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NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE BRISBANE EDITION 7, OCTOBER 2015

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Editor’s note

here was a time, not so very long ago, when leaving school after “Junior” or Grade 10, was de rigeur. Only a few went on to further education at university (mostly the boys) or teacher’s training college, and the rest were sent off to work in a bank or a shop or to do their apprenticeship as a hairdresser or tradesman at “tech college”. These were the days when the school curriculum had woodwork and domestic or home science as compulsory subjects and the girls also had to do a term of mothercraft. It was all preparation for the expected future as it was then known. For many families, it was

Contents important to get the kids into the workforce as soon as possible to keep the budget ticking over. It’s all a broad generalisation, but a university education certainly wasn’t the norm we know now. So, for those who wanted to learn and never had the opportunity, it’s your time to shine at the University of the Third Age. Choose your subjects on what you want to know more about – there’s no prerequisites, no set number of units to complete or even a piece of paper awarding a degree at the end. This is all about the love of learning and for many, sharing lessons from their school of life. I must confess, I had many preconceived notions on what the U3A was all about. Most of them were wrong. It sounded a bit daunting and demanding and serious but as Angela Bensted discovered, it’s not only about learning but also about socialising and sharing knowledge.

Dorothy Whittington, Editor

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Never too old to learn The University of the Third Age is proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks and as ANGELA BENSTED reports, subjects cover a broad range of interests and there’s no worries about assignments, detention or the dog eating your homework. want to be challenged and stimulated.” The brainchild of French academics, U3A started in Toulouse in 1973 as a summer school run by the university for retirees. The idea took hold across the world with U3A groups forming on the Sunshine Coast and in Brisbane in 1986. U3A now claims to be the largest provider of adult education programs for retirees in Queensland. There is no government funding for the organisation, although some groups are supported by their local council, high school or, in the case of the Sunshine Coast, a university. Courses include the usual suspects such as languages, history, economics and current affairs. But the classroom is a far cry from the stuffy halls of high school and no one is handing out detentions for incomplete assignments. Regular presenter David Parmiter says he does not give lectures, he gives stage performances. “No one goes to sleep in my lectures,” he says, which include talks on the Viking Empire, Winston Churchill (“where I do not talk about

the war?”) and the Six Houses of Shakespeare. Generally, U3A classes are run over terms which correspond with the dates of school terms, but there are also one-off lectures and social and cultural outings – there is a Sunshine Coast group called Meet Me at the Movies. The curriculum is also much more diverse than any university handbook. There is typically a wild kaleidoscope of classes such as bird watching, ukulele, croquet and World War I poetry. There are music classes, craft classes and classes for gamers. Mah-jong is the hot ticket right now, according to Brisbane U3A’s Greg Doolan. When Greg first walked into the Brisbane office of U3A, he nearly turned on his heel and walked out. “I thought it was full of old farts,” he says. “My wife couldn’t believe I wanted to join.” But he wanted to master Excel and U3A offered a cheap option. Fast forward five years and Greg Doolan has conquered more than spreadsheets. He is the marketing and

“When I was a girl you left school and went straight into the job your parents had organised for you”

t’s pruning season for rose growers and with 330 bushes in her garden, Rhonda Weston is a busy woman. But the keen gardener is happy to shelve her secateurs to talk about University of the Third Age (U3A), an organisation she has been active in as a student, tutor and now administrator, since 2004. She currently chairs the U3A Asia Pacific Alliance.

The name U3A might be a bit grandiose and vaguely hippy, but it is neither of these. “University” is just a catch-all word for a community of teachers and scholars and the “third age” referred to is the age of active retirement. Rhonda says people are retiring today with high expectations. “They want at least 20 years of active retirement,” she says. “They

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COVER STORY A group from Brisbane is planning a walking trip to Japan later this year and another from Logan is visiting China to look at how the organisation runs in that country. The China trip came about because one of the members travelled to China regularly with his job and knows a lot about the country. He put together an itinerary and took it to a travel agent to get a deal for the group. “It’s almost like a research trip,” says Greg Doolan. Rhonda Weston says U3A is a great way for people who might be recently widowed or moved house in retirement to connect with the community. “Some people have told me their U3A classes are the reason they get out of bed in the morning,” she says. This sentiment is echoed by David Parmiter. “If I didn’t have this I would sit at home going quietly mad, probably hitting the bottle,” he says of his lecturing role on the Sunshine Coast. He might be joking, but maybe he is not. As Greg Doolan snaps shut his diary and prepares for the next of his many appointments that day, he says he hates the word retirement. He hands over his U3A business card which includes his contact details and a telling quote “You retire from work, not life.”

Students of the University of the Third Age enrol for everything from computer skills to ancient history, bird watching and music.

communications manager for U3A Brisbane and vice-president of U3A Queensland. In that time, the group has purchased a building in the CBD and grown to become the second largest in Australia, with more than 3500 members. It is run entirely by volunteers – more than 200 of them – and offers hundreds of classes each term, mostly from its headquarters in Creek St, but also in suburban libraries. “I’m supposed to be retired,” says Greg, “but I’m too busy to scratch myself.” The age of active retirement covers a wide span of numbers and can be interpreted broadly. Some U3A groups require members to have reached 50, but others take a

more flexible approach. And you can never be too old. Norman Holcrombe is 101. He tutored with U3A until he was 97 but is now taking it easy, attending only an investment group, a current affairs discussion group and a Scrabble class. Many tutors, like Liz Kennedy, start out as students. The avid reader and traveller wanted to learn how to use an iPad to store books. It was a popular class with increasing demand and not enough people to teach. So after 18 months as a student, Liz moved up to the lectern. She looks back now and laughs, saying she knew hardly anything when she started.

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“How I had the audacity to teach it,” she says. “I am just stunned.” Liz’s teaching credentials come “courtesy of the University of Life”. “When I was a girl you left school and went straight into the job your parents had organised for you,” she says. “We lived next door to a bank manager so I was taken out of school and plonked into a bank, which I hated with a passion.” Teaching is now a big part of Liz’s life and some terms, she fronts as many as five classes a week. “I just enjoy the look on their faces when the students get it,” she says. “You can see the penny drop.” Like the early Greek lyceums of Aristotle, U3A does not limit itself to the classroom.

More information about the organisation is available at u3aqld. org.au with details of classes provided in Brisbane at u3abrisbane. org.au and the Sunshine Coast at u3asunshine.org.au

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Sandi’s family treasure a rare link to China Family history and a collection of photos has made a Sunshine Coast woman a hit with Chinese archivists.

Sandi Primo with the Chinese treasures.

andi Primo will next month welcome a delegation from Yichang, a city of four million people, to her Cotton Tree home where she will present them with photographs and other items her grandfather collected more than a century ago. During a visit to China to honour her grandfather, she was given an enthusiastic reception with tea, flowers and gifts and starred in local newspapers after authorities heard that she was eager to return the historic collection. The story begins with her grandfather, John James Primo, who was born in London on January 19, 1880 and joined the British Navy in 1899. For the next 15 years he served on 12 Royal Navy ships as leading stoker until September 22, 1914, when the HMS Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by a small German U Boat in the North Sea off the east coast of England. All hands were lost. London’s Daily Mirror reported years later, in 1956, that three big Royal Navy cruisers had been sunk within 30 minutes on that day, with a total loss of life of 2000 men. Before this though, John Primo served on HMS Woodcock, patrolling the Yangtze River in West China from 1902–1904, together with US and other war ships, as part of the Boxer Rebellion. He acquired many photographs and Chinese artefacts from the Xiling Gorge and Yichang Province areas.

Sandi now has these items – 114-year-old photographs and other items including a beautifully-carved wooden (camphor) chest from around 1800. “They are still in excellent condition because they were always considered treasures,” she said. “They travelled first from China to London and then in 1919, arrived in Sydney with my grandmother and her two small children.” While herself living in the UK, Sandi travelled to the North Sea to farewell her grandfather with a floral tribute, but then decided that she also wanted to give him a final farewell in China, which she visited in September last year on the centenary of his death. She cruised the Yangtze for four nights from Yichang 660km to ChongQing, the area that had been patrolled by the HMS Woodcock. “I was so excited to be on water where he had been and farewelled him once again with a floral tribute together with fellow passengers and crew,” she said. She had taken photocopies of some of the old photographs with her in the hope she might meet someone who could point her in the direction of a museum or cultural centre that might be interested in having the items her grandfather had brought back from China. Most of the photographs showed parts of the Yangtze and its surrounds that have since been flooded by the Three Gorges Dam. “From the beginning it was always my dearest wish that these items be returned to China as they form an integral part of their history,” Sandi said. It was by chance that she met Mr Zong Jing Wang, the resident Chinese traditional artist and craftworker on the MS Yangtze Explorer. He arranged a visit that afternoon from a delegation of officials from the National Archives. Director, Gong Ya Qin, and his associates were overawed by what she showed them and in particular, her wish to return it all to China. They offered to fly her and the goods to China but this wasn’t possible. They now will arrive in Cotton Tree to collect them next month.

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Loving the language Advertisers, politicians, journalists and even school teachers, doesn’t anybody learn English grammar these days? There cannot be ‘less’ things, ‘less’ times or ‘less’ people. Less is the descriptor of quantity. The descriptor of number is ‘fewer’. Less is for money or petrol. Fewer is for the number of mistakes in everyday speech and print. Speaking of grammar, there are lots of things teachers don’t teach these days, such as number agreement. A plural noun demands a preceding plural verb. There are lots of things. Never use there’s followed by a plural. Then there are the relative pronouns ‘who’ and ‘whom’. Nominative and accusative cases. Finally, journalists – and everyone else – should remember that there is never a time to split infinitives. ‘To’ plus the infinitive of the verb must always stick together, like Brian and Ferry. C’mon, c’mon. They stick together. Never split your infinitives. To always do this, your copy will end up on the editor’s spike. Remember everyone, to never do this. Ever! David Parmiter

Choose the right word After reading Josie Robinson’s letter “Not getting the Pitcher” (August) I would like to respond by adding another pet peeve. No matter how educated people are, some don’t seem to know the difference between “bought” and “brought”. Bought means to buy and brought means to bring. I don’t know how many times I hear these two words used incorrectly

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on television, by presenters, newsreaders, personalities and in advertising. Another irritation is the saying someone “was hit by a car”. A car is an inanimate object and not capable of hitting someone unless faulty. It’s a person driving a car that is the real culprit. Perhaps by saying it was a car it takes some of the blame off the human behaviour. The expression should be “hit by a person driving a car”. Fran Davies

Cut the music Una Daniels, (August). Yes, yes, yes. I do agree – why is background music necessary in TV dramas and documentaries? I wrote to the ABC on this but received no reply. Now my whinge. Australian speech is peppered with “ya, no, you know”. Used by one and all. I have turned off evening radio interviews from sheer frustration. Like TV background music, it’s distracting and detracting. Perhaps Ted Webber could take this on board. Billie Marty

Hear ye, hear ye. Yes, yes Una Daniels (August). There are plenty of us out here who agree with you. I have rung Channel 10 to complain about music being played when trying to hear dialogue during a sad tale on The Project, but guess they were probably not interested or just didn’t care. They know best. It is very distracting and annoying. Any suggestions out there? Nancy Kerle

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CAUTION FOR NOMADS YT (Sept) suggests that a couple who own a home and little else will spend up to $250K on a mobile home and stash the balance. The advice of people who, like ourselves, have spent many years on the road, is that you need to either keep your house or have enough in the bank to buy a home if health or other factors make travel no longer possible. We have seen one couple forced to live permanently in a caravan park. Another reasonably well-off businessman sold his house and bought the caravan he wanted and changed his car for a suitable vehicle to tow it. He did not think he would ever want to go back into a house, but had enough in shares if he needed to buy a house. His health deteriorated at about the time of the Global Financial Crisis. His widow now lives in rental accommodation. Life on the road is great, but be prepared for changes in circumstances. Barrie & Daryll Webb

FAIR GO FOR NEW ZEALAND I’ve just found your September issue and thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the letters about background music on television. However, there was one thing that rankled. In the article “Land of the long white cloud” it says “New Zealand. . . it really is so compact.”

It might be compact compared to Australia but not when compared to many places. According to Google Maps, it’s a 2083km drive taking 28 hours from Bluff to Cape Reinga. That compares to just 1348 km taking 14½ hours from Lands End to John O’Groats. In other words, it takes almost twice as long to drive from one end of the country in New Zealand as it does in the UK. Adrian Prince

MOTORHOME MEMORIES I enjoyed your story about the caravan nomads (September). My wife and I were lawn bowlers and invited to participate in a carnival in Western Australia. We had never been there and decided to hire a motorhome for four months. We took off early to play bowls along the track and visit friends. We always stayed in van parks to share ideas about places to see and chug a stubbie or two with our neighbours. We had a glorious bowls carnival in Fremantle and then took off across the Nullarbor, travelling through the southern states and finally arriving home with lots of memories (but no bowls trophy). I would advise others to get out and DO IT as life is too short. Edward Ryan

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Speedway legends turn 80 Barrie Watt and Max Newton entertained thousands for years.

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xhibition Speedway champions, Max Newton and Barrie Watt turned 80 last month. About 150 speedcar drivers and Solos riders, who also impressed crowds of 30,000 every Saturday night at Brisbane Exhibition Speedway track from the 1940s to the late ’80s, turned out for a surprise party. Max’s racing career started in the late 1940s with a push bike and plenty of peddle power. He became involved in speedway as mechanic for Noel Pegg and one night in 1959 got his chance to have a drive at Redcliffe Speedway. The car was Q14 an A-model Ford Noel had purchased from South Australian Rex Sendy. Max later bought the car and re-numbered it 35. Success followed with a junior championship’ in 1961. Racing gave Max the chance to travel around as he raced at the tracks at Ipswich, Redcliffe, Bundaberg, Lismore, Canberra and the Sydney Showground but says his favourite was the Exhibition. He says that speedway was a lot of

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n the 1930s they were billed as two of the great wonders of Queensland – the Hornibrook Bridge and the Great North Coast Road, the Bruce Highway. The road was wide enough for two vehicles to pass. Now known as the M1, there is an urgency for a six-lane road in 2015. The Hornibrook Bridge was built and named after the chief engineer of the project, Sir Manuel Hornibrook and opened in October 1935. It connected Redcliffe with Brisbane at Brighton, making the bayside resorts more accessible to city visitors who were able to drive to the peninsula for a glorious day’s outing. At 2.6 kilometres long, it was the longest bridge in the southern hemisphere and the second longest in the world. Until its closure to road traffic in 1979, it was the longest vehicular traffic bridge in Australia. Locals and visitors admired the construction of this first wooden

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War in the carpark can be costly Motoring writer KATE CALLAHAN comes up with ideas to avoid damage after a nasty experience in the supermarket carpark.

his month’s column was to be a nostalgia piece, a celebration of family driving holidays in the 1960s. Can you picture it? Dad behind the driver’s wheel, smoking a rollie and Mum in the back seat knitting – with the kids filling in the spaces between. I was really looking forward to taking a trip down memory lane with you, but when I met Marge (not her real name) in a supermarket carpark last week, the nostalgia piece was abandoned in favour of a topic more pressing – car park damage. I called her Marge because, like Marge Simpson, her blue hair was piled high on her head. But the beehive was of no consequence once I spotted her ageing Toyota Hilux ute, replete with dings and dirt, parked nice and snug beside my new car – the one I paid a premium for a few months

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MOTORING Marge had raised my hackles. I could not stand quietly by while she scraped the trolley against the side of my car again. Just then a gust of breeze caught a strand of blue hair. While Marge adjusted her up-do, I extracted the trolley from between the cars with uncharacteristic speed and precision. As Marge trudged back to the supermarket to cash in her trolley token, I checked for panel damage, heart in mouth. I could have kicked myself for choosing this car space. But this time I was lucky. The damage was minor and the miracle worker, my local panel beater, was able to remove Marge’s calling card in five minutes. For demonstrations of bad manners and poor behaviour, nothing beats the concrete jungle of the carpark. Courtesy and respect for person and property are all too frequently left at the carpark entrance. Yes, I know life is busy. But is that a valid excuse for stealing someone else’s car park or using a disabled space without a permit?

And who is genuinely so busy that there’s no time to return a trolley to the collection bay? What sort of crumb dings a car and then slips away like a gutless thief in the night? According to a survey commissioned by Suncorp Insurance, 38 per cent of survey respondents reported that their car had been damaged while parked in the previous year. In 94 per cent of those cases, the offending driver did not leave a note. That is a lot of anonymous damage to a lot of cars. And when you consider that the market value of a car can fluctuate by approximately 10 per cent depending on its condition, every carpark misadventure can chip away at the value of your asset. Although the average cost of a carpark claim is relatively low (around $1200), dents and scratches that occur over time cannot be claimed. If you want to maintain the value of your vehicle, it pays to be more careful than I was last week when I parked in a spot that was also attractive to Marge.

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he ever-popular geraniums often disappoint because they like dry conditions and in our hot, wet summers their fibrous stems and roots can easily turn to mush. So here’s a way to help you grow great geraniums without tears. The plants we commonly call “geraniums” are more correctly called pelargoniums and have big heads of red, pink or white flowers with large bright green slightly lobed leaves. The so-called “ivy” geraniums have a trailing habit and are used in hanging baskets. True geraniums have smaller flowers and more deeply lobed leaves. For the sake of this article, I’ll just use the common term “geranium” for both. Geraniums are best grown in pots because this enables you to control the growing environment, especially the root zone. The important thing is for the growing medium to drain well so it retains just enough moisture for the plant’s modest needs. If the mix is allowed to remain wet

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to the point of sogginess for any length of time the roots and stems will rot. Because geraniums are in all other respects such easy growers and require little care we tend to stick them in pots out in the garden or on a patio, and forget about them. Come the rainy season, this is asking for trouble. SO HERE’S THE SECRET: First, choose a pot with good drainage. The more expensive plastic pots offer a “self-watering” option and this is good – but for geraniums it’s not quite

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Begonias With Spiral Leaves will be the set topic for the Queensland Begonia Society’s monthly meeting on Saturday, October 17. Members of all garden clubs are invited to come along to the friendship day and learn and share a love of begonias. Other cultural items and hints will also be discussed and there will be an open display table and another display table for plants other than begonias. Meetings are on the third Saturday of each month (except December) at the Uniting Church Hall, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm starting at 12.30 pm for trade table and 1pm for the meeting. Enid Henderson 3359 4319.

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WEALTH

Responsibilities of an executor Choosing someone to ensure your wishes are carried out is a big decision. JOHN DE GROOT explains.

ne of the most important decisions when making your will is choosing who will be your executor. The first responsibility of an executor is to ensure that the deceased’s funeral arrangements are attended to, although this will usually be handled by family. In more general terms it is the executor’s job to ensure that your wishes, as specified in your will, are actually carried out. This may include selling properties, contacting people you leave money to, paying all debts, finalising tax affairs and distributing monies from your

estate. Even a relatively straightforward will involves a significant amount of work and responsibility so it is prudent to choose an executor you trust and who has a good business sense. To ensure the person will have your interests at heart and a commitment to fulfilling your wishes, it is advisable to discuss the matter with that person before nominating him/ her as an executor. When the will is simple and uncomplicated, such as an estate consisting of little more than the family home and a small amount of money, it is usual to have a family member or close friend as executor. However, in practice, they will usually retain a solicitor to make sure everything is done properly. The executor will instruct the solicitor to verify the estate assets and

correspond with various banks, financial institutions and companies where the deceased held assets. He or she will also notify these bodies of the death and obtain the requirements to deal with the deceased’s assets. In some cases an executor may be required to assume other roles as result of the appointment. These could include acting as the trustee or appointor of the family trust or becoming the director of a family company. Some people choose to have their solicitor, accountant or other trusted advisor act as executor of their wills. A trustee company such as The Public Trustee, Perpetual or Trust Company of Australia can also be appointed to this role. There are several situations where this is desirable. For example, when

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TECHNOLOGY

Avoid “bill shock” after your overseas holiday It’s hard to imagine an overseas trip without being connected. The iPad Man COLIN DUNKERLEY warns how to avoid a horror phone bill on your return. mouse click on the greyed out printer and press delete in the menu. Then, once it is deleted, at the top of the same window you will find the Add Printer button. Click on this button and it will guide you through connecting your printer once again. Another suggestion is to go online and find the printer manufacturer website and download the latest driver for your printer. A driver is a small piece of software that allows your computer to communicate with your printer and other devices. If your driver has corrupted then reinstalling the latest driver will resolve this issue. These brief tips will help resolve 70 per cent of all printer connection issues and get you back to printing. If you do all of these and you are still having issues. It may be time to call a technician to troubleshoot further. If you have any questions call 1300 682 817 or email Nathan@ hometechassist.com.au

ur mobile phones have become technology’s version of the Swiss Army knife and can be an indispensable tool when travelling overseas. Used correctly, you can make and receive calls from hundreds of countries for free or for very similar rates to calls in Australia. You can access mobile data networks and Wi-Fi to get directions, find public transport, get a good hotel deal, check the weather and even translate a language.

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They have been busily converting payphones into Wi-Fi hotspots throughout Australia and in July launched a service called Telstra Air. If you are a Telstra customer you can log on to one of these hotspots and the data you use is deducted from your home account. They even did a deal with a company called “fon” that allows you to connect to millions of Wi-Fi hotspots around the world and have the data you use overseas deducted from your home internet allowance. Now that is clever. So if you are planning a trip overseas, take the time to talk to your travel agent about the best way to use your smartphone or tablet while you’re away. There are now so many incredible apps that you can use on these devices to make your trip more enjoyable. Keep you in touch with loved ones and save time and money. Happy travelling! Email yourtime@ipadlessons.com.au

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AGELESS TIMES

Time to remove the fruit fly from your life As loyalty, integrity and ethics become soured in the garden of life, PETER SHIP suggests tackling the infestation and enjoying your true worth.

pring is in the air and itâ€™s time to check and see if we have a fruit fly infestation. Here is an observation which I present without any environmental impact study, only my own experience. You can decide if I am right or wrong based on your own experiences in life. â€œLoyalty and integrity are endangered species.â€? There Iâ€™ve said it, and I believe the decline can be traced to the arrival of the self-serving, self gratification of the â€œinstant societyâ€? we now live in. Employers treat employees in unacceptable ways, employees respond with contempt. Elected officials, entertainers and sporting heroes and even parts of the church have become corrupt or worse, much, much worse.

The list goes on and while money, power, and self have become the mantra, respect for others has diminished. In some circles, seniors, and the vulnerable are being looked upon as almost disposable members of society while at the same time millions of dollars and every effort are being spent to save some obscure frog or plant. The fact that millions die because of disease, hunger and wars appears to matter little to those in positions to effect change. Donâ€™t get me wrong. I am not against frogs and plants. I have planted several thousand trees at my workplace in the last five years and we can even hear frogs but as with all things, there needs to be a balance. We need to get our priorities right and focus on people as well.

Why has the world become like this you ask? Today I will just give a single word answer: Loyalty. It is my belief that the decay in behaviour is because people have forgotten how to be loyal when it comes to acting with integrity as well as ethically towards each other. Sure, mistakes happen, a word is said, an incident

occurs, but the proof of no fruit fly in your garden is how you respond at those times. The fruit on a loyalty tree is sweet while the integrity tree fruit is an exquisite explosion of full body flavour some call compassion. The ethics tree is an infusion of love and forgiveness. These trees bear fruit all year, a fresh crop daily.

The proof of no fruit fly in the garden of your life can be found in your actions and the way you treat others. Fruit flies are bitter. They make your words toxic, your actions spiteful and eventually, they destroy the fruit. However, you have the power to destroy the infestation. Overdose it with loyalty, kindness, compassion, love, forgiveness and a smile. We are never too old to take on fruit fly. You can do it standing, sitting or even lying down. You are not disposable. You are of great value to the younger generations. Share your knowledge and be a shining example of a fruit fly free garden. You still have a worthwhile purpose in this world, enjoy yourself as you fulfil it.

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BREAST CANCER MONTH

Service delivers confidence Screen and play it safe A Sunshine Coast woman is on a mission to help survivors of breast cancer beat the trauma of sourcing and fitting prosthetics.

t is a sad reality that most women have been touched in some way by breast cancer, whether it’s themselves or a family member or friend. Tracey Grills is working on giving back pre-surgery confidence. Recognising a growing need for women to be professionally fitted with a prosthetic breast after surgery, she operates a mobile breast and lingeriefitting service, regularly visiting Brisbane, Toowoomba, and the Sunshine Coast and its surrounds with her free home service. “As a volunteer for the McGrath foundation and working in lingeriefitting I was encouraged by the breast care nurses telling me that there was such a need for this service,” she said. “My great grandmother had her breast removed so this was a need close to my heart, and it all just snowballed from there.” Mrs Grills also sells hard-to-comeby sports wear and swimmers for prosthetic breast wearers. “It can be a very emotional

experience,” she said. “Most women struggle to imagine their life without a breast. When they try on their old clothes, the ones they had before they had surgery, with their new breast, they are amazed to see how normal they look. “My job is to ensure no one would ever know regardless of their outfit or activity, that they have a prosthetic breast”. Mrs Grills now also heads to regional areas west to Roma, taking in Dalby and Kingaroy on the way. Visit traceyg.com or call 0418 626 527

ctober is Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and BreastScreen Queensland invites all eligible women to take advantage of their free and high quality breast cancer screening services. Dr Jane Brazier, Medical Director of the BreastScreen Queensland Brisbane Northside Service, said she hoped the invitation would serve as a reminder for women to make time for their health and join the BreastScreen Queensland Program. “Breast cancer will affect one in eight women by the age of 85; however the good news is that finding breast cancer at an early stage increases the chances of successful treatment and wellbeing,” she said. “A breastscreen is the best way of finding breast cancers early, even before they can be felt or other signs are noticed. A breastcreen only takes 30 minutes every two years. All our radiographers are women, you don’t need a doctor’s referral and it’s free.” Dr Brazier also reminded women to be breast aware, by getting to know the

normal look and feel of their breasts, and to see a doctor as soon as possible if they notice any breast changes. BreastScreen Queensland provides free breast cancer screening for women aged 50 to 74 years, as increasing age is the biggest risk factor in developing breast cancer. Women in their 40s and 75 years and over are also eligible to attend. Brisbane Northside services are available at Chermside, Brisbane City, Keperra, Kippa-Ring, North Lakes and Indooroopilly. Appointments: Phone 13 20 50.

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Join the travels of a trickster Strauss, Vivaldi, Dvorák and Ravel highlight the colours and depth of this unique ensemble. Celebrate the Soloists’ 20th anniversary of music-making as an ensemble with this captivating concert. Redlands Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall. Saturday, October 24, 7.30pm. Tickets $40, seniors/pensioners $36. Bookings: RPAC Box Office, Middle St, Cleveland, call 3829 8131 or rpac.com.au

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fter their stunning performance last year, Brisbane’s Southern Cross Soloists return to the Redland Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall, joined by internationally acclaimed classical accordionist James Crabb. A program of works inspired by German folklore prankster Till Eulenspiegel, will lead an adventure around the world. Roam with Southern Cross Soloists through Germany, Italy, Bohemia, Greece and Argentina as works by

The third Lendlease Spring Retirement Festival will be held at 11 Lendlease retirement villages across southeast Queensland, free to anyone over 55. Sunshine Coast villages will host art workshops including graffiti, collage and painting; a soprano quartet with a twist and a sublime live-band and burlesque-inspiring dance cabaret. Festival and Australian TV veteran Denise Drysdale will bring her selfdeprecating and hilariously tactless comedy to two festival locations. There will be cooking

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UP POMPEII DEBUTS IN QUEENSLAND Act 1 theatre company presents the comedy Up Pompeii, which promises to bring back all the laughs of Frankie Howerd’s popular 1970s TV series. Howerd planned to do a play from the series in the late 1980s but died before he could take the role. In 2011, an English producer took it on a UK tour where it was a hit and many community theatres picking it up. Act 1’s performance will be its first in Queensland and only the second in Australia. Act One Theatre, Old Shire Hall, Gympie Rd & Hall St, Strathpine October 23-24, 30-31, November 6-7 at 8pm, November 1, 2pm Tickets $18, concessions $15 Bookings 0458 579 269 or visit act1theatreinc.com

MODIGLIANI QUARTET RETURNS One of the world’s top string quartets, the Modigliani Quartet, returns to Australia for its first solo national tour. Since its first Australian tour with clarinettist Sabine Meyer, the Modigliani Quartet has gone from strength to strength and now looks well-placed to assume the mantle of the top French quartet of its generation. The group’s first solo national tour presents two programs of masterworks by Haydn, Schubert, Westlake, Beethoven and Dohnányi, pieces that demand both strength and clarity. Conservatorium Theatre, 16 Russell St, South Brisbane. Thursday, October 8, 7pm. Visit musicaviva.com.au/ Modigliani

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David Mitchell and Melvyn Morrow in association with ORiGiN Theatrical

Nov 13 to 28

Fridays 8 pm | Saturdays 2 and 8 pm | Wednesdays 8 pm director musical director

Leonie Walsh June Gemmell

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WHAT’S ON Redland Performing Arts Centre presents

COMING TO BRISBANE, BY GEORGE

Learn about the benefits of environmentally friendly funerals, natural burial and modern cremation technology at an open day designed to dispel common myths. Staff will offer guided tours of the Eco Memorial Park complex, which encompasses state of the art cremation equipment and natural memorial gardens. Funeral directors will be in attendance to assist with all matters pertaining to funeral and memorial pre-planning and to explain options available. On display, will be a range of memorial plaques, natural wicker and personalised coffins and bio degradable urns. Set on12 acres of natural gardens you may witness some beautiful birds and native wildlife. Complimentary refreshments, an information pack and a gift will be offered after the tour.

After spending his long career travelling the world playing music with the likes of Don Burrows, Stephane Grappelli and Dizzy Gillespie, all George Golla wanted to do to celebrate his 80th birthday was to hit the road and play. Golla, who turned 80 on May 10, has collaborated on a new duo album with Sydney songbird, Jacki Cooper and they are now planning a series of concert tours around the nation. The album, called Tea for Two is a collection of George and Jacki’s favourite songs. “The songs from the Great American Songbook are so beautifully crafted. The most difficult part was narrowing down our favourite songs.” George agrees: “So many of the songs have been recorded hundreds of times, so we decided to look up the verses, many of them long forgotten. Now the trick is to remember which verses go with which songs!” To celebrate George’s 80th birthday, he and Jacki are coming to Brisbane.

Eco Memorial Park Crematorium Stapylton. October 14, 10am-2pm Call 3807 4111 to book a tour time. Visit ecomemorialpark.com.au

PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK Photography is the language of the 21st century, the art of seeing the quality of light upon the subject, of seeing shapes and textures which are then interpreted by the photographer, printed and framed. In this day of the digital image, of instant gratification as thousands of photos are produced by iphones, it is amazing to see well thought-out artistic prints framed and hung on the wall. The Mt Gravatt Photographic Society is staging an exhibition of artistic images from members, framed prints created by talented photographers. These images will be available for purchase. On Saturday evening there will be a wine and cheese opening and all are welcome. Mt. Gravatt Showgrounds. Saturday October 17-Sunday 18, 9am – 5pm

Brisbane Jazz Club, 1 Annie St, Kangaroo Pt. Thursday, October 22, 7.30pm. Bookings: 3391 2006 or visit or visit gollacooper.com

Southern Cross Soloists Travels of a Trickster with James Crabb, Classical Accordion

Roam with the Soloists through Germany, Italy, Bohemia, Greece and Argentina in this concert inspired by the hilarious German folklore prankster Till Eulenspiegel.

PROGRAM INCLUDES: Vivaldi, Dvorˇák, Tiensuu, Ravel and Strauss

Photographer: Dylan Evans

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SAT 24 OCT, 7.30PM REDLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE – CONCERT HALL

TICKETS: $25 – $40 BOOKINGS: 3829 8131 or www.rpac.com.au (Booking fees apply)

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Performing rights obtained from Hal Leonard Australia Pty. Ltd. Directed by John Sayles

Up pompeii

By Miles Tredinnick Based on characters created by Talbot Rothwell & Sid Colin

October 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st @ 8pm November 1st matinée @ 2pm - 6th, 7th @ 8pm

For bookings call 0458 579 269 www.act1theatreinc.com Adults $18 - Members and 15’s $12 - Concessions $15 Act One Theatre, Old Shire Hall, Corner of Gympie Road & Hall Street, Strathpine

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FOOD

Facts on fats – setting the record straight For many years a low fat diet has been common nutrition advice for health and weight loss. Dietitian SARAH GRAY busts some myths.

ecently there has been a lot of criticism about recommending a low fat diet, with many saying that fat has been wrongly accused – even saturated fat, the one that we have been told increases heart disease risk. It’s little wonder we are more confused than ever. Let’s address some common myths about fat.

SATURATED FAT IS BAD AND UNSATURATED FAT IS GOOD Busted! The problem with this common nutrition advice is that it oversimplifies a complex idea. There are several different types of saturated fat, some with a neutral or positive effect on cholesterol, others with a negative effect. There are also several different types of unsaturated fats, many with a neutral or positive effect on cholesterol and some that promote chronic inflammation, a known factor in heart disease. This myth also forgets to mention trans fats. Trans fats are mainly found in processed foods and oil that is heated too many times. Researchers agree that these are unhealthy and should be avoided. Bottom line: Fats should be eaten in the most natural form possible. For example, try avocado, nuts, seeds, oily fish and olive, macadamia or avocado oil, rather than processed foods and canola and other seed oils or table spreads. LOW FAT PRODUCTS ARE LOADED WITH ADDED SUGAR Plausible. This can sometimes be true. When fat is removed from processed foods, extra sugar often needs to be added to ensure the product is still tasty. Low fat products that often contain added sugar include flavoured yoghurts, sauces, mayonnaise and dressings, cereal, muesli bars and muffins. Low fat foods that don’t contain more sugar than the full-fat varieties include milk, cheese, crackers and

Are your friends or group looking for somewhere special? The Willows Tea Room & Café is a wonderful place to indulge in homemade delights, while relaxing in old world charm surroundings.

Our Specialty High Tea Deluxe High Tea served on our fine Royal Albert China, a special experience to share with family and friends. All food is made on the premises. See our website for menu details.

Tea Room & Café Drop in for light lunches, Devonshire tea, morning and afternoon tea. Enjoy the many varieties of some of our award winning organic, native and flavoured teas. And yes we have coffee too.

Greek (plain) yoghurt. Bottom line: Make sure you choose mainly wholefoods over processed foods. A DIET HIGH IN FAT AND LOW IN CARBOHYDRATES IS HEALTHIER Busted! This is a modern nutrition myth. While fat does break more slowly in the body than carbohydrate and therefore keeps you feeling fuller for longer, fat also contains double the amount of energy as protein or carbohydrates! Also, today there tends to be an abundance of fat compared to what there was in the not-so-distant past. For example, our cows are now mainly fed on grains rather than grass and therefore our meats are higher in fat than they were in previous centuries. If you are eating a balanced diet, adding in extra fat such as butter or coconut oil has no proven health benefits. You should instead focus on protein, which is more important to include in our diet as we age. Bottom line: We all require some fat in our diet but unless you follow a strict diet you are likely to be already eating enough unless you are underweight, have lost weight without trying or have a poor appetite. Perhaps fat has been vilified after all! Not all fats are equal and healthy fat can be enjoyed within a balanced diet if eaten in whole, minimally processed foods.

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RETIREMENT LIVING

Centre of city, coast and country

combination of new lifestyle opportunities and high quality homes at an affordable price is making Halcyon Glades the fastest selling over 50s lifestyle community on the northside of Brisbane. “We’ve had a great response from locals downsizing from larger blocks who want to throw away the mower and embrace the range of lifestyle opportunities on offer here,” project director Marie Cone said. “Purchasers who come from afar find the transition easy due to the close proximity to the city, country and coast.”

Halcyon Glades’ price point and location means it has wide appeal. This is combined with quality builds and the lifestyle facilities that come with living in a Halcyon community. The fourth release, The Kingfisher, comprises 22 homes priced from $355,000 to $510,000 and showcases a range of Halcyon’s favourite designs. It also heralds the introduction of The Verandah series of homes, which feature dual front and rear outdoor living areas on larger sites for those who want more space. With something to suit every taste, homes include a choice of designer colour

schemes, 8-Star energy efficient performance and quality fixtures and fittings. Construction is already well underway with the first homes due for completion early next year to coincide with the opening of the community’s extensive recreational facilities. The new, gated community will also feature the biggest recreation club at a Halcyon community with an indoor gym, library, cinema, craft room, function space and additional outdoor area. The lifestyle and recreational precinct features space for swimming, aqua aerobics, lawn bowls, tennis and pickle ball, a small court combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis. Visit the new sales centre off Ardrossan Rd, Caboolture North, or call 1800 814 567.

Baby Boomers get the Edge Today’s Baby Boomers aren’t just looking for a “traditional” retirement village - they want the right investment that will allow them to live comfortably, in style and with the reassurance that their nest egg won’t devalue. This is clear to see at the Sunshine Coast’s newest and most sought-after over 50s community, Nature’s Edge. Demand is growing rapidly at the Forest Glen site, as Baby Boomers seek an ideal location to invest and settle down. Many homebuyers in the rainforest estate have commented they were ready to give up on finding a location that suited all their needs, until they found Nature’s Edge. Spring fever has arrived and homebuyers are eager to take advantage of the market, which is now stronger than ever on the Sunshine Coast, especially in the idyllic Forest Glen, Mons and Buderim

location of Nature’s Edge. Many homebuyers, who have not been able to invest, are selling their homes to downsize and free up cash for lifestyle pursuits. They are still looking for quality independent living without the maintenance, that offers the lifestyle and security options of an over 50s community. Buyers are also taking advantage of Nature’s Edge offer of $15,000 off the purchase price by putting a deposit on the next release. This is a limited offer that is available for some of the best sites within the estate. Homes are private and many of sites have their own piece of rainforest seen from almost every room. The homes are low maintenance, quality built and well insulated. Visit naturesedgebuderim. com.au

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TRAVEL

Take a trip through time and place with MindVentures Small group tours travel back to 1770 and into the shoes of Captain Cook for a stay in historic Cooktown.

ooktown is an authentic experience of northern Australia while still having all the comforts of civilisation. And we learnt two new words! Captain (then Lieutenant) James Cook gave the place its name although it wasn’t a happy experience for him as he had a forced sojourn for repairs here in 1770, after the Endeavour ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. And here are the two new words. Having kept the ship afloat by fothering her, Cook sought haven in what is now called the Endeavour River and careened the Endeavour to make repairs. “Fother” is a nautical term to stop a leak in a ship’s hull by placing canvas over the leak and allowing the force of water to plug the leak. And “careen” is the practice of

grounding a sailing vessel at high tide in order to expose one side of its hull for maintenance and repairs when the tide goes out. For the next 48 days Cook and his crew interacted with the indigenous people and made the first detailed observations of native fauna and flora, including the first European sighting of a kangaroo. Little happened for the next century until the discovery of gold nearby turned “Cook’s Town” into a bustling frontier centre with more than 40 licensed hotels. The Most Reverend John Hutchinson, Vicar-Apostolic of Cooktown thought a civilising influence was needed and the result of his efforts was a convent. In 1888, Sister Mary Evangelist Morrissey, a Sister

The James Cook Museum in Cooktown is the former St Mary’s Convent.

of Mercy, in the company of four other nuns left her convent in Dungarven in Ireland to travel to the boom town. One can only imagine why they volunteered to come to the outpost and their thoughts as they surveyed the scene. Their habits might have been well-suited to the Irish climate but in the steamy

Cooktown summer it probably gave new meaning to the concept of penance. While few of the 30,000 residents of what has been described as a “boozy and brawling” town at this time looked to them for spiritual guidance, the nuns’ role as educators of the young, and in particular young girls, was much sought-after and the

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convent came to cater for many boarders as well as day students. The steady decline of the town as gold petered out after about 1900 led to the closure of St Mary’s Convent, an impressive red-brick building set above the town, by the 1940s and neglect of the building itself until 1970 when it was restored and re-opened as the James Cook Museum. Sister Morrissey moved to Cairns where she taught at what became St Monica’s College and gave her name to Morrissey House. MindVentures designs and hosts educational experiences in different locations for small groups aged 55-plus. The next MindVentures visit is to the gold rush town of Ballarat in Victoria from November 8 –12. Visit mindventures.com.au

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And then there were eight… Grey nomad BEVERLEY EVERSON continues her trip along the Victorian coastline past the scenic splendour of the Twelve Apostles.

nce there were nine and now there are eight – Apostles that is. And despite the name, there never were 12, not here on the Great Ocean Road anyway. The Twelve Apostles is Australia’s famous group of limestone stacks close to the shoreline of Port Campbell National Park and the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, 275km southwest of Melbourne. Until 1922 the Apostles were known as the Sow and Piglets but was then changed to be more touristfriendly. They were formed by erosion of the soft limestone forming caves in the cliffs, which then became arches and collapsed, leaving magnificent rock stacks up to 50m high. In 2005, one of the nine collapsed. Try visiting around sunrise or sunset to capture amazing colours but no matter when you visit, you will be gobsmacked by their splendour. There is 17km of coastline that takes your breath away with many features along the way. There are 86

very steep steps down to the beach known as Gibson’s Steps and the London Arch, which was known as London Bridge until the 1990s when the span closest to the shoreline collapsed. In fact, some tourists were stranded on the outer span and had to be rescued by helicopter. Luckily there was no one on the section that collapsed. Loch Ard Gorge gives views of the cliffs so that you can really appreciate their size and The Grotto is a very, very large sinkhole. On arrival at the huge carpark which caters for all kinds of vehicles including caravans and motor homes, informative signage gives directions under the roadway to the Apostles. No surprise though that there are those tourists who don’t read or don’t care about personal safety. Signs warn of danger due to unstable cliffs and erosion and fencing is for safety. A few simply ignore all the warning signs and jump the fence to get as close as possible before

Views from the Great Ocean Road (above) and the Twelve Apostles (right) have featured on many a calendar.

capturing their stupidity on the ever-ready mobile phone. (Perhaps this should be in the Whine Lovers section.) If only they could see underneath. In some places there is nothing at all as the wind and sea has eroded under the cliffs leaving all but the

thinnest ledge which is all that stands between top and a drop of hundreds of metres to the ocean and certain death. The coastline of the Great Ocean Road and Discovery Coast heads on to Mount Gambier on the South Australian Border and is truly spectacular the whole way, filled with interesting, unusual and beautiful camping locations. be It would be possible to easily spend months here ea and an still not see everything. Along the way are Port Campbell and P Warrnambool, then past W wind farms to Portland. w Divert a little to Cape Bridgewater and then head to Nelson and finally Mt. Gambier. I would recommend leaving the highway and taking the coastline option. There are so many stories in this area so when you hit the road, head down and discover them for yourself. You won’t be disappointed.

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ELIZABETH PASCOE

The front cover of this book is delightful and the title is charming and full of promise for an intriguing story. This is a gentle read and the main characters are believable, but I found the dialogue between participants to be rather stilted so I could not engage totally with them and have empathy for the various problems they encountered along the way. Of the relationship between Ellen and Travis, it was quite lovely but I would have liked to read more descriptive passages about the town in Oregon where they were living, which one recent visitor described as “rugged rocky and gorgeous”. Coffee, coffee and more coffee, seemed to be the panacea for most of the problems encountered. A book for the holidays at the beach or travelling around in the caravan.

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I loved this book. The story, the setting and the characters all hit the sweet spot for me. Finding love, fighting off evil developers, dealing with ageing and dementing parents are a good mix for a great tale. The characters are so believable that they seem like your friends or family. The Oregon coast setting is a place I love and know well as I have cousins there and have visited on several occasions. Dreamcatchers always hung above my two girls’ beds when they were young. We all have good and bad dreams. This book is a good dream. Please dream up another one. Well done, Maggie Christensen. 9/10.

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