Making friends after retirement: a 12-week village builder
Find most of your friends came through work? A gentle 12-week plan for making friends after retirement, with local ideas from Caloundra to Buderim.

Find most of your friends came through work? A gentle 12-week plan for making friends after retirement, with local ideas from Caloundra to Buderim.

A week of exercise for over 60s built around what you enjoy: what the Australian activity guidelines say, a tickable planner and Sunshine Coast ideas.

Not sure what you’ll do with your days once work stops? A quick tick-box hobby finder, six hobby families and simple first steps on the Sunshine Coast.

Thinking about a transition to retirement? See how a TTR pension works, the 4% to 10% drawdown rule, tax from 60 and the trade-offs to weigh up.

What the July to September 2026 quarter’s interest rate rise, inflation, higher super caps and new Age Pension and deeming rates may mean for your retirement planning, with figures as at 30 September 2026.