Gold Coast Tweed Seniors Newspaper March 2013

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Retirement

for new

beginnings

Fantastic Opportunity tainly feel the quality of the complex from the minute you arrive. You can move into a one bedroom apartment for just $108,000or a two bedroom apartment with ensuite from $192,000. A large three bedroom apartment, complete with w r a p - a r o u n d verandasand spacious open plan living design, starts from just $396,000.

This is a retirement community for people aged 55 years or over. As with all TriCare communities it is equipped with a 24 emergency call system and lift access to all high rise areas. These prices can’t last for long, the Directors have slashed the prices on a selection of apartments to build occupancy to a vibrant level and create the sort of retirement

community TriCare are renowned for. Apartments are selling fast so if you would like to secure your own piece of paradise then you need to act now. Simply call the Hastings Point Retirement Community on (02) 6670 4000 and arrange a time for a no obligation tour of the facilities and apartments available. We look forward to welcoming you!

AFFORDABLE LIVING On the Beautiful Tweed River

AS the Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator for TriCare I frequently get asked, ‘Why are the prices so attractive?’ My answer is quite simple, to build the community.I am

talking about the amazing prices for an apartment at our Hastings Point Retirement Community on the Tweed Coast Road, about 40 minutes south of Surfers Paradise.

Since acquiring the community in August 2011, TriCare have worked towards completing the village that now boasts a café, hairdressing salon, billiard and games rooms,

theatrette, furnished meeting and activity areas, all complementing the swimming pools and immaculately maintained gardens. There is also a village bus that is regularly used for simple shopping trips and extended day outings by the residents. Hastings Point Retirement Community is located literally across the road from a magnificent surf beach, just follow the ‘goat trail’ and you will feel the sand between your toes just minutes from your front door. The contemporary design of the apartments makes you to feel like you are on holidays all year round. With granite bench tops in the kitchen, quality fittings and floor coverings throughout you can cer-

From $74,900 NEW 1 BEDROOM HOME $74,900 Modern & Very Spacious

NEW 2 BEDROOM HOMES FROM $92,900 These 2 bedroom homes have built-in wardrobes, open plan living, deck, carspace and more . . . Located in peaceful 4 Star Holiday Park on the beautiful Tweed River. Bus at door, 5 mins to Tweed Heads and Kingscliff with shopping Centre, Medical Centre & Bowling Club close by. Our Parks have a No Pets Policy

FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE

0488 302 416 www.tweedrelocatablehomes.com

In NSW, the occupancy agreement is a leasehold right only, and not of an unlimited or perpetual nature and may in certain circumstances be terminated

Great surfing for seniors SURFING the internet sure can be a lot easier for for best results. most people than hopping on a board and surfing the With almost anything able to be ‘googled’ these days, waves, though both need common sense and care it can be fun to use your computer in the search for whatever interests you: ‘Retirement Villages’ a prime example in the case of many seniors. A site that one net surfer discovered recently through Google and wants to pass on is ‘Retirement Villages – Overview’, found via http://www.iseniority.com.au/ index.asp. With headings such as What are the Main Benefits of Retirement Village Living?; Are there any NegaNo deposit, bond, entry or exit fees. tives to Retirement Village Living?; How Can We Help Costs only part of the single pension. You Find The Right Retirement Village? and ‘RetireAll meals included. ment Villages - Top 10 Tips’, the website is a treasuretrove of general (only) information; emphasising it does not offer ‘...Advice, Verification, RecommendaComfortable, air conditioned & fully furnished unit with tions or Endorsements’ with readers responsible for ensuite bathroom, washing machine and dryer what they take away from the site. (bedroom, lounge & bath) Just a bit more regarding Google, said to be the world’s • All meals cooked fresh on the premises most widely used web-based search engine, it’s in• Quiet suburban location; walk to public transport teresting to note that the name Google apparently • Close to shopping centres originated from a misspelling of googol, a reference to the number represented by a 1 followed by one• Parking • Onsite Manager hundred zeros. The verb ‘google’ was added to the • Also available: visiting doctor & hairdresser Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, with the attached 5 Bourton Rd Merrimac, 4226, Gold Coast meaning being ‘to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet.’ One learns somePh: 07 5530 6011 or 0406 823 156 thing new every day—and much of it on Google!

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