He's one of the primary minds that drove the creation of Maranatha Gunyah, an inter-generational care program that's the first of it's kind in the world.

"I never imagined it would be quite as nice as this," Mr Frost said.

"It started in 2009 when my dad was here as a resident, I saw the need, there was a lot of research and talking to different specialists and various applications for funding, it's just one of those things that has really taken off."

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Mr Frost, who served as Maranatha's vice chairman for much of the process, made the project a reality with the help of Griffith University's Professor Anneke Fitzgerald and Dr Katrina Radford but was quick to thank everyone who helped out to make it possible a long the way.

"The board jumped straight in and supported this the whole way through, it's been a dream come true and what we have to do now is keep that dream alive and moving forward," Mr Frost said.

The centre, which officially opened on Friday and unveiled two plaques, one commemorating the official opening and one christening an early learning room after Mr Frost, held it's first joint care classes between Maranatha's oldest residents and their new young students last November.

While the initial business case for the inter-generational centre proposed that there would be demand for around 30 children when it came time to throw open the doors, the numbers have already far surpassed expectations.

"At the moment our total enrolment is about 92, with over 15 babies, we're getting about 68 children per day, the rooms are all full and the babies have a waiting list that goes back about seven," Mr Frost said.

"It's incredible, I don't know what's in the water in Wellington lately, but I hope it keeps up."

Restrictions due to COVID-19 have made the planned interactions between elderly residents and the children few and far between, but Mr Frost and childcare director Dixie Robinson are eager to get things rolling again once they're able to, with the early success being overwhelming.

"It's actually worked out really great, it's been an amazing effort by everyone, it's really a bit mind-blowing how quickly everything came together and how quickly we got the kids in here," Ms Robinson said.

"We hit that 92 number this week, every week I'm surprised that we're getting more and more, it's phenomenal how well Wellington has received us, it's been really great."

The opening ceremony, started off with a Welcome to Country by Indigenous elder Patricia Joyce Stanley and Kerri-Anne Stanley, also featured speeches by federal MP for Calare Andrew Gee and former chairman John Trounce, who both thanked Mr Frost for his work.

"We are so lucky to have a man who saw the need and was prepared to push the cart for their dream," Mr Trounce said.

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