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AURELIEN Scannella is settling happily into his new life as artistic director of the WA Ballet and gearing up for the opening season of the much-loved ballet La Syl-phide at His Majesty’s Thea-tre this month.

“The version we are

bringing to Perth is the very romantic and classical ver-sion by August Bournoville choreographed in 1836,” Scannella says. “That ver-sion is the rst ballet in the history of classical ballet which places a ballerina on pointe shoes. It is a beauti-ful story, easy to understand with beautiful sets and cos-

tumes. Everybody is able to enjoy it.”

Set in Scotland, La Syl-phide tells the story of a for-est fairy who uses her magi-cal gifts to attract a young Scotsman on the eve of his nuptials, ultimately leav-ing his ancée at the altar to chase after the sylph. What follows is a romantic tale of

unrequited love.August Bournoville, born

in Copenhagen in 1805, was a dancer and choreographer who directed the Royal Dan-ish Ballet for nearly 50 years and established the Danish style based on bravura danc-ing and expressive mime.

Scannella, 38, is facing a busy rst year with the WA

Ballet with the repertoire planned by previous artis-tic director Ivan Cavallari. Once the La Sylphide season ends, the company will take Romeo and Juliet on a tour of regional centres including Geraldton, Albany, Mandu-rah and Bunbury followed by seasons of Onegin and Peter Pan to end the year.

“This year’s entire pro-gram was organised by Ivan before I arrived which is common in the ballet world,” Scannella says. “I believe Ivan chose some of the best classics to have in the reper-toire for the dancers and WA public which prepares the company for Swan Lake in a few years.”

The Belgian born dancer, ballet master and direc-tor took over his position at the spacious new WA Bal-let Centre in Maylands in January. He completed his training at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders and, be-fore coming to Perth with his wife French dancer Sandy Delasalle and son, Mateo, was a freelance international ballet master and rehearsal director, mainly in Europe.

His repertoire includes all the major classical ballets, as well as extensive experience in more contemporary styles.

On a three-year contract, Scannella says his plans include bringing choreogra-phers to Perth from Europe and Asia who never came before and presenting new, full-length ballets.

“I would like to feature some refreshed, full-length ballets, a little bit updated but always classical with pointe shoes and beautiful cos-tumes, new sets and different choreography. In 2013 it’s worth it to keep the classics but to refresh them.”

Scannella says he is en-joying working with the WA Ballet’s dancers who are re-ally hard workers.

“I have nothing to com-plain about.”

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continued from front coverOf His Majesty’s Theatre he describes it as a beautiful

theatre but a “little bit small.”“We are really looking to having a bigger company in

the future but unfortunately the stage won’t get bigger so it’s a little bit of a problem.”

Scannella’s voice warms as he speaks of wife Sandy who has stopped ballet after dancing for 27 years after an illustrious European career.

“She is the ballet mistress here. The previous person returned to Europe and I needed someone on my side, I knew well and trusted.”

He laughs as he says nine-year-old son Mateo, is not interested in ballet at all.

“He is the goal keeper for the Bayswater Soccer Club,” says the proud father. “He is really into sport.”

La Sylphide plays at His Majesty’s Theatre with the WA Symphony Orchestra for 13 performances from 17 May to 1 June.

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HIS dulcet tones are a fa-miliar sound on radio and television but “Baby” John Burgess is more than just a talking head.

Burgess was a “man on a mission” in April 2011 re-porting for Channel Nine’s A Current Affair, taking on Prime Minister Julia Gillard after he tried living on a pen-sioner’s income of $329.20 a

week, saying it was virtually impossible.

“I tried to get a better deal for the nation’s pensioners and I did eventually meet the Prime Minister who was ex-tremely friendly and convivi-al,” Burgess said. He also re-ported for Channel Seven on outrageous electricity prices.

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Burgess is best known as the host of the Wheel of For-tune on the Seven network from 1984 to 1996 which saw him in the nation’s living rooms most week nights. He later hosted Burgo’s Catch Phrase for the Nine network.

The polished performer has experienced the halcyon days of television and ra-dio when budgets and game shows were big and his face was familiar throughout the country. With limited budg-

ets these days, he laments the demise of game shows which had a big following.

“I did a lot of television and local shows including New Faces on the Nine Net-work, Mrs and Miss Australia and Wheel of Fortune,” he said. “I would nish my radio stint on 6PM in Perth and y to Adelaide where I would tape ve shows for Wheel of Fortune, have a drink with the crew till 2am, then return to Perth - I did this 44 weeks a year for eight years.”

Burgess also launched Oz Lotto from Melbourne in 1992, revelling in the hectic work schedule. The same

year he and Gianna moved to Surfers Paradise, returning to Perth in late 2011.

The “Baby” John title harks back to Burgess’ days as a youngster at 2UW, a top 40 music station when he was given the nickname by the late Ward “Pally” Austin, who was King of the station.

“I haven’t called myself by that nickname since 1974,” he said. “I used to be miffed when people called it out across the street but then I re-alised most people know me by that name.”

Born in Punchbowl near Bankstown, NSW, Burgess grew up in the same area as

Paul Keating and Vince Sor-renti. He was a champion tennis player and a profes-sional bowler when he met radio legend John Laws who commented on his voice and suggested he try out for radio. The rest, they say, is history.

Burgess has been involved with all the big media names from the late Kerry Packer, to John Singleton and Kerry Stokes and a roll call of en-tertainers past and present including the Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison and Peter, Paul and Mary.

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La Sylphide features dancers Brooke Widdison-Jacobs and Sergey Pevnev

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HELLO Everyone,Since last month, we at

Have a Go News have en-joyed the privilege of see-ing a wonderful variety of entertainment, including live performances, two of which were stand out shows.

The rst of these was the very entertaining and nostal-gia provoking performance of The Jersey Boys, which I am proud to say featured some talented graduates from WAAPA our very own West-ern Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Despite a few audio problems on opening night, The Jersey Boys was foot-tappingly good and no doubt transported those of us in the audience who remember Frankie Valli and the group in their heyday, back to the days of our youth. It was wonder-ful stuff.

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Just when you think you know the Cirque du Soleil

genre, they surprise and de-light you with a stellar per-formance on another level.

The breathtaking trapeze work, juggling extraordi-naire, costumes and humor-ous ‘skits’ made the night a memorable one for the capacity audience who ex-pressed their delight with a standing ovation.

The company has added eight new performances beginning on Wednes-day 12 June to Sunday 16 June which are now on sale. Tickets to these new shows will be available for purchase at www.cirquedusoleil.com/ovo

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This month we also met up with three fabulous and much loved Australian per-formers, Amanda Muggle-ton, Lisa McCune and Chris-tine Anu.

Amanda will be here in

Perth to stage her one wom-an show The Book Club on 4 June. This is a show not to be missed and for more details see Jo Allison’s inter-view with Amanda on page 54. Lisa and Christine will be appearing in South Pa-ci c when it comes to Perth in November. See our inter-view with these lovely la-dies on page 7 and visit the Have a Go News website www.haveagonews.com.au to see video messages from them.

Just a friendly reminder to contributors that the deadline for copy is 20th of the month preceding publi-cation and we look forward to receiving your copy on or around that date.

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Mary Nenke, farmer, yabby entrepre-neur and former WA Rural Woman of the Year says the mining boom has cost farmers $65 billion dollars.

“The high Aussie dollar is destroying farming,” she said.

The supermarket duopoly is forcing down domestic prices and Australian farmers are being priced out of export markets.

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a good education.”Mrs Nenke speaks to some 600 farm-

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Stamp duty is also a huge cost. Most farmers have an insurance bill of $20-30,000 and year and the government takes 10 per cent of that as stamp duty.

“City people might ask why we carry on. Country people are proud; they want to keep on farming and don’t want to ex-pose their problems to the world. Many properties have been in the same family for 100 years or so.”

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“It is so important because if we don’t do it we won’t have any farmers left.

“We need to be proactive and put farming on the political agenda.

“The government provide cheap loans on small deposits for people to buy their houses. They could do similar things for farmers. We need to freeze farm debt at say two per cent interest.

“Farming is an essential service. Without farming you have no food and without food you die,” she said.

Mary leads farming champions

Mary Nenke

Wednesday 15 May in Subiaco

Tuesday 28 May in Guildford

EACH 90 minute inter-active food preparation session is run by a dieti-cian who teaches a range of cooking techniques to prepare tasty and healthy, low GI snacks and meals and provides the opportu-nity to taste test a variety of healthy products.

There is also a special information session on pe-ripheral neuropathy on Tuesday 21 May in Bel-mont – providing informa-tion and support for people living with peripheral neu-ropathy which is damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, causing ab-normal sensations as well as sensory loss.

Diabetes is the most com-mon cause of the condition,

often leading to foot prob-lems and possible amputa-tion.

All sessions are free to Diabetes WA members and NDSS registrants and $20 for all others.

Bookings can be made by calling 9325 7699 or email-ing [email protected]

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LUPUS GROUPS around the world united to sponsor the eighth World Lupus Day observance on

10 May 2012. At least ve million people

worldwide have lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that strikes mostly young women of childbear-ing age.

The Day focussed on the need for heightened public awareness, improved patient healthcare serv-ices, increased research into the causes of and a cure for lupus, enhanced physician diagnosis and treatment and better epidemiologi-cal data globally.

Lupus affects more than just the person with the disease - it also impacts their family, friends, and work colleagues.

Still, it is widely under-recog-nized as a global health problem by the public, health professionals, and governments, driving the need for greater awareness, early recog-nition, diagnosis and treatment to help slow the debilitating effects of the disease.

However, lupus is often dif cult to diagnose because symptoms fre-

quently mimic common illnesses. World Lupus Day was rst ob-

served in 2004, and a number of special events were held to highlight its importance. Most signi cant was the issuing of the inaugural World Lupus Day Proclamation, recog-nizing this historic day and dem-onstrating concern for the needs of millions of individuals globally.

For additional information, please visit the World Lupus Day website at www.worldlupusday.org.

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LATER THIS year, Menu Magazine will run four art exhibitions around Western Aus-tralia.

These will be held in September, October, November and December.

Each venue will have an opening / auction and all the pro ts from the event will go to that venues’ chosen charity.

For the rest of that month the remaining works will be on display there.

We are currently looking for submissions of artwork for the exhibit.

The only requirement is that the artwork relate to food, or be cafe or restaurant related.

Photos, drawings, sculptures and the like are all welcome as long as it is relevant to the subject matter.

The event will be run by Menu Magazine and sponsored by Community News, Have a Go News, www.westcoastcafes.com.au and 6PR.

For submissions and further information contact [email protected] or call 9430 6007.

This artwork called Moccalisa is made from coffee beans and drawn using coffee by Stephen Choi who will be

exhibiting his artwork at the event.

Art on the Menu art exhibition - submit yours…


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Volunteer Task Force has been supporting the community for over 40 years.We provide much needed service to frail elderly and younger people with a disability. Our teams are enthusiastic, dedicated people from all age groups.Helping out as a volunteer can help improve your skills, social life and sense of belonging.Make the difference today and call us to lend a hand in our gardening or social support team.Weekdays or weekend opportunities available (in some areas)

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LAST MONDAY I drove Mary to Mundaring to take her Prime Movers’ class.

While there, I took the op-portunity to walk down to the township for a morning cof-fee.

The shopping centre there was very different to the large and busy complex we usually visit. It was so peaceful and the people there very relaxed and hospitable.

After enjoying my coffee I sat in the park in the warm sunshine with my beloved crossword, and had a thor-oughly marvellous morning.

The drive home was also comfortable, with the busy traf c going the other way along the highway. You can see why people live in coun-try areas, but having said that, I don’t think we will be mov-ing.

Anyway, here I am again

back at home in Winthrop trying to think what on earth am I going to write about this month. I try to be original without being boring yet not too controversial, but it’s dif- cult.

The topic that is exercising my mind at the moment (apart from holidays) is TAX!

Ms Gillard is scratching around for ways to acquire from taxpayers more mon-ey to pay for her disability scheme, and it appears evi-dent that we will all be paying more on the Medicare levy. While I have no objections to paying the tax, I feel the coun-try’s nances could perhaps have been better managed in the last few years. (I did say I would not be controversial, but we will all have our own thoughts on this ticklish sub-ject).

As a former Brit, I sup-pose the weather is always dear to my heart, and we have just been told this April is the warmest on record but not the sunniest.

It has certainly been a pleasant month, and, although we need the rain, I hope we get a good May.

If you are going to the UK, May, September and October

are usually the best months to be there. June to August are their summer months, but during my 57 years in the UK in my experience those months do not produce the best weather. (I reckon this comment will also bring some protests from ex Poms).

On subjects relating to the British, I have recently read that there are 440,000 Brits who are aged in their 90s thanks due largely to medical advancements and housing.

I am delighted to announce that the survival gap between men and women is closing. I am not sure whether these sta-tistics would apply to Austral-ia, but I suspect they would not be dissimilar particularly with our climate and medical facilities.

I don’t know if it’s my im-agination, but is the size of food packets shrinking but prices are not?

It seems we get less for our money in many (or at least some) cases. Or is it just my suspicious nature? Per-haps the magazine Choice or Channel 7 could investigate on our behalf.

There was an article in a recent edition of The West advertising ights in a Tiger

Moth. The cost is $261 for a half hour ight around Perth or Fremantle or Cottesloe. While I have own in closed cockpits or ight decks I have never own in an open cockpit. However, my son gave me a trip in a Tiger Moth for my birthday. I was twitchy at rst because, on takeoff, it is a bit bumpy, but once in ight I found it really exhilarating. The view is ab-solutely fascinating, and the time seems to go by far too quickly.

For old codgers like me, it brought back memories of yesteryears.

To celebrate a special oc-casion, I would recommend you save your pennies and do something unusual like this. (I haven’t persuaded Mary yet, but I have not given up hope)

Following is a series of sayings I was sent recently which readers may nd witty or of interest.

“I had a rose named after me and I was very attered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the cata-logue: - ‘No good in bed, but ne against the wall’.

Eleanor Roosevelt“Last week I stated this

woman was the ugliest wom-an I had ever seen. I have been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.”

Mark Twain“I don’t feel old. I don’t feel

anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap”

Bob Hope“Don’t worry about avoid-

ing temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.

Winston Churchill“My wife has a slight im-

pediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.”

Jimmy Durante“Sometimes, when I look

at my children, I say to myself ‘Lillian you should have re-mained a virgin”.

Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)

And nally...“May your troubles be

less, may your blessings be more, and may nothing but happiness come through your door.”

Have a safe and pleasant month folks.

Brian FrenchEmail: bfrench792010@

hotmail.com

by Frank Smith

CANNING AGRICULTURAL, Horticultural and Rec-reational Society is planning a fund raiser to support the Canning Men’s Shed on Friday 17 May.

Canning Agricultural Society Dianne Begg said the shed had been set up recently with donated tools, but needed basic equipment such as kettle, furniture and a fridge.

“We plan to raise $5000, half of it from this fundraising event,” she said. “The room, on Station Street, Canning-ton has just been made available.

“We have set up a steering committee and need to spend some money on advertising and signage so people know where the shed is.”

“We sponsor the Canning Agricultural Show and hope that the shed will become a community body acting as a two-way street, with members helping set up and man the show in return for the use of premises.”

The Men’s Shed Comedy Night includes two one-hour comedy spots with adult humour, presented by Bootleg Comedy.

The spots will feature work from Janelle Koenig. She has performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Mel-bourne International Comedy Festival, the Melbourne Fringe Festival, the St Kilda Laughs Fest, Brisbane Impro Fest and the Wild West Comedy Fest.

Janelle was picked by National Broadcasting Corpora-tion of the US as one of only two Melbourne comedians to represent Australia in Last Comic Standing, in Miami, Florida.

In 2010, Janelle relocated to Perth where she has be-come a core member of local impro group ‘The Big Hoo Haa’, and a popular headliner and MC on all of the local stages. She is also the resident MC at ‘Girlz Night Out’ - Perth’s premier ladies’ comedy night, and has been de-lighted to share some illustrious Perth stages supporting Wayne Brady and Puppetry of the Penis.

Janelle’s solo show ‘Love Songs & Deviations’ was runner-up in the People’s Choice and the MIC (Excel-lence In Performance) Awards at the 2011 Wild West Comedy Fest, and was runner-up Best Comedy Perform-ance at Perth Fringeworld, 2012.

The second production will feature John Robertson... a renaissance man with a Black Plague wit. A come-dian, playwright, YouTube visionary and clown, he’s performed everywhere from rained-out bomb shelters in John’s sadistic YouTube game ‘The Dark Room’ has been played more than 4,000,000 times worldwide.

He has stage-dived off the roof of a theatre with Bren-don Burns and a purple puppet. He is also the of cial MC of the Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Wai-Con Anime Con-vention and Madman National Cosplay Competition.

Wherever he goes, he brings the nerd love, manic slapstick and smart cynicism, said Events Of cer, Ryan Schultz.

Entry to the Bootleg Comedy night costs $25 a head, which includes BYO alcohol and nibble privileges for ticket holders. Tables seat up to 12 and can be booked by phoning 9451 1820 or emailing the society on [email protected]

Men’s Shed Comedy Night

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Shoes are designed with you in mind. No more squashed toes - with wide C+ ttings available. We were intrigued with the styles and exciting colours.

Thanks to Michelle for giving us the opportunity to see what is available for the fuller gure, and the knowledge that you can be personally tted to suit your particular needs. We all received a Gift Bag with a 20 per cent dis-count voucher.

For more information, check out ts14plus.com or visit them at 200 Murray Street, Perth, in Myers, 9265 5822.

Come along each Tuesday from 11am to 12noon to The Holly Wood Tuesday Morning Show, a free community service sponsored by the City of Perth and Have a Go News at the Perth Town Hall, corner Barrack and Hay Streets, Perth, Tea and coffee is available from 10am to 10.45am (no later). It all happens here!

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by Jennifer Merigan and Judith Treby

AFTER 23 YEARS Opera Australia returns to Perth in November for a season of the hit musical

South Paci c.The inaugural Sydney season became the high-

est selling show to be performed at the Sydney Opera House.

Starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Perth’s own Lisa McCune and Christine Anu and directed by Broad-way dynamo Barlett Sher, this production will have audiences calling for more.

Have a Go News had the opportunity to speak to Lisa McCune and Christine Anu when they were in Perth last month to promote the musical.

“I was quite nervous about coming back to Perth with South Paci c” said Lisa, “I took this job be-cause I wanted to say I’d sang at the Sydney Opera House. My singing teacher is here in Perth and I’m feeling a little nervous about her hearing me sing.

“But I am very excited about coming back to Perth and being home, especially as I’ve not done a stage show here.

“It’s daunting for a singer like me to be working with Opera Australia but because of their great in-frastructure I found it’s been quite easy, a dream run really, especially singing at the Opera House.

“The beauty of live theatre for me is the thrill of the live performance because it’s different every day.

“I think it’s a great thing that Opera Australia is moving into musical theatre and Bart the director, an inspiring person in the international arts community to come and work in Australia,” said Lisa.

Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Paci c is a musical full of romantic and uplifting show stopper songs but also confronts issues of mixed race mar-riage, prejudice and tolerance.

It was written at the end of World War II and is adaptation of James Michener’s book Tales of the South Paci c.

Christine Anu plays Bloody Mary and laughingly said about her role, “everyone is looking beautiful on stage except Bloody Mary.

“It was scary to do a full dress rehearsal after two weeks of being thrown in the deep end but the di-rector wants every moment in the show to have a reason.

“I’ve never worked in a pressure cooker situ-ation like this show before and I am loving it,” said Christine.

Christine describes one of her funniest moments working on the production when she was waiting in the Green Room to be called and realised that she was supposed be on stage. Christine’s rapid bolt to get on stage on time was so fast, the crew asked her afterwards how she did it in such quick time, to which she replied, “I channelled Cathy Freeman.”

We asked both stars what were their favourite songs from the show. Lisa’s choice was the Reprise from Some Enchanted Evening and Christine’s was Happy Talk.

Both ladies look forward to spending time in Perth and agreed that, “Everyone is so excited about bring-ing this show to Perth.”

Perth audiences will have the opportunity to see South Paci c at Crown Theatre for a strictly limited season from 10 November to 8 December.

Check out the Have a Go News’ website at www.haveagonews.com.au for an exclusive video clip of Lisa McCune and Christine Anu.

Tickets are available from Ticketek on 1300 795 012.

Happy talk ... with Lisa McCune and Christine Anu

Christine Anu and Lisa McCune

Babysitting? - it’s okay to say no

THERE IS little doubt that grandparents en-joy spending time with their grandchildren. This is one of the great-est bene ts all round for the extended family.

It is important for people as they age to re-main socially connected to their community.

Connections with family and friends may contribute to a greater sense of wellbeing, in-clusion and belonging, and even decrease the risk of disability and early death.

However, this ben-e t and joy can get taken for granted and become an unwelcome and unplanned respon-sibility.

Increasingly, grand-parents are asked to look after their grand-children so parents can go to work, spend an evening out with their friends without their children or just have some ‘time out’.

If parents are in the habit of asking their children’s grandpar-ents to help out with babysitting and Nanna always says ‘yes’ and never ‘no’, it becomes easy for those parents

to assume that Nanna is simply on-call.

What started as a re-quest with a sense of choice can soon become an expectation.

Today, many parents are more ‘time-poor’ than ever.

They may, understand-ably, have dif culty nd-ing or affording alterna-tive child care.

But even if they turn to the grandparents in the

beginning as a temporary measure, their failure to nd a permanent solution can unwittingly draw the grandparents into an obli-gation to provide a perma-nent childcare service.

Grandparents can feel pressured to continue to support their children well into their adult years, by automatically accept-ing responsibility for their grandchildren.

It is equally important for older people to main-tain their own connec-tions, and not to let those important relationships with friends and commu-

nity networks slip away.Looking after grand-

children too often and with too much ‘expecta-tion’ attached is emerging as a source of great stress for many seniors.

Talking with family about these issues in ad-vance is much better than being taken for granted.

Grandparents have a right not to be taken for granted. It is okay for grandparents to say NO if it is not convenient to babysit, and to set some boundaries around when and how often they are available.

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by Karen Majer

WE ALL learned in school to love a sunburnt country, ‘A land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and ooding rains’. When Dorothea Mackellar wrote her famous lines while she was home-sick in England in the rst years of the 20th century, she probably wasn’t imag-ining the devastating heat-waves, droughts and oods that Australia experienced in

the early 21st century.We’re used to the news

these days being full of climate records. After the extreme summer heatwave in December-January, the rains came to eastern Aus-tralia. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald and an associated monsoon trough passed over parts of Queensland and New South Wales, bringing severe storms, ooding and tornadoes. Coastal regions of Queensland were the most affected and in many places the rainfall total for January set new records

Floods are nothing new in Australia but are they getting worse? Certainly the people of Bundaberg must have thought so as they struggled to cope with the devastation: 7,500 residents evacuated, houses washed away and parts of the sewage network destroyed, cuts to transport links, electrical blackouts

and water supply prob-lems. The ABC announced ‘Bundaberg smashes ood records’, while the Burnett River reached a new record height of 9.53 m on 29 January. This was just over a year after the Prime Min-ister called the December 2011 Queensland oods, ‘the worst natural disaster in our history’.

Apart from the extreme southwest of the continent, which experienced its dri-est year on record in 2011, the last few years have been particularly wet. In 2010, Australia experienced its third-wettest year since na-tional rainfall records began in 1900, with second place taken by 2011. The Bureau of Meteorology says that most of Australia experi-enced signi cantly higher than average rainfall over the nine months from July 2010 to March 2011. The

rainfall led to widespread oods between September 2010 and March 2011. As well as the severe ooding in southeast Queensland, large areas of northern and western Victoria, New South Wales, the north-west and eastern Tasmania were subject to signi cant oods. There were also some high-ly unseasonal rain events in the tropics during what is typically its dry season. The oods of the summer of 2010-11 cost the Australian economy an estimated $30 billion. Then it happened again the following year, with much of inland southern and far northern Queensland, most of New South Wales, northern Victoria and central Australia experiencing ood-ing between late November 2011 and March 2012. More records fell in 2013.

Is climate change to blame?

An article in New Scien-tist (30 Jan 2013) says Aus-tralia might be experiencing a ‘double whammy’ caused by climate change and natu-ral cycles. One such cycle is a coupled atmospheric-ocean circulation pattern in the Paci c. For the last few years it was in the La Niña phase, bringing warmer wa-ters to Australia’s east coast. Queensland sees more ooding, rainfall and land-falling tropical cyclones when this happens. Climate change compounds such patterns.

Climate warming contrib-utes to more extreme weath-er in several ways including a warmer atmosphere that can hold more water vapour increasing the risk of ex-treme precipitation, higher sea-surface temperatures causing changes in oceanic and atmospheric circula-tion patterns, and warming

oceans providing more en-ergy for the development of tropical storms. Weather now develops in different climatic conditions than it did just a few decades ago so extreme weather events that can contribute to natural disasters are on the increase. Other factors that in uence ood risk include defor-estation, urbanisation and an increase in the number of people living on oodplains.

Queensland’s Chief Sci-entist says the future is like-ly to see an increase in ood risk due to climate change, population growth and ur-banisation. The optimistic slant on this is that we can do something to mitigate the risks. The devastating oods of recent years, to-gether with the insurance industry’s back-pedalling on insuring at-risk towns, will focus planners on bet-ter planning, preventing

further development in ood plains, and ood miti-gation.

Some commentators have suggested that by showing that extreme weather events are not just a projection of climate mod-els but an observed real-ity, our record weather may stimulate action to reign in climate change. That could be the best outcome of all, including for those who live in the drying south west!

For more information:Understanding Floods:

Questions & Answers www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/ oods

Climate change blamed for Australian weather 30 January 2013, New Scientist 30 Jan 2013.

Clean-up or adaptation? ‘Disaster-proo ng’ Queens-land, The Conversation, 6 February 2013 http://the-conversation.edu.au

Of droughts and ooding rains

OUR FIRST paddle for the year was held in March at Hillarys Boat Harbour with a very good roll up for the Safety Day in which members were keen to participate and learn how to recover from a capsize in their canoe.

The rst real paddle was held at Kent Street Weir on the 28 March, when mem-bers paddled up to Mason’s Landing and beyond. It was on this occasion that Daryl broke his much-loved wooden paddle. There were many suggestions from mem-bers about what to do with his paddle, but Daryl was very keen to repair it.

On 4 April prospective members came along to the club to have a go at paddling.

As it happened, seven turned up that day, and together with 32 of our members, we had a good crowd on the water.

The different coloured canoes gathered made a very nice picture.

Since then, we have had up to 10 new people join us and 32 members have been attending each week despite the very hot weather.

Our breakfast at the Secret Garden was held again this year and was also well at-tended. Many thanks go to our social com-mittee for organizing this event.

Joe has kindly donated two CB radios to the club, so that now we have radio com-munication between the leader and ‘tail end Charlie’ while on the water.

With a big group of canoes, it means the leader knows quickly if there is trouble down the line and can offer help if needed. We thank Joe for his very kind donation to the Club.

Stan Wallin.

For information about the club, please contact Peter on 9409 3813.

Over 55 Canoe Club members enjoy new season

THE FRIENDS of Bold Park Bushland will be hosting an Open Day at the WA Ecology Centre, Bold Park, Perry Lakes Drive, Floreat on Sunday 26 May.

At 437 hectares this A class reserve is the largest native bush-land reserve in the metropolitan area.

From its highest point at Reabold Hill you can enjoy spec-tacular 360 degree ocean and city views.

Bold Park is managed by the Botanic Gardens and Parks

Authority with the support of the Friends of Bold Park Bush-land, the Bold Park Volunteer Guides and other community and volunteer groups. Together they assist to conserve, restore and promote the park.

The Park offers an abundance of walking trails where you can enjoy the bushland, wild owers and wildlife either independ-ently or as part of a regular free guided walk.

Come along to the Open Day and join the Friends for this unique opportunity to nd out more about Bold Park’s amaz-ing local bushland, native plants and wildlife, volunteering and much more.

There will be something for everyone including hands-on dis-plays, free guided walks, native gardening advice, nature-based kids activities and bushland restoration information as well as refreshments and door prizes

Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority staff, members from BirdLife WA, the Wild ower Society and the Naturalists Club will also be on hand to share their wealth of knowledge on the park and all things nature-based. For more information call 9480 3990, email [email protected] or visit www.bgpa.wa.gov.au

Bold park open day

THE CHALLENGE Brass Band is looking for more players to join in the music making fun of playing in a brass band.

The musicians range from the young to the “young at heart” with all ranges of mu-sical ability in between.

They aim to have fun while practicing and playing brass music in the community and are always looking to in-

crease the number of players in the band, especially those who may have played music in the past and who would like to give it another go.

The Band has recently been sponsored by the Wan-neroo Agricultural Society which has been a great boost.

The band played at a 2013 Australia Day gathering at Brighton Estate attended by their sponsors before a lively

local cricket match. Community involvement

is very important to the Band, which has recently performed at several ANZAC Day serv-ices across Perth. But there is much more music to be played yet!

So why not take up the “challenge” and ‘have a go’ at playing in a community brass band yourself?

Instruments and training are provided as required.

Challenge Brass Band re-hearses on Tuesday nights from 7.30pm at the Wan-neroo Recreation Centre. You can nd out more from the website www.challenge-brassband.webs.com or ring Carolyn on 0422 793 534.

And remember, a cuppa and biscuits are provided at rehearsals!

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JUST OVER 10 years ago, Perth hosted the 6th Global Conference on Ageing.

Many of the 500 volun-teers involved in that confer-ence will be readers of Have a Go News at a time when the then Minister for Ageing, Kevin Andrews, presided over the ‘best conference yet”.

One of the themes of that conference was the econom-ic impact of the ageing popu-lation and age discrimination in the workforce.

So how far have we come in the past decade or so?

How effective has the age discrimination laws intro-duced just two years later, been in combating age dis-crimination and how effec-tive have we been in effect-ing changes in our society?

Well the reality is that ac-cording to recent reports and anecdotal feedback from people that I talk to, very little has changed. Older people are still being ac-tively discriminated against

in employment and the Age Discrimination Act 2004 has shown itself to be little more than lip service and a tooth-less tiger. Indeed the latest data I can access suggests that there has not been a sin-gle successful prosecution brought under the Act in its rst nine years of operation.

If we are no further ad-vanced why is this? Could it be that the advocates for change really just don’t know how to bring it about? What does it take to really bring about behavioural changes?

Well academics will tell us that it is almost impos-sible to effect behavioural change directly before rst getting people to change their attitudes. Change attitudes and behaviour will follow. It clearly takes more than an ineffectual piece of legisla-tion to bring about a change in attitude so how’s it done?

Let’s look at changing at-titudes towards homosexu-als as an example of how pressure in society can be effective quite apart from any legislation. I say homosexu-als because when I grew up to be called gay had a totally different meaning to what it has now but just look at how things have changed for this group. Today people feel un-comfortable should anyone want to discriminate against anyone else because of their

gender preference or sexual orientation. To do so runs the risk of pillory.

So how come a minority group can effect this attitudi-nal and behavioural change in society whilst a tsunami of seniors struggle? Could it be that we are just too polite? Where is our voice?

Let’s not forget that baby boomers reading this publi-cation are the same people who had owers in their hair and protested against the war in Vietnam and if you came from the UK you’d remem-ber things like the riots in Grosvenor Square.

What happened to the rad-icals? Was the re in our bel-lies extinguished by the ood of responsibilities we took on? What happened to the belief that we were changing the world?

Well it looks to me as though we changed the world alright. We avoided a nuclear holocaust, brought global immunisation programs to eradicate polio, developed safe cheap ights and let’s not forget that little thing called the World Wide Web. It seems to me however that we have been so busy mak-ing the world a better place for our children and grand-children that we forgot about ourselves.

So let’s start by getting a little radical.

Clearly legislation isn’t working and many human resources people are still complicit in the illegal prac-tice of age discrimination either consciously or sub-consciously.

The time has come to stand up and be counted.

Australia is facing a mas-sive skill shortage and rather than seek to address that by importing people from over-seas, how about looking rst in our own back yard?

It’s time that All Austral-ians had a fair go.

So when you suspect age discrimination let’s get it in mainstream media – let’s get it on talk back radio.

We don’t need (and are very unlikely to get) success-ful prosecutions but we can use that legislation to support our attempts to change peo-ple’s attitudes.

Let’s make age discrimi-nation as abhorrent as sex discrimination is today, after all we are a growing popula-tion whose voice has been far too quiet for far too long.

Nigel Barker is an inde-pendent business consultant helping businesses and gov-ernment market to maturity, CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of WA and Pres-ident of the Rotary Club of Perth. Email [email protected]

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MASTERS Swimming WA members join their local clubs to enjoy swimming regularly for tness and health, and sometimes the social activities.

Some members enjoy par-ticipating at interclub swim meets to test their tness and some also enjoy the open wa-ter swim events in the summer season.

Essential to the conduct of pool and open water swims are the merry band of volun-teer of cials who also initially joined their clubs to swim but have then gone on to learn how to of ciate and subse-quently provide their time and expertise to ensure swimming events are run fairly and safely.

Masters Swimming WA appreciates the fantastic contri-bution that the Technical Of -ciating team make to our sport year in and year out. They are great role models for all mem-bers both in and out of the wa-ter. Most are able to combine their swimming sessions with their volunteer work plus par-ticipate in the interclub meets and open water events when they can t it in.

Our Masters Clubs wel-come adults of all ages and abilities as long as one can swim a few laps and the ses-sions are ideal for those com-ing out of adult swimming lessons. Or if you are keen to help as a volunteer at the local Masters Club make contact with them and head on down to the pool.

Keen adults who would like to enjoy the mental and physical bene ts of swim-ming regularly with a Mas-ters Swimming Club should visit www.mswa.asn.au, con-tact a local club and ‘have a go’!

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by Rhonda Parker

RECENTLY, researching the brain grabbed news headlines with US Presi-dent Barak Obama announcing the BRAIN project. A US$100 million project, BRAIN stands for Brain Re-search through Advancing Innovative Technologies. The project essentially seeks to develop technologies that will enable researchers to map and measure brain function.

To nd out more, I called my friend and colleague Professor Charles Watson, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science at Curtin University. Charles is an eminent brain researcher, and recognised internationally for his work on mapping the anatomy of the rat brain. As ever, Charles was a fascinating font of knowledge, and I thank him for helping me with the information for this

article.The brain is increasingly the focus of

concerted, sophisticated (and expensive) research. Just prior to President Obama’s announcement, another major project was announced – the European Human Brain Project. This is a €$1billion project that aims to develop a working compu-ter model of the human cerebral cortex which will allow study of the human mind via computer simulation.

Another brain project of note is that of the Allen Institute. Established by Bill Gates’ Microsoft partner Paul Allen, the Allen project is mapping all the genes in the human brain (there are 26,000 genes in the mouse brain). Paul Allen is con-tributing US$300 million in the next 10 years on further brain-mapping research.

Does this sound like science ction to you? Maybe! President Obama com-pared the BRAIN project to the project to send man to the moon. First the space race, now the brain race.

How many of us remember in 1961, President Kennedy making the an-nouncement that the US would send a man to the moon, and our disbelief on hearing it. Most of us remember where we were when we watched the footage beamed back to earth from Apollo 11 as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon in 1969.

Our grandparents could not have imagined a cordless computer small enough to t in our pockets being in general use across all populations. However, there are an estimated 1 bil-

lion smartphones users in the world. We cannot imagine what technologies lay in the future. In the same way, we cannot imagine the possibilities for understand-ing the brain. We can only hope, and work toward the dream of better treat-ment for diseases affecting brain func-tion.

There is some scepticism regarding the research projects being announced, but I welcome so much attention and investment in understanding the make up, function and performance of the brain. As Charles Watson notes, the harsh truth is that brain research is in its infancy.

If we are to nd the causes of the various dementias that are increasingly affecting us, we must have this basic platform of understanding of the brain as a starting point. We have learnt and understood much more about cancer and heart disease in the last 30 years. It’s time we took that journey in under-standing the brain.

Dementia is a very personal issue for many West Australians. Too many of us know the loss it incurs. With dementia now the second leading cause of death in WA, the time for a deeper knowledge of the brain is here.

If the starter gun has been red in the brain race, I for one, am standing on the sidelines cheering on the participants with all the energy within me.

In the mean time, look after your health – it is worth every effort you put into it.

The Brain Race - on at last!Men’s Health - Bowel Cancer - catch it early to save your life

By Frank Smith

IF YOU nd blood in the toi-let bowl after a bowel move-ment it probably means you have haemorrhoids, but it could be a sign of something much more sinister – bowel cancer.

There are ve common cancers – skin, prostate, bow-el, breast and lung. And if you are a non-smoking male who slips, slops and slaps when in the sun, your chances of getting three of them is quite low.

That leaves just prostate and bowel cancer and there isn’t much you can do about avoiding either of them. But bowel cancer is easily treated if you catch it early.

The key to early detection is detecting blood in the fae-ces. Not just obvious blood in the toilet bowl but hidden blood that can only be found in the laboratory.

Bowel cancer begins as benign polyps that grow in the lower intestine. Food brushing past them makes them bleed slightly.

Left to their own devices polyps often become cancer-ous and eventually shed can-cer cells that invade the rest of the body with disastrous results.

Seven years ago the Fed-eral Government began a na-tional bowel cancer-screen-ing program. Detection kits were sent free of charge to people on turning 55 and 65. Fifty-year-olds were added later, 60-year-olds will be added this year and 70-year-olds in 2015.

Recipients collect samples and mail them off for labo-ratory analysis. People not in the right age bracket can buy a kit from a pharmacy for $30.

Editor’s Note: During May, they are available from pharmacies for $8. See more on page 45.

Stephen Cole, Principal Medical Scientist at the Re-patriation General Hospital in Adelaide and Professor Graeme Young, Professor of Global Gastrointestinal Health at Flinders University recently reviewed the results of this program.

They found that bowel cancer was diagnosed at an earlier stage in people who had participated in the bowel cancer-screening program than in those who did not.

“Early stage at diagnosis is linked to better prognosis and reduced mortality from bow-el cancer, so stage at diagno-sis provides an early signal of

program bene t.A conservative estimate is

that the bowel-screening pro-gram saves 500 lives per year.

“It is estimated that the reduction in mortality from bowel cancer through screen-ing the target population of 50 years and over is between 30 and 40 per cent.

“This was the rst popula-tion screening program rec-ommended for men so it is of little surprise that the par-ticipation rate is only 40 per cent,” they wrote.

Not surprisingly more women than men participated in the screening process.

The WA Cancer Council says bowel cancer causes about 400 deaths a year in WA. The peak age for diag-nosis is 60-70 for men and over 80 for women.

Risks are increased if you are overweight, take little ex-ercise, smoke, drink heavily and eat a low bre diet with too much red meat.

Symptoms include a change in toilet habits, ab-dominal pain, bloating loss of weight and appetite and anaemia. If you have more than one of these symptoms or see blood in toilet bowl go to see your GP. It may be due to haemorrhoids but it pays to be sure. SENIORS in the Mid West are invited to attend free pub-

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The Department for Communities administers the Seniors Card, available free to residents 60 years and over who are not in full time employment.

Information for sessions for nominated groups by invita-tion in Geraldton:

Monday 10 June Country Women’s Association at 1pm Monday 10 June Rotary, Batavia Coast at 6.30pm Tuesday 11 June Harbour Pines Retirement Village at 9am Wednesday 12 June Rotary, Geraldton/Greenough at 7.15am Wednesday 12 June Arcadia Waters Retirement Village at 10am Wednesday 12 June Returned and Services League Retire-ment Village at 2pm Wednesday 12 June Rotary Geraldton at 6.30pm Thursday 13 June Returned and Services League Club at 1pm Friday 14 June Association of Independent Retirees Group at 10am

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A FEW YEARS ago I had the pleasure of visiting Canberra for a couple of days as a stopover from where my family then went on to Perisher for a skiing holiday in the Blue Mountains. We discovered the city to be surprisingly fascinating and promised ourselves we would one day return to take in what we didn’t have time to visit.

Beyond the obvious attractions of the old and new parliament houses and the Austral-ian War Memorial, there is an impressive array of fabulous museums, galleries and buildings including the numerous embas-sies.

As Australians, we found it ful lling; for tourists, the city’s attractions encapsulate Australia’s heritage.

This year marks the centenary of the founding of Canberra which has been cel-ebrated with the issuance of a commemo-rative silver proof $5 coin by the Royal Australian Mint which, in itself, is a worthy tourist destination in the city. The Mint has also produced a special edition 20c coin which will be available in general circu-lation. Coincidently, the new parliament house celebrates the 25th anniversary of its opening for which, for the rst time, the Mint will release a triangular-shaped silver proof coin.

That area we call Canberra today was originally known as Limestone Plains.

The rst white settlement was established in 1824 upon the granting of 2000 acres of land to pastoralist, Joshua John Moore.

The local Aborigines referred to them-selves as the Canberra or Cambers people. Moore named his sheep station Cranberry. The surrounding region was ideal for pas-toralism and became known as the Yass-Canberra district of NSW.

It is generally well known that Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory came to be as a condition within the terms of agree-ment to federate the Australian colonies as

neither of the largest colonies of NSW or Victoria would agree to the other as being the host for the new Federal Parliament. So it was decided a new federal territory was to be annexed from Sydney.

Progress on this undertaking proved to be slow; in the meantime, the Federal Parlia-ment resided in Melbourne.

Land was evaluated and surveyed and eventually 2368km2 of the Yass-Canberra district was annexed in 1908, seven years after federation.

The American architect, Walter Burley Grif n, was the winner in 1911 of an in-ternational competition to design the new Garden City of Canberra which would have a central arti cial lake and a parliamen-tary triangle surrounded by residential areas with a geometric street pattern, circular and radial in shape.

On 12 March 1913 Canberra was for-mally named with the laying of a founda-tion stone at a ceremony hosted by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher and Governor General Lord Denham and his wife. Lady Denham was bestowed with the honour; her words were, “I name the capital of Australia - Canberra”.

Later that year Grif n arrived to begin works.

To build the new city would take time, the progress of which was understandably hampered with the advent of the First World War.

Matters were not helped by the resigna-tion of Grif n before the completion of the project; he disagreed with government of- cials who sought to scale down his grand design.

It wasn’t until 1927 that the doors of the newly-built Federal Parliament House were to be nally opened. Early photographs show ocks of sheep grazing in the scenery surrounding the House - a different breed grazes there today.

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AS MENTIONED last month, I would like to tell you about thematic collect-ing and the two themes I am involved with.

The rst themed collec-tion I will refer to is the Lady Diana collection which be-longs to my wife Anne, who collected the stamps when she ran several fashion shops in Hong Kong. At the time, Anne thought that stamps of Lady Diana depicting her

wearing different dresses and hats would make a nice collection. Being keen to get Anne involved in stamps, I bought all the Lady Di-ana stamps that I could nd around the stamp clubs of which I was/am a member.

These stamps were stored in stock books for several years, then just before we took off for Tangalooma Island in Queensland, to my amazement Anne said she would take along my Lady Diana stamps to sort, which she did by laying them out accordingly to their relevance to fashion. This made no sense to me as the stamps were not in order of countries or sets, but laid out in hat styles, dress styles and colours and of course includ-ed various jewellery pieces.

I had to agree with Anne that it had made the collec-tion look attractive so with that in mind I bought many

more Lady Diana stamps from around the clubs and eBay. These are now sitting in stock books awaiting at-tention.

Thinking about this, I real-ised that from this collection I learnt Diana’s favourite colours in clothes were red, pink and emerald green and that one of her favourite de-sign teams was David and Elizabeth Emanuel who cre-ated her now famous wed-ding dress.

The stamp designs also re ected her work as a hu-manitarian with stamps showing images of Diana with notable people such as Mother Teresa. There is a selection of stamps issued showing her with celebri-ties including opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and actor Sylvester Stallone. The col-lection is certainly not only about fashion.

There are albums espe-cially printed in tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, so ladies perhaps that may give you food for thought.

Now for collection number two, which is tar-geted more to ‘the boys’.

As a volunteer and tour guide at the WACA, which comes under the auspices of the museum, I was asked to start a stamp collection on the theme of cricket.

As a cricket tragic I had al-ready half begun one myself but found with the countries that I collected, it never took off to a great degree, so I do-nated these to the museum only to nd that it was up to me to arrange and catalogue the collection.

This was great in the sense that I had to get stuck into it

in and in doing so I found that the theme of cricket was a very popular one with stamps issued from all the cricket playing countries around the world.

The West Indies issuing stamps from the respec-tive countries of the West Indies show stamps depict-ing players, cricket grounds and certain test matches. St Kitts issued in 2011 is a World Cup sheetlet showing the countries’ captains with England’s captain Andrew Strauss being named in er-ror as Ricky Ponting. The stamp was later re-issued correctly.

There have been dozens of cricket related stamp covers issued showing match wins, cricket records and player of the series. New Zealand also issued a set of 10 book-let stamps displaying beach cricket. In Australia, we have several 1977 issues showing six stamps to commemorate 100 years of test cricket. During 1992, there was an issue to commemorate the centenary of Shef eld Shield Cricket. In January 1997, two stamps were issued showing Sir Don-ald Bradman. These were re-issued on the 13 March 2001 as a memorial issue showing the dates 1908-2001 to commemorate his sad passing.

So guys, if you visit the WACA museum don’t for-get to ask to see the stamp collection as well as our other fantastic cricket mem-orabilia.

Till next time stay safe and happy collecting

Nigel

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Australia Post Wanneroo Rd, Westminster 9.19am 12336

Mirrabooka Bus Station - Stand 12 9.28am 12544

Dianella Plaza Shopping Centre 9.36am 11596



Morley (Tues & Thurs)Dianella Plaza Shopping Centre 9.45am 11596

Morley Bus Station - Stand 12 9.54am 11367

Walcott St (after Longroyd St) 10.15am 12631



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High Wycombe (Wed & Sun)Kalamunda Bus Station - Stand 1 9.03am 13964High Wycombe Shopping Centre 9.14am 14048Forrestfield Caravan Park 9.23am 14114Forrestfield Forum (Church) 9.25am 26122Bus Stop at Discovery Holiday Park 9.27am 13866Belmont Forum (Wright St Bus Stop) 9.42am 11670Arrive Crown Perth 10amDepart Crown Perth 3.30pm

Swan View (Mon)Darling Ridge Shopping Centre, Swan View 9.18am 14654Midland Station - Stand 7 9.31am 14625Bassendean Station 9.37am 17722Bayswater Station 9.43am 16547Maylands Shopping Centre 9.51am 11644Arrive Crown Perth 10amDepart Crown Perth 3.30pm

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Armadale (Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri)Armadale Interchange - Stand 4 9.01am 13192Champion Dr, opposite Coles 9.07am 13051Kelmscott Interchange - Stand 4 9.13am 22035Gosnells opposite Addie Mills Centre 9.21am 19107Thornlie Shopping Centre 9.31am 20500Carousel Shopping Centre 9.41am 10050Park Centre Shopping Centre, East Victoria Park 9.48am 11726Arrive Crown Perth 9.50amDepart Crown Perth 3.15pm

Fremantle (7 days a week)Fremantle Station - Stand 2 9.05am 10429Corner Petra Street 9.17am 10295Melville Shopping Centre 9.22am 10301Myaree (Marmion Reserve Park ‘n’ Ride) 9.31am 10715Booragoon Bus Station - Stand B4 9.38am 11134Bus Stop after Como Hotel 9.53am 10335Arrive Crown Perth 10amDepart Crown Perth 3.15pm

Mandurah South (Wed, Fri & Sun)Corner of Old Coast Rd & Princeton Drive Car Park 8.38am

Falcon Oval (Tennis Court Car Park, Flame St) 8.43amHalls Head Central 8.51am 17017Mary St (Car Park near Old Bridge) 9.01amDudley Park Bowling Club (Club Car Park) 9.08amArrive Crown Perth 10.03amDepart Crown Perth 3pm

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Please ensure you follow the parking rules when departing for Crown Perth. Arrival times should be only taken as a rough indication. To avoid missing your bus, please be available at the departure area prior to the time stated on the timetable.

Southern Routes time stopno.

Mandurah North (Wed, Fri & Sun)

Mandurah Football Club 8.50am 17371

Silver Sands Shopping Centre (Cnr Mandurah Tce and Anstruther Rd) 8.55am

Meadow Springs Bus Shelter (Opposite Shopping Centre) 9am 17020

Madora Bay Bus Shelter (near Madora Bay Rd) 9.05am 17024

Singleton Bus Shelter (after Singleton Beach Rd) 9.10am


Depart Crown Perth 3pm

Munster (Tues & Thurs)

Cockburn Central Station - Stand 6 9.16am 23630

Munster Stargate Shopping Centre, Rockingham Rd 9.31am 10640

Phoenix Shopping Centre opposite ANZ Bank, Rockingham Rd after Kent St 9.36am 10647

Waverly Rd, Coolbellup, opposite Coolbellup Hotel 9.46am 20324

Kardinya Park Shopping Centre, South St 9.57am 10489



Rockingham (7 days a week)Before Warnbro Fair and Halliburton Ave, on Warnbro Sound Ave 8.59am 17296

Opposite Waikiki Village, Read St 9.05am 17304

Rockingham City Shopping Centre, Council Ave 9.10am 21225

Rockingham Interchange - Stand 7 9.15am 23788

Kwinana Hub Bus Station 9.27am 26360



Central Routes time stopno.

Wellington St (Mon & Tues)Wellington St Station - Stand 17 10.30am 25068



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The third annual Western Australian Active Ageing ConferenceWHAT IS AGEING NOW?

will be held onWeds 5 & Thurs 6 June 2013

at theEsplanade Hotel, Fremantle

For further information about the conference, including program and registration details visit:www.cotawa.org.au/conferences/waaac2013/

or contact COTA WA on 9321 2133

ESTIMATES of the preva-lence of elder abuse in W.A. vary but what is known is that older females are the most likely to experience it and that it may affect between 5 per cent and 15 per cent of the population aged 60 and above. Of this group, the most vulnerable are those who

have a decision-making dis-ability or a signi cant physi-cal disability.

As outlined in another ar-ticle on this page, elder abuse takes many forms but the true extent of the more subtle forms of psychological abuse is probably under-reported, especially given that the per-petrators are often family members and that the victims are dependent to some degree.

The degree of elder abuse in Aboriginal communities is dif cult to determine al-though some studies have shown that it is just as much an issue as in the general population.

Elder abuse within CaLD (Culturally and Linguistic Di-verse) communities is also an area requiring investigation.

What we do know about elder abuse suggests that we require a greater understand-ing of why it occurs and how effective interventions can be initiated. For this reason it is important that the communi-ty, including older people and their carers, are educated as to how to recognise it and what steps to take in dealing with it. It is known, for example, that perpetrators may not even be aware that they are engaging in elder abuse, for example when “creaming off” sums

of money to compensate for time involved in caring for an older family member without permission.

World Elder Abuse Day on 15 June is a timely (and so-bering) reminder of the need to re ect on, and, hopefully, to act on strategies within our own environments, to mitigate the prevalence of this largely hidden issue. There is help available in the com-munity to provide education, advice and support and de-tails of one such avenue are provided on this page.

Chris Jeffery Acting/CEO

Elder Abuse: A hidden scourge

THE THEME of this year’s Active Ageing Conference, ‘What Is Ageing Now?’, highlights just how much is changing across the whole second half of life: life expectancy itself; people’s expectations about what they’ll do, the roles they’ll play, where they’ll live; ideas about dementia and caring for people with dementia; the provision of care more broadly; what we know about exercise and its effects; what lo-cal communities can do to enrich age-ing – all evolving.

The conference is designed to bring

us up-to-date across these important elds but, more importantly, to ensure a solid foundation for shaping future opportunities and services for older people over the short and long term as professionals and/or personally as individuals.

Please visit www.cotawa.org.au/conferences/waaac2013/program to view the full details of our inter-esting and engaging conference pro-gram. Note that concurrent sessions are being limited to two alternatives rather than a larger array, a suggestion made

by participants at past conferences, to keep us more together, more focused.

One of the notable features of CO-TA’s annual Active Ageing Conference is the ‘buzz’ amongst participants – the lively conversations and debate as peo-ple think about how they might apply what’s been said in the presentations to their own work and interests. That is, of course, the real strength and purpose of this event: to make a difference in the lives of older people.

Jane Figgis

‘What is Ageing Now’ - 2013 Active Ageing Conference

ACCORDING to Advocare, more than 12,500 seniors in Western Australia will ex-perience some form of elder abuse at some stage.

One aspect of elder abuse can involve manipulation of a senior’s home or accommo-dation arrangements by one’s

family. Relatives may pres-sure the senior to either sell their home prematurely, or to use it as nancial collateral for their own requirements.

Elder abuse can also ex-tend to the conditions that Seniors experience when sharing a home with their children.

“One way of avoiding that type of elder abuse is to plan your ‘housing career’ ahead of your needs,” said John Millar, Information Of cer for the Seniors’ Housing Cen-tre. “Leaving things to the last minute can mean that limited

options can be forced on you. Here at the Seniors’ Hous-ing Centre we can discuss a number of options depending on age, health and budget.”

COTA WA’s Seniors’ Housing Centre recently as-sisted an elderly man from overseas who was moved between his three sons around Perth, but wasn’t al-lowed to stay in a house dur-ing the day. He was placed in a McDonalds restaurant in the morning, and would spend the entire day there until one of his sons picked him up. He was referred

to the ACHA (Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged) programme who found emergency accommo-dation for him.

The Seniors’ Housing Centre runs free seminars around the metropolitan area and provide a one-on-one free con dential appointment service to dis-cuss your housing options. We can be contacted on 1300 734 838, or via email at [email protected].

Phil Airey and John Millar

Plan now - before your kids do!

THE 15TH of June every year marks the United Nations internationally recognised day - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

As the peak body for elder abuse in Western Australia, Advocare is proud to be at the forefront of raising public aware-ness and supporting those at risk of, or experiencing elder abuse.

Alarming statistics from Advocare and the University of Western Australia esti-mate that more than 12,500 older people in Western Australia will experience some form of abuse at any given time. This g-ure is expected double in the next 20 years with an ageing population.

Elder abuse is de ned as ‘Any act which causes harm to an older person and occurs within an informal relationship of trust, such as family or friends’.

The most common risk factors of abuse are due to a person’s vulnerability, particularly when the older person is frail or has a disability, and can occur in many settings including residential aged care or in the community.

Financial abuse is the most common type of abuse reported. However different types of abuse can occur simultaneously. Other types of abuse include psychologi-cal, social, neglect, physical and sexual.

Many seniors don’t report abuse and remain silent about the issue. Some fear retribution from the abuser, while others believe that if they turn in their abusers, no one else will take care of them. When the carer is their adult children, they may be ashamed that their son or daughter are be-having abusively or embarrassed to speak

to them directly. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is

about the community working together to bring greater recognition of the mistreat-ment of older adults wherever they live throughout the world and to highlight the need for appropriate action.

People who have become victims of elder abuse, or who believe they are at risk of elder abuse from family or friends should contact Advocare to discuss their concerns with a trained professional advocate. All services are free and con dential. Call 9479 7566 or 1800 655 566 (free for country callers).

Jenna AzizAdvocare Marketing

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Advocare ghts against elder abuse in WA

HEALTHY ageing goes be-yond just staying in good physical health. It also incor-porates social activity along with a sense of community connectedness. Social activ-ity assists in elevating moods resulting in better cognitive functioning throughout the ageing process. The restric-tion of an older person’s social freedom through iso-lation from friends and fam-ily coins is a form of social abuse.

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son from leaving their room or home or even answering mobile phones or the front door all t this description. Basic rights, such as depriv-ing access to transport, are violated through the control-ling behaviours of others. Social abuse can even extend to intentional public humilia-tion or the stalking of an older person.

Social abuse is prevented through active involvement in your community and by maintaining relationships

with family and those within your circle of friends whom you can trust. Developing new friendships which ex-tend out of your family is also bene cial and participating in seniors centres, community programs or hobby, religious or sporting groups should be encouraged.

Living Longer Living Stronger is a community-based program that promotes strength and resistance train-ing to maintain good physical health while incorporating

social engagement opportuni-ties. Life story writing groups, trivia quizzes, casino bus trips or simply just a ‘cuppa’ after the training session can assist in preventing social abuse for its participants.

To locate your clos-est Living Longer Living Stronger Provider or nd out what social activi-ties are available contact COTA WA on 9321 2133 or visit the website at www.lllswa.org.au for more in-formation.

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by Frank Smith

THE DAYS when red wine meant only Shiraz, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are long gone. Now Pinot Noir, Petit Vidot, Barbera, Sangiovese and Tempranillo, amongst others have arrived on liquor store shelves.

One of my favourites is Tempranillo, one of the traditional red wines of the Roija district of north-ern Spain.

Angullong ‘Fossil Hill’ Tempranillo from Or-ange in New South Wales has done well on the show circuit and is available from the vineyard di-rect via their website at www.angullong.com.au. $22 recommended retail price.

This wine is dark ruby with a purple hue and aromas of fragrant dark berries within a touch of tar, herbs and spice and avours of dark cherry, plum and savoury.

Try Angullong ‘Fossil Hill’ Tempranillo with arroz con pollo for a traditional Spanish meal.

One of New Zealand’s leading winemakers, Mudhouse has recently released its 2012 Mud House Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Recom-mended retail price $22 - but look for bargains in discount liquor stores. It is priced at $15 by the case ex vineyard but freight could be a killer.

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fruit balanced by soft acid and tannin, resulting in a classic Hunter Shiraz. An ideal wine to accom-pany rich roasts of lamb or beef!

Brookdale Semillon shows a classic Semillon nose of lemons and limes, whilst the palate is dominated by citrusy, lime characters with great length of fruit and a soft, acid structure. A wine for all occasions lending itself perfectly to seafood dishes!

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Wild Card - An autobiography 1923-1958 by Dorothy HewettReviewed by Pat Paleeya

NOW HERE is a woman who would never stuff mush-rooms! Dorothy Hewett was a passionate left-wing activ-ist, atheist, paci st, writer, a radical insurrectionist, a card carrying communist, poet and an ardent campaigner for women’s’ rights.

Throw into the mix two suicide attempts, abortions, many lovers, a husband and a turbulent relationship with a violent paranoid schizo-phrenic. There is grief also when she loses a child to leukaemia.

Raised on a farm in the WA Wheatbelt, she was constantly subjected to her mother’s emotional and physical abuse. Both her mother and grandmother were domineering women, using Dorothy as a weapon in their own power strug-gle. Her mother’s moods were so unpredictable that Dorothy wrote ‘she seems to be getting madder; she beats me often, her eyes crazy’. She wrote that she loved the farm but ‘I always know that under the bridal creeper, black snakes wait and slide’, perhaps her rebel-liousness stemmed from this backdrop.

Rules and regulations, convention and social moves were an anathema to Dorothy who likened her generation in 1941 to be-ing ‘ ercely partisan about politics, a radical intellectual minority in an Australian backwater’. She had a great regard for indigenous Aus-tralians and there is an ac-count of her time spent with the Twelve Mile People in the Pilbara in 1946, the year of the Stockman’s Strike, (pages 177-183) where the reader can almost feel her compassion and genuine understanding of their situ-ation.

A free spirit, she lived a life of extremes, embracing or enduring the highs and lows of her rich, but compli-cated life. Poverty-stricken

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whilst living in Sydney with Les Flood, she lost the incen-tive to write for many years, yet when she did begin to write again it was those hard times that she drew on for inspiration.

This is an autobiography that leaves you wanting so much more, and it seems unbelievable that she is still only in her thirties when it ends. She had planned to write the second half but it was never nished, which is a catastrophe as far as I’m concerned. Dorothy died in 2002 from breast cancer. Was she WA’s last authentic Bohemian? I really think that she was.

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FIFTY years after rst meeting Wendy Folvig’s family, Alan Jones is writ-ing a book about the in-spiring 93-year-old who grew up in outback WA.

Mr Jones, of Wembley, met Mrs Folvig’s daugh-ter, Kristin, at Claremont Teachers College in 1962-63. In later years, he and wife Dulcie, visited the Folvig family at Yeelirrie Station, 100km south-west of Wiluna where Wendy Folvig spent her childhood and many adult years.

“I want to capture the life and times of a remark-able woman who has con-tributed much to WA,” Mr Jones said. “Wendy has an endless reservoir of stories about her family, child-hood, adulthood, friends, places and passions.”

The Claremont great-grandmother received a Medal of the Order of Aus-

tralia (OAM) in the 2013 Australia Day honours for her service to the Country Women’s Association in various roles and for her work with the National Trust of Australia. She was also a runner-up in the 2012 WA Seniors Awards for her volunteer work supporting rural organisa-tions and her commitment to preserving the State’s history.

Wendy Folvig grew up on Yeelirrie Station with parents Ethel (nicknamed Pop) and father Valentine (Dick) and three siblings Mayree, Judy and Lloyd named after Pop’s brother who died on the Somme in 1916. Wendy and her siblings were educated by their mother until 1935-36 when Wendy was sent to Presbyterian Ladies Col-lege in Perth. Her father died suddenly in 1937 and she returned home to help her mother.

Neighbour George Folvig took over manag-ing the station and he and Wendy fell in love. The pair decided to marry but waited until 1941 when Wendy turned 21. The couple had three children and an idyllic but hard-working life on the station.

The Finch-Folvig family ran Yeelirrie Station from 1923 to 1972 when West-ern Mining discovered uranium there and bought the property. The Folvigs moved to Perth and a new life, George Folvig passing away suddenly in 1977.

Wendy Folvig em-barked on a new chapter, becoming a leading light in the Country Women’s As-sociation including State editor of the association’s monthly magazine. She was awarded a life mem-bership in 1994 after more than four decades of serv-ice.

Mrs Folvig served a three-year term as CWA representative on the National Trust WA coun-cil extended from 1994 as a volunteer until the present day. She was awarded a National Trust life membership in 2009 and still volunteers there today.

“Wendy’s life story will be a fascinating look at a bygone era harking back to World War I, the WA outback and the people who lived and worked there,” Mr Jones said.

He plans to launch his book later this year.

Wendy Folvig - A living history

Wendy Folvig

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Ingredients for 4• 500gm of Lamb Rump steaks, 1cm thick• 4 slices of sourdough toasted• 1 garlic clove for toast• Western Australian Organic Salt• Freshly cracked black pepper• Western Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil • 50ml of waterPesto• 6 garlic cloves• 2 cups of basil leaves• 50gm of pine nuts• 2 Tablespoons of parmesan cheese• ½ Cup of Western Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil • Pinch of Western Australian Organic Salt• Pinch of freshly cracked black pepper

Method:TO MAKE your pesto put your basil, garlic, pinenuts, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese into a blender and blitz for one minute. Now add your EVOO and blitz for another minute. If it’s still too coarse you can blitz for another minute and then rest until it’s needed for the lamb. Put a large frypan over a medium ame to heat. Brush a little EVOO on the lamb rump, then salt and pepper and put the lamb rump steaks into the hot pan. Cook at a strong sizzle for two minutes on each side to caramelise the meat to a golden brown. Now add 50ml of water and put the lid on the pan. Cook for 30 seconds and then turn off the heat and let it rest with the lid on for two minutes. Now toast your bread and rub each slice with the garlic clove. Put the toast on your serving plate, a piece of lamb rump steak on each slice and then pour the pan juices over each steak so that it soaks into the bread. Now top each lamb rump steak with a tablespoon of pesto spread. Serve immediately! It’s yum!

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VINCE,I want to make my own salt brisket. Is it possible to get [saltpetre] and if possible where?

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DEAR Russell,Saltpetre is now classed as a poison, so it cannot be used in food. There are many replacements but an easy one is brine cure. If you can get to me at my store in Inglewood I can let you have a share of our supply. If you can’t, we will solve it another way!

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MethodHEAT OIL in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes or until tender. Add mushrooms to pan and cook, stirring often, over medium heat for 5 minutes or until tender. Add stock, potato and half the lentils to the pan. Stir to combine. Cover and bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 - 25 minutes or until potato is tender. Puree soup until desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Stir through remaining lentils. Heat over low heat for 5 minutes. Ladle into serving bowls, top with a dollop of sour cream and serve with toasted baguette bread.

Mushroom and Lentil SoupIngredients2 tblspn olive oil1 onion, chopped2 cloves garlic, crushed400 g at mushrooms, chopped250 g cup mushrooms, chopped3½ cups chicken or vegetable stock1 medium potato, peeled and chopped400 g can brown lentils, drained and rinsedSalt and freshly ground black pepperReduced fat sour cream, to serveToasted baguette bread, to serve

Preparation: 20 minsCooking: 30 minsServes: 4

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A FEW spaces are available in the second half of MALA’s program – on Fridays only from 3 to 31 May. The cost is $35 plus $10 membership.

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I ENJOYED an enlightening trip to China last month with China Southern Airlines and Creative Holidays and I have fallen in love with Beijing as a holiday destination.

One of the things I enjoyed most there was discovering the history of Beijing which offered the tourist so much, ranging from walking the ‘Great Wall’ to exploring the Forbid-den City and wandering through the old Hutongs.

You can read more about my ex-periences in China further on in this section and see some of my videos on the China page on the website at www.haveagonews.com.au.

Thanks to George Booth who was our guest speaker at our Talking Travel session last month, while I was away.

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COME along and join us for our May session of Talking Travel.

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AUSTRALIA has broadened its sculptural sphere signi cantly over the past three decades.

As a nation, we thoroughly embrace sculpture as art, as an honored memorial, as social commentary, as a philosophical statement, as humor or simply as decoration.

Throughout history Australians have paid homage to impor-tant events and daily lifestyles through sculptures of a variety of mediums.

Some pieces reveal a delightful sense of the absurd, while others depict solemn or romantic interpretations of historical people and events.

Abstract representations of philosophical concepts are scat-tered throughout the land, with names such as Time and Tide, Distant Conversations, Beyond the Ocean of Existence, Cultural Rubble and My Mind.

Then there’s Goodbye Cruel World I’m Off to Join the Cir-cus, but I Missed the Last Train, - a simple statue of a clown near a public bench in a Sculpture Park in Mundaring, Western Australia.

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There are a number of laneways famous for their spectacular graf ti. Even primary school art classes regularly come for tours of the street art. However, this graphic art is not restricted to the City’s limits.

Melbourne’s suburbs regularly put on some outrageous and cutting edge shows in creatively renovated spaces. Artsy little nooks and crannies seem to be popping up like mushrooms, ready to display the latest VCA graduate work or host the hottest underground fusion band, the ‘burbs’ are the getting hipper by the minute!

Melbourne also hosts a dizzying number of annual festivals (two of the most widely attended are the Melbourne Arts Fes-tival in April and the Melbourne International Art Festival in October). The atmosphere at these events can be likened to an enormous carnival, as artists and performers take to the streets in a rush of vibrant color and movement.

The only problem is deciding which event or exhibition to attend from the plethora of choices.

In Autumn this year, it may well be worth taking a trip to the inner city suburb of Toorak

The Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition runs across the en-tire month of May on both the sidewalks and shop windows of Toorak Village (between Ross Street and Tintern Avenue).

The rst exhibition, then known as the Toorak Village Festi-val of Sculpture, took place in May 2002.

It has since become a unique cultural event attracting a myr-iad of sculptors, as well as art collectors and visitors who enjoy both browsing and buying.

The event has grown annually with increased enthusiasm from traders, artists and the public alike.

Toorak is southeast of the area’s central business district and has a population of nearly thirteen thousand people. It is one of the richest, most elite suburbs in Australia and the name is often used to make wealth in Australian popular culture.

Toorak is named after the Toorak House, close to the Yarra River.

The home was built by James Jackson in 1849 and served as the residence of Captain Sir Charles Hotham, Victoria’s rst governor.

Today, very few of the 19th century mansions still stand in Toorak, partially due to the high value and demand of the area’s land.

Two houses that do still stand are the Illawarra House and Coonac.

The former is a part of the National Trust while the latter is the most expensive home in all of Melbourne.

The ‘town centre’ consists of Toorak Village, a small strip of sophisticated, high-end shops and international cafes on Toorak Road. Surrounding the village area are several steepled churches and private schools, as well as one state-funded public school.

A stroll in Toorak throughout May is testament to the living, growing, ever-evolving cultural kaleidoscope we call the city of Melbourne. This experience is thoroughly recommended to en-lighten and enliven the soul.

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Hong Kong travel on the cheap

DEAR Jen,Having recently spent

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those of you who are sen-iors aged over 65, tips on how to travel very cheap-ly.

On arrival at the Air-port Express Counter, pur-

chase the Elder Octopus Card. This costs $70HK and consists of a deposit of $50 plus $20 for fares. You can top it up any time with $50. At the end of your stay this is cashed in, they keep $9 of the deposit, you receive $41 plus any-thing left on the fares.

From then, a at $2 is charged for travel on any train or government bus.

HK Island tram is $1.10 and if you swipe the card for the Star Ferry, it is free.

We had to take three trains to Disneyland all for $2 ($17.90 Adult fare) so you pay $2 for a long or short trip. One-way con-cession fares are between

$3 and $8 depending on how far you travel. Adult fares start at $4 for two stations and get to $12 for a few more.

Therefore even if only staying a couple of days in Hong Kong and you plan to use the public transport the Elder Octopus Card is a good saving. All stations have information counters where you can top up or cash in. We had about 45 journeys in the two weeks with a total cost of under $10 Australian.

Also at the Airport Ex-press Counter you need to purchase your fare to either Kowloon or Hong Kong Station. Because there were two of us they

gave us a group 2 – sin-gle ticket (Journey Ticket set) at a cost of HK$140 instead of the $90 each. Therefore if you are with someone else, make sure you do the ticket buying in a group.

On leaving Hong Kong we cashed in our card at Kowloon Station, at the same time buying the air-port express train ticket with the money we were refunded. We even had some money left over. You also check your bags in at the station and have noth-ing but your hand luggage to worry about from then on.

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by Jayson Mansaray

RECENTLY, bemused at the end of another seven day working week, my housemate and I pondered on our chosen careers in journalism.

Anna is a talented investiga-tive documentary maker cur-rently working with the BBC and me; well this is just one of my many hats.

Each of us are passionate about our job, but it comes with challenges: long hours for low pay at times, intense pressure, deadlines and erce competition.

So we always come to the same conclusion; we can only imagine it is madness that keeps us wanting more.

Speaking of madness, on a rare day off, I took Anna with me to the Kew Gardens and Palace...former home of the ‘mad’ King George III.

In the 16th century King Henry VII commissioned a palace in what was then the Royal hunting park, which added nobility to the area mak-ing it the centre-point of soci-ety and patronage by the 17th century.

Prince Frederick and Prin-cess Augusta, parents of the future George III, started a gar-den around Kew Palace, adja-cent to the Royal Park. Eventu-ally it became the home for a succession of gifted gardeners and scientists and where they

could experiment with plants and garden landscaping.

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The Victorian glasshouses are the highlight for me and in particular the Palm House with Ylang Ylang, sugar canes and a variety of palm species.

On a brisk London day it was wonderful to walk into a tropical and exotic oasis.

Below the surface it houses an aquarium, where the high-light for me was the garden eels, so proud and majestic and like living plants, popped their heads through the sand and the seahorses.

The Princess of Wales Con-servatory was amazing. Its modern design was enhanced by a wonderful collection of cacti and carnivorous plants as well as beautiful orchards.

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The Gardens comprise 300 acres of grounds and you can get lost for hours exploring some of the hidden gems in the park. I took with me a blanket so we could sit on the grass af-ter some serious walking and eat while soaking up the nature and architectural surrounds. It was the perfect break before heading to the latest attraction, the ‘Xstrata Treetop Walkway’ opened in 2008.

The 18-metre high, 200-me-tre walkway takes you among the tops of lime, sweet chestnut and oak trees; it also has a lift if the stairs are a challenge. But be warned, the oors are a sol-id mesh and you can see right through them to the ground, which may not be a problem for you, but your London Calling columnist is afraid of heights.

We nished our lengthy walk at Kew Palace which is actually the second of three ‘Kew Palaces’ constructed and bought by King George III (of cially) in 1871. It is also known as The Dutch House and was designed in the ‘Ar-tisan Mannerist style of brick-building’. I found the colours of deep ochre and red hints striking and a beautiful con-trast to the expansive greenery surrounding.

George III’s wife, Queen Charlotte died at the Dutch

House in 1818 and George III spent the last of his days, suf-fering his ‘madness’, in seclu-sion at Windsor Castle.

Interestingly, George III was succeeded by two of his sons George IV and William IV, both of whom died without surviving legitimate children, which left only Victoria, the last monarch of the House of Hanover to become the long reigning Queen Victoria.

You can take a free guided walk around Kew Gardens, or you can pre-book a tour and ride on the Kew Explorer land train - especially handy for anyone with limited mobility. Tickets can be bought at the gates and online £16/£14 (reg-istered blind/partially-sighted can go free). Tickets give you access to the Palace, Treetop walk and greenhouses.

Returning to the subject of a career in journalism, another challenge we face is rejection. With so many sharp elbows jostling for job roles we can sometimes relate to what it must be like to be a struggling Broadway actor.

So, it was tting that this month’s theatre foray was to see A Chorus Line, the seminal Broadway play. The opening scene is set with auditions for a new Broadway musical. For those present, it’s the chance of a lifetime and the one op-portunity to do what they’ve always dreamed of - to have the chance to dance.

Based on a series of true stories, it was the characterisa-tions that got to me the most depicting the struggles the art-ist faced on the journey to that one de ning audition.

The opening number, I Hope I Get It with its energy and urgency captured the es-sence for me of countless ap-plications and screen tests my peers and I have endured.

Dance Ten Looks Three or Tits and Arse as the chorus line goes (we are all adults) sets you up for the low brow nature of some of the humour and

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That was one of the few mo-ments when the play seemed contemporary to me, and often the American language and genre references left a little to be desired. Yet as their stories unravelled, you began to learn more and more about the char-acters, and in turn actually got to know them, relate to and like them.

In the nal scenes, when the auditions decided which dancers were to get the roles, my heart broke for these kids who were just trying to catch a break and weren’t chosen.

The character Sheila, played by Leigh Zimmerman who won best actress in a support-ing role in a musical at the Olivier Awards recently, was truly convincing throughout.

A Chorus Line became the longest running musical in New York theatre history and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

It’s a musical with heart that studies the human condition and for that it is well worth seeing. I enjoyed the camp fun, the very adult and liberal themes and absolutely loved it.

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FROM the moment I board-ed the China Southern A380 bound for Beijing I felt ex-cited.

It was the particular feel-ing I get quite often before I embark on a visit to a new city and it’s the kind of ex-citement which causes me to smile rather ridiculously and not be able to stop: of-ten I secretly want to jump up and down like a child but I nd that is not sociably acceptable when you’re in your 40s.

The plane ride from Guangzhou took a little less than three hours and after watching most of The Hob-bit and enjoying the luxury of rst class on the A380 we arrived in Beijing.

In a city of 20 million people and about ve mil-lion cars on the road, I was amazed the traf c owed so well.

Before I knew it we had arrived in the heart of the Wangfujing district, almost in the centre of Beijing, and at our home for the next few days, The Peninsula Hotel.

My feelings of excite-ment and ridiculous smiling intensi ed when our group decided to spend the after-noon visiting the Forbidden City.

After a short walk to the subway station, thanks to our knowledgeable com-panion, Creative Holidays’ PR manager Allison who had an excellent knowledge of the city, we felt like lo-cals.

As one should always have when visiting a new town, we all carried our ‘back up plan’ just in case any of our group got lost. The Peninsula provides guests with a detailed city and subway map and a card with a few Chinese phrases to ensure you can nd your way home.

The opportunity to ride on public transport, to me, is a great way to get the feel of an unknown city and after buying our tickets and go-ing through a security xray bag check, we boarded the train. Well it was a little like squashing our way into the carriage, but still fun and we made the quick trip to Tiananamen Square station followed by a short walk to the Forbidden City.

It was such a thrill to be literally in the centre of Bei-jing with thousands of Chi-nese people and a smatter-ing of international tourists and about to enter one of the world’s most precious col-lections of heritage build-ings.

On the wall outside the Forbidden City, is a huge portrait of Mao, where we stopped for a group photo

and amusingly found that we were the source of much interest from the Chinese with many stopping to take photos of our group.

A visit to the Forbidden City costs RMB 60 about AUD$10, and it is well worth buying the audio guide for an extra RMB40 which provides a great Eng-lish speaking gps monitored gadget which also includes a map; detects where you stop, and then follows with the audio.

The Forbidden City is named as such because it was forbidden for regular people to enter and only the Emperor or those who worked for him were al-lowed access to the site.

This extraordinary collec-tion of buildings were con-structed by Emperor Chudi between 1407 and 1420 and on its completion Beijing became the capital of China.

My favourite part of the City was the private palace and garden which has been well preserved even during the Mao’s leadership when he used the city as his head-quarters.

Despite the literally mil-lions of people in Beijing, the city functions well with long lines of people mov-ing quickly, but do be aware that people spit in the street at will and while this is quite acceptable in China it is certainly a rather distasteful part of the culture.

Another cultural thing to remember is not to point, the Chinese nd it offensive so in the spirit of good cross cultural exchanges don’t use this western style hand sign.

Our hotel was located in the perfect spot and pro-vided every conceivable detail a guest could imag-ine, including a personal fax machine in the room and a television in the bathroom which swivels so you can watch it while in the bath.

Tastefully decorated throughout, we had the good fortune to visit the ho-tel’s premier suite, The Pe-ninsula, complete with bed-rooms for your bodyguard and magni cently decorat-ed with a blend of Chinese and modern interiors.

Without disclosing too much information about previous guests we did ex-tract that world leaders from various European countries had graced its rooms.

The hotel’s signature res-taurant Huang Ting served us an amazing meal.

Gastronomic Chinese I thought best described it, beautifully presented mor-sels of the best of Chinese cuisine. Bean curd rolls were infused with a dash of truf e. Other dishes includ-ed the world famous Peking Duck pancakes and Kung

Pao scallops. It was a truly superb meal

and in contrast to the Wang-fujing night markets where,

taking an after dinner walk, we saw another side of the food chain where noo-dles and dumplings were

sold alongside skewers of snake, scorpion, spiders and a few other rather hideous looking insects.

The markets were im-pressively clean and al-though the thought of a bug supper didn’t appeal to me, especially after such an impressive and delightful dinner I certainly wouldn’t hesitate to eat from there. Nonetheless, the visit was more than worthwhile as the stall holders were cheeky and entertaining.

Although I had been in Beijing for less than 12 hours, as I walked back to the hotel with my compan-ions just after 10pm, the brisk cool wind that blew in my face was refreshing and reminded me of how much I had missed cold weather.

With my anticipation of tomorrow was building, I smiled once more with ex-

citement as The Great Wall beckoned.

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A taste of China - Beijing beckons!

The Forbidden City - Wangfujing night markets’ stall holder with skewers of snake and other insects - Jen Merigan with a Chinese couple

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HAVE you ever thought to wander around the many Asian grocery shops dotted throughout Northbridge?

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I met her one sunny Friday morn-ing and we began the tour at the Lucky Import and Export shop in Beaufort Street.

While I thought I was well informed on what the area offered, I was more than surprised by Pauline’s wealth of knowledge of the personal histories of

the various shop owners and of course the many different foods available in their shops.

“I have lived in Perth all my life and I had never been into any of these stores until about 12 years ago, and since then I have discovered so much about Asian food and the culture,” said Pauline.

During the tours which include a visit to an Asian butcher, seafood spe-cialist and the best place to buy roasted duck, you will discover where to buy the freshest ingredients.

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I had no idea that we manufactured tofu in Perth and I had the opportunity to view the process during the tour.

I loved scouring some of the gro-cery shops where you will be spoilt for choice on a variety of products ranging from crockery and cookware to deli-cious ingredients.

Although I am a regular traveller to Asia, Pauline opened my eyes to a whole new shopping experience in Perth which was fun, educational and delicious.

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by Jennifer Merigan

WITHOUT doubt on my re-cent trip to China, a visit to the Great Wall was one the high-lights of my travel career.

The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is located about

60kms from Beijing and takes just over an hour and a half to reach by car.

This part of the Wall was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) on the rem-nants of a wall originally built in the Northern Qi Dy-nasty (550-577). Reconstruc-tion was initiated by a Ming Dynasty general who was responsible for building the Wall from Shanhaiguan in the east to as far as Mutianyu.

The Ming pass at Mutianyu was of cially proclaimed in 1404, where it served as an important symbol of protec-tion from marauding nomads from the north.

This section offers the visi-tor a two a half kilometre trek with 23 watchtowers to visit

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village, at the base of the Wall, a cable car waits to take you to the top to begin your walk along a section of the massive man made structure.

Thanks must go to the Ger-man company Henkell which in 1989 had the foresight to fund the renovation of this part of the wall.

I have so looked forward to seeing the Great Wall and to be able to nally the walk along this section and through the watchtowers left me in awe of the history of this im-mense and impressive edi ce.

Moreover, just to take in its grandeur and the spectacular view is in itself an experience.

If you are limited in mobil-

ity, walking the entire two and half kilometre section may prove to be daunting, but you can easily use the cable cars to go up and down where you can do and see as much, or as little as you wish.

The ride down on the to-boggan is very touristy but a lot of fun. It is easy to control the car and it was a fun way to end a truly historic adventure.

Visit our website to see videos of The Great Wall – www.haveagonews.com.au at the Taste of China page.

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It really is a Great Wall

by Jennifer Merigan

MY VISIT to a Hutong in Bei-

jing was like taking a step back in time to old Beijing.

These laneways formed

the basis of residential life in Beijing over the last thousand years and the word Hutong is a Mongolian word for ‘town’.

I’m not sure what it is about the human condition or travel for that matter but I often nd myself imagining what a par-ticular city would be like in times gone by.

This is certainly not hard to do in a Hutong and as I walked through the long alley ways dotted with shops, bars, restau-rants and just about anything you could imagine, I felt the living history of the place.

The Hutong we visited is within walking distance of Tiananmen Square.

It is really like a little town made up of laneways where families live and work as a community. Some of the in-habitants have their own living rooms and bedrooms but share communal bathrooms and courtyards.

I enjoyed wandering down the laneways, peering into interesting shops and watch-ing vendors going about their business whether it was carv-ing a pineapple or preparing food. Much of the traditional day to day life of a Beijingy can be seen here.

The rather demure evening light and grey of the buildings was brightened by the many neon signs and traditional lan-terns decorating the laneways.

In the fading light of the ear-ly evening, we walked through the Hutong to our dinner date at Alice’s Tea House.

Alice and her husband Charlie own a quaint and de-lightful teahouse and provide delicious home cooked meals for groups of four or more which are all cooked by Char-lie.

The meal was delicious and showcased local food cooked by a local. Afterwards, Alice performed a traditional tea cer-emony which gave us a taste of the different teas available, their health giving properties and the importance of tea in the life of a Chinese person.

After Alice and Charlie’s delightful hospitality, I wan-dered through the Hutong to soak up the living history of this other side to Beijing; a place where generations of Beijing people had lived out their lives.

You can see footage of the ceremony and meet Alice on the Taste of China page on our website – www.haveagonews.com.au

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Left to right; Neon signs and traditional lanterns decorate Hutong’s laneways - Dine or observe a traditional tea

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The in uenza virus is a common viral disease affecting the res-piratory system and falls in to this category. It is easily spread from person to person through airborne transmission, and older people or those with chronic medical conditions may also be at risk from secondary pneumonia.

Travellers of any age may be at increased risk of exposure to the in uenza virus, particularly those who travel in large tourist groups or on cruise ships.

To help reduce the spread of infection cover sneezes and coughs, dispose of used tissues, wash hands and use hand gel frequently, particularly after meals.

Given we are entering the u season, consider in uenza vac-cination now to prevent illness prior to travel and those over 65 should discuss having the free pneumococcal vaccine with their GP.

Anti-viral drugs can be useful for the treatment of in uenza and may be recommended for higher risk travellers.

Many people have been asking about the recent outbreaks of Avian In uenza in isolated areas of China.

Bird u viruses are highly species speci c but on rare occasions infect humans.

Travellers to areas affected by bird u are not considered to be at increased risk of infection unless there is direct and unprotected exposure to infected birds.

Avoid contact with live animal markets and any poultry as direct contact with infected birds is considered the main route of human infection.

Travel and the in uenza virusCurrent evidence suggests that it’s still okay to eat poultry as

long as it is well cooked. There is currently no human vaccine to prevent avian in uenza

but the same anti-viral medications used in seasonal in uenza may be of some bene t to those travelling to areas of risk with likely exposure.

Check the Travel Doctor website for updates.

Paula Johnstone RNThe Travel Doctor Fremantle

Travel Ed’s Note - I made sure I had my u shot before my visit to China.

NOW is the time to start thinking about a nice coach tour at the end of May.

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A wide range of accommodation is available throughout the area complemented by picnic areas, wineries and walk trails.

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LOCATED just an hour’s drive east of Perth is the picturesque Avon Valley, a

colourful patchwork of gen-tly rolling hills and winding streams set the backdrop for

peaceful drives and country-side getaways.

The Avon Valley is a per-fect destination for a day trip from Perth or for a weekend getaway.

Stretching from Brook-ton in the south to New Norcia in the north, the re-gion boasts seven intriguing towns for you to explore; Beverley http://www.avon-valleywa.com.au/beverley.php, Brookton, http://www.avonvalleywa.com.au/brook-ton.php Goomalling, http://www.avonvalleywa.com.au/goomalling.php North-am http://www.avonval-

leywa.com.au/northam.php, Toodyay http://www.avon-valleywa.com.au/toodyay.php, York http://www.avonvalleywa.com.au/york.php and New Norcia http://www.avonvalleywa.com.au/newnorcia.php .

A unique contrast of old and new the Avon Valley offers a wide variety of ex-periences for the discerning traveller. Whether you are tempted by an adventure holi-day, a romantic weekend, a family getaway or the chance to explore some of the Avon Valley’s rich history, the Avon Valley is the place to be as you discover a new holiday expe-rience close to Perth.

BeverleyThe Wheatbelt town of Bev-erley is 130 kilometres east of Perth on the Avon River.

Founded in 1838, Beverley is one of Western Australia’s oldest settlements and today is a quiet agricultural town with a proud history.

For visitors it is a chance to experience life in a classic country town; stroll down the main street and admire the variety of architectural styles such as Art Deco (Town Hall, Hotel Beverley and Infant Health Centre), Free Federa-tion (Court House and Union Bank building), Federation Georgian (Police Cottages), and the Railway Station built

in the Victorian Tudor style which is now an art gallery.

After a walk down the main street you can discover the history of aviation in Western Australia at the Aeronauti-cal Museum. Learn about early settlement and visit the Dead Finish Motel, home to the Beverley Historical Soci-ety and once a hotel and built between 1872 and 1876. The building has pit-sawn oors with handmade nails and a shingle roof.

BrooktonLess than 100km from the Perth metropolitan area, Brookton is a comfortable one hour drive from Karragullen.

Residents enjoy many lifestyle bene ts of country living whilst retaining all the creature comforts and the close proximity to Perth. The Shire includes the localities of Kweda and Aldersyde and the township has well-appointed facilities, including 20 hec-tares of parks and gardens.

The rst settler and founder of the Brookton district, John Seabrook, moved to the area in 1846 and named his prop-erty “Brookton House”. He remained the only European in the area, aside from itiner-ant sandalwood cutters, until A.W. Robinson, took up adja-cent land in 1864. During the 1860s and 1870s, more set-tlers moved into the area, and

took on sandalwood cutting as well as wheat and sheep farming.

The Great Southern Rail-way opened in June 1889 and Brookton was one of the original country stations. The station proved to be the catalyst that created a centre for the isolated farms, and the government gazetted a town-site in 1895 and named it “Seabrook”. The town-site was renamed Brookton in 1899 due to confusion arising with the locality of Seabrook near the town of York. By 1903 the tiny settlement in-cluded a school, hotel, bank and sundry shops. The Old Police Station Museum is the home of the local historical society and contains artefacts and memorabilia of the early settlement days

GoomallingNestled in the Avon Valley, not far from York, Toodyay and Northam, Goomalling is only 132km from Perth. The rural charm of this wheatbelt Shire and the friendliness of its people have visitors return-ing time and time again.

If you are an artist or simply enjoy stunning scenery you will delight in Goomalling’s changing seasons. The pat-terned paddocks during seed-ing time (April - July) make a pretty patchwork bordered by native vegetation reserves and

country roads. The lush green vistas of winter are highlight-ed with bursts of wild owers from July till September.

NorthamNortham is the heart of the Avon Valley, the gateway to the wheatbelt of Western Australia. Its history began as a small agricultural village in 1836. As the major town in the Avon Valley, Northam is the commercial hub for the area’s rich farmlands and features excellent facilities to support its status as the State’s largest inland town.

Located 98km drive east of Perth, the town is the perfect central base to explore the Avon Valley region.

ToodyayThe town-site of Toodyay

is located approximately 85 kilometres east of Perth – a short drive from the metro-politan area. The name is be-lieved to be derived from the Aboriginal word “Duidgee” meaning “place of plenty” which refers to the richness and fertility of the region.

Toodyay was founded in 1831 by Ensign Dale on the banks of the Avon River, ve kilometres west of the present location. Due to ooding, the town was moved to its cur-rent site in 1860 and named “Newcastle” after Lord Lin-coln, Duke of Newcastle.

In 1911 the name Toodyay was adopted to avoid postal confusion with Newcastle in New South Wales.

Toodyay is classi ed as a Historic Town by the Na-tional Trust, and displays ne examples of 19th century ar-chitecture re ecting the early convict era.

YorkSettled on 16 September, 1831, York was the rst inland settlement in West-ern Australia. Situated 97 kilometres east of Perth, this iconic town is one of the most popular Avon Valley day trip destinations.

York will transcend the visitor’s mind back in time to how life was in the pio-neering era.

The many magni cently restored heritage buildings from the Victorian and Fed-eration era re ect the charm and character of the town.

A stroll down the main street, Avon Terrace, encap-sulates the ambience gener-ated by the living history and ne architecture. Don’t forget to include a visit to the Old Post Of ce building and the Court House to ex-perience the heritage!

New NorciaNew Norcia, a leisurely and scenic two hour drive north-east from Perth a little piece of Spain emerges out of the Australian bush. Everyone, regardless of their beliefs, will nd themselves stilled by the soul of this tranquil community.

The Benedictine mon-astery is located on the site of the original 1847 mission building in New Norcia. The monastery is still home to a community of monks who live a simple commu-nal life of prayer and work within the monastery.

Surrounding this beauti-ful town is a 19,760-acre working farm, rst estab-lished in 1847 by the Span-ish Benedictine missionar-ies. New Norcia is made up of 69 buildings spread over approximately 10 acres with 27 of its buildings being list-ed by the National Trust due to their heritage value.

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2 NIGHT MID WEEK SPECIAL RATETwo nights accommodation, dinner on both nights and full breakfast on both mornings.$395

TEMPT your taste buds at the Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Festival to be held on the WA Day Long Weekend Saturday 1 and 2 June from 10am-4pm daily.

The location of this not to be missed event is just a short drive east of Perth at the brand new state of the art Northam Recrea-tion Centre located in the heart of the picturesque Avon Valley.

Visitors can experience a-vours from both the Avon Valley and around the world which in-clude gourmet foods such as chilli, cheese, chocolate, olive oil prod-ucts, nuts, preserves and yabbies

There are also wine and beer tastings, a licensed bar, live en-tertainment, confectionary, cook-ware and much more.

Don Hancey and other celebrity

chefs will hold cooking demon-strations daily.

Australian Iron Chef winner, Herb Faust is back by popular demand.

Partnering with Barton Jones Wines, Herb will create a truly unique dining experience at the Festival Long Table Degustation ve course meal on Saturday 1 June.

Also there will be kid’s rides, a cuddly animal farm and live enter-tainment with something there for everyone.

Tickets adults are $10. Kids U12yrs - free with adult. A week-end pass - $18. Degustation Tick-ets $155 including wines ( ve courses.)

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Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Festival coming up

THIS is a classic and very yummy dish to do… it sounds complicated but it’s not at all. Big Dons Seafood Hotpot for four is served with a tossed spring salad and crusty white bread.

Ingredients12 WA Shark Bay Wild broken prawn esh deveined100g Carnarvon broken scallop meat 2 kg de-bearded WA mussels 200 gram rm esh sh like gold band snapper or harpuka cut into chunks 6 ripe tomatoes diced 1 red onion sliced 2 medium heat chillies sliced seeds and all 3 cloves garlic chopped 1 lemon cut into quarters 2 lemon myrtle leaves or a good pinch lemon myrtle powder A good splash (glass) of Great Southern Riesling, parsley and coriander for garnish

Method IN A LARGE heavy based saucepan add onion garlic chillies, lemon myrtle and olive oil. Cook on medium heat for a couple of minutes to bring out the avours. Add tomatoes and the Ries-ling, cook for another couple of minutes. Add mussels, prawns and sh; put lid on pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add in scallops and lemon and toss all ingredients in pan, replace lid and cook until mussels have opened...approx another 2 minutes

To serveToss through some picked coriander or parsley leaves, serve

on a large white platter or bowl.Tips Be careful not to overcook the seafood. It is ALWAYS best

to slightly undercook. There is NO need for salt in this recipe as the mussels have natural sea water. Use fresh herbs from your garden such as parsley and coriander

Wine Accompany the hotpot with a fabulous Great Southern zesty

citrusy Riesling such as Howard Park or Three Drops.

Recipe from Don Hancey of Panorama Catering Don Hancey’s Seafood Hotpot

THERE’S nothing like es-caping the winter blues for a cosy, coastal getaway and Seashells has just the offer to give you a little more time by the ocean.

Stay two nights or more at any of Seashells’ coastal locations and the second half of your holiday will cost nothing… If you pay for four nights, they’ll make it eight. Pay three nights and they will give you six.

Thanks to Seashells’ iconic locations, you can use your extra days enjoy-ing stunning beaches, lo-cal wineries and delicious food, or stay inside and re-lax in Seashells’ spacious, self-contained apartments with everything you need right at your ngertips.

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The double-the-stay getaway offer is available at all Seashells’ locations - Mandurah, Broome, Scar-borough and Yallingup.

The offer is valid for stays until 19 December 2013 at Seashells Mandu-rah, Seashells Scarbor-ough and Seashells Yal-lingup, and for stays taken from between 14 October 2013 to 31 May 2014 at Seashells Broome.

Bookings must be made by Sunday 26 May 2013. Minimum stay is for two nights consecutively and bookings are subject to availability.

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Seashells Mandurah property on Comet Bay Beach

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Experience the Avon Valley

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Northam Visitor Centre2 Grey Street (PO Box 613)Northam WA 6401T: (08) 9622 2100E: [email protected]: northam.wa.gov.au or visitnorthamwa.com.au

Call in to the Northam Visitor Centre, located on the picturesque Avon River, and talk to the friendly staff about how you can discover the region’s many attractions including: outstanding bird life wild owers diverse cultural history & historic buildings museum & art gallery cafes & restaurants special events & activities, including ballooning

The Centre also has local produce and art work for sale, and why not book a tour to truly discover Northam.

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BEFORE settling in West-ern Australia, English born Edward Keane lived in South Australia were he built railway lines for the SA gov-ernment.

After moving to WA Edward constructed the Chidlow to York (Chidlow Wells) railway line.

For part payment of Chidlow Wells and Keane’s work on other WA railways, he acquired and established Hooper’s Winery in the early 1880s from the state government.

Edward Keane went on to achieve more, including being the engineer for the Fremantle Town Hall and completed other work on buildings in Fremantle and Perth.

Keane later became Lord Mayor of Perth, a member of WA Parliament and the biggest employer in WA.

To help raise funds for the construction of the Midland Railway Yards, Hooper’s Winery was used as securi-ty. After commencing work on the project, he travelled overseas to seek the remain-ing funds but went on to lose the property.

In 1903 William Wood secured Hooper’s Winery from the bank and then sold it to Richard Hooper in 1911.

The name of the prop-erty was retained for herit-age purposes with origins from a family known as the Hoopers. The Hooper fam-ily worked the vineyard for approx 60 years.

In 1970 the Hoopers sold the property and the new owners bulldozed all the vines.

After several owners, in 1987, Annette and Rupert

Poult purchased Hooper’s Winery. The Poults’ vision for the Winery was dual; they wanted to keep the Hooper family’s rich his-tory alive while developing the Manager’s Tearooms & Restaurant into a place of interest for patrons.

Originally, Edward Keane had built the Man-agers Tearooms’ house and dairy for his property manager but additions to the house have been made since.

The house still includes the original orphanage pine walls and ceilings with Jar-rah oors. The back room has been improved, as well as the south side of the house. Flywire, windows and a door from the old Northam Army Barracks have been replaced too.

The brick paths at the front of the house were constructed from bricks sourced from the Mecker-ing community clean up and fundraiser.

With seating for 60, Man-agers Tearooms & Restau-rant opened in 2008 after the property was rebuilt and restored.

Annette and Rupert do all the cooking with local ingredients using their fresh eggs and freshly grown gar-den vegetables. Mulberry fruit from the property’s centenary old original trees is even used in their deli-cious jams, marmalades, scones and ice creams.

They import coffee and tea from the Yunan Prov-ince, China, the home of tea too.

To visit Manager’s Tea-rooms & Restaurant or for further information refer to ad on this page.

Home grown ingredients used in country restaurant Northam Historical Tours

16 March to 29 June Join experienced and knowledgeable local guides on walking or bus tours to discover

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human histories. Bus Tour 10.30am Cost: $15 per personDepart: Northam Visitor Centre, 2 Grey Street, Northam.Bookings essential as places are limited.Subject to booking numbers and weather conditions.Ph: 9622 2100 or Email: [email protected]

Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Festival Degustation Dinner with Herb Faust1 June

Avon Events & Marketing are proud to present the Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Festival Degustation Dinner Saturday 1 June 2013.

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Using only the freshest seasonal ingredients and delicious Barton Jones Wines Herb will create a truly unique dining experience you will never forget.

Wake up your taste buds with a visit to the Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Fes-tival where you can sample cheeses, chillies, yabbies, chocolates, wines, cocktails and everything in between. Open from 10am-4pm Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June 2013.

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Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Festival1 June to 2 June

The York Gourmet Food & Wine Festival has been held in York Town Hall for the last ve years. In 2013 the event will expand and relocate to nearby Northam. The event will be renamed the Avon Valley Gourmet Food & Wine Festival and will take place WA Day Long Weekend Sat 1 - Sun 2 June from 10am-4pm.

The Festival will showcase a huge range of food and wine from all over WA, some from abroad, and amazing fresh produce from the Avon Valley. Visitors can experience a wide range of avours with around 60 gourmet food and wine stalls to sample from. Products include wines, chili, yabbies, cheeses, jams, pickles, exotic spices, sauces, nuts, chocolate and much much more.

Cooking demonstrations will be back by popular demand with Don Hancey, along with a licensed bar, market stalls and kids rides.

Australian Iron Chef Winner Herb Faust will also be back by popular demand and will create a truly unique 5 course dining experience at the Degustation Long table Dinner Saturday 1 June. Tickets to this events are strictly limited and will not last so BOOK NOW!

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Christmas in July14 JulyVenue: Old Northam Railway Station.Contact: Hazel King of Northam Heritage Forum Inc on 9622 8541 or 0427 228 541. Email: [email protected]

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GOOMALLING HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Throssell Street, Goomalling

Open by appointment for school and senior groups, families or individuals.

Contact Jan & Harold on 9629 1185 or Therese & Geoff on 0429 906 918

Join us for a wander down memory lane.

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Escape and unwind at New Norcia, Australia’s only monastic town. Just 132km north of Perth, New Norcia offers a unique experience for visitors.

Join our monks for daily prayer, take a guided 2 hour town walk, explore the Art Gallery and the Museum or be part of a spirituality retreat.

If food and drink is more your style why not enjoy lunch or dinner at our hotel where you can try our very own ale, wine and freshly-baked bread. Just remember to leave room for our delicious Nutcake, Pan Chocolatti and Almond Biscotti!

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Northam Heritage Forum Inc. is holding at the Old Northam Railway Station, 425 Fitzgerald Street, Northam on 20 July another Market Day - Stalls from 9am to ap-prox. 2pm. Morning Tea available and a sausage sizzle. It’s never too early to start the Christmas shopping! Come one, come all.

Avon River Festival & Street Parade2 to 3 AugustHave a fantastic night for the whole family at the starting line of the 40th Anniversary (Ruby) Act-Belong-Commit Avon Descent! Street parade through the centre of town with big bands, entertainment from street performers, local groups and much more. Market stalls and gourmet foods, Roving entertainers live bands, reworks, side show alley, FREE bouncy castle and rides, great family event.Follow the race action from Northam to Bayswater with plenty of entertainment, live race commentary and fun for the whole family along the way.Contact: Events Coordinator - Shire of Northam on 9622 6150 or email: [email protected]

Taste of Chittering7 SeptemberHead out and explore the picturesque Chittering Valley, visit the Taste of Chittering showcase and gather information about the local attractions, events, wineries, vine-yards, producers, eateries and services. Location: “The Village Green”, Lower Chittering Hall (23 Chittering Valley Road)Contact: Shire of Chittering 9576 4600

Dowerin Field Days28 to 30 AugustThe Dowerin GWN Field Days is one of Australia’s largest and most impressive agricultural expos. From tractors to cheeses, water tanks to stud rams, fencing products to ne wines, the Dowerin Field Days has it all!Whether you are looking to build a house, upgrade your farming machinery, invest your money, increase your stock or decorate your family home, it really is your one stop shop! Visit www.dowerin elddays.com/index.php or info@dowerin elddays.com.au

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BROOKTON SHIRE COUNCIL 14 White Street, Brookton WA 6306Phone: 9642 1106 www.brookton.wa.gov.au

GOOMALLING VISITOR INFORMATION SERVICEThrossell St, GoomallingPh: 9629 1183www.visitgoomalling.com.au

NORTHAM VISITOR CENTRE 2 Grey Street, NorthamPhone: 9622 2100www.visitnorthamwa.com.au

YORK INFORMATION SERVICE 81 Avon Tce, York Ph: 9641 1301

TOODYAY VISITOR CENTRE 7 Piesse St, Toodyay WA Ph: 9574 2435www.toodyay.com

NEW NORCIA VISITOR CENTRE Phone: 9654 8056 Education Centre: 9654 8107 www.newnorcia.wa.edu.au

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by Jennifer Merigan

I’VE CERTAINLY got the sailing bug in the last few months, with thanks to my good friend Ron ‘Dingo’ Reddin-gius who makes the local Channel 7 television show Home In WA.

Ron has sailed all his life and is an experienced skipper who loves racing yachts on the Swan River.

I’d been looking for a new hobby since my daughter nished school and at our Christmas Party last year he kind-ly offered me the opportunity to join him on an afternoon sail on the Swan

River.I really didn’t know that much about

sailing, I’d been on a boat/s some 20 years ago when I did my obligatory Eu-rope backpacking trip but nothing since.

So on this particular afternoon with just me, one other crewman and Dingo we set out for an afternoon of racing on the Swan.

I knew absolutely zip, so Dingo pa-tiently gave me instructions and my love affair with sailing began.

I haven’t experienced another activ-ity, where for the few hours of racing on the water, I didn’t think of anything else

but what I was doing at that exact mo-ment and I love it.

Fast forward four months and with at least another dozen sails under my belt, I am happily addicted to crewing and sailing whenever I can.

And thanks to Dingo for his patience and guidance in teaching me this amaz-ing pastime.

So now you have a little of my sailing background.

Dingo’s love of sailing has catapulted him onto the ‘board’ of the Duyfken and my new found love of sailing means that I want to help promote the ‘Little Dove’ as a permanent xture of the Western Australian tourism landscape.

The Duyfken Foundation is a non-pro t organization and with help from the WA Government has a permanent berth in Fremantle just behind Little Creatures.

The ship is an exact replica of the Duyfken which discovered the Cape York part of Australia in 1606 and has become a proud member of the world’s collection of replica ships.

The ship as you would imagine is not cheap to run and maintain, so we need help from the Western Australian public to get behind the Little Dove.

You can help by becoming a Friend of the Duyfken, as a volunteer guide or volunteer crew, or just come along to enjoy a day sail, as I did.

The day sail program commenced on the rst weekend of May with the

Duyfken heading out to view the start of the Fremantle to Bali yacht race and I think she engendered as much interest from the otilla as the spectacle of the race start.

There wasn’t much wind around but it was still a beautiful day out on the wa-ter and watching the crew work hand in glove to get this ship sailing was a truly magni cent sight.

If you feel the need to ‘get away’ but don’t have the time to do so, then a day sail aboard Duyfken is sure to satisfy a travel need without you leaving Perth.

And you may even have the op-portunity to share the decks with sailor extraordinaire John Longley, who is acting Chairman of the Duyfken board. As with everyone who gets to know her, John is another who has fallen head over heels in love with this ‘lady of the sea’.

Get on board with the Duyfken!For more information visit www.du-

fyken.com See the Have a Go News website for

a video of the experience.WIN WIN WIN

To be in the draw to win one of three double vouchers for a tour of the Dufyken valued at $20 each then email [email protected] or simply send an envelope to Dufyken Tour – C/- Have a Go News – PO Box 1042, West Leederville 6901. Please in-clude your name, address and phone number on the back. Only over 45s eli-gible and competition closes 31/05/13.

A day sail on the Duyfken

Jennifer Merigan on board the Duyfken

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by Mike Roennfeldt

IF I WAS told I would be able to use just one sh-ing out t for the rest of my days the choice would be easy. While I love my y shing, surf shing, trolling and heavy spinning, if I was to be pretty sure of catching some sort of sh in any en-vironment I would choose a light spinning out t built for handling 3-4kg line.

The list of species that you can catch with this sort of out t is endless. From trout in rivers and dams to bream, whiting and athead in es-tuaries or herring, tailor and whiting along a beach, there is always some opportunity to catch a feed or simply en-joy a dose of healthy outdoor fun.

Even relatively extreme sport shing is within the province of light spin gear. One of shing’s greatest pleasures is wandering tropi-cal shallows with a small lure, casting to schools or even individual sh, be they trevally, small queen sh or reef species such as spangled emperor and bluebone. The advent of braided lines has raised the bar on the size of sh you can manage on this type of gear. The ne diam-eter of braid combined with high breaking strain means you can load up even a rela-tively small reel with 200-300m of 15lb line, enough to stop just about anything up to 5kg or so, even from shore.

That sort of breaking strain line isn’t strictly neces-sary, but braid is more prone

to abrasion than mono la-ment nylon and it doesn’t hurt to have a little insur-ance. When shing from a dinghy, the upper limits of what you can catch escalates because you can follow a big sh after hook up. I had the exhilarating experience of catching and releasing a giant trevally around 35kg on gear suited to shing 4kg mono near West Moore Island a few years ago, all because we could follow the sh and luck was running our way.

The same out t has been put to good use on much smaller sh on countless oc-casions over the years and is still light enough to feel bal-anced when tackling bread and butter species.

As for choice of lures to use on this sort of out t, there are a few basic types. Small, shallow running hard-bod-ied lures (my favourite is the RMG Scorpion 52) are great for bream, athead, ounder and a host of inshore tropical species, while small poppers such as the Halco Roosta 60 is the go for juvenile trevally, queen sh, tailor and the like. I always take along 10-30g metal lures like the chrome Twisty for herring, giant herring, tailor and general distance casting up north and most anglers wouldn’t be without a few soft plastics for bream, whiting and silver bream and skippy.

Of course, a spin out t is just as suitable for bait sh-ing as tossing lures, so if you are going to own just one rod and reel, make it a light spin combo.

Going shing - light spin gear

A light spin combo and Twisty lure were the undoing of this Exmouth queen sh for Michael Thomson

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by Jennifer Merigan

A VISIT to the 798 Art District on the outskirts of Beijing with its collection of street art, statues, galleries, cafes and unique art space, is an enlight-ening and heartening experience.

The area was created when abandoned wire-less factories built in the 1950s were made avail-able for rent in the early part of this century and over the last 13 years groups of artists and art organizations took advantage of the space and gradually formed the now world renowned 798 Art District.

Art seems to have the knack of crossing cul-

tures, politics and the like and this little gem on the outskirts of Beijing is a must see.

Featuring galleries with many displays of local artwork, the visitor can spend quite a few hours trawling around the streets to see the interesting collection of shops in this district.

While some of the artworks command big dol-lars, there is more than enough little gems avail-able in some of the unique outlets to come home with a piece of work in your price range.

I particularly enjoyed the street art with lots of interesting statues as featured in the photograph, left. A visit to this district is a great opportunity to see where art is at in the new China.

The arty side of Beijing

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by Glyn May LEGENDS abound in northern Thai-land’s charming Chiang Mai, not the least of which involve a white elephant, a poli-tician, and a worried fat man who feels guilty about winning the lottery.

Lucky Mr Kiat, who frowns a lot, is desperately trying to untangle the daily chaos of his humble ‘Original Hainanese Chicken Rice and Pork Satay Restaurant’

as we arrive for lunch. Since his embarrassing 78 million baht

($2.5million) win 10 years ago, Mr Kiat has been “making merit” by virtually giving away three-course meals (includ-ing bottled water and tea) for $1.70 in the belief that the accumulated goodwill will open the door to a peaceful place in the afterlife.

Among his hordes of customers he can count a member of the Thai Royal Fam-

ily, Princess Bajrakitiyabha, daughter of the Crown Prince. Her visit is captured in fading framed photographs gazing down on the pandemonium below.

By early evening we are on our way to a hopefully quieter venue at the Palaad Tawanron restaurant in the foothills of sa-cred Suthep mountain. It was on the peak of Suthep where, according to legend, a white elephant carrying a magical bone from Buddha’s shoulder trumpeted three times and dropped dead, thereby marking the site for the Phrathat temple.

As we sit down to eat at Palaad Tawan-ron, another dark legend surfaces (local gossip really) - that the restaurant has been built illegally in a national park and that a politician is involved.

No matter, it’s a hugely popular place boasting stunning glimpses of Chiang Mai city across a moonlit-washed reser-voir and, in the wet season, the muf ed roar of a thundering waterfall.

The restaurant’s splendid four-piece Thai/Country/Rock group wander aim-lessly throughout the restaurant harmonis-ing with the aid of wireless microphones.

A few hours later, someone requests the legendary song ‘Feelings,’ a regular on the world’s worst-songs-ever charts for its “insipid lyrical and musical quali-ties” and stupefying effect on cats, camels

and humans alike.The vocalist takes a deep breath but

before she can sing a word, the Gods of Suthep mountain speak, unleashing an unseasonal tropical storm with lightning and torrential rain.

As the lights icker and torrents of wa-ter threaten electrocution, the band packs up and leaves their reputation intact.

Chiang Mai, population 200,000, is a one-hour ight from the frenzy of Bang-kok (population seven million plus).

For the astute expatriate retiree, and there are many, it is a quiet haven with a pleasant climate, ridiculously low cost living and a rich cultural and social tap-estry.

For the tourist, Chiang Mai exudes a leafy village ambience with a backdrop of mountains and jungle.

Each February, towards the end of the cool season, Chiang Mai (‘The Rose of the North’) puts on its brightest face with an annual ower festival, a spectacular showcase for the past 38 years attracting 25 oats and visitors from many parts of the world.

Busy visitors to Chiang Mai at any time of the year will nd plenty to do in-cluding visits to the Elephant Conserva-tion Centre in Lampang where you can spend two days learning to be a mahout;

the Chiang Zoo (three giant pandas are the star attraction); the arts and crafts cen-tre in San Kampang, or shopping at city markets.

Those with the ability to re ect on their good fortune in having discovered northern Thailand will linger over break-fast, and perhaps lunch and dinner, at an oasis of another kind, the elegant Chedi Hotel on the banks of the gentle Mae Ping River.

(The writer was a guest of the Tourism Authority of Thailand).

FAST FACTSGetting there - Thai Airways Interna-

tional ies non-stop from Perth to Bang-kok with connections to Chiang Mai.

Eating with a difference - Mr Kiat’s

restaurant street address (no website) is 41/43 Intawaroros Road, Muang. Also try the Ruen Tamarind restaurant at the boutique Tamarind Village hotel www.tamarindvillage.com and the Palaad Ta-wanron restaurant www.palaadtawanron.com

Relaxing - Oasis Spa, with branches

and identical treatments in Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket www.oasisspa.net The Chedi (www.GHMhotels.com)

Curious, charming Chiang Mai

Elephant painting at Lampang

IN his continuing search for the weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David El-lis says travel agents get used to elding some pretty oddball questions, and a recent survey amongst agents brought these pearlers to light:

Are there any lakes in England’s Lakes Dis-trict?

Is Wales closed during winter?The brochure says “No hairdressers at

the resort.” We are trainee hairdressers, so will we be okay staying there?

What month should we avoid being in New York so we don’t get caught up in the May Day demonstrations?

What kind of performances can we see in London’s Piccadilly Circus?

We saw ruined castles and abbeys almost every day of the tour in the UK. Why did they build so many of them?

And this couple who complained to their agent on their return home from a Mediter-ranean cruise, that they were enjoying one particular port so much that they left a note in their cabin asking the Captain if he could stay in port a bit longer for them to enjoy even more of it. Their complaint: “When we got back from our sightseeing, the ship had gone…”

Some mothers do have ‘em.

RUSSIAN specialists Be-yond Travel have released, “Stay Four Pay Three” ac-commodation packages in St Petersburg with a choice of four and ve star hotels for visits between July and December.

All St Petersburg pack-ages can be customised to suit individual travellers and include free Russian visa support.

Choose from a range of hotels, sightseeing options, ballet and opera tickets as well as ferry and high speed rail tickets to Helsinki, train tickets to Moscow and coach or rail to Tallinn.

A typical example is the ve-day Imperial Palaces package from $945 per per-son twin share which in-

cludes a free night’s hotel ac-commodation at the four-star Angleterre Hotel.

The itinerary also includes daily buffet breakfast, return private car airport transfers, private city tour with Peter and Paul to the Fortress and Hermitage Museum, tour by private guide, Peter’s and Catherine’s Palace by private guide and car, the services of a local representative plus a bonus free evening folklore performance with a caviar intermission at the historic Nikolaevsky Palace.

There are new rules re-garding visits to the famous Catherine’s Summer Palace in Pushkin and the famous Amber room. Tourists must now pre-book up to six weeks in advance to visit dur-

TWO FUND raising events are being held this year in Boyup Brook and Donnybrook to raise money for the Boyup Brook Heated Multipurpose Thera-peutic Pool Project.

For bookings and in-formation on the Pool Project contact Sue White 9765 1510.

Details of both events are listed below:

The Boyup Brook Antiques and Craft Fair will be held in the Town Hall, Abel St Boyup Brook on Satur-day 18 May from 9am to 5pm and Sunday 19 May from 9am to 4pm.

Highlights will in-clude: the sales of a wide range of antique, vintage and retro col-lectables, appraisals of your treasures avail-able for a gold coin donation, sales of hand-made items, from toys to quilts and vintage

car displays. Raf es and refresh-

ments will be available all weekend.

The cost is $2.50 (children under 12 free) and for all enquiries call Ann 0429 866 030.

An additional feature of this year’s event is a Bush Poets and BBQ event on Saturday 18 May commencing at 6pm.

Entry $15 - BYO drinks.

The Donnybrook Li-ons Club Antiques, Col-lectables and Craft Fair will be held on Satur-day 25 May from 9am to 4pm and Sunday 26 May from 9am to 3pm at Thomson Brook Winery, Boyup Brook Rd, Donnybrook with directions clearly sign-posted.

There will be free parking on site.

Highlights of the fair include sales of a wide

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range of antique and collectable items rang-ing from jewellery to furniture, plus hand-made preserves, soaps, needlework etc.

Appraisals can be had with a donation to

Donnybrook Lions.Light refreshments

will be available all day and the cellar door will be open for tastings/sales.

For more details call Ann 0429 866 030.

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WOULD you expect the average 18 year old to effectively manage a $500,000 in-vestment? How about a typical 21 year old? What of someone in her forties with a gambling addiction, or the person whose apparently prosperous lifestyle conceals a drug habit?

This is exactly the dilemma faced by some people when they consider leav-ing money to their children. “Give it to the kids when they turn 18” is a fairly common re ex when the parents of very young children plan their will. Part of my job, as an estate planning lawyer, is to challenge such thinking: do you really be-lieve your child would be up to the job? Is it fair even to ask an 18 year old to do such a thing? How many 20-somethings have the knowledge and experience to make sensible decisions about potentially quite sizeable amounts of money?

More challenging are situations when the parents of grown-up children fear that what should be a life-changing windfall, will be misused or even dangerous. They want to leave their money to their kids. But they are worried by what might hap-pen. Or they just don’t trust their children, or children’s partners, to do the right thing.

These kinds of dilemma are more com-mon than you might think. And the solu-tion to them may be a Testamentary Trust.

This is essentially a trust that is created on your death, to manage whatever assets you wish to place in it for the bene t of whoever you nominate, on the basis that you choose. In the case of the examples mentioned, a Testamentary Trust can give peace of mind to a parent who will know that, when they die, the kids’ inheritance will be properly invested, managed and/or distributed in a way that will deliver the greatest bene t.

Take the example of the parents of young children. Instead of leaving their estate to their children to inherit at the ages of 18 or 21, they can arrange for as-sets to be managed and invested in such a way that nominated guardians of their children are nancially compensated, that educational expenses are covered and that their kids receive a regular income. That income may be spread out over whatever timescale seems reasonable. All this de-pends, of course, on the value of the estate to begin with and its subsequent invest-ment performance.

A very common use for Testamentary Trusts is where an adult child may be vulnerable or ‘high risk’ with a gambling problem, drug addiction or may have wild and impulsive spending habits. Putting the inheritance into a testamentary trust for such a person usually gives the trustee very broad powers as to how and when to give money to the bene ciary, so that it re-ally is up to the trustee from time to time to make sure no more than the child reason-ably needs is given so that it is not wasted. A trustee in such a situation may decide to pay the person’s rent, buy them groceries, pay their usual bills and even pay for holi-days and luxuries; but not give them lump sums of cash that could quickly evaporate at the casino or be lost in other unfortunate ways.

For more severely disabled children, a unique type of Testamentary Trust called a Special Disability Trust can be established in a will. This not only gives the trustee broad powers as to how to look after the disabled child, but also has the great

bene t of allowing up to $500,000 to be put into the trust without it affecting the disabled child’s pension and Centrelink bene ts.

Another common use of Testamentary Trusts is for children who are nancially reckless and are either bankrupt or have a potential to become bankrupt. An inher-itance left in the right Testamentary Trust for that child will be protected from their bankruptcy, so you can leave an inherit-ance safe in the knowledge it won’t just be used to pay creditors.

In almost all cases, who you appoint as trustee of the Trust is a critical consid-eration: appointing the wrong trustee can make the whole exercise worthless. I of-ten recommend people appoint more than one trustee as they can keep a check and a balance on each other.

Morgan Solomon is Head of Wills & Estate Planning at Perth law rm Bowen Buchbinder Vilensky, www.bbvlegal.com Tel 9325 9644.

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AS I MENTIONED brie y in the April issue of Have a Go News the UK State Pension rules are changing and in his budget on 20 March, George Osborne UK Chancellor of the Exchequer an-nounced that the reforms would be brought forward to 2016 (originally planned for 2017). Therefore UK State Pensions planning for those who reach UK State Pension age after 6 April 2016 needs to be reas-sessed once the Bill has passed into Law.

Many of our members con-tact us in the year that they are due to reach State Pension Age (SPA) and enquire whether they

are entitled to receive a UK State Pension.

However as all good pension planners should tell you, wait-ing until you are about to retire is much too late to consider what pension you will receive. The same applies to the UK State Pension and under the current rules you are entitled to pay Additional Vol-untary National Insurance Con-tributions (AVCs) on an annual basis. Any year that you miss out looses another year of pension en-titlement for you so if you eligible to pay additional contributions it is advantageous to pay the an-nual fee as the payments made are recouped quickly once you retire

and even faster if you can claim for a married partner.

But, the UK Government has proposed changes in the Pensions Bill which if approved might affect the rules regarding AVCs and the proportion of a full pension that a new recipient will receive if they be-come a pensioner after 5 April 2016.

What most people tend to forget is that they possibly have children living here in Australia who have contributed for enough years to be eligible for a pension and if they are able to make AVCs under the cur-rent rules they could possibly have a maximum of eight more years of contributions that they could make before the 2016 rules change.

We therefore recommend that ALL expats contact us for an im-mediate assessment as it would be a shame to just end up throwing

the contributions that they made while working in the UK “down the drain”.

As the northern summer ap-proaches many of you might be travelling to the UK to visit friends and relatives. Don’t forget that if you are already in receipt of a UK State Pension you are entitled to have your pension uprated for the duration of your stay. Contact us for a lea et on how to achieve this and possible other concessions including car hire at very competi-tive rates.

Anyone who would like to dis-cuss this further is welcome to con-tact British Pensions in Australia on 1300 308 353 or Mike Goodall BPiA’s Coordinator in Western Australian on 6364 0859.

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BPiA updateTHE SOUTHERN Districts Branch of the Association of In-dependent Retirees, AIR, meets on the fourth Friday of every month.

At the May meeting there will be two speakers, the rst a representative from a well-known nancial advisory company who will speak on the up and coming budget, and will be avail-able for questions over morning tea.

The second speaker, from Centrelink, will speak about pen-sions, part pensions and how the deeming rate affects these. They will also demystify the available bene ts for card-holders.

The Association also talks to parliamentarians of all persua-sions regarding better outcomes for members.

They meet at the Victoria Park Bowling Club, 18 Kent St, Victoria Park starting at 9.30am. Morning tea is served after the meeting.

The next meeting is on 24 May, 2013 and all are welcome. For more information call Charles on 9455 7273.“The Association of Independent Retirees working for Aus-

tralians in Retirement”.

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FOR THOSE of you want-ing to downsize or are thinking seriously about your long term housing options as you get older, an exciting new concept developed by Mayco Prop-erties where residents Buy Half & Rent Half of their home is available in their new retirement village

at Willow Creek Mews, Green elds, Mandurah.

A mix of very spacious villas consisting of either 1 bedroom, or 1 bedroom with study, speci cally designed for ‘ageing in place’ and nished to an exceptionally high standard are being of-fered from only $121,000 plus $121 per week in rent.

It gives you the opportunity to move into a brand new home with modern features and the latest technologi-cal advantages relating to acoustics, energy ef ciency and sustainability, at half the normal cost.

Catering only to those over 55, and with homes being taken up by a combination of working couples, singles and retirees, it promises to offer a diverse range of residents living in the 50 villas being built.

A link-up with a local age care service provider will en-sure the longevity of residing in the village due to the wide range of services provided by them.

Centrelink rent assistance is available to most residents and with the security afforded un-der the Retirement Village Act plus a Residents Recreation Centre, and fully landscaped gardens, the homes still avail-able will not last long.

Stage One is selling ex-tremely well due to the special introductory packages avail-able in that Stage, with many options also taken on the re-maining three stages.

A display villa is open till the end of May when further construction work starts, and opens Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays from 11am to 3pm. Pop in and have a look before it’s too late… or call Stephen May 0419 042 300.

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WA PARK Home Owners Association Inc. WA joined the National Body at the inaugural meeting in Sydney on 9 April, 2013 for discussions to form a national body to represent residents of the resi-dential parks, villages and caravan parks throughout Australia.

The proposed title of the new alliance is National Alliance of Residential Parks and Communities (NARPAC).

At the meeting, delegates in attend-ance covered just about every aspect of concern for residents of residential parks throughout Australia from security of tenure, unquali ed site fee increases, unnecessary detrimental special terms, eviction without grounds, discrimina-tion, harassment by park operators, elder abuse and exit fees.

The meeting was attended by ve state chairpersons, four state secretaries,

one state treasurer and one legal special-ist - a diverse and experienced group.

Comments from Mr Franklin, Qld, chairperson who had the privilege to chair this meeting said the Alliance, with some 162,000 residents throughout Australia, will now have a very strong voice.

Many issues from this rst meeting could carry through into fair and just legislation that re ects a true balance of interest between landowners and home-owners.

A meeting has already taken place with the Shadow Minister for Ageing Bronwyn Bishop who has shown an ex-treme keenness for the group to become active on behalf of all residents and homeowners within residential parks and villages nationally.

Mr Franklin also said that all current

members of State associations can be-come af liated with the national body at no cost to their associations. Af li-ations with other national groups may also eventuate in time.

The way is now clear for the group to activate issues including improved Centrelink Rental Assistance payments, pension improvements, overpriced util-ity concerns and security of tenure.

Julia Lynch, President of the Park Home Owners Assoc. of WA stated that PHOA is delighted to be part of this im-portant af liation, which in time, she be-lieves, will contribute to improved con-ditions for Residents of Parks in WA.

For further information on the above Af liation or other matters relating to Park or Village issues, please contact [email protected] or write to PO Box 1648 Wangara DC, WA 6947.

The delegates from each state, including WA, who attended the inaugural meeting in SydneyBack row L to R; Dr Gary Martin, State President of ARPRA, NSW - Graham Howard,

President of SARPRA, SA - Julia Lynch, President, PHOA, WA - Shanny Gordon HAAG, VIC - David Paton, Secretary, ARPQ, QLD

Front row: Chris Cairalle-Allen, Secretary PHOA, WA - Jill Edmonds, Secretary (and expert on cooperatives) KRPHO, NSW - Glen Franklin, President, ARPQ, QLD - Judie Dewar, Treasurer, ARPQ, QLD - Paul Smyth, Legal Of cer, Residential Parks, Tenants

Union, NSW - Julie Lee, Manager, Parks and Villages Service NSW (behind the camera)

Inaugural meeting of park home owners

EACH month on the second Friday at 10am self and part self-funded retirees, hold a meeting at the Cambridge Bowling Club, Floreat Sporting Precinct, Chandler Avenue, Floreat at which they have a guest speaker talking of topics of interest to retirees.

The speaker at the Friday the 14 June meeting is Phil Airey who will speak on the topic of seniors’ housing.

Phil will tell us of some of the more complex aspects of seniors’ housing including the rights, obligations, risks

and other considerations surrounding the community living arrangements of retire-ment villages and residential parks.

The fact that both go by the term “lifestyle village” can be confusing!

Having listened to the needs of their clients, the Seniors’ Housing Centre has developed a specialist semi-nar around these communi-ties, with vital in-depth infor-mation about your rights and obligations.

It goes into great detail about standard contractual

arrangements and fee struc-tures while giving people an opportunity to access mate-rials developed by Depart-ment of Commerce, Tenant’s Advisory Service, and the Seniors Housing Centre rela-tive to these forms of accom-modation.

This is surely a topic many of us will not want to miss.

Visitors to the meetings are always most welcome and for more informa-tion please contact: Ron de Gruchy on 9447 1313 or Margaret Harris on 9381 5303.

IF THE two certainties in life are death and tax-es, the third certainty is getting old and perhaps that presents our biggest challenge.

A special radio series on ABC Local Radio will explore the growing community issue of aged care and provide insight to the future by talking to those facing the challenge right now.

It’s not a topic we tend to discuss or even contemplate until nearer the time but as a com-munity are we in a position to provide care as our ageing population continues to increase at a rapid rate?

Over the course of a week, stand in Mornings host John McGlue will present the real voices, real lives and the real people involved in aged care across Western Australia. His on-air pack-ages will be complemented by additional con-tent on the ABC Perth website.

John has spent several weeks talking to fami-lies, carers, administrators and residents to paint

a picture of what aged care in WA looks like to-day. He said it had been an eye opening experi-ence.

“I think unless you have a family member needing care or require care yourself it is hard to fully comprehend how complex the issues are. Everyone’s experience is different and I hope that this radio series will get people thinking and talking about aged care more often.”

Over ve days the series will provide the real life stories of those at the heart of the issue – the elderly, nurses, family members and organisa-tions responsible for providing care. There will also be the opportunity for listeners to participate in talkback on the subject and to share their story.

“I suspect we have only just scratched the surface and I would love listeners to share their personal experiences to shed more light on this important community issue”, John added.

The special ve part series can be heard on 720 ABC Perth and state-wide on ABC Local Radio. It starts by focussing on the families sup-porting loved ones requiring care and on Friday the series will wrap-up with a special panel dis-cussion involving key representatives in the aged care sector.

The series can be heard on the daily Mornings program from 8.30am on 720 ABC Perth and ABC Local Radio WA, commencing Monday 13 May. Online content associated with the se-ries will be available at abc.net.au/perth

The third annual Western Australian Active Ageing ConferenceWHAT IS AGEING NOW?

will be held onWeds 5 & Thurs 6 June 2013

at theEsplanade Hotel, Fremantle

For further information about the conference, including program and registration details visit:www.cotawa.org.au/conferences/waaac2013/

or contact COTA WA on 9321 2133

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CHEF AND renowned restaurateur Stephanie Al-exander OAM cooked up a storm at this year’s Garden Week with assistance from students from local primary schools.

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Foundation in con-junction with Beyond Gar-dens created a sustainable garden, which displayed

and demonstrated how to grow your own fruit and vegetables and then make a great healthy lunch using this produce. A hit with both young and old visitors, there are sure to be many future budding gardeners or ‘Mas-terchefs’ out there.

Visitor numbers were impressive with more than 20,000 people attending

and the wet weather held off giving gardeners the chance to check out new plants and products in the pleas-ant cooler conditions. The diverse range of exhibitors provided visitors with lots of choice including new waterwise innovations to try in their own gardens. The Yates Talking Gardens stage featuring experts from

the Horticultural Media As-sociation also drew good crowds.

Congratulations to the following award winners.

Garden Week 2013 Award Winners

Most Innovative Display - Clearpond.

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This was the last Garden Week for Whistlepipe Gar-dens owner and proprietor Margy Clema who will be sadly missed at future Gar-den Weeks. After 19 years, Margy will not be display-ing again due to a change in career and a move north of Perth. We wish her luck in her endeavours looking after native wildlife.Fleming’s Last Hoorah at

Chelsea!The 2013 Chelsea Flower

Show from 21 to 25 May will mark the event’s cen-tenary year, and set in the grounds of the Royal Lon-don Hospital in Chelsea is set to make Australia proud

once again. Fleming’s Nurseries will

again showcase an Austral-ian garden at this famous show in London that could be the biggest and most spectacular ever assembled by an Australian crew. Af-ter building nine gardens since 2004, each by a dif-ferent designer, this is the very last garden Fleming’s will present and is sure to be amazing.

Known as the Austral-ian Trail nders Garden by Fleming’s, it has been de-signed by Philip Johnson of Philip Johnson Landscapes. The garden will include a billabong surrounded by a huge stone gorge from which a succession of wa-terfalls cascade down into the water below. A sandy beach and sunset platform offer sanctuary around the edge of the pool, while an amazing architecturally de-signed studio structure is perched on the rocks over-looking the billabong.

Inspired by plants from the Kimberley region, which can survive in Australia’s hot arid climate, Philip se-lected bottle trees and col-ourful native and Western Australian wild owers set in a meadow setting. These beds of native wild owers will be an Aussie version of the English trend of mixed wild ower meadows.

Philip said, “ I’ve visited the Chelsea Flower Show on many occasions and

have always noted how the judges have favoured the gardens featuring beautiful owerbeds and oral dis-plays, so I wanted to create a similar effect using Aus-

tralian owering plant spe-cies and in a very Australian setting.

We as Australians are lucky enough to have an ar-ray of colourful native plant species right on our own doorstep which are perfectly suited to our unique climate, which is why we’ve chosen to include a beautiful wild- ower meadow in the Trail- nders Australian Garden presented by Fleming’s.

For more information about the Aussies at Chel-sea, or to keep up to date with the latest news, head to www. emings.com.au/chelsea2013

For the latest news on the show and all the gardens, check out www.rhs.org.uk and follow the Chelsea Flower Show links.

Chelsea here I come!I am off on an exciting

adventure taking a tour that takes in the best of Europe’s magni cent spring gardens and iconic horticultural events. From the 9 to 24 May 2013, I will be leading the ‘Best of the Best Eu-rope, Highlights of Europe in Spring’ for Ross Garden Tours. You can check out the itinerary at http://www.rosstours.com/garden-tours/european-collection/best-of-the-best-europe-in-spring/

The tour starts in Holland, including Keukenhof, home of the world’s most beautiful owering display of bulbs to Monet’s breathtaking gar-den at Giverny in France, to a grand nale - the prestig-ious 100th Chelsea Flower Show on ‘Opening Day’ in downtown London where we will cheer on the Aussies as they go for gold!

We will see the sights, en-joy the best hotels and sam-ple the unique tastes of each country we visit.

I will give you an update in next month’s column.

© Colin Barlow 2013

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Lest we forget…A NEW STUDY suggests that listening to certain types of sounds could improve your memory while you sleep.

The study, published in the journal Neuron, revealed that speci cally timed sounds (that rise and fall at the same rate as brain waves during sleep) can improve memory.

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Whole-body CT scans of 137 mummies from different countries, cultures and life-styles (spanning 4000 years of history) had substantiated evidence of hardened arter-ies in at least one-third of the subjects.

The international study, published this month in the Lancet, calls into question the assumption that cardio-vascular disease is a unique-ly modern disease resulting from poor diet and lifestyle choices.

“I’d say we’ve shown heart disease is a serial killer that’s stalked mankind for 4000 years,” says lead author Dr Randall C. Thompson, at-tending cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.

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IT HAS been a long road to recovery for Peter Coghlan after he suffered a massive stroke two years ago.

The previously t and healthy 34-year-old, who had just been accepted as a migrant, was rushed to Royal Perth Hospi-tal where he was diagnosed as having a severe stroke known as “Locked In Syndrome”. Apart from being paralysed down one side, he could only blink his eyes.

Mr Coghlan, who had served in the British Army and worked as a building supervisor, spent the next six months in Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital. Recovery was slow but intense physiotherapy helped.

He was determined to walk from hospital and, assisted by walking aids, managed a few steps. But he was mainly con- ned to a wheelchair and unable to speak.

Although Mr Coghlan and partner Jade had worked and paid taxes in Australia for ve years, he had no access to any disability services apart from Medicare.

Sally Allen, co-ordinator of the Northern Suburbs Stroke Support Group, said she became aware of Mr Coghlan’s case through a health assessor at Shenton Park Hospital.

“Peter and Jade were living with Peter’s mother at Ma-rangaroo and the prognosis looked grim unless Peter could gain access to treatment and funding.”

The group started an urgent fundraising campaign to help Mr Coghlan with Edith Cowan University offering free speech therapy and physiotherapy.

“Peter made enormous progress and practised his physio for hours at home,” Mrs Allen said. “By April last year he was “walking for a cause”, from Hillarys to Trigg fundraising for the Stroke Foundation and for policeman Ryan Marron who suffered encephalitis and needed treatment in America. Peter shared a room with Ryan at Shenton Park.

“Peter completed the 7km course and helped raise more than $3000.”

This year Mr Coghlan has married, is taking driving les-sons, volunteering at Royal Perth Hospital and working a nine-hour shift at an aluminium factory. The couple became Australian citizens on 26 January.

“Peter says it’s tough,” Mrs Allen said. “He has also writ-ten a book about his type of stroke and is looking to have it published.”

Mrs Allen says Peter Coghlan is not one of the youngest stroke survivors.

Unborn babies have suffered a stroke, including a 14-month-old baby and several young adults. About 60,000 Australians will be affected by stroke this year.

The not-for-pro t Northern Suburbs Stroke Support Group was formed in 2000 and now has more than 100 members.

Apart from group fundraising, the City of Wanneroo grants program gave $1500 towards respite breaks and, for the rst time, it received a $3000 grant from the City of Joondalup.

“We are one of the biggest groups in Australia and certainly the most active,” Mrs Allen said.

There are also stroke groups at Osborne Park, Nedlands, Armadale and Mandurah.

Stroke Awareness Week in September highlights the ur-gency for stroke victims to reach hospital as quickly as pos-sible.

For more information, please contact the Stroke Founda-tion on 9346 3574.

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Peter Coghlan, Mayor of Wanneroo, Tracey Roberts and Jade Coghlan with their Australian citizenship certi cates.

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IN THE last year, more than 4,000 Australians died of a preventable and curable dis-ease, bowel cancer.

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A NEW REPORT from the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI), Canada nds that exercise makes a signi cant differ-ence to the development and management of Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr Donald Stuss, OBI President and Scienti c Di-rector, said that over 50 years of research showed that ex-ercise reduced Alzheimer’s Disease by 40 per cent and the same time it reduced cancer and depression and improved the quality of life of people.

“Some people can even walk away from Alzheimer’s disease,” he said.

In 2011, approximately 15 per cent of older adults are living with some form of de-mentia. An estimated 60-70 per cent of these have Alzhe-imer’s disease.

Dr Laura Middleton, a cog-nitive scientist at the Univer-sity of Waterloo, said people who exercise regularly delay Alzheimer’s disease by at least two years.

“This results in 25 per cent less Alzheimer’s Disease. A ve-year delay would result in a 50 per cent decrease in Alzheimer’s disease. Even in those who have dementia, physical activity reduces the symptoms and improves cog-nition.

“The best result occurs if people became active as teen-agers, but exercise is still ef-fective if started later.”

Strength training and aero-bics are equal in effectiveness, she said.

“The highest level of Alzheimer’s Disease reduc-tion, as much as 90 per cent, follows a lifetime of normal physical activity and inten-tional energy use.

“It can be as simple as gar-dening, shopping and brisk walking. The effect is to in-crease brain size due to an unknown growth factor.

“Live an active life and do it as soon as possible,” she advised.

Ms Christa-Costas Brad-street from ParticipACTION, a Canadian organisation en-couraging children and adults to take more physical activity, said only 15 per cent of Ca-nadians meet exercise guide-lines.

For people aged more than 64 years old she recom-mended 150 minutes of exer-cise spread out throughout the week, with a minimum of 10 minutes at any one time.

She pointed the nger at carers in residential homes.

“Carers should not do things for residents but do things with them,” she said.

“It is best to spread physi-cal activity out throughout the week. Exercise should be moderately aerobic – enough to cause sweating and make you breathing a bit harder.

“You are never too old to start.”

Dr Stuss said that more than one in seven cases of Alzheimer’s disease world-wide could be prevented if everyone who is currently inactive were to become physically active at a level consistent with current activ-ity recommendations.

The message has got home loud and clear to some Perth seniors.

George (90) and Eileen Ewins (88) exercise at Gym-tonic Kalamunda every week.

“We’ve done it for ve years,” said Eileen. “I just like exercise. I used to go to the gym twice a week for 25 years.”

Last year Eileen fell and broke her hip. But you can’t keep a good woman down. Five weeks later she was back, pedalling her exercise bike at the gym.

It’s an example young blokes of 65-70 would do well to follow. We have noth-ing to lose but our dementia.

Exercise keeps the brain activeWESTERN Australia’s larg-

est not-for-pro t aged care services provider, Bethanie, will conduct a series of Plan-ning Ahead seminars in May aimed at informing the pub-lic about the often daunting process of considering aged care services.

Presenting an informative session that is rarely offered,

Bethanie instigated the Planning Ahead seminars last year after seeing a need with residents and families to consider the move into aged care as a ‘partnership of trust’ with providers.

The seminars will offer information to those facing the transition into aged care facilities for themselves or

others in their care. Discus-sion topics will include gen-eral information about age-ing, how to notice the signs of ageing, how to make the journey into aged care easier and smoother and the Bethanie approach to ongo-ing residential care.

Speakers from Bethanie include Regional Man-ager for the North Region, Michelle Harris and Central Admissions Team Manager, Monica Graham along with a nurse practitioner.

Michelle Harris said that the seminars would play a very important part in in-forming the community.

“We understand that the transition into aged care can be a tough one for both the prospective resident and their families, and it can be quite a shock when all of a sudden they need to be moved from one facility to another in order to get ad-equate care.

“We know that a loved one can often deteriorate rapidly and leave fam-ily members grappling with what to do so to aid with this process: the Planning Ahead seminars have been created to prepare families and pa-tients for possible changes ahead.”

Bethanie is the only aged care services provider that services all levels of aged care in WA, including life-style villages, independent living units, residential and community care and aged care facilities.

Dates, locations and RSVP details:

Bethanie Geneff - Luba Road, Innaloo, Saturday 18 May, 2pm.

Bethanie Joondanna - 130 Edinboro Street, Joon-danna, Saturday 25 May, 2pm.

RSVP to Bethanie Con-nect on 1300 883 893, Mon-day to Friday, 7am - 5pm.

Bethanie answers your aged care questions

WESTERN Australians with chronic musculoskeletal pain can now access a range of information and practical self-management tips with the click of a mouse.

Launched recently, WA Health’s new painHEALTH website is the rst of its kind in Australia and will help the esti-mated 700,000 Australians who suffer from chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Chief Medical Of cer Dr Gary Geel-hoed said the website would bene t any-one who experienced conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

According to the National Pain Strate-

gy, musculoskeletal pain is the single larg-est cause of chronic pain, accounting for about 25 per cent of all cases.

Dr Geelhoed said that apart from painHEALTH – which was developed in partnership with Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Fre-mantle Hospital – WA Health was lead-ing the way in addressing the burden of chronic pain, as a founding supporter of Pain Australia and provider of a ground-breaking multidisciplinary pain manage-ment program at Fremantle Hospital.

To view the website visit: http://www.healthnetworks.health.

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THE TONY Quinlan Respite Centre is one of three South-ern Cross Care metropolitan centres providing respite for clients with a dementia diag-nosis. It provides specialist

group activities for up to 12 participants each day.

Located south of the river at Foley Village in Hilton, it of cially opened in Novem-ber 2012. It is open from Monday to Saturday during the day and Tuesday to Fri-day for overnight respite.

All staff is fully trained in all aspects of aged care and dementia.

There are ve bedrooms, two of which have ensuite facilities available for over-night stays for clients as well as emergency overnight res-pite when required.

There are many weekly activities run at the centre in-cluding an exercise program,

card, word and board games, cooking, gardening and art and craft. Clients attend a choir once a week at the Day Centre in Forrest eld.

The Centre is also in the process of setting up a small men’s shed.

Potential clients would need to be assessed by the Regional Assessment Team for HACC services and by Southern Cross Care to as-certain whether they t the criteria. There are nominal costs involved to access the centre.

Respite Coordinator of Community Services, Shirley-Joy Cansell said, “What gives me great pleas-ure working at the centre is to see the clients interacting with one another, to listen to stories about their lives, to hear their laughter and to hear from the clients and their families that they have enjoyed their stay.”

If you would like to visit the Tony Quinlan Respite Centre please call 9467 1996 to arrange a time.

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by Frank Smith

THE CITY of Nedlands is developing a $3 mil-lion, state-of-the-art play facility on the Ned-lands Foreshore.

Nedlands Community Development Man-ager, Marion Granich says the City’s vision is for a facility of outstanding quality that will welcome users of all ages and all abilities from throughout WA, in a statement of inclusion.

“This project will particularly interest older people. I believe it is the rst play space in WA to be designed to work for all age-groups,” she said. “It is not just for children. Grandparents often take children to playgrounds and need somewhere to participate with their children.

“Too many playgrounds have nowhere for adults to meet and talk. This is more than just a health and recreation issue. We are creating something aimed at improving community connection metro-wide,” she said.

“There will be the usual swings and rounda-bouts but other equipment will be graded from

the simple to the sophisticated. Equipment will be designed to help seniors improve their ne motor skills and balance, such as used after a stroke or to improve balance and help prevent falls.”

Consultation with people of all ages, as well as families of people with disability, has result-ed in an innovative design. Water play, sensory gardens, music play and a herb garden are some of the features.

The playground will create opportunities for everyone to have fun regardless of their age, gender, abilities or cultural backgrounds and to provide the carers of children, and park visi-tors, with an environment where their varied needs are thoughtfully considered.

Other aims include protecting enhancing and celebrating the natural setting of the play-ground and providing additional park facili-ties that support an outing to the play ground on the Swan River Foreshore, such as toilets, BBQs and car parking.

Award-winning designer Fiona Robbe of

Fiona Robbe Landscape Architects has created the design for the facility. Fiona’s most recent awards include winner the of the Public Play-space category in Kidsafe Australia’s 2012 Na-tional Playspace Design Awards.

The Rotary Clubs of Nedlands, Subiaco and West Perth initiated the project. Project part-ners now include the City of Nedlands and In-clusionWA.

“Too often, people with disabilities just can’t use their local playground. We want this to be a destination families travel to and enjoy, be-cause it works so well for them,” said Doris Strahan from the Nedlands Rotary Club.

Ms Granich says Corporate Australia has already come to the party prior to the formal fundraising launch with offers of substantial amounts of money.

She says the $3 million is expected to be raised by 30 June and construction is sched-uled to start in August 2014, with the interven-ing year spent on approvals, tendering and ap-pointing of contractors.

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IN A GREAT location, the RSL Mandurah and Coral Estate Retirement Villages are situated at 22 Third Av-enue Mandurah, just a stroll or short drive away from and within easy reach of the shopping centre, sporting and recreational amenities.

One of the main reasons people choose to live in a re-tirement village is when they nd their homes become too large to manage and require continual maintenance.

Life in a retirement vil-lage offers them the freedom from maintaining a house and security to enjoy life more with the time to travel at will.

RSL Mandurah Village is a 21 unit site which is adjoined by 27 units in the Coral Estate complex.

Residency is granted on a long-term lease to occupy

a residence, with no stamp duty payable.

To qualify for residency the resident/s must be retired from full-time employment or have attained the age of 55 years or more.

Besides Mandurah retire-ment villages, RSL Care WA also operates a 55 bed aged-care facility nearby at Meadow Springs.

RSL Care WA has an im-pressive record of achieve-ment in the management of retirement villages and the delivery of quality care, sup-port services and facilities for older people in retirement villages.

Further details on ingoing costs and terms of lease can be provided on request by phoning Cheryl Wellington, Administration Of cer, on 9535 0200 – Monday to Fri-day 9-3pm.

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ARCHITECTS Ken Loughton and Mark Patterson, pictured above, had a long career as architects designing aged care fa-cilities across Australia. But their project in Subiaco is differ-ent – because this time the building and operation is owned by them.

Loughton and Patterson began Berrington Care Group in 2009 and their rst facility will be a real test of their commit-ment and expertise across more than just building design. The building is clearly targeted to the top of the market, with an extraordinary attention to detail, but can Berrington deliver the matching quality in care?

Director Ken Loughton says “after two decades design-ing facilities for clients, we felt it was time to put our money where our mouth is. It is early days yet, but our young team at Subiaco are an inspiration. No question, we have a lot to learn, but our staff understands our focus will always be on our residents.”

Resident focus is a common claim in the aged care indus-try, so time will tell. Berrington believe they have the added advantage of new technologies – smartphones operate CCTV, remote locking, and comms, and electronic tablets in each room free staff to spend more quality time with residents.

Loughton does not see their Subiaco launch – and two fur-ther projects on the boards – as high risk.

“We believe there is a high latent demand for the style and quality of care Berrington offers. I think if you consistently aim for the best, you will always have a market.”

But these are dif cult and uncertain times with many op-erators anxiously waiting for clari cation on the government’s mooted changes to aged-care regulations. It has caused a lot of operators to contract their businesses, and to concentrate on their bottom-line.

As one of the few operators in Western Australia actively expanding their portfolio, many in the industry are watching with interest to see how Berrington fares.

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WE ALL seem to live such busy, hectic lives nowadays.

For various reasons, whether it be poor health, lack of time or other fam-ily needs, people are nd-ing it necessary to have assistance in their home. This can take the form of domestic cleaning, child-care and care for the eld-erly or disabled.

It is vitally important to understand the risks of having someone working in your home with regard to Workers Compensa-tion liability.

If the person is acci-dentally injured whilst working in your home and suffers a loss of in-come and incurs medical costs, then you may nd yourself held responsi-ble for these costs, which can be substantial. This is normally not covered by Public Liability insur-ance.

People who advertise their services through the local paper or websites will generally not be cov-ered for Workers Com-pensation.

If you decide to book someone through an agency it is important that you check that the agency is providing em-ployees who are covered for Workers Compensa-tion. It may be slightly more expensive but could save a great deal of mon-ey and stress.

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Understanding the risks of helpers in the home

Nominations Open 3 June for 2013 Bethanie Medal-

lionTHE BETHANIE Medal-lion is an honorary citation presented in recognition of an individual or organisa-tion having a history of consistently delivering an exceptional standard of service within the aged care sector.

It is designed to recog-nise the people who serve and support the state’s ag-ing population and nomi-

nations open soon for all volunteer individuals, or-ganisations and profession-als who contribute to aged care.

This includes doctors, nurses, allied health pro-fessionals, care workers, volunteer organisations, students and individuals or anyone making a differ-ence in the Aged Care com-munity through their work.

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by Frank Smith

MANY seniors who turn up at hospital emergency depart-ments do so as a result of a fall. And older people take up more resources than younger accident victims.

Associate Professor Arendts, an emergency medi-cine specialist with UWA’s Centre for Medical Research, said sharp rises in demand for emergency department services were being dispro-portionately driven by older people.

“Around 18 to 20 per cent of people over 65 who end up in emergency do so as a result of falls,” he said.

More than 83,000 Austral-ians aged 65 and over were hospitalised following falls in 2010. And more than half of them returned within six months after another fall.

Falls may lead to serious injury, even death, and are associated with large annual healthcare costs.

A new $1.5 million falls prevention project called RE-SPOND, has been set up to connect patients with proven fall-prevention strategies and help them access services such as vision and medica-tion assessments and exercise programs.

“We know these strategies work – it’s just a question of increasing patient participa-tion,” says Associate Profes-sor Glenn Arendts, an emer-gency medicine specialist and RESPOND collaborator.

“RESPOND is a study of secondary fall prevention. People who have had a fall will be considered for the trial

if they meet other trial crite-ria. They will be randomised into two groups: those who receive normal post injury care, mainly through their GP and a new program that uses a controlled approach aimed at better meeting patients’ needs.

“There is a gap in the evi-dence between what can be achieved and what is achieved in practise. The main problem is patient compliance.”

Once people who have had falls feel better, they tend to miss appointments, fail to take their medication and don’t take the exercises and make the lifestyle changes necessary to prevent further injuries.

“We plan to use techniques developed for other chronic disease such as heart dis-ease and diabetes to engage patients in the program,” he said.

The project, led by Monash University with health part-ners across Victoria and West-ern Australia, was one of 11 to receive a chunk of $7.9 mil-lion in health research fund-ing announced last month by Federal Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek.

RESPOND brings together some of the country’s lead-ing experts on falls, including physiotherapists, geriatric and emergency medicine special-ists, epidemiologists and psy-chologists.

“This collaboration prom-ises to make a difference to many people’s lives by re-ducing fall injury, at the same time relieving some pressure on our emergency depart-ments,” Professor Arendts said.

Older Australians falling down

Recognising the unsung heroes in aged care

Medallion: recognises a professional with a history of consistently delivering exceptional service within the Aged Care sector.- Bethanie Volunteer Me-dallion – Organisation: recognises an organisation that has shown outstanding dedication towards others in the community, inspir-ing others to contribute to, and participate in the aged care sector.- Bethanie Volunteer Me-dallion - Individual: rec-ognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to those in aged care in a voluntary capacity.- Bethanie Media Medal-lion: recognises a journalist for balanced reporting on aged care and/or exception-al reporting of a WA aged care related issue. Have a Go News journalist Frank Smith took out this award last year.- Bethanie Graduate Me-dallion: recognises an out-standing Bethanie Gradu-ate who has achieved outstanding academic results and has delivered quality care while under-taking their clinical work.

Individuals, groups and organisations within the aged care sector are en-couraged to nominate on-line at www.bethanie.com.au/nominate from Monday 3 June 2013.

In the meantime register your interest by email to [email protected]


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On a rst consultation, I ask lots of questions about fashion prefer-ences and importantly establish a

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Also, I know and love the style that will appeal to my niche market clientele, whose average age is in the sixties. I particular enjoy show-ing a client how easy it is to have a wardrobe that is organised, stylish, comfortable and coordinated.

But it does require an initial in-vestment to purchase up to ve to seven pieces rather than buying one item at a time in the same style.

Also women often feel guilty splurging on themselves. Well let’s get over that ladies! When you invest in buying pieces that really work for you, such as the capsule wardrobe referred to earlier, you can look and feel fabulous.

As I explained to June, after your initial purchase, you can then go back to buying one item at a time as you’ll know what gaps you need to ll.

But you need to build your wardrobe with ‘good bones’. From there it’s such a breeze and cost ef-fective.

How often have you regretted buying something? In a session with me, this would never happen.

My client can look in the mirror and see how she looks and believe me, the transformative power of wearing clothes that really atter and compliment you is amazing.

The transformation has brought some of my clients to tears. They never knew they could look so good even without a new hairdo or a face lift. I have literally seen

years and kilos fall off a woman’s appearance just by wearing stylish clothes in the correct size.

I have been styling clients now for seven years, yet the service remains largely unknown here in WA. In the Eastern States, it is much more utilised.

Sometimes using a stylist once is all it takes to get you on track. But I have found a lot of my cli-ents return because they would not have considered making the fashion choices they have without attending a style session and have enjoyed the resulting compliments.

Many times I have been told by my clients that the fashion choices we made together years ago are still providing style and pleasure.

That is I think the best testament to my work and makes me feel good about what I do.

But in saying that, I don’t wish to blow my own trumpet, but rath-er try to de ne the role of a stylist.

So back to May and Mother’s Day! It should be Mother’s Month. Let’s have the whole month rather than one day to spoil ourselves.

Make a list of all the things that you would like to do or have that would make you feel and look great and start working through that list. Life is too short not to be at our optimum.

A happy Mother’s Month to you all! Make it a special one because you are!

Lots of love Zo a xxx

To book a style session with Zo a simply call her on 0406 336 607. Zo a can organ-ise solo or group appointments at your favourite shopping centre.

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AUSTRALIA BRITISH SOCIETYFor people with British connections. The Society is looking for more members in your area. Meetings with speaker third Wednesday of the month.North and south of the river. Theatre outings, pub visits.Supporting PESA and Performing Arts.Ph Patricia 9345 3458 LIVING SMART COURSEClaremont Meals On WheelsStirling Hwy, Claremont. Wednesdays 6.30-9pm starting 15 May 2013, seven week course.Learn how to live more sustainably and meet like-minded people!Cost $40.Info. and reg. email [email protected] or call Gabrielle on 9384 4003 THE SING AUSTRALIA ROCKINGHAM GROUPThe group is looking for new members. Meets at the Lodge Community Centre at the Spring elds Retirement Village.Hefron St. RockinghamMeets every Monday from 7-9pm (except public holidays)Info. John Loughton 0419 921 246, email [email protected]

THE STIRLING SILVER SINGERSLove their get-togethers and welcome new voices.They meet Thursdays 10am-noon.Venue: Scout Hall, Jim Satchell building, Dianella.Cost $2. Tea and Coffee is provided.Members provide a small plate for morning tea. LIONS HEARING AID RECYCLING PROGRAMThe initiative refurbishes aids for hearing impaired people who are nancially unable to purchase the aids themselves.They are distributed internationally and locally.To donate, drop off at Purslowe Funerals at 15 Scarborough Beach Road, North Perth. NORTHERN SUBURBS ROSTRUM CLUBMeets at the Odin Tavern,51 Erindale Rd. Balcatta on Monday nights from 6.30pm-8pm over a meal.Visitors welcome! www.perthpublicspeaking.com ALEXANDER HEIGHTS SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBVaried activities held every Tues and Thurs 10am-3pm.at the Alexander Community Centre, Linto Way.Social and bus outings are also held.Ph 9342 7245. CANNING ARTS GROUPOpen Day, Sunday 19 May 11am-3pm Free admission.72 Riley Rd, cnr High Rd, RivertonPainting, pottery, beadmaking demonstrations and more.www.canningartswa.org.au ZUMBA CLASSTuesdays 10.30am. Cost $5 per classSubiaco Community Centre, 203 Bagot Rd, SubiacoClass designed speci cally for the over 50sPh 9237 9320 Email [email protected]

SWAN RIVER PIONEERS 1829-1838ANNUAL FOUNDATION DAY DINNERSat 1 JunePerth Parmelia Hilton3 course dinner and drinks is $95 per head.Enquiries, Glenis 9310 6649 or Lyn 9296 9520 CITY OF VINCENTLOCAL HISTORY CENTREThe story of immigration to WATues 21 May 2013Time 10am-11.30am Cost freePresenter Nonja Peters Bookings preferredEnq 9273 6534. Email [email protected]

THE WA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYFree Open DayThursday 6 June 201310am and 4pmUnits 4-6, 48 May Street, Bayswaterwww.wags.org.au CITY OF FREMANTLEONE STOP SHOP FOR OVER 55sTown Hall Centre, Kings Square.Mon-Fri between 9am-3pmDrop in centre, offering various activities for the over 55sPh 9432 9733

A LADIES group, The Girlfriends, established three years ago in the northern sub-urbs has now reached its membership capacity and plans to start another group.

The Girlfriends meets bi-monthly at various restaurants or cafes to enjoy fun, friendship and good food.

If you are interested in being part of the new group of mad-cap ladies who get up to all sorts of fun and activities while enjoying companionship, then please contact Audrey Williams at [email protected].

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In Western Australia 3500 children and young people are in need of Foster Care.

Fostering Futures is looking for short and long term carers for children aged between 10-18.

Contact us for more information or to register for an information session.

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Providing a safe home for a young person can make a difference. Thats why I am a Foster Carer.

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and learn about the many ways you can get involved!For more info nd our Pop Up Shops at:

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Dalkeith Hall, 97 Waratah Ave, Dalkeith,Thu 16 May 10am - 2pmnedlands.wa.gov.au

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CLAN WA Volunteers work with families to build positive and effective parent child relationships and stronger support networks.“My volunteer assisted in many ways, mainly just to be a listening ear.” said Janet from Kelmscott.If you would like to enhance your skills, learn new ones whilst helping others, we would love to hear from you!

For details please call now on 9472 9144www.clanwa.com.au

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IF YOUR relative needs supported accommodation, the team at Nulsen would love to hear from you.

Along with a ve-bedroom home currently being built in Swan View, construction is also taking place in Gos-nells, Bassendean and Belmont.

Pre-existing vacancies are located in Gosnells, East Victoria Park and Subiaco.

Services include providing 24-hour assistance to peo-ple with profound intellectual and physical disabilities and people with acquired brain injury.

Nulsen caters for younger people, older people, people who need high level support and people who need less support but perhaps more choice and community interac-tion.

If you are interested in nding out more about a Nulsen disability support home for your relative, please contact 6253 4700 or visit www.nulsen.com.au.

NATIONAL Volunteer Week (NVW2013) is Australia’s largest cel-ebration of volunteers and volunteer-ism. Today there are more than six million (ABS 2010b) people volun-teering annually in Australia, repre-senting 36 per cent of the adult popu-lation. Volunteering Australia along with its state and territory network recognises the valuable contribution each individual provides by offering their time, skills and passion, continu-

ing to demonstrate Australia’s proud culture of giving.

This year, using a variety of commu-nication channels the NVW2013 cam-paign will recognise the contribution of more than six million volunteers who offer their time and dedication to the communities we live in. To make this NVW20136 a great success your help is needed to spread the word! From 13 - 19 May 2013 NVW will be ask-ing you to visit their Facebook (www.

facebook.com/volunteeringaus) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/Volunteer-ingAus) #NVW2013) pages and post your own messages of thanks. These can be in the form of pictures (you can even download some fun signs from the website to use in your photos), vid-eos and stories. If you know a volun-teer, or a volunteer team who deserves a recognition, they’d love to hear from you. For more information www.vol-unteeringaustralia.org.

Thanks A Million

Can you lend a helping hand?

NATIONAL Volunteer Week recognises the great work of community-minded people across the country that give up their own time to help others.

The City of Stirling would like to thank its dedicated group of volunteers who continue to make a huge difference to the lives of frail-aged residents and people with disabilities.

Without the tireless efforts of these volunteers, the City would nd it extremely dif cult to offer its current 200-plus services to the community.

Volunteers help the City deliver a range of services that enable residents to stay in their homes including providing transport to medical appointments, one to one shopping, mo-bile library, meals on wheels delivery and social outings to name just a few.

The City is enormously grateful for the time and energy that volunteers dedicate to supporting others in the commu-nity and would like to acknowledge their generous efforts in supporting City of Stirling programs.

If you are interested in making a difference and would like to become a volunteer, please call the City’s Volunteer Coor-dinator on 9205 7925.

The City welcomes your interest in volunteering and will strive to offer you a wide range of rewarding opportunities to suit your interests, availability and skills.

City of Stirling thanks its volunteers

Volunteers are needed to work in a variety of services and areas at Royal Perth

Hospital, Wellington Street Campus and Shenton Park Campus. There services include patient

visiting, tea/coffee trolley service, serving in the Friends Shop, ower service and administration

assistance.

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If you have the time and are interested in voluntary work, please contact the

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Celebrate National Volunteer Week® 13-19 May

To our volunteersthanks a millionThe Royal Agricultural Society of WA would like to thank all our volunteers who gave up their time to assist in the staging of the 2012 IGA Perth Royal Show.

Our volunteers assist in customer service roles, as station attendants for IGA Follow the Yellow Brick Road, animal patting supervisors, crowd control and art exhibition supervisors. This year we need more volunteers for our new interactive exhibition, Farm 2 Food.

If you would like to join our volunteer family and support the largest community event in Western Australia please contact the Volunteer Coordinator on 6263 3136, go to www.perthroyalshow.com.au or email [email protected].

Visit our website atwww.haveagonews.com.au


The City of Stirling warmly thanks its volunteers for their invaluable contribution to its many essential programs and services.

Your dedication and giving freely of your time and skills are what makes the City of Stirling a vibrant, healthy and safe environment in which to live.

Tel: 9205 8555

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YOUNG people are the future of our community. In order to see them grow into happy, con dent and aspirational adults, they need to be raised in a safe and nurturing home. Unfortunately, for some children this is not always possible. Every year, thousands of young people nd abuse or

neglect infecting their home lives. When this hap-pens, it is important to reduce their exposure and nd them a safe place to stay while the situation is resolved. Foster care is the primary source of such placements.

Despite the importance of foster care, there is a general shortage of foster parents in Western Australia. It is becoming increasingly dif cult to nd placements for vulnerable children and young people. Anglicare WA’s Fostering Futures program is attempting to address this unmet need.

Fostering Futures recruits and trains foster carers to share their family homes with young people from 10-17 years old. The service relies on the generosity and compassion of volunteers, who willingly put their hand up to serve as carers.

Along with sharing their home, carers are asked to support the young people placed in their care and serve as a positive role model. Fostering Futures provides different levels of Foster care, including: emergency foster care, respite foster care, short term foster care, and long term fos-

ter care. Carers receive ongoing support through home visits, phone calls and emails from staff, and ongoing training. Events are also hosted for the carers, their families and the young people.

There is no typical pro le of a Fostering Fu-tures carer. Carers can be single, in a relation-ship, with or without children, working full time, working part time or not working at all. However, it is often found that empty nesters are amongst the most common carers – that is, par-ents whose children have moved out and started families of their own. Foster care can be an excel-lent way to bring life back to an empty house, the young people can provide company, conversa-tion, and stimulation.

It is important to note that young people are never placed in foster care through some fault of their own. The young people placed in foster care come from family backgrounds which have for a variety of reasons become unsafe for them. Sometimes they have been exposed to domestic and family violence, or drug and alcohol misuse, or their care has simply been neglected. Regard-

less of the exact cause, the situation is far beyond their control. When entering foster care, these young people are often confused and frightened. The support they receive from carers during this time can be invaluable to their long term mental health.

Fostering is not only a valuable way to contrib-ute to the community and support those less well off, but it can also be an immensely rewarding experience. Speaking of their experiences, one of the previous carers said: “Originally we became foster carers because we thought we had some-thing to offer, and now because we love our foster kids. It’s a great way to do something that actu-ally makes a difference.”

Being a foster carer can be a challenge. Howev-er, these are vulnerable children who desperately need basic support. Caring for them can have a profound effect on their lives.

If you think you would consider fostering, or know someone who might, or would simply like to know more about Fostering Futures, please email [email protected].

Thursday 30 May10.30am to 11.30amLocation: Joondalup Public Library, Boas Avenue, JoondalupTHE STEP into Volunteering is an informal introduction to volunteering which is presented by Volunteering WA volunteers. It is of particular value to those who are volunteering for the rst time and those who are seeking different volunteer experiences. Come along to this free session and learn about:

• The bene ts of volunteering• The volunteering opportunities available• Identifying the skills that you have to contribute to volunteering• Rights and responsibilities of volunteers and volunteer involving agencies• How to nd the right volunteering position.To book into a session please call Gilda on 9482 4304 or visit www.volunteeringwa.org.au

to register online.

1. Give a certi cate to com-memorate anniversaries of involvement. 2. Take photos of volunteers ‘on the job’, imprint a ‘Thank you’ message, frame it and then give it to each volunteer.3. Hold special ‘thank you’ or social functions in honour of volunteers.4. For long-standing vol-unteers, collect coins to the

amount of hours contributed, place them in a vase tied with a royal blue ribbon and present to them at a special afternoon tea.5. Have a morning tea with testimonials to the volunteers from recipients of services.6. Give them a mug with logo or ‘thank you’ motif.7. Create bookmarks for the volunteers with an acknowl-

edgement of appreciation for work contributed.8. Hold a BBQ for your vol-unteers.9. Run a Volunteer’s Break-fast.10. Give a pat on the back: Trace your hand on plain paper and cut out. Write, ‘Here’s a pat on the back for all your hard work.’ Invite staff or anyone else that has

contact with the volunteers to make one in recognition of the service of particular volunteers. Hang them all to-gether for visual impact. 11. Create Volunteer buttons and pins.12. Arrange discounts for your volunteers at local shops.13. Celebrate formal recog-nition events such as Inter-national Volunteer Day and National Volunteer Week with dinners, teas, dessert buffets, etc.

Recognising volunteers all year round is simple and easy! There are many ways in which volunteers can be recognised for their remark-able spirit of giving.

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THE FIRST step is to attend a one-hour volunteer introduc-tion session about RSPCA WA and their volunteer program.

RSPCA WA currently has a large number of dogs in care.The next Introduction Session will be posted for late July/

early August.If you are interested in voluteering, such as for events, at a

Society Store or in adminstration please contact the Volunteer Coordinator on 9209 9321.

They also have a Corporate Volunteering Program.CommitmentVolunteers (except for events) need to commit to a morn-

ing shift once a week (weekdays or weekends), for at least three months.

Because animals need looking after every day, if you vol-unteer in an animal-related role, you have to commit to a scheduled roster, and let the Society know if you can’t attend. Roles in the shelter are generally from 8.30 to 12.30, or 12.30 to 3.30.

You’ll need to complete additional in-house training for animal-care roles, including working with dogs and cats..

There is also a range of other roles.Applying to VolunteerVolunteers at the RSPCA WA must be aged 18 years or

older.Applying for unpaid (volunteer) work at RSPCA WA is

similar to applying for paid employment; unfortunately, some applicants are not successful.

Volunteers may require a police check and medical exami-nation.

New volunteers must attend an Introduction Session to reg-ister before being placed on the volunteer list.

If you want to volunteer for an RSPCA event (such as Happy Tails Day) contact the Volunteer Coordinator (9209 9321) well in advance.

Volunteer RolesAnimal Care CentreLaundry and general duties.Cat cleaning and enrichment.Pet Barn - clean and nuture pocket pets (rabbits, rats, guinea pigs).Dog walking and enrichment - priority given to existing volunteers.Administrationgeneral administration work including preparing for eventsEducation*support Education classes (inclduing school holidays)preparating for activitiessupport at events*Working with Children Certi cate requiredEvents

Celebrate National Volunteer Week® 13-19 May

Fostering Futures: The Importance of Foster Care

Step Into volunteering session

Million Paws Walk (May)Happy Tails Day (October)RSPCA Malaga Open Day (November)RSPCA Society Stores working at our Society Stores -

sorting donations and customer service.Skilled volunteersIf you have professional skills which you’d like to share

with us, please contact contact the Volunteer Coordinator.Short-term/One-off rolesWe do not offer short-term, high school community service

roles or one-off volunteering opportunities apart from event volunteering opportunities.

We are also keen to hear from corporations who may wish to volunteer with us.

Regional opportunitiesIf you want to volunteer in a regional area, please visit our

Auxiliaries page for local contacts.For further information, contact the RSPCA’s Volunteer

Coordinator on 9209 9321.

Ways to celebrate National Volunteer Week

How to volunteer at the RSPCA?

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THANK YOUVolunteers are the lifeblood of our community. The City of Subiaco values the contribution eachof its volunteers makes to deliver a range of services and programs in Subiaco. Without these wonderful volunteers who donate their time and energy, many of these services would not be possible.

Are you interested in volunteering? Contactthe city on 9237 9256 for more information.

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A huge thank you goes out to all our volunteers at Ac-cent. All of your time and commitment to our centre is greatly appreciated.

With over 1600 members, Ac-cent is a vibrant and busy centre and we could not operate as smoothly as we do without the wonderful support of our dedicated volunteers.

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THE INTERNSHIP is a comedy about two 40-something friends who get laid off from their jobs. Convinced they’ve gone about managing their careers entirely wrong, they re-solve to become interns at Google to start anew. Hi-jinks ensue when Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson compete against wily, fresh-faced 20-year-olds to advance in the company.

In cinemas 13 June.WIN WIN WIN

To be in the draw to win one of 15 doubles to The In-ternship, address an envelope to The Internship Comp c/- Have a Go News PO Box 1042 West Leederville WA 6901 or email [email protected] and include the word internship in the subject line. Competition ends 31/05/13. Only over 45s are eligible.

THE GOVERNMENT House Music on the Terrace concert series is presented to provide a platform for local, national and international performers to showcase their talents. Un-der the direction of Mark Coughlan the series has become a much loved xture on Perth’s musical calendar.

On Sunday 9 June at 4pm in the Government House Ballroom come and enjoy Bach and Brahms for piano and strings featuring Louise McKay (pictured above), Rebecca Glorie and Mark Coughlan.

This concert will begin with one of the sublime suites for solo cello by JS Bach and include the magni cent sonata in D minor for piano and violin by Brahms. The concert features two young professional stars from WASO, Louise Mckay and Rebecca Glorie. Rebecca is well known to Music on the Terrace audiences having performed in the programs since the series began.

These two brilliant young musicians will provide passion-ate and intense performances.

Tickets can be purchased for $42 through Ticketmaster on 13 6100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

WIN WIN WINTo be in the draw to win one of two double passes to this

concert valued at $84 send an envelope to Music on the Terrace Comp – C/- Have a Go News – PO Box 1042, West Leederville 6901 with your details on the back or email [email protected] with Music on the Terrace in the subject line. Only over 45s eligible and competition closes 31/5/13.

PRESENTED by the Perth Undergraduate Choral Society (PUCS) at two venues and includes stories from South Africa, Indonesia, Australia, Portugal, England, Haiti and Scotland.

When and where:Sunday, 19 May 2013, 3:30pmPerth Modern School, 90 Roberts Road SubiacoTickets: Adults $23, Children/Concession $18Online Ticket Sales: http://www.trybooking.com/CULBSaturday, 26 May 2013, 3:30pmKalamunda Performing Arts Centre, 48 Canning Road

KalamundaTickets: Adults $23, Concession $18, Children $10Online Ticket Sales: http://www.trybooking.com/CULFTickets are available online or at the door.

Music on the Terrace - Bach and Brahms

The Internship

Satu Suara: A Celebration of World Music

SATURDAY 8 JUNE 2013Light Supper & Show

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AMANDA Muggleton’s ability to play virtually everything from comedy to drama has made her one of the country’s most popular and versatile actors.

In a busy year, she is tackling with gusto her latest play, The Book Club, which takes a humor-ous look at middle age, retirement and marital ennui.

The Book Club, written by New Zealand playwright Roger Hall, has been adapted by highly-acclaimed director and writer Rodney Fisher. Fisher also directed Muggleton in her award-winning role of operatic diva Maria Cal-las in Master Class and the entertaining Steam-ing which revolved around six women meeting in a Turkish bath.

Meeting Muggleton in person you can’t help but be bowled over by her enthusiasm, love of life and passion for theatre, family and friends. Life might be a constant procession of planes, boats and trains for the Sydney based actor but you get the impression she wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Book Club revolves around middle aged couple Deborah and Wally. Their two daughters have own the coop and Wally, a lawyer, is tack-ling “manopause” and maybe early retirement with lots of golf, tennis and shing.

Genteel housewife Deborah, who is appalled at this prospect, becomes deeply involved with her book club, deciding to invite an author to ad-dress club members but accidentally ending up falling in love with him. Things take off from there.

Muggleton is called on in a one-woman show

to portray at least nine different characters, fe-male and male and even a dog or two. There are other female characters Meredith, Stef e, Milly, Trish and Caroline.

The Book Club, an hysterically funny peek behind the closed doors of suburbia, was per-formed in Perth by Muggleton in 2000. This latest offering from producer HIT Productions promises an entirely new, revamped and sexier-than-ever production.

British born Muggleton, who recently re-turned from a visit to London to see her 88-year-old father, Charles, says she is delighted to be performing The Book Club in her favourite thea-tre space, the old Hole in the Wall in the Subiaco Arts Centre.

“I’m also pleased to again have Jenny Poh as my stage manager who is a great friend and a fabulous masseur,” she laughed.

Muggleton will tour The Book Club national-ly for several months and then return to Queens-land to reprise her role as Mrs Johnstone in The Blood Brothers before resuming touring The Book Club.

“It’s good to take a break from a show and re-turn to it with a fresher outlook,” she said.

Muggleton is regarded as one of Australia’s leading ladies in theatre, television, lm, radio, musical theatre and cabaret.

Some of her most popular stage roles include Shirley Valentine and Calendar Girls. On televi-sion she is best remembered for her role as Chris-sie Latham in Prisoner. Film credits include Mad Max and last year she nished shooting Fatal Honeymoon with Harvey Keitel.

“This play gives older women hope that it’s never too late to have an affair and patch up your marriage,” she said.

The Book Club will be performed at Subiaco Arts Centre 4 - 8 June, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 15 June and Kalamunda Perform-ing Arts Centre 18 June. Country tours including Bruce Rock are also planned.

A humorous look at middle age,

retirement and more...

Amanda Muggleton - off to bed with a good book



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A comedy by Garson Kanin

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd.

DIRECTED BY NOEL O’NEILL & MAREE GRAYDEN31 May, 1, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14

and 15 June at 8pmMATINEE: Sunday 9 June at 2pm

TICKETS: $25, $20 concession

BOOKINGS: 9367 8719 or [email protected]

The All Saints Players present

Show Me The Way To Go HomeA fun- lled variety show

All Saints Theatre/Hall, cnr Dorothy & Hicks Streets, GosnellsFriday evenings: 7, 21 & 28 June

Saturday evenings: 15, 22 & 29 JuneSunday matinees: 9 & 16 June

Evening performances with two-course roast dinner (BYO) $30Doors open 6.45pm (Dinner served 7pm)

Matinees with afternoon tea at interval $20Doors open 12.45pm

Book now by contacting Lynn on [email protected] or 9490 7466

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ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL

CONCERT SERIES

Jubilate DeoA very special organ and choral recital celebrating the Cathedral Choir’s 75th anniversary of reformation as a choir of boy trebles and men. Featuring a special commentary and music spanning back through the Choir’s proud history including popular favourites Panis An-gelicus, Arcadelt’s Ave Maria as well as historic music of Dom Stephen Moreno and Charles Edgar Ford.

Miss Maud afternoon tea served during interval in the Cathedral’s Parish Centre and adjoining courtyard

St. Mary’s Cathedral Perth

Tickets $30 ($25 concession)ticketswa.com 6488 2440Also available at Cathedral Piety Stall

SUNDAY, 26 MAY 2PM

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Fri 10 May

Morning Tea from 10am (included)

Show at 11am

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Fri 14 June

Second Friday each month

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Sunday 2 June, 6pm Astor Theatre

9370 5888 or showticketing.com.au

AN EVENING OF MUSIC, SONG & LAUGHTER

The star of ABC Radio’s

AUSTRALIA All Over

Ian McNamara with his Gumboot Band

and special guests

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“BEING a reporter is a wonderful way to get job satisfaction. You talk to different people every day and get to travel all over Australia, which ultimately became my life. I suppose the travelling started much earlier when I was a musician. You often had to travel to get work, a bit like a shearer or a contract har-vester,”

Ian McNamara will hit the road with his Gumboot Band and his musical mate Dig-ger Revell, “the man with the big hat”, with a 12 month national concert tour to celebrate more than 30 years of Australia All Over, the legendary ABC Sunday morning radio show that connects Aussies all over this wide brown land and around the world!

The Macca concert tour which started in Gosford in October 2012, zigzagging across the country to nish in Tasmania in Septem-ber 2013, will showcase the songs that have

touched him and his listeners, spin a yarn or two and bring to the stage his genuine love of country that makes Australia All Over part of the Sunday morning ritual for so many peo-ple.

As he travels the country, Macca will also be joined by special guests, singing songs from his best selling ‘Top 100’ CD and just like Sunday Morning, you never know who will show up.

It’s a night of music, song and laughter. There’s a video montage of Macca’s many outside broadcasts and if you ask him nicely, he might reprise his rock ‘n’ roll days as one of Col Joye’s Joy Boys.

Two million listeners every week can’t be wrong! Australia All over on ABC for more than three decades - hitting the road – a con-cert event not to be missed!

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Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre Thursday 30 May Bookings: www.purchase.tickets.comMandurah Performing Arts Centre Friday 31 May Bookings: www.purchase.tickets.comPerth Astor Theatre Sunday 1 June Bookings: www.showticketing.com.au Phone 9370 5888.

A CATHEDRAL Choir is an intricate part of the fabric of the community of the city and the Cathedral which it serves - it takes part in occasions which repre-sent times of both joy and sadness for the community and also helps to com-memorate occasions signi cant both on a personal level (weddings, funerals, an-niversaries) and a global level.

The St Mary’s Cathedral Choir has a rich history; in the early 1900s, it was a celebrated ensemble of men and women and featured amongst its membership

some of Perth’s foremost singers who included Minnie Waugh, Peter Roxby and J.C. Westhoven. It sang not only in the Cathedral but also at His Majesty’s Theatre.

Between the years 1937-1939, the Choir’s format changed and it became an ensemble of boy trebles (sopranos and altos) and Lay Clerks (tenors and basses).

The Choir celebrates this anniversary with a special concert on Sunday 26 May at 2pm featuring music it has sung through its long history together with

some not so old pieces from the present. Some perennial favourites such as Franck’s Panis Angelicus and Arcadelt’s Ave Maria will be sung as well as some historic West Australian music. This will include the works of Dom Stephen Moreno (1889-1953), the well-known Benedictine monk from New Norcia, and Charles Edgar Ford (1881-1961) an eminent English musician who settled in Perth in the early 1940s and became or-ganist at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Although some of his music had been published

during his lifetime, much of his output re-mains unpublished - and not heard since the 1960s when the Choir last sang it.

Ford wrote many of his choral works speci cally for the Cathedral Choir so it will be a special treat on the day for all to experience the grandeur and expressive-ness of this almost forgotten West Aus-tralian music.

Since the Cathedral’s Dodd pipe organ is such an important part of the Choir’s history, the programme also includes some organ solos including works of

Messiaen and Widor’s celebrated Toc-cata in F major - still played on major occasions and traditionally at Christmas in the Cathedral.

The afternoon features the now-tradi-tional Miss Maud afternoon tea served in the Cathedral’s Parish Centre, as well as a special lunch/dinner discount for concert-goers at the Miss Maud Swedish Hotel and Restaurant (Pier St, Perth) on presentation of a pre-purchased ticket.

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Cathedral Choir anniversary concert

SHARING a love of heritage and the arts, Heritage Perth partnered with the Black Swan Prize in 2012 to launch the Black Swan Prize for Heritage ‘Portrait of a City’ competition.

Following the enormous success of the inaugural competition, Heritage Perth is delighted to announce the opening of the 2013 ‘Portrait of a City’ competition.

Our city’s heritage has many guises such as secret alleyways, hidden angles, renovated and reinterpreted buildings, places and jour-neys from the past that are open to individual expres-sion.

For this competition herit-age is de ned as…

“Those things from the past which are valued enough today to save for the people of tomorrow”

The competition cel-ebrates heritage and aims to raise awareness and appreci-

Portrait of a city competition

ENGLAND – at the dawn of the Victorian age! Han-som cabs, mutton chop whiskers, solid mahogany furniture. An era of solidity and respectability....even in the theatre!

In 1875, Richard D’Oyly Carte, an astute young theatre manager was seeking a short comic opera to perform on the same programme as one by the very popular Offenbach so he paid a visit to one Arthur Sullivan.

And so commenced I’ve Got a Little List - a celebra-tion of the partnership of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sul-livan with Richard D’Oyly Carte as their manager.

The relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan was frequently rocky with a number of disputes, both ar-tistic and nancial, particularly in the latter years of the partnership.

Indeed had it not been for the mediation of D’Oyly Carte (known to his detractors as “oily cart”) the later operas would not have appeared.

I’ve Got a Little List is told through the voice of D’Oyly Carte with frequent interjections from both Gilbert and Sullivan. Prominent soloists and a full chorus will illustrate the story of this great collabora-tion with extracts from all 13 of their creations.

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of WA is proud to bring to you this masterful production written and directed by Andrew and Donna Foote.

SHOW ME The Way To Go Home, presented by the All Saints Players is an uproarious night or afternoon of enter-tainment and great food celebrating the spirit of music hall. The show includes solos and chorus numbers, top dancers, hilarious sketches and the comic melodrama, Mrs Stonely’s Solution.

It will be held at the All Saints Theatre/Hall, cnr Dorothy and Hicks Streets, Gosnells

Friday evenings: 7, 21 & 28 JuneSaturday evenings: 15, 22 & 29 June Sunday matinees: 9 & 16 June Evening performances with two-course roast dinner

(BYO) $30 Doors open 6.45pm (Dinner served 7pm) Matinees with afternoon tea at interval $20 Doors open 12.45pm Book now by contacting Lynn on lynnmike.kfe1@big-

pond.com or 9490 7466. If phone is unattended be sure to leave a return number. Please don’t specify performance dates with your mes-

sage; Lynn will con rm these when she rings back and will tell you how to pay for and receive your tickets.

Proudly sponsored by the Gold Plate Award-win-ning Manse Restaurant Church Avenue, Armadale (Tel: 9399 6078).

An uproarious night or afternoon of entertainment

Gilbert and SullivanMACCA on tour

ation of the built and natural heritage of Central Perth in artistic form.

Entry is open to all Aus-tralian artists who wish to submit works that feature de-pictions of any aspect of the Heritage of Central Perth.

With prizes of more than $20,000 on offer, entries close 12 July 2013 and nalists will

be announced 1 August 2013. The nalists will be exhib-

ited in the city centre from Friday 20 to Monday 30 Sep-tember. Entry to the exhibi-tion is free and everyone will be welcomed.

For more information about the art competition, visit www.blackswanprize.com.au


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“A Magic Night”THE TIVOLI CLUB OF WA presents

“A Magic Night”

FRIDAY EVENING SHOWSDoors open 7.30pm for 8pm start17, 31 May

SUNDAY MATINEE SHOWSDoors open 11.30am for 12noon start19 May and 2 June

TICKET PRICES$18 Adults, $15 Pensioner, $8 ChildTICKET includes chicken and chips meal at intermission, tea, coffee, soft drinks, crisps and sweets are available from our kiosk.BYO wine, beer, drinking glasses and nibbles.

BOOKINGSPhone 9364 5463 (please leave a message)or email [email protected]

VENUE Applecross District Hall, Kintail Road, Applecross

www.tivoli.org.au

A 70s Music ExtravaganzaAn evening of song, dance and comedy

Bookings are essential, so call or email to reserve your seats!

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586 Canning Hwy, (Cnr North Lake) Alfred CovePh: 9330 2800 www.atwellarts.com*Proceeds to the

Atwell House Restoration Fund

ATWELL GALLERY AT ATWELL ARTS CENTRERiverside location on bus route - Plenty of parking - air conditioned

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• 6 - 12 May Promiscuous Poppies: Art for Mum. Everlasting delights presented by Mary Thomas and Debra Scidone.• 13 - 26 May Autumn Exhibition: Colours of Autumn Art inspired by the vibrant colours of the season.• 27 May - 3 June Alfred Cove Art Society; Awards of Excellence, 14th Annual Exhibition• 4 -9 June Pop Up Exhibition


The Reluctant Fundamentalist (M)

STARTS THURSDAY 23 May at Luna Leederville, Luna On SX. Kiefer Suth-erland, Liev Schreiber and Kate Hudson co-star in this adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s international best-selling novel, about a young Pakistani man (Riz Ahmed) whose pursuit of corporate success on Wall Street leads him on a strange path back to the world he had left be-hind.

A boldly dramatic ad-aptation of a remarkable,

timely novel, Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamen-talist promises to be one of the most talked about lms of the year. Mixing romance and tragedy with the classic arc of ambition thwarted, Nair brings Mohsin Hamid’s award-winning 2007 book to the screen with both pas-sion and insight. She also delivers a cracking thriller.

Running time 130 minsWar of The Worlds Live on

Stage event at Paradiso Jeff Wayne’s Musical

Version of The War of The Worlds – Alive on Stage,

the New Generation is com-ing to the big screen for the rst time. This stunning musical multi-media pro-duction, lmed at London’s sold-out O2 Arena, features the holographic and lmed performance of internation-ally acclaimed actor Liam Neeson as George Herbert, (The Journalist) Liam in-teracts with a stellar cast on stage, including Jason Do-novan, Marti Pellow, Kerry Ellis, Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson, Jett Black’s Will Stapleton and 45 musicians conducted by Jeff Wayne.

On the Silver Screen with Luna

THE TIVOLI Club of WA is performing their opening show for 2013 during May at the Ap-plecross District Hall, Kintail Rd, Applecross.

Called the A Magic Night the show, a 70s music extravaganza, is an evening of song, dance and comedy.

A special performance has been set aside as a fund-raiser for their selected charity of 2013 – the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation, with all proceeds from this night going to this very worthy cause.

Along with all of the singing, dancing, and comedy acts, is a chicken and chips supper with complementary tea and coffee included in the admission price of $18 adults and $15 for pensioners.

This is a special night, not to be missed, and you will be supporting a very worthy cause – the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation.

For bookings, please call 9364 5463 and leave a message or email [email protected]

A 70s music extravaganza

This is a unique musi-cal extravaganza based on H.G. Wells’ dark Victorian tale of a Martian invasion of England and is showing for a limited time only. Three screenings only at Cinema Paradiso on Friday 24 May at 8.15pm | Saturday 25 May at 8.15pm | Sunday 26 May at 2pm.

Running time: 2hrs 18 minsTickets: $20 adult $18 concession.

A Lady in Paris (M) 94 mins

Starts Thursday 16 May at Windsor Cinema.

Still queen of the screen, Jeanne Moreau illuminates this stylish comedy drama as a haughty old dame with an acid wit. Moreau who turned 84 this year, effort-lessly steals the show in this elegant lm from Estonian director Ilmar Raag (The Class). As the acerbic Fr-ida, an elderly Estonian in Paris, Moreau has perfected the withering look, relish-ing each frosty one-liner

she throws at Anne (Laine Magi), the middle-aged compatriot who must care for her. An intimate comedic portrait of two very different women, A Lady in Paris is an insight into the real di-lemmas families face with aging, feisty matriarchs! (French - Estonian with English subtitles).

“A delightful outsider’s look into Paris... The sheer star quality of Jeanne Moreau shines through.” - Screen International

This House at Luna / SX This House a new play by

James Graham, Saturday 8 June and Sunday 9 June at 1pm at Luna Leederville + Luna.

It’s 1974 and the cor-ridors of Westminster ring with the sound of in ghting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the na-tion, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, st ghts erupt

in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes. It’s a time when a stagger-ing number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power. James Graham’s bit-ing, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practi-cal realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeu-vre a diverse and con icting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments. Directed by Jeremy Herrin

Running time: Approxi-mately 3 hours (including interval).

Still MineCraig Morrison (James

Cromwell), a farmer in ru-ral St. Martins, New Bruns-wick, is used to doing things for himself. Somewhat cantankerous and stubborn, with the help of his wife, Irene (Geneviève Bujold), he’s managed to keep his farm going using traditional

methods despite the domina-tion of industrial agriculture in the marketplace.

When Irene’s health be-gins to fail, Craig, a skilled carpenter, realizes he has to build a new home for them to live in, to make it easier for her to get around. But when a government inspec-tor makes it his personal mission to halt construction on the new house, Craig has to ght for his right to build their nal home.

Based on a true story.Screening from 6 June at

Cinema Paradiso and Wind-sor Cinema.

WIN WIN WINTo be in the draw to win

a double pass to any of the above shows, be among the rst callers to phone Have a Go News on 9227 8283 (during business hours, Monday to Friday) or email [email protected] and include your lm pref-erence and the word Luna in the subject line. Only over 45s are eligible. Com-petition ends 18/05/13.



SACHA likes his friends, his piano and partying.

He spends his evenings playing in a jazz club where he seduces pretty girls. He is happy and free as the wind, living the thrill of the moment. No alarm clock, no wedding ring, no taxes.

Charlotte has three chil-dren, two ex-husbands and a career to manage. She doesn’t have any space for romance in her life.

They are poles apart and have nothing in common... But they are made for one another.

Happiness Never Comes

Alone in cinemas 30 May.WIN WIN WIN

To be in the draw to win a double pass to Happi-ness Never Comes Alone, email [email protected] and include the word happiness in the subject line or address an envelope to Happiness Never Comes Alone Comp c/- Have a Go News PO Box 1042 West Leederville WA 6901 with your contact details on the back. Only over 45s eligible. Compe-tition ends 25/05/13.

Happiness Never Comes Alone

THE WESTERN Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) is proud to present Thoroughly Modern Millie di-

rected by Crispin Taylor. The show begins at 7.30pm from Sat-

urday 15 to Saturday 22 June at the Regal

Theatre, Subiaco with matinees Saturday 15 and 22 June at 2pm.

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a Tony Award-winning, high-spirited musical romp. It’s the zany new 1920s musical that took Broadway by storm!

Based on the popular 1968 musical lm, starring Julie Andrews, it tells the story of a naïve young woman who nds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss. She begins to take delight in the apper lifestyle in this hilarious celebration of the roaring twen-ties when the parties rocked and the Char-leston was the dance craze.

Though a relative newcomer to the stage, introduced in 2000, Thoroughly Modern Millie has all the components of an old-fashioned musical - romantic bal-lads, show-stopping musical numbers, parallel love stories, mistaken identity, tapping and con ict created by hilarious buffoons. With tap numbers like Forget

About the Boy and romantic ballads like I Turned the Corner, Thoroughly Modern Millie has quickly become an American musical theatre favourite. On Broadway, the show was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, and won six, including Best Mu-sical.

Performed by the entire second and third year cohort of WAAPA’s renowned Music Theatre course and directed by Crispin Taylor (Anything Goes, Crazy For You, Into The Woods).

Its exhilarating musical score will be performed by a large orchestra of WAA-PA musicians directed by David King, the spectacular dance numbers choreo-graphed by Jenny Lynnd, lighting design is courtesy of multi-award winner Trudy Dalgleish (White Devil, Eureka, Hair-spray, The Boy From Oz, How To Suc-ceed In Business…) and set design is by Steve Nolan (Anything Goes, Crazy For You, How To Succeed in Business…).

Amid the lavish design and ashy

spectacle, there’s a home-spun message to the show. Though fads and fashions come and go; the things that really matter never change.

Tickets are $65 Full, $58 Concession. Group bookings are available.

Ticketing information Regal Hotline 1300 795 012 or visit ticketek.com.au (in-cludes booking fee, transaction fee may apply).

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Mu-sic Theatre International (NY)

WIN WIN WINTo be in the draw to win one of two

exclusive double passes to Thoroughly Modern Millie, Saturday 15 June, 2pm at The Regal, email [email protected] or address an envelope to WAA-PA comp c/- Have a Go News PO Box 1042 West Leederville WA 6901 with your contact details on the reverse. Only over 45s are eligible. Competition ends 31/05/13.

Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Regal

Clay Roberts and Emily Hart, 3rd Yr WAAPA Music Theatre students© Kathy Wheatley

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

REGAL THEATRE 15-22 JUNEBOOK NOW THROUGH TICKETEK1300 795 012 | TICKETEK.COM.AU

TONY AWARD-WINNING

MUSICALA high-spirited

musical romp that’ll have you dancing

the Charleston

Friday 26 July 2013, 8pmThe Regal Theatre

www.regaltheatre.com.auBOOK: 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Comedy Gold with 3 comedy icons!Fiona O’Loughlin

AS SEEN ON...Celebrity Apprentice

& Dancing With The Stars

Bob FranklinAS SEEN ON...

Thank God You’re Here &

The Librarians

Ethel ChopMIX 94.5 FM radio

& Melbourne International Comedy

Festival favourite

“The Nation’s nest stand up”The Age

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Reply Box 5633FRENCHMAN, SOR, 76, NS, SD, WLTM sincere lady sometimes dining out, movies, theatre, outing, short travel, meet for coffee.

Reply Box 5667

GENT, early 60s, active, posi-tive outlook, DTE, easygoing and GSOH, presentable, well groomed, good company. En-joys movies, theatre, dining out. WLTM lady for friendship, possible relationship, age not an issue. Let’s meet for a chat. ALA.

Reply Box 5666

GOLFER to join me on a four day trip to Kalgoorlie, three nights accommodation plus breakfast, two days golf for the cost of $299 twin share.

Reply Box 5652

HAPPY active, caring and honest educated lady, 5’4” with Christian ethics. Enjoys music, dancing, travel, home life, n sec. WLTM special gent, late 60s, NS, SD, NG, GSOH for friendship rst, possible rela-tionship. ALA.

Reply Box 5655

HI, English gent, 62, slim, easygoing, GSOH, WLTM similar happy lady for walking maybe cycling companion for all the beautiful walks around Perth’s river parks and bush. No strollers. See you soon.

Reply Box 5661

LADY 65, NOR, tall, happy, would love to meet tallish, hon-est, single gent. Friendship and see if we click. Not interested in travelling just in you as a per-son. Happy to ring you, mobile landlines.

Reply Box 5656

LADY 67, WLTM gentle-man, 65 - 69. I am 5’, 62kgs, DTE, GSOH, SD, loves out-doors, travel, t, presents well, fun loving person, n sec, our meeting could have happy times and a better future. SOR.

Reply Box 5644

LADY slim, t, NS, SD, happy, enjoys life, reading, movies, chic ics, wine/dine in/out, travel in/out Australia, Country drives. WLTM NS, SD, 60+, special guy to share love, laughter, explore, future adventures together. Let’s meet for coffee.

Reply Box 5641

LADY 69, NOR, active and outgoing, WLTM genuine, re-spectable gentleman for friend-ship, NS, SD with GSOH and DTE. Let’s meet for coffee.

Reply Box 5648

LADY, 70+ seeks gent 60 to 70, alive and well, GSOH for friendship, outings, TLC, live NOR, no mobiles.

Reply Box 5665

LADY in 70s, widow. WLTM gent in 70s for companionship, GSOH and good company. Likes country drives and a trav-elling companion for overseas. NOR.

Reply Box 5639

LAST tango by the Swan! Means nirvana: love, laughter, lust and learning, bliss! If you are slim, 60+, independent, educated, cultural, lady, caring, sharing, romantic and enjoy own space, sunsets, autumn, all nature, winter hugs and cud-dles, simple things and could consider abandoning one-self to be “tossed by tempests of desire”.

Reply Box 5651

LADY warm and welcom-ing, intelligent, well groomed, 5’7”, medium build. WLTM, kind and caring, gentleman. NS, clean living, enjoys learn-ing, laughter, 65-75 to share outings, companionship, Man-durah area. Will send photo via email on request.

Reply Box 5657

OUTGOING, well presented, 6’, young 71, West Aussie. Likes socialising, outdoors, travel, n sec, in Mosman Park. GSOH, NS, SD, WLTM attrac-tive, slim, 64+, lady who is tac-tile, affectionate, NS, GSOH, DTE. Let’s enjoy life. ALA.

Reply Box 5637SEARCHING for a TLC gent, free of ties, to 70, NS, SD, for friendship rst, thereafter who knows? I am of happy nature, romantic, modest lady, enjoy cooking, outings, quiet times at home. I WLTM you for cup of coffee and a chat. Hoping to hear from you soon.

Reply Box 5645

TALL lady, 62, WLTM tall in-telligent gentleman interested in travel, enjoys being active who would like to take my hand and walk through life to-gether for the rest of our future.

Reply Box 5647

VIOLET ame, ascended masters, oneness, LOA, Jit-terbug perfume, praise, love, gratitude. The world is as you are. Like me you’re clean liv-ing, youthfully, healthy, DTE, bright, joyful, NS, ND, truth-fully conscious, kindred soul, choosing divine love and light. Seeking platonic, intelligent, uplifting company. NOR.

Reply Box 5654

WIDOWER 74, slim, 5’11”, born UK, Aussie, 42, DTE, ND, SD, NG, from South West WA. WLTM lady for local and long distance caravan trips. Prefer UK or European back-ground. Will travel to meet.

Reply Box 5634

WOULD you appreciate companionship and help with cleaning, shopping, some meal preparation in return for ac-commodation for active, t, 71, retired gent with some means, police clearance and references available. Let’s meet for coffee and a chat.

Reply Box 5646

A WIDOW, 69, WLTM a gen-tleman to share a quality life with, prefer Australian, NS, NG, SD, well educated. I love all the simple things in life. ALA.

Reply Box 5636

AUSTRALIAN, lady early 60s, NS, romantic. Enjoys cooking, walking, weekends away. I stongly believe that there is a man out there for me who knows how to treat a lady. You might be my man.

Reply Box 5663

CREATIVE, con dent, some-times cowardly, compassion-ate, caring, concerned about conserving nature, craving, constant, male companion, capable of cuddling. Compat-ible? We could have 40 years together on cloud nine. Condi-tions? 60s, n sec, intelligent, communication, NS, NOR.

Reply Box 5658GENT mid 50s, lives NOR, slim, ND, NG, NS, likes travel-ling, RNR, Latin b/room, mov-ies, gardening, country music. WLTM slim lady with similar interests.

Reply Box 5643I AM gent, retired, own home, NS, SD, DTE, would like a live-in friend, must like pets, gardening, honest, caring, GSOH, any nationality. Genu-ine only.

Reply Box 5642LADY 62, tall, honest, caring, WLTM gent to 65, same with GSOH, DTE, good conversa-tion. My interests; a good home life, camping, bbq, movies, reading, going out occasionally, dinner/breakfast, family orien-tated, NS, SD.

Reply Box 5635

VIRGO, lady 53 looking for genuine gent, 54 plus for friendship companionship, DTE, GSOH, SOR, enjoy crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, gardening, picnics, country drives, walks, along beach, hand in hand looking forward to hearing from you.

Reply Box 5659

WIDOWER, 53, lady, ND, NS, SOR, loves music, pet dog Patches, nights at home.

Reply Box 5664

WIDOWER late 70s, NS, SD, healthy, slim build, 5’10”. WLTM lady in 70s, slim to me-dium build, NS, SD, GSOH, DTE, enjoy caravanning, lawn bowls, old time dancing, live a quality life in our twilight years. Mandurah area.

Reply Box 5632

WOMAN looking for friend and love with an honest man living in Kwinana Rocking-ham, 60-70. Somebody with a lot of love to give.

Reply Box 5668

AUSSIE lady 68, t, healthy, NS, SD, still looking for com-panion, male, similar age to go caravanning in winter. Share expenses and friendship. You must be out there somewhere.

Reply Box 5640

THE ROCK n Jive Social Club was formed in 2003 by a group of like mind-ed people who wanted to share the love of dancing and 50s and 60s music.

Membership is around 80 people and over the last 10 years more than $30,000 has been raised for different charities.

This year is the club’s 10th birthday with many birthday celebrations to mark the occasion with the rst being a dance held at the Osborne Park Bowl-ing Club in March where the club held its rst dance 10 years ago.

Members are encouraged to be ac-tive within the club and they vary in

age from 18 to 80. Age is not a barrier to attending as

far as the club is concerned: if you can’t dance then have fun watching and lis-tening to the great music.

The club meets weekly on a Monday night where members dance, chat and learn new dances.

The average age of members is over 50. Dancing ability is not important; it is about getting out and socializing with a very warm and welcoming bunch of people.

For more information call Sharen Gardner, Secretary at work 9248 9746, home 9343 9501 or mob 0448 800 013.

Rock n Jive to 50s and 60s music

THE CLUB is a social club for people aged over 55, semi-retired or retired.It meets at 10am on the fourth Monday of each month at the Yokine Bowling Club,

10 Wordsworth Avenue, Yokine. They have a guest speaker at each meeting and interesting outings including luncheons and

bus tours.Visitors are most welcome to come along and join them for morning tea.For further information please contact Joy Ackland (Secretary) on 9349 1354.

Dianella Districts Combined Probus Club Inc welcomes members


Scene Socially

At the midnight hour

I WAS TALKING to Dar-ien Reid from the Soul City Groove after watch-ing him live on stage and I asked him a question.

“How do you keep your energy up; you seem as energetic now as you were in the 80s?”

He smiled and an-swered with, “Set high standards and stick to them”.

Wow, he made it seem so simple.

I wondered if it could work for everyone.

I wondered if it could work for me.

Maybe it could work for you!

Later, talking to Matt Bartel, a music teacher/musician buddy of mine, I learned it takes 10,000 hours of work to become amazing at your chosen task.

Daunting I thought... “Not really”, Matt said

with a smile and explained it works out that over eight years the time needed to reach the chosen standard is about three hours a day.

Seems simple enough I thought. It’s about setting a standard, then sticking to it.

Eight years is a long time, until I realised that after one year, you are al-ready one eighth amazing, wow! You could be a bet-ter chef, good at comput-ers or perhaps you wish

to set a higher standard for yourself as a person? I could be a one/eighth amazing Uke player!

How often do we de-cide to do something hop-ing it will turn out well only to discover that the opposite happens?

How could this happen when we started out with such good intentions?

I now ask myself, have I a standard? Have I stuck to my standard? Was I not prepared to do the hard yards, only to let it all fall over. Then walk away from it as I console myself that it was a bad idea from the start?

If I had simply perse-vered and stuck to my standard, would it have been better?

The short answer ap-pears to be yes!

The longer answer is, it could have worked had we/I taken more time and effort. Or maybe seeking advice from those who knew more? Or maybe just starting again was all that was required?

It’s all about setting a standard.

I love standards, after all where would we be with out our standards?

All the best

Jon Lewis

“Now Number One After Midnight”

Jon Lewis can be heard on 6PR 882 AM, from midnight to 5am on Fri-day and Saturday nights. Catch his Let’s Go Travel Show from 5am Sunday mornings. Is your club looking for a quizmaster? Jon is available as your Quiz Master - and he’s good. Call or text him on 0404 005 882.

For more details, visit the website www.havea-quiz.com

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Top row from left: Pres. Shenton Park RSL Peter Hopper, and Pres. City of Subiaco RSL Dennis Williams. Maitland and Margaret Davies whose grandmother was Mary McKinlay, former President RSL Women’s Auxiliary. Annie and Bruce Mullan, Ann and John Mullan and Peter and Robyn Mullan, all descendants of Mary McKinlay.

Second row from left: President of Moora RSL Arthur Tonkin whose father was a returned Vietnam Veteran and Rhonda Tonkin. Bob and Kate Gare. Marija Jelavic and Bill Heel OAM, RSL State President Graeme Edwards and Sheila Hoad.

Bottom row: One of the guest speakers, Ben Elton, Sec. Mt Lawley/Inglewood RSL, Joan Dalglish, and President Mt Lawley/Inglewood RSL Oliver Lovelle, the wonderful Army band and the eld of poppies display.

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SCENE (2): The fabulously successful 1913 Garden Week featuring chef and renowned restaurateur Stephanie Alexander held at Perry Lakes.

SCENE (2): Enjoying the many displays at Garden Week were: Clockwise from left: Yvonne Smedley and Carolyn Fischer, Rosemary Ed-wards and Anna Jennings. Amanda Mannolini and Suzy Montandon. Jeanette Liverios, Dolly Hoskins and Hilda Stevenson. June, Barry and Tracy Bryant. Kevin and Mary Kavanagh.

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