SENIORS NEWS As you get older where will you live? AS time goes on and the body ages, we may not have the option to stay in our own home. The publication called ‘Accommodation choices for older Australians and their families: what older Australians and their families need to know’ provides practical advice and options relating to a large range of issues concerning accommodation choices for older people. It contains practical information about the many accommodation options available at and beyond retirement, and information on finances and how living arrangements may impact on pension payments. It also provides practical advice on selling the family home whilst on the pension, as well as the implications of renovating, moving in with family or having to live apart from a spouse. The guide includes help for families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as help for Indigenous Australians. Copies are available by calling the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs on 1800 050 009, going to the Department’s website at www.fahcsia.gov.au or contacting you local Centrelink office.
Gallipoli Lone Pine collectors’ items available
THIS month a second series of collectors’ items made from a branch that fell from the Lone Pine Tree during a storm two years ago has gone on sale at the Australian War Memorial shop. The story of the Lone Pine tree is an interesting one. On 6 August 1915 a great offensive was launched from ANZAC on Gallipoli. The opening attack, by the Australians on the Turkish positions at Lone Pine, developed into a brutal battle that continued for three and a half days. At the end of it, the Australians held Lone Pine, but their losses had been dreadful. Among the dead was a soldier from the 4th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. His brother, having gone to Lone Pine shortly after its capture, sent their mother in Australia a cone from one of the pine logs used by the Turks as overhead cover for their trenches. Many years later, the Australian War Memorial acquired a sapling grown from a seed that she had taken from the cone. On 25 October 1934, with only the Memorial’s foundations laid, Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester (and later Governor-General of Australia), planted the sapling in the grounds of the Memorial. The ceremony was barely over when a severe thunderstorm struck Canberra. A bridge over the Molonglo River was washed away, but the sapling remained standing. It became known as the Lone Pine. On 27 December 2008, a branch fell from the tree during a storm. The timber was saved, and the ingenious idea was formed to use some to make collectors’ items. Go online to www.awm.gov.au to view the range of items in the shop.
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Coins, Banknotes, Stamps, Medals, Gold & Silver Highest prices paid for your collections or accumulations. No collection too big or too small
We come to you and pay Cash! Phone now for an appointment & no obligation to sell price. Phone Geoff Yates
1/43 Premier Circuit, Warana - By Appointment
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