Terence Moyana

Five benefits of playing lawn bowls

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Lawn bowls is a popular sport and leisure activity in Australia, especially within people over 55 years of age. It is a great way to develop certain skills, like coordination and precision, and it is a low impact activity that can be enjoyed by anyone. Seachange have included lawn bowls greens as part of the array of facilities that our residents at Arundel, Riverside Coomera and Toowoomba will enjoy daily.

Some of the benefits of playing lawn bowls include:

Muscle strengthening:

As you walk with the extra weight of a bowling ball in your hands, you flex and stretch muscles. This helps to improve flexibility, mobility and core strength.

Reduces the risk of contracting some diseases:

It is well known that having a sedentary lifestyle is one of the main factors that can lead to a heart problem. Lawn bowling can reduce the risk of contracting a heart attack or a stroke, as it helps your body to utilise oxygen better and contributes to good blood circulation and blood pressure.

Coordination and precision:

Playing lawn bowls requires precision, as the main objective is to get as many of your bowls as close as possible to the ‘jack’. Therefore, this activity involves concentration and enhancement of hand and eye coordination.

Mental health:

Lawn bowling can help your mental health as it contributes to reduce stress and improve your mood. Exercise makes you release endorphins, which trigger a positive feeling in your body, making you feel good about yourself.

Social interaction:

The simplicity of the game and the low-impact exercise it involves makes it attractive for many people to play. Friends and family can play together as it can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of age, gender or physical condition.

 

If you would like to find out more about the facilities on offer at any of our Seachange Resorts, call 1800 54 66 55 or email us at live@seachangelifestyleresorts.com.au.

A brighter future

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You’ve worked hard and now you want to relax and start your next adventure. When it comes to choosing your next home, you want to do more and worry less. Buying into Seachange Lifestyle Resort Toowoomba gives you one less thing to worry about – high electricity bills.

Our electricity partner, Flow Systems Pty Ltd (Flow) will help you save up to 25% on your electricity bills.

Flow are offering our residents at Seachange Toowoomba the lowest price in the marketplace in your distribution area right now. Choosing a local incumbent electricity retailer would cost nearly $2,000 per year at current prices, but Flow’s modelling indicates that it can save you almost 25% of that.

Flow will also put in place a system that will help future-proof your home against rising electricity costs, with up to 50% of the electricity consumed at the Resort generated on-site by rooftop solar systems and stored in batteries.

Flow understands how rising electricity costs have impacted people and are looking at all measures to help keep costs low for homeowners and residents at Seachange Lifestyle Resort Toowoomba. These measures include an embedded electrical network. These networks can help owners and residents through:

  • use the bulk buying power to secure better pricing, so reducing community levies for common property areas
  • no lock-in contracts or exit fees
  • cost savings on your electricity rates compared to available standing charges of major retailers.

For more information please call our sales consultants at Seachange Lifestyle Resort Toowoomba on 1800 046 500. You can also visit our sales office located at 99 Hampton Street, Toowoomba from Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 5pm.

Location, Location, Location

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They say position is everything. This is certainly the case for residents of Seachange over 50s Lifestyle Resort at Coomera. Home owners at Seachange Riverside Coomera enjoy the best of both worlds, being positioned on a quiet and secluded bend of pristine riverfront, yet with a comprehensive range of quality amenities and services (shops, doctors, eateries and more) all just minutes away.

Indeed, all residents are surrounded by peace, quiet and serene river views, while also having less than ten minutes’ drive to every convenience – a complete position perfect.

With the recently opened $500 million Westfield Coomera and the addition of a new shopping centre planned to be built nearby, residents at Riverside Coomera will have easy access to a mixture of retail outlets, dining and medical centres.

Additionally, the Pacific Motorway M1 upgrade Mudgeeraba to Varsity Lakes is being upgraded, providing additional capacity to meet current and future traffic demands as the wider Gold Coast region is experiencing strong growth and development along the coastline.

Graham Murphy, resident at Seachange Riverside Coomera said “The water front location of the resort was a big selling point for us (my wife Jayne and I) because we adored it when we lived on the waterfront before, so we wanted to get back close to the water.”

“We have the advantage here of being waterfront but also a bit of a tree change as well; it’s got both of those advantages. We were surprised, when we moved here, how close it is to everything! How many shopping centres are close by, plenty of facilities without having to drive a long way.  Also, is very close to Brisbane if you need to go up there,” said Jayne (Graham’s wife).

Seachange Riverside Coomera offers the whole package, a sense of belonging, a secure and low maintenance place to call home that offers an even greater chance to focus on life’s joys.

“We had looked at other places and they had a decent appeal but they were away from medical and the other facilities that you need when you get to our age, but this place has it all,” said Graham.

With all this community infrastructure being delivered, Seachange’s Coomera Resort is perfectly located to take full advantage of all the upgrades on offer and is in close proximity to Coomera Rail station with a $163 million rail duplication project recently completed.

Closer to home, the resort residents are enjoying their own newly completed amenities with the communal River House facility now completed and surrounded by a pool, bocce lawn and established gardens.  The resorts main entry statement will be completed this month and the main country club facility is on track for completion mid 2019.

Those interested in finding out more can visit Seachange Riverside Coomera with display homes open Mon-Sat 9am – 5pm, or call 1800 006 603.

Did you know Seachange Riverside Coomera is environmentally sustainable?

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Seachange Riverside Coomera is the Gold Coast’s most exclusive waterfront resort designed for over 50’s. This master planned development has set a new benchmark in innovative building solutions and architecture, combining modern design with beautiful community spaces.  Positioned in an idyllic waterfront location on the banks of the Coomera River, this boutique community is limited to 124 premium homes.

At Seachange we are always looking for ways to innovate and find new construction methods that are environmentally friendly.  The community has been carefully designed to protect the environment and use resources responsibly, whilst offering a range of benefits to homeowners.  These include:

 

Energy:

  • Solar Power: Standard included 2.2kw system or upgraded 5.5kw system
  • LED efficient internal down lights and strip lighting
  • LED external lighting

Materials:

  • Slab: Cuplex system, 100% recycled nontoxic material
  • Gyprock ECO8: 20% recycled material
  • Timber flooring, frame, joinery and truss are all FSC Certified and beams are Super eco Rating
  • 95% of paint is low in emissions, low VSC or acrylic over solvent

Water

  • Taps: 6L/min 5-Star rating taps in bathroom and kitchen
  • Captured rooftwater
  • Greywater system in place to reduce water wastage

Compost

  • Composted food reduces waste and provides nutrients for the community garden.

In 2019 the UDIA (Urban Development Institute of Australia) has recognised Seachange for their commitment to the development of a sustainable community, by awarding them with the EnviroDevelopment certification.  The EnviroDevelopment award is a scientifically-based branding system designed to make it easier for purchasers to recognise and, thereby, select more environmentally sustainable homes and lifestyles.

For more information about this master planned community, contact us now on 1800 006 603 or email us at live@seachangelifestyleresorts.com.au.