Alma Ronlund may have downsized her home maintenance since moving to a retirement village, but she has upsized her lifestyle.

The intrepid 85-year-old moved to Azure Blue Redcliffe last year, relocating from her family home of more than 27 years in Tewantin, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

While Mrs Ronlund moved to be closer to family and increase her social connections, she has also found her new home to be welcoming, easy to maintain, and enabling of her busy life.

“I’ve got a lot of living to do yet,” she said. “I’m flying over Antarctica in January, then doing the Indian-Pacific in August. I want to do a cruise after that. I’ve already done my hot air ballooning.

Not only is she loving the social aspect of her new home, but it has been designed to make her day-to-day living easier. Her two-bedroom unit is located on the ground floor, without stairs to worry about.