Blue Care (QLD) announces plans to build more Azure Blue branded co-located villages

Feb 02 2013 Updated July 4, 2023

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The Governor General, Quentin Bryce, has officially opened Blue Cares first premium village product branded Azure Blue at Redcliffe. The new Azure Blue branding is to separate it from the traditional blue care village and represents a prestige co-located village concept. Its second Azure Blue village is under construction and for sale at Carina.

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