"The best good news stories are right under our noses..."

"I heard a touching story recently about staff at a nursing home on the South Coast who decided to take their elderly charges on a three-day Pacific cruise.

In came the potted palms and deck chairs, up went the port holes and island posters, out came the sunscreen, hats, Hawaiian shirts and muu-muus.

They played boules, cards and snakes and ladders, watched movies such as South Pacific and Miss Saigon, and received a running commentary about the exotic places their virtual ship was visiting.

After three days, the oldies sailed back into port, elated but exhausted.

Ahhhh, that's a good news story...."

Source: Illawarra Mercury - Blogs - Jeni Harvie