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CALYPSO
May 2019
CALOUNDRA CAY
Grand opening
Hemingway’s Country Club will be
unveiled on May 25!
The Prestige
Collection
We have 15 designer homes,
complete with luxury fittings and
bespoke interior design, available
for a limited time only
Palm Lake people
Get to know your neighbours -
those who have helped shape the
community here at Caloundra Cay
M AY E D I T I O N
WHAT’S HAPPENING
WHAT’S ON
AROUND TOWN
The Events Centre There’s
always something going on at
The Events Centre. In May, make
sure you keep an eye out for The
Proclaimers (May 19), renowned
medium Charmaine Wilson (May
Welcome
20), The Ten Tenors (May 21)
and Senior Moments (May 24-25).
www.theeventscentre.com.au
Pictured, the new pickleball court is getting a great work out – and
so too are our resident players! Check out the Constables in action. Sunshine Rock & Blues Festival
Welcome to ‘Calypso’ – our monthly update of
Come June 21-23, Caloundra
what’s happening in and around Palm Lake
RSL will host the Sunshine Rock &
Resort Caloundra Cay.
Blues Festival - an exciting three-
We are really excited to present to you this
STAY A NIGHT day celebration of Australian
month our Prestige Collection – a curated music, featuring national
collection of just 15 luxury designer homes recording and touring artists, the
Many of our Palm Lake Resort kind of event which has never
that have all the bells and whistles included. SHOP ’TIL
Caloundra Cay enquiries come before been held in a Sunshine
They’ve each enjoyed bespoke interior styling
from people in distant locations YOU DROP YOU ARE INVITED!
by our very clever interior designers. If you Coast venue. Spread across three
right around Australia. If you are separate sound stages, festival
book an appointment with our Caloundra Cay
coming to visit us from out of town, SATURDAY 25TH MAY | 11AM - 3PM attendees will experience artists
Sales Team, you will be able to walk through The $440 million
freecall 1800 55 66 77 to arrange performing in a variety of different
these homes and choose exactly which one is redevelopment of
a resort tour and a complimentary Let your hair down, we’re on island time here! Join us for our arenas, including free shows
right for you. It’s a rare collection and when the Sunshine Plaza has
night’s accommodation on us. This Hemingway’s Country Club Grand Opening and celebrate in on the Main Stage, ticketed
homes are gone, they are gone. We encourage just been unveiled. The
offer is subject to availability and Caribbean style. Relax and have fun with our live music and events in the Function room
you to stop by and inspect them – the Prestige centre has secured
conditions apply, but there’s never entertainment plus let us treat you to complimentary island and Songwriters in the Round
Collection is definitely inspirational and the region’s first David
been a better excuse to indulge in style food and drinks. Acoustic Breakfast performance.
aspirational. Jones and H&M stores,
a stopover to properly inspect our Visit www.caloundrarsl.com.au
as well as a new Big
Our gardens are also looking beautiful now Caribbean-inspired location. Live music & entertainment: Shake your shoulders and
W. The expansion
that the heat of summer has passed us by. It’s wiggle your hips with the joyful grooves of our Caribbean band
adds 35,000sqm of
actually the perfect time of the year to be out on and dancers. ...AND A LITTLE
retail space to the
our pickleball and tennis courts, enjoying a hit existing centre, and
FURTHER AFIELD
and a giggle! Island inspired treats & canapés: Indulge in tasty
includes more than 100
complimentary canapés and refreshments. International Cake Show Australia
additional specialty
We are now eagerly looking forward to the Grand
stores such as MECCA, at the Brisbane Showgrounds on
Opening of our amazing Hemingway’s Country Sports demonstrations: Watch our residents put on a
Sheike, lululemon, Seed May 17-19. www.acada.com.au
Club. It’s set to be an exciting day! You can read spectacle as they showcase our luxury sports facilities.
Heritage, Endota Spa,
more about Kallan (our site supervisor, who is Paniyiri Greek Festival, at
JB Hi-Fi, Kathmandu
bringing this Country Club project to life) on Page Sisplay home tours: Tour our gorgeous Prestige Collection Musgrave Park and The Greek
and Baku, with many
6. To book an appointment to view the Prestige display homes decked out in bold, Caribbean style. Club, South Brisbane on May 18-19.
more to come. This
Collection and our greater resort grounds, www.paniyiri.com
redevelopment sees
freecall the Sales Centre on 1800 55 66 77. LIMITED NUMBERS - RSVP BY 17th May. Email
Sunshine Plaza become Sanctuary Cove International
salescaloundra@palmlake.com.au or freecall 1800 55 66 77
the first super-regional Boat Show on May 23-26 www.
The Sales Team
shopping centre north of sanctuarycoveboatshow.com.au
Palm Lake Resort Caloundra Cay Pictured, Julie-Ann, Monique
and Laura from our Sales Team. Brisbane.
DOMINICA FROM THE MANAGERS
DELIGHT
Welcome to all our new residents!
We now have 20 homes occupied
with 35 residents as of the end of
April 2019. Our current statistics are
43 per cent males and 56 per cent
females, with 25 per cent single
With the warm Caribbean breeze woven into their souls, our beautiful households.
home designs are elegantly crafted with coastal simplicity and sleekness.
Hemingway’s Country Club will
Caloundra Cay homes are unreservedly luxurious. Step inside our Dominica be officially opened on Saturday,
display home and picture life in the Caribbean – but right here at Caloundra. May 25. This stellar building will
be, without a doubt, the crème del
a crème of country clubs on the
Sunshine Coast. It will feature a
Dominica
OUTDOOR
BED BATH LIVING
LIVING
GARAGE ACTIVITY
luxury movie theatre, billiards room,
2 2 1 1 2 1 arts and craft and music room.
For those who enjoy music you
can play our grand piano or enjoy
199.38 m 2 | 21.33 SQUARES a dance on our parquetry dance
floor. For the active residents, we
BEDROOMS have a Milon gym, heated indoor
OUTDOOR LIVING pool, outdoor pool with a swim up
Bedroom 1 3900 x 4200
LIVING bar and ten-pin bowling. There
Bedroom 2 3000 x 3700 is so much more to see and do
in Hemingway’s Country Club.
Once it opens, there will be weekly
LIVING AREAS
activities organised for everyone to
Activity 2800 x 3900 DINING enjoy. We look forward to having
MASTER
STUDY NOOK
Living 3700 x 5700 BEDROOM our first dinner dance, pot luck
dinner and our first ten-pin bowling
Dining 3000 x 5700
league and so much more (don’t
Outdoor Living 3200 x 5400 ENS. DW forget drinks at the swim-up bar or
Garage 6000 x 5700
W.I.R.
in the Country Club in front of the
KITCHEN
fire, or just some quiet reading in
WM LIN BR
F PANTRY
MW
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our library).
TOTAL AREAS LAUNDRY
Our current residents are making
Living Area 141.27 m2
full use of our bowls clubhouse and
ROBE
GARAGE
Garage 40.15 m2 its adjoining eight-rink undercover
BED 2
Outdoor Living 13.96 m2 bowls green. We have weekly
activities in place there, with
STORE
BATH
Porch 4.00 m2 ENTRY residents playing bowls, Mah-jong,
cards and, of course, Friday night
Total 199.38 m² ACTIVITY Happy Hour.
21.33 SQUARES PORCH We look forward to welcoming all
our current and future residents to
Hemingway’s Country Club to enjoy
CALOUNDRA CAY all its facilities with us.
Artist’s impression only. Subject to change without notice.
Ray & Lynn Johnson
Caloundra Cay Caretakers
BUILD ’EM UP
On the highly anticipated eve of the Grand Opening of Hemingway’s Country Club on
May 25, we spoke to the one person who knows just how incredible Palm Lake Resort
country clubs and facilities are - the guy who builds them.
WHAT THEY SAY...
Kallan Perceval (pictured right) is tasked with turning bold pool bar and an
ideas and intricate two-dimensional plans into some of outdoor sunken
Queensland’s most opulent recreational facilities for Palm lounge with fire pit.
Lake Group. A carpenter from the age of 18, Kallan was
initially employed to build homes at Palm Lake Resort “I know the Caloundra
Bargara in 2009. In the 10 years since then, however, he Cay residents are
has progressed up the ranks to become site supervisor for really going to love
all major facility builds across the entire Palm Lake Group. the pool bar and fire
Kallan has been responsible for building country clubs at pit,” Kallan says. “The
Palm Lake Resort Cooroy-Noosa, Toowoomba Pinnacle tropical landscaping
and Beachmere Bay, and the latest feather in Kallan’s cap is also coming
is Hemingway’s Country Club, here at Palm Lake Resort together really well.”
Caloundra Cay which opens this month.
Inside, Caloundra Cay residents will enjoy a ten-pin bowling
“The progression of these country clubs has been alley, luxury cinema, an exclusive Milon gym, heated indoor
amazing,” Kallan says. “They get better and better swimming pool, virtual golf simulator room, a large bar area
all the time.” and coffee lounge, dance floor with grand piano, billiards
room, arts and craft room, music room, woodworking
TOM AND JULIE WILLIAMS (PICTURED ABOVE)
Hemingway’s Country Club will literally be Palm Lake workshop, library and more. Hemingway’s Country Club will MERV & TOBY CONSTABLE
Group’s biggest country club to date (and Kallan’s biggest complement the championship undercover eight-rink bowls “We relocated from a lifestyle village in Western Australia and had
“Even though we were overseas
as well) and will offer residents the most features. At green that opened here in recent months. Ever modest, been researching resorts in Queensland for more than a year. We were
when Caloundra Cay opened, we
Kallan says the real success of any of his country club particularly drawn to Palm Lake Resort. We looked at several Palm
3500sqm under roof, it’s 500sqm bigger than the Master decided to purchase a home from
Lake Resort locations and finally decided Caloundra was the one for us
Builders Association award-winning Pinnacle Country Club projects is always in the team of local contractors who work the plan online with Monique’s
because of the fabulous location and facilities, in particular the undercover
at Palm Lake Resort Toowoomba Pinnacle. The ultimate together to bring these facilities to life. assistance, as we were aware
bowls rink. We chose our home based on the design and its close
location for high-class fun and games, oozing colonial of the standard and facilities
proximity to the facilities. We are loving watching the resort grow and
grandeur and that tropical Caribbean vibe that Caloundra “They are the guys who deserve the credit,” Kallan says. provided. It is truly living up to our
meeting our new neighbours and, of course, enjoying playing bowls at the
Cay is becoming famous for, the Hemingway’s Country “It’s also great to be supporting our local economies in expectations.”
outstanding bowls rink and clubhouse!”
Club precinct will feature an outdoor pool with swim-up this way.”
JAN WOODS (PICTURED RIGHT)
“I moved to Caloundra Cay from
Wellington Point in December. I had
been researching lifestyle resorts for
18 months and when I received my
Caloundra Cay info pack I was wowed
by the home designs and the location.
I love the facilities that are on offer here
and the fact that the resort is pet friendly
because I live here with my two miniature
schnauzers, Poppy and Sebastian. I just
love my new home and the amazing
people here make it a great place to live.
I wake up happy everyday!”
Check out this amazing sunset, recently
shot over Palm Lake Resort Caloundra
10 free
Cay by one of our residents.
rounds
THE PRESTIGE
COLLECTION
with your Caloundra Cay home Have you heard about our
Prestige Collection? We have
15 designer homes with luxury
fittings available for a limited
time only and ready to move
into today.
These homes have been
custom created by an interior
designer to showcase the
SUNNY SIDE UP amazing possibilities of life at
Caloundra Cay.
Only 15 are available, in
premium resort locations, and
Did you know Queensland is leading the way when it will never be repeated. Each
home is unique with some*
comes to solar installation, proving the ‘Sunshine State’
of these prestige designer
is more than living up to its name. fixtures/fittings:
• Premium stone benchtops
A recent report by the Clean Energy Council revealed six of the nation’s
Top 10 postcodes for solar installation were located in Queensland. • Premium cabinetry
Bundaberg’s 12,620 installations placed them in the top spot and sharing • Breakfast bar
the spotlight were Hervey Bay at Number 3, Caloundra at Number 4 and • Twin ovens
Toowoomba at Number 5 (locations that are also home to a Palm Lake • Imported tiles
Resort!). The total number of Australian households with installed solar • Premium carpet
panels reached two million at the end of last year, and Palm Lake Resort • Floating timber floors
residents are proud to be among those enjoying the benefits of solar. • Timber lined raked ceilings
You probably already know that, as a renewable energy source, solar • Clad ceilings
power doesn’t deplete natural resources like coal, but did you know that • Wallpaper
it also saves water, too? Traditional energy uses thousands of litres of
• Wall panelling
water every year – the only water your solar panels need is a bit of rain
• Shutters
water that naturally washes them off if they get dirty. Making the switch
• Freestanding baths
limited time only to solar also reduces the air pollution that would have been created by
traditional electricity, and can help reduce your home’s carbon footprint,
helping to slow climate change. Not only do solar panels offer significant
•
•
Mosaic tiles
Upgraded tapware
COME & PLAY environmental benefits, particularly in comparison to electricity generated
by fossil fuels, but they also mean serious savings on your power bill. And,
•
•
Smart home lighting
Pendant lighting
FOR FREE VALUED UP TO $1000 with more solar projects popping up all over Australia, solar panels are
creating more opportunities and employment for workers.
•
•
Chandeliers
Water features
• Upgraded landscaping
Here at Palm Lake Resort Caloundra Cay, our homes are constructed • Timber decks
Pelican Waters Golf Club is one of Queensland’s most using the latest technology to ensure superior thermal and environmental • Upgraded garage doors
prestigious courses; a Greg Norman design with lush fairways, efficiency, with the solar orientation of homes also taken into careful
• Lake views
devious water hazards and challenging bunkers. Let us treat consideration. Palm Lake Resort Caloundra Cay homes come equipped
CALOUNDRA CAY
you to 10 free rounds of golf, with buggy, to welcome you to the with 1.5kw solar power panels, with micro invertors and enphase * Not all features/fittings
resort when you purchase a new home at Caloundra Cay! available on all homes
monitoring. It’s just our way of helping to save the environment while also
helping our home owners save at their hip pocket into the future.
Limit 10 rounds per purchased home. Non transferable. Rounds valid until 31 December, 2022. Offer subject to change without notice.
NO AN OLD PASSION
SLOWING FINDS A NEW HOME
DOWN We often hear of Palm Lake Resort residents falling in love with a new sport or hobby
they’ve never tried – or even considered – before moving in. But, when a resident introduces
something new to their resort, equally wonderful things can happen.
Who says retirement has to be boring?
Not this Palm Lake Resort Caloundra
Cay resident, that’s for sure. Despite only officially opening late last year, Palm Lake
Resort Caloundra Cay already has a distinct community
flavour – and it’s wholly and solely on the part of the
spirited residents. One such resident is Tom Boyd
One might think that a life working in coal mines and (pictured right). Having moved in in November of last year
driving trucks for a living might leave you craving a as one of the first handful of residents, Tom has already
retirement of rocking chairs and picking up new, lower started a social group to spread the love of samba. No,
impact hobbies – like knitting. While Ray Todd (pictured not the dance style. Samba is a card game, similar to
right) is certainly enjoying the element of peace and canasta, that is relatively easy to pick up but, once you’ve
quiet his new life in Palm Lake Resort Caloundra Cay has got the hang of it, promises tremendous fun. Tom and his
brought him, he can’t seem to let go of the fun parts of his “I don’t mind a bit of hard work,” Ray insists. wife had previously played samba where they were living
tough, hands on career background – where twelve-and- before moving into Palm Lake Resort Caloundra Cay,
a-half hour days were the norm. Ray and his wife were two of the first names on the list going along to Wednesday card nights with a group of 20
when the Palm Lake Group first announced this ground- other passionate samba players.
“I’ve always driven big vehicles, and it’s been something breaking Caloundra Cay development. No strangers to
I’ve loved doing my whole life,” says Ray. “So, when the area – they’d moved down from Yeppoon in retirement While Tom doesn’t have quite that many people playing
word spread that the resort was looking for a bus driver, I and had always holidayed at Cotton Tree while living in just yet – he reckons his card nights at Palm Lake Resort
couldn’t help but put my hand up.” New Zealand. The couple spent a lot of time checking out Caloundra Cay usually draw anywhere up to eight players
other resorts in the area in anticipation of their big move. – he is confident that as the resort grows, so too will his
While it’s certainly not delivering nitrogen and oxygen Trekking out as far as Palm Lake Resort Toowoomba to samba group.
to hospitals or navigating a coal mine, as Ray has choose their favourite home design, as well as scouting we just sit around and play, and enjoy one another’s
previously earned a living doing, he still loves his new role out the nearer Palm Lake Resorts at Bargara, Beachmere “We’ve had a very good response so far,” says Tom. company. It’s a great way to get to know people.”
nonetheless. Pick-ups and drop offs around the resort and Cooroy-Noosa, Ray says it was the quality of each “You’ve got to remember that there are only around 35
are his main responsibility at the moment – aside from build and the class-leading facilities that ultimately drew of us in the resort at the moment, but more people are While the community aspect didn’t initially draw Tom
the occasional visit to the local hotel for a group dinner – them in. And, Ray predicts that many more will follow suit. always moving in.” to Palm Lake Resort Caloundra Cay (he and his wife
but Ray thinks work will pick up as the resort continues admit they were more impressed by the home designs,
to grow. “There are only about 35 of us at the moment, but I Tom explains that samba is the kind of game you can pick having looked at Palm Lake Resorts Cooroy-Noosa and
daresay there will be more social groups and activities up in an hour, but it takes a bit of time to learn how to play Toowoomba as well), it certainly has been an unexpected
“We might need to bring a few more bus drivers on popping up as more people keep moving in,” says Ray. strategically. The number of players can vary – the game bonus. His wife has thrown herself into the lawn bowls
board,” says Ray. “Otherwise, I’ll become a taxi driver “I’m excited to make use of the new, state-of-the-art gym requires anywhere from two to six people at the table – scene, and Tom is anxiously awaiting the opening of
instead of a retiree!” and we can’t wait for the new country club to open; it will which makes it the perfect game for a Palm Lake Resort Hemingway’s Country Club so he can branch out and try
be perfect for happy hours with our friends.” setting. It’s not serious, just a bit of fun. some new sports and hobbies. But, for now, Tom is more
With more residents volunteering to drive the bus, Ray than happy with his evening strolls through the grounds,
could focus on his other “job” – maintaining the lawn And while we have a feeling that Ray will wind up as the “The whole idea is to have a fun night, all together,” says the view from his villa and, of course, his regular samba
bowls green. There’s certainly no rest for the wicked. designated driver, we don’t think he will mind one bit. Tom. “We encourage people to bring along nibbles and group meetings. Already, he feels right at home.
Prestige
display
homes
now open
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It's Calypso Time
HEMINGWAY’S COUNTRY CLUB
GRAND OPENING
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You’re invited!
The brand new Hemingway’s Country Club is opening on Saturday May 25th. Join us for the Grand
Opening to experience the best in over 50’s lifestyle resorts in Caribbean style. Relax and have fun with our
live music and entertainment plus let us treat you to complimentary island style food and drinks.
The luxurious new country club will include world class features such as a ten pin
bowling alley, swim up pool bar, fire pit, movie theatre and more, plus it will complement the recently
opened championship undercover bowls green.
RSVP Essential
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