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Editor’s note

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he old saying goes that charity begins at home, but is it being taken too literally? How much is too much when it comes to the kids?

Do we bail them out of financial trouble, give them a helping hand, a cash surprise from time to time or just spoil them rotten?

Do we share what we have earned, giving them a fair cut of what we have or do we insist on making their own way in the world?

It is often said that Baby Boomers give too much to their children as they want them to have the things their parents couldn’t afford to give them.

I think that line is becoming a tad hackneyed and too readily trotted out by those making a case about the

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Contents generation that has been perceived as having it all.

Lorraine Page this month investigates the biggest intergenerational wealth transfer in history as Boomers, who make up a quarter of the population but have more than half of the nation’s private wealth, head into their twilight years.

Not everyone is spending their children’s inheritance and living it up.

Some are already picking up the tab for a house deposit, a new car or an island holiday for the grandkids.

Others are providing board and lodging for the kids, and sometimes their kids too. But before accusatory fingers are pointed for not instilling self-reliance and financial responsibility, there are current house prices and university debts to consider. It’s a different world from the one our parents knew when they told the kids to get out and get a job.

I’d love to hear your opinion. Email me editor@yourtimemagazine.com.au

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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Baby Boomer bankers As Baby Boomers retire, some may find themselves propping up the next generation with their hard-earned nest eggs, whether they like it or not, which just proves the old saying that blood is thicker than water, writes LORRAINE PAGE.

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s Boomers hit their 70s, social researcher Mark McCrindle predicts we will witness the biggest intergenerational wealth transfer in history.

That’s because Boomers currently comprise 25 per cent of the population yet own 55 per cent of our nation’s private wealth.

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To make space for her and her two young children we had to get rid of furniture, and that was very hard for my husband.”

She admits they were more fortunate than most families in the same situation as they live in a multi-level house and were only using the lower space to store furniture.

“You just adjust because it’s your child and they’re going through a very traumatic time, and for the grandchildren you want to make it as easy as possible so they can emotionally adjust,” she says. “I never even thought about how it was affecting me.”

Neither did the couple consider how long their home would be a place of refuge; instead adopting an attitude of support that would end when they knew their daughter had found her financial feet.

A study of more than 1700 Australians commissioned by finder.com. au in 2015 found that 86 per cent of parents provide financial help to their adult children, with lending money and cash handouts the most popular ways they contributed financially.

McCrindle Research has crunched the numbers again, revealing housing unaffordability as one likely culprit that will continue to drive that assistance.

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overcompensate because they weren’t around for their children when they were growing up, and parents who can’t say no when asked for a handout, for creating a Peter Pan generation.

Which makes her scathing of parents who are drip-feeding away the inheritance to their children because they haven’t set clear ground rules.

“In my own era I just went to work at 15 and I didn’t know what university was,” Lorraine says.

“Everyone wants their kids to have a better life, but giving them a better life doesn’t mean you physically throw stuff at them. They don’t learn from that.”

Lorraine helped her own children when they were younger. She kept her son on her health insurance while he was a student and helped her daughter out with a house deposit.

Her son paid his own personal bills, including the food he ate, when he lived at home, and when the equity in her daughter’s house grew, the loan was repaid.

“You can bankroll a little, but it has to be paid back. You get nothing for nothing,” she warns.

Late 60s retiree Lillian says she and husband Mike have given their three children, now in their early 40s, “measured” support over the years.

They did their share of babysitting when the grandchildren came along and have continued to give in other ways.

Three years ago they helped their youngest pay for her divorce.

“She was finding it very hard as she has one child and her ex-husband was an alcoholic who’d lost his job and had no money,” Lillian says.

When her daughter’s family home was sold the money was paid back and Lillian and Mike used some of it to take the family, including their five

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grandchildren, on a week-long holiday to the Gold Coast.

“Mike just wanted to, as he retired a few years ago with a good payout,” Lillian explains.

More recently they paid for a troublesome tree to be cut down for one of their other children as the neighbours were complaining.

“They normally don’t ask, we usually offer,” she says. “If they do ask for money, they will borrow and pay it back. They’re always very grateful for what we do. I suppose we just love and trust each other.

I thank God every day for my kids.”

Self-employed, now retired Lena, 72, admits to dipping into her superannuation three years ago to the tune of $30,000 to landscape her daughters’ new home.

“I have been over-generous but I’ve done it because I haven’t got anybody else but my (two) girls, and they are important to me,” she says.

A considerable amount of asbestos contaminated soil had to be removed from the old garden and Lena knew her daughters wanted the landscaping done and wouldn’t dream of asking for help.

How her father treated her financially has in turn influenced how she has supported her own children.

Growing up, Lena and her two siblings didn’t go without. Her father, who she says was not generally known as a generous man, gave her £100 in shares when she was 12 and £1000 for her 21st birthday, which she used as a deposit on a house.

Previously a farmer, shares became her father’s business after he was bedridden with tuberculosis for four years. He passed that knowledge on to Lena who says she’s made quite a bit of money over the years playing the share market.

She gave both her daughters 10 per cent of the deposit on houses they bought in the early 1990s. Last year she took them all on holiday to Hawaii as a thank-you for a previous time when she’d been unable to help them out financially.

Asked if she has imbued a sense of financial responsibility and gratitude in her children despite her generosity, Lena says she has because each has studied hard at different times in difficult circumstances to further their careers.

“The girls call the garden ‘Mum’s garden’, which is lovely. They never refer to it as their garden,” she says.

When her household dynamics changed Annette confesses to erring on the side of generous, and only expected some kind of financial contribution when her daughter stabilised emotionally.

“We never kept records anyway,” she adds. “I think she realises her financial responsibilities and she’s gradually taken them on.

“It’s a gradual weaning process, so that when we know that she can go out and pay rent and support herself, that’s the point when we say go for it.”

One of the upsides of that support has been the deeper relationships that Annette says she has forged with her daughter and grandchildren that might otherwise not have happened as her ex son-in-law was controlling.

When children have returned and are living less harmoniously with their parents under one roof, Lorraine Pirihi says there are plenty of free professional resources available to help manage that situation.

“If you can fix it financially you’re doing well, but emotionally it’s a different story,” she says. “It’s about setting boundaries and learning to say no, because don’t forget, everyone’s an adult now, but you’re the parent.”

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Collector manages to have the last word Peter Bowler is a collector and within his impressive hoard, writes ANGELA BENSTED, is his own book of weird and wonderful words that has sold more than a million hard cover copies around the world since 1979.

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golden sarcophagus stands in author Peter Bowler’s living room.

Nestled between book shelves and a display case housing a parliament of owls, the glittering coffin seems out of place in his sprawling home.

That is, until Peter opens it to reveal a pile of music CDs stacked neatly on its shelves.

Peter and his wife Diane are incurable collectors with books, music, antique gramophones and other precious finds from second-hand stores jostling for space on walls and shelves.

At 83, Peter was surprised to hear from his American publisher six months ago that his most famous collection, a trio of books about language, had been republished as an omnibus edition with The Superior Person’s Complete Book of Words, The Superior Person’s Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words and The Superior Person’s Third Book of

Peter Bowler and his sarcophagus and the cover of his quirky book.

Well-Bred Words. He spent six months in the 1970s trawling through dictionaries for gems, then crafted witty ways to use them in modern conversation.

He was drawn to words he had never heard of, particularly scientific words, which might be used in unexpected and often funny ways.

“Originally, I was thinking about a couple of words which were interesting, just a little bit unusual and carried this little extra layer of meaning,” he says.

“I wondered, if I was writing a dictionary how would I define these. It got me thinking, there are a lot of words I could find like this.”

Words like “helminthology”, for example, he describes as “the study of parasitic worms. Some universities give courses in this and call it Political Science”.

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He says his novel, which he doubts will see the light of day, is “a serious attack on modernism – overpaid managers, computer experts who’ve got us all by the throat”.

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But the lexicographer isn’t getting rich through royalty cheques and doubts he’ll earn enough from the latest omnibus publication to buy the matching sarcophagus for his living room.

“I’ll be long gone,” the collector says. “Such a pity. It would be nice to have the two.”

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

Forget the bangers, mash has a French connection Digressing briefly from his watch on the English language, DAVID PARMITER translates a billboard while waiting for a train in the Paris Metro and discovers a surprising story about the humble spud and the clever Dr Parmentier (no relation).

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t may be hard to believe, but the Pommie bar stewards did not invent the potato. They were introduced from the Caribbean in the 16th century by Elizabethan buccaneers such as Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh.

They came along with other noxious substances such as coffee and tobacco.

Remember Bob Newhart, that clever American comedian in the ‘60s?

“You do what, Walt? You roll it up; you stick it in your mouth; you set fire to it and you suck in the smoke? And coffee gets you going in the morning? Hey, Walt, we haven’t even discovered tea yet. Listen, Walt, you are not going out west again!

Just stay home, and keep using those leeches. And stop laying your cape down in front of Elizabeth. She’s beginning to think you’re on something.”

The poisonous potato plant with the purple flowers, related to deadly nightshade, and which produces those starchy brown tubers you feed to cattle, was introduced into 16th century southern and eastern France where it was known as the “cartoufle”.

It still is; and it is used there today by discerning French chefs. They love “les

The billboard picture of Louis XVI and his potato; and (above) Parmentier Station in Paris. cartoufles”. How do I know all this?

Because I read it all on the wall of a Metro train station on the northern line in Paris.

It remained a lowly cattle feed until the 18th century when an ingenious army medical officer and pharmacist saved the army of Louis XVI from complete annihilation through starvation during the Seven Years War. The pharmacist’s name was AntoineAugustine Parmentier (1737-1813). He recognised that to resolve the problem of a famine endemic among the forces of Louis XVI he would need to feed potatoes to the troops to supplement their meagre ration of meat and bad bread.

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But how to get the men to eat this dirty soiled “cattle feed”?

I shall translate and précis the Metro walls for your enlightenment.

“He quickly realised that to overcome the reticence of the French people to eat the pommes de terre (“earth apples” or potatoes) he would need to encourage the posh nobility to become the trend-setters.

He persuaded Louis to put guards around the market gardens of Sablons, near Paris, during the day. This aroused the curiosity of the masses. What was so special about the plants with the purple flowers?

“The crowning achievement in 1785 was a special Court Dinner staged for the King and Queen, at which were served several dishes of different forms of cooked potatoes.

Marie Antoinette herself wore a corsage of purple potato flowers. It quickly became the fashion at Court.

“Throughout the Empire the potato became the staple food of those in high society and of the French armies, thanks to Dr Antoine-Augustine Parmentier, army pharmacist extraordinaire. For his services to the army and to the people of

France, he was presented to the King and Queen in the gardens at the Palace of Versailles.”

So never mind the fictional “let them eat cake”; the truth of what Marie Antoinette might have said was “Let us all eat our potatoes”.

David Parmiter does not claim relationship to Dr Parmentier as he comes from a line of Huguenot refugees who had fled France for England a century earlier. He spent two years at a French primary school before completing his education at an English boys’ boarding school, “where every meal was served with watery, lumpy mash”. It gave him a lasting distate for potatoes.

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For love of the loggerhead Luise Manning is on a mission to save Queensland’s turtles, one piece of rubbish at a time, writes ANGELA BENSTED.

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he walking tracks around Luise’s Springfield Lakes home are a long way from the ocean. But when she finds a zip-lock bag lying in the grass, Luise sees a threat to the majestic loggerhead turtles swimming off the Bundaberg coast where the endangered mammals go to breed.

Rain washes rubbish into drains, where it floats down creeks and rivers to Moreton Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

“Even if we banned plastic bags tomorrow, there’d still be chip packets, there’d still be zip-lock bags which look like squid, there’d still be plastic cups and straws,” Luise says.

“You can’t legislate and ban everything.”

Instead, the 2017 Ipswich Citizen of the Year is determined to educate the public to treat its rubbish thoughtfully.

Her latest weapon is a self-published picture book aimed at 4 to 9-year-olds called Turtle Needs Help.

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Luise hopes the book, launched on World Turtle Day, will encourage children and their parents to appreciate the endangered marine mammals.

She has been an advocate for turtles since her first childhood camping trip to Mon Repos, the Bundaberg beach famous as a turtle hatchery.

“Holding those eggs was a very humbling experience,” she says. “Since then, I’ve always marvelled at these amazing creatures.”

She doesn’t want our turtles to be the Tasmanian tigers of the future: “What we do now makes a difference in 30 years’ time”.

The energetic 55-year-old, who has a seven-year-old daughter, received a grant from Lend Lease to get her project off the ground, printing 200 copies of her book for distribution in Ipswich libraries and schools.

But Luise is confident it has broad appeal and has invested her own money in more copies.

“I didn’t want to wait for a

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She’s talking to Sea World, Underwater World and the RSPCA, hoping to sell the book through their stores.

And while the environment is close to her heart, it’s not her only passion and this is not her first book.

After being given the brush-off by the Transport Department when she asked for road safety teaching resources, Luise decided to write her own.

More than 3000 copies of that book, Hold My Hand, have since been distributed to Australian libraries.

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TIME WARP

For the love of a good dog-eared book The older I get, the more I enjoy my own company, writes KATE CALLAHAN. Gone are the days when being alone was called loneliness and existence had to be justified by non-stop activity. It’s easy to while away the hours reliving the joys of a tattered old book.

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hree months into my latest stint of retirement – yes, this is my second go at it – I’ve become an advocate for a more relaxed way of life, one in which tomorrow offers the opportunity to do whatever doesn’t get done today.

And so it happened the other afternoon, prompted by the sudden loss of yet another contemporary and feeling rather wistful, that I abandoned the usual domestic chores and sat down to sort through my book collection – as you do.

I’ve made a promise to my kids that when I shed my mortal coil, there won’t be a mess left behind. My possessions will be in some semblance of order and I’ll cull the unnecessary here and now.

As I sat on the floor in front of the bookcase, surveying the task ahead with an empty carton for discarded volumes by my side, it occurred to me that I’m not so much a reader as a lover of books.

I love their fragile yellowed pages, their sweet mustiness, and their heartfelt inscriptions. “To my little sweetheart for Christmas 1961” wrote my dear departed uncle in my treasury of nursery rhymes.

I haven’t been anyone’s “little sweetheart” for such a long time and, as I

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leafed through this fragile old book, it was good to be reminded that I had been.

I took from the shelf a set of Queensland School Readers, reprints that I’d bought years ago. As some of you may know, the Readers were first used in schools in 1915 and, in various iterations, were used for the next 60 years.

At the beginning of the school year, pupils from Grade One to Grade Seven in my day were issued with a Reader. We all hoped to get a brand new one, but they were usually dog-eared from many years of use by pupils past.

The Readers were marvellously instructive little books that were, for many Queensland children, their first exposure to English literature; British,

me. A wise king wants to teach his people to be industrious and self-reliant, so one night he puts a large stone in the middle of the road in front of his palace.

In the morning, a farmer comes along, drives his wagon around the stone, and curses the useless people for leaving it there. Next is a self-important young soldier, who trips over the stone and storms off in anger. And so, the day passes, with every passer-by complaining about the stone but doing nothing about it. At nightfall, the miller’s daughter comes along and removes the stone from the road. As a reward for her diligence, finds a box of gold hidden underneath.

The moral is that hard work is not necessarily its own reward.

By now kitchen duties were calling me. As I put the empty cardboard box back, I thought of my five-year old grandson who started school this year.

Not for him the enduring pleasures of the Queensland Readers. They are so “last century”, it seems. No, he must have an iPad to do his reading homework.

But somehow, I can’t see him in 50 years’ time spending a leisurely hour or two browsing through his iPad collection.

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Australian and Queensland history; traditional fairy tales; and Greek and Roman mythology.

Leafing through the pages of one volume on this winter afternoon, I felt a tingle when I came across an old favourite, the “Story of Atalanta”; a blonde version of Wonder Woman, fleet of foot, incredibly athletic and, of course, beautiful. For a girl in the early 1960s, what was not to love about Atalanta?

She was an ace on the running track, such that no bloke could beat her. And this is where it gets interesting. She said, silly girl, that she’d only marry a man who could beat her in a race. Many tried but failed, with nasty consequences, until Hippomenes came along with a bag of golden apples, a gift from Aphrodite.

He threw the apples behind him as he ran and Atalanta could not help but stop and pick them up. It goes to show there really is more than one way to skin a cat.

The afternoon was wearing on, but at this point in the book culling exercise I was really starting to enjoy myself.

Taking another Queensland Reader off the shelf, I found “The Stone in the Road”, a morality tale that has stuck with

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YOUR LIFE IN FOCUS

What would you do if I sang out of tune?

A relationship is any connection that you have with another. It could be a partner, relative or friend, but sometimes, writes PAULINE DU RIETZ, that connection causes concern because it goes ‘out of tune’,

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often laugh. Well, to tell the truth, I quietly scoff, when I hear statements about falling in love at first sight. I hear myself muttering, “that’s lust, not love!”

There are many definitions of love, but perhaps one of the best comes from a book entitled The Art of Loving by the psychotherapist Erich Fromm.

I first read his work in the late 1960s. He states that love is the active concern for the life, growth and wellbeing of another. In other words, love is not just a feeling like lust, but behaviours that support the connection between those who care for each other.

This means that you can care for, even love, someone who doesn’t care for you.

In the early days of loving, people demonstrate kindness, consideration, acceptance and respect. They see the lovely qualities and characteristics that the other person displays.

We often describe this

process as the “rosy glow” or looking at life through rosecoloured glasses. In psychological language, we call this process limerence, which means, we pick up on the characteristics that we like and rarely recognize the faults.

As we move through our relationship with another person we often complain that the person has changed.

Sometimes change happens, but sometimes we have missed reading the characteristics or even negotiating the characteristics that may have a bad effect on us.

There are many great things in culture, but we fail to teach effective relationship skills and values. The values that we need to sustain effective relationships include: care and kindness, acceptance, respect, compassion and forgiveness.

The three main relationship skills are: effective communication, dealing with conflict and being capable of

negotiating to have your reasonable needs met.

Being able to open your mouth and make a noise is not effective communication.

Being competitive or always compromising, avoiding situations or constantly people-pleasing, is not effective conflict management. Effective interpersonal negotiation skills mean that the parties can move towards an outcome, even if there are differences. These differences need to be accepted and respected.

While writing this, I can hear the radio in the background. The broadcaster is commenting that this year marks the 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They then played the song, With a little help from my friends. I listened to the words and noted some: “What would you do if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me?”

Love, both the feelings and

the behaviours, is an important aspect of our culture. One of the ways we obtain our sense of being OK comes from our assessment of the love, that is, the active concern, that comes from others to us.

In love relationships with a partner, your children, or friends, change happens. People change for all sorts of reasons.

The reasons might include physical, emotional or psychological changes.

People sometimes sing out of tune. In fact, there are times that they might consider that we are the party singing out of tune.

The truth is, we all sing out of tune on occasions.

How does one sing out of tune in a relationship? Well, expectations, standards and behaviours sometimes change.

How people see situations, circumstances and events, can change. How we make sense of our world can change. Because we, or others begin to behave as though we are singing out of

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HISTORY

Always a good time to relax with a cuppa There’s no better invitation than one to partake of a refreshing cup of tea and, writes DIANA HACKER, it has been that way for centuries.

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idely known since the 5th and 6th century the brew is obtained from the fresh tips of the leaves of the Camellia sinesis plant, deftly plucked in the early morning and then dried before packaging.

The plant spread from China by way of the Silk Road into the wealthy households of Europe.

Always competing in popularity with coffee, tea initially was considered a medicine but gained prominence in royal courts where the ladies turned “taking a dish of tea” into a social event.

As expensive a commodity as the many spices, tea leaf was kept in locked containers (caddies) with the key kept the lady of the house or trusted housekeeper.

Much of the cost lay in taxes, often more than 100 per cent, imposed by governments to fund various wars, arguably the most famous being the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773.

Dissidents tipped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbour as a protest against the British East India Company’s monopoly to supply colonists and the British imposing a tax without the right to representation within government.

In high society, the taking of tea

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evolved into an afternoon repast of small snacks such as cakes, scones and sandwiches, the latter an invention of Lord Sandwich who called for sustenance at the gaming table. In humbler households, tea was accompanied by bread spread with lightly salted dripping or perhaps a home-made preserve.

Cultivation of the plant spread far and wide and is now grown on large plantations in Sri Lanka, India, China, Malaysia and Japan.

Utensils used in the preparation and serving of this refreshing liquid has resulted in the creation of artistic silver and chinaware – kettles, teapots, urns, jugs and delicate cups and saucers, as well as multi-tiered platters grace tables set with fine linen and enhanced by artistic

flower arrangements. The collection at Miegunyah contains several examples of china and silver for tea service. Of particular interest is the copper Russian samovar used for heating water and the hot water kettle resting on a swinging stand, with a spirit heater beneath.

The Perry family business stocked many items for preparing tea and we are fortunate to have in the collection a plated teapot bearing the name of the firm on the underside. Another item stocked by the firm and retained in the household collection is a small wicker picnic hamper which also contained a

small kettle, spirit stove for boiling the water and metal containers for the leaf, milk and sugar.

Ah well, it’s 4pm and it has been a busy day. The possums have eaten the parsley again, the brush turkeys have dug out my flowering zygo cactus and the bee colony refuses to relocate into the bee box, so a refreshing cuppa is in order.

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FASHION

Forget fear, buying fashion online can be fun Shopping online is not as intimidating ting as you might think, w writes KAY McMAHON, whose new vintage textile and hand-printed fabric purchase has just arrived in an exciting parcel from India.

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he Madame Hall design is a combination of traditional Kutch, Gujarat textiles in the bodice with hand-printed cotton in the skirt. It is glorious and very special.

But it was the experience: the designer discovery, purchase, delivery and then the wearing that made me realise that fast-fashion shoppers are missing out on so much of what is special about fashion.

Let me explain. The purchase was completed on-line in the Etsy store (etsy.com). But I have been following @madamehall on Instagram for many months.

Her story of being an ex-pat Sydney girl who worked in costume but is now living and working in Bhuj, India was inspiring enough.

But it is her love of traditional textiles from this local region and her Insta stories of the respect, acknowledgement and admiration for her small studio of “making” staff that sealed the deal for me.

She is a canny designer. Her designs are forgiving for Boomer bodies and simplify the angst of hoping the garment will fit on delivery.

Once purchased through the Etsy process, the tracking number was emailed and estimated delivery time confirmed.

The package which arrived at my door was small, but as required by India Post, stitched into a strong cloth (calico in this case) bag. Cute. Inside was a beautiful hand-embroidered, branded Madame Hall calico bag with my dress folded neatly

inside that. And attached to the dress was a hand-written note from Lisa (Madame Hall) herself.

How special.

But the best was yet to come.

The many comments from old and young fashionistas at an event where I was on the panel, warmed my fashion heart. Many of the millennials had never seen traditional Indian textiles up close before.

The more mature in the audience, who have an appreciation of textiles, admired the contemporary design combination and the knowledge that this was a garment that was inclusive for all ages and body types.

(Madame Hall’s Etsy followers have increased I’m sure.)

So, although by some people’s standards this dress was not cheap, to me it ticked all the boxes for the many reasons I love fashion.

1. It was made by people whose faces and names have been acknowledged by the designer and are credited constantly for their painstaking and quality making expertise. Very ethical.

2. Madame Hall’s designs include traditional local embroideries and textiles with many vintage pieces that are up-cycled into her designs. Love the sustainability aspect.

3. There is always an interesting and traceable story to Lisa’s

pieces. A transparent supply chain.

4. It fits me. Woohoo!

5. It makes me feel fabulous when I wear it. Double woohoo!

6. There are not thousands of the same garment in the world.

This is unique and special fashion that does not cost a fortune.

This experience has also taught me that Baby Boomers need not be afraid of buying some things online. This dress is not available at a store.

I would not have been the proud owner of this unique and exquisite fashion item if I had been afraid of embracing online sales.

And now I’m off to workshop it with my vintage Japanese silk kimono and my woollen footless tights, because it has turned nippy this morning.

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BOOKS As winter sets in, it’s a perfect time to curl up warm in bed with a good book. GAYLEEN WILSON reviews some of the latest releases.

The Anointed One

by Herb Hamlet During brain surgery, the first black Pope (real name Alendi Mahbooto) has a near-death experience. He receives a clear message from Christ which imbues him with a new understanding, inner strength and determination. The Church must use its vast resources, including the Vatican treasures, to help the sick and the poor of the Third World. Other Christian religions must do the same.

The Catholic Church should also change its policies on contraception, celibacy, and women in the church.

After this divine inspiration, the Pope must implement vast changes to the Church, changes which alienate cardinals from the developed world, as well as powerful nations and dark forces within the Vatican.

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The Good Teacher

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by Isolde Martyn

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by Susan Mallery

A romantic novel based in southern France during the Crusades of the 12th century, I appreciated the glossary but also used Google to check some of the words used in this era.

I give the author 10/10 for the storyline and the enjoyment of this book. It is hard to put down.

Richart, a powerful Lord, has agreed to an arranged marriage. Adele, a maidservant takes the identity of that look-a-like bride. When Richart is overthrown by his uncle and halfbrother he is imprisoned and Adele is taken away.

Deception has lost her the comfort, grand feasts and trappings of wealth.

Crusaders have started a religious war which causes the terror, unhappiness and hardships in day to day life.

While separated they suffer horror and ill-treatment and their reunion does not simplify their safety.

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In a small rural Australian town, cracks begin to show in the relationships of typical happilymarried families when temptations are acted upon.

Could something as simple as marital communications have prevented the domino effect of loose morals, deceit and disloyalties of these closely-woven families? The arrival of a new male principal and the attraction of the president of the P&C sets the school on fire. When reputations and respectability are on the line, blame must be cast on others. Blackmail forces the principal to take stress leave which enables the township to get back to its pre-principal lives with even more cracks in relationships.

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A tiddler with a lot of zoom-zoom THE small car class, that bunch of tiddlers from all corners of the world, is no big money-spinner for car companies in Australia, writes BRUCE McMAHON.

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Mazda is one of those that has done okay out of the babies since the Mazda 121 of the mid-1980s. These days the Mazda 2 is one of the best of all small city cars around; since 2002 almost 170,000 Mazda 2s have been driven out of showrooms.

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The best time to change a habit is now Good health to most people means optimal wellness and longevity, writes GARY MARTIN.

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BOOK REVIEW

What a weary, dreary husband and wife are Harold and Maureen. Having no rapport with the central characters of this book, I plodded on, hoping for a brighter outcome .

On a spur of the moment decision Harold decides to walk to visit Queenie, an old work colleague, who is now residing at a hospice miles away. He just starts walking.

Poorly prepared he ends up with the most appalling, blistered, suppurating feet.

This vividly descriptive passage did me in!

Even the fauna and flora of the English countryside failed to lift my spirits. This book was not for me.

ELIZABETH PASCOE

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This allegorical tale is unusual and quite refreshingly different from most novels. Harold’s unplanned and unlikely 627 mile walk to save a friend from cancer is really an unrealised pilgrimage to save himself. As he walks he mentally walks through his past life.

He finds the answers to his feelings of poor self-worth and ordinariness. He finds a new connection to people and nature. He finds new freedom, renewed love and affection for his wife, forgiveness and redemption for past failures.

It is a bit repetitive and long winded at times and has a fairly predictable ending. Good job 7/10

BOOK review JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT Author Rachel Joyce conveys the emotions of Harold’s pilgrimage or “walk of faith” with absolute clarity of heart and mind. This book is not a warm and fuzzy read as I thought it might be. Rather, I found my feelings ebb and flow with the achievements and failures of Harold’s unplanned and ill considered walk to save Queenie and his self-determined appraisal of the disaffection of his wife and son. While the story is embellished there are no pretentious words or complicated plot. It is a simple, well-told story about an ordinary man and his emergence from a mundane existence. Surprisingly, a very enjoyable read.

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THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY

by Rachel Joyce

This is a charming book that is indeed a pilgrimage, a story of love, loyalty, courage, regret, forgiveness and discovery of oneself. Traumas and secrets long unsaid are relived and realised. Harold meets many different characters along the way, each with a story and a lesson for him. He learns to live off the land and the kindness of strangers with nothing more than he set off with.

His life is changed forever as is his relationship with his wife - all for the better! Loved it.

Recently retired Harold Fry lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does. Little differentiates one day from the next.

One morning a letter arrives, addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl, from a woman he hasn’t heard from in 20 years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. But before Harold mails off a reply, a chance encounter convinces him to deliver his message in person.

In his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold Fry embarks on an urgent quest, determined to walk 600 miles to the hospice.

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MARY BARBER I found the writing jarring at times. Some sentences didn’t flow well. As for the story, it’s a sad tale. Harold sets out to post a letter to a dying friend and ends up walking the length of England to give it to her instead.

The journey is an inner one and an outer one. Harold is doing penance for the things he failed at in life, or thought he failed at – being a good father, a good husband and a loyal friend.

I enjoyed the descriptions of the English countryside and the varied characters who joined Harold along the way. I have also read the second book which tells the story from Queenie’s point of view. That was excellent.

Initially this book irritated me! The practicalities were missing – how did Harold pay for his lodgings and meals! Not to worry – I was soon enticed into Harold’s journey of self discovery and his gradual understanding of the life events which had shaped him. It is also his wife Maureen’s story – left behind, indignant and angry and gradually sensing the possibility of change for both of them.

This could have been a sentimental and boring story but I found it full of twists and turns with a few surprises. I loved the writer’s style – the cameos of many of the people Harold meets are priceless. Many of the characters have stayed in my mind especially the ones who “joined the walk” introducing humour and pathos at the same time.

For me Harold’s pilgrimage is motivational! Many of us “just exist” caught up in the busyness of life. How challenging and rewarding it might be to take our own time out and accept the crazy mix of experiences that make us who we are and dare to change like our Harold and Maureen! Definitely recommended.

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HEALTH

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Aging affects sleep patterns so there’s a reason for the nanna nap, but set some boundaries and manage your sleep patterns, writes clinical psychologist KATHRYN SMITH and psychiatrist CURT GRAY for Sleep Awareness Week, July 3-9.

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f the phrase “I slept like a baby” is far from your vernacular and you’ve noticed a gradual change in your sleep pattern, along with other undesirable physical changes, chances are you’ve fallen victim to the human phenomenon of aging.

Along with the physical changes that occur with aging, our sleep also deteriorates as we get older.

Having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep is common in older adults and this can be due to a number of factors, including changes in sleep architecture and circadian rhythm.

Sleep is broken into repeated stages throughout the night, including light, deep and REM sleep (the active dreaming phase).

Typically, older adults spend more time in the light phase and therefore don’t get the satisfaction of a deep sleep. In addition, the natural circadian

rhythms that coordinate timing of bodily function is affected as we age. The body tires earlier in the evening resulting in an earlier wake time.

But the real disparity in the human phenomenon of aging is, even though our sleep is on the decline, its needs remain the same throughout adulthood.

This may be how the term “nanna nap” got its name – with less deep and REM sleep throughout the night, daytime fatigue leads older people to nap.

However, unless the nap is kept short (20 minutes or less) and before 3pm, daytime sleep can be counterproductive and lead to even less quality night time sleep.

Aging physiologies aside, sleep disturbance in the older adults can also be due to psychological, social or environmental factors, such as changes in accommodation, death of a partner, illness or chronic health concerns.

Older adults also tend to

have more worries or concerns that can keep them awake at night or lead to a restless sleep.

It is important to talk about feelings and emotional experiences just as you would present physical complaints to a doctor. Talking to a health professional about what is concerning you, at any stage of life, can provide a huge sense of relief, as well as empower you with strategies to manage day to day and probably sleep better at night.

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include: • Get regular exercise, particularly weight or resistance training as this has been shown to increase and deepen sleep.

• Learn a relaxation routine.

This will vary according to what relaxes you most.

• Avoid alcohol. Contrary to popular belief, it won’t help you sleep. It might put you to sleep but can disrupt your sleep throughout the night.

• Form a worry list. If you are a worrier, write down your worries on a list and review them during the day rather than thinking about them at night.

• Attempt to delay your bedtime to decrease chance of early morning waking.

• Stay out of bed when you are not sleeping.

Visit psychologyconsultants. com.au or if you are suffering from insomnia and group therapy interests you visit towardsbettersleep.com.au

HIGH blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke – and more than 4.1 million Australians have it but are not managing it.

A Stroke Foundation campaign encouraging Australians to check their blood pressure last month found that of more than 36,000 who took the test, 38 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women recorded high blood pressure.

“This is concerning because high blood pressure is one of the key factors in stroke, which is one of the nation’s biggest killers and causes of disability,” Stroke Foundation CEO Sharon McGowan said.

“More than 4.1 million Australians are living with uncontrolled high blood pressure. It does not have any symptoms, so the results have been a wake-up call for many.”

She recommends visiting a GP for the check and make the lifestyle changes needed to bring the reading down and reduce the stroke risk.

Visit strokefoundation.org.au

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RETIREMENT LIVING

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NOEL IS LOVING LIFE ON THE EDGE

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AVEO Newstead will be retirement community like no other; a community defined by stunning views and resident care that will surpass expectations.

Combining sophistication with practicality, the 19-storey, state-of-the-art development will soon offer one, two and three-bedroom independent living apartments, as well as penthouses, assisted living and aged-care suites.

It’s designed to address the needs of all, no matter where you are in your retirement journey.

Creating a sense of community is a core focus at Aveo Newstead, and from mid-2018, residents will be able to find plenty of exclusive spaces to socialise and relax. The outdoor recreational space is ideal for an afternoon barbecue with

friends and family, or a friendly game of bowls, while the resident rooftop lounge creates a picturesque spot for a sunset champagne.

A resident restaurant and bar will offer a fine menu created by the executive chef; health and fitness classes will keep residents active, and a hotelstyle Health and Wellness Centre will provide a haven to recharge with easy access to health professionals.

Other features of this vertical retirement community will be a golf simulator, movie theatre, billiard room, business centre, and craft room.

With a limited number of apartments available, this will be a tight-knit community to join. The sales office is open by appointment, and is located within the Gasworks retail shopping precinct.

Call 13 28 36 or visit aveo.com.au/ newstead

NOEL Moore loves skydiving, shark cage diving and racehorses – and living at Natures Edge, Buderim.

“I never looked anywhere else; Nature’s Edge satisfied all my requirements,” he says. “There was nothing I could fault about it and having been here for six months, I still feel the same.”

Previously a catering manager for Qantas in Melbourne, Noel had been visiting his nephew on the Sunshine Coast for years and came to love the climate and lifestyle.

On one trip he visited the over 50s lifestyle village, had the grand tour and got the “wow” factor.

“I loved the homes and the forest and saw four or five display homes. I could have lived in any one of them,” he said.

Before flying home, he called three real estate agents in Melbourne to put his home on the market. It settled the same day as his home at Nature’s Edge Buderim and he moved in last December.

One of Noel’s passions is horse racing and his syndicate won the Port Adelaide Cup in May this year.

Noel said he had great neighbours within the over 50s community and loved the fact there was little or no maintenance on his home which allowed him free time to enjoy his surroundings.

“When the leisure centre is finished it will be even better. I’m looking forward to the social side of it,” he says. “I have started playing bowls with some of the other homeowners and I’m looking forward to having our own bowling green, pool and a gathering place.”

Noel lives alone and enjoys the “living alone and loving it” group established within Nature’s Edge”. It’s a social occasion and an outing and I’m all for that,” he says.

Noel loves surprising his friends from the south by showing them around and seeing their surprise. “They think it’s a traditional retirement village when they hear where I live, then they drive in and get the wow factor,” he says.

To take a tour call 1800 218 898 or visit naturesedgebuderim.com.au

HAMPTONS A HOTSPOT AT BEACHMERE BAY

INNOVATION BRINGS PEACE OF MIND

THE Hamptons, the timeless New England architectural style of cool beach houses, porches, bayside living and a hint of nautical décor, has come to Beachmere.

The new resort has resonated with people looking for fresh, stylish living.

“We only launched Beachmere Bay four weeks ago and already have 24 sales,” national sales and marketing manager Sue Baldwin said.

The world-class Hamptons Country Club will be centrepiece of the resort.

It has an indoor pool and spa, 10-pin bowling alley, luxury cinema, grand piano, lounges and bars, a library, fully-equipped woodwork room, and a crafts room.

LIVE Life Communities – Maleny Grove, Samford Grove and Brookland Village – are bringing innovation to lifestyle community living by introducing smart home systems to assist residents with home independence at home.

Live Life Communities has a long association with INS LifeGuard, which supplies solutions such as personal response, medical alarms, teleHealth and integrated virtual care medical services.

“The fact that all alarms are handled 24/7 by qualified nurses is a unique aspect to INS LifeGuard and we feel it’s an important distinction for the peace of mind of all our residents” Brookland Village manager Abigail Seeto-Billings

Nothing has been overlooked. There is a nine-hole golf course, eight-rink bowling green, waterside beach house, tennis court, dog run and caravan parking.

Call the sales team 1800 338 382 or arrange a tour by visiting 194 Bishop Rd, Beachmere.

said. “Our communities are currently rolling out the new system.”

It will put personal emergency response, teleHealth, virtual nurse or GP consults, home automation, voice and internet, at residents’ fingertips.

This, along with Smart Lock doors which are currently being tested at Brookland Village, makes home automation possible for all residents.

Live Life Communities has a choice of one or two-bedroom villas or the convenience of serviced apartments. It has almost 35 years of community living experience.

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I was he and he was I – a glimpse of immortality Watching his grandson’s football game, HARRY DENNIS remembers his own youth on the field and gets a glimpse of life’s continuity.

I

knew that this would be a night to remember. My grandson was playing under lights on the main ground in the Under 14s. Unbelievable, how good can it get? I played under age football on the MCG but not under lights.

The organisation and management of the team is so professional. They mimic all the behaviour from the top AFL clubs. They have a coach, assistant coach, runners, water carriers and a first aid officer.

I have to pinch myself that this is only an Under 14s game.

It is a frosty night. The frogs up and down the creek have been silenced and we are enfolded by the heavy moist air.

I am positioned alongside the race through which the boys will run on to the oval.

Holding a hot mug of coffee, I listen to the coach giving the boys a motivational speech and then their voices rise as one, as they chant, “Go Roos”.

Moments later they burst

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from the changing room with determination in their hearts, and adrenaline coursing through their veins. There is solidarity and security in numbers as the tightly bunched group run on to the ground. It strengthens their resolve.

For a brief but significant moment, I was he and he was I. Just like he, I stood at centre half back, legs astride, chest thrust forward, looking towards the forward line. I felt invincible. I could handle anything that came my way.

Power was within my marrow. I stood taller, I was stronger. All was before me.

Maybe it was the sprigs on the base of the football boots but it felt that I had an extra two inches of height. My spine was erect and strong. I breathed in the cold air. I was ready for battle yet again. The game was on. He nudged his opponent in the side to indicate his presence and intent that there was no easy ball to be had. He wore No.

Harry Dennis as a young player.

35 on his back. It seemed a large enough innocuous number such that he should be regarded as a team player.

Not one of those players with single digit numbers on their backs was shooting for individual stardom. All for the team. Well, was that really true?

Maybe like I, he was really chasing stardom for himself, the team was secondary to personal success and acknowledgement that he really mattered.

I could see it in my grandson

and I understood fully because I had felt it and experienced it myself in my youth.

His opponent was taller but not as solid, not tall where it mattered in the heart, in the soul, in the bone marrow.

I intuited that my grandson had his opponent’s measure. He could leap higher and had more pace. That was in my head space and I hoped by some magical telepathy I could transfer this thought to my grandson.

To see every part of the play I repositioned myself around the ground, my focus always on him. While concentrating on his game I thought back to some of the great, and not so great, moments in my junior sport years. I value the lessons learnt in coping with success, disappointment and defeat.

To face adversity and take bad decisions on the chin are part of the training. To get up again and again after setbacks and foolish mistakes against all odds, is what maketh the

person. Sport, through the pressure of competition, provides instantaneous correction and drives us forward both to humility, understanding, compassion and excellence.

A defender is required to stick like glue to his opponent but also know when to leave and intercept the ball or assist a team mate. Burst through packs and make clearing kicks and provide drive into the forward line is the modus operandi.

I did all that back then until I came out the other side of a pack with a broken collar bone and little finger. He was doing it tonight under lights. He was now my legs carrying me forward with him. My eyes were moist and not because of the cold. For a moment, past and present merged such that I was he and he was I. They won the game, but the result was immaterial for I had gained a glimpse of life’s continuity and immortality.

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WHAT’S ON Redland Performing Arts Centre presents a Queensland Theatre and Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe production

VISIT THE GOLDEN AGE OF CINEMA

LEGENDS IN THE MAKING

A silent movie night, Roaring Twenties Cinema, is held monthly at Metro Arts in the CBD. The intimate, air-conditioned Lumen Room on the ground level, transports patrons back to the 1920s with a twohour immersive program.

Hosted by Joel Archer, who has run classic/silent movie events in south-east Queensland for the past decade, the night’s program includes screening of a short followed by a classic or rare ’20s

The Sitkovetsky Trio are the young guns of classical music. Trained at the famous Menuhin School, they are all extraordinary, prize-winning soloists.

Together, their music-making is nothing short of miraculous.

Touring Australia for Musica Viva, they combine masterpieces of love and loss by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich with the life-affirming magic of Mendelssohn and the evocative sounds of Perth composer, Lachlan Skipworth.

Violin prodigy Alexander “Sasha” Sitkovetsky and pianist Wu Qian will be joined by cellist Bartholomew LaFollette – a fellow Menuhin School graduate and rising star – to join them on the tour.

From the Wigmore Hall in London to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Sitkovetsky Trio is at home on the world’s great stages and is widely considered one of the outstanding chamber ensembles of today. Audiences across Australia gave the trio a standing ovation on its last Musica Viva tour in 2014.

On this visit, the program progresses from darkness to light – the Russian flavours of Rachmaninoff’s Trio élégiaque no 1 and Shostakovich’s powerful second trio giving way to the relentless force of the ocean in Lachlan Skipworth’s work, culminating in Mendelssohn’s Trio no 1.

Queensland Conservatorium, Grey St, South Brisbane. July 6, 7pm.

THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING

by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman

An enduring masterwork of Australian Indigenous theatre

“This is a vital, throbbing piece of theatre in anybody’s cultural terms, and Chenoa Deemal’s performance is deadly” Daily Review ★★★★★

THUR 3 AUG, 7PM REDLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE CONCERT HALL

TICKETS: $20 - $45 BOOKINGS: 3829 8131 or www.rpac.com.au*

Photo: Justin Harrison *Booking fees: $4.10 per transaction by phone; $3 per ticket online

feature from the golden age of silent cinema.

“Join Brisbane’s cheapest form of time travel,” he says.

Young local musician Fin Taylor plays live piano accompaniment alongside the screenings, the highlight of the night.

Friday, July 14, 7pm. Metro Arts, 109 Edward St, Brisbane CBD. Tickets $15.

Bookings at www.stickytickets.com.au.

More: Joel 0409 620 670.

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WHAT’S ON

Wry smile from a poet full of laughs

MUSIC, HUMOUR AND DANCE

Bush poetry has come a long way in the past few years, as TERRY O’CONNOR finds out from one of its leading practitioners.

LOGAN Entertainment Centre has live performances perfect for a regular catch-up with friends while enjoying morning tea.

There is balcony or cabaret seating, which includes morning tea and is close to the action on stage.

Upcoming programs include We’ve Only Just Begun – The Music of the Carpenters and Belladiva, four voices performing intricate arrangements of classics from opera to pop.

Reception the Musical is an original cabaret comedy about the life of a receptionist, while Sentimental Journey by Vov Dylan, Australia’s Andre Rieu, and Glenn Amer take audiences on a musical journey through over a hundred years of songs.

Celebrate the festive season at The Spirit of Christmas with tenor Roy Best, soprano Alison Rae Jones and compere Chris McKenna.

G

ary Fogarty specialises in entertaining people – making them laugh with his unique brand of bush poetry.

But there’s a serious aspect to his performances and it’s all to do with how tough the people of the bush are doing it.

That serious side of bush life comes through strongly in his poem Every Day We Bleed, which contrasts the easy life of city dwellers with their ignorance of the hardships farmers regularly endure: You stir the sugar in your tea, your pay-check’s due today, No need to front your banker with a real tale of dismay.

And every day we bleed!

Gary has performed regularly in every mainland state of Australia and twice internationally in Hollywood as a member of the Australian Performing Arts Team.

He’s a two-time winner of the Australian Bush Laureate Awards as well as the inaugural Australian Bush Poetry

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Champion. He emphasises that the modern bush poetry in which he specialises entertains the audience while helping to educate them.

As a result, he has raised funds for farming communities which are suffering year after year.

“City people are very compassionate when they know what’s happening,” he said.

“Drought is not the only problem the bush faces. There’s a perfect storm brought about by the banks, the supermarkets, big business, mining companies.

“Look at the number of suicides in the bush, like that of a recent 16-year-old near Longreach.

“It doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Politicians help people overseas – rightly so – but ignore those who take their own lives in outback Australia.”

There’s always a smile behind the serious message, because Gary’s way to people’s compassion – and the dipping

into deep pockets that it can bring – is through humour.

It means that when he and his fellow poet Ray Essery take the stage, audiences can be assured of a laugh, and perhaps

there’ll be a few tears as well.

Gary Fogarty and Ray Essery will perform at the free Bush Poets Brunch at Caloundra RSL, 19 West Tce, on Sunday, July 9 at 11am.

Visit loganentertainment centre.com.au for details.

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WHAT’S ON

SHOCK, HORROR — DRAC IS BACK

BRAM Stoker’s gothic masterpiece Dracula is back to haunt the Cremorne Theatre.

Created and adapted by shake & stir theatre co, one of Australia’s leading contemporary theatre companies, this gripping version of the 1897 horror classic is every bit as tortured and charismatic as the novel.

NASH PRESENTS AN OSCAR WILDE CLASSIC The twisted tale is directed by the award-winning Michael Futcher and adapted by shake & stir’s co-artistic directors, Nelle Lee and Nick Skubij.

When young lawyer Jonathan Harker visits Castle Dracula deep within the Carpathian Mountains, he is not expecting the strange hospitality he receives from his mysterious host. What unfolds is thrilling, dark and brilliantly executed theatre, verified by rave reviews.

Michael Wahr will star as fresh-faced Jonathan, Nelle Lee takes on the role of the stoic Mina, Ross Balbuziente plays the fearlessly loyal Jack, Adele Querol embodies the vampiric Lucy, David Whitney appears as all-knowing vampire hunter Van Helsing and Nick Skubij will reprise the sinister titular role.

Mr Skubij said he was excited for the show to return to QPAC, where it all started, after an overwhelming response touring it around the country.

“Audience reactions have shown us people of all ages still love escaping to the luscious gothic world of this masterpiece,” he said. “I think we have struck just the right balance – blood, shock, lust, horror and a touch of humour.”

Cremorne Theatre, QPAC. August 15 to September 2. Tickets $65, concessions $55. Bookings qpac.com. au or call 136 246.

PREPARE to be amused, bemused and thoroughly entertained when the New Farm Nash Theatre presents the Oscar Wilde classic Lady Windermere’s Fan. Directed by Greg Scurr, it is set over a 24-hour period, and is as relevant today as it was when first performed in 1892.

Juxtaposing high society and popular culture, it explores a world full of the desire for scandal and gossip; a world which rejoices in the outrage and indignation such scandal permits.

Witty dialogue and memorable characters abound. Secrets will be shared and confidences broken, but ultimately it is a story of great hope: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”. The theatre is based at The

Brunswick Room, Merthyr Rd Uniting Church, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm.

A licensed bar operates at evening performances and soft drinks, tea, coffee and snacks are available at each performance.

The preview/ final dress rehearsal is on Friday, July 14 at 7.30pm, all seats $10.

Opening night (including supper) is Saturday July 15 at 7.30pm, adults $25, concessions $20. The season then continues July 21-22 and 28-29 and August 4-5 at 7.30pm; matinee, Sunday, July 23, 2pm. Adults $20, concession $15.

Bookings call 3379 4775, email nashtheatre4@bigpond.com, or trybooking.com/249636 or visit the website nashtheatre.com

ORCHID EXTRAVAGANZA ORCHID lovers can expect to be treated to an amazing display at the annual Logan Orchid Show next month.

Presented by the Logan and District Orchid Society, it will include potting demonstrations and cultural advice as well as displays of orchids, bromeliads, foliage and floral art.

Plants will be on sale at reasonable prices.

Refreshments will be available and the venue is wheelchair friendly and has plenty of off-street parking.

Bus trips and tour groups are welcome.

Saturday, August 26, 8.30am-4pm; Sunday 27, 8.30am-2pm. Springwood Road State School, 94-120 Springwood Rd, Springwood. Tickets $4.

New Farm Nash Theatre Inc. 2017 Laughter is the Best Medicine

JULY PROMOTIONS Thursday 13th July 10.15am-12.00 noon-1.30pm.

10 x $300 Trebles, 4 x $500 Trebles, 1 x $1,000 Full House 2 x $2,000 Trebles + Bonus $5,000 in Calls

Sunday 23rd July 1.15pm-2.50pm. Members Giveaway Draws.

10 x $300 Trebles, 1x $1000 Full House, 2 x $1,500 Trebles + Bonus $5,000 in Calls.

Friday Night 28th July 7.30pm-9.00pm-10.30pm 13 x $1,000 Trebles, 1 x 2,000 Full House, 1 x $2,000 Treble, 1 x $7,000 Treble + Night Owl.

14 July - 5 August

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Our theatre is in the Brunswick Room located at Merthyr Road Uniting Church, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm 4005. Ample street parking available.

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SEVEN STAGES OF GRIEVING IS A PERFORMANCE NOT TO BE MISSED

AN enduring masterwork of Australian Indigenous theatre, The Seven Stages of Grieving will be presented at the Redland Performing Arts Centre Remaining a vital masterwork 20 years after it was penned by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman, The 7 Stages of Grieving is a wise and powerful

play about the grief of Aboriginal people and the hope of reconciliation.

In this one-everywoman show, Chenoa Deemal (Queensland Theatre’s Mother Courage and Her Children, St Mary’s in Exile) spins poignant stories of different people from different mobs – tear-streaked tales of tragedy go hand-in-

VOICES FROM THE TRENCHES hand with jubilant celebrations of simple survival.

This important work produced by Queensland Theatre and The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe is visiting Redland as part of a national tour.

Funny, devastatingly sad, politically relevant and culturally profound as it traverses the phases of Aboriginal history, The 7 Stages of Grieving is an invitation to face hard truths, to join hands and grieve.

It shares true and personal stories that need to keep being told. And perhaps most importantly, it opens a dialogue about the issues that separate and unite Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

The production tells the stories of seven different aspects of grief; encompassing family funerals, black displacement, the impact of European wars and other stories.

Design elements are based on the environment of Chenoa’s youth: the rainbow coloured sands, the tropical rainforest, and the artworks of the local people.

Thursday, August 3, 7pm. Tickets $20 - $45. Bookings Redland Performing Arts Centre Box Office 3829 8131 or visit rpac.com.au (booking fees are $4.10 per transaction by phone and $3 per ticket online).

THE voices of more than 500 boys and men from around Australia will honour the World War I soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the Somme, France in Voices from the Trenches.

The concert is the culmination of four intense days of “male music-making” as part of the triennial Pemulwuy! National Male Voice Festival which features choirs and ensembles including the Bunbury Men of Song, Gondwana Young Men’s Choir, Trinity College Junior Vocal Ensemble and Brisbane’s own Birralee Blokes, as well the Varsity Male Ensemble from Japan.

These multi-generational choirs will present a powerful tribute, including choral pieces commissioned especially for the concerts.

Concert Hall, QPAC. Sunday, July 2, 6.30pm. Tickets $39.90. Bookings qpac. com.au or call 136 246

Thank you for the many entries for the contest to win a double pass to see the classic British wartime drama Churchill, showing in cinemas now.

Congratulations to the winners: Tadeusz Pieniek, Redcliffe; Lyn Swanson, Waterford; Tom Mills, Birkdale; Eleanor Weymouth, Nundah; and Margaret Greenham, Annerley. Enjoy the film.

MORNING TEA & MUSIC

Logan Entertainment Centre, 170 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 Box office hours Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm (also open one hour prior to show times)

MAYOR’S Join us for music, laughs and dance.

Make this your regular catch-up with fri M r ends d while enjoying morning tea and great live performances.

BELLADIVA THE MUSIC OF THE CARPENTERS TUESDAY 25 JULY

TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER Four stunning individual voices of Belladiva come together to perform best-loved classics from opera to pop.

RECEPTION THE MUSICAL

TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER inspired by true stories from behind the front desk, this original cabaret is a celebration of all things administration.

Bookings essential. Go to www.loganentertainmentcentre.com.au or contactt the LEC C on n 34 412 2 5626.

Pricing: Tabl Ta abblele EEn Entr nttryry $21.50ppp Table Group 8+/Mem Ta mbers and Balcony Entry $20.50pp 0pp Balcony Grou Group up 8+/MMem mbers b rs $19pp be

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The WORLD in Your Hands

Travel in Your Time

A perfect Finnish in Helsinki Travelling to Europe just became a whole lot more fun and relaxing. RODERICK EIME tests Finnair’s new Airbus A350 en route to Helsinki.

The hosts at Vinkkeli

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stablished as a proper city in the mid-16th century, Helsinki has plenty of history to go around and like so many Scandinavian cities, museums, restaurants and shopping districts abound with their own particular flavour.

Helsinki likes to ride on its “City of Design” status, a meritorious label attached to it by UNESCO, no less.

“Admittance to the City of Design Network fortifies Helsinki’s status among the design cities of the world,” proud Mayor Jussi Pajunen says.

So what does that mean?

“Functional design, unique gastronomy, maritime appeal and friendly locals” according to the website.

All of which I can attest.

Patient hosts from the city showed us the new and funky shops like those of TRE, Minna Parikka and 2OR+ where designers really lash out and we sampled several of the city’s progressive and

contemporary eateries that demonstrate this “unique gastronomy”.

The delightfully retro Vinkkeli served lunch and dinner was at compact and cosy Kuurna. Both make great use of local and seasonal foods – think smoked reindeer, ligonberries and root vegies.

There’s so much choice in Helsinki and Finns love to eat out.

What’s Finnish for “tipple”? They don’t mind a drink either, and there are plenty of fun places. We explored a quirky speakeasy called Trillby & Chadwick, modelled around prohibition drinking holes from the early 20th century and named after the famous private detective agency that once inhabited the place.

Yes, Finland had prohibition from 1919 to 1932. There’s even a slit in the front door, no photos allowed and when you’re done, you exit at the rear.

And if you are looking for an authentic Finnish souvenir, I’m told they make the best gin in the world. It’s called Napue.

Helsinki is also characterised by its maritime landscape with some 130km of shoreline. The sea is all around and offers visitors a vast range of experiences, such as the Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the stunning archipelago, which can be admired form onboard relaxing cruises.

New islands have been opened to the

Produce seller at Helsinki Old Market Mall public in recent years, including the idyllic islands of Lonna and Vallisaari where visitors can enjoy a combination of unspoilt nature and historical fortifications.

You can’t leave Finland without experiencing a sauna (pronounced SOW-na) and there are plenty. If your hotel doesn’t have one, there is a popular urban public sauna right on the waterfront at Hernesaarenranta.

Called Löyly, it’s billed as an urban oasis where you can relax after your sauna and dip in the sea with a light meal and liquid refreshments. loylyhelsinki.fi We enjoyed comfortable and modern digs at Hotel Indigo Boulevard, IHG’s upscale boutique brand, right in the heart of the design quarter and on one of the city’s most historic, well-located streets, Bulevardi.

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Trains, boats, planes, tuktuks, jeeps and tricycle rickshaws – India is many things, writes MARGARET FREEBAIRN who has travelled to India more than 30 times and is preparing for her next tour.

History, architecture and the engineering of early Mughal buildings, with the crowning achievement of the magnificent Taj Mahal in Agra make up just part of the list of the wonder of India.

There is the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri; remnant architecture from the Rajand the opportunity to experience village life in rural India, with the the farmers, the Durrie weavers and the potters.

The back streets of old Delhi with tricycle rickshaws contrast with the fashions of the young designers of New Delhi.

Then there’s its world of textiles – cotton, wool and silk carpet weaving; exquisite silks of Varanasi and the antiques and soft furnishing of Jodhpur.

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Local guides have an in-depth knowledge of their cities and monuments but are also willing to share their personal stories of their life and love.

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Margaret Freebairn is enchanted by India. elusive tiger at Ranthambhore Tiger Sanctuary and the migratory birds at the World Heritage Bharatpur bird sanctuary.

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Sidetracked by the Oxley Wild Rivers Three days out of Melbourne and heading north, grey nomad BEVERLEY EVERSON hits the bitumen in NSW Tableland Country.

W

e started out early from Wallabadah as temperatures can reach 50C by midday in this part of the country in summer.

Fire emergency alerts kept blaring from the radio on this fiery February day as the state faced its worst bushfire threat in history. There were 97 blazes across NSW while 37 fires were uncontained and at emergency level.

We were grateful to be about 24 hours ahead of the worst; even though we are easily sidetracked when something interesting pops up.

So, there we were, cruising down the Oxley Highway about 20km east of Walcha, keen to escape such a terrible, blazing hot day, when we spotted the sign “Welcome to Oxley Wild Rivers National Park”.

Even though we were keen to get to the coast and the Pacific breezes, we decided to drive in long enough to check if this was somewhere we would want to return.

The Apsley Falls picnic and campgrounds are 1km of bitumen road off the highway and a welcome surprise.

The falls were spectacular, with a picnic area, camping ground of 15 bush

The gorge is a spectacular drop surrounded by rugged bush. sites and a direct walking trail to the scenic Apsley Waterfall and rim gorge walking trails.

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He was followed by cedar-getters who made their way into this remote area with rugged gorges. Next came the graziers, working to make a living from the wilderness.

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In fact, there are 350 animal species and abundant birdlife listed in this National Park which is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area and an excellent example of dry rainforest.

In spring, there are colourful wildflowers and in summer, the river waters are warmer than the Tablelands making it great for swimming and canoeing. Winter has crisp, cool and clear days to enjoy a fire in individual pits set up at each camp site.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

SUDOKU (MEDIUM)

SUDOKU (EASY)

WORD FIND

CODE WORD B E M S N C K F GW L I O 15

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PERMUTATE SHINY, SHINE, WHINE, WHILE, WHEEL, JEWEL

1. In the acronym FINA for the international governing body for swimming, what does the “N” stand for?

2. What was the name of the island where Gulliver encountered da race of little people?

3. What French term of three words means a dead end?

4. What disease is spread by the tse tse fly?

5. In which George Orwell novel was there a character called ed Napoleon?

6. Who collided with Mary Decker at the 1984 Olympics??

7. Who played the original 1967 role of Doctor Dolittle?

8. Declared in 1994, the waters around which continent became came a whale sanctuary?

9. Is parsley a herb or a spice?

10. In medical terms, what does OD mean?

11. On what continent is the Central American nation of Nicaragua?

12. What is the name of the blue character in Cluedo?

13. What kind of living thing is a starling?

14. What colour M&M was discontinued for a decade in 1976?

15. How many lines in a limerick?

16. In which major war was the bazooka first used as a weapon?

17. What is the modern name for Roentgen Rays?

18. What word describes the distance between railway tracks?

19. “Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman” is from which fairy tale?

20. What is the rate of change of velocity usually called?

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS QUICK CROSSWORD

A D V R Z T J U H X Q Y P

By Quizmaster Allan Blackburn

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TRIVIA

There may be other correct answers

SCATTERWORD

1. Natation (Fédération internationale de natation); 2. Lilliput; 3. Cul de sac; 4. Sleeping sickness; 5. Animal Farm; 6. Zola Budd; 7. Rex Harrison; 8. Antarctica; 9. Herb; 10. Overdose; 11. North America; 12. Mrs Peacock; 13. Bird; 14. Red; 15. Five; 16. World War II; 17. X rays; 18. Gauge; 19. Jack and the Beanstalk; 20. Acceleration

Mobility

FREELANCE, cleaner, enlace, cereal, lancer, fleece, crenel, feeler, clean, lance, clear, feral, flare, learn, renal, creel, fleer, lace, calf, clan, flea, leaf, elan, lane, lean, earl, lare, lear, real, flan, clef, feel, flee, leer, reel.

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PUZZLES

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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Update old denim with zero alterations! (9) Scale increase (5) Send a message by taxi before the French appear (5) Conformed to the twisted body with ease, say (6) Dance the hula to get a good catch! (4) Security breach discovered on the meadow the weekend afterwards (4) The proffered carrot civilises those backing the winner (6) One foot in New York could be handy! (5) A punctuated bit of bowel? (5) Next to it is a golden creation (9)

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Not entirely old, I have a tree (5) If you give them blemished reports you will find it is symbolic (6) Steal a small mark (4) It’s a brazen crime to dispose of nature’s top animal (5) Choosing fifty sorts of education (9) Asserting that one is settling for the runs the dance girl choreographed (9) One scene troubled these relatives (6) A terrible flaw engulfs you.

It’s horrendous (5) Bound to include the leader of the law who made a mosaic, for example (5) Humorists start many performances without a song (4)

CODEWORD

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SCATTERWORD

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Today’s Aim: 23 words Good 28 words Very good 32 words Excellent

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 1 9 10 12 13 14 15 18 19 22 24 26 29 30 33 36 37

Underground storeys Viscous liquid Japanese drink A new version of an old film Above Short swim (informal) Unaware Seed pod Retaliation Carrying a weapon The moonlit hours Unfeelingly Morning damp Angular distance north or south from the equator Limit Rueful exclamation Show flowers

38 Temporary shelter 39 Age 40 Characters such as * * *

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Elderly Large transport (informal) Slip by Ogling Provoke with mockery Molten rock Common anniversaries Aching worse Know-how Estimated Interpret

No. 037

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.

20 Major food group (informal) 21 Egg of parasite 22 In past time 23 Me (French) 25 Lift 27 Number 28 Central parts of atoms 29 Stoops 31 Alcoholic drink 32 Strong taste 34 Melodies 35 Summit

SHINY

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