Up the Amazon

nother item to be scratched from our Bucket List or at least mine, as Lynne was never that keen to cruise up the Amazon.

After leaving Cape Town on the 28th December it was

finally time for us to board Cunard’s Queen Victoria on the 5

th January for our cruise to the Amazon. This was

a historic journey, as the Queen Victoria, at 90000 tons, is the largest ship ever to cruise up the Amazon and will no doubt open up this route to other cruise lines as, up to this point, only much smaller cruise ships had undertaken this journey.

We departed, as scheduled, that afternoon and set sail for Hamilton in Bermuda, our first port of call, which we reached after seven days at sea. This, as it turned out, was one of the more interesting ports, prosperous, modern, attractive, clean and obviously a financial centre for the region, as every imaginable financial institution seemed to have representation there. The next scheduled port to be visited was Ft. Lauderdale, where we were to stay for two days, but because of some oddity in American immigration rules, this was reduced to one day and the ship went to Port Canaveral for one day before moving on to Ft Lauderdale. As we had been to Ft Lauderdale on a previous occasion, we opted to take a “Photo-op” tour of Miami. This was the right decision, as we saw places that we had not seen on our previous trips to Miami and this time it was someone else’s responsibility to negotiate the unbelievable traffic. After boarding the ship that evening, we had a further three sea days before reaching Bridgetown on Barbados. This was a disappointment to us. The island is punted as a “Playground of the Rich” but in

fact, apart from some attractive scenery, is really a run down, third world destination. Whilst there are some up-market villas and hotels, these are, by and large, dotted amongst dilapidated residential areas. Following our day in Barbados, we are finally on the leg that will see us going up the Amazon as far as Manaos, some 900 miles upriver from the mouth. We reached the official entrance to the Amazon, the Amazon Bank, three days after leaving Barbados. At this point it is difficult see the difference between ocean and river, as the entrance to the Amazon is

kilometres wide and one is unable to see either bank. All large vessels are obliged to board two Amazon pilots who will alternate on the bridge for 24 hours per day to guide the ship up river. The size of the river certainly exceeded both Lynne’s and my expectations, it is considerably wider than either of us had ever expected. From the centre of the river to either bank must be a good number of kilometres. So, basically what one sees is an expanse of muddy water on the right and the left of the ship and that is flanked by tropical forest in the distance. This is the scenery on the way up and down the

river with the occasional village or settlement on the banks and one or two loading terminals for ore being mined in the area. The one thing that we were surprised at was the almost complete absence of bird and animal life. We were expecting much more of this. However, on entering the river there were certainly more insects

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Issue #116 February 2017

Theatre on board ship.

Queen Victoria heading up the Amazon

visible on board. We had luckily taken the suggested precautions in so far as medicines and bug spray were concerned. Our first port of call on the river was Mangos, a very mixed city, some large high rises and many, many dilapidated buildings in desperate need of attention. This is also the place where the Amazon and the Rio Negro meet, the one muddy and the other pitch black. They run side by side like this for a number of kilometres before they start to mix and become a uniform colour. We were told that this is due to the temperature and the viscosity of the two rivers being different. Another interesting point is that, until recently, along its entire 4000 kilometre length, no bridge crossed the river. A large bridge, which crosses the Rio Negro, has recently been constructed at Manaos. From Manaos we took a tour that took us some 2 hours up river to a former rubber plantation where the harvesting and processing of rubber was demonstrated and an Indian village, which, whilst catering for the tourist, was certainly the permanent home of the local Indians. Here we were shown some of their traditional customs and had a glimpse into their houses and their way of life. It is difficult to imagine what they do to survive, as there was no evidence of any crops being grown or any other form of productive activity. One of the famous landmarks of Manaos is its Opera House and whilst we saw the building, we were unable to visit this, as all the available tour accommodation had been sold out. We were told by people that had attended a performance that the inside of the Opera House is absolutely stunning. On our return to the ship in the evening, we set sail down river for Santarem, which we reached a day later. Whilst again, a reasonably large city, it is even more run down than Manaos. We again took a tour of the city and environs and were taken to a farm where we were again shown the harvesting and production of rubber and the processing of the Cassava root, which looks similar to our sweet potato, but in its raw state, prior to processing, is poisonous if eaten. In its

processed state, we know it as Tapioca and is one of the major export crops from the area. Another thing that was new to us was how Brazil nuts are harvested. These are found in a pod some 10 centimetres across which hang high up in, now protected, trees in the rain forest. On ripening, these pods, weighing nearly a kilogram, drop and are then collected. They are then chopped open and inside are up 17 individual Brazil nuts. The outer shell of the pods is used for all sorts of ornaments and drinking vessels. We were amazed that our Brazilian tour guide was almost fluent in Afrikaans - he has two brothers that live in Mpumalanga, whom he visits regularly and this is how he learned the language. On the way back to the ship in the tour bus, we were shown Brazil’s answer to our RDP houses. The government has built some 6000 of these on the outskirts of Santarem and they are about the same size as our local ones. One difference appears to be the fact that they are not allowed to add to them in any way, so that the development looks neat and uncluttered. Evidently there are similar developments elsewhere in Brazil. From Santarem there are regular ferry services to Manaos and beyond. These are large riverboats that have a number of small cabins for more affluent passengers and the remainder of the passengers are accommodated on open decks outfitted with racks of hooks onto which personal hammocks are attached. When one looks at the deck, these hammocks are individual and colourful but hang cheek to jowl, dozens next to one another. A trip from Santarem to Manaos takes about five days, not something we would relish. Santarem being our last port of call on the river meant that we were now on our way back to the river mouth (and after disembarking the two Amazon river pilots at Macapos), our disembarkation port of Rio de Janeiro. We reached Rio after a further seven sea days and from there, at some ungodly hour in the morning, boarded our flight back to Cape Town via Dubai where we had a four- night stopover. The direct route to

South Africa using SAA, takes just as much time with layovers in Sao Paulo and Johannesburg and is considerably more expensive. All in all it was an exciting, informative and interesting trip, but one that we would only make once in a lifetime. In all respects the Amazon trip was different from what we expected but a worthwhile experience in any event.

This excellent article was written by Lynne

and Klaus Ziegelasch of 602 Palm

Grove on their recent trip to the Amazon. It was

so interesting that I thought I would include the whole article rather than me editing some.

Jack Boddington - Editor

From the Manager’s Desk

alentine’s Day, which we normally celebrate every year due to the fact that the first owners moved into Palm Springs on the 14th February 2007, has come and gone. Due to the current extensions to the Clubhouse we were forced to postpone our

Valentine’s celebrations until all building operations have been completed. With this in mind we are planning a special event to celebrate the re-opening of the Clubhouse. This should be a gala affair as we will be able to accommodate double the amount of residents than all previous events. Staff Gratuities

We received letters from the staff thanking residents and management for the very generous gratuities that were donated at Christmas time. Due to insufficient space available in last month’s Nexus we were unable to print those letters, but here they are now:-

In conclusion I do believe that these letters demonstrate the appreciation shown by all the staff to the generosity of the owners and residents. Keep smiling!

Jack Boddington

General Manager

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To the Management,

Collectively as concierges, we take this great opportunity to reveal our appreciation towards the trustees

and directors of Oasis Luxury Resort for the privileges we have in this company as workers. We thank all of

you for the approval of our bonus again this year, which is really helpful not only for us, but for our families

as well.

Much more, many more thanks to Mr Jack for your leadership regardless of our shortcomings. We are still

in your bosom. We are also thankful to your team; Mrs Boddington, Mr William and Mr Craig. As 2016 is

closing its chapter, we wish you all a warm festive season and a joyful year 2017.

We sincerely also thank all our Oasis residents for the sympathy and generosity towards us during 2016.

We wish all of them blessings and that 2017 would be the best year for them at Oasis Luxury Resort.

Happy 2017!

Dear Residents, Chairman and Trustees,

We wish to thank you all for the wonderful year we

shared. Many thanks for all the generous gifts which

we received throughout the year and over the festive

period. You have brought great joy to us and our

families. It has been a great pleasure for us to bring

service to you and we look forward to sharing

another amazing year with you all.

Your staff,

Kathy, Stella, Thandi, Nubunto, Bryce, Malika, Kelly,

Siphokazi, Kekzi, Yolanda and Colleen.

Hello,

I am Eric. On behalf of the gardeners I

would like to say thank you for what you

gave us. We have enjoyed Christmas and

we will do the same for a new year. We

all say thank you. May God bless you all.

The gardeners,

Eric, Sam, Faygan, Solomon, Owen,

Robert, Johannas, Alliston, Devon,

Lowogolaya Debote.

William’s Words

he Clubhouse extensions have been moving along rapidly and one must commend the contractors involved for their

professionalism. Well done to the Clubhouse and kitchen staff for all the improvising done to ensure

that a daily meal is put out from the coffee shop with its limited kitchen space. Also, thank you to residents for enduring and bearing with us. We just have to remember that the end result for the Clubhouse will be worth the wait and sacrifice.

Please be advised that the Oasis DSTV package will increase by 6.5% from the 1st April 2017 (From R505.50 to R538.60) and those of you on our package will be billed accordingly. Please be advised that our general chauffeur

services will increase from R7.00 to R8.00 per litre of petrol, by the 1st April 2017. The minimal fee of R80.00 charged by us for local trips less than 10km’s will be increased to R90.00 per trip.

We sent out relevant notices regarding the level 3B water restrictions, which is a critical stage for all of us. We stopped washing vehicles with buckets of water with immediate effect and ask that residents do their best to conserve water, as we pray and hope that the dam levels will improve soon.

I sent out the relevant and updated residence lists to most and will print hard copies on request. These lists remain a work in progress, so please advise if you want me to change any of your details. We hope to have the email lists out soon. The window cleaners will commence with the first clean of the year on the 27th February 2017. We usually do four cleans per year as this is budgeted for, but private cleans can be arranged in-between our set cleaning dates. Swat pest control will be servicing (end of February month) all the blocks, which includes the ground floors and basement areas. We will skip the Clubhouse section during renovations and get Swat to return once all the work has been concluded. As most of you know, my daughter and I went on a boat cruise (MSC Sinfonia) in January from Cape Town to Mossel Bay (had to start off with a small trip). It was a different, but most enjoyable experience for both of us and it is definitely something we will do again. Thank you all for your kind wishes and thoughts, prior and after the trip. You added to the overall anticipation and excitement. Regards,

William

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Movies to share with friends

The three movies we have seen and enjoyed this month are all on circuit at Cinema Nouveau, Waterfont and Nu Metro, Canal Walk. They have generally received good reviews and can also be seen at several other cinemas in Cape Town.

LA LA LAND (127 minutes; released 27

th January

2017)

This movie has been highly acclaimed, won all seven Golden Globes it was nominated for and has a record number of nominations for the Oscars. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone come together to create a wonderful musical production. In this film of music, romance, comedy and drama, directed by Damien Chazelle, the two main actors are supported by JK Simmons and Rosemarie DeWitt. A pretty young woman, wanting to be an actress, serves

lattes to movie stars between auditions, while a young and dedicated jazz musician battles along by playing cocktail piano gigs in dingy bars. As success mounts they are faced with decisions that, despite their love, threaten to tear them apart. Throughout this epic musical, the city of Los Angeles is either visible or represented by its historic street lights. The singing, the dancing and cinematography give the appearance of something larger than life. LION (127 minutes; released 20

th January 2017)

This is a drama directed by Garth Davis and based on one of those stories that is almost too amazing to be true. The main actors in this film are Dev Patel, Rooney Mare, David Wenhan and Nicole Kidman. A five year old Indian boy growing up in a poor village during the 1980’s gets lost when he boards a train and ends up 1,700 km’s from home with no way to retrace his steps. He survives many challenges before being adopted by an Australian couple in Tasmania. Twenty five years later, he becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother and brother. With the support of people close to him in Australia and with help from Google, he sets out to find his lost family.

ALLIED (125 minutes; released 20

th

January 2017)

Set during the Second World War Brad Pitt as dashing London-based Canadian Air Commander Max Vatan and Marion Cotillard as sultry French Resistance agent, Marianne Beausejour, are at the centre of a suspenseful action drama. Supporting actors are Jared Harris, Simon McBurney and Lizzy Caple. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckiss. Vatan and Beausejour get on so well that they move from North Africa where they met to London. They have fallen in love, get married and start a family, but as things develop the husband is given information that all is not as it seems. He investigates secretly, dreading the possible outcome.

Dudley and Melda Schroeder - PG 603

Contributed by Helen

Hansmeyer – PR 602

Construction of Homecare Centre Underway

Construction of an Oasis Homecare Staff & Administration Centre and Doctors’ Surgery, which will expand the level of care services on offer at Oasis, has started. The double storey building is due for completion in May this year. The Homecare service is run and operated by the Oasis Care Centre. It offers residents who are not yet ready for assisted living or frail care, but require assistance, to hire home-based care services according to their requirements from short to longer periods. The services will be expanded once the new premises are available. Oasis Care Centre has an attending doctor whose practice has expanded to include a second doctor and when not engaged at the Care Centre they will be based in the new consulting rooms so that they are easily accessible to residents. The centre is being developed by the developer, the Oasis Joint Venture, at a cost of around R2,5million. It is envisaged the Doctors’ Surgery and home-based care services will be available from the new premises from around June this year.

Little White Lies

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink.

She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in

contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, “Why are

some of your hairs white, Mum?” Her mother replied, “Well, every time that you

do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.”

The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, “Mummy, how come ALL

of grandma's hairs are white?”

Contributed by Willie Willemse

Two Century City Markets in March Due to popular demand, two markets – a Summer Night Market and a Natural Goods Market – will be held at Century City during March.

First up will be the Summer Night Market where an exciting array of delicious food and beverages will be served up with market goers being entertained by live music. This follows the inaugural Summer Night Market held in December last year which was so successful it is set to become a monthly fixture on the Century City calendar from next summer. Plenty of secure parking is available in the P2 parking garage in the precinct.

The Century City Natural Goods Market is always a popular event. While parents and grandparents sit back and enjoy the folksy music of Ryan Kidwell and savour the wide range of delicious, quality food and drinks on offer, kiddies will be enthralled by a host of free entertainment including magician Chris Gore.

There will also be free train rides between 10h30 and 12h45, a jumping castle and loads of other activities on hand to keep them giddy with joy. Do not forget to also pop across the bridge to Art on the Island and view an art exhibition from Curro Century City Private School and a children’s Candy Egg painting workshop at 11.30am. Entry to both the market and Art on the Island is free.

There is also a host of other entertainment on offer in Century City over the next six weeks including the Galileo Outdoor Cinema which takes place at Central Park on 10 th March and 14th April. For further details go to www.centurycity.co.za or Tel/Fax: 021 531 2173.

SUMMER NIGHT MARKET

Century Century City Square (adjoining the new conference center)

Friday 17th March

4pm to 9pm

CENTURY CITY NATURAL GOODS MARKET

Central Park 26th March

9am – 2pm

Last month’s Nexus included

a thank you letter from Huis

Zonnekus.

This photo shows Dawn

Jager (PG 402) handing over the goods to

Huis Zonnekus representatives.

CARE CENTRE CORNER

CARE CENTER CAPACITY & LOOKING AFTER OUR OASIS RESIDENTS … NOW … AND IN THE FUTURE

frequently asked question is: “Can Oasis Care Centre cope with the needs and demands of the Oasis apartment residents … now … and in future?”

The original Care Centre consisted of 78 Assisted Living Apartments and a 30 bed ‘Frail Care’ facility. Had that remained ‘as is’ we indeed would be faced with the need for major changes now and in the future. Market forces were against the Life Right Assisted Living product. Over a period of time the ‘sold’ units have been bought back via a gradual process dictated by available cash flow. By late 2018 all or most Life Rights will have been bought back and we will continue to operate approximately 36 Assisted Living Apartments over the 2nd and 3rd Floors comprising predominantly 1 bedroom units, but also bachelor suites and some 2 bedroomed units. Starting off with caring for one former Oasis apartment resident who presented with Alzheimer’s/Dementia we started a specialised wing on the 1st Floor just a few short years ago. Today we have an entire secured dedicated floor to accommodate this special need for up to 38 residents. All the single room units have private en suite toilet and there are also a number of full 1 bedroom units with full en suite. On the Ground Floor a separation was made between a 19 bed long term Frail Care section and what is now a specialised 16 bed Physical Rehabilitation unit for post hospital Medical Aid and Private Patients. Over the years substantial capital has been invested creating separate lounge and dining areas for Frail Care and Alzheimer’s Dementia residents respectively while new Nurses Stations were

created for the various phases of care. A former lounge was converted for use as a Phys Rehab room. We invested in staff and staff training and numerous technical requirements in order to be fully licenced by the Department of Health and the Department of Social Services respectively for those phases of care where this is now required. From the original 110 bed design we can now accommodate say up to 108 patients and residents within the Care Centre. The introduction of the Home Care service will mean that, in suitable cases, residents will ultimately also be assisted and looked after in their apartments for various hours per day/night/week. A number of retirement resorts do not go beyond say a 30 bed ‘care centre’ and then rely on home care or accommodation at other facilities owned within the group - but not on the same site. Home care has made a slow but steady start. We aim to take this service to another level in the coming months. Sr Lehmann will be joined in the Primary Health Care & Home Care department by a Staff Nurse by March/April and later by an administrator. The new headquarters for the department will provide a proper base to grow and develop these services. To date no more than 15 to 20% of long term residents at the Care Centre (excluding phys rehab) have ever comprised of former apartments residents. That is expected to change and we will hopefully become less reliant on ‘outside’ residents to cover running costs. There are apartment residents who choose to wait for a specific desired unit or type of unit. At times, apartment residents are reticent to make a final decision to ‘make the move’ and they ‘lose out’ in the shorter term on a particular unit or type of unit. An apartment owner wishing to secure a place at the Care Centre will be advanced to the top of any waiting list at the particular time, being next in line only to other apartment residents. The exception would be where there is no apartment owner waiting in line at a given time, and an outside person is due to move in soon and cannot then be ‘rejected’.

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At present the Long Term Frail Care phase is fully occupied. The Alzheimer’s/Dementia wing has capacity for up to 9 more residents and the Assisted Living is almost full, but there are almost always at least a couple of bachelor units available – even if not always 1 bedroom suites. The Phys Rehab does on certain occasions fill to capacity for a few nights at a time. This is very difficult to predict or plan for. The ‘feeder’ hospital wards/doctors may have a particularly busy patch. The patient profile may just comprise of patients requiring longer than usual admission. Apartment residents who advise the PHC Sr and the Care Centre ‘case manager’ of admission and pending hospital admission will in almost all instances be ‘delayed’ at hospital only by the usual medical aid authorisation procedures and time constraints. A dedicated en-suite room (A01), right at the Long Term Nurse Station, is kept aside for emergency admissions of apartment residents. With Palm Brook pending completion at the end of this year and the 6

th and final apartment block about

to be launched, we now know that Oasis JV is utilising less than 380 of the residential opportunities available – substantially less than the original amount allowed. Allowing for couples and singles and owners who make only occasional visits, some vacant rental apartments at any given time etc. we estimate that apartments are occupied currently at a ratio of 1.37 persons per unit. At a ratio of say 1.45 x the final number of completed units the likely apartment population at any given time will be around 540 maximum. Based on these numbers the Care Centre is well placed to cater for the needs of the Oasis population and offers a far larger on site residential care facility than any other resort of its kind in the Western Cape, apart from the fact that Home Care will also be offered on a more focused basis in future.

It has been suggested that there is a need for another care centre at Oasis. Apart from the lack of space, the capex required to replicate the Care Centre (leaving aside running costs or ‘human capital’) would probably be in the region of R125m. Clearly such an investment is wholly unsustainable. Josdel Property No 137 (Pty) Ltd on behalf of the Developers is committed to providing the best possible Primary Health Care; a large and sustainable on site sophisticated Care Centre; a more comprehensive home care product. We are confident that the current facilities plus the new building at the entrance to the Resort will be more than adequate to fulfil these tasks. Owners are welcome to correspond on this or other related issues via futeran@yebo.co.za. We will also liaise with Jack Boddington regarding a possible “Care Centre Q&A” as we have done in the past and if the demand for such is great, possibly rather holding a series of smaller gatherings. Meanwhile we, as always, wish you good health!

Owen, Lizzie, Sr Mariana & Sr

Deneil

OASIS RAINFALL CORNER

As can be seen, the rainfall for January was slightly below average. In October, the Western Cape dam levels were 61% on average. At the beginning of February they were 37%,

representing a 24% (6% per month) decline. Significant rainfall can be expected only from May/June, but because the ground is so dry this will not immediately result in any substantial

run off into the dams. Therefore at the current rate of decline (after allowing for the 10% that is not recoverable), the dams will be close to empty by July. Water restrictions will

assist to reduce the rate of decline, but the situation overall is alarming. All of us need to minimize water utilization.

These readings are kindly supplied by Tony Ross of Palm Springs 901

MONTH 2017

(mm’s)

L/T AVE MONTH

YTD L/T AVE YTD

January 6.2 15.0 6.2 15.0

Entertainment for All

hope you all enjoyed the visit to Vergenoegd. This was the most popular excursion we have had to date and we were very lucky that Jack

arranged for us to have 3 Combis. Every month we try to include a visit to a wine farm, but I must warn everyone that they have become very expensive and not many farms will accept large numbers. In future I will only take names at the Open Day, and it will be on a ‘first come, first included’ basis and I will have to limit numbers. It was a big disappointment that we had to cancel the February Open Day talk with Ilana Slomowitz. The function room was closed during building operations. But we have managed to re-program her for April. Our speakers in March will be Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer who are involved with all theatre and stage productions in Cape Town. We are very lucky that they will be joining us. They

will be discussing the coming production of Hamlet and their years in the theatre world. I can still take bookings for Joseph and his Technicoloured Dream Coat, but you must phone me (ph 2408) as I have to make a booking very soon.

Our March wine farm is to Vredenheim at the Barrique

Restaurant. This is a wildlife sanctuary and

we can visit the lion, cheetah and wildlife joining the restaurant area. We have planned a quiet mini tour of the city harbour at the Waterfront. This is a 25 minute picturesque tour of the harbour and we will have

lunch at the Waterfront. Just a pleasant little excursion and one can enjoy time at the Waterfront.

We have had many enquiries for the Last Night at the Proms. This is a very happy show at the City Hall with the Cape Town Orchestra. We are booking for the 5 o’clock show on a Sunday evening. Always watch the notice boards where the latest information will be available. Sometimes we have to change the program so keep up with the times.

Faye Salomon

Entertainment for All – March/April Calendar

Tuesday, 14th March Open Meeting: Fred Abrahamse & Marcel Meyer – “Lives in theatre” Meet at the Clubhouse at 10am for 10:30am. (Bookings for all outings taken at 10am). R5 entrance.

Tuesday, 14th March Joseph & his Technicolour Dream Coat (Theatre on the Bay) Meet at the Clubhouse at 7pm. Tickets R150 & Transport R30

Thursday, 30th March Vredenheim Wildlife & Wine Estate Lunch at Barrique Restaurant & visit the lion and cheetah. Meet at the Clubhouse at 10:30am. Transport R30

Thursday, 20th April Mini Harbour Cruise & Lunch at the Waterfront

Meet at the Clubhouse at 10:30am. Transport R20 & Tickets R35

Sunday, 23rd April Last Night at the Proms (at the City Hall)

Meet at the Clubhouse at 4:15pm. Transport R20 & Tickets R290

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NEWS FROM THE SALES OFFICE

am delighted to report that in the first two weeks of February we concluded 2 resales, one in Palme d’Or and one in Palm Royale, as

well as 2 off plan sales in Palm Brook. This leaves Palm Brook with 37 apartments sold out of 52. Of the 15 unsold apartments we have 1 three bedroom, 11 two bedrooms and 3 one bedrooms left to sell. Palm Brook is growing fast as I am sure you have all witnessed. WBHO have reported that they are on schedule and about to cast the 5th floor of the 11 story building. Purchasers who have bought in this block look forward to taking occupation in early December of this year. We have listed new resale properties in the last two weeks and we now have 2 two bedroom apartments for sale in Palm Grove and 1 two bedroom apartment for sale in Palm Springs. A very large and spectacular one bedroom apartment is on the market in Palm Royale for a very discerning buyer. Plans are afoot to launch the 6th and final block in early May 2017. Our waiting list is long with many clients looking for the larger three bedroom apartments with views. Hopefully we will be able to satisfy as many as possible at the launch.

Our rental list has grown in the last few weeks. We have some lovely 2 and 3 bedroom units for letting. We have recently concluded a lease for a magnificent penthouse in Palm Royale. We have one undercover parking bay to rent in Palm Springs. Please let the sales office know if you are interested in renting another parking bay in this block. We would like to welcome the following new residents who have moved in recently:-

Mrs Sylvia Johnston is renting PG 201 Mr & Mrs Martinengo have moved into PS

609 Mr & Mrs Heigl have moved into PD 103 Mr & Mrs Adams have moved into PD G02

We wish you all many happy years in your new homes. Kind regards,

Cindy, Linda & Lorenda

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March Timetable

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1

10h00 Bible Group

2 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

3 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 14h00 Social & Handcraft

4 Restaurant Closed Coffee Bar open from 10h00 to 18h00

5 12h00 Formal Sunday Lunch

19h00 Opera DVD

6 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk

10h00 Art

7 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

19h00 Movie

8 10h00 Bible Group

9 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

10 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 14h00 Social & Handcraft

11 Restaurant Closed Coffee Bar open from 10h00 to 18h00

12 12h00 Formal Sunday Lunch

19h00 Movie

13 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 10h00 Art

14 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

10h00

Entertainm

Group

19h00 Movie

15 10h00 Bible Group

16 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

17 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 14h00 Social & Handcraft

18 Restaurant Closed Coffee Bar open from 10h00 to 18h00

19 12h00 Formal Sunday Lunch

19h00 Opera DVD

20 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 10H00 Art

21

PUBLIC

HOLIDAY

7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics 19h00 Movie

22 10h00 Bible Group

23 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

24 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 14h00 Social & Handcraft

25 Restaurant Closed Coffee Bar open from 10h00 to 18h00

26 12h00 Formal Sunday Lunch

19h00 Movie

27 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 10h00 Art

28 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics 19h00 Movie

29 10h00 Bible Group

30 7h00 Water Aerobics 8h00 Water Aerobics

31 9h00 Bus to Canal Walk 14h00 Social & Handcraft

PLEASE NOTE: The restaurant is always open to residents, except on Saturdays and Public Holidays,

although the timetable might show a private function.