The official launch of a $42 million retirement village expansion has included a touch of nostalgia.
The 69-unit extension to Sundale’s Palmwoods Garden Village has started in earnest, with the moment marked by Keith McKinnon, who was Sundale’s original builder who constructed Nicklin Lodge at Nambour in 1963.
The 92-year-old, who lives at the village, placed a gold coin in the formwork of the expansion.
When Sundale’s first bricks were laid 60 years ago, Apex president Dr Alan Raine placed a gold sovereign under a brick as a symbol of the rich and rewarding opportunities available to residents.