Our established community at The Village on the Downs is one of great friends and endless opportunities for lifestyle and community involvement.
Testimonials
“I love my new home at The Village on the Downs. It was important for me to stay within my community and to enhance my retirement years by being amongst an engaging neighbourhood. The Village on the Downs has enabled me to do this and more!”
Margaret Nolan
“Moving into The Village on the Downs is by far the best thing I have ever done! I have made so many wonderful friends and lead an active and fulfilling lifestyle that would put my children and grandchildren to shame!”
“I have never had so much fun in my life! Every day it just gets better. I should have moved in 5 years earlier!.”
Shirley Davis
Our Neighbourhood
The Village on the Downs is located only 3.5klms away from the Toowoomba Central Business District.
This gives residents the convenience of a well-established suburb, together with the advantage of having all of the necessary services close by:
- Drayton Bowls Club
- Variety of Churches
- Toowoomba City Golf Course
- Toowoomba City Library
- Middle Ridge RSL
The Village on the Downs is also serviced by a wide range of shopping centres including the Tower Shopping Centre on site as well as Grand Central and Clifford Gardens close by.
Likewise, a range of Toowoomba's finest hospitals and medical facilities including the Toowoomba Base Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital, St Andrew's Hospital and the Brodribb Aged Care Facility are nearby. In fact, Brodribb manage The Village on the Downs directly.
The Toowoomba City Bus stops at our doorstep to meet your needs and services a wide range of shopping centres including Grand Central, Clifford Gardens, Garden Town etc.
An Active Lifestyle
The Village on the Downs has been designed with your lifestyle in mind.
Residents can enjoy the peace and quite of the Village gardens or partake in our many activities on site.
We pride ourselves on the extensive facilities that are provided to our residents including:
The University of the 3rd Age (U3A), a non-profit organisation that provides programs of learning to people in the third age of their lives.
The main resident activities are Craft group, cards, pool, table tennis, music appreciation, share & prayer, meditation, indoor bowls, a large library of books and DVD's, with guest speakers on topics of interest.
The adjacent Tower Shopping Centre which has a Fruit Shop, Food Store, Bottle Shop, Newsagency, Chemist, Bakery and a Hair Salon is located on site
Our Landscape
Our Village landscape is one of our most outstanding features. Our landscaping philosophy is based on reflecting Toowoomba's garden city theme.
Large shady trees, lush planting and flowers all form part of our village environment.
A central landscape water feature nestled amongst gardens is one of our centrepieces, providing a place in which to gather, relax and enjoy.
Secure Lifestyle
The Village on the Downs offers a state-of-the-art security system linked to an internal telephone link for all residents. The system provides an intercom television link to all outside visitors.
It also provides telephone access to the Tower Shopping Village and Management.
Living at The Village on the Downs provides one of the most comprehensive security of any retirement village in the Darling Downs.
Other Security Features include:
- 24-hour monitored emergency call system
- Home security with security screens on windows and doors
- Predominately Cul-de-sac housing design to ensure community security with your neighbours
- Garden lights to paved walkways
- Security night street lighting
- Free internal calls to Management, for both the residents and the Tower Shopping Village
- Security camera surveillance
- A security gate with camera and intercom link
Pets
You are also free to have a small lap size pet.
63-65 Drayton Road, Harristown.
p: 07 4636 7777 f: 07 4636 7799
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