Still wielding a chainsaw at 85: the Australians restoring nature in retirement
For a growing band of older Australians, retirement has become an unlikely second act, spent rewilding mountains, counting sea slugs and coaxing damaged…
The Guardian reports that for a growing band of older Australians, retirement has become an unlikely second act, spent rewilding mountains, counting sea slugs and coaxing damaged country back to life Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When Susan Downes stepped into the hallway of an old farmhouse for sale in York, Western Australia, she felt an oddly certain sense of knowing.
“Oh, this is my house,” the retired GP remembers thinking.
This lifestyle story centres on Australia. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Australians, Susan Downes and York.
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- Widowed and with her children grown, Downes, then in her 60s, was finally able to act on a long-held wish to… (The Guardian)
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