Sunrise Beach Village - Project Information, QLD

Sunrise Beach Village - Development update

Sunrise Beach Village is part of BlueCare's new integrated independent living retirement and residential aged care precinct. Keyton is developing and currently operating the retirement village on BlueCare's behalf.

Alongside construction, we've undertaken an extensive rehabilitation program at a nearby nature refuge. We're also proud to be supporting a range of community initiatives to help foster sustainability, connection and wellbeing for both the local area and our village residents.

Construction progress

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Sunrise Beach rehabilitation site hand planting she oak

Rehabilitation journey

Alongside BlueCare we’ve undertaken a $2m rehabilitation program to mitigate the effects of tree removal as part of the development. Rehab has a specific focus on she-oaks, the preferred feed trees of glossy black cockatoos.

We’ve converted three hectares of degraded land at nearby Girraween Nature Refuge into what will be protected, high-quality bushland. We’ve planted one thousand she-oaks and hundreds of other natives that will be proactively cared for into the future.

After two years the rehab site is showing incredible progress, with low weed presence, high plant survival rates and species diversity beyond all expectations. While still too young for birds to feed on, some she-oaks are already producing fruit! And new habitat is being provided for native fauna.

Check in with our ecologists and see how the site has taken on a life of its own in the video below.

Plant gifting

In partnership with BlueCare, we’ve been working with local bush care groups, schools, businesses, charities and community members to plant she-oaks and other natives in the local area. We've given away 7,000+ native plants since 2021 - and we’re not finished yet! Especially after getting these wonderful results from surveys of plant recipients:

🌱 100% thought the gifting was worthwhile.

🌱 Most felt the biodiversity value of the area had increased (92%) and the local ecosystem improved (85%).

🌱 Almost half had noticed more birdlife or other fauna in the planting area.

🌱 One third had a better appreciation of native plants.

The icons of Grasstree Ct

Grass trees from the site play an enduring role in the design of Sunrise Beach Village.

We salvaged around 400 which were translocated off site to be expertly cared for by our team.

Local tree relocation and management specialists were engaged to ensure the best possible outcome for the journeying grass trees. And they are outperforming standard survival rates exponentially!

By the end of landscaping works, hundreds will have returned to their new permanent homes at the village.

In the community

Supporting vital research

Keyton and BlueCare have provided $20,000 in much-needed funding to aid a vital Glossy Black Cockatoo research project at UniSC. Our donation will support the University’s work to better understand habitat usage dynamics and feed-tree ecology, and ultimately improve outcomes for this vulnerable species. The project aims to establish long-term monitoring protocols that provide reliable estimates of the population distribution, habitat and trends of Glossy Black Cockatoos in South-East Queensland.

Partnering Noosa Bookfest

Five people smiling surrounded by boxes of books

Clean Up Australia Day

During civil works, the project team joined forces with partners, BlueCare, and our contractors, Shadforth and Biodiverse Environmental, to take part in Clean Up Australia. The team donned their gloves and set to work cleaning up the Noosa National Park area alongside the Sunrise Beach Village site. Several bags of waste and recyclables were collected and removed from the natural environment. Among the day’s finds were an old sofa, shopping trolley and stereo!

Cooroy Community Gardens

Keyton partnered with Cooroy Community Gardens to help bring to life their vision for a herb spiral and sensory tea garden. Alongside donating plants and materials, our local team spent two days weeding, planting and installing stone to establish a unique space for sharing, learning and connection. Other community organisations we’ve been proud to lend a hand to include Sunshine Butterflies, Rotary Noosa Daybreak, and Tewantin Noosa Pony Club.