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Saluting life
PeopleFocus,
Dept. of Human Services, 2000
Joan
Bosch of Coburg and Ivor Turner of North Coburg show their fencing
skills at the Making the Most of Life event. |
A parade of older
former Olympians was a highlight of this years Making the
Most of Life celebration of the annual United Nations International
Day of Older Persons.
Older people flocked
to the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Carlton to take part in
Making the Most of Life activities.
The parade included
Marg McLean, organiser for the fifth year of the event for the
Council On the Ageing, Victoria.
Marg represented
Australia as a shot-putter in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
The Olympic theme
was continued in some of the Making the Most of Life activities,
including fencing, archery and rowing.
Seniors also played
indoor golf and bowls, quoits and badminton.
The more intrepid
tried rock climbing and abseiling.
More gentle activities
included handcrafts and gardening as well as games of canasta,
chess, mah jong and Scrabble on a giant board.
Opening Making
the Most of Life Minister for Aged Care Bronwyn Pike said
the event provided plenty of incentive and ideas to encourage
people to grow older with a positive attitude and a healthy constitution.
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