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Putting lives on the line

By Margie Maccoll

Lifesavers Keegan Cirillo and Steve Crisp patrol Noosa Main Beach.

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Noosa lifesavers are putting their lives on the line to save others while risking the threat of Covid infection.

Noosa Surf Lifesaving Club president Ross Fisher said the safety of club members and the general public was uppermost in their minds and Covid was a constant topic of discussion.

Mr Fisher said when Covid 19 first hit Noosa in 2020 the volunteer lifesavers stepped back from duties leaving the professional lifeguards to patrol the beaches.

Volunteer lifesavers have now remained on duty since the reopening of southern borders and resurgence of Covid but have been told if they feel uncomfortable carrying out their patrol duties to contact their patrol captain.

Mr Fisher said lifesavers were provided with preventative equipment such as masks and gloves and infection control was included in their bronze medallion training.

However, volunteer lifesavers could potentially be placed in a position of contact simply due to the way that they patrol and assist member of the public, he said.

“If it’s someone’s life in danger we’d be straight out in the water to save them,“ he said.

A Covid New Year

By Margie Maccoll Noosa Police are gearing up for New Year’s Eve celebrations with a team of emergency and support workers preparing to deal with an expected rabble, particularly of young teenagers, on Main Beach.

Acting senior sergeant Troy Cavell said all available local police would be backed up by reinforcements including mounted police and joined by Queensland Ambulance Service officers and Red Frogs Support Network, operating from a base set up in Hastings Street.

Police have also scaled back liquor licensing

to end at 3am instead of the usual time of 5am.

He said with Mooloolaba functioning again after closures in 2020 and rain predicted, they hoped for a smaller crowd than last year when thousands of rowdy teens descended on the beach.

Noosa is very busy and the restaurants are expected to be full, but it’s not the adults that present an issue for police, it’s the kids, Snr Sgt Cavell said.

“We’re trying to make it as boring as possible. We’re trying to change the culture. It’s up to them to go someplace else,“ he said.

New Year Celebrations this year will be im-

pacted by Covid restrictions.

Since Queensland reopened its borders on Friday 17 December Covid has returned to Noosa bringing restrictions and reinforcing preventive measures after a time of relative freedom.

Covid has been detected in Noosa wastewater. Queensland Health identified casual contacts in four businesses on Hastings Street on 14 December and close contact notifications have led to quarantines and business shutdowns.

On Monday Peregian Family and Friends announced that one of the musicians at their Peregian Beach carols event on Wednesday 22

December had tested positive to Covid.

Queensland Health figures updated on 27 December show 126 cases of Covid have been detected in the Noosa Shire, 22 known to be locally acquired and 84 under investigation.

Residents and visitors have stood in long queues awaiting Covid tests and there has been mixed adherence to Covid restrictions.

However Snr Sgt Cavell said Noosa residents were relatively highly vaccinated and most businesses had been managing their Covid restrictions without issues.

He said police had only been called to a few Covid-related disturbances.

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A fisher has been fined $7500 in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to going well over the Spanish mackerel catch limit on two occasions.

Too many mackerel A fisher has been fined $7500 in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to going well over the Spanish mackerel catch limit on two occasions.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said Fisheries Queensland was working hard to preserve low Spanish mackerel stocks and this sort of careless over fishing didn’t help.

“The limit for recreational fishers is three per person and this fisher was found on two separate occasions with 14 and 13 excess fish,” Mr Furner said.

“The Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) is investing significant resources in

detecting such offending, so if there are fishers out there engaged in such activities they will catch you.

“QBFP officers use a range of investigative measures, including checking market distribution points to monitor compliance for important species under a quota, and I thank them for their tireless efforts.”

In handing down the penalty, the Magistrate said the defendant should be more aware of the importance of possession limits.

For information on Queensland’s fishing regulations, visit www.fisheries.qld.gov.au, call 13 25 23 or download the free ‘Qld Fishing’ app from Apple and Google app stores.

New Year around the world is welcomed in with big firework displays and large gatherings with good luck and good fortune common aims of the celebration.

Though the pandemic has put a dampener on that tradition people will celebrate the new year in different ways and in some countries, at different times.

So, here are a few traditions around the world.

In Denmark, smashing plates outside the front door will bring good luck.

Eating lentils, that symbolise money, will bring good fortune in Brazil.

In Spain it’s grapes you eat. As the clock strikes midnight people reach for one grape for each striking of the clock to bring good luck for each month in the new year.

Chasing away evil spirits is a common theme.

If you’re Romanian you may dress up as a bear to do so.

In Japan it’s a Buddhist ritual to ring a bell 108 times to signal the end of one year and beginning of another and symbolises the cleansing of worldly passions.

People in South Africa rid themselves of unwanted goods, often by throwing out old furniture.

One of my favourites happens in South America where some people take an empty suitcase for a walk to signify a year of adventures ahead.

The adventures of travel have certainly been in short supply in recent Covid times.

However you celebrate, Happy New Year.

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IN BRIEF Doonan three-car crash Three patients, all in a stable condition, were transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a three-vehicle crash on Walter Hay Drive about 9pm on Christmas Eve. The injured included a female in her 20s, a female in her 70s and a male in his 60s.

Sunshine Beach accident A male patient was transported to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition following a single-vehicle crash on Weyba Street about 7.30pm on Sunday 26 December.

Boreen Point snake bite Paramedics transported a male toddler to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition following a suspected snake bite. It was believed the boy was bitten on the hand at a property off Lake Flat Road about 6.30pm on Sunday 26 December.

Some shops are following the Covid rules of check-ins, mask wearing and restricted numbers.

Holiday mode.

Curb quarantine call As Noosa faces the busiest time of the year, Covid19 is punctuating business and holiday activities, leading Tourism Noosa to plead with the Queensland Government to drop the seven day quarantine requirements for ‘close contacts’ to ensure “the tourism industry survives“.

Despite the recent announcement from the Queensland Government of a reduction from 14 days down to seven days, Tourism Noosa says this quarantine time is crippling businesses, with several venues in Noosa already being forced to close down because of ’close contacts’.

Restauranteur Matt Sinclair from Sum Young Guys last week issued a heartfelt video announcing their closure for 7 days after one staff member found they were a Covid ’close contact’ which forced 25 team members into isolation three days before Christmas.

Matt said after following Queensland Health mandates, with all staff members double vaccinated and unvaccinated guests being turned away, being shut down wasn’t the roadmap they had envisaged.

“We don’t understand how this is moving forward,“ he said.

With all staff testing negative and quarantine completed Sum Young Guys has reopened, with Matt asking, “what happens if we get another case“.

Sum Yung Guys is not the only venue in Noosa that is facing closures with several other venues having had to close under the current mandates, Tourism Noosa said.

This is compounded by the critical issue of the scarcity of available staff that is facing Noosa.

David Langdon of Aspire Property Management and Holiday Specialists said shutdowns would have compounding effects. If accommodation providers were forced to be closed for seven days being deemed as a close contact, how are guests arriving in Noosa able to collect keys and check in to their accommodation, he asked. “This is just one example of the

People queue for Covid testing in Hastings Street. domino effects of this mandate,“ he said.

“With borders now open, reality is Covid is now part of our existence. We cannot cripple businesses with these draconian measures.“ Niche Luxury Holidays managing director Sue Willis has drafted a petition calling for “no more contact tracing“ and “no restrictions“.

“Covid is coming to Queensland, no doubt.

This is why we are vaccinated, now let’s move on with business as usual,“ the petition, which has gathered more than 17,000 signatures, states.

“The outdated mandates for businesses is unsustainable now that we are in an open border environment,“ Sue said. “Additionally tourism towns such as Noosa are struggling under the weight of PCR testing for visitors.

Long line-ups and fatigued front line staff do not provide a welcoming environment for visitors to escape.“ The petition can be found at https://chng. it/k6xPkjTxRs

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Mask wearing not for everyone on Hastings Street.

Lock in jabs for the kids

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged parents to book children aged 5 to 11 years old for their Covid-19 vaccinations now so they are protected before school resumes for 2022. The jab is available for this cohort from 10 January 2022, but the Premier said Queenslanders could log on now to secure an appointment from that date.

“I know there are a lot of parents and carers in Queensland who are keen to get their children protected against this virus and that’s understandable,” the Premier said.

“The vaccination rollout has happened in a staged approach and from 10 January is available for kids aged 5 to 11.

“But you can book now so that you’re ready when that time comes. That’s two weeks for kids to get their first shot and acquire a layer of protection before the school year begins.

“We’ve seen an excellent uptake in vaccination from children aged 12 to 15 and we expect a similarly positive response from parents of younger kids.”

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) earlier this month approved the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. This age group will receive two doses, eight weeks apart. They can get their vaccinations through Queensland Health and Commonwealth-run clinics, GPs, pharmacies, and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.

“The virus is here in Queensland and case numbers are climbing,” the Premier said. “We’re witnessing how important the vaccine is – despite the number of cases, there are very few patients ill enough to be in intensive care. We want every Queenslander protected.”

Parents and carers can log onto the Queensland Government’s vaccination booking page to make an appointment for their child. Visit www.qld.gov. au/health/conditions/health-alerts/ coronavirus-covid-19/protect-yourselfothers/covid-19-vaccine/book

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The Hotseat Phil Jarratt

CEO ‘can’t wait to start!’

PHIL JARRATT talks to new Noosa Council CEO SCOTT WATERS ahead of his arrival to take up the appointment in February.

Congratulations on your appointment. Will you get to have a holiday before you start in Noosa?

I’m having it now. I’ll finish up with Darwin City Council on 20 February and start in Noosa on 22 February.

You’ve only been in the role of Darwin City CEO for three and a half years. Did your departure come as a shock to the team? I understand that Darwin council, like Noosa, has been experiencing a bit of a brain drain at the top level.

I spoke to Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis about it and with the councillors, and I think they understood that now was very much the right time for me, for a whole range of family reasons, to be heading back to Queensland. Darwin hasn’t had a huge number of high profile departures recently, although our general manager of engineering didn’t renew and our GM of innovation also left to take up a CEO role to further his career.

You started in Darwin on the heels of the Cyclone Marcus disaster and you’ve had to deal with disasters of one kind or another for your entire tenure. Has that been tough?

After Cyclone Marcus I had to really pull the team together. It had been nearly 10 years since Darwin had gone through a cyclone and the team had changed over that period, so it was really down to me, utilising my experience in local government in North Queensland to get the recovery in place. We had some unique challenges to deal with, like more than 10,000 trees that had been planted post Cyclone Tracey more than 40 years ago being taken out. Our structural damage wasn’t too bad but there was a massive, almost unprecedented amount of green waste, and a huge effort had to go into cleaning that up, including making over 200 parks and playgrounds usable again.

Is this what sparked your interest in waste management?

I think I realised that we had to focus on waste and also on climate change, to keep them foremost in the mind of the community. When we released our strategies on these issues they were different from what had gone before in that they weren’t stand-alone local government strategies. We embraced the need for an integrated all of government strategy. That came out of Cyclone Marcus but it’s been at the core of what we’ve done all the way.

Wishing you well in your new job, Lord Mayor Vatskalis was effusive in his praise of you in a number of areas. What are you most proud of from your time in Darwin?

For me it was all about modernising the council. I was brought in to do that, to set in place

Scott Waters in Darwin. our strategies and our asset management, to get our finances in order, and to have a strong customer service ethos and a values-based culture within the community. All of that was wrapped up in one of the biggest smart city roll-outs in the country.

Apart from the fact that Noosa only has around a third of the Darwin population, what do you see as the major differences between managing the City of Darwin and the Shire of Noosa?

Well, from my Queensland background, planning and economic development were among my key strengths, but in the Northern Territory planning and development is pretty much a Territory Government responsibility and councils are more of a referral agency, so while there’s that fundamental difference, in many ways the two councils are quite similar – around 400 to 500 staff, revenue around $110 million in Darwin and Noosa sitting around $80 million to $100 million. But for me the biggest difference will be in reclaiming a greater involvement in planning and development, which is something I really enjoy. There are critical parts of that equation that the team in Noosa is looking at right now, like housing affordability.

Tourism figures very highly in your CV with various high-powered roles in that space in Queensland, but in researching your recent history I don’t see any comment on the “CU in the NT” campaign. Did you give that a wide berth?

(Laughs) I fully supported a Lord Mayoral

Picture: SUPPLIED minute to keep that logo out of our municipality. While it may resonate with some people, I think there are many more who find it offensive, and I think there are a range of reasons for distancing from it. We’ve been very involved in our Indigenous community and I think they find it particularly offensive.

So you won’t be promoting something like “CU in Noosa Tomorrow”?

(Laughs) No, that won’t be coming from my end.

On a more serious note but still on tourism, I’m sure you’re aware that Noosa Council has recently been stepping up to a greater role in destination management. Any thoughts on what role you, with a wide range of tourism skill sets, might play in that?

I think it’s one of the most important parts of what a council in a place like Noosa will be doing next, planning a future that delivers for the broad community as well as the tourism operators, having the right product mix that will deliver at the highest level. I know there has been some controversy over moving those responsibilities from Tourism Noosa, but I think it’s really important to have an integrated, allof-community approach, while acknowledging that tourism is one of the main economic drivers of Noosa.

You’ve touched on what might be the biggest difference between where you are and where you’re coming to. While Darwin and the Territory are huge tourism magnets, in the capital it’s one of several key industries. In

Darwin were you more focused on other industries?

We worked very closely with Tourism Top End and Tourism NT, because the biggest issue for Darwin is that, apart from the corporate market, it’s generally somewhere you go to in order to go somewhere else. Our position as a council was to make Darwin about more than rocks and crocs. It’s the perennial tourism question, how do you get people to stay longer. We’ve worked really hard with the tourism industry on a destination management plan that will come out soon focusing on the Larrakia people and the seasons of the Territory - the Seven Seasons, Seven Senses campaign.

As I’m sure you know, your predecessor in Noosa, Brett de Chastel, has a keen interest in First Nations issues and was one of the driving forces in pushing for more involvement of the Kabi Kabi in that industry. Do you have any thoughts on that?

I do, and members of the Kabi Kabi community have already reached out to me. I know Noosa Council is focused on a policy of inclusion and all that embraces, and I’ll be pursuing a close involvement in forming a reconciliation plan that has real outcomes, as I think we’ve done in Darwin. I’ll be discussing my experiences in Darwin in this space with the elected members after I’ve taken office.

You get a big rap in Darwin for your achievements in financial and waste management. Are these areas you’ve looked at for your role in Noosa?

Well, from the financial perspective, I think it’s important that the community can see that their money is being spent wisely, and ideally with at least a small surplus for when things go wrong. I can see that in Noosa, de-amalgamation was hard fought and expensive but eight years on, things are in pretty good shape and looking good for the future. The funds are there and the way I run local government is just like a business, but a community-focused business.

In relation to waste, I’ve had a brief look and the size of the waste problem looks about right for the size of Noosa. But it’s about minimising it, it’s about talking to the community about what we do with green waste, our recyclables and ultimately, the stuff that has to go to landfill. You can’t regard these places as dumps or tips any more. They have to be seen as an important part of infrastructure, with every element being treated the best way it can be. On the back of that, waste to energy is becoming an important element too, and I’ve had some experience in that in Darwin. When I first came into local government people used to say it was about roads, rates and rubbish. Of course it’s become much more than that, but rubbish is an ever-increasing part of the equation, and we have to get it right.

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You’ve worked in other Queensland communities where they’ve had a gung ho attitude to development. As you know, Noosa is this little bubble of tranquillity in what Barnaby Joyce calls Supercity SEQ. How do we maintain the bubble with such pressure for growth?

There are a couple of components to that.

The first is how we move around the local government area. The second is how we manage urban infill and not have sprawl. There needs to be a new strategy if we’re going to provide affordable housing, for our council staff and essential workers as much as anyone. We have to ensure there’s a mix of housing available. The next stage in this is to start a serious conversation with the community about what they want the Noosa of the future to look like.

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Perhaps the key issue you’ve touched on there is that no one wants urban sprawl but in Noosa nor do we want to grow upwards.

We like the palm tree height limit. So how do you grow?

And how do you provide the water and the energy as the sprawl grows? That becomes very difficult so you need to create pockets in areas that minimise movement from home to workplace. Look, there are some wicked problems wrapped up in that, stuff that we as a council will have to work through.

There’s one job you took on that doesn’t figure on your CV. You were once in charge of commercial operations for the North Queensland Fury soccer team, which no one remembers. Is that why it’s not there?

I’m really proud of that role. It gave me some sporting background, which I do note in my resume. Trying to get a brand new national sporting franchise off the ground in the mid-

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dle of the GFC in a non-traditional market was not easy, but we got it up and running, bringing Queensland Nickel on as our major sponsor. The shining moment was signing Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler as our marquee player. The most important lesson was that I realised my career wasn’t always going to be paved in gold. But I still wear the merchandise sometimes (laughs).

Did that role come out of your love of sport?

In a way it did. Prior to that a lot of my career had been spent with Qantas, some of it working overseas. Living in the UK, I soaked up quite a bit about football, so that was useful. But I’ve always loved all kinds of sport. When I hit Noosa I’ll be joining a surf life saving club with my partner Tori, and hitting the beach whenever we can. Trekking around the hinterland is another thing I want to get into. Can’t wait.

Surf’s up for Noosa property in a dynamite year It has been a dynamite year for the property market on the Sunshine Coast.

Buyer enthusiasm and property sales transactions have been at unprecedented levels, and property values escalated by up to 30 per cent, as buyers scrambled to have their name on the title deeds of a property in the Noosa region.

Once again Tom Offermann Real Estate was rated the number one out of 400 agencies on the Sunshine Coast with a combined sales volume three times that of the next best three.

This success is attributed to 30 years of building strong relationships with interstate and overseas clients, a trust that becomes invaluable especially when buying sight unseen on the strength of a recommendation.

Trends included a shift to finding homes or apartments to move into, rather than speculative investments.

A high proportion of properties were bought remotely by southern buyers planning for their move or future holidays, and with the borders open again, a fresh surge of buyers will arrive to Noosa in 2022, all hoping to fulfill their aspirations.

Property owners have been basking in the knowledge property values have risen; however, few are willing to sell knowing the difficulty of getting back into the market, and this is keeping the market tight.

New records were set across all property types in 2021: Apartments were in hot demand with 5/81 Hastings Street sold at auction for $16.1m eclipsing the previous record of $14m on Noosa’s beachfront in Noosa Court.

Hastings Street has always been the market price leader for apartments.

Nearby, Tom Offermann Real Estate established another new record, selling apartment 24/8 Quamby Place on Noosa Sound at auction for $11.8m.

Houses in premium locations established new records and benchmarks.

At Sunshine Beach a house in Belmore Terrace was negotiated for $21m. Stringent confidentiality agreements restrict reporting a couple of higher sales, despite one being reported in the media.

The highest house sales were 33 Mossman Court on Noosa Sound which sold post auction after bidding reached $17.1 million; 20 Arakoon Crescent, Sunshine Beach sold under the hammer for $14.25m the same weekend as 7 Bayview Road in Little Cove was sold for $13.5m; and 39 Picture Point Crescent achieved $16.45m, also under the hammer.

Buyers have also been swooping on the Noosa hinterland.

A new record of $9.5m for an award-winning home on 44ha, was achieved for clients on Cooroy Mountain Road.

Land is a scarce commodity with few vacant sites remaining. A 9000sq m beachfront parcel, at 2 David Low Way on Castaways Beach, sold for circa $20m post auction.

The next highest was a riverfront 600sq m allotment on Noosa Sound. It sold for $13m.

Mixed use 7 Noosa Parade is a landmark commercial building which was the original office for Noosa Sound land sales in 1973.

Tom Offermann Real Estate sold the site in excess of $15m to a buyer who plans to demolish and build a designer residence.

“The culture of cooperation in our office is one of our greatest strengths,” Tom Offermann said.

“It’s a comment often expressed by our clients, and is clearly evident at our auctions when multiple agents are seen urging on their introduced buyers.

“The result is invariably one of complete jubilance with grateful sellers celebrating success, and buyers who missed out, fairly knowing they had every chance.

“Auctions are now widely preferred as most effective method of sale and the clearance rate is a resounding 90-plus percent.

“Auctions are exciting, more an event, while providing the ideal forum for sellers to negotiate with every interested party.

“This results in the absolute best price paid. It is thrilling to hear loud applause from the excited crowd at the end of a hard-fought auction, knowing at that moment, the lives of the sellers and buyers have been changed for the better.”

Why is Tom Offermann Real Estate consistently number one?

A lot goes on behind-the-scenes to attract and excite buyers. Primarily it is all about people, then myriad aspects of a marketing campaign.

Print media remains an integral part, internet advertising is a mainstay, and social media has developed into a powerful tool especially to those who understand how to use it effectively.

The advantage of having an in-house media team is it’s always at the ready.

Tom Offermann Real Estate has Noosa’s biggest real estate social media audience with 4200 subscribers and 1.3 million views on YouTube; 5000 followers reaching 30,000 people per month on Instagram; and Facebook reached 80,000 accounts in November 2021.

Investing in prime office locations to display properties remains a clever move.

Many thousands of buyers have walked into the office on Noosa Parade during the past 30 years, and in Hastings Street for the past 20 years.

“The benefits for our clients are undeniable,” Mr Offermann explained, “so much so we are excited to be in the expansion phase of our Noosa Sound office by more than doubling the size.

“Designed by Maddock Architects, it promises to be one of Australia’s most prestigious offices providing the ultimate environment for presentations, negotiations, and client meetings.

“The Noosa brand has continued to strengthen and as a company we have tirelessly promoted the appeal of the Noosa lifestyle via our long-standing media connections throughout the country, and overseas.

“Part of the overseas reach is being the only Queensland invited member of the International Who’s Who in Real Estate which allows its members exclusive listing rights of their client’s properties on luxuryrealestate.com, the world’s largest property portal, about 20 times the size of Australia’s biggest.

“We welcome so many of our southernbased friends and clients here over the summer relishing a long awaited and well-deserved holiday.

“Where else can you enjoy such a safe environment overflowing with natural assets, the world’s most amenable climate, and nice people?

“As we always say, there is only one Noosa.

Take care.”

TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE QUICK STATS: Median Price Gains past five years Noosa Heads Houses 87 per cent; Apartments 76 per cent; ?Noosaville Houses 64 per cent; Apartments 47 per cent; ?Sunshine Beach Houses 101 per cent; Apartments 77 per cent.

Days on Market?

Noosa Heads Houses 28 days; Apartments 31 days. Noosaville Houses 26 days; Apartments 26 days. ?Sunshine Beach Houses 35 days; Apartments 32 days.

Keep up to date with the latest in selling, buying or statistics at https://www.offermann.com.au/news

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Year-long drug sting Detectives from the Sunshine Coast’s Drug and Serious Crime Taskforce have closed a 12-month operation targeting the trafficking of dangerous drugs by organised crime groups including members associated with the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, resulting in the arrest of 18 people on 55 charges.

The operation, involving detectives from the Sunshine Coast and specialists from Crime and Intelligence Command’s Firearms and Cannabis Team, targeted a crime syndicate operating from the Sunshine Coast, with a supply network that expanded into other areas of South East Queensland and the Wide Bay. Operation Tango Birch commenced in December 2020, targeting the distribution of commercial quantities of drugs including cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, and methylamphetamine in an area spanning from Logan in the south and Bundaberg in the north.

On Friday, December 17 officers from across the Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and SEQ commenced a closure of the Tango Birch around South East and Central Queensland, and over several days executed 19 search warrants, culminating in the arrest of 18 people on 55 charges.

During Operation Tango Birch, police seized dangerous drugs with a street value totalling more than $265,000, including more than 32 kilograms of high-grade cannabis, other drugs including cocaine, MDMA and methylamphetamine. Police also seized $120,000 in cash and weapons including firearms, tasers, knuckle dusters and flick knives.

A 24-year-old man and a 21-year-old man, both from Buderim, were each charged with

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Detectives from the Sunshine Coast’s Drug and Serious Crime Taskforce have closed a 12-month operation targeting the trafficking of dangerous drugs by organised crime groups. drug trafficking (cannabis) and supply cocaine. They are both due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on February 4.

A 52-year-old Beerwah man was charged with drug trafficking (cannabis) and supply cocaine, and is due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on January 10.

A 34-year-old Branyan man has been charged with drug trafficking (cannabis) and is expected to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on January 14.

A 27-year-old Buderim woman and a 35-year-old Buderim man were each charged with drug trafficking (cannabis) and are both due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on January 7.

Detective Inspector Dave Drinnen, Sunshine Coast Crime Group said Operation Tango Birch and results police achieved will have a significant impact on the supply of dangerous drugs on the Sunshine coast.

“Through these ongoing disruption strategies we will continue to target organised crime to keep our community safe.”

Plea to owners amid big increase in dog attacks A 72 per cent increase in dog attacks in last quarter compared to the same period last year has promoted a plea for dog owners to be more responsible.

There have been 24 dog attacks in the last three months, taking the total to 72 for the year.

Noosa Council Acting Local Laws Manager Stephen Thomson said the latest spike is quite disturbing.

“Dog owners need to review safety obligations to keep the community safe.

“During the past few months we’ve seen an increase in dog attacks and in the severity of the injuries.”

The number of victims requiring hospital treatment has also increased.

Recently a delivery driver was attacked while delivering a package to a home. The driver spent three days in hospital after suffering a serious injury.

“We want to remind dog owners of their obligations leading into the Christmas period. Dogs must be on lead in public areas and owners must ensure their dog cannot escape their property, especially with kids at home,” Mr Thomson said.

In off leash areas, owners must still have effective control of their animals. The failure to do so may result in Council taking action including warnings, fines, and in serious cases, prosecutions.

Residents are urged to check fences and gates to make sure pets can’t escape or nip passers-by.

Before heading out for a day at the beach or park check Council’s website for information on where they can play with their dog safely, without causing fear or harm to other open space users.

Locals Laws Officer Jackson with Luffy.

Local Laws officers will actively patrol the beaches and parks over the holiday period to keep our open spaces safe for enjoy for everyone.

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Main Beach survival story

By Phil Jarratt If you’re relatively new to Noosa, or if you don’t get to Main Beach too often, or if you just don’t pay attention to the state of the beach, you might think that Australia’s favourite beach always looks the way it does right now.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact we know Main Beach has had to fight for its existence from time to time since people started taking photos of it more than a century ago. The coming and going of sand has intensified since man decided to overrule nature and move the river mouth, but it has always been a factor, creating a Sahara of sand some summers and good waves but a narrow rocky strip in others.

As we await the arrival this month of the season’s first swell event with the potential to shift a mountain of sand, it seems timely to reflect on seasons past, with the help of Heritage Noosa and my fellow historians and wave watchers, Stuart Scott and Gary Clist. Let’s tell the story in pictures.

Photo F.

· F. 1971: Gary Clist photo of the rock wall and the short-lived wooden groyne.

Photo B.

1948: Over the summer of 1947-48 three · B.destructive cyclones in quick succession clobbered Noosa, engulfing the Woods campground and washing Main Beach and its lifeguard tower away. Young photographer and surfer Kevin Freeman shot this early January photo of the destruction along the front.

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· D. 1968: This photo from the Heritage Noosa archive shows intrepid bathers venturing out into storm surge conditions at Main Beach with waves breaking on the seldom seen Laguna Bay bombora.

Photo G.

1974: In the wake of Cyclone Wanda, Gary · G. Clist shot this picture of a king tide lashing the remains of Main Beach.

Photo C.

· C. 1967: Stuart Scott shot this photo in July Photo A.

Stuart Scott shot this picture of the · A.surf2021: club stairs to the beach buried under record levels of sand last month.

of the cliff in front of Tingirana where once was beach. Cyclone Dinah earlier in the year was memorable for its quality surf, but by winter Hastings Street residents had taken to dumping rocks along the foreshore to try to protect their homes.

Photo E.

· E. 1969: Okay, enough is enough! Stuart Scott photo of construction underway at First Point on the infamous rock wall that can still be seen during major swell events today.

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Late 70s: Stuart Scott photo of a surf car· H. nival in progress in rather difficult conditions at Main Beach.

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Parade upgrade locked in Major work to upgrade the Noosa Parade corridor, one of Noosa’s busiest pedestrian and cycle routes, is a step closer following the awarding of the construction contract.

Mayor Clare Stewart said the 1.2km major upgrade will provide improved and safer access for all road users as well as improving the visual amenity of this significant gateway to the busy Noosa Heads precinct.

“The Noosa Parade corridor upgrade will deliver dedicated and continuous on-road cycle lanes in both directions and a permanent reduction in the speed limit to 40km/h,” Cr Stewart said.

“The community will be able to enjoy a 2.5m wide concrete pathway on the northern side of the road complimented by a 1.5m wide pathway on the southern side, providing plenty of space for people walking, cycling, pushing a stroller or carrying a surfboard.

“Crossing Noosa Parade will be made easier by eight mid-block, cut through pedestrian refuges along the route and new low energy LED lighting will improve use of the pathway after dark.”

To accommodate the enhanced pathways, there will be a slight narrowing of the median strip and removal of some existing vegetation in Council’s road reserve.

“Whilst the upgrade will require removal of some vegetation, enhanced landscaping including a better selection of trees and more appropriate plantings will see Council plant over 350 trees and 8000 shrubs and ground cover plants as part of the upgrade,” Cr Stewart said.

Noosa MP Sandy Bolton welcomed the works with partner funding provided by the State Government for projects that have been prioritised by Noosa Council, and thanked Minister Mark Bailey, TMR and Council for these partnerships that benefit our community.

“We are advised that, on average, every dollar invested into alternatives to driving cars

Major work to upgrade the Noosa Parade corridor is a step closer following the awarding of the construction contract. including walking and bike-riding infrastructure returns nearly five dollars in benefit to our communities through improved health outcomes, reduced traffic congestion, and parking issues,” Ms Bolton said.

“I look forward to the completion of this upgrade and taking a walk or ride to test run the differences this can make.”

Council’s Acting CEO, Larry Sengstock, said the successful Queensland construction contractor Bellwether Contractors Pty Ltd had been tasked with delivering the project

safely and efficiently.

“Delivering the Noosa Parade corridor upgrade will kick off in February 2022 and planned to be completed prior to the Noosa Triathlon later in the year,” Mr Sengstock said.

“We won’t sugar-coat the impact of this project on the community. There will be impacts including detours and delays for motorists and pedestrians and additional inconvenience for residents whose properties sit within the construction footprint on Noosa Parade,” Mr Sengstock said.

“Council has undertaken extensive community and stakeholder engagement during the design and development phases of the project and, in partnership with Bellwether Contractors Pty Ltd, continue to work with the community to provide updates as works progress.”

The construction of the $8 million Noosa Parade corridor upgrade is partially funded by the Department of Transport and Main Roads through the Cycle Network Local Government Grants program with the balance funded by Council.

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Waste Education Officer Emma Menzies said sorting your load was very easy.

“The best way to do it is to sort the load as you place items in the vehicle or trailer,”she said.

“Place the scrap metal in a pile, put the

cardboard in another section and separate the recyclables and old electrical items, so when you get to the waste facility, there are special bins where you can drop it off at no charge,” she said.

Mr Dodd said many people are surprised at what can be unloaded for free.

“We hope by having an officer on site and handing out an information flyer, residents will understand the importance of how sorting your load can make a massive difference to what goes into landfill,” he said.

Noosa’s waste facility is seeing over 500 vehicles a day during this period.

“The State Government has placed a target of getting 80 per cent of waste diverted from landfill by 2030, “So at this time of the year, taking a bit more time when you load the vehicle can be a massive help in reducing waste,” he said.

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Waste Manager Kyrone Dodd said sorting your load can be a huge money saver.

“It helps the hip pocket, but there’s also environmental benefits as less waste will end up in landfill and more resources will be recycled,” he said.

A Council officer is on site most days at the Eumundi Road landfill, giving tips on what can be recycled and helping residents to better understand the importance of sorting your load.

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Reducing reef pollution Stakeholders and riverbank landowners heard a vital update this month on the four-year consortium project, the ‘Mary River Recovery Project’ and its contributions over the past 12-months to reaching reef sediment targets and mitigation of future streambank erosion for landowners.

As identified in the 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP), the Mary Catchment is one of the top five highest contributors to sediment pollution to the Greater Barrier Reef and the project is set to dramatically reduce the fine sediment pollutant load contributed by the Mary River during flood events.

Funded by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF), the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG)-led consortium project with Mary River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee (MRCCC) and Alluvium Consulting achieved a reduction of 2154 tonnes last year, with several milestones announced at the Field Day. BMRG operations manager Peter Kafka said the overall project would see a dramatic reduction of 26,000 tonnes of sediment pollutant load to the Great Barrier Reef and the Field Day was an opportunity to hear a full progress update, along with future opportunities.

BMRG operations manager Peter Kafka said the overall project would see a dramatic reduction of 26,000 tonnes of sediment pollutant load to the Great Barrier Reef.

Picture: BMRG “The one-year milestone provided a chance to view the sites first-hand, revisit before and after photos, hear an update from key project

members and look at future opportunities for water quality improvements and riverbank erosion management,” he said.

Guided by the Investment Strategy for the Mary River (2020), the project priority areas include a combination of works, including large-scale restoration of riverbank erosion areas, revegetation in river reaches to stabilise streambanks working in partnership with local landholders, and other partners such as Seqwater and councils.

Further project updates are expected in January.

“The first site rehabilitated through this project in 2020 located on the Mary River near Conondale, endured immense damage to bare riverbanks, lost property infrastructure and washed thousands of tonnes of sediment into the reef, from the 2011 and 2013 floods,’’ Mary River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee’s Brad Wedlock said. ’’However, the scale and expense of the project was too large for the landholders to repair alone - despite their own remediation efforts. ’’This was a leading factor in the forming of the Mary River Recovery consortium: to create cost-effective and resilient projects for landholders that have endured significant riverbank erosion issues, while dramatically improving water quality in the Mary catchment.’’

Feds chip in $1 million to reignite the Gympie Muster As Australia’s arts and entertainment sector continues to recover from COVID-19, Gympie Music Muster will go from strength to strength with a $1 million grant through the Federal Government’s $200 million Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund.

Wide Bay MP Llew O’Brien said the Gympie Muster would receive funding through the sixth batch of RISE Fund grants to support its events in 2022 and 2023.

“The Muster is an iconic Gympie event, which is celebrating its 40th year in 2022 after two years of pandemic restrictions, so this investment will support the event as it celebrates this milestone and rebuilds to become even brighter and better than ever,” Mr O’Brien said “The Muster hosts more than 100 artists over four days and attracts 10,000 visitors a day from all over Australia, injecting nearly $4 million into the Gympie economy and supporting local jobs in hospitality and tourism. Many people also choose to extend their stay in the Mary Valley and Cooloola Coast areas, further spreading the economic advantage throughout the broader Wide Bay community.

“The Gympie Muster committee has worked hard and shown remarkable resilience to keep this beloved event running, and I congratulate them on their successful application.”

Gympie Music Muster Board chairman Greg Cavanagh thanked Mr O’Brien and said the grant would significantly boost the entertainment industry which has been one of the

Gympie Music Muster will go from strength to strength with a $1 million grant. hardest-hit sectors due to Covid-19.

“This is a fantastic opportunity which will ensure that we remain viable and sustainable after two consecutive years of cancellation and significant financial loss to the Muster,” Mr Cavanagh said.

“It is certainly a timely boost for our belated 40th year celebration in August 2022.”

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Events will also receive $135,000 for its Legends on the Lawn program, which will bring top Australian performers for a special event in Mackay.

Minister for the Arts Paul Fletcher said the government’s objective, in providing this funding for arts and entertainment, is that as the vaccine rollout continues at a strong pace and states and territories open up, arts

companies, promoters and festivals would be ready to go.

“This is an important stage in the resurgence of Australia’s arts and entertainment sector, with this targeted RISE funding providing an opportunity for venues to reopen to audiences; curtains to rise; and performers to come back on stage to a welcoming roar of applause,” he said.

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Lungfish get a new home Two protected Australian lungfish kept illegally at a Gympie property have been given a new home, in a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sea Life Sunshine Coast Aquarium.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said Fisheries Queensland has donated the lungfish to the aquarium, following a successful compliance investigation.

“There is a clear community expectation that these iconic Queensland lungfish are protected and this is an important step for the conservation of this vulnerable species,” Mr Furner said. “Sea Life Sunshine Coast will use the lungfish for the purpose of education, research and environmental protection.

“There are real benefits for both the community and the species’ future, by having these fish on display.”

Sea Life Sunshine Coast Aquarium’s Displays Supervisor Denice Askebrink welcomed the donation of the lungfish which have been named Neo and Alve.

“These iconic and unique creatures are endangered in the wild due to habitat degradation and also, not many juveniles surviving to adult age,” Ms Askebrink said.

“Just as the name suggests, this fish has a lung, as well as gills like a normal fish. But the most fascinating thing about these animals is that they can also encase their body in a cocoon made of mucus to remain moist when there is a drought, so they can survive until there is water back in the creeks and rivers.

“This is what has allowed the lungfish to evolve and survive for over 400 million years!”

Since arriving at the aquarium, Alve, 72 cm long and weighing 2.28 kg and Neo who is 79 cm long and 3.22 kg, have been feasting on banana and algae wafers. They were recently moved from quarantine to their billabong display where they will live with other Australian lungfish and native fish species.

Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol officers found the two lungfish in a backyard pond when they searched a Gympie property with the Queensland Police Service in October 2020. An investigation also revealed the resident of the property had unlawfully been in possession of Australian lungfish eggs.

The offender was fined $5,063 for breaching fisheries regulations in Queensland where lungfish are a protected, no-take species.

After their seizure, the lungfish were cared for by the Department of Environment and Science’s Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) rangers at Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre at Enoggera Reservoir.

Walkabout Creek’s wildlife centre includes lungfish, along with a range of other freshwater species, providing rangers with both the experience and knowledge needed in caring for this unique species.

Mr Furner said the case highlights the emerging black market interest in Queensland’s iconic endemic fish species such as lungfish.

“The detection of a significant quantity of Australian lungfish eggs is concerning and beyond what our fisheries officers normally see,” Mr Furner said.

Australian Lungfish are listed as vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Sniffing out gliders in conservation crusade Conservation dogs are using their noses to help to sniff out friend and foe in land management practices with landcare groups and landholders.

Supported by a Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grant, Noosa and District Landcare will trial sniffer dogs for a Glider survey and restoration project. In the project, the dogs will soon be trialled to understand how well they can find Endangered Greater Gliders, which are notoriously difficult to locate using traditional methods of nocturnal spotlight searches.

Rachel Lyons, Business and Partnerships Manager at Noosa and District Landcare, said Greater Gliders typically reside in the tree canopy, as high as 30 to 50 metres from the ground.

“From the research we have seen, only

4 to 7 percent of gliders are seen by people undertaking standard visual surveys,” Lyons said.

Lyons said the sniffer dogs would be used to locate glider scat in the national park and on private land where they are thought to be found. Lyons said they had a team of 15 volunteers who have been trained to work on the project.

Locating glider populations is crucial to ensuring the species’ survival, so land managers are able to focus their efforts on protecting and managing their unburnt habitat and old trees with large hollows, manage pests and install nest boxes for the animals where they are needed.

“We’ll test the dogs to see if they locate glider scat and test against our normal survey technique to see if they correlate,” she said.

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LNP Noosa celebrates Storms and protests in the park could not deter members and friends of LNP Noosa turning up to celebrate a successful year for the branch at the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club.

Branch chair Leigh McCready summarised the achievements of the year, including running events hosting Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce and Federal Minister David Littleproud, creating and implementing a strategic plan for the branch and running a community linen drive to source linen, clothing and other items for the local homeless community.

Di Henshall, Kerry Minchin, former Senator Nick Minchin.

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Optus boosts its coverage Optus has switched on a new tower at Cootharaba Road in Cootharaba as part of the Australian Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program which the Queensland State Government has also contributed funding towards.

The new tower will provide our best Optus coverage to the area and connectivity to the regional community.

The Optus mobile tower will provide enhanced mobile coverage to 642 premises with 97 sq kms covered – helping to ensure essential communication services during critical times, like bushfire season, and helping those living and working in the area to stay connected.

Mungo O’Brien, Optus’ Territory General Manager for Wide Bay, said that Optus continues to provide mobile competition and choice to regional and rural Queensland.

Mr O’Brien said, “We’re thrilled to be able to offer our customers with much-needed access to our fast 4G service. We know how important reliable internet access is for those living and working across regional Australia.”

“This tower will provide our customers with

improved connectivity while living, working and driving through the region by unlocking access to communication and helping to facilitate contact with family and friends throughout the country.”

“The investment in expanding Optus’ telecommunications infrastructure and mobile coverage is supported by the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program, and we recognise the work of the Federal and State Governments, local businesses and communities for their support of this Program.”

“This new tower will also allow competition and choice for local businesses and residents by offering our best network ever at a great value. We are committed to giving our customers access to more reliable mobile coverage and high-quality internet” added Mr O’Brien.

Minister for Regional Communications, Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie, said the activation of the new tower was part of the Liberal and National Government’s commitment to support regional areas.

“The Liberal and Nationals Government’s priority is to provide Australians with better access to reliable communication services, which is why we have committed $380 million to the Mobile Black Spot Program to improve mobile coverage and competition across regional and remote communities,” Minister McKenzie said.

“This is just one of more than 1,270 new mobile base stations funded under the program to date, with more than 980 of these base stations now on air, including 204 in Queensland. I am delighted to see this rollout continue.”

Federal Member for Wide Bay and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Llew O’Brien said the new tower would support a significant number of people in the Wide Bay community.

“More than 640 premises will have access to more reliable coverage, including local businesses, improving their connection for telephone calls and data use such as social media or shopping online,” Mr O’Brien said.

“Crucially, it also helps improve a muchneeded upgrade to local connectivity during a natural disaster or power outage, and with many travellers visiting this region for holidays, it will improve the quality of coverage available if they need to call back home.”

Queensland Minister for Digital Economy Leeanne Enoch said the Queensland Government is committed to advocating for improved telecommunications connectivity across Queensland.

“Mobile coverage is critical for people living, working and travelling outside major cities,” she said.

“The Palaszczuk Government continues to partner with the private sector and the Federal Government to expand coverage to support public safety, local businesses, education, tourism, and much more.

“Our Government has invested $139,090 in this project to bring greater connectivity to the region around Cootharaba Road as part of a commitment of over $23 million to the Mobile Black Spot Program overall.”

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By Phill Jarratt

Another miracle for Josh?

It might seem like a day at the beach – in fact an endless string of days at the beach – but running the Noosa Festival of Surfing, the world’s largest surfboard riding event, has never been easy.

For Josh Allen, who became event director last year after two years of handling the marketing involvement in the event for organisers World Surfaris, it was a bit like the perfect storm, but one that produced the wrong kind of waves. “It was actually a miracle that the festival happened at all in 2021,” he says.

We’ll get back to that in a minute, but first a brief history. The Noosa Festival of Surfing was born out of the existing Noosa Malibu Classic in 1998 when a group of surfing entrepreneurs saw an opportunity to build a cultural and entertainment program around the framework of the Noosa Malibu Club surfing event. It was an immediate hit and by 1999 was attracting surfing families from around the world.

Disclosure: The author was one of the festival founders and with his family company, ran the event from 1998 to 2002, and again from 2009 to 2018.

In 2019 World Surfaris, one of Australia’s leading global surf travel companies, took over the management of the festival and, despite erosion from a storm swell reducing the beach bar to a five-metre width, enjoyed a successful year with good waves and the inclusion of a World Surf League world tour event. In 2020 the WSL’s event calendar forced the Noosa festival to move forward to February from its normal March slot, which proved a lucky break,

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getting in ahead of Covid lockdowns and border closures.

And then along came Josh, who stepped in as Noosa event manager when his seven-year role running international travel marketing for World Surfaris suddenly became redundant

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as the surf travel business ground to a halt.

As vaccination seemed to be containing the spread of the pandemic at the end of last year, Josh and the World Surfaris management team made the brave decision to push the 2021 festival back to May in the hope of getting com-

petitors from interstate and overseas as the borders opened. Sadly the Delta variant put paid to that, but the “miracle” festival still went ahead, against all odds, and despite poor surf and crowd restrictions on social events, it was a credit to its organisers.

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2021 was the final year of the World Surfaris initial contract, but despite the radical contraction of its business, the company signed up again, contracting Josh Allen’s Event Generals outfit to run it with Noosa Malibu Club assistance. The strange thing is that over its expensive involvement as major sponsor, World Surfaris has reduced its branding presence at each event, doing it for the love, rather than the media exposure.

Josh explains: “In 2021 international tourism took another huge hit and John Finlay (CEO) felt it wasn’t the time to be flaunting World Surfaris’ product offerings when no one here was thinking about overseas surf trips. But we are seeing a bit of a comeback now with people booking trips, so the profile is likely to change.

World Surfaris branding will be more evident this time. In the US and parts of Europe, it’s already business as usual as far as surf travel is concerned. The Maldives in particular is almost back to full capacity. The US has allowed people to travel quite freely to most places for 12 months now, subject to PCR tests. The Maldives has been teeming with surfers, and it’s kept the surf tourism industry alive. A lot of companies would have folded without it.”

While World Surfaris made its own decision

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Josh at Noosa Surf Museum. to pull back on branding during Covid, Josh is more concerned about the increasing restrictions on signage and other branding opportunities usually offered to surf festival sponsors.

Josh says: “The authorities have taken a fairly strong stance about flags and branded feather banners, marquees and so on, on the beach.

Perhaps this is understandable for some, but the reality for us is that it takes a lot of value out of sponsorship, making it even harder to attract large sponsors who help make this event possible. I also don’t understand that

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when you have a thousand Cool Cabanas on the beach, what’s so bad about a branded sponsor marquee?”

“I understand that Noosa has this luxe ethos and that some people are at pains to maintain that profile, but as a result ours and other events have had to adhere to rules and restrictions, such as signage documentation including a description of size and style of every sponsor flag or banner and only certain sponsors allowed to display branding depending on their level of sponsorship. This just makes a mountain of extra work for all of our events when people are already under-staffed and over-stressed. I’d like to see them just step back and relax a bit.

When asked about the small number of stakeholders who believe events are detrimental to Noosa’s image, Josh makes a strong case for the importance of a healthy event schedule, of which the surfing festival has been an integral part for more than 30 years.

“I believe Noosa needs events to continue bringing life, a vibrant atmosphere and a steady boost to the local economy, especially in these super-tough times. The surf festival has brought people from all over the world and created awareness of our coastal assets for

three decades now. Fortunately, Noosa Council, including Mayor Clare Stewart, and the Tourism Noosa team are huge supporters of the festival and have helped me and my team create an amazing 2022 event.”

Josh, a lifelong surfer originally from Sydney’s northern beaches, is by nature an optimist, despite the sand bar that’s made First Point almost unsurfable for more than a year, and the building wave of the Omicron variant.

He told Noosa Today: “The way it’s looking right now, it’s going to be a rocky road but I’m optimistic. Entries are pretty good, sitting at 250 now which is pretty good considering how last-minute surfers often are. A lot of that 250 is Queensland based, which is similar to this year so less likelihood of cancelling. Our capacity this time will be around 400 which is a manageable number for the days allocated. I think we’ll fill up with competitors very soon, and if we don’t get a few cyclone swells to clean out the sand and return First Point to its former glory, at least we’ll have our Beach Bar back with its Bali beach club vibes.

“But I’m pretty confident we’ll have surf on the point. We’ve had only three or four days at First Point over the past two festivals, so fingers crossed. We’re overdue!”

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Laundry set to clean up Sunshine Coast-based laundry service The Laundry Lady has been named a state finalist in the Telstra Best of Business Awards as it continues to ramp up recruitment across the country.

The business, which boasts a team of 60plus Laundry Ladies and Lads providing residential and commercial wash and fold services, has bucked COVID closures, recently celebrating a $1 million revenue milestone and interstate growth.

Laundry Lady CEO, Susan Toft, says she is proud to be representing Queensland in the Accelerating Women category.

“This announcement comes off the back of our finalist title in the 2021 Sunshine Coast

Business Awards,” she says.

“It’s been a massive year for us, most notably in terms of location and team growth, and achieving such an amazing result in Telstra’s Best of Business Awards is a real boost ahead of the New Year.”

Not slowing down any time soon, she says Laundry Lady is currently looking to onboard new contractors (women and men) to keep up with demand for affordable and contactless laundry services.

Clients range from beauty salons and event planners to yoga studios, busy households, NDIS participants and property management/ Airbnb.

“This is such an incredible honour for our

growing business that started with just me trying to find better balance as a working mum, and has now grown to support more than 60 (mostly) women in profitable work from home businesses that give them flexibility around their lives.”

“Our team of laundry contractors don’t join us because they love doing laundry, they join us because they are looking for a way to work from home, work around their kids, or are looking after elderly parents.”

Flexibility isn’t the only drawcard of becoming a Laundry Lady contractor. As Susan explains, Laundry Ladies and Lads can earn anywhere between $300 to $3,000 per week.

“We have single mums, mature-aged wom-

LET'S CELEBRATE SAFELY

Laundry Lady CEO Susan Toft (left) with staff member Ash at a local disability expo promoting our handy laundry services on-the-go.

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WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE AND INCIDENT FREE NEW YEAR'S EVE Sadly under-age partygoers can cause unnecessary problems over a normally extremely busy period for our emergency service workers.

Noosa is a popular place to celebrate and we are encouraging a common sense approach to this year's celebrations.

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien has urged the mothers and fathers of Wide Bay to tell a new inquiry of their experiences, fears and risks of social media.

“There are mothers in Wide Bay who wake up every morning terrified of what bullying their children have encountered in their bedroom during the night and what they are going to have to deal with in the morning,” he said.

“If kids fight in the playground, a teacher can break it up, but teachers can not stop this insidious behaviour in a space they have no control over, and they are powerless to control it.

“Small family businesses can also suffer financially because of false and damaging reviews by vexatious parties and published online with no recourse to big tech. We must put this in writing to the Committee and hold tech companies, which have enjoyed a total lack of accountability for far too long, responsible for their actions.”

Submissions are now open to the Select Committee on Social Media and Online Safety which will examine evidence of potential impacts of online harms on the mental health and wellbeing of Australians; the extent to which algorithms used by social media platforms permit them, what accountability social media platforms; and online technology companies face, and other related matter.

To make a submission visit the website: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Social_Media_and_Online_Safety/SocialMediaandSafety. Submissions to the committee will close on 12 January 2022.

Parents/Guardians are responsible for keeping their children safe on New Year's Eve Do you know where your children are?

Emergency Service workers are not babysitters and should not be expected to look after unruly underage party-goers Be contactable on New Year's Eve Do not purchase alcohol for anyone under-age

Zero tolerance to anti-social behaviour New Year's Eve is a time to celebrate with family and friends Our emergency service and hospitality workers want to see all of us having a good time, safely and responsibly.

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en, husband and wife teams, who are joining our team and seeing the benefits that this type of business can bring them.”

The Laundry Lady is one of six Queensland finalists vying for top title in the Accelerating Women category, which also features an innovative packaging company and a bridal gown designer.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our team and how we are accelerating women Australia wide.”

Susan admits the application process for the 2022 Telstra Best of Business Awards was “next level”, highlighting the calibre of all the finalists.

“Up against a pool of 24,000 nominations; the process included four stages, 10-plus videos, 10,000-plus words, questionnaires, financials, and interviews with judges.”

“It provided a great opportunity to look back at where we started, and just how far we’ve come!”

The Queensland winners will be announced early next year and go on to represent their state in the national awards.

Other categories include Building Communities, Indigenous Excellence, Promoting Sustainability, and Championing Health.

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Cameron Walton from the Noosa Car Spa cleaning a customer’s windscreen prior to being washed.

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Noosa Car Spa owner Rod Ayache.

Super service at car spa

By Abbey Cannan State of the art technology with old fashioned customer service is what you’ll find when you visit the Noosa Car Spa in Noosaville.

The car wash at 188 Eumundi-Noosa Road, Noosaville (next to Bunnings) includes two manual bays and two automatic bays which have a range of options including soft cloth and touch free technology.

Noosa Car Spa owner Rod Ayache said customers have been thrilled with the results since opening the architecturally designed car wash a year ago.

“We understand that when people pay to

have their car washed, they want it to be clean, and at Noosa Car Spa we’re achieving that,” Rod said.

“Someone is always here to man the auto machines and give a helping hand from about 6.30am to 6.30pm daily.

“We clean the windscreen before the car goes in, and check the bumper guard for bugs.

When the car finishes, we wipe down the windscreen and windows with a shammy.

“We’re as satisfied as the customers when we see the cars leave here clean.”

Technology has changed in the auto-wash industry since the 1980’s, when auto friction

used hard plastic whipper snipper style brushes that caused scratches on vehicles.

“The material has drastically improved to a soft cloth non-porous closed cell material which does not retain dirt or grime,” Rod said.

“This soft cloth material is incredibly gentle on the car and is guaranteed 100 per cent scratch free. This technology now means it’s completely safe to wash in our auto-washer.

“Soft cloth auto washing is replacing hand car washes all over the world and has now become the preferred and most trusted way to wash your vehicle. Our soft cloth auto wash is a world class car wash system like you have nev-

er experienced before, leaving your car clean.“ The car wash has handy extras including an underbody wash, a twin dog wash, vacuums, and a vending machine.

Rod said the underbody wash worked perfectly to get the salt water and sand from underneath your car after a beach trip.

“We don’t use recycled water so it’s all fresh which ensures the clean is up to standard,” he said.

Noosa Car Spa is open seven days a week and the auto-wash prices range from the ’Ultimate Spa Wash’ at $25 to a ’Tradie Spa’ for just $16.

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Record for graduates As the Queensland Police Service (QPS) continues to rollout the State Government’s commitment of an extra 2025 police personnel, one of the biggest increases in policing resources in Queensland’s history, Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Mark Ryan, visited the QPS Oxley Academy to meet one of the largest cohort’s of recruits training to become Queensland police officers.

There are currently 280 recruits who are expected to graduate from the Academy by early 2022.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll urged Queenslanders to consider a career with the Queensland Police Service.

“Policing offers an incredibly diverse range of opportunities, whether it be general duties policing, or the wide range of specialist units we have ranging from the dog squad and water police to forensics or the stock squad.

“It is very pleasing to see so many recruits passing through our Police Academies, and I look forward to many more Queenslanders joining our service in the near future.”

Recruiting and Constable Training Superintendent Josef Jaramazovic said the increase in recruits at this time would make an enormous difference to Queenslanders.

“As our state continues to grow, so does the need for our policing services,” Superintendent Jaramazovic said.

“The additional number of recruits training at the moment will ensure we continue to meet the challenges of the future.

“The QPS continues to look for applicants that seek purpose, direction and meaning from their careers in a different way than ever

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll urged Queenslanders to consider a career with the Queensland Police Service. before to join the Service.

“There has truly never been a better time to join the QPS and follow the footsteps of these 280 recruits.”

Minister Ryan said the boost in police personnel supported the vision of Commissioner Katarina Carroll for the QPS to enhance its reputation as a world leader as a responsive, agile, and effective policing service.

“What Queenslanders are seeing now is an investment in policing unrivalled by any government this century.

“This is in keeping with the Queensland Government’s commitment to keep Queenslanders safe now, and well into the future, the Minister said.

“I encourage anyone who has considered a policing career or is looking at a career change to take the QPS eligibility quiz at policerecruit. com.au.

“More often than not, it’s what’s on the inside that makes an incredible police officer, so all of your life experiences - the ups and the downs, is what has made you ready to serve.”

Boat parade delights Beatrix Todd snapped this shot at the boat parade before Christmas. “A big thank you for all those selfless residents who made the kids’ night memorable. The boat parade in Noosa is always something to look forward to. This year did not disappoint - as usual,” she said.

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TEWANTIN NOOSA PROBUS CLUB

Every Sunday from 12.30pm at the TewantinMasonic Hall we teach basic dance steps, waltz, then old time, new vogue and social dances running through to 4pm. Lots of fun and dancing, including a 20 minute tea/coffee break, so hope to see you there. For more info, please phone 0429 829 328 or visit andrewsclassdance.com No need to book, just rock up.

Probus is all about friendship, fellowship and fun for retired seniors. Our club meets at the RSL on the fourth Tuesday of the month except December starting at 10am for morning tea which costs just $5. We have interesting guest speakers and weekly activities and outings to suit all levels of fitness. We offer a warm welcome to retirees living in or around Tewantin and the Noosa hinterland. Phone Christine Hartley on 5442 7397.

BEEF STEAK AND BURGUNDY Noosa Beefsteak and Burgundy Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month at a different local restaurant for good food, wines and fellowship for couples or singles which is our aim. For more information phone John Dicker on 0414 323 266.

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Enjoy learning tap dancing or start again.

Come along and have fun with others at the Catholic Church Hall, Moorindil St, Tewantin on Thursdays 3.30-4.30pm. Phone Helen on 0448 621 788 for more info or just turn up.

CLASSICAL MUSIC GROUP Why not give listening to classical music a try, without any obligation, in a friendly group meeting in a comfy home in Noosaville. We watch DVDs featuring classical music or listen to classical music CDs. There is no charge but a donation of $2 for morning tea or coffee and biscuits is appreciated. For more details ring Lyn on 5449 0537.

NORTH TEWANTIN BUSHCARE Join the North Tewantin Bush Care Group of local volunteers every first and third Sunday of the month from 7.30-9.30am to help maintain the beautiful natural flora in the area. We weed and plant along the river.

It is light work and a lot of fun. All equipment is provided and an excellent morning tea follows. Grab a hat and come along. Ring 0432 384 596.

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We are a fun, friendly, seniors’ social group, we welcome couples and singles from coast to hinterland to join us for morning coffee every Monday from 10am at the Wine Bar, Tewantin Marina and Thursdays from 10am at the Boathouse on the Noosa River.

We also have a monthly program of dinners, lunches, walks, picnics and other activities. Please contact Joan on 0419 517 869 for more details.

Next year, I’m planning to re-launch Spiritsong Chamber Choir. Will be looking for experienced singers to sing from composers such as William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, John Dowland and Adrian Batten.

Would love to hear from you if this is your passion. Phone choir director Andrew Emmet on 5474 1498 or email andrewjemmet@gmail.com

Every Tuesday evening from 7 pm to 9.30 pm Pat and Norm Young organise a social evening at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall - the cost is $4. It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide New Vogue as well as Old Time Dancing. Phone 0407 456 939 for more information, or come and visit.

SUNSHINE SOCIAL CLUB We meet for coffee every Saturday 10am at the Sunshine Beach Surf Club where we organise weekly lunches and picnics. Couples and singles most welcome. Please phone Noeline on 5474 5231.

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The Guide PICK OF THE WEEK BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2021 SBS, New Year’s Day, 7.30pm

Did you pay attention to all the news and stories of 2021, or were you one of the many people who were too busy whipping up batches of cupcakes and ordering new sets of tracksuits online while you half-heartedly learnt a new language? Never fear: one of the world’s most acerbic and surprising comedians, Jimmy Carr, is here to shake you out of your reverie and remember the year that has passed. In this annual special, express from the UK, a panel of six comedians compete to see which of them can recall most about the past 12 months. Joining Carr for the laughs this year are Sarah Millican, Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Jonathan Ross, Judi Love and Guz Khan.

NEW YEAR’S EVE ABC TV, New Year’s Eve, 8.30pm

FBI 10, Sunday, 9pm

BACK ROADS ABC TV, Monday, 8pm

After the past couple of years, we all know there’s no harm in staying home on New Year’s Eve and enjoying the festivities from the comfort of your lounge room. The dress code can be whatever you want (fancy pyjamas or swimmers?) and the in-house menu can be as select as you like (iced-chocolate or bubbles?). It’s hardly a secret that the best parties are often the ones in your own abode, and this festive special, live from the Sydney Opera House, affords you a spectacular celebration from home. Featuring a line-up of special guests and performances, it’s a winning way to bid farewell to 2021.

Now in its fourth season, this crime drama from producer Dick Wolf (Law & Order) is going from strength to strength thanks to storylines that keep you on the edge of your seat and top-notch production values.

FBI agents have a certain element of mystery and intrigue, and you know they are only ever going to handle the really juicy cases. This time, Assistant Director in Charge Rina (Kathleen Munroe, pictured) is critically wounded on her way to work.

The team soon discover a vengeful Vargas – the notorious leader of the Durango drug cartel – organised the attack from behind bars and he’s not planning on stopping there.

Packing the car, perfecting the playlist, selecting the snacks, and mapping the route to stop at as many country bakeries as possible that sell Australia’s best vanilla slice (all of them, apparently) is just part of the magic of a road trip. In tonight’s series return, presenter Heather Ewart (pictured) looks at how travel by road has evolved – from the beginnings of mass car ownership of the 1950s to the rise of the grey nomads hitting the highway in their caravans. Heading off from the Oodnadatta Track in South Australia, Ewart shares some of her favourite drives to explore this country’s love affair with the road.

Year in review: Jimmy Carr hosts Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2021.

Friday, December 31 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Escape From The City. (R) 7.00 News.

9.30 How Deadly World. (PG, R) 10.00 Searching For Superhuman. (PG, R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer.

12.30 One Plus One. (R) 1.00 Penguin King.

(R) 2.10 Miniseries: Delicious. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer. 3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 4.55 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 5.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.20 The True Story Of King Tut’s Treasure. (PG, R) 3.20 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 3.50 Inside The Ritz Hotel. (R) 4.45 Jeopardy!

(PG) 5.10 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.40 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: The Theory Of Everything. (2014, PGa, R) 2.30 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Zeus And Roxanne.

(1997, G, R) Steve Guttenberg.

2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 7.00 Judge Judy.

(PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil.

(PGa, R) 1.00 The Royals Revealed. (PGal, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen.

(R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 News.

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2021. (Mdl, R) 8.30 New Year’s Eve: The Early Night Show. A big night of entertainment and music.

9.00 New Year’s Eve: 9PM Fireworks.

Coverage of the pre-midnight fireworks.

9.15 New Year’s Eve: Let’s Celebrate! An all-star concert from the Sydney Opera House.

11.45 New Year’s Eve: Countdown To Midnight. 12.00 New Year’s Eve: Midnight Fireworks. 12.15 Rage New Year’s Special.

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6.10 Dinner For One. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Greatest Hits Of The 80s.

Explores 12 iconic songs from the ’80s.

9.30 MOVIE: The Blues Brothers.

(1980, Mls, R) Two brothers try to reform their blues band. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd.

11.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 12.45 The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything. (Mals, R) 2.30 MOVIE: Buena Vista Social Club. (1999, G, R) Ry Cooder, Luis Barzaga, Joachim Cooder. 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 28. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. From Adelaide Oval.

10.00 MOVIE: The Full Monty.

(1997, Mlns, R) A group of unemployed British steel workers decides to perform a strip show to raise some money.

However, their resolve is severely tested after their efforts to train earn the ire of the authorities. Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy.

12.00 131st Rose Parade 2020.

(PG) From Pasadena, California.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Roo Can’t Chew. (PG) A red kangaroo is having problems eating.

8.30 MOVIE: Dirty Dancing.

(1987, PGasv, R) A girl falls in love with a dancing teacher when she spends the summer at a holiday camp. Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach.

10.30 MOVIE: Can’t Stop The Music.

(1980, PGdls, R) Valerie Perrine.

12.45 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. (R) 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) Miguel Maestre learns the art of noodle making.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(PGs, R) Guests include Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Nish Kumar, Jessica Chastain and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

9.30 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. (PGa) Part 4 of 4.

10.30 Just For Laughs. (Mls, R) 11.00 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Infomercials.

(PG, R) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Infomercials. (PG, R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Letterkenny. 1.30 Ebony Society. 1.45 Your Call Is Important To Us. 2.00 Desert Dash. 2.15 Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup. Replay. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions. 10.15 The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything. Midnight If You Are The One. 2.05 Letterkenny. 2.35 NHK World English News. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 3.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

4.00 M*A*S*H. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 9.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 10.30 The Mentalist.

12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 The Real Seachange. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Death In Paradise. 2.10 The Young And The Restless.

3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Maytime In Mayfair. (1949) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Saved & Remade. 8.30 MOVIE: Ben-Hur. (2016, M) 11.00 Memory Lane.

12.20am Antiques Roadshow. 12.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Seinfeld. 10.00 Frasier.

11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 11.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Infomercials.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Romeo And Juliet. Continued. (2013, PG) 7.20 Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 9.05 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 11.10 Ali’s Wedding. (2017, M) 1.15pm Jungle Book. (1942, PG) 3.15 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 4.50 Martian Child. (2007, PG) 6.50 Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 8.30 Booksmart. (2019, MA15+) 10.25 Porto. (2016, MA15+, Portuguese) 11.50 Win My Baby Back. (2019, M, Vietnamese) 1.45am Borg Vs McEnroe. (2017, M) 3.45 Wajib. (2017, M, Arabic) 5.35 Esio Trot. (2015, PG)

7MATE (73) 6am ITM Fishing Show. 6.30 Fishing Addiction. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Dirty Rotten Survival.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 America’s Game.

Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 No Man’s Land.

1.30 Shipping Wars. 2.30 Last Car Garage. 3.30 Bull Riding. PBR Australia. Monster Energy Tour.

4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 28. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The November Man. (2014, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Locusts. (2019, MA15+) 11.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping.

1.00 Infomercials. 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 SEAL Team. 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

Programs. 5.35pm The Wonder Gang. 5.50 Peppa Pig. 5.55 Fireman Sam. 6.05 Ben And Holly.

6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.35 MOVIE: St Elmo’s Fire. (1985, M) 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.05 Live At The Apollo. 11.50 QI. 12.25am Would I Lie To You? 12.55 Insert Name Here.

1.25 Sick Of It. 1.45 Community. 2.05 Parks And Recreation. 2.30 ABC News Update. 2.35 Close.

5.05 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 The Hive. 5.30 Digby Dragon. 5.40 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 Waabiny Time. 9.10 Bushwhacked! 9.35 The Magic Canoe. 10.00 Land Of Primates. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Footy Legends. (2006, PG) 1.35 The Kamilaroi. 2.00 Shortland Street.

2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales.

4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 7.45 MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 9.35 Bedtime Stories. 9.45 Cultural Connections Immersion Festival. 10.45 Late Programs.

Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm.

5.30 MOVIE: Happy Feet. (2006) 7.40 MOVIE: Dinner For Schmucks. (2010, M) 9.55 MOVIE: Due Date. (2010, MA15+) 11.50 Malcolm In The Middle.

12.20am Desperate Housewives. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu.

4.00 Pokémon The Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends. 4.30 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 4.50 The Tom And Jerry Show. 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

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Saturday, January 1 SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Rage New Year’s Special. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.30 Weird Australia.

(PG) 10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Early Night Show. (R) 1.00 New Year’s Eve: 9PM Fireworks. (R) 1.10 New Year’s Eve: Let’s Celebrate! (R) 3.45 New Year’s Eve: Countdown To Midnight. (R) 4.00 New Year’s Eve: Midnight Fireworks. (R) 4.15 Vera. (PG, R) 5.25 MOVIE: Strictly Ballroom. (1992, PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 PBS NewsHour. (R) 2.00 First Contact Canada. (PGaw, R) 4.40 The Hunt For The Kaiser’s Superfleet. (PGav, R) 5.30 Forgotten Heroes. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show Summer Series.

(PG) 12.00 MOVIE: Where Eagles Dare.

(1968, PGav, R) Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure. 3.15 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Creek To Coast. (R)

6.00 Weekend Today. 9.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 1. Day session. Chile v Spain. From Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney. Argentina v Georgia.

From Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney.

3.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 4.00 Snow Bears. (PG) 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Escape Fishing. (R) 8.00 The Boxing Day Tsunami.

(PGa) 11.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGal, R) 1.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.00 Destination Dessert. (R) 2.30 Three Blue Ducks. (PGl, R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 4.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. (PGl, R) 4.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 The Larkins. (PG) With the imminent arrival of her sister and her family, Ma is beside herself and cleaning like a demon.

8.20 Miniseries: Us. (Ml) Part 3 of 4. As Douglas scours the streets of Venice for Albie, Connie does some detective work of her own. However, as Douglas gets desperate, things spiral out of control in the Italian heat.

9.20 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) Lucille is deeply concerned by the living conditions of an elderly patient with a malodorous leg ulcer.

10.20 Father Brown. (PG, R) A choir competition is sabotaged.

11.05 Finding Alice. (Ml, R) A woman’s partner suddenly dies.

11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Guest programmed by Crowded House.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2021.

A panel of six celebrity guests compete to see which of them can recall most about the past 12 months.

9.15 MOVIE: Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life. (1983, Mls, R) A series of sketches that takes a look at the various stages of life, from the fish contemplating their lives as one of their own is taken to be eaten at a restaurant to the miracle of birth and a visit to heaven. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam.

11.15 MOVIE: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. (2011, MA15+v, R) A spy searches for a mole in the MI6. Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch.

1.40 The Ghan: The Full Journey. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE: The Sound Of Music.

(1965, G, R) On the eve of World War II, a novice nun becomes a governess to a large Austrian family. Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker.

10.40 MOVIE: Tully. (2018, Mals) A mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the nanny hired to help with her newborn baby. Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston.

12.45 Koala Rescue. (PG, R) Profiles Australians who rescued, treated and rehabilitated koalas who survived the 2019 Australian fires.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Get Clever. (R) Educational kids’ program.

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) A look at locations that highlight living well.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Ghostbusters.

(2016, PGhl, R) Four New Yorkers band together to save the city from an otherworldly threat. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon.

9.55 MOVIE: Identity Thief.

(2013, MA15+lsv, R) After his identity is stolen by a con artist, a man must find the thief responsible in order to clear his name. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau.

12.00 MOVIE: 8 Mile. (2002, Malsv, R) A rapper struggles to gain respect.

Eminem, Kim Basinger.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact With Stu Cameron. (PG)

6.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7.

Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United. From CommBank Stadium, Sydney.

9.00 Ambulance. (Ma, R) Call handler Laura offers life-saving advice to a panicked caller who has to resuscitate her relative. Police make a call to the ambulance control room about a patient being trapped beneath a tram.

11.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (Masv, R) After a deadly fire at an arcade, the team discovers the blaze was just the first step in an intricate plan to exact revenge on one of the victims. Hana rejoins the team, finding new adjustments in all aspects of her life.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival 2021: The Gala. 9.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

10.15 To Be Advised. 10.50 Schitt’s Creek. 11.15 Catastrophe. (Final) 11.45 The Trip To Greece.

12.10am GameFace. 12.35 Red Dwarf. 1.05 Escape From The City. 2.05 ABC News Update. 2.10 Close.

5.05 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Vice Essentials Canada. 12.30 North To South: The Full Journey. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 MOVIE: Alpha. (2018, PG) 6.45 The Story Of The Songs. 7.40 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 8.30 The Last Year Of Television 2021 Special. 9.30 The X-Files.

1.40am South Park. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Horse Racing. 4.30pm The Amazing Homemakers. 5.30 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 6.30 The Hotel Inspector. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Mentalist. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 The Real Seachange. 4.00 Sydney Weekender. 4.30 Creek To Coast. 5.00 1 Man And A Bike. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

11.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 11.55 MOVIE: The Third Man. (1949, PG) 2.05pm MOVIE: Little Women. (1994) 4.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 1. Night session. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens.

8.00 Becker. 9.00 Man With A Plan. 10.00 Frasier.

11.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Noon Carol’s Second Act. 1.00 Brides Of Beverly Hills.

2.00 Man With A Plan. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 TikTok For You Fest. 11.15 Mom. 12.10am Shopping. 1.10 Infomercials. 1.40 Big Bang. 2.05 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.15

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Esio

7MATE (73)

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) Noon Land Of Primates. 1.00 Always Was Always Will Be. 1.40 Rugby Union. Ella 7s. 2.00 Ice Hockey.

National Hockey Super League. 4.00 Soccer.

FIFA Arab Cup. Final. Replay. 6.00 VCW: Vulcan Championship Wrestling. 7.00 Chuck And The First People’s Kitchen. 7.30 Ella Fitzgerald. 9.35 MOVIE: Cooties. (2015, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

Trot. Continued. (2015, PG) 7.15 The Straight Story.

(1999, PG) 9.20 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 11.30 Borg Vs McEnroe. (2017, M) 1.30pm Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 3.15 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 5.20 The Secret Of Kells. (2009, PG) 6.50 Strings. (2004, PG) 8.30 David Brent: Life On The Road. (2016, MA15+) 10.20 Donnie Darko.

(2001, M) 12.25am Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. 1pm Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Bondi Rescue.

4.30 iFish Summer Series. 5.00 Waltzing Jimeoin.

5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 MacGyver. 11.20 CSI. 1.10am 48 Hours. 2.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs.

1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered.

2.00 Powerboat Championships Review Show.

3.00 Motor Racing. China Formula 4 C’ship. Macau Grand Prix. H’lights. 4.00 Last Car Garage. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Unforgiven. (1992, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Escape From New York. (1981, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

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1.30pm Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

1.40 MOVIE: Honey. (2003, PG) 3.40 MOVIE: Happily N’Ever After. (2006) 5.20 MOVIE: Rango.

(2011, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Dune. (1984, PG) 1am Malcolm.

1.30 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Below Deck Mediterranean. 2.50 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 3.00 Late Programs.

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Sunday, January 2 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Day Will And Kate Got Married. (PG, R) 11.00 Compass.

(R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline Summer. (R) 1.00 Finding Alice.

(Ml, R) 1.45 Doc Martin. (PG, R) 2.35 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG, R) 3.30 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 4.30 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 5.00 Dream Gardens. (R) 5.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 6.

Rostelecom Cup. Highlights. 4.30 I Am Emmanuel. (PGa, R) 4.55 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 1A. Highlights. 5.55 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show Summer Series.

(PG) 12.00 Dog Patrol. (PGa, R) 12.30 Highway Cops. (PG, R) 1.00 Motorbike Cops.

(PG, R) 1.30 MOVIE: Beetlejuice. (1988, PGhls, R) Michael Keaton. 3.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender. (R)

6.00 Weekend Today.

9.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 2. Day session.

3.30 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R) A dog is attacked by a bigger canine.

4.30 Territory Cops. (PGdl, R) Two constables raid a gang’s clubhouse.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. (PGad, R) A look at police random breath test patrols.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 11.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (R) 11.30 GCBC. (R) 12.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 12.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Freshly Picked.

(R) 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News.

6.00 Australia Remastered: Wetlands. (R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.30 Doctor Who. A Dalek appears on New Year’s Eve. 8.30 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv, R) The police station becomes a crime scene after a man is found dead inside the locked building.

9.30 Doc Martin. (PGm, R) Martin has to care for the baby when Louisa announces she is taking her class out sailing.

10.20 Harrow. (Madlsv, R) 11.10 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 12.10 Miniseries: Delicious. (Ml, R) 12.55 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv, R) 5.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission: Saqqara And The Forgotten Mummies. Part 1 of 2.

8.30 Walt Disney. (PG, R) Part 2 of 2. Continues to explore the life and legacy of Walt Disney.

10.35 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PGal, R) Michael Palin revisits his travel series.

11.30 The Last Year Of Television 2021 Special. (MA15+, R) 12.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 1.45 The Ghan: The Full Journey. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 32.

Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers.

From GIANTS Stadium, Sydney.

10.00 MOVIE: Assassins. (1995, Mlv, R) A young assassin tries to murder a rival who is the best in the business. Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore.

12.45 Air Crash Investigation: Nuts And Bolts. (PGa, R) A look at the crash of a cargo plane.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute.

(R) Hosted by Simon Reeve.

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 2. Night session.

10.30 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) Will treats a woman on the verge of freezing to death. Daniel’s ex-wife receives some concerning news.

11.30 Miniseries: The Bad Seed. (Mdlsv, R) Part 2 of 5.

12.30 The Xtreme CollXtion.

(PG, R) A look at extreme sports.

1.00 Customs. (PG, R) Follows customs officers at work.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

(PGa) Religious program.

4.30 Take Two. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG) 5.30 Today.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) Tragedy strikes when a husband and wife are washed off rocks by a massive wave.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(Mlsv) Guests include Jessica Chastain, Claire Foy, Peter Dinklage, Cush Jumbo, Joe Lycett and Michael Sheen.

9.00 FBI. (Mv) After Rina is critically wounded while heading to work with Jubal, the team makes the chilling discovery that a vengeful Vargas orchestrated the shooting and is targeting the rest of the team and their loved ones.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.30 Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets. 9.30 Barrenjoey Road. 10.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 11.15 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.05am MOVIE: St Elmo’s Fire. (1985, M) 1.50 In The Long Run. 2.30 ABC News Update. 2.35 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.20 Pingu In The City. 5.30 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 SBS Courtside. 10.30 Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Los Angeles Clippers. 1pm WorldWatch. 1.30 Last Chance High. 2.00 VICE. 2.35 Ancient Aliens. 3.25 WorldWatch. 3.55 MOVIE: Time Bandits. (1981, PG) 6.10 50 Years Of Star Trek. 7.40 When Big Things Go Wrong.

(Premiere) 8.30 Patriot Brains. 9.25 Dark Side Of The Ring. 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 9.00 NBC Today. 10.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 11.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. 11.45 131st Rose Parade 2020.

1.45pm MOVIE: The Maltese Falcon. (1941, PG) 3.45 MOVIE: Casablanca. (1942, PG) 6.00 Dog Patrol. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Heathrow. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop.

10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 Explore. Noon MOVIE: I Live In Grosvenor Square. (1945) 2.20 MOVIE: To Catch A Thief. (1955) 4.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 2. Night session. 7.00 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit.

(1977, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit II. (1980, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

7.00 Brides Of Beverly Hills. 8.30 Big Bang. 9.00 Carol’s Second Act. 10.00 Seatbelt Psychic. 11.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Noon Basketball.

NBL. Round 5. Adelaide 36ers v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 5. Illawarra Hawks v Cairns Taipans. 4.00 The Dog House Australia. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Friends. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6.25am Morning Programs. 11.15

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73)

Football. WKFL. From Western Australia. 12.45pm Motor Racing. W Series. Highlights. 1.15 Soccer.

African Cup NSW. 3.00 Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. 4.30 Rugby League. NRL WA Harmony Cup 9s. 6.00 Colonial Combat. 6.30 Land Of Primates.

7.30 Coast New Zealand. 8.30 The Case Of The Three Sided Dream. 10.15 MOVIE: Searchers. (2016, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.

Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. Continued.

(2019, PG) 7.05 Strings. (2004, PG) 8.45 Jungle Book. (1942, PG) 10.45 Martian Child. (2007, PG) 12.45pm A Separation. (2011, M, Farsi) 3.00 Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 4.40 Lion. (2016, PG) 6.50 Orlando. (1992, PG) 8.30 Stan & Ollie. (2018, PG) 10.20 Room In Rome. (2010, MA15+) 12.15am Wajib. (2017, M, Arabic) 2.05 Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

2pm MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Kyurem Vs The Sword Of Justice. (2012) 3.25 Children’s Programs. 3.45 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle. (2000, PG) 5.35 MOVIE: Angry Birds.

(2016, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Matrix Reloaded.

(2003, M) 10.10 MOVIE: The Matrix Revolutions.

(2003, M) 12.40am MOVIE: Senna. (2010, M) 2.50 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Escape Fishing.

10.00 iFish Summer. 10.30 MacGyver. 12.30pm Scorpion. 2.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Round 5. Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar. 5.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs.

20 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 31 December, 2021

6am Morning Programs.

1pm Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 On The Fly. 2.30 Million Dollar Catch. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Ultimate Fishing. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 32.

Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The Last Samurai. (2003, M) 10.30 MOVIE: McFarland, USA. (2015, PG) 1.15am Late Programs.

Monday, January 3 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Escape From The City. (R) 7.00 News Breakfast. 9.30 Compass. (R) 10.00 Australia Remastered. (R) 11.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer. 12.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 12.55 The Larkins. (PG, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Delicious. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer. 3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24.

12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 The Italians. (PG) 2.15 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.40 Nile: Egypt’s Great River. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Motor Racing.

Dakar Rally. Stage 1B. Highlights.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Dave. (1993, PGlns, R) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today.

9.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 3. Day session.

3.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Ben Shephard hosts a UK game show in which four contestants compete against a machine.

4.30 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Six contestants answer multiple-choice questions that escalate in cash-prize value.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Farm To Fork.

(PG, R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold.

(PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (Return, PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Summer Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Back Roads: The Great Australian Road Trip. (Return) Presented by Heather Ewart.

8.30 The China Century: Chinese Dreams. (Mal) Part 1 of 5.

9.30 London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year. (R) Part 2 of 2.

10.20 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure. (R) 11.10 ABC Late News.

11.45 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds.

(PG, R) 12.45 Miniseries: Delicious. (Mal, R) 1.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 3.30 Rage.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Summer Drum. (R) 5.30 Short Cuts To Glory: Matt Okine Vs Food. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Britain’s Scenic Railways. Part 1 of 4.

8.30 Tony Robinson’s World

By Rail: USA. (PGdln, R) Sir Tony Robinson concludes his journey around the globe by exploring the US. 9.25 The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency: Family Ties. (M) A compilation of stories from King’s College.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 The Crimson Rivers. (MA15+av) 11.45 Wisting. (MA15+l, R) 12.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 1.35 The Ghan: The Full Journey. (R) 4.40 Yawuru Country. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 33.

Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades.

10.00 Fantasy Island. (Ma) When a young artist wants to see his mentor again, the man realises he may not have been the best influence.

11.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG) Follows the work of a police unit dedicated to patrolling the motorways of Auckland, New Zealand.

11.30 Highway Cops. (PGl) Follows people who help keep motorists safe.

12.00 MOVIE: Stay Away, Joe. (1968, G, R) A half-Navajo cowboy tries to raise a herd. Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (Ml) A look at police random breath test patrols.

8.30 Australian Crime Stories: Attack On Police HQ. (Mal, R) Takes a look at the 1986 Russell Street bombing that claimed the life of Constable Angela Taylor.

9.30 Reported Missing: Homeless.

(Madl, R) Police search for two drug users, including one who left hospital against his doctor’s advice.

10.50 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) 11.40 The Village. (Mas) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Return) A group of 10 Aussie celebrities compete in a test of survival in the Australian outback.

9.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv) The team tries to hunt down a man who killed his wife and children, as well as a priest, before he can claim any more lives. Barnes’ intrusive mother puts pressure on her marriage.

10.30 The FBI Declassified: Dangerous Journey On The Silk Road. (Md) Takes a look at the Silk Road.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. (Final) 8.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.20 Last Woman On The Planet. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.10 Ghosts.

11.40 Escape From The City. 12.40am Red Dwarf.

1.10 Community. 1.30 Parks And Recreation. 1.50 ABC News Update. 1.55 Close. 5.05 Little Princess.

5.15 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 SBS Courtside. 10.00 Basketball. NBA. Thunder v Mavericks. 12.30pm WorldWatch. 1.30 VICE. 2.05 Ice Man. 2.55 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 9.25 Hypothetical. 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Mighty Trains. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.30 Cold Case. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct.

10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Antiques Roadshow. 1.30 The Young And The Restless. 2.30 Murder, She Wrote. 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. 4.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 3. Night session. 10.30 House.

11.30 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am Seatbelt Psychic.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 Brides Of Beverly Hills. 11.30 Seinfeld. Noon Carol’s Second Act. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. (Return) 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Mom. Midnight Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Stan

7MATE (73)

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

Colonial Combat. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe.

3.50 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Land Of Primates. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman.

8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 Karla Grant Presents The Kimberley Man. 9.30 The X-Files.

11.10 Late Programs.

& Ollie. (2018, PG) 7.45 The Secret Of Kells. (2009, PG) 9.15 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 10.40 Armour Of God. (1986, M, Cantonese) 12.25pm Umrika. (2015, M, Hindi) 2.20 Orlando.

(1992, PG) 4.00 Strings. (2004, PG) 5.45 Arthur And The Two Worlds War. (2010, PG) 7.35 Sunshine On Leith. (2013, M) 9.30 Mud. (2013, M) 11.55 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Infomercials. 7.30 Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United. Replay. 10.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30pm Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2.30 Star Trek. 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 Blue Bloods. 12.15am Infomercials. 12.45 Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

10.30 Tennis. Adelaide International. Day session.

4.30pm The Nanny. 5.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 5.30 That ’70s Show. 6.00 Young Sheldon. 6.30 Tennis. Adelaide International. Night session.

10.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.00 Young Sheldon. 11.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. Midnight Lipstick Jungle. (Premiere) 1.00 Love Island USA. 2.50 Late Programs.

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1.30pm Shipping Wars. 2.00 American Pickers.

3.00 Lost In Transmission. 4.00 Storage Wars: TX. 4.30 Detroit Steel. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 33. Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Alien Vs Predator.

(2004, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Run All Night. (2015, MA15+) 12.50am Late Programs.

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SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Escape From The City. (R) 7.00 News Breakfast. 9.30 Compass. (R) 10.00 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure. (R) 11.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer. 12.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 12.55 Miniseries: Us. (Ml, R) 2.10 Miniseries: Delicious. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer.

3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.05 Think Tank.

(R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. (R) 2.00 The Italians. (PG) 2.15 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.40 Nile: Egypt’s Great River. (PGa, R) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Motor Racing.

Dakar Rally. Stage 2. Highlights.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Fault In Our Stars.

(2014, PGal, R) Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff. 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today.

9.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4. Day session.

3.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Ben Shephard hosts a UK game show in which four contestants compete against a machine.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Six contestants answer multiple-choice questions that escalate in cash-prize value.

5.30 WIN News.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 6.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Summer Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Todd Sampson. (Ml, R) 8.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds: Week 2 – Memory. (PG, R) Part 2 of 5.

9.30 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip: Rawalinna To Sydney. (PG, R) Griff Rhys Jones explores Australia by train.

10.20 QI. (PG, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.20 Final Rendezvous. (PG, R) 12.20 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (PG, R) 1.05 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.55 Summer Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Salamanca To Canfranc.

(PGa, R) Hosted by Michael Portillo.

8.40 Robson Green: Walking Hadrian’s Wall. (PG, R) Part 1 of 3.

Robson Green journeys along the ancient Hadrian’s Wall, starting from its easternmost point of Segedunum.

9.35 Australia In Colour: Family. (PGa, R) Part 1 of 4.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Man In Room 301. (MA15+av) 12.00 Miss S. (Mav) 1.05 The Ghan: The Full Journey. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 34.

Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers.

10.00 Born To Kill? Charles Starkweather. (MA15+av) Examines the crimes of Charles Starkweather, an American killer who murdered 11 people in the late ’50s.

11.00 Beat The Chasers UK. Presented by Bradley Walsh.

12.00 The Goldbergs. (PG) The NFL players go on strike.

12.30 Absentia. (MA15+av, R) 1.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4. Night session. Canada v Great Britain. From Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney. Russia v Australia.

From Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney.

10.30 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) An alarming phone call prompts Connor to rush out of an important surgery.

11.30 Manifest. (Madv, R) Grace suspects a local mum is in danger.

12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Hosted by Ben Shephard.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

(PGa) Religious program.

4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! It is day two and the reality is starting to sink in for the celebrities.

Hosted by Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown.

9.30 NCIS. (Mv) The team investigates the death of a US Navy commander whose body exploded before Jimmy could examine it.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Aftertaste.

9.30 Brassic. 10.15 Schitt’s Creek. 10.40 Doctor Who. 11.25 Catastrophe. (Final) 11.55 The Trip To Greece. 12.25am Sick Of It. (Final) 12.50 GameFace.

1.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.00 Community.

2.20 Parks And Recreation. 2.45 ABC News Update.

2.50 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Los Angeles Clippers. Replay. 2.00 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.40 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. 10.15 Cults And Extreme Belief. 11.05 UFOs. 11.40 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Bargain Hunt. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Without A Trace. 12.45am Families Of Crime.

4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Antiques Roadshow. 1.30 The Young And The Restless. 2.30 Murder, She Wrote. 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. 4.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4.

Night session. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer.

9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.35 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am Friends. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Man With A Plan. 8.30 Becker. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.10 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm A

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73)

Time To Swim. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Mustangs FC. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Arctic Secrets. (Premiere) 7.30 Who Killed Malcolm X. 8.25 Other Side Of The Rock. 8.30 I, Sniper. 9.30 The X-Files. 11.10 Late Programs.

Orlando. Continued. (1992, PG) 7.15 Arthur And The Two Worlds War. (2010, PG) 9.10 Lion. (2016, PG) 11.20 Vicky Cristina Barcelona. (2008, M) 1.05pm Wajib. (2017, M, Arabic) 2.55 Stan & Ollie. (2018, PG) 4.40 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 6.10 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 8.00 Perfect 10. (2019, M) 9.30 Dallas Buyers Club. (2013, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

10.00 Tennis. Adelaide International. Day Session.

Melbourne Summer Set. Day session. 4.30pm The Nanny. 5.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 5.30 That ’70s Show. 6.00 Tennis. Adelaide International.

Night Session. Melbourne Summer Set. Night session. 10.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera.

11.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 11.30 That ’70s Show.

Midnight Lipstick Jungle. 1.00 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Roads Less Travelled. 8.30 A-League Highlights Show. 9.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 JAG. 1.30pm Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2.30 Star Trek. 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15am Shopping. 12.45 Infomercials. 1.15 Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Shipping Wars. 2.00 American Pickers.

3.00 Lost In Transmission. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Detroit Steel. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 34. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Secrets Of The Supercars. 9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Vegas Rat Rods. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Wednesday, January 5 SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Escape From The City. (PG, R) 7.00 News. 9.30 Compass. (R) 10.00 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (PG, R) 11.00 The Heights.

(PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer. 12.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 12.55 QI. (PG, R) 1.25 MOVIE: Strictly Ballroom. (1992, PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer. 3.30 Ask The Doctor.

(R) 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. (R) 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.35 Nile: Egypt’s Great River. (PGa, R) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Motor Racing.

Dakar Rally. Stage 3. Highlights.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 The Ashes: The Lunch Break. 12.10 Cricket. The Ashes. Fourth Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Afternoon session. 2.10 The Ashes: Tea Break. 2.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Fourth Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 5.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 35. Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 5. Day session.

3.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Ben Shephard hosts a UK game show in which four contestants compete against a machine.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Six contestants answer multiple-choice questions that escalate in cash-prize value.

5.30 WIN News.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. 6.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl, R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Nakkiah Lui. (PG, R) 6.30 Summer Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Hard Quiz Kids Special.

(PG, R) Hosted by Tom Gleeson.

8.35 Spicks And Specks. (Ma, R) Music game show, with guests Ella Hooper, Nic Cester, Joel Creasey and Sarah Kendall.

9.25 Fisk. (PG, R) Helen mediates the division of a man’s cremains between his daughter and new partner.

9.55 Miniseries: A Very English Scandal. (Mds, R) Part 1 of 3.

10.55 ABC Late News.

11.25 The China Century. (Mal, R) 12.25 Father Brown. (PG, R) 1.10 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.05 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.55 Summer Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Australian Railway Journeys: Sydney To Broken Hill.

(R) Michael Portillo explores NSW. 8.40 The Royal House Of Windsor: Love And Duty. (PG, R) Explores the House of Windsor and Princess Elizabeth and George VI’s royal tour of South Africa in 1947.

9.35 Departure. (Mv) Kendra goes into overdrive trying to find the connections between the victims.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 In Therapy. (Ml) 11.50 DNA. (Mal, R) 1.35 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 35. Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes. From Adelaide Oval.

8.10 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 36.

Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

From Optus Stadium, Perth.

11.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) Chaos erupts after a road rage incident in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. A car crashes through a busy supermarket.

12.00 MOVIE: All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story. (2000, Mas, R) A teacher and student begin an affair. Penelope Ann Miller, Mercedes Ruehl.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Mega Zoo. (PGa) A rhino is challenged during a mating ritual.

8.30 Emergency. (M, R) Emma’s patient could lose her fingers. A gunshot victim has Michael on high alert.

9.30 A+E After Dark. (Mlm) A man brought into emergency by police claims to have swallowed drugs.

10.30 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) Kapoor grapples with the stigma of ageing.

11.20 Manifest. (Madv, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Destination WA. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The motley crew of campmates settle into life in camp. Hosted

by Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown.

9.30 Bull. (Mv, R) The team mounts a defence for a young bartender who is on trial for involuntary manslaughter.

As Bull prepares for fatherhood, his work with the ATC suffers in the wake of his top lawyer Benny quitting.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.00 Making Child Prodigies. 8.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. (Final) 9.15 David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema.

(Final) 10.15 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. 11.00 Doctor Who. 11.50 Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets. 12.50am Community. 1.10 Parks And Recreation. 1.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Oklahoma City Thunder v Dallas Mavericks. Replay. 2.00 Curse Of Oak Island.

2.50 Rise. 3.40 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Monty Python. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Detective Chinatown 2. (2018) 10.45 MOVIE: The Breaker Upperers. (2018, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Bargain Hunt. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.40 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.40 Miranda.

11.20 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Antiques Roadshow. 1.30 The Young And The Restless. 2.30 Murder, She Wrote. 3.30 Antiques Roadshow.

4.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 5. Night session. 10.30 Chicago Med. 11.30 Killer Couples. 12.30am My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens.

8.00 Man With A Plan. 8.30 Becker. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan.

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2021 YEAR IN REVIEW NOOSATODAY.COM.AU

Noosa takes a look back On the eve of 2022 Noosa Today looks back on the year that was 2021.

JANUARY JOINT RESPONSE Noosa Police enlisted the help of Red Frogs for the first time as part of a multiagency response, including ambulance, Noosa Council and The Hastings Street Association, to New Year’s Eve celebrations in Hastings Street.

Police senior sergeant Ben Carroll said after working so well together at the Schoolies celebration Red Frogs were happy to come to support an expected crowd of 5000 to 6000 local revellers.

Thousands of teenagers took to Main Beach to congregate in a large, rowdy rabble.

TAFE EOI Noosa MP Sandy Bolton was excited to hear the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training had opened an expression of interest (EOI) process for the re-use of the former Tewantin TAFE site and looked forward to seeing a shortlist of submissions.

COVID TEST SITE The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) sprang into action to open a Covid-19 testing facility at the Noosa Leisure Centre to expand testing in Noosa at the request of the State Government after Queensland Health requested anyone who has been in Victoria since 21 December be tested immediately.

HALT CLEARING, CHURCH URGED Spurred on by her 10-year-old son Spencer, Maxine Hitchen is calling on the Uniting Church to adhere to its own core values to preserve the planet and find a different solution to building its proposed aged care development that does not involve clearing significant Wallum habitat, home to the Glossy Black Cockatoos, at Sunrise Beach.

CATTLE PRICES HIGHEST EVER Cattle sales rocketed with record prices reached at the first sale of the year held at the Eumundi Saleyard.

After tough years marked by drought and bushfires stocks across the region have been greatly diminished, making sales of the scarce available cattle beyond anything ever before seen.

HOMELESSNESS AT CRISIS POINT Just days before the first day of school term begins for her three children aged 5, 6 and 8 it’s looking like the best accommodation Sharla Bourke and her partner Luke Trembath can secure for their family is a tent site at the Big 4 caravan park.

Like a growing number of families in Noosa the couple, who both hold secure jobs in the area, have been unable to find affordable and available rental accommodation.

RUNNING THE RIVER When Jake Hennessey took on the role of Noosa River Marine Officer for Maritime Safety Queensland he declared war on “river rats” terrorising other river users in their tinnies.

Now he faces a much bigger challenge as he co-chairs the Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee, which is tasked with keeping everyone happy during the long-awaited implementation of the Noosa River Plan. MSQ and Noosa Shire Council will jointly drive the 14-member committee.

HYDROFOIL DANGER In response to growing concerns about the number of foil surfers now using the most popular breaks within the Noosa World Surfing Reserve, and after consultation with the Noosa Boardriders Club, the Noosa Malibu Club, Noosa Heads Surf Lifesaving Club, Noosa Council and Maritime Safety Queensland, it was decided that a round-table meeting offered the best chance of finding a self-regulated solution.

FEBRUARY NEW WAVE EVENT Can events survive Covid-19? While Noosa Council deliberated over the lifting of the 500-people cap on events on public land the Festival of Surfing, scheduled for May, was going from strength to strength.

Despite no internationals being able to attend, the surf festival’s amateur divisions were almost full, just two weeks after they opened for entries, and new sponsors seemed to be lining up at the door.

The surf festival was the only major event on the normal Noosa calendar to have applied for a permit. The others were waiting until the 24 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 31 December, 2021

Rowdy 2021 New Year celebrations. last minute to ascertain if their event would be viable under whatever restrictions may apply at the time.

MARCH IT’S PARTY TIME Events are back on in Noosa. Noosa Council defied their own staff recommendations when they voted to permit all categories of events, even those attracting more than 10,000 participants, to go ahead.

Council agreed they would accept all event applications and assess them against the Queensland Health Covid Event Framework and locally relevant factors.

The move overturned Council’s decision only Category 3 events permitting the attendance of fewer than 500 people had been approved.

SURFING SENSATION LANA Noosa surfing sensation Lana Rogers created a history making result in the final three rounds of the Nutri Grain Iron Women’s Series when she completed four wins from the series of six, as well as two seconds.

HARVEST THREAT Winter crop farmers face an uncertain winter harvest with their backpacker workforce shrunken due to the pandemic, worker costs increased in their search for staff and no guarantee supermarkets will pass on extra costs to consumers and compensate growers.

APRIL EGG-STRA PAINFUL With Noosa booked solid for Easter, accommodation house owners were on tenterhooks hoping the three-day Brisbane Covid19 lockdown announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszcauk could be lifted for the holidays.

MATT DAMON IN NOOSA Academy Award winning actor Matt Damon was spotted at Teewah Beach by the well-loved Ice Man over the Easter long-weekend.

Known for starring in films such as Good Will Hunting and Ocean’s Eleven, the film star was taking a break to surf at the beach with the Hemsworth brothers and Queensland surfing legend Luke Munro.

NOOSA LEADS KOALA VACCINE Noosa koalas will be involved in a landmark koala Chlamydia vaccination trial led by USC professor Peter Timms and supported by the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation.

Professor Timms said after a decade of research the trial would be the largest of its kind, with up to 500 koalas being involved over a year-long period and would take place at Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, with koalas coming into the trial from across South-East Queensland, including Noosa.

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Spencer Hitchen, 10, leads the battle to save glossy black cockatoo habitat against development.

MSQ control the river.

Cattle prices highest ever on record.

OUR OARSMEN BID Noosa coastal rowers want to stage their sport as an Olympic Games event on Laguna Bay in 2032.

They launched their bid at the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club. Organiser Peter Watson admits the bid is “ambitious” as coastal rowing still has to be recognised by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) for inclusion in the Olympics and Queensland still has to get the nod as world host for the 2032 Games. He has no doubt, however, that it will happen.

WEDDINGS ARE BOOMING Brides and grooms are kicking up their heels and dancing as the Noosa wedding industry booms.

Covid19 restrictions shut down the industry entirely a year ago then the gradual opening up brought changes to the way people wed.

Jacqui Gray has never been busier in her 20 years as a celebrant in Noosa, saying 80 per cent of their weddings were now “elopement style” with 10 guests or less.

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Symposium discusses shark deterrent options.

MAY FROTHING FOR FEST In spite of ongoing snap lockdowns as Covid rolls into its second year, the 30th annual Noosa Festival of Surfing welcomed one of its most successful events in several years with almost 400 expected to compete over the nine days of competition.

CEO CALLS IT A DAY Noosa’s loss may well be remote Cape York’s gain, as retiring Noosa Council CEO Brett de Chastel leaves the top job after eight years in the role and fulfils his dream of volunteering and mentoring around the Aboriginal Councils of the region.

COVID CO-WORKING SURGE Co-working spaces are popping up across Noosa as the pandemic has forever changed the way people work. This is the first time in human history you can be living in Noosa and working for a Fortune 100 company, Peregian Beach Digital Hub director Chris Boden said.

The technology has enabled people to work remotely for years but only since people were forced to work from home due to COVID has it been tested and proven, he said.

SHARK NET CATCH “Humans have a morbid fear of being eaten alive. People are afraid but how dangerous are sharks really?” This was how Professor David Schoeman summed up the dilemma faced by marine experts and conservation group members who attended the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation’s Marine Species Protection Symposium at Sunshine Beach Surf Club to discuss shark control options.

The last fatal shark attack occurred at Noosa Main Beach in December 1961 when a 22-year-old surfer was taken by a bull shark.

Shark nets were installed in 1962 and there hasn’t been a fatal attack since.

TOP TOWN CROWN Noosa has been recognised as Queensland’s Top Tourism Town at the Queensland Tourism Industry Council’s Top Tourism Awards.

GLOSSY LAND SWAP ON OFFER Noosa Council agreed to discuss a land swap with the Uniting Church to protect Glossy Black Cockatoo habitat at Sunrise Beach.

But the deal rests in the hands of the Church which already has a contract with Lendlease to develop its aged care facility and retirement homes.

JUNE COVID JAB CATCH-UP A handful of Noosa GPs were doing their best to vaccinate Noosa locals against COVID19 but the supply of doses to them was not keeping pace with the demand.

Doctors also reported delays in supply arrivals leading to clinic cancellations, difficulties contacting Queensland Health and the need for more providers to provide vaccination.

TOURISM LEVY SPAT A Noosa Council proposal to change the way it distributes the long-standing tourism and economic levy in the 2021-22 budget is set to “explode”, according to sources inside Council and Tourism Noosa.

Tourism industry and local government insiders were calling the proposal the death knell for a 20-year equal partnership between Council and the shire’s biggest industry.

2021 YEAR IN REVIEW

Phil Jarratt launches his history of Noosa, Place of Shadows.

Spaniard Jorge Navarro wins Pomona’s King of the Mountain race.

Olympian Kareena Lee wins bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.

QUEEN’S HONOUR FOR MUSIC MAN When your day job is something you love to do, being awarded an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for it was just icing on the cake, said Linsey Pollak who received a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the performing arts and to music.

PLEA TO CUT QUARRY TRAFFIC Having been knocked back by the Transport and Main Road (TMR) Minister in a request to use legislative means to halt quarry haulage trucks on Pomona-Kin Kin Road Mayor Clare Stewart, joined by Noosa MP Sandy Bolton and mother of four Anita Poteri sent an impassioned plea to Cordwell Resources to stop trucks during school bus times and to significantly reduce truck movements to a more manageable level.

CHAP ROUNDTABLE Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart instigated a stakeholder roundtable discussion “to find a set of suitable solutions for Noosa’s Coastal Hazard Adaptation Plan (CHAP)”.

“It’s important that we listen to the views of all stakeholders as well as provide detailed information on the overarching reasons for such a plan,” Cr Stewart said.

RIDING A WAVE OF CHANGE The Noosa Council-led roundtable on safe surfing was getting closer to reaching consensus between all surfing stakeholders on a twotiered code of conduct to be marketed through the entire community.

JULY HERE WE GO AGAIN Noosa’s tourism operators have been dealt another devastating blow with a snap lockdown during the school holidays.

Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart urged the community to stay calm and follow the latest COVID restrictions in place for Noosa and the south-east.

RATES RISE SHOCK Noosa’s short stay accommodation owners have been left in shock after being handed a

hike in Council rates during an already tough period in the tourism industry.

Noosa Council introduced new rating categories for properties offered for short stay accommodation in the 2021/22 budget.

Acting chief executive officer Michael Shave said the purpose was to address the demand these type of uses have on council services and infrastructure through the general rating structure SPANIARD CLAIMS THRONE After missing last year’s event because of Covid restrictions, the Cooroy- Pomona Lions Club event, the 2021 Pomona King of the Mountain, was scaled back. There were 50 competitors in the mountain bike race, 64 competitors in the Prince and Princess race and 93 entered into the main race.

The winner was 32-year-old Spaniard Jorge Hernaez Navarro in a time of 27mins 11secs.

AUGUST PHIL TELLS THE REAL STORY OF NOOSA Author, publisher, editor, filmmaker, surfer and Noosa Today journalist Phil Jarratt impressed both his publisher and playwright David Williamson with his latest book on the history of Noosa.

Mr Williamson said Phil’s book was “a thoroughly researched and beautifully written real history of how Noosa became what it is today”.

REALISING OLYMPIC DREAMS Kareena Lee lifted the spirits of the Noosa community when she won bronze in the 10km women’s marathon swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics last week and claimed Australia’s first medal in an open water race.

TOURISM DESPAIR Over the eight day lockdown, Tourism Noosa has estimated the region copped almost $16 million in business losses.

Tourism Noosa CEO Melanie Anderson said it has been a challenging and nervous time for many operators.

RATE RISE ROCKS QUARRY Noosa Council has imposed a whopping 17fold increase in rates on the property which houses the Kin Kin Quarry.

A spokesman for Noosa Council said the change was introduced to reflect “the additional impacts of the property use on council road infrastructure”.

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Surf lifesavers Darcy Lewis and Joe Tolano (both 13) rescue a drowning woman on their first patrol.

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE SEPTEMBER VACCINE IS KEY Vaccination of all is the best weapon in the fight against Covid but not the sole defence, says Noosa specialist emergency physician Dr Ian Norton, whose social enterprise Respond Global has been at the forefront of Australia’s battle against the virus since it began.

“Vaccination is a big area. It is one tool,” he said.

“In the UK and US they have reached 80 per cent but still have infection rates.

“We will need to have other forms of defence such as screening and tests. We need to remember all public health measures are going to be here for a lot longer. Freedom Day won’t be happening.”

A SHOW OF SUCCESS With perfect spring weather and a thirst for entertainment fuelled by lockdowns and cancellations, crowds poured into the Noosa Country Show last weekend, doubling the numbers seen when it last ran in 2019.

Show society president Charlie Pattison said the show pulled in more than 10,000 people over its two days, compared to 5000 last time round.

SACKING TURMOIL Noosa Council’s executive team and staff are in turmoil following the sacking of long-serving director of corporate services Michael Shave last Friday.

NOD, BUT NO FUNDS FOR OYSTER REPORT A council majority of 4-3 approved the Noosa River Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project’s second annual report. However, Council chief executive Brett De Chastel confirmed its approval would not meet the criteria for a council funding payment which would require the project’s state government approval.

OCTOBER HOLIDAY CHAOS Police say the school holiday period at Teewah Beach was “chaotic“ with campgrounds hitting full capacity and close to 100 speeding fines being handed out.

The busy area requires a joint operation between Noosa Police, Sunshine Coast Road Policing Unit, Tin Can Bay Police, Rainbow Beach Police, Gympie Road Policing Unit, Maryborough Tactical Crime Squad, and Queensland Parks and Wildlife rangers.

LIFE SAVING TEENS Surf lifesavers Darcy Lewis and Joe Tolano, both 13 years of age, were in the first hour of their first surf patrol, on an all terrain vehicle (ATV) 400m north of Sunshine Beach Surf Club on Sunday 3 October when a boogie boarder alerted them to a woman in trouble in big surf.

The woman they rescued, aged in her 40s, had been caught in a rip and sucked out to the back of the breakers, half way to the shark nets, in rough conditions.

NOVEMBER NOOSA TRI-UMPH Records were broken, money was raised for charities and people of all fitness and ability pushed themselves to their limits as about 9000 people competed in a range of events as part of the Noosa Triathlon.

Triathlete and Olympian Ashleigh Gentle set a record when she won her eighth Noosa Tri in a tough race to the finish. The men’s race crowned a first-time champion in Commonwealth Games athlete Luke Willian.

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Noosa Classy Santa’s Helpers assist more than 400 families in need this Christmas.

Noosa Country Show was an overwhelming success.

Seniors of 2021 farewell their school year.

The health benefits of the Noosa Tri were abundantly evident in the joy and determination depicted on the faces of Tingirana special tri participants.

TOURISM CHANGES Proposed sweeping changes to the constitution of Tourism Noosa and the composition of its board have divided Noosa’s biggest industry, just as it starts to haul itself out of the near abyss of Covid-19.

SCHOOL’S OUT Students celebrate end of year with a traditional dip in the ocean.

DECEMBER TACKLING VIOLENCE More than 500 domestic violence incidents were investigated by police in Noosa in the past year, an increase of 20 per cent from the previous year, Noosa police chief Ben Carroll said on Sunday.

Speaking at the Noosa Zonta Walk to End Violence, Acting Inspector Carroll said Noosa had a relatively low crime rate which visitors expected in such a beautiful place but, sadly, the same couldn’t be said about domestic violence (DV).

SANTA’S CLASSY HELPERS TO THE RESCUE Four hundred Noosa families including 1000

children have been identified by care organisations to be in need of help this Christmas and, thanks to the outstanding efforts of Santa’s Classy Helpers, they won’t go without.

Santa’s Classy Helpers founder Lorraine Kenway said the number of people needing help had shocked her.

“It’s over 100 families more than last year.

It’s really, really bad. We’re not only looking after disadvantaged families but the working poor,” she said.

HOUSING OPTIONS Noosa Council will investigate whether two of its land parcels could be used for affordable housing in response to its Noosa Housing Needs Assessment, released at Council’s general meeting.

There’s a nationwide housing crisis and Noosa’s property prices and rents have increased significantly, making them unaffordable for medium to low income workers, the meeting heard.

TEWANTIN TURNS 150 With a decidedly carnival atmosphere prevailing in Tewantin’s village centre former Noosa Mayor Bob Abbot delivered a warmly received keynote address at the Royal Mail Heritage Lun-

cheon celebrating the town’s 150th birthday.

Bob reminded the packed house of Tewantin pioneers and “first fleeters” that their river town had joined the communities together, even when the shire’s economy and much of its population was centred on the rural hinterland.

SANTA RACE RETURNS The much-loved Santa race returns to Cooroy as they celebrate Christmas in Cooroy.

LAKE’S LONG HAUL With the proposed Lake Doonella Foreshore Plan on hold pending a funding allocation in Council’s 2022-23 budget, lakeside residents are gearing up for a long battle over access issues.

It is now almost five months since Noosa Council closed the foreshore track between Shields Street and Doonella Street in responseto a feud between two neighbourhood factions that threatened to erupt into violence and intimidation.

While both sides have calmed down considerably to allow Council to broker solutions, the animosity remains not far from the surface, and both sides have been feverishly preparing their cases and lobbying the powerbrokers.

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detour when accidents or delays occur on the Cooroy Noosa Road.

I understand that everyone has a right to use the public road network, but I also would like to think that that public road network would be able to accommodate the traffic and to protect the residential amenity of properties along that network.

At the 14 January 2019 general committee meeting of Noosa Council, recommendations only, not the final decision of Council, concerning the change to increase truck numbers from Cooroy Mountain Springwater, under Note: The road upgrade referred to is the upgrading of the remaining 2.2 kilometres of Cooroy Mountain Road to provide two (2) 3.5 metre wide traffic lanes with a 1.0 metre wide sealed shoulder to a total formation width of 9.0 metres.

When will this recommendation be implemented?

Alan Deering and Judy Kimmorley, Cooroy Mountain

Long wait for sealed road My partner and I live on Cooroy Mountain Road. We have owned this property since early 1986, when there were few houses and you could eat a cut lunch in the middle of Cooroy Mountain Road with little interference from traffic.

Over the ensuing years however, as you could imagine the number of vehicles has increased with the amount of building activity.

There are hundreds of vehicles a day, with a large number being heavy trucks, also a considerable percentage are trade and commercial vehicles.

If you are familiar with the area, there is a downward grade to the intersection and when vehicles brake, they pull the dust with them, if the wind is blowing in our direction, we are covered in a layer of dust with each vehicle.

This very fine particle bulldust permeates your lungs, your house, your gutters and rainwater tanks, and don’t worry about hanging out the washing.

We have lobbied both Noosa Council and the amalgamated Sunshine Coast Council over the years to recognise that the gravel section of Cooroy Mountain Road needs sealing.

Our wishes were granted when a letter dated 20 January 2012 from Cr Lew Brennan, Division 12 Councillor, Sunshine Coast Council arrived, he stated “As you are aware, for many years Cooroy Mountain Road has been on the wish list of roads requiring an upgrade, however I am pleased to advise that following further representations from my office, widening and sealing of Cooroy Mountain Road is now scheduled to commence construction in June 2012 with preliminary design work to commence in the coming weeks”.

Then a letter dated 6 June 2012 from CR Tony Wellington, Division 12 Councillor, Sunshine Coast Council stating the scope, timeframe and cost of the upgrade. (See attachment 1) Then July 2012 again from Councillor Tony Wellington, Project news, number 21242 arrived, stating that the project is currently being designed by Council. (See attachment 2) Of course we were relieved and thankful that we were about to have work commence on the intersection to causeway section.

After de amalgamation Noosa Councillor, and later Mayor, Tony Wellington, who lobbied while part of an amalgamated Council for sealing of the gravel section of Cooroy Mountain

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Road, did nothing with this issue, Noosa Council did nothing with this issue while spending millions of dollars for oysters in the river, millions of dollars transferring State Forestry to State National Park, and millions of dollars for a playground, but nothing for, as Lew Brennan said, a road that has been on the wish list of roads for an upgrade.

The last time that any sealing work was carried out was OVER 20 YEARS AGO, from west of Cooroy Wreckers to 800 metres past Cooroy Mountain Springwater, the last 800 metres goes past one driveway, 800 metres of bitumen this end would capture the most built up section of this road, 16 houses, including Tunba Court.

There is 4 kilometres of sealed road on the western end, compared to nothing the eastern end, and as you would be aware, there is more traffic on the eastern end.

Cooroy Mountain Road is not a typical hinterland road, besides the residents and the quite large workforce that upkeep some mag-

nificent properties, there is Cooroy Wreckers, employees and customers, Cooroy Mountain Springwater, also with employees and usually Rotary’s Spring Festival which attracts a very large turnout.

Also lately, the Noosa polo Club has been established on a 50 acre property in Tunba Court.

This of course will add more trucks, buses and cars to the 200 metre section of road between Dath Henderson Road and Tunba Court.

Tunba Court is on a steep gradient where it intersects with Cooroy Mountain Road, making it difficult for traction on gravel, it also exits on a blind corner on an 80kph gravel road, Tunba Court is an easement with the first 70 metres maintained by Noosa Council.

As you would imagine with articulated horse carriers, trucks, horse floats, buses and general traffic exiting onto Cooroy Mountain Road, the risk of accidents is greatly increased.

Also Cooroy Mountain Road is used as a

That’s fine but often here in Qld they don’t always register.

Apart from that, for those mobile phone users and especially the senior citizens who don’t have an email address to try to register on myGovid app access your vaccine Medicare information is a nightmare.

You can get a paper print out but that’s another wallet/purse clutter.

Surely your Medicare Card could be printed with the symbol of a syringe in one corner.

Or a different colour card for those that have their vaccines and one for antivaxers.

That’s not discriminatory.

Just as long as the powers that be choose appropriate neutral colours.

Ernest Wright, Tewantin

Money money Delivered by the economic manglers and using smirks, mirrors, string and sticky tape, can they mend the Debt and Deficit- Budget –Emergency- No- Surplus- Disaster of $900 billion? How good’s a trillion dollars?

Margaret Wilkie, Peregian Beach

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Top 10 Instagram posts

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A stunning photo of a pineapple plantation in the Glass House Mountains has led Visit Sunshine Coast’s Top 10 Instagram posts of 2021.

Picture: PURE GOLD PINEAPPLES

A stunning photo of a pineapple plantation in the Glass House Mountains has led Visit Sunshine Coast’s Top 10 Instagram posts of 2021.

The photo, shared by the team at Pure Gold Pineapples, showed the sun setting on another day on the farm, a sea of golden pineapples lit up underneath the tangerine sky.

The photo received more than 12,800 likes and sparked a frenzy of comments from travellers who didn’t realise that pineapples grew on plants like a flower, not trees.

The photo was in good company, with colourful images of the Sunshine Coast’s iconic beaches, adorable wildlife and lush hinterland making up the Top 10, which was based on highest user engagement.

Visit Sunshine Coast CEO Matt Stoeckel said the top social posts of 2021 were a great reflection of what the Sunshine Coast had to offer as a destination.

“Over the past 12 months we’ve seen a real trend in people wanting to take time out and reconnect not only with each other but with nature, and this is beautifully reflected in our top Instagram posts,” he said.

“If a photo tells a 1000 words, this stunning collection of images paints a true story of what makes the Sunshine Coast so appealing for visitors.

“I was really excited to see that Pure Gold Pineapples took out the top spot, with another pineapple image coming in at number three.

“Pineapples have long been a symbol of the Sunshine Coast, in fact, our very own Aussie icon the Big Pineapple celebrated its 50th birthday this year.

Yandina Pineapples. Picture: TRAVEL JUNIE AU

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Picture: KIARA JORGENSEN “It’s an extremely fitting and sweet way to wrap up 2021.”

The top photo was taken at Morgan’s Pines in the Glass House Mountains, a family-run farm that each year grow half a million pineapples.

They supply Pure Gold Pineapples, Australia’s largest supplier of pineapples that pack a whopping 12 million of the golden fruit each year.

“With 15 Growers across Queensland, 11 of which are based right here on the Sunshine Coast, it makes us so proud that our photo has seen so much love from our local community,” Pure Gold Pineapples said.

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On The Soapbox Councillor Amelia Lorentson

Six: one One of the key outcomes of the Planning Scheme is to preserve and protect the residential amenity and local character of the area and to avoid conflicts from incompatible land uses.

At our December 2021 Ordinary meeting, I voted against a development application to approve a home business for a meat processing facility on a rural residential property in Tinbeerwah because I believed that the development application did not meet that outcome.

The property was less than 1/5th of the minimum size required by the Noosa Plan for low impact industry.

I lost the vote 6:1 (and note that I respect the decision of the majority of Council to approve the application).

At the General Meeting I spoke about amenity and what it means.

I referenced an explanation I found in Mills & Ors v Townsville City Council & Anor: “Amenity is the benchmark by which other discreet issues are considered and assessed. Noise, odour, traffic, design, bulk, height, landscaping ... are factors by which the affect which a proposal will have on the community and the surrounding area and how it will fit into and impact on that environment.”

“And the most important part of that environment is the community, the people, the families, the businesses which live and work and coexist in it. They are in fact the environment, the area, the envelope or the footprint in which a proposal must take place, fit into and be compatible with.”

“Planning schemes are community documents which must be interpreted by reference to the relevant community”. I moved a motion to refuse the application that was supported

4:3, but later reversed at the Ordinary meeting 6:1.

I said at the Ordinary Meeting in December 2021, “I am standing here today, not as a lawyer, not as a town planner, not as a Council officer. I am standing here as a Councillor, as an elected representative of this community. I stand here because the community gave me a seat at this table, so that I can use my voice to be theirs. To represent their interests, their viewpoints and fight for their rights. This is my job.

The neighbours and residents of Tinbeerwah and the 500 plus petitioners, do not believe that a meat processing facility is an appropriate business for this location. Nor do I. Patterson Drive is an idyllic residential estate where neighbours live shoulder to shoulder on small rural blocks. It is not an industrial estate, nor an agricultural estate.” Although I lost 6:1, I was successful in moving an amendment to trial the permit approval for 12 months (5:2).

The decision I made that day, and the decision I will make every day as your elected representative, will be to protect your interest and your welfare, and not just the interest of the applicant’s development approval.

That is the same decision I made when I voted against the Short Term Accommodation Local Laws (6:1) and when I voted to approve the development application at Doonella Street, Tewantin for affordable housing and special disability accommodation (6:1).

I may have lost the vote 6:1, but I have not lost what I stand for.

(These are personal views not those of Noosa Council) Noosa councillor Amelia Lorentson

On The Soapbox Cr Frank Wilkie

Facing up to the facts on Noosa’s housing needs The fact-filled 2021 Noosa Housing Needs Assessment Report supports what many residents already know: That the crisis of permanent housing supply and affordability has been driven in a large part by a surging demand for Noosa property and the conversion of homes into short-term accommodation businesses.

The well-researched trends are not new and, as the detailed 140-page report attests, an examination of unmet housing needs and their solutions is complex. Given this nationwide crisis also affects high-growth areas, the report ices down the idea that simply feeding more dwellings into a high-demand market will solve the problem.

“Affordable housing” in this context relates to specially-managed properties where rent is kept artificially lower than market rate and therefore “affordable”; proportionate to household income, usually not more than 30 percent of household income spent on rent.

Key workers unable to afford or find accommodation include police, teachers, emergency services workers, paramedics, medical professionals as well as trades providers and hospitality services staff.

An extra 6,400 dwellings can be accommodated by Noosa’s planning scheme, enabling population growth from 55,000 to over 64,000 by 2041, but will they be affordable? The report makes it plain that State and Commonwealth Governments have prime responsibility for driving affordable housing, but councils have a role to play.

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Noosa Council can partner with State, Federal and non-government agencies to help them deliver rental housing stock at below market rates.

This is a focus of the Northern Sunshine Coast Social Services Network, the Sunshine Coast Housing and Homelessness Network and the Housing Action Group driven by Noosa MP Sandy Bolton.

Rezoning of council and state-owned land through planning scheme amendments and requiring new developments to dedicate a percentage of units to a Registered Community Housing Provider in return for a range of incentives, including up-zoning, are methods under consideration.

The Housing Needs Report will now inform a Housing Strategy which will also include analysis of many other options, such as secondary dwellings and dual occupancy.

While many South East Queensland councils are preparing wish lists for the 2032 Olympics of key road and heavy infrastructure, one of Noosa’s main challenges is accommodation for key workers to keep the shire running.

There are many other unmet needs including housing for people with a disability, lowincome households, single women over 50, first home buyers, the aged, the homeless and those fleeing domestic violence.

The Housing report’s release may have already had a significant impact. A majority of councillors this month supported staff recommendations to refuse new STA applications in medium/high density residential zones.

Data shows STA businesses were found to have spread widely, with almost 50 percent saturation in some residential neighbourhoods.

Higher order planning scheme outcomes -requiring residential areas be kept for predominantly residential uses-were considered.

The Housing Needs report cites Noosa as having one of the highest STA penetration rates in the country and advises protecting permanent housing in residential zones when assessing future STA applications, as well as by amendments to the planning scheme. Of the 26,000 dwellings in Noosa, some 5,300 are visitor accommodation.

The related Local Law for STA accommodation that commences in February is intended to protect the amenity of residents and visitors from disturbances from some STA guest behaviour. The law was applauded at this year’s LGAQ conference by representatives of other Queensland communities, grappling with the same impacts. The LGAQ is providing the Local Law as a template to other councils.

Recent years have illustrated that nothing is as certain as constant disruptions and ever-accelerating change. The Housing Needs report is a snapshot of a dynamic reality which presents our community with a range of challenges.

Despite the challenges, future-focused urban planning that values the Noosa community’s health, amenity and natural assets remain key principles worth striving for at every stage of the shire’s constant evolution.

Cr Frank Wilkie is Noosa’s Deputy Mayor.

Cr Frank Wilkie.

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Whether you’ve just come off the beach or are having a night out; wanting a table for two or a family friendly place on Hastings, Zachary’s can cater for you.

Check out the stylish bar and restaurant at the Seahaven Resort, 15 Hastings St, Noosa Heads, and be sure to dine in at their air conditioned space for maximum chances of surviving the summer heat.

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Head to the theatre and catch A Bee Story.

Great Botanic Race; Elijah and Tully Lang with mother Liz Capelin.

Fun over school holidays Keep the kids entertained this summer with activities from Sunshine Coast Council.

From acrobatic shows to book clubs, garden adventures and festive fun, there’s something for everyone over the summer break.

1. Master the elements with art in a garden adventure.

Get the kids outside to rediscover the elements at Elemental Kids at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Tanawha.

Art workshops exploring and showcasing the five elements – earth, fire, water, air and wood – will delight and inspire ages five-15 years old.

Elemental Kids will run from January 11–15, 2022, at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Palm Creek Road, Tanawha.

Details: events.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ event/14714609-a/elemental-kids-earth 2. Head to the theatre and catch A Bee Story Take the family to A Bee Story for an Australian physical theatre extravaganza that combines circus, acrobatics, dance and live music.

Follow our heroes, Queen Bee and Worker Bee, who must work together to rebuild their hive after being destroyed by a bushfire. An unmissable show for the whole family.

When: 10-10.45am, Friday 14 January, 2022 at Venue 114, 114 Sportsmans Pde, Bokarina.

Tickets are $15 each or $12.50 for a group of 10 or more.

Suitable for children three-13 years old.

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Tickets: venue114.com.au/events/a-bee-story 3. Get reading for your chance to win a prize!

Hit the books because Sunshine Coast Libraries’ annual summer reading club is back from Wednesday 1 December 1.

Register now for free and read for the chance to win great prizes including book, game or toy vouchers.

Keep everyone’s mind active over the school break.

Entries close 5pm Monday 21 January, 2022.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 2 February 2022.

Details: sunshinecoast.spydus.com/ c g i - b i n / s pyd u s. e x e / E N Q / W PAC / EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=4914876 4. Try the great botanic race.

If you’ve got older kids, head to the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden to try the great botanic race. Grab a map at the entrance and explore the gardens on this self-guided orienteering challenge. Kids will need to find mapped points to solve the puzzle along the way. Great for ages 10 years and older.

Details: Grab a map at the entrance to the gardens.

5. Become an Agents of Discovery.

Agents of Discovery is back these school holidays for your kids to enjoy. Agents of Discovery is an educational mobile gaming platform that uses augmented reality to get youth active.

Head to your app store to download the free game and try new missions at Mary Cairncross

Scenic Reserve or Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden.

6. Step back in time at Bankfoot House.

Seize this chance to travel back through time to 1868 and see the wonders of yesteryear at Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct.

Give the virtual reality First Nations app a try or enjoy a free-guided tour of the house and discover the ingenuity and adaptability of early settlers. Bring a picnic and make a day of it!

Located at 1998 Old Gympie Road, Glass House Mountains.

Entry to Bankfoot House is free and open to the public from 10am to 3pm, Wednesday to Sunday (excluding public holidays).

Details: heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ Bankfoot-House 7. Check out 200 free adventures on your doorstep.

Your school holidays are covered thanks to Adventure Sunshine Coast – your number one way to find 200 free walking, cycling, mountain bike riding, paddling and horse-riding trails right across the region.

So, whether you’ve got teens who are up for a challenge or preppies who might need something gentler – visit Adventure Sunshine Coast and find your perfect adventure to explore today.

Details: adventure.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au 8. Get to the gallery.

Stroll through the Caloundra Regional gallery and view The Art of Marking: art in public

spaces, a collaboration with Urban Arts Projects (UAP). The exhibition heroes finished public artworks alongside conceptual processes and celebrates 28 years of UAP creating and advocating.

The exhibition runs from 10 December to 30 January 30. Entry is free but registration is required for the floor talk and exhibition launch.

Details: gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/en/ Exhibitions/Art-of-Making 9. Farewell 2021 and countdown to 2022.

Say see you later to 2021 and take advantage of the many New Year’s Eve events around the Sunshine Coast this festive season. There’s fun for the whole family with fireworks at Caloundra, Mooloolaba and Coolum at 8.30pm and a midnight display at Mooloolaba. Check out council and community events online now.

Details: events.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au 10. Unearth Invertebrates at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve.

Bring the family along to see the Spineless Wonders display in the Rainforest Discovery Centre at the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve.

Get up close and personal with the unsung heroes of the animal world, invertebrates!

The Rainforest Discovery Centre is open 9.30am-3.30pm daily (closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day).

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The displays will be held at 8.30pm at all locations, with an additional midnight display at Mooloolaba.

Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson said New Year’s Eve would be relaxed and family friendly across the region.

“This New Year’s Eve we are stepping back from the highly organised New Year’s Eve event and associated entertainment previously delivered at Mooloolaba and focussing solely on offering three fireworks displays that can be enjoyed from a number of locations across the coast,” Mayor Jamieson said.

“This new approach is in line with community feedback council received earlier this year during our festive program review. ”This year we are encouraging locals and visitors to throw down a rug and enjoy a picnic at beaches and parks or enjoy the hospitality of local cafes and restaurants at all three locations.

“At Coolum and Caloundra, we’re working with community groups who are delivering the fireworks events.

“Families are encouraged to leave the car at home and walk or cycle or use public transport to travel to their nearest celebration.

“The low-key approach to New Year’s Eve will allow for social distancing during the fireworks display, while our local restaurants and cafes will benefit from pre-event bookings.

“New Year’s Eve is always a wonderful chance to reflect and look ahead with optimism so, no matter how people choose to celebrate, I wish everyone a safe, happy and healthy 2022.”

Sunshine Coast Council Coordinator Creative Arts and Events Janine Symons said the three fireworks celebrations would, as usual, be glass and alcohol-free environments.

“Visitors can expect a safe, less crowded New Year’s Eve experience, with roving entertainers for the kids,” Ms Symons said.

“We’re encouraging people to share the evening with friends and loved ones, grab a picnic or book into their local restaurant before settling in for the fireworks.

“Weather permitting, we’re using larger

More places to celebrate New Year’s Eve across the region. more eco-friendly fireworks, which have the benefit of firing higher in the sky, so can be seen from multiple vantage points.

“We recommend finding a comfortable spot, in any of the three locations, to watch the display.

“Ensuring our fireworks are as environmentally friendly as possible is crucial and our supplier provides fireworks that contain no plastic, chlorates and also contain less lifting powder, all of which reduce emissions.

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“All cardboard waste and copper ignition wire is fully recycled post display.”

Council’s New Year’s Eve celebrations are delivered in conjunction with Queensland Police Service, Queensland Ambulance Service and Queensland Fire and Emergency Service.

Queensland Police Service officer Senior Sergeant Matt Robertson said there were a few things everyone could do to ensure a safe and happy New Year.

“We encourage everyone to take a com-

mon-sense approach and be mindful of COVID-19 safety practices and social distancing rules,” Senior Sergeant Robertson said.

“We also urge people to plan their journey ahead of time, whether that be public transport, a taxi or active transport, know how you’re getting to and from the displays.

“For those who choose to drive, parking is available at ParknGo Mooloolaba Central and pre-booking is recommended. There is limited parking at Kings Beach, Caloundra and Tickle Park, Coolum.”

The new elephant enclosure.

Elephants have a new home at Australia Zoo Two years after arriving at Australia Zoo, our herd of Sumatran elephants has moved into their expansive new home, Elephantasia!

Wati, Widya, Christine and Raflesia are truly a part of our family, and we are so excited that their state-of-the-art habitat is now open for guests to experience.

With less than 2,500 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, we are proud to be continuing Steve’s mission to protect these

animals for future generations.

Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin was thrilled to discuss the arrival of these magnificent animals at Australia Zoo. “It is an incredibly exciting milestone for Australia Zoo as we welcome four beautiful Sumatran elephants in our gorgeous Elephantasia habitat, further contributing to the conservation of the critically endangered species,” Robert said.

A fifth Sumatran elephant, Burma, will also be joining Australia Zoo’s herd soon, and will live a wonderful life with our incredible elephant family.

In 2015, Australia Zoo contributed significant funds to fulfil Steve’s dream to construct an elephant hospital in Sumatra. In the wild, elephants often fall victim to snares or are injured from human-elephant conflict, so a hospital of this nature is critically important

for their rehabilitation and care.

These Summer Holidays, you can visit Elephantasia and see our Sumatran elephants between 10.00am and 4.00pm daily. The Irwin Family will be feeding a crocodile at the Wildlife Warriors Show, and guests can enter a draw to win some ripper prizes during their visit!

To find out more and buy your ticket, visit www.australiazoo.com.au.

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A bellyful of memories Trevor Pepys recalls his best (and worst) feeds of the year JANUARY Trev got the year off to a bad start by taking an ill-fated trip down memory lane at Grenny’s on Gympie Terrace. Look, this joint celebrates its 40th anniversary soon, so it’s certainly doing something right, but if the signature Seafood Marseilles was sexy in ’82 (and it was) it’s looking a little worse for wear.

Fortunately the month was saved by an excellent sesame crusted salmon and a pork belly at Mr Jones and Me ( formerly Anita’s way back when and Durham’s bait and tackle long before that), in the first of several visits this year.

FEBRUARY Another shocker to start the month, with a barely edible steak and chips with mushroom gravy at the once-wonderful Country Life pub at Kin Kin, saved only by the sweet sounds of troubadour Joel Mak, a family friend.

Then Trev had to send a swordfish back twice in an entirely unseasonal episode at the normally reliable Season. Trev is happy to report that on a return visit in the winter, the seafood offering matched the service – excellent.

But the find of February was BangBang on Hastings Street. Despite being surrounded by hype, this Asian fusion delivers big-time. “Very clever,” Trev noted. “Big bangs, little bangs, a sensibly short list of tapas and mains, presented with a dash of humour and whimsy. The wine list, on the other hand, somewhat wiped the smile off Trev’s dial, but the food prices were modest enough to take the edge off.”

MARCH While Trev was a little disappointed in Paradise Arcade’s standard Mex with attitude, a first visit to Barefoot Bar and Grill on Gympie Terrace more than made up for it. Over subsequent visits, we’ve enjoyed an expanding, Brazilflavoured menu with some interesting tapas.

Unpretentious, friendly staff, river views, good food. What’s not to like?

APRIL This month took the cake for top tucker, with exceptional meals enjoyed at Sum Yung Guys (still at Sunshine then), Noosa Boathouse and a first visit to Eclipse to begin an enduring love affair with this riverside gem. But if a brickbat must be thrown, it would be that we couldn’t hear ourselves think at Sum Yung, and repeated requests to turn the doof doof down down were ignored. Hopefully, that’s been moderated at the Noosaville premises. Watch this space for a review in 2022.

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got off to an interesting start but star quality will always shine through. As Trev wrote: You know a restaurant has style when you can’t book a table. I don’t mean that they can’t fit you in. I mean that their phone is out of order or unconnected and their website doesn’t work.

And they don’t care because they know that food lovers will sniff them out.” Trev sniffed out Peter Roussos’s exceptional Med cuisine and has not been disappointed in three return visits.

MAY Kaali Gourmet on Hastings Street deservedly picked up foodie awards later in the year and this was probably Trev’s best Indian feed of the year. But the find of the month was that Somedays do the best pizza in town and it’s a great place for grandkids’ birthday treats.

JUNE Trev had to leave town to find it, but the top nosh for June was at Periwinkle at Peregian Beach where we indulged ourselves in moules frites - a massive bowl of steamed black mussels and an equally massive bowl of crispy fries. Yum. JULY Back in the days when Bob Abbot was a slim-

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mish young fella, Trev used to love a Sunday roast at The Apollonian where Bob donned the apron. Sadly, like Bob’s apron, the thrill has gone. It’s still a beautiful pub, but Trev found the mass-produced roast you had to queue for a little wanting. Two excellent lunches at Bistro C and the Waterfront made up for it.

AUGUST Back into lockdown we went, with many restaurants closing their doors and a few smart operators working their way around the problem. As Trev reported: “Look, not much to make you smile comes out of a Covid lockdown, other than that feeling of community accomplishment when we all work together to overcome it, but if every cloud has a silver lining, then the lockdown one is the $25 dinner special, three minutes in the microwave, from Little Humid.” The mighty M and M team worked their butts off for these heat-and-eat specials, of which Trev found the crispy roast duck leg confit the best of the best.

SEPTEMBER Trev and the missus celebrated spring with a memorable Gamberi e Spinaci at Piccolino at the Woods end of Hastings Street, accompanied by troubadour music and a fun crowd enjoying eating out again. At the other end of

the spectrum, a tapas meal at Hop and Vine up the road at Bay Village was an overpriced disappointment.

OCTOBER A discovery in the ‘burbs! Tipped off by a colleague, Trev found taste of Istanbul very much to his liking, its generous offerings of Middle Eastern favourites served with a smile. And let’s not forget a selection of affordable wines for a change.

NOVEMBER Trev went looking for Noosa’s best burger and found it at Grill’d.

DECEMBER As regular readers well know, humble pie is not one of Trev’s favourite dishes, but he’ll eat it when he has to. Such was the case with Herbert, the terribly trendy vegan/flexitarian addition to the Junction’s brilliant assortment of eating establishments. Having been frightened off by an over-hyped website and spartansounding fried vege offerings, Trev left it until almost the end of the year to try Herbert. And guess what? It was great. Try it in ’22.

And to all Trev’s mates who toil in kitchens and front of house, here’s to fewer foodus interruptus episodes in the new year. You do us proud and you deserve a break.

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Bait and more bait Well, that’s all folks! That is the last report for 2021 and what a year! As I write this we are sitting on the edge of what could be one of our best pelagic seasons for many years. We will of course have to see how much rain falls between now and then as mackerel do like cleaner water.

For the offshore gang this week has improved from last week where the moon was clearly asserting its dominance over the bite.

This week the pelagics have been in close and gave many anglers another option over ham for the traditional crimbo feed. Most have been taken by anglers slow trolling big gar, whole small tuna and slimy mackerel. Of course, the kayak guys have done well with fish exceeding 25KG. For most boat anglers the standard has been around 6-8kg which is the perfect eating size. From the boats, slow trolling Halco Red Head Laser Pro’s and pilchard colours have been working well during the low light of 4am onward.

For those with casting rigs the 15-20 gram slugs like the TT Hardcore and Halco Twisty have been getting the job done. Anyone who was out this week will attest to the fact there is more bait than fish. The number of birds working are in their thousands and if looking for surface feeding fish you may have to change tactics. The mackerel are there, but are anywhere from a few metres down to as deep as hard on the bottom. Using your sounder will really help you find the deeper fish and tray casting into the bait and count it down before winding back for the bite. If you are looking for a new sounder be sure to pop into the boating and outdoors shop next to tackle world and check out our range.

From the beaches you can expect to find a continued run of small whiting, bream and dart. If rock fishing you could do really on mackerel well with 30-40 gram slugs or stickbaits around 120mm in length. As the bait gets pushed in close the predators are sure to follow. Early mornings and end of the day would work well just be sure you play it safe around the rocks if there is any swell.

The Noosa river now has speed restrictions in place so observe the 6 knots signs. For the land based anglers the more popular places to fish are the Dog Beach and the rocks toward the river mouth. You can also try the Woods Bays and head around to the Lions Park and the Noosa Sound. All of these spots are likely to hold trevally, bream and flathead. You can fish lightly weighted whitebait and pilchard baits in the current or flick soft plastics like smaller Keitech Easy Shiners in your favourite colour.

Between the lakes should see the jacks start to fire up before the storms well and truly hit.

Flicking soft vibes, paddle tail plastics and diving lures or jerkbaits will draw in the predators.

As the water becomes more dirty these will help predatory fish find your offering due to

Young Billy Salmon with a couple of nice whiting which he boated in the lower estuary. the excessive vibration they emit. If you are not into lures then live baits will work very well. It is important to remember that all livebait has size and bag limits for example, whiting must be of legal size regardless of their intended use.

Freshwater is still very much about an edge bite. Weedless soft plastics have been working well when paired with TT finesse headlocks and slow wound out from the edges. If you are looking to do this then bait cast gear really helps with presentation as you can put pulses through the reel while winding which really helps to bring it too life. These reels work exceptionally well when jerk baiting for bass and other fish like jacks and barra.

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 Tackle World Noosa, Noosa Boating and Outdoors and 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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Camel safari across Laguna Bay. North Shore wilderness visible top right.

Crowded beach despite lack of ocean. sand plains under a full moon. By morning the wave has receded, taking with it more than 30 metres depth of sand. By the end of the day the Hastings Street Association has ordered 15 semi-trailers of new sand to cover up the rock wall, and surfers are riding little peelers close to the rocks at First Point. “it’s a miracle,” says Cr Wegener, charging out to catch a few on his paipo. “Maybe I won’t become a pig farmer just yet.”

OCTOBER The rainforest meets the desert marketing campaign is killed before it begins, replaced by “Noosa – everything old is new again”. Billboards all over the country show images of celebrities sweeping sand out of luxury beachfronts in time for summer.

NOVEMBER New Prime Minister Pauline Hanson declares the official end of the pandemic “because there never really was one” and says that she will run the country from a Sunshine Beach waterfront estate for the entire summer so that she can be near her chief adviser, Gina Rhinehart.

DECEMBER With Noosa officially full for the summer holidays, Mayor Clare asks residents with

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JANUARY A major swell event resulting from a Coral Sea low pressure system fails to dislodge Main Beach’s surplus of sand and in fact has the opposite effect – depositing the highest levels of sand seen since European settlement. With the surf club car park turned back into a sand hill and restaurants along the boardwalk filled with coarse-grained nightmares, Sails turns a sow’s ear into a silk purse by shoving a palm tree into the middle of the mess and offering “desert island wedding specials”.

FEBRUARY New Council CEO Scott Waters arrives in town in a ute filled with shovels and spends his first day on the job clearing one square metre of the surf club car park. “Unlike some leaders in this country, I’m prepared to pick up a fire hose when needed or to shovel sand in a crisis,” he tells Noosa Today.

MARCH With First Point buried under a mountain of sand, organizers turn the Noosa Festival of Surfing into a sandcastle building event by day and a doof-doof rave party by night. “I haven’t had this much fun since Ibiza in the ‘60s,” says 71-year-old competitor Eric Walker, who takes out the sandcastle event with a magnificent model of the Vatican City, and is a clearcut winner in the solo funk dance event.

APRIL With the annual (and recently renamed) Eat and Drink Until You Puke Festival just around the corner, the Hastings Street Association announces that it has invested in the world’s biggest and most expensive leaf blower in an attempt to blow the sand back out to sea and reclaim Australia’s most glamorous sandpit.

Unfortunately, the plan backfires when an unseasonal north-easterly gale blows the airborne particles back over the precinct, causing a choking yellow haze to hang over the town for weeks.

MAY The sand haze clears just in time for the Eat and Drink Until You Puke Festival, but unfortunately the event has to be called off during the semi-finals of the professional eating marathon when a competitor explodes midway through his 43rd enchilada. “I’ve often felt like exploding myself during second or third lunch,” says head judge and event patron Clive Palmer, “so my sympathies go out to this brave man and to his grieving family.”

JUNE Three surfers perish when they lose sight of the coast and become disoriented during an expedition to the edge of the Laguna Sand Mass in search of surf. Police say it appeared the men lay down to rest after carrying heavy longboards for days and were covered by a sand blow. Member for Noosa Sandy Bolton says she will change her Christian name out of respect for the lost men.

JULY Councillor Tom Wegener announces that he will not contest the next election, having decided to become an organic pig farmer. “Farming is the way of the future, and I want to lead by example, rather than endless blah blah,” he tells Noosa Today. “Besides, after a couple of years on council, I’ve discovered I prefer the company of pigs.”

AUGUST As the third wave of the Ohmygod variant begins to recede, Tourism Noosa announces its dynamic new marketing campaign to entice people back to the shire, despite its problems.

“Noosa – where the rainforest meets the desert” will be the slogan seen on billboards and television commercials. Three day camel safaris across Laguna Bay Desert will also be introduced.

SEPTEMBER Squatters free-camping in Hastings Street’s sand-filled former luxury hotels are the first to hear the roar of an approaching tsunami.

From their penthouse balconies at Netanya, they watch a line of surf advance across the

Residents watch the tsunami from Tingirana Arcade.

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JANUARY A TEENAGE SENSATION If one were to stop and wonder, exactly what proverbs would best suite Cooroy’s 13-yearold Dannica Starkey, junior Black Belt member of the Sunshine Coast Martial Arts, one could not do better than to quote Mark Twain: “It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts but the size of the fight in the dog.”

Despite her youth Dannica has made people in the International world of Martial Arts, sit up and take note. Dannica has won the gold medal for Kumite (sparring) at the World Shotokan Karate Championships in Tokyo Japan.

FEBRUARY GRACE OTTO - A RISING STAR Despite the fact that Grace Otto of the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club, is only a 16-year-old, year 11 student at St Andrews College, she knows exactly what she wants.

For Grace there are two golds: first is the Nutri Grain Iron Woman and following this is the biggest event of all, the Coolangatta Gold.

MARCH A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER in the final three rounds of the Nutri Grain IronWoman series (again a series of six) another history making result occurred.

When the overall winner Lana Rogers (now of the Alexandra Headlands club but formerly of Noosa Heads) won she became a member of that very small elite group of women who have won an overall tally of four wins (and for Lana also two seconds) from the series of six.This win also gives Lana the unique record of having won two national Nutri Grain Iron-Woman Championships, back-to-back.

For her coach Sharlene Kelly, it has also been an incredible season. “As you can probably understand I am over the moon with the results. We worked out a program at the start of the season and she stuck to it all the way. For Lana to win two series is one thing, but to do it back-to-back was awesome,“ she said.

APRIL BUSY TIME FOR ATHLETES For the members of the Sunshine Coast Martial Arts Shotokan Karate and Fitness Institute, the recent state titles held in Brisbane, the overall results were indeed very good. Our Noosa team finished with a total of 16 gold medals, 14 silver and 11 bronze: a team effort that saw them finish second in the state. ‘’I am very happy with the overall results,” said Bryan Dukas Owner/Chief Instructor.

For the lifesavers last weekend was the State Titles and Tugun Beach played host club. For the Noosa club, their boat section came home with a total of six medals: 2 gold 1 silver and 3 bronze. The golds were won by the Masters 38 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 31 December, 2021

Impact boxer Ben Cameron-Hands with coach Mark Evans. group and u/19s ladies’ crew known as the kookaburras and the silver was won by the ladies’ u/23 crew (known as the Scrub Turkies).

The three bronze medals were won by the u/20yr age group the Condors, the u/23 women Spangled Drongos, and the Reserve Grade women crew, the Bandits.

For our Cooroy Impact Boxing Academy, the Queensland Novice Titles held in Brisbane were successful. “With a team of 8 fighters competing, our local team had a total of 6 wins with 4 going on to win medals; 2 gold and 2 silver.

JUNE It was in October of last year that the Noosa Pickleball Club hosted its first Noosa Doubles Pickleball Classic. According to a Noosa executive, “The enrolment for this year was four times as many as last year.” Founded 27 January, 2020, the club now has 133 members playing in the Noosa area: all indications are, that this tournament will become an annual event.

When 20-year-old Ben Cameron-Hands of the Cooroy Impact Amateur Boxing Academy, stepped in through the ropes at the Nissan Arena on the night of June 19, it was for this young fighter a celebration of two occasions.

First was the ending of what can only described as a very successful amateur career: a career of some 90 fights, fights that resulted in him winning no less than six National Golden Gloves three Australian and six Queensland Titles.

But second and perhaps the most important of all, it was the start of what could possibly be a very successful career: a career in the toughest sport of all, the world of professional boxing. “It was for me, a very emotional experience,“ his coach Mark Evans said. “We have been together ever since that first night, when as a 10-year-old, he walked through the doors at our Cooroy Impact Boxing Academy, and told me he wanted to learn to box.”

Ironwoman Lana Rogers.

AUGUST LIFT SUCCESS RECOGNISED Members of Noosa Cross Fit 4566 and Bar Bell Weight Lifting Club gathered at the club for a presentation of medals and trophies, won by members at the national and state titles.

Among the medal winners in the weight lifting was Taj Marsh, who won the U89kg national gold medal in the Youth Category and also backed up, by being awarded the Best

Youth Male Weight Lifter at both state and national level. For this young man who has been lifting for 10 years and competing for four, it was a good result.

In the female section, Kaiya Marsh, sister of Taj, won gold in the U15, U59kg division, and a bronze medal in the U59kg Youth Category.

Also amongst the medal winners was Alana Castle who, competing in the national titles in the U15 age group, won the U76kg gold medal and in the U17 category, the bronze.

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Pirates in action on the field.

SEPTEMBER A BUSY WEEK IN NOOSA Members of the Noosa Paddle Sports Club took part in two events of the Old Woman Island Race. In one, 10 members of the club were on the start line for the 5 km race and two members went to the start line, for the 18 km event.

For most of the members, it was not only the first time that they had competed, but also the first time they had paddled in the ocean. The conditions for the race were very tricky, with a decent swell and a strong north rast wind.

GREAT WEEKEND FOR NOOSA In Cairns, three members of the Noosa Barbell Club, Wendy Campbell, Jo Phillips and Scott Mark, represented their club and all three came home with gold medals won in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk event.

For the Ray White Noosa Dolphins, Saturday’s grand final day is surely one to remember.

“With four teams playing grand finals, Colts, Women’s, Reserves and A grade, and winning three of the four, it definitely speaks volumes for the club, but most important of all, our future,” said president Donald McKill.

In the world of amateur boxing, a team of six from the Impact Boxing Academy Cooroy travelled to Brisbane to contest the Queensland championships and once again it was a successful tournament.

OCTOBER WHEN AGE IS NO BARRIER Most people who reach the age of 80 years, are content to just put their feet up and watch TV with the grandkids.

But for one 80-year-old this could not be further from the truth. Born, to use her own words, “just three days after Pearl Harbor, in Monterey California”, she is not only still very active, but also about to physically achieve

Black belt marvel Stella Edmundson. one of her goals to sit for and pass her Shodan (black belt grading) in Shotokan Karate.

Indeed, for Stella Edmundson, 1st Kyu (brown belt), this would have to be one of life’s joys.

“For me it is a way of life. Down through the years I have found that if you keep at it, continue your training, you will find that it will improve your fitness, your balance and flexibility,” she said.

NIGHT OF THE DOLPHINS According to a club flyer, the Ray White Noosa Dolphins have wrapped up their season with a great night at Dolphin Oval to celebrate and acknowledge all those players, coaches, managers and army of volunteers - volunteers, who worked to make the season, an outstanding success.

When asked to comment and reflect on the season, club president Donald McKill said, “Of course, nine from nine grand final appearances that when you are around the club as much as I am and you see all the other work that goes on, day in day out, that a lot of others don’t see that I am most proud of. We have an incredible army of volunteers working hard behind the scenes, creating within the club, one of the best environment’s for kids and their families to come and play rugby: and above all, enjoy our facilities. On top of this, our senior players both men and women, just seem to thrive in this atmosphere, an atmosphere that you, our workers have created.”

THE PIRATES PREVAILED With a fair degree of uncertainty amongst the numerous challenges associated with the ongoing pandemic backdrop, the Pirates Rugby League Football Club still managed to register another successful year, according to general manager Brett Winkler. Despite not being able to host its major club fundraiser, with the an-

nual Noosa Rodeo being cancelled at the start of the year, they still had a number of great events. These included the ISC State League trial game, between the Sunshine Coast Falcons and the eventual ISC Premiers, Norths Devils, and hosting the West Tigers for an NRL open training session.

Then in the second half of the season, NRL heavy weights Melbourne Storm, trained at Pirate Park for three months during their Queensland sabbatical, as the NRL competition moved north to our state. Their final season home game an epic semi- final against the Swans, proved to be their biggest and most well attended game of the year.

On the football front the Pirates managed to field a total of 22 teams across the club, 18 in junior competition, plus four teams in the senior ranks.

For the senior teams, it was great to get back on to the paddock after the disappointment of not playing at all in 2020.

The club’s division 1 team edged up the ladder again and came in third in the regular season, while the women’s team played finals footy for the first time in their history and thei U/18 team were grand finalists at Sunshine Coast Stadium.

NOVEMBER SPORTING TRADITIONS RULE The Banana Bender Hotel, formerly known as the Ettamogah Pub, played host to an evening of boxing and fighters from both our local clubs, the NBO, (Noosa Box Office) and Impact Boxing and Fitness Academy took to the ring.

The evening was well supported and program of some 10 fights was scheduled.

Amongst the highlights from our locals were two outstanding efforts from Kerin Whitehead from the Academy and Luke Sheridan from the NBO.

Black belt champion Dannica Starkey.

CREWS SWEEP TO VICTORY At the recent North Australian Surf Lifesaving Titles held at Mackay, the Noosa club was represented by four boat crews: two women’s, the Bandits reserve grade, and the Sparrows U/19, and two men’s, the Condors, masters and the Peacocks u/19. Sweeping the crews were sweep and head coach, Mick Gardner and Stewart Cooper. ‘’For us, it was a great result and good start for the season. All of our crews won their races and with the surf conditions being very flat, it gave us a good indication as to their early season fitness,” said coach Gardner.

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NOOSA THE STAND-OUT FOR SALE PRICES PROPERTY MATTERS ERLE LEVEY THE demand for property in Noosa continues with the latest Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) sales figures showing the region has again topped the state in terms of growth.

Across Queensland, median house prices climbed 1.8 per cent over the JulySeptember quarter.

Yet Noosa was again the stand-out with double-digit growth of 13 per cent, down from a stellar 19.8 per cent in the June 2021 quarter.

The June figure was due in many ways to some extraordinary prices achieved for oceanfront properties.

Leading Noosa real estate principal Tom Offermann said the REIQ figures were no surprise as they reflected exactly what agents had been experiencing out in the marketplace.

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“However, what is different this time is the speed with which properties have escalated in value.

“It is the low cost of financing which is fuelling the incredible capital growth rate.

“In the absence of any major financial, political, or other calamities, we can expect to seek the capital growth rate to remain high for as long as interest rates remain low.’’

Noosa was followed by Ipswich (up 8.7 per cent), Redland and Fraser Coast (both at 6.5 per cent), and Bundaberg (6.4 per cent) to round out the top five growth performers.

Noosa also took the top spot for the highest quarterly median sale price at a staggering $1.3m, followed by Brisbane ($900,000), Sunshine Coast statistical division incorporating the Noosa Shire ($850,000), Sunshine Coast ($825,000), and Gold Coast ($810,500).

Houses were snapped up in Brisbane, which achieved the highest number of house sales over the quarter (3912), followed by the Gold Coast (2419), Moreton Bay (1945), Sunshine Coast statistical division (1510), Logan (1413) and Ipswich (1366) showing lifestyle and city fringe locations remain ever popular.

Brisbane’s median house price grew 4.7 per cent over the quarter to a new high of $900,000, representing a 15.5 per cent in growth compared to 12 months prior.

While some regional centres took a step backwards including Rockhampton (-3.2 per cent), Gladstone (-5.6 per cent), and Townsville (-0.1 percent), Mackay

remained static. However, these LGAs posted respectable growth over 12 months, with Gladstone the stand-out at a massive 15.7 per cent – its fall this quarter perhaps reflecting a correction after three strong previous quarters of growth.

Across Queensland, median unit prices rose 3.5 per cent over the quarter. Doubledigit growth was seen in Mackay (17.4 per cent, after swings down and up in prior quarters), Sunshine Coast (12.1 per cent), while Cairns (9.1 per cent), Logan (8.7 per cent), and the Gold Coast (6.3 per cent) all performed well.

Noosa fell four per cent after posting remarkable median unit growth of 17.4 per cent in the June 2021 quarter.

Coastal areas understandably fetched the highest unit prices with Noosa ($850,000), Sunshine Coast ($560,000) and Gold Coast ($510,000) at the top of the charts.

REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the phenomenal property price growth being experienced in Queensland was a result of a number of factors driving insatiable demand from buyers.

“Queensland hasn’t experienced this sustained level of demand and accelerated growth before, but after years of modest growth, prices here are playing catch up,” Ms Mercorella said.

“Even as our median prices rise, our state is still demonstrating greater bangfor-buck, with investors looking to make their real estate dollar go further, and southerners making the move keen to lap up our State’s incredible liveability factor.

“It’s not surprising that Queensland

property is still extremely attractive, given our State’s enviable lifestyle coupled with a sense of safety and relative freedoms during the pandemic, and of course our comparatively great affordability compared to our southern city counterparts.

“There’s also a degree of excitement and attention that comes with the news that South East Queensland is set to stage the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and more tangibly, the propelling forward of investment and timelines for infrastructure as a result.

“With cashed up interstate buyers comfortable with auctions and able to snap up properties with competitive offers, it’s no wonder that interstate migration to Queensland is at an almost 20-year high, as southerners relocate here in droves.

“Low levels of stock, record low interest rates, high levels of consumer confidence and household savings, more flexible remote workplace arrangements than ever, and the fear of missing out, are all additional factors spurring on the rapid property price growth and are fundamental ingredients for a strong market as we head towards 2022.

“While predicting what’s next is simply crystal ball gazing, the market is still going strong with 12-month growth averages indicating markets are rising right across the board. With interstate borders reopening and international border opening to come, chances are we could see a flurry of activity and an uptick in demand well into the new year.” ●

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HAMMER COMES DOWN ON 2021 PROPERTY MATTERS ERLE LEVEY THE 2021 auction year is closing in strong fashion.

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom house plus two-bedroom guest cottage on 130. ha at 209 Booloumba Creek Rd, Cambroon, has sold at auction for $3m.

Vicki Pain, Nigel Statham and Ian Newson of Ray White Rural Eumundi/ Dayboro took the hinterland property to the market in an on-line auction on Friday, December 17.

Booloumba Downs enjoyed frontage to the clear-flowing waters of Booloumba Creek. The land covers 4ha of prime creek flat and sweeps up though established lush paddocks to elevated mountain ridge lines with pockets of historic rainforest.

Over the years, the property has been maintained with an extensive weed management program and recently fertilised with natural organic worm based fertiliser.

While currently understocked, it can carry about 40 head of cows and calves.

Vicki Pain said there were 140 inquiries, 46 inspections and 12 registered bidders from New South Wales as well as Western Queensland and locally.

The successful bidder was fro Western Queensland, wanting to downsize but still run a few head of cattle.

The Ray White Rural Dayboro/Eumundi team has now listed a French chateauinspired five-bedroom, four-bathroom, seven-car house with pool on 4.0ha at 200 Ocean View Rd, Ocean View, near Mt Mee. It includes two separate cottages with selfcontained apartments.

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Roger Omdahl of Laguna Real Estate is looking to continue the strong auction run of 2021 into the new year.

With 100 percent success from last year, he is seeing good interest in two properties he is taking to auction in January.

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment at 5/2 Sidoni St, Tewantin, is attracting strong inquiry ahead of the midday auction on Saturday, January 22.

It’s a similar story with the threebedroom, two-bathroom home at 11 Milpera Retreat, Noosa Heads, that is scheduled to go under the hammer at 10am on January 15.

“Both are looking very positive for a great result,’’ Roger said.

“The Sidoni St property is an immaculate, light-filled apartment with stunning Lake Doonella views from the balcony.

“On one level, it has had an extremely tasteful renovation all the way through less than two years ago.

“The first two open houses were each heavily attended and six parties have registered their interest already.

“It has been a decent spread of inquiry, from Victoria, New South Wales, local and Central Queensland.

“Everyone says the same two things ... the outlook over the lake and proximity to village.

“The second thing is the exceptional presentation and renovation.’’

The modern kitchen includes stone benchtop, quality appointments and softclose cabinetry.

The main bedroom and large ensuite are private while the guest bedroom has access to a private balcony and is adjacent to the main bathroom.

The apartment is in a group of seven with swimming pool, large wrap-around timber decking and updated landscaping.

The Milpera Retreat property features a large floorplan, and enjoys extremely good presentation, Roger said.

The first three open houses have all been well attended, with interested parties including locals, Brisbane and New South Wales.

As well as those looking at it as a holiday home there are others seeking to renovate the property.

The elevation of Milpera Retreat to catch the sea breezes, and proximity to Noosa Junction as well as Hastings St have been prime attractions.

With 100 percent auction clearance this year and prior offers on just about every one, Roger is bullish about 2022.

“It’s a strong market and timeframes are short,’’ he said. “This makes it difficult for buyers ... they need to be prepared.

“These are two good auctions to start the year off.’’

TWISTS AND TURNS Last year was crazy, with so many twists and turns.

Luke Chen of Tom Offermann Real Estate is looking at a year of re-establishing himself and enjoying what’s around us.

“I’m so grateful for where we live, what

we’ve done in the past 12 months.

“Noosa is a recognised brand and we are now building on that.

“There is a new demographic discovering Noosa - professionals from capital cities who are moving to regional areas within a two-hour commute.

“People are appreciating what we have here - the local farmer markets are going nuts, people are exercising , walking, hiking.

“There is all the sand on the beach and there’s nothing better than a swim at Little Cove.

“And it has been good to enjoy Noosa Main beach.’’

Select Noosa’s Greg Smith reports he is still getting interstate as well as local interest on properties, despite the uncertainty of Covid restrictions.

“Interstaters are finding prices commensurate to where they are selling.

“Buyers need to open their eyes and be receptive to what is coming in 2022.’’

AUCTION ACTION FRIDAY, December 17 Cambroon 209 Booloumba Creek Rd: 4bed, 2bath, house plus 2bed, 1bath guest cottage, dam, on 130.01ha, on-line 10.30am, Vicki Pain 0427 655 209 Nigel Statham 0413 545 246 Ian Newson 0458 767 788 Ray White Rural Eumundi/Dayboro.

Twelve registered bidders, sold under the hammer $3m SATURDAY, January 15 Noosa Heads 11 Milpera Retreat: 3bed, 2bath, 2car house, 10am, Roger Omdahl 0412 043 880 Laguna Real Estate FRIDAY, January 21 Noosa Heads 39 Nairana Rest: 3bed, 3bath, 2car house, pool, 3pm, Rick Daniel 0411 737 767 Gillian McCauley 0467 600 009 Richardson & Wrench Noosa SATURDAY, January 22 Tewantin 5/2 Sidoni St: 2bed, 2bath, 1car apartment, 12pm, Roger Omdahl 0412 043 880 Laguna Real Estate ●

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Commanding the most spectacular presence in the front row on the absolute beachfront, it’s easy to imagine the ultimate beach house, an immeasurable masterpiece of global standard architecture worthy of glossy pages in Architectural Digest, the international design magazine.

Everyday will be like standing on a winner’s podium as you gaze out to glistening white sand and the Coral Sea stretching before you.

Auction Sunday 16 January 2pm View Saturday 1.00-1.30 Agent Eric Seetoo 0419 757 770

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Introducing San Jancinto, three brand new, single level 2-bedroom cool luxe apartments where salty breezes, ocean views and a beachy state of mind, combine with clever design, function, and flair. Beautiful light-filled open-plan spaces awash with the latest monochromatic palette of muted greys and timber accents, have courtyards, glamour kitchens, storage rooms and are pet-friendly.

Auction Friday 21 January 10am View Saturday & Wednesday12.00-1.00 Agent Tracy Russell 0413 319 879

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Picture sun-splashed Riviera, steps away from a beach and boat ramp, drinks by the riverside and balmy nights on the parkside terrace. What’s not to love?

Revel in a north-facing ground floor apartment, wrapped by terraces on three sides, in a boutique complex, equidistant Noosa Main Beach and Gympie Terrace, with no neighbours per se, just side streets, and parks and waterways the other two sides.

Auction Saturday 15 January 11am View Monday 12.00-12.30 Agent Cameron Urquhart 0411 757 570

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When it comes to the rare find of waterfront land with a jaw-dropping address, 500m to Hastings Street, this is it.

Waterside, the grassy flat site featuring a brilliant red poinciana, is framed by a 20m revetment wall and glistening saltwater lapping the white-sand foreshore.

With mesmerising long-water views, it has all the hallmarks for the creation of a spectacular showpiece with a jetty

Auction Saturday 15 January 2pm Agent Mal Cox 0407 708 860

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Imagine salty breezes, an osprey’s view of scintillating seascapes northward across Laguna Bay, Coloured Sands and beyond, a stupendous 3-level classy, over-generous villa with four terraces/balconies, and seemingly perched unobtrusively in the front row amongst lush rainforest. The art of endless holidays 5-minutes to toes-in-the-surf of Noosa Main Beach and Hastings Street with its bevy of restaurants, bars and boutiques, is an undeniably achievable reality.

Auction Saturday 15 January 2.45pm View Saturday 11.00-11.30 Agent Eric Seetoo 0419 757 770

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Imagine having your own private sanctuary right in the heart of iconic Hastings Street. Spacious & bright top floor, dual key two bedroom apartment in Hotel Laguna Resort with pool & street side balconies, boasting one of the most enviable sun-blessed pools and entertainment areas complete with BBQ area. Stay in one apartment whilst renting out the other or when needed occupy both apartments for the whole family. Versatile, comfortable and with off-street undercover car parking.

Auction Friday 21 January 1pm Agent Tim McSweeney 0411 122 331

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ViVida, in the heart of cosmopolitan Noosa Junction on the high side of Noosa Hill, a vibrant café, bar and shopping mecca on your doorstep, walk to Hastings Street, Noosa Main Beach, Laguna Lookout and entrance to Noosa National Park.

Purchase off the plan your choice of 5 single-level apartments with a lift, north-west aspect and views over the verdant environs.

Price From $1.595M Agent Tracy Russell 0413 319 879

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The undeniable splendour of front row Hastings Street, blessed with nature’s paradisiacal canvas of dazzling Noosa Main Beach stretching to the coloured Sands, filtered by rainforest trees. Stealing the limelight is an indubitably lavish apartment of rare sophistication, fashioned with clever design responses, whispers of New York and Caribbean, bold lines and sculptural elements paired with an open embrace of the natural surrounds, synonymous with the location.

Price $7.75M Agent Eric Seetoo 0419 757 770

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Discover the epitome of riverside sophistication, a lavish 5-star apartment, dazzling water views optimising the northerly aspect, definitive avantgarde flair, gallery-like walls adorned with collectibles and massive mirrors, and extensive use of glass maximising natural light which seemingly dances on endless white terrazzo flooring.

The exclusive gated enclave of ten apartments is the only property on the Noosa River foreshore with a mooring for each apartment owner.

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Vacant residential land is an exciting prospect.

A huge 940sqm vacant parcel of land offering the opportunity for a stunning north easterly aspect and potential views north to Noosa Heads. Located in a quiet and desirable cul-de-sac and one of the last remaining allotments in Noosaville. This residential enclave is popular with retirees and families looking to be within walking distance to all the conveniences of Noosaville.

Price Guide $1.525M Agent Tracy Russell 0413 319 879

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RELAX IN SUN-SOAKED LUXURY BY THE BEACH LIFE by the Beach. A designer light filled town home offering a private and easy care lifestyle only a 200m stroll to the beach.

This is an ideal weekend beach retreat or the perfect property if you are looking to downsize.

Located in a group of only 3 this secure gated complex is pet friendly with a huge north facing courtyard perfect for outdoor living.

No expense has been spared with this complete internal renovation. Offering a sophisticated coastal feel. There are quality appliances, fittings and fixtures throughout and American Oak timber features.

This attractive pristinely renovated town home is peacefully located in a popular beachside enclave within minutes to the sand. With minimal Body Corporate Fees of $3431.82 per annum this luxury coastal lifestyle beckons. Townhouse living never looked so good! ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 12/89-91 Oriole Avenue, PEREGIAN BEACH Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Auction: Contact Agent Inspect: Contact Agent Contact: Tracy Russell, 0413 319 879, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE 16 NOOSA TODAY

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DUAL KEY TOP FLOOR APARTMENT A GREAT Chance to Own a Slice of Hastings Street, Noosa Heads.

Imagine having your own private sanctuary right in the heart of iconic Hastings Street, Noosa Heads with one of Australia’s favourite Noosa Main beach & Laguna Bay just footsteps from your front door?

A fully refurbished, spacious onebedroom apartment and adjacent studio apartment offering an incredibly versatile yet surprisingly affordable holiday opportunity.

Located in a boutique development, tucked away in a private and quiet location on Hastings Street, apartments 302 and 303 are situated on the top floor position of the Hotel Laguna Resort offering both privacy lovely views over the pool and Hastings Street.

These lovely apartments can be configured so that they are two individual apartments or one larger two-bedroom apartment.

The spacious one-bedroom apartment 202 comprises over-sized bedroom, large kitchen, lounge, and dining area, plus bathroom and two balconies. The adjacent larger than average studio apartment 303 includes a large bedroom with king bed, kitchenette, ensuite and balcony.

An entirely separate front entrance can be closed off allowing for additional privacy and the versatility of opening both apartments into an over-sized two-bedroom apartment.

Hotel Laguna Resort boasts one of the most enviable sun-blessed pool and entertainment areas on Hastings Street which has been recently refurbished with limestone pool tilings, stylish furniture and a family friendly barbecue area. Additionally, the resort has off-street under cover car parking, so park the car and enjoy all the natural amenities of Noosa’s beaches, National park walks and the myriad of quality shops, restaurants and cafes.

Hotel Laguna continues to produce sound returns due to their impeccable reputation as a prime location holiday destination with excellent onsite management.

Facts & Features: Size: 106m2 approx Top Floor, full aircon; full use of resort complex laundry North facing balconies over Hastings Street Full inventory available Professionally Managed Resort: 26 luxury holiday apartments, pool, outdoor entertaining and barbecue facilities for guests of Hotel Laguna; dedicated on-site manager Location: quieter end of Hastings Street with Noosa Main beach across the road, Noosa Woods walking and cycling pathways to Noosa Rivermouth, Noosa’s National Park short walk away, Surf beaches, all of Noosa’s natural splendors right at your doorstep. ●

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BEACH HOUSE WITH SKY TERRACE AND POOL THE sophistication of Hasting Street, known worldwide for its bevy of boutiques, galleries, cafes, bars and beachside restaurants, has been elevated a notch or two, since the addition of an ubercontemporary free-standing four-level beach house with a dazzling pool and all-weather dining on the sky terrace. Embellishing the 5-star brilliance are ravishing views of the Noosa Sound waterways, perfect golden orb sunsets over the Hinterland, also Laguna Bay and Noosa Main Beach on your doorstep and famous Noosa National Park, a boardwalk stroll away.

Swaying palms, feature slats and a muted palette mimicking nature lend a rhythm to the stylish understated beach house. Inside evokes a sense of euphoria with subtle things making an impact captivating scale, symmetry, cross breezes and natural light.

On the main, very generous living area with bespoke cabinetry, and seemingly perched in the tree-tops, banks of louvres and a wall of drop-down windows, invite a vision splendid. It looks out to a park and waterways, similarly the adjacent allweather dining terrace.

Understandably with oh-so lofty ceilings and the aspect, filtered light shadow dances across the beautiful polished blackbutt flooring, which is also integral to the monochromatic designer kitchen and large walk-in pantry. Brimming with the latest appliances, plentiful storage and long stone bench tops, an enthusiastic cook will feel completely ‘at home’.

Taking entertaining to the next level literally, is the sky terrace, ditto views across Noosa Sound waterways, over to Noosa Hill and beyond to the Hinterland.

An undercover pergola-style dining space with auto Vergola and two ceiling heaters, is surrounded on two sides by a wall topped with a garden of succulents, and the custom outdoor kitchen has a fridge, gas barbeque and cabinetry for dinner and glassware. A powder room also services the sky terrace to make entertaining a breeze.

On the north-side, taking centre stage is a stunning dark blue private pool, surrounded by a weather-hued timber sun terrace. It is the ultimate indulgence.

When it comes to heavenly dreamtime you are spoilt for choice. There are two

exquisitely appointed and carpeted king master-style bedrooms, with built-in robes, televisions, terraces and ensuites. One has a bathtub. The third bedroom on the lowerlevel north-side, has an undercover terrace, television, and built-in robe. The bathroom is nearby, as is a laundry and the lift to all floors, including the roof terrace.

“This beach house is in a class of its own,” comments Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Jesse Stowers who is taking the property to auction on Tuesday, 25 January, 2022, adding “and it’s only about 200m to dipping your toes in the azure water of Noosa Main Beach.

“Properties of this calibre and with such presence, are one-of-a-kind on Hastings Street, and to be free standing on its own land parcel, walk-in ready and income producing, this is a judicious investment opportunity in one of Australia’s most sought locations.”

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Richardson&Wrench 13 ‘On The Beach’ 49 Hastings Street Noosa Heads 1 bed | 1 bath | 1 car

- Newly renovated absolute beachfront apartment - Uninterrupted views over Noosa Main Beach - Private courtyard with outdoor spa - Fully furnished, car park on title & lift access - Excellent net return with tax benefits Price Guide $3.5 Million Inspect By Appointment

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513 ‘Sebel Noosa’ 32 Hastings Street Noosa Heads 1 bed | 1 bath | 1 car

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TROPICAL LIFESTYLE ENCLAVE HAVE you been dreaming about the ultimate Noosa getaway where the weather is sensational all year round together with a prime lifestyle location, so convenient that a paved walking pathway a few hundred metres away leads you to glorious Noosa main beach? 5 minutes in the opposite direction and you arrive at the bustling Noosa Junction complete with its new restaurants, shopping and additional transport and business facilities.

This renovated, spacious and stylish two bedroom apartment is situated on the top floor of the ultra-convenient ‘Noosasoon’ complex. Offering a private, tranquil and peaceful tree lined outlook this opportunity is the one you have been waiting for.

From the moment you walk through the door, this apartment showcases a trendy interior, sleek colour palate, with key property aspects of style and comfort, all

flowing out to a sun drenched entertaining balcony.

Special Features: Top floor with dual balconies Renovated, fully furnished and tastefully styled Renovated bathroom. laundry and separate toilet Reverse cycle air conditioning throughout Private undercover car space with storage High occupancy rates and returns for the investor Ideal for the owner occupied or a lock up and leave A rare small complex in this top location Prime Edgar Bennett Ave Location Walking distance to Hastings St, Main Beach, Noosa Junction Tropical swimming pool Low body corporate fees: approx. $1,150 quarterly ●

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This new development of 22 luxury apartments over two buildings is the very final release at Noosa’s exclusive Settler’s Cove. You have the opportunity to be among the first to register your interest in these unique and exquisite apartments.

Visit tallowresidences.com.au to find out more.

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This brand new penthouse, positioned high on the ridgeline in Parkridge, commands stunning views of Lake Weyba and the Hinterland Hills beyond, is going to auction so make sure you take the time to see this property to be your next home or holiday house. From the moment you emerge from the lift, open the front door and discover the extra-width hall this property begins to reveal its secrets.

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Once in a lifetime, you are presented with the home of your dreams in the perfect position that you can reside in until the very late years of life. Perfectly positioned a short 300 metres from Noosa River and restaurants, this home epitomizes contemporary river living or holiday lifestyle with more than a splash of glamour.

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An incredible residence in a Noosa riverside location that keeps you close to sandy river shores and the vibrant restaurant precinct. Designed to incorporate a multitude of natural materials and embrace the sub-tropical climate, this is an exceptional way to live. Designed by Michael Rolton of MRA Building Design, this spectacular property is an outstanding Noosa lifestyle residence and one you will love for years to come.

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This stunning home created by one of Australia’s leading architecture and design firms, Arkhefield, has a central Noosa Heads location in the Elysium Estate. Winner of a Gold Design Institute of Australia Award for New Residential Design, this residence is a masterpiece of modern architecture. Come home to best of living, combined with the very best of design.

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A sense of grandeur and majesty is instantly apparent, from the door into the voided lobby all the way to the long water view at the rear.

A Stephen Kidd design, this residence has a timeless appeal and a scale that rivals the largest single site waterfront homes. Located in The Promontory, the address alone brings prestige plus a position in short walking distance to the vibrant Noosaville restaurant and shopping precinct and a short boat ride to the lock.

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Upon arrival, you are welcomed by a statement driveway lined with an assortment of lush greenery. As the rendered electronic entrance gates slowly open you will be in awe as there awaits a private oasis of opulent tropical landscaped gardens that lead you to a magnificent Hinterland home that is positioned perfectly to take in the views and tranquillity of the Noosa Valley Country Club and unchallenged rainforest-like surrounds.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR WELCOMING IN 2022 WITH WYTHES As the sun rises on 2022, we take a moment to reflect on what inspires and drives the team at Wythes. We took a moment with our dynamic sales team to find out what they are looking forward to in 2022:

“Supporting our team to continue their exceptional service to our clients” - Sirah Robb

“Building relationships with our community” - Caroline Johnston

“Seeing families come back together” - Alisa Wythes

“Continuing our exceptional service to our clients” - Warren Berry

“New collaborations, new friendships and new connections“ - Lian Scott

“Finding beautiful homes for our buyers” - Shane Stanbury

To hear more of what the team at Wythes are looking forward to this year or to request an appraisal scan the QR code or visit our website wythes.com.au

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SUBLIME COASTAL LIVING IN LITTLE COVE NESTLED within Noosa’s highly prized enclave of Little Cove is this sublime coastal retreat that was architecturally designed by Gabriel Poole. Live the life of leisure you deserve or offer this fully furnished home for rent and enjoy impressive returns on your investment.

You can spend your days with a surfboard tucked under your arm as you wander along the boardwalk to your favourite iconic break. The Noosa National Park is only moments away and as the sun sets, Hastings Street comes to life with fine dining and cool eateries at your fingertips.

After another day in paradise, you can return to the style and comfort of this spacious and light-filled apartment.

Oversized windows frame the leafy outlook, stylish flooring flows underfoot and there are crisp white walls for a luxurious feel.

Air-conditioning, ceiling fans and plantation shutters promise complete comfort while the open-plan layout invites you to flow seamlessly through the bright and welcoming floorplan. In the kitchen, stainless steel appliances will delight the avid foodie and there is plenty of bench and storage space as well as a breakfast bar.

You can dine in the meals area or step out to the main balcony and enjoy dinner as you take in the serenity of this much-loved location. Sparkling ocean glimpses are on show as you enjoy your morning coffee while the surrounding tropical gardens ensure an abundance of privacy.

There are three bedrooms including the owner’s suite with a built-in robe, an ensuite and access to a private balcony.

One guest bedroom has a built-in robe and both open out to a balcony and have easy access to the bathroom with a laundry nook and powder room.

The list of extra features includes a single parking space, ample storage and

access to a resort-inspired communal pool with a terrace and barbecue area. All of this is located just 300m from Little Cove Beach, 400m from Noosa National Park and 800m from Hastings Street and is a part of a strong body corporate with only four rentals in the block of 12. The group of mostly long-term owners are well engaged plus there’s a great maintenance schedule and low body corporate fees. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 5/7 Mitti Street, LITTLE COVE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: FOR SALE - TENDER CLOSES TUESDAY 25TH JANUARY, 2022 AT 5.00PM Inspect: By appointment Contact: Mike Hay, 0417 624 059 and Rachel Sellman, 0422 719 041, CENTURY 21 34 NOOSA TODAY

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ABSOLUTE BEACHFRONT LAND DON’T miss this once in a lifetime opportunity. Number 26 Park Crescent is arguably the best vacant beachfront lot left in the highly prized Sunshine Beach community, loved for its pristine beach and vibrant village feel, this is a locale all about laidback living with a touch of luxury.

All you need to do is choose your architect or make the most of the proposed plans already created by Paul Clout Design (please note, these plans are not yet approved by council). Once you’ve chosen your favorite finishes, you can sit back and let your property dreams come to life.

Direct beach access is located right at the rear of the block and you are treated to magnificent 180-degree views north to Lions Head and south to Pt Arkwright and beyond. The Surf Club, restaurants and cafes are also within walking distance and you are only a short drive from schools, Noosa Heads, Hastings Street and everything this region has to offer.

Chances to own and build on the beachfront like this rarely become available so act quickly to avoid disappointment Site inspections via viewing platform are available by appointment with exclusive agents David Conolly 0438 259 956 or Mike Hay 0417 624 059 Land size 531m2 Direct beach access Immediate access to Sunshine Beach Village, the Sunshine Beach Surf Club and the patrolled beach Design and create your beachfront dream home ●

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Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity. Number 26 Park Crescent is arguably the best vacant beachfront lot left in the highly prized Sunshine Beach community, loved for its pristine beach and vibrant village feel, this is a locale all about laidback living with a touch of luxury. All you need to do is choose your architect or make the most of the proposed plans already created by Paul Clout Design (please note, these plans are not yet approved by council). Once you’ve chosen your favorite finishes, you can sit back and let your property dreams come to life.

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This architecturally designed, impeccably finished residence delivers absolute luxury to the classic coastal beach house. Spend your mornings on the expansive deck with sounds of the ocean, afternoons around the simply beautiful pool and enjoy an evening at one of the many bars and restaurants of Sunshine Beach which are only a one minute walk away. This is Noosa living at its best. The property was completed in March 2019 with no expense spared or detail overlooked in what is one of Noosa’s most beautifully finished and stylish homes.

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RIDGEWOOD RETREAT – HINTERLAND OASIS 21 Carroo Lane, Ridgewood Auction: Saturday 29th January, 2022 at 1pm View: Wednesday Jan 5th or Saturday Jan 8th at 12 noon Contact agents for private inspection Ridgewood Retreat is not just about two homes stuck on top of a hill.

Things which differentiate this property to others for sale in the area are the rainforest surroundings and multiple walkways, with an abundance of bird and other wild life and also the juxtaposition of the two homes with other structures on the property making it a totally unique environment.

A perfect retreat, business or amazing family lifestyle. This property needs to be viewed, not spoken about. Other features include: • Privacy and seclusion without isolation • Massive garaging, workshops, craft studio • Stunning rock pool with waterfall • Satellite internet/solar power • All Weather Access • 30 min drive to Noosa

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RIDGEWOOD RETREAT - A PRIVATE OASIS A MOST encompassing property - so many facets, it took hours to photograph, as we worked our way around all the different parts of this rural haven. Indeed, the photos, especially those on our website, tell the whole story better than these words.

Firstly, it is not far away from everything - literally 8 minutes and you are at the Cooroy IGA, 22 minutes and you are in Noosaville, and a half hour has you in Hastings St. Easy all-weather access, and the situation of the homes at the top of the hill, above the 10 acres of elevated rainforest, ensures you live in peace, tranquility and privacy, without the problem of isolation. Access is through a remotely controlled gate, up the winding driveway to the main house. A theme everywhere is ample parking - 4 cars right here to start with under the house. This main home is entered through a soaring foyer, opening to the TV area, kitchen to the right and a lounge. Two bedrooms and one bathroom on this level, and then up to the bridge linking the two master bedrooms, at opposite ends of the top floor, decks off each. Back to the lower level, and a huge deck along the view side, which overlooks the half acre dam.

The second house is all on one level, linked to home one by a timber pathway.

Entry is through a covered external entertaining area, into the living/TV rooms, adjacent to the kitchen and dining.

Multi-generational living at its best. In all, around 579m² internally and 318m² externally - room for everyone.

Three bedrooms and two bathrooms are at the end of the house, accessing again the continuing deck from home 1. Between the two homes is the pool and its linked entertaining area. A cascading waterfall instils a sense of calm. Again, plenty of room, both covered under a thatched roof bale, and open air, with a barbecue and preparation area. Behind is the very useful arts and crafts studio - it has seen good use with our current owners - maybe its yoga for you?

Extensive use has been made of natural timbers and materials in the homes cypress pine and Oregon, and the worktops and stairs are made from one single Sydney Blue Gum tree. Both homes have wood-burning heaters, and there is plenty of cut firewood ready for when it gets cold!

Both stoves are dual fuel, and high quality.

Moving away from the houses, we reach the massive expanse of garages, workshops and sheds - room for boats, cars and machinery. We believe room for between 8 and 11 cars in all.

Behind is the pest proofed garden enclosure for your herbs and veggies. Also, a vermin proof chook run and shed.

And now to the grounds proper - the afore-mentioned spring fed as well as catchment dam spills over a causeway to the creek. The blend of palm groves around the dam leads to the rainforest area proper,

threaded by another creek with attractive conversation areas and billabongs - soaring fig trees, bloodwoods, wild gingers. Wildlife abounds - platypus, bearded water dragons, and all manner of birds.

The opportunities are endless everything from a natural health retreat, through Airbnb to simply a refuge for you and your family to indulge your desire to fulfill your lifestyle ambitions. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 21 Carroo Lane, RIDGEWOOD Inspect: Wednesday, 5 January, 12 noon-1.00pm and Saturday, 8 January, 12noon-1pm Auction: Saturday, 29 January, 1pm Contact: Theodora Garwood, 0408 710 373 and David Garwood, 0411 862 954, GARWOODS ESTATE AGENTS 42 NOOSA TODAY

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GO WILD ON THE EDGE OF TOWN WHEN I first walked over this property I was amazed by how much it had to offer.

My initial look had not revealed all its secrets - apart from its size, a very generous 7.93 Hectares or 19.58 acres in the old money, there is a network of little paddocks where the kangaroos graze,

copses of trees which change in character as you traverse the land, dams, billabongs and a stream which joins them, with a few little islands in the waterways.

There are 3 separate entrances into the property, each guiding you to an individual homesite.

Multiple opportunities, and subject to actual approval you can build a house and a caretaker’s residence. A couple of existing sheds exist already.

The property adjoins the massive 107 Ha state owned reserve for camping and water and Lake Cootharaba can be

accessed by a track which winds from the edge of this subject property through the paperbarks down to a sandy beach. swim, kayak or sail and fish for whiting, flathead and trevally, as well as mud crabs.

The entire property has to be walked over to fully appreciate it. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1534 Louis Bazzo Drive, COOTHARABA Price: Offers over $1.0 million Inspect: By appointment Contact: David Garwood, 0411 862 954, GARWOODS ESTATE AGENTS

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Near Lakeside Vacant Land 1534 Louis Bazzo Drive, Cootharaba • 7.93 Acres or 19.58 Acres • Adjoins state forest with track access to lake • Beach shown is in the adjacent state forest For Sale: Offers over $1.0 Million View: Inspection By appointment

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When you appoint Select Noosa Real Estate and Greg Smith as your marketing agent, you have the resources of one of the most successful real estate companies, coupled with personalized, professional service which is backed by an admired reputation and a proven track record of results!

The choice of agent to handle the sale of your property should not be based on who quotes the highest sale price but rather, who can provide the greatest expertise and ability in promoting the property which will ultimately achieve the highest possible price.

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TOP FLOOR, LOCATION, VIEWS THIS top floor apartment in the centrally located ‘Sempre’ complex in the very heart of Duke Street offers the ultimate in location and lifestyle, showcasing glorious ocean views from its balcony along with exceptional convenience - in the middle of the village hub and just 150 metres to the beach and surf club.

Light-filled and spacious, the apartment comprises two double sized ensuited bedrooms, expansive open plan living flowing to balcony, quality kitchen, and European style laundry, plus secure tandem parking for two vehicles.

Soaring raked ceilings in the living area, granite benches in kitchen, stainless steel Miele and Bosch appliances, bath in both bathrooms - separate from shower in ensuite, timber shutters, split system air-conditioning, ceiling fans, and direct balcony access from master; are features of note, and the buyer can also purchase fully furnished if desired.

All the rooms are generously-sized and gentle sea breezes circulate throughout, with the air-conditioning rarely needed. It is the perfect size for a single or couple, offering the most idyllic coastal lifestyle where you can savour the fresh air and aquamarine sea vista from the comfort and privacy of your apartment…you have an eagle-eyed view from the balcony, and just wait until you experience the excitement of watching the whales passing by on their migratory journey. Truly special indeed.

From here you can stroll down to the local coffee shops for a freshly brewed variety of choice, or head down to the surf club for an ice cold glass of bubbles or craft beer and strike up a conversation with tourists and locals alike, as you admire the magnificent view.

Residents and guest have access to a north facing inground pool and BBQ area, privately tucked away at the rear of the complex - just another great spot to chill and

relax in beautiful Sunshine Beach! Life is good.

Long-term investor owner ready to sell immediately; the Sunshine market is ultra-active with a surge of buyers from everywhere wanting their very own slice.

Immediate action is highly recommended to avoid missing out!

Centrally located top floor apartment Heart of Duke Street in village hub Spacious, elevated, light & breeze-filled Showcasing sweeping ocean views 2 ensuited double-sized bedrooms Air-conditioned living with soaring ceilings Granite kitchen with Bosch and Miele appliances Tandem parking for two vehicles under North facing inground pool and barbecue area 150m to beach and surf club, prime location ●

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This Modern Sunshine Beach house is distinguished by clean lines, geometric shapes, open floor plans, and thoughtful, intentional design that says a lot with a little.

• The residence incorporates extensive use of glass flooding the house with natural light, emphasizing views, and making it all that easier to enjoy the outdoors spaces • A generously sized kitchen, flows seamlessly onto covered outdoor dining, and sparkling saltwater pool • An internal lift ensures ease of access over the three levels of the home • A two-minute stroll down the hill will find you amongst the Sunshine village eateries

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Address

A B C

Price Guide

Agent Time 2.00 - 2.30pm

Doonan

4.00 - 4.30pm 80 Valley Drive

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AUCTION

80 Valley Drive

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AUCTION

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AUCTION

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0433 641 158

79 Pearsons Road

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PG $5,000,000

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438695505

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CONTACT AGENT

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0433 641 158

4 Corinthia Court

10.00 - 10.30am

8/267 GympieTerrace

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O/O $2,500,000 Considered

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893

10.00 - 10.30am

98/179 Weyba Road

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contact agent

12.00 - 1.00pm

19 Sail St

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$1,400,000

3.00 - 3.30pm

17 Cloudsley Street

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PG $5,000,000

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438695505

10.00 - 10.30pm

34/179 Weyba Road

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Garwoods Estate Agents 0408 710 373

Garwoods Estate Agents 0408 710 373 Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653

Thursday 6th January

Wednesday 5th January 3.00 - 3.30pm

17 Cloudsley Street

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 484 159

Thursday 30th December 79 Pearsons Road

Agent

Wednesday 5th January

Lake MacDonald

11.00 - 11.30am

A B C

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 484 159

Wednesday 5th January 4.00 - 4.30pm

Price Guide

Tuesday 4th January

Friday 31st December 11.00 - 11.30am

Address

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0433 641 158

10.00 - 10.30am

8/267 GympieTerrace

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O/O $2,500,000 Considered

Laguna Real Estate 0407 379 893

1.00 - 1.30pm

4 Corinthia Court

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CONTACT AGENT

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0433 641 158

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

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Garwoods Estate Agents 0408 710 373

Noosa Heads Peregian Beach Thursday 30th December 11.00 - 11.30am

11 Milpera Retreat

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Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

Saturday 1st January 12.00 - 1.00pm

Friday 31st December

Wednesday 5th January

11.00 - 11.30am

16Toulambi Street

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Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499

11.00 - 11.30am

2232/15 Lakeview Rise

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 12.00 - 1.00pm

3104/5 Morwong Dr

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770

Monday 3rd January 11.00 - 11.30am

2232/15 Lakeview Rise

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Ridgewood

Saturday 1st January 11.00 - 11.30am

2,3,4/38 Avocet Pde

Wednesday 5th January 12.00 - 1.00pm

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21 Carroo Lane

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Sunshine Beach Wednesday 5th January Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653

Friday 31st December

10.00 - 11.00am

5/13-17 Viewland Dr

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11.00 - 11.30am

39 Nairana Rest

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Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499 10.00 - 10.45am

9/28 Duke Street

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Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

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2232/15 Lakeview Rise

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44 Ferguson Street

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Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770

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Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

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Saturday 1st January

Thursday 6th January 11.00 - 11.30am

11 Milpera Retreat

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Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880 1.00 - 1.30pm

4-6 Arakoon Cres

Wednesday 5th January

Noosaville

12.00 - 12.45pm

1 Ferguson Street

Friday 31st December 12.00 - 12.30pm

17 Cloudsley Street

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Tewantin Wednesday 5th January

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0411 757 570 10.00 - 10.30am

5/2 Sidoni Street

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

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Doonan

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Friday 14th January

Saturday 8th January

2.00 - 2.30pm

80 Valley Drive

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10.00 - 10.30am

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Century 21 Conolly Hay Group 0499 270 691

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Century 21 Conolly Hay Group 0499 270 691

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

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Century 21 Conolly Hay Group 0499 270 691

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AUCTION

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group 0499 270 691

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770

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Auction

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

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Auction

Dowling Neylan 0405 976 181

Friday 21st January

Friday 14th January

10.00 - 12.00pm 79 Pearsons Road

35 Shorehaven Drive

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Lake MacDonald 1.00 - 1.30pm

35 Shorehaven Drive

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2,3,4/38 Avocet Pde

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Peregian Springs

Noosa Heads

Wednesday 5th January Friday 14th January 12.00 - 12.30pm

16Toulambi Street

5.00 - 5.30pm 4

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Auction

Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499

Saturday 15th January

Saturday 8th January 12.00 - 12.30pm

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

9.30 - 10.00am

11 Milpera Retreat

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Auction

1.00 - 1.30pm

2232/15 Lakeview Rise

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AUCTION

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

2.00 - 2.30pm

19 Key Ct

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Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0407 708 860

2.45 - 3.15pm

3104/5 Morwong Dr

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3

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Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770 1.00 - 2.00pm

302-303/6 Hastings Street

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Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0411 122 331

Friday 21st January 1.00 - 1.30pm

39 Nairana Rest

15/30 Hastings St

Ridgewood Saturday 29th January 21 Carroo Lane

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Auction

Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499

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Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0414 367 282

4-6 Arakoon Cres

Tewantin Saturday 22nd January 11.30 - 12.00pm

5/2 Sidoni Street

Noosaville

Tinbeerwah

Saturday 15th January

Friday 14th January

11.00 - 11.30am

4/144 Noosa Pde

Garwoods Estate Agents 0411 862 954

Sunday 16th January 2.00 - 2.30pm

Tuesday 25th January 1.00 - 1.30pm

52 Longwood Drive

Sunshine Beach

Thursday 20th January 1.00 - 1.30pm

52 Longwood Drive

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2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0411 757 570 11.00 - 11.30am

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HAPPY NEW YEAR WELCOMING IN 2022 WITH WYTHES

As the sun rises on 2022, we take a moment to reflect on what inspires and drives the team at Wythes. We took a moment with our dynamic sales team to find out what they are looking forward to in 2022. To hear what the team at Wythes are looking forward to this year or to request an appraisal visit our website wythes.com.au. noosatoday.com.au

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CREATE YOUR OWN “MASTERPEACE” RELEASE your creative flair and design your own family paradise in this fully prepared 5076m2 site in a quiet, very desirable hinterland precinct close to all Noosa attractions and amenities.

The property is privately located at the end of quiet cul-de-sac in a highly sought after no-through road precinct consisting of modern executive standard homes. It adjoins a 6200ha property and 80ha of wildlife parklands (dams and trails) at the rear which visually extend the actual property.

Previously a nursery, this entire property is privately cocooned within tall mature trees on all boundaries, is fully landscaped and provides rich soil.

The existing home was architect designed as a secondary dwelling and sited towards the rear of the allotment: this provides ample space for you to create your dream executive residence, pool complex, tennis court, stables and other desired amenities. Concept plans for the additional executive residence are available to genuine buyers.

Built as a “sound proof” music recording studio the existing solid house is steel framed, core filled besser block, rendered and heavily soundproofed. The 12 x 4

· 15 kWh commercial solar system (enough power for both residences) · Huge 12 person effluent disposal system already installed (suit both residences) · Ideal site for your family tennis court (already compacted site) · Extensive hard stand areas allow for

ample parking; raised vegetable gardens.

Excellent existing house features: Solid rendered second home (built as a “sound proof” music recording facility) Steel and core filled besser block and rendered construction; fully insulated with R7 bats (walls & ceiling) Huge open plan kitchen, living, dining space; high quality tiling 6 burner gas cook-top (stainless steel 9000cm); abundant cupboards Full length covered verandah, 12 X 4 metres Huge combined bathroom and laundry; plumbed and powered for spa bath 2 X air-conditioners plus fans for your year-round comfort 3 phase power (front & rear) Extra storage in 2 large steel shipping containers.

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metre covered verandah extends the length of the house on the desirable eastern side and overlooks a private grassed area surrounded by mature protective shrubs.

Exciting property features: Landscaped level allotment in a nothrough area and at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac Private setting with tall mature trees on boundaries; flood free; fertile soil Bordered by a 6200ha property and a

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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 83 Edington Drive, COOROIBAH Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom Price: Offers Over $1,495,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Roger Omdahl, 0412 043 880, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE

DON’T MISS THIS APPEALING FAMILY HOME WHAT a fantastic opportunity to secure this family home situated on a corner allotment of 676m2 in a quiet location dotted with lovely parks and trees. This property is a must on your inspection list!

On offer is a beautifully neat and tidy 3 bedroom home with polished parquetry floors throughout. The newly renovated kitchen with granite bench tops and modern appliances is the social hub to the home, flowing easily to living and dining zones.

The large living room with soon to be installed stunning white plantation shutters opens to a sunroom with floor to ceiling windows looking to the outdoor entertaining area. The sunroom is a multi-purpose space - a delightful sitting area, a games room, a gym or hobby room – you choose which purpose suits your lifestyle.

Cool off on hot summer days in the family sized pool and enjoy the balmy evenings lazing in the outdoor hot spa – this is a home that truly captures the year round holiday feeling!

All bedrooms are a generous size

with built-in robes, carpeted flooring and plantation shutters, the master includes an ensuite and the main bathroom is large and freshly updated. The home is part airconditioned, ceiling fans in all rooms.

Storage is every homeowner’s dream the hallway is lined with cupboards and the laundry, situated in the huge 8.5 x 6 metre

garage with sealed floor, also provides additional storage space.

Solar 2.5kw installation will assist to give you relief from high power bills, the windows and doors sport Crim-Safe screens and the property is fully fenced, ideal for children and pets.

All facilities and amenities are an easy

drive – 10 minutes to Noosa Civic and Tewantin Village, 18 minutes right to the heart of cosmopolitan Hastings Street and the beach, four minutes to Noosa Golf Club, or, leave the car at home and catch the bus.

Great location, solid, spacious home, peaceful neighbourhood. See you at our open home. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1 Melia Court, TEWANTIN Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: Offers Over $1,200,000 Considered Inspect: By appointment Contact: Jannell Chataway, 0408 361 175, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE 50 NOOSA TODAY

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River Frontage - 60 acres 20-74 Noosa RiveR Dve, NoRth shoRe

2A 2B • Noosa North Shore ecological gem • Huge potential for a relaxed lifestyle • Easy gateway to Fraser Island and Great Sandy National Park • Fabulous surf and fishing beaches • Five minutes to the local hotel and huge equestrian centre • Short boat trip to Noosa Heads, Noosaville and Tewantin • Ideal holiday cottage with lofts, views to the Noosa River • Access from Tewantin CBD by cross-river vehicular ferry

FoR sale $2,900,000 vieW Inspect By Appointment

Roger omdahl 0412 043 880

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS DO MATTER! Mel is a Licensed Real Estate Agent and Licensee who has been selling in Noosa for over 18 Years

Simply scan this QR Code, message me your property address to get a free market appraisal Melanie Butcher

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Peaceful Lakeside Lifestyle

2A 2B 1C

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5/2 Sidoni Street, tewantin • Unrestricted, stunning blue water views from your balcony over Lake Doonella • Immaculate renovated apartment on one level, open plan, light and bright • “Hamptons inspired” kitchen with quality appliances- a cook’s delight • Main bedroom with large ensuite offers a peaceful space to relax • The guest bedroom with adjacent main bathroom accesses a private balcony • Study/office zone; air-conditioning and ceiling fans • Small group of 7, low body corp and parking under building • Short stroll to all amenities in Tewantin Shopping Village

auction On Site Sat 22 Jan, 12pm Unless Sold Prior View Wed 10-10.30am

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Outstanding Noosa River Views!

2A 1B 1C

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8/267 Gympie TeRRace, NOOsaVille • Renovated penthouse apartment in the heart of the Noosaville precinct • Indoor/outdoor north facing decks with stunning views of the Noosa River • West views to Tewantin reach, and to the Noosa Hinterland • Kitchen: stone benchtops, soft close drawers & Bosch appliances • Gas fireplaces in the internal living and enclosed outdoor room • Low body corp fees, lockup garage, small complex, pets welcome • Flexible live-in let-out options with designer furnishings included

FOR sale Offers Over $2,500,000 Considered VieW Wed & Thurs 10-10.30am

melanie Butcher 0407 379 893

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AuctioN oN SitE SAt 15 JAN 10AM

Sought After Elevated Position

3A 2B 2C

11 MilPErA rEtrEAt, NooSA HEAdS • Two level, immaculately presented original home in quiet cul-de-sac • Generous family sized home with dual living zones on the lower level • Informal living area opens to a large easterly deck overlooking bushland • The upper level hosts a large master retreat; adjacent study and balcony • Over-sized auto double lock-up garage with adjoining workshop • A short stroll to Noosa Junction offering shops, restaurants, cafe’s & cinema • Close to world famous Hastings Street, Main Beach and National Park

AuctioN On Site Sat 15 Jan, 10am Unless Sold Prior ViEW Thurs 11-11.30am

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Noosa Banks And Loving It

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26 CooroIBAh CresCeNt, tewANtIN • “Trophy” home designed to suit a large family or extended family • Galley kitchen, ample drawers, granite benchtops and servery window • Includes a media room, bar/pool room, office and studio/workspace • Huge master with spa, walk in dressing room, opens to poolside • High ceilings, ducted air conditioning and ceiling fans • Magnificent solar heated, saltwater pool and Balinese cabana • Large double garage; separate workshop; 5kw solar • Make this gorgeous home a “must” on your viewing list

For sALe Offers Over $1,575,000 Considered warren evans 0428 711 163

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Peaceful Dual Living At Its Best

7A 3B 3C

7 MornIng Dew CLose, CooroIBAh • Newly built modern, light filled, family home positioned on 4.8 peaceful acres • Open plan layout with high ceilings and ducted reverse cycle air conditioning • Spacious living and gourmet kitchen overlooks to beauitful bush outlook • Kitchen boasts 900mm oven, stone bench tops, dishwasher and plumbed fridge • 4 meter swim spa, 3 x 22,500L rain water tanks and 3 phase power to shed • Fenced area for pets, chook run, dam, room for a horse, boat or van • Don’t hesitate, this wonderful lifestyle opportunity will not last!

For sALe Contact Agent VIew Wed 10-10.30am Jen galinska 0421 489 361

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