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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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 -…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…