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Hitting Australia's Back Roads SINGLE? FREE We have your partner MONTHLY Providing personal NOW OPEN introductions dine in or take away on a ‘one to one’ basis since 1995 lagodicomoperth.com.au NO COMPUTER NEEDED! 6 Preston Street, Como 9371 0380 9367 2022 or 0487 113 389 See Friend to Friend page for Solutions Contacts Column www.solutionsmatchmaking.com.au LIFESTYLE OPTIONS FOR THE MATURE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PRINT POST 100022543 VOLUME 29 NO. 11 ISSUE NO. 339 JUNE 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Hitting Australia’s back roads Let’s go travelling - Discover Western Australia Have a Go News’ Lee Tate speaks with broadcast personality Chris Ilsley Josephine Allison’s interview with Country Women’s Association of WA president, Elaine Johnson Food & Wine - Extra recipes and ideas - Reader recipes wanted Healthy Living - stay well, healthy and keep active COMPETITIONS/GIVEAWAYS 2 nights accommodation from Seashells Hospitality Group High Tea in the Swan Valley at Stewarts Restaurant Ad Words - $200 Shopping voucher Scratchie packs Personal alarms BOOKS - The Paris Secret and A Short Guide To Growing Older Visit www.haveagonews.com.au SUPPORTING SENIORS’ RECREATION COUNCIL OF WA (INC) Heather Ewart on the Nullarbor Plain Established 1991 - Celebrating 29 years in 2020 by Lee Tate their lives, is palpable. ing down on us and having to pack it all up When not on the road, grandmother-of- after every place,” says Heather who now has HEATHER Ewart has touched a nerve with one Heather loves to swim and walk Maggie, the luxury of leading the squad in two rentals. television viewers, bringing a taste of genuine her Maltese-poodle cross, whether along the The roving journalist has been in many Aussie country life into our lounge rooms. beach or near their Melbourne home, along ‘sticky’ places in her pursuit of stories as for- She conceived and led the ABC series, the bitumen from the MCG. eign correspondent based in London, Wash- Back Roads, to instant success with more Their two children Katie, 24, and Adam, 38, ington and Brussels. And national aff airs than one million viewers – a challenge for any (Barrie’s son from his rst marriage) play a big correspondent and chief political editor on program, especially in its rst series. part in Heather’s active life when she’s in from the ABC’s current aff airs program, The 7.30 After a stellar career covering politics and the back roads. Report. world events, Heather says, in her true-blue “I’m just naturally active. I love a brisk walk The daughter of a shire president who Aussie voice: “I’ve got the best job in the to get the heart and lungs going. It’s important wanted her to be a lawyer, Heather always world, I reckon.” to keep the mind active, I reckon. wanted to be a journalist: “because I loved to Freshly back home from the Pilbara after “As we get older we should be involved read and write.” leading her four-person Melbourne lming with a community, to have some connection, She sailed into the then-chauvinistic media FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY team across the Nullarbor, Heather is already to feel wanted, to feel loved,” she said. world, as she later explained. plotting the seventh series of Back Roads, On one lming trip, Heather was impressed “When I arrived in Canberra in 1980, there Wizard now offers local home which remains one of the ABC’s top-rating with a country town looking to raise the re- were hardly any women in the Press Gal- delivery of prescriptions and television series. gion’s pro le to attract tourists. Everyone lery. Not all the blokes were like that – Kerry “We were so lucky getting the current se- pitched-in and, thanks to volunteers, created O’Brien, Laurie Oakes, Paul Lyneham and wellness essentials, contact free.* ries lmed just a week before the COVID-19 a successful music festival. Bazz (Barrie Cassidy) were very supportive. To find out more, call your local lockdown,” Heather says from the holiday Heather said: “A local told me: ‘To make “There weren’t even female toilets in the Wizard Pharmacy on 1300 929 929. house on the NSW south coast she shares things really work you need to get volunteers Press Gallery. You had to go to another part of with husband and fellow ABC journalist, Bar- aged over 60. They have the time to think and Old Parliament House just to go to the toilet. HAGN#339-054003 rie Cassidy. to do, to get involved’.” “And there were a lot of men working there wizardpharmacy.com.au/delivery A country girl from a long line of Victorian Heather has criss-crossed country roads who saw young women as fair game. You farmers, Heather, 63, is happiest in the bush from Hobart to Derby, at rst with the four knew not to go to some politicians’ offi ces on *For customers within 5km of their local Wizard Pharmacy. Charges may apply. See website for full criteria and terms & conditions. – and it shows. Her natural manner and ability team members, their lming gear and be- your own, particularly after they’d had a few to coax country folk, who are notoriously shy longings crammed into one hire car. whiskeys. of media coverage and cameras coming into “I don’t know how we did it. Suitcases fall- continued on page 7 MyChair HAGN#339-054180 Be comfortable. Upgrade now. Whatever your height or body ➟ shape choose a design, size and cover. Easy. easyliving.com.au 144 Stirling Hwy (under City Farmers) Nedlands Open Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm PH: 9386 6311 2 HAVE-A-GO NEWS No. 339 JUNE 2020 Ageing research snippet From the editor’s desk Board games may stave off cognitive decline… THE pandemic has seen a rise in people playing non digital board and card games. A contacted us that we will top ups to these loca- eral manager Hank Jon- recent study from researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that participating in not. tions. If you can’t nd a gen this month. If you ★★★ these activities may stave off cognitive decline in older adults. copy at your local centre have a question about The more than 1000 people utilised in the study were born in 1936 and had been a We have worked hard just ask them to contact Centrelink and pen- part of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 — a study which evaluated the mental and cogni- to put in strategies to us. sions simply email info@ tive capacities of its participants over a long period. ensure our survival and ★★★ haveagonews.com.au They assessed cognitive function when they were 11 years old, and then at ages 70, our reduced staff in the Creating communities with Hank in the subject 73, 76, and 79 using 14 standardised cognitive tests. offi ce including myself and providing a sense of line. They then asked the participants how often they played board games, cards, chess, have all taken on mul- belonging is one of the ★★★ bingo, or crosswords at ages 70 and 76. tiple roles. We had a essential ingredients to We have a lot of fun The analysis found that people who played more games in their 70s were more likely stroke of luck receiving a happy life. The Glyde on our Facebook page, to maintain healthy cognitive function in their older years. The researchers are also I HAVE certainly enjoyed a small grant from the In Community Centre’s please join our happy furthering investigations to seek which games were more bene cial. getting out more and Judith Neilson Institute, coordinator Ann Reeves community at www.face We will keep you updated on their progress. seeing friends and fam- which has helped us to mentioned that due to book.com/Haveagone ily following the lifting of continue engaging our COVID-19 they had ws/ by liking or following many of the COVID-19 freelance journalists. My off ered all their usual the page. Word of the month Urban slang ★★★ restrictions. I am also team of journalists are an courses online. Inter- Malapropism CLAP BACK: when very pleased that once extremely talented bunch estingly they had not We off er more infor- Noun celebrities respond again we can travel who I am proud to have received the usual take- mation for readers at Meaning – when you say one word but mean another. by my side. When the up and Ann said that back to something around Western Australia the Have a Go News Example - Someone says that a restaurant is prepos- pandemic hit, they all of- clearly most members which has been said and this month, we have website, diff erent to terous but they really should have said prosperous. included some travel fered to work and be paid appreciate activities to what is in the newspa- Illiterate him from your memory instead of obliterate. about them negatively pages. when we recovered. This be in-person, noting that per. The digital version The word comes from the French phrase mal a propos usually online. We welcome back grant has meant they technology cannot re- along with back issues many of our local WA could be duly paid and place the warmth of hu- are available there too. which means ill suited. travel businesses. Re- produce quality stories. man interaction. Amen If you would like to re- member it’s now more ★★★ to that! ceive the digital version ★★★ Funny PEOPLE began drilling for oil in the 13th than ever that they need Although we live in of this newspaper via century. Marco Polo noted oil wells on a our support.
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