RFBI Moonbi
Masonic Retirement Village
52 Churchill Drive, Moonbi NSW 2353
Call 0456 758 768
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Independent, active living without home chores or cares
A move to RFBI Moonbi Masonic Retirement Village allows you to forget home maintenance, gardening, lawn mowing and the countless tasks that become increasingly burdensome so you can focus on the fun things in life.
Here, you will be able to enjoy a lifestyle as active as you please doing the things you love doing, and then relax and enjoy your surroundings on a beautiful site of over 50 acres.
Combining the best of country and city life
Your new home at RFBI Moonbi Retirement Masonic Village is nestled at the base of the Moonbi Range, just 20km north of Tamworth. Once part of Moonby Station, the village features a hobby farm with sheep and chickens, along with a historic Coach House that serves as the communal barbecue area.
At this village, you can not only relax and enjoy your peaceful surroundings, but also find plenty of activities to keep you engaged.
Facilities
Everything you need is right here
RFBI Moonbi Masonic Retirement Village offers 33 retirement living units on a beautiful site of over 50 acres. They comprise one 3-bedroom unit, twenty-six 2-bedroom and six 1-bedroom units. All have their own laundries, smoke detectors, personal verandahs and gardens; we take care of the maintenance and lawn mowing services for you. Lock-up garages are attached to 32 of the units.
You’re free to enjoy the communal barbeque area as well as a meeting hall used for crafts, recreation and functions. It is located in the historic Coach House.
Moonbi has a small flock of sheep and an alpaca grazing on our beautiful grounds. And food leftover from our residential care kitchen is not wasted, it’s fed to the chooks.
The village has a bus available for shopping trips twice weekly to nearby Kootingal, which has all the services you need. The bus is also available for village outings and excursions. The Kootingal Bowling Club is a popular destination for the Chinese restaurant, plus year round entertainment, including bingo and lawn bowls.
Please note that you will need to pay a departure fee when you leave this village.
Take a Tour| Year Opened | 1978 |
| Number of Units | 33 |
| 1 Bedroom Units | 6 |
| 2 Bedroom Units | 26 |
| 3 Bedroom Units | 1 |
| Garage | ✓ |
| Village Bus | ✓ |
| Fully maintained gardens | ✓ |
| Library & BBQ area | ✓ |
| Co-located at residential aged care centre | ✓ |
History
Robert Alfred Orville Gill built Moonby House for his family in 1895 on his 68,720 acre property, Moonby Station. He named his property ‘Moonby’ rather than the location name ‘Moonbi’, apparently to distinguish his holding from the surrounding area.
RFBI purchased the house in 1978 along with 54 acres of land. Originally called the Northern Inland Masonic Retirement Centre, it’s now known as RFBI Moonbi Masonic Village. Moonby House Nursing Home, as it was known, opened its doors in 1985 with 49 bedrooms. Grand Master Professor Roy Woodman LLM officially opened it the following year.
In 2005 refurbishments were undertaken to provide single rooms with shared facilities, reducing the capacity to 34 residents. The renovations were officially opened by Senator the Honourable Sandy McDonald, Deputy Leader of the Nationals.
In 1988, due to public demand, an additional 12 retirement units were created; these were opened by the Deputy State Manager for the Department of Community Services and Health, Mr Frank Hegerty.
Contact information
To find out more about RFBI Moonbi Masonic Retirement Village or to book a tour, please call our Retirement Living Village Coordinator, Tracey Howarth at 0456 758 768
You can visit the village at:
52 Churchill Drive, Moonbi, NSW 2353