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I’M YOURS, TAKE ME! ISSUE 31 | Autumn 2022

CONNECTING COMMUNITY THROUGH STORYTELLING

IN NOOSA MAGAZINE | ISSUE 31 Autumn 2022

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REACH NEW WHEIGHTS hile the cooler weather normally has me hiding under the blankets or by an open fire with a glass of red in hand, there is way too much happening to hibernate!

Noosa is literally coming ALIVE with the return of the ten-day Noosa Alive arts and culture festival (see page 14) - and we’re planning our own takeover of this event with a special Sunset Sip n’ Paint Soirée (pg 18)!

Horizon Festival is also back with an amazing line up of world-class acts in stunning environments (pg 20); the very best in Classic Cars will come to Hastings Street (pg 26); the Melbourne Cup is coming to Noosa - yes, literally - thanks to a local charity (pg 12); and the Sunshine Coast Business Awards returns to celebrate the INspiring businesses IN Noosa (pg 22)!

Closer to home, we will be busy with three exciting author events (pg 30); a lovely evening to celebrate a local business (pg 120); and Whisky Boy will fire up for a special IN Noosa wine lunch (pg 46). So, get your layers on and get amongst it!

We are more than a magazine so let’s keep in touch: like and follow us on social media, sign up for our free e-newsletter, listen to our Everyone has a Story podcast; and we hope to see you at one of our upcoming events!

DEB CARUSO

PAUL BIRD

JOHN CARUSO

Deb has almost 30 years’ experience providing strategic communications and brand reputation advice to clients in the government, business and not-for-profit sectors. She started IN Publishing to connect the community through storytelling and is passionate about working with small businesses in the region. She loves hanging out with her boys John and Maximus.

Paul is the Publisher and co-Director of IN Publishing.

He has enjoyed a successful career spanning almost 40 years working in media and corporate communications industries and more recently in the profit-forpurpose charity and business sector as an Independent Director and Corporate Advisor.

After 30 years in radio, John now runs the Everyone Has a Story podcast and in between being our writer, sanity checker, accounts manager and event MC; he spends time with his first love, recording a daily Drive program for regional radio and raising his son Maximus.

ALI SMITH

SHONA SMITH

EDWINA CATTANACH

Ali is our go-to girl when it comes to design, deadlines and digital.

An experienced graphic designer with nearly 20 years’ experience in advertising, magazines and publishing, she brings creativity and efficiency to the team. When she’s not at her computer, you can find her on the water with her husband and three kids.

From her early days working in the art room of major publications back in the 1980s, Shona has enjoyed a long career in media.

When she’s not creating the stunning pages and supporting clients of IN Noosa Magazine and Hello Sunshine Magazine, you’ll find Shona relaxing with her family at the beach.

Edwina has more than 20 years’ experience working in media, marketing, communications, event management and stakeholder engagement.

She loves working with local businesses and looking for collaborative ideas that will help them to achieve even greater things.

CARLIE WACKER

SARAH VERCOE

ELLIE CAPURSO

WRITER & PHOTOGRAPHER

DESIGN

Carlie Wacker is a presenter, MC freelance fashion writer and stylist. She is our Fashion Editor for Hello Sunshine Magazine and keeps busy managing our social media pages, not to mention churning out stories regularly.

She recently launched her own range of World of Wacker handmade polymer clay earrings.

Sarah is a writer and National Geographic award-winning photographer. Since entering the world of publishing close to a decade ago she’s penned features for some of Australia’s best-known titles. A long-time local, when she’s not whipping up words she can be found hiking the trails of the Sunshine Coast with her family.

Ellie is passionate about visual design and creating a career that is both dynamic and fun.

After completing an Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design in 2020, she is thrilled to join the creative and clever crew at IN Noosa Magazine and Hello Sunshine Magazine and work locally in the place where she was born.

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hat a start to the year!

It’s been bonkers right?

I can’t think of any other word to describe it. Rampant COVID cases, staff shortages, RATs and then to top it all off, floods! And let’s not mention the war.

THE TEAM

DEB CARUSO

PAUL BIRD

JOHN CARUSO

Deb has almost 30 years’ experience providing strategic communications and brand reputation advice to clients in the government, business and not-for-profit sectors. She started IN Publishing to connect the community through storytelling and is passionate about working with local businesses and hanging out with her boys John and Maximus.

Paul is the Publisher and co-Director of IN Publishing.

He has enjoyed a successful career spanning almost 40 years working in media and corporate communications industries and more recently in the profit-forpurpose charity and business sector as an Independent Director and Corporate Advisor.

After 30 years in radio, John now runs the Everyone Has a Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa podcast and in between being our writer, sanity checker and event MC; he spends time with his first love, recording a daily Drive program for regional radio while also raising his son Maximus.

ALI SMITH

SHONA SMITH

CARLIE WACKER

Ali is our go-to girl when it comes to design, deadlines and digital.

An experienced graphic designer with nearly 20 years’ experience in advertising, magazines and publishing, she brings creativity and efficiency to the team. When she’s not at her computer, you can find her on the water with her husband and three kids.

From her early days working in the art room of major publications back in the 1980s, Shona has enjoyed a long career in media.

When she’s not creating the stunning pages and supporting clients of IN Noosa Magazine and Hello Sunshine Magazine, you’ll find Shona relaxing with her family at the beach.

Carlie Wacker is a presenter, MC freelance fashion writer and stylist. She is our Editor and Fashion Editor for Hello Sunshine Magazine and keeps busy managing our social media pages, not to mention churning out stories regularly. She has her own range of World of Wacker handmade polymer clay earrings.

GEORGIA BEARD

RACHEL CLEARY

MATT GOLINSKI

Georgia is a feature writer and storyteller exploring the triumphs and concerns of everyday people.

With a Bachelor of Creative Writing and Publishing and a Minor in Journalism under her belt, she’s passionate about giving a voice to local communities. When she’s not out in the real world, she’s lost in a novel or writing one of her own.

As an award-winning travel consultant with a background in executive roles in recruitment and sales and marketing at resorts such as Thredbo, Hamilton Island and Sheraton Noosa; Rachel has hit the ground running to support our team and clients. Now that flights are taking off again, she will be too as her travel business ramps up thank you Rachel!

A highly regarded chef with a passion for simple, producedriven cuisine based on seasonal, fresh local ingredients.

Matt is an active member of the Slow Food movement, a champion of artisan producers and a generous mentor to keen young chefs. When he’s not cooking up stories for IN Noosa you’ll find him at View by Matt Golinski at Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas or at food festivals.

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One again our community spirit shines through and confidence is high in this beautiful place we call home.

With exciting new businesses opening, inspiring people and great ideas for fashion and home, we’ll have you looking and feeling your best.

It’s great to see the return of Noosa Festival of Surfing starting off what we hope will be a year full of events, rather than an eventful year!

Our first wine lunch at Herbert was a sell-out success and we’re looking forward to burgers and beers at Ze Pickle, taking our tastebuds to the Sicilian region of Mt Etna at Lucio’s and a special Women & Wine event at Alba as part of Anywhere Festival.

Easter is around the corner with eggciting things planned on Hastings Street and at Noosa Civic and Matt Golinski gets into the spirit with delicious recipes using eggs (not the chocolate ones!). Congrats to Matt and Erin on the safe arrival of baby Tilly!

Check out our INteresting new chats on our Everyone has a Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa podcast and enjoy autumn!

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LESLEY CLOUGH

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Presenter, model, public speaker and accidental reality TV star, Lesley is a multi-talented and self-confessed modern-day renaissance woman. She brings a passion for local labels paired perfectly with a focus on the body positive movement and relishes the role of showcasing fabulous fashion with style and energy.

You may have seen Lesley on your screen from her time in the kitchen on MKR.

Geoff has spent his working life as a pharmacist and these days calls Noosa home. He played tennis competitively for 40 years and while his wife Rachel runs Lovely Things Gift Shop in Noosa, Geoff has opted to be our ‘man on the streets’ taking over delivery and distribution of the magazines.

He’s keen to meet you and to get to know you if you’re a business owner or operator who has one of our magazine stands.

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CONTRIBUTORS HELEN FLANAGAN

ERIN YARWOOD

TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE

Noosa’s sophisticated charm, vibrant food culture and the magnetism of a subtropical paradise surrounded by national parks, inveigled Helen’s manic world and flipped it on its side. She pursues the good life with gusto, instinctively understanding the joys of travel, the art of story-telling, a candid review and surviving another reno whilst thriving on the motto: Live Laugh Love!

JENNIFER SWAINE

BUSINESS

MICHAEL BRENNAN

A born storyteller and connector of people, Jennifer works with a number of SMEs looking after their branding, marketing strategy, communications, PR and events. As Chair of the Sunshine Coast Business Awards, Vice President of the Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance and a Non-Executive Director of Visit Sunshine Coast, Jennifer proactively engages with local businesses on a daily basis.

TONY COX

ART

The Director of Noosa Regional Gallery has been described as an ‘accidental curator’ as a prize-winning painter and sculptor who has moved from creating works to curating them. It all began when he opened The Trocadero Art Space in Footscray to build an arts community in the area. Fifteen years later it is still standing and we are lucky to now have him taking the arts to a whole new level in our region.

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NEKITA ROBERTS

POETRY

Writing as The Australian Poet, Nekita’s observations of nature, the ocean, and the beauty of the Coast have captured the hearts and minds of her readers and thousands of Instagram followers. Nekita’s love of the printed word has seen the release of her beautiful hardcover poetry book The Native Heart featuring stunning illustrations by her sister Jaclyn. Discover Nekita and her work at www.theaustralianpoet.com

After 25 years of sniffing, swirling, spitting and slurping various vinous temptations our drinks writer has decided that his future lies firmly planted on the consumption and storytelling side. Tony not only still enjoys consulting about wine and other beverages but is now part of the successful Kate Cox Real Estate Team at Reed & Co. Estate Agents.

KATRINA THORPE

FITNESS

Erin has been working in the fitness industry for over 15 years now, and still absolutely loves her job to bits!

She runs her unique fitness studio E Fitness in the beautiful hinterland township of Pomona, with stunning views of Mt Cooroora out the back doors and trains her clients under the strict supervision of her toddler and bestie, Aluna.

BEC MARSHALL

WELLNESS

WRITER

With qualifications and years of experience in health, wellness, beauty, management and business, culminating in the creation of the award-winning ikatan Spa, Katrina has a passion for everything relating to the wellness world and loves to share her knowledge, experience and research. She is an active member of our community with involvement in tourism and charity work.

Bec was a television and newspaper journalist for 18 years before she swapped newsrooms for boardrooms handling media relations, communications and marketing, brand and reputation, event management, content strategy and community engagement, with the odd emergency incident thrown in. Give Bec a laptop, a (strong black) coffee and someone to talk to and a great story will be unearthed.

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PHOTOS

Artist, landscape designer and man about town, Pete brings his love of gardens, design and all things green to IN Noosa. Having worked with design greats Rick Eckersley and Jamie Durie and having been featured in all the top mags, Pete finally realised his lifelong dream of moving to Noosa with Dave and Oscar Wilde (man’s best friend).

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MINDFULNESS

Jackie holds Mindfulness Workshops, teaches Mindful Photography and is a Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapist & Holistic Counsellor. Her passion is working with children and teens to help them reduce stress and anxiety and increase self-love. She loves to create art and learn about the mind and brain from her Tewantin studio. For workshops visit www.pheatherine.com

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MORE THAN A MAGAZINE Print | Digital | Social | Podcast | Events

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IN Noosa Magazine is also supplied to local businesses and visitors through its tailored distribution process.

IN Noosa Magazine is a free publication (subscriptions available) published four times per year by IN Noosa Magazine Pty Ltd (The Publisher). All rights are reserved and the contents are copyright and may not be reprinted without the express permission of The Publisher. IN Noosa Magazine Pty Ltd ATF IN Noosa Magazine, their related companies and officers hereby disclaim, to the full extent permitted by law, all liability, damages, costs and expenses whatsoever arising from or in connection with copy information or other material in this magazine, any negligence of The Publisher, or any persons actions in reliance thereon. Any dispute or complaint regarding placed advertisements must be made within seven days of publication. Inclusion of any copy must not be taken as any endorsement by The Publisher.

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Meet the inspiring woman making waves in molecular biology and biotechnology.

INFORM Find out about the global health crisis emergency response team who are based right here IN Noosa.

136 INTHE GARDEN Autumn garden ideas and inspiration for achieving botanical bliss.

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We would like to acknowledge and pay respects to the traditional owners, the Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi people, whose country we create on and we would like to extend our respect to their elders, both past, present and emerging.

ON THE COVER Golden Days

by Tracy Naughton, Read Tracy’s story on page 10.

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Michael Brennan discovers the future is bright while reviewing the 40 Under 40 exhibition

50 INTHE KITCHEN Matt Golinski gets eggcited for Easter with these eggcellent recipes with eggs as the star ingredient.

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94 IN FASHION We head to Hastings Street for an autumn-inspired fashion shoot.

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IN TOWN

TWILIGHT TEWANTIN Event: River Shack Twilight Christmas Shopping Venue: River Shack Tewantin

Savvy shoppers sipped and shopped the beautiful range of homewares, gifts and fashion at River Shack Tewantin.

With lucky door prizes, shelves packed with Christmas goodies and bubbles flowing, it was a great start to the silly season!

PHOTOS: KATJA ANTON

RADICAL LUNCH

Event: Nikki Fogden-Moore’s Radical Self Belief book launch Venue: Bask Eumundi A sell-out crowd gathered to celebrate the launch of Nikki Fogden-Moore’s latest tome, Radical Self Belief. Guests were treated to a Radical Self Belief cocktail created by Sunshine & Sons and four divine courses with matching wines. The sublime Bask setting was perfect for Nikki’s inspiring talk which left everyone wanting more and buying the book.

Join us for a long lunch at Bask Eumundi with Gilbert Wines on 1 April. See page 58.

PHOTOS: MEGAN GILL

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IN TOWN

HAPPY HELLO! Event: Hello Sunshine Magazine Summer Launch Venue: The Wharf, Mooloolaba Hello Sunshine Magazine family and friends gathered at The Wharf to celebrate its first birthday - and the biggest edition yet! Food from Spero was washed down with Diablo Alcoholic Ginger Beer, Heads of Noosa Japanese Lager and showstopping Sunshine & Sons Gin cocktails whipped up by The Bartenders. Cupcakes by Zoe Clark added a sweet sensation and guests were treated to a rendition of Happy Birthday by Tia Mullins from The Voice!

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OCEAN MUSE Event: Launch of Ocean Muse Skincare Venue: Noosa Boathouse Ocean Muse Founder and Sunshine Coast local Grace Kovac launched her beautiful new Australian skincare range at sunset on the river at Noosa Boathouse. Guests enjoyed sensational food and a specially created blue Ocean Muse cocktail or two.

The event showcased the long-awaited release of her range of antioxidant rich skincare products formulated to hydrate, protect and repair skin that loves the outdoors. A skincare range made for Sunny Coast skin – we love it! www.oceanmuse.com.au PICS:KATJA ANTON

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IN THE STUDIO

MAKING

s e v a W Noosa Summer Palms ocean; the way the water moves with the surfer and the surfboard.”

For Tracy, translating a photo onto the canvas is a meticulous process. She decides her medium – acrylic, coloured pencil, alcohol ink or even digital graphics. Then she composes her subjects, mixes her colours and ponders where the light should fall.

PHOTO: Hannah Prewitt Photography

Photographer and painter Tracy Naughton has captured the dance between seascapes and female surfers for years. Georgia Beard discovers how this local artist uses her subjects to reveal the importance of living in the moment.

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n Tracy Naughton’s home studio, an unfinished painting sits on her easel.

Picture this – a sun-kissed surfer rests on her board as she crests a wave of cerulean blue, searching for the next ride. We can’t see the breaker to come, but we know she’s ready to take it on.

Paintings and photographs just like this adorn the studio walls, portraying women in fluid connection with the ocean. By the cascades of sunlight, the swell of the waves and the women dancing on their surfboards, it’s clear this artist has found her muse.

Tracy Naughton of Let Me Sea has held a camera in one hand and a paintbrush in the other since high school. Now a well-recognised local artist, Tracy’s works have appeared in surf brand campaigns, galleries like the Old Ambulance Station and even hotel rooms at the Novotel in Twin Waters.

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Growing up in New Zealand, she went from high school magazine photographer to design student. After moving to the Sunshine Coast and falling in love with the lifestyle, she saw how her photographs could translate onto canvas.

“I became interested in ocean scenes and did coastal photography, but I wanted to bring more life into it,” she says. “That’s when I started shooting surfers because they’re such a part of the culture here. It just evolved from there.”

Tracy got involved in surf photography at the Noosa Festival of Surfing eight years ago, and the subject matter quickly became her specialty.

The result is a vibrant, lifelike portrait of a woman on the waves. The image chosen for this edition’s front cover, Golden Days, proves surfing is an artform itself and perfectly captures the autumnal tones and anticipation of waiting for the next wave to ride.

As Tracy explored the world of surfing through her art, she developed a passion for female empowerment in the industry.

In 2018, this inspired her to create She to Sea, an all-female art exhibition in conjunction with the Noosa Festival of Surfing.

This year, the exhibition was held on International Women’s Day to connect women in surfing, photography and the arts at Noosa Main Beach. With a panel of speakers from the Womens Surf Festival and a showcase of surf-inspired art, photography and apparel, women came together to support each other and share their voices with the community.

“I was drawn to the tie-in between the natural landscape and the female form,” she says.

As Tracy’s own artistic voice is heard internationally, she dreams of embarking on a surf photography tour, visiting countries like Hawaii and Mexico to shoot surfers and find inspiration.

“I try to be a little bit minimalist, feminine and soft while capturing the relationship between the surfer and the

“I’m always looking for something special,” she says. “There’s a lot of experimenting when you’re out there.

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I was drawn to the tie-in between the natural landscape and the female form.

Joy Ride

Below “It’s hard to recreate another moment in time because you’ll never get the same lighting, the same wave and the same position of the surfer.

“You have to think on the fly and be brave when you’re shooting.”

To capture surfers in action, Tracy often immerses herself in the waves with her camera in underwater housing gear.

This would be challenging enough if she didn’t have to cope with her ocean phobia too.

“I didn’t grow up living by the ocean, so I’m not naturally confident in the water. I had to overcome a fear of the ocean, and I still do every time,” she said. “But once you’re in there, it’s the most beautiful environment, and the photos you can get from the water are so different.

“Being able to play with the angles, the

Surf Girl water and the light is pretty special.

“Tea Tree Bay is my favourite place to shoot, in the afternoon when the light is good,” she says.

“I also love being in the zone of painting when you get so involved in a painting that everything else doesn’t exist anymore. Those are my two happiest places.”

Tracy finds freedom from her thoughts when she’s creating art, and she hopes to capture that feeling and share it with her audience.

“I want to bring a sense of calm and peace. I think people can be overreactive and get worked up easily, whereas I want to promote living in the moment and enjoying what our natural world has to offer.”

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This edition’s front cover features, Golden Days

As she catches landscapes, oceans and surfers in action, the tranquillity of the moment comes in waves. It’s clear wherever her artistic career takes her next, Tracy Naughton will chase the swell and ride the breakers as far as they go.

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The Noosa Festival of Surfing was cranking again in 2022.

John Caruso caught up with the Josh Allen, the organiser who made sure the event was firing!

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n 1992, the Noosa Malibu Club started what was known as the Noosa Malibu Classic and a few years later, Phil Jarratt and few of his close mates started the Noosa Festival of Surfing which has now been running for more than two decades.

A changing of the guard a few years ago allows Phil to enjoy the Festival and participate with less pressure, particularly at the Festival’s Beach Bar. Festival organiser Josh Allen of Event Generals said the festival had been running for twenty-six years and it’s grown from a small competition for long boarders to what it is today - one of the biggest surfing festivals in the world with international guests and a huge contingent of surfers from all around the country.

“I’d been involved for four years, and this was my second year as event organiser,” explains Josh. “At the core of it, it is a celebration of all things surf with twenty-three divisions hotly contested.”

The Beach Bar on Noosa’s Main Beach was again the Festival hub where locals mingled with surfing greats and special events were held from beach training, performance breathing and ice baths; to our cover artist Tracy Naughton’s “She to Sea” Exhibition celebrating International Women’s Day. “You can bet there were terrific surfing IN Noosa Magazine

yarns exchanged over a few cold ones just like every other year,” Josh said.

“Surf art continues to be an important part of the festival and surf culture has had great exposure with surfboard shaping, we’ve got some very talented surfboard shapers in Noosa and all of that was part of the Noosa Festival of Surfing,” says Josh.

Each year the event offers a platform for juniors from eight years of age right through to seniors and the importance of the festival shouldn’t be underestimated.

“The oldest competitor was seventysix and the stage it provides to up-andcoming surfers is huge,” he said. “It 12

might not be considered a World Surf League (WSL) competition like it was a few years ago but we’re hoping to get that back again. But even without the WSL involved, the platform that the Festival creates for the juniors coming through is immense.

“We’re also giving seniors that opportunity to wind back the clock and surf with their mates.

“That’s really important and the Noosa Festival of Surfing has developed a great reputation from events like that,” Josh says.

“The dog surfing was as popular this

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WANT MORE? Hear the complete interview with Josh Allen on our podcast

year as it has always been, thousands gathered to watch that event, they do every time. Chiggy’s Skate Fest, a popular skate jam with skate lessons and free skate sessions, ran for the second year in a row, the Melanoma March was really important as far as raising awareness and funds for an important cause and the IN Noosa Magazine fashion parade returned to bring a touch of glamour to the beach bar,” he said.

Sunshine Beach Surf Club and more.

According to Josh the economic injection into the local Noosa area is around six to seven million dollars.

“Three hundred and fifty competitors,

The future looks bright and this year’s festival attracted more guests and more sponsors compared to the year before.

half of which are coming from interstate;

“It’s important to keep growing the Festival but to do it in a respectful and sustainable way,” he said. “There has always been a strong focus on environmental awareness and sustainability and this is embedded in the Festival’s DNA.”

and then they’ve got to feed themselves,

This really comes to life with the key events that are held out of the water, including at the newly-established Noosa Surf Museum; The J Noosa; Reef Hotel,

different venues too. Collectively, that

When World Surfaris took over the management of the Noosa Festival of Surfing just 6 months prior to the staging of the event in 2019, we were highly aware that the Festival had been running for nearly 3 decades. During our custodianship of the Festival (on behalf of the Noosa Malibu Club), we wanted the Festival’s core foundations to be solid and sustainable, to ensure longevity for the next 30 years. Having been a small sponsor of the Festival for many years previously, we knew that there were changes that could be readily introduced that would significantly improve sustainability. One example was the total elimination of single use plastics, especially in the Beach Bar. Another was to measure the extent of our environmental footprint – if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage and improve it. We implemented a Sustainability Report in our first year to document our efforts, successes and failures.

We had excellent help in implementing our vision from the sustainability guru Amanda Pummer, as well as from Tourism Noosa and Plastic Free Noosa. We are very proud that the sustainability initiatives implemented by World Surfaris for the Festival have become the gold standard for events in Noosa.

on average they’re paying for about seven or eight nights of accommodation, so they’re in the local cafes and restaurants, not just down Hastings Street, but also in Noosaville and Tewantin and then there’s the local tours that they do when they’re not in the water. And we also run several events at serves the local economy extremely well and people love the event because of that,” Josh says.

JOHN FINLAY Director, World Surfaris worldsurfaris.com

A SUSTAINABLE FESTIVAL The Noosa Festival of Surfing continues to engage community in measuring its energy, water and waste and recognise the event’s risk both in and out of the water.

Mitigating the event’s CO2 footprint helps reduce direct threats to surfing from climate change/global warming such as: sea level rise, ocean acidification, reduced wave heights and loss of coral reefs globally. While the results from the 2022 Festival are yet to come in, here’s what was achieved in 2021.

ENERGY

60.3 tonnes carbon offset in 2021 – Noosa’s First Carbon Positive Event.

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WATER

An average of 583 single-use plastic water bottles saved every Festival since 2019-2021.

WASTE

71% diversion from landfill achieved in 2021, increased from 46% in 2019.

AUTUMN 2022

s s e c c u S WAVE OF

From a grommet at First Point to tackling big surf breaks around the world, Kirra Molnar is the busiest surf coach, world longboard tour competitor, wannabe beach bum and all-round super surfer girl, writes Helen Flanagan.

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fter gentle persuasions from dad Steve and watching surf movies, six-year-old Kirra Molnar quickly graduated from a foamie to a Sunova custom shortboard shaped by Bert Berger. She was totally hooked.

PHOTOS: IAN BORLAND

The swell increased to well over the head and the direction shaped a fast left hander into the rocky outcrop.

The Molnar family moved to Fiji’s Denerau where Steve was GM of the Sheraton. Here the 13-year-old had easy access to reefs around Natadola, Namotu, famous Cloud Break and Wilkes Passage where ocean glass conditions and two-metre waves often turned wild and were frequently twice her height.

A few years later and back in town, she questioned surfing shortboards.

“Starting out, a board with more volume has better stability so is easier to stand up on,” explained Kirra who graduated from St Andrews at Peregian and completed a double degree in sports and exercise science plus business management at USC. “But it also depends on your level of fitness and the way you want to progress.

“I love surfing all boards, but you need to change technique and mindset when you switch. There is a misconception that longboarding is just for beginners and shortboarding is for advanced surfers. My love of longboards developed when I started competing in the Noosa Festival of Surfing,” she said.

An exciting travel moment for Kirra was undoubtedly Mexico with partner Ricky Latham, surfing their way down the coast from Huatulco to Chipehua and IN Noosa Magazine

back up to Puerto Escondido over a week of amazing swell that reached the shores of Oaxaca.

“We met a local surf guide who told us to head further south about 10km, turn right at the fence (yes) and head down a little dirt track,” the 28-year-old recalled. “Turning right down a very obscure dodgy dirt track became so bad the leads to the battery of our little Volkswagen hire car became disconnected. But then came the ‘wow’ moment - perfect 5ft waves, peeling right hand break and no - I’m not sharing the name of the place. We stayed with a local family and four other surfers about 20 metres from the water.”

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Kirra Molnar and Ricky Latham In 2019 longboard competition became more serious with the World Surf League (WSL) World Longboard Tour featuring some of the most exciting events.

“We surfed Playa de Pantin in Galicia where the geography created a natural amphitheatre,” she recalls. “I was stoked to win the first heat. Next round was against two previous multiple world champions Honolua Blomfield and Kelia Moniz. The swell increased to well over the head and the direction shaped a fast left hander into the rocky outcrop.

“The waves were fun, challenging and I learned a lot.”

Thanks to Hurricane Dorian there were a few waves for the New York event; lost boards were returned in the nick of time from North Carolina; and Kirra’s mother Kim, her gorgeous friend with “the best genes” was there to meet her.

The Noosa Festival of Surfing has many familiar names and faces; surfers who return year-after-year to compete, commune, and carouse. For more than a handful, ‘returning’ means simply donning a contest rashie and paddling out at their home break as Noosa has spawned more than its share of expert loggers across several generations. Here’s some of the Noosa locals to keep an eye on:

JACK NORTON An outstanding surfer with a classic style. The humble family man is being projected around the world via the lens of his talented photographer wife, and Jack’s return to Noosa is never without a strong set of results. Too often a runner up, Jack finally took home his most prized victory in 2018 with a win in the Old Mal division. When the stars align, Jack’s competition talents can be simply unstoppable.

“The final stop was Taiwan with typhoon waves making things super interesting and very entertaining to compete in, and watch,” Kirra said.

“I finished equal 25th that year which had me super inspired to do better.”

Then Covid-19 halted everything.

Currently Kirra juggles commitments as a high-performance surf coach, a fitness trainer at Pro Movement Studios, working in the surf shop for sponsor Classic Malibu; is a key organiser of the first Women’s Surfing Festival with hopes to take it globally; and is president of the Noosa World Surfing Reserve (NWSR).

Designated two years ago, the role of NWSR is to help share, protect and preserve the outstanding waves and surrounding area’s environmental, economic, cultural and community attributes. Last year they installed defibrillators throughout the Noosa National Park and is currently working with Surf Life Saving to see if rescue equipment (rescue tubes) can be placed where regular rescues are needed during swell events at local breaks.

At the Noosa Surf Museum, as part of this year’s Noosa Festival of Surfing, the NWSR is presenting the Surf Film Archive with Jolyon Hoff and Hamish Ludbrook, along with a preview of ABC-TV’s upcoming dramatic series Barons, due to hit our screens late April.

By the time you read this, Kirra will have competed in the Woman’s Logger Pro and Open Woman’s, giving the old Mal a go; as well as leading the paddle out and featuring on the panel for the International Women’s Day event.

SIERRA LERBACK Growing up in Hawaii, Sierra developed a consummate knowledge of and experience on a wide range of craft. We first saw her at the tender age of 16 under the chaperone of her life friend Honolua Blomfield’s family, and we knew then that we would be seeing plenty more of this talented young wahine. Sierra now calls Noosa home and continues to decimate the field in each and every Noosa Festival lineup.

RYAN CAMPBELL A former professional shortboarder, Ryan’s wide smile and constantly happy persona light up the lineup whenever he paddles out, but even their radiance dwindles into a mere glimmer when his surfing ignites. An exceptionally talented shortboarder, Ryan is the driving force behind the Noosa Festival of Surfing’s motivation to make a more inclusive surfing festival.

ZYE NORRIS Zye first surfed the festival as a frothing grom, drowning in his oversized contest jersey but holding his own. He has an acute affinity with our point breaks, reading their braille, hearing their whispers and discerning their undulations like few others can to slide wave after impeccable wave. In 2012, Zye took out the old Golden Breed Noserider division and owned First Point with a win in 2018’s Logger Pro.

Kirra’s life really is a beach and it is central to her happiness.

MATT CUDDIHY

“I’d love to continue competing in longboarding, meet inspiring people, travel the world, chase surf and be a beach bum in Mexico with Ricky, who has his own Rypl Surfboards’ brand, is right into motocross and when not competing, is teaching me how to ride my KTM 350,” she said.

Quiet-spoken, ultra-humble, Matt appears from the hills when the swell starts to flow, his surfing uttering far more syllables in a single wave than he does in a week. Adventurer, photographer and casually classic styler, Matt has taken up permanent residence in the upper echelons of the Noosa Festival of Surfing winners’ circle for well over a decade.

PHOTOS: DAVE GLEESON @SUNNYCOASTPHOTOS

A swell life indeed.

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EVERYONE HAS A STORY. Conversations

FROM THE SUNSHINE COAST AND NOOSA

MORE THAN 100 CONVERSATIONS TO BE DISCOVERED DOWNLOAD TODAY - IT’S FREE! Including: Peter Kuruvita • Tony Kelly • Katie Noonan • Dimi Limnatitis Phil Jarratt • Mark Webber • Matt Golinski • Mayor Clare Stewart and more...

And all good podcast platforms www.innoosamagazine.com.au www.hellosunshinemag.com.au @conversationsinnoosa

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n e t s i L IN ON LIFE

IN THE EARS

As podcasts grow in popularity, stories are shared on an inspiring scale. Georgia Beard reveals how our podcast connects communities by exploring the lives of everyday people and well-known neighbours.

Josh Smallwood

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s the growth of on-demand streaming services increases, people want to consume content in their own time - and on their own terms.

No longer prepared to sit through mind-numbing and often irrelevant ads that interrupt viewing or watching pleasure, the media landscape is changing and Podcasts are redefining what we listen to, how and when.

But exactly what is a ‘podcast’?

Put simply, it’s pre-recorded audio where hosts, and often guests, take part in lively, controversial and often hilarious discussions.

A landscape where any subject, no matter how niché, can find a home and build an engaged audience. You can download and listen to what you want, when you want and how you want.

Each recording is known as a podcast episode and is typically hosted by one or more people who lead a conversation, share stories, or report the news.

Podcasts are here to stay with people recommending podcasts to each other just like they do with books, movies, TV series and more. Listeners form a strong connection with the content they listen to and the number of genres are growing - from true crime to self-help; comedy to drama; sport to religion; game shows (yes) to news; politics to pop culture - there really is something for everyone!

And it’s popularity is growing! Each year, more Australians are turning off the radio and tuning in to these online, on-demand conversations.

Infinite Dial Australia surveyed the popularity of podcasts last year, finding that 91% of Australians were aware of podcasts; and that 37% of Australians over the age of 12 listen to podcasts every

Mark Webber and John Caruso month, compared to 25% in 2020.

A report from Edison Research found that we’re listening to podcasts more than ever with a staggering 54% yearon-year growth and 59% of people were listening to podcasts in their car.

Results from an Acast Sounds Smart Report took a deep dive into the Australian podcast landscape to discover that 88% of people actively reduce distractions before they start listening to a podcast and 93% of people listen to podcasts on their own. Talk about an engaged audience!

It makes sense. When I’m listening to a podcast, I might not be in the same country, let alone the same room, but I still feel like part of the conversation.

Here at IN Noosa Magazine, we started a podcast as an extension of our aim to connect the community through storytelling and to be more than a magazine. Our podcast is called Everyone Has A Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa and we unearth the stories behind the lives of those who call this region home.

Guests chat with podcaster and radio presenter John Caruso, and a life more interesting than fiction is revealed.

With over 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry, including as the Regional Content Manager and Drive Presenter for ABC Sunshine Coast; the breakfast host at SeaFM; and on radio stations including TripleM Brisbane and 17

FoxFM Melbourne; John knows the craft of producing good content for your listening pleasure!

He’s interviewed more than 100 fascinating locals, from politicians to Holocaust survivors; artists to musicians; farmers to chefs, surfers, local business owners and possibly, the person next door. Everyone has a story to tell, and we provide that platform for them to share.

With 26,000 downloads and more than 20 new downloads per day, Everyone Has A Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa is growing and being heard not only by locals but worldwide!

Our most recent podcasts include history and insights into the Noosa Festival of Surfing from this year’s event organiser Josh Allen; discovering what chef Josh Smallwood is up to after leaving Rickys; how Dr Ian Norton, one of the world’s leading experts on pandemic responses is based here in Noosa - and how he is helping local businesses; and insights into the property market from Buyer’s Agent Kirstie Klein-Hunter.

You can also explore other interviews such as John’s most popular chat with Formula One Driver Mark Webber.

Connect with your community in a whole new way! Everyone Has A Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa is free from our website and available on all podcasting platforms, including Apple and Google Podcasts and Spotify.

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IN THE HUNT

HOP TO IT IN

HASTINGS STREET Our iconic shopping and dining precinct loves the buzz of a busy holiday period. Hastings Street is always pulsing with happy visitors and locals soaking up the good vibes and sharing fun and laughter. This season, Hastings Street shop owners have added a little extra sparkle and fun with a treasure hunt for young and old, as Carlie Wacker discovers.

IN THE HUNT

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here is so much to love about Hastings Street, on and off the beach. During the holiday season it’s a great reminder for locals that we truly live in the most fabulous place in the world and that’s why people love to visit.

I always find it inspiring to see the joy on our visitor’s faces and it encourages me to spend more time exploring our very cool backyard.

Our cosmopolitan shopping strip is adjacent to one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

We can walk the national park, take our fur babies to the designated dog beach at the spit, grab an ice cream from the The Spit Van wrapped in local art by Mitchell English or grab picnic essentials from Milk Bar Grocer.

The bustling street is always changing and we are super excited for new stores opening soon including Diamonds of Distinction and Mecca!

The iconic fashion boutique Alterior Motif has had a refit, Jojos is always spilling over with the best boho fashion finds; and we have some of the quirkiest, most colourful and artistic shops to

explore - like Uncle George, Sayers Home and Lamington.

Noosa Beach House is bringing in exciting new flavours led by Executive Chef George Francisco; and we are eagerly awaiting the reopening of Netanya Noosa.

We’re still recovering after ten days of pure stoke enjoying the Noosa Festival of Surfing from the Beach Bar! Hastings Street has it all and is always INspiring - no wonder we chose it for our autumn fashion shoot (see page 94).

As you stroll along Hastings Street this Easter be on the hunt for hidden treasures.

Meander in and out of your favourite retail stores and keep your eyes peeled for the unmistakeable glow of a glistening golden egg. Find all the eggs to enter the draw to win one of 12 sensational Noosa prizes.

This Hastings Street treasure hunt is as simple as scanning the QR code next to each egg as you make your way up and down the street following the clues.

So what are you waiting for? Hop to it

in Hastings Street for the best beaches, National Parks, shopping, cocktails, beauty salons, cafés and bars; restaurants and more! It has it all!

And don’t forget to GO NOOSA and take advantage of FREE buses every weekend and during the Easter Holidays (see page 20).

CRACK THE CLUES: Crack the clues to find the Golden Eggs on Hastings Street! Here are some cryptic clues to help you get started: 1. Put your best foot forward 2. Long live the island life 3. A good read in the village 4. An iconic Australian treat 5. Shine bright like a diamond 6. Hawaiian vibes in the heart of Noosa Follow @hastingsstnoosa or @innoosamag facebook and instagram for more eggciting clues as we get closer to Easter!

T HE HE ART OF N OO SA

FIND THE EGG GOLDEN This Easter, there are 12 golden eggs hidden across Hastings Street stores just waiting for you to find them.

Join the hunt! hastingsstnoosa.com.au/easter

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IN THE EASY LANE

EASY

s r e d i R Go Noosa has given the green light to a Free Weekend Bus Trial! Georgia Beard reveals how residents and visitors can now freely board a weekend bus to experience Noosa from coastline to countryside without the congestion.

boardwalks and Hastings Street action.

Holidaymakers may bring the hustle and bustle back to hubs such as Hastings Street, giving some much-needed love to our local businesses but where there are avid explorers, there is traffic.

Your first stop could be Cooroy, where you’ll find rural retreats, country hospitality and a flourishing arts scene.

With a history of timber and dairy industries, the town’s eateries and boutiques have refreshed the old buildings. The Butter Factory Arts Centre is a must-see not only for the transformation of this historic building into a stunning art gallery, but for the inspiring local art and artisan store.

Congestion in Noosa Heads seems to be the tide that never turns.

Thankfully, Council’s Go Noosa program has stepped in to help redirect the flow. Locals and visitors alike now have a more sustainable, affordable and stress-free way to experience the coast and the hinterland – skip the traffic troubles and catch a free bus in Noosa for 147 days over the next twelve months!

From 12 February 2022 to 12 February 2023, Go Noosa’s Free Weekend Bus Trial will hit the streets of Noosa Shire. Every weekend, travel will be free on the 626, 627, 628, 629 and 632 Translink routes.

Plus every day of these Easter holidays the 065 Go Noosa Loop bus and 064 Peregian Beach to Noosa Heads service will run alongside the free weekend service providing an even easier way to sit back and discover Noosa’s gorgeous hinterland towns, blissful beaches, IN Noosa Magazine

Catch the 632 at Noosa Junction Station, Noosa Civic or Tewantin and disappear into the green countryside and quaint villages of the Noosa hinterland.

Arriving in Pomona, you might explore the Pomona Country Markets or view a historic silent film at The Majestic Theatre, the world’s longest running silent picture theatre! From Cooran, you can embark on a hike along the Noosa Trail Network and discover picnic spots and scenic lookouts. If you’re feeling adventurous, challenge yourself to climb the 439m high Mt Cooroora. There are mouthwatering restaurants, cafes and distilleries to discover along the way – perfect for imbibing without drink driving!

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Enjoy Locale on Hastings Street without the traffic woes PHOTOS: TOURISM NOOSA AND DAVE GLEESON

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f you love to live in Noosa but begrudge the traffic jams that are a result of others wanting to experience all the area has to offer, Noosa Council is here to help with a free Go Noosa bus trial!

without traffic jams or parking worries interrupting your vacation vibe.

Catch any of the holiday buses for a weekend getaway to discover parts of Noosa you never knew were there!

Swap your usual sleeping quarters for a few nights of luxury at one of Noosa’s many coastal accommodation options; indulge in the beautiful flavours that Hastings Street restaurants have to offer; or see Noosa from a fresh point of view by linking up with a Noosa River cruise.

There’s always something new to explore and Go Noosa’s Free Weekend

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For detailed maps of Go Noosa’s bus routes, visit: www.noosa.qld.gov.au/go-noosa-weekends and www.noosa.qld.gov.au/go-noosa-holidays or scan the QR codes to the right.

…without traffic jams or parking worries interrupting your vacation vibe.

FREE BUSES From the Noosa hinterland to the Coast

Ride the 632 to explore the hinterland

IMAGE:Tourism Noosa

ROUTES - 626 - 627 - 628 - 629 - 632 - 065 - 064

Get on board and support the free buses to secure hassle-free public transport for the future.

EASTER

Bus Trial can get you there with ease! If the trial turns into a success, Noosa’s congested crowds might become a thing of the past.

TRIAL

WEEKENDS

BUS BENEFITS Catching the bus is good for you and the environment, increasing your footsteps and reducing your carbon footprint! Here’s more: ENVIRONMENTAL SAVINGS • Public transport is at least twice as energy efficient as private cars.

• One full bus can take more than 50 cars off the road and produces 377 times less carbon monoxide than a full car.

• Public transport reduces the reliance on fossil fuel supplies, making public transport at least twice as energy efficient as private cars.

HEALTH • Walking to and from public transport is a great way to incorporate some extra physical activity into your routine.

• Catching public transport may also improve your mental health. It’s less stressful than driving, and you can read, listen to music or unwind on your daily commute.

FINANCIAL • Catching public transport may be up to four times cheaper than travelling in your car. It can also reduce the cost of buying, maintaining and running additional vehicles.

• The GO NOOSA FREE weekend, Christmas and Easter buses offer the cheapest way to get around town – not to mention the stress you will also save!

TRANSLINK ROUTES - 626 - 627 - 628 - 629 - 632 ONLY

Go Noosa 064 for the Village Vibes of Peregian Beach over the Easter holidays.

CATCH A FREE BUS AROUND NOOSA 147 DAYS A YEAR

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Meet PETER RABBIT™ and get creative in our workshop!

Meet the world’s favourite bunny at Noosa Civic during School Holidays and then create your own Easter basket to take home. Plus be sure to enter our colouring competition and join our Easter hunt around the Centre!

Dates: Times: Location: Cost:

Monday 4th – Saturday 9th April 10am – 1pm daily Near the Food Court Free

No bookings required. Meet and greet sessions will be 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off. For a full time list, and more details on the Easter hunt visit noosacivic.com.au

PETER RABBIT™ & © Frederick Warne & Co. PETER RABBIT™ 2, the Movie © 2020 CPII. All Rights Reserved.

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IN THE CENTRE

SOMETHING FOR

EVERYONE

Easter is a special time to relive childhood memories of eating chocolate, painting eggs and waiting for the elusive Easter Bunny. Georgia Beard discovers how to eggcite your inner child with Noosa Civic’s Holiday program.

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hen I think of childhood Easter, I remember bright colours, carrots left out for the Easter Bunny and my mouth full of festive chocolate that always tasted better than regular chocolate.

WHAT’S NEW IN STORE? New stores have arrived at Noosa Civic!

Indulge in beauty treatments, shop homewares and eat classic meals with a modern twist. Check out the latest offerings:

Like all holidays, Easter brings magic to a kid’s life. I remember the days of planning and sourcing pieces to decorate my Easter basket and bonnet with bunny ears, feathers and fuzzy, yellow chicks for the school Easter parade.

• Skulpt

• Nail Studio

• House Bed & Bath

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Let’s never forget the wonder and exhilaration of waking up to chocolate bilbies, bunnies and eggs - a sugar hit to last you a whole week (or less!).

Hunting for more eggs in the backyard, checking under shrubs, peering into potted plants and finding more than your siblings. Would anyone else’s parents make you divide up the loot equally, so no one missed out? Sure, all the kids ended up happy, but my egg-spotting eggspertise went unrewarded!

House Bed & Bath

But we recovered from those cruel injustices right? We’re older now; we find joys in new things (like shopping or pampering) and can be our own Easter Bunnies, buying chocolate instead of hoping it magically turns up on Easter morning.

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WHAT’S ON Peter Rabbit Meet and Greet sessions Meet the world’s favourite bunny!

4–9 April, 10am-1pm (20 minute sessions).

Noosa Civic Shopping Centre is bringing the magic of Easter with activities to fill the holidays with joy.

The world’s favourite bunny, Peter Rabbit will visit Noosa Civic with the chance to meet this cheeky rascal and have your photo taken with him. You can also decorate your own Easter Basket for your egg-hunting eggsploits at the Peter Rabbit Craft Workshop; or partake in the Noosa Civic Easter Egg Hunt. Find the Easter Eggs hidden in store windows, spell out the mystery word and you could take home your own furry bunny ears and an official certificate. Hop to it as stocks are limited!

Get into the Easter spirit early with the Peter Rabbit Colouring Competition from 21 March until 25 April and you could

Skulpt also win a Peter Rabbit Prize Pack!

There’s plenty of fun for the adults too! Catch up over a coffee or for lunch; indulge in beauty treatments, shop homewares or find everything you need for holiday feasting and fun.

Make your Easter holidays could be all about leisure and luxury!

Peter Rabbit Craft Workshop Create your own Easter Basket 4–9 April, 10am-1pm.

Easter Egg Hunt Find the Easter Eggs hidden in store windows to spell a mystery word and receive a FREE furry bunny ear headband, and certificate to take home! (while stocks last).

4-16 April (excl Good Friday), 9am-5pm daily.

There’s always something new to discover and Noosa Civic has recently welcomed a collection of new stores to explore.

Peter Rabbit Colouring Competition Pick up a copy in centre, or download colouring-in sheets from the website for your chance to win a Peter Rabbit Prize Pack valued at over $100.

21 March- 25 April. Free.

So bring a bit of magic into your life again at Noosa Civic Shopping Centre.

For session times and more details visit www.noosacivic.com.au

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IN THE ARTS

s t r A

UNCONVENTIONAL

Pete Goodlet discovers a delightfully unconventional Arts Festival that will literally be happening anywhere!

Speakeasy by Candy Shop Show Australia

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nywhere, anyway, anywho! The Anywhere Festival is on its way to inspire, challenge and delight us this Autumn.

According to Toni, there was great potential for mind-blowing and memorable experiences to celebrate the return of Anywhere Festival.

In a host of unconventional venues, you will witness unique theatrical performances, anywhere but the norm.

“In the past two years, we have had to live the mantra that we are all in this together and collaboration between performers and artists and local businesses will save the day in this post-pandemic recovery period!” she said. “Anywhere Festival has always been about bringing people together and creating extraordinary experiences in the everyday. This year’s program is a chance for people to gather again and celebrate the joy and lightness of life and have some good old-fashioned fun.”

Be prepared to suspend belief as your wildest imaginings are bought to life by superbly talented, theatrical folk.

Here you will find the spark of creativity is more akin to an explosion in a fireworks factory.

The diversity of venues is cleverly complemented by a diversity of theatre, music, drama and comedy.

Anywhere Festival is a globally-unique and cultural experience for all to enjoy where local businesses, private residences and public spaces provide the stage for artists to deliver spectacular performances.

Created in 2011 by Paul Osuch and Alex McTavish as Brisbane’s take on a fringe festival, Anywhere Festival has grown over the past five years with Toni Wills appointed as the Noosa and Sunshine Coast Creative Producer.

She has been working on a host of fabulous festival fun for Noosa and beyond with dates now extended to cope with demand.

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Business, community groups and artists are banding together to bounce back from the pandemic. Live shows are a celebration of creativity and Anywhere Festival gives you the opportunity to support local creatives and businesses as we all look for a new way forward.

program as there are so many performances to surprise and delight.”

The joy of the Anywhere Festival is discovering the new: new artists, new ideas and new venues.

Anywhere Festival shows seek out the new, the unusual and the spectacular and this year sees two of Noosa’s newest venues play host with a pop-up Speakeasy at Nudge Nudge Wink Wink and a special Women and Wine by Muses Trio event at Alba by Kuruvita for Mother’s Day. The much-loved and lauded Shakespeare on the Lake will also return.

Get in early with your bookings as tickets are limited.

Toni and the Anywhere Festival team are committed to bringing creative joy to Noosa in abundance.

“We’d love to see lots of local support for the venues that are putting themselves out there to provide a magic place for creativity,” Toni said.

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Muses Trio. Photo: Deborah Dorman

IN THE ARTS ANYWHERE FESTIVAL 2022 SPEAKEASY, NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK If you haven’t discovered the hedonistic delights lurking behind the beckoning yellow doors at Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, this is your opportunity! Speakeasy by Candy Shop Show Australia is a nod to the jazz age of the Roaring 20s in all its lickety-split glory. Grab your most fabulous of friends, snuggle up on a velvet banquette and soak up the glamour, gorgeous dancers, sassy cabaret, and an afternoon cocktail or two at Noosa’s most stylish new bar.

WHEN: Sunday 1 May, 4pm WHERE: Nudge Nudge Wink Wink – 26 Sunshine Beach Road Suite3/Rear, Noosa Junction HOW: book via www.anywhere.is COST: $35 admittance fee Get in early with your bookings and check the festival updates as (Nudge Nudge Wink Wink) there may just be an extended season on this feast of fabulosity.

AS YOU LIKE IT, NOOSA BOTANIC GARDENS In celebration of that famous line, Shakespeare on the Lake is returning for its sixth instalment at the Amphitheatre at Noosa Botanic Gardens in Cooroy with As You Like It. Little Seed Theatre Company’s talented cast will woo audiences with their comedic mastery overlooking the stunning Lake MacDonald. The beauty of this setting will be matched by the frivolity and light-heartedness of this classic.

Pack a picnic, a blanket and a cush for your tush. Gather friends and family and let the real fools be the ones without a ticket!

WHEN: Saturdays 14 and 21 May, Sundays 15 and 22 May, 2.30pm WHERE: Outdoor Amphitheatre, Noosa Botanic Gardens, Cooroy HOW: book via www.anywhere.is COST: $35 admittance fee

PERFORMANCES

ANYWHERE

BUT A THEATRE

WOMEN AND WINE, ALBA BY KURUVITA A signature event of the festival this year for Mother’s Day is Women and Wine by the talented Muses Trio. Joining forces with the new Alba by Peter Kuruvita and IN Noosa Magazine, this show is a celebration of all the women who do all the things.

Playing divine music on piano, violin and cello composed by women from all over the globe, this talented trio perfectly accompany the curated three course plus canapés menu and carefully paired wines by female winemakers. Hosted by IN Noosa Magazine, this event will celebrate the fun and feminine in us all. Treat your Mum or grab a bunch of your besties and raise a glass to all the women in your life. Tickets are strictly limited.

WHEN: Sunday 8 May, 12noon WHERE: Alba by Kuruvita, 3 Alba Close, Noosa Heads HOW: book via www.albanoosa.com.au COST: $150 (including food and wine) Get out, get onboard, get Anywhere! www.anywhere.is

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under this umbrella fringing swinging in the soft breeze music swaying over main beach this whole world at her sandy feet tangerine bikini sparkling sunshine

To celebrate Anywhere Festival, we’ll be bringing together a few of our favourite things – women and wine! Deb Caruso spills the beans on what will surely be a sell-out success!

brilliant blue lime green margarita fresh french nails and crisp white paper slender fingers of a time and place she never knew and out beyond the shore break beneath the waves her heart breaks true stories meant for make believe far too long spent underneath she breaks the surface breaths in deep and it’s all right here in screaming colour freedom and adversity love and true diversity forever dreaming big

Nekita Roberts @theaustralianpoet www.theaustralianpoet.com

Muses Trio: Christa Powell (violin), Therese Milanovic (piano) and Louise King (cello)

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hen Toni Wills from Anywhere Festival approached us with the chance to get involved in one of their signature events it was hard to say ‘no’.

After all, she spoke the two magic words: ‘women’ and ‘wine’. In the spirit of Anywhere Festival, the fabulous Muses Trio were looking for well… anywhere to perform their uplifting, edgy and highly entertaining show that celebrates women as true creators - of families, communities, music, literature and wine.

The ensemble includes Christa Powell (violin), Louise King (cello) and Therese Milanovic (piano) who have been playing together for ten years and are literally, women of note.

From female composers to literary snippets and anecdotes, the trio will perform bold works by noted living Australian women composers with a sweet sprinkling of Muses’ favourites, along with inspiring (and some cheeky!) excerpts by women authors.

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...an afternoon of amazing music, performance and sublime food and wine. said the trio not only loved playing music together, but they also love each other’s company, great frocks, op shopping, and good food.

“We all support each other in the balancing act of being mothers alongside the long hours and many hats an artist wears,” she said. “I think the chemistry can be felt by the audience - there’s lots of banter and laughs along with some powerful pieces of music and literature.

“Women have a great ability to laugh at themselves and keep things light and fun. Especially when with other women and, particularly with wine!”

The beautiful surrounds of Alba by

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IN CELEBRATION

THE WINES Tar & Roses Prosecco, King Valley - VIC Winemaker: Narelle King The perfect opening act - a spritzy yet soft palate of light green apple and citrus mousse, refreshing with a crisp acid finish and a lifted bouquet of green apples, grapefruit with hints of pear and spring flowers.

Oliver’s Taranga Fiano, McLaren Vale - SA Winemaker: Corrina Wright This number by a 6th generation winemaker is bright and zesty, cut lime continues on the palate which has a super creamy and nutty texture. Very varietal and delicious. Did we mention texture?!

Dancing in the Moonlight Rosé, Margaret River, - WA Winemaker: Vanya Cullen

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Life is a dance! A dance between the sun and the moon, which is honoured in the naming of this biodynamic wine. A lush palate dominated by red fruits with lovely notes of red plum, redcurrant, orange zest and cranberry is lifted with notes of raspberry, strawberry and currants. A brilliant rosé for any occasion – perfect for Women and Wine!

Wines by KT 5452 Shiraz, Clare Valley Winemaker: Kerri Thompson Wines by KT are small, lovingly cared for parcels of fruit that have traditional techniques used in their creation. Hand-picked fruit, fermented naturally on skins in picking bins with gentle hand plunging of the individual ferments has produced a vibrant wine with bright red berry fruit, spice, and long tannins. Matured in 100% French oak ensures that the fruit is the defining feature.

A showstopping finalé!

Kuruvita will be a match made in heaven!

Guests will enjoy a welcome cocktail on arrival with canapés and prosecco setting the stage for a three-course feast to follow. In the spirit of the occasion, the wines are made by female winemakers.

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Karen Kuruvita said this would be the first special event for Alba by Kuruvita which opened its doors in late 2021.

“We want to make it really special, particularly because it’s celebrating women on Mother’s Day,” she said.

“We are honoured that Muses Trio will be bringing their world-class performance to Alba for an afternoon of amazing music, performance and sublime food and wine.”

Toni Wills, Creative Producer of Anywhere Festival Noosa said the Festival was all about connecting artists, local businesses and audiences to create unique experiences.

“The collaboration of Muses Trio, Alba

by Kuruvita and IN Noosa Magazine will be a signature event and is a great example of the magic that can happen when women work together to showcase and complement each other’s talents,” she said.

“Women and Wine is a show about women lifting each other up with the beauty and talent of the feminine. It is about celebrating female talent and creativity in all its forms.

“To be presenting this on Mother’s Day, where we honour the women who are the number one supporters in our lives is a real treat. Cheers to that!”

WOMEN AND WINE A signature event of Anywhere Festival and being performed on Mother’s Day is Women and Wine by the talented Muses Trio.

Joining forces with the new Alba by Kuruvita and IN Noosa Magazine, this show is a celebration of all the women who do all the things. Playing divine music on piano, violin and cello composed by women from all over the globe, these three accomplished musicians are a delightful accompaniment to the specially designed four-course menu, paired with matching wines from four magnificent female winemakers. Hosted by IN Noosa Magazine, this event will celebrate the fun and feminine in us all.

Treat your Mum or grab a bunch of your besties (guys and gals) and raise a glass to all the women in your life. Tickets are strictly limited.

WHEN: Sunday 8 May, 12 noon WHERE: Alba by Kuruvita 3 Alba Close, Noosa Heads

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Oklahoma

IT’S

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The 2022 Noosa Art’s Theatre program offers something for everyone, as Deb Caruso discovers.

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he history of Noosa Arts Theatre reads like one of the productions that have graced the stage some 50 years after the first production.

Less than a year later, the first performance was arranged by the Rotary Club, and the Noosa Arts Constitution was adopted. By 1972, three one-act plays were staged at the Tewantin RSL Hall with adults paying 75c, pensioners and children 25c; and the proceeds from the show totalling $47.

In 1974, Council approved the relocation of a shed purchased for a small fee by Noosa Arts to be relocated to leased land adjacent to the Noosa District Football Club - and the iconic red curtain was raised on new opportunities for Noosa’s budding thespians, directors, costume designers and more.

There is nothing quite like the experience of live theatre, it’s a captivating tightrope of entertainmentfilled adrenaline.

You are transported into another world as courageous characters take the stage balancing costume changes, set designs and perfectly-timed cues to deliver perfectly-timed and memorised lines!

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PHOTOS: TRAVIS MACFARLANE

Plans for Noosa’s very own community theatre were hatched in 1970 at the Barefoot Gallery in Peregian Beach with 10 people who floated the idea of a local cultural centre over a monthly dinner.

Chicago For a community theatre, Noosa Arts Theatre delivers some heavy-hitters straight off Broadway. In the past few decades, productions including Mamma Mia! The Sound of Music, Chicago and Oklahoma have provided talented locals the chance to shine - and the community with the opportunity to experience world-class performances in an intimate venue.

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...a captivating tightrope of entertainment-filled adrenaline.

One-Act Plays and Shorts on Stage have become regular features on the annual program; as has a premiere of the latest work by Noosa Arts Theatre Patron and award-winning playwright David Williamson AO. The venue itself is intimate with comfortable raked seating in an airconditioned, wheelchair-accessible

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2022 PROGRAM Broadway hits, Aussie humour and short bites! The 2022 program has something for everyone!

AUSTRALIA DAY, 7-16 April Directed by Jane Rivers, this satirical and intimate look at the often-thankless work of volunteers of the Australia Day Committee in a fictitious regional town. Playwright, political satirist and former Australian of the Year Jonathan Biggins uses sharp wit and observations of everyday Australians and Committee dynamics to provide a comedy filled with laughs.

ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL, 19-28 May

Mamma Mia auditorium that also includes an audio induction loop for the hearing-impaired.

It’s also available for private hire which makes my imagination go wild!

The bar is open 30 minutes before each show with enough on offer to enjoy a sneaky drink or two and some snacks before the show and at intermission (you can also take your drink inside).

The Noosa Arts Theatre vision is to be the best community theatre in Australia with an ever-growing audience and family of volunteers.

To keep the spotlight shining on this local gem, why not book a ticket to the next production, become a member or purchase a 12-month subscription for the best seats at the best price? Bravo!

Three one-act plays – all very different and very compelling. A Wilde Night by Robin Hawdon chronicles the night that led to Oscar Wilde’s destruction; Morning Tea by Kerry Fair explores the dependence of humans on their phones - and vice versa; and Three Wives and a Funeral

by Rob Selzer explores what happens when three women meet each other at their ex-husband’s funeral and jockey to prove they were his true soulmate - but the truth might be completely unexpected!

MONEY & FRIENDS, 21 July- 13 August A classic David Williamson comedy about the true cost of priceless friendships. Directed

by Rory Williamson and featuring Felix Williamson – the trifecta for bringing a classic and sharp-witted comedy to life as four highly-strung couples come together and explore how much friendships are truly worth.

SHORTS ON STAGE, 27-28 August This is the sixth year of this very popular event, showcasing ten short plays running for up to ten minutes each, with a mix of drama and comedy offer something for everyone. Adult themes are likely and the stakes are high with cash prizes decided by votes from the audience. Tickets always sell fast!

BOY FROM OZ, 27 October – 19 November Ian Mackellar will direct this toe-tapping, vibrant musical that chronicles the dazzling, funny and moving story of the life of legendary Australian entertainer and songwriter, Peter Allen.

Book Online: noosaartstheatre.org.au; phone 5449 9343 or visit the Box Office, Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 2pm at 163 Weyba Road, Noosaville.

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IN SPIRING

SHINING THROUGH THE

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Being misunderstood and bullied are distant memories for autistic woman Laura Dionysius. With courage, tenacity and resilience, she is now focused on achieving some amazing feats in science, writes Bec Marshall.

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s it possible to be a high achiever as well as a quiet one? Can you ever bounce back from bad experiences? Do we have the power to choose if adversity or ‘difference’ will make or break us?

Spend an hour with Peregian Springs 21-year-old Laura Dionysius and there is no question. The only answer is ‘yes’.

Resilient, determined and making some astonishing waves in scientific research, Laura is the first student from Peregian Beach College to earn First Class Honours at university.

Before we get to the topic of her Honours research (because it takes some explaining), there are more achievements to note.

In Year 11 and 12, Laura took extra university-level subjects as part of USC’s Headstart program. “They were easier than my school subjects,” she said.

After school, Laura did a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in microbiology and biotechnology, and a minor in genetics. While at uni, she was the third person to tackle her Honours project, which included studies never done in Australia. The others quit while she successfully completed it.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science late last year and will attend her Honours graduation a week before her 22nd birthday in April this year.

Recently, an article Laura co-wrote was accepted for publication in an upcoming special issue of Microbiology IN Noosa Magazine

Australia. A huge achievement on its own, made even more remarkable given how much it means to be named as a first author. This identifies her as the most important contributor to the research in the article, and it is highly unusual for Honours students to feature first.

“I’m very excited,” Laura said. “It’s pretty important to be listed as first author, especially in science papers.”

Two more publishing opportunities beckon; a review paper Laura is writing as a companion piece to the above article and is a minor author for a book chapter about bacteria found in sea foam in Sunshine Coast marine waters.

Laura is also an autistic woman who has accomplished these iceberg-tipped achievements despite enduring some very tough times in high school.

“Do you like nuts?” The question appears out of the blue, when Laura is asked to explain her complex Honours research.

“Have you ever noticed how they sometimes smell funny, or off?”

Turns out, the ‘things’ causing that musty, mildewy smell are bacteria that produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Laura’s research tested methods to isolate, purify and remove them from the surface of peanuts. Her thesis showed that bacteria-eating agents called streptophages are effective in reducing VOCs on nut surfaces.

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I believe that inside every person who is bullied there is a strength and a tenacity to survive. You don’t always know that this strength exists, but if you make it through those dark times, you become aware.

You become a survivor, someone whose courage and spirit are far stronger than all of the hate and cruelty of their bullies. The one thing that I want to impart to children with autism is knowledge of their own inner strength, and the belief that one day at a time, they, too, can get through this.

- Amy Gravino, international speaker and autism advocate

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said of the year she spent essentially locked away, missing out on moments with family and friends.

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“I really like a challenge and I like to think ahead so that I research things that will help people and have relevance,” she said. “I want to do good research that’s helpful even if the direct implications aren’t recognisable straight away.

“This was the first study done in Australia using Australian (nut) products.

I haven’t tried any nuts. I don’t really eat them as I’m very fussy.

“One of the challenges I have is that I can’t tell when I’m hungry or thirsty,” Laura explains. “I use daily reminders a lot to remind me to eat and drink at certain times.

“My mum loves macadamias, but she’s always saying to me ‘don’t tell me what’s on my nuts’.”

She paid tribute to her supervisor Dr Ipek Kurtböke and chemistry professor Dr Peter Brooks. She also thanked her mum and her grandparents Sandra and Bernie Disney for letting her stay with them during her studies and driving her to the bus stop so she could catch a bus closer to uni.

Laura is now taking a well-earned break while applying for jobs and considering a future PhD combining microbiology, molecular biology, and genetics, ideally in biosecurity or women’s health.

There’s no time to reflect on her achievements, though.

“No, there’s always more to do,” she says. “It’s very hard for me to take a break. I feel like I need to be active all the time. Getting my PhD would be kind of nice, but we’ll see. I want to get more skills, especially in genetics. Nothing feels big for me, I just do what I need to do to keep challenging myself.”

While she weighs up her considerable options, she’s enjoying simple things.

Happy places include hanging out with her brother Damon who is also on the spectrum but has high needs; going op-shopping; reading comics; watching Scooby Doo or Get Smart and getting in some driving practice as a P-plater.

Life is good. A far cry from some challenging times a few years ago.

“School was a mess,” she said. “I had a hard time figuring out how to make friends, and what friends were. I really like playing The Sims™ game because you can select an emotion (for your character) from a menu and that was nice and clear.

“These days, I am probably happiest doing stuff with my brother or with my friends. It’s taken a long time to get to this point and now I am enjoying it. It’s really nice.”

If given the choice to have autism or not?

“It would be easier, but I probably wouldn’t be doing scientific research. So, I wouldn’t choose not to have autism.”

Thank goodness Laura is happy to be exactly who she is. The world is much better for it.

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n o i t c e Perf Last year’s Noosa Country Polo Cup exposed us to a world of good sportsmanship, fabulous fashion and divine drinks in a stunning setting.

“We want more!” Carlie Wacker discovers where the action is.

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he sport of polo has an unmistakeable grandeur – perhaps due to its reputation as being the sport of Kings and Queens or due to the synchronicity and magic a rider holds with steed. Either way, it was the experience we had at the Inaugural Noosa Polo Cup in 2021 that cemented the status in my mind.

This year we have even more chances to immerse ourselves in the polo lifestyle with a calendar of events that aim to further share the vision of Noosa Country Polo Club President Niall Coburn and his wife Illy.

“We want to make polo accessible to everyone and get to know the game and possibly start learning to play themselves,” Niall says. “Our emphasis is on ‘country polo’ and enjoying the game whatever level you are at. The culture we try to create is one of enthusiasm for life and to encourage others to be the best they can be, thus our motto: Takes Courage to Encourage.

developing and educating participants in the sport of Polo.

One of the world’s best trainers Simon Hill (known as “the gentleman of polo”) is the Noosa Country Polo Club coach and is responsible for training some of the debut players in last year’s cup.

After attending the event last year, we even saw some locals fall in love with the game including leadership coach and author Nikki Fogden-Moore.

“The only thing we ask in return is to close the gate after you and love the person in front of you.”

She has begun her own exciting journey to become a polo player with the guidance of Simon and I cannot wait to see her compete in one of the competitions this year.

This not-for-profit Club is affiliated with the Queensland and Australian Polo Associations and is dedicated to

Speaking of which, we are super excited to announce the 2022 Noosa Country Polo Club dates have been set

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Our emphasis is on ‘country polo’ and enjoying the game... and there are experiences that cater to young and old, competitors and spectators, socialites and serious punters, fashionistas and businesses looking to shine and entertain their clients The Dowling Cup Day is the first event to kick off the polo season in Noosa. This traditional country-style day allows attendees to surround the field for an up close and personal experience.

PHOTOS: FLORENCE LEMYRE

POLO

IN GOOD FUN

2022 EVENT CALENDAR 12 JUNE - DOWLING CUP DAY Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend (VIC, NSW, SA, TAS) The Club’s first official event of the QPA Season will be a relaxed country style polo experience featuring traditional car boot space hospitality, bars and food trucks coupled with live entertainment and traditional polo favourites including the divot stomp.

28 AUGUST - NOOSA POLO CUP DAY The must attend premier sporting event of the Noosa region. Featuring VIP marquees, fashions on the fields, traditional polo favourites including the divot stomp and upscaled entertainment will ensure this is the must attend event of the year!

29 OCTOBER - FOOD, WINE & POLO LONG LUNCH Watch the action from Peggy’s Square

action on and off the field! Tickets are

with bars and food trucks; or secure your

already in high demand and will be

own car boot space and lay out the picnic

on-sale shortly so keep an eye on the

rug for a day of family-friendly polo fun

Noosa Country Polo website or social

in the foothills of Cooroy Mountain.

media or subscribe to the e-newsletter

The Dowling Cup Day will also include the traditional stomping of the divots!

The Noosa Polo Cup Day will be held on 28 August with premium hospitality experiences so that you can catch all the

for more details.

From car boot picnics to powerhouse Cup Day action there is something for everyone at Noosa Country Polo.

This will be an invitation only bespoke experience featuring an Argentinian inspired menu paired with premium wines and boutique craft beers. Guests will enjoy an intimate Polo experience featuring interviews with players and a live match whilst enjoying the hospitality.

Subscribe to the e-newsletter or keep your eye on our social media for ticket releases and the latest information. www.noosacountrypolo.com

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IN THE WILD

WHERE THE

s r e w o l f Wild

You might not know it but wildflowers bloom across the region.

Georgia Beard meets the Wild/flower Woman using Wildflower Walks to connect us with our native flora in ways we never have before.

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ooted in the sandplains of Currimundi, stunted trees and shrubs grow in burnt-green sprawls.

Sunlight falls upon the leaves and a breeze rolls in off the river. Sometimes, you can hear the trills of birds and insects from deep in the scrub.

This is the wallum, low heathlands rich in plant and animal life stretching behind our south-east Queensland shores.

Early morning, I meet with a group to explore a small remnant of the wallum that once flourished over Kawana’s coastline – the Currimundi Lake (Kathleen McArthur) Conservation Park.

Guided by Dr Sue Davis, founder of the Wild/flower Women initiative and recipient of an Order of Australia Day Medal for 2022, we set off on her first Wildflower Walk for the year.

At first glance, the reserve looks like nothing more than a spread of leafy undergrowth. However, if you look closer, you’ll find speckles of delicate colours lining the heath trails.

Luckily, Sue’s keen eyes know what to look for and she points out blooms you hadn’t noticed. After a while, you learn to look where she does, and soon you’re pointing out wallum banksias, speckled hyacinth orchids and a rare spray of flame-coloured Christmas bells.

As the former chair of Noosa Biosphere and a former creative arts lecturer at CQUniversity, Sue united her love for nature and the arts to create her passion project, Wild/flower Women.

The initiative encourages locals and visitors alike to learn about, nurture and protect our native wildflowers and environments.

Sue’s passion for ‘wildflowering’ came after her first wildflower walk as part of IN Noosa Magazine

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the Sunshine Coast Wildflower Festival.

Her curiosity deepened when she discovered the work of earlier ‘wild women’ including artist, author and conservationist Kathleen McArthur and poet Judith Wright.

“Back in the 1950s and 1960s, these women became involved in public campaigns to get national parks and reserves established,” she says. “I’ve always been interested in the environment, but Wild/flower Women is also about taking the stories of these women back to the region and celebrating their work.”

In 1953, Kathleen and Judith embarked on their first wildflowering expeditions, recording and painting the native wildflowers from Caloundra to Cooloola.

Their idea for a national park sparked on top of Mount Tinbeerwah, where the women stopped to look across the untouched plains of Cooloola.

While publishing floral illustrations in books and columns, Kathleen along with Judith founded the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland in 1962 with naturalist David Fleay and founder of Jacaranda Press, Brian Clouston. This society became instrumental in its campaigns to preserve Cooloola’s high dunes, heathlands and forests.

As sand mines and developments threatened the region, Kathleen and her supporters voiced their opposition and after years of campaigning, Cooloola National Park was established in 1975 and is now known as Cooloola Recreation Area, Great Sandy National Park.

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Wallum trail map

The experience of walking in the wallum is about connection to place. the Kathleen McArthur Conservation Park, posthumously renamed in her honour in 2003.

Like Kathleen, Sue believes protecting our local environments can give us a sense of respect for country and a knowledge of our natural heritage.

“There is this incredible diversity most of us have no idea about,” she says. “If you don’t know it, you don’t care about it, you don’t love it, you won’t want to protect it and then we lose it.

“If we recognise what belongs to these areas, we’ll be able to protect, restore and revegetate environments.”

Sue’s Wildflower Walks recapture the essence of Kathleen McArthur’s wildflowering expeditions, sharing how exploring country is just as valuable to us as it is to our ecosystems.

“During these bleak times, one of my great sources of solace and inspiration has been walking in these sorts of environments,” she says. “The

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Wallum dampiera

Dr Sue Davis OAM

Hyacinth orchid

experience of walking in the wallum is

experience art in nature through drawing

about connection to place and enjoying

or photography.

time out with nature.

“It provides ways for people to get to

“I’m hoping to do monthly walks in different locations even if they’re not

know more of these special environments

during peak flowering times, because I

– not only those who’ve lived here for a

find it quite fascinating to see how the

long time but for people who are new to

environment changes over the seasons,”

the area. I’m seeing second and third

she said. “You shouldn’t have big

generations of people, who I introduced

expectations when you go on a walk as

to the wallum and wildflowering, taking

there might only be a few flowers out.

their friends and family members. It’s nice to see it ripple out.”

Sue plans to expand the initiative by pairing wildflower walks with creative workshops, where participants can

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“Just try to appreciate them, value the experience of being in nature and hopefully, you’ll learn something.”

To embark on a Wildflower Walk, go to www.wildflowerwomen.com.au

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IN PROSPERITY

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CRANE, TRAINS

Jennifer Swaine looks at the key indicators that the future of the region is looking up, in more ways than one!

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or those of us who live in Noosa and on the Sunshine Coast, it is a commonly shared belief that we live in a pretty special place. As we have grown and matured over the past ten years or so, we have also drawn the attention of the rest of Australia, many of whom have decided that the grass must be greener north of the border.

In recent years our population has grown, development has forged ahead and investment into the region has increased significantly.

There are several key indicators that the region is on the up: MOVING TO THE REGION The latest Regional Movers Index, which analyses movement between Australia’s regions and capital cities, confirms that in recent decades, more people have been moving out of our capital cities than into them. In fact, over the last two years during the pandemic, people left the capital cities at a rate that was 15 per cent higher on average than the previous two years.

And while the Gold Coast was the leading Australian Local Government Area (LGA) to attract regional migration away from the capitals with 11 per cent IN Noosa Magazine

of departing city dwellers in 2021; the Sunshine Coast came in second place at five per cent with Noosa further down the list with one per cent.

But it is the Annual Growth figures that warrant a closer look. As we closed out 2021, migration to the Sunshine Coast was up seven per cent on 2020, the Gold Coast was up four per cent and Noosa had experienced annual growth of 22 per cent!

With a finite amount of housing in Noosa this may explain why securing property in the area is somewhat of a challenge.

CRANES IN THE SKY A sure sign a region is growing is the number of cranes that can be seen towering across the skyline. The crane count is a good indicator of investment and confidence in a region and is largely considered a visual barometer of the growth that is to follow.

The most recent Rider Levett Bucknall Crane Index (Quarter Three, 2021) revealed there were 13 cranes in operation across the region, with two of them in Noosa.

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Maroochydore and a hotel crane working on the Holiday Inn also at Maroochydore.

For the foreseeable future, we can expect to see more cranes dotted across our skies as new developments across all industry sectors get underway, providing jobs and economic benefits to the region.

BONZA NEWS FOR THE SUNSHINE COAST The Sunshine Coast has earned a reputation for being the “entrepreneurial capital of Australia”, so it was little surprise that start-up, budget airline Bonza decided to base its operations here.

Deliberating not competing with the major carriers, Bonza has strategically gone after routes that are either not serviced at all or are not serviced by a low-cost carrier, which just may prove to be a strategy that wins the hearts and minds of the everyday Aussie.

Bonza will operate 37 flights per week across 12 routes from the Sunshine Coast, nine of which have never been serviced from here previously.

Destinations soon to be available at low-cost fares include Albury, Avalon, Cairns, Coffs Harbour, Mackay, Melbourne, Mildura, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Rockhampton, Townsville and the Whitsundays Coast.

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Sunshine Coast Luxury Transfers

Construction of L2, the second stage of Lumina at Settler’s Cove.

OPPORTUNITIES AND GROWTH ATTRACT TALENT As the region continues to grow and prosper, we will see continued migration to the area, and it won’t simply be because of the lifestyle and weather.

As we attract larger businesses and investments, we will need a highly skilled workforce to support these organisations.

Attracting experienced and senior talent into leadership roles will help develop the people we already have here and enhance our expertise and skills across a range of industries and businesses.

AN ACCESSIBLE REGION Community feedback is now being sought on the state government’s Southern Sunshine Coast Public Transport Strategy and nothing is off the table as the state government looks at “key corridors” that will connect the many communities peppered across the region.

Importantly, the much needed heavy rail between the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane remains a component of the strategy, as is the consideration for light rail and an expanded bus network When unveiling the strategy Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said it contained the vision for future public transport options in the region.

“The Sunshine Coast is Queensland’s third biggest city and as the region’s population continues to grow, so too does the need for an efficient and well connected public transport network,” Mr Bailey said.

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“What we now have is a blueprint for short, medium and long-term transport developments in the region – whether that be bus corridors, heavy rail or multi-modal connections.

“Public transport will be developed around key corridors and connections to complement the southern Sunshine Coast’s character as well as keep people moving to and through the area.”

This all sounds promising, but we need workable public transport solutions sooner rather than later for this region to truly prosper. The people of the region deserve far better than what currently exists and the lack of reliable public transport options is hurting everyone who lives and works here.

It is an exciting time to be living and working on the Sunshine Coast.

From Noosa to Caloundra there is opportunity everywhere you look. And while there will always be things we can and should do better for the moment all the signs indicate we are entering a very exciting period of growth that will provide long term benefits for the region.

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IN FORM

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RESPONDERS

My team managed the creation of large treatment centres in three countries, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone; and I spent about five of the seven months there during the worst point of that Ebola outbreak. and treating anything from trauma, heart attacks, strokes and more.”

Dr Norton was drawn to tropical medicine and infectious diseases and in addition to basic surgical training, achieved post graduate qualifications in international health, developmental work and epidemiology, as well as the management of infectious diseases in poor income settings.

“I became the Deputy Director and then Director of Training for Emergency Medicine in Darwin and was very much into mass casualty management, including setting up and then chairing Mass Casualty Management Australia, which was one of Australia’s first medical response teams,” he said.

Our teams on the ground in Bougainville

It may not be as architecturally impressive as Tony Stark’s Avengers HQ, but a global life-saving response team operates from a modest base in Noosa, as John Caruso discovers.

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key motivator for starting our podcast, Everyone Has a Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa, was to tell and share the stories of people in our community.

You only have to scratch the surface a little and there are countless, compelling yarns from what may seem like ‘everyday people’ who are living, or who have lived extraordinary lives.

In an unassuming office on Selkirk Drive, Noosaville, the Respond Global team led by founder and managing director, Doctor Ian Norton is at the ready to lead, manage and assist with health crisis emergency management, wherever in the world it might be required.

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field delivering programs ranging from COVID-19 vaccinations and rapid antigen testing implementation and training, to providing health crisis management and operations consultancy to organisations both here and internationally.

Ian’s experience in this field started in Ireland before moving to Australia and working in Newcastle, the Intensive Care ward at Nambour Hospital; through to Darwin and onto Perth where he completed his final fellowship exams.

“I was always drawn to mass casualties; trauma and large disasters and learning how to prepare for major incidences,” Dr Norton explains.

“I started as an emergency physician which is a long road to travel.

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When it comes to large-scale emergencies, Dr Norton has been at the centre of many including leading the Australian Medical Response Team for about six years, responding to situations including dealing with mass casualty burns at one of the first big refugee boat explosions at Ashmore Reef in April 2009.

He has dealt with it all from fire to floods, including the Pakistan floods just over a decade ago.

In 2013, Dr Norton was team leader following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines which he describes as a great experience because of the good work they were able to do.

He led the response to a Dengue Fever outbreak in the Solomon Islands before being sent on secondment to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help set up national medical response teams for about 130 countries. During that time, he also led the Ebola response in West Africa from a clinical care point of view.

“My team managed the creation of large treatment centres in three countries, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra

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IN FORM

Nepalese earthquake while with the WHO

Dr Ian Norton Leone and I spent about five of the seven months there during the worst point of that Ebola outbreak, and then I travelled to Nepal to support teams there after the 2015 earthquake,” Dr Ian says.

Respond Global in Noosa became operational just as the first waves of COVID started to hit Australia in January 2020.

“By March, April, we were on board the Ruby Princess managing that outbreak and then after that we helped with the aged care response in Victoria,” he says.

Respond Global had already worked with rapid antigen testing, covering everything from the meat sector to professional services working closely with WHO supporting outbreaks in lower income countries; southeast Asia and in the Middle East.

Family was the main reason for setting up Respond Global in Noosa.

“My wife was from the here and it’s great to be close to her mother and father and it’s important for our son to be close to his grandparents,” he said.

“Our son had experienced life in Darwin and then Geneva, Switzerland, so it’s been great to bring him back to Australia to grow up appreciating what it’s like.

He said the location was also a strategic choice as he envisions a high demand for future work in the Pacific region.

At the time of interview, the Noosaville headquarters looks like its ready for a party with marquees, plastic chairs, trestle tables and eskies ready to be loaded on a specially modified boat as

the Respond Global team prepare to set sail for Vanuatu to deliver a mass vaccination program.

Boxes of PPE, sanitiser and rows of medical-grade fridges hint that this is no ordinary picnic.

“The company is global so we can be based anywhere, so why wouldn’t you choose somewhere beautiful like here.

Brisbane is an ideal jump-off point for work in the region, so living here gives us the access that we need,” he said.

Noosa Council has taken advantage of having global experts based here by engaging Respond Global to assist with its COVID response and supporting local businesses with education, training and access to essential tools, including Rapid Antigen Tests.

Considering the move and declaration

by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the UK will “live with COVID” by lifting all restrictions and mandates, and similar moves being considered here in Australia, what does someone like Dr Ian Norton have to say about a COVID in the future?

“I don’t believe that we’ll ever be truly free of it, but it’ll eventually become like a lot of other coronaviruses,” he says.

“A third of all common colds are caused by coronavirus and because it becomes more infectious, over time it causes less disease and doesn’t become a burden on society. But it could be years, even decades before that’s the case.

a common cold is the best-case option, but that could take years.

“The other option, and this is where the smart money is, is that it maintains as an epidemic, coming in large waves that move across the world.

“However, those waves may not infect the entire globe all at once, and that’s a start to living with it, because that means that with personal protection equipment and tests and treatments, the assistance we can offer will move with the wave.

“So, the disease might not be everywhere all at once because our resources can be better managed.

“The third option, which is worst-case scenario, is a new variant emerges and we must reinvent new vaccines and there’s no prior immunity from natural infection,” he says.

“There’s still a five-to-ten percent risk that could happen.”

It’s impressive that an organisation like Respond Global with someone as experienced as Dr Ian Norton has ‘set up shop’ locally.

It speaks volumes and indicates clearly that professional business and organisations across all sectors can see Noosa as a hub from where they can operate global businesses.

WANT MORE? Listen to the full interview with Dr Ian Norton on our podcast

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REDEFINING

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There is now a premium car rental service that puts personality and style in an industry that needs a little shake up. Carlie Wacker meets the team that takes the hassle and brings the hustle to the car rental industry in Noosa – introducing Bespoke Noosa Car Rentals.

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hose new car smells make me happy and that is not even the first sensory delight that greets the customer at Noosa’s new premium rental car service.

Bespoke Noosa Car Rental is changing the way we do vehicle hire in town with only the freshest and newest vehicles on the market. However, it’s the people in the driver’s seat of this Noosa Junction business that really makes you smile.

Kelly Douglas and Jarryd Johnson are entrepreneurs with a dash of savvy and a genuine love for our region. Kelly has had a successful career in five-star hospitality and Jarryd brings more than a decade managing car sales and finance.

It makes sense that they combine their skills, passion and expectational customer service skills to reimagine the car rental game and launch Bespoke Noosa Car Rentals.

“We wanted to do something a little different and only offer larger, more spacious, different kinds of rentals to what everyone else has,” Kelly said.

at Bespoke Noosa’s home base which is ironically located next to Moto at the old service station site on Noosa Drive.

They have also stepped up the car rental market by offering complimentary pick-up and drop off in Noosa.

“We want to make the experience as easy as possible for our customers,” Kelly says. “We take the time to talk people through the features of the car and we are the only ones to personally fit child car seats in our fleet of brand new, large and luxurious 2021 models.

“We pride ourselves on customer service and guarantee no surprises.

You can rest assured you will book and receive the same vehicle - or better.”

I had a look through the range which include top-of-the-line brands such as Kia, Isuzu and tray back utes – one thing is for sure, you will be renting a very slick new vehicle with all the bells and whistles and so much room.

“This project started back in March 2021 and we officially opened our doors on 23 December 2021 – just before the summer holiday rush.”

I can’t believe how much space these (up to 8 seater) vehicles have. The Bespoke Noosa Car Rental fleet of over 30 vehicles is a formidable force and this family run business ensures that the customer service is the star of the show.

There is a sense of substance and style as you approach the headquarters of a brand that you will start to recognise very quickly – you won’t be able to miss that bright orange circle logo on vehicles

“Our passion is to provide excellent customer service and effortless car rental,” Kelly says. “The vehicles were carefully chosen to provide options that can cater for more than the usual sedan, 41

They have stepped up the car rental market by offering complimentary pick-up and drop off ensuring that not only do the vehicles have enough seats but have plenty of storage as well.

“We chose Kia Carnival Platinum and Isuzu’s top of the range MU-X and D-MAX for our fleet thanks to their exceptional safety ratings and outstanding drive comfort.”

Booking with Bespoke Noosa is easy!

Simply book your car, collect it or have it delivered to you, enjoy a day trip or longer in our gorgeous region and then drop it off or arrange for the vehicle to be picked up when you have finished!

Payment is made when you receive the vehicle and they offer a 72-hour cancellation policy which is helpful for when plans change.

This service isn’t just for tourists.

Planning day trips with family and groups is now even easier than trying to follow each other in a convoy - especially around Noosa’s famous roundabouts!

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IN ANTARCTICA

POLAR

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One local travel agent was lucky to be onboard the ground-breaking Le Commandant Charcot’s latest cruise.

Helen Flanagan has the exclusive.

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onant is rightly very proud of its truly unique Le Commandant Charcot which is literally rewriting the rulebook for polar travel.

Uncompromising design has successfully combined an ultra-luxurious hotel with a hardcore expedition, culminating in polar capabilities closer to a nuclear-powered ice explorer than a conventional expedition cruise ship.

The excited Noosa Cruise and Travel’s Natalie Cherry was the first Australian lucky enough to join the Le Commandant Charcot for a cruise to Antarctica, where every day she was overwhelmed by beauty and emotive soul-stirring experiences.

“The environment, the wildlife… such a pristine part of the world,” enthuses Natalie, onboard the world’s first luxury ice explorer. “Ponant’s newest vessel is sexy and sleek, there’s no shortage of onboard luxury or comfort, plus the blend of amazing onshore expeditions is beyond the realms of incredible.”

The very first hybrid electric exploration ship also delivers sustainable and responsible voyages.

“The notorious Drake Crossing was a breeze as we were rocked gently to sleep,” she said. “Every day there’s an intriguing and exhilarating expedition, guided by natural polar conditions, the Captain and his expedition team; such as something unexpected when at 73° south, the English research vessel, David Attenborough requested assistance. Le Commandant Charcot showed off her technological prowess and a path was carved in awe-inspiring minutes as opposed to days.

“Antarctica’s natural sanctuary affords an abundance of wildlife encounters such gentoo penguins, adele penguins, elephant seals, crab eater seals, humpback whales, finn whales and the

...from my private balcony all I could hear were the sounds of ice crackling and water swirling underneath. I cried. elusive emperor penguin. Gliding silently on top and through the ice is certainly emotional. From my private balcony all I could hear were the sounds of ice crackling and water swirling underneath.

I cried,” she said.

Expedition zodiacs are a vital part of any small-ship experience, transporting passengers through icy waters, watching seals on icebergs, penguins splashing, swimming and jumping, being dwarfed by glaciers and icebergs the size of buildings, and landing on the Antarctic continent to wander amongst the icebergs.

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“Personal highlights in the 11 landings were kayaking amongst the ice floe, polar hiking, and being brave enough to take the polar plunge,” Natalie said.

“Another favourite was Sims Island.

It was snowing and stepping foot onto land surrounded by thousands of Adele penguins running around with their happy feet, was like being immersed in a scene from a movie. It was magical.”

Back onboard, Natalie recommends calming the adrenaline-fuelled body in the Wellness area, preferring the warm cocoon of the sauna and a swim in one of the two heated pools. Oh, and afterwards the free-flowing Veuve Clicquot and lobster, which is included in menus created by the famous Alain Ducasse, replenished the mind and soul.

The ultimate and exclusive cruise of a lifetime to this remote and very special corner of our earth, is with Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot, which carries up to 200 passengers and 200 crew. Call Natalie at Noosa Cruise and Travel on 5449 8866 for a chat about her life changing experience to Antarctica.

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IN TOWN

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What’s brewing, cooking and happening...

NEW ON THE BLOCK Arcadia Street in Noosa Junction has found its Muse. From coffee in the morning to cocktails at night, the all-day European-inspired bar will not disappoint. A little sister to nearby Bird and keeping it in the neighbourhood, you’ll find Bird Croquettes and Bird jalapeño dip as well as buns from The Steamed Bun Co. Turns out Bird’s Peter Degotardi is a closet connoisseur of fine wines with the wine list curated by him.

SAY MORE! Get cheeky at Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, a New-York inspired cocktail bar, wine

bar and speakeasy with a stunning fitout and fastidiously selected craft wines and champagnes.

Look for the secret yellow door off Sunshine Beach Road in Noosa Junction and step into another world.Worth more than just a nudge!

UP A NOTCH After selling Off The Hook in Sunshine Beach, Kirk Dalgrin will be cooking up fresh seafood with stunning wines when Notch seafood restaurant opens in Noosa Junction

PASS THE PASTA Iggy Sun has reinvented itself as a Pasta Bar with daily lunch specials that offer more than pasta.

EVENT ALERT! ZE BIG FEAST Enjoy an evening loaded with the best bar snacks, sliders, craft beer and cocktails at Ze Pickle on Wednesday 11 May. BOOK NOW!

RELISH THIS The new menu from Noosa Spring’s Relish Restaurant offers Crispy Duck and Mango Salad; Smoked Ocean Trout and Fennel Salad or a Galician-style Octopus! Yum!

EAT FOR GOOD EATS is making meals to make a difference. Now at Noosa Civic, the social enterprise café serves up classic Australian dishes to serve the community with emergency food aid and education.

CARTEL CUISINE

ALBA

View by Matt Golinski

Dish up meals worthy of restaurant reviews with ready-made gourmet meals from Josh Smallwood’s Noosa Cartel.

Salivate over the fresh frozen range created by the Rickys ex-chef.

HATS OFF! Noosa Cartel

Congrats to all the winning venues at

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink

the Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat Awards for 2022! View Restaurant was awarded One Chef Hat for the 3rd year in a row AND a Reader’s Choice Award for Modern Australian! Alba

By Kuruvita donned a Hat for the first time at a high level, while 2 Hats went to Sum Yung Guys, and Locale Noosa.

Nil Desperandum

DON’T MISS! ITALIAN WINES Enjoy the flavours of Italy with a Wine Lunch featuring Lucio’s signature Italian dishes matched with wines from Sicily’s Mt Etna on Friday 27 May. BOOK NOW!

ALOHA ALBA ALBA By Kuruvita is introducing the first of their cooking classes to Alba Chef’s Kitchen, covering a range of cuisine and skills and special guest chefs. Plus, check out new market boxes and online pick-up from Alba Providore, as well as a special BYO offering for locals.

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FIRST-Y The boys at CAVU are known for their superb Sunshine & Sons gin and vodka range and now have added Australia’s first organic rum to the family with the much-anticipated launch of Nil Desperandum First. Launched at 2.22pm on 22/2/2022; it’s the first of five planned releases for this year and promises to be a hit. The group’s Original Dry Gin

and Pineapple Parfait were place 39th and 49th respectively in Ginuary’s Hottest 100 Gins. Cheers!

DON’T MISS! LONG LUNCH Tempt / Taste / Savour / Linger at the stunning Bask Eumundi for a Wine Lunch with Gilbert Family Wines on Friday 1 April.

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THE WONDERS OF

Matt Golinski wonders what makes eating out so tempting and tasty and why new businesses continue to open.

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omeone once told me it was a good choice to become a chef because ‘people have always got to eat’.

They don’t always have to eat a $35 steak with a $10 side of chips though.

They could stay home and make themselves a sandwich to keep themselves alive or empty the liquor cabinet of all that old duty free booze.

So why is it that despite all the current economic hardship, the increased cost of living, and the underlying fear that everything we touch is potentially a playground for viral germs, the public is still flocking to café’s, restaurants and bars across the coast instead of staying in for a stir-fry?

The fact is, most people don’t dine out because they need calories and nutrients, or that it gets them out of doing the washing up (although that is a major bonus). They pop down to their local for a latté instead of making it at home because they crave human interaction

and want to feel special and looked after, even if it’s only for a couple of minutes.

The joy of sitting at a table in the sunshine or over candlelight with loved ones, being brought all the food and drink your heart desires, the theatre of waiters rushing back and forth, cutlery clanging, glassware tinkling and the voices and laughter of others around us is the magnet that draws us all in.

That insatiable appetite for dining culture across the Noosa Region has clearly given operators the confidence to jump right in and start up new ventures, with a string of venues opening over the past few months, including Peter Kuruvita’s Alba; Lucios at Noosa Marina; Muse, Flo’s Creperie, Notch and Nudge Nudge Wink Wink – all in Noosa Junction; and the long-awaited reopening of Noosa Beach House at Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort.

Josh Smallwood has taken the leap from head chef at Rickys to providore

That insatiable appetite for dining culture across the Noosa Region has clearly given operators the confidence to jump right in and start up new ventures and business owner with his range of take-home meals at Noosa Cartel; and Chris Clark, Matt Zuccaro and Ash Murn have turned their culinary talents to spoiling our furbabies with their new company Rawlly Pet Food.

Sweet tooths are delighted about one of Australia’s best pastry chefs, Adriano Zumbo, setting up at Zumbo’s Test kitchen in Rene St, Noosaville.

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Indigenous bush foods from Galeru

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IN BUSINESS

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink

Lucios at Noosa Marina Slow Food Noosa continues to attract new members and recipients of the Snail of Approval for those producing good, clean and fair food, cementing its position as one of the biggest communities in the global network of 160 countries.

The ‘source local’ ethos that so many of our food businesses are committed to continues to spawn new ideas, with more producers choosing to value-add what they grow into ingredients suitable for the food service industry. SevGen at Galeru in Cooroy and Noosa Native at Carters Ridge are both growing and

selling indigenous bush foods in their raw form and in some cases processed into powders or freeze-dried fruit.

Autumn is an ideal time of year for growing food in Noosa, and you can expect to see persimmons, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, dragonfuit, rosellas and strawberries starring on menus over the next few months, often having been picked that morning and hitting the plate that night.

Despite the frustration of staff shortages and the stop-start operations for the industry over the past few months, it continues to stay positive and

flourish with the energy of the people who live and breathe it every day.

It bears remembering that the baristas, waiters, bartenders and chefs taking care of you show up each day with the sole purpose of making everyone they’re serving happy, and if you do have to wait an extra three minutes for that coffee, there’s a good chance someone is producing the same volume as they were two years ago but with half the manpower.

Be patient. Be kind. Use the three minutes to appreciate this incredible place we get to live in.

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IN THE KITCHEN

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How/Why did you become a chef?

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I decided when I was very young that I wanted to be a chef - probably watching Peter Russell Clarke for five minutes every day before The Goodies and Monkey Magic was what did it; 41 years later I still love every second.

What has been the most rewarding moment of your career so far?

The most rewarding times are when someone reminds you of something you cooked for them years ago that you’d long forgotten but that had stuck firmly in their memory.

Name Matt Golinski

That’s far better than any award.

Age 49

One of the privileges of being a cook is that people are quite likely to remember you fondly.

Position Executive Chef

What do you love about being a chef?

I love that every week I learn something new about food. I could live a hundred lifetimes and still not scratch the surface of what there is to know about ingredients and techniques.

What do you love about local produce?

The better your produce the less you have to do to it, and that’s generally what you get when you buy direct from the source.

I really value the relationships I have with my producers as well and I consider a lot of them close friends.

What is your approach to food?

Look at what’s in season and then cook according to that rather than writing a menu and going out and looking for the ingredients.

And never stop learning, that’s what keeps me interested.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My peers who love food the way I do.

We share the things we learn and bounce ideas off each other and that’s how we become better cooks.

IN Noosa Magazine

Restaurant View by Matt Golinski, Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas Do you cook at home? And if so what do you cook?

Yep, every day. I’m usually cooking for two adults and a four-year-old so it’s generally healthy but kid friendly.

Lots of eggs, spaghetti and rice.

What is your favourite dish to eat?

something I’m passionate about sharing with them.

Any advice for young chefs?

Don’t rely only on the people you work with to learn about cooking. Research every ingredient and technique on the menu at work so you properly understand it (the internet is one of the greatest tools a cook has).

Practice new things at home when you’re cooking for yourself. Offer to make staff meals for the rest of the kitchen or come up with specials so you can get some feedback. And look after yourself mentally and physically while you get through those first few years.

What is your favourite kitchen utensil?

I love a good whisk, and I’m very fussy about them. I’ll always whip cream and egg whites by hand because you get a better control of that perfect point of whippedness. But the whisk must be a good length, have fine wires, and never, ever be made out of plastic.

What is your favourite ingredient?

Oysters.

No lemon, no vinaigrette, no heat.

What do you love about being IN Noosa?

I love that Noosa, despite its glitziness, still maintains that beautiful natural feel with its national parks, river and lake systems and little hinterland villages.

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I love all ingredients equally, but one thing that I particularly like at the moment is the specialty mushrooms that are being produced locally by some very clever and dedicated growers. When trays of Oyster Mushrooms, Shimejis and Lion’s Mane arrive in the kitchen with all their colours and shapes it’s like they are still alive and breathing. They add so much flavour and texture to all dishes.

THE GOOD

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IN THE FIELD

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hooks have complex social structures and distinctly different personalities depending on where they sit in the ‘pecking order’ of the flock. They become members of the family, speak to a chook owner and they will get quite emotional about their ‘girls’. And those beloved feathered pets pull their weight – turning food scraps into contributions of highly nutritious, delicious, golden-yolked ovum.

For those of us who don’t have the space or time to be tending a coop, the next best way to get access to those fresh, bright, tasty eggs that you know were laid by chickens living their best life, is to choose ‘pastured free range’ producers, and we’re lucky enough to be spoilt for choice here in Noosa.

Piggy in the Middle, Forage Farms, Sandy Creek Farm, Walker Farm and Eumundi Egg and Feather are just some of the local farms which employ a

rotational method of production, using mobile ‘chicken tractors’, meaning the birds are always on a fresh patch of grass, are free to forage and dust bath and are never locked up, day or night.

Anyone who loves to cook, whether it’s making omelettes or sponge cakes, crepes or pavlovas, knows how important it is to start with good eggs. Freshness is paramount, especially when poaching.

As an egg ages, the yolk absorbs water from the white making it thin and runny and much more likely to fall apart when dropped into boiling water. Older egg whites don’t whip as easily and are far less stable and collapse more easily.

A simple check for freshness is to pop them into a bowl of water - if they stand on their end or float it’s because they have a larger air sack which means they’re older.

Smaller producers tend to turn over their product more quickly, so you’re

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Anyone who’s ever kept chickens knows they are far more than egg laying machines, as Matt Golinski discovers.

Forage Farms more likely to be working with freshness.

The quality of the feed the chickens are given is also important as this affects not just the colour and flavour but the physiology of the egg and the overall health of the chicken.

That is the priority that all of these farms have in common, to ensure their birds are healthy (both mentally and physically), treated humanely and with respect, to supply a quality product to the community and to improve, rather than deplete, the land they are working on.

This edition I have chosen three recipes that rely on making sure you source that ‘good egg’ for a cracking result (see over).

For stockists of the producers mentioned do a quick search online.

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THAI SPANNER CRAB AND RICE OMELETTES WITH AVOCADO, CUCUMBER AND CHILLI Ingredients: • 2 cups cooked jasmine rice • 50 gm golden shallots, finely diced • 1 stalk lemongrass, finely chopped • 2 cloves garlic, crushed • 1 tbs ginger, grated • 1 small red chilli, finely chopped • stalks of ½ bunch coriander, finely chopped • 2 tbs sesame oil • 200 gm cooked spanner crab meat • ½ cup coriander leaves, roughly chopped • 8 eggs • 50 ml cold water • 4 tbs vegetable oil • 1 avocado, finely sliced • 1 Lebanese cucumber, finely shaved with a peeler or mandolin • ½ cup mixed coriander leaves, Vietnamese mint and Thai basil • 1 large red chilli, julienned • 1 kaffir lime leaf, very finely sliced • 75 ml fish sauce • 50 ml lime juice • 2 tbs palm sugar • 2 tbs fried shallots IN Noosa Magazine

One of my favourite omelettes of all time, I could eat this for breakfast lunch or dinner every day. Cooked prawns or fish are a good alternative if you can’t get hold of crab meat.

This is where using good eggs makes a big difference, both for colour and their ability to hold together when wrapping them up.

Method: • Fry the shallots, garlic, ginger, lemon grass, chilli and coriander stalks in sesame oil until fragrant.

• Add the rice and fry for two minutes.

Remove from the heat and stir in the crab meat and chopped coriander.

Season to taste with salt.

• Whisk together the fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar.

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• Whisk together the eggs and water.

• In a non-stick pan heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and fry a quarter of the egg mixture until just set. Gently slide out of the pan onto a clean workbench.

• Repeat this process another 3 times so you have 4 omelettes.

• Place a quarter of the crab rice mixture on the front third of each omelette and roll up into a rectangular parcel.

• Carefully transfer to a baking tray.

• Gently mix the herbs, avocado, cucumber, julienned chilli and kaffir lime leaves.

• Warm the crab omelettes in a 180°C oven for 5 minutes.

• Transfer to plates using a wide palette knife and top with the salad mixture.

• Pour over the fish sauce dressing, sprinkle with the fried shallots and serve immediately.

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IN THE KITCHEN

GOAT’S CHEESE SOUFFLÉ WITH APPLE, RADISH AND PECANS

SERVES 4

This is a great base recipe for any type of cheese soufflé.

Cheddar, blue cheeses and gruyere all work well. The beauty of them is that you can make them in advance and reheat them just before you need them and they rise back up!

Ingredients: • 60 gm butter • 60 gm plain flour • 350 ml milk • 50 gm parmesan, grated • 150 gm goat’s cheese • 4 large free-range eggs, separated • 2 tbs pecans, roughly chopped • 100 gm breakfast radishes,

shredded • 1 gala apple, shredded • ½ cup watercress • 1 tbs white wine vinegar • 2 tbs olive oil • ½ tsp Dijon mustard • 2 tbs apple balsamic vinegar (optional) • 2 tbs cream • Salt and pepper

Method: • Melt butter in a medium saucepan, add flour and cook over a low heat for one minute, stirring constantly.

• Slowly add milk, stirring well with each addition and cook until thick.

• Whisk whites to soft peaks using a whisk or electric beaters.

place on a greased baking tray, drizzle

• Fold 1/3 of the whites through the mix to lighten it, and then gently fold in the rest.

minutes just prior to serving.

• Mix in parmesan and half of the goat’s cheese and scrape into a mixing bowl.

• Three quarters fill four buttered and floured 120 mm soufflé dishes and bake in a water bath at 160 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

• Allow to cool for 10 minutes before mixing in the yolks.

• Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tray.

• Season with salt and white pepper.

• Turn the soufflés out of their moulds,

ROASTED BROCCOLINI AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH SAUCE NOISETTE AND HAZELNUT GRATIN

with cream and reheat for 5-10 • Stir the vinegar, olive oil and mustard together to make the dressing for the salad.

• Mix together the apple, radish, pecans, watercress and the dressing.

• Carefully transfer soufflés to plates, apple balsamic and serve immediately.

Sauce Noisette is a variation of Hollandaise sauce which uses butter that has been heated in a saucepan until the milk solids start to brown and become ‘nutty’. Great with vegetables, poached eggs, and particularly good with fish such as salmon and trout.

Ingredients:

SERVES 4

top with the salad, drizzle with the

• 2 bunches broccolini • 500 gm brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved • 50ml olive oil • 50 gm hazelnuts, roasted, peeled and roughly chopped • 50 gm sourdough, roughly crumbed • 50 gm parmesan, grated • 3 egg yolks • 20 gm Dijon mustard • 50 ml white wine vinegar • 50 ml water • 150 gm butter • 2 tbs lemon juice • Salt and pepper Method: • In a large saucepan of salted boiling water, blanch the broccolini and brussels sprouts for 3 mins, refresh in iced water.

• Drain well, then toss with the olive oil, season with salt and pepper and spread out on a tray lined with baking paper.

• Mix together the hazelnuts, 51

sourdough crumbs and parmesan and spread out on a tray lined with baking paper.

• Bake for 10 minutes at 160°C, then allow to cool on the tray.

• Turn the oven up to 200°C and roast the vegetables for 10 – 15 minutes or until they start to colour lightly.

• In a small saucepan, heat the butter until it starts to foam and smell slightly nutty. Remove from heat.

• Whisk the yolks, mustard, vinegar and water over a saucepan of simmering water until thick, remove from the heat and slowly whisk in the butter. Once all incorporated, whisk in the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.

• Spread the broccolini and brussels sprouts out on a serving platter, drizzle with the sauce and sprinkle over the hazelnut gratin.

AUTUMN 2022

IN SCHOOL

f o l o o h c S

ALBA

Alba by Kuruvita has become a local favourite in a short amount of time. The restaurant and bar is in full swing but there is something new cooking in this kitchen and its set to level up your life. Carlie Wacker serves up the good food news.

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LBA by Kuruvita is a food and fun lover’s dream destination – a venue that embodies the essence of fine food and the natural elements of its coastal surrounds. The floor-toceiling glass opens seamlessly to let the light shine in on this elegant yet down to earth linen-set restaurant.

Noosa’s latest premier food destination is by renowned chef Peter Kuruvita and it reflects all that we know and expect from him. The menu features Peter’s signature style of global flavours and Sri Lankan spices of his childhood, expressed in a contemporary manner to let seasonal produce and local seafood shine.

Ramirez – shoot for the stars people!

This beautifully-designed space offers so much more than a stunning restaurant dining experience – it is also a café, providore, pizzeria and cocktail bar. Plus, in exciting news for those that love to immerse themselves in food experiences, ALBA Chef’s Kitchen is now open!

This creative space for cooking classes and private chefs’ tables also includes a kitchen studio. There is one thing for sure about Noosa – locals and visitors love and embrace the place and want to dive in and soak it all up. There is no better way to do that than to get on the tools with the best chefs in the business – cooking with them and learning their craft and passion for local produce to create and share a meal.

Noosa’s only state-of-the-art cooking school hosts an array of different classes and special guest chefs. Peter Kuruvita shares his seafood and curry masterclasses in fun, interactive fourhour sessions. Special guests like Louis

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The experience is special from the moment you walk into this stunning space designed by H+G Designs X Studio Shibui and equipped with quality Stoddart Australia equipment and SMEG appliances. It’s so exciting to be in the presence of chefs you admire and to work alongside them in this intimate and luxe setting.

Shop, cook and eat your way through every ALBA experience.

Tikaram from The Stanley Brisbane will share his tips and tricks to Asian cuisine; private Chef Alan Dawes teaches how to prepare a fine dining meal at home to wow your guests; and The Ohana Group get the party started with canapés of the coolest kind. You can even do a food photography masterclass with Valeria 52

You’ll chop, stir and steam with culinary superstars – it is a memory you’ll hold close. All equipment, utensils, ingredients and step-by-step instructions are supplied and you get your very own Alba apron, recipes and booklets to take home. My favourite part is sharing the meal you have created with a glass of wine, your new cooking buddies and fave celebrity chef. Imagine telling your friends you just had lunch with Peter Kuruvita!

ALBA’S Chefs Kitchen is icing on the Peter Kuruvita cake – cooking classes, private dining for 8 to 16 guests and a

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UPCOMING ALBA COOKING SCHOOL CLASSES 17 March Party Starters by The Ohana Group 25 March The Steamed Bun Co

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5 April Peter Kuruvita Seafood Handling & Cooking Techniques

fully wired studio set up to film product launches and classes.

So, with ALBA providing the dining and learning adventures the only other thing you need to know is that the Providore is also open for a shopping affair – grab the ingredients you need to replicate the cooking class recipes at home. In the

6 April Beer and Sri Lankan Sizzle 14 April Peter Kuruvita Sri Lankan Curry Masterclass 21 April Peter Kuruvita Jaffna Cuisine Masterclass 26 April Izakaya Japanese Oscar Solomon from Yoko, Brisbane Providore you’ll find local gourmet products and daily essentials plus gifts, Peter’s cookbooks, signature spices, tea and more.

Shop, cook and eat your way through every ALBA experience - before you know it, you’ll be literally craving to come back for more!

5 May Peter Kuruvita Pacific Island Feast 7 May Peter Kuruvita Seafood Masterclass 11 May Alan Dawes | Cook Fine Dining 14 May Peter Kuruvita Vegan Masterclass 18 May Peter Kuruvita Sri Lankan Masterclass 26 May Peter Kuruvita 3 Soups Masterclass Visit www.albanoosa.com.au for the latest timetable - new classes added regularly!

RESTAURANT - BAR - CAFE - PIZZERIA - PROVIDORE COOKING SCHOOL - EVENT SPACE

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IN DULGE

s w o l F a v a L

FROM WHERE THE Tickets to our next wine lunch will be as hot as the volcanic region the wines spring from. Tony Cox explores what the wines of Mt Etna in Sicily have to offer.

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hen you consider that one of the hottest spots in the world’s wine scene is Sicily’s Mount Etna, both figuratively and factually, it is exciting to have a lunch at Lucio’s where a member of the extended family that owns Vini Cali winery will be in attendance to talk about his family’s labours.

Sitting on the slopes of an active volcano on rich volcanic soils at an altitude of 550 metres above sea level, Vini Cali has been producing sustainably farmed, hand harvested wines from indigenous grape varietals for three generations. The key feature of Sicilian wines is their minerality a reflection of both the altitude and volcanic soils.

Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an

active stratovolcano on the east coast of Italy’s island state of Sicily. It is located in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania (birthplace to our very own John Caruso’s pappa) and near the betterknown town of Taormina that rises abruptly to provide breathtaking views of the Ionian Sea. It is one of the few active volcanoes in the world and regularly puts on a show.

Speaking of which, if you haven’t yet experienced Lucio’s – or if you went in the early days when they opened just before the Christmas crush and were then hit with staffing issues caused by the Omicron outbreak (like everyone else) - it’s a great opportunity to immerse yourself in what this riverside

gem has to offer.

Lucio’s Marina has sweeping riverside views, a stunning fitout and the attention to food and wine that you would expect from the second generation of one of Sydney’s most-established dining venues, Lucio’s. Stepping up to the plate as restaurateur and manager is Lucio’s next generation, Matteo and Michela Galletto, children of renowned former Sydney restaurateurs Lucio and Sally Galletto, who now call Noosa home.

On show at Noosa’s newest Italian restaurant will be three wines: a white, a rose and a red. The varieties may be new to the palates of Noosa but the flavours will easily resonate.

The Fanciulla Etna Bianco is a blend of carricante (80%), cataratto (15%) and

seafood trattoria & bar

Enjoy fresh local catch, serene waterfront dining and the warmth of family owned hospitality p: 5470 2331 e: eat@luciosmarina.com The Noosa Marina, 2 Parkyn Court Tewantin www.luciosmarina.com

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Enjoy wines from Mt Etna, Sicily grillo (5%). Fermented in stainless steel tanks with no oak it is all about freshness with citrus notes ranging from lemon/lime notes through to sweeter orange nuances with herbal characters of aniseed and mint providing a cleansing impact at the back palate, minerality driving a long finish.

The Galatea Siciliane Rosato is 100% nerello mascalese which features red fruits, wild strawberries and a slight sour edge with a touch of grip and minerality on the finish.

The final wine to be shown is the Moro Etna Rosso which is a blend of nerello mascalese (90%) and nerello cappuccio (10%). You get the trademark red fruits, herbal notes and minerality with the

nerello cappuccino adding colour, alcohol and slightly riper fruit notes.

Sicilian cuisine doesn’t get the exposure of many of the better-known regions such as Tuscany, Venezia and Lombardy but it should.

One of the key influences in Sicilian cuisine dates to the Arab occupation where citrus and raisins emerged as key ingredients with seafood also utilised in

A TASTE OF ITALY

abundance.

DATE: Friday 27 May 2022, 12 Noon

With a Sicilian-inspired menu created

COST: $95 PER PERSON for three courses including matching wines

by Lucio’s kitchen team under Head Chef Alejandro Soto, Friday 27 May looks

WHERE: Lucio’s Marina, 2 Parkyn Court, Tewantin

certain to be a hot date for lovers of authentic Italian experiences.

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IN GOOD TASTE

Beef IT UP

When it comes to award-winning food festivals with celebrity chefs and showstopping dishes, Helen Flanagan regards Shane Bailey as a cut above the rest.

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rom Noosa Boathouse to Rockhampton, the cheek to the rump, and all the tasty bits inbetween, Shane Bailey’s serious culinary passions include beef. Not surprising since he has been involved with Beef Australia since 2014 and the Capricorn Food and Wine Festival since its inception a decade ago.

Adding to his role as Executive Chef at Noosa Boathouse, his appointment as Executive Chef of Beef Australia is an extension of what what he has been doing in restaurants and at Noosa food and wine festivals, since arriving here from Melbourne in 2004.

Last year, despite travel restrictions for celebrity chefs from overseas, Shane managed to entice 11 of the nation’s best to be part of the Beef 21 Celebrity Chef Program which included the Celebrity Chef Restaurant.

At the burners and plating up for 2000 people across five lunches and dinners, were well known chefs Adrian Richardson, Analiese Gregory, Ben Willis, Dominique Rizzo, Duncan Welgemoed, ‘Fast Ed’ Halmagyi, Martin Bouchier, Matt Moran, Nick Holloway, Scott Pickett, Tony Howell, Alison Meagher aka Butcher Girl, and returning to Beef Australia for the third time was Gareth Collins as Head Chef. Good mate and local chef Matt Golinski has ‘starred’ on two previous occasions.

… cooked nose for the first time. It was presented as a surprise and tasted like pork belly Shane with wife Lucinda seminars, the latest on-farm technology,

and Best Food Tourism Event for 2021.

premier cattle and cattle judging,

No doubt there’ll be a stampede for tickets to the National Awards in March.

approximately 1400 stud animals plus 350 trade cattle. But it’s not all about beef with a shopping mecca, music concerts, shows, demonstrations, bars, gala ball, dinners, sportsman’s lunches,

Shane shared tasty cuts with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and met the supreme champion bull aka top-ofthe class.

high teas and so much more.

The five-day triannual event also featured property tours, industry

triumphed as Queensland Tourism

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To top it all off, Beef Australia’s biggest ever event, with a record 115,000 people who consumed 63 tonnes of beef at the Rockhampton Showgrounds, Industry Council’s Best Major Event 56

And mark your calendars for Beef 2024 from 5 to 11 May in Rockhampton.

Outside of the event Shane works with Beef Australia on promotions such as health benefits, environmental best practice, awareness of Aussie beef the world’s best, also using the whole animal creates a more sustainable industry.

“Forgotten cuts are tastier and more cost effective for restaurants and at

IN GOOD TASTE Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Shane

Tony Howell’s Braised Beef Cheek, Persian Gnocchi, truffle beurre blanc

Wagyu Beef Bresaola with local Buffalo Mozzarella, mango, olive dust and vincotto home,” Shane says assuredly. “I make

for the first time. It was presented as a

flavour as do beef cheeks which I’m

brisket into bacon the same as the other

surprise and tasted like pork belly.”

afraid to take off the Noosa Boathouse

bacon by curing and then smoking.

“It’s used on Kilpatrick oysters and is

Shane said great steaks such as the Denver and Delmonico were famous in

a taste sensation. At Christmas I made

America but not seen on many menus in

beef ham (BAM) using the eye round,

Australia.

and at a nose-to-tail dinner at Noosa Boathouse. That was where I cooked nose

menu because they’re so popular,” he said.

Similarly, the stunning entrée of Wagyu Beef Bresaola with local Buffalo

“Short rib is definitely the king of slow cooking meat and will take on a lot of

Mozzarella, mango, olive dust and vincotto. Pure beef brilliance!

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IN DULGE

g n i r i Pa PERFECT

At the heart of any great gathering is connection and this will be on show at the Gilbert Family Wine Lunch at Bask Eumundi for a lovingly-curated long lunch that will showcase the family businesses behind great wines and the freshest, seasonal food. Tony Cox previews what will be a perfect food and wine pairing in a stunning setting.

This effervescent number has watermelon nuances, a textured mid-palate and delicate bead.

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ith winemaking experience going back six generations, Gilbert Family Wines based near Mudgee in New South Wales, draws fruit from three distinct regions that all feature a common thread of elevation, creating wines with a brightness and elegance that comes with altitude.

There is strong collective history and knowledge with father and fifth generation winemaker Simon posessing an intimate knowledge of what the Orange and Mudgee regions can deliver, and family roots dating back to 1839 in South Australia’s Eden Valley.

Now Will, the sixth generation and recently-crowned Young Winemaker of the Year by Gourmet Traveller Wine, is working alongside father Simon crafting wines from Orange, Mudgee and Eden Valley.

Best of all on Friday 1 April 2022, we’ll be opening of few of their best IN Noosa Magazine

bottles over lunch at Bask Eumundi.

A match made in heaven with Bask dedicated to the art of the long lunch and La Dolce Vita – meaning you go there to enjoy the good life: fine food, wine and time spent conversing and connecting.

Like the Gilbert generations, Bask Eumundi owners Jess Coolican and Jack Madden want the restaurant to feel like home. Drawing from the interior design skills of Jess and the extensive food knowledge and talent of Jack, Bask is both stylish and a food journey to behold.

Like all good tales of love, Jack and Jess met while working in the much-loved Bistro C on Hastings Street 14 years ago.

Jack then has worked both throughout Australia and the UK, most notably at Edinburgh Castle.

He further honed his craft working as Sous and Head Chef in some of Melbourne’s best Asian and Seafood 58

restaurants before returning to Noosa about two years ago and working in the kitchen at Sails.

Meanwhile Jess worked in hospitality for several years in Australia and the UK before studying Interior Architecture & Design in Melbourne. Her work has been featured in award-winning homes and national magazines.

Bask Eumundi is a culmination of their collective talents in design, food and hospitality.

The four-course menu celebrates local produce and is designed to be enjoyed in four stages: Tempt / Taste / Savour / Linger - to take you on an flavoursome adventure that will be beautifully matched with Gilbert Family wines.

They include the 2021 Petillant-Naturel Rosé, 2021 Blanc and 2019 Rouge – pretty simple names that communicate effectively what is in the bottle.

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The 2021 Petillant-Naturel (Pet-Nat for the cool kids) Rosé is grown in Mudgee at 520m altitude and is 100% sangiovese.

Pet-Nat starts life with the same process as Methode Traditionelle but with no disgorgement, therefore no cleaning up of the wine after the second fermentation. As a result it is usually cloudy and can taste a little funkier too.

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This effervescent number has watermelon nuances, a textured midpalate and delicate bead.

The 2021 Blanc is grown in the Central Ranges and Orange and is a homage to all things Alsace being a blend of Riesling, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer.

Each varietal undergoes different treatments to produce a wine where the primary fruit characters of each are discernible with the respective flavours of citrus, nashi pear and rosewater shining through.

The use of neutral French oak, warm skin fermentation and amphora for certain parcels adds texture with cool ferments for other parcels maintaining freshness and fruit purity.

resultant textural wine with berry, chocolate and plum flavours.

The 2019 Rouge consist of fruit from both Orange and Mudgee with shiraz (84%) being the dominant grape with 15% pinot noir and 1% Riesling.

Designed to emphasise fruit flavours, stalks were removed and a cold soaking of the must utilised with fermentation occurring in neutral vessels, namely old oak and stainless steel.

Similar neutral vessels were used for maturation prior to bottling to create the

Gilbert Family Wines have the benefit of six generations of knowledge and experience with the added dynamism of youth and connection to current trends – in other words the best of both worlds.

Don’t be an April Fool! Grab your ticket to the long lunch at Bask Eumundi to end your week and kick off a new month in the best possible way.

GILBERT FAMILY Wine Lunch @ BASK

$120

PER HEAD

FRIDAY 1ST APRIL 12 noon 4 courses with matching wines

by Gilbert Family Wines and coffee to finish

Tempt / Taste / Savour / Linger Bookings Essential Book online hellosunshinemag.com.au

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IN THE POT

e n i s i Cu CARTEL

John Caruso discovers how one chef’s light-bulb has led to the creation of restaurant-quality meals that are just a pot of boiling water away.

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he COVID lockdown of 2020 caused a lot of people to reassess their life and discover different ways to fulfil their passions. For former Rickys Riverfront Restaurant & Bar head chef Josh Smallwood it was the catalyst for awakening his entrepreneurial spirit while still celebrating local ingredients.

The result is Noosa Cartel which offers restaurant-quality meals prepared and frozen fresh ready to simply heat and eat at home.

Always keen for a night off, the Carusos ordered off Josh’s Noosa Cartel menu a couple of Fridays ago. The kid had the beef bourguignon, he’s always had a well-developed palate; the wife, a green fish curry and I, the pork ramen.

The meals not only tasted great, but they presented well too, so much so that the kid had other ideas thinking he could order Noosa Cartel and then tell guests that we’d ‘slaved’ all day in the kitchen to create the delicious dishes!

He’s onto something. Preparation was as easy as placing the parcels in boiling water for about 30 minutes and then serving onto a plate. Sure, I also made some rice for wifey’s curry but I admit I was surprised when the dishes smelt, looked and tasted like they had just come out of a restaurant kitchen.

“I always wanted a business that revolved around food so I questioned what I could provide to consumers using my experience and skill set; and readymade meals using local produce and the techniques I’ve learned in restaurants over the years is where I landed,” Josh said. “It was a challenge to fine tune and deliver on the initial idea and to ensure the new business allowed a nice balance between work and family which you IN Noosa Magazine

Josh Smallwood don’t often get as a chef.

“The range of meals are frozen, there’s little waste, the flavours and freshness are locked in, there’s no preservatives or nasties in our meals and I thought this would be a good point of difference,” he said. “There was a lot of testing the ingredients. For example, leafy greens don’t work in a meal that’s going to be frozen and we wanted to make sure that the process of preparing the meal to eat was easy for the customer.

“We tested the vacuum sealed bags, making sure they were airtight when packaged at our end and then making sure that when they’re placed into boiling water all the flavours remained, and once served, the meal had to be as good as what you would get in a great restaurant.” Job done!

The man behind Noosa Cartel was born in Sydney, raised in Brisbane and at 21 moved to Melbourne to become a chef.

“My dad worked for Pizza Hut so for a while we lived in Hong Kong and Singapore and we moved back to Brisbane when I was about fourteen,” he said. “When the idea of moving overseas came up I didn’t want to go and leave my mates in Australia. However, once we 60

were there, I loved it. The experience, culture, food, travel, it was awesome!

“Moving to a place like Hong Kong ignited my passion for food and cooking.

Yum Cha, Peking Duck and all the street food really inspired me,” explains Josh.

Without a clear career path once school was over, Josh gravitated to hospitality and working in a kitchen.

“My apprenticeship started in Brisbane, and I had a mate who was also into food and the food scene although when we started out, there wasn’t much of a food scene in Brisbane so we both took a punt and moved to Melbourne,” he said. “Once we got there, we started consuming less fast food and immersed ourselves in European bakeries and Asian BBQ houses. You can’t help it when you move to Melbourne simply because of the diverse cultural community that exists.

He worked at Mecca, Grossi Florentino, Interlude and spent six years at Gary Mehigan’s Boathouse at Moonee Ponds as sous chef and head chef before returning to Queensland.

“They were all ‘hatted’ restaurants so I tried to extract as much as I could out of those experiences,” he said. “I was working with ingredients like blood

d

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IN THE POT

orange and fennel, that just weren’t served or utilised in dishes back in Queensland at that time,” he says.

It was in Melbourne that Josh ‘came of age’ as a chef.

“It inspired me to be an experimental chef that constantly seeks out new flavours and ingredients,” he explains.

“My wife Danielle was from Noosa so after our first child was born, we moved here and I landed at Rickys as the Chef de Partie and eventually became Head Chef,” he said. “I started to understand and appreciate local flavours, especially seafood. Expectations were high so my experiences and skill set developed even further during my seven years there.”

It was during the first lockdown when Josh had four weeks off work that he realised how much it consumed him.

“Even if you’re not physically in the kitchen, as a head chef or sous chef, you’re still on the phone and answering

emails, seven days a week,” he said.

“So that forced break was refreshing, both physically and mentally. The world was going through some crazy stuff, so for me to simply be ‘present’ with my family was a ‘light-globe’ moment.

“I know a lot of others in the industry were experiencing similar thoughts, questioning whether they wanted to go back to that all-consuming lifestyle.”

Thankfully for us, Josh found another way to feed off his skills - and stock our freezer! We’re now ready for those times when we want something easy but don’t want unhealthy fast-food.

Noosa Cartel is also great for single person households, particularly the elderly; time-poor professionals and, according to our kid, dinner parties where you want to impress without the stress!

CARTEL CUISINE Simply order off the website, pick up and pay and a five-star meal is just one boiling pot of water away!

CURRENT RANGE: Prawn Laksa GF Honey Roasted Lamb Shoulder GF Red Lentil Dahl GF, Veg Green Fish Curry GF Beef Bourguignon GF Kilcoy Beef Bolognese (serves 2) GF Pork Ramen Visit the website to order and for limited edition dishes: www.noosacartel.com.au HUNGRY FOR MORE? Hear the complete interview with Josh Smallwood on our podcast

Expect an invitation to Casa Caruso soon - just don’t look in the kitchen!

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HAPPY

t r e b r e H Herbert was the perfect host for our first event for 2022, as Deb Caruso delightfully discovered.

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ith a stunning fitout, charming hosts, delicious and hearty food matched with superb drops, it’s safe to say that everyone who attended the IN Noosa Magazine Long Lunch fell in love with Leon Johnston and Alex McKechnie’s lovechild, Herbert.

Alex’s fluffy pink thing aka St Tropez gin cocktail greeted guests and set a playful tone for the feast ahead.

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Proving that plant-based food is so much more than salad and soup, the Herbert kitchen delighted in dishing up top-quality produce in the most surprising, creative and mouth-watering way. The flavours spoke for themselves and the keyword was ‘divine’!

Warm, personalised service, a stunning venue, beautiful drinks and sublime food, what’s not to love about Herbert?

DON’T MISS! our next lunches at Bask Eumundi on 1 April (see page 58) and Lucio’s Marina on 27 May (see page 54).

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THE LONG LUNCH MENU St Tropez cocktail Herbert sourdough, cultured butter & olive oil Smoked sweetcorn dip, almond, chive, chilli, and rice crackers King oyster mushroom, shiitake mushroom broth, pickled shiitake, charred bok choy, rye, pistachio granola Rising Chardonnay | Yarra Valley Asparagus and courgette, kaffir lime, puffed wild rice, marinated fetta, sorrel and cashew sauce Pazza by KT Orange Riesling | Clare Valley House made gnocchi, roast parsnip puree, beets and toasted hazelnuts Nuovo Scucia Nebiolo | South Burnett Chocolate and avocado mousse on sable, cola cherry and yuzu gel

Conscious plant-centric food utilising local and foraged ingredients.

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If you like all things burgers and beers (as well as killer cocktails, brilliant bar snacks and delectable desserts), Deb Caruso has the answer.

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e Pickle is undoubtedly one of the pioneers of the Noosa Junction bar scene with its uber-cool fitout, cracking cocktails and craft beers, not to mention signature burgers, bar snacks and desserts-to-die-for.

The 5th of its kind in Australia, Ze Pickle in Noosa Junction opened in late 2019 and has firmly established itself in the hearts, minds and tummies of burger lovers and those for a good night out without the nonsense.

Owners Jordan Straney and Jai Dobbie, two burger and beer aficionados, said they were bridging the gap between

where the kids might eat and pub grub.

“Ze Pickle is all about simple food in a fun environment,” Jordan enthuses. “Our focus is on good craft beer, great tasting burgers and a relaxed vibe.”

Ze Pickle has its own range of handmade sauces and seasonings that bring burgers to life. The menu is epic with 7 chicken burgers and 11 Beef burgers including the STFU which is a 4-pattie tower. Gluten free buns are an option and vegetarian and vegans are also catered for.

They’re not afraid to have fun with quirky names such as Mash Mash City

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Bish; 3AM; Southern Hick; and Kanye’s Mum, which includes an Angus Beef parry, maple-smoked bacon, Kanye’s fried cheeze sticks, smoked Jalapenos, ze fries (ipa beer cheeze sauce, maple bacon and zp sauce) with jack cheeze and truffle butter! Phew! There’s also a kid’s menu.

Start with bar snacks such as the popular Popcorn Shrimp, Kanye’s fried cheeze sticks, waangs (chicken wings), mini tortillas, ze chips (which are loaded as a standard offer), sweet potato fries and the sizzling Mac ‘n’ cheeze Skillet.

Leave room for dessert including the Oreogazm; Twix Tacos and the sexiest skillet desserts ever. oh and there’s about

18 cocktails and 12 craft beers on tap!

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! l e t i f So Noosa Beach House at Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort is set to shine with a new Executive Chef, mouthwatering new menu and the return of signature events. Deb Caruso finds out what’s on offer.

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or George Francisco, his appointment as Executive Chef at the iconic Sofitel Noosa Pacific and Noosa Beach House is a natural evolution of a career built on a solid respect for seasonal and local produce and a burning desire to bring ingredients to life.

“I started in the USA South in the late 80s and emigrated to San Francisco and worked there for 15 years in a lot of top restaurants before coming to Sydney in 2000 where I was Executive Chef at one of the oldest restaurants in Australia, Jonah’s on Whale Beach,” he said.

George went on to own his own restaurants on the northern beaches in Sydney and then started QT Hotels on the Gold Coast before moving to the Hunter Valley where he was head chef of Tower Estate and Robert’s Restaurant before moving to Noosa.

I first met George about seven years ago when I was providing PR services to Slow Food Noosa and he was one of the local champions of the global Slow Food philosophy of ‘good, clean and fair’ food.

He earnt the globally-recognised Snail of Approval for his free-range, nitrate and chemical-free bacon, Voodoo Bacon.

The softly spoken American impressed me with his deep appreciation for, and commitment to, the freshest seasonal produce and philosophy of no waste.

It’s no surprise that he had been a

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Slow Food champion in other countries long before coming to Noosa.

dish I can make from these ingredients?

That’s just the way it should be done.

“The whole Slow Food movement resonates so strongly with me,” he said.

“It’s just what I do.”

“I’m really excited because coming into a new place I wanted to bring all my best dishes so I started going through my recipes from years ago and choosing some of my favourites.

Perfect timing and a change in circumstances sees George take on the role of Executive Chef at Sofitel Noosa Pacific and Noosa Beach House – and the only place where Voodoo Bacon lovers will be able to get their fix.

“I’m continuing the ethos that has steered my career - no preservatives, low food miles, organic and free range wherever possible but most importantly, using all the local suppliers that we all know and love,” George said.

Being a local small food supplier, George appreciates how much work goes into creating produce and how important it is to the local economy and food scene.

“It’s funny how things turn out because Noosa Beach House at Sofitel is the only place in Noosa that I wanted to work at since I moved here,” he said.

“I’m not even kidding! It’s the only place I thought I could make an impact and have the vision to do what I want to do.”

So what does George have in store?

Naturally there will be a strong focus on seasonal and local.

“I let the farm write my menu for me,” he says “What’s in season, what ingredients can I get and what’s the best 66

“It’s been fun to revisit those dishes and have them come out just as you remember them; even the olfactory senses were ignited - the taste, the smell; it’s how I remember it.

“I think that validates the food when a dish can still elicit that reaction.

“Some of the dishes I haven’t made in six or eight years and then to go blindly into making them again and have it come out and remember the smell and remember the taste – it just takes you back.

“It’s like being reunited with an old friend and that’s one of the coolest things about cheffing.”

One of the dishes George is most excited about is a Duck Roulade of duck breast wrapped in Jamón. Think duck breast filleted thinly with no skin; layered with a couple of slices of Jamón and wrapped in the skin from the neck of the duck; poached for two hours and then crispened in a pan.

I’m salivating!

“The amount of technique in this dish is amazing but it’s just so beautiful,”

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George said. “It’s a bit like making a duck and pistachio sausage the old French way but I’ve taken it to the next level. It also has baby beetroot, powder of star anise, aioli, a beautiful jus and beetroot greens with Voodoo Bacon – of course.

“A lot of the dishes I have chosen for Noosa Beach House already feature local produce such as a dessert dish that stars local pineapple; it’s perfect for Queensland and the Sunshine Coast.

“Noosa Beach House is already a great restaurant and we’re looking forward to making it even grander.”

Noosa Beach House has long been known for exceptional, fun, joie de vivre events – and this year, finally, events will be back.

Duck Roulade. Photo supplied.

George will also tap into his American heritage with the new menu including foods from a smoker such as southernstyle brisket and pulled pork, particularly in the Noosa Beach House Bar.

“Nurturing local talent and bringing local ingredients to the fore are just some of the reasons we are excited about this new direction,” he said. “We have no doubt Chef George will focus on the amazing local ingredients our region has to offer to deliver an outstanding dining experience.”

Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort General Manager Mark Wilkinson said one of George’s strengths was his ability to get the best from people he works with.

“It is part of our ethos to live the French life, which includes a strong commitment to local flavours,” he said.

“We take our responsibility as one of the

“It’s the right dish at the right time in the right place.”

Not only does this herald the return of the ever-popular Champagne lunches but look out for the pop-up Oyster Bar, live music, and live stations from time-totime.

With a new menu and signature events bringing excitement and energy back to one of Hastings Street’s most iconic venues, we’re in for a fun and flavoursome year ahead!

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The rain miraculously cleared for Noosa’s best to come together to celebrate the summer edition of IN Noosa Magazine at the stunning Bounce Noosa.

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he sun shone as some of Noosa’s best business owners, creatives and VIPs came together to celebrate the 30th edition of IN Noosa Magazine at the stunning Bounce Noosa.

Cocktails by Sunshine & Sons, Diablo Co and Heads of Noosa Japanese Lager accompanied delicious food

by The Ohana Group.

It was also the first time friends and supporters of the locally-owned magazine came together to celebrate winning the Sunshine Coast Business Award for Creative Industries (large) after also taking out the title in 2019!

What a way to end the year and look forward to connecting the community through storytelling.

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There’s nothing like a feast to bring family and friends together. XO’s five-course tasting experience is designed to maximise flavour and friendship, as Georgia Beard discovers.

s s e n r e h t e g to THE TASTE OF

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he place where we share our food is the place where we share ourselves.

Whether we’re gathering over a restaurant table, a picnic blanket or an open fire, the act of eating puts us on equal ground. We break down invisible barriers and open up to each other. We find connection as we break bread.

We first see the power of food with our families as the dining table becomes is somewhere you return to one another after a long day apart. Laughter, lighthearted debates, an outrageous anecdote – all shared between mouthfuls of lovingly-prepared meals. When the day is over, the people you live with know you a little better, and you do them.

The better the food, the stronger the positive connections - and even better when you don’t have to prepare it or clean up afterwards.

As we move into the cooler months and out of the manic start to the year, it’s time to reconnect with each other. We just need some good food to go with it!

From the restaurant kitchen in Sunshine Beach, XO Head Chef James Wu thoughtfully designs his menu around local and seasonal food that is designed for the whole table to share.

The restaurant’s five-course tasting menu provides the perfect foundation for human connection. A fusion of Asian flavours and premium wines await guests in a soft, intimate environment.

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Clockwise from top left: Soy Braised Duck Leg with Garden Vegetables, Hinterland Fruits, Red Thai Curry; Charcoal Flamed King Fish with Bonito Dashi and Garden Vegetables; Cured ocean trout with Soy Herb Relish, Mung Bean Noodles and Garden Leaves. and personal experience is that the cuisine comes from a place of love and dedication to local growers and culturally diverse cooking.

With Chinese, Thai and Japanese backgrounds, restaurant chefs embellish the menu by adding splashes of their own inspiration to another’s dish. The ingredients themselves are drawn from local businesses and farms.

“We have started by connecting with some amazing suppliers, and more are in the works,” James said.

“Our own ten acre home in Cootharaba is home to Joyous Farms and supplies about 70% of the fresh produce used at the restaurant. It’s a unique and specialised approach, which is not easily found in the region.”

According to James’ wife Phoebe, who also works in the restaurant and on the farm, the five-course tasting allows guests to simply sit back and relax while James selects his favourite or his most compatible dishes to provide a curated experience.

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Executive Chef James Wu This autumn, the five-course tasting menu is characterised by flavours of the earth and water: Steamed Garden Okra harvested from Joyous Farms and paired with Silken Tofu and Asian spices; Cured Ocean Trout refreshing the palate with Soy Herb Relish, Mung Bean Noodles and Garden Leaves, and succulent Soy Braised Duck Leg melting against Hinterland Fruits, Garden Vegetables and Red Thai

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What goes better with good food and good conversation than the perfect wine?

XO has you covered with the option for a wine pairing, including a premium level for afficionados.

“A lot of people don’t know about this hidden gem,” Phoebe says. “We are a paddock-to-plate restaurant with knowledgeable and long-time hospitality servers and an amazing kitchen team that has been together for four to five years - they are like family.”

James agrees and says they want guests to feel at home and walk away already planning their next visit.

In the kitchen at XO Curry.

Vegetables are more than a side dish and are celebrated with plant-based dishes including Crystal Skin Garlic Chive Dumplings; Charcoal Flamed Black Pearl Mushrooms; or Sichuan Chilli Eggplant.

A Mango Pancake with Hinterland Fruits and Chantilly Cream ends the evening on a sweet note.

James’s favourite dish off the menu is Charcoal Flamed King Fish with Bonito Dashi and Garden Vegetables.

“The king fish is grilled over coals, and then it is dipped inside a Tare sauce

king fish is grilled over coals, and then it is dipped inside a Tare sauce which enhances the smoky flavours which enhances the smoky flavours,” he says. “The flavours of every ingredient combine to create a dish that reflects the change of season.”

“Everyone knows someone that needs to try the XO experience,” he said. “And we’re ready to welcome them!”

As the Embassy XO staff grow in their connection to cooking and to each other, this sense of community transfers to the guests seated at their restaurant tables.

Hands pass plates around the table, cuisine inspires conversation and relationships are strengthened for seasons to come.

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When I heard a speakeasy style bar was within my reach tucked away in the alleyways of Noosa Junction my heart skipped a beat. New York City is my spirit city and the place where all my dreams unfold and now the soul of that city sits in the heart of the Junction ready to swallow you up with its sexiness.

Be warned – Nudge Nudge Wink Wink will own you and its global style and sophisticated offering is worthy of the big stage. But it’s back stage where all the action really is. Let us dive in to find out who is behind this sensational and sensory headliner.

Sam and Tilly Saunders are #couplegoals and the cool kids that own NNWW. Their resumes read like a movie script: they have both graced the big and small screens; Tilly is a living doll with the most exquisite style and presence; and Sam is a creative genius and the Co-founder and CCO of Canvino, a US-based canned wine; Australian medicinal cannabis brand Humacology; and co-founder of children’s charity Hopeland that he started with DeborraLee Furness. I could write a whole fascinating story about the life these two have led (and I will totally do that) but let’s focus on Nudge Nudge Wink Wink.

“Moving to Noosa from NYC wasn’t planned at all, so once we got marooned in Noosa there were all sorts of things I missed about our home town, particularly our local cocktail and wine bars, and member’s club Soho House,” Sam says. “So, we created something that represents the best bits of those places. When you walk through the door we want you to feel instantly transported to another place. At every turn and at every visit, I want your experience to be different and your senses overloaded: smells, sights, sounds, tastes, textures.”

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ntering through the unassuming big yellow door is almost like being in a film or a dream and any sense of normality is immediately washed away.

It’s complete escapism. In fact, it’s hard to remember where you are; and once you arrive at Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, it is even harder to leave.

This blind tiger begs a wanting audience to step inside and immerse in swank, glamour and a whole lotta New York City cool. Carlie Wacker explores the scene at the all-new Nudge Nudge Wink Wink.

Founders Sam and Tilly Saunders.

with new to deliver an eclectic, vintageinspired aesthetic. I believe that living your life in style is empowering and inspiring so visiting a space that visually inspires me feeds my soul.”

My soul is fed - and hungry for more!

You cannot take your eyes off every square inch of this bar - the tactility of textiles used, shapes, patterns and forms from the wallpaper to the light fittings and even the cocktail glasses.

It’s Tilly’s interior styling that instantly ticks the box for sight and texture. This vintage-loving design queen has created a space that is chic and sophisticated.

Nicco and Valerio are the team that bring the tastes to life including a 40-page drinks menu that has ‘House’ versions (which are anything but house), ‘Wink’ versions and ‘Nudge’ versions of the same cocktail base. Winks are cheeky tweaks on the originals and Nudges take them to a whole other headline-grabbing and mindblowing level.

“I love having fun with textures, fabrics, mixing patterns and adding pops of color – it is what makes a space come together,” she said. “I love to mix old

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liquor not seen elsewhere in the region.

Naturally, the sounds of NNWW sets it apart too. Tilly is the music director for the joint and clearly loves the gig.

“Omg, the music! I have curated such a fun, eclectic range of music,” she says.

“I am hoping to introduce new sounds that people haven’t heard before and I’ve mixed in older nostalgic tunes as well.”

Anything goes. These guys don’t just turn the table on entertainment, hospitality, and style – they tip it over and take a crowbar to it with a hint of anti-establishment at every turn. We haven’t even discussed the delectable food! That’s for you to discover.

From the curious cocktail vessels, to the underground artworks adorning the wall, it’s a whirlwind of WOW. Nudge Nudge Wink Wink – it’s just like a movie and you’re the lead actor.

Learn your lines people – we have a new scene in Noosa! Say no more.

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Owners Lance and Craig were overwhelmed with the suppor and thanked everyone for coming.

“Every year has been bigger and better than the one before it, and this year was no different,” they said.

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A rare calendar date saw the release of a rare rum - Nil Desperandum Rum, Australia’s only rum produced using certified organic molasses.

Naturally, Tony Cox was there to investigate and imbibe.

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imed to launch at 2.22pm on 22.02.2022 at the Sunshine & Sons distillery in Woombye, the inaugural release of the team’s Nil Desperandum rum brought a little sunshine to those in attendance.

When the boys from CAVU (the team behind Sunshine & Sons’ award-winning gins, vodka and other spirits) shared a rum from the Caribbean back in 2018 this quiet drink planted a seed.

Head Distiller Adam Chapman

They pondered why there were no worldclass rums produced from the region, given that sugar cane is synonymous with the Sunshine Coast, bountiful in Queensland and has been grown locally for more than 150 years that.

Drawing inspiration from the rums of Barbados and Jamaica, which tend towards the fuller-bodied end of the spectrum when compared to rums from former French and Spanish colonies, they consciously chose molasses as the base for their rum.

delicious, rounded mouthfeel with vanilla and nutty flavours all framed with a pleasant alcohol warmth - think an open fire, dark chocolate and a Romeo & Julieta No. 3. I think the boys are onto something and given Adam said it was his first crack at rum it augurs well for the future.

treatment. It is customary to age rum in barrels which have seen use for other alcohol products with port, sherry and bourbon being popular choices. Adam elects to buy in white oak which he then seasons with port and sherry. Port

True to Jamaican style the team only uses American white oak barrels sourced from four bourbon companies including Makers Mark and Woodford Reserve. By white barrels it means the inside hasn’t been toasted which allows the spirit to have much more flavour influence from the oak itself rather than the char effect, which can also strip out some flavours as charcoal acts also as a filter.

provides a lovely sweet, richness and

Head Distiller Adam Chapman also elected to have total control over the oak

prominent with sweet citrus notes. The

softness whilst sherry, usually oloroso, provides a distinct nutty flavour.

Now to the serious stuff, what does it taste like?

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Another great aspect of the day was the selling of 222 of the 200ml bottles of Nil Desperandum rum to raise funds for Steps Disability Group, with the distillery kindly donating all bottles, labels and, of course, amber filling so the entire proceeds would flow to the charity.

For those wanting to feel extra special and for rum afficionados you can go to the website and join the 1871 Club where you will receive five Nil Desperandum Limited Edition releases each year.

As Adam says, despite being a very high quality rum it is an evolutionary process but do not despair as the commitment and dedication the team has shown so far in their operations will no doubt see them reach their ambition of producing a world-class Australian rum.

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NOTHING TO DESPAIR The latest liquid gold to come from CAVU was launched in style with Sunshine and sips!

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he sun broke through the clouds at Sunshine & Sons Distillery for the historic launch of Australia’s first organic-certified rum.

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Launched at 2.22pm on 22/02/2022, Nil Desperandum lived up to its translation of “nothing to despair”!

Guests feasted on food straight from the firepit by Terra Firma Dining and sampled the limited-edition first release, aptly called First.

Join the exclusive 1871 Club or purchase one of 222 mini 200ml bottles of First rum, to see $22,222 donated to STEPS Pathways Charity.

What a sipping success!

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spiritual awakening is when you realise that nothing external can bring you happiness and to truly be fulfilled in life, you must let go of the ego and surrender to the internal search for happiness and peace. It can be felt through your body, mind and soul, and can make you realise how limited your thoughts and actions have been in the past.

A spiritual awakening can bring up questions such as ‘who am I’ or ‘what is my purpose in this life’? When we truly feel at ease with ourselves, things become more vivid, you are more present and feel very much alive. Famous people who claim to have had spiritual awakenings include Russell Brand, Oprah, Jim Carey and John Lennon.

One of the first signs of an awakening is when you start to notice and observe patterns happening around you and with your own behaviour. You might be asking yourself ‘Why do I attract the people I do? Why do I feel angry at the world?

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going to do about it?’

You might begin to make life-changes and become more aware of food and health, environmental impacts or political issues.

Setting yourself up for a spiritual awakening can include making small changes to your daily life such as learning to let go of the past, practicing self-care, being more present or reexamining your values and beliefs.

Just remember that small changes create a ripple effect, and you may notice bigger changes happening further down the track.

Your intuition may become more in tune - when you think about a certain person you often bump into them soon after and when you wish for something the energy world seems to connect your thoughts with reality.

Now is more important than ever to go back to some of the basics in life – to change or maintain a constant and happy state of mind.

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When we truly feel at ease with ourselves, things become more vivid, you are more present and feel very much alive.

As we age our playful child-like mind slowly turns into one of worry and stress and we forget to enjoy our simple, uncomplicated surroundings.

Instead of searching for an external materialistic paradise we need to find that internal paradise waiting to be discovered. Let go of attachments that define you and just let the universe guide you to your destination.

Here are some ways you can support a spiritual awakening:

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MEMORIES Placing words on the fridge such as ‘curiosity’, ‘presence’ or ‘gratitude’ can remind us that the world has so much to offer and explore.

Do you remember as a child being totally lost in time while using our imagination to create fictional scenes in our heads, living for each moment instead of thinking ahead and only stopping play to satisfy our hunger?

Those beautiful memories are stored in our minds forever and when replayed they bring a sense of fulfilment and happiness that can still be recreated.

SIMPLICITY Summer in Queensland was mild this year - a much cooler breeze emerged and short, violent storms and torrential rain presented themselves sporadically. Our grass is certainly greener and heavy rain has created flowing streams through stagnant waters. These things are simple but oddly beautiful in the wake of a stressful, ever-changing world.

I seek the sound of water moving and hitting rocks when out walking my dog and it is one of the most peaceful sounds to connect more with nature. These are those small pocket moments we need to focus on to be a spiritual thinker – we need to slow down our racing minds and look for these hidden moments and unnoticed treasures.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER If you feel like your life is lacking purpose and you feel incomplete, spend time working more on yourself and investing in your own self-love. The library is filled with Wellness books, spiritual books and positive mentor book to guide you! A change only begins when you are ready to make it, and now is the best time to start to awaken your spiritual side and glow from the inside out.

WAYS TO BECOME MORE SPIRITUAL • Explore your surroundings • Practice Yoga or Pilates • Volunteer in your community • Think regular positive thoughts • Look for deeper meanings • Mindfulness Meditation • Be more in touch with your inner core • Think about your purpose in life • Let life guide you rather than control it 81

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They say, ‘if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it’.

Katrina Thorpe shares the best therapies for busy people.

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am kind of over the word ‘busy’ as I feel it’s overused or not a strong enough definition for what some of us take on. Nevertheless, everyone understands the term and being ‘un-busy’ is a hard thing to do when you live a full life.

While we all look forward to some downtime, days off and holidays, it can be difficult for ‘busy people’ to break the cycle and switch off. It also generally requires a lot more time for busy people to unwind and relax.

Some of us can’t go from a day full of tasks that need to be organised, actioned, completed, addressed, or dealt with; to doing nothing, even though you have physically or mentally stopped.

Spa treatments offer a great respite from the rush. Not only will you physically relax but your mind can clear enough to induce a sense of calm through the clutter.

If you’re a busy person and find it hard to slow down, switch off your mind and relax then here are some of the best Spa treatments and ways to help you find some equilibrium when you do set aside some time for yourself to be un-busy.

HOW TO BE UN-BUSY Don’t stop. Just slowing it all down while keeping your mind less active with something different is what I find works best for busy people. Book a spa treatment for longer than an hour and arrive early to set your body and mind up for the maximum benefits.

Taking time to slow down, change your outlook and breathe in the beautiful day spa aromas. Your cellular memories of previous treatments and the benefits to your body will get you in the mood for what lies ahead.

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FOREPLAY FOR YOUR MIND Like everything we do, preparation, planning and pre-empting what’s next, we also need to coerce the mind with a little foreplay to slow it down in preparation for relaxation.

I’m sure we can all relate to that first drink when we sit down at a restaurant, arrive at a function or get home and put the kettle on. Just like putting on your activewear before you exercise, it’s the little routines that set the mood and prepare the mind for what’s to come.

Generally, people relax better if they have a body treatment, foot massage or head massage before a body massage.

When your mind and body experience different aromas or sensations, such as skin exfoliation, warm water, a foot scrub or head massage with aromatic oils, it engages different senses which help to distract your mind. Having something else to notice, think about and process, helps dissolve the busy mind.

Body treatments give you an experience for all your senses and they are excellent for distracting and slowing down the mind. Plus, the therapeutic qualities of most body treatments also offer great benefits for relaxation and skin improvements.

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When your mind and body experience different aromas or sensations, such as skin exfoliation, warm water, a foot scrub or head massage with aromatic oils, it engages different senses which help to distract your mind.

WITH THE FLOW Busy mind, busy body, busy life needs the opposite to get un-busy.

Calming, nurturing, slow and soothing are the best treatment choices to release tension. While some people assume a hard, deep tissue style massage is what they need, it’s not the ideal choice for a busy or stressed person.

When your body is under stress and pressure, the last thing it needs is more discomfort. Opt for a massage that offers kindness and soothes away tension for a more nurturing and calmer experience.

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instincts. Think about the people that

The past two years has seen a big increase in the demand for facials. Now, this could be due to Zoom meetings, skin issues with wearing masks and feeling aged with stress but we also know how deeply relaxing facials are.

Therapists can feel your breathing rhythm change as your skin tone softens and a little snore within the first fifteen minutes of a facial is not uncommon. It’s a good sign that you are relaxed!

Facials offer a sensory journey with aroma, touch and soothing sounds but it’s mostly the amount of massage to the face that relates to deep, nurturing

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touch your face in a kind way and you will find it is usually related to those that love or care for you.

Your mind relates to this kind and gentle touch - it knows it and it feels secure and soothing. Face massages also relax the muscles that hold tension and create a stressed, tired look. Your skin will be glowing from the treatment in more ways than one.

Making time for yourself is not always easy for busy people but I hope this helps you with what therapies to book to slow your world down. You deserve it!

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With cooler weather comes different skin challenges. Carlie Wacker shares some tips to ensure your skin weathers well.

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s the seasons change, so should our skincare routine. Our body’s largest organ needs different things as the weather and environment around us switches up so let’s have a look at some helpful tips to beautiful skin in autumn.

EXFOLIATE – over summer we are using thicker sunscreen and are more exposed to the elements. A good exfoliation will help remove any excess products sitting on your skin blocking pores and slough away any dead skin cells revealing fresher, brighter skin. Cleaner skin also ensures that any serums or moisturisers are easily absorbed for maximum benefits.

HYDRATE – as we move into cooler temperatures, we expose our skin to heaters and reverse-cycle air conditioning that suck the moisture out of the air (and therefore our skin).

Maintaining hydration is extra important to minimise dehydration.

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and balms t0 keep your pout plump.

SUNSCREEN – although the weather is less extreme it’s still vital to apply sunscreen daily to prevent premature ageing and damage.

GUT HEALTH – look after your skin from the inside out. Good gut health results in healthier, more hydrated and protected skin. Try adding broths and powders to your daily routine you can get them from About Faces Noosa.

SWEAT IT OUT – Infrared saunas have so many benefits including assisting with weight control and reducing the appearance of cellulite. It detoxifies heavy metals and chemicals and tightens.

Get your sweat on at City Cave Noosa or Revival Wellness Studio.

REGENERATE - Angie Lamb at About Faces Noosa suggest that Autumn is a great time to start skin treatments that can reduce the sun damage and pigmentation in our skin. She has a state-of-the-art Visia Skin Analysis machine that uses 3D technology to

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Deb Caruso meets a Pelvic Physiotherapist who is changing lives, one breath at a time.

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e can take it for granted that our bodies will do what they are supposed to do, when and how they are supposed to do it. But it doesn’t always work that way and when it comes to pelvic health, when it goes wrong, it can go very wrong.

That’s where Angie Vienne comes in.

She is a pelvic health physiotherapist who specialises in working with women, men and children on the things that are rarely talked about but can really affect our quality of life, pride and self-esteem.

Due to the complex nature of the pelvis, this area of physiotherapy is very specialised, particularly in pelvic floor dysfunction which can cover conditions such as urinary and faecal incontinence; pelvic organ prolapse and pre and post-natal physiotherapy.

She also assists with rehabilitation after trauma or surgery; and has a special interest in pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction including painful intercourse; managing endometriosis, vulvodynia, and other conditions that can occur across our lifespan.

Her private clinic in Noosa Springs is a haven where clients can be heard, supported and have the space to breathe.

Having spent years working alongside medical specialists in hospitals and medical practices, including the multidisciplinary Pelvic Pain Clinic at the Mater Mother’s Hospital and Eve Health (the largest Private Gynecology practice in Australia), Angie is extremely passionate about transforming her patient’s lives through a holistic, intuitive and empowering approach.

She applies evidence-based pelvic health physiotherapy with yogic philosophy such as meditation and yoga, to treat a range of conditions.

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These are complex and sensitive topics and we’re implementing some lifechanging initiatives.

perspective,” she said. “It’s such a fascinating area and empowering patients with the knowledge, skills and support to achieve their goals is so rewarding; the treatment really can be life changing.

“When you consider that 1-in-10 women suffer from pain and endometriosis, 1-in-5 women experience painful intercourse, and up to 15% of men suffer persistent pelvic pain, it upsets me to think that so many people are suffering in silence and not seeking help.”

Changes in pelvic health can be triggered by pregnancy, childbirth, hormonal changes including menstrual periods and menopause, weight gain, chronic constipation, and prostate surgery.

While issues can come about as we get older, Angie also sees a lot of young women and girls who might be experiencing painful periods, intercourse or tampon trouble.

“Many of my patients experience pain in this region, which promotes a protective guarding response and up-regulation of the pelvic floor muscles,” she said. “This response can lead to pelvic floor muscle overactivity and future issues if not addressed.

“All too often the recommendation is surgery for many pelvic health conditions but studies show there are less invasive conservative options, and physiotherapy is internationally recognised as first-line treatment for incontinence.”

And while early intervention is important, it is never too late to seek help to address underlying issues.

“Relaxation of the pelvic muscles is as important for kids as it is for adults,” Angie says “It’s important to see people early and when the first symptoms arise.

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for embarrassment, so it’s important to provide a safe space where they can feel supported, be heard and understood, and know that they are not alone.

Angie said the first appointment was the most important to establish a thorough understanding of the patients condition and their goals.

“We take the time to listen to your story and unpack everything from quality of sleep and emotional wellbeing to bladder, bowel, and sexual health, movement, diet and self-care routines.

This integrative approach is thoughtful and professional, and allows us to identify any underlying issues, and develop a personalised wellness plan.

“The pelvis is one of the most complex parts of the body – we can’t see the organs or the muscles so we’re quite disconnected from it, particularly if it makes us feel uncomfortable. So introducing that area of the body and building an understanding and connection is important. This is where the breath comes in as it is a really beautiful portal to the pelvic floor.

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and have the space to breathe

“It sounds odd, but most patients don’t know how to breathe and years of ‘sucking our tummy in’ can be tightening the wrong muscles and causing unnecessary pressure on the pelvic floor.

“Once we develop breath awareness through breathwork practices, we can begin to restore synnergy within the muscle system, whether the pelvic floor is overactive or underactive.”

Angie has her Masters in Women’s and Pelvic Health Physiotherapy, as well as training in meditation and yoga and she weaves these philosophies into her sessions. Angie believes in patient-centered care, and everything is done carefully and mindfully and guided by where the patient is at.

It’s important to Angie that there are no surprises so her patients feel relaxed and understand the various assessment and treatment options and their benefits. She empowers them to make informed choices about their health care and works together with GPs and different specialists such as dieticians and psychologists to ensure a multidisciplinary approach.

Patients may also be eligible for a health care plan through their GP, which provides a Medicare rebate for up to five sessions.

Angie said a typical treatment plan may take three-four months with initial consultations more regularly before spacing out to every four weeks.

pelvic health physiotherapy Yoga for pain Instinctive Meditation

“I aim to give clients the power and skills to self-manage and the tools they need if something happens along the way,” she said. “These are complex and sensitive topics and we’re implementing some lifechanging initiatives. I am incredibly passionate about improving the quality of life of my patients, and get great satisfaction hearing their newfound joy and happiness after years of suffering.”

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We know a place where your troubles are set free and you can just be.

Carlie Wacker shares a little beauty secret set amongst the serenity of Noosa Marina – NuYou Natural Beauty Day Spa.

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he benefits of self-care must not be ignored and taking time for you should always be a priority. I have one hot tip for those looking to focus on themselves in Autumn – discover this tranquil waterside wonderland we call NuYou Natural Beauty Day Spa. Jo A’Hang is the owner of NuYou Natural Beauty Day Spa and she has created an environment that will have you feeling just like ‘nu’.

“We named our Spa “NuYou” as we wanted to treat everyone who visited us,

like they have been transformed into a more relaxed, refreshed and revised version of themselves, within a friendly welcoming environment.” says Jo. “Our adjoining treatment rooms, dual French Spa baths and open-decked balcony lounge area, make your experience unique.”

It truly is unlike other spa experiences especially the bathing rituals. The history of bathing is a fascinating one. The luxury of fresh water meant only royalty had the pleasure of bathing, then in

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They would converge on lavish bath houses to cleanse and exfoliate not only for hygiene and personal rejuvenation.

I wonder when we stopped considering bathing as a luxury! It’s why soaking in an opulent retreat of coconut milk and freshly-picked rose petals in a French Spa should become a regular self-care activity for us all. At NuYou Natural Day Spa they call it Cleopatra’s Hyrdration – I call it genius!

This day spa offers these bathing rituals, aqua therapy, massage, facials and many other treatments and services.

Time to soak up the serenity and reveal a NUYOU!

Meet Jo and the team and explore the stunning salon on the deck of Noosa Marina.

Discover the benefits of Intraceuticals Oxygen Facial in action and the amazing before and after results; learn more about the LED therapy or Microdermabrasion that gently blasts organic oxide crystals on to the outer surface of the skin.

Find out about Cleopatra’s Hydration and other Bathing Rituals in the French Bathing Suite; explore the high-tech Sauna Steam Room; and discover how to be pampered and transformed to a new you from top-totoe!

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While cheap, synthetic hair products damage our hair and our environment, one hair salon is getting to the root of the problem. Georgia Beard discovers how Si.Organics brings natural, plant-based hair care to the Noosa community.

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efore the age of mass market hair products and bottles full of synthetics and chemicals, we humans washed our hair with much less harm.

Ancient cultures mixed water with herbs and plant fluids for shampoo and extracted natural oils for conditioner.

Through the 1800s and 1900s, Western hair-washing rituals involved rinsing with water and castile soap, vinegar or egg yolk. Even today, some women are going “no poo”, ditching the shampoo bottle for products like coconut oil, baking soda and apple cider vinegar.

Although some methods of hair care are more questionable than others, we’ve been choosing organics since before the organic movement existed. Now allnatural products have all the hype, and hopefully they’re here to stay (so you don’t have to risk a “no poo” alternative).

Organic hair care lacks the irritating detergents, parabens and petroleumbased fragrances found in traditional products. Also absent are the synthetic fertilisers and pesticides used in industrial farming. Instead, organically grown ingredients bring out the shine, silk and scent your hair deserves while keeping you and the environment safe.

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shampoos and conditioners. Nourishing hair masks and sprays, protective serums, styling formulas and more can offer long-lasting looks, just as ecofriendly as they are you-friendly.

The need for premium, organic and high performing hair care that is both on trend and good for the planet is growing.

In response, Sam Pittendrigh, Founder

Sam Pittendrigh

and Artistic Director of Si.Organics, has

the first to offer colour and styling

forged ahead with ambitious plans to

services using the organic, biodynamic

expand her organic hair salon along the

and naturally derived Oway product

Noosa River. Sam and her team are

range,” Sam says.

combining local and international industry experience to put premium hair care in the heart of Noosa.

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“We know our clients care not only about a beautiful result for their hair, but knowing the ingredients used and how it effects their health and environmental footprint, is paramount.”

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“We understand the growing importance of wellness and self-care and the willingness of women to invest in themselves,” she says.

With an environmentally-conscious approach, Si.Organics treatments deliver natural healing properties to your hair, scalp and skin. But Sam knows mental healing is just as important as physical.

It’s her mission to see clients leave the salon not only with beautifully nourished hair but with a nourished body and soul too.

“We have created a luxurious and pampering environment that delivers both and makes it easier, more convenient and enjoyable for people to prioritise themselves.”

Rather than resorting to synthetic products or substitutes you can find in your pantry, turn to Si.Organics.

The salon’s natural and reliable alternative uproots conventional hair care, sustaining the health of your hair, your mind and the environment.

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A peaceful sanctuary delivering beautiful, sustainable haircare that will leave you looking and feeling amazing.

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We start with a comprehensive consultation with one of our experienced stylists who considers your face shape, bone structure, personality and hair type before suggesting options that will work best for your look and lifestyle.

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New mumma Erin Yarwood shares some suggestions to help make your body and life the best and most active it can possibly be before, during and after pregnancy.

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o, you’re trying to have a bub!? Yay! It’s such a big, life changing decision to have a baby. Committing to bring another being into this world, who will initially be solely dependant on you, is a big deal. But an awesome one at that! And it’s super important that you are in great shape leading up to this massive change in your life. Both physically and mentally.

Try to ensure you are eating a healthy, balanced diet, staying active and feeling in a good headspace so that you enter this new chapter with everything positively going your way.

Or maybe you’re expecting? How exciting! Wow! That’s super exciting news… Well done you.

Can you believe it? You are currently growing a human being inside you…. right now! How awesome and mind blowing is that?

Hopefully your internal cherub is treating you well and you are feeling good. But unfortunately, that’s not always the case for some.

Some women seem to breeze through their pregnancy, seeming as if there are no crazy changes going on with their bodies at all. Yet there are others who manage to draw the short straw,

You are currently growing a human being inside you... right now!

experiencing all kinds of nastiness from nausea to high or low blood pressure and everything in between.

Now, as you’re quite aware, your body has been through a fair bit over the past 10 months. So be kind to yourself.

Did you know that movement and exercise is great while you are pregnant?

Within reason of course! But it can help in numerous ways.

Don’t feel as if you must get straight back into working out, regardless of if you were super active before and during your pregnancy or not.

If you have been exercising regularly leading up to falling pregnant, you should be able to comfortably continue your workouts, tweaking and modifying as you go with each trimester.

Certain changes in your body can affect how your body works now, such as having a weaker pelvic floor and core, or being less stable throughout your joints.

And if you haven’t been quite so active beforehand, then you just need to make sure you’re not jumping the gun and completely beginning a workout regime.

You don’t want to shock your body as it’s already working overtime! So instead, opt to ease into some beneficial movement, such as walking or some basic bodyweight exercises.

Release those good endorphins to keep you feeling on top of the world.

Hopefully avoiding the queasiness!

Or maybe, like me, you’ve just had your bundle of joy? Congratulations!!!!

Isn’t life amazing? And doesn’t that little cutie in your arms, that you have so cleverly created, just blow you away? You made that!

So, you need to seriously take this into consideration before working out, to avoid any injury. It’s always advisable to be checked out by a women’s health physio before commencing a postnatal workout routine, just to be safe.

And most importantly, give yourself time to simply enjoy those fresh baby snuggles. They’re only that small for such a short time. Lap it up.

So, whether you are planning, baking or have freshly welcomed a new little life into this weird and wonderful world, please take the time and care in doing all the important and necessary things to ensure you have a smooth, healthy, carefree and enjoyable experience.

Before, during and after.

And enjoy every special little moment along the way.

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Valerio wears: Norie crystal black Raen sunglasses, Okanui, 1800 652 684; Mambo long sleeve T, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Leather crossbody bag, Cottonworx by Mensroom, 0497 873 167; Bone silver pendant, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928 (see detail on opposite page); Swimshort in grape, Tropical Fade, Okanui, 1800 652 684; Gizeh slide in tobacco brown, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211.

Sarada wears: Linen pant and top, Hand of Fatima cuff, JoJo Noosa, 0433 988 842; Gold rings, Sun Soul, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469 ; Tassel earrings, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656; Linen scarf and leather belt, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700; Mim III sneaker , Frankie 4, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211.

Tunny the wonder dog wears collar, lead, bandana and sun hat, Peticular, 5471 3418.

On location at The Spit Noosa Dog Beach, Noosa Woods.

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the wild lush greenery of the National Park, and we remember what it was like to feel the boundless, intoxicating alchemy of magnetic chemistry with another.

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e all remember the first time we fell in love. The date that we wanted to never end-a simple coffee together in order to ‘test the waters’, a coffee that turned into a leisurely lunch; a long walk along the beachfront; a sunset aperitif with the waves crashing down their timeless symphony before us; the promise of romance at dinner by candlelight.

That special rendezvous where we felt honoured, understood, appreciated and heard, where we knew in a heartbeat that things had changed for the better, forever. The day we knew we’d found our true love, our one and only.

This Autumn we draw on that heady, magical feeling of fragile, fledgling, fluttery first love in our fashion story.

We fall heavily for our incomparable, magical Hastings Street with its wonderful restaurants and shops, the crystal clear crisp water of Laguna Bay,

Tassel earrings, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656

Nature and emotion collide in delightful harmony. The undeniable rapport of our two stunning models Sarada and Valerio not only serves to showcase this season’s finery, it reminds us of the enduring power, passion and purpose of sharing our lives with a special person, in a very special place.

As we reflect on life’s path with our life’s partner, let’s also reflect on our long-standing love affair with this wondrous place, our home, our Noosa.

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Natural, beautiful, refined - she surrounds and envelops us with her pristine perfection. Giving our existence meaning,energy and abundance.

This “place of shadows”- Noosa- from which life and love spring eternal.

Autumn 2022: as the weather cools and the days shorten and we dress ourselves in the season’s new silhouettes and hues - let’s all fall in love again, with Noosa, Laguna Bay, and love itself.

Les x

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Mocha linen dress, Watermelon Red, 5448 1452

Jaase printed top, JoJo Noosa, 0433 988 842

Danish Design wristwatch, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Veux eyewear, Oscar & Frank, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469

Studded ankle boot, Ma Petite Boutique, 0412 565 382

FACING PAGE: Valerio wears: Allgood cotton shirt, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Stretch chino, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443; Leather and silver cuff, Trendsetter steel bracelet, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928 (see page 99 for full detail); On Cloud shoe in russet and cocoa, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211; Sunglasses, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443 Sarada wears: Kivari Alice dress in coral, My Gratitude Leather sandal, Sun Soul pearl inlay earrings, Veux eyewear, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469 (see page 99 for full detail); Marie Jo Jane bra, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070 (see detail on page 108); Cashmere scarf worn as belt, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656. Shot on location at Bang Bang Noosa @bangbangnoosa

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Red leather and stainless steel bracelet, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Valerio wears: Allgood chino and long sleeved T, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Red leather and stainless steel bracelet, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928; Flintoff Military jacket, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443; Sperry Halyard sneaker, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211

Stainless steel and metal bracelet, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Sarada wears: Rosie maillot in Forest Green, Matilda Cove, matildacove.com. au; Indie cotton top in Poppies, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656; Gracie jean, Vegan leather bag in foreground, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Pikolino leather slide in sapphire, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211 Shot on location at Feet First Footwear @feetfirstfootwearnoosa (left) and Pixels Australia @pixelsaustralia and Barcade Australia @barcadeaustralia

Pikolino leather slide in sapphire, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211

Pearl inlay earrings, Sun Soul, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469

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IN FASHION He wears: Allgood chino and long sleeved T, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Red leather and stainless steel bracelet, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928.

She wears: Rosie maillot in Forest Green, Matilda Cove, matildacove.com.au; Indie cotton top in Poppies, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656; Gracie jean.

Shot on location at Pixels Australia @pixelsaustralia and Barcade Australia @barcadeaustralia

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Gold stacker rings, Sun Soul, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469

Calvin Klein funnel neck sweat, Mapogo, mapogo.com.au

Champion jacket, Mapogo, mapogo.com.au Hand of Fatima cuff, JoJo Noosa, 0433 988 842

Jacket, Mapogo, mapogo.com.au Diamonte cuff, Ma Petite Boutique, 0412 565 382

FROM

fresh kicks

LEISURE SHOES • SANDALS • SLIDES

feet first footwear Noosa

LOCALLY FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS 37 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads Open 7 Days | 5447 2211

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Classic long sleeved shirt in linen, Okanui, 1800 652 684; Samanta Perla bra, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070 (see detail on page 108); Opal Towers, handmade white gold pendant featuring claw set 27.72ct, 4.81ct, and 4.43 free-form Lightning Ridge black opals (total weight 36.96ct) and fifteen round brilliant cut diamonds bead set in vertical bar.

Pendant measures 94 mm long and weighs 31.60 grams, Diamonds of Distinction, 5445 5709 ; Pearl hoop earrings, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700 (see detail on page 108)

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Sarada wears: Silk taffeta circle skirt, studded ankle boots, Ma Petite Boutique, 0412 565 382; remaining items credited on previous page.

Valerio wears: Cotton and linen slim suit, tie, buttonhole, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443; Cotton apricot shirt, beads on left hand, Cottonworx by Mensroom, 0497 873 167; Florsheim Cascade loafer in rich tan, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211.

Shot on location at Locale Noosa @localenoosa

Watermelon Red BOLD FRESH VIBRANT

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Sofia midi dress, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656; The Horse leather bag, Django & Juliette leather sandal, Ma Petite Boutique, 0412 565 382; Raen gunmetal Varlin sunglasses, Okanui, 1800 652 684; Pearl, blue topaz and peridot earrings, silver bangles with ball charm detail/ double bar, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928 (detail on opposite page).

Shot on location at Locale Noosa @localenoosa

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Raen gunmetal Varlin sunglasses, Okanui, 1800 652 684

Short sleeve sweater with gold button shoulder accent, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100

Silver ball detail , double bar bracelets, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Pearl, blue topaz and peridot earrings, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Mae denim skirt with star detail, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656

Frankie4 Violet black wedge sandal, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211

Yes!

...It’s the shop with sand on the floor

www.tresnoosa.com Shop 1a, 1 Arcadia Street, Noosa Junction 105

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Bonita maillot in Posy, Matilda Cove, matildacove.com.au; Veux eyewear Rocky Road, rose gold bracelets, Kivari short, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469; Blush pink Silver Lining sandal, Ubud, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211.

Shot on location at Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort @sofitelnoosapacific

HAIR

MAKEUP

TANNING

International & Celebrity Stylists | Bookings: 07 5449 7906 | 8 Thomas Street, Noosaville

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Veux eyewear Rocky Road, rose gold bracelets, Kivari short, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469; 2 cent piece earrings, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928. Bonita maillot in Posy, Matilda Cove, matildacove.com.au; Faded denim jacket, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Leather cross body bag, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700.

Shot on location at Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort @sofitelnoosapacific

EXPRESS YOUR TRUE BOHEMIAN SELF ARNHEM | KIVARI | ROWIE | WILL AND BEAR | WANDERING FOLK | INDI TRIBE COLLECTIVE 5373 8063 bohemiansundays.com 12/224 David Low Way, Peregian Beach 107

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Diamond and pearl choker, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Marie Jo Jane Balconette, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070

Rose gold stacker bracelets, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469

Samanta Ola Underwire, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070

Pearl hoop earrings, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700

Pink and pale green earrings, Ella and Sunday, 5455 5656

Samanta Perla Bra Underwire, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070

Rose quartz and silver ring, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700

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Wacoal Embrace Lace wire free, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070

Pearl and stone earrings, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700

Rowie crop top, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469

Oscar and Frank cat eye sunglasses, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469 Navy hibiscus print tote, Okanui, 1800 652 684

Paperbag gingham shorts, Watermelon Red, 5448 1452

EOS mish black leather thongs, Watermelon Red, 5448 1452

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Be fitted with care by the most experienced experienced bra fitters on the Sunshine Coast.

• Personalised individual fittings with care and consideration • Beautiful basics designed to be worn every day • Domestic and heritage brands famed for their quality, design and fit • Extensive ranges in underwear, lingerie and sleepwear

Dedicated to the perfect fit...

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INSPIRED BY A SIMPLE DESIGN APPROACH TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL CLOTHING YOU CAN WEAR EVERYDAY.

Gold fringed earrings, JoJo Noosa, 0433 988 842

High waisted bikini in navy and toasted coconut, Okanui, 1800 652 684

Showroom Open: 3/40 Gateway Drive, Noosaville Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm Phone: 5455 5656 ellaandsunday.com.au

Will & Bear Calloway straw hat, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469

STATEMENT

Flamingo earrings, JoJo Noosa, 0433 988 842

EARRINGS DESIGNED Rosie maillot with belt in forest green, Matilda Cove, matildacove.com.au

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Organic cotton jean, Sienna skinny, suede chain bag, Big W at Noosa Civic, 5343 2100; Apricot sandal, Zimmerman, Ma Petite Boutique, 0412 565 382; Samanta Ola bra, Lady Bird Noosa, 5455 4070 (see full detail on page 108); Kivari Astrid cami, Bohemian Sundays, 0414 348 469; Fringed linen vest, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700; Rose gold earrings, JoJo Noosa, 0433 988 842; Coeur de Lion bracelet, Danish Design wristwatch (see page 97), diamond and pearl choker (see detail on page 108), Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928.

Hastings Street Noosa Fair Shopping Centre Gateway Drive, Noosaville Sunshine Plaza

Shot on location at Happy Pops Noosa @happypopsnoosa

0433 988 842 / 0448 240 536 jojonoosa.com.au

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Patterned long sleeve shirt, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443

Hat, Watermelon Red, 5448 1452

Short sleeved T in Grape, Okanui, 1800 652 684 Lynne denim jogger, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443

Stretch chino in camel, Connor at Noosa Civic, 3478 9443

GAP T shirts, Mapogo, mapogo.com.au Ecco mens sneaker, Feet First Footwear, 5447 2211

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Behind

THE SCENES

CREDITS CREATIVE DIRECTOR Lesley Clough @lesleydawnclough HAIR & MAKEUP Melissa Lord, Mischief Hair @getin2mischiefnoosa MODELS Sarada Satori @satoribody Valerio Conti @valerioconti90 Find him behind the bar at Nudge Nudge Wink Wink @nnwwnoosa PHOTOGRAPHY Giselle Peters @giselleimages ASSISTANT CREW Georgia Beard Bobby Taylor Deb Caruso SHOT AT Hastings Street Noosa @hastingsstnoosa Refer to individual scenes for specific locations.

Thanks to Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort for being our base for wardrobe changes.

Noosaville

Pacific Paradise

07 54498535 @getin2mischiefnoosa

07 54488369 @getin2mischief

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THE MASTER

A stunning, century-old tradition is about to shine in Noosa. Carlie Wacker meets the Master Jeweller at Diamonds of Distinction who aims to keep the tradition alive and thriving IN Noosa.

Both his father and grandfather were qualified Master Goldsmiths with the family business beginning in 1933.

When Adrian was young the family moved to Australia to explore an exciting new world of gemstones and settled in a remote north-western NSW mining town called Lightning Ridge – the home of the world famous and most precious of all opals, the Black Opal.

“After completing high school and deferring university, I began an apprenticeship with my father,” says Adrian. “I’ve always looked over his shoulder, fascinated by the craft.”

Staying at the coal face of the industry, Adrian also mined part-time while completing his apprenticeship and worked under his father for a decade.

Over the next 15 years, he developed his trade under several jewellers and in 2016 was awarded the title of a Jewellers Association of Aus. Accredited Master Jeweller. This was the first time Australia had an official ‘Master Jeweller’ accreditation and Adrian was one of only four in Australia at the time.

He found an outlet for his creativity and passion by taking over the muchloved Buderim jewellery studio, IN Noosa Magazine

Diamonds of Distinction.

He quickly cemented it as a luxury destination for high-quality, custommade jewellery and his second store on Hastings Street will reflect the values of timeless tradition and unmistakable style to dazzle diamond lovers!

“We’ve got our shopfit and signage underway, so you’ll see some activity there soon,” Adrian said. “Our custommade cabinets are very exciting and will look amazing when complete.

“The store will also have a fully functional workshop so we can look after our clients as efficiently as possible.

... the love of this centuries-old craft is evident.

“We’re also busily crafting our new premium designer pieces, as well as our own lines of exclusive Diamonds of Distinction custom-made jewellery.

We’ll be featuring some amazing new Australian white and coloured diamonds, some stunning natural Colombian and Brazilian emeralds, breathtaking Lightning Ridge black opals, and many other beautiful gems.”

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Adrian Schulz master jeweller speaks for itself and the love of this centuries-old craft is evident.

“I specialise in unique, custom-made, one-off pieces of jewellery using premium materials and unusual and exciting gemstones from around the globe,” Adrian said. “My favourite design style is contemporary avant-garde.”

When designing a special piece for a client, Adrian said the actual design process started with an idea.

“This can come from something a

PHOTOS: MEGAN GILL

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drian Schulz was born to be a jeweller and a very good one indeed – a Master Jeweller. He was born in Idar-Oberstein, the mining, jewellery and gemstone cutting capital of West Germany.

IN TOWN

DIAMONDS

client has said; from a gemstone or from a theme.

We then begin imagining and sketching and eventually a concept is realised.”

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Diamonds of Distinction are dedicated to providing conflict-free certified diamonds and precious gemstones from all over the world. Their supplier network has been established over generations in the industry.

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Idar-Oberstein ∙ 1933

Fine Jewellery Design & Manufacture

“We only use trusted and established names,” he said. “Our diamond suppliers are signatories to the Kimberley Process and we source as many Australian diamonds and gemstones as possible, which are of course ethically mined. Apart from the amazing pink and coloured diamonds we are known for, we also have a large selection of white Argyle diamonds available. These are increasingly popular with our clients.”

Argyle

Pink Diamond Specialists

With all this skill and style it’s no surprise that the business is expanding.

“We are very much in a growth phase! I am a single, full-time Dad, bringing my original plans for the business to life, including preparing to open our second premise in Noosa’s iconic Hastings Street,” he shares.

“Last year we were extremely busy with many people insisting on locally-made artisan work and we have actually increased our team with several design consultants, additional jewellers and more salespeople.

“We have plans to engage and train more apprentices and are committed to keeping the Australian manufacturing industry strong. We have some amazing jewellers in Australia and it would be tragic to lose this industry, so we will do what we can to keep our trade strong.”

ADRIAN G. SCHULZ 3rd Generation Qualified Designer & Manufacturing Jeweller JAA Accredited Master Jeweller

From Idar-Oberstein to Lightning Ridge, Buderim to Noosa, there is no stopping Master Jeweller Adrian Schulz.

Whether you are looking for a brand-new custom piece, a repair, a restoration, or the remodelling/ restoration of your beloved jewellery, Diamonds of Distinction pride themselves on quality craftsmanship and exceptional service.

Phone 5445 5709 19/29 Main Street (Middy’s), Buderim 2/18 Hastings Street, Noosa - Opening Late March

We can’t wait to INdulge in this luxury retail experience in Noosa!

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AUTUMN JEWELLERY EDIT

TOP

Our favourite jewellers share their top five pieces for the season. There is something exquisite for all tastes from skillfully handcrafted rare gems to antique treasures sourced from all over the world. Autumn shines bright!

Ayala Bar, Avenue J, 5444 4422

9ct white gold London Blue topaz and diamond pendant, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Stunning original Art Deco platinum diamond bracelet, Avenue J, 5444 4422

18ct white gold Imperial Topaz and Diamond ring, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Platinum and 18ct Rose Gold Australian Argyle pink and white Diamond ring, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

18ct white gold Amethyst and Diamond pendant, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

Platinum Australian Sapphire and Diamond ring, Makers Mark Jewellery Studio, 0434 239 928

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18 ct yellow gold pendant with fantasy chevron cut Swiss blue Topaz, Diamonds of Distinction, 5445 5709

Art Deco 18ct yellow gold turquoise and diamond ring, Avenue J, 5444 4422

18ct white gold Tahitian pearl charm huggies, Diamonds of Distinction, 5445 5709

Art Deco 14ct white gold diamond plaque ring, Avenue J, 5444 4422

Platinum and 18ct rose gold dress ring with 1.06ct custom cut octagonal cushion Australian Parti Sapphire, Diamonds of Distinction, 5445 5709

18ct white and yellow gold seven oval cut diamond half hoop style ring, Avenue J, 5444 4422

18ct White and Yellow Gold Trilogy Ring featuring 1.16ct Emerald cut Russian Emerald with two round brilliant diamonds = 0.48ct G/SI in shoulders, Diamonds of Distinction, 5445 5709

18ct yellow gold drip pendant with South Sea baroque pearl, Diamonds of Distinction, 5445 5709

Sue Gaylard - OWNER Edwardian 18ct Y/G Handmade Moonstone & Diamond Ring $6,600

Australian Pink Argyle Diamond Daisy Pendant P.O.A.

Victorian 14ct Yellow Gold Enamel Drop Earrings $4,650

18 ct White Gold Fancy Diamond Cluster Ring $31,500

www.

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avenuejjewellery .com.au

SHOP 14, ZANZIBAR RESORT MOOLOOLABA ESPLANADE P: 07 5444 4422 E: info@avenuejjewellery.com.au

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BRIGHT Name Jaemes Collingwood Business Makers Mark Jewellery Studio

How and when was your business born?

This business quickly developed into our first retail store in the Adelaide Hills and as the wholesale side of the business continued to grow, we relocated the workshop to our property in Nairne.

When the opportunity to open another store presented itself in 2014, I jumped at the chance as I had a deep desire to provide clients with a personalised service based on honesty and integrity.

This was the start of Makers Mark Jewellery Studio. Over the next six years the studio grew into a thriving business.

In late 2020 our family moved to Noosaville so we relocated the shop to the Noosa Village Shopping Centre and it’s the best decision we’ve ever made!

How would you describe Makers Mark?

We’re a family business specialising in hand-crafted gold and silver jewellery, repairs and remodeling. Our studio displays a diverse range of elegant and unique pieces, along with the latest trends in jewellery design.

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After completing a four-year apprenticeship with a manufacturing jeweller in Adelaide I opened my own manufacturing workshop in 1997 to provide a wholesale repair and ringmaking service to local jewellery retailers.

What do you love most about Noosa?

We provide a relaxed and inviting space where clients can consult directly with the jeweller to create something truly special, designed specifically for them.

Tell us about your clients?

They are passionate about their jewellery and enjoying the Noosa lifestyle!

I love the relaxed, easy-going lifestyle – everyone seems to really enjoy being here, making the most of every day.

The weather and proximity to the river, beach and hinterlands offers such a diverse selection of activities and opportunities to enjoy life.

Also, the amazing range of cafés and restaurants ensures you’re never at a loss for great food experiences!

What advice can you share for other business owners?

We have a lot of regulars who drop in just to chat or share stories of their latest adventures and we love getting to know them.

Get to know your client’s needs so you can deliver exactly what they want but also try to offer something different to others in your indsutry.

Our clients really value their families and I often create pieces for various family members, whether they’re locals or interstate guests, we meet them all.

Provide an experience and level of service that can’t be matched elsewhere as this builds brand loyalty and ensures your customers tell others about you.

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MAKE YOUR MARK Beautiful Handcrafted Jewellery

Rings | Pendants | Earrings

What is trending in the jewellery industry?

Laboratory-grown diamonds are becoming popular as they’re very affordable, approximately a third of the price of natural diamonds, and they also have a greater brilliance and higher purity.

These man-made diamonds are grown in highly controlled laboratory environments using advanced technological processes that duplicate the conditions under which diamonds naturally develop when they form in the mantle, beneath the Earth’s crust.

Consisting of actual carbon atoms arranged in the characteristic diamond crystal structure, these diamonds are made of the same material as natural diamonds so exhibit the same optical, chemical and physical properties. They are also a responsible choice given that no mining is required.

Over 30 years manufacturing experience All work is completed onsite by Jaemes

FAVE FIVE

Fave Hobby: Home renovations and outdoor activities – I really enjoy creating and building and having bought an old Queenslander, there’s always something to be done! I also love spending time in the outdoors, especially here in Noosa, there’s so much to do!

Fave Food: Chicken Parmigiana Schnitzel – a pub classic but still my favourite.

Fave Acessory: My leather bracelets from our menswear collection, they go with everything and really suit the relaxed lifestyle here.

Fave Jewel: Tanzanite – the intensity of the colour is just stunning and they’re quite rare so I’m always on the lookout for the perfect specimen.

Fave place in the world: France – the people, culture and history are just incredible, can’t wait to return one day and spend some time in Bordeaux enjoying the wine!

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IN THE HOME

Bed linen, Wabi Sabi, 0400 220 813

AUTUMN Earthy tones bring home the change of season.

Printed canvas throw Hunting for Stars 5447 7490

Amethyst incense burner Sayers Home, 0406 800 891

Wabi Sabi, 0400 220 813

Vase, placemat and paper napkins Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406 Wall art, Eclectic Style, 5470 2946

Apothecary candle, Casa Noosa, 5447 3722

Decorative pot, Manawee Garden Centre, 5445 2406

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Rattan room divider Eclectic Style, 5470 2946

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Wooden pot Uncle George 5474 5871

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Trinket box and beauty case, Lovely Things Gift Shop, 5345 5082

Mima table lamp and Dual Vase, Sayers Home, 0406 800 891 Minerva Cushion, Weaver Green, 5231 9805

Milan Leather lounge, Eclectic Style, 5470 2946

Raffia cushion Hunting for Stars 5447 7490

Wooden Salad Servers and Rattan Food Cover, River Shack, 5408 4377

Botanical cushion Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

Shop 10, Noosa Homemaker Centre, Thomas Street, Noosaville Phone 5470 2946 | eclecticstyle.com.au

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IN THE HOME

Sea-inspired luxury fits any home on the Sunshine Coast.

Pendant light Uncle George 5474 5871

LUXE Seahorse handle Uncle George,5474 5871

Driftwood lamp Très Noosa 0422 927 700

Books, Sayers Home 0406 800 891

Bed linen, Wabi Sabi 0400 220 813

Console table

by Shaynna Blaze OneWorld 5474 3277

Serving board, Watermelon Red, 5448 1452 Napkins, River Shack, 5408 4377

Rattan drinks trolley Eclectic Style, 5470 2946 Surf tea towel Très Noosa, 0422 927 700

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Wicker wrapped glasses, River Shack 5408 4377

Palm lamp, Watermelon Red 5448 1452

IN THE HOME

Shell placemat and heart decoration, Très Noosa, 0422 927 700

Coral bookends, Casa Noosa, 5447 3722

Noosa 3-seater sofa blue sky stripe OneWorld, 5474 3277

Set of 4 Cheese knives Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

Weaver Green, 5231 9805

Rattan stool Hunting for Stars 5447 7490

6 Thomas Street Noosaville 5447 3722

Your home is an experience.

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e n i m Dopa Wall clock, OneWorld, 5474 3277

DRESSING

Colour and eccentricity add a splash of positivity and power to your place.

Book, Hunting for Stars, 5447 7490

Affirmation Cards Lovely Things Gift Shop 5345 5082 Bee apron and paper napkins Manawee Garden Centre, 5445 2406

Floral napkins Uncle George, 5474 5871

Tea cup and serving plate Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

Brass sausage dog book ends, OneWorld 5474 3277

Cloggees garden slides Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

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Darjeeling Rainbow cushion, Weaver Green, 5231 9805

Secret wine storage River Shack, 5408 4377

Floral tumbler Lovely Things Gift Shop 5345 5082

Darjeeling Rainbow throw and cushions, Weaver Green, 5231 9805

Love is Love candle Casa Noosa 5447 3722

Marimekko oven mitt Watermelon Red, 5448 1452

• Unique eco friendly gifts • Beauty & Travel products • Stunning Stationery

Serving plate Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

• Local Art • Homewares • Pet Accessories

Visit our new website lovelythingsgifts.com.au Shop 1C/1 Arcadia St, Noosa Junction 5345 5082

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Loropetalum ‘Plum Gorgeous’ Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

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VERY

A nod to the 2022 Pantone colour of the year. This shade of lavender is one that evokes creativity, is bold and fun.

Maya occasional chair Eclectic Style, 5470 2946

Grape statement wicker vase, Sayers Home, 0406 800 891 Marimeko purse Watermelon Red, 5448 1452 Satin Sleep set, River Shack 5408 4377

Cabinet, Eclectic Style, 5470 2946

HOME • LIFESTYLE • GIFT Our aim is to create innovative collections of interior styling products for your home that are inspirational, unique and luxurious.

Shop 2, Garnet Street, Cooroy | 5447 7490 | huntingforstars.com

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Hand cream gift set Lovely Things Gift Shop, 5345 5082 Lilac drinking vessel Sayers Home, 0406 800 891

IN THE HOME

Teak sofa, Eclectic Style 5470 2946

Lilac floral cushion Uncle George, 5474 5871

Notebook Manawee Garden Centre 5445 2406

Candle, Casa Noosa 5447 3722

Andalucia Cadiz Footstool Weaver Green, 5231 9805

Candle and vase Casa Noosa 5447 3722

Beach towel, Watermelon Red 5448 1452

Cabinet, Uncle George, 5474 5871

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FREE SHIPPING AUSTRALIA WIDE

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NATURALLY Bring inspiration from the outside world into your home styling.

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Your Wild book series Hunting For Stars, 5447 7490

Bee travel case, Manawee Garden Centre, 5445 2406

Tropical fabric pot plant wrap Très Noosa, 0422 927 700

Brass Bee, Uncle George, 5474 5871

Woven basket Eclectic Style, 5470 2946 Palm cushion, Hunting for Stars, 5447 7490

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Fresno counter stool

by Shaynna Blaze OneWorld, 5474 3277

IN THE HOME

Decorative pot and large tote bag Manawee Garden Centre, 5445 2406

Cane coat rack, Casa Noosa, 5447 3722

Evie 3-seat sofa Forest green, OneWorld, 5474 3277

Long Island large round coffee table by Shaynna Blaze, OneWorld, 5474 3277

Pebble bath mat, Sayers Home, 0406 800 891

GLOBALLY SOURCED, STYLISH AND INDIVIDUAL PIECES FOR YOU AND YOUR HOME.

INTERIOR DESIGN | STYLING | HOMEWARES 4/11 GIBSON ROAD, NOOSAVILLE

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IN GOOD HEALTH

r i A h s e Fr A BREATH OF

The combination of cooler months, moisture and humidity can see mould taking over your home. Georgia Beard discovers an all-natural solution.

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s we slip into the cooler months of autumn, rainfall is rolling in and humidity is on the rise. Heating our homes can trap moisture inside, stifling ventilation and creating the perfect environment for mould to grow.

It might take months for a mould problem to make itself known as it can lie dormant or proliferate in hidden parts of the house causing structural damage.

Once the toxic spores become airborne, your health is at risk, irritating the eyes, nose, throat and skin and inflaming respiratory allergies.

One local family knows these health risks all too well. After experiencing the negative health effects of mould and having them relieved by natural products, Matt and Belinda Morelli sought to help others.

They founded Breathe Easy Queensland and partnered with Xspor Australia to raise awareness around health impacts from mould and to provide a service to help eradicate it from the home and more importantly, prevent its reoccurrence.

With backgrounds in building design

and sustainability, mindfulness, wellbeing and community engagement, the Breathe Easy team use a natural plant enzyme approach to treating mould and airborne contaminants.

Some of the products suitable for residential homes, schools, public or industrial buildings, fitness or health centres, restaurants or aged-care facilities include: EnzyCleanse - an organic and environmentally-safe mould cleansing formula which reacts with mould, rendering it harmless while also deodorising the treated area.

UVC Germicidal Lamp - this Air Disnfection Unit has proven to be effective in killing up to 99.9% of harmful mould, bacteria and viruses.

Surfex - the world’s first dry surface biofilm remover and surface disinfectant.

CREATING HEALTHY SPACES The natural and effective removal of mould and mould spores from your home allowing your family to breathe easy again.

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IN STYLE

Empire

OTTOMAN

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rom the centre of your living room to the end of your bed, the ottoman is your life companion. It waits patiently for you to seek out its comforts; it supports you after a tiresome day; it saves you space and acts as a handy companion to place your favourite book, coffee tray and more; it adapts to your every need.

The ottoman’s versatility is the reason why this low, upholstered stool has existed in our homes for centuries. We can trace this piece of furniture back to the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish dynasty reigning from the 15th century to the 20th century – and the stool’s namesake.

In Turkish culture, upholstered benches wrapped around three walls of a room to facilitate ‘divan’, the council meetings between Sultans and their advisers. These benches also inhabited Turkish homes to make interactions with family and friends easier, and the term ‘divan’ soon referred to the benches themselves.

Once Europeans discovered and adopted the practice, ‘divan’ became ‘ottoman’. The benches shrank into stools and strayed from the walls to explore the room. Now the ottoman is the multipurpose comfort we know best!

Weaver Green combines old-world

Soft, unassuming and versatile, the ottoman has been a constant source of support in our homes. Georgia Beard explores how the global history of the footstool has led to Weaver Green’s local, eco-friendly innovations in ottoman seating.

charm with modern style to deliver a range of ottomans with an ethical, environmentally-friendly twist.

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Recreating the texture of wool for their upholstery, the company transforms recycled, single-use plastic bottles into flat-woven fabric - and you won’t believe how fantastic this fabric is!

After shredding plastic into strips, expert weavers spin and stretch the plastic fibres into a soft, durable yarn for hand-looming. The result is a gorgeous textile which brightens up your home while keeping harmful plastics away from our waterways and wildlife.

Featuring Moroccan, Persian, Spanish and Scandinavian influences, the recycled upholstery of Weaver Green’s ottomans offer a soft, comfortable pad that is stain resistant, practical and versatile.

From somewhere to rest your feet to the perfect place for a coffee tray or to keep your favourite magazine and glasses handy; ottomans can also be signature pieces bringing a room to life or providing extra space when needed, give this stool the appreciation it deserves by adding a Weaver Green ottoman to your living room or bedroom. With litter recycled into luxury, you’ll find your home and the environment much more comfortable.

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Weaver Green is giving away a Kasbah Smoke Ottoman valued at $1295!

Handmade locally with a top made from Weaver Green’s 100% recycled plastic bottles and legs hand-turned in Scotland from FSC-certified European Beech. Shipping is included!

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AUTUMN 2022

IN THE HOME

Cool

COASTAL

Business RiverShack

Bekki Woodcock has created an oasis in the heart of Tewantin that fills our cup (and homes) with beautiful things that make the heart sing.

How would you describe RiverShack?

RiverShack is a serene and embracing environment - a coastal sanctuary where everyone is welcome. Our store offers a curated shopping experience filled with beautiful pieces that you will love for your own home or to share with loved ones and friends.

Tewantin is a vibrant place, close to all amenities and perfect for everyday living.

Our mission when we opened was to enhance the convenience of Tewantin and give customers access to beautiful homewares, gifts, fashion and accessories.

People describe RiverShack to us as a destination - somewhere calm to have a break and browse for five minutes, to collect a gift or grab a little treat for themselves. Our lives are so busy these days, convenience is key.

With so many new people moving to the Noosa, or investing in holiday homes, IN Noosa Magazine

we are delighted to offer customers

lives feeling re-energised.

something unique, right on their

We won’t lie, the year-round sunshine is also tantamount to the feeling of being on holiday most of the time! We love meeting interesting people who have landed in Noosa from near and far.

doorstep. With so much on offer at Rivershack, it’s like a new adventure each time they visit the store.

What do you love most about this region?

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What is trending in interior style?

Rounded curves and soft feminine shapes on everything from lamps to sofas, occasional tables and homewares.

Conceptual styled sculptures and free flowing art can really ‘make’ a home.

PHOTOS: IAN WALDIE

Name Bekki Woodcock

IN THE HOME

Our homes are our sanctuaries, a place to escape from the chaos of the outside world.

Stone and Marble accessories feature prominently this season, as do vessels and vases in semi-matt glazes and smokey glassware.

What is your go-to item?

Definitely artwork - it sets the tone

Timber tones and woven textures are not going anywhere soon. In fact, given their connection to nature, I suspect we’ll see them stay firm favourites for many years to come.

and helps create personality in a room.

A close second is nature. Nothing makes a space come alive more than botanical greenery. Plants in all shapes and forms whether trailing, climbing or a

In terms of colours, we are seeing pecan, eucalypt, soft whites, tan and pistachio. Sea foam blues will always be a winner in our eyes.

With a shift towards working from home, we are welcoming natural elements and colours at their very best by incorporating nature-inspired surfaces and objects. Our homes are our sanctuaries, a place to escape from the chaos of the outside world, which reflects who we are and what we love.

What are your top tips when it comes to finding the perfect style for your home?

Adopt a personal approach by letting your natural feel for colours and textures guide you.

Add treasured and gathered pieces.

Find what is comfortable for you and what works well in your space in terms of practicality and function.

feature tree will always make a home sing. Creating a focal point arrangement of fresh flowers will fill your home aromatically and is the perfect medicine for your soul.

Always start with a plan! Start and finish one room, before moving onto another. Begin with larger pieces and work from there. Decide what to splurge on and where you can save.

Go neutral with larger items like sofas as you can always add personality with artwork and cushions. These items are less costly to change if you feel like a refresh.

Buy fewer pieces; focus on ones that bring you joy and make you happy, rather than just because they are on sale, or at a lower cost.

Don’t be afraid to try different things.

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Fave Hobby: Watching any good or trashy design and reno shows.

Fave Colour: Seafoam blues and gorgeous soft greens Fave Saying: Be the reason someone smiles today.

Fave room in the house: Lounge room, nothing beats curling up on your own comfy sofa with a book, remote control, a cup of tea or a glass of wine and some plump cushions and a candle. I love a mix of soft timbers and upholstery, complemented by the balance of masculine and feminine energy.

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IN THE HOME

From selling candles in Harrods to Shark Tank success and now augmented reality and celebrity collaborations, Carlie Wacker discovers the OneWorld in which savvy locals love to shop for that special piece.

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oosa is coveted for its stunning natural environment and dash of glamour. A location that lures those seeking coastal luxury; a town that knows how to bring the style home.

Greg Ollerhead

That coastal interior design style is timeless and takes natural elements inspired by our hinterland and sandy shores and seamlessly weaves them in with a splash of sophisticated style.

This design genre is what OneWorld do so well and it’s why customers keep coming back. OneWorld has global appeal and its not surprising considering they started in London in the 1980s selling candle ranges from Africa. So appealing was the OneWorld offer they were called on to supply high-end stores such as Harrods and Selfridges.

They landed in Australia in 2003 as a wholesaler and in 2009 when one of their biggest retail customers in the country decided to sell, OneWorld took over the iconic retail space on Gibson Road Noosaville and opened its first Australian store. The rest is history as locals and tourists embraced the coastal luxury that was on offer.

In 2016 OneWorld Director Greg Ollerhead appeared on Channel 10’s Shark Tank and managed to receive the largest deal of that season from Janine Allis and Glen Richards (both Noosa holiday homeowners). They knew the store and that helped seal the deal to expand to the USA and New Zealand.

“OneWorld spends an enormous amount of time and resources designing our own products from the ground up,” he says. “Our point of difference is that we build a collection – we are not trying to sell the customer a sofa and then we don’t see them again for a few years. We have one of the highest customer return rates because we like to help customers build out their OneWorld homes.

“Maybe today they buy a lamp and when they get it home, they realise that the side table that it was sitting on in the

Shaynna Blaze with her OneWorld Collection Noosa store looked good. So they pop back in and start the OneWorld journey with another product; we have customers that are still buying from us since the day we opened in 2003!” he proudly shares.

As customer’s buying habits change, OneWorld has adapted and now includes virtual consultations and augmented reality experiences.

“I once heard a great quote – ‘if you are not a technology business in the next 10 years you won’t be a business at all’,” Greg says. “Customers are becoming smarter and more comfortable buying larger value items online which is quite amazing to see. But to feel comfortable buying these expensive items they need to see exactly what this product looks like from every angle. Our new technology on certain ranges allows customers to choose a product from the website and place it inside their own homes to virtually see how it will look. The technology is amazing and even considers shadows and lighting.” How cool is that!

Over the years this business has collaborated with icons in home style and love sharing inspiration from leading Australian and international designers.

They have worked with Jamie Durie and are currently working with television celebrity and style icon Shaynna Blaze.

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Greg is proud of this new range and boasts that this was one of the best Coastal collections they had ever done.

“Shaynna has produced a range of products made of beautiful teak and high-quality rattan and glass,” he says.

“The exclusive collection is well-priced and extremely stylish - perfect for Hamptons or Coastal homes.”

Always looking for ways to create a stylish community, OneWorld has launched Club Hemisphere with all new members to receive OneWorld Alpaca grippy socks to warm their feet (and hearts) as the cooler months descend.

Feet up for a very stylish 2022!

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IN THE GARDEN

s s i l B

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BOTANICAL

As we enter 2022, the search for your bliss may be high on your agenda.

Pete Goodlet encourages us to step outside to discover the balm for your soul could well be in your own garden.

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hroughout history our gardens have given us solace and inspiration. The Romans had courtyards and bathing pavilions. The Victorians liked the odd folly and well, what’s not to like about a folly? A whimsical place to while away the hours and escape reality. These days there is no shortage of hermits and with the rental shortage, one is bound to leap at the chance of occupying your folly.

But I digress. Your garden, your folly, your sanctuary, is the place for you and your loved ones to find your bliss.

Picture your garden as a magical spa retreat. This may take some imagination.

Or it may need the enhanced inspiration of a glass of wine or even better, several shots of absinthe. Nothing like a little touch of the green fairy to get you floating above your garden, ideas whirring on gossamer wings - you are halfway there to creating nirvana. Float about, go with the flow and picture what brings you joy.

Back on earth, grab yourself a sketch pad and draw up your great garden wish list. Make it fanciful and whimsical and because our feet are back on the ground, you also must make it practical. For if you are to find your bliss in the garden, it’s important that each part works in harmony and is perfectly applicable and adaptable for how it is to be used, particularly for smaller spaces.

My wish list would have to include water. Well to be brutally honest, a lot of water. I’m picturing goldfish ponds and confess that my own sanctuary currently has five ponds, fifteen goldfish and a waterfall. While we are at it, let’s add a candlelit outdoor bath and a heated plunge pool with a couple of spa jets for good measure. Water in all forms is calming, its reflections are magical and its sound caresses.

Maybe you have naked ambition?

Well then, let’s plant out that fence line.

The last thing we want is our neighbour Mavis falling off her ladder while she is tenderly trimming her rose bushes. What I like to call ‘bare spots’ can also be created with some well-placed screens that may well hide your own shed, clothesline, or other utility areas.

A room of one’s own cannot always be found inside your home. True happiness can be found in a space to craft, write, paint, or simply contemplate your navel.

There are some marvellous pre-made studio pods that you can place in your garden, roll out your yoga mat and enjoy.

Added optional extras such a moats and electric fences can further enhance your feeling of sanctuary (or privacy).

A gorgeous spot to hide away doesn’t have to be expensive. Let your imagination fly and create magic with second-hand materials, quirky windows 137

and online finds.

Healthy eating is even better when it’s combined with healthy growing. While it may be tricky to grow lots of food supplies, a tub of fresh herbs and chillies at your back door will spice up your life.

There is a great range of self-watering pots that will supply you with fresh parsley, chives and even salad greens.

Don’t be misled, these do not get up and grab the watering can but they do hold a water reservoir in their base so require less watering. Get growing it expands your menu and your mind.

Flowers, there must be flowers! These bright little beings will gladden your soul and enhance your bliss. Here IN Noosa, we are spoilt by the choice of big blossomy wonders we can enjoy in our garden. Don’t forget the delicate beauty and poise of the orchid. Pop them in pots around your garden and bring them inside when flowering to enjoy their full beauty. A garden full of flowers is a blissful place.

So, break out the absinthe, let your imagination soar and create a garden that’s a balm for your soul. Visit your local garden centre for expert advice and inspiration and should that all sound a bit too much effort, call Stuart and his magical team at Earth Creation Landscapes, your bliss is their pleasure.

AUTUMN 2022

IN SPIRED

SWEET

t e e r t S l a e p p A

Creating a stunning entrance will add value and pride to your home. Alison Smith provides some sage advice.

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hether you intend to sell your home or just want to feel welcome when you pull into your driveway, increasing the street appeal for your home will increase your property’s value and your own personal pride.

There’s no doubt a stylish fence or well-kept garden bed will go a long way to creating a positive first impression, but if you really want to go one up on your neigbours, a feature tree will make them green with envy.

Just like a work of art, this investment is for the future and there are some things to consider. To begin with, the larger the tree, the more it will cost, however the bigger the impact will be.

The shape of the tree also needs to be considered according to the space it is going to fill. Do you want it to spread out and create a large shady canopy that the kids can play under like a Poinciana or Jacaranda?

These fast-growing trees bloom in spring or summer with bell-shaped flowers covering the canopy and producing a stunning carpet as the flowers drop.

As spectacular as they are in all their colourful canopy glory, neither of these options are suitable for small spaces.

Perhaps you need something a little more compact than can help to provide some privacy for your front windows from a busy street?

Magnolia ‘Little Gem’, with its stunning large, dark green glossy leaves and contrasting dark orange underside, spring into a spectalular showpiece during the winter months when it produces a stunning display of large IN Noosa Magazine

LEFT: The bee attracting Buckinghamia ‘Ivory Curl’ BELOW: An emerging flower of a Magnolia ‘Little Gem’

creamy-white flowers that are loved by bees.

Nothing says tropical garden, or an at-home-Balinese escape like a Frangipani. With their gorgeous blossoms and unmistakable fragrance, a frangipani is an ideal tree for the coastal garden.

Being deciduous and if planted in the right location, you can enjoy the shade and fragrance of a frangipani in summer and allowing them to soak in sunlight in during winter. Planting frangipani into matching pots each side of the front entrance will create a warm, welcoming and tropical island feel.

Buckinghamia ‘Ivory Curl’ – have a dense umbrella shape, with glossy green foliage. They can be planted as a feature tree or mass planted for privacy. The trees develop into a nice shape with little pruning but can also be pruned heavily to limit their size.

Sometimes you want a tree which has a great structure and shape all by itself. If it isn’t necessary for the tree to create 138

privacy or shade, consider Pandanus, Bismark Palms, Tree Aloe or even a Queensland Bottle Tree. These varieties can really make a statement and create an eye catching feature at the front of your home.

Pandanus provide instant impact to your garden and are perfectly suited to coastal gardens, but are more commonly associated with our beautiful coastline.

The prehistoric look and aerial root system make this tree a curious and fascinating feature specimen.

IN SPIRED

Remember to consider the mature size of your feature tree – as you don’t want to create more problems down the track.

Generally the larger the tree will grow, the larger the root system. And with larger canopy trees – this can mean a wider root system as well.

Don’t forget to tidy up your existing garden beds. Prune overgrown plants, pull weeds and plant some flowering plants to add instant colour. Adding mulch helps to lift any garden bed and gives your plants a boost.

If you’ve got a garden path, outdoor lighting for safety, security and mood.

Highlight feature trees or the house or simply illuminate the front path.

And don’t forget about the lawn. This takes time, feed your grass, treat any weeds and give it some time to grow into a lush lawn. When it comes time to mow, make sure you check your footpath and maybe even tidy up your neighbours patch.

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Whatever elements you are considering, it’s important to chat to your local garden centre or landscape specialist to make sure it’s the right tree for your garden conditions and lifestyle.

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IN THE DOG HOUSE

MEET

Coco

The winner of Noosa’s Cutest Dog owns a wardrobe of scarves and watches DOG TV, which Helen Flanagan thinks is totally pawsible.

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oco, the chocolate labradoodle was a tad over-exuberant for his former housemate who a formidable senior four-footer, so the 15-month-old bid a hasty retreat and hid in the naughty corner with paws crossed hoping for rescue angels.

LEFT: Jeannie and Mark Sexton with Coco

After training sessions at puppy school, thanks to adoptive parents Jeannie and Mark Sexton, Coco’s fur-bulous wide smile returned and the now 6-year-old happily leaps around like a goat, especially when it’s time to hop in the car and head for coffee at Fika in Cooroy or dinner at 250 Grammi. Sitting on a roll-up rug with fold-up bowl, she hopes for more than pats and cuddles from the team. Well, she is a very fussy eater and prefers ‘hooman’ food.

…she monitors the arrival of visitors and keeps an eye on those free-ranging feathered friends “She has another Pupnap at the foot of our bed and is allowed onto it only when invited. Similarly for the sofa and that’s after her special blanket has been laid out! Thanks goodness she’s a nonshedder.

“Coco loves to watch television, especially when we are out. Naturally we leave the channel on DOG TV. Yes, it’s a real thing on YouTube, full of pawsome adventures!”

Happiest days are at the Spit’s doggie beach or sometimes Marcus Beach.

“Coco is besotted with digging massive holes in the sand, burying a ball and also swimming out into the waves to retrieve it,” said fur-daddy Mark, a former 5-star hotelier.

“She is ball and squeaky toy obsessed, isn’t big on other dogs and is most unhappy when another dog tries to share her toys, which fit into a large basket.

Monkey Kong is her current fave.”

When it comes to home-life on Lake Macdonald, Coco’s manners are impeccable. No heckling hens and replanting vegies.

“She only digs at the beach, believe it or not; and is very fond of the chookies,” says Mark’s wife, former registered nurse IN Noosa Magazine

Jeannie with a wry smile. “When she chews a meaty raw beef bone on the front lawn, the ‘girls’ gather around waiting for scraps. Aside from chewing a pair of my sandals when we first brought her home - her only ever misdemeanour; she really is an angel.

“Indoors, she relaxes on her Pupnap fluffy bed at a window overlooking the front of the property, where she monitors the arrival of visitors and keeps an eye on those free-ranging feathered friends.

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Last year Noosa Council was looking for adorable dogs to promote dog registration. Locals were asked to post a favourite photo on the council’s Facebook contest site or their own Instagram account with hashtags #YourNoosa and #NoosasCutestDogs.

There were numerous runners-up however the inaugural winner of Noosa’s Cutest Dog was Coco.

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IN THE BOWL

y r o t S

A RAWLLY IMPAWTANT

Dogs aren’t like family members; they ARE family members and that is precisely why a group of top-shelf chefs have developed Rawlly Pet Food – to pamper our pooches as we do our people.

Carlie Wacker hounds the creators of this PAWsome local business to find out more.

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awlly good humans, Chris Clark, Matt Zuccaro and Ash Murn are the cool cats (sorry, not sorry) behind a whole new world of food for our favourite fur friends – Rawlly Pet Food.

This human-grade food is handmade in Noosa by superstar chefs, developed by dog nutritionists, recommended by vets and coveted by canines.

Chefs Matt and Ash have collectively 40 years’ experience within the culinary industry both locally and internationally.

They have worked at popular Noosa establishments including Wood Fire Grill, Locale, Village Bicycle and Land & Sea - then one day they had a cracking idea.

“It’s that old tail (intentional pun) - a conversation on one hot, glorious Noosa summer’s day,” says Chris. “The dogs IN Noosa Magazine

and kids were playing by the pool; we were in the kitchen with a cool drink in hand preparing a feast for family and friends, including the fur kids.

“Our friends were amazed at how the same ingredients that were on their plates were also in the dogs’ bowls, each perfectly proportioned. The kids were actually stealing from the dogs’ bowls,” he adds.

Rawlly Pet Food (the extra ‘L’ is for love) was born on that magical day and the team have been hand delivering their handmade deliciousness to doggos in the Noosa community ever since.

“Our food is created as nutritional medicine founded on the knowledge that everything in our universe consists of yin and yang, two forces that are opposing 142

yet complementary when in balance, create life-giving energy and optimal health,” explains Chris.

“We’ve worked alongside pet nutritionists and vets to create four recipes that support optimal health alleviating troubling symptoms such as scratching, hot spots, diarrhoea, restlessness, pain and weight gain, providing our best mates with increased energy and long-term health.”

When Rawlly was established, it was important for the team to be completely transparent in an industry that has held some questionable practices including inhumane ingredients, fillers, additives plus an exorbitant amount of plastic going straight to landfill. Not to mention that more than 80% of all pet food sold

IN THE BOWL

...it’s about those small changes that businesses make that will contribute to a greener world

THE CLEVERLY THOUGHT-OUT RANGE INCLUDES: Ankle Biter – Did you know a two-year-old dog is as smart as a two-year-old human understanding up to 250 words and phrases? Make sure your puppy is eating to learn. This blend is suitable for pups from 8-weeks-old to adults with all the essential vitamins and minerals for learning, growing and playing.

in Australia is owned by giant overseas confectionery companies. There are also no laws governing pet food safety in Australia - it’s only voluntary.

So, it’s by choice that Rawlly’s humangrade dog food meets both AAFCO (complete and balanced) and NRC (optimal) dog nutrition standards.

“We knew the importance of bringing Rawlly to the community after learning the subpar dog food regulations in Australia,” Chris said. “We thought we’d bring a chef’s quality approach to an industry that needs it most. The Noosa community has welcomed Rawlly like a doggy cuddle, in particularly people like Andre from Noosa Junction Seafood Market who inspired our fish based ‘We Chillin’ recipe,” Ash adds.

They take pride in using fresh locallyowned and sustainably-sourced ingredients wherever possible to hand produce every delicious bite for our fluffy family members.

“We source local, fresh and only the highest quality produce from grass fed beef from Darling Downs, free range chicken and eggs from Beerwah, fresh vegetables from Gympie farmlands and even our homegrown wheatgrass. It’s all about using quality ingredients to

nourish our dogs for a healthier, longer life,” says Ash. “Our aim is to create premium dog food that isn’t just good for dogs, but good for our wider community ,” Matt says. “We all have our part to play, which is why we have chosen to use only compostable and recyclable packaging and run a paperless order and delivery system, ethically source our premium ingredients from sustainable local farmers and minimise delivery days to our local area.

“We believe it’s about those small changes that businesses make that will contribute to a greener world and while Rawlly is a young pup now, we are setting the bar of what sustainability should look like within the pet industry.

This is something which we will never compromise on.”

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Balanced - The best option for Noosa dogs that love walkies, swimming and action with the perfect combination of yin and yang food energies for doggos already loving life.

Inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine practices, this meal provides perfect harmony for your doggo with both cooling and warming foods.

Walking On Sunshine – If your dog child is a bit like a couch potato, old and stiff or spends most of the day soaking up the sun, the little chiller may need to warm up from the inside out. These are the tell-tale signs that your bestie may be too cool for school – loose poops, watery eyes, joint pain, arthritis, turning away from food. Reignite the doggy’s internal flame with this yummy food.

We Chillin’ – Hot diggity dogs need to chill from the inside out. If your pupper seeks out tiles instead of that designer plush bed you just bought them, then the cooling foods in this blend is the bomb! Hot to trotters often pant excessively, are restless and hot to touch. They also may be itchy and have digestive issues.

AUTUMN 2022

IN THE MARKET

Still

Kirstie specialises in the Noosa region and works with real estate agents to secure properties for interstate and overseas clients with many purchases being made before the property officially comes onto the market. Here are her thoughts on what we can expect to see over the coming months:

HOT

OFF-MARKET IS ON As if finding your dream home in Noosa wasn’t hard enough, Kirstie said the start of 2022 had seen a significant increase in ‘off market’ deals being done but cautions this is often budget related.

Jennifer Swaine discovers that when it comes to property, Noosa is still hot but the market has changed.

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s we closed the chapter on 2021, happy to have a short reprieve from the madness of the past two

years, the property market across Noosa remained hotter than ever.

When I spoke with Buyers Agent Kirstie

“The market is definitely not what it was in 2021, but demand remains equally as strong,” Kirstie said.

“Last year a home might sell within 24-to-48 hours of being listed but what I am seeing now is a bit of breathing

Klein Hunter earlier this month, she

room. Properties are still selling quickly

reaffirmed that while the Noosa market

but there is less urgency from buyers,

remained hot there were some distinct

many of whom are now prepared to wait

changes starting to come through.

a bit longer for the right property.”

Klein Hunter Property Buyers specialise in sourcing and negotiating residential property purchases for local, interstate, and international clients.

“Many of my clients are in a strong financial position and when they specify the type of property they are looking for, we will work with agents to see if they have clients who may not have come to market yet or who may not have even thought about selling; but might be willing to sell their property.

“For many sellers, this can be a blessing as it saves them the time and effort of having open homes and people traipsing through their property.

Often buyers will pay a premium to ensure the property does not go to market and that offers a level of comfort

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to the seller.

“It’s not for everyone but if the budget is right, it can be a win/win for both parties.”

KEEP IT REAL This is an emotional subject as everyone wants to sell at the height of the market and get the best price possible for their property - but sellers need to remain realistic.

“We have finite stock in Noosa and the demand for property remains high, but sellers need to listen to their real estate agent and be realistic about the price they are prepared to let their property go for,” she said. “There is a limit to what people will pay in any market and being unrealistic may mean you miss out on the best offer available at the time.”

DESIRE NOT DESPERATION Compared to this time last year Kirstie said her enquiries have more than doubled but there has been a shift in how quickly people are looking to transact.

“I have seen a significant increase in enquiries but what I am noticing this year is that people have a more measured approach,” she said. “They are still

FINDING NIRVANA

willing to move quickly if the price and location is right, but the levels of urgency are not the same as when the southern states were in lockdown.

While there is still demand for investment properties this is outstripped by buyers seeking a lifestyle change says Kirstie.

“My clients are coming from a very strong financial position and this year that sense of urgency has really been replaced with a desire to find the right property even if it isn’t yet for sale!”

BYE BYE BYRON With easy access to the Bruce Highway and a new airline, Bonza, soon to land at the upgraded airport, regional travel is more accessible so it’s easy to see why entrepreneurs are swapping Byron Bay for Noosa.

“It’s not just the ease of travel that is enticing these tech-savvy entrepreneurs to the region,” Kirstie said.

“We are attracting a lot of attention due to the high-speed subsea cable, the new CBD and the growth that will come about as a result of Brisbane securing the Olympics in 2032.

“People want to be able to drive their kids to school and then pick them up at the end of the day and be able to take them to sport or the beach. For them, this change in pace and lifestyle is like finding Nirvana – and I have to say I completely agree with them – we are just so lucky to live here.”

And Kirstie is right about that.

“And dollar-for-dollar they can buy a stunning property in the Noosa Hinterland but still be close enough to Noosa when they want good restaurants, coffee and shopping experiences.”

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“The majority of my enquiries are from people wanting to relocate here, but that is where the similarities end,” she said.

“Primarily it is people from Sydney and Melbourne wanting a sea change. Some are retired but many are couples with kids who are done with the pressures of living in the big cities.

As much as the past two years have been stressful and crazy with a lot of uncertainty thrown into the mix, we really are very fortunate to call Noosa and the Sunshine Coast home and it’s of little surprise that others want to join the club!

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Sell

STYLE TO

Property styling can significantly increase the chance of achieving a higher selling price when putting your home on the market, Carlie Wacker consults an expert.

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hether the market is red-hot or cooling down, one sure way to enhance your chances of achieving the maximum price is to put your best foot forward and present your pad - or palace - in the best light.

Listen to your agent’s advice on who your potential buyer might be and what they are looking for and call in the experts to achieve the best results.

Styling your home for a buyer’s critical eye can be unnerving and buyers these days expect to see a staged home that looks like an interior design showroom.

That shouldn’t mean that you throw

everything out and buy all new furniture that isn’t your style and that you’ll never use again. We’ve asked an expert for some key things you can do without breaking the bank.

Michaela Way is an Interior Designer bringing her innovative style to Noosa through her studio and homewares boutique in Cooroy, Hunting for Stars.

The business is her third baby, beautifully named after her two children Hunter and Star.

She regularly hosts Styling Workshops and assists people wanting to prepare their home for sale. Here are her top tips:

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room. Have a piece of furniture as a focal point and create conversation areas that welcome people in.

Styling your home for a buyer’s critical eye can be unnerving and buyers these days expect to see a staged home

CREATE A VIGNETTE - a styled arrangement of items like coffee cups, magazines, books, vases and candles suggest to the buyer how they can relax or spend time in the space.

LET THE LIGHT IN – natural light is one of the most important features to a buyer so open blinds, curtains and windows.

Natural light will make a room feel lighter and brighter and give the illusion of more space.

GO GREEN – Live, healthy plants make a room feel lived in and cared for. That homely, happy feeling is precisely what will make a buyer fall in love with your house.

GO NEUTRAL - Lighter colours or white give the illusion of space and always brighten a space. Add pops of colour with cushions, throws and accent pieces if required. A neutral palette also allows the potential buyer to picture their furniture in your home (hopefully soon-to-be their new home!)

DE-CLUTTER - remove all personal items like photos as you want the buyer to see themselves living there rather than feel like an intruder.

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SET THE STAGE - you want to make the room look bigger not smaller so carefully consider the amount of furniture in each

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PAINTING IS

(LONG LIVE PAINTING) Painting (much like print) has apparently been a dying art for centuries. Michael Brennan explains how and why this creative expression lives on – and discovers young and emerging artists who are breathing new life into this oldest of art forms.

June Sartracom, Trans, acrylic on canvas, detail, 2021

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ainting is dead. In fact, the death of painting has been declared – again and again – for the better part of two centuries. It was the French painter, Paul Delaroche, who in 1839 is said to have first announced that the medium was no longer relevant – a response to seeing a daguerreotype (an early kind of photographic image) for the first time.

Why would anyone need to labour with pigment and brush when a more faithful representation could be achieved with the press of a button? That was the idea, anyway. But painting didn’t die. Instead, artists found new and inventive ways of pushing the medium. The game of visual fidelity disappeared as a prevalent primary objective and a host of expressive and abstracted uses for paint were able to be explored as a result.

There has been an exciting surge of painting across the region over the past couple of years. Most excitingly, it’s being pursued by younger artists. And even more excitingly still, each artist is embracing the medium with a bespoke vision and a unique voice. There’s no prevailing style or movement that binds them all together.

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Lauren Jones, Untitled, oil on canvas, 2022.

In fact, it’s the difference and diversity that makes the practices noteworthy.

Noosa Regional Gallery is taking the opportunity to survey some of these new and innovative approaches to the medium by bringing together a selection of young and emerging artists.

However, instead of displaying the works side-by-side in a large room, the Gallery will be spliced up into a series of 148

Evelyn Marina, Untitled, Acrylic, pastel and oil and stick on canvas, 45cm x 45cm, 2022 discrete exhibition spaces – each artist presenting their work on its own terms, across a sequence of installations that celebrates the difference from one revelation to the next.

The result will be a labyrinthine series of interconnected spaces that will take visitors on a journey from room to room, each new space offering surprises and challenging preconceptions about what

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Odessa Mahony-de Vries, Instructions Unclear, mixed media on canvas, detail, 2021

painting is and should be.

From large expressive canvases laden with paint like thickened cream, to intimate arrangements of sensuality and rebellion; from a delicate and quiet arrangement of tonal and realistic still life paintings; to a twenty-metre-long canvas that has escaped its frame and refuses to take its place on the wall; and from a space that screams the most intense blue – the painted surface extending across canvases, walls, plinths and 3D forms – to a series of minimal white fields of emptiness arranged compellingly on even whiter walls, subtle undulations in the canvas’ surfaces asking you to look beyond the colourless compositions.

This maze of immersive painterly experiences has been brought together to surprise and challenge visitors at each turn. Expect the unexpected.

Check it out before painting is declared dead again.

PAINT 30 April to 19 June Ebony Busk, Evelyn Marina, Lauren Jones, June Sartracom, Mitchell Chessman and Odessa Mahony-de Vries.

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40 under 40 Rosie Woods

Artist and Director of Noosa Regional Gallery, Michael Brennan, discovers the exuberance, excitement and importance of showcasing younger artists.

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here was a time when I thought 40 was old. Ahhh, those were the days.

The Bentleys 40 Under 40 exhibition at the Butter Factory Arts Centre in Cooroy was brimming with younger ‘me’s’.

The official website says that the aim of the exhibition is to promote and showcase to the community a diverse range of young and emerging artists from across the region. But it was (and hopefully, continues to be) more than that.

In the exceptionally capable hands of Noosa-based artist and curator, Amanda Bennetts, The Bentleys 40 Under 40 is an unfettered celebration of creativity, new ideas, courage and conviction, all packaged conveniently together as an ensemble of younger voices so old people like me don’t have to hang out at bars and roller discos to be exposed to this kind of talent in a way that makes me look creepy.

It’s a fantastic thing that Bentleys, the Butter Factory and the other supporters are doing. Aside from the fact that the exhibition was stacked with exciting and energised work from the next crop of artists we are lucky enough to have living here in Noosa and on the Sunshine Coast, it’s vital that these emerging artists are supported and celebrated so that we all get to enjoy arts and cultural experiences into the future (God knows the IN Noosa Magazine

Katie Tooth, Evelyn Marina Paolino, Shar Gregg, Jack MacRae Government’s unlikely to do it!).

This, the third iteration of the event, gave visitors ambitiously scaled canvases full of verve and rebellion; films and photographs that reminded those that still need to be reminded that gender and identity isn’t anyone’s business but that of those that it belongs to; mirrored spaces that dissolved the distinction between one artist’s project and another’s; and even an NFT or non-fungible token (is that enough information to convince you that I know what this actually is?

It’s got something to do with blockchain - go ask your seven-year-old niece!).

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in this exhibition for me to name them all - 40 in fact, as the name might suggest. The overall prize was taken out

by Ebony Busk with her intimate yet gritty portraits of people from her circle, particularly. They’re introspective, caught in candid moments, and speak to the identity of the person beneath the outward symbols of a public constructed persona. The runner up and highly commended works were also well deserving amidst a super strong collection of diverse expressions of individual vision and bursting creativity.

The NFT by Jordyn Burnett was amongst these prize winners; selected by yours truly – it really was a compelling little work. I wonder if that means she gets

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Jackson, 155x193c by Ebony Busk

They’re introspective, caught in candid moments, and speak to the identity of the person beneath the outward symbols of a public constructed persona paid in bitcoin?

Jordyn Burnett

In the celebratory style that has come to sum up the exuberance and excitement of this annual event, an epic closing party brought this community of creatives and their supporters together to raise a glass to another successful project and congratulate those who won. I know it’s an old person cliché kind of thing to say, but really, we’re all winners with this event in our neighbourhood.

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ARTS RADAR

A new season brings exciting new exhibitions and Noosa's galleries, studios and arts centres have something for everyone!

NOOSA REGIONAL GALLERY

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UNTIL 24 APRIL

18 MARCH - 4 APRIL

LIVING TREASURES: MASTERS OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT, PRUE VENABLES Multi-award-winning ceramicist Prue Venables is the ninth artist in the Australian Design Centre series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft. In this exhibition, she demonstrates a profound understanding of porcelain as her handmade functional artworks possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet beauty.

UNTIL 24 APRIL CONSEQUENCES: PENNY MCINTYRE Jeweller and sculptor Penny McIntyre offers a reaction to the control and repression of women through fashion, religion, language and societal norms. Her sculptural exhibition challenges the way in which society muffles, stifles and often silences women’s voices, and urges women to keep talking.

Riverside, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin Ph: 5329 6145 www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au

SOLO SHOW: MITCHELL ENGLISH Mitchell English has become a local artist of high renown since moving to Noosa three years ago. Often painting idyllic beach and surf-centric scenes, his work conveys a retro sense of nostalgia and hedonism.

16 APRIL - 30 APRIL SOLO SHOW: JACOB PEDRANA Born and bred in Noosa, Jacob is a selftaught artist. He has painted murals in Sydney hotels, collaborated with fashion brands like Jag and The Critical Slide Society and held sell-out shows in galleries in Sydney and Melbourne

5 MAY SOLO SHOW: KATE PITTAS This landscape artist is inspired by the romanticism and nostalgia of travelling our beautiful country. Ruled by colour and inspired by the forms of the Australian landscape, Kate’s works are expressive and evoke a feeling of connectedness to the natural environment. Kate’s last show at Arcadia Street Gallery sold out a week prior to opening.

BUTTER FACTORY ARTS CENTRE, COOROY

5/14 Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Heads Ph: 0422 268 089 www.arcadiastreetgallery.com.au

UNTIL 24 APRIL

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LOW: HELEN AVERY & JOANNE TAYLOR, FOYER SPACE In this exhibition, poet Helen Avery conveys the emotion and connection between the flow of water, people and place. Artist Joanne Taylor interprets Helen’s poetry through painting, mixed medium, cut art and sculpture.

UNTIL 24 APRIL IMAGINATION: MICHELE RUDDER & MONIKA JEUNGLING, CREAMERY ROOM This exhibition features acrylic paintings by Michele Rudder and ceramic works by Monika Jeungling to invite the viewer to embrace their imagination with extravagance.

POMONA RAILWAY STATION GALLERY UNTIL 24 MARCH YOU AND ME, UNDER THE SEA: TRISH SHEPPARD, BANANA SHED Dive below the waves with Trish Sheppard.

In this solo exhibition, this local artist depicts the vivid and mesmerising colours, shapes and movement of the reef.

UNTIL 31 MARCH GROUP EXHIBITION, CARRIAGE ROOM Members of Noosa Arts and Crafts who meet every Thursday afternoon to create art in all media will surprise you with their colourful palette and subjects.

26 MARCH - 28 APRIL JANET LUTTRELL, BANANA SHED Janet’s first solo exhibition showcases her contemporary and impressionistic style depicting landscapes, still life, flora and fauna. Using colour, she expresses movement and form, giving her works lots of energy.

2 APRIL - 5 MAY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE: DI SHEPHERD, CARRIAGE ROOM Di Shepherd’s paintings are mixed media, modern and abstract. In this exhibition, each work evolved and emerged organically with multiple layers and sgraffito, the process of scratching away layers to reveal details underneath.

16 APRIL

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ART MARKET IN THE PADDOCK

WATER AND WILD THINGS

30 stalls pop up in the Art Gallery’s paddock on Easter Saturday. This favourite event shows a diverse range of arts and wares including ceramics, prints, cards and original paintings, with a coffee van and music.

Eleven artists from the Noosa Shire feature in this celebration of visual art tied to the natural world. Exploring landscapes, underwater environments, marine and terrestrial creatures, surfing and more, these artists exhibit original works including painting, sculpture, ceramics, mosaic, jewellery and photography.

Shop 11a, 113 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin Ph: 0414 725 424 www.facebook.com/max.galleria

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30 APRIL - 26 MAY KASIA BEKALAREK, BANANA SHED Kasia paints views of Noosa including the beaches, wildlife and in particular, birds, using acrylic and oil.

7 MAY - 2 JUNE DIVERSITY IN NATURE: NATALIE BARLOW, ERICA EVANS, JEFF FRASER & ERICA HRVEY, CARRIAGE ROOM

In her exhibition, artist Wendy Epp creates an alternative fantasy world where swimmers move freely, as unfettered as the fish, caught in the interwoven patterns and colours of these canvases.

OPEN HOUSE Explore all that Noosa Arts & Crafts has to offer with information about creative activity groups, demonstrations and the chance to meet the members.

Discover a collection of nature-inspired works from four local artists. Natalie Barlow and Erica Evans share a love of painting birds and landscapes in their own realistic style; Jeff Fraser is a woodturner and woodcarver, transforming pieces of wood into bowls, hand carved spoons and hearts; and Erica Harvey integrates discarded natural elements into botanical artworks.

11A Maple Street, Cooroy Ph: 5442 6665 www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au

Wallace House, 1 Wallace Drive, Noosaville Ph: 5474 1211 www.noosaartsandcrafts.org.au

10 Station Street, Pomona Ph: 5485 2950 www.pomonartgallery.com

UNTIL 24 APRIL SWIMMERS WITH FISHES: WENDY EPP BUTTERBOX

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Clare’s artwork is always harmonious, colourful and full of movement.

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JULIA CARTER

Internationally-acclaimed artist Julia Carter paints with passion, happiness and joy, layering her works with texture, symbols and vibrant colour.

STUDIO GALLERY 6/33 Gateway Dr, Noosaville Phone 0414 638 096 juliacarterartist.com

THE ART HUB cooroy Gallery Helen Peel’s & Dennis Forshaw’s art displayed April 2018

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TRISH SHEPPARD ART

A fervent lover of nature, Patricia’s work embodies the essence of the environment.

Her current works depict the harsh beauty of Australia’s outback in a vibrant array of colours using various mediums.

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IN SIGHT

“Grey hair is no guarantee of wisdom.”

Paul Bird explores virtuous wisdom and where to get it.

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’m not proud when it comes to the getting of wisdom.

Quotes from historical and political figures, artworks, poetry and literature (Shakespeare has a few), lyrics, self-help gurus, business figures, mantras, podcasts, yoga teachers and Tibetan monks, even billboard advertising; not to mention friends, family and colleagues - I seek wisdom where I can.

I am literally a ‘wisdom sponge’always seeking, always reading and listening, hoping for the jewel which unlocks some insight into how best to navigate this unfathomably infinite universe and the human world which we live in as a speck-within-a-speck.

If I feel a particular need for some solace or learning and the right kind of wisdom happens to come along, then it is fair prey for me.

When it comes to the right kind of wisdom, I am not talking about that world-weary observatory resignation which some call wisdom (and which really seems to be a negative energysapping criticism of the affairs of humankind). No I am talking about the vibrant, alert and available wisdom of a Bernie Taupin or Paul McCartney in their prime lyrics-writing period.

I have been a collector of quotes and sayings over the years. Some come in handy for public speaking, others for conversation. Mostly they come in handy when life springs one of its surprises and for when confusion overrides lucidity.

Some sayings I keep on a more permanent or semi-permanent basis, others have a temporary shelf-life.

I have a habit of writing the wise sayings I want to recall as each year unfolds in a page at the front of my diary (yes I still use a hard copy diary). I refer to these sayings as the year waxes and wanes - a reminder of what I want/need to remember as time passes.

Some sayings get a multi-year diary shelf life while others pass into history as each new year brings a new diary.

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on what is going on in my life and how aware I am of the internal movements of thought, emotion, spirit and body.

It’s also about who is delivering the wisdom. Am I drawn to that person? Has the wisdom been forged in life and borne of experiences, drama and pain?

Is the person delivering the alleged wisdom genuine and someone I can empathise with? Or is it simply the mouthings of a follower of fashion?

Does wisdom have to be verbal?

Observing the simplicity and ‘newness’ of how animals live is a kind of physical wisdom which can teach us much.

I think many of us also struggle to define what we mean by wisdom but we know what it is when we see or hear it.

Definitions use words like experience, knowledge, common sense, sound judgement and understanding.

One of the best definitions came from a Tibetan monk. He said that when faced with a decision or dilemma, wisdom can come from either the head or the heart.

Wisdom for him was knowing which one to choose in that moment. He also said that sometimes decisions that seem to be wise in the short-term can be revealed as unwise as unforeseen (or foreseen) consequences manifest the initial decision or course of action.

place in the universe, or particular emotions which might be the focus of my energy for a variety of reasons.

When one embarks on a search for wisdom it becomes apparent that most of us spend our mental and emotional energy reinventing the wheel and that we are often stuck in a giant repeat cycle of questioning and emotional tumult.

Decisions are motivated by where we were at and what was happening at that time. The goal is to learn from decisions and the consequences in the hope that over time, the number of unwise decisions diminishes.

This is not guaranteed however.

Life is not an upwards continuum in the wisdom stakes. Our individual cycles of life bring a certain ebb and flow to our level of clarity and ability to make wise decisions and to act wisely.

We are just as capable of making an unwise decision at the age of 80 as we were at age 18. Timing can be everything when it comes to ‘wiseness’.

I am always amazed at the wisdom of youth. While wisdom can be found coming from the mouths of babes, I am talking more about teenagers and those in their early twenties.

There are regressions also. I have felt at certain times that I have been in a wise ‘phase’, only to see myself stumble and fall at the next hurdle like a player in snakes-and-ladders.

Much of this can be found in popular songs where lyrics expose a level of self-awareness and, indeed a universal awareness that leaves me dumbfounded when I think of myself at the same age.

Part of why we tend to repeat mistakes is that while it is well-and-good collecting wise sayings and song lyrics this is all just fairy floss for the brain unless it can assist in changing the innate relationship we have with life.

While the much-maligned ‘threechord song’ which underpins many pop songs can sometimes be trite and simplistic, there are lyrics which explore deep themes which have bemused and fascinated our species for generations.

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We have to feel the wisdom and live it until it is part of us at every level.

Bringing learnings from the external hurly-burly to the internal hurly-burly where they become intrinsic to living seems difficult.

The wisdom of wisdom, therefore, is the transmutation from wise thought to wise life. That’s the trick.

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Noosa is one of 10 World Surfing Reserves around the globe.

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Great Sandy National Park

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Cooloola Sandpatch

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Noosa Museum

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Harry’s Hut

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The Noosa Trail Network is a series of world-class, multi-use trails for walking, mountain biking and horse-riding.

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Noosa River is the only river system in Australia that has its entire upper catchment protected in National Park.

Explore the Noosa Everglades and Upper Noosa River by canoe, boat, kayak or on foot.

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The Mary Valley rewards with a landscape patch-worked with grazing cattle, macadamia farms, rainforests, endless rolling hills and quaint heritage towns.

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44% of all Australia’s birdlife diversity resides within the Noosa Biosphere.

61 different regional ecosystems have been identified within the Noosa Biosphere Reserve.

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The Noosa Biosphere Reserve is home to 2346 species of plants and over 700 species of native animals at least 49 of these are internationally significant.

Goomboorian National Park

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The Noosa region was declared a Biosphere Reverve by UNESCO in 2007. Adjacent is the Great Sandy Biosphere - the world’s only two adjoining biospheres.

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Tin Can Bay

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The Great Sandy Biosphere is home to the tallest and most complete rainforests growing on sand. It also provides the world’s best observable example of ancient sand dunes.

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Toolara State Forest

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Lagoon Pocket

Cooloola Cove

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NOOSA COUNTRY DRIVE

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ISSUE 31 Autumn 2022

THE FIRST RELEASE We are pleased to announce the Stage One release of 8 luxury apartments in the highly-anticipated level of exclusivity and privacy has not previously been offered.

Inspired by nature in the heart of Noosa, these house-sized, owner-occupier apartments offer excellence in design, finishes, craftsmanship and lifestyle.

Don’t miss your opportunity to secure one of the most sought-after properties in Noosa.

Call 1300 10 10 50 or visit tallowresidences.com.au to find out more.

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Tallow Residences – the final stage of the iconic Settler’s Cove. With only two residences per floor, this