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his, dear reader, is an electionfree zone, so you can relax and feel quite safe that you can read on from here without any risk of running into the ‘E’ word.

I do find it quite amusing, all the same, that television, radio and newspapers are saying how tough it is being subjected to a “marathon� campaign (and it is) and yet still go on to report every little itch and scratch along the way. Ah, the strange world in which we live.

And this strange new world has delivered us another couple of curly ones. First we hear news from the ACCC of how the 55+ group has become a prime target for internet

Contents scammers looking to tap into hardearned retirement savings; and then we learn that abuse can start at home.

Angela Bensted’s insightful report reveals that unwanted grasping for the family fortune can, and often does, come from those we trust the most. We have also had the recent cases of the Macleay Island grandmother beaten to death by the postie she trusted to look after her, and the Townsville community worker allegedly murdered by her 36-year-old daughter.

This is not fear-mongering but more a timely warning to be cautious and ensure affairs are in order, such as making sure your power of attorney is up to date, as our de Groots law specialist explains this issue.

And there I was thinking that the good thing about ageing was that you became invisible and passed under the radar of unwanted attention.

Never mind, forewarned is forearmed.

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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COVER STORY

Family fortunes We work hard, save hard and hope to make it through our retirement years but, as ANGELA BENSTED reports, retirement savings can also make us the target of abuse.

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n a cruel twist of fate, family fortunes, earned through graft and sacrifice, are being whittled away by warring children and scheming hangers-on.

Separate inquiries by the NSW government and the Australian Law Reform Commission on elder abuse are shining a light on families twisted by greed, and the bleak existence faced by vulnerable older people being fleeced by people they trust.

A woman who suspected her brother of financially and emotionally abusing their mother wrote to the NSW inquiry stating, “my brother was burdening my mother daily with his problems to the point that it consumed her day.

“She stopped eating as it was too expensive, stopped her pensioner bus trips on Wednesday as they were too expensive, and went to bed by 5pm without dinner to save on heating and food. All so she could give him her money.”

The woman, whose name has been suppressed, continued with a complicated story of guardianship proceedings, contested powers of attorney, her mother’s dwindling bank balance and a broken family.

“I was accused by my sister and my daughter of trying to kill my mother,”

she writes. Family squabbling over money might be considered a private affair, but when an older person at the centre of the brouhaha suffers harm, the drama is most definitely a form of elder abuse.

The World Health Organisation defines elder abuse as “a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person”.

While the abuse can also be physical, psychological or sexual, the most common form reported to Queensland’s Elder Abuse Prevention Unit (EAPU) is financial abuse.

Les Jackson, coordinator of EAPU and nationally recognised authority on the subject, says their telephone hotline is experiencing “a bumper year”.

He estimates they will exceed last year’s call numbers (1282) by 50 per cent.

Elder abuse is often seen as a symptom of carer stress.

“But it’s not carer stress at all,” Les says. “Carers do a great job.”

Instead, the cases show an increasing pattern of people moving back into the family home to collect the federal government’s carer payment

“Older people become isolated and drop off the radar of health care providers”

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COVER STORY and then failing to provide any care.

These “freeloaders” don’t pay board or contribute anything towards electricity or other bills. They often stop outside service providers such as cleaners from coming in “because that costs money”.

These so-called carers are “skimming the pension. They’re getting free board and lodging; they’re getting the whole lot,” Les says. “They’re on easy street.”

The data collected by EAPU is patchy, with figures on income source for only half of the perpetrators on record. Although limited, the numbers are alarming.

Of those who declared a government carer’s payment as their only income, nearly 18 per cent provided no care at all to the victim.

Les says reforms to aged care funding may have unwittingly contributed to the problem, with the family home now being part of the refundable deposit for nursing home fees and an expectation of “user pays” if the older person has sufficient assets.

“If mum ever does get to the stage where she does need nursing home care, they tend to be pulling them out of the aged care system because otherwise the house gets sold and where are they (family members) going to live?,” he says.

Older people become isolated out of the system and drop off the radar of health care providers.

A Queensland coroner noted this anomaly in the Cynthia Thoresen inquest findings. Cynthia, an 88-yearold woman with dementia, died in hospital in 2009 from complications after being admitted with a broken leg.

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“EAPU helpline operators say older victims are reluctant to ask for a protection order against their own child” and developing pressure sores.

Medicare records showed Cynthia hadn’t seen a doctor for more than five years, despite her daughter having received Centrelink benefits to care for her since January 2001.

At the 2013 inquest, ambulance officers and hospital medical staff painted a picture of severe neglect, prompting the coroner to suggest people who received a carer’s benefit should be required to submit an annual independent medical review of the person being cared for.

Two-thirds of Queensland elder abuse victims are women. And while some have diminished mental capacity, it’s not a significant factor.

EAPU reports only 17 per cent

reported as having, or being suspected as having, dementia.

Val French has been a spokeswoman for older people for many years, with successive federal governments consulting her on issues affecting the demographic, including elder abuse. She founded Older People Speak Out, an organisation promoting justice for seniors, in 1993.

Val says her generation (she’s 88) is less assertive than people are today, especially the women.

“If you’re an old person it is very, very hard for you to do anything about it (abuse) because you don’t want to lose your family,” Val says. “You don’t want to be on your own for the rest of your life.”

Les Jackson has heard it all.

“There’s all sorts of emotional stuff that happens in families,” he says.

“People use coercion and a bit of emotional blackmail, telling (an older person) they’ll never see their grandchildren again, or they (children) will never visit them again; or ‘I’ll die on the streets if you throw me out, there’s nowhere else to go’.”

It isn’t always a family member who takes advantage of an older person’s trust for their own financial gain.

“We look for a situation where an individual has wormed their way into the older person’s life,” Les says.

“Dad might have a new gardener or a friend from down the club who has moved in and that friend starts isolating the older person from other friends and family and service providers.”

The isolation is actually a form of social abuse and it’s a tactic used so no one else knows what’s going on.

But family members have to tread carefully. They might become suspicious if their unattached and elderly dad takes up with a younger woman Les says.

“But that’s being going on forever. It all depends on the older person’s capacity. Maybe she is a gold-digging hussy, but maybe he wants a trophy wife to parade around the bowls club,” he says.

“There’s a real sense of entitlement in a number of calls where the younger person says, ‘but that’s my money’.”

What needs to be determined is: what are the older person’s wishes? Are they being controlled?

When an accused cocaine smuggler asked his 81-year-old ex-mother-in-law continued over>

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COVER STORY to sign over her house as security for his bail last year, a Southport magistrate said it was “a potential act of elder abuse”. The woman would have to perform a citizen’s arrest if her former son-in-law tried to skip bail and the magistrate doubted her affidavit in which she said it would not be “ruinous’’ to lose her home.

“I always thought I’d heard them all,” Les says. “But it never ceases to amaze me some of the things these families do.”

He recounts a typical call to the hotline involving a property dispute.

An older couple bought a family home with their son and his wife “giving them a helping hand because they were having difficulty getting into their first house”.

The property was purchased in the son’s name on the understanding the parents could live there.

The relationship started to break down so they built a flat at the back, which the parents also paid for.

Once the flat was built the son announced he was selling the property.

“The father doesn’t have any title and there’s going to have to be a civil court action,” he says.

“This man is desperate. He can’t afford to engage a lawyer and is relying

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on a community legal service.”

Older people can apply for protection orders under Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012, which are available for non-physical abuse.

But EAPU helpline operators say older victims are reluctant to ask for a protection order against their own child.

“The idea of being alone when you’re old is appalling,” Val French says.

“Most old people need to have the security of people around them who can help them, be there for them. It would be awful to die alone.”

Brisbane is hosting the International Federation on Ageing Global Conference from June 21-23, and the city will be bathed in purple light mid-month in recognition of World Elder Abuse day on June 15.

The Australian Law Reform Commission will also release an issues paper on that day, calling for public submissions. In the meantime, Les Jackson and his team at EAPU are buckling up for another bumper year and Val French continues to despair at a world turned upside down.

“Imagine what it’s like to be an older person and the ones who let you down are the ones you love the best,” she says.

ADVICE FROM THE Elder Abuse Prevention Unit For parents: • Never sign anything without getting a legal opinion.

• When getting legal advice, use your own solicitor, not your children’s For children: • Trust your instincts.

• If you think an older person is being isolated and exploited, call the Elder Abuse Helpline on 1300 651 192 for advice.

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CONSUMER WATCH

Scams target love and money

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he Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Scamwatch last year received 105,200 scam complaints amounting to the loss of $85 million – and these are only the cases being reported.

The ACCC is encouraging older Australians to “wise up and watch out” for scams that target them so they don’t have their hard-earned savings stolen.

IAnd while there are many scams affecting older members of the community, love and investment account for half of the money reported lost by over 55s in 2015 In 2015, Scamwatch reports for fraudulent investment schemes across all age groups doubled to over $24 million, with 1262 complaints. Of these, almost $6.3 million was lost to victims over 55.

These scams pose a significant risk for Australians looking for investment opportunities, especially those looking to grow their retirement funds.

“Investment scams come in many guises including business ventures, superannuation schemes, managed funds and the sale or purchase of shares or property. Scammers dress up ‘opportunities’ with professional looking brochures and websites to mask their fraudulent operations and trick

unsuspecting Australians,” the ACCC warns.

“Before parting with your money, do your own research on the investment company and check they have a Australian Financial Services Licence on ASIC’s MoneySmart website. Don’t let anyone pressure you into making decisions about your money or investments.”

Just under $23 million was reported in losses from 2620 complaints of romance scams. Of this, $5.6 million was lost to victims over 55.

“Dating and romance scams take advantage of people looking for romantic partners, often via dating websites, apps or social media,” the ACCC says.

“Scammers spend months and even years establishing a relationship with their victims before making up a reason they need to ‘borrow’ money, such as medical emergencies or travel expenses.

“Never send money to someone you have met online. Cease contact with anyone that asks for money, no matter how you feel about them,” the ACCC said.

“Chances are that you will be left with a broken heart and no money.”

HEADACHE FOR NUROFEN The Federal Court has fined Reckitt Benckiser, the company that makes Nurofen, $1.7 million for misleading consumers with targeted pain relief products that didn’t target pain.

The company claimed that each product was formulated to treat a particular area of pain when they in fact all contained the exact same active ingredient of ibuprofen lysine 342mg.

STOP THE HEALTH PREMIUM PAIN Consumers are being encouraged to consider dropping their health insurance extras cover unless they are confident of receiving more in benefits than they are paying in premiums.

While people over the age of 55 typically get value from extras insurance, they may be short changed.

Following the announcement of this year’s 5.59 per cent private health insurance average price increase, consumer group Choice analysed extras cover. It found low average payout rates and savings of up to 45 per cent available to consumers who dropped it.

The Federal Government’s decision to sign off on a 5.59 per cent average premium increase sees consumers slugged with a 48.3 per cent cumulative increase since 2009. The news came two weeks after MediBank announced a 58 per cent jump in net profit.

“While we welcome the Federal Health Minister’s initial decision to push back on the insurers’ requests for yet another annual price hike, this increase will hurt a lot of consumers,” Choice’s Tom Godfrey said. “In the wake of the price hike, you should also ask yourself why you have private health insurance.

“Is it for tax purposes or planned hospital visits, emergencies or dental and optical expenses? Knowing what you want from your cover can save you a lot of money.”

Choice found that only about $370 on average was paid out in extras benefits per person in 2013-14.

HERBS NOT SPICING UP LIFE Samples of a number of oregano products sold in Australia were adulterated with olive and sumac leaves, with one product containing less than 10 per cent oregano.

Consumer group Choice commissioned testing of 12 brands and found only five were 100 per cent oregano.

The worst offender in the spot check was Master of Spices (less than 10 per cent) followed by Hoyt’s (11 per cent), Aldi’s Stonemill (26 per cent), Spice & Co (35 per cent) Menora (36 per cent), Spencers (40 per cent) and G Fresh (50 per cent).

The spot check found products from MasterFoods, Woolworths Select, Coles, McCormick and Herbies Spices had 100 per cent oregano leaves.

“Consumers should be able to trust that if a product is labelled as oregano, it’s actually oregano,” Choice said.

Consumers spent $115m on herbs and spices last year according to Retail World Annual Report 2015.

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3A is an international organisation with millions of members and offers a variety of stimulating courses, talks, excursions and social gatherings.

Catering for the “un-retiring” over 50s who wish to continue life-long learning, members can partake in interests such as languages, art classes, music, opera, movie and art appreciation, topical discussions, history, reading Shakespeare, craft, card and board games such as solo, bridge, mahjong and scrabble or get physical gently with organised walks, exercise group or yoga.

U3A Noosa also offers Friday talks on a variety of topics from travellers’ tales, to special lectures for seniors by tutors at the university of the Sunshine Coast.

This year U3A Noosa celebrates its 25th birthday and the management committee welcomes suggestions and expressions of interest for future planning and direction.

Being a totally volunteer organisation, more people are needed to provide fresh ideas, skills and energy, especially those with managerial, secretarial, and computing skills such as IT, hardware,

Expect the unexpected with U3A software and website maintenance.

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Have your say. Send letters to Editor, Your Time Magazine, PO Box 6362, Maroochydore BC 4558 or email editor@yourtimemagazine.com.au DURING a recent holiday at Caloundra I read your articles relating to Christmas Bells and remembered this story: From the late 1940s through the ‘50s my family with others from Brisbane, Maleny and Nambour enjoyed camping through the Christmas school holidays at a vacant residential block in Warne Tce, Caloundra.

The same families would gather each year in a community of six or seven 12’x12’ canvas tents and a large, raised wooden-floored vehicle garage. Lifelong friendships were made.

My father had a 1935 Chev ute which we would load with the heavy canvas tent and home-made folding camping gear and, with the dog atop, Dad driving and Mum, my sister and I in the cabin, we would set off from Brisbane to Caloundra. From memory it was about a three-hour trip up the old road.

We were always pleased to reach the mile-long straight stretch past what is now Corbould Park and anticipated being the first to sight the ocean as we crested the hill.

The area to the north along the straight stretch was open grassland and we counted ourselves lucky on one occasion, which was probably 1953, to see Christmas Bells in bloom and stopped

to pick some. We had picked three stalks when we were approached by a man armed with a rifle and accompanied by a younger man.

They appeared to have come from a house which would have been where the overpass now reaches the northern side of the main road.

We were in an area between a fence and the edge of the road which the older chap claimed he leased from the government and therefore the wildflowers were his. He was not interested in taking possession of the flowers we had picked.

With a wife and two kids with him Dad could not argue the matter too strongly with an armed man and was obliged to purchase the three stalks for 5 pounds - which was approximately the weekly wage of a young male at that time. Dad had the cautionary tale to entertain the other campers when we arrived and he no doubt could see some humour in the event.

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The Silver Fox community is a non-profit organisation and Positive Ageing initiative that provides an opportunity for seniors and children to learn from each other through a wealth of life experience and knowledge shared.

It involves mentoring younger students in classroom settings with literacy and living and local history activities.

These will be scheduled once a week for one to two hours over a school term.

At the end of the project, an exhibition highlighting new connections made across generations will be hosted with local council libraries and surf clubs to focus on the value of a diverse and inclusive community.

Professional and non-professional women and men who are over 65 and retired or still working are encouraged to apply, as are seniors of different cultural backgrounds.

The concept is taken from a successful US program aimed at Positive Ageing through purposeful activities connecting both young and old.

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Silver Fox director Francis Hartnett and Elder Law Committee chairwoman Kirsty Mackie. improvements in wellbeing, physical and mental health as well as creating a better society.

“The advantages of volunteering are many, the social, emotional and educational exchanges are beneficial and felt by all participants,” says Silver Fox founder Francis Hartnett.

“Teachers are also provided an untapped resource, and families of participants in the project are known to enjoy improved relations and support.”

Mr Hartnett developed the idea to complement the senior rights advocacy work he undertook with his wife who is chairman of the Elder Law Committee.

Australia is ranked 17th on the Global

Age Friendly index placing it last among western countries.

Francis identifies a positive and pragmatic approach to countering this through the project.

“A successful society needs villagelike qualities, one where we’re all connected, not isolated, and in which the value of seniors and the contributions only they can make are appreciated and given purpose,” he said.

Volunteers and school or senior care providers are invited to make contact for project details and how to become involved.

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NEWS

Probus 86 celebrates a milestone

ARTISTS CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY

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he Probus Club of Caloundra 86 has celebrated its 30th anniversary.

The celebration was held at the Caloundra Power Boat Club in conjunction with the annual changeover and was attended by 65 guests, including past members and Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson, Rotary Club of Caloundra president Judy Clark and Probus regional liaison officer Alan Blundell.

Mr Jamieson congratulated the group on its milestone and gave an outline of future plans for Caloundra and its environs.

Long-serving members were also acknowledged, including Des Harris, one of the founding members; Des Long, the longest serving member; and Keith Cambridge, a member for 20 years. Mr Harris and Mr Long later cut the 30th anniversary cake.

Keith Cambridge is congratulated

by Mayor Mark Jamieson.

Immediate past president Gary Hall presented the outgoing committee with appreciation certificates for their dedicated service to the club.

Mr Jamieson officially passed the President’s chain of office to the incoming president Terry Sternberg, who said his main challenge for the next year would be to increase membership.

Like to join? Call Terry Sternberg 0418 749 042.

RENOWNED photographer Steve Parish, who now lives on the Sunshine Coast, recently launched the Arts Connect exhibition “Our Mountain Home” at the Moreton Bay Gallery – and now it’s coming home.

“I really feel comfortable with these artists whose roots are in nature, and their basic connection with their natural surrounds and environment is one I can identify with,” Mr Parish said.

The exhibition features the work of 13 member artists who presented their own interpretation of the Glass House Mountain region through a range of mediums - both 2D and 3D works including ceramics, watercolour, oils, acrylics, print, pastel, mixed media and photography.

The successful exhibition will be on display at the Arts and Environment Centre at the Maroochy Botanical Gardens from Monday, June 27, to Sunday, July 10.

Arts Connect Inc (ACI) structures programs to provide opportunities for artist members

Margaret Lipscombe with Steve Parish, with her work in the background, at the opening of Our Mountain Home exhibition at the Moreton Bay Regional Gallery. to bring together communities and creativity.

With the recent restructure of the well-received Open Studios program, which provides the chance to visit artist studios on the last weekend of every month, its Studio Trail project has greatly expanded. The latest initiative is the bi-monthly Artists Speak Out events sponsored by Maple 3 Café and a other Maleny businesses.

The popular annual Sculpture on the Edge exhibition hosted by major sponsor Spicers

at their Tamarind Retreat in Maleny, will be from October 7-23.

Sculptures will nestle in the ambience of the private gardens where visitors are invited to wander and use their imagination in experiencing the works.

ACI is providing members with another opportunity to be part of a regional gallery exhibition at the Cooroy Butter Factory, in association with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, in November.

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Top speakers tell stories of World War I

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seminar featuring a range of expert speakers will present a new and fascinating perspective of the battlefields of World War I in Caloundra next month.

Organised by the Caloundra Family History Research group, the Great War centenary commemorative event will cover such topics as mapping, health, unrecovered casualties and the horses of the battlefields.

Lunch and morning and afternoon teas will be provided as part of the full day’s program on Saturday, July 2.

Each talk will be about 50 minutes with a question and answer session at the end.

First speaker is Lee Dominick, a member of the 5th Light Horse Regiment Maleny troop, who will open with a talk on The Horse and its Trooper in The Great War. After morning tea, Bill Kitson, a patron of History Queensland, historian and retired founder and former curator of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and

Surveying, will speak on Queensland Surveyors and Mapping in World War I A light lunch will follow and then Helen Smith, an author, molecular epidemiologist and public health microbiologist, will talk about the Health of the ANZACs: Gallipoli to the Western Front. Helen is the author of Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms and has written for a number of family history publications and scientific publications.

Final speaker for the afternoon is Toni White, a consulting genealogist to the ADF Unrecovered War Casualties Unit, who will address Fromelles & the ADF Unrecovered War Casualties Unit. Toni’s area of expertise is quite specific, including the work to identify the 200 recently recovered soldiers from their mass grave and the identification of the 144 soldiers to date.

The seminar will be at the Caloundra District Indoor Bowling Association Hall, Burke St (western end) Golden Beach where parking is available on site.

It is on Saturday, July 2, 10-4pm, with registration from 9.30am.

Cost is $30 which includes lunch and morning and afternoon tea.

Bookings are essential by June 16, to Roz Kuss 5493 1197 or Valerie Thornton, 5437 3879, or email caloundrafamilyres@ y7mail.com Visit caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au

SAUNTER IN THE PARK TAKE a trip down a quiet country lane in Palmwoods and experience a magnificent park-like garden, for a worthy cause on Saturday, June 18, 9am–4pm.

Terry and Glen Sheahan, the owners of Jatlen Park, at 72 Winston Rd South, Palmwoods, are opening their garden for a Give me 5 for Kids fundraiser.

The couple, who are well-recognised local faces having been in business in the district for more than 20 years, are keen to share their garden. “The garden is divided into different areas by low camellia and lily pilly hedges,� Glen said. “There are extensive lawns bordered by mixed hedgings and a mature avocado tree has its own secret garden of orchids, ferns and staghorns.�

On the east side is an Italian Garden entered through a jasmine arch, while at the rear, is Jasmine Cottage, a trompe

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A large lake has an island accessed by a causeway. Jatlen Park can accommodate cars and small bus parking on site.

This year there also will be a display of classic cars from the Noosa Beach Classic Car Club.

Refreshments are available as well as plants for sale. Entry is free.

ABOUT THE HOUSE LEARN more about Australian architecture in good company at the next meeting of the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society. “The Australian house from the 1930s to the present day� will be feature topic at the monthly meeting on June 20 at 6.45pm at the Drama Theatre Matthew Flinders College, Stringybark Rd, Buderim. Adrian Boddy will examine the influence of modernism on Australian domestic architecture and concludes with an analysis of examples of the contemporary Australian house. ADFAS is a not-for-profit organisation providing monthly presentations on diverse topics within the arts and related disciplines.

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HISTORY

What’s in a name?

Place names have a story to tell and give us an insight into our history. AUDIENNE BLYTH examines the origins of some coastal areas.

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n the Sunshine Coast we have a rich heritage of Aboriginal names and also European names of early settlers, dignitaries and even events.

Local government has the responsibility to decide on appropriate names which are submitted by developers or members of the public.

The great explorers, Captain James Cook in 1779 and Matthew Flinders in 1799, were two of the earliest Europeans to travel along the coastline of the area now known as the Sunshine Coast.

Cook named the Glass House Mountains after the glass houses in his home in Yorkshire.

Flinders named Point Skirmish on Bribie Island after an altercation with Aborigines. He also named Pumice Stone Passage after seeing pumice stones, from underwater volcanoes in the Pacific, deposited on the sandy beaches.

Tom Petrie, in the 1830s, described how the name of a convict, Bribie the basket maker, became the name of the island.

The name “Sunshine Coast” became official in the Government Gazette of August 1, 1967, although moves had been afoot for a collective name for a good five years before that.

Point Cartwright was named for Sir Richard Cartwright, a giant of the Industrial Revolution. The names Point Cartwright and its former name Point Raper appear on early maps prior to Lt Heath’s visit in 1861.

Previously we had been known as the North Coast and dutifully added “North Coast Line” to our addresses.

Dicky Beach came from the name of the ship, Dicky, wrecked in 1893.

Moffat Beach is named after the owner of the first holiday cottage, Bulcock Beach after Frank Bulcock, an early settler and Kings Beach after an early Caloundra family.

Lt Heath is credited with naming Wickham Point in 1861, after Captain

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impressed with the abundance of black swans in the river.

They gave their word for black swan to the river, marutchi, which is not a Gubbi Gubbi word.

As cars speed down Aerodrome Rd, once an airfield, we may consider it is well named. It is hard to imagine that it was once an expanse of wild flowers and coastal heath.

Kawana means wild flowers. Before the region was developed with roads and subdivisions wild flowers flourished.

They have now all but disappeared apart from a few small undisturbed pockets.

In the 1960s, a coast road was developed and named after two local politicians, the David Low Way and the Nicklin Way. Also named at that time were Marcus Beach and Peregian.

Marcus was the son of the developer, T.M.Burke and Peregian is an Aboriginal word said to refer to emu.

Coronation Beach was a name given in Queen Elizabeth’s coronation year in 1953 but changed to Yaroomba, meaning surf on the beach, in 1961. Marcoola is a combination of Maroochy and Coolum.

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John Wickham, police magistrate. Petrie Island was named after Andrew Petrie, but renamed Mudjimba.

Point Raper was possibly named after Henry Raper, a famous navigator. It is not known when or by whom it was named or even renamed Point Cartwright.

The naming of Point Arkwright is also a mystery. Both are of men who made their name during England’s Industrial Revolution.

Sir Richard Arkwright invented the cotton spinning factory system and Edmund Cartwright developed weaving and combing equipment.

Battery Hill in Caloundra was so named because, in World War II, the area was used for artillery training.

Our rich heritage of Aboriginal names from the Gubbi Gubbi includes Caloundra meaning beautiful place and Mooloolaba meaning black snake.

Coolum refers to its blunt shape and Noosa means shaded but was originally referred to as Bracefield’s Head or Cape Bracefield after the runaway convict found by Andrew Petrie.

Maroochydore and was named by Andrew Petrie on a journey of discovery in the 1840s. Petrie was travelling with a group of Brisbane Aborigines who were

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FASHION

Another turn on the local catwalk

What’s a mother-of-the-bride to do, laments KAY McMAHON, as she sees another old favourite label disappear.

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was always smug in the belief that when I became a mother-of-the-bride I’d have the perfect excuse to buy a new Easton Pearson outfit which would make me look and feel like a “glam”, mature-age, trendy woman who looks too young to be such a thing.

My envious, young and svelte daughter’s friends would flock around exclaiming “cool!”.

And I would dispel all the myths that the MOB (mother-of-the-bride) always wears a frumpy, grey two-piece suit with a big brooch on the lapel for some bling.

But no! Last month Easton Pearson announced they are closing their doors forever to move on to other projects.

The Brisbane-based, internationally renowned designers Pam Easton and Lydia Pearson, also Super Boomers, are feeling the need for some down-time after their 25 years of running a successful business and are shutting up shop.

It’s not all doom and gloom, but this hasn’t been a great year for Brisbanebased fashion.

In early 2016, Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane announced that after 10 years it would be packing up the show, leaving no public showcase for local

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these names were synonymous with everything stylish and fashionable about Brisbane, I am bereft about the gaps this is leaving in the marketplace.

While the introduction of international mass-market labels has opened up choices for us as customers, it has also taken its toll on a local industry which I remember as being colourful,

Easton Pearson will be missed. designers.

And in January, the iconic Thea Basilou from Blonde Venus announced she was closing her Brisbane store and heading to Melbourne; again Melbourne add to their lineage as the fashion capital of Australia.

So, being the child of an era when

“Those were the days when local designers were feted and we Boomers revelled in the excitement” vibrant, entertaining and uniquely Queensland. Who remembers the Retailers Association of Queensland (RAQ) Awards and names like Daniel Lightfoot and Keri Craig?

Those were days when local designers were feted and we Boomers revelled in the excitement of buying Queensland

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FASHION

Thea Basilou of Blonde Venus is shutting up shop in Brisbane and moving to Melbourne. outfits now grace North American department stores and every gym junkie, old or young, throughout Australia.

But the word “fashion” means change and those of us embracing the fashion world and all its craziness know that sometimes this can be the beginning of another new and exciting time.

Young, local design entrepreneurs are

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Today, the local choice has decreased, but hats off to labels such as Sacha Drake, Maiocchi and dogstar who have cemented their place as the go-to names for those of us searching for economical but designer pieces.

And here’s to Lorna Jane who has blitzed the activewear market and whose

now entering the market. Look out for names such as Gail Sorronda and Edwina Sinclair of SOOT. They offer beautiful garments with many silhouettes – a perfect fit for more mature bodies. Both of these labels sit in my wardrobe and allow me to applaud and promote good local fashion when I travel overseas for work.

For those of you who remember the halcyon days of Queensland fashion, Remotely Fashionable: A Story of Subtropical Style by Nadia Buick and Madeleine King will happily take you down memory lane.

With a preface by Pam Easton and Lydia Pearson, this book highlights and celebrates the history of all things Queensland: designers such as Paula Stafford, Patrick Ogilvie and Gwen Gillam and iconic retailers such as TC Beirne, McDonnell and East, McWhirters and Bayards.

The collection of photos and stories are a great reminder that fashion comes and goes but Queensland has been – and will remain – a major stakeholder in the Australian marketplace.

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

Getting tense about tenses Past, present and future, DAVID PARMITER fears that tenses are no longer part of the curriculum.

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verywhere I look, I see articles using the wrong tense or verb forms, making me wonder if schools and universities even bother teaching it anymore.

“A ship full of treasure sunk off the coast of Chile in the 16th century”.

No, it didn’t. It sank off the coast of Chile.

The verb “to sink” has a past tense of “sank” and “sunk” is the past participle.

The participle “sunk” needs the auxiliary verb which is the past tense of “to have” or “to be”. So the ship “had sunk” (by itself) or “was sunk”’ (by gunfire or a storm).

My child swims across the pool.

Yesterday she swam across the pool. She did not swum across the pool but she has not swum in the pool since last weekend.

Present tense, past tense, past participle.

At university I learned Latin. I cannot say I learnt Latin. I can say that I have learnt Greek in my time, but I have forgotten most of it.

Learned is the past tense of the verb; learnt is the past participle. Latin is learnt or was learnt by classical scholars. They probably also learned it at school.

One of the trickiest of these verbs

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involves beds and chickens.

You lie on a bed. You cannot lay on a bed. A chicken can lay an egg, it cannot lie an egg.

The trick to remember is that lay is a transitive verb and must therefore take a direct object. You must lay something.

Like the table.

“Lie” is an intransitive verb and does not take a direct object. You can lie down or you can lie sideways, but you cannot lie a blanket down. You lay the blanket down.

If you kneel to pray you might say “Now I lay me down to sleep ...”.

Here “lay” takes the direct object “me” which in fact means myself.

“Lay” and “lie” are two different verbs; the former is a transitive verb and must take a direct object, while the latter is an intransitive verb and therefore takes as indirect object or an adverb.

If it all gets too much you can always lie down across the railroad tracks and whistle.

It gets worse with the past tense.

Yesterday, the chicken laid an egg. But I didn’t find it because I was lying on the bed.

In fact, I lay on the bed until after

breakfast when I got up to lay the table.

(Just call me a liar!)

If you think that’s all a load of cobblers’ awls, try all your tenses in Latin.

Latin has five conjugations of verbs and even more tenses.

Once upon a time, from the age of 10, you had to learn these by rote and if you couldn’t parrot them in class, then you wrote them out 50 times as punishment after school.

Very un-PC these days perhaps, but it sticks with you for life; and it helps with your understanding through university and your use of English in whatever you do.

It’s horrible at the time, but you are forever grateful that your nose was rubbed in it for eight years. Pace magister.

Just en passant (and that’s French!), I wanted to read English at either Oxford or Cambridge University.

To qualify for a place I had to have an advanced pass in Latin on my leaving certificate.

I didn’t manage it and I ended up at one of the “red-brick” universities in a coastal city. The ignominy of it all. But I still ended up with a BA (Hons) in English Language and I still watch my language.

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READER’S STORY

On the road to bonding As his daughter’s driving instructor, LARRY GARNER learnt quite a few valuable lessons himself.

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y daughter was 16 years old, working part time at McDonalds and saving every penny to buy her first car.

She had saved about $500 and asked if I would go with her to look at some cars. I quickly learned that $500 was going to buy us a lot of trouble. I say “us” because when the car breaks down, and it will, who will be on the end of the phone when she calls from some lonely road or busy motorway?

Me. But that’s all another story.

No one was born with a driving licence; everybody had to experience the humiliation of learning to drive.

Stalling at the lights, the unparalleled frustrations of parallel parking, a bad dose of “kangaroo juice”, the embarrassment of getting out and checking the damage after a rolling back into the car behind after a failed hill start … the list is endless.

But no one out there this morning can say it never happened to them. It did. It happened to all of us.

If learning to drive is stressful it’s a walk in the park compared to the white-knuckle experience of being the instructor and sitting their dumbstruck as your daughter sails through a

roundabout at a rapid rate of knots in Angel Gear, somehow manages to avoid everyone and then goes shooting out the other side before taking her foot off the clutch and screeching to a halt, when we should have been accelerating away!

There was a screech of brakes from behind, and then another and then another, but thankfully that was all.

To be honest, both my daughter and I are guilty of sailing through a roundabout, (it’s in the genes) the clutch incident happened to me and it was my dad who was the white-knuckled, dumbstruck passenger!

However the most embarrassing moment happened to me, the instructor, during an Emergency Stop procedure.

I told my daughter, “I’m going to bang on the dashboard and when I do, I want you to stop the car without stalling it.”

Simple. The first time I did it I checked behind to make sure no one was following and made sure all around was safe to execute the slap on the dashboard.

She was watching me and knew it was coming and she was ready.

The next time I did it, I did it without any warning or any prep and for some reason, I slapped the dashboard extra hard and the air bag exploded in my face

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blowing my glasses off my face and covering me in a white dust .

Carolyn, my daughter, stopped the car, opened the door and fell out on to the road, laughing like she had never laughed before. I was still in a state of shock some minutes later when we drove home, the airbag collapsed and sitting on my legs like a deflated beach ball. She couldn’t wait to tell her mother.

There was laughter but, there were also tears.

The lowest point was at an innocuous little intersection we had been through a dozen times but on this particular afternoon my daughter’s clutch/ accelerator coordination was awry and it seemed the more she tried the more erratic she became.

Traffic was building up behind her and the frustration all became too much. I replaced her behind the wheel and we drove home in silence. Once again the wisdom of buying a manual was raised.

The next day, to my daughter’s credit, she wanted to go out again.

As we approached the intersection where it had all gone wrong the day before, I had my fingers crossed. I needn’t have bothered. She stopped at the light and when it turned green she pulled

away sweetly and turned into the traffic.

She had turned a corner in more ways than one. There were no more incidents after that. After my daughter passed her test I wrote a letter to all the residents of our town through our local newspaper, thanking them for their patience and also apologising to those who had unwittingly become involved in her driving lessons.

The woman in the blue Camry at the roundabout came immediately to mind, closely followed by the guy on the motor bike. I’m sure he’ll be up and about in no time. And there were a few more.

Teaching your kids to drive is a unique opportunity to spend some time with them before they are kids no more. I believe it’s something every parent should experience.

You learn a lot about them and how they have developed and I felt I had learned a little bit about myself as well.

I was thankful for the time I spent with her and really, really thankful I only had to do it once!

Do you have a story to tell or memories to share? Submissions should be about 500 words and if you have a jpeg image, you can send that too.

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And while it is a “must” in any native garden it is also one of the best regional plants to match with exotic plants in any style, from Japanese to Balinese.

Best of all, it’s very easy to grow and requires almost no maintenance, unless of course, you are growing it as a hedge.

Blue lilly pilly has everything – clusters of dainty white flowers from spring to the end of autumn, small blue fruit that bring birds to the garden, and neat little highly perfumed leaves.

It doesn’t grow more than about six metres tall in the home garden and the height can be easily controlled by annual pruning if required.

In fact this small tree/large shrub grows reasonably fast after planting until it’s about three metres high and then rather slowly after that.

Once out of the pot and in the ground it only needs watering during the first year of establishment and after that, only during very long, dry periods.

The flower of the blue lilly pilly (Syzigium oleosum) Regular watering will make the leaves more lush and dense but may also make the plant too “soft” and thus less able to cope with weather extremes.

This is a little tree/shrub that thrives on tough conditions. It doesn’t like to be waterlogged.

Be equally spare with fertilising.

The best method is to add compost to

the soil in late spring and late summer during the first couple of years after planting.

Blue lilly pilly grows well in a pot for about five to six years, after which it will probably need to be planted out.

More information on native plants at gardenezi.com.

Theme of the Buderim Garden Festival this year is “Buderim Blooms”, featuring the colour blue.

Presented by the Buderim Garden Club, which this year celebrates its 70th anniversary, the official opening will be 2pm on Saturday, October 15.

The festival is in three parts – the spring flower show, six of Buderim’s best gardens will be open for inspection, and a quality plant market will be open outside the Buderim Memorial Hall.

Tickets for the festival which gives entry to the open gardens and the flower show throughout the weekend are $15, or $2 to flower show.

Tickets can be pre-purchased at the old Buderim Post Office, Manawee Garden Centre, the Buderim Newsagency and Bendigo Bank.

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MOTORING

Pajero meets the challenge The Pajero Challenger has adopted a flasher name, but BRUCE McMAHON reports the Sport also has sharper pricing and excellent manners.

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ITSUBISHI’S Pajero Sport was once known here as the Mitsubishi Challenger, an honest and workmanlike four-wheel drive wagon for all manner of tasks.

It was not always the sexiest or most sophisticated vehicle in class but it was a reliable, durable machine with reasonable four-wheel drive and towing abilities.

Now the Challenger – or at least the Challenger badge – has disappeared from the showrooms and Australia has fallen into line with international markets to call this latest generation of wagons the Pajero Sport.

Again this wagon, a tad smaller than the well-loved Pajero but bigger than the Outlander, is based around Mitsubishi’s Triton ute.

While other manufacturers, notably Toyota and Ford, eschewed the idea of wagons based on four-wheel drive utes for some seasons, Mitsubishi has

produced the Pajero Sport (or Challenger) on Triton underpinnings since the late 1990s.

Now that the latest Tritons boast much-improved comfort, engineering and capabilities, the Pajero Sport also becomes a more sophisticated machine.

To drive home the point, the Mitsubishi in 2016 carries a more stylish body than before.

All three Pajero Sport models share a body style that splits opinion about 50:50; some consider the front end a bit flash and the rear light treatment a bit extreme but it certainly stands out more than some SUVs. The line-up starts at a reasonable $45,000 for the GLX and most of the extra dollars for GLS and Exceed go on extra

do-dads; mechanical basics remain the same across the line-up. All run a 2.4 litre, turbocharged diesel engine mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Mitsubishi’s clever Super Select four-wheel drive system, push-button start, seven airbags, reversing camera and rear parking system are all standard fittings.

The Pajero Sport version adds leather interior and rear differential lock; the Exceed scores blind spot monitoring systems and heated seats.

But all drive the same. All can tow 3100 kg and all acquit themselves well in the bush or on the beach.

The coil-sprung Pajero Sport is certainly better than the last Challenger as on-road proposition. There’s good engine and smooth transmission responses and there’s some body roll, natural for this type of machine but not disconcerting unless pushing on too hard.

Ride comfort though can be upset by smaller lumps and bumps; there’s suspension pitter-patter which isn’t quite damped out at some speeds.

The wagon’s road holding is enhanced by Mitsubishi’s clever Super Select system which allows a choice between two-wheel drive and fourwheel drive on bitumen; handy for towing a caravan or pulling a boat back up the ramp.

Then there’s low range plus differential lock, complemented by a push-button system for Gravel, Rock, Sand or Mud/ Snow settings which alter the engine’s torque delivery and auto changes to suit the track.

With these aids, a smart driveline and 218mm of ground clearance, the Pajero Sport is a reasonable off-road proposition.

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TECHNOLOGY

Head in the Clouds

Discover the joys of Facebook

Not many of us understand how cloud-based services work. NATHAN WELLINGTON explains.

More Seniors than ever are discovering Facebook and that, says COLIN DUNKERLEY, is a good thing.

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acebook continues to grow and now has more than 1.65 billion monthly users.

One of the fastest growing demographics is that of the 50 years and over group, with more than half of internet users in this group worldwide accessing Facebook at least once a month.

In fact, people over 50 represent the second largest demographic group of users on Facebook with only 30-39 year-olds representing a larger group.

Facebook, like its users, has matured during the past 12 years. When it was first expanded beyond universities it was a very open platform with the default privacy settings exposing most of our information.

These days, the privacy controls have been balanced and the power to control them is back in our hands.

Unfortunately some people hold on to the past and vow never to use Facebook because of a story they heard some time ago. That is a shame as those who do use it love the ability to communicate with friends and family no matter where they are. Your children and grandchildren are more than happy to share what is happening in their lives with you through Facebook.

Facebook has succeeded in connecting so many people that it is fast becoming the new telephone. The Facebook Messenger App has just under a billion people who can make free phone calls or video calls to each other.

You no longer need to know the phone number of a family

member – simply touch their name and the next thing you know you’re talking to them no matter where they are in the world.

And it is all for free.

Like television, Facebook is funded by advertising but unlike television, you can pass the ads with a swipe of your finger and they don’t steal 18 minutes of your life every hour.

Speaking of television, users now watch more than 100 million hours of video on Facebook every day.

It is the new TV and with the recent launch of Facebook Live those numbers will continue to grow.

I have hosted a few “Ask The iPad Man” shows live on Facebook and it is wonderful to be able to interact with followers and answer questions in real time.

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THE Cloud is a network of computer servers located around the world.

Some servers provide an online service, such as Adobe Creative Cloud or MYOB; others allow you to store and access your data, such as Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud for Apple or OneDrive by Microsoft.

Many of these companies are offering products that allow us to move all our documents and photos online rather than store them on your computer, so they keep data safe and accessible on all devices.

But the spin is not as convincing as the reality.

Most of these companies are in the US where the internet is fast and cheap. In Australia we are a few years behind so when we upload photos to iCloud or share documents on Dropbox, it takes a lot of time.

The cost of uploading gigabytes to these services isn’t cheap, especially if you are on a mobile data plan and you are using up 10gigabytes a month

on cloud services. Call me traditional, but I like to back up my computers to an external hard drive at home because I have more control over it.

When looking at your needs, keep your head out of the clouds, as it may cost you more in internet usage and speed.

I would consider Dropbox for sharing a lot of photos among friends, Google drive if you need to share work documents and iCloud for those with Apple products. They all offer free introductory storage sizes so you can trial it and see how it affects your internet bill.

My advice would be to keep backing up your computer to an external hard drive, and not worry too much about buying any storage in the cloud just yet.

Wait a few years until the NBN is up and running and see if these companies refine their cloud products a little further to make it more user friendly before jumping in.

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RETIREMENT LIVING

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ward-winning over 50s developer Halcyon has commenced construction on its third lifestyle community on the Sunshine Coast.

The builders have moved in to Stage One and construction of homes is underway with the first buyers expected to move in

within a few months.

Halcyon Lakeside Bli Bli is perched above two spectacular lakes at the entry to the Parklakes II master-planned community.

It is already obvious that these homes on elevated sites with more than 450m of lake frontage will be special.

The new community will include Halcyon’s 5-Star lifestyle offering and access to neighbourhood parks and more than 6km of walking tracks and local shopping.

Sales at Halcyon Lakeside are already strong, with the developer fast-tracking plans for Stage Two.

Project Director Chris Carley said interest was so high that the first two releases of 52 homes in Stage One had almost sold out off the plan, prompting the early unveiling of Stage Two. “To date, buyers have predominantly been from the local area but the interest from interstate buyers has begun, given the popularity of the Sunshine Coast as a lifestyle destination,” he said.

“Buyers have been drawn to the location as part of a quality residential environment within a master planned community, away from the hustle and bustle of coastal highways.”

Plans are also well underway for the community’s multi-million dollar Lifestyle and Recreational Precinct, with its championship sized bowling green, tennis court, pickleball courts, pools and health and

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ONE of Queensland’s most attractive and exciting over 50s lifestyle communities is about to enter a new phase after a ceremony at Natures Edge, Buderim.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson turned the first sod to herald the start of construction of the $2.5 million, 5-star leisure centre.

It will feature auditorium, indoor heated pool and spa, gymnasium, art and craft studio, library lounge, cinema, dance floor, sauna and massage areas, a sundeck plus indoor outdoor bar, workshop, and alfresco dining and lounge areas all nestled in the rainforest.

Already home to 46 residents, the $100 million Nature’s Edge Buderim has surpassed all expectations since completion of the first display homes in late 2014.

Construction on the next residential stage is well underway with Stage 1 approaching sell out.

“Our home owners are thrilled that there is no stamp duty, no exit or entry fees and they retain all their capital gains should they wish to sell unlike many other retirement models,” sales manager Lyn Morrison said.

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both private and practical.

There’s an impressive pool and spa, RV storage with drive-through wash bay, gym, tennis courts, lawn bowls and golf greens.

These will soon be joined by an exclusive Country Club with 10-pin bowling, deluxe cinema, indoor and outdoor pools, billiards, library and craft space.

The exclusive private Beach House sanctuary at the water’s edge is perfect for more intimate gatherings.

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Centrepiece will be the Recreation Club, with cinema, library and substantial lounge areas opening to an elevated northern aspect and panoramic views.

Halcyon Joint Managing Director Dr Bevan Geissmann said the strong early buyer response reflected the demand for a new and sophisticated approach to seniors living on the Sunshine Coast.

“With the success of Halcyon Parks and Halcyon Landing, we have broken the mould of typical seniors living on the Sunshine Coast,” he said.

“Early buyers are attracted to our model of creating great homes with a feeling of space and lifestyle facilities that are without peer in this market.”

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Director Phil Gabel looks on as Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson turns the first sod on the leisure centre. setting for any retirement community it was built by director Phil Gabel, a veteran of more than 27 years experience building over 50s lifestyle developments.

Natures Edge is a gated community in the foothills of Buderim and will eventually have 190 free-standing residences.

The $2.5million Leisure Centre project is expected to take 10 months to complete and will provide employment for more than 50 trades and 12 consultants.

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INSPIRATION

The art of tackling dementia Free monthly tours are using art to reach out to dementia sufferers and, as ANGELA BENSTED reports, they are having some profound results.

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here’s a tight group huddled around an artwork at the Queensland Art Gallery on a mid-week morning.

Ten or so people sit on small camp chairs, listening intently, as a guide tells them about a painting, using it to spark memories and start a conversation.

Those in the front row all live with dementia. Those at the back care for them.

“Do you remember riding a bike?” volunteer guide Sandra asks the group.

“How did you learn?”

Whip-quick a man in front responds “by falling off”.

The gallery giggles.

This light-hearted group is on an art and dementia tour introduced by the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in 2014.

Debbie Brittain, Education Services Officer with QAGOMA, says “we want the galleries to be a place that’s safe and welcoming for everybody,” adding, there are also tours for vision-impaired and those who are hard-of-hearing.

The free monthly tours are taken by volunteer guides, a small group drawn from the 100-strong team serving the galleries and given special training.

The hour-long gatherings cover four artworks, starting with a short introduction to the piece but soon melting into a conversation directed from the front row.

“The tours don’t focus on learning about the art or the history behind it,” Debbie says. “The artworks are simply a trigger for memories. It gets the neurons firing.”

Debbie says a lot of consideration goes into choosing the right artworks.

“We don’t use works which are too busy, with too many colours, shapes and patterns,” she says.

Subject matter is also important.

“It might be a seascape which can trigger memories of a beach holiday and start a conversation about a shared travel experience,” Debbie says.

On today’s tour, the wag in the front row, Donald, is a first-timer and keeps the group entertained.

He listens intently as volunteer guide Sandra talks about a collection of Chinese-made European porcelain and then asks for a sample to take home.

Sandra gently explains the gallery’s no-free-samples policy, but he’s not deterred.

“So do you have a price? How much would that piece at the end set me back?”

Not all tour participants are as chatty as Donald.

One woman is in a wheelchair and although she watches intently, she says nothing.

But this doesn’t mean she’s absent.

Jan, the second volunteer guiding today’s group, describes another woman who sat mute for an entire tour, until something in the final artwork jolted her to start talking in long, complete sentences.

“You just never know how an artwork might affect people,” Jan says.

Carol has been bringing husband Reg to the monthly tours from the beginning and sees a real difference in his demeanor afterwards.

“He’s lighter when he gets home,” she says. “He can find more words.”

She says she enjoys the tours as much as he does.

“You learn so much more about something when you just sit still in front of it for a long time and talk about it with other people.”

Today’s tour ends with a portrait painted by Scottish artist Allan Ramsay in 1741.

It shows an elegant young man leaning confidently against a dresser with scattered sheet music beside him.

Guide Jan asks the group, “If this artist could paint you, what sort of things would you like him to put in the picture?”

Janice, a retired school teacher, breaks through the confusion clouding her speech to reply, “I want to be painted standing tall and straight. I want to be in control.”

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WEALTH

Be safe with an enduring power of attorney It is a common misperception that if you lose capacity, your spouse or family will be able to handle your financial affairs.

That, says JOHN KER, is simply not the case.

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n Queensland, there is no automatic appointment of a person to assume control of the financial matters or affairs of an adult with impaired capacity.

A family member can only administer the financial affairs of an adult who has lost capacity (“the principal”) if either: • the principal has appointed an attorney for financial matters under an enduring power of attorney (EPA) before the principal’s capacity to deal with financial matters became impaired or, • an administrator is appointed by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal

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(QCAT) to administer the principal’s financial matters.

Consider the case of a busy and successful plumber who had not made an EPA. He suffered brain damage in a work-related accident and became incapacitated.

His wife had no authority to operate on her husband’s business accounts. As a consequence, she could not access funds in his account and was therefore unable to meet his business expenses and mortgage payments as they fell due.

This situation, could have been avoided if an EPA had been put in place with savings of stress, time, costs and uncertainty.

An EPA should be viewed as an insurance policy. It is there for the protection of the principal if unfortunate events occur.

However an EPA can also be a tool of financial abuse and it’s

often older people who are the victims.

People who are appointed by an EPA must know that they have an absolute and unconditional duty to act in the best interest of the person who appointed them.

If an appointed person acts improperly, he or she can be held personally and criminally liable.

When making an EPA you can take precautions to prevent such abuse, by considering the following: • Carefully choose the person who will act as your attorney.

This must be a person you can trust to act in your best interests, always.

• Make other people you know aware of who you have appointed so they know what

is happening.

• Appointing two people and require that they act jointly instead of relying on one.

• Making it a condition of your EPA that someone else (for example, another family member or friend) receives copies of bank and other financial statement and regular reports from your Attorney.

• Requiring that a doctor must certify any “legal incapacity” before the EPA comes into force.

It’s better to be safe than sorry.

If you don’t have an Enduring Power of Attorney, act now to put one in place as you don’t know what’s around the corner.

John Ker was admitted as a solicitor in 1967 and is a consultant to de Groots wills and estate lawyers. degroots. com.au

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SOCIALS

VICTORIA BARRACKS A DAY TRIP HIGHLIGHT Twenty members of the Caloundra Family History Research group had a full day out in Brisbane visiting the old Victoria Barracks in Petrie Terrace followed by a trip to City Hall.

It was interesting timing at the historic barracks as the base was in the middle of a lockdown exercise but the wait was well spent with a fascinating talk on the Gallipoli campaign, the subject of an exhibition in the officer’s mess.

Built in 1864, the original buildings are characteristic of a 19th century British Empire military barracks. The site was originally called Green Hills as that was the view at the time.

Staff and volunteers of the Army Museum of Southern Queensland led the tour explaining the significance of the buildings which are no longer at the heart of law and order, but are at risk of being redeveloped.

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FOOD

Make it simple and tasty using just 4 ingredients ORANGE RICE PUDDING

SHEPHERD’S PIE Serves 8

Serves 4

Ingredients 5 cups (1.25L) milk 2/3 cup (120g) Arborio rice or other short grain white rice ½ cup (110g) caster sugar 1 orange (you need all the zest, then the slices for serving)

Ingredients 500g lean beef mince 300g fruit chutney 800g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed ž cup (75g) grated cheddar cheese Method

Method Preheat oven 180ËšC. In a nonstick frying pan over moderate heat, brown the mince, season and stir through chutney. Reduce heat and simmer for 8 minutes. Pour into a casserole dish, top evenly with mashed potato and sprinkle with grated cheese (a combination of cheddar and Parmesan is also nice). Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until cheese is nice and bubbly.

Slice a tomato or two over the mince before topping with potato or finely chop in any number of veggies to the mix. It’s the delicious sweet and savoury flavour of the chutney the children like. Serve with healthy steamed greens or the lovely Zucchini & Pea Salad, featured in 4 Ingredients Menu Planning, page 112.

Combine the milk and rice in a heavy, medium saucepan and bring to a gentle boil.

Reduce the heat to moderate and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently or until rice is tender. Mix in the sugar and orange peel. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until the mixture thickens. Spoon the rice pudding into serving glasses. Serve immediately garnished with a slice of orange or refrigerate until ready to serve. This is lovely served warm or cold.

Tip: If you are a fan of dark chocolate, grate a few squares over the top before serving.

The colour contrast is really pretty, especially when entertaining!

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You might live longer, but how do you feel?

It is an exciting time for health and nutrition but, as ANTHONY POWER writes, for many these are also confusing times.

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here is a revolution going on in the health industry and it is easy to be overwhelmed by all the changes.

Do I quit sugar, or gluten, or dairy – or all three? Do I eat this superfood, or that one? Do I go high-fat and high-carb or vice versa? Should I take fish oil or krill oil? And is taking a multivitamin a waste of money?

This is my job to sort it all out for you, to look at fact and fiction, distil them and then advise the best course.

Many things that we thought were written in stone are now being challenged.

It is thanks to the internet, the fact that we are living longer and the 24-hour news cycle, that we are bombarded daily with health information.

It has almost hit the point where we turn off when the next superfood is touted, or the next cancer breakthrough is announced.

It is almost a full-time job

keeping up with all these changes - but it can also be useful information you can benefit from knowing.

The big problem with all these changes is that while we are living longer, we are sicker.

Why is it during this golden era of the best medicines, the best doctors, best hospitals and best food, that obesity, diabetes and cancer rates are soaring?

I look around, and see people who have never been more tired, more bloated, more stressed, more unhealthy, more inflamed and unable to lose weight. With all these amazing health breakthroughs we should be getting healthier, but we are in fact getting sicker.

We need to start by admitting that we have been wrong in so many areas of health, medicines, supplements and food. This is difficult because there is billions of dollars at stake in regards to the food and pharmaceutical industries. So, it is up to us as individuals to stop moving in the “sickness direction” and do a U-turn. Start walking the other way. This is difficult. It takes courage, belief and knowledge.

Many clients ask me why, if they are on so many medications and supposedly eating a good diet, do they feel so sick.

“My doctor tells me my blood tests aren’t too bad and

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that there is really nothing more that can be done, other than monitor and manage the situation,” I hear.

Imagine your mechanic saying that.

“Let’s just watch and wait” while your car shudders and shakes. You would take it straight back in and ask for it to be looked at again.

Most people who come to see me are on an average of three medicines and three supplements, yet they feel no better. It is time to take back our health from the experts to improve our health.

It wasn’t too long ago that eggs and avocado were touted as the biggest killers because of their saturated fat content.

I recommend at least one egg (must be organic) and up to half an avocado daily.

A recent study has questioned the evils of saturated fats. It has in fact turned the spotlight on vegetable fats, margarines and refined

carbohydrates including sugar.

Other recent studies have questioned the use of the world’s biggest selling drugs: cholesterol and acid-blocking medication. Both have now been implicated in fatigue, muscle aches and brain degeneration such as dementia.

I am not advocating stopping all medications, but I am advocating lining up all the medicine you are taking and asking yourself “how do I feel?

Do I feel better or worse?”

When my medical colleagues criticise me for putting diet, supplements and lifestyle choices ahead of medicines, I ask them to look around and ask all the people in their waiting rooms: “Do any of you feel any better?”. So far, I haven’t had any takers.

Anthony Power is a registered nutritionist who consults via Skype. Call 0417 911 219, Email anthony@ powernutrition.com.au, or visit powernutrition.com.au

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WHAT’S ON

Textile exhibition a carnival

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arnival is the theme for the textile exhibition of the Fabric Art and Surface Design group of Buderim Craft Cottage.

The Carnival theme will be reflected in the wearable and other textile art on display – beautiful textiles, gorgeous colours and original designs for display and for sale to enhance wardrobe or home.

The exhibition will include handdyed silks, wools, cottons, machine and hand embroidery, nuno and traditional felting, original and creative designs and textiles, jewellery incorporating textile techniques and art for the home.

Talk to the artists and learn how these amazing textiles have been created.

A feature of the exhibition will be handcrafted carnival masks made by group members.

Buderim Craft Cottage, Atrium Gallery, 5 Main St, Buderim. Friday, June 10 to Thursday, June 16, 10am4pm . Entry gold coin donation Call 5445 4334, email esh55662@ bigpond.net.au

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AUTHOR Annabelle Brayley is coming to Noosa as part of Behind Queensland’s Words: A Queensland Week Celebration.

Her book Our Vietnam Nurses tells the story of the doctors and nurses of Long Tan on the 50th anniversary of the battle that claimed 18 Australian lives.

Among them was medic Phil Dobson who with his stretcher bearer kept another 22 injured men alive in a torrential downpour.

His story is told along with 21 others, looking not just at the horrors they witnessed and the heroics they performed, but also what happened when they returned home.

Annabelle Brayley, a trained nurse, interviewed women and men from around Australia who were nurses and medics in Vietnam as either volunteers, conscripts or with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps or Royal Australian Air Force.

Annabelle, and the nurses whose stories she tells, hope that this book will ensure a new layer of understanding of the event and on the collective conscience of our nation.

Noosa Library Saturday, June 11, 3.45pm

CELTIC Illusion cleverly fuses modern Irish Dance with elements of contemporary, commercial jazz and acrobatic styles in a spectacular stage show. Showcasing a stellar cast of champion and internationally-acclaimed dancers, including performers from both Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, audiences will experience some of the fastest taps in the world as the dancers’ thunderous rhythm fills the stage in perfect unison.

The show is led by Australia’s Anthony Street, the first Australian to perform leading roles in Michael Flatley’s widely-acclaimed Lord of the Dance.

Celtic Illusion also has an incredible sound track. Since its premiere in 2011 it has performed to sell-out audiences across Australia.

Caloundra Events Centre, Monday, June 20, 8pm. Tickets $59.90, Concessions $54.90 Bookings 5491 4240 or visit theeventscentre.com.au

TRY THE MENU CALOUNDRA Power Boat Club has created an exciting culinary scene for guests to explore flavours, settings and price ranges.

The new outdoor casual weekend dining outlet, Gilligans, joins the popular Quarterdeck Restaurant, Galley and Upperdeck dining and Portside Café, which combined cover the globe with menus while dining beside beautiful Pumicestone Passage.

Chefs from India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, China, New Zealand, UK, USA, France, South Africa and Australia guarantee authenticity.

The CPBC uses local products and services and supports rural aid through buy-a-bale.

Funds raised by the club and local community are used to buy fodder which will be transported to farms later this year.

TALK IN THE LIBRARY FRIENDS of the Maroochy Library welcome the return of Terry Schroder, “the flying ace” who will talk about his experiences and adventures flying for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Maroochydore Library, Thursday, June 9, 5.30pm. $7 includes refreshments.

To book call 5475 8989

TENOR LEADS THE WAY ONE of the finest tenor voices in the world, Mark Vincent presents his new show Love will Lead the Way. The 22-year-old emerged as one of the most remarkable voices of his generation after winning Australia’s Got Talent in 2009. He became the only classical artist in Australian history to have released six albums by the time he was 20.

Sales from those albums are close to a million. This made the world really sit up and take notice.

It was his grandfather who first recognised the magnificence of his voice and he became Mark’s greatest mentor.

Mark showcases old-school classics laced with his unique slant.

Events Centre Caloundra Sunday, June 19, 2pm Tickets $69, concessions $64 Bookings essential 5491 4240 or visit theeventscentre.com.au

SOUNDS OF BRAZIL BEST OF THE EAGLES THE Eagles have sold more than 150 million records worldwide and are one of the most successful bands of all time. The Best of the Eagles is a concert production that takes a journey through the band’s catalogue of hits, delivering a captivating show which is in two parts.

Celebrating 40 years since the release of the album Hotel California, part one will be the classic album performed in its entirety.

The second part of the show will conjure up the Eagles’ rock classics including Take it Easy, Take It to the Limit and Desperado, Heartache Tonight and Tequila Sunrise.

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IMMERSE yourself in the spirit of South America along with some of the finest performers of Brazilian music in Australia, in an enthusiastic celebration of music with Eddie Gazani and Mike Bevan.

Eddie and Mike’s performances are one of the best examples of sophisticated Brazilian music. Choro, Samba, Bossa Nova and Jazz are sumptuously presented with beautiful arrangements,

intricate passages and beautiful melodies.

They will be joined by special guest and violin virtuoso Rebecca Karlen for a special show which is currently touring Queensland.

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WHAT’S ON

KNITFEST YARN AND FIBRE ARTS FESTIVAL A new winter arts and crafts festival, a free public event offering a packed program of entertainment, will be held over three days in Maleny.

The festival is community oriented and aimed at promoting yarn and fibre arts through interesting and engaging activities and displays.

Maleny’s main street will be wrapped in art as there will be yarn-bombing galore while 2m high lanterns decorated in yarn and fibre will light up the evening. There will be yarn and fibre workshops, guest speakers and demonstrations as well as craft and trade stalls, competitions and street theatre and barefoot and twilight bowls.

Visitors can also ride Knitfest’s Mystic Bus to Maleny Cheese, Maleny Mountains Wines and Maleny Botanic Gardens.

Maleny, Friday June 10 to Sunday, June 12. Visit knitfest.com.au or email knitfestmedia@hotmail.com

BIG DAY IN SMALL PACKAGES The Sunshine Coast Doll, Bear and Craft Miniature Club’s 29th annual show is coming up at the Buderim War Memorial Hall.

Bears, porcelain and cloth dolls, crafts, sewing, beading and miniatures will be on display along with a miniature narrow gauge model railway in a suitcase.

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There will be trade tables, demonstrations and raffles and refreshments and light lunches will be available.

Buderim War Memorial Hall, Main Rd, Buderim. Saturday, July 16, 9am3pm. Entry $5. Call Kathy 5491 8542 or Sue 5451 1106

SUNSHINE MELODIES PRESENT HELEN REDDY TRIBUTE HELEN Reddy rose to international superstardom with 15 singles in the American top 40 and her signature tune, I Am Woman became the feminist anthem of a generation.

She became the first Australian to win a coveted Grammy Award in the USA – and then she lost it all.

In this one woman show, Nikki Bennett’s performance captures the essence of this amazing artist through her life story, with all of its extraordinary highs and lows.

Packed with hits including I Am Woman, Delta Dawn, and No way to Treat a Lady, it is a first class tribute to one of the great pioneering female performers of our time.

Event Centre Caloundra Wednesday, June 29, 11am Tickets $17 include free morning tea from 10am. Post-show buffet lunch $15 Bookings 5491 4240 or visit theeventscentre.com.au

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HEALTH

Simple steps to avoid taking the fall A fall can have devastating consequences but, writes SOPHIA AULD, you can reduce the risk.

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hen Julie went to hang out her load of washing, the last thing she expected was that she would land in hospital with a broken ankle.

A simple trip led to surgery, crutches and months of rehabilitation. Statistics reveal that at least one in three people over the age of 65 will fall each year.

A fall can have devastating consequences, including injuries, decreased confidence, reduced activity levels and less participation in the community.

Carers also experience greater strain as more assistance is required.

The body systems involved in maintaining our balance are • Musculoskeletal - bones, joints, ligaments and muscles • Proprioceptive- the senses providing information about how our body is moving • Visual- peripheral and central vision give information about our environment, and • Vestibular – the inner ear mechanism, which responds to the head moving through space.

Normally, these systems work

together harmoniously, allowing us to move around safely and react to changes in our environment. As we age there is a deterioration in these systems.

When one of them starts to fail, others can usually compensate but when several systems become involved, our ability to control our balance and deal with environmental challenges will decline.

The strongest single predictor for a fall is a prior history of falling.

Other factors that lead to increased risk of a fall include certain medications, being on several medications at a time, infections, diabetes, stroke, some heart conditions and Parkinson’s disease.

The more risk factors, the greater the risk of falling.

While some age-related change is inevitable, there is much that can be done to maximise balance and reduce risk.

A large body of evidence has shown that exercise definitely reduces falls rates.

Exercise is effective because it can improve muscle strength and balance control.

Much research has been devoted to finding the best form of exercise for falls prevention. A large literature review concluded that multiple component exercise programs reduce fall rates when performed in a group or at home.

One review examining several such trials found about a 30 per cent reduction in falls rate for group and home-based exercise in community dwelling older adults. But not just any exercise will achieve these results. A focus on exercise that challenges balance control is crucial for falls prevention.

BALANCE CAN BE CHALLENGED BY: • Reducing the base of support such as standing with the feet closer together, or on one foot • Controlling movement of the body through space • Reducing use of the arms to support the body.

To be effective, exercise must be ongoing and performed for at least two hours a week. Once exercise is ceased, the benefits are rapidly lost.

A physiotherapist can perform a detailed assessment of balance and design a safe program to meet these requirements.

Many community care providers and lifestyle villages offer group exercise classes. Care providers can also organise for a physio to visit and devise a homebased program.

A visit to the GP is a good idea to rule out potentially serious causes of falls.

There is evidence that a medication review with your GP can reduce falls rate, as can vitamin D supplementation if levels are low.

Looking after vision is important, and removal of cataracts is another factor shown to decrease the fall rate.

While some aspects of getting older may be inevitable, take charge of the factors you can and stay steady on your feet.

Sophia Auld has been a physiotherapist for 26 years.

Email sophia.auld@gmail.com, or call 0418 721 856

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HEALTH

Improving the bottom line “Improve your bottom line” is the theme for this year’s World Continence Week from June 20–26.

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n initiative of the International Continence Society and coordinated by the Continence Foundation of Australia, World Continence Week is about encouraging Australians to adopt healthy bladder and bowel habits to prevent and improve incontinence.

Incontinence refers to any accidental or involuntary loss of urine from the bladder (urinary incontinence) or bowel motion, faeces or wind from the bowel (faecal or bowel incontinence).

It is widespread and ranges in severity – and it can be treated and in many cases, cured.

Urinary incontinence or poor bladder control, is a common condition often associated with pregnancy, childbirth, menopause or a range of chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes or arthritis.

Poor bladder control can range from the occasional leak when you laugh, cough or exercise to the complete inability to control your bladder.

Other symptoms include the constant need to urgently or frequently visit the toilet.

The most common types of incontinence are related to stress, urge, chronic retention, and functional incontinence.

Poor bowel control or faecal incontinence may mean you pass faeces at the wrong time or in the wrong place, pass wind when you don’t mean to or experience staining.

About one in 20 people experience poor bowel control.

It is more common as you get older, but a lot of young people also have poor bowel control.

The most common causes are weak back passage muscles due to having babies, getting older, some types of surgery or radiation therapy, constipation or severe diarrhoea.

Anyone at any age can develop some form of incontinence.

Some health conditions and life events can put you at increased risk.

Plenty can be done to improve or in some cases, cure, incontinence, such as adopting a healthier diet and lifestyle, incorporating regular exercise and good toilet habits.

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NOT SURE IF YOU SHOULD SEEK HELP? TRY THE QUESTIONNAIRE: • Do you sometimes feel you have not completely emptied your bladder?

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• Are you frequently nervous because you think you might lose control of your bladder or bowel?

• Do you wake up twice or more during the night to go to the toilet?

• Do you sometimes leak before you get to the toilet?

• Do you sometimes leak when you lift something heavy, sneeze, cough or laugh?

• Do you sometimes leak when you exercise or play sport?

• Do you sometimes leak when you change from a seated or lying position to a standing position?

• Do you strain to empty to bowel?

• Do you sometimes soil your underwear?

• Do you plan your daily routine around where the nearest toilet is?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions you may have a problem.

Talk to your doctor or contact the National Continence Helpline 1800 33 00 66.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE More than 4.8million Australians experience bladder or bowel control problems: • Urinary incontinence affects up to 13 per cent of Australian men and up to 37 per cent of Australian women.

• 70 per cent of people with urinary leakage do not seek advice and treatment.

• Over a three-month period, 50 per cent of women aged 45-59 years experienced some degree of mild, moderate or severe urinary incontinence.

• The prevalence of urge incontinence, which is strongly associated with prostate disease, is fairly low in younger males and increases to 30 per cent for those aged 70-84 and 50 per cent for those 85 years and over.

• Faecal incontinence affects up to 20 per cent of Australian men and up to 12.9 per cent of Australian women.

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Hogmanay - a uniquely Scottish night Ever wondered about celebrating New Year in Scotland? RUSSELL HUNTER, a native of Dundee, gives an idea of what to expect.

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he voice came from deep in the darkness. On another night it might instil fear or at the very least a sense of acute apprehension. But not tonight.

For the year is just more than an hour old, the street lights are out again, heavy clouds hide the moon and it’s hard to believe how cold this place can be.

But this is Hogmanay and these dank dour streets (or at least the homes that line them) take on a vibe approaching that of carnival.

The street itself is quiet and empty but the sounds from behind the heavy curtains closed tight against the cold are unmistakable.

People are partying. Big time.

The tradition – which may well be better observed in the breach than the practice – is to have the first drink of whisky at the stroke of midnight, after which time anything goes.

It’s now just after 1am.

The voice rang out again and now it had a face, peeping out from behind a door that would allow in as little of the cold as possible.

“Hey son. Come over here, will you please?”

On any other night of the year you’d hurry on, if you had sense.

So I walked across the darkened street to the chink of light and the one-eyed quarter of a human face it displayed.

It was already after 1, the man explained, and his house hadn’t had a first foot.

(A first foot is the first person to set foot over your doorstep in the new year.

It’s bad luck not to have one and good luck if it’s male, tall, dark and handsome.

But in this case, I’d have to do).

It’s also traditional for the first foot to bring a small gift.

A lump of coal used to do the job (“lang may yer lum reek”) but city council

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My explanation that I had nothing to give, that I’d just drawn the short straw as the one to go out to the cigarette machine (we all smoked in those days) from a party at the end of the street was waved away.

The door closed, the draught excluders re-set with a hefty kick. I was in a well-lit sitting room, a dangerously generous measure of whisky to hand.

Our host entertained his wife and myself with a new year song and I responded with a well known Hogmanay ditty that’s too long and complicated to re-tell here. You make your own entertainment in these times.

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We talked a little of the times, the weather (of course), the football and of our hopes for the year that was to come.

It’s an emotional time too.

The trials and tribulations of the year gone by put behind us, there’s unbounded optimism for what lies ahead.

Another near-suicidal glass of whisky under the belt, I politely took my leave of two of the most gracious people it’s been my luck to meet.

We knew we’d never see one another again but it didn’t seem to matter. Their year had begun and they would have had more visitors as the celebrations went on

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into the new day.

For that’s Hogmanay, that uniquely Scottish time of renewal.

And my own experience was likely to be repeated throughout the land. It’s a time to put away the sorrows and misfortunes of the old year and focus on the great and good things that are to come. Good fellowship helps it happen.

The word Hogmanay itself seems to have come into use in the 14th century but the ceremony is much, much older, no doubt extending back to the solstice festival of pagan times.

The pragmatic early Christian evangelists simply superimposed their own festivals on the existing ones which were founded on the movements of the sun, moon and stars.

But the Scots were more determined than most to cling to the old ways while accepting the new.

A dark ages form of insurance perhaps. And why wouldn’t they?

It’s a whole lot of fun to break up those long dreary winter nights.

The Romans, who never conquered Scotland, certain knew of this solstice ceremony.

But, at least as the legend has it, that didn’t prevent them sending a legion north of the River Forth never to be seen or heard from again.

They should have gone at Hogmanay.

There’s a growing industry in Hogmanay tours throughout Scotland (Edinburgh is in the Guinness Book of Records as hosting the biggest ever party with 400,000 happy souls celebrating a Hogmanay).

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Experts can assess the many different products and offer a wealth of free advice and information, and in the end, find the best product at a price that suits.

While online booking sites show you what you like to see, such as “best deals” and “lowest prices”, it is important to remember that most of the time these rates are also available to travel agents.

You can easily save weeks of research, comparison, planning and hundreds of clicks on “the best deal” and end up with the same result - if not better - in just a few hours.

Another great benefit of booking a cruise through a travel agent is their ability to offer “perks” to their customers – they may be able to offer things like onboard credit and complimentary room upgrades.

You will have one point of contact throughout your trip, so

any questions you may have along the way you know who to call.

You also have the security of knowing who is getting your money. Often the online website can be confusing and delayed in sending confirmation after you have paid, and that can be stressful.

If you haven’t experienced a cruise before, or the destination is completely new to you, the advice of an experienced agent can be invaluable.

While online review sites such as TripAdvisor and Cruise Critic can assist in giving travellers an insight into their personal experience, travel agents can provide objective assessment across a range of cruise lines and destinations.

The added bonus is that agencies can offer the advice about any visas and currencies you may need to organise before your trip.

As we all know, not everything we plan runs

seamlessly and perfectly. With a travel agent taking care of your travel, you will have a 24/7 contact number to call in case of emergencies or cancellations to ensure you are well looked after.

If you have ever been through the process of securing a refund after a cancelled flight, cruise, hotel or transfer, you will understand how difficult and time consuming it can be.

This is when an agent can be worth their weight in gold.

Agents may liaise with the companies on your behalf, ensuring the best outcome is met and securing fair refunds on your behalf so you are not left out of pocket and frustrated.

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TRAVEL

Dip into Croatia The coastline of Croatia offers both a holiday and an adventure through history, writes DOT WHITTINGTON.

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On the ground, it is quite easy to believe, for the waters of the Croatian coastline on the Balkan Peninsula side of the Adriatic which stretches west to Italy, are crystal clear; so clear that you can be neck deep and still see your toes.

This, combined with the old stone buildings that are usually sitting somewhere in the background, make it a magical place to wander, from Dubrovnik in the south to the Slovenian border in the north.

It’s hard to imagine that this part of the world was the scene for the bitter wars of independence after the fall of Yugoslavia just over two decades ago.

For tourism, it’s all systems go and even the beautiful Old Town of Dubrovnik has little to show for the hammering it took over seven torrid months in 1991.

Dubrovnik is a walled city, with almost 2km of 16th century stone walls dotted with turrets and towers, running around it.

It’s also steep. From the top, the rooftops of the old town beside the sea create its best recognised scene. While the Stradun or Placa lined with shops and restaurants is level enough once you get down, it can still be a haul back up to the hotels which line the slopes.

Get used to climbing stairs, lots of them.

Heading along the Dalmatian coast towards Split, it is cheap, easy and well worth the effort, to take the local ferries although there are bus services too.

Arrival at every bus and ferry stop will bring on the touts, lots of them too, with signs and calls offering places to stay.

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beside the beach when they aren’t but for the most part this proves an easy and cheap way to find accommodation. They are worth hearing out and also have the advantage of giving an insider’s view of their country.

Most offered coffee or a local wine and were in for the chat once settled in.

Both bus and ferry stop at the island of Korcula, a seriously beautiful place surrounded by blue Adriatic waters lapping rocky beaches, medieval towers fortifying its harbour and the 14th century Cathedral of St Mark surrounded by houses and streets equally steeped in time.

Korcula has managed to upset the Italians with its claim that the legendary explorer Marco Polo was in fact born there and not Venice, a claim which has triggered ongoing debate.

Either way, you won’t visit Korcula without hearing about him.

From there, it’s a ferry across to the harbor at Split and onwards north.

As one local put it: “This is the most beautiful part of the Mediterranean. The coast of Spain is monotonous. We have coves, bays, peninsulas, islands and inlets.

It is all rocky and interesting.”

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Clear waters and old buildings at Korcula.

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TRAVEL

Karijini National Park has it all, by gorge Grey nomad BEVERLEY EVERSON visits the second largest national park in Western Australia in the first of a two-part series exploring Karijini.

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ull of spectacular gorges, rock pools, waterfalls and curious wildlife, Karijini National Park is in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara region.

It is just north of the Tropic of Capricorn and can be accessed from Tom Price, Roebourne, Port Hedland or Newman.

It is also the traditional home of the Banyjima, Kurrama and Innawonga people, with evidence of their early occupation dating back more than 20,000 years.

Karijini is easily accessible by sealed roads to the main entrance, visitor centre and Dales Gorge.

Other roads in the park can be corrugated and rough but are worth the effort, as they lead to some of the most remarkable natural attractions in the world.

Best time to visit is late autumn, winter and early spring. It can get frosty

Taking a refreshing dip surrounded by rock formations at Circular Pool. at night in autumn but the days are warm and skies are clear blue.

The climate is tropical semi-desert so in summer, temperatures frequently top 40 degrees.

Driving through a dusty plain into Karijini, massive mountains call from the distant horizon. Closer, walking trails

It’s only 6.30am but already the vans are lining up for a spot at Camp Host station.

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along flat open country give little hint of what’s to come.

You are not aware of the gorges until you arrive at a lookout exposing magnificent cracks in the earth which have been carved from the rocks by erosion over 2500 million years.

The Visitor Centre in the park is well worth a visit and is a great way to start your exploration.

The building itself is interesting and very different to your average centre.

It was designed to withstand any fires through the area so construction materials and lack of openings all help reduce fire entering or damaging the building.

One of Karijini National Park’s big attractions is that its scenery is so accessible: you can literally pull into a car park, walk 50m and peer into a 100m canyon to see waterfalls, emerald rock pools and stunning rock formations.

First, we head to the Dales Gorge

A walk on the floor of Dales Gorge. section of the park, including Circular Pool, Fortescue Falls and Fern Pools.

The three-hour return trail to Dales Gorge heads down a steep, rocky path to Fern Pool.

It’s perfect for a dip in its emeraldcoloured waters before walking along the floor of the gorge for a refreshing swim at Fortescue Falls.

A trail at the bottom of the gorge winds through amazing rock formations to Circular Pool.

There are trails to suit everyone, from beginner to the more experienced, including assisted wheelchair access to Circular Pool Lookout and independent wheelchair access at the Karijini NP visitor Centre and Dales day use area.

So this really is a place for everyone.

There is a choice of excellent picnic

Please call us for full itinerary details Prefer to travel independently?

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ϳ EŝŐŚ ŚƚƐ ĐĐŽ Žŵ Θ Ăƌ ,ŝƌĞ͕ KƌŝĞ ĞŶƚĂĂƟŽŶ Ŷ dŽƵƌ͕ EŽƌĨŽůŬ /ƐƐůĂŶĚ WĂĂĐŝĮĐ dƌŝƉůĞƐ Θ tĞ ĞůĐŽŵ ŵĞ &Ƶ ƵŶĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶŶĞƌ & Mastter Coaching Class ǁŝƚƚŚ /ĂĂŶ ^ĐŚƵďĂĐŬ Θ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ Ŷ ƵƌƟƐ͕ WĂĐŝĮĐ dƌŝƉůĞƐ WƌĞƐƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ &ƵŶĐƟŽŶ ϭϮ EŝŐŚ ŚƚƐ ĐĐŽŵ͕ ŽŽŬĞĚ ŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŝůLJLJ͕ DĂƌůďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ƌĞĂŬ tŝŶĞ Ğ ZĞ ĞŐŝŽŶ Ŷ͕ ďĞů dĂƐŵĂŶ EĂƟ ƟŽŶĂĂů WĂĂƌŬ͕ &ƌĂŶnj :ŽƐĞĨ 'ůĂĐŝĞ Ğƌ͕ ^ŬŬLJůŝŶĞ 'ŽŶĚŽůĂ YƵĞĞ ĞŶƐƚŽ ŽǁŶ͕ ƌƵŝƐĞ ŽŶ DŝůĨŽƌĚ Ě ^Ž ŽƵŶĚ͕ Dƚ ŽŽŬ͕ Ro odne ey Viincent Concert ϭϭ EŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŝůLJ͕ ƵĐĐŬůĂŶ ŶĚ ^ŝŐŚƚƐĞĞŝŶŐ͕ ŽƌŽŵĂŶ ŶĚĞů͕ Dƚ DĂƵŶŐĂŶƵŝ͕ ZŽƚŽ ŽƌƵĂĂ͕dĂŵĂŬŝ DĂŽƌŝ sŝůůĂĂŐĞ Θ ,ĂŶŐŝ͕ >ĂŬĞ dĂƵƉŽ͕ dŽ ŽŶŐĂƌŝƌŽ EĂƟŽŶĂů WĂƌŬ͕ EĂƉŝĞƌ͕​͕ ĂƉ ƉĞ <ŝĚŶĂƉƉĞƌƐ͕ Social Croquet

Norfolk Island Jazzes it up

$2,395

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Chiang Mai Flower Festival

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3 - 10 Dec 2016

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$4,350

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TRAVEL areas for the day travellers as well as camping sites to stay longer.

A day entry pass is $12 a car and $6 for seniors and motorbikes. These can be purchased at park entry points.

For longer, purchase a holiday pass which gives up to four weeks, or an annual pass (per vehicle to all parks in WA). Concession cardholders get a great discount too.

Camping is available in Dales Campground and is accessible via a sealed road. The campground is on top of the gorge.

All sites are suitable for caravan, tent,

excellent. There are toilets (spotless) and gas barbecues provided but no open fires permitted.

If you are lucky, you may even spot a dingo in the campground.

Oh, and did I mention the stars?

bus and camper trailers and are unpowered although there are allocated sections if you need to operate a generator.

There is no facility to book ahead, so in peak season (June-August) it’s recommended to arrive early (very early).

Basically, it is first in best dressed, so line up at the Camp Host station and wait for someone to leave for you to take their place. We lined up at 6.30am and were first off the rank.

There is an overflow area to wait it out for the next day if you miss.

All camp sites are private and

Check out the National Parks web site for further information. parks.dpaw. wa.gov.au/park/karijini Next month, the Grey Nomad continues the journey to the Western Gorges and the Hamersley side of the park.

Wildflowers are abundant.

The clear green waters of Fern Pool

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The Walter Taylor Bridge at Indooroopilly was the only habitable bridge in the southern hemisphere.

It is named after the man who built it and at the time of its opening on February 14, 1936, was Australia’s biggest suspension bridge, beaten only

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In fact, the resourceful Mr Taylor sourced his cables from the Sydney construction site.

The art deco towers of the Walter Taylor Bridge were home to the tollkeepers and (right) a hallway inside a tower home.

They were going cheap as surplus, after being used to hold up the incomplete halves of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction.

Walter Taylor Bridge is 182.88m (600ft) long and is modelled on a bridge in Floreanapolis in Brazil.

Its construction was welcomed by the people of Chelmer who were fed up with the ferry which couldn’t handle the growing number of cars that were cut off from the city by the river.

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Until Mr Taylor’s death in 1955, it was called the Indooroopilly Toll Bridge and it was the tollkeepers who called the bridge home.

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When he quit the job after a decade, in 1946, he handed over to his son Ron who, with his good wife, raised six children in the bridge tower.

Although the internal space is bigger (and quieter) than expected, it is still hard to imagine it as a home for a family of eight but it must have worked for them, as it was 2009 before the last of the Greens left the bridge.

It’s said the Greens never owned a car but then they wouldn’t have needed one as dad’s work was quite literally on the job. It was the children’s job to count and wrap the coins.

The tower at the Chelmer end was first occupied by John McDougall, a Scottish immigrant.

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Walter Taylor was a devout Methodist. The Chelmer tower was rented to university students through the 1970s and ‘80s and still bears the scars of their occupation.

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BOOK REVIEW

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It is essential to read the prologue leading into the story, as it prepares the reader for the unfolding events — two families as different as chalk and cheese living a bus ride apart.

The characters of Lou’s family are a warm and funny bunch, totally comfortable with each other and never lost for the last word. They are proud of their working class heritage.

When it’s suggested Lou, whose claim to fame is her odd dress sense, should become a carer her reaction is: “What the hell is that?

I’ve never looked after anyone in my life.”

And then we meet the upper class family of Will.

This is a story about real people who have to make lifechanging decisions every day. It’s told with love and humour; that lovely humour the English do so well.

Keep the tissues handy. A book worth reading.

TONY HARRINGTON

This book poses a very important question: Should everyone have the right to end their own life?

Jojo Moyes’ well-crafted story will make you laugh and make you cry and make you want to stay up all night to finish it.

Interpersonal, sibling, marital and family relationships are covered with typical British flavour and sense of humour.

The story of two very different families, one rich and one poor, is told with keen perception and sensitivity. This novel answers another important question.

How can a stranger/carer fall deeply in love with a severely disabled quadriplegic person? Should you be before me or me be before you? A great read 8/10.

BOOK review A critically-acclaimed bestseller, this is a romance about two people who couldn’t have less in common.

Lou Clark is an ordinary working class girl leading an ordinary life in a small Hertfordshire village. When she loses her job, she is desperate and accepts a position as carer for Will Traynor, a high-flyer who is wheelchair-bound and desperate, after a motorcycle accident.

Lou bursts into his world and sets out to show him life is still worth living.

JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT Will is an action man with a good job, many friends and a glamorous girlfriend until a tragedy leaves him a quadriplegic.

A young woman not valued by her parents, sister or boyfriend is employed by Will’s wealthy parents as a companion even though Louisa comes from a poor, working class background. Will’s parents hope she will change his mind about ending his life.

For me, the story is more about the making of Louisa than Will’s timeline to live. Will takes Lou out of her comfort zone on many levels vastly improving her life while, despite unlimited resources and care, he moves toward his selfdetermined fate.

I enjoyed the easy to read writing style of Jojo Moyes.

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This book is a reminder that genuine relationships can occur in the most unlikely and abnormal of circumstances.

Lou, a seemingly aimless, flighty and penniless 26-year-old, finds herself seconded to the care of Will, the handsome and gifted boy from the Manor House who had it all before an accident left him wanting to die.

The gradual bonding of these two characters holds Jojo Moyes’ story together; the beginning, development and surprising end of the relationship keeping the reader engaged. However, despite the gravity of the issue at stake – self-directed death – this tale manages to skip along in a light, superficial and predictable way leaving this reader disappointed and bored. If it were a movie, I wouldn’t want to see it; it is, and I won’t.

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MARY BARBER I found this book a bit repetitive at first. It laboured on about how long Louisa had been with her boyfriend Patrick. (Like the reader couldn’t remember.) Editors, take a note: The advantage of books is that we are not distracted by ads between chapters, so we do remember, mostly.

Anyway, at page 134 the first major twist came. That set the book on a new and very engaging course. I found it hard to put down.

Essentially, it’s a love story, a complex one, told from Louisa’s point of view as she makes mistakes, learns and grows. Be prepared for some late nights with this one.

The summary on the back page of this novel totally underestimates the depth of the portrayal of the characters in this carefully crafted story. I found it a confronting insight into the reality of quadriplegia with Will’s frustration and anger almost tangible. It is as though he no longer exists as a person and hates his total dependence on others.

The story is sobering as it is impossible for the reader not to identify with Will, knowing that any of our lives can change in a moment. ‘One of a kind’ crazy and colourful Lou Clark is the perfect companion for Will although each strongly resents the other initially. There is humour, but there is also a deep poignancy too as their relationship develops.

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QUICK CROSSWORD

No. 3615

SCATTERWORD

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Today’s Aim: 20 words Good 25 words Very good 28 words Excellent

SUDOKU Level: Easy

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

PERMUTATE

ACROSS 3 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 19 21 22 24 25 28 30 31 33

Gave (someone) particular authority Cold (informal) Line of rotation Register Run fast Skilled at manual tasks Large lake Hide Conquer In vogue Graded Female hind Cut with violent strokes Writing table Obstruct Light fog Surgical interventions (informal)

35 Chemical element 36 Proposed courses of travel 38 At what time 39 Rent 40 Borders 41 Elements of nuclear power plants

DOWN 1 2 3

4 5 6 7

Clumsy Ostentatious display (informal) Person who seeks transcendence through spiritual meditation Incapacitate Sailor Has being Partake of nutrition

9 11 13 15 20 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 37

Most fastidious (informal) Keeps an upright position Metal Demand Evaluated Kind of postal delivery (abbrev.)

Companion Put down Make certain Expectation Separate items on a menu Causes a sharp smarting pain Mouth (informal) Collect Needy Aromatic beverage

No. 024

WORK IT OUT!

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

D A I LY

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