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Dear Seniors Card member
Welcome to the first E-newsletter for 2009.
From Monday, 9th February at 9.00 am, tickets for the 2009 Premier's Seniors Week Gala Concerts can be booked through Ticketmaster, so don't forget to go online early for your free tickets. More details below or at www.nswseniorsweek.com.au.
If you are planning a holiday or looking for some holiday ideas, come along to the Sydney Travel Xpo on 14-15 March. Visit the Seniors Card stand (no: E37) to find out about discounts and specials offered by our travel partners. See below for more information.
Kind regards
The Seniors Card team
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NSW Seniors Card holders can now access public transport concessions when travelling interstate as part of a new scheme funded by the Australian Government. For example, a NSW Seniors Card holder travelling to Melbourne is entitled to purchase public transport fares at the same concessional price as Victorian Seniors Card holders.
Each year, more than 700 events take place across metropolitan, regional and rural NSW to celebrate NSW Seniors Week. One of the most popular events is the Premier's Seniors Week Gala Concerts. This year's concert Black Piano White takes you on an odyssey from 1920’s cotton clubs and smoke filled bars, to 70’s glam rock and contemporary indie jazz clubs. The 2009 Seniors Week Gala Concerts offer a broad range of musical styles from the Jazz, Contemporary, Stride, Rock and Light classical repertoire. 
The world of travel will roll into Sydney for the annual Travel XPO, and what’s more – admission is FREE. Sydney patrons can experience all that the Expo has to offer for FREE by simply presenting a coupon which will appear daily in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Herald Sun from 2 March to 13 March 2009.
Spoil your Valentine with a magazine subscription! Love is in the air this month, so Magshop is offering Seniors Card members a 10% discount on a selection of Australia’s most popular magazine titles. Titles include: The Australian Women's Weekly, Australian House and Garden, Money Magazine, Burke's Backyard and Australian Gourmet Traveller, amongst many others. 
Seniors Card is delighted to have negotiated a great offer for card holders with National Geographic and National Seniors Australia (NSA). For only $59* you will receive 12 issues of National Geographic magazine straight to your door and one FREE year of NSA membership.
The annual Ku-ring-gai Garden Festival and growers' market is a community event co-hosted by the Rotary Club of Ku-ring-gai and Ku-ring-gai Council. Gardening clinics are available from TV personality Graham Ross, plus entertainment and over 100 stalls: plants, landscaping, water management, outdoor leisure, travel, craft, food and bargains galore!
The Council on the Ageing NSW Inc (COTA) is holding a series of Healthy Ageing Talks in Sydney and Picton. Topics include: Hear, Listen, Enjoy - discussion on hearing and listening devices, Prevent the Next Fracture, Healing the Spinal Cord, Chiropractic Principles, Quality Use of Medicines, Beyond Maturityblues and Maxim-eyes Your Sight.
Treat yourself to the best room on the ship for less than the normal price of the lowest cabin. Book early and save up to 50% with this fantastic offer. Cruise locations with Captain Cook Cruises include: Sydney Harbour, the Murray River and Fiji. 
For a limited time Great Southern Rail is offering a Free Upgrade from Red Sleeper to Gold Service, making rail travel both more affordable and more relaxing. The Free Upgrade to Gold Service is available to holidaymakers booking a rail holiday package onboard The Ghan or Indian Pacific for travel anytime until 30 June 2009.
February gardening tips are supplied courtesy of Yates.
Don't miss the following new special offers. Remember, special offers are added on a weekly basis, so check the Seniors Card website regularly to keep up to date.
