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Jungle on East– William Street Entrance

Meal Choices
Fish– grilled or battered & vegetables and Turkish fingers
Chicken parma– tender chicken breast, coated crumbs, topped with Napoli and
melted cheese sauce served with chips and fresh garden salad and Turkish
fingers
Jungle Burger– Sumptuous Beef Pattie fresh salad mayonnaise and chips.

Tea or  Coffee served with your meal. Just opened and Newly Refurbished!!!

Please Book and Pay by 22nd June and let us know your MEAL CHOICE

Includes morning tea, lunch, coach travel and tours “great value”. We start the day with morning tea and move on to a guided tour of the town, including local arts and craft carriages, 3D movie telling the story of the rail system. The tour will continue on to the look out & part of the mine site,  whilst hearing many great stories of the town and viewing the  sights.  Lunch will consist of steak and sausage  and an  array of fresh salads with tea or coffee.

After lunch it’s on to the museum with enough time up our sleeve for a stroll down the Main Street and an ice-cream to finish the day off before heading home.  Please book and pay by the 13th July.

COFFEE & CONVERSATION UPDATES
Frenchville Sports Club. $7.00 per person includes morning tea and lunch. Lunch will  be served in the function room not the Bistro. Please Note : A cup of  tea or coffee with lunch will cost an  extra $2.50 to be paid for  at  time of purchase from the Frenchville.  Coffee &  Conversation is held the 1st Wednesday of every month, doors open 9.45 am, guest speaker  commences at 10.30 am. Self Serve Tea Coffee and biscuits on   arrival. Bookings are a MUST! 

GENERATIONS A GO GO!
Has been officially launched.

A great opportunity has come our way involving the year11 &12 students enrolled with Rockhampton High School.

 We are skill sharing …………………

Are you be interested in learning:

How to SMS on  mobile phone

Learn how to ‘surf’ the Net

Would you be interested in teaching:

Old Time Dancing– you do not have to be a   professional many of these young people

have never been shown the old time dance moves.

Please contact the office if you are interested in joining other members at the school

Annual Holiday 2006

TAMWORTH 7 DAY ESCAPE

Dates  October 16th-22nd 2006.

Cost        $881.00

                $231.00 single supplement

      PLUS TRAIN FARES & INSURANCE

Meals All breakfasts, some morning teas, most lunches and all evening              meals.

Contact the Office If you are INTERESTED in joining the Holiday.

Final Payment  due  14th August

This fantastic holiday will include tours of famous historical landmarks, vineyards,  national parks, plantations and an  opportunity to “Walk the Country Mile.” Visiting:Dungowan, Wollomin, Hanging Rock, Sheba Dam, Uralla, Walcha, Bendemeer, Nundle, Moonbi, Tamworth, Oxley Wild         Rivers National Park,  Stanthorpe.

You will be taking in a great deal of the  sights and sounds along with country        hospitality and some live entertainment  of an evening.  Please pay your deposit through the Office to save any confusion.

When paying your deposit please bring along:

Pension AND OR Seniors cards. Certification of Free Rail Next of Kin details.

A complete itinerary is available

 through the  office.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Balance and Bands
Designed to reduce falls in older adults, this exercise program has produced significant improvements in participants’ strength and balance in just
three months.
Although sometimes difficult to define and measure, balance is basically the ability to maintain the body’s position over its base of support, whether the base is stationary or moving.
There are two types of balance:
Static balance, which is the ability to control postural sway during quiet standing; and
Dynamic balance, which is the ability to react to changes in balance and to anticipate
changes as the body moves. Dynamic balance includes maintaining balance while
walking and stepping over or around objects.
Essentially, the program utilizes five-foot long elastic resistance bands and foam pads. The bands are used to enhance strength and to incorporate dynamic movements into the training program. The 16” x 9” x 2” foam pads provide an unsteady surface that challenges the body to maintain balance.

Older adults find the exercises challenging but enjoyable to perform. And they immediately see how the exercises relate to daily activities, providing an impetus to participate. Among the program’s advantages, the exercises can be conducted in community senior centres or wellness facilities as group-oriented programs, providing older adults with the opportunity to socialize. This factor may help maintain long-term participation.
Additionally, the equipment is inexpensive, easy to store and portable, allowing older adults to exercise at home during bad weather or on the road when visiting grandchildren. Also important, older adults
can perform the exercises at a level suitable to their individual ability and progress at their own rate.

Bands are available in colour-coded levels of resistance: yellow (easiest), red, green, blue, black, gray and gold (most difficult). The foam pads also come in colour-coded levels of firmness: green intermediate challenge) and blue (advanced challenge). Participants choose a band and a foam pad that adequately challenge them, yet permit proper technique. Everyone performs the same activity during a class, but at their own level, allowing newcomers to use low resistance yet participate alongside those exercising at higher intensity.

As participants improve in strength and balance, they increase the intensity by advancing to the next level (colour) of challenge. Given that some muscles are stronger than others, this progressive system enables participants to use a suitable level of challenge for a particular body part. For example, since the legs tend to be stronger than the arms, participants may use a green band (higher resistance) for the leg press and a red band (lower resistance) for the arm curl. When
using foam pads, they may choose a less stable surface when standing in a semi tandem position and a more stable surface when standing in a more difficult position. Finally, the colour coding helps participants easily identify the appropriate piece of equipment for each exercise and switch quickly from one to another.
Michael E. Rogers, Ph.D., CSCS, is research director of the Centre for Physical Activity and Aging.
Following the State wide “Healthy Ageing” conference Rockhampton hosted earlier in May , I undertook research on THERA-BAND© and conferred with our accredited exercise/aqua instructors. The decision was made to take it to you the members and all other interested older persons in our community with the idea of implementing this exercise activity into our program.
The Rockhampton 60 & Better Program Inc. recently received a grant one-off payment from Queensland Health to utilise within our program for the benefit of older people in our community. This will assist with the purchase of equipment for the implementation of “Balance and Bands” should this concept be well received.
Fore further information on this low impact exercise please contact the office for a print out . By doing so, the Management Committee, myself and our instructors will be better able to gauge your opinions. “Advancing Health & Wellbeing with new concepts & ideas. Anita