Archive for March, 2012

Free – Falls prevention program for local seniors

Community news

Stepping On is considered to be one of the most effective Falls Prevention Programs in NSW, and now also internationally. It is a FREE program that is funded by the NSW government and offered to the local community.

Physiotherapist and group facilitator, Colleen Burns, said Stepping On – is a fun and informative program designed for people who are living at home or in independent living units and who have fallen, or are fearful of falling. “There is something for everyone to take out of this program” says Mrs Burns. “It is just as suitable for fit and active seniors, as …

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Raise money for Purple Day!

Community news

Purple Day (26th March) is a global effort dedicated to raising epilepsy awareness.
Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada. Motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy, Cassidy started Purple Day in an effort to get people talking about the condition and inform those buy viagra without a prescription with seizures that they are not alone. She named the day Purple Day after the internationally recognised colour for epilepsy, lavender.

For more information, visit: http://www.epilepsy.org.au/purpleday

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"The Coathanger" turns 80 today!

Community news

Celebrations were held by Sydney-siders yesterday, in 1930s style at Bradfield Park, for the 80th birthday of our symbolic icon – the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Also known as “The Coathanger” due to its shape, it is the world’s widest long-span bridge and fifth longest steel arch bridge, at 1149m long. The bridge was designed by engineer Dr John Job Crew Bradfield and NSW Department of Public Works officers. Construction took six years, and about 14,000 workers, and was completed on 19th January, 1932. The bridge was opened on the 19th march, …

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Rainy days

Community news

Sydney has been enjoying quite buying viagra online a bit of rain in the recent weeks, and our local area was no exception!

Check out these photos of the heavy rain local residents have taken around Epping:

http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/photos/gallery/rain-rain-go-away/

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How is the Feng Shui in your home?

Lifestyle

Feng shui master Jane Langof, from Hunters Hill, says that feng shui is not about superstition or placing tacky objects around the home to bring good luck.

Instead, it is the application of statistics and observations gathered through thousands of years.

Ms Langof, who studied for five years before setting up her Feng Shui Concepts business, said the practice concerned the relationship with your home and environment and how energy in your surroundings can affect your mind, body and spirit.

“Feng shui is used to bring balance and create more harmony and engagement within a …

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Minus the car

Property News

Buyers are saving money by car sharing. No car means no hassles with parking.

Do I really need a car? It’s a question apartment buyers are increasingly asking themselves, as a growing number of new developments are built containing units that don’t have parking attached.

And the answer? It all depends on the apartment’s location, its price, the availability of public transport, bicycle routes, car-share options and the would-be buyer’s chosen lifestyle.

”I bought a new apartment off the plan in the Trio development in Camperdown,” says town planner Gill Mawson, 54. ”And …

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Housing more affordable

Selling

Conditions are improving for homebuyers, according to the Housing Industry Association.

The comments came after figures released this week showed another lift in housing affordability in the December 2011 quarter, marking four straight quarters of improvement.

The HIA-Commonwealth Bank Housing Affordability Index rose by 2.2 per cent in the December 2011 quarter, an outcome that took the Index to a level 8.3 per cent above that registered in the December 2010 quarter.

HIA Senior Economist Andrew Harvey said that a decrease in mortgage lending rates and continued earnings growth more than offset a …

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