It\u2019s not every day you\u2019ll find a family willing to leave a city\u2019s top property precinct to live in a new developing suburb.<\/p>\n
For Aimee and Paul Wheate, and their three young kids, the move from Geelong\u2019s leafy Newtown to Villawood\u2019s flagship Armstrong Mount Duneed could hardly have been easier.<\/p>\n
Paul and Aimee wanted somewhere their kids, Eliana, Myles and Beatrix, could run and play safely and happily.<\/p>\n
They wanted somewhere close to community, somewhere they could get to the gym easily and somewhere with essential services close by.<\/p>\n
Armstrong ticked all the boxes, it was also significantly more affordable but the real clincher was something the Wheate\u2019s hadn\u2019t exactly banked on.<\/p>\n
It was only after they settled in at Armstrong that they realised what a game-changer Villawood was for them, actually a life-changer.<\/p>\n
Mr Wheate said the kids loved the parks and they\u2019re in them every chance they get.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the main park is so big, and they\u2019d be singing out \u2018Mum, Dad, watch this!<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were puffing and panting to keep up with them, we couldn\u2019t keep up with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, the two embarked on a structured regime of healthy eating and exercise which they said they couldn\u2019t have undertaken living in Newtown, time and distance constraints simply wouldn\u2019t have allowed them.<\/p>\n
But with tracks and parks at their doorstep, and a gym they could tagteam at equally close range, the regime was something they had sorted each morning before the kids even woke up.<\/p>\n
Fifteen months later the results are startling, Aimee\u2019s 38 kilograms lighter and Paul\u2019s 36 kilograms lighter.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re both buzzing with energy, vitality and not just keeping up with the kids but giving them a fair dinkum run for their money all around Mount Duneed.<\/p>\n
Much as the physical changes have re-energised them, they\u2019re just part of a matrix presented by Armstrong that\u2019s made life so much better socially, developmentally, workwise and mentally.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the kids come home, they\u2019re wet from sweating,\u201d explains Aimee, an interior designer who came to Armstrong by way of Ballarat and Sydney.<\/p>\n
\u201cMyles just wants to run and run and climb everything and Ellie wants to socialise and is all \u2018Hey look, I found some nice rocks, stick insects and so on.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter walks from home to get me a coffee at the caf\u00e9, she knows everyone by name, I couldn\u2019t do that anywhere else.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul runs five kilometres daily and I walk at the gym every morning and see all the regulars.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love the family room at Club Armstrong, we bring the family here, get a coffee and actually just sit, the kids are quite happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe upstairs function room is great; we\u2019ve had birthdays there and in the park.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s not every day you\u2019ll find a family willing to leave a city\u2019s top property precinct to live in a new developing suburb. For Aimee and Paul Wheate, and their three young kids, the move from Geelong\u2019s leafy Newtown to Villawood\u2019s flagship Armstrong Mount Duneed could hardly have been easier. Paul and Aimee wanted somewhere […]<\/p>\n