Mountain View Writers Group
Mountain View Writers Group Writing Alone - Together Aim: To nurture and inspire the writer in each of us Objectives: To: Write, Edit, PublishListenEncourage Share informationGive positive feedback Structure: There…
The ‘How to Build a Website’ Guide for Seniors
Part 1 If you Google ‘how to build a website’, you’ll find a lot of courses, both online and face-to-face. Most will cost you at least a few dollars. And…
Mountain View Facebook Group
Wendy and I have started a closed FB Group for all residents and staff at Mountain View. Just search Facebook for Mountain View Murwillumbah, and you’ll find us. You have…
Looking at Life in the Rear-View Mirror
Most of us, up here on the hill, have been around the block a couple of times (or more!). Some have lived our lives on the edge while others have…
Life in the rear-view mirror looks good
Boy Babies Wear Blue Booties… Don’t They?
Mine was one of the generations raised with the gender defining notion that boy babies wore blue booties, and girl babies wore pink booties. Fast forward to 2019 - those…
Who wouldn’t want to win one of these great prizes!
Wrap Your Laughing Gear Around This!
Wrap your laughing gear around this, and let’s dissect this whole ‘ageing and happiness’ business. “You don’t stop laughing when you grow old; you grow old when you stop laughing”George…
A Hot Christmas Lunch
The advantages of having Christmas in July are many and varied. Some would argue that it isn’t right - from a Spiritual perspective - and I respect that. But here…
Welcome to Winter!
Up here on the hill, we don’t do things in half measures. When we decided to host a Welcome to Winter lunch, volunteers got busy planning, shopping, cooking and decorating.…
Day Two – Tenterfield Trip
At the end of Day Two, fifteen weary but happy travellers were delivered safely back to our beautiful village. So with Part One of the Tenterfield Trip done and dusted,…
Pre-dinner drinks in full swing...
Tenterfield Trip – Part One
Synchronised alarm clocks started ringing around the village bright and early on Tuesday morning. It was the day for the Tenterfield trip - the bus was leaving at 8.00am -…
Road Trip to Tenterfield!
Here at Mountain View we are always thinking of: new things to do; places to go; people to meet. Our Social Committee organises most activities, but residents come up with…
Our Federated Nation started right here in Tenterfield
Why Am I Excited About WordCamp?
When I retired in April 2016, I made a commitment to keep learning - to keep the old brain-cogs turning. As the old adage goes “If you don’t use it,…
Is there Harmony in the Village?
How does a family of more than two-hundred members live harmoniously in close proximity? Stick around and I’ll talk you through the harmony in the village I live in. Like…
It’s All Rock ‘n Roll!
There is nothing like the first few bars of a favourite song to rekindle memories. When that music is Rock ‘n Roll - well, two decades come flooding back. The…
Flared skirts and bobby-socks, rock on!
That’s Trivia!
Families have been gathering around the dining room table to answer silly questions since 1981. It was back then that a group of Canadian men decided to launch the new…
Was It Worth It?
Staging a Seniors Expo as part of the NSW Seniors Festival, demands a reasonable amount of time and brain-power - especially the brain-power. But - by putting our collective heads…
Seniors Expo is Happening!
The countdown is over! Today is Friday and it is the twenty-second day of February, which means the Seniors Expo is happening today at Mountain View, Murwillumbah The Gold Coast…
Four Days Until…!
The countdown is on! Only four days until Aveo Mountain View’s Seniors Expo. That’s just four sleeps and a wakey - until Friday the 22nd February. We’ll put the coffee…
Memories of Radio
If you are as old as me, you’ll remember the old days of running home from school to listen to your favourite radio show. We’ve come a long way since…
Timetable for Seniors Expo
With only a week before Aveo Mountain View’s Big Day on the 22nd February, the timetable for the Seniors Expo is ready to go. Displays are being finalised and external…
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