My Weekly Preview Issue 203 - July 27, 2012

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don’t know about you but I’ve had a hard time getting into the Olympic spirit this time around. Maybe it’s the weather – everyone seems a bit grumpy lately – or maybe it’s because London is so far away, but I haven’t been keeping up with news on the athletes and the event. That was until we started working on the special Olympic-themed edition of MWP. Last week I managed to drag myself out of the office to take a week off and I didn’t open a newspaper or log onto the internet while I was away, so when I popped back into the office on Monday, it felt like I’d been away for a month.

Suddenly the Olympics is upon us. And I’m looking forward to it. I lived in London for a couple of years in my early 20s, and I am a bit jealous of the people who’ll be there. It would be a great time to hang out in the old

] city. If it’s one thing the Poms do well it’s pomp and circumstance, so I reckon the world could be in for quite a treat.

This week in our cover story we take a look at the athletes with a link to our region who will be representing Australia. That’s on page 8. Over on page 30 we have a special four-page Olympic preview, so read up on that before tuning in to the opening ceremony tomorrow morning.

In our agenda on page 24 we investigate the human need to push boundaries and break records – a timely read considering all the sporting records we’ll no doubt see broken in the coming weeks.

Over in MPP on page 46, we investigate buying property using super, and there are motoring reviews, more on the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network Awards, and lots of local news.

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PREVIEW The Sunshine Coast will be well-represented in London, with 12 athletes with connections to the Coast set to contest the Olympic Games.

The athletes cover a range of sports – swimming, rowing, kayaking, pole vaulting, water polo, cycling and hockey.

JODIE SCHULZ, HOCKEY 24-year-old Coast student Jodie Schulz will contest her first Olympic Games when she heads to London, but she is no stranger to world competition. In recent months she has clocked up first placings at the 2012 Four Nations Tournaments and the 2012 Test Series contested in Australia and the US. Schulz names among her career highlights to date competing at the 2011 Champions Trophy in Amsterdam – her first major international competition – as well as her National Senior Team selection and receiving an Australian Institute of Sport Scholarship. Schulz made an impressive senior debut. Playing in the Four Nations Tournament in Argentina she scored a goal in the final minute against the world number one team to send the match into overtime, where she scored in the first minute to secure victory for Australia. Her proud parents told media in June there was “no hurdle too big” for their daughter.

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Coast girl Samanatha Hamill, at just 21, has already competed at Olympic level – she sliced three seconds off her fastest 400m IM time to finish second behind Stephanie Rice in the Olympic trials to qualify for Beijing in 2008. There the swimmer also recorded a big personal best in the 200m butterfly, earing the title of fourth fastest Australian ever behind Jessicah Schipper, Susie O’Neill and Petria Thomas, later placing 12th in

the 200m butterfly at the Games. She also competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi where she recorded a career highlight winning a silver medal in the 400 IM event. The Kawana Waters club member’s silver came just half an hour after disappointingly missing the podium in the 200m butterfly.

JARROD POORT, SWIMMING Former Sunshine Coast Grammar School student Jarrod Poort will make his Olympic debut at the London Games, competing in the 1500m freestyle. At just 17 the swimmer’s debut follows impressive results in the past two years. In March he swam an 11-second personal best to win the 1500m Olympic time trial.

Earlier this year he won the five-kilometre event and finished third in the 10-kilometre event at the 2012 Open Water National Championships. He chalked up impressive results at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2011 finishing first in the 1500m freestyle in a short-course pool, second in the 400m freestyle and third in the 200m freestyle, also winning two relay gold.

The teenager was forced to wait three months for confirmation he’d qualified for the Games. Media reported earlier this month stated that only if, once all the A-qualifying spots were filled, Poort ranked among the top B-qualifiers, would he be extended a discretionary invitation by the International Olympic Council. Now training at Wollongong he juggles swimming with his final year of high school.

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BRITTANY ELMSLIE, SWIMMING 18-year-old Brittany Elmslie from Nambour will contest her first Olympics when she heads to London, competing in the 4 x 100 freestyle and 4 x 200m freestyle. Training under Brian Stehr she is a competent swimmer, having competed at the Junior Pan Pacs in 2009 and 2010, collecting gold in the 50m freestyle in 2009 and bronze in the 4 x 100m freestyle. Elmslie, who now lives in Brisbane, has been on the national team for a year.

BILLY MILLER, WATER POLO Despite an impressive list of achievements including captaining Australia in 2010 and winning the World University Games in Serbia in 2009, London will be water polo player Billy Miller’s first Olympics. The former Sunshine Coast Grammar student, who is currently studying at the University of the Sunshine Coast, took up water polo when he was just 14, making his senior debut as a 20-year-old at the Beijing test event in 2008. In 2009 he helped Australia clinch a historic gold medal at the World University Games. This year alone he has toasted wins at 2012 FINA World League Asia-Oceania Preliminaries Round 2 in Japan, round 1 in China and the 2012 International Series against USA.

RACHEL LOVELL, CANOE/KAYAK Hailing from England and living on the Sunshine Coast Rachel Lovell makes her Olympic debut at London. Interestingly, Lovell came close to competing for Great Britain at the Olympic Games of 2004, dropping out of the running only due to injury. She missed out again in 2008 after falling pregnant. She will return to Britain’s Eton Dorney to train – the place she trained years ago before moving to Australia. She’ll compete in the K-4 500m. She enjoyed wins at the 2012 National Championships and the 2012 Oceania Championships, and names among her career highlights winning bronze at the 2003 European Canoe Championships.

NICK D’ARCY, SWIMMING For D’Arcy London 2012 is the culmination of a tough four-year mission to make the grade after his 2008 Olympic dreams were snatched from him. He debuts after being selected in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Olympic trials, where he clocked a time just outside his own Australian record and surpassing the 1:55.432 time Michael Phelps posted as the world’s best at that time.

D’Arcy overcome a rocky start to 2011, recovering from ankle surgery and a liver illness to make an impressive return to the pool, beating multiple Olympic champion Phelps by 100th of a second in the 200m butterfly at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix in California. D’Arcy names winning silver at Pan Pacs 2010 and gold at Santa Clara in 2011 among his career highlights.

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One of the Sunshine Coast’s strongest Olympic hopefuls, D’Arcy has been training in Brisbane under Michael Bohl. At just 25 D’Arcy was quoted recently as saying that after a tumultuous four years he is focused on staying calm.

“This 200m butterfly has been four years in the making,” he says.

TESSA WALLACE, SWIMMING Ross River Fever and a serious knee injury failed to stop 18-year-old swimmer Tessa Wallace from realising her Olympic dreams. The University of the Sunshine Coast student made her international swimming debut in 2010 at the Commonwealth Games. There, after an impressive performance she snuck in second behind Olympic champion Leisel Jones and ahead of Sarah Katsoulis, meaning gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia. Her swimming ability is perhaps not surprising, given her life-long affinity with the pool.

Growing up in Caloundra she was a fixture at Caloundra Aquatic Centre where her father taught swimming. Taught to swim as a baby she was competing by age six.

Wallace recently came first in the 200m breast stroke at the 2012 National Championships in Adelaide, and names her silver medal win at Delhi her greatest achievement.

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MELANIE SCHLANGER, SWIMMING

Male pole vaulter Steve Hooker might be the one that’s bringing much of the media attention to the sport, but the women are well represented with Alana Boyd competing in her second Olympics. The former Coast school student moved to Perth from Queensland to train with Hooker and Liz Parnov. She won gold in the Delhi Commonwealth Games two years ago and this year came first in both the Sydney and Perth Track classics. She placed 16th in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while in February this year she broke the Australian pole vault record with a leap of 4.76 metres at an athletics meet in WA.

25-year-old Melanie Schlanger is competing in her second Olympics, in three freestyle events.

The Nambour-born swimmer and former Immanuel Lutheran College student actually walked away from swimming in 2010 due to illness, but after 10 months out of the water she jumped back in for fitness and discovered a newfound love of the sport. She won the 100-metre freestyle event at the 2012 National Championships. Her third place in the 200 metre race at the same event means she’ll be a force to be reckoned with. The swim team almost didn’t have her – as a child Schlanger wanted to be a high jumper. She started swimming at 13, didn’t take to it and quit. But at 15 she was back in the water.

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HANNAH EVERY-HALL, ROWING

Hinterland export Shara Gillow will be jumping on the bike for the road race and individual time trial at this year’s Games. It’s her first Olympics, and the 24-year-old will be following in her father David’s footsteps – he rode in the men’s race in the 1980 Zimbabwe Games. Gillow started cycling only four years ago. The former Nambour Christian College student made her first appearance in competitive cycling in 2010, and she has clocked up a first at the 2012 Australian Road Championsips, a first and a second at the 2012 Oceania Road Championships, and a second at the 2012 Tour of New Zealand. She was named 2011 Australian Female Road Cyclist of the Year.

Hannah Every-Hall will be pumping the guns in the lightweight double sculls this year. The 34-year-old is making her Olympic debut, and it’s been a long road to London. Every-Hall was forced out of competition for a year with an ovary disorder but returned to rowing and was on track to compete in the Athens Olympic trials when she was floored by an anaphylactic reaction during a time trial. She was dragged from the water and hospitalised, but had another minor reaction at the next trials. The competitor then started a family but after the birth of her second child, she wanted to reignite her Olympic dream and made her sporting comeback in 2010.

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GOVERNMENT: MARY VALLEY TO BE REBUILT

BRING BACK THE ROAD TRIP Sunshine Coast tourism will receive a boost from a new RACQ marketing campaign, ‘Bring Back The Road Trip’. Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd CEO Steve Cooper welcomed the news, saying it would encourage Queenslanders to holiday here.

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he Mary Valley Renewal Team has welcomed a State Government blueprint to rebuild the once-vibrant farming region after the former Labor government’s failed dam bid.

The Mary Valley was left devastated after the Bligh government seized almost 500 properties for the Traveston Crossing Dam, later quashed by then Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett.

MVRT spokeswoman Glenda Pickersgill says the community is pleased the new government has taken steps to revive the region.

“At last this is a step forward and certainly what Jeff Seeney has mentioned – that he wants to get the land into private ownership – is good to hear,” Pickersgill says.

Deputy Premier Seeney says the government will create economic opportunities, rather than just sell off land.

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water rights realigned to create economically viable land units under an initial two-year divestment program, he says.

“There is a lot of work to be done to fix the financial bungling and huge land buy-up by the previous government,” Seeney says.

The strategy aims to create conditions to enable private sector investment and development.

“The initial phase will see agricultural and other economic land units brought to market to encourage activities such as beef production, horticulture,

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Pickersgill welcomed the creation of local advisory groups to help steer the renewal project. “We hope there will be continued discussion with people on the ground.”

She says the valley is beginning to regain a sense of community, lost after hundreds of families, in some cases those who had lived on the land for generations, moved out under forced land resumptions.

“Getting back to private ownership helps create that sense of community and helps the area move forward,” she says.

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arren Percival, star of Channel 9’s The Voice and a Coolum Beach local, will return to the Coast next week to perform for his home crowd.

It follows a rapid rise to fame on the popular TV show, where he took out second place behind Karise Eden.

“I can’t wait,” Percival told MWP ahead of the August 4 show at Coolum Beach.

“It will be amazing to play songs for Coolum, we’ll have a party and I hope everyone will get up and sing along. Don’t book a babysitter, bring the kids,” he says.

Percival, his wife and their two kids moved to Coolum in November last year, permanently relocating from Sydney after years of making an annual pilgrimage to the region for the Woodford Folk Festival.

Attracted to the laid-back lifestyle, live music venues such as The Caf and local surf clubs, it was during a stay in Coolum last year the Percivals

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decided to relocate permanently.

“An opportunity came up for a beautiful house,” says Percival.

“We were up here and went to The Caf at Coolum and had a delicious coffee and met all of the team there and then we went to the pub for lunch and had a few beers at the surf club,” he says.

“I said to my wife that night I could set up a studio in the garage and get a trampoline out the back.

I’m calling the removalists.”

The 40-year-old developed a love of music from a young age, later taking up singing and piano.

He forged a living working as a musician for just over two decades, collecting some powerful fans along the way, including Jimmy Barnes who recruited him as a back-up singer and Russell Crowe, who took him on tour.

But it was this year he hit the big time, advancing through each stage of The Voice with mentor Keith Urban.

“I was relieved when it came

down to the decider, not in the sense that I came runner-up, but that it meant from the next day a whole part of my life was over and it was the start of a new beginning,” he says.

Percival’s family flew to Sydney each week for the live shows and their support helped spur him on.

“I’m just so happy for my kids.

I try every day to be a good man and a great dad.”

Percival says it is vital local music venues on the Coast are protected and encouraged to grow.

“Woodford Folk Festival is a shining light for the area in terms of what it does for Australian music,” he says.

“The entire Coast has some fantastic venues and great rooms to play, there are so many great places and more popping up all the time with some great musicians jamming and recording.

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remier Campbell Newman wants local companies to compete for work on the $2 billion Sunshine Coast University Hospital project, set to kick off in October.

“There will be sessions held indicating how local firms can get on board with the project and I really suggest people get on board and try and be a part of it,” he says.

“We believe you will see about 1800 to 2000 jobs created through construction,” Newman told media at a press conference announcing successful tender at Nambour Hospital.

Exemplar Health – a consortium that includes Lend Lease, Spotless Group, Capella Capital and Siemens – will build and maintain the hospital for 25 years.

It’s the state’s first private-public partnership hospital, with Newman saying, “You will see a lot of more examples of this approach going

forward under this government.”

“The Coast will get a brand-new hospital.

Construction will be completed in 2016 and you’ll see initially 450 beds and 2500 staff, and you’ll see it expanded to 738 beds and 5000 staff by 2021.”

Newman says the new hospital will not replace Nambour.

“It is the responsibility of the new hospital health board, but my understanding of the plan at this stage is that you will see Nambour continue as an acutecare hospital with around 280 beds.

“The big thing is there will be plenty of jobs for people on the front line looking after patients in Queensland health.”

SCUH will offer a range of new and expanded health care services including a new comprehensive cancer centre, complex surgical services including neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, maxillofacial surgery and a trauma service.

The Skills, Academic and Research Centre will train staff and students with the aim of making locals the workforce of the future.

The Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital, operated by Ramsay Health Care, is a 200-bed private hospital co-located on the SCUH site opening in December 2013.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson says the council will conduct information sessions for local business to help them compete for construction and ongoing work.

“At the end of the sessions they will have a ‘where-to-from-here’ checklist that will include

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Premier Campbell Newman information about future sessions relating to things like how to form potential joint venture partnerships and up-skilling businesses to obtain the necessary quality management systems,” says Jamieson.

“This project – along with others such as the Maroochydore city centre and airport expansion – will be a major boost to the Coast’s economy.”

Newman says: “We’re very excited that after a long wait, the Sunshine Coast will get a world-class hospital that it so desperately deserves.”

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FIRST ROUND TABLE TALK A SUCCESS WORDS Nathan Evans

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unshine Coast Council says it will repeat a business leaders round table forum following the success of the first one, held last week.

A spokesman says the frequency of the event, which on Wednesday involved more than 60 Coast business leaders, has not been decided, but the concept has been well received.

Fast-tracking the airport expansion was placed at the top of

a wish list drawn up during the forum. It was among a range of proposals put forward to help stimulate the Coast’s economy.

Mayor Mark Jamieson says he is optimistic about the Coast’s economic future based on the enthusiasm of participants and interest in the round table.

“At the outset I gave business and industry my commitment that the partnerships we forged yesterday will be valued, supported and respected,” he says.

“To this end, we will take the good ideas that were generated and continue to engage with business and industry representatives as we collectively bring a number of these suggestions to fruition.”

The forum’s suggestions included: • Looking at programs and regulatory issues to encourage young people to stay in the region.

• Capitalising on the Coast’s events tourism reputation and attracting

more events to the region.

• Being clearer about what the Coast’s competitive advantages are and playing to these strengths.

• Leveraging off existing infrastructure – be it the Big Pineapple or the airport.

“Some of these ideas will be able to be progressed quickly – and where this can happen I am seeking the support of business and industry to make them happen,” Jamieson says.

Chair of the Sunshine Coast Business Council, Sandy Zubrinich, welcomed the mayor’s round table initiative but says the true test of its value will be the action that follows.

“I would like a very clear vision for the Coast and some clear statements from council about how, over the next four years, it is going to start improving the economic performance of the region,” Zubrinich says.

“I’d like to see a really welldefined plan, integrated with the State Government.”

UPDATE ON NEW BUNNINGS A spokeswoman for hardware chain Bunnings says the company is reviewing conditions attached to the development approval for a new Maroochydore store. The expansion forms part of Bunnings’ continuing investment in the Sunshine Coast.

WOMAN CHARGED Police have charged a 17-year-old woman following an alleged robbery and assault at Battery Hill.

Police allege the woman entered a 28-year-old woman’s home on July 13, pushing her to one side and threatening her with a pair of scissors. She is due to appear in court on August 7.

MUSIC LINE-UP FINALISED ARIA award-winner Ben Lee has joined the latest list of artists for the 2012 Caloundra Music Festival, which festival director Richie Eyles has described as “the best line-up yet”. The festival will be held over the weekend of September 28-30.

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The Primary Education students from Sunshine Coast University, Prue Jones, 33, Hannah Ward, 24, and Renee Laing, 25, have returned to Sippy Downs with a heightened passion for space science after spending five days at the US Space and Rocket Centre’s Space Academy for Educators last month.

The high-achieving students – who were awarded scholarships to

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“My role in one of the space missions was to fix a window on the Aurora Lunar base, so we were decked out in all the astronaut gear, wired up, and communicating with mission control,” Jones says.

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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked Australia 21st of 34 nations for fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, according to the recent report.

The Paris-based institution calculates that 24.6 per cent of Australians are connected to fixed (wire) broadband as of December

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Australia ranks higher for mobile wireless broadband subscriptions, eighth out of 34 nations with 74.4 connections per 100 people.

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Wii effective therapy for stroke victims Video games are proving a handy tool to restore strength and dexterity in stroke victims.

Dr Penelope McNulty from Neuroscience Research Australia heads a team that has developed a new stroke rehabilitation method called Wii-based Movement Therapy. In a two-week training program patients play the Nintendo Wii console to strengthen the muscles and nerves in stroke-affected arms and hands.

McNulty is excited about Wii therapy, because most patients find it hard to stay motivated with other rehabilitation methods.

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Two bidders fought it out over the telephone for the slice of white toast, which went under the hammer at Charles Hanson Auctioneers on Thursday.

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Paedophiles and rapists will have to answer a series of questions about their intentions while hooked up to a polygraph machine.

The results could meant that the terms of their release are restricted or, in the most serious cases, land them back in prison.

The move follows a series of tests from April 2009 to October 2011.

The tests found offenders on lie detectors made twice as many admissions about their intentions to contact victims.

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We are all the ancestors of the winners of competitions. The desire to set a record is genetic, especially among men

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round the world in 80 days? That’s a 19th-century science fiction goal popularised by French author Jules Verne in his book of the same name.

Today, people have their sights on new speed and distance records, such as the around-the-world hot air balloon flight that set a record 10 years ago.

Steve Fossett’s 13-day solo circumnavigation of the world ended on July 2, 2002 and set a record for speed, distance flown solo in a balloon and distance flown in a balloon in a 24-hour period. Three years later, Fossett made the first solo nonstop flight in a fixed-wing aircraft without refuelling.

Behavioural researchers say Fossett’s journeys are examples of a very human desire to set a record. They

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, FARTHER have identified an increasing desire to achieve top performances in all kinds of things, from naked sledding to office chair racing. Television and the internet are fuelling these ambitions.

Our evolutionary roots lie in the hunters and gatherers of the early Stone Age, when victory in the struggle to survive is what counted most.

Higher, faster, farther – Peter Walschburger, a psychologist at the Free University in Berlin, isn’t surprised by these aims.

“We are all the ancestors of the winners of competitions,” says Walschburger. “The desire to set a record is genetic, especially among men.”

The genetic programming of women is tipped toward desiring sustainability, taking on social responsibility and caring for children.

Men, however, occasionally allow the allure of risk to switch off their sense of reason. The basis of this is that people who are successful in extreme tests of their skill usually also experience extreme happiness, says Walschburger.

This is a feeling that a human wants to have over and over again, an effect that is similar to a dependence on drugs and which accompanies an increased production of sexual hormones. This is what promotes the need to seek records. Fossett was an archetype of this personality. He pursued records in numerous disciplines from swimming to auto racing and from sailing to flying.

Today, however, setting a record is not just about a top performance that requires a lot of training and experience. The spectacular achievements of ordinary people make popular subjects for television shows that offer fame

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and fortune at the same time. “Humans have a strong craving for recognition and orientate themselves toward such examples,” says Walschburger. “And the internet with sites such as YouTube transmits pictures of every ear wiggler around the world.”

Wippermann says that record-seeking is increasing. The underlying driver in his view is the search for recognition.

Institutions that previously offered people a feeling that they were better off have lost their status – families because of high divorce rates, political parties because of ambiguity, and the church because of societal change.

The result is a certain loss of orientation.

“Rankings give us back that feeling that we are the centre of attention,” says trend researcher Peter Wippermann.

Whether it’s something silly such as cream puff throwing or more serious endeavours such as sailing around the world or walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls is not important.

“The focus is on the interpretation of symbolic action and the logic of going up a rankings system,” Wippermann says.

At Berlin’s Humboldt University, personality psychologist Jens Asendorpf doesn’t believe that today a fun factor is increasing the desire to set records.

“There were Olympic Games back in ancient Greece,” he says. “Humans have always played whenever they could afford to.”

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“The motives for setting a record haven’t changed, rather the reaction has. The threshold has been lowered because the possibility for social recognition is increasing,” Asendorpf says.

Won’t the records sometime be exhausted because the human body will have reached its limit? Researchers don’t believe so. Records are a dynamic process and there always will be challenges or new rules and technical possibilities.

Walschburger doesn’t want to portray men who like to go after records as nitwits. They might have their cocky attitude, “but the scouting of opportunities and stepping beyond boundaries is what brings people forward”.

That goes as much for astronauts as it does for big thinkers such as Albert Einstein. The trick is to ensure that the extreme situations don’t threaten survival.

Fossett wasn’t so fortunate – he died in 2007 when his aeroplane crashed in the desert near Las Vegas while he was preparing for another record-setting flight.

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he Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate by from 4.75 per cent to 3.5 per cent since November 2011 and we expect there to be more cuts.

While this has been a welcome development for borrowers, it is not without its consequences for those retirees trying to live off their savings.

The average 12-month term deposit rate has fallen from 6.2 per cent last year to only 4.5 per cent currently.

A retiree with $500,000 in term deposits earned on average $31,000 in income last year but will now earn only $22,500. This equates to a rather grim fall of more than 27 per cent in income returns for these retirees relying solely on term deposits.

Investors may feel forced to draw down on their capital to fund their living expenses, in turn making a bad situation worse. One of the fundamental risks investors face is outliving their capital and the everdecreasing purchasing power from their stagnant capital. So, where should these investors put their money so they can make ends meet?

The disruptions from the global financial crisis over the last few years

have driven many investors out of shares and into the safety of cash.

But it is time to rethink this strategy.

The current lower market prices are providing higher yields and a greater margin for safety. Based on the current level of the Australian market, we expect the broad market will yield 5.2 per cent or 6.8 per cent gross in the 2013 financial year.

When compared with the yield on a 10-year Commonwealth Government bond at 2.85 per cent, the share market starts to look good value for investors with an eye to investing over the next decade.

The 10-year bond yield rarely moves below the prospective dividend yield on the market. When it does, it has represented a good point to accumulate shares. In all likelihood, dividends will continue to grow over the decade.

If shares are still too exciting there are relatively safe alternatives, such as the recently listed subordinated notes (retail bonds) which have been issued by ANZ, National Australia Bank and, most recently, Westpac Bank. The Westpac note will pay a quarterly floating interest rate of around 2.75 per cent above the 90-day bank bill rate (currently 3.5 per cent). This equals 6.25 per cent for investors who buy at the $100 face value.

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ADVICE FROM TWO WINNING BUSINESSWOMEN In the lead-up to the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network Awards, MWP sat down with the winners of last year’s accolades. This week we speak to Dena Dillon and Vickie Magic.

Dena Dillon from Piper Digital Marketing won the Corporate Business Woman award.

Q. Can you tell us about your business?

A. Piper Digital Marketing is a full-service marketing agency that

specialises in digital strategy, digital marketing design and production.

Piper has had the pleasure of working with some of Australia’s largest brands like Australian Power and Gas, Goodman, Bentley and Audi.

particular throughout the local business community. However, this year we were seeking private investment, and I have noticed that award was acknowledged positively, and I believe reflected upon the credibility of the business as a whole.

Q. What did winning the award mean to you?

A. For four years, I have been constantly looking forward and working at a rapid pace in a pressure cooker environment. The award gave me an opportunity to reflect and appreciate not where we are going, but how far we had come. I also treasured the opportunity to publicly acknowledge my team.

Q. What does the future hold?

A. Piper Digital Marketing has now been absorbed by another large digital marketing agency, which will be exciting for all clients involved with the teams uniting. There will be an exciting cross pollination of ideas, greater innovation, and an increased depth of expertise. For me personally? Watch this space.

Q. How has it helped your business and profile?

A. I think the award allowed me some significant credibility, in

Q. Any words of advice for budding SCBW and this year’s nominees?

A. Enjoy the moment. It is a lovely opportunity to reflect, give thanks, and allow your families to glow with pride.

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ustralia’s Olympic team boss says it’s now all about attitude.

Nick Green, the Australian Olympic Committee chef de mission, says athletes will be gifted the smoothest of Olympics in London. But, in return, he’s asked they shape the Australian psyche.

“Fundamentally important is: do they believe they can be successful on that stage?” says Green, a dual Olympic rowing champion.

From what he’s seen, they do.

“The athletes today don’t put themselves in a spot of, ‘Well, this is where I should be coming’,” Green says.

“They try to do things that no other Australian athlete has ever done.”

The generational shift in attitude underpins Australia’s Olympic goal of a top-five medal tally finish.

“We genuinely believe if the team performs as we expect, and to their expectations, top five is a realistic option,” Green says.

With funding secure and sponsorship targets hit long ago, Green and his AOC colleagues are ready. Now, he says, it’s over to the athletes to deliver about 15 gold medals.

Swimmer James Magnussen and hurdler Sally Pearson, part of an Australian team of about

Australian Olympians, from left, Adam Gibson, Naomi Flood, Murray Stewart, Libby Trickett, Kynan Maley, Sarah Tait and Lauren Jackson.

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420 athletes, carry Cathy Freemanesque expectations into London.

“They are almost in the same scenario,” Green says of the comparison with Freeman, the darling of the 2000 Sydney Games.

“They (Magnussen and Pearson) are clearly the dominating athletes and on paper should win.

“However, they still need to do it when it counts and that is the beauty of the Olympics – you get one chance every four years.”

Green says the rest of the Australian team will feed off the achievements of the swimmers.

“We have got the champion

athletes who have proven again to be big-stage performers – Stephanie Rice, Leisel Jones – we have many with Games experience who are capable of anything,” Green says.

“And then you have got this young raw talent … young athletes whose times indicate they’re absolutely on track to be up the front of the field.”

Pearson’s world reign in 100m hurdles should reach its crowning ceremony in London, the Queenslander spearheading Australia’s track and field team. The fact 54 track and field athletes gained selection heartened Green,

who says tough qualifying standards are helping produce a batch of medal fancies.

Defending Olympic champion Steve Hooker’s pole vault will also be a centrepiece of Australia’s athletics campaign, with Green believing it foolish to write off the struggling stalwart.

“Anyone who comes up against Steve Hooker knows he is capable of jumping to win the gold medal,” Green says.

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very Aussie that puts on the green and gold uniform in London will have high hopes, but for a select few anything less than a golden result will be deemed a disappointment.

RISING STARS MU R R AY S T E WA RT

(kayaking): The 25-year-old from Sydney has taken over from Beijing gold medallist Ken Wallace as Australia’s best paddler and could come away from London with a couple of medals, potentially both gold.

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(cycling – team sprint): Cycling teammates call her the “old duck”, but the 28-yearold carries gold goldmedal hopes in the keirin, individual sprint and team sprint paired with Kaarle McCulloch.

The current Kookaburras – led by captain Jamie Dwyer – have won everything there is in world hockey.

And Australia has won medals at the past five Olympics – yet only one was gold, in 2004.

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(cycling – team pursuit): Australia’s team pursuit quartet are so fresh faced, they’ve been dubbed “the boy band” by the British press and Bobridge is the leader. The world record holder for the individual pursuit.

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(sailing): The five-time world champion is known as the “Wind Whisperer” and anything less than gold for the dominant sailor in his Laser class would be a surprise.

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ames “The Missile” Magnussen looks certain to light up swimming’s biggest stage in London but Australia will need more than a one-man show to retain its place in the sport’s top two Olympic nations.

The Dolphins will arrive at London’s aquatic centre with Magnussen as their spearhead following his remarkable emergence over the past two years.

The 100m freestyle world champion will be in the hunt for up to four gold medals, but he will also likely enter the Games as Australia’s sole individual swimming gold medal favourite.

Australia has been ranked second behind the United States on the medal tally at the past three Games, winning six gold medals in Beijing 2008, seven in Athens 2004 and five in Sydney 2000.

But, with increased competition from China and France, that position is under serious threat and the Dolphins could be facing the prospect of their lowest gold-medal haul since two at Atlanta in 1996.

Australia’s selection trials in March confirmed world-record chaser Magnussen is closing in on something special in London, but offered few clues as to whether a

host of others would be ready to build on near misses at last year’s world championships in Shanghai, where Australia won two gold medals, eight silver and three bronze.

However, the fact times from the selection meet have held up well against the rest of the world has Australian head coach Leigh Nugent feeling optimistic.

Only Magnussen (100m) and Stephanie Rice (200IM) are ranked first in the world in events this year, but Australia has six top-three rankings in individual events heading to London.

Australia will again be relying heavily on success in relays to boost the medal tally.

Magnussen’s presence has Australia hot favourite for the 4x100m freestyle gold and a genuine contender in the 4x100m medley. Nugent believes the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay squad is a big improver, while the women’s freestyle and relay stocks are strong across the board.

But Nugent is optimistic the Dolphins will also have their share of individual success after being buoyed by the performances of Alicia Coutts, Kylie Palmer, Belinda Hocking and Emily Seebohm.

While Rice was Australia’s hero

in Beijing with three gold medals, few are tipping a repeat with a troublesome shoulder wreaking havoc on her preparations.

But Nugent says the “fierce competitor” could not be ruled out in London.

“She’s certainly brought herself back into contention,” he says.

“Even though she’s got an impediment there with her shoulder, she’s got the ability and the psychological strength to overcome that.”

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[ ] Cycling: Men’s road race. Six days after the Tour de France, London’s The Mall will host a field most likely including British star Mark Cavendish and top Australians such as Matt Goss.

The course will suit the sprinters and opportunists, rather than mountain specialists such as Cadel Evans. [ ] Swimming: Women’s 400m individual medley. Stephanie Rice is out to defend her Beijing gold medal but must overcome her shoulder woes. [ ] Swimming: Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay final. A strong Australian women’s team featuring Libby Trickett will be out to upset the Dutch, US and German teams.

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Sunday, July 29 [ ] Swimming: Women’s 100m butterfly.

Can Alicia Coutts convert her Commonwealth Games success to Olympic glory? Can Coutts or Jess Schipper gun down a top field? [ ] Swimming: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final. Australia’s team, led by James Magnussen, will be looking to topple the US for the first time since the famous win in Sydney in 2000.

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Monday, July 30 [ ] Swimming: Men’s 200m freestyle.

American stars Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte lead a strong international field in which youngster Thomas Fraser-Holmes is Australia’s best hope. [ ] Swimming: Women’s 100m breaststroke. Leisel Jones is out to defend her title against Americans Rebecca Soni and Jessica Hardy, but she faces competition from within, too, after Leiston Pickett stole her Australian crown at the Olympic trials.

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Wednesday, August 1 [ ] Swimming: Men’s 100m freestyle.

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icture it – the day after the Olympics opening ceremony, London’s iconic The Mall is packed with spectators for one of the most-anticipated events of the Games.

This is supposed to be a banner day for the host nation, when sprint ace Mark Cavendish wins the men’s road race. But an Australian – a ruddy colonial – spoils the whole show and snares the gold medal.

It is a delicious scenario for Cycling Australia high performance director Kevin Tabotta and his fellow road selectors. It is also the biggest selection quandary Australian cycling faces for London.

While Cavendish is the world champion and the pre-race favourite, the five-man Australian road team will be key rivals. Matt Goss is already nominated and Tour de France champion Cadel Evans is a teammate, although Evans will ride the road race as a domestique.

The August 1 individual time trial would be Evans’ better medal chance.

Cycling will be one of the highestprofile sports at these Olympics and Australia will be a key player.

From the men’s road race to the men’s team pursuit, to Anna Meares versus Vicki Pendleton in women’s sprinting to the hurly-burly of the

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BMX, there will be some epic contests.

Australian cycling’s cling’s only Olympic medal four years ago was Meares’ brave comeback from injury for silver in the sprint.

Three gold medals would be a reasonable pass mark this time around and the track team won three titles from the 10 Olympic events at the world rld championships in April.

The men’s team am pursuiters will continue their absorbing bsorbing rivalry with the British, whilee their female counterparts are narrowing the gap to the host nation.

Meares is high h among the favourites for thee sprint and keirin and will partner Kaarle McCulloch in the team sprint, nt, where they will also contend. ntend.

Glenn O’Shea and nd Annette Edmondson are big chances in the omnium, thee new multi-discipline Olympic event.

The men’s sprinters rinters won the team sprint world titlee in bizarre circumstances and nd are improving.

Sam Willoughby hby and Caroline Buchanan won BMX world titles a few weeks ago and nd coach Wade Bootes has done a superb job with the national program. gram.

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In between catwalk appearances Miranda has developed KORA Organics, a range of skincare designed to get women’s skin glowing and to educate them about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Miranda’s mother, Therese Kerr, is KORA’s managing director and visited the Sunshine Coast last week for a series of workshops. Therese says that while KORA focuses on people’s skin, the company was founded on a much more holistic ideal.

“KORA is not a skincare company, it’s a lifestyle choice, choice,” she says. The name comes from a form of Buddhist meditation and Therese says the ethos is showing that beauty is “not just skin deep, it’s aabout your inner core – it’s about looking after aand nurturing your body in every aspect”.

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KORA also promotes wellness and self-esteem through its blog, which Therese says is important in an industry not often associated with healthy self-image.

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“I get four to six testimonies a day, and I spend a lot of my time very emotional, because we’re not only impacting on people’s skin, we’re impacting their lives, improving their self-esteem,” she says.

Therese is also a very proud mum. “[Miranda] walks the walk, she doesn’t just talk the talk – she lives and breathes health and nutrition.”

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METHOD Soak the glutinous rice for at least 4 hours, then drain. Bring the coconut milk to the boil in a pot over medium heat, then add the rice. Turn heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes or until the rice is cooked. Stir frequently to prevent it sticking and burning. Add the sugar and salt and continue to stir until all the coconut milk has evaporated. Allow to cool.

Cut the banana leaves into 25- x 20-centimetre rectangles. Blanch and pat dry. Take two sheets and put one on top of the other. Spread the rice 1.5 centimetres thick on half the sheet, then line up a whole banana in the middle. Roll the rice over to enclose the banana. Wrap the banana leaves tightly around the rice roll, tuck in the ends and roll up firmly. Tie tightly with string.

Steam for about 20 minutes.

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As a wine reviewer, I am always training the snoz and the palate and honing up on technical and historical snippets. Mrs Plonk sometimes calls it a grand excuse for having a booze up. Yes, I probably should spit a bit more (but maybe my Catholic upbringing influences this – waste not want not). But all theory and no practice makes Jack the wine reviewer a very dull boy.

In all seriousness, about every four to six weeks, I purposely prepare an aroma plate that has an array of items such as various berries, dates, chocolate and spices, and probe the proboscis. Little Miss Plonk, the best smeller in the

t never ceases to amaze me how talented humans are.

The Olympics will be a great example of this and I will be glued to the tube 24 seven.

But what really astounds me and a lot of other vinophiles, is the ability of some people to define the bouquet of wine and describe myriad aromas.

Some wine writers are so eloquent as they wax lyrical, with the general public often asking “what’s he on”? But when one has described the nuances, quite often people say, “yeah, I get it”.

That is why I do training. Most people who know me say I couldn’t run out of sight in hilly country, but I am talking about olfactory training.

house, aids my training and invariably picks wine bouquets more accurately than me.

There are a number of commercially prepared aroma sets ranging from 10 or so white and red aromas, to the more professional kits, having up to 50 bottles of specific smells. Prices can range from $50 to $500. It’s a lot more fun preparing your own plate, as you get to eat the lot when the smelling is done.

As taste is 90 per cent nasal olfactory effect, it makes sense to swill the wine around in big open glasses to really let it open up. Riedel, the most famous wine stemware makers, has a glass for every type of

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I like to poke fun at my wine writing colleagues who can get carried away with flamboyant descriptions about a rarefied aroma that resembles violets picked on a cool spring day in a paddock next to a goat’s cheese farm (mental note, must use that line). But their descriptions also typify the magic of wine – that it can be enjoyed on many levels.

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FALCON TURBO COURTS NEW MARKET (Jemma and Nathan had a passenger for this trip – MWP’s retail ad manager and dyed-in-the-wool Ford lover, Nigel Petrie.)

NIGEL: They’ve thrown out 50 years of tradition by introducing a fourcylinder Falcon to the market.

NATHAN: Yes, Ford might be alienating their own buyers with this one. Mind you this car could open up a whole new market for them.

NIGEL: Fair point. But Ford is being flogged as buyers turn to smaller cars, so I can understand why they have done it.

N: The indicator lever is rather high.

But I like the size of this car. This is what I am used to. Feels like a larger car and it is quite spongy. The indicator sounds like a grandfather clock ticking.

JEMMA: I like the sound.

N: It doesn’t feel powerless, as you might expect knowing it has lost two cylinders on typical Falcons.

NIGEL: I do like the interior colour.

N: Visibility is good.

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J: So gents, who will buy this car?

N: Perhaps people who like Falcons but who are worried about engine size and fuel efficiency.

NIGEL: Families will buy this car.

N: It provides competition to the Camry.

NIGEL: It’s much cleaner than my Falcon.

N: There is good visibility all around.

And good firm brakes.

J: What are your thoughts on the instrument cluster?

NIGEL: Pretty pedestrian.

N: Yes, but it does have auto headlights.

(After Nathan put his foot down, the back passenger is put out by the heavy revving) NIGEL: Whoa. I’ve never seen a Falcon rev that high.

N: Remember, this is a four cylinder, so the engine is going to work harder.

It’s not zippy, but it has good bump absorption. It does take the corners well at speed.

J: (Hanging on to the door) Hmm, I think your passengers might have

something to say about that.

N: Um, yes, to take off you definitely have to put your foot down, and after a moment the turbo kicks in.

J: Let’s swap Nathan, and I can see what kind of economy I can get out of it.

N: Watch out Nigel, if anyone can make this car squeal, it’s Jemma.

(Nathan swaps seats with Jemma.)

N: How do you take a car that always had a six-cylinder engine, a car that

has become a staple of the Australian motoring diet – a car that has a cult following – rob it of its manhood, so to speak, by removing two cylinders and hope it still stacks up against its rivals? It will be an interesting experiment for Ford. On the one hand, consumers are turning to cars with smaller engines. But are Falcon traditionalists willing to sacrifice two cylinders for the sake of fuel continued over>

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NIGEL: There’s decades of tradition being re-written here.

N: They’ve stuck with the traditional naming conventions with this car, calling it a G6, but given they’ve changed the engine, I think they should change the name as well – to G4.

N: It feels a little underpowered, but that is to be expected given you’re taking the bulk of a sixcylinder car and replacing its powerplant with a four. But then it is very willing to rev to high up in rev range, which is very pleasing.

J: Doesn’t feel big. It feels heavy, but not long or wide. But I like how it feels, it hugs the road.

N: The glove box is a bit cheaplooking. It’s just a very thin panel that hinges out of the dash, and there’s very little depth to it. I like that there are several slots on the

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dash to house things like your wallet, mobile phone and garage door remotes, however.

J: The brakes are more responsive than the accelerator. Me being a lead foot and all.

N: There is no fandangled start process involving pressing buttons and a series of steps like engaging the brake pedal just to get the engine on, just a typical key, which is a nice change by todays’ standards. Ford hasn’t strayed from Falcon tradition with the look and feel of the inside of the car, probably to temper the fact they’ve undertaken such a radical change in engine.

J: They probably don’t want to scare off traditional Falcon buyers.

NIGEL: They refined this car over many years, they’ve already got all of

the braking systems, the suspension and other aspects right. I don’t think I’d buy one though. Falcons are a six-cylinder car. You either want one, or you don’t.

J: I don’t know about the steering, you’ve really got to work the wheel.

N: The doors sound very mechanical when you open and close them.

J: Yes. There will be a lot of parents yelling ‘don’t slam the door’.

N: I’d happily drive one of these cars.

It wouldn’t be top of my list but it’s easy enough to drive, has plenty of space, and if you’re not a speed demon you’ll enjoy potentially a lower fuel bill.

(Nathan gets out of the car) J: Don’t slam the… door.

MWP wishes to thank Pacific Motorgroup for supplying the test car.

FEATURES Dynamic stability control incorporating: emergency brake assist, anti-lock braking system, electronic brakeforce distribution, traction control. Front, side and curtain airbags; single-zone automatic climate control; leather-wrapped steering wheel; multi-function display.

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HEN it came to updating its popular Captiva soft-roader, Holden devised a pretty simple formula: more car, less money.

Designed in Australia, but built in Korea and designed to compete with the popular Ford Territory, the Captiva hits the sweet spot as far as many Aussie families are concerned.

It has just enough space for five adults with room for a couple more in an emergency, but the downside is that with all seven seats in use, luggage space is almost nonexistent.

When not in use, the third-row seats fold flat into the floor with an easy one-touch motion.

It’s an impressive vehicle, with ample space for families, yet not so large it’s a chore to drive in city traffic.

Updates to the interior have improved the Captiva’s comfort levels, and an external facelift has given it a more modern appearance.

We tested the new Captiva with

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Holden’s four-cylinder turbo-diesel, which provides plenty of power without sipping too much fuel.

The four-cylinder model remains in the Series 2 Captiva – although the engine has been beefed up a bit – and in five-seat, two-wheel-drive form it costs $27,990, which makes it slightly

cheaper than Korean rivals like the Hyundai iX35 and Kia Sportage.

The diesel, available for the first time in the five-seat model, starts at $33,990 – a fair premium, although I’d argue it’s money well spent.

The 2.2-litre, four-cylinder oil-burner, made in Korea, is a ripper

– quiet, smooth and torquey with no turbo lag, giving the Captiva ample pulling power, even with a full load of seven on board – while still delivering good fuel economy.

For its part, the 2.4-litre petrol engine has gained significantly in power and efficiency. There’s also a V6 option, using the Aussie-built 3-litre V6 found in the Commodore Omega, although most agree that the diesel is the pick of the Captiva litter.

So, will the Captiva make life difficult for the new Ford Territory?

It depends on your priorities – those looking for more space may opt for the Ford, but those watching the budget will find the Captiva’s value hard to argue with.

MAKE/MODEL HOLDEN CAPTIVA 7 BOTTOM LINE From $27,990, as tested (CX diesel, seven-seater) $39,490.

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Renault Mégane hatch sport edition launched Ssangyong Australia is moving from strength to strength with the latest VFACTS data revealing a 30 per cent year to date sales increase for the Korean carmaker.

June figures also showed an 18 per cent month-on-month increase.

Ssangyong reports 1001 sales during 2012 compared to 770 at the same time last year, an increase it says is in part due to the successful introduction of the Korando compact SUV and the new Actyon Sports Dual-Cab Ute, which have been well received by Australian car buyers.

Steven Thomas of Ssangyong says the latest figures reinforce the car maker’s growing presence in the Australian car market.

Renault Australia has launched the new Mégane hatch Sport edition.

For a limited time, the car is available with a 2.0-litre petrol engine mated to either a six-speed manual or CVT gearbox.

On top of the current entry-level Dynamique specification levels, customers will receive 17-inch Schuss alloy wheels, rear parking sensors, rear privacy glass, limited edition trim details and daytime running lamps.

Renault says the Mégane hatch Sport edition represents more than $1800 of value to the customer for an increase of only $1000 on the recommended retail price.

The Mégane Hatch Sport Edition costs $23,990 for the six-speed manual and $25,990 for the CVT.

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Tom Wood is from Ferguson Cannon Lawyers

PREVIEW Got a self-managed super fund? Then you can use the cash to buy a property, but read this preliminary guide before you make any moves.

WORDS Tom Wood

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K, so you have a self-managed super fund (SMSF) and are comfortable using the cash in it to leverage into a loan to buy property. You know that the super rules allow this if a bare trust is set up as the buyer of the property. You have found a property and want to sign a contract.

How do you put it into practice? This article looks at the pointy end of the process – setting up the required buyer structure, entering into a contract, and taking out a loan.

WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE INVOLVED FOR THE BARE TRUST? The concept has been around for a few years now, but there is still no single established name for a bare trust document. They have differing titles depending on who is preparing them, such as instalment warrant, custodian deed, bare trust deed and property trust. These are all the same thing.

I assume that you have already established an SMSF and the company which should be the trustee of the SMSF. You will therefore already have a company register of the corporate trustee and a trust register of the SMSF trust.

Next, you should set up a separate company to be the trustee of your bare trust. Having a company means paying a small annual government registration fee, and maybe an annual fee to your accountant if your accountant is the company’s registered office. However, as the company will be a bare trustee only, it shouldn’t need to lodge a tax return.

It is not legally required to have a company as trustee of the bare trust, but it is strongly recommended. If an individual or individuals are the trustee, the death, bankruptcy, divorce or exit from the fund of the trustee

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will create administrative problems. A company as trustee will usually ensure that any deaths or underlying membership of the fund will not affect the property owned by the bare trust.

If you already have a company, you can use it as the trustee of the bare trust. A company may be trustee of more than one trust. However, the super rules require you to have separate bare trust documents prepared for each property which the bare trust buys.

The main document is the instalment warrant, custodian deed or whatever it is called. This is teamed with a series of shorter but essential documents which I usually call ancillary documents.

WHAT DOES THE INSTALMENT WARRANT SAY? The super rules require that the bare trust provide that: • the property is held on trust as bare trustee only, • the SMSF may direct the bare trustee to transfer the property to the SMSF, and • the bare trustee must act on SMSF’s directions.

The bare trust is established by a settlor, who is usually an acquaintance, lawyer or accountant who knows the parties. A quaint but essential requirement is that the settlor provides a gift of a small amount such as $5 or $10 to the bare trustee to establish the bare trust. If this money isn’t paid, the bare trust is invalid. The settlor can’t get the money back either; it sits in the bare trust’s books as an asset.

The ancillary documents include resolutions and authorisations by the SMSF trustee and the bare trustee that the bare trust be established and the property purchased. These resolutions and authorisations are also necessary in order to comply with the super rules.

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It is essential to get the bare trust entity set up before going to contract.

Too often this issue is left to the last minute

The SMSF can require the property to be transferred to it by the bare trustee at any time, but only if there are no borrowings against it. In practice, the property is usually sold before the loan is paid out, so the bare trustee will still be the owner and will be the seller in the sale contract.

If the property is transferred to the SMSF, there is no duty payable on the transfer.

lending money to the SMSF. • The loan agreement is between the related entity and the SMSF. • The SMSF is the borrower in the loan agreement.

• Usually the loan is unsecured unless the related entity wants a mortgage for some reason.

• The SMSF and borrower arrange all documents.

• The interest rate must be commercial, as if it were an arms’ length loan.

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There are two types of loans which are seen in this area. They are: 1. Third party loan, which is where a bank or other financier is lending money to the SMSF. • There will be a loan agreement between the bank and the SMSF. • The SMSF is the borrower in the loan agreement.

• The bank will requires mortgage security – as owner, the bare trustee is the mortgagor.

• The bank will prepare the loan and mortgage documents.

• Either the bank or the SMSF will prepare the bare trust documents, depending on the bank’s policy.

2. Related party loan, where a related entity is

THE PURCHASE CONTRACT It is essential to get the bare trust entity set up before going to contract. Too often this issue is left to the last minute (for example, when sitting in the real estate agent’s office). If you buy the property in one entity and then seek to change it later, you could be facing a bill for double duty.

The SMSF must pay the deposit, and the contract will usually contain common conditions such as finance approval, and building and pest inspections. If the SMSF is borrowing from a bank, the contract must be subject to finance approval, as the bank will want to approve the contract before giving approval and preparing loan documents.

WHAT ARE THE COSTS? The costs will include legal fees for setting up the bare trust and bank fees for reviewing the documents. Conveyancing costs will also be incurred. On top of this are the usual outlays such as loan establishment fees, duty and Titles Office registration fees.

SHOULD I GO AHEAD? It does seem like a lot of effort to go to for a SMSF to be able to borrow to buy property. However, in my experience, if the fit is right, clients are happy they made the effort. Of course, you should always get early professional advice before going ahead.

What do you think?

Email us: yoursay@myweeklypreview.com.au MWP is considering launching a letters page, so we are now taking feedback.

Feel free to share your ideas and opinions.

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Langford explains, “I am the president of the local ambulance committee in Nambour and each year QAS holds the Star Care awards for each of the regions in the state.

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á Private, overlooking the lake á Mountain Creek School Zone á Walk to shops/schools á Ducted air-conditioning á Stunning pool & outdoor entertaining á 5 mins to Mooloolaba Beach & Buderim

Price: Reduced to $675,000 Inspect: Saturday and Sunday 1-1.45pm Tracey McAllansmith 0418 722 374 Web Code: BUD2362

AUCTION OUTSTANDING HOME-OUTSTANDING VALUE- EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY - “ONE NOT TO BE MISSED” 61 Elouera Drive, Ninderry Not to be missed, this is a fantastic opportunity to acquire a superb family home with your very own secluded bush backdrop. Relax on the spacious private deck, commanding incredible views overlooking your 3 and a half acres of woodland, and enjoy occasional visits from native Australian wildlife, including kangaroos, owls and kookaburras. This well presented property boasts 4 bedrooms with built-in wardrobes, including the huge master bedroom with en-suite. A large, versatile rumpus room can be used as a second family area, or 4th bedroom. The current owners have committed elsewhere and are highly motivated vendors.

4 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

á Private 3 and a half acres á Salt water in-ground pool á Peaceful private bush setting á Separate air-conditioned home office á 15 mins to Coolum á 20 mins to Maroochy Airport

Auction: On Site Saturday 11th of August at 12pm Inspect: Saturday 11-11.45am Richard Scrivener 0416 799 188 Robyne Williams 0488 999 536 Web Code: BUD2413

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BUILDER READY FOR NEXT PROJECT - WANTS THESE SOLD NOW! 1 & 2 / 9 Palmyra Crescent, Buderim Beautifully designed with all the modern features you could ask for, these stunning brand new duplexes are perfectly located. With fresh, contemporary designs and plenty of natural light, these are finished to the highest quality. The large kitchens are complete with gas cooktops, stone benchtops and European appliances, including dishwasher. The spacious master bedrooms feature stunning ensuites and large walk-in-robes, while the other two bedrooms easily accommodate queen sized beds. There are also separate study nooks and plenty of outdoor entertaining. These spacious, modern duplexes have separate driveways and are perfect to move in today.

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

á Brand new Buderim Duplexes á Separate theatre / lounge room á Five minutes to the plaza & beaches á Adjacent to picturesque reserve á Private, fully fenced yard á Air conditioning á Superior finishes

Price: Mid $500,000 Each Inspect: Saturday and Sunday 12-12.45pm Tracey McAllansmith 0418 722 374 Web Code: BUD2390

OWNER WANTS NEW BUDERIM DUPLEXES SOLD NOW! 1 & 2 / 30 Attunga Crescent, Buderim These top quality Buderim low-set duplexes are perfect for those seeking a low maintenance lifestyle within walking distance to shops. With private gardens and located in a quiet, leafy street, these spacious residences are complete with three bedrooms and a dedicated study nook with built in storage. The quality finishes are endless, with ducted air-conditioning and vacuum system, high ceilings and polished porcelain tiles. The kitchen will suit those chefs at heart, with glass splash backs, stone bench-tops and European appliances. With an open plan feel and in the best of locations, these duplexes must sell!

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

á Superior finishes á Stone benchtops throughout á Walking distance to shops á Ducted air-con & vacuum systems á Flat low maintenance gardens á Garage long enough for a caravan á Dedicated study nook with desk

Price: $649,000 Each Inspect: Saturday and Sunday 11-11.45am Tracey McAllansmith 0418 722 374 Web Code: BUD2420

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SURPRISE PACKAGE WITH DUAL LIVING ON 837M2 14 Boxthorn Place, Aroona

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car

This surprise package has a fully self contained granny flat downstairs with its own outdoor patio while upstairs you will find a three bedroom home with a fully screened timber balcony for year round living plus a large tiled rumpus room.

This is a solid brick home overlooking beautifully landscaped gardens. Inspect today and be surprised.

Price: $459,000 Inspect: Saturday 10-10.45am Kylie Tredrea 0402 240 687 Web Code: MIN2414

AUCTION HOT AUCTION - SUPREME ‘ON TOP’ LOCATION - ENTRY LEVEL! 1 Macadamia Court, Buderim You will have to get your finances in order quickly to secure the hottest entry level property on top of Buderim. Tucked in a quiet little cul de sac on a large 864m2 corner block, this immaculately presented property is perfect for young families, older couples, investors or renovators. With bore and solar panels, plus van/boat annexe - you simply must see!

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 3 Car Auction: On Site Saturday 11th of August at 11am Inspect: Saturday 1-1.45pm Chris Pace 0417 196 600 Loren Wimhurst 0415 380 222 Web Code: BUD2412

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WE NEED RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES NOW! Karen Stehr, Next Rentals Property Manager of 23 years is proud to boast 0% rental arrears; almost 100 tenants renting through Next Rentals, are all in advance with their rent! One happy Landlord said...

BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED AND OOZING CHARACTER 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

35 Fernleigh Crescent, Buderim

YOUR NEXT HOME IS OPEN FOR INSPECTION

This modern rendered 3 bedroom home boasts totally separate living areas on either side of the appealing well appointed kitchen. 2 well proportioned bathrooms including ensuite & walk in robe off the master bedroom. Well established lush tropical low maintenance garden & lawn. Impressive, private outdoor entertaining area to relax & unwind.

Price: Mid $400,000’s Buyers Inspect: Saturday and Sunday 12-12.45pm Jason Burns 0417 762 001 Web Code: MCHY2405

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WE HAVE TENANTS READY TO MOVE IN - CALL KAREN STEHR 0417 618 480

ALEXANDRA HEADLAND

Sat 1-1.45PM - 1 Macadamia Court - BUD2412

Sat & Sun 1-1.45PM - 69 Karawatha Drive - BUD2362

Sat 11-11.45AM - 1/14 William Street - MCHY2397

Auction Saturday 11th August @ 11AM - Chris Pace

Listed at $675,000 - Tracey McAllansmith

Low to Mid $400,000’s - Kate Jewry

Sat 1.15-2PM - 29 Panorama Ridge Road - MIN1800

NINDERRY

Sat 11-11.45AM - 4 Ocean Crest - MCHY615

Please Contact Agent - Karen Jones

Sat 11-11.45AM - 61 Eloura Road - BUD2413

Buyer Interest Mid to High $900,000’s - Jodie McDonell

Sat 2-2.30PM - 17 Hillview Drive - MIN2359

Forthcoming Auction - Richard Scrivener

Sat 12-12.45PM - 2/81 Buderim Avenue - MCHY2392U2

Offers over $550,000 - Chris Jones

Sat 12-12.45PM - 11 Coach View Place - MIN2203

Please Contact Agent - Kate Jewry

BURNSIDE

Forthcoming Auction - Robyne Williams

Sat 12-12.45PM - 16 Surf Road - MIN2382

Sat 2-2.45PM - 144 Windsor Road - MCHY2398

NORTH ARM

Please Contact Agent - Chris Pace

Listed at $699,000 - Trevor Jones

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Sat 2-2.45PM - 7 Victor Street - MCHY2352

Sat 3-3.30PM - 133 Perwillowen Road - MCHY2319

High $400,000’s - Trevor Jones

Buyers from High $600,000’s - Kate Jewry

Listed at $299,000 - Trevor Jones

AROONA

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Sat 10-10.45AM - 14 Boxthorn Place - MIN2414

Sat 2-2.45PM - 45 Glenn Vista Place - BUD2417

Listed at $459,000 - Kylie Tredrea

Price On Application - Craig Porter

BOKARINA

Sat 3-3.45PM - 329 Chevallum Road - MIN1849

Sat 3-3.45PM - 7 Seafarer Court - MIN2361

Buyers around $2,000,000 - Craig Porter

$1,000,000 + Buyers - Minka Jenkins

Sat 3-3.45PM - 135 Dales Road - MCHY759

BUDDINA

Please Contact Agent - David Hedley-Ward

Sat 11-11.45AM - 14 Malkana Crescent - MIN2409

KULUIN

Buyers around $600,000 - Christopher Jones

Sat 1-1.45PM - 17 Martins Drive - MCHY2291

Sat 1-1.45PM - 1/13 Koolena Street - MIN2093 Offers from $350,000 - Bree Charles Sat 2-2.45PM - 3 Barellan Avenue - MIN1786 Expressions Of Interest - Minka Jenkins

BUDERIM Sat 10-10.30AM - 4 Mayfair Lane - BUD1325 Listed at $797,000 - Craig Porter Sat 10-10.30AM - 48 Gloucester Road - BUD1853 Offers from $700,000 - Richard Scrivener Sat 10-10.45AM - 43 Mill Road - BUD2315 Listed at $469,000 - Tracey McAllansmith Sat 10-10.45AM - 88 Alfriston Drive - BUD2372 Listed at $599,000 - Chris Pace Sat & Sun 11-11.45AM - Lot 1 & 2 /30 Attunga Crescent BUD2420 $649,000 Each - Tracey McAllansmith Sat 11-11.45AM - 26 Hardwood Court - MCHY2391 Buyers in the $700,000’s - Jason Burns Sat 11-11.45AM - 15/133 King Street - BUD2383 High $200,000’s - Chris Pace Sat from 11.30AM - 41 Quorn Close - BUD2257

Listed at $379,000 - Jason Burns Sun 1-1.45PM - 1 Calais Court - MCHY2386 Auction Saturday 4th August @ 1:30PM - Jason Burns Sat 2-2.45PM - 114 Tallow Wood Drive - MCHY2387 Listed at $335,000 - Jason Burns

MAROOCHYDORE

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TANAWHA Sat 10.45-11.15AM - 18 Walgarri Drive - BUD2230 Low to Mid $1 Million - Craig Porter

YOUR NEXT AGENT

TWIN WATERS Sat 11-11.45AM - 35 Moorings Circuit - MIN839 Buyers in the High $700,000’s - Minka Jenkins

WARANA 12-12.30PM - 8 Lapoinya Crescent - MIN2423 Buyers around $800,000 - Chris Jones

WURTULLA 11-11.45AM - 15 Turnbuckle Court - MIN2323 Buyers in the $700,000’s - Karen Jones 12-12.45PM - 97 Baanya Street - MIN2402 Buyers in the $500,000’s - Karen Jones 12-12.45PM - 15 Baanya Street - MIN2330 Buyers from $600,000 - Karen Jones

Sat 12-12.45PM - 72/19 Arwen Street - MIN2368 $250,000+ Buyers - Minka Jenkins Sat 1-1.45PM - 17/12 Picnic Point Esplanade - MCHY2336 Early to Mid $500,000’s - Jodie McDonell Sat 2-2.45PM - 401/50 Picnic Point Esplanade -

UPCOMING AUCTIONS Saturday, 28th July 2012 at 12pm 41 Quorn Close, BUDERIM

MCHY2287 Buyer interest Early $1,000,000’s - Jodie McDonell

MOOLOOLABA Sat 1-1.45PM - 8/137 Mooloolaba Esplande - MIN2070 Buyers around Mid $300,000 - Minka Jenkins Sat 1-1.45PM - 405/79 First Avenue - MCHY1509 Submit All Offers - Kate Jewry

Saturday, 4th August 2012 at 1.30pm 1 Calais Court, Maroochydore

MOUNTAIN CREEK Sat 10-10.30AM - 2 Warbler Street - MCHY2295

Auction Saturday 28th July @ 12PM - Craig Porter

Reduced to $459,500 - Trevor Jones

Sat 12-12.45PM - 98 Karawatha Street - BUD2422

Sat 11-11.30AM - 1/5 Karri Court - MCHY3195

Listed at $535,000 - David Hedley-Ward

Listed at $379,000 - Trevor Jones

Sat&Sun 12-12.45PM - Lots 1 & 2/9 Palmyra Crescent -

Sat 1-1.30PM - 4 Narranda Place - BUD2408

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Mid $500,000’s - Tracey McAllansmith

Sat & Sun 12-12.45PM - 35 Fernleigh Crescent -

Sat 1-1.45PM - 8 Echo Court - BUD2400

MCHY2405

Offers over $499,000 - David Hedley-Ward

Mid $400,000’s - Jason Burns

OWNER & FOUNDER 0415 380 222

Saturday, 11th August 2012 at 9am 61 Tania Avenue, Palmwoods

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MONS – Stately Residence – Prestigious Living Andrew Kirby markets the finest quality homes on the market. Only a handful of homes can claim to be in the top echelon of properties on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, and this spectacular property is certainly one of them. Welcome to the home with everything.

With 5 large bedrooms, including a separate dual living facility complete with ensuite and areas for living, dining and lounge set up. Experience real cinema action in the comfort of your own private viewing session with the fully fitted out home theatre room.

5 • 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 powder rooms • Home cinema, home office, air-conditioning • High ceilings, fireplace, ducted vacuum system • Dual living facilities, barbecue pavilion setting • Gazebo with jacuzzi overlooking saltwater pool • 6 car garage plus carports for trailers/boats

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CALOUNDRA WEST – Divorced Estate/Quality Built Situated on 650sqm with caravan or boat pad, this home is well fitted inside & out. Featuring 9ft ceilings throughout, air-conditioning and ceiling fans in every room. Large master bedroom with walk-in robe & ensuite. The separate lounge & massive living area adjoin the kitchen. The double garage features a drop-down staircase for easy access to the mezzanine storage above. The backyard is complete with covered outdoor entertaining area, separate powered shed & a cubby house for the kids! Motivated sale!

4 • 9 foot ceilings throughout the whole home • Large master bedroom with ensuite & walk in robe • Separate air conditioned lounge room and living areas • Large well fitted open plan kitchen with island bench • Undercover entertaining area, powered shed & cubby house • Caravan or boat pad in front of house & more!

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CURRIMUNDI – First Home/Big Duplex Practically a house at a duplex price! This is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 garage, open plan, modern and wellappointed duplex.

Throughout the home you have 9ft ceilings, large rooms, dual showered ensuite, large open plan kitchen, spacious living areas, air-con, ceiling fans, security screens & more!

This is a well built spacious home you should look at and requires sale!

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Address 17 Traill Crescent Inspect Saturday 12-12:30pm Auction Onsite Wednesday 15th August at 3:30pm Sharp! www.remax.com.au ID: R68889 Rob Whiting 0428 855 141 RE/MAX Property Services 5438 5224

AROONA – Corner of Lowan & Riflebird!

This 4 bedroom home sits quietly on the corner of Lowan St & Riflebird Ave, one of Aroona’s prominent street positions. Recently refurbished with new paint and carpet, the look is fresh and inviting. Featuring separate lounge & living, air-con, security screens, 2-way bathroom, Ceran cooktop, dishwasher, 645sqm, side access, large backyard, veggie garden set up, water tanks & more. Don’t miss this opportunity!

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Address 6 Lowan Street Inspect Saturday 11-11:30am Price $399,000 www.remax.com.au ID:R69140 Rob Whiting 0428 855 141 RE/MAX Property Services 5438 5224

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BUDERIM – Memorable Radiance on Buderim with Panoramic Ocean Views The Fox Roberts team is privileged to share with you this sleek, elevated, airy and modern-styled home on top of delightful Buderim with simply grand ocean views. This welcoming substantial 4 king-sized bedroom home plus large office has an elite street address along with exquisite neighbouring homes. It is presented in pristine condition with light Blackbutt timber floors, timber feature doors and windows, high ceilings, streamlined kitchen and bathrooms. The open plan design allows those ocean views to be seen from just about anywhere in the home. Come see yourself.

• Panoramic ocean views • 1061m² block, positioned on top of Buderim • Polished timber floors • 4 bedrooms plus study • Two-pak kitchen with steamer • Air-conditioning

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FOR CALOUNDRA’S BEST LAND BUYING • Only 3km to new hospital precinct and only minutes to CBD and beaches • Elevated position (no flooding) with block sizes from 540m² to 1663m² • Choice of ocean views, bushland views or nature reserve backdrop

HOUSE AND LAND PACKAGES AVAILABLE 3 BEDROOMS from

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Find out why so many people are choosing Viewpoint Aroona Cnr Alexander and Maree Streets, Aroona Call now for more information: Eric Werne 0407 145 504 or 5438 5221

Property Services CALOUNDRA

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CALOUNDRA – Inner City Acreage This is the perfect opportunity for developers with a more modest budget or those who simply want the privacy and convenience. Walking distance to shops with extensive ocean views this property has endless potential restricted only by your imagination. After 20 years of watching the ships sail past Caloundra this old sea captain has decided to move on to something easier to maintain. Parcels of land this size are very hard to find in such a central location so take the time to have a look through this private botanical garden setting.

4 • Owner committed elsewhere and will look at all offers • Ocean views to Moreton Island • Solidly built existing home • Gently sloping 2.7 acres • Walk to shops and businesses • Vendor moving on and will consider all offers

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ROSEMOUNT – Liquidating to Repurchase This stunning architecturally designed home must be sold.

Here is a real opportunity. Affordable, in your price range??

Come and see what this fabulous home has on offer. On entering, the security and seclusion is obvious. You’ll be immediately impressed by this home’s stylish flair. Built with a modern Asian theme, the attention to detail and construction is of the highest standard. Motivated vendors want it SOLD.

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Address 197 Upper Rosemount Road Inspect Sat 11-11:45am & Sun 2-2:45pm Price All Reasoanble Offers Considered www.outstandingagents.com.au ID:676 Darren Rix 0416 188 259 Barbara Banks 0419 760 492 RE/MAX Property Sales

PALMWOODS – Spectacular Flair and Design This beautiful 4 Bedroom home offers spectacular flair and design throughout. Stylish timber floors and timber kitchen bench tops set this home above the standard modern home for liveability and design. You will enjoy entertaining family and guests on the north facing timber deck adjacent to the specially designed media room. A separate hobby room provides peace and seclusion to retreat to.

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Address 18 Garden Avenue Inspect Sat & Sun 12:15-1pm Price $525000 www.remax.com.au ID:R68815 Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636 www.andrewkirbyproperty.com RE/MAX Property Sales

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Comfort in Buderim

CHARMING AND STYLISH – AN ELEVATED BUDERIM BEAUTY The high vaulted ceilings in this spacious home add to the feeling of light and space and the greenery from every vantage point, gives a feeling of serenity. The home offers 4 bedrooms, 2 generous living areas, large dining plus a good sized kitchen equipped with stainless appliances including a gas hotplate and plenty of bench space. The sparkling pool, various decks and entertaining area make for good summer living with privacy and a backdrop of established gardens. There is so much on offer here, you need to inspect to appreciate it all.

4 BED | 2 BATH | 2 CAR Inspect: Saturday 11:00-11:45am Auction: On Site Saturday 11th August at 1:00pm Web: Ref No. 111051847 Lauren McCarthy 0406 962 578 Jarrad McCarthy 0410 052 219

BUDERIM 8/10 Price Lane As you drive over the bridge to enter the “Whispering Springs” complex, you are greeted by open space, a resort style swimming pool and a spring fed stream.

• Tiled throughout and 9’ ceilings • Northern aspect sunroom • Galley kitchen with Miele appliances and plenty of cupboard and bench space • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a 2 car lock-up garage. Security alarm system • Reverse cycle air-conditioner and fans in all rooms • Solar panels to generate electricity • Close to local shops, doctors, café and transport

3 BED | 2 BATH | 2 CAR Inspect: Saturday 11:00-11:45am Price: $420,000 Web: Ref No. 111052591 Richard Meacle 0407 145 812

View 24 hours / 7 days a week on www.realway.com.au

OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS 11 Moss Day Drive CALL TO VIEW New 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, $347K BUDERIM Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847 8 Thornbill Court 139 Perwillowen Road SATURDAY 12-12.30PM 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, pool, $599,500 INSPECT ANY TIME 11 ACRES – creek, $359K Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847 Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304 5 Rimu Court SATURDAY 1-1.30PM CALOUNDRA 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, pool, $525K 82 Caloundra Road Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847 SATURDAY 1-1.45PM 92 Lindsay Road Large home, 2.7 acres, ocean views SATURDAY 2-2.30PM Darren Rix 0416 18 259 On top, dual living, ½ acre, 36m front CHEVALLUM Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847 165 Dales Road 5 Northwood Court CALL TO VIEW CALL TO VIEW 3 bed, 2 bath, 6 sheds, 15 acs $850K 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, pool Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304 Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304

HOUSES

BURNSIDE 17 James Whalley Drive CALL TO VIEW New 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, $369K Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847

KIELS MOUNTAIN 41 Merimist Way SATURDAY 12-12.45PM 5 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, pool, 2000sqm Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304

55 Merimist Way SATURDAY 1-1.45PM Modern Qlder, 4 bed, pool, 2000sqm Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304

4 Molakai Drive CALL TO VIEW 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, $429K Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847

Auction on site Saturday August 4 @ 1.30pm Belle Property Buderim 5445 6722 Peter Hill 0418 879 885

14 Delaware Drive, Sippy Downs 11.30-12.00 noon 4 bed, 2 bath, 600m² block, solar power, side access, garden shed, desirable location close to lake, offers invited 23 Cranfield Drive, Buderim Family home, 5 beds, pool. $550,000

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76 Martins Creek Road, Buderim 12.30-1.00pm Brand new executive home 4 bed, media, views. $559,000 11/1 Scholars Dr, Sippy Downs P 5445 6500

MT MELLUM 520 Mt Mellum Road CALL TO VIEW 100 acres with amazing views Darren Rix 0416 188 259

NAMBOUR

20 Wentworth Court SATURDAY 10-10.30AM MAROOCHY RIVER Deceased Estate - Offers welcome Jason Stock 0411 123 888 15 East View Court CALL TO VIEW 29 Blaxland Road 4 bed, 3 bath, 4 car, 6267m², private SATURDAY 10.30-11AM Darren Rix 0416 188 259 $326k, 3 bed, pool, huge outdoor Barbara Banks 0419 760 492 Jason Stock 0411 123 888 14 Park Road MONS SATURDAY 11.30-12PM $379k, modern, 4bed, 2bth, DLUG 55 Monarch Place Jason Stock 0411 123 888 SAT & SUN 1.15-2PM 27 Panorama Drive 5 bed, 3 bath, theatre, pool, 5869m² SATURDAY 1-1.45PM Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636 3 bed, ensuite, very tidy, $339K Barbara Banks 0419 760 492

MOUNTAIN CREEK

4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car

Carolyn’s Open Homes

PLENTY OF OPEN SPACE

Buderim 5445 2777 | Caloundra 5436 0700

7 Troywood Crescent, Buderim

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PALMWOODS 5 Terrace Lea Court SATURDAY 11-11.30AM 4 bed, 2 bath, side access, $395K Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

Call Carolyn for obligation free appraisal 0401 068 898 Expect the Unexpected

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45 Old Orchard Drive SAT & SUN 11.30AM-12 NOON 4 bed, 2 bath, pool, leafy, 725m² Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

40 Petigrain Avenue CALL TO VIEW 4 bed, media rm, study, high ceilings Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636 16 Koorawatha Lane 18 Garden Avenue CALL TO VIEW SAT & SUN 12.15-1PM 3 bed, 2 bath, 1yo, quiet cul-de-sac Beautiful timber finishes throughout Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636 Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

ROSEMOUNT

197 Upper Rosemount Road SAT 11-11.45AM & SUN 2-245PM 4 bed,2 bth,2+ car,approx 2 acs, pool Darren Rix 0416 188 259 Barbara Banks 0419 760 492 10 Rock Fig Court 59 Pringle Road CALL TO VIEW SATURDAY 2-2.45PM 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, pool, $525,000 Character home,pool,tennis ct, $550K Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636 Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304 41 Andreasens Road 10 Kindal Court CALL TO VIEW INSPECT ANY TIME ½acre, 4 bed,2 bath, offers from $400K LAND 975m² for new home, $265K Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304 Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636 150 Palmwoods-Montville Rd CALL TO VIEW Former art gallery, 2.5 acres, $599K Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

TOWEN MOUNTAIN

23 Petigrain Avenue CALL TO VIEW 5 bed, 3 bath, pool, guest wing, 879m² Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

149 Towen Mountain Road FORTHCOMING AUCTION 3 bed + study, 9968m² Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

WEST WOOMBYE 463 Backall Range Road CALL TO VIEW 7 bed 4 bath 8 car dual living, 4.05ha Andrew Kirby 0407 588 636

YANDINA CREEK 127 Whistler Ridge Road CALL TO VIEW 4 bed, 2 bath, 5 car, 1.2 acre, $545K Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847 100 Whistler Ridge Drive CALL TO VIEW 1 acre,4 bed,2 bath, offers from $459K Bridget Kraft 0439 757 304

UNITS BUDERIM 2/11 Allamanda Avenue CALL TO VIEW On Top 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, $475K Lee Sutherland 0417 077 847

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BUDERIM 23 Wyndlorn Avenue

NORTH FACING LIFESTYLE HOME ON BUDERIM

ENTRY LEVEL BUYING IN IDYLLIC LOCATION

Enjoy the location of this beautifully presented one level home positioned on an elevated expansive 1148m2 block just walking distance from Buderim.

• Entertain and relax in multiple zones • Spacious Parent retreat including private lounge • Large 2 Pac kitchen, granite benchtop, quality appliances • Huge lounge/games room opening onto private inground pool • Huge entertainment deck surrounded by low maintenance gardens

There is a cottage feel about this compact solid home in the very heart of Buderim. It is set on 680m2 in a quiet road with no through traffic and an abundance of massive trees around.

• Entrance hall leads to cosy lounge, separate dining room and dedicated kitchen area with central bench • High raked ceilings and exposed rafters throughout the living areas • Master bedroom has access to paved verandah where you can catch glimpses of the hinterland

3 BED | 3 BATH | 2 CAR

3 BED | 2 BATH | 2 CAR

Inspect: Saturday 11:00-11:45am Price: $890,000 Web: Ref No. 110983711 Marg Deighton 0411 399 514

Inspect: By appointment only Price: Offers over $475,000 Web: Ref No. 111100779 Marg Deighton 0411 399 514

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BUDERIM 21 Wilguy Crescent

BUDERIM 22 Vista Park Drive

DIDDILLIBAH 11 Rose Marie Drive

SPECTACULAR, PRIVATE & PEACEFUL - JUST COMPLETED

TIME TO SELL AN ELEGANT MASTERPIECE

Adjacent to a nature reserve and minutes to Buderim, step into your own private resort on 1243m2 of level professional landscaped gardens into something very special and unique in design and construction.

• Highest quality and workmanship - 430m2 in size • Expansive open plan design, vaulted ceilings, integrated indoor outdoor living • Large 2 pac kitchen with stone benchtops, quality appliances, gas cooking, walk in pantry • Wide entertainment deck, covered pavilions overlooking private inground pool • Room for a large caravan or boat

4 BED | 3 BATH | 2 CAR Inspect: Saturday 1:00-1:45pm Price: $1,175,000 Web: Ref No. 109144636 Marg Deighton 0411 399 514

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Offering amazing size, quality & style, this home is guaranteed to impress those looking for an exceptional property with value for money. 460m2 home with 4 bedrooms - all with ensuites, powder room, separate living and media areas - one with a kitchenette, 2 huge timber decks, inground saltwater pool. Every member of the family or guests can find a quiet spot of their own. Elevated & private on 1.75 acre block only 10 minutes to Maroochydore. This is a very special home, inspection this weekend is a must. Offers prior to Auction welcome.

4 BED | 4 BATH | 2 CAR Inspect: Sat & Sun 1:00-2:00pm Auction: On Site Saturday 4th August 12:00pm Web: Ref No. 107503413 Lauren McCarthy 0406 962 578 Jarrad McCarthy 0410 052 219

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ALEXANDRA HEADLAND UNIT 1 - 8 MARINER WALK

SUBMIT ALL OFFERS

ALEXANDRA HEADLAND $299,000 APARTMENT 405 ‘ALEXANDRA BEACH RESORT’, 180 ALEXANDRA PARADE

Alex Beachfront Apartment • 2 bedroom ensuite apartment • 4th floor with ocean views • Large balcony with excellent northerly outlook • Modern kitchen • Fully furnished • Air-conditioned • Excellent complex facilities including gym and bbq • Opposite patrolled beach

INSPECT Saturday 10-10.30am MAROOCHYDORE 5409 9910 SHANE PURSSELL 0402 012 142 WEB www.mfnre.com.au/2109422

INVESTMENT OR RESIDENTIAL – Sorrento on the Pacific

MAROOCHYDORE APARTMENT 14 ‘BEACHFRONT TOWERS’, 4 AERODROME ROAD

Budget Buy at Maroochydore Beachfront

Sorrento on the Pacific is an iconic complex which is perfectly located on the Top of Alexandra Headland, overlooking the Pacific Ocean with panoramic views from Point Cartwright and Mooloolaba to Noosa, the Boutique complex consists of only 3 Apartments in the Complex each being a whole Floor. The ground floor apartment is 289m2 of luxury and is being sold fully furnished with quality up market brands, with 3 generous size bedrooms, main with large ensuite, 2.5 bathrooms, quality gourmet kitchen, 2 living areas, spacious court yard and a private rear BBQ area, 2 car parks and large lock-up storage room.

Outdoor facilities: Lap pool and plunge pool. Vendors will consider all offers.

INSPECT Friday 10-10.30am & Saturday 1.00-1.30pm MOOLOOLABA 5444 0800 WAYNE STOLL 0452 181 505

MAROOCHYDORE 5 TEPEQUAR DRIVE

AUCTION

• 4th level high-rise apartment • Ocean views • Two large bedrooms • Spacious living and dining areas • Large north facing balcony • Complex facilities include, pool, sauna, games room • On site management • Communal roof top garden on 13th level with excellent ocean views INSPECT Saturday 11-11.30am MAROOCHYDORE 5409 9910 SHANE PURSSELL 0402 012 142 WEB www.mfnre.com.au/1960250

PALMWOODS 16 CARDINAL COURT

AUCTION

Dual Occupancy Up for Grabs!!

Life in the Country…

Work from home or set up the extended family. This stylish twostorey home has a self-contained flat and is a great opportunity for the savvy buyer. Alternatively it could be an awesome family home at a very affordable price. The owners are not here to mess around and want a result immediately.

• 3 bedroom home with polished wooden floors • Self-contained 1 bedroom flat or home office/studio • Large outdoor undercover deck overlooking pool Be quick as this versatile home is one to snap up. We are selling!!.

Would 1.5 acres suit? Set back from the road, in a quiet court with a bitumen driveway leading up to a 4 bedroom home with wide verandahs on 3 sides, saltwater pool out back and underneath the home fully concreted powered garage with 3 high roller-doors opening up space for 3 cars plus an additional lockable workshop.

If you’ve been searching for an affordable property, private with plenty of space and only 2 minutes’ drive to Palmwoods then you must inspect today.

Auction terms 10% deposit and 30-day settlement.

AUCTION Saturday 25th August on site at 12 noon INSPECT Saturday 12-12.30pm MAROOCHYDORE 5479 6600 SHANE PURSSELL 0402 012 142 WEB www.mfnre.com.au/2108310

AUCTION Saturday 4th August at 2pm INSPECT Saturday 1-2pm PALMWOODS 5445 9666 VANESSA BRUNTON 0467 448 850 WEB www.carolans.net

NAMBOUR 64 PERWILLOWEN ROAD

AUCTION

NAMBOUR 7 BEGA STREET

A Generation Gap – Under the Hammer!

$389,000

Because You’re Worth It… This superb and spacious home offers 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms with a large in-ground swimming pool. With a north facing aspect this unique and stylish home is designed with French double doors opening onto the outdoor entertainment area, elevated block located in a quiet and leafy cul-de-sac. This spacious family home is located only a short distance to shopping centres, both Public & Private Hospitals, schools, town centre, railway station, aquatic centre, parks and sporting fields.

This classic 60’s Nambour home was built in an era when an entire generation of Australian families expected a huge backyard for the kids to play. Offering 3 bedrooms, hardwood timber floors, large downstairs storage area, outdoor entertainment area, stand alone pavilion/games room all on a HUGE 809m2 block. This property is being submitted for public Auction. Standard auction conditions are 10% deposit and 30 day settlement. This property is an absolute “must see” so book it in for Saturday.

AUCTION Onsite Saturday 4th August at 1pm INSPECT Saturday 11-11.30am CAROLANS 5441 1344 STEPHEN COLASIMONE 0413 416 952 WEB stephen@carolans.net

INSPECT Saturday 11-11.30pm CAROLANS 5441 1344 ANDY SHARMA 0410 989 177 WEB www.carolans.net

Beerwah - 5494 6444

Caloundra - 5438 2166

Mooloolaba - 5444 0800

Pacific Paradise - 5448 8088

Bribie Island - 3408 7000

Maroochydore - 5479 6600

Nambour - 5441 1344

Palmwoods - 5445 9666

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Upcoming Auctions

121 OBI OBI ROAD, MAPLETON Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286

Here’s a preview of the hot auctions taking place on the Sunshine Coast in the next seven days:

144 KIRBYS ROAD, MONTVILLE Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286 385 WESTERN AVENUE, MONTVILLE Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286

41 QUORN CLOSE, BUDERIM On site Saturday July 28 @ 12pm Next Property Group 1300 400 777, Craig Porter 0411 554 880

428 WESTERN AVENUE, MONTVILLE Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286

15 TAYLOR STREET, CHILDERS On site Saturday July 28 @ 10am RealWay Property Consultants, Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Brian Porra 0408 198 117

Auction Results

1 & 2/38 PERRY STREET, COOLUM BEACH On site Saturday July 28 @ 11am Belle Property Buderim 5445 6722, Tim Burrough 0418 666 356 27 ISAMBERT ROAD, LANDSBOROUGH On site Sunday July 29 @ 12pm Elders Palmwoods 5478 9122, Mike Burns 0418 991 702, Natalie Massa 0402 807 260 25 DAVID STREET, NAMBOUR On site Saturday July 28 @ 1pm Carolans First National 5441 1344, Stephen Colasimone 0413 416 952 REALWAY CALOUNDRA IN-ROOM AUCTION EVENT at Caloundra Events Centre, Friday July 27 @ 6pm 461 BELLS CREEK ROAD, BELLS CREEK Darren Ide 0408 549 457 180 FLAXTON MILL ROAD, FLAXTON Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286 UNIT 3, ‘ROVEA’, 1 THE ESPLANADE, GOLDEN BEACH Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286 11 IVADALE BOULEVARD, LITTLE MOUNTAIN Darren Ide 0408 549 457

The easiest way to check out the latest auction results Email: auctions@myweeklypreview.com.au UNIT 2/81 BUDERIM AVENUE, ALEXANDRA HEADLAND Passed in. Post-auction interest. / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Next Property Group 1300 400 777, Kate Jewry 0404 817 916, John Skerlak 0413 441 834 50 BELTANA CRESCENT, BUDDINA Passed in. Currently negotiating. / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Elite Lifestyle Properties 5444 0111, Mark Unkel 0412 738 675 6 WINGARA STREET, BUDDINA One offer post auction. / 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car RealWay Property Consultants, Marg Deighton 0411 399 514 2/4 JAMIESON COURT, BUDERIM Under contract. / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Belle Property Buderim 5456 0219, Bevan Horsnell 0412 512 257 4 CANMAROO AVENUE, NAMBOUR Sold under hammer. / 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car Next Property Group 1300 400 777, Chris Pace 0417 196 600, Trevor Jones 0488 999 156 97 BAANYA STREET, WURTULLA Passed in. / 3 bed, 2 bath, 4 car Next Property Group 1300 400 777, Karen Jones 0405 122 526

35 CEDAR STREET, MALENY Petro Geyl 0447 770 457, Rene Poulos 0412 424 286

VIC MURPHY

MOOLOOLABA – 12 Jacaranda Drive HUGE POTENTIAL IN MOOLOOLABA

*As supplied by contributing real estate agencies

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Situated in a sought after Mooloolaba address is this solid 3 bedroom home. Offering huge potential to add value by creating an outdoor entertaining pergola. Large open plan living, huge kitchen, high ceilings and a second living area which could easily be converted to a media room or large 4th bedroom. Add value with your own personal touch.

Market Tracker A list of what’s recently sold on the Coast: 1/4 GINGER BELL AVENUE, BLI BLI $400,000 / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Next Property Group, Kate Jewry & John Skerlak 15 BOOBOOK COURT, BUDERIM $510,000 / 5 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Property Today, Jamie Holbrook 7 SAGE STREET, BUDERIM $420,000 / 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car RealWay Property Consultants Buderim, Jarrad & Lauren McCarthy 47 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, GOLDEN BEACH $316,000 / 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car Re/Max Property Services, Caloundra, Andy Camm 3/19 ARWEN STREET, MAROOCHYDORE $272,500 / 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car Property Today, Karen Barker 2 KOORINGA COURT, MAROOCHYDORE $460,000 / 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car Property Today, Adam Bond & John Anderson 3/77 BUDERIM AVENUE, MOOLOOLABA $260,000 / 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car Next Property Group, Chris Jones, Jasmine Chambers, Bree Charles, John Skerlak 25/39 FIRST AVENUE, MOOLOOLABA $1,050,000 / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Next Property Group, Kate Jewry 8 LACEWING DRIVE, SIPPY DOWNS $387,619 / 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Insite Realty, Ash Murray UNIT 123 ‘THE PALMS’, 8 MELODY COURT, WARANA $280,000 / 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car Team Godwin Real Estate, Luke Godwin

Glennis Schindler 0412 737 324

MAROOCHYDORE – Unit 7, “Kalua” 5 Parker Street ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT OPPOSITE BEACH

Donna Lee Foster 0422 230 896

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Inspect: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm Price: $409,000 www.vicmurphy.com.au Glennis Schindler 0412 737 324

offers a fantastic lifestyle. Only 150m from the sand and crashing waves of the Alex/Maroochydore Beach. This unit captures the winter sun, thanks to its northerly aspect. Tastefully renovated and suitable for anyone wishing to invest in a great lifestyle.

Inspect: By Appointment Price: Low $200,000 Buyers must inspect www.vicmurphy.com.au Glennis Schindler 0412 737 324

SCHINDLER’S LISTINGS

MOOLOOLABA – Unit 1 / 89 Goonawarra Drive ENTRY LEVEL BUYING IN MOOLOOLABA

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Located in prime Mooloolaba. Renovate and profit with this solid 2 bedroom unit. Situated at the end of the complex and capturing the winter sun, single lock-up garage and in a small building of 6. Only a short walk to the beach, restaurants/cafes and the surf club. This entry level budget buster is perfect for anyone wanting to enter the property market.

Inspect: By Appointment Price: Mid $200,000 Buyers www.vicmurphy.com.au Glennis Schindler 0412 737 324

Wanted property for NZ Buyers!!!!! Ready to purchase 4 bedroom, ensuited home with pool – Buderim location. Up to $550,000. Required urgently.

Maroochydore – 13 May Street. Lock up and hit the road? Fully fenced private and secure is this 9-year-old 4 bed, 2 bath home. Spacious parents’ retreat upstairs, DLUG. 450sqm block, easy walk to beach.

High $400,000’s View Sat 12.00-12.30pm Cotton Tree – 4/75 Memorial Avenue. This 2 bedroom unit is all about position – situated on the top floor in the small complex of 4, renovate and profit or add to your investment portfolio. Low Body Corps.

Mid/High $200,000 Inspect by Appt Maroochydore – 87 Wrigley Street, “Just Listed”. Solid 3 bedroom home on a level 607m² block with an East facing backyard. Hold as an investment with future growth or renovate and create your dream home. $375,000 Inspect by Appt Buderim – 3A Gossamer Drive. An eco friendly 1 year old home with 3 bed + sep office with own bath. Offers sunny open plan living and located within Mtn Creek School zone. $359,000 Inspect by Appt.

Cotton Tree – 18/42 Fourth Avenue. Located in a sought-after complex is this 2 bed, ensuite unit. With a pool and friendly on-site Managers, perfect permanent living or holiday rental. East facing overlooking parkland. $340,000 View Sat 2.00-2.30pm Maroochydore – 31 Hazeltine Crt, “Just Listed”. Spacious family home 4 huge bedrooms, ensuite, 3 separate living areas. Ducted air-con. Tiled games room flows to the inground pool and large outdoor entertaining area which backs onto magnificent lake and parkland. Quiet cul-de-sac location. $645,000 View Sat 11.00-11.30am

Glennis Schindler 0412 737 324

Donna-Lee Foster 0422 230 896

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buderim 4/9 townsend road lifestyle beautifully positioned, spaciously designed, solidly built and conveniently situated just a short flat walk from buderim village, its cafes and shops.

• upstairs 3 bedrooms, main bathroom and generous main with ensuite • downstairs has a great size kitchen overlooking the large open plan living area flowing through to the sunny courtyard • small complex of 5 townhouses

belleproperty.com/38p3532

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• well designed as new townhouse with high quality finishes • extremely spacious lounge and bedrooms • modern gas kitchen with stone benches • air conditioning and stylish bathrooms • low maintenance so easy to lock up and go

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42 gardak street

lifestyle situated little more than a few minutes walk from the best beaches the sunshine coast has to offer, this stunning home is full of size, style and sophistication. safe, secure, fully fenced and beautifully renovated, you can maximise your leisure time and minimise your work time...every single day! accommodation ideally setup for the family with older kids, this magnificent property provides 4 bedrooms plus office and 2.5 bathrooms. master suite, office, kitchen and main living are situated on the upstairs level. beds 2, 3 and 4 are located downstairs with rumpus, main bathroom and laundry.

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5456 0219 bevan horsnell 0412 512 257

features a lined studio overlooking the pool simply perfect for guests. a sumptuous ensuite complements the master bedroom, with front and rear decks providing extra outdoor living areas. covered car parking for five cars in a blue chip location that is seldom available and highly sought after. making this home yours is a must!

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lifestyle enjoy the convenience of living two minutes from buderim village whilst maintaining the serenity and privacy of acreage living. have space for a growing family as well as entertaining with generously sized rooms and long verandahs. as well as natural rainforest there’s plenty of space for the kids to kick their football or play cricket.

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accommodation the main lounge, dining room, kitchen and laundry are all on the entry level along with the spacious master suite, bedroom, bathroom and a large office. down the internal staircase you’ll find the tiled rumpus room, two more double size bedrooms and a third bathroom. features beautiful timber floors provide loads of character along with high ceilings and a wood fire heater. the modern bathrooms and massive walk-in robe are a bonus as is the large fully fitted office with plantation shutters and a shed

belleproperty.com/38p4374

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auction this saturday

coolum beach 1 & 2/38 perry street lifestyle the owner has set highly realistic instructions to sell at auction. this unique investment offers lot 1 consisting of 1 x 2 bed unit with 1 x 1 bed unit attached, and lot 2, a 1x 2 bedroom unit. the modern duplex style brick building is offered as one holding at auction, but can be sold separately • consistent rental income of $785 per week • low holding costs, well maintained • body corp set up with no cost to owner

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fiona louie 0401 222 150

lifestyle an outdoor entertainer’s dream ...... set on a fully fenced 760sqm and convenient to all amenities, the brick & tile home has security, ducted air conditioning, big outdoor entertaining area, in ground pool with bali hut and an extra carport for a boat or trailer

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Unit 48 / 11 Canberra Terrace , Kings Beach 300+sqm of Luxury Penthouse Living

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Open the front door and take a minute to appreciate the massive indoor entertainment area which opens to a large deck with spectacular views of the shipping lanes right round to the Hinterland and Glass House Mountains. Other features include: 3 spacious bedrooms, jumbo size ensuite, 3 car garage and storage area. This home will be sold under instruction from the Administrator.

Auction Sunday 12th August 2012 at 1:00pm On Site Agents Terry Petersen 0403 022 645

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4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Auction on site Saturday August 11 @ noon Next Property Group 1300 400 777 Richard Scrivener 0416 799 188 Robyne Williams 0488 999 536

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Open Sat & Sun from 11.00am to 11.45am | Auction on site Saturday 4th August @ 12pm Fantastic Buy!!

• 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom Highset Dahl home • Double carport plus extra shedding • Recent renovations • Great outlook

• Approx 10 acres of semi cleared land • Some flat areas, 2 spring fed dams • Has run cattle, a number of rural options here • Quiet location

John Magrath 0421 828 412, Natalie Massa 0402 807 260 Elders Palmwoods Web Id 4257661

Landsborough 27 Isambert Road

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Open Sat & Sun 11.00am to 11.45am | Auction on site Sunday 29th July @ 12pm Receivers’ Sale

Burnside Windsor Rise – Patrick King Drive

• Iconic “Jacaranda Lodge” is now available for the discerning buyer – 3.59 hectares • 2 separate dwellings on 2 titles • 40 minutes to Brisbane

15 Lots Still Available

• 15 minutes to Caloundra • Stables, indoor round yard • Walker, trotting track • Tennis court, inground pool

Under instructions from Shaun McKinnon & Michael McCann as Receivers & Managers

Mike Burns 0418 991 702, Natalie Massa 0402 807 260 Elders Palmwoods Web Id 3999308

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• Receivers’ Sale • Elevated blocks available • Full turn-key house/duplex and land packages from $359,000

• Lots sized from 720m2 to 2400m2* • Underground services *Sizes are approximate and may vary

John Magrath 0421 828 412, Steve Miller 0414 780 289 Elders Palmwoods Web Id 3838634

From $130,000

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Featuring: • 4000sqm of lush level grounds with small dam • Quirky 2 bedroom unit overlooking a tranquil rural landscape • 200sqm floor area downstairs including a rumpus or self-contained area • Barn built with 7.2 metre ceiling height with huge opening doors, the ideal space for an artist, hobbyist, boat builder or car lover to house their prized collections • Very low council rates, solar hot water service and three phase power • Just 10 mins to beautiful Sunshine Coast beaches and minutes away from the highway Let your imagination run wild as the possibilities are endless. $400,000+ BUYERS MUST INSPECT!

Auction

Saturday 4th August at 9.00am

Inspect

This Saturday 11.00 - 11.45am

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Trevor & Glenys Martin 0400 818 777

WWW.WATERFRONTAGENTS.COM.AU

CLEAN UP ON THE WATERFRONT MINYAMA, 17 Bangalow Street

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Turn this north facing waterfront into a lovely place to call home. Ready to be transformed with some elbow grease and your TLC, you’ll reap the rewards into the future as this structurally sound brick and tile home has a good layout and offers exceptional value and potential.

Featuring 4 bedrooms, the master ensuited, a large kitchen with ample cupboard and bench space and spacious lounge/ dining area enjoying water views.

Outdoors there’s a great backyard where you can entertain poolside on those warmer days or relax in the gazebo by the water. Grassed areas lead to the jetty where you can play and sail from your doorstep with safe, direct ocean access.

Parklands and walking tracks are close by for the family to get some exercise and you’re within walking distance to local amenities and Kawana Shoppingworld.

Oozing potential this deep waterfront property will be snapped up quickly!

Auction

Forthcoming

Inspect

This Saturday 1.00 - 1.45pm

Contact

Trevor & Glenys Martin 0400 818 777

WWW.WATERFRONTAGENTS.COM.AU

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PH: 07 5492 2555 2/56 Landsborough Pde, Golden Beach

10 Hermitage Court, Buderim 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car $489,000 negotiable

BEACHSIDE OPPORTUNITY

First National Mooloolaba 5444 0800

Located only metres to Kings Beach. 1st floor unit, fully furn & equipped for holiday let. New carpet & paint. Spacious light & airy kitchen,living & dining areas. Large balcony overlooking pool.

Mark Aitkin 0408 713 710

2 bed | 1 bath | 1 car | Inspect: Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm Address: U1/12 Orvieto Terrace, Kings Beach

PRICE: $349,000

Web ID: 110984239

Agent: Julie Shirvington 0418 710 018

Mooloolaba 5444 1066

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The ultimate luxury residence surrounded by the best in lifestyle living: Two homes on One Title Picture yourself watch the children play on the lawns framed by the Australian forest, keep your show horse onsite or entertain and play in complete style.

Only minutes to the best of the Sunshine Coast beaches, several private schools, colleges, University, transport links, shopping destinations and the stunning lifestyle features that retains the Sunshine Coast’s position as the premier location to live.

100 Rainforest Road, CHEVALLUM

• Stunning executive residence plus separate dwelling • 1000m2 under roof with just under 10 acres with views • Ducted air-conditioning throughout, fireplace.

• 6.5 metre ceilings, polished merbau timber and sandstone flooring • Potential horse arena sites, two large sheds-one with 3 phase power and water • 15 minutes to Mooloolaba Beach and close proximity to sunshine Coasts best schools

Contact: Grant Cheatham 0411 467 917

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Owners expectations means great buying 1 Calias Ct ‘Maroochy Meadows Estate’, KULUIN

Mooloolaba Canal Home

This property must be sold, inspection is a must! Perfectly positioned on a 701m² corner allotment. First time ever offered to the market, this large home will delight any family wishing to entertain. There are 3 queen size bedrooms, and the king size master has a walk-in wardrobe and a spacious ensuite, great separation from the main bedroom at the front of the house with the other three at the back. There is also a large office positioned at the front of the home – great for the home business operator. This property has so many extras that an inspection is a must, owners’ expectations means great buying.

• Right in the heart of Mooloolaba, this is the one that you have waited for • Huge spacious interiors with high cathedral ceilings • The beach, shops & School are just minutes away • Relocate & renovate at your leisure

• And the beach is just a stroll away • And the body corp is $880/yr • And it has been renovated • And it has a LUG and air con • And the vendors are keen to sell

Address: 45 Tarcoola Avenue, Mooloolaba Price: $896,000 Contact: Henry & Nina 0418 714 384

Address: 4/7 Goonawarra Drive, Mooloolaba Price: $335,000 Contact: Henry & Nina 0418 714 384

Auction: Onsite Saturday 4th August at 1.30pm

Contact: Grant Cheatham 0411 467 917, Jason Burns 0417 762 001 (Next Property Group)

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“It’s quite simple, we believe in being open and honest, because it works” Bill & Jacque

BRILLIANT LOCATION AND DESIGN – A MUST TO INSPECT

RARE LARGE WATERFRONT BLOCK-NORTH EAST ASPECT

17 Sanibel Court, KAWANA ISLAND

10 Nevis Court, KAWANA ISLAND

Purposely designed for quality island living with spacious indoor living areas which flow onto the large covered outdoor living.

4+ Bed 2 Bath 3 Car

• Massive master suite with views over the park to the water • Quality gourmet kitchen with stone benches and gas cooktop • Brilliant modern pool and play areas, 703m2 block, side access • Rare 3 car garaging with drive through roller door to storage

Price: By Negotiation

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Inspect: By Appointment Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

Be quick to secure one of the last available waterfront blocks with direct ocean access on prestigious Kawana Island • Massive 824m2 block with 16m frontage • Perfect North-Easterly aspect with direct ocean access • Walk to Island cafe, convenience store, Double Bay • Build your dream home to your style & size requirement

Land Price:

From high $600k Neg

Inspect: Anytime Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

FOR A FREE MARKET OR RENTAL APPRAISAL PHONE 0431 354 076

LARGE ST KITTS APARTMENT – BARGAIN PRICE

BARGAIN WATERFRONT APARTMENT U47 St Kitts, 7 Grand Parade, KAWANA ISLAND Surround yourself in absolute luxury whilst enjoying beautiful water views from this fabulous St Kitts apartment.

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U69, St Kitts, 7 Grand Parade, KAWANA ISLAND Large, well-presented apartment in prestigious St Kitts.

Five-star fittings and quality finish throughout.

3 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car Pool/Spa

Price: Low $500,000s • Balconies off the living area and each bedroom • Deluxe gourmet granite kitchen with top of the range appliances Inspect: Saturday 11-11.45am • 5 star fittings, quality finish, ducted air-con, north east aspect Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991 • Secure complex offers, pool, spa and gym facilities

• Deluxe granite kitchen with top range appliances • Secluded balconies to entertain family and friends in privacy • North facing, totally private, air-conditioning • Secure complex with pool, spa, gym & right on the walkway

STUNNING WATER VIEWS – DOUBLE BAY OUTLOOK

MASSIVE 400SQM OF WATERFRONT LIVING

U7 ‘Terraces on Grand’ 10 Grand Parade, KAWANA ISLAND A once in a lifetime opportunity is available to purchase this amazing 3 level townhouse in this prime position.

• Two large master bedrooms with luxury ensuites • Opportunity for an approved office/business from home • Outstanding expansive water and Double Bay views • Three spacious separate living areas to choose from

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Price: Low $600,000s Inspect: Saturday 11am

By Appointment Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

U34 ‘St Kitts’ 7 Grand Parade, KAWANA ISLAND Immaculate double size apartment, with unique cutting edge design throughout. Ultimate waterfront masterpiece.

• Master bedroom boasts a huge ensuite, spa & private balcony • Deluxe gourmet granite kitchen with 5 star appliances • Opportunity for an approved office/business from home • 4 car secure parking, polished floors and spacious balconies

Inspect: Saturday 11-11:45am Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

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Price: $1.29million Inspect: Saturday 11am

By Appointment Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

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KAWANA ISLAND

THE MOST COMPETITIVELY PRICED 3 BRM VILLA AVAILABLE - $369,000

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* Quality Island Point Villa has to go so make me an offer * Backing onto the Mooloolah River, the position doesn't get any better * Sensational condition, ducted air, 2 bed, study/3rd bed, ensuite, 2 bath and lock-up * Resort style facilities, mini golf, community hall and more. Pet friendly too!!

Address: Island Point Villas 40/239 Kawana Way Contact: Edwin Limque 0419 713 388 Web ID: 471520

Vacant land in Coolum MINYAMA

RENOVATED GROVES VILLA ON ST VINCENTS $289,000

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* Highly sought after Groves Villa on St Vincents Court ready now for your inspection * Sparkling renovation emphasising clean lines and maximising use of space * Outstanding location: Walk to Kawana Island, medical, bank, chemist & specialty shops * If you are buying any Villa in Kawana Waters, this one is a must to inspect Open: Saturday 11:30 - 12:00pm Address: The Groves 213/26 St Vincents Court Contact: Edwin Limque 0419 713 388 Web ID: 552314 www.professionalskawana.com.au enquiry@professionalskawana.com.au

5437 8393

Th This his 4 4.18-acre .18 18-acre block block k iiss d divided ivided d iinto ntto ttwo wo sections, with h the h ffront approximately l 6000 square metres leased and returning a good income. The rear section is a fully fenced, well-maintained hardstand block totalling 2.5 acres. Zoned core industry, the land will suit large and light industries and is the last block in a cul-de-sac in a large industrial estate, with little disturbance from other businesses and an environmental buffer on the southern side.

Address 5 Dacmar Road, Coolum Agency First National Commercial Contact Peter Wrigley 5441 1344 Price $210 per square metre

Shop 6A, 179 Nicklin Way, Warana

Mortgagee Sale Two Esplanade Development Sites + Five Beach Houses Woodgate, Queensland 4660

Lot 801 *2,087sq m

Five Beach Houses

The Esplanade

Lott 901 *9,90 00sq m

Acacia Street Outline Indicative Only

For Sale S in One O Line or Considered C S Separately Lot 801, 151-152 Esplanade

Lot 901, 170 Acacia Street

5 Beach Houses, 151-152 Esplanade

*2,087sq m D.A. approved for 9 villas + shop / café *58 metre Esplanade frontage

*9,900sq m D.A. approved for 46 bea ach houses (balance of 72 lots) Potential for new design and approvals

Expressions of Interest closing 4pm Thursday 16 August 2012

Derek Nissen 0418 737 377 dnissen@savills.com.au

Jason O’Meara 0408 087 868 jomeara@savills.com.au

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Lots 13, 14, 22, 24 and 25 Fully furnished Two bedrooms / carport Air-conditioned Walk across road to the beach *Approx

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BUDDINA

HOUSE SIZED 3 BEDROOM PENTHOUSE ON YOUR VERY OWN FLOOR $625,000

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* Well presented and comfortable holiday home no longer being used and needs to go * Views from every angle from the ocean to the spit and Glass House Mountains and more * Generous living areas with internal access to the secure lock-up tandem garage * Low Body Corp, walk to beach, La Balsa Park, marina, Point Cartwright and transport Open: Saturday 1:00 - 1:30pm Address: 5/1 Boorook Street Contact: Edwin Limque 0419 713 388

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* Motivated Beneficiaries want to sell NOW and will consider any offer * Popular 'Sanderson' design providing 2 beds plus study/3rd bedroom option * Ducted air-conditioning, private north facing outdoor summer courtyard * Resort style facilities including 25 metre pool, spacious function room and more

Open: Saturday 12:15 - 12:45pm Address: Kawana Island Villas 143/2 Grand Parade Auction: Forthcoming Auction (if not sold prior) Contact: Edwin Limque 0419 713 388 Web ID: 560318

MAROOCHYDORE

PRIME DUPORTH POSITION WITH UNPARALLELED EXPOSURE Duporth House is a 556m² professional office building comprised over two commanding levels on a rare 1032m² commercially zoned land. Located in Maroochydore's North Precinct Principle Activity Centre allowing up to 4-storey development and a multitude of uses subject to Council approval and just 200 metres to the CBD. The building has unsurpassed advantages with walking access to popular public facilities, cafes, shops and restaurants in the hub of the central public transport gateway of the Sunshine Coast. Previously leased by Youi Insurance with 110 staff, this property is available now for sale or lease. Call now to inspect.

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Office Building Open: By appointment Address: 59 Duporth Avenue For Sale or Lease: Expressions of Interest Contact: Edwin Limque 0419 713 388

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Sprawling Chevallum residence offers something truly special

Positioned at the end of a picturesque drive and boasting spectacular views of the hinterland, this unique residence has been designed for luxury and features ducted air-conditioning throughout, plus an array of quality materials and finishes.

Across two spacious levels there are six large bedrooms, including an oversized master retreat which occupies its own wing of the upper level and boasts an attached nursery or dressing room French timber doors lead to a private deck.

The functional bathrooms feature stone benches and beautiful finishes, while the gas kitchen also has stone benchtops and features stainless steel appliances, soft-shut drawers and a butler’s pantry.

The open-plan living zone has 6.5-metre ceilings and flows seamlessly onto expansive, wraparound timber decking with breathtaking

views, perfect for outdoor entertaining.

An iron and raw sandstone staircase leads to the lower level, which has been designed for entertaining and features sandstone floors, separate guest quarters, a lounge and pool table area, an impressive home theatre and a bar with sink and dishwasher. This space opens out to an expansive barbecue area overlooking the inground pool and fire pit.

On just under 10 acres, the property also features two large sheds, one at the front of the home with three-phase power and water. A separate four-bedroom, one-bathroom original home offers a dual-living option.

The property offers peaceful, secluded family living but has is close to some of the Coast’s best schools and is only 15 minutes from Mooloolaba.

100 Rainforest Road, Chevallum 11 bed, 5 bath, 4 car Offers over $2.2 million Mooloolaba Real Estate 5444 1066 Grant Cheatham 0411 467 917

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½ ACRE – NAMBOUR HEIGHTS INSPECT SATURDAY 10-10.45AM • Great views over Burnside • Totally restored Queenslander • Development potential under • Close to shops and hospital • Polished timber floors • Original windows and features

$359,000 Ian Black 0407 587 503 INSPECT SATURDAY 12-12.45PM

• One owner in excellent condition • 1st home buyer/investor/downsizing • 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom cottage • Ramp to back yard, 607m2 block • Hardwood frame & floors • Close to Nambour Hospital/town

$277,500 Gary Langford 0412 348 533

PRIVATE RAINFOREST SETTING

COUNTRY COTTAGE 91 Nichols Road, Kiamba • Wrap-around verandah 3 sides • 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom • Plus studio fully self-contained • On a quiet country road • 3-bay shed • Minutes to Yandina

$385,000 Gary Langford 0412 348 533

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REAL ESTATE

NAMBOUR HEIGHTS 10 Kentia Street, Highworth • Quality brick residence • Elevated for views and breezes • Spacious living opening decks • 3 Bed, ensuite and computer nook • Double garage and workshop under • Solar power – 9 panels @ 44¢ rebate

GREAT BUYING @ $397,500 Ian Black 0407 587 503

MASSIVE REDUCTION! Gary Langford has been at Day & Grimes Real Estate for 13 years and has lived in

Character homestead on easy care small acreage, north aspect to rear overlooking inground pool, 3 car garage & 4 bay shed. Spacious living, 3 bedrooms, ensuite, plus 4th or office. Walk to park and Nambour General.

Ian Black 0407 587 503

Nambour for over 20 years.

If you need assistance or advice on real estate please call Gary on 0412 348 533.

• 2 bedroom unit • Close to Nambour CBD • Single lock-up garage • Long term tenant in place • Paved courtyard at rear • Solid brick construction

NOW… $209,500 Ian Black 0407 587 503

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Convenient in Nambour

Privacy in Forest Glen

Low-set Yandina home

On an easy-care 700 square metres within walking distance of the hospital, this home has three roomy bedrooms with built-ins, a large, contemporary bathroom with a separate toilet, an open-plan lounge and dining area, a downstairs rumpus or utility room and plenty of storage. The impressive kitchen has granite benches and gas cooking and there is a large, covered entertaining deck, all in a quiet cul-de-sac location.

This Queenslander-style property has a wide verandah overlooking manicured grounds and a pool. Offering country-style living, the home features timber floors, a near-new kitchen with granite benchtops, and a large master bedroom with walk-in robe and ensuite. There are a second double bedroom and main bathroom with striking clawfoot bath. The home has its own private yard and double lock-up garage.

Immaculately presented, this low-set brick home boasts three covered entertaining areas, a wood heater and a large shed which could be used as a granny flat or teenagers’ retreat. On a quarter-acre block with dual street frontage and access a large park and the Maroochy River, the property has an inground pool, a large water tank, ample room for the boat and caravan and a cubbyhouse for the kids.

8 Jane Court, Nambour 3 bed, 1 bath, 3 car $335,000 Victor Realty 5476 0050 Craig Heppell 0400 180 515

16 Sanctuary Drive, Forest Glen 4 bed, 3 bath, 4 car $895,000 RealWay Buderim 5445 2777 Jarrad McCarthy 0410 052 219 Lauren McCarthy 0406 962 578

10 Cascade Drive, Yandina 3 bed, 2 bath, 4 car $455,000 Day & Grimes 5441 3366 Gary Langford 0412 348 533

Whittington Ellis R E A L E S TAT E 13 Churchill Street

PALMWOODS

RENOVATION CREATES A HOME TO BE PROUD OF Set back from a quiet road in a charming tree-lined area is this 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home that extends its reach across a lush 1734sqm block,with a gorgeous outlook across the verdant backyard. A stunning renovation both inside and out sees the traditional bones of this two storey abode enriched with the dynamically modern flesh of eyecatching design and stylistic flair. Upstairs a glistening expanse of oversized dusk-toned tiling, with all bedrooms opening on to the entry foyer and adjoining living area with garden views and filled with natural light.

Price: $469,000 NEGOTIABLE Inspect: SATURDAY-SUNDAY 12.30-1.15PM

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Craig Barnby 0427 533 731

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Palmwoods Queenslander Th This his Queenslander-style Queensl slan ande derr-sttyle l home home has has wraparound wra rapa paro rou und d decks d k and d verandahs d h and d sits on seven useable bl acres. There are four spacious bedrooms and a parents’ retreat. All rooms have French timber doors to the verandah and timber floors, and the kitchen boasts New Guinea rosewood construction. As well as a picturesque outlook the property features a large inground pool with spa and a shed with a kitchenette, bathroom and workshop.

76 Jubilee Drive, Palmwoods 4 bed, 3 bath, 4 car $949,000 First National Palmwoods 5445 9666 Darren Lockwood 0412 378 561

BE AUTIFULLY POSITIONED

43 WESTERN AVENUE, MONTVILLE Adjoins 17 acres of Council Parkland ◆ LOVELY NORTHERLY ASPECT ◆ WARM WINTER/COOL SUMMER VER. ◆ FORMAL DINING/FORMAL LOUNGE ◆ EAT-IN COUNTRY KITCHEN/2 BATH ◆ A QUIET PARK LIKE SETTING A must see property!

Stylish in West Woombye This p This private, rivate, easy-caree ac ri acreage propert property ty a contemporary home with ffeatures t t h ith h spacious, i open-plan living and a sleek, functional kitchen.

Glass stacker doors lead to a timber deck and outdoor entertainment area with north-east aspect, views over the valley and national park and an outdoor shower. Bamboo flooring, neutral tones and high ceilings create a sophisticated feel, and the home is only 10 minutes’ drive from schools and shops.

609 Dulong Road, West Woombye 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Mid $500,000s Riddell Real Estate 5442 1888 Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599

16 ACR ES – VIEWS – CR EEK – PR IVATE

Inspect By Appointment

LOT 6 MILL HILL ROAD, MONTVILLE

Inspect By Appointment

Price

Quiet country lane location. ◆ NORTH FACING PRIVATE HOME SITE ◆ 6 TO 8 ACRES LEVEL TO UNDULATING ◆ SPRING FED CREEK/FERTILE SOIL ◆ BEAUTIFUL ACROSS VALLEY VIEWS ◆ A RARE FIND THESE DAYS Be self-sufficient here!

Price

$535,000

Web Ref montvillerealestate.com.au 404174168

Agents John Taylor 04 3838 5478

$595,000

Web Ref montvillerealestate.com.au 404174179

Agents John Taylor 04 3838 5478

SEE ALL THE WAY TO MOR ETON ISL A ND!

BOONGALA AVENUE, MONTVILLE

See all the way to Moreton Island over Caloundra and Golden Beach from this beautifully renovated and extended home on an all usable 1/3 acre (1600m²) in a quiet location just south of Montville. Spacious open plan living dining and kitchen areas, an artist’s studio/ multi-purpose room & master bdrm – all with coastal views! The lounge TV room has a convertible sofa bed plus there’s an office off the entry.

A very rare property!

Inspect By Appointment Price $535,000

Web Ref montvillerealestate.com.au 404174197

Agents John Taylor 04 3838 5478

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“Properties For Your Lifestyle”

5442 1888 COES CREEK 21 Mountain Breeze Court

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PRIVACY, VIEWS, SPACIOUS, UNIQUE HOME – 1.7 ACRES • Large, split level, beautiful timber home

• Residential zoning – possible subdivision

• Separate studio / office / 3rd living area

• Must inspect to appreciate – so much!

• Quiet, very picturesque, ambient setting

PRICE: Mid $500,000’s

• Large flat area for kids play, soccer etc.

INSPECT: Saturday 12.00-12.40pm

• Big deck for entertaining, inground pool

CONTACT: Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599

WOOMBYE 18 Upper Wakefield Street

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WOOMBYE COTTAGE • Lovely cottage set in the heart of Woombye Village • Traditional designs create a homely and cosy ambience • Polished timber floors, charming VJ walls and high ceilings • Enjoy a morning cuppa on the deck set in a tropical surround

• Relatively new kitchen enhances the country style of this home • Under is a laundry and good sized utility room for music or the hobbyist • Cubby house secretly placed, just for the kids Get In Quick … Rare Opportunity!

PRICE: Now $270,000 INSPECT: Saturday 12.00-12.40pm CONTACT: Gary De Paoli 0408 731 412

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A SECURE FUTURE FOR YOUR FAMILY… Set on 10 Acres of Useable Land • Comfortable family home with back verandah and inground salt water pool

• 10 beautiful acres of rich volcanic soil and with plenty of water • Fish from the well stocked dams • Currently growing organic pumpkins, potatoes and ginger • A selection of fruit and nut trees to start you off • Add a few chooks, smallcrops, market garden • Shed for the man… plenty of storage

• Bring the horses, bikes for trail riding • This is a Fantastic Lifestyle Up For Grabs!

PRICE: $650,000 INSPECT: Saturday 10.00-10.40am CONTACT: Sarah White 0418 981 718

WEST WOOMBYE 153 Blackall Range Road

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DUAL LIVING – 2.1 ACRES WITH HORSE PADDOCK • Private, rural, convenient location

• 2 brm + office, 1950’s home, high ceilings ...

RENOVATOR!

Renovate Now… Enjoy Future Rewards!

• 3 bedroom shed with large back deck • Approximately ¾ acre – private fenced paddock

PRICE: Offers from $400,000

• Close to shops, several schools, transport etc.

INSPECT: Saturday 1.00-1.40pm • Structurally solid home, timber floors, will benefit with modernising CONTACT: Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599

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classifieds Rentals

1 1 2 MOOLOOLABA $280PW 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car, open plan living, quiet complex, outdoor patio, minutes from shops, cafes & beaches.

AVAIL 10/08/12 1 1 2 MOOLOOLABA $310PW 2 bed, 1 bath, SLUG, modern ground floor unit, deck overlooking the water, close to shops & cafes, no pets. AVAIL 07/08/12 1 1 2 GOLDEN BEACH $320PW 2 bed, 1 bath, SLUG, open kitchen, ample storage, air-con, quiet street, sorry no pets. FIRST WEEKS RENT FREE!! AVAIL NOW 2 2 3 WARANA $340PW 3 bed, 2 bath, double carport, new flooring, ceiling fans, large fenced yard, close to parks, beach & shops. AVAIL 01/08/12 1 1 3 WARANA $350PW 3 bed, 1 bath, SLUG, separate lounge, huge yard, shed, pets on application. AVAIL NOW 2 2 3 CALOUNDRA $360PW 3 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, modern townhouse, quiet complex, close to shops, beach & RSL. AVAIL NOW 1 1 3 BOKARINA $360PW 3 bed, 1 bath, SLUG, renovated family home, close to beach, schools & shops. AVAIL NOW 1 2 3 BUDERIM $350PW FULLY FURNISHED, 3 bed, 2 bath, SLUG, quiet location, covered outdoor area, gated complex.

AVAIL NOW 2 1 3 BUDDINA $380PW 3 bed, 1 bath, double carport, pool, air-con, fully fenced, shed, pets on application, walk to beach, schools & shops. AVAIL NOW 1 2 4 WARANA $400PW 4 bed, 2 bath, single carport, air-con, covered outdoor area, shed, close to beach, pets on application.

AVAIL NOW 1 2 3 WARANA $440PW 3 bed, 2 bath, renovated kitchen, one street from beach, big workshop shed, pool, pets on app.

AVAIL NOW 2 2 4 PARREARRA $470PW 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, open plan living & dining, covered entertaining area, fully fenced, pets on application. AVAIL NOW 2 2 4 MINYAMA $580PW 4 bed + study, 2 bath, DLUG, large spacious living areas, fully fenced, pets on application.

AVAIL 25/7/12 2 2 4 PARREARRA $600PW 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, ensuite with spa, lap pool, large outdoor entertaining area, waterfront location, pets on application. AVAIL 20/08/12 2 2 4 MINYAMA $750PW 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, waterfront, pontoon, pool & spa, covered outdoor area, separate living areas, pets on application. AVAIL 1/8/12

PH: 5437 8806

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Aroona family home

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Coolum Beach $270pw 2 brm unit, master bdrm with ensuite, 2 living areas, air con, SLUG, Swimming pool in complex.

Opposite beach.

AVAIL NOW Sippy Downs $370pw 3 bdrms, 2 bthrms, 2 living areas, covered outdoor entreating area, short walk to school, shops & University.

The Parks, Sippy Downs $390pw 2 bdrms +office/3rd bdrm, 2.5 bthrms, lrge living area, private yard, complex features BBQ & swimming pool, pet friendly also.

AVAIL 11/08/2012.

Buderim $400pw 3 bdrms, 2 living areas, 2 bthrms, DLUG, walking distance to shops and transport in an excellent location. Fully fenced yard.

AVAIL NOW Sippy Downs $410pw 4 bdrms, 2 bthrms, open plan living and dining, lrge kitchen, covered outdoor area, fans, dishwasher, DLUG, fully fenced yard. AVAIL NOW. Sippy Downs $430pw Large home with huge yard, 4 bdrms, 2 bthrms, 2 living areas, d/w, air con, dble gated side access, covered outdoor patio area, DLUG . AVAIL 14/08/2012.

Sippy Downs $450pw 4 bdrms 2 bthrms, 2 separate living areas, beautifully maintained garden, fans, dishwasher, security doors and windows, quite location, DLUG. AVAIL NOW.

6 Lowan Street, Aroona 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car $399,000 RE/MAX Property Services 5438 5222 Rob Whiting 0428 855 141

Th This his i ffour-bedroom our-b bed droom hom home m is k with h side on a corner bl block access and has been recently refurbished with new paint and carpet. It features air-conditioning, ceiling fans and security screens. There are separate lounge and dining areas and a well-equipped kitchen. On 654 square metres are a large yard, water tanks and veggie garden.

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