My Halcyon Days - Autumn 2018

My Halcyon

DAYS Out & about

All aboard for the ‘Glades Cruisers’ p8-9

Health & fitness Inter-community rivalry is on a roll p16-19

Halcyon Landing’s own ‘chook whisperer’ Ron MacNevin with one of the brood from the CTC p10

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Autumn 2018

Autumn 2018

My Halcyon

DAYS

Contents 3-5

WHO LIVES AT HALCYON

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HOW DO I SELL WHEN IT’S TIME TO LEAVE?

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OUT & ABOUT

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COVER STORY

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IN & AROUND

16-19

HEALTH & FITNESS

20-25

A HELPING HAND

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THAT’S FREEDOM

WELCOME to our new-look newsletter telling the stories of our home owners and how they spend their Halcyon Days.

Gail & Russell tee up the work-life balance Gail & Lyle Lister, one year on, going strong

The word Halcyon reflects an idyllic time of happiness, success, peace and calm. It truly encapsulates the lifestyle our home owners are rediscovering right across Halcyon’s seven over 50s communities.

A word from Dr Bevan Geissmann

So, sit back, relax and enjoy My Halcyon Days.

All aboard for the ‘Glades Cruisers’ ‘Cutting’ is a sweet spot for Landing’s farmers Couple swaps island life for Halcyon Days Catering queen can dish it out Inter-community rivalry is on a roll Let the Games begin Life is one big holiday for Karin & Kurt Rick is helping Nepalese kids one step at a time Team Halcyon… Take your mark Vision honours the Maugers’ magnificent life

Former high-flyer touches down at Halcyon Lakeside Sorting out the care factor Pat & Trevor say goodbye to Halcyon Waters

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SPOTLIGHT ON

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DESIGNED FOR LIVING

Pimpama: From farmland to boom town A move that downsizes your power bill

Dr. Bevan Geissmann & Paul Melville Joint Managing Directors

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SOCIAL SEEN

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A VIEW FROM YOUTH – GRANDKIDS’ PERSPECTIVE

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HALCYON’S COMMUNITIES

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Effective as at April 2018.

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Who lives at Halcyon

&

Gail Russell

tee up the work-life balance Russell & Gail Hawkins

HALCYON GREENS home owners Gail and Russell Hawkins have unlocked a wonderful work-life balance with their recent move into the Pimpama community. While Russell operates his own business in Brisbane, Gail works part-time for the Education Department at Coomera.

The couple aren’t ready to retire yet but love the fact they now live in such a social and friendly neighbourhood with so much to do on their doorstep.

I don’t want to retire just yet. The people I work with are lovely and working gives me a bit of an outlet.

An artist impression of the resort pool

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“It’s going great, I love it to pieces,” said Gail.

“I didn’t think I would like it quite as much as I do.

“We wanted a change and needed to be around people, and I think this is the perfect place.”

An artist impression of the indoor pool house

Gail said she loved coming home to Halcyon after work.

“I pull up at the gates and they automatically open for me - it’s just beautiful here,” she said.

“Our neighbours are lovely. It’s as if we’ve known them for ages, they are so friendly.

“We lived in the Redlands for years and we didn’t really speak to any of our neighbours. We didn’t tend to mingle or socialise as much as we do here.”

Gail likes the fact that she’s still working while having plenty of active and social options on the home front.

“I don’t want to retire just yet. The people I work with are lovely and working gives me a bit of an outlet as well,” she said.

“Just because Halcyon Greens is for the over 50s, doesn’t mean you have to be 70 to live here.”

A few weeks after moving in, Gail has already joined aqua aerobics, exercise classes and Zumba. She and Russell have also sampled the menu at the spectacular new Gainsborough Greens Golf Club, just next door.

“It took us one minute to walk there and we had a lovely lunch,” she said.

“I didn’t have to cook and I thought ‘living here is just going to be so great’.”

The new Gainsborough Greens Golf Club House opened in February 2018

But just because Halcyon Greens is for the over 50s, doesn’t mean you have to be 70 to live here.

Russell said the lifestyle opportunities at Halcyon Greens had caught their attention.

“All the facilities planned for Halcyon Greens really appealed to us because we want to remain fit and active,” he said.

“If you live right near facilities then you’re more likely to use them.”

Russell said they were also impressed with the homes.

“We thought the houses would be on the smallish side,” he said.

“But we were really taken with how spacious they were and we realised we could live here.

“After that, it took us about five minutes to decide to make the move.”

Russell admits he’d enjoy the Halcyon Greens lifestyle even more if he was retired, but has decided to work for at least another year.

“You’re retired a long time, so I think that if you can work, you should,” he said.

“It’s the best of both worlds really. I get to do activities like aqua aerobics during the day and then head off to work in the afternoon. It means that I can’t go to Happy Hour!”

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One year on, going strong ALMOST A YEAR after leaving the hustle and bustle of Brisbane, Halcyon Parks home owners Gail and Lyle Lister are definitely not looking back.

Instead, they’re looking forward to their daily bike ride, relaxing walks on the beach and catching up with their neighbours on the front patio.

The couple made their favourite beach holiday destination their new home mid last year and plan to spend their 60s living it up at Caloundra.

No longer tied to maintaining a big family home and garden at Bracken Ridge, Gail and Lyle are embracing a more active and social way of life.

“We wanted to do this while we’re together and young enough,” Gail said about the move to Halcyon.

Preferring to socialise from the comfort of his front patio, Lyle likes nothing more than to sit out there with a cuppa or a beer and chat with other home owners.

Lyle said he enjoys the friendliness of the Halcyon Parks neighbourhood.

“I hate the feeling of being lonely,” he said.

“I could talk the leg off a chair and I just love having a ‘blokey’ talk out the front about cars and aeroplanes.”

Lyle also appreciates the sense of security that comes with living in a friendly gated community.

“If you want to go for a walk later in the evening, you feel safe. At Halcyon Parks there is 20 acres of open space.” he said.

Another highlight is the community’s lake area and the wildlife it attracts.

“We see curlews with their babies wandering the streets and there’s also the black swans who come up to you at the lake,” Lyle said.

“You don’t get that in suburbia.”

We love going for walks and going to the beach and riding our bikes.

“We love going for walks and going to the beach and riding our bikes.

“At this point we’re not involved in regular activities, but we’ve been to a few events like trivia night and Australia Day where I volunteered to be the MC for the day.”

Gail said their new lifestyle was much more socially engaging.

“People actually have time to stand and have a chat,” she said.

“We have wonderful neighbours all around us and everyone has been so welcoming and respectful.”

Lyle & Gail Lister enjoying their morning cuppa on the front porch 5

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How do I sell

when it’s time to leave?

by Dr Bevan Geissmann, Joint Managing Director WHILE WE LOVE welcoming new home owners to Halcyon, the beauty of our model is that you are free to move on at any time if you change your mind or if your circumstances change.

That’s life. Things happen and people find they need or want to move on. It may be deteriorating health, the desire to be closer to your family or simply time for a change.

Whatever the reason, Halcyon is here to help you take that next step.

It’s not new to us. Resales account for about 20 per cent of Halcyon’s overall sales and last year they totalled $25 million across our communities.

So, if it’s time to sell, you can do this through the Halcyon sales consultants within your community or you can appoint an outside agent of your choice to manage the sale.

If you choose Halcyon, this involves an exclusive agency arrangement where the ‘standard REIQ commission’ applies and all the marketing is included.

The major benefit of selling through Halcyon’s team is that we understand this market and the model inside out.

We have a wealth of experience and knowledge of our communities, and of the industry, making us well placed to give you and your prospective buyers the highest level of service and support.

Dr Bevan Geissmann

The big benefit of selling at Halcyon compared to a retirement village is you walk away with 100 per cent of the capital gains.

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FOUR REASONS IT’S EASY

Halcyon’s onsite sales service and marketing support means we’re with you every step of the way.

Our knowledgeable and professional sales consultants can advise you in pricing and presenting your home to help you sell as quickly as possible.

It’s important to note that you are not required to refurbish your Halcyon home when you sell, which can cost up to $100,000 in a traditional retirement village.

Our simple and transparent ‘no exit fee’ model allows Halcyon’s sellers to move easily and very comfortably to the next chapter of their lives.

The big benefit of selling at Halcyon compared to a retirement village is you walk away with 100 per cent of the capital gains. There’s no sharing the profit with a village operator; it’s all yours.

We can confidently say that you will be at least $100,000 better off than if you were selling under the complex financial arrangements typically found in a traditional retirement village.

And we’re proud to share that our home owners who’ve chosen to move on have collectively made capital gains approaching $20 million across Halcyon’s communities. That’s a lot of peace of mind and freedom to take with you on your next step.

Halcyon also makes the selling process itself straightforward with our easy to read Home Purchase Agreement, which is simpler than an REIQ sales contract.

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1. Freedom to sell; work with the Halcyon team, choose any agent you like or sell it yourself.

2. No need to refurbish, present your home as you choose.

3. Halcyon’s simple Home Purchase Agreement streamlines the legal requirements to transfer ownership.

4. Keep 100 per cent of the capital gains, with no exit or deferred management fees.

And in terms of buyer demand, over 50s communities are an increasingly attractive option for the more active and sophisticated baby boomer cohort which is seeking contemporary yet lowmaintenance homes, resort-style facilities and a great social life.

We’re seeing growing demand from this huge demographic as they move to free up their hard-earned equity and downsize from the highmaintenance and isolation of their big family homes.

As you can see, selling your Halcyon home can be a simple, straightforward and extremely rewarding process that sets you up very nicely for the next chapter of life.

Like everything at Halcyon, deciding to leave is about freedom and choice.

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Out & about

ALL ABOARD for the

‘Glades Cruisers’ TWO’S COMPANY on a cruise but 18 is a party, as a group of Halcyon Glades home owners discovered when they hit the high seas together.

Their time aboard the Sun Princess took the nine couples ‘Across the Ditch’ to experience everything from spectacular Milford Sound and historic Dunedin to art deco-inspired Napier and harbourside Auckland.

Jill, Barbara & Carole ‘christen’ the deck of the Sun Princess

Tour leader ‘Mama’ Carole Ritchie initiated the group trip after enjoying the same cruise six years ago.

“As the instigator, I was a bit anxious that people wouldn’t get along,” she said.

Like life at Halcyon, it was the ideal combination of spending time together and doing your own thing.

“It was great fun, we’d always have coffee on the top deck in the morning. There was sometimes two of us, and sometimes six or seven of us,” Jill Cooper said.

“We’d often do our own things during the day and then meet for Happy Hour and then dinner together.”

Ron Coleman said he and wife Marlene thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to take a cruise as part of a group.

“Usually when you go with just your partner you don’t know anybody else,” he said.

“But it’s great going with people you know, we had such fun taking the mickey out of one another. Three or four couples liked it so much that they have put deposits down on a future cruise.

“We’re even planning another trip to New Zealand, where we fly over, hire cars and tour around, that’s how good the Halcyon Glades crowd was.”

Experienced cruisers Peter and Louisa Sams had a fantastic time on their 18th sea jaunt.

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“It was a great cruise, there was a lot of laughs,” Louisa said.

“We all did our own thing from time to time, we’d meet up now and then.

“We took some shore tours together including exploring Hawkes Bay and visiting the International Antarctic Centre in Akaroa.”

Other land-based highlights included Dunedin where the gents toured Speight’s Brewery and the ladies sampled the sweet magic of Cadbury World.

In Auckland, Ron, Marlene, Jill and husband Gary took a spin around the City of Sails on an unexpectedly high-speed and hair-raising trike tour.

“We were doing 138km an hour across the Auckland Harbour Bridge, it was great,” Jill said.

“We had a lot of fun travelling with them all. Now that we’re back we have a lot of laughs together because we’ve experienced the same things.”

We had a lot of fun travelling with them all.

Now that we’re back we have a lot of laughs together because we’ve experienced the same things.

‘Mama’ Carole, who travelled with husband Vic, said her anxiety about the trip was washed away by the fantastic rapport the group enjoyed.

“We had a brilliant time, and we all came back talking,” she said.

“We definitely would love to be doing some more cruises together.”

After returning with plenty of happy memories, some tall stories and many shared experiences to enrich their Halcyon Days, moves are afoot to organise a cruise to Asia, with other Glades home owners likely to jump on board too.

‘Glades Cruisers’ enjoying Happy Hour 9

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Cover story

A horse team hauls loaded cane rail trucks from a punt on to the tramline on the bank of the Maroochy River where Halcyon Landing is now located. The rail trucks were then transported to the mill via the ‘Cutting’.

Bli Bli, circa 1945.

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‘Cutting’

is a sweet spot for Landing’s ‘Farmers’

HOME OWNERS at Halcyon Landing are tapping into Bli Bli’s agricultural roots with their rural revival of land adjoining an old Bli Bli cane train cutting.

The cutting, which traverses Peppercorn Hill, was originally excavated in 1941 and was later deepened to 10m to allow locomotives to carry greater loads of cane over the hill.

These days the area sits behind Landing’s community workshed, and the road leading up to the shed is aptly named Peppercorn Lane.

The area caught the attention of some of Landing’s more rural-inclined home owners who have begun transforming almost 2000sqm of unused land just south of the cutting.

Known as the CTC (Cane Train Cutting), the site’s ongoing transformation into a small farming precinct has brought yet another dimension to the daily life of home owners.

Led by ‘frustrated farmer’ Ron MacNevin, home owners have built a chook run, started an orchard, planted vegetables and installed a beehive on the land.

Their work began almost a year ago when Ron decided to make some improvements to the area beside the cutting.

“It started with myself and Stan Smith, and we got more people interested,” he said.

“We cut back grass and made a bit of a pathway to open up the area, and it just grew from there.”

Ron said it had been a hugely satisfying project, only made possible with the donation of materials, labour, chickens and fruit trees.

“It was an all-round effort; the social club bought materials, home owners donated all sorts of things like fencing and wire to help us out, and then more and more people got involved - it was overwhelming,” he said.

“I think I’m a frustrated farmer, landscaper and gardener, so to achieve what we have here has given me a great amount of satisfaction.

“This is the kind of work I’ve always wanted to do, and its been a great project to do with a few of the guys who shared a common interest.”

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The chooks are very, very friendly and we have people who come up just to visit them.

The CTC’s 14 resident chooks are cared for by a team of about a dozen ladies who are rostered to let the ‘girls’ out of their coop each morning and make sure they are rounded up and put to bed before sunset.

Home owner Jill Corish said the chook shepherds, also known as ‘Henherds’, feed the hens, top up their water, clean out their coop and collect their eggs.

The Landing ‘Henherds’, Stan Smith & Ron MacNevin

“Most days we are getting about a dozen eggs from them and they are truly free-range eggs,” she said.

The eggs are bundled up into half dozen lots and sold during Happy Hour at the Rec Club each Friday night, with all proceeds covering the cost of chicken feed.

Jill, who is also a member of Landing’s Green Team, said the manure removed from the hen house was used to fertilise the nearby citrus trees, which were “doing very nicely” as a result.

Fellow ‘henherd’ Lee McGregor said the hens loved to roam and scratch in the orchard and veggie garden area, and to dine on the ‘food parcels’ dropped in by home owners.

“We have an esky-size container set up next to the coop where home owners can bring their veggie scraps for the chickens to eat,” she said.

“The chooks are very friendly and we have people who come up just to visit them.”

Lee said there was a trick to rounding up the herd in the afternoon.

“We just shake a plastic bag, so they think there’s feed in it, and they come running,” she laughed.

Meanwhile, former cattleman John Wettenhall is focussing on much smaller creatures these days after setting up his beehive in the CTC. “Coming from an animal management background, I thought it would be interesting to find out about bees and create a nice little hobby out of it,” he said.

John, who has joined the Sunshine Coast Beekeepers Society, started with about 500 bees in November and expects to be harvesting honey in April.

He hopes to extract up to 40kg of honey from the hive each year and is thinking of registering the name “Halcyon Honey”.

“A few people have come to have a look and they’ve shown a lot of interest in the honey and when it will be available,” he said.

Elsewhere at the CTC, the orchard trees and vegetable garden areas are blooming with hopes that a wide array of harvestable fruit and veggies will be produced.

Some seating areas also have been established, allowing CTC visitors to socialise, enjoy a cool drink, relax or simply commune with nature.

The CTC even has its own PR person, home owner and former teacher Roger Buttenshaw, who pens updates on the progress of the precinct for the Landing community.

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In & around

Couple swaps island life for Halcyon Days HOME OWNERS Fran and Ian Ritchie have traded a luxurious oceanfront apartment for a bigger slice of social life at Halcyon Greens.

The couple lived on Ephraim Island at Paradise Point for almost two years, and while they loved the magnificent water views from their sub-penthouse, they felt that something was missing on the social front.

“When you retire you want a social network and we found living vertically, as you do at Ephraim Island, that there’s no social aspect to it,” Ian said.

“You might meet up with one or two people, but it’s just like highrise living and you might not even know your neighbour.”

Fran said she didn’t entertain at the apartment as much as she had in their family home.

“I didn’t have people over nearly half as much as I did when we lived in our house at Monterey Keys,” she said.

“Those social interactions diminished dramatically, and our social life was basically the two of us going to lunch or movies.

We’re going to take off in the motorhome for two or three months at a time.

“Sometimes Ian would be watching sport on TV in the living room and I’d be in the bedroom watching Netflix, and I’d think ‘is this living?’”

Halcyon Greens’ vibrant community spirit stood out straight away.

“What impressed us was that people were waving to us as we drove around, and people were going for a walk or taking the community bus out,” Ian said.

“There’s something on every day if you want to involve yourself in it – cards, aqua aerobics, golf.”

The different lifestyle was evident from their first day at Halcyon, with their new neighbours quickly rolling out the welcome mat.

“When we moved in our neighbour from across the way very kindly came over and invited us in for a cup of coffee, which we did,” Fran said.

“We felt very welcome. The next day, one of the folks told us that Happy Hour was on at 4pm.”

Keen card player Fran said she’s already found some ladies who are interested in starting a canasta group and she hopes to make the most of having the Gainsborough Greens Golf Course on her doorstep by getting back on the fairways.

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The couple has also swapped their boat for a motorhome in which they plan to finally see Australia.

“We’ve been around the world, but we haven’t been around Australia,” Ian said.

“We’re going to take off in the motorhome for two or three months at a time.”

Fran said they were looking forward to touring Australia in ‘bite size’ pieces.

“Our plan is to do a fair bit of travelling over the next two years while we’ve still got reasonable health to do it,” she said.

central location for the family, while also factoring in their future needs.

“There’s Arcare being built up the road, so if either of us suffer a stroke or whatever and has to go there, it’s close and within walking or buggy distance,” Fran said.

“And there’s the social life — if either one of us drop off the perch, the other one has got friends around and things to do, and not sitting around grieving.

We’ve been around the world, but we haven’t been around Australia,

“The point is, we won’t be bored.”

They love the fact that buying early on in Greens’ development means they do not have to pay site fees for two years, giving them more money for their travel plans.

“That buys a lot of diesel and a lot of caravan parks and we’ve still got our home, we’ve got everything locked up and secure, so it’s ‘yes let’s go’,” Fran said.

With two daughters living on the Gold Coast and the other two residing in Brisbane, the move to Greens brings Ian and Fran to a more

Ian & Fran Ritchie with their motorhome

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In & around

Catering Queen can dish it out IT REALLY IS FRI-YAY at Halcyon Glades when the community’s catering queen, Mary Anne Messer, serves up dinner for between 60 and 90 of her fellow home owners.

As the social group’s kitchen co-ordinator, Mary Anne plans and prepares scrumptious two-course dinners every second Friday night in the community’s spectacular Long House Recreation Club.

Assisted by the club’s fully equipped kitchen and her offsider Penne Bowles, Mary Anne whips up dozens of delicious meals as home owners gather for Happy Hour.

With menu items ranging from pork roast and spaghetti bolognaise to gourmet hamburgers and salads, Mary Anne’s culinary repertoire is virtually endless thanks to hospitality running through her veins.

“I worked in catering at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for 10 years and I also worked for Pizza Hut,” Mary Anne said.

She’s so busy that she never gets a chance to sit down and enjoy the meal – not that it worries her.

“My family had a café in Rockhampton and then a grill bar at the Doomben races where I worked from the age of 13.

“I’ve got very plain tastes and I’m happy with a toasted sandwich or a grilled steak.”

And my grandparents had hotels, so you could say it’s in the blood.”

Every second week, Mary Anne finalises the menu on a Monday, confirms the number of diners by Wednesday, then sources all ingredients before getting stuck into meal preparation on Friday.

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Mary Anne Messer

“I love catering, but I don’t like food that much,” she said.

Those Friday nights when she takes a well-deserved break from the kitchen, Mary Anne organises takeaway meals to be delivered, or other Glades’ interest groups run a community barbecue dinner.

Mary Anne also caters for morning and afternoon teas at the club and for Halcyon’s regular home buyer functions within the community.

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Just a sample of some of the meals Halcyon Glades home owners enjoy from catering queen Mary Anne.

• Salmon Mornay with crusty bread and Sticky Date Pudding with ice cream for dessert.

• Roast Chicken, mashed potato, honey carrots, peas and gravy and a selection of desserts.

• Gourmet Burger - homemade beef patty, bacon, onion, tomato, beetroot, lettuce, onion chutney and special sauce on a brioche bun, served with potato wedges and Brandy Snap Basket with ice cream & maple syrup for dessert.

• Chicken with assorted salads – garden, wombok and mild curried egg and Tiramisu Parfait for dessert.

• Spaghetti Bolognaise with garlic bread and Bread and Butter Pudding for dessert.

• Curried sausages with rice and Blueberry Cheesecake for dessert.

• Roast Beef with red wine gravy, roast potatoes and mixed vegetables and Apple and Cherry Pie with French custard for dessert.

• Nachos with cheese sauce and sour cream and Mud Cake with Chantilly Cream for dessert.

• Roast Chicken and gravy, ricotta and potato gratin with corn on the cob and Fruit Jelly and ice cream for dessert.

Chocolate Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce Everyone's favourite goes up a notch with the addition of chocolate INGREDIENTS Chocolate Date Pudding 1 cup chopped dates ½ cup boiling water 125g butter, softened ¾ cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1½ cups self raising flour ⅓ cup CADBURY Bournville Cocoa ½ teaspoon bicarbonate soda ⅔ cup milk Caramel Sauce 1¼ cups brown sugar, extra 1 cup cream 80g butter, extra Pure cream, for dolloping METHOD COVER the dates with boiling water and stand for 15 minutes.

CREAM the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Gradually add the eggs, beating well between each addition. Fold in the sifted dry ingredients with the milk, dates and water and stir until just combined then spoon into 8×1 cup greased muffin cups.

BAKE in a moderate oven 180°C for 20 minutes or until cooked when tested.

COMBINE the extra sugar, cream and extra butter in a saucepan and cook, stirring, without boiling, until the sugar has dissolved. Simmer for 3 minutes. Turn the puddings out into serving bowls and serve with the Caramel Sauce and a dollop of cream.

Serve immediately.

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INTER-COMMUNITY RIVALRY

IS ON A ROLL

The whole idea is purely and simply to have all Halcyon communities playing bowls against each other on the one day.

THINGS ARE HEATING UP on Halcyon’s bowling greens with the start of an inter-community tournament involving bowlers from Hope Island to Bli Bli. The epicentre of this bowls rivalry is Halcyon Glades, where a group of keen bowlers has organised to play each community in the Halcyon family over the next few months.

Launched in early March, the home-and-away series has already seen Glades play host to Halcyon Parks, Halcyon Greens (whose team includes some Vision bowlers) and Halcyon Waters respectively over three consecutive Sundays.

The Glades team is travelling to Lakeside,

Landing and Parks for competition on Sundays

during April and May before playing host to

Lakeside and Landing in August.

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The inter-community home-and-away series was the idea of Glades bowlers Kevin Bullard, Gary Coomber, Glen Mills, Vic Ritchie and

Terry Tysoe, who have formed an organising committee for the new competition.

Kevin said their long-term goal was to take the competition to the next level and organise a championship play-off event that would involve every Halcyon community.

“The whole idea is purely and simply to have all Halcyon communities playing bowls against each other on the one day,” he said.

“Such a play-off would need to be held at a club venue because we would need at least two or three bowling greens to host all the games that would need to be played.

“And ideally we would like it to be held twice a year.”

In the meantime, ace bowlers from Glades and the three Sunshine Coast communities will roll up and compete for bowls supremacy in the very first Halcyon Bowls Challenge at Glades on Sunday 16 September.

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AUSTRALIAN

CHAMPION

PLAYERS open the green

Halcyon bowlers get together for the friendly competition

Halcyon Lakeside home owners and guests had a sneak peek of the 2018 Commonwealth Games when members of the Australian Lawn Bowls Team dropped in on the recent open day.

National players Brett Wilke and Aron Sherriff got on a roll with Lakeside’s bowlers as they put the community’s new bowling green through its paces.

It was a privilege to meet them and congratulations on your efforts at the Games.

The Challenge involves meritbased mixed teams of 12.

Halcyon Landing Community Manager Donna Osborne said the inaugural clash in September was going to be fiercely contested with bragging rights and a shiny new trophy on the line.

“We have a lot of great bowlers who will love the opportunity to play for their communities against the others, so it will be very competitive,” Donna said.

“They all want their name on that trophy.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Brett Wilke, Community Manager Donna Osborne & Aron Sherriff

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Kurt & Karin Stache

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Health & fitness

Life is one big holiday

for Karin & Kurt IT’S BEEN SIX YEARS since Karin and Kurt Stache made their move to Halcyon Waters, and they still feel like they’re on holidays.

That’s exactly how Karin described life just after they arrived in late 2011. And with so much packed into the past six years, Karin says that first impression has not changed one bit.

“You become younger here,” she said.

“It really is like always being on holidays.”

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“There were days when we didn’t even see our neighbours,” Karin said.

“We never went out socially because we were so busy with the co-op and didn’t have time for anything else.”

You become younger here, it really is like always being on holidays.

“People are always telling me that I look much younger than my actual age.”

They agree their lives have been transformed by the social and recreational opportunities, friendly neighbours and strong sense of community at Halcyon Waters.

Before Halcyon they lived on acreage at Redland Bay and were heavily involved in a craft co-operative.

Kurt, 80, plays pool regularly and has become a competitive lawn bowler since moving in, while Karin, 79, hits the gym three times

a week “to get the joints moving”, plays indoor bowls and goes to bingo.

Karin’s also an enthusiastic socialiser and a strong supporter of Happy Hour each Friday.

“We are 100 per cent more social here than when we lived in Redland Bay,” she said.

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Ruth Moyle & Karin Stache “I love the social life because I’m a social person.

“If we were still at our old home I think we’d be bored to tears.”

The couple have just completed cruise number nine and are preparing to take off on their sixth road trip with the community’s Getaway Group.

Karin said they had never been on a cruise until they joined the Waters community.

“It really started when we moved in here and everybody was going cruising,” she said.

Karin at the Halcyon Waters 10 year celebration In January, the Staches were surprised and delighted when their Halcyon friends started turning up at their home to celebrate Kurt’s 80th birthday.

“We’re not people who’ve ever liked throwing parties, but our daughter organised it as a surprise and we had about 30 people turn up, including Jan Clarke from

Halcyon who sold us the house,” Karin said.

“It was a great celebration. The people here are so good to us, and so friendly.”

“We really do have good health and I think it’s all the social things that keep your mind and body active.”

If we were still at our old home I think we’d be bored to tears.

“We did our first cruise to New Zealand and we’ve never looked back.

“We’ve caught the cruising bug.”

They were among 16 Waters home owners who cruised to New Zealand in 2016, and most recently they returned from a cruise around Asia with Karin’s BFF - best friend forever - Di Hotson and her husband Rob, who also live at Waters.

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A helping hand

Rick helping

Nepalese kids

one step at a time VISION BY HALCYON home owner Rick Parkes is about to embark on an epic journey that will combine two of his great passions – trekking and the Nepalese people.

Aged 74, the experienced trail walker, mountain climber and seasoned world traveller is preparing to walk 817km along the northern coast of Spain to raise money for disadvantaged kids in rural Nepal.

To prepare for the 50-day journey, Rick has been pulling on a 10kg backpack and hitting the treadmill in Vision’s gym each day while also doing lots of stretching and completing a decent bushwalk each week.

In Spain, he will walk one of the world-famous Camino pilgrimage trails that ultimately lead to the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, thought to be home to the burial site of Biblical Apostle Saint James.

Rick aims to raise at least $5,000 for the Nepal Australia Friendship Association (NAFA) Queensland, which funds health, education and infrastructure in remote and regional Nepal.

His fundraising effort will help pay for the education and health of children in the remote region of Tawal where schools and other key infrastructure were destroyed in the 2015 earthquake.

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It’s great to make a difference and put something back into society as you get older.

“It’s great to make a difference and put something back into society as you get older,” he said.

“You do a lot of work for yourself and then in your 70s you can put something back that means something.”

Rick was moved to make the fundraising pilgrimage after a trip to Nepal last year when he witnessed the determination of villagers to rebuild their lives despite their remote location.

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“They are a three-hour uphill walk away from the nearest road, and all materials have to be carried in,” he said.

“When pouring a concrete slab for the classrooms, everything was done by hand and it took the villagers 13 hours to do it.

Pre-school kids in Nepal

“Everything is so hard for them, they want their kids to be educated and to have a future.”

Rick is no stranger to the Camino experience or fundraising, having walked the popular 800km Camino Frances route with wife Sue in 2010 after recovering from prostate cancer.

“I saw it as a reward after my recovery and it gave me a challenge to walk that far and realise that I’d got through it,” he said.

He returned to Spain in 2013 to complete the 1000km Via de la Plata route, which starts in the southern city of Cadiz. During those walks he raised a total of $20,000 for the Cancer Council.

So, this time, with just a sleeping bag, his water supply and a change of clothes on his back, Rick will set out from Irun, just south of the French border and walk about 25km each day until he reaches Santiago.

He hopes to complete the journey by late May.

Rick at Renja Pass (above & below)

If you would like to help Rick reach his fundraising target visit www.givenow.com.au/nafatawalhealtheduc and to find out more about the charity go to www.nafa.org.au

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A helping hand

Team Halcyon...

take your mark

It’s a great honour to be a part of the team, and to be amongst the 15,000 volunteers they chose from so many applicants.

Ian & Marilyn Pedersen

IT WAS ‘GAMES ON’ for Team Halcyon at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with 30 home owners and staff joining the small army of volunteers helping the city host its biggest ever sporting event.

Halcyon Waters couple Ian and Marilyn were among about 20 home owners from the Hope Island community who volunteered during the 11-day event.

They were right on the frontline with Marilyn based at the Games Village as an assistant to the team from the African nation of Botswana. Her duties involved accompanying the team to their events as well as to the opening and closing ceremonies.

Ian was one of 2,000 fleet drivers who ferryed Games officials to and from hotels, airports and venues in buses and other vehicles.

He worked 15x10-hour shifts while finding time to watch the basketball, swimming, bowls and beach volleyball.

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“We’re always doing something for someone and that’s just the way we are,” Ian said of their decision to volunteer.

Landing’s Ken Daniels, 80, worked for five days at the triathlon event that took place at Broadwater Parklands in Southport, where he screened people and checked their accreditation as they entered.

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We’re always doing something for someone and that’s just the way we are.

Having been involved in athletics in some way over the past 40 years, Ken couldn’t resist a Commonwealth Games opportunity on his doorstep.

“It’s a great honour to be a part of the team, and to be amongst the 15,000 volunteers they chose from so many applicants,” he said.

Cycling enthusiast Colleen Watts was another Landing home owner at the Games where she volunteered at the track cycling at

Doreen Morrison is one of two Halcyon Parks home owners who volunteered her time to help teams acclimatise and train on the Sunshine Coast just prior to the Games.

And Glades Community Manager Tracey Yeo did six shifts as a press operations volunteer at the netball venue where she worked with the media outlets that don’t have exclusive broadcast rights. The role saw her working courtside and experiencing the netball action up close.

This is Doreen’s third volunteering stint at a Commonwealth Games, having helped at Glasgow in 2014 and Melbourne in 2006.

Halcyon’s helpers were among 15,000 volunteers selected for the 2018 Games from more than 47,000 applicants.

Chandler and at the road cycling events at Currumbin.

Halcyon Waters volunteers

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A helping hand

the Maugers' magnificent life HOME OWNERS at Vision by Halcyon have gained a personal insight into the amazing life of their neighbour Raye Mauger, the wife of six-time world champion motorcycle speedway rider and sporting legend Ivan Mauger.

The couple’s incredible journey from regional New Zealand in the 1950s to a rock star-like lifestyle on Europe’s lucrative speedway circuit in the 70s was the focus of the Social Group dinner at the Leisure Club in March.

After moving to Vision a year ago, Raye wanted to donate a copy of Ivan’s autobiography The Will To Win to the community’s library.

“I thought it would give other home owners an insight into me and the life I’ve led,” she said.

Ivan & Raye Mauger

“I wrote the last chapter of the book because Ivan always said the woman had the last word.”

Raye presented the book and spoke about Ivan’s career during the dinner where one of her husband’s treasured motorbikes and other memorabilia were on display.

She said it was wonderful to spend quality time with her neighbours at Vision.

“Because of Ivan’s health and care needs, I haven’t been able to join in on the events and activities, so I really enjoyed and appreciated it.”

In 1957 Raye and Ivan were just-married teenagers when they left New Zealand on a ship bound for England, where Ivan wanted to further his speedway career.

Over the next 25 years, Ivan rode for various British speedway clubs, won six individual speedway world championships, achieved three world long track championships, and clocked up six mentions in the Guinness Book of Records.

Raye and their three children shared Ivan’s journey by travelling and living around the globe with him.

“He was a very determined person, but I feel the children and myself helped him a lot by always being there for him,” Raye said.

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“We were a long way from our own families (in NZ) and we relied on each other.”

Raye said the crowds in Europe were massive with Ivan racing in front of close to 100,000 spectators in Poland at the peak of his career in the 70s.

He was motivated and always wanted to help others, he once even paid for equipment for one his opponents.

Young and fearless, Ivan was not one to dwell on the potential dangers of the sport which involved riding bikes without brakes and very little suspension.

“He didn’t think about that. To Ivan it was a job that he enjoyed, and he was lucky,” Raye said.

Considered the best speedway rider ever and a national sporting hero in NZ, Ivan received the MBE and the OBE, was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, and was voted Speedway’s Man of the Millennium in 1999.

To top it off, he was selected by the Olympic Committee to carry the Olympic Torch for the Sydney 2000 Games.

Raye, who has been married to Ivan for 61 years, said it was overwhelming how many people she met who had memories of Ivan.

Vision social group committee chairman Ralph Langdon said he was delighted to honour Ivan, who he first met when they were both involved in the Australian speedway scene in Sydney in the 60s.

“He was motivated and always wanted to help others, he once even paid for equipment for one his opponents,” Ralph said.

More than 70 home owners attended the superb “Mauger Dinner”, which was prepared by London-trained cordon bleu chef Eddie Delves and his wife Liz, long-time friends of home owners John and Robyn Zwiers.

Raye Mauger

Ivan Mauger

John said Eddie had been thrilled to learn the dinner was celebrating Ivan, who he had watched race in the United Kingdom in the 70s.

The Vision Social Group is planning another dinner in May and a Christmas in July feast.

Ivan Mauger 25with the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch

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That’s freedom

FORMER HIGH-FLYER

touches down at Halcyon Lakeside We are loving it here. We have very nice neighbours and everyone is so friendly. Everybody is out to relax and be social.

HALCYON LAKESIDE newcomer Peter Hitchcock spent almost half of his 40-year public service career rubbing shoulders with premiers, prime ministers, ambassadors and even royalty.

The former accountant’s role as a Senior Protocol Officer for Queensland’s Department of Premier and Cabinet made him responsible for rolling out the red carpet for the Government’s VIP guests between the early 1980s and 2000.

Peter worked under successive Premiers, from Sir Joh BjelkePetersen to Peter Beattie, arranging everything from airport

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pick-ups and hotel drop-offs for dignitaries to official receptions and state funerals.

The job also required him to organise trips and escort VIPs to key Queensland destinations, ranging from dusty outback towns to the spectacular Whitsunday Islands and the tropical far north.

He survived the massive postFitzgerald Inquiry shake-up of the public service that followed the election of the Goss Government in 1989.

“It was a big changing of the guard,” Peter recalls.

The Goss era brought him into close contact with the new

Premier’s inner circle, which included future Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and future Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan.

He remembers helping to organise Prime Minister Paul Keating’s grand opening of the Waltzing Matilda Centre in the western Queensland town of Winton in 1995.

“There wasn’t a lot of accommodation in town, so we had all these dignitaries staying in tents,” Peter said.

“It was funny to see them all emerging from their tents in black tie suits and ballgowns to attend an official event.

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“I don’t think Longreach Airport had ever had so many private jets parked on its tarmac.”

Later, he would be involved in a visit

by Prime Minister John Howard to Brisbane to launch a bid to bring back the trams, and he also had a small part in US President Bill Clinton’s private ‘R&R’ visit to Port Douglas with First Lady Hillary in 1996.

On the royal front, Peter remembers people jostling to get a seat at a Brisbane reception for Queen Elizabeth II during one of her Australian visits.

“It was interesting how many people considered themselves important enough to get a ticket,” he said.

Peter’s other royal encounters included the Crown Prince of

Thailand and his daughter in 1999, and the King and Queen of Nepal, who travelled to the Sunshine State with a 200-strong entourage. He accompanied the Nepalese royal couple to Hamilton Island where they stayed in resort owner Keith Williams’ hilltop mansion, which the entrepreneur vacated especially for them.

“The Gurkha soldiers travelling with them had blades tucked in their belts and they stayed in Keith’s garage, which usually housed his vintage motorcycles,” he said.

“We went for a trip out to the reef and we weren’t allowed to look at Her Majesty in her togs when she went for a royal swim off the back of the boat.”

Charged with organising state funerals, Peter said the most memorable was the service for the first Indigenous Australian to enter Federal Parliament, Neville Bonner, who was farewelled in Ipswich in 1999.

“It was huge, thousands of people turned out to pay their respects,” he said.

“There were a lot of dignitaries, it really was the who’s who.”

Reflecting on the various Queensland Premiers he worked so closely with, Peter said Rob Borbidge was the best of the lot and a “seriously nice bloke” while Sir Joh never mumbled in real life and loved sharing the controls of the government aircraft with his pilot Beryl Young.

He also recalls the ‘all-powerful head’ of the Premier’s Department

Peter & Barbara Hitchcock

Peter Hitchcock with the Hon. Peter Beattie (AC) who held so much sway that he could boss Sir Joh around.

“I remember him calling Joh and myself into to office to discuss something, and we just sat in front of him like schoolboys facing the headmaster,” Peter laughed.

And although it was a thoroughly enjoyable and diverse job, making such high-level arrangements was also demanding and stressful. So Peter embraced the opportunity to retire in 2000.

Last year, he and wife Barbara decided to sell their northern Brisbane home of 30 years and head to the Sunshine Coast where their two daughters and their families live.

“We got sick of the hurly-burly of the big smoke and didn’t want to do it anymore,” he said.

“We are loving it here. We have very nice neighbours and everyone is so friendly.

“Everybody is out to relax and be social. There’s regular gatherings outside the house and half a dozen neighbours will appear with a glass in hand – and it suits me fine.”

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That’s freedom

Sorting out the care factor THE DAYS OF GOING into aged care if you can’t quite manage things at home on your own are gone.

The path into full-time residential care now is a much longer one, with the Federal Government focussed on encouraging older Australians to stay in their homes longer and to “age in place”.

Karen Carey Project Director of Halcyon’s established communities

Halcyon Project Director of established communities Karen Carey, who has more than 30 years’ experience in the aged care sector, said the Australian Government is pouring significant resources into helping people to age in place.

This includes the funding of various levels of in-home care services such as housekeeping, home maintenance, nursing care, personal care and transport through the Commonwealth Home Support Programme.

Ms Carey said although Halcyon does not offer in-home care, community staff can provide information and assistance to home owners who may need to begin the assessment process.

“That assessment will determine if someone is eligible to receive some level of home support, or maybe even full-time residential care,” she said.

Some of our home owners have care coming into their homes now.

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“Some of our home owners have care coming into their homes now.”

And the extent of that in-home care ranges from someone coming in to help with a bit of housework once a week through to daily help with many aspects of a person’s day.”

With the Government’s policy focus in mind, Halcyon has always adopted the principles of ageing in place to help home owners remain independent for as long as possible.

This has recently been extended to embrace Livable Housing Design (LHD) which delivers homes that are designed to make ageing in your own place even easier and less costly.

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Step free entry Wider doorway and halls They are smart and simple features applied during the construction process so that you don’t have to worry about them down the track.

All Halcyon homes are now delivered with LHD’s silver level of design features as standard. These include step-free entry to the home, wider doorways and halls, a hobless shower recess, and reinforced walls around the toilet, bath and shower to allow the safe installation of grab rails down the track.

Livable Housing Australia (LHA) is a partnership between community and consumer groups, government and industry. LHA champions the mainstream adoption of livable housing design principles in all new homes built in Australia. The Livable Housing Guidelines which have been

Hobless shower recess developed by industry and the community provide assurance that a home is easier to access, navigate and live in, as well as more cost effective to adapt when life’s circumstances change.

For more information visit myagedcare.com.au

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That’s freedom

Pat & Trevor

say goodbye to Halcyon Waters LONG-TIME Halcyon Waters home owners Pat and Trevor Thomas have pulled up stumps at Hope Island and are making a sea change just 20 minutes down the road at Main Beach.

Declaring the past decade at Halcyon Waters “the best 10 years of their life”, the couple have moved up in the world –

Pat & Trevor Thomas

literally and are trying their hand at a high-rise rennovation.

drive and determination to take on their own ‘renovation rescue’.

“This is the second longest period we’ve spent in one place,” Trevor said.

“We’re not big on gardening and I guess I’d love a little project of my own, so we’ve purchased a unit at Main Beach and we’re going to do a strip and full renovation,” Trevor said.

“I think it just comes back to ‘it’s time’ and we’re going to experience vertical living.”

Life at Halcyon has been transformative for the couple; Trevor’s lost weight, they’ve both gained fitness, made many friends, and they still have the

“We’ve got some great ideas, and it should take between four and six months.”

They found a buyer for their home within four weeks and said the process, handled by the Halcyon Waters sales team, had been very easy and straightforward.

“It was easy to talk with them and understand the price expectation; they obviously know the market really well,” Trevor said.

“We didn’t come into the community with the expectation of making money; it was all about the lifestyle, but as it turned out it’s been very kind to us.”

Pat said their time at Waters had been ‘amazing’ with the years bringing an active lifestyle, new interests, plenty of fun and some great friendships.

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We didn’t come into the community with the expectation of making money; it was all about the lifestyle, but as it turned out it’s been very kind to us.

“We’ve never had a better social life, it’s just been fantastic,” she said.

the Leisure Club, where close to 150 family, friends and home owners danced the night away.

“We’re only 20 minutes down the road so we will be still keeping in touch,” he said.

“If there’s been any problems health-wise or whatever, the community has just been wonderful – dropping off food or offering to help. It’s like a little country town in a way.”

With the past decade creating such strong connections, personal growth and happy memories, there have been plenty of tears and goodbye hugs for the couple.

“A lot of people are saying ‘oh you’ll come back, you’ll be back.”

“We’ve made some very close friends especially through the interest groups. Some of us with caravans did a few trips away together.”

Trevor says they will stay connected to their Halcyon friends.

“I don’t want to look in the rear vision mirror, but I wouldn’t rule out that at some stage we’ll be back within the Halcyon family.”

The widened friendship circle also meant Trevor was off the hook when it came to Pat’s overseas travel wish list.

“Pat loves travelling to Europe, where I particularly love Asia,” he said.

“To satisfy her needs, because I don’t really want to go to Europe, she’s had two trips in the past few years and she’s gone with friends that she’s met here.”

Among the couple’s Halcyon highlights are the many fundraising events Trevor helped to organise and Pat’s 60th birthday party at

We’ve made some very close friends especially, through the interest groups.

Some of us with caravans did a few trips away together.

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Spotlight on

PIMPAMA: From farmland to boom town An artist impression of the dining area at the new Westfield Coomera

A VIBRANT, connected and service-rich location is the backdrop for every Halcyon community, and the site of our latest project, Halcyon Greens at Pimpama, epitomises this philosophy.

While this spectacular 500-home community is surrounded by lush golf course fairways and a beautiful wetland conservation zone, it also sits at the heart of the Gold Coast’s latest boom town.

Located just east of the M1 and immediately north of Coomera, Pimpama was once a sleepy rural area dotted with farms and acreage properties.

Thanks to the meteoric rise of neighbouring Coomera and the city’s burgeoning population, Pimpama is

Coomera Waters Village & Marina

Sanctuary Cove

Southport

Surfers Broadbeach Paradise Hope Island

Coomera Train Station

Homeworld

Westfield Coomera Town Centre Site

Pimpama Junction Shopping Village

Westfield Uni Hospital

Yawalpah Road Gainsborough Greens 18 hole Championship Golf Course

In 2014-15, Pimpama had the fastest-growing population outside of any Australian capital city, rising 20 per cent or an extra 1000 people that year alone.

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firmly on the radars of government planners, developers, educators, businesses and home buyers.

It is surrounded by marine recreational areas, golf courses and major transport infrastructure such as the Gold Coast to Brisbane train line and the Pacific Motorway (M1), providing easy access to Brisbane and the rest of the Coast.

Last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures

revealing that almost 8,000 people had moved to Pimpama over the past decade.

Coomera Retail Precinct - Woolworths - Aldi - Schools

In 2014-15, Pimpama had the fastest-growing population outside of any Australian capital city, rising 20 per cent or an extra 1,000 people that year alone.

Several years ago, property development giant Mirvac began rolling out its massive Gainsborough Greens masterplanned community on land adjoining the Gainsborough Greens Golf Course.

Many have followed Mirvac’s lead, with plenty of neighbouring residential projects completed, several new public and private schools and new shopping hubs open or under construction.

In recognition of its incredible growth, Pimpama is one of three Gold Coast locations the Queensland Government has earmarked to have a train station by 2023, making public transport more easily accessible for residents.

M1 Hwy to Brisbane

And opening later this year is the long-awaited $470 million Westfield Coomera Town Centre, which will inject greater convenience, choice and lifestyle amenity to the area.

It is also expected to be a major catalyst for further development across the Gold Coast’s northern growth corridor.

Located just east of the M1 and next to Coomera Train Station, the Town Centre’s major tenants will be Coles, Woolworths, Kmart, Target and an Event Cinemas complex.

The centre promises northern Gold Coast residents a dining, lifestyle and entertainment destination with 140 specialty shops, a market-style fresh food precinct and lively community spaces.

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PIMPAMA Perfect With all this population growth and community infrastructure springing up, it’s not surprising that a substantial number of baby boomers are expected to call Pimpama home over the next two decades.

Research conducted by Urbis reveals the Pimpama catchment’s population of 50 to 74-year-olds is forecast to more than triple to more than 23,000 by 2036, reflecting an annual increase of 6.1 per cent – almost three times the rate predicted for the entire Gold Coast.

The rate is even higher for those aged 75 years and over. This age bracket will grow more than 8 per cent a year to reach 4651 people in 20 years.

These forecasts and the area’s dramatic transformation over the past decade underpin Halcyon’s decision to create our largest ever community in the heart of Pimpama.

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An artist impression of the entrance to the new Westfield Coomera

Projected Resident Population Aged 50 to 74 years 2016

7,066 23,043

2036

6.1% increase (p.a)

152,424 232,052

2016 2036 Pimpama Catchment*

Gold Coast LGA

Aged 75 years & over 2016 2036 2016 2036

969 4,651

8.2% increase (p.a)

37,741 91,254 Pimpama Catchment*

4.5% increase (p.a)

Gold Coast LGA

*Source: URBIS Market Outlook Pimpama Nov. 2016

2.1%

increase (p.a)

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Designed for living

A move that

downsizes your power bill EMBRACING your Halcyon Days means saying goodbye to big power bills, and perhaps even getting rid of electricity costs entirely.

This is because all Halcyon homes are superior energy-rated, meaning they are designed to be warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

This creates homes that are more comfortable to live in, need less electricity and are cheaper to run.

If you’re moving from a typical suburban home with a 3-Star energy rating, your new life in a Halcyon home will bring you savings of up to $3,275 per year.

That’s more money in your pocket to spend on things like holidays, the grandkids and restaurant dinners.

Halcyon can do this because of the superior design and construction of its homes using

environmentally sensitive materials that leave a lighter footprint on the earth.

Each Halcyon home is designed to optimise its solar orientation, which minimises exposure to the sun in summer and makes the most of it in winter. Our architects also ensure each home captures the prevailing cool breezes to enhance natural cooling.

Halcyon homes are clad with Hebel panels and blocks which are five times more thermally efficient than bricks. They also

If you’re moving from a typical suburban home with a 3-Star energy rating, your new life in a Halcyon home will bring you savings of up to $3,275 per year.

have three levels of insulation – wall, roof and ceiling – which is considered the most cost-effective way to make a home more energy efficient.

Such significant insulation creates year-round interior comfort whatever the temperature outside and will save you up to 40 per cent on your heating and cooling bills.

Other measures that cut down energy costs with Halcyon are gas hot water systems and Colorbond steel roofing, which stops the heat coming in during summer and traps the warmth in winter.

Halcyon makes the most of living in the Sunshine State with solar panels used in most of our communities and optional TESLA home batteries incorporated into some of our newer communities.

The bottom line is that this all makes life more comfortable at Halcyon, both inside your home and for the hip pocket.

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Social seen

# My Halcyon

DAYS

St Patrick’s Day

Sue & Peter Savage

Halcyon’s happy home owners love getting together to celebrate and St Paddy’s day is one of the more popular events on the social calendar — to be sure! At each community, Irish eyes were smiling with the home owners dressing up in ‘green’ fancy dress to suit the occasion before heading to the Rec Club for the odd Guinness and a meal inspired by the Emerald Isle.

Barb & Win Rollins

Barbara & Richard King

Malcolm Wright

Peter & Gill Gibb

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Lloyd Whitley

Ross & Lyn Klinge

Garth Thompson & Moyna Morrison

Betty Thorn, Gwen Harris & Marie Matthews

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Chris & Pat Coates Desley & Bob Deatherage

Glenn Carter

Ian & Denise Forrester Tommy & Elaine St John

Halcyon Glades staff

Arthur & Rhonda Fletcher

Rod Baker & Paula Clegg

Keith & Aine Rice

Michael & Dawn Billinghurst

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Rosemary, Rita & Su

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Bob & Colleen Slade

# My Halcyon

DAYS

OPEN DAYS Halcyon’s Open Days are a great opportunity to explore and experience the personality of each community. Always up for fun and the chance to meet new people – the home owners come out to play, keen to demonstrate the 5-Star facilities on offer along with the broad range of special interest and social groups that flourish within their community.

Vicki Bailey & Helen

Wood

rol East

Florina Neuhaus & Ca

Russell Hawkins, Bill Harrison & Chris Olds

Bob & Lynne Lewis

Lakeside’s Boaties

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Halcyon Lakeside lawn bowls tem Russell, Jason & Bill

Colleen Krause & Barb Rollins

Bribie SLSC representative & Marie Cone

Michael & Barbara Darragh

Rhonda Wetton

Veronica Heilbronn & Alan Tompkins

Aron Sherriff, Christine Robinson & Brett Wilke

Jim East

Pam & John Beardmo

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Frank Sluga

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A view from youth – grandkids’ perspective

Life’s g R A N D HALCYON OPENS a whole new way of life up for the over 50s and it is also a lot of fun for their grandkids. Red, 11, and Ash, 5, regularly visit Halcyon Lakeside to see their Nanny and Grandpa – home owners Paul and Sylvia Lewohl.

The boys love the fact there’s so much to do when they come over because of the many recreational facilities within and next to the Bli Bli community.

Ash (5) & Red (11)

What’s it like at Nanny and Grandpa’s place?

Red: It’s really fun and I enjoy coming because I get to play pool with my Grandpa and go to the games room and to the swimming pool.

Ash: Because I like seeing Nanny and Grandpa and I like going to the games room and swimming and go out with my Nanny because she makes me blue jelly.

Red, Paul & Ash

How often do you visit/stay over?

Red: Every fortnight but sometimes we stay on Monday nights and Nanny takes us to school.

Ash: Sometimes I stay by myself.

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Ash, Sylvia & Red

What are your favourite things to do when you visit Nanny and Grandpa?

Red: I love to swim and sit in the spa with Grandpa and Dad. And my Dad and I like to hold our breath underwater for as long as we can.

Ash: I like to practise my big arms and swim a whole length and do somersaults.

What activities do you do with Nanny and Grandpa at Halcyon?

Red: We like to ride our scooters around to the park by the lake.

Ash: I like to run around the playground and play in the playground at the park and I met a friend named Jack there.

Have you got to know any of Nanny and Grandpa’s neighbours? What are they like?

Red: I haven’t met anyone but my little brother has. I say hello to people on my way to the pool though.

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Halcyon’s communities

Australia’s best over 50s lifestyle communities

Situated at Caboolture North is Halcyon Glades; a tree change located halfway between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. Halcyon Glades offers the best of both worlds and includes all the hallmarks found in an award winning Halcyon community.

Halcyon Glades C ABOOLT UR E

Enjoy country club living at Halcyon Greens, Australia’s first golf and lifestyle community designed for over 50s. The new 84 acre community is surrounded by an 18 hole golf course, overlooking natural wetlands and nature reserve.

Halcyon once again turned to the Gold Coast’s prestigious North Shore for it’s first waterfront over 50s lifestyle community, Vision by Halcyon. Located on an island at Hope Island, the exclusive gated community won the UDIA Qld’s Seniors’ Living award.

Halcyon Greens GAINSBOROUGH GREENS - PIMPAMA

Located just five minutes from the centre of Bli Bli and situated within the master planned Parklakes II community, Halcyon Lakeside features 5-Star resort facilities, over 6km of connected walking tracks and 450 metres of lake frontage set against a natural backdrop of undulating hills.

Halcyon Lakeside

Located in the centre of the Sunshine Coast at Bli Bli, Halcyon Landing is a shining example of award winning master planning. In tune with nature, the 25 acre lifestyle community is bordered by a 2km signature walking trail and natural parklands.

Halcyon Landing

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EVENTS Judged Australia’s best over 50s living, Halcyon Waters is recognised as one of Australia’s premier lifestyle communities. Designed exclusively for over 50s, the vibrant community is set amongst 100 acres of open space and natural waterfront parklands at Hope Island on the Gold Coast’s North Shore.

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Halcyon Waters

Saturday 19 May Hope Island - Information

Session Just five minutes drive from Caloundra’s beaches and town centre, Halcyon Parks nestles comfortably on a leafy 36 acre site surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature. The master planned community incorporates quality architecturally designed homes, gated security, comprehensive resort style facilities and a strong community culture.

Halcyon Parks

Wednesday 30 May North Lakes - Information Session

Saturday 2 June Picnic at Greens at

Halcyon Greens

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Please phone 1800 626 488 or visit lifebeginsathalcyon.com.au to register your interest.

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Autumn 2018

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Established homes priced from $575,000 *

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HOPE ISLAND

Australia’s most awarded over 50s living

1 Halcyon Way, Hope Island - Phone 1800 626 488 - Simply google ‘Life begins at Halcyon’ 44

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