Links
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Links |
Links to other interesting sites.
This page contains links to other interesting web sites that members wish to share.
At the beginning of each entry, the link to the site
will be highlighted and
underlined. To visit that site, click on the underlined link.
If you find a site that you wish to revisit, and you are using Netscape®, you can
"bookmark" it. When you are in the site that you wish to bookmark, click on the
"Bookmark" menu item in the main menu bar of your browser, and then click on
"Add bookmark".
If your Internet browser is Microsoft® Internet Explorer, click on the 'Favourites' tool
bar button, then on 'Add to favourites'.
The next time you connect to the Internet, to load that site, you only have to click on
the bookmark/favourites menu item/tool, then from the drop-down list of marked sites,
click on your choice and it will load.
The list of sites follows:
SeniorNet Links
( Branches in Australia)
SeniorNet
Association Inc. Ipswich
SeniorNet branch - Peel Western Australia - Mandurah City is where members
meet.
SeniorNet Links
( NewZealand)
SeniorNet North Shore,
Auckland, New Zealand - Visit SeniorNet North Shore,Auckland, New Zealand web site
SeniorNet Timaru New Zealand
- a link to SeniorNet in South Canterbury.
Security
Links
The links below are worth a look because
they inform us on security issues.
SmartOnLine
Australian High Tech Crime Centre
Australian Bankers Association Inc.
Security at Home -
Microsoft
U3A Links
U3A Ipswich
U3A Online (Aust./NZ)-
University
of the Third Age
U3A
Australia - U3A Online
Links for Seniors
Let's Talk Net The Australian Domain Name Administrator – auDA (the government endorsed not-for-profit regulator of the internet in Australia) has launched a series of free, non-commercial podcasts called ‘Let’s Talk Net’. This resource is a guide to the internet for those who are new to it and for those who are familiar with the technology but wish to extract more from this technology.
Silversurfers This site provides links to the best resources and websites, including foreign sites, for UK users. This site is constantly monitoring the net to search for and find the most appropriate sites for our visitors. This site also tries to take account of virtually every conceivable requirement, from action holidays to a stroll in the Lake District, from children's (and grandchildren's!) learning at home and school to courses for oldies, from 'safe' havens for money to trading live on the world's Stock Markets.
Silver Peers is the newest interactive web site for Australian Seniors, Pensioners, Retirees and everybody still young at heart! A SeniorNet member is already contributing short stories to this site.
ABC's of Computing This site is dedicated to every single elderly person in the world who needs a little help using computers and Windows.
COMPUTER HELP FOR PEOPLE OVER 50
A
senior friendly site that teaches the basics of computing
using lots of screenshots so that the beginner can start using the computer
immediately with ease and confidence. Recommended by the Sunday Times,
London.
INTERNET BASICS FOR SENIORS
Learn how to surf the Web efficiently and safely to find whatever
information you are looking for. The site teaches everything you need to know
to use the Internet, but above all teaches you how to stay safe in the Internet.
The site is in large font, and written in plain, simple English so that you can
read it easily and understand it!
Seniors Site launched by the Federal
Government in April 2005 as a "One Stop" site connecting older Australians with
40 Government Agencies and 250 Non-Government Organisations
Grey
Path..... a wiser way Welcome to
Greyparth, the internet Gateway and 3D Village Community for Retirees and
Seniors.
Seniors
and the Internet is an Online Public Access in Libraries (OPAL) project.
It was produced by the Public Libraries Division of the State Library of
Queensland.
KCseniorweb
site for seniors This website is designed to help retired folks
understand how computers work and locate some good resources for improving
their computing skills.
Elanettes
Stay Dry Products.
A useful link for Seniors which helps to maintain dignity for those in this
situation.
Seniors
Enquiry Line
Seniors Enquiry Line is an information and referral service for older
Queenslanders which links them with a wide variety of information including
government and community services, activities and events. Much of the
contact we have with older Queenslanders is via the telephone, however we
also have a web site which helps us to raise awareness of our service, and
to bring people closer to relevant services.
Commonwealth
Carelink Centres
Make Independent Living Easier
By making it easier to reach the services older
Australians need, Commonwealth Carelink Centres promote and encourage
independent living and flexibility to make choices about support needed to
remain at home.
1800 052 222 (Free Call)
About Seniors
About Seniors is the most comprehensive listing of information and links relevant to
Australian senior citizens, veterans, retirees, those about to retire, pensioners and
carers.
Council
on the Ageing
This is the "Council on the Ageing" web site for
Australia. Every States and Territory can be accessed from this site.
AgedCareOz
- An aged care industry website sponsored by Universal Care Management Pty.
Ltd. to provide a gateway connection on a national basis to aged care facilities, industry
specific goods and services, government information, news, comment, literature and
research.
National Seniors Australia - The
independent voice of senior Australians
SeniorLink
Mobile Computer Training & Internet Services -
Computer training and services for seniors - currently available: Sydney, Central Coast, Wollongong, Blue Mountains.
Other interesting Internet services also available.
Dutch
Seniors - Homepage.
Birds
Down Under - offering on-line help for seniors.
Endeavour
Web - Great interest for all seniors.
Recreation
and entertainment - for computer-using Senior Citizens.
Strathclyde Elderly Forum
- is an older people's action group based on the West Coast of Scotland, run by and for
older people.
Travel
Australian
hotels give six star service with captions! - Captions
provide access to television for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired by
showing the entire soundtrack – dialogue, music and sound effects – in text
format at the bottom of the screen. Unlike foreign language subtitles, captions
are also coloured and positioned on screen to indicate exactly who is speaking.
How
to find a house sitter or register for house sitting
- (Save on travel
expenses).
Eliza Travel
- Eliza Travel offer motorhomes in 20 countries,
including Australia, Cars in 93 countries and Minibuses & 4 Wheel Drives in 52. We
also offer Motorcycles in the USA & Canada. For people with DISABILITIES we offer
specially adapted motorhomes in the UK and USA, and cars in the UK. We are the longest
established specialist wholesaler for Motorhomes, Cars & Canal Boats in Australia.
General
All
Australian
- Which is a great reference site
for people wanting to know all about Australia. In the last month this
site received 54,000 hits.
Ipswich Library -
Access the Library catalogue via the Internet any time. Place a book on
hold, find
out what books you have outstanding or use the search facility to find books on certain
topics or by Author.
How
Stuff Works - This site may interest the enquiring mind. It
may help grand parents answer those difficult questions grand children often ask. This URL
supplied by Dorothy Jones.
Global Arts Link -
Global Arts Link is a new type
of visual arts museum created for and enriched by the Ipswich community.
iTEL Community Telco Limited
- iTEL Community Telco Limited is an unlisted public company limited by shares
that was incorporated on 3 September 2001. iTEL has purchased all the issued
shares in the Ipswich based internet service provider, Global Info-Links Pty Ltd
('GIL'). This business was first established in 1994 and remains the largest
Queensland owned Internet Service Provider with over 10,000 accounts.
PC Profile
- PC Profile provides one of the widest PC and desktop coverage for all issues
surrounding PC usage and management.
