News - seniors

Sat 14 May 2016

Southside couple celebration of 60 good years

Southside couple celebration of 60 good years

SADIE and Tom Brooks have always enjoyed the simple life. The Southside husband, 86, and wife, 79, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 31.

Fri 13 May 2016

Oncology service between Townsville and Sunshine Coast

Oncology service between Townsville and Sunshine Coast

A $700,000 expansion at the Friendly Society Private Hospital will ensure that more Bundaberg region residents with cancer diagnosis will have better treatment.

Thu 12 May 2016

Bundy woman vanished from Brisbane train

Bundy woman vanished from Brisbane train

A 75-YEAR-OLD mystery involving a Bundaberg woman has never been solved.

Plant Sale by The Logan River Branch of Native Plants Qld

Plant Sale by The Logan River Branch of Native Plants Qld

A wide variety of plants, popular to rare, in various sizes from tube to mature at low prices will be available.

Historic discovery in Tweed River brings life to relics

Historic discovery in Tweed River brings life to relics

THE NSW Government’s maritime heritage team are working closely with the Tweed Valley Museum at Murwillumbah and Cudgen “wreckspotter” John Gilbert to record.

Cent Auction at QCWA Oxley Hall in Cawonga Park

Cent Auction at QCWA Oxley Hall in Cawonga Park

Admission is $6 and includes a light lunch, lucky door prize and 1 sheet of tickets.

Thanksgiving Service in Brisbane for National Palliative Care Week

Thanksgiving Service in Brisbane for National Palliative Care...

Thanksgiving Service at St John’s Cathedral, Ann Street, Brisbane City on Friday May 27 at 10am.

Wed 11 May 2016

VIEW walk promotes Learning for Life program

VIEW walk promotes Learning for Life program

ALL VIEW clubs from the Tweed region will come together for a walk on Sunday, May 15.

Long service awards presented to Wide Bay mediators

Long service awards presented to Wide Bay mediators

NINE Wide Bay-based mediators received long service awards at a special ceremony in Hervey Bay.

Tue 10 May 2016

Celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary in Hervey Bay

Celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary in Hervey Bay

FRED and Joan Wright cannot remember when they first met and do not have any wedding photos to look back on.

Gympie couple take on NZ mountain track for Alzheimer’s

Gympie couple take on NZ mountain track for Alzheimer’s

CHALLENGES are nothing new to this Gympie couple, however their recent Alzheimer’s Australia fundraising adventure across New Zealand was tough.

Help needed to knock on doors for Salvation Army

Help needed to knock on doors for Salvation Army

THE Salvation Army has 1400 volunteers but needs another 700 to collect on the Gold Coast for the 2016 Red Shield Appeal Door Knock on May 28 and 29.

Bessie, the Model A Ford, a real workhorse

Bessie, the Model A Ford, a real workhorse

THERE she stood, rusty and abandoned out in the scrub where she had broken down, an old model A Ford. No body or seats and what bits of panels there were covere

EDITORIAL: Not numbers, its about real people

EDITORIAL: Not numbers, its about real people

"It’s the actions of real people that enables me to feel gratitude, to realise the definition of a role model, to understand the meaning of community spirit."

Mon 9 May 2016

Burleigh paddlers achieve their golden goal

Burleigh paddlers achieve their golden goal

FOUR gold medals were a cause for much celebration at the Burleigh Fire Dragons Paddling Club.

What’s happening with the Toowoomba Bypass?

What’s happening with the Toowoomba Bypass?

TO say that the Toowoomba Bypass has been a long time coming, is something of an understatement.

Creator of Neighbours Reg Grundy dies aged 92

Creator of Neighbours Reg Grundy dies aged 92

PIONEERING Australian TV producer Reg Grundy has died at his home in Bermuda, aged 92.

Salvation Army knocks on doors to save lives

Salvation Army knocks on doors to save lives

AT 86 years of age, Salvation Army soldier Beryl Maina embodies the selfless devotion that enhances any community.

Noosa Chorale presents Rossini masterpiece

Noosa Chorale presents Rossini masterpiece

"Epic and amazing." That’s how popular Sunshine Coast conductor, Adrian King describes Gioachino Rossini’s famous Mass Petite Messe Selonnelle.

Fri 6 May 2016

OPINION: Stretch yourself.... in business class bed

OPINION: Stretch yourself.... in business class bed

"I was lamenting to a mate recently about flying Economy when I travel."

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