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Festival celebration day has a lot to offer
Vibrant, dynamic trio, The Stiletto Sisters,
will be just one of the attractions to bring
an exciting program of entertainment to
the big stage at Federation Square on
the Celebration Day that launches 2013
Victorian Seniors Festival on Sunday 6
October.
You can catch Hope Csutoros on violin,
Judy Gunson on piano accordion and
double bassist Jo To playing their signature
style of luscious music from wild gypsy
melodies and tango rhythms to sensuous
songs from Europe and Latin America at
1.30pm on the Federation Square stage.
In addition to the stage program of
performances on 6 October, Federation
Square will be alive with entertainment,
information and diversions of many
kinds. You can explore the U3A Carnival
of Learning; participate in Life Activities
Clubs Victoria ‘Life’s better together’ walk,
or their Poker bike ride; enjoy (and even
join in) displays of activities from Tai Chi
to Line Dancing; and take the opportunity
to meet and greet Peter Hitchener who is
celebrating 40 years at Channel Nine.
See inside for more Victorian Seniors
Festival news.
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LACVI at Victorian Seniors Festival
One month to go to ‘Life’s better
together’ walk and Poker Bike ride.
Preregister at www.life.org.au to
go into the draw for prizes including
movie passes, high tea and more.
Check the Festival online calendar at
www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au for events
being offered by LACs during October.
Whitehorse LAC Caravanners
plan early
Members of the Whitehorse Life
Activities Club are preparing their Tardis’s
for the forthcoming season of time travels
and adventures.
Our Caravan group met and enjoyed a
midyear lunch at Café 57 in July and at
our meeting in August planned trips for
the rest of this year. September 6 – 11 we
are going to Peterborough. For October,
planning is well underway for a threeweek
trip down the Murray River from
Corryong to Goolwa with our first stop at
Everton and last stop Nelson. November,
our final outing for the year will be at
Queenscliff. Pictured is our leader showing
some members where we are going.
Telephone 9877 2514, email lacwhitehorse@bigpond.com
or visit our webpage
whitehorse@life.org.au for more
details about the activities available at
our club.
Golf in any weather for Croydon LAC
LAC Croydon Bi Annual Golf Getaways:
Competition is fierce for the perpetual
trophies offered when our troop of
enthusiastic golfers (along with partners
and welcome tag-alongs) take
off to country areas, usually in autumn
and spring. Accommodation may be in
motels, caravan parks or cabins with
LIFE Activities
with Robert Geary
social get together for meals and final
winners’ celebration eve. The destination
is chosen for a golf course nearby
and the program caters for plenty of
rubber necking around the tourist spots.
October’s getaway has us off to Philip
Island for a good lot of golfing along
with a side trip to nearby Wonthaggi for
a tour of the Desal plant.
Knox LAC Invite you to join them
It’s all been wonderful, the Extended
Bus trip to Goulburn and Canberra, the
visit to The Geelong Wool Museum, for
the Scarf Festival. Some people are just
so creative.
The Old Time Movie Show entertained
us with cartoons, old newsreels, lollies, ice
cream, and the main movie ‘Genevieve’
filmed in 1953. Thanks to our own two film
producers and of course, the committee.
Coming up!! It’s time to book for the
Weekend Getaway in November. Bring
your Caravan, hire a Cabin, or share with
someone; we are going to Eildon for
three nights and of course even longer if
that is your choice.
Remember, we are looking forward to
meeting you, so request a newsletter, and
join us on a couple of activities, and hopefully
you will decide to become a member.
On a freezing and windy day at
Edwards Lake in Reservoir.
The current newsletter is available and
we will be happy to post one to you.
Melva, 9762 3764, Helen, 9729 1151, or
contact us on www.life.org.au
Mornington awards lifetime
memberships
Mornington LAC proudly awarded Len
Trouse and Margaret Godony Lifetime
Membership at their Annual General
Meeting. Len has been an active member
for 30 years; he started his involvement
with the former Frankston Club and
then joined with Mornington. Margaret’s
26 year journey began with Coburg
and after moving to the Peninsular also
joined Frankston and now is a member
of Mornington; a truly wonderful effort
on their part . Both Len and Margaret
expressed the pleasure they still get
from attending activities and enjoy the
friendships they have developed.
Want to volunteer and experience
Australia at the same time?
LACs have many grey nomads among
their members who travel into many
parts of Australia and often witness firsthand
the damage caused by natural
disasters such as fires and floods. Any
of those travellers who are interested
in volunteering with BlazeAid, a volunteer-based
organisation that works with
families and individuals in rural Australia
after natural disasters, but who would
prefer to do it with other LAC members,
can register their interest by emailing
lac-ruralaid@life.org.au. We can put
you in touch with other like-minded
LAC people. Visit our travel marquee at
Federation Square Sunday 6 October for
other group travel opportunities.
Design to help
mature workers
back to work
A new free program to operate in Ringwood
and Footscray from early September, will
support mature aged workers to get back
into the workforce.
Run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence,
the Experience + Work Ready program will
match unemployed mature aged workers
with employers.
“As we know, the over-50s can offer employers
a wealth of experience,” says program
coordinator, Stephen Murphy. “This program
is specifically designed to support mature
aged workers who are keen to get back into
the workforce, as well as those who are keen
to stay in the workforce but might want to
change direction and need support to update
their skills.
“We can support people by providing advice
about the job market, organising short courses
to update skills, and matching workers with
employers who are keen to find skilled and
experienced employees.”
Starting in September and running over
six months, the federal government funded
Experience + program is open to anyone
over 50 who lives in the Footscray or
Ringwood areas.
For more details, contact Stephen Murphy
at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, 9288 9907.
YMCA of Whittlesea Inc
Board Member Recruitment
Are you looking to make a difference in your community
and help to shape its future, working with a great
not for profit organisation like the YMCA?
The Whittlesea YMCA is now seeking expressions of interest from local
community people that would like to take an active role in the future of the
Whittlesea YMCA and the programs we deliver in your community.
The YMCA provides a large range of programs and services to the
community including: disability services, youth, health and wellness
and children’s programs, social programs, and many other services. Our
work aims to build connections between people, help people to become
stronger and more empowered and to improve overall community health and
wellbeing. We embrace diversity and invite people of all backgrounds, ages
and abilities to consider a position on our Board.
We are seeking new Board members that can help us achieve the great
work that we do, in the areas of; business, fundraising, finance, events,
community services, or leadership skills. Applicants will be passionate
about the local community and the desire to help those less fortunate,
understand local community needs and represent the community through
a range of interests, memberships or other involvement.
Our voluntary Board of Governance is fundamental in increasing connections
and levels of engagement within the City of Whittlesea. We would welcome
you to contact us and consider a position on our Board.
For further information please contact Glyn Davies (CEO)
glyn.davies@ymca.org.au or mobile: 0459 988 291
Partnering to create opportunities
at seniors festival and beyond
A new partnership between
two of Victoria’s leading seniors’
organisations promises
to see a wealth of opportunities
for older people across
the State.
Sandra Hills, CEO of Benetas, and
Lindsay Doig, President of Life
Activities Clubs Victoria (LACVI),
signed a partnership agreement
in early August (pictured).
Benetas is one of Victoria’s largest
not-for-profit providers of aged
care services and LACVI, through
its network of Clubs across the
State, works to improve the quality
of life for people approaching
and in retirement.
Ms Hills was enthusiastic about
the arrangement saying, “I am
delighted with the opportunity
to partner with Life Activities
Clubs. I’ve admired their work
for a long time and their motto
that ‘life’s better together’
really resonates at a time when
we’re increasingly seeing older
people at risk of social isolation.
A strong relationship between
our two organisations will go
a long way towards raising the
profile of older Victorians and
the importance of enjoying a
positive ageing experience.”
Mr Doig sees benefits for
both organisations and for the
community.
“Life Activities Clubs Victoria
has a strong focus on growth
at present and our partnership
with Benetas will benefit both
our organisations by capitalising
on the synergies between us and
promoting the idea that there
are plenty of options for fun and
fulfilment for people once they
start stepping back from full-time
employment,” he says.
The core objectives of the collaboration
are to encourage older
Victorians to maintain active and
engaged lifestyles and to educate
active retirees about the need
to plan ahead. “many people
think about their financial future,
but they need to plan ahead to
ensure that all aspects of their
lives will be secure and rewarding
in their second half of life,” says
Lindsay Doig.
Among other things, Benetas
will be supporting LACVI during
this year’s Victorian Seniors
Festival with volunteers to
assist with LACVI’s ‘Life’s better
together’ walk and Poker bike
ride, both to be held on Sunday
6 October. They will also sponsor
prizes for LACVI’s Trivia
Challenge taking place at the
Festival Hub, Melbourne Town
Hall on Wednesday 9 October.
During the Victorian Seniors
Festival, Life Activities Clubs
across Victoria will offer activities
to the public including slow
lunches, golf, table tennis and
more. If you are interested in
travelling with a Life Activities
Club, visit LACVI’s travel marquee
at Federation Square, Sunday 6
October for lots of options. Preregister
for the walk and bike ride
to go into the draw for prizes.
Information about these events
is available at www.life.org.au and
through the online calendar of
events on Seniors Online at www.
seniorsonline.vic.gov.au
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COTA (Vic) comment 4
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Computer Tips 7
Genealogy 7
Short Story 9
Trader Column 10
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Virginia Hill 11
Victorian Seniors Festival feature 12
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Mindgames puzzles 16
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Why should we
care about
older people
and their rights? Are
the rights of older
people being ignored?
Are they different from
other groups? And do
older people really
matter anyway?
All good juicy points for
discussion! And these
are the discussions countries
had at the United
Nations Open Ended
Working Group (OEWG)
on Strengthening the
Rights of Older People
at its fourth meeting
in New York between
12 – 15 August, with
a number of panels of
experts presenting on
the gaps and issues in
protecting the rights of
older people.
By including Berry Street in
your Will, you will be planting
a seed of hope and helping
children and families recover
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Rights and older people
Why is ageism not as abhorrent as sex or race discrimination?
I attended the meetings
as CEO of COTA
Victoria and COTA
Australia International
Ambassador. Australia
was well represented
by civil society
organisations with Bill
Mitchell and Kim
Boettcher, both lawyers
representing the
National Association
of Community Legal
Centres, as well as
Telmo Languiller, a
Victorian MP.
To date the discussions
have been about
the existing frameworks
and how they
do or do not protect
the rights of older
people. The key existing
framework is the
Madrid International
Plan of Action on
Ageing (MIPAA) 2002.
This aspirational document
is a terrific guiding
framework for
policies and programs,
and to date over 150
countries have signed
up to it.
During the three previous
meetings of the
Working Group, the
discussions from countries
have ranged at
one end from stating
that the Madrid Action
Plan is adequate and
that the rights of
older people are well
upheld in this existing
framework to the
other extreme which
hold that the Madrid
Action Plan cannot
protect the rights of
older people as it is
not a legally binding
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instrument. Others
have been more neutral
with some stating
that even if one was
needed it could not
be supported, as many
countries are in financial
crisis and could
not support the agreement
nor report to it.
At the 10 year mark
of the Madrid Action
Plan, the framework
was reviewed by the
UN, and countries were
asked to report back
on the work they had
been undertaking and
the state of the world
of ageing. There were
23 responses in total.
The reasons for such
a low response could
be many, but some
would suggest it is
not a framework many
countries are actually
engaging in and therefore
an even greater
reason for a convention
to be sought.
One question put to
the working group was
about the cost of not
introducing a convention
and not providing
a vehicle to more
strongly uphold the
rights of older people
around the world?
Susan Ryan, Australia’s
Age Discrimination
Commissioner, in her
latest report, Fact or
Fiction, quotes statistics
from a Deloitte’s
study that if we could
achieve a five per cent
increase in the employment
of older people
it would return a $48
billion contribution to
the economy.
While age discrimination
continues so
unchecked, we will
struggle to achieve this
economic and socially
important outcome.
In reflecting on the
discussions from two
years ago, I believe
there have been some
interesting developments
that point in
a positive direction
towards a convention.
The African Union has
signed an agreement
for the region which
brings 54 African
countries into the
position of supporting
a convention, which
joins up with the Latin
American group. The
America’s group of
countries are working
on an agreement for
October.
Comment
with Sue Hendy, CEO, COTA Victoria
The EU is not supporting
a convention
and neither is America
nor Canada. Australia
is rather neutral, but
informally outside the
UN has said it is open
to the idea.
An important factor
lacking in these discussions
is the voices
of older people in
the member states
(countries) across the
globe and COTA, working
in partnership
with the International
Federation on Ageing,
will be working to
increase the voices
from older people in
Australia to our government.
To this end
we will be holding a
forum in Sydney in
late November, bringing
all the relevant
groups representing
older people and
NGOs together with
human rights groups,
to develop a plan of
Call for new deal for
older Australians
Ahead of the forthcoming
federal election, COTA
Australia recruited a panel
of nearly 900 people over 50
years of age to identify the
issues that were important
to them for this election and
into the future. The panel
commented on a wide range
of issues and their voices
inform COTA Australia’s call
for an overarching national
action plan that presents a
vision to reshape Australia
to ensure a better deal for
older Australians.
The New Deal, which forms
COTA’s Federal Election
Platform, brings together
expert advice and the views
of COTA supporters and
election panel members
in a national framework to
address the challenges facing
older people and bring about
a new deal.
To achieve this COTA Australia
calls on government to:
• Develop and deliver a
five-year broad anti-ageism
campaign.
• Strengthen the Age
Discrimination Act to ensure
that it provides the same protectios
as the other anti-discrimination
Acts.
• Support the development
of a United Nations
Convention on the Rights of
Older Persons.
The survey revealed that 85 per
cent of panel members thought
that Australia was not prepared
for an ageing population and
that the most important issue
affecting older Australians was
‘access to quality health services
(72 per cent selected it in their
top five issues). Panel responses
to the survey highlighted other
particular issues to be incorporated
into the new deal for older
people including: the participation
of older Australians in the
workforce as long as they want
or need; access to quality aged
care services when and where
they are needed; ensuring that
collaborative action.
This will then feed
into a regional gathering
as a component
of the 12th Global IFA
conference on Ageing
in Hyderabad, India in
June 2014 before the
next meeting at the
UN of the Open Ended
Working group in
August 2014.
COTA has played
a leadership role in
Australia and will
continue to work for
the rights of all older
Australians. If you want
to be involved, you
can be part of raising
awareness by letting
your local federal MP
know of your concern
and telling them you
want our government
to support your
rights by supporting
a convention. You
can also find more
information at COTA
VIC’s website: www.
cotavic.org.au
older Australians can have a reasonable
standard of living; an
end to ageism and age discrimination
in all parts of Australian
society. The full report on COTA
Australia’s new deal details the
ways that government can
achieve these aims.
“COTA Australia is calling
for a new deal for older
Australians that gives them
fair and equitable engagement
in the development and
delivery of services and provides
them the opportunity
to continue to contribute to
the community as they have
done throughout their lives,”
said Ian Yates, chief executive
of COTA Australia.
“A new deal is essential not
only for the welfare of older
Australians. It is essential if
Australia is to take advantage
of the opportunities that our
changing demographics offer
our community.”
The full report is available at
www.cota.org.au
Three common misconceptions about aged care fees
The maze that is the
aged care system is
extremely complex. The
most important aspect of the
process is to make sure your
loved one makes a smooth
transition into the most
suitable accommodation. While
assisting many clients find their
way through the convoluted
fee structures, I have found
that most people have similar
common misconceptions.
Once the accommodation bond
is paid, it won’t be returned
The accommodation bond paid to
an aged care facility can range from
as little as $50,000 to the largest I’ve
seen of $1.5 million. It is commonly
thought that this is a non-refundable
‘entry fee’ to go into aged care.
In reality, however, it is more like
an interest-free loan that is either
returned to the resident when they
exit the facility, or to the resident’s
estate upon their passing.
As long as the facility is
Government regulated, the
accommodation bond is
guaranteed by the Government
and must be used for the
maintenance and development
of the facilities.
The ongoing fees are an
unreasonable amount
There are a number of fees that
can apply on an ongoing basis
in aged care, including the basic
daily fee, income-tested fee, extra
services fee and an accommodation
charge (for high-level care).
These can add up to a substantial
amount and cash flow becomes
an important factor that needs to
be managed carefully.
However, when one considers
the services being provided by a
facility, the fees have to be kept
in perspective. A facility provides
a whole host of services and benefits
including personal accommodation
(often a room with
an ensuite), communal facilities,
three main meals a day, 24-hour
care by qualified carers and
organised activities.
So what are the costs? The most
a resident can pay for the basic
daily fee is $50.57 per day, which
is actually not very much for the
services provided. It equates to
$18,458.05 per annum.
If a resident has a high income
(sometimes due to having significant
assets) they might be asked
to pay the income-tested fee. This
can be up to an additional $70.74
per day ($25,820.10 per annum),
which is a lot of money. However,
put into perspective, it is only
charged to those who have high
income and can therefore afford
it. It is still very reasonable for the
services being provided.
The ongoing fees
cannot be reduced
The costs of aged care are based
on standard rules set by the
Government, with some having
set formulas and others based on
guidelines. There are two types of
costs in particular, that can range
dramatically.
The first is the Accommodation
Seniors are political game changers
As Australia’s marathon
election campaign drags
to a close, I wonder if
political leaders have bothered
to stop and think just who
the game-changers are. These
people live in both marginal
seats and safe ones and make
up nearly half the voting population
– 47 per cent to be exact.
They are Australians aged over 50
and their numbers are growing rapidly.
National Seniors has long advocated
for them to be treated to
the same rights and respect as
the rest of the community. And
with that kind of political clout,
political parties that ignore their
issues and concerns will pay the
price at the ballot box.
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• Discrimination against older
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• Those who have retired need
certainty that current arrangements
for bi annual pension
adjustments will be retained.
• National Seniors is also calling
for a $10,000 increase in the income
thresholds for the Commonwealth
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• We also want Commonwealthfunded
senior and pensioner supplements
to reach the recipient in
full and not be subject to income
assessments for state and territory
charges.
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the resident and the aged care
provider. The Government allows
an aged care facility to charge
a maximum bond based on the
assets of the resident. However,
often the bond may be far below
the maximum. The main thing
to ensure is that the bond being
charged is reasonable and not
‘above par’ for that facility.
The second fee that can be
variable is the ‘income-tested
fee’. It is a fee that is calculated
based on the resident’s income
as calculated by the Centrelink
income test. It is important to
know that whether one is entering
care or already in care, there
are clever financial strategies that
can be implemented to reduce
the income-tested fee. If you are
paying an income-tested fee, it
is important to speak with your
financial adviser about strategies
to try to reduce it.
Clearly, there are many facets
to the aged care system and it
is certainly not a simple exercise
• Oral health is another huge
area of concern as too many
seniors do not have access to
adequate dental care. For that
reason it should be included
within Medicare.
• And seniors who are blind
or who are losing their vision,
should not be put out of sight
and out of mind by a government
which fails to act. To do nothing
for many such people would
be to condemn them to a life of
house-bound dependence, social
isolation, depression and loneliness.
National Seniors wants a
vision health strategy focused on
medical and ancillary services.
• We want the removal of barriers
to seniors downsizing their
Managing
Money
with Thabojan Rasiah
Private Client Adviser
Shadforth Financial Group
going through it. That’s why it
is important to seek advice from
experts that are there to help,
including Centrelink Financial
Information Services Officers,
Aged Care Placement Agencies
and your Financial Adviser.
• Thabojan Rasiah is Private
Client Adviser at Shadforth
Financial Group. He works with
renowned financial adviser and
commentator Kevin Bailey. If you
would like to clarify your position,
get a second opinion or review
opportunities available to you,
they offer an obligation free
private discussion. To arrange,
contact Kevin or Thabojan,
9649 2400 or send an email to
fiftyplusnews@sfg.com.au
Comment
with Michael O’Neill,
CEO, National Seniors Australia
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This month I will join with other
Australia-wide members on the Gold
Cost for our annual VIEW Convention.
We are all looking forward to the various
activities that have been planned.
Hope to share stories and photos with
you the following month.
GREENSBOROUGH
Our club recently
celebrated their 20th
birthday inviting
other clubs to join
them. The members
provided some light
entertainment that included The Great
‘Joudini’, assistant ‘Margini’ and maestro
‘Bevin’ attempting some magic followed
by some fun ‘skits’ with music provided
by Pat McKay and friends. A fun night was
enjoyed by all.
MORNINGTON
Recently we celebrated our 19th birthday
at our monthly meeting. The theme
was ‘pirates’ and members and visitors
were invited to come dressed accordingly.
Our ‘booty-filled’ treasure chest was ransacked
by a blind auction, with the ‘pirates’
bidding for the many treasures. It was a
fun-filled birthday celebration. Our club
holds regular outings and coffee mornings.
This year we have visited Beleura
House, Mornington, and visits are planned
for the Frankston Arts Centre and Gordon
Glass Blowing. Our monthly meeting and
View Clubs of Australia
luncheon is held at the fourth Friday of
each month at 12 noon. Contact Raelene
on 9789 2517 for details.
DONCASTER
Our next meeting is 17 September at
the Eastern Golf Club at 10.30am for our
monthly luncheon. Guest speaker Bev
Moss was an employee at Buckingham
Palace. She will recall her amazing life
style and adventures, suggesting that
when opportunity crosses your path not
to let age limit you. Our club of over 100
women fundraises for The Smith Family.
Our Christmas in July luncheon enjoyed
the singers of David Ross Smith with a
selection of Gilbert and Sullivan, some
lovely old-fashioned English tunes and
a finale of ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’.
Bonbons of chocolates completed the delicious
turkey luncheon. An outing to the
Costume Gallery in Bulleen is planned for
next month. To join us phone Laurice 9877
3713 for further details.
BERWICK SPRINGS
Our members recently held a Box Auction
at their monthly meeting to raise funds
for the club’s two sponsored Learning for
Life students (pictured above). Members
bought a gift in a beautifully wrapped box
to be auctioned. Bidding for the most interesting
boxes was enthusiastic and raised
$350. Our club meets at 11.30am on the
third Monday of the month at the Berwick
Springs Hotel, corner of Clyde and Greaves
Around the Clubs with Carole Smith
Roads, Berwick. We welcome new members.
For details contact Patricia on 8786
5557 or Jenny on 8794 7357.
BANYULE
Banyule will hold its next luncheon meeting
on Tuesday 3 September at 11am at
the Greensborough RSL, Main Street,
Greensborough. Speaker will be Twanny
Gerugia, accompanied by his guide dog, Val
Twanny is involved in community groups and
will talk about organ donation. For details on
our club phone Margaret on 9439 9965.
TEMPLESTOWE
Our next dinner meeting is Wednesday,
4 September at 7 pm. The venue is the
Eastern Golf Club, 473 Doncaster Road,
Doncaster. The guest speaker will be David
Jensz, ‘What is Life Worth?’ dealing with
the story on how David and his wife had
to pay for their son to wed his Kenyan wife.
Enquiries Bev 9850 2261.
Templestowe’s Trading Table.
Coming events:
Dingley VIEW club will hold a fashion
parade at the Dingley International Hotel
on Wednesday 16 October. Cost $27 per
person including lunch. For details phone
Eveleyn on 9795 6762.
Templestowe Evening VIEW club will
hold a Blue Illusion Fashion Parade at the
Pines Shopping Centre, 181 Blackburn
Road, East Doncaster at 6pm on Thursday
October 10. Drinks and nibbles provided.
Visitors welcome. To book phone Deidrie
on 9842 4897.
• For any enquiries about this column
I can be contacted on 0401 486 155 or
email: smithsainter10@hotmail.com. The
second Thursday of the month is the deadline
for copy to reach me for release the
following month.
What to do with things?
I
have never said ‘no’ to and labelled much as would Museum Victoria’s Collectish
Genealogy
the paperwork, photos be done in a small museum. (http://collectish.com).
and bric-a-brac left Their provenance and significance
Having recorded your family
with Bill Barlow
homeless upon the death
needs to be recorded. objects, are you going to keep
of family members. Objects They should also be photographed.
them? If so, where, and for likely to be of interest
recently inherited include
This should be done how long? Are they valuable? for Museum Victoria’s
carved figurines, nonworking
before any decision is made Are they fragile and need pro-
immigration collection.
watches, badges, about their disposal.
tection or are they dangerous Having catalogued and
uniforms, lace, grandfather’s
The register of family objects (a gun)? Would your children photographed the items,
chisels, travel chests, can be a simple spreadsheet want them? Are the objects I wrote offering them to
and a six-foot, handmade, (MS Excel) with columns for: beautiful, useful or interesting?
the Museum. The Museum
reflecting telescope! What • Item control number – a
Should you sell them? was interested and upon
should I do with this accumulating
unique, sortable number. Are they of wider community delivery I was amused to
stuff?
• Title: an identifying phrase. significance? Would family see them instantly become
Documents and photos You can use the Australian members be upset if you disposed
items of cultural value,
can be reasonably managed. Pictorial Thesaurus (www.picturethesaurus.gov.au).
of them? Have you got lifted carefully with gloves,
But objects, especially large
the space? Or the time! This wrapped in plastic, and put
ones, present more difficulty. • Description: a physical calls for consideration of your in a freezer to kill bugs. This
Do they go ‘straight to the description, shape, dimensions,
collecting policy. Other than year, I am volunteering at
poolroom’, the op shop, the
materials, colours, useful or beautiful items, my the Museum cataloguing
museum or the bin? What inscriptions, damage.
objective is to only keep items ‘this important collection
can they tell us and how do • Date: the (possible) creation
to record their family-related of 1960s material relating
we record this? Often there is
date.
history, and then to arrange to the Bring Out a Briton
an undue haste to throw out • Provenance: previous for their disposal, or donation campaign’.
objects after a family death. owners and dates.
to other suitable archives. • At the Genealogical
This urge should be resisted.
• Date of accessioning: the With the death of my Society of Victoria we help
Our inherited objects date of recording.
mother-in-law we inherited members plan their family
can give us insights into our • Comments: related items, battered tin trunks, books history search. This month’s
ancestors as well as much photographs, disposal history. on nursing, travel diaries, author, Bill Barlow, belongs to
pleasure.
The Small Museums letters, luggage labels, ship the GSV Writer’s Discussion
Family objects should be Cataloguing Manual menus, and other things Circle. See www.gsv.org.au for
catalogued. Documenting an (Museums Australia Victoria from her family’s emigration more information, or email
object gives it meaning and 2009) is a useful guide. Items to Australia under the gsv@gsv.org.au or phone (03)
may elicit oral history. They may also be recorded on existing
Bring out a Briton scheme. 9662 4455 for information
should be listed, described
digital archives such as This material seemed about the
Society.
Federal election day 7 September: all Australians
must vote!
All votes are valuable, including yours. On Saturday 7
September every eligible Australian aged 18 or over must
vote in the federal election. This differs from council elections
where people aged 70 and over are exempt from
voting. If you are unable to attend a polling booth on election
day, you will need to complete either an early vote or
a postal vote. To find your closest early voting station or to
register for a postal voting form, please call the Australian
Electoral Commission on 13 23 26 or visit aec.gov.au
Older people working longer — report
A new reported published by the Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveals a significant increase
in the number of people remaining in the workforce for
longer in the past decade. Participation rates for men
aged 60-64 rose from 48 per cent in 2002 to 63 per cent in
2012. For men aged 65-69, the rise was from 20 to 34 per
cent. Among women aged 60-64 participation rates rose
from 25 per cent in 2002 to 44 per cent in 2012; for women
aged 65-69, the rise was from 9 to 20 per cent. National
Seniors chief executive Michael O’Neill commented that
the figures are a sign of the times and there were several
reasons for the change. He suggested that better health
allowed more older people to continue in the work force,
but cited struggles with cost of living expenses and
negative effects of the Global Financial Crisis as factors
forcing many to continue working. Mr O’Neill said that
participation rates could be higher, but age discrimination
in employment is still a barrier for older Australians
looking for work.
Tax Office phishing scam
The NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe has
warned about a new phishing email claiming to be from
the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and encouraging recipients
to click on a link to obtain a refund to a credit card account.
News Briefs
Mr Stowe said that the ATO had confirmed the email was a
scam and that the email should be deleted. “The ATO will
never email you asking for your personal details,” he said.
Consumer Affairs Victoria website (www.consumer.vic.gov.
au) makes clear that this is just one of many so-called ‘rebate’
scams operating on and offline. “Be wary of unsolicited
emails, phone calls or letters saying you have unclaimed
funds or are owed money.”
Document witnessing service on the Peninsula
Justices of the Peace (Honorary) signing centres are
available at Mornington Peninsula local police stations at
regular times. The service is offered free of charge, usually
by seniors who have retired from the workforce and have
been sworn into the office of JP by the chief magistrate.
They take Affidavits, Statutory Declarations and witness
and sign Powers of Attorney, Wills, Births/deaths/marriage
documents. Signing centre times at Police Stations are:
Frankston – Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm and Thursday
4.30pm to 6.30pm; Mornington – Monday, 11am to 2pm
and Thursday 11am to 2pm; Rosebud – Thursday 11am to
2pm; Hastings – Wednesday 5pm to 7pm; Carrum Downs –
Tuesday 5pm to 7pm.
Advice sought on retirement villages
There has been a rise in the number of people who have
sought advice from Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) on
the subject of retirement villages. The rise from 560 last
year to 850 enquiries in the 2012-13 year is a response to
CAV’s efforts to let people know about the complexity of
retirement village contracts, the need to take advantage
of expert advice and to understand the full implications
of decisions. Director of CAV Claire Noone said that
moving into a retirement village is a big decision and a
significant financial commitment and CAV can help people
make informed choices about this major lifestyle change.
Prospective residents of retirement villages is available at
www.consumer.vic.gov.au/retire
Computer Tips
with Barry Coaker
All in one desktop
computer
Recently I was asked the following
question: “I will be buying a new
computer in the next few months.
Interested in the all-in-one desktops, (computer
and monitor combined) other than
price is there any down side to them?
Basically I just read email, bank online and
browse the internet”.
Answer:
The All-In-One computers, where there is no
separate tower and the parts are integrated
into the monitor, definitely have some significant
advantages. You save a lot of space, cables
are easier to manage, you can move the entire
computer easily and the overall style of the
unit is attractive. So what possible downsides
are there?
Upgradeability: Because the units are sealed
into the monitor your upgrade options are
limited. Most all-in-ones do not have any PCI or
PCIe slots for upgrade cards or open drive bays
for extra hard drives.
Serviceability: The computers are manufactured
to reduce the size of components. They use
specialised laptop components instead of regular
desktop components. If one goes bad, it can
cost more to replace due to increased part cost
and increased labour to disassemble the unit.
Reliability: Since the entire computer is contained
in one shell with the monitor and
power supply, you run into decreased reliability
versus a conventional desktop. That isn’t to
say these units aren’t reliable and can last a
very long time, it’s just that if the monitor fails
you can’t replace just the monitor as with a
traditional desktop.
Price: Style doesn’t come cheap and due to
the compact construction and smaller parts
needed the price you’ll pay might be higher
than a traditional tower computer.
So should you buy one? That question really
comes down to what style you want, what
price you’ll pay and what risks you’re willing
to accept. The above listed downsides may
seem doom and gloom but if you want a more
compact all-in-one unit the trade-offs may be
worth it.
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The Waverley Retirement Activities Group
WRAG began in April 1974 and is the
‘umbrella organisation’ for over 30
leisure activity groups for the ‘over
50s’ living in and around the Monash
/ Glen Waverley area in Melbourne.
We are a non-profit, community-based
organisation with over 400 members
run by volunteers with support from
the Monash City Council. Our activity
groups meet in Council halls, public
places and private homes. We assist in
you meeting new friends and making
retirement more enjoyable.
EVENTS
The BIG breakfast
One of our convenors, Dot, a life member
and much appreciated individual, occasionally
organises a Sunday breakfast for
our membership at the Waverley RSL.
This is known as THE BIG BREAKFAST.
Just recently a number of our members
once again joined forces, so to
speak, enjoyed each other’s company
and partook in what was a very enjoyable
meal at a most reasonable price.
The venue, being the Warramunga
Restaurant at the Waverley RSL, was, as
usual, well chosen. The setting was extremely
comfortable and the staff couldn’t do
enough to look after everyone’s every wish.
All in all a resounding success. Thanks Dot
for another ‘good one’!
9 Holes Golf
Every Tuesday morning at 9.00am Laurie
and his merry men tee off at the Glen
Waverley public golf course. (Melway Map
71K5) http://www.glenwaverleygolf.com.
au/facilities A good time is had by all and
new members are always welcome.
Wednesday morning walk
Every second Wednesday morning of each
month at 9.30am Nita leads the way at Jells
Park (Melway Map 72 A 7, pictured above)
for an hours walk followed by a cuppa. Or
if walking is not your thing, joining the folks
for a cuppa at 10.30am is the thing to do.
The point of departure is from
car park 4. Love to see you there.
On Wednesday last August 14, the weather
forecast being for inclement conditions, the
numbers were down a little, however the friendly
banter between the attendees was most
refreshing. A trip around the lake followed by
a larger loop took care of the hour very quickly.
Jells Park, for those who are unfamiliar, as the
name implies, is a large park in the Wheelers
Hill area with a sizeable lake in its centre.
The lake is a haven for a variety of birds and
the whole thing is a joy to behold. Numerous
facilities including water stations, barbecue
areas and toilet blocks are readily accessible
at various points throughout the park.
Brilliant effort Nita, thanks a bunch.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Monash council, through its Positive
Ageing Lifestyle Program (PALS) has been
active in calling the community groups in our
area to meetings to establish and organise
activities during the Monash Seniors Festival
2013 to be held during October this year.
WRAG’s involvement to date has been
established to be:
• A Games night at the Glen Waverley
Community Centre 700 Waverley Road,
Glen Waverley (Melway 71 C4) on the evening
of 1 October, commencing at 7.30 pm.
Games will consist of table top games such
as Quiddler, Rummykub etc. as well as table
tennis and pool on a full scale pool table.
• A bus trip to the magnificent Healesville
Sanctuary where guided tours of the
facility will reveal numerous native animals
as well as an unforgettable bird show.
• An orienteering walk through Jells Park
scheduled for 1 November.
• An opportunity to hit a golf ball at the Glen
Waverley Public Course on a Tuesday morning.
• Melbourne Cup Eve Celebration
Join Waverley Retirement Activities Group
and other fellow PALS members as we celebrate
the excitement of Spring Racing. The
day will include leisurely games of bocce,
quoits and gum boot throwing.
BYO Lunch and Drinks. Light refreshments
will be provided.
Date:
Monday 4 November
Time:
11.30am onwards
Location: Glen Waverley North
Pavilion (MadelineStreet, Glen Waverley).
Bookings essential: 9574 8090
ACTIVITY GROUP examples.
To gain a detailed understanding of all
current activities type the following link
into your internet browser.
http://www.monash.vic.gov.au/
community/pals/wrag-list.htm
COMMITTEE
The current committee is as follows:
President: Helmut M Ph. 9574 8090; Vice
President: Lawrie S Ph. 9807 3995; Secretary:
Bill S Ph. 9560 6350; Treasurer: Erica J Ph.
9878-1627; New Members Officer and
Members Records: Erica J Ph. 9878 1627;
Welfare secretary: Rae Y Ph. 9802 8934;
Catering officer: Heather B Ph. 9802 9673.
CONTACT US
Post: WRAG, PO Box 1015, GLEN WAVERLEY,
Vic 3150.
Please contact any of our committee members
if you live in the Monash/Glen Waverley
area and wish to find out more about the satisfaction
of being a member of WRAG. Members
of local senior citizens clubs and social clubs
most welcome. Membership is only $10 per
year and enables you to participate in all WRAG
Activity Groups. More details are available on
our updated website: http://www.wrag.org.au/
2013 short story competition winners’ series
When Nick O’Malley’s wife was
killed, he lost interest in his
job and took early retirement
at the age of 55. Two years on, he was a
loner and spent a lot of time in the bush
at Walhalla, prospecting. He had a hut
up there with all his gear, so when he
travelled back and forth, he only needed
a backpack.
He wasn’t a serious prospector and was no
expert, but he enjoyed the quietness and
solitude of the bush, mainly reflecting on
what might have been. He didn’t even own
a car now, as he blamed himself and his careless
driving for his wife’s death. A Richmond
resident, he travelled by train to Dandenong
and then caught a bus to Walhalla.
Now, he stood in the bar of the Walhalla
Hotel in late afternoon on Friday, having a
beer with the owner. There were no other
customers, but the hotel handyman was
there sweeping out the bar, in anticipation
letters to the Editor
A fair go needed for
seniors seeking work
Many seniors like to remain in the
workforce part-time. But many also have
to remain in the workforce to make ends
meet. Twenty-five per cent of Australians
over 65 remain under the OECD poverty
line. Their assets and any meagre income
have been eaten away in earlier years!
Senior unemployed and underemployed
are forgotten by politicians. The mature
age unemployment allowance was
scrapped. Recent senate legislation to
increase benefits was defeated by 59 votes.
Those who strived to build this country
are now discriminated against, particularly
when applying for jobs in fast
food outlets. Politicians don’t enforce
legislation, remove barriers or subsidise
re-employment for older workers. Even a
Christian radio Disc Jockey made a joke
about Silvester Stallone’s return as Rocky!
The Age Pension age was changed
despite rising senior unemployment
(now masked by redirection of “oldies”
into voluntary work at age 55). Their
plight should be recognised by someone
with the courage of the famous
Australian Frank Hardy.
The Backpack Mystery
by James G Dow
of the arrival of the weekend tourists.
“Any luck this trip, Nick?” enquired mine host.
“I reckon I might have done all right this
time – got a couple of fair-sized nuggets
in my pack. I’ll get ‘em valued down in
Melbourne. You know, that’s the first time
I’ve ever found anything.”
“Charlie, the handyman, is driving to
Dandy to pick up some supplies and visit
his son. He can give you a lift, if you like.”
Shortly, they headed off. Charlie had the
ugliest looking Rottweiler you ever saw in
the back of the ute. When they reached
Moe, Charlie pulled into MacDonalds. “I’ll
shout you a coffee, mate. Besides, I’ve got
to answer a call of nature. Your backpack
will be OK in the back with Caesar.”
“I reckon,” said Nick, having nearly lost his
hand when he threw his pack in the ute at
Walhalla.
Nick found a couple of vacant seats and,
five minutes later, Charlie came back with
There has been so much emphasis on
working families that unemployed seniors
have been relegated to the benches.
Many would say that seniors should be
able to retire in a dignified and respectful
way. This is very true, but the increasing
of the age pension age has created a
situation of structural unemployment for
the over 50s. It is not one of their own
making so surely the mature age allowance
should be reinstated and also the
asset and income tests be adjusted to
those of the age pension.
Senior organisations need to advocate
more strongly for a fair go for older
Australians seeking work, and for more
accurate ways of collecting statistics on
underemployment.
Colin Pastakis
Pakenham
Focus on quality of aged care
Aged care has the potential to affect us
all at some time. On any day in Australia
there are more people occupying a nursing
home bed than a hospital bed. In recent
months the ABC’s Lateline has run a series
of stories about poor health care in some
nursing homes, which should concern us.
two coffees. When they left MacDonalds,
it was dark and they pressed on to
Dandenong railway station. Charlie went
to fetch Nick’s pack, but it wasn’t there.
“Somebody must have nicked it when we
were having coffee,” said Charlie.
“How could that be?” said Nick, “the dog
would have gone him.”
“Perhaps there were two of them. One
got Caesar’s attention while the other did
the snatch.”
“Damn,” said Nick. “The only time I find
gold and some low life has pinched it. Oh
well, nothing we can do. Thanks for the lift
anyway, Charlie.”
As Charlie drove off, Nick automatically
noted the rego number. He caught a taxi
to Dandenong Police Station and asked to
see Inspector Hardcastle.
“How’s it going, Nick? Come through to
my office and we’ll have a wee dram.”
“Thanks, Bluey, but I’m here on business.”
Importantly the aged care reforms
passed by federal parliament in June
were not about the quality of care. They
were about who pays for care, the supply
of home care packages and improved
access to basic information. Many of the
MPs who spoke during the debate sang
the praises of nursing homes, mentioned
their meetings with providers and criticised
the amount of red tape. No-one
talked about health care.
When asked about aged care during
the leaders’ debate on 11 August, both
the Prime Minister and the Leader of the
Opposition could offer only platitudes.
It is time our politicians made a commitment
to deal immediately with the core
issues of staffing and training in aged
care should they be elected.
Carol Williams
Elder Care Watch
Blackburn
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Send to ‘Letters’, Fifty-Plus News, 96
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Within minutes Bluey Hardcastle had the
full name and address of the owner of the
ute. It belonged to Charlie’s son. Charlie
had some form in the shape of possession
and dealing in heroin, and was on
the police wanted list. Nick told Bluey the
whole story. The Dandy police put a tail
on Charlie and the following day they saw
him retrieving the backpack from a hedge
in MacDonald’s car park in Moe.
“You’re nicked, Charlie boy. That’ll teach
you to steal from Detective Chief Inspector
Nick O’Malley, the most brilliant detective
ever in Victoria.”
Nick took his nuggets to be valued, only
to be told they were what’s known as ‘fool’s
gold’ and not worth two bob.
• The theme for this year’s Fifty-Plus News
Short Story Competition was ‘crime and mystery’
and James Dow’s story is one of five
winning entries to be published in successive
issues until December 2013.
Bocce time is almost here
The Ringwood
Enjoying Planned
Retirement (EPR0
group welcomes
Spring and the return
of their Bocce season.
From October to
March, on second
and fourth Tuesdays
Bocce players meet
from 3.30pm to
6.30pm on the
oval adjacent to
Norwood Reserve , Wonga Road in Ringwood.
They invite members to bring along some nibbles,
drinks and/or a light meal and welcome
visitors. The highlight at the end of the season
is the tomato competition and pancake day.
The EPR Red Hat group held a successful one-off
auction recently with proceeds going the Royal
Children’s Hospital. Many club members enjoy a
regular game of Mahjong at the Ringwood Club,
Maroondah Highway and the Social Group organised
a successful day at Yarra Glen Races. Future
events planned include entertainment from the
EPR Entertaining group in October, a concert in
December and a New Years Eve spectacular! New
members are welcome. Contact secretary Judy
Stolz, 9735 0026 for more information.
Changes
to train
services
3 – 11 October
Catching the train during the Victorian Seniors
Festival? There will be changes to the way you
travel between 3 – 11 October.
From first service Thursday 3 October to last
service Friday 11 October, buses will replace
trains on the following lines:
• Sunbury: between Albion and Footscray
• Ballarat: between Ballarat and Southern
Cross Station
• Bendigo: between Bendigo and Southern
Cross Station
Seniors Card travel entitlements still apply
on replacement bus services.
Please allow extra travel time for your journey.
Other changes to public transport may apply
during this period.
Authorised by the Victorian Government, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne.
For more information, contact Public Transport
Victoria on 1800 800 007 6am – midnight daily
or visit www.ptv.vic.gov.au
While buses replace trains, essential Regional
Rail Link construction works will be carried out.
Rail line closures are sometimes necessary
so that construction works can be undertaken
safely in the rail corridor while trains are not
running.
Thank you for your patience as we make
major improvements to Victoria’s public
transport system.
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September 2013 September 2013
Lifestyle
Fifty~Plus News 11
Taiwanese educators visit
Manningham U3A
A delegation from the New Taipei City
Department of Education visited Manningham
U3A on Wednesday 24 July. Members of the delegation
were investigating adult education for
senior citizens in Melbourne and they were particularly
interested in the U3A model of involving
volunteer older persons.
In Taiwan, government elementary schools
run classes for older people at the end of the
day and in the evenings after the children have
gone home. These classes are conducted by
paid teachers and not by volunteers as in our
U3As. The members of the delegation made it
clear that in Taiwan, there was an expectation
that grandparents do domestic duties and look
after their grandchildren during the day when
the parents are at work. Thus, grandparents can
only attend adult classes after the parents have
returned home from work. Three generations of
the one family often live together and family selfsufficiency
is encouraged.
Mandarin speaking Manningham U3A members
fulfilled a vital role during the visit because they
were able to explain the finer points of how a
U3A operates. The presence of so many Mandarin
speaking U3A members made for a very relaxed
and valuable exchange of ideas.
The New Taipei City delegation visited a number
of U3A classes and had a particularly good time
in the Ballroom Dancing class. There were many
Mandarin speakers in this class and two of the
tutors, Patrick Khaw and Lawrence Chien, also
spoke Mandarin. Ten minutes of the Progressive
Evening Three Step helped the delegation meet
many of the Manningham U3A members!
Around U3A
The above picture includes members of the
delegation; Mr Alex Kuo from the Taipei Economic
and Cultural Office in Melbourne; Elsie Mutton,
U3A Network Victoria President; David Jensz, U3A
Network Victoria Vice President;
Bryce Normoyle, President Manningham U3A,
and, Linda Chin, Wei Xing Huang and Yanwen
Huang from Manningham U3A.
Launch of 20 year history
of Croydon U3A
Croydon U3A will be launching their book
covering the 20 year history of Croydon
U3A from 1992 to 2012, titled Looking back,
looking forward, on 15 August. The launch
will be performed by Mayor of the City of
Maroondah, Nora Lamont. Production of
this book was made possible as a result of
a grant from Maroondah Council. Research
for the publication was undertaken mostly
by member Barb Allen with some assistance
from U3A Committee and other members. The
book is available from U3A office Croydon at
a cost of $15.
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Fit food fast
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In affluent countries under-exertion
and overconsumption have become
the norm and although many of us
would like to weigh a few kilos less,
eating and activity habits are undeniably
hard to change. This is despite the
fact in Australia we now have 1.5 million
people living with Diabetes which is destined
to become the nation’s No.1 cause
of death and illness in the next five years.
Whilst there are many contributing factors
to this epidemic there is no doubt
that weight gain is a big driver.
Easy access to processed and unhealthy
foods are largely to blame as they contain
generous quantities of sugar and seed oils
which stimulate weight gain. They are
hard to avoid as you sift through aisles of
addictive processed foods, soft drinks and
sugar enhanced juices in your local supermarket,
during the daily undertaking of
feeding the family.
So to keep fit and trim, fresh, unsweetened
foods and liquids should lead on
your shopping list. Choose food, where
possible, that comes in its original package
such as an apple, sweet potato, fresh
herbs, lamb chops, unsalted nuts and
butter, (margarine is made from seed oils).
Remember, seasoning food with herbs and
spices is easy.
As most households now have a microwave
oven, following are a few tips and
tricks to help you habitually cook healthy
flavoursome food fast, with a minimal
cleanup.
Apple — Rinse, core, pierce skin and season
with cinnamon then bake on High (100%)
for two minutes to serve with yoghurt. Four
apples take five to six minutes.
Asparagus — snap off the ends from a
spring bundle. Rinse and place on a flat
plate with thicker ends to the outer edge.
Cover and cook on High (100%) for two
minutes. Serve as entrée or snack with a
little melted butter.
Butter — to soften from the fridge, heat
for thirty seconds on High (100%) to make
spreadable, or to melt, heat uncovered in a
Pyrex jug, for one to two minutes.
Breadcrumbs — dry quickly by scattering
150 to 200 grams of cubed bread over a
paper towel. Cook on High (100%) for two
minutes stirring once. Cool and crumble
as needed.
ANZAC SNACKS
Makes 20
1 ½ cups rolled oats
½ cup desiccated coconut
60 g flaked almonds
1 good tbs macadamia or olive oil
2 tbs golden syrup or honey
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp water
1 egg white.
• Preheat the oven to 150 degrees
• Combine oats, coconut and almonds
into a food processor.
• Stir in the oil, golden syrup and
almonds, leaving 20 for decoration.
• Process until ingredients are well combined.
• Add water and process.
Citrus fruit — to get maximum juice
from lemons, limes and oranges heat on
High (100%) for thirty seconds, stand,
then squeeze for a homemade fresh
fruit drink.
Eggs — crack a room temperature egg
into a custard cup, pierce the yolk and
cover. Cook on Medium (50%) in thirtysecond
bursts until the white is just set.
After standing time, slide onto lightly
buttered wholegrain toast and season
to taste.
Garlic — individual cloves peel easily
by placing on paper towel and heating
High (100%) for fifteen seconds. Great for
flavouring meat, chicken and baked fresh
vegetables.
Honey — for easy pouring heat on High
(100%) remove metal cap and zap for
20–30 seconds. Use as a sweetener in
drinks and baking.
Nuts — 100 grams of nuts will toast in a
single layer on a Pyrex plate by cooking on
• Add egg white, to help stick the mixture
together and process again.
• Roll out mixture, cut out twenty, 4 cm
round discs and top each with a flaked
almond.
• Cook on a baking sheet lined with
baking paper for 20 minutes or until
golden brown.
• Cool completely before eating. Enjoy.
*Michael Pollan: American Journalist/
Food Writer
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High (100%) for five minutes and stirring
several times.
Pappadams — make great chips for dips,
as well as adjuncts to Indian food. Spray
each lightly with olive oil and place 4 on
the outer rim of the turntable. Cook on
High (100%) for one minute. Fast and
healthy snacks.
Porridge — Cooks cleanly and quickly
by placing 50 grams of rolled oats,
mixed with 300mls of water into a Pyrex
jug and microwaving on High (100%) for
4- 5 minutes and stirring several times.
Sweeten with honey for a sustaining
breakfast.
Spices — old and tired spices can be
enlivened by microwaving on High (100%)
for 45 seconds.
So, if you want to know, and keep control
of what you are eating, to live a healthy
life make sure you “Don’t eat anything
your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognise
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School of Hard Knocks is the creation
of pathways for social inclusion,
and the School stands as a
new pillar in our society, providing
novel and innovative ways to help
‘re-connect’ the many thousands of
our neighbours who remain ‘disconnected’
from mainstream Australia.
Five years ago, Dr Jonathon Welch
AM launched Social Inclusion Week,
which has been embraced by communities
in major cities, regional centres
and small towns across Australia. It is
now a nation-wide outreach program
of the School of Hard Knocks Institute.
Social Inclusion Week aims to help
ensure all Australians feel included and
valued, giving everyone the opportunity
to participate fully in society. It’s
about connecting local communities,
workmates, family and friends in order
to build and strengthen relationships
and networks, addressing isolation and
exclusion by supporting people who
may be unable to help themselves.
In 2012, communities across Australia
hosted more than 180 events. With your
support, we can spread the Social Inclusion
message far and wide once again.
There are many ways to promote
Social Inclusion in your community.
We encourage you to ‘spread the word’
to sporting clubs, community groups,
social clubs, health groups, care providers
and the many others who contribute
to social inclusion. You are
welcome to host an event yourself
. . . Please visit our website www.
socialinclusionweek.com.au and see
what others have done in past years.
We need to give thought to key areas
of concern within our local communities
– such issues as mental health
or the inclusion of older Australians
or the promotion of involvement in
sporting activities or supporting sporting
groups. We ask you to think about
these when planning your event.
Professor Pat Mcgorry, Australian of
the Year 2010 and international leader
in youth mental health, and Ms Geva
Mentor, international netball champion
are two of our Ambassadors.
“I founded Social Inclusion Week
to help build a more caring society . . .
to reach out to the countless ‘invisible’
people who continue to be left out or
are left behind. It is this exclusion, often
through isolation and loneliness, that can
exist regardless of age, gender, nationality
or level of socio economic advantage. As
one of the wealthiest developed nations
in the world, we must now take personal
responsibility and action.”
Please get involved in Social
Inclusion Week (23 November-1
December) this year. Visit www.
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‘Collaborate, Connect and Celebrate’.

12 Fifty~Plus News Victorian Seniors Festival
September 2013 September 2013
Victorian Seniors Festival
Fifty~Plus News 13
victorian seniors festival advertising feature
Plenty of highlights in this year’s festival
Try before you buy at
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that intangible relaxed vibe that
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with their beaches in recent times.
Hervey Bay is the perfect size,
big enough to support all major
services, shopsand clubs, while still
small enough to have retained that
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homes in the luxury Sapphire
development on the Bay’s central
waterfront start from just $325,000.
With north facing sun and sea
views, expansive decks and a host of
facilities including club lounge, full
time manager, pool and courtesy
bus, you can downsize, bank some
retirement savings and enjoy a first
class resort style lifestyle, just a
short walk to all amenities.
Retiring from work doesn’t mean
retiring from life… Hervey Bay is
the ideal home base from which
to launch endless explorations
into the delights at your doorstep
(for example Fraser Island). It can
also boast some of the best fishing
and boating in Australia. Fittingly,
a home at Sapphire gives you the
opportunity to do all this and more.
Leave behind the worries of taking
care of a big home, gardens and
other home maintenance headaches
and take back the time and resources
you need to get on and enjoy life, in
a community of likeminded retirees.
To celebrate Victorian Seniors
Festival, Sapphire Hervey Bay has ‘Try
Before You Buy’ offer. For a limited
time you can try the lifestyle on for
size — for free! See the advertisement
on page 10 for details.
This year’s Victorian Seniors
Festival officially gets
under way with a ceremony
at Government House
on Thursday 3 October to
announce the 2013 Victorian
Senior of the Year Award
winners.
UGLY UNCLES
The Ugly Uncles, the jug/folk/
blues band from central Victoria,
which incudes Uncle Derek Guille
in its numbers, will perform at
Festival Celebration Day.
But full participation of great
numbers of seniors begins
with the Festival Celebration
Day at Federation Square from
10.30am to 4pm on Sunday 6
October. There’ll be plenty of
fun and activities for all. Enjoy
the entertainment on offer this
year presented by Lifeview
Residential Care; see how the
University of the Third Age
(U3A), Life Activities Clubs, and
other organisations can enrich
your life; catch up on the latest
information from seniors advocates
like COTA Victoria and
National Seniors, and don’t
forget to pay us a visit at the
Fifty-Plus News booth.
KAVISHA MAZZELLA
Kavisha Mazzella and band
are performing at the Lifeview
Concert Series, Deakin Edge,
Federation Square.
Photo: DWV Photography.
On Monday 7 and Tuesday 8
October, the Lifeview Concert
Series will play at the Deakin
Edge (enter via the Atrium
off Flinders Street) Federation
Square, with a talented line
up of artists. The six daytime
concerts are free and
feature performances from
the Gram-O-Phonie Brothers,
Salvation Army Veterans Band,
In Transit, Matthew Field and
Ally Dawson, Kavisha Mazzella
and band, and the Legends of
Brass.
KEITH POTGER OR
COLLEEN HEWETT?
This year the State Trustees
Country Concert Series
presents more shows than
ever before at venues across
Victoria from Tuesday 1
October to Wednesday 16
October. The 23 concerts featuring
some of our favourite
artists will play at regional
venues including Colac,
Bendigo, Horsham, Ararat,
Camperdown, Nhill and many
more. It’s your chance to see
Denise Drysdale, Jade Hurley,
Colleen Hewett, Grace Knight,
Sentimental Journey or Keith
Potger live on stage. Most
concerts are free or very low
cost and full details are in the
Seniors Festival program or at
www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au
victorian seniors festival advertising feature
Festival information you might need
Where to find a Festival program?
• Pick up a copy of the printed program at Coles
stores, libraries, council offices, neighbourhood
houses, University of the Third Age premises and
Life Activities Clubs.
• Visit the website, www.seniorsonline.vic.
gov.au for up-to-date information, including
Festival special offers available for Victorian
Seniors Card holders.
• Telephone Seniors Information Victoria, 1300
135 090 to ask for a copy of the program to be
sent to you.
What’s this about free public transport?
Victorian Seniors Card holders will enjoy eight
days free travel on public transport as part of
the Festival.
With events on all over Victoria, seniors are
encouraged to take advantage of free travel on
metropolitan trains, trams and buses and regional
town buses from 6 - 13 October, and free travel on
V/Line economy rail and coach services between
8 –13 October (not including Friday 11 October).
More details about V/Line bookings etc are on
pages 8 to 10 of the Festival program and on
www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au
Public Transport Victoria (PTV) advises that
commuters travelling with a seniors myki will
need to touch their myki on and off, however no
fare will be charged when travelling during the
dates specified.
Due to major construction works on the Regional
Rail Link project, buses will replace trains on the
Sunbury, Ballarat and Bendigo train lines from
3-11 October. Seniors travelling on the Sunbury,
Ballarat and Bendigo lines during this period can
still use their Seniors Card travel entitlements, and
PTV recommends allowing extra journey time.
For information on travelling to the Victorian
Seniors Festival contact PTV at www.ptv.vic.gov.
au or phone 1800 800 007 6am – midnight daily.
Free information session
The St Vincent de Paul
Society is running a free
information session on wills
and powers of attorney in
Box Hill, on 24 September,
10-11am.
This session will be presented
by a lawyer specialising in wills
and estates and will include
topics such as the formalities
of preparing a will, intestacy,
common pitfalls, choosing an
executor, distribution of personal
chattels, changing a will,
contesting a will, assets not
covered by the will, special
needs beneficiaries, maintenance
of records, and powers
of attorney and guardianship.
The session is free but registration
is essential as places
are limited. To reserve your
place and get more details
phone Sue on (03) 9895 5821
or email suep@svdp-vic.org.au
If you are currently revising
or writing a will, consider
including a charitable bequest.
It may well be that there is an
opportunity to assist people
struggling with major disadvantage
after those close to
you have been provided for.
The St Vincent de Paul
Society responds to people’s
needs with the assistance of
volunteer members and a
small number of paid staff in
a compassionate and respectful
way, helping with food or
utility bills, budget advice, food
and friendship through the
soup vans and material assistance
through Vinnies shops.
This work is funded through
donations and enterprises run
by the Society and bequests
have played a major part in
funding this vital work.
Tulip festival achieves
60 colourful years
The ever-popular Tesselaar Tulip
Festival celebrates its sixtieth
birthday in 2013. The story began
in 1939 when Dutch migrants,
Cees and Johanna Tesselaar left
Holland on their wedding day
with a suitcase full of bulbs. They
settled in the Dandenong Ranges
and began growing tulips, an
exotic bloom for the time, causing
quite a stir in the neighbourhood.
In 1954 the gates to Tesselaar Tulip
Farm in Silvan were opened, and the
festival was born. In the intervening
years it has grown from simple
beginnings to huge, month long,
major tourist attraction. But at the
centre of every festival is the unique
and timeless beauty of the tulip.
Every visitor agrees that there is
nothing more captivating than a
field of colourful tulips. The family
business, incidentally, is now managed
by Paul Tesselaar, grandson of
Cees and Johanna.
This year’s Tulip Festival runs from
12 September to 8 October and visitors
will be treated to a breathtaking
display of over a million bulbs, more
colourful than ever before. Among
the blooms will be the specially
released Diamond Jubilee Tulip, a
stunning pink and white bloom.
There will also be live entertainment
every day, special kids’ days
during school holidays, impressive
displays, market stalls and delicious
foods to taste. A Dutch Clog shop is
an innovation this year.
Seniors Week at the Tulip
Festival is Monday 16 to Thursday
19 September from 10am to 5pm,
when there will be a special program
of music entertainment
including a real Dutch Barrel Organ;
market stalls featuring Dutch Sweets
Delftware, Dutch clocks and many
other special goods; and a host of
tantalising foods from Poffertjes to
Frikandellen will also be available,
with plenty of sandwiches, pies and
cakes as well. Seniors will receive a
complimentary tea or coffee.
Tesselaar Tulip Festival, 357-359
Monbulk Rd, Silvan (Melways 123
B5). Tickets $20/$17 available at the
gate or online: www.tulipfestival.
com.au
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September 2013 September 2013
Body & Mind
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victorian seniors festival advertising feature
Keeping body and mind active
Victorian Seniors Festival provides
ample opportunity to keep body nimble
and mind active, no matter what your
preferred diversion.
More than 100 opportunities are available
for people to play bowls, tennis or croquet
at clubs across the state, as part of the
Stockland Seniors Active Living program.
Or you might want to join in the wonderful
world of Mind, Body and Soul presented
by the City of Melbourne in the
Fitzroy Gardens from 9.30am to 2pm on
Monday 7 October. You’ll find an array of
fascinating exhibitors, with motivational
presentations and activities to stimulate
your mind and you can even join in dance
classes if the spirit takes you. This great
(and free) day out includes a guided tour
of the heritage-listed Fitzroy Gardens and
free entry to Cooks’ Cottage. Register on
line to obtain one of the limited number of
showbags available: www.melbourne.vic.
gov.au/seniors Enquiries 9658 9658.
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No matter what your golfing prowess,
take up the chance to play great golf and
meet fellow golfers from all over Victoria
in the Apia Veterans Golf Classic. Events
are at a golf club near you from Monday 30
September to Friday 25 October. Winners
from each Golf Classic event will be invited
to participate in the Veterans Golf Classic
Champions Day on Thursday 14 November
– a free day of competition on the Novotel
Forest Resort Creswick’s 18-hole championship
course. Participating clubs include
Maffra, Garfield, Chalambar, Strahallan,
Wonthaggi, Tocumwal, Warrnambool,
Goonawarra, Eaglehawk, Trafalgar,
Numurkah, Midlands, Bendigo, Rosebud
Park, Sale and Cohuna. www.golfvic.org.
au > Championships and Events > Seniors
Spoil yourself with High Tea
at the Windsor
What better way to give yourself a true
Festival treat than to luxuriate in a High
Tea as only the Hotel Windsor can conjure?
Presented by leading not-for-profit aged
care provider Benetas, the High Tea with
real style is available at an exclusive Seniors
Festival price of $40 per head.
Due to the success of last year’s sold out
event Benetas will host two High Teas this
year, on Tuesday 8 October, 2pm to 4pm or
Thursday 10 October 10am to 12pm.
More than 200 seniors joined Benetas
CEO Sandra Hills and Channel 9 newsreader
Peter Hitchener during the 2012 Seniors
Festival to enjoy the Windsor’s renowned
high tea of freshly baked scones with jam
and cream, exquisite pastries and finger
sandwiches on tiered silver stands. Peter
Hitchener reminisced about growing up
in rural Queensland, with no electricity
and only a generator. He spoke about his
memories of cooking and food on his family’s
farm and how his mum was still an
amazing cook despite their lack of power –
her homemade jam a particular favourite!
“Last year’s event was attended by
people from right across Victoria, from
Warrnambool to Moe to Echuca, thanks to
public transport being free for seniors as
part of the Victorian Seniors Festival,” says
Sandra Hills. “We look forward to welcoming
even more people to enjoy this special
event at the Hotel Windsor this year.”
To book your seat at a Benetas High Tea
event, visit www.benetas.com.au or telephone
8823 7957.
Check your health and much
more at the Festival Hub
The Festival Hub at the
Melbourne Town Hall, this year
sponsored by RDNS (Royal
District Nursing Service), will
be open from 10am to 4.30pm
from Monday 7 to Friday 11
October. A true ‘hub’, this will
be a welcoming place to meet
up with friends, relax, enjoy
music, and catch up on a host
of new ideas to make life more
interesting and active.
From 11am to 2pm each day
you are invited to have a free
health check at the RDNS Healthy
Pit Stop. Chat to the RDNS friendly
staff, learn about how RDNS
can help seniors or their loved
ones and take away the results of
your free blood pressure, blood
glucose and cholesterol check.
RDNS CEO Stephen Muggleton
says his organisation, Victoria’s
largest provider of home nursing,
health and homecare services,
is delighted to continue
to support the Victorian Seniors
Festival. “RDNS is committed to
The Gram-O-Phonie Brothers
will make you laugh, whether
you catch them at The Lifeview
Concert Series or at the Melbourne
Festival Hub lunchtime concert on
Friday 11 October, supported by
Fifty-Plus News.
not only enhancing the physical
health of those we support
every day, but ensuring that
Open days at Probus
The Mens Probus Club of Malvern has
organised a series of ‘Open Day’ meetings
with guest speakers, to celebrate Seniors
Festival in Stonnington. Male retirees who
are interested in sharing the Probus fellowship
experience are invited to attend.
On Tuesday 24 September at 10am: Brian
Burton; Retired British Army Officer, who served
in the Desert War of 1940-43, writer and military
historian, and now regular commentator,
particularly on ‘The Current Political Situation
in The Middle East and Prospects of Peace’.
Tuesday 22 of October at 10am: Kay Walls,
President, The Nepal Glaucoma Eye Clinic
Association, located at The Tilganga Eye Centre
in Kathmandu, has been successful in treating
more than 20,000 patients since its inception
people are actively, positively
involved in their own healthcare
– values that are reinforced
by this important week-long
celebration,” he says.
Whenever you decide to
take a break at the Melbourne
Town Hall Festival Hub, you’ll
find something interesting to
see and hear. There is a daily
Yamaha music lounge, photographic
exhibitions including
My Dad’s My Mate and Bruny
Island: Everyday Journeys, as well
as information and activity sessions
on topics such as consumer
affairs, hearing, Switch
On energy saving program, iPad
skills, and expeditions.
A very popular feature of the
Festival Hub is the lunch-time
concerts, this year featuring
Kundalila, The Stiletto Sisters, The
Aeolian, The Happy Hippies, and
don’t miss the Gram-O-Phonie
Brothers, supported by Fifty-Plus
News, who entertain at lunchtime
on Friday 11 October.
a few years ago. This is a pleasing story of a
small Australian organisation achieving results
saving eye sight, that could otherwise lead to
loss of life.
Tuesday 26 November at 10am: Alec Owen,
retired electronic engineer.
‘High Tech World of Perimeter Security’. A
rare insight into how critical infrastructures
and facilities including country borders, petrochemical
plants, bridges, airports, sea ports and
a range of government and commercial sites
and strategies implemented to protect their
perimeters.
At the Presbyterian Church Hall, 163 Wattletree
Road, Malvern. Free refreshments and wheelchair
access. Booking essential, enquiries
98224968.
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Aussie Barbie
Legendary cricketer Matthew ‘Haydos’
Hayden is this year’s official ambassador
for the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s
(PCFA) Big Aussie Barbie campaign,
raising funds and awareness for the
disease. Having experienced the diagnosis
and prostate cancer journey of his
father, Haydon is a passionate supporter
of the Big Aussie Barbie, a campaign
that brings both awareness and much
needed funds to support prostate
cancer, which affects more than 20,000
men every year in Australia. Last year
the Big Aussie Barbie raised more than
$800,000 and this year the PCFA aims
to raise more than $1.2 million to help
advance research, sustain community
initiatives and improve support services.
September is Big Aussie Barbie month;
for more about hosting a barbie, www.
bigaussiebarbie.com.au
Funds to help with palliative
care
Minister for Health David Davis has
announced funding of $400,000 to
Palliative Care Victoria to work with multicultural
organisations to raise awareness
of access to palliative care for people with
a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
(CALD) background. Mr Davis said
that people from CALD backgrounds
were under-represented among those
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Italian, Maltese, Turkish and Vietnamese
communities to address this imbalance
through peer education within CALD
communities.
Exercise as a remedy for
depression
A review published in the Journal
of Science in Medicine and Sport has
affirmed that regular exercise is likely to
be effective in the treatment of depression
symptoms. Researchers found that
exercise programs that comprise moderate-intensity,
supervised aerobic sessions
that last for 30-40 minutes and are
undertaken three to four times weekly
over a period of at least nine weeks are
likely to be most effective. Finding the
appropriate ‘dosage’ for people is an
important factor, however. They suggested
that where motivation to commence
and maintain exercise is low, it
may be valuable to change the intensity
level to one that the participant feels is
more acceptable. Research also showed
that exercising in a group was beneficial
for social support and to reduce loneliness.
Some studies show that exercise
is equally as effective as medication or
psychological interventions in reducing
depression symptoms.
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While the media uses
the word “cure” without
much regard,
cancer specialists use it rarely
and with considerable caution.
If they can find a way of
curing even a tiny percentage
of people considered incurable,
in medical terms it is a
huge advance.
Although oncologists have
apparently “cured” a few
patients with liver cancer, they
resist the temptation of calling
their novel Australian treatment
“curative”. It involves putting
tiny radioactive spheres in the
liver. These spheres deliver high
doses of radiation to the cancerous
tumours.
Associate Professor Peter
Gibbs, an oncologist at the Royal
Melbourne Hospital and the
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research, says that
in some patients, this treatment
has shrunk the liver tumours
to the point where they could
be surgically removed. Some of
the patients have gone on to
survive long-term.
He concedes that “In a small
percentage of patients it does
appear to be curative”.
The ‘poster girl’ for this therapy
is a woman who was first treated
in 2002 at the Royal Melbourne
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Careful with the
‘cure’ word
Hospital. She had five liver
tumours, which disappeared
with treatment and have not
returned. The tumours were
secondaries from her colorectal
cancer. Once the primary in her
colon was removed, Professor
Gibbs treated her liver.
“It’s a guess but probably in
three to five per cent of patients,
this treatment may control and
cure the cancer. We just don’t
know.”
The treatment is called SIRT,
selective internal radiation
therapy, and keeps radiation in
the liver so there is no other
damage. The little spheres are
sent to the liver via the groin
and each remains active for
three days.
SIRT is used in about 300
patients a year in Australia. It
is also used on primary liver
cancer that can result from hepatitis
or cirrhosis.
It is now given as a last resort
when all else has failed. But
work is under way to see if it
is more powerful if it is given
earlier.
A global study of 500 patients
with inoperable liver metastases
from a primary colorectal
cancer is now underway. It
aims to test if a combination
of SIRT and chemotherapy is
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more effective than chemotherapy
alone. The aim is to see
if it helps patients live longer
with fewer side effects and the
results should be known in
2015. The hope is that a small
percentage will be cured.
Rather than making a small
difference in a big number of
people, which is typical of most
new cancer therapies, Professor
Gibbs says this is likely to make
a big difference in a small
number of people He says there
definitely is a group of patients
in whom the combination treatment
shrinks their tumours to
the point where they can be
surgically removed.
This may be life-extending in
some. In some, it might also
lead to a cure.
Liver cancer is more common
in men and, in Australia, the
average age of diagnosis is 66.
SIRT is expensive, with treatment
costing around $14,000.
Health insurers provide cover
only when it is used to treat
liver secondaries from colorectal
cancer.
2013 BENETAS
HIGH TEA
AT THE HOTEL WINDSOR
Wear a touch of glamour and join
Benetas to celebrate the Victorian
Seniors Festival. You’ll get to enjoy
The Hotel Windsor’s signature tea at an
exclusive Seniors Festival price.
Bookings are welcome from all
interested seniors and their guests.
Join us in the afternoon on
Tuesday 8 October
2:00pm–4:00pm
or in the morning on
Thursday 10 October
10:00am–12:00pm
$40 per head
To book your place, visit
www.benetas.com.au
or call 03 8823 7957

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Greetings from Croatia, from the
island of Korčula, the birth place of
Marco Polo, originally named Korkyra
Melaina or Black Corfu, as the settlers
in the sixth century BC found
it reminiscent of their home island.
The ancient streets of Korčula’s old
town are imbued with history and its
beauty sparkles with the bright blue
sea against the lush greenery, dotted
with tiny islands known as ‘škoji’.
Barefoot Croatia’s tailor made tour
ended here, after 15 days of exploring
different regions of this beautiful,
diverse country. We started in the region
of Zagorje, in the northern region of
Croatia, visiting the castles of the region,
moving south to Plitvice National Park,
Whitehorse City Council’s Heritage Week from 12 to 19
September celebrates the city’s pools, pubs and waterholes.
“This year’s Heritage Week program is full of walks, guided tours,
information and fantastic historic photographs,” says Whitehorse
Mayor Cr Andrew Munroe, adding that the annual celebration
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dotted with art galleries and local taverns
serving traditional truffle dishes.
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of the area’s heritage will include a look at the iconic Whitehorse
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Art and craft at Highlands Village
Highlands Retirement Village in Craigieburn has
an extremely talented group of residents and Spring
brings the opportunity to see the results of their work.
The village’s first Art & Craft Exhibition will have all varieties
of arts and crafts on display: painting, photography, woodwork
and more. Some items will be for sale and entry to the
exhibition is free from 10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 7 and
Sunday 8 September. The Sunday is also the Village Open
Day, so this is a great chance to have a look at the village and
have a look at residents’ handiwork at the same time.
Highlands Retirement Village in at 236-238 Waterview
Boulevard, Craigieburn. Enquiries 8364 0500 or 8364 0781.
Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex hosts
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September 2013 September 2013
Arts & Entertainment
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Review: film
by Julian Lewis
red obsession
HHHH
No, not a McCarthy era Red menace story, but
a superbly-compiled documentary counterbalancing
the magnificent vineyards and chateaux
of France’s Bordeaux region with the seemingly
insatiable desire by China’s super-rich for only
the very best of the vintages produced there.
Filled with gorgeous panoramic helicopter shots
and tightly-edited interviews with wine critics,
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Bridgewater
Lake
Art Show: more than
300 original paintings
on display and
for sale. Supported by
Craigieburn, Glenroy,
Plenty Valley and
Sunbury Art Groups and
Bridgewater Lake Artists.
At Bridgewater Lake
Estate, 9 Wedgewood
Road, Roxburgh Park,
Friday 13 September,
7-9pm, Saturday 14, and
Sunday 15 September,
10am to 4pm. Enquiries
9308 8335.
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Arthur Guy Memorial
Painting Prize: 36 shortlisted
artists exhibited
at Bendigo Art Gallery,
42 View St, Bendigo
until 6 October.
Enquiries 5434 6085.
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Cathy Staughton’s
W o n d r o u s
Imaginarium: at Arts
Project Australia, 24
High Street, Northcote
till 5 October. Monday
to Friday 9am to 5pm,
Saturday 10am to 5pm.
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A Journey in Stone:
Jim Roberts’ sculpture
reflecting and recording
a journey through
the Flinders Ranges
and over Lake Eyre.
At Cambridge Studio
Gallery, 52 Cambridge
St, Collingwood until
14 September. Wed
to Sat 11am to 5pm.
Enquiries 9486 0169.
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Postcode 3000: a city
transformed: exhibition
looks back at two decades
of changes to the
city of Melbourne with
the strategy to increase
the residential population
and forward to
2023 for future developments.
At City Gallery,
Melbourne Town
Hall, ground floor, 110
Swanston Street until
22 December. www.
melbourne.vic.gov.au/
citygallery or 9658 9658.
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Heather B Swann:
first solo exhibition of
sculpture and drawings
since returning from
Australia Council residency
in Rome, opens
new Melbourne Karen
Woodbury Gallery, 167
Flinders Lane. Until 14
September. Enquiries
9639 5855. www.karenwoodburygallery.com
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Association of Sculptors
Victoria: Annual exhibition
at Kinross Arts
Centre, 603 Toorak
Road, Toorak, until 15
September. Open
Tuesday to Sunday
10am to 3pm. www.
sculptorsvictoria.asn.au
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Annual Blessing of
Animals: at St James the
Great Anglican Church,
435 Inkerman Street,
East St Kilda, Sunday 6
October, 2 pm (doors
open at 1 45 pm). Free
entry but donation
appreciated. Enquiries
9527 8083, www.
stjamesthegreat.org.au.
uuu
The Tudor Choristers’
Celebration of Spring:
One of Melbourne’s
premier a capella
amateur choirs
presents a concert
inspired by the arrival
of Spring; includes
music by Palestrina,
Mendelssohn, Vaughan
Williams and Britten.
Good Shepherd Chapel,
Abbotsford Convent, 1
St. Helier’s St, Sunday
15 September, 2.30pm.
$30/$20. Enquiries:
9808 7979, www.tudorchoristers.org.au
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Spring into Swing:
Magical Musical
Mornings with
Jonathon Welch AM
at St Michael’s, cnr
Collins and Russell Sts,
Melbourne. Swing
music with Danielle
Matthews and members
of the Footscray
Yarraville City Babnd.
At 11am, Tuesday 17
September. Tickets
$18 include morning
tea; book at www.
jonathonwelch.com, or
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Springtime Songs
of Praise: at Diamond
Valley Baptist complex,
309 Diamond Creek Rd,
Plenty, 2pm Sunday 15
September. Free.
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Ballroom Dancing:
every Saturday night
at Blackman Hall,
Hawthorn Campus,
Melbourne University,
442 Auburn Rd,
Hawthorn. Live music,
Modern, New Vogue
and Latin dance suitable
for all skill levels. Details
Peter 0438 988 861,
email: wheretodance@
optusnet.com.au
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Duo Chamber Melange:
Ivana Tomaskova (violin),
Tamara Smolyar (piano)
with guest artist Jane
Robinson (clarinet) perform
works by Schubrt,
Tony Gould, Josef Suk
and Aram Khachaturian.
Camberwell Music
Society, at Cambertwell
Uniting Church,
314 Camberwell Rd,
Camberwell, Tuesday
8 October at 10.30am.
Enquiries 9882 4560.
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Free Fed Square
Events: Puppets at Fed
Square, 23 September
to 5 October; Snuff
Puppets – Wedhus
Gembel visual and
theatrical spectacle
by Australian and
Indonesian artists, 2-6
October; Bounce by UK
artist Stuart Semple,
St Paul’s Court, Fed
Square, 29 September
to 13 October. www.
fedsquare.com/events
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Friends Super Spring
Plant Sale: Growing
Friends of the Royal
Botanic Gardens Plant
Sale. Royal Botanic
Gardens, inside Gate
E, Birdwood Avenue,
Saturday 5 October
10am to 4pm, Sunday
6 October, 10am
to 3pm. Catalogue
and details: www.
rbgfriendsmelbourne.
org
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Bonsai Exhibition:
Bonsai Society of
Victoria Inc at Box
Hill Town Hall, 1022
Whitehorse Rd, Box
Hill. Australian natives
and traditional bonsai
display and sale table.
Saturday 5 October
9am to 5pm, Sunday 6
October, 9am to 4pm.
Entry $5. www.bonsaisocietyvictoria.com
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Mont De Lancey
Historic Homestead in the Yarra Valley
• Guided Tours
• Museum & Garden
• Gift shop
• Ray Oliver Gallery
• Weddings
Tours also by arrangement on Mon. & Tues.
Open Wed to Sun 10am to 4.30pm 71 Wellington Rd, Wandin
Phone 5964 2088 Email: info@montdelancey.org.au
Web: www.montdelancey.org.au
Arts and About
Blacksmiths Day at Mont De Lancey
Award-winning heritage attraction in the Yarra
Valley, Mont De Lancey, is host to its annual
Blacksmiths Day on Sunday 13 October from
10am to 4.30pm. Wandin’s earliest brick homestead,
its garden and original homestead buildings
have all been fully restored and on this
day the Blacksmith’s workshop will be busy with
blacksmiths from all over Australia displaying
their unique skills and special tools.
Admission $10, children free. Mont De Lancey is at
71 Wellington Road, Wandin, telephone 5964 2088.
La Traviata returns to celebrate 10 years of
Melbourne Opera
Melbourne Opera will re-stage their highly successful
first opera, Verdi’s La Traviata to celebrate
the company’s tenth birthday. Featuring one of
Australia’s most accomplished international singers,
Antoinette Halloran as the doomed courtesan
Violetta and the talented Roy Best in the role of
Alfredo, the production is directed by Hugh Halliday.
“La Traviata has a strong, dramatic storyline married
to the most popular and demanding music in the
repertoire. That’s why it’s the most performed in the
world. It’s very exciting to be working with such
a talented singer as Antoinette as she makes her
debut in this great role,” says Halliday. La Traviata
is at The Athenaeum, 188 Collins St, 7.30pm 11, 18,
20 September, 3pm 15 September and 8pm 11
October at Alexander Theatre Monash University.
Tickets $25-$79; bookings 13 28 49 or www.ticketek.
com.au, box office 9650 1500.
David Williamson explores Rupert’s life and
times
A new play by David Williamson is always
Flinders Ranges
‘Visit the 540 million year old landscape’
11 Days/10 Nights
13th September to 23rd September 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • 9 x Fully cooked breakfast, 9 x Dinners
Highlights: Pichi Richi Railway, Blinman Mine
Tour, Wirrealpa Station, Astronomical Observatory,
Silverton Hotel, “Woodsies” Gem, Optional Extras at
own cost: Flights over Lake Eyre and Wilpena Pound,
Ridgetop 4WD Tour & Arkaroola Scenic Joy Flight.
Canberra Floriade and
Bowral Blooms
6 Days/5 Nights
28th September to 3rd October 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • Price includes most meals, fares and activities
• North via Hume, Sth via Cooma/Lakes Entrance.
Highlights: Cockington Green Gardens, Bowral
Lookout, Corbett Gardens (Bowral) Tulip Festival,
Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Park
Floriade Display, Mt Ainslie Lookout.
$1,699pp / $295sgl sup
O’Reillys-Sth East Queensland
8 Days/ 7 Nights
14th October to 21st October 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and Return from Home • Fully
Escorted • Flights– Melbourne/Coolangatta • 7 x Fully
cooked breakfasts; 4 x Lunches;
Highlights: Totally relax & unwind at O’Reillys
Guesthouse-check out their website: www.oreillys.
com.au, Mountview Alpacas, Mt Tamborine
Botanical Gardens, Australia Zoo, Australian
Outback Spectacular.
$2,999pp / $450 sgl sup
Ph: 5623 6998
eagerly anticipated and one that follows the
exploits of the most powerful media mogul of
the modern age, Keith Rupert Murdoch, is doubly
intriguing. A brilliant ensemble cast brings Rupert
to the MTC stage in an unconventional Fill the grid so that revue-style every
production to uncover the column, ‘real’ Rupert. every row The and world
every 3x3 box contains the
premiere season of Rupert is at the Playhouse,
digits 1 to 9.
Arts Rating: Centre Melbourne until 28 September and
is destined for the world stage in the near future.
The production will tour to Washington DC to
participate in the John F Kennedy Center for
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the Performing Arts World Stages: International
Theater Festival in March 2014.
Breakfast Club at Craft
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Warragul Travel Club Tours
free home pick-up and return
Melbourne suburbs, Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland
Please contact us to find out if you are in our pick up range
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Grampians
3 Days/ 2 Nights
15th October to 17th October 2013
Inclusions: • Suburban Pick ups • Fully Escorted • 2 x
Dinners, 2 x Breakfasts, 3 x Lunches (2 light, 1 sit down)
Highlights: Gum San Tour, Mackenzie Falls, J Ward
Tour, Narrapumelap Historic Home & Garden, Brambuk
Cultural Centre, Stawell Hall of Fame, Winery Cellar
Door, Ballarat Highlights tour.
$585pp / $97.50 sgl sup
Proud Mary River Cruise
5 Days / 4 Nights
31st October to 4th November 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and Return from Home • Fully
Escorted • 4 x breakfasts; 4 x Dinners (1 Feature); 4
lunches • All entries
Highlights: Stawell Hall of Fame, Proud Mary x 2
nights, Mannum Town Visit, Eco Boat Cruise through
the shallows of Teal Flat, Real Aussie BBQ Teal Flat,
Ready Creek Waterfalls, Strathalbyn Town tour.
$1,500pp / $430sgl sup
New Zealand
‘Itinerary Exclusive to WTC Tours’
16 Days/15 Nights
6th November to 21st November 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted from Australia • Return airfares (Air New
Zealand– incl. meals) • 4 Cruises • 15 Breakfasts; 13
Dinners (4 Speciality)
Highlights: EXCLUSIVE Bay of Islands Overnight
Cruise on Luxury Catamaran, Larnach Castle
Dunedin, Milford Sound Cruise, Tranz Alpine
Train– traverse Southern Alps, Waitangi Treaty
Grounds.
$4,499pp plus taxes / $1040sgl sup
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Fearless, famous and full-on
Simone Kermes refers to herself
in the German press as “the Lady
Gaga of classical music”, while
others describe her as “utterly
fearless, with a spectacular coloratura
voice and flaming red hair…a
highly original ‘rock chick’”.
“This is all very well, but can she sing?”
asks artistic director of the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dwyer.
“You bet. Like Lady Gaga, she combines
a rare and breathtaking vocal virtuosity
with a performance style that is confronting,
unique and utterly irresistible.”
We have a chance to devise our own
description of Kermes, when she comes
to Melbourne with the Brandenburg’s
Fearless Baroque concert this month.
Simone Kermes will sing arias by Porpora,
Pergolesi and Leo at the Fearless Baroque
Glorious Gippsland
‘Experience the best of West Gippsland’
6 Days/5 Nights STAY PUT TOUR
11th November to 16th November 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • 5 x Fully cooked breakfast; 1 x picnic lunch
and 3 x FEATURE lunches: Toolshed Bar & Bistro and
Winery Cellar Door experience.
Highlights: Nickelby at Darnum, Old Gippstown, Grand
Ridge Brewery, Janalli Gardens, Lillico Glass Studio.
$1,590pp / $250sgl sup
Tasmania-Devishly Delightful
13 Days/ 12 Nights
23rd December to 3rd January 2013
Where would you like to join us!
Launceston for Christmas or after Christmas in Launceston
or Hobart and travel Tasmania from there? We can even
vary when you head home if you would prefer just a few
days over Christmas to be away-talk to us!
Highlights: Salamanca Markets, Swansea Bark Mill,
Wall in the Wilderness, Port Arthur and Harbour Cruise,
Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain, Gordon River Cruise,
Cataract Gorge.
Register your interest now!
Port Stephens & Hunter Valley
(Incl. Christmas Lights)
7 Days / 6 Nights
4th December to 10th December 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • 6 Cooked Breakfasts, 4 x Lunches, 5 x Dinners
plus 1 very special Christmas Dinner in the Hunter Valley.
Highlights: Old Berrima Gaol and Courthouse,
Dolphin Watch Lunch Cruise, Stockton Beach Sand
Dunes, Tour of the historic city of Maitland, Hunter
Valley Gardens, Christmas Lights Spectacular
$1,999pp / $420sgl sup
enjoy classic queenscliff
Benambra Bed & Breakfast
15 Hesse St Queenscliff 3225
Stay 1 night & take 50% off the price of the 2nd night
– that means for 2 nights bed & breakfast you only pay
$210 for a double/twin or $180 a single
• Available Monday to Thursday only • Warm/cool comfortable en-suite rooms
• Beautiful cooked breakfast each day • Available Sept, Oct, Nov 2013
Ask us about longer stays
Central location, easy walk to shops, beach, ferry, galleries & only 200 metres
from the bus stop – McHarry’s bus pick up Geelong station (check timetables).
‘Come when you can, go if you must’
Concerts, Melbourne Recital Centre,
7pm Saturday 14 and 5pm Sunday 15
September. $60-$140; bookings Recital
Centre 9699 3333; Brandenburg 1300
782 856, www.brandenburg.com.au
Bookings: 03 5258 2606
info@benambraqueenscliff.com.au • www.benambraqueenscliff.com.au
Celebrating
our 20th Year of
operation in October!
Call in & identify
yourself in our first
group of travellers,
book and pay for a
tour in full during
september & receive
20% Off
Quote
“Seniors Special”
when booking.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 2013
• GEELONG & ENVIRONS, OCTOBER 2013 – 3 Nights
• One Day Tour - Tall Ships in Williamstown
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 2014
• CANADA & ALASKA AUG 2014 GROUP
• VIETNAM – OCTOBER 2014
• SKI NISEKO JAPAN, JANUARY 2014 GROUP –
EARLYBIRD DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
- Option to include Sapporo Snow Festival and
Kamakura Lantern Festival
- Options between 7 to 13 Night tours
- From $3440pp twin share (child rates available)
CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR
UPCOMING CONCERTS AND SHOWS!
Register your interest for Short Notice tours
(usually 2-3 weeks notice for 1 & 2 night tours)
information session
11th September, 2013 to discover what we
will have on offer for 2014. Need to make
a reservation as numbers are limited and for
catering purposes. Many Door prizes etc
Warragul Travel Club 18 Palmerston St Warragul Vic 3820
email: info@warragultravelclub.com.au web: www.warragultravelclub.com.au
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Join O’Shannessy’s for a
holiday you’ll never forget!
Prices include: All meals (including morning teas and most
lunches) quality ensuite motel and resort accommodation, all
entry fees to interest venues and cruises, travel by O’Shannessy’s
new 5-star coaches equipped with 2 doors, seat-belts and
rest-room. Patrons are not expected to handle luggage. All
prices are per person twin share and include GST. All coach
tours hostess escorted. Prices include Flights where applicable.
WINNER Australian Achievers Awards for Excellence in Customer Service.
Repeat Clientele and Group Discounts apply
Kangaroo Island and the
Coorong
Oct 5 – 12, 2013 • 8 Days, $2,495
Nov 23 – 30, 2013 • 8 Days, $2,495
Highlights: Mt Gambier, Goolwa, Victor Harbor, Penneshaw
and American River, Cliffords Honey Farm - Kangaroo Island,
Marron Farm Tour, Island Pure Sheep Dairy - Kangaroo
Island, Seal Bay Tour, Flinders Chase National Park, Admiral’s
Arch and Remarkable Rocks, Emu Bay Lavender Farm, Cape
Willoughby Lighthouse Tour, Strathalbyn, Historic Mannum
on the Murray River, The Grampians National Park, Multiple
Night Stays: 3 nights at Kingscote on Kangaroo Island,
Cruise: Luncheon Cruise on the Coorong.
New Zealand
North and South Islands
Oct 22 – Nov 9, 2013 • 19 Days, $6,445
Bright Spring Festival
Oct 24 – 28, 2013 • 5 Days, $1,445
Highlights: Mansfield, Tawonga Gap Lookout,
Dartmouth Dam, Dartmouth Tavern, Beechworth, The
Burke Museum, Historic Courthouse, Yackandandah,
Open Gardens in Bright, Red Stag Deer Farm.
Jacaranda Festival –
Grafton NSW
Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2013 • 7 Days, $2,795
Highlights; Coolangatta / Tweed Heads, Grafton - locally
guided tour, Museum of Interesting Things!, Tucabia
- Squatters Rest Private Museum, Yamba Lighthouse,
Angourie and Maclean, Tullymorgan - Glen Ian Ostrich &
Emu Farm, Iluka - Wombah Coffee Plantation, Schaeffer
House – Grafton, MV Richmond Princess cruise on
Richmond River, Thursday Plantation - Tea Tree Oil, Ballina
Maritime Museum, Jacaranda Festival - Grafton NSW.
Murray Princess
Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2013 • 7 Days, $2,795
The famous ‘Murray Princess Cruise’ for four nights
on the Mighty Murray River from the historic riverport
of Mannum to Blanchetown. Highlights include a visit
to a vineyard and wine-tasting at the cellar door, visit a
typical Australian farm and woolshed, enjoy an Aussie
barbecue beside the river, visit a wildlife shelter and
an Aboriginal reserve, which is one of Australia’s
most significant archaeological sites. We visit the
Grampians National Park and enjoy a night in Horsham
before the cruise and travel via Robe and Beachport to
Mount Gambier for our last night away.
Sydney Blue Mountains
Nov 1 – 9, 2013 • 9 Days, $2,945
Highlights: Sydney, Benalla, Humes Cooma Cottage
– Yass, Dinner at the Star City Casino, Sydney
Aquarium, Vaucluse House, Katoomba, Mt Tomah
Botanical Gardens, All Rides at Scenic World , The
Three Sisters, Jenolan Caves, Small Arms Factory
Museum, Japanese Gardens, P.O.W. Breakout site -
Cowra. Cruises - Hawkesbury River, Sydney Harbour
Dinner Cruise, Parramatta River - Ferry Cruise.
Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas
Nov 6 – 15, 2013 • 10 Days, $2,875
Highlights: Mildura, Burra, Clare, Yorke Peninsula,
Ardrossan Museum, Gulf St Vincent, Minlaton, Harry
Butler Memorial, Moonta Railway Station, Port Pirie,
Eyre Peninsula, Port Augusta, Whyalla, Port Lincoln,
Whalers Way, Boston Bay Cruise - Tuna Farm, Coffin
Bay, Elliston - Great Ocean View, Southern Flinders
Ranges, Adelaide, Coorong Nat Park, Kingston South
East, Mt Gambier, Blue Lake & Umpherston Cave.
Snowy Mountains
Nov 7 – 12, 2013 • 6 Days, $1,995
Highlights: Benalla, Beechworth - locally guided tour,
Albury, Murray No 1 - Power Station, Travel the Alpine Way,
Mt Kosciusko National Park, Thredbo - ride on chairlift, Lake
Eucumbene, Charlottes Pass, Cooma, Adaminaby, The Big
Trout, Cabramurra - Australia’s highest town, Tumut Valley
Violets, Tumut Broom Factory, Boggy Creek, Gundagai.
Norfolk Island
Nov 14 – 22, 2013 • 9 Days, $4,945
Highlights: · Wonderland By Night, Mutiny on the
Bounty Show, Christian’s 4WD Tour, Progressive
Dinner, Island Culture Tour, Farm & Industry Tour,
Sunset, Cliff Top Island Fish Fry, Convict Settlement
Tour, Glass Bottom Boat Cruise, Culla & Co. Carriage
Ride, Sound and Light Show, Night as a Convict ·
Cyclorama Experience - 360o panoramic painting.
Tassie All Over
Nov 19 – 29, 2013 • 11 Days, $3,645
Highlights: Sheffield Town of Murals, Mersey Bluff &
Devonport, Burnie, Penguin, Ulverstone, Table Cape,
Stanley, The Nut, Cradle Mountain & Dove Lake,
World Heritage Gordon River Cruise, Queenstown ,
Tarraleah Gorge - Nelson Waterfalls, “The Wall in The
Wilderness”, Derwent Valley & New Norfolk, Tahune
State Forest Airwalk - Huon Valley, Historic Battery Point
& Constitution Dock - Hobart, Salamanca Markets,
Views from Mt. Wellington (weather permitting), Wrest
Point Casino, Eaglehawk Neck, Devils Kitchen, Port
Arthur, , Tamar Valley, Weldborough Pass, Spiky Bridge,
Freycinet Nat Park, Bicheno, East Coast Nature World.
Murray River Run
Echuca to Mildura
Dec 1 – 9, 2013 • 9 Days, $3,975
Highlights: Heathcote, Echuca, Torrumbarry Weir,
Barham, Pental Island Pumping Station, Murray Downs
Station, Swan Hill, Tyntyndyer Homestead, Tooleybuc,
Robinvale Bridge, Euston, Mildura, Mallee Cliffs, Donald.
Carols in the Caves
Dec 12 – 17, 2013 • 6 Days, $1,945
Highlights: Wagga Wagga, Cowra - Japanese Gardens,
Bathurst - Sheep & Cattle Drome, Leura - Blue
Mountains, Govetts Leap Lookout, Bygone Beauty’s,
Echo Point - Three Sisters, Scenic World - Scenic
Cableway & Scenic Railway, Jenolan Caves - Grand
Arch Cave, Carols in the Caves, Lithgow - Eskbank
House, Hoskins Memorial Church, Secret Creek Cafe
& Wildlife Sanctuary, Oberon, Goulburn, Gundagai,
Holbrook - HMAS Otway - Submarine Museum.
Christmas Adelaide
Includes trip on the Overland
Dec 21 – 27, 2013 • 7 Days, $2,395
Highlights: Erskine House – Lorne, Port
Campbell National Park - Twelve Apostles,
Warrnambool, Penola, Blessed Mary MacKillop
Interpretative Centre, Tour of Adelaide,
Montefiore Hill, Adelaide Zoo - Giant Pandas,
Hahndorf -“The Cedars” - Hans Heysen studio,
Glenelg, Coorong Luncheon Cruise, The
Overland Train.
Christmas Murray Princess
Dec 22 – 31, 2013 • 10 Days, $4,045
Highlights: Daylesford, Ballarat, Ararat, Lake
Alexandra, 8 Day PS Murray Princess Cruise,
Barossa Valley, The Coorong, Kingston S.E., Robe,
Beachport, Mount Gambier, Western District of
Victoria, Camperdown.
New Year Murray Princess
Dec 29, 2013 – Jan 4, 2014 • 7 Days, $2,795
Highlights: Grampians, Stawell, Mannum, Murray
Princess, Blanchetown, Salters Station Winery,
New Year Celebrations on the Murray Princess,
Swan Reach, Sunnydale – Woodshed Show and
Native Wildlife Shelter, Ngaut Ngaut Aboriginal
Reserve, Younghusband Peninsula, Beachport,
Mt Gambier, Western District of Victoria,
Camperdown.
EARLY BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
BOTH THE ABOVE MURRAY PRINCESS
TOURS. AS WE ARE ONLY HOLDING A
LIMITED NUMBER OF CABINS UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013.
New Year Adelaide
Includes trip on the Overland
Dec 28, 2013 - Jan 3, 2014 • 7 Days, $2,395
Highlights: The Overland Train ride, Adelaide
sightseeing, Giant Panda’s – Adelaide Zoo,
High Tea at Stamford Grand – Glenelg,
Barossa Valley, Angaston Park Fruits, Chateau
Barossa, Hahndorf – The Cedars – Hans
Heyson’s Studio, New Year Celebrations in
the Ballroom at the Stamford Plaza, Spirit
of the Coorong Cruise, Warnambool, Port
Campbell National Park – Twelve Apostles,
Erskine House – Lorne.
2014 Tours
Elvis Festival in Parkes NSW
Jan 9 – 14, 2014 • 6 Days, $1,765
Highlights: Wangaratta, Albury/Wodonga,
Wagga Wagga, Junee, Young, Allambie Cherry
& Plum Orchard, Parkes, Elvis Tribute Artists,
Elvis Festival - The King’s Castle, Elvis
Central, Elvis Art Exhibition, Gospel Concert,
CSIRO Radio Telescope, Bathurst, Cowra, The
Crisp Galleries – Yass, Milawa Cheese Co,
Benalla.
Opera in the Alps
Jan 16 – 19, 2014 • 4 Days, $1,295
Featuring – Anthony Warlow
Highlights: Mount Bogong, Red Stag Deer Farm,
Beechworth, Bright, Yackandandah, Lake Mulwala
Cruise - Paradise Queen, Yarrawonga and Mulwala,
Wangaratta, Alpine Valley Winery, Opera in the Alps
- (A Reserve Seating) Anthony Warlow, Julie Lea
Goodwin and Guy Noble, EV Olives, Milawa, Milawa
- Cheese Factory, Benalla Rose Garden.
Tassie Summer Escape
Feb 9 – 18, 2014 • 10 Days, $3,495
Highlights: Devonport, Deloraine, Woolmers,
Launceston, Tamar Valley, Seahorse World, George
Town, St Helens, Bay of Fires, East Coast Nature
World - Tasmanian Devils, Bicheno, Freycinet
Nat Park, Swansea, Hobart, Salmon Ponds - New
Norfolk, Russell Falls, Bruny Island - Adventure
Bay, The Neck, Bligh Museum, Richmond, Royal
Botanical Garden, Heritage Highway - Oatlands,
Ross, Ashgrove Farm Cheese Centre.
Gippsland Lakes Tour
Feb 21 – 26, 2014 • 6 Days, TBA
Crookwell Potato Festival
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2014 • 6 Days, TBA
Antarctica Sightseeing Flight
Feb 14, 2014
Contact our Office for further details.
Begonia Festival &
the Grampians
Mar 8 -12, 2014 • 5 Days, TBA
King Island Adventure
Mar 17 – 20, 2014 • 4 Days, TBA
Flinders Island Adventure
Mar 26 – 30, 2014 • 5 Days, TBA
SNEAK PEAK 2014
OVERSEAS TOURS
Chelsea Flower Show
English Country Gardens, Dubai & Paris •19 Days, May
Spectacular Singapore
• 10 Days, Sept/Oct
USA – West Coast
Includes Grand Canyon & stopovers in Hawaii
both ways • 23 Days, October
Free Chauffeured Home
Pick-up and Return
All suburbs of Greater Melbourne, Ballarat,
Geelong, the Bellarine & Mornington
Peninsulas, Bendigo & some areas of
Gippsland, including Warragul.
free
call
For enquiries or bookings call
Chris O’Shannessy and the team on
1800 354 352
Visit us on the web at www.oshannessys.com.au
O’Shannessy’s Sorrento Travel Pty Ltd trading as
2121 Point Nepean Rd, Rye, Victoria 3941
Licensed Travel Agent No 31335