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Setting a fine eggsample ERIC Pernoud, owner and patissier of Maison de Provence is bringing his handmade Easter treats to Cooroy, but he is definitely no bunny. Eric says there are no Easter Bunnies in France and he’d never heard of them until he moved abroad. “The only thing rabbits mean in France is Pate,” he says with a cheeky French grin. One of France’s main Easter treats is the chocolate bell, representing the church bells for the religious holiday, but they also have the familiar chickens and eggs. Starting with the finest of French chocolote, Valhrona and Cacao Barry, Eric moulds his Eggs into works of art, then fills them with assorted friture, which are tiny chocolate fish and shells. Eric is also baking up batches of hot cross buns, which are made of brioche with custard crosses. As soon as he puts his bunny ears away, Eric will be gearing up for the Food and Wine festival in May, where he will be going up against legendary Adriano Zumbo, from Masterchef in a high tea competition. Eric will be doing his old school revisited style, while Zumbo will be creating a modernised version. He will also be working as a team with Tim Phillips, reigning world champion cocktail maker in the cocktail matching dinner, to be held on the beach in front of Berardos.
Manifesto charts community’s directions for Noosa Council A WEEK after Noosa residents voted overwhelmingly to restore local council rule, a very clear picture is emerging of the values they want the new council to adopt and implement in pursuit of a reborn Noosa region that celebrates our pristine environment, lifestyle, strong community spirit and an expanded non-polluting economy. Strategic planning and marketing consultant, Allan Bonsall, today released a ‘community manifesto’ that summarises the feedback from four open-forum meetings attended by about 400 people in the leadup to the compulsory referendum in which more than 80 per cent of
Noosa voters opted to separate from the super Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Noosa will have its own council operating from 1 January 2014. Allan facilitated the meetings by asking attendees why they had chosen to live in the region, what had changed for better or worse under the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, and what they wanted the Noosa region to look like in 15 years. He undertook to collate and release the answers as a ‘manifesto’. Continued on Page 3
March 20, 2013
Not my fave THERE are so many signs about now, stating that bad behaviour won’t be tolerated. Every time I see one of these signs I know I’m in for either (a) a long wait; (b) a truck load of red tape paperwork to complete that no-one is really sure how to do or process correctly; (c) a front row seat to a bit of biffo. These signs are prevalent in government buildings, which perhaps explains it all. You have to wonder if they spent a little less money on signage and stationery and a little more on putting on more staff the problem could be solved. Anyone who’s spent time at Centrelink or the Department of Transport would have to agree that sometimes those signs seem like a challenge … Take a number Find your form (it’s usually at this point that you realise you don’t have enough proof of identity on you, or the last tax assessment notice that must be an original not a copy) Wait for 45 minutes Have your number called Find out you have the wrong form Start the process all over again Sit back down and read the sign again, that now seems now to be smirking. But it’s not just government offices, the private sector has taken taken note of our how our leaders are dealing with an imperfect system and embraced it. These signs have started cropping up at doctors offices and the orthodontist (maybe their patients have come straight from these government departments to have their injuries attended to). Have we turned into a nation of bullies - and if so, which side of the counter is the bully on? But at least most of these places try and calm us down by having a TV somewhere to lull us into obedient drones (albeit the sound is usually muted), and sometimes we can thumb through the odd magazine from 2001. I guess they are signs of our times. So there you have it ... signs, Centrelink and sufferance ... Needing a ‘no tolerance’ sign in your home when you’re on the phone to Telstra ... not my fave!
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