Category: Springwood

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

We all got out our green hats for St. Patrick’s Day! We celebrated in proper Irish style from 5:30 to 8pm on the 16thof March 2018. That way those of us who wanted to were able to go to watch the famous St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Brisbane city centre the day after. We arrange […]

Elements Facebook workshops make ABC news

With so many seniors using the internet these days, Elements decided to call on telecommunications companies to give seniors a break on data. Who knew it would make ABC News? Elements Retirement Living Managing Director Chiou See Anderson says discounted data plans would encourage older Australians to embrace the digital age and improve their mental health. […]

South City Bulletin Review

Retirement Living is all about having fun, just ask the residents here at Elements. Boasting incredible homes, a huge community centre for events and activities and other amazing features, everything at Elements has been thoughtfully created and crafted to make every aspect of its resident’s lives more enjoyable and rewarding. The South City Bulletin team, decided […]

Celebrating the year of the Rooster

Beating drums and clashing cymbals accompanied the prancing lions which welcomed the Lunar New Year at Elements, bringing good luck to the residents and their families for the year of the Rooster. Almost 200 residents, family members – including 40 children – and community leaders attended the celebration in Club Elements, which raised over $2000 for three […]

The Resident’s Christmas Dinner

Springwood Towers Hotel was again the venue for our Christmas Dinner this year, with a delightful menu, great food, superb service. Thanks to Vanessa and her team, and of course to Lois for her coordination of numbers and payment no easy task! The awards organised by Lois and her team this year focused on our […]

Christmas Celebrations

Preparations for Christmas and celebrations galore have been happening since November. Travel plans and medical schedules saw Elements residents busy very early this year putting up their Christmas lights. Craft and Chat Ladies’ Christmas Party On Tuesday afternoon 29 November 35 ladies of the village gathered for the annual Craft and Chat Christmas party. The […]

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 […]

Five good friends

Elements Retirement Village will turn six years old in early September. Over this period of time, almost 100 residents have made the decision to call Elements home. For almost all of our residents, this move signifies both an exciting and a daunting part of their lives as they embrace a warm and friendly community whilst […]

Farewell to Chris

Farewell to Chris It’s not really goodbye, but it won’t be quite the same without Chris Anderson’s smiling face and helpful presence around the village. So it was most fitting that staff and residents gave him a wonderful celebration to mark his move from his current position to that of electrical apprentice. Sel presented Chris […]