The new Adelaide suburb of Seaford Rise was selected as the site for our first Australian Village. Seaford Rise was considered to be the ideal environment for our children. The 13 allotments all adjoin and are clustered around a cul de sac which includes a delightful small park, which provides a natural playground and gathering point for the children and village social activities.

The village is on a gentle slope, which overlooks the ocean and arguably one of Australia’s finest beaches, Moana. The beach is some 2 kilometres in length and is somewhat rare in that family cars can be driven onto the beach from a ramp leading off the esplanade. As the beach is only a short distance from the village it is a favourite spot for the children, either for swimming or fishing. Because of the modern planning of the suburb, special provision has been made for safe off street bicycle trails and community and sports facilities. The Seaford Rise primary school is just a short walk from the village and a new high school also is within easy reach. SOS mothers enjoy the services of a large new modern shopping centre.

The new family homes were specifically designed to blend in with surrounding homes. There are no signs, or any other indicators that this is a SOS village. Indeed, first-time visitors have difficulty in recognising our homes as anything different to other homes in the neighbourhood, and for the sake of the children this is exactly how we want it to be. In every way, we strive to make the children's lives and homes as normal as possible. A new suburb was considered to be the ideal environment for the children because they could be part of its early establishment and could assimilate into new schools, sporting clubs, churches and community groups. This has proven to be a wise choice and the village has been accepted as an integral part of the new community.

Seaford Rise is within easy reach of all of the tourist attractions of the Fleurier Peninsular – and in particular a holiday farm which is the location of the village annual camp where all the village families participate in the activities of a working farm.