Just when you thought it was safe to venture out into the wider world, along comes a variant to put you right back in your place. Border closures, multiple COVID tests, extensive quarantine requirements, all with differing demands between states, let alone nations. So is it wise or worthwhile to rely on any travel plans, especially overseas excursions, in the near future? And how do yo... read more>

Enough already. We have just dredged up 25-year old videos, long lost guests and even my original wedding suit as part of our silver anniversary celebrations. Others, such as TV journalist Lisa Wilkinson, go even further for their anniversaries, with vow renewal ceremonies and full-scale dress-ups. Given many FiftyUp members, if your unions have survived, would have or be knocking on clos... read more>

There's now an extra reason why I'm so fond of the old saying, 'while there is tea, there is hope.' The line comes from an old English playwright. The present boost from research revealing both tea and coffee can ward off strokes and dementia. But given the media regularly bombards us with contradictory health advice such as red wine is good and then bad for your heart, can we really beli... read more>

With so much talk about cancel culture, let’s focus instead on retiring a controversial word that seems to many a little outdated - ‘retirement’ itself. There are so many misconceptions about the term, not least that there’s somehow an ‘official age’. But I’d like to replace it with a more useful concept. Given the FiftyUp Club’s mission to reinvent the future of older Australians, how ab... read more>

As one over 50, I’m halfway through experiencing what it is to be a ‘modern elder’ and discovering it's about better understanding the critical transitions of our lives. The US-founded and Mexican-based Modern Elder Academy have come to Australia to help prepare us as the positives of later life are booming here too. Those positives include greater longevity, activity, agency, connection ... read more>