Disability Life Enrichment

Disability Life Enrichment, through the Catalina Lakeside Retreat, is looking to make a difference in the lives of those with a disability and their carers. In providing a venue which is friendly, on the shores of picturesque Lake Macquarie, with surrounding parks and walkways, our aim is to provide an experience which is refreshing and unique.

We aim to enrich the lives of people with disabilities, by acting to relieve their suffering, both emotional and physical, their distress and feeling of helplessness that results from social isolation; by providing opportunities for group interaction, we aim to assist them to build a sense of community and thereby enhance their well-being, and thereby integrating with the wider community.

David and Heather Hagen share a passion to help people with a disability to enjoy a better quality of life. This is part of the greater vision that has led them to make a contribution wherever possible, to improve the lot of people less fortunate.

You can also help make a difference in the life of someone with a disability. Thanks to the support of our corporate, church, school, and community clients, we are able to support Disability Life Enrichment in providing outreach to groups with special needs.

Searching for large group Accommodation at a peaceful lakefront retreat?

Look no further.

CATALINA LAKEFRONT RETREAT at Rathmines, on beautiful Lake Macquarie near Newcastle, in the Hunter region, is the ideal venue for social functions or business conferences.  Spacious meeting rooms and a lake-front dining room together with a commercial kitchen for self-catering are provided for your enjoyment.

If you are looking to reconnect, regenerate, rekindle, renew, rebuild or realign, our aim is to provide a refreshing and unique experience for our guests at this peaceful lakeside facility.

You can also help make a difference in the life of someone with a disability. Thanks to the support of our corporate, church, school, and community clients, we are able to support Disability Life Enrichment in providing outreach to groups with special needs.

Catalina Lakefront Retreat is the ideal location for your next conference, function, or event. With a large conference room, smaller private meeting rooms, a large dining area, spacious grounds, and accommodation solutions it covers all of the bases, perfectly suited for:

IT ALL BEGAN in 2012 - when we observed that there were not too many places where friends and family could come together in a relaxing atmosphere.

Finding this spacious, single-level facility surrounded by parkland offered a unique opportunity to create a comfortable and homely place where our guests, regardless of their dependence on wheelchairs, walkers or seeing-eyes, would enjoy their stay and want to come back often.

Gradually the WWII RAAF Base Hospital at Rathmines was transformed into a comfortable and inviting facility, by an enthusiastic team of tradespeople and helpers who have taken a good deal of pride in producing a great outcome.