Self-Sufficiency at Elements
A constant supply of fresh produce has been made possible by the community garden group at Elements Retirement Village. Our community decided to make use of a natural sun-trap at the edge of the village and create a working veggie plot. In Elements fashion, once the decision had been made all hands got together and […]
Life in our Village
Life in the Elements Retirement Village has been as fulfilling as ever this month. The workshop team put together a set of scent detection boxes for internationally renowned dog trainer Craig A. Murray, as well as providing extra shelving for the library and a gavel for community meetings. Not to mention initial constructions for a […]
Remembrance Day at Elements
The centenary of the final day of the Great War at Elements was, as always, a time of gratitude, respect and remembrance of those that gave their lives in the 1914 – 1918 war. The Elements Community also used this quiet day to send our thoughts to members of our Elements community who left this […]
Miss Pepper visits Elements at Springwood
Our residents at Elements Retirement Living are proud to be involved with the Conpago team and ‘Pepper’, a humanoid robot who is able to recognise faces and read emotions. Pepper was specifically designed to make people happy through meaningful and fun interactions. Elements @ SpringwoodA beautiful, easy living retirement village nestled in the Daisy Hill […]
Life in our Village – Village Update
Pioneers—Celebrating 8 Years! In the week beginning Monday September 6 2010, the very first residents moved into Elements. Ever since, this small group has met up every year around the same time to reminisce about village life back in the early days, and to celebrate longstanding, rewarding friendships. The ‘Famous Five’ would tell us that […]
The Elements Open Day was a great Success
The Elements Open Day was a great success, with plenty of interested visitors coming to look at our final stage of 3 bedroomed homes and listen to various speakers talk about travel for the over 50s. The coffee machines were on full tilt as current residents welcomed potential new neighbours. We took small groups to […]
Happy Birthday to Chiou See
Happy Birthday Chiou See! Or was that ‘Abba Birthday’? A no-holds barred occasion for Chiou See’s 50th with a distinctive Abba theme was held early last month, and everyone came along to wish her the best, even her old school friends. Elements residents hit the dance floor to a live band and the best, danceable […]
Upcoming Events – March
February was a very busy month for us with so many events and celebrations to be had, and this month is proving to be just as busy! Here are just some of the exciting events we have coming up! St Pats Day Celebration at Happy Hour from 4 to 6pm Friday 17th March Visit from […]
The Elements Living Melbourne Cup Lunch 2016
According to Chiou See, this 2016 Melbourne Cup Lunch was memorable, not only because it was the first in our new Community Centre, but also because it was the first in which she didn’t win anything. Because she didn’t buy any tickets! Everything looked fabulous. The hall decorations were gorgeous, especially the […]
Port of Brisbane and Newstead House Tour
“You call me Driver, and I’ll call you Passenger”. This was our friendly bus driver, “Paul is my name”, who managed to confound our Social Secretary, Lois, by arriving half an hour early to pick us up for our tour. It turned out to be a fantastic day, with a most amenable driver taking us […]
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