COOROY

4563 COOROY

See: Noosa Botanic Gardens & Lake MacDonald

Lake MacDonald Dr Lake MacDonald

Art: Butter Factory Arts Centre

11A Maple St Cooroy

History: Cooroy Mill Site

5 Maple St Cooroy

The Heart of Noosa Hinterland, Cooroy is a charming country town with a big heart and a lot to do and see.

Offering a diversity of experiences including heritage, nature, arts, sports, shopping and a great selection of cafes, restaurants and accomodation options, this town makes a great base to explore the region further.

Known for its country hospitality, it is host to several events throughout the year that attract tourists and locals alike.

For nature lovers, Cooroy is home to several of the Noosa Trail networks, the Noosa Botanic Gardens and Lake Macdonald.

The town is saturated in cultural and heritage experiences with community artworks incorporated throughout the streets, art exhibitions and workshops at the Butter Factory Arts Centre and the Cooroy Mill Site with its interesting heritage buildings from the milling era and woodworking clubs.

The Art Hub runs exhibitions showcasing Artists’ works of art on a 4 weekly rotational basis. Artist’s expression of interest to showcase at the Art & Sculpture Gallery are most welcomed.

For all the information about this great Noosa Outback town visit their free community website at Cooroy.online

Face Painting by Andra Budaie.

Amazing Art at Australian Body Art Festival

On 9 to 11 April, Cooroy hosted one of the most unique and interesting community festivals you could hope to find – the Australian Body Art Festival.

Noosa Outback was the major event sponsor and we couldn’t have been more impressed with the amazing art on display.

The entire weekend was a joyous celebration of all types of art forms and while it was a scaled back event compared to previous years, it still held all the magic and wonder that this festival has become known for. Some of Australia’s best body artists, face painters, visual artists and wearable art designers created and paraded their masterpieces across seven competition categories including two new categories – UV painting and Surfboard Art, both of which were amazing additions to the program.

As well as the competitions, this super charged art show had fantastic music on stage, rock painting workshops, sculptural art installations and market and food stalls throughout the festival site.

The orange army of volunteers did an amazing job and pulled together a fantastic weekend for everyone. While the event was smaller than previous years due to covid restrictions, it still provided a fabulous showcase of art and the feedback from attendees has been glowing.

“We were so happy to be able to hold the event after last year’s cancellation. All the hard work was definitely worth it and everyone had a great weekend and it all worked out better than we could have hoped for. There were smiles all around and there were a few new additions to the festival that were big hits! It was a huge effort, and it couldn’t have happened without all the volunteers, artists, models, sponsors and funding partners. We are looking forward to next year when hopefully we can get back to more normality and see an even bigger and better event,” said event manager, Danielle Taylor.

The theme of Time Travel drew a wide range of interpretations across all competition categories and some truly incredible art emerged. There were winners galore with seven different art competition and grins galore as just over 4000 spectators enjoyed all that was on show!

“The artists were under pressure to create their masterpieces within the defined time limits of the competitions, yet all had smiles on their faces and said they really enjoyed themselves,” Danielle said.

Face painting by Ayesha Henderson.

COOROY SUPA IGA UV PAINTING Winner: Nadia Vanek

Runner Up: Fran Catford People’s Choice: Andra Budaie Best Model: Keith Motes

XO ART CO BRUSH & SPONGE Winner & People’s Choice: Ayesha Henderson Runner Up: Khatti Von Leigh Best Model: Miriam Tschirren

Special effects by Fran Catford.

COUNTRYSIDE REALTY NOOSA WEARABLE ART (fabulous fashion made from recycled treasures) Winner: Lorien Dalcastello

Runner Up: Teddy McRitchie People’s Choice: Larissa Salton Best Model: Sharla Rae

NOOSA OUTBACK SURFBOARD ART Winner & People’s Choice: Billie Baxter Runner Up: Kassy Abriole

UV painting by Nadia Vanek.

EUMUNDI & DISTRICT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AIRBRUSH Winner & People’s Choice: Fran Catford Runner Up: Stephanie Sargeantson Best Model: Laura Miller

SPV ACCOUNTING SPECIAL EFFECTS Winner and People’s Choice: Fran Catford Runner Up: Nadia Vanek Best Model: Jess Yates

FACE PAINT SHOP AUSTRALIA FACE PAINTING Winner & People’s Choice: Mason Whitton Runner Up: Ayesha Henderson Best Model: Miriam Tschirren

If you don’t want to miss the fun next year, make sure you register for our newsletters on the website www.australianbodyart.com.au or follow us on Facebook and Instagram @AustralianBodyArtFestival for more information and photos.

There is also a podcast online with artist interviews at www.anchor.fm/australianbodyartfestival.

UV painting by Andra Budaie.

Spectators embracing this year's theme. The Australian Body Art Festival is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland’s Destination Events Program. It is also made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.

This festival is a not for profit Cooroy Chamber of Commerce event and also funded through generous support of: Noosa Outback, Eumundi & District Historical Association, Tourism Noosa, Hot 91.1FM, Wythes Real Estate, Noosa Council, Face Paint Shop Australia, XO Art Co, Cooroy RSL, OCD, Cooroy Supa IGA, SPV Accounting, Countryside Realty, Sunny Coast Accountants, Gelignite Jacks, Firefly Solutions, The Looney Bin, Matt Blak, Noosa Springs, Surf Air Beach Motel, Tewantin Noosa RSL, Not Just Another Salon and Derivan.