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IN THIS ISSUEAll action in the Club Pine Rivers Junior Open Classic 7Bulls charging overseas and on the coast 11Jackaroos men take 8 Nations title 12Two new CDOs appointed for NSW 13New Bowls League set to revolutionise the sport 13Julie Keegan - a dream comes true 19The incredible journey of the Truculent Turtle 20Super Coach becomes ambassador 24The importance of saliva 26Bowling Stroke over 28Great Koala Count 30

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The Gold Coast Past Presidents Ladies Bowling Social Club, began in 1978 with ladies who decided it was a great way for like-minded women who have been a President of a club on the Gold Coast Tweed area to get together socially when they had completed a full year with their respective clubs as President. It is now open to any lady President from any club anywhere who has served their club for a full 12 months. We have a monthly Meeting at the Share and Care Centre Palm Beach, this is usually held on the first Monday of the month.

We have outings voted on by the members, sometimes a boat trip , a luncheon, a guest speaker, We have had a Jewellery exhibition, and recently we had a trip to Goodna, we gave the Goodna Club items to raffle as well as a visit to financially assist them after the floods. On the 30th September we are off to Beaudesert Club, an annual outing we look forward to. We also donate to the District Winter Carnival every year with a minimum of $400 dollars and more when we can manage. Our Donations include The Palm Beach Share and Care, and the Queensland Institute of Medical research, and not forgetting our own members, we subsidise our Bus trips and outings.The only way we make money is by our monthly raffles (supplied by our members) and our fee of $10.00 per year.

We are made up of women from a variety of Clubs, but we would really welcome new members, you don’t have to be an active bowler, but someone who enjoys the company of the Bowling fraternity and meets the criteria.

Our AGM is on the 14th October and our next monthly meeting after that is the 4th November followed by the Christmas party 2nd December at Christine Ave $22.50 per head. We are fortunate to have two wonderful patrons in, Jean Meiklejohn and Lorna Fritz. Our Presidents have been of a high standard as have our executives and we also have a lot of fun at the same time.To any outgoing President may we extend to you an invitation to join us in the near future. Our current executive is as follows. President Jill McFadyenPast President Joan Powell MenziesVice President Joy TillSecretary Joan Powell MenziesTreasurer Faye BradyAssistant Treasurer Sheila Jenkins Assistant Secretary Lee smithGames Director Shirley RushtonWelfare Jean Cahill

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The Innovator

Barry Hamer

Game for hope and gloryso let us begin the rushtime for a brand-new storyloaded with a lot more plush What we need is lots of gutsplanning rather than blameonly making important cutsto create a really great game Challenging test for true believersto develop a credible storypushing all the appropriate leaversto achieve much hope and glory Some may say what challenge, or why bother there’s always a bowling club nearby and available for a game every day of the week, even offering big prize money so why strive for the hope and glory referred to? Furthermore, our bowls membership allows us to visit and participate in a wonderful range of bowling clubs throughout Australia and overseas without having to get involved with the serious stuff. Actually it’s the serious stuff of playing and competing that created the evolution of our wonderful bowling clubs in Australia, so quoting the words of a familiar old song “love and marriage” you can’t have one without the other applies. The inescapable fact is that when particular sports and their players excel, clubs are formed and thrive while they are on top, or may falter depending on the performance of the players and the management of their clubs along the way. Indeed our lawn bowls membership, competitiveness, and status has diminished alarmingly over many years and in spite of efforts to resolve the situation, the trend remains The limerick at the head of this article offers a light-hearted approach to a very serious problem, so this new series will highlight some of the elements worth looking at to restore some hope and glory for us all. Each monthly innovation article will highlight just one of the elements listed below to consider in no particular order depending on feedback received on:-• Rules.• Formats.• Policy.• Planning methodology.• Attitudes.• Special projects. Rules:Numbers of rules have been introduced, modified and created lacking shared testing procedures prior to implementation without effectivetrialling, monitoring, and in-depth analysis.

Comment:All sports need evaluation from time to time to maintain relevance, viability, formats, transparency, and be open for suggestions prior to and following approved trials. Note:The core format of lawn bowls especially in competition should be universal, clearly under-stood, approved and not influenced by untested methods to seek solutions. Such changes should never be introduced at short notice without proper interrogation and approval by the appropriate controlling body or bodies. I firmly believe that some key changes that have taken place in the past may have contributed to the demise of some important aspects of our game evident today, and must warn that introducing further changes needs critical examination. Unfortunately, the formats and changes that have taken place in the past breaching copyrights particularly regarding rules and formats featured in the World Series Bowls and Super Bowl, therefore those formats and other fresh innovators must be fairly dealt with professionally. Having said that, the following columns will highlight how critical changes may be effectively carried out by engaging proven planning methods to meet fully approved objectives prior to implementation from now on. Lawn bowls and netball once shared “the most played sport status” in Australia; both had an image problem and needed reformatting, netball excelled and lawn bowls lagged behind. The most successful sports in Australia are the ones that maintain or develop clearly recognisable rules and methodology for players and spectators to enable them to enjoy every aspect of the games they turn up for. Like all other sports lawn bowls requires makeovers also, however it must be on the basis that such controlling bodies do indeed be controlling bodies, by nurturing good ideas and developing them in consultation with all bowling members and their many innovators. The following months will raise the six issues listed above innovating and exploring ways and means of promoting our game with a view to stabilisation, creativity, and achievable objectives through unity and professional participation by all concerned bowlers. Next month’s column will examine new rules old rules, barriers and gates, and how they may open or close the well-being and positive development of lawn bowls played in Australia and overseas. Over to you! - The Innovator, Barry Hamer

“Game of hope and glory” - Part 1

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In the 30th year the club has hosted this event, the competition of the players was as fierce as it was 30 years ago.

With $2550 prize money up for grabs, and also a chance to engrave your name on the perpetual cup, tensions were high. The tournament is set in a format of Open Singles, Under 15 Singles, Open Pairs and under 15 pairs.

The under 15 age bracket events were certainly a show of which direction our sport is going, with some high quality bowls played amongst the competitors. In the Under 15 Pairs, Liam Stephan & Dale McWhinney-Shillington prevailed over young Capalaba stars, S. Young & K. Morgan 17-6. The Open pairs final was also a one sided affair, with Mitchell Mears & Joel Anderson defeating Taleah Putney & Braiden Leese 19-10. The under 15 Singles was undisputedly the game of the tournament, with Jakob Nelson from Cleveland defeating Mitchell Mears of Algester 25-24. In an enthralling final, the players were neck and neck throughout the game, showing no signs of nerves, displaying the class of bowls expected from the world’s best bowlers. In the Open singles final, seasoned campaigner on the junior circuit Nick Gosley, defeated Cohen Liftin 25-21 in what also was a fantastic final.

The Junior Open Classic Trophy is covered with names that have represented Queensland and Australia respectively. These include former world singles champion, and current national coach, Steve Glasson and former Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist and household name, Kelvin Kerkow. Other players of note are Inaugural winner, Chris Kidner from Cairns, former Australian representative, Anthony Kiepe, and former Australian Junior Singles Champion, the late Ray Lanham.

Junior Open ClassicClub Pine Rivers is the place to be for high quality bowls, with the launch of the Australian Premier League to be held at the venue starting November the 18th. The tournament will be held over four days, with some of the world’s best players participating, with some games being filmed live on Fox Sports.

Anyone in need of information on this event is invited to phone Club Pine Rivers on 3481 8600.

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AUSTRALIAN INDOOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPSPlayed over 4 days from Monday July 29 to August 1, 32 Men and 32 Ladies qualified from each state and territory played in a sets knockout format to become the Australian Indoor Champions.Men’s Division:Semi-finals results: Mark Nitz [Tas] d. Andrew Howie [Act] 8/9;10/7;T 4/3. Tony Wood [Vic] d. Mathew Rennex [Vic] 10/4; 9/4. The final went to Tony Wood beating Mark Nitz 9/6; 9/3.Ladies Division:Semi-finals results: Karen Murphy [NSW] d. Carla Odgers [Vic] 7/9; 12/2; T 3/1. Maria Rigby [Qld] d. Lisa Mitchell [NSW] 12/3; 9/5. The final went to Karen Murphy beating Maria Rigby 10/4; 10/4.

JUNIOR GOLDEN NUGGET – Under 18This invitational event was played on Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4 in a Round Robin format with 2 sections for each division.Boy’s Division: semi-finals results: Dylan Skinner [NSW] d. Michael Sims [Tas] 21/19; Corey Wedlock [NSW] d. Charlie Birnie [SA] 21/10. The final went to Corey Wedlock beating Dylan Skinner 25/20.Girl’s Division: Renee McPharlin [SA] d. Jamie-Lee Wornsop [NSW] 21/16; Chloe Stewart [Vic] d. Ellen Ryan [NSW] 21/17. The final was won by Renee McPhalin beating Chloe Stewart 25/19.

TWEED HEADS GOLDEN NUGGET - Inaugural Silver Nugget winner makes double. This event now in it’s 27th year pits the best 12 males and 12 females from Australia and New Zealand who are invited to play 5 round robin games of singles over 3 days with the 4th day for the finals for each division. The top 2 section winners from each division then playoff for a spot in the final.

TWEED HEADS MEN’S BOWLS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2013After 3 rounds in the Men’s divisions in section ‘A’ Leif Selby was the only 3 game winner and in section ‘B’ it was cluttered with 3 players with 2 wins each but Kelvin Kerkow had the best score of 2 wins plus 20.

In the Ladies divisions in section ‘A’ Jo Edwards from NZ was the stand-out with 3 wins and again in section ‘B’ 3 ladies had 2 wins but the best per-formed was Kelsey Cotterell with 2 wins plus 12With the last 2 rounds played on day 3 the final placings in the Men’s sections were Leif Selby [NSW] 4 wins plus 29 followed by Mark Casey [NSW] with 4 wins plus 13 in section ‘A’. In section ‘B’, Kelvin Kerkow [Qld] topped with 4 wins plus 37 and Mathew Pietersen [NSW] with 4 wins plus 33 and in the Ladies sections, in section A the only 5 game winner was Jo Edwards [NZ] with 5 wins plus 38 and then Natasha Van Eldik [NSW] with 3 wins plus 29. In section B for the Ladies it was Sarah Boddington [NSW] on top with 3 wins plus 17 followed by Claire Turley [NSW] with 3 wins plus 5.

Men’s Division final results were: Semi-finals: Mathew Pietersen defeating Leif Selby 25/23 and Mark Casey beating Kelvin Kerkow 25/20. Final: Mathew Pietersen defeating Mark Casey 25/18 with Selby and Kerkow in equal 3rd placing.Mathew, from the Cabramatta Bowling Club in Sydney’s south west, now has two ‘nuggets’, one silver and one gold, in his trophy cabinet in the one year and now wants to take the Tweed Heads number one green home.

In the Ladies section Jo Edwards showed why she is the current World Number One lady bowler and has won this event on two previous occasions making it a trifecta wins.

Ladies Division final results were: Semi-finals: Jo Edwards defeated Claire Turley 25/19 and Natasha Van Eldik beat Sarah Boddington 25/22. Final: Jo Edwards defeated Natasha Van Eldik 25/15. with Turley and Boddington in equal 3rd placing.

CARNIVALS:Consolation FoursAgain a disappointing small field of only 28 teams entered for this event which in previous years we had to knock back teams.The overall winners with 6 plus 59 were Lindsay Ponting, N. Locke, K. Hansen and Barry Anset. The runners-up were a composite team of K. McMa-hon, Greg Ash, Laurie Sylvester and Leon Harvey with 6 plus 57. Third place went to a Tweed Heads team of Gary Hewitt, Ken Calvert, Leigh Tynan and John Griffiths with 6 plus 27 and fourth place went to another composite team of Rob Henshaw, Sam Ramsay, George Hanlon and Brian Gay with 6 plus 26.

The seven section winners were in section 1; D. Smith, G. Lamb, G. Hassall and John Evans; section 2: V. Lewis, K. Banks, P. Murphyand Ray Morrissey; section 3: Erron Martin, John Bailey, Vince Beckley and Clinton Bailey; section 4: Barry Milburn, Jack Blagbrough, Laurie Lennox and Neville Batey; section 5: John Flatt,, Terry Dealey, Ian Nickson and Hugh Wanninburg; section 6: Wayne Heydt, Eddy Vuik, Simon Bailey and Paul Girdler and section 7: Jim Hammersley, Don Shoobert, Graham Simpson and Terry Patton with the Mystery Prize going to Vern Eves, Rod Baines, John Porter and John Asser.

Winter Mixed PairsWhat a turnaround with 52 teams competing in this carnival played on Monday August 19. After 3 games over 15 ends the final result was

Di Cunnington and Phil Brandon with 6 plus 57 followed in 2nd place by Helen and Jon Bosisto with 6 plus 44 on a count back from Coral and Ken Hanson also with 6 plus 44 and fourth place going to Christine and Col Hawkins with 6 plus 35. There were 13 section winners with Margaret Dare, Alan Dearman; Robyn and Kerri Miller; Pat and John Griffiths; Joan Lyon, Ken Calvert; Jennifer Youl and Simon spencer; Laurina Spencer and Mark Howarde; Karen and Karl Figura, June Gilroy, Jim Hammersley; AnnMaree and Warren Peart; Jenny Ware, Ian Wildman; Stephanie and Peter Goldsmith; Linda Brack, Rine De Kleyn; Ellen Joselin, Lindsay Ponting. Mystery Prize went to Lyn and John Rogers.

Spring Mixed PairsA total of 40 teams accepted for this, our last carnival for 2013, and was played on Monday September 9

Overall winners were Ann McClure and Dave Gardiner from Broadbeach with 6 plus 51; with runners-up John and Sally Archer from Tweed Heads on 6 plus 44. Third place went to Val Young and Brian Lamb [composite] with 6 plus 30 and Fourth placing went to Jenny Ware and Ian Wildman from Tweed Heads with 6 plus 27.The 10 section winners were Ngaire Gibson and Brian Bevan; Kaye and Ernie Robins; Delmae Woods and Greg Ash; Lyn Cuthbertson and John Millington; Ellen Joselyn and Brendan Hoey; Gerry Giseburt and Barrie Weatherall; Carmen Anderson and Abdul Latif;; Dennis Lusby and Judy Roche; Laurina Spencer and Mark Howarde and Val and Carl Gravolin. The Mystery Prize went to Lyn and Ken Davey.

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It makes no difference wether it is a sporting event or stage production or a TV show, the persons behind the stage or the volunteers at a bowls event are the ones that make it happen but are rarely noticed or seek recognition for their outstanding efforts. Apart from the volunteer workforce (umpires, markers etc on the day) making a contribution to a successful tournament, the work that’s goes on “behind the scene” long before the event gets under way can and does make all the difference. Many times over the past 15 years have bowls organisers called for JC – Jack Cahill, the Director of Systems Tournament, to come up with a computerised results program to help the smooth running of their pennant or tournament program.

The day consists of All You Can Eat Prawns, Sausage Sizzle plus a great game of Social Bowls (pairs). There is $200 prize money shared amongst the three Highest Margins but we cater for all standards, from bare footers to serious bowlers.

Bring your own group and play each other, or join in with club members.Southport Bowls have been putting on these special Sundays for many years and they prove very popular with bowlers from all clubs. Prawn Days are usually on the 3rd Sunday of each month (you should check dates on the website www.southportbowls.com.au).

October 20th is the next Prawns and Bowls Day at Southport, followed by another one in November. Bowls starts at 9.30 am, lunch is 12.30 am, reserve your place by ringing 07 5531 2626.

Total cost is $15 per head, and you can bring your partner for lunch only. Reservations required.

Southport Bowls Club Brightens up your Sunday.

Champagne Breakfast and Bowls. On October 27th come along for a beautiful cooked breakfast, a free glass of champagne and a game of social bowls. We plan to have Champagne Breakfast and Bowls on the last Sunday of each month, check our website for details, www.southportbowls.com.Format is 2 games of 14 ends, second game winners play winners and losers play losers. Lucky rink prizes, no measuring, no umpires. The whole idea is to have FUN.

Breakfast starts at 8.00 am, bowls at 9.00 am. Total cost $10.Reserve your place by ringing 07 5531 2626

Southport Bowls Club was born 100 Years Ago on August 12th this year, we are planning many new and interesting events for our centenary.

Does everyone know of Southport Bowls Club’s popular Sunday Prawns and Bowls Days?

With close on 45 years experience dating back to joining the Werribee Bowls Club in 1970, Jack has offer his services as a volunteer first as secretary in 1975 and helping new bowlers after obtaining his coaching accreditation in 1983 – Jack still coaches 30 years on to this day as the Coach of the Fraser Coast District

Arriving on the Gold Coast in 1990, Jack Mermaid Beach Bowls Club and served on the Gold Coast –Tweed Committee for 17 years and his contributions are still in place today with the Over 60’s Mid Week Challenge. For the past 14 years, Jack has turned his expertise on computer programming to provide a results service for the start of Premier League Queensland back in 1999 and even now each year constructs a computer results and ladder system for the massive Bowls Super Challenge competition.

With over 120 clubs and 3 divisions in Gold, Silver and Bronze Challenges in separate Men and Ladies competition, providing a results service which formulates the huge number of ladders after the results have been entered is a long process and can take up to 3 months! Of course, when Tournament and District organisers need help JC is always on hand to advise, support and provide a computerised System Tournament Program when needed.

Bowls Super Challenge in South Australia is the latest to benefit from the results service and they describe the program system as “Brilliant”.

Jack now operates under System Tournaments and among others that benefit includes Coffs Harbour District Pennant, Fraser Coast District and for the past11 years has constructed the results service for the massive Bowls Queensland District Sides Championships. Back in 2004 when the Australian Mens Sides Championship played at Tweed Heads BC, Jack provided a computerised results service, projected within the club on the big screen and was delivered online over the Internet and did the same for the 2006 Australia Ladies Sides Championships at the same club. Over the years Jack has built tournament programs for many clubs including Helensvale, Mermaid Beach, Kingscliff, Magnetic Island, Paradise Point, McKenzie Park, and Broadbeach and recently helped when needed at the Australian Sides at Broadbeach.

“The Quick & the Dead” Tournament at Surfers Paradise, “Who Dares Who” at Coolangatta and this year “Eureka Pairs” at Ballina and South Tweed are just a few of the tournament programs, System Tournaments has provided in recent years.

JC – is a SUPERSTAR, is always willing to help and has for forty years, without his dedication and support many would have fallen by the wayside. Jack Cahill and System Tournaments have provided a free service to the sport of lawn bowls which deserves recognition and accolades for bowlers across Australia.

JACK CAHILL TOURNAMENT PROGRAMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE


The woman’s pennant season is over here on the Gold Coast. The division 1 ladies have won the pennant this year.

With superstar players, Gail Waitai, Sue McKenzie, Christina Pavlov, Lyn Cuthbertsen and newly acquired New Zealand under 18 champion Selina Goddard. The girls found themselves in first place. What a WIN!

A big reason for the success is the commitment of the players and the leadership of our state representative players. Setting up Wednesday skills session has really seen the girls bond and helping the whole club. Every Wednesday any lady of the club can come and train with some of the best players in Queensland doing drills to improve the game, but more importantly team bonding. This has been a big factor in winning on Friday mornings.

Well done girls and the number 1 flag will be flying at Broadbeach.

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Mark Casey and Ryan Bester represented Broadbeach in the 8 nations event held in Glasgow Scotland from 26 -31 August.

This was a warm up tournament to the games being held next July. Australian star Mark who has already collected a Commonwealth Games gold and silver medal, played extremely well in helping Australia win the overall men’s trophy. Mark in the first discipline won all five of his pairs games and second discipline collected a silver medal for Australia. Ryan representing Canada, who has a Commonwealth Games bronze medal from Melbourne had different

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fortunes in both disciplines he played. In the pairs to start Ryan went 3-5 ending up in fifth place. Singles however is Ryan’s best game, the world silver medallist again found himself in the gold medal game against Aron Sheriff of Australia. Aron got off to a strong start and never relented, winning the game 21-16.

Both Mark and Ryan represented the club well and hope both get selected for the games next year, with the following Commonwealth Games being held right here at Broadbeach.

Good luck to Mark for the future.

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The girls are looking good!


The Australian Jackaroos continued their preparations for the sport’s pinnacle event, the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with a sterling performance during their recent international expedition to Glasgow.

The Eight Nations Commonwealth Games Invitational, held at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre on August 26 to 31, saw the green and gold contingent secure the Reigning International Bowler of the Year, Ettalong Memorial’s Aron Sherriff guided the Aussie men’s team through the final match of the men’s singles to guide the team to a gold medal victory in that discipline, defeating Canada’s Ryan Bester 21-16.

The men’s singles gold medal is just one of three that the Australian team secured at the traditional Commonwealth Games host city lead up event in Glasgow over the tourna-ment.

Our Vision Impaired Mixed Pairs combina-tion of Marian Morrison (Director - Beatrice Kassulke) & Tony Scott (Director - Peter Scott) prevailed in the gold medal playoff over Wales 15-10.

The culmination of a strong week by all of the Australian men didn’t go unrewarded as the team of Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey, Brett

Jackaroo men take 8-nations overall title

Wilkie, Nathan Rice, Wayne Ruediger, Barrie Lester and Matthew Flapper claimed the overall gold medal across all four disciplines, commencing with Sherriff, Rice and Lester winning a gold medal in the men’s triples earlier in the week and a silver medal in the fours on the penultimate days play and in the pairs early in the championships augered well for the well deserved honour.

Australia’s tour proved to be an indifferent event for the Jackaroo women with strong player rotations throughout the week in a search and discover mission to identify the right the combinations.

Our Women’s fours provided the biggest highlight with a 3rd place and bronze medal in the fours while the girls could only man-age an 8th placing in the singles, 7th in the pairs and 6th in the triples.

“Despite the boys doing a great overall job, we as selectors took a lot of learnings from the tour as a whole and will now continue training here for a week and come home and review the performances overall,” National coach Steve Glasson said.

“The girls had a tough week from a winning perspective but there were certainly some positive signs from some individuals which

just didn’t materialise into crucial wins that we needed.”

“The opportunity to have exposure to the greens in Scotland and the best nations in the world was a great learning experience for everyone.”

Results listed below (and who represented Australia in finals)GOLD MEDALMen’s Singles (Aron Sherriff v Canada 21-16)Men’s Triples (Barrie Lester, Nathan Rice, Aron Sherriff v England 15-12)Vision Impaired Mixed Pairs (Marian Morrison & Director - Beatrice Kassulke & Tony Scott & Director - Peter Scott v Wales 15-10)

SILVER MEDAL Men’s Pairs (Brett Wilkie & Matthew Flapper v Scotland Clyde lost 11-12 in gold medal playoff)Men’s Fours (Wayne Ruediger, Mark Casey, Nathan Rice, Matthew Flapper v NZ lost 12-21 in gold medal playoff)

BRONZE MEDAL Women’s Fours (Claire Turley, Natasha Van Eldik, Karen Murphy, Kelsey Cottrell v England 24-13)Other overall placings;Australian Bowlers with a Disability (AWD) - 4thWomen’s Triples - 6th placeWomen’s Pairs - 7th placeWomen’s Singles - 8th place


Bowls Australia, Bowls NSW and the New South Wales Women’s Bowling Association were delighted to announce the appointments of Mathew Searle to the position of Community Development Officer for the Western and North Western region of NSW, and Gael Evans-Barr as CDO for Riverina in September.

Searle joins the bowls fraternity following his most recent role as the Business Development Manager for Dindas Australia, a national wholesale distributor and importer of timber and hardware products, where in his role he serviced and developed the strategy for a large region, and prior to that as the NSW State Sales Manager for Tilling Timber NSW.

Having been an established and keen bowler since 1997, during which he has represented Penrith and Merrylands in Premier League,

Mathew will bring a crucial understanding and knowledge of the sport to his new role.

Searle steps into the role to replace Josh Thornton, who has relocated states to assume the North East Victoria position left vacant by inaugural CDO of the year Garry Dillon, who has taken over the reigns as Bowls Australia’s CDO Program Manager. In her prior roles, Evans-Barr has held various positions at the Cancer Council Queensland since 2007, including South West Queensland Community Services Coordinator and most recently State Coordinator for Public Health Communications and Marketing, whilst also studying an MBA in Health and Human Services Management from Deakin University, which she will complete in November this year.

A detailed knowledge and strong background in engaging the community through physical activity and healthy

Two new CDOs appointed for NSWinitiatives, and travelling within remote and regional areas in Australia to prepare thorough business tools, such as business planning, financial reporting, grant acquisition; setting up IT, and establishing relationships with local government, will ensure Evans-Barr is an invaluable asset to clubs within her new region.

Bowls Australia employs 15 Community Development Officers throughout every state and territory, with five CDOs appointed to regions in NSW, to assist bowls clubs in various aspects of their business and club operations and to further enhance and strengthen the relationships between key stakeholders, Bowls Australia and clubs in metropolitan and regional areas.

Bowls Australia congratulate Matthew and Gael on their appointments and look forward to them commencing her post with Bowls Australia, Bowls NSW and NSWWBA.

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The sport of bowls will never be the same again, with the launch of a new competition and format that is set to revolutionise the sport and attract a new generation of players.

Just as the T20 Big Bash League did for cricket, it is expected that the Australian Premier League (APL) format will inject new excitement into bowls by taking the best traditional elements of the sport and mixing them into an adrenalin-fuelled, fast-paced and action-packed formula of the game in a city versus city national competition including a team from New Zealand.

The competition will be officially launched this Thursday, October 3, with APL ambassador Mick Molloy returning to the home of the hit movie Crackerjack to introduce the APL players from the inaugural tournament, which will be staged from November 19 to 22 at Club Pine Rivers in Brisbane and aired LIVE on Fox Sports in Australia and SKYTV in New Zealand.

WHERE: Melbourne Bowling Club, 138 Union Street, Windsor VIC 3181DATE: Thursday, October 3, 2013TIME: 2.00pm arrival for a 2.15pm start.Talent in attendance: Neil Dalrymple, Bowls Australia CEOMick Molloy, APL Tournament AmbassadorPlayers from six inaugural teams;Scott Thulborn – Adelaide EnduranceKelvin Kerkow – Brisbane GoldJo Edwards – New Zealand BlackjacksDylan Fisher – Melbourne RoysBrett Wilkie – Perth SunsSteve Glasson – Sydney Lions

For more information, contact:Andrew Holmes, Communications & Marketing Manager, Bowls [email protected] Phone: 0411 024 405Chloe Kennedy, PR Executive, Twenty3 Sport + [email protected] Phone: 0400 217 662

New bowls league set to revolutionise the sport

Grandparents across Queensland will be honoured on their special day on Sunday 27 October 2013. Grandparents Day is an opportunity for everyone to make their grandparent’s day by thanking them for their love and support. Community groups can get involved by organising a Grandparents Day event. Ideas for activities include morning teas, an intergenerational walk for grandparents and grandkids or exhibiting artwork by children showing why they love their grandparents. Grandchildren and families are also being encouraged to do something special to make their grandparent’s day. A range of promotional materials are available to support groups holding Grandparents Day events, including posters, postcards and downloadable cards and certificates of recognition. Visit the Grandparents Day website to register your event and to order or download promotional materials.The theme of Grandparents Day 2013 is ‘Make your grandparent’s day!’

Celebrate Grandparents Day


The Raymond Terrace Jets became only the fourth team in history to take out the National $50,000 Club 5 A Side after defeating home town heroes Club Helensvale in September's final.

After defeating 2012 champions, Warilla, in the semi-final, the Jets were riding on a high as they powered to a brilliant start in the opening pairs and triples disciplines.

L-R Tash Van Eldik, Ian Lean, Lennon Scott, Matthew Baus & Jason Stokes

RAYMOND TERRACE CLAIM THE 2013 $50,000 COCA COLA NATIONAL CLUB

5 A SIDE CHALLENGEIan Lean and Matthew Baus proved they had what it takes, accounting for the double Antho-ny duo, Fantini and Kiepe, in the pairs 20-5.

While next door a strong finish to the trio of Nathasha Van Eldik, Jason Stokes and Lennon Scott over Lynsey Clarke, Brett Wilkie and Nathan Rice, wining 18-12, ensured they would need to take only one rink win in either the fours or singles rounds to win the 2013 title.

And it was the Ian Lean show that capped off a fantastic event for the Jets, Lean defeated World Champion Wilkie 21-11 in the singles to

wrap up a brilliant tournament and claim the $20,000 first place prize cheque for the power-ful NSW club (with the fours dead rubber being won by Helensvale by 2 shots).

A proud moment for all players, supporters and club members of Raymond Terrace.

Congratulations to Club Helensvale for making their seventh consecutive finals appearance, and also to Burleigh Heads and Warilla on finishing equal third.

Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica ?Where do they go? Wonder no more ! ! !

It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintain a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life.

If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been

Dead Penguins - I never knew this!known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into, and buried.

The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:

“Freeze a jolly good fellow, Freeze a jolly good fellow.”

You really didn’t believe that I know anything about penguins, did you?


To stay ahead in this wonderful world of technology, Taylor Bowls are delighted to announce that they are embarking on a whole new initiative to deliver their product from their factory floor right to your door!

Our family owned business has an impeccable history spanning over 200 years and we have proven credentials for being a market leader. We are pleased to be a recognised force in the bowling world for the quality and consistency of our bowls where we have earned the respect of satisfied customers and many of the top players from around the world.

We are proud of Karen Murphy who won three gold medals at the World Championships in Adelaide last year and who recently chalked up a sensational sixth Australian Indoor Singles crown at Tweed Heads. Added to that, we also have a wealth of talent in our recently crowned world champions - Lynsey Clarke, Kelsey Cottrell and Natasha Van Eldick, silver medallist Ryan Bester and they are joined by Ben Twist, Dylan Fisher and top disability player Josh Barry and many rising stars, all of whom play with Taylor bowls.

Over the years many current and past champions and countless top players from all continents have secured World, International and National fame, both indoor and outdoor using our product and records confirm that we have been the dominant brand in the bowling arena, helping players to make their mark worldwide.

We first introduced our bowls to the Australian Market in 1990 and then went on to become the first Company to develop coloured bowls to the market at Warilla in 1997. Since then we have had an ever increasing loyal following and demand for our proven products year after year.

We have spoken with many customers over the years, but more importantly we have LISTENED to their suggestions and taken on board the services that they would like us to adopt.

With the internet now introducing new concepts in the way people purchase goods , we decided that there is a much better way to do business in our industry. After months of trials, costings and logistical testing, we are delighted to announce that with immediate effect we are launching a new online service from our Glasgow factory direct to you.

Do you want to stand out from the crowd? Well now you can! We are making you an offer you simply cannot refuse!

We are investing in a new innovation that NO other bowls company currently offers and have set up a fully interactive website at www.taylorbowlsdirect.com where customers can ‘build their very own bowl’ (initially this applies to the SRV model only).

The SRV is the most popular model that we have had the pleasure to manufacture for Australia and this site allows you to firstly select the colour, size, emblem and paintwork and then actually see the finished design prior to placing your order.

You can either visit one of our trusted retailers (check our website for their contact details) who will guide you through this fantastic service and order your bowls for you! Or alternatively, follow the instructions on the website, make your choice, click the button and ‘hey presto’

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your order will be despatched from our head office in Glasgow and delivered direct to your door in 10 working days.

The total cost is an unbelievable $550 and that also includes delivery even to remote areas not serviced by retailers! Until the end of November 2013 add the promotional code TAY10 to receive an additional $55 off the colour bowls taking the price down to an unbelievable $495! See the website for details.

Unlike our competitors, we guarantee there will be absolutely NO additional hidden charges and NO postage & packaging fees when you come to making payment. Sounds too good to be true ... well why not give it a try and see!

To help make your decision, we have also gone that extra mile and appointed over 80 ‘ Ambassadors’ - known as our ‘Taylor Family’ who know our products through and through and have been entrusted with promoting them Australia wide. They can be located in any State (again please check the website for their contact details) and they will be only too pleased to talk you through our product range and let you ‘test and try before you buy’ our latest bowls models.

Our mission is simply to give you the best possible service we can and put something back into our wonderful sport!


The Bowls Plus staff where treated to a wonderful warm welcome and extended an invitation to play Bowls, and even find us a set of Bowls to play with at the Robe Bowling Club. What a wonderful bunch of people and an incredible view that the Robe Club has overlooking the Ocean. Robe is situated on Guichen Bay, about 350km south east of Adelaide. and we are looking forward to returning soon to play our invited match.

Thank you to Robe Bowling Club

Left to right: Barry Moore, Jim Gray, Rosemary Williams, Errol Jennings

I was a little shocked by these pictures when it penetrated my brain how long she’s been around. She gives new meaning to the phrase “Long Live the Queen”.

I don’t know about you, but I went O.M.G. somewhere between Eisenhower and Truman. After looking at this I am shocked at how long I’ve been around, too... IF YOU REMEMBER ALL OR MOST OF THESE PRESIDENTS, YOU’RE NO SPRING CHICKEN.

“Long live the Queen”

BARACK OBAMA GEORGE W. BUSH

BILL CLINTON GEORGE BUSH

RONALD REAGAN JIMMY CARTER

GERALD FORDE RICHARD NIXON

JOHN KENNEDY DWIGHT EISENHOWER

E. TRUMAN

A little boy went up to his father and asked: ‘Dad, where did my intelligence come from?’

The father replied. ‘Well, son, you must have got it from your mother, cause I still have mine.’


Alex and Heather McMillan

Alex and Heather started bowls in1981at Geebung Bowls Club in Brisbane and were both active in club management. Heather held various positions in the Ladies club and was Board Treasurer for a number of years, while Alex was lucky enough to win the Enoggera Super Grasse Men’s Fours with Col McKay in 1996 and enjoyed a trip to Adelaide representing Queensland.

Alex was also the Brisbane North District Delegate from 1990 where he held the positions of Junior Vice, Senior Vice, Chairman of Selectors and President up until 1998. He was Delegate to the RQBA from 1997 and was elected to the Board of Directors in March 2000. As a Director, Alex prepared the principal paper for Unification of RQBA & QLBA and was appointed to the Joint State Constitution Committee to

Great people – Great members – Great workersprepare the draft constitution for Unification. Upon its adoption, he was elected Senior Vice President of the Bowls Queensland Men’s Section

Having often played bowls at Mooloolaba when on holidays, when they moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2000 Mooloolaba Bowls Club was always going to be their club of choice. Both have been involved in the management of the bowls sections since 2001, with Alex acting as Club delegate to the SCDMBA & District Delegate to Bowls Queensland in 2007.He was elected president of Mooloolaba in 2005 and has been most active in promoting the Bowls Bonanza Carnival and the Men’s Top Draw Fours since his time as chairman. Both have been involved as organizers and selectors in the Super Challenge competition since its inception.

The simple fact is Mooloolaba Bowls Club was extremely fortunate when Alex and Heather elected to join the club.

Very soon they are returning to the north side of Brisbane to take up residence at the Oxford Park Retirement Village at Mitchellton.Be it on the green or in administration this happy couple will be missed at Mooloolaba and the club management & members thank them & wish them both all the very best for the future.

The Vikings will be competing in the Premier grade, Reserve grade and will also field teams in the Premier Sevens in Over 60’s, Division 3 and Division 5. The elevation to play eleven of the top ranked clubs in Queensland presents an interesting challenge for Bramble Bay who are recruiting top level players into their ranks to supplement their playing strength. Already signed are Jamie Smith former Queensland Under 25 representative who is travelling to Scotland to play in the Professional Bowlers Association events, Natasha Jones winner of State Under 18 Singles,Pairs,Triples and Fours 2013 and Nathan Appleton winner of Life Stream Singles and Pairs at the recent Queensland Disability Championships 2013, additional marquee players from interstate will be added to the line-up. Leading sponsors are already coming on board the Vikings Ship, and include Carlton United Brewries, Professionals Redcliffe, JT Press, e Sea Cruising and George Hartnett Funerals. Bramble Bay have planned a huge opening day for the AERO PLQ when they meet the current champions South Tweed Heads Sharks that includes World and International Champion Kelvin Kerkow, Australian Coach Steve Glasson and Queensland representative Neville Jenkins. The first away game the Vikings play the Helensvale Hawks that includes World, National and State Champions.

Bramble Bay “ VIKINGS” have accepted entry into the AERO BOWLS Premier League Queensland for 2014

As this is the first time Mt Gravatt Bowls Club has featured in Bowls Plus Magazine, we thought we would give a little background to the Club’s history.

Situated at 1873 Logan Road Upper Mt Gravatt, the Club has been in existence since 1952. Presently the membership totals around 350 combined Men and Ladies. Situated close to Garden City Shopping complex, we offer ample off street parking for members and visitors.

The Club has two greens, a grass green and a covered all weather carpet green constructed in 2004. This has been a boon for the Club, particularly in inclement weather and at night in cooler months when we are able to play all year round. Whilst there are a number of Clubs choosing to go the way of artificial greens, we are one of the few with a cover over.

Regular weekly events include;• Ladies Bowls Tuesday morning• Men’s Pairs being separate games on Wednesday morning and afternoon. • Social Bowls Wednesday evening.• Mixed Triples Thursday afternoon.• Social Bowls Saturday afternoon.

MT GRAVATT BOWLS CLUB NEWS

Our major event is the Men’s Pairs run in October annually. In 2013 these are being run with qualifying games on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th and final on Monday 21st October.

We pride ourselves in being “The Friendly Club” a mantle we have proudly worn for many years. Many visitors to the Club comment to this effect.

We are fortunate in having an alliance with Southside Sport and Community Club who operate the Licenced Club aspects of the operation whilst Mt Gravatt Bowls Club run the bowls. The alliance works very well for us in that we can channel our resources into the one area. Friday evening is our Club night with meals and raffles being a feature.

If you have not been to our Club previously why not give it a try. New and prospective members are welcome to come and take a look at what we have to offer. The Club can be contacted on 07 3349 2367, or visit our website www.mtgravattbowlsclub.com


It was in 2005 when I attended my first official Australian coaching camp. All the top players were there. A virtual who’s who of the current Australian Lawn Bowls scene, and it was everything I thought it would be.

I remember how different the Australian coach, Cameron Curtis’, approach to training was compared to what I had already learnt at my club or even state training camps. I could see they were empowering the players to a level where they could coach themselves. That was what real coaching was all about, or what it should be about. Since those early days I have been lucky enough to have had the tuition of some of the best players to have ever pulled on the green

and gold for OZ. Steve Glasson, Robbie Dobbins, Rex Johnson, Ian Schuback, and Cameron Curtis. I’ve taken on board the information they have passed on to me and now use some of the tactics when training our club teams at Club Kawana.

I play for two clubs right now. In N.S.W. I play for Club Cabramatta and in Qld I play for Club Kawana. Last year I opened up a retail store next to the second green at Club Kawana. It was important to me to have the store located close to a green were I can help fellow bowlers pick the right bowl, as well as coaching when required.

With my husband, Michael, on board we have looked to make a difference in the game. We have looked for the very best in clothing and equipment and have set up a website www.lawnbowls2u.com.au.

Lawn Bowls is always on Julie Keegan’s mind. She has competed at the highest level and played over 120 games for Australia. She has represented two states on numerous occasions and has helped three clubs achieve top pennant honours. Her career highlights include winning a Gold Medal at the World Championships in 2008 and winning a Silver Medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Julie has always dreamed of opening up a pro shop. No, not for golf, a lawn bowls pro shop. Last year, in conjunction with Club Kawana, on the Sunshine Coast, that dream became a reality. Julie Keegan’s Aero Bowlsworld was open for business in April 2012 and has created a bit of a storm ever since. Julie provides you with everything you could ever need to play the game. Located next to the second green at Club Kawana, this gives customers the chance to try bowls before they buy. Julie can help customise a set to suit their needs and at the same time offer them expert advice on their delivery and grip. Julie has developed a web site www.lawnbowls2u.com.au so everyone can check out her quality assortment of clothing and products. In her spare time Julie does club visits, where she takes an assortment of products out to clubs that helps those who can’t get in to see her or are not web savvy.

JulieKeegan

- a dreamcomes true



This is an interesting story about a Navy P-2 that flew non-stop from Perth, Australia to Columbus, Ohio in 1946. More than 11,000 miles and more than 55 hours in the air! The oxidized Lockheed ‘Truculent Turtle’ had been squatting next to a Navy Air Station’s main gate, completely exposed to the elements and getting ragged around the edges. Finally recognizing the Turtle’s singular historic value to aviation, it was moved to Pensacola to receive a badly required and pristine restoration. It is now - gleamingly hanging - from the National Naval AviationMuseum ‘s ceiling where it earned its distinction.

Taxiing tests demonstrated that its Lockheed P2V1’s landing gear might fold while bearing the Turtle’s extreme weight before carrying it airborne. And during taxi turns its landing gear struts could fail carrying such a load. For that reason, the Turtle was only partially filled with fuel before it was positioned at the head of Australia ‘s Pearce Aerodrome runway 27 at 7am on September 29th, 1946.

Lined up for take-off, all fueling was completed by 4:00pm. At the same time JATO packs were carefully attached to its fuselage for the jet-assistance required to shove the Truculent Turtle fast enough to take-off before going off the end of the runway. The Turtle would attempt its take-off with CDR Thomas D. Davies, as pilot in command, in the left seat and CDR Eugene P. (Gene) Rankin, the copilot, in the right seat. In CDR Rankin’s own words: “Late afternoon on the 29th, the weather in southwestern Australia was beautiful. And at 1800, the two 2,300 hp Wright R-3350 engines were warming up. We were about to takeoff from 6,000 feet of runway with a gross weight of 85,561 lbs (the standard P2V was gross weight limited at 65,000lbs).

Sitting in the copilot’s seat, I remember thinking about my wife, Virginia, and my three daughters and asking myself, ‘What am I doing here in this situation?’ I took a deep breath and wished for the best.

At 6:11pm, CDR Tom Davies stood hard on the brakes as both throttles were pushed forward to max power. At the far end of the mile-long runway, he could make out the throng of news reporters and photographers.

Scattered across the air base were hundreds of picnickers who came to witness the spectacle of a JATO takeoff. They all stood up when they heard the sound of the engines being advanced to full military power. Davies and Rankin scanned the engine instruments. Normal. Davies raised his feet from the brakes.

On this day, September 29, 1946, the reciprocating engine Turtle was a veritable winged gas tank... thirteen tons beyond the two-engine Lockheed’s Max Gross Weight Limitations. The Truculent Turtle rumbled and bounced on tires that had been over-inflated to handle the heavy load. Slowly it began to pick up speed. As each 1,000-foot sign went by, Rankin called out the speed and compared it to predicted

figures on a clipboard in his lap. With the second 1,000-foot sign astern, the Turtle was committed. Davies could no longer stop on the remaining runway. It was now fly or burn.

When the quivering airspeed needle touched 87 knots, Davies punched a button wired to his yoke, and the four JATO bottles fired from attachment points on the aft fuselage. The crew’s ears filled with JATO bottles’ roar, their bodies feeling the JATO’s thrust. For a critical twelve seconds, the JATO provided the thrust of a third engine.

At about 4,500 feet down the runway, 115 knots was reached on the airspeed indicator, and Davies pulled the nose wheel off. There were some long seconds while the main landing gear continued to rumble over the last of the runway. Then the rumbling stopped as the main landing gear staggered off the runway and the full load of the aircraft shifted to the wings.

As soon as they were certain that they were airborne, but still only an estimated five feet above the ground, Davies called ‘gear up.’ Rankin moved the wheel-shaped actuator on the pedestal between the pilots to the up position, and the wheels came up. Davies lightly tapped the brakes to stop the wheels from spinning, and the wheel-well doors closed just as the JATO bottles burned out. Behind the pilots in the aft fuselage, CDR Walt Reid kept his hand on the dump valve that could quickly lighten their load in an emergency. Roy Tabeling, at the radio position, kept all his switches off for now to prevent the slightest spark. The Turtle had an estimated 20 feet of altitude and130 knots of airspeed when the JATO bottles burned out. The JATO bottles were not just to give the Turtle additional speed on take-off, but were intended to improve the rate of climb immediately after lift-off. The Turtle barely cleared the trees a quarter of a mile from the end of the runway.

The field elevation of Pearce Aerodrome was about 500 feet, and the terrain to the west sloped gradually down to the Indian Ocean about six miles from the field. So, even without climbing, the Turtle was able to gain height above the trees in the critical minutes after take-off.

Fortunately, the emergency procedures for a failed en-gine had been well thought out, but were never needed. At their take-off weight, they estimated that they would be able to climb at a maximum of 400 feet per minute. If an engine failed and they put maximum power on the remaining engine, they estimated that they would be forced to descend at 200 feet per minute.

Their planning indicated that if they could achieve 1,000 feet before an engine failure they would have about four minutes in which to dump fuel to lighten the load and still be 200 feet in the air to attempt a landing. With their built-in fuel dump system, they were confident that they were in good shape at any altitude above 1,000 feet because they could dump fuel fast enough to get down to a comfortable single-engine operating weight before losing too much altitude.

Departing the Aerodrome boundary, the Turtle was over the waters of the Indian Ocean. With agonizing slowness, the altimeter and airspeed readings crept upward. Walt Reid jettisoned the empty JATO bottles. The Turtle was thought to have a 125 KT stall speed with the flaps up at that weight. When they established a sluggish climb rate, Gene Rankin started bringing the flaps up in careful small increments. At 165 KT, with the flaps fully retracted, Tom Davies made his first power reduction to the maximum continuous setting.

The sun was setting and the lights of Perth were blinking on as the Turtle circled back over the city at 3,500 feet and headed out across the 1,800 miles of the central desert of Australia. On this record-breaking night, one record had already been broken. Never before had two engines carried so much weight into the air after the JATOS quit. Their plan was to keep a fairly low 3,500 feet for the first few hundred miles, burning off some fuel, giving them a faster climb to cruise altitude and (hopefully) costing them less fuel for the total trip. But the southwest wind, burbling and eddying across the hills northeast ofPerth, brought turbulence that shook and rattled the overloaded Turtle, threatening the integrity of the wings themselves.

Tom Davies applied full power and took her up to 6,500 feet where the air was smoother, reluctantly accepting the sacrifice of enough fuel to fly an extra couple of hundred miles if lost, bad WX or other unexpected problems at flight’s end. Alice Springs at Australia ‘s center, slid under the Turtle’s long wings at midnight and Cooktown on the northeast coast at dawn. Then it was out over the Coral Sea where, only a few years before, the LEXINGTON and YORKTOWN had sunk the Japanese ship SHOHO to win the first carrier battle in history and prevented Australia and New Zealand from being cutoff and then isolated.

At noon on the second day, the Turtle skirted the 10,000 foot peaks of southern New Guinea , and in mid-afternoon detoured around a mass of boiling thunderheads over Bougainville in the Solomons.

As the sun set for the second time since takeoff, the Turtle’s crew headed out across the vast and empty Pacific Ocean and began to establish a flight routine. They stood two-man four-hour watches, washing, shaving, and changing to clean clothes each morning. And eating regular meals cooked on a hot plate. Every two hours, a fresh pilot would enter the cockpit to relieve whoever had been sitting watch the longest.

The two Wright 3350 engines ran smoothly; all the gauges and needles showed normal. Every hour another 200 miles of the Pacific passed astern. The crew’s only worry was Joey the kangaroo, who hunched unhappily in her crate, refusing to eat or drink. Dawn of the second morning found the Turtle over Maro Reef, halfway between Midway Island and Oahu in the

A historic account of a 1946 flying record...

Truculent TurtleThe incredible journey of the


long chain of Hawaiian Islands . The Turtle only had one low-frequency radio, because most of the modern radio equipment had been removed to reduce weight. Radio calls to Midway and Hawaii for weather updates were unsuccessful due to the long distance.

Celestial navigation was showing that the Turtle was drifting southward from their intended great circle route due to increased northerly winds that were adding a headwind factor to their track. Instead of correcting their course by turning more northward, thereby increasing the aircraft’s relative wind, CDR Davies stayed on their current heading accepting the fact that they would reach the west coast of the U.S. somewhere in northern California rather than near Seattle as they had originally planned.

When Turtle’s wing tip gas tanks empty, they were jettisoned over the ocean. Then the Turtle eased up to 10,000 feet and later to 12,000 feet. At noon, CDR Reid came up to the cockpit smiling. “Well,” he reported, “the damned kangaroo has started to eat and drink again. I guess she thinks we’re going to make it.” In the fall of 1946, the increasingly hostile Soviet Union was pushing construction of a submarine force nearly ten times larger than Hitler’s. Anti-submarine warfare was the Navy’s responsibility, regardless of the U.S. Army Air Force’s opposing views.

The Turtle was among the first of the P2V Neptune patrol planes designed to counter the sub threat. Tom Davies’ orders derived straight from the offices of Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, and the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

A dramatic demonstration was needed to prove beyond question that the new P2V patrol plane, its production at Lockheed representing a sizeable chunk of the Navy’s skimpy peacetime budget, could do the job. With its efficient design that gave it 4-engine capability on just two engines, the mission would show the Neptune ‘s ability to cover the transoceanic distances necessary to perform its ASW mission and sea-surveillance functions.

At a time when new roles and missions were being developed to deliver nuclear weapons, it would not hurt to show that the Navy, too, had that capability. So far, the flight had gone pretty much according to plan. But now as the second full day in the air began to darken, the Pacific sky, gently clear and blue for so long, turned rough and hostile. An hour before landfall, great rolling knuckles of cloud punched out from the coastal mountains. The Turtle bounced and vibrated. Ice crusted on the wings. Static blanked out its radio transmissions and radio reception.

The crew strapped down hard, turned up the red instrument lights and took turns trying to tune the radio direction finder to a recognizable station. It was midnight before Roy Tabeling succeeded n making contact with the ground and requested an instrument clearance eastward from California...

They were 150 miles off the coast when a delightful female voice reached up through the murk from Williams Radio, 70 miles south of Red Bluff, California. “I’m sorry” the voice said. “I don’t seem to have a flight plan on you. What was your departure point?” “ Perth , Western Australia .” “No, I mean where did you take-off from?” “ Perth , Western Australia .” “Navy Zero Eight Two, you are not understanding me. I mean what was your departure airport for this leg of the flight?” “ Perth , Western Australia. “BUT, that’s halfway around the world!” “No, only about a third. May we have that clearance, please?”

The Turtle had departed Perth some thirty-nine hours earlier and had been out of radio contact with anyone for the past twenty hours. That contact with Williams Radio called off a world-wide alert for ships and stations between Mid-way and the west coast to attempt contact with the Turtle on all frequencies. With some difficulty due to reception, the Turtle received an instrument clearance to proceed on airways from Oakland to Sacramento and on to Salt Lake City at 13,000 feet.

The weather report was discouraging. It indicated heavy turbulence, thunderstorms, rain and icing conditions. As Gene Rankin wrote in a magazine article after the flight:”Had the Turtle been on the ground at an airport at that threatening point, the question might have arisen: ‘Is this trip important enough to continue right through this stuff? The Turtle reached the west coast at 9:16pm about thirty miles north of San Francisco. Their estimated time of arrival, further north up the coast, had been 9:00pm.They had taken off about forty hours earlier and had covered 9,000 statute miles thus far.

They had broken the distance record by more than a thousand miles, and all of their remaining fuel was in their wing tanks which showed about eight-tenths full. Speculation among the pilots began as to how much further the Turtle could fly before fuel exhaustion. The Turtle’s oxygen system had been removed for the flight, so the pilots were using portable walk-around oxygen bottles to avoid hypoxia at higher altitudes. The static and atmospherics began demonstrating the weird and wonderful phenomenon of St. Elmo’s fire, adding more distractions to the crew’s problems. The two propellers whirled in rings of blue-white light. And violet tongues licked up between the windshields’ laminations. While eerie purple spokes protruded from the Neptune ‘s nose cone.

All those distracting effects now increased in brilliance with an accompanying rise in static on all radio frequencies before suddenly discharging with a blinding flash and audible thump. Then once again slowly re-create itself. The St. Elmo’s fire had been annoying but not dangerous. But it can be a heart-thumping experience for those witnessing it for the first time. The tachometer for the starboard engine had been acting up, but there were no other engine problems. The pilots kept the fuel cross-feed levers, which connected both main tanks to both engines, in the ‘off’ position so each was feeding from the tank in its own wing.

Somewhere over Nevada, the starboard engine began running rough and losing power. After scanning the gauges, the pilots surmised that the carburetor intake was icing up and choking itself. To correct that, the carburetor air preheating systems on both engines were increased to full heat to clear out any carburetor ice. Very quickly, the warm air solved the problem and the starboard engine ran smoothly again. With an engine running rough, CDR Davies had to be thinking about their mission. The Turtle had broken the existing record, but was that good enough? It was just a matter of time before the AAF would launch another B-29 to take the record up another notch. The Neptune was now light enough for single engine flight, but how much farther could it go on one engine? And was it worth risking this expensive aircraft for the sake of improving a long-distance record? Over Nevada and Utah , the weather was a serious factor. Freezing rain, snow and ice froze on the wings and fuselage, forcing the crew to increase power to stay airborne. The aircraft picked up a headwind and an estimated 1,000 lbs of ice. It was problematic because the plane’s deicing and anti-icing equipment had been removed as a weight-saving measure.

The next three (3) hours of high power settings and increased fuel usage at a lower altitude of 13,000 feet probably slashed 500 miles from our flight’s record-breaking distance. After passing Salt Lake City, the weather finally broke with the dawn of the Turtle’s third day in the air. The Turtle was cleared to descend to 9,000 feet. All morning, CDR Davies tracked their progress eastward over Nebraska, Iowa, and the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. To the north, Chicago ‘s haze was in sight. But not surprisingly, the remaining fuel levels were gaining more attention from every member of the crew. The wingtip tanks had long ago been emptied and jettisoned over the Pacific. The bomb bay tank, the nose

tank and the huge aft-fuselage tank were entirely empty. The fuel gauges for both wing tanks were moving inexorably toward zero.

CDR Davies and his crew consulted, tapped each fuel gauges, calculated and recalculated their remaining fuel and cursed the gauges on which one-eighth of an inch represented 200 gallons.

At noon, they concluded they could not safely stretch the flight all the way to Washington, DC, and certainly not to the island of Bermuda. CDR Davies chose the Naval Air Station at Columbus, Ohio to be their final destination. At quarter past one that afternoon the runways and hangars of the Columbus airport were in sight. The Turtle’s crew were cleaned-up and shaven and in uniform. And the fuel gauges all read empty. With the landing checklist completed and wheels and flaps down, CDR Davies cranked the Turtle around in a 45 degree left turn towards final. As the airplane leveled out on final, the starboard engine popped, sputtered and quit. The port engine continued smoothly.

Down to 400 feet, as they completed their final turn, both pilots simultaneously recognized the problem. Their hands collided as both reached for the fuel cross feed fuel lever between their seats. During the landing pattern’s descending final turn in the landing pattern, the near-empty starboard tank quit feeding fuel into the starboard engine. Within seconds, the starboard engine began running smoothly again from fuel rushing in from the open cross feed. The Turtle had been in no danger, since they were light enough to operate on one engine. On the other hand, it would have been embarrassing to have an engine quit, in view of the growing crowd watching below.

At 1:28 pm on October 1st, the Neptune’s wheels once more touched the earth with tires intentionally over-inflated for our take-off at Perth, 11,236 miles and 55 hours and 17 minutes after take-off. After a hastily called press conference in Columbus the crew was flown to NAS air station in Washington , D.C. by a Marine Corps Reserve aircraft, where they were met by their wives and the Secretary of the Navy. The crew was grounded by a flight surgeon upon landing in Columbus. But before the day was over, the Turtle’s crew had been awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses by Navy Secretary Forrestal. Next day they were scheduled to meet with an exuberant President Harry S. Truman.

And Joey was observably relieved to be back on solid earth. And she was installed in luxurious quarters at the National Zoo. The record established by CDR Tom Davies and the crew of the Truculent Turtle’s crew did not stand for a fluke year or two, but for decades. The long-distance record for all aircraft was only broken by a jet-powered B-52 in 1962. The Truculent Turtle’s record for piston/propeller driven aircraft was broken by Burt Rotan’s Voyager, a carbon-fiber aircraft, which made its historic around the world non-stop flight in 1986, more than four decades after the Turtle landed in Ohio .

After a well-earned publicity tour, the Truculent Turtle was used by the Naval Air Test Center at Patient River as a flying test bed for advanced avionics systems. The Truculent Turtle was retired with honors in 1953 and put on display in Norfolk, Virginia, and later repositioned at the main gate of Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, in 1968. In 1977, the Truculent Turtle was transported to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida where it now holds forth in a place of honor in Hangar Bay One. Many thanks to the Naval Institute Proceedings magazine, Naval Aviation News magazine, the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation magazine, CDR Eugene P. Rankin, CDR Walter S. Reid and CDR Edward P. Stafford, Wikipedia and WW2 Aircraft.Net - whose articles about the “Truculent Turtle” were the basis for this article.

This story was organised for our readers by Les Taylor.

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Implementing a pension strategy and taking advantage of a zero tax rate, requires a little more planning than just starting to take money out of your super fund.

The payment of a pension will be governed by the fund’s trust deed, so this must be referenced prior to taking any action. The member’s request, the fund’s acknowledgment and the pension terms must all be documented in writing demonstrating adherence to ATO and SIS regulations for payments of member benefits.

The member must meet a condition of release. Generally, at present, this can be as simple as having your 55th birthday.

Once the fund trustees’ have determined a condition of release has been met, the tax free percentage of a member’s benefit balance must be calculated. This percentage remains fixed for the term of the pension. Any earnings on pension assets as well as pension payments must be proportionally allocated according to this fixed percentage for the life of the pension.

The next decision is to determine whether a Transition to Retirement or Account Based Pension is most appropriate for the member.The member must also elect as to whether a Reversionary Beneficiary is to be included in the terms of the pension.

Assets supporting the pension should be revalued and then a minimum payment can be established for the current year.

If the member is under 60 years of age, then a number of other steps must be undertaken with the ATO in regards to PAYG withholding obligations.

If another member is still in accumulation mode, a decision must be made as to whether to segregate assets or use the services of an actuary at year’s end to determine the Pension Exempt Income component of the fund’s annual earnings.

In short, careful, systematic planning is required to ensure the fund’s pension strategy meets SIS and ATO requirements to gain and keep that zero tax rate.

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The warm weather has arrived early this spring. Although most of us are looking forward to spending more time in the outdoors and enjoying the weather – spring and summer also brings its challenges!

Don’t we all dread getting hot and bothered, when the house gets stifling hot – after a day or two above 30 degrees?

Why is it that most houses get so unbearably warm? Well a lot of the heat build-up is due to the very high temperatures that are reached in roof spaces throughout Australia. The sun hits your roof and starts heating the air inside. As the heat builds up in the roof space – the air expands and starts penetrating your ceilings – and the heat radiates down from the ceiling giving you an undesired heat contribution – even if your roof/ceiling is insulated!

If you live in a double storey home – you probably feel the heat more than in a single storey house – as the heat rises from below.

Traditionally Australians have been installing whirlybird type roof ventila-tors to prevent overheating, however an increasing number of people are now installing solar powered roof ventilation units – which are free to run – and far more powerful.

Solar Fans are available with different capacities up to 3000 cbm/h (the average wind-driven roof-fan moves about 100 cbm/h) – and the high airflow allows for roof space temperatures to be brought down relatively close ambient. Controlling the roof-space temperature will reduce the temperature in the house – and if you have ducted air-conditioning - reduce running time – whilst also increasing efficiency – saving you hundreds of dollars every year.

If you have particularly warm rooms – e.g. west or north facing rooms with large windows – you can find models with sufficient capacity to also remove heat directly from these rooms.

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Mr Property Services is pleased to announce that with a further 9 home sales during the last quarter of the 2012/2013 financial year we have achieved our new all-time record of 42 completed sales during a financial year.

A recent survey of home buyers and sellers completed by HomeGain.com, a real estate services website, revealed that 76% of home owners believe their home is worth more than the list price recommended by their real estate agent.

Homebuyers look at a lot of new properties on the market. They make offers, know what sells quickly and for how much, and what doesn’t and why. Unfortunately your home is worth what a Buyer is prepared to pay for it given current market conditions. This may not be the same as your opinion or ours, or what you hope it’s worth. Relying on emotion rather than logic when setting the advertised price for your home can lead to disappointing results.

We continue to experience the trend that Buyers will make what they consider to be a fair offer on a home and they are not prepared to budge! They simply make an offer on an alternate home, often in the same park. Buyers are submitting offers 5-6% below the advertised price and expect a lot for their $$$$$.

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The greatest anomaly of Australia’s superannuation system is that business owners do not have to pay themselves superannuation on a regular basis. So, they often don’t, and rely instead on selling their business to fund their retirement. But that leaves us open to too many possibilities between then and now.

What if you could use money you are already paying out as an expense to help purchase a retirement asset?

A Self Managed Super Fund is able to purchase residential or business property. The problem with residential property is that a related party of the SMSF trustees cannot use it prior to retirement, even if they pay market rates, and this includes that wonderful holiday house you have in mind.

But, with commercial or business property, the SMSF can lease it back to the trustees or a related party of the trustees.

So, if you run your business from retail/commercial premises (or even if you currently do not), you can purchase a suitable premise in an SMSF and lease it back to your business. That money you are paying to a landlord is now going into your super fund and helping to pay off the loan you may have had to take out.

This is what I call the great double dip. You claim the lease expense in your business at the respective marginal tax rate and the money ends up in your super fund, where earnings are taxed at only 15%.

Combine that with some regular super contributions and debt free ownership of the property looms more closely on the horizon.

But wait, there’s more. If you use the property to fund a pension once you reach preservation age and then decide to sell it, the SMSF (that’s you) pays no Capital Gains Tax – that’s something to think about and plan for!

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Peter Doherty, known as ‘WOMBAT’ or ‘Super Coach’ by some athletes (who have experienced his coaching) has recently been appointed as an Ambassador for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA).

Peter was diagnosed with high level aggressive prostate cancer and underwent surgery early this year. “I believe I was asymptomatic and only become aware of the cancer through regular blood testing. One of the tests, the PSA test, measures levels of prostate-specific antigen in the blood stream. It was a massive shock to me and after going through the biopsy and the radical prostatectomy, in a short time, gave me little time to understand what I was going through. I decided to accept this Ambassadorship so I can assist others through the experience”. Peter said.

When you consider nine men die each day of prostate cancer in Australia, Peter’s experience highlights that early detection is the key to enabling better outcomes. Accordingly, PCFA recommends that men at 50 with no family history of prostate cancer, and men at 40 with a family history talk to their doctor about prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) is a broad-based community organisation and the peak national body for prostate cancer in Australia. We are dedicated to reducing the impact of prostate cancer on Australian men, their partners, families and the wider community.

Super Coach Becomes Ambassador We do this by:• Promoting and funding world leading, innovative research into prostate cancer• Implementing awareness campaigns and education programs for the Australian Community, health professionals and Government• Supporting men and their families affected by prostate cancer through evidence-based information and resources, support groups and Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurses

PCFA receives Government funding for specific projects and relies on the generosity of individuals, the community and partnerships, such as those with the Movember Foundation and Commonwealth Bank, to carry out our essential work.

Peter is a Board member and Secretary of ‘Premier League Queensland’, and Tournament Director of ‘The Sevens’. The Sevens is a competition run by Premier League which gives Clubs of all sizes an opportunity to compete on an equal footing. ‘Peter has been involved in Club, District and State Committees and has coached bowls since the late 1980’s. He was the first Coach to graduate from The University of Queensland (UQ) High Performance

Coaching programme. The Postgraduate programs in Sports Coaching at UQ are designed to develop experienced coaches from any sport, into ‘High Performance Coaches’. They are a joint venture between the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), and the School of Human Movement Studies. His main interest is in high performance coaching, researching high performance in bowls and mentoring other coaches, and now raising awareness of prostate cancer among men.

Hosting a PCFA Ambassador is a great way to increase awareness of this disease amongst club members. Ambassadors are trained community volunteers who present to workplaces, clubs and organisations on the importance of prostate cancer awareness. Ambassador presentations generally run for 20 minutes, plus question time, and are available as a free community resource.

If your club would like to request an Ambassador, or for more information, please contact [email protected].


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Queenslanders are encouraged to step up the fight against bowel cancer – one of our most common and deadly diseases. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young said many people were not aware of how common bowel cancer was and how important early detection could be. “Each week in Australia, about 80 people die from the disease with 17 of these in Queensland,” Dr Young said.

“Those over the age of 50 are most at risk of developing bowel cancer and it is particularly important for 40–70 year olds to talk about bowel cancer to help remove the embarrassment surrounding this disease.” “It is crucial that if you are aged over 50, you participate in recommended bowel cancer screenings every two years, and discuss these screenings with your GP.”

Dr Young said new research showed bowel cancer screening rates had declined, with only 33 per cent of eligible Queenslanders doing the free test. “Queenslanders aged 50, 55, 60 and 65 can take part in the free National Bowel Cancer Screening program, while other Queenslanders can talk to their GP or pharmacist to access a test kit,” Dr Young said.

“These tests are critical in ensuring early detection and potentially saving lives. “Bowel cancer is one of the most treatable cancers if detected early - 90 per cent of bowel cancers are treatable and curable if detected early.

“Up to 75 per cent of bowel cancers are lifestyle related and could be prevented by maintaining a healthy body weight though regular physical activity and healthy eating, and by limiting alcohol consumption and not smoking.”

“The fact that bowel cancer can be associated with lifestyle related behaviours is even more reason for Queenslanders to take up a healthier lifestyle,” Dr Young said.

For more information about the program, please phone 1800118868 or visit www.health.qld.gov.au/bowelcancer

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While many people no longer have their own teeth and wear full dentures, more and more people have retained some or all their teeth into their older years.

Regardless of whether you wear full dentures, partial dentures or no dentures at all, there is one thing which is rarely thought about but plays an important role for everyone – saliva. Without enough good quality saliva flowing around the mouth, the teeth, gums and other tissues in the mouth can be seriously damaged.

We have all experienced how dry the mouth can be first thing in the morning. This is because the saliva glands slow down production of saliva overnight. Also, many people breath through their mouth while asleep which can also dry the mouth. Many other things can cause a dry mouth. It has been shown that the aging process itself will cause a decrease in saliva, as well as certain tablets and medications taken for a variety of common medical conditions.

One of the greatest causes of decreased saliva production is one that can also be avoided – smoking. As well as causing diseases elsewhere in the body, smoking is a risk factor for gum disease and oral (mouth) cancer.

Some general diseases such as Sjögrens Syndrome can cause problems with saliva production. Also, people who have had radiation therapy for cancer around the mouth or face are at risk of reduced saliva flow.

So why is saliva so important?At the simplest level, it helps to break down food and stop the cheeks and gums sticking together during eating. This allows better chewing of the food before it is swallowed and helps digestion. At a chemical level, there are enzymes in saliva which aid

digestion by starting to break down food into the various nutrients we need for good health. And saliva allows you to taste the food you are eating so make the meal so much more enjoyable! Also, saliva contains important parts of the body’s immune system which help to fight infections and keep the mouth healthy.

Without a protective layer of saliva, teeth can decay very quickly. There is another common but often overlooked cause of tooth damage and that is dental (tooth) erosion. This occurs when there is too much acid in the diet and the teeth start to dissolve and wear away. These types of acid are found in soft drinks, energy and sports drinks, fruit juices and chewable Vitamin C tablets. So saliva has several essential roles in protecting the teeth.

Like washing a car, saliva can neutralise and wash away damaging acids which are responsible for erosion. Also, it contains calcium and phosphate minerals which are the microscopic building blocks of teeth. When the teeth are kept wet by saliva, these minerals can soak into the teeth and repair very small and very early areas of decay. Twice daily use of a fluoride toothpaste and, where possible, drinking fluoridated water will lock these minerals into the teeth and make them tough and strong for life.

But it’s not just teeth which are important. Gums are the foundations for the teeth and hold them firm and tight so chewing can be done comfortably. A thin film of germs and bacteria (called plaque) can collect around the edges of the gums near the teeth. If left too long without cleaning, the gums can become red and swollen and may eventually begin to come away from the teeth. Often the first sign of this disease is simply bleeding gums after brushing. While this isn’t painful and could be ignored as being normal or not serious, it is in fact an early warning of serious gum disease. Gum disease and gum infections are two of the most common causes for teeth needing to be extracted.

Even if you don’t have any teeth and wear full dentures, saliva is still important in providing a protective lubricant function to denture rubbing and soreness. Also, saliva creates the all important suction that helps to hold dentures in place. In much the same way as two dinner plates stick together if there is a thin film of water between them, dentures obtain their suction to gums by having a thin film of saliva between them. No saliva, no suction.

If all this fails, mouth gels which assist with keeping the mouth moist are available from pharmacists. So here are simple steps to keeping the teeth and gums healthy:

1. Drink plenty of water (preferably fluoridated) each day.2. Avoid acidic drinks (soft drinks, fruit juices, sports and energy drinks) and acidic foods (citrus fruit and juices, chewable Vitamin C tablets) or only have them occasionally.3. Stop smoking. Talk to your doctor and dentist about making this important change to your lifestyle. 4. If you think your tablets and medications might be causing a dry mouth, talk to your doctor. Sometimes changed doses or medications can improve the saliva. Do not change your tablets or doses without talking with your doctor. 5. Brush twice a day with fluoridated toothpaste. Once a day, use floss or other cleaning aids to clean between the teeth.6. See your dentist once or twice a year. As with any disease, the earlier it is detected the simpler and easier is the treatment. Very early spots of decay can be successfully repaired without needing a filling. And treatment of early gum disease can return the gums to the original healthy state.

Finally, if you wear any kind of a denture, it is best to leave them out while you’re asleep. This gives the gums a chance to rest, and lowers your chances of gum infections and soreness. It also lowers the rate at which your jawbone shrinks away over the years.www.ada.org.au www.dentalhealthweek.comau/2009

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What are low vision aids?When conventional eyeglasses can no longer help and surgery or medical treatment is not appropriate, or very prolonged, then it’s time to consider low vision aids. These come in an array of strengths and designs. They range from simple handheld lenses to electronic devices. Different products are needed for different visual tasks.

The low vision aid you might need is dependent on many factors, the type of vision loss you have, the degree of loss, your light and glare needs, and your ability to handle and operate the aid. There are many other factors. The best place to obtain a low vision aid is from a low vision products specialist. Low vision aids make images appear larger, clearer, and easier to see. Electronic Magnifiers are among the most useful low vision aids and come in pocketsize, stand-mounted, handheld, and illuminated models.

Many people with low vision find that they need a few different electronic magnifiers — one for fine detail tasks, one for watching television, and one for reading street signs (like a telescopic device that makes distant objects appear closer). Magnification technology is constantly being updated, and new products continually appear on the market.

HumanWare offers a complete range of innovative electronic magnifiers from handheld to desktop units for daily tasks and transportable products for sustained reading. For over 25 years, HumanWare is a global leader in providing low vision aids to people with vision loss helping them to restore and maintain their independence.

HumanWare products are available from trusted organizations dedicated to visual impairment such as Vision Australia, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Guide Dogs.

A passionate bowler for 35 years, Jan Cornish has not let a diagnosis of macular degeneration diminish her enjoyment for the sport. Jan is now ‘legally blind’ having lost her central vision more than 10 years ago.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in Australia and one in seven Australians over 50 (1 million people) show some evidence of the disease.Soon after being diagnosed, Jan was forced to give up driving and now finds it impossible to read without the aid of her electronic magnifier. Despite this, Jan’s ‘can-do’ attitude is inspirational for anyone living with vision loss. Jan has adapted her life so that she hasn’t had to give up any of her favourite activities – bowling included!

The Molong Bowling Club in NSW, where Jan bowls, is a small club with a dedicated group of long standing members. “Bowling is a great social activity and an excellent way for me to keep up with my friends,” says Jan. “Even with the challenges of my failing sight everyone has been really supportive. They help me by using yellow jacks, and even use their feet to indicate where I should aim!” she said.

Jan’s mother – now 99 – also lives with the disease and this has made Jan acutely aware of the increased risk for those with a family history of macular degeneration as research has found that there is a 50% chance of developing the disease if there is a direct family history. For this reason Jan regularly tells her brother, who luckily has not developed macular degeneration, to “get his eyes tested and macula checked!” Age and smoking are also major risk factors for the condition.

Nutrition and lifestyle are proven ways of reducing the impact and incidence of macular degeneration and Jan makes sure she eats plenty of eye-friendly leafy green vegetables and oily fish. Keeping active is important for eye-health and though getting older can make activities more challenging it is important to keep having a go. Jan, who is also an avid gardener, is the first to admit she sometimes misses some tufts of weeds in her garden!

Though vision loss has presented its challenges, Jan’s advice for anyone with vision loss is, “Don’t fall in a heap. Your legs and body are alright! Keep active and you do what you can.” For further information on macular degeneration or to receive a free information kit and Amsler grid, an easy home test, call the Macular Disease Foundation Australia on freecall 1800 111 709.


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Stroke Survivors in the Boroondara community came together at the bowling green during National Stroke Week, dedicating each roll to raising awareness of stroke.

The Boroondara Stroke Support Group Lawn Bowls Program was held each Monday and during September bowlers pledged their rolls to the National Stroke Foundation’s virtual relay around Australia.

Boroondara Stroke Support Group Lawn Bowls Program Coordinator Brian O’Meara said the Group was proud to help raise awareness, provide support and help reduce its member’s risk of stroke. “As a group we aim to encourage stroke survivors, their carers and family members to confidently enjoy life after a stroke through mutual emotional support and the common provision of information, communication and education,’’ Brian said.

“The bowls program has been really successful in this aim; it brings people together for a social outing and a bit of fitness.” National Stroke Foundation Chief Executive Officer Dr Erin Lalor said the Boroondara Stroke Support Group is among thousands of stroke survivors, their carers, families and supporters to unite this National Stroke Week to run, ride, roll or swim in a virtual relay around Australia.

“Throughout the month of September the National Stroke Foundation Dream Team will have united in the relay to raise awareness of stroke and encourage all Australian’s to take action to reduce their risk of stroke,” Dr Lalor said.

“Whether super-fit athletes of newly recovering stroke survivors taking their first steps - all the members of the Dream Team are doing something amazing to be celebrated.”

On an average, around 16 bowlers hit the green each week as part of the program. “Warm or cold weather people will turn out. They are very keen, it (the bowls program) has been great,” Brian said. “We started the program in 2005 and most of the original bowlers are still playing.“Most bowlers had not played before their stroke, in fact lots had never played any sport before their strokes.”

Brian said weekly bowling was having a positive impact on group member’s health and wellbeing. “It gets people out, they get a bit of fresh air and have a chat,’’ he said. “We play at our own pace, we all help each other and there are coaches on hand to assist.

“Some members have even noticed improvements in their balance from the bowling; having to roll the bowl and then stand.” All are welcome to join in the fun, with physical abilities no barrier. Bowlers have access to mechanical arms and other aids to ensure everyone can fully participate.Each Monday bowlers take to the green from 10am to 11am, bowling is followed by a social morning tea in the clubhouse. The group is generally based in Kew, however upgrades to the greens have seen it recently play in Hawthorn.

Dr Lalor said the Boroondara Stroke Support Group Lawn Bowls Program was an excellent example of the stroke community coming together to provide support, understanding, assistance and help reduce people’s risk of future strokes. “It is wonderful to see the stroke community coming together to support, help and motivate each other.

“We know stroke impacts survivors lives in many different ways. For some people these effects last a long time. Many stroke survivors feel that their recovery is lifelong. The groups’ ongoing commitment and enthusiasm is having a positive impact on all its members and the surrounding community.”

Thousands of ‘Unite to Stop Stroke’ activities were expected to be held across the country during National Stroke Week ranging from morning teas, to fun runs, health checks, workplace displays and community information sessions.

Stroke Week is an annual event that aims to raise the awareness of stroke within the community and encourage all Australians to take action to prevent stroke.

Website: www.strokefoundation.com.au

BOWLING STROKE OVER


If joint pain or stiffness is restricting your ability to bowl or is killing your enjoyment of the game then the e-cell PEMF medical device may well be the answer for you.

Developed in WA, the e-cell has been specifically designed to reduce inflammation, speed up natural healing and eliminate pain far quicker than previously thought possible.

The e-cell may also aid in the recovery of long standing injuries that have failed to fully recover; typically osteoarthritis and muscle and tendon damage.

Have you have been thinking of using an extender arm? Well why not try the e-cell first. Being able to continue to use your natural abilities and not have to relearn how to do the basics is just one of the benefits the e-cell offers you and your game.

WA’s Edith Cowen University investigated the e-cell in 2012 and found: “the results suggested that the e-cell treatment significantly enhanced the recovery of muscle function including a rapid return of strength and range of motion, reducing swelling and tenderness” said researcher Harry Banyard.

Being lightweight, totally portable with no wires, pads or other restrictions you can once again enjoy the game (and the club later, after winning)! By the way you can even use the e-cell whilst playing; it is that user friendly.The e-cell does more than relieve pain- it is designed to get to the source of the pain and speed up the natural process of healing at a cellular level. So no pain, improved range of

Aches and Pains Spoiling your Game?motion and increased strength are the results to look for when using the e-cell.

The e-cell can be used for a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions which the whole family can benefit from.

So many of us “put up” with annoying niggles whilst we are younger that in the long term, turn into painful life changing conditions. Why? Because this programmable PEMF technology was not generally available before now in such a convenient, affordable user friendly product.Today you have the opportunity to change your lifestyle back to the one you used to enjoy. Grab it now and continue to be a pennant contender well into the future.

You can find a full description and technical information on our website www.ecell.com.auOr you can phone the friendly support team at Medic Technology International - 1300 764 117

These monolithic human figures were carved by the Rapa Nui people from rock on the Chilean Polynesian Island of Easter between 1250 and 1500.

Now we learn, 500 to 750 years later that the Stone Statues in Easter Island have bodies!This is absolutely incredible. Here we’ve been thinking for all these years that they were just heads. They are going to be absolutely huge when they are completely excavated.

It all just adds to the mystery of these amazing sculptures. Maybe now they can get more information about them seeing as they all have writings on them.

These pictures are really cool, and absolutely fascinating. Courtesy of Les Taylor

EASTER ISLAND... WHO KNEW?FANCY THAT NOBODY THOUGHT TO DIG AROUND THEM BEFORE NOW!


It’s Spring and the koalas are moving around: males looking to mate, last year’s off-spring dispersing, mothers with pouch, front or back-young joeys.

As a rule of thumb we advise people to let koalas make their own way. We advocate special care being taken to constrain dogs (even through the day) and for drivers to be extraordinarily careful. Healthy koalas can move quite quickly on the ground but Mums with bubs are slowed down and more at risk.

Koala-spotting at this time of year is very rewarding. That’s why November has been chosen by the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA), in partnership with the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, to hold the Great Koala Count.

The Count is NSW’s first citizen scientist project to engage the community incollecting information about koala distribu-tion and abundance using a SmartPhone App especially designed for the purpose. It will be held from 7th - 17th November 2013.

Anyone in NSW and South East Queensland can participate in the Count. All you need is the BioTag SmartPhone App to record the location of koalas in your area and answer a few simple questions about their health and habitat.

Five easy steps to take part in the Great Koala Count:1. Register as a NPA Citizen Scientist online at www.koalacount.org.au2. Download the BioTag App. on your Smart Phone or Tablet – BioTag is GPS-enabled, it doesn’t need a phone signal to record data. 3. Have a practice – you can upload practice records and examine your data right up until the count starts on November 7th.4. Survey your local area and record koala sightings using the BioTag App anytime between November 7th and 17th.5. Receive a copy of the Great Koala Count report when it is published, access an interactive map of all koala sightings, and review all the data from the Great Koala Count 2013 online at any time.

If you do not have access to a GPS-enabled Smartphone, you can still take part in the Count by entering your koala sightings straight onto the Koala Count website.

Community workshops at Pottsville and Lismore will outline the survey’s aims and provide tips on finding koalas. How to record koala sightings using the BioTag App and accessing that information using the internet will also be covered.

PottsvillePottsville Environment Centre, Centennial Drive, PottsvilleSaturday 12 October 2013, 1.30pm to 3.30pmrsvp: Tanya Fountain on 6670 2587 or [email protected]

LismoreRoom Z181, Southern Cross University, Rifle Range Road, East Lismore Sunday 13 October 2013, 1.30pm to 3.30pmrsvp: Lorraine Vass on 6629 8388 or [email protected] Join us in the NSW Great Koala Count!

Did you know?- Every year an estimated 7 billion tonnes of rubbish enters the world’s oceans - Between 700,000 and 1 million seabirds are killed from entanglement or ingestion each year - Plastic litter is one of the most common types of marine debris and can take up to 1,000 years to break down

Northeast Arnhem is one of the last wilderness areas on earth, located at the tip of the Northern Territory. This land is one of the last great unspoiled areas of the world and well known for its strong Aboriginal culture, towering escarpments, savannah woodlands, wetlands and wildlife.

Marine Debris East Arnhem Land

Northern Australia also supports an array of marine and coastal species including six of the world’s seven marine turtle species and four sawfish species, many of whose populations have declined elsewhere.

The Yolngu people are the traditional owners of these lands consisting of approximately 101,000ha. Since time immemorial Yolngu have managed the natural and cultural resources and have achieved a balance that ensured long term, sustainable resource use for the economic and social well-being of the landowners. Dhimurru is an incorporated Aboriginal organisation established by Yolngu land-owners in Northeast Arnhem Land to address the natural and cultural management priorities in accordance with the directions of the traditional owners.

An important, ongoing project has been an investigation onto the impact of marine debris. Each year during the dry season many local beaches experience a large influx of marine debris. A sustainable portion of the debris is made up of large mesh drift and trawl net (ghostnets) used by foreign fisheries in adjacent international waters. Plastic bags, bottles, ropes and ghostnets trap, choke, starve and drown many thousands of marine animals and seabirds around the world. Worldwide, people have reported entanglement of over 143 marine species, including almost all of the world’s sea turtles.

Dhimurru and Conservation Volunteers Australia facilitate an annual Wanuwuy (Cape Arnhem) Marine Debris Survey. GhostNets and marine debris are removed and sorted and any marine life caught in the ghost nets (and that is alive) is released back into the ocean. The project gives people from non-indigenous backgrounds the opportunity to spend time with traditional owners on country; talking, walking and hunting with them and learning about Yolngu culture. The outcomes are extremely worthwhile and satisfying for all involved.

During 2013 participants from across Australia removed, sorted and weighed 2.03 Tonnes of rubbish including 1736 rubber thongs and over 11,000 plastic bottle caps! Conservation Volunteers Australia runs marine debris trips into the remote areas of Arnhem Land, Cape Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and Cape York in Far North Queensland.

For more information visit www.naturewise.com.au or free call 1800 032 501

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Our strawberry season is June to December.Enjoy our famous

STRAWBERRY CONEGiant cone filled with fresh strawberries, fresh cream. vanilla and strawberry ice-cream...and the deluxe

STRAWBERRY SUNDAEand many other strawberry treats! • Waffles • Flavourama • Cheesecakes • Jellies • Strawberry Sponge Cakes • Country Style Food Tasty snacks, morning & afternoon teas, hamburgers, sandwiches, hot food. • Animal Farm - Free Entry Let the little ones feed the baby animals. • Jams, Picles, Pottery and Souvenirs.

EXIT 49 - OFF THE M1 (Pimpana - Jacobs Well Road)Half way between Brisbane and The Gold Coast

PHONE (07) 5546 6245CHILDCARE, SENIORS AND TOUR BUSES WELCOME!

Bluewater Cruises has been described as the “best value cruise EVER”. Mention this ad and pay just $20 to experience this great day out.We offer a 1½ hour smooth water cruise around the beautiful canals & waterways of Surfers Paradise & the Gold Coast, with an informative commentary. The vessel has both an open sundeck for those gorgeous Gold Coast days, as well as a fully enclosed & weather-proof room, 2 toilets, easy access & seating for up to 40. The cruise takes you around Chevron Island & Cronin Island where the staff will point out some fun facts about the area, before heading out into the Nerang River & past the million dollar homes of Paradise Waters. The cruise then ventures out towards Marina Mirage at Main Beach where guests can look upon the many magnificent vessels that moor in the area. Next it’s on to the broadwater past Palazzo Versace & taking in the sights of Sea World, before heading back for a spectacular view of the Surfers Paradise skyline. Cruise operates 7 days a week - multiple cruises daily and caters for individuals, as well as small & large groups. Please contact Jodi 0433 693 422.

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Hi! I’m Suzanne Watson and I’m a Travel Counsellor. I have worked in the travel industry for the last 26 years specialising in organising leisure travel arrangements for individuals and groups.I offer a full after hour’s service that gives you full support in the event of an emergency, and with Head Office backing in 8 countries Worldwide, I have a full support network to call upon if needed.

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The TEN Tenors return home to Queensland in November 2013 for a special “MUM’S THE WORD” Tour. After sellout shows in Europe and the US, the boys will be touring Queensland and landing at The Arts Centre Gold Coast on Tuesday 19th November. Tickets are on sale NOW.

The brand new show has all of the most requested songs the boys have ever performed, as well as the most requested songs they haven’t! Audience favourites include Halleleujah, The Show Must Go On, Nessun Dorma, Ave Maria and modern mash-ups of Michael Jackson, Elton John, Queen and much more. Producer D-J Wendt enthused, “After a sold out tour of Europe, the boys are looking forward to coming back to their spiritual home in Queensland!”

The exclusive Qld coast tour is the only local tour planned until 2015, due to heavy international commitments with the DOUBLE PLATINUM world tour. It follows groundbreaking achievements in 2010 - 2012. Not only were ‘The TEN’ gaining new audiences all over the world but also some famous new friends. The TEN appeared on OPRAH and performed at the EUAFA Euro 2012 Opening in Warsaw in front of a live audience of 65,000 people, and a TV audience of well over 50 million people as it beamed across Europe. The roaring success of the show has the TEN heading back to Europe for another 52-city tour in 2013.

As a MUM’s The WORD tour incentive, anyone who buys the Special Edition DOUBLE PLATINUM album, will receive a third bonus disc featuring the audience selected Mother’s Day tracks, absolutely free. This offer is only for CDs purchased at the shows.

“Size really DOES matter and “Ten” truly outshine all who have come before. Asindividual vocalists, each and every one is a stand-out, but it is when they sing together that the magic truly happens”. BroadWayWorld http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Reviews-The-Vocal-Wonder-From-Down-Under-THE-TEN-TENORS-Rock-Opera-At-The-McCallum-Theatre-20130227# www.thetentenors.com

Book tickets now: www.theartscentregc.com.au or call The Arts Centre Box Office on (07) 5588 4000

MUM’S THE WORD TOURNOVEMBER 2013

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flies into QPAC this Summer!

FAMILY PASS TO CHITTYCHITTY BANG BANG

FOR THE FIRST CALLER!

Sensational sets, stunning special effects, Ian Fleming’s irresistible story, and an unforgettable score by the Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins) all add up to a blockbuster musical that every-one will love.

Boasting a stellar Australian cast of over 70 headed by David Hobson and Rachael Beck.

This multimillion dollar production remains the longest running musical ever to play at the London Palladium and was nominated for three Olivier Awards, five Tony Awards, ten Outer Critics Circle Awards and four Drama Desk Awards. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang holds the Guinness World Record for the most expensive stage prop in the history of British Theatre!

QPAC and Bowls Plus are giving you the chance to win a family pass

to this Fantasmagorical musical – enter now to win x 4 tickets*

to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Wednesday 20th November

7.30pm at QPAC, Lyric Theatre. Phone us on : 3840 7984

www.qpac.com.au *tickets are non refundable and non-transferable.


Bookings 07 5532 2096

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Don’t Just Lie There – Say Something! by Michael Pertwee Directed by Dorothy Henderson

Dorothy is well known to Gold Coast audiences. Her life-long love affair with the stage, and particularly farce, has seen her direct over a dozen productions for GCLT over the past 30 years. DON’T JUST LIE THERE – SAY SOMETHING! is a typical British farce – misunderstandings, double-entendres and saucy goings-on abound as Sir William Mainwaring-Brown, a leading campaigner against permissiveness during the day, is discovered by an intruder at his ‘other’ flat to be far from unpermissive himself! The intruder, Barry Ovis, has just escaped after being kidnapped by a group of hippies who have drugged him and taken him to a wild party. Add some policemen, a member of the opposition and some lovely ladies to the mix, and you have a frantic whirlwind of fun!

21a Scarborough Street Southport (behind the Westpac drive-through bank)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly referred to as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro or simply MGM), is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs.

Once the largest and most glamorous of film studios, MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.

Anyone who loved old movies has to love this recollection of real Hollywood stars. This has to be circa 1949....Save it.

Here’s who you’re looking at (left to right): 1st Row: James Stewart, Margaret Sullivan, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lamarr, Katharine Hepburn, Louis B. Mayer, Greer Garson, Irene Dunne, Susan Peters, Ginny Simms, Lionel Barrymore. 2nd Row: Harry James, Brian Donlevy, Red Skelton, Mickey Rooney, William Powell, Wallace Beery, Spencer Tracy, Walter Pidgeon, RobertTaylor, Pierre Aumont, Lewis Stone, Gene Kelly, Jackie Jenkins. 3rd Row: Tommy Dorsey, George Murphy, Jean Rogers, James Craig, Donna Reed, Van Johnson, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Robert Benchley. 4th Row: Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Keenan Wynn, Diana Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Esther Williams, Ann Richards, Marta Linden, Lee Bowman, Richard Carlson, Mary Astor. 5th Row: Blanche Ring, Sara Haden, Fay Holden, Bert Lahr, Frances Gifford, June Allyson, Richard Whorf, Frances Rafferty, Spring Byington, Connie Gilchrist, Gladys Cooper. 6th Row: Ben Blue, Chill Wills, Keye Luke, Barry Nelson, Desi Arnaz, Henry O’Neill, Bob Crosby, Rags Ragland.This is an amazing picture. What with all the egos in today’s Hollywood, you may never again see a picture like this.

One of a Kind Photo...

This is a promotional photo of many of the actors under contract with MGM at the studio’s 20th birthday party...

Husband and wife had a tiff.Wife called up her mom and said, “He fought with me again, I am coming to live with you.”Mom said, “No darling, he must pay for his mistake. I am coming to live with you.”


Fraser Shores Retirement Villages in Hervey Bay together with Sugarland Gardens in Bundaberg, are family owned and operated, celebrating over 25 years of caring and the making of luxury retirement lifestyles for the over 55’s in our very own community.

Fraser Shores Retirement Villages in beautiful Hervey Bay offer the serene and stress free lifestyle you are looking for. A perfect combination of independent living with resort style facilities. Exceptional floor plans unique to the Torrisi group. Award winning builders who specialise in design and construction of your own dream home for Retirement Village living.

Whether you are seeking an active lifestyle or a quiet retreat, Fraser Shores Retirement Villages are the ideal choice for you. These five star facilities feature full size bowling green, swimming pools and spas, as well as numerous group activities such as line dancing, Tai Chi, aerobics and aqua aerobic classes. If you prefer peace and tranquillity, explore our lush award winning gardens, fill your own yard with flowers and vegies, or do as little as you like and let our qualified gardeners do it for you.

Homes at our villages have been designed to provide a high standard of privacy and

practicality, along with the quality and finish demanded by discerning buyers. All homes have their own individual character and are perfectly integrated into the beautifully landscaped environment giving you a luxury lifestyle.

All homes come with a 24hr emergency Medi-Alert call systems for that extra peace of mind.

Fraser Shores Retirement Villages are second to none when it comes to position. They are next to shopping centres as well as Health, Medical, Pharmacies, and Hospital facilities. Not only is Hervey Bay the whale watching capital of Australia (up to 8000 whales visit the bay annually) we have the most ideal climate with calm, family friendly waters ideal for boating and fishing, and golden beach-es, along with connections to Fraser Island. Come and enjoy all the activities the Bay has to offer, while living the lifestyle in Fraser Shores Retirement Villages.

Sugarland Gardens Retirement Village has the most affordable retirement homes available. A friendly, fun-filled village in Bundaberg and a beautiful subtropical part of Queensland. We have uniquely designed homes to satisfy your retirement plans and lifestyle, or you have the flexibility of

modifying these designs to suit your individual requirement in a new build. Our designs are exclusive to our villages.

We take the stress out of choosing the design and construction of your dream home. For this unique service don’t hesitate to contact the Retirement Village Master Building Specialists.

Once you have chosen how you wish to live in your new home the design, planning and pricing is completed immediately. We give you assistance which is very unique to the Retirement Village Living.

We also have available a variety of pre-loved homes to suit a range of budgets and lifestyle choices. In most circumstances your pre-loved home can be re-furbished to your selected colour scheme and décor.

Enjoy all the activity programmes. Synonymous with the Torrisi group vision, our retirement villages are positioned second to none. A perfect location and convent to all your needs.

This time of your life should be the sweetest time of all. Come taste what Sugarland Gardens Retirement Village has to offer.

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Living at Laguna Estate retirement village on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast provides you with a wonderful ready-made community and lifestyle with a fantastic range of on-site facilities. There are swimming pools, a spa, outdoor and indoor bowls, a BBQ area, a library, billiards and a courtesy bus. The spacious, landscaped gardens abound with tropical plants and the calls of native birds...It all makes choosing a villa or serviced apartment at Laguna Estate the best choice.

WELCOME TO LAGUNA

Laguna Estate retirement village is situated a short distance from Noosa’s main shopping area, which has everything you will require for day-to-day living. The estate’s courtesy bus runs regularly to major shopping

centres and the local bus service stops right at the front gate. Laguna Estate - Life begins with retirement!

LAGUNA BAY VILLAS

Laguna Estate is excited to announce the final stage release of the all new Laguna Bay Villas. Stunning, elegant and a perfect way to spend your retirement the Bay Villas are architecturally

designed masterpieces, complete with ducted air conditioning, double garages and raked ceilings that will entice you.

WHAT ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAY

Laguna Estate offers a great lifestyle with its close proximity to shopping, restaurants, exercise facilities, including nearby Lake Weyba - it certainly beats mowing and maintenance!

You can be as active as you wish and participate in as much or as little of the activities available.”

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A GENEROUS bequest opens a 20-seat cinema for residents at Salem Lutheran Rest Home.Former resident Merle Schelberg generously donated $50,000 to the retirement home and recently a silver screen was unveiled in her honour.

Merle was a nurse at Salem Lutheran Rest Home in Toowoomba for many years and after retirement volunteered on the Salem Committee of Service for 18 years.

Merle came to live at Salem as a resident in 2007 and passed away in 2011 aged 86, leaving $50,000 towards the building of this valuable resource.

Judy Bannerman, Salem Lutheran Rest Home Quality Manager, said the home’s 101 residents were excited about now being able to watch movies on the big screen.

PAT Slattery rocks, he rolls and he keeps the dance cards full.

Logan local Pat, 73, is a senior citizen with attitude – taking weekly line dancing and rock and roll classes with residents at Trinder Park Rest Home in Woodridge.

With music blasting from the likes of Bill Haley and the Comets, Fats Domino and big band favourites from the 1940s and 50s, Pat said it’s pretty easy to get the group doing the “RSL shuffle”.

“Dancing tends to relax people and you see them smile, that’s the best bit,’’ he said.

“You can see the enjoyment they are having and if they know the words they sing along.’’

The dancers get dressed up in glittery rock and roll skirts, the men in costume shirts.

Pat was awarded the Logan Senior Citizen of the Year last year for his community work.

“Merle was a dedicated volunteer as well as being on staff for a number of years,’’ Judy said.

“She believed in service within the community and now the other residents will really benefit from her generosity.’’

“Merle’s dedication to Salem stretched a life time, she was a Salem nurse for many years, a member of the Salem Committee of Service

Members of Merle Schelberg’s family at the opening, (L to R) Leslie Brown, Jean Brown, Joyce Schelberg, Margaret McMillan, Stan and Gwen Dudgeon.

Silver screen gift from

former nurse and resident

from 1987 to 2005 then admitted as a resident to the aged care service she loved.’’

The Merle Schelberg Room will also be used as a training centre for staff and is fully accessible to wheelchair users. The project cost $130,000 to complete.

He is the same age as some of the residents at Trinder Park and loves that he can offer a way to tap into people’s pleasures, their memory and promote movement, all while having a good time.

Pat is a regular at the service’s allied health podiatry clinic and approached the service about holding a regular class a few years ago.

“I was going to Trinder Park to get my feet done and I just suggested I take on some rock and roll classes,’’ he said.

Pat took up dancing in 1994 after a long break and has never looked back.

Trinder Park’s Lifestyle and Volunteer Co-ordinator Leona Counsell said the costumes helped the residents get into the groove.

“For a lot of the elderly, dancing was a form of regular entertainment, they love to have their dance card full!”

Seniors keep rocking

Pat Slattery dances with resident Lorriane Armstrong


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