After an international music and entertainment career spanning decades and continents, Keith van Geyzel is happy to be playing to a more laidback beat on the Gold Coast.

The musician and prolific composer’s decision to retire and move to Vision by Halcyon with wife Karin 18 months ago has changed their lives “exceptionally”.

It allowed Keith to turn the page on the relentless pressure of his long and varied music career and to finally have the time to engage more personally with his lifelong passion: the piano.

A globetrotting musical career meant he and Karin lived for years in the United Kingdom, Europe, ...

Groups that feed the passions and interests of our home owners are always popping up at Halcyon.

From cooking and veggie growing to pickleball and cycling, home owners are discovering fun, friendship, fitness and fulfilment in a wide range of interest groups.

One of the latest to evolve at Halcyon Glades is blooming – literally - after three orchid-loving home owners planted the seed of the idea.

Tony Kellerman, Andre De Bats and Clive Stephan started the Halcyon Glades Orchid Group a few months ago and were overwhelmed by the response.

Interested home owners - aka ‘orchid-teers’ - are flocking to the group’s friendly ...

Halcyon home owners love putting their heart and soul into a good cause and their huge support for Ronald McDonald House (RMH) at Herston is a testament to this.

The three-level complex right next to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital provides comfortable accommodation and support services for seriously ill or injured children and their families.

It is one of three such facilities run by Ronald McDonald House Charities South East Queensland (RMHC SEQ) with two others at South Brisbane, where one is within the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) and the other located opposite the QCH and Mater Mothers’ Hospital.

The organisation also ...

Male home owners at Halcyon Greens are discovering their inner MasterChef after project director Scott Ng put cooking lessons on the community’s menu.

Scott, renowned throughout Halcyon for his cooking prowess, sparked a culinary uprising when he presented his first ‘Spice Boys’ cookery class.

He dished up the lesson with the aim of arming the community’s blokes with some kitchen skills to surprise - and impress - their better halves.

“It came about after I had been chatting with some of the home owner ladies who were saying how lopsided the cooking duties were at home,” he said.

“I suggested to the guys that ...

For decades Bli Bli was the Sunshine Coast’s salad bowl – a patchwork of family farms growing everything from sugar cane to lettuce and strawberries in the rich, fertile soil surrounding the Maroochy River.

Today, the area’s enduring rural charm and location at the geographic centre of the Coast are driving growth of a different kind.

Bli Bli is now home to more than 7,000 residents and a spectacular new town centre thanks to its successful blend of thoughtful planning, unmatched connectivity, and lush river catchment.

Residents of this evolving and increasingly popular coastal village have easy access to magnificent beaches to the ...

Halcyon Glades’ newcomers Keith and Kathy Elliott are making the digital revolution work for them.

Like a growing proportion of older Australians (1), they are finding that the online world is a user-friendly place that can make their life easier, simpler and better.

Just by tapping on their smartphones and laptops, Keith and Kathy are accessing library books, music, movies, YouTube, news, online banking, and are keeping in closer touch with their family in France.

They reflect the trend across Halcyon communities, where tablet and smartphone usage amongst home owners has risen almost 10 per cent over the past year.

“I’ve made an effort ...

Shadow at Halcyon Glades

Taking a cat on a daily bike ride sounds impossible. But not for Halcyon Glades home owner Larraine Olzard and her fabulous feline, Shadow.

Every afternoon, Larraine sets off on her trike for a leisurely ride around the community with Shadow calmly - and comfortably - sitting right in front of her in his quilt-lined cage.

“I think I’ve created a stir,” she said of the surprised looks she gets as she rides around.

“People do a lot of double takes. They are fascinated by it and they say, ...

Halcyon Waters celebrated the life-changing gift of organ donation when the community made its debut as a host sporting venue for the Australian Transplant Games in October.

The Hope Island-based community was chosen as the location for the Games’ triathlon event thanks to its welcoming home owners, beautiful swimming pool, and wide, quiet and safe streets.

Close to 70 home owners put their hands up to help organise the day. Their hard work and support helped make this inspiring event an outstanding success, and one that the athletes branded the best they had competed in.

Rainy weather did not deter the athletes but ...

Team Halcyon was a streak of blue amid the thousands of runners and walkers who hit the pavement during the Gold Coast Marathon event at Southport last weekend.

More than 115 Halcyon home owners and staff laced up their runners and donned their ocean-blue shirts to take on the 5.7km Gold Coast Airport Fun Run on Saturday morning.

After a lively group warm-up with personal trainer Jessie, Team Halcyon – representing Halcyon Waters, Vision by Halcyon and Halcyon Greens - was ready for the challenge. 

For many it was more of a walk than a run, ...

Halcyon Lakeside home owner Allan Williams has landed a sweet job at what is possibly Queensland’s most iconic and beloved landmark – The Big Pineapple.

Once a week, Allan drives the heritage-listed pineapple train that takes visitors on the state’s biggest, curviest and steepest climbing track through the landmark attraction, which is being revived by new owners.

Allan is delighted to have landed the plum frontline gig at the resurgent Sunshine Coast icon after working for BHP in Newcastle for almost 40 years. 

“I love it - what little boy doesn’t love driving a train,” Allan laughed.

“I ran a department for BHP and ...