{"id":3926,"date":"2025-01-23T08:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T08:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2025-01-23T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T08:02:23","slug":"retirement-village-resident-becoming-a-rugby-league-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/retirement-village-resident-becoming-a-rugby-league-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement village resident becoming a rugby league &#8220;intern&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3926\" class=\"elementor elementor-3926\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b56100 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b56100\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdad01a\" data-id=\"fdad01a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009dd31 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"009dd31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>B<strong>arry Eames is living proof that life can take on a new buzz in retirement living.<\/strong><\/p><p>The 85-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au\/qld\/brisbane-north\/ballycara-retirement-village-851\">BallyCara Retirement Village<\/a> resident has become a social media sensation since taking on the &#8220;new intern\u201d role at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dolphinsnrl.com.au\/\">Dolphins NRL<\/a> club, appearing in several videos, including one in which he announced the 2025 NRL Draw with NRL Ambassador Sam Tagataese.<\/p><p>Barry has also starred alongside winger Jack Bostock in a \u2018Bossy Cooks with BallyCara\u2019 cooking video, sampling the mixture and home baking along the way. The born performer made butterfly cakes with Bostock, showing the 21-year-old how to use old-fashioned cooking utensils such as a hand-beater, having plenty of fun in the process.<\/p><p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great fellow,\u201d Barry says.<\/p><p>Bostock is now one of Barry\u2019s favourite players alongside fellow winger Jamayne Isaako.<\/p><p>\u201cI just love watching them. We love to go to the games, and I\u2019ve been to Suncorp Stadium and watched a game,\u201d said the resident from the village in Scarborough a coastal suburb on the Redcliffe Peninsula in Moreton Bay.<\/p><p>BallyCara sponsors the Dolphins, and Barry had been to a couple of big open days before accepting the internship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0f955a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0f955a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6871577\" data-id=\"6871577\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9144e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9144e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3929\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture2.png 601w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture2-585x329.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b493d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b493d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc5e376\" data-id=\"fc5e376\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e01bfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e01bfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The former architect laughs when asked if he\u2019s still struggling to work out what he wants to do with his life, taking on an internship at the age of 85.<\/p><p>\u201cThere\u2019s always a resurrection of a new life,\u201d he told Moreton Daily.<\/p><p>Wife Frances agrees his second career suits him.<\/p><p>\u201cI think it\u2019s great for him. I said to him the other day, fancy at 85 doing all of this sort of thing,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>Good on you, Barry!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Eames is living proof that life can take on a new buzz in retirement living. 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