Over_50s_July_2026_No_134

26 FREE for not-for-profit community & sporting groups COMMUNITY NOTICES BURLEIGH HEADS AND MIAMI SENIOR CITIZENS club now welcomes all senior citizens back to join our fun filled activities at Maher Hall, 40 Matilda St, Burleigh Heads. These include, indoor bowls, trivia, cards, table tennis and line dancing . Only $3 per visit which includes morn/afternoon tea and prizes all in air conditioned comfort.Come along meet friends, have fun and liven up your life. PH Allan 0433227676 for further information. COOLANGATTA/TWEED VIEW CLUB meets 3rd Thurs of the month for lunch at the South Tweed Sports Club, Tweed Heads, 11am for 11.30am. We welcome visitors and new members, so ladies come along, make new friends and hear interesting guest speakers. Proceeds from raffles, trading tables & friendship outings go to paying for our 7 Learning for Life students, sponsored through The Smith Family. VIEW Clubs are valued members of The Smith Family. Phone Penny 0406484707 or Carolyn 0497478066. CURRUMBIN-ELANORA VIEW CLUB meets 4th Tuesday of the month at the Currumbin RSL Club, Currumbin Creek Rd, Currumbin, 9:30am for 10am. $15 includes morning tea. VIEW Clubs sponsor underprivileged students through the Smith Family Learning for Life programmes. Meet many new friends, have fun, listen to interesting guest speakers while helping to raise funds for our 9 Learning for Life students. Prospective new members are most welcome. Contact Kay 0438515591 or email currumbinelanora@gmail.com CLUB BANORA GARDEN CLUB meet on the first Tuesday of every month (except Nov). 10am start, doors open 9.30am. Club Banora, Leisure Drive, Banora Point. Guest Speakers, friendship, morning tea, benching, raffles, lucky door, lucky bencher, trading and cuttings tables. Social mornings, bus trips, etc. Benching is open to all members, show your favourite plant, produce, or flowers, inc. floral art arrangements. Monetary prize for champion of the day. New members welcome. For more information ring Gwen Barnes, President 0468 872 199 TWEED HEADS & COOLANGATTA RSL SUB BRANCH. Are you a VETERAN, if so the Tweed Heads Sub Branch offers DVA compensation support with qualified Advocates in addition to providing an outlet for camaraderie with other veterans via regular monthly members’ meetings, morning teas, bus trips etc plus commemoration of ANZAC and Remembrance Day. PH: Sub Branch office on 07 5536 1164 or call Bruce Loynes on 0411 401 907. Web site address is www.thc-rsl.org.au SOUTHERN GOLD COAST 60 & BETTER PROGRAM INC welcomes people over 50 to join us for social connection and friendship at our two location, Elanora and Palm Beach. We offer a wide variety of activities, such as Yoga, Pilates, Exercise and Falls Prevention Classes, Table Tennis, Cards, Mahjong, Rummikub, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Social chat, Conversation Circle, Craft and Chat, Art Club, Computer help etc. Call Khye on 5525 6466 for more information. www.goldcoast60andbetter.org.au PALM BEACH CREATIVE STITCHERS- Do you enjoy embroidery, crochet, knitting and more, come along to our friendly group. We meet Monday except Public Holidays from 9:15am to 12:15 pm at Burleigh Heads & Miami Senior Citizens Club 40-42 Matilda St, Burleigh Heads. PH: Joan 0419 969 884 or Judy 07 5535 1265. ZUMBA GOLD low impact dance fitness for active over 50s. Go at your own pace. $6/ person. Tugun Village Comm. Centre, 414 Coolangatta Rd TUGUN on Tues 8:30am AND Thurs 8:30am & 10am. Burleigh Seniors Hall, 42 Matilda St BURLEIGH on Wed 9am. TWEED Civic Centre on Tues 10:30am. Fun, fitness & friendship. All welcome. No bookings just turn up. 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Emma’s captor, Major Vassily Orlov, who served time in a South African prison for poaching and murder, is planning a return to Africa - for pleasure and for unfinished business - with Emma in tow. Sonja’s mission seems simple: to hunt Orlov and rescue Emma. But first, Sonja must reconcile with the estranged daughter who tried to kill her: Emma’s twin sister, Fiona. Author Information - Tony Park was born in 1964 and grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a press secretary, a PR consultant and a freelance writer. He also served 34 years in the Australian Army Reserve, including six months as a public affairs officer in Afghanistan in 2002. He and his wife, Nicola, divide their time between Australia and southern Africa. He is the author of twentythree other novels set in Africa and several non-fiction biographies. 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