IN IT TOGETHER | FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST, 2020 YOUR RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER IN IT TOGETHER EDITION 18 YOUR RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Thank you to everyone who sent through a submission for the Resident Art Trail and Calendar Competition which closed last week, we are delighted to have received over 100 submissions. I know the judges have started reviewing all the artworks, and like me, have been blown away by the incredible talent. Last Monday, we launched the annual 'Lendlease Resident Satisfaction Survey' and I encourage all of you to complete the survey so that we can understand what we are doing well and how we can continue to improve our services and experience for you. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact your village or resort team. Finally, I would like to wish Joy Keavney from Lutanda Manor in NSW a very happy and special 100th birthday. I hope you all enjoy this weeks edition. Stay safe and well. Warm Regards Tamara Rasmussen Head of Resident Operations, Retirement Living V I L L AG E S P OT L I G H T HENRY KENDALL GARDENS, THE BAYTREE BY ARDENCY, NSW LUTANDA MANOR, NSW NSW Many Baytree residents donate their Happy Birthday to Joy Keavney Marking the 75th anniversary of expertise, energy and smiles, and who has turned 100! Joy moved the end of WW2, August 15th Nancye Donaldson (pictured right) is into Lutanda Manor in 2003 and commemorates Victory in the celebrating 38 years of volunteering has been a friend to many over Pacific Day. Mildred Kingsmill and founding a Multiple Sclerosis the years. She has given back to who joined the Australian Army Fellowship Group. Initially meeting the community through her in- Women’s Medical Service in her home, then a church hall volvement with shuffleboard, in- (AAWMS) in 1942 at the age as membership grew, Nancye door bowls and as the assistant of 18 has been honoured with encouraged MS members to of the resident exercise class! a medallion and certificate of learn crafts (stitching, knitting commemoration for her service, and painting), go on outings and made even more special as it was to share each other’s stories. Still presented by her grandson-in-law, going strong, the St Ives group keep Lieutenant Colonel Craig Potter. in touch every month and Nancye has proudly accepted an award of merit for her crucial work. Barbara one of Nancye’s dear friends (left) who has been volunteering for 28 years shares a special message, “you can’t help everyone, but you can cer- tainly use what you have where you are, to lift the spirits of as many as possible” IN IT TOGETHER YOUR RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER SHOW MEMORIES A BRIEF HISTORY OF AGRICUTURAL SHOWS As we approach September, the much celebrated month that Victoria usually welcomes the Royal Melbourne Show and Western Australians enjoy the Royal Perth Show, we remember all of our great agricultural shows that have this year been postponed. We’re looking to keep the show spirit alive by sharing your favourite memories. From Brisbane’s Ekka, The Easter Show and Royal Adelaide Show, we’d love to hear from you. Send your photos and memories to [email protected] and we’ll be sharing them throughout the month of September! The Grand Parade at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1969. The Australia’s history of agricultural shows started in the parade was a masterstroke of animal choreography with 800 animals 1820s, when societies were established to encourage clearing a 5 acre arena in 8 minutes. Image courtesy David Mist. produce and livestock expansion in the colony. Hobart held the first show in 1822 and Sydney followed a year later. Since then our shows have weathered wars, depressions, drought, product price slumps, all whilst maintaining the important rural-metropolitan link. Agricultural shows provide us with opportunities to reflect on community values, celebrate achievements from excellence in cattle breeding to the beauty of a delicate piece of embroidery and they mark the important work of organisations like The Country Women’s Association. From creatively arranged fruit & vegetables to livestock displays with prize Woodchopping in 1964. The Exhibition by firemen at The winning animals, watching sheep dogs in action or axemen are competing in Royal Melbourne Show in woodchopping, agricultural shows are alive with the tree felling competition, 1945. Image courtesy National tradition. The Grand Parade with it’s display of livestock standing on the top of Archives of Australia. springboards inserted in the champions is the heart of the show with equestrian and logs. Image courtesy David dressage also hugely popular. By the twentieth century, Mist. Sideshow Alleys had been established. Performers travelled from show to show, and as well as rides and games of chance, they were home to an extraordinary array of entertainers and spectacles. In the 1920s showbags made their first appearance, starting out as free samples given out by manufacturers. Kellogg’s even enticed customers to try Corn Flakes in 1928 from samples placed in showbags, and by the 1950s there was no going past the ever popular Minties bag. From motocross to rodeo events, food production and farming innovations, there is no doubt of the influential role agricultural shows play. They’ve long bridged the rural-city divide and allowed people to better understand how their food is made. Everyone has a story about when they went to the show. Royal shows were, and continue to be, an integral part of Australian culture. Showbags from The Royal Sydney’s Moore Park built it’s Melbourne Show. first chairlift in 1968 IN IT TOGETHER YOUR RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER CREATIVE CORNER Margaret Caldwell from The Inspired by the impressionists and slightly romanticised, Margaret Gough Terraces, QLD shares a watercolour from The Grove, Ngunnawal ACT paints incredible rural scenes that of Kimber the Arabian Horse, who emphasise the rich colours of the land and regional life. showed at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in the 1980s. ART, INFORMATION & ENTERTAINMENT INSIDE DAME ELIZABETH'S LIVE PENGUIN TV: Enjoy a nightly live stream of Phillip GARDEN: Join Maggie Beer as Island’s much-loved Penguin Parade, complete with she celebrates Dame Elizabeth expert commentary. Stream live at 6pm daily at Murdoch’s evergreen legacy bit.ly/WatchPenguins from Cruden Farm on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Marking MOVE IT OR LOOSE IT: Improve your balance in 5 the 90th anniversary of her farm mins with this easy to follow guided exercise. Watch at home, and the garden she has bit.ly/BalanceExercisesOnline nurtured for over eight decades DRY ROSE PETALS: Learn how to dry rose petals and before opening the glorious use them to decorate cakes, cookies, for craft projects outdoor space for public and scented décor. Read easy to follow instructions at enjoyment, watch it at bit.ly/DriedRosePetals bit.ly/DameElizabethsGarden INGREDIENTS 250g butter 3 ripe bananas, mashed RECIPE 1 cup caster sugar 2 cups self-raising flour 2 tablespoons golden syrup 2 teaspoons ground ginger 3 eggs, beaten ¾ cup chopped pecan nuts CORNER lemon icing (optional) METHOD COUNTRY WOMAN’S ASSOCIATION Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a cake tin. COUNTRY BANANA CAKE Cream butter, sugar and golden syrup, add eggs and mashed banana. Add sifted flour, ginger and pecans. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. When cold, ice with lemon icing IN IT TOGETHER YOUR RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER MIND PUZZLES 2. Manhole covers for sewer 1. How do you cut a cake drains are typically circular into 8 equal pieces with in shape (the ones that are only 3 cuts? removable anyway). This shape has an important advantage over a square or rectangular shape. Can you figure out what that is? 1. Use two cuts to divide the cake into four equal pieces (quarters). For the third cut, cut the cake in half, horizontally. Some pieces may not have any icing, but their size will be equal. 2. There is no risk of a circular manhole cover falling through the hole as would be the case for a square or rectangular shape which could slide through the diagonal. WEEKLY QUIZ 1. What a bushman’s clock? wool industry and an indelible reputation? 10. Australia was the second country to allow 2. Which former Australian Prime Minister 6. Which classic Aussie film features the women to vote in Federal elections (New set a beer drinking world record? phrase, “Tell him he’s dreaming.”? Zealand being the first country to allow this in 1893). Which Australian State first 3. Before being named Melbourne, what 7. Which measuring system did Australia allowed women to vote? was the city known as? officially convert to in 1970? 11. In 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt went 4. In what town would you find the big 8. A major Australian engineering project missing and was never found. Where was prawn? was completed in 1972. Can you name it? he last seen? 5. In many quarters it has been said that 9. Who became Australia’s Prime Minister at 12. In 1975, the Whitlam government (1972- Australia was made “on the backs of the end of 1972? 1975) was removed from power. What sheep” and, in a number of respects this was the title of the man who was is true. On the backs of which breed of responsible for this? sheep did Australia establish a strong 1. A kookaburra laughing 2. Bob Hawke—drinking 2.5 pints in 11 seconds. 3. Batmania—named after John Batman who built a settlement on the Yarra River. 4. Ballina 5. Merino 6.