DOWNSIZING TO A BIGGER LIFE Community and connection
READY TO RISE
Autumn 2021
First homeowners move into our ninth community
GOING LOCAL Wendy finds her Sunshine Coast style
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Life is better with pets
CONTENTS
4. Cover story
8. It’s your time
10. What a cracker!
Life is better with pets
Downsizing to a bigger life
Halcyon Rise welcomes its first homeowners
13. JMD message
14. Holey Moley
24. The End
Take a peek inside the gates
New display village open at Halcyon Greens
Halcyon stars in new drama series
26. Bon voyage
28. Autumn abundance
32. Golfing ladies
What will cruising look like post-COVID?
Delicious dinner party menu
Golf pro Joel shares his tips
Cover image: Trish Burger with her Maltese Shih Tzu cross Pixie
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elcome to the Autumn edition W of My Halcyon Days. From the moment my husband Brian encountered a Halcyon community he was sold. I was not so sure. I loved the spacious houses, Halcyon’s green credentials and the wide range of recreational facilities but the idea of living in a community? Hmm - it all sounded a bit claustrophobic to me. I immediately thought of my time in an old-fashioned girls grammar school in the UK where the idea of community was to mould everyone into one homogenous whole. It did not suit me then and certainly would not suit me now. I called on my brother who had been in the air force for many years. He said there was merit moving into an environment where there are existing structures, activities and likeminded people. It enables you to integrate quickly and in his experience, make lifelong friends.
Every member of staff goes that extra mile to ensure you are settled and happy and are genuinely interested in your well-being. I have been surprised and delighted at the diversity of the residents, they all have an interesting back story if you take the time to listen and Happy Hour is a perfect place to do so. There is also a wealth of talent and experience within the community which people are only too willing to share when asked to do so. I enjoy the fact that I know all my neighbours by name and cherish the fact that people pass the time of day with each other without being intrusive.
FOREWORD
In this edition In conclusion I have to admit, even though it pains me to do so publicly, that my husband was absolutely right, a Halcyon community is the right place for us! Enjoy this edition. Wendy Mosley, B by Halcyon. SHARE YOUR HALCYON DAYS Want to share your Halcyon Days with us? Send your story to my@halcyondays.com.au
It feels a bit as if I am now part of a big extended family.
With a bit of trepidation I decided to take the plunge and we moved to B by Halcyon. The verdict, five months in? From the start it was obvious Halcyon are in the business of building communities not just houses.
Brian and Wendy Mosley, B by Halcyon
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Life is better with pets FURRY FRIENDS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES
‘‘ Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” – George Eliot Trish Burger and Pixie, Halcyon Greens
t’s been well documented that Iphysically pets improve our lives – both and socially – by making
us more active, lowering our stress levels and keeping us connected with our community and at Halcyon this is especially true.
Across our communities we have 304 dogs and 79 cats. Trish Burger and her Maltese Shih Tzu cross Pixie, who turned two at the end of last month, have made a lovely life at Halcyon Greens since moving into the community last June. The pair go for a morning and afternoon walk each day, ensuring they have doggy bags to collect any ‘gifts’ Pixie may leave.
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“We often stop and talk with other people which is always lovely,“ she said. “I’m very conscious about cleaning up after Pixie if need be as well.” Trish said Pixie has a lovely nature and is very social, especially at Happy Hour. “She loves our street and seems to know what time it is,” she said. ”If they are having drinks across the street she loves to come over and sit on the lawn and join in.” Trish said the recent addition of a dog park to Halcyon Greens’ facilities has added to the appeal. “It’s definitely a step-up from your usual dog park,” she said.
Trish, who moved from Redland Bay, has wasted no time in getting involved in community activities and has joined the Home Owner’s Committee (HOC) as well as helping out with the social committee and bar duties. “I’m really enjoying my life here,” she said. “Everyone is very nice and friendly and everyone respects your privacy. “We have a great street here and we’re all getting along well.”
PETS
Life’s purrfect when you have companion cats in your fur-ever home. hen B by Halcyon W homeowners Sue and Gary Hadenham moved to the Buderim lifestyle community in September 2020, Monti and Jesse relocated to the new house, too.
Just like their owners, the 10-year-old male Birman cats have settled in nicely, establishing a daily routine and getting out and about in the community. While Monti and Jesse are both indoor cats, they have distinct personalities and different ideas about what constitutes a good time. “Jesse is a big cat – he doesn’t do much but he likes to hang out on the rug and has a lovely nature,”
Sue explained. “Monti is more adventurous. As soon as he sees his lead, he’s at the front door ready for a walk, while Jesse takes off in the other direction.”
The active couple – Sue and Gary are keen golfers – love the companionship and warmth of their long-haired cats, despite their abundant fluff.
The fluffy felines can be spotted going for a walk on their leads when Gary takes them out at 5:30am daily. While early risers might do a double-take to see two cats on leads, Sue said Jesse and Monti similarly enjoy people watching.
“While they drive me crazy at times and shed hair everywhere, I’ve almost always had cats and I can’t imagine my life without them,” Sue said.
“They sit on the path and watch people through the fence. In the front bedroom, we have a scratching post with a shelf and when we leave the shutters and window open, Monti will sit there all day and watch people go by,” Sue said.
“Pets are important for companionship, especially as you get older. We’re still pretty busy and active in our lives, but I love the feeling of coming home and having their presence around.”
Sue and Gary Hadenham with Monti and Jesse, B by Halcyon
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IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS t’s hard to tell, but Honey Cooke was incredibly timid and Iandsuffered from separation anxiety before her owners Steve Julie made the move to Halcyon Greens last year. “She has improved so much since we’ve moved here, she’s so friendly and outgoing now,” Julie said. “Our neighbours love her and she will stay with them and she has her “Nanna Shirley” who lives around the corner and she will go and visit her.” It’s testament to the tight-knit supportive community that Honey, a 13-year-old Maltese Terrier has started to come out of her shell – even at her mature age. “Everyone has just been lovely and so welcoming,” Julie said. “I’m a night owl and Honey and I like to take a wander out in the street.” The couple, who have lived on the Gold Coast since 1987, and spent many years working at SeaWorld and Movie World made the move to Halcyon Greens from their townhouse complex in Hope Island at the end of last year. “We got tired of the people coming and going and there really wasn’t a feeling of community there,” Steve said.
Julie, Steve and Honey Cooke, Halcyon Greens
“We were very excited to move into our home and we really are making the most of it.”
WOOF BY HALCYON alcyon Greens is the latest H community to get their own off-leash park for our furry homeowners to enjoy.
Our two newest communities B by Halcyon and Halcyon Rise will also have a private off-leash dog park as construction on facilities progresses through the year. They join Halcyon Glades which has had its own private park since 2019, which is well used by homeowners and their pets. For Gill West, who lives directly opposite the park, it was one of the deciding factors in choosing her new home at Glades. The space is ideal for her highenergy Papillion cross, Mia. “It’s tremendous to have the dog park just over the road. LifeBeginsatHalcyon.com.au
I’m over there three or four times a day,” she said. “If Mia looks out the window and sees that someone’s over at the dog park then she wants to go over.” Gill said the park was another way to meet other homeowners at Glades. “It gets used a lot and more and more people are coming along with their dogs,” she said. Two of the most widely supported charities through our Friends of Halcyon program are the RSPCA Queensland and the Animal Welfare League of Queensland (ALWQ). To discover the good work these charities do, go to https://www.rspcaqld.org.au/ and https://www.awlqld.com.au/
Dog park at Halcyon Glades with Gary Hall and Remi, Gill West and Mia, Anne Gillard and James
PEOPLE
Angie Wiseman, Jo Feiner, Wendy Mosley and Lyn Lamble, B by Halcyon
From corporate to coastal chic Words by Wendy Mosley
e moved from the UK in 2019 and were so happy when we W became foundation homeowners at B by Halcyon in Buderim.
Everyone has been so lovely and we have made real friendships very quickly – so quickly that I wasn’t in the least bit offended when Jo (Feiner) said to me one night: “Wendy, you always look lovely, but you’re so formal with your suits and high heels. You need to loosen up a bit, this is Queensland.” She was saying it in a fun way and some other ladies heard and joined in on the conversation. I had mentioned I needed to find some brighter colours because I
was wearing my corporate clothes from England, lots of navy and grey. I also told them that I had been to Sunshine Plaza but didn’t really like anything because the shopping centre has a lot of brands from Sydney and Melbourne. They then concocted a plan for us to take the community Tesla on a shopping spree in Cotton Tree, where there is a block of lovely boutiques. Unfortunately it was teeming with rain on the Friday we had planned it, so I ended up going there myself the following Monday. I went to the first boutique on the corner and said to the sales assistant whose name was
Carol: “I need sorting out, help turn me into a Queenslander.” Carol took on the challenge and we had a wonderful morning. She really pushed me out of my comfort zone. I didn’t go into any of the other shops on that block, but I emerged a few hours later with 11 pieces. I’ve been gradually turning up to events in the community in my new clothes and everyone has given me the thumbs up and remarked that “I’m looking like a Queenslander.” It really illustrates how friendly and welcoming everyone at B by Halcyon is. We’re so lucky to be living here. We came to Australia because we wanted an adventure and we’re certainly having the time of our life. AUTUMN 2021 | 7
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Serial movers find their forever home
A question to ask yourself when you’re thinking about moving to an over 50s community? What are you looking for, what kind of community do you want?
fter moving 23 times in 20 years across a A number of countries, Yvonne and Chris Henry have found their forever home.
“This is the best move we’ve ever done,” Yvonne said from her Halcyon Waters home in Hope Island. “We love it here, we’ve really settled into the community and everyone has been so friendly and welcoming.” A truly international couple, Yvonne is originally from Brazil and Chris from the United Kingdom, and the pair met while working for British Airways in Miami, Florida. From there, they spent the next two decades living in Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam and in inner-city and suburban Sydney before settling in Brisbane. “We were living in an apartment complex in Fortitude Valley and even though it’s incredibly busy, we were looking for a community to feel part of,” Chris said. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, the sense of isolation even in a busy city, really started to hit home. “The only time you really see someone when you live in an apartment is when you’re in the lift and during COVID, you weren’t allowed to be in the lift with anyone,” Chris said. Yvonne added: “It was time for us to find a community because life was getting really boring.” The couple made the decision to sell and move to Halcyon Waters and have jumped into community life with gusto. Yvonne has joined community classes including Zumba, aquarobics and Revive while Chris has been trying his hand at table tennis, lawn bowls and volunteering in the bar. “We’re really enjoying our time here and we have made so many new friends,” Chris said. “It really has been the best move.”
Yvonne and Chris Henry, Halcyon Waters
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RIDING THE PROPERTY BOOM
enny and John Hill had been P thinking about downsizing and put their 2-storey, 4-bedroom home of 26 years in MacKenzie, a southern Brisbane suburb, onto the market earlier this year, asking for expressions of interest.
“We had nine offers and the house was sold within five days,” Penny said.
it would suit us and we fell in love with it immediately and put a deposit down on a home,” she said. “We loved the facilities and the homes and the fact they all have a front yard and a garden.” Penny said they were looking forward to moving into Halcyon Greens later in the year, meanwhile they were planning to hook up their caravan and take a trip to the centre of Australia to visit the Painted Desert.
The couple had visited a number of over 50s lifestyle resorts within South East Queensland and liked the idea of community living, the “We’re looking forward to ‘lock and go’ lifestyle and not having to worry about maintaining meeting new people and being with people our age,” she said. their large family home.
Penny and John Hill sold their family home after only one open for inspection!
Their real estate agent suggested they take a tour of Halcyon Greens in Pimpama on the northern Gold Coast.
“We’ve made this decision together while we’re young enough and well enough to enjoy the next chapter.
“He was familiar with Halcyon Greens and thought
“We want to have a bit of fun while we still can.”
VICTORIAN COUPLE BUY HOME OVER FACETIME
uring the COVID-19 lockdown, D Australians got accustomed to using technology to carry out their day- to-day activities.
We worked from home, our children were taught via Zoom calls, we had virtual Happy Hour with loved ones through apps like House Party and for Halcyon Waters’ homeowners Paul Earnshaw and Cathy Egan - we even bought houses through Facetime. The couple had been planning to sell their home in the pretty Victorian seaside town of Inverloch and go travelling when the pandemic hit. “We had been looking at over 50s communities in northern NSW, but had decided to go travel around Australia first,” Cathy said. “We put our house on the market and it sold quickly, so we had to be out within 30 days but it was COVID and we couldn’t buy.” Paul has family living on the Gold Coast and a few of them saw the Halcyon
television commercial and came to visit the Hope Island community after the couple saw an available home. “Paul’s sister Pat Facetimed us in Victoria on the inspection and had said she was going to play it cool in front of the sales consultant, but then she walked in and said ‘buy it!’,” Cathy said. “We made an offer that afternoon and we arrived as soon as the borders opened on December 1. “We had to order some beds online and we had two camping chairs, but we were here.” Paul said they had immersed themselves in community activities such as tai chi, water aerobics and social activities. “I’m up at 5.30am most mornings and I go for a walk with the dog,” he said. “We’re really living our life to the fullest here, our schedules are busy but it’s great.”
Paul Earnshaw and Cathy Egan, Halcyon Waters
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What a cracker! A Halcyon howdy to our foundation homeowners
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dampener on Halcyon Rise’s foundation homeowners as they moved into our ninth community.
Michael and Karen Stewart, Graham and Debra McGeady and Debbie and Peter Lindsay were all treated to a special day being ferried in a limousine to wine tasting and lunch at Cedar Creek Winery before coming back to Halcyon Rise.
Debra and Graham McGeady
There they were greeted by Halcyon’s longest standing employee and a dab hand at whip-cracking Michelle Hintz. Michelle lead them into a street party in the community where they were greeted on the red carpet by line dancers and VIP guests. Halcyon Rise Community Manager Karen Carey said each new homeowner was overjoyed to move into their new home.
Karen and Michael Stewart and Gizmo
“It was such a fantastic and memorable day welcoming our foundation homeowners,” Karen said. “Spirits were high, and we were all very excited to put on a great event that homeowners would remember for years to come. Gizmo got the red carpet treatment!
has a riverfront location on 100 sprawling acres in the emerging $1.5 billion suburb of Logan Reserve. The community will be the centre of a $200 million Regional Lifestyle Precinct with co-located approved shops and medical hub, an Arcare aged care facility which is almost complete and a major regional park. Halcyon’s Joint Managing Director Dr Bevan Geissmann said today was an incredibly proud and important milestone for Halcyon, which he started with local solicitor Paul Melville in 2004. “Paul and I were both running our respective medical and law practices and met at a local barbecue in Logan where we talked about the issues facing senior Australians and how they deserved to have an active and socially connected community to live in,” Dr Geissmann said. “That was the start for Halcyon, so it is very special to be coming back to Logan to open our ninth community in South East Queensland.” Michelle Hintz, Halcyon
“Not even Mother Nature could put a dampener on the day and night!” Enjoying country living while still being 30 minutes to the Brisbane CBD, the community
Chris and Debbie Lindsay and Lexie
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LIFESTYLE
Busy bees are bloomin’ beautiful HALCYON GREENS HOMEOWNER FAY SINCLAIR IS ABUZZ AS THE COMMUNITY’S RESIDENT BEEKEEPER
Fay Sinclair, Halcyon Greens
he population of T Halcyon Greens has swarmed, thanks to the addition of a few
thousand new residents. Avid gardener Fay Sinclair has introduced a hive of 2,000 native bees to the Pimpama lifestyle community to swell the population of these important pollinators.
Fay approached Halcyon to apply for the Gold Coast City Council Local Residents Bee Scheme, an initiative to boost the native bee population with $250 grants for hive and maintenance costs for properties larger than 1,200sqm. While native stingless bees are not known as prolific honey
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producers, the Tetragonula Carbonaria species at Halcyon Greens is common to South East Queensland and plays a key role in the pollination of Australian flora. With a flight range of up to 500m from the two-tier hive, Fay said the native bees will help to pollinate Halcyon Greens’ fruit orchards, rose gardens and raised garden beds as well as homeowners’ gardens. However, there’s no need for the full apiarist suit – Fay said the little black bees are social by nature and low-maintenance, requiring only a shaded, elevated hive with an easterly aspect and water access to keep them happy and buzzing since their arrival in mid-November 2020.
Native bees busy at work
“They look after themselves and don’t sting or annoy people, which is great,” Fay said. “I check on them daily and love to watch them buzzing in and out of the hive. If you stand there long enough, you can see the little bees return with balls of pollen, which makes their back legs look huge. They’re fascinating to watch as they go about their bee business.”
THE HALCYON WAY
Take a peek inside the gates Halcyon Joint Managing Directors Paul Melville and Dr Bevan Geissmann
e don’t normally quote W Charles Dickens, but the famous line from A Tale of
Two Cities “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” seems apt to describe 2020. We all know why 2020 was difficult and we’re not going to rehash it. For us it was the best of times because it highlighted the safety, support and social connection Halcyon homeowners enjoy. As we head into 2021, brighter times are here as the COVID-19 vaccination program is rolled out across the country. This will offer all of us an opportunity to be protected against this disease and hope that we
can return to the things we took for granted such as travel, spend time with our families and help others. People often ask what life is like behind the gates of a Halcyon community and the articles in our magazine are the perfect example. They tell our stories and offer the best glimpse as to what Halcyon is all about. Our communities offer our homeowners a launchpad for them to enjoy their lives, explore new passions and rediscover old ones. It’s a launchpad which allows them to take it on or take it easy, to lean in or lean back, to discover their freedom and do
what they want, when they want. With our first homeowners having moved into Halcyon Rise at Logan Reserve this month, we are again excited to welcome the Foundation members of this new community to the start of their new life at Halcyon. In coming months we look forward to sharing with you news of our upcoming tenth Halcyon community, this one to be located on the northern bayside of Brisbane. In the meantime though, make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy this issue of My Halcyon Days. Dr Bevan Geissmann & Paul Melville, Joint Managing Directors. AUTUMN 2021 | 13
HALCYON GREENS Check out our new display homes at Halcyon Greens 7 Halcyon Drive, Pimpama, QLD 4209 Open Monday – Saturday 9am to 4pm Call 1800 050 580 for more information Homeowner Rob Allman practicing his putting in the new display home
Score a hole in one at new display homes nspired by the hit television Inewest show Holey Moley, one of our display homes features a putting green in the backyard.
“Given we are a golfing community, we thought it would be a bit of fun and a chance to show people what can be done – especially with a bigger block,” Halcyon Greens’ Project Director Glenn Nugent said of the new homes. LifeBeginsatHalcyon.com.au
“Having a putting green in your backyard is a great thing to be able to enjoy with their grandkids or with their friends, even make a little competition out of it. “On the show Holey Moley, they all look like they’re having a great time so we thought we’d borrow the idea.” The new display village, which has five homes all styled by Coco Republic, is the third suite of display
homes Halcyon has built since launching the community in 2017. “Each time we build new display homes we take onboard feedback we’ve had from buyers and are continually honing the design and style, adding improvements and making sure we future proof the homes,” he said. “They really are a guide for what is possible.”
Bright and airy bedroom with sliding doors to back patio
Stylish and smart master bathroom
Stylish neutrals in the kitchen
New Sunningdale display home now open at Halcyon Greens
Clean lines in the open plan living and dining area
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Coco Republic comes to Logan NEW DISPLAY HOMES OPEN
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enowned Australian interior designer R Coco Republic has helped take Halcyon Rise’s new display homes to the next level of understated luxury.
Coco Republic’s interior design stylist Laure Bebbington has created a bespoke look for the display homes, which reflects the region’s rich agricultural history.
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“The Coco Republic aesthetic suited the Halcyon Rise beautifully and delivered elegant homely touches that are inviting and interesting.” Laure has selected a colour palette of rich rust, beige and deep cyan which brings a warmth to the home and tones in with the black and timber finishes. “The schemes feature pieces with interesting elements, vibrant colours and different textures, with a particular focus on mirrors, greenery and layering,” she said. “Layering is an important component of any scheme to create a welcoming warm home, cushions and throws are an easy way to accent and blend colours in the room, while greenery brings the outside in.” Laure said she likes to “mix it up” when it comes to decorating by using different colours and textures. “Beautiful and interesting textures are an easy way to elevate your home in Rise, I am currently loving boucle fabrics, ceramics, marble, textured weaves, embossed metal and natural materials,” she said.
Warm tones enhance the black and timber finishes
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COMMUNITY
Welcome to the ultimate games room THE BUNKER OPENS AT B BY HALCYON Angie and Pete Wiseman, B by Halcyon
he Bunker is the T first piece of B by Halcyon’s leisure
entertainment space and a 3D golf simulator. BBH Project Director Chris Carley said the 4K golf simulator, manufactured by AboutGolf, is the centrepiece of the new function space.
“We’ve built this space as the ultimate games room for grown-ups,” he said.
“The large widescreen simulator is five metres wide and three metres high and features 74 famous golf courses,” he said.
“It sets the scene for the rest of B by Halcyon’s Health and Wellness Precinct, which is on track to be delivered in May this year.”
“For the golfers, and we have a lot of them, it’s the opportunity to play courses such as St Andrews, Pebble Beach and Gleneagles – albeit virtually.”
To read more about the golf simulator, go to www.aboutgolf.com
facilities, which was officially opened at the community recently and featured on a local news bulletin.
Channel 7 Sunshine Coast covered the Launch of Stage 2 of the community, the Canopy Release, which was held in the new event space. The room has been finished with a modern take on a den and has an industrial feel with a fully functional bar, card and gaming tables, pool table, arcade games, dart board, lounges, an
Chris said for the nongolfers, the system has also been programmed for other bar games including beer pong, darts and cornhole.
Pete enjoys the golf simulator
The ultimate games room
Angie and Pete Wiseman with Jo and Ossie Feiner
FACILITIES UNDERWAY B by Halcyon will be the home of the Sunshine Coast’s largest private day spa when the Wellness Centre opens in May. The luxurious facilities will include a wide array of activities and services dedicated to improving the health of our homeowners. The precinct will include: • Covered heated 25 metre magnesium lap pool • Spa • Hair salon • Sauna and steam rooms • Treatment rooms • Yoga lawn • Circuit room and gym Construction will start on other facilities later this year and include: • Recreation club and bar • Dance floor • Fireplace and lounge • BBQ entertaining area • Private dining room • Music room • Cinema • Rose garden • Rainforest walk • Library • Workshed • Pottery room and kiln • Full size floodlit bowling green • Floodlit tennis and pickleball courts
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THE UNRETIRING TYPE
Machines that go ‘ping’
Words by Geoff Shearer
A stalwart journalist for News Ltd for 20 years and a former TV Week Features Editor, Geoff Shearer is one the country’s most admired arts and entertainment writers. He’s taken a step into semi-retirement to concentrate on his fiction writing, while relishing the chance to share his unique take on life with My Halcyon Days’ readers. “
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HO you calling an asystole?”
Look it up if you need to, but it means flatline. Which is kind of where that pun went. You know, when the machine beside the hospital bed on Grey’s Anatomy goes from “blip … blip” to “bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”.
Anyway, that was the pun running through my head as I lay on a trolley, connected up to all sorts of medical machines for a routine angiogram recently, hoping I wouldn’t make an asystole of myself. It also got me thinking about those machines, which we kind of take for granted nowadays, and how we were actually fearful of things like ECGs, EEGs, MRIs, when they started flooding hospitals in the 1970s-1980s. Jefferson Airplane stalwart Grace Slick questioned them in All The Machines, a single she released in 1984. “Doctor goes into a room with a fourfoot metal box; He pushes one of its buttons and listens to it talk,” she sings, “Fourteen years in medical school and the machines are doing his job. All the doctors listen to what the machines have to say. All the machines say I’m OK.” The inference is that she’s not feeling okay but the doctors are listening to their machines rather
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than her. It’s a genuine fear that some people have to any advancement in technology – that it will somehow lead to the loss of all human contact. Only a year earlier in 1983, the Monty Python film The Meaning of Life, addressed it in the now famous “the machine that goes ‘ping’” skit. Worried that the theatre room in which a woman is about to give birth is “a bit bare in here today”, the doctor orders a nurse to bring in as much expensive apparatus as possible, including the machine that goes ‘ping’. Being a Python fan, I was tempted to flip myself over, face down, as the medics left the room and back again before they returned, once the scan had been taken and I was gliding out of the imaging tunnel. Could you imagine them looking at the scan, going: “Gosh this guy’s heart has slipped behind his spine.” Which begs the question – who would they believe, their machine or the patient lying there in front of them? If you’re from Slick’s school of thought I’d be raced straight up to the operating theatre quicker than you could say “ping”. And just like that Python skit, nearly four decades later, I’d be the woman in the throes of childbirth on a hospital trolley, asking: “What do I do?” And the obstetrician, dripping with that rigid arrogance that John Cleese does so well, would scowl at me and mutter: “Nothing, dear. You’re not qualified!” Asystole.
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Who needs an Uber when you’ve got Lyn? HOMEOWNER LOVES DRIVING B BY HALCYON’S TESLA MODEL 3
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yn Lamble has become B by Halcyon’s unofficial Uber driver, using the community’s Tesla to transport her neighbours around.
“It’s just effortless driving,” Lyn said. “It’s responsive, it holds the road well, it’s comfortable and we don’t have to go to a smelly service station to fill it up with petrol.” Lyn said it’s also incredibly fun to drive, especially out on the open road. “It just flies, you feel free, like a bird,” she said. Lyn regularly drives other members of the community to lunch, the airport, shopping trips and to medical appointments.
“It’s nice to be able to help people, I’m on my own here so I know they will help me as well,” she said. Lyn Rudd has only been a passenger in the Tesla and is about to complete her induction to learn how to use the car. “I’m really looking forward to taking it for a drive,” she said. She said she loved living at the community and having the Tesla at her disposal was one of the many benefits. “We’re enjoying it here, I’ve never had so many friends as I’ve made in just a short time at B.” Lyn Rudd and Lyn Lamble, B by Halcyon
TRAVEL
Explore the Logan region with a Halcyon local HALCYON’S PROJECT MANAGER - COMMERCIAL PROJECTS ERIN MACKIE LOVES LOGAN AND HAS LIVED IN THE AREA ALL OF HER LIFE. CHECK OUT HER TIPS FOR EXPLORING THE REGION.
What do you love about the Logan area?
How long have you lived there?
The community, parklands and surrounding areas. The Logan area is just convenient, it offers a lifestyle that I think a lot of people are craving with open space and a strong sense of community and is still so centrally located to Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Scenic Rim all within a 30 minute drive. Being just on the outskirts of the Scenic Rim we have some amazing places to explore on our doorstep.
I have been living in Jimboomba for five years however have had an affiliation with the Scenic Rim and adjoining areas my whole life. I was lucky enough to grow up on acreage near Mount Tamborine (Guanaba) so this lifestyle is entrenched into me.
How would you describe the region in three words? Picturesque, abundant and welcoming.
Moran Falls
What do you like to do on a weekend? Explore and get outdoors. There is so much to do and see on the weekends. We have an amazing community who rally to support local businesses with farmers markets, events, wineries and plenty to do and see! I would recommend following @visitscenicrim on Instagram as they showcase a lot of what our area has to offer!
In regards to your job and your role in creating Halcyon Rise, can you summarise what you have done? What were you trying to create? Why is Rise so special? I’ve been lucky enough to be involved with Halcyon Rise from very early stages. My key role has been within design and delivery of our lifestyle facilities. These include the Sales Office, Walrus and Entry statement along with the facilities that are due to start construction later this year. Rise is situated on 100 acres of farming land. This gives us a unique opportunity to deliver some beautiful open space and pay homage to its history. The ‘Walrus’ and inclusion of the property’s iconic windmill at our entry was a big part of this.
Favourite restaurant?
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favourites Best coffee? There are some amazing spots to visit, my favourite local cafe is Café on Cusack in Jimboomba. However when at Halcyon Rise I’ll grab my morning pick me up from Café Haven.
I’m happy to say we have some great options. There are so many to pick from depending what you are after and if you want to make a day of it. Jimboomba House has a great breakfast/lunch/dinner menu. Café on Cusack for breakfast as it has two gorgeous shops close by to explore, Feather Road and Folk and Co. Logan Village Hotel, Fitzy’s Waterford and the Bearded Dragon are great for a pub meal. The Overflow Estate 1895 is stunning for lunch or an afternoon cheese platter and wine. Canungra has some great options, Ginga Ninja sushi for lunch/dinner, The Hub Café or Café Metz for Breaky and the local pub is good too. O’Reilly’s at Canungra is a beautiful spot to visit during the week (not as busy) has a gorgeous creek and Alpacas to play with. Sarrabah Estate Winery – one of my favourite spots!!! Grab a picnic, explore the winery, they also have three resident Alpaca’s you can feed and also run a monthly Sunday yoga. Great to visit anytime. Tamborine Mountain’s Three Little Pig’s is worth a visit for dinner.
Favourite spot and why? I have three; 1. L illybrook Camping Area (Western Trail Head) I have horses so this offers beautiful trails and hikes through to Wyaralong Dam but most importantly this is where my hubby and I said I do! 2. M orans Falls at O’Reilly’s is probably the most amazing short hike and offers incredible access to the most beautiful waterfall. 3. Beechmont’s Rosin’s Lookout with coffee and breaky at the Flying Bean Café – absolutely stunning spot.
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Halcyon stars in critically acclaimed TV drama series he streets of Halcyon Waters in Hope Island have become one T of the stars in Australia’s hottest new drama series, The End.
The series stars British actor Dame Harriet Walter and the cream of Australia’s acting fraternity including Frances O’Conner, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Alex Dimitriades and John Waters. Written by Gold Coast born and educated writer Samantha Strauss, the series is also a comedy, albeit a dark one as it explores the subject of euthanasia. The inspiration came from her own grandmother’s experience moving into a Gold Coast retirement home following the shock and premature LifeBeginsatHalcyon.com.au
death of her grandfather in 2003. “She arrived really depressed and all dressed in brown. Dad gave her six months to live – he’s a doctor and he thought she was on her way out,” she told Foxtel’s magazine. “Then she did go wild – she made a best friend called Pamela, who’s the basis for Noni’s [Hazlehurst] character, and within six months, instead of being dead she was wearing a red dress and driving a red car and dancing on tables and drinking atrociously and getting home at 5am. “And I loved it! I was in this kind of in-between stage of life and I would spend heaps of time there because they were such interesting characters.”
A number of homeowners from Halcyon Waters had the opportunity to work as extras on the series, having attended a casting call with the show’s producers. Harry and Marie Louise Pirvics made it through the casting process, with Harry getting a larger role as the community’s piano player. “The irony was Harry wasn’t at all interested and we forced him to go and then he ended up getting a bigger part,” Marie Louise said. Harry laughingly added: “I actually got paid as an actor and shot a bigger scene but then it ended up on the cutting room floor.”
The couple said the actors were incredibly friendly and were very nice during the shooting process. “I got to spend a bit of time with them, mainly with John Waters as we had a music rehearsal session off set and he was lovely,” Harry said. Marie Louise said: “The whole experience for me has been an enjoyable one and I think it is better to have had these experiences, then not to have had them.
Roy Billing plays Art
“I certainly learned a lot about the process, which was very interesting.” While the critics have been universal in their praise of the series, including one critic from The Age newspaper who wrote: “It’s a joy to see older people, particularly women, in roles with genuine depth, and the divisive topic of the right to die being interrogated in such a unique fashion, at once profound and playful.”
Dame Harriet Walter plays Edie
However, the consensus from the community have given it mixed reviews. “I don’t know if we would have watched it if we weren’t in it,” Marie Louise said. “The topic is a difficult one, but you can’t please everyone either.”
Homeowner Marie Louise Pirvacs plays an extra in this scene
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John Waters plays Henry
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TRAVEL
RETURNING FROM THE COVID-19 PAUSE:
Cruising’s world of difference
Words by Dallas Sherringham Dallas Sherringham is Editor of Cruise Magazine (www.australiancruisemagazine.com.au) and Mature Traveller (www.maturetraveller.com.au)
he world of cruising will have changed T forever when it resumes late this year with every cruise line announcing rigid COVID-19 testing prior to departure.
Cruise ships will feature reduced capacity to facilitate social distancing as they attempt to create their own COVID free bubble on board. Forget about packed showrooms and the famous buffets, there will be restricted seating at indoor performances and all food will be served by staff. Ports like Cairns, Port Douglas and Airlie Beach will benefit greatly from the fact that itineraries are being designed to stay in Australian waters. Protocols vary slightly between major cruise lines, but the aim is the same for each one – COVID free environments on board. Expect a mandatory COVID-19 test before departure and a temperature test upon boarding for starters. At one stage it was considered cruise lines would make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory prior to boarding, but this has now softened with a preference for strict testing protocols in the days before your cruise. The major cruise lines like Carnival, Princess and P&O will require a negative test certificate prior to your cruise, while small luxury cruise ships will attempt to get the Australian winter season underway by enforcing a high standard of passenger screening.Royal Caribbean Cruise’s Quantum of the Seas will operate out of Brisbane in 2021/22 and is currently providing short trips out of Singapore. Aerial view of Port Douglas
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Sydney Harbour
Royal Caribbean has suspended its cruise break worldwide through April 30, except Singapore, and when cruising resumes there will be strict health and safety protocols and guest conduct rules in place.
market - over 50s – and because its guests book well ahead each year, it is pushing its extensive record deployments in 2022 and beyond. These include deals offering up to 40 percent off regular fares.
P&O Australia has extended its cruise pause until June 18, disruption its introduction of two new ships,
Princess has a strict protocol in place with a full checkup before boarding, a temperature test and secondary screening on board as required. It will have extra medical staff on board capable of providing critical care. Celebrity Cruises is also aiming at the longer term market, starting out of Sydney aboard the eye-catching Celebrity Eclipse.
Seating allows you to watch your adventure from the deck
Pacific Encounter and Pacific Adventure. Pacific Encounter’s itineraries are based on Brisbane. COVID-19 temperature tests prior to boarding and physical distancing will be mandatory and masks will be required where distancing is not possible. Carnival Splendor sailings won’t resume until June 28, while Queensland favorite Carnival Spirit resumes on September 12. Passengers and crew will be required to wear masks in designated venues on board and during shores tours.
From September 2022 through April 2023, departures from both Sydney and Auckland, the 19 different itineraries will also feature new themed experiences: ‘Sun and Beach Escapes’, ‘Food and Wine Classics’, and ‘Five Star Getaways’. APT is hoping to restart by April using the 99 passenger Caledonian Sky in the ever popular Kimberley route. It has been joined by fellow small ship cruise line Ponant in an attempt to convince the Federal Government that domestic cruising is safe. Ultra-luxury line Crystal Cruise will require all passengers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at least 14 days prior to ocean and river cruises around the world.
In addition, shore excursions will only be undertaken using providers who can uphold Carnival’s own protocols and if you fail to abide by shore excursion protocols, you will be denied boarding. Princess Cruises relies heavily on mature The Cairns Lagoon at sunrise
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RECIPES
Autumn abundance AUTUMN IS A TIME OF ABUNDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO FRESH PRODUCE WITH A MAGNIFICENT SELECTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN SEASON. HERE’S A COMPLETE DINNER PARTY MENU TO DELIGHT AND IMPRESS YOUR GUESTS AS THE WEATHER STARTS TO GET A LITTLE COOLER.
Hasselback sweet potatoes Ingredients ☐ 2 large sweet potatoes ☐ 2 tbs brown sugar
☐ 2 tbs salted butter softened ☐ 1 tsp cinnamon
Method 1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees 2. S lice the the sweet potatoes into 1cm slices about ¾ of the way through. Be careful not to cut all the way through. 3. P lace the cut sweet potatoes on a baking paper covered tray. Bake for 45 minutes.
4. B lend butter, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl until combined. Set aside. 5. R emove the pan from the oven. Brush glaze over potatoes allowing glaze to fall into the slots. Return the pan to the oven and bakes another 10 minutes until the glaze is bubbly and golden.
Brown sugar dijon crusted pork Ingredients ☐ 2 kg pork roast (shoulder or rump, trimmed of excess fat) ☐ 1 cup light brown sugar ☐ 4 tbs Dijon mustard ☐ 2 tbs honey
☐ 4 cloves garlic, chopped finely ☐ 2 tsp paprika ☐ 2 tsp ground sage ☐ 1 tsp each of salt and pepper
Method 1. P reheat oven to 190 degrees, grease baking dish with olive oil or non-stick cooking spray 2. C ombine the sugar, mustard, honey, garlic, sage, salt and pepper. Use a basting brush and coat the entire surface of the pork roast and place in the baking dish. 3. R oast in the oven for 35 minutes or until the internal temperature is around 150 degrees. Remove from oven and cover with foil, rest for 15-20 mins before serving. LifeBeginsatHalcyon.com.au
Beetroot and feta salad Ingredients ☐ 250g baby beetroot (you can use canned or home cooked), cut into halves or quarters ☐ 120gm baby rocket leaves ☐ 60gm feta of your choice (Danish is very smooth)
☐ 3 tbs walnuts, chopped roughly ☐ Dressing ☐ 3 tbs extra virgin olive oil ☐ 1 tbs of ordinary balsamic vinegar (not glazed) ☐ 1 tbs honey ☐ Salt and pepper to taste
Method 1. C ombine all of the dressing ingredients into a jar and shake well. 2. Place rocket in the serving bowl. 3. Scatter the beetroot over the rocket. 4. Crumble feta and walnuts over the salad. 5. Drizzle the dressing over the top.
Rhubarb crumble Ingredients ☐ 200gm + 3 tbs plain four ☐ 200gm caster sugar ☐ 200g soft brown sugar
☐ 400gm rhubarb, diced ☐ 90gm rolled oats ☐ 230gm butter
Method 1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees. Lightly grease a baking dish. 2. I n a large mixing bowl combine rhubarb, caster sugar and 3 tbs flour. Stir well and spread evenly into baking dish. Set aside. 3. I n a large mixing bowl combine brown sugar, oats and 200gm flour. Stir well then rub in butter or margarine until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle mixture over rhubarb layer. 4. B ake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Serve hot or cold with custard, cream or ice-cream. AUTUMN 2021 | 29
BOOKS
Book club
WITH IAN SNARE, HALCYON GLADES Ian Snare worked as a counsellor specialising in men’s health before moving to Halcyon Glades from acreage in Tasmania with his wife Susan two years ago. He has a passion for reading, gardening and cycling.
Jack and Harry Authors: Tony McKenna and Mervyn Davis, Australian Arts & Entertainment Pty,Ltd, RRP: $19.50
Set in Western and South Australia in the 1950’s, this novel evolves around two 15 year old boys who are best mates. They live a normal life growing up in the Perth suburbs until they are accused of stealing by another boy. In their naivety they think they will end up in jail and so run away together to avoid the long arm of the law. The book is of their adventures as they learn to be young men in an adult’s world. This is a great yarn. It is a very readable story which sees the best in people. Without violence and other nasty themes, it shows the growing up of two young men and leaves you with a “feel good” feeling as it concludes. I was truly sad this book finished, but there is a sequel called No Turning Back which I am about to read.
The Body – a Guide for Occupants Author: Bill Bryson, Doubleday Books, RRP: $19.99 (soft cover)
From an incredible amount of research, Bill Bryson has written an eminently readable, funny and simply fascinating book about this frame we live within. You don’t have to have a biology background to understand this book …. it is written for ordinary people like you and I. Bryson almost makes it a travelogue where one “sightsees” through the body and all its various systems and how they function and relate. It is the near perfect combination of a good read and a comprehensive biology textbook.I challenge you to do something different and read this book. You will laugh, be entertained and learn a lot along the way.
Any Ordinary Day Author: Leigh Sales, Penguin Books, RRP $19.99
Most of us know Leigh Sales as the highly capable anchor on the ABC’s, The 7.30 Report which I watch most nights. In one part of her professional life Leigh interviewed a succession of people who had brushes with death. Around the same time Leigh also had a personal “close to death” experience. This book came out of Leigh talking candidly to these people who, rather than being destroyed by trauma and looking death in the face, found amazing strength to go on and recover and even flourish in their personal lives. This book is certainly worth a read on a number of levels as it looks at what happens when severe trauma is dealt with by the human spirit within us. I found reading it a very positive and uplifting experience.
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The ladies who golf ach Wednesday morning E we hold golf lessons for Halcyon’s beginner ladies, with around 25 trying their hand.
The biggest success story is a collective one for the group. There have been so many ladies who had never touched a golf club before moving into Halcyon Greens who are now starting to get out on the course and play golf somewhat regularly. LifeBeginsatHalcyon.com.au
It’s been truly great to see the ladies growing with confidence every week. As well as offering the opportunity to get some exercise, it’s a sport that’s challenging but in a way where your biggest challenge is you versus you, rather than you versus others. I think a lot of people don’t realise that when they first start out. They think that they have to try to be as good as someone else
Words by Joel Mercieca but that’s definitely not the case. The social aspect to playing golf in general is a huge part of the appeal of the sport. There’s something really great about learning a new skill with friends and neighbours in a group environment. It’s been very rewarding for me to see the personal growth and development from some of the ladies who have been coming to the group sessions.
TOP FIVE TIPS WITH JOEL MERCIECA
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GOLF INSTRUCTOR, GAINSBOROUGH GREENS GOLF CLUB
2.
Get lessons - don’t trust your friend or go searching the internet to try to work out how to swing the golf club.
now your body - whilst there K are certain things that must happen in order to hit a golf ball well, there are also many different ways to get the job done. Tailoring a golf swing around your physical capabilities is crucial.
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Don’t try to learn too much too quickly - Increase your golf IQ bit by bit. There are key fundamentals many of which revolve around setting up to the ball well before you even start your swing.
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Spend time on the putting green - I know most people love the idea of hitting their driver a long way and that is a huge part of the game, but putting is the big leveller in this sport.
ave fun! - remember H why you started. The idea is to have fun and have a laugh with your friends.
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t was a very personal Iandbattle which led to Tony Penny Nicholson donating their Friends of Halcyon gift to the Leukaemia Foundation.
“Our son was diagnosed 12 months ago with leukaemia,” Tony said. “He’s 50 and is fighting very hard, so we wanted to try and help. “No-one in the family was a match for a bone marrow transplant and because of COVID, there were no planes coming in from overseas so it has been a real struggle. “Fortunately a match came from a lady in Africa, so he has had the transplant.” Tony said their donation would help the Leukaemia Foundation continue to do good work supporting families through the process, as
FRIENDS OF HALCYON
Son’s fight inspires donation
well as helping research cures, treatments and sourcing those valuable bone marrow donors.
The couple moved into Halcyon Landing early last year after being referred by friends, who live at Halcyon Lakeside. “We really liked the idea but there was nothing available at Lakeside, so we made the move to Landing.” Tony said they were starting to settle into the community, as they spent many months with their son in Western Australia. “It was a messy year last year and we haven’t gotten into as many activities as we had planned but we’re starting to do a lot more now,” he said. “We’ve met some lovely people here and we’re getting involved in more.”
Tony and Penny Nicholson, Halcyon Landing
CURING AND CONQUERING BLOOD CANCER
Services include information and education, emotional and wellbeing support, accommodation, transport, assessment and referral to other allied health professionals, treatment, advocacy, support groups, research as well as advocacy and policy.
he Leukaemia Foundation works to help find a cure, fund treatment and support for Australians living with blood cancers including lymphoma, multiple myeloma and leukaemia.
There are no screening programs available for blood cancers and every day 47 Australians are diagnosed and 15 will lose their life each day.
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CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION
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SOCIAL Michael and Kerry Pert
Sylvia Daveney and Maxine Wharton
Barb and Rex Wickes
Irene Hurley and Donna Osborne
The Bunker Opening B BY HALCYON, THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2021 ames Bond and Pussy Galore watch out! J B by Halcyon’s stylish homeowners donned their best Casino Royale black tie attire for the red carpet opening of The Bunker.
Guests sipped on cocktails (shaken, not stirred) and partied until late, playing casino games and doing their best 007 impersonation. The Bunker has fast become a popular spot for many homeowners to catch up, wind down and enjoy the community.
Brian Mosley
Jo Feiner and Sue Hadenham
SOCIALS
Project Director Chris Carley
Reay and Bev Pool
Sue Burgess and daughter Nicole Roberston
Canopy Release B BY HALCYON, THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2021 iscerning buyers were out in force at the launch of the Dlatest release of new homes available at B by Halcyon. Even local media came along for the Canopy Release, part of the much-awaited Stage 2 of the Buderim community. The sites, many of which are larger, are tiered up to a beautiful green canopy of old forest growth and established mature trees. They have a north-south alignment, gently rising up Buderim Hill.
Sandie and Don Graham
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SOCIAL Roger and Johneen Wood
Kevin and Debbie Brennan
Cheryl and Wayne Kelland
Foundation Homeowner Street Party HALCYON RISE, TUESDAY 2 MARCH 2021 hot day and a dramatic thunderstorm didn’t A stop the foundation homeowners of our ninth community having a wonderful time. They were welcomed into Halcyon Rise through a floral arbour, where they walked the red carpet to a cocktail bar. While the street party may have been moved indoors to the function space, The Walrus, the assembled guests were entertained by Debbie’s Dallas Line Dancers and some late karaoke. LifeBeginsatHalcyon.com.au
Dancers from Debbie’s Dallas Line Dancers
SOCIALS
Deb McGeady and Debbie Lindsay
Graham McGeady and bartender
Brian and Sharon Williams
Roman and Jennifer Norynberg
Tony and Carol Howard
SOCIAL Ralph and Geraldine Daniels
Shannon and Kerry Bell
Display Home Reveal HALCYON GREENS, WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH 2021
Alan and Janet Purves
aking a party of it, homeowners from M Halcyon Greens were given a VIP preview of the five brand new display homes. Musical duo Blue Poppy Roving entertained the throng as they made their way through the new homes (with COVID-19 safe capacity limits per home), which have been styled by Coco Republic. Drinks and canapes were served while homeowners waited for their turn to view the homes, one of which has a putting green in the backyard.
John and Lily Barker
SOCIALS
Heike and Carl Adam
Blue Poppy Roving
Darryl and Pam Kramer
Ian and Lorraine Pynor
Norm and Lyn Hockey
Richard and Anne Hayes
Ian and Jet Driver
Halcyon communities
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Nestled in the foothills of Buderim and wrapped in sub-tropical rainforest, B by Halcyon offers a retreat to nature just minutes from beaches. Here, you can lose yourself in creative pursuits, a health and wellness journey or the sense of community. 2 Retreat Drive, Buderim (off Whites Road) - Display homes open 9am-4pm, Monday to Saturday
Halcyon Greens GAINSBOROUGH GREENS - PIMPAMA
Downsize to an acreage lifestyle 30 minutes from the Brisbane CBD. Located in Logan Reserve and set on 100 picturesque acres fronting the Logan River. This sprawling community is tribute to the traditional South East Queensland lifestyle amid open spaces, rolling hills and with deep agricultural roots. 8 Halcyon Way, Logan Reserve (off Logan Reserve Road) Display homes open 9am-4pm, Monday to Saturday
Halcyon Lakeside BLI BLI
Located five minutes from the centre of Bli Bli and situated within the masterplanned Parklakes 2 community, Halcyon Lakeside features 5-star resort facilities, over 6km of connected walking tracks and 450m of lake frontage set against a natural backdrop of undulating hills. Halcyon Lakeside was judged Australia’s best in 2019 by the UDIA. 1 Halcyon Way, Bli Bli – Homes available, inspection by appointment
Enjoy country club living at Halcyon Greens, Australia’s first golf and lifestyle community designed for over 50s. The 84 acre community is surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, and overlooks natural wetlands and nature reserve. 7 Halcyon Drive, Pimpama - Display homes open 9am - 4pm, Monday to Saturday
Halcyon Glades C A BOOLT UR E
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 of an award-winning Halcyon community. 34 Ardrossan Road, Caboolture - Homes available, inspection by appointment
Halcyon once again turned to the Gold Coast’s prestigious North Shore for its first waterfront lifestyle community, Vision by Halcyon. Located on an island at Hope Island, the exclusive gated community won the UDIA QLD’s Seniors Living award.
Located in the centre of the Sunshine Coast at Bli Bli, Halcyon Landing is a shining example of award-winning masterplanning. In tune with nature, the 25-acre lifestyle community is bordered by a 2km signature walking trail and natural parklands.
11 Grant Avenue, Hope Island - Homes available, inspection by appointment
27 Waigani Street, Bli Bli - Homes available, inspection by appointment
Halcyon Waters
Halcyon Parks
HOPE ISLAND
CALOUNDRA
Judged Australia’s Best Seniors 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.
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 masterplanned community incorporates quality architect-designed homes, gated security, comprehensive resort-style facilities and a strong community culture.
1 Halcyon Way, Hope Island - Homes available, inspection by appointment
42 Meridan Way, Caloundra - Homes available, inspection by appointment
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