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from My Halcyon Days Spring 2021

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HALCYON RISE Longtime friends make the move together

Local Logan couples Lyn and Mal Semple and Paul and Julie Creamer have been friends for more than 30 years, they’ve been neighbours and travelled the world together.

Now they are going to be Halcyon Rise homeowners, with both couples snapping up homes in the latest release.

The couples had discussed ‘next steps’ with each other, tossing up ideas to buy land and build homes together when Mal Semple saw a TV commercial for Halcyon. “I knew that Dr Bevan Geissmann had started Halcyon many years ago as he had been our family GP for a long time,” Mal said. “We went for a drive to see Halcyon Rise, which is only five minutes from our acreage in Buccan, and it started to tick a lot of boxes.”

They told their friends about their discovery and Paul Creamer admits they weren’t “greatly enthused” with idea until they came and visited for themselves.

“I’m in the building industry and I had worked on a few of Halcyon’s competitors so I wasn’t that excited about the prospect until we went and looked at a Halcyon community and things fell into place,” he said. Julie added: “We were really excited by what we saw and we really have Mal to thank for coming and finding it first. I’m ready to move in right now.” Mal said he and his wife were “blown away” at how fast their longtime friends committed to a home at Halcyon Rise. “From our perspective it’s pretty cool that we will be moving into the same community together,” he said. “We’ve been camping at Kingscliff together for 20 years, so the plan is to hook the caravan up and hit the road.” While the two couples won’t be directly next to each other this time around, they will be very close when they move into their homes later next year.

SEQ SNAPS UP NEW HOMES IN LATEST RELEASE

Buyers looking to secure their new chapter have clamoured for the latest release of homes at Logan’s most luxurious and fastest selling over 50s lifestyle community, Halcyon Rise.

Out of 23 new homes on offer in the first release of Stage 2, 16 of them were snapped up by buyers keen to move into the community, which welcomed its first homeowners in March.

Project Director Glenn Nugent said the successful event, worth $8.94 million in property sales, had drawn buyers from nearby suburbs including all across SEQ and nearby suburbs including Springwood, Montville, Coopers Plains with one from the Canberra region. “There has been a great deal of anticipation for these homes, particularly from buyers living within a 20km radius of the community,” he said. “We have had huge demand for this stage as it contains homes located closer to facilities as well as Flindersia Park, Logan’s newest riverside public park.” Mr Nugent said Halcyon Rise appealed to buyers who are wanting relaxed country living, due to its rural feel and its close proximity to Brisbane, Gold Coast and the hinterland.

“We have reached 100 sales in the community very quickly with 95 per cent of Stage 1 sold combined with the 70 per cent of this release.”

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HALCYON GREENS Take a virtual tour of Halcyon Greens display homes

Berwick

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BERWICK

Flowing eff ortlessly from the front door to the private outdoor area, the Berwick delivers streamlined sophistication and easy elegance.

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Ellerston

ELLERSTON

Downsize to a bigger life without sacrifi cing anything important. Entertaining friends and family is just so easy, and breezy, in the open-plan living area.

Sunningdale

SUNNINGDALE

Sunny by name and nature, this light-fi lled home is ready for you to kick off your shoes and soak up your big new life.

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CARNOUSTIE

With thoughtful design and generous spaces throughout, the Carnoustie lets you right-size without compromise.

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GULLANE

Welcoming from the get-go with a generous entry and porch inviting neighbourly connections and opportunities for coff ee catch-ups or late afternoon drinks.

Carnoustie

Despite lockdowns all over the country, savvy baby boomers are still making the most of great property prices, without even leaving their home.

Project Director Glenn Nugent said we have had a number of buyers snapping up homes. “We’ve had a lot of interest from interstate buyers, many of whom are in lockdown,” Glenn said. “Our team have a range of online tools that can help people walk through the homes and the community without having to leave their house.” “We’ve had a number of homebuyers make all their home customisation choices for their new home without having to physically come into Halcyon Greens.” Take a tour and walk through the homes virtually. But if in person is more your thing, Halcyon Greens, Australia’s biggest lifestyle community, is open Monday – Saturday 9.00am to 4.00pm.

Gullane

PEOPLE To conserve and protect

John Tucker, Halcyon Landing

Halcyon Landing homeowner John Tucker is doing his part to make the Maroochy Wetlands a better place for everyone.

John is the President and Secretary of the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary Support Group Inc. (MWSSGI), an organisation devoted to protecting and preserving the complex ecosystem that backs on to Halcyon Landing in Bli Bli. “The Wetlands are an old sanctuary,” John explained. “It’s about 100 hectares and borders the edge of Halcyon Landing. It contains an interesting transition from almost rainforest through to mangroves through to other intermediate forest types. “A little bit of rainforest, some Teatree, melaleuca forest, casuarina forest and then you get down to the mangrove forest. “There’s not too many places where in a short distance you can see this transition occurring.” Since joining the group around 10 years ago, John has been an organisational force in the group, using his project management skills to support the environmental work of the volunteers. “Most of my professional life was spent in geotechnical engineering, which is the ground, soils, materials – close to the earth. In recent years as a consultant, I’ve also been involved in environmental studies as well,” he said. John and his wife Heather have been Bli Bli locals for nearly 40 years, moving into Halcyon Landing eight years ago from their house up on the hill. “Because we know that Bli Bli is an extraordinarily central and accessible area on the Sunshine Coast, we didn’t want to move anywhere else,” John said. “Halcyon Landing as a site presented the most opportunities for maintaining the network that we already had from over 30 years in Bli Bli.” John says he and Heather enjoy the sense of community that Halcyon Landing off ers, allowing them to enjoy the lifestyle at their own pace. “We can do whatever we like,” John said. “Both of us volunteer in various ways within the community. I still lead an emergency response group; Heather has been active in a social group. We’ve contributed as well as taken advantage of the attractions that are here.”

High tide on the Mangrove Riverbank Red-Browed Finch