Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
SeniorsToday.com.au
The sweeter side of art
Travel on their minds
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Taming the wild skies Australia’s first female Chief Flying Instructor (CFI), and CASA designated Pilot Examiner, Mary Earnshaw achieved another first on International Women’s Day. Thanks to her friends Shawn and
Sandy Kelly of Paradise Seaplanes the experienced pilot found herself not just on a joyflight but back in charge of a plane. Read more about Mary’s accolades on pages 4 and 5
Hands on and never happier Pages 12-13
So why does ‘grumpy’ get a bad rap? Baby Boomer women get a bad rap according to author Amanda Hampson. And Amanda would know because the bestselling author of The Olive Sisters, Sixty Summers, The Yellow Villa, The French Perfumer and the forthcoming Lovebirds not only writes about them - most importantly she is one. Read why ‘grumpy’ is OK on page 7
Bravery at heart They wanted neither fame nor glory. They were men and women, many of them civilians, whose compassion for others manifested itself in many unobtrusive ways. Not one of them believed that they would one day be thrust into a situation where they would have to choose between saving the lives of others or simply walking away and saving their own.
Yet when the challenges came they could not ignore the almost impossible dangers confronting them - even if it meant giving their own lives. In his new book, Quiet Courage, Forgotten Heroes of World War Two, popular Wide Bay author Tony Matthews, describes some of the most compelling stories of heroism of the entire war. Military conflict is the essence of vio-
lence in its most malignant form but it is also the source and inspiration for countless acts of self-sacrifice which all too often fade into obscurity. “I became interested in researching and writing a book like this after discovering a small, very tattered book titled: The Daily Telegraph History of the War which had been published in 1943,” Tony says.
“This book, which I purchased for 40 cents at an op-shop, gave a few brief details, taken directly from news headlines of that period, which described some of the heroic actions of just ordinary people who had, at that time, recently carried out astonishing feats of bravery.” More on page 10