Coolum Waters Retirement Community

Coolum Waters Retirement Community

Noelene Cook

Noelene Cook, who resides at Coolum Waters Retirement Community handled the COVID-19 restrictions better than most.

“For more than 20 years I lived at Sydney’s Quarantine Station at North Head, which overlooked Sydney Harbour with my husband and family,” Noelene said.

“The site is now heritage listed and a tourist attraction, but for more than a century it regulated the risk of disease importation.

“Foreigners who arrived by ship and later by air, who might have an infectious disease or virus had to quarantine at the station until it was safe or them to be released.”

Noelene has called Sundale home for the past 11 years and said the Sunshine Coast reminds her of Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

“Coolum is a little bit quieter than Manly,” Noelene said.

“When I first moved to the Sunshine Coast, Coolum was a nice little village, however, it’s a bustling centre now.

“I love keeping busy and it’s one of the reasons I choose to live at Sundale, along with the sense of community.

“I play tennis at the Coolum Tennis Club at least twice a week, I line dance, swim when the weather is warm enough, enjoy the village’s exercise classes and walk for at least two hours each day.”