Woodend

A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GEMLIFE WOODEND AND WOODEND NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE IS HELPING SUPPORT LOCALS ACROSS THE MACEDON RANGES AS COST-OF-LI...

WHEN AMANDA AND BRIAN WILSON WALKED INTO THE GEMLIFE WOODEND SALES OFFICE EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY NEVER IMAGINED THEY’D BE PART OF A MA...

GEMLIFE WOODEND’S PROTECTED FOREST IS THRIVING ONCE AGAIN, AS HOMEOWNERS AND GARDENERS JOIN FORCES FOR THE COMMUNITY’S ANNUAL REVEGETAT...

GEMLIFE WOODEND’S SHIRLEY ROBERTS IS GETTING READY TO ROLL. At 82, she’s heading back to the GemLife Games in Palmwoods this Septemb...

MUSIC IS ALIVE AND THRIVING ACROSS GEMLIFE RESORTS, WITH RESIDENTS ROCKING OUT TO EVERYTHING FROM CLASSIC HITS TO COUNTRY TUNES. Fol...

RESIDENTS AT GEMLIFE WOODEND RECENTLY TOOK PART IN A MEANINGFUL MENTOR TRAINING SESSION HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUTH CHARITY LIFECH...

BEWARE THE QUIET DRAGONS – THEY’RE READY TO ROAR! ACCORDING TO RICK MORTELLARO, THE GEMLIFE GAMES TEAM FROM WOODEND WILL BE THE ONES TO...

IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT FOR BARRY BORLASE WHEN HE WAS INVITED AS A SPECIAL GUEST TO DAY THREE OF THE BOXING DAY TEST IN MELBOURNE TO BE P...

SHE MIGHT ONLY REGARD HERSELF AS A HOBBY ARTIST, BUT ONE LOOK AT CARMEL SUDWEEK’S PAINTINGS AND YOU’LL THINK OTHERWISE. At a recent ...

EVERY SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, THE GEMLIFE WOODEND COUNTRY CLUB COMES ALIVE WITH MUSIC, MELODIES, MEMORIES AND MAGIC. On the stag...

WHEN DOREEN AND DANNY GREEN BECAME THE FIRST HOMEOWNERS TO MOVE INTO GEMLIFE WOODEND IN 2018, THE RESORT LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT TO THE V...

A YEARNING TO SEE AUSTRALIA WHILE THEY ARE STILL FIT AND HEALTHY WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED FOR TERRY BOWLES AND ROSALIE CAMPBELL, OF GEML...

SINCE LIVING AT GEMLIFE WOODEND, SUSAN LAWSON HAS REDISCOVERED HER CREATIVE SIDE AND SHE RELISHES SHARING THAT PASSION WITH FELLOW HOME...

GEMLIFE WOODEND’S PROTECTED FORESTS HAVE RECEIVED A SPRINGTIME BOOST, WITH HOMEOWNERS AND STAFF VOLUNTEERING TO PLANT 1550 SPECIES OF T...

THREE’S COMPANY IN THIS YEAR’S GEMLIFE GAMES, WITH CHRISTINE GILLMAN, PATRICIA MORGAN AND SUSAN DOYLE REPRESENTING GEMLIFE WOODEND IN T...

WINTER IN WOODEND IS A BIT CHILLY TO SAY THE LEAST, AND WHILE WE CAN RUG UP IN OUR THERMALS, SOCKS, BEANIES AND SCARVES, HOW DO CATS AN...

HURRY FOR YOUR FINAL CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE CHARMING COUNTRY LIFESTYLE AT GEMLIFE WOODEND. There are only two premium homes remain...

PLAYING TENNIS HAS HELPED GEMLIFE WOODEND HOMEOWNERS DAVID AND JANICE BRAY ADAPT WELL TO PICKLEBALL, A SPORT THEY HAVE MORE RECENTLY TA...

OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS, CHARITIES BASED IN MELBOURNE AND KYNETON HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE KINDNESS OF GEMLIFE WOODEND HOMEOWNER JIM BRO...

A PASSION FOR WORDS AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE’S STORIES HAS BECOME A LABOUR OF LOVE FOR GEMLIFE WOODEND HOMEOWNER GRAEME WOODS WHO IS DOI...

THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME IAIN AND ROS MACRAE HAVE COMPETED IN RUN THE ROCK, BUT THE HANGING ROCK COURSE IS PART OF THEIR OLD STOMPI...

AFTER JUST OVER FIVE YEARS, NEW HOME SALES AT GEMLIFE WOODEND ARE ABOUT TO DRAW TO A CLOSE. There are only four new homes left at th...

WHEN DIANNE THOMPSON RETURNED HOME FROM A SIX-WEEK HOLIDAY IN WHICH SHE WITNESSED THE SPECTACULAR GREAT MIGRATION OF 1.4 MILLION WILDEB...

THE BEST IS SAVED FOR LAST WITH SOME OF THE FINAL HOMES AT GEMLIFE WOODEND NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. These homes are designed to showc...

TO SAY KEN AND BARB CRONIN ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS AT GEMLIFE WOODEND IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. “Yes, we are defini...

FEW PEOPLE CAN BOAST OF HAVING TWO BIRTHDAYS AND BEP GOMPERTS FROM GEMLIFE WOODEND CELEBRATES THEM BOTH WITH GREAT JOY. “My first bi...

THEY SAY EVERYONE HAS A BOOK IN THEM AND DAVID CROCKETT FROM GEMLIFE WOODEND AGREES. The Vietnam Veteran and retired dentist played ...

FEW PEOPLE CAN BOAST OWNING A SPANISH GALLEON, A PADDLEWHEEL DROGHER, A COUPLE OF SAIL BOATS AND AN AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE – LET ALO...

THE SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND THAT COMES WITH BEING A HOMEOWNER AT THE GEMLIFE WOODEND OVER-50S LIFESTYLE RESORT ARE AMONG KEY REASONS...

Baking an abundance of love GRANDPARENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE VERY SPECIAL GIFT OF TIME, SAYS BARBARA SPRY FROM GEMLIFE WOODEND AND SHE...

LOOK OUT QUEENSLAND, TEAM WOODEND IN VICTORIA HAS ITS EYES SET ON BOWLING OVER ALL CHALLENGERS AT THE INAUGURAL GEMLIFE GAMES ON 8 SEPT...

SHANE AND SUSAN DOYLE FROM GEMLIFE WOODEND ARE NO STRANGERS TO SPORTING COMPETITION OR TO HAVING FUN. They’re leading a contingent o...

GEMLIFE WOODEND CYCLISTS ARE SET TO MAKE THEIR WHEELS GO ROUND FOR CHARITY WHEN THEY LINE UP FOR MELBOURNE’S AROUND THE BAY 2023 CHARIT...

CLYDESDALES ARE THE GENTLE GIANTS OF THE HORSE WORLD AND HAVE BEEN A FOCUS OF FASCINATION FOR GEMLIFE WOODEND HOMEOWNER JOHN BURNS FOR ...

THE CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY ON 30 JULY IS EASY IN WOODEND WHERE THERE ARE MANY PLACES TO SOCIALISE AND HAVE FUN TIM...

FISHING ENTHUSIASTS AT GEMLIFE WOODEND ARE WAITING PATIENTLY TO THROW IN A LINE AND CATCH A FISH FROM THE LAKE THAT SURROUNDS THE RESOR...

A SENSE OF COMMUNITY HAS MADE MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING A CAREFREE EXPERIENCE FOR GEMLIFE WOODEND MOTHER AND DAUGHTER MARIA SMITH AND JE...

For the love of the ride GEMLIFE WOODEND CYCLISTS ARE ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AND PLENTY OF NEW MEMBERS. When we first met av...

Residents ramp up for the annual community event THE ANNUAL RUN THE ROCK EVENT IS BACK AND GEMLIFE WOODEND HOMEOWNERS ARE GETTING READ...

METICULOUSLY KEPT DIARIES AND LETTERS FROM MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO HAVE BROUGHT HISTORY TO LIFE FOR WENDY HEBBARD OF GEMLIFE WOODEND. ...

WOODEND HAS TOPPED THE LIST AS THE MOST LIVEABLE TOWN IN REGIONAL VICTORIA, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY BIG FOUR ACCOUNTING FIRM PWC. A...

PLAYED ON HARD DIRT OR GRAVEL BY THROWING METAL BALLS AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO A SMALL WOODEN BALL CALLED A COCHONNET, IS THE GAME OF PE...

SINGING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE HEART AND SOUL OF GEMLIFE WOODEND HOMEOWNER DANIELLE FORMICA WHO FIRST CAUGHT THE EYE OF RECORD PRODUCER...

CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED IN AN ESTIMATED 160 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND THERE ARE MANY TRADITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH. GEMLIFE WOOD...

WITH THE LAST OF THE FINAL STAGE HOME SITES AT GEMLIFE WOODEND SELLING FAST, NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE A WHOLE NEW LIFE AT OUR IDYLLIC ...

PLANTING NATIVE SPECIES IS ANOTHER WAY GEMLIFE WOODEND IS MAKING A NATURAL DIFFERENCE. They say you can never have too much of a goo...

GEMLIFE WOODEND RESIDENTS ARE SEEKING TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING BY TAKING PART IN THE `SOFT’ MARTIAL ART FORM OF TAI CHI. ...

FRENCH CHEF CHANTAL MORITZ WAS LOOKING FOR THE `PERFECT KITCHEN’ AND FOUND IT WHEN SHE DECIDED TO DOWNSIZE AND MOVE INTO GEMLIFE WOODEN...

TRAVEL ENTHUSIASTS BRONWYN AND ALAN JAMES ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE THEIR PASSION FOR HITTING THE ROAD TO AUSTRALIA’S MANY FASCINATING O...