Many Australians dream of retirement so they can zip off around the world, free at last to visit exotic countries and far off places while they can. If you’re one of those people and you receive an age pension, your payment may be affected, depending […]

Although you’ve spent the better part of your working life looking forward to and planning for retirement, once you’ve reached retirement age, you can’t imagine why you thought it would be those ‘golden years’ everyone always talks about. Whether you’ve planned well for your financial […]

The way we think about things largely determines whether we are happy or not and also has a major effect on what happens in our lives. One of Henry Ford’s most famous quotes was “whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right”. Unfortunately […]

My wife and I recently spent 5 weeks travelling through  North Western Queensland and the Gulf Country. Not surprisingly, we met a lot of Grey Nomads who were spending winter caravanning around North Qld. We had the opportunity to talk to this diverse group of […]

We recently holidayed in western and northern Queensland. Our founder, Paul realised his dream of seeing the Diamantina River where it comes through to send water flowing down the tributaries of the Channel Country. And we visited other wonderful gorges and places in National Parks. […]

In our increasingly connected world, our children move for their work and with their partners and families. Sometimes this is in the same country, but now, it’s quite often overseas. This is fun and exciting and of course we are very proud of them. But then reality […]

In a recent report titled” Australian Health Services: too complex to navigate” an expert panel studied  16 major national reviews of Australia’s Health System over the last 35 years and found that our current health system is desperately in need of reform. At a time […]

There have been lots of local and overseas studies which show that loneliness is a serious problem for older people. Loneliness has been linked to earlier deaths, depression, mental and physical decline, so it’s not something to take lightly. In an effort to help any […]

I was talking to a man at a retirement seminar last year and he told me that after working hard for the last 40 years, his idea of retirement was enjoying the freedom and leisure it offered. He included in that, the freedom to do […]

Relationships don’t last forever and death, divorce or separation  are challenges that many people have to manage during their lives. While they might not have expected to be single again in their 50s or 60s, it does happen to a lot of people. For many, […]