an omelette? e?

19. In what year was the cave rescue of a boys’ soccer club in Thailand?

20. Who was Australian prime minister at the beginning of 2019?

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To hand out nameless gin is pointless (11) Explosive element in the recording medium gets chewed up (3) Paid sportsman may yearn to extend it (7) When it is right to rib workers for making an elliptical path (5) A chart the French use to find a tree (5) Split when a large number absconded (5) Initially the full legislative assembly embraced the alternative protected by the ‘greenies’ (5) If you can get fruits to ripen they will provide a nutritional element (7) Article of apparel found amongst the obituaries (3) Someone on the board who loves furniture, perhaps? (11)

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Refer to the website for a cryptic solving guide.

CODEWORD

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BALL BASE BASEBALL BAT CAP CATCH COURT CRICKET FIELD FOOTBALL GOAL HOCKEY HOOP

WORK IT OUT!

LINE NET NETBALL OPPOSITION RACQUET RUN SCORE SOCCER TACKLE TENNIS UMPIRE

SUDOKU Level: Medium

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PUZZLES

QUICK CROSSWORD

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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once.

No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

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Solid geometric figure (5) Thwart (9) Energy (11) Ovum (3) Presented for the first time (10) Free from danger (4) Looked at (8) Modern (6) Strand (6) Drink (8) Conceal (4) Perks (10) Nothing (3) Coiffeur (11) Jocks, etc. (9) Flanks (5)

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WORK IT OUT!

Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step. One possible answer shown below.

SOAPY

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