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MAROOCHY Regional Bushland Botanic Gardensis a very special place, especially for Friends of theGardens members.Each Tuesday morning they come to the gardensto volunteer their time, and in return get so muchback – in camaraderie and also knowledge theirefforts help maintain one of the Sunshine Coast’svery special places. On the first and thirdWednesdays of the month, trained volunteers alsoprovide guided walks of the gardens to add tovisitor’s enjoyment.

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COOROY Lifeline preMelbourne Cup fash-ion parade will be heldin conjunction withCooroy UnitingChurch. The event isto be held at the CooroyRSL Memorial Hall,Maple Street, Cooroyat 2pm on Saturday 23rd

October 2010. Join usfor high-tea and an af-ternoon of fun, prizesand auctions. Entry is$8. All outfits, hats andfascinators will beavailable for sale at ex-cellent prices on theday. Bookings essen-tial, contact DebDaybell on 5442 6464 toreserve your tickets.

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Gardens volunteers co-ordinator Tony Ireland saidabout 15 years ago, the then members of the groupsaw past the lantana on the rural block and realisedwhat potential it had for a future botanic gardens.“Although the group has been well able to articulateitself during the years, members also walked the talk,and year by year they helped transform the gardensby putting their heads down. They madeimprovements by using their hands and backs,” hesaid.“Of course we appreciate and acknowledge the helpfrom council funding, manpower and equipment, and

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also the many local people and local business thatdonated materials and equipment, but it is the faithfulgiving of time, energy and enthusiasm of about 20/30Friends that has born such incredible results.”Tony said the gardens are a very user-friendly placefor people to visit. Visitors will be able to walk alongpaths the Friends helped construct, and view thegardens maintained by Friends.“There are now many shelter sheds in the gardensfor people to use, four new ones, three from councilfunds and one funded by Friends,” he said. “We usea shelter shed for smoko each Tuesday. The Friends’smokos have a reputation for food par excellence,which we can work off with a bit more digging andraking.”Gardens are open seven days week, sunup tosundown. See Friends website www.friendofmaroochybotanicgardens.org.au.

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NATIONAL Seniors Australia (NSA) is urging olderAustralians to take the plunge and get computersavvy for the sake of their health.NSA chief executive Michael O’Neill said only 56 percent of Australians aged 65 and over have never usedthe internet despite research showing that seniorswho are computer literate reap many benefits.“While the internet offers a broad social network,research is highlighting the many health advantagesassociated with the use of the internet including lessdepression, less loneliness, more independence withproducts bought online and delivered to the doorplus the bonus of a memory boost,” Mr O’Neill said.“International studies have revealed that computeruse decreases depression in seniors and older babyboomers by 20%, as well as increasing brain activityin the areas of the brain that control language, memory,and visual ability.“This helps seniors stay mentally fit because it en-hances neural stimulation leading to better reason-

The big red car goes to Government House!

House, SydneyThe announcement wasmade back in January andthe investiture was heldin April 2010. Unfortu-nately The Wiggles were

on tour, flying the flag forAustralia and were un-able to attend the cer-emony. Her Excellencywas very keen to meetThe Wiggles so a special

ceremony was held onWednesday 15th Septem-ber to recognise theirachievements. They havebeen made Members inthe General Division ofthe Order of Australia fortheir service to children’sentertainment, and fortheir support for charitieslike Starlight Children’sFoundation and StVincent de Paul, as well asfor their work as UNICEFGoodwill Ambassadors.Jeff Fatt, the purpleWiggle said “it was a verymoving experience to berecognised in this way.Governor Bashir is a verywarm and welcoming per-son”.During the ceremony,Governor Bashir told TheWiggles how her grand-children were fans and itwas wonderful that TheWiggles were able tobring joy to so manypeople.

THE Nambour LapidaryClub Gemfest will be heldon Saturday 9th Octoberat the NambourShowgrounds. Over 120stalls including gems,crystals, opal, beads,jewellery, lapidary sales,demonstrations, read-ings, plus food and drinkoutlets. Onsite parkingfor a small donation to thePalmwood Scouts. Entry$4p/p children under 12free. Gates open 8.30amto 4.30pm.

Go surf the internet!ing and decision making according to the research,”Mr O’Neill said.Current health trends have highlighted that seniorstended to be relatively more passive in relation totheir healthcare and were uninformed about their ill-ness, medicines and treatments.“But those who are internet savvy are able to learnabout their illness, are more likely to ask questionsand to be more active in their treatment which resultsin a healthier life,” Mr O’Neill said.“Ironically, this information seems to be available onlyon the internet and not reaching the people who arein need of convincing,” Mr O’Neill said.He acknowledged that seniors, who had little or noexperience of computers, were afraid of breaking thecomputer or were overwhelmed by the technology.“There is a plethora of computer equipment designedfor seniors including bigger keyboards, a mouse forthose with fine motor skill problems, bigger screensalong with software designed specifically for seniors,”

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A “BIG Hello” to all our beanie knittersand future knitters. This little update isto advise that we delivered 2,436 bean-ies on the 21st July 2010, and this makesour grand total, since our first deliveryin November 2009 to 4,479. A verygrand effort by all our knitters.We intend returning to Mater Motherslate September and hope to have an-other 2,000 beanies to deliver to our newborn babies.We have also received 752 beanies fromour Toowoomba group of beanie knit-ters, thank you Yvonne, and also wegive credit to our 95 years “young”knitter from Gympie. Thank you.

THE Tewantin-Noosa Probus club has been operat-ing in the Noosa area for a number of years with greatsuccess, and has decided to lift the membership cap,so that more members can join in and enjoy the rangeof social activates we undertake to make sure thereare plenty of things available to keep everybody whowishes to participate fully occupied.We start off with a five day coach outing to Yamba inNSW. Then on Thursday 14th October, we have our

Tewantin-Noosa Probus Clubannual Car Treasure Hunt around the Hinterland ofNoosa and Melanie, including morning tea half wayaround, and Lunch at a suitable Hostelry at the end.We arrange Car sharing for the hunt so members thatare not keen to drive can share with someone else,and this make sure we have four people in each car toprovide plenty of eyes to find the clues on the way.We have a Coach trip in conjunction with anotherProbus Club to the Races at Corbould Park for theSunday October 17th meeting, and then finish on 2nd

November with a Melbourne Cup party at a membershouse in Peregian Springs. Most months we have aVisit to the Theatre or a dine out to a Local Restau-rant, but due to number of things on this month wehave had to leave that for next month.Our regular meeting is at the RSL club in Tewantin at9.30 am on the 4th Monday of the month, and we alsohave a regular meeting on the bank of the NoosaRiver on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 4.0 pm fordrinks and nibbles as the sun sets over the water.If you would like to join a friendly and lively Club tomake new friends from the Noosa area, this is theideal opportunity, so please phone our MembershipSecretary David Mosley on 5474 3082, or e-mail [email protected]. Do it now!

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1. What kind of creature is a luderick?2. How many years of marriage are celebrated at a silver anniversary?3. On what part of your body would you wear a fedora?4. What kind of animal is a vixen?5. Who was Australian of the Year in 2010?6. What stimulant is found in coffee?7. Which famous cottage stands in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens?8. Which Pacific nation was devastated by a tsunami in late September

2009?9. Which track in Papua New Guinea is well known for the heroic de

fence of Australian soldiers against the Japanese in World War II?10. Which fast food company uses the slogan “Eat fresh”?11. In which city are the 2016 Summer Olympics due to be held?12. Who is head of the Catholic Church in Australia?13. In what month did Julia Gillard become Prime Minister?14. What is the largest island in the Philippines?15. Where does the annual solar car challenge begin?16. What kind of creature is a Clydesdale?17. In which state or territory is Lorne?18. What do birds clean when they preen?19. How many events in a biathlon?20. What is half of a quarter?

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A special lady called Shirley Grant, who helped cham-pion the need for an increase in the pension back in2008, has a real need for a computer. At the timeShirley was seen on television demonstrating in thestreets. She even got asked to speak with the thenPrime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and the opposition leader

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Do any of our readers have acomputer that they don’t need?

Brendon Nelson on behalfof pensioners.Now Shirley isn’t a partof a political party or alobby group, she’s a pen-sioner who had hadenough at the time andspoke up. Recently hercomputer stopped work-ing, and it can’t be fixed.One of her greatest plea-sures is using a computerto surf the net and emailher friends, but with verylimited funds, she isn’table to buy a computer.We wondered if one ofour readers may have acomputer that still works,that they don’t need,which they would be in-terested in giving toShirley. With limitedspace where she lives, alap top or small screencomputer would be thebest. Please email Cherilat [email protected] if you canhelp out.

This year Mater Mothers anticipate inexcess of 10,000 births, that equates to28 births a day, so to our dear lady knit-ters, please keep those needles click-ing. Our beautiful mothers with theirnew born bundles of joy need youbeanies.Remember please ladies for those whodo not knit, donations of money or woolwill be greatly appreciated.Please contact Dawn Chalkley, c/- Liv-ing Choice Kawana Island RetirementVillage, Unit 7, 10 Marco Way, KawanaIsland – Phone No. 5493 2823, to ad-vise if you need us to arrange a pick upof your precious beanies.


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AUSTRALIA’S biggest talent quest forthose aged 55 and over is back biggerandbetter. Now in its fifth year Senior Su-perstar Sunshine Coast encourages alltypes ofperformers to come along and prove thattalent has no age limits. If you can sing,dance, play an instrument or are in aband come along. Or if you are a poet,magician, juggler, comedian even a ven-triloquist, all acts are welcome.The more variety the better! It’s easyto be a part of Senior Superstar. If youare aged 55 and over and live in theSunshine Coast Council or are a rate-payer then come along to auditions.

A NEW plastic driver licence is on itsway and it will be more secure and du-rable than the current laminated licence.The new Queensland Driver Licencewill be available from late 2010, and willbe the size of a credit card.The card’s features include:biometric imaging, replacing the old

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End is nigh for laminated driving licencesPolaroid photograph; visual securityfeatures such as hologram, special inks,watermark and shadowing; a securitychip storing product and personal in-formation.The licence project is a collaborationof divisions within the Department ofTransport and Main Roads.

Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast 2010Registration forms are available on theday or from seniorsuperstar.comIf you can’t make it to the auditionsplease let us know by contacting BecStephens on 0401 743 047. Senior Su-perstar Sunshine Coast AuditionsWednesday 6 October10am-1pm.at Living Choice Kawana Is-land Leisure Centre, 10 Marco Way,Kawana Island. Senior Superstar Sun-shine Coast is proudly supported by:The Sunshine CoastCouncil, Living Choice, The PublicTrustee, Sunshine FM, Sunshine CoastDailyand Channel 7. For updates go toseniorsuperstar.com

This includes staffing at council facili-ties, street and park litter recycling andcollections and waste infrastructure in-cluding landfills and resource recoverycentres.Cr Jones said that paying less than $3per week for this essential service isfair and equitable. She said that despitethe minimum waste charge, the Sun-shine Coast has one of the cheapestwaste services in comparableQueensland areas.“This decision, among many others,has actually resulted in reduced wastecharges for a vast majority of Caloundraresidents.“For instance a 240 litre service prior toamalgamation was $271. Now it is only$199.90. The 140 litre service was $160 -now it’s $151.30.For residents who do not fill theirweekly bin, council is reviewing thecharging system for 2011/12 to assesswhether low waste generators can bebetter rewarded in future,” Cr Jonessaid. “One way we already do this is byhaving a two tiered charging systemfor wheelie bins.“This means that residents who pro-duce less waste and opt for a smallerbin pay significantly less than thosewith a larger bin.”


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TWO years ago a resi-dent at Hibiscus Bell-flower Retirement Resortdecided she’d like to startup a croquet group. Sheput a notice up on thecommunity board, callinga meeting for those inter-ested and hoped that ahandful of residents mightshow up. Much to her de-

ECK Spiritual Discussion: How to Survive and Thrivein Our Times. Enrich your life with simple spiritualtechniques of Eckankar. Learn more! “We eventuallycome into full awareness of these divine laws, whichoperate whether we are aware of them or not.” HaroldKlemp: Love the Keystone of Life p 65. Discoverhow dynamic teachings of Eckankar can help you tosee divine love and guidance at work each moment inyour daily life. Sunday Oct 17th from 10.30-11.30am atthe Buderim Craft Cottage, next to the War MemorialHall, Cnr. Main & Church St. Buderim. Free. All wel-come. Contact Jennifer (07) 5496 5054 and/or visitwww.eckankar.org 1300 132 039.

THE Twin Waters VIEW Club (Voice, Interest andEducation of Women) is a friendship club for womenof all ages, will hold their next monthly luncheon meet-ing at Twin Waters Golf Club 11.00am, on Thursday14 October, 2010.You are assured of a warm welcome so come along,have some fun and make new friends. Our GuestSpeaker will be Kim Edwards, Director, Sea EnglishAcademy International, Winner 2009 SSC Woman ofthe Year. Please book with Carol 5450 5721.The next Social Function is on Thursday 28 October.We are having a High Morning Tea at: Flaxton Gar-dens, Flaxton, at 10.00am. $16.00 pp.This is a most beautiful setting with views all overthe Sunshine Coast.Some of you might like to spend sometime in the shopsand galleries at Montville afterwards. Book and payat October’s Luncheon meeting or phone MargaretMills on 5450 7289. Car pooling will be available.Please register your interest with Margaret and meetat Twin Waters Golf Club at 9.00am for 9.15am depar-ture.

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The grass is greener on the croquet courtlight – 20 residents at-tended the meeting andthe Hibiscus BellflowerCroquet Club was born.Little did they know thattheir club would becomevery popular in a shortspace of time.“We now have 70 mem-bers!” said PresidentKenn Rogers, “which is

rather amazing given wehaven’t been running forvery long. You could saywe’re bursting at theseams”.In fact, demand is so greatthat they’ve had toschedule extra playingsessions each week toaccommodate all the resi-dents. Interestinglyenough, none of the Bell-flower group had playedvery much croquet beforejoining. “We’re all begin-ners. I’d only had five les-sons before joining theHibiscus Bellflower Cro-quet Club and that mademe the most experiencedmember of the group so I

was dobbed in as presi-dent,” Kenn said.He believes the relaxedand fun atmosphere onand around the court isthe reason the club is sopopular.“From the very beginningwe decided that thiswasn’t going to be a com-petitive club but more ofa participatory group. Weencourage each other toenjoy the time on thecourt and have a laugh.It’s a very social environ-ment and I think that’swhat has drawn so manypeople to join,” he said.While other clubs focuson championships and

competitions…the Hibis-cus Bellflower CroquetClub is more interested insocial outings and theirend of year Christmasparty.“Of course we all enjoythe actual game and test-ing our skills out on thecourt, but for many of usit’s just a good excuse toconnect with our fellowresidents and enjoy lifetogether,” he said.For more information orto arrange a personalisedtour please call Ruth on5476 5155. Hibiscus Bell-flower is located at 118Bellflower Road, SippyDowns.

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THE Association of Independent Retirees (A.I.R.) next general meeting is onThursday October 14th at 9:45 am at the Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Lanyana Way.Topic “Investment Opportunities in Australian Engineering and Small Cap Shares”and Speaker: Roger Leaning, Executive Director - Research, RBS Morgans$5 pp inc morning tea. Visitors most welcome. Bookings are essential. Call 54720880 for further information.A.I.R. is a not for profit organisation fighting for the interests of self-funded andpartly self-funded retirees.

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IT is time again for the Caloundra Model RailwayAssociation Sale and Display Day.To be held at the Caloundra Arts Centre Assocbuilding (North Street Caloundra)opposite the Rydges OASIS resort on Saturday 9thOctober from 10am to 2pm.Entry is Free.Visits have been organized by The Moreland “HO”Model Rail Layout Display” and the “CherryBlossom Japan “N” scale very detailed display(where even the miniature vehicles have workingheadlights) also a working LEGO CollectionThe members of these Clubs will be bringing theirshow layouts. These layouts are complete withbuildings and scenery and will bring back somechild-hood memories to many visitors.Also on show will be one of the smaller “TT” scalelayout and children’s timber track setup withThomas and Friends and a Book-shop.An assortment of preloved railway rolling stock,great books and magazines, engines, track, build-ings and electrics will be on sale.This exhibition has been staged over many yearsand attracts a wide range of visitors from enthusi-asts to beginners as well as families.Club members will be on hand to offer friendlyadvice. Light refreshments available (very goodsausage rolls and drinks) Raffle of a choice ofDinner at the OASIS or a Model train set.Also a Saturday Family Pass on Mary ValleyHeritage Railway (The Rattler)Admission is Free. Note the Club will have a StaticDisplay of Model Trains on show at both theCaloundra and Kawana Libraries.

THE Rotary Club of Caloundra is holding a hugeBonza Bookfest on Friday & Saturday 22nd & 23rd

October. There will be thousands of good qualitybooks on sale at bargain basement prices. Bring ashopping bag you will be able to fill it for $5.The venue for the Bonza Bookfest is the CCSA Hallin Nutley St, Caloundra (behind the Events Centre).The sales will be all day Friday 22 and Saturday 23October.Be early for all the best bargains!The proceeds from the Bookfest will be used for a“Tranquility Garden” at the Palliative Care Unit of theCaloundra Hospital.

LOSING weight by yourself is hard! If you would liketo join a fun supportive group, with weekly nutri-tional talks to keep you on track and a trained WellnessCoach monitoring and supporting you then this isfor you!Each Community Weight Loss Challenge runs for 8-10 weeks. Regular weigh-ins and a full body analysishelp us to monitor your health as you trim the kilos.The focus is on healthy weight loss, using provenstrategies for success.So if you are serious about wanting to lose a kilo aweek, and more importantly learn how to keep it offfor life - then ring today to book your place!Could you be our next Biggest Loser? The eveningclass at Cooroy starts on 4 October and bookings areessential. Call Julie or Paul on 5447 7307. More infor-mation is available online at www.communitychallenge.info.

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THE Probus Club of Caloundra Central Inc. meets onthe fourth Tuesday of each month at 9am at theCaloundra Freemasons’ Centre, Third Avenue,Caloundra. It is a mixed club and members enjoy regu-lar guest speakers, outings and dinners. Activitiesplanned for October include a BBQ, Coffee and chatmorning tea, golf day and general meeting. If you areretired or semi retired and would like to meet folk withsimilar interests you are welcome to join with us at ameeting or outing. We currently have vacancies fornew members. For further information please phonePresident May on 5492 8608 or Secretary Vern on5491 6648.

MAROOCHYDORE Aglow Fellowship will meet again on Wednesday, 13th Oc-tober at 9.30am. Morning tea is served and the entry cost is $6.50. The guestspeaker will be Mrs Leonie Smythe of Redcliffe. Aglow is and InternationalChristian Women’s Organisation and women from all denominations are mostwelcome. For further information phone Kath Parry 5478 8034 or Jill O’Keefe 54484993.

THE Federal Government’s ‘Delivering for Seniors’package, if it goes ahead, will support and encourageolder Australians in the workforce, tackle age dis-crimination, support grandparent carers and help meetthe costs of living.‘Delivering for Seniors’ is designed to build uponLabor’s earlier reforms to the age pension.It includes a welcome $6,500 improved Work Bonusfor age pensioners who choose to do part time work,$4,000 worth of training and assessment to supportmature age workers, a dedicated Age DiscriminationCommissioner, new peer support for grandparent car-ers and new rules for reverse mortgages to protectseniors.

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AT the next monthly meeting to be held on Friday,1st October the guest speaker will be Fiona SimpsonM.P. Fiona’s subject “A Woman’s Role in Politics” isquite topical as there has been so much discussionon this matter over the past few months. You areinvited to come along and air your views on the sub-ject. Fiona also represented our state at the AnzacDay service in France this year and will share somememories with us. Meetings are held at the HeadlandBowls Club, Syd Lingard Drive, Buderim. Membersand visitors are invited to be there at 9.30 am for 10.00am start. Cost $5. Further enquiries to the President,Sheila on 5477 1038.

IF you have German ancestors, take note! For thesecond time this year, Genealogy Sunshine Coast arefortunate to be hosting guest speakers from “Unlockthe Past” at a morning seminar. On Saturday, 2 Octo-ber, at the Resource Centre in Petrie Park, Nambour,Eric Kopittke will take the first session at 9.30am onGerman research. For details go to the website http://sites.google.com/site/genealogysunshinecoastinc/and see the workshops section. Many of us havefamily (of any nationality) who were here in Australiain the 1900s: For the second part of the seminar, Rose-mary Kopittke will examine the hidden material thatcan be found in Australian Government, Police andEducation gazettes. These magazines list immigrants,land selection, government appointments, unclaimedletters, wills and intestacies, licences for timber, min-ing, hotels, you name it, and so many ordinary peopleare listed. To book phone 5441 4266 or [email protected] next meeting will be on Saturday, 9 October at

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Genealogy Sunshine Coast9.30am at the Resource Centre. Thanks to Nell forputting her hand up and becoming our new secre-tary. Merle’s Beginner Classes will be on the five Tues-days in November, 9.30am to 11.30am starting 2ndNovember. Ask anyone who has done this course inother years just how informative and entertaininggenealogy can be! Downloading a family tree fromthe internet is exciting when you think it is yours, buthow do you know for sure? Taking shortcuts can bedodgy. Merle is an experienced researcher who willset you straight on how to do it properly. The internetcan be a wonderful tool when it is used wisely. Librar-ies and archives hold even more treasures than thenet. Recording the source for each bit of informationis vital. To find out more about the Beginner Classes,to book for the course, or for any research queries,phone Merle on 5444 4648.See the website for details on Irish talks on Saturday,23 October with Dr Jennifer Harrison who has justreturned from a research trip to Ireland.

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THE Buderim Male Choir returns toCaloundra on 17 October for a specialconcert also featuring the Brisbane-based Vox Pacifica Chamber Choir. Itpromises to be a memorable event forchoral connoisseurs and music-loversin general.Brisbane-based Vox Pacifica ChamberChoir is a vocal sensation and prom-ises a few surprises for their only con-cert on the Sunshine Coast this year.It’s renowned for its diverse repertoireand varied programs, including piecesby classical choral masters, unique in-terpretations of popular modern songsand more. The choir of 16 singers rang-ing in age from 18-26 years attractsmusicians who’ve sung in extraordi-nary choral programs in secondaryschool. They now pursue different ca-reer paths but share a thirst for chal-lenging repertoire.The chamber choir’s musical directorand founder, Dr Debra Shearer-Dirié,

THE Buderim Male Choirwill hold a joint concertwith Maleny Singers atthe Maleny High School,Bunya Street, Maleny, at2pm, on Sunday October31. Guest Artists - MalenySingers and St Lucia Or-chestra. For further infor-mation phone Chris Dent5441 4136.

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also directs the Brisbane Concert Choir.Originally from Perth, she did post-graduate studies in the USA and Hun-gary. She now teaches at the Univer-sity of Queensland and mentors youngconductors in the Queensland region.The concert will also feature the vocalharmonies of the Buderim Male Choirwith selections from its expanded rep-ertoire. Under musical director BrendanScully, the Buderim Male Choir contin-ues its musical journey with a renewedcommitment to bringing quality enter-tainment to coast audiences followingthe choir’s hectic 35th anniversary yearin 2009. The concert will be held at theCaloundra Uniting Church, 56 QueenStreet, Caloundra, starting at 2.00pm onSunday 17 October. Admission is $15adults, $12 for concessions and free forunder-12s. Tickets can be purchasedat the door. Alternatively, phone 0429009 897 or [email protected] .

BUDERIM VIEW Clubwill be holding its lun-cheon meeting onWednesday 6th October,2010, at Clio’s onRosemount, 246 PetrieCreek Road, Rosemount.Ladies are requested tobe there at 11 am for 11.30am start.Guest speaker will beMargaret Donaldson –her topic is “Life in In-dia”. Our Club welcomesvisitors and new mem-bers who are looking forfriendship with interest-ing people as well as avariation of activities.You are assured of awarm welcome so comealong, have some funand make new friends.VIEW clubs are a valuedpart of the Smith family– funds raised are to as-sist the “Learning for LifeProgram” for children ofunderprivileged families.

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THIS year Guide DogsQueensland received acheque from the KawanaSenior Citizens towardstheir work on the Sun-shine Coast. The KawanaSeniors have elected anew Management Com-mittee now for 2010/11and the new Committeewill have a very busyyear, as plans for their 20th

Year Celebrations are al-ready in hand and theywill be held in August2011. This month the Se-niors will have a bus tripto ‘Silky Oaks’ near TinCan Bay, a Club BBQ atlunchtime in October & avisit to the Glass HouseSeniors Club. Finally inNovember, they will visitthe ‘Bush Bashers’ atEsk. Forward bookingsare now being taken forthe bus trips until the endof the year, especially

MUSIC has always played a big role inMolly’s life – her affinity with choirs,musical shows and dances meant thatshe could sing her way through life. Astime went on, whenever Molly sang,only the melody remained – absolutelynote-perfect – but the words were lost.Now, her family hardly ever hear Mollysing; the wonderful gift of music hasdeserted her.Molly has Alzheimer’s Disease. Theonce talented, caring and witty personwho would do anything to help othersnow needs help just to survive in thisworld.Music is often enjoyed by those suf-fering from Alzheimer’s Disease. It canassist with self-expression, relating toothers, relaxation and allowing pastmemories to come to the fore. Songscan help these people feel better aboutthemselves and the world around them.According to Alzheimer’s AustraliaResearch there are around 250,000 Aus-tralians with dementia and this numberis rising rapidly.On the Sunshine Coast alone there are5000 sufferers and most of them are

Molly’s Song – raising funds forAlzheimer’s research

cared for at home by family members.The valuable work of Alzheimer’s Aus-tralia Research is vital if we are to un-lock the secrets of this disease. ‘Molly’s Song’ is the name coined byLibby for her fund raising events; it cel-ebrates the role that music has playedin Molly’s life. In this way, Libby is de-termined to promote awareness andfundraise for an eventual cure. Will yousupport the cause? By participating ina special fund raising dinner andevening of music and song organisedby Libby Day (Molly’s daughter) youcan help advance the cause a little fur-ther.A fund raising dinner will be held atTewantin Noosa Golf Club, Cooroy-Noosa Road, Tewantin on Saturday 23October.The $65 charge includes a sumptuousMediterranean banquet by guest chefWayne Healey (RiverEdge Bistro), en-tertainment by ‘The Big Easy’ band andMC ‘Bilko” from Zinc FM radio and lotsof lovely lucky door prizes.Contact the Club on 5447 1407 (Ext 5)to make your bookings.

Sandra Cavanagh from Guide Dogs Queenslandand Guide Dog in Training, ‘Archie’, receiving thecheque from Kawana Senior Citizens outgoingPresident Bob Caves.

Kawana Senior Citizens – The Friendly Seniors Clubfrom all the new members,who they welcome to theSeniors Club. Cost of be-ing in this friendly Club isjust $3.00 per morning &yearly subs of $5. Eachmorning you will receivea Lucky Door Ticket thatcould win you spins onour wheel or one of 2 fruittrays also a meat tray

raffle.The Kawana Se-niors, start at 9.30 am. onThursday Mornings withmusical entertainment for1 hour and a delightfulMorning Tea to follow.Games are then playedthroughout the morning.Join this very FriendlySenior’s Club, who meetat the Kawana Commu-

nity Hall, just behind theKawana Shopping Worldin Nanyima St. Buddina,near the Kawana Library.Phone our new PresidentDawn Teichmann, on 54932275 for any enquires,about this very activeSenior’s Club of KawanaWaters. If you are lonely,come along and meet

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Caloundra Family History Research Inc.Scot, followed by a ques-tion and answer session.Members and visitors areencouraged to mark Sat-urday the 16th October intheir diary as attendanceat this seminar will be vi-tal to their Scottish re-search knowledge. Book-ings are essential, after-noon tea is included withthe Seminar, and the costfor visitors is $10.00. Free

attendance for members isanother advantage in be-longing to the CaloundraFamily History Researchgroup. Contact Valerie on5437 3879 until 12th Octo-ber, and June on 5493 2679from 13th October.As a trial until Christmas,the group has extendedresearch times at therooms at the Guide Hut inArthur Street to include

the morning of the thirdThursday of the month.The general meeting isthen held from 1.30pm onthat day. If the extra timeis well patronised, this willbecome a permanent partof the research times of-fered, from the commence-ment of 2011. Revisedresearch times formembers and visitors areevery Saturday and thirdThursday from 9.30am to12.30pm and every otherThursday from 9.30am to4.00 pm.The library holds over1600 items for members toborrow, and volunteersare always on duty to as-sist members on how touse the group’s assets.Information on detailsconcerning research,meetings, special interestgroups and seminars, canbe obtained from Jocelynon 5494 9807 or June on5493 2679.For those with ancestorsin Europe, interest groupshold 2 hour specialisedmonthly research ses-sions at the rooms. Somuch more knowledgecan be gained this way asmembers are keen to helpeach other. Meeting timesare as follows:- Scotlandsession on the first Satur-day of the month at10.00am. German session

on the first Thursday ofthe month at 1.00pm. Ire-land session on the thirdThursday of the month at11.00am and the England& Wales on the fourthThursday at 1.00pm.The Caloundra FamilyHistory Research groupwas privileged to presentDr Jon Prangnell, SeniorLecturer in Archaeologyat the School of SocialScience, University ofQueensland, at thegroup’s general meetingon the 16th September. DrPrangnell, the Director ofthe university’s Archaeo-logical Services Unit,spoke about his work onthe Excavation of the oldNorth Brisbane BurialGround, the original FreeSettlement cemetery(1843-1875) which was onthe site where the

Suncorp Stadium nowstands. He has been in-volved in a number of ex-cavations in Queensland,including the search forthe first British Settlementin Queensland, atRedcliffe, and the excava-tion of an 1890’s gold min-ing town on the banks ofthe Burnett River.The group recently heldits Annual General Meet-ing and the Committeewas re-elected with oneexception, due to illness.Margaret Ridings hasnow been elected to theposition of Technical Of-ficer, replacing LorrieBardzo, who has been re-sponsible for an immea-surable contribution inthis, and other areas, es-pecially during the pastyear.The President, Jocelyn

Morgan, read her AnnualReport and emphasised anet increase of seven percent in membership dur-ing the year. This wasdue mainly because of thetireless efforts of a dedi-cated management teamwhich continuallysearches for ways to im-prove services for mem-bers, such as provision ofquality guest speakers,trips, library purchasesand management, publi-cation of the quarterlyClipper magazine, index-ing work, plus the ‘be-hind the scenes’ contribu-tions by all the Commit-tee, together with manyother helpers.Without these volun-teers, the group wouldnot function so success-fully, and all were thankedby Jocelyn.

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Buderim Medical – Buderim Marketplaceif you are outdoors. Lipsare also susceptible toskin cancer too, so makesure that you apply abroad spectrum sun pro-tective lip balm as well.Buy a new sunscreen –check the use by dates ofyour sunscreen bottles –get rid of any old out-dated sunscreen as thesun protecting propertieswill not work if it is out ofdateHydrate your body –make sure that you drinkplenty of water through-out the day – 8 glassesper day is the minimumrecommendation. Keepcool and take cool show-ers if hot, you can evenmist yourself with a spraybottle to cool down.Wear protective clothing– consider wearing longsleeve shirts, wide brimhats and sunglasses inthe peak heat of the daybetween 10am and 3pm.Twelve monthly skinscans/checks are critical.These are important tokeep you in touch withany skin issues orchanges to your skin.Twelve monthly skinchecks are a very impor-tant part of your regularcheck ups. Some skin can-cers are very obvious butothers will not be recog-nized by the patient them-selves. A regular molescan allows these skincancers to be detectedand treated earlier at atime when a cure is pos-sible. Travel advice is an-other area in which thepractice is heavily in-volved. By providing thecorrect advice and travelvaccinations for thecountry you are visiting,we can prevent the localhospital becoming part ofyour itenary. Good healthwhile travelling is due togood planning. Makesure you discuss your re-quirements for travellingat least one month priorto leaving.The winter season ofcoughs , colds and the fluis behind us. Howeverapart from the very impor-tant yearly flu vaccina-tion, another very impor-tant vaccine is now pro-tecting our older citizensfrom severe respiratorydisease such as pneumo-nia. The vaccine is calledthe pneumococcal vac-cine (pnuemovax) and isgiven to all those over 65yrs of age or younger ifsuffering from a chronicmedical condition. Thisvaccine can be given nowand is them repeated in 5yrs time.If you have any symptomthat you feel might be re-lated to a heart attack or astroke, it is vital that youcall an ambulance imme-diately. These conditionsnow have treatmentsavailable to save your life,if the treatments can bestarted soon enough af-

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THE Probus Club of Nambour’s bi-monthly coach trip was to the RailwayWorkshops Museum at Ipswich. It wasenjoyed by the men but most of theladies were left wondering what all theexcitement was about, as there were anumber of “train buffs” as well as onemember who spent fourty five yearsworking for QR and had worked withthe various classes of steam and dieselelectric locos exhibited. Our guide,Scotty, explained in detail the variouswork taking place in the black smith’sshop. On display is a skeleton paintedin the colours of the Gold Coast Titansrugby league club. It was made by oneof the welders from broken pieces ofrail equipment. Each year at State ofOrigin time some person, yet to be de-tected, paints it blue. Two steam locosof particular interest are an AC16 and aBeyer-Garret. The AC16 is an American

GOING green does notnecessarily require a greatdeal of money or effort. Infact, the process of goinggreen can be relativelyeasy and can save bothtime and money.Did you know that it takesapproximately 3 times theamount of water in a wa-ter bottle to actually makethe water bottle? Not onlydoes the plastic from thewater bottle end up in alandfill but the amount ofenergy required to makethe bottles is extremelycostly and wasteful. Tryusing reusable water con-tainers made of materialssuch as glass.Mobile phone and laptopchargers can be energy

SUNSHINE Coast Council will be hosting a commu-nity engagement forum to discuss access and mobil-ity in the community on Thursday 4 November from8:30am to 1pm at the Millwell Road Community Cen-tre, Maroochydore. The forum will be particularly rel-evant to people with disabilities, carers, senior citi-zens with mobility issues, mothers with prams, repre-sentatives from Community and Disability supportservices, community members and representativesfrom local businesses and government departmentswho have concerns with disability and mobility is-sues. For further information phone 5441 8450.

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Baldwin class originally intended for thePhilippines; but due to the Japaneseinvasion of those islands they were di-verted to Australia and were used upto about 1956. The Beyer-Garret wasbuilt in Manchester England and wasthe largest and most powerful steamloco used by QR for heavy freight haul-age. The guest speaker at the club’sAugust meeting was Fiona Marshall,who practices as a Physic Consultantand a Laughter Yoga Coach. While de-tails of her work as a Physic was some-thing new to most of us it was her ex-planation regarding Laughter Yoga thatproved to be a light hearted interlude.Fiona decorated a number of the audi-ence with novelty hats, and then pro-ceeded to demonstrate and encourageall to participate in the various kinds oflaughter to relieve stress and other con-ditions.

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EVER thought you might like to contribute any ofyour spare time back to the community. Keeping ac-tive in your community is encouraged by a range ofauthorities, so why not join the 34% of Australianadults engaged in volunteering.We at Volunteering Sunshine Coast urgently requirevolunteers to assist us in our endeavours to providebasic services to our clients. This would require a

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SCAMS come in allshapes and sizes andanyone can be a victim,Fair Trading Minister Pe-ter Lawlor has warnedQueensland seniors. “The Office of Fair Trad-ing received 2,173 com-plaints relating to scamslast year and peopleyoung and old were vic-tims,” he said.“Scammers reachpeople’s homes throughmultiple means - it mightcome in your letter box,email inbox, via a tele-phone call or knock at thedoor.“Unfortunately manyscam victims don’t reporttheir experience because

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Seniors warned to be scam smartthey feel humiliated whenthey realise they havebeen duped - they’d ratherbear the loss out of fearof embarrassment.“Seniors may be more atrisk of falling prey or notspeaking out becausethey might not recognisenewer types of scams orknow where to go forhelp.”Mr Lawlor said manyscams centred on makingyou believe you wouldget easy money, greatprizes, or a way out of fi-nancial hardship by tak-ing up the scammer’s of-fer.“Other scammers mightpretend they are from anauthority or organisationand need to check some-thing from you for a per-sonal particular and seem-ingly legitimate purpose.“Professional lookingwebsites, letters, bro-chures, emails, leafletsand callers are usuallyused when contactingyou.“In almost all cases,you’re asked to pay asmall fee or divulge somesort of personal informa-tion – perhaps identifyingdetails or your bank ac-count information to reapthe reward.”Mr Lawlor said the bestway to protect yourself is

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US shares are likely to re-main constrained andvolatile in the yearsahead. Nevertheless, theseverity of the Australianfinancial crisis at the timeis instructive in remindinginvestors there can be acontinuing recovery aftersuch events and once itbecomes clear a doubledip into recession is nothappening there is plentyof upside for share mar-kets over the year ahead.Now is a good time toconsult with your finan-cial adviser to take bestadvantage of the currentmarket influences.For more Informationcontact Tim Maher atMaher Digby SecuritiesPty Ltd - Financial Ad-visers – AFSL No. 230559(see advert Page 3). Ph:

months are often muchtougher – with 8% aver-age gains in US sharesand 6% average gains inAustralian shares.This pattern certainly hasplayed out over the past2 years.The tougher performancein the second year usu-ally reflects either worriesabout a tightening inmonetary policy once the

economic recovery is un-derway or worries abouta double dip into reces-sion. In the US, Europeand Japan this year it haslargely been a case of thelatter.It is interesting to notethat the US economy andshare market seems to begoing through somethingvery similar to what theAustralian economy and

share market wentthrough in the early 1990s.Back in the early 1990sAustralia was strugglingto throw off the effects ofa severe recession that inpart had its origins in ex-cessive corporate lendingby the banks in the late1980’s.There are numerous par-allels between Australia inthe early 1990s and theUS today: the size andscale of the financial cri-sis, the collapse in prop-erty markets, the slow job-less recovery and the con-tinuing contraction inbank lending.So far the US share mar-ket is tracking similar tothe experience of the Aus-tralian share market backthen, with a sharp bearmarket, strong gains in

the first year of recovery,followed by weakness inthe second year on theback of double dip fears.And since the short-termswings in the Australianshare market are (irratio-nally) heavily influencedby the US share market, ithas been following theUS today even though itseconomy is in far bettershape now.Of course the US today ismore fragile than Austra-lia in the early 1990s,which had much lowerlevels of public andhousehold debt and wasa much smaller country sogained immensely from aglobal economic recov-ery. So the US recovery isunlikely to be as strongas seen in Australia in1993 and the returns from

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VIEW is a nationwide self-governed women’s organisation formedin 1960 by The Smith Family as a service to women and the com-munity.Through strong VIEW networks, women are empowered to achievenew skills and confidence and give voice to issues of nationalconcern. Communities benefit through the commitment of themore than 21,000 women of VIEW to the provision of educationaloutcomes for Australia’s disadvantaged children and families.Cooroy VIEW Club meets for a Luncheon at the Cooroy Hotel thesecond Tuesday of each Month and have socials and other activi-ties available as they support each other in friendship. At ourSeptember luncheon we had the pleasure of Stephanie Somerville- author - with the stories of the Methodist Nurses in the early1940’s and 50’s in the outback and her book “Angels of Augustus”.Our next luncheon will be on the 12th October 2010 with a Guestspeaker from VITALCALL. For more enquiries and essential book-ings please call Grace Taylor 5471 1364 or Lal Vider 5449 1902.

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ON the 4th Friday of each month the MaroochydoreVIEW Club meets at the Maroochy Surf Club,Alexandra Parade, Maroochydore for a luncheonmeeting. Ladies are asked to be there by 11 am for an

Maroochydore VIEW Club11.30 am start. Cost is $19.00 for a two course lunchwith tea and coffee available. A lift is available to thesecond floor and there is ample parking.One of the interesting aspects of the MaroochydoreVIEW Club is the variation we experience as mem-bers. Our guest speaker for Friday 22nd October iswell known author Judith McNeil speaking on herpublication “The Girl with the Cupboard Port.”Our social activities held once a month cover bustrips to Brisbane, we will this month attend theValentino Exhibition, boat trips, luncheons at vari-ous venues, all happy events to promote the friend-ship side of VIEW which stand for Voice, Interestsand Education of Women.Our Club welcomes new ladies in the area who arelooking for friendship with interesting people, varia-tion of activities and a sense of value knowing thatmoney generated by VIEW goes to The Smith Familyto help disadvantaged children in their Learning forLife Program.These children are then able to fully participate inAustralian life. Money raised by VIEW activities isalso used to provide education scholarships for TheSmith Family children.If you would like to know more about VIEW Clubsplease phone Joanne 5445 3079.As members are on the lunch list if you are unable toattend this month or you wish to bring a guest, pleasephone Joanne before 6 pm Tuesday 19th October.

The 40’s and 50’s swing music is back.Do you want to jive, dance or just tapyour feet.Then the Urban Swing Big Band is foryou. The great music of Shaw DorseyMiller era is played with style by a 16piece swing band.The group will be playing on Saturday2nd October at the Kawana CommunityHall, Nanyima Street, Buddina from 7.30-10.30pm. The cost is $20 members, $25non members.BYO refreshments. For bookings phoneTed 5491 6017 or Helen (credit cards).This concert is presented by the Sun-shine Coast Jazz club and 104.9 Sun-shine FM.

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THERE has never been a better time toplan for your future with a Will madeprofessionally and at no cost to you,by the friendly staff at the SunshineCoast or Nambour Public Trustee Of-fices. “If the unforseen happens andyou do not have a Will, it can placeextra pressure on your loved ones dur-ing a time of grief and stress,” cautionsThe Public Trustee of Queensland, Pe-ter Carne. “When someone dies with-out a Will it can result in delays andcostly legal processes. “By planningnow you can outline your wishes forhow you would like your estate man-aged,” Mr Carne said. In addition topreparing your Will and providing free,safe document storage, The PublicTrustee of Queensland can also be ap-pointed as the Executor of your Will.Our professional team is experiencedin providing Executor services.We have been serving Queenslandersfor over 94 years. “Managing a de-ceased estate requires knowledge of

‘The Magic of Mozart’ at3pm on Sunday 3 Octo-ber in the BicentennialHall. The program is a

gorgeous mix of Mozart athis graceful, delicate best- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- and his most dramati-

cally powerful - The Re-quiem. Two other gemsput the icing on the cake– Ave Verum and ReginaCoeli.As a member of The TenTenors from 1998 to 2007,David Kidd performedaround the country aswell as overseas. In 2002he received the Cente-nary Medal for Outstand-ing Contribution to theAustralian Music Indus-try. David has recordedon albums totalling over1.3 million sales world-wide.His career highlights withthe Tenors include re-cording at Abbey Roadand Sir George Martin’sAir Studios, being a guestat the 2005 Emmy Awardsin The Shrine Auditoriumin Los Angeles and sing-ing with the London Phil-harmonic Orchestra inRoyal Albert HallFor Opera QueenslandDavid has played thePrince of Persia inTurandot, Raoul de St.Brioche in the MerryWidow and toured asiconic Australian tenorDonald Smith in WaltzingOur Matilda.David will be joined bythree other soloists, bari-tone, Ryan Farrell, so-

prano, Jennifer Turnbulland mezzo soprano, Geor-gia Hawes. Georgia wonthe Dame JoanSutherland Scholarshipand People’s ChoiceAward in Noosa in 2005and has gone on to winother awards including a2009 Peter MitchellChurchill Fellowship, tostudy with leading inter-national experts in thefield of operatic/vocal in-terpretation and perfor-mance.The magic of Mozart is

that his music becomesfresher the more oftenyou hear it. Call it magi-cal or miraculous, Mozartalso envisaged his com-positions complete andperfectly formed in hismind, compositionswhich marry passion withflawless musical formsexpressed with ease andgrace. Fresh from his tri-umph of a prolongedstanding ovation for theSt Matthew Passion, Con-ductor, Adrian King, willnow delight Noosa audi-

ences with this Mozartfeast. For an afternoon ofstunningly beautiful mu-sic, book now for TheMagic of Mozart.Tickets are $28, conc. $25,school students $12.Bookings 5447 4561 or atCollins Booksellers,Noosa Civic; Written Di-mension Bookshop, TheJunction; River Read,Thomas Street,Noosaville; Annie’sBooks, Peregian and Pos-sums Books and Coffee,Cooroy.

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ONE of our biggest fears about retirement may not be givingup the hustle and bustle of the working world but remainingsocially connected. After all, with your co-workers, you haveprobably made some close personal friendships.In retirement, you can still maintain these friendships and de-velop new friendships as well. You can stay socially connectedduring retirement and don’t have to alienate yourself. To do so,you simply have to be willing to put forth the effort.Stay in touch with ex-colleagues - there’s no getting around it,your co-workers are important to you and therefore you shouldstay connected to them. Make sure that you contact them byphone or meet your friends for lunch dates. Not only will thiskeep your connection strong but it will also ensure that youremain up to date on past work happenings and keep yourfriends from work.Create meaningful relationships - now is the time to create newmeaningful relationships. To do this, you should connect withfamily, friends and neighbours too. Perhaps you can engage inafter-retirement activities that will enable you to improve theserelationships.Foster relationship with your spouse - now that you’re retired,you should have more time to spend with your spouse. Takesome time to get romantic with them. See if the two of you canre-spark a flame or perhaps develop mutual interests. Build a strong social network - This can be accomplished byvolunteering at your favourite non profit organisation, enroll-ing in a class, or joining a group.Join a club - you can connect with like-minded people by join-ing a club or a social group. Just make sure that it is an activitythat you enjoy and will get excited about.Participate in volunteer work - join a worthy cause to be intouch with people. Try to help those less privileged. Alterna-tively, you can spread awareness about the burning issuesthat concern you. It will be an enriching experience for you too.Explore a hobby - in exploring this hobby, join a group of peoplewho also have this interest such as a knitting club or croquetclub. This will increase your interaction with people with simi-lar interests. Re-educate yourself - participate in classes andlearn something new with other people. Make sure that youkeep a positive and friendly attitude and you’ll meet new peopleall the time.Connect with family- this is a wonderful way to remain con-nected with your children, and your grand children, with whomyou may not have fostered a close relationship during yourworking life.

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FOR true village atmosphere and affordable Sunshine Coastretirement living that also includes activities that you reallywant to pursue, look no further than beautiful Immanuel Gar-dens Retirement Village at Buderim.This really is the best of all worlds. Conveniently located inthe heart of the Sunshine Coast, yet tucked away on the lowerslopes of Buderim Mountain, Immanuel Gardens RetirementVillage is a picture perfect place to live.Every unit has been designed with a pleasant outlook, somewith sea views, others with bushland backdrops but every-one has a stunning garden vista.The Village has a total of 93 Independent Living Units, with amixture of one, two andthree bedroom units andhas the extra advantageof low and highcare whenrequired to give the op-tion of your home ourcare. Complementing the beau-tiful surroundings yetwell-spaced for privacy,all units include qualityfixtures and fittings:stove, floor coverings,security screen doors,overhead fans with otherinclusions variable ac-cording to each unit.Most units have an at-tached lockable garagewith electric roller doorsso parking your car iseasy.Visitors car parking is pro-vided nearby. An “emer-gency” call system is alsoavailable for those whorequire additional peaceof mind.Rest assured, we do keepwaiting lists if a unit youare interested in is pres-ently unavailable.Immanuel Gardens has itsvery own CommunityCentre, complete withsparkling pool and spa –perfect for swimming orjust to cool down.The pool is shaded soyou can relax outdoorsany time of the day and isfully equipped for wheel-chair access too.For total indulgence, thespa awaits to soothe yourcares away.The Community Hall hasa grand auditorium com-plete with dance floor andstage, suitable for a vari-ety of concerts and enter-tainment, as well as amulti-use games roomwhere residents play in-door bowls and billiards.Very popular on Fridaynights!Immanuel Gardens has ev-erything you need.All essential services arevirtually on your doorstep.

Everyday necessities such as milk andnewspaper deliveries are easily arrangedthrough local providers. Local pharma-cies deliver prescriptions and a podiatristis available every fortnight.For your regular beauty needs, thevillage has its own professional Hair-dressing Salon.You can attend one of the many regularativities, borrow books from our libraryor attend our Fellowship Lunch.Sunday worship services are alsoprovided within the Village facilities.Shopping is always a pleasure as theregion has a abundance of retail centres.With so much choice, shopping’s abreeze!You can drive there yourself or ourImmanuel Gardens Bus will take you

shopping in air-conditioned comfort to the Sunshine PlazaShopping Centre at Maroochydore or to Kawana ShoppingCentre, just past Mooloolaba twice a week.With an emphasis on continuous improvement andquality care, Immanuel Gardens Retirement Village iscommitted to enhancing the range of services it provides, tomeet the ever-increasing demands and expectations of theindividuals who make up the community it serves.For more details please call Immanuel Gardens between8.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday on: 5456 7600or visit our website: www.lccqld.org.au



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MANY baby boomers plan to keep working and earn-ing money during their retirement years, but will al-ternate between periods of work and leisure, accord-ing to a survey in the US by Merrill Lynch, and it mayhold true in Australia too.The New Retirement Survey builds on the conven-tional wisdom that many baby boomers are not inter-ested in pursuing a traditional retirement of leisure.Created with guidance from gerontologist and au-thor Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., The New Retirement Sur-vey offers a preview of the different lifestyles,workstyles and recreation activities that babyboomers envision for their future.While 76% of baby boomers intend to keep workingand earning in retirement, on average they expect to“retire” from their current job/career at around age64, and then launch into an entirely new job or career.Taking advantage of their “longevity bonus,” babyboomers will create a whole new life stage. The AgePension originally established the “normal” retirementage at 65, but since that time life expectancy for a 65-year-old has increased by over seven years and con-tinues to lengthen. As a result of living longer, babyboomers plan to be “younger” longer and to worklonger.Most baby boomers who responded to the surveywill stop working for pay and retire in the traditionalsense at some point. However, that phase is morelikely to begin in the late 60’s than at age 60 or 65.Baby boomers in the survey rejected a life of eitherfull-time leisure or full-time work. When asked abouttheir ideal work arrangement in retirement, the most

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common choices among baby boomers in the surveywould be to : repeatedly “cycle” between periods ofwork and leisure (42%); have part-time work (16%);start their own business (13%); work full time (6%).Only 17% of the baby boomers in the survey reportedthat they hope to never work for pay again.The unpredictable cost of illness and healthcare isby far baby boomers’ biggest fear. They are threetimes more worried about a major illness (48%), theirability to pay for healthcare (53%) or winding up in anursing home (48%), than about dying (17%).Financial preparedness is the gateway to retirementfreedom and the antidote to retirement phobia. Accu-mulating the resources baby boomers believe theyneed for retirement freedom (81%), rather than age(56%) or any other variable, was cited as the mostdecisive factor for when they choose to retire.Baby boomers who have a plan and feel prepared aretwice as optimistic and far less fearful compared withthose who do not.



A GROUP of Japanese students found a room full offriendly folk willing to lend an ear as they sharpenedtheir English speaking (and singing!) skills during anafternoon with residents of Hibiscus Noosa OutlookRetirement Resort. The students, aged between 15and 19, are bettering their English during a 19-daystudy tour with Noosa Heads language school, Glo-bal Village.Parading the striking colours of traditional Japanesedress, the students presented residents with an ex-quisite hand-made origami paper crane wall hanging,customarily given to older people as a symbol of goodhealth.Good humour abounded with the group’s renditionof a favourite Australian folk song, Waltzing Matilda.Residents joined in on the singing after manystudents were left tongue-tied with the Aussie lyrics.After demonstrating the customary Japanese teadrinking ceremony the students swapped traditionsto experience a true-blue Aussie afternoon tea, withloads of lamingtons of course!And in true Japanese style, the students had gifts foreveryone, much to the joy of residents who eachreceived a handmade origami paper cranes as akeepsake, complete with handwritten messages inKatakana.For more information about Hibiscus Noosa Outlookor to arrange a personalised tour, please call TrevorPhillips on 07 5449 9850 or visit www.primelife.com.au

Hibiscus hostsAussie afternoon forJapanese students

Kanako akahara and Mikako Tsujino performthe tea ceremony

BEFORE deciding to take early retirement from yourjob, stay home for a week and watch daytimetelevision. - Unknown wise personWe have no porch, no rocking chair - and no time.My biggest need is a calendar because there are somany things to do. Now I encourage people to retire— the younger the better. - Maurice MusholtEveryone who does not work has a scheme that does.- Munder’s LawA great pleasure in life is doing what people say youcannot do. - Walter GagehotWhen is the right age to retire? When you dreadgoing to work. - Mary Bright

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Here’s 20 good reasons to consider the move to Laguna Estate today!1. No stamp duty on purchase.2. Plenty of new friends to meet.3. Organised social events and outings.4. Flat grounds for easy walking.5. 24 hour emergency call system.6. Courtesy bus.7. Library.8. BBQ areas.9. Billiards Room.10. Three swimming pools.11. Three Community Centres.12. Boat & Caravan Storage.13. Indoor and Outdoor Bowls.14. Regular security patrols.15. Aldi Shopping Centre around the corner.16. Minutes to new German Bakery.17. Walk to restaurants and cafes.18. Close to Noosa River.19. Klms of scenic walking paths.20. Close to golf courses, fishing, sailing, bushwalking,

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www.gympievillas.com.auCALOUNDRA’S luxuryMonaco complex is con-tinuing its strong salespace with a recent million-dollar-plus apartment saleunderpinning a record six-month period for thesleek, CBD-inspired de-velopment. HenzellsAgency says astute pur-chasers were swoopingon the premium apart-ments providing a supe-rior location, views, facili-ties and finish. In the pastsix months, Monaco hasrecorded 15 sales for acombined value of morethan $10 million. This in-cludes a luxury three-bed-room penthouse apart-ment purchased by retiredprofessional couple Hans

RETIREMENT is about enjoying lifeyour way - exploring interests, seekingout new challenges and opportunities,and realising your dreams. It’s aboutthe life you’ve worked so hard to de-serve.Within three decades the number ofAustralians over 65 years of age willmore than double and they’ll make upalmost a quarter of the population. Asa result, governments have been urg-ing older Australians to stay in thework force longer so economic growthwon’t slow.If you’re 60-plus but feeling like retire-ment is not an option for you, you’renot alone. In the future, many peoplewill have to work well into their 70s.Financial stress is a major factor amongthose who keep working: those whostill have mortgages are about twice aslikely to be employed after 65 as thosewith no mortgage payments to make.

Retirement not an option for someThe dominant factor in the comingyears will be something to which mostpeople are only just beginning to payattention: the rapid growth of the olderpopulation and the rapid shrinking ofthe younger generation.Employers will need to become muchmore flexible. As baby boomers hit their50s and 60s, many of them are likely towant to serve as part-timers and con-sultants or to take on special assign-ments. Retirement used to signal theend of a productive life for workers, butmore and more, and for varying reasons,retirement is seen as a transition pointfor beginning a new phase of your life.For those approaching retirement, theremay be options: it could be a time todevelop a strategy to work fewer hours,try a new career or business, learn newskills and further your education, orgive back through volunteering, andenjoy life.

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and FrederikaWesterman, formerly ofNew Farm.The Westermans’ havetravelled extensivelyoverseas and resided inmany locations through-out Australia before set-tling on an apartment inMonaco, Caloundra.“We knew we had comeacross something excep-tional when we first in-spected Monaco,” Hansand Frederika said.The apartment offers anopen plan kitchen, diningand lounge area with pan-oramic water views. Itfeatures three large bed-rooms with the secondbedroom designed to beused as either a large bed-

room or family/TV room.Designed to maximise thebest of Queensland living,it has a huge balcony offthe living area and masterbedroom capturingbreathtaking 180 degreeviews of PumicestonePassage, Moreton andBribie Islands, the Glass-house Mountains andbeyond.Prices for the remaining 30prestige units range from$445,000 for a one bed-room apartment on levelsix up to $1,395,000 for athree bedroom penthouseon level 12.Monaco sets a newbenchmark for residentialliving in Caloundra, offer-ing the perfect blend of

coastal urban sophistica-tion at a realistic price.Unique selling points in-cluded its great locationin the vibrant CBD juststeps away fromCaloundra’s waterfront

precinct, incredible viewsand the fact that the unitsare offered brand new.“Opportunities to pur-chase brand new almoston the water’s edge andright in town are few and

far between and will be-come extremely rare in thefuture,’’ Henzells ProjectConsultant ChristineAlles said. Located oppo-site Monaco in OtrantoAvenue, Caloundra, the

sales office is open dailyfrom 10am to 4pm. CallBev Caldwell or ChristineAlles on (07) 5491 1824 orregister online atwww.monacocaloundra.com.au.

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TO gain access to a retirement village you must havereached 55 years of age or have retired from full timeemployment. Once you have made a decision thatthis lifestyle will suit you, speak to your solicitor orlawyer about the fee and legal structures for suchvillages, as contracts are many and varied.The financial implications of moving to a retirementvillage can be complex and comparing retirement vil-lages with varying legal structures and departure feestructures can be difficult, so make sure you speak toyour solicitor and financial planner for as much infor-mation as possible.Each State and Territory has enacted specific legisla-tion that regulates the operation of retirement villages.The legislation in each area is different and has itsown definition of what is and what is not a retirementvillage.In some cases the legislation applies differently todifferent legal structures and contractual arrange-ments. Particular legal structures and contractual ar-rangements may also attract the application of otherlegislation, such as strata title, community title, com-panies and securities, manufactured home or tenancylegislation.Departure fees are particularly important and particu-larly difficult to fully understand. There are well overa dozen different departure fee structures and theyare a key factor in determining how much you (oryour estate) get back when you leave the village.Depending on your financial resources, how muchyou get back could well determine or limit your futureaccommodation choices.

DEFYING property pre-dictions, Pebble BeachRetirement Communityhas all but sold out of itscurrent stages and is wellon the way to completingStage 7 of its freehold re-tirement development atSandstone Point nearBribie Island with the nextstage due to commence inthe next couple of weeks.The retirement commu-nity is unique because itsownership structuremeans residents have all

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enchanted with the highfees associated with tra-ditional retirement com-munity models and thesubstantial portions ofcapital gains usually for-feited in exit fees shouldthey one day decide tosell,” he said.Pebble Beach propertieson the other hand arecompletely freehold.“Owners enjoy the free-dom to sell their homes bywhichever means theychose, at whatever pricethey wish and thereforeretain control and all theircapital gains.”The Pebble Beach Retire-ment Community is lo-cated at Sandstone Point,the launch point to BribieIsland on the SunshineCoast. Mr Jackson saidthis was one of the fast-est growing retirementdestinations in the coun-try. “Pebble Beach is only15 minutes drive fromCaboolture, 45 minutes toBrisbane and only min-utes to Bribie Island,” hesaid. “The community en-joys pole position in rela-tion to transport links, lo-cal clubs and servicesand an abundance ofnatural beauty and recre-ational opportunities pro-vided by neighbouringnature reserves, fishingspots and sheltered wa-terways.” For further in-formation freecall 1800608 377.



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Free yourself from the shackles of the family homeFact: Ask the vast majority of residents living in anyretirement village and they’ll tell you that “they wishthey’d made the move many years earlier.”Locally, one of the best examples of modern retire-ment living is Noosa Waters Retirement Estate. Thereare 76 spacious 2 & 3 bedroom villas with qualityfittings and fixtures, set in beautifully landscapedtropical gardens that are fully maintained and provid-ing the secure feeling you get from living in a gatedcommunity.So if you’re over 55 (not necessarily retired), the kidshave gone and you’re ready to free yourself from theshackles of the family home, to realize your true inde-pendence and make new friends, please feel free tocontact our on-site manager, Roy Crombie on 54744480 to find out how you could take advantage of thisstress-free lifestyle that Noosa Waters RetirementEstate has to offer. “We think we’re Noosa’s best”

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MOVING from your largerfamily home and its well-trodden surroundingscan be a major decision.However, you don’t haveto give up the idea of afree standing home andfamiliar neighbours. Youcan still relax in the peaceand tranquility of a realcommunity at ClaremontResort Park Ridge.Claremont Resort in Lo-gan offers the best in allaspects of over 50s resortstyle living. Claremontdispel the major fears thatover 50s want to avoidwhen considering resortliving.In the fully fencedClaremont Resort, thereare no deferred manage-ment fees and no exit fees,and 100% capital gain

AS time goes on and the body ages, we may not havethe option to stay in our own home. The publicationcalled ‘Accommodation choices for older Australiansand their families: what older Australians and theirfamilies need to know’ provides practical advice andoptions relating to a large range of issues concerningaccommodation choices for older people.It contains practical information about the many ac-commodation options available at and beyond retire-ment, and information on finances and how livingarrangements may impact on pension payments. Italso provides practical advice on selling the familyhome whilst on the pension, as well as the implica-tions of renovating, moving in with family or havingto live apart from a spouse.The guide includes help for families from culturallyand linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as helpfor Indigenous Australians.Copies are available by calling the Department ofFamilies, Housing, Community Services & IndigenousAffairs on 1800 050 009, going to the Department’swebsite at www.fahcsia.gov.au or contacting you lo-cal Centrelink office.

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goes to the home-ownerat Claremont. Rent assis-tance is available to eli-gible home-owners.Setting Claremont asidefrom the competition arefeatures which include anaccent on spaciousnessin every aspect of the re-sort. At Claremont, theroads are wider, theblocks are bigger, and thesuperior quality homesare much bigger (up to211m2) than typicallyfound in over 50s resorts.Existing recreational fa-cilities are large and ex-citement is building as thenext stage of constructiontakes shape, including afitness centre with gasheated indoor pool, spa,sauna, and larger gym &snooker room.There are no duplexes atClaremont, only larger freestanding steel framedhomes (up to 197m2) onbigger (306-350m2),fenced, pet friendlyblocks. Standard featuresin Claremont homes in-clude 5 star energy rating,wall & roof insulation,tinted windows, 2 inverter

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Tucked away onBuderim Mountain,yet centrally locatedon Queensland’sSunshine Coast, there is a community renowned for itspleasant lifestyle & beautiful surroundings – ImmanuelGardens Retirement Village. And as the residents will tellyou they couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. ImmanuelGardens offers you all aspects of a quality retirementlifestyle, including Independent Living & Community AgedCare Packages, as well as the added security of HostelLow Care & Nursing Home High Care facilities.

Development of community-based Village Support enhances the quality of life, careand lifestyle options for clients, and facilitates a more flexible approach to care andservice provision• Community Centre • Sparkling Pool and Spa• Minutes away lie beaches & shopping centres accessible by village bus.• True village lifestyle amid picturesque surrounds.Immanuel Gardens encompasses 85 high-care places, a 60 bed low care facility, 93independent living units and offers 18 Community Aged Care Packages (CAPS) and isowned by Brisbane – Based Lutheran Community Care (LCC).

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THE last Friday of each month sees a group of fish-ing enthusiasts setting out for a morning’s fishing atMunna Point on the banks of the Noosa River.Numbering a maximum of six, they arrive with theirgear, the bait, a few folding chairs, cool drinks andthe makings of a barbecue lunch and get down tosome serious fishy business.Alighting from their transport and setting up mighttake a little longer than is usual, as the youngest inthis group of retirees is 75 and the oldest is 93.The Elders Fishing Club first saw the light of day twomonths ago at Noosa Day Respite Centre in WallacePark. Some of the men were talking about starting awoodworking group when the men themselves de-cided they would rather like a fishing trip instead.Noosa Home Assist Secure coordinator Greg Tucker,who was there at the time, takes up the story.“One of our contractors went to Davo’s and theygave us the bait and the fishing rods; Davo’s hasbeen involved right along,” Greg said.“The centre’s bus takes the men to Munna Point andthey fish in the river, then they have a barbecue lunch- everything is supplied.“Our contractor Ian “Tinny” Treloar sets it up, helpsthem bait up if they wish, helps them cast out if theycan’t do it.“It’s all catch and release.“It’s at no cost to them and they have so much fun,the look on their faces is priceless.”Most of the men have been fishermen all their livesbut Wally, 75, confided he didn’t know what he’d doif he caught a fish.However that prospect was not about to affect hispleasure in a beautiful day and he was enjoying be-ing in the sun looking out over the river.Next to Wally, Bruce, 80, expertly skewered a prawnon a long-shanked hook, hoping to bag a whiting.An experienced fisherman, he has kept up his fishingskills after retirement.Stan, 88, did a lot of fishing in the Murray in SouthAustralia. In his fishing days he kept a tinnie on theMurray and reminisced how he caught one of thefabled Murray cod “a huge one” before the speciesbecame protected. For Ken, 90, a spot in the sun watch-ing the sun dance on the water outweighed the doubt-ful possibility of landing a catch.Ken used to fish for blackfish and made his own rodsand reels.They were good eating, the blackfish, he mused, sowere bream and flathead, yes, very good eating.Lance has spent a lot of time on the water in his 93 (94on December 8) years.He was involved in building a 36ft ocean racing yachtand raced it for 50,000 miles of ocean and bay racing.He has fished the reefs from North Shore to SunshineBeach and always came home with a good feed offish.How is he going today?“Last time I did alright, this time, not a bite.”Well, that’s fishing.

Elders take time out for fishy business by Margaret Johansson

Meanwhile “Tinny” is busy helping Stan with asnagged hook.One of these days, he mused, he would like to takethe men over to North Shore to a place he knows wellas a surefire spot to catch fish.He too says these days out bring out smiles worth amillion dollars.Back at the top of the line there’s a sudden flurry ofexcitement.Bruce, who has swapped prawn bait for a worm, isreeling in a whiting, no great size but hey! It’s a fish.We just manage to record the catch, and the smile,before the fish is returned to the river, and the groupreturns to its fishing.Noosa Day Respite Centre is funded by Home &Community Care Program (HACC) and auspiced bySunshine Coast Regional Council.

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Loading fruit cratesonto a horse-drawncart at Remington’sshed on MontvilleRoad (1918)This was the firstshed built in thePalmwoods district.‘Remington’ wasoriginally the name ofthe postal depot athome and store ofRichard Remington,near Paynter’sCreek, one mile westof presentPalmwoods RailwayStation.Photograph: Courtesyof Sunshine CoastLibraries

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THERE’S a little hiddensecret down at MountainCreek, just a few minutessouth of Nambour. Ifyou’re driving … blinkand you’ll miss it. Justwatch out for the newbrown signs off the BruceHighway and along theTanawah Tourist Drivetowards Forest Glen(UBD Map 77). When youfind it, you’ll be amazed.The Maroochy BushlandBotanic Garden(what,you’ve never heard of it?)has been an ongoinglabour of love for a small,but dedicated, group oflocal volunteers for thelast 14 years, and it should

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be on everyone’s “mustsee” list this Springtime.The Friends of theMaroochy BushlandBotanic Garden formed aworking group way backin 1996 and the land wasacquired in 1997; but, dueto lack of interest or fund-ing from the then localcouncil, long battles andmany years of hard workwere to follow. Clearingthe 82 ha site, weedingout the exotics, landscap-ing and revegetating itwith native plants, creat-ing 10 unique new areas.But, as Friends past-Presi-dent, Maureen Sheargold,says: “Then suddenly

things began to happen;because the site spoke foritself. People came, theywere inspired, and doorsopened”.The Garden was officiallyopened in December 2001by then Governor ofQueensland, Major PeterArniston. And from thatmoment public interestgrew, the new Councilcame on board andthe project took off. It isnow acclaimed world-wide, via its excellentsound and vision website(created by Tony Ireland,another volunteer).The Maroochy BotanicGarden is a masterpieceof environmental design,and is so accessible topeople and their families,including the less fit andthe less able. You’ll findthe Lagoon Walk, theEphemeral Wetlands, theMossy Log Walk, theFern Glade, the Whip BirdWalk and the SculptureGarden. These are de-tailed on the brochure/map available at theGarden’s entrance, even ifno volunteer staffer is onroster when you visit.This is your place to be,and you will be capti-vated and inspired by thefeeling of being part of,enveloped by, the nativebush in its various forms.In 2005, an InternationalStone Sculpture Sympo-sium was organised over16 days by the Friends.Eight sculptors (fromFrance, Spain, Slovakia,Japan, South Korea andthe USA, and fromQueensland and South

Australia) chipped, cutand carved monumentalsculptures either from thepinkish Helidon sand-stone or from white orblack marble broughtdown from the Chillagoearea in North Queensland.The finished works blendinto the natural bushland,and express the artists’empathy with the spiritu-alism of the world aroundthem.A more recent addition tothe Garden is a uniquemontage of “natural spiritfigures” created purelyfrom selected treebranches. Called “TreeGuardians”, it reflects thespiritual connection be-tween the indigenousowners and their tradi-tional lands. A veryevocative installation forcontemplation by today’svisitors.And just as the bush andnatural features are con-stantly growing andevolving, so the humanside of the Garden is de-veloping. Plans are intrain for an Arts and Ecol-ogy Centre in the Garden;and the Centre is about tomove into the construc-tion phase for completionby May/June next year(2011).The Garden is open from7.00am every day – sotourists and residents ofthe Sunshine Coast canenjoy the fruits of thelabours of so many localpeople over the last 14years. And visitors canexperience and appreciatetheir place in the bush, thehistory and the variedenvironments of this veryspecial place.With lots of love, andmuch physical hard work,the Friends have provedthat from little seeds - bigthings grow. Check outthe website atwww.friendsofmaroochybotanicgarden

W.F. Krebs’ children in front of the family slab house, Palmwoods, 1925.Photograph: Courtesy of Sunshine Coast Libraries

In 1985, Harry Krebs, grandson of W.F. Krebs was interviewed, so thata record of his memories of growing up the Nambour area, could beplaced in safe keeping at the local library. (Harry was born on 4th August,1914.) You can read his Oral History on-line at http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=oral-histories

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The 19th century weddingvows “… keep thee onlyunto each other so longas ye both shall live” hascontinued to reverberatethrough four generationsof Nambour’s pioneeringPerren family, when Donand Daphne Heaton

19th Century Wedding Vowscelebrate their GoldenWedding Anniversary on8 October. They marriedin the NambourMethodist Church in1960.“What our family hasachieved is unique,”Daphne said. “Don and I

are the fourth generationof the Perren family toachieve this personalmilestone.”Second cousins, Don andDaphne, share great-grandparents William andEmma Perren who beganthis wonderful longevity

of marriage. Moreespecially, William andEmma were the firstcouple to celebrate aGolden WeddingAnniversary in Nambourmore than 100 years agoin 1901.“It was a big thing tocelebrate a GoldenWedding Anniversarythen, quite anachievement,” Daphnesaid. “But what makes iteven more special is aswell as the couplescelebrating their GoldenAnniversaries, all weremarried in a MethodistChurch, the three latestgenerations in theNambour MethodistChurch, and all coupleswere very involved intheir church and playedimportant roles in theNambour and districtcommunity.”William and Emma marriedin England on 27September 1851, and thenset sail on a perilousjourney to Australia in1874. Nine children hadbeen born to them inEngland. One had died,one had alreadyemigrated and one died

on the journey. Threemore would be born inAustralia. In the oldcountry, they were activemembers of their localMethodist Church andtheir community, apractice they wouldcontinue in a farawayland.Daphne said, whenoutlining her families’achievements, that herhusband’s mother EdnaPerren, grand-daughter ofWilliam and Emma,celebrated her 50th

wedding anniversary withhusband Frank Heatonon 21 July 1984. Theywere married in theNambour MethodistChurch on 21 July 1934.Daphne’s mother VeraRoberts, another grand-daughter of William andEmma, with husbandWilliam Bullen celebratedtheir special occasion on10 April, 1935. They weremarried in the NambourMethodist Church on 10April 1935.James Perren and MaryKerr, Don’s grandparents,were the first couple to bemarried in the NambourMethodist Church, on 3

July 1895, and celebratedtheir Golden WeddingAnniversary in 1945.Daphne’s grandmotherwas William and Emma’sdaughter Betsy, whosefirst husband died in alogging accident on theMaroochy River, and shewas married to her secondhusband for 41 yearswhen he died.Don and Daphne’soccasion, of being thefourth generation to

achieve a 50th weddinganniversary, is veryspecial for them, and theywill mark the occasionwith an afternoon tea withfamily and friends.Daphne said this will bein contrast with theGolden Weddingcelebrations of Williamand Emma when between200 and 300 guests “satdown to a sumptuousrepast in the School ofArts” in Nambour.

IN 1901, Nambour pioneers Emma and WilliamPerren were the first generation of their family tocelebrate a 50th Wedding Anniversary, and werealso the first couple to celebrate this occasion inthe town.

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Just as the end of World War1 ushered in a campaign for apublic hospital in Nambour,the close of World War II wasthe catalyst for a private one.For many years, Nambour wasthe undisputed capital of theregion now known as the Sun-shine Coast. Officially knownas “Brisbane’s Near NorthCoast” until the 1960s, it mayhave been close to the city bybureaucratic standards, butwhen life-threatening illness,pregnancy complications orserious accidents struck, itcould seem very far away in-deed.The year 1943 saw the arrivalat NGH of a doctor destinedto be one of the key figures inthe establishment of SelangorPrivate Hospital. After a briefstint at the hospital, the ebul-lient Dr J.E. (Jim) Trotter sawwar service in the Army, andon discharge in 1946 he began21 years of private practice inNambour. The difficulty heand other GPs experienced insecuring General Hospitalbeds for their patients led di-rectly to the start of theSelangor story in 1947.With the population ofNambour and district increas-ing, Drs Charles, Eklund andTrotter immediately ran intofrustrating problems causedby the lack of private hospital

beds. Dr Eklund, who nowlives on the Gold Coast, recalls:“The only beds available touse were six intermediate bedsat the Nambour Hospital, andthere were also available to thesuperintendent (Jim Moffat).The board charged privatefees for Dr Moffat’s patientsoccupying any of these beds.We felt that this was most un-fair to the public, denying themthe right to choose their ownprivate doctor care when inhospital. Accordingly, we alldecided to be on the lookoutfor any opportunity to estab-lish a private hospital facility”.Through Dr Trotter, the groupwas made aware that two ex-army nursing sisters, ChristineOxley and Dorothy Ralston,were prepared to set up a pri-vate hospital.Christine Oxley had done hernursing training at Glen InnesHospital in 1930/34 and at theWomen’s Hospital, Sydney in1935/36. After private nursingin England and later inQueensland, she enlisted withthe Australian Army NursingService, serving with 2/20AGH Malaya with the 8th Divi-sion of the 2nd AIR. Her regi-mental number was QFX 19073and she was mentioned in des-patches. She survived thebombing of the Vyner Brookeand was taken prisoner-of-war.

Among those who sharedthose dark days in the POWcamp in Selangor, Malaya, wasDr Trotter’s sister Florence,now Mrs Syer, of Kenmore,Brisbane.Sister Oxley was released inSeptember 1945 and on dis-charge, she joined the staff ofthe Brisbane RepatriationHospital in 1946. Sisten Dor-othy Ralston tr4ained atTownsville General Hospitaland then went to LadyMusgrave Hospital, the mater-nity section of theMaryborough General Hospi-tal. She became matron after ashort time but left to work inthe operating theatre at StMartin’s Hospital, Brisbanebefore joining the AANS as asenior sister in 1940. Her regi-mental number was QFX 19069and it was in the army that shemet Sisters Oxley and Trotter.Sister Ralston was among 59nurses embarked on the Em-pire Star on February 11, 1942,four days before Singapore fellto the Japanese. The ship wasbombed and strafed, but ar-rived at Batavia three dayslater and eventually reachedFremantle. Sister Ralston laterserved at the 116 AGH at char-ters Towers and at Morotai,Borneo. After her discharge, DrJim Trotter, whom she had metthrough his sister Florence,

approached her about open-ing a private hospital inNambour. After some thought,she agreed to do so if shecould find someone to assisther. That someone was ChrisOxley. With the encourage-ment and assistance of DrsTrotter, Charles and Eklund,sisters Oxley and Ralston setup their hospital in a ramblingold home owned by Mrs EdithBeale at the top of CurrieStreet, next to the Church ofEngland, predecessor of thepresent Anglican Church. Ini-tially they rented the building,but later took out a lease.The hospital comprised theoriginal house, with two fibro-cement extensions added byMrs Beale, the builder beingWally Burgher and theplumber Jack Harrison. With a3000-pound ($6,000) war ser-vice loan and their own smallsavings of a few hundredpounds, they bought mainlywar disposals equipment andset up the single, double andthree-bed wards, theatre,labour ward, etc with thenurses quarters and laundryunderneath. The X-ray facilitywas to come later.When the time came for thepartners to choose a name fortheir hospital, it seemed fittingto mark their wartime experi-ences; so July 22, 1947, saw

the opening ofthe 24-bedSelangor Pri-vate Hospital,with Sister Oxleyas matron, sisterRalston incharge of thematernity sec-tion and the lateMiss AmyGrimes as secre-tary.Despite the un-prepossessingbuilding inwhich the hos-pital began itslife, the stan-dards set by Sisters Oxley andRalston were high; andSelangor quickly achieved anenviable reputation for thebest of nursing care.The first operation at Selangorwas performed by Dr Charles.Right from the start, businesswas brisk, especially in thematernity section. The honourof being the first baby born atSelangor belongs to Joan StClair, now a nurse atGoondiwindi Hospital; andshe has a silver cup to proveit. Joan was born to Archie andRuby Philbrook, of Bli Bli onJuly 23, 1947, but Archie, re-cently deceased of Nambour,stated his late wife was not ehfirst patient. Mrs Elaine Tay-

lor was in hospital waiting forher baby when Archie took hiswife in; but baby Brian(“Buzz”) Taylor, later to be-come of the best-performedswimmers Nambour has pro-duced, did not make his entryinto the world until August 3.The post-war baby boom waswell under way, and it seemsthat maternity patients werefitted in wherever possible.Among the babies born inSelangor’s second year wasJohn Scott, who has been a GPin Nambour since 1974 and isnow himself sending patientsto Selangor.Nambour’s folklore is rich instories of those early Selangordays.

Dr Trotter and Amy Grimes planting atree in front of the hospital.Photograph: Courtesy of Sunshine CoastLibraries

Nambour Selangor storyA short history of Nambour Selangor Private Hospital - Opened on July 22, 1947 (63 years of healthcare service to the community)

(Researched by Joan Hogarth, written by Peter Richardson)


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THE Sunshine Coast Ar-thritis Support Group willmeet at 12.45pm on Thurs-day 7th October at theMaroochydore RSL Sub-Branch, RSL House, 106Memorial Ave,Maroochydore.Contact: Mary 5441 2259,0403 339 057, Jeanette5443 7446, 0413 482 147 orBev 5457 3338There will be a guestspeaker from the CancerCouncil - Topic: CancerSmart Lifestyle.

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Queensland’s long-standing hearing health servicesorganisation, Attune Hearing have opened a newclinic at Bulcock Street, Caloundra – the third AttuneHearing clinic on the Sunshine Coast.Attune Audiologist and Sunshine Coast local,Charlene Hansen said the new clinic highlights thegrowing need for hearing health services on the coast.“Over 3.5 million Australians experience some formof hearing loss. Chances are – you, your family orsomeone you know could be hearing better.“With clinics in Nambour, Kawana and nowCaloundra, we are better placed to provide completehearing healthcare services to residents across theSunshine Coast.The University of Queensland graduate recently ar-rived back in Nambour from a two year stint in the UK– keen to swap the grey-skied British backdrop forthe warmth of the Queensland sun.Specialising in cochlear implant and hearing aid audi-ology, Ms Hansen is looking forward to helpingpeople to maximise their ability to communicate andlive enriched lives.Ms Hansen said hearing loss has a huge impact onour community and yet it is frequently misunderstood. “Hearing difficulties are an invisible problem andmany people delay seeking advice or simply don’trealise exactly how their hearing has deteriorated orthe everyday sounds and moments they are missingout on.“The effects of hearing loss can be so isolating, yet itcan be easily overcome.’

CAREBUS is only on site when it is not raining. Freeinformation for members of the community on respiteoptions, aged care, disability care, medical conditions,health and well-being, also friendly staff to assist.At the following locations:October 2010. Monday 4th, Kawana ShoppingworldCommunity Expo, 8.30am – 5pm. Tuesday 5th, KawanaShoppingworld Community Expo, 8.30am – 5pm.Tuesday 5th Caloundra Hospital, 9am – 1.30pm.Wednesday 6th, Kawana Shoppingworld CommunityExpo, 8.30am – 5pm. Wednesday 6th, Nambour Gen-eral Hospital, 8am – 1pm. Thursday 7th , KawanaShoppingworld Community Expo, 8.30am – 5pm.Thursday 7th Noosa Hospital, 8.30am – 1.30pm. Fri-day 8th, , Kawana Shoppingworld Community Expo,8.30am – 5pm. Friday 8th, Nambour Library, 9am –

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Carebus near you1.30pm. Saturday 9th, , Kawana Shoppingworld Com-munity Expo, 8.30am – 5pm. Sunday 10th , KawanaShoppingworld Community Expo, 8.30am – 4pm.Tuesday 12th, Beerwah Library, 9am –1.30pm.Wednesday 13th, Bellcarra Retirement Resort,Caloundra West, 10am – noon. Friday 15th, NoosaCivic, 8.30am – 1.30pm. Tuesday 19th, Noosa Library,9am – 1.30pm. Thursday 21st Kawana Shoppingworld,8.30am – 1.30pm. Friday 22nd, Maleny Library, 9am –1.30pm. Tuesday 26th Currimundi Market Place, 8am –1pm. Wednesday 27th, Pelican Waters Shopping Vil-lage, 8.30am – 1.30pm. Thursday 28th CaloundraWoolworths, 8.30am – 1.30pm. Friday 29th, CurrimundiMedical Centre, 7.30am – 12.30pm. Phone 1800 052222 for further information or website:www.suncare.org.au.

“If you think you may have a have a hearing problem,I urge you to come to Attune for a hearing healthassessment.”Attune Hearing is located at the Kawana Private Hos-pital; Centenary Square, Nambour and now 68Bulcock Street, Caloundra.Attune Hearing is a full service hearing healthcareorganisation, supervised and supported by over 21Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists.Attune Hearing offer a complete range of diagnostictests for hearing and balance, as well as tinnitus treat-ment, cochlear implants and the latest hearing aidtechnology.To make an appointment at Attune, please call 54761500 or visit www.attune.com.au for more informa-tion.



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COLOURFUL gardens make Japan a magnet forgarden lovers during April and May.Japan may be famous for its cherry blossoms butmany travellers overlook the fact that azaleas bloomin profusion in May.Hillsides are literally dotted with purple wild azalea,blooming amongst the vivid green leaves of mixeddeciduous forests. Gardens too are filled with hun-dreds of neatly manicured azalea bushes, trimmed intohedges and topiary shapes, all showing massedcolours of red, white and pink.As a bonus, visitors will also see stream banks full ofiris in bloom, fields full of bright yellow canola flowersas well as tree tops draped with purple and whitewisteria.Toursgallery now offer four different springtime toursof Japan and May is the perfect time for seeing thisphotogenic spectacle.Beyond the big city environment lies a tranquilcountryside of rural villages, picturesque farmlands

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EUROPE is packed with intoxicatinglandscapes, historic riches, culturaltreasure troves and a medley ofgastronomic delights to be savoured.Yet its sheer diversity presents aquandary for travellers – how to blendthe breadth of sights with rewarding,in depth experiences that leave youfeeling you’ve captured the essence ofwhat it means to travel to Europe.With WorldShores, now there’s noreason to compromise. The journeyscombine the very best of intimateprovincial discoveries with magnificentsea voyages.EXPECT A REMARKABLEEXPERIENCEWorldShores knows that touring meansmore than just seeing the sights – it’sstriking the right balance ofsightseeing, cultural immersion, ‘real’experiences, relaxation, and of course,hotels which are landmarks in their ownright. All the journeys begin with thelure of the land, and approach eachregion with total enthusiasm for itshistory, sights and people. Touringincludes easy-going walks through14th century villages where our expertlocal guides expose the fables.Experience the vibrant gypsy world ofFlamenco. Board a private boat and setout on an enchanting boat cruise onthe glassy Lake Lucerne amongst abackdrop of spectacular mountainscenery, then board the oldestcogwheel train in Europe up the steepincline to the summit of Mount Pilatus

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at 2070m, followed by a spectacularcable car and gondola journey whichtakes you back down to earth. Dinewithin the walls of grand palaces, andrelish the local cuisine – be it tapas,cochinillo, a private lunch at a famousvineyard and much more.LUXURY HOLLAND AMERICACRUISINGThen, the journey on land weavestowards the shoreline, get set to embarkon a fascinating voyage to explore theMediterranean or Scandinavian BalticSeas. WorldShores has partnered withthe award-winning Holland Americaluxury cruise line to deliver the ultimatecombination of journeys that are partland, part sea, offering you the very bestof both options in one seamless, all-inclusive experience.ALL INCLUSIVE AFFORDABLELUXURYThe journeys further enhanced withveteran local guides who providefascinating insights and a superbcollection of hotels hand-picked fortheir unsurpassed locations, rangingfrom grand landmark city hotels tohistoric mansions, exploring starts themoment you walk out the front door.Wholly Australian-owned,WorldShores has captured the essenceof Europe’s diverse regions in a mar-vellous collection of journeys thatepitomise the best experiences availablefor Australian travellers.For more information please callKawana Waters Travel on 5444 6500.

and national parks.Here, away from the crowds of tourists, visitors cansee even more blooms alongside old woodenwaterwheels, streams filled with golden Koi carp andsnow capped mountains.Toursgallery has created a variety of small groupescorted tours visiting obscure gardens, rural areas,mountain meadows and even volcanos.These tours are designed for people who appreciatethe benefits of travelling with an English speakingguide and a private charter coach to take them off theusual tourist track.Accommodation is in traditional Japanese Inns, topquality hotels and spa resorts enjoying local cuisineand customs.Priced from $7,988, tours are limited to only 10 to 20participants. For details phone 1300 307 317 or emailto [email protected]. A photo gallery and moredetails of all tours are on the websitewww.toursgallery.com.



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COFFS HARBOUR TOUR22-26 November 2010 (5 Days)Cost: $495.00 p/p T/S

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NEW Zealand has beendescribed as ‘the world inminiature’ - yet there isnothing small about it.From North to South theexperiences, sights andsounds are wide and var-

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New Zealand LuxuryCoach Holiday Special-ists have put together anexclusive 12 Day Aviationspectacular where youwill experience the excite-ment of the Wings Over

Wairarapa Airshow com-bined with the scenicbeauty of New Zealand’snorth and south islands.Wings Over Wairarapa isfirmly established as amust see biennial eventon the Australasian avia-tion calendar. The heroesto be remembered as partof the theme at the 2011show is ‘We Will Remem-ber’ which will include thepersonnel, the aircraftthat they flew, the peoplethat maintained those air-craft, the many supportcrews and members of theother branches of the ser-vices involved in servingthe ANZAC cause intimes of conflict. Theairshow will take place atHood Aerodrome inMasterton on the 21st,22nd & 23rd January 2011and will celebrate the un-sung Heroes of Aviation’sHistory. Over 70 aircraftwill be displayed duringthe show providing aspectacular visual ac-count of the history ofaviation in New Zealandand around the world.Wings Over Wairarapa2011 will feature displaysfrom aircraft never beforeseen in the country andpromises a level of vari-ety and historical signifi-

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The 12 Day New ZealandAviation Spectacular fea-turing the Wings OverWairarapa Airshow de-parts on 16 January 2011.There is also a 7 day touroption departing on 19January 2011.For further informationvisit www.grandpacifictours.com or call 1800 622768



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Dep: 31st August 2011. From $14,495Visiting LA, USA Westcoast, Yosemite, SFO, Victoria

Vancouver, Canadian Rockies, Mt. Rushmore, NiagaraFalls, Autumn Leaves, Boston, New York, Orlando,

Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, Grand Canyon andLas Vegas. Includes: Return Airfares, 56 Breakfasts,

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60 DAYS GRAND AMERICA & CANADA

39 DAYS GRAND CIRCLE YELLOWSTONE to ALASKA

Dep: 29 October 2010 & 8 Aprilor earlier if visiting more places

See USA & finish up with a 15 night cruise on“Norwegian Star” From Miami through the Caribbean,Panama Canal & Mexican Riviera. Visit Las Vegas,

Anaheim (Los Angeles or New York) more if you want it!Grand Canyon , Monument Valley, Durango – Million Dollar

Highway, San Antonio, New Orleans, Memphis,Nashville OR Orlando, Washington , New York.

Fares from: $5395 – Outside Cabin& including Air Fares & taxes

USA 24 DAYS - PANAMA CANAL CRUISE

Dep: April 2011 – Return air fares – 4 nights London– 21 day tour – 23 breakfasts & 10 dinners.

Add: 15 day European Cruise $60004 Extra nights in London $995 with sightseeing.

Fares from: $6995 for Early Booking

31 DAYS - ENGLAND - SCOTLAND - WALES & IRELAND

Dep: 1st March 2011 & 6th March 2012From $2795 Bris, $2595 Syd, $2495 Melb, $3995 Perth

Dinner, Bed & B’fast & Sightseeing.Also 11 Day AIR Tour available, similar dates & price.

12 DAY TASMANIA TOUR

Dep: 12 June 2011 from $10,995Las Vegas, Zion & Bryce Canyons, Salt Lake City,

Jackson, Grand Teton N.P. Yellowstone N.P. Rockies,Alaska Hwy, Fairbanks, Denali N.P. Anchorage, Prince

William Sound, Valdez, Haines, Skagway, Inside passageCruise, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, San

Francisco, Yosemite N.P. Includes: return air, taxes,accom, sightseeing, b’fasts, 5 dinners & 2 lunches.

Other Alaska Tours: 17 Days from $7995, 24 Days from$8995, 25 Days from $8950 inc 7 day cruise

USA COUNTRY MUSIC TOURSDep: 31 May & 5 October 2011 Gold Seats

16 Days Las Vegas, Branson & Nashville from $699521 Days as above + Memphis & New Orleans from $7995(CMA Fan Fair May only). 27 Days Branson, Nashville,

Memphis, New Orleans Monument Valley, Grand Canyon &Las Vegas from $7495. Airfaire & taxes inc (October only)

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24 DAYS LONDON & EUROPEAN CRUISEFlights to London with stop-over seach way & 15 day

European Cruise Amsterdam to Budapest.Most meals & sightseeing.

Depart April 27 2011 Fares from $8995Other dates available at adjusted prices

17 DAY NATIONAL PARKS OF USA

Dep: 15 Sept 2011 $4659 inc return airVisiting Bryce, Zion, Yellowstone & Yosemite National

Parks, Monument Valley Grand Canyon Sedona & LasVegas & much more

32 DAY NATIONAL PARKS OF USA & CANADA

Dep: 31 Aug 2011 $7595 inc return airVisting Yosemite SFO Victoria, Vancouver, Rockies,Yellowstone, Monument Valley, Bryce, Zion & Grand

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RACQ Travel is offering“earlybird” savings onescorted tours to Europeand will be telling Sun-shine Coast seniors allabout them at informationsessions in October andNovember.Experts from leading tourcompanies Trafalgar andInsight will join award-winning local RACQtravel consultants to pro-vide potential travellerswith everything they needto know about outstand-ing European holidays.RACQ travel managerRay Hands said the pre-sentations would featureinformation about an ex-citing range of qualitytours. “The presentationsare designed to helpthose planning Europeanholidays to make the bestchoices about destina-tions, value for moneyand the best time to travelto different location,” MrHands said. “They will in-clude films, slide presen-tations as well as informa-tion on savings and dis-

TRAVEL CENTRE OF-FERS MAASAI VIL-LAGE EXCLUSIVEBe personally escortedthrough Tanzania by aMaasai Warrior withUcango On Safari’s latestholiday offering.Set for a March 7, 2011departure, the SunshineCoast based travelagency will be selling aunique opportunity fortravellers to join the‘Ucango Maasai Cultureand Wildlife Tour ofNorthern Tanzania’. Thisis arguably a once in a life-time opportunity for trav-ellers to experience au-thentic, African culture inits truest form.The 14 day tour which willinclude luxury campingfrom Arusha to LakeManyara and via theSerengeti andNgorogoro, will be led bySianga Kuyan; a MaasaiWarrior and former villageleader.Ucango Travel and CruiseCentre’s African Special-ist, Peter Emery, says thisopportunity will veryrarely come up again.“To have a Maasai War-rior and former VillageLeader accompany us onthis trip will mean travel-lers will be privy to adeeper learning and un-derstanding of theMaasai Culture in North-ern Tanzania.”The Maasai people are atall, elegant race – in-stantly recognised bytheir red robes and can

Savings for seniors who book early for Europe

Travel Centre offers Maasai Village exclusiveoften be seen walkingalone in the middle of theAfrican Bush miles fromanywhere.“Travellers will get to ex-perience a fascinatinglook at their local villages,stunning African sceneryand amazing wildlife, butbest of all will spend twonights in a remote andauthentic Maasai village”says Peter.The tour which has pre-viously not been offeredby any other travel opera-tors, costs $4289 per per-son twin share, with partof the proceeds going tothe ‘Future Warrior Foun-dation.’This initiative, foundedby Sianga was estab-lished to assist Maasai

communities in preserv-ing their ancient culturetraditions. Through this,he has been able to helpthe Maasai manage theirown lives between andmaintain their rich culture.Today Sianga lives be-tween Tanzania andBrisbane and believes hisnew experiences will makea difference to the lives ofMaasai people and enablethe dreams and hopes ofhis generation to becomea reality.For more information orto book your place on thetour, contact UcangoTravel and Cruise Centreon (07) 5451 8600 or PeterEmery on 0449 689 447,[email protected].

counts and there will bethe all-important questionand answer sessions.”The Insight presentationwill take place at 2.30pmand again at 6pm on Oc-tober 28 at theMaroochydore RSL.

The Trafalgar presenta-tion will take place at 6pmon November 8 at theMaroochydore Surf Club.Entry is free but places arelimited and attendeesshould call 5443 3306 toreserve their seats.


Contact your local travel team directly on 5443 330625-33 Cornmeal Parade, Maroochydore [email protected]

Earlybird savings and the launch of the 2011 United Kingdom, Europe

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Learn about the fantastic styles, touring itineraries and what’s new for 2011 at information sessions with RACQ Travel Maroochydore. Learn travel tips and get advice from RACQ Travel Consultants who are multi award winning experts in escorted tours. Attend to discuss and learn how to save on your 2011 journey.

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Maryborough Heritage Thursday 21 OctMary Heritage will board our coach to show us the heritage of Maryborough. Lunch inc. Cost $65 all inclusiveLets swing again 23 Oct 2 pmQPAC SaturdayEnjoy the fabulous music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glen Miller. Cost $88 includes coach transport & greatseatingLyell Deer Park Tuesday 9 NovVisit Old Petrie Town for morning tea before feeding the deer at Mt Lyell. BBQ lunch included. Cost $58 all inclusiveWest Side Story 17 Nov 1.30pmLyric Theatre WednesdayGround breaking choreography & unforgettable score with hits “ Maria” and “ Tonight”. Cost $100 includes coachtransportThe Golden West 25 Oct to 28 Oct4 days in South West QueenslandVisit Cecil Plains Homestead, Alcheringa Station, Euraba Aboriginal paper company, Texas Heritage Centre and theJondaryan Woolshed. Cost $683 pp twin share single supp $108 extra

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Ancient & Historical EgyptAncient & Historical EgyptAncient & Historical EgyptAncient & Historical EgyptAncient & Historical Egypt 13 Days fully inclusive from $3788

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NOOSA U3A ArmChair Travel on Friday 15th Octoberpresents Helen Lawson’s Journey of Wondermentfrom Cape Town to Cairo, by luxury train, 4 wheeldrive, and under sail along the Nile. Helen combinesVideo and photos in this beautiful presentation atU3A House, Cnr Moorindil Street and Poinciana Aveat 9.20 am until 11.30. $ 3.00 includes a cuppa and achat. All welcome.

SAY “G”Day to the USA, join us onthis specially packaged and escortedtour of the spectacular great NationalParks of USA and Canada.The tour flies into Los Angeles andtravels down to Anaheim, the homeof Disneyland and the magical king-dom of Mickey Mouse. Venture“south of the border” to TijuanaMexico where the shopping is great.Bargains galore! Travel back to LosAngeles and visit Universal Studioson our way to Camarillo. Drive alongthe coast road through San Simeon,visit Hearst’s Castle, Carmel andMonterey. Continue on to YosemiteNational Park which embraces a vasttract of scenic wilderness and rangesfrom 2000 to 13000 feet above sealevel. Wherever you turn you will soondiscover that the rare and the beauti-ful are commonplace in Yosemite.Continue on to San Francisco , theCity by the Bay. Travel north throughgiant Redwood groves to Eureka andon along Hwy 5 to Portland, Oregoninto Washington State to Port Ange-les on the Olympia Peninsula. Takethe ferry to Victoria, visit ButchartGardens, then on by ferry toVancouver.Continue on to Kamloops to Jasperand along the Icefields Parkway toBanff, visiting the Athabasca Glacieron the huge Ice Explorer bus. Enjoy

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AFRICAN Departures,the small group safaricompany, has just releasea five week safari takingin nearly every hot spotin Africa. The tour isgeared up for the seniormarket and will operatefrom April to Octobereach year with just 12guests and your guideson each safari departuredate. The journey beginswith a flight fromBrisbane toJohannesburg with a onenight stopover in Perthon route. Arrive inJohannesburg and visitThanda Nani Game Re-serve, which boasts at190, the largest privatelyowned White Rhinobreeding program in theworld. The next few daysare spent in Kruger Na-tional Park; in open ve-hicle before flying ontosee the magnificentVictoria Falls. Visit Chobe

Discover the best of AfricaNational Park inBotswana by boat andsee the highest elephantconcentration on earth.You’ll visit the OkavangoDelta and take a mokorotrip which is pushed bythe boatman using a longpole. You’ll see Meerkatcolonies in the KalahariDesert and travel alongthe Skeleton Coast toEtosha National Parkwhere hundreds of ani-mals can be spottedaround waterholes in thissalt pan desert.Next fly onto East Africato visit all the best gameparks in Kenya and Tan-zania including Amboseli,the Masai Mara, MtKenya National Park,Ngorongoro and themagnificent Serengeti.The38 night safari in-cludes flights ex Brisbane,all internal African flights,all taxes, all transporta-tion, comfortable lodges

accommodation, gameparks and hotels. Manydays in open vehicle gamedrives, river cruises andcultural experiences withmany different AfricanTribes. This safari is forthose who want comfortand an experienced guidewith them all the way.Past guests of AfricanDepartures will onceagain enjoy the servicesof our favorite Africanguide, Johan Brits.The 38 night itinerary is

National Parks Toursthe wonderful scenery of the Cana-dian Rockies and Lake Louise.Travel south to Calgary and past Gla-cier National Park to Bute Montanaand on to Yellowstone National Parkwhere there is a full day tour of thePark. Watch for animals and see theOld Faithful Geyser. Continuing southwe travel through Grand Teton Na-tional Park, Jackson, Wyoming, theninto Idaho and finally into Utah andSalt Lake City. See some colourfulautumn leaves. Next we visit Bryceand Zion National Parks, then Monu-ment Valley with our Navajo guideGeorge who cooks us a Navajobarbeque out in Monument Valley inthe evening. We travel on to FlagstaffArizona to visit the mighty Grand Can-yon where scenic flights are availableby helicopter or fixed wing aircraft.Finally we spend two nights in LasVegas Nevada, the “city that neversleeps” From Las Vegas return to LosAngeles for your flight home.WORLD DISCOVERY TOURS offerstwo tours of the National Parks – 32days USA & Canadian National Parksand 17 days of just the USA NationalParks. Join us for the holiday that willleave you with great friends, wonder-ful memories and stories that will “lasta lifetime. For further information call1800 645 055 and speak to Geoff whowill be running the tours.

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Dear Travellers,

I’m excited to announce that Ucango Travel & Cruise now has a travel superstore at Maroochydore.

In 2007 Ucango set out on a mission to compete with the ‘big boys in travel’ in terms of price and service offered. And I do believe we have achieved that. But our vision was for something even bigger, something even better than what we’re currently doing. So from 9am on September 28 the Ucango Travel & Cruise Centre will be launched.

Our Superstore incorporates everything that makes travel exciting. We will regularly get industry specialists on-site to answer questions and give up to date information; we will have theme days/nights so we can introduce you to the sights, sounds and sensations of foreign destinations, but best of all, our staff will meet every morning and brief each other on industry news, products, reviews & customer feedback.

The move coincides with the launch of our new website – www.ucango.com.au – which will also set a new standard in the industry.

Now, I bet you’ve got some questions & I’ve tried to answer them for you.

Why?

Quite simple, really. There will be over 250 years of travel industry experience under one roof. Effectively, this means: if there’s a dodgy hotel out there, we’ll know about it; if there’s a hot offer available, we’ll know about it; and if there’s a better cabin on a particular cruise ship, we’ll know about it and make sure you get it. Our team will be the most knowledgeable in the business.

So you’re leaving the local community?

No. We’ll actually still be at all our existing locations but will spend more time at the Ucango Travel & Cruise Centre. See your local consultant about what days they’ll be in your area. Most consultants will also be available by appointment any day of the week.

So where is the Superstore located?

It’s at the Plaza Parade Shopping Centre, Plaza Parade, Maroochydore… it is the shopping centre near Woolworths that doubles as the back entrance to Sunshine Plaza. All current contacts will get to your consultant regardless of which location they’re working from.

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including “39 Steps”,“The Man Who KnewToo Much”, “SecretAgent”, “Sabotage” and“The Lady Vanishes”,The latter won best direc-tor award from the NewYork Film Critics. He wassigned by David OSelznick and sailed toAmerica where he startedhis American career withthe film “Rebecca” forwhich he was oscar nomi-nated.The 5 years with Selznickproved an apprenticeshipinto the ways of Americanfilmmaking; howeverHitchcock learnt that tomake a movie the rightway was to be your ownboss which is what hebecame after “TheParadine Case” in 1947.He continued to makefilms up until his death in1980.Did Tex Ritter sing thesong “Rawhide” in theTV series?Frankie Laine sang thesong Rawhide in the TVseries (1961-6 and 217 epi-sodes) which catapultedClint Eastwood to fame.

The son of Sicilian par-ents, he sang in churchchoirs as a child. Discov-ered in 1947 by composerHoagy Carmichael, (whowrote the standard“Stardust” in 1931). Hehad a successful careeras a night club singer andrecording artist with 16gold records. In the 1950’she made approx 10 musi-cals for Columbia butfailed to click as a screenpersonality. He had anatural western style ofsinging perfect for filmssuch as “Man Without aStar” (1955), “3.10 toYuma” (1957) “Gunfight atOK Corral” (1957) and MelBrooks’ “BlazingSaddles” (1974), howeverit is “Rawhide” for whichhe is best remembered.Tex Ritter however, was atop singing cowboy ofthe 1930/40’s makingcountless “B” moviesand rivalled only by GeneAutry. He was the onlyentertainer to be selectedin both Cowboy andCountry Music Hall ofFame. He sung the fa-mous title song for the

movie “High Noon”which won Gary Cooperan academy award forbest actor. The song alsowon an academy awardfor best song of 1952.Ironically both High Noonand Rawhide were writtenby the same composers,Dimitri Tiomkin (music)and Ned Washington (lyr-ics).If you would like yourmovie questions an-swered, email GregGoddard [email protected]

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(polishing off) and finish-ing quickly (polishingoff)13 BRIEFCASES: Docu-ment carriers (briefcases)for short legal arguments(brief cases)14 FAIRGROUND: Just(fair) pulverised (ground)the carnival area (key)18 RATIONS: Allocates(key) some (omission in-dicator) of the alterations19 CORRODE: Rod insidethe cor.e will rust (key)21 MISO: Irregularly (al-ternate indicator) com-mission soya bean paste(key)22 INNS: I never neverstay at major (initial indi-cator) roadhouses (key)

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THE new grandstand at Stockland Parkmoved a step closer to be becoming areality today with the start of construc-tion of the 1,000 plus seat stadium.Sunshine Coast Mayor Bob Abbot saidhe was delighted that council haspartnered with the Australian govern-ment to jointly fund this $10M facilitybringing to an end, years of planningand at times frustration.“I congratulate my fellow councillorsfor supporting this project and provid-ing the necessary leadership to ensurethe Quad Park Corporation remainedoperational and the grandstand is de-livered,” Mayor Abbot said.“The new grandstand will provide ahuge boost to a wide range of sportingand community events, and will alsoprovide a whole new experience forspectators.”Quad Park Corporation chair and Divi-sion 3 Councillor Keryn Jones said shefully agreed.“It has been a big task to pull thisproject together within the $10 millionbudget but the result is evident in the

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JO Allen’s beautiful gardens at 384Mawsons Road, Beerwah will be opento the public on Saturday 2nd Octoberfrom 10.00am to 4:30pm. Thousands ofbromeliads both in shade houses andothers set among rare and tropicalplants in the many gardens which sur-round her home on this small acreageoffer you an opportunity to experiencethe delights that a well thought outgarden can offer.Refreshments and delicious home made

Beautiful bromeliads in Beerwahmorning, afternoon tea and lunch willbe available and there will be variousstalls. Plants will be on sale.This is a charity fund raising event,organised by the ladies of WIZOKesher, a registered charity made up ofwomen over the age of 55 years wholive on the Sunshine Coast. This is theirannual Open Day.Entry is $5.00 per person. For more in-formation phone Joyce on 5476 8741 orBetty on 5445 7125.

Is your pool kidsafe?able objects, like trees,furniture or pot plants,nearby which childrencould climb to gain accessto the pool.“Since the inspection pro-grams began 6248 poolshave been inspected, andeven though pool fencesare an important preven-tative measure you’ll besurprised to learn thatonly about 20 per cent ofpool fences passcouncil’s first inspection.“Although swimmingpool safety is a combina-tion of teaching kids toswim, having adult super-vision at the pool and en-suring fences are properlyinstalled and maintained.“Drowning remains thesingle leading cause ofdeath for Queenslandchildren aged 1-4 yearsand most of those deaths

WITH winter gone it’s time to spruce up our homesand gardens. Get ready to refresh, rejuvenate andrevitalise with our new feature pages “Let’s GetFresh’.It’s an opportunity to spruce up your surroundings.It might be something as easy as ‘de-cluttering’ someof the spaces in your home or maybe your trustyvehicle needs some TLC.

Freshen up your environmentPerhaps it’s time to lift your spirits with the pur-chase of a new computer or the guttering needsreplacing. Maybe you want to update the windowblinds, replace that sagging mattress or tackle thegarden.Whatever your needs and choices, you’ll find somegreat offerings from our loyal advertisers on thesepages – they are keen to do business with you.

check they have compli-ant pool fencing in placeas the warmer weather ap-proaches to help reducethe risk of childrendrowning or being injuryin swimming pools.Sunshine Coast Councilis preparing a new roundof inspections of residen-tial properties with swim-ming pools and pool own-ers may be contacted bya council officer to ar-range an inspection ap-pointment. Acting Build-ing Services ManagerSteven Tucker said it’simportant to make surepool fences are safe assummer gets closer. “It isthe property owner’s re-sponsibility to ensurethey have compliant poolfencing, that the gatelatches lock automaticallyand there are no climb-

occur in domestic swim-ming pools.“Having a child drownbecause a fence was non-compliant, was improperlyfenced or had the gatepropped open has been atragic reality for far toomany Queenslanders.”From 1992 to 2001, 56 chil-dren aged under fiveyears drowned in residen-tial swimming pools andspas in Queensland. Ofthese, 80 per centdrowned because thepool fence was non com-pliant, either improperlyfenced or had the gate leftopen.If property owners areunsure whether their poolfence meets pool safetylaws they can contactcouncil to organise an in-spection for a fee.


GWQ (Graduate Women Queensland Sunshine Coast)is holding its November Breakfast and Annual BookSale an Saturday November 6th at 7.45am for 8.15am atthe Chancellors Tavern, Chancellor Park.Speakers are local members and USC Staff, AssociateProfessor Shireen Fahey, Program Leader/CourseCoordinator, Climate Change, Coasts and Catchments

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Let’s Get FreshNOOSA Arts and Crafts in Wallace House has longbeen known for its superb exhibitions and Christmassale but now it boasts a newly renovated gift shop.If you think Wallace House is just an old ladies’ knit-ting circle then think again. It has grown in its 15 yearexistence into a vibrant art and craft community whichis home to over 20 different groups.There is a well-equipped pottery which produces someoutstanding ceramics. The art groups have excelledthemselves this year in their annual inhouse exhibi-tions as well as gaining awards in local and nationalexhibitions.There is a strong writing fraternity in the House aswell as a large quilting membership. In fact there iseverything from beading to watercolour and crotchetto spinning.The website features information on the arts and craftsand the photos of our exhibitions and events are up-dated regularly. Wallace House is proud of its reputa-tion as the home of creativity and community spiriton the Sunshine Coast.The new Gift shop has a wide variety of items dis-played which change regularly to allow all members

CALLING all pastel artists! A new art group has beenformed. The Pastel Society of Australia has formedthe Sunshine Coast Group and is about to begin regu-lar monthly meetings. Pastel Society members enjoy the benefits of dem-onstrations and workshops with experienced PastelTutors and social interaction with like minded artists.There is also opportunity to enter competitions, re-ceive professional critiques and gain encouragementand friendship through sharing the love of pastels.At the first Sunshine Coast meeting, Master Pastel-list and well known local artist Chris Blake will dem-

NOT interested in arts &crafts - Why not come to ournew light hearted ‘discussion’ group & meetlikeminded folk who listen, laugh & participate whereyou will soon make new friends. Or try ‘creative writ-ing’& get that story in your head put onto paperguided by the writing group who will help to showyou how. But if you fancy something arty, why nottry mosaics. You will be shown how to design smalltiles into colourful objects you will be proud of.We have popular acrylic painting where you get ev-ery encouragement to find that hidden talent, so come

to show off their skills. The shop is open from 9.00amto noon every week day and visitors are welcome tocome and see what is on offer. Everything is reason-ably priced and of a high standard - there are gifts foreveryone and every occasion.Noosa Arts and Crafts, Wallace House, 7 WallaceDrive, Noosaville. Phone: 07 5474 1211 Website:www.noosaartsandcrafts.org.au and email:[email protected].

Spring Fairmorning tea, plants, games and computer advice.Contact the office on 5443 7281 for more informa-tion. Come and have fun and find out how ourgroup ticks!

GWQ Breakfast and Book Saleand Suzanne Burford, Manager, International ProjectsGroup. Both ladies will speak about the work theyare doing as staff members in the Faculty of Science,Health and Education at USC. Cost is $25.00. Visi-tors or potential members are most welcome. Pleasephone President Bernice on 54775714 by Monday31st October if you would like to attend.

Get Creativealong and surprise yourself. Try something differentwith needle point or bunka embroidery, not the usualway we think of embroidery. If you like using a needlecome and have a look. So anyone out there, stopthinking about it and come next Wednesday, we dontbite!We open every Wednesday 9.30-12.30 atMaroochydore Community Hall, Memorial Ave (nextto Meals on Wheels) $6 for three hours, gold coinmorning tea/coffee. Call Beryl 5479 1517 for moreinformation.

New art group for Pastel Societyonstrate an Urban street scene. There will be ampleopportunity for questions and socializing over a cupof tea or coffee.All who have an interest in finding out more aboutpastels are encouraged to come along.The first meeting will be held Tuesday 12th Octoberstarting at 7pm at the SCAG art room ElizabethDaniel’s Park, Mooloolaba-Buderim Road, Buderim.Cost: Members $5; Visitors $10. Monthly meetingwill continue on the 2nd Tuesday of every month (ex-cept in January). All queries to Tricia Taylor on 0419176 986

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LORAINE Tinniswood began working in leather in1976. An international conference, in Canberra in 1983,opened her eyes to the artistic uses of leather, andshe now creates items from key rings to objects of art– e.g. boxes, bowls, vases, “life-like” flowers, jewelleryetc.Loraine has had work displayed in Holland, Japan,America, New Zealand and in many venues roundAustralia. She has won prizes in Leather competi-tions internationally in America and New Zealand,nationally in Sydney and Adelaide, in the Dame MaryDurack Outback Craft Awards, and Brisbane R.N.A.and various Queensland country shows. She has alsowon prizes in the Pine Rivers Art Awards (competingwith various art mediums).Loraine has also judged Leather Competitions locallyand internationally.She considers her most prestigious commission (bythe Girl Guides Association) was a photo album pre-sented to the then Queensland Governor - LeneenForde.Loraine has tutored workshops at seven internationalconferences (4 in Brisbane & 3 in New Zealand); con-ducted workshops for the Leather Guilds of NewSouth Wales, South Australia and Queensland;Dunedin (N.Z.) Leather Group; and tutored AdultEducation Courses for T.A.F.E. In 1996, Loraine wasthe Guest Speaker with a slide presentation at aLeather Seminar in Holland.Loraine is the Founder, Inaugural President, Member(No. 1), and Life Member (No. 1) of the Leather CraftersAssociation of Queensland Inc. She also designedthe Association Badge.Loraine has always tried to share her knowledge ofleather, and over the years has given short classesand demonstrations for Schools, Guides, Scouts,Brownies, and been the Guest Speaker at various

THE Sunshine Coast’s reputation for being a hotbedof artistic talent is about to get a boost.From 1st to 3rd October the Unknown Artists’ Exhibi-tion will shine the spotlight on our region’s new andemerging artists.The future Picasso’s and Van Gogh’s of the SunshineCoast will be revealed for the very first time at theRumba Beach Resort!Exhibition organiser, Correen, says, “We are expos-ing the unknown and untapped talent of our art world.Many of the artists are new to their passion, somehaving picked up a paintbrush for the first time thisyear. Their work is inspiring – it is of an amazingcalibre.”The region is renowned for its cutting edge artistsand art galleries, but as fellow organiser, Joyce adds,“There are very few outlets for the diverse, unique

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Church and Community Group Functions/Meetings- as a volunteer.She has been an integral member of Hay Cottage sincejoining 10 years ago. To see some of Loraine’s ex-quisite work visit the delightful Hay Cottage inDayboro.The Cottage will be holding its 21st birthday celebra-tions with a morning tea on Sunday 10 October com-mencing at 10.30am. Several local dignitaries, includ-ing Mayor Sutherland (Moreton Bay Regional Coun-cil) and Rhonda Marsh (patron and great granddaugh-ter of the original Hay family) will be attending.

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Unknown Artists Exhibitionart of our emerging artists.”Keen painters themselves, the organisers were in-spired to set up the exhibition after visiting a local artexhibition “Upon enquiring as to how we would getour art displayed in such a venue, we were told that itwas only for known artists and by invitation only.That’s how the seed for the Unknown Artists’ Exhibi-tion was born”, said Correen.“By supporting our new talent we encourage theongoing diversity of a culturally vibrant community.”So if you’ve ever dreamed of owning a priceless pieceof art, don’t miss your chance! Join in the celebra-tion, and support the Sunshine Coast’s UnknownArtists.Who knows, you could be walking away with thenext Mona Lisa!Visit www.unknownartists.com.au for all the details.

OUR meetings are held in the Immanuel GardenCommunity Hall, Magnetic Drive, Buderim on the firstand second Wednesday of the month from 12.30pm -3.30pm, and the third and fourth Tuesday from 9am -noon. contact Diane 5443 1104 or Anne 5443 4344.

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You can now place FREE For Sale classifieds in Sunshine Coast SeniorsNewspaper. Turn your unwanted items, no matter how small in value, intocash.You can write up to 20 words per advert, but make sure that your contactphone number, and the selling price are clearly stated. Items for salemust not exceed $500.Please submit FREE classifieds only by post, fax or email to our office by17th of each month. (No adverts will be accepted over the telephone.)Wanted items are no longer accepted.Conditions apply:Free For Sale classifieds are for individual advertisers only. No businessadverts accepted. Three adverts per household are allowed each month.Please print the first word of your classified in capitals, and the rest of theadvert should be in lower case. All adverts must be accompanied by thename, address and phone number of the person placing the advertising.The Publisher reserves the right to decline, alter or amend any advertise-ment. Each advert is for one insertion, but the Publisher reserves the rightto run the adverts for longer.

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COMMODE toilet/shower chair s/s onwheels with extendablefoot tray $100. Deliveryextra. Ph 5534 5896 orM. 0425 335 265. PalmBeach.COMPUTER mobiledesk, suit small area.1445 x 735 cm. adjust-able shelves, grey lami-nate, perfect cond. $50.Ph 5493 5723.Currimundi.DELUX Poker Set inaluminium carryingcase. Still in box. $25.Ph 5476 9833,Buderim.DINING room table and4 chairs hexagon tableGC. $60. Ono Ph 54763267 or 0407 159 664.Nambour.DINING table seats 6,glass top metal frame.$70 ono. Ph 5478 9654.PalmwoodsELECTRIC waterblaster. $50 ono. GC.Ph 0401 502 568.Caloundra.ELECTRIC lift/reclinermotorised chair ‘Pride’model, hand control.Oatmeal colour. VGCpaid $1200 sell $500.Ph. 5444 5662.Mooloolaba.ENTERTAINMENT Unitnew condition. 11stor-age spaces. L&R ad-justable towers. (tintedglass doors) adjustablefor TV size 1970W x1250H x 585D,( 6’5½” x4’1½” x 1’11"). . Pullapart 5 sections easy toassemble. New $1250sell $295. Ph 54455612.F R E E Z E RWestinghouse 180 litreupright model-exccond. $300 ono. Ph 075241 238 . TweedHeads.

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THE Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS) isadvising North Coast residents that as of next week,strict new rules regarding lighting fires will beenforced due to the declaration of a fire danger period.QFRS Regional Manager of Rural Operations for theNorth Coast Region, Peter Hollier applauded residentswanting to reduce fuel loads on their own propertiesbut warned they must do this by obtaining a permitto light fire, especially in light of the declaration frommidnight August 29, 2010 to midnight January 2, 2011a Fire Danger Period.“The declaration of the Fire Danger Period means notall fires, regardless of size, can continue to be litwithout a permit during the Fire Danger Period,” MrHollier said.“Some types of fires have previously been notifiedas exempt from the requirement for a permit and theseexemptions continue provided the use of fire is notprohibited by any Local Government Local Law.”“People should contact their Local Government if theyneed information about whether there is such a locallaw covering their property”.Mr Hollier said residents who were using a fireoutdoors for cooking in a BBQ or a camp fire wereexempt and did not require a permit but needed totake the utmost care.“The most important thing for residents to rememberis that regardless of the type of the fireplace, in all

North Coast residents prepare for fire danger periodcircumstances is it the responsibility of the personlighting or maintaining the fire to ensure adequateprecautions are taken to prevent any escape of thefire.”“Conditions applicable to camp fires include ensuringthe ground and air space is clear of flammable materialto prevent the escape of the fire, the fire and fuelused are the minimum to conduct the fire and do notoccupy an area of more than one square metre” hesaid.“On the North Coast this will be especially relevantto popular camping areas along the Fraser Coast, byall means enjoy this great time of year outdoors butremember it’s vital that a campfire is built in a waythat will contain the fire and that the fire is attendedat all times.”In regard to fires lit outdoors for the purpose ofcooking, the QFRS advises that a properly preparedfireplace includes; fixed fireplaces in parks andcampgrounds, trenches at least 30cm deep in a clearedarea and portable barbecues.“If you need to get a Permit it‘s a simple process ofapplying through your fire warden.“You can find out who your local fire warden is byvisiting www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au or by contactingyour local Rural Area office: Maryborough (07) 41904839, Caloundra (07) 5420 7517, or Bundaberg (07)4153 3244.”

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house and join a localsinging group, meetsome good blokes andring some chords’? TheSunshine Statesmen

National Convention inBrisbane. According toChorus President, TonyEccles, you don’t haveto be able to read musicto sing barbershop.‘A fella with somesinging experience ornatural ability could joinnow and be singing withus in time for ourAustralia Day perfor-mance on Buderim inJanuary – so why wait?’The chorus rehearses atthe Buderim UnitingChurch hall at 7.30pm onWednesday nights. Forfurther information,contact Membership VP,Paul Minnis, on54456497, or Tony on54949655.

in Brisbane.M.C. Rosanna Natoli,Seven Local News. To beheld on Saturday 9th Oc-

tober, 2010 at 7.30pm atthe Lake Kawana Com-munity Centre. Tickets$25 adult or $20 conces-

sion. For enquiries pleasephone Veronika on 54455415. See also www.hotgingerchorus.org.au.

For bookings contact theBox Office on 5491 4240 or visit

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Sunshine Morning Melodies presentsA Musical Journey with Judy StoneWednesday 13th October at 11am

Morning Tea from 10amTickets from $13.50 including Morning Tea

- Members & Groups 10+ Only $12


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OUR feature entitled‘Restaurant of theMonth’, with readersinvited to enter ourmonthly $50 vouchergive-away, has an-other lucky winner.Joy Evans of MoffatBeach and a chosencompanion will beable to take their pickfrom a temptinglunchtime menu atMaroochy Surf ClubBistro, Cotton Tree.Claiming to have one of the bestbeach views on the Sunshine Coastmight seem a big boast, but you haveto visit the Club yourself to see justhow great the view is fromMooloolabah all the way to Noosa.Patrons can while away some timewatching the ever-changing beachscene, from surfing through to kite-surfing. As the Club itself says, “It’sthe best seat on the beach!”Derek Keep, the newly appointedhead chef and the aptly named sec-ond-in-charge Adam Cook, have puttogether a mouth-watering new menuthat will tempt your tastebuds and isguaranteed to please. There are greatspecials every day of the week andon Tuesday Roast Day you can gettwo roast meals for only $12.00.The Black Swan Function Room haseven better views from its elevatedposition. Floor-to-ceiling windowsoffer panoramic views of nothing butsand and surf as far as the eye cansee. Here the club can cater for anyof your function needs from a small

CLOGGING is an American Folk Dance with rootsburied deep in the heart of the USA AppalachianMountains where, in the mid 1700’s, various immi-grant groups brought their traditional folk dances,and some of these have survived in modern form.For those of you who visited this year’s Muster inGympie, you would have had the opportunity to learna few of the basic steps in clogging. Want to con-tinue?Or better yet, want to see what Clogging is all about.?No – it’s not dancing in wooden shoes - it’s a very

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conference to a 200 person wedding.Just call Kerri Smith who will liaise withyou on all your needs.There is always something happen-ing at the Maroochy Surf Club sevendays a week, with Mellow MaroochyMondays from 6pm with Jeff the gui-tarist, Bingo on Tuesdays at 8.30am,Members’ draw at 7.00pm Wednes-days and Michael’s raffles on Thurs-days, Fridays and Saturdays. Themonster raffles on Sundays at 7pm area special feature. For Pokie playersthere are promotions every day withyour chance to win cash and prizes aswell as trying out 10 spanking newgames in the 70 gaming machine room. As the second oldest club inQueensland, (it’s been around fornearly a hundred years saving livesin the nearby surf) Maroochy SurfClub has a lot to offer. There is dis-abled access to all levels of the clubvia the lift located in the club foyer.The Club is located on Alexandra Pa-rade at Cotton Tree. Contact: 54431298.

THIS month ourRestaurant of the Monthfeature continues. Onthese pages you willfind highlights of someof the fine dining to behad on the SunshineCoast. Many of therestaurants have specialdeals or seniors dis-counts – and to make iteven more tempting,readers have a chanceeach month to win a $50voucher to be used atour featured Restaurantof the Month.It’s simple to enter thegiveaway - just locatethe ‘icon’ in one of theadvertisements in ourentertainment sectionpages and write thename of the advertisingrestaurant on the backof an envelope, togetherwith your name and adaytime contacttelephone number. Mailit to ‘Restaurant of theMonth’, Sunshine CoastSeniors Newspaper, POBox 1062, Tewantin, Q4565 to arrive by 15October, 2010. The firstentry out of the barrelwill win someone adelicious meal!

Give clogging a go!energetic form of line dancing done with taps on yourshoes. No partner is required so you can learn atyour own pace without affecting anybody else, andwear your comfortable enclosed shoes. (Taps comelater). The music used covers a broad range fromcountry through rock and beyond.Come along to the introductory nights at the LittleHall at the Square Dance Centre, 260 Dixon Road,Buderim at 7.30pm on Wednesdays 6th and 13th Octo-ber and have some fun. Contact Bev on 5445 1238 forall enquiries

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chipping copper (10)6 Soot particle on the factotum’s back (4)9 Will’s bible (10)10 Ant eggs around the volcano (4)12 Cattle sellers share agents (12)15 Thinks out the justifications (7)16 Chief executive posted idiotic songs to Lance

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JAMES Nash is creditedwith finding the first goldin Gympie on October 16,1867. Since then the townhas become famous andhas celebrated annuallyfor this golden reason.The history of the GoldRush Festival began in1967, when the town cel-ebrated the centenary ofJames Nash’s goldenstrike and the ensuingestablishment of the townof Gympie. Since then, thefestival has grown into aweek of diverse eventsand has come to incorpo-rate arts, culture, historyand live performances.Take the trip up the high-

The golden history of Gympie

ARE you a singer? Would you like to sing in a choir?Andrew Emmet directs two A Cappella choirs inTewantin and one in Cooroy. Both classical and popu-lar. He will teach you your part and supply computerfiles for learning purposes. Singing in a choir is goodfun and very good for you, both physically and spiri-tually. Doonella A Cappella – Mondays – HibiscusResort, Tewantin 10.15am. Good Vibrations – Mon-day – Anglican Church Hall, Cooroy. 7pm. Spiritsong(classical) – Wednesdays, Uniting Church Hall –Tewantin. 7pm. Phone Andrew on 5474 1498 or [email protected]

Would you like to sing in a choir?

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way to join in a week ofcelebrations from 6th to16th October.The Gympie Gold RushFestival Gold PanningChampionships will beheld on Saturday 9th Oc-tober from 9.00am to 4.00pm and a Prospectors’Day on Sunday 10th Oc-tober at the Gympie GoldMining and HistoricalMuseum – 215 BrisbaneRd, Gympie.Anybody who hasn’t hadthe chance to ride the Val-ley Rattler can board thehistoric train in Gympie fora trip to Imbil on Wednes-day 13th October, whenthe train will shuttle back

and forth all day. TheGreat Art Debate will takeplace on Wednesday 13thOctober at the GympieRegional Gallery at7.30pm. Goldfields plazawill join in the celebra-tions on Thursday 14th

October and Friday 15th

October with the GoldRush Gem Fest all day. Ifyou want to relax and lis-ten to the talents ofGympie then the LadyMayoress Gold Rushconcert will be on Thurs-day night 14th October atthe Civic Centre.This year is the 39th fes-tival with the Cornett’sIGA Float Parade in Mary

Street on Saturday 16th

October starting at2.30pm. There’s some-thing for everyone in theextensive program and

there’s no better place tobe than in Gympie for thatweek. More information isavailable atwww.goldrush. org.au.

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Widow, slim, sincere, caring nature ND,NS, GSOH, seeks company with a 70year old gent also with a GSOH. Ref732Very active slim lady WLTM an activewidower to 75 years old. Ref 733WLTM caring, sincere gent 60+ livingnorth of Brisbane. NS, SD who enjoysdancing, good food, nights at home andgood conversation. Must like animalsand outdoors. Ref 736SSC lady WLTM genuine gentlemanwith GSOH, who would treat his ladywith happy times. I am a sincere, fit,65yo lady medium build 5’7" and ownmy own home. I have varied interests.Ref 738Fun loving Lady looking for a decrepidold man, past playing any sport, quietspoken, kind natured and NOT lookingfor a rich man with hang-ups, just a nicecompanion. Not worried about looksso I don’t have to fight off other hope-fuls. Would love to hear from you. Ref739Attractive north SSC lady 75 yrs youngactive, nice figure, caring and affection-ate WLTM well groomed, well man-nered, honest gent, NS, SD, FS, aged70+ for friendship, companionship andoutings. I miss being with a male per-son to talk with and enjoy. Ref 742SSC lady, honest, caring, presentablewith various interests WLTM non-smoker, nice old school gent for out-ings and friendship. Would like genu-ine replies Ref 743

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THE Buderim Male Choir Concert “Forthe Choral Connoisseurs” will be heldat the Caloundra Uniting Church, 56Queen Street, Caloundra on Sunday 17October 2010, at 2pm.Guest Artists : Vox Pacifica ChamberChoir and MC: Graham Shultz. For fur-ther info phone Chris Dent 5441 4136.

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How to ReplyPlace your reply in a sealed STAMPEDenvelope (please don’t write on thisenvelope). Enclose this envelope in-side another envelope and write the ref-erence number advertisement you wishto respond to and post it to “SeniorsMeeting Place”, P.O. Box 1062,Tewantin. Qld 4565. We will then for-ward your message on to the personwho placed the advertisement.

To place a FREE adSend your free advertisement (up to 40words) with your name, address andphone number to “Seniors MeetingPlace”, P.O. Box 1062, Tewantin. Qld4565. (No names, addresses or phonenumbers are printed in the advertise-ments, only a reference number).


Documents

Sunshine Coast Seniors Newspaper