Category: Springwood

Happy Hour with a difference!

Happy Hours with a difference Two of our recent Fridays have seen a slightly different take on our usual Happy Hour gatherings. The first was a lunch time event, and the other an added activity. Sausage Sizzle With the weather cooperating beautifully, the Bush Garden provided the venue for a lunch time Sausage Sizzle Happy […]

A Lunchtime Outing

Once again Rochedale State High School students hosted Elements residents and people from other retirement villages to sample the results of their hard work. This time we were invited to lunch. Although it was raining we had an enjoyable day. We were 14 in total and, as the bus was unavailable, we found our way […]

Xmas In July Celebrations

From all the happy faces and wonderful feedback, this year’s Christmas in July was again another delightful celebration enjoyed by guests, residents, staff, family, friends and entertainers alike under the most glorious of Brisbane winter days!

Brisbane City Hall Tour

On Wednesday 3rd June, eleven residents of our village hopped on the Village Bus and were driven to the city by Chris Anderson, arriving directly at the front door of the city hall at 10am. As we were early for our 10.30am tour, we were asked by the City Hall staff if we would like […]

Our first 90th Birthday celebration!

Congratulations to Charles on reaching this significant birthday milestone. Our usual Friday Happy Hour became a truly festive occasion to mark the event. It was made special, not just with the usual cake and drink, but with a magnificent pig-on-the-spit. And a pig stuffed with a turkey, no less… is this a Turpig? A bread […]

A trip to Yatala Pies to satisfy our hunger.

There’s always people lining up to head to the Yatala Pie Shop for morning tea, and again there was a bus load. Coffee and goodies were enjoyed and pies bought for a scrumptious and easy meal later. A bonus trip to Nielsen’s Nursery ensued, with some people enjoying the beautiful day in their attractive gardens […]

Food, Farm and Factory Tour

The 29th April was a full day of fun and food for a dozen keen residents on the Food, Farm and Factory Tour. Our tour bus met us at Beenleigh and from there it was not the number of kilometres traveled that mattered but the variety of places visited and the interesting information provided by […]

It’s Hobbit Town For These Travelling Residents

As they always do, Lois and Tony enjoyed their cruising holiday, once again taking in the offerings of our neighbours across the ditch. Here are a couple of items Lois gleaned from that trip: A bit of interesting trivia from Wellington, New Zealand. Whilst Tony and Lois were crossing a main road in Wellington, a […]

Turkey Calls For Our Travelling Residents

Leaving recently were Ted and Elly, off to visit family in Turkey and to explore surrounding exotic and sacred lands. They left on Thursday 16th April, and by Saturday Elly was already posting some photos on Facebook for us to share with you all. We look forward to more photos and stories of their travels.

Easter Monday Morning Tea

Around 28 people attended the Easter Monday morning tea in the bush garden. Easter buns, home-made Rocky Road (thanks Lois) and chockies were on offer. It was such a relaxed way to spend the morning, even if some of us were playing musical chairs to chase the shade!