Eastern Beaches News November 2020 by InFocus News

Eastern Beaches News Inform know grow Volume 1. Issue 3

November 2020

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Mayor Clare shares the news, p10

Support was strong for Independent candidate for Noosa Sandy Bolton on election day at the Peregian Beach Community College polling station.

Bolton back for Noosa Local voters have backed Independent Sandy Bolton for a second term as their representative for the state electorate of Noosa. While the official results had not been formally declared by the Electoral Commission of Queensland as Eastern Beaches News went to print, Sandy had claimed victory and her nearest rivals had conceded defeat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unofficial preliminary

countingâ&#x20AC;? on the electoral commission results site showed Sandy had 44.03% of the 27,814 votes counted with her nearest rival, James Blevin of the LNP recording 29.33%. Overall, the Palaszczuk Government was returned to power by voters across the State with a swing of about 5% to Labor being recorded as at November 3. Final results will be confirmed mid-November.

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Federal news for Wide Bay, p12

Finding Sunny Days with Ali, p16

From the Ed’s desk: Wow - what a busy few days it has been. Halloween, storms, a State Election… and that was just the Saturday! Congratulations to all those who put their hand up to be considered for the state seat of Noosa on October 31 and to Sandy Bolton in particular for winning the hearts and minds of local voters to win the seat for the next four years as an Independent member of Parliament. We look forward to working with you and your team to continue to report on state matters and how they affect our little patch of paradise in the months and years ahead. Thanks also this month to our local councillor and fellow journalist Frank Wilkie for putting pen to paper and providing a summary on the latest information in relation to the work of the Flight Path Forum as it endeavours to

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ensure local residents have a fair chance to have their say on the way the flight path process has been handled so far and to have the opportunity to search for alternative paths that may better meet the needs of residents and airlines. Story, page 8. On a personal note, it was great to take a wander through Peregian Markets last Sunday and have some sense of life getting back to some sort of normal, in a socially distanced way. Congrats to the organisers and the stallholders for finding a way back in what must be a tough environment with more restrictions and less shoppers than pre-covid. As we head toward the busy Christmas period I’d love to hear from readers and businesses with stories to share for our December and January editions. If you have a topic you’d like to read more about, we’d love to hear about it. I hope you enjoy this month’s edition. Geoff

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Eastern Beaches News thanks our readers and asks you to please show support for the businesses whose advertising dollars allow us the space to share your stories. ADVERTISING DEADLINES FOR NEXT TWO EDITIONS: Edition Booking & Copy deadline Distributed from date December: November 23 Friday, December 4 January: December 7 Friday, January 8 Phone: Editor - Geoff Crockett on 0413 988 333 or Email: peregianspringsnews@gmail.com. Copies are delivered to letterboxes in Peregian Beach, Marcus Beach, Castaways, and Sunrise Beach and bulk dropped at key locations including Pizzami and Peregian Beach News & Sunrise Bakery during the month. ** Responsibility for election comment is taken by Geoff Crockett, 117 The Avenue, Peregian Springs, Qld, 4573.

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Local News

Young stars roaring into action As the curtains start to rise on the live theatre scene our younger local actors are readying themselves for a return to the stage in November. Little Seed Theatre Company assistant director Jack Ryan said actors from local primary schools from Grade 4 to 6 were busy preparing for Madagascar - A Musical adventure Jr to be performed towards the end of term. “The creative team are so passionate about this show because they love watching our young performers get their chance to shine,” Jack said. “The cast have been rehearsing since pre-lockdown and are super excited to finally bring this show to stage.”

For final ticket details and show times see www.little-seed.com.au or search for Little Seed Theatre Company on facebook or instagram.

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Intergalactic technology fights fires Astrophysicists hunting the night sky with satellite technology for exploding supernovae provided the starting point for the system now used by Peregian Beach based Fireball International to identify and track wildfires just seconds after they ignite. Fireball International CEO Christopher Tylor, pictured right, said the team, led by Professor Carl Pennypacker at the University of California had won awards including a Nobel Prize for their work for discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. While the space focus used satellite imagery to pinpoint the heat generated by supernovae, when wildfires tore through California in October 1991 destroying thousands of homes it prompted the team to turn the focus back to earth and figure out how to spot fires as they started in any particular area. Christopher said the technology had evolved to become an early warning system FUEGO - an acronym for Fire Urgency Estimator in Geosynchronous Orbit. The system uses artificial intelligence to monitor a constant stream of satellite imagery over certain areas of land, combined with data from all manner of camera monitoring systems on the ground to identify the smoke and heat created by a fire starting and alert authorities that there is an issue to be dealt with. Already in place in California, it is soon to be rolled out in Australia early successes include detecting a wildfire within three seconds of it starting in America. 4

While the business operates in America and Australia, its headquarters are on the top floor of the Peregian Digital Hub. Christopher said they chose to work from here after coming to Noosa several years ago and falling in love with the lifestyle. He said the business was continuing to grow, with 16 full time staff and about 13 freelancers. A big part of the work to be done is in training the AI to recognise fires in images as accurately as possible. “We are seeing a billion images a year - and each one is analysed to see if there’s a fire. It’s detected about 850 fires in the last four months.” The coming years are promising to be busy for the company with plans in place already to build their own fire spotting satellite to launch into space in 2024 in partnership with a communications satellite to add to their ability to spot fires in Australia. The heat sensing element of the technology has also been employed overseas to assist international narcotics and law enforcement agencies to identify drug production activities. Pilot programs for the Australian roll out of the FUEGO technology are expected to start on the Sunshine Coast and in the south west corner of Queensland by the end of this year.

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Grant builds on outdoor lifestyle Sunshine Beach State School’s popular permaculture garden continues to grow from strength to strength with an outdoor kitchen on the way thanks to a $3000 grant from Slow Food Noosa. Sunshine Coast Foodie, Martin Duncan, dropped by with Slow Food Noosa’s Carolyn Winkler on October 21 to join the children in the garden and share their passion for food. Martin said the day was a lot of fun and he would love to see these sorts of gardens take off across the Coast. “The kids were so charming, well mannered and asked the best questions!” He said it was great to see that the school was now taking classes outside for their new ‘Garden to Plate’ program which focused on helping children to discover the cycle of seed to harvest and understanding the process of getting produce to plates. The school has recently added a Top: Martin Duncan, aka Sunshine Coast Foodie & green house to its garden with children Carolyn Winkler, of Slow Food Noosa at Sunshine Beach State School. Pictures: Sunshine Coast Foodie busy growing snow pea, broccoli, radish and sunflower seeds.

Markets are back in town Tick the diary for the first and third Sunday of every month and pencil in a trip to Peregian Beach for the regular markets. The next event is scheduled for Sunday, November 15, with stallholders offering everything from adult and babies clothing, pet treats, dolls clothes, potato slinkies, donuts, jeweler, shoes, plants and all manner of potential gifts. The markets are held in front of the surf club at Peregian Beach from 7am 6

to 12.30pm. Save yourself from driving around in circles looking for a park and head towards the Digital Hub or Di Hurst oval and walk.

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Flight Path update - with Cr Frank Wilkie

Looking skywards on flight paths Noosa Deputy Mayor, Councillor Frank Wilkie has put pen to paper for this edition of Eastern Beaches News to update the community of the latest flight path information. A comprehensive review of Sunshine Coast Airport flight paths, including yet -to-be-drafted alternative flight paths proposed by the community, is underway. Air Services Australia (ASA) is conducting the Post Implementation Review (PIR) of existing, plus proposed new, flight paths after accepting key recommendations from the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman (ANO). The ANO’s April 2020 report found the consultation preceding new flight path operations was deficient. Noosa Council last month contributed $5000 to a community campaign led by Flight Path Forum- an alliance of resident associations from across the coast- to co-fund an independent aviation consultant to design a range of alternative flight paths. The process is intended to ensure all flight path options, that are safe and impact the least number of residents, are assessed via consultation that gives residents a genuine opportunity to influence the outcome. ASA, a government owned corporation responsible for managing air space, will have the final say. There is a risk the review may find the current flight paths, or areas currently not overflown by aircraft, are found to be the safest and most feasible. The ultimate aim is a genuine process where all options are thoroughly and transparently 8

considered. This is something many, including the ANO, believe did not happen previously. Noosa Council, Flight Path Forum, groups and residents also last month made submissions to the Terms of Reference for the Review, seeking greater detail on how it will ensure a fairer, more transparent process than what has occurred in the past. Flight Path Forum also recently held a series of well-attended public presentations and, along with other community group representatives, attends the Community Aviation Forum meetings hosted by Sunshine Coast Airport to discuss airport issues. Resident groups with representatives on the FPF committee include; Castaways Beach Residents Association, Cootharaba Community Association, Friends of Lake Weyba, Friends of Marcus Beach, Peregian Beach Community Association, Peregian West Community Association, Mudjimba Residents Association, Verrierdale Residents Group and theanine Creek Progress Association. Air Services Australia has a record of meetings and a noise complaints portal on their website https:// engage.airservicesaustralia.com Details of the community campaign, the history of this issue and advice on how to make a donation or submission is available at Flight Path Forum’s website https://flightpathforum.org.au Cr Wilkie is the Noosa council’s representative on the Community Aviation Forum.

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Noosa Council update:

Mayor Clare Stewart

Good news on legal costs review Well as the year continues to fly by and we find ourselves nearing November it was pleasing to see councils across Queensland come together at the recent Local Government Conference which myself and Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie attended. More importantly it was fantastic that the majority of Queensland councils backed Noosa Council’s motion calling for a review of the way costs are awarded when councils are forced to defend their planning scheme in court. For years, councils across Queensland have had to foot much of the bill to defend their decisions to refuse planning applications, even though the proposed development may have been in significant conflict with the town plan. With a vote of 201 to 15 in support of our motion it means that we’ve won the first major battle in reducing the huge cost to ratepayers when it comes to defending our planning decisions. The LGAQ can now lobby the Queensland Government to review how appeal costs are awarded where a development proposal is found to significantly conflict with Council’s planning scheme. CHRISTMAS BUSES ARE BACK As we edge closer to Christmas it is wonderful to see our ever-popular Free Holiday Buses, including the Loop Bus back on the road this Christmas. Subject to Translink approval, travel will be free on a number of Translink services from 12 December 2020 - 26 January 2021. 10

The loop bus will service stops along Noosa Drive, Weyba Road and Noosa Parade to make getting around town far easier and cost effective. Our other Go Noosa initiatives such as park-andride facilities and extra parking at Noosa Heads (in the form of paid parking) in the Lions Park will return. With more people able to get out and about at Christmas it will hopefully go some way toward helping our local businesses bounce back after a tough year due to Covid-19. BRIDGE UNDERPASS OPENED Finally, to finish on a high note, the Orealla Bridge underpass has re-opened. Contractors were last week putting the finishing touches on the project. Its been quite a feat designing and building the new bridge in just over 10 months which is a quick turnaround for a project of this size. Again, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all residents in close proximity of the bridge for their patience and understanding during the construction period. Hopefully it is for them, like the rest of us, well worth all the efforts put in. . Until next month, stay safe, Clare.

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Wide Bay update: Federal Member Llew O’Brien

Federal funding flowing through Noosa communities have been hit particularly hard over the last 12 months, first by the bushfires and more recently by the COVID-19 pandemic. The last edition of Eastern Beaches News contained information about a $500,000 grant from the Morrison Government putting Fireball at the Peregian Beach Digital Hub at the forefront of preventing bushfires. I was also pleased to visit the Digital Hub to announce $200,000 for its FireTech Connect program which will help technology start-ups to develop solutions to prevent, detect, fight and recover from bushfire emergencies, and host an event to showcase the technology. The release of the Morrison Government’s 2020-21 Budget on 6 October 2020 outlines our COVID-19 economic recovery plan to create jobs, rebuild the economy and secure Australia’s future. Our plan is focused firmly on the bigger picture for Australia’s economy – with job creation as the centrepiece – and we’re wasting no time in making it happen. Legislation has already passed so that taxpayers will receive a tax cut backdated to 1 July this year. Age Pensioners, Disability Support Pensioners, eligible Veterans, concession cardholders and other social security recipients will also receive a $250 payment in December this year and another in March 2021. This means more money in the pockets of Wide Bay households to assist with the cost of living, and it will help generate economic activity and create jobs. Since the onset of the pandemic, the Australian Government has provided $257 billion in direct economic support, and the 2020-21 Budget commits a further $98 billion to sustain employment and support jobs growth. 12

This Budget is also invests in skills and training to make sure Wide Bay job seekers have the skills they need to get a job; and delivers record infrastructure investment, expanding our record 10-year infrastructure pipeline to $110 billion to support a further 40,000 jobs nationally. The Morrison Budget includes a $2 billion investment in road safety upgrades to save lives and an additional $1 billion to support local councils to immediately upgrade local roads, footpaths and street lighting to create jobs now. Noosa Council will receive $2,307,810 through the Financial Assistance Grants program, $790,346 in Roads to Recovery funding, and $790,346 through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure to spend on local priority projects. This year’s Budget provides a final payment of $1,735,004 towards the $6,361,680 replacement of the Orealla Bridge at Sunrise Beach and includes just over $2 million to complete stage 3 of the Peregian Beach Digital Hub; The Budget also contains payments of $12,728 to the Tourism Noosa Industry Leadership Program, $45,000 for the Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club lighting upgrade, $42,539 for the new training room and shelter at Sunshine Butterflies, and $60,000 for the Noosa Alive festival. This is the most important Budget in 75 years, using all the levers and gears of Government to keep the wheels of our economy turning and people in jobs. But there’s more to be done, and I will continue to provide strong and effective representation to ensure Wide Bay’s families, households and businesses receive the support, services and infrastructure needed to build our region.

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Local Author Profile

Local surfer shares classic tales Journalist, surfer, and world traveller Rob Black returned to the Sunshine Coast this year on a mission to publish and release his new book, Noosa What’s your point? A place in the history of surfing. The book was ready for the Festival of Surfing in March, it launched at the Beach Bar just before COVID had its way with any further book launches or events, and has been finding its audience, mainly online, in the months since. For Rob, who is a self described surf tragic, the lure of Noosa - back in the olden days - was too much to resist. He has his own fond memories of the areas five famous points, and his book set about to find out what other surfers has to say about surfing here. Those five magical points and bays are legendary, and their part in the history, and the development of modern surfing, is indisputable 14

“Noosa too is known around the world, and like Byron Bay, was opened up by surfers seeking perfect waves and a perfect lifestyle,” Rob said. “Some say it has been loved to death, or is the love-hate relationship in their life, but Noosa is still Noosa, and the magic and the beauty is still there.” Always keen to have a chat, Rob has created a website and facebook page to help keep the conversation going with readers of the book. With Covid-19 restrictions easing he hopes to be able to get along to local bookstores and newsagents to meet readers and share the story. In the meantime, order a copy online at www.noosawhatsyourpoint.com and maybe share your answer to the question - “who would you want to share a perfect surf with and where would it be.”

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Sunnier Days with Ali Palmer Sunrise Beach resident, Wellbeing Consultant and Strength Coach Ali Palmer joins Eastern Beaches News this month to share some great advice. Ali works with individuals, teams, and organisations to design better days and build better lives. If you’d like to find out more, email Ali on ali@thestrengthsspace.com What makes a good day for you? This is one of my favourite questions to ask people. When we to stop and think about the elements that make our days more positive and productive, we can be more intentional about making these things happen. We can become designers of our days. For me it includes spending time in nature, moving my body, savouring coffee at a local café, sharing in a great conversation, ticking a few things off my to do list and playing with creative ideas. These things not only bring me joy, they energise me. And my lighter and brighter attitude seems to positively influence others too! So, what’s going on inside of us when we are encounter these feel good emotions? When we experience positive emotions, our brain’s reward system is activated. This increases our levels of dopamine which in turn makes us feel happier. It also turns on all the learning centres in the brain. Our intelligence rises. Our creativity rises. And our energy rises. In a better mood we can literally see more possibilities and find more solutions. Research shows our brain in positive performs significantly better than in negative, neutral or stressed. 16

How can we prime more positivity in our day? Barbara Fredrickson, a leading researcher in this field, suggests we intentionally find ways to tap into a daily dose of positive emotions. She offers this list to get us started: Joy. Gratitude. Serenity. Interest. Hope. Pride. Amusement, Inspiration, Awe. Love Try this … Choose one of the 10 positive emotions above. It’s important to pick the ones that feel right for you. Over the course of the next week try to look for 3-5 ways to seed more of this into your days. Here’s my example. I chose AWE… here’s how I do it. 1. Look for things in nature that evoke a sense of awe - take photos. 2. Find awe inspiring images and frame for my office. 3. Dig out some old photos of amazing hikes we’ve done and reminisce. 4. Listen to an awe-inspiring podcast/ Ted talk. 5. Watch the new Netflix doco ‘My Octopus Teacher’.

What will you choose? I look forward to sharing more ideas in future Sunnier Days columns, Ali.

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PUZZLES

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Local Heart LOCAL CHURCH CONTACTS Noosa Anglican Church- 5449 8009 & www.anglicanchurchnoosa.org. Sunshine Beach (Bicentennial Drv) or Peregian Springs (in St Andrew’s , 40 Peregian Springs Dve) C3 Church Noosa, Noosaville State School Hall, 75 Beckmans Rd, Noosaville. See www.c3noosa.org Noosa Coastal Uniting Church - 5440 5433 & 0421 540 347; Noosa: 6 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach at 8am, Sundays. Tewantin: cnr Poinciana Ave & Werin St. at 10am Sundays. Salvation Army, Meeting Rooms 127, Greenoaks Drive Coolum. Call Warren or Denise 0400 797 480 / 0418 214 723. Wave Church, The Cavern Theatre. Sunshine Beach State High. Ph: 5353 5152. Weekly events for youth, children and adults. wavechurch.com.au GOVERNMENT CONTACTS Eastern Beaches Local Noosa Council – 5329 6500 or mail@noosa.qld.gov.au State (Noosa) - Sandy Bolton (Independent) Tel - 5319 3100. Federal (Wide Bay) Llew O’Brien (LNP) Tel– 4121 2936 LOCAL SURF CLUB CONTACTS SUNSHINE BEACH SURF CLUB NIPPERS Phone the club on 5447 5491 or see their

website www.sunshinebeachslsc.com.au/ nippers/ PEREGIAN BEACH SURF CLUB NIPPERS Phone 5448 0900 and follow activities at www.facebook.com/peregiannippers COMMUNITY GROUP CONTACTS PEREGIAN BEACH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC www.pbcai.org or www.facebook.com/ peregianbeachcommunityassociation or phone Barry Cotterell on 5448 2208 or secretary Mary Crawford on 0439 750 145. PEREGIAN FAMILY & FRIENDS COMMUNITY GROUP. www.peregianfriends.com, or www.facebook.com/ peregianfamilyandfriends. Phone 0400 053 444. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NHW2 North Peregian, Marcus Beach, Noosa Di & Doug Shun Wah on 5471 3195 or email d.shunwah@bigpond.com PEREGIAN BEACH COMMUNITY HOUSE Office hours Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 9am to 2pm. Email pbcommunityhouse@gmail.com or phone 5471 2311 and leave a message.

MULTI PUZZLE ANSWERS November 2020 SAYING— PIPE DOWN

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Local Connect VEGGIE VILLAGE Located at 50 Rufous St. Best contact is via email at info@veggievillage.org.au or see their website www.veggievillage.org.au— next working bee — November 15. PEREGIAN TENNIS CLUB 11 Rufous Street, Peregian Beach. www.peregiantennisclub.com.au. The club has three courts which can be booked online via the website. All are welcome – you do not need to be a member to play here. Competition tennis or coaching enquiries: Andrew 0400 110 482 weekdays. LIONS CHRISTMAS CAKES The Lions Christmas Cakes and Puddings have arrived. They will be on sale at the Peregian Markets on the 15th November and the 6th December 2020. So come and get the tastiest, fruitiest Christmas Cakes. To find out other venues and times of cake sales please check the Facebook page which is: Noosa Heads Lions Club. Any other enquiries regards sales please ring Graham on 0414 767 718. * If you’d like to add your notes here, email peregianspringsnews@gmail.com

Would you like to put your business here? Cost is $44 inc gst. Email peregianspringsnews@gmail.com

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