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Fundraiser for underprivileged kids - challenge accepted! ON the weekend of 19 July a team of students from Noosa District high School competed in the Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge, a fund raising event for underprivileged kids. “The team prepared for six months prior to the event and were anxious and excited about competing,” said teacher, trainer, mentor and motivator, Dean McMaster. The Challenge was done under the Duke of Edinburgh scheme which Dean co-ordinates at the school. The course consisted of 96km of very hilly terrain and a cut of time of 39 hours with all competitors required to complete the whole race together. Due to a bush fire in the first section of the course the course was changed at the last minute. Mr McMaster, who also competed in the challenge said, “If possible this made the course tougher as teams repeated the last more vertical half of the course twice and it also extended the course to over 100 km”. Jai Pouzet, Gabbie Hill, Brayden Fell and Beau Graham made up the competitors in the Noosa High team. The gun went off at 8.30am on Saturday and Team Noosa set a good pace early reaching the first check point and support crew some three hours and 18km later. “The support crew were an integral and important part of the team and their encouragement and resupply capabilities made it much easier for the racers,” said Mr McMaster. “Teacher aid Daren Styles was excellent and remained up beat and positive throughout the event. Students Megan Staples and Robin Bishop also made up part of the support crew and they stayed alert and supportive all night. “The course was exceptionally rough and hilly and took its toll on many with high withdrawal rates. Continued on Page 3
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Painting by Lew Brennan to be auctioned Page 20
Sport Page 30-31
Local Real Estate Pages 14-15
Pomona ............. 14-15 Real Estate............ .......14-15 Classifieds 18 Dining Feature .......... 19,21,22 Xmas ... 19-21
Noosa’s kerbside clean-up a huge success A REPORT on Noosa’s recent kerbside bulk waste collection shows the popular service was a huge success, but there are lessons to be learned about how it might be done better next time. Among the issues to be tackled in the future are those of people dumping mattresses, tyres and other prohibited material on the kerbside, people dumping useful items like working white goods instead of delivering them to notfor-profit groups, and residents from the neighbouring Sunshine Coast Council area dumping their unwanted goods on Noosa streets. The report by Noosa Council’s Waste Coordinator - Doug Barnes - says 9,723 properties took part in the clean-up, that’s two out of every five properties in the Noosa Shire. Ten trucks and forklifts were involved, operated by 19 Cleanaway staff
July 30, 2014
who collected 1500 tonnes of material, nearly three times as much as the last collection in 2009. 315 tonnes of that was metal sold to recyclers for $59,000, money returned to the Council and contractor. The kerbside bulk rubbish collection became a rallying cry for Free Noosa supporters, an example of what had been lost when our Council was amalgamated. Now the service is back, apparently to stay, but with some issues to ponder for the future. Many people ignored warnings about dumping prohibited material such as asbestos, batteries, tyres and mattresses, and the culprits often left them in front of other people’s homes. Continued on Page 3
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