At 6am Sunday morning, a week after 87-year-old Noosa man John Kerr was brutally attacked and died on Hastings Street boardwalk, 400500 residents came together to remember John and instil courage in the community. Also a regular morning walker, David Knechtli initiated the walk by posted a social media message after he heard the attack had left some people fearful of walking.
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“Most people think the sand is soft, but it’s pretty hard when you’re sleeping on it every night”, was a sentiment that stuck with Sunshine Coast leaders atThursday night’sVinnies CEO Sleepout.
The 2023 Vinnies CEO Sleepout, including the Sunshine Coast team sleeping on the beach at Maroochy Surf Club, raised more than $1.8 million across the state for homelessness support.
After last year’s event I spoke with a single
mum who was homeless in Noosa, and she laughed at the ‘gimmick’ of CEOs sleeping on the beach for one night, questioning how much of this money was actually going towards helping the homeless.
From someone who grew up with a single mum and at one point lived in a tent due to the rental crisis (although mum made it seem like a holiday at Hastings Point), I can understand why this woman I interviewed wasn’t thrilled with the idea of the charity event.
Participants get to go into the surf club for drinks, have security guards and medics on the
beach all night, along with a volunteer team cooking them a bacon and egg breakfast, before going back to their fancy homes across the Sunshine Coast.
But by listening to people who’ve lived through the harsh realities of homelessness and seeing the way they have changed their lives thanks to Vinnies and these supporters on the beach, it’s easy to realise just how much of a difference that $1.8 million can make.
It’s people likeVinnies youth homeless support worker Dean Hanley and Beryl Rowan from St Vincent de Paul that put those dona-
tions into action by helping one person at a time on the Sunshine Coast.
“We refer to them as our companions because we’re here to give them a hand up, not a hand out,” Beryl said.
“We have on the coast 11 conferences ranging from Noosa down to Caloundra, and they’re made totally up of volunteers operating either as a support centre or completing home visits.
“The main reasons people contact us are housing, cost of living, and education, and we assist them in various ways.”
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The Cooroy Ambulance Station will celebrate 100 years of service to Cooroy with a program on Saturday 1 July from 10am to 2pm in the Cooroy Community Hall. It will be an open fay for the public with guest speakers, historical displays, ambulances, CPR activities, and sausage sizzles. The Cooroy-Noosa Genealogy Group’s Heritage Centre houses many items of historical interest including bound volumes of the history of the Queensland Ambulance Service.
The Genealogy Group, in association with the Cooroy QAS, has prepared a display from its archives for the exhibition. Cooroy acting officer in charge Samuel Eager said it was quite a significant event for the community.
“100 years of ambulance service is a long time. QAS hasn’t been around for 100 years but we eventually turned into QAS which has been a massive stepping stone for all our practices as a whole state. Since being QAS, we’ve had great innovation with our medical practice for the Queensland community.”
Samuel started in the acting OIC position in Cooroy in January this year.
“The Cooroy Ambulance crew are absolutely amazing and they’ve really made the OIC
Noosa Today readers have the chance to win four tickets to two Noosa Alive! Festival events in July.
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The Cooroy Ambulance Station will be celebrating 100 years of service to Cooroy.
position that I’m in at the moment an absolute pleasure to be in,” he said.
“The really good comradery that the crew have together makes the station fantastic here in Cooroy. They’re so friendly and everyone does their part around the station. They are always out on jobs but when they are at a station, if someone’s having a hard time, they recognise it and flag it with myself, and really help each other which is great.”
Thank the Cooroy Ambulance Station team this Saturday 1 July from 10am at Cooroy Community Hall.
It’s not uncommon in Noosa to see social media posts on dogs lost and others found and you don’t have to travel far to find people and their dogs enjoying a walk beside the river, wandering down the road, sitting in cafes or to find pooches bounding around off-leash areas. Generally I’d say Noosa is a place full of dog lovers, myself included.
Every so often, though, there are posts of dogs being attacked by other dogs and friction between people walking dogs on-leash and off-leash.
There are local laws already in place that govern dog walking off-leash in public places but, nevertheless, it happens.
This week the state government announced it was considering crack downs on “irresponsible dog owners” statewide with heavier fines including on-the-spot fines for off-leash dogs, an education campaign, possible jail time for serious attacks and the banning of certain dog breeds. The move comes after a number of serious dog attacks on people, even resulting in death, and feedback from a taskforce made up of local councillors, RSPCA and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries officers.
There’s a time for the public to have their say on these new proposals by making submissions on a discussion paper until midnight onThurs day 24 August. To view the discussion paper and have your say visit daf. engagementhub.com.au/ dog-laws or call 13 25 23.
- Margaret MaccollLocal chef Peter Kuruvita and local author Jonette Wilton are launching a Sri Lankan cookbook, Plates of Goodness, at Alba by Kuruvita, Noosa Springs, on Thursday 13 July at 12.30pm.
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“This is our home and we take charge of our place,“ he told attendees on Sunday.
“I just thought we could turn the negative into a positive by reclaiming our streets by saying, ’Let’s all walk, we’re not going to be afraid. We are not going to be intimidated’.
“We are not going to let crime take control but we are going to own our streets.“
“I’m not going to be afraid in my own community.“
David acknowledged family members of John Kerr who joined in the walk but did not want to speak publicly.
With tears in his eyes he read a statement from the family before a minute’s silence was observed and flowers were laid along the boardwalk.
“We are broken-hearted to lose our beloved John,“ he said.
“This was a walk John took many times over many years. He was an integral part of this community for more than 30 years.
“The family acknowledge the grief and shock the community is suffering and greatly appreciate the outpouring of support.“
The family urged members of the community to come forward with any information
about the attack.
Plain-clothed and uniformed police officers were present at the event, in the hope of speaking to anyone who witnessed the incident or were in the vicinity between 5-7am last Sunday 18 June.
A 27-year-old man was taken into custody after the attack and has been helping police with the investigation.
No charges have been laid.
Police also released CCTV footage of the area this week of a man walking on a path in the vicinity of the area at 6am of three vehicles driving along Hastings Street between 5-6am. They are keen to speak to the man and people in the cars who may have witnessed something that could help the investigation.
David was overwhelmed by the response from the community.
“I am oh, so proud of our community,“ David said.
“I think our community is excellent, but when you have something like that happen, that shakes us at our core, and rightly so,“ he said.
“We have to be using our senses when we’re walking early in the morning.
“But let’s not stop doing things that you would normally do every day.“
Almost exactly a week to the hour since a brutal, senseless and apparently random act of violence claimed the life of an octogenarian gentleman and shocked Noosa to the core, a dense black cloud rolled out of the clear predawn and across Laguna Bay, cloaking Main Beach in a surreal gloom.
It seemed an appropriate natural response to the mood of several hundred residents as they clomped along the tideline, some silent, some indulging in idle chitchat to mask an underlying sense of quiet despair. Some were no doubt grieving the loss of John Campbell Kerr, by all accounts a fine and well-respected member of our community, but many were also grieving a perceived loss of innocence. Still dealing with disbelief. Not here, not in our town.
Of course this is not the first time our cocoon has been invaded, our happy bubble burst.
John KerrBut we can count our blessings that you have to go back decades to find similarly atrocious violations of our serenity, and hopefully many more before (and if) such a thing happens again.
As we walked in the now-foggy grey dawn I saw a broad cross-section of familiar faces, politicians, media, regular beach-goers and dawn patrollers. But I also saw many unknown faces of relatively fit citizens of a certain age who found it difficult to conceal one chilling fact: it could have been me.
For many, however, it was a cathartic walk.
As organiser David Knechtli, himself a dedicated dawn beachwalker, put it:“We are reclaiming our beach, our walks.”
And while a great many of us who walked last Sunday morning felt that in ways far more than symbolic, others who stayed home and have put the shutters up will hopefully take heart from this simple walk of faith.
It’s still Noosa, and it’s still ours. RIP John Kerr.
The Sunshine Coast community is mourning the death of star junior rugby league player, Benjamin BJ Hunter, after a fatal incident on Sunday night.
QAS Sunshine Coast Senior Operations Supervisor (SOS) Danielle Williams said QAS, along with fellow emergency services, attended a serious vehicle and pedestrian incident on Image Flat Road at 11.50pm. Upon arrival, crews were confronted with a 16-year-old boy who had sustained significant head and chest injuries.
Paramedics attempted to stabilise the patient and began transport to Nambour Hospital, however, the patient tragically
passed away enroute.
The teen has been identified as junior rugby league player Benjamin Hunter, who played with Sunshine Coast Falcons’ under-16 team, which finished second in the annual Cyril Connell Challenge.
The Sunshine Coast Falcons offered their sincere condolences to his family, friends, coaches and teammates.
“Ben was a much loved member of our Falcons Football Club, both on and off the field, and was the vice captain of our Cyril Connell U16s team this year,” a spokesperson said.
“Ben’s big smile, friendly personality and wonderful football ability will certainly be
missed by everyone here at the Falcons.”
Ms Williams extended her heartfelt condolences to the family and reiterated the importance of road safety, particularly during the school holidays.
“We are professional and we do serve the community but these incidents always have a profound affect on our paramedics. I think this is a timely reminder ahead of the school holidays to be vigilant on our roads and remember the fatal five.
“Also at night time, I think we need to highlight that you should be visible to road traffic, try and stick to footpaths and bike paths, and cross at designated crossings. It’s a terrible incident that we had to respond to last night. Look out for each other.”
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command are hopeful that the announcement of a Queensland Government reward of $500,000 will bring in new information to assist police investigations into the murder of Meaghan Louise Rose on the Sunshine Coast in 1997.
On 18 July 1997, 25-year-old Meaghan Rose was found dead at the base of Point Cartwright Cliffs at Mooloolaba.
Her vehicle, which contained a number of personal items, was located at the top of the cliffs.
Initial investigations suggested her death was non-suspicious, however, new information came to light revealing suspicious circumstances, including a life insurance policy which was taken out prior to her death.
Joining police as the $500,000 reward was announced, Meaghan’s sister Fiona Ratcliffe said their family was hopeful someone out there would have the information police need to provide them answers.
“Meaghan was a loved friend to everyone she met. Meaghan was my best friend,” Ms Ratcliffe said.
“I would like to ask the greater community for any information regarding Meaghan’s death to please come forward to help bring closure to her family.”
Detective Senior Sergeant Tara Kentwell said the Homicide Cold Case Investigation Team was re-examining the case and officers were confident it could be solved.
“We’re particularly appealing to members of the community who knew Meaghan around the time of her death, many whom live at the Sunshine Coast and Victoria, to think back and provide any information about her no matter how irrelevant they think it may be,” Detective Senior Sergeant Kentwell said.
“A number of lines of enquiry are being examined as we speak, and while we cannot go into detail around investigative strate-
gies to ensure the integrity of the case, we are confident this reward will bring forward vital information,”
As part of their investigation, police are also appealing to anyone who might have seen Meaghan’s white 1995 Suzuki Chino hatchback, with registration 415DNN, or anyone who was in the vicinity of Point Cartwright on the evening of 17 July, 1997.
The $500,000 Queensland Government Reward is for information which leads to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for this murder. The government reward further offers an opportunity for indemnity against prosecution for any accomplice, not being the person who actually committed the murder, who first gives such information.
After recording more than 100,000 cases of Covid-19 and 500 deaths from the illness this year, Queensland Health has switched its monitoring method, ending its traffic light system to include Covid-19 into its broader surveillance of acute respiratory illnesses like influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
The move comes as the state government reports an increase in this year’s influenza cases, three times the average for the same period in 2018-2022, with more than 32,500 cases recorded this year and 41 deaths.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard said with the Public Health Emergency declared by the World Health Organisation having ended in May, Covid-19 was now considered an ongoing part of our reality, much like other acute respiratory illnesses such as influenza and RSV.
“Covid-19 waves are declining in trend and severity, in line with evidence pointing to the illness becoming endemic,” he said.
“While the virus remains very active in the community, we haven’t seen major surges in
hospitalisations since December last year.
“Given this, a widescale Covid-19-specific traffic light alert system is no longer appropriate or necessary.
“The pandemic disrupted the normal seasonal pattern of other respiratory viruses worldwide, with our influenza season this year occurring about two months earlier than we would typically expect.
“More Queenslanders are in intensive care with influenza than with Covid-19 and we are very concerned about the recent surge in influenza cases in adults and children.
“In addition to Covid-19 and Influenza A and B, we are seeing typical winter viruses like rhinovirus, RSV, parainfluenza and adenovirus.
“This new phase in the way we manage Covid-19 signals progress, but it’s crucial that
Queenslanders remain aware that respiratory illnesses are still circulating.
“I strongly advise people to protect themselves and others against all acute respiratory illnesses by getting vaccinated for the flu and, if eligible, Covid-19.
“Regular hand washing with soap and water, staying home when unwell, and keeping sick children at home are also crucial steps in preventing the spread.
“In certain cases, individual hospitals or other health providers may still require masks and I would ask that Queenslanders please follow that instruction if requested.”
Flu and Covid-19 vaccines are available from primary care immunisation providers, with several cohorts able to access free vaccines under the National Immunisation Program.
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Dean Hanley, who experienced homelessness for the first 35 years of his life, now spends his days supporting 16-25 year olds on the Sunshine Coast.
“I’m meeting these young people who earn $500 a fortnight and are expected to live independently on the Sunshine Coast,” he said.
“On the Sunshine Coast, we have 10 beds and two youth shelters for all of the young people. I just do the big juggling act and work it out.”
Sunshine Coast Council chief executive officer Emma Thomas said over the last few years we had all become more aware of the increasing number of local residents and Australians experiencing tough times and at risk of finding themselves without a safe place to call home.
“This is the second time I’ve participated in this event, which is growing with more and more support each year,” Emma said.
“While we will experience one night, we are mindful of people who face uncertainty more often.
“Council is also preparing a Housing and Homelessness Action Plan which will outline actions to help address housing and homelessness on the Sunshine Coast.
“Our Sunshine Coast Council sleepout team raised more than $9360 and joined business, government and community leaders across Australia in sleeping out outdoors to support the many Australians who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
“All funds raised will help Vinnies’ vital services stay up-and-running all year round. This includes food, accommodation, education, counselling, employment and health programs for our residents who are impacted by homelessness.”
During the event, the State Government announced a partnership with St Vincent de
Paul Society Queensland to deliver more social homes for Queenslanders, but the Sunshine Coast seemed to miss out on the allocation of those homes.
It’s part of a record $5 billion for social and affordable housing – the largest investment in Queensland’s history – to help deliver 13,500 homes.
The new social homes include 27 in Newtown (Toowoomba), 60 in Walkervale (Bundaberg) and 60 in Nerang.
The projects will cost almost $71 million, with the government contributing $58.65 million and St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland contributing more than $12 mil-
lion, including the land.
The funding is being contributed through the QuickStarts Qld program, with the projects being among 3265 homes to commence before 30 June, 2025.
Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon said, “Partnerships with organisations such as St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland are key to our delivery of more social housing for Queenslanders in need.”
“What’s clear is all levels of government, industry and the community housing sector need to continue to work hand-in-hand to address national housing pressures as quickly as we can.”
Vinnies Queensland CEO Kevin Mercer said, “This partnership will allow us to provide a safe and secure place to call home for 147 Queensland families and individuals.”
All money raised from the CEO Sleepout will go to the St Vincent de Paul Society to support impacted Australians.
If you would like to donate to this worthwhile cause, please visit: ceosleepout.org.au/
If you are experiencing homelessness or domestic and family violence you can call:
· Housing Service Centre phone (07) 5352 7333
· Homeless Hotline phone 1800 474 753
· DVConnect phone 1800 811 811
Wallace House, the home of Noosa Arts and Crafts celebrated its 30th anniversary last Sunday but it almost didn’t happen, according to former Noosa Mayor Noel Playford, who told the tale of how it came to be, to past and former members at its anniversary.
“Forty years ago those who started the arts and crafts in Noosa used to find a home wherever they could, shift from place to place.
“It was very difficult for them. We were always being asked for somewhere arts and crafts people could ply their trade,“ he said.
“Most would not know this was a farm that stretched from Hilton Tce to Goodchap St, across the housing to the hospital. That was the Wallace’s place.
“It was about the early‘90s when somebody told me that this building was going to be demolished.
“I was a little bit horrified. It was the closest thing that Noosa had to a heritage house that almost everybody knew about.
“The land had been sold to developers. They were going to develop it for housing, all the way to Goodchap Street.
“I said to the staff, what can we do about it because we can’t have it.
“Here’s where leverage can count. To turn the whole place into a housing development you have to get rid of the water, the runoff. Runoff can only go into creeks. Where does it run. It can only run into Lake Doonella. Guess who owned all the land between here and Lake Doonella - the council.
“When that was explained to me, I said right we’ve got a leverage. We said to the developers we want to buy part of this land including the house so it can’t be demolished. If it’s demolished you’ll never get permission to put your water through our land.
“It was a deal done in heaven. The developers were happy to do a deal.We gave them per-
mission to put their water through public land and we paid them a very modest price for all the land that has this community stuff on right now. Otherwise it would have been housing.
“It was just a fantastic deal made in heaven.
“The ink was hardly dry on the paper when you know who was knocking the door downwhat are you going to do with the house. Well, you didn’t have to ask, that’s always where the arts and crafts was going to be.
“So that’s how that happened.“
Rumours have long circulated about the former uses of Wallace House including those
it was once a house of ill-repute. While Noel couldn’t verify that he did shed some light on its other former uses.
“When we got title of the land I came over with the shire clerk we found a bit more of the history,“ he said.
“I can certainly verify it was used as a casino. There was still a roulette wheel in the front room.
“The house had changed from a place for a family, then a place for some itinerants and eventually it’s become home to the arts and crafts association 30 years ago.
“It’s a pretty remarkable story but look what’s happened, look how many people are here today.
“I think you’ve made an incredible success over 30 years.“
Former association presidents and original members told of their experiences at Wallace House, how they scrounged for equipment, enlisted the help of friends and husbands to build tables or transport goods and the devastation when fire destroyed the building which has since been rebuilt.
Former president Gabi Dick said when she arrived she was given a job in the shop and had no knowledge of art, but over the years had learnt everything.
“The amount of knowledge sharing is amazing,“ she said.
The association now boasts 350-400 members.
For 30 years Wallace House has been like a second home to many members, a place where friendships have been forged, knowledge shared, plenty of good times had and all on Sunday expressed their love of their time within its walls.
Following some community concern, GH Properties, the owner of Noosa Springs Golf and Spa Resort, has made changes to its application to construct a five-star boutique hotel within the resort grounds.
The changes come as Noosa Council prepares to consider the application which, if approved, would give Noosa its first five-star hotel in more than 35 years. The amendments to the application involve all four tennis courts being relocated above the upper car parking levels, and the tennis pavilion being centrally located within the courts.
The changes follow comments from some sections of the community about the importance of an area mapped as Core Koala Habitat. As well as retaining koala feed trees within that area, positioning the tennis courts above the car parks will provide significant additional covered car parking. The number of undercover car parks will increase from 107 to 188 for the added convenience of members, guests and visitors.
Solar panels, previously provided in the area now to be occupied by the tennis courts, will be shifted to above the decked car park near the western boundary, and form a partial lightweight roof over the carparks on the upper deck.
The site originally earmarked for tennis courts will now be used for passive recreation – including an all-weather bush pathway meandering through the trees, small timber decks with seating focussed on art sculptures, small cabanas beside open lawn areas and interpretive signage for the trees and plants. Pathways will link to other useable open space areas and the spectacular lagoon swimming pools.
The site will become a feature of the resort - a peaceful place where people can sit, relax and enjoy the natural beauty under the tree canopies and the lush vegetated surroundings.
While the development of the proposed hotel will result in the removal of some other
trees, GH Properties intends to plant 120 new koala habitat trees and 25 she-oaks, a source of food for glossy black cockatoos, within the golf course.
The 106-room boutique hotel, which would be operated by an international, fivestar branded hotel manager, would feature themed, luxurious furnishings, and offer a superior level of service. It would consist of five buildings, stepping up the hillside and set around a spectacular area containing lagoon pools on two levels.
The hotel would provide complimentary facilities and become integrated with the existing Noosa Springs complex, providing economies of scale and organisational efficiencies.
The clubhouse kitchen would be expanded and refitted with the latest equipment to service a remodelled Relish restaurant and refur-
bished to meet the high standards of finishes and services expected.
The project, expected to cost at least $50 million and create 360 jobs, would represent a substantial investment in Noosa’s tourism infrastructure, and addresses a significant shortage of short-stay accommodation in the region. It would be the first five-star hotel in the region since the Sofitel, in Noosa Heads, was built in 1989.
The project is the initiative of the GH Properties group, which has owned Noosa Springs Golf and Spa Resort since 2014. The project manager is Phil Starkey, whose family built and developed Noosa Springs into one of Australia’s most successful master- planned golf course residential resorts.
The proposed boutique hotel would comprise 98 standard rooms, six luxury suites and
two presidential suites, with the hotel’s five buildings designed to not protrude above the existing tree line. Although parts of the buildings are three-storey, from most external vantage points the hotel complex will look like a two-storey development. The boutique hotel would include an outdoor fire pit seating area, a bar, cafe, lobby area and covered parking.
“The proposal represents a significant tourist accommodation opportunity that will provide enormous benefit to Noosa Springs members, residents and the broader Noosa community,” Mr Starkey said.
“It will augment and relieve pressure on the existing accommodation market and assist in growing local tourism. It will provide a worldclass accommodation experience and further support Noosa’s brand of luxury and high-end experiences.”
Reed and Co. Estate Agents recently held its fourth annual Charity Gala at the Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort on Saturday 17 June, in support of the LOYAL Foundation and the Humpty Dumpty Foundation.
Founder and director of Reed and Co. Estate Agents, Adrian Reed, can proudly say that since opening in 2018, together with the Noosa community, they have now raised $1,006,964 and donated 83 pieces of life-saving paediatric medical equipment to regional hospitals on the Sunshine Coast and beyond.
Adrian Reed expressed pride in the community’s support and emphasised the continuous effort to improve outcomes for sick children.
“It’s tough, but children don’t stop getting sick, they don’t stop going to the hospital, and tragically, they don’t stop dying. This is our chance to step up, have an impact, and change the outcome for some young lives. It’s our legacy, and our legacy is our generosity.”
Loyal Foundation Founder, Anthony Bell commended the Humpty Dumpty Foundation’s commitment to ensuring that 100 cents to the dollar donated goes directly towards providing urgently needed medical equipment to hospitals or health services.
The 2023 Charity Gala was a resounding success, raising over $275,000 and acquiring 22 pieces of vital paediatric medical equipment across 11 hospitals in regional Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and the NSW ambulance service.
Paul Francis, founder and executive chairman of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, expressed gratitude to the generous donors who make a tangible difference in hospitals and healthcare services throughout Australia. He highlighted the urgency of providing necessary equipment to hospitals, emphasising the challenges faced by medical professionals when critical resources are lacking.
The glamorous evening saw 150 elegantly dressed guests, including notable figures such as Dawn Fraser, Alan Jones, and Mr Francis, walk the red carpet, creating a Hollywoodstyle atmosphere. Master of ceremonies Larry Emdur set the tone, declaring the intention to change lives and save lives throughout the night.
Guests were inspired by speeches from Dr Lizelle Weber, director of neonatology at Sunshine Coast University Hospital and Health Service (Queensland Health), and Dr Karl van der Merwe, director of the emergency department at Noosa Hospital. These medical experts shared insights into the transformative impact the equipment donated from previous Reed and Co. Charity Galas is having, providing an emotional insight as to why everyone was all there, to give sick children the best chance possible.
The live auction, hosted by Gordon McDonald of The Auction Group, featured an array of experiences and products generously donated by Noosa’s small business community, raising $41,850. Additionally, guests contributed to the cause by purchasing specific equipment from the Humpty Dumpty Foundation’s Wish List.
Mr Reed expressed his sincere gratitude to the Reed and Co. team, major sponsor AV Part-
ners, auction donors, and generous guests for their overwhelming support.
“The generosity of this community just blows me away,“ he remarked.
Plans have already started for the 2024 event. To register your interest for the next Reed and Co. Charity Gala, contact Bianca at events@reedandco.co or on 07 5323 0101.
The Boreen Point community opened its winter solstice event to the public for the first time this year and hundreds descended on the Apollonian Hotel last Saturday night to join in the celebrations.
Apollonian Social Club president Angela Pinkstone said for the past four or five years the winter solstice event had been a highlight on the community calendar.
Each year community members made extraordinary lanterns which were carried through the streets of Boreen Point to the beach for a celebratory gathering.
This year with the beach having eroded, Apollonian Hotel publican Lou Paynter suggested they hold the event at the hotel.
For the first time, also, participants dressed in pagan theme for the occasion.
Community members at the event praised the hotel for stepping in to support the community, not only in this instance but for its ongoing support.
Event organiser Telena Rogers said workshops were held each year to create the lanterns with almost all of Boreen Point’s 360 residents participating in the event.
Telena, who hosts the workshops, said the lanterns had become prized items, were retained by residents and brought out for the festival each year.
The winter solstice occurred this year on Thursday 22 June at 12.57am when the earth’s southern pole reached its maximum tilt away from the sun. Although the solstice itself only lasts a moment, the occasion is generally marked by the day which has the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky.
The winter solstice is a significant time of the year long celebrated in many cultures with festivals and rituals to mark the symbolic rebirth of the sun and the lengthening of days.
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Following Matt Golinski’s departure from View Restaurant at Peppers Noosa, a talented chef and third-generation local of Noosa has stepped up to the plate to create his own legacy.
Park and Cove is the reimagined dining destination in Noosa, ushering in a new era of culinary excellence at its home on the hill by Peppers Noosa.
The launch event on Saturday 24 June gave AndrewWilcox a moment to shine a light on not only his new menu, but his personality, sharing childhood memories in Noosa of dirt roads and school days, to more recently avoiding a kangaroo-boxing match while collecting local produce.
Local was certainly the word of the night, with producers being put on the spot by Sunshine Coast Foodie Martin Duncan to give guests some background on what goes into creating their goods.
With a culinary team spearheaded by Andrew, his goal is to champion local producers, providing sustainable farm-to-table dining, and showing the world why it’s worth the walk up the hill from Hastings Street.
“As I have grown up here, I have so much passion and love for Noosa and the surrounding area. I embrace it and I want to show my kids why we are so lucky to live here, and the best way to do that is through the one thing that brings us all together – food,” MrWilcox said.
Mr Wilcox said of his menu philosophy: “Make it simple. It’s home.’’
Under Mr Wilcox’s guidance, the kitchen team works hand-in-hand with local farmers, wineries, distilleries, artists, and Indigenous communities, creating a tight-knit team that supports the region’s sustainability ambitions.
From the bakers at Ten Acres, who craft exquisite sourdough, to the Indigenous ingredient specialists at Noosa Native, each carefully selected supplier under the Park and Cove banner makes every bite an ode to the land’s natural abundance.
The result is a menu at Park and Cove that reflects the true essence of Noosa, blending seasonal flavours with a minimalist approach that celebrates the purity and quality of each ingredient.
For families, Park and Cove’s collaboration with Happy Pops gives the children the perfect incentive to finish their dinner and pick their own topping for an ice-cream dessert.
Guests can try a Daintree Chocolate Melting Moment, which Andrew predicts, and I can confirm, will have you back the next night for another helping.
In addition to its commitment to sustainable sourcing, Park and Cove also engages in various community initiatives, including supporting Noosa Land Care, Slow Food Noosa, and the Sunshine Coast DV House.
By planting trees, recycling food waste into organic fertilisers, and harnessing green, renewable energy, the restaurant strives to minimise its environmental impact and foster a thriving local ecosystem.
“We wanted Park and Cove to be more than just a restaurant; we wanted it to be a supporting pillar of the Sunshine Coast community,” Mr Wilcox said.
“Our aim is to create an authentic local ex-
perience, one that celebrates the people, produce, history, and culture unique to Noosa.”
The restaurant invites locals and visitors alike to indulge in a dining experience that showcases the best of Noosa’s land and sea. Park and Cove is poised to become a must-visit destination for those seeking a sustainable, farm-to-table culinary adventure.
To book, head to parkandcovenoosa.com. au/
Rangers on K’gari are closely monitoring a wongari (dingo) responsible for a recent incident where a 10-year-old boy was grabbed on the shoulder and dragged under water in front of a camping area on the west coast of the island.
Assistant principal ranger Danielle Mansfield said the boy was walking alone at the water’s edge when the incident occurred on 16 June.
“The boy’s 12-year-old sister who was nearby reacted quickly and ran to assist him,” Ms Mansfield said.
“The family treated the boy for puncture wounds to his shoulder and arms and scratches and bruises on his collar bone and arm.
“Thankfully he sustained no serious injuries, and when the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service offered medical assistance, the family declined.
“Rangers identified the tagged wongari, and it was later seen loitering near the camping area, where it was digging up food scraps that had been buried in the sand.
“Rangers chased the animal away from the camping area and we have increased patrols in the region to monitor the wongari’s behaviour and pass on dingo-safe messaging to campers and visitors.”
Ms. Mansfield said the wongari was highly habituated and was not showing any wariness of people.
“Rangers believe this animal is one of a number of wongari that have been deliberately or inadvertently fed which is why they’re showing no fear of people,” she said.
“These animals are capable of inflicting serious harm, and they have bitten children and adults, and some are quite brazen are not fleeing when yelled at or when someone brandishes a stick.
“We have had instances where commercial operators have come to the aid of people who are being stalked or snarled at.
“We are providing dingo-safe messaging to parents and carers each day, and there are too
many instances where children are not being appropriately supervised.
“On K’gari, this means children and teenagers must be within arm’s reach of an adult at all times, even if you can’t see any dingoes in the area.”
Ms. Mansfield said visitors and residents to the island must remain vigilant at all times, and not leave children and teenagers unsupervised.
“People think it won’t happen to them, but it can happen to anyone and that’s why rangers are providing dingo-safe information to as many people as possible,” she said.
“We don’t want any incidents on K’gari, and people must understand that dingoes are wild animals and should never be fed or interacted with.
“People who think it is harmless to throw a sausage or discarded bait or fish frame to the
dingoes have caused the current and historic problems we are having with these dingoes.
“Rangers have observed them lingering around camping areas and parked vehicles, and that means they’re trying to solicit food from visitors because they’ve previously been fed.
“This has to stop now, and people have to make their personal safety and the safety of their friends and families a priority.”
Following the discovery of a dead humpback whale near Rainbow Beach, significant efforts were made to ensure public safety and protect the marine ecosystem.
The whale’s carcass was loaded onto a truck and transported through Rainbow Beach, before being buried deep in the Great Sandy National Park at the Department of Environment and Science’s (DES) direction.
The mature humpback whale, measuring about 12 metres long and weighing 18 tonnes, was found by members of the public on 20 June 20. The cause of death remains unknown, as investigations by the DES continue.
Meanwhile, another whale has been dis-
covered washed up on K’Gari.
Queensland’s coastal waters witness the annual migration of over 30,000 humpback whales who journey from the icy waters of Antarctica to breed and calve in the warmer
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waters off Queensland. While it is unfortunate that some of these magnificent creatures succumb to natural causes or predation, their stranded remains can be found along various beaches in Queensland.
When a whale strands, the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) collaborates with local councils and Traditional Owners to determine the most appropriate method of disposal. Options range from burial in nearby dunes to securing the carcass in mangroves on certain islands off Queensland’s coast. Depending on the location and circumstances, dead whales may also be left, allowing nature to take its course and provide sustenance for birds, crustaceans, and other marine and terrestrial animals.
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In the event of a stranded whale, it is crucial for the public to maintain a safe distance from the animal. Whales can carry zoonotic diseases, making it imperative to never touch them. Furthermore, if a whale is stranded in shallow water, the presence of sharks is a potential risk. While individuals may feel compelled to assist the animal, personal safety should always take priority.
Any sightings of stranded marine life, including whales, should be reported promptly to the Department of Environment and Science (DES) at 1300 130 372 or to the relevant local council.Trained experts from the QPWS and local councils are prepared to respond swiftly and provide assistance during these distressing events, and it is best to await their arrival.
Playing acoustic guitar, 12:30-2:30pm Fully licensed, share plate menu: think dumplings, wings, cheese plate, sliders.
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12:30-2:30pm. Fully licensed, share plate menu: think dumplings, wings, cheese plate, sliders.
Christmas in July lunch
$50 per head 2 courses plus wine or beer from Heads of Noosa Choice of roast with accompaniments, finishing with Nanna’s family recipe plum pudding. Bookings essential.
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More than four tonnes of linen and clothing has been spared from landfill and will be given new life, through the Give a Sheet for the Planet textile recycling event celebratingWorld Environment Day.
Noosa and Sunshine Coast residents dropped off a combined 2.8 tonnes of clothing and 1.5 tonnes of linen at two drop-off locations – Tewantin State School and Chancellor State College.
“Thank-you to everyone, across both local government areas, who contributed to the success of this year’s event,” Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart said.
“Noosa locals dropped off 1.6 tonnes of clothing at Tewantin State School, to be distributed by Vinnies, and 818kg of donated linen which will be remanufactured by BlockTexx into valuable resources for new products,” Cr Stewart said.
Sunshine Coast Council liveability and environment portfolio Councillor Maria Suarez thanked everyone who Gave a Sheet at the Sippy Downs drop off-point.
“In just four hours the Sunshine Coast site at Chancellor State College collected approximately 16.2 cubic metres of linen, clothes and towels from 70 cars,” she said.
“It was a fun morning with a great vibe and I’d like to send a big thank-you to those who took the time to donate and for the volunteers for their help on the morning.
“Chancellor State College primary and secondary team rescued three cubic metres of towels to deliver to needy animal refuges and vets.
“Around nine cubic metres of quality clothing was donated to Vinnies to be reused in our community.
It’s the second year Noosa has joined forces with BlockTexx to hold their Give a Sheet for the planet event, Mayor Clare Stewart said it was great to see the community make the most of the opportunity to clear out their linen cupboards in an environmentally responsible way.
“This year we noticed neighbours, families, friends and retirement village residents working together and gathering all of their old linen up and making large bulk drops on the day,” Cr Stewart said.
“Across both our local government areas, everyone who took part has helped give new life to materials that might have otherwise ended up contributing unnecessarily to landfill.”
Vinnies executive officer Lisa Baker said the Give a Sheet event had turned waste and preloved clothes into opportunity.
“By supporting our donation drive, our donors have played a vital role in safeguarding the environment through recycling and reuse initiatives, as well as providing essential assistance to individuals and communities in their time of need,” Ms Baker said.
Tonia Bastyan of BlockTexx said the event was a great opportunity to engage with residents and explain how their old household linen will be recycled.
“Everyone was relieved to know that their donations would be converted into valuable resources onshore, diverting it from landfill or export,” she said.
It’s almost time to pull on the gloves and dig in for a greener Sunshine Coast. Bring your family and friends along to help plant 3000 trees and shrubs at the Doonan Planting Festival, on Sunday 30 July.
You can also enjoy free coffee, a sausage sizzle, wildlife display, live acoustic music, face painting, craft activities for all ages, information stalls and an opportunity to buy a native plant with free planting advice from Coolum Community Native Nursery.
Sunshine Coast Council environment and liveability portfolio Councillor Maria Suarez encouraged the community to come along to lend a hand to make a change one tree at a time.
“Each stem planted at this fun-filled National Tree Day event will help to restore the Doonan Creek Environment Reserve and provide essential homes and food for local wildlife like koalas, glossy black-cockatoos and grey-headed flying foxes,” Cr Suarez said.
“The reserve is a special place and an important coastal habitat area with vegetation that ranges from iconic coastal heath, scribbly gum forest to melaleuca wetlands.
“It’s home to more than 125 different bird and 24 different mammal species and vulnerable wallum frogs.
“Our community has helped council restore the reserve for many years, and in the past four years alone, has planted more than 13,380 native trees, shrubs and ground covers.”
There’s no need to worry about getting a park with a free bus running from Sippy Downs, Maroochydore, Nambour and a regular shuttle bus from Peregian Springs State
School – book a park and ride bus location when registering.
To redeem your free small espresso coffee, bring along your own reusable coffee cup.
Cr Suarez said no experience was required, with all equipment provided.
“All tools, plants, gloves and guidance are provided – however, please bring your own water and wear enclosed shoes and sunsafe
clothing,” Cr Maria said.
“We are also hosting a second smaller community planting at our new Environment Levy-acquired Honey Farm Road Environment Reserve, Meridan Plains on Wednesday 9 August.”
“So spread the word and be a part of the positive change.
“Together, we can live in a wildlife-friendly biosphere.”
Bookings are essential at events.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au and searching either ‘doonan planning festival’ or‘honeyfarmplanting2023’.
National Tree Day is an initiative organised by Planet Ark in partnership with major sponsor Toyota Australia and its Dealer Network.
Tewantin Noosa Lions splashed some cash at their fortnightly dinner meeting on Tuesday 20 June, with $20,750 worth of donations passed onto charity groups in Noosa.
President Ian Glew said it was amazing seeing what all these community groups do in the area.
“A great night was had by all and an enthralling night of speakers from many who receive the welcomed donations held the audience spell bound whilst listening to the fantastic work done by all,” Ian said.
Long-term Noosa resident Mary Mosses was the lucky winner of a $35,000 piece of jewellery, custom-designed by Priest Jewellers owner Eliahi Priest in memory of his wife, KristyElle.
Raising funds for the hospice where KristyElle spent her last days, the bracelet is a stunning combination of diamonds, pink tourmaline, rose quartz and amethyst nestled in 18-carat white gold.
The winner was drawn at the annual Katie Rose Cottage Forget-me-not Gala, and Mary was presented with her bracelet while being joined by Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart at Noosa Civic on Friday 23 June.
Mary, who has lived in Noosa for 26 years, said she couldn’t believe she was lucky enough to win the bracelet.
“My friend rang me and she said ‘Have you heard the news?’ and I said ‘No’, and she said she had seen on Facebook that I won the prize.
“I said ‘You’re joking’. I entered the raffle for the cause and because I knew the family. It had been two months so I had forgotten all about the raffle.”
When asked where she would wear the bracelet first, Mary politely said, “I think I’ll just look at it.”
The family business launched the fundraising lottery ticket sales for a special cause on Monday 6 March at Noosa Civic Shopping Centre where Mr Priest said, “I called it KristyElle bracelet because my beautiful wife passed away from cancer last year after a courageous and powerful 12-month battle with that horrible disease.“
“When we finally arrived at Katie Rose, we were lucky enough that Kristy-Elle was able to
have a bed and I could just let go and be with my wife while Katie Rose took over.
“I have never witnessed or experienced care like the care that Katie Rose gave, in my entire life. In those moments, I made a resolution to myself that I’d step up and help Katie Rose, and will continue to for the rest of our time here in Noosa.”
Katie Rose head of fundraising and partnerships Leigh McCready said, “We think it’s wonderful that a local and long-term customer of Priest Jewellers was the lucky winner of the bracelet.”
“Nearly 1100 tickets were sold, and the overall financial benefit to the hospice was over $25,000.
“It’s due to collaborations like this with businesses, organisations and individuals that Katie Rose Cottage is able to continue delivering our service to the community.”
Charities that have received some form of assistance from Tewantin Noosa Lions include RSPCA, Hope in a Suitcase, Katie Rose Cottage, Sea Horse Nippers, Sunnykids, Noosa Sea Scouts, RACQ Care Flight, Sunshine Butterflies, Noosa Coast Guard, Disability Sailing, Wesley Mission, and a provision has been made for a shed at the Surf Life Saving Club. Tewantin Noosa Lions club living up to their motto – we serve.
For more than 40 years now, since Indonesia’s develop-or-perish Suharto government began its hotel-building pillage of Bali, the little Island of the Gods so close to our northern shores has teetered between economic basket case, environmental disaster and miracle of recovery.
Sometimes it’s been all three at once, and now might be one of those, but certainly the quarter century since the Asian currency crisis finally saw off the tyrant Suharto, it’s been a never-ending cycle of boom and bust, with tourism replacing small cropping as the island’s only real industry, tourism being destroyed by the terrorist attacks of 2002, tourism making a miraculous comeback by 2004 only to be shot down again by the Jimbaran bombings in 2005, tourism surviving the GFC and entering a new Euro-Asian boom driven by Chinese and Russian investment, only to be shot down by Covid in 2020 and then rise again from its funeral pyre over the past 18 months… and so the cycle goes.
There are many sometimes sad but often also uplifting human stories from this rollercoaster ride, which we’ll get too in a minute, but to understand what’s been happening these past few years, it’s instructive to look at the economics.
In January 2020 the World Bank reported that Indonesia was officially middle class, with one in five Indonesians (more than 52 million) “economically secure”, thanks to 50 years of sustaining an average annual growth rate of GDP of 5.6 per cent.
While this was unlikely to be of comfort, should they have known, to the multiple millions living in rural poverty up and down the archipelago, the World Bank noted that “of those who were poor in 1993, 80 per cent were no longer so in 2014”.
You can cut these numbers any way you
like, but the fact remains that the gap between rich and poor across Indonesia remains ludicrously wide. And Bali, Jakarta’s capitalist cash cow, was in total Covid lockdown just two months later, with more than half a million hospitality workers sent home, sans safety net, to tend the fields they no longer have because tourist accommodations were built on top of them.
There is no doubt that Bali was an economic and social basket case in 2020 and 2021, with many families who owed their living to tourism struggling to put food on the table, while
Indonesia as a whole was hurriedly bracketed down to “lower middle income”.
Yet a mere two years after the World Bank announcement, Indonesia’s Minister of Trade, Muhammad Lutfi, in a virtual media conference on Wednesday 23 February 2022 (virtual since many parts of the country, including all of Bali, were still in lockdown) was able to announce that Indonesia had been classified as an upper-middle-income country.
“Today we have officially become a world middle class country,” he said. Again.
And indeed by the end of 2022, the world leaders attending the glittering G20 meetings in Bali, wearing their obligatory batik shirts and stuffing down the satays and rendang poolside, must have thought they were sharing in the dividends of yet another economic miracle, while the images flashed around the world.
But it’s interesting to browse the Bali Leader’s Declaration tabled at the G20, which says in part: “We reaffirm our commitment … to closethegapsinenergyaccessandtoeradicate energy poverty … guided by the Bali Compact and the Bali Energy Transition Roadmap, we are committed to finding solutions to achieve energy markets stability, transparency, and affordability. We will accelerate transitions and achieve our climate objectives by strengthening energy supply chain and energy security, and diversifying energy mixes and systems.We will rapidly scale up the deployment of zero and low emission power generation, including renewable energy resources, and measures to enhance energy efficiency, abatement technologies as well as removal technologies, taking into account national circumstances.”
Nice ideas, but note the get-out clause of “national circumstances”.
This, after all, is an island where piles of plastic burn by the roadside every sunset despite some excellent citizen campaigns in recent years, where for decades you could overturn a green belt designation if you had the money (and it is rumoured you still can), where massive hotels are built at the end of two-lane tracks with no footpaths and no other access, and rice fields continue to disappear at an alarming rate, the sophisticated subak irrigation systems with them.
To be true to their declaration, the leaders of Bali would need to completely change the mindset of everyone involved in tourism, housing and industrial development on the island, and there is little sign of this happening.
But there is always hope for a return to kerta yuga.
Which brings us back to the human side of this.
Some readers may recall in these pages a year ago being introduced to my young friend Wayan Agus Parwita,“the man who saved a village”. There are many Bali stories like his, but I know and love Wayan’s the best, so here it is in brief.
In the mid-1960s, when Sukarno’s “Gestapu” bloodbath was spreading across Bali like a bushfire (eventually claiming more than 80,000 lives), Wayan’s grandfather died unexpectedly, leaving his father, I Nyoman Suwita, then 14 and at school, to kill eels in the ricefield canals at night to feed the family and sell to neighbours. Somehow Nyoman managed to stay at school long enough to complete a woodworking course and became a talented sculptor of temple buildings, chasing the work to Java for better money.
But as tourism began to saturate Bali in the ‘80s, Nyoman discovered there was more money to be had sitting in the lobby of a hotel carving toys and souvenirs.
One of Wayan Agus’s first memories is sitting on the tiled floor with his dad, helping sweep up the wood shavings while Nyoman negotiated a price for his works, which he was good at, making enough to buy motorbikes to rent and later to send Wayan and his younger brother to Udayana University.
Armed with a hospitality degree,Wayan was working as an assistant manager at a restaurant just around the corner from the Sari Club the night the bombs went off in Kuta.
Saved from injury or even death by an early mark due to a Japanese wedding finishing earlier than expected,Wayan was still out of a job, like the rest of Bali. In the family tradition, he found work as a cabin boy on the cruise ships, plying the Caribbean routes and sending every pay cheque home.
When he finally came home, it was for the love of Made, now his beautiful wife.
He worked as a driver for tourists and expats, and slowly became their guide through the many pitfalls of villa construction.
When I first met him back then, I was so impressed by his energy, enthusiasm and grasp of all kinds of situations, that I borrowed him from the employ of an Australian friend to act as my driver, interpreter and cultural guru while I researched a book about Bali. Thus began a friendship that has never faltered.
Come Covid and Wayan had established himself through his fast-growing company, Kori Dewata Karya, as a savvy project manager focused on sustainable development. With the traditional Javanese labour force locked out of the island, Wayan saw a way to provide employment for his home village of Cepaka, where virtually everyone had lost their hotel jobs. In the end he found 800 jobs to help them through the pandemic, and he is still creating work for them.
A deserving hometown hero, he is now developing eco-friendly villas and small businesses in Cepaka, and by the end of the year will have 40 projects on his books with 30 staff and up to 300 contractors at any one time. And he has also found time to establish a community bank in the year between my visits.
From dad catching eels to survive to son a prominent businessman providing for his community in just one generation – you can’t help but be impressed.
With a flying business trip to Singapore in the middle of it, and three kids on school holidays, Wayan and Made didn’t see much of us this trip, but they did take us out to a splendid dinner, Kori Dewata’s shout. Over fresh fish and pork satays and plenty of wine,Wayan told me about the local produce restaurant he will soon start building as the centrepiece of his riverside villas in Cepaka. It sounded wonderful.
I told him: “This time next year it’ll be 50 years since I first came to Bali. I want to book the restaurant out for a family celebration. Can you be ready?”
He offered a knuckle and I bumped it.
“Consider it booked, Pak,” he laughed.
Home sweet home:
TheBlock’s Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie host a reboot of Location,Location, LocationAustralia
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION AUSTRALIA
10, Friday, 7.30pm
The Aussie spin-off of this long-running British franchise – once a stalwart of pay TV – was last seen almost a decade ago, receives a vibrant makeover for its new home on Network 10. In this highly anticipated return, TheBlockfavourites, fun-loving couple Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie, have pocketed the keys to the presenting duties; their bubbly banter (backed by some serious real estate nous) infuses the house-hunting with welcome wit and pizazz. This fresh batch of episodes sticks to the tried-and-true formula of helping people find their dream home. Tonight’s premiere kicks off in booming Brisbane with new parents Brooke and Peter.
6.00 The Drum.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Advice for the home gardener.
8.30 Utopia. (PG, R) Jim heightens security while trying to sway the outcome of tenders for an international partnership.
9.00 Smother. (Final, Malv) The courts and the Gardai question whether they have accused the right person of Paul’s murder.
9.55 MOVIE: The Australian Dream. (2019, MA15+l, R) Explores the life of Adam Goodes. Adam Goodes.
10.55 ABC Late News.
11.10 The Split. (Ml, R)
12.10 Harrow. (Mav, R)
1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys: River Bure (Norfolk)
(R) Narrated by Bill Nighy.
8.30 Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2.
9.25 Legends Of The Pharaohs: Downfall Of A Dynasty. (PGasv, R) Explores the end of the age of pyramids.
10.20 SBS World News Late.
10.50 MOVIE: The Final Quarter. (2019, PGa, R)
12.15 Miniseries: True Colours. (Mlv, R) 4.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
ABC
Live from Meanjin (Brisbane), join the festivities to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their communities. Casey Donovan (pictured) and Gold Logie nominee Mark Coles Smith take on hosting duties. Award categories include the Female Elder, Creative Talent and Innovation and Education. Dr Naomi Mayers will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to health reform, while former AFL footballer Daniel Motlop is a finalist in the Innovation Award category. Featuring two musical performances, it promises to be an inspirational evening.
THE MESSENGER
ABC TV, Sunday, 9.20pm
This sublimely offbeat drama, based on Markus Zusak’s intriguing novel, wraps up tonight. Soulful newcomer William McKenna (pictured) stars as Ed, an inhabitant of a realistic yet strangely old-fashioned world, who has scrambled to become a hero of sorts, guided by mysterious playing cards that direct him to his next mission. The final episode opens with Ed and his friends’ lives all over the place, but there’s enlightening reveals in store. Audrey’s (Alexandra Jensen) perspective is altered after a bizarre encounter with someone Ed delivered a message to. It’s a stirring and satisfying conclusion.
ABC TV, Tuesday, 8pm
Heartwarming factual shows about rescuing pound animals to a forever home aren’t hard to find, but this new series starring comedian Joel Creasey stands out from the pack thanks to its refreshing honesty. Across six episodes, beginning tonight, Creasey teams up with animal behaviour expert Laura V (pictured with Creasey and Scout the rescue dog) to find a pound pooch and give it training, getting it ready for its new life with a loving and caring owner. It’s a meeting of minds and personalities as the dogs learn some new tricks. Like matchmaking for dogs and humans, it’s an admirable, genuine tearjerker.
6.00 Seven Local News.
6.30 Seven News.
7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Graham Ross visits Professor Brett Summerell.
8.30 MOVIE: Murder On The Orient Express. (2017, Ma, R) When a murder occurs on a train, a renowned detective tries to solve the case before the killer strikes again. Kenneth Branagh, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench.
10.50 To Be Advised.
12.20 MOVIE: Happiest Season. (2020, Ml)
2.30 To Be Advised.
3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 Nine News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 18. Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers.
9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Melbourne Storm versus Penrith Panthers match, with news and analysis.
10.40 MOVIE: Assault On Precinct 13. (2005, MA15+lv, R)
A cop battles rogue colleagues. Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne.
12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Postcards. (PG, R)
The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 Location, Location, Location Australia. (Premiere) Property experts search for homes.
8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists include Kitty Flanagan, Ray O’Leary and Bron Lewis.
9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by celebrity guests including Dame Helen Mirren and Pedro Pascal.
11.30 The Project. (R)
12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
6.30 The ABC Of... (Final, PGl, R)
David Wenham talks to controversial feminist Germaine Greer.
7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at the top stories of the day, including coverage of developing stories and events.
7.30 NAIDOC Awards. Mark Coles Smith and Casey Donovan host the National NAIDOC Awards.
9.00 Vera. (Mav, R) After her former colleague and his daughter are badly burnt by an arson attack on their home, DCI Vera Stanhope is determined to track down the assailant and discover why someone would try to kill them.
10.35 The Messenger. (Malv, R) When Ed puts his best mates on the ace of hearts, he’s shocked to learn how little he really knows about those he loves most.
11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Paul Newman: Always On The Move. Takes a look at Paul Newman, a perpetually dissatisfied man who lived his life free from Hollywood’s shackles.
8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 1. Bilbao to Bilbao. 182km hilly stage. From Spain. Commentary from Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans.
2.00 Witch Hunt. (Mals, R)
A CFO discovers a crime.
3.45 Food Safari Water. (PG, R) Presented by Maeve O’Meara.
4.45 Bamay: Larrakia And Wulwulam Country. (R) Showcase of Larrakia and Wulwulam Country.
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.15 France 24 Feature.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) An unemployed man attracts suspicion.
7.30 MOVIE: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. (2018, PGs, R) A young woman prepares to reopen her family hotel, while learning more about the life of her late mother. Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep.
10.00 MOVIE: The Mountain Between Us. (2017, Mals, R) Stranded after a plane crash, two strangers in a remote mountainous region must learn to trust each other. Kate Winslet, Idris Elba.
12.15 The Great Diamond Heist. (PGa, R) A look at the Millennium Dome heist.
1.20 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Get Arty. (R)
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)
The
Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 8.20 The King Of Comedy. (1983, PG) 10.20
6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Motor Racing. Repco Supercars Support. Carrera Cup. Highlights. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.
6.00 Nine News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Morning session. From Lord’s, London, England. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage).
10.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Afternoon session. From Lord’s, London, England.
3.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) Xavier rescues a native wild animal from a local caravan park.
4.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R) A celebration of people and organisations across Australia which make the world a better place.
6.00 To Be Advised.
7.00 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv) Sam’s friend Tom Olsen finds himself being hunted down by enemies from his past.
9.00 Blue Bloods. (Ma) Baez and her daughter are targeted by a perp she once put away. Eddie advises Badillo after his ex-girlfriend is attacked. Anthony is sucked into a crime ring. Frank worries about his friend Lenny.
10.00 CSI: Vegas. (Mav) The team investigates a case where an ambitious investigative reporter is found dead at a pistachio factory.
11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald.
12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
5.00 Hour Of Power.
6.30 SBS World News.
6.30 Compass: Changing Tides. Billy Bain goes on a road trip.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Grand Designs Revisited. Part 3 of 4.
8.20 Silent Witness. (Final, Malv) Nikki realises that getting to the truth will put the Lyell team, and everything they love, in danger.
9.20 The Messenger. (Final, Mal) Ed is failing the most important card but comes to see the real message has been for him.
10.20 In Limbo. (Final, Mal, R) Charlie uncovers the mystery of the missing money.
10.50 Miniseries: Small Axe. (Madl, R)
12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.05 The Heights. (PG, R)
5.00 Insiders. (R)
(av)
7.30 Mystery Of The Ark Of Covenant. Takes a look at one of the holiest relics from the Bible that has been missing for more than 2000 years.
8.20 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 2. Vitoria-Gasteiz to Saint-Sébastien. 209km hilly stage. From Spain. Commentary from Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans.
1.45 Exit. (MA15+ads, R) Hermine plots her revenge.
4.30 Food Safari Water. (PG, R) Presented by Maeve O’Meara.
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.15 France 24 Feature.
5.30 Al Jazeera News.
6.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R) 1.00 MOVIE: Viva Las Vegas. (1964, G, R) Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret. 3.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Dancing With The Stars. (PG) Celebrities show off their dance skills.
8.40 7NEWS Spotlight. An exclusive, special investigation.
9.40 The Latest: Seven News.
10.10 Born To Kill? Timothy Spencer. (MA15+av) Takes a look at Timothy Spencer.
11.10 Autopsy USA: Howard Hughes. (Mad) A look at the death of Howard Hughes.
12.10 All Together Now – The 100. (PG, R) Hosted by Julia Zemiro.
1.25 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Seven Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Nine News Sunday.
7.00 Rush. (Premiere, PGl)
Hosted by David Genat.
8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.
10.10 Australian Crime Stories: Murphy’s Law. (MA15+lv, R) A look at Brian “The Skull” Murphy.
11.05 The First 48: Lost Boys. (Mal)
11.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Mv, R)
12.40 Family Law. (Ma, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30
Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today.
6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal) Kirsten Tibballs sets a sweet-themed elimination challenge across two rounds for the contestants.
9.00 FBI. (Masv) The FBI team investigates a series of assaults on women, while Omar Adom “OA” Zidan withholds information about his own attack and mugging from earlier that morning.
10.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) The NCIS team investigates a case involving US Marines with damaged ear canals.
11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.
12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
RateriseformajorityofratepayerstobekeptbelowCPIasCouncilresponds torisingcostoflivingpressuresfacingNoosaresidents
Deliveringessentialservices, infrastructureandenhancing ourliveabilityareattheheartof NoosaCouncil’s2023-24“back tobasics”budget,tobeadopted today.
Thebudgetlookstoputresidents firstandrespondstotherising costoflivingpressures.
There’sgoodnewsforabout
5,000pensionersintheshire.
Councilhasconsolidatedthe pensionerconcessionssothatall eligiblepensionersnowget$115 perhalfyearofftheirratesnotice.
“Allcouncillorswereunanimous inthissupporttomakeitmore equitable,”MayorClareStewart said.
“Sowhetherasingleoracouple,
eligiblepensionersnowgetthe samerebate.”
Councillorswilltodayadopt a$171millionbudgetwhich includesa$39.4millioncapital program.
Amajorityofresidential ratepayersfacea5.5%increasein theirtotalratesbill-wellbelow theConsumerPriceIndex.
Onaverage,itequatestoanextra $1.72aweek.
Councilhasalsoplacedafreeze ontheEnvironment,Sustainable Transport,HeritageandBushfire Resilience/Responselevies.
About$20millionofthecapital programwillbespentonroads, stormwaternetworkandnew bridges.
agraduateengineerinearly 2021andhasimpressedwithhis willingnesstolearn,beadaptable andhaveateamworkethos.
Witharealpassiontoprotectthe “lookandfeel”ofNoosa,the UniversityoftheSunshineCoast alumnisuccessfullydeliveredthe CooroyBelliBridgeinNovember lastyear.
“Formyfirstproject,Iam reallyhappywiththeoutcome consideringthechallenges.”
“Iamthankfultobegivenan opportunitytoenhancemyproject managementskillsatCouncil,” MrOutramsaid.
AnotherCapitalWorksschedule isontheradarin2023-24,with about35keyprojects.MrOutram isbracinghimselfforabusy period.
DoggyBeachinNoosa Heads,theadjoining carparkandthewater besidethebeachwill beclosedtoallusers, includingswimmers andrecreationalmarine craft(poweredandnonpowered)fromMonday3 July,assandnourishment worksbegin,until30 September2023.
It’sbeenarecord-breaking12 monthsforCouncil’sCapital ProjectsDeliveryprogram. Almost$43millioninprojects havebeendelivered,amid economicpressures,supplyissues andresourcing.
Theseincludehinterlandbridges, upgradestoNoosaParadeand NoosaDistrictSportsComplex, andupgradestoKinKinand
PomonaHalls.
23-year-oldJaspreOutramis aproudmemberofthesmall, committedteamandforthisCivil Engineer,it’scertainlybeena steeplearningcurve.
“We’veworkedextremelyhardto gettheseprojectscompleted,”Mr Outramsaid.
MrOutramjoinedCouncilas
“I’vebeengiventheresponsibility todeliverLawnvilleRoadand GarthProwdbridges.I’mkeen toimplementthelearningsfrom myfirstmajorprojectintothese works,”MrOutramsaid.
It’spartofa$38.9millionCapital Worksprogram,whichincludes $10.3milliononroadsand transport,$6milliononbridges and$2.9millionforupgradesto publicamenitiesandparks.
Friendship,fitnessandsupportthefocusofnewprogram
Expectantandnewmumscan enjoyarangeoflow-costand freeactivitiestohelpthemstay healthythiswinter.
Council’sLivingWellNoosa programnowoffersarangeof newactivitiesaspartoftheir alreadysuccessfulActiveMums initiatives.
Oneofthemostpopularactivities istheMumsandBubsPilatesrun byGemTroedel.
MsTroedelsaidshefelt privilegedtobeabletooffernew mumsasafeplacetomovetheir bodieswithoutjudgementand havingtoleavetheirbabies.
“Providingmumsofour communitythespacetomeet othermothersandbabies atasimilarlifestage,share experiencesandsupporteach otherreallyhelpstomakewhat canbeaverychallengingtime oflife(post-partum)more enjoyable,”MsTroedelsaid.
ActiveMums’isavaluable initiativetothecommunity andincludesprogramssuch asPregnancyAqua,Core Foundation,ParentConnect, MumsandToddlersPilates,Baby inArms,andStorytime.
NoosaLeisureCentreisoffering anActiveMumsMembershipfor
only$12/week,whichprovides accesstoarangeofgroupfitness classes,plustheNoosaAquatic Centre.Formoreinformation visitnoosa.qld.gov.au.
Thedredgingrigis expectedtoarriveinthe river’smainchannelby Monday10Julyand marinevesselsareurged tomaintainasafedistance andproceedcautiously whentravelingpastit.
Inadditiontothemain channel,othercarparks andthegroynewillremain openthroughout.
Residentssharedtheirviewson walkinginCooroyandNoosaville lastweekattwocommunitypopupstands.
Councilisgatheringthevaluable feedbackasitdevelopsasafe, connectedWalkingNetworkPlan (WNP)forbothareas.
JointlyfundedbytheQueensland Government’sWalkingLocal GovernmentGrantsProgram andNoosaCouncil,theseWNPs aretobecompletedbySpring andwillunderpintargeted improvementsinthewalking environmentoftheseprecincts, makingwalkinganeasychoice foreveryone,everyday.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.
8.00 Back Roads: Strzelecki Track, SA Pt 1. (Return, PG) Heather Ewart heads onto the Strzelecki Track.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate and confronting taboos.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.
9.35 Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle: On The Run. (Mad, R) Part 2 of 4.
10.15 China Tonight. (R)
10.50 ABC Late News.
11.05 The Business. (R)
11.20 The Split. (Ml, R)
12.20 Tick F***ing Tock. (Malns, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes. (Premiere) Presented by Robson Green.
8.30 The Great House Revival: Stradbally, Co Laois. Architect Hugh Wallace meets TikTok star Maryrose Simpson, whose nana left her a three-bedroom corner house.
9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 3. Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne. 187km flat stage. From France.
2.00 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R)
3.55 Food Safari Water. (PG, R)
4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven Local News.
6.30 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 Million Dollar Island. (PGl) One hundred players started but now only 33 remain. With supplies dwindling, one camp has its last meal.
9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Ma) Tommy faces off against her former employer, Paragon Medics, as they deal with emergencies. Owen hits it off with a beautiful woman he meets at a fundraiser.
11.00 The Latest: Seven News.
11.30 The Blacklist. (Madv) Red is identified as a possible hostage.
12.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 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 Rush. (PGl) The adventure of a lifetime continues as three teams of everyday Aussies, who begin each challenge deprived of sight and sound, are dropped at their next location, Turkey. Hosted by David Genat.
8.55 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 1. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal) Freshness will be front and centre for the top five as they compete for a spot in the upcoming immunity challenge.
8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists include Urzila Carlson, Aaron Chen and Celia Pacquola.
9.40 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mls) Stand-up comedy performances from Rove McManus, Nish Kumar and Two Hearts.
10.10 FBI: Most Wanted. (Final, Mv) The fugitive task force helps Remy.
12.00 The Project. (R)
1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
6.00 The Drum.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.
8.00 New Leash On Life. (Premiere) Hosted by Joel Creasey.
8.30 The Black Hand. (MA15+v) Part 2 of 3. Anthony LaPaglia explores some of the Black Hand’s most cruel crimes.
9.30 Wash My Soul In The River’s Flow. (PG) A look at the Kura Tungar-SongsfromtheRiver concert.
11.00 ABC Late News.
11.15 The Business. (R)
11.30 Four Corners. (R)
12.15 Media Watch. (PG, R)
12.35 Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle. (Mad, R)
1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30
7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Morecambe To Grange-OverSands. Michael Portillo continues his rail journey taking in the Isle of Man and the north-west coast of England.
8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi takes a look at whether employers should have a say in their employees love-lives.
9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 4. Dax to Nogaro. 182km flat stage. From France.
1.50 No Man’s Land. (MA15+sv, R)
3.30 Food Safari Water. (PG, R)
4.30 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am Morning Programs.
Border Security: America’s Front Line. Noon Border
6.00 Seven Local News.
6.30 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 Million Dollar Island. (PGl) Hosted by Ant Middleton.
9.00 The Rookie. (Mv) Officers John Nolan and Celina Juarez are in a race against time to stop the source of an explosive rampage.
10.00 The Rookie: Feds. (Mv) A father and daughter are kidnapped on Thanksgiving.
11.00 The Latest: Seven News.
11.30 The Blacklist. (Mav)
12.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 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 Rush. The adventure of a lifetime continues as three teams of everyday Aussies, who begin each challenge deprived of sight and sound, are dropped at their next location, Jordan. Hosted by David Genat.
8.55 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 2. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) The contestants take a road trip to All Saints Estate on the banks of the Murray River.
8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.
9.40 NCIS. (Mav, R) Jimmy and Kasie are exposed to a deadly biotoxin while investigating the death of an intruder at Quantico.
10.30 Riptide. (Mdlv, R) A man disappears while surfing.
11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.
12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
6.00 The Drum.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.
8.00 Utopia. (PG) Tony is frozen out by the minister.
8.30 Gruen. Wil Anderson and a panel of experts analyse the advertising industry and consumerism.
9.10 Gold Diggers. (Premiere, Mls)
Two sisters search for rich husbands.
9.35 Queen Of Oz. (Mals) Georgie’s brother Freddie arrives from London.
10.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R)
10.45 ABC Late News.
11.00 The Business. (R)
11.20 The School That Tried To End Racism. (PG, R)
12.20 Miniseries: Small Axe. (Madl, R)
1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30
7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 History Of The Sitcom: Escaping Reality. (Malvw) Explores sitcoms as the ultimate comedy comfort food.
8.25 Rainbow Warrior: Murder In The Pacific. Part 1 of 3. Takes a look the bombing of Greenpeace’s flagship RainbowWarriorin 1985.
9.20 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5. Pau to Laruns. 163km mountain stage. From France.
2.05 Cheyenne & Lola. (Mlsv, R)
4.20 Food Safari Water. (PGa, R)
4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven Local News.
6.30 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 Animals Aboard With Dr Harry. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Dr Harry Cooper.
8.30 Accused. (MA15+a) An ageing rock star attempts to cement his musical legacy while trying to prevent his troubled son from unraveling.
9.30 The Front Bar. (M) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
10.30 The Latest: Seven News.
11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Mystery Of The Homestead Murders. (MA15+av, R) A look at the murders of Mick and Sue Lewis.
12.15 The Goldbergs. (PGl, R)
2.00 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 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) Ordinary Australians become travel critics, experiencing a week-long resort holiday with a cultural twist in the tropical island paradise of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa.
8.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 3. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGa) It is a fiesta of alfresco cooking in Cactus Country as the amateur cooks put their skills to the test.
8.40 Riptide. (Mlv) Alison’s suspicions grow after learning that Sean argued on the beach with his son Ethan.
9.40 So Help Me Todd. (PGd) Margaret must represent a former employee accused of using the club to smuggle drugs.
10.30 FBI. (Masv, R) The team investigates a series of assaults.
11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.
12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
6.00 The Drum.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 A Life In Ten Pictures: Bruce Lee. (PGln) A look at Bruce Lee’s life in 10 pictures.
8.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) Hosted by Chris Moller.
9.40 One Plus One: The Elders. Dan Bourchier chats with Aunty Fay Clayton Moseley.
10.10 Art Works. (R)
10.40 ABC Late News.
10.55 The Business. (R)
11.10 The Black Hand. (MA15+v, R)
12.10 Beyond The Towers. (MA15+a, R)
1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30
7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Inside Sydney Airport: Training. (M) A passenger is found travelling with a gun.
8.30 Devil’s Confession: Lost Eichmann Tapes: Dealing With The Devil. Part 3 of 3. Gideon Hausner surprises Eichmann and the court by presenting a full transcript of the Sassen Tapes.
9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque. 145km mountain stage. From France.
1.50 Dignity. (Ma, R)
3.40 Food Safari Water. (PGa, R)
4.40 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven Local News.
6.30 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 Highway Patrol Special: Cops Tell All. (Mal, R) A look behind the scenes of the show.
8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) The fourth set of semi-finalists try to impress the judges and earn a place in the grand final.
10.30 The Latest: Seven News.
11.00 Fantasy Island. (Ma) A jilted bride arrives on the island in her wedding dress.
12.00 MOVIE: Dying On The Edge. (2001, Msv, R) John Heard.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
2.00 Full House. 2.30 Raymond. 3.00 MacGyver.
4.00 The Nanny. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of
Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30
MOVIE:
6.00 Nine News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 19. Wests Tigers v Cronulla Sharks. From CommBank Stadium, Sydney.
9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis of the Wests Tigers versus Cronulla Sharks clash.
10.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 4.
From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGa) Amateur cooks compete.
8.40 The First Inventors: Navigating The Future. (PG) Part 4 of 4. Takes a look at how Indigenous knowledge is developing lifesaving medicines.
9.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.
10.40 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) A woman is raped by a mobster.
11.30 The Project. (R)
12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
No.
To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.
ACROSS
1 Feudal workers (5)
4 Assumes the worst (9)
9 Awe-inspiring (7)
10 Progress (7)
11 Yellowish-green colour (4,5)
12 Body of troops (5)
13 Film special effects (acronym) (3)
14 Insect before butterfly
16 Agreement (11)
19 Type of fish (3)
20 Former US president (5)
22 Man-made (9)
25 Refractory (7)
26 Visuals (7)
27 Named for office (9)
28 Support (5)
DOWN
1 Actress, – Sarandon (5)
2 Armed resistance to authority (9)
3 Throw (5)
4 Ostensible reason (7)
5 Reading or copying machine (7) 6 Insulting (9) 7
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begun, bruin, brume, burg, burin, burn, burning, ennui, enuring, erbium, grub, gunmen, gunner, imbrue, imbue, inure, menu, numb, number, NUMBERING, numbing, ruin, ruing, rumen, rune, rung, umber, urge, urine
No. 139
Y R S H U F F S A L L A H S T O K E T R U E D Y A R D S
1 Which of the world’s rivers runs through the most countries?
2 Which superhero disguises himself as a reporter for the fictional DailyPlanet newspaper?
3 Which Australian author released their debut novel, MonkeyGrip, in 1977?
4 What genus of primate has the scientific name papa?
5 The de facto head of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the archbishop and ecumenical patriarch of where?
6 In what year was the Republic of Türkiye established?
7 How many member states currently comprise the European Union?
8 What is the majority language of the city of Brussels, Belgium?
9 What does the dutch word ‘handschoenen’ mean?
10 What is the musical stage name of US actor Donald Glover (pictured)?
Prepare to unleash your creativity because Bendigo Community Bank Sunshine Coast is presenting an exciting opportunity to make a mark on the Sunshine Coast.
Starting from 1 July, the bank will be accepting annual sponsorship applications.
Bendigo Community Bank Sunshine Coast offers sponsorships to local organisations, enabling them to carry out valuable activities that contribute to the growth and unity of our community.
The sponsorships are made possible by reinvesting up to 80 per cent of our profits back into the communities we serve. In the previous financial year, sponsorships ranged from $500,000 to $1000.
Additionally, branch managers have the ability to spread joy in their communities by providing Fairy Dust funding of up to $1000 at their discretion. To date, the Bendigo Community Banks of Tewantin-Noosa, Cooroy, and Marcoola have given back over $2.9 million through the Profit With Purpose model.
Recent initiatives have been truly remarkable. They have extended financial support to local groups and events such as the Sunny Coast Showdown, Noosa Alive, Peregian Digital Hub Meet Up events, Permaculture Noosa’s Community Pavilion, Noosa Community Gardens’ pathways, and the upcoming Pomona King of the Mountain.
By nurturing community spirit and fostering connections among people of all ages and abilities, these endeavours exemplify the profound impact of community sponsorship.
Moreover, they play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of lives by providing essential funding for training and equipment to nearly all Surf Lifesaving Clubs from Noosa to Mudjimba.
The Noosa Coast Guard, an unwavering protector of community safety on the water 24/7, experienced immense relief when the
Bendigo Community Bank Sunshine Coast stepped in as the major sponsor. Through a three-year commitment to support this indispensable service, the bank has demonstrated its unwavering dedication to preserving the well-being of the community.
However, it’s important to remember that involvement extends beyond financial assistance. They strive to build enduring partnerships. Bendigo Community Bank Sunshine Coast invests in projects that align with core values of community, sustainability, and inclusivity. So, as you prepare your application, allow your passion to shine through. Demonstrate how your project resonates with the bank’s vision of a brighter, more interconnected community.
For more information, reach out to Kerryn Vincart, Branch Manager at Bendigo Community Bank Tewantin-Noosa, on 0493 103 159 or visit sunnycoastcommunityconnection.com. au
War on waste
Noosa Council is taking proactive and aggressive steps in our war on waste as we know our landfill accounts for 63 per cent of our council emissions.
Council has recently purchased a machine which will ensure around 50 tonnes of polystyrene will be spared from landfill annually. The upcoming arrival of our new Expanded Polystyrene Thermal Compaction Unit at our Eumundi Road waste facility follows a successful six-month trial of the recycling technology using a smaller machine.
Processing polystyrene in-house will save council more than $380,000 annually in costs associated with landfilling of this material. It makes good business sense as the machine will more than pay for itself in less than six months, and we’re conserving space in our new landfill cell while helping reduce the environmental impact of polystyrene waste.
We are hoping to have the new machine up and running in August.
Speaking of reducing landfill, well done to the Noosa and Sunshine Coast communities for their support of the Give a Sheet for the Planet event recently. The two local government areas dropped off a combined 1.5 tonnes of linen for recycling by BlockTexx and 2.8 tonnes of clothes to be given new life through Vinnies. This important re-use and recycling initiative is helping keep tonnes of linen and clothing from needlessly being sent to landfill.
Reducing emissions
With the support of Yarra Energy Founda-
tion and Zero Emissions Noosa, council has secured a $500,000.00 federal government Batteries for Household Solar grant towards setting up one of the state’s first community batteries here in Noosa Shire. Attached to the power grid it will soak up the excess energy fed into the grid by residents’ solar panels during the day and then export it back to the grid at
night to reduce local homes’ reliance on coal power at night. Ultimately by flooding the local network with renewable power at night, it will work toward reducing the shire’s emissions.
Transport initiatives
A reminder to make the most of our free weekend buses- part of our Go Noosa Transport
Program. Enjoy getting around our shire without the hassle of parking. Free weekend buses include Translink services- 626, 627, 628, 629 and 632 covering Tewantin, Sunshine Beach, Sunrise Beach, Noosa Heads, Parklands, Noosa Junction, Noosaville, Cooran, Cooroy, and Pomona. Please download the My Translink app or call 13 12 30 for timetable information.
Community support
Over the past few years, Noosa Council has supported our wonderful community groups with record funding through our grants program. In our latest grants round, 15 different community projects, events, infrastructure, and programs will share in $140,000 during this round of funding which is a wonderful boost for so many of our community groups who do so much work for our community. Added to this, six local creative industries projects have also received a cash boost, sharing in over $36,000.00 as part of our latest Regional Arts Development Fund. Finally, last weekend’s horrific attack on one of our much-loved community members has shocked and saddened us all. On behalf of all councillors and Noosa Council, I extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Mr Kerr. There is no doubt this senseless loss of one of our residents has had a profound impact on many in our community as was evident by the hundreds and hundreds of people who gathered together this past Sunday to walk in memory of Mr Kerr. David Knechtli, thank you for bringing our community together. It was a morning which reminded us of the strength we have when we unite as one.
David McCready (Letters 22 June) asks why an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is required to be enshrined in the Constitution when there are existing mechanisms for Indigenous input, such as the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA).
To my mind, the answer is simple. A Constitutional Voice would permanently enshrine the right to be consulted. In contrast, even a cursory review of history shows that since 1973, a variety of Indigenous consultation models have been established at the whim of a particular governing party, and have been disbanded when such consultative bodies did not comply with the expectations of their political master, whether of the left or the right.
I do not claim deep historical expertise, and nor do I claim to speak on behalf of First Nations’ peoples. However the following brief record of previous consultative bodies explains why I will be votingYes for theVoice which will establish a clear and permanent right to consultation embedded in the Constitution.
In 1973, the Whitlam Labor government established the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee (NACC). Once elected, the Fraser Liberal government threatened to cut off funds to the body if it did not behave as “advisory” and in 1977 abolished the NACC and created its own National Aboriginal Conference.
Rather than being empowered with a broad mandate to speak on important issues, NAC’s charter only allowed it to consider questions referred to it by the minister.
After the Hawke Labor government won government in 1983, Minister Clyde Holding strongly supported land rights legislation. However, due to strong pressure from the WA mining and pastoral lobby, the Hawke government did not proceed with this measure. The
NAC openly opposed Hawke’s back down and in July 1983, Labor announced an inquiry into NAC. Unsurprisingly, in 1985, the report commissioned by Minister Holding recommended the abolition of the NAC in its entirety.
In 1986, Gerry Hand, recommended the creation of a new body to advise the government, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), which Labor established in 1989.
The Liberals under John Howard cut budgets for organisations funded through ATSIC, and John Howard claimed that “ the experiment in elected representation for Indigenous people has been a failure“. However, a report by Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma in 2008, concluded that “government rarely sought advice from ATSIC and rarely adopted
it when it was offered”.
In 2004, with the support of Labor, Howard abolished ATSIC and announced it would be replaced by an “appointed advisory body of distinguished Indigenous people”. The National Indigenous Council ran from 2004 to 2008 but had little support from Indigenous Australians. In 2013, the then Prime Minister Tony Abbot established the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, with an advisory role to provide advice to government on Indigenous affairs.
Come 2019 and the National Indigenous Affairs Agency is created.
To return to David McCready’s question, there are several fundamental differences between the Voice and the NIAA, according to the RMIT Fact Checking site.
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Firstly, the NIAA is an internal agency accountable to the executive government.
The proposed Voice, on the other hand, is an independent body that sits outside of both the executive and parliament. Secondly, the NIAA can only advise the executive government, while in contrast the proposed Voice can advise both the executive and parliament.
Thirdly, the NIAA is not an entirely Indigenous organisation, whereas the proposed Voice would be composed entirely of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Lastly, like so many before it, the NIAA can be abolished by an executive order, while the proposed Voice would have its existence guaranteed by being enshrined in the Constitution.
I hope this brief review helps Mr McCready with his question.
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There are many good cover bands around the Sunshine Coast.
But there’s only one that focuses on UK and US hits from the ‘70s and ‘80s - classic songs not overplayed on hits and memories radioand that’s Noosa’s very own five-piece, tightsound band The Claptomaniacs.
If material from the likes of Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller Band, Travelling Wilburys, Joe Cocker, Rolling Stones, Hollies, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel and many more hit your soft spot, then head down to Tewantin Noosa RSL on Saturday 1 July at 8pm - and remember to put your dancing shoes on.
It’s not that they don’t like Aussie music - it’s just there’s so many others already doing itand good on ’em.
The RSL Bistro serves up a good meal and can get very busy when The Claptomaniacs play - so best to make a table booking, on 5447 1766.
Visit facebook/Claptomaniacs for more details - and join their 1000-plus followers.
Association of Independent Retirees (AIR) Noosa Branch Annual General Meeting is on Thursday 13 July at 10am at the Function Room, Villa Noosa Hotel, Noosaville. Speaker is Wayne Strandquist, AIR National president. Register by email: airnoosasecretary@gmail. com or phone 0478 479 049 www.facebook. com/AIRNoosa. Visitors welcome.
The next Noosa Women’s Shed meeting will be held at 1.30pm Saturday 1 July at Noosa Community Support Centre, 11 Wallace Rd, Noosaville. Formoreinformationvisitnoosawomensshed. com.au
The next meeting of the Tewantin Noosa Garden Club will be held on Monday 10 July at the Tinbeerwah Hall Sunrise Road at 1.30pm. Guest speakers will be June Copeman and Erika Hacket from the Noosa Community Gardens. Plant sales raffles competition table and afternoon tea. Learn more about gardening and enjoy friendship . Guests welcome. For further information contact Len 0417604889.
We will be launching a new group inviting all enthusiasts of classical music to experience their favourite programs on a big screen with a fantastic sound system in a great setting at the Tewantin U3A each Wednesday 10.30am –12.30pm starting 26 July. Interested? Call Barry 0478 837 708 or email barry.henze@gmail.com
The next meeting of the Tewantin-Noosa RSL Women’s Auxiliary will be held on Friday 7 July at the Tewantin-Noosa RSL at 10.30am. All members, friends and new members welcome. Please phone Kay 5447 5042.
Red CrossTewantin Noosa Branch annual general meeting will be held on Friday 21 July at 9.30am at Tewantin Noosa RSL. Contact Julie for more information on 0407 571 282.
MEN’S SHED
The Noosa Men’s Shed provides a venue for the men of Noosa to gather in an environment of “mateship“. It aims to advance the health, well being and social inclusion based on individual interests of the members. The Shed also offers facilities and support for many activities: woodwork, metalwork, gardening, arts studio, music, hobbies (leatherwork, technology, amateur radio), health and wellbeing, bee keeping, aquaponics and hydroponics.
It opens Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 12pm at Rotary Lane off Wallum Lane, Noosa Springs. To join visit or call on 0402 595 094 to have a chat.
PHOTO CLUB
We meet on the second Monday of each month at Uniting Church Hall, 6 Grasstree Court Sunrise Beach at 7pm. The club comprises all levels of expertise form novice to professional. The night comprises a guest speaker, supper
The Claptomaniacs.
and our monthly critique of member’s work. Visitors welcome.
NOOSA U3A FRIDAY TALKS
U3A Noosa Friday Talks are held at 1.30 pm at U3A, 64 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin. Full details available on U3A website u3anoosa.com.au/ or phone 5440 5500.
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Exhibition: REFLECTIONS: Opening by Sandy Bolton Saturday 15 July, 10 am with music and refreshments. Pop-up cafe 15 and 16 July. Members will be exhibiting their arts and crafts through to Friday 28 July.
Workshops: Decoupage with Pam Taylor: Saturday 1 July, 9 am – 3 pm.
Outside the box - construction and colour with Charlotte Wensley: Saturday and Sunday 29 and 30 July, 9 am – 4 pm.
Pen and wash 2 (advanced) with Lizzie Connor: Starting Tuesday 1 August for 4 weeks, 9 am – 12 noon.
Abstraction with Jenny Hines: Saturday and Sunday 12 and 13 August, 10 am – 3 pm. To book events phone 5474 1211, email create@ noosaartsandcrafts.org.au or visit noosaartsandcrafts.org.au
PROBUS NOOSA RIVER
Our club offers many activities: art, craft, book club, canasta, coffee mornings, creative writing, golf, lunch outings, Mah-jong, Scrabble, theatre (local and Brisbane), walking trips, ukulele and wine appreciation Nights. Monthly meetings are on the first Monday of each month at the Girraween Sports Complex Clubhouse (Entrance off roundabout adjacent Eenie Creek Rd and Langura St) at 9am. Call 0410 687 639.
CLASSICAL MUSIC GROUP
We meet in a private home in Noosaville every Thursday at 2pm and we either watch a Classical Music DVD or listen to a Classical Music CD. Why not give us a try? There is no charge but I ask for a $2 donation for afternoon tea and biscuits. For more information please 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. 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.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Tewantin Noosa Meals on Wheels requires more volunteers for local deliveries and kitchen assistants. We provide a high standard of meals to those in our community requiring our service, which is only possible through the generosity of volunteers like you. As a volunteer driver, vouchers are available toward petrol costs. Contact the office on 5449 7659 or email tnmow@bigpond.com
NOOSA PROBUS 2010
Noosa 2010 Combined PROBUS is a great club for retired men and women who love going on bus trips, having coffee, lunches, dinner
outings, weekly walks, yoga, theatre, garden outings and an interesting monthly speaker. Meetings are held at the Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club, 65 Hilton Tce, Tewantin on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9am. For details phone Barbara on 0491 354 054.
MEET YOUR NOOSA JPS
The JPs in the community programme is a valuable voluntary community service. If you are a Justice of the Peace or Commissioner for Declarations living in our Noosa region and would like to volunteer your services a few hours a month at our JP signing centres or to just learn about the JPs in the Community programme, branch forums, workshops and social activities, please email Deb Davis at deborah.davis007@gmail.com
Noosa Beefsteak and Burgundy club meet on the third Wednesday evening of the month at a different local restaurant for good food, wine and fellowship. We invite couples or singles to join us. Further information contact John Dicker on 0414 323 266.
We meet for coffee every Saturday 10am at the Sunshine Beach Surf Club, where we plan our weekly lunches and picnics. Couples and singles most welcome. Please phone Noeline on 5474 5231 for details.
TOASTMASTERS
Do you have a message you would like to share with the world? Or maybe you’d like to improve your confidence when speaking in public. We are a supportive public speaking club dedicated to improving your confidence and creativity in a safe environment. Our meetings are every 2nd and 4th Mon- day of the month, from 6.30-8.30pm at the CWA Hall, Tewantin. The first two visits are free. For more information email noosatoastmasters@gmail.com
Tewantin Noosa National Seniors group meets at Tewantin RSL Club on the third Thursday of each month at 10.30am. We offer outings, social gatherings, information sharing and friendship. All welcome. Please contact Jenny Clarke on 0414 804 988 for more information.
Come and join us , we are a community choir singing beautiful, joyful songs from around the world in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.We meet Tuesdays at our changed time of 3.30 till 5pm at the CWA hall in Eumundi. All levels of ability accepted and no auditions. For more information call Joan on 0419517869.
Do you love to sing? Why not join us in 2023? It is a non auditioned choir. No need to read music, although an advantage. We particularly need more tenors and basses. For more information visit noosachorale.org. au or email your interest or questions to us noosachorale@ gmail.com
Tune in Noosa FM 101.3 or stream live on noosafm.org for local updates and Great Music for a Great Community. Noosa’s community radio
station is committed to developing local talents.
Are you a retiree seeking new interests? New challenges? New friends?
We offer all three and more at the Tewantin Noosa Probus Club. We meet at the RSL on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 10am for morning tea ($6). Meetings start at 10.30 with an interesting guest speaker. Following meetings, we have a game of trivia and most members stay on for lunch. During the month, we have walks by the river, barbecues, lunches, outings to places of interest, movie mornings and book club. We play mah-jong and rummikub - lessons are free. We invite you to join us. Phone Christine on 5442 7397 or visit probustewantinnoosa.au
Life drawing every Tuesday morning at the Uniting Church hall, 41 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin, from 9am-12.30pm. A new model is available every week and cost is $25 per session. Beginners and established artists welcome. Just come and enjoy the challenge. Contact Giuliana De Witts for more info.julianadewitts@ gmail.com
Weekly roster for Tewantin-Noosa
Meals on Wheels beginning Monday 3 July 2023
Monday Drivers: Rotary D’ Break, Tony, Jerry, Gail, Driver needed E run, Driver needed F run, Patricia, Ian, Jason, Robyn, Francis
Kitchen: Denise, Jenny, Ruth
Tuesday Drivers: Luc, Darryl, Tania and Friends, Margaret and Jill, Driver needed E run, Graeme C, Barani and Peter, Amy, Simone, Donna
Kitchen: Christine, Ann
Wednesday Drivers: Martina, Trish and Karen, Alan and Cynthia, Kevin (end), Jan and Bryan, Paul, Elsa, Kath and Melody, Simone, John and Helen, Driver needed K run
Kitchen: Denise, Christine, Jerry, John, Judy
Thursday Drivers: Kyle, Peter, Darryl, Donna and Julie, Margo and Jim, John E, Kerryn and Stuart, Martin, Martina, Sharon and Mal
Kitchen: Donal, Vicki, Sharon, Claire, Loz
You can also check the roster on our website mealsonwheels-tewantinnoosa.org.au
If you are unavailable or can do an extra run, please phone the kitchen on 5449 7659. We are looking for drivers and kitchen volunteers.
It was all beers, cheers and good vibes at the 2023 Hinterland Craft Beer Festival at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi on Saturday 24 June.
Imperial Hotel and Eumundi Brewery manager Mike Brockley said he was thrilled with the roll-up, which saw a line-up of 10 local breweries, a gin bar, food trucks and an afternoon of fun-filled entertainment and live music.
“This was our fifth annual beer fest, and the roll-up was out best yet,” Mike said.
“It was terrific to see beer-lovers converge in Eumundi to sample and discover new craft beers and meet and share stories with the impressive line-up of brewers on the day,” he said.
The festival showcased brewers and brews from Heads of Noosa Brewing Co, Copperhead Brewery, Boiling Pot Brewing Co, Moffat Beach Brewing Co, Sunshine Brewery, Your Mates Brewing Co, Noosa Hinterland Brewing Co, Matso’s Brewery, Terella Brewing and resident hosts Eumundi Brewery. There was also a popup gin bar serving up Eumundi Distillers’ Folktale gins.
The festival buzzed throughout the afternoon and into the evening, with a live music line-up that saw Bud Rokesky, Benny O, and Kurilpa Reach take to the stage. Spinning wax and playing tracks, The Imperial Hotel resident Vinyl DJs played sets to keep festival-goers grooving throughout the afternoon
Roving performers had guests laughing, and guests of all age ages enjoyed the raft of old skool pub games.
A one-time Maroochydore brothel owner who was the first woman jailed as part of the Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption, has released an adults-only book revealing her time in the sex industry.
Suzy Thwaites, who also had establishments in Brisbane and northern NSW, tells of corruption at the highest levels, standover bikies, verbal and physical abuse, thieving staff and partners, and even a murder.
She also had a “very scary run-in” with a Noosa man.
“He was dealing in steroids and God only knows what else. I didn’t want to know and neither did I care,” she said.
“After several calls and threats from him I told him straight that if he came near me again, I would blow his f…..g head off.”
In addition to giving a revealing look into the day-to-day operations of a brothel, the book, The Price of Sin, tells of Suzy being caught up in the 1987-89 Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption that resulted in the resignation of long-term National Party Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen and the imprisonment of Police Commissioner Terry Lewis.
Lewis, who died last month aged 95, was convicted on corruption and forgery charges and was released in 2002 after serving more than 10 years in prison.
In another twist, the Queensland Government announced in April that sex work would be decriminalised.
But it was too late for Suzy as her businesses in Queensland were never legal and she had to stay one step ahead of the law.
She says there were countless raids on her premises in Bradman Avenue, Maroochydore.
“My little illegal house operated in the very same street as the old police station,” she recalls. Then along came a “friendly” policeman who offered an out for Suzy’s business after several raids, “a full-on police ambush”, as she calls it. “He offered a deal to raid the premises every six weeks or so and ar-
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rest one of the girls and fine her,” Suzy says.
“That would be it. I could keep operating.”
That arrangement came under the spotlight of the Fitzgerald Inquiry.
“We were all walking on eggshells,” she says. Inquiry officers contacted the owner of the
building housing Suzy’s premises and told him he would be arrested if he didn’t throw her out.
Then Suzy was arrested after investigators filmed her premises and tapped her phones.
“It was my fault for doing a deal with the cops in the first place,” she says.
Following the success of Too Much Space and being a Toyota Star Maker grand finalist, Noosa artist Sari Abbott continues to kick goals with her new single, Feels Like Home.
The single, released on 26 May, has been added to ABC Country, ABC’s Grass Roots program, Australian Country Radio, had airplay on KIX Country, ABC Sunshine Coast, Sea FM, Zinc FM, and has enjoyed four weeks on the AMRAP Regional Chart thanks to support from community radio across the nation.
Sari is again a finalist 2023 Gympie Music Muster Talent Search and Green Brothers Peter Blundell Memorial Country on Keppel Talent Search, Feels Like Home is an anthem for all music festivals.
Feels Like Home, was born at a music festival when the Sunshine Coast singer-songwriter was sitting around a fire with friends singing and playing their guitars, and no one wanted to go back home.
“Sitting in that circle of friends, it really hit me that the next time I was going to see all these people wouldn’t be until the next music festival, and being with them all in that moment felt like home,” Sari said.
“I then took my pencilled lyrics to a Song Culture workshop at Queensland University of Technology and got put in a group with James Johnston, Jared Adlam, and Nolan Wynne. I told them I had this idea, but wasn’t completely sold on what I’d written so far and wanted to make it 100 per cent what I wanted to say.”
After working on the song with the team of fellow artists, they recorded half of it on the day and later finished it off with Jared Adlam at his studio in the Gold Coast hinterland and features James Johnston on backing vocals.
“I am so happy with it and I want people to be able to listen to the song and allow it to take them back to moment in time where they may of felt the same,” Sari said.
“You’re sitting around a fire with mates,
Noosa artist Sari Abbott continues to kick goals with her new single, Feels Like Home.
chatting about the awesome night you’ve had and your mate is playing guitar - if you close your eyes, you can picture that.”
Sari said she wanted her songs and music to take people to a moment or memory.
“The main message for this song is that sometimes a group of people feels more like home than a place,” she said.
“It was the same when I was at The Acad-
emy (of Country Music), I wasn’t homesick at all, because those friends feel like home and when you go camping or hanging with mates, it doesn’t matter where you are, you feel safe and happy.”
The Noosa artist would love Feels Like Home to become an anthem for a festival because it sums up all those feelings of togetherness and a love of music.
She was charged with “owning and operating a bawdy house”.
Suzy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in jail, but unexpectedly eight weeks into her sentence she was released.
“The whole thing was really a political sham. They did get most of the corrupt police, but many walked away scot-free. My book is the first written by an actual player involved in the joke.”
She decided to leave Queensland for NSW where she could work legally. And that’s where more problems arose. But that’s for another book.
The Price of Sin is available on Amazon.
The next First Sunday in the Gardens event at Noosa Botanic Gardens, on July 2, is going to feature something new and special.
As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, a special Guided Bush Tucker Walk has been organised, hosted by local Gubbi Gubbi woman Lisa Powell, who will take participants on a journey of discovery through the gardens to showcase some of its bush tucker plants, explaining their cultural significance and uses.
The hour-long walk starts at 9am and costs $15 ($10 for Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens members). Bookings are essential and can be made through noosabotanicgardensfriends. com/events, or visit the Friends’ Facebook page.
Meanwhile, the coffee van will again be stationed down by the poincianas to fuel visitors with their morning caffeine hit before Jay Bishoff, Andy Higgins and friends start the music up - and the gardens’ botanically exotic Shade Garden, right next to the poincianas, will be open from 9am to midday.
It’s all set to be another marvellous morning for all your senses. Bring a chair or ground rug for the music, and a hat and walking shoes for the Bush Tucker Walk.
If the weather looks potentially inclement for the day, check on noosabotanicgardensfriends.com or the Friends’ Facebook page the day before for updated advice on any cancellations.
Noosa Alive! festival is offering up a feast of fabulous literary events, including a newly announced literary breakfast at Noosa Springs, on Monday 24 July, with 14-time Walkley award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie.
He’s the author of Crossing the Line - the inside story behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines and an explosive expose and testament to the power of investigative journalism.
In 2018 Ben Roberts-Smith, one of Australia’s most decorated war heroes, sued Fairfax Media in response to a series of articles published by the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times, written by journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters.
What followed was dubbed the defamation trial of the century. McKenzie and Masters set out to prove that the allegations of murder, bullying and intimidation published were substantially true and that Roberts-Smith was not defamed. Roberts-Smith denied it all.
In a landmark judgement, Justice Besanko recently delivered a win for Fairfax Media Publications, dismissing the proceedings and ruling that the newspapers had proven the substantial truth of the majority of allegations against Robert-Smith.
Since serving soldiers raised concerns about Ben Roberts-Smith, McKenzie has been there every step of the way - gathering evidence, gaining the trust of serving soldiers and travelling to Afghanistan to witnesses. In Crossing the Line, he details the years of work that finally led to a victory for the media.
Nick McKenzie is one of the nation’s most decorated investigative journalists, having been named Australian Journalist of the Year on four separate occasions. Over two decades, he has worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners program, Nine’s 60 Minutes and The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers. His reporting spans politics, defence, foreign affairs, the criminal justice system, corporate crime and social affairs. He has been awarded the coveted Walk-
ley Awards for Journalism a record 14 times.
Breakfast with Dr Norman Swan author of So you want to live younger longer? What a great start to your day. Join Norman for a delightful breakfast and conversation at Noosa Springs, Golf and Spa Resort on Friday 28 July from 8am.
The ultimate guide on what you can do at any age to stay young and healthy longer, from Australia’s trusted, straight-talking doctor and broadcaster, Dr Norman Swan, bestselling author of So You Think You Know What’s Good for You?
Many of us dream of staying as young as
possible as long as possible, whether we’re in our 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s or even 80s, and there’s a growing Conga line of products and people offering you just that dream. The dilemma is which of the pills, mental and physical exercise programs, diets and superfoods actually work?
Some of them do help to keep us young, healthy and living longer, others are a downright waste of money. So how do you know what and who to trust?
No matter what your age, So you want to live younger longer? gives you the information you need to make your own choices without wasting your time and money or even missing a nice dinner because you might be on a diet that is getting you nowhere.
We can live younger, longer – at any age –we’ve just got to know what to do.
Join Anna Funder in conversation on Thursday 27 July at The J Theatre in Noosa, regarding her new book Wifedom– Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life. Compelling and utterly original, Wifedom speaks to the unsung work of women everywhere today, while offering a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the 20th century. It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past.
And don’t miss lunch with Sophie Green on Tuesday 25 July at Whisky Boy in Noosaville for an exclusive preview of her new book, Weekend with the Sunshine Gardening Society to be published on the 23 August. Set in Noosa, the book is a warm, uplifting story of female friendship, community and new beginnings from the beloved Sophie Green, the top 10 bestselling author of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and The Bellbird River Country Choir. Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names.
For more information or to book tickets, visit noosaalive.com.au If you require assistance with your booking, call 0403 731 532.
By Abbey Cannan
The Tuesday Club at Noosa Golf Club recently gathered 222 golfers for their inaugural charity day, raising more than $7000 for the Noosa Prostate Association.
The two-person Ambrose event collected much needed funds for the association led by secretary and treasurer Richard Bennet.
Event organiser Derek Connolly said, “We would like to thank our sponsors who kindly donated some terrific prizes.”
“Hotel Laguna, Munna Beach Resort, The Rise Noosa, GTs Bar and Restaurant, The NHSC Restaurant, Pandanus Palms Apartments North Stradbroke Island, Bridgestone Select, Noosa Heads Brewery, Harbourside Hats, DC Limousines, Treasury Wines, Sharp Sunshine Coast, Pomona IGA, Resort News and Noosa Springs Spa and Golf Resort.
“Without these organisations this day would not be possible.”
Noosa Prostate Association (NPA) is a lo-
cal organisation formed in late 2017, which concentrates on increasing awareness of, and fundraising for prostate cancer.
“Our funds go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA), the peak body in Australia for Prostate Cancer,” Richard said.
“PCFA focus on increasing awareness of prostate cancer and the need for PSA testing, offering support to sufferers of prostate cancer, and their families, and funding of research into finding a solution for this insidious disease.”
To date the NPA has raised $480,000 and hope to reach $750,000 with the help of this year’s lunch event in August.
Whilst all 300 tickets for the event at the surf club has sold, the committee recognise that the only way to reach its goal is to attract donations for the cause.
Donations are being sought from the community. To donate visit the website at Noosapa.com
222 golfers for their inaugural charity
From sport to dancing or walks there’s plenty of ways to get active in Noosa.
CROQUET
Every Sunday morning is Come and Try Day at the Club in Noosa Waters attractive grounds in Seashell Place. In this weather what a great way to spend a couple of hours. Be at the Club by 8.15am where experienced trainers will help you understand what this strategic game is all about. And remember our offer – four free lessons before you need to think about joining. For further information ring Niven on 0428799987.
PLAY TENNIS
Fit tennis players required for singles and doubles play during the week and weekends. Squash and tennis players needed Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Call Karen on 0412 485 411.
MAGZ JAZZ
Increase strength, flexibility, energy and wellbeing with dance and exercise classes for adults. Learn fun new dance moves to inspired music. Keeps body moving, mind agile and spirit lifted. Tuesday mornings in Eumundi, 9.30-11am. Please contact Margaret 0425 269 988.
INDOOR BOWLS
Noosa Indoor Carpet Bowls Club would love to welcome new members to join us each Friday morning at the Leisure Centre in Wallace Drive, Noosaville. No experience necessary and lots of fun to be had. Play starts at 9am till 11am. Please contact Pam 0407 493 402.
NOOSA FOLK DANCERS
You’re invited to come and try sessions, first one free. Experience traditional and modern, easy and moderate dances from countries around the world, on Fridays from 10-11.45am at the Catholic Parish Hall, Moorindil Street, Tewantin. We are a unique and welcoming group providing physical and social well-being through world dance. Phone Philippa on 0417
780 016 or just come along. Wear comfortable shoes.
TAP DANCING
Come and join the fabulous foot percussionists at the Uniting Church Hall, every Thursday from 5-6pm. This is an intermediate class suitable for those with some training. A beginners’ class is on Thursdays, from 2.15-3.15pm, please ring or just turn up. Phone Helen on 0448 621 788.
SUNDAY DANCE
Dance lessons are on Sundays atTewantin Masonic Hall, Moorindil St. Lessons begin with basic dance steps, waltz, then old time, New Vogue, ballroom dances and a little Latin. We run through to 4pm. Lots of fun and dancing, including a 20 minute tea/coffee break to so-
cialise. Singles or couples can attend. Call first or just rock up. Phone Andrew 0429 829 328 or visit andrewsclassdance.com
SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING AT POMONA
Every Tuesday evening from 7-9.30pm Pat and Norm Young organise a social evening at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall. Cost is $4. It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide New Vogue as well as Old Time Dancing. Come and see if you will enjoy it or phone 0407 456 939.
FITBARRE
Classes for adults based on ballet. Improve your posture, tone and tighten your muscles with this total mind and body conditional workout while enjoying classical music. Classes are on Mondays andWednesdays 9-10.30am
(Intermediate level), Thursday 5-5.50pm (Beginners), Friday 9-10am (All levels) at Performing Arts Factory, 2/6-8 Rene St, Noosaville. Phone Angelika on 0488 088 633.
PICKLEBALL
A sport for everybody. It’s fun, social, and easy to learn. All ages welcome. Come and try by contacting freelesson@noosapickleballclub. com and start something new today.
MOTORCYCLING
Motorcyclists around Noosa meet for a regular ride on the firstThursday of each month. Rides of about 200km start at 9am from Noosa, with a snack stop enroute. Thanks for your interest and we look forward to riding with you. Just email noosabonneville@optusnet.com.au for details of the next ride.
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New Zealand endurance rider and horse breeder Ashley Cole came to Imbil on a mission - to take home the Tom Quilty Gold Cup.
Riding nine-year-old Arab stallion Tonki Dee Boo Novak, it was a matter of mission accomplished as Ashley crossed the 160km finish line in a time of eight hours, 44 minutes, 54 seconds.
From the Coromandel region of the North Island, Ashley was among almost 200 riders who competed in Australia’s premier endurance horse event.
The 2023 Tom Quilty was held at Stirling’s Crossing Equestrian Centre at Imbil, in the Mary Valley.
Catherine Bailey of Bullio Razorback Arabians at Orange, NSW, was second, riding Razorback Targayen, and Nikki Sample of Stirlings Crossing Endurance at Imbil, was third, riding Brookleigh Danu.
Ashley and her husband, also named Ashley, run Murumuru Endurance and came across from New Zealand three months ago on a mission to specifically bring the horse to compete in the Tom Quilty Gold Cup.
“I wanted to promote him,’’ an elated but exhausted Ashley said after the event.
“I know how amazing he is but it’s a matter of proving it to the world.
“Saying that, you need the right people so that his babies will end up champions.
“To win today was particularly important, especially with the team of people we work with here in Australia.
“They have a long history with the Tom Quilty Gold Cup.
“They share our surname, Cole.
“Jolene Cole and her father, Peter, who has passed away, were both successful at the Quilty.
“Peter won the Tom Quilty Gold Cup on Tonki Dee’s grandad, Chip Chase Sadaqaknown as Wings.
“Jolene won the heavyweight division at the 2019 Tom Quilty, here at Stirling’s Crossing.
“I was told years ago by Jolene that Tonki Dee was the most reminiscent of the original Chip Chase Sadaqa.
“Driving in here I looked up and told Jolene: ‘I wonder if Wings is watching us.
“It was quite an emotional win and to take the cup back to New Zealand is fantastic.’’
Ashley has been riding horses since the age of 13.
Being born in Taumarunui, it was a real horse environment near Mount Ruapehu.
“Back in the day, everybody rode horses. You piggy-backed when you were four years old.
“I tried pony club, but it just wasn’t for me. It was too structured... or I started too late.
“Since then, I’ve read all the pony club manuals. It’s very important in endurance to ride correctly, even though we’re sometimes called ‘homeless on horseback.’
“To do things like changing trot diagonals you need to have a very balanced horse ... without having those skills you just can’t do what I did today.’’
Emma Ireland, who won the junior title at Imbil in 2019, was quick to congratulate “grandma’’ on the win, so while they are not
directly related it was a matter of keeping it in the family.
Emma finished second in the junior division this year, behind Mary Duncan on Bonnybrooke Samurai, with Dylan Stevens on Aloha Desert Thor in third place.
The Bailey family of Bullio Razorback Arabians also has a strong Tom Quilty history.
Chris’ father Andrew won the Quilty in ‘91 and ‘92, Catherine said.
“Ever since Chris left university he and his family have been working on the stud, and have more than 300 horses.’’
They now export horses across the world, including the world champion Bullio Blue Sue (Haleh) who also is linked to Chip Chase Sadaqa.
Catherine completed her first Tom Quilty last year at Tooraweenah, NSW, where she finished 11th.
This year she was very excited to finish second - on a hard track instead of the wet at Tooraweenah.
Razorback Targayen is a 10-year-old Ara-
bian Stock Horse mare that Catherine wants to take to the world championships.
“She went so fast on the early two legs.
“I was struggling to hold her back. She was very keen to go.
“Ashley‘s been training at our place for three months, so we knew what we were up against.’’
What a year it’s been for third-placed Nikki Sample.
From the birth of her and husband Matt’s baby daughter nine months ago to this result in the 160km event.
To top it off she watched as Matt’s horse stumbled during the race and fall on him.
“We were riding beside each other on loop two and every time the horse tried to get up it rolled on him.
“He was still underneath it and he was kicked in the head, so luckily he had the helmet on.
“Ashley stopped to help and so did Catherine. That really says something about the sport ... it’s one big family.’’
Nikki has been back riding since January
and this would have to be one of her greatest results.
At the 2019 Tom Quilty at Stirling’s Crossing she was equal second in the lightweight division.
“The pace on the course was exceptional.
“This was my most competitive finish.’’
· Middleweight: Ashley Cole won the middleweight division and Tom Quilty Gold Cup riding Tonki Dee Boo Novak. Second was Catherine Bailey, riding Razorback Targayen, while Nikki Sample was third, riding Brookeleigh Danu.
· Heavyweight: Luke Annetts on Churinga Taboo, first, Duncan Woodhead on San Ella Navit, second, and Allyson Taylor, riding Norfolk Park Apocalypse, third.
· Junior: Mary Duncan on Bonnybrooke Samarai, first, Emma Ireland on Bullio Maiko, second, and Dylan Stevens,
Mary and Bonnybrooke
Whilst reading up on other club’s achievements during the week, something turned my attention to junior development and how important it is in the modern game with the introduction of points systems.
More do in Noosa where we have such a transient footy population. I then watched the Lions beat St Kilda on Friday night and couldn’t not mention the performance of Noosa Junior Jack Payne keeping Saints’ young gun forward King goalless. Just a great effort!
In the last decade the Noosa Tigers have produced Jono Freeman, Jack Payne and just last year applauded as Tiger premiership player Shadeau Brain was rookie-listed by the Lions also.
And that’s just the men.
Then there’s Maggie Harmer and Bella Smith who were drafted into the AFLW with the Lions with Bella still there and from all reports pushing hard to mark her senior debut in 2023.
Add to that are three Noosa girls all now plying their trade for Maroochydore in the Premier QAFLW competition.
Kaiya Hides, Lilly Baker and Poppy Tindal are all in terrific form at senior level with all three a big part of the Brisbane Lions academy. Lilly going even one step further by being named in the Queensland Under 18s squad for this year’s national carnival. Kaiya and Poppy also with one and two years respectively to go with regard to age group.
From all at the Noosa Tigers well done girls, remember where you come from because we do and are watching your progress closely.
Only our inclusion team and senior women’s teams taking the field this weekend both at Moorooka from 3pm and 4.45pm respectively. Our senior men’s teams have a bye which in all seriousness couldn’t have come quickly enough. I must say I did think our senior boys
really fought it out against Grange last weekend which was pleasing. Media Award Votes:
5. J.Fitzpatrick.
4. R.Buntain.
3. T.Buntain.
2. W.ODwyer.
1. C.Crisp
Remember to book your tickets to our next president’s luncheon featuring Wayne ‘the dominator’ Johnston and good mate Val Perovic. Tickets are selling fast.
No juniors due to school holidays this weekend so just kick back and enjoy this stunning Noosa winter weather.
Go Tigers.
The Noosa Croquet Club Golf Croquet team has wrapped up the 2023 Pennant Sunshine Coast competition with an exciting win over the Bribie Island team. Congratulations to Galina Makarova, Aniko and Charlie Osvald and John Dark.
The big game for the pennant team arrived on June 12, when the Noosa team travelled to Bribie for what was to be the decider – either team could have won the title. And Noosa emerged victorious. A good win 7 to 3, giving Noosa the pennant flag for 2023.
On the day Galina Makarova stood out with three wins. Must be a contender for MVP for the season. Congratulations to all members of the pennant squad over the year –they have had an excellent season.
Other interclub competitions have continued, with mixed results.
The Plate team played Caloundra and went down seven games to three.The inexperienced Plate team is doing well considering
their position. Best on the day was Richard Brown who won one singles and partnered Dennis Coulter to a win in the doubles. The Plate team were due to play on 12 June but rain washed out the day. This will now be played on July 17.
Saturday July 8th from 11 am
Presidents Luncheon Guest Speaker
Wayne ‘the dominator’ Johnston with guest Val Perovic ‘tickets selling fast’
Cost - $80.00 includes beer wine and soft drinks from 11am - 1pm
Meal provided by the Noosa Heads Surf Club restaurant
The Shield team played on 5 June beating Caloundra eight games to two – a great result. James Martin had a good day with three wins. On 19 June the team hosted Nambour at Noosa and had a handy win of 7 -3. Julie Terry and Lorry Ryan both had good days winning both their singles and joining together for a win in the doubles. The team is currently in second position to Bribie island by one match but a big game/points differen-
tial due to a forfeit to Bribie by another team earlier in the year. Noosa play Bribie on July 3rd and thus need a big win.
Latest Competition news - Van der Linden Handicap Golf CroquetTrophy – 24 June. Eight competitors in a well-run hard fought afternoon, testing everyone’s knowledge of how to use extra shots. Winner of Division One was Lorry Ryan and winner of Division 2 was Will Godssall. Good to see the van der Linden trophy maintained and the handicap format providing some interest.
The Noosa Croquet Club is pleased with the renovations that the grounds have undergone over the last year. It is now six months since the work was done and the Grounds Team are very pleased with the way the courts are now playing with improved grass cover, reduction in weeds and a more level surface. The renovations were made possible by a grant from the Noosa Council and the Noosa Croquet Club wishes to express its gratitude to Noosa Council for its assistance.
3.00pm 4.45 pm Inclusion Team @ Moorooka Seniors Women’s vs Moorooka @ Moorooka
BYE - Senior Mens
Saturday July 1st at Moorooka noosatigers.com.au
Recently the Noosa Athletics Club held their awards day at the Tewantin Noosa RSL Club.
It was a successful occasion with all senior members gathering together in a relaxed atmosphere enjoying the fruits of labour for what has been a successful season.
Major award winners recognised for their excellent results during the season were Kristie Edwards (Highest Achiever Noosa Athletics), Brielle Steel (Most Improved Noosa Athletics), and Taya Clayton (Champion Athlete Noosa Athletics).
Head coach Mick Hooper said, “We also took the occasion to present awards to Noosa Little Athletics members who missed our presentation day at Aussie World in April, as they were representing Queensland at the Australian Little Athletics Championships. Luca Gerrard U14 boys age champion, Marlon Andrews U13 age champion, Taya Clayton U13 girls age champion.”
Noosa Athletics Club thanked all athletes for their exceptional efforts both on and off the track, and hopes to see them back again next year for another great season.
Boxing
Since returning from the Oceanic Championships in Samoa, the team has been on the road and continuing their success. First tournament was Hervey Bay where three fighters, Tanner Harvey, Jacob Ward and Charlie Tyson, all boxed extremely well and despite coming up against tough opponents, all three won their bouts.
This was followed by a trip to Ipswich to box in the Ipswich Regional Championships. Following the withdrawal of two opponents at the last minute, Impact’s Charlie Tyson and the little pocket rocket, Slade Gray, were lined up with fights. First up was Tyson who boxed well to win the first round, but slowing down dropped the second when caught with some good combinations.
Realising all depended on the third round, both stood toe to toe, but Tyson lost in a split points decision. Next up was Slade Grey who boxed well to take the first round against an opponent from the Fortitude Boxing Club. Rounds two and three saw both give it their best in an evenly matched bout. However, a strong finish in the third saw Slade gets the nod in a very tough fight and take home the winner’s belt.
Both had performed well and once again did themselves proud. Despite losing on a split decision Tyson, who was not at peak condition, will definitely be all the better for the experience gained. As for Slade she was on fire. Every time she enters the ring she just goes from strength to strength.
At present she is the current Wide Bay, Queensland and Ipswich Regional champion for her division and at 12 years of age, her am-
bition is to represent Australia at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
As her coach Mark Evans likes to say, just watch this space.
However, success can also create problems. For the Impact boxing squad their major problem is the lack of a club bus.
With members coming from as far away as Gympie and surrounding areas to train and compete, a sponsored bus (which coach Evans said could also be used for other community needs) with the names of those involved, painted neatly along the side would be a great advertisement, not only the athletes but also the community at large.
Food for thought? Definitely!
Rugby league
Like so many other clubs, the last few weeks with players unavailable from injuries, Covid and now the flu it has, for Pirates A grade, made things a bit tough.
“However,” said Noosa Pirates head coach Mick Duff, “this week saw the return of Rod Davis, Rohan Messer, Vincent Law and Kris Williams.”
Also, team captain Dan Moveao, despite still suffering side effects of the flu, which saw him miss a week on the training paddock, was a late inclusion for the Saturday game against Caloundra.
“I was really pleased with our defence during the entire game. This reduced Caloundra
to only one try per half. Our attack was fantastic, hitting our points and forcing a number of repeat sets. Our side was well led by Moveao and front rower Rajan Opetita-Halls and Messer was fantastic in his first game back from injury.”
Final score Noosa Pirates 24, scoring four converted tries- Caloundra 12, scoring two converted tries
This now places Pirates third on the ladder and looking forward to facing Kawana at home on 8 July. In other games U/19s- Caloundra 30, Pirates 18, Women’s Caloundra 28,- Noosa 10, Reserve Grade Noosa 19,- Caloundra 6. The importance of being earnest On 30 June another financial year comes to an end. Naturally at this time, many sporting clubs will take the time and effort to thank that most important of all support groups, the sponsors.
It is these companies who, in many instances, become the lifeblood of the clubs and in some cases, the individual athlete. We at Noosa Today, show our support of sponsors who make these contributions to our sporting community.
To the Chartists, their sponsorship of the Noosa Bar Bell club, (weightlifting) helping members with travel and uniforms over the last two years, has been outstanding. Karate Noosa acknowledges Imsold, Real Estate for five years support and Varcon Construction, a
new sponsor on board.
For Noosa Pirates Rugby League Club, premier sponsors are Always Cool Air Conditioning, Bendigo Community Bank, Noosa/ Cooroy. Top major sponsors Tewantin Noosa RSL, Harcourt Property Centre-Noosa and all others who now fall into catogries across the board. In the surf boat section Noosa Heads SLSC,R & W Reality, are of note.
From the Noosa Supporter Club, the Noosa Gift and Taj Marsh Weightlifting, (who will represent Australia in December at the junior world championships in South America) are acknowledged and no doubt there are many others throughout our community offering their support.
As we move amongst the clubs, the importance of sponsorship, be it for a club or individual, becomes more evident as the months go by. Every now and then, a name comes out of nowhere, the reason being that the athlete, until now unknown, has done the unexpected, and won a major title, either at a national or international level.
It is then, that if named in a state or national team, that the money factor could become a problem, either for the individual or the family. Thus, the role of the sponsor in our everyday sporting life should be of the utmost importance. Therefore, it is only right that we take the time and effort to stop and say a very big thank you.
The police vs fire Guns N Hoses Charity Cricket Match T20 is taking place under lights at the Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club.
This special event, scheduled for Saturday 8 July, from 4pm, aims to foster camaraderie and friendship among police, fire rescue personnel, while honouring the fallen officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
The charity cricket match brings together local police and fire rescue officers for a friendly cricket match.
The teams will also be dotted with cricket stars including Big Bash and Indian Premier League superstar Ben Laughlin. There will be fire trucks and police vehicles on display as well as mascots Blazer Fire Bear and Cluedo the Police dog.
In addition to its sporting significance, this event offers an opportunity to contribute
to a worthy cause. All funds raised during the event will benefit the Police and Fire Rescue Legacy Charities, providing vital support to the families of fallen officers.
Attendees will have the chance to win fantastic prizes in a monster raffle kindly donated by RACV Noosa Resort, Noosa Heads Surf Club, Heads of Noosa, Joyce Mayne Maroochydore, Sideways Surf, Embassy XO Restaurant and 4 Pines Noosa.
As you watch the cricket action, there will be a barbecue and refreshments available at the club for all to enjoy. Business that have aided with the event set up and barbecue include Noosa Party Hire, IGA Supermarket, Fresh Meats Maroochydore, Tewantin Market Garden, Noosa Meat Centre and, of course, the Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club.
For further information, contact Rob Frey on 0417 738 749 or Matt Mayo on 0410 468 058.
While most of modern coastal Bali that is not already a high-density hotel strip is a construction site heading for the same fate, there are still a few pockets of “old Bali” to be found if you look hard enough.
Last year we rediscovered the beautiful east coast and a time-capsule losmen just a cow paddock away from a white sand beach on the outskirts of the old village of Candi Dasa. This year, after a week of strenuous fun surfing head-high clean waves at my usual river mouth break, dodging Russian learners and Bali groms on school holidays – every time a local grom drops in on me, my first thought is, why did I ever loan his grandfather my board half a century ago – we were lured back to the wild coast for some peace and quiet through an invitation to stay in a beachfront Dutch colonial-style estate recently leased by an Australian friend.
I have to confess that until last year Candi Dasa hadn’t even been on my radar since the early 1980s. In the first big wave of tourism development the ancient village where the jungle mountains meet the Lombok Strait had been targeted for massive development, with the offshore reefs being mined for lime to make cement. While this created a few surfable reef passes that hadn’t previously existed, it also created the opportunity for medium to large swell events to wash away the remaining agricultural land along the front and erode the foundations of many of the new buildings. Within a few years, the Candi Dasa beachfront was a crumbling mess of abandoned construction projects.
I recall staying with our young kids at one of the surviving small hotels and paddling out to the reef for an early surf with my late stepson. We were only halfway to the break when the bloated carcass of a dead pig floated between us, bringing that adventure to an abrupt halt.
Despite some restoration attempts during the ‘90s, Candi Dasa never fully recovered, and apart from a beautiful lily-covered lagoon, the village itself remains a straggly affair. It’s only when you hit the winding jungle tracks around the outskirts that you discover the hidden gems, and our friend’s colonial estate was certainly one of them.
For the next few days we lounged around the pool and read books, or walked the beach beyond the gate at the bottom of the beautiful garden, while the Balinese staff cooked us sumptuous feasts. Our only excursion was to the no-longer secret Virgin Beach, down a winding track and almost in the shadow of Gunung Agung, Bali’s highest mountain. Also known as the White Sand Beach, its real name is Pasir Putih, a clean and relatively underpopulated strip of sand at the end of the jungle with a handful of cafes and safe bathing in clear blue water inside a fringing reef. It’s as close to the tropical paradise cliche as you’ll get in modern Bali, and it’s only 40 minutes in either direction to good surf options in Jasri and Keramas.
Candi Dasa is also a great base for exploring the fascinating Bali Aga culture, in villages like Tegunan Pegringsingan, one of the oldest on the island. I could tell you more, but I’d have to kill you.
As I write, we’ve only seen one day of the Vivo
Rio Pro but I’m bored already.
I just don’t get it.
The WSL chooses to run this event at a fairly ordinary beach break plagued by backwash called Saquarema near Rio, while just down the beach is a grinding, often pumping barrel called Barrinha, where some of the most exciting contests ever held in Brazil went down prior to Covid.
I don’t know why the sport’s governing body would make such a move – bigger car park, better wifi? – but WSL chief executive officer Erik Logan carefully avoided mentioning Barrinha throughout his over-long stint in the commentary booth on the first day of competition, preferring to focus on how much the Brazilian crowd was enjoying the show.
And why wouldn’t they, with three of their heroes in the men’s top five, and all of them being treated like royalty? This just a few weeks
since the judges and other competitors were receiving death threats over heat results that went the wrong way.
If there was any first day joy for the Aussies, it was in seeing the Brazilians cannibalising each other in a high-scoring and high-flying rampoff between Gabriel Medina and Yago Dora, in which Dora sent Brazil’s god of surf to the elimination round by a fraction of a point.
On the other hand, one of our great hopes, Jack Robinson, also went to the eliminations after adding another heat loss to his record run, following a season start when he could do no wrong.
But at least the Brazilians don’t have Kelly Slater to kick around any more. Notorious for his Brazil no-shows throughout his career, Kelly pulled the pin on his season wildcard slot just hours before the event began at the beach break he is famously on record as saying “sucks”.
IT’S been another brilliant year for Noosa real estate owners with a mixed bag of sales results as some properties softened in value, while others have set new records. Leading principal Tom Offermann said there have been some big factors at play this financial year, particularly the rising interest rates.
“Hopefully they are close to the peak of the cycle,’’ he said.
“For those with cash deposits this is good news, and for others it is a time to tighten the purse strings.
“Many positive influences have also been at play.
“The huge increase to half a million people immigrating to Australia annually and all needing roofs over their heads will exacerbate the national housing shortage, putting upward pressure on values nationally.
“The 2032 Olympics will increasingly
attract strong migration and investment into Queensland, and the rapid increase in building costs has not yet been fully factored into values of existing homes. Watch this space over the next few years.’’
There have been fewer sales this financial year in the Noosa Shire, Mr Offermann said, with 1420 properties worth $2.4 billion settled compared to 2030 sales worth $3.4 billion the previous year. That’s a 30 percent reduction.
“Interestingly, the average sale price is virtually unchanged at $1.69m. This includes houses, apartments and vacant land.
“Median prices, which are different to average prices, have fallen around 20 percent.’’
Tom Offermann Real Estate agents were privileged to handle eight of the top 10 sales for the year which averaged $17.9m.
“Available properties remain at historically low levels which is largely the reason for the total number of sales being lower this year.
“Even though there is less selling, the market remains well-balanced with a large number of buyers interested in each
property when it hits the market, providing it is sensibly priced.’’
Auction clearances are still around seven out of 10 selling on the day and the rest invariably sell afterwards, Mr Offermann said.
“The number of registered bidders is averaging around four, with some still generating 10 interested parties.
“Private treaty listings (properties listed at a price) are tending to stay on the market for longer, and any listed without a price, other than auction, receive little attention from buyers.’’
The past month of this financial year was again busy for the team at Tom Offermann Real Estate, heralding another great year ahead.
Auctions attracted large crowds and several price records broken.
At 6 Pelican Street, Peregian Beach, the crowd flowed out onto the street of the 1960’s beachside cottage. Ten registered bidders were equally excited; however, it was ultimately sold under the hammer to a Brisbane couple for $2.55m.
Nine buyers with similar budgets remain and ready to buy with agents busily
searching for new listings.
“This build-up of interest in Peregian Beach is reflective of a significant surge in activity along Noosa’s eastern beaches,’’ Mr Offermann said, “with a number of sales above $5m, including $7.5m for 51 Tristania Dve, Marcus Beach - a new record.
“Authentic, unspoiled beachside living is definitely in vogue.’’
One of just a few vacant allotments in Little Cove, at 11 Little Cove Rd, near the entrance to the Noosa National Park, went to auction but surprisingly failed to reach the reserve price.
It sold soon afterwards in the $5m range to one of Noosa’s most respected home builders.Home buyers should register their interest for a spectacular residence which is expected to be completed in 2024.
A new record for Noosaville homes was also established this month, Mr Offermann said, and details are under wraps at the request of the parties until settlement.
At the auction of a four-bedroom house at 7 Honey Myrtle Rd, Noosa Heads, there was intense bidding before finally selling for $3.5m. This is a new record for Elysium Estate Noosa.
“We have some very exciting new properties coming onto the market this coming financial year,’’ Mr Offermann said, “including some of Noosa’s most notable properties that have been held by their owners for most of their lives.’’
Some of the top 10 sales were: 10
Kareela Ave, Noosa Heads: $10m; 21 Dolphin Cres, Noosaville: $12m; 7
Beaches, Sunrise Beach: $12.5m; 17
Allambi Rise, Noosa Heads: $19m; 49
Witta Circle, Noosa Heads: $19.5m; 68
Noosa Pde, Noosa Heads: $19.6m; 47
Mossman Ct, Noosa Heads: $23.250m; 6 Pelican St, Peregian Beach: $2.550m; 51 Tristania Dve, Marcus Beach: $7.5m; 7
Honey Myrtle Rd, Noosa Heads: $3.5m.
The first event in the new financial year that Tom Offermann Real Estate is involved with is the inaugural Noosa Concours d’Elegance from 14 to 16 July 2023.
“We are thrilled to be a presenting partner of Concours d’Elegance, considered the most prestigious car show in the world,’’ Tom Offermann said.
“Seventy Concours vehicles such as an exquisite 1911 Benz, purportedly delivered in Australia to General Sir John Monashthe military commander of the First World War; a Mercedes Benz Gullwing; Bugatti Veyron; the multiple Concours winning oneof-a kind in Australia - the historic Ferrari Dino; and so many more.
“They will be given a police escort from
Noosa Junction before taking up their display positions on beautiful Hastings Street. It will be opened by guest of honour Sandra Button, the President of Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.’’
Anne Powell at Laguna Real Estate had an exciting Saturday with the three-bedroom, three-bathroom house at 38 Toulambi St, Noosa Heads, selling at auction. Then it was off to Tewantin for the first open house at 52 Hendry St, a former Boys Town prize home set for auction on July 15. At Toulambi St, a crowd of more than 60 saw auctioneer Justin Voss do an outstanding job in engaging the audience of buyers and onlookers.
“It was a very exciting auction with lots
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of bids,’’ Anne said.
“There was much interest from locals living nearby, keen to see the market strength in their area.
“Interest also came from buyers only looking in the 4567 postcode, including those from Brisbane and interstate.
The property sold under the hammer to local buyers for $1.45m.
It had all kinds of appeal, but this was all about location for the buyer.
The four-bedroom, three-bathroom, twocar house on 506sq m at 52 Hendry St, Tewantin, goes to auction at 12pm on 15 July. Built in 2006, this property sets a very high benchmark in the tightly held location of Old Tewantin, Anne said. ●
CatchtheNoosaSoundwaveandbesmittenbyaslice ofparadise,withayear-roundsun-filledsplit-level penthouseonthewaterfront,incovetedQuamby Place.Withthreeterraces,twofacingnorthwardand onewestward,whethercoolsummerbreezesorwarm sub-tropicalwintertemperatures,itdoesnotget muchbetter.Insideisaclassactgiventheredesign andon-trendmonochromaticpalette.Slideawaythe
bi-foldsforaseamless flowtotheterrace,whichis obviouslyperfectforlonglunches,isanalternativeto frequentingthenearbynationallyknownrestaurants, orjustcasualsundownerswithfriends.Thegalley-style kitchenhasstone-toppedlowercharcoalandupper whitecabinetryalsothelatestappliances-everything youneedwhateverthereason.
A 3 B 2 C 1 D
Auction Saturday15July12pm
View Sunday 1.00-1.30
Agent EricSeetoo 0419757770
eric@offermann.com.au
Charismaticandpoisedproudlyonthecorner isanunderstatedurbansanctuary.Inside,aclever statementofdesign,form,functionalityandambience isalasting firstimpression.Beyondthehallway,thanks tohighceilings,brightnaturallightbouncesoverthe pastelgreytilesinthelivinganddiningspaces.Inbetweenwiththeperfectnortherlyaspect,doors seeminglydisappearandcoalescewithanexpansive
coveredterrace.Simultaneouslyentertainingoptions andcreativejuicesgointooverload.
Takingcentrestageisabilliardtablewhichcamefrom theBeerwahHotel.Sitandsipatthecustomcast concretehighordiningtableandtakingallthekudosin theprivatereargardenisaglisteningpoolpluslawnfor thekids.
A 4 B 2 C 2 D
Auction Saturday15July11am
View Saturday&Wednesday 11.00-11.30
Agent PeterTeWhata 0423972034
Diamondsareforeverwhenavisuallyarresting seasideresidencehasadramaticskypool,wall-to-wall super-highpanes,wider-than-widesparklingCoral Seaviews,anditappearsto floatintothesunnyand summerysurrounds.Thisisesplanadelivingwith5-star sophistication,inspireddesignbyrenownedTrevor Reitsmaandamere2-minutestosandandwhitetippedsurfbreaks.
Insidebetotallyentrancedbytheliberaluseofceiling to floorglass.Itextendsthewidthoftheresidenceand halfwayitostensiblydisappears,morphingindoors tooutdoors,revealingamassiveundercoverterrace. Itexpandstotheluminescentpool,invitesthose quintessentialbrilliantblueoceanviewsandgivesthe impressionofhoveringabovethetrees.
A 4 B 2 C 3 D
Auction Saturday22July11am
View Saturday&Wednesday 11.00-11.30
Agent NicHunter 0421785512 nic@offermann.com.au
Imaginea flawlessNoosaWaters’lifestyleinavery privateresidencewithastunningScandinavianbeach house-inspiredaestheticcharacterisedbymultiple warmwhitelight-filledleisurespaces,anaturaland restrainedpalettewitharelianceontexture,sleekness andmaterialssuchastimberandstone,creatinga totallychiclook.
Pictureaseamlessconnectiontothenorth-facing
massiveundercoveralfrescoentertainingterrace, luminescentpoolandtranquilsurroundsoflawnand flourishingsub-tropicalgardens.Openthebackgate towalkingandcyclingtracks,otherneighbouring attributessuchaswide-openschoolsporting fields, numerousparkswithswingsandslidesandnotethe proximitytotheNoosaRiver.
A 4 B 2 C 2 D
Auction Saturday22July1pm
View Saturday 12.00-12.30
Agent ChrisMiller 0412894542 chris@offermann.com.au
NestledamidlushgreeneryofNoosaNationalPark includingeucalyptskoalascallhome,andclosetoa walkwaytoHastingsStreetandNoosaMainBeach,isa sunkissedbrilliantwhiteresidence.
There’smagiceverywherewithopenplanlivingand diningspacescoalescingwithanundercoverterrace,a massivenorthandeast-facingsecludedalfrescospace
andimmediateconnectiontothesheerbeautyofthe naturalenvironment.
Justminutesawayonfootyou’ll findirresistibleLittle CoveBeachandtheworldsurfingreservearea,which coversthetoppointbreaksfromLagunaBayalltheway viadedicatedcoastalwalkingtrackstothebeachbreak atNorthSunshineBeach.
A 3 B 2 C 2
Auction Friday28July11am
View Saturday 10.00-10.30
Agent ChrisMiller 0412894542 chris@offermann.com.au
Whenitcomestothejaw-droppingaddressofNoosa ParadeonthedoorstepofHastingsStreetandNoosa MainBeach,apalatialhomesitewithanextraordinarily widewaterfrontofNoosaSoundandaNoosa Riverwaterway,ispotentiallyaquintessentialentry statementlikenoother.
Onthe1120m2sitecurrently,arethreerenovated 2-bedroomapartmentsandonecommercialbuilding,
bothlong-termprimeinvestmentholdings.Zoned mediumdensity,afutureapartmentdevelopmentor opportunityforastrikingresidencegiventhereareno watersideneighbours,areconsiderations.
Auction Saturday29July11am
View Saturday 11.00-11.30
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Agent ChrisMiller 0412894542 chris@offermann.com.au
Agent JesseStowers 0414367282 jesse@offermann.com.au
Meanderingavenuesfringedwithfragrantgardenia hedges,graciousstandsofFoxtailpalms,shinyleafed tropicalmagnoliasandmanicuredgardens,arejustthe entréetowhatisregardedasoneofthebestgolfbasedresidentialcommunitiesinthecountry.Easyto seewhy.
Breathtakinglyexquisiteandunequalledwithrenowned designerStephenKidd’svenerableskillsanddetail,
thevoluminousspacesaredrenchedwithdappled naturallightthankstosurroundingclerestorywindows, cofferedceilingsandnorth-facingglasspanelswhich disappearinaseamlessfashiontothealfrescoterraces. Theglisteningpoolandlowerpartoftheterrace ostensiblyhoveroverthelily-paddedlakeseparating theresidencefromthe17thfairwayandbeyond. Doubleeaglebeforelunchanyone?
A 4 B 3 C 3 D
Price $6.65M
View Saturday 10.00-10.30
Agent NicHunter 0421785512 nic@offermann.com.au
ImaginativeandinspiredResidencesonWyandra,is astellarcollectionofferinganexhilaratinglifestyle beyondcompare,inthemagicalheartofcosmopolitan NoosaHeads.
Discovertheepitomeofubercontemporary sophisticationwithfourcaptivatingresidences,witha definitiveexteriordesignofdistinctiveverticalslats. Artfullydesignedinteriorswithoh-sohighceilings
andone-of-a-kind floorplans,haveexpansiveopenplanlivingfromindoorstoalfresco,wheregenerous terracesandapearlescentpoolexudelivingthegood lifeeveryday.Edgydesignfunctionalitycontinueswith andeverythingtoloveinagenerouscustomkitchen withstonebenchtopsandlatesthigh-endappliancesintegratedwherepossible.
ExpectedcompletionisWinter2024.
A 4 B 3 C 2 D
Price from$3.4M
Agent JesseStowers 0414367282
jesse@offermann.com.au
Pictureyourselfenjoyingthe finerthingsinlifemore often;andwherebetterthantherelaxationcapitalof Australia,Noosa!OppositeNoosaMainBeach,indulge inowninganimmaculateandmodernapartment,turnkey,allinclusiveandincomeproducing.
Revelinthejoyofknowingyourapartmentisone ofthemostspaciousintheheartofcosmopolitan HastingsStreet,haselevatoraccessandiscompletely
self-contained,morecomfortableforthoselonger stays.Indoorshasafresh,modernandbeachyaesthetic comprisingasandy-huedpalettewithwoodtoned cabinetryandtimberfurnishingstocomplimentthe naturalsurroundings.
A 2 B 2 C 1 D
Price $2.25M
View Tuesday3.00-3.30
Wednesday11.00-11.30
Agent JesseStowers 0414367282
jesse@offermann.com.au
Savourtheideaofsun,sea,sandandlivingona waterwaywithatidalbeachnexttoaparkonHideaway Island?You’llloveeverythingaboutWeybaHaven,and don’tforgettobringtheboat, fishinggear,bucketsand spades,becauseit’sholidayseveryday. Lookaround.Totherightisaprivatelushgardenand abuttingisNancyCatoPark,namedafterthefamous novelist,poetandconservationistwholivedinthisvery
residencewhen firstbuilt.
Lookahead.Benchseatingsurroundsawide-arboured Jacarandatree,totheleft isashimmeringpoolwith sandstonesunterraceandinfront,joy-of-joys,abroad waterfrontagewithatidalbeach.
price $5.5M
View Saturday 11.00-11.30
A 5 B 3 C 2 D
Agent NicHunter 0413785512 nic@offermann.com.au
Agent MalCox 0407708860 mal@offermann.com.au
Lookingforseasidetreasure?Theultimateprizeis buildingavisuallyarrestingresidencewithedgydesign andanortherlyaspect,onanelevatedsiteinthedress circle, fiveminutesawayfromtoes-in-the-sandof CoolumBeach.
Heldbythesamefamilyforover30years,thecleared siteisattheendofaquietcul-desac,andpotentiallyis awashwithextensiveviewsoftheCoralSeastretching
fromtheSunshineBeachheadlandinthenorth,to PointArkwrightandbeyondinthesouth,alsothe ridge-lineoftheNoosaNationalParktothewest. Baskinthepleasureofadreamhomeinaserene bushlandsetting,comingtrue.Waketothesoundof wavesbreakingonthebeach,watchingdawnsend shimmeringraysovertheoceanandboardriders peelingoff popularsurfbreaks.
Price $1.299M
Agent ElizaCoppin 0423726639 eliza@offermann.com.au
Admirethecountry-styleavenueandalongtheway sandstoneentrypostswithonebearingthename Carinya.Noticehowthegatesslideawayintooblivion revealingasweepinggranddrivewaywreathed withnature’sverdantbest,beforearrivingatthe porte-cochere.Poisedsublimelyonanidyllicknoll, Queenslander-inspired,78acreCarinyaEstatesoaks upendlessblueskiesandexudesundeniableluxury,
indisputableprivacyandbreathtakingincomparable everythingelseincludingthemajesticnaturalassetof MountCooroy.
Openthemassivecustomglasspivotdoor,checkout thespectacularpolishedcement flooringbeforeeyes are fixedforwardtothesuper-sizedtravertinetiled terrace,andluminescentpool,notjustcommensurate insize,butlooksasifithasbeeninplaceforever.
A 7 B 5 C 5 D
Price $6.295M
Agent CameronUrquhart 0411757570
cameron@offermann.com.au
MEANDERING avenues fringed with fragrant gardenia hedges, gracious stands of Foxtail palms, shiny leafed tropical magnolias and manicured gardens, are just the entree to what is regarded as one of the best golf-based residential communities in the country. Easy to see why.
Admire the evergreen frangipani and climbing vines along the travertine paved walkway with sandstone walls. Open the massive timber front door and prepare to be instantly besotted by the grand hallway with endless wide French oak floorboards interconnecting the pavilions of the Hampton’s-inspired, neutral-hued living spaces.
Breathtakingly exquisite and unequalled with renowned designer Stephen Kidd’s venerable skills and innate attention to detail, the voluminous spaces are drenched with dappled natural light thanks to the surrounding clerestory windows, coffered VJ-profile ceilings and north-facing glass panels which disappear in a seamless fashion to the alfresco terraces, the width of the residence. The glistening pool and lower part of the terrace ostensibly hover over the lily-padded lake separating the residence from the 17th fairway and beyond, to wide views of the lush internationally-rated course. Double eagle before lunch anyone?
Impressive is an understatement when gazing at the massive two-tier Ralph Lauren-designed chandeliers and wall of heritage-style glass-fronted custom cabinetry in the main living area, while the mezzanine, an additional sitting room or study is also graced with those superb views.
The dining space has travertine flooring and programmable underfloor heating as does the galley-style kitchen, designed to appease the whims of any consummate entertainer. The marble-topped cabinetry including long island breakfast bar has the latest high-end appliances including two fridges, two wine fridges, six burner gas cooktop with teppanyaki grill, abundant storage, and on the adjacent terrace is an outdoor kitchen.
Looking for more leisure spaces? A Mediterranean-inspired courtyard garden on the east-side suggests morning coffee, and guests are guaranteed sweet dreams in the two king master bedrooms with builtin robes and ensuites, also enjoy a movie and night-caps, cosying up in front of the television in ‘their’ lounge area.
Another king size bedroom with coffered ceiling, built-in robe and ensuite bathroom opens onto the courtyard through double French doors. The piece de resistance
of sophistication, however, is the lavish coffered ceilinged master suite with ceilingto-floor wispy sheers, walk-in fashionistastyle robe and travertine-tiled ensuite with custom cabinetry and double basins, double shower, separate toilet and freestanding double-ended bathtub.
There is an elegantly decorated powder room, the laundry has every necessity, and the adjoining cloak/mudroom has a Leibherr wine fridge plus internal access is also gained from the triple garage.
“The luminous, light-filled residence really tugs at the heart strings with sophistication, individuality and indooroutdoor close connection to the private golf course frontage, lake and fairway,” comments Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Nic Hunter.
“The captivating oasis is located in a spectacular exclusive gated estate with prestigious residences and is a short buggy ride to the clubhouse at Noosa Springs Golf & Spa.
The Graham Papworth-designed 5-star championship course has pockets of rainforest, is surrounded by Lake Weyba, the spring-fed lakes of Noosa Springs
and the Noosa National Park with its abundance of flora and fauna including koalas and kangaroos.”
517/61 Noosa Springs Drive Noosa Heads
Bedrooms 4 | Bathrooms 4 | Garage 3 |
Pool
· Price Guide: $6.65m
Facts & Features:
· Land Area: 1239m2
· House Area: 612m2
· Designer: multi award-winning Stephen Kidd
· Terraces/Pool: 9.2m x 5m + 6.1m x 6m/10m x7.1m
· About: NE aspect; 23.5m golf course frontage, lake &17th fairway; coffered ceilings - living 5.3m/dining 3.7; French oak 220 wide floorboards/travertine kitchen/dining; programmable underfloor heating throughout; living/dining/leisure spaces w walls of custom glass fronted cabinetry + AV console w 87” Smart TV; 2-tier Ralph Lauren chandeliers; remotecontrolled shades/upper louvres; VJ ceilings; disappearing doors to nth-facing terrace; leisure/media space w integrated sound system; mezzanine w custom cabinetry; aircon/fans; back2base security; courtyard; 4 over-size carpeted bedrooms
w walk/built-in robes, ensuites w marble topped cabinetry; roman blinds/sheers; master king retreat incl large walk-in robe & ensuite w freestanding bathtub
· Kitchen: galley-style marble-topped cabinetry incl 4m island breakfast bar; pantry; 2 Sub-Zero fridge & freezers; Miele + Fisher & Paykel dishwashers; Ilve 90cn oven + 5 gas hob cooktop incl wok & teppanyaki grill; Miele convec/convent oven; 2 Vintec wine fridges; TV; adjacent outdoor pass-through marble-topped BBQ kitchen. Laundry w Miele washer & dryer, vacumaid system+ adjoining mudroom w wine fridge & access from garage
· Exterior: stands of foxtail palms & evergreen frangipani at front; stone, timber/ espaliered &covered entry; gardens low maintenance
· About Noosa Springs: 24hr gated security; pet friendly; 2residents-only pools, pathways to golf course, clubhouse& Lake Weyba
· Noosa Springs Golf & Spa Resort: located between Noosa National Park & Lake Weyba; 3kms to Hastings Street & Noosa Main Beach; 6,180m par 72 championship course designed by Graham Papworth. ●
INTRODUCING a captivating Italianinspired villa nestled on the elevated picturesque hill of Sunrise Beach.
Step inside and be greeted by classic Italian architectural elements with the downstairs open-plan living area tiled to perfectly compliment the villa’s Mediterranean charm inviting family meals to be enjoyed and memories made. Step outside to the sun drenched spacious rear courtyard surrounded by lush tranquil gardens to soak up the sun while entertaining guests, the absolute jewel in the crown. Meander up the curved staircase where the top floor is reserved for two warm and cosy bedrooms, master ensuite and separate main bathroom.
Strolling to the local village, primary/ high schools, sports facilities and finishing the day by finally dipping your toes in the pristine clear waters of the sandy beach while capturing the breathtaking ocean views of this coastal lifestyle.
A prized possession in excess of 20 years, a unique opportunity now presents to the market for a new owner to embrace the conveniently located hidden gem boasting a homely atmosphere combined with timeless Italian flair.
Facts & Features:
· 6 Villa complex, currently all owneroccupied, pet-friendly (Body Corp approval required)
· 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 car accommodation
· Air-conditioned and ceiling fans
· Generous size shed and storage area
· Recent roof upgrades and painting completed through the complex
· 3 Visitor parking bays ●
NOTE the meandering avenues fringed by gardenia hedges and gracious palms and admire the contemporary classical look of a single level residence completed a few years ago, with its manicured front garden, pavers and pebbled side path, sasanquas, ferns and a water feature near the side entry.
Open the over-sized custom timber and glass pivot door to ever-so high ceilings, a wide foyer, and hallway with niches for collectibles, which fans into substantial open plan living spaces. It is all about a cool monochromatic palette, scale, functionality and coalescing with the commensurate-in-size, undercover alfresco space, thanks to tall floor-to-ceiling glass sliders, which ostensibly disappear into oblivion.
As the last vestiges of bright afternoon sun drench the endless stone floors, eyes are transfixed by the shimmering pool and terrace seemingly hovering over the absolute north-facing 20-metre lake frontage, to the 3rd fairway, and beyond to the 9th fairway.
And just when you think nature’s everchanging canvas couldn’t be more beautiful and on-song with the surrounds, it does. While golfers on the green are hoping for a double bogey, mum and bub kangaroo stay out of their way, loud choruses are courtesy of trilling birdies and by the lake it is not uncommon to see swans, ducks, water hens and goannas.
After summer sundowners, think barbeque as there’s an outdoor kitchen with plenty of dining and lounge spaces with shade blinds and fans.
Indoors takes entertaining space to a next level and is complemented by a kitchen with every accoutrement desired by any culinary wizard, even the calibre of Jamie Oliver. It has white/grey stone-topped cabinetry, long waterfall island breakfast bar, high-end appliances, a wine fridge and the true butler’s pantry has an integrated dishwasher and loads of prep space.
There are three carpeted bedrooms. The king master suite retreat with plantation shutters and louvres looks out to the pool and golf course. It has a lavish walk-in-robe, plus ensuite with floor to ceiling feature grey travertine tiles, freestanding bath, an oversized walk-in shower and grey console with black marble-topped double vanity basins.
Two king suites in the east wing are comparable in design plus have private undercover terraces and a pathway for quick access to the pool.
Opposite is a media room with a sunny courtyard, the powder room is large as is the laundry which has access to a drying terrace.
“This absolutely private golf course frontage is a stunning oasis set on a generous 825m2 site that totally connects to its spectacular location,“ enthuses Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Peter Te Whata who is taking the property to Auction on Saturday 22 July 2023.
“This residence, the heart of class and calm, is in an exclusive gated estate with prestige homes and is in easy proximity to the Noosa Springs Golf & Spa clubhouse, aka the nineteenth hole, as well as the Graham Papworth-designed 5-star championship course. It has pockets of rainforest, is surrounded by Lake Weyba, the spring-fed lakes of Noosa Springs also the Noosa National Park with its abundance of flora and fauna.”
Facts & Features:
· Land Area: 825m2
· House Area: 352m2
· Golf Course Frontage: 20m; absolute north-facing on 3rd fairway; beyond view to 9th fairway
· Pool/Terraces: 4.5m x 5.6/6.2m an 8.8m alfresco + 5.8m x 5m poolside
· About: completed 2019; very private entry; single level; oversized custom designed glass and timber pivot door; hallway with niches; ceilings approx 4.5m throughout; VJ-internal doors; aircon/ fans; double garage epoxy flooring with internal access, high ceiling, storage drawers/cupboard; third space for golf cart with side access via single roller door; living/dining open plan with tall stacker glass doors to expansive outdoor entertaining terrace; alfresco living with outdoor granite-topped kitchen, integrated Beefeater BBQ, Schmick wine fridge, remote controlled blinds + fans; media room with undercover courtyard; 3 carpeted bedrooms – super king master with plantation shutters & louvres; look out to pool & golf course, lavish walk-in-robe, ensuite with floor to ceiling grey travertine tiles, freestanding bath, oversized walk-in shower + grey console with dble black marble-topped vanity; 2 kings suites as per master ensuite design both with undercover terraces & path to pool; large powder room; laundry with access to drying terrace
· Kitchen: 3m/60mm grey/white stone topped 2-pac/timber upper cabinetry with 3m waterfall island bench/breakfast bar; soft close drawers, AEG 900mm
oven, micro/convection oven & 5-hob gas cooktop; Vintec wine fridge; butler’s kitchen with AEG integrated dishwasher, dual sinks
· Exterior: pavers & pebbled paths on east & west side access rear of property; low maintenance incl lawns; auto irrigation; front/side garden with pebbled path, sasanquas, ferns, elephant ears, palms + water feature
· Wildlife: kangaroos, swans, tawny frog-
Address: 706a/61 Noosa Springs Drive, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage, pool
Inspect: Saturday & Wednesday: 12-12.30pm Auction: Saturday 22 July 2023 12pm
Contact: Peter TeWhata 0423 972 034, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE
mouths, water hens, ducks, goannas
· About Noosa Springs: located in The Palms; 24hr gated security; pet friendly; residents-only pools, pathways to golf course & Lake Weyba
· Noosa Springs Golf & Spa Resort: located between Noosa National Park & Lake Weyba; 3kms to Hastings Street & Noosa Main Beach; 6,180m par 72 championship course designed by Graham Papworth ●
Richardson and Wrench Noosa Proudly welcomes an outstanding edition to our sales team. Greg & Mark have nearly two decades of experience in the Noosa real estate market. They are well known for their detailed knowledge, passion for property, approachability and five star service.
Buying or Selling? Talk to Greg & Mark today!
SHOWCASING an expansive frontage, you are welcomed by a large double door entry. Upon entering, you’re instantly taken by the open design and light filled living, through to the dining space, overlooking the lush rear landscape of rainforest.
Little expense has been spared when renovating this home, offering a state-ofthe-art kitchen, with double island, stone benchtops, oven and steam oven, and endless storage options. Seamless flow from indoor to outdoor dining will make entertaining enjoyable. It offers space for multiple guests, with a large, dedicated dining, leading out to alfresco dining, with elevated ceilings to emphasize your serene backdrop.
One wing of the house has the master bedroom which offers his and hers walk in robes, modern ensuite and electric rolldown blinds, with the further adjacent bedroom and laundry. The second wing offering two further bedrooms, shared bathroom, including double vanity and frameless double screen shower, offering the space and privacy when guests come to stay.
This house design offers a unique aspect for a home business, with newly renovated home studio, including a home office to meet clients, which leads through to the studio, with polished concrete floors and modern powder room.
There’s sufficient room at the front of the property to add a fence for further exclusivity, or the potential to install a pool, for added luxury.
Set in a convenient location to prominent spots and amenities, such as the Noosa Civic Shopping Centre, schools, the prominent Noosa River or Noosa Main Beach & Hastings Street.
You won’t want to miss an opportunity to inspect this delightful Noosa home. ●
DON’T miss out on an opportunity to purchase this fully renovated riverfront apartment.
Such a great location, so close to Hastings St, Noosa Main Beach and Gympie Terrace.
Enjoy river views or just walk out of your private courtyard gate straight onto the park with river access, sandy beach and head off on your standard up paddle, kayak or just enjoy a swim and enjoy the waterways of Noosa Sound and beyond.
All approved and ready to be holiday let this property is the ultimate package. Easy to live in or lock up and go.
Fully renovated townhouse complex of 4, low body corporate 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan with balcony and private courtyard. Large lock-up storage. Stunning waterfront shared pool.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity in one of the most beautiful and sought after locations in Australia. ●
This extraordinary Maleny estate, offered to the market for the first time in almost 30 years, provides an unparalleled level of privacy and seclusion, perched high above the Sunshine Coast with breathtaking views stretching from Noosa to Moreton Bay.
The property sits on 10 acres of land (1 acre useable), protecting the expansive north easterly views that will quite literally take your breath away.
The expansive Master-built homestead is a true masterpiece, offering spacious indoor and outdoor living areas that are perfect for entertaining guests or simply relaxing and taking in the stunning scenery. The infinity edge pool and spa provide the ultimate in luxury and relaxation, while the 5 spacious suites with bathrooms ensure that there is plenty of room for everyone.
For those who love to entertain, the billiards room is the perfect place to gather and unwind. There is a large gym and studio under the home which could be ideal for a variety of purposes.
If you’re looking for the ultimate in luxury, privacy, and seclusion, Glen’s View is the property for you.
PRICE: BY NEGOTIATION
5 5 3
Inspect: Contact agent to arrange a private appointment
Contact: 0447 737 737
Agency: RE/MAX Hinterland Team
Email: sales@remaxhinterland.com.au
UNVEILING NOOSA'S NEWEST ICON IN PARADISE!
• Architecturally designed, brand new duplex by esteemed Architect Dennis Hill
• Solid structure, block build and concrete slabs over three impressive levels
• Open plan living and alfresco dining on a privately semi-enclosed terrace
• Master bedroom with beautifully appointed bathroom and treed outlook
• Solid oak timber flooring with stunning feature walls and skylights
• Integrated Smeg appliances with the highest of finishes and fixtures throughout
• Central location, just a short walking distance to Noosa main beach or Noosa Juntion
SHARON McLURE 0400 084 975
sharon@mcluregroup.com.au
27A Grant Street, Noosa Heads
3 2.5 21
OPEN HOME
Saturday 1st July 10.00am-11.00am
Wednesday 5th July 4.00pm-5.00pm
LOCATED on the eastern side of Sunrise Beach at its most northern point - directly bordering Sunshine Beach, framed by adjoining parkland and next to a treelined path connecting you to the sand within minutes; is this tightly-held customdesigned residence - elevated with resplendent parkland and ocean views and boasting a prized north-easterly aspect.
The residence itself aptly named ‘Pandanus’ as it is framed by leafy pandanus trees and lush leafy gardens offers generous sized family living across two levels, comprising four bedrooms, three bathrooms, expansive open plan living and dining flowing out to huge wraparound deck showcasing a spectacular sea vista, modern kitchen, built-in study nook, separate study/office, laundry, storage and multipurpose space, plus single lock up garage, on a 771m2 block.
Directly adjoining parkland reserve - privacy and outlook are maximised and protected; and the home has been cleverly designed to take full advantage
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of its elevation and aspect, to fill home with natural light and circulate gentle sea breezes as well as display the sparkling sea vista in all its glory.
Vaulted ceilings throughout the upper level, abundant use of glass to invite light, reverse cycle air-conditioning, stone benches in kitchen and upper bathrooms, gas cooktop, plantation shutters and roll down blinds, crim-safe screens, deep luxury bathtub and dual vanities in family bathroom, masses of storage, outdoor shower to wash off sand from the beach, solar hot water, and solar power - are just some of home’s extensive features.
A sun-drenched fully tiled pool with surrounding alfresco entertaining plus a poolside pavilion is a striking centrepiece showcased from most of the rooms on the upper level. All your celebrations can be held out here in comfort, privacy and impeccable style…and at night when the garden lights up it is pure magic.
The gardens are well established with flowering shrubs including kangaroo paws,
Contact: Caitlyn McConnell 0417 637 697, SUNSHINE BEACH REAL ESTATE
Norfolk Pines, and of course pandanus palms - they are low maintenance, just requiring a regular prune and tidy up to keep looking amazing, and there is minimal lawn to mow.
Being at the very end of the street there is virtually zero vehicular traffic, and not only can you walk to the beach in minutes, but it’s also only a short walk to the surf club and Duke Street dining; local schools, shops, sporting/leisure facilities including golf are a short drive away, it’s 10 minutes
to Hastings Street, and 25 minutes to the airport.
Long-term owner is downsizing and relocating after residing here since 2002, creating an exceptional opportunity for a beachside buyer to act upon - this is arguably one of Sunrise’s best positioned properties, and the site is also suitable for a duplex, so interest in this offering will be strong from both owner-occupiers and developers.●
House-sized Duplex, offering the ultimate sea change in Peregian’s finest street.
Enjoy rare, beachfront living in the Sunshine Coast’s most liveable precinct, cocooned in an unspoilt environment with abundant birdlife, fresh coastal breezes and an ever-present ocean chorus. Architecturally renovated to create functional, open spaces in a modern, comfortable and generously appointed home.
3 bedroom - 2.5 bathroom - Media room - Open-plan Lounge & Dining - Private Beach access - Ducted A/C throughout
Body Corporate Fees - Lock-up Garage - 2mins to Peregian Village or 15 mins to Noosa
If you’re looking for a bluechip investment, look no further to secure this rare opportunity.
SUNSHINEBEACH
Tightlyheldbythesamefamilyfor30years,astheirbelovedhome, isthischarmingdoublestoreyresidenceboastinganabsolute beachfrontposition,elevatedabovethedunesatthenorthernend ofSeaviewTerrace,just40-metrestobeachaccess.
• Oceanfrontopportunity,northernendofblue-chipSeaview
•Absolutebeachfrontwithjaw-droppingwhitewaterviews
•557m2lowmaintenanceblockliterallybackingontosand dunes
•Stepinside,feelthelove,&experiencethisview…puremagic!
SUNSHINEBEACH
Experiencetheepitomeofbeachsidelivingwiththisremarkable townhouse,ideallypositionedonanelevatedsanddune,boasting magnificentsurfandoceanviews,andeasyaccesstothebeach.
•Desirablenorth-eastaspectonprimebeachfrontstreet
•Generously-sizedmastersuitewithoceanpanoramas
•Well-maintainedcomplexwithresort-styleheatedpool
•Endtownhousedesignenhancesnaturallight
•Shortwalktopatrolledbeach,SurfClub,cafes&restaurants
CoolumBeach
Saturday1stJuly
1.00-1.30pm107GrandviewDrive432O/O$2,490,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0434236110
Cooroy
Saturday1stJuly
9.00-9.30am35PearsonsRoad322OffersOver$799,000Hinternoosa0415111370
10.00-10.45am104MapleStreet322OffersOver$799,000Hinternoosa0408152655
Doonan
Saturday1stJuly
11.15-12.00pm45YoungsDrive545OffersOver$1,795,000Hinternoosa0409953311
Eumundi
Saturday1stJuly
10.15-10.45am6MergardCourt421OffersOver$930,000Hinternoosa0409953311
12.30-1.30pmWilliamRoad000StartingFrom$535,000Richardson&WrenchNoosa54474499
MarcusBeach
Saturday1stJuly
11.00-11.30am18SandalwoodCl422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0413319879
12.00-12.30pm37MahoganyDr322$1,585,000TomOffermannRealEstate0413319879
Wednesday5thJuly
11.00-11.30am18SandalwoodCl422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0413319879
NoosaHeads
Thursday29thJune
12.30-1.00pm26/1QuambyPl321AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0419757770
Friday30thJune
12.00-12.30pm3/4PezaCourt321$2,600,000LagunaRealEstate0407379893
1.00-1.30pm7408/5MorwongDrive221ByNegotiationTheMcLureGroup0400084975
2.00-2.45pm313/2SedgelandDrive322ByNegotiationCentury21ConollyHayGroup0411644254
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-10.30am701/61NoosaSpringsDr432$9,200,000TomOffermannRealEstate0413889130
10.00-10.30am313/2SedgelandDrive322ByNegotiationCentury21ConollyHayGroup0411644254
10.00-10.30am517/61NoosaSpringsDr433$6,650,000TomOffermannRealEstate0421785512
10.00-10.30am99UpperHastingsSt322AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
10.00-11.00am27AGrantStreet322PriceGuide$3,000,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975
10.00-10.30am15KeyCourt432AuctionCentury21ConollyHayGroup0438259956
11.00-11.30am804/100ResortDrive221OffersFrom$950,000Century21ConollyHayGroup0411644254
11.00-11.30am1SanctuaryAve422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
11.00-11.30am7NoosaPde634AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
11.45-12.15pm32/2SerenityClose221CONTACTAGENTReed&Co.EstateAgents0409446955
12.00-12.30pm706A/61NoosaSpringsDr332AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
1.00-1.30pm511/6SedgelandDrive322BUYERSGUIDE$1,300,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
Sunday2ndJuly
1.00-1.30pm7/39NoosaPde221AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
1.00-1.30pm26/1QuambyPl321AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0419757770
Monday3rdJuly
1.00-1.30pm7308/5MorwongDrive221OffersOver$1,500,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975
Tuesday4thJuly
10.00-10.30am7308/5MorwongDrive221OffersOver$1,500,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975
3.00-3.30pm21/42HastingsSt221$2,250,000TomOffermann RealEstate0414367282
Wednesday5thJuly
11.00-11.30am21/42HastingsSt221$2,250,000TomOffermannRealEstate0414367282
11.00-11.30am1SanctuaryAve422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
12.00-12.30pm706A/61NoosaSpringsDr332AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
1.00-1.30pm28/5QuambyPlace221CONTACTAGENTReed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
4.00-5.00pm27AGrantStreet322PriceGuide$3,000,000The McLureGroup0400084975
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-10.30am517/61NoosaSpringsDr433$6,650,000TomOffermannRealEstate0421785512
10.00-10.30am701/61NoosaSpringsDr432$9,200,000TomOffermannRealEstate0413889130
12.00-12.30pm706A/61NoosaSpringsDr332AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
Wednesday5thJuly
12.00-12.30pm706A/61NoosaSpringsDr332AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-10.30am39/67GibsonRoad211O/O$1,485,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0428711163
10.00-10.30am9/76HiltonTerrace221PresentOffersLagunaRealEstate0407379893
10.00-10.30am105/24LakeWeybaDrive211O/O$750,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0491185774
10.00-10.30am5/2BarbadosCres211$1,200,000TomOffermannRealEstate0468922519
11.00-11.30am3MoorhenPlace422OffersOver$1,400,000Century21ConollyHayGroup0417776361
11.00-11.30am2/33BluefinCourt422O/O$1,695,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0419332973
11.00-11.30am41DolphinCres532$5,500,000TomOffermann RealEstate0407708860
11.00-11.30am18WyunaDr522AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0468922519
11.00-11.30am12LimosaCircuit322O/O$1,900,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0491185774
12.00-12.30pm2/179GympieTerrace232$2,690,000LagunaRealEstate0407379893
12.00-12.30pm25AquamarineCct422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
12.00-12.30pm105NoosaPde433$8,400,000TomOffermannRealEstate0468922519
2.00-2.30pm12/144NoosaParade321$2,480,000OneAgencyNoosa0417021713
Wednesday5thJuly
10.00-10.30am39/67GibsonRoad211O/O$1,485,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0428711163
10.00-10.30am105/24LakeWeybaDrive211O/O$750,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0491185774
10.00-10.30am9/76HiltonTerrace221PresentOffersLagunaRealEstate0407379893
11.00-11.30am5/2BarbadosCres211$1,200,000TomOffermannRealEstate0468922519
11.00-11.30am12LimosaCircuit322O/O$1,900,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0491185774
11.00-11.30am2/33BluefinCourt422O/O$1,695,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0419332973
12.00-12.30pm105NoosaPde433$8,400,000TomOffermannRealEstate0468922519
NoosaWaters
Friday30thJune
11.00-11.30am25SeacoveCourt532BUYERSGUIDE$2,675,000 Reed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
Saturday1stJuly
9.30-10.00am104ShorehavenDrive322AUCTIONReed&Co.EstateAgents0409446955
10.15-10.45am77ShorehavenDrive532CONTACTAGENTReed&Co.EstateAgents0409446955
11.00-11.30am4/5SunseekerClose321PRICEGUIDE$2,100,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0409446955
11.00-11.30am25SeacoveCourt532BUYERSGUIDE$2,675,000 Reed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
12.00-12.30pm2ThePromontory433BUYERSGUIDE$6,250,000 Reed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
12.00-12.30pm5SeacoveCourt322PRICEGUIDE$1,750,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0433641158
Wednesday5thJuly
3.00-3.30pm25SeacoveCourt532BUYERSGUIDE$2,675,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
PeregianBeach
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-10.30am4ParakeetCrescent311OffersOver$1,280,000Century21ConollyHayGroup0401807697
10.00-11.00am2/90LorikeetDrive32.51ByNegotiationBeachPropertyNoosa0417752200
11.00-11.30am22PeregianEsp423AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0421785512
Wednesday5thJuly
11.00-11.30am22PeregianEsp423AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0421785512
5.30-6.30pm2/90LorikeetDrive32.51ByNegotiationBeach PropertyNoosa0417752200
PeregianSprings
Sunday2ndJuly
12.00-12.30pm16ViolaSq422$1,225,000TomOffermannReal Estate0412894542
Pomona
Saturday1stJuly
11.30-12.00pm40FergusonRoad435OffersOver$1,395,000Hinternoosa0415111370
SunriseBeach
Saturday1stJuly
9.00-9.30am4/6AdvancePl221$899,000TomOffermannRealEstate0402903733
10.00-10.30am12RidgewayStreet321O/O$1.6MSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999
10.30-11.00am4CourageousPlace322ContactAgentSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999
12.00-12.45pm45SOBRAONSTREET431$3.3MSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999
SunshineBeach
Thursday29thJune
12.00-12.30pm12PacificAve432PriceGuide$1.95MillionRichardson&WrenchNoosa54474499
SunshineBeach
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-10.45am6/19-21BelmoreTce322$2.25MSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999
11.00-11.45am7/56DukeStreet322AUCTIONSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999
11.00-11.30am9OceaniaCres432OffersOver$2,900,000Tom OffermannRealEstate0437447804
11.00-11.30am12PacificAve432PriceGuide$1.95MillionRichardson&WrenchNoosa54474499
11.15-11.45am1/21HendersonSt321ContactAgentSunshine BeachRealEstate0754472999
12.00-12.30pm14RossCrescent432AuctionCentury21ConollyHayGroup0438259956
12.00-12.30pm3/21HendersonSt221ContactAgentSunshine BeachRealEstate0754472999
12.30-1.00pm8MaherTerrace531ContactAgentSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999
Tewantin
Friday30thJune
11.00-11.45am78WardStreet214AuctionCentury21Conolly HayGroup0418426065
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-11.00am7CambridgeCourt322O/O$1,385,000ConsideredLagunaRealEstate0411328488
10.00-10.30am19HarlowCrescent322OFFERSOVER$1,385,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0409484159
11.00-11.30am65WardStreet323AUCTIONReed&Co.EstateAgents0409484159
12.00-12.30pm52HendryStreet432AuctionLagunaRealEstate0419332973
12.00-12.30pm3/26GleneaglesDrive321$890,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975
12.00-12.30pm91ReadStreet438$2,595,000OneAgencyNoosa0417021713
12.00-12.30pm9FinneyCourt533O/O$1,775,000Considered LagunaRealEstate0411328488
1.00-1.45pm78WardStreet214AuctionCentury21ConollyHayGroup0418426065
Wednesday5thJuly
12.00-12.30pm3/26GleneaglesDrive321$890,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975
12.00-12.30pm52HendryStreet432AuctionLagunaRealEstate0419332973
12.00-12.30pm9FinneyCourt533O/O$1,775,000Considered LagunaRealEstate0411328488
Tinbeerwah
Friday30thJune
3.00-3.30pm12SmithsRoad422BUYERSGUIDE$1,695,000Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505
Saturday1stJuly
10.00-10.45am9BrushtailLane435BYNEGOTIATIONReed&Co. EstateAgents0438695505
Wednesday5thJuly
10.30-11.00am9BrushtailLane435BYNEGOTIATIONReed&Co. EstateAgents0438695505
11.30-12.00pm12SmithsRoad422BUYERSGUIDE$1,695,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0438695505
Verrierdale
Saturday1stJuly
1.00-1.30pm1143EumundiNoosaRoad312Offersover$899,000Hinternoosa0422923851
Doonan
Saturday1stJuly
12.00-12.30pm45WustRoad436$2,200,000Reed&Co.EstateAgents0409484159
MarcusBeach
Saturday8thJuly
12.00-12.30pm18SandalwoodCl422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0413319879
NoosaHeads
Saturday22ndJuly
Estate0419757770
12.00-12.30pm706A/61NoosaSpringsDr332AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0423972034
Friday28thJuly
11.00-11.30am99UpperHastingsSt322AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
Saturday29thJuly
11.00-11.30am7NoosaPde634AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
3.00-3.30pm7/39NoosaPde221AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
Noosaville
Saturday22ndJuly
1.00-1.30pm25AquamarineCct422AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0412894542
Saturday29thJuly
1.00-1.30pm18WyunaDr522AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0468922519
PeregianBeach
Saturday22ndJuly
11.00-11.30am22PeregianEsp423AuctionTomOffermannRealEstate0421785512
SunshineBeach
Saturday29thJuly
1.00-1.30pm14RossCrescent432AuctionCentury21Conolly HayGroup0438259956
Tewantin
Saturday1stJuly
11.00-11.30am2CooroibahCrescent422AuctionRichardson &WrenchNoosa54474499
Saturday15thJuly
11.30-12.00pm52HendryStreet432AuctionLagunaRealEstate0419332973
1.00-1.30pm78WardStreet214AuctionCentury21ConollyHayGroup0418426065
EXPERIENCE the tranquillity and enjoyment of waterfront living in the fabulous “The Entrance Noosa Waters” resort. Enjoy a captivating lifestyle or add to holiday letting and relax in the knowledge that professional onsite management will protect your investment returns.
This delightful townhouse is set on the resort’s four acres of lush gardens, located on the Noosa Waters canal with direct access to the stunning Noosa River.
Upstairs are two generous bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and a large, modern bathroom. Stunning views from the master are worth waking up for!
The lower level includes a very spacious living area, kitchen and powder room with easy access to the front private courtyard.
The kitchen features beautiful stone benchtops and modern appliances. Kitchen and dining area flow seamlessly out to the rear spacious deck overlooking the water, perfect for entertaining family and friends. Completing the lower level is the laundry and powder room.
The property has a single lock up garage with plenty of room for the boards and kayaks.
Inside the resort complex there is a choice of swimming pools, jetties and visitor carparks.
The resort is conveniently located just an easy walk from Gympie Terrace and the Noosa River foreshore with its array of cafes and restaurants, and a mere 10 minute drive to cosmopolitan Hastings Street. Features at a glance:
· Fantastic water views
· Front private courtyard paved in sandstone
· Rear spacious deck overlooking the water
· 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
· Modern kitchen with stone benchtops and quality appliances
· Split system air conditioning to bedrooms
· 1.5kw solar power
· Single lock up garage with room for kayaks and boards
· Choice of pools and jetties for your use
· Visitor carparks; professional onsite management ●
Address: 39/67 Gibson Road, NOOSAVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage, pool Price: Offers Over $1,485,000 Considered Inspect: Saturday, 10am-10.30am Contact: Warren Evans 0428 711 163 and Chris Forde 0411 328 488, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE
A LIFESTYLE aspired to but rarely achieved. Stunning 180-degree ocean views, less than an 8 minute walk and you’re at famous Coolum Beach with sand under your feet and the ocean to cool off in the summer months. Take advantage of the canopied walking track from the highly desirable location of Grandview Drive.
This sprawling luxurious home has room for everyone, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, two large living areas, two undercover large decks with views that absolutely take your breath away. Perfect for entertaining with the whole family, enjoy the sandstone BBQ area, this is coastal living at its best with everything at your fingertips, and let’s not forget the option for dual living for the savvy investor.
As soon as you walk into the covered entry you feel a sense of seclusion, continue through the front door and all you can see is the expansive ocean views which carries throughout the home to every window. Wake up in the master bedroom to spectacular sunrises, every window is like a picture. The home is in immaculate condition and is turnkey ready with a soothing colour palate of soft neutrals and whites.
The upper level offers a U-shaped
kitchen with large pantry, modern cabinetry, and stone benchtops, is central to the home making cooking up a storm and entertaining fun, you’re in the middle of all the action with open plan dining, lounge and one of the expansive covered decks with breath taking ocean views. Also on the upper level is the master bedroom with ensuite which provides excellent separation from the lower level for family and guests.
If you want peace and quiet from the action upstairs walk down the interior timber staircase to the lower level and curl up in the expansive second lounge area to watch your favourite show. Alternatively relax on the lower covered deck and read a
Address: 107 Grandview Drive, COOLUM BEACH Description:
Contact: Anita Nichols 0434 236 110, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE
book or take a nap in one of the two queen sized bedrooms, so many options.
The layout and build of this home is perfect for coastal living, has a luxury beach feel with timber interior and Tasmanian Oak Hardwood flooring throughout with sash windows optimising natural light and cool ocean breezes. You are in the tree tops with everchanging 180 degree views encompassing views from Mount Coolum, Mudjimba Island to Mooloolaba. Privacy and peace are guaranteed as the property boarders a nature reserve with the ocean beyond.
If you’re looking for the epitome of beach side living, don’t hesitate inspect now! ●
•Builtin2006asaluxuriousBoysTownLotteryprizehome
•Architecturalnorth-facinghomeonanelevated506m2block
•High4metreceilingsfeatureinspaciouslivingareas
•Largedesignerkitchenwithstonebenchtopsandwalkinpantry
•Heated7metrepoolandexpansivecoveredcourtyard
•Spaciousgroundfloormastersuitewithaccesstocourtyard
•Discerningbuyerswillappreciatethedesignandpresentation
•Inspectnow,andbeinapositiontopurchaseatauction!
•Chictownhousestyleunitlocatedinaprivate&quietenclave
•Openplandownstairswithmodernkitchenandlivingareas
•Diningandloungeflowtothefrontandrearcourtyards
•Locatedupstairsaretwogenerouslysizedbedroomsandaloft
•Northfacingmasterbedroomopenstoasunnybalcony
•Recentlypainted,newcarpet,furnishings,dishwasher&oven
•Enjoywellmaintainedgardens,sharedpool&entertainingarea
•ClosetoalltheactiononGympieTerraceandNoosaRiver
