As a nonagenarian (a person 90 – 99 years old) what do you do to keep fit and healthy?

Alan Somers: I drive to our family farm “Trel-awney” (I have my full driver’s licence) most week day mornings. I have my own quad bike that I use to inspect crops and livestock for my son Gary. I also help with other light farm jobs. I find the farm visits a great reprieve from town living! I have
a rose garden at my Southern Cross unit that I planted and look after! I also walk regularly. I am very lucky to have good health!

 

Val Worthington: I eat a healthy diet and have a life of keeping busy with gardening and hobbies since retiring from teaching.

 

Isabel Orange: I’ve worked hard all my life. I trained as a nurse, had four children and helped my husband working on the farm.

William Greenland: Being able to get the plane finished. It was really cool learning about the plane’s engineering. Definitely a great experience!

Ethan Pay: I really enjoyed the past week and gaining all this valuable knowledge that will help me in my future as I have applied to study mechanical engineering.

 

Shaun Stewart: There has been a lot, but I enjoyed the co-operation between the whole team with everyone working together so well. We‘ve done it so quickly. I’ll definitely do this again!

Margaret Tanner: It’s exciting and very inviting. I’d like to compliment the staff on a job done beautifully, especially the kid’s corner. As a former library teacher and casual working with Bob Thomas, I like the new space.

 

Warwick Tom: It’s beautiful, open and light and very inviting. It is also on the main street which is even better. The staff did a fantastic job relocating here.

 

Sara Trott with Frances (3): It’s great they managed to get something so good. We will definitely use it a lot. We’ve missed the library the past month!

 

Jacob McIntyre (7): The food, especially the dagwood dogs. Ann McIntyre: Spending time with my grandkids. Olivia McIntrye (9): I love the Cha Cha ride.

 

Angie Paguyen with William Doguiles (8 mths): Everything is a great experience as it is my first visit in Australia. Nessa Doguiles: The fireworks! Kerranina (5): The bumper cars. Louie Doguiles: Being out with my family.

 

Back: Aaron and Kelly Halls: The food and the shows. Front: Sienna (5): The jumping castle. Kobey (7): The rides, bungee jump and quad bikes. Brayden (11): The bungee jump.

What message will you be taking away from the Mock Crash demonstration today?

Jake Green: It is a good example of what actually happens. The message for me is to never get into a car with drunk people.

Ashlee Unger: It was pretty good to see what will happen in an accident. I will remember to not drink and drive and to always have another plan.

Bailey Boland: It was amazing. It is really great to have all the services in our area. I will never drink and drive and make sure to always have a back-up plan.

James Haddin: The mine has made the town much more stable in economic terms, and it has brought in a large range of skills to the community because of all the different types of jobs in the mine.

 

Maree Welsh: It has definitely provided more employment opportunities for people. The mine is also very supportive of our community through its donations and grants programs. They do a lot for the local community.

 

Alan Ward: As a business owner and a councillor I recognise the benefit that the mine has not only brought to Parkes, but our surrounding areas as well. Not just as an employer, but the whole region has benefitted economically through local supply. I’ve always found Northparkes to be a good corporate citizen.

Dean Wythe: We learnt how spiders can climb walls because they have sticky stuff on their feet.

 

Emily Molloy: In science we learnt about neutrons and electrons and how they combine in elements.

 

Kalvin Dargin: In maths we learnt how to do times tables and fractions on the computer.

Sharlia White (11): We’ve done this for many years. I want to plant trees because of deforestation. We need to plant more trees for animals and humans.

 

Michael Dong: I think it is an exciting campaign as we need more greenery. It is also an opportunity for me to meet local people. I have been in Parkes for five months and the people here are very kind and helpful. I wanted to give something back to the community by planting trees.

 

Addison Summerhayes (9): It is good for the environment, and trees give us oxygen! I’ve done it before and really enjoy planting trees.

Melissa Beddie: Parkes Telescope has remained relevant and an important part of Parkes’s tourism and history. The telescope represents in this modern world, the tremendous amount of knowledge yet to be learnt and explored. The reality that there is so much yet to be discovered beyond our own lives. It is a pinnacle of the possibility of unknown to become known.

Alex Rawsthorne: I think it’s important to use the Dish in the modern day because we know so little about the universe and the Dish helps us to discover more.

Kasie Ferguson: I believe the Dish is extremely important from a tourism perspective. It really puts Parkes on the map!

Christine Ivey: I was working in Sydney at the GPO. I was on a lunch break and saw the broadcast on a television screen that was in the ANZ Bank. I was mesmerised that it was possible to put a man on the moon.

Doreen McKenzie: I lived in Inverell but was in Parkes at the time. I had come down to babysit for my sister who was having her sixth baby at the time and remember watching the broadcast.

 

Andrew Tom: I was in Sydney at the time with Mum and Dad. I remember Mum saying how powerful it was. Our family knew some of the people who worked at the Dish, which made it all the more special.