Every month, same tee time, same mates, same terrible hook on the 1st hole and OB. Club Banora has become my ritual, driving over from Kingscliff. Standing on the tee, looking back toward home, I often think about how golf brought me closer to Banora Point than just business ever could. But the business connection? That started way earlier, with one brave florist who said yes before we even knew what we were doing.
It's still, even after so long, a little weird driving into the carpark though, as during COVID it was a major testing location...did that really happen?
Picture our Kingscliff flower shop in 2008. Phone ringing off the hook, baby crawling around the floor, us trying to figure out this whole flower thing. We kept getting calls for Banora Point deliveries. Made sense - just down the road, other side of Tweed Heads, thousands of retirees, and growing fast.
I remember calling Banora Point Flower Shop, nervous as anything. "Hi, we're Kingscliff Flower Shop, we keep getting orders for your area, would you be interested in partnering with us?" No websites to show them, no proven track record, just an idea and enthusiasm. They said yes immediately. Not "let me think about it." Not "send me more information." Just yes.
They became one of our foundational partners together with the Flower Shed in Murwillumbah, before Lily's Florist was even born. When everyone else needed convincing, they got it. Sixteen years later, we're still sending orders their way, they're still delivering with the same commitment. Some business relationships are just meant to be.
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Here's something slightly embarrassing but totally true. We live in Kingscliff but shop at Banora Point Woolworths weekly. It's bigger, better laid out, better stocked. Don't tell our Kingscliff neighbours. But this regular crossing means we know Banora Point like locals. The new developments off Leisure Drive, the established areas near the golf course, the annoying roadworks of late.
Being there weekly - for golf, shopping, sometimes both - means we understand the vibe. Thursday pension day busy, Saturday morning golf crowd, Sunday family visits to the retirement villages. Our partner florists aren't serving some abstract delivery zone. They're serving a community we're actively part of.
When you order flowers for Banora Point, we probably drove past your street this week. Maybe parked near your house at Woolworths. Definitely cursed the roundabout near Centro at least once. This isn't just local knowledge, it's lived experience by my family and I, including the kids who went to school closeby for a few years.
You order online or call us. The system checks which Banora Point partner has the best flowers for your order. If you want 6 pink roses delivered to Leisure Drive but one florist only has 6 red ones, it routes to another. All automatic, all seamless and super efficient.
The Queensland-NSW border thing? Non-issue. Our partners handle both sides daily. Banora Point postcode 2486, Tweed Heads 2485, Tweed Heads South 2486 - they know the maze. They know Greenway Drive connects everything, that Philp Parade gets confusing, that Google Maps sometimes sends you to Queensland by mistake, unlike Waze.
Order before 2PM weekdays? Same-day delivery. Your flowers are made fresh in a real Banora Point florist shop by someone who probably shops at the same Woolworths, maybe plays golf at the same club, definitely knows exactly where everything is.
Club Banora hosts everything. Golf presentations need trophy flowers. The bowling club has celebrations weekly. Unfortunately, the function room hosts wakes too - our florists handle those with extra care. I've been to a few events there myself, seen our flowers on display, felt quietly proud.
The retirement villages are massive in Banora Point. New residents arriving from Sydney, Brisbane, everywhere. "Welcome to your new home" bouquets,"happy 80th" arrangements, "thinking of you" during that first lonely month. The density of over-55s communities means constant flower needs.
Cross-border family dynamics create unique patterns. Queensland grandkids sending to NSW grandparents. Tweed Hospital deliveries that technically aren't Banora Point but our partners handle anyway. Birthday flowers crossing state lines like they're nothing.
Mother's Day is absolutely mental. Every retirement village room, every established family home, everyone wants flowers. Valentine's Day sees lots of "golf widow" apology bouquets (guilty as charged). Christmas brings family reunion arrangements.
We've got over 21,000 reviews nationally through Feefo, completely independent, can't fake them, can't delete the bad ones. Sixteen years of partnership with that original brave florist. Monthly golf games where we'd hear if service was slipping. Weekly shopping trips where we'd notice if our florists weren't thriving.
The Feefo Trusted Service Award we earned? That required 50 four-star reviews minimum. We got 3,100+ that year, over 60 times the requirement. Those reviews come from everywhere - Ballina, Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Casuarina - but the standard is the same. Banora Point gets the same service that earned those stars.
We deliver everywhere in Banora Point. Leisure Drive with its newer developments, Pacific Parade near the water, Philp Parade's established homes, everywhere around Club Banora. The Centro shopping complex, retirement villages, aged care facilities, the works.
Our partner florists know the border confusion spots - where Banora becomes Tweed Heads South, where addresses get weird. They know which retirement villages need reception notification, which ones allow weekend deliveries, which ones have locked gates needing codes.
They handle the rural edges too - Terranora, Bilambil Heights, even parts of Tweed Heads West when it makes sense. They know Friday afternoon traffic is horrible, that Greenway Drive is the secret to everything, that delivery instructions saying "near the golf course" could mean three different areas.
That foundational partner from 2008? They took a chance on us before we proved anything. Now, every monthly golf game, every weekly shop, we're reminded that Banora Point isn't just a delivery zone. It's where our business found its early courage.
We're still that nervous couple from Kingscliff making phone calls to florists. Still the family choosing Banora Woolworths over our local one. Still hooking that same ball on the 1st hole. But now we're also part of Banora Point's flower story, sixteen years and counting.
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