Noosa Today - 03rd July 2020

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Samuel Madden, 7, Jack Jones, 8, Harry Jones, 6, and Henri Madden, 10 enjoy a surf at Noosa in their holidays.

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Beaches brimming Visitors have flocked to regions across the Noosa Shire from Hastings Street to the hinterland for the school holidays and tourism operators couldn’t be happier.

Tourism Noosa CEO Melanie Anderson said it was wonderful to see Noosa busy again with visitors “It is clear to see Queenslanders are enjoying a break and supporting tourism in our own state,“ she said. In Hasting Street, Gareth Doran from Ocean Breeze Resort said the resort was “near full occupancy for the holidays with weekends at 100 per cent“. Queenslanders, many repeat guests, are happy to come to “their

happy place“, he said. “Everyone is so grateful and happy to be on holidays, the sentiment has been really positive.“ Alan Golley from Seahaven Noosa said they were receiving a lot of last minute bookings on the day or day before. “I think Queenslanders are holding out to see what the weather is doing and making their decision at the last minute to travel,“ he said.

“This first week of school holidays we are holding 75 per cent occupancy which is definitely a lot better than where we expected considering our main winter travellers from New South Wales and Victoria aren’t with us.

The second week is holding approximately 68 per cent occupancy but we are expecting to

see further last minute pick up with amazing winter weather predicted for the next week.

We are also finding that weekends are more popular than mid-week and guests are coming from all across the drive market, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Toowoomba.”

In Noosaville Geoff Hussin said his Ivory Palms Resort had gone from empty to full in a week and would be busy with Queensland visitors for the three weeks of the school holidays.

“We are flat out and it is great to see,“ he said.

Jacinta Delahunty from Sunseeker Holiday Apartments in Sunshine Beach said they were “pretty much full with lots of return guests”.

Dan Gleeson said The Beach Retreat Houses at Peregian Beach were also full for the school holidays with about 70 per cent return guests and 30 per cent new guests. “Great to see Queenslanders supporting Queenslanders,” he said.

In the hinterland Nadia Bellerby from Rosecliffe Cottages in Pinbarren said they were full for the holidays with a waiting list through to October. “Everyone is so happy, guests are really enjoying the country fresh air and the natural environment,“ she said. “The kids are loving the animals and it is great to see everyone being mindful of social distancing and doing the right thing.”

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Covid cash flowing The editor’s desk The skies are blue, (mostly), and everyone has forgotten their troubles and gone on holiday in Noosa.

It couldn’t be better for businesses.

Only a couple of weeks ago there were hopes for 30 per cent occupancy across the hotels and resorts. Today they’ve reported full houses.

And while you’re here it seems picking up a surfboard is the latest trend.

Enjoy the holidays and if you’re heading to Noosa Farmers Market on Sunday morning spare a thought for OzHarvest who are helping to feed hundreds of people on the coast who are not faring so well, have lost jobs and are struggling to put food on the table.

This week we welcome property editor Erle Levey to Noosa Today.

When it comes to property in Noosa, Erle has built a reputation for honest and informative reporting.

Whether property, construction, architecture or building design, Erle is widely regarded as the most respected journalist in the region.

A Real Estate Institute of Queensland journalist of the year, he is a patron of Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir and has long been a keen supporter of sporting and community organisations.

Erle’s first Property Matters column appears in the property liftout.

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Additional footpaths across the Noosa shire and much needed improvements to community facilities are locked in thanks to $1.8 million in Covid funding from the State Government.

Coinciding with last week’s visit by Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe, Council has confirmed the list of works which are to be submitted, as part of the State’s Covid-19 Works for Queensland package.

Noosa Mayor Stewart said the funding has helped accelerate a diverse range of infrastructure work.

“We have identified more than 15 key projects that can now be delivered to benefit the wider community,” she said.

“Many of these grassroots projects were earmarked for future capital works budgets, but can now be brought forward to make a real difference to a number of our local residents,” Cr Stewart said.

“We are investing $450,000 to construct hundreds of metres of footpaths in Noosaville, Tewantin, Pomona, Cooroy and Sunshine Beach, “This includes 400 metres along EumundiNoosa Road, 700 metres on Pacific Avenue at Sunshine Beach and the footpath on Myall Street at Cooroy,” Cr Stewart said.

It will also help complete the final stages of the Noosaville Wallace Park pathway project.

Community Halls across the shire will share in $250,000 in improvement work.

An investment of $264,000 at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall will result in the upgrade of the amenities to make them disability compliant.

Council has allocated $250,000 to partner with the Salvation Army to provide safe, secure accommodation in Noosa for single women and those with children who need somewhere to stay due to domestic and family violence.

“This means we can help build a 3 bedroom

Mayor Clare Stewart, Minister Stirling Hinchliffe and Pomona Hall secretary Heather Manders. unit on council land, which will be managed

by Salvation Army.” Cr Stewart said.

“It is going to be a very challenging and fiscally-responsible 2020/21 budget aimed at minimising the impact on our ratepayers,” “So we are grateful to the Queensland Government’s Works for Queensland funding that allows us to ensure we continue to provide essential services and stimulate job activity in Noosa.”

Other projects to be funded include:

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Noosa’s still hot property

By Margaret Maccoll Noosa leads the State in the property market posting a median unit price increase of 8.7 per cent to $625,000 in the June 2020 REIQ house price report.

House prices in the shire also excelled recording an increase of 2.8 per cent increase with median house prices at $839,500.

These figures are no surprise to real estate agent Tom Offermann who said for 43 years Noosa has had the highest capital growth in the state.

There are two main drivers for the market, Mr Offermann said.

The desirability as a place to live coupled

with the number or magnificent houses and apartments for full time living, particularly in the Noosa, Noosaville and Sunshine Beach area attracts buyers to the area.

The other driver is the appeal for investors buying units for long term capital return underpinned by an excellent capital growth and exceptional rental returns.

Buying a unit in Noosa will be self funded by anyone able to access a loan.

“The greatest difference with Noosa compared to other areas is there is a finite supply,“ he said.

The enduring appeal of Noosa was brought home to Mr Offerman recently when he spoke

with a gentleman who hadn’t been in the region for 10 years who was pleased to find little had changed in that time.

“There’s very little available land and the restrictions on what can be built enable the liveability and the aesthetics to underpin the value,“ Mr Offermann said.

“The best things in life are a little bit more expensive and that goes for Noosa as well as most of the locals will attest.

“Having spent more time enjoying our community over the last six months it’s also one of the safest places to live.“ During the COVID-19 shutdown there has been a surge of activity in the property market

from people recognising the value of Noosa and investing in their future for the next few years.

“People who might otherwise have spent time in Aspen, Hawaii or the US are investing in property in Noosa,“ Mr Offermann said.

“There is far more demand then there is supply.“ more than 70 per cent of buyers coming from Queensland.

So keen are some buyers from overseas and interstate to acquire a slice of Noosa they have bought without seeing the properties in person and relying on photos, walk through videos and recommendations from friends.

Old and young, it’s the females that rule the whale trail

By Margaret Maccoll It is more than likely the whales migrating past our beaches through July will be pregnant humpback females making their way to Hervey Bay. After more than 20 years of research following the whale migration doctors Trish and Wally Franklin have discovered the annual migration is a “structured procession” dominated by mature females.

“The mature females change their position in the migration subject to their reproductive status,” Dr Wally Franklin said.

Females that are pregnant spend twice as long in the Antarctic feeding up.

They are the last group to leave the Antarctic and while there are some births along the journey most whales are born in the warmer waters of the southern Barrier Reef.

So important to the whales is the annual migration even babies born on the journey continue on to experience the migration.

The Franklin’s research found there were times in Hervey Bay when males made themselves scarce, leaving young whales some time with the females.

During August and September mature females hang out in Hervey Bay with young male and female whales aged about one to five years.

“It gives the youngsters a chance to meet and play,” Dr Franklin said.

From September to October mothers with calves, accompanied by a few male escorts, dominate the bay.

These whales stop in Hervey Bay until the calves are more robust and after about a month take them south on their first migration trip.

There are few adult male whales in Hervey Bay in August and only a few male escorts that accompany mothers and calves in September and October.

However the males accompanying the procession like to be centre stage and tend to occupy the middle of the procession bookended by females.

Whale researchers Dr Trish Franklin and Dr Wally Franklin.

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The research by the Franklins has found the whales’ journey north includes some time of nurturing between mature females and the young.

The Franklins have spent decades identifying and following individual whales during their annual migrations.

Through their Oceania Project the couple have conducted long term studies of humpback whales, having identified hundreds of individuals by their markings.

The more they learn the more questions arise, Dr Franklin said.

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They say every cloud has a silver lining, but the black cloud of Covid-19 has delivered a pure gold lining for Noosa’s struggling surf shops. PHIL JARRATT reports.

Surge in surfboard sales Reaping the benefits of a trans-Pacific trend that none of them saw coming, and with some reports of a 300 percent increase in sales, surfboard manufacturers and retailers are not asking how the boom started but does it have to end?

Barely containing his glee, Dane Wilson, manager of Rip Curl’s megastore in Noosaville, reported that overall autumn-winter sales were up over 80 percent on last year. “But the bulk of the increase has been in surfboards, not surfwear,” he said. “Since the initial shock of Covid-19 wore off and people realised they had to stay sane through lockdown, it’s been all about families going surfing together. Fathers and sons buying matching soft boards, with mum on a mal. And typically, the tradies have been buying new boards for their quivers, usually something a bit different from what they normally ride, like a fish or a mini-mal.”

Rip Curl’s biggest seller is the Mick Fanning model DHD soft, a board that suits beginners but can also transition into a fun small-wave performance board. Dane echoes the sentiment of retailers across the country when he says he simply can’t keep the racks stocked with soft boards, with wetsuits for women and kids also flying out the door.

Meanwhile in Noosa Junction, Sideways Surf Shop manager Michael Court wouldn’t reveal hard numbers for his own shop but agreed with the consensus of high street traders around the country that 300 percent increases were the new normal. “This is the largest jump in surfboard sales I’ve seen in 10 years or more in surf retail,” he said. “It’s just unbelievable.

We’ve sold out of softs twice this week!” Interestingly, the first evidence of the new surf boom surfaced in California while the state was still in full lockdown with most beaches closed to surfers, and beach town surf shops following suit. US website The Inertia reported that Santa Barbara-based Channel Island Surfboards, one of the biggest brands in the world, had closed its shops and offered only a kerbside pickup for factory orders. In the first month CIS sold 50 stock boards from the kerb.

When surf shops cautiously began reopening in late May, the boom really kicked in.

In Australia Sean Doherty reported on Coastalwatch that the boom here dated back to early April, quoting Jason Stevenson of JS Surfboards on “the perfect storm”: “The government was handing out money, nobody had a job and the swell was pumping! By the end of the month retailers were paying us cash up front because they couldn’t get enough surfboards.”

Back in Noosaville’s industrial estate, Peter and Janet White’s Classic Malibu not only benefited from the Covid surf boom, but also a heartfelt desire across the community to shop locally. Bernie Filer’s Zee Wetsuits, just up the road and the only Australia-made wetsuit manufacturer, felt the same love. The industry veterans, like the retailers, had never seen it so good.

Dane Wilson with a rack full of soft boards at Rip Curl.

Peter and Janet White at Classic Malibu.

Says Janet White: “When it first started we thought we were in for a hiding. We started getting cancellations on our custom orders, and with the border shut, the passing trade just stopped. When the surf is up, we do good business. Well, the surf was up, but it was only the locals enjoying it. And then people started to

Racked and ready for Covid customers. realise they had time on their hands, and they weren’t broke. Might as well enjoy it! March/ April ranged from 30 to 50 percent down on last year, and now we’ve turned it around to be 25 percent up in May and June.”

Retailers and manufacturers that Noosa Today spoke to realised that the boom is likely to

be short-lived, as the realities of lower wages or reduced hours in the post-Covid world kick in and the spending slows down, but this gold-plated winter might be enough of a boost to help the surviving “ma and pa” surf shops - once seen in every beach town in Australia get through the tough times ahead.

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Aiding the calls for help

By Abbey Cannan A simple idea from a Sunshine Coast man to help those in need has sparked a national initiative with the power to save lives.

The impact of Covid-19 created an increase in domestic violence reports, leaving many victims locked at home and in isolation with their abuser.

Their escape to safety can at times be just a phone call away, and DV Safe Phone founder Ashton Wood decided to put that notion into action.

Mr Wood said the DV Safe Phone initiative was created after he tried to donate a car load of his belongings to charity, but couldn’t find a place to take it after the Covid-19 lockdown hit.

“So, I rang someone I met through the Chamber of Commerce on the Sunshine Coast who deals with domestic violence and I asked her where we could take the stuff,” he said.

“She said, Ashton, what we need right now are mobile phones.

“I was pretty shocked. She said it was the first thing to get smashed or stolen during domestic violence and then the victims were stuck with no way to call for help.

“She said that old phone could save a life.

And that hit me pretty hard.”

After taking in two of his old phones that were left in his draw, Mr Wood knew he wanted to do more.

In April, the IC3 Solutions manager reached out to a group of Sunshine Coast businesses — King IT, Domestic Violence Business Solutions and Fresh PR & Marketing — who partnered with the Red Rose Foundation to develop the pilot project that collects unwanted mobile phones and delivers them to those in need.

“We wanted to try to get 300 phones by the end of May and we got 330,” Mr Wood said.

“We’re all just doing this out of our own

DV Safe Phones founder Ashton Wood. time and I decided to reach out further to some more contacts I had and we’ve had some big outcomes.

“We’ve now had 505 phones come in and 228 have gone out.

“There are a lot that have cracked screens or are iCloud locked so we’re slowly getting through switching the screens or unlocking.”

The initiative has recently received the backing of Jeep Australia, allowing people to donate their unused mobile phones to a dropoff point at any of the 69 national Jeep dealerships.

“One of the challenges I saw in the pilot was, if people didn’t live in Queensland, the only way we could get a phone was that would

have to pay to post it to us,” Mr Wood said.

“I rang Jeep and said I need collection points across Australia and also asked them to pay for the postage to get the phones up to us in Queensland.

“So, they agreed. It’s moving really fast which is great.”

Mr Wood said in their next stages he wanted to get corporates on board to donate their old phones, along with seeking Government assistance.

“We’ve had one company named Southern Phone reach out and donate 120 new phones to us. That was amazing,” he said.

“I asked Betty from the Red Rose Foundation, ‘when do I stop?’

“It was a bit concerning to me when she said, ‘we’ll never have enough phones’.”

Mr Wood said he had learnt more than he imagined in the last two months.

“It’s pretty heart-wrenching some of the stories I’m hearing,” he said.

“Even people in my own networks have come forward and told me what they’ve dealt with in the past and I had no idea.

“They’re all saying having something like this would’ve allowed them to get help when they needed it instead of feeling completely isolated.

“It’s pushed me really hard to just want to make such a difference out there.

“Anyone who’s got a spare phone in their draw, you can drop it in to us as easy as dropping it in to your local Jeep dealer.”

To help, simply drop your spare working phone into your local Jeep dealership (Cricks Noosa Jeep) in Lionel Donovan Dr, Noosaville.

The next closest drop-off point is the King IT store at Maroochydore Plaza, or you can post them to PO Box 1440 Mooloolaba QLD 4557.

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A sad farewell for OLSA Unable to find a base for its ocean research and environmental volunteer organisation Ocean Life Saving Association (OLSA) members reluctantly voted last Saturday to wind up.

A year ago the organisation applied to Noosa Council to secure permanent occupancy of the top floor of the Peregian Beach Surf Club.

Council decided to accept an application from Surf Life Saving Sunshine Coast for a three-year permit for the entire building to allow it to progress the establishment of a new local surf club entity and to facilitate community access and use of the Level 1 building space, where such usage did not compromise surf lifesaving activities.

OLSA acting president John Hare said it was an unfortunate but inevitable outcome but members would apply to cancel its status as an incorporated association.

“OLSA’s success, and ongoing viability, was predicated on having a permanent venue in order to fully realise its ambitious agenda,” he said.

“Computer equipment, whale monitoring facilities, static visual displays and research and resource material requires a permanent home; equipment cannot be moved in and out of a building on an ad hoc basis. The objective of bringing together peak marine research networks with community volunteers - a true citizen science facility - requires a permanent home”.

The association was formed by a collaboration of Cetacean Ecology and Acoustic Laboratory (CEAL), School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Surfrider Foundation, Coolum & North Shore Coast Care, Peregian Beach Community Association Bushcare

and Marcus Beach Bushcare Association and Coastal marine mapping expert Dr Javier Leon of University of Sunshine Coast.

Mr Hare said the association met with Noosa Council property staff last year to see if there were any buildings in the Council portfolio that might be suitable as well as available.

“None were identified,” he said.

“Part of the difficulty was that one of the requirements was that a suitable building has to be on or near the coast (especially for the turtle monitoring; whale observation; and coastal work carried out by Javier Leon). This was a tall order but worth the try. We also used our contacts through the partner groups to let us know if they knew of any suitable building.

“One suggestion was some facilities down at Mooloolaba but for a locally based organisation we wanted to be Noosa Shire focussed.

Anywhere south of the Maroochy River was just not practical for logistical and other reasons. That was why the vacant top floor of the Peregian Surf Club was so ideal.”

Mr Hare said the association banded together with a view to creating Australia’s first ocean life saving station, a template for 21st century coastal community action on the climate crisis.

“While OLSA, as the umbrella organisation will be wound up, the constituent groups that made up the association continue as active organisations in their dedicated areas of interest,” he said.

“Despite this set back it is hoped that OLSA’s vision to protect and educate people about our ocean environment, can be realised sometime in the future.”

Need for food spirals as Covid bites into rescue supply

By Margaret Maccoll The need for food has increased 30 to 50 per cent on the Sunshine Coast as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic at the same time supplies have declined by a third, according to food rescue group OzHarvest.

OzHarvest Sunshine Coast coordinator Michele Lipner said many people who were not historically food insecure were now in need of food.

“There were people who had lost their jobs,” she said.

“Migrants and international students who were left without any support.”

Employees working in hospitality and tourism who lost their jobs prioritised paying their bills with little left for food. People who became isolated in their homes, in residential units and some with a disability who were unable to go out and shop also needed food, Michele said.

OzHarvest used to collect up to 10,000kg of food a month from suppliers before Covid but that has reduced to about 6,000kg a month.

Each week the charity collects fresh fruit and vegetables from supermarkets, traders at Noosa Farmers Market as well as receiving local donations.

Michele attributes the drop in donations to a slowing of the supply chain, a tightening of belts and less wastage of food.

In an unprecedented move the non-profit organisation has obtained government funding to purchase food.

“We’ve provided food relief not food rescue,” Michele said.

The organisation provides food to more than 30 organisations including schools, community groups, churches, youth groups and charities including Urban Angels Community Kitchen Program.

Michele said their purchasing power enabled them to better target the food they bought to the needs of the community.

She doesn’t see the immediate need slowing down any time soon and expects it to increase

OzHarvest volunteer Chris Mead collects fruit and vegetable and financial donations at Noosa Farmers Market on Sunday. when government Covid-support payments cease in September.

Each week OzHarvest has been supplying 250kg fruit and vegetables to Urban Angels Community Kitchen Program which combines it with some protein to create 1000 meals.

Urban Angels, an Integrated Family and Youth Service program, cooks and freezes nutritious meals that are delivered by volunteers and organisations across the Sunshine Coast.

Study Sunshine Coast, The Dementia Alliance, Mens Sheds and Noosa Council have

collected meals from Urban Angels to deliver to people in need in the community.

Urban Angels spokeswoman Birgit said with Covid the need for their meals had been much greater.

“We’ve gone from cooking a few hundred meals a week to cooking 500 to 600 a day,” she said.

Migrants, unemployed elderly and people with disability have received their meals during the Covid crisis.

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“There were so many stories of job losses and people on the slippery slope to poverty,” she said.

Birgit said many older residents who are reliant on local restaurants for takeaway were without food when restaurants closed.

“It’s remarkable how many people have fallen through the cracks along the way,” she said.

“There’s been times when volunteers have delivered meals and residents have just broken down and cried.”

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Oysters for river not menu

By Margaret Maccoll The oysters destined to grow and form reef beds in the Noosa River are not intended for the dinner plates of Noosa restaurants or homes.

The Nature Conservancy Noosa shellfish restoration project manager Craig Bohm said the project aims to restore the oyster beds that once spread across the Noosa riverbed and created a rich ecosystem and shelter for a variety of fish species.

It is not intended to be an aquaculture project for oyster harvesting.

Craig Bohm arrived in Noosa in February to take on the project manager role after six years working on community development projects in Fiji.

And while he walked in just as COVID-19 was shutting down the region there has been plenty of behind the scenes work to keep him busy.

There have been a range of government permits to secure and studies to perform before the project can go ahead.

Mr Bohm said the shellfish restoration project would be very different from the University of the Sunshine Coast oyster reef trial which had yielded valuable insights into shellfish recruitment in the river.

TNC will draw on its knowledge and experience acquired from 30 years of creating oyster reefs in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia “These techniques have been reviewed by scientists, and are now accredited for use by the Society for Ecological Restoration,” he said.

He meets regularly with the recently formed Technical Advisory Group (TAG), a group of specialists in shellfish restoration, local and state government processes and project management, who are guiding the project as it unfolds.

TNC is doing its own studies of the river,

completing a technical shellfish restoration suitability model for the Noosa estuary, including undertaking detailed site analyses to guide the configuration and placement of restoration substrate.

“It’s very scientific,” Mr Bohm said. “We have to look at where oysters grow. In the Noosa River there are lots of oysters but few suitable places to form shellfish ecosystems.

“Rock oysters want to live in the Noosa estuary, but they lack the right type and shape of settlement substrate on which to re-establish themselves and form proper shellfish beds (rather than just a few oyster grouped together on a pilon, rock wall or jetty). Our Noosa project will lay the right substrate oysters and other species need to form complex shellfish beds.

“This restoration substrate is laid at the restoration sites, in a tried and trusted way that creates ‘aggregate lock’ whereby materials hold each other on site by the way they interlock with each other. The configuration of the substrate is determined specifically for each individual location and in close reference to the bathymetry and hydrographic (current flow and velocity) information for the site.”

Mr Bohm said TNC plans to progress slowly with the project, taking the time to consult with stakeholders to gain their views, explain their plans and share knowledge as they go along.

“We have to fit in with the ebb and flow of the Noosa river,” he said.

“We have to fit in with where people are using the river and surgically place these oyster beds without getting in the way of Noosa users.”

Once the oyster substrate is sited it should only be a few weeks before oysters begin to grow and flourish.

Mr Bohm said they would encourage people not to eat the oysters which would filter and absorb toxins but to regard the structures as an environment as they would a rainforest or the everglades.

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By Abbey Cannan

The collared Fraser Island dingo in June 2020.

Marie Louise Sarjeant with a dingo at Wildlife HQ.

Marie-Louise Sarjeant meeting Dr Jane Goodall about dingo conservation in Melbourne 2014.

paigners with awareness and actions for wildlife.”

A Department of Environment and Science spokesperson said Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) uses lightweight ear tags and tracking collars (global positioning system) to monitor wongari (dingo) movements on K’gari (Fraser Island).

“Data from tracking collars is used by QPWS to better understand the species, improve management strategies and help keep dingoes, residents and visitors to K’gari safe,” a spokesperson said.

“There are two dingoes currently wearing collars due to their displaying high-risk behaviour.

“A female has been wearing a tracking collar for 12 months, and the second animal, another

female, for five weeks.

“The tracking collars have not disadvantaged or restricted the dingoes. Both animals have been observed by rangers successfully hunting and interacting with other dingoes.“ The spokesperson said the tracking collars provided valuable behavioural information.

“The female who has been wearing a collar for 12 months has provided unique, never before witnessed intelligence about her seasonal movements.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to observe behavioural changes throughout the closure of K’gari in an absence of people, and her current behaviour with the return of visitors and campers.

“QPWS rangers closely monitor animals wearing a collar and will remove the collar if

the animal’s condition is negatively impacted.“ Tracking collars have been used to monitor dingoes since 2011.

The spokesperson said the use of tracking collars was an established and accepted practice, and approved by an independent Animal Ethics Committee.

“The dingo’s tracking collar can be removed via a remote drop-off process when tracking is no longer required,“ they said.“Some interactions have been reported since the island reopened and DES encourages members of the public to practice dingo-safe behaviour while on K’gari.”

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A Noosa resident has received overwhelming support after starting a petition to ban the use of “cruel” collars on Fraser Island dingoes.

Peregian local Marie-Louise Sarjeant has spent years campaigning for the conservation of dingoes and her recent call to ban the “outdated” collars has received over 9000 signatures.

Marie said she first became concerned about the Fraser Island dingoes when she ran a photographic laboratory with her husband in Noosa.

“Photos started to come into the lab of emaciated dingoes on Fraser Island back in the 1990s,” she said.

“In 2011 I was horrified again at seeing the heavy collars put on the dingoes then, and seen by many concerned upset tourists.

“So, I organised a campaign run from the Eumundi markets to ask QPWS to have the collars removed.

“And now again we are seeing draconian collars on these dingoes.”

Marie said the collars in 2011 were 900 grams on an 18kg dingo and they have now pictured a female dingo with a larger collar attached.

“This collar with the questionable three boxes on would weigh much more and the dingo has had it on now since May last year 2019,” Marie said.

“It looks old and outdated stock. There are much better methods and modern equipment that can be used, such as ear tags that can send satellite data.

“This is an appalling look for Australia to use such outdated cumbersome collars on these unique iconic dingoes on a World Heritage listed Island.”

Local Badtjala elder, Ian Wheeler, was seriously concerned after there was no recent sighting of the dingo over the last week, naming her Nunyara.

There are people on the Island observing Nunyara who have said she has not been seen for several days and they have seen two more collared dingoes besides Nunyara.

Marie first began to act on her concern about the Fraser Island dingoes after meeting pioneer conservationist Dr Jane Goodall in 2014.

“I was invited to this meeting with Dr Jane in 2014, at the Melbourne Museum, for a private meeting with a few other conservationists to discuss the dingoes of Fraser Island and the persecution of dingoes over Australia,” she said.

“From that meeting at Dr Jane’s request, I organised an Australia wide event, called the National Day of Action for Dingoes (N.D.A.D), on World Environment Day 5 June 2014.

“Many other conservation groups and zoos joined in this event which made me realise that the animals and environment are all connected and I then started up the Facebook page ’Connect 2 Wildlife for Environment’ in 2014, and it has been going successfully for six years.

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Eyes on Cooroy business Cooroy has a fantastic CCTV system in the CBD that was installed three years ago when the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce sourced $200,000 in funding through a Safer Streets Grant from the Australian Government.

With the system now out of warranty, the Chamber was expecting to cover annual maintenance costs of up to $10,000, rather than ask members to contribute during the extremely difficult business climate created by Covid-19.

However, recognising the importance of a fully functional and reliable CCTV network, Wythes Real Estate, Cooroy RSL and Cooroy IGA have agreed to jointly sponsor the ongoing maintenance of the Cooroy CCTV cameras for six months.

Cooroy Chamber of Commerce president Chris Bell said the system was vital for the protection of the CBD. “Sgt Mal Scott praises the system as it has on many occasions proved instrumental in not just solving crime and providing evidence but also as a deterrent to crime. The system features 30 cameras including number plate

recognition systems and the data feeds back to the Cooroy Police Station,” Mr Bell said.Peter Zipf from Cooroy IGA said The CCTV camera system is an integral part of keeping our community safe.

The system has been vital for many other businesses in the area, including the Cooroy RSL and Wythes Real Estate.

President of Cooroy RSl Barrie Adams said the community club relies in the safety of the system.

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First step for koala habitat

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Stage 1 in the Koala Rehabilitation project has been completed, with 24,000 trees in the ground.

Noosa and District Landcare have completed a massive feat in Koala Rehabilitation, with 24,000 trees planted in the first stage of the project to regenerate parts of the Ringtail State Forest.

Funded by the Body Shop Australia, the team at Noosa Landcare were able to rehabilitate 80 hectares of land in the first stage of this program.

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The next stage will be funded by Peppers Noosa Resort, having raised close to $35,000 towards helping regenerate another 15 hectares of important part of Koala habitat.

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Vale Geoff ‘Pottsy’ Potter

By Phil Jarratt You can’t be a news photographer in a small town for multiple decades without everyone having a story to tell about you, and such is certainly the case with Geoff Potter, always known as “Pottsy”, who died last weekend after battling Parkinson’s Disease.

But typically, while the stories are endless, the pictures are few and far between. While Pottsy made half of Noosa famous for at least a week with his miraculous combination of a click-and-nick pace and a genuine feel for photographing people, he was always behind the lens, rarely in front of it. He was a true professional: the story was never about him.

When I asked former Noosa mayor Tony Wellington (a great photographer himself) to rifle through his files for a Pottsy or two, he came back to me: “Plenty of Pottsy, but all you can see is the lens in front of his face!”

Wellington wasn’t the only mayor to offer a salute to Geoff Potter. Bob Abbot posted: “Oh, no, not Pottsy! So sad to hear. Such a legend to work with and such a wonderful person to know.”

Within hours of the news of his passing on Saturday morning, there were many such tributes on social media, most of them noting the two aspects that defined the man - his helpful, friendly persona and his meticulous professionalism.

Fisherman, chef and muso mate Andy Phipps noted: “I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of a top bloke. He bought me my first beer at Sunshine Surf Club when the club was a shed. He also shot most of the photos in my first two cook books. A seriously good man who will be missed by all who knew him”.

Pottsy arrived in Noosa from Melbourne more than 40 years ago, fresh from a distinguished career in advertising, and eager to advance the photography skills that had served him well in the ad world, while enjoying the sun, surf and the odd round of golf. Being an AFL tragic, he soon found himself an integral part of the Noosa Tigers, but it was his association with the Sunshine Beach Surf Club that took up most of his time, and saw him serve as president for several terms.

In the 1980s he began working as staff photographer for the Noosa News, while sharing a dubious bachelor pad at the La Mer flats in Hastings Street with a gang of local likely lads, including “Hey Bill” Watson, who choked back the tears when recalling his old mate this week.

“We lived in a bachelor’s paradise, because Geoff had to take social snaps in the Hastings Street restaurants most nights, and we’d just trail along behind him and meet the good sorts. We had such good times together, but you know what? Pottsy was always a gentleman, in business and in pleasure. He shot me with my beach cart so many times, he made me world famous! You couldn’t have wished for a better mate.”

Gail Forrer, who was Pottsy’s editor for many years, sang his praises in a moving tribute this week, but, she noted, “We all acknowledged that he could be cantankerous.” That’s putting it mildly.

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Pottsy in the thick of it at a Noosa de-amalgamation rally. talk, because the next job always beckoned.

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“As soon as I can, mate, but they’re dogs and they don’t always listen.”

“Well, tell the dogs they’ve got five minutes if they want the front page.”

We’ll all miss Pottsy, but perhaps the last word should go to Hey Bill: “He was truly one of Noosa’s greatest sons. When I saw him a couple of months ago for the last time, he said, ‘I’ll save you a seat at the celestial bar’, and I’m going to hold him to that.”

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The team here at Noosa Today is extremely excited to be back in print and serving this great region with a true community newspaper. We know there is demand for a print news product and we have been heartened by the incredible support we have received over the past few weeks from readers and local business alike. Our online and social media presence will continue as before allowing the community to engage across all platforms. Please meet our dedicated Noosa Today team…

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A journalist, editor, author, publisher and sometime film-maker, Phil Jarratt has called Noosa home for some 30 years.

He lives in Noosaville with wife Jackie, surfs every day there are waves and has contributed his Life of Brine column in every edition of Noosa Today.

Margie has worked in media and communications for more than 20 years - and most of those in community newspapers. When not working, she has volunteered in a wildlife hospital, helped rescue elephants in Thailand and been a team leader at the Noosa Alive Festival. Margie and photographer husband Rob make a great team.

A legend in local sporting ranks - and particularly in surf lifesaving circles - Ron has been a regular contributor to Noosa Today since its inception. Few would have more contacts in the local area than our sports-obsessed octogenarian and he loves sharing the stories of local people and their achievements.

Rose is passionate about community journalism since taking it as an elective subject over six years ago. Since then, she has graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Journalism and has been working in local papers ever since. She loves hearing your stories; nothing is too big or too small.

Abbey graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2018. She has met many wonderful people in the community while working at the Sunshine Coast Daily, and is now excited to join the team back at Noosa Today. If you have a story you want to discuss, she would love to hear it.

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Phil’s experience is mainly in advertising sales but he also had a stint as General Manager, Capricornia Newspapers, Rockhampton. Phil is also President of the Qld Country Press Association. His experience to create valued marketing campaigns across both digital and publishing platforms enabling clients to reach their target audience effectively. phill.lepetit@starnewsgroup.com.au

Caroline Vielle Media Sales Executive Caroline moved from France in 2002 and has lived in our beautiful region for 10 years now. In between her parent’s duties and her work, she enjoys the beach and stand up paddling. Caroline has been a local surf Lifesaver for 9 years. She can help your business engage with our local audience.

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When it comes to property in Noosa, Erle Levey has built a reputation for honest and informative reporting. Whether residential or commercial property, housing and construction, architecture or building design, Erle is widely regarded as the most respected journalist in the region. A Real Estate Institute of Queensland Journalist of the Year, he is a patron of Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir and has long been a keen supporter of sporting and community organisations.

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A first for Lions Club

By Rose Astley Tewantin Noosa Lion’s Club member David Watts has recently been appointed District Governor, making him a key member in the association.

David has been a Lions member for 35 years, joining the Noosa Tewantin branch in 1985.

“My main role in the District is to assist clubs in their work in the community by way of physical assistance or by training in service, membership and leadership. I am the “middle man“ between Clubs and Lions Clubs International.

The Tewantin Noosa Lions Club has been in existence for 50 plus years and I am the first District Governor to be elected in that time,” David said.

“I joined Lions to assist others in our communities who are not travelling too well due to financial or health circumstances. Lions has the foundations as vehicles to assist in these areas.

“As an example we collect used stamps throughout Australia which are trimmed and sold at auction in Sydney which this year has raised $45,000 and allowed children with cerebral palsy to purchase walkers so that they move around,” David said.

Who are the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club?

When it comes to service clubs, a name people will always remember is Lions, this is probably because they’re usually the club that is serving you sausages or chips at your local hardware store or market.

While they do spend a lot of time flipping sausages and frying chips, this is just a very small way your local Lion’s Club raises much needed funds for the community, their commitment to the community in fact goes much deeper.

Each year, roughly $50,000 is donated from the Lions Club back into the Noosa Shire.

Long term member Christine Pullin, along with her partner Chris, have been a part of the Lions Club for over 20 years.

“We donate a lot to Lions based projects, but the majority of our money we raise goes back to people in this community,” Christine said.

Under the clubs charter, they are to give one hundred per cent of the money they raise back to the public, this means that administration fees and other costs are paid for purely from membership fees to be a part of the club.

Their motto is simple: Where there’s a need, there’s a Lion, and with 1200 clubs across Australia and New Zealand and 1.4 million members worldwide, there is always a Lion that can lend a helping hand.

The Tewantin Noosa Lion’s Club have 54 members, and since their inception in 1967, the list of their achievements within the community is equally as long.

In the late 70’s, the club constructed a raised area in the Gympie Terrace Lions Park, the mound was to serve as a stage for concerts and performances such as the Country Music Festival.

The makeshift stage proved to be problematic and the Lions Club lobbied for the Noosa Council to allow funding for a permanent structure, completed in 2006 the River Stage Noosa is still enjoyed by many to this day.

The Tewantin Noosa Lions Club also constructed the Meals on Wheels Kitchen, after receiving a letter in 1992 from the Meals on Wheels committee asking if the club could adopt them as they were in trouble and needed help.

At the time, the meals were being prepared in a small tin shed unsuitable for their work, so council offered them a piece of land that they could expand onto, the Lions Club took on the challenge despite only having enough funds to outfit the kitchen.

The project was estimated to cost $125,000 and was to be completed by volunteer work alone over three weekends, members of the club reached out to Noosa Mayor Noel Playford who granted the amount of $65,000 under the premise that Meals on Wheels would pay off the loan $500 each month.

Though the money was never required, as local support from an organised Buy a Brick campaign raised enough funds to help pay for the project.

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Tewantin Noosa Lions assisting in the 2019 Noosa fires.

Lions volunteering in the Classic Bike Race.

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club ventured to Jericho bringing gifts and food.

Lions members Louise and Alison in Jericho.

David Watts, member for 35 years, was recently appointed Lions District Governor.

Snapshots from the opening of Lions Park, Noosaville in 1973.

The construction of the Noosa Meals on Wheels kitchen circa 1993.

The Noosa community continued to band together to help complete the project, with bricklayers, painters and plumbers offering free services on weekends, their reward were meals cooked from the Lions Club food van.

These structures have and will continue to significantly benefit the Noosa community through the efforts and lobbying from the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club, but these projects are a small token of how passionate the club is for helping the community.

In last year’s Cooroibah bushfires, the home of father and son Brian and Beau Williams was destroyed, in a massive community effort and the help of the local Lions Club, the family was supplied a large canopy, a solar shower and portaloo along with many other necessities to help them along in their time of need.

The Tewantin Noosa Lions Club were heavily involved in the Noosa Region’s bushfire support, feeding the firefighters and serving food to the thousands of people who were evacuated from their homes in the region during the disaster.

Lions prepared emergency breakfasts, lunches and dinners for the evacuees and supported them in every way possible, even providing hug or shoulder to cry on.

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club Membership Chair Bev Heaney said that seeing the look on people’s faces when offered a helping hand is a feeling that can’t be described.

“This was a huge exercise and we are all proud to be Lions and part of extraordinary circumstances, where everyone in the community was empathetic and spread the love to help and support people in dire circumstances.

“Once you see the look on someone’s face when you’ve helped them, it becomes an addiction,” Bev said.

Though based in Noosa, it’s not only our region that benefits from the giving nature of the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club, places as far away as Jericho also feel their compassion.

995km away, the small town of Jericho has been ‘adopted’ by our Lions Club, the town suffers greatly from drought and therefore have suffered the financial burden that comes with it, so for the last two years, members of the Tewantin Noosa Club make the 2000km round trip to deliver clothes, toys and food from ‘Santa’.

These are just a few of the tasks undertaken by the club, and although the work is extremely gratifying, it is becoming more difficult with a large portion of the club getting up in age.

That is why they’re now appealing to the younger members of the community to take the leap and join the club.

Christine Pullin has been a part of Lions for 22 years, alongside her husband Chris, who has served for 29 years, the pair are certain that the younger generations would benefit greatly from the club.

“It’s not all work,” Christine said.

I actually get more out of Lions than I give, because everybody needs a helping hand at some stage and there might be a day that I need it.

“And if you put back into the community, you’re helping somebody and someday down the track you might need some help and you’ll have someone to call on.

One message that the group wants to ex-

press is that Lions is not just for the older generations, it is an environment that anyone from any age can enjoy and benefit from.

The whole family can become involved with Lions, kids and teenagers aged 12-18 can become members of a Leos Club, which was formed to help the development of young people to become community serving citizens.

Activities for Leos can include cleaning and tree planting, helping the elderly, or working with their sponsoring Lions Club to raise much needed funds for medical equipment or charities.

The Lions club is for volunteer men and women and children who are not exceptionally or specially qualified, just people who have decided to give something back to their community.

Independent Member for Noosa Sandy Bolton believes that community service groups such as the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club are essential to our community.

“Community organisations are vital in supporting the most vulnerable, as well being there for us in times of need.

“The Tewantin Noosa Lions Club have provided targeted assistance to us all in some way, including providing food and friendship for our evacuees through their numerous fundraising events.

“Who can resist a Lions ‘sauso or burger’?

“Keep up the fabulous work TN Lions, our community relies on your generosity of spirit and camaraderie,” Ms Bolton said.

For any information involving volunteer work for becoming a member, visit https:// tewantinnoosa.qld.lions.org.au/.

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PHIL JARRATT goes deep under rainforest cover to hear new councillor Tom Wegener’s big ideas for Noosa

Trials on the trail with Tom Councillor Tom Wegener climbs out from the driver’s seat, stomps around the edges of a storm water crevasse on this rough track running along the edge of deep rainforest, and declares we can go no further.

While not technically lost, we are technically slightly buggered. We have to turn the vehicle around in a space not much wider than the social distancing minimum. Fortunately the car is a tiny town sedan with a good turning circle. Unfortunately, it has virtually no clearance and is totally unsuited to negotiating the rutted slope we just came down.

But, with a few wheel spins, a bit of foliage for traction and a couple of therapeutic curses, we make it, and can resume our wanderings around the Yurol/Ringtail acquisitions - “the clay waiting to be shaped”, as Wegener puts it, of the ambitious Masterplan to turn the Noosa Trail Network into a world class natural habitat, crisscrossed by marked paths that tread lightly on the environment. We could have explored the already-established parts of the network during our morning on the hoof, but Tom insisted that I see the wild side, and I’m glad he did.

At one point on our walks, as we emerged from the rainforest and viewed the landscape from a ridge, he got very animated. “See all that below? Newly planted trees that in 10 years will be an incredible wildlife habitat. See that clump of forest in the distance? The last of the state plantation forest, soon to be felled and replaced by new growth too. The Koala Crusaders volunteers, with a big grant from The Body Shop, have planted many thousands of trees already, with a future koala habitat as the goal. Can you imagine how great that will be for tourists and for our kids?”

Tom Wegener is a waterman, new to council and fairly new to the wonders of the hinterland, but he has taken to them with a passion, which is pretty much how the man rolls. When he feels, he doesn’t hold back.

Wegener, now 55, was a well-known California longboarder when he slipped into Noosa in the late ‘90s to show a surf movie in which he starred. At the local radio station to promote his screening, he fell in love with the pretty morning dee jay and he and Margie married within the year and created two great kids, Finley and Sunday, now grown.

What most of us didn’t know when Tom hit town was that he had a law degree and had run a practice specialising in environmental cases.

During his two decades in Noosa he has added to his academic credit a PhD in small manufacturing, written a book on sustainability in the surfboard industry and pioneered the replacement of foam surfboard blanks with sustainable paulownia plantation wood, not to mention the renaissance of the traditional finless surfboard.

Despite this, relatively few voters of Noosa knew anything about Tom Wegener when he decided to run for council this year, and he gave himself a one in four chance of succeeding. He ran on passion and a pittance, and got across the line. As Tom says, “If people knew me at all, it was as a surfboard builder, but I thought I had some skills that fed well into being a councillor. Being a lawyer gives you a bit of confidence when people start throwing big words around, and being a small manufacturer, I’ve worked my butt off for 22 years here, so I identify with everyone doing the same.”

When Wegener started campaigning for council he was apt to quote Socrates and the Stoics as his inspiration for pursuing a role in democracy in action. He’s wisely knocked that on the head a bit, but when you look at where the man has come from and what he hopes to achieve in local government, it can be reduced to a Socrates sound bite - human reason over doctrine. And it is this that informs Tom’s passion for the Big Ideas that have shaped Noosa.

He turns to me, behind him on the trail, to make a point: “I think it’s so exciting that we can continue to leverage Noosa’s natural assets, just like we’ve done with surfing. People come from all over the world to ride our waves, and that’s a big base for our tourism economy.

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Tom Wegener deep in the Ringtail rainforest. beauty is that it’s not just something for tourists to enjoy - like the surf, this is something we locals can use and enjoy. It took real vision to make this happen, and that’s what Noosa does best. (Pioneer environmental activist) Arthur Harrold and friends went through this process many years ago with the first big idea, which was to have a national park on the headland.

Big ideas are why Noosa is so special today,

and the Yurol and Ringtail Creek acquisitions are among the last pieces of the puzzle to fall in place.”

As well as enjoying the learning curve of a newbie councillor, Wegener is relishing his role as NSC representative on the board of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation, which he sees as the glue that can bind the commu-

nity groups that come up with the big ideas, and help nurture and fund them. He says: “The Biosphere is not static: it is the history, the culture, the environment, the decisions that have made Noosa what it is today. It’s a process, and in my view it’s good governance in action, which Noosa has enjoyed for many years and needs to continue.”

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Our beautiful hinterland.

Now that the mud-slinging campaign is ancient history, Cr Wegener says that he and the other newbies are getting along just fine at Pelican Street. “I think as new councillors we were all a bit tentative going in, but we’re working really well with each other, and with the re-elected councillors. The most important thing is that we all listen and we communicate clearly. Even

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Picture: TOM WEGENER if we have disagreements we can talk through them in a reasonable way. And through that process it seems that generally we can arrive at a unanimous decision. I think it was (former mayor) Bob Abbot who once said, the last thing you want is a councillor to come in with a predetermined view about what must happen.”

Reason over doctrine. But if Wegener chose

to quote one former mayor as we tramped the trail, it was an even earlier mayor who has been his guiding light, citing Noel Playford’s reasoned, pragmatic approach to governance as his inspiration.

As we drive back into town, Tom says: “For me one of the most exciting things about being a councillor is you drive around these streets

and see all of the things that we are involved in, and it makes you feel so enmeshed in the community. And because I’m a surfer, every time I walk along that $7 million walkway to the National Park to go surfing, I think, this is worth every penny it cost. It’s a constant reminder of those big ideas that have made Noosa the best place on earth.”

Where the trails lead...

The Noosa Trail network is a dedicated network of eight scenic hinterland walking, cycling and horse-riding recreational trails through the Noosa Hinterland which has existed for more than 20 years, continuously improved and upgraded by Noosa Council over that time.

The spectacular countryside trails vary in length and difficulty. The walking trails are fully maintained and the Noosa trail network is punctuated by interpretative signs and rest shelters. Work is underway to improve directional signage throughout the network, making it easier for amateur orienteers.

But until recently the trail network had become a forgotten gem in Noosa’s crown.

Since the historic Yurol and Ringtail acquisitions - approved by council in 2017 and delivered in 2018 - a new focus has been placed on our “ring of parks” and the 130 kilometres of trails that bisect them.

As revealed in last week’s NT, Tourism Noosa, the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation, Noosa and District Landcare and Noosa Council have joined forces to create a Masterplan to promote, protect, rehabilitate and nurture as wildlife corridors the vast former plantation pine forests that now connect the ring of parks. The Masterplan mission statement is “to eliminate and prevent mis-

Along the Trail.

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use of this important environmental asset whilst supporting and managing the sustainable use of the network and its surrounding areas.”

The 10-year plan is expected to result in a world class wildlife habitat, housing many endangered species, including the koala, while at the same time providing tourists and locals with incredible hiking, cycling and horse-riding possibilities.

Map of the Masterplan.

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25 years with pet project

By Abbey Cannan Overseeing roughly 50,000 adoptions during her time at RSPCA, this Noosa resident’s 25 years of service to animal welfare deserves to be celebrated.

When she was a child, Nicole Cleary dreamt of having as many animals in her home as she could, but like most kids begging for a new pet, she was told no.

“When I got married and came up here to Queensland, I always thought I wanted to be able to have whatever animals I wanted in my life,” Nicole said.

“I was a pastry cook at the time and I had a fair bit of time in the mornings and I saw that there was a RSPCA and I just started being a volunteer and I loved it.

“It was just amazing and I thought working with the animals and the dogs in particular was terrific.”

RSPCA was in the middle of taking over the Noosa shelter at the time, and Nicole scored a full time a position and was eventually promoted to manager.

“So, I’ve been here ever since,” Nicole said.

“I’ve had some really lovely opportunities over the years.

“I’ve won a scholarship and got to go over to tour around America to see what happens with my peers.

“I’ve worked at all the RSPCA shelters and there’s nine of those and I think that’s just broadened what we do as an organisation.

“We’ve got a lot of depth in being able to contribute to welfare all across Queensland.”

Nicole said she had always been an on the ground working manager, doing the same tasks as her staff, from cleaning kennels to washing dogs.

“I love to do fundraising and catch up with the community side of the job as well,” she said.

“I do believe that we have to have a people focus to be able to get great results for the animals.

“I know how hard it was 25 years ago when we didn’t have de-sexing, or microchipping and we were probably only in the early stages of developing what the RSPCA did.

“So, I value and I take away from it that I’ve been able to see the bigger picture.

“It makes you really compassionate to how people are because I just think we could all end up in that situation at any stage where we’re reliant on someone helping us.

RSPCA Noosa shelter manager Nicole Cleary (centre) celebrates 25 years with colleagues.

“Whether it’s in a disaster or whether it’s just because we can’t find somewhere to live.”

Nicole said when she first started at RSPCA Noosa 25 years ago, they were having to make tough choices on which animals stayed in care and which ones had to go to heaven.

“Because there were just too many animals and not enough homes,” she said.

“Whereas now, you’re really only ever having to euthanise on something that you can’t ever manage.”

Nicole said she believed the overpopulation of animals had decreased.

“We’re very lucky in Noosa as we hardly have any baby animals being born at all,” she said.

“Also, Noosa runs as a transient centre for other shelters which means we’re always staying full and we’ve had some really successful adoptions.

“We get some beautiful animals up here

from other shelters such as Dakabin and Gympie.

“I like to be supportive of colleagues and I do feel at RSPCA we all work as a great big family and we’re all a branch of each other.”

Nicole said social media had become a huge help in pushing their cause.

“You never used to see what happened with the animals and now we get to share the good success stories and see what happens with them as they’re moving through their lives with their new owners,” she said.

“I’ve been quite lucky in a smaller shelter, being able to have a hand in a lot of the adoptions.

“I’m only as good as the people that have helped me along the way as well.”

Nicole said it was amazing to rally people together who had the same passion for animals.

“The dedication comes from when you go

home at night, you’re looking at your shelter and knowing that everyone’s alive and you’ve given them the best that you can while they’re in your care,“ she said.“But you also need to be able to let them go when you know that you’ve got the perfect owner for them.”

After her long career with the company, Nicole said she couldn’t see herself going anywhere else.

“If I went another 25 that would mean I’m 80. And then at least maybe I’d be the oldest living shelter manager,” she said.

“I’d love to say that I’ll be here until I retire.”

Nicole said RSPCA Noosa had been organising some great fundraising events and garage sales for when COVID-19 restrictions eased.

“We will still doing some virtual adoptions over the internet as well, but it’ll be lovely for people to come and visit the shelter again after having a bit of break,” she said.

Keep up to date with their latest fundraising events at www.facebook.com/RSPCAnoosa/

Cause for paws: Why you should bring your dog to work

By Abbey Cannan Bring Your Dog to Work Day was recently celebrated on Friday 26 June, but a Noosa doctor is questioning why the company of our furry friends should be limited to just one day.

Increased job satisfaction, team cooperation and morale have all been reported in employees that spend the workday with pets, and this is certainly the case at Noosa Outlook Medical Centre.

Dr Claire Lawrence said her eight-monthold Spoodle Pup, Forrest, attends the clinic on a regular basis.

“Having Forrest in my life has changed it for the better, but I also feel blessed to have him when his presence in the consult-room brings joy to a patient, however young or old they may be,” Dr Lawrence said.

“It will often trigger a story or comment about their past or present dog.

“He makes people smile which is priceless, and just what the doctor ordered.

“Many scientific studies have concluded that dogs create a reduced stress level in the workplace, which let’s face it, during these COVID-19 times, there has been plenty of stress.”

A US survey found that 78 per cent of employed pet parents would bring their dog to work if their employer allowed it—and nearly two-thirds would bring them along frequently.

Dr Lawrence said this is already a reality as more companies worldwide are adopting dogfriendly office policies, though Australia seems to be lagging behind.

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facilities and provides doggie water fountains and treats at the reception desk.

“Google has even written ‘dog friendliness’ in its Code of Conduct.”

But before deciding to bring your dog to work, Dr Lawrence said it was important to ensure it does not adversely impact the health, welfare or working environment of the employees or visitors to your place of work.

“There are many benefits to owning a dog, both physical and psychological,” she said.

“It helps boost your cardiovascular health (by lowering blood pressure and triglycerides (bad fats) as well as increasing physical activity.

“Dogs are great motivators to get out and about.”

Dr Lawrence said growing up with a dog in infancy may strengthen the immune system, and hence children with dogs are less likely to miss days of school due to illness.

“A study of school children revealed pet owners were more popular and empathic with higher self- esteem and a more positive outlook on life. They reported less despair, boredom and loneliness,” she said.

“Dog owners have lower depression rates and appear to cope with grief, stress and loss better.

“They also enhance social connectedness and social skills and like anyone will know when they are walking a dog, they are great conversation starters. Pets are also great caregivers.”

Dr Lawrence said with dog ownership

Dr Claire Lawrence loves having her eightmonth-old spoodle pup, Forrest at work. comes massive responsibility, commitment and cost and should be considered before embarking on getting a dog for the whole of its life.

Bring your Dog to Work Day first started in the UK back in 1996, and has since spread worldwide.

The day celebrates the companionship our dogs provide and also encourages adoptions from local shelters and rescue groups.

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We have Eurovision at home Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Starring: Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams Rated M

Will Ferrell and Pierce Brosnan.

Saga heard all over Eurovision Song Contest - The Story of Fire Saga Stars: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Daniel Stevens, Pierce Brosnan.

Netflix It is the biggest music festival in the world - a mostly European institution (though we Aussies are big, big fans, too) that sees everything from the weird and the wacky, the beautiful and sublime of the music world come together each May. It’s not surprising then that someone has used it as a background for a movie, though it is a shock that it’s American Will Ferrell (Elf).

The other surprise is the depth of fan-service the movie offers to Euro-fans. There are so many Euro cliches and rather than being an American taking pot-shots at a beloved event Ferrell who co-wrote the movie works hard to make it more a love-letter to the event.

Ferrell, who was introduced to Eurovision

through his Swedish wife, stars as obscure Icelandic musician Lars who with his musical partner Sigrit (Rachel McAdams - who is the heart of the movie) are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the world’s biggest song competition.

Sure there is a touch of Ferrell’s more puerile humour and there are inconsistencies (a joke that UK comes last these days and yet the final is in Edinburgh which would only host if the UK or maybe Australia had won but then the hosts are Eastern European) but this is a movie that gently explores both Icelandic and Eurovision culture and instills a lot of heart.

Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and The Beast) is fabulous as the Russian favourite harbouring a secret while Pierce Brosnan (who thankfully doesn’t sing) is Lars’ gruff fisherman dad.

And there are cameos by many of the recent Euro winners including Netta, Conchita Wurst

and Alexander Rybak and Eurovision icons including Graham Norton and William Lee Adams (Wiwi Blogs).

It also features music that very well could have been part of Eurovision and that will have Eurofans tapping their feet (the soundtrack came out on Sony on Friday).

The other big plus is gorgeous Scottish and Icelandic scenery (as well as the real Eurovision stage from Portugal) that will have fans wishing that Eurovision had gone ahead this year because ironically most fans agree Iceland would have won the event for the first time (thanks to Dadi Freyr’ Think About Things).

And while it’s not perfect by any means this is a movie that has been in development since 2014 and the level of research shows. It was a pleasant surprise for my bunch of Eurovision fans who’d never made it all the way through a Ferrell movie before.

- Tania Phillips

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is an irrepressibly charming and surprisingly poignant comedy musical following Icelandic musicians Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams) as they compete in Eurovision against all odds.

Ferrell and McAdams have delightful chemistry as a sweet, close couple driven apart by ambition.

The plot deftly balances the external conflict of Lars and Sigrit striving to win Eurovision with the internal conflict of Lars getting his priorities straight and Sigrit wishing for more out of life, and features some engaging sub-plots involving Lars’ disapproving father, Sigrit’s handsome Russian friend Alexander (Dan Stevens) and the elves of Icelandic mythology.

The Story of Fire Saga has quirky characters and vibrant art direction captured through steady, documentary-like camerawork.

This film will be a treat for Eurovision fans, as it has cameos from numerous past contestants, and several of the rousing musical numbers reference famous past performances, including a fun riff on infamous Finnish metal band Lordi playing in full demon makeup in the 2006 contest.

I don’t normally enjoy musicals, but this film’s musical numbers are necessarily organic to the plot, and I was grinning from ear to ear by the end.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a joyful, touching and wellstructured tribute to the gaudy excess of Eurovision, and is available for streaming on Netflix.

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Cultures collide in top rom-com, with a happy ending Top End Wedding Starring: Miranda Tapsell, Gwilym Lee, Kerry Fox 98 minutes, rated M Successful Sydney lawyer Lauren Ford (Miranda Tapsell, The Sapphires) is given just 10 days by her hard-nosed boss to get hitched and get back to making money for the firm - but the bride’s mother has gone missing, and bridegroom Ned Pelton (Gwilym Lee, Bohemian Rhapsody) hasn’t told her he has packed in his job - what could possibly go wrong.

The impossible deadline, missing mum and series of misadventures is the backdrop for a truly delightful rom-com that hits all the right notes in a frantic on-again, off-again race to say those vows.

Lauren wants to get married back in Darwin, to honour her Indigenous heritage, but refuses to go through with the ceremony without her mum present.

It’s just that mum Daphne has had a gutful of her suburban life and has gone off in search of ... something better ... leaving husband Trevor a bawling mess, retreating to the pantry to play weepy ‘80s ‘chick music’. He’s watched enough Bruce Willis ‘Die Hard’ movies to know he’s not ‘man enough’ to keep his wife happy.

Huw Higginson is engagingly pathetic as Trev-

or, the jilted husband, in a role that pokes fun at the traditional ‘man of the house’ gender stereotype.

While Trevor is busy blubbing in the pantry, compromising photos emerge of mum with a French outback helicopter pilot - along with a trashed hotel room - and Lauren is left emotionally strung by not knowing her whereabouts or what she’s actually up to.

Fiance Ned’s disclosure that he’s quit his job as a soft-hearted prosecutor is the final straw.

That doesn’t prevent him from trying to give Lauren some ‘fairy floss’ romantic moments which are way out of step with Lauren’s beleaguered thinking.

With time ticking down towards the wedding day, Lauren’s boss, the hard-nosed Ms Hampton (Kerry Fox) is called in. She’s never been a wedding planner, but she has been a planner - and has Trevor and the bridesmaids busy with wedding details right up to the deadline. Fox is a scene stealer, and the icing on the cake of this well-crafted romp.

Images of the staggeringly beautiful Top End and Tiwi Islands are an added bonus.

And there’s just enough ‘Die Hard’ dialogue to make it OK for blokes to watch, too.

- Andrew Cantwell

Miranda Tapsell (pictured) reunites with Sapphires director Wayne Blair for Top End Wedding.

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2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Friday Night Dinner (PG) 8:55 Gavin And Stacey (M s)

2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 4:00 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:35 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Hard Quiz (PG) 9:00 High Fidelity (MA15+) 9:30 Fleabag (M l,s,v)

4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 ITCH (PG) 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 The Penguins Of Madagascar 8:45 Voltron: Legendary Defender (PG) 9:10 Fruits Basket (PG)

4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 ITCH (PG) 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 The Crystal Maze (PG) 7:15 Deadly 60 (PG) 7:45 The Zoo 7:55 The Penguins Of Madagascar (PG) 8:30 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 8:45 So Awkward 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:25 Good Game Spawn Point 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 The Crystal Maze 7:15 Fierce! (PG) 8:05 Shaun The Sheep 8:35 Danger Mouse 9:00 So Awkward 9:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 9:50 Slugterra 10:15 rage (PG)

4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 The Penguins Of Madagascar 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 9:40 Slugterra

4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 8:50 So Awkward 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 6:55 What’s For Dinner? 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:25 Danger Mouse 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:00 What’s For Dinner? 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Clarence (PG) 4:45 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:15 The Tom And Jerry Show 5:45 Movie: “The Emoji Movie” (PG) (’17) Stars: TJ Miller 7:30 Movie: “Matilda” (PG) (’96) Stars: Mara Wilson 9:30 Movie: “Mean Girls” (M) (’04) Stars: Tina Fey

3:00 The Road Trick (PG) 3:30 The Xtreme Collxtion (PG) 4:30 Red Bull Soapbox Race (PG) 5:30 Clarence (PG) 5:45 Movie: “Bee Movie” (G) (’07) Stars: Jerry Seinfeld 7:30 Movie: “Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2” (M v) (’15) Stars: Jennifer Lawrence 10:10 Movie: “The Shallows” (M) (’16) Stars: Blake Lively 12:00 Heroes (MA15+)

2:45 World Of Dance (PG) 3:45 Movie: “Step Up Revolution” (PG) (’12) Stars: Ryan Guzman 5:45 Movie: “Aliens In The Attic” (PG) (’09) Stars: Ashley Tisdale 7:30 Movie: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (M v) (’07) Stars: Albert Finney 9:40 Movie: “Mission Impossible III” (M v) (’06) Stars: Tom Cruise 12:10 Heroes (MA15+) 1:00 Robot Wars (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Ninjago (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol” (M) (’11) Stars: Tom Cruise 11:10 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 11:40 Japandemonium (M)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Man On Fire” (M v,l) (’04) Stars: Denzel Washington 10:30 Movie: “The American” (MA15+) (’10) Stars: George Clooney 12:30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8:30 Movie: “XXX: Return Of Xander Cage” (M v,s,l) (’17) Stars: Vin Diesel 10:35 The Big Bang Theory (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Step Up” (PG) (’06) Stars: Channing Tatum 9:40 Movie: “Into The Blue” (M) (’05) Stars: Jessica Alba 12:00 Miami Vice (M) 1:00 Robot Wars (PG)

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Hell Is A City” (PG) (’60) Stars: Stanley Baker 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Poirot (PG) 8:40 Movie: “Sully: Miracle On The Hudson” (M l) (’16) Stars: Tom Hanks 10:40 Movie: “United 93” (M v,l) (’06) Stars: David Alan Basche

12:45 Movie: “Maytime In Mayfair” (G) (’49) Stars: Anna Neagle 2:40 Movie: “Pocket Full Of Miracles” (G) (’61) Stars: Bette Davis 5:30 Movie: “Sweet Smell Of Success” (PG) (’57) Stars: Burt Lancaster 7:30 Movie: “Firewall” (M v,l) (’06) Stars: Harrison Ford 9:40 Movie: “Tears Of The Sun” (M v,l) (’03) Stars: Monica Bellucci

12:30 Getaway (PG) 1:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) 3:00 Movie: “The Buccaneer” (G) (’58) Stars: Yul Brynner 5:30 Movie: “Lawman” (PG) (’71) Stars: Burt Lancaster 7:30 Death In Paradise (M v) 8:40 DCI Banks (MA15+) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M v) 11:40 The Rockford Files (PG) 12:35 My Favourite Martian 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Dangerman (PG)

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “The Loves Of Joanna Godden” (PG) (’47) Stars: Googie Withers 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M v) 8:40 Midsomer Murders (M) 10:40 TBA 11:30 ER (M v) 12:30 Antiques Roadshow

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:35 Movie: “The Small Voice” (PG) (’48) Stars: Howard Keel 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M) 8:40 Poirot (M) 10:55 Trial & Retribution (M) 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries (PG)

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 2:55 Movie: “The Sound Barrier” (PG) (’52) Stars: Ann Todd 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Agatha Raisin (PG) 8:30 Midsomer Murders (PG) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (PG) 11:35 ER (M v) 12:30 Antiques Roadshow

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Wellness Break 3:05 Antiques Roadshow 3:35 Movie: “Nurse On Wheels” (G) (’63) Stars: Joan Sims 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Territory Cops (PG) 8:30 Released To Kill Again (M v) 9:30 Suburban Gangsters (MA15+) 10:30 Chicago Med (M)

3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 8:30 Cliveden - A Very British Country House Hotel (M l) 9:45 Escape To The Country 10:45 Selling Houses Australia (PG)

1:30 Sydney Weekender 2:00 My Road To Adventure 2:30 The Great Australian Doorstep (PG) 3:00 Creek To Coast 3:30 Weekender 4:00 Bargain Hunt 5:00 Building The Dream 6:00 Make It Yours 6:30 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 8:30 Escape To The Country 11:30 Make It Yours 12:00 Escape To The Country 1:00 Sydney Weekender

3:00 Movie: “Stay Away, Joe” (G) (’68) Stars: Elvis Presley 5:00 M*A*S*H (PG) 7:00 The Vicar Of Dibley: Autumn/ Winter (PG) 8:40 Mrs Brown’s Boys: Mammy’s Ass/ Mammy’s Spell (M) 10:00 Miranda (PG) 11:20 What A Carry On (PG) 12:00 Movie: “Stay Away, Joe” (G) (’68) Stars: Elvis Presley 2:10 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG)

3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 TBA 8:30 Inspector George Gently (M v) 10:30 A Crime To Remember (M v,l) 11:30 Brit Cops (M) 12:30 Heists That Shook The World (M v) 1:30 Last Chance Learners (PG) 2:00 Escape To The Country (PG) 3:00 Bargain Hunt

3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Rosemary & Thyme (M v) 8:30 Inspector Morse (M v) 10:50 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 11:50 Mighty Ships (PG) 12:50 Cars Cops & Criminals (M)

3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 4:30 Mighty Ships (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Border Security Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Lewis: And The Moonbeams Kiss The Sea (M v) 10:30 Redrum (PG) 11:30 Mighty Planes (PG) 12:30 Medical Emergency (PG)

3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Mighty Planes (PG) 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Father Brown (M v) 8:30 Murdoch Mysteries (M v) 11:30 Brit Cops (M d,l) 1:30 Make It Yours 2:00 Escape To The Country 3:00 Bargain Hunt 4:00 Million Dollar Minute

1:30 Gold Fever (PG) 2:30 American Pickers (PG) 3:30 Engineering Connections (PG) 4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Friday Night Countdown (PG) 7:30 AFL: Round 5: Collingwood v Essendon *Live* From The MCG 10:45 Armchair Experts (M) 11:15 Hardcore Pawn (M)

2:00 Dipper’s Destinations (PG) 2:30 Fishing And Adventure (PG) 3:00 Garage 41 (PG) 3:30 Pawn Stars (PG) 4:40 AFL: Round 5: Geelong v Gold Coast *Live* From GMHBA Stadium 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 AFL: Round 5: Brisbane v Port Adelaide *Live* From The Gabba 10:00 Movie: “Caddyshack II” (M) (’88) Stars: Chevy Chase

1:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction (PG) 3:00 AFL: Round 5: Sydney v Melbourne *Live* From The SCG 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Italian Job” (M v,l) (’03) Stars: Mark Wahlberg 10:50 Movie: “Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance” (M v,l) (’11) Stars: Nicolas Cage

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 American Restoration (PG) 2:30 Full Custom Garage (PG) 3:30 Blokesworld (PG) 4:00 Your 4x4 (PG) 4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 American Pickers (PG) 8:30 Movie: “U-571” (M v) (’00) Stars: Mathew McConaughey

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 American Pickers (PG) 3:00 Full Custom Garage (PG) 4:00 Merv Hughes Fishing (PG) 4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Outback Truckers (PG) 9:30 Desert Collectors (PG) 10:30 Supertruckers (PG)

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 Supertruckers (PG) 3:00 Counting Cars (PG) 3:30 Desert Collectors (PG) 4:30 Garage 41 (PG) 5:00 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 The Simpsons (PG) 9:00 Family Guy (M v) 10:00 American Dad (M) 11:00 Family Guy (M v)

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 The Simpsons (PG) 3:30 Family Guy (M v) 4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time” (PG) (’03) Stars: Alfred Molina 11:00 Sarah Connor Chronicles (M v) 12:00 The Front Bar (M l)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission: Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Walker, Texas Ranger (M) 10:30 CSI: Miami (M v) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M v) 3:00 MacGyver (M v) 4:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v)

2:00 Planes Gone Viral (PG) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Driven Not Hidden (PG) 4:00 Which Car (PG) 4:30 Mighty Machines 5:00 Escape Fishing With ET 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Diagnosis Murder (M v) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (MA15+) 10:20 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 11:15 NCIS (M) 12:10 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M)

2:30 Monster Jam (PG) 3:30 One Strange Rock (PG) 4:30 What’s Up Down Under 5:00 COPS (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 9:25 Law & Order: SVU (M v) 10:20 48 Hours (M) 11:20 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 2:05 RPM 2:35 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M) 3:35 VF Confidential (M v) 4:35 COPS (PG) 5:05 The Doctors (PG)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 9:25 Law And Order: SVU (M) 10:20 Austrian Grand Prix 2020 Highlights 11:20 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 Walker, Texas Ranger (M) 4:10 MacGyver (PG)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS: Dead Reflection (M) 8:30 CSI: Miami (M) 10:20 The Mentalist (M) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 3:10 Wisdom Of The Crowd (PG) 5:05 The Doctors (M)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 11:15 NCIS (M) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 Jake And The Fatman (PG) 3:10 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 4:05 MacGyver (PG)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Hawaii Five-O: Loa’a Pono Ka ’iole I Ka Punana/ Makani ’olu A Holo Malie (M v) 10:30 NCIS (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v)

2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 TBA 7:30 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Friends (PG) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 1:00 Family Ties (PG) 2:00 Charmed (PG) 4:00 Will & Grace (PG) 5:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 6:00 Movie: “Madagascar” (PG) (’05) Stars: Tom McGrath 7:45 Kojak (M v,d) 8:50 Columbo (M v) 10:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) 11:30 Friends (PG)

11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Neighbours (PG) 2:30 Will & Grace (PG) 3:30 Fresh Off The Boat (PG) 4:30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 5:30 Friends (PG) 8:30 TBA 10:00 Dating #NoFilter (M s) 11:00 Will & Grace (PG) 12:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 12:30 100% Hotter (PG) 1:30 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (PG)

2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Two And A Half Men (PG) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Mom (M s,d) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 How To Stay Married (M s,l) 2:00 9JKL (M)

2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Happy Together (PG) 2:30 Charmed (PG)

2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 The Middle (M) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

3:50 ABC America: World News Tonight 4:15 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:15 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Brooklyn NineNine (PG) 7:30 RocKwiz 8:30 Movie: “Dad Made Dirty Movies” (MA15+) (’11) Stars: Rudolph Grey 9:40 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (MA15+)

4:00 PBS Newshour 5:00 Happy Endings (M s) 6:45 Meet The Polygamists (PG) 7:40 Stargate SG-1 (M) 8:30 Ancient Aliens: Aliens And Dinosaurs (M v) 9:20 Colony (MA15+) 11:05 Sex: Original Sin (MA15+) 12:00 Movie: “Blow Out” (MA15+) (’81) Stars: John Travolta 1:55 The Movie Show (M) 2:25 France 24 News In English From Paris

4:10 Insight 5:10 Yokayi Footy 5:45 Travel Man 6:45 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 7:40 Hunting Hitler (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (PG) (’79) Stars: William Shatner 10:55 50 Years Of Star Trek (M) 12:30 Movie: “Me And Earl And The Dying Girl” (M) (’15) Stars: Olivia Cooke 2:25 France 24 News In English From Paris

4:15 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 In Search Of (PG) 9:15 Adam Looking For Eve (MA15+) (In German) 10:05 South Park (MA15+) 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Harlots (MA15+)

4:10 PBS Newshour 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Travel Man (PG) 9:25 Bogan Pride (M s) 10:25 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? 11:30 F-ck That’s Delicious (M) 11:55 Sex In The World’s Cities (MA15+) (In English/ Swedish)

4:10 PBS Newshour 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Movie: “Watchmen” (M) (’09) Stars: Malin Åkerman 11:30 Movie: “Capricorn One” (PG) (’78) Stars: Elliott Gould 12:50 Intervention (MA15+) 2:45 France 24 News In English

4:10 PBS Newshour 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Cults And Extreme Beliefs (MA15+) 9:20 Letterkenny (M l,s,v) 10:55 The Truth About Your Health (PG) 11:50 The Longest Day In Chang’an (M v) (In Mandarin)

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 1:30 Back Roads [s] 2:00 Pulse (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 3:55 Poh’s Kitchen [s] 4:25 Inside London Fire Brigade [s] 5:10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens [s] 8:30 Baptiste: Vertrouwen (M) [s] 9:30 Grantchester (M v) [s] 10:20 ABC Late News [s] 10:35 The Virus [s] 10:50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering [s] 11:20 rage (MA15+) [s]

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Bran Nue Dae (PG) [s] 2:00 The Show Must Go On (M) [s] 3:00 Dream Gardens [s] 3:30 Escape From The City [s] 4:30 Landline [s] 5:00 Back Roads: Biloela, Queensland [s] 5:30 Midsomer Murders: Harvest Of Souls (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Shakespeare And Hathaway: Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! (PG) [s] 8:15 Les Miserables (M v,s,l) [s] 9:20 Operation Buffalo (M l) [s] 10:20 Unforgotten (M l) [s] 11:10 rage Guest Programmer (MA15+) [s]

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens [s] 2:30 Restoration Australia (PG) [s] 3:30 Silvia’s Italian Table [s] 4:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) [s] 4:30 The Mix [s] 5:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 6:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 6:30 Compass [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Grand Designs [s] 8:30 Operation Buffalo (M l) [s] 9:25 In My Blood It Runs (PG) [s] 10:50 Movie: “Beautiful Kate” (PG) (’09) Stars: Ben Mendelsohn 12:30 Prisoners And Pups (M l) [s] 1:30 Happy Valley (MA15+) [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Landline [s] 2:00 Pulse (M) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Back Roads: Penguin, Tasmania [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 Q&A (PG) [s] 10:40 ABC Late News [s] 11:15 The Unlucky Australians [s] 12:05 Wentworth: The Girl Who Waited (MA15+) [s] 12:55 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:00 Gardening Australia [s] 4:15 The Drum [s] 5:15 TBA 5:30 One Plus One [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Four Corners [s] 1:45 Media Watch [s] 2:00 Pulse (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 8:30 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean (M l) [s] 9:20 Louis Theroux’s Altered States (M) [s] 10:25 ABC Late News [s] 10:55 Q&A [s] 12:00 Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 12:50 Get Krack!n (M l,s) [s] 1:20 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:00 Gardening Australia [s] 4:15 The Drum [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address [s] 1:30 TBA 2:00 Pulse (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 8:30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering [s] 9:00 Rose-haven (PG) [s] 9:30 Retrograde (M) [s] 9:55 Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] 10:25 ABC Late News [s] 11:00 Four Corners [s] 11:50 Media Watch [s] 12:05 Went-worth (MA15+) [s] 12:50 Get Krack!n (M l,s) [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean (M l) [s] 2:00 The Pool (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:55 Sammy J [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 8:30 Escape From The City [s] 9:30 Father Brown (PG) [s] 10:15 ABC Late News [s] 10:45 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends (PG) [s] 12:30 Baptiste (PG) [s] 1:30 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:00 Gardening Australia [s] 4:30 The Drum [s] 5:25 Sammy J [s] 5:30 One Plus One [s]

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8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 2:00 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Living Room [s] 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:30 Kinne Tonight (M) [s] 10:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:00 The Project (PG) [s] 1:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

Championships (PG) [s] 6:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 7:00 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 7:30 What’s Up Down Under? [s] 8:00 All 4 Adventures [s] 9:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 9:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Foodie Adventures [s] 12:30 Pooches At Play [s] 1:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 2:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 2:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 What’s Up Down Under? [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] 4:00 TBA 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 8:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 Ambulance UK (PG) [s] 10:00 One Born Every Minute Australia (M) [s] 11:00 Tommy: 19 Hour Day (M) [s] 12:00 Blue Bloods (M v) [s] 1:00 TBA

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Programs [s] 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 8:00 Three Veg And Meat [s] 8:30 TBA 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 12:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:15 Farm To Fork [s] 2:30 Australia

By Design [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 4:30 RPM [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 FBI: Grudge (M v) [s] 10:00 FBI: Identity Crisis (M v) [s] 11:00 NCIS: Skeleton Crew (M v) s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

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8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:40 Kinne Tonight (M) [s] 10:10 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 11:10 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:10 The Project (PG) [s] 1:10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 The Montreal Comedy Festival (MA15+) [s] 9:40 NCIS: What Child Is This? (M v) [s] 10:40 NCIS: Los Angeles: Warrior Of Peace (M v) [s] 11:40 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:40 The Project (PG) [s] 1:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 TBA 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 8:30 Tommy: To Take A Hostage (M) [s] 9:30 Bull: The Ground Beneath Their Feet (M v) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 TBA 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 8:30 Law & Order: SVU: Can’t Be Held Accountable (Part 1) (M) [s] 9:30 Law & Order: SVU: Man Up (MA15+) [s] 10:30 Blue Bloods: Something Blue (M v) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

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9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Abandoned And Deceived” (PG) (’95) Stars: Lori Loughlin 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 8:30 TBA 10:45 TBA 12:15 Movie: “Murder At My Door” (M v) (’96) – A mother is shocked to learn the truth about her college age son following the murder of a neighbourhood girl.

Stars: Blu Mankuma, Jarred Blancard, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Harris, Keegan Macintosh, Judith Light 2:00 Home Shopping

7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 Movie: “My Dad Is Scrooge” (G) (’14) Stars: Christian Laurian Kerr 2:00 TBA 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Creek To Coast [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 7:30 TBA 9:30 Movie: “Only The Brave” (M) (’17) – When a hotshot crew from California ignores a warning by Superintendent Eric Marsh about a wildfire, he decides to get his crew certified as wildfire hotshots. Stars: Josh Brolin 12:00 Quantico: Fear Feargach (M v) [s] 1:00 Quantico: No Place Like Home (M v) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness [s] 1:00 Kochie’s Business Builders: Small Business First [s] 1:30 TBA 3:00 World’s Most Extreme: World’s Most Extreme Roads (PG) [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Weekender [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Big Brother (M) [s] 8:30 TBA 11:20 The Blacklist: Brothers (MA15+) [s] 12:20 Police Under Fire: In The Line Of Duty: The Walsh Street Killings (M v) [s] 1:20 Australia’s Deadliest (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 3:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue [s] 4:00 NBC Today [s]

9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Will You Merry Me?” (PG) (’08) Stars: Wendie Malick 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] 9:00 TBA 10:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:30 S.W.A.T.: Invisible (M v) [s] 11:30 The Goldbergs: Wrestlemania (PG) [s] 12:00 Mean Mums (PG) [s] 1:00 Trial And Error: The Murder Clock (M) [s] 1:30 Trial And Error: A Hole In The Case (M) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “A Taste Of Christmas” (AKA ‘The Christmas Calendar’) (PG) (’17) Stars: Laura Bell Bundy 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] 9:00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back: Boardwalk 11 (M l) [s] 10:00 Criminal Minds: Date Night (M v) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Absentia: Original Sin (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (M v) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “A Star For Christmas” (PG) (’12) Stars: Briana Evigan 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 America’s Got Talent: Audition 4 (PG) [s] 9:15 TBA 10:15 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:45 The Front Bar (M) [s] 11:45 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 12:15 American Crime: Episode Eight (M) [s] 1:05 Police Under Fire: In The Line Of Duty: Police Under Fire: Mad Max (M v) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Oh, Christmas Tree” (PG) (’13) Stars: George DeSalvia 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix” (PG) (’07) Stars: Daniel Radcliffe 10:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:30 TBA 12:00 Scandal: The People Vs Olivia Pope (M v) [s] 1:00 Air Crash Investigations: Unlocking Disaster (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 9Honey - He Said, She Said [s] 1:10 Movie: “The Love Letter” (PG) (’99) Stars: Kate Capshaw 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 NRL: Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys *Live* From Bankwest Stadium [s] 9:45 Friday Night Knock Off [s] 10:35 Top Gear (PG) [s] 12:00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Crazy (M) [s] 12:50 9Honey - He Said, She Said [s] 1:00 Award Winning Tasmania (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 The Avengers (PG) [s]

6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Today Extra [s] 12:00 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape (PG) [s] 12:30 Animal Embassy [s] 1:00 The Embassy (PG) [s] 1:30 Delish [s] 2:00 The Voice: The Battles 3 (PG) [s] 3:30 The Voice: The Battles 4 (PG) [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Ghostbusters” (PG) (’16) Stars: Melissa McCarthy 9:40 Movie: “48 Hrs” (M l,v) (’82) Stars: Nick Nolte 11:40 Movie: “Red Eye” (M) (’05) Stars: Rachel McAdams 1:10 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape (PG) [s] 1:35 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 5:30 Wesley Impact [s]

6:00 Animal Tales [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 1:00 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders (PG) [s] 2:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 2:30 Driving Test (PG) [s] 3:00 NRL: Manly Sea Eagles v Newcastle Knights *Live* From Central Coast Stadium [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 The Voice: The Play-Offs 1 (PG) [s] 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 9:30 NINE News Late [s] 10:00 Truth And Lies: Monica And Bill (M) [s] - 11:45 Mysteries And Scandals: Christa Helm: A Hollywood Murder (M) [s] 12:40 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders (PG) [s] 1:30 Animal Embassy (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 1:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 1 (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 2 (PG) [s] 9:00 ABBA: Secrets Of Their Greatest Hits [s] 10:00 100% Footy (M) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 11:30 Lethal Weapon: The Odd Couple (MA15+) [s] 12:20 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:10 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape [s] 1:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 2 (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 3 (PG) [s] 9:00 American Idol: Audition [s] 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 Chicago Med: With A Brave Heart (M mp) [s] 12:10 Guiltology: Lady In The Barrel (M v) [s] 1:05 Tipping Point [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo [s] 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 The Embassy (PG) [s] 1:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 3 (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Kath & Kim: The Announcement (PG) [s] 8:05 Kath & Kim: Inside Out (PG) [s] 8:40 TBA 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 New Amsterdam: Cavitation (M) [s] 12:10 The Hold Down Australian Surfing Awards Special (PG) [s] 1:05 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Movie: “Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day” (PG) (’08) Stars: Amy Adams 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 NRL: North Queensland Cowboys v Sydney Roosters *Live* From Queensland Country Bank Stadium [s] 9:45 Golden Point (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 Murdered By Morning: Dead Of Winter (M) [s] 11:50 TBA 12:40 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Point 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:35 Great British Railway Journeys: Birmingham To Stafford (PG) 4:10 Journey Through Armenia: Celebration Of Life (PG) (In English/ Armenian) 4:40 The Kennedys: Family Secrets (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 America In Colour: American Royalty/ The 1950s (M) [s] 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency: In The Line Of Duty (M) 10:25 SBS World News Late 10:55 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Ainsley’s Australian Market Menu

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize 2:05 Basketball: NBA Spotlight: Collin Sexton 2:35 Figure Skating: ISU World Figure Skating Women’s Competition 2019 4:05 Gadget Man: Shopping 4:35 How To Get Fit Fast (PG) 5:30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi: Himmler (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Extreme Railway Journeys: Last Train To Transylvania (PG) 8:30 Life Drawing Live (M) 10:30 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey 4:25 Great British Railway Journeys: Heysham To Snaefell (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Cycling: La Course By Le Tour De France 2016 4:00 Cycling: Incycle 4:30 Cycling: Cadel Evans Conquering Le Tour 5:30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi Speer (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Decoding The Great Pyramid 8:30 Joanna Lumley The Quest For Noah’s Ark (PG) 9:45 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs (PG) 10:20 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:20 All Aboard The Country Bus (PG) 3:35 Killer Floods (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys: Bray To Dublin (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 2:05 The 2000s: Platinum Age Of Television (Part 2) (M l,v) 2:55 Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG) 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Stoke-On-Trent To Winsford (PG) 4:40 The Kennedys: The Legend Of Camelot (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Windsors’ Lost Letters: Rebellion (PG) 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: A Pillar Of Strength (M) 9:25 The Secrets Of CocaCola - The Billion Dollar Beverage (PG) 10:20 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Killer Hurricanes (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:05 The 2000s: I Want My Mp3 (M l,s) 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Dudley To Bridgnorth (PG) 3:35 Who Do You Think You Are?: Australia (PG) 4:40 The Kennedys: The Legacy (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Troy CassarDaley (PG) 9:35 Where Are You Really From? (PG) 10:05 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs (PG) 10:40 SBS World News Late 11:10 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 2:30 Ride Upon The Storm (M l,v) (In Danish)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:05 The 2000s: Mission Accomplished (M) 3:00 Insight 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Welshpool To Aberystwyth (PG) 4:40 The Secret Life Of Princess Margaret (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Tony Robinson’s World By Rail: Russia (PG) 8:30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? (M) 9:35 Inside Aldi (PG) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Equator From The Air: Africa (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Over The Black Dot 3:00 The Crusades (PG) 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Portsmouth To Gomshall (PG) 4:30 The Secret Life Of Edward VIII (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 The World’s Busiest Stations: Melbourne 8:30 War Of The Worlds (MA15+) (In English/ French) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Equator From The Air: South America (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

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By Wayne Staal Covid-19 has meant many business owners and employees have been working from home. The good news is that means extra potential tax deduction claims.

In the 2020 year, there will be three main ways you can claim home office costs: Shortcut Method which is 80c/hr you worked from home. However, this can only be used from 1 March to 30 June. Importantly, the shortcut method already includes all costs, including electricity, phone, internet costs, printing and stationery, computer costs soon. There is no additional claim on top of this amount. The ATO expect that you will have kept a diary/timesheet for proof.

Fixed Rate Method which is 52c/hr you worked from home. This method covers less costs, but is designed to cover furniture usage, electricity, water and similar general home costs. In addition, you can then claim on top

Common tax time mistakes include people claiming ineligible clothing, claiming for something without having spent the money and not being able to explain the basis for how the claim was calculated.

ATO reminder about legitimate work claims The Australian Taxation Office has issued a reminder to taxpayers about the rules regarding work expenses like protective clothing, uniforms and travel.

A deduction some people might be claiming due to Covid-19 is expenses for protective items required for work.

“Taxpayers working in jobs that require physical contact or close proximity with customers or clients during Covid-19 measures may be able to claim a deduction for items such as gloves, face masks, sanitiser or anti-bacterial spray if they have paid for the items and not been reimbursed. This includes industries like healthcare, retail and hospitality” said ATO assistant commissioner Karen Foat said.

You still cannot claim travelling from home to work.

“Generally, most people cannot claim the cost of travelling to and from work and working from home as a result of Covid-19 does not change this. For example, if you are working from home because of Covid-19 but need to go to your regular of-

of this rate items like computer consumables, phone and internet. The ATO expect you will have kept a diary of hours worked from home.

In addition, you need to have proof of expenditure for key items like computer costs, internet and telephone (i.e. invoices) and how you arrived at the business use percentage (In a recent ATO Audit, they asked for a bill with business phone calls highlighted as proof).

Actual Costs method - Under this method you can claim a percentage of actual costs incurred, by using something like percentage of dedicated floor space. Costs can include interest, rates, insurance and other ownership costs. However, this will subject your home to capital gains tax on sale if it is your main residence. The ATO also expect that it is a dedicated work space and it has no ability to be used privately easily (i.e. not a spare bed in there).

Ideally, you are also seeing customers and suppliers there.

fice one day per week, your home to work travel is still private travel and cannot be claimed,” Ms Foat said.

Reduce claims that aren’t relevant for part of the year “With more people working from home, working reduced hours or unfortunately not working at all, we expect to see claims for laundry expenses or travel expenses decline this year,” Ms Foat said.

“If you aren’t travelling for work, you can’t claim travel expenses. If you aren’t wearing your work uniform, you can’t claim laundry expenses. It’s still important to meet the three golden rules: you must have spent the money and not have been reimbursed, it must relate directly to earning your income, and you must have a record to prove it.

“What you can claim really depends on your circumstances. Whilst we are trying to make it easier for people to claim what they are entitled to; we are also asking people to take a bit of extra care if their circumstances have changed this year.” Ms Foat said.

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Gifts pour in for hospital Tewantin State School students form a rainbow on the last day of school.

Rainbow positively coloured

By Abbey Cannan The student council at Tewantin State School decided to end the term in a colourful splash of positivity to wish the entire community a safe and happy holidays.

On Friday 26 June, each year level was asked to dress in a different bright colour, with the whole school forming a rainbow on the main oval to represent the ‘rainbow after the storm’.

Students and teachers were excited to close out the term with all students back at school after a tumultuous start to the year and Term 2 in particular.

Principal Rob Jennings said, “It has definitely been one of the strangest times in my career, but I am so proud of our entire school community for the way they pulled together to support students and families whilst learning at home.

“Our staff successfully implemented and worked with brand new technologies whilst supporting students at home and at school.

“We wanted to celebrate the successes now that we’re all back at school.”

Student leaders Aidan and Heidi, said that for them the day represented “happiness at being back at school with our friends.”

“Sometimes learning from home was difficult and frustrating, and could be lonely too,” they said.

“Learning back in the classroom has been fun and it’s been nice to feel normal again.”

The school is looking forward to Term 3 and with more restrictions being lifted are excited to start their Prep 2021 Transition program, commencing with an Introduction to Prep morning on Wednesday 22 July.

Prep 2021 enrolments are now open and school tours re-commence on Tuesday 14 July.

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Staff at Noosa Hospital have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the local community, following an influx of donations to the medical team during the peak of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Director of Clinical Services Shane Mitchell said the community had very kindly provided support to staff by donating food through the YELLOWt Community Care Network - Noosa initiative.

“This program asked businesses to ‘pay it forward’ and from our perspective, the Noosa community met this challenge head-on to say the very least,” Mr Mitchell said.

“Donations have ranged from fruit boxes from the Noosa Farmers Market and the Awesome Little Fruit Shop, to barbecue chickens and hot cross buns from Woolworths, and pizzas from Zachary’s Gourmet Pizza Bar and Domino’s Australia, and there are so many others who also helped out.”

The community’s generosity extended beyond food too, with items such as table runners and tablecloths brightening the Emergency Department’s lunchroom.

“The mother of one of our ED nurses also made some wonderful, cheery caps for the staff to wear, as well as some cloth bags,” Mr Mitchell said.

“Even recently an envelope arrived at the hospital with no return address apart from ‘The Noosa Community’ and it contained a variety of gift vouchers from Riverside Beauty, Domini - Design Elements and Gibsons Homewares Licensed Cafe Catering. These gift vouchers were distributed to the staff deemed by their peers to have gone above and beyond during Covid-19,” he said.

Mr Mitchell said the community spirit was very touching.

“The Noosa Hospital team members are always proud to be part of this very special area but it is in difficult times, such as we are experiencing, that the love that the community has for their hospital really shines through.”

The Noosa Hospital team also wanted to thank locals for their understanding in following the regulations outlined by the Federal Government when visiting the facility - such as adhering to social distancing guidelines and limiting the number of visitors.

“Unfortunately, there have been some instances of aggression towards hospital staff so it is important to remember that the team is there to provide the gold standard of care that we’re known for,” Mr Mitchell said.

“We really are so grateful for your support at this time.”

Noosa Hospital staff Dr Phebe O’Mullane, Shaunagh Wood and Shaun Edward.

Holiday road safety blitz Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services Mark Ryan joined Commissioner Katarina Carroll for the official launch of school holiday road safety campaign, Operation Sierra Cold Snap.

Between Saturday June 27 and Friday July 17, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) will coordinate the state-wide road safety operation with the aim of reducing fatal and serious traffic crashes and improving road safety over the busy school holiday period and into the first week of returning to school.

Commissioner Carroll said with Covid-19 restrictions easing, Queenslanders would be out exploring their state these holidays, but it was important they travelled safely.

“We are in a unique situation where families will be taking advantage of being able to travel further away from home for the school holidays and we expect traffic to increase significantly on our road network,” Commissioner Carroll said.

“If you are travelling on the roads over the coming weeks, you will see a highly visible police presence, as well as roadside drug and alcohol testing and speed camera operations with a focus on those areas where we expect to see an increase in road users.

“Despite the lockdown situation, we have seen too many lives lost on our roads compared to this time last year and a noticeable increase in high speed offences.

We ask all road users to drive or ride to the conditions and always consider the consequences of their choices.”

Commissioner Carroll said the operation would reinforce the fatal five factors - fatigue, speeding, drink/drug driving, distraction and seat belt use.

“As people get back out there on the roads, we are encouraging everyone to make safe choices as we know this is how we can stop serious injuries and lives lost on our roads - don’t drive if you are tired, watch your speed, drive to the conditions and avoid distraction.”Minister Ryan said the Queensland Government and the QPS were committed to making roads safer for Queenslanders as they explored their state these school holidays.

“Tourism in Queensland is ‘good to go’ and we know that families are keen to get back out in our great state, but we need them to get there safely,” Minister Ryan said.

“We expect our roads to be busy over this period with state-wide travel now back on the table, except in Biosecurity and Restricted Areas, and I encourage all road users to exercise extreme caution and practise safe driving.

“This operation is to ensure the safety of all road users, so if you see officers out and about or are stopped for a random driver test, know that they have your safety in mind.”

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Dance for all folk

By Margaret Maccoll For centuries folk dancing has been the cultural tradition of a people or region.

Each Friday morning Noosa Folk Dancers continue the traditions of other countries and have some fun and exercise along the way.

Dani MacKenzie set up the dance classes 26 years ago and Philippa Johnson took over the dance sessions 15 months ago after Dani passed away.

Philippa said the dances hailed from a variety of countries including Israel, South America and the Balkans.

“There is a whole network of folk dancing around the world,” she said.

Philippa has attended workshops in countries including Armenia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania to expand her knowledge of folk dance.

When everyone was in shutdown due to COVID-19 she zoomed folk dances from America and Albania.

“I build on it and research it,” she said. “In the US there are tertiary studies in folk dance.

It’s all about the culture as well as the dance.”

Some of the dancers tell stories of love and marriage or the yearning for a loved one away at war, she said.

Philippa said the dance classes were a fun and social activity and she tried to pass on some knowledge of the culture surrounding the dance as well.

“The social side is also very important, for people who have been part of the group for many years and for newer dancers,” she said.

“We usually go for coffee after dancing each week and also have regular lunches.”

Noosa Folk Dance is held on Friday mornings from 9.30-11.30am at the Catholic Parish Hall at 5 Moorindil Street, Tewantin. Phone 0417 780 016.

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Philippa Johnson leads the dance.

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Theatres keep busy

Completed Indigenous sculpture designed and produced by Lyndon Davis and Brent Miller.

Region’s largest First Nations art Have you caught a glimpse of the three-metre high First Nation’s warrior’s shield in Bli Bli? The stand-out attraction is part of a new series of eye-catching Kabi Kabi artworks being installed to pay homage to Bli Bli’s Indigenous roots.

The shield sculpture is designed and visioned by Kabi Kabi Traditional Custodians Lyndon Davis and Brent Miller.

Division 9 Councillor Maria Suarez said she was proud to see art celebrating Kabi Kabi stories about Bli Bli and the surrounding landscape.

“The shield is as magnificent from afar, as it is up close!” Cr Suarez said.

“We are very fortunate to have talented artists like Lyndon and Brent who worked with Urban Art Projects to produce the region’s largest ever First Nations commissioned public art sculptures.

“The artists were inspired by a hand-made Kabi Kabi shield which became the muse for this phenomenal sculpture.

“It’s quite clever how the sculpture was

formed - they used 3D digital scanning technology to re-create the handmade shield, but on a much, much larger scale.

“The colours and patterns of the contemporary artwork also share and reflect the Dreamtime legends of Maroochy, Coolum and Ninderry.”

Artists Lyndon Davis and Brent Miller said it was an incredible honour to re-create the shields for the community and hope those who visit will see the reflection of Bli Bli’s heritage in the design.

“Our elders never really got a chance to do a large piece of public artwork in Bli Bli,” Mr Davies said.

“Look out ... many years later we come along and receive this incredible opportunity to do something for our community.

“I’m sure our ancestors will be happy we’re getting the chance to throw down their patterns and designs up on the river for the first time.”

“The shield itself is a symbol and everybody had their own with unique patterns and designs carved into the face of the shield,” Mr Miller said.

“It’s a special moment for us to have the chance to create a legacy for our community to admire now and to continue on for generations to come.”

The First Nations art features are an important part of the $1.5 million streetscape project to revitalise Bli Bli along David Low Way. “The fresh multi-stage streetscape project will include new safer pathways, undergrounding of overhead power, a green space and street furniture to welcome our community and visitors into Bli Bli,” Cr Suarez said.

“Families can enjoy a new public park positioned opposite Muller Park and adjacent to the recently completed commercial complex - which has become another tremendous addition for locals.

“This new space will certainly make the most of the sweeping views of Maroochy River and provide a scenic place for families and friends to relax.

“The way I see it, this is a project which ticks all the right boxes for creating a healthy, smart and creative region.”

Pomona Gallery ready with welcome mat The Pomona Gallery is fully open chock full of beautiful creative works by local artists.

Paintings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Wood, Textile, Jewelry and much more await your visit to these historical train station buildings.

Visit the resident artists, Dan Truscott in the Banana Shed and Jae Moore in the Blacksmith Shed.

Current exhibition by gallery members “Lockdown Art“ will be on display until the end of July. This is a collaboration of artists displaying their work done while in isolation.

Art Markets will resume as government regulations permit.

Volunteers....we are always ready to welcome those of you who would like to volunteer for the gallery.

No experience necessary. This is a wonderfully creative environment to work and meet new people.

The gallery has all covid regulations in place.

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Noosa’s theatres are finding ways to occupy their time while they continue to be in Covid-19 lockdown.

The J Theatre has seized the opportunity during the Covid-19 shutdown to complete important maintenance work.

More than $200,000 of work is being undertaken and includes a refurbished deck, upgraded loading dock with lifting platform, fit-out of additional storage spaces, plus floor sanding and reseal.

The pandemic has impacted on the theatre’s operations but as restrictions ease, they are getting ready to reopen some parts of the facility with meeting spaces set to open from Monday 13 July.

Noosa Arts Theatre’s much-anticipated 50th anniversary year has become an unforgettable one, but not in the way they intended.

Its forced closure has led to the cancellation of its 2020 program but that leaves more time for budding songwriters and playwrights.

Entries are being accepted from now until 1 October for The Noosa Arts Theatre National One-Act Playwriting Competition, which attracts entries from playwrights across Australia and overseas.

2021 will mark its 44th year of providing an opportunity for the three finalist playwrights to see their new work performed on stage at the Noosa Arts Theatre One-Act Play Festival.

During the festival, the audience is asked at each performance to vote for the ‘Nancy Cato Audience Choice Award’ and awards are presented after the final performance with a total prize pool of $8000.

Entry forms and rules are available at www.noosaartstheatre.org.au For more information contact Jane Rivers at oapcomp@noosaartstheatre. org.au or phone 5449 9343.

If you’ve ever wanted to write a song but didn’t know where to start it helps to have some tools and techniques.

The Arts Theatre is hosting a songwriting course aimed at people of any age to cover the basics of music concepts and song construction.

The course will run for six weeks from Saturday 18 July.

Cost is $20 per class or $100 for the whole course.

Bookings can be made with Diana Thomson by email at dianateee@gmail. com or phone 0410 631 003.

Theatre president Frank Wilkie said the theatre had committed to staging Mamma Mia as its next production and would commence rehearsals at the earliest, safest opportunity permissible under Queensland Health advice.

All other productions remain cancelled until further notice.

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Galleries on show again Three exhibitions grace the walls of the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre after the gallery opened last Friday at a launch for a restricted number of guests.After a threemonth shutdown due to Covid-19 restrictions the gallery now boasts a collection of paintings, timber and ceramics and a touring exhibition from the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA).

GOMA’s physical video installation explores various aspects of body language.

In the Foyer is a collection of paintings

by Cooran artist Lew Brennan.

While the gallery’s Butter Box room showcases timber and ceramic works from three artists.

The gallery’s assistant coordinator Lauren Jones said the ceramic works were conveniently located adjacent the pottery studio to inspire potters who use the popular studio.

Lauren said during July the gallery would

have artist in residence Julie Tulloch.

The artist uses a mix of material from fabric to photography and visitors will be able to see Julie Tulloch at work.

The Pomona Railway Station Gallery has also opened its doors.

The Gallery’s Wendy Catlin said the gallery was “chock full of beautiful creative works by local artists“.

“Paintings, sculpture, ceramics, wood, textile, jewelery and much more await your visit to these historical train station buildings,“ she said.

An exhibition marking a collaboration of artists displaying works done while in isolation titled “Lockdown Art“ will be on display until the end of July. Visitors can also see resident artists Dan Truscott in the Banana Shed and Jae Moore in the Blacksmith Shed at work.

Art Markets will resume as government regulations permit.

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Good Girl Bad Girl Michael Robotham is the author of around fifteen bestsellers, all in the crime and thriller genre. His main character in nine of those is Joe O’Loughlin, a clinical psychologist, but Good Girl Bad Girl introduces a new character, Cyrus Haven, a forensic psychologist. There are two strands to this novel; Cyrus is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a teenage girl, Jodie Sheehan, a rising star of figure skating and by all accounts, a popular and clever girl. Evie Cormac (a.k.a. Angel Face) is a teenage girl who is found secreted in a locked room whilst an horrendous crime within the same house is discovered and investigated. Evie has no identity, no record of birth, no DNA matches, and she herself is unsure of her age. It is unclear how she became imprisoned, and for how long she was kept, as her apparent captor is deceased. Evie and Cyrus connect and form an unusual team; she is a powerful character who I am sure will appear in later books along with Cyrus Haven. This is an excellent novel, with a story that moves between the two girls; the good girl and the bad girl; and who is who?

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Lauren Jones views the works of artist Lew Brennan.

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Singer’s powerful message Beautifully crafted reading

By Tania Phillips With a gentle guitar introduction, singer Mike Waters delivers a powerful message in a three minute, immensely listenable tune - reminiscent of Brit Ed Sheeran .

I’m Doing Fine, released this week, deals with mental health and the importance of reaching out to friends and family.

“Keep your head, keep your head up, be strong. Don’t get emotional. Where were you when your father told you. Boys don’t cry, don’t you know?” The Adelaide-born singer sings in this timely song full of raw lyricism and emotional depth.

The with a band now behind him, singer songwriter then leads into a heart breaking chorus “I let the waves crash down. And keep it all inside. Don’t try to work me out. I’ve done it all my life.”

Before he eventually comes full circle and in the final chorus we hear “I’m not doing fine” the full band disappears again and we are back to the lone guitar.

It’s catchy but heart breaking and heartfelt and it’s a message he obviously wants to bring to a wider audience.

“It came from me telling my own story of when I was hit by a really intense bout of deep, dark depression, that I’ve never experienced before. I learned that the thing I needed to do to get through that was to talk to people,” he explained. “ This song is about people who say to their friends that they are fine but on the inside they are falling apart.”

The Cake Maker’s Wish by Josephine Moon

Sony artist Mike Waters.

A self-confessed ‘late bloomer’, Waters didn’t start writing songs until he was 26, never really expressing an interest in music growing up. It wasn’t until he hit the vibrant pub scene in inner-Melbourne that he decided “I can do that.”

Two years later he moved to LA, where he gained a publishing deal and was working with some of the biggest names in music today including Louis Tomlinson and Demi Lovato, building up a fan base through Spotify where he has a million monthly listeners and more than 25 million streams from his previous independent releases.

He helped co-write Mitch James’ hit ‘Sunday Morning’ and most recently one of John Legend’s new songs ’I Move, U Move’ feat Jhene Aiko but has now returned to Australia, basing himself back in Melbourne where the tech nerd (with a background in coding) is living with his wife and his pet dog Mia.

The latest offering from bestselling Noosa Hinterland writer, Josephine Moon, has hit shelves just in time to be that comfortable winter fireside read, we’ve been craving.

The Cake Maker’s Wish is a purely escapist novel full of humour, beautifully crafted and served up with a hefty dose of heart.

When single mum Olivia uproots her young son Darcy from their life in Tasmania for a new start in the English Cotswolds, she isn’t exactly expecting a bed of roses - but nor is she prepared for the challenges that life in the picturesque village throws her way.

The Renaissance Project hopes to bring the dwindling community back to life - to welcome migrants from around the world and to boost the failing economy - but not everyone is so pleased about the initiative.

For cake maker Olivia, it’s a chance for her son Darcy to finally meet his Norwegian father, and for her to trace the last blurry lines on what remains of her family tree. It’s also an opportunity to move on from the traumatic event that tore her loved ones apart.

After seven years on her own, she has all but given up on romance, until life dishes up some delicious new options she didn’t even know she was craving.

Rising to prominence thanks to her first book The Tea Chest Josephine Moon was born and raised in Brisbane and after a false start in Environmental Science completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and then a postgraduate degree in education. Twelve years

and ten manuscripts later, her first novel The Tea Chest was picked up for publication and then shortlisted for an ABIA award.

Her bestselling contemporary fiction is now published internationally and her books include The Tea Chest, The Chocolate Promise, The Beekeeper’s Secret, Three Gold Coins and The Gift of Life.

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Confit duck.

Boutique brewery delivers Copperhead Restaurant Brewery, reviewed by Trevor Pepys Trevor Pepys has never been much of a fan of boutique breweries or craft beer, for that matter, having regarded XXXX as the gold standard and Bintang as an impossibly exotic guilty pleasure for nigh on half a century now.

When he was learning his chops in the journalism game at a newspaper factory (and I use the term advisedly) in a far-off city, a large brewery was strategically situated across the street, and toilers on the graveyard shifts of the paper were occasionally invited to late night sessions in the tasting room. Now this was drinking in a brewery. The olfactory assault of hops and human sweat that hit you as you entered still sends shivers up the spine in the telling, and the foamy libations poured off the wood, and the blokes in blue aprons and the naughty songs into the wee hours ... ah, you had to be there. But you understand why Trevor Pepys might find the modern industrial chic version just a little second-rate.

But even an old dog can learn new tricks,

and pre-Covid your reviewer was occasionally to be seen learning to love an India Pale Ale or a Japanese Lager at one of the many brewhouses in the factory zones. The other day in Cooroy however, I found myself at the luncheon hour, following a ramble through rough country that no man has seen since Walter Hay blazed the Cobb and Co track, with a thirst you could photograph and an appetite to match.

A good old pub counter lunch seemed the go, but at the Victory Hotel we were defeated by shuttered doors, and were on our way to Tewantin when the Copperhead Brewery beckoned. The rambling companion (in more ways than one) pulled up in front and declared, “This’ll do.”

“This’ll do” is not an expression that fits within the philosophy of Tucker With Trevor, but the thirst was making breathing difficult, so we entered at pace and demanded a beer list. Rambling Man took a schooner of the Copper Mid ($9) while I opted for the Cooroy Lager ($10), both of which had disappeared before our waitress had turned around. She made haste to recharge our glasses while we sur-

veyed the menu and our surroundings, which were pleasant, tasteful and sun-splashed on a warm winter afternoon. A bit too much of club dining room decor for Trevor’s taste, but apart from the Best of Barry Manilow on the turntable, certainly nothing to offend, and the Covid-distanced tables enabled the Rambling Man and I to conduct a private conversation about overthrowing the world order without fear of foreign ears.

But the tucker! You knew Trev would get to it and here he is.

To soak up the damn fine beer, Rambler and I shared an entree of lamb meat balls, Greeksmoked tomato sauce, tzatziki, herbs and flat bread ($16), followed by a main of confit duck, ancient grains, grape jelly, pan juices and watercress ($32), and a side of good oldfashioned chips ($9), just to remind us that we were meant to be having a counter lunch.

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Beach on the island of Alonnisos in the Aegean Sea, to which he will return, perhaps in another life the way the pandemic is going. But for now, my Copperhead balls served with delicious flat bread were just fine.

Our shared confit duck also transported me to Europe, this time to the pays Basque, where it was always a toss of a coin in the tantina between the cod and the duck, and neither disappointed. Nor did our Copperhead confit, which was succulent but just firm enough to know that it once quacked. Asked for his opinion, Rambling Man astounded with this: “Quite elegant in its combination of flavours.

And the chips were crispy too.”

The verdict: so much more than a pub lunch and, of course, you pay for the difference. But chef Mark Potter is doing a fine job of adding the flavours of the world to the best of local produce. And then there’s the beer. The list is very more-ish. Designate a driver.

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Golden oldies cruise again The recently-formed Parkview Glee Club enjoyed a sunset cruise with the Noosa Ferry Co on a perfect winter afternoon. Skipper Arthur skilfully avoided the wake from rampaging river rats and provided an entertaining commentary as the orb slipped into the west and the golden oldies clinked their glasses in appreciation.

Angus and Tracey Smith enjoy the river sunset cruise.

Lars Winberg and Jenny Cusick.

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Jackie Jay.

Noosa locals have their say on daydream destinations Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, everyone’s travel plans have been thrown out the window. That’s why this week Noosa Today journalists hit the main beach boardwalk to ask locals to daydream while answering: What has been your favourite holiday destination and why?

Here’s what they had to say.

1. Wendy Bagley “Hawaii. Our daughter was born there and we just love the culture, the people, and the food.”

2. Chrissie Schedny “Italy has been my favourite, because of the food, the wine and the culture.”

3. Connor Schultz “Nepal. My favourite part was trekking through the Himalayas.”

4. Christina Power “1770 is my favourite. It’s a beautiful spot like Noosa.”

5. Tim and Anne Smith “Switzerland. It’s beautiful, peaceful, clean and it’s just like you see in the postcards.”

6. Tyson Schefe “Byron. It’s relaxing and there’s not many people around.”

7. Kirra Deighton “Fraser Island. It’s just really relaxing there.”

Christina Power.

Anne and Tim Smith.

Wendy Bagley.

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Bill Watson snapped this beautiful sunrise shot at the mouth of the Noosa River this week.

Well done on a great read I am writing to congratulate the editorial team of Noosa Today on the fine job you are doing in keeping a local, printed newspaper alive in Noosa.

Throwing a paper onto the front lawn doesn’t mean it will be read, I find that there is generally a rubbish bin between where the paper lands and the kitchen table, so unless there is a real reason to open it and go through the contents then the bin is going to be its first and final resting place.

When the new printed issue of Noosa Today arrived; I thought I would give it a few weeks to settle down and evolve, it has a fresh new look, clean layout and most importantly good local news stories.

I spent a large part of my working life in commercial radio and watched owners cut costs by networking programs from interstate at the expense of local announcers and local content, to my great sadness radio today is a shadow of its former self.

So to, with many newspapers who have a rich heritage and history of service in their communities which go back many decades and now with a digital only platform find themselves placed amongst literally hundreds

of other online news sites.

The challenge for the team at Noosa Today is to publish using both formats, digital and paper, local news which will engage readers, whether they loath the story or love it, done correctly the contents of the paper will be a discussion point around the town and so far so good.

The point of difference is that with Noosa Today it is a physical product, when you have had a good read and put it down it’s feels right to have a bit of black ink on your fingers.

Glen Elms, former Noosa MP.

Scammers improve appeal Interesting to note that the phone scammers have decided after at least a couple of years to present themselves over the phone in a more gentle and polite manner. It must be the cold weather or isolation.

In fact the one I just recently recieved was from a gentleman, who from his voice and presentation was not educated in the back streets of “Brum“ (Birmingham) or Mumbai. But definitely a Prince Charles accent and at one stage I thought I picked up the word “mummy“ but now realise it was money.

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off dial one sounded more like won and I had to quickly recall any competitions I had been involved in recently. As its a recording you have no chance of striking up a conversation to pass the time away.

A few questions about the weather and how English Soccer and Aston Villa was handling the Virus would have been a pleasant break from Albo at his National Press Club address.

Anyway I am assured my NBN is safe, there is less chance of passing on the Virus in English Soccer, unless at least two players forget social distancing and take a dive together.

As for the weather there is too many whethers in the UK at the moment. Whether Boris will get a satisfactory deal with Brexit and offer us all of their imports? Whether the Queen will trust Charles and Camilla to take over as King and Camilla as Queen Consort?

Whether Harry and Meghan will move to China as they are treated like a virus and can’t take a trick?

Ernest Wright, Sunrise Beach.

Just as transparent l see no evidence that the current council, including with new mayor, is more transparent and ethical than the previous one - State Steps In On Need For Minutes (NT 26 June).

There have been several recent meetings where important decisions were made without public consultation, including the allocation $1.8m in state grants to local projects. And the ethics of deferring grant funds to volunteer conservation groups was determined recently when all councillors voted to allow the funds to be dispersed as soon as possible.

The electors voted in six excellent councillors, and a diligent mayor who is fast learning the complexities of the job and the difficulties of delivering on promises in this tight economic environment.

From the recent council election results, I can see that electors have not given up the ethos and staunch determination to protect Noosa and its important environmental values that has been the hallmark of nearly all past councils.

Ingrid Jackson should let our elected representatives get on with the job of managing the myriad issues confronting us all today, rather than demean the good work done by previous councils.

Rod Ritchie, Cooroy.

Great tucker Tucker With Trevor - what a great article.

Informative, and very funny. I will definitely visit Whisky Boy now.

More please.

Maureen Vanstone, Sunrise Beach.

Great move What a great move bringing back the paper edition of Noosa Today and love the new puzzle page.

We are at Eumundi and now with the demise of the Noosa News, which was delivered in our area, your paper will be much more in demand and with the markets starting to open up slowly the volume of papers that are left out here will probably be insufficient.

Maybe this can be monitored as I’m sure you would love to expand your circulation.

Greg Birse, Eumundi.

Job well done Thanks to Dan Purdie MP and his staff the dangerous situation that existed on EumundiNoosa Road and Viewland Drive Doonan has now been fixed.

The road was being resurfaced and during the work no lines were marked. Neither were any signs evident about which lane to use,to turn right or go straight ahead.

Residents of Viewland Drive were nervous every time they had to turn right from Eumundi -Noosa Road.

Noosa police were contacted, and while they acknowledged the message, nothing changed.

The contractor was also contacted, but did not respond.

In the meantime a number of near head on incidents occurred, so a week later Dan Purdie`s office was contacted and the problem was fixed overnight. The next day the writer received a call from Department of Transport and Main Roads advising that lanes had been correctly marked and would be finalised the next few days.

Thank You from residents of Viewland Drive Doonan.

John Robinson, Doonan.

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On The Soapbox Alan Lander

When is approval ... not?

In the June round of Noosa Council meetings, a number of development applications were discussed at the Planning and Environment committee meeting and subsequently recommended for approval, with conditions, then endorsed at the Ordinary Meeting.

This is standard operational practice in every round of council meetings and it is rare to find an approved DA without attached conditions. The conditions applied are almost always associated with requirements to be applied during or after the development/construction process.

An approval is just that: an approval. If the applicant were to contravene, or ignore, these conditions upon which the development was approved, the council would be obliged to issue a show-cause notice, and/or take further steps to ensure compliance. But such actions would apply to non-compliance of the conditions, not the status of the approval. As such, the applicant has full assurance in law that, despite some conditions, their application has been approved - and any attempted reversal of that approval would be unlawful.

One can only imagine the outcry from major developers that their ’approved’ DAs were, well, not really approved at all, due to ’conditions’ unable to be fulfilled prior to development/construction.

Last year, components of what can be viewed as the largest development application in more than 10 years landed on the council CEO’s desk, in the form of the draft new Noosa Plan, for final overview. It was then sent to the state government’s own planning people for a ’first state interest test’ which ensures compliance with an even bigger state planning document - the South East Queensland Regional Plan. It was returned with any associated required alterations, then re-submitted by council for a second state interest test.

Earlier this year it was approved. With conditions.

These conditions are, as with the development applications mentioned earlier, requirements during process. If they were pre-requisites, they would have to be satisfied prior to approval.

(As an interesting aside, one of the conditions the state added to approval of the plan was for the council to monitor the impact of the growing short-term accommodation industry on the shire and report back on its findings.)

Surely then, the Noosa Plan has the same

The Noosa Plan took four years to complete. That’s a lot of hours invested by a lot of Noosa Council staff who, at times, have been subjected to criticism for supposedly being too ‘green’.

Whether the staff consider themselves green, or ideological in any other way, it is hard to see what impact that would have. They are public servants and work within the prevailing laws, strategies and policies. Perhaps some of them over the years joined the council due to the confluence of their world view and council’s environmental reputation, however this writer understands a large component of current staff hail from the former amalgamated Sunshine Coast Council.

A more logical explanation for any perceived bias would be that the design of the new plan continues developing the numerous initiatives and strategies introduced over the last 30 or so years - and through the work of many Noosa councils - but there is certainly a greater emphasis on economic development strategy contained in the new plan than in its predecessors.

Any proposed further amendments to the plan will potentially result in further required community consultation, which in turn could render out of date other consultations undertaken by agencies as part of the plan. Moreover, it would delay implementation of the many economic initiatives in the plan, setting back planned developments in anticipation of its implementation by 18 months or more.

Surely such expense, at a time when resources are under massive pressure due to the fallout from Covid-19, would be hard to justify?

The people voted at the last council election for some re-balancing of the council’s policies, and new councillors will be keen to make their influence felt. That’s a good thing, but perhaps the current economic environment urges caution in the speed of that process.

Alan Lander. legal approval for Noosa Council that any successful applicant has, and only non-compliance with the future conditions can result in state action through the courts; actions which would still not affect the status of approval?

And perhaps a planning lawyer could comment whether, if the Noosa Plan itself was now altered, would that action affect or even nullify its current ’approved’ status?

Picture: SUPPLIED. The last council left the option open for a new council to review the plan, where it could have signed it off. Approval of the plan by the state was received by council 48 hours before the pre-election caretaker period was due to begin, but that, combined with a solicitor’s advice that some late minor issues on the state planning side required adjustment, led the last council to leave it on the table.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Noosa Today invited the three re-elected councillors who played a part in designing the new Noosa Plan to respond to Ingrid Jackson’s recent Soapbox, but each declined, citing the upcoming adoption debate in Council as the place to air their views.

Alan Lander is a journalist who has worked extensively in local media, particularly in government reporting. He has also worked as a media adviser for Sunshine Coast mayors Bob Abbot and Mark Jamieson.

Book sheds new light on impacts of natural disasters Disasters will keep happening in Australia - but we must learn the lessons of the past if we want to diminish future risks and impacts, says a new USC History academic about to launch a book filled with floods, fires, cyclones and earthquakes.

Dr Margaret Cook has co-edited and contributed to the book Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical approaches to understanding catastrophe, which she and eight of 12 fellow authors will launch via a live, public webinar on Thursday 2 July at 6.30pm.

The chapters examine people’s experiences of catastrophe, from bushfires such as Victoria’s Black Saturday in 2009 and Canberra’s firestorm in 2003, to floods in North Queensland in 2019 and in Waikato, New Zealand in the early 1900s, to cyclones Yasi in 2011 and Mahina in 1899.

Dr Cook said the book revealed commonalities in how human activity affected the outcomes of ‘natural’ disasters - often making things worse.

“Disaster research is an opportunity to take stock and think about what society has learned and how things could be done differ-

Dr Margaret Cook has co-edited and contributed to the book Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical approaches to understanding catastrophe. ently, rather than just return to the status quo after a terrible event,” she said.

“We know that floods and fires will become more intense and frequent with climate change. We need to address these is-

sues so we can become more resilient.”

Dr Cook, who previously authored a book on the 2011 Brisbane floods and whose chapter focuses on those floods and the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, said history showed that communities could be slow to adapt, if they adapted at all.

“In the aftermath of events, there’s a search for individuals to blame, but we’re all at fault if we don’t change our planning and decision-making,” she said. “Obvious examples are building on floodplains and in eucalypt forests.”

She said that while the book did not cover pandemics, the current crisis made the book’s findings even more crucial.

“With COVID-19, we’ve seen incredible change in people’s behaviour, policy directives and economic structures, things we never thought possible, but what will we revert to? Will this be a lost opportunity too?”

Dr Cook, whose PhD was in environmental history, said she and co-editor Dr Scott McKinnon of the University of Wollongong came up with the book idea to fill a research gap.

They did not miss the irony of compiling a

book on disasters as further disasters hit.

“It was incredible because as we were working on this last summer, the volcano in New Zealand erupted, the bushfires happened in New South Wales and Victoria - we had to keep rewriting the introduction,” she said. Now with COVID-19 the launch is online.

The Ipswich-based historian joined USC this year to teach students at USC Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast campuses.

“It’s exciting for USC History students because we’ll be using case studies from the text in Semester 2,” she said.

Australian National University Emeritus Professor Tom Griffiths, who will be guest speaker at the Zoom launch on 2 July, has praised the book for its comprehensive nature.

“This important book is not only about the histories of disasters but also about disaster history, about the special challenges of writing historically about communities in crisis, even while the memories and debates are still volatile,” he said. “As well as being rich with the words of witnesses, it showcases the best new scholarship in the field.”

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Open for holidays The winter school holidays have arrived and if you are looking for family fun, there is plenty to discover in Noosa.

Family Fun: Eumundi Drive-In - Pack the family in the car and head for the Eumundi Drive-In as Starry Nights Outdoor Movies and the Imperial Hotel Eumundi screen Labyrinth on Friday 3 July and Zoolander on Saturday 4 July. Bring a car picnic or pre-order from The Imperial Hotel Eumundi (ph 5442 8811), Sala Thai (ph 5442 8804) or Il Mio Posto (ph 5442 7026) in Eumundi, and pick it up on your way in. Gates open at 5pm, with the film screening at 6pm(ish). To guarantee a spot on the night, pre-book at ticketebo.com.au/starrynights - but get in fast as previous events have sold out. Cost is $25 per car. Eumundi Showgrounds, Black Stump Rd, off Memorial Drive The Mary Valley Rattler’s Tasting Train on the RM76 Railmotor sets off on 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 July. The train leaves Gympie at 10am for a return trip to Amamoor through the Mary Valley countryside, with a fresh tasting plate onboard, then a grazing-style lunch and a drink back at the historic Gympie Station, cost $99. Additional bar service available.

Bookings required as limited seating available. The first steam train rides are back on Saturday 11 July with a Superheroes theme. www.maryvalleyrattler.com.au The Ginger Factory is at 50 Pioneer Rd, Yandina is free, and it’s open 7 days a week, 9am to 5pm. There are rides, activities and tours (some incur fees) including Moreton the train, the Overboard boat ride, live bee shows and Buderim Ginger factory tours.

Also explore the tropical gardens and the Ginger Shop, and refuel at the Ice Creamery and Ginger Caf¨¦. See gingerfactory.com.au Australia Zoo - is the ultimate wildlife adventure and is open daily from 9am to 5pm. Take a tour, immerse yourself in conservation in one of their shows or become a zookeeper for a day! www.australiazoo.com.au Peregian Digital Hub Fun workshops for creative ‘tech’ kids Your kids and teens have a choice of fun, creative, technology workshops at the Hub such as: 3D design and printing (Fusion 360), 3D modeling for use in games (Blender), LEGO robotics (ZEST - girls only or Royal Robotics - mixed classes), AI Programming for Maths Whizzes, and Kids Entrepreneurship. Only a few tickets remain - so be quick to book. Program and tickets at https://www.peregianhub. com.au/learn/ Libraries: Noosa Libraries offer a range of exciting fun for kids at home during the holidays. Even if you have to stay at home, reading can take you on journeys near and far. Join hundreds of Queensland kids in the Reading Adventure Club from State Library of Queensland. It’s free to join; parents sign in with a valid email address; and kids can enjoy challenges and quizzes, share writing and art work, and blog with authors Ursula Dubosarsky and Cameron Stelzer. Gift vouchers to be won too! http:// www.summerreadingclub.org.au/theclub/ For more information on a range of online activities, visit the Noosa Library Service website https://www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au/ school-holiday-activities Action Adventure: Drop into Skydive Noosa’s dropzone - For the most adrenaline-filled way to see Noosa’s coastline, let Skydive Noosa take you to their Noosa Dropzone, open 7 days a week - they’ll jump out of a plane with you as you soar above the coast for amazing views, heading for one of the greatest beach landings in Australia. Ph 1300 815 245 or see www.skydive. com.au Aerial acrobatics with Warplanes - save 10%

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- Warplanes is back for adventure flights in the Sunshine Coast’s clear winter skies in ex-RAAF World War II Wirraway and Trojan aircraft - they’re offering a 10% discount on regular prices, and they can now leave from either Gympie (Kybong) Airport or Caboolture Airport. Flights from Gympie Airport take you over the Noosa/Cooroy area and are perfect for aerial aerobatics on a sunny day over Noosa’s Main Beach in front of your friends and family. Ph 0401 493 999 or see www.warplanes.com.au Get Back to Nature: Noosa Oceanrider offers a taste of Noosa from the water with their thrill rides and dolphin and whale safaris www.noosaoceanrider.com.au Epic Ocean Adventures are operating their 4WD trips from Noosa for guided dolphinview kayak tours, stand up paddle tours and learn to surf at Double Island Point. www. epicoceanadventures.com.au Enjoy a horse ride on the beach at the Noosa North Shore with Equathon Horse Riding. www.equathon.com.au Noosa Camel Rides start up again on 2 July - online bookings are open now. www.noosacamelrides.com.au The Noosa Ferry’s day and sunset cruises are now operating again and provide a beautiful way to see the Noosa River. www.noosaferry. com.au Have a relaxed game of golf at Noosa Hill Par 3 Golf Course. It’s a fun and affordable day out for the whole family, suitable for all ages and skill levels. The course is set on 74 acres of beautiful bushland, home to kangaroos and other native wildlife. Open 6am to 6pm, 7 days a week in Hollett Road, Noosaville.

Golf equipment available for hire. Stay for a drink at the newly refurbished clubhouse. Ph 5449 1666 or see noosahills.com.au Discover the Noosa Hinterland with Noosa Day Tours - Tours to Eumundi Markets and Mary Valley Rattler; Eumundi Markets and The Ginger Factory; Sunshine Coast hinter-

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Choose adventure these holidays land; Noosa Country Drive tour; Hervey Bay whale watching; Sunset dinner cruise; Steam and Berries with a Rattler steam train journey and lunch at Cooloola Berries - or create your own tour. Ph 07 5313 6648 or noosadaytours.com.au Fraser Island Explorer’s 1 and 2-day tours are operating again from Noosa. www.fraserexplorertours.com.au Discover Noosa’s Artistic Side: The Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre has three new exhibitions: A Day in a Life, hyper-realistic works of Lew Brennan; Echoed Rhythms, 3D art from Greg Kinman, Paula Bowie and Melissa McCullagh; and Physical Video - On Tour, a selection of video art from QAGOMA. The exhibitions continue until 4 August. The gallery is open 10am to 3pm from Tuesday to Sunday at 11a Maple Street, Cooroy. See facebook.com/butterfactoryartscentre/ The Noosa Regional Gallery is located on the Noosa River and features a retail show with unique artisan products from homewares, jewellery and accessories, to books, artworks and gift cards. www.noosaregionalgallery. com.au For more information head to www.visitnoosa.com.au or visit the Noosa Inspiration Centre on Hastings Street.

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Activities and events in the community Managing Anxiety Workshops Learn how to manage anxiety in your life.

Over 4 weeks learn about why we worry, what causes our anxiety to increase, ways to manage symptoms of anxiety, and plan for future life without overwhelming worry.

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sa Community Health starting Thursday 30/6/20.Bookings are essential as places are limited. Phone to book your place on 54495944.

Fabulous 50s Plus We are a fun, friendly, seniors social group, we welcome couples as well as singles to join

Becoming a plastic free community is a key goal for Noosa, so the Plastic Free Noosa program is focusing its efforts on working hand in hand with the community and local businesses to reduce its reliance on single-use plastic.

During July, Plastic Free Noosa is working in collaboration with Pottery For The Planet to run a Plastic Free July campaign.

Simply help spread the word that single-use plastic is ‘so yesterday” and you could win one of four Planet Cup and Planet Bowl Combo packs valued at $98 each thanks to Pottery for the planet, visit @plasticfreenoosa on Instagram or Facebook.

To enter the competition: Post an action you are going to take for Plastic Free July on one of the competition posts on Instagram/Facebook and tag two friends who will keep you accountable Follow @Plasticfreenoosa and @potteryfortheplanet For an extra entry into the competition, share photos of your favourite local plastic free businesses using the hashtag #plasticfreenoosa - Because actions speak louder than words!

Winners will be announced weekly with the Week 5 winner receiving a NOOSA re-usable Water 3 bottle!

Pottery For The Planet create beautiful, quality products that make it easy and desirable for anyone and everyone to step away from single-use culture. Based in Noosa with a brand new showroom in Rene Street, Noosaville they are also showcasing their beautiful products during the month of July in the Noosa Inspiration Centre.

The Program Manager for Plastic Free Noosa, Anita Butler said “It will be a collaborative community effort for us to change the status quo, so this is where we challenge our locals and visitors to take action”.

For businesses wanting to be involved in the Plastic Free Noosa Program, contact Anita Butler at anita@plasticfreenoosa.org or 0407 877 462. www.plasticfreenoosa.org PLASTIC FREE NOOSA FAST FACTS: In 2017 Noosa was chosen as Queensland’s first pilot community for the Boomerang Alliance’s Communities Taking Control campaign to show how a community could reduce its plastic footprint by inspiring, assisting and empowering the community and local businesses to reduce their use of disposable, single-use plastics, replacing with better environmental alternatives.

The program is supported by Noosa Council and Tourism Noosa The program has been empowering other communities to follow along the way and the program has now been successfully replicated through the Plastic Free Places program in other tourism towns in Australia.

The Plastic Free Noosa Program is currently working with over 220 businesses and event organisers who are on the journey to become plastic free champions and together have already eliminated over 4.5 million single-use plastic items since the commencement of the program.

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 a monthly program of dinners, lunches, walks and other activities. Please contact Joan on 0419 517 869 or Helen on 0459 228 955 for more details.

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shop break and enters which is a drop of 66 per urglars no longer find “We find a lot of offenders Noosa a favoured des- cent from the year before and tination, with robberies are either from a 95 per cent re- outside The justice system also in the area having duction from almost 100 of the Noosa area or are deserves acknowlshop break ins comopped an astounding juveniles from edgement other areas in residential 90 per cent in almost mitted in the 2001-02 for the drop in crime. financial year.

20 years. care houses within this area.”

“There is a huge amount Snr Sgt Carroll attributes Police statistics shows or work behind the the drop in burthe number of bur- glaries and break scenes in terms of our Changes in the way people glaries in the 2001-02 court system, sentencing and enters to a combination financial year in the of factors value of easily stolen goods use cash and the programs, probation and including deterrents such oosa district were over parole and communisuch as televisions as a strong and stereos 500. ty corrections that we police presence, security has also made a difference. consider has an impact,” This year on current trends systems and cameras Snr Sgt Carroll said. police expect it as well as improved “People don’t have cash number 59, which is security education and on hand as they did also a 12 per cent de- neighbourhood in the past and a lot Despite these outstanding ease from last year. watch. of items that were previresults police are seeing an upward trend ously worth stealing “Another factor I think oosa senior sergeant aren’t as valuable any in reported thefts of is that the increas- more,” Ben Carroll said a ing vehicles, stealing from Snr Sgt Carroll said. similar result can be house prices in Noosa vehicles and shoplifting seen in shop break and have put pressure with financial pressures enters. on the demographic that “Plus we have good a possible motive. systems in terms of would have been remonitoring second hand sponsible for a lot of these “The impact of the difficult n the past year there dealers and pawn offences and so that has only been five financial circumstances some people brokers so the property element has had to leave,” is more difficult to disare currently facing he said. as a contributor to these pose of via that route.” increases is difficult to gauge,” Snr Sgt Carroll said.

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shop break and enters which is a drop of 66 per Burglars no longer find “We find a lot of offenders Noosa a favoured des- cent from the year before and tination, with robberies are either from a 95 per cent re- outside The justice system also in the area having duction from almost 100 of the Noosa area or are deserves acknowldropped an astounding shop break ins comjuveniles from edgement other areas in residential 90 per cent in almost mitted in the 2001-02 for the drop in crime. financial year.

20 years. care houses within this area.”

“There is a huge amount Snr Sgt Carroll attributes Police statistics shows or work behind the the drop in burthe number of bur- glaries and break scenes in terms of our Changes in the way people glaries in the 2001-02 court system, sentencing and enters to a combination financial year in the of factors value of easily stolen goods use cash and the programs, probation and including deterrents such Noosa district were over parole and communisuch as televisions as a strong and stereos 500. ty corrections that we police presence, security has also made a difference. consider has an impact,” This year on current trends systems and cameras Snr Sgt Carroll said. police expect it as well as improved “People don’t have cash to number 59, which security education and on hand as they did is also a 12 per cent de- neighbourhood in the past and a lot Despite these outstanding crease from last year. watch. of items that were previresults police are seeing an upward trend ously worth stealing “Another factor I think Noosa senior sergeant aren’t as valuable any in reported thefts of is that the increas- more,” Ben Carroll said a ing vehicles, stealing fr Snr Sgt C similar house

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Surf club back in action Last week some of our unemployed people joined the list of those now back at work.

These were the staff members of the Noosa Surf Club.

Located at Noosa’s Main Beach, this popular club with great ocean views, good food and bar facilities was definitely on the welcome back list.

With the majority of staff back now re-employed this will no doubt greatly relieve the financial burden for some of our families.

As with the supporters’ club at Sunshine Beach, everything was strictly controlled and run according to regulations.

“We have a big floor space,” said club manager Anton Mogg. “We have our veranda plus the inside section and this enables us to have a total of seven areas each of 20 members: all correctly supervised from our door temperature check to being seating. We find that our customers are very happy with the regulations and many have remarked its good because they don’t want to see a relapse.”

It is good to see that the drinking laws of table service only, have the full cooperation of our people. With the close observations of restrictions any changes in regulations will be quickly adheared to and the public will be fully informed.

VALE POTTSY This week we lost a popular and highly regarded member of our community Geoff Potter, who passed away after a long illness.

Commonly known as Pottsy, he was a life member of the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club and an old boy of Noosa. But I feel as do many others, that his big contribution was his work as a photographer: his work in covering the social scenes and others was well featured.

However, there are many who would say that his best work occurred when he photographed the ever-changing colours in the sky line that occurred after a volcanic explosion in the New Guinea region.

Such was the ever changing beauty of nature (bought about by the volcanic lava in the atmosphere) that on these evenings the public bar at the Reef Hotel was empty: all the drinkers were outside sitting in the gutter and on the footpath to watch in absolute amazement as natures game gave us a variety of gold, black, blue, white and orange clouds drifting throughout the heavens.

Pottsy was there behind , on the footpath, on the road sitting in the gutter talking with us as we struggled to work out exactly what was the cause of this beautiful freakish phenomenon.

It was not until later that a letter,(written by a professor) appeared in the Courier Mail explaining the cause, that Pottsy was able to tell the story behind his incredible photos.

For those of us who had the opportunity to see some of these unforgettable shots the work of Geoff Potter will for ever live in our memory.

Vaya con Dios, my little friend, Vaya con Dios.

THE NETS The problem regarding to net or not to net at our beaches is still under discussion: by politicians and protesters no doubt.

Why should ratepayers who live at beach resorts and swim be concerned?

Simple. The bottom line is this. The nets are to help reduce the shark incidents, thus helping protect our people; be they locals or tourists.

When the nets were laid in the Noosa area did they reduce the shark problems? The answer is a big YES. What was the percentage reduction? An 8590%. It is very much doubted that those involved in that era and seen the massive change after the laying of the nets, will ever be asked for an opinion.

What concerns us most ; life of the porpoise or life of our people?

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Chill means fish all over The cold snap made its presence felt all over South East Queensland this week. With the temperature drop came the predicted westerly winds and calm seas. We have seen the water clear up offshore and also in the rivers so fish like to get the bite.

Offshore, we are seeing bigger snapper following the bait into the shallower reefs all along the coast. Halls reef is definitely worth a look as this area holds great fish year round.

Also north toward DI you can find some patchy reef sections. Slow trawling any new area with a deep diving lure gives you a chance of hooking up. The Nomad DTX 85mm gets down to 6 meters so it appeals to a wide range of species.

If you are headed out wider then Sunshine reef is holding some great fishing including coral trout, sweetlip, snapper, pearlies, cobia and the odd longtail. The Spanish mackerel are almost done but having a pilchard floater out with a short length of single strand wire will keep you connected.

North reef is also holding good snapper, Maori cod, estuary cod, pearl perch, cobia and the odd Longie. With smaller tides coming our way you can expect less run so now is the time of year for pilchard floaters while you fish the bottom. Make sure you use bait thread to keep baits in place. Out wider we have seen some great fish coming from the Banks and the Hards as well as Double Island. In these deeper water marks you can expect to find bigger snapper taking big slabs of mullet, live baits and Bonito fillet. Be sure you go with quality PE5 or higher gear. Check out the new range of Oceans Legacy rods as these have a loyal following and are proven big fish rods.

Surf fishing is continuing to improve with some solid jew coming from the headlands after dark. Best baits for these silver ghosts is bonito, fresh mullet, live beach worm and even tailor fillets. For the daytime anglers the continued run of dart continues along with sandy flathead, bream which are getting bigger and whiting. To target the bigger bream try running 4KG lines size 1 octopus hooks and small chunks of mullet, pipi or bonito. There are some great gutters around and with the swell coming up this weekend the following week should be great.

The Noosa River continues to provide anglers with flatties, bream, whiting, trevally, jacks and jewfish. For jewfish you can try around rocks and bridges and any deeper holes. A personal favourite is a 4 inch power bait minnow and 1/4oz jighead with 16lb DFC Nitlon fluorocarbon leader. Be sure to strike all small bites as they bite like a bream. Once you feel the weight you must set the hooks hard as they have hard mouths. Always have a landing net ready and once landed keep the fish in the net to recover as small fish give every ounce of energy in the fight and need to recover. You can use a pair of fish friendly lip grips to recover

Paul Hayes with a cobia. your prized catch with the Fishcraft grips the best for this. For other species flathead are sitting in the lower estuary around the dog beach, frying pan and along the sandy edges of the current line toward the coastguard and boat ramp. Trevally and bream make a great target fish and will often sit with mullet. This is the time of year we see the river full of mullet so be sure to cast at them and let your lure or bait drift downward. Once on the bottom get ready for the bite as it could even be a jack.

Around the flats of Weyba and the Frying Pan you can find some fat whiting. Grab a yabby pump and load up on live bait if in these areas. Using lighter 3KG gear ensures the most fun and best success for line shy fish that sit

in only a few inches of water. And, of course, the luderick season is now officially underway with the first blackfish of the year landed down towards the river mouth.

Freshwater has been really hit and miss with one day super quiet and the next on fire! The local Lake Mac is a classic example. Take the time to sound out all areas and along various contours to find where they are as they are on the move. If you monitor our Facebook pages you will have seen us fishing the new Hot Bite lures and having great success. This also applies to the deeper Borumba dam. As above using sounders to locate the fish is imperative before casting a line. The new G2 Gang Banger spoons

have been cleaning up and with a set of small assists and a rear treble the smallest of bites often converts to landed fish. With the colder conditions the bass are sitting deep and even hard on the bottom so know your sounder settings and get stuck into some winter time fat bass.

Now for all the latest information log onto www.fishingnoosa.com.au for up to date bar and fishing reports, don’t forget to drop into Davo’s Tackle World, Davo’s Boating and Outdoors in Noosa and Davo’s Northshore Bait & Tackle in Marcoola for all the right equipment, bait and advice to get you catching. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and remember Tight Lines and Bent Spines!

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21 / 13 °C

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Morning clouds 23 / 13 °C

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1:05 PM 7:50 PM

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1:49 PM 8:35 PM

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2:32 PM 9:17 PM

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3:14 PM 9:58 PM

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Upsetting AFL apple cart With the recent surge in cases of Covid-19 in Victoria the AFL is faced with a mammoth task to keep the 2020 AFL season on an even keel.

The Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions have started the season in fine style and their fans will be any relocations will not upset their apple cart.

In the NRL things are travelling a little smoother from a head office perspective.

Queensland officially have their fourth team, the Melbourne Storm taking up residence in their new digs at the Sunshine Coast has confirmed what many have been saying about the Queensland Storm for years (probably jealous). I cannot image that it is a prospect that was too daunting for players and in some cases their families.

Weighing up a Melbourne winter as opposed to winter on the Sunshine Coast and I know which most of us would jump at .

Of course the elephant in the room as far as Rugby League in Queensland is concerned is the abysmal performance of the Brisbane Broncos.

Just when you expect things cannot get any worse they simply find a way to make their next performance worse than the last.

Surely last week’s drubbing by the Titans must be the absolute low point. Everyone from former Broncos’ legends to the punter in the street and the wise judges in between have an opinion on what is wrong.

Is it the Coach, the Board, the CEO, the players, the conditioning staff, the recruitment team or the coffee shop operators. Beats me but I do know as a Bronco’s supporter, it is a tough time and I am not filled with confidence that things will turn around quickly.

Whether you are a rabid supporter or not, I think most people want to see the players putting in and having a go. It’s the Queensland way.

Some criticisms have been a harsh, some well deserved and on the money. I don’t think there is one person or group at fault and I don’t think it is an easy fix.

There seems there is no love or passion for the jersey in the way we have associated with Broncos in the past. Is this a symptom of the way the modern game is developing. I hope not.

Call me mad, but I’ll stick with the Broncos again this week against a Warriors side who deserve a far better rub of the green than they are getting at the moment. Things will be tough for the Broncos this week. I reckon after the Warrior’s lacklustre performance last week their new coach Todd Payten will have spelled out a few home truths for his players.

In the meantime, I heard one wag suggesting Paul White, Karl Morris and Anthony Seibold approach Peter V’Landy’s. Sign up the man and get him to throw on a Broncos’ jersey because, “V’Landy’s can fix anything“.

Sadly, I fear not even his Midas touch could fix this mess.

Casey

GREAT RESULT FOR WOMEN’S SPORT Women’s Football and women’s sport will receive a huge shot in the arm following the announcement by the FIFA Council that the Aussie and Kiwi Trans Tasman bid to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup was successful.

There were tears of joy from players and fans as social distancing among officials was forgotten in the historic moment.

Matilda’s captain, Sam Kerr said it all in her simple tweet. “We did it.“ The tournament will take place between July 10 to August 10, 2023. The games will likely be played in 13 stadiums in 12 cities across Australia and New Zealand. The final say on venues of course is a decision for FIFA but it is worth noting all of the proposed stadiums stood up well against the FIFA criteria.

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The ACA Office Team have returned to their office in Roma, and are available during normal business hours. The team can be contacted at 07 4622 3110 or by email aca@campdraft. com.au As Campdraft competitions are reliant on crossing borders not much can happen until the border travel restrictions are lifted.

WEATHER SCUPPERS OPENING 17TH HOLE Officials of the Noosa Golf Club planned to have the 17th hole would be back in play for the resumption of the regular comepitition programme last weekend. Unfortunately like the best laid plans of mice and men, following more wet weather the Course Superintendent asked to keep the hole closed for another week. This will give the new growth more time to become better established before being subjected to heavy foot traffic. Barring unforeseen circumstances the 17th hole will be back in play this Saturday July 4.

The Committee wish to thanks all members for their efforts to preserve the course by not driving buggies through the muddy areas on the fairways and for also filling their own and other’s divots .

Club Captain, Bob Upham, has done a wonderful job to maintain a programme of competitions through very difficult and unusual times. He also has been coming in daily close those competitions.

Golfers are reminded that although the regular competition programme has resumed, social distancing requirements are still in place throughout the Club.

In the Mixed Foursomes played last Sunday.

Live Dolan and Rick Coneybear returned the best Gross Score of 129. In second place were Jennifer Eborall and Michael Newman (134).

The Best Nett Score of (111.5) in the A Grade competition was returned by the Michael Newman and Jennifer Eborall. Not too far behind them in the runners up position was the pairing of Bradly Graham and Bettina Hammant with a score of 119.

In the B Grade Nett, honours went to James McKean and Christine Baker (110.5). runners up were Ben Joseph and Lisa Joseph (112.75)

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Noosa Lions juniors are happy to be back on the paddock and have been enjoying the Noosa Academy Holiday programme this week.

With three years until kick off, there will be plenty of water passing under the bridge before a ball is kicked. If the Women’s T20 World Cup is anything to go by there is sure to be a spike in Women’s Football and a further strengthening of women’s sport in this country.

Australia will spend the next three years preparing for its chance on its biggest stage and for the Matilda’s and their captain kick off can’t come soon enough.

LIONS READY TO ROAR Noosa Lions have confirmed the start dates for all 2020 competitions.

July 10: The Premier Women, Premier Reserve Women and Senior Friday night Competitive teams.

July 11: Minroos, Junior Competitive, Premier Men and Premier Reserve Men. If you haven’t yet registered for season visit bit.ly/PlayFootball2020 Training for the junior players will continue during the holiday break in preparation for the

start of the season.. Please check with individual coaches for any changes to your schedule.

Meanwhile Junior players have enjoyed the Noosa Football Academy’s Four Day Winter holiday programme which has been running since Monday and finishes today.

CAMPDRAFTERS CORRALLED Campdraft enthusiasts are another group to see their sport put on ice in 2020. The Australian Campdrafting Association is considering a phased approach to the lifting of restrictions across the country however with the restrictions on numbers attending an event still in place in Queensland there looks little likelihood of a return to competition in Queensland in the near future. ACA remains positive and the governing body is still promoting the ACA 2020 National Finals Campdraft, scheduled to be held in Nebo from September 29 to October 2 2020.

The ACA expect the Northern Territory will be the first place to see the recommencement of Campdrafts in 2020.

While the hunt for a new CEO for Cricket Australia rumbles along in the old dart England’s talisman Ben Stokes is poised to make the transition from bad boy to captain of the English Cricket team.

He is set to lead the team in the first test against West Indies on July 8 with captain Joe Root likely to miss the game to attend the birth of his second child.

The all-rounder said in a recent press conference that although it would be a huge honour to be able to say you had captained England even once, he had never really given the captaincy a great deal of thought. He said he will relish the opportunity should it arise but knows he will only be warning the seat until Joe Root returns.

Once the bad lad of English cricket, Stokes has matured since those early undisciplined days and was an inspirational vice captain and integral part of England’s World Cup winning side last year.

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Marathon Man of Noosa It was while living in Tasmania in the year 1992, that Stephen Paul Porter, had his first ever introduction into the world of marathon running. He did this by taking part in the Tin Miners Marathon, held at a place called Zeehan. Run over the official distance of 42km.

Steve had this to say of the event, “On looking back, ” he said with a laugh, “I must admit that I was not properly prepared, I struggled(for almost six hours) but I finished.’’

Now at the age of 47, this Noosa resident can proudly look back over the years and boast a grand total of 17 racing marathons and a similar number of social (orienteering and adventure) marathons with friends and add to this, a total of five Pomona King of the Mountain runs. “I have also run lots of half marathons, but it is the full marathon that provides the major challenge: the challenge where you are prepared to suffer the mental aspects and get to stage where you almost enjoy the suffering. It is in itself an incredible sense of achievement.”

Steve was born in Melbourne but at the age of one was taken by his family to live in Burnie: he was educated at the Cooee Primary School and the Burnie State High on the North West Coast.

“I left high school half way through year 11: I was not a great student—just could not get interested-- so I entered trade school and followed in my fathers footsteps by becoming a sparkie. On the weekends, I was a nipper in the Burnie Surf Life Saving club. After obtaining my bronze I commenced patrols and started rowing in surf boat competition, under/21division.It was in 1992 that I got my first look at Noosa when I visited with mum and dad for a holiday and immediately liked the place.”

After returning to Tasmania, he competed in his first marathon and the following year, took part in his first half marathon (21.1kl.)

Then, after completing his apprenticeship he returned to Noosa for a year (94/95) during which he worked as a sparkie, join the Noosa surf club and continued doing patrols and rowing surf boats.

Following this, he took time off to visit the USA where he spent eighteen months working in the snow states. “On returning to Tassie I was sick of the cold weather, so along with my good mate Mickey Dennis, I returned to Noosa, got a job, re-joined the surf club and under sweep Alby Maxwell, I continued to row surf boats with our crews, representing at the state and national titles.

After the nationals i continued my running and rowing; and later we got a new sweep(Alby had returned to NSW)and coach named Robbie Meyer. He also knew quite a bit about running so he started to help by coaching me with my technique and programs; and this was a great help. I ran my first full marathon in Queensland, on the Gold Coast in 2004 and finished in a time of 4 plus hours.’’

This marathon gave Steve a big confidence boost. “From the numerous marathon that I ran, my best times were averaged at 3hr 15 min: sadly, I never achieved my main goal which was to break the 3-hr time. I came to realise that I carried to much weight (84kg) and running at that, would not get me under the 3. I realised that I was not built for speed, so I stopped watching the clock enjoyed my runs, an occasional beer and a good plate of food.”

Also, at this time he found that he was really enjoying the half marathon; however, it was definitely the full marathon that would always provide the major challenge, both mentally and physically.

With his love of the challenge, another such event the George Bass Marathon Surf Boat Race(for surf clubs) caught his attention.

Starting at Batemans Bay and finishing at Eden NSW, a distance of 190 kl, this 7day event was to Steve a different challenge, something new.

This he wanted and in late January 2017, was part of the first ever Noosa crew to cross the finish line. “It was a great achievement for both

Life saving family

Surf boat rowing our club and our crews, something we will never forget,” Away from the world of sport, Steve works in the field of building and electrical engineering: a profession which has on occasion, seen him visiting China. At present, he is employed as a project manager working on

King of the Mountain major extensions to the Sunshine Coast Stadium: a project which Steve believes, will be of major benefit to the future of our sporting communities.

In the year 2004, apart from the big improvement in his time for the marathon, his major success was meeting a new club mate,(while

on a ski training trip into A Bay) a beautiful young lady named Petra; for it was this lady who was to become his wife and the mother of his gorgeous daughter Jessica. “That was definitely my most successful training session ever,” said the very happy and proud Steve Porter; the marathon man of Noosa.

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First Point, April 1968. Full of waves.

Picture: STUART SCOTT

First Point, June 2020. Full of Sand

Picture: SCOTT

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Elsewhere in today’s paper you’ll see my article about the boom in surfboard sales over the Covid lockdown – a national and international phenomenon, not just in Noosa – and this is a great thing for the struggling surfboard artisans and the retail sector.

But it also puts a new focus on who’s buying all these boards, and if they’re new surfers, where will we put them? For surf tourism magnets like Noosa, this is not a new phenomenon, but it’s just increased in intensity three-fold in line with manufacturers reporting a 300 percent increase in surfboard and wetsuit sales.

You don’t have to take my word for it. Just go for a surf and look around you, especially now in school holidays. How many people in the line-up do you recognize? More importantly, how many of them are competent surfers, or at least look like they might have had a lesson in getting out of the way? Not many. As I write there’s a strong southerly pushing up the coast, blowing out the beachies and pushing what little swell there is past the points, but looking at the webcams from my desk I can see a lot of people flapping into what little waves remain.

I wish them the best of holiday fun, but I also kind of hope that they’re a little pooped by the time the next round of swell rolls around.

The word from the surf shops is that the biggest surfboard sales over the past three months have been softs of all sizes, and the vast majority of them sold for the use of kids and middle-aged mums, as families make good use of this enforced leisure time. I think that’s fantastic. As a baby boomer, I never had the opportunity of surfing with my parents (unthinkable in the 1960s) but I’ve been able to make up for that to some degree by surfing with my kids and grandkids.

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A section of the Surf Code for Noosa. it for all he (or she) is worth. I know many of you reading this have shared the moment. But the equal and opposite moment is watching a parent push a child into the course of someone who’s been riding the wave from the top of the point and is advancing down the line at speed.

It’s crazy and it’s dangerous but we see it all

the time. Often it’s done unknowingly or unwittingly by parents who are learners themselves, but sometimes it’s a clear signal to the rider on the wave that my kid is more important than your wave. That’s a proposition that no doubt could be argued over a lager or three, but the surfers who look first then push anyway are frequently the same surfers who would bellow

the loudest at anyone thinking about dropping in on them at Tea Tree or the Pot. At the Noosa World Surfing Reserve we’ve been pushing the Surf Code for some time now, for reasons of both etiquette and safety in congested conditions, particularly during swell events. And now, coming out of our own Covid-19 hiatus, the stewardship committee is looking at a range of new ways to reinforce the message, not just to “baby-throwers” but to learners of all ages and to experienced surfers who also need to remember that sharing is caring.

Sands of time We all know that sand movements are cyclical, that the bars and banks move with the natural phenomena of currents, wind and swell, sometimes helped along by man-made sand dumps, refills and pumping. But has anyone ever seen so much sand in the bays of Noosa?

At low tide you can walk along the sand from First Point to Gum Trees at National Park without getting your feet wet.

Veteran photojournalist Stuart Scott has been watching the waves here for longer than most, and some of the comparative photos he’s been posting on Facebook are extraordinary. In the main, it’s been good for the surf, although I’m currently still sporting grazes and sand burns from failing on numerous occasions to outrun that shallow little freight train running through the bottom of Johnston’s. And First Point, while parts of it are back to its best, is breaking as wide into the bay as I’ve seen it since 2010.

It’s not just Noosa, of course. When I was on Fraser Island a couple of weeks ago, I was stunned to find the track into South Waddy blocked by a 10-metre sand dune that wasn’t there six months ago. And while I haven’t been across the border since all this started, my spy in Byron, Mark “Mono” Stewart, reports more sand than he’s seen in half a century at The Pass and Broken Head.

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The Knights, Warriors (who will be based in Gosford) and Sea Eagles will play out of Central Coast Stadium.

Three venues outside of NSW will also be used: Suncorp Stadium (Broncos and Titans), Queensland Country Bank Stadium (Cowboys) and AAMI Park (Storm).

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GOOD SALES REPORTED OUT EASTWARDS PROPERTY MATTERS ERLE LEVEY ROARK Walsh has been making some good sales in Noosa’s eastern beaches in recent weeks.

The Tom Offermann Real Estate agent was going to take the six-bedroom, twobathroom beachfront house to auction in March but the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic saw the listing switch to negotiation.

“It was like having an auction in slow motion,’’ Roark said. “Three buyers submitted bids over a two-week period.

“We achieved a sale price of more than $2m. It was remarkable given the fact of everything that had just happened.

“A lot of the appeal was it had two self-contained zones. Both upstairs and downstairs have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and separate living rooms.

“The market is strong. There are lots of buyers and record low numbers of listings.

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“It was absolutely fully renovated,’’ Nathan said, “with awesome coast views from the national park to Mt Coolum.

“It’s in a great street at Sunrise, just a short walk to the beach.’’

The multi-level house has a north-east facing terrace, and an insulated 6m by 6m shed.

Nathan said a lot of recent sales have been to interstate buyers, using on-line video tours of the properties instead of inspections.

He said the on-line auctions were a sign of the times.

“So you can be sitting at home in the UK at 3am in the morning … comfortable in the buying process.

“It provides an even playing field. Even overseas bidders can see what’s going on.’’

“In the past six months 70 per cent have been Queensland buyers, predominantly Brisbane and local.

“The eastern beaches market is very strong. People are looking to relocate, whether to upsize or downsize.

“Once the borders are open we expect an influx, so it will be even more a case of supply and demand.’’

Now Roark has listed a spectacular beachside house at 20 Yinneburra St, Yaroomba, with a price guide of $2.1m.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom house with pool and resort-style outdoor dining area is on 696sq m.

Other features include a games room complete with pool table and a Gold Club cinema.

“It offers position and privacy,’’ Roark said. “And it’s so close to the beach … people love that.’’

LOCALS MAKING THE MOST OF CONDITIONS Our beach is back … it’s the Noosa like it used to be, and Laguna Real Estate’s Melanie Butcher is enjoying it.

“It’s like in February,’’ she said. “We have it to ourselves, and you can get a car park.’’

Apart from that, Melanie has been flat out with sales and inquiries.

“We are dealing with local buyers mainly.

I don’t think we’ve been busier.

“You would think it would be the opposite.

ORIENT DRIVE ACTION Dowling Neylan’s Nathan Howie reports online auction success with the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house with pool at 54 Orient Drive, Sunrise Beach.

There were 39 buyer inspections, six registered bidders and 55 on-line bids at the auction in late May. It sold for $2.505m to an ex-pat in the UK returning home an intending to settle the whole family.

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“We have been getting a lot of multiple offers at the moment.

“There is a shortage of stock. It’s a nice situation to be if you are a seller.

“Investment units have suffered a bit due to southern buyers being unable to get up but we are still making sales, from entrylevel to multi-million.

“Locals are very active and for first home buyers it is the best opportunity due to lack of southern competition.

“The other side is people who have been able to travel are coming to buy, not look.

“Having properties open by appointment is a very strong qualifier.

“If priced correctly, you will get interest.’’

That was the case with a five-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 9 Creek Rd, Noosaville, that sold for $935,000.

Backing on to waterfront parkland, the substantial two-level home offered a dual living opportunity.

It attracted multiple offers, and sold to a southern buyer who drove up.

A PLACE OF QUALITY Tom Offermann’s Nic Hunter has sold one of two properties in Noosaville he took to auction in late May. The two brand-new, on-trend, freestanding, four-bedroom townhomes at 1 and 2, 20 Nannygai St were the same … but different.

One is high on coastal style, the other is Hampton’s inspired. But both have the same floorplan.

Nic sold 2/20 Nannygai one week after auction, achieving a price close to the $1.195m it was listed at post auction. That was for the Hamptons style home.

No.1 is still available, with a couple of buyers showing interest The local buyer of 2/20 Nanygai was attracted from an investment point of view for its position, Nic said.

“Feedback was really strong, purely on the basis of location … 200m from the river.

“The market is very strong, just as good as last year. It’s very pleasing.

“They are looking for prime locations, and bringing forward their lifetime purchase plans.’’ ●

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Complete private exclusivity begins when the gates of this captivating 5-bedroom belle quietly close.

Play pétanque on the lush lawn in the front of a sun deck, step into the lofty entrance. Note how artworks, custom-made cabinetry, and sumptuous sofas fuse harmoniously in the over generous calming spaces yet seamlessly flow alfresco. Be beckoned to bask, swim and soirée and let us not forget creating classic fare in the 5-star kitchen.

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Auction Saturday 18 July 10am View Saturday 10.00-10.30 Agent Michael McComas 0447 263 663

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Rarely do you find a totally renovated apartment, just behind Hastings Street, in a boutique block of just 4 units. On arrival you’re drawn across the living space to the deck, where you’ll stop, rest your hands on the balustrade and stand mesmerized.

The entire bay, framed by beaches, spreads out beneath you. Of an evening, a carpet of sparkling lights reminds you Hastings Streets a short stroll away. Come and see why we call this Picture Point.

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If you yearn for the jewel in the crown which appears to hover over the Noosa National Park and boasts bedezzling 180-degree views of Lake Weyba, Noosa Springs golf course, the hinterland and beyond, this is it. The brand new, sub-penthouse apartment with a residents-only pool, is in the exclusive and praise-winning Terrace enclave. It offers an enviable lifestyle of luxury and prestige, desired by many, but not always available.

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With uninterrupted breathtaking views along Noosa Main Beach, Noosa River mouth and beyond to Mt Cooroy, a contemporary design masterpiece, inspired by everything ultra-luxurious with no expense spared, is undoubtedly Little Cove’s most talked about residence. Interiors exemplify a sense of calm, almost a Zen simplicity of using natural materials, flowing water plus patterns of light and space in response to the natural backdrop.

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2/8 nAnnygAi street N o o S av i l l e Does absolute serenity and seclusion, as you soak up year-round sun from your Ne facing terrace and garden, sound tempting? What about jumping in the pool and entertaining alfresco? The great outdoors is just one of the many attributes of this free-standing townhome. it’s also about a modern aesthetic, high ceilings and generous living that seamlessly transition outside.

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5 BeckmAns roAd N o o S av i l l e Sprawling private estate with a majestic rain forest and creek abutting the rear boundary, located in the heart of convenience, just five minutes to the Noosa River.

Designed in tune with the idyllic sub-tropical climate, the residence offers oodles of space, high ceilings, optimal natural light and beautiful timber floors. This really is the epitome of town and country living.

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40 WyunA drive n o o S av i L L e Living and loving a coastal-style abode in a coveted enclave is entirely possible even if it’s hideaway island, known for its privacy and proximity to hastings St. The pool dazzles, the terrace was designed for al fresco living, and when the kids get bored send them out to the park, which is fully equipped with swings and slides.

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6/21 Henderson street SunShine BeaCh Sunshine Central is a boutique, well maintained complex of just 12 apartments with lift access to all levels. Streamlined living flows from the kitchen and dining to a generous lounge with seamless connection to the balcony. Whether you are looking for an income producing investment or permanent residence, this is one of the few complexes that ticks all the boxes.

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B2 C1 D Price $895,000 view Saturday 10.00-10.30 Agent Jesse Stowers 0414 367 282

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SPARKLING JEWEL OFFERS ENVIABLE LIVING IF you yearn for the jewel in the crown which is poised on a ridge, appears to hover over the Noosa National Park and boasts bedazzling 180-degree views of Lake Weyba, Mt Coolum, Noosa Springs golf course, the hinterland and beyond, this is it.

The brand spanking new, substantial sub-penthouse apartment, in the exclusive privileged and praise-winning Terrace enclave, offers an enviable unparalleled lifestyle of unequivocal luxury and prestige, desired by many, but not always available.

Until now.

A subtle earthiness establishes its roots in the pale oak flooring which travels from the front door through the hallway, past a study to the expansive open plan living/ dining area.

It is obviously designed for sophisticated entertaining.

In addition, the smooth indoor/outdoor connectivity to the expansive balcony suggests living the good life continues alfresco.

Of course, the casual laid back alternative has those jaw-droppingly beautiful panoramic views.

Ceilings throughout are lofty, and bright natural light is the sort that invites itself in

through the banks of sliders.

Motorised roller blinds add a practical and decorative aesthetic.

Also complementing the core

fundamentals of a truly functional and a well thought-out interior design is the sizeable kitchen with designer pendants, walk-in pantry, integrated Wolf Sub

Zero fridge/freezer, Vintec wine fridge, stone-topped 3.5m island bench, Miele appliances and a lengthy window in place of a splashback.

At the end of a second hallway in the north wing, is the chic king master suite with views to the nearby Noosa National Park.

The large ensuite has stone floor tiles, a double vanity with a full wall mirror plus translucent glass doors to the shower and toilet. The walk-in wardrobe would suit a fashionista.

Two queen-size bedrooms with built-in wardrobes share a bathroom.

Serious swimmers and sun worshipers need only take a short pathway to the residents-only glimmering aqua pool.

“This outstanding location places you within cooee of everything Noosa Heads,“ comments Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Julie Bengtsson. “There are no through roads, so it is a true residential enclave with an abundance of protected nature including established walkways and bikeways leading to Lake Weyba. It is minutes to Noosa’s Hastings Street, multiple shopping precincts and pristine beaches yet tucked away in a verdant oasis.“ ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1521/1 Lakeview Rise, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Inspect: By appointment Auction: Saturday 25 July, at noon Contact: Julie Bengtsson 0418 980 247, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE, NOOSA HEADS, 5449 2500 noosatoday.com.au

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Beachfront Shangri-la, Peregian Beach Stunning new residence Designed by Award Winning Architectural Dream Team - Tim Bennetton & Gabriel Poole. Set on rolling green grounds - private pathway to pristine beach. 4 Generous bed, 3 bath, disabled access, DLG, heated pool, double height open plan living, gas fire, beautifully finished - oak timber floors, limestone tiles.

Easy (1 km) stroll to Peregian Village.

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VERSATILE, QUALITY WATERFRONT LIVING OFFERING flexible modern design on a substantial allotment of 859 square metres, this captivating residence delivers a flawless blend of private indoor and outdoor living and the ability to live on one level in a tightly held blue ribbon locale.

In a sensational lifestyle location, there is an exclusive opportunity to secure a versatile waterfront resdience with flexible living options. The home has been cleverly designed to provide choice, north and south facing outdoor entertaining areas as well as an upstairs mastersuite and a downstairs mastersuite alternative.

There is ample space at the front of the property to extend with a serviced bedroom pool-house, office or studio.

Positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac, privacy is ensured and the Noosa River, boutique shopping and dining on Gympie Terrace, services and transport are all nearby.

This is a blue chip location of enduring appeal with vibrant lifestyle advantages. â—?

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 17 Topsails Place, NOOSA WATERS Description: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: On application Inspect: By appointment Contact: Dan Neylan 0412 764 370 or Imika Neylan 0405 976 181, DOWLING NEYLAN, 5447 3855 12 NOOSA TODAY

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46 Seaview Terrace, Sunshine Beach Buyers & sellers trust Karen to secure a sale - Confidentially & Respectfully.

Real results. Not just talk.

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BEAUTIFUL, SINGLE-STOREY DREAM HOME PERCHED high on the Ridge on a block of 1077 square metres in the desirable estate of Noosa Springs. This single-storey residence has views over the golf course and lakes.

All of its beautifully built four bedrooms (one as a study) have ensuite bathrooms, the home has high ceilings of up to four metres.

The dining and entertaining areas compliment the open plan kitchen, with five metres of bench tops and six metres of storage.

The outdoor kitchen area is on the northeastern side of the home and features a barbecue with wok burner, stone bench tops, sink and fridge, ceiling fans and sound system.

The living room connects to the patio which has views of course.

There is guest powder room; ducted airconditioning with five separate zones.

Sparkling two-metre deep pool with water feature and lighting.

Double garage with separate garage for golf cart. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 541/61 Noosa Springs Drive, NOOSA HEADS Description: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $2,495,000 Inspect: Saturday 4 July, 12.45pm–1.15pm Contact: Joe Langley 0419 883 499, UNIVERSAL PROPERTY, NOOSA HEADS 14 NOOSA TODAY

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314/61 NOOSA SPRINGS DRIVE PRIVATE, TRANQUIL AND ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

Open For Inspection Sat 4 Jul 2020 11.15-12.00noon

3 BED I 3 BATH I 2 CAR PRICE $1,495,000 This Villa is on an elevated block designed to capture the eastern sunrise in the sought after Woods Precinct.

Situated on a golf front allotment with lovely filtered views of the golf course.

The property offers a large open floor plan capturing plenty of natural light and cooling breezes. It has been perfectly designed with multiple indoor/outdoor

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27 AZOLLA CIRCLE RADIATING SOPHISTICATION

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4 BED I 2 BATH I 2 CAR PRICE $930,000 This home at 27 Azolla Circle is in a highly sought after area, minutes to shopping centre and school.

Bathed in natural light you can feel the love that has gone into this home. The three living areas follow through sliding doors to the alfresco dining space, all overlooking the sparkling new pool with low maintenance surrounds.

The central full appointed kitchen with stone benches are all in

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Double garage. 6KW solar power and 25,000 litre water tank.

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LIGHT-FILLED HOME TO IMPRESS FROM the moment you walk in the front door, you are impressed with the fabulous lounge and dining areas overlooking the courtyard and pool.

The atrium dining room is perfectly sized and wonderfully bright and airy due to the six-metre-high french doors and window arrangement.

The lounge room is of very generous proportions and looks simply stunning as it opens out to the quiet and tranquil courtyard and pool. The pool is surrounded by palm trees providing privacy and shade to both the pool and the upstairs deck off the master bedroom.

The good sized kitchen has up to date appliances and flows into a light-filled breakfast or sunroom of your choice.

Completing the ground floor are a goodsized laundry, renovated powder room, double garage and a separate garage for golf cart.

Upstairs there are three generous bedrooms, the master with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe, and the other two sharing a large bathroom. Currently, one bedroom doubles as a study.

Very few come along to compare to this home. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 328/61 Noosa Springs Drive, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,115,000 Inspect: Saturday 4 July, at noon-12.30pm Contact: Joe Langley 0419 883 499, UNIVERSAL PROPERTY, NOOSA HEADS

BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED AT THE CASCADES OUTSIDE is everyone’s dream of the perfect garden, spacious without being too big, easy to maintain, herb and vegie patch.

Located in The Cascades precinct this home is as beautifully renovated as they come.

Walking in through the very attractive garden and onto the front porch which is freshly painted, you open the doors to a fabulous, new Italian Timber Look tiles.

The kitchen is all new and white and leads onto a sought after breakfast nook which is great for the bad weather days when you have to sit indoors.

The dining room is just the right size and leads into the largest lounge room to be found in any of the houses under one million dollars, with a gorgeous brand new carpet.

Also on the ground floor is a very nice, goodsized laundry and a fully renovated powder room.

The only way to describe the upstairs is unbelievable, it is the only home in The Cascades or The Woods which has three bedrooms plus a study. The norm is two bedrooms and a study or three bedrooms.

Outside is everyone’s dream of the perfect garden, spacious without being too big, easy to maintain, herb and vegie patch - just so, so smart. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 143/61 Noosa Springs Drive, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $895,000 Inspect: Saturday 4 July, 10.30am-11am Contact: UNIVERSAL PROPERTY, NOOSA HEADS noosatoday.com.au

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32 Noosa Dunes Court Castaways Beach PRICE $2,900,000

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Beach front awaits you! Nestled among the coastal trees, tucked discreetly at dune level, this quality home takes full advantage of the available east aspect, capturing the morning sun with each bedroom and living space enjoying separation, privacy and connection to the surrounding nature. A short 100 metres from the pristine sand of Castaways Beach this four bedroom, fully ensuited home exudes style.

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23 David Street Noosa Heads OFFERS OVER $1,060,000

“Downsizers” this is for you, a single level home that is modern in design, low maintenance and located in a quiet cul-de-sac.The home offers private, relaxed living in a spacious light-filled setting. Just a couple of kilometres to Hastings Street’s attractions yet so private and quiet. Set on 601m2 block this immaculately presented, recently upgraded, low maintenance home facilitates an enviable lifestyle.

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STUNNING HOME IN PRIVATE POSITION AN architectural home with a private position in a leafy tree-lined street, you would never know you were right in the heart of the vibrant Noosa River precinct.

With accommodation and amenity that rival much larger homes this becomes the perfect holiday home or downsize option in a sensational and sought-after position.

Significant features that set it apart include soaring ceilings that raise up to the second level, a private in-ground plunge pool plus separate covered spa completed by an outdoor kitchen with dining alfresco.

Bi-fold openings create a seamless flow as does the open plan layout with custom designed windows that bring natural light in throughout the year.

With a master bedroom on each level, the home offers the ability for single level living.

Each of the three bedrooms include an ensuite plus two have walk-in wardrobes.

Alternatively, the ground floor bedroom can be used as a living space for an even larger entertaining zone. Additional spaces include a separate living room upstairs, large laundry and two-car garage.

Such great amenity and close to the river this home epitomises the brilliant Noosa lifestyle. â—?

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 2/30 Ann Street, NOOSAVILLE Description: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage Inspect: Saturday, 11am–11.30am Auction: Saturday 25 July, at 11am Contact: Adrian Reed 0409 446 955 or Monique Sommer 0433 641 158, REED AND CO., 5323 0101 20 NOOSA TODAY

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TOWNHOUSE PERFECT HOME DOWNSIZER IN Noosa it’s all about the outdoors all year long, and here you have several options where you can enjoy it.

There is a large alfresco sunny balcony off the main living area with views to the pool. A weatherproof translucent covering on the balcony has just been installed which makes it great for year round dining no matter what the weather.

New light fittings in the living area lend the atmosphere to soft beach tones in furnishings.

The floor plan of this home offers numerous opportunities, with extended family accommodation downstairs, a permanent tenant or just a larger townhouse, perfect if you are downsizing.

This lovely residence has been tastefully renovated and is situated in close proximity to the convenience of Noosa Junction, Noosa Drive, which leads to Noosa Main Beach and Hastings Street, and a short drive will put you on the shores of Noosa River and everything on offer along Gympie Terrace.

Not just a home, this beautiful property is also a lifestyle.

There is loads of natural light throughout the home, downstairs the bathroom/ laundry leads onto a lovely private newly landscaped courtyard with rear access to the street.

Newly laid floor, new carpets, new kitchen, painted throughout with new fittings and fixtures, this is a must see on your shopping list.

There is no doubt that anyone who inspects this property will be impressed, and just want to move in and style to your heart’s content. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 10/2 Banksia Terraces, Banksia Avenue, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: $750,000 Inspect: Saturday 4 July, at 11am Contact: GARWOODS ESTATE AGENTS, 0408 710 373

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PERFECT DOWNSIZER 1/5 Stillwater Place Noosa Waters Looking for a 3 bedroom holiday retreat or permanent residence in stylish “San Simeon” - vendors are motivated, open this Saturday. Pet friendly, lock up garage.

• Secure • low maintenance • Roman style spa • Mediterranean style villa • Stones throw to Noosa river

Theodora Garwood 0408 710 373

Sale Price: $895,000 View: Sat 4th July 12-12.30pm

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PERFECT HOME FOR THE FAMILY THIS has everything on the family’s list – a lovely street, not too far from central Tewantin shops, a perfect north aspect from the deck across the lawn and through the shade offered by a mature poinciana.

Spacious inside, with four good sized

bedrooms, especially the master with its ensuite.

The layout is excellent, with the master at one end of upstairs, ensuring privacy and separation.

Downstairs, the garage is also oversize,

allowing two cars plus room for your bits and pieces.

The pool is lovely, and there are undercover entertaining areas at both the front and back of the house. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 67 George Street, TEWANTIN Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $795,000 Inspect: Saturday, noon-12.30pm Contact: David Garwood 0411 862 954, GARWOODS ESTATE AGENTS

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TRUE ESSENCE OF BEACH LIVING WELCOME to Villa Nikau. Ideally located in a quiet Sunshine Beach street, this generous two level duplex features large front and rear courtyards set among lush tropical gardens and sparkling inground pool.

The bright and breezy residence is a credit to the current owner, capturing the true essence of modern-day beach living across two levels of casual sophistication.

The open plan living spaces flow onto deck and outdoor entertaining areas with pristine 6m xm 4m pool, creating an atmosphere of relaxation and calm that is quintessentially Sunshine Beach.

The flexibility of this home is encompassed in the choices it presents.

A permanent residence, lock up and leave, a weekender, holiday or permanent let, the opportunities are many and varied.

Boasting multiple outdoor areas, pool, large carport , storage and no body corporate fees, this residence presents as the perfect low-maintenance house alternative.

An easy walk through central Sunshine and Ferris Park will find you at the Sunshine village amongst the cafes, bars, restaurants and newly renovated Sunshine Surf Club.

For an inspection by appointment contact selling agent Rob Spencer direct on 0408710556. â—?

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1/9 Nebula Street, SUNSHINE BEACH Description: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: $800,000-plus Inspect: Saturday 4 July, 10am-10.45am Contact: Rob Spencer 0408 710 556, SUNSHINE BEACH REAL ESTATE, NOOSA HEADS, 5447 2999 noosatoday.com.au

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Located in the dress circle of Sunshine Beach and boasting extensive ocean views and a three minute stroll to the patrolled beach, this ground level unit is a credit to its current owners vision and foresight.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

VERSATILE NOOSA HEADS CBD PREMISES FORDE Property is pleased to present shop 15 of 29 Sunshine Beach Road for sale or lease.

The central CBD premises comprises a large open layout of 372m2; 230m2 inside and 142m2 outside.

Floor to ceiling glass display to Sunshine

Beach Road and side access via the cinema foyer.

A virtual blank canvas for an enterprising business operator to re-style and create something original. Perfect for a large format cafe/bakery/restaurant/ sales store with existing ducted air-

conditioning and cool rooms.

Also an ideal space to establish serviced offices, corporate offices, health, medical or easy to convert to use as a gym or yoga studio, subject to necessary consents.

•฀Large cafe or sales store

•฀Serviced offices or corporate •฀Health or medical suites •฀Gym or yoga studio For further details please contact Donna Ingram 0413 547 914 or Tom Forde 0417 333 335. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 15/29 Sunshine Beach Road, NOOSA HEADS Price: OFFERS OVER $1.35M OR LEASE $7,950 P/M +OUTS+GST Contact: Tom Forde 0417 333 335 or Donna Ingram 0413 547 914, FORDE PROPERTY, NOOSA HEADS, 5447 5554

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FULLY LEASED FREEHOLD INVESTMENT IN THE HEART OF COOROY FOR SALE by Expressions of Interest closing Wednesday 22 July 2020 at 4.00pm

30 MAPLE STREET, COOROY

COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT

Net income $115,871.56* per annum

Established tenancy mix with long trading history

Prominent corner position in Cooroy’s main street

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Jesse Howitt 0468 495 640

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Located in the heart of Noosa’s hinterland, 30 Maple Street presents a rare opportunity to acquire a fully leased freehold in a bustling village. With two established tenants in place for over 20 years, the property provides a secure investment in a very tightly held precinct.

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Address

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Price Guide

Agent Time 10.00 - 10.30am 11.00 - 11.30am 12.00 - 12.30pm

Castaways Beach Saturday 4th July 10.00 - 10.30am 10.00 - 11.00am 10.00 - 10.30am 11.00 - 11.30am

32 Noosa Dunes Court 11/528 David Low Way 12 Driftwood Drive 36 Driftwood Drive

4 3 3 4

4 2 2 2

2 1 2 4

4

4

2

Wednesday 8th July 11.00 - 11.30am

32 Noosa Dunes Court

Cooroy 37 Arnlyn Court

4

2

4

$1,199,000

Hinternoosa 0422 923 851

5

2

2

$1,295,000

Hinternoosa 0408 874 888

Eumundi 4 Capricorn Court 396B Eumundi Range Road 28-30 Balkin Rd Clifton Place 10 Blueberry Lane

4 4 3 4

2 2 1 3

4 2 2 4

Submit All Offers Offers Over $1,195,000 O/O $495,000 From $340,000 $1,349,000

Lake MacDonald 312 Lake Macdonald Drive

4

2

2

$942,000

3

2

2

$899,000

Marcus Beach 7 Hawthorn Gv

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

Friday 3rd July 8 Berrima Row 7/23 Wyandra Street 2/8 Nannygai Street 10/2 Banksia Avenue Apt 1521 ParkridgeTce 3/35 Picture Point Cres 26 Wyona Drive 23 David Street 11 Moonare Crescent Unit 3/1 Peza Court 541/61 Noosa Springs Dve 8 Berrima Row Apt 1521 ParkridgeTce

OO $1,480,000

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

10.00 - 10.30am 10.00 - 10.45am 10.00 - 10.45am 10.00 - 10.30am 11.00 - 11.45am 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.00 - 12.45pm 1.00 - 1.45pm 1.00 - 1.30pm 1.00 - 1.30pm

6/21 Henderson St 1/9 Nebula Street 13/8 Ray Street 1/15 Crank Street 1/12 Crank Street 39 Weyba Street 35 Parkedge Road 1/33 Elanda Street 2/15 Solway Drive 31 Whale Drive

3

2

1

1

4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3

4 2 4 3 3 2 3 3

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

$1,950,000 $895,000 $2,950,000 $1,495,000 $1,800,000 $995,000 $1,675,000 $1,895,000

2 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3

1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2

1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

O/Over $400,000 O/Over $499,000 $995,000 $1,195,000 $1,140,000 PG $3,500,000 Offers Over $835,000 Offers Over $1,100,000 $310,000 $925,000 Contact Agent CONTACT AGENT $735,000 Contact Agent Contact Agent Auction PG $3,000,000 PG $1,850,000

2 1

2 1

1 1

$735,000 $395,000

4 4

4 3

2 2

PG $3,800,000 High $2 Millions

Saturday 4th July

Laguna Real Estate 0406 953 304 Laguna Real Estate 0406 953 304 Universal Properties 0419 883 499 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955 Dowling Neylan 0424 904 301 Select Noosa 0418 758 465 Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880 Universal Properties 0419 883 499 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653 Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211 Dowling Neylan 0400 128 142 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0422 862 821

Noosa Heads

12.45 - 1.30pm

9 Smiths Road

Wednesday 8th July 12.00 - 1.00pm 12.00 - 12.30pm

9/287 GympieTce 5/137 GympieTce

Noosa Waters 155 Shorehaven Drive 17Topsails Place

2

$1,350,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0499 483 049

3

2

2

O/o $470,000

5

5

2

Price Guide $1,900,000 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0468 922 519

4 5

2 3

2 3

$599,000 Offers Over $849,000

5 4

3 3

2 4

Auction Contact Agent

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0447 263 663 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0423 972 034

2 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 3 3

2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 2

1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2

$895,000 o/o $800,000 o/o $630,000 $1,095,000 Contact Agent $2,250,000 $1.75M $985,000 Contact Agent Contact Agent

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0414 367 282 Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 Dowling Neylan 0405 976 181 Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110 Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 Dowling Neylan 0407 147 521 Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211

4 4 4 3 4 2 5 4 4 6

2 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 4

2 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 8

O/Over $550,000 O/o $649,000 $1,029,000 Offers Over $699,000 $725,000 $479,000 O/Over $940,000 $1,575,000 $795,000 PG $1,995,000

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893 Robert James Realty 0438 682 700 Dowling Neylan 0414 424 333 Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893 Robert James Realty 0438 682 700 Robert James Realty 0412 789 054 Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893 Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880 Garwoods Estate Agents 0411 862 954 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0423 972 034

4

3

4

Offers Over $949,000

Hinternoosa 0404 344 399

4

3

6

$949,000

Robert James Realty 0438 682 700

Hinternoosa 0422 923 851 Hinternoosa 0404 344 399

Saturday 4th July 11.00 - 11.30am

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@realty Noosa 0402 587 298

Auction Diary Saturday 4th July 1.30 - 2.00pm

24 Sunset Drive

2

1

2

Saturday 25th July 1pm

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

2

1

2

Saturday 25th July 1pm

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

2 3

1 2

1 2

Auction Auction

3 3

3 2

2 2

Saturday 25th July 11am Forthcoming Auction

3

2

-

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375

5

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0447 263 663

4

3

3

Forthcoming Auction

Wednesday 8th July 3.00 - 3.30pm

24 Sunset Drive

Saturday 25th July 10.00 - 10.30am 12.00 - 12.30pm

3/35 Picture Point Cres Apt 1521 ParkridgeTce

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247

Noosaville Saturday 4th July 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.30am

2/30 Ann Street 1 & 2/19 Ann Street

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0433 641 158 Garwoods Estate Agents 0411 862 954

Saturday 1st August 10.00 - 10.30am

3 Sailfish Court

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653 Sunrise Beach Tom Offermann Real Estate 0499 483 049 Saturday 18th July 10.00 - 10.30am 39 Solway Dr

Tewantin

Saturday 4th July 9.30 - 10.00am 10.00 - 10.30am

2

Verrierdale

Saturday 4th July 9/13-17 James Street 12/13-17 James Street 2/213 GympieTce 1/20 Nannygai St 20 Limosa Cct 3 Roberts Street 1/11 Bluefin Court 8 Jailee Court 113/73 HiltonTerrace 27 Azolla Circle 13A-13B George St 8 William Street 9/287 GympieTce 1/181 GympieTerrace 8 Limosa Circuit 3 Sailfish Court 1/126 GympieTerrace 109 GympieTerrace

4

Tinbeerwah Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110 Universal Properties 0419 883 499 Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110 Universal Properties 0419 883 499 Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893 Universal Properties 0419 883 499 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 Universal Properties 0419 883 499

Noosaville 9.00 - 9.45am 9.00 - 9.45am 10.00 - 10.45am 10.00 - 10.30am 10.00 - 10.30am 10.45 - 11.15am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.45am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.45am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.30 - 12.00pm 12.00 - 1.00pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.30 - 1.00pm 12.30 - 1.00pm

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0499 483 049 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879 Select Noosa 0459 995 903 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

Saturday 4th July

1 $540,000 Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211 2 Auction Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542 1 $750,000 Garwoods Estate Agents 0408 710 373 2 Auction Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247 1 Auction Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840 2 Interest Above $1,395,000 Dowling Neylan 0407 147 521 2 OO $1,060,000 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 Tewantin 2 Offers Over $1,100,000 Dowling Neylan 0424 904 301 Saturday 4th July 1 Offers Over $575,000 Hinternoosa 0408 874 888 1 Murdock Court 2 $2,495,000 Universal Properties 0419 883 499 9.00 - 9.30am 6 Burgess Drive 2 OO $1,480,000 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 10.00 - 10.30am 10.00 - 10.30am 100 Moorindil Street 10.00 - 10.30am 43 Griffith Avenue 2 Auction Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247 11.00 - 11.30am 89 Furness Drive 11.00 - 11.45am 15/44Tait Street 11.00 - 11.30am 30 River Road 12.00 - 12.30pm 9 Goodchap Street 67 George Street 1 Contact Agent Dowling Neylan 0424 904 301 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 5 Beckmans Road

Saturday 4th July 214/61 Noosa Springs Dr 143/61 Noosa Springs Dve 532/61 Noosa Springs Dr 314/61 Noosa Springs Dve 551/61 Noosa Springs Dr 328/61 Noosa Springs Dve 760/61 Noosa Springs Dr 764/61 Noosa Springs Dve

$1,350,000 $1,285,000 $985,000 $1,125,000

Sunshine Beach

1 3 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 4 2

Noosa Springs 9.30 - 10.00am 10.30 - 11.00am 10.30 - 11.00am 11.15 - 11.45am 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.30 - 1.00pm 1.30 - 2.00pm

2/44 Kauri Cres

2 3 3 3 2 4 4 5 2 4 4

Friday 3rd July 5/13 Munna Crescent

12.00 - 12.30pm

2

Noosa Sound 3.00 - 3.30pm

2 3 2 2

Point Arkwright

2

Wednesday 8th July 3.00 - 3.30pm

5 Gannet St

4

Saturday 4th July 9.00 - 9.30am 10.00 - 11.00am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.30 - 12.00pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.30 - 1.00pm 12.45 - 1.15pm 2.30 - 3.00pm

10.30 - 11.00am

Hinternoosa 0422 923 851 Saturday 4th July 10.00 - 10.30am 39 Solway Dr 10.00 - 10.45am 24 Netherby Rs

Noosa Heads 4.00 - 4.30pm

2 2 2 2

Peregian Springs

11.00 - 11.30am 6 Arthur St Hinternoosa 0408 874 888 Hinternoosa 0404 344 399 Pomona @realty Noosa 0400 210 824 Saturday 4th July Hinternoosa 0487 401 776 10.00 - 10.30am 10 Gerrygone Place Hinternoosa 0422 923 851 10.00 - 10.45am 55 Highfield Rise

Saturday 4th July 11.30 - 12.00pm

4 5 4 3

Sunrise Beach

Saturday 4th July 11.00 - 11.30am

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955 Dowling Neylan 0400 128 142 Dowling Neylan 0412 764 370

Saturday 4th July

Saturday 4th July 10.00 - 10.30am 11.30 - 12.15pm 12.00 - 12.30pm 12.00 - 1.30pm 2.00 - 2.30pm

Agent

PG $3,800,000 $2,600,000 $2,500,000 Negotiable

Saturday 4th July

Saturday 4th July 127 Duke Road

A B C 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 4 3

OPEN HOMES

Price Guide

Wednesday 8th July

Doonan 11.00 - 11.45am

151 Shorehaven Drive 7 Riverbreeze Avenue 3 Seahorse Place

$2,900,000 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 $685,000 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653 Peregian Beach $1,100,000 Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211 Saturday 4th July Offers Over $1,400,000 Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211 10.30 - 11.00am 5 Gannet St 10.30 - 11.00am 68 Podargus Pde 2 Lowry Street $2,900,000 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 11.00 - 11.45am 12.30 - 1.00pm 6/31-33 Lorikeet Dr

Saturday 4th July 12.00 - 12.30pm

Address

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955 Saturday 4th July Dowling Neylan 0412 764 370 12.00 - 12.45pm 39 Sheilds Street

Select Noosa 0418 758 465

PROPERTY NEWS

ARE WEEKLY REPAYMENTS RIGHT FOR YOU? A little considered but valuable question: what box do I tick when I get a loan – paying weekly, fortnightly, or monthly?

Without thinking about it much, you would assume that it doesn’t make a difference when you pay your mortgage as long as it is consistent. But a knowledge of the calendar year might spark your maths skills and help you realise that there is a very clear benefit to paying your mortgage off either weekly or fortnightly.

Paying a mortgage off monthly is the most common way people approach their repayments. It might make it easier for people to organise their finances this way, with a single payment being easy to manage and account for. But you can save on both the amount you pay over the length of the loan and how long it takes you to service the loan by making more regular payments, either weekly or fortnightly.

The power of the calendar year This is how it works, plain and simple: there are 12 months in a year. So if you pay your mortgage off monthly, then you pay twelve times in a year. For a $500,000 home with a fixed rate of 3.5%, that is twelve payments of $2,245 per month over 30 years.

Now if you pay fortnightly, you might assume you would be paying twice a month, so that’s 24 times in a year, right?

Wrong! There are 52 weeks in a year so you would be paying off your mortgage over 26 fortnights. That’s an extra 1 month of repayments in a year when you pay by fortnight compared to monthly repayments.

The same goes for paying by week, as you will be paying off those extra four weeks that you wouldn’t pay for if you paid 12 monthly repayments.

What will you save?

For that $500,000 home on 3.5%, your fortnightly repayments will be $1122.50.

If you had paid monthly, then in a year you will pay off $26,940 (Monthly repayment of $2,245 x 12). If you pay fortnightly, your repayment by the end of the year will be $29,185 (Fortnightly payment of $1122.50 x 26). That means in a year you will pay off $2,245 more of your loan if you paid fortnightly than monthly.

If you pay monthly, than your overall

interest payments on your $500,000 loan will be $308,280 (more than double the original mortgage price!). It is therefore in your interest to repay the loan back as soon as possible to reduce the effect of the interest rates on your repayments.

If you pay fortnightly, you will only pay $263,735 in interest, a saving of $44,544 over the length of your loan. On top of this, you will pay off your loan 3 years and 10 months sooner. Paying weekly makes a marginal difference to your overall interest repayments ($257) and you pay the loan off in the same amount of time as if paying fortnightly, so either is a great option.

Note: make sure your lender does not organise your fortnightly payments so that it is the annual repayment divided by 26 fortnights. You will still save some money

on interest repayments, but not as much.

Pros v Cons Beyond the savings you make to your interest payments and time it takes you to pay off the loan when paying fortnightly/ weekly, there may be benefits to this system if it suits how you prefer to run your finances.

A monthly payment may be favourable to those who are paid their salary monthly and want their payments to be automatic on pay day. This means they do not have to think about the mortgage but can run their budget with what is left over. Paying fortnightly or weekly can still be set up automatically if you create a separate account for your mortgage and organise your salary to be automatically transferred

to this account when you a paid, and then organise another automatic payment of your mortgage from that account.

Those who are paid weekly may prefer paying weekly, so that they do not risk spending that money that is needed for their loan repayments, while those who are paid irregularly (freelancers etc.) may prefer monthly repayments, as they can more easily organise their finances around a single point rather than having to constantly shift things to cater to a weekly or fortnightly payment.

However, it is clear from the interest savings and the time it takes you to service the loan that paying off your mortgage weekly or fortnightly is the preferred option.

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ENJOY THE NOOSA RIVER LIFESTYLE THIS delightful two bedroom apartment is excellent value. Set within a complex boasting pool, spa, sauna, games room, barbecue facilities and a half-sized tennis court - this property is just waiting for you to move in.

The neat and tidy kitchen is equipped with an oven, cooktop and rangehood as

well as plenty of storage space for those longer stays.

A spacious living area and separate dining both feature their own balconies and allow for beautiful cross breezes in the summer. With the choice of two bedrooms this apartment is perfect to live-in or let-out.

This quiet safe haven in Noosa is

a short distance from Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, which offers a vast variety of boutique shopping, cafes and restaurants to suit all families. Take a walk along the Noosa River and enjoy the beautiful walkways and parks.

The Noosa River offers all kinds of water sports from the adrenaline rush on jet skis

to swimming, kayaking or boat hire.

Relax on a ferry cruise and absorb the natural surroundings and wild life along the Noosa River into the cosmopolitan Hastings Street and the world famous Main Beach.

You have the best of Noosa at your door.

With low body corporate fees and a perfect location this unit won’t last long. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 9/13-17 James Street, NOOSAVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Price: $400,000-plus Inspect: By appointment Contact: Jack Jackson 0406 953 304 or Les Miller 0491 046 645, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE, NOOSAVILLE, 5474 4447

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY DO not miss this outstanding opportunity to buy one of Gympie Terrace’s most spacious, full floor apartments with views across Noosa River.

The top-level apartment enjoys abundant natural light and cooling river breezes year round.

The deceased estate is offering this rare, tightly held, prime, Gympie Terrace apartment to the market for the first time in 16 years.

Located in the highly sought after Noosa River Precinct, capturing the buzz of the

foreshore, the apartment is just moments away from a wide selection of cafes, restaurants and boutique shops.

From riverside entertainment to copious water activities, Gympie Terrace has it all.

The unique floorplan accommodates two ensuited bedrooms, third bathroom/laundry and a large open-plan living area. While a second sitting area provides additional living space or dining room.

A central kitchen, complete with breakfast bar and quality appliances, is filled with natural light and takes in

glimpses of the river.

Featuring glass louvres, fans and ducted air-conditioning throughout, the property is equipped with a security alarm, intercom and direct lift access.

Secure, gated complex with lock-up garage plus additional undercover car space.

Appealing to downsizers or investors with a tenant already in place, however vacant possession can be arranged. The options are endless. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 179 Gympie Terrace, NOOSAVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,550,000-plus Inspect: 3D virtual tour online or by appointment Contact: Olivier Miller 0419 472 071 or Melanie Butcher 0407 379 893, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE, NOOSAVILLE, 5474 4447 28 NOOSA TODAY

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