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LEAFY ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY VIBE – ATTRACTING RESIDENTS TO UNITING BOWDEN BRAE

LEAFY ENVIRONMENT

A spacious and light-filled apartment – with a view into the treetops – has helped deliver the perfect retirement lifestyle for Joy and Greg Newling. Eighteen months ago, Joy and Greg made the decision to downsize into a newly-built retirement village apartment at Uniting Bowden Brae. Apart from freeing up some capital for retirement, the […]

Meet Carolyn Farbrother

Carolyn Farbrother

McQuoin Park Sales Manager, Carolyn Farbrother is here to answer your Retirement Village questions. Q: Why do many seniors choose to live in retirement village nowadays? A: “If you are looking for convenience, living in a Retirement Village is great for those who don’t want to sweat over the small things. McQuoin Park in Wahroonga, […]

DURAL COUNTRY CLUB IS HAVING A JACK ATTACK!

JACK ATTACK

Join in the fun! Play Jack Attack at Dural Country Club Bowling Club. It’s a short, easy, fun, fast-paced format of lawn bowls ANYONE can play. No experience is necessary. Register your team – give it a fun name – in the 4 week Competition beginning on Friday November 6th at 5.00 p.m. and finishing […]

NEWCOMERS- FROM THE ASHES

THE ASHES

Contributed by Tony Warner I lived in Bilpin (yes, where the apples come from) with my wife Jessica and our young daughter, Efa for 3 years when we decided we needed to move closer to work and family. We made the decision to sell our home in Bilpin and come down ‘off the mountain’. Our […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF 3D RENDERING DESIGN

3D rendering design

Building a new home is an exciting time, but it can also seem like an overwhelming project. There is always the worry that what we visualise isn’t going to turn out as we expect and often will be too late to change our minds. That’s why this month I would like to talk about the […]

WHY BUY A DOLPHIN CLEANER?

dolphin cleaner

As an Elite Dolphin dealer, Dural Poolsmart, offers a wide range of robotic Dolphin cleaner, which are the best on the market. Ranging from the leading edge M600 to the more entry level, there is a Dolphin solution for every pool. Opposite to common belief, Dolphin cleaners do not need to consume a high amount […]

My Street – Miller Road

Miller Road

Wallabies, echidnas, wombats, lacemonitors, pythons and even herds of deer can all be found in Miller Road, Glenorie. We have lived at Miller Road for 15 years now, and every year our beautiful street welcomes new wildlife and native birds to our property. Our home is tucked away at the end of a long road […]

COINCIDENCE OR KISMET? OR HOW I MET YOUR FATHER.

MET YOUR FATHER

When my husband was a young boy in the 1960s, at a little one teacher school in Mandurama in the Central West of NSW, his love of cricket was instilled in him by an enthusiastic teacher who recognised a whiff of talent in both he and his brother. As a result, both Gavin and his […]

Vale Geoffrey James Benfield

James Benfield

We are very sad to report the passing of Glenorie local and long time Glenorie RSL Board member, Geoff Benfield. Geoff lived his life to the fullest. He always answered a, “how are you Geoff?” with, “I’m a ball of muscle”. He was a friendly man who made a great impact on the community of […]