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My husband was assessed for a level 3 package and then had to wait for 12 months to actually receive any help. He has received some assistance with equipment, house cleaning and lawn mowing. I do everything else on a 24/7 basis. I worry what will happen when I can no longer look after him...

Since my husband has a motorised wheelchair and we don't have a car for longer trips we go by maxi taxi but every day we go walking. The other day we went from Kippa Ring station (North Brisbane) to the jetty at Redcliffe. I thought at the time this is a long way and just found out it was...

My older brother and I each had a great collection of marbles and the big ones we called Tolleys. I think our last game would have been November 1965 shortly before we left England. They were a great thing to play with and not very expensive to collect.

K Mart and stores like them used to be a good casual job for young people. And keeping your area of responsibility clean, tidy and restocked was all part of that job. Has Kmart now decided that only a couple of checkout people are required as most people do their own self service at the...

I agree wholeheartedly with your comments having worked in age care and saw problems first hand. Successive governments of all persuasions have put aged care in the too hard basket for too long. Even without needing residential care people who are getting older need different things to help...

We loved the show and still have some of their DVDs. They also built Leyland Brothers World near Port Stephens and we had a great day out with our young daughter and nephew. They even had a replica Ayers Rock (as it was then) and our nephew climbed it!. It was a great place for information...

Be careful if you do some work and have to report your earnings to Centrelink. I worked one day for the Federal Election and duly reported my wage to Centrelink. I also had to report for my husband with $0 earnings. I spent ages on the phone to advise that this was 1 casual day's work and not...

Don't worry Robert the ladies also have problems with boobs intent on heading south!

Starrysnan 12/03/1953

I remember going on a picnic to Wattamolla in the National Park south of Sydney. It was a lovely spot but the flies liked it too and after cooking the barbeque Dad started spraying the pesky little critters with a fly spray like this one. I'm not sure how much fly spray he had with his lunch...

When I was a child in England the corner shop was called Honeysett's and Mr Honeysett was a lovely old chap who measured and cut etc everything you needed such as weighing lollies (yum) and cutting cheese etc. People patiently queued and chatted to each other while waiting for their turn. No...

Beats having to pitch the tent every night!

I have an old copy of Winnie the Poo given to me by my first love when I was 19.

How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees

What a stunning photo. Thanks for sharing it.

My Mum had a tin like this and always managed to find a button she needed. Buttons were quite expensive in the olden days so it saved money too!

They had this system in a store called Chart & Lawrence in Horsham, Sussex, England when I was a little child. My brother and I were always fascinated how it worked and how quickly it flew from the counter to the chief cashier - in the days when cash was king!

Don't focus on time but the special moments you spend with family, friends and others. Having cancer makes the trees seem greener and the sky brighter blue. I wish you all the very best as you battle all this. I'm sure all the SDC community are thinking of you.