The athletes and the crowds have left but the incredible memories are here to stay for the 30 Halcyon home owners who volunteered at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Known as Games Shapers, they were among the 15,000 volunteers who became the friendly and helpful face of the 11-day event.

Third-time Commonwealth Games volunteer Doreen Morrison, of Halcyon Parks, loved that her role as a driver involved so much interaction with athletes.

Doreen drove athletes from Scotland, Wales and tiny island nation of St Helena as they trained and acclimatised on the Sunshine Coast in the weeks before the Games.

“It was absolutely ...