Gold Coast Tweed Seniors Newspaper February 2011

Vol 11. - Issue No. 1 FEBRUARY 2011 1300 880 265 FREEN E W S PA P E R

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Dedicated tolife saving and community

by Donna Mroz Turcic

Gwen is shown with a sampling of the awards presented to her over the years

THERE are no two ways about it: Gwen Welford, BEM ASM, is achampion in every sense of the word.Holder of a British Empire Medal for community service and anAustralian Sports Medal, and awarded Queensland Lifesaver of

the Century during the Royal Life Saving Society Queensland’scentenary celebrations in 2005, this energetic and spirited 80-yearold has devoted over 63 years to the Royal Life Saving Society ofQueensland and to the communities in which she has lived.

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FOR our readers in the Tweed area, NSW SeniorsWeek will be celebrated from 20 March to 27 March.Tweed Shire website at www.tweed.nsw.gov.au willhave details of local Tweed events from 24 February.This year marks 53 years of Seniors Week celebra-tions in NSW.The theme, ‘Live Life!’ aims to encourage seniors toactively participate in one of the many events takingplace in their local area during Seniors Week eachyear.

Poetry in ParadiseJOIN in the poetry in this interactive poetry sessionhosted by local poets. Listen, laugh and even read apoem.Cost: free. When and where? Southport Library,Sunday 20 February, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Call 5581-7201to book your spot.

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Born in Brisbane in 1930,Gwen began work as adressmaker andaccessories maker in 1945,earning 12 shillings andsixpence for 5½ dayswork. A keen swimmersince childhood, Gwengained all swimmingawards to BronzeMedallion by age 17.In 1954, Gwen accepted apart-time position at theRoyal Life Saving SocietyQueensland (RLSSQ),administering the office aswell as examining/instructing life saving. Bythis time she had alreadyhelped establish aswimming club at IthacaBaths (now Pool), swumat state level and becomea member of the NeptuneClub, first established in1928 and still going strongtoday, with Gwen a lifemember.Over the years, Gwen hasgained many awards (toomany to list here) andseven life membershipsassociated withswimming, the awardsincluding advancedresuscitation, AustralianSwimming Coaches Level1, St John AmbulanceFirst Aid and RLSSAustralia ‘Teacher ofLifesaving’. Currently,amongst other

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qualifications, this past-president of theCurrumbin RSLSwimming Club holds aCertificate IV inAssessment andWorkplace Training,Bronze Medallion, SeniorFirst Aid, Lifeguard,National CompetitionOfficial and Level 3Examiner.Gwen also started theQueensland branch ofAUSTSWIM—‘teachingthe teacher’’—in 1979,and is still involved ‘toencourage’.Another interest ofGwen’s is the Royal LifeSaving Grey Medallion, aprogram of water safetyand lifesaving skills foradults, aimed at reducingdrowning rates andencouraging healthy,independent and active

lifestyles. The programendeavours to teachparticipants a range ofpersonal survivaltechniques; provide skillsto deal with emergencysituations; showparticipants how toimprove their childsupervisory skills, andassist in the developmentof confidence andcompetence for safeenjoyment of aquaticexercises and other water-based activities.Gwen, mother of two andgrandmother to three anda Gold Coast resident for22 years, still swims daily,regularly paddles her ski,enjoys tai chi, fishes andhas fun dancing,including Rock and Roll.She encourageseveryone to at least ‘walkwalk walk’.

Gwen is pictured instructing a group of GreyMedallion participants in resuscitation

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IF you have been a registered user of our websiteand have had problems logging in – stay tuned!We are in the process of a major upgrade of thewebsite at www.seniorsnewspaper.com.au and aswith other modern technology there have been afew ‘glitches’ along the way.We hope to have it fine-tuned in the very nearfuture but in the meantime there are a few things tobear in mind.Firstly, if you had the site saved in ‘favourites’ onyour internet browser, please delete this. Type inthe usual address in the address bar at the top ofyour browser page to bring up the Seniors News-

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ON Monday 21st February 2011 there will be an Introduction to Family HistoryResearch from 9am-12noon by the Gold Coast Family History Society. The classwill be held in Room 3 in the Nerang Bicentennial Centre, Nerang Southport Rd,Nerang. If you have ever wondered how your family came to be living in Austra-lia or if you have any convict ancestors please come along and see how enjoy-able family research can be. Please book by phoning Pam on 5594 0610.

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JUDGING by the great variety of puzzle books on themarket, it’s clear many people are hooked on puzzlesof one sort or other and Patricia Devine is no excep-tion.The only difference is, she also designs them andhas been doing so for many years, selling themthrough an agent to various newspapers.Recently she branched out and published TheQuozzle Book, named after her favourite puzzle.When we asked her how this passion for words andlanguage came out she said her school teachers hadinstilled the interest, and working for the ABC in Dar-win, Port Moresby and Brisbane enabled her to fos-ter that interest.That made sense but we were still puzzled (sorry) asto why she began designing them.She explained that years ago she came across an un-usual puzzle which was built around a passage from a

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A Grand Friend to haveLeft: A dedicated Grandfriends volunteer sharesher time and skills with keen students, both boysand girls

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NEW research has re-vealed Australian grand-parents are not only tak-ing up child minding du-ties but are also helpingtheir families to plan forthe future and advisingthem in everyday life mat-ters.The research, by leadingover 50s national insurerApia, found that half(50%) of Australians sur-veyed rated the adviceand wisdom provided bygrandparents as theirmost important contribu-tion to the family, valuingthis even higher thantheir assistance with childcare for the grandkids(44%).Apia Distribution Execu-tive Manager Craig Dingle

Grandparents a wealth of support and wisdom for Aussie familiessaid the research high-lighted the important roleolder Australians playedin our families and localcommunities.‘It’s probably no surprisethat many busy workingfamilies are increasinglyreliant on grandparents tolook after the grandkids,with 44 per cent of Aus-tralians surveyed ratingchild-care support as theirmost valuable contribu-tion,” Mr Dingle said.“What was interestingthough was the propor-tion of people who valuedthe advice and knowl-edge that grandparentsprovided as even moreimportant than their babysitting assistance.“Older Australians have a

TWEED Valley-Murwillumbah NationalServicemen’s Association N.S.W.(inc)hold their meetings on the third Tues-day of the month at the MurwillumbahServices Club.Next meeting will be on the 15th Febru-

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wealth of experience todraw from and it appearsthat even grown up chil-dren still rely on theirgrandparents as a reliableand trusted sort of infor-mation and advice.”Other areas identifiedwhere grandparents madean invaluable contribu-tion to families were inproviding financial sup-port (5%) and cooking(2%). “The team at Apiaspeaks to older Austra-lians every day, the greatmany of them grandpar-ents, so we have a strongaffinity to this segment ofthe community and oftenget to see first-hand thegreat work they do,” MrDingle said. “Grandpar-ents are often unsung he-

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UNITING Toastmasters, Elanora, top Club on theCoast, commenced the year on 18th January with avery interesting and enjoyable morning. After for-malities, we had first speeches of the year from threemembers. Entertaining and diverse, a “sales talk” byShirley Wright, a thought provoking speech from RonLewis and the reading of an Aboriginal Legend, “Thecoming of the Turtle” by Shirley Chambers. This first

IN December Karen Andrews MP Member for McPherson was inducted into theLioness Club of Palm Beach Currumbin by visiting District Governor Lion LesleyLyons. Membership now stands at 42 – the Club was formed in 2004 with 17members.

TWEED Border Branch of National Se-niors meets at 10:00amDST on thefourth Wednesday in each month (ex-cept December) at South Tweed SportsClub, 4 Minjungbal Drive.Unfortunately due to serious speechproblems our Tour Manager, JulieMcCusker has had to step down fromorganising and managing our monthlytours. While we have temporary ar-rangements in place we desperatelyneed to find a suitable person to takeover from Julie and arrange these verypopular and important tours. So if youare reading this article and feel eitheryourself, or someone you know, couldstep up and volunteer to take over themonthly tours that are so popular withour members, we would be absolutelydelighted to hear from you. Our mem-bers would welcome you with openarms. Our 2011 extended tour will be a 7 days/6 night holiday to Forster Palms Motelfrom 3-9 April. The group will travel byCountrylink from the Tweed to Tareewhere we will be collected ready for agreat holiday experience. Cost:$629ppts, $729 singles includes allmeals once we arrive in Forster. Singlerooms available at $729. NSW pension-

THIS year’s Tweed Shire Senior Citi-zens Week, 20 – 27 March, runs thespectrum from Rock and Roll to Con-temporary Art.Seniors who Rocked around the Clockwith Bill Haley, can time travel. Theymightn’t catch up with JohnnyO’Keefe, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs,The Easybeats or Little Pattie, butthey’ll be well entertained at the RockN’ Roll Dancing Exhibition at TweedHeads Community Hall. A light lun-cheon will be served.And then there’s A Morning at the ArtGallery. Where better than the Tweed

ARE you new to the Gold Coast? Perhaps you wouldlike to make new friends and have some light exercisein congenial surroundings. We invite you to comealong & see if you would like to play Shuffleboard.All equipment is supplied. An experienced player willintroduce you to the game and rules of play.This game can be played by any age group. The firstmorning is free, later mornings are $4 per morning fornon-members, which includes morning tea/coffee,members pay $3.There is no need to be bored or lonely on the GoldCoast, we are always pleased to welcome visitors andnew members. Come along and join us for a morningof fun. Days of play are Monday, Wednesday andSaturday (Elanora), Thursday (Coolangatta). 9 am-12 pm Qld time. Elanora Club is at end of Pines Lane(exit 92 from north or south M1 highway), Coolangattais on 3rd floor of “Show case on the Beach” GriffithSt. Phone Fay 5575 9203 or Marj 5536 3781.

ROBINA National Seniors meet 3rd Tuesday of themonth at Robina Community Centre, commencing10am. Morning tea and guest speaker. Call Dagmaron 5559 2717.

Uniting Toastmasters, Elanorameeting shows great promise for the coming year andwe invite anyone interested to “come on down” andmeet and hear us in action, Meeting place- theRobinson Room in the grounds of the Uniting Church,Applecross Way, Elanora, each Tuesday, 9.15am for9.30-11.30am. Morning tea at 10.30am. For any infor-mation regarding this distinguished Club contactShirley (Pres.) 5534 8701 or Shirley (VPPR) 5535 0364.

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L-R: Lionesses President Lorraine Gray & Nancy Skinner, Karen AndrewMP Member for McPherson & District Governor Lion Lesley Lyons.

Tweed Border Branch of National Seniorsers can use free vouchers for travel toand from Taree, Qld Pensioners &NSW/Qld Seniors Card have two op-tions, ask Julie for this info. There willbe five day tours visiting PortMacquarie, Wauchope, Gloucester,Tuncurry, Foster and surrounding ar-eas. If you are interested in joining uson this tour please contact Julie on 55999339. Deposits of $100 per person re-quired. Ms Fay Gleave from St JohnAmbulance will be the speaker at ourWednesday, 23 February meeting whereshe will demonstrate CPR for our mem-bers. Tickets will be on sale at thismeeting for our Wednesday, 9 Marchscenic coach tour to Kooroomba Vine-yard and Lavendar Farm near Boonah.This venue will provide a fantastic twocourse lunch, wine tasting togetherwith a talk about the lavendar farm.Monthly tour prices remain the samefor 2011. Don’t sit home alone, put a bit of funback in your life, come and check outour friendly group of seniors and en-joy a year of great monthly and ex-tended coach tours, speakers and en-tertainment at our monthly meetings.For more information call Mary 55995030.

PLEASE note that we now have our meetings at the Seniors Centre 23 T.E. PetersDrive behind the Casino, Broadbeach, Wednesday 16th February. The InvestorGroup will have IPADs explained.Thursday 10th March the General Group will have the member surveys of 2006and 2010 compared. The surveys show significant differences. All the meetingsare at 9.30am with free coffee and biscuits. All retirees are welcome to attend. Fordetails telephone Graham on 5526 9225 or Bill on 5520 0019.

Rock around the clock during Seniors WeekRiver Art Gallery? Friends of the ArtGallery committee member, JosephineNugent, will demonstrate the art offlower arrangement and, better still, willlead participants in the creation of theirown posies. After that there’s morningtea and then more. Gallery director,Susie Muddiman will present a floor talkto the current exhibition The Austra-lian Character in the Withey FamilyGallery.The program with booking instructionswill be announced soon in the TweedLink and distributed at outlets acrossthe shire.

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DIVISION 11 Councillor Jan Grew reports in her News-letter that ‘Fun and Friendship’ mornings for this yearhave started, taking place from 10am to noon at theVarsity Lakes Community Resource Centre, off Mat-tocks Road. Cost? Only $4.‘You can enjoy indoor bowls, table tennis, ten pinbowling and card and board games’ writes Cr Grew‘plus enjoy tea and coffee and a free sausage sizzle.The brand new hall is now open and is looking fan-tastic.‘The Centre has also introduced a new exercise pro-gram for seniors, run by Sue Vaughan of Health Ven-tures.‘Sue has a background in nursing, psychology, healthpromotion and community health. Medical checks,including blood pressure, are undertaken before andafter each exercise session. The program features safelow-impact exercises for increasing strength, improv-ing flexibility, balance and cardiovascular health.Many of these can be done sitting down.‘The cost is only $4, each Wednesday in the new hallfrom 10am to 11am.‘The Centre also offers “Computer Lessons for Se-niors”, taught by six experienced volunteer teachers.This eight-week course has been going for sevenyears and has proved to be very popular. The partici-pants are taught in a friendly atmosphere, withoutany pressure, and are also supplied with very goodnotes on each lesson. The course caters for begin-ners to advanced and specialises in those with mini-mum knowledge of computers.For more information please just give the Centre acall on (07) 5593 7006.’

WE look forward to meeting old and new members atour meetings in 2011. Our Club holds two meetingdays each month (the first and third Thursday) inThe Broadbeach Community Centre, T.E. Peters Drive,Broadbeach.Members start to arrive for the meetings at about12.30 pm. At 1.00pm we have some good stage enter-tainment for about an hour, followed by some lightrefreshments. The President then gives an update onClub news and upcoming activities. The meetingcomes to an end at about 3.15 pm.On the 3rd Thursday of each month the Club orga-nizes a bus outing, the current price for this is $30and this is all inclusive, ie: seat on the bus, morningrefreshments and lunch at a hotel or club.New members are invited to join the Club. You willfind our members are friendly and will make you wel-come. If you are interested just come along to ourmeetings. For more details contact the Secretary RegTaylor on 5593 3562.

MEMBERS of the Lions Club of Ormeau Inc. wouldlike to wish readers a very Happy New Year and thankall our supporters and volunteers for their assistanceduring 2010.The Club has been entrusted with the managementof the Pimpama School of Arts Hall, and among otheractivities, is planning to resurrect the monthly Satur-day night dance. We are in need of a good 2nd handdouble keyboard organ. If you have one or know ofsomeone who might be prepared to either lend, do-nate or sell at a reasonable price, please contact Presi-dent Norm Jessen on 0411 645 520 or Secretary BoydEvans on 0413 997 644 or Lyn Young on 0414 871 110.

WILL hold their next meeting and lunch on the thirdTuesday 15th of February at the Southport Golf Club,(this is our new venue) Slayter Avenue, Bundall at 1130am.We would be delighted to welcome any inter-ested ladies or visitors who would like to join us. Weproudly support the Smith Family. Please adviseNancy on 5592 6730 or 0421 639 574 by Sunday priorto the meeting if you would like to attend.

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THE Men’s Probus Club of Burleigh Heads meets onthe first Tuesday of every month at the RSL Hall, 6thAvenue, Burleigh Heads from 9.30am to 12 noon.Morning Tea, Guest Speaker, good fellowship.Visitors welcome - no charge. Please contact RayBush on 5520 6677.

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‘PALS’ continues togrow. Eighty membershad a great time at the re-cent Christmas party.Some of us haven’tdanced so much in years.It was great fun but Ohthe bones the next day.New Years was cel-ebrated at Burleigh BowlsClub, another great nightand good to see so many

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Pals Social Clubmembers there and join-ing in for Auld Lang Syne.Back in the swing nowwith a BBQ for AustraliaDay.Coffee- n -chat nights areheld 2nd/4th Wednesdayevenings at Senior Citi-zens Hall, Broadbeach,time 7.30pm. Cost $2which includes supper.We have a monthly

programme of activitiesso plenty of time to planahead. If you are single/couple, 55 years plus andwould like to join us, callSylvia on 5554 5621orJenny on 5535 8014 to findout more.

Good friends catch upGermany, and Ian, born inCanada, first met at a re-union of a school bothhad attended as young-sters in Holland. Detlefhad then gone on to com-plete a double degree inEconomics and Civil En-

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currently holds the posi-tion of Honorary Consulfor the Federal Republicof Germany, responsiblefor southern Queensland.Ian’s speciality is lan-guages. Besides English,he speaks French, Dutch,German, Spanish, Italianand Haitian Creole. Ian’sStrine isn’t too bad either,considering this was hisfirst trip back to Australiasince 1988. The ability tocommunicate in differentlanguages would behandy, to say the least, ifnot necessary, for some-one who is a director ofThe Frankfurt Interna-tional School, as Ian is,but not surprising for aperson who has lived inCanada and Holland, aswell as in Belgium, France,Switzerland, England, SriLanka, Jordan, Chile andMauritius, and who nowlives in Germany.

TWIN Towns and District Garden Club’s March meeting will be on Monday 14that 10am in Tweed Heads Civic Centre. Guest speaker and all the usual benching,raffle, lucky door, cuttings and trading table plant sales. Entry $3 which includesmorning tea between 9 and 9.45 am. All welcome.

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NEWLY awarded LifeMember at MoncrieffU3A, SheelaghWennersten is passionateabout its future. Whenasked whethermembership numbersshould be capped, herreply was, “I am anoptimist; we must get newmembers, and as we grow,

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conferences such asthose at Lismore andChristchurch NZ, bothheld in 2007. Conferencesare real learningexperiences.”Early married years forSheelagh and husbandBen were spent in Mexico,where as a busy mother,Sheelagh also found timeto sing with the Coro deSanta Cecliia, and to workas a volunteer for theClinica Pro SaludMaternal, the first birthcontrol clinic in LatinAmerica.On returning to Australiathey settled in Melbournewhere Sheelagh, wantingto maintain her Spanishskills, commenced formalstudies. She graduatedfrom Monash Universitywith a BA (Hons), Dip Ed,and PhD in SpanishLanguage and Literature.While at Monash shesang with the ChapelSingers.The couple retired to theGold Coast in 1990. In1997 Sheelagh heardabout Moncrieff U3Afrom a fellow membersinging with the Harmonyin Paradise Chorus.

Moncrieff U3A was at thetime situated in a smallshop at Biggera Watersbut on offer was animpressive range ofsubjects – including thePhilosophy course thatSheelagh and husbandBen joined. Sheelaghvolunteered as a tutorand Spanish Adventurewas launched in July2000. Then followedMexican Adventure,which ran until August2001. In Sheelagh’swords, “It was a joy toshare some of ourexperiences of our life inMexico.”As Sheelagh reflectedover the years sincejoining U3A, she said,“This probably broughtto an end our ‘first phase’as members of MoncrieffU3A, a productive andjoyful few years”.The ‘second phase’began with Sheelaghbeing appointed TutorCoordinator in August2002. During this phaseSheelagh served twovaluable terms in 2006 and2007 as Vice President,Moncrieff U3A.Today, SheelaghWennersten, the latestLife member of MoncrieffU3A, is SeachangeCampus Liaisoncoordinator, Book ClubTutor and Co-Tutor ofMorning MatineeMovies.“We love our life, love allour activities. We arevery happy living wherewe do; love riding ourbikes along theBroadwater or to theEnvironmental Park, orsometimes to ParadisePoint, or down toCoombabah. The GoldCoast is a wonderful placeto live,” says Sheelagh.Refer towww.moncrieffu3a.comfor further informationabout Moncrieff U3A.


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THE Burleigh Heads Ladies Probus Club recently celebrated Christmas at a lunchat the Colonial Golf Club. The Club meets on the third Wednesday of the monthat Mermaid Beach Bowls Club at 10am. We have a monthly guest speaker andcoach trips. Call Barbara on 5538 1475 or Pat on 5576 8332 for further information.Caption: showed enjoying themselves are: L to R - Verna Eddy, Rosslyn Robertson,Shirley Ellis, Kay Thomas, Betty O’Keefe and Roberta Cava.

COMMONWEALTH Respite and Carelink Centre presents 102 Tips you shouldknow at ‘60 and Better’, The Pines Shopping Centre, Guineas Creek Road, Elanora,on Friday 4 March, 8.55am for 9.30am.Topics will include Crime Awareness, All About “That’s Living”, CentrelinkUpdate, morning tea and a prize draw.Open to the community, entry is free but bookings are essential. Freecall 1800 052222 (calls from mobiles charged at applicable rates), or go to Level 1, 23 MainStreet, Varsity Lakes.

TWO psychologyprofessors from FloridaState University in theUSA have found that boththe attitudes and abilitiesof older adults posebarriers to adopting newforms of technology andhave urged designers toconsider those barrierswhen developing newproducts.“The technology gap is aproblem becausetechnology, particularlycomputer and Internettechnology, is becomingubiquitous, and fullparticipation in societybecomes more difficult forthose without suchaccess,” said ProfessorNeil Charness.From booking airlinetickets to seeking healthcare information, almosteverything is easier,

Do you feel lost with modern technology?cheaper or faster online.Older adults who may beless mobile in particularstand to benefit from in-novations such as onlinebanking. But there is asharp decline in internetuse after age 65.Declining cognitiveprocesses, decreasedmemory capacity and dif-ficulty maintainingattention - all part of thenormal aging process - canmake it difficult for seniorsto learn new skills. In fact,Charness said, it takesolder adults roughly twiceas long as younger peopleto learn a new wordprocessor under self-paced learning conditions.That’s true even for olderadults who have priorexperience with anotherword processor.The extra time and effort

required to learn a new skillare among the reasonswhy older adults aregenerally less motivatedthan younger people tolearn new skills —particularly if they decidethat the potential benefitsof the new technology arenot worth it. In addition,seniors may make agreater number of errors asthey interact with technol-ogy that was notdesigned with theircapabilities in mind.Seniors quite literallyperceive new technologydifferently than youngeradults do. Changes inacuity, color perceptionand susceptibility to glareaffect the way they see acomputer screen. They

also have greater difficultywith fine motor controland co-ordination.However, knowing theseconstraints, designers cancreate better products forolder adults, the research-ers said. Among their sug-gestions are mobilephones with simplifiedmenus, large fonts andbuttons and external noisereduction, websites withhigh contrastbackgrounds and text,larger fonts and minimalscrolling. The sites shouldprovide navigation aidsand instructional support.Computer games - such asNintendo’s Brain Age -and software packagesthat have been developedfor and marketed to older

adults may also helpreverse age-relateddeclines in perceptual andcognitive abilities, theresearchers said.Although the technologygap between younger andolder adults is expected tolessen over time as moreadults “grow up” withcomputers, the problemwill not disappear infuture generations, theresearchers said.That’s because technol-ogy will undoubtedlycontinue to advancerapidly, and age-relateddeclines in cognitive,perceptual andpsychomotor skills willmake it more difficult forseniors to keep up withthe changes.

JP services at TweedJUSTICES of the Peace are now available forwitnessing signatures at the following locations:Tweed Centro Shopping Centre each Tuesdayfrom 10am-2pm and at Tweed City ShoppingCentre each Thursday from 10am-2pm and 5pm-7pm. For information contact Margaret on(07) 55 99 2975.

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OUR new club facilities have really rejuvenated ourClub and being enjoyed by members and visitors alike.We are all looking forward to our $10,000 Easter OpenSingles which attracts players from other states andoverseas. Entrants have a choice of playing theirqualifying rounds on either Easter Saturday 23rd Aprilor Sunday 24th April. Last 8 will play on Easter Mon-day 25th April (Anzac Day). Numbers are limited soget your entry in early. For more information or toenter please phone Brian Baldwin on (07) 5532 1277.Our Club has unofficially adopted Grantham as our“help the flood victims” town and our staff are rally-ing everyone for goods, furniture and clothing to helpthe unfortunate people in Grantham who were af-fected by the floods.By the time this goes to press we hope to have sent a

THE Gold Coast Writers Association (GCWA) en-courages and supports writers from all genres, agegroups and levels of writing to grow, learn and excelin their craft.Monthly meetings offer the opportunity to connectwith like-minded people in a relaxed environment.Guest speakers are sourced from all aspects of writ-ing, with members able to share their written workand conduct book launches. Visitors are welcome toattend meetings: entry fee for a non-member is $7;members pay just $4 each. Membership offers theadditional advantages of the monthly e-Writeaboutnewsletter, writers’ support groups, discounts, com-

SURFERS Paradise VEWClub will hold their nextmeeting and lunch on thethird Tuesday 15th ofFebruary at the SouthportGolf Club, (this is our newvenue) Slayter Avenue,Bundall at 11 30am. Wewould be delighted towelcome any interestedladies or visitors whowould like to join us. Weproudly support theSmith Family. Please ad-vise Nancy on 5592 6730or 0421 639574 by Sundayprior to the meeting if youwould like to attend.

GOLD Coast Past Presidents Ladies Bowling socialClub meet at Share n Care, Palm Beach at 9.30am.Please note our meetings have changed to the first

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Gold Coast Writers welcomes allpetitions, workshops and other benefits.When and where? Meetings are held on the thirdSaturday monthly, 1:30pm for a 2:00pm start, atFradgley Hall (above Burleigh Heads Library), ParkAvenue (off Connor Street), Burleigh Heads, with af-ternoon tea provided. Free parking is available in thecar park next to the Burleigh Heads Library, with ac-cess from Connor Street.For more information, please write to: Gold CoastWriters’ Association Inc., PO Box 441, Pacific FairQld 4218; ph: 0431 443 385; email:[email protected]; see: http://www.goldcoastwriters.org.

Gold Coast Past President’s Ladies Bowling Social ClubMonday of the month, instead of the third. All pastpresidents of any bowling club, anywhere world wideare welcome to join us. Phone Dot 5535 5410.

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MR Property Services has sold over 60 homessince it was established in 2008 and is proud tooffer a professional and dedicated service atreasonable rates to the ‘Buyers’ and ‘Sellers’ ofmanufactured and relocatable homes in lifestylevillages and residential parks in the Tweed Valleyand the southern tip of the Queensland Gold Coast.Mr. Property Services’ primary goal is to provide “ahome for every budget” and with over 40 homesranging from $20,000 to $315,000 located at 16lifestyle villages and residential parks we areconfident that we will have a home for you!If you would like to pop in for a chat, please ringand if we are not there to answer your call - pleaseleave a message and we promise to call you back!

THE Southport Day View Club invites members &guests to attend their monthly luncheon. Ladiescome along, join us and meet new friends at thepicturesque Southport Yacht Club.This month’s meeting will be held on the Wednes-day 16th February and it will be our annual general

Southport Day VIEW Clubmeeting. Please come along and welcome our newcommittee. Southport Yacht Club, MacarthurParade, Main Beach at 11.30am for 12 noon start.Cost is $27.00 includes 2 course lunch with tea andcoffee. Enquires & bookings phone Robin 55374593.

We are now selling homes in Tweed Heads,Chinderah, Kingscliff, Banora Point, Kirra, Bilambil,Hastings Point, Pottsville, Ballina and Casino.Mr. Property Services’ proven performance recordis supported by a strong understanding of residen-tial park and lifestyle village living, regulatory andlegal requirements, market trends, and dedicatedcommitment to helping both Buyer and Seller.Please contact Kelvin Price at 139 MinjungbalDrive, Tweed Heads South NSW 2486. Phone (07)5523 3431 or, via mobile 0423 028 468.Email: [email protected] or visitour website dedicated to manufactured and re-locatable homes: http://www.mrpropertyservices.com.au

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Display-home prices have been heavily reducedreduced from $20,000 to$35,000 per home. Allhomes have large walk-inrobes in the main bedroomwith ensuite and separateguest bathroom and two-car garage with access

directly into the home.These new display homesare in the new Central Parkneighbourhood just ashort stroll to the fabu-lous country club facili-ties. The Clifton, is one ofthe closest home to theluxury country club facili-ties and is opposite thebowling green. The frontof the house is north fac-ing with a lush green gar-den outlook. The coveredoutdoor side terrace flowsfrom the kitchen and is anextension of the livingand dining area. Thishome has been reducedby $20,000 to $514,900.The Stradbroke home fea-tures 2 bedrooms plus astudy and the Heron &Laguna designs, featurethree-bedrooms.The Stradbroke has acovered outdoor terracethat’s flows from thestudy and kitchen offer-ing private entertainingand a relaxed shaded areafor your round use. Thishome has been reducedby $35,000 to $482,500.The Heron design has a

large undercover frontterrace that takes advan-tage of cool breezes andthe tropical garden out-look.The 2 extra bedrooms of-fer plenty of space forguests or is an idealstudy. Reduced by$30,000 to $487,500 thishome offers so much.The open plan living areaof the Laguna flowsthrough to the side terracewhich is surrounded bylush green gardens. Bringthe outdoors indoors inyour own private oasis.This home has been re-duced by $30,000 to$537,750. Seachangeproject director PhilGoodman said “Not onlyare the homes packedwith luxury finishes, butour community facilitiesare second-to-none.Seachange has also been

recently awarded as theBest Residential Resort inQueensland in the HIA-CSR Awards.”“Our over 50’s buyersunderstand value formoney and will quicklyrealise the great value weare offering with thesesale prices,” he said.

“All Seachange homes areowner-occupied andthere are no rentals, soeveryone knows theirneighbours, which addsanother dimension to se-curity.” Seachange Villageis opposite Arundel Plazashopping Centre and is aneasy walk and very con-

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GOLD Coast South-Twins Towns BranchThe Gold Coast South - Twin Towns Branch of theNational Servicemen’s Association of Australia. Serv-ing from Tallebudgera to The Tweed will hold its An-nual General Meeting on Sunday 20th March 2011 at10am Qld time and 11am NSW time in The Anzac Roomof The Twin Towns Services Club.If you served in any of the Forces of The Common-

National Servicemen’s Assoc (Qld)wealth “between” 1951-1972 then why not bring yourPartner and join us at our Meetings.Come along and re kindle the camaraderie you experi-enced during your Service. We also have a full SocialProgram. New Members are always welcome to at-tend.For further information contact John Shanahan Pub-licity Officer Phone 07 5535 2484.


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Out and AboutMEG Whiteof Brisbane andRobyn Tolmie ofGold Coast arepictured out and aboutin Brisbane,enjoying the sunshineafter days of rain.

IN 2011 Chinese New Year falls on Thursday 3 Febru-ary. It’s time to welcome the Year of the Rabbit.The Chinese phrase for celebrating Chinese New Year,“Guo Nian”, means “the passing of the beast”. InChinese mythology, a Nian is a beast that lives underthe sea or in the mountains. Once each spring, oraround Chinese New Year, it comes out of hiding toattack people, especially children.Fortunately, the Nian is sensitive to loud noises andafraid of the colour red, so, to drive it away, theChinese have traditions of decorating things in red,exploding firecrackers and performing a lion dance.A Rabbit year should be a placid year, very muchwelcomed and needed after the ferocious year of theTiger.We should go off to some quiet spot to lick ourwounds and get some rest after all the battles of theprevious year.Good taste and refinement will shine on everythingand people will acknowledge that persuasion is betterthan force. A congenial time in which diplomacy,international relations and politics will be given a front

Welcome the Year of the Rabbit Living positivelywith lymphoedema

THE Lymphoedema Association of Queensland invites you to join us for anawareness session on Saturday 26th February 2011 at the Robina CommunityCentre at 9am-noon. Cost is $5.00 and includes morning tea. Phone Margaret on5563 1423 to reserve your seat.

War Widows GuildTHE War Widows Guild, Gold Coast South hold meetings on the 1st Mondayof each month at 10.15am at the Currumbin RSL. Phone 5535 5612 for moreinformation.

seat again. We will actwith discretion andmake reasonable con-cessions without toomuch difficulty.It’s a time to watch outthat we do not becometoo indulgent. Theinfluence of the Rabbittends to spoil thosewho like too muchcomfort and thus impair their effectiveness and senseof duty.The scene is quiet and calm, even deteriorating to thepoint of somnolence. We will all have a tendency toput off disagreeable tasks as long as possibleMoney can be made without too much labour. Ourlife style will be languid and leisurely as we allowourselves the luxuries we have always craved for.A temperate year with unhurried pace. For once, itmay seem possible for us to be carefree and happywithout too many annoyances.


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UNDER new Queensland Government rules, from 1 December 2010, you arerequired to have a pool safety certificates when selling or leasing a property witha pool. Pool safety inspectors can only issue a certificate when they have placedthe certificate details onto the state-based pool safety register.Detailed information on the new legislation is available on the Department ofInfrastructure and Planning website at www.dip.qld.gov.au/poolsafety.Council also has licensed pool safety inspectors, and can conduct pool safetyinspections and issue pool safety certificates.Council’s fee for carrying out inspections is as follows: first inspection $335.00,Certificate and online registration fee $30.00. Each re-inspection $165.00 (if thepool fence is noncompliant on the first inspection)Council requires payment of the above fees before the pool fence inspection iscarried out.To check other pool fence inspectors’ fees and contact details, refer to the statepool safety register at www.dip.qld.gov.au/pool-safety/pool-safety-register.Note: the pool safety certificate inspections are separate to council’s regularpool inspection program.

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WITH all the rain lately, itwas amazing to see thespirit of Queenslanderswho banded together tolend a hand in the reliefeffort in our neighbouringcity of Brisbane.Among the GoldCoaster’s who headed upthe highway to give up

Sunshine through the raintheir weekend to assistflood victims, were ourlocal comical singing duo- Bram and MarinaNicholson - also knownaround the Gold Coast as“Double the Fun.”The couple received anout-of-the-blue call fromthe Brisbane City

Council’s ArtsDepartment, inviting theduo to provide a “glimmerof hope” to flood evacu-ees’ in Brisbane. “We went to the QE2building where there were300-400 evacuees. Theywere eating lunchbetween 12 and 1pm. We

performed for an hour,then we started doingrequests and before weknew it we had beensinging for 2 hoursstraight without a break!It was so amazing to seethe smiles on their facesso we didn’t mind.” saysBram.

“We spoke to heaps ofthe people there. Thegroup was very mixed,with a lot of elderly peoplefrom nursing homes. Onelady told me she had beentrapped in her car for 3days.”When asked how the

Brisbane City Councilfound out about the duo,Bram exclaims, “I have noclue. I expect they foundus through VolunteeringGold Coast as weregularly perform asvolunteers for their Artsand Entertainment

Troupe.” VolunteeringGold Coastspokeswoman, ChantelCharchalis exclaimed“These stories arefabulous to hear. Musictends to put a new spiritof energy and hope intopeople’s minds,especially for those whohave lost almosteverything they own.”“Bram and Marina havealways provided our localGold Coast Communityorganisations withexceptional singing andhilarious lyrics, they aretrue theatrical geniusesand always energise thecrowd and put smiles oneveryone’s faces!” saysChantel.“If you are a not for profitgroup and looking forentertainers VolunteeringGold Coast have a wholelist of talents and acts thatvolunteer their services atw w w. v o l u n t e e r i n ggc.com.au.”“Or if you love ofperforming andentertaining thecommunity and want tovolunteer your talents,contact our office, 55262811!” says Chantel.

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GRACE Foott doesn’tremember her grandmother, the AustralianPoet, Mary Hanley Foott,famous for penning themuch loved “Where thePelican Builds”. Marydied in 1918, when Grace(or Patricia as she prefersto be called) was fouryears of age; yet, Patriciagrew up knowing hergrandmother’s greatlegacy to Australianpoetry and at the grandage of 97 can still recitemany of these poems. Patalso has inherited hergrandmother’s thirst forknowledge and is alwayskeen to learn somethingnew.Patricia has been aresident of St. AndrewsLutheran Aged Care, atTallebugerra, for the last12 months and has beenan eager participant intheir weekly AustralianBush Poetry readings. Itwas at one of theseevents, in whichAustralian female poetswere featured that Pat,quietly revealed who hergrand mother was; muchto the delight of all theresidents who fondlyremember having to reciteMary Foott’s poetry intheir school years.Patricia’s father, theyounger son of Mary,

Mary Foott’s legacy lives on

died tragically in Belgiumin 1917, one year beforeMary’s death. Mary’seldest son, Cecil, becamea Brigadier-General in theAustralian Army and wasmentioned in dispatchesfrom Galipoli. His portraithangs in the AustralianWar Memorial inCanberra. He died in 1942.Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918) teacher and poetwas born in Glasgow,

Scotland, to father JamesBlack and his wife Mary.Her father took the familyin 1853 to Melbournewhere they lived atMordialloc. She waseducated at MissHarper’s private schooland in 1861 attended theModel School as ateacher-trainee. Shespent time teaching at theNational Gallery School,where she felt she could

express her literaryinterests in poems andshort stories. By then shehad also become a regularcontributor to suchpapers as the MelbournePunch, the Town andCountry and theAustralian.In 1874 she marriedThomas Wade Foott,from the outback town of

Bourke, and together theydrove stock and suppliesoverland to their ownstation Dundoo in south-west Queensland.After her husband died,Mary and her two boys,Cecil and Arthur movedto Toowoomba. Shesupported her family bywriting a regular columnfor a women’s page in the

Q u e e n s l a n d e rnewspaper. By this timeshe had written and hadpublished a number ofpoems including “Wherethe Pelican Builds andOther Poems”. The titlePoem uses the legend thatthe best land outback iswhere the pelican buildsher nest, and that as anybushman knows, is

seldom ever found.Patricia’s grandmotherwas a woman ‘well aheadof her time’ and herliterary talents and herlove of the Queenslandoutback is reflected thewonderful selection ofwritings and poemsdedicated to this love.Story and photo byDenise Blizzard


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THE Royal Air Forces Association meets on the 3rd Wednesday each month atthe Surfers Paradise RSL at 10 am. Ex Commonwealth Air Force and all othersinterested are welcome to join us for meetings and social events. Ring Geoff on5572 5682 for more information.

ALL the activities at theLabrador Senior Citizensare back to normal aftersome of the activitieshaving a short break overthe festive season.The new Table Tennisactivity is well under wayon Mondays at 12.15pm,come along and have a funafternoon playing thispopular sport, beginnersare most welcome. Wewill be playing on otherdays as well as we getmore players, these daysare yet to be announced.Members enjoyed theirconducted tour aroundthe Port of Brisbane lastmonth followed by lunchat the Redlands SportingClub and are lookingforward to their trip to theGold Coast War Museumand a buffet lunch atDanny’s Restaurant laterin the month.The busy week starts offwith Anna Levar’s yoga/exercise class onMondays from 8.15am.

2011 promises to be a year of theunknown for both politicians and theover-50s when, for the first time in threedecades, National Seniors gets a newchairman.Melbourne economist, former ABCdeputy chairman, and a director on twoFrank Lowy boards, Judith Sloan hastaken over from National Seniors chair-man Everald Compton.Professor Sloan who at 56 represents anew guard of seniors, the babyboomers, is relishing her new role.“I look forward to carrying the mantlefor older Australians and ensuring theirvoice is central to the national debate,”she said. “The big issues for 2011 willbe cost of living, aged care, health, andretirement income.“Unforeseen costs associated withcarbon taxes and super fast broadband

Judith Sloan to head up seniors lobbynetworks have greater impact onretirees with fixed incomes,” she said.Everald Compton’s unfinished businessis an all-of-government approach topopulation ageing.“The greatest economic and socialchallenge facing Australia in thiscentury is the rapid ageing of thepopulation. The nation will reach apoint where, as health costs steadilyclimb, there will be more people out ofthe workforce than in it.”“All Australians need to rethink thecapacity seniors have to continuebuilding this nation and remove thebarriers, both discriminatory andlegislative, to their doing so”.“I believe Australia can lead the worldin making an ageing society aprosperous one. As a private citizen Iwill work to make that happen,” he said.

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Labrador Senior Citizensand Tim Clark’s yogaclass is held onWednesdays from8.30am. Both of thesesessions go for an hourand a half.Indoor bowls is held onMondays from 10.00amwhere tuition is availablefor anyone wishing tolearn bowls and our socialindoor bowls is held from12.20pm on Thursdayafternoons.There are four cardclasses held during theweek. Hand and Foot and500 are played from12noon on Mondays. OnTuesday and Thursdaymornings from 9.00am.500, canasta, bolivia, handand foot and rummy areplayed. On Thursdayafternoons hand and footis played once again. Ifwe can get enoughplayers Mah-jong or anyother board games can beplayed during any ofthese times.Tai Chi is held from

10.30am on Wednesdaymornings.On Thursday morningsfrom 9.00am. we have theart and craft classeswhere teachers are onhand to give assistancewhen needed.Members and visitorsalike are pleased to beable to attend our Fridaymorning concerts onceagain starting at 9.15am.Each week we have a widevariety of items presentedby our music groupincluding big bandnumbers, vocals,instrumentals, skits andguest artists which addsto an entertainingmorning.The membership fees areonly $7.00 and eachactivity is $2.00 whichincludes morning orafternoon tea. Where wehave teachers it is a littledearer to cover theircosts. For furtherinformation please phoneLyndsey on 55 371433.

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Aged Care - new reportrecommends changes

THE Productivity Commission has rec-ommended a complete re-working ofthe nation’s aged care system. In amuch anticipated draft report, the Com-mission has recommended an openingup of the system, including an end toa cap on residential bed numbers.It also wants more of a ‘user pays’ ap-proach, with Australians paying fortheir care according to their individualwealth. Groups representing patients,nursing homes and workers who willbe affected most by the aged care re-forms have welcomed theCommission’s draft report, warning

that the aged care system is in troubleand reform is needed.The commission has recommendedsetting up an agency to maintain a na-tional aged-care database and tostandardise care arrangements.Acting federal health minister MarkButler said the government would waituntil the final version of the report be-fore responding to the suggestions.Every older Australian had the rightto access quality care, Mr Butleradded, and deserved greater choiceand control over their carearrangements.

THE Gold Coast’sleading commercialphotography studios,MWA Viewfinder atSouthport, are offeringspecial courses forseniors in new digitalphotography.In an age wheretechnology controlseverything, this courseis geared to de-mystifying the wholelanguage of the digitalphotography world andreturning the pleasureof photography topeople who just want totake good photographswithout beingbamboozled by jargon.

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“Most retirees andseniors have usedcameras all of theirlives, but many are nowso confused with thenew technologies thatthe enjoyment of takingphotographs andprocessing them hasbeen lost and theydon’t know how toovercome it” says GregCrow, Studio Managerat Viewfinder.“We have had manyenquiries from peoplewanting to learn how touse their cameras, getthe photos onto acomputer and produceprints or e-mail them,

but the confusion thatreigns when trying toget a grip on just what itall means can befrightening, so much sothat many older peoplejust give up andabandon the idea ofusing their cameras”adds Greg.“We are offering asimple and affordablecourse, broken into twohalf days, that will allowusers to learn fromprofessionalphotographers, yetkeep everything at alevel which is practicaland suited to theirneeds”.

MWA Viewfinder’s‘Photography forSeniors’ is suited tothose without anyexperience at all as wellas those who have usedfilm cameras throughouttheir lives, but nowwant to understand anduse modern digitalcameras, from high endSLRs to simple ‘pointand shoot’ snappers.The courses will be heldin a relaxed atmosphereand will be tailored tothe needs of thoseattending each session.The intention is toensure that everyoneleaves better equippedto take better travel andfamily photographs andwith a soundunderstanding of howto get good results fromtheir photos, whetherthey are printed on ahome computer orprinted at a photo lab.“We want people to feelcomfortable in usingtheir cameras so thatvaluable memories arenot lost” said Greg.Call MWA Viewfinderon (07) 5528 0200 andspeak to Greg Crow orMurray Waite now.Courses will beavailable from $100.00.

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KIRRA-Tugun Probus Club enjoyed their XmasBreakup at the Currumbin RSL in December andthe theme for the night was Santa’s Little Helpers.The members enjoyed a night of good food andfellowship. They booked a vocalist for the night’sentertainment. The next meeting of the Club willbe at the Currumbin RSL on Thursday 24th Febru-ary at 10.00am. Any prospective members pleasephone 5535 7237.

THE Never Alone Friendship Centre atBurleigh Heads started the new yearwith a rush of visitors ensuring thatthose in the community need not feellonely or isolate.This can now be a thing of the past asthe Centre goes from strength tostrength each week catering for thevarying needs of the community.Speaking to Seniors Newspaperrecently Colin Batt, the minister atBurleigh Heads Uniting Church saidthat the first gathering of the year sawmany new people come along havingread about the Centre In Seniors or otherlocal print outlets.“It should not have been any surpriseto us as over the period of the Januaryholidays, the phone didn’t stop ringingwith regular guests anxiously askingwhen we started back again and alsocalls from many new persons. We areencouraged by the success of theCentre which is designed to cater to

RECENT events in Queensland haveshown that natural disasters can strikein the most unexpected ways, but it stillis important to be as prepared as youcan be for such times.‘Emergency Management Queensland(EMQ) is committed to communitysafety in Queensland through workingwith local governments, other agenciesand communities to help everyonemake informed decisions and takeappropriate steps when it comes topreparing for and responding toemergencies and natural disasters.’

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THE Runaway Bay VIEW Club meets every 2ndWednesday of every month at La Piazza Restaurant,21 Bayview Street, Runaway Bay. Ladies, come alongmake new friends and enjoy a friendly welcome,interesting Speakers, and a delicious lunch.We promote friendship whilst proudly supporting TheSmith Family.Bookings essential: Phone Ann 5577 4712 or 0419 161246 for more information.

Loneliness can be a thing of the pastthose in our community who feel lonelyor isolated. When we opened our doorsin September last year we had no ideathe Centre would prove as popular as ithas. We ensure that guests are madewelcome with warm welcome, a cuppaand chat and then they are able to joinin with the varied activities we offer.These include indoor bowls, card andother table games, hand pampering, alibrary, guest speakers and occasionaloutings”.The Never Alone Friendship Centre isstaffed by volunteers and there is nocharge for attending. Transport can bearranged for those who are notindependent.The centre is open every Wednesdaybetween 9 am and noon and is locatedat 2 Burleigh Street Burleigh Heads inthe hall of the Uniting Church.Further information can be obtained bycalling Colin on 0425 334 262 or Dulcieon 55622 993.

The Queensland GovernmentDepartment of Community Safetyw e b p a g e — w w w . e m e r g e n c y .qld.gov.au—provides comprehensiveguidance on how to prepare for a varietyof urgent situations, including cyclone,storm surge, severe storm, flood,tsunami, landslide, earthquakes,heatwaves and bushfires. The webpageagain is www. emergency.qld.gov.au, orcall or write to Emergency ManagementQueensland (EMQ) on (07) 3247 8511or (07) 3247 8505; GPO Box 1425,Brisbane 4001.

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JAN Pearson (left) travelled fromElanora, and Jan Drury and Peter andMary Flynn from Currumbin, for anevening of classical enjoymentpresented by the Northern RiversSymphony Orchestra, conducted bymaestro Barry Singh, at the Gold CoastArts Centre in Surfers Paradise.The Overture to Prince Igor by Borodinopened the concert, with world-renowned cellist Louise King thenbrilliantly playing the Concerto for

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to Celebrate Australia Day ( see photo). CoxswainMegsy – an expatriate from Tassie (good on yaMegsy!) was a tower of strength to Cap’n. After anawkward landing (rough surf you know), a huge partywas celebrated amid much merriment and good cheer.Bigbazza made an Aussie damper followed of courseby the obligatory BBQ where native animal food –a.k.a. lamb sausages, beef steak, rissoles and RedClaw lobbies-was prepared. His first mate Deli who isknown in some circles as “Cut Price Deli” waited onthe distinguished visitors from far away. Anyway,they all had such a good time that they joined theProbus Club of Burleigh Waters and lived happilyever after!! Happy New Year Everyone!! “

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SATURDAY 5th Februarysaw a flurry of activity atthe Pimpama School ofArts Hall, with a team of

GOLD Coast Little The-atre on ScarboroughStreet, Southport, blastedoff its 2011 season inJanuary with the galaopening of the high-en-ergy, high-camp musicalEurobeat – AlmostEurovision. This glitter-ing and outrageous spoof

Pimpama Old Time Dance well & truly back!members from theOrmeau Lions makingpreparations and decorat-ing the hall for the first

“Old Time Dance” of theyear, after an absence ofmore than 14 months. TheClub has been appointedto manage the hall by theGCCC, and decided thatafter two electronic or-gans were generouslydonated to be used at thehall, it was time to bringback the Old Time Dances.The first Saturday in Feb-ruary was set, “TheGoldtones” band wasbooked, and with only 10days to pull it all together,the news was spread farand wide by local news-papers, radio stations,websites and flyers dis-played in local busi-nesses. With an atten-dance of approximately140 dancers, it wouldseem that the communityis very pleased that theregular 1st Saturday of themonth dance has beenresurrected and will be-come a regular date on thePimpama Hall calendaronce again. The air-con-

ditioning which has re-cently been installed wasvery much appreciated byall who attended.Thanks go to Supa IGAOrmeau, who sponsoredthe supper, and PlantopiaNursery and the Straw-berry Farm of Pimpama fordonating the raffle prizes,and MP Bert Van Manenfor the Lucky Door Prize,and to all who helpedmake this first dance sucha wonderful success.Ormeau Lions Club mem-ber and dance organizer,Lyn Young said that ap-proximately $1000 wasraised, and would be do-nated to the Lions FloodRelief project.The next dance on the 5th

March will be in aid of theLeukaemia Foundation,and the World’s GreatestShave. The hall is avail-able for hire for a very rea-sonable rate, and enqui-ries should be directed tothe manager Pat Hornick,on 0432 710 958.

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OUR club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at The Kurrawa Surf Club,Broadbeach at 9.30am. We have our meeting then morning tea followed byan interesting speaker. We are a friendly club and after the meeting many ofour members go upstairs together to lunch. We also have an outing on the4th Tuesday of each month.Do come along and meet us, visitors are always welcome or you may like toring our Secretary Wendy on 5538 8831.

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of the Eurovision songcontest, by AustraliansCraig Christie and An-drew Patterson, runs un-til 26 February. RhyleeNowell, director and cho-reographer of the show,creates theatrical magicand merriment with theassistance of Lucy McIn-

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you’ll be entertained by acast of many. For more in-formation, call the GoldCoast Little Theatre boxoffice on 5532 2096, orcheck online atwww.gclt.com. au. Just re-member: sing along; claploudly; laugh until thetears run down your legs!


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SOME emails making the rounds are annoying, whileothers give you something to think about, such asthe following: Imagine that you had won the follow-ing prize in a contest: Each morning your bank is todeposit $86,400.00 into your private account for youruse; however, this prize has rules, just as any gamehas rules. The first set of rules: Everything that youdon’t spend during each day will be taken away fromyou. You cannot simply transfer money into anotheraccount. You have to spend it. Each morning uponwaking, the bank opens your account with another$86,400.00 for that day. The second set of rules: Thebank can end the game without warning; at any timeit can say, ‘The game is over.’ It can close the accountand you will not receive a new one.What would you personally do? Would you try tospend every cent, and use it all? Would you buyanything and everything you wanted, not only for

Something to think aboutyourself, but for all people you love; even for peopleyou don’t know because you couldn’t possibly spendit all on yourself? Actually, this game is reality. Eachof us is in possession of such a magical bank. Wejust can’t seem to see it. The magical bank is time.Each morning we wake to receive 86,400 seconds as agift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, anyremaining time is NOT credited to us. What we haven’t‘lived’ that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forevergone. Each morning the account is refilled, but thebank can dissolve your account at any time, withoutwarning. So, what will you do with your 86,400 sec-onds? Aren’t they worth so much more than the sameamount in dollars? Think about it, and always thinkthus: enjoy every second of your life because timeraces by so much more quickly than you think. Takecare of yourself. Be happy; love deeply. Here’s wish-ing you a worthwhile day.

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OLDER Australians have welcomed the Federalgovernment’s commitment to cheaper, simpler andmore transparent superannuation in its response tothe Cooper Review.Of the 117 Super System Review recommendationsput to the Government in June, the most critical toconsumers, said National Seniors chief executive,Michael O’Neill, was the introduction of the default,no-frills MySuper option“For too long, the retirement savings of ordinary,hardworking Australians have been unknowinglymilked by industry through fees and trailing commis-sions,” said O’Neill.

Seniors welcome no-frills super“It’s not illegal, but the super system is so murky, socomplex that very few consumers would know they’vebeen paying $85 a month or over $1000 a year in feesalone. This green light for a simple default fund withlower fees means that when consumers hit retirementthey’ll have an extra $40,000 in retirement savings,”he said. “Australia Institute research suggests thosesavings could be as high as $100,000”.“On both choice and default products, we are keen tosee the development of an independent consumer-friendly website that would allow Australians to eas-ily compare super funds, performance and fees,” hesaid.Courtesy: National Seniors ‘Connect’

CONSUMERS, businesses and stakeholders can nowreceive real time updates from the Queensland Officeof Fair Trading (OFT) through its new social mediapresence on facebook, twitter and youtube. Ministerfor Fair Trading Peter Lawlor said it was important forGovernment agencies to embrace technology to bet-ter communicate with stakeholders.“Queenslanders will now be able to receive instantupdates from the OFT by logging onto Facebook andTwitter accounts,” Mr Lawlor said.

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THE Red Cross ‘Wills Day’ will be held on Tuesday22 February at the Robina Community Centre.The Red Cross advises that many people pass awaywithout a legal will and this can cause tremendousstress to those left behind.A will should be updated when circumstanceschange, such as the birth or death of a family member,change of marital status, or superannuation policydetails.The Red Cross offers residents the chance to comealong and talk to a solicitor about what is involved increating or changing a will, and the updating or prepa-ration of a will, for just $75.For more information, or to make an appointment,please phone Kathy Smythe, Red Cross Donor Rela-tions Coordinator on (07) 5539 7033 or [email protected].

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EXTREMELY Disabled War Veterans of Gold Coast/Tweed Heads will meet on the 14th February at 10:00am Qld time. Meetings held at Twin Town ServicesClub, Coolangatta. Guest speaker and morning teaprovided. EDA’s and all those on 100% veteransdisability welcome. Enquiries please ring Secretaryon 5593 4412.

INSPIRED mother Lorraine Grennanhad modest ambitions when she set outto help other bereaved parents 25 yearsago, believing her efforts ‘would beworth it if she could at least ease thesuffering of one other person.’Instead, the Murwillumbah resident hascome to the aid of hundreds of parentsthroughout Australia, through thecountless telephone calls, meetingsand events she has conducted as leaderof Murwillumbah’s chapter ofCompassionate Friends.Mrs Grennan has been named the‘Tweed Shire’s 2010 Citizen of the Year’for her ongoing work with theworldwide support group for bereavedfamily members, an organisation whichcame to her aid when her son Michael,‘Mick’, died of Leukaemia in 1983.Tweed Shire Australia Day CommitteeChairman Don Beck said an exceptionalnumber of nominations were submitted

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THIS year, 2011, marks the 100th anniversary ofInternational Women’s Day, with plans byCoolangatta Tweed VIEW Club to celebrate thisimportant occasion well in hand.A special commemorative event will be held onTuesday 8 March at the South Tweed Sports Club,Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed Heads, starting at 10a.m. D.S.T. Women from all walks of life are warmlyinvited to participate. Bookings will be received until25 February.Keynote speakers will be three inspirational women,each passionate about her particular cause. They areNoeline Brown, one of Australia’s most-loved actorswho, as the first Ambassador for the Ageing, isinvolved in a range of activities and events promotingpositive and active ageing within the community; LisaFrost, not only a director of Love This Moment, whosemission is to contribute to people living in poverty,

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empowering them and providing the means for themto create the life they want but, also, an Ambassadorfor Opportunity International, a global leader inproviding microfinance services to the working poorin developing countries, and Ali Davidson, a Year 12Graduate from Hillcrest Christian College who hasworked as a volunteer in orphanages and refugeecamps on the Thai/Burma border. Well-known eventsmanager Maggie-Ann Leybourne will compere.Cost of $15 per person will include light refreshments.Bookings can be made through Penelope Thorpe,Programme Officer, Coolangatta Tweed VIEW Club,on (07) 5534 3931.VIEW, a valued part of The Smith Family, celebrated50 years of service in 2010. In 2011 it will be hostingVIEW2 the next generation as an ideal way tocelebrate the achievements of women over thegenerations with women from various generations.

Lorraine Grennan namedTweed Citizen of the Year

for the 2010 awards, including anextraordinary level of support for MrsGrennan.‘Numerous people put in nominationsfor Lorraine, recognising the wonderfulwork she has done over many years,’Mr Beck said.‘It was an overwhelming level ofsupport from a community which holdsher in high esteem. She is widelyregarded as a wonderfully caringperson, who always has time to reachout and help others, with sensitivityand understanding.’For the past two decades, the motherof five has staged CompassionateFriends meetings at her home, madelong phone calls to grieving familymembers and organised specialChristmas lunches where parents couldremember their deceased children. In1993, she completed a book about herson Mick, and dealing with grief.

LYN Hugo and Jan Brown enjoying an AustraliaDay party at Twin Towns Day VIEW Club’sPresident Kathie’s home which was a prelude tothe March 3rd. luncheon to be held at the SouthTweed Sports Club. Guest Speaker will talk onthe latest treatment on cancer.

LorraineGrennan, TweedShire’s 2010Citizen of theYear, is picturedwith anotherdeserving awardrecipient, YoungAchiever inCommunityService, 18-yearold Rose Spiller.

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THE Gold Coast South - Twin Towns Branch of the NationalServicemen’s Association of Australia. Serving fromTallebudgera to The Tweed will hold its Annual GeneralMeeting on Sunday 20th March 2011 at 10am Qld time and11am NSW time in The Anzac Room of The Twin TownsServices Club. If you served in any of the Forces of TheCommonwealth “between” 1951-1972 then why not bringyour Partner and join us at our Meetings.Come along and re kindle the camaraderie you experiencedduring your Service. We also have a full Social Program.New Members are always welcome to attend.For further information contact John Shanahan PublicityOfficer Phone 07 5535 2484.

U3A Twin Town IncU3A Twin Towns Inc members are settlinginto the 2011 program and enjoying thenew classes, Calligraphy, Tai Chi forArthritus, Parchment Craft and are backinto the swing with Tap Dancing, Line andBelly Dancing, Exercises and of course allthe more mentally challenging classes too.We need Japanese, Italian & SpanishTutors and new members are alwayswelcome at our venues in Tweed,Coolagatta and Tugun. We are looking tointroduce an Indoor Sports afternoon onFridays after 3pm. Please call the officeWeekdays before 12noon to let us know ifyou are interested. Phone 5524 7333.

Twin TownsEuchre & 500 ClubOUR card evenings areheld upstairs at TwinTowns Juniors Club,located on the corner ofLeisure Drive and FraserDrive, Banora Point, bothcommencing at 7.30pm(NSW) 6.30pm (Qld), 500is held on Tuesday nightsand Euchre on Thursdaynights. The fees are $2members and $3 non-members. There are prizesfor winners and runners-up as well as a lucky doorprize. All new membersand visitors will be mademost welcome so comealong and join our happygroup of players everyweek. If you would likefurther information pleasecontact Pat on 5534 6188.

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“It was also great to be part of a group that valueddiversity”.The new name for the group - Northern RiversGuardians (NRG) - was also announced. NRG will beworking towards sustainable and green developmentin the Northern Rivers area.Members are looking forward to having an ongoingpositive impact on development in the Tweed Valleyand beyond.NRG is supporting local residents to gain morepositive outcomes in relation to local development.This includes protecting an important waterwaypassing through a local caravan park at Chinderah,ensuring that koala habitat is protected duringhousing developments and protecting the areaidentified as having the highest riparian conservationvalue in the Tweed Shire from being inundated by adam.For more information please contact Michael 0459355 862 or [email protected]

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dates). That’s not all! In-sight Vacations has alsoissued a Price MatchGuarantee.This means that if Insightreleases an air deal that ischeaper than these greatSummer Take-Off dealsfor departures up to 31July, 2011, they will re-fund you the difference.You can’t lose! (Condi-tions and restrictions ap-ply)These fantastic Europeanair deals can be matchedwith over 30 exciting In-sight Vacations itinerar-

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European OdysseyWORLD Discovery Tours invites you to join Geoff &Val Sampson on this specially escorted 34 day tourvisiting USA, London & Paris and including a 14 nightEuropean River Cruise on board Luftner Cruises luxu-rious River Boat “MS Amadeus Elegant”The tour departs Australia on Thursday 27 October2011 and flies to Las Vegas for 3 fabulous nights thentravel by luxury coach across the Mojave Desert toLos Angeles International Airport where you will joinyour flight to Budapest “Queen of the Danube”. Sailfrom Budapest to Amsterdam on the North Sea. Thecruise sails through Europe’s most important Water-way – The Dutch Canals and rivers, Rhine, Main,Danube. The highlights include passing through theRhine-Main-Danube Canal and touring famous citiesof Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg,Regensburg, Bamberg, Wuerzburg, Cologne toAmsterdam.At the completion of the cruise, travel to London bytrain and ferry for 4 nights. Travel by train from St

Pancras Station in London to Paris for 3 nights. Thetour then flies from Paris to Hong Kong for a 4 nightstopover on the way home.The price includes return airfare and taxes from Aus-tralia with stopovers in London, Paris and Hong Kongand 3 nights in Las Vegas. Your cruise includes 14nights in an outside stateroom with all meals, Wel-come Cocktail, Welcome Dinner and Captain’s GalaDinner. Quality red and white wines from Europe’sgreat wine regions are served with dinner each night.Dutch Folklore show and Crew show as well as onboard musical performances by on board musicians.Cruise across Europe – wine and dine on the Rhine.Cruise the Danube and see all the famous cities as wecruise by.Join Geoff and Val on this special tour in October2011.For more information or an Itinerary contact Geoff orVal on our Toll free number 1800 645 055 or visit ourwebsite on www.worlddiscoverytours.com.au

WE’RE looking forwardto providing bigger, bet-ter, more interesting andadventurous tours for allour loyal Travel ClubMembers.

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Our list of tours stretchesway into next year withexciting destinations allthroughout Australia,even overseas! We will bevisiting Vietnam in May,crossing the continentfrom East to West in our4X4 coach in September,visiting the Red Centre,Kakadu, Cape York,Flinders Ranges, Kanga-roo Island, ….. and muchmore!All these tours and moreare listed on our web sitewww.stonestreetscoaches.com.auwith a special section ofDay Tours for Gold CoastMembers coming soon.Visitors to Stonestreet’sCoaches web pages willsoon discover they cansign up for electronic edi-tions of the newslettersand receive tour updatesby email as they come tohand. There is plenty ofinformation on upcomingtours, visitors can evendownload tour bro-chures! But if you don’thave internet access,don’t worry! You can al-ways call our friendlystaff and we’ll send you anewsletter or tour bro-chure.Even though Jan & Wally

are no longer with us,Stonestreet’s Coacheswill continue to operate asnormal and are lookingforward to providing moreDay Tours and ExtendedTours to Gold CoastTravel Club Members.We would like to thankJan and Wally for theirhard work and efforts run-

ning the Gold Coast officeand wish them all the bestfor their futureendeavours.So, as you can see, we arenot closing down! Neverhave been! We’re lookingforward to many morehappy moments sharedtogether on aStonestreet’s tour.



This special group package includes a 13 night Aranui 3 cruise in a Standard A cabin, with economy class airfares to/from Papeete, 4 nights pre/post cruise accommodation in Papeete, airport and ship transfers and all pre-payable taxes.

Bonus: chauffeur driven luxury car transfers to/from SYD/MEL/BNE airport*

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Join this 200 passenger working freighter and sail 1300kms north of Tahiti to the remote Marquesas Archipelago, to experience an adventure of a lifetime.

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17 nights from $7,599*pp ex SYD twin share17 nights from $7,749*pp ex MEL twin share16 nights from $7,599*pp ex BNE twin share

Departures 2011:17 Feb / 31 Mar / 12 May / 23 Jun / 14 Jul / 4 Aug / 25 Aug / 6 Oct / 27 Oct / 17 Nov

NEW Zealand has been described as ‘the world inminiature’ - yet there is nothing small about it. FromNorth to South the experiences, sights and soundsare wide and varied providing its fortunate visitorswith postcard perfect scenery all year round.Grand Pacific Tours, the New Zealand LuxuryCoach Holiday Specialist, is recognised as themarket leader for providing a comprehensive rangeof all inclusive, value for money coach holidays.For a premium touring experience, they offer theUltimate Small Group Touring collection, wheretravellers have the opportunity to indulge in thespectacular beauty that New Zealand offersonboard the deluxe Ultimate Coach.You will travel on a full size coach which normallyhouses 49 seats and has been reconfigured withonly 20 extra-wide luxury leather fully recliningseats with calf and footrest support for addedcomfort. Experience surroundings akin to the‘pointy end’ of an aeroplane as you enjoy theextensive onboard features which include: Pan-oramic windows, air conditioning and seat belts;personal seat-side storage units; a centre galleyequipped with fridge for drink storage: individual240 volt power outlets and a state of the artentertainment system with your own personal setof headphones.Not only will travellers be touring New Zealand onthe Ultimate Coach, which offers a level of comfortunparalleled by any other vehicle, they will also betreated to Premium Accommodation staying at acollection of stylish hotels carefully handpicked toprovide a superior level of comfort.The beauty of travelling in a small group is thatevery aspect of your New Zealand holiday ispersonal. With smaller numbers travel is at a relaxedpace, you see more of the sights and enjoyadditional free time to explore at leisure, which isoften a request from travellers on larger sizegroups. All exciting itinerary options available to

choose from are fully inclusive of airfare and prepaid taxes, premium accommodation, most mealsand a wide range of sightseeing and pre paidattractions. Each tour concludes with an intimatefarewell dinner including selected beverages,offering a time to celebrate this unique journey withnew found friends.Ensure you don’t miss out on this unique innova-tion in small group travel by booking on one ofthree guaranteed departures remaining for theseason. Indulge in the 10 Day Ultimate SingleTravellers Escape departing 15 April 2011, offeringthe best of the majestic South Island; or visit someof New Zealand’s lesser-known regions set againsta glorious Autumn backdrop, by deciding on the 12Day South Island Tour which departs 24 April 2011.Finally the 16 Day Ultimate Explorer, departing 4May 2011, provides a comprehensive itinerarythrough both the North & South Island’s as youwitness remarkable scenery.So go on spoil yourself today and travel thisspectacular land on a Coach that’s in a class of itsown!For more information on Ultimate Tours availablefor 2011 & 2012 contact Grand Pacific Tours on1800 622 768 or visit www.grandpacifictours.com.au

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THE Marquesas, a wildand remote island chain1300 kms north east ofTahiti, are one of the plan-ets more spectacularlybeautiful and mysticalplaces. The originalMarquesan’s were artisticwith a strong culture, butwere also fearsomely ag-gressive. Wars and evencannibalism featuredstrongly, and the mostable warriors could attaingreat power.Stone temples, agricultureterraces, and earthen for-tifications can still befound half hidden in thejungle vegetation. All theearly western explorersfaces challenges whenvisiting the Marquesas,and it was only the dep-redations of disease thatfinally conquered” theseproud island peoples.The islands remain natu-ral and mostly unspoiled,with relatively few inhab-itants however the ex-pense and difficulty ofgetting there has keptmost travellers away.Those in the know how-ever can enjoy one of thegreat South Pacific ad-venturesThe Aranui 3, a purposebuilt passenger-cargovessel provides the onlyreal contact Marquesanshave with the outsideworld. On its three weeklyvisit it supplies almost ev-erything that the localpeople need and use - in-cluding food, vehicles,fuel , and livestock.It also collects the localsproduce to be returned forsale in Tahiti.Aranui 3 offers three dif-ferent levels of accommo-dation, all air conditionedand with en-suites. Thereis a swimming pool, li-brary, lounge, bar and adining room; all modernand contemporary in de-sign. Wine is complimen-tary onboard with lunchand dinner.All shore excursions areincluded in the price of thecruise.Ultimate Cruising packageyour Aranui 3 expedition,with the airfares from Aus-tralia, and the nights inTahiti before and after thecruise needed to connectwith your flights. Alltransfers are also pro-videdFor further information orto order a free 16 pagebrochure and DVD, callUltimate Cruising on 1300662 943

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Ridgie Didge Easter 2011�

in Lightning Ridge 7 Days 21st - 27th April 2011

Join Terry as we celebrate Easter and Anzac Day outback NSW style. Discover the home of the Black Opal, this area is recognised worldwide as the largest source of quality gems

of that material. Time to sit back and enjoy ‘Easter with a difference’ in the unique and different landscape while indulging in some carefree, country hospitality!

Includes: Home pick ups and Drop offs, Quality Accommodation, All Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, All Dinners, Some Morning/Afternoon Teas,

Entry Fees & Tour Guides

Cost: $1440.00 Per Person Twin Share

Single Supplement (Add on) $260.00

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5 Days, 18th - 22nd May 2011��

Join Terry on another fun bowls trip, to the North West region of New England, with the magnificent autumn colours all around! Stay at Australia’s self proclaimed country music capital Tamworth and visit Gunnedah the koala capital of the world!

Plus roll up with two games of bowls. Book early so you don't miss out!

Includes: Home Pick ups and Drop offs, Quality Accommodation, All Full Cooked Breakfasts, 1 Dinner (Day 2,3 & 4 own expense), All Lunches, 2 Games of Bowls,

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Cost: $980.00 Per Person Twin Share

Single Supplement (Add on) $235.00

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at Ray Station...5th to 15th June 2011

Come and discover what outback life is all about on a dinky di working station! You will stay in quality outback accommodation, in original restored air-conditioned buildings. Be entertained around the campfire by guitar, piano and poetry. See early Aussie film foot-

age and try your luck at opal fossicking, plus much more!

Includes: Accommodation, All Breakfasts, All Lunches & All Dinners (except 1) also includes all Attractions and Tours

Cost: $2355.00 Per Person Twin Share Single Supplement (Add on) $420.00

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Saturday 5th MarchFIRST STEAM

TRAIN TO RICHLANDSBe a part of history and travel on the very first

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Dep: 31st August 2011- Fares from $14,495Visiting LA, USA Westcoast, Yosemite, SFO, Victoria,Vancouver, Canadian Rockies, Mt. Rushmore, Niagara Falls,Autumn Leaves, Boston, New York, Orlando, Nashville,Memphis, New Orleans, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas.Inc: Return Airfares, 56 B’fasts, 2 Lunches & 8 Dinners.

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20 DAY NATIONAL PARKS OF USADep: May - October 2011 Fares from $4495Visiting Mt Rushmore, Bryce, Zion, Yellowstone National Park,Monument Valley Grand Canyon Sedona & Las Vegas &much more

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THE Tropical Travellerwill take you to discoverthe delights of Cairns andTropical NorthQueensland. We knowhow important your holi-day is to you, that’s whywe make sure that everyaspect is carefullyplanned and organizedright down to the very lastdetail.This ensures you can re-lax and concentrate onenjoying yourself.Our inclusive package of-fers an itinerary packedwith scenic destinations,entertaining yarns of lo-cal history and interest-ing personalities. Youraccommodation is atMantra Trilogy a contem-porary new resort in thecentre of Cairns on theEsplanade.Within walking distanceto the Reef Casino, PierShopping precinct, thebeautiful Cairns Lagoonand with the Esplanadeboard walk across theroad for an early morningor afternoon stroll, it isperfectly located. Laze onthe sun deck by the beau-tiful resort style pooloverlooking the ocean ortreat yourself with someindulgence at the TrilogyMedi Day Spa.Travelling with DownUnder Tours and GreatAdventures, you willwonder at the marvels ofthe world heritage listedGreat Barrier Reef, while

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Mantra Trilogy

the mountains straddlingCairns hide a pristine en-vironment that is everybit as special as thecoastal strip.Home to World Heritagelisted rainforests, nationalparks, mountains, rivers,lakes and waterfalls, theAtherton Tablelands isTropical NorthQueensland’s highlandgetaway. Its natural diver-sity includes Lake Barrine,Milla Milla Falls, The Cur-tain Fig Tree and muchmore, this is Australiancountryside at its verybest.The romance of ParonellaPark. a castle built for lovein a rainforest by a vision-ary Spanish cook willleave you in awe.Explore the village ofKuranda and its famousHeritage Markets. You willtravel via the SkyrailRainforest Cableway andreturn on the historicKuranda Scenic Railway.The world’s oldestrainforest, the Daintree, isincluded in your tour ex-perience with an indig-enous guided walk inMossman Gorge andlunch overlooking theMossman River.A river cruise and a visitto a local Cane & Fruitfarm before stopping atPort Douglas, the sleepyfishing village turnedtourist mecca and younever know who you’llsee there.

Balanced with free time toexperience your own per-sonal holiday desires,you will also enjoy a vari-ety of first class restau-rants for your meals anda full buffet breakfasteach morning to start theday.Transfers from CairnsAirport or railway are in-cluded and the tour de-parts every Tuesday .Reservations can bemade by calling Kathy on1800 171 156.

THE Australian RailwayHistorical Society(Queensland Division)has entered its 54th yearof operating rail tours.Over 900 excursions op-erated by both steam anddiesel hauled trains tomany destinations inQueensland have beenrun by the Society since1957, of course the steamhauled tours are verypopular and give passen-gers a nostalgic tour intravel of a bygone era –travelling in style in theheritage carriages.The excitement of a dayout by steam train com-mences at Roma St as yougo walk along the platformto find your carriage witha reserved seat.It is then a quick walk tothe head of the train toinspect the great “IronHorse” which is simmer-ing away quietly waitingfor the grand departure.Final boarding announce-ments are made , theguard blows his whistleand waves the green flagand the engine burstsinto life with it’s whistleblowing to signal depar-ture and steams out of theplatform heading for theday’ destination.Be a part of history onSaturday5th March as weride the first steam trainout to Richlands – thenewest line and station inthe western suburbs.

Take a trainThere will be choice of amorning or afternoon trip,so come along and viewthe latest extension to ourBrisbane suburban railnetworkJoin us for a six day railcruise behind steam inMarch as we head to theindustrial hub ofGladstone and out toBiloela in the CallideCoalfields region. Over-night stops are planned atBundaberg andGladstone with accom-modation and most mealsincluded in the fare. Thiswill be the first steam trainto Biloela since the de-mise of regular steamtrains in 1969 and will bea very historic occasion.We travel along part ofthe Sunshine Route onthis tour – the scenerywill be great.The Winter Winelander isone of our most populartours and it is on again on6th/7th August.Be pampered on the trainwith wine tasting ses-sions in the club car anda delicious lunch servedto your seat as the trainmakes its way toToowoomba and downthrough the SouthernDowns region to the Gran-ite Belt. A coach tour tosome of the regions bestwineries is included aswell as dinner at Thunder-bolt Farm and motel ac-commodation with break-

fast. Sunshine ExpressRail Tours look forward towelcoming you aboard,phone our office on 3252

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Norfolk Island 17-24 AprilEaster in Nthn Tablelands 22 -26 Apr

Snowies in May 14 -22 MayBundaberg Winter Escape 17-22 Jun

Jumpers and Jazz Warwick 29 July -1 AugTara Festival & Camel Races 5-7 AugOutback Adventure 27 Aug -10 Sept

Canberra Floriade 9 - 15 OctMelbourne Cup Gympie 31 Oct- 2 NovXmas Central Coast NSW 23 - 29 Dec

Xmas Port Macquarie 24 - 28 DecTHEATRE TOURS

Because You’re Mine (Operatif) - 31 MarAndrew Lloyd Webber - 7 Apr

Turns Nancye Hayes & Reg Livermore 27 JulI’m in Love with Vienna (Operatif) 7 Sep

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SAILOR Sam and puppeteer Luisa Liussi have be-come great mates since working on the school holi-days show Pirates’ Secret Treasure (the ‘treasure’being a chest of jellybeans!), written and directed byyoung-at-heart senior Phil Bell.Luisa has been a volunteer puppeteer with QTOP,the Queensland Theatre of Puppetry (celebrating its40th anniversary in 2011), for just over a year. In ‘herother life’ Luisa is mother to three sons and grand-mother to ‘two beautiful girls, Allegra and Olympia’,her motivation behind being a puppeteer. Originallyfrom Italy, Luisa was the first Italian teacher on theGold Coast, and now has taught this melodic lan-guage for 28 years to both children and adults.The next QTOP puppet show will be held during theEaster school holidays at the Gerda Pinter Pavilion,Macintosh Island, Surfers Paradise. Anyone want-ing to volunteer in any capacity with the non-profitQTOP should either write to PO Box 437, Southport4215; email: [email protected], or seewww.qtop.org.au.

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ACTIVE Tugun Theatre member Jillian Rawlings (vice-president and publicity) has sent in this newsy pieceabout Tugun Theatre, celebrating its 40th anniversaryin 2011.‘We have all heard the old saying “life begins at 40”.Tugun Theatre’s life began 40 years ago when a groupof like-minded thespians got together in February 1971and formed the Tugun Repertory Company at theTugun Progress Hall.‘Enthusiastic members put on dramas (which in itselfhad drama aplenty), comedies, and pantomimes, andentered various drama festivals where they did well.‘In 1985 the theatre had a name change to the presentTugun Theatre Company Incorporated. Membershipgrew, along with reputation and audience numbers,with several dedicated members now on board sincethe ’80s; some from day one. Productions were en-hanced by a larger stage after a move to the TugunVillage Community Centre, “home” since November1998.‘In addition, well-known talented locals Val Breadman,Allan Grant, Kate Peters and Ian Franklin directed

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special musical revues. All together, we have had greatfun over the years.‘We are proud to present four productions a year:comedy, mystery, murder, plus other styles of plays.Our history covers many events in which our mem-bers have been involved but some that stand outinclude helping Coolangatta (now Gold Coast) Air-port management by playing crash victims for mockdisasters to test local emergency groups. We thinkwe were too realistic! Rent-a-crowd for a nationalannual conference was definitely one of our high-lights, with characters including Dolly Parton, KennyRogers and Princess Di; tramps, char ladies and thepaparazzi. We did several promotions for our localTugun Village shopkeepers, with our ‘patriarch of thetheatre’ John Littlebury, now 95, authentically por-traying a town crier.It’s been a wonderful 40 years, filled with fun andenjoyment; comedy and drama and everything in be-tween, with many more years of the same to come.Anyone who would like further information can con-tact me, Jillian Rawlings, on 0424 362 224.’

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OLD Photo BurleighBeach from Nth.Burleigh in frame 74 x61cm $110. Ph. 55293172. Labrador.

OVEN mini bench top.Sunbeam bake, grill +pizza tray included.Used once. SizeW44xD27xH28. Cost$110, sell $65. Ph 55916591. Southport.POOL table 220 x 110.Steel frame VGC $450includes cues and balls.Ph 5599 7393. TweedWest.

PRAM folding, as new,good brand with brakeand locks. Cost $350,sell $95 ono. Ph 55247714. Tweed Heads.

RARE Mr. Four x jug1920 ear $150. Ph 55293172. Labrador.

ROBYI 40mm. shredder2400ww. Was $300,sell $180. Hardly used.Ph 0428 729 362.ROVER four stroke A1condition. Serviced newblades $120. Ph 0412139 219. Mudgeeraba.

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SHADE cloth 25 metres95%, never used. Ph0419 142 780. GoldCoast. Will deliver.SUITCASE as new70cmx50cm, top brandwith wheels and locks.$35 ono. Ph 5524 7714.Tweed Heads.SUN Blocker shadegazebo 23m x 3.7m$40. Ph 0428 729 362.SUNBEAM juicer cost$280, sell $100 GC. Ph0419 721 798.

TREADMILL USBsports electric. Run,jog. Walk cycles. Vari-able speed. Calorie,pulse, distance $250ono. ph 0417 533 239.Burleigh.

TRIPOD Hx-30.Hanimex, approx 1’22",near new. $12. Ph 55961002. Nerang.TV Akia 55cm, VGC,remote control, autotune stereo sound. $39ono. ph 5524 7714.Tweed Heads.TV Panasonic Stereo27" colour, remote exc.cond. $100 or offer. Ph5578 7170. Robina.

WARDROBE new slid-ing mirror doors, teak,Jupiter, size243Wx229Hx59D. cost$1129, sell $475 ono.Ph 5536 2780. TweedHeads.WATER Filtration Sys-tem Reverse Osmosis 4stage under sink sys-tem as new $295. Ph 075564 5558. Ashmore.WEDGEWOOD myown collection 2 books& approx. 10 items.Only $180 ono. Ph0450 001 227.Helensvale.WHEELCHAIR new$150 ono. Ph 55639006. Biggera Waters

WHEELIE walkerRollater, aluminium, 4wheeler, under seatstorage, hand brake,height adjust, neverused, $70. Ph 0404 044229. Monterey Keys.

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YAMAHA Key Boardwith stand, manual,song book, sustanepedal & earphones.VGC very little use. Costover $700 sell $350 ono.Ph 07 5523 9353.Tweed Heads.

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THE Arts Centre are giving away 5 double passes to the Pomp, Pipes &Pop Spectacular held on Tuesday 8th March.For your chance to win, you will need to call the Gold Coast/Tweed Se-niors Newspaper on 07 5449 9307 between 9-1pm on Friday 18th Februaryand leave your name, phone number and the answer to the followingquestion:

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Arts Centre Giveaway

THE Australian Army Band Brisbanewill lead the way in an impressive con-cert featuring the best of military pompand splendour at The Arts Centre GoldCoast on Tuesday 8 March at 11a.m.Entertaining alongside will be the popu-lar Queensland Police Pipes and Drums,fresh from a successful performance atSydney’s Edinburgh Tattoo, and thebonnie lassies of the Scotia HighlandDancers with their intricate toe-tappingdance steps and colourful Highlanddress. Leading this talented ensemblewill be Major Jeff Cocks, back by popu-lar demand, with Billy Raymond, oftenreferred to as Australia’s favourite Scot,hosting the event in his usual inimitablestyle.The Australian Army Band Brisbanehas become known throughoutQueensland as one of the finest mili-

Pomp, Pipes and Poptary bands in Australia, having per-formed Bach to Bernstein and run thegamut of tuneful pieces ranging fromthe Roaring Twenties to today’s Top40. Musical highlights will includeAmazing Grace, Highland Cathedraland Hector’s Farewell.Be enthralled by the uplifting soundsof Queensland’s finest military and po-lice bands plus the magic of Scottishdance, as these gifted artists join toperform one superb Gold Coast con-cert.Date and time: Tuesday 8 March, 11.00a.m. Venue: Arts Theatre, The Arts Cen-tre Gold Coast, 135 Bundall Rd, SurfersParadise. Cost: $30 (concessions ap-ply). Call 5588 4000; seewww.theartscentregc.com.au.It’s a concert not to be missed, withtickets a great gift idea.


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TUESDAY 1 February,2011. Talk to peopleabout Sara Storer and thesame words keep beingused: ‘real’, ‘unaffected’,‘authentic’.It’s partly a way of ac-knowledging that she’slived the life she singsabout – growing up on afarm in Victoria’s Mallee,her grandfather a pioneerof the district, then teach-ing in tiny bush towns inQueensland and the

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1 Fast Eddy went without food (6)5 Depress the players with feathers (4,4)9 Single friend has a smaller amount (8)10 Cursed then mended (6)11 Be made up of the specialist uniform (10)12 Cook the revolutionary at the beginning of

February (4)13 The prisoner melts together then mixes up (8)16 See it working exactly (4,2)17 Lays in depots (6)19 Before lunch, George and Ed were waylaid (8)21 Frost recited a poem (4)22 Put modelling clay round the curate - precisely

(10)25 Let fly when chart-topper is released (3,3)26 Justin Gray kept flat fish (8)27 Characteristics of the special movies (8)28 Decayed? Rubbish, Edward (6)

2 San Antonio mission is not designed for Somalia(5)

3 Layers of ear or eye drops (5)4 Attires in bandages (7)5 Coffins and barrels surrounding the alien (7)6 Tranquilises with the chief side effect of dates

(7)7 Pilots keep gold for the board members (9)8 Sorrowful misery should go away (9)14 Unsafe situation for scary skating (2,4,3)15 Subcontracted and cultivated - but not at home

(6,3)18 Contestant or race official (7)19 Charges the accountant with a hundred

applications (7)20 Barrie Rogers has an impediment (7)23 Loaded the compact (5)24 Let fifty relax (5)

1 Went without food (6)5 Depress (4,4)9 Single (8)10 Mended (6)11 Uniform (10)12 Cook (4)13 Mixes up (8)16 Exactly (4,2)17 Lays in (6)19 Waylaid (8)21 Frost (4)22 Precisely (10)25 Let fly (3,3)26 Flat fish (8)27 Characteristics (8)28 Decayed (6)

2 San Antonio mission (5)3 Layers (5)4 Attires (7)5 Coffins (7)6 Tranquillises (7)7 Board members (9)8 Sorrowful (9)14 Unsafe situation (2,4,3)15 Subcontracted (6,3)18 Contestant (7)19 Charges (7)20 Impediment (7)23 Loaded (5)24 Let (5)

Sara Storer Live at RSL SouthportNorthern Territory.But authenticity alonedoesn’t make a great art-ist. Sara has a hungrywriter’s eye, her songs fullof vivid, telling momentsand narratives that seemto drop the listener into afreshly minted world. Thevoice that tells these talesis open and unguarded;the music seductive yetenergised.Her songs speak withgreat directness and im-

mediacy, as if we hadfound ourselves on theroad, or round the camp-fire, with the characters ofthe song.Some songwriters taketheir inspirations fromother songs; with Sara,the starting point is moreoften a scene torn directlyfrom life. Her first song,‘Buffallo Bill’, is typical:the story drawn from aretired buffalo shootershe met when working in

a truck stop in the smallQueensland town ofCamooweal.She gave him the song asyou would a gift, saw thetears it brought forth fromthe old man, and startedto understand the powerof song.Soon she moved to theTerritory, teaching inKalkaringi, an Aboriginalsettlement 500km southwest of Katherine. Thereshe developed hersongwriting and began toplay for friends – at par-ties and around campfires.A friend encouraged herto enter a talent quest atthe town of AdelaideRiver, a dot in the red dirtof the far north. The ‘en-couragement prize’ was aworkshop at the Austra-lian College of CountryMusic, held in the weeksleading up to theTamworth Country MusicFestival.Sara took the two-weekcourse in January 2000.Just four years later, shewas back at the same fes-tival – and won moreawards in a single festi-val than anyone before orsince: seven Golden Gui-tars.She’d been busy, ofcourse, during those in-tervening four years.

When she first went toTamworth, with her ticketfrom Adelaide River, shemet the record producerGarth Porter. Garth re-corded six of her songsand introduced her toABC Music, who quicklysigned the young artist.Her first album, ChasingBuffalo, came out laterthat year, producing threenumber one singles on thecountry charts – startingwith ‘Buffalo Bill’.Sara won the Best NewTalent award at the 2001Country Music Awards,and then – in 2002 – re-leased her second albumBeautiful Circle, this timewith the stand-out song‘Raining on the Plain’, aduet with JohnWilliamson. By 2004, withthat record haul of GoldenGuitars, there was nostopping her. Two moreacclaimed albums fol-lowed – Firefly (2005) andSilver Skies (2007) – andnow the one you hold inyour hands.Sara Storer is performingat RSL Southport on Sat-urday 19th February at8pm. Tickets are $28 foradults and $15 for Chil-dren.For further informationvisit www.southportrsl.com.au

A peahen nonchalantly passes by adisplaying peacock as the male bird shakes

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AUSTRALIA Day cel-ebrations took place allover Gold Coast, withthousands enjoying theperfect summer’s day af-ter months of rain, butGold Coast City Council’s

YOU are invited to attend a musical variety con-cert by Rhapsody Music Club on Sunday 27th

February, 2011, commencing at 1pm for AGMmeeting immediately followed by the concert at1.30pm. At Lady Small Haven Community Hall, 60Allchurch Avenue, Benowa. Our artists thismonth are:- Bram & Marina – ‘Double the Fun’,Rolf Underdahl – Vocal and John Ellis – ‘Cleve-land Connection’. Admission: Members $4 andVisitors $6, includes light refreshments. A greatafternoon of musical entertainment is assured.Enquiries call Barry on 5574 4341 or Robert on0408 405 621. The artist’s names printed in thisadvertisement were correct at the time of print-ing. Changes may be made due to circumstancesbeyond our control – for this we do apologise.

THE Theatre Organ Soci-ety of Australia (GoldCoast Division) will holdtheir musical afternoonwith featured artist NormaHorlock at the Maher Hall,Matilda Street, BurleighHeads on Sunday 20 Feb-ruary at 2pm. Admissionis $8 which includes tea/coffee. Further detailsphone Rosa on 5575 3295.

Australia Day in Gold Coast CityAustralia Day event atEvandale Parklandsproved to be even biggerand better than ever.Celebrations at Evandalewere ‘a massive free dayof family fun’ that also

helped raise much-needed funds for theFlood Relief Appeal.Aussie tucker tents and arange of activities filledthe parklands, with noone missing out. On offerwas everything from ananimal nursery, ponyrides, puppet shows androck wall climbing for theyoungsters; damper mak-ing, whip cracking,didgeridoo playing andwoodturning; snakeshows, pig racing, sheepshearing, duck herdingand camel rides;Australiana entertain-ment under the Big Top;a rodeo ring; trick horseriders; foot races; a Bor-der Collie show, andfootie and basketball fun.A great package spreadover a great day.Pictured is Dennis‘Dingo’ Dryden, who en-tertained audiences sit-ting under a shady tree(though maybe not acoolabah), with mellowAustralian tunes, all richin story line. Dennis hailsfrom northern NSW butplays the entire eastcoast of the country, in-cluding Tasmania. Hehopes to go Australia-wide one day. If you’d liketo find out more aboutDennis ‘Dingo’ Dryden’smusic, just email with ag’day [email protected].

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