Noosa Today - 10th July 2020

Friday, 10 July, 2020

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Music and film make the man

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Meet Tosh, Noosa’s rising star Before Covid-19 struck, cafe’s, bars and restaurants were humming with the sounds of Noosa’s greatest musical talents.

One young musician awaiting to make a comeback is 13-year-old Tosh Kachad, who is determined to bring the sweet, seductive sound of jazz music back to the streets of Noosa.

With the helping hand of some of the greatest names in music history, a good head on his shoulders and a supportive family behind him, Tosh is bound to be a star.

Pulling inspiration from the likes of Herbie Hancock, Led Zeppelin and The Who, Tosh’s love for music seeps deep into many genres, exploring the rhythms and melodies until they become a part of his being, but his soul yearns towards the jazz scene.

Turn to page 4 to read his story.

Tosh Kachad in his element.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

‘Making’ waves A proposal for a low-impact wave pool facility on Noosa’s North Shore currently being considered by council is sure to raise the hackles of a few of our veteran environment warriors, the North Shore having been one of the more public battlefields over the years.

But on close examination, the proposal, by Noosa’s Mark Bain Constructions, ticks many of the boxes for sustainable development in

a “visitor mixed use” zone, and fits our tourism industry ethos of “value over volume”. It certainly deserves more consideration than the dismissive, “We don’t want a Wet and Wild theme park in Noosa”, which came out of initial discussions with council.

I’m not a staunch advocate of wave pools, particularly those on a grand industrial scale - on my only visit to Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch in Central California I was appalled by the lumbering, noisy freight train that thundered

across the valley to deliver the wave - but I do know enough about them to appreciate that there are pools around the world built to scale into an existing environment with minimal impact. If you think that every wave park has to look like Slater’s Surf Ranch or Melbourne Airport’s monstrous UrbnSurf, you need to look more closely.

In fact Wave Garden, the company that designed the Tullamarine mega-park, is the world leader in the field and has designed

most of the existing pools considered ecofriendly, including the company’s research and development facility in the hills outside San Sebastian in northern Spain. I visited the site in Spain a few years ago, just as construction started on the facility, and frankly I wondered how it would fit into the landscape. Pictures of it now tell the story, but for clarification I contacted my friend Dave Mailman in France: Continued on page 6

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The editor’s desk Chris Lofven and Tosh Kachad are each following a life filled with music.

Both realised from a young age what their dreams were and both are fulfilling their dreams by living the life they want.

Talking to Chris Lofven from The Sandflys you’d think he just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Maybe luck played some part in his amazing life. Maybe he just happened to be interested in a fledgling industry and ended up meeting like-minded people who went on to be leaders in the music and film industries.

But I think it’s more than likely there was a lot of hard work and determination that went into it.

They say you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.

Even building a wave pool on Noosa North Shore is a possibility for someone who has a dream and a determination to do it. Maybe.

Or perhaps with a bit of luck your life could be filled with world trips, new cars and wardrobes of fabulous clothes, all for nothing.

Just ask our Mrs Lucky what it takes to win competitions.

These are just some of the people we’ve met this week whose stories will take your mind off who’s crossing the border.

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Former PM Kevin Rudd and wife Therese Rein paid $17m for Pat Rafter’s beach house.

Dowling Neylan’s Karen Harman negotiated the sale.

Ex-PM’s beach buy

By Erle Levey At a time when the world is resetting due to the Covid-19 pandemic a Sunshine Beach house has sold for $17m.

The sale to former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein is a sign of confidence in the Noosa property market.

The spectacular seven-bedroom beachfront house was originally built by tennis great Pat Rafter.

Dowling Neylan’s Karen Harman negotiated the sale to the former PM and his wife, a successful business owner.

The negotiations took place over a short space of time in May, when Australia was in the

middle of the pandemic lockdown.

Ms Harman has built a reputation for her knowledge and discretion in Noosa property in her 30 years in the industry.

“The sale comes at a time when the world is re-evaluating priorities … people want to be in a feel-good place . Like Capri or St Moritz, there is only one Noosa,’’ she said.

For Kevin Rudd, he is pleased to be back on the Sunshine Coast.

Having grown up on the family farm at Eumundi, he went on to attend Nambour High School before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981 and entering Federal Parliament in 1998.

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Saints go flying in

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Tributes flow for 36-year-old Sunshine Coast man, Matthew Tratt, following a fatal shark bite off Fraser Island.

Heartfelt tributes A 36-year-old Sunshine Coast man has died following a fatal shark bite off Fraser Island.

The man was spearfishing in the waters off Indian Head when he was bitten by a shark.

A doctor and nurse provided first aid to the man on the shore, prior to paramedics attending the scene.

The man sustained injuries to his leg and succumbed to those injuries just after 4.30pm on Saturday 4 July.

Kevin Watson shared a tribute to his Facebook saying, “To my beautiful nephew Matthew Tratt who’s life was taken yesterday on

Fraser Island in a horrible shark attack.“ “Our hearts go out to Kayla Tratt and all the family. He was just a magnificent man. Can’t explain how sad this is to all,“ Mr Watson said.

Clifford Harvey also paid tribute to his friend as he said, “Matthew Tratt mate I cannot believe you are gone. Taken way too soon. You were one of the best blokes I know.“ “Your passion for the ocean was unparalleled and I loved diving with you. Going to miss you mate. Thoughts and prayers with your wife and kids,“ Mr Harvey said.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

The first Jetstar flight from Melbourne landed on the Sunshine Coast on Monday as flights resumed at the Sunshine Coast Airport for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic locked down borders.

There was just one person on board the flight which could have seated up to 186 people.

A Jetstar spokesperson said the airline made an agreement with the Federal Government to run two flights a week between certain locations, including Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast, for essential travellers and freight.

Passengers arriving from interstate will need to complete border processing on arrival as well as isolate for 14 days.

Sunshine Coast District Superintendent Craig Hawkins said there was an obligation to monitor incoming passengers who may have been in Covid-19 hotspots.

“Today we’ve put in place systems to allow that monitoring and also the means to quarantine those that are coming from Victoria,“ Sup Hawkins said.

“As people come off their flight, with the help of not only Health, but Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, we’ve been putting them through a series of checks which will give a border pass at different schedules.

“Ideally people coming from hotspots we’re encouraging them to return home, but those that elect to remain will be subject to a 14 day quarantine in a hotel at their own expense and we will be monitoring their behaviour during that time.“ From 12 noon 10 July 2020, any person from New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, may enter Queensland subject to completing and signing a border declaration.

If any person entering Queensland from whatever place has spent time in any local government area in Victoria during the past 14 days, they will be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine.

There was no exception to this rule, even for the AFL’s St Kilda Football Club, who have relocated their Melbourne team to Noosa as the Covid-19 outbreak spikes in their state.

The club posted a photo on their Instagram, letting fans know that they “touched down in Queensland“.

The team is in lockdown for 14 days at the RACV Resort in Noosa.

All 45 players, plus coaches, football staff and family members, will be in Noosa for at least the next month as part of the AFL’s plan to keep Season 2020 alive.

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Tosh with one of his biggest inpirations, jazz musician Herbie Hancock.

Tosh on the drums.

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Tosh backstage with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center, NYC.

Rising star feels the beat

By Rose Astley When it comes to talented musicians in Noosa there are almost too many to count, each with their own uniqueness and characteristics that set them apart from the rest.

Though it is very rare to come across a young musician who is so driven and talented that even being in the same room as them makes you want to quit your day job and chase the music scene yourself, 13-year-old Tosh Kachad is that young musician.

Pulling inspiration from the likes of Herbie Hancock, Led Zeppelin and The Who, Tosh’s love for music seeps deep into many genres, exploring the rhythms and melodies until they become a part of his being, but his soul yearns towards the jazz scene.

“I like the kind of music where you don’t need to be loud to get your message across or to have fun, and I love the kind of music that makes you different,” Tosh said.

“There’s a lot of freedom in some of the music genres I play. I really like the adrenaline of having everyone “in the moment” when you’re playing a gig. There’s that moment in every song where the whole band comes together with the audience − it’s like this interconnected circle − it goes around and just works.”

Tosh has a way with many instruments, dabbling in the harmonica, the accordion and the piano, but his true talent lies with the drum kit from which he learned at an early age. Tosh also plays alto saxophone, paying true homage to his love for jazz music.

“When I’m playing the drums it’s this extraordinary feeling of freedom and percussive energy. Drums are the backbone of every band and the roadmap of a song,” he said.

Watching Tosh thump away on his drum set, there is no doubt that he acquires something special that a lot of folk don’t have, his talent is evidently clear, but when he plays he is almost transported to another place, and he takes you with him.

The teen clearly has a gift, and with supportive family behind him, it would be no surprise if Tosh Kachad became a future household name, but music isn’t the only thing that keep his mind ticking.

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On stage with Nicky Bomba and the Melbourne Ska Orchestra. really is my number one passion. I’m working hard in school at Sunshine Beach Music Excellence Program and Jazz Music Institute where I’m doing a Certificate in Jazz Music.

“I’m working on music theory and composition with my sax teacher, Joshua Appleby.

My other favourite subject is science and I’m hoping to find a tutor so I can learn more formulae of astrophysics and aerodynamics.”

Sandra and Scott, Tosh’s parents, said their family has always been inspired by music and it has shaped the way their family has grown together, Sandra said that Tosh could hold a beat from the day he was born.

“On his first birthday we gave him a little drum. I was holding the sticks and he grabbed them out of my hand and starting banging on the drum and we all just stood in amazement,” Sandra said.

Tosh’s music career has already taken him to some really cool gigs and interstate shows, along with meeting some music legends and even playing alongside them, meeting Herbie Hancock, playing gigs with Jay Bishoff and flying to New York City to be a special guest of American jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis.

“I’ve played with some great bands, the Cheap Fakes, Melbourne Ska Orchestra and Band of Frequencies. Those were some really great times. Last year I had a residency at Rococo playing with Jay Bishoff every Saturday night. That was a really fun time,” Tosh said.

Tosh played drums with Jay with no set lists and no rehearsals. Jay would start playing and Tosh had to find the rhythm and back him up, which taught him how to improvise under pressure, an invaluable lesson which enriched his talent even further.

“I wouldn’t be the drummer I am today if I hadn’t learned that from Jay,” Tosh said.

Chatting to Tosh and his mum, it was refreshing to see an adolescent chasing a dream that he loves with nothing but support and pride behind him, there is no pressure on him to be a certain way or rehearse for 38 hours a week, just a family who loves music and each other.

With venues are starting to open up again after Covid-19 put a pause in the Noosa music scene, Tosh has some gigs coming up, saying he is super excited to be able to come together again and connect musically with community.

If you wish to catch Tosh at one of his upcoming shows, keep an eye on his social media. Facebook: Tosh Kachad, Instagram: toshkachadmusic

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Budget for community In her first budget since taking the top job, Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart is set to hand down a budget that delivers on the mantra of “save where we can to spend where we must”.

Cr Stewart said no-one could have predicted the destructive economic force that is Covid-19, but this Council has responded by putting residents and businesses first.

“In such a challenging and unique environment, we have delivered a financially responsible budget that maintains spending, minimises increases for ratepayers and provides a foundation for a strong plan to recovery,” she said.

Council has reduced three levies - the Environment ($14.00 reduction) Sustainable Transport ($7.50) and Heritage levy ($5.00).

This helps offset necessary CPI increases in the general rate and waste charge.

Cr Stewart said the budget has been framed on a four-year Covid-19 financial recovery plan for Council, which ensures a measured financial response to minimise impacts on rates whilst maintaining core services.

“Staff have done a tremendous job balancing the needs of the community while adopting a frugal approach to spending,” “There has been a strong focus on delivering grassroots, community orientated projects in a $27 million Capital Budget,” Cr Stewart said.

This is on top of the recent state government Covid Recovery funding grants totaling $3.83 million.

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Strong focus on hinterland in Noosa Council budget

Mayor Clare Stewart port the community, rebuild the economy and assist residents with their recovery,” she said.

Cr Stewart and councilors will hand down the budget at 10am Friday 10 July. Residents can watch a live stream on the council website.

A $27 million capital works program features in this year’s $125 million Noosa Council budget, with a focus on delivering key infrastructure projects in the Hinterland.

“This is very much a grassroots-style budget given the impacts of Covid-19, but I’m pleased to confirm we can still break ground on some new and exciting infrastructure projects this year,” Mayor Clare Stewart said.

“Among them Peregian’s new community centre - part of the third stage of the Rufous Street precinct.

“The $1.8 million allocated this year will enable us to start building the community centre and the adjoining park,” the Mayor said.

Hinterland projects make up a significant portion of the program, including two major bridge replacements.

“We’re investing more than $2 million to replace Cooran’s Tablelands Road bridge and Kin Kin’s Wahpunga Lane bridge with new double-lane concrete bridges.

“This will be welcome news to residents and visitors. The funding, part of which the federal government has provided, will see these ageing single-lane timber structures upgraded.

“Tablelands Road is a main road and Wahpunga Lane provides access to significant forestry and fire trails, so it’s an important investment in bushfire resilience,” the Mayor said.

Two-thirds of our road surface projects this year are in the hinterland, with $2.7 million set aside to resurface hinterland roads, and a further $410,000 for gravel road re-sheeting.

Cooroy has $1.78 million earmarked for sealed road resurfacing work and Cooran has $616,000 allocated to upgrade roads.

Pomona has 12 different projects identified for funding in the Capital Works budget, including the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall and new pathways along Station Street and Subway Avenue, Council will invest $3.4 million in the Eumundi Noosa Road waste facility including $2.1 million for landfill cell capping and new cell works, $560,000 for a second weighbridge to improve traffic management and flow, and a further $750,000 to expand the resource recovery area.

A new Shine house for women and children fleeing domestic violence will be built this year, bus stop upgrades continue, and a $900,000 slope stabilisation project will get underway at Sunrise Beach to bolster Sobraon Street from landslip risk.

The budget also includes just under $3 million to complete the Orealla Bridge replacement, which is under way now.

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Wavegarden R&D facility, Spain, showing similar natural backdrop.

Bold plan for wave pool along Noosa’s North Shore From page 1 “You drive into the facility on a winding road through the Basque foothills. When you catch your first glimpse of the pool through the trees from above, it looks like a pristine lake or lagoon surrounded by lush green hills, with an incredibly picturesque farmhouse perched on a small hill right above it. It’s about as idyllic as you can get. So, yes, if you take the time to plan it out properly with a great landscaper, you can make it look almost entirely natural, especially if you were to camouflage the machine room with wood siding or grow bamboo or other large shade trees around it.

“As for the experience itself, it’s awesome. It reminded me of a great head-high day in the Maldives. As for the noise, maybe just a slight humming or swoosh as the wave gets pushed out in the corner. The Basques are very serious about theirs being the most environmentally friendly system out there. And although there is the machine house at the top of the break, it’s not an eyesore like the train at Kelly’s or the plunger at Surf Lakes (Yepoon).”

The planned North Shore wave park is a Wave Loch “Surfloch” model at the cosy end of the range, using similar technology to WaveGarden and covering approximately the same footprint as the Spanish facility, including a lagoon of 4000 square metres. Last week I toured the Beach Road site with Mark Bain and consultant Jack Lewis from Pivotal Perspective.

Firstly, it’s a beautiful piece of bushland, big scribbly gums mixed with new growth sap-

The proposed wave park site on Noosa’s North Shore. lings, skirting the neighbouring Beach Road Holiday Homes development which features, nestled at the forest edge, a discreet swimming pool, tennis centre and park of approximately the same footprint as the proposed wave pool.

The Bain pool, at the far end of the property, would be tucked into a rise that hides most of the machinery and surrounded by forest.

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Secondly, the Bain proposal is for one guest accommodation (or retreat) sleeping up to 10 people, who would have exclusive use of the wave park during their stay, with a much lesser impact than the existing 48 holiday homes and aquatic and tennis centre next door. (Yes, the long-term Bain plan is to add more eco-cabins on the nearly 15-hectare property, but never

getting close to the size of the village next door.)

Thirdly, there are already several manmade dams and lagoons of equal size on private property on the North Shore, and other private sporting facilities in Noosa Shire of similar scale, including a private golf course at Tinbeerwah and an equestrian arena at Pomona.

There are many aspects of the Bain wave park proposal that need the careful consideration and due diligence that they are being given, including power use, noise levels when the wave is running, rainwater catchment and subsidiary salt water use if required, and protection of flora and fauna on the property and in adjacent corridors. But from the mountain of paperwork that I’ve seen, these are all being addressed comprehensively.

Of course, holders of North Shore developable land could simply leave it untouched (as some enviro-philanthropists have done) but this is not what Noosa Council wants. In fact one of its key questions to the would-be developers is how the “gross under-utilisation” of the site might impact the availability of visitor accommodation.

Who knows how this will end up, but if decisions are to be made on the basis that all wave pools are bad, then perhaps this needs a rethink. Let’s not throw the baby out with the pool water.

And what is proposed here is no Wet and Wild, or Kelly-sized filling of a flood plain.

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Flight path ‘flaws’: report

By Abbey Cannan A report from the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman has vindicated the outcry by Noosa Hinterland residents in 2019 in response to proposed new flight paths linked to the new Sunshine Coast Airport runway.

Community watchdog group Flight Path Forum said the report was a powerful indictment of the “massive flaws“ which occurred in the community consultation by Airservices Australia.

“At last this report affirms the complaints of residents, and points to a way forward which can give hope to affected residents,” FPF spokesperson Vivien Griffin said.

“In essence, the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman has recommended that Airservices Australia go back to the drawing board with regard to flight path design and to engage with the community in doing so.“ The report said the community engagement did not go smoothly, with community awareness of the flight path proposals and consultation sessions heavily reliant on community

members using their social media and own letterbox drops to reach interested individuals.

Ms Griffin said a key recommendation is for ASA to implement, as soon as practicable, a post-implementation review process for the Sunshine Coast flight path designs.

“This process should consider identified community-suggested alternatives and a community engagement process that provides genuine opportunities for community contributions to influence decisions,“ she said.

“Regrettably it seems that Airservices Australia is seeking to delay this process and cause further grief and distress to affected residents.

“Their response to this recommendation is to give them 12 months to gather operational data, meaning that the outcomes of the postimplementation review may not be known for a further 18 months.“ Flight Path Forum has vowed to seek a shorter review process.

“If ASA are genuine about improved community engagement, they will work with us in designing the post-implementation review and timelines.”

Bling is back Noosa police have tracked down and returned property including jewellery stolen from a Tewantin house on 29 June.

Noosa senior sergeant Ben Carroll said residents of a Livingstone Street home returned home on 29 June to find a rear glass door smashed and property including jewellery stolen. Snr Sgt Carroll said neighbours told police they had seen two people getting into a sedan car and provided a description.

Police tracked down the sedan and recovered stolen property.

They are continuing their search for the suspects.

Several community groups gathered to celebrate the release of the report and again protest the actions of ASA.

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Noosa Heads Police have turned back campers without permits from Noosa North Shore and patrolled the area to keep a check on unwanted behaviour over the weekend.

Noosa senior sergeant Ben Carroll said behaviour had generally been good but officers were responding to recent complaints about the behaviour of campers and were assisting Queensland Parks and Wildlife officers.Snr sgt Carroll said during the weekend operations eight infringement notices were issued to drivers for speeding, unregistered vehicles

and exceeding seating capacity.

Between 30 and 40 vehicles were turned back on the ferry because they did not have appropriate permits and police issued one driver without a vehicle permit a QPWS penalty infringement notice.

Police conducted 280 random breath tests with no drivers registering above the legal limit.

Six hikers who became lost on the Great Cooloola Walk were also helped by police.

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Fish project finds a snag

By Margaret Maccoll Noosa councillors have asked for more clarity from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on a baseline measurement of fish stocks in Noosa River to be able to determine the success of its proposed oyster ecosystem restoration project.

At Council’s Planning and Environment Committee meeting on Tuesday councillors also requested an expansion of community engagement in the project beyond participation and for greater surety of Kabi Kabi involvement.

TNC oyster ecosystem restoration program project manager Craig Bohm attended the Council meeting to deliver on a milestone requirement, the Project Management Plan.

As part of the project’s alliance and funding agreement between Noosa Council and TNC a series of project milestones and outcomes are required to be met over the threeyear project.

Under the project agreement Council required a Project Implementation Plan to be completed to include a detailed risk assessment, communications and media plan, monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan.

Also included were the terms of reference of the projects Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The TAG held its first meeting on 13 May. Its members include Council’s Environmental Services Manager, TNC’s project manager, operations manager and monitoring manager, an independent scientific expert from Ecological Service Professionals, a Department of Agriculture and Fisheries officer and biosecurity specialist, Maritime Safety Queensland’s Sunshine Coast area manager, a Department of Environment and Science representative and a Kabi Kabi representative.

What Noosa may look like - a rock-oyster ecosystem restoration in the Hunter Valley.

Prior to the arrival of Mr Bohm TNC representatives visited the Noosa area to start the groundwork on some key project deliverables.

These activities included discussions around the development of the Project Implementation Plan, investigating sites for oyster restoration.

Restaurants were also consulted on using their recycled oyster shells in the creation of a suitable restoration substrate through TNC’s Shuck Don’t Chuck program and sites were investigated for curing used oyster shell that meet state biosecurity standards.

Under the project agreement TNC will provide its expertise to investigate other identified issues in the river.

These include a review and feasibility of opportunities for sustainable commercial and recreational fishing management options and assessment of the feasibility of seagrass restoration in Lake Cooroibah.

Councillors will discuss the approval of the Project Management Plan at its General Meeting on Monday.

Snapper, perch catch ban

By Rose Astley Starting from 12.01am on 15July, pearl perch and snapper will be prohibited to take from Queensland waters. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said this new closure would apply to all fishers, commercial, charter and recreational.

“This seasonal closure is similar to spawning closures for barramundi and reef fin fish species, which have been critical to ensuring the sustainability of these fisheries,” Mr Furner said.

“During this closure, I encourage fishers to target other species and take advantage of the fish aggregating devices (FADs) that have been installed along the South East Queensland coast.

“We are taking this step because snapper and pearl perch stocks are depleted and we need to take the pressure off, to ensure there are fish for future, we need to take action now,“ Mr Furner said. Fisheries Queensland said if

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A dumping ground

By Rose Astley Kin Kin Bushcare have noted a number of rubbish piles have recently been dumped in the Keys Creek area, a site in which the community group have spent many hours restoring.

Community Group President for Kin Kin Bushcare John Mango said Kin Kin is generally a very clean area, with the tightknit community respecting the land and the work that is done to preserve Keys Creek.

It follows the events earlier this year when rubbish was found dumped and burned in the Noosa National Park.

In June Noosa Council announced that the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic has forced Council to defer the annual kerbside rubbish collection, a temporary decision that will be reassessed when the economy allows it, Mayor Clare Stewart said.

Earlier this year Noosa Council received a $50,000 government grant to improve surveillance capabilities to catch illegal dumpers.

Waste and Environmental Health Services Manager Wayne Schafer said the funding will help bolster Councils regular surveillance program.

Mr Schafer said officers regularly investigate illegal dumping when council is made aware of the location.

Mr Schafer said the most frustrating part of illegal dumping is that many of the items can actually be disposed of for free.

“We find that many of the items are either recyclable or can be dumped at the waste facility without any charge,” he said.

Council has noticed a slight spike in illegal dumping during Covid-19 and Mr Schafer is encouraging residents to report any activity to council as soon as possible.

“It’s a significant cost to clean up illegal dumping and these costs are borne by ratepayers, so we really need our community to be the eyes and ears,” Mr Schafer said.

A Kin Kin Bushcare member snapped this photo of illegally dumped rubbish in the area.

A climate emergency Noosa councillors will discuss the selection of a councillor or senior staff member to represent Queensland on the Strategic Advisory Board of Climate Emergency Australia at its General Meeting on Monday.

Noosa Council’s place on the advisory board results from it being the only Queensland local government to have declared a climate emergency.

In 2019, Noosa Council became one of 96 Australian local governments to do so. The group represent 8.66 million Australian residents. Identifying the need for a consistent and coordinated response from local governments, Climate Emergency Australia (CEA) was coined at the National Climate Emergency Summit in Melbourne in February 2020. CEA is an alliance of local governments working together to have all levels of government acknowledge and respond to the climate emergency with urgency and based on scientific evidence.

CEA aims to support all councils to share knowledge, resources and to work together to achieve the common goal of effectively responding to the climate emergency from both a Council and community perspective.

A Strategic Advisory Group will guide the work of CEA during the 12-month start-up period following its initiation, and act as the voice of the group.

A CEA spokeswoman told Council’s Planning and Environment Committee Meeting on Tuesday the Council’s representative would be required to participate in online meetings about once a month but no financial contribution was required from Noosa Council.

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Gympie Terrace $2m safer Pedestrians and cyclists using Gympie Terrace - between Albert and Cloudsley Streets can now enjoy an even safer journey, with the completion of a $2M works project.

The project has delivered new on-road cycle lanes, improved pedestrian crossings and a smooth new road surface.

“It’s great news for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists, but a lot of the major work has actually been delivered below the road,” Mayor Clare Stewart said.

“We’ve installed new stormwater pipes and culverts to replace the ageing infrastructure underneath Gympie Terrace near Robert Street, The Cockleshell, Thomas Street, Albert Street and Ely Park.”

Noosa Council jointly funded the pedestrian access improvements and cycle lanes with the State Government, through its Cycle Network Local Government Grants Program.

“We welcome the Queensland Government’s support of our efforts to improve safety for those using our local road network,” the Mayor said.

Bike paths, pedestrian crossings and road surfaces have all been upgraded in the project.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said it was a fantastic project that would deliver safer facilities for bike riders

and the community.

“We know that, on average, every dollar we invest in bike-riding infrastructure will

return nearly five dollars in economic benefit to Queenslanders with improved health outcomes, reduced traffic congestion and lower transport costs,” Mr Bailey said.

“That’s why we’re investing more than $15.5 million between 2019-20 and 2020-21 to support local governments to deliver new highpriority bike networks.

“I’m pleased to see councils like Noosa Shire Council joining our commitment to delivering safer facilities for people riding bikes.”

Council’s Infrastructure Director, Carl Billingham, said the work, which began in February, was completed well ahead of schedule.

“Council and our contractors have made the most of night works for critical activities and the quieter roads during the Covid-19 restrictions to fast-track the project,” he said.

“We’ve appreciated residents’ and motorists’ patience while construction has been under way,” Mr Billingham said.

Kerbside collection deferred as Covid impacts budget The impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic has forced Council to defer the annual kerbside rubbish collection.

But residents will be given a say on its long-term future as part of next year’s planned budget community consultations, which Council announced last week.

“The kerbside bulk rubbish collection costs around $250,000, plus the cost to clean up illegal dumping that occurs on street corners, often involving hazardous waste like asbestos,” Mayor Clare Stewart said.

“For this budget, we have to make some

difficult decisions, and deferring this program allows us to save costs and allocate funds to grassroots services such as improving our roads and infrastructure, particularly in the hinterland.

“I emphasise that we’ve only deferred the kerbside collection, and as the economic situation improves we can look to press on with it.

“In addition, residents can tell us whether they’d like it to continue when we go to the community to consult on future budget spending. It will be a chance for ratepayers

to consider the cost, and whether they consider it good value, but also the public health implications.”

The Mayor said the pandemic has had a $1.4M shortfall this year, which had to be considered when developing the 20/21 budget.

“We must save where we can and spend only where we must during the year ahead,” Cr Stewart said.

The closure of facilities such as Noosa Aquatic Centre and Council’s holiday parks, coupled with the waiving of fees and charges

and other initiatives to help Noosa’s businesses survive the pandemic, has resulted in a significant blow to Council’s bottom line.

“As such, it will be a back-to-basics budget next year so we can continue to maintain our local infrastructure, such as roads and facilities, to the high standard residents expect, plus continue supporting our community through the pandemic without applying too great a financial impost on ratepayers.”

Council will adopt the 2020/21 budget on July 10.

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They call her Mrs Lucky When Susie Clark was a young girl, she won a television spelling bee in which the winner was to receive a huge ice cream cake, while all the other kids received much more modest ice cream bricks. But Susie had barely accepted her accolades from the studio audience when one of her rivals made off with the cake, leaving her with a second-rate brick.

This dirty deed could have turned the young girl off entering competitions for life, but instead it had the opposite effect. She became a compulsive entrant, and an incredibly frequent winner. “I didn’t win everything I entered,” says the Noosaville retiree who moved here from Melbourne a few years ago, “but I won often enough to keep me interested.”

Over more than half a century, Susie has won overseas holidays, cars, lounge suites, motor bikes, push bikes, fur coats, mixmasters and enough clothing to tog out a small army.

At the start she would only enter a competition when the prize was something she really wanted, but over time she couldn’t walk into a suburban shopping centre and see the big barrels they used to have for promotional competition entries without racing home to fill out a few dozen forms, then put them in envelopes she would cover with intricate designs, or carefully fold them into unusual origami-type shapes.

“If you fold your entry like everyone else, you haven’t got a hope,” she says. “And those envelopes - sometimes I’d spend up to four hours decorating each one.”

Mostly the competitions were games of pure chance, but Susie’s first big win came from a contest that required deduction. A hardware chain was offering a cruise to New Zealand on the luxurious Flotta Lauro and a Mini Minor for matching a long list of products in the correct order.

A mathematician friend worked out that Susie would need to put in a few thousand different entries, but she cracked it with about 20, and had entered so many other competitions that she couldn’t remember which one she’d won when the telegram boy delivered the good news.

She was a single mum with young kids when she threw about 100 entries in the barrel at the Westfield Shoppingtown in Doncaster, really, really hoping to win the prize of a trip to California and Hawaii so that she could take her eldest for his fifth birthday.

On a warm summer evening she took the kids down to the centre still in their bathers and watched as the organisers pulled one of her entries from the barrel. In addition to the trip of a lifetime for one adult and one child, she walked out with a Polaroid camera, a set of suitcases and $400 worth of clothes.

Becoming a little bit famous now, she went on Ernie Sigley’s television show and won a fox fur coat. She recalls: “I wasn’t nervous at all. I think winning things gave me far more confidence than I have now!”

Next she won a trip to the Treasure Island resort in Fiji at the Box Hill Plaza. It was for two adults and two children but they let her change

Susie Clark at home. it to three adults and she took her mum and dad. Her mother had been somewhat scathing about the time Susie “wasted” filling in contest entries, but she changed her tune now and joined in, soon winning two first class roundworld airline tickets.

For Susie a skiing holiday at Mount Buffalo followed, then another trip to New Zealand (been there, done that, gave it to the parents), a holiday on Phillip Island, travelling by helicopter (mum and dad), a Sunbeam MixMaster (which she adored), a dinner party for eight at

a luxury downtown hotel, and so many more things she’s forgotten about.

And then a trip to China and Hong Kong in a celebrity chef Elizabeth Chong promotion.

Susie puts this win down to the fact that the Sydney Olympics were on at the same time so there weren’t many entries.

These days most competitions are online, and Susie, now in her seventies, admits she’s not yet a computer person, although it’s on her to-do list. But she’s not sure she’d still

have her lucky streak.

She says: “People used to say I was born lucky, but it’s like anything else, you have to work at it, like with the design of the envelopes. But they don’t do it like that anymore.

The problem now is that if they get your phone number or your email address they contact you trying to get you to buy things. That would drive me crazy. But, you know, if I ever see a barrel in a shopping centre again, I might be tempted.”

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Skates are a very good fit

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Nicola Brown (front) has brought her RollerFit classes to Noosa.

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The disco wave of roller skating in the ‘70s has spun back in trend with the Covid-19 lockdown creating a spike in people taking up the hobby.

Former roller derby player Nicola Brown has now brought her in demand RollerFit classes to the Noosa Leisure Centre after the community was vocal about wanting their own venue.

Nicola said the sport has slowly gained traction in the past 10 to 15 years but she hadn’t seen anything like the huge interest since Covid-19.

“TikTok skaters have become a sensation, with more people on social media during lockdown periods, obviously feeling inspired to use their spare time to pick up a hobby like many in this generation did as kids,” she said.

“Skates have been sold out in many places with huge wait lists, it’s incredible.”

Nicola started playing roller derby in 2010 until she left five years later when she was pregnant with her eldest daughter.

“After having my second daughter in 2017 I was wanting to get back into skating but couldn’t risk the injuries of derby,” Nicola said.

“I wanted something regular and I searched but couldn’t find what I was looking for in the area, and I came across RollerFit in Sydney and Melbourne.

“I have a background in event management, so seemed like the perfect intersection of interests and talents, and that’s how RollerFit Queensland came about.”

Nicola said she was always getting requests to open in new towns, but Noosa and the northern Sunshine Coast had been the most vocal about wanting their own local venue.

“Coupled with the Noosa Leisure Centre being super supportive of the skating and the idea of RollerFit, it was an easy decision,” she said.

Nicola said the community’s reaction to the classes had been positive.

“Obviously navigating through different lockdown regulations has been a challenge and it’s certainly different to any way we’ve run things in the past, but despite these conditions people are still keen and our first afternoon today went really well,” Nicola said.

“A great new group of skaters turning up as strangers, leaving chatting about skates and skate spots and tricks. The best.”

Nicola said the reason why roller skating was so fun was because the novelty never wore off.

“Even after skating for over 10 years, and so far every single day in 2020, I still get butterflies in my belly every time I put my skates on and take off,” she said.

“It gives you that youthful adventure adults so often miss out on and forget.

“Not to mention the creative side of skating in terms of the outfits, skate accessories, and then of course the music you can RollerDance to and routines you can learn and perfect.”

She said her best tip for new skaters was to find somewhere flat, smooth and relatively private.

“People tend to stare at you when you’re on skates, it’s only natural and 99 per cent of the time it’s because they think you’re cool but this can feel intimidating as a newer skater,” she said.

“To start practicing, take it slow, there’s no race to learn. Enjoy the journey. And always say hi to other skaters.”

The recreational roller skating fitness classes will run weekly at the Noosa Leisure Centre on Sundays, Kids Class (under 14yrs) 3:30pm4:30pm followed by an Adults Class 4:30pm5:30pm.

For more information visit www.rollerfit. com.au

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Focus on TAX TIME

ATO Covid claims advice Taxpayers who have received JobKeeper payments from their employer, don’t need to do anything different. The payments will be included as salary and wages and/or allowances, in their regular income statement, which their employer provides directly to the ATO. “Your income statement can be accessed via myGov and the information is automatically included into your tax return by the end of July. If you use a tax agent, they also have access to this information. The figures in your income statement should already include any JobKeeper you have received. If you aren’t sure, check with your employer,“ advised ATO Assistant commissioner Karen Foat.

Sole traders who have received the JobKeeper payment on behalf of their business will need to include the payments as assessable income for the business.

If you have received JobSeeker, the ATO will also load this information into your tax return at the Government Payments and Allowances question once it’s ready. If you are lodging before this information is included for you, you will need to make sure you include it. Leaving out income can slow your return down or result in a bill later so it’s definitely best avoided.

Stand down payments Some employees may have received a oneoff or regular payment after being temporarily stood down due to Covid-19. These payments are also taxable and appear in their income statement and in their return. If peo-

Life has been a bit different due to Covid-19. How does that impact on your tax return? ple aren’t sure whether these amounts have been included in their income statement, they should check with their employer.

Other income types Similarly, taxpayers need to include income such as income protection, sickness or accident insurance payments, redundancy payments and accrued leave payments in their tax return. The tax return instructions explain how to include these amounts.

Early access to superannuation “If you received early access to your super this year under the special arrangements due to Covid-19, any amounts you’ve withdrawn from super under this program are tax-free

and you do not need to declare them in your tax return,” Ms Foat said.

Example 1 – Barista receiving JobKeeper Ethan is an employee who works as a barista.

After being financially impacted by Covid-19, the cafe Ethan works for enrolled to receive JobKeeper payments on his behalf.

The cafe continues operating as takeaway only and Ethan is given some hand sanitiser for use during his shifts. He also purchases a face mask, which he is not reimbursed for.

When he completes his tax return, he claims the cost of the face mask, ensuring he keeps his receipt as proof of his purchase.

He also checks that his salary and wages

and allowances on his income statement are up to date, including JobKeeper payments made to him by the cafe. Ethan needs to confirm that his total salary and wages and any allowances are included in his tax return.

Generally, this will be included in his return by the ATO by the end of July and will include JobKeeper payments.

Example 2 – IT contractor working from home Natalie is employed by a company that provides IT support. From time to time Natalie must drive her car from the office to the client’s premises and assist them on site. Due to Covid-19, Natalie started working from home on 23 March and was only able to provide phone support to clients. Natalie purchased a new headset and stationery, as well as incurring additional phone and internet costs while working from home.

Natalie decides to claim all her working from home expenses using the new temporary rate of 80 cents per hour. She uses her time sheets to calculate the hours she worked from home between 23 March and 30 June.

When she completes her tax return, Natalie makes sure she only claims a deduction for the car expenses she incurred when travelling from the office to the client’s premises.

As Natalie worked solely from home for approximately three months of the year, mostly supporting clients over the phone, her claim for car expenses this year is less than her claim for last year.

Holmans tips on expenses

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 to prove when you were working from home.

Fixed Rate Method which is 52/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

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on top 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 phone 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.

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Cultural strengths Australians may be facing restrictions on travel, but the opportunity to learn from all cultures is already on our doorstep, say the leaders of a new research group at USC Australia.

USC recently launched the Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre to foster a sharing of ideas across scientific disciplines and cultures, including First Nations peoples, migrants, refugees and culturally diverse communities.

The team is led by three directors, Professor of Marketing Maria Raciti, Professor of Education Research Catherine Manathunga and Professor of Geography Jennifer Carter, all from USC. Professor Manathunga said the group planned to build on existing exchanges of cultural knowledge and community capacity in Australia and around the world, with a focus on listening to under-represented communities.

“All knowledge systems should be seen as equally important and complementary,” she said. “Rather than just sticking with one way of doing things, we can thrive in diversity.”

She said the centre had adopted a “strengths-based approach” that recognised the significant contributions First Nations people and those from transcultural communities make to knowledge production in Australia and globally. Key themes of the centre include knowledge systems, creative cultural practices and community capacity exchange.

“For example, we have a new project on Indigenous foods and their potential in sustainable tourism, and we plan to draw on Indigenous approaches to doctoral education which includes the agency of country and the power of story and the ways that knowledge is developed across generations and cultures,” Professor Manathunga said.

“In terms of creative cultural practices, we hope to revive, document and extend the cul-

Professor Catherine Manathunga, Professor Maria Raciti (front) and Professor Jennifer Carter. tural practices of culturally diverse peoples.”

“In partnership with all traditional owner and historical Aboriginal groups within the USC footprint, we plan to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders, communities and families, along with university and high school staff and students, to present poetry in exchanges that build on existing forms of ‘wandiny’ (gathering together and listening with the heart).”

The centre’s third theme of “capacity exchange” is about enhancing community aspirations and researching practical skills, strengths and capabilities that already exist and can be shared between communities.

Professor Raciti said global connectivity and multicultural communities across Australia meant that knowledge could be shared more easily than ever before.

“The Sunshine Coast is a microcosm of the whole world, and we don’t need to travel to take the opportunity to learn and draw from the wisdom of diverse cultures,” she said.

“Each community brings with it its own

particular knowledge, skills and abilities - all of the strengths that enrich Australia as a multicultural society. ”USC Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Professor Roland De Marco said the University was well-placed to lead this research centre.

“Our expanding footprint into new communities has also brought us opportunities to build genuine and close partnerships with Indigenous and transcultural communities, placing us in a position to contribute more knowledge in this space by undertaking key research,” he said.

“The Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre also offers opportunities for Higher Degree by Research students, early and mid-career researchers, research fellows and collaborating partners.”

Professor De Marco said the centre was planning a research showcase for October that would bring together researchers, community members and local representatives.

Safety first for Cooran crossing Member for Noosa, Sandy Bolton, welcomes the new flashing 40km/h school zone signs for Cooran State School announced by Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey, today.

“Nothing is more important than the safety of our children,” Ms Bolton said.

“I would like to thank Minister Bailey for his continued support in efforts to better our Noosa roads and provide greater safety for our residents.”

This installation is part of the Flashing School Zone Sign Program due to be completed in the 2020/21 financial year.

These signs play an important role in reminding drivers of the change in speed limits and to slow down in case they need to react quickly “We look forward to seeing this vital safety initiative implemented for Cooran School students and their families, as well the scheduled replacement of Six Mile Creek Bridge #7 that many of these families travel across daily.” Ms Bolton said.

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Work in place to reduce bush fire

By Margaret Maccoll Preparations for this year’s fire season are in full swing with hazard reductions burns being conducted and new Rural Fire Service volunteers being trained.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Service officers and Rural Fire Service volunteers joined Queensland Parks and Wildlife Officers, Queensland Police and Noosa Council officers last week to conduct a reduction hazard burn across about 204 hectares of national park

land from Noosa Lions Football Club to David Low Way at Castaways and Marcus beaches.

Wind conditions were ideal for the burn aimed to reduce the threat of bushfire.

A QPWS spokesman said the burn went well with officers continuing to monitor the area over the next few weeks.

A large plume of smoke seen over the region was a result of the fire reaching swamp land, he said.

RFS operations officer Ken Stockton agreed the burn went well.

Mr Stockton, who is responsible for training for training rural firefighters on the Sunshine Coast, said after the devastating fires in the region last summer there had been 300 new applications received for volunteers.

Mr Stockton said all volunteers received the same standard of training to ensure they were all on the same page when teams united to fight fires.

He said once Covid-19 restrictions eased he planned to host training sessions for groups of volunteers.

Bushfire affected areas to receive financial counselling Noosa and Gympie families and businesses will have additional access to financial advice, as part of a $3.5 million investment by the Morrison Government to support communities affected the recent bushfire season.

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien said the Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust would receive a total of $20,000 to deliver free financial advice in Gympie and Noosa throughout the recovery period.

“Many people who have been affected by the bushfires are continuing to experience financial hardship, which in many cases has been compounded by the years of drought prior to the fires and the COVID-19 pandemic following it,” Mr O’Brien said.

“This funding is great news to help them

assess their situation, and plan ahead so they can get back on their feet financially.”

Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston said it was vital families and businesses continued to have access to free financial advice throughout the recovery period.

“Financial counselling organisations in bushfire affected communities are acutely aware of the needs in their respective communities and are able to provide free and confidential support to help people work through their current situation and plan for the future.

“We understand that rebuilding a life after a disaster takes time and this additional funding will improve accessibility to this vital service throughout the recovery.”

Financial counsellors can help people manage debt and make decisions about their money, including assessing a person’s financial situation, identifying options, advocating and negotiating with third parties such as banks and insurance companies and advising what other support services are available.

The funding will be provided to 22 services operating across 98 bushfire-affected areas based on the level of impact and distribution of Disaster Recovery Payments to ensure it’s focussed on the areas of highest need.

It comes on top of $6.5 million which has been distributed in the immediate aftermath of the fires to bolster the National Debt Helpline, services run by the Salvation Army and Anglicare and specialist counselling for small business.

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Jason Schellaars.

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Helitak tank in action.

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PHIL JARRATT meets a bloke whose Noosa company is now aiming for the sky he once plummeted from.

The pilot and the big drop Many people can point to a defining moment in their lives, and in Jason Schellaar’s case surviving a helicopter crash would certainly be one, but in fact he can point to three. And given the course his life has followed, it’s not surprising that two of them involve fire and two involve helicopters.

The son of Dutch immigrants, Jason was born and raised in Noble Park in the Melbourne suburbs, where his father, a video technician at the ABC, also established several successful businesses, including a 54,000-chicken farm, enabling the family to sell up in 1987 and move to Noosa, where they bought the Sunshine River Boats company. Jason, just out of school, apprenticed as a marine mechanic and spent the next decade working in the field at home and abroad before experiencing the first of his defining moments.

He had established his own marine company on the Gold Coast, but 18 months into the venture a fire in an adjacent plastics factory went through his premises and destroyed everything. “I took it as a sign,” he recalls. “I needed a complete change of direction, and I’d always had this mad love of helicopters.”

So began six years of cutting his teeth at aerial fire fighting at McDermott Aviation in Cooroy. Jason recalls: “I got my flying experience and also learnt about operations, doing everything from mosquito spraying to forestry work and we also started building up aerial response fire-fighting equipment. That’s where I began to get a real feel for the industry.”

The early 2000s was a time of great advancement in aerial firefighting, and few companies were better positioned to take advantage of this than McDermott Aviation, by then the biggest firefighting fleet in the country. Says Jason: “Tanks and buckets were being developed all over the place. But I had an idea starting to form and I started thinking I might have to go it alone.”

Helitak set up shop in the double garage of the Schellaars family home at Peregian Springs in 2007 with one very big idea. Says Jason: “The idea was to develop a retractable tank and make it as light as possible with maximum capacity and the most efficient drop. They are the key points. Our tanks can maintain the centre of gravity in the middle whereas most others, when you’re filling up the nose goes down and you’ve got problems with manoeuvrability.”

Helitak soon made its first sale (“for $40,000 - not enough, but enough to fund the next one”) but that was the beginning of a decade of struggle. Jason’s parents bought acreage at Doonan so he moved operations to a shed on the property, Bobby Tomlinson, Helitak’s longest-serving employee, joined to work on the 20 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 10 July, 2020

The tank prototype being tested in Jason’s garage.

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The team. design drawings, but the company only existed from sale to sale, and there weren’t enough of them. Says Jason: “When you’re developing something from scratch, you’ve got to keep rebuilding it and improving it, and you have to get the hours up. Once you’ve got tanks that have been performing for multiple hours, the market starts to take notice.”

Jason and his Helitak design also won a series of the ABC’s New Inventors program and also took out the People’s Choice Award and the month spent with researchers and mentors ahead of the program gave Jason new insights into his mission.

There were times when Jason, battling to find development funds, almost walked away from Helitak, but the dream had a bigger hold on him than that. By 2017, when Paul Blundell joined him to run operations and production, and they moved the company into rented space in the Noosaville industrial estate, international orders were starting to flow, Helitak received recognition via both State and Federal funding and support and they had built

Jason shows Mayor Clare Stewart his operations.

Picture: ROB MCCOLL an enthusiastic team working on the tanks, pumps and other products.

Then came the third defining moment. Last spring Helitak had an American pilot in town testing the equipment for FAA certification approvals. On the way back from a test flight north of Cooroy, the pilot and John McDermott noticed smoke in the Peregian forests. After contacting the Rural Fire Service and hooking up a tank for its maiden flight, the new McDermott Bell 214ST with the Helitak FT3500 fire tank was above a fire-front now growing in intensity by the second.

Says Jason: “The Peregian fire was an emotional day for all of us. There were five helicopters working that day and I told my team to down tools and took them there so that they could see the difference between what our outfit was doing compared to the others, and they all understood what we’re trying to achieve at Helitak. No one else could drop the water as effectively as our tank and I think the FT3500 made the difference that day. The fire wasn’t getting any smaller and it was heading

for Weyba Downs with Noosa next - and the tank dropped the ‘money shot’ on an area of fire that had jumped the highway, stopping it in its tracks. A lot of people saw the video on various news channels that night and realised what a difference a good intense drop can make. That’s what we’re good at.”

While Covid-19 shot a hole in their plans for delivery of a multi-unit contract for the current California fire season, Helitak’s team of 14 (including Jason’s son Riley, 18) is working at maximum capacity to meet orders. With prices now ranging from $160,000 up to $900,000, and a client list in Australia, New Zealand, United States and Europe, Helitak expects to produce more than 100 retractable tank systems (including their computerised in-cabin program controller) over the next five years.

Jason Schellaars, who runs his business with the enthusiasm and passion of a football coach, says they might soon be in the market for a bigger shed.

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We’ve seen better days The Last Days of American Crime Starring Edgar Ramirez, Anna Brewster and Michael Pitt MA15+

Dad and the Lad - Ralph and Jim bring something special to what could have been just another reality competition.

Hosts Vic Reeves and Natasia Demetriou.

A budding contest The Big Flower Fight, Netflix There is something slightly magical about Netflix latest competitive television program The Big Flower Fight.

Sure you could say that it’s just the latest Great British Bake-Off wannabe and even ask if we really need a show where a whole heap of creatives compete against each other, but mainly against themselves, to produce sculptures and displays made from plants, flowers and produce.

But after binge-watching the entire eightpart series, I can safely say - yes we do need it.

In this current dark uncertain world there is a place for whimsy, creation, colour, heart and fun.

Part of the magic of this show is in the casting of the 10 teams - seemingly from around the world but mostly London and Brooklyn with a couple of Irish and European outliers.

Though we didn’t see them all in the first episode (nor all of the creations) we slowly but surely get to know them all.

And two stand out right from the beginning - event florists and best friends Henck and Yan (a Dutchman and a Dane) who were colourful (to say the least) and happy just to create and test their creativity and the Dad and the Lad groundskeeper Ralph and his design student son Jim - who brought real heart and soul to what could have just been another “competition” reality program.

The Big Flower fight - hosted by UK TV pe-

rennial host Vic Reeves and comedic actress Natasia Demetriou - probably started life in a brainstorming session in a TV executive suite somewhere as a “what can we do to recreate Bake Off”.

But what was produced with It’s dresses made of flowers and giant grass-clad animals, Yan’s crazy sailor suit Ralph and Jim making a physical sculpture of Jim’s anxiety - well noone could really have put down on paper or expected.

This is a colourful whirlwind of whimsy that will unexpectedly make you tear up at a giant animal sculpture or a dandelion mobile.

And it’s nice that something that could have been formulaic took on a life of its own.

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Upbeat action in gritty ‘film noir’ series Perry Mason, Foxtel Showcase, Monday, 8.30pm It’s 1932, the Great Depression grips the world but most of Los Angeles is buoyant on the back of the film industry, the Olympics and a massive evangelical Christian revival.

Private investigator Perry Mason (Welsh actor Matthew Rhys - Brothers And Sisters) is not so buoyant, in fact he’s struggling both financially and emotionally - separated from his wife and son and scratching a living on the seedy-side of ‘30s LA. However when he is contracted by struggling attorney Elias Birchard “E.B.“ Jonathan (John Lithgow) to investigate a horrific and sensational child kidnapping.

His life and that of his friends and even his city is changed forever in this gritty miniseries based on the Perry Mason stories by Erle Stanley Gardner.

This is not Perry Mason of the beloved ‘60s television show. This is a mini-series clearly made for a 2020s pay-TV audience, dark, gritty, pulling no punches and not shying away from nudity, sex scenes or gruesome death.

The first episode goes to great-length to show the desperation that Mason, still living on what’s left of his family’s dairy - now part an airfield.

Matthew Rhys (right) is Perry Mason - a struggling PI in ‘30s LA. Rhys, who stepped in when original star Robert Downey Jr had scheduling issues, is perfect as the unmade-bed of a man, broken, living on the edge, investigating the infidelities of movie-stars and pushing things past breaking point and he is helped by dark lighting and a palette barely above sepia at times.

Pacing is slowish as each character and scenario is introduced - slowly building to a shocking although probably not overly unexpected ending which leaves you with enough questions to hook you in and keep watching.

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The Last Days of American Crime is a shallow and overwhelmingly tedious thriller.

Days before a government-broadcast signal is set to suppress all crime in America, three career criminals plan a legendary heist.

The Last Days of American Crime has blunt, hokey dialogue, bland characters and disjointed editing. The plot is a series of violent vignettes and obvious twists connected by a vague plan, unintentionally funny melodrama and poorly-acted stretches of emptiness. Édgar Ramírez, as gangster protagonist Graham Bricke, is a staggeringly wooden lead. Michael Pitt provides some amusement as an ambitious, foul-mouthed crime family heir, but he overstays his welcome and becomes obnoxious.

The film makes almost no effort to explain its near-future setting or how its API crimenegating signal works. The premise is ripe for commentary on how people in authority decide what is legal, but the film skips over this theme in favour of hollow brutality.

The climax has a grimly-engaging sequence in which a main character overcomes the API signal through concentrated nihilism, but it’s not worth slogging through two miserable hours to get to it. Moreover, another character beats the signal through a pill, which dilutes the first character’s macabre mental triumph.

Sleaze can be fun, but this is sleaze with no relatable characters, subtlety or cohesion.

The Last Days of American Crime is a tedious, inept, wretched experience, and is available for streaming on Netflix.

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Lost in space Ad Astra Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland 124 minutes. Rated M In this sci-fi thriller, set in the near future, Brad Pitt plays astronaut Roy McBride, a man with nerves of steel - so calm in a crisis that not even an accidental fall to earth in just his space suit gets his pulse racing above 80 beats per minute.

He also has ‘daddy’ issues.

Daddy, H. Clifford McBride (played by Tommy Lee Jones), abandoned his young family 30 years ago to head for the outer reaches of the solar system in search of intelligent life. He then went off the reservation, killing members of his crew before going silent.

Now, decades later, damaging energy pulses on earth have been traced to McBride senior’s ship out near Neptune. Is it incidental ... or something more sinister?

McBride junior is tasked with venturing out of his comfort zone to seek answers and to ‘fix’ the problem.

The control freaks at Space Command - already deeply suspicious of the father - keep a tight leash on the son, while they can.

The journey shines a light on man’s uses of space - and in its reaches, the collapse of man’s attempts at control. Let’s just say the further the younger McBride gets from earth, the more lawless and brutal space becomes.

While Pitt has undeniable star power, here he’s relieved of star duties by the awesome display of our solar system at work.

At times, though, he’s too comfortable on the back seat. And the brief appearances by Sutherland and Jones are all too brief.

Don’t expect a Hollywood ending - as followers of the ‘Alien’ series of movies know, nothing good ever happened in space.

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4:00 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:35 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little King-dom 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 Absolutely Fabulous (PG) 9:00 Extras (M) 9:30 Black Books (M) 9:55 Blackadder (PG)

3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:50 Peppa Pig 6:10 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 6:55 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Live From The BBC (M l,s) 9:15 QI (M l) 10:15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:10 Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle 4:30 Bob The Builder 4:55 Fireman Sam 5:35 Peter Rabbit 6:10 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 6:55 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (M l) 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M l) 9:15 Live At The Apollo (M l)

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 The IT Crowd (PG) 8:55 W1A (M) 9:25 The Games (PG) 9:55 Get Krack!n (M) 10:25 Parks And Recreation (PG)

4:00 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 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 9:00 The Inbetweeners (M l,s) 9:30 Zapped (M l) 10:00 This Country (M l)

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) 9:25 The Moodys (M) 9:50 Upper Middle Bogan (M)

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 Hard Quiz (PG) 9:00 Motherland (M l) 9:30 Fleabag (M) 9:55 Women On The Verge (M) 10:25 Retrograde (M)

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 Get It Together!

7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:25 Good Game Spawn Point 8:45 Voltron: Legendary Defender (PG) 9:10 Fruits Basket (PG)

4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 5:50 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:25 Oddbods 6:30 The Crystal Maze (PG) 7:15 Fierce! (PG) 8:05 The Zoo 8:15 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:50 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:05 So Awkward

4:00 Thalu 4:30 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 Get It Together!

7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunder-birds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 9:40 Slugterra (PG)

4:00 Thalu 4:30 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 Get It Together!

7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 9:40 Slugterra (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 Get It Together!

7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 8:50 So Awkward 9:40 Slugterra 10:00 rage (PG)

4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 4:55 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 Get It Together!

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)

3:30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:25 The Tom And Jerry Show 5:50 Movie: “Over The Hedge” (G) (’06) Stars: Bruce Willis 7:30 Movie: “Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events” (M) (’04) Stars: Jim Carrey 9:40 Movie: “Hancock” (M l,v) (’08)

3:00 The Xtreme Collxtion (PG) 4:00 Red Bull Soapbox Race (PG) 5:00 Movie: “Charlotte’s Web” (G) (’06) Stars: Dakota Fanning 7:00 Movie: “The Boss Baby” (G) (’17) Stars: Alec Baldwin 8:50 Movie: “Get Smart” (PG) (’08) Stars: Steve Carell 11:00 Japandemonium (M) 11:30 Heroes (MA15+) 12:30 Robot Wars (PG) 1:30 Amplified (PG)

3:00 Surfing Australia TV (PG) 5:00 Clarence (PG) 5:15 Movie: “Happy Feet” (PG) (’06) Stars: Robin Williams 7:30 Movie: “The Bourne Legacy” (M v) (’12) Stars: Donna Murphy 7:30 Movie: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (M v) (’07) Stars: Albert Finney 10:15 Movie: “Never Back Down” (M v) (’08) Stars: Sean Faris 12:30 Heroes (MA15+) 1:30 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: “Black Hawk Down” (MA15+) (’01) Stars: Josh Harnett 11:20 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 11:50 Japandemonium (M) 12:20 Miami Vice (M)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu (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: “Deepwater Horizon” (M l) (’16) Stars: Mark Wahlberg 9:35 Movie: “Fear” (M v,l,s) (’96) Stars: Reese Witherspoon

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu (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: “GI Joe: Retaliation” (M v) (’13) Stars: Channing Tatum 10:40 The Big Bang Theory (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu (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 2: The Streets” (PG) (’08) Stars: Robert Hoffman 9:30 Movie: “Fired Up!” (M l,s) (’09) Stars: Sarah Roemer

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Don’t Bother To Knock” (PG) (’52) Stars: Marilyn Monroe 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Poirot (PG) 8:40 Movie: “Flight” (M) (’12) Stars: Denzel Washington 11:25 The Rockford Files (M v) 12:25 Movie: “Lust For A Vampire” (MA15+) (’71) Favourite Martian

2:10 Movie: “Separate Tables” (PG) (’58) Stars: Deborah Kerr 4:15 Movie: “The Pride And The Passion” (PG) (’57) Stars: Sophia Loren 7:00 Movie: “Victoria And Abdul” (PG) (’17) Stars: Dame Judi Dench 9:15 Movie: “Hotel Rwanda” (M v,l) (’04) Stars: Don Cheadle 11:45 Movie: “The Big Fix” (M v) (’18) Stars: Richard Dreyfuss 3:00 Home Shopping

1:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) 3:00 The Avengers (PG) 4:00 Movie: “Southwest Passage” (PG) (’54) Stars: Joanne Dru 5:30 Movie: “Support Your Local Gunfighter” (PG) (’71) Stars: James Garner 7:30 Death In Paradise (M v) 8:40 DCI Banks (MA15+) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M v) 11:35 The Rockford Files (PG) 12:35 My Favourite Martian

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Wellness Break 3:05 Antiques Roadshow 3:35 Movie: “The Man In The White Suit” (G) (’51) Stars: Alec Guinness 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M v) 8:40 Midsomer Murders (M) 10:40 Shades Of Blue (MA15+) 11:35 ER (M v) 12:30 Antiques Roadshow 1:00 Home Shopping

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “The Sleeping Tiger” (PG) (’54) Stars: Dirk Bogarde 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M) 8:40 Poirot (M) 10:50 Trial & Retribution (MA15+) 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries (PG) 2:30 My Favourite Martian 3:00 Home Shopping

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Golden Ivory” (PG) (’54) Stars: John Bentley 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 1:00 Home Shopping

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Wellness Break 3:10 Antiques Roadshow 3:40 Movie: “Loser Takes All” (PG) (’56) Stars: Glynis Johns 5:30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Territory Cops (PG) 8:30 Reported Missing (M) 9:40 Australian Crime Stories (M) 10:40 Chicago Med (M v)

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)

3:00 Sydney Weekender 3:30 Creek To Coast 4:00 Weekender 4:30 Bargain Hunt 5:30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (PG) 6:30 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 8:30 Escape To The Country 11:30 Honey I Bought The House (PG) 12:30 Escape To The Country 1:30 Sydney Weekender 2:00 Creek To Coast 2:30 Weekender

3:00 Movie: “Speedway” (PG) (’68) Stars: Elvis Presley 5:00 M*A*S*H (PG) 7:00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 8:40 Mrs Brown’s Boys (M) 10:00 Miranda (PG) 11:20 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Speedway” (PG) (’68) Stars: Elvis Presley 2:10 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 3:00 My Greek Odyssey (PG) 4:00 Million Dollar Minute

10:30 This Rugged Coast 11:30 Better Homes And Gardens 1:00 House Calls To The Rescue (PG) 2:30 Million Dollar Minute 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 TBA 1:30 Last Chance Learners (PG)

2:30 Million Dollar Minute 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)

2:30 Million Dollar Minute 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: Music To Die For (M v) 10:30 Redrum (PG) 11:30 Mighty Planes (PG) 12:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 1:00 Redrum (PG) 2:00 Home Shopping

2:30 Million Dollar Minute 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

12:00 Swamp People (PG) 1:00 Mudslingers (PG) 2:00 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:30 Full Custom Garage (PG) 4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Friday Night Countdown (PG) 7:30 TBA 11:00 Armchair Experts (M) 11:30 Hardcore Pawn (M) 12:00 Full Custom Garage (PG)

12:00 Full Custom Garage (PG) 1:00 Blokesworld (PG) 1:30 Step Outside With Paul Burt (PG) 2:00 Dipper’s Destinations (PG) 2:30 Fishing And Adventure (PG) 3:00 Garage 41 (PG) 3:30 Towies (PG) 3:50 Movie: “Superman III” (PG) (’83) Stars: Christopher Reeve 6:30 TBA 7:00 TBA 10:00 TBA 10:30 Movie: “Zero Dark Thirty” (M) (’12) Stars: Jessica Chastain

12:00 Fishing Programs (PG) 3:00 AFL: Round 6: Carlton v Sydney Swans *Live* From The MCG 6:00 American Pickers: Mike’s Holy Grail (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Movie: “3:10 To Yuma” (MA15+) (’07) Stars: Christian Bale 11:05 Hardcore Pawn (PG) 12:35 Full Custom Garage (PG)

12:00 Counting Cars (PG) 12:30 Full Custom Garage (PG) 3:30 Blokesworld (PG) 4:00 Your 4x4 (PG) 4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 American Pickers (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Prestige” (M v) (’06) Stars: Christian Bale 11:15 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D (MA15+)

7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Outback Truckers (PG) 9:30 Desert Collectors (PG) 10:30 Supertruckers (PG) 11:30 Surveillance Oz (PG) 12:00 Counting Cars (PG) 1:00 Storage Wars (PG) 1:30 American Pickers (PG) 2:30 Pawn Stars 3:00 Mudslingers (PG) 3:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 4:00 Desert Collectors (PG) (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) 8:30 American Dad (M) 9:30 Family Guy (M v) 10:30 American Dad (M)

12:00 American Pickers (PG) 1:00 Mudslingers (PG) 1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 The Simpsons (PG) 3:00 Family Guy (M v) 4:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Chain Reaction” (M v) (’96) Stars: Keanu Reeves 10:45 Movie: “Cradle 2 The Grave”

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 One Strange Rock (PG) 3:00 RPM 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 MacGyver (M) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 10:20 Hawaii FiveO (M v) 11:15 NCIS (M) 12:10 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M v) 2:10 48 Hours (M) 3:05 RPM

11:30 Jake And The Fatman (PG) 12:30 MacGyver (PG) 2:30 Monster Jam (PG) 3:30 One Strange Rock (PG) 4:30 What’s Up Down Under 5:00 Judge Judy (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) 2:05 RPM

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

2:00 NCIS (M v) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS: Thirst (M) 8:30 CSI: Miami: Forced Entry (M) 9:25 Elementary (M v,d) 11:25 The Mentalist (M v) 12:20 Home Shopping 2:20 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 3:15 Wisdom Of The Crowd (PG)

2:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Diagnosis Murder (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 Walker, Texas Ranger (M) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Diagnosis Murder (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 (M v) 10:30 NCIS (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v) 4:00 Jake And The Fatman (PG) 5:00 MacGyver (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 TBA 7:30 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Friends: The One With The Butt 9:30 Movie: “The Sixth Sense” (M v) (’99) Stars: Bruce Willis 11:40 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M)

10:00 Paw Patrol 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 1:00 The Neighbourhood (PG) 2:00 Will & Grace (PG) 3:00 Man With A Plan (PG) 4:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 5:00 Seinfeld (PG) 6:00 Movie: “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” (PG) (’08) Stars: Ben Stiller 7:45 Friends (PG) 8:15 Kojak (M v,d) 9:10 Columbo (M v)

10:00 Paw Patrol 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Neighbours (PG) 2:30 Friends (PG) 4:00 Will & Grace (PG) 3:30 Fresh Off The Boat (PG) 5:00 Friends (PG) 8:30 TBA 9:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M) 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) 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)

3:45 ABC America: World News Tonight 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 RocKwiz (M l) 9:30 South Park (M) 10:25 Basketball NBA 10:55 My Extreme Life (M) 11:50 Taboos And Subcultures (M)

3:35 ABC America: World News Tonight 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 (M v) 9:20 I Want My MTV (M) 11:00 Sex: Original Sin (MA15+) 11:55 Movie: “Year Of The Dragon” (M) (’85) Stars: Mickey Rourke 2:20 The Movie Show (M) 2:50 France 24 News

3:50 ABC America: World News Tonight 4:15 Insight 5:15 Yokayi Footy 5:50 Travel Man 6:45 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 7:40 Hunting Hitler (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan” (M v) (’82) Stars: William Shatner 10:35 I Am Richard Pryor (M l,s) 12:15 I Am Sam Kinison (MA15+) 2:00 VICE (MA15+) 2:30 France 24 News

4:15 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:10 Game Of Bros (PG) (In English/ Maori/ Samoan/ Tongan) 5:40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 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)

5:10 Game Of Bros (PG) (In English/ Maori/ Samoan/ Tongan) 5:40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 The Casketeers (M) (In English/ Maori) 9:25 Travel Man (PG) 10:25 Who Gets To Stay In Australia?

5:10 Game Of Bros (PG) (In English/ Maori/ Samoan/ Tongan) 5:40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 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

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) 10:55 The Truth About Your Health (PG) 11:50 The Longest Day In Chang’an (M v) (In Mandarin)

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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 Program To Be Advised 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 Adam Hills: Take His Legs (M) [s] 10:40 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [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]

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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 Program To Be Advised 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 Tommy: The Ninth Girl (M) [s] 10:00 Bull: Jury Duty (M v) [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 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Program To Be Advised 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 Program To Be Advised 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 10:00 Law & Order: SVU: Man Down (M) [s] 11:00 Blue Bloods: Meet The New Boss (M v) [s] 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 1:00 The Project (PG) [s] 2:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 3:00 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: “March Sisters At Christmas” (PG) (’12) Stars: Julie Berman 2:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 8:30 Movie: “The Shape Of Water” (PG) (’17) Stars: Sally Hawkins 11:00 Program To Be Advised 12:45 Police Under Fire: In The Line Of Duty: Manhunt (M v) [s] – When Brendan Berichon opened fire on two policemen in broad daylight in a Melbourne street he triggered an extraordinary chain of events. 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 The Great Outdoors [s]

7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 Movie: “Casablanca” (PG) (’42) Stars: Humphrey Bogart 2:15 Program To Be Advised 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Creek To Coast (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” (M) (’15) Stars: Harrison Ford 10:05 Movie: “Lone Survivor” (MA15+) (’14) Stars: Alexander Ludwig 12:35 Quantico: The Art Of War (M v) [s] 1:35 Harry's Practice [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 My Greek Odyssey (PG) [s] 5:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s]

7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness [s] 1:00 Kochie’s Business Builders [s] 1:30 Program To Be Advised 3:00 World’s Most Extreme: World’s Most Extreme Airports (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 Program To Be Advised 8:00 Program To Be Advised 9:00 Movie: “Deadpool” (MA15+) (’15) Stars: Gina Carano 11:05 The Blacklist: Roy Cain (MA15+) [s] 12:05 Air Crash Investigations: Racing The Storm (PG) [s] 1:05 Australia’s Deadliest (PG) [s] 1:35 The Zoo [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: “Relative Chaos” (M s) (’06) Stars: Christopher Gorham 2:00 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 Program To Be Advised 9:00 Program To Be Advised 10:40 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:10 The Goldbergs: Angst-Giving (PG) [s] 11:40 The Goldbergs: The Beverly Goldberg Cookbook (Part 2) (PG) [s] 12:05 Mean Mums (PG) [s] 1:30 Trial And Error: New Case, Old Murder (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: “Maternal Instinct” (M v) (’17) Stars: Laura Mennell 2:00 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 Program To Be Advised 9:00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back (M l) [s] 10:00 Criminal Minds: Rusty (M v) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 The Goldbergs: It's a Wonderful Life (PG) [s] 12:00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Together Or Not At All (MA15+) [s] 1:00 Air Crash Investigations: Fire On Board (PG) [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: “Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs” (M s,v) (’14) Stars: Tony Goldwyn 2:00 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 Program To Be Advised 9:00 Busted In Bangkok (M) [s] 10:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:30 The Front Bar (M) [s] 11:30 Autopsy USA: George Michael (M d,s) [s] 12:30 Air Crash Investigations: Flying On Empty (PG) [s] 1:30 The Zoo [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: “Midwives” (M) (’01) Stars: Sissy Spacek 2:00 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 Half Blood Prince” (M h,v) (’09) Stars: Alan Rickman 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 Program To Be Advised 12:00 Scandal: Army of One (M v) [s] – Mellie’s plans to name Jake as her new chief of staff only propels Olivia to do whatever it takes to make sure it does not happen. 1:30 The Zoo [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 Movie: “Jack And Jill” (PG) (’11) Stars: Adam Sandler 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: South Sydney Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers *Live* From Bankwest Stadium [s] 9:45 Friday Night Knock Off [s] 10:35 Movie: “Creed: The Rocky Legacy” (M v,l) (’15) Stars: Sylvester Stallone 1:00 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 The Avengers: The Hidden Tiger (PG) [s] 5:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s]

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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 Animal Encounters (PG) [s] 2:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 2:30 Driving Test (PG) [s] 3:00 NRL: Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels *Live* From Central Coast Stadium [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 The Voice: The Showdowns 1 (PG) [s] 9:00 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 10:00 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer (MA15+) [s] 11:55 Mysteries And Scandals: Michael Jackson And Anna Nicole Smith: Mad Medicine (M) [s] 12:50 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters (PG) [s] 1:50 9Honey - He Said, She Said (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

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5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 The Voice: The Showdowns 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: Semi Finals (PG) [s] 9:30 American Idol: Audition (PG) [s] 11:20 NINE News Late [s] 11:50 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything: Logies Moments (M) [s] 12:40 Tipping Point [s] 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [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 Voice: Semi Finals (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 RBT: Caught In The Net/ Fountain Of Youth (PG) [s] 8:30 Emergency (M) [s] 9:30 Botched: Cougars And Cobras And Boobs (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 New Amsterdam: Anthropocene (M) [s] 11:50 Dr Miami: Plastic Makes Perfect (M) [s] 12:40 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:30 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 Movie: “Courage Mountain” (PG) (’90) Stars: Juliette Caton 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: Sydney Roosters v Canberra Raiders *Live* From TBA [s] 9:45 Golden Point (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 Murdered By Morning: Acting On Evil (M) [s] 11:50 The Fix: The Wire (M v) [s] 12:40 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

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SBS 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:05 Basketball: NBA Spotlight: Kobe Bryant Special 2:35 Figure Skating: ISU World Figure Skating: The Pairs Competition 4:05 Gadget Man: Cooking 4:35 How To Get Fit Fast (PG) 5:30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi: Eichman (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys: The Eastern Express (PG) 8:30 Life Drawing UK (M n) 10:30 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Equator From The Air: South East Asia (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys: Swindon To Bristol (PG)

SBS 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 2017 4:00 Cycling: Incycle 4:30 Cycling: Cadel Evans Conquering Le Tour 5:30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi: Goering (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Wall Of China The Hidden Story (PG) 8:30 Saving Notre Dame (PG) (In English/ French) 9:30 Toxic Town: The Corby Poisoning (PG) 10:30 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:25 Scotland From The Sky 4:25 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

SBS 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 2:00 The 2000s: Quagmire (M) 2:50 Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG) 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Working To Clapham Junction (PG) 4:35 Inside Westminster Abbey (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Windsors’ Lost Letters: Family First (PG) 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: A Life Less Ordinary (M) 9:30 Depression And Me (M d,l) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:25 Scotland From The Sky 4:25 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

SBS 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:05 The 2000s: Yes We Can (M l,s) 2:55 Who Do You Think You Are? 3:55 March Of The Penguins (PG) (In French) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Asian Railways Journeys: Hong Kong (PG) 8:30 Insight: Affairs 9:30 Where Are You Really From? (PG) 10:05 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs (PG) 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 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) 3:30 Scotland From The Sky 4:25 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

SBS 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The 2000s: The Financial Crisis (M v) 2:50 Insight 3:45 Great British Railway Journeys: London Victoria To Abbey Wood (PG) 4:20 Lady Jane Grey - Murder Of A Child Queen: Shades Of Grey (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Tony Robinson’s World By Rail: Scandinavia (PG) 8:30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? (M) 9:30 Child Of Our Time: Turning 20 (M) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Aerial Asia: Singapore

SBS 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: London Kings Cross To Peterborough (PG) 4:30 Lady Jane Grey - Murder Of A Child Queen: Time For A Queen (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Inside The Orient Express (M) (In English/ French) 8:30 Drain Alcatraz 9:30 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 Aerial Asia: Malaysia 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

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G N A H S How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the ive letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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1. Which 1980 Australian album is one of the biggest selling in history?

2. What is the crime of killing one’s brother?

3. What was the name of Jacques Cousteau’s famous research ship?

4. In mythology, which youth fell in love with his own relection?

5. In which Italian city is there an opera house called La Scala?

6. Which Australian cricketer has scored the most Test centuries?

7. In TV’s Thunderbirds, what was the name of Lady Penelope’s chaufeur-butler?

8. In which classic Victorian novel does an inn called the Admiral Benbow feature?

9. How many Australian Prime Ministers have died while in oice?

10. What hand tool was used for threshing grain until the mid 1800s?

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Chris Lofven on guitar by the Noosa River.

Music, film make the man

By Margaret Maccoll Many Noosa locals would recognise Chris Lofven as a member of Noosa’s iconic band, The Sandflys, but few would know his career exploits read like a history of Australia’s film and music industries.

Chris Lofven started making films as a 12-year-old living in Melbourne.

He’d become interested in television when it first appeared on the Australian scene though his family didn’t have one.

Having saved enough money from his paper round he bought his first film camera then a little later conned his sister, actor Kristen Williamson, into buying a 16mm camera so he could create films for television.

“When I was 14 or 15 I’d send them off to the ABC and they bought them. They’d pay decent money,” he said.

“The early short films had very simple story lines.”

He’d invest his earnings into visits to the cinema, film equipment and entering film competitions.

There were no university or TAFE courses in film at that time so it was up to Chris to teach himself.

“I’d go to book stores and read all day,” he said. “I learnt myself.”

Chris got his first film job working for Fred Schepisi in advertising for Cinesound Films which he later turned into The Film House.

“He was a great boss,” Chris said.

“They were making TV commercials. They had the gear and the equipment.

“He threw you into it. If you didn’t get it right you’d be in big trouble.”

Schepisi also leant out company equipment and Chris, whose other passion was music, used it to make video clips for popular bands.

In the early 1970s using The Film House gear he produced video clips for bands including Spectrum’s I’ll Be Gone and Daddy Cool’s Eagle Rock.

“I was always playing in a band. I was talking to agents trying to get gigs,” he said.

His contacts brought requests from a wide range of performers.

“I did promo shots for John Farnham before he was known. He came to my home in Carlton,” he said.

Like so many Australians Chris made his way to London in 1973.

He landed his first job in London with Aus-

Chris Lofven shoots a Daddy Cool video clip. tralian filmmaker Bruce Beresford who was then making the film The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie. Being funded by the Australian Government they had to use as many Australians as possible in the film.

“I even got to appear in it,” he said.

“All of us had to play parts at different times.”

Chris heard the Australian government was investing money into the Australian film industry so he returned home, creating his critically acclaimed film Oz - A Rock ‘n’ Roll Road Movie.

“It was never a big commercial hit but it had a cult following,” he said.

He was approached by Mushroom records to produce music clips and continued to do so for a decade.

Across the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Chris produced a long list of video clips.

Splitz Enz, Skyhooks, Dragon, Mondo Rock, Australian Crawl, Kids in the Kitchen, Glen

Early days filming with a home made camera.

Shorrock, John Paul Young, Jimmy Barnes, Goanna, Uncanny X-Men were among his clients.

“It was all the stuff that appeared on Countdown,” he said.

“Not all of it was good. The best people to work with were Split Enz. They had a member of the group who was a designer. He had theatrical experience and designed their costumes.

I did nine or 10 with Split Enz. “It was a pretty exciting time. I was playing in a band at the same time.”

After moving to Noosa Chris created a short film on Noosa’s Community Radio, Noosa FM 101.3 where he is a regular presenter and in 2015 made a film clip for band The Barleyshakes.

But since 2016 it is with The SandFlys that Chris spends much of his time.

The band came about after Chris Lofven shared his passion for music with Grind proprietor Adrian “Ado” Spelt on his visits to the café for his morning coffee.

Ado, a former olive farmer, had always wanted to play in a band having built a home recording studio where he honed his skills on vocals and guitar.

The two found some like-minded musos and formed what has become one of Noosa’s most popular bands.

They began jamming on Thursday mornings at the Sandbar Café on The Jetty at Gympie Terrace.

They have become an institution there playing a mix of Neil Young, The Eagles and Creedence along with surf instrumentals and originals named after iconic location like Castaways Beach, Tea Tree Bay and Hell’s Gates.

In 2018 they performed to a packed crowd on the beach at the Noosa Festival of Surfing and did it again the following year.

They’ve played regular sessions at the Land & Sea Brewery in Noosaville, at Noosa Reef Hotel and at Sunshine Beach Surf Club. Most Fridays you’ll find them playing the Harbour Wine Bar at Noosa Marina.

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Horizon Festival program Horizon Festival 2020 has another incredible month of inspiration, entertainment and creativity for us all, with the July program unveiled 1 July, plus a sneak peak of two special August events.

The July line-up features the next breathtaking Open Air concert by Katie Noonan and Louise King filmed on Chambers Island, a magical augmented reality adventure activity for children with A Forest in My Pocket, the second spoken word competition heat with The Bunker, an immersive soundscape series exploring environments across the Sunshine Coast, the next two Homegrown local artist commissions, plus we Rewind to another 2019 festival highlight, Elements.

Community Portfolio Councillor Rick Baberowski said the festival had undergone a remarkable transformation this year to deliver such a high-calibre series of online events and content.

“The July program offers something for all ages and interests, from augmented reality for children, to spoken word, music and digital art, but it’s not just about consuming the art, there are opportunities to get involved with participatory activities and artwork too” Cr Baberowski said.

Horizon Festival Artistic Director Lynne Bradley said the programming continued to celebrate our fabulously talented local artists and stunning Sunshine Coast locations.

“One of the great gifts of moving the festival online this year is that we’ve been able to showcase the Sunshine Coast region, and our extraordinary artists, to the world,” Dr Bradley said.

“The July program is another carefully curated suite of stunning events which will both delight and challenge our audiences, and encourage them to engage with the arts.”

PROGRAM: A FOREST IN MY POCKET: From Wednesday, 1 July A Forest in My Pocket is a magical, augmented reality adventure for children created by illustrator and animator Helena Papageorgiou and narrated by Mischa Long. Kids and families will be led on a trail of discovery to find magic in their homes and little worlds in their backyards. Print-at-home images come to life via augmented reality using the EyeJack app. Simply download the series of three images, place them around the house and have the EyeJack app ready to guide your children through this exciting adventure.

Play along: download the images from www. horizonfestival.com.au/forest-pocket.

OPEN AIR: Sunday, 5 July at 4pm Next up in the series is a powerhouse duo; fivetime ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan and supremely talented classical musician Louise King of Cello Dreaming. This beautiful classic contemporary concert will feature solo and duo performances from these two incredible artists, filmed against a stunning sunset at Chambers Island, Maroochydore.

Watch: After the performance, the stream will be available on the Horizon Festival website.

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REWIND: Monday, 6 July at 9am Join us as we rewind to Horizon Festival 2019 for a walk through the Elements, which transformed the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden from a natural paradise to a contemporary outdoor gallery. Exhibition curator, Hamish Sawyer, will reminisce on the event, talking us through the featured artworks and installations from the leading local and national artists who drew inspiration from the elements; fire, earth, air, and water.

Watch: Elements will be available at www. horizonfestival.com.au/event/elements from 9am on Monday, 6 July.

THE BUNKER: Thursday, 9 July at 7pm The Bunker Spoken Word Series Heat Two comes hot on the heels of a successful Heat One, which saw five exceptional performers win their place in the Grand Final in August.

Don’t miss the online heat and a special performance from international guest Anthony Ananxagorou from London, UK. From slam poets to bush poets and storytellers, the professional judging team will be on hand to send five more finalists from this heat to the Grand Final.

Register to compete or watch all the action at www.horizonfestival.com.au/event/bunker-down-speak-out-heat-2. The event will be delivered via Zoom at 7pm on Thursday, 9 July.

LISTENING IN THE WILD: Sundays, 12, 19 and 26 July at 4pm Listening in the Wild is a series of immersive soundscapes exploring environments across the Sunshine Coast. These experiences are created by artists Leah Barclay and Lyndon Davis as transient listening experiences interwoven with Kabi Kabi stories. The series will be streamed live online and also be available after each event for you to access anywhere, any time. The locations include virtual sound walks through Eudlo Creek National Park, a journey along the Maroochy River and an ocean expedition from Mooloolaba Beach.

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Picture: NICHOLAS MORLEY Each soundscape will be accompanied by a site-specific image captured by Sunshine Coast based documentary photographer Tricia King.

Listen: Tune in via Facebook @horizonartfest at 4pm each Sunday, 12, 19 and 26 July, or listen after the event at www.horizonfestival. com.au HOMEGROWN: Parametric Thursday, 16 July - Friday, 31 July Parametric is an interactive digital artwork that investigates our individual and collective emotional state in a post-isolated world. You are invited to input your feelings on a sliding scale across a series of questions concerning how you feel about your life and relationships.

Each input changes the digital artwork and renders a morphing and shifting piece of art on the screen before your very eyes. The project will culminate with a real-life exhibition of the final work in Maroochydore.

Join in or view the artwork: Visit www.horizonfestival.com.au/event/parametric from Thu, Jul 16 and see the exhibition at 10/127 Sugar Road, Maroochydore, Thuursday, 30 July, 5.30-7pm.

HOMEGROWN: Love Note to the Landscape Saturday 18 July - Thursday 23 July Visual artists Helena Jackson-Lloyd and Rosie LloydGiblett are on a mission to capture the essence of place. Love Note to the Landscape is a plein air (outdoor) work created in three iconic Sunshine Coast locations - Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanical Gardens, Coolum’s First Bay and the Mooloolah Wetlands. Photographer Yanni Van Zijil will document the artists’ process as they create the work on location.

View: See these artists’ Love Notes to the Landscape, available for viewing on www. horizonfestival.com.au/event/love-note-tothe-landscape and social platforms @horizonartfest.

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We’re so excited about these events, we couldn’t wait until August to tell you about them: FIELD TRIP: Sunday, 8 August, 8.45am 5.30pm Presented in partnership with USC, Arts Front and Australian Network for Art & Technology, Field Trip is an online national research symposium featuring creative practice at the intersection of art, science, technology and the environment. The symposium will traverse the continent exploring the ethics of interdisciplinary art and the role of creativity in reimagining the future. The event features some of Australia’s leading artists and includes keynote presentations, panels, interactive artworks and participatory experiences that explore the possibilities of presenting ecologically engaged creative work in virtual environments.

The Field Trip line-up will be announced midJuly.

Free Registration: https://artsfront.com/ event/42651-field-trip-symposium EUMUNDI SCHOOL OF ROCK - DRIVE-IN CONCERT: Saturday, 29 August, 5.30pm Now in its 5th year, Eumundi School of Rock is excited to present this electrifying drive-in concert, jam packed with performances from their 23 young rockers from the class of 2020, the 2019 show band and the Imperial Superband. Students will also be joined by the Mega Teacher band staring five-time ARIA Award winning local songstress Katie Noonan with the wonderful songsmith Jack Carty.

Get tickets: Available now at www.horizonfestival.com.au/school-of-rock The full program for next month will be revealed on August 1.

If you’re a local artist and would like to get involved, expressions of interest are now open for the August round of Homegrown. Visit www.horizonfestival.com.au for details.

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Free to move: Dancing now allowed at drive-in festival

By Abbey Cannan After weeks of working with Queensland Health to become Covid compliant, organisers of Sunshine Coast’s first drive-in music festival have received the news that patrons will no longer be confined to the seats of their car.

They can now drive-in, park up and get out and dance.

The approval process has been a lengthy learning for event director, Cindy Jensen who is ecstatic to learn of the recent development.

“This is a game changer and we’re ecstatic to say the least, as it will change the whole experience for the punter,“ Cindy said.

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cific plan to gain compliance almost immediately.

“It’s been an extremely exhausting process, but thanks to the support of our presenting partners, Hot 91 and Sunshine Coast Council, we were able to get the approval over the line just in time.“ Airwaves is set to take over Nambour Showgrounds on July 10 and 11, with the likes of The Dreggs, The Chats, Sahara Beck, Being Jane Lane and more, preparing to take centre stage.

A once in a lifetime experience, inspired during Covid confinement, the drive-in music festival will be serving up an outer space experience and asking punters to get creative, pimp their ride and prepare themselves for landing.

Tickets are limited and won’t be available at the gate. Available now through www.airwavesfestival.com.au or Oztix.

Airwaves is set to take over Nambour Showgrounds with the likes of The Dreggs.

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Single release set in stone

By Abbey Cannan After wrapping up the recording of his third EP at Jampot Studios in Noosaville, a local musician is ready to release his first single Set in Stone.

Tewantin-based Dave Barrie grew up with music running through his veins.

With his father, a session drummer and mother a piano teacher, his earliest memories are of lugging the instruments up on stage for his parents’ band and thus, music surrounding him from an early age inevitably seeped into his soul.

U2, Eurythmics and INXS piqued his curiosity, coupled with influences from his teenage years like Pearl Jam, Coldplay and Dave Matthews Band and Dave’s sound began to emerge.

Dave is a song writer and versatile musician capable of playing drums, percussion, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and vocals.

Lyrically, Dave often explores the intricacies of relationships, family, overcoming fears, politics, environment and more.

After managing and playing in a number of bands straight out of school, in 2009 Dave released his first solo five track EP ‘Don’t Break.’

A second EP ‘The Storm’ followed in 2011, both releases garnering wide praise and several song writing awards.

Dave was touring often along Australia’s east coast and he then moved to the UK to pursue music further.

Fatherhood in 2013 put the brakes on his career until his passion was reignited in 2018 after moving to Noosa and his daughters grew old enough to enjoy his incessant strumming.

Armed with a new batch of original songs, production began in 2019 on Dave’s third EP ‘Sprint through a hurricane’.

Due to be released independently in August 2020, the co-produced five track offering features Dave on most instruments in the recording with a small handful of guest cameos.

Recorded locally at Noosa’s Jampot studios, the first single ‘Set in Stone’ will be out on July 13.

“I’ve been working with Tom at Jampot on

and off for the last couple of years and always get a lot out of the experience,” Dave said.

“It is a well-equipped studio and rehearsal space. I record pretty much all the instruments myself so I can jump on his drum kit with tonnes of cymbals to choose from, various keyboards, guitars, bass.

“He’s a very experienced engineer in terms of the software and getting good sounds and we’re a good team when it comes to the overall production and mix.”

Dave said he was just getting back into live gigs when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

“I had four local gigs booked in April and May which were my first gigs in a while but they were all cancelled,” he said.

“That door may have temporarily closed but the lockdown gave me time to focus more on song writing and learning things like graphic design, photography, video editing.

All useful things to know a bit about when releasing music.”

Dave said his first single off the EP, Set In Stone, is about facing your fears.

“Nearly everyone has ’that thing’ they’ve always wanted to do,” he said.

Tewantin musician Dave Barrie is releasing his new single.

“It could be changing career, getting sober, swimming with sharks or painting. But whether internally or externally we’re held back by fear, doubt and judgment.

“Set In Stone is about acknowledging that fear but getting up each day and taking small steps towards your goals.

“For me it was about writing and releasing music again after several years out of the music industry.”

Dave said he was excited to promote his new single with a gig at Gun Cotton in Yandina on Friday 24 July.

Retreat to resolve emotional eating

By Margaret Maccoll The Brow Bar founder Chernae Silk used the Covid-19 shutdown of her beauty salons to lose 20kg, discover the way to deal with her emotional eating and establish a new health retreat to help others deal with their weight issues.

This week she launched Fitlife Health Retreat with a trial retreat. She has brought together a group of health therapists and trainers and 10 guests who will spend six days improving their health through education and activities.

“I want to share my message now as Covid restrictions lift, that it’s ok to choose you,“ she said.

“I’ve learned a lot during self quarantine, while my beauty businesses were completely closed down and I had zero income, that self educating is everything and we had the gift of time, so I used it. I learned in three months that everything just clicks when you are willing to do the work.

“I was 145 kilos before Covid hit. I’ve been doing the wellness ‘work in and out’ with my experts online and now I’m 125 kilos. I’m on my way to a functionally fit healthy, strong 75 kilos.“Chernae intends her retreat to adapt its education program to the needs of its clients and deliver topics including nutrition and cooking for energy systems, men’s mental health and fitness, women’s mental health and hormones, mums and bubbas and children’s health.

She said the focus of her wellness retreat would be on emotional and mental health, fictional fitness and soul adventure.

“Wellness comes from emotional selfrespect ... . not external bodily perfection,“ she said.

“For me It’s all about wellness, fitness, fat

Chernae Silk loss and adventure as well as what a functional fit body, mind and soul can do and how it feels rather than what it looks like.

”Located within the Noosa National Park guests of the Fit Life Health Retreat will be able to reconnect not only with themselves but to the healing power of nature.

Chernae is a self-confessed serial-retreater who said despite attending a multitude of Australian and International Health and Fitness retreats she was never able to resolve her ongoing problem with emotional eating.

She embarked on her own research journey and sought out Australian healers and therapists who specialise in understanding and helping to heal the emotional eater.

Chernae discovered this was the life changing element that the retreat world was missing.

She determined the pivotal question she had to resolve was: “For what and why are you really weighting (waiting)?”

“When your relationship with food, body image, weight and self-confidence is an ongoing “ground-hog day” problem what your head, heart and body is actually “weighting” for is a powerful and life changing question,“ she said.

“Fit Life Health Retreat actually helps guests find once and for all, their own private answers and discover their personalised solution to reboot a new freedom and a way of living a Fit Life.

“Together with my experts we have created a Health Retreat like no other in the world. I’ve custom built this transformational program to support my own health journey. I want to share this journey of education with all communities as it’s not currently offered within a retreat style program anywhere across the globe.”

“Gun Cotton is an awesome little venue in Yandina which has live music every Friday night and I think Sunday afternoons as well,” he said.

“It’ll be my first gig in a fair while so really looking forward to it.”

After facing his fears of jumping back into the music industry, Dave said his long-term goals included winning a Grammy award and filling Wembley Stadium.

“But I’m also realistic,” he said.

“I really enjoy the song writing and recording process, so as long as I’m doing that, I feel quite fulfilled. And if people enjoy my music,

Celebrating the silent Majestic Theatre in Pomona has reopened to screen silent films at noon on Market Days every Saturday.

Silent films will be run through July with events beginning on August 15 with its annual Comedy Shots and August 16 with the popular Arioso Chamber Ensemble.

Just before the Majestic Theatre closed its doors in March because of Covid-19, it hosted a silent film screening to raise money for bushfire relief, in the wake of our summer bushfires, that saw so much native habitat and native animals destroyed.

The event raised $2,000 dollars.

Pomona Arts Inc, who manage the Majestic Theatre and the Pomona Country Markets donated the money to Koala Rescue Queensland (KRQ), a dedicated, not-for-profit, koala rescue group in operation since 2008, started by Ray Chambers and his twin brother Murray and based at Moffat Beach. Currently operated by Ray and Sue Chambers the state-wide organisation rescues hundreds of koalas every year.

They also conduct educations sessions and organise tree planting state-wide to create nurturing koala habitats. KRQ lobbies for better state legislation to protect of koalas and they work in collaboration with the RSPCA to ensure 24 hr rescue for endangered and injured koalas.

Sue Chambers thanked Majestic Theatre volunteers for the generous donation. “It will be appreciated by us, and koalas all across the state, and will assist in enabling us to continue our work,” she said.

During the Majestic’s forced closure staff took the opportunity to install a massive reverse cycle air conditioning system to ensure the comfort of its patrons.

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Paco on Flamenco guitar.

The debris of a great meal.

Authentic taste of Spain ly-departed surrealist sitting at a corner table sucking on a pink champagne.

On that trip I used the old Trev tip of heading away from the picturesque port to find a dingy back street and a restaurant with little or no signage but a delicious aroma puffing out at passers-by. (Another couple of Trev tips - never eat anything bigger than your head, and never eat in a restaurant that revolves. But I digress.)

Anyway, that was how we found Casa Anita.

No bookings, no menu, just a shambles of a kitchen at ground level and up a rickety flight of stairs to three rooms, each with one long communal table. Anita had passed on, but her daughters ran the kitchen and son Juan was front of house. “Fish or meat?” he asked. We chose one of each. Then Juan held a goatskin of wine above his head, poured it onto his hair and drank it as it dribbled down his face. I was hooked before we ate a thing.

The next time we visited a couple of years later, there was a queue running down the street, and Trevor’s glowing review, published in The Australian, was framed and hanging at the top of the stairs. Your reviewer has strug-

gled to pay for a meal at Anita’s in a dozen visits since, but, alas, Juan is off the grog and no longer pours wine down his face.

Sindo’s is nothing like Anita’s but I loved it as soon as I walked into the place. Well, as soon as host Estrella graciously swapped our high bench outside for a cosy table inside. The smallish restaurant was Covid-full, and filled with laughter and Flamenco guitar, courtesy of Paco, the talented troubadour playing in the corner. But, seated in the middle of all this activity, we had no problem conducting a conversation. So an almighty tick in that box.

We ordered a bottle of Radio Boka tempranillo ($38), a rich and fruity red from Valencia, and quaffed that while waiting for our order of just about everything on the tapas menu. The patatas bravas ($11) came first, and it was the genuine article, not just fat chips with a splash of salsa over them. Likewise the calamari ($14) (just crispy enough) and the mussels on the shell in a delicious white wine and garlic mix ($19).

Next came the star turns, which looked lonely without another bottle of tempranillo to

be going on with. Making a Spanish omelette is not rocket science and yet it’s hard to find a truly authentic one in this country. Chef Daniel Mati is Catalan and it shows. If I’d picked a slice of his tortilla de patatas ($13) off the counter of a tapas bar in Barceloneta, I would not have been disappointed - texture perfect and served warm, not hot with crunchy Catalan bread. And the same with the albondingas ($18), flavoursome meat balls in a delicate tomato and parmesan sauce. I’d hoped to squeeze in the low temperature cod (the fish that saved the country) off the mains menu, but we were stuffed, and could barely manage churros and chocolate ($10) and a crema Catalana ($16 and delicious) to finish.

The verdict: Trevor will be back, not just for the cod, but for the whole package. Friendly, fun and fairly-priced, Sindo’s is a great addition to the ever-improving Junction eats precinct.

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Trevor is, of course, expert in most cuisines of the world, but perhaps none more so than that of Spain, and in Spain, none more so than the delicious and aromatic tucker of the reluctant province of Catalonia.

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“You must go to Cadaques,” they insisted, and thus began a remarkable love affair that endures to this day with the white-washed port town surrounded by coastal mountains that Salvador Dali called home. In fact, when we first visited, there was not a single cantina in town that didn’t boast a photo of the recent-

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Their passion bears fruit

By Tania Phillips A chance meeting outside the local post office changed the life of farmer Jane Richter and her husband.

Six year’s later Richter is growing passionfruits in the Glasshouse Mountains in South East Queensland and the vice president of Passionfruit Australia. She’s also expecting a bumper crop this year and has plenty of tips on how to cook and grow the fruit that have become her life.

“It sounds crazy, but my husband met a local passionfruit grower by accident outside the local post office one morning,” she explained.

“They got chatting and she talked about how great a lifestyle it was for her and her husband and that was it. Six months later we planted our first 2136 vines and six years on, here we are.”

Swapping their corporate jobs for passionfruit farming hasn’t been a bed of roses over the past six years thanks to weather conditions and pests that they “didn’t know existed” in their old jobs.

And after a disastrous year last year Jane and other growers are celebrating one of the best winter growing seasons on record.

“There has been a significant bounce back in all growing regions from a tough 2019 season, where last year’s drought, excessive rain and hail wiped out much of the 2019 summer crop - depending on which region we’re talking about,” she said.

“With the crop this last summer at about half the usual volume, the vines have a lot of unspent energy that they are now turning into perfect fruit.”

So as a grower Jane obviously has a taste for the fruit and tips for growing and eating them?

“Nothing beats a fresh passionfruit picked from the paddock and just cracked open with your hands and eaten straight,” she said.

“The sweet and tangy flavour is so unique

Passionfruit growing Jane’s farm.

Passionfruit grower Jane Richter. and goes with many things. We love to squeeze them over yoghurt, add them to a salad dressing with finely diced red chilli or even add them to sticky barbecue sauce on slow cooked pork. The options are endless if you get a bit adventurous!”

Jane’s Tips for the home cook or grower.

Always look for fruit with smooth skin that feels heavy for its size.

Ignore any marks on the skin - you don’t eat the skin of a passionfruit and the ones that are

90 Second Passionfruit Mug Cake.

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Passionfruit will not tolerate frost so beware if you are in a frosty area.

They like to be in very well drained soil and hate their feet sitting in water so regular small waterings are better than big drenches.

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ering and fruit set to happen, so a good slow release fertiliser designed for citrus plants is ideal.

Don’t let the fertiliser touch the vine stem as it may burn the plant.

They have a shallow root system so be careful of digging around the root area. When they are in the growing phase, they do love some extra nitrogen so it’s not a bad idea for the men in the household to use their ‘garden hose’ on them each day for a boost of urea!

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The Bolton Report Sandy Bolton, Noosa MP

Keep a must-do attitude Being put in the ‘hotseat’ recently for the filming of local documentary, #FlipsideCovid-19, was a humbling and deeply personal experience.

Questions on our Covid experience, made me realise that I have not had time to reflect on this, as we have been in emergency response mode now for months.

These have been challenging times - our office has been overloaded with requests for information and assistance that could never have been forecasted.

We have digested, interpreted and translated new legislation, directives and constantly changing requirements for our community.

We’ve been part of incredible innovation, flexibility, adaptability, and the implementation of initiatives in record time in response to the emergency.

Covid brought a culture of ‘we must’ versus the reasons why we can’t into every level of government.

This is an attitude and mindset that governments, our community, and every single one of us must take forward into the future, as part of ‘resolving and solving’ in a post-Covid world.

This is how we will address historical challenges, including affordable housing which continues to be one of our greatest frustrations, contributing to increasing domestic violence and homelessness for our workers and over 55s.

During this time, I allocated 20 per cent of my pay to fund emergency accommodation for those in need, including our domestic violence households.

Looking on the bright side - coming out of Covid-19.

This was empowering for our office and community, who are frustrated when normal channels of assistance are not available, and I thank our local resorts who assisted me in this.

As well our frontline organisations who worked with us to ensure our most vulnerable received assistance.

As part of this empowerment, I have also committed ‘payday’ funds to commence a

transport pilot to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for our frail and elderly who have no travel subsidies or otherwise have fallen through a ‘gap’.

This to ensure nobody is left stranded, and to collate data to ascertain why this is happening whilst the larger regional pilot we have been ‘round-tabling’ over the last 18 months is being formulated.

Updates on this ‘mini’ initiative, and all other projects are available on our Facebook page, via the monthly Newsletters and at Noosa 360.

As always, if there is anything you need, just call me on 5319 3100 or email noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au.

Until next month, blessings to all, and I look forward to seeing you when you I get back from Parliament!

Hunter Walker (Sunshine Butterflies) David Tozer (Tozer & Co) Drew Price (The Cleaning Company) and Georgia Hannon (Sunshine Butteflies).

Digging deep for groups Two big hearted Noosa based businesses have come to the rescue of community and sporting groups to help them bounce back from Covid-19.

The pandemic has severely hampered the functions and finances of Noosa’s 300 not-for-profit community organisations and groups, as they battle to implement CovidSafe guidelines.

When approached by council staff, the reply was swift from Tozer and Co and the Supply Guys, formerly known as RapidClean Sunshine Coast.

Tozer and Co generously donated $100,000 worth of hospital grade cleaning and sanitiser products and The Supply Guys has come to the party with a pallet load of toilet paper and five cartons of long life milk.

Mayor Clare Stewart praised the two businesses for their generosity.

“Our Covid Response Grants program was oversubscribed and with only limited funds available, gestures like this that typify our community spirit,” she said.

Tozer and Co Director David Tozer said community groups are the lifeblood of our shire.

“We are all doing it tough but the coronavirus puts a lot of things into perspective so it’s important we support those local groups that enhance our community

and wellbeing,” he said.

Mr Tozer’s direct association with supplier Hydroshield resulted in the company happily coming to the party with high grade, organic cleaning and sanitiser products which will be distributed to as many community groups as possible.

Mr Tozer has even set up a Go Fund Me page https://www.gofundme.com/f/noosa-sport-and-community-clubs and provided a $2,500 initial donation to kick off long term funding support for local groups.

The Supply Guys owner Craig Beardmore said it’s vital to give these groups a helping hand.

“They rely on hard working volunteers and if we have the ability to assist, then we have an obligation to ensure they have capacity to thrive into the future,” he said.

Over 50 organisations are currently facing financial hardship or have changed their service delivery model post COVID, so the free gifts are certainly a godsend.

Community Development Manager Alison Hamblin said the support is overwhelming.

“It’s been a tough year for many of these groups and it would be devastating to lose them as it would have damaging social consequences for our community now and into the future,” she said.

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Planning changes allowed Alan Lander’s article ‘When is approval... not?’

(Noosa Today, 3 July) has some factual errors.

Under the Planning Act, a state interest review of a council’s draft planning scheme is not akin to a resident or business seeking development approval from a council.

It involves various state government departments and agencies checking that a proposed planning scheme complies with all relevant laws, regulations, policies and rules (not just with the South East Queensland Regional Plan as stated by Mr Lander).

Where a draft scheme is in conflict with state dictates, corrections are then specified as conditions.

In Noosa’s case, after the state review the minister advised that the council “may proceed to adopt the Noosa Plan 2020 (the proposed planning scheme) subject to the following conditions... ”.

The word “approval” did not feature.

As was referred to by Mr Lander, because most of the conditions “were pre-requisites, they would have to be satisfied prior to approval”.

Also Mr Lander does not appear to recall that Noosa Council decided to dispute two of the eight conditions as well as explore legal advice relating to implications of the Act, hence the delay until the new councillors were elected.

Having conditional ministerial permission does not mean that council is required to proceed with the draft plan as it is. A council can always make changes and seek a further state interest check. Noosa council has already done that twice.

And to assist Mr Lander’s understanding, any development applicant is able to go back to council to request permission for changes to their council-approved development.

Ingrid Jackson Noosaville resident and former Noosa councillor.

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Sharing their winning ways Noosa Today journalists hit the Noosa River waterfront to ask the community: What is the best thing you have ever won?

1. Richard Holdcroft “The best thing I’ve ever won is her.”

2. Kate Hart “I’ve only ever won one thing in my life when I was 12 years old. It was in a spinning wheel and I won a leg of ham.”

3. Douglas Keidge “We’ve been married 58 years and that’s our winning raffle. She wins with me all the time.”

Future for the Broncos I can well understand and see the logic in those deciding the future of the Broncos for the rest of this up and down season not being too concerned.

In fact some of the players might have the same mindset, but that I doubt, if like we are assured, they play for the love of the game.

As for those at the Broncos content with facing the media or just turning up for 80 minutes once a week to explain to the fans wouldn’t you be if you were getting paid that much a week?

Ernest Wright, Sunrise Beach.

Kate Hart.

Million dollar socialists So Krudd owns a $17 million mansion now.

What is this socialist telling the little Aussie battlers who persist in voting Labor?

Is this wealth really being shared?

Allan Humphries, Noosaville.

Less movement in lockdown I think it’s rather lovely to note that as people stopped commuting and traveling, the Earth’s surface vibrated less.

Seismologists around the world observed a

Phil Moran took this awesome shot of his labrador, Zeva, on a morning stroll in Noosa. lot less ambient seismic noise - meaning, the vibrations generated by cars, trains, buses and people going about their daily lives. And in the absence of all that noise, the Earth’s upper crust moved a little less.

Seismologists were also able to detect smaller earthquakes and other seismic events that certain seismic stations wouldn’t have registered.

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However, as lockdowns ease these vibrations are returning.

Java, Indonesia recorded a 6.6 magnitude earthquake this morning. There have been ten earthquakes recorded in this region since July 1. Today’s earthquake was felt in Bali. There may be more to come.

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Fifteen key community and tourism-related projects are on the radar, as part of the $2 million State Government Unite and Recover Stimulus Package given to Noosa Council.

Mayor Clare Stewart said council had placed a focus on investing in community amenities and wellbeing projects to create jobs and stimulate economic activity.

“We are grateful to the State Government for the much needed funds, which will fast track a number of critical infrastructure projects, “This $2 million injection comes on top of the $1.83 million distributed as part of COVID and compliments what is shaping up to be a significant Capital Works budget,” she said.

Nearly 20 per cent of this funding will be directed to improving facilities and infrastructure at Boreen Point Campground.

The $410,000 allocation includes a significant upgrade of the toilet amenities, improvements to water treatment facilities and replacing concrete water storage tanks.

The final link of the Peregian Beach Boardwalk gets completed with a $230,000 allocation, which also includes relocating shower facilities and concrete pathways.

Twelve of the shires’ aging toilet amenities get much needed improvements, while new laundry, shower and toilet facilities will be built at United Synergies for the at risk, vulnerable and homeless in our community.

The Noosa Regional Gallery is earmarked for $200,000 in improvements, comprising a refurbishment of the foyer and upgraded amenities to make them disability compliant.

Another critical project is the completion of the lighting upgrade from the Noosa Heads Transit Centre to Bicentennial Drive and $170,000 has been allocated to refurbish playgrounds at Noosa Waters and Lake Macdonald.

“Our 20/21 budget, to be handed down on Friday, has a focus on grassroots type projects, so we have ensured the bulk of this state funding goes to work that provides a tangible benefit to our community,” Cr Stewart said.

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Check before camping out Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch has reminded anyone planning on camping in national parks these school holidays, to ensure they have camping permits and the correct vehicle access authority before heading to their favourite recreation areas.

“Queensland is Good to Go and camping holidays are the perfect way to support tourism and regional jobs, which is part of the Palaszczuk government’s plan for economic recovery,” Ms Enoch said.

“As has always been the case, campers in national parks must have the appropriate permits and book online prior to starting their trip.

“During Covid-19 restrictions, limits have been in place for the number of people able to visit national parks in locations like Bribie Island and Cooloola Recreation Areas.

In line with the Stage 3 easing of restrictions, the number of four-wheel-drive permits will increase to 500 for day trips to these recreation areas, which is great news for Queenslanders

wanting to spend the day on these beautiful beaches.

Tourism Noosa CEO Melanie Anderson said it’s wonderful to have people planning holidays again.

“We are thrilled people are looking to spend money locally and support small business right here in Noosa and in Queensland,” Ms Anderson said.

“Tourism is the biggest economic driver for the Noosa region and our tourism operators have been hit hard over the past few months since the bushfires and then Covid-19.

“Our operators are resilient and they are so pleased to welcome visitors back to Noosa. If people are camping in the nearby Great Sandy National Park or just booking accommodation in Noosa, we encourage you to book early.”

Cooloola and Bribie’s beaches are restricted access areas under the Chief Health Officer’s approved Industry Covid Safe Plan for QPWS Campgrounds.

A person can only enter these restricted ar-

eas when they hold both an authority to enter the restricted access area and a valid vehicle access permit.

“Access authorities cost nothing on top of the vehicle access permits, however you must obtain one and reserve your visit to avoid being turned around at the gate or risking a fine,” Ms Enoch said.

“Even existing vehicle permit holders with an annual pass still require an access authority for the days they intend to visit these recreation areas, however legitimate vehicle access exemption holders are unaffected.

“Our message is clear, do all your research before you leave home and be prepared,” she said.

Over on K’gari (Fraser Island), both campers and dingoes are being kept safe with a $500,000 fencing project which has also been completed in some campgrounds.

Minister Enoch said that more than 400,000 people visit K’gari annually, and the majority of negative interactions with dingoes and campers are a result of visitors not following

QPWS safety messaging.

“The Cornwells and Wongai campgrounds are complete and will be available for bookings over these school holidays.

“The One Tree Rocks and Eli camping areas are expected to be completed shortly.

“While the new fenced campgrounds will help keep people safe, they are still required to follow the QPWS dingo-safe messaging and not feed or approach dingoes.”

The Department of Environment and Science is working closely with the Chief Health Officer to increase capacity at campgrounds.

Instructions on how to obtain the necessary permits to visit these areas are available at https://qld.gov.au/camping and Covid-19 Restricted Access Area Authority from http:// qpws.bookeasy.com For more information, visit Park Alerts https://qld.gov.au/parkalerts and follow Queensland Health guidelines before you travel to stay up to date with the latest Covid-19 advice.

Health program to keep seniors moving What’s on...

A new Council initiative is encouraging over 65s to bend and stretch in a bid for better wellbeing.

Ageing Well Noosa is a series of low-cost exercise classes for seniors that aims to improve balance, strength and mobility. Originally scheduled to launch earlier in the year, the classes were put on hold during the pandemic.

The program now starts on July 13 across Noosaville, Cooroy and Cooran.

Carers are also welcome and can participate for free.

Community Development Officer Cheryl Pattison said these classes were as much about the social benefits as they are the physical.

“For as little as five dollars our over 65s can come along and enjoy a range of gentle exercises followed by a few laughs and a free cuppa and biscuits.

“We have morning classes on weekdays across Noosaville, Cooroy and Cooran. We’ll also be adhering to Federal and State restrictions as they continue to lift.”

Andy Quick from Independence Movement is just one of a handful of qualified instructors who will lead the classes.

“These sessions are particularly great for reducing arthritic pain, improving balance and flexibility and for creating a great social hub for over 65s.

“As we age we tend to wind down on our physical exercise, so these gentle one-hour exercises are specifically designed to get seniors moving, taking into consideration common ailments such as arthritis and mobility.

“Afterwards, everyone comes together for

The program will be for Noosa Shire residents aged over 65 (50 years for Indigenous and Torres Straight Islander people) some morning or afternoon tea so it also becomes a great social outing which of course is good for general wellbeing.”

Ms Pattison said this new initiative is perfect for Noosa.

“It’s important that initiatives like this are available to our ageing population in Noosa.

“We really hope locals will commit to staying active and we encourage seniors in Noosa to come along and really make the most of what is on offer.

“For more information we encourage locals to visit our website where there is a new section dedicated to information just for seniors. It includes local and relevant information for seniors on health and wellbeing, transport, My Aged Care, volunteering and much more,” she said.

For more information visit www.noosa. qld.gov.au/seniors-1. The program is supported by the Federal Government’s Department of Health.

Meals on Wheels Weekly Roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels, beginning Monday 20 July to Friday 24 July.

Monday drivers Tony, Penny, Ray, Andrew, Sam, Rosemary, Michelle and Neil, Lorraine.

Kitchen: Martina, Stephen, Len, Geoff.

Tuesday drivers Bruce, Liz, Anne, Simone, Denise, Trina and Don, Barani and Peter, Cheryl.

Kitchen: Loz, Jo, Christine Wednesday drivers Hugh and Randal, Council, Liz and Lis, Lesley, Bronwyn and Nick, Evelyn and Maureen, Cheryl. Kitchen: Mary, Rob, Richard Thursday drivers Mark, Margaret, Ray, Donna and Julie, Justin, Sharon, Barani and Peter.

Kitchen: Christine, Vicki, Robyn, Jerry Friday drivers: Bruce, Cheryl, Fiona, Jean and Janet, Lynette, Sam and Kevin Driver needed for G run, Lucky Kitchen: David, Charlotte, Karyn, Geoff, Neil You can also check the roster on our website www.mealsonwheels-tewantin-noosa.org.au If you are unavailable or can do an extra run, please phone the kitchen on 5449-7659.

Dance Lessons resume Regular lessons recommence at Pomona Memorial Hall on Sunday, 19 July from 12:305:00pm for beginners to advanced.

Sadly, due to Covid 19 restrictions, singles will have to practise on their own unless they bring their own partner and supper cannot be supplied but participants can bring their own snacks for when we have a break. Phone or text Andrew on 0429 829 328.

Sunshine Social Club Sunshine Social Club has now resumed its Wednesday lunches. For more information and details, please phone Noeline on 5474 5231.

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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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Fishing options for all Options for everyone were in place this week.

We have had days of no wind and light swell which suited the offshore crew as we headed toward the full moon. This time of the month usually sees bigger swell and weather events taking place so it was nice to get a break.

With winter firmly in place the westerly winds made their presence known and this means the inshore reefs had calmer seas.

Sunshine was popular for anglers chasing snapper and pearlies before the monthly ban comes into effect on the 15 July for one month.

Snapper are a sucker for paternoster rigs with pilchards and squid baits. They also love soft plastics like the Gulp Squidvicious rigged on a 3/8th 4/0 jighead. This particular plastic has a lot of action which snapper are attracted to.

Other fish coming off this reef system include sweetlip, pearlies, moses perch and small cod species.

Beyond the local reef areas DI has also been a great place t go while the conditions allowed for the long trip. Those who went weren’t let down with some bigger snapper, pearlies, jewfish, spangled emperor. For those going into the deeper stuff then the big red emperor have been on the catch list with big slabs of mullet sent down as bait. These fish require some stopping and 60lb braid is about as light as you would want to go. Come take a look at the Wilson Live fibres for a great rod with the correct action for stopping such fish.

Surf fishing continues to draw the die hard jewie anglers out all along the coast. There have been some very sizable fish landed along the coast with fish reaching in excess of 120cm.

The most important thing when fishing baits for jew is to be patient and allow them time to take your bait before setting the hooks. Be sure to leave the snapper hooks at home and break out fine wire octopus hooks like the Mustad penetrator which ensure a solid hook up. Daytime fishing in the gutters is providing dart up to and over 40cm but these fish require longer rods and fresh baits of pipi, mullet and/ or beach worm.

The Noosa River continues to play host to a mixed bag of trevally, tailor, queenfish, jewfish, bream and flathead. These species are all viable lure targets and now is the time where small jigs, hardbodies, plastics, sickbaits and soft vibes will work a treat. If you have a fish on your bucket list and want to get one on a lure then be sure to ask us how, where and when to get one. The lower part of the river around Munna Bridge, Noosa Sound and Woods Bay will see trevally, queenfish and smaller tailor beating up the bait fish. Super light weighted bait will work well when the light is lower and the fish are in open water feeding. The early morning high tides are a great time to chase trevally, queenfish and tailor as they follow the bait fish that come in on the super high tides.

All along the front of Gympie Terrace to-

Fishing at North Reef with a handline, ‘Tunz’ hooked up on this cracker cobia going 128cm and weighing around the 12kg mark. It went for a yakka fillet Pictures: WWW.FISHINGNOOSA.COM.AU ward the marina you can expect to find trevally but also good flathead and whiting as well as bream. Bream will be making their way downstream preparing to spawn and can be found around the structure of boats and jetties. Casting small soft plastics on 1/20th jigheads will get them and with 6lb outfits they are a lot of fun as these fish are big. The flats around Cooroibah will hold small whiting which are a great target on the same bream gear but switch the sinker for a small Bassday Sugapen surface lure. Cast these into the shallows and skip them along the surface for some great top water action. The ski run has small schools of smaller jewies moving around. They can be hard to get the bite from but fishing on

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Fri 10 July 4:37 PM 0.50 m 11:15 PM 1.76 m

Fri 10Th July 5:57 aM 0.51 m 11:45 aM 1.27 m

Morning clouds 22 / 15 °C

saT 11 July 5:20 PM 0.61 m 11:53 PM 1.65 m

light showers.

More sun than clouds

6:07 PM

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1:37 PM 7:03 PM

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Mon 13 July

2:40 PM 8:12 PM

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Tue 14 July sunny 20 / 9 °C

Wed 15 July

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lure. Saratoga are still active and hitting surface stickbaits like the Jackson Risk bait and any other wide bodied lure. Be sure you use no less than 16lb leader as these fish will jump and bust you off. Have nets ready and you may be lucky to land one of these amazing fish!

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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the turn in the tide is a great time to have a go.

These fish love soft plastics and the smaller Powerbait nemesis has the right size and tail action these fish love.

Freshwater is still fishing very well and with water temps at over 19C the fish are still very much active in both Lake Macdonald and Borumba Dam. You should aim to sound around areas less than 6-8 meters deep with good structure for the bait to hold. The bass are feeding up and some are huge right now.

Slow rolled spoons, jigs and vibes is getting the bites. If using a jig then be sure to get some of the Atomic Trick Bitz assist hooks to turn your lure into a fish catching weapon. A simple slug like the Arma brass twist can make a deadly

4:33 PM 1.51 m 10:38 PM 0.89 m

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NP rescues highlighted Following many discussions held amongst the Lifeguards of Noosa, a report was forwarded to the State Operational Centre and a copy to Surfcom (their support group) based on the Gold Coast.

The purpose of the report, was to bring them up to date regarding the high number of rescues and incidents being performed and answered to, in the Noosa National Park region As a result, last week a team of five operators visited our district.

“The main objective, said senior Lifeguard Issacs Smith, “was that due to the increasing rescues and call outs in the National Park, we wanted to familiarise them with the area so that all involved from the headquarters end, will be more up to-date and aware of the region. Following this they viewed a very comprehensive power point slide and took part in a question and answer session.”

The slide session of the visit was hosted by the Noosa Surf Club and during this Chief Instructor Jonathan Donnelly made a major contribution.

“We felt that all involved were very happy with the result: for the headquarters group the information passed on would indeed make them more aware of the problems that we sometimes face in rescue situations in the Noosa National Park,” said Smith. In this Noosas Chief Instructor Donnelly was in complete agreement.

“Their visit,’’ said Donnelly, “really gave them a good look at the terrain. This made them more aware of problems such as radio communications in certain areas of the Park: this is of the most importance as loss of radio contact could be vital.”

Our Noosa lifeguards ably supported by the surf club, are to be congratulated for taking the tentative regarding this meeting. A major factor in the successful completion of a difficult (and sometimes dangerous) rescue, is always the response time; that is the time taken by the team on callout to arrive: be they be lifeguards, paramedics or police. For this to be kept to the minimum all possible information is required.

With the number of unpatrolled beaches in the National Park stretching from Noosa’s Main Beach to the beautiful but dangerous Alexandria Bay and our visitations on the increase, the response time is and always will always be of the most importance.

THEY’LL BE MISSED For the members of Sunshine Beach Surf Club and their supporters, last week was indeed somewhat unsettling.

On one occasion we lost Geoff Potter Life Member who passed away after a long illness and then the news that two-key personal, Craig Law club president and Scott Summers director of lifesaving, were stepping down from their positions.

For Craig it was a matter of time.

Since joining the club in 2005 he has not only held various positions, of the utmost importance in his club, but also did the same at both branch and state level.

This plus raising a family and his occupation as a police officer(officer in charge of our local dog squad based in Coolum, which often can require long hours and call outs) leaves little time for private family life around the Sunshine area.

Regarding director of surf lifesaving (club captain) Scott Summers, his stepping aside is a matter of work.

As on the 14 August he will depart his beloved club to commence work as a piolet in the South Australia helicopter company Aerotech Helicopters.

Joining Sunshine in 2001 his time has been somewhat full- on. His career prior to joining was that as a member of the Australian Army, in which on resigning, he held the rank of Major. Because of his background he quickly stepped into high positions including club captain and president and during his years he achieved many awards at both branch and state level.

To both Craig and Scott, we say many thanks for your loyalty and service and wish them good luck in the years ahead.

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Departing surf club officials Craig Law and Scott Summers with patron and Wide Bay MP Llew O’Brien (centre).

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We’re now AFL Central The NRL and AFL caravan shows roll on. Who would have thought that Queensland would become AFL central in any year under any circumstances. - (you just can never say never).

It has taken a while but suddenly we have the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns firing and giving us here in Queensland something more than the Qld Storm to celebrate.

It is testament to the patience shown in boardrooms; hard work and diligence put into creating a strong playing roster and excellent coaching that both the Lions and Suns are enjoying success.

I may be barking up the wrong tree but there are a few things there that a couple of Queensland NRL teams are probably wishing they had explored a little further.

While many Queenslanders are mourning the Broncos situation and the failure of the Titans and Cowboys to flatter you cannot escape the fact that we have witnessed some extraordinary football recently.

I doubt I have ever seen a more enthralling club game than the Storm Roosters clash last round. If you are a league enthusiast and that game did not get your blood pumping, I am gravely concerned for your well being.

Then there are the Panthers and Eels who after promising so much for so many seasons finally look to be delivering the goods.

The NRL rule changes have delivered us the fast and entertaining game we have been craving for several years. There have been a couple of controversial refereeing decisions but on the whole the sky hasn’t fallen in and the refs have in the main stepped up to the plate.

I can honestly say I wasn’t a big fan of the Captain’s challenge when it was mooted but captain’s appear to be giving thoughtful consideration to their challenges and some have shown a real talent for being Johnny on the Spot and getting their side out of a tricky situation that was not going their way with excellent challenges.

Now if we can just get the NRL judiciary sorted the game will be in a much better place.

I am appalled that Addin Fonua-Blake’s comments to the referee Grant Atkins in the Manly Newcastle game earned him what amounted to a slap on the wrist. His tirade was disparaging and disgusting and sets such an appalling example to out junior players. Congratulations, Ben Ikin for calling this out for what it is.

Then there was perennial bad boy Wests Tigers centre Joey Leilua who should find himself warning a seat on the sideline for a an even lengthier stint than four weeks after the shot he put on Dylan Edwards. Get it out of your game Leilua it’s not necessary.

Then topping it all off, we have the Penrith coach reacting childishly to a bit of stick from rival fans.

Can’t see Craig Bellamy, Wayne Bennett, Trent Robinson, Ricky Stuart or embattled Anthony Seibold to name just a few reacting by blowing kisses. Coaches are expected to be even more professional than their players. It’s the NRL not the school yard though sometimes I wonder.

(Note no mention of the Brisbane Broncos the woes of the club, team and coach - I simply have no words).

FLY NORTH FOR THE WINTER What’s not to love about heading north for the winter. Thousands of Vics do it every year - 2020 however is a little different. The grey nomads have been grounded but the AFL has rumbled into town joining the Melbourne Storm in a home away from home on the Sunshine Coast.

For AFL and Melbourne Storm fans it is almost Christmas in July. It’s certainly a warm July change for the AFL players from St Kilda and Carlton and many of their families who will be calling Noosa home for what is supposed to be July but could be an indefinite period and their Storm counterparts.

Four other AFL teams are set to make Queensland their temporary home, North Melbourne, Essendon, Western Bulldogs and Richmond will all become honorary

Artist Peter Mortimore had to overcome his fear of heights as he set up to transform the Dunedoo grain Silos into a tribute to Hugh Bowman, Winx and trainer Chris Waller. his fear of heights.”

Bowman who grew up on a property just outside Dunedoo recently travelled home to Dunedoo to check out on the progress of the mural and see what all the fuss was about. The artwork got the famous “She’s apples“ thumbs up from her jockey.

Local farmer Brett Yeo bought the town’s silos four years ago when grain company Graincorp sold off 72 of them throughout NSW. The project to paint the silos in Bowman’s honour received a $95,000 state government grant last year.

Peter Mortimore, the artist runs a gallery in Dorrigo and has been painting horses on canvas for 25 years but this project is by far his biggest and most challenging commission.

Mortimore said, “I had to work out how to take an A4 drawing and turn it into a 19-metre one.

The artist won’t be taking the easy option and using spray cans. After initially trying the technique he reverted to what he knows best and feels most comfortable with - a brush perhaps a larger one than normal.

As Winx fans await the birth of her first foal in the coming weeks, this tribute to the mighty mare is perhaps the largest yet.

The project which is well underway should take around six weeks to complete.

If you are a racing fan or a Winx tragic or merely a fan of murals on silos and things a detour to Dunedoo should be a must on the agenda next time you travel the New England Highway.

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As the Dunedoo mural nears completion Hugh Bowman spent time with the artist Peter Mortimore and his wife Carole. The champion hoop gave the artwork the “She’s Apples” thumbs up we came to associate with the mighty Winx Queenslanders but none should expect too many favours from the Lions and Sun’s fan base. Melbourne Storm however might be received much better giving NRL fans north of the border something to smile about in what is a tough season for Queenslanders The AFL teams will be playing at the Gabba and Metricon and travelling to Sydney for away games.

As Melbourne and Victoria heads into lock down this week I doubt there will be many players complaining to loudly about relocating.

While the AFL players are no doubt trying to get their heads around being uprooted the Melbourne Storm appear to have settled nicely into Sunshine Coast life. Melbourne Storm officials have already held talks with the Sunshine Coast Council with a view to playing some games out of Bokarina.

The first clash could be as early as July 17 when the Storm are due to play the Gold Coast Titans. What a marvellous opportunity to showcase the Sunshine Coast Stadium with the Intrust Super Cup and the local sunshine Coast League seasons both cancelled.

Storm coach Craig Bellamy has already

indicated a preference to play all Melbourne Storm games at the Stadium. It is a big nod to the standard of the Stadium.

The Sunshine Coast Stadium was set to host two NRL fixtures in the initial NRL draw pre Covid-19. The Cronulla Sharks were to play the Cowboys and the Warriors were set to clash with the Rabbitohs so the facility has already ticked all the requirement boxes of the NRL. What a great thing for Rugby League starved patrons on the Sunshine Coast is the powerbrokers can make this happen.

SHE’S APPLES ALWAYS If you accept the challenge of painting a silo it’s probably best that you are not afraid of heights. It is a point that talented equine artist Peter Mortimore are decide to take on the task of painting a silo it is probably best The popular equine who has been tasked with immortalising champion mare Winx and jockey Hugh Bowman and champion trainer Chris Waller on silos at Dunedoo in western New South Wales perhaps should have given real thought to.

After spending days 19 metres above the ground in a basket swaying in the breeze as he works Mortimore says he has “overcome

The Queensland Government has announced it is extending community funding for sport to assist kids to get back in their game of choice in 2020.

Parents will be able to apply for $150 Fair Play vouchers. The vouchers can be used to offset a variety of costs including registration fees, uniforms, or a variety of other costs associated with getting kids back into sport with a registered activity provider. There is a limit of one voucher per child per year. If you have already applied and received a round two voucher the expiry date has been extended until November.

The new round of applications opened on July 3 and close on October 7. Vouchers must be presented to an activity provider by November 11 and must be redeemed by activity providers by November 25 2020.

A comprehensive list of organisations across the length and breadth of the entire Sunshine Coast regions registered as eligible users of the Fair Play Voucher system can be easily accessed on the Queensland Government website under the Find a FairPlay voucher activity provider tab.

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Suncoast Spinners offer rugby for all People living with quadriplegia and other disabilities will have access to competitive sport on the Sunshine Coast, some for the very first time, following a Federal Government grant for Sippy Downs club Suncoast Spinners.

The $243,140 grant will pay for the creation of a Wheelchair Rugby program to add to the Club’s existing Wheelchair Basketball activities.

Fisher MP Andrew Wallace said that Suncoast Spinners was one of only 57 successful applicants out of the more than 850 who applied for the $19 million Driving Social Inclusion through Sport and Physical Activity Program.

“Suncoast Spinners have been absolute leaders in creating practical, no-nonsense ways to get people who live with a disability, and those able-bodied, involved in sport and social activities together,” Mr Wallace said.

Wheelchair rugby is an intense, physical

team sport for male and female athletes with quadriplegia. There is currently no access to team sport for people with quadriplegia available on the Sunshine Coast.

The proposed program will run one weekly two-hour session, free of charge, for two years, with the aim of developing a local competition and increasing social and physical activities for participants.

“I have joined Suncoast Spinners to play basketball with some of the members in the past and I can tell you that wheelchair sport is a great way for anyone to stay fit,” Mr Wallace said.

The grant will pay for five new specialist wheelchair rugby chairs, venue hire, marketing and administration of the program for two years.

To create a truly inclusive program, Suncoast Spinners will adopt the Club’s Reverse Inclusion approach, encouraging people

without a disability to participate in wheelchair sports. This approach increases social inclusion as well as driving greater social integration and larger membership, ultimately further increasing sporting opportunities for people who live with disability.

Wide Bay MP Llew O’Brien encouraged people from Noosa and further afield to participate in the program.

Suncoast Spinners president and dual paralympic medallist Dr Bridie Kean said: “As an organisation we’re committed to increasing inclusive sporting opportunities for people with a disability in our region. We’ve had previous success in doing so through Wheelchair Basketball. The opportunity to expand to Wheelchair Rugby enables even greater participation options for people with all levels of ability in our region.”

The club is planning to begin the program at the start of 2021

The St Kilda Football Club touch down on the Sunshine Coast as they relocate their Melbourne team to Noosa due to a spike in Covid-19 cases in their state.

Saints fly in The AFL’s St Kilda Football Club has relocated its Melbourne-based operation to Noosa as the Covid-19 outbreak spikes in their state.

The club posted a photo on their Instagram, letting fans know that they “touched down in Queensland”.

The team is in lockdown for 14 days at the RACV Resort in Noosa.

All 45 players, plus coaches, football staff and family members, will be in Noosa for at least the next month as part of the AFL’s plan to keep Season 2020 alive.

New ‘groovy’ play space for active youth Back to sport after Covid For 12-year-old Peregian Springs twin sisters Emily and Hannah Azzopardi, Sunshine Coast Council’s newly upgraded play space is the perfect spot to hang out after school or on the weekends.

“Having our own skate park in Peregian Springs means we can ride our scooters close to home without having to ask mum or dad to drive us somewhere else,” Emily said.

“I like that it has really bright colours and artwork, which makes it a cool place to spend time.”

Hannah said she planned to meet her friends on-site to enjoy a game of netball or basketball.

“It’s awesome. You can either play sport or relax with your friends or family. I think kids of all ages are going to love spending time here.”

The second and final stage of the Peregian Springs Multipurpose Active Play Space included new skate elements, pathways and landscaping, to complement the existing basketball/netball court and barbecue area.

The project occurred as a result of the Peregian Springs community requesting a new play area for older children to be active outdoors.

Sunshine Coast Council Division 9 Councillor Maria Suarez said the upgraded healthy, smart and creative facility was a welcome addition to the area.

“I know lots of local families have wasted no time and were using the play space as soon as the construction mesh was removed,” Cr Suarez said.

“It’s a great location to take the kids for a barbecue on the weekend while letting them ride, skate, scoot, play and explore.”

Cr Suarez said active play offered young people a wide-range of benefits, allowing them to engage in exercise and boost their wellbeing while having a great time.

The Peregian Springs Multipurpose Active Play Space is located at 222 The Avenue, Peregian Springs.

Parents and carers are reminded that due to Covid-19 restrictions, attendee numbers are limited at playgrounds and strict social distancing must be followed. Stay 1.5 metres apart and stay at home if you are unwell.

Peregian Springs twin sisters Emily and Hannah Azzopardi have given the new play space their tick of approval.

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Sports-mad Queensland kids are returning to the playing fields and the State Government is giving more help to meet the costs.

From tomorrow a fresh round of $150 Fair Play vouchers will be available.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was timed to coincide with the resumption of full contact community sport.

“We know the devastating impact of this worldwide pandemic,” the Premier said.

“But we also know the benefits of playing sport.

“These vouchers not only help struggling families but also provide a mini-stimulus for the economy.

“It’s all part of our plan to help the economy recover and get life back to normal as much as possible.”

Sport Minister Mick de Brenni said the bank balance was looking a bit different for some mums and dads now, but the Palaszczuk Government won’t let disadvantaged kids and their clubs miss out.

“I can’t thank enough the Queensland volunteers running local clubs who’ve been superb in operating under Covid Safe requirements to keep their players and members safe throughout Stages 1 and 2 of our Roadmap to easing restrictions.

“It’s because of their great effort that we will now see the return of competition, including community AFL, with over 12,000 kids ready and raring to pick up the Sherrin.”

AFL Queensland CEO Dean Warren is thrilled to see footy back.

“It is a wonderful result to see games kicking off again on July 10,” he said.

“It is a true testament to the resilience and optimism of our clubs, officials and volunteers, who have done a tremendous job managing this challenging time, getting players back on the fields,” Mr Warren said.

“AFL Queensland has been focused on ensuring we are providing a safe and well-prepared environment for our players to return.

All of our clubs have been incredibly well organised and responsive to the protocols required to get our game back safely.

Mr de Brenni said there were more than 4,500 clubs registered to receive the 73,000 FairPlay vouchers on offer.

The special Covid-19 round opens after more than 4,000 clubs received Covid SAFE Active Clubs Kickstart funding of $2,000 which closed last week.

The Active Restart Infrastructure Recovery Fund will open in the next few weeks to further support the economic recovery of clubs with up to $20,000 toward infrastructure projects.

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From heavens to the seas It was in October 2011 that Scott Summers first walked through the doors of the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club, signed the necessary papers and commenced training for his bronze medallion. Prior to that the month of August had been, to put it politely for the Summers family, one hell of a month.

“During that month in one period of 72 hours, I spent the most hectic time of my life: I obtained a new job, signed the necessary papers ,enrolled the kids in St. Thomas More, bought a house and then returned to base and resigned my commission as a Major in the Australian Army.”

Now after some 19 years that can only be termed as a very successful career in lifesaving, Scott will take his family, wife Kathryn, son Liam and daughter Sophie, and travel to South Australia where he will commence a new career flying a Blackhawk helicopter with Aerotech Helicopters for the purpose of firefighting.

He commenced his military career in August 1991and after finishing basic training he was posted to the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment as an infantry paratrooper. This was to be an army career that was somewhat unique: he joined the ranks as a private and on the day of his resignation held the rank of Major. “This sometimes became something of a help amongst the diggers as they realised, starting as a private and finishing as a major, I would have been through some tough times. I remember,” he said with a laugh, “during basic training as a paratrooper, we were young and a bit scared, and we jumped with our eyes closed; so we referred to these as our night jumps.”

“It was in 95, that being good with my hands and wanting to learn more, I transferred to RAEME as an aircraft technician, working on engines and airframes of helicopters. His next step was in 98 when he was required to pass selection tests. A pass would enable him to commence training as an SSO (Special Services Officer) Army helicopter piolet; and in this he was successful.

“There were 22 sat and only 9 passed: it gave us something to be proud of.”

Then came many more months of advanced training: first at Tamworth, then Canberra and it was there that in 99, he met Kathryn his future wife. This was followed by a further six months of training for operational conversion to the Blackhawk. As you can imagine this was very full on-- -all up we did a total of eighteen months; that’s how it had to be.” Then after a short time in Townsville he was deployed on his first tour of duty in East Timor. “This was to be the first of several deployments (20002005) to East Timor and P N G for peace keeping. East Timor was really good for we experienced altitude training and what it was like to fly Blackhawks.”

Then came 2006 and the month of August-it was the big one. Afghanistan. “There we were working for five months at our base camp in Kandahar. There were troops from all nations: Americans, Dutch, Canadians and many others, all working for a common goal. One mission, involving Australian Chinooks, American Blackhawks and Apache helicopters and multiple fixed wing air support, was given to me to plan. Our mission was to remove a person of high value: it was a success and as a result I was given an American flag that was on the dash of one of the Chinooks used in the mission. I still have it as a prized possession : a great example of team work at its best.”

In 2007 he was back in Australia and stationed in Sydney with the rank of Captain. Following this another posting, where there was and probably still is, a high level of compliance and readiness: “understandably, all is highly confidential.” Then in 2011 it became time for the now Major Scott Summer, to think family. On joining Sunshine Beach Surf club, he settled in quickly because he saw three similar virtues: loyalty service and mateship.

During his years in Sunshine the most memorable would have to be 2016/17, for as

Scott Summers he explains, “Everything seemed to happen.”

In 2016 he was awarded the Clive Hammond Silver Medal, 2017 the Clive Hammond Gold (both for outstanding service.) Also, in 17 he won the Queensland Support Officer of the Year and this was followed by the outstanding double; both Queensland and Australian Life Saver of the Year. “However, I finished the year

with a thud for I suffered a major stroke: happy to say all is now back to normal.”

For Scott this new career, will be an interesting challenge. “For one” he said, “we will be flying the famous Blackhawk helicopter with firebombing water tanks attached underneath.

This Blackhawk will be the first in Australia to be privately owned: all others have been on a

leasing agreement from the USA. “Also of major interest the fire-bombing tanks, now known as the Halite Fire Tanks which have now been successfully marketed in the USA, were designed and successfully manufactured in the Helitak factory at Leo Road Noosaville. This is something that all our community should take pride.”

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Pro surfing in all its glory, Huntington Beach.

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Last gasp for pro surfing?

Right now we should be watching the world tour event at Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa, the one that signals that the tour is on the home straight. Right now we should be looking at the rankings after the first five events and working out who’s got a shot at a world title this year and what they have to do to win it.

But of course we are doing no such thing. If you go to the World Surf League website and seek out the calendar in the midst of the lifestyle clickbait clutter, you’ll see that the five events that should have already happened have been “postponed”, while J-Bay, Tahiti, the Surf Ranch, Hossegor, Peniche and Pipeline are still “upcoming”. This is wild-eyed optimism at best, or perhaps a sign that the WSL has simply given up on its core business to concentrate on content creation.

Either way it’s a complete hoax because there is no chance of any WCT event running this year, and the way the Covid numbers are running right now, 2021 might be in jeopardy too. Apart from a handful of qualifiers, the only world tour event of 2020 will be February’s season-opening Noosa Longboard Pro, won by Joel Tudor and Kelis Kaleopaa in rubbish peaks at West Beach. The 44-year-old Californian and the 15-year-old Hawaiian may therefore be surfing’s only world champions of 2020.

It is quite bizarre to think that for the first time since the original world tour of professional surfing was instigated in 1976, the big league, the World Championship Tour, will not happen. Only once in all those years, when America recoiled in horror from 9/11 in 2001, was even part of the tour cancelled. I was running the Quiksilver Pro France at the time, and frankly I couldn’t believe it when Rabbit Bartholomew and Peter Whittaker phoned to tell me that the surfers had voted to cancel the European and Hawaiian legs and stay home, and that CJ Hobgood was therefore world champion.

But even more bizarre than the WSL’s handling of the Covid cancellation is the reaction of the surfing world at large to the disappearance of pro surfing. Posting on Swellnet last week, editor Stu Nettle made the comparison 42 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 10 July, 2020

Water police in action. between surf fans and football tragics thus: “Even deep into lockdown and against all medical advice, many football fans argued for the return of their code. Paraphrasing fans across all codes and countries, it was ‘essential for a return to normality’. I’m yet to hear a single surfing fan make the same emphatic appeal. Some surfers may miss the office diversion, or the opportunity to ogle great surfers in great waves, but a necessity? Not on your life.”

Stu was by no means the only surf scribe to note the overwhelming evidence on social media platforms around the world that while surfers are currently buying more surfboards and catching more waves than ever before, they don’t really give a damn about not seeing the top 36 in action every few weeks. As a world tour tragic myself - not every heat but far too many, drawing the line only at the wave pool event - I have to say I was surprised at how little so many surfers cared about their sport’s shop window. Maybe it’s because we haven’t had a true homegrown men’s champ

Picture: ANGUS KEMP since Mick Fanning (although Steph Gilmore has flown the flag for the girls), but many surfers seem to feel a resentment towards the fat cat commodification of their passion.

If pro surfing falters and fails, as it well might, in this country there will be more cheers than tears. I find that just a little odd.

Meanwhile, if the WSL’s constant repetition of great title races of the past isn’t rocking your boat, you may be more interested in the Nine Network/Surfing Australia collaboration “Rivals”, a 13-part reality series in which a bunch of great Aussie surfers (several of them seriously underrated) compete against each other by surfing their home breaks.

So we have Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson and Dean Morrison surfing Snapper Rocks, air-king Josh Kerr doing D-bah, Bede Durbidge at Straddie, Bottle Thompson at Burleigh, Danny Wills at Broken Head, Kai Otton at a mysto South Coast slab, and so on. They are each judged on a two-hour session, and every surfer except Coffs legend Shaun Cansdell has

got their heat in the can as I write.

I don’t want to be a spoiler, but given the conditions we’ve had in SEQ the last couple of months, I’m pretty sure the title is going to a Queenslander. Rivals screens on Nine early in August.

Stop the river hoons If Noosa really is in danger of being “loved to death”, the evidence is nowhere more compelling than on the river during holiday time.

There are so many “river rat” hoons breaking every rule in the book that there is little safe space for anyone without a motorized toy.

While paddling a SUP in the no wake zones of the Sound and Weyba Creek this past week, I saw too many near misses involving children and oldies on kayaks and canoes, and caused by young hoons in tricked-up tinnies.

Maritime Safety Queensland is alert to the problem and so are the water cops, so let’s hope something can be done. Angus Kemp posted this shot on Facebook of the Water Police in action on the first weekend of the holidays.

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NOOSA BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY MATTERS ERLE LEVEY THE Queensland borders opening on 10 July will be a much-needed boost for Noosa’s accommodation houses and provide a long-needed break for many of the area’s southern friends.

Tom Offermann of Tom Offermann Real Estate said it was no secret that a lot of Noosa real estate buyers come from interstate so it will have a positive effect on the property market.

“It’s generally perceived that there are more southerners buying in Noosa than there really is, when in fact only about 30 per cent of the people who purchased in Noosa last year prior to Covid didn’t come from Queensland.

“Around five per cent of buyers are coming from overseas, mostly expats, with the majority of those coming from Asia.

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A busy Hastings Street on Saturday morning. prestige property. Recent events in Hong Kong are likely to drive more expats to invest back home.’’

Mr Offermann said Australians were making alternative plans for their future recreational needs with overseas trips out of the question for a long time.

“Holiday homes and apartments have come under pressure with available stocks quite depleted, and sure to come under increasing pressure with the borders opening.

“Prices have risen and Noosa now has the highest median unit value in the state of $800,000.

“This year we sold apartments for $9 million and $14 million on the Noosa beachfront which would have contributed to the rising median price.

“There has been a historically low supply of properties over recent months but we are now just past the bottom of that shortage cycle.

“A growing number of property owners are bringing their properties onto the market to coincide with the opening of borders and the spring market which is not too far away now.’’

Laguna Real Estate principal Olivier Miller said bookings had gone from every holiday property the agency managed being available to being totally booked.

“When the coronavirus pandemic sunk in during March we had $500,000 worth of holiday bookings immediately cancelled,’’ she said.

“For March, April, May and most of June, that part of the business was cut from healthy to zero.

“We refunded everyone their bookings rather than keep the deposit. That was good client relations.

“As a result the 100 properties we manage are now virtually completely booked.

“The properties range from one-bedroom apartments to two and three-bedroom units, and up to significant four and fivebedroom house on Noosa Sound and at Noosa Waters.

“We were going from every property being available to being totally booked.

“That carries through for the school holidays. There are no Victorians or New Zealanders but everyone seems to be making their way up.

“There are solid bookings through to summer and Christmas is looking absolutely fantastic. I suggest people make plans now if they are intending to come.’’

Ms Miller said the weather in Noosa

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has been amazing in recent months, contributing to the holiday numbers.

“People are so eager to get out, which is why Noosa fares so well.

“The air temperature in winter is 21degrees and it’s the same with the water.’’

While holiday rentals took a real hiding due to the Covid-19 pandemic they are showing immediate recovery, Ms Miller said.

“We don’t have to do much to attract visitors. Noosa speaks for itself. As a result of the rental situation our real estate inquiries are expected to flow on. That’s the benefit of three offices in town ... it’s a captive market. We are desperate for listings. Now is the best time to sell.

“I cannot believe the numbers of multiple offers we have been receiving on residential properties.

“If you have the right stock at the right price, buyers do their figures and negotiations follow easily.

“Noosa has got everything. There is something for everybody and it still has got value.

“While our prices have done well, Noosa is still affordable.’’

With the Queensland border set to reopen on 10 July, flights from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney are set to resume.

A new direct flight route between Cairns and the Sunshine Coast will also start this month.

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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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With sparkling almost 360-degree views, dramatic sunrises and salty air, the magnetic pull of this ultra-luxe penthouse is undeniable. Poised north, there’s no finer position, even from the roof terrace jacuzzi, to capture the most incredibly wide panorama of the Noosa River, the Noosa National Park and hinterland, plus the Coral Sea, where it laps the sands of Double Island Point. A magical location on the coconut palm-fringed waterfront.

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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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Looking for an alluring showstopper apartment? This cool calming haven oozes sleek style, offers alfresco living on the wrap-around balcony and is blessed with impeccable wide waterway views including the nature reserve on the far side. Perfectly located on the Noosa River foreshore, it is in a small culde-sac, close to everything Noosa Heads including nationally recognised restaurants at Quamby Place and Hastings Street.

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3 sAilfish Court N o o S Av i L L e Stroll to the Noosa River along the canal front, from this idyllic single level home with a sunny nor-east aspect, renovated interiors, room for the boat or caravan and low maintenance gardens. Catering to small families, empty nesters or retirees, 3 Sailfish Ct gives nothing away from the street, but offers everything to you once you’re home and ready to relax.

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49 BushlAnds driVe N o o S Av i L L e Renovated to provide contemporary elegance and an open floor plan, this single level home at the end of a cul-de-sac sits on an 849sqm site. With schools, and shops nearby plus a public bus stop just 100m away, retirees and families have an easy lifestyle with so much available nearby. A 20m forest boundary creates privacy plus a relaxing view from the pool or jacuzzi.

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FREE-STANDING TOWNHOME WITH POOL DOES the desirability of enjoying absolute serenity and seclusion, as you soak up the winter sun from your north-easterly facing terrace and garden fringed by sub-tropical natives, sound tempting? What about thoughts of jumping into the pool next spring and entertaining friends and family alfresco?

The great outdoors is just one of the many attributes of this free-standing townhome in La Vita, an enclave of just four.

It is all about a modern aesthetic, cool coastal vibe, high ceilings, louvres, a bright white palette, and light sandy-hued porcelain tiles, which spill into the over generous living and dining spaces from the front entrance hall. Banks of sliders complete the seamless transition to outside.

The kitchen would appeal to every keen cook and party-giver. Stone covers the bench tops including the island/breakfast bar, cabinetry is 2-pac with glass doors on the upper cupboards, and windows are part features of the splashback.

There’s access from the kitchen to the laundry and drying area from the hallway, as well as the garage.

On this level also is a bedroom which has an easy access walk-through bathroom, fitted with handrails.

The staircase with timber treads, complemented by marine ply wire and timber balustrading, has the bonus of a custom-built chair/stair lift.

Upstairs - also with a north-easterly aspect - are the carpeted king and queen

master suites with large balconies, both facing north-easterly on one side and either east or south on the other. Stone-tiled ensuites are commensurate in size with the larger having a deep spa bath and a double vanity unit. Mirrored robes have air racking shelves and heaps of storage.

The study/media room could double as a guest room.

“The location of this free-standing townhome with pool, is second to none,“ explains Tom Offermann Real Estate agent

Chris Miller. “This is an estate finalisation auction for the downsizer, unretiring and savvy investor who will not compromise on privacy and space, yet want to be in the centre of convenience in much soughtafter Noosaville. Leash-free Weyba Creek Park, Noosa River and Gympie Terrace’s ’Little Eat Street’, Noosa Village shopping precinct, Noosa Farmers Market, numerous cafes and essential services are nearby.“

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UNINTERRUPTED WATER VIEWS, FIVE MINUTES TO HASTINGS STREET 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 laidback alternative has those jawdroppingly 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-robe would suit a fashionista. Two queen-size bedrooms with built-in robes share a bathroom.

Serious swimmers and sun worshippers need only take a short pathway to the residents only glimmering aqua lap 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: Apt 1521 ‘The Terraces’ - Parkridge, 1 Lakeview Rise NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Inspect: Open Saturday 11am-11.30am and Wednesday 3pm-3.30pm Auction: Saturday 25 July, at noon Contact: Agent Julie Bengtsson 0418 980 247, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE, NOOSA HEADS, 5449 2500

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BEAUTIFUL HOME WITH HANDY STUDIO IF you have been searching for an immaculate entertainer with a seamless indoor/outdoor flow or a modern singlelevel residence to enjoy your later years, then your wait is over.

This well-appointed and impeccable home offers the perfect easy care lifestyle where a stroll to the river can become one of your everyday activities.

A floor plan bursting with multiple lifestyle choices, the main home boasts three bedrooms, the generous master with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe, open-plan living and the added benefit of a freestanding fully equipped studio, perfect as a fourth bedroom for an older child, home office or simply a space to give your visitors their own privacy.

A functional open-plan layout includes a north-facing aspect, high ceilings, ample windows and sliding doors for cross ventilation together with a neutral colour scheme throughout lends itself to whichever style of furniture you please.

The spacious living area meets the outdoor entertaining and pool area via sliding doors.

The substantial north-facing undercover

surrounded at the rear by parklands.

An adjoining pathway makes it an easy walk or bike ride to the Noosa River and Gympie Terrace restaurants and cafes as well as being a short distance from the

entertaining area will be the centre of activities when entertaining family and friends.

This home occupies a very private and level position in Northrise Estate as it is

Noosa Civic Shopping Centre and Good Shepherd Lutheran School.

The home is a safe haven for both children and pets with easy and lowmaintenance tropical gardens. â—?

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EX-PM’S $17M BUY AT SUNSHINE BEACH

BY ERLE LEVEY AT a time when the world is resetting due to the Covid-19 pandemic a Sunshine Beach house has sold for $17m.

The sale to former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein is a sign of confidence in the Noosa property market.

The spectacular seven-bedroom beachfront house was originally built by tennis great Pat Rafter.

Dowling Neylan’s Karen Harman negotiated the sale to the former PM and his wife, a successful business owner.

The negotiations took place over a short space of time in May, when Australia was in the middle of the pandemic lockdown.

Ms Harman has built a reputation for her knowledge and discretion in Noosa property in her 30 years in the industry.

“The sale comes at a time when the world is re-evaluating priorities … people want to be in a feel-good place “Like Capri or St Moritz, there is only one Noosa,’’ she said.

Specialising on Noosa’s eastern beaches, Ms Harman said it was a matter of understanding what the real values were at a time such as this.

“What we are really delighted about is that Therese has made a decision to make a considerable investment here when she could have invested abroad. This has helped put confidence back into the local property values.’’

Another agent had the property listed for $20m for a number of months before Ms Harman was introduced to the owner of the property by a mutual acquaintance.

“Not knowing coronavirus would happen, he was asking if I had potential buyers,’’ she said. “And I did.

“Therese and Kevin Rudd have had a beach house at Noosa for about 10 years.

“I enjoy working with Therese and am very grateful for her business.

“I very much respect her privacy.’’

The negotiations suited the sellers, Noosa business people David and Louise Hales, who will move to a waterfront home to cater for their young family.

The Sunshine Beach house is in a prime position. The views are spectacular.

“It’s so hard to get land where you can build that size and there are now stricter set-backs from the beach,’’ Ms Harman said.

“Pat Rafter did a great job on the design of the house and the quality of the build.’’

David and Louise Hales bought the property in May 2018 for a reported $15.2million. Walls, floors, painting and electronics have since been upgraded.

The H-shaped home provides two wings, with spectacular entry, swimming pool and beautiful oak timber floors upstairs.

“It offers privacy and security,’’ Ms Harman said. “You can walk everywhere in Sunshine Beach, and it’s so close to the national park.

“The elevation and proximity to the sand is hard to beat.’’

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Dowling Neylan’s Karen Harman negotiated the sale.

Former PM Kevin Rudd and wife Therese Rein paid $17m for Pat Rafter’s beach house.

environmentally attractive.’’

A lot of off-market sales are going through in all sections of the market, Ms Harman said.

“Stock levels are low but that could change with the borders being lifted.’’

For Kevin Rudd, he is pleased to be back on the Sunshine Coast.

Having grown up on the family farm at Eumundi, he went on to attend Nambour High School before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981 and entering Federal Parliament in 1998. ●

The sold within a week of the agent meeting with the sellers and 24 hours of it being listed.

Ms Harman said that it seemed like a trend where people were wanting to make a move during the worst of the pandemic lockdown.

“When others were looking negatively at the economy, Noosa was saying look at us.

“We are seeing a continuing trend of expats and southerners who may have had holiday places here but the coronavirus is expediting their plans to secure a base.

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HAMPTONS STYLE AT SUNSHINE BEACH From page 2 When it comes to location, Sunshine Beach is pretty much as good as it gets.

You have a highly-walkable village and beach from all areas yet still close to schools, sporting facilities and the national park.

Michael McComas of Tom Offermann Real Estate is taking a captivating fivebedroom, three-bathroom house with pool at 39 Solway Dve to auction on Saturday, July 18.

The two-level house is handy to the village as well as Noosa Junction.

It offers privacy and calming living spaces that seamlessly open to the alfresco and pool.

The Hampton’s style renovation has a sunny north aspect with timber deck, poinciana tree and lawn area.

The blue lap pool with waterfall end wraps around the house to a beach entry at the rear.

A picture window of the pool provides a serene outlook from the kitchen.

“It’s a stunning home,’’ Mr McComas said. “We have been getting good groups through.

“There has been a large amount of inquiry right from the first week of it being on the market.’’

And it’s a good spread of interstate, expats, specifically from Hong Kong, and locals.

“The owners are professional developers so it is meticulously presented,’’ Mr McComas said.

“The feedback has been very good from those who have inspected.’’

There has been a lot more activity in town due to the Queensland school holidays, according to Mr McComas.

“People do buy people off the window displays,’’ he said. “Passive buyers are generally the ones who will make decisions.

“For us, when we moved here it took a week to find a place. Otherwise it was either rent or pitch a tent.

“After four days we had still not decided, but on the fifth we bought and on the sixth day we left.

“We had already sold in Burleigh so within eight weeks we had moved in.’’

The auction is at 10am on 18 July.

A MATTER OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND Continuing her 100 per cent success rate with auctions, Lauren Chen sold the fourbedroom, two-bathroom house with pool at 28 Myles St, Tewantin, under the hammer in June.

With four registered bidders, the Tom Offermann Real Estate agent saw the property go for $880,000.

There was a Melbourne bidder on the phone and three locals, she said.

“It showed there were buyers when people said it was hard.

“The lack of properties available and continued levels of demand through Coronavirus has kept Noosa buoyant.

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Hamptons style - 39 Solway Drive Sunshine Beach. as well. Sales since the Covid lockdown have been well over $100 million with an average of $1.4 million.”

Now Ms Chen has been receiving strong interest on the renovated three-bedroom, two-bathroom house with pool at 3 Sailfish Ct, Noosaville, that is set for auction on Saturday, August 1, at 11am.

Along with 15 groups at the first open for inspection, there have been some private inspections along with internet and phone inquiries.

SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDER The market in Sunshine Beach is excellent.

Open houses are getting busier and busier with lots of South-east Queenslanders and locals looking to buy.

Sunshine Beach Real Estate principal Pip Covell said calls were coming in from Sydney and Melbourne too.

“Listings are very scarce so if anyone has been unsure about listing their property I would advise now is a good time as no competition.’’

Together with Kathy Wise, Ms Covell is marketing a three-bedroom, two-bathroom, apartment 1/33 Elanda Street, Sunshine Beach.

“What is not to love about unit 1 Trieste,’’ she said.

“Architecturally very pleasing, great floor plan, so close to the village and beach ... and there is a secret pathway at the top of the street to the cafes and shops.

“The three-bed unit is in excellent condition so no work is needed, and it features great size decks and a sunny rear courtyard.

“You have the benefit of two car spaces and a lift.’’

The expansive end apartment in the elegant complex is on the ground floor.

It features split system air-conditioning, privacy shutters, delightful juliet balcony

overlooking the lush gardens.

The property is being marketed at $985,000.

FIRST TIME TO MARKET SINCE ’70S The property has not been presented to the market since the Weyba Estate was launched in the 1970s.

A two-bedroom, one-bathroom house on 718sq m at 24 Sunset Dve, Noosa Heads, is being taken to auction on July 25 by Kate Cox of Reed & Co. So she said it was a chance to take advantage of not just the position but the price.

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a cottage that you could live in or rent while you work out the new plans to build the dream family home.”

Little wonder that Kate has had internet and phone inquiries since it was listed last Friday evening.

And it’s in line with what’s been happening in the market.

“Once June hit it was like coronavirus never existed.

“The hesitation of April-May has gone.

“We have had a number of sales that have been sight unseen, and the sales have been across all ranges.

“Not one sector of the market, it’s all the market ... Tewantin to the waterfront.

It’s been good everywhere.

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RADIATING SUBTLE SOPHISTICATION 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 pristine condition.

Double garage. 6kW solar power and 25,000 litre water tank.

This opportunity won’t last long. Book your inspection today. ●

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GORGEOUS VILLA, GOLF COURSE VIEWS PRIVATE, tranquil and absolutely beautiful, 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

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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 is a good-sized laundry, renovated powder room, double garage and a separate garage for golf cart. Upstairs there are 3 generous bedrooms, the master with ensuite and walk-in robe and the other two sharing a large bathroom. Currently, one bedroom doubles as a study.

Very few come along to compare to this home.

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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.

Beautifully built four bedrooms (one as a study) all ensuite home has high ceilings of up to four metres.Dining and entertaining areas compliment the open plan kitchen, with five metres of benchtops and six metres of storage.

The outdoor kitchen area is on the northeastern side of the home and features a BBQ with wok burner, stone benchtops, sink and fridge, ceiling fans and sound system.

The Living Room connects to the patio which has views of course.Guest powder room. Ducted air conditioning with

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Sparkling 2 metres deep pool with water feature and lighting.Double garage with separate garage for golf cart.

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PRIME POSITION IN NOOSAVILLE BUDGET Noosaville buying can be yours!

Walk to everything! Conveniently located near the ever popular Noosa River / Noosaville precinct, fully furnished town house.

This unit will suit holiday makers, people who want a convenient weekender and investor alikes Open plan, with indoor/outdoor living means you will be able to take advantage of the wonderful climate.

Swim and relax by one of the three pools, enjoy a wine on your outdoor patio or across the road while overlooking the beautiful Noosa River.

You can buy a lifestyle the envy of all.

You will have easy access to Noosa River, Noosa Yacht Club, Gympie Terrace, restaurants, shops, transport, medical services, Noosa’s iconic Hastings Street, National Park and the attractions for which Noosa is famous. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 26 “Ivory Palms”, 73 Hilton Terrace, NOOSAVILLE Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Price: $310,00.00 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Tanya Taylor 0400 220 580 and Greg Smith 0418 758 465, SELECT NOOSA REAL ESTATE, SUNSHINE BEACH, 5473 7888 18 NOOSA TODAY

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View Wed 15th 12-12.45pm

Rare Architect Designed Residence. Views Over Lake Doonella – Old Tewantin • 4 big bedrooms + study (5th bedroom) • His and Her walk in robes • 3 bathrooms + powder room • Spacious kitchen with granite benchtop & gas cooktop • A mix of polished concrete and hardwood timber flooring • Pool, spa and BBQ area • Huge triple remote garaging with high garage doors

4A 3B 3C

Offered for the 1st time in over 20 years is this rare, architecturally designed residence with views over Lake Doonella on 1014 m2 at the end of a quiet, safe cul-de-sac in an exceptionally convenient location.

“Old Tewantin” is the most popular Tewantin precinct for buyers and historically shows consistent capital growth.

View Sat 11th 10-10.45am 2A 2B 1C

• Attention astute investors & first home buyers!

Sunshine Beach 5/4-6 Hill Street

• Walk to the beach, Sunshine Beach Village And Surf Club • 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms • Single Remote Lock up garage, pool in small complex

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Tewantin 39 Shields Street ~Auction 8 Aug 2020 onsite 1pm Greg Smith 0418 758 465 Tanya Taylor 0400 220 580

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Modern Townhouse Living, So Close to the Beach & Village!

• Live the beachside lifestyle the envy of all!!

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$549,000 Greg Smith 0418 758 465 Tanya Taylor 0400 220 580

Modern, elevated family home

4A 2B 2C

• High Ceilings throughout giving you that feeling of space

Noosaville 8 Jailee Court

• Spacious, modern kitchen with Stone Benchtops • Gas cooktop and 900mm wide oven for the discerning chefs • Open plan living, room and access for a pool if needed

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Ofers Over $1,100,000

Greg Smith 0418 758 465 • Reverse cycle ducted, zoned air-conditioned comfort through out Tanya Taylor 0400 220 580

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NOOSA RIVER VIEWS - OLD TEWANTIN POSITIONED in very small quiet nothrough street - only nine other homes in street and a small acreage opposite.

Noosa River at the end of the street (no direct access), but water views from the front deck of 14 Ada Street, catch the Noosa River breezes with the perfect aspect of north/east.

Home is 14 years old, presents well for its age, is vacant and ready for the new owner to move in as soon as they wish to.

Upstairs is the open plan living, very light and airy plus nine-foot ceilings, which accommodates living, dining and kitchen, powder room, and main bedroom.

The living area opens out to a timber deck with two separate lots of timber bifold doors, making the area up stairs feel very expansive when they are all opened up, ideal for outdoor living.

Kitchen and dining all overlook this area, so everyone is included when you are

very pleasant view.

Large rumpus/family room/media room whatever your needs are, with very practical aluminium bi-fold doors opening out to paved area, bringing the outside in and overlooks the low maintenance garden, but lots of room still for children/four-legged friends and/or a swimming pool which would have a northerly aspect, perfect.

Generous size laundry with good storage, bench area to fold the washing.

Internal entry in to the home from the double garage with auto garage door.

Earthy timber features throughout the home, i.e. garage door, some window frames, bi fold doors, timber open stairs with stainless steel stringers. Also versatile double hung aluminium windows thru out the home, ideal to catch the breezes.

Pleasant walk or push bike ride to Tewantin Village, local school, Noosa Marina, everything so close by. â—?

entertaining. Kitchen cupboards are 2- pac, lots of drawers, pantry, roomy breakfast/ conversation bar for everyone to hang out together. A delight to prepare dinner and take in the view from the kitchen windows.

Reverse-cycle air-conditioning in this area.

Main bedroom also upstairs with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe, sliding door opens out to a small deck, for those moments you want to relax away from everything (and everyone)!

Powder room on this level to accommodate guests.

The other two bedrooms are downstairs, both with built-ins and ceiling fans, between them is the main bathroom with separate loo.

Off the entry area to the home is an office/study, ideal if you work from home, (which everyone is having to do at the moment), large picture windows that have aspect over to the acreage opposite, so

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 14 Ada Street, TEWANTIN Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $889,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Marie Fetterplace 0412 789 054, ROBERT JAMES REALTY, 5455 8700 20 NOOSA TODAY

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“ROSE COTTAGE” DELIGHTFUL HOME AS PER THE NAME * New kitchen & bathrm, stone tops, cabinetry, flooring, everything new * Fully screened in roomy deck, overlooks picturesque gardens & park reserve * Freehold no entry or exit fees, budget friendly Body Corp Fees, pet friendly * Peaceful position in Old Tewantin. Perfect if downsizing/ideal for 1st Home Price: $475,000 Inspect: Saturday 11th July 10-10.45am Agent: Marie Fetterplace 0412 789 054

TEWANTIN 15/44 Tait street

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marie.fetterplace@robertjamesrealty.com.au

2 BED 2 BATH FREEHOLD UNIT ONLY $375K * Great size unit with air con, 2 bedrooms, unique with 2 bathrooms * New kitchen/stone bench tops & flooring, garage with remote * Nth/East sunroom fully built & screened in, lockable windows & doors * Low body corp/No Exit fees/Pet Friendly/Pool & Community Hall

TEWANTIN 84/139 Moorindil Street

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C

Price: $375,000 Inspect: Saturday 11th July 11-11.45am Agent: Marie Fetterplace 0412 789 054 marie.fetterplace@robertjamesrealty.com.au

PLEASING TO THE EYE – PERFECT LOCATION * A home if you were driving by you would stop to admire, aesthetically pleasing * Front verandah Nth/East facing, picturesque cottage gardens fully fenced * New kitchen, lots of soft touch drawers, new timber look floors, A1 condition * Old Tewantin area, no thru street, walk to local Village, schools, shops etc Price: $667,000 Inspect: Saturday 11th July 12-12.45pm Agent: Marie Fetterplace 0412 789 054

TEWANTIN 91 Butler Street

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marie.fetterplace@robertjamesrealty.com.au

VACANT LAND WITH POOL - YES VERY UNIQUE * 600m2 vacant block of land, very much a rarity in Tewantin * Plus comes with an in ground pool!! Do I have your attention now !! * Pool is 11mts x 5mts,water feature, timber deck, pool equipm in garden shed * Agent will be on site so you can inspect the pool area, relax on a pool lounger

TEWANTIN 2 Daintree Way

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Price: $449,000 Inspect: Agent on Site Saturday 1-1.30pm Agent: Marie Fetterplace 0412 789 054 marie.fetterplace@robertjamesrealty.com.au

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LOCATION-PLUS, GREAT HOLIDAY HOME IN the heart of Noosaville, walk to shops, restaurants and river - this three-bedroom Mediterranean style home is it.

This is really a fabulous downsizer, perfect Noosa holiday house or Airbnb positioned in an amazing part of the world with low body corporates.

Upon entry to the villa down the long driveway to the single lock-up garage, one can only notice the charm and character of this small complex of four.

Mediterranean in design with a spacious floor plan, renovated kitchen, charming lounge/dining area and a newly appointed powder room in the corner make for easy downstairs living, whilst upstairs the three spacious bedrooms and two bathrooms are beautifully maintained and in immaculate condition.

There is a lovely suprise in just this villa as this one has a spacious courtyard and a heated plunge pool/spa, which looks so inviting.

The second surprise is the easy access through the rear gate onto Thomas Street which is great if you have a pooch.

The location is superb and the price at $895,000 is negotiable, so grab your bags, holidays are on. â—?

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1/5 Stillwater Place, Noosa Waters, NOOSAVILLE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: On application Inspect: Saturday, at noon Contact: Theodora Garwood 0408 710 373, GARWOODS ESTATE AGENTS, NOOSAVILLE, 5455 6942 noosatoday.com.au

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STYLISH, REFRESHING COASTAL AMBIENCE TUCKED away in leafy Dwyer Street, is this modern contemporary beach house, currently used as a popular holiday home attracting high occupancy rates and premium returns.

Stylish and light-filled it offers a palpable coastal ambience that is both calming and relaxing. This is the quintessential Sunshine retreat, framed by a sparkling “L” shaped pool and lush low-maintenance tropical gardens and offering an enviable lifestyle, just a short stroll to the patrolled beach, village dining, and national park.

Boasting ocean views, the two level residence has been freshly painted and its immaculate presentation is a credit to its current owners.

The upper level offers an expansive kitchen lounge and dining area opening out

to an expansive deck with ocean views and undercover entertaining and dining.

A very generously sized master bedroom with ensuite is also located on this level with a second bedroom and powder room.

The lower level has another two double bedrooms and a large main bathroom complete with sunken bath. The large pool side entertaining room features a full size billiard table and opens onto a landscaped rear lawn and gardens boardering the stunning in-ground pool.

Dwyer Street is perfectly centrally located just a few minutes’ walk to all of Sunshine’s attractions - Noosa National Park, award winning restaurants, stunning beaches, brand new surf club, and village hub. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 24 Dwyer Street, SUNSHINE BEACH Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: On application Inspect: Saturday 11 July, noon - 12.45pm Contact: Rob Spencer 0408 710 556 and Kathy Wise 0407 968 300, SUNSHINE BEACH REAL ESTATE, 5447 2999 24 NOOSA TODAY

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GROUND LEVEL WITH OCEAN VIEWS 1/12-14 CRANK STREET, SUNSHINE BEACH

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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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Landscaped฀gardens฀overlooking฀the฀sparkling฀Paciic฀Ocean Open฀plan฀living฀lowing฀seamlessly฀onto฀outdoor฀entertaining Pool฀&฀BBQ฀entertaining฀area฀in฀the฀complex Only฀eight฀in฀Wainui฀complex,฀Air฀Conditioning฀ Lock฀up฀car฀accommodation Low฀Body฀Corporate฀Fees,฀large฀Ocean฀views฀

INSPECT

Sat 11th July 11-11.45am

PRICE CONTACT AGENT

AGENT ROB SPENCER 0408 710 556

ELEGANT฀GROUND฀FLOOR ENTERTAINER! 1/33 ELANDA STREET, SUNSHINE BEACH

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This฀expansive฀ground฀loor฀apartment฀in฀the฀elegant฀Trieste฀ complex can be found in the heart of central Sunshine Beach, just฀three-minutes฀walk฀to฀village,฀surf฀club฀and฀beach.

Generous฀ground฀loor฀apartment฀in฀coveted฀location Open฀plan฀living,฀modern฀kitchen Sun-drenched฀alfresco฀terrace฀will฀delight Private฀balcony฀overlooking฀lush,฀leafy฀gardens Basement฀parking฀for฀2฀vehicles฀+฀storage Elegant฀Trieste฀complex฀of฀10฀with฀inground฀pool฀&฀Lift Just฀three-minutes฀walk฀to฀village฀and฀beach

INSPECT

PRICE $985,000

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OPEN HOMES Time

Address

A B C

Price Guide

Agent Time

Address

Castaways Beach

Noosa Springs

Saturday 11th July

Saturday 11th July

A B C

Price Guide

Agent

9.30 - 10.00am

214/61 Noosa Springs Dr

4

4

2

$1,950,000

Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110

10.30 - 11.00am

532/61 Noosa Springs Dr

4

4

2

$2,950,000

Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110

Cooroy

10.30 - 11.00am

143/61 Noosa Springs Dve

3

2

2

$895,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

Saturday 11th July

11.00 - 11.30am

551/61 Noosa Springs Dr

4

3

2

O/Over $1,800,000

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893

11.15 - 11.45am

314/61 Noosa Springs Dve

3

3

2

$1,495,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

12.00 - 12.30pm

328/61 Noosa Springs Dve

3

2

2

$995,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

Marcus Beach

12.45 - 1.15pm

541/61 Noosa Springs Dve

4

4

2

$2,495,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

Saturday 11th July

1.30 - 2.00pm

764/61 Noosa Springs Dve

3

3

2

$1,895,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

4

4

2

$2,950,000

Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

11.00 - 11.30am

11.00 - 11.30am

11.30 - 12.00pm

12 Driftwood Drive

3/15 Opal Street

3

2

7 Hawthorn Gv

3

2

1

2

2

1

2

$1,100,000

$385,000

$899,000

Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211

Garwoods Estate Agents 0408 710 373

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

Wednesday 15th July 10.00 - 11.00am

Noosa Heads

Noosaville

Saturday 11th July

Friday 10th July

10.00 - 10.30am

7/23 Wyandra Street

2

1

1

$540,000

10.00 - 10.30am

4/7 Peza Court

2

2

1

Auction

11.00 - 11.30am

26 Wyona Drive

4

3

2 Interest Above $1,395,000

11.00 - 11.30am

Apt 1521 ParkridgeTce

3

2

2

Auction

Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211 4.30 - 5.30pm

10.00 - 11.00am

8/239 GympieTerrace

3

2

2

Auction

10.00 - 10.45am

12/13-17 James Street

2

1

1

O/Over $499,000

10.00 - 10.30am

1/20 Nannygai St

4

2

2

$1,195,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512

10.00 - 10.45am

2/213 GympieTce

3

2

2

$995,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

Dowling Neylan 0424 904 301 10.00 - 10.30am

1/11 Bluefin Court

3

2

2

Offers Over $835,000

Garwoods Estate Agents 0408 710 373 10.00 - 10.30am

113/73 HiltonTerrace

3

2

1

$310,000

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

10.00 - 10.45am

9/13-17 James Street

2

1

1

O/Over $400,000

Laguna Real Estate 0406 953 304

11.00 - 11.30am

12 Seacove Court

4

2

2

Contact Agent

11.00 - 11.30am

1 & 2/19 Ann Street

3

2

2

Forthcoming Auction

11.00 - 11.45am

8 Jailee Court

4

2

2

Offers Over $1,100,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247 11.00 - 11.30am

13A George St

3

2

2

$1,625,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0407 708 860

11.00 - 11.30am

13B George St

3

2

2

$1,675,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0407 708 860

11.00 - 11.45am

27 Azolla Circle

4

2

2

$925,000

Universal Properties 0419 883 499

12.00 - 12.30pm

1/181 GympieTerrace

3

2

2

Contact Agent

18/24 Munna Crescent

3

2

1

Auction

Dowling Neylan 0407 147 521

2

1

1

Auction

11.00 - 11.30am

11 Moonare Crescent

5

3

2

Offers Over $1,100,000

12.00 - 12.30pm

10/2 Banksia Avenue

3

2

1

$750,000

1.30 - 2.30pm

2/8 Nannygai Street

3

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

3.00 - 3.30pm

4304/5 Morwong Drive

3

2

1

$680,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

Apt 1521 ParkridgeTce

3

2

2

Auction

Laguna Real Estate 0406 953 304

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247

3/35 Picture Point Cres

Wednesday 15th July

8/239 GympieTerrace

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0437 447 804 Saturday 11th July

11.00 - 11.30am

3.00 - 3.30pm

532/61 Noosa Springs Dr

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840

Dowling Neylan 0424 904 301

Dowling Neylan 0400 128 142 Garwoods Estate Agents 0411 862 954 Select Noosa 0418 758 465

Noosa Sound Saturday 11th July 12.00 - 12.30pm

5/13 Munna Crescent

1

1

1

Contact Agent

Dowling Neylan 0424 904 301 12.00 - 12.30pm

Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

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Address

A B C

Price Guide

Agent Time

Address

A B C

Agent

43 Griffith Avenue

3+

2

2

O/Over $699,000

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893

30 River Road

5

3

4

O/Over $940,000

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893

15/44Tait Street

2

1

1

$475,000

Robert James Realty 0412 789 054 Dowling Neylan 0414 424 333

Noosaville

Tewantin

Saturday 11th July

Saturday 11th July Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375 9.00 - 9.30am

OPEN HOMES

Price Guide

12.00 - 12.30pm

3 Sailfish Court

3

2

-

Auction

12.00 - 12.30pm

8 Limosa Circuit

4

3

2

Contact Agent

Dowling Neylan 0400 128 142 10.00 - 10.30am

12.00 - 12.30pm

1/179 GympieTerrace

2

3

2

O/Over $1.55m

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893 10.00 - 10.45am

12.00 - 1.00pm

9/287 GympieTerrace

2

2

2

$735,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653 10.00 - 10.30am

100 Moorindil Street

4

3

2

$1,029,000

12.30 - 1.00pm

19 Rani Circuit

4

2

2

$1,425,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879 10.00 - 10.30am

6 Burgess Drive

4

2

2

O/o $649,000

Robert James Realty 0438 682 700

1.00 - 1.30pm

49 Bushlands Drive

4

2

2

$739,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375

11.00 - 11.45am

84/139 Moorindil Street

2

2

1

$375,000

Robert James Realty 0412 789 054

1.00 - 1.30pm

70/179 Weyba Road

2

2

2

$565,000

Dowling Neylan 0414 544 420

12.00 - 12.30pm

9 Goodchap Street

4

3

2

$1,575,000

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

12.00 - 12.30pm

5 Beckmans Road

6

4

8

PG $1,995,000

12.00 - 12.45pm

91 Butler Street

4

2

2

$667,000

Robert James Realty 0412 789 054

1.00 - 1.45pm

29 Shields Street

4

2

2

$789,000

Robert James Realty 0416 866 919

Noosa Waters

1.00 - 1.30pm

2 Daintree Way

-

-

-

$449,000

Robert James Realty 0412 789 054

Saturday 11th July

1.00 - 1.30pm

1 Murdock Court

4

2

2

O/Over $550,000

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893

4

4

2

PG $2,100,000

Wednesday 15th July 12.00 - 1.00pm

9/287 GympieTerrace

2

2

2

$735,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653

10.00 - 10.30am

17Topsails Place

4

3

2

High $2 Millions

Dowling Neylan 0412 764 370

11.00 - 11.30am

3 Seahorse Place

6

4

3

$2,500,000 Negotiable

Dowling Neylan 0412 764 370

1.00 - 1.30pm

7 Riverbreeze Avenue

3

2

2

$2,600,000

Dowling Neylan 0400 128 142

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0423 972 034

Yaroomba Saturday 11th July 11.00 - 11.30am

20Yinneburra Street

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0437 447 804

Peregian Beach

Auction Diary

Saturday 11th July 10.30 - 11.00am

68 Podargus Pde

5

2

3

$1,285,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

10.30 - 11.00am

5 Gannet St

4

2

2

$1,350,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0499 483 049

Saturday 25th July

Peregian Springs Saturday 11th July 11.00 - 11.30am

2/44 Kauri Cres

3

2

2

O/o $470,000

Robert James Realty 0438 682 700

Sunrise Beach 24 Netherby Rise

10.00 - 10.30am

3/35 Picture Point Cres

2

1

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840

12.00 - 12.30pm

Apt 1521 ParkridgeTce

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247

2

2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0437 447 804

3

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

Saturday 1st August 10.00 - 10.30am

Saturday 11th July 10.00 - 10.45am

Noosa Heads

4/7 Peza Court

Noosaville 4

3

4

Contact Agent

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0423 972 034

Saturday 25th July

Sunshine Beach

2.00 - 2.30pm

Saturday 11th July

Saturday 1st August

10.00 - 10.45am

1/9 Nebula Street

2

2

2

o/o $800,000

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

10.00 - 10.30am

2/15 Solway Drive

3

1

1

Contact Agent

Dowling Neylan 0407 147 521

10.00 - 10.30am

6/21 Henderson St

2

2

1

$895,000

10.00 - 10.30am

1/15 Crank Street

2

2

1

$1,095,000

11.00 - 11.45am

1/12 Crank Street

2

2

1

Contact Agent

12.00 - 12.45pm

5/4-6 Hill Street

2

2

1

$549,000

12.00 - 12.45pm

35 Parkedge Road

4

3

2

$1.75M

12.00 - 12.45pm

7/1 Ross Street

2

1

1

Offer's Over $750,000

12.00 - 12.30pm

39 Weyba Street

5

3

3

$2,250,000

1.00 - 1.30pm

31 Whale Drive

3

2

2

Contact Agent

1.00 - 1.30pm

39 Solway Dr

5

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0447 263 663

1.00 - 1.45pm

24 Dwyer Street

4

2

2

Contact Agent

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

Wednesday 15th July 12.00 - 12.30pm

39 Weyba Street

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2/8 Nannygai Street

11.00 - 11.30am

3 Sailfish Court

3

2

-

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375

12.00 - 12.30pm

18/24 Munna Crescent

3

2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 894 542

5

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0447 263 663

4

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247

4

3

3

Forthcoming Auction

Select Noosa 0418 758 465

4

3

3

Forthcoming Auction

Select Noosa 0418 758 465

4

3

3

Forthcoming Auction Friday, 10 July, 2020

Sunshine Beach

Dowling Neylan 0405 976 181 Saturday 18th July Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 10.00 - 10.30am

39 Solway Dr

Select Noosa 0418 758 465 Saturday 8th August Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 11.00 - 11.30am Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 Laguna Real Estate 0434 236 110 Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211

56 Elanda Street

Tewantin Friday 10th July 12.00 - 12.45pm

39 Shields Street

Saturday 11th July 12.00 - 12.45pm

39 Shields Street

Wednesday 15th July 5

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EXCITEMENT OF LIVE AUCTIONS IS BACK

BY ERLE LEVEY WITH a further easing of restrictions set to be introduced across the State, Queensland Health has confirmed that groups of up to 50 people at a time will be permissible to attend open home inspections, as long as they adhere to strict social distancing and hygiene requirements.

This same limit will also apply to inperson auctions - a maximum of 50 people.

Real Estate Institute of Queensland CEO Antonia Mercorella said auctions were an exciting part of the real estate landscape.

“We anticipate this lively method of sale will pick up as vendors reconsider auctions as a viable sales option as they always attract strong crowds.

“Whether people are there as serious bidders or to simply soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the thrills and excitement, live auction will always have a role in the property sales landscape.”

Ms Mercorella said that, based on the latest real estate figures, the Sunshine Coast property market continued to remain one of the prime spots in Australia for investment.

“With a local economy that’s remained relatively buoyant backed by strong population and job growth along with ample investment in large infrastructure projects, the Sunshine Coast housing market has remained on a steady growth trajectory over the first quarter of 2020, achieving 2.5 per cent growth for the year,” she said.

“Noosa’s house market has clearly experienced the biggest gains in the greater region when you consider its ushered in a record median price of $800,000 on the back of five-year’s growth of 44.1 per cent, making it the most expensive housing market in Queensland.

“It should come as no surprise that Noosa also has the most expensive units in the State as well, which climbed 8.7 per cent to a median price of $625,000 over

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the last 12 months.”

“With Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s announcement that our borders will reopen on Friday, 10 July, will certainly benefit Queensland’s housing market, particularly as we navigate through the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We anticipate interstate buyers, particularly from the south, will create an increase in demand over the next few months, particularly in popular areas such as Noosa.’’

However, Ms Mercorella said the REIQ believed more could be done to support the established housing sector beyond the opening of our borders.

“What’s needed is broader support measures that will sustain the property sector which includes expanding the First Home Buyers Grant beyond new construction to stimulate economic activity through the introduction of increased numbers of first home buyers to the broader property market.

“A significant reduction in stamp duty will help lessen any perceived financial risks and act as a significant incentive to vendors who may otherwise be discouraged from listing their properties during this pandemic. And, removing barriers for new developments and reducing application costs will assist to boost construction levels, increase competition and importantly, reduce costs for the end purchaser.

“Queensland’s residential real estate sector is worth over $1 trillion and employs over 50,000 Queenslanders directly with many more employed in associated industries. Activity within the real estate sector contributes in excess of $30 billion every year to the Queensland Government.

Protecting and sustaining the Queensland real estate sector is critical to safeguarding our property market and supporting our local economy. That’s why broader action needs to be taken to further support established housing as well.” ●

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