The secret to a long life is regular exercise, eat well and - in Ron Dixon's case - stay on the golf course as long as you can.
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The Wauchope resident and his wife Marj will celebrate their 100th birthdays and their 75th wedding anniversary in 2021.
Ron still lines up for his regular Thursday afternoon nine hole golf game, generally with the same group of John Schubert, Skip Bransdon and David Robinson.
His remarkable record includes, beating his age 97 times and playing to his age on 37 occasions.
He's also hit five holes in one, the most recent just two years ago - at 97 years of age - when he hit a seven iron into the fourth hole at the Wauchope Country Club.
Golf came after his retirement but Ron was a keen A grade tennis player and enjoyed baseball.
He enjoys the camaraderie golf brings along with the challenges it can frustratingly provide.
After starting on the maximum handicap of 27 he soon reduced that down to nine but played most of his golf on a 10 to 13 handicap.
Ron said he took up golf after arriving in Wauchope.
"We bought a house on Beechwood Road and one morning "Cocky" Cochrane dropped in, introduced himself and asked if I'd be interested in joining the golf club," Ron says.
"It was good of him to call in, despite not knowing me.
"So I joined up but was pretty cranky about starting with such a high handicap. So I'd practice my chipping and putting at home and soon enough I was down to nine. I would have played the majority of my golf on 10 to 13 handicap.
"With all the sports I've played, golf is the biggest challenge. In tennis you can be feeling really good and you generally play really good.
"But with golf, you can feel really good but still have a bad round. That's the challenge," he said.
At one point Ron was out on the golf course three and sometimes four times a week.
But a hamstring injury may now force him into making a decision on his future out on the course.
While he would be disappointed in not playing again, he was philosophical about his possible decision.
"Things happen and you have to bite the bullet and accept things," he says.
The remarkable couple don't use any walking aids and Ron still drives the family car, on a restricted licence.
Part of his daily health regime is to soak three Australian apricots in water overnight before consuming the fruit and juice the following morning.
He's also set up his garage into a mini gym with walking treadmill, weights and exercise strength bands.
"The strength exercises help control by back and neck problems I've accumulated over the years," he said.
"Otherwise we are both in pretty good health.
"We also walk everywhere and always stay on our feet.
"I still enjoy a couple of beers and a rum after the exercises too."
Ron served in World War II with stints overseas and "in the islands" and says he can understand the decisions not to host Anzac Day and VP Day services.
"Look, you have to support those decisions, even if you think they are the wrong decisions," he says.
Ron and Marj have three children - Heather, Ross and Christopher - along with 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Marj celebrates her 100th birthday on March 20 and Ron on July 9.
Ron says he tries to live by an Indigenous proverb:
We are all visitors, at this time and place
We are just passing through
Our purpose while here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love.
And then we go home.
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