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Mildura Retirement Villages

The facilities are vast and varied within our Mildura retirement village – we aim to have something here for everyone.

The village is fully landscaped, with the inclusion of flowering trees lining the driveways and community flowerbeds allowing residents to maintain their active lifestyle and share in the visual feast of their labour with other residents.

There is also a lockable caravan and boat parking area along with the Men’s Shed – for residents to continue their interests and passion in wood and metal work.

Located in the heart of Mildura, access to all types of services, shopping and transport are within easy reach.
The Village is a secure site, with nightly security patrols and automatic lockable gates after a certain time at night to ensure only those who have a right to be there, including all emergency services, can gain vehicular entry. This allows you to enjoy life knowing you are safe and secure, with our emergency services always available if needed.
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Our community centre

The centre is available for resident’s leisure and activities including a library with an extensive book collection, billiard room, lounge and bar area for social gatherings, the “Ozone” cinema with big screen and state of the art recliners, fitness centre, hair salon, auditorium, and a meeting room.

Along with many social activities organised by the Resident’s Social Committee, visitors and new residents at our Mildura aged care facility are always welcome.

Our Village Coordinator also produces an extensive monthly newsletter full of information and a calendar of all the regular activities and times available.
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Facilities map

The below map shows where you can find everything in our Village.
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Your lifestyle

With our community mindset, we fully support your choices. We provide a socially safe and supportive environment that facilitates interaction with others, when desired or not, the choice is yours.

At Princes Court Village, we recognise and respect that your lifestyle – the way you choose to live and enjoy your life – is personal. Everyone has their own interests, abilities, and social preferences.

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Living and Rec Rooms

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Extensive Library

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Beautiful Gardens

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Community Dining

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Activities & interests

Social events

News about upcoming social events is communicated on notice boards and through the newsletter that is delivered to your post boxes. We do encourage residents to be active within the Mildura community and participate in the many community events.

There is a social committee that meets monthly and suggests new ideas and activities. We encourage our Mildura retirement village residents to be involved and many assist in organising the different events.

Activities:
  • Friday night happy hour each week
  • Monthly catered meal with different themes identified by the street that has nominated for the night.
  • Christmas in July
  • Christmas party
  • Australia Day
  • BBQ each month
  • Welcome morning teas
  • Movies in the cinema every two weeks.

Group outings are arranged and Princes Court has a small bus that can transport residents according to interest.

Activities

Retirement village residents are offered opportunities to a full schedule of activities such as:

  • Tai Chi and exercise classes each week
  • Table tennis is played each week.
  • Lawn bowls

We encourage those residents with a passion for gardening to continue to do so, with our gardening staff always welcoming any assistance offered.

Resources available for use with physical fitness include table tennis, bats balls, indoor bowls, skittles, shuffleboard, and an assortment of other games and equipment available for everyone’s leisure. 

Walking to and from areas within our lovely gardens in the fresh air is a key component of everyday life at Princes Court Village.

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Community connections

Sunraysia Carers Association and Chances for Children are among the community groups that use Princes Court Village.

There are numerous opportunities to become involved with these groups and participate in the various activities offered at the community centre.

We also hold regular in-house raffles to raise funds to support a broader range of lifestyle options for our Mildura aged care residents.

Intellectual experiences

Residents meet at the community centre to play card games and scrabble. If there are other activities that new residents would like to introduce there are often others that will be interested. We have two computers available for our Mildura retirement village residents to access anytime.  

Newspapers

Residents can place an order and have their newspapers and magazines delivered to their door. Every day, the community centre provides a copy of the Sunraysia Daily and the Mildura Weekly. Mildura Living Magazine, aged care papers, and other literature are available for residents to pick up at the community centre.

Library

The Village has a well-stocked library that is well used by many residents and is meticulously organised by a very diligent resident.

One of our residents volunteers with MRCC and will begin delivering books to the public from the library today. Some of our residents also listen to recorded books that they can borrow from the library online and listen to on their phones or iPads.

History of the Village

The original site was part of the land set aside for the old Mildura Base Hospital in 1891 on 2.5 acres of land offered by Mr George Chaffey, The original hospital was located at the entrance to the Village from Thirteenth Street and was officially opened in March 1892.

The old Mildura Base Hospital closed on the 18th September 2000 when patients were moved to a new privately-owned facility in Ontario Avenue.

Following a community consultation process, Princes Court Homes Inc. was offered the opportunity to purchase part of the hospital site. The Board of Management had long held the view that it saw advantages in creating an independent living environment and to have a large expanse of land adjacent to the existing Mildura aged care facility was a chance too good to miss. Three parcels of land were acquired and in 2004 demolition of the buildings unsuitable for future use commenced. Buildings that formerly occupied the site were;

  • Stage 1: Accident and Emergency, Radiography, CT Scan, Pharmacy, Pathology, Stores, Administration (the original hospital) and Mortuary.
  • Stage 2: Car Park, Oxygen storage, Boiler House.
  • Stage 3: Workshop, Fisher House
  • Stage 4: Rachel Wilson House, C.E. Neville Audiology Unit
  • Stage 5: Russell House

The demolition contractor recycled almost all of the building materials.

The one building that survived was the Max Mounsey Allied Health Centre and it was transformed into our Village Community Centre.

Most of the internal walls and fittings were removed and the interior as you see it now, designed and constructed to make this one of the best retirement village community centres in regional Victoria. The building has been fitted with a fire sprinkler system and the emergency pump-house and water tanks, initially provided to service the whole of the former hospital requirements, now ensures that our community centre and fire hydrant services throughout the village and the homes have the appropriate water pressure required by authorities.