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Useful Resources and Fun Activties

Brisbane City Council's Growing Old Living Dangerously (GOLD) Program The GOLD Program invites us all to explore a variety of options and is a great opportunity for us all to stay active, learn new skills, and connect with the others in our local community, which is what Probus is all about. Highlights include: Fitness Classes: Yoga, tai chi, and water aerobics. Creative Workshops: Arts and crafts sessions for all skill levels. Educational Workshops: Topics like computer skills, gardening, and cooking. Outdoor Activities: Guided walks, bird watching, and canoeing. Social and Special Events: Regular meetups and festive celebrations. The GOLD Program can be downloaded by clicking here

Be Connected Be Connected is an Australian Government initiative empowering all Australians to thrive in a digital world and targets Seniors in our community. Visit https://beconnected.esafety.gov.au/ Check out our Tech Ed Tips "What is Be Connected?" section for details of joining and how to use.

Probus Global To find out more about Probus Global, visit their website: https://probusglobal.org/ To view their newsletters: https://probusglobal.org/Newsletters.php

Probus South Pacific Limited - visit: https://probussouthpacific.org/ The Active Retirees and Staying Connected with Probus magazines are monthly publications published by PSPL.

Probus Association of Queensland For Probus Association of Queensland (PAQ) news and to check out The QLD Probian magazine, including back copies, please visit: https://paqnetwork.com.au/

The Local Bulletin The Local Bulletin is a monthly Western Suburbs of Brisbane news-magazine print publication, our Club usually has a monthly article included, with the Club News section usually starting on Page 40 or so. To access online versions of this magazine please visit: https://thelocalbulletin.news/

What’s on in Brisbane for seniors Visit https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community-and-safety/community-support/seniors/council-activities-and-events Find activities near you - Visit the BCC website https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/whats-on-in-brisbane

The Senior Newspaper The QLD edition available online at https://www.thesenior.com.au/digital-paper/qld-digital-papers/ You must register online to be able to read the monthly magazine.

National Seniors Australia It is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1976. “With the help of our members and supporters, we fight hard to achieve better outcomes for all older Australians”. Visit their website at https://nationalseniors.com.au/

My Aged Care My Aged Care is the Australian Government's starting point on your aged care journey. Find and access the government-funded services you need. If you need some help around the house or think it’s time to look into aged care homes, My Aged Care is here to help. Visit https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/ to check if you qualify for government funded at home assistance.

Advance Care Planning - communicating your wishes for future health care. The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning is a statewide service, hosted by Metro South Health, that helps to promote the important process of advance care planning. Planning in advance helps those close to you make health care decisions on your behalf, if you are unable to make those decisions for yourself. It provides comfort for you and your loved ones knowing you have done your best to ensure your wishes can be respected. Advance care planning is a completely voluntary process. Visit https://metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/acp

My Community Directory My Community Directory is the one place people go to find community services and events so they can understand what's happening in their local community. Website: https://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/ Our Club has exposure on the My Community Directory website. https://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/Outlet/228136/Probus_Club_of_Kenmore_Gardens

Department of Health and Aged Care Better health and wellbeing for all Australians, now and for future generations. Website: https://www.health.gov.au/

FUNDAY:

Member contributions (cartoons, jokes, games and others) are welcomed – simply email [email protected] with subject heading “FUNDAY contribution”.

Crosswords: Are you a Crossword fiend? Then checkout this website for free Online crosswords: https://www.yourlifechoices.com.au/fun/games/daily-crossword-puzzlesAnother great site for your daily dose is: https://freedailycrosswords.com/

Sudoku: Get your free daily/weekly/monthly Sudoku fix by visiting https://1sudoku.com/sudoku  Another great daily Sudoku source is https://www.thesenior.com.au/puzzles/show/sudoku/Another great free Sudoku site – Play online https://www.livesudoku.com/en/ or large size printables https://www.livesudoku.com/en/printable-sudoku.php

Jigsaws Puzzles

The www.TheJigsawPuzzles.com has a huge range of puzzles with 50, 100, 150 pieces. Get Everyday Jigsaw, free jigsaw puzzle game that'll rock your world. Play on all your computers and mobiles, online or offline, 30,000 puzzles with up to thousands of pieces.

The Wordle Game: You have to guess the hidden word in 6 tries and the color of the letters changes to show how close you are. To start the game, just enter any word, for example: WEARY. Visit https://wordlegame.org/ or https://wordleplay.com/

Cognifit Brain Games: A Brain-training tool used by many seniors around the world: https://www.cognifit.com/brain-games. Requires a subscription to fully utilize.

Backgammon: (only available on PCs and laptops - smart phone version coming soon) https://backgammon-online.net/

About Unscrambled Words: If you like playing Scrabble, Words With Friends, or Text Twist, you're going to need a great word unscrambler. The good news is, Unscrambled Words uses the official Tournament Dictionaries (TWL and SOWPODS) to give you the official and accurate set of words that can be used in these games. Good luck! Visit https://unscrambled-words.com/

https://www.probussouthpacific.org/8fd8bb4f/Most_popular_web_games_and_puzzle_apps_to_keep_your_mind_sharp

There are literally hundreds of game and puzzle apps available to download for your iPhone or Android via the App Store or Google Play respectively. To save you the trouble of trying them all, we’ve hand-picked a few favourites among older players in particular.  If you’re into word-finding games, Spelling Bee and Letter Boxed – both big names in the New York Times Games along with Wordle – are easy to learn yet difficult to master. Spelling Bee is all about making as many words as you can with seven letters, while Letter Boxed asks you to connect the letters around a square to make words and solve the puzzle. Moving away from words altogether, check out Vertex – an interactive version of a tangram (Chinese geometric puzzle) where you connect the dots and reveal the hidden picture – or Tiles, an artistically designed, high-level take on Mah-Jong solitaire, a classic tile game, where you match elements to keep the chain going. And then there’s the well-established Tangle Maser 3D, a rope-sorting mind puzzle game where your goal is to untangle all of the ropes into the correct position to complete each level. Fancy yourself as a solver of all sorts of riddles? You might enjoy Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles, which is filled with hundreds of different puzzles across many brain-teasing levels to test your skills and get you thinking creatively.