The 4th Annual Live Life Villages Art Prize will be held at the Brookland Community Centre, 18 Romulus Street, Robertson on 18-20th June  2010 with funds raised donated to Meals on Wheels Sunnybank/Salisbury.
We are offering a special SENIORS ONLY PREVIEW on Friday 18th June between 10am – 3pm.  Admission is by gold coin with the [Read full story >>]

Barking Gecko Theatre Company
Grandparents play a significant role in exposing their grandchildren to a range of experiences, including introducing them to the arts. Theatre brings stories alive for children and challenges them to think, interpret and respond by themselves.
Barking Gecko Theatre Company offers a seniors card discount where seniors card holders can purchase a ticket [Read full story >>]

This July, StageDoor Dinner Theatre – Brisbane’s only permanent dinner theatre – celebrates its 8th birthday with the Queensland theatrical premiere of MOTHER & SON – a live stage production based on the Logie award-winning television show starring Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald.

Located in Bowen Hills, StageDoor Dinner Theatre opened in July 2002 and is [Read full story >>]

A popular service called Brisbane Seniors OnLine is opening the doors to the world-wide web to “over 50s” in the Brisbane metropolitan area.

A team of dedicated volunteer mentors provides a straightforward, hands-on learning program for the eager learners and age is no hurdle, some are in their eighties, or older.  They provide practical advice and [Read full story >>]

Northline Travel now has two great new partnerships!

For all your cruising needs
Through our Cruiseco membership, we have access to great specials, exclusive tours and group charters.  You can also earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points on selected cruises booked through Cruiseco.

Please let us know if you would like to receive Cruiseco’s quarterly publication On the Bridge [Read full story >>]

Wine glass with lemon

There should be no rhyme or reason why you shouldn’t revisit great Australian Riesling.
Riesling is a much maligned and misunderstood variety that has well and truly taken a back seat to the ‘Tsunami of Sauvignon’, from across the ditch, I am of course referring to NZ Sauvignon Blanc [Read full story >>]

Look For The Accreditation Symbol

There are more than 1800 retirement villages in Australia offering a tremendous range of living options for almost any taste.
Already over 150,000 Australians have  chosen a retirement village and every year more and more will do so.
As the population ages, retirement villages present a living option that [Read full story >>]

We all resent the categories we are put in; be it seniors, oldies, retirees, wrinklies even Baby Boomers, however, whatever way you look at it, if you were born before 1950, you’re all of the above. But what those terms mean and how we feel, are usually miles (oops, there we go again) kilometres apart.
Things [Read full story >>]

This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their “Spotlight on the Home” series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems.
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin [Read full story >>]

“Australia is my back yard and if I can’t drive around my own back yard there is something very wrong.”