
Make a splash with these aqua aerobics exercises
19 February 2020 | by Halcyon
Don’t let the summer heat get in the way of exercise.
Aqua aerobics is the perfect exercise to increase muscle strength, burn calories, reduce muscle pressure and increase flexibility. Not to mention, a great way to start the day! Grab your swimmers and head to the pool with these go-to aqua aerobics exercises from Amy Broadway, personal trainer at Halcyon Landing and Halcyon Lakeside.
Equipment needed: Pool noodle and two light dumbbells
Warm up
Walk up and down the pool (or until you can no longer touch the ground). For added resistance, hold a pool noodle above your head. Complete for ...

Halcyon launches newest community at Logan Reserve – ideally located between town and country
13 January 2020 | by Halcyon
Halcyon is thrilled to announce our plans to create our ninth community at picturesque Logan Reserve, on 100 elevated acres fronting the Logan River just 10 minutes from the M1 and 30 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD.
Halcyon Rise will offer an idyllic, semi-rural lifestyle just minutes from every day convenience, underpinning our philosophy of developing communities near the M1 corridor to ensure our home owners are positioned close to well-planned infrastructure.
Halcyon general manager of sales and marketing Scott Ng said Logan was undergoing a massive transformation into a dynamic, livable and well-connected city.
“Logan is changing and growing thanks to the billions ...

Blue chip land in Buderim to become Halcyon's newest 5-star community
13 January 2020 | by Halcyon
Australia’s most awarded over 50s lifestyle community developer Halcyon has started works on its next project, B by Halcyon, located on a rare parcel of level land near the foothills of Buderim Village.
The blue-chip 24-hectare site, located at 56-62 Whites Road will be developed into Buderim’s only lifestyle community and has been carefully designed to complement the natural beauty of the environment.
Sunshine Coast Council have approved the construction, which will feature lower density living and generous open space with six hectares of lakes and private walking tracks.
Halcyon has commenced the initial stage of the $200m project with first homes expected ...

Halcyon Glades makes it safer and easier than ever for happy campers to hit the road
13 January 2020 | by Halcyon Glades
Spontaneous road trips and spur-of-the-moment holidays – Halcyon Glades is making the retirement dream a reality for its active and adventurous homeowners.
The premiere over-50s lifestyle community is capitalising on a nationwide boom in caravanning and outdoor holidays with a raft of initiatives and inclusions designed especially for motorhome and boat owners.
According to a Tourism Research Australia report, one in 13 Australian households owns a Recreational Vehicle (RV), spending a total of 54.5 million nights caravan and camping in the 12 months to March 2019.
Holidaymakers aged over 50 – the celebrated “grey nomads” – accounted for almost one-third of those nights.
Embracing ...

Resort pool officially opens at Halcyon Greens
13 January 2020 | by Halcyon Greens
Home owners had a splashing good time at the official opening of the new resort pool, cementing Halcyon Greens as the country’s biggest lifestyle.
Glenn Nugent, project director said the pool is the final piece of the puzzle for Stage 2 of the $15 million recreational precinct.
“The precinct is truly the heart of the community and we’re excited to open the impressive resort pool,” Glenn said.
“This is a place where home owners can socialise, relax, exercise and experience all that Halcyon Greens has to offer.
“We hope home owners spend many enjoyable years with family and friends around the pool.”
Home owner Peter ...

Active oasis makes a splash
12 January 2020 | by Halcyon Greens
Dani and John Simmons have kept a keen and close-eye on the progress of the latest stage of Halcyon Greens’ $15 million Recreation Precinct. The couple live right next to the six-acre recreational oasis– the largest lifestyle community facility of its kind in Australia.
In fact, the Simmons home is just 11m from the spectacular new resort pool – something their two young granddaughters, Summer, 4, and Indie, 2, are extremely excited about. “They’ve been waiting and watching for the past year and asking us when they can go for a swim,” Dani laughed.
“The reason we bought the home is to be close ...

2020, a home odyssey
31 December 2019 | by Halcyon
The year 2020. Sounds almost intergalactic, doesn’t it?
It’s predicted by the year 2030 the world’s population aged over 65 will reach one billion.
We’ll be in driverless cars and coffee will be poured from your refrigerator. Secretly, we think ‘coffee on tap’ is a fantastic idea.
The past decade has been a phenomenal time of growth for Halcyon and we thank you for your ongoing support.
Our aim is to reshape what retirement looks like, and with your inspiration we’ll continue to pave the way on this revolution.
To this new decade, Halcyon is committed to stepping up and growing, but without compromising ...

Nasho's Reconnect
16 December 2019 | by Halcyon Greens
It’s amazing who you bump into at Halcyon.
Barry Adams and Bruce Midson reignited their friendship at Halcyon Greens more than 50 years after they first met at National Service (‘Nasho’) training in late 1966.
They reconnected after Barry recognised Bruce’s name on the homeowners’ website and wondered if it was his old roommate from the Army’s 1st Recruit Training Battalion (1 RTB) at Kapooka, NSW.
“A few days later, I was down at Happy Hour and I was talking to some of his neighbours, and I asked them what he looked like,” Barry explained. “They said, ‘oh he’s a mad horse man’ ...

Kevin’s role in mankind’s giant leap
16 December 2019 | by Vision by Halcyon
Mementos of that iconic July 20, 1969 event adorn the walls and line the shelves of the converted
“man shed” in Kevin’s Vision by Halcyon home.
A young radio technician at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station just outside Canberra, the-then 27-year-old was among the team maintaining communication links with astronaut Neil Armstrong
as he became the first man to walk on the moon.
The moon landing images that Kevin’s team transmitted were watched by 600 million people across the world. He started working at Honeysuckle Creek in early 1968 after a nine-year stint as a radio technician in the Royal Australian Navy.
NASA set ...

A passion for practical makes John a handy man
16 December 2019 | by Halcyon Lakeside
Drop by the Halcyon Lakeside work shed and you’re likely to see John Davis hard at work. He’s been a regular visitor since moving to the community with wife Jocelyn last year, revealing his passion for DIY and his latest creation, a wooden horse.
“I’ve been good with my hands all my life. I built a dinghy when I was about 13 years old because we lived near the water in New Zealand.
My biggest project was when I designed and built a full-size (8.5-metre) yacht, which I named State of the Ark. Several years ago, I began sculpting and I made a rocking ...

Styling 101: How to style your coffee table
16 December 2019 | by Coco Republic
From an early morning cup of coffee to a relaxing afternoon with a good book, the coffee table is often the most used item of furniture in the house. It’s also the easiest to style.
Coco Republic interior design stylist Laure Bebbington says the humble coffee table can show off your personality and inject fun into your living space.
“Coffee table styling is one of my favourite things to do and can be done quite frequently to change the look and feel of your living space,” Laure said. “I always encourage clients to use items collected during travel and items that show off your individual ...
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