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MORE TO LOVE The editor’s desk Despite the long dry spell, it’s still hard to fathom how some people now have no water at their homes. Many are queuing for water trucks to deliver and the queues are growing longer. How are they managing to wash themselves, their clothes? And do they have pets or livestock? How are they getting water? What’s happening to the wildlife? Is there some way we as a community could help? The weeks of dry weather are taking their toll. Firefighters have warned of the region’s tinderbox conditions and the threat of fire and now water resources are running low. In other news, estate agent Tom Hoffermann has given a sizeable donation to the Coast Guard and questioned why the association isn’t funded by government. Fair point. Also this week we look forward to the Noosa Country Show which kicks off tomorrow with a wide range of good country fun and entertainment. Enjoy the holiday. ● - Margaret Maccoll

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THIS WEEK WE’RE TALKING ABOUT… TEST OF SKILLS ON SHOW The countdown to the Noosa Country Show is almost at an end with only one sleep left for show goers and volunteers keen for the popular country show to begin. Five-year-old Amerie Hilliard loves walking around the show with her family and seeing “the huge cows” and entering competitions “to show everyone what I’m good at”. Volunteer Davina Foster loves being part of a team that is able to pull together a great country show. As a mother of boys she finds that the wood chop is a popular attraction and the whole family likes to stay late until the rodeo ends. The Noosa Country Show on 15 and 16 September is packed full of activities which are set to please including Rooftop Express, the young farmer’s challenge and everyone’s favourite, the loveable Muttley’s Dog Parade. The Rooftop Express, delivered by equine industry identity Dave Manchon, is a first-class arena show that promises good old-fashioned Aussie fun with amazing horse feats and cattle stunts and plenty of laughs. The performance brings together horses, cattle, dogs, stockmen and women as well as trucks and utes in an action-packed event. The young farmers’ challenge was first held last year and will return by popular demand. Through a competitive but fun format, the next generation of farmers will join

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Amerie Hilliard bakes up a storm for the show. in teams of four to test their skills. The Noosa Country Show will be celebrating 108 years this year. A traditional country show, it aims to showcase the variety of agricultural industries within the region and through a variety of competition sections will help celebrate the diversity of people and the talents that live in our community. The animal section includes equestrian, stud beef, dairy cattle and dogs sections. The Pavilion brings together arts and craft, cookery horticulture and fruit and vegetable sections and is a must visit. Entertainment will be run across two

Volunteer Davina Foster loves being part of a team. stages on Friday and Saturday at the Pomona Showgrounds and there will be rides and amusements delivered by the Showman’s Guild. ●

SAME SEX COUPLE SEEKS RESPECT Being married for long-term partners Kirsty Patten and Linda Boyes would mean recognition and acceptance in the community of their commitment to each other. Kirsty said marriage equality wouldn’t change the way they lived but saw it as the last hurdle to gaining equal respect. “Adoption is legal for gay couples. There is access to IVF. It’s just about that recognition,” she said. “To be able to say my wife, my husband, to be able to be called a widow or widower and have that partnership acknowledged.” The couple have a nine-year-old girl, Bonnie, who was unaware before seeing media reports discussing

Kirsty Patten and Linda Boyes with Bonnie. marriage equality that her parents couldn’t marry. “We’ve lived in country Queensland and not once has there been an issue about having two mums,” Kirsty said. “Her life is as ordinary as other families.”

Kirsty can’t see the “big deal” about changing the legislation as has occurred in other countries. “Now society is totally ready for this. I feel totally accepted and I always have. “Everybody is pretty sick of hearing about it. I just think it’s such a simple thing to do. It seems like we’ve done so many surveys what is the justification of spending all this money when the outcome of it is not binding.” Kirsty said if the legislation was passed she would have no issue with churches choosing not to marry gays but would have an issue with discrimination from wedding services refusing her business. ●

Many Noosa residents who are reliant on tank water have run dry and been told they will have to wait for weeks for new supplies. Water carters are flat out trying to keep up with demand with orders now backed up for two to five weeks. Michelle Cain of Weyba Water said she hadn’t seen such a bad situation in the 12 years that she had lived in the area and been in business. “I think people have been waiting for rain and usually we do get rain. I think it’s catching everybody off guard. It’s not just small tanks its people with big tanks of 80,000 litres. It’s quite sad to have people completely out.” Noosa Water Tankers is booked out for five weeks, having increased its cartage from two to three loads a day to eight to 10. “A lot of people are desperate and there’s nothing more we can do,” a spokesman said. Colin White of Blue Waters Deliveries of Cooroibah said that the situation was made worse because the mains point at Noosaville had been broken for a week reducing their water pressure to a third of the normal rate. “It’s taking us 35 minutes to load - it usually takes us 10 minutes,” he said. Some people have taken to social media to seek help and others are paying for water to be delivered from outside the region. Unitywater customer and community executive manager Judy Bailey said the company was aware that a water main had broken under a road last week. “Jobs are prioritised according to a number of factors including impacts to customers, impacts to the environment, rate and volume of leaks and safety of staff and the community,” she said. “The leak has been isolated but, as the break is under the road, we are working with Noosa Council to arrange traffic management and undertake the repair. The repair is planned for Thursday 14 September.” Ms Bailey said the fill station was operating at about two thirds of its capacity and apologised for the inconvenience. “Just eight minutes away is our Tewantin fill station which we invite our water carrier customers to use,” she said. ● 201721004-LB21-17

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IF WE KEEP WORKING IN ISOLATION, WE’LL NEVER MAKE A DIFFERENCE… Queensland Koala Crusaders president Meghan Halverson is doing all she can to save the wild koala.

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WILD KOALAS FAST DISAPPEARING Council had encouraged her to “think this community can make a difference.” And there is no time to lose with the situation she believes having become “critical”. “We’re running out of space for koalas and we’re running out of koalas,” she said. She said Queensland was clearing land at a rate of 300,000 hectares a year which is worse than that occurring in the rainforests of South America or Borneo and the situation is becoming dire for koalas. “If you look at the land clearing already, it’s land we can’t replace,” she said. “(Developers) offset the trees but it may not be where the koalas are and it may be seven years before the trees provide food.” Determining the remaining numbers of koalas in the region is a project underway with only gestimates having been relied on to date. The group believes these indicate there has been an 80-90 per cent drop in south east Queensland in the past few years. Meghan said anecdotally people said they used to see koalas all the time but now said they hadn’t seen one in years. The group has been supporting research being carried out at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) through funding of equipment used with detection dogs. USC molecular ecologist Celine Frere has been mapping the numbers and whereabouts of koalas across the Noosa Shire with their help and funding from the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF). Celine said recent research focused on areas where there were no records of koala populations using the dogs trained ability to detect the smell of koala scats (poo). She said the completed field work resulted in the collection of 128 scats that will now be sent for genetic analysis. The analysis will determine whether the koalas are inbred or closely related and from this information, they can deduce where they have come from, she said. Celine’s research has already enabled mapping of the location of koalas in the region. She said one of the surprising results was the finding of koalas in unexpected places. “It is showing us koalas are living in an urban footprint,” she said.

Celine said while people expected to find koalas in pristine native habitat the research found they were living in trees beside roads and in degraded areas. She said much more research was needed to find out more about the complicated species. Celine hopes to continue research with NBRF funding under its big ideas project while other research at USC is also looking for funding. USC microbiologists, Professor Peter Timms and Dr Adam Polkinghorne, have spent years developing a vaccine to fight chlamydia, and after a series of trials in captive animals, they have conducted the world’s first successful trial of a vaccine against chlamydia in koalas in the wild. While the success of the project has shown good immune responses to the vaccine, and importantly, decreased chlamydia infection levels, it relies on more funding to progress. Meghan said the sharing of knowledge was among the aims of Queensland Koala Crusaders. “Ongoing our focus is to work together,” she said. “If we keep working in isolation, we’ll never make a difference. “We need to have a consistent plan where we all work together.” Preserving those surviving koalas depends of several factors including the enlisting of landowners to plant koala food trees, the control of dogs and looking at ways to reduce road kills. “We have to look at the roads,” she said. “There are underpasses on Eenie Creek Road but they’re not well maintained. “The trees hang over the road. The koalas can get on to the road. “It’s not natural for koalas to go underground. We should look at land bridges” During Save the Koala month of September, the Queensland Koala Crusaders are crowdfunding to raise $30,000 to plant 10,000 koala food trees and to encourage more people to join them. She said their website had 28,000 likes, but “koalas don’t need likes they need leaves”. She is urging people to donate the cost of a couple of cups of coffee to their cause. For more information, visit koalacrusaders.org.au ●

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NEWS Tinbeerwah Art Group artists Cherie Graham and Avril Hare have donned their artist berets to prepare for TAG's annual art show.

Tinbeerwah Art Group members have donned their artist berets and are busy preparing for their annual art show. This year proceeds from the gold coin door entry will be donated to the Katie Rose Cottage Hospice. Come and meet the artists and enjoy some light refreshments at the official opening on Friday 15 September, at 5.30pm, at Tinbeerwah Hall, on the corner of Sunrise and Cooroy-Noosa roads, Tinbeerwah. The show will also be open on Saturday 16 September, from 9am to 4pm, and Sunday 17 September, from 10am to 3.30pm. The annual art show is dedicated

to the memory of the late Gwen Blair who founded the Tinbeerwah Art Group in 1997 making it one of the longest running art groups on the Sunshine Coast. “This year the art group has been fortunate to have award winning artists Noreen Flood, Pam Taylor, Victoria Fitzpatrick and Helen Lawson as our guest tutors," TAG art show co-ordinator Jan Cooke said. Well known local artist and TAG member Bob Silver will be giving painting demonstrations throughout the weekend. For further information please contact Jan Cooke on 5473 0235 or 0412 769 351. ●

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STRONG SHOW OF SUPPORT When real estate principal Tom Offermann donated $82,500 to the Coast Guard on Monday he told members it was a pleasure to support the association and asked why the government didn’t. He said when he saw members asking for dollar coins at the markets and Noosa ferry he felt for them, knowing their time would be better spent in their work. “It’s something I felt government should be funding,” he said. “When I was young the ambulance

had to go out and fund-raise.” Tom said his donation would be only a small part of the money they need to operate the lifesaving service. He said he wondered what they would do if they needed to purchase a new vessel. “I live by the river and see a lot of their work,” he said. “We feel a social responsibility to give back to the community. It’s for a really valuable service that everyone appreciates.” Tom supports several services in the community including the surf lifesaving club, which he has backed for the past 25 years. ●

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PRIDE OF SERVICE STOLEN BY MARGARET MACCOLL A split-second decision not to wear a chain carrying her Great Uncle Albert Marlow’s war medallion to work on Wednesday is weighing heavily on Allison Paterson, as it was stolen that day from her Peregian Springs home. “I feel like I’ve let him down,” she said. All five of the Marlow brothers, including her granddad and Uncle Albert, were presented with medallions by the people of their home town of Mologa in Victoria as they went to war. July marked the centenary of Albert’s death on the Western Front at the age of 19. Three of the brothers were killed. Albert is buried in Belgium along with his brother George. Their big brother Charlie is buried in France. This is the second time the medallion was lost to the family. The family believe it must have been stolen a few years ago. They didn’t realise it was missing until Allison was trawling the internet one day for Albert Marlow and saw the medallion for sale in a secondhand store in Brisbane. “It hadn’t been reported as stolen so we had to pay $550 to get it back,” she said. “It felt like we were bringing him home. “I found a fob chain and I used to wear it if I needed courage. I usually

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Albert Marlow wear it to work. It was a split-second decision, I wore another necklace.” Allison said when she got home from work at St Andrew’s Anglican College she discovered “someone had been through the house”.

She said other items were taken including jewellery and some food from the fridge, but no amount of insurance could ever replace Albert’s medallion. “If there is just one thing that I can have returned it is this, one of the most precious items our family owns,” she said. To the people who stole it, you know where we live. With all my heart, I ask for you to dig deep and find the courage and way to safely return it to us.” The medallion is easily identified. It bears the Australian emblems of an emu and kangaroo in rose gold with the letters AWM on the shield and on the back the words: “Presented to Albert Marlow from his Mologa Friends”. Allison said the police had been “wonderful and very thorough” in their investigation of the robbery. ●

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS CHOIR The School of Hard Knocks is recruiting 100 singing enthusiasts to sing with choirmaster Dr Jonathon Welch before performing at a special Hand in Hand concert on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday 15 October to celebrate this year's Mental Health Week. Ten years on from the award-winning television series that captured the hearts of a nation, Choir of Hard Knocks and School of Hard Knocks, the founding artistic director is heading to the Sunshine Coast to form the inaugural Absolutely Everybody Sunshine Coast Choir, a project choir of community singers. Over the course of two Saturdays, singers will rehearse and workshop with Dr Welch. The workshops will culminate with a Sunday afternoon performance at the Hand in Hand charity concert at Caloundra’s The Events Centre. For more information visit www.schoolofhardknocks.org.au ●

SEAT DEDICATED TO STUDENT Noosa District State High School recently held a ceremony celebrating life of Corey Lawson who had leukaemia and passed away in 2012. Support students, with the help of Peter Bradford, have made a seat, which is now complete with a plaque in memory of Corey. Corey’s parents, Michelle and Michael and sister Amy were here to commemorate Corey’s time at NDSHS, with staff who taught Corey. Corey is remembered as a fun-loving teenager. ●

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Finalists in Noosa Council’s ArtCycle Art Prize have been named and now it’s up to the community to decide the winner. Inspired by the council’s Toward Zero Waste campaign, the ArtCycle Art Prize challenges entrants to get artistic with rubbish or old unwanted items. The council’s waste education officer Emma Menzies said the fun challenge highlights the importance of re-using, repurposing and recycling to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. Voting in the ArtCycle Art Prize runs from 9 September to 2 October. To view the ArtCycle finalists and vote visit the gallery or log on to the website at www. noosaregionalgallery.com.au Winners will be announced Friday 6 October and the exhibition will run until 15 October. ●

BY MARGARET MACCOLL Living without plastic bags and the benefits to be gained from cashing in on a container refund scheme will be on the agenda of a forum organised by Noosa MP Glen Elmes on Tuesday 19 September. Hosted by Toby Hutcheon of Boomerang Alliance the forum follows the passing of State Government legislation last week to ban single-use plastic bags and introduce a container refund scheme (CRS) with the law to become effective from July 2018. Toby said South Australia had the CRS for the past 40 years with groups benefitting from the proceeds. He said the SA Scout movement gained about $2.8 million a year from the scheme. “It means about $60 million for the community sector,” he said. Toby said CRS provided a real opportunity for organisations to make some money. He said if organisations had a base like a clubhouse they could set up a cage for collecting cans and bottles and then would need to rely on members of the community to donate them rather than obtain the refund themselves. “In Redlands last year, an MP organised a competition between schools to collect cans and bottles. In one month, schools collected 100,000 cans and bottles. If every can and

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Toby Hutcheon of Boomerang Alliance. bottle is worth 10 cents it can be a real attraction,” he said. Toby said the forum was one of many Boomerang Alliance would be conducting across Queensland, but the interest received from Noosa was greater than any other region. In parliament last week, Mr Elmes praised both the Noosa community for its passion to protect its environment and the achievement of bipartisan

support for the legislation. “While we trail other states and many countries around the world, this legislation will not only achieve obvious environmental outcomes; it will arrest a staggering acceptance that waste is an unavoidable by-product of living in the 21st century,” he said. The forum will be held at The J in Noosaville on Tuesday 19 September at 5pm. ●

The region’s food industry will be showcased on a “Favours of the Sunshine Coast” stand for the first time at Fine Food Australia in Sydney in September. The initiative is one of a number that the Sunshine Coast Council and Food and Agribusiness Network (FAN) are partnering on to drive new growth opportunities in the region’s food and agribusiness industry. Local exhibitors include Gourmet Garden herb pastes, QCamel milk, COYO coconut milk, yoghurt and ice creams, the Country Chef Bakery Co., Montville Coffee and Sunlife Superfoods-Freeze Dry Industries. For more information about Fine Food Australia visit finefoodaustralia.com. au ●

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NEWS SYMBOL OF THEIR SERVICE SHINES “The wonderful thing about public memorials is they are a present and visible symbol of others who have sacrificed their lives so we can enjoy ours.” This was stated by Noosa Mayor Tony Wellington at the launch last Friday in Pomona of the Noosa Library Service’s new book “Noosa Remembers - A history of the WWI memorials of Noosa Shire.” “This book builds on the 2015

project known as “Noosa War Front” which explored the way the Noosa community traversed the war years. “It is significant,” he said, “that today, the date chosen for the launch, represents the 100-year anniversary and dedication of the Shire of Noosa’s Roll of Honour which originally hung in the former shire chambers in Pomona and now hangs in the foyer of the council building at Tewantin. “It’s interesting, also, that Pomona has been chosen for the book launch because it arguably has more historic

buildings than any other town in the shire.” Authors of the book are freelance heritage consultant Joe Hextall and Noosa Council heritage librarian, Jane Harding. “They have created a fascinating book based on solid research. It is an ongoing record of our local history,” Mr Wellington said. Copies of the book are available free from Noosa Library Service branches. It will be distributed to local schools and organisations. ●

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NETWORKING NIGHT The Cooroy Chamber of Commerce will host a networking night on Tuesday 3 October, at Club Cooroy RSL, at 5.45pm for a 6pm start. Cooroy Chamber networking nights bring Cooroy business owners, community organisation representatives and Cooroy community leaders together to network, socialise and get the latest news. Tickets are $5 for chamber members and $10 for non-members which includes light nibbles. Bookings can be made online at www.trybooking.com/ RWPU or via email to bookings@cooroy. com.au before Friday 29 September. ●

STUDENTS KEEP IT SAFE Noosa District State High School Year 11 students attended a Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) program at the House With No Steps at Doonan last week. The day’s workshop is designed to change the way the students think about road safety. It included six interactive sessions involving a stopping distance demonstration and gaining tips from road safety experts on how to protect themselves and their family and friends.●

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COUNCIL TO OWN IT Seqwater has given the go-ahead to transfer ownership of the Noosa Botanic Gardens back to Noosa Council after nine years' ownership, and plan for a formal handover ceremony later this year. Seqwater spokesman Mike Foster said the handover resulted from working with the Noosa Council and the community. He said Seqwater planned to deliver a number of key projects in the region over the next few years including an upgrade of Lake Macdonald. Noosa Council Mayor Tony

Wellington said the land had been transferred to Seqwater as a result of a restructure of Queensland’s water supply in 2008. “Despite the land ownership situation, council has continued to maintain the gardens, with considerable help from the Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens and volunteers,” he said. “Council has budgeted to undertake a master planning process for the Botanic Gardens, so the agreement with Seqwater is very timely. The agreement involves a

reconfiguration of Seqwater’s property (via boundary realignments) to split the lake and foreshore land into separate parcels with council also acquiring, at no cost, Lake Macdonald Park including the boat ramp. As part of the deal, council will also be acquiring the Lake Macdonald Park next to the Botanic Gardens, including the boat ramp.” The Noosa Botanic Gardens were the brainchild of resident Ida Duncan in the 1980s and opened in 1990. For more information, visit https:// yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au/noosabotanic-gardens-master-plan ●

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IT’S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS BUT … ON A KOALA CRUSADE The Queensland Koala Crusaders raised $2000 last week of the $30,000 they aim to raise over the month to plant 10,000 koala food trees in the Noosa Shire. More than 100 people attended a DoodleJam event at Noosa Arts Cafe last Tuesday to add their doodles and cash to their crowdfunding campaign. Wildlife conservationist Bob Irwin provided the first doodle on canvases that were added to throughout an evening of entertainment with Melony Breasts as MC. QKC president Meghan Halverson said the group’s ultimate goal was to help create protected areas and connecting corridors that provide sanctuary and allow the koala to thrive and regenerate. To make a donation to their project during September, Save the Koala month, visit http://www. koalacrusaders.org.au/ ●

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Author Edward Dregg said he had changed the names in his novel to “protect the guilty” and cleared it with all the criminals - but who will you recognise when you read No One in Particular? The author arrived in Noosa in the 1960s. Originally from Birmingham, he’d been travelling around South East Asia when he needed a break and ended up in his version of paradise. The book tells the story of his journey from the grey, smoky city of Birmingham to the pristine beaches of Noosa that was filled with hippies from the 1940s when he arrived - but how has it changed. “It was fabulous. This town has grown on crime and corruption. I’ve seen it evolve. This place is not what it was,” he said. Annie from Annie’s Books describes the book as “as a rollicking tale”. Annie has organised an author talk with Edward Dregg on the footpath outside Annie’s Books in Peregian Village at 6pm on 28 September. ●

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These school holidays, there is plenty to do with the young’uns, but what about the other half? What about the big’uns? More than anything, the big kids, tweens and teens need to be off the screens as much as possible.

Play fun games in the backyard, like badminton, volleyball, croquet, or bean bag toss. Find a cheap set in an op-shop or hit the shops and buy one or two yard games which the big kids can play. Cook! Don’t let the moans and groans deter you! Just buy up the ingredients and rally them up. Think yummy treats like brownies or chocolate crackles so they are excited to get in and do it. Get creative without finger paints and cotton wool. Big kids will enjoy tie-dying old T-shirts into funky patterns or making their own slime (google how - there’s loads of ways).

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The hilarious and talented Cherry Ripe from the Cherry Ripes Musical Comedy Duo hails from the country in Kandanga in the Mary Valley. Her quirky style and personality have made her a known face in the Noosa Shire on and off the stage. How did you get into music? My sister and Ruby and I used to play at the local church in Kandanga. I played the organ and Ruby played the wash board. The locals kept telling us we should be on the stage but we didn’t realise they meant the last stage out of town. We used to entertain the locals at the pub and they’d pay us to stop. We were both teachers at one stage. I retired due to illness and fatigue - the students were sick and tired of me - and Ruby retired, too, due to all the tantrums and bad behaviour - the students couldn’t put up with her behaviour any longer. Who inspires you? Our dogs. They are so patient and tolerant. They seem to be the only ones who don’t run away when we sing. They inspire me to keeping writing songs and keep belting out the naughty toones. What CD are you loving right now? Our Cherry Ripe CD called Cherryatrics.

Let’s grow food on the footpath, Let’s grow food in the park, No more lawns to mow each week Or trees that drop their bark. Lawns waste lots of water, Sun and good soil too; Better to grow some veges and fruit, Food for me and You.

Cherry and Ruby. We have some great songs I wrote and sing and play ukulele and keyboards and Ruby accompanies me on the drums and with great back up harmonies. They include songs about my Facebook addiction, on-line mating, older ladies, and the comedy version of Hallelujah which would put a smile on Leonard Cohen’s face. Our album is better than a chook raffle. I’m also loving the newest song I wrote called Grow Fruit, Grow Love. A song written for the Buderim Urban Food Street. I like to write songs about local causes as well as the funny parodies. It goes like this -

Most memorable gig? The Adelaide Fringe Festival last February. We performed 18 shows in 10 days. We were lucky enough to be asked to perform live on an ABC radio broadcast to the Scotland Fringe Festival. The next best gig is coming up on 2 September at the Maleny Music Festival. It’s a wonderful festival everyone should get to. We performed there last year and it was a hoot. How would you describe your musical style? Well, some people call the genre of our songs a ‘fusion of folk, country, blues and parodies’, but I tend to think of it as more of a ‘conFusion’. What’s something on your bucket list? To find a fella! I’m lookin’ for one who likes wrinkly, saggy boobed, grey haired old ladies who like to have lots of laughs about growing old disgracefully.

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BY DAMIEN MASSINGHAM Noosa continues to increase its impressive share of high-spending international visitors with record growth in spend, visitor nights and numbers. The latest International Visitor Survey results for the year ending June 2017 Damien Massingham. CEO Tourism Noosa reveal increases across the key areas of spend, nights and numbers in Noosa’s key international markets. Noosa’s international spend increased to $101.6 million and visitor numbers are also up 16.6 per cent to 170,000 and nights up 24.4 per cent to 1.103 million”. This is the fifth annual increase in total international visitor numbers for the June quarter, increasing from 111,000 in 2012, while nights and spend also continue to trend upwards”. The UK remains our strongest international visitor market with 39,600 visitors (+1 per cent) and their spend increased 31.48 per cent to $21m. All other major markets increased their visitor numbers with NZ +4 per cent to 25,100, Germany +29.8 per cent to 26,600 and USA +9.7 per cent to 9300. Noosa’s share of Sunshine Coast visitors and nights increased, up 57.3 per cent (from 54.8 per cent) and 36.3 per cent (from 31.5 per cent) respectively, while our share of spend is at 40.7 per cent (was 40.9 per cent). Tourism Noosa had been actively engaged in lifting the profile of Noosa with retail trade partners, international media and brand partners in the UK, Europe, New Zealand and North America as part of our Noosa Global Market Strategy. Noosa’s strong appeal to international visitors, combined with targeted activity and improved access means that the destination is reaping significant benefits from international markets. Noosa has been experiencing sustained growth in inbound tourism since 2012 and these latest results cement Noosa’s position as one of Australia’s must-see destinations for overseas visitors, who love our natural attractions, surf culture, food experiences and friendly welcome. This is great news for Noosa, as the additional injection of dollars into our economy means that local jobs are retained and created. ●

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POWER OF THE SEA There are five countries using their oceans to generate power. I am informed (by Dr Google) they are South Korea, Canada, Great Britain, China and France. I am not an engineer but apart from the ACT, every state and territory in Australia has an ocean on their doorstep which with the technology our engineers have could be used to generate the power we need using tidal or wave energy. At the same time, those same plants could also through desalination supply water in times of drought without being reliant on wind or sun and ugly holes left in the ground. Its a never-ending supply - as ice floes melt, those same oceans become more abundant. It's also cleaner than most systems we use now. We are told the desalination plant on the Gold Coast will be in full swing by 2020. There must be a good reason why it hasn’t been attempted before - maybe someone with more knowledge could explain why not. E. Wright, Sunrise Beach.

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WRONG PRIORITIES We complain about a one-off expenditure of $122 million on a postal survey, so why don’t we scream about the annual spending of $5 billion to support the renewable energy industry? Maybe we should have a survey to see how many of us would like to have more expensive and less reliable electricity. Case Smit, Noosa.

MISSING OUT Despite claims from Glen Elmes that the lack of any State Government funding for major projects for the Noosa area is the fault of Labor, the fact remains that he has been the State Member for Noosa for more than 10 years, but has achieved very little. Townsville is getting a new stadium, the Gold Coast

is getting squillions for the Commonwealth Games, but we seem to miss out. The contest to see who represents Noosa in the next parliament will indeed be interesting, and preferences will play an important role. I don’t think we have anything to lose by giving someone else a go. Bruce Hallett, Tewantin.

SCARLETT’S DREAM RIDE Noosa Pengari Year 7 student Scarlett Glennie has proved that if you’re willing to work hard and strive for your goals, you can achieve your dreams. For the past 12 months Scarlett has been without one of the most important forms of fun and freedom a child has - her bike. It was initially stolen and thankfully returned, but was soon after broken beyond repair after her brother Jasper used it to perform tricks it was not designed to do. Scarlett’s mum Sandy’s budget didn’t extend to the cost of a new bike, but undeterred with a never-give-up attitude, Scarlett set her mind to getting riding again. An opportunity arose through her school’s

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recent Children’s Festival raffle bookseller’s prize - a brand-new mountain bike generously donated by Cognition Bikes at Tewantin. Through determination, perseverance and the supportive Eumundi community, Scarlett doubled the previous year's record for raffle books sold, selling 16 books. Sandy said Scarlett rang everyone in the family to buy tickets and gained support from people at the Eumundi markets, where she works part-time. She even sold tickets to people in New Zealand. Her brother Jasper, who felt responsible for the loss of her old bike, lent a hand to sell a couple of books. Such was the support that she received

from the community, the news of her success brought much joy and admiration for achieving her dream. “It’s been lovely,“ Sandy said. “Everyone’s been so excited about it, even though they didn’t win. The outcome was really good. “She’s learnt a lot. She learnt you can’t give up. Even when she saw the bike up for raffle was too small for her. “Everyone had supported her so she then felt a sense of responsibility to continue.“ Upon receiving her prize, Cognition Bikes owners Greg Pott and Greg Long recognised that Scarlett was going to be too big for the donated bike and generously fitted her with a new bike, in her dream colour - light blue. ● noosatoday.com.au

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SMART AND SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY and style go hand-in-hand in this stunning eco-home nestled among the green landscape of Sunshine Beach. Within walking distance of the beach and Sunshine Village, this sleek two-bedroom two-bathroom architectural home almost feels like it’s perched in the treetops. Light and bright, ceiling-to-floor glass doors and windows create space and open onto views of the surrounding Noosa National Park. Established native landscaping encompassing the Adam Dew-built home and brand-new magnesium pool complete the bushland picture. The fully-automated in-floor cleaning system and native trees and shrubs require little maintenance, and the home’s lock-andleave design ensures there is nothing to do but enjoy the retreat or wander to the village for coffee or fine dining. The internal brush box floors, crisp clean design, neutral palette and outdoor hot shower add that beach house flavour. The certified recycled durable ironbark decking extends the living spaces out into the tranquil surroundings. Featuring oversized eaves, soaring ceilings and louvres to let in cooling breezes, 18 Whale Drive is packed with sustainable living features. With LED lighting, a 2.5kW solar photovoltaic system, solar hot water, sustainable paint and glass technology and a rainwater tank - with a mains water supply to offer peace of mind during dry seasons the thoughtful design of this home considers the environment it sits in as well as energy costs. ●

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‘Blue Chip’ Block in Prime Location Going To Auction This is a once in a life time ‘Blue Chip’ development or house opportunity. Prime sites in the heart of Sunshine Beach are rare these days, prime sites in the heart of Sunshine Beach with current D/A are even rarer. It’s time to take advantage and purchase 61 Elanda Street for your new development or exclusive house site with 12m building height allowance. This is an exceptionally rare opportunity to live in one of the world’s most desirable destinations, whilst enjoying the day-to-day charm of a local lifestyle. Explore local markets, world famous Hastings Street and just a short stroll local cafés and restaurants.

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David Conolly Sam Walker

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Beachhouse Feel in a Peaceful Setting Stylish & Sustainable with freedom to enjoy all that Noosa has to offer at one of Sunshine Beach’s most exclusive addresses. Built by renowned local builder Adam Dew this near new property offers stunning design with high quality finishes incorporating the latest sustainability features. Brush Box floors internally give the ‘beach house feel’ and Iron Bark timber decks provide durability. Spend your summer entertaining around and swimming in the brand-new magnesium pool built by Master pool builder Jack Boyd. 18 Whale Drive is an architectural masterpiece with oversized eaves, high ceilings and louvers providing cooling breezes, with floor to ceiling glass to enjoy the serene views over Noosa National Park.

SALE

Tender closing Thursday 12th Oct

VIEW

Sat 16th September 12 - 12.30pm

AGENT

Sam Walker David Conolly

CENTURY 21 CONOLLY HAY GROUP 07 5447 2451

SUNSHINE BEACH 18 Whale Drive

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Gorgeous Tropical Hideaway - Walk to Hastings Street SALE VIEW AGENT

• Perfect blend of modern materials, luxury features and family functionality • Vast open plan living space in the heart of the house with extensive glass wall • Master suite features beautiful ensuite with oversized soaking tub

$1,440,000 Sat 16th Sept 10-10.45am Rachel Sellman 0422 719 041

• Contemporary kitchen with blonde bamboo benchtop and butler’s pantry • Solar heated pool with luscious green backdrop promotes relaxed lifestyle

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• Casually stroll or take the water taxi to one of Hastings street’s award-winning restaurants

CENTURY 21 CONOLLY HAY GROUP 07 5447 2451

NOOSA HEADS 20 Coral Tree Avenue

Living on the Edge of Noosa National Park Originally conceived by local architect Gabriel Poole, “Beechwood” is a contemporary beach house that embodies all that coastal living is about, “breathing salt air, sand between the toes and enjoying the natural elements”. The warmth and character of solid mixed hardwood timber flooring flows throughout and varying ceiling heights define different and interesting spaces. Large full width stacking doors opening at the front and rear create an uninterrupted, harmonious connection with the outdoor spaces. From this ideal North facing property, you can easily walk to the buzzing Sunshine Beach village. Or walk through the National Park, surfboard under arm, for a wave at “Tea Tree”, or on to Hastings Street for lunch.

CENTURY 21 CONOLLY HAY GROUP 07 5447 2451

By Negotiation Fri 5-6pm, Sat 11-11.45am Lance Bussell 0403 134 420 Rachel Sellman 0422 719 041

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JUST SOLD CONOLLY HAY GROUP

15 SPRINGS CRESCENT, NOOSA SPRINGS

ANOTHER SALE BY MIKE HAY AND SAM WALKER Mike Hay and Sam Walker are multi award winning agents consistently ranked in the top 2% of agents across Australasia. 15 Springs Crescent is a luxury home in a private gated estate with golf course views, sold with Century 21 Conolly Hay Group within a few weeks of going to market. If you would like the best advice and guidance of how to sell your home for the best price, call Mike or Sam for a confidential chat.

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Surrounded by only the finer things in life from travertine flooring to Miele appliances, plush carpets, statement picture windows and excessive detailing that is a pleasure for the senses. This home has it all. As one of only a lucky few in the Oasis estate, this home offers the peace and serenity of golf course living with stunning views over the sparkling pool and out to the fairway and lake. As part of the Noosa Springs Resort, this includes access to a range of world-class facilities such as the day spa, fitness centre, restaurant and of course, the golf course.

MIKE HAY

SAM WALKER

0417 624 059

0400 730 457

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SALES EXECUTIVE

Principal and partner of Century 21 Conolly Hay Group, Mike Hay is one of the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest selling agents. Setting many price records through superior negotiating skills and motivation, Mike works tirelessly to get the best outcome for his loyal clients many of which are referred by a large network of happy customers.

Possessing over 6 years sales experience, Sam has the understanding and foresight to approach any sale with confidence and an open mind. Sam consistently achieves above market sales results due to his negotiating skills and his tenacity to keep a deal together sees him constantly exceed his clients expectations.

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07 5447 2451 CONOLLY HAY GROUP

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LAZY DAYS IN THE SUN WHETHER you’re looking for a luxurious family home or an entertainer’s retreat, this Noosa hinterland haven has it all. Set on a lush, two-hectare property, the home enjoys privacy created by the surrounding forest and space to enjoy the intimate outdoor living and elegance of the lovingly-restored country home. Many of the property’s original features have been retained for their unique character, from the polished timber floors to the delicate stained-glass windows and the intricate fretwork and ornate ceiling features. The expansive floor plan offers five bedrooms across three wings and extensive living spaces. The master suite features a beautiful bay window, oversized walk-in wardrobe and stunning ensuite with soaking spa tub, heated floors and access to a private deck. Located next to the master suite is another bedroom/reading room, a refined formal lounge and formal dining room bursting with old-world charm. Two more bedrooms, a second living space, study nook and bathroom make up a separate wing. The kitchen overlooks the spacious open-plan family room with beautiful two-way fireplace and casual meals space where banks of bi-fold doors retract to create an unbroken connection with the surrounding tropical gardens. The gourmet kitchen will be a delight for the home chef, boasting 900mm commercial-style gas cook top and oven, plus plenty of storage, an industrial-grade stainless-steel bench top and servery window that opens out to the large timber deck. The outdoor living space has been designed for entertaining and relaxing, with an intimate lounge area, a built-in barbecue for alfresco dining and plenty of room for a large dining suite. From there take in the panoramic views across the sparkling lagoonstyle pool and spa and lawn and out to the valley and ocean beyond. Downstairs separate living quarters complete with private entrance, bedroom, lounge room, formal office, kitchenette and bathroom could be used for guests, dual living or a B&B. The property also includes a helicopter landing pad, electric gates, intercom, double carport with loads of built-in storage, industrial-grade ducted air-conditioning, ceiling fans and under-house storage. This magnificent property is just 20 minutes from Noosa Heads, Noosa Main Beach and the vibrant Eumundi village. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 19-21 Panorama Drive, Doonan Price: Informal tender Description: 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4 car View: By appointment Agent: Bruce Samazan for Century 21 Conolly Hay Group, 0419 203 233. noosatoday.com.au

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26 Cottonwood Court, Noosa Heads The Finest Example of Architecture & Design Conceived to allow interaction with the surrounding natural environment and provide privacy, light and relaxation, 26 Cottonwood Court is an architectural haven that is positioned on one of Elysium’s prime positions overlooking conservation bushland through to the near by golf course. Designed by award winning architects, Cottee Parker, the property utilizes the unique features of its’ position to create a home that is truly outstanding.

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•฀Meandering reflection pond surrounds the home • Open plan kitchen & dining, media room plus separate lounge • Outdoor kitchen flows as an extension of the living area • Wet edge pool, large outdoor entertaining, sunny north facing deck • Huge master bedroom, dressing room & ensuite • Extraordinary design features including curved & hovered vaulted ceilings • Ducted air conditioning • Epoxy coating to garage floor • 4 bedrooms, 2 ensuites, oversized garage • Full security system, dynalight smart wired and cat5 data cable throughout • 618m2 lot size Price View Contact Web:

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not be the only winners. “This CoreLogic data reveals low clearance rate variability in the two largest markets - Melbourne and Sydney - which

confirms the likelihood of further growth in spring,” Mr Raimondo said. “This September we can expect to see growth not just in the two largest cities but

10 Smoke Bush Drive, Noosa Heads A Home of Elegant Sophistication Situated on an elevated corner allotment and capturing summer breezes, 10 Smoke Bush Drive presents the ultimate in family living. Presenting a grand façade to the street, the stately property is all about luxury. This is a home of elegance and style and is located in a premier Noosa Heads location in beautiful Elysium Noosa. The owners have relocated for work and the time has come to reluctantly sell this stunning family home. Price View

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in the smaller markets too, especially in Canberra and Brisbane, which experienced only a small clearance rate decline last September.” ●

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4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, double garage North facing outdoor entertaining area High ceilings with square set cornices gives a feeling of voluminous space Kitchen complete with butlers pantry, stone benchtops, 2-pac cabinetry and Bosch electric oven and gas cooktop Huge master bedroom with luxurious dressing room & ensuite Ducted, zoned air conditioning throughout Private balcony off master bedroom Beautifully maintained landscaped gardens with elevated outlook Fully fenced yard with side access for boat or caravan storage

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PROPERTY prices across the Sunshine Coast region are on the increase, and the upward trend looks set to continue. The latest research from CoreLogic indicated the Sunshine Coast property market had the highest growth in house and unit values in regional Queenlsand, after the Gold Coast. In the June quarter house values increased by six per cent and unit values increased by 4.4 per cent. To the north in Wide Bay values fell while on the Gold Coast house values went up by 7.5 per cent and units values increased by 5.9 per cent. CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher said the Sunshine Coast region also had a three per cent increase in house sales over the quarter. “Some regional areas are enjoying the benefits of buoyant property market conditions due to housing demand rippling outside of the capital city boundaries into regional towns, particularly coastal regions,” Mr Kusher said. “Unfortunately, regional areas closely linked to the resources sector are still doing it tough; while conditions are generally stabilising in these areas we expect relatively soft conditions to continue throughout the year. “With mortgage rates still low, the attractiveness of housing, particularly in some of the larger coastal regional markets, is likely to continue to show further growth over 2017.” During the June quarter 11,068 homes were sold in the Sunshine Coast region; 64 per cent of those were houses and 35 per cent units. Meanwhile in the capital cities growth in real estate activity is heralding in the spring season. An increase in auction activity is expected to continue through September. View.com.au chief executive officer Enzo Raimondo said the country’s biggest markets, Sydney and Melbourne, would

A LIVING DESIGN FOR THE LIFE YOU DESIRE This is a home that invites relaxation and enjoyment around the pool and its 900m2 block. The home has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and 3 excellent living areas , and a kitchen that is really the heart of the house, air conditioning, fans throughout, a remote control double garage, heaps of room for the vegetable and herb garden, close to schools, and set in the lovely tree-line Seacove court.

$779,000

11 Seacove Court, Noosaville Inspections by appointment only Ron Davey 0412 206 563

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REFRESHING GOOD VALUE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DUAL LIVING Noosa Lakes Resort is located right across the road from the gorgeous Noosa River where you can find this immaculate dual key unit ideal for investors, couples or retirement at its best. In a prime location, with Noosa Marina, Tewantin and Gympie Terrace are all walking distance. This unit is in outstanding condition, beautifully presented and comes partly furnished. It features roof top solar panels, heat pump hot water system and all windows are conveniently tinted and protected with Crimsafe screens. The front terrace, overlooking the beautifully kept grounds and gardens, has been freshly polished along with the back decking. There is airconditioning upstairs and downstairs and there are ceiling fans in each bedroom and living area. There are three lagoon style swimming pools to choose from, one of which is heated during the winter periods and there are surrounding BBQ facilities to enjoy. There are several options when purchasing this unit. Permanently let both units separately for an excellent return of $600-$620 per week. Live in one and rent the other out through the resorts rental pool. Enjoy living in both units as the current owners do.

$359,000

Unit 73, 3 Hilton Terrace, Tewantin Inspect Today Sacha Vogelzang 0419 092 003 Michael Davey 0409 006 633

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SOLID GROWTH IN RECORD SALES OVER $60 MILLION SOLD IN 2 YEARS

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ONly 2 AVAIlAblE $1.825m

A stunning new development located in a prime elevated position in the heart of Noosa. 3

• Now available 2 Exclusive whole-loor apartments • Each apartment has private lift access and expansive outdoor terraces • Stylish design with ultra-modern features and inishes • Great views to the river and the hinterland

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3 Viewland Drive

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Vicki Cooper M: 0418 231 955

200M WAlk TO ThE bEACh $745k

This 2 storey original home has amazing ocean views, is in a great location with huge potential. 2 • large open plan kitchen, living/dining areas plus 2 bedrooms, and a bathroom upstairs • Downstairs accommodates 3 cars plus an additional large room and bathroom • This 818sqm block is complimented by the undercover entertaining area and swimming pool

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365 David low Way

VIEW SAT: 12.00-12.30PM

Vicki Cooper M: 0418 231 955

CONTEMPOrAry lIVING $675k

Many designer features and timber accents makes this a stylish and comfortable home. 4 • The heart of the home has high ceilings and bamboo looring • Spacious light illed living, dining, kitchen area • A good size media room • Covered entertaining deck, complete with outdoor TV • A garden shed, water tanks, fenced back yard, side access with gate for boat or van

PEREGIAN SPRINGS

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33 brindabella Avenue VIEW SAT: 11.00-11.30AM

Vicki Cooper M: 0418 231 955

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Sunrise Glen in Noosa Hinterland

Dramatic Views in Noosa Hinterland

93 Patterson Drive, Tinbeerwah

105 Panorama Drive, Doonan

If you were to imagine the perfect family home, then Sunrise Glen would be the irst picture to come to mind. Positioned on a level parcel of 2.5 acres in a tranquil forested setting, this home exudes all the hallmarks of that perfect dwelling in which to raise the kids, with heated pool and separate granny lat!

Situated on top of the Panorama ridge is one of the Sunshine Coastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most luxurious homes, commanding 180Â° views the of Paciic Ocean and Noosa hinterland. With its spectacular and privately, privileged position, this home is now presented to the market for your perusal and an inspection.

Linda Shore-Perez 0427 378 687 linda@villarealestate.com.au

VIEW Sat 16 Sept TIME 11am - 12pm PRICE $1,235,000 REDUCED

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OWNERS REFLECT ON YEAR OF GROWTH BY TESSA MAPSTONE Pip Whittaker, left, and Leanne Spence.

IT’S BEEN 12 months since Leanne Spence and Pip Whittaker pooled their decades of experience to create their own property management group Elite Rentals Noosa. As the pair celebrates the business’s first birthday, property manager Pip Whittaker reflects on the phenomenal growth and overwhelming success they have enjoyed. What is your background in property and what brought you together? Leanne and I met back in 2008 when I joined a franchise agency where Leanne was working as senior property manager. We have remained friends and work colleagues since. What made you think of setting up the business? I had decided that I didn’t want to work full-time any longer and unbeknown to me Leanne had been contemplating ways to create a better work/life balance. So when I bumped into her many months after I left my corporate job, she floated an idea to me. After several conversations, we decided to move forward with our idea and it all went from there. After a year in business what have you learnt about running this business that you didn’t know before you started? Leanne has been in property management in Noosa for about 14 or 15 years so she’s got a wealth of industry and local knowledge. I had just moved from the ski resort of Falls Creek where I owned a hotel and restaurant so I had the backend skills. We both love that we have the autonomy to adapt to our clients’ needs. Have there been challenges to overcome? Our motto is “we don’t do problems, we do solutions” so it’s all about setting up systems and procedures that help us create the solutions and adapting to each situation as it arises - no two situations are ever the same.

What is it you do differently for your clients that has made your business a success? Good old-fashioned service and communication. We always keep everyone well informed. People just want to be kept in the loop and respected, and we pride ourselves on being up-to-date on legislation and compliance in the industry. How do you go about matching tenants with properties? Leanne is the master - it’s fascinating to watch - she just has this amazing knack of matching tenants to properties.

If you were to start the business again now, are there things you do differently? I don’t think so. We are ethical and honest, and treat people the way we expect to be treated. You get back what you put in, and our success has proven that. We have been surrounded by the most amazing people who have supported and encouraged us since the beginning. Our growth has been phenomenal and we are far exceeding our expectations. We love it - we thrive on being busy and starting Elite Rentals Noosa is one the best thing we have both done. ●

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days ago was the day Elite Rentals Noosa began. It was an amazing day for us and every day since has been amazing too. We are thankful for the support and encouragement we have received from our property owners, tenants, tradespeople and suppliers and of course, family and friends. So to all of you who have helped make today and every day amazing, we say

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THREE WAYS TO MAKE BUYING EASIER BY TESSA MAPSTONE BUYING a property can be complicated. Whether it is a new home or an investment property you are looking for, buying a house or apartment is probably the biggest financial decisions you will ever make. With so many variables and variety on the market, it can be difficult to know where to start, and easy to become overwhelmed with information. It does not have to be that way though. New data and tools are empowering property seekers with more information than ever before, giving them confidence and knowledge, and saving time the might have wasted looking at properties that did not match their goals or budget. A few simple steps will help set you on the right path when buying your next home. Market research Finding out everything you need to know about a

Find occupancy rates, age and lifestyle demographics, suburb trends, and more. Price estimate tools also help vendors and property seekers by providing a price estimate for any address in Australia.

neighbourhood with the click of a button can save time on the ground and help buyers find an area that suits their lifestyle. New digital innovations like view.com.auâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Property 360 Price Estimator tool give buyers unparalleled access to detailed market information - for free.

Talk to the experts Once you have done your homework online you will have all the basic information you need to contact real estate agents in the areas you are interested in. First-hand knowledge of the local market is invaluable. Agents on the ground are experts in their field, and will have insight and opinions on where the market is going. Start viewing The next step is to get out and look around. For many, buying a property will be the biggest transaction of their lives, so do not rush the process. Do your research, take your time, and find the perfect property for you. â&#x2014;?

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Agent

Time

Address

Buderim

Peregian Springs

Saturday 16th September

9.00am - 10.00am

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0438 579 911

Cooroy

10.00am - 10.45am 10 Bellerive Avenue

4 2 2

$699,990

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0411 579 789

Saturday 16th September

11.00am - 11.45am 74 The Avenue

4 3 2

Contact Agent

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0411 579 789

3 2 4

$729,000

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0438 579 911

11.00am - 11.30am 33 Brindabella Avenue

4 2 2

$675,000

Star Noosa Real Estate - 0418 231 955

12.00pm - 12.30pm 2 Regency Court

3 2 2

$595,000

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0438 579 911

12.00pm - 12.30pm 17 Bunya Grove

3 2 2

$650,000

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0411 579 789

3 2 2

Offers Invited

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0403 134 420

3 2 2

Offers Invited

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0403 134 420

4 2 2

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0403 134 420

2 2 1

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0417 624 059

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0411 644 254 10.00am - 10.45am 9/21 Park Crescent

3 2 2

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0403 134 420

11.00am - 11.45am 33 Parkedge Road

4 2 2

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0403 134 420

2 2 1

Tender

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0400 730 457

4 2 2

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0403 134 420

11.00am - 12.00pm 93 Patterson Drive

4 3 2

$1,235,000

Villa Prestige Properties - 1300 885 095

11.00am - 12.00pm 38 Kingsgate Avenue

4 3 4

31 Days Express Sale

David Berns Real Estate - 0419818418

5 3 4

$639,000

Agent

4 2 2

210 Nandroya Road

3 2 4

Price Guide

Villa Prestige Properties - 1300 885 095 10.00am - 10.45am 10 Balgownie Drive

12.30pm - 1.30pm

14 Birdwing Forest Place

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0/0$1,449,000

David Berns Real Estate - 0408629438 11.00am - 11.45am 47/115 Peregian Springs D

Doonan Saturday 16th September

9.30am - 10.30am

74 Botanica CCT

4 2 2

31 Days Express Sale

David Berns Real Estate - 0419818418

12.00pm - 1.00pm

55 Nylana Way

4 4 13

Bring Offers

Villa Prestige Properties - 1300 885 095

1.00pm - 2.00pm

105 Panorama Drive

4 3 2

Offers Over $1,795,0

Sunrise Beach

Villa Prestige Properties - 1300 885 095 Saturday 16th September

Eumundi

12.00pm - 12.45pm 60 Orient Drive

Saturday 16th September

Wednesday 20th September

2.00pm - 3.00pm

1335 Eumundi Noosa Road

5 2 5

0/0 $1,595,000

David Berns Real Estate - 0408629438 11.00am - 11.45am 60 Orient Drive

Marcus Beach

Sunshine Beach

Saturday 16th September

Friday 15th September

11.00am - 11.30am 1/28 Tristania Drive

3 3 2

AUCTION

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0400 730 457 5.00pm - 6.00pm

33 Parkedge Road

Noosa Heads

Saturday 16th September

Friday 15th September

10.00am - 10.30am 2/29 Duke Street

2.00pm - 2.45pm

6 Bartill Court

4 4 2

$995,000

Saturday 16th September

10.00am - 10.45am 20 Coral Tree Avenue

3 2 2

$1,440,000

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0422 719 041 12.00pm - 12.30pm 18 Whale Drive Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0411 644 254 Wednesday 20th September

11.00am - 11.45am 6 Bartill Court

4 4 2

$995,000

11.00am - 11.45am 26 Attunga Heights

2 1 1

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0418 426 065 12.00pm - 12.45pm 33 Parkedge Road

12.00pm - 12.45pm U129/1 Edgar Bennett Av

2 2 1

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0418 426 065

1.00pm - 1.30pm

3 2 2

from $1.825

3 Viewland Drive

Star Noosa Real Estate - 0418 231 955

Tinbeerwah Saturday 16th September

Wednesday 20th September

12.00pm - 12.45pm U129/1 Edgar Bennett Av

2 2 1

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0418 426 065

Noosa Springs

Auction diary

Saturday 16th September

1.00pm - 1.30pm

17 Springs Crescent

5 6 2

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0400 730 457

Noosaville

Marcus Beach

Saturday 16th September

Saturday 7th October

10.00am - 10.45am 2/24 Ann Street

3 2 2

$1,475,000

Base Realtors - 0412 206 563

11.00am - 11.30am 18 Attenuata Place

5 3 4

$1,275,000

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0419 203 233

11.00am - 11.45am 2/67 Bluefin Court

3 2 3

$778,000

Base Realtors - 0412 206 563

12.00pm - 12.30pm 1/28 Tristania Drive

3 3 2

AUCTION

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0400 730 457

3 3 2

AUCTION

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - 0403646930

3 2 2

AUCTION

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0400 730 457

Noosa Heads Friday 29th September

Peregian Beach

4.00pm - 4.00pm

2106 'Peppers' 5 Morwong

Saturday 16th September

Sunshine Beach

10.00am - 10.45am 6/390 David Low Way

3 2 1

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0401 807 697

11.00am - 11.45am 2 Lorikeet Drive

3 3 2

By Negotiation

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - 0401 807 697 Saturday 7th October

12.00pm - 12.30pm 365 David Low Way

2 2 3

$745,000

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QUILTS LINED WITH FUN BY MARGARET MACCOLL Even their name, Patches of Cooroy, is a giveaway as the quilting and craft group is more than a place for serious stitches. Behind the beautifully crafted quilts and diverse range of craft, the group offers fun and friendship and helps local charities through its fund-raising efforts. Group president Margaret Kippen said the quilting group was started in her drapery shop through customers in 1995, but through its popularity “grew too big to handle” and in 1999 was established in its own right. “It’s a good place for like-minded people to meet once a week,” Margaret said. “It’s a nice place to escape to and be in the company of women. We all have a bit of fun. We’ve helped members through personal trauma.” The women meet every Tuesday at the CWA Hall and last weekend they held their biennial Cooroy Quilt and Craft Show. The tiny hall was brimming with quilts of all colours and busy with guests keen to view them. The styles were as diverse as the members who pride themselves on their thirst for knowledge. “People are very sharing with their knowledge and will stretch themselves to learn something else,” Margaret said. “They want to have a go.” Proceeds from the show will go to the Rural Fire Brigade. Margaret said with the dry conditions and recent fires it was the logical choice to donate to the hard working volunteer group. ●

Julie Brock and her work.

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Jenny Waddell displays her craft.

Patches of Cooroy president Margaret Kippen.

Julie Dodds designed the Wallum art quilt created by many hands.

Joan Land with her hand made quilt.

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SOCIAL SCENE WINED, DINED IN STYLE BY HOLLIE HARRIS Every year as spring approaches, Peregian Beach celebrates local food and fashion in the village square at Peregian Food and Fashion. The event on Wednesday was co-ordinated by the Peregian Beach Business Association and always attracts a great crowd of locals and visitors. Attendees wined and dined as they enjoyed styles from local boutiques such as Bohemian Sundays â&#x2014;? Ally, Jodie, Susan, Alison, Jo, Clare and Wanda enjoying food and fashion.

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This workshop demystifies handheld filmmaking technology and enables participants to create beautiful short films which are ready to share with loved ones. This is held in partnership with the creators of Folktale, an app that turns videos shot on a smartphone or tablet into an easily edited and impressive short film. Heart of Gold will also be hosting very special guest Michael Caton for a Q and A session after the special feature of Three Summers presented by Transmission Films. He will stay to help congratulate all the winning filmmakers at the Awards Ceremony celebrations. The energy at the festival will be truly electric filled with eager audiences as well as filmmakers from all around the world coming to this regional arts hub to celebrate their film’s selection and to attend the glamorous Opening Night Gala, held in an immersive gold mine installation that has to be seen to be believed. The Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival will be held at the Gympie Civic Centre, 32-34 Mellor Street, Gympie, 5-8 October. For more information visit www.heartofgold.com. au. ●

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Friday 15 September The Imperial Hotel Eumundi Noon Renny Fields. 7pm Annie J and Fusion. Tewantin Noosa RSL 8pm Shades of Grey. Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club 6pm Wayne Wiltshire. Villa Noosa - V Room 8pm Blend. Cooroy RSL 6pm Joe Phillips. Saturday 16 September The Imperial Hotel Eumundi Noon The Brown Trouts. 7pm Malia Sterling/Murray Law. Cooroy RSL 6pm Genexis Band. Tewantin Noosa RSL 8pm Johnny O’Keefe Show. Sunday 17 September Sunshine Beach Surf Club 3pm Late For Woodstock. The Imperial Hotel Eumundi 2pm Suzie Keenan. Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club 2pm Brad Sorrenson.

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Sidewinder, by Stand Atlantic

Into the Water, by Paula Hawkins

Female-fronted pop-punk bands tend to get paired immediately with the likes of Paramore and Tonight Alive and it’s been a while since any newcomers truly shook up the scene. May we present, Stand Atlantic. They maintain traditional pop-punk tones with short, fast guitar riffs and high vocal ranges, but their debut EP Sidewinder delivers them with a fresh perspective that’s full of energy, encouraging even the oldest pop-punk fan to get up and mosh their hardest. Powerhouse vocalist Bonnie Fraser’s rough and perfectly on-point vocals rip through songs like Sidewinder and Coffee At Midnight with such blunt force and conviction that it’s empowering to listen to. ●

In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn’t pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help. Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good, to care for the teenage girl her sister left behind. But Jules is afraid. So afraid. Of her long-buried memories, of the old Mill House, of knowing that Nel would never have jumped. And most of all she’s afraid of the water, and the place they call the Drowning Pool. ●

IT (MA15+) Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard

Author Stephen King seems to be the man of the moment – a least Hollywood movie makers if not with movie goers. The recent adaptation of The Dark Tower failed to excite movie goers and critics alike but gold seems to have been struck with this second adaptation of his book IT. This remake of the 1990s mini-series reads a little like a coming of age movie until the introduction of IT. Suspenseful and well-paced with plenty of jump-scares for the fans this version hits on some dark themes and of course that strange fear of clowns that a lot of people have. The young cast performs well, and though a man of few words Bill Skarsgard puts in a convincing performance as Pennywise. ●

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A NATURAL CHOICE FOR GOOD EATING BY HOLLIE HARRIS Embrace a quintessentially Peppers dining experience in enchanting surrounds at View Restaurant and Bar. Whether you are a first time visitor to this breathtaking region or a long-time local of Noosa, a visit to View Restaurant and Bar is hard to resist. Peppers Noosa Resort and Villas is nestled within the pristine surrounds of the Noosa National Park. Perched up high among the treetops of the headland, guests are treated to a spectacular panorama over Noosa and beyond, ensuring any experience invigorates the spirit. No matter the length of your visit, linger long enough to drink in views from the Terrace Lounge over old growth Bunya Pines and out to the glistening waters of Laguna Bay while enjoying a culinary adventure like no other. Third-generation local of Noosa, View Restaurant head chef Andrew Wilcox shares his passion for the region and vibrant produce with a lively kitchen team and delighted diners. Andrew has crafted a menu of modern design and a touch of the old fashioned to please any palate. This is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ahead at View Restaurant and Bar: Local Producerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lunch - Friday 6 October, 12.30pm. Join in for a special local produce threecourse lunch, with producers in attendance being Suncoast Limes, Rhodavale Pork, and

charge. Book a table before 30 September and receive a 10 per cent discount on the listed price. Bookings essential at www. tinyurl.com/christmaspeppersnoosa Why not treat the tastebuds to a truly spectacular culinary experience at View Restaurant and Bar? Breakfast is from 7am to 11am, lunch from 11am to 5pm, dinner from 5.30pm until late. In-room dining: 11am to 10pm - at 33A Viewland Drive, Noosa Heads, or call 5455 2209 for bookings. â&#x2014;?

View is unlike any other restaurant with its airy feel, natural light and surrounded by nature. Cooloola Berries. Head chef Andrew Wilcox has created a stunning menu to showcase these local producers with Suncoast Lime and Chilli Salt Squid, Green Paw Paw, and Mango Salad to start, Rhodavale Pork Belly, Nambour Pineapple, Pancetta, Chilli and Herbs for main course, and a delicious Chocolate Brownie with Cooloola Mixed Berries, Sweet Cream and Walnut Crumble to finish. Plus, have a Suncoast Lime Scurvy Dog cocktail on arrival. Cost is $59 per person, visit www.tinyurl. com/peppersnoosalocalproducelunch to make your reservation. Melbourne Cup Luncheon - Tuesday 7 November, 12.30pm-3.30pm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the race that stops a nation. Celebrate Melbourne Cup at View Restaurant.

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BY HOLLIE HARRIS Every year some trends change the way people eat and plan their meals. These changes and trends are never followed by everyone. But there is usually something that each person can discover and get something out of. It’s all about variety. You need to spice your diet up to keep things fresh and exciting. Now is as good a time as any to start thinking about some of the food trends that might make a splash in 2018. It’s possible to make some predictions by following current trends and seeing where new food discoveries are leading us. First of all, let’s look at the healthy eating trends that are likely to dominate 2018. There are always going to be healthy eating trends because there will always be people looking for a healthier diet. They remain as important as ever, and people seem to encounter more of them than ever before too. The two main offenders in our diet are sugar and carbs. More and more people are opting for food items that are not cooked at all, high protein and fibre drinks that target people who are on the go and meals with plenty of Turmeric. Dehydrated fruits and snacks are starting to make a bit of a comeback. Fermented foods are a trend that’s set to have a significant impact in the near future as are foods that can help with gut bacteria. Dining out people are seeing a root-to-

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There are also mouth-watering bar snacks and pizzas until 5pm. Leashed dogs are also welcome in the outdoor area. The sports bar is the best place to watch the game with two TAB terminals, big screens playing FOX 1, 2 and 3, and Sky 1 and Sky 2. For a great place to catch up with friends and enjoy great food, beer, wine and cocktails in family friendly environment, the Peregian Beach Hotel is the place to be this spring. The Peregian Beach Hotel is open seven days a week for lunch, dinner or in-between - with an all-day menu offer. Call 5448 3111 to make a booking. ●

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PErEgian PEREGIAN BEACH HOTEL A menu designed for sharing. Tapas, wood fire pizza & Asian fusion dishes using fresh & local ingredients will keep you here for lunch, dinner or in between

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noosavillE IVORY PALMS RESORT RESTAURANT Enjoy a hearty breakfast or an appetising dinner complimented by draught beer, cider on tap plus over 20 wines to choose from 73 Hilton Terrace, Noosaville Breakfast and Dinner (07) 54731898 facebook.com/pkspizzabar

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TEwanTin THE RIVER DECK RESTAURANT Located in an airy setting with views of the water, offering brekkie, steak, seafood dishes and cocktails.

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MAISIE’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE Seafood and mixed grills are the draw at this relaxed spot with streetside seats and river glimpses. 247 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville QLD 4566 Open 7 Days 11.30am to 2.30pm and 5.30pm to 9pm (07) 5449 7497 maisies.com.au

THE STACKED PANTRY Locally owned, family run gluten free, dairy free café. Healthy food with stacks of flavour and Vegan options available 3/28 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads Open 7 days 7am to 3pm (Except Sunday close at 2pm) (07) 5324 1003 facebook.com/thestackedpantry

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GLASSES RAISED TO WINES Embassy XO in Sunshine Beach has again been awarded a 2 Glass Rating as part of the Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards by Gourmet Traveller. Taking out the main award this year was Jonah’s in New South Wales, and the awards and glass ratings are decided by a panel of expert judges who explore the most exciting wines, spirits and beers in Australia’s top restaurants. When assessing the Glass Ratings, the judges review five aspects of the wine list to determine its level, rating the list between one and three glasses. This year the judges presented Embassy XO with 2 Glasses, with the following feedback based on content, balance, suitability, presentation and price. “There’s a sense of energy and enthusiasm to this delightful wine list with its amazing array of vinous goodies both traditional and modernist. Listing by weight and style with colourful descriptions adds to the fun, as does the top notch offerings by the glass via Coravin.” Embassy XO’s wine list was curated by sommelier James Alcock and owner Chris Burton, and was created with a focus on premium wines. It includes a balanced range of Australian and international wines with many organic and biodynamic wines included. “We are thrilled to be awarded 2 Glasses again this year, and I have to thank James and my team for representing our selections so well in venue,” Chris Burton said.

LET’S DO … Eat, drink like a king Head chef of The Imperial Hotel, Cale Dempsey’s latest menu was created to complement the brand new beers available - Eumundi Brewery Lager and Pale Ale. There’s a real focus on share plates in this menu and the fresh homemade quality will keep you coming back time and time again. Share plates include avocado and haloumi bruscetta on sourdough; barramundi spring rolls with citrus soy dipping sauce; American-style wings with blue cheese dipping sauce; flash fried salt and pepper calamari and vegetable gyoza with wakame. There’s a fine selection of burger options to go alongside your brew such as: Wagyu beef, chicken and bacon or gourmet vege, a knock-out rib fillet steak sandwich or go for the crispy fried barramundi, vegie tacos, or gourmet pizzas - all 100 per cent housemade with a signature dough recipe. Drop in and sample the new beers available straight out the Eumundi Brewery and grab a tasy feed too! ●

Embassy XO’s restaurant manager Richard Dean. “When designing the Embassy XO wine list we wanted to create a collection of stunning premium wines from around the world, and have found many from some incredible small and boutique vineyards.”

Embassy XO is joined on the list by other 2 Glass Rated Sunshine Coast restaurants Wasabi and Noosa Waterfront, as well as Sails Restaurant which boasts a 3 Glass Rating. ●

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STICK TO BASICS OF GOOD EATING BY HOLLIE HARRIS With so many different diets going around these days (many which disguise themselves not as diets but lifestyle) it’s no surprise we are all confused. Sugar is blacklisted, but eggs are back. Coconut oil was the elixir of youth, but now it’s off the list too. Our bodies need fat but the right fat. It seems that nutrition experts are always changing the rules. Here is the latest - sugar. Loading up on added sugar - sweetener that doesn’t occur naturally in food - is a major don’t. As the experts point out, we need glucose to fuel everyday living, but not sucrose, which is the fructose and glucose found in added sugars. The body metabolises all added sugars the same way, causing insulin the hormone that says “store fat!“ - to shoot up without the stabilising effects of the fibre, protein and nutrients provided in natural foods. The American Heart Association suggests that women get no more than 24 grams of added sugar daily. Men should aim for less than 36 grams. To put that in perspective, one 12-ounce can of Coke has 39 grams of sugar, which is more than 150 percent of a woman’s daily recommended amount.

The one rule that remains unchanged - load up on all varieties of fruit and vegies and your body will love you for it.

Fruit versus fruit juice When you eat a medium banana, you’re ingesting about 14 grams of sugar in the form of fructose. That sugar is wrapped in fibrous material that slows down digestion. On the other hand, an eight-ounce glass of apple juice contains no fibre and up to 39 grams of sugar. The liver is the only organ that can process fructose, so too much can overload your system and result in insulinresistant, or Type 2, diabetes. Fruit juice in small amounts most likely won’t be a problem for a healthy, lean individual, but juices have just as many calories and sugar - and sometimes more - as sweetened sodas. Stick to getting your juice from the whole fruit instead.

Processed versus unprocessed Almost all food is processed in some way, but what this term refers to is chemically processed food. “Many processed foods are devoid of fibre, so the added sugar they contain causes blood sugar levels to soar,“ Devries explained. Eggs The cholesterol in your food is not a main influence on the cholesterol levels in your body, so don’t worry about eating those egg yolks for breakfast.

Fat Our bodies need fat, but where we get it is important. Omega-6 fats, the kind found in processed foods, should be limited. Most vegetable oils, including soybean, corn and safflower, are high in these fats and should be avoided. “A diet high in omega-6 fats will likely be lower in omega-3 fats,“ Schultz said. “(Omega-6 fats) may increase inflammation and the incidence of disease. Ideally you should aim for an antiinflammatory diet with a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6. A few examples of omega-3-rich foods include flax seed, chia seed, walnuts and wild-caught fatty fish.“

Red meat An offending culprit in red meat is L-carnitine, according to a study by half a dozen US medical centres and published in Nature Medicine. When the body ingests red meat, it provides certain gut bacteria with the resources to make trimethylamineN-oxide (TMAO). Researchers found that TMAO could accelerate atherosclerosis, or the buildup of plaque in your arteries. Stick to grass-fed, sometimes organic, local protein at a reasonable price while supporting good quality farming practice if you can. ●

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DEANO YIPADEE Join children’s author and entertainer Deano Yipadee for his fun and interactive show with reading, singing, dancing and lots of laughter. $10/child (parents are free). Ages 5+. Noosa Leisure Centre. Friday 22 September 10-10.45am. Teen Book Club Talk about your latest great read and share recommendations in this informal group. Snacks provided. Free. Ages 13-17. Cooroy. Thursday 21 September, 11amnoon. Harry Potter Teen Trivia Night For all the teens who missed their Hogwarts letter, join us for our HP trivia night. Dress-ups encouraged. Free. Ages 13-17. Noosaville. Wednesday 27 September, 5.30-7pm. Robotics Club Explore the world of robotics and coding. All levels of experience welcome. Free. Ages 8+. Cooroy. Friday 29 September 2-3.30pm LittleBits Use littleBits to discover how electrical circuits work in this creative workshop. Free. Ages 8+. Noosaville. Tuesday 19 September 1011.30am Story Trail Our Book Bike will visit Peregian Beach

with stories, songs and art for littlies. Free. Under 5s. Peregian Beach Park. Tuesday 19 September 10-11am. Art Mystery Box Create a masterpiece with supplies from our Mystery Box. Free. All ages. Cooroy - Wednesday 20 September 10-11.30am, Noosaville - Thursday 21 September 10-11.30am, Mobile Wednesday 27 September 2-3pm. No Bookings are required. Earth Mural Join local artist Elise Goodrich for a handson art workshop to create an earth mural using foraged natural materials. This is a free event for families and a part of Floating Land. Noosaville Lions Park, Thursday 28 September 9am-noon. Bring a hat, sunscreen and water. No bookings required. Book at www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au. Or how about casual basketball at the Leisure Centre, inflatable fun at the Noosa Aquatic Centre on daily, jumping castles at The J on 26 September or the wonderful family event Weeyal? This is an evening of prjections, Indigenous dance, live art, music and sculpture under the stars at the Noosa Woods on 1 October from 5-7pm. As part of the Floating Land festival you will love this event - just take along your blanket and a picnic.

FACTORY OFFERS VIP PIRATE FEEL BY HOLLIE HARRIS Ahoy me hearties! Heave Ho to the Ginger Factory this school holidays and discover Captain Ginger Beard presents Talk Like a Pirate Week. From Monday 18 to Friday 22 September at 9.30am and 11am daily for the very first time, the Ginger Factory will be hosting Captain Ginger Beard. Let your young ones learn the lingo of a sea dog, as Captain Ginger Beard teaches them about life sailing the seven seas in search of treasure. A lively and interactive performance, the kids are sure to love it! Admission is free, but spaces will fill up fast, so make sure you get in early for a front row seat. The best part is the fun doesn’t have to stop with the school holiday program at the Ginger Factory this September. Hop on board Moreton*, the 116-year-old ginger train. Be sure to keep an eye out for the chooks, they love to chase Moreton up at the Old Farm. If a classic game of hide and seek is more your thing, then don’t miss out on the Overboard* boat ride. Jump aboard your very own lifeboat and see how many gingerbread men you can spot on this water adventure. And to celebrate the launch of the new Ginger Factory website, and this exciting school holiday program, the Ginger Factory is holding a competition to win a VIP Pirates Experience at Ginger Factory. Prize Includes: · 5 Family VIP Passes (RRP $190) · VIP Seating for the Show · Photos with Captain Ginger Beard · Lunch at the Ginger Cafe for the family (RRP $70) · $100 Ginger Shop voucher · DIY Gingerbread People for Each Family Member

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COMMUNITY UPDATES NATIONAL SENIORS The next meeting of the Tewantin-Noosa National Seniors will be held on Thursday 21 September at the Tewantin RSL at 9.30am for morning tea, followed by our meeting. Our guest speaker is Glen Elmes, State MP. This is not political. Everyone welcome. Phone Norm on 5474 0919.

RED CROSS FASHION The Tewantin Noosa Branch of the Australian Red Cross is holding its annual Fashion Parade on Friday 6 October at the Forum, Laguna Retirement Estate, Lake Weyba Road, Noosaville commencing at 10.30am. Clothing is from 'It’s all about Me’ which is under new management. Tickets can be obtained by contacting Jan on 5474 0636.

STREET STALL The Presbyterian Church of Tewantin will hold a street stall this Friday 18 August from 8am till 12.30pm outside the Bendigo Bank, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin. A range of cakes, slices, biscuits and home-baked produce will be available for sale as well as craft items including beanies, tea cosies, hand towels, knee rugs and booties.

ADFAS TALK ADFAS Noosa Inc’s next talk, to be held on Saturday 16 September, at 3.45pm at St Mary’s Church, 17 William Street, Tewantin, will shine a light on a female painter who saved Impressionism from self destruction. Berthe Morisot was adored by her male contemporaries, including Manet. Refreshments will be served after. Visitors welcome. Fee $25 on the door, please contact Sharon Hyde to book on 5448 2394 or slhyde53@ gmail.com

GARDEN CLUB MEETING The next meeting of the Tewantin-Noosa Garden Club will be held on Monday 9 October. The club meets on the second Monday of each month (except December and January) for a 1.30 pm start. We meet in the Catholic Church Hall, 5 Moorindil Street, Tewantin. October guest speaker is Laurel Sommerfeld from Rose-mere Farm on the topic of “Roses.” Visitors are most welcome. Phone Helen Brown on 0402 107 716.

PROBUS CLUB MEETING The next general meeting of the Tewantin Noosa Probus Club will take place at the Tewantin RSL at 9.45am. The guest speaker will be Russ Stephenson who will talk about Food Plant Solutions. All visitors are very welcome to come and join in for morning tea and entertainment.

NOOSA THEOSOPHY Noosa Theosophy will meet on Friday 15 September at 7pm at CWA Hall, 123 Poinciana Drive, Tewantin. There will be a group presentation on the 'Game of Life' and ways to play it using theosophical maps and transformation game scenario. Phone Ailsa on 5470 2656 or Janet on 0416 442 962 or visit https://www.facebook.com/magicnoosa All welcome.

U3A NOOSA U3A Noosa Talks program: Friday 29 September: Phyllis Araneo Transformative Power of Archetypal Images Full details are available on U3A website www.u3anoosa.org.au or phone 5440 5500.

LADIES PROBUS CLUB The Ladies Probus Club of Noosa Heads will hold its next general meeting on 14 September at the Forum Hall Laguna Estate Noosaville at 9.30am for 10am start. The guest speaker is Elizabeth Powell who will speak on Mercy Ships. The outing is lunch at Purple Copper restaurant at the Peregian Springs Golf Club on Thursday 28 Septem48 NOOSA TODAY

ber at noon. New members and visitors are welcome. For more information phone Kim on 5455 3860 or Pam on 5450 6017.

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Noosa arts and craft spinners, knitters and weavers will hold an open day at Wallace House, 1 Wallace Drive, Noosaville on 14 Thursday September from 9.30am-12.30pm. Guest speaker will be Suzette Sayer of Paddock to Ply who will speak about her amazing mill adventure. Display and discuss will be part of the morning, bring along your creative wares. Gold coin donation entry. RSVP for catering to Sue on 0419 647 182. For more information visit www.noosaartsandcrafts.org.au

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Every Tuesday evening from 7pm-9.30pm Pat and Norm Young organise a Social evening at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall. Cost is $ 4, which includes supper. It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide New Vogue as well as Old Time Dancing. Come and be a spectator, and see if you will enjoy it. Everyone is welcome. Phone 5485 2007 for more information.

TINBEERWAH ART GROUP The art show will official open Friday 15 September at 5.30pm at Tinbeerwah Hall, cnr Noosa-Cooroy and Sunrise roads, Tinbeerwah, on Saturday 16 from 9am-4pm and Sunday 17 September from 10am-3.30pm. This year proceeds from the gold coin door entry will be donated to the Katie Rose Cottage Hospice Doonan. Phone Jan Cooke on 5473 0235 or 0412 769 351.

PERMACULTURE NOOSA Permaculture Noosa monthly meetings are held at Cooroy State School hall, 59 Elm Street, Cooroy on the third Thursday of each month. Doors open at 5.30pm when healthy and tasty low-cost meals will be available before the meeting. A market takes place where we share surplus home grown produce and plants by giving, exchanging or selling. Entry is a gold coin donation for non-members. The meeting begins at 6.30pm and the night is complete with a “bring a plate” shared supper at 8pm.

JOIN A CAPELLA CHOIR Spiritsong A Cappella choir are currently singing Tomas Luis de Victoria’s O Magnum Mysterium Mass and Motet as well as pieces by John Goss, Beethoven, Purcell and Tomkins. If you would like to join Spiritsong please emailandrewjemmet@gmail.com or phone 5474 1498. Spiritsong sings in Tewantin on Wednesday evenings.

FABULOUS 50S PLUS We are a fun, friendly, seniors group who welcomes newcomers to join us for morning coffee every Monday from 10am at the Wine Bar, Tewantin Marina and Thursdays from 10am at the Boathouse on the Noosa River. We also have monthly picnics, dinners, lunches, walks and other activities. Please contact Joan on 54477369 or Helen on 0499085755 for more details.

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP On Sunday 17 September at Christian Fellowship of Noosa our speaker will be Neville Nielsen whose message will be titled “Take a Further Look”. As usual you will find us at the CWA Hall, next door to the Tewantin Post Office, at 9.30am each Sunday, with sound gospel teaching and a warm welcome. www.christianfellowshipnoosa is our website or you can call Tony on 5474 0620.

CHIROPRACTIC TALKS Join us on Friday 29 September 9.1510.30am for this months talk: Parenting for Brain Harmony. All welcome, bring a friend,

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Pomona’s Old Railway Station Gallery will hold its next Art Market on Saturday 28 October from 9am to 1pm at the gallery, 10 Station Street, Pomona. This popular market is an opportunity to meet local artists and to buy quality work direct from the artist at an affordable price. There will be many stalls exhibiting original paintings, drawings, ceramics, woodwork and more with nothing over $100. Phone 5485 2950. Deadline for applications is 25 October. Located in Earl Street, Tewantin, the community garden sits alongside 100-year-old Tait Duke Cottage which has been renovated and bought back to it’s former beauty. We garden every Friday morning from 9-11am, we would love to meet you. For more information phone Erika 0409 300 007.

VOLUNTEERING? Due to the tremendous support of our community, Katie Rose Cottage is growing and we require more volunteers to support our work. If you have been thinking of volunteering why not join our friendly team, there are many areas in the organisation where you can choose to support us. You might like to do a shift in one of our Op-Shops in Tewantin and Cooroy (new sites coming soon) work at the Hospice as a carer or in the gardening team or join the team in logistics, such as driving the delivery van. Positions will be available in the near future at our warehouse/furniture and sorting facility. For more information phone 5471 1468 or visit www.katierosecottage.org.au

FIND YOUR HERITAGE Are You Indigenous? Searching for your “Other“ Heritage? Come to the workshop at Genealogy Sunshine Coast at Petrie Park Road Nambour Sunday 24 September 9.30am to 4pm. Cost for the day is $20 and includes morning and afternoon tea and BBQ lunch. To register contact GSC on 5441 4266 or Aunty Judi Wickes on 0431 057 314.

NOOSA ARTS AND CRAFTS Noosa Arts and Crafts Association, a notfor-profit organisation operated mostly by volunteers, runs a variety of classes, workshops and activities. Membership is $75 per annum, renewal $70 and entitles you to join any of the many regular activities and groups held at Wallace House. Phone 54741211 or email create@noosaartsandcrafts.org.au or visit https://noosaartsandcrafts.org.au.

UKULELE FOR RAW BEGINNERS A new course starting very soon is ukulele for beginners. No music knowledge is necessary. Lessons are held in Noosaville during the daytime. Phone Cherry the Ukulele Lady on 0410 573 629.

TOASTMASTERS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS It’s a new year in Toastmasters and we have room for some new members. Come along and learn how to speak to an audience, small or large or how to chair a meeting. We meet the second and fourth Monday every month 6pm at Noosaville State School on Beckmans Road and learn bit by bit what it takes to feel more confident about speaking. Phone Ben on 0418 173 16 for instructions about how to find us. Email noosatoastmasters@gmail. com

ROTARY CLUB OF NOOSA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Rotary is on a drive to recruit new members .If you have a passion to support those less fortunate then yourself then maybe it is time to join a service club such as Rotary and become involved in the ongoing activities to raise funds and awareness to support those in need. For more information call 0407 377 210 or email tessalexandroff@gmail.com

PIPE BAND SEEKS MEMBERS The Noosa and District Pipe Band meets at Navy Cadets Hall in the Sports Complex McKinnon Drive, Tewantin, every Thursday from 5.30-7.30pm and on Sundays from 9.30-11.30am. New members are welcome, with or without experience as pipers, snare drummers, or tenor or bass drummers. Phone Allan on 0414 410 684 for further information.

IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH Want to improve your health? Inner Light Healing Group meet Mondays from 9.30am at Cooroy CWA hall. Professional health practitioners volunteer to help you. Activities include psychic readings, reiki, spirit art readings and massage. Phone Jenny on 5442 8246 for information

ZONTA CLUB SEEKS MEMBERS Are you a professional or business woman who has the drive to make a difference for women and girls instead of just waiting for change? If so you may be interested in becoming a member of the Zonta Club of Noosa, which gives its members opportunities to: support their local community while also focussing on large international projects; participate in advocacy activities at a local and global level; network with like-minded individuals and build lifelong friendships. Club meetings are held at the Noosa Springs Golf Resort and Spa each month at 6pm. For more information email noosainc@zontadistrict22.org

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MARTIAL ARTS MEDAL DETECTORS BY RON LANE For the team of fourteen who travelled from the Sunshine Coast Martial Arts Dojo in Noosaville (eleven students and three parents) to the Budokan in Tokyo for two weeks of intensive training and competition, it was indeed the trip of a lifetime. Team manager and Chief Instructor of the team, Bryan Dukas, said, “We are very pleased and indeed very proud, with what our team achieved in what was really a short period of time. All ten members attended training sessions with Japanese Senseis and when the tournament started, five of the team took part. The tournament was the World Shotokan Karate Federation, World Championships for 2017 held every two years. “Training under the Japanese,” Sensei Bryan said, “was indeed a very learning experience for our students as the discipline and code of ethics was indeed very strict. For example, the training sessions of which there were two a day, went for a two hour period, with a five minute break for water. Perhaps the biggest learning curve is the fact that the training is conducted in complete silence except for instruction and direction given by the Sensei.” Some training was conducted at Yokohama and Kamuraka but the main sessions were in Tokyo at the Budokan. “For the tournament there were some fifty countries represented and the Eastern Block was indeed very strong,” Bryan said. “In this there were two divisions; the Kata, which is detailed pattern of movements, performed either solo or in threes, and Kumite, which is fighting.” In both these categories the contestants

Group photo taken at the end of a training session at the Tokyo Budokan (Martial Arts Centre).

Bryan Dukas after winning the men's open.

start at 5-6 years old for both boys and girls and progress on to 55-years-old for men and veterans for women. For the first time ever an Australian female, Caitlin Corbett won gold in both the Kata and the Kumite competing in the 8-10 year division. Then in the boys, the Thornton brothers won gold with 14-year-old Ryan winning in the Kumite and 15-year-old Joshua winning in the Kata. For the women’s team Kata, Noosaville’s Isla Corbett was chosen along with a two other girls (one from Venezuela, one from South Africa) for the International Team. Competing against all other countries they

he had the pleasure of meeting up with his father Mike while in Tokyo; he being also upgraded to Black Belt 8th Dan. In November/December he will also visit the Sunshine Coast where he will conduct technical seminars. When we look at the overall results, it shows that the standard of coaching from all the staff must be of the highest order. Good to know that our young and also our veterans are indeed in good hands. Planning ahead; good to hear that on 28 October 2018, the Queensland Interschool Karate Championships will be held in Noosaville, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran School. We wish them every success. ●

won the silver medal. Competing in the Men’s and Veterans division of the Kata, Bryan Dukas won gold in both and backed up by winning a bronze in the 65-year Kumite; another gold when Australia won the Junior Mix Team Kata for 11-year-olds. To know that these young Australians came from our local Noosaville S.C.M.A. Dojo is indeed very pleasing and is only right that their achievements on the international level should be noted. For Bryan, apart from his medal tally, he had the distinction of being upgraded from Black Belt 5th Dan to Black Belt 6th Dan. Then to top off the momentous occasion,

AROUND THE GROUNDS Close win to Strudwick NOOSA GOLF TUESDAY There were 201 players in the Tuesday Club Single Stableford on 5 September. Scratch rating (M) 71.0 Winners - A Grade: Craig Strudwick 40, Stephen Thorn, Mark Tickle 39 c/b, Neville Hazlett 38 c/b. B Grade: Grant Birkett 43, Greg Wilson 41, Donald O’Donnell 40 c/b, John Curtiss 40. C Grade: Paul Ferguson 44, Peter Gilligan 42 c/b, Christian Pearce 42, Bruce Howden 41 c/b. Place Getters: Denis Vazey 41 c/b, Greg Moore 41, Ray Pettigrove, Clive Hemingway, Paul Grant, David Marshall, John Mulquiney 39 c/b, John Deem 39, Les Callaghan, Bradley Juillerat, Greg Bee, Lance Masterton, Doug Rogers, Keith Howard, Richard Rudledge, Robert Hemmings, Clinton Stjernqvist, Shaun Pyne, Scott Pritchard, Wayne Mallett 38 c/b. Nearest to Pin - A Grade: Doug Rogers, Andrew Watson, Karl Gottschalk, Shaun Taylor. B Grade: Derek Pousette, Donald O’Donnell, Bert Brauns, John Curtiss. C Grade: Brett Hunter, Evan Millar, Harvey Williams, Greg Bee. SATURDAY There were 213 players in the Saturday Men’s Single Stableford Competition. Scratch rating (M) 71.0 Winners - A Grade: Paul Sanderson 41 c/b, Thomas Loveridge 41, Gary Willemsen 39 c/b. B Grade: Derek Pousette 42, Daryl Bates 41 c/b, Graeme Rickard 41. C Grade: John Naulty 41 c/b, Charles Moore 41, Peter Quigley 40 c/b. Place Getters: Greg Steele, Stewart Shimmin 40, John Duke, Greg Peeler 39 c/b, Wayne Mallett 39, Neil Cowell, Norm Dewar, Peter Blyth, Warren Brewer, John Dean, Gary Ogg, Paul Porter, Cameron Matthews 38 c/b, Alec O’Brien 38, Peter Bolitho, Robin Versluys, Michael Napier, Jerome Stuart, Graham Hillan 37 c/b. Nearest to Pin - A Grade: Warren Brewer, Sam Boulden, David Weir, Thomas Loveridge. B Grade: Gary Dolton, Doug McGuffog, Graeme noosatoday.com.au

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Cooroy Golf THURSDAY Event: Monthly Medal – Stroke and Putts. Trophy: Club. Monthly Medal Winners: Margie Lucas (67), Lavinia Hill (70), Juliet Hall (65). Nett Event Winner: Juliet Hall (65). Runner-up: Margie Lucas (67). Rundown: Lavinia Hill (70), Eve Hunt (70), Jocelyn Rabjohns (71), Carmel Clark (71), Louise Taylor (72), Fay Wiggins (72), Kaye Gilmour (73), Judy Kitcher (73), Shay Zulpo (74), Colleen Sykes (74), Tina Thomas (74). Approaches: Lynne Dawson, Muriel Willett. Putting: Lyn Blackmore, Sonja Cordwell, Margie Lucas (27). Tennis time for seniors

Tewantin Tennis The Tewantin Tennis Club is hosting the annual 2017 TSQ Sunshine Coast Seniors Championships from 15-18 September. Some 190 players and their families from both Australia and New Zealand will converge on Noosa for four days of competitive tennis. Come and enjoy the atmosphere - food and drinks will be available. The Tewantin Tennis Club is located in the Noosa District Sports Centre off McKinnon Drive. All welcome.

other places who wanted to be a part of this special afternoon. Even Marilyn's daughter Kelsey got the chance to play on the day. There were no winners or runners-up but the big winners of the afternoon were Marilyn and her family. MONDAY Tewantin Noosa Revolution Pairs 1st: Jay Dawe and Lee Fitzhenry, 2nd: Deb McGarry and Darren Redman, 3rd: Bryn Whitcombe and John Watt. Runners-up 1: Simon Wood and Danny Crameri, Runners-up 2: Dennis Burgess and Dennis Coulter. Next Revolution Pairs is on 2 October. TUESDAY Noosa Landscape Club Select 2-4-2 Pairs Winners: Bill Thorne and Van Vignon, Runnersup: Judy Diggle and Mary Ross. WEDNESDAY Tewantin Noosa Mens Bowls Winners: David Carrett and Cliff Hackett, Runners-up: Don Gull and John Morrow. Jackpot won: Peter Gale, Jim Neale, John Watt and Ken Johannesen. THURSDAY Hang Loosa Jackpot Pairs Winners: Steve Chandler and Jenny Smith, Runners-up: Bill Thorne and Dennis Coulter. SATURDAY Tewantin Noosa Open Jackpot Pairs Winners: Arthur Lewis and Dennis Burgess, Runners-up: Gill MacDonald and Bob Ginnaw. - Aerodynamical

Errol's an 'A' grade champ Tewantin Noosa Bowls SUNDAY “Marilyn’s Day” Open Triples This day was a special afternoon to raise funds to assist in Marilyn’s recovery. A group of 90 bowlers played and everyone enjoyed the perfect weather and the day was very successful. Many teams were from Tewantin Noosa and Coolum Beach Bowls clubs as well as bowlers from

NOOSA PAR 3 SATURDAY Stroke and Round 2 Club Championships sponsored by Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club. A Grade Nett winner: Errol Grieve 49, runner-up: David Whitehead 51 - 2 way countback. B Grade Nett winner: Lynne Boyle 50, runner-up: John Gray 52. A Grade Gross: Rusty Milliner 56, B Grade Gross: Gordon Lund 66 - 3 way countback.

NTP: 1st Ella Angelides, 3rd Ed Tann, 9th Patricia Bloor, 11th Kim Poulsen, 16th Russ Rusan. Ball Run Down: Mike Boyle 52, Mark Prosser 52, Darren Simmonds 53, Merilyn Thomas 53, Ray Edgar 53, Robin Goodridge 53, David Gerrard 53, Michael Gooding 54, Studley Martin 54, Rayce Dunlop 54, Neil Beasley 54, Ella Angelides 54. Members Draw: Amanda Henness-Smith. Draw for Par: Darren Simmonds (Successful)

Noosa croquet on top of ladder NOOSA CROQUET With only three rounds to go, Noosa 2 sits on top of the ladder but in the second last round meets Headland sitting in second place. Inevitably Noosa 1 and Noosa 2 met with both playing on their home ground. Noosa 2 ended up the victors winning six matches to four with hoops made 60 to 47. This helps consolidate Noosa 2 as the ladder leader with Headland and Coolum in second and third places. With only three rounds remaining, Noosa 2 and Headland each have won 10 matches and these two teams face off in two weeks' time at Headland. The individual match scores for the Noosa v Noosa contest follow: Susan Powley defeated Kaye Archer 6:3; Wolfgang Bredenfeldt lost to Joan Cordell 5:7. In their reverse singles the tables were turned and Susan lost to Joan in a very tight game 4:5, while Wolfgang won against Kaye 7:4. In the 3-4 singles Julie Terry fell in another nailbiter 3:4 to Ed Boyd while Ted Sayers just got home 4:3 against Cher Boyd. The reverse singles saw Ted lose to Ed 6:5 while Julie won against Cher 6:5. At the end of the eight singles, the match was drawn at 4:4. In the doubles, Susan played with Sheila Moncrieff and won 10:5 against Joan and Kaye. The second doubles again went to Noosa 2 when Julie and Ted defeated Ed and Cher 10:5. - Doug Mcconnell

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PHIL JARRATT

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SECRET PLACE OF PARADISE Last week after posting on social media a photo of a nice wave I’d just surfed in Bali, I found myself swamped with requests to reveal the location. I responded with the oldie but goodie: I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you. When you’re a really ancient surfer, old habits die hard, and the myth of the secret spot is one that we cling to like a life raft in a gale. Of course there’s no such thing as a secret spot in Bali any more, but there are some places less well-known than others, and this was one of them. But it’s all relative. Now there’s a $200 a night boutique hotel with an infinity pool where once were paddocks in front of the rocky point, but I’m very comfortable there, thank you very much, and I can still get my share of the long lefthanders that peel across the reef. A couple of nights earlier we’d been discussing this very same secret spot over a baked fish dinner at a bench in the Kuta night markets - another piece of old Bali that hasn’t changed - with John and Val Haymes, the founders of Tubes Surfers Bar in Poppies II. John and I came to the conclusion that we’d both stumbled on this place in the same dry season of 1980, about the same time our Kuta-based crew also started venturing through the rice paddies to Canggu, where

a single warung proudly bearing the name “Chew and Spew” stood next to the temple at what is now Echo Beach. The difference is that while Canggu has become high density living and the home of the Russian surf schools - God help us! Secret Spot West remains invitingly rural. I can sit in the infinity pool sipping a sunset beer and look out over an endless untouched coastline (apart from scattered fishing villages) stretching towards Java, visible across the channel. I remember the first time I saw this wave-rich coast, back in 1974 as we bounced towards Java on the “express bus” packed with chicken-toting locals. We spied waves as the road dipped onto the coast at Soka, and there were enticing glimpses of reef set-ups through the palm trees for the next 20 kilometres. But for the next six years, with so many perfect waves going unridden every day on the Bukit peninsula, there was no need to mount a mission. I’d previously mentioned in this column surfing this spot for the first time in 1975, but John and Val set me straight on that, and they had the photos to prove it. I can’t recall if it was the arrival of the Brazilians or the Japanese that made us start to think it was time to tuck our boards under our butts and point our motorbikes

Secret Spot West, 1980.

in the other direction, but I do remember parking them at a roadside warung and running excitedly down a track to a Muslim fishing village with a long, rocky point to its left. And there they were - long lines of beautiful empty waves, peeling for section after section. Like Crescent Head, Green Island, Greenmount and even Noosa’s First Point, Secret Spot West went out of fashion for a couple of decades, deemed a bit slow and clunky compared with the more recent discovery of slabs and hairy reef passes, but for longboarders all of these places remain a particular kind of paradise. And for me, four beautiful long sessions there over two days last week was a very special therapy. Give me a Corkarita! Our friends Corky and Raquel Carroll lead a wonderful life at their beachfront surf camp at La Saladita, Mexico, punctuated a few times a year by Corky’s need to perform a sellout gig in his role as one of America’s leading surfer/musicians. Such was the case when they flew out of Zihuatanejo last week bound for Orlando, Florida, and a big open air concert as part of the Surf Expo trade show. First stop was Mexico City, where they picked up Raquel’s mum, then back on a

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plane for Atlanta, Georgia. Mid-flight they were informed with no explanation that their flight had been diverted to Birmingham, Alabama, and while waiting six hours there for a connection to Orlando, Corky learnt that his gig had been cancelled due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma. Ticketed out of Orlando, the Carrolls had to arrive there before they could leave, so they kept heading towards the eye of the storm. Meanwhile, an earthquake hitting 8.1 on the Richter scale rocked Mexico not far from their home, with a tsunami of epic proportions expected to smash the Saladita coast. It seemed like wherever they went, they were heading for trouble. In Orlando after just one day. the Surf Expo shut down as people evacuated Florida. Corky, Raquel and Mum waited another two days before they could get seats on a plane, then managed to get out just an hour or so before the airport was shut down. The good news is that when they finally got home, the tsunami had proved to be a fizzer, their home was untouched, and there was a new swell just starting to hit the point. Every evening around sunset, Corky mixes up a delicious and potent jug of cocktails he calls “Corkaritas”. I bet he had a few that night. ● 12352455-LB20-17

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3:15 pm 10:01 pm

1.73 m 0.68 m

4:21 pm 11:06 pm

1.81 m 0.57 m

5:17 pm 11:55 pm

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SUN 17 SEPT 5:43 am 11:43 am

1.49 m 0.35 m

12:36 am 6:31 am

0.36 m 1.59 m

12:31 pm 6:51 pm

0.28 m 2.00 m

1:16 pm 7:32 pm

0.24 m 1.99 m

2:00 pm 8:11 pm

0.24 m 1.94 m

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1:14 am 7:15 am

0.28 m 1.67 m

WED 20 SEPT 1:52 am 7:57 am

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GREAT FISHING IN RIVER With the consistent warmer weather, the water temperature in the river is starting to rise. Fishing the run out tide in the evenings has seen the odd jack being taken on live bait, these fish tend to feed that bit more in those warmer run out currents out of the lakes after the sun has been on them all day so keep an eye on the sounder for those temperature changes. With the water so clearn using light fluorocarbon leaders is accentual for the flathead anglers, plastics have been the way to go with some great fish boated over the last week, reds, pinks or chartreuse have been the favourite colours with prawn and paddle tails the better performing profiles. Trevally have also been in good numbers and as the sun gets a little higher, those plastics have claimed some great fish. Whiting are on the move during the warmer weather so now is the time to try surface fishing for them in the shallow sand flats. Try areas like the Frying Pan, Weyba Creek and sand flats on the Dog Beach. Fishing surface lures like small poppers and surface walkers - making sure you use mono line as a leader as the fluorocarbon is a lot denser and tends to sink thus upsetting the way the lure works. Live beach worms and freshly pumped yabbies have been the best bait for catching a feed. Fishing the beaches has seen bream, whiting, tailor and dart all taken from the

Jardin Brough got this very nice mangrove jack from the Maroochy River.

NOOSA WEATHER FORECAST THURSDAY Mostly sunny Max. 27°C

Min. 16°C

Chance of rain 30%

FRIDAY Sunny Max. 24°C

Min. 11°C

Chance of rain 5%

SATURDAY Sunny Max. 27°C

surf gutters. Look for those deeper darker gutters and fishing two hours either side of the high tide for the best results. Lightly weighted mullet strips, bonito and pilchard on ganged hooks have claimed most of the tailor, while fresh beach worms fished on small hooks is a great way to target whiting and bream. The Noosa North Shore has been popular with the 4x4 enthusiasts while the southern beaches around Sunshine and Marcus have both produced good fish. On the offshore scene, it’s all about the snapper. Using pillies, squid and livies fished hard on the bottom as well as a Paternoster rig is working very well, having a lightly weighted pilchard fished in a trail of fresh burley with the reel set on light drag has seen

many anglers getting solid hook ups as they engage more drag and drive the hook home. Make sure you have a burley log or some burley pellets and tuna oil to keep up a steady flow of burley for the best results. Mid water feeders like cobia and smaller mackerel have also been taken using this method. For the anglers that have done the run up to Double Island Reef, the Hard and the Barwon banks have all been rewarded with plenty of quality fish including larger snapper, pearl perch, cobia, jew, mori cod, sweet lip, tusk fish and cod. The closer reefs have also been firing with plenty of pan-sized snapper, sweetlip and coral trout on offer. So on behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures! ●

Min. 11°C

Chance of rain 5%

SUNDAY Sunny Max. 26°C

Min. 12°C

Chance of rain 20%

MONDAY Mostly sunny Max. 24°C

Min. 12°C

Chance of rain 5%

TUESDAY Mostly sunny Max. 27°C

Min. 12°C

Chance of rain 20%

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Ron Lane presents an award to Robert Lemon. The event was overshadowed by the loss of former Ironman Dean Mercer whose funeral many were attending on the day. Flags were flown at half-mast in a mark of respect. Club president Ross Fisher said it had been a sad time for the club with the recent passing of club patron Garth Prowd and Dean Mercer, brother of club coach Darren Mercer and uncle to Ironwoman Jordan. “Jordan was to depart to Denmark on Tuesday to compete for Australia. She said, ‘I’m not going’. They said, ‘you are and you’re doing it for Dean’. She went and won gold for Dean,” he said. ●

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Noosa Heads Surf Lifesaving Club hosted a breakfast on Friday to highlight its achievements, recognise a lifesaver for his extraordinary rescue and thank sponsors and supporters. SLSQ’s Caitlyn Akers praised Noosa for its “unique” support of Peregian Beach, and said how important their role was for Tourism Queensland to have the bathing public feeling safe. In the past year, there have been 650,000 preventative actions and 2500 lives saved in Queensland, thanks to lifesavers, she said. “That’s 2500 families who have people coming home with them because of the work we do,” she said. The club re-enacted the awarding of a National Rescue of the Month recognition to surf lifesaver Robert ‘RJ’ Lemon that had been officially presented at Parliament House last week. RJ said on 21 June he’d finished work at the clubhouse about 1pm and headed off to flat rock with his mate, Sam White, to go spear fishing. “Five minutes later, I saw him splashing about 50-80m off shore. I thought it was a shark attack,” he said. RJ, who had only been with the club for 12 months, swam toward him to find a stingray had shot a barb through his leg, was still attached and was trying to swim away dragging Sam with it. RJ swam both Sam and the stingray to shore then signalled to a park ranger for a knife to detach it. Former club president Ron Lane said RJ’s actions showed what lifesaving was all about “getting the confidence and training to save a life”.

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All information - re supporters, buses, etc - is on the Noosa Tigers website and Facebook page but you'd best get in early! All at the Rococo’s Bar and Bistro Noosa Tigers wish Sam Faure (senior coach) and Danny O’Brien (reserves coach) and their respective charges all the best as they grasp for premiership glory this Saturday. A big congratulations also to the Under 13 Youth Girls and Under 16 Boys who brought home Premiership Cups last Sunday. Well done to all involved. You made your club, families and most importantly yourselves proud. Go Tigers! ●

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The Roos do appear a tad wounded but nothing will be taken for granted by the hungry and super impressive Noosa outfit who can’t wait for the siren to sound at 2pm at league headquarters this Saturday. They have been an extremely even team in 2017 with names like Laskey, Templeton, Woods, Hill, Coleman and Fitzpatrick having superb years thus far. The Roos are also boasting star quality with Dzufer, Bevan, Gale, Norman, Simpson and Ainsworth all experienced and more than formidable opponents. The stage is set for a mouth-watering grand final that hasn’t been contested by these two great Sunshine Coast rivals since 1994.

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LIFESAVERS READY FOR BUSY SEASON This Saturday, 16 September, our lifesavers will be back on the beaches of Peregian, Sunshine Beach and Main Beach Noosa. With the great weather and big influx of tourists, our beaches are sure to be busy. We take the opportunity to remind our beach-goers to swim between the flags and above all don’t hesitate to talk to our patrol members in the red and yellow uniforms. Don’t hesitate to ask questions, as that is what they are for - to pass on their experience and advice - it’s all part of the job. Most important before you embark on a family stroll through the beautiful National Park - talk to us. To maintain a high standard of patrolling is a never ending job and with a beautiful National Park, which unfortunately has several unpatrolled beaches between Noosa and Sunshine Beach, the temptation to swim at one of these during a hot walk can indeed be very dangerous - thus the need for the ongoing training and maintaince of our IRB teams and their rescue craft. They are the first off the line should an incident occur in the National Park. However, should they be otherwise engaged in duties at Noosa Main Beach (an officially gazetted bathing area) their response time can be delayed, so don’t take them for granted. Not a good start to the season for Sunshine Beach's Club Captain Scott Summers who suffered a health problem last weekend - we wish him a speedy recovery.

To say that the month of September 2017 has been a sad time for lifesaving - not only in the state of Queensland but throughout Australia - would indeed be putting it in the right perspective; for it was during this month that we bid a sad farewell to two of our finest - Jack Dearlove, OAM, aged 93, and Dean Mercer, OAM, aged 47. Both of these men made what can only be described as outstanding contributions to our organisation; from Dearlove, it was

in the fields of administration - at both national and international levels, mouth to mouth resuscitation and carnivals and from Mercer it was Iron Man competition and coaching. However, perhaps their most important contribution has been their public image away from the surf and sand. Apart from his research into mouth to mouth resuscitation, Jack Dearlove, taught us all that despite your position in life, be it

a brain surgeon or a labourer on the side of the road, once you walked through the door of a good surf club, all men were equal. As the young inexperienced club captain of an out of the way lonely beach called Noosa Heads, I was given the same time and respect as that shown to captains of the then Big Three - Maroochydore, Alexander Headlands and Mooloolaba. In later years, during his retirement he would always visit for a meal and a cold beer, and a “How’s everything going mate, all ok?” - still the same old clubbie. From Mercer we took pride in his outstanding achievements in competition at the highest national level. His big heart and fighting spirit during years in Iron Man and other endurance events definitely set the standard for those hoping to achieve success. But perhaps it was his personality that made such a big impact. His conduct and attitude in general earned respect from all levels of lifesaving and as we have said many times, respect in lifesaving is earned - never just given. This young man did that many times over. Being of the Mercer family - one of the most respected families in the hundred-plus years of our organisation, it is easy to see where the pride and dignity of this young man came from. Two of our finest - gone but never to be forgotten. Vaya Con Dios Gentleman, Vaya Con Dios. ●

TRY YOUR HAND AT OUTRIGGER CANOING Noosa Outrigger Canoe Club invites individuals and local gyms and sport clubs to come and try outrigger canoeing, an exciting and action-packed water sport. Outrigger canoeing is a growing sport, and the Noosa club is the second largest in Australia, with only Mooloolaba larger. It is a sport for both men and women of all ages, and Noosa currently has competitive paddlers aged from their 30s to 80s. Noosa competes in the South Queensland zone for one and two person canoes and the separate OC6 racing series, as well as other races throughout the state and internationally. Racing is generally in the ocean, which provides thrilling conditions. In early 2018 Noosa paddlers will also

compete in world and national sprint titles. If this sounds like a sport that you would like to try, then come along by yourself, with a friend or grab your club-mates. You will need to be aged 20 years or older and be able to swim. The Come and Try session will be held on Sunday 17 September from 9am-noon, meeting at NOCC, Chaplin Park, Mill Street, Noosaville (across the bridge from the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club). Pre-registration for the Come and Try is preferable to avoid disappointment, so please contact Glen at secretary@ noosaoutriggers.com.au. For more information visit www. noosaoutriggers.com.au ●

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