For the 50+ Lifestyle
Esprit de Vie: Be in with Denise Drysdale’s Cool Crew (Plus Free Champagne!)
Esprit de Vie: Denise Drysdale invites you to join her at Esprit de Vie’s upcoming Champagne Afternoon for over 60s. Come and learn something new over free bubbles, nibbles and fun games. You’ll have the opportunity to clink champagne glasses with Denise. And, learn...
Odyssey: Here’s What You Have Wrong About Aged Care
Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities are here to myth-bust some common misconceptions about lifestyle care communities! There are a lot of assumptions made about aged care and what entering an aged care community will look like. This often leads to many having...
Varicose Veins: Miami Day Hospital Treatments Before and After
Varicose veins: Healthy veins are responsible for the circulation of blood throughout the body. When they dysfunction, this can lead to the development of varicose and spider veins. This can be a problem in particular for people over 50. Vein dysfunction occurs when...
Esprit de Vie Wellness Club – First Session Free!
Esprit de Vie Wellness Club is causing a stir. They have become very popular with the Gold Coast’s Silvers. The club runs weekly sessions at the Italian Club (8 Fairway Drive Clear Island Waters) with social team games and activities. The Esprit de Vie Wellness Club...
Independence: How To Live The Life You Want, On Your Own Terms
Independence: 81-year-old Burleigh resident and Feros Care client, Pamela Cook, was raised to believe that women are determined, self-resilient, and capable. That’s why she found it so difficult to admit she needed help when her degenerative spine began to prevent her...
Burleigh Bears and Sports Club Join The Renovation Nation!
Burleigh Sports Club and the Burleigh Bears Leagues Club have undergone some impressive renovations. If you haven’t checked it out yet, what are you waiting for! Burleigh Heads Rugby League Football club is one of the oldest rugby league clubs on the Gold Coast. It...
Gourmet Meals: Lovin’ Gluten-Free From The Oven
Gourmet Meals: Even if you don’t have a problem with gluten, you might want to skip it anyway, just because you will feel better. Here’s how to make it easy. GOURMET MEALS is a company that makes well-balanced, nutritious and great-tasting snap frozen meals. The...
Border Ranges National Park: Pioneers, Timber and Ghosts of the Past
Border Ranges National Park: Jan and Peter (both 74) took to their caravan to explore. BORDER RANGES NATIONAL PARK The World Heritage-listed Border Ranges National Park has scenic walks and breathtaking views surrounded by ancient landscapes. We took off in our...
Get Rid of Dark Patches on Your Face
Got some dark patches on your face? Did you know you can remove them with a couple of laser treatments? Here’s how you restore your smooth, youthful looks. Roisin Murphy checks out the latest tech. Pigmentation problems are a b*tch. I had a problem with my liver a few...
Pinot & Picasso – Paint with Friends (while sipping wine!)
Are you looking for something to do with friends while sipping your favourite drop? Then have we got news for you! Pinot & Picasso is an interesting little business that is proving to be quite the hit with Silvers. It’s everything an activity with friends should...
Retirement Community: Top Ten Things to Consider When Choosing One
Retirement community choices: Aged-care expert Phil Usher of Odyssey Lifestyle Communities tells us what to look out for when choosing to right-size into a new home. We all want to love where we live, at the end of the day, it is the place we will call home. When you...
Lamington National Park: Crazy-Amazing Bushwalks
Lamington National Park: It is the perfect time to experience World Heritage Under Your Feet. The Silver team went to O’Reilly’s at Canungra, just on our doorstep. It’s hard to believe that this nature paradise is so close. Here are our favourite walks! We have had...
Cancer Danger Years: Staying Ahead of the Game with Proactive Medicine
Cancer danger years: The ages of 40 to 70 are the danger years for many life-threatening diseases, in particular cancer. So how can you reduce the risk to you and your loved ones? You could catch the disease before you even have symptoms by getting a regular...
The View Cafe – Food With a View Like No Other
The View Cafe: As Silver writers were exploring Hinze Dam, we came across the View Café. It’s tough work finding these hidden gems and eating a luxurious breakfast, but someone has to do it! As we approached Hinze Dam, we saw the fabulous The Hinze Dam Visitor Centre....
Thursday Island Rescue Mission – Saving Animal Lives
Thursday Island Rescue Mission: Recently, the Animal Welfare League Queensland and Vets Beyond Borders got together with the Thursday Island Animal Support Group. As a team, they completed a successful desexing pilot program on the Island. As the champions for...
Scars? Be Gone! New Beauty Treatments Can Banish Scars For Good
Got a scar you want gone? Then check out paramedical tattooing – this procedure sends scars from whence they came. Roisin Murphy checks it out. Ten years ago, I had a minor surgical procedure. But it left a big impact. This is because they left a device in me by...
Cancer Dogs: Can Our Canine Friends Sniff out Cancer?
Cancer Dogs: It seems that our fur babies are our new weapon. Doggos to the rescue! A team of scientists has proven that dogs can truly sniff out cancer. And this canine cancer detection could lead to new non-invasive, and inexpensive ways to detect the disease. Good...
Q Super Centre Summer Shopping – Something for Everyone!
On the corner of Bermuda and Markeri Streets in Mermaid Waters, Q Super Centre is a shopping mecca right in the centre of the Gold Coast’s style map. The Silver team catch up with all the news from the popular shopping haven. Newsflash: There are new stores! Yay! With...