Retirement Living: Activities on Offer

At many retirement villages around Australia, residents are usually the ones who decide what activities take place and more often than not, are also involved in running the events.

Some examples of activities run by residents at retirement villages around Australia include:

• Group outings to art galleries, movies, events and local places of interest
• Craft groups
• Sewing groups
• Personal training
• Card afternoons
• Water aerobics
• Walking groups
• Lawn bowls
• Visiting entertainers
• Daily shopping trips
• Golf

Regular movie nights and happy hours are always popular with residents as well as afternoons watching televised sports.

If you’re making the move into a retirement village and visiting a number of different villages in your area, the Village Manager can arrange for you to meet with current residents. This will give you an opportunity to find out what the social activities are like at that particular village.

With thousands of retirement villages located throughout Australia, you are bound to find a retirement village that offers social activities and events that interest you.

To begin your search for a retirement village, click on your state below:

• Retirement villages in New South Wales
• Retirement Villages in Queensland
• Retirement Villages in South Australia
• Retirement Villages in Victoria