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t was the immortal bard who said “if music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it” and as Julie Lake writes, it is also the food of life.

It’s the one excess in which “surfeiting,” as Shakespeare would say, won’t do any harm at all. It’s interesting that it’s not only good for the soul and the mind, but also has physical advantages in getting those old fingers moving, whether it’s on a keyboard or on strings.

Mind you, as someone who never got past Chopsticks, I would have to qustion inflicting my musical talents on anyone at all.

I was well into my 40s when I decided to give piano lessons a bash

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Contents and found I just couldn’t quite translate those notes from page, to fingers, to keyboard.

Trying to read those lines with “Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit” to work out every note, was a painful process for everyone involved. I gave up, claming you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. And now we have plenty of “old dogs” willing and succeeding at learning new tricks and realising a long-nurtured love of music.

I dared to suggest that my knowledge of ukuleles was still back in the 1970s with Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips, and was roundly shot down. The uke is now a very serious instrument making seriously good music for plenty of over 55s willing to give it a try.

If you don’t believe me, head out to Kenilworth later this month and tune in for yourself at the ukulele festival, on April 20-23.

It sounds like it will be a load of fun and who knows, you could return home a convert.

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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Strike a chord that’s music to your soul If y you want a long, happy and mentally active life then, writes JULIE LAKE, start playing a musical instrument.

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Trevor Gollagher is the ukulele man, teaching as well as performing.

usic is the answer, that’s the message coming through loud and clear from medical researchers, therapists and music res teachers – and older people everywhere tea are embracing it.

From Los Angeles to London, Oslo to Osaka, time-rich retirees are forming Os rock roc bands and chamber groups and while wh some are relearning their skills after aft decades of musical inactivity, others are taking up a musical instrument for the first time. And loving it!

For years we’ve observed the long life span spa enjoyed by so many musicians, with pianists such as Arthur Rubinstein pia famously performing publicly into their fam 90s.

90s This anecdotal evidence of the benefits of playing music are now being ben quantified by many scientific studies. In qua one such study, an assistant professor of music mu education at the University of South Sou Florida studied the impact of individual piano instruction on adults ind between the ages of 60 and 85. After six bet months, those who had received piano mo lessons showed more robust gains in les memory, verbal fluency, information me processing speed, planning ability and pro other oth cognitive functions than those who had not received lessons.

The reasons for cognitive function improvement are obvious – playing an im instrument pushes your memory in ins many different ways. With some m instruments (guitar, harmonica) you may learn to play only by ear and thus not need to read musical notation but you will still need to n remember notes and chords and melody rem – perhaps even the words of songs. p Everyone who takes up learning an

instrument late in life marvels at the way in which fingers (or lips) soon seem to remember which chords and notes to play; this is called “finger” or “muscle” memory.

Besides improving your brainpower, playing music improves flexibility of hands, wrists and fingers, builds confidence and self-esteem and gives you a richer social life because few people play music in isolation.

It is, too, a great solace in times of trouble to pick up your instrument and just play by yourself “When you retire,” says Kathleen Nicholson, a therapist who started playing the flute in her early 60s, “it’s too

“Listening to music is fine but playing it keeps you a participant and not a spectator in the game of life” easy just to fall into passive pursuits which can make you feel a has-been when it comes to the sort of meaningful activity that dictated your working years.

“Listening to music is fine but playing it keeps you a participant and not just a spectator in the game of life.”

And there’s a musical instrument for just about everyone, whatever your physical disabilities.

While researching this article I met an

87-year-old man who is learning to play the panpipes and an 81-year-old who tried the ukulele but found his hands were too arthritic so he took up the harmonica and has turned out to be very good at it.

This means he can play the blues with other amateur musicians, something he’s always wanted to do and it has also improved his bronchiectasis, to the delight of his lung specialist.

Most over 50s taking up music for the first time opt for more accessible instruments such as the ukulele, guitar and harmonica.

Trevor Gollagher was an awardwinning professional drummer for 35 years and has played all over the world and with many well-known Australian groups, including the popular Little Fi and the Delta Kings.

Today he is equally well known as the ukulele man around southeast Queensland, teaching as well as performing.

“A couple of people I’ve met through my classes were sad and lonely,” he says.

“Through playing music they have made friends and turned their lives around.”

Trevor’s CDs show just how good a uke can be in the hands of a skilled player but he also makes tutorial videos, available free on YouTube, to help would-be players get started.

Dr Jennifer MacRichie, research lecturer in musical perception and cognition at Western Sydney University, is a strong believer in the idea that the third age in life should be a musical one.

Her research shows how the act of music-making gives the brain a thorough workout because many instruments require precise coordination between

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“With the myriad benefits provided by playing a musical instrument, it would seem beneficial to have a wider variety of musical activities on offer to the older generation,” she says.

A cursory look at governmentsponsored programs, however, shows that teaching music to adults is a very low priority indeed.

Fortunately, thanks to the digital revolution, learning music has never been easier and cheaper, with online tutorials available for almost every musical instrument.

Some serve as samples for paid on-line tuition, often offering one-on-one structured programs. Others are free – and you can access them through your laptop computer, tablet or even your phone.

It’s a great way for people to try out their skills before spending too much money. If you want to really learn to

play well, however, you need to find a music teacher who understands the needs of mature age students.

This is especially true for the more demanding instruments such as the flute, saxophone, violin and piano, in which the ability to read music is required Heather Nel is best known for developing musical ability in children from an early age, but her Music Matters program brings a similar innovation to teaching adults.

Next to the ukulele and guitar, the piano is the most popular instrument with mature age students and Heather’s methods help overcome perceived difficulties of mastering something that has pedals as well as keys.

She teaches an easy keyboard playing technique that helps students learn music as they play.

“I have tricks to help people learn music easily,” she says, adding that she also studies the personalities, interests, inclinations and even the physical

disabilities of her older students to help them identify and achieve their individual musical goals.

If you don’t have room for a piano at home, Heather suggests an electronic keyboard which is smaller, lighter, portable and has built-in accompaniment from other instruments. And you can make the keyboard sound just the way you want – honkytonk, blues, classical – it’s all there.

You can even compose your own music using computer programs and apps – then print it out and play it, just as you can download lyrics, chord charts and sheet music for thousands of songs and instrumental pieces from pop to classical, tin whistle to trombone.

Taking up a musical instrument for the first time when you’re drawing your pension or spending your superannuation may seem daunting but many are doing just that, not only because it’s healthy but – more importantly – because it’s fun!

MAKING THE COMMITMENT Taking up music lessons in your senior years means carefully considering several aspects before signing on the dotted line.

Heather Nel of Music Matters says while it is exciting to learn a new skill in your senior years there is a greater chance that your health or life schedule may not permit your best intentions.

There’s also the risk of paying for a full term and then having to miss half the lessons you have paid for, or not enjoying it as much as you thought you would.

So she has come up with an “Agreement for Mutual Satisfaction” which she says better describes the relationship between teacher/coach/ friend and the senior student. “ I gain so much from my friendship with my senior students,” Heather says.

FRIENDSHIP FORGED BEHIND THE KEYBOARD AND PANPIPES

Elsie and Val share the joy of returning to music lessons and resurrecting skills they thought they had lost.

Whether it’s a new venture or a childhood skill revisited, music teacher Heather Nel finds that many over 55s are taking advantage of their changed life circumstances to indulge their lifelong wish to learn an instrument.

Among her students are 77-year-old Elsie and Val, who is about to turn 88.

They have found that enrolling in music lessons has not only given them something to look forward to each week, but also more confidence.

They met at The School Locker in Maroochydore, for music lessons and struck up a friendship.

“For years, I had been wanting to learn more piano theory and chord structures to help me to understand how

to play new tunes,” Elsie says. “I can play the old tunes by ear but I haven’t kept up with reading music so it is difficult to learn new songs.

“I am still very busy but I’ve decided to put aside some time just for me to learn how to read music properly.”

Val has always been surrounded by music. She studied singing at an Opera Academy in Sydney as well as classical guitar in London in her younger years.

“I recently I had to give up my music and was feeling quite depressed about it,” she says. “If you are lonely you have to make the effort to decide what you want to do, whether it’s music or something else. I needed something to feed my brain, something new.”

She asked Heather and asked about playing the panpipes.

“I had always loved the sound of the pipes, but did not know how to play them. I have to start right from the beginning, so it really feeds my brain, which is what I need,” she says.

Elsie’s lesson starts straight after Val’s, so their time overlaps.

“It is a treat to play and sing together with Val at lesson,” Elsie says. “When I heard her sing I had goosebumps.” And Val says she enjoys Elsie’s playing so much that she would like to share their music with others who can’t get out and about. continued over>

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KEN PROVES HE’S THE D’UKE OF OZ FEW play the ukulele with more enthusiasm than singer/entertainer Ken O’Flaherty.

In his time, Ken has been a multimedia personality – and a multi-music personality too, playing in his own small uke group, the D’Ukes of Oz and the Irish band McGuinness and Co which toured the world helping promote Clive Palmer’s plan to create a replica of the Irish-built

Tit Titanic.

Today he mostly concentrates on the ukulele and teaches it too, through his classes Uke’nhavefun (he has a taste for puns).

Five years ago, Ken started the Sunshine Coast’s U3A ukulele classes, Su with four women students. There are now 200 members but even larger is the Sunshine Coast Ukulele Masters th Club (SCUM) of which Ken is a member.

Clu And there are other ukulele groups on the Coast too because this most sociable, inexpensive and unintimidating soc of instruments is the most popular choice for mature age students with time on their hands and music in their soul. the Ken says he can teach someone to play their first ukulele song in an hour pla and only a few basic chords are needed to start you off. And you can buy a decent uke for around $120 (cheaper ones are for kids).

Of course, as with any instrument, you can go on to become a virtuoso and upgrade to a better instrument but most players are content to strum simple songs and sing with their friends.

One such player is Ernie who almost gave up on his U3A ukulele classes because of the arthritis in his hands. Ken showed him alternative ways to play key chords and six years later Ernie is still playing – and his wife has joined him.

“The oldest player I know is 92”, Ken

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Find out for yourself what the fuss is all about at the Sunshine Coast Ukulele Festival on April 20-23 at the Kenilworth Showground.

Organised by Sunshine Coast Ukulele Masters, a not-for- profit organisation, Tropulele 2017 will present a full and exciting program over four days.

It starts Thursday with a jam session. Bring your ukulele for one of the SCUM (Sunshine Coast Ukulele Masters) club’s famous sessions led by Pineapple Crush.

Daily afternoon concerts are planned and Friday and Saturday nights will feature the main concerts in the Big Top marquee.

Sunday night is the finale with all the main artists and audience involvement.

Guest artists will come from Hawaii, USA and the UK as well as Australia’s best.

A range of workshops have been planned for the mornings and Sunday Sunday afternoon, with ukulele, drumming, singing and dance.

The annual songwriting competition will be judged by the audience. Open mic sessions will be featured daily at the Kenilworth Hotel 11am to 3pm and the hilarious UkeWiz will be featured on Friday 22.

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says. “She can only play the C major chord because her hands are so gnarled but she joins in whenever this common chord comes around and loves singing along too”.

One of the things Ken O’Flaherty enjoys most is entertaining in retirement villages and nursing homes.

He is a great believer in music helping stimulate the memory cells of those with dementia and tells the story of the Scotsman who had been in a nursing home for months without showing any signs of cognition.

Staff had repeatedly tried – and failed – to make contact with him. Upon hearing this, Ken played the old Scottish ballad The Northern Lights of Aberdeen.

At once the old man responded. In Ken’s words, “he’d been just lying back in his chair taking no notice of anything and suddenly his eyes brightened, his foot started tapping and he even began to sing along”.

Since then the nursing staff in that home play Scottish music to their elderly patient to try and keep his memories alive. Ken has many such stories – and many examples of why playing the ukulele benefits your health and your social life.

“You can play a thousand songs with just a couple of chords,” he says. “So my advice is to go out there and have a go!”.

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NEW HOSPITAL ENHANCES SERVICES FOR AGEING POPULATION THE Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service is making changes to enhance its services and access for older people.

The Geriatric Service at SCHHS provides expert care for frail elderly patients during the acute and sub-acute phases of illness.

With the opening of Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) this month, Nambour General Hospital will become the main centre for services for older people, with supporting services available at SCUH, Gympie Hospital, Maleny Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Caloundra Health Service and in the community.

Director of Geriatric Services Tony Tampiyappa said Nambour General Hospital was becoming the hub for services for older people, including geriatric medicine.

“We have a dedicated multidisciplinary team who understands the needs of the elderly. Acute hospital beds are not the ideal place for these patients, so we’re building a low stimulus, elder-friendly environment at Nambour that will better cater to their needs,” he

said. “The Acute and Restorative Care for the Older Person at Nambour is a 16-bed unit providing care to older people with both acute and chronic diseases who are finding it difficult to manage in the community.”

It will incorporate restorative care and rehabilitation as well as acute medicine.

Most older patients will be treated in this sub-acute unit at NGH. A smaller number of patients with higher acuity conditions, or requiring multi-speciality input, will require admission to SCUH. Patients will be transferred to NGH for ongoing treatment and management once the acute phase of their illness is over.

The new SCUH will have a 12-bed secure unit for older patients with a higher degree of medical problems.

There will also be a specialist acute hip fracture service and an elective joint replacements group.

It will be one of the first health services in Australia to admit elderly patients with hip fractures under a geriatrician, rather than under a surgeon.

COMMENT SOUGHT ON AGED CARE CHANGES CONSULTATION for a single aged care Quality Framework to be introduced from July next year is now underway.

Consultation papers about two key parts of the framework are now open for comment – a draft single set of quality standards for all aged care services; and options for a streamlined approach for assessing provider performance against this single set of standards.

Anyone who is interested in the quality of aged care, including those who use or provide aged care, are invited to comment.

“We have an opportunity to shape the future of an affordable, sustainable and flexible aged care sector and the two consultation papers are a crucial part of

this process,” Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt said.

“The papers propose changes that will apply to Australian Government subsidised aged care services including for residential care, home care, flexible care, the Commonwealth Home Support Programme and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.”

He said the proposal would affect consumers, their families and carers, aged care organisations, staff of organisations, and other professionals in the aged care sector and related sectors.

The closing date for submissions is Friday 21 April 2017.

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SUNSHINE Coast aged care services which support seniors living independently at home are set to receive an extra $1.1 million under the Federal Government’s Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP).

The funding will support seniors assessed as needing assistance with household chores, preparing meals, personal care and home maintenance and includes nursing services, transport, respite care, allied health and therapy.

“When I speak with seniors, one of their main concerns is their ability to remain in their own home because it’s safe and familiar and holds a lot of precious memories,” Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien said.

The CHSP supports more than 640,000 older people nationally.

ONE in every six Australians has some form of hearing loss, and this figure is predicted to rise as the population ages.

“By 2050, that rate is expected to be one in every four Australians,” Minister for Aged Care Ken Wyatt said. “If you notice something different about your hearing, visit your local GP, because once hearing has been damaged it can never be fully repaired.”

The federal government provides funding for the Hearing Services Program so eligible people can access a range of fully or partially subsidised hearing services.

In 2015-2016, almost 700,000 clients received help under the program’s voucher system, with more than 1.3 million services delivered.

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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 LIKE other letter writers, I also enjoy the David Parmiter articles.

Who would have thought you could use the word “bad” five times in a row, in the same sentence, and that it would make complete sense!

I am wondering if your English language guru can shed any light on why he feels we have words of the same spelling with vastly different meanings such as the following couple of examples: “The house we live in is within easy distance of a venue where jazz bands play live” and “It brought a tear to my eye when I saw them tear down my old home” Thank you for your monthly magazine, it is always a good read with interesting articles and information.

Paul Henstock MY thanks to John Armstrong for his comments about sloppy English.

As for “your know”, please re-read the line in my article (YT, February).

Like, y’know, I did fumble, like so many people, into using a filler, you

know, to cover my limited vocabulary.

But, you know, “there’s the revolting Americanisms ...” This links a singular verb to a plural subject. Like, it has to be “there are the revolting Americanisms”. A rather personal opinion.

Then Brian Robertson predicts “the use of those emoticons are becoming...”.

Sorry, Brian, the use of them is becoming.

“The use”, singular, requires the singular “is”. Yes, subject/verb agreement is also really annoyink!

David Parmiter The Willys Jeep correspondents Bruce McMahon and Bill Burton (YT Feb and Mar) would be interested in my holiday reading, the newly published Warbaby, the true story of the original jeep.

The American Bantam Car Co, prewar Austin of England distributors in America, promoted and sold the concept to the US military, then designed and built the first jeep (note lower case j).

Their prototype rolled from the factory on 21 September, 1940.

The military gave Willys and Ford full access to the vehicle and Bantam’s blueprints, but Bantam was already

producing its “Bantam Reconnaisance Cars” before the others had prototypes ready. The best features of the competing vehicles soon morphed into the standardised and interchangeable Willys MB and Ford GPW army jeeps (truck, ¼ ton, 4X4), comprising most of the 648,000 jeeps built during World War II. Willys built some 56 per cent of WW2 jeeps, Ford 43 per cent and Bantam 1 per cent. The latter are the “holy grail” for we jeep collectors.

Post war, the Federal Trade Commission directed Willys-Overland to “cease and desist” from claiming to have invented the jeep, a ruling still valid. In 1950 Willys trademarked the “Jeep” name (note uppercase J).

The full story is a classic one of bureaucratic conservatism, of big business against the little man, and of power, politics and inflated egos.

Allan Stark I enjoyed reading about Brian Robertson’s experience of his cataract operation. It was certainly a mirror of my experience when I recently had my right eye cataract removed.

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I was in the Public health care system and attended Gold Coast University Hospital. I’d put off the operation for a year, but decided I was being ridiculous and went ahead with it.

I’d asked for some sedation as I knew I’d be nervous but I was completely aware of what was going on and heard a lot of the conversation between the two doctors, as the younger doctor performed the operation under the supervision of the senior doctor, who I was pleased to have for my op as I’d heard really good things about her. During the operation it was great to hear her praising the other doctor and at the end she said, “you’ve done a beautiful job”!

I was staying overnight at my daughter’s and some time that night I lifted the eye pad and looked at the television. I could not believe the clarity and brightness and realised how dull and blurry things had appeared to me pre-op.

When I was home the next day and got out of the shower I was shocked at how old I looked!

Putting in eye drops four times a day for another three weeks was not a burden for me. I’m taking no chances so

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LETTERS I’m not wearing my usual eye makeup but do wear my foundation, and I’m not going out very much.

I can see everything so clearly and it’s marvellous how one eye can compensate for the weak vision in the other eye. I’m now on the waiting list for an operation on the left eye, which should take place within 10 months.

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waning in the third millennium. “Give Way” is subjective and no longer a given.

The mention of the unwritten law of the sea: “power gives way to sail” is applicable to everyday interactions.

However, bullying and peer group mentality seem to rule with impunity.

Selfishness and inconsideration in shared spaces, manifest as bigger overruling smaller. The Goliaths of institutions seem to run down the Davids fighting for justice and their rights. Big business has all but destroyed small business enterprise in our nation.

On our bike paths, walkers have little option but to give way to bikes, especially moving in groups. Three or four across are not uncommon. So few riders have or use courtesy bells. Some even ride without helmets, albeit illegal.

Despite the council’s shared path premise, it is bikes before pedestrians.

Foot power versus pedal power is no contest. Path rage is on the rise.

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I took exception to the front page (YT Feb) with the statement “No Stopping, a 73-year-old who manages it all”.

Puulease! There are plenty of us not in our dotage once we hit 70. I have a friend who nursed her wheelchair-bound son for 53 years until he died on her 93rd birthday and she managed more than most of us can ever imagine well past her three score years and 10 mark and she is only now moving into care. And what about all the grey nomads travelling the countryside looking after themselves, not to mention the countless volunteers keeping organisations ticking over?

Stephanie Ellis (doing better than “just coping” at 73) Ed’s note: The story inside was about what can be achieved with time management.

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NOW that autumn is here and life has resumed its customary routine, we can but reflect on the highlights of summer, of which the “Summer of Tennis” probably takes top billing.

On the last Sunday evening of January, the public was riveted to their TV sets by a most exciting finale of this year’s event by their favourites, Roger Federer and Rafael (Rafa) Nadal, using every technique, strategy and all their energy as they battled for supremacy.

Seasoned tennis fans and novices alike would not have been disappointed, regardless of who won, and Tennis Australia deserves all the praise and accolades for so successfully hosting an event with so much global interest.

As a tennis-loving nation, however, there was an element of annoyance that was inflicted on those of us tennis-savvy viewers and that was the incessant superfluous and intrusive commentaries with which we were bombarded throughout the series for hours on end.

Commentaries varied from repeated detailed descriptions of the most mundane and obvious strokes, just witnessed by the viewers themselves, to the mutter of encyclopaedic information that was quite superfluous and indeed distracting. Then there were the esoteric discussions of what players should or should not have done, or where they should or should not have placed themselves on the court or where that shot or other should have been placed.

None of this annoying and pointless theoretical discourse was consequential to the outcome of any of the matches.

Turning off the sound was not an option as that would have deprived viewers of court-ambience, the call of the ball-boys and the umpire’s rulings (although we could have done without some of the players’ excessive grunts).

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HEARING IT RIGHT

Under the gum tree again Watching his grandson’s cricket match is a bittersweet experience for HARRY DENNIS.

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ere I sit under the gum tree again.

Another year has passed and grandson is back at school and a new season of weekend school cricket has commenced.

It is all I can do now, watch and encourage and just be there for him.

I used to love this game and my grandson enjoys the same passion I had for the game. I try not to say too much. I want to see him mix with his mates, enjoy the camaraderie of a team sport and learn his own lessons.

It takes me back to when I played.

Remembered moments of past glory and glossed over moments of despair and failure.

The game has a way of biting you in the bum. It can be so unforgiving. There is lots of time under the hot sun while in the field and lots of time on the sidelines when batting, just watching a team mate out in the centre.

And so it proved on this 30-degree sultry, humid day. The game started at 11.30 in the peak of the day’s heat.

The game is better suited to be played in the winter but convention and football make that impossible.

I had settled down on a slight levee

bank rise with a superb view down the wicket. I poured a coffee from my thermos and ate my Sao biscuits and cheese lunch.

My grandson bowled the best I had ever seen him. One wicket for one run off his allocated two overs. You might think that is not such a great achievement and I am just some doting grandparent.

He bowls these high-risk leg breaks.

They are the hardest things to bowl and you have to display such courage to even attempt them.

Of his 12 balls only one was pitched short of a length, his very last ball, and it was the one dispatched for one run.

His wicket ball was a classic leg break

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pitching outside leg and breaking prodigiously. Yes, I was proud.

He was allocated a lowly batting position at number 10. He had made three runs when after completing a two he was in the process of adjusting his pad that had rotated on his leg. The only problem was he made the adjustment while outside his crease.

He was given out; run out. Technically the umpire was right and interpreted that maybe he was going for another run.

The lesson here is, if you are going to adjust your pads do it behind the crease not in front of the crease. Don’t give the umpire or opposition any chance to give you out.

It was a hard lesson for the boy. The one’s that hurt the most are the ones you never forget.

It is a game of courage and a game that builds resilience. It teaches humility if you but heed the lessons.

I can now philosophise but it was my grandson that needlessly lost his wicket.

The author, 70-year-old Harry Dennis, lives in a retirement village and is pursuing creative writing in his retirement. He teaches tai-chi and organising the Variety Club in his community.

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

There’s plenty to feed an addiction to dictionaries DAVID PARMITER looks up the word “dictionary” ... in the dictionary, of course. But which one?

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Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.

If you know the popular song D’ye ken John Peel? you might find this of interest.

The only word that strikes a chord with me is the word “glamorous”. The word “glam” is found in Gaelic, Icelandic and even Latin (clamor) and means loud or noisy. As in fashion, I suppose.

In the 1800s, there were many weird dictionaries produced.

John Hotten published his Slang Dictionary (1887) which included many obscure words, some of them now not printable. Like by-blow for an illegitimate child. What was he thinking? And why a dictionary of street language?

Then there was Edward Lloyd’s Encyclopaedic Dictionary (1895) which included words from Chaucer that he felt people should still know and use, even though after 400 years they had fallen into obscurity.

Thomas Darlington published The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire in 1887 for those who felt they needed to know this.

Nobody did.

John Phin felt the need to explain Shakespeare’s belief in fairies in his Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of

he definition is a book containing a selection of the words of a language with explanations of their meanings, pronunciations, and etymologies ...; lexicon; glossary”.

Very interesting. But then you have to know what etymology, lexicon and glossary mean which, fortunately, I do.

If you look them up, you end up back with the dictionary, and Latin and Greek.

“Dictum” is Latin for a word – dictation, take down these words.

The word “gloss” comes from the Greek word for “tongue”. “Lexicon” is Greek for a word-book. “Etymology” comes through Latin from the Greek and means the derivation of a word.

Through English history, there have been literally scores of dictionaries, most of them created in the 18th and 19th centuries when scholars seem to have been obsessed with telling the reading classes where words come from.

The most famous of these was Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English lexicographer and public speaker. His Dictionary published in 1755 became the Bible for students and teachers for the next 200 years.

In 1808, John Jamieson published his

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England (1879). I don’t think they even had magic mushrooms back then. A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

But William Toone must take the cake. In 1831 he published his book about words nobody uses any more.

His Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words probably did not cause a rush to the bookshops, but scholars no doubt appreciated his hard work in uncovering the useless.

Feminists may or may not be familiar with the totally un-PC book by William Grimshaw. Ladies’ Lexicon and Parlour Companion (1854) will of course have omitted such vulgar male terms as “breeches” and “snuff”.

Henry Sweet (1845-1912) was a London-born wordsmith. The most influential comparative philologist (lover of language) of his day he became G.B. Shaw’s inspiration for Henry Higgins in the play Pygmalion.

Sweet helped pioneer the academic field of phonetics, and didn’t I sweat over Sweet back at Sarfamptern Universi’y!

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Coming to the present day, we have the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Holy Bible of dictionaries was

begun in 1879 by Sir James Murray who was its editor until his death in 1915.

The OED is considered the definitive authority on the English language and gives you not only the meaning of every word, but also its derivation and every alternative usage.

In other words, you learn both vocabulary and grammar. Every writer and speaker should have this to hand beside the computer. Never mind Google; this is your primary word-source.

Americans rely on another dictionary, compiled by Noah Webster. Their vocabulary and grammar have diverged significantly from standard Oxford English and good luck to them. But colour has a ‘u’ in it; recognise and organise are spelt with an s; and I would never use Spellcheck on my computer because it can’t spell correct English.

Finally, what about us Aussies? Well, we have our Macquarie.

“The Macquarie Dictionary is to Australians what the Oxford is to the British and the Webster’s is to the Americans. It is our national dictionary,” writes Kevin Weldon in his preface to the 2011 signature edition which I won in a Literary Review competition.

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Patricia has time for her imagination to run wild Patricia Earl has always had an active imagination but in retirement she has time to bring her visions to life, writes KAT DONAGHEY.

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ince moving to Australia from New Zealand in 2012 Patricia has pursued what she calls her “very expensive hobby” self-publishing children’s books.

Writing rhyme and painting colourful watercolour animals helps fill the lonely days living apart from her husband Bob, a Londoner, who prefers to live in England where Patricia cannot access her New Zealand pension.

“When I moved here I struggled with retirement because it’s not for me. I’m restless. That’s why I got stuck into the writing,” she says.

“The days were too long on my own and I missed my husband and I didn’t know anybody and I thought ‘I’ve got to do something’ so I pulled out all my old stories and started doing the artwork.”

Patricia has created four books since 2014, which she wrote and painted from her tiny eclectic apartment.

A fifth book, The Peacock Palace Elephant, is currently with her new publisher InHouse Publishing.

The creative process stimulates Patricia’s vibrant imagination and injects youthful joy into her retirement years as she delves into a boundless world of “naughty” animals.

Her books are based on playful characters, such as Moki the cat, Pippy the possum and the deaf Peacock King who rents an elephant.

As Patricia describes their stories, a cheeky smile lights up her face.

“I like naughty animals; they’re fascinating really,” she says.

“They’re not supposed to be naughty these days but they are. People say I’ve

“I struggled with retirement because it’s not for me. I’m restless” also got a naughty smile.”

Patricia was raised the youngest of six children on a farm in Katikati in New Zealand and spent her days “running wild” and cuddling cows.

As the baby of the family she was inclined to naughtiness which is reflected in the characters of whom she speaks as

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Children’s book author and illustrator Patricia Earl loves the naughty animals she creates. though they were alive.

She lived in England for 15 years where she worked as a marriage registrar in Westminster before returning to New Zealand and then migrating to Australia.

Her husband visits during the year, and she flies to England when she can, but in between she has found new stimulation with her animal friends.

Patricia says new ideas often “creep in” at 2 o’clock in the morning as she lies in bed and she welcomes them like gifts.

“Oh, I love it,” she exclaims. “It’s awful when a story’s done. That’s the problem now, I’ve run out of ideas and have to start again.”

A love of poetry and Shakespeare (she has a BA English Literature) inspires her writing while the artwork reflects her

devotion to colour, like the vibrant blue of her nail polish and kitchen.

Patricia says it’s important for her to remain original both in her work and life.

She doesn’t dress conventionally and certainly doesn’t live that way with her husband away for months on end.

She will admit only to being over the age of 60 (laughing that age is “ghastly”) but as long as she has animal friends for company, she says she remains young at heart.

Patricia’s books, The Peacock Palace Elephant, The Importance of Being Moki, Moki’s Crystal Palace, King of the Beasts and Pip Visits the Jungle Pet Shop are available at selected bookstores and libraries.

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HISTORY

The workers who helped build a Buderim sugar farm The early sugar industry was established by the hard work of South Sea Islanders on the farms of what was to become the Sunshine Coast, writes AUDIENNE BLYTH.

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oseph Dixon (1842 – 1929), a pioneer and the biggest land selector on Buderim, in his Diary & Reminiscences (1875 – 1928), has left an account of the South Sea Islanders who worked on his sugar plantation.

About 62,000 South Sea Islanders, also known as Kanakas, were brought to Queensland between 1863 and 1904 to work in the sugar or cotton industry.

Some were kidnapped, blackbirded, or otherwise induced into indentured service.

By 1908, they faced compulsory repatriation to the islands under the White Australia Policy and the Pacific Island Labourers Act of 1901.

Dixon writes that in1876 he set up the first sugar mill (on what was to be the Sunshine Coast) at Buderim.

He explains how the industry needed reliable labour by South Sea Islanders and that white men were likely to go on strike and thus the harvest would be lost.

At first, he employed 10 South Sea Islanders to help plant and clean the growing sugar cane crop.

In the crushing season they cut and loaded the cane for the mill.

The men had arrived by steamer after their journey from different Pacific

South Sea Islanders in 1906 at Nambour.

Islands. Dixon supplied them with food, clothing and accommodation.

These conditions were subject to government inspection.

He said that it was good policy to feed them well and so he grew two acres of sweet potatoes to provide them with

their favourite food, along with corn beef.

After a year or two, Dixon sent for a second group of South Sea Islanders who arrived at Maryborough on the Roderick Dhu. Dixon met them and they travelled to Gympie by train but since the train line

had not yet opened south of Gympie, they set out to walk the 40 miles to Buderim carrying all sorts of luggage that included yams, coconuts and breadfruit.

He was surprised to see a woman with a new baby among the group and gave up his horse for her to ride.

She was later of great assistance to Dixon’s wife with household tasks.

The walk took them three days.

Travelling along the old Cobb & Co route, they reached Mount Bottle and Glass at Cooloolabin and he pointed out to them their new home in the distance at Buderim.

Dixon set up a school for the children of the Kanakas. He recalled the celebrations at Christmas with a roasted pig and fireworks.

Being religious, the Islanders loved to sing and took part in the singing of hymns with great gusto.

The Salvation Army held prayer meetings and established holiday camps at Maroochydore for them.

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FASHION

Ageing models become the height of fashion The fashion industry is finally awakening to the power of older women and the dollars they add to the global fashion economy, writes KAY McMAHON.

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n recent months, there have been several articles on the changing guard of faces, bodies and images gracing the advertisements and promotion for various fashion, jewellery and perfume ranges.

Ageing fashionistas, older actresses, musicians and models are now enjoying a resurgence of “call-ups” for catwalk, editorial and advertising campaigns.

While models such as ’60s icon Twiggy has recently been signed as L’Oreal’s brand ambassador, and ’80s model Christy Turlington is back on the catwalk, many of the new faces do not sport traditional modelling careers or bodies.

Actresses have become de rigeur among fashion images.

Seventy-one-year-old Catherine Deneuve has worked with Louis Vuitton, 69-year-old Charlotte Rampling signed with Nars a women’s clothing retailer, and 63-year-old Anjelica Huston has been the face for Gap. Musicians have been caught

Iris Apfel at 96 is hot property. up in the frenzy. Joni Mitchell of The Big Yellow Taxi fame is now 71 and she featured in an advertisement for French label Saint Laurent while 58-year-old Madonna has been in Versace, Dolce Gabbana and recently Louis Vuitton fashion campaigns.

While you could argue that most of these women have been genetically blessed – and have probably never had to clean a toilet or run the kids to school

between work, shopping and football or netball training – there is a glimmer that the ageism normally associated with fashion is changing.

Currently there are several popular fashion icons with no background in modelling or acting that are blitzing the contracts for fashion promotion.

The most notable, 96-yearold Iris Apfel, is hot property.

As one of the first to be photographed for Seth Cowan’s Advanced Style blog and movie, she has been feted by old and young for her style and fashion sense.

Her most famous quote that “dressing for your age is stupid”, has taken on a whole new meaning for women over 55.

Her Instagram and social media accounts give guidance and imagery on how to be comfortable in a unique look, and fashion companies all vie to have her sitting in the front row of their showings.

This may all seem remote to us here in Australia. However,

Australian women are also leading the charge.

Sixty-one-year-old Australian Sarah Jane Adams, otherwise known as Saramai, began a social media campaign for her jewellery business several years ago, but was surprised that photos of her and her eclectic style became popular.

Her love for Adidas shoes caught the attention of the company and her inclusion in the Advanced Style tribe has increased her popularity for fashion photoshoots, editorial opportunities and attendance at various events celebrating maturity, wisdom and style.

Her hashtag #mywrinklesaremystripes says it all and gives hope to the rest of us that our fashion sense should be comfortable and reflect our lifestyle, personality, bank balance and not the latest trends.

So, with Joni Mitchell singing in the background and Sarah Jane’s Instagram on my

mobile, I am off to follow their lead and rummage through my vintage bags to see if I can find something to wear to a wedding.

Or now ageism is on the slide, maybe a fashion company will “discover” my Instagram, forgive my wrinkles and XL body shape, and alert me to the perfect outfit for a mother-ofthe-bride.

Catherine Deneuve, a model 71.

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TECHNOLOGY

Bring your photos back to life in seconds

SETTINGS TO MAKE YOUR DEVICE LIFE EASIER

Technology is taking away the burden of keeping your photos organised, writes the iPad Man COLIN DUNKERLEY.

Last month NATHAN WELLINGTON discussed accessibility settings for PCs. Now he shares five little-known accessibility settings for the smart phone or tablet.

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uring the past 20 years digital cameras have made taking photos very easy, so easy that we seem to have lost control.

Because you are no longer limited by film, you can keep clicking to make sure you get the perfect photo. At the time, you are sure one of the shots will be a good one. The only thing is you never quite get around to picking the “good” one and often your collection of photos becomes bloated with duplicates or many similar photos that were never deleted.

What started as a wonderful hobby to preserve your memories has become a collection of excess that you rarely share with anyone. With every photo taken the problem keeps getting bigger to the point where you don’t even know where to start. The thought of dealing with all those photos is overwhelming.

Thankfully technology has come to the rescue.

Many people spend hours trying to delete duplicates manually. You don’t have to. Software exists for both Apple Mac and Windows PC and can be downloaded free to find and remove your duplicate photos in less than five minutes, even if you have thousands of them.

But what about photos that look

f you have a Samsung, Lenovo, LG or Google phone or tablet you are using the Android operating system. This system was made by Google and has some fantastic settings to help you use your device.

Accessibility options come in all shapes and sizes and many are unique to the particular device or Android version.

Go to the Settings icon in the apps section of your device.

Talkback: Is great if your eyesight is failing or you’ve lost your glasses. Once you’ve selected this feature, whatever you tap, press or activate will be spoken aloud to you.

There are lots of Talkback settings to customise.

I would begin by activating all of them then paring each one back until you are happy with what the device is voicing.

Screen Changes and Magnification: Make your screen easier to see by changing the font and display size, adjusting the contrast and colours of the screen or activating the magnification.

You can triple tap the screen to zoom in and trip pole tap to zoom out, or you can triple tap and hold your finger down and then release your finger

similar? How to we deal with those?

Apple realises that many of our photo collections are full of similar photos so they have incorporated very clever software into the Photos app built into your iPhone or iPad to solve the problem.

This feature is called Memories and it creates a professional slideshow of your photos, timed to music with the touch of one button. It is so smart that it analyses your photos for duplicates and similar photos and skips them in the slideshow.

Finally we can enjoy sharing our photos again without the embarrassment of “I was going to delete that”. This software is magic and will have you enjoying and sharing your photos like you always intended.

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and it will go back to normal.

If you have issues with colour blindness you can try the negative screen settings.

Voice Access: If using a touch screen is difficult, the Voice Access app lets you control your device with spoken commands. Use your voice to open apps, navigate, and edit text handsfree.

Voice Access is currently in a limited beta release in English only.

Flash Notification: If you find it hard to hear your ring tone you can turn on Flash Notification and the flash lamp on the camera in the back of your device will flicker to notify you that you have a phone call or notification.

Touch and Hold Delay: This will change the duration of time that you must hold for any press and hold actions.

For those with dexterity issues, having a longer delay can help while navigating your device.

While there are a lot more accessibility options, and many are device-specific, I would suggest testing each one to see if it makes your experience a little easier to use.

If you are having any difficulties, call me on1300 682 817 or email nathan@ hometechassist.com.au

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round here it was settled a while back just what would be coming if the lotto ticket delivered – an early 1970s Porsche 911, a dual cab, four-wheel drive ute (probably the Mazda BT-50) and a Mercedes-Benz C63 wagon (or maybe a Range Rover Sport).

And that’d be it, no Ferraris or Lamborghinis. An old Porsche (and we once owned one) can get the blood flowing, use up a tonne of driving skills, at speeds below legal limits.

A four-wheel drive dual cab ute is one of the most versatile vehicles on the planet. A C63 Benz is a premium hot rod and family car.

Maybe there’d be a custom ute project too, turning a LandCruiser ute into a more comfortable machine and reworking the Toyota body into a ’50s pick-up style.

So all that’s been pretty much sorted for some time, I just need to take more lottery tickets. But another candidate

Now the Range Rover Evoque convertible is not a sports car such as Mazda’s sweet MX-5 roadster. Its steering is not as precise, it rides high and leans a bit through corners taken with briskness.

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“This ragtop Brit seemed quite an unlikely candidate to win a tonne of love around here” for the Best Shed has arrived and we now need to make space, plus win enough, to accommodate a convertible Range Rover Evoque.

On paper, this ragtop Brit seemed quite an unlikely candidate to win a tonne of love around here. It seemed a bit over-the-top, a bit unnecessary and an answer to a question few

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LOCAL NEWS

EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION FOR GOLDEN OCCASION

Rose Lund with one of her “works in progress” at Buderim Craft Cottage.

BUDERIM Craft Cottage celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special exhibition “50 Years of Creativity” from April 29 to May 8, 10am-2pm daily.

The exhibition will celebrate the creative talents of more than 300 of Buderim Craft Cottage’s fine artists and artisan craftsmen in an unusual way.

The artists, including painters, silversmiths, textile and yarns artists, potters and calligraphers, have each created a work mounted on a 30cm square framed “canvas”.

More than 200 of them will be hung in the cottage’s two galleries.

Each piece will be totally individual, with artists using a huge range of

techniques and materials to create their work.

Some have been created using traditional fine art media such as oils, acrylics, pen and ink while others have been formed in silver and other metals or in wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramics.

Some artists have created “pictures” and collages from silk, felt, and other textiles, interwoven with yarns and fibres.

President Jan Nelson said it had been a tremendous challenge for artists to create works on this small scale, particularly for those who usually work in three dimensions.

“We wanted to demonstrate the breadth of creative talent and technique developed in the Cottage over 50 years, but we also wanted to display it with a degree of unity,” she said.

“The result is over 200 very diverse works, but all on the same scale.”

The exhibition will be open 10 days only. Most of the art works will be available for sale, although a few pieces will be retained in the Cottage collection to mark the anniversary.

Buderim Craft Cottage is at 5 Main St Buderim. Parking is off Church St, next to cottage.

Visit buderimcraftcottage.com.au

MEN’S BUSINESS NO LONGER SECRET Noosa Men’s Shed is having an open day on April 1, 10.30am-3.30pm, to show the world what they get up to.

There will be tours of the woodwork and metalwork sheds, studio (arts/computer work) and the Long Shed where meetings and functions are held.

There will also be a cake stall, tea and coffee, sausage sizzle, trash and treasure bargains, fresh produce and plant sales and fresh honey from the hives.

Entry is free and all are welcome, with the men able to see what they are missing out on.

The Men’s Shed is at Rotary way, off Wallum Lane and Noosa Springs Drive.

Call John 0402 595 094 or visit noosa-mens-shed.org.au

Glasshouse Country View Club members meet at the park adjoining the Glasshouse Information Office for their monthly outing. Morning tea was followed by a game of boules.

The club meets on the first Wednesday of each month for an outing and the third Wednesday for a luncheon meeting at the Glasshouse Sports Club. Members enjoy a get-together while raising funds for the Smith Family and the Learning for Life Program.

Call Lynda 5494 7875 if you’d like to join them.

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NEW TWIST ON THE LOST ARTS

Artist Kathleen Hunt with Di Tait A new exhibition, “Lost Arts… and found” is running at the Wan’din’in arts space at Discover Eumundi Heritage and Visitor Centre until June 18.

It combines items from the heritage collection with the work of local contemporary artists.

The exhibition of objects that could be considered “lost arts” are rarely handmade today, such as crocheted, embroidered and knitted heirloom pieces.

The exhibition explores the way these artists are revisiting the “lost arts” in new and innovative ways. Penny McIntyre has recycled jewellery, some made from the old brightly coloured aluminium saucepan lids and crocheted wire, while Kathleen Hunt has a collection of necklaces made using the small wooden cotton reels with handmade twine and embroidery embellishment.

Anne Harris from Annie’s Workroom has a collection of indigenous woven items and young emerging artist Monique Ellis puts a contemporary twist on her long stitch embroideries which usually have subjects that could be called quirky, retro or sometimes confronting.

As part of this exhibition, nine baskets with wool and knitting needles with a knitted square started have been placed in a number of locations in and near Eumundi, mostly in cafes, to encourage customers to revisit the art of knitting.

At the same time they will help the Eumundi knitters group, which meets every Friday in Eumundi, to sew squares which they can crochet together to make rugs for charity.

Visit discovereumundi.com/lost-arts

SCRABBLE CLUB Sunshine Coast Scrabble Club meets at Nambour RSL on Friday afternoons to enjoy two or three games of Scrabble. If you love picking up the Q, X, Z or J, turn up or call Anna 5457 3116 or 0401 799 650.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE A morning tea and workshops on “discovering happiness now and finding joy in your wardrobe” will be held at the Cooroy Library on May 6, 10am-1.30pm.

Inside/ Outside Feeling Great is an opportunity for social connection and learning. Deb, a Louise Hay Heal Your Life teacher and Cat, a personal stylist, will ensure the morning is welcoming.

Call 0439 708 142 or email insideoutsidegreat@gmail.com AGLOW Aglow Sunshine Coast will meet on Friday, April 7, at 9.30am at Flame Tree Baptist Church hall, 27 Coes Creek Rd, Burnside. Entry $8 includes morning tea.

Both men and women are invited to attend, bring a friend and enjoy inspirational worship and a message.

Aglow is a world-wide nondenominational Christian organisation.

Call Melva 5443 5752 150 YEARS OF FASHION The Australian Decorate and Fine Arts Society’s April presentation will be by senior curator of textiles in the Cultures and Histories program at the Queensland Art Gallery, Dr Michael Marendy.

He will provide an insight to the last 150 years of fashion in Brisbane – how technology and changes in work practices saw the production of fashion grow from individual garments for the wealthy to mass produced clothing for all. It will be on April 24, at 6.45pm at the Drama Theatre, Matthew Flinders College, Stringybark Rd, Buderim.

Visitors $25, annual membership $148.

Call Karin 5479 0550, email sunshinecoast@adfas.org.au or visit adfas.org.au

The Sunshine Coast Doll, Bear, Craft and Miniatures Club has donated care packages to Dana (third left) from the Integrated Family and Youth Service, for children in foster care.

The care package contains personal items, toys, books and a teddy bear. The club raises funds from activities and its annual show at Buderim in July, to support children’s charities on the Sunshine Coast. It has also donated toys to Sunny Kids Refuge and funds to Riding for the Disabled at North Arm. The club meets at the Kawana Library on the second Monday of the month and welcomes new members. Call Kathy 5491 8542.

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GARDENING

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HERE’S A CLEVER IDEA

Most people water their gardens too much but, writes GARDEN EZI, it is only creating pampered plants.

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es, it’s quite true! We’re so afraid our plants will die of thirst that we wastefully pamper them with water rather than instituting a good regime.

Yet water, one of the planet’s most precious resources, is also expensive and so as we are in the dry time of year, learn to use water wisely rather than wantonly in your garden.

Improve your soil: A bit of effort now will reap dividends later. Buy in good soil if you don’t have it, add sand and gypsum to clay soil, add mushroom or good quality general compost to sand.

A rich, loamy soil retains water well, but most southeast Queensland soils need a lot of improvement. Water will just run off clay or rocky soil and be wasted; sandy soils will absorb large amounts of moisture and dry out fast.

Mulch, mulch and mulch again. This is the slowest but most effective way to get water-retentive soil.

Water in the morning: Most plants don’t take up water at night so precious moisture is lost by night watering. Early in the morning is the best time, before the powerful Queensland sun soaks up all moisture before the plants can make use of it.

A layer of good, thick mulch improves soil to retain precious moisture and cut down on watering However, plants of tropical origin – for example those in a Balinese-style garden – are the exception to the foregoing rule and are best watered in the evening or at night. Such plants do better with misting rather than heavy root watering and this technique uses less water.

Automated systems are a good thing but need regular maintenance to see that jets are not blocked and that nozzles/ drippers are reaching the plant root

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zones. They should not be used when you are away for any length of time unless supervised by a helpful neighbour.

A good watering twice a week is usually enough for any garden, except in very hot, windy weather. It’s certainly enough during our winter.

Larger pots retain water more effectively than smaller. Always use a high-quality, water-retentive mix and change or top up annually.

Visit gardenezi.com for more tips.

Buderim Garden Club president John Lyon is creating beautiful framed garden art using old picture frames, teapots, cookie jars and other assorted containers.

John and his wife Kathy held the first of the club’s regular garden workshops for the year at their home. He demonstrated to members how to turn old items gathered from op shops and garage sales into garden features.

As part of his demonstration, he made items for club members to take home.

Members also enjoyed strolling around the interesting garden and admiring the many quirky garden ornaments and garden art.

John said that he was very pleased with the attendance and with the amount of interest shown in the art work.

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RETIREMENT LIVING

HOMECOMING FOR HALCYON’S 100TH LAKESIDE OWNER

AWARD winning over 50s lifestyle community developer, Halcyon has welcomed its 100th home owner to Halcyon Lakeside on the Sunshine Coast.

But for Len and Willy Chapman it was more like a homecoming.

The Chapmans could be described as Halcyon converts, after originally moving to Halcyon Parks in Caloundra seven years ago.

It was their desire for a tree-change that led them straight to Bli Bli in the hinterland and Halcyon Lakeside.

“The Lakeside community is beautiful,” Willy said. “It’s surrounded by an abundance

of greenery and overlooks two lakes, with walking trails and views of the hinterland.

There is a sense of countryside living here at Lakeside, it’s just so quiet and peaceful.”

The community gathered to welcome the Chapmans during an afternoon Halcyon Happy Hour, which also celebrated Halcyon Lakeside’s 100th slab and 100th home.

“It’s the warm, friendly, community feel that we love most about Halcyon,” Len said.

The couple’s decision to stay within a Halcyon stems from their enjoyment of the vibrant community spirit.

“We love Halcyon, and we wouldn’t have sought a home

anywhere else,” Willy said.

“The homes are beautifully designed and the community living experience and social life that comes with this unique development was pivotal to our decision to stay with Halcyon.

“We are very excited about this next chapter, living in our new home at Halcyon Lakeside.”

Halcyon’s award-winning developments boast a lifestyle that redefines the concept of over 50s living.

The Chapmans said their lives were enriched from the moment they moved into their first home at Halcyon Parks and it continues to flourish at Halcyon Lakeside.

Each Halcyon community has high quality, architectdesigned homes surrounded by lush landscaping and luxurious five-star resort style facilities as well as the rich community spirit and lifestyle.

Homes at Halcyon Lakeside are now selling from $519,000.

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SECRETS TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

Happy and healthy Hibiscus Buderim Meadows residents, Michael and Torjborn FORMER Royal Ballet dancer Michael Ingleton now teaches a twice-weekly tai-chi class with his partner, Torjborn Olsson, within the Hibiscus Buderim Meadows retirement community.

Michael has danced his way around the world after starting ballet training in Sri Lanka before moving to London to audition and be accepted into the Royal Ballet School.

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as Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fontaine.

From London he moved to Le Lido in Paris, for 10 years, where he met his partner, Torjborn, 40 years ago.

“Being in the Royal Ballet was incredible. It was the ’60s, and London in the ’60s was roaring and wonderful,” Michael says.

“I am very lucky because we are still in contact with a lot of the people we danced with in London and Paris. It’s lovely to

keep in touch with them because we haven’t aged at all in our eyes.”

Michael and Torjborn moved to Hibiscus Buderim Meadows retirement community six years ago.

From their love of dance, they moved to tai-chi and bought tapes to teach themselves – and then the other village residents.

“We started with about 15 people in our class and now we have almost 40,” Michael says.

“We do two classes a week on a Monday and Thursday at 9am.”

Michael and Torjborn see it as a wonderful way to give back to the community they live in while getting regular exercise as well.

The couple list their loves as eating, drinking, listening to music and watching films and if there is one lesson these happy Hibiscus Buderim Meadows residents recommend to live by, it is “live as you want to live, not as somebody else wants you to live”.

Lendlease has seven retirement villages on the Sunshine Coast. Visit retirementbylendlease.com.au or call 1800 550 550.

NATURE’S EDGE OFFERS PEACE OF MIND

FEW things inspire confidence when buying a new home more than knowing your new surroundings will cater to your every need, the home is affordable and you feel secure.

The developers of Nature’s Edge Buderim offer these in abundance with close proximity to the best medical facilities, shopping precincts and leisure centres on the Sunshine Coast.

The gated community, in the foothills of Buderim, is in one of the most sought after retirement addresses in Australia and set among abundant natural rainforest.

It is close enough to all suburbs to continue with your existing social networks and no exit fees mean that should you wish to sell your home at a later date you can keep all your capital gains – now that is peace of mind.

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master-built, architect-designed, steel-framed homes are free standing, with eight-star energy efficiency ratings and lockup garages and all are designed to take advantage of the unique rainforest setting.

One Nature’s Edge homeowner recently wrote: “What I enjoy most about my new home is how light and airy the open plan living area is.

With the large sliding doors opening out on to the generous patio area and the three windows, you can open up the area and enjoy the benefit of a cooling breeze. The outdoor patio is ideal for entertaining while at the same time providing a high degree of privacy. Each of the bathrooms is surprisingly large.”

Email info@naturesedge buderim.com.au or call 1800 218 898 for a tour, any day of the week.

PEBBLE BEACH REACHES FINAL STAGE PALM Lake Resort Beachmere is the ultimate destination for retirees, offering a coastal location, spacious villas and state-of-the-art facilities.

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

With an official re-opening and grand reveal on March 25, the newly expanded areas of a grand main hall, library and billiards room will showcase an illustrious design and fitout.

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

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

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BOOK REVIEW

This is about two completely different lifestyles and at times, values. We meet a handful of affluent white women who live a comfortable lifestyle assisted by the coloured maid who does everything from raising babies to polishing the silver.

The home help, especially old hands like Aibileen, know exactly how to walk through the minefield without being sacked at the whim of the lady of the house.

Enter Skeeter an exuberant tomboy with visions of being a writer. She needs material and realises Aibileen is an intelligent woman and so begins a clandestine relationship.

These are troubled times in Jackson and what these women dared to show is remarkable. Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman kept coming into my head.

ELIZABETH PASCOE

TONY HARRINGTON

This historical fiction deals with relationships between US southern states white women and their black maids in the 1960s.

Themes of social class, racism, cruelty, inequality and sisterhood are skilfully woven in a good story. Black maids raise the white children with great love and affection but are not trusted with the silver and using the wrong toilet can result in dismissal, a beating or even death. The author does a good job in trying to understand the thoughts, emotions and hard, thankless life of the black maids. With the rise of Trumpism and the erosion of civil rights in the US this book is a timely read. A good book and a great movie 7/10.

BOOK review JOHN KLEINSCHMIDT I have mixed feelings about this book. I found it a little underwhelming in its portrayal of the race issues in America in the ’60s, although to be fair, the author may have deliberately downplayed the more serious racial tensions of the time in favour of writing for a predominantly female audience.

I found the stories of the two negro maids Abileen and Minny and the role of the courageous Skeeter in documenting negro maids subservience to their shallow and narcissistic white employers enjoyable and believable.

However, the subplots around Skeeter’s romantic interest, and the poor, beautiful white girl Celia who “married up” were far from convincing. A good read for some, boring for others.

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By Kathryn Stockett

This 2009 novel is the story of black maids working in white Mississippi during the early 1960s through the lives of three extraordinary women.

Skeeter, 22, has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy until there’s a ring on her finger.

Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her 17th white child. Minny, her best friend, is short, fat, and arguably the sassiest woman in Mississippi. They come together for a risky, clandestine project that changes a town, and the way women-mothers, daughters, caregivers and friends view one another.

I loved this book from page one. The writing style is simple and maybe not the greatest literary effort, but an easy read.

Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the ’60s, during the Civil rights movement, it is the story is of three strong, very different women and their complex relationship - two black maids and one young white girl. Skeeter was brought up by her maid who has mysteriously disappeared. Skeeter has the opportunity to have some work published and decides to write a book about the life of the help and the discrimination they live through. The help eventually come together and tell their stories. Stockett brings these characters and their complexities to life and deals with racism and inequality brilliantly.

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JO BOURKE

MARY BARBER The author conveyed the life of black maids in Mississippi in the early 1960s very effectively. There were the daily humiliations. It was “yes Ma’am, no Ma’am”. There was a lot of love in the book too, as these black women were nannies as well as maids. One of Aibileen’s great fears was that the little girl she cared for daily and loves deeply may grow up to despise black people. Stockett showed the insidious way that a black family’s life could be destroyed if they fell out of favour with their white masters, or mistresses. The maids took a huge risk in telling their stories. With just three main characters to focus on, I got to know them and care about them. However, I found the book about 150 pages too long.

This book captured my attention from the first page. Perhaps it was because it was written in the language of a coloured servant, but more likely it was because the words immediately set the scene of the inequality between the characters.

The mind boggles to realise how coloured servants were trusted to raise white babies from birth, yet were made to use “coloured” toilets.

For me, the characters came alive. I have not seen the movie because I do not want to spoil the pictures in my mind of Skeeter, Aibileen and Minnie, in fact all the characters. The women were virtually owned by the white bosses and even though daring to tell their experiences, their fear of being found out pulsed through the pages. To balance this palpable fear, the writer introduced humour, especially via Minnie and a solid sisterhood. I totally recommend it.

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Your Home Care Package – it’s personal With the recent government reforms, about one million older Australians now have more control over their home care packages, but, writes KENDALL MORTON, how does it help?

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ell, it starts with having an open conversation with your care provider. Your care package is there to meet your personal needs and goals. To make this work, it’s essential that you feel valued and heard by your care provider.

How you use your home care package will depend on this conversation and ones that follow. Once goals are clear, the care provider will make a personal care plan with you.

Everyone is different. For one person a major goal could be feeling safe and happy at home. For someone else, it may be getting to choir once a week and managing back pain with various therapies.

Of course, care providers have a duty of care to assist with your personal needs, such as showering and dressing, but they also have a commitment to help you maintain and improve your quality of life.

If that means a morning at

bingo on Tuesdays or lunch with your bowling mates, then your care plan can include that.

People are often on home care packages due to diminished physical abilities. My point here is don’t let your world shrink because of reduced physical ability. We know from research that being engaged in the community is good for our psychological well-being and our physical health too. It staves off depression and broadens our perspective.

So, remember to talk to your provider about what you’ve enjoyed in the past and now need help with or what new social activities you’d like to try.

If you have done your Christmas shopping every July for the last 50 years and now you need help, your care plan should take this into account.

You may also be able to use your home care package for technology and equipment.

If an item will help you stay in touch with other people or

enhance your safety, then it’s a valid purchase. For example, an iPad or a personal alarm could be considered.

It’s also possible to use your funds for appointments with a physiotherapist or other allied health professionals.

If improved mobility and strength are important to you that will be reflected in your goals and your care plan.

In the end, home care packages can be quite flexible.

It’s about talking through what you need and making it happen.

If you need help to get to bed at 10pm at night, that can be organised. Home care packages are there to make your life easier and that all starts with having an open conversation with your care provider. Tell them about your goals and your routines and go from there.

Kendall Morton, Home Care Assistance, call 0499 022 567 or email kmorton@ homecareassistance.com

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Once someone has died, their financial affairs and property must be wrapped up.

The smooth finalisation and quick distribution of estate property can ease the burden on family members.

Your last will and testament is one of the most important documents to prepare in your lifetime.

You work hard to accumulate your assets and need to ensure that you have the proper plan in place so that your family can continue to enjoy the fruits of your labour in the future.

Did you know that if you die without a valid Will your estate will be distributed according to a formula prescribed by law?

This can be disappointing for your family and not at all what you want.

The Will is an opportunity to control how property is dealt

with after your death.

An enduring power of attorney is also an invaluable document when circumstances render you unable to make decisions.

It gives a nominated person or persons the power to make financial and/or health decisions on your behalf if you have lost capacity.

The management of a deceased estate can be complex and time consuming.

Sometimes a beneficiary chooses to contest a Will, and other times unforseen problems crop up with particular assets.

When choosing a lawyer to help navigate your estate plan or managing a deceased estate, ensure the wishes of both you and your family are met.

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CALOUNDRA PROMOTION

Business grows with the town over 45 years

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unstate Jewellers has been designing and making precious jewellery from locally sourced gold, diamonds and gemstones since 1972, when the population of Caloundra was only about 10,000.

Robert (Bob) Clark and Lester Smiley, colleagues from the Wallace Bishop studio in Brisbane, decided to move their young families to the more laidback and affordable seaside town and start their own business.

They had often spent relaxing weekends at a Golden Beach shack called “Snug”.

Through the 1970s, they continued production work for the Wallace Bishop studio while developing innovative and ground-breaking technological refinements which revolutionised jewellery manufacturing, not only locally but nationally and even internationally.

Bob and Lester opened a retail outlet “Carat Gold” on the corner of Otranto and Bulcock Streets.

Casey Smiley, jeweller Ian McDougall, Rita Williams and Lesleigh Joyner and the early workshop days.

The 1980s and 1990s saw phenomenal growth in the business with the purpose-built factory and atelier at 2 Allen St expanding to house more than 30 jewellers, gem-setters, engravers, jewellery polishers and support staff.

More than one million items were produced to supply hundreds of retail jewellery outlets throughout Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Japan.

Sunstate Jewellers remained innovative and were always early adopters of leading edge manufacturing techniques, including computer-aided

design and 3D printing.

This led to the development of Australia’s first “branded” jewellery products, The Australian Heritage Collection, Elegance and Unique to You, personalised jewellery.

The new millennium saw more expansion, with significant development and renovation of the Allen St site to enable greater production.

Sunstate Jewellers were recognised under the Federal Government’s Australian-Made licence, to enable all items to carry the prestigious green and gold kangaroo mark.

Manufacturing techniques, coupled with the superior quality of materials (precious metals, diamonds and gemstones) saw Sunstate Jewellers gain acceptance to the prestigious Gold and Silversmiths Guild of Australia and their distinctive seven-sided sun hallmark lodged and registered with the keeper of the punch.

When Bob and Lester retired in 2007, Lester’s daughter Rita Williams, who had been working on design, marketing and manufacturing for the company for years, took over.

After many years of “those in the know” visiting the factory to have items custom-made, Rita opened the factory direct to the public, creating an elegant showroom to showcase their designs and stunning jewellery.

In 2009, Sunstate Jewellers made a corporate decision to minimise the environmental impact of mining for raw materials and and began to focus on recycling existing items into new.

“Recycle Your Gold” was formed to purchase existing unwanted gold, silver, platinum and palladium for refining and recycling into new materials.

More than 80 per cent of goods manufactured by Sunstate Jewellers are now created using refined metals.

It is a blessing for any family owned business to celebrate 45 years of trade and reflects core values of honesty and integrity of being a pivotal employer in a small town – even if Caloundra now has almost 120,000 residents.

Sadly, Bob died last month.

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CALOUNDRA PROMOTION

GROUP FOCUSES ON HISTORY RESEARCH

Paul Seto and John Finger CALOUNDRA Family History Research Inc’s April guest will be genealogist and blogger, Shauna Hicks.

An archivist in a former life, and a keen family history researcher, Shauna will offer advice on “Archives you should know”.

Everyone is invited to attend and hear the interesting guest speakers.

It will be at the Sunshine Coast Turf Club, Gate 2, Pierce Ave, Little Mountain, on Thursday, April 20, at 1.30pm.

The February presentation, in line with the local history now found regularly in the news, was by CFHRI member and local historian, Paul Seto.

More than 30 members were present when he celebrated the life of Emily

Hemans Bulcock OBE – Our Forgotten Poet. Paul’s research found that Emily, daughter of a schoolmaster, was born at Tinana near Maryborough.

Coming from a literary family, her unusual middle name Hemans was in honour of the famous poet Felicia Hemans (1793-1835).

In 1903 she married Robert Albert Bulcock, the son of one of Caloundra’s original settlers, Robert Bulcock. They farmed at Razorback, now Montville.

Widowed in 1924, Emily lived in Caloundra and Brisbane. When she died in the early 1990s, she had been a published poet for more than 80 years, during which time she wrote more than 1000 poems.

Her brother Vance Palmer won the 1959 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel The Big Fellow and Emily was awarded an OBE in 1964 for her contribution to poetry.

The group has many CD records available as well as thousands of Australian and overseas records available for research.

Research hours of the library and resource centre are on the group’s website, together with a calendar of events.

Visit caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au call Roz 5493 1197 or email caloundrafamilyres@y7mail.com

REVITALISED RSL IS ENTERTAINMENT CENTRAL LIVE music is one of life’s great pleasures, add a relaxed environment with good friends and family accompanied by great food and service and you have the Caloundra RSL Services Club.

Now under new management with expert direction from Kevin Deguara, the Caloundra RSL Services Club is heading into 2017 with the aim of providing members and guests the ultimate hospitality experience.

With no shortage of exciting entertainers to choose from, it is embarking on the challenge of providing Caloundra and surrounding areas with the best live and free entertainment on

the Sunshine Coast, seven days a week.

The newly-appointed team of chefs plan to provide the best quality dining options for a variety of budgets and the club is proud of its four dining spaces available daily from early to late.

New menus are bringing back old favourites with exciting new additions.

The gaming room has 300 modern machines with daily draws for members and guests and the largest indoor screen on the Sunshine Coast for sports lovers.

If you have not yet experienced the facilities and atmosphere or it has been a while, come and enjoy the changes.

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GROUP HAS A CLEAR VIEW CALOUNDRA Evening VIEW Club members were impressed by their guest speaker from “Rosies” an organisation which has been supporting those in need on the Sunshine Coast for years.

The next meeting will be hearing about the work of local lifesavers.

Club members have a positive interest in local activities, many of them supporting not only disadvantaged children in the area but also Judy McArdle; Joy Knight; Val Lawrence; volunteering in many other ways.

Joanne Ellis; Janice McLaughlin Women from all walks of life are invited to join and make new friends in a relaxed and helpful atmosphere.

Email caloundraview@hotmail.com or call Val 5492 6884.

Celebrating 45

years of handcrafting beautiful jewellery 1972/2017

Since 1972 our precious jewellery atelier has been designing and crafting beautifully unique and innovative jewellery from locally sourced diamonds and gemstones.

All our precious metals are sourced from recycled goods, which are refined back to their purest form. This conscious choice to minimise the environmental impact mining can have does not compromise on the quality or value of the finished goods.

We invite you to sit and talk directly to the designers and makers of exceptional quality jewellery in our custom built showroom and atelier. Together we can create something unique to you.

Every item hallmarked with our studio mark carries our written 25 year guarantee - your assurance and proof that you are buying Australia's finest jewellery.

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Recycle your gold and precious metals Visit our atelier and showroom, Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm.

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HEALTH

Chronic pain is not all in your head

ALZHEIMER’S GROUP IS HERE TO HELP

Unless you have suffered chronic pain, it is very difficult to imagine the stress it places on a person’s life and those around them, writes clinical psychologist DR CLAIRE JENSEN.

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ithout intervention, chronic pain can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life, lead to sleep problems, exhaustion, stress, relationship and work dysfunction, as well as mental health problems.

According to Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) one in five Australian adults suffer from both severe chronic pain and either depression or other mood disorders, costing the country $35 billion a year.

Despite this, it is only in the last two decades or so that chronic pain has received increased research and funding.

We now know much more about how we can support sufferers to manage their pain levels, reduce the vicious downward cycle of pain and improve quality of life.

Like most modern medicine, taking a holistic approach is considered best practice and this extends to chronic pain management, where

practitioners take a biopsychosocial approach assessing the biological, psychological and social aspects of the person’s situation.

Many clients avoid seeing a psychologist as they are worried others will think “your pain is all in your head!” but cognitive strategies, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness and relaxation can be just as important as pain medication or physiotherapy.

Pain is a subjective experience and thus whatever pain the client describes is the true experience for them. Pain is certainly not “all in a person’s head” but the brain and body are closely linked and thus it is a great asset to learn how to access the brain’s natural medicine cabinet – how to assist the brain to relax and release helpful chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine.

A clinical psychologist can help work through the daily struggles that present, offering

strategies to help an individual manage pain, improve mood and sleep, as well as recognise how unhelpful thoughts feed into the pain cycle.

This in turn leads to an increased quality of life. Many chronic pain suffers feel trapped within debilitating negative thoughts that influence mood, memory, function and ability to enjoy everyday life.

CBT has been extensively researched for its positive effect on managing negative thoughts associated with pain, through adaptive coping skills, such as distraction and relaxation.

Another more recent technique embraced by health professionals around the world is mindfulness. Leading the way, Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn brought mindfulness to the forefront of chronic pain management to separate the person’s thoughts, moods and emotions from the pain itself.

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Alzheimer’s Queensland (AQ) bases its services on the assessed holistic needs of each individual client including behaviours of clients with dementia.

In assessing these unique behaviours, AQ considers a set of general principles related to behaviours associated with dementia.

Behaviours from which a cumulative level of distress occurs for the person with dementia or their carer may lead to premature residential aged care admission particularly if night-time wandering occurs.

AQ offers services such as home care packages, day respite, in-home respite to ensure that carer’s needs are acknowledged and the person with dementia is supported at home for as long as possible.

Individual carers respond differently to stressors but behavioural issues are often recognised as being more stressful to carers than functional decline.

Carers may tend to neglect their own health and wellbeing.

Behaviours can be best

managed when focus is given to individual abilities, strengths, valued routines, culture and possible triggers.

AQ acknowledges that the person with dementia has a capacity to thrive within their community of interest with support.

The focus is not on impairment/deficits but on purposeful meaningful roles and retaining optimal level of skill and participation.

Consider if the behaviour is occasional, causing problems or not causing problems – for the carer or for the person with dementia?

AQ comprehensively assesses and regularly reviews its services with the person with dementia, their family and advocates.

Stress reduction, improved wellbeing and time out for carers is prioritised by staff.

Typically stress increases when carers have not developed skills in relation to the unpredictable nature of problematic behaviours.

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HEALTH

Energise nervous system and beat fatigue

APP FORGES CONNECTIONS WITH DEMENTIA

One of the most common complaints that practitioners and doctors hear from patients is that they are tired all the time, but help is available, writes TRUDY KITHER.

Anyone caring for someone with dementia will know the art of conversation can become a labour of love.

A new app developed by New Zealand Company, AmuseIT, is bringing people together through conversation thanks to more than 1000 simple, visual, quiz questions.

Developed specifically for people with dementia and in consultation with them and their families and carers, the app helps bridge the gaps through cognitive stimulation and reminiscence.

The AmuseIT app can be easily downloaded on to a tablet or iPad and used by carers, family and friends to facilitate a shared experience based on imagery and questions.

The visuals are prompts to encourage a conversation and the quiz questions stimulate decision making and memory.

The app supports cognitive activity through rekindling of memory, recognition of objects, problem solving and coordination.

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ata shows that up to 25 per cent of patients suffer or have suffered from prolonged fatigue. Fatigue affects the nervous system which is a major part of the body’s control mechanism, coordinating the activities of the organs with one other.

This allows the body to coordinate changes in its external and internal environment.

As this control is affected by a dense network of fibres that impulses travel along (like telephone wires), the system is supported by complex relay stations in ascending order of sophistication throughout the central nervous system to the brain.

The brain is the coordination centre for keeping all the body’s functions integrated with its needs in a changing world. The mind can be seen as the consciousness of the brain’s activities.

The aim is to accept the mind and body as one, as indivisible facets of the whole person.

The main interaction between us and the outside world is the nervous system.

When the function of that system in controlling the body’s main internal systems is disturbed due to perceived

tensions, it results in a disturbance that is as real as trains, cars and telephone stations. The real nature of nervous conditions are as functional disorders resulting from perceived tension.

Tensions produce the tension, which in turn creates more tensions. While there are many potential factors in fatigue, a lot of them affect the same biological pathway creating a roadmap where treatments can be focused.

By addressing the common denominators of fatigue and also the underlying factors, it is possible to provide a quick solution for improvement in symptoms. One of the most common is the mitochondria of the cell (the cell’s powerhouse of energy).

It has the main responsibility of generating energy in every cell of the body. Science has found there is widespread mitochondrial dysfunction in fatigued patients. More specifically, the mitochondria have been found to be enlarged and to contain damaged respiratory chain constituents, DNA mutations and obvious defects in energy production.

Coenzyme Q10 (COQ10) is similar to a “rescue remedy” for mitochondria as it

has been shown to correct mitochondrial dysfunction in fatigued states and provide obvious benefits to the fatigued.

As COQ10 has a low bioavailability state, patients will get a higher therapeutic result by using a form that has enhanced absorption.

While most of the mitochondria determine the cell’s energy status, the brain uses 20 per cent of our total energy output. It’s no wonder the fatigued person complains of “brain fog”, poor memory and word recall and slowed motor skills and reaction time.

Another treatment protocol besides the addition of a quality Vitamin B complex, is a professionally prescribed mixture of herbs to tone and nourish the nervous system, providing invaluable support to calm pre-existing anxieties.

It is a vicious circle, yet one that can be professionally treated by addressing the core drivers and underlying common denominators while toning, nourishing and gently energising the nervous system with individually targeted herbal remedies.

Trudy Kither is a naturopath at Nature’s Temple. Call 0408 900 596 or visit naturestemple.net

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WHAT’S ON

MUSICAL THEATRE PROMISES ‘WOW’ FACTOR

BUDERIM EASTER FAIR RETURNS TO THE ARTS PRECINCT THE popular Buderim Easter Fair, co-hosted by Buderim Lions Club, Buderim Library and Buderim Craft Cottage, will see Buderim’s “arts precinct” around the Memorial Hall and Craft Cottage crammed with artistic, unusual, colourful and tasty goodies.

The two arts venues and the “village green” linking them will be will be transformed into a huge arts and crafts market with live music and eateries.

At the hall, Buderim Library will mount its popular sale of good and seriously cheap books while Buderim Lions Club will host about 90 stalls selling craft, fine foods, jewellery and plants.

Next door, the Craft Cottage will open its studio spaces and gallery to offer artisan handmade crafts and artworks by the Cottage’s 300-plus members.

Don’t expect bric-a-brac and second hand goods, apart from

MALE CHOIR’S ANZAC TRIBUTE CHICAGO the Musical hits the Caloundra stage next month.

In roaring ’20s Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap – until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie.

Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the American Dream, fame, fortune and acquittal.

This sharp-edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.

It is brought by the Coast’s premier professional theatre company, Mad About Theatre, which is thrilled to host 16 of Australia’s best musical theatre performers on a local stage. The production will be at the Caloundra Events Centre.

Thursday to Saturday, April 13-15 at 7.30pm and Saturday 15 at 2pm. Tickets $55, concessions $40.

THE Buderim Male Choir this month presents a special Narration Concert as a tribute to the servicemen and women who have served in past conflicts.

The narration and songs will relate their story from A Call to

Arms, The Battle, Remembrance and the Thanksgiving.

Music director is Mitch Meyer and accompanist Carina Frank. Supporting artists will include a trumpeter, drummer and vocalists.

This entertaining concert

books. The focus of this event is to offer high-quality, locallydesigned and crafted items, in support of many local charities and community groups.

Pop-up cafes at the Cottage and Hall will offer all-day refreshments, accompanied by live music by Ragtag.

Head to the corner of Church and Main St Buderim on Saturday, April 15, 8am – 3pm.

will be presented just before Anzac Day commemorations, on Saturday April 22, at 2pm at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Main St, Buderim.

The male choir will be supporting the narration with songs such as old favourites Stout Hearted Men, Soldiers Chorus, In Flanders Fields, Dambusters March and When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

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WHAT’S ON

COOLUM ARTISTS PUT ON AN EASTER SHOW

POPS PRESENTS A CELTIC SPECTACULAR

Coolum Art Group’s Awesome Easter Show is coming up at the Coolum Civic Centre on April 14-16, 9am-5pm.

Entry is free for visitors to appreciate the traditional and contemporary art created by talented local artists and craftspeople.

Visitors will also be invited to vote on their favourite work for the People’s Choice Award.

Coolum Art Group was founded in1968 and is one of the oldest active art clubs on the Sunshine Coast.

At every exhibition, each artist produces a work for a themed section, which this month will be bushfires.

Funds raised from the raffle will be donated to the local rural fire brigade.

LOVERS of all things Celtic can look forward to a spectacular night out with the Queensland Pops Orchestra.

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

The Celtic Spectacular introduces Sarah Calderwood to the Pops audience, a singersongwriter flautist who unites classic with contemporary folk.

Her first solo album As Night Falls was nominated for an ARIA award.

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

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

Saturday, May 20 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm at the QPAC Concert Hall.

CONSIDER YOURSELF AT HOME IN NOOSA REVIVAL IT has been 20 years since Noosa Arts Theatre last showcased Oliver but it returns this month with three original cast members and a new format.

Neil Pattenden was the 1997’s production musical director and returns as director while Margaret Courtney played chorus roles and returns as Mrs Bedwin and wardrobe mistress and Jane Rivers returns in her role as Mrs Sowerberry.

Neil played in cabaret bands in the ‘70s and ’80s. In the past 15 years on the Coast, he has

directed many shows. Jane, a life member of Noosa Arts, is an award-winning actor and has performed with most theatre groups on the Coast since 1986.

Margaret’s life has always included theatre. In her teens she was a member of the Victorian Light Opera Company, so naturally after moving to Peregian 26 years ago she joined Noosa Arts Theatre.

Neil’s son, Blake, played the Artful Dodger in the 1997 show and is coming back to see what a difference his father has made

to the overall production.

Performances April 6-7; 12-14; 19-22 at 7.30pm and matinees April 8-9; 15-16 and 23 at 2pm. Tickets $37, concessions $27. Bookings call 5449 9343 or visit noosaartstheatre.org.au

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THE Judy Henzell Sunshine Melodies Concert Series presents Great Composers of London’s West End at The Events Centre in Caloundra on Wednesday, April 5 at 11am.

Australian and West End musical theatre star Philip Gould heads a top cast in this narrative tribute to many great composers who have had their musicals shine on the London stage, including Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart, Elton John, Richard Rogers and others.

Gould holds the record as the

Australian to have played the longest continuous leading role on The West End stage. He starred for two years and nine months as leadn in Crazy for You. Many will remember him as a child star for eight years on Young Talent Time.

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The WORLD in Your Hands

Travel in Your Time

The slow boat on the road to old Canton Sometimes trips don’t go entirely to plan, and as DALLAS SHERRINGHAM discovers to his detriment, the promised itinerary just doesn’t measure up.

Xiamen is tagged the Dubai of the Orient

M

ost travel stories paint the destinations in glowing terms with words like “stunning”, “amazing” and “superb”.

This is not a story like that.

This is the story about how wrong a day trip can go if you have a bad guide, a shambolic destination and an itinerary that is virtually impossible to follow.

Yet, it all started so well when I booked the day trip to Xiamen on our cruise ship.

It ran something like this: “Tour and shop in the exciting new city of Xiamen before experiencing the beautiful Chinese landscape as we take a leisurely trip to Guangzhou (formerly Canton).

Lunch at a traditional...” You get the drift.

I should have known something was wrong when our young Chinese guide led us off the ship and started running towards a fleet of buses.

Carrying a knee injury, there was no way I was running and at least half the tour group fell behind with me.

Now, when you get to a line of buses and everyone is wearing the same outfit

and all look the same, holding signs in Chinese, it gets a bit confusing. I finally found our bus after 10 minutes but rounding up the rest took a lot longer.

“We are running late so we will have to change the itinerary,” shrieked the tour guide.

Our shopping and sightseeing tour of downtown Xiamen lasted just one lap of the main street while we gawked out of the windows.

Xiamen looked like an interesting place and I was beginning to wish I had just spent the day there exploring independently.

The city is a modern port that has boomed from a seaside town. The air pollution is horrendous.

Our bus turned back on to the freeway and became embroiled in an hour-long traffic jam.

Finally we sped off in the direction of Guangzhou at high speed.

Our exploration of the countryside consisted of a toilet stop where the Chinese just glared at the tourists without any expression at all.

Suddenly the PA system blurted to life again: “We are running late so we will have to change the itinerary,” the guide shrieked again.

We finally arrived at Guangzhou and it turned out to be an impressive older city with no air pollution to speak of. We promptly stopped at an historic Muslim mosque.

Just why she seemed to think we would be interested in spending an hour and a half in the ruins was beyond me, but there we sat, slowly cooking in the hot sun.

Finally we moved off and she proudly announced we would be visiting a traditional old shopping and market precinct. After spending so long at the Muslim church we were finally going somewhere interesting.

We hopped off our bus at the top end of the market and she shrieked: “Five minutes here!”

I said: “No, we want longer” and most of the group stood firm with me. But not for long. continued over>

Visiting a Muslim mosque took up half the day

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TRAVEL <from previous page

WATCH FOR the tea scam To many Chinese, western visitors look like a walking bank deposit vault and they are eager to prise it open.

One of the more common tools for that is the Shanghai tea house scam (also popular in Beijing, or anywhere in China for that matter).

Essentially, you are approached by – generally, but not limited to – a student or group of students who will offer to help you, ask you to take their photo and generally engage you in conversation.

They become your new best friends and invite you to a tea house ceremony with them.

There, you are presented with teas to sample and all is hale and hearty until you are ready to leave.

By this time your new friends have disappeared and you are presented with a bill of up to $300 for a few cups of tea and no way to escape without paying.

Although it is welldocumented and very common, the scam can be so subtle it snags even the most wary travellers.

It is unlikely you will see your money again even if you spend a day chasing it up.

The best way to avoid it is to be suspicious of anyone who wants to be your friend and never accept an invitation to join them for tea or a beer.

The ancient Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

Modern Guangzhou, formerly Canton She started to run flat out towards the bus double-parked 100m away and most of the group went with her, all running down the street. It looked ridiculous. It was ridiculous.

I took a couple of photos and sauntered back to the bus at my own pace. There was a glare from the guide and the bus driver that made me shiver.

She jumped on the PA and screamed: “We have to change the itinerary because (glaring at me) some people have held us up”.

Next stop was the historic Temple of the Six Banyan Trees. We parked about 10 blocks away and once again our guide ran off down the street with some tour members trying to keep up.

The rest were strung along a 2km

route. I did make it to the Temple, took one photo and then started walking back.

Finally, I had some time to chat with a couple of locals, visit a few shops and enjoy a coffee and an ice cream.

Life in Guangzhou is very traditional in every way and it was quite a culture shock for some of the less-travelled members of the group.

People lived on the street, they cooked on the street, they tossed leftovers in the street – you get the drift.

After what seemed an eternity, our guide and her loyal band of followers returned and she yelled at my breakaway group: “You didn’t wait for me, I couldn’t find you”.

“Well, I guess we now are even sweetheart,” I said and climbed aboard

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There are lessons to be learnt here and most of the problems were caused by my lack of research.

I wrongly thought the cruise line knew what it was doing, but, like many cruise lines, they had no idea how to organise a shore tour. Yet they still charged $175 for a disaster.

Next time I will research all the tours properly or maybe organise a local guide to show me around for $50.

If the shore tour doesn’t reach expectations, tell your shore tour manager on board. Enough complaints and he or she will have to act.

PS: I found out some days later when I made a complaint on board ship that the tour guides were actually college students learning English and did the tours to make extra cash and “talk the talk”.

That explains a lot. Maybe they are also training for track and field events at the Olympics?

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TRAVEL

Dr Livingstone was spot on The staggering beauty of Africa’s Victoria Falls captivates SEAN LUES, as much as it did the first European to come across them in 1855.

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he Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, was named after his monarch by David Livingstone, a most notable missionary and explorer.

Livingstone is documented for being the first European to have seen the falls in November 1855, when he was completely in awe of the spectacle and wrote in his diary: “The whole scene was extremely beautiful; the banks and islands dotted over the river are adorned with sylvan vegetation of great variety of colour and form … no one can imagine the beauty of the view from anything witnessed in England.

“It had never been seen before by European eyes; but scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight.”

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It drops more than 100m, pounding on to the basalt rock below so the spray rises back up to 500m high and visible up to 50km away.

Spray rises from the base of the falls.

This is where the local name is derived from: Mosi oa Tunya - the smoke that thunders!

It is this spray falling back down that covers the surrounding area (don’t forget to take a raincoat) and has formed the Victoria Falls rainforest.

It is not a true rainforest, but impressive none-the-less, with huge ebony, mahogany and fig trees among others.

There is a fantastic array of diversity and colour in the birds attracted to this lush area.

Elephants, warthog, mongoose and baboon are common around the town and the surrounding national parks are home for vast herds of animals.

Yet it is up in the air that one gets to see the enormity of the falls – how Livingstone would have known this I don’t know, but a “flight of the Angels” is something that I would consider mandatory for any visitor.

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For three days once a month, those who are lucky enough to be there and if there are no clouds, will see a Lunar Rainbow, or Moonbow as some refer to it.

On the night of the full moon and a day either side, the National Parks Department allows special entry into the falls for tourists to experience this.

There are other Europeans who have tried to lay claim to having seen the Victoria Falls first, but it is said that none could be credible for one simple reason – that anyone who did would have had to tell the whole world of this phenomenon of beauty and magnificence.

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Lions return to the Menin Gate The Menin Gate lions which thousands of Australian and other allied forces marched past on their way to the Belgian battlefields of the Western Front during World War I, will return for a visit to their original home in the city of Ieper (Ypres) in Belgium.

They have been displayed inside the front entrance of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra since 1991.

From 1822 the stone sculptures bearing the Ypres coat-of-arms stood at the entrance to the Cloth Hall, the town’s civic and commercial centre, before being moved to either side of the street leading to the Menin Gate in the mid-19th century.

They remained there during World War I even as Ypres was reduced to ruins

by German artillery fire.

The lions, broken and scarred, were later recovered from the war rubble and in 1936 the Burgomaster of Ypres presented them to the Australian government as a token of friendship and an acknowledgement of Australia’s sacrifice in the region during the war.

A joint initiative between Belgian, Flemish and Australian governments will see the lions temporarily returned to the Menin Gate, coinciding with the centenary of one of the most notorious and costly campaigns of World War I, the

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The names of 6191 Australians are among the 54,000 British and Dominion soldiers listed on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, commemorating those who died in the fighting in Flanders who have no known grave.

The lions will be taken home by the Royal Australian Air Force and arrive in time for Anzac Day. They will return to the Australian War Memorial after Remembrance Day this year.

While the lions are on display at the Menin Gate, there will be a small exhibition at the In Flanders Fields Museum to outline the history of the sculptures since their creation in 1822.

VIETNAM CANCELS LONG TAN CROSS COMMEMORATION The Vietnamese Government has confirmed there will be no official Anzac Day commemoration at the Long Tan Cross site this year.

Small groups will still be allowed low-key visits to the site, without media.

The Vietnamese Government is developing regulations and guidance for visitors. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan said Australians travelling to Vietnam for Anzac Day should plan accordingly.

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“While disappointing, we respect Vietnam’s right as a sovereign nation to determine the nature of commemorations held on its soil. We ask any Australians who will be in Vietnam to respect the decision.”

Details on the conditions required by the Vietnamese authorities on people wishing to visit the Long Tan Cross site can be found at smartraveller.gov.au and at the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City website.

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This cape is simply le grand experience Recherche Archipelago coastal national parks are breathtakingly beautiful wilderness and easily accessed, writes grey nomad BEVERLEY EVERSON.

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eaving Esperance after refuelling, collecting mail and exploring, we were on the road again heading for Cape Le Grand National Park and then on to the turnoff to Cape Arid NP. It is only 63km to the entry of the Cape Le Grand NP from Esperance, so there’s plenty of time to check out both camp sites in the park.

The drive from Esperance is by sealed roads to all locations with the exception of a two-wheel drive unsealed road to Rossiter Bay which is regularly graded.

Here you will find a small parking lot and a picturesque walk.

WA National Parks promote the trails in this area as “a walk on the wild side” and how true that is.

Rossiter Bay was named by explorer Edward Eyre after the captain of a whaling vessel.

The Cape Le Grand Coastal Trail links many of the park’s coastal sections between Cape Le Grand Beach (western entrance to park) and Rossiter Bay (most eastern end) and includes a hike up Frenchman Peak (262m and yes, that’s right, it’s not Frenchman’s) with panoramic views of the park and islands of the Recherche Archipelago.

On all the trails, many of them just a short stroll from the campground or car park of Hellfire Bay, Lucky Bay and Thistle Cove, you will enjoy exceptional flora, spectacular granite formations, snow white sandy coves and magnificent views to the Great Southern Ocean.

Thistle Cove was named after John Thistle, the master of Matthew Flinders ship, HMS Investigator and it was here in January 1802, while circumnavigating Australia, they found fresh water.

From Lucky Bay campground there is a walk to Flinders Monument commemorating his safe anchorage there in 1802.

Cape Le Grand campground behind the sand dunes and Lucky Bay

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campground areas have excellent amenities of camp kitchens, gas barbecues, picnic tables, toilets and water for about $10 a person a night, with concessions for seniors.

These sites operate on a first-come, first-served basis and, as with most Western Australian National Parks, have

“The holiday or annual All Parks Pass are good value for the traveller” camp hosts to collect camp fees and give valuable information about the area.

The holiday or annual All Parks Pass and are good value for the traveller. More information on the parks web site parks. dpaw.wa.gov.au The rolling heathlands have brilliant wildflowers and are home to pygmy possums, kangaroos (some you will find

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Hellfire Bay walk and the wildflowers in May.

Facilities at the Cape Arid campground.

leisurely hopping or just sleeping along the sheltered bays), colourful birds feasting on the nectar and lizards scurrying among the granite boulders and dense thickets of banksia.

Cape Arid National Park is 120km east of Esperance and lies on shore from the eastern end of Recherche Archipelago.

From Cape Le Grand head to Condingup where there’s a great free camp next to the hall, and then Boyatup, which is sealed.

From there it’s on to a minor two-wheel drive good dirt road to the national park.

The roads are excellent although very dusty as you travel through sand heaths,

Hill Springs came about at around the same time when William Ponton ran sheep. He died in 1909 and, along with hardship and isolation, his family was forced to abandon the homestead. This wonderful wilderness is home to more than 1000 species of plants and 160

mallee and low granite hills with Russel Range and Tower Peak (600m) in the distance.

It was first named Cap Arride by French Admiral D’Entrecasteaux in 1792 but Flinders anglicised it to Cape Arid in 1802.

In the 1870s, the area, although remote, was promoted as having beautiful grassy plains and land cheap to buy.

There are ruins of homesteads and buildings around Thomas Fishery and Pine Hill.

Thomas Fishery is an historic site where, in the 1870s, a whaling station was established.

bird species with several threatened or endangered.

The most accessible campground is at Thomas River where in peak season, camp hosts will welcome you.

There are excellent, reasonably new facilities due to a fire that went through and

Perfect views of Lucky Bay from the campground.

destroyed most of the flora and all the old amenities.

The campground has individual level campsites, some with incredible views over vegetation to the bay.

Other campsites are at Thomas Fishery, Seal Creek, Jorndee Creek and Mt Ragged.

Fees apply and also operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

A local farmer who holidays at Thomas River regularly suggested we return in late winter and spring to see migrating whales passing by.

They come in so close to shore to de-barnacle on the large boulders that you can almost touch them.

There is 4WD beach access to drive all the way up the beach of Sandy Bight to Seal Creek and the other campgrounds.

Cape Arid NP forms an almost continuous nature conservation area all the way to the South Australian border.

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“Once we fill these last few places, all of our 2017 tours have sold out,” Stewart said. “It means we can concentrate on making them even better and getting super organised to host them. It also frees up time to finalise the details of next year’s tours and offer them for sale sooner so clients can plan ahead.”

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

SUDOKU (MEDIUM)

SUDOKU (EASY)

WORD FIND

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PERMUTATE RELAX, UREAL, CRUEL-LUCRE, CRUSE-CURSE, SCRUM, MUSIC

1. “Don’t you worry about that” was an often-used retort by which former Premier?

2. What is the first given name of 2016 Wimbledon finalist Raonic?

3. “Hello darkness, my old friend” are the opening lyrics of which Simon and Garfunkel song?

4. Which US rapper takes his name from his home state?

5. What electrical device is an anagram of Monday?

6. Who was the tall Jamaican-born goal shooter of the Queensland Firebirds?

7. True or false: the Pope is not paid a salary.

8. What fraction is equivalent to 16.66%?

9. At a service station, what does ULP stand for?

10. Anstead, Taigum and Ransome are suburbs of which city?

11. How many syllables are in the word “organisation”?

12. is on which continent?

13. Winterfell, King’s Landing and The Wall are locations in which fantasy TV series?

14. Which book of the Old Testament has the least letters in its name?

15. Who was the “man with the donkey” at Gallipoli?

16. A sommelier is an expert in what?

17. Where in the human body is the hyoid bone?

18. Alphabetically, which number between one and 20 comes first?

19. On the TV game show “The Chaser”, what word is at the bottom of the chase board?

20. By what name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu better known?

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS QUICK CROSSWORD

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By Quizmaster Allan Blackburn

M L ZWG F T H B E AON

TRIVIA

There may be other correct answers

SCATTERWORD VAGUENESS, naevus, eaves, gases, usage, suave, gauss, sense, ensue, seven, genus, negus, guess, nevus, venus, ease, ages, sage, sane, save, vase, sang, snag, anus, seen, snug, sung.

1. Joh Bjelke-Petersen; 2. Milos; 3. The Sound of Silence; 4. Flo Rida; 5. Dynamo; 6. Romelda Aiken; 7. True 8. One sixth; 9. Unleaded petrol; 10. Brisbane; 11. Five; 12. North America; 13. Game of Thrones; 14. Job; 15. John Simpson; 16. Wine; 17. Throat; 18. Eight; 19. Bank; 20. Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa.

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PUZZLES

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Exhausted after capturing a new species of tree duck (8) Excessive greed removes the right limit (4) Troublemaker in the fire below (5) Join the sound of how it may appear (4) The poorly literate are removed from the deed (5) Sousa’s favourite month? (5) Be in the red centre of power (3) Vehicle on the path which carries computer information (3) Central copperhead pierces the young horse (5) In the ballad it returned, coming and going as water does (5) How about we see rents in most of the letters (4) Right and proper new galley without question (5) Anaesthetic the French use during a festivity (4) The pavement, though crooked, was liked by all (8)

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The instinct to bite into a hamburger? (4) The easterner balances good and bad deeds whilst revising a mark (5) Steal the orb treacherously (3) Engaging in a sideline at the food store (4) Goes back about the poems (8) There’s a moral to be taught by the teacher’s pet hickory stick (5) Evidently not a long time period in which there was a deficiency of amount (8) Improve the morning result (5) A mathematical grid for constructing furniture? (5) Shuffle through with a dangerous arm (5) Let Alan make the sound of a cow (5) Unfortunately finds no nut in the sultana mix (4) Out late for a duck (4) Turn before five hundred join the supreme one (3)

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SUDOKU WORDFIND

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buccaneer bury chest coin corsair dig freebooter gold hold isle loot map

No. 774

marauder pegleg pirate plunder port privateer raid sail sea ship treasure trunk

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PUZZLES

QUICK CROSSWORD

No. 3625

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Today’s Aim: 17 words Good 20 words Very good 24 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

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Virtuously and with purity Cessation of life Great-crested grebe Brotherhood of students (US informal) Sculpted likeness Member of beach patrol Up to that time (Poetic) Farm animal Short-legged small dog (informal) Untidy situation Person with many years of experience Directed

25 Aspect of one’s appearance 28 Stole 30 Nasty 31 Closed hand 33 Strike forcefully with a heavy object 35 Large tank for storing gas 36 Talisman 38 Unit of chromosome 39 Transport company 40 Performed (a show) again 41 Disconnects

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Soaked Pixie Dawdle Hindu teacher Regard as precious Stockings Small flap Worry Light fuel used for lamps Horse doctor Adapted for a choir Crazy person Protected from disease Restrictive enclosure Stopwatches Swimming animals Daze Inebriated Among Permit

No. 034

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.

RELAX

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