Colour spritzed around for Seniors Week
Published on 17 March 2026
Community members young and old came together last week to celebrate Seniors Week, with games of bowling and a colour run through Hennesy Tape Oval.
Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee said the Seniors Week event, delivered jointly by Nambucca Valley Council and Becoming U, was inclusive, fun, and fostered connections.
“It was heart-warming to see members from the volunteer Nambucca Valley Youth Council show initiative by baking goods and selling cakes at the recent Open Streets festival to raise money to support last week’s event,” he said.
“This inter-generational activity was attended by about 30 residential aged care home residents and 30 students from Macksville and Nambucca Heads high schools.
“The students helped the elderly residents with bowling, playing games and they delivered morning tea and lunch.
“This event brought together people of all ages, fostering appreciation and respect.”
The residents who attended last week’s Seniors Week celebration were from residential aged care homes across the valley, Respect’s Autumn Lodge in Macksville, and Uniting Pacifica in Nambucca Heads.
Autumn Lodge General Manager Joanne Parry said this event personified what living in a close-knit community is all about.
"Days like this are what community is all about,” she said.
“Watching Wayne, for example, and our other residents alongside the children, laughing, getting covered in colour and just being in the moment, was something special to witness.
“Intergenerational events like this matter so much. They bring together generations in a way that can't be replicated. We're grateful to everyone who made this happen, including our special social care staff who made sure our residents were not just spectators. They were right in the thick of it.”
Delivering the Seniors Week event on 12 March helped to achieve Community Priority number 3 in the Nambucca Valley Community Strategic Plan 2035, to respect, connect and support all communities (page 22). It was held at Bowra Sports Club, in Coronation Street, Bowraville, from 9.30am to midday.