Category: Springwood

Anzac Day

Elements made its Anzac Day commemoration another culinary event. Held in the afternoon, this day of remembrance featured an outdoor sausage sizzle and ended with the obligatory Anzac biscuit. The solemnity of the occasion was met with respect and gratitude, where members of the Elements community laid a wreath and lowered and raised the flag. […]

Life in Our Village

March has been busy. Not only have we been entertained a ’la Irish, but the Elements French Dinner which served up an ooh-la-la menu of seafood bouillabaisse and crepes suzette also went down a treat. Unfortunately, some of our residents were unable to join either of these events – unfortunately for Elements, that is. The […]

St Patrick’s Day

It’s been about 1600 years since St Patrick left this earth, and people have been celebrating this final day for the last 300 of them. Elements has always done its bit to keep this tradition going, and in our lush green surroundings with a community that loves to celebrate any occasion, this annual calendar event […]

Life In Our Village

There have been a lot of green fingers, busy hands and full stomachs at Elements this month! Some of our residents have taken it upon themselves to keep the vertical garden in the community centre foyer looking healthy and fabulous. A stunning feature that, thanks to the helping hands of our expert gardeners, always looks […]

Trivia, anyone?

At Elements, we listen to you. That’s one of the reasons we now have to hire two buses to bring our cleverest residents to a monthly trivia night out of town. It’s fun, but also a great opportunity to discuss and debate the right answers – which is probably why it’s become such a popular […]

Music and Lights

Whatever your taste in music, you’re spoiled for choice at Elements. In the past we’ve enjoyed a Bee-Gees tour, Element’s home-grown music shows, and had our own DJs provide the best tunes for countless get-togethers. So far, 2019 is proving to be just as musically diverse.  Many of our happy living community enjoyed outings to […]

International Ladies Day

From a famous male saint to an entire global population of earth-angels, there’s always something worth celebrating at Elements. A knees-up, or an opportunity to learn, our community of curious and active minds has it all, and right on the doorstep. International Ladies Day has always been a reason for the Craft and Chat Group […]

Another Colourful Chinese New Year at Elements

Chinese New Year – a calendar highlight and annual tradition at Elements. As always, the community centre was full to bursting with residents, family, friends and the traditional lion dancers. The dress code for this colourful event – anything goes, as long as it’s red! Over the years we’ve added our own Elements traditions, like […]

Leah Lever Live!

If you live in South East Queensland and appreciate classical music, you will have heard of Leah Lever. Redland City’s Young Citizen of the Year in 2017 and a musical prodigy from the age of three, Leah is the only protégé of the internationally renowned Australian-Dutch soprano Mirusia Mouwerse, who is herself touring the country […]

A visit (or two) from Pepper

No-one can say that the Elements Retirement Community isn’t completely up-to-date when it comes to hi-tech! In November, Elements residents, along with family and friends, met Pepper, a semi-humanoid robot designed to recognize facial expressions and voice tones. This futuristic robot is full of information, and has even found work in busy commercial reception areas, […]