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The great Australian lifestyle
The inspiration for National Lifestyle Villages communities came from the realisation that people who regularly holiday in parks and resorts experience reduced stress, a general feeling of well-being, and a closer feeling of community via a stronger connection to people. National Lifestyle Villages wanted to harness this dual sense of holiday and community to provide a similar lifestyle experience every day of the year.
Our communities showcase resort-style facilities that are professionally maintained and set in attractive natural landscapes. Whether swimming in the heated pool, relaxing in the spa or sauna, playing tennis, squash or bowls, or working in the hobby workshop – there is always something to do.
The communal Clubhouse acts as a welcoming social hub where you can learn a new dance step, enjoy dinner and a drink with friends, or find a quiet space for reading, surfing the web or enjoying crafts with friends.
For leisure activities outside the Village that include concerts, inter-Village sport competitions and regular shopping trips, there is a dedicated Village Bus available that is managed by the Village Social Club.
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What our lifestylers say
"I now have the lifestyle where I can relax...and we don’t have the mortgage anymore"
Glen
Tuart Lakes Lifestyle Resort Lifestyle Village
Watch Video More Testimonials"Eleven magic years of wandering the outback, station tracks and deserts of this great country"
John M
John M
No, I am not stuttering – just reflecting on how many times a person can really retire from ones full-time working career. For me, the latter was a series of interesting experiences working on, or helping to establish, remote African diamond mines. In 1981 I was recruited out of Namibia to a more civilised experience helping to develop the Argyle Diamond Mine in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.
At age fifty-five I pulled the pin on the diamond mining and processing game and took early retirement from the Argyle Project when they decided to shift the entire staff onto a FIFO (Fly in/Fly out) operation based out of Perth. Who wants to live in Perth when you are enjoying the wonderful Kimberley life style?
We already had a plan for Retirement (Revision.1) in place and had bought a small 150 acre property on the Ord Irrigation Scheme up in Kununurra. My wife Jean had had the Job of developing this run-down property over the five years prior to my leaving the mines. The idea was that we would grow a few acres of bananas to provide a little extra income but also give us sufficient time to enjoy the wilds of the north-east Kimberley. Alas, this early banana planting grew to over fifteen acres. By this time we were far from our envisioned ‘life of leisure’ in retirement as we were employing up to six people and working flat out!
Syd K
Reminiscing about the 1961 Swan Districts Football Club Premiership
Swan Districts Football Club had never won a Premiership in the WAFL League Competition. We languished at the bottom end, you could have called us cellar dwellers. However in 1957 the WAFL introduced an extra competitive team into the structure. So now all clubs had a League, Reserves and Thirds team, the last being in the 18-20 years bracket. This enabled the clubs to have access to nurture and improve the football ability of up-and-coming players. Swans were the Thirds competition inaugural Premiers in 1957 and again in 1958 which gave the club a little hope for the future.
In 1960, Haydn Bunton, a South Australian, was elected League Coach. From the outset it was obvious that there would be a massive shake up. The placid Black Swan club emblem was ditched, and replaced by the fierce, black fighting one. Training began in the hot summer months at weekends as well as mid-week. Weekends were up and down sand hills at Scarborough through to Trigg and mid-week around the Swan River, swimming across it, and of course, on the oval. Blood, sweat and plenty of tears!