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The Pavilion North Kirra

Locality: Gold Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5536 2865

Address: 3 Lang Street, North Kirra 4225 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.thepavilionnorthkirra.com.au

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25.01.2022 Downsizing.com.au spoke to five downsizers, including Aura residents, Marian and Peter at Kingsford Terrace Corinda, to find out what advice they would give to potential downsizers, and what in retrospect they would have done differently. Find out more here:

25.01.2022 John Lennon would be turning 80 today! What’s your favourite Beatles song?

25.01.2022 It is R U OK day, so we’re checking in with everyone to ask R U OK?

24.01.2022 We're sharing this important post from our friends at North Kirra SLSC: please help if you can: This is an SOS ahead of what is expected to be one of the busiest summers on our beach. And this year more than any other, we need your support to keep our volunteer life savers on the beach. Every $ counts and contributes towards training our members and providing them with the equipment they require. Be a life saver - donate for SOS week this October. And tell all of your families and friends too!

24.01.2022 Flashback Friday: Did you know the National Library of Australia has digitised issues of the Australian Women's Weekly from 1933 to 1982. You can rediscover old craft, recipes and a bit of gossip!

22.01.2022 Have you driven by the construction site recently? Can you spot your apartment?!

22.01.2022 Aura Holdings’ Directors Mark Taylor and Tim Russell pride themselves on being the retirement industry anti-corporates, who don’t answer to shareholders or overseas CEOs just their residents. Find out more about Aura’s different approach in this article!

21.01.2022 There’s only one month to go! Have you started your Christmas shopping?

19.01.2022 We've definitely got some cool Grandmas moving into our village!

19.01.2022 Designing perfect retirement communities All Aura Holdings’ villages are unique and have been designed to be as individual as their location and their residents. The sites for our vertical living communities are always chosen in prime locations near all facilities and amenities just where people desire to retire.

18.01.2022 Looking back from the water to the site of our village! Can you see our crane "Cheeseburger Bell"?

18.01.2022 Pet cats are very welcome at our villages not sure how these ones would fit in though!

18.01.2022 For all of you out there that are waiting patiently for your next overseas trip

17.01.2022 Seventy-five years ago, Australian forces liberated hundreds of ethnic Chinese prisoners of a Japanese civilian forced labour camp called Ratongor in New Guinea at the end of the Second World War. One of the very few books about the Chinese in New Guinea is by 85-year-old New Guinea-born Australian historian Dr Peter Cahill, who we’re very proud to say is a resident at our Aura village, Kingsford Terrace Corinda. SBS News have featured Dr Cahill and his book, Needed But Not Wanted in an article to remember this important part of history please click on the link below to read the story.

16.01.2022 I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT Downsizing from the family home doesn’t mean living without all those things that bring you joy. Aura Holdings resident, music lover Beverley of Kingsford Terrace Corinda shares how she successfully incorporated something very special (and not so small) into her beautiful apartment.... Click on the link below to read more!

15.01.2022 Our Sunshine Coast village The Avenue Maroochydore and our Brisbane village Somerset Indooroopilly are both featured in downsizing.com.au’s article on one of the latest trends in new villages home offices!

14.01.2022 Construction update! We have completed the pour of the B1 slab and vehicle ramp from B1 to B2 and are now starting setting out for the ground floor slab!

13.01.2022 HUMANS OF AURA Val Donovan: nurse, wife, mother, historian, culture-vulture I think I’ve had a very interesting and fulfilling life. I was born in 1934 in the Sunshine Coast hinterland town of Eumundi long before it was trendy. We lived about 15 minutes’ drive from Kenilworth in the small settlement known as Adams Town, named after my family. The photograph of the family was taken about 1936, in the midst of the Great Depression. That is the reason the ducks are hanging from ...Continue reading

12.01.2022 Village managers: our smooth operators Village managers are the oil that keeps all Aura Holdings’ retirement communities functioning well and running smoothly. Find out more about their role here!

12.01.2022 Thanks to all who attended our 'get to know your new neighbours' drinks at the North Kirra Surf Club a couple of weeks ago... it was a great afternoon! Apologies to those who missed out due to limited numbers with covid restrictions - we look forward to seeing you next time.

12.01.2022 Have you tried any of these kitchen tips?

12.01.2022 LIVE THE DREAM, MAINTENANCE-FREE The Pavilion North Kirra offers our residents a maintenance-free life, but what does that actually mean? We’ll explain why you won’t need to travel the worn path to the hardware store when you toil no more!

12.01.2022 Are you looking for a good book to read? Aura’s Jo Cranstoun has recently found a cracker that will be back some good memories! Book review: Stuff We Had in the ’50s and ’60s A book filled with delightful nostalgia stirred memories of long-forgotten ‘stuff’ from my childhood....Continue reading

11.01.2022 A LITTLE SUPPORT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE It’s important to plan ahead for your future needs to stay living the way you want. ... Many of our residents may be eligible for some level of support from a government-funded Home Care Package, either short or long term.

11.01.2022 Some wise words! What's the best advice you've ever been given?

11.01.2022 If you're looking for some nice artwork for your new apartment at The Pavilion, you might like to have a look at this website - some great retro beachy scenes of our local area!

10.01.2022 And we're at street level! All of the form work is in place and the steel, post tensioning and services are being installed ready for the ground floor concrete pour on Friday. The ground floor slab is a post tensioned, structural transfer slab. This is designed to shift the structural columns from the simple basement level, grid like arrangement to the more complicated upper level arrangement where we have been able to shift and hide most of the columns within walls and voids.

10.01.2022 Flashback Friday! Do you remember when ATMs first appeared?

10.01.2022 Today’s cuteness is brought to you by Fiona the hippo-dolphin

09.01.2022 What’s a store that you or your parents shopped at that doesn’t exist anymore?

09.01.2022 Today at 11am on 11th November, we're remembering those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts and we're thanking all for their service. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning ... We will remember them. Thanks to the residents of our Kingsford Terrace Corinda village for sharing this photo of the quilt and wreath on display in their reception.

08.01.2022 Construction update! We have some great progress at the Pavilion! The ground floor slab is complete and the vertical columns and walls are mostly poured ready for the mezz level slab which will house some resident storage space and wine cellar, ... The lift and fire stair core is poured. This is a hugely important structural component as it holds the levels of the tower together, The huge columns that form the double height ceiling through the communal lounge and dining spaces are 1m wide and over 5m tall, The car ramp leading from Golden Four Drive to both levels of basement parking is complete. We'll keep you updated as things take shape!

08.01.2022 Born on this day in 1929 Grace Kelly

07.01.2022 Happy 72nd birthday to Olivia Newton-John! Did you know Olivia nearly didn’t take the role of Sandy in Grease?

07.01.2022 The second edition of our quarterly Aura News arrived in inboxes this week! Inside this edition, you’ll find stories about our very non-corporate directors; interviews with the architects who design our villages; our first bio for Humans of Aura that’s all about Val; and some light entertainment, including a recipe, a quiz and a book review that will take you back to the ’50s and ’60s. If you haven’t received your free copy (or haven’t subscribed and would like a copy), pleas...e click on this link to enter your details and we’ll get a copy to you asap! https://auraholdings.com.au//subscribe-to-our-newsletter-/

07.01.2022 Has anyone grown an unusual vegetable?!

04.01.2022 We hope you enjoy these stunning astronomy photos!

04.01.2022 **EDITED - apartment 2108 is now sold! To find out about other apartments we have available, please call us on 5536 2865** We're excited to announce that we sold another 14 apartments in August! Stage 1 is now 95% sold and Stage 2 30% is sold!... Please don’t miss out on our September feature property apartment 2108! Click here to find out more

04.01.2022 Here’s a recipe for the perfect crunchy biscuit to enjoy with a cuppa. Thank you to keen baker, our resident Cheryl from The Avenue Maroochydore for sharing one of her favourite recipes. Cheryl’s baked treats are always popular when the residents get together. Hope you enjoy Cheryl’s crunchy, nutty treat. Ingredients:... 170g self-raising flour 85g golden caster sugar 55g ground almonds 140g butter 1 tspn almond extract pinch salt 55g flaked almonds 1 egg white Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line or grease a baking tray. 2. Combine all the ingredients, except flaked almonds and egg white, in a food processor and blend until it forms a soft dough. 3. Turn dough onto floured surface and roll out to 1cm thickness. Using a fluted cutter, shape the biscuits. Arrange on the prepared baking tray. Brush biscuits with egg white and sprinkle with flaked almonds. 4. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Allow biscuits to cool before serving.

04.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day! We hope all the Dads and Grandads out there are spoilt!

04.01.2022 Anyone else had an unusual 2020 project?!

03.01.2022 Flashback Friday! Who remembers Water World at Tweed Heads?