Noosa Today - 14th June 2024

By Phil Jarratt

The man with the drover’s hat and the white Santa beard sits half-hidden behind his antique music stand, strumming an acoustic guitar.

You almost forget he’s there until that crackly, delicate, beautiful voice breaks into a Neil Young classic or one of his originals. This is the voice of a man who has lived and loved, felt pleasure and pain. But when it comes to Adrian “Aido” Spelt, you don’t know the half of it.

I wrote those lines a few years back and they resonate through my being now as I write this tribute to my dear friend Aido, who passed away suddenly last weekend.

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Mining for justice

By Jim Fagan

In Africa, or more precisely, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a miner can pull a $10 million-dollar rough diamond out of the ground and be lucky if he gets two or three dollars for it.

The times, however, are changing and the story of how a Noosa businessman is reshaping and promoting the ethical sourcing of raw diamonds in countries like DRC, Uganda and Kenya to get a better trade deal for miners and their families on world commodity markets is a fascinating one.

The businessman, Eliahi Priest (43) is director of Priest Jewellers at Noosa Civic and his interest in the plight of the miners starts way back in 2008 when Eliahi was working in the UK as director of the Institute of Security and Co-operation in Outer Space.

“I was invited to a United Nations World Peace Congress in Kuala Lumpur and I heard a Congolese speaker sharing his wish to help his people and the need to bring solutions and infrastructure to all the things his country needs, particularly for the children.

“When I saw him the next day, he was look-

ing very dazed and lost. His briefcase had been stolen at the airport so I helped get another passport and some money.

“We became very close friends and he would call me regularly and ask, ‘when are you coming to help my people.”’ During that period of my life, I had my own problems. I was struggling to help my family and I wasn’t too sure about being able to assist. This was also about the time when I stepped back into the jewellery store with mum and dad.

“One time, when I was coming back from a jewellery conference, I saw on the front page

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of a magazine that a company was starting to investigate putting diamonds on a blockchain or digital ledger by which the provenance of diamonds could be proven from the mine all the way to the market.”

He said the problem with African countries was that while they were among the richest in resources in the world they were also among the poorest.

There was an abundance of supply of resources but the issue was the terms of trade by which these resources were delivered.

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Dr Laurie earns AM

Dr Laurie Margaret Cowled of Noosaville was recognised with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s King’s Honours List for her significant service to philanthropy in the arts, education and health sectors, and to women. Described as smart, engaging and funny it was with an aim to make the world a better place that Dr Cowled and her husband Ron Macnamara decided many years ago to use their estate to help others.

Dr Cowled went ahead went ahead with

their plans after her husband passed away and in 2007 established the Cowled Foundation.

The principal patron of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and a supporter of The Australian Ballet since 2005 the nonagenarian has provided numerous scholarships across the Arts, Education, STEM, Agriculture and Health across different institutions.

Look out next week when we will hear more from Dr Cowled.

The Governor-General on Monday an-

Residents’ input needed

A new infrastructure master plan for Noosaville’s popular foreshore has advanced to the next stage, with Noosa Council calling for further community feedback to help finalise the guiding document.

With input from more than 430 community members and other stakeholders last year the draft master plan is now ready for community review,” Infrastructure Services Director ShaunWalsh said.

“It’s such a treasured part of our shire that we want to be sure everyone has a chance to have a say on the future of the foreshore and for those who’ve previously provided input, it’s a chance to check back in and see how the plan they’ve helped create has developed.

“We are eager to hear residents’ feedback to ensure the plan reflects our collective vision.”

The Noosaville Foreshore is a popular area for activities such as walking, cycling, swimming, rowing, yachting, fishing, picnicking, shopping, and dining.

It also holds deep cultural significance for the Kabi Kabi Peoples.

The new infrastructure master plan will guide the rollout of new and replacement

assets along the foreshore such as amenities, playground facilities, lookouts, seating hubs, barbecues, gazebos, park furniture, pathways, lighting, fitness equipment and trees, to better serve the community’s needs. The master plan will ensure equitable access for all users of the foreshore into the future.

The plan will also ensure the foreshore’s natural beauty and cultural heritage is preserved.

“Upgrading our infrastructure to meet the diverse needs of our community while ensuring the foreshore is resilient to the impacts of climate change is a top priority,” Mr Walsh said.

“The draft plan incorporates strategies from our Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan and Climate Change Response Plan to tackle challenges such as flooding, sea-level rise, and storm tides.

The draft master plan, which features site analysis and concept designs, is available to view online at yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au

“While there, residents can have a say on the draft masterplan by completing a quick online survey.”

Council aims to have the Master Plan completed by late 2024.

nounced Honours and Awards for 737 Australians in this years Honours List.

“I would like to congratulate all those recognised in today’s Honours List. Some names are well-known, but the vast majority are not – they are people who work tirelessly and selflessly to make a difference in our community,” the Governor-General David Hurley said.

“On behalf of all Australians, I thank recipients for their service and congratulate them on their recognition.”

Queensland’s treasurer onTuesday handed down a big-spending, pre-election budget, offering up $3.7 billion in new cost-of-living measures.

Cost-of-living relief for all Queenslanders includes:

$1,300 electricity bill support for all Queensland households from July 2024, with a higher $1,672 rebate for vulnerable households

20 per cent reduction in vehicle registration fees for a 12 month period

A flat fare of 50 cents per trip across all Translink public transport services from 5 August 2024 for 6 months

Half-price Airtrain tickets from 5 August 2024 for 6 months

$200 FairPlay vouchers for sport and active recreation activities for up to 200,000 Queensland children

$15 million for the School and Community Food Relief to provide healthy food for children during school days

Food, emergency and financial relief to support Queensland families in need.

In addition first home buyers will receive concessions on transfer duties for properties valued up to $700,000, up from the previous $500,000.

The Treasurer said the record costof-living package has been funded by Queensland’s super-profits coal royalties program, which added $3.6 billion to the royalties revenue of $10.541 billion.

The Budget cash splash is widely seen as an election sweetener.

LNP leader David Crisafulli is set to give a Budget reply on Thursday.

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A new infrastructure master plan for Noosaville’s popular foreshore has advanced to the next stage.

Governor General David Hurley

Laurie Cowled, left, and USC graduate Sally Watson.

Tribute to our local gems

Noosa paid tribute on Queensland Day on 6 June to some incredible, selfless and inspirational unpaid workers, our volunteers, and businesses that pro bono their services to make Noosa such a special place.

The J Theatre was full of laughter and cheers as 150 residents gathered to honour 56 incredible volunteers at the Noosa Electorate Queensland Day Awards.

Nominated by their peers, each year our unsung heroes are honoured at the awards, an initiative begun in 2015 by then Noosa MP Glen Elmes and continued for the eighth year this year by current Noosa MP Sandy Bolton.

A Queensland Day medallion and Certificate of Appreciation was awarded to those who dedicate their expertise and time to a broad range of community sectors including sports, environment, animal welfare, heritage and culture, as well community support.

Noosa District State High School Student, Matilda Malone shared her incredible talent to treat the audience to a brilliant range of her songs to kick off and finalise the proceedings. Master of Ceremonies Sam Coward added his comedic flair to the occasion which highlighted the amazing achievements and irreplaceable contributions of the award recipients to our community, many over multiple decades.

“One of things most interesting in a diverse community such as ours, it’s often the efforts of those without recognition, with rewards, without pay that go unrecognised and unnoticed most of the time. So today we get to celebrate you and the efforts and achievements you’ve made throughout the year,” Sam said.

Ms Bolton described these people as “the beating heart of our community”.

“They are the thread that holds our social fabric together. They touch our lives. They make a difference. When you look at the breadth from providing for our children with their activities to tending the elderly, going in and reading to those in our aged care facilities who don’t have any visitors all year, saving and protecting our wildlife and furry friends and their habitats, to fighting fires to our SES, for our events - cultural and arts - I just cannot imagine our lives without all of them.

“In our community, electorate, our shire, we have close to 400 not for profits held together and delivering for us through our volunteers.

“Every volunteer I meet, what they do is inspire us to do better and be better every day.”

In partnership with major sponsors, Cooroy RSL and Noosa Today, Ms Bolton thanked the awardees, and all of our selfless residents who dedicate their time and efforts to deliver essential services and to make where we live so special.

“There are so many deserving volunteers in our community, so please if you know someone who donates their time and expertise for the good of our community, consider nominating them next year,” she said.

The 2024 awardees were: Chris Paterson, Kristy Paterson, Rob Dessaix, John Edwards, Vicki Dessaix, Col Oats, Bruce ‘Charlie’ Charlesworth, Christine Barry, Bernadette Murphy, Carol Johnston, Jackie Bazzo, Janet Bates, Judith McCourt, Paul Ryan, Oz Bayl-

don, Darren Ratten, Shane Nelson, Brooke Summers, Ron Greentree, Al Hensley, Wayne Carlson, Roger Aspinall, Joanne Power, Monica Staal, Nicolas Tudor, John Munro, Margot Tredinnick, Lyn Muir, Jon Pearce ‘Marlin’, Ian Bannister ‘Migaloo’, Irene Waters, Barry Nordberg, Michael Robinson, Rochelle Gooch, Peter Coleman, Amy Colley, Phillip Moran, Debbie Polley, John Stuart, Brian O’Connor, Judy Castledine, Rosie Grogan, Peter Bold, Beryl Rowan, Malcolm Lynch, Christine Lynch, Cara Tynan, Vicky Tran, Jennifer Sadler, Nathan O’Neill, Penelope Lena, Nicole Appleton, Dianne Lindsay, Vanessa Presling, William Watson and Marg Banfield.

Photos from the awards can be found at www.sandybolton.com/qld-day-awards

Brian Knott, award recipient Michael Robinson of Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, Julie Robinson and Grenville Snowdon Pictures: ROB MACCOLL

Len Bartley with award recipients Jon Pearce and Ian Bannister of Noosa Sea Scouts.

Ted Murphy with Bernadette Murphy (award recipient) of Katie Rose Cottage Hospice and Jo Power (award recipient) of Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club.

Warren Kuskoph, Col Oats (award recipient) and Stan Ryan of Noosa SES.

MC Sam Coward with Penelope Lena (award recipient) and Matt Gluyas of The Salvation Army Noosa.

Rhonda Prescott and Victoria Bradbury with award recipient Rochelle Gooch of Peregian Beach Bushcare Group.

Year 12 student Matilda Malone who performed at the event.

Noosa MP Sandy Bolton with Darren Ratten (award recipient), Peter Schumacher and Shane Nelson (award recipient) of Noosa District Basketball Association.

Taskforce sets sights

Taskforce Guardian alongside local police have conducted a seven-day blitz targeting youth offending across theWide Bay Burnett district.

During the deployment, 27 May to 2 June, the rapid response Taskforce, which brings together specialist investigators with Youth Justice workers, worked alongside local police focusing on enhancing community safety through targeting serious recidivist offending, engaging with at-risk young people and their families and conducting high-visibility patrols.

Over the deployment, 11 young people were charged with 24 offences, including fraud, going armed to cause fear, assault police, stealing and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

A 17-year-old Eli Waters boy was charged with one count each of enter dwelling and commit, receiving tainted property and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

It will be alleged he stole an Audi Q3 from a Bli Bli address between 16 and 17 May.

He has been remanded in custody and is

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due to appear in the Hervey Bay Childrens Court on 19 June.

A 15-year-old Kawungan boy was charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor ve-

hicle in relation to the same incident.

He was due to appear in the Hervey Bay Childrens Court on 5 June.

A 17-year-old Dundowran boy was charged with two counts of obstruct police officer, two counts of assault police officer and one count of going armed as to cause fear.

It will be alleged that he pointed a replica firearm at motorists at Dundowran Beach in July last year.

He is due to appear in Hervey Bay Childrens Court on 3 July.

Since Taskforce Guardian commenced operations in May 2023, state-wide more than 1300 young people have been arrested on 4200 offences with more than 500 diverted from the youth justice system.

Taskforce Guardian also works with key support services and local resources to engage at-risk young people with relevant programs and services, focusing on health, education, disability services and First Nations initiatives.

Teen sentenced

By Abbey Cannan

A 16-year-old who was involved in the torture of a teenage girl at a Tewantin home last year has been sentenced to two years’ detention, wholly suspended with a conditional release order.

The girl, who cannot be named, faced Maroochydore District Court in June.

The incident occurred in March 2023, where the victim was filmed while being assaulted, taunted and cut with a knife over four hours.

On 13 March 2023, investigations led police to charge three girls, who legally cannot be named, and at the time were aged 12, 13, and 14-years-old.

The footage of the incident was uploaded to social media.

battles for African miners, better industry practices

“There is bribery going on and there is corruption so the supply chain gets milked between the miners and the market. It gets the highest price with the miners getting the lowest price.”

Eliahi thought he could do something to help “as I had access into Africa and so in 2017 I set about how to get the necessary funding to establish the supply chain for not only diamonds but all commodities.

“I set up another company, the Priest Group to manage these types of negotiations and find solutions. With the help of contacts from the institute I’ve managed to position myself between the technology providers of the blockchain, the surveilance and the security around the supply chains.

“Through one of my technology groups, we are calling the programme GEOGenesis. We have access to satellites where we do remote sensing and we scan an area of land for natural resources.

“Now the satellite isn’t wholly accurate but it tells us where to send our ground teams so we can mine in that location for particular materials whether it be iron, cobalt, copper, gold, water, oil, diamonds or gas.

“What has the governments interested is that our technology can produce readings to a depth of six kilometres and an accuracy of six inches with which we can literally create a subterranean treasure map under the earth. It is phenomenal.”

He said the Priest Group in Kenya was registered in Nairobi. Everything was done by contract, showing the work that needed to be done and what the equity share was.

Asked how much of this was philanthropic, he said a huge portion, “Of course, we have to make money but the end goal isn’t money. It is the means to make a social impact. This is something that needs to be done.

“I want to be able to look at a blockchain

screen and know where our precious stones and metals are coming from. I want to look at how much the miner got paid, what profits are given back into the community and who was involved in the supply chain.

“Once it is on the ledger no third party can interfere with it because it is encrypted. It means we can take the corruption out of the supply chain.”

He said: “It is an extremely risky process upsetting the status quo over there. People are making a lot of money and whenever you enter an arena where you attempt to disrupt a stranglehold of power on a particular monopoly you make enemies because they are quite comfortable in what they are doing.

“It’s not like a great ambition of ours to enrich ourselves. It is first and foremost a human impact project.”

Eliahi came back to Noosa earlier this month from a 12-day mission to South Africa, the DRC, Uganda, and Kenya to secure diplomatic ties.He visited the DRC capital, Kinshasa, where he was received at the palace of His Majesty King Fabrice Zombi, leader of the 19 million strong Suku tribe.

Eliahi said, “He is the most respected traditional leader of the Congolese. As a result, he has an enormous influence.

“My first contact with the King was in 2019. I was enjoying a coffee at the Junction whenout of the blue I got a phone call from

him. He had heard about what I was doing, and I was recommended to him. He had seen an online presentation of mine realised I was prepared to stand up to powerful interests, let’s put it that way.

“I presented him with a beautifully handcrafted staff by local artisan Matty George as a symbol of respect and cultural exchange from Noosa’s local Kabi nation, as represented by a local native title holder Witboooka Kabi.

“It symbolised a first of kind connection between the indigenous people of Australia and the tribal nation of Suku, Congo. The King was deeply moved by this token and said it signified a strong bond and mutual respect between the two nations.”

Over the deployment, 11 young people were charged with 24 offences.

Congo King Fabrice Zombi greets Eliahi Priest at the palace in Kinshasa.

Eliahi Priest with Congo King Fabrice Zombi.

80s ‘groms’ in surfing first

Four local surfers made history at the 20th anniversary running of the Noosa Malibu Club’s Wrecks and Relics seniors surfing competition at Noosa West Beach last weekend.

In the first ever over 80s age division at a surf contest anywhere in the world, former surfing head judge and administrator Trevor Brady, 81 and now living at Tin Can Bay, emerged victorious over Mick Reale, 83, Bob Wood, 82 and Mike Williams, 81, after a thrilling 20-minute heat in perfect waist-to-chest-high waves that had the huge crowd on their feet and hooting from start to finish.

Five-foot-nothing Little Mick Reale jumped into action right from the start, taking two long rides on waves well over his head, scoring a near-excellent 7.0 for the first, and threatening for a title win in this, his comeback surf from a long out with injury. But wily Trevor Brady, biding his time for a set wave, answered back with a stunning excellent 8.17, then followed with a 9.17 to take complete control of the final, “combo-ing” the field.

Former advertising guru and founder of the Turtles swimming club, Bob Wood and big Mike Williams were gallant in defeat, both posting a high score of 4.57, and finishing equal third. But it wasTrev’s day, and he led the other octogenarians through the Aussie flags to the beach podium, where they were festooned with Hawaiian-style leis in a ceremony orchestrated by Wrecks co-ordinator Peppie Simpson, no stranger to pomp and pageant.

Accepting his historic award, the unofficial world over-80s champion shed a quiet tear or two, then promised to be back to defend the title next year.

Full details of the Wrecks and Relics in Life of Brine, page 42 Hail the mighty Octos!

Short-term accommodation focus for planning scheme

Restricting short-term accommodation to tourist zones are a key focus of Noosa Council planning scheme amendments, now out for comment.

Strategy and Environment Director Kim Rawlings said the amendments will ensure new housing in medium and high-density residential areas are for permanent residents, and not visitors.

Unless already approved, new short-term accommodation of whole dwellings will no longer be permitted in residential zones under the proposed changes to Noosa Plan.

“One of the proposed changes to Noosa Plan 2020 seeks to ensure any new short-stay accommodation is to be contained within the tourist accommodation zone. This is to prevent any more short-term properties from popping up in our residential areas,” she said.

Previously, Council brought in a local law that triggered an approval process and required all short-stay let property owners to appoint a 24-hour contact to act on complaints within 20 minutes.

“We also introduced a code of conduct

for guests aimed at ensuring the conduct of guests does not impact on surrounding residents or amenity,” Ms Rawlings said.

“The only new short-term accommodation allowed in residential areas will be where a resident goes away and wants to let their home out for a maximum of four times and 60 days per year to short-stay guests.”

This use will still require local law approval and, like any other short-stay let property, the owner will need to nominate a contact person to deal with complaints about noise and other issues within 20 minutes.

It is also proposed that properties in rural and rural residential zones can be used for short-term accommodation such as cabins, farm stays and nature-based tourism only if the resident remains on site in their home.

Ms Rawlings said the community was calling on Council to address local housing issues.

“And we know from recent consultation on the Destination Management Plan Discussion Paper that our community wants a more considered and sustainable approach to tourism,” Ms Rawlings said.

To have your say, visit yoursay.noosa.qld. gov.au before July 13. Have

The proposed amendments to the plan-

ning scheme will further regulate short-term accommodation by preventing this type of accommodation in residential areas, other than what is already approved.

a say on Council’s proposed planning amendments.

Trev Brady just a little stoked.

The Australian (and world) Over 80s longboard finalists, l to r: Mike Williams, Bob Wood, Trevor Brady, Mick Reale. Picture: PEPPIE

Aido’s legacy far reaching

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When I say “my friend” I really mean our friend, because there are very few people in Noosa who love surfing and good music who don’t count Aido, founder of the fabulous SandFlys, as a mate. He made you feel good about life, whether he was singing one of his plaintive songs on a local stage or down by the river, whistling to himself as he wheeled his surfboard trolley out to Tea Tree, or even interrupting one of his amusing between-sets stories to wheel around and catch the wave you were sure was yours.

Ah, Aido. Of course he had his quirks, and let’s start with his name. Everyone knows that the diminutive of Adrian should be Ado, but he always added the i, and even corrected me a couple of times when I wrote Ado. His bandmates will tell you that he wasn’t slow to correct them either, if their timing was off or they played a bum note. But his fellow players always loved the spirit and the passion he brought to his music.

“It was more like the other way ‘round,” laughs Chris Lofven, Aido’s longtime friend and bassist and collaborator in The SandFlys. “He was a great singer, gifted with a voice like Neil Young. His enthusiasm on the guitar, coupled with the strong hands of a labourer, meant regular string breaks and interruptions mid-show. But at our age the extra breaks were quite welcome!”

Veteran guru of cool music on the coast, Barry Charles posted: “It was so good to play the harp with him last Thursday (6 June0 and remember the wonderful times that Aido and the SandFlys gave us through their music. He loved Noosa and it came through in his original songs, and his album (Never Too Late0 will always be one of my homegrown favourites. The passion and unique nature of his singing style was stamped with courage, conviction and humour, and connected to so many people, young and old.”

One morning at Tea Tree Aido paddled up to me and said: “Did I ever tell you about our olive farm in Margaret River?” Later we caught up for a beer and a yarn while watching the waves run down the rocks at National Park.

The Spelt family migrated from the Netherlands in 1958 when Aido was seven. The family settled in Perth where dad built up a structural engineering business, but they never lived close enough to the beach for surfing to become a passion. Until third form at John Forrest High, when Aido became mates with a guy who surfed and the two would hitch-hike to the waves every weekend. He caught the bug, and joined the pioneering surf scene at Margaret River in the ‘70s, while working as a partner in the engineering business. He recalled: “Margs was the frontier, and my brother and I decided to push our boundaries and focus on the break.We got comfortable with a bit of size and power.”

Aido married and had kids, but at 33 his world was rocked when his wife walked out, leaving him to care for the children. Lonely and depressed, he picked up the guitar he’d been too busy to play in ages, started picking on it and writing songs. And then along came Debbie.

was the love of his life. He left his dad’s business, bought a block of land at Margaret River and built the steel structure of their house in the car port of his suburban home in Perth. He said: “Every weekend Deb and I would go down to Margs and work on the house, but we ran out of money. Then one day a guy knocks on the door and says he heard I knew a bit about steel and he has a courier business and needs someone to knock up 120 cages with compartments. I told him I could do it but I had no money, so he set me up with all the machinery that became the basis of our business, Margaret River Steel”.

The business boomed. He and Deb had 30 people working for them. Aido recalled: “One day we’re sitting in the office and a little guy in a big cowboy hat walks up to Debbie and says, ‘Ah need a shed and I need a goddamn good one!’ That was how we met Jack Witkin.”

Witkin was a Russian Jew whose family had moved to Colorado and made a fortune in project home developments. But the megamillionaire was also a survivalist who wanted to build a fortress from the coming apocalypse. He’d bought 360 acres of pristine land near Margarets and built high walls around the property to keep out invaders. Said Aido: “Jack was an unusual character but somehow we had a connection.”

At 50 Aido was surfing a remote break along the coast from Margarets when he felt a searing pain go right through his back. He thought he’d been attacked by a shark but he was experiencing a major heart attack. He managed to get to shore, made the long walk to his car and then drove himself three hours to hospital in Perth, where he had an emergency quadruple

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bypass. Nothing if not tough, our Aido.

JackWitkin came to see him in hospital and told him he had to get out of the stress of the steel business and made him the offer of becoming caretaker of his property. So began the amazing adventure of Olio Bello olive farm and sanctuary. Aido told me: “I built a house for us right on the big dam and started doing what Jack had asked, which was to develop an olive farm. It took me a year to get it together, building a tasting facility and restaurant and a huge production shed. I went to Italy and learnt how to drive an olive machine and brought that back to WA. When Jack finally got back from Colorado he drove through the front gate and hopped out of his car and started sobbing. He just loved that place so much, but his wife had never wanted to come there, and after about eight years she told him, it’s me or the farm, and he sold it to a bunch of Perth doctors.”

The dream was over. Aido and Deb had planted and looked after part of the 13,000 trees of a dozen different varieties, and learnt how to blend them to create premium extra virgin olive oil. In 2006 their fully organic operation won them the best manufacturer award from the Olive Oil Association of Australia. But the new owners had different ideas about how the property should run, and two years later they threw in the towel and headed for Noosa, a place of Aido’s dreams that he first visited in 1971.

They bought the Grind Cafe on GympieTerrace. One Grind became two and the business thrived, but then Deb contracted cancer. Aido said: “We had no family here so she needed me to be there for her. We sold the business and bought a food truck that I could operate

alone on flexible hours. We kept that right up to Covid, by which time Deb was thankfully in remission.”

In 2017 Aido and bass player Chris Lofven formed a four-piece band they called The SandFlys, playing salty surf songs and baby boomer favourites. They were an immediate hit, and for the next five or six years, they rocked our town. I booked their first paying gig and in 2021 Aido repaid the favour by playing for my 70th for little more than a song.

In 2023 Aido was doing it tough. His health had declined and he was finding it difficult to muster the energy for surfing or playing music. But this year he bounced back with new strength, resuming his place in the lineup at Tea Tree and playing gigs all over town, solo, as a duo with guitarist Pete Wells, and occasionally as the re-formed SandFlys.

Last Saturday he was smiley and energetic, playing a well-received set at a busking carnival by the river. Then he packed his gear into the car and drove home, where later in the day he suffered a fatal heart attack.

As the family started flying in to support her, Debbie Spelt tearfully told a few of us gathered at the home: “He always said he’d be happy to go out surfing or singing, and he almost did.”

A memorial paddle-out will be held at 3pm Friday 14 June at Tea Tree Bay, followed by a gathering at the National Park picnic area from 4pm.

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InthestudiorecordingNeverTooLate.

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The SandFlys.

Aido the surfer.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

Aido at the album launch.

Finalists in the Over 70s at Wrecks and Relics celebrate Aido’s life welllived. Picture: FENNA

On the track to Tea Tree, Aido’s happy place.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

Rotary mourns a legend

By Abbey Cannan

Rotary International and the Noosa community have lost an irreplaceable member in Geoffrey Bone, who passed away on 19 May at the age of 91.

Geoff gave 55 years of service to communities throughout Queensland, and Noosa locals were lucky to have him as the former president of Noosa Heads Rotary Club and chairman of Noosa RYDA Committee.

Rotary Club Noosa Heads president Charles Priest said, “Rotary has lost a significant member in Geoff, actually, it’s an irreplaceable Geoff.”

“Geoff was our club president for three straight years just before I took it on and I think the club wouldn’t have survived until now if it wasn’t for Geoffrey.

“Not only am I a better Rotarian for knowing him, I’m a better person.”

Geoff was born on 19 November 1932 and first joined Rotary in Darwin in 1969 and has been a Noosa member since 1992.

He founded the Noosa RYDA program in 2009 as a commitment to youth road safety in and around Noosa.

“He was an impeccable and extraordinary man of service,” Eliahi Priest said at Geoff’s funeral on Thursday 6 June.

“The man was simply unstoppable. I would like to say Aussie battler, but the term is overused and actually doesn’t fit.

“You see Geoff didn’t battle, he had an air of grace, of fortitude, dignity and peace about him that when he spoke, the rest of this knew to shut up and listen.

“He commanded our respect from the example of his service, so he didn’t need to battle, he led from the front.

“He was our Elder. And I can say as a Rotarian for Rotary. He is a great, great loss to us, our clubs and our community.”

The last time Eliahi stood to speak in this very place, Geoff was in the audience.

He was giving the eulogy for his late wife, Kristy-Elle Shepherd Priest.

“For those who know how much I loved her, it was all the way deeply and she was just 36 years old,” Eliahi said.

“Just over two years ago, I poured my heart out in poetry to her and those of us who loved her, and I gave my very soul to that eulogy. It was all that I had left.

“Afterwards, and in those moments of raw brutality, men look for strength in their peers, they look for purpose and I looked for leadership.”

That’s when he first properly met Geoffrey, who said to him, “You know, I’m 89 years old. So you can imagine that I’ve had to come to a lot of these and have had to say goodbye to a dear many people... I’ve heard a lot of eulogies, as you can imagine. But never in my life have I heard of one so good as the one you just gave Kristy.”

Eliahi said, “Age and wisdom is something and he had it in spades.”

“So not only is speaking here for Geoff today one of the great honors of my life, but Geoff’s words on that hallowed day will forever

remain one of the greatest compliments I have ever and will ever receive.”

Geoff’s youngest daughter Diane said her Dad was a man of many talents and infinite charm.

“He began his life as a talkative and inquisitive child, and that trait stayed with him throughout his life,” she said.

“Dad was ambitious, articulate and particular about everything he did.

“No stone was left unturned when it came to his benches and projects. And boy, he could talk. Those who knew him well can attest to this. He always had an interesting story to share or an opinion to express.”

She said his adventurous spirit thrived on travel, whether he was exploring vibrant cities

around the world or enjoying the tranquility of the countryside, each journey fueled his curiosity and enriched his life.

“Dad’s success in business was only a part of his legacy,” Diane said.

“He had an unwavering commitment to his community and a passion for service that lasted his entire life.

“In Dad’s final years he faced many challenges, but true to his nature, he refused to let his age and illness hinder his day-to-day life.

“Dad’s involvement with Rotary and his dedication to serving the community remained unwavering until the very end.

“Dad’s determination was truly inspiring, reminding us all to live each day to the fullest, regardless of the obstacles we may face.”

Friend and fellow Rotary member, Tony Oxley, said Geoff remembered everything right down to the finest detail.

“He had a way with words, often saying the same thing several different ways. So his addresses tended to take a long time and he was mercilessly teased about this approaching meetings,” he said.

“He was a stick of protocol. Turning up at meetings when he first joined the club in jacket and tie.

“He took several years of persuading before he would join the crowd and turn up to meetings Noosa-casual style.

“Geoff’s was a life well lived.”

After 40 years of operating we are pleased to announce our appointment to Auction M & K Pipelines closing down sale due to retirement.

Plant and equipment include the following:- 5 Excavators including – 2010 Sumitono 24 Tonne Excavator, 2 x 14 Tonne Sumitono Excavators (2013 & 2017), 2 x 8 Tonne Sumitono Excavators (2016 & 2018), 2 x Kawasaki 60ZV (122hp) Front End Loaders (2008 & 2012), 2012 Isuzu FXY 1500 Series Tip Truck 42500kg GCM with Fassi F95 Crane, 2011 Isuzu FSR 850 Tip Truck, 2011 Isuzu FRR 500 Tip Truck, 2012 Nissan UD-PKC Series Tilt Tray Truck (7 Metre Tray), 2012 NPR Series Truck with 4.5 Metre Tray Back, 2014 Mustang Skid Steer Loader, 2013 Toyota HiLux Ute, 2010 Toyota HiLux Tipper, 2010 Toyota HiLux Ute, (note: all Trucks and Utes are Registered), 4 On Site Offices, 6 x 20ft Shipping Containers, plus more including: Chainsaws, Concrete Saws, Generators, Pipe Lasers, Loading Ramps, Poly Welders and more.

Note: The Auction is approximately 8klm from Tewantin.

Geoffrey Bone, who passed away on 19 May at the age of 91.

Geoffrey Bone founded the Noosa RYDA program in 2009 as a commitment to youth road safety in and around Noosa.

Noosa Heads Rotary Club former president Geoff Bone with fellow members who paid tribute at his funeral on Thursday 6 June.

Holiday prize

Noosa Fair shoppers have the chance to win a holiday, in what is now the centre’s biggest competition of the year.

The prize includes one of two $3000 Flight Centre travel vouchers, with two vouchers to be won.

Simply spend $30 at any participating specialty retailer inside Noosa Fair Shopping Centre (or accumulate same day receipts) and attach your receipt to the entry form or scan the QR code to enter.

Participating retailers include:

Allure Hair Studio, Amplifon Noosa Heads, BWS, Ella Bache Noosa, Flight Centre, Freechoice Tobacconist, J1 Sushi, Live Life Pharmacy, Noosa Fair Butchery, Noosa Fair Massage - Massage Therapy, Noosa Fair News,

Sketch, The Reject Shop.

Coles are excluded from the competition but while customers are doing their weekly top up they may want to pop into any of the other participating specialty retailers. Unsure? Just ask the staff in the store.

Winners will be drawn at noon on Saturday 22 June.

Entrants must be at the prize draw to win. See noosafairshopping.com.au for terms and conditions.

Located on Lanyana Way in the heart of Noosa Junction, Noosa Fair offers customers the convenience of ample onsite undercover car parking as well as access to local bus and taxi services.

Proudly supported by Noosa Today.

Celebrate Park & Cove

Noosa’s 1st birthday

Nestled among Noosa’s lush treetops, Park & Cove Noosa invites you to celebrate our first birthday.

Our sunny coastal kitchen embraces the flavours of the Sunshine Coast, crafting each dish from the finest locally sourced ingredients.

To celebrate, we’re hosting a special giveaway!

Join us for an indulgent lunch or dinner in June, and go into a draw to win a luxurious two-night stay at Peppers Noosa, a spa treatment at Stephanie’s Ocean Spa, and a bespoke dinner curated by Head Chef Andrew Wilcox.

From Monday 24 June to Friday 28 June, visit our pop-up coffee cart at Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas between 7am and 11am to grab a free Melting Moment with your morning cuppa. We’re giving away 100

Melting Moments daily, so arrive early to snag this treat!

Our menu dances with the seasons, each ingredient thoughtfully sourced to offer a fresh, ever-evolving journey of flavours. With every visit, guests are invited to explore and enjoy the vibrant culinary craft that defines our region.

Celebrate with us and immerse yourself in the essence of Noosa’s gourmet delights. Whether you’re here for the giveaway or the gourmet experience, Park & Cove promises a memorable celebration of community, flavour, and local heritage.

Join us at Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas, 33A Viewland Drive, Noosa Heads. For reservations visit parkandcovenoosa.com.au? While stocks last. Check website for terms and conditions.

Park & Cove Noosa invites you to celebrate their first birthday.

Noosa Fair shoppers have the to chance to win a holiday.

Affordable housing dire

There is a dearth of affordable accommodation in Noosa for workers, low income households, persons with a disability, and families escaping domestic violence.

Noosa Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Rogers pointed out, “Noosa businesses are having difficulty attracting staff to Noosa due to the high cost of housing. This puts a damper on the local economy.

“Workers have to live elsewhere and bear the cost of driving in, thereby also increasing traffic congestion and parking issues. Public transport is inadequate to cater for varied work hours and locations.”

As a result of migration during the height of the COVID pandemic, Noosa sale prices, rents and occupancy went sky high.

According to ABS data, in December 2023 the median house and unit prices were $1,235,000 and $937,000 (compared with $600,000 and $567,000 in the rest of regional Queensland) and median house and unit rentals were $850/week and $650 /week (compared with $550 and $460 in other Queensland regions).

Only five of the sales (0.3 per cent) and 36 rentals (2.4 per cent) were affordable to low income households.

Sale prices and rental prices are a function of supply and demand. With Noosa Shire having a constrained urban footprint, opportunity to increase supply is limited. The South East Queensland Plan and Noosa Plan both look to increase supply by introducing higher density in some areas.

Ralph Rogers said, “Even with more supply, when new dwellings are not restricted specifically for workers or other needy groups, prices quickly escalate, as can be seen in the new Noosaville developments in Eumundi-Noosa Road and Hofmann Drive, where unit prices range around the $1million mark for small units.”

Successive State governments have sold off

state-owned social and community housing and the National Rental Affordability Scheme is ending now.

The outcome is reduced housing for needy people. They are forced to look for marketpriced rentals, putting demand pressure at the lower end of the market with subsequent knock on effects upwards.

Noosa Council approved a Housing Strategy in November 2022 with 48 recommendations to address housing diversity and affordable housing, including for workers. The recommendations included:

· Seek to encourage housing specifically suitable for workers close to places of work.

· Develop programs to encourage more efficient use of existing housing stock through means of sharing houses and encouraging secondary dwellings.

· Implement or support a program to accommodate key workers. Work with Industry on these programs.

· Ensure housing designed for key workers is within proximity to employment.

· Encourage large businesses and government departments that are developing or redeveloping their own land to include a component of employee housing for key workers.

But there has been little progress. Several applications aimed at providing affordable housing inTewantin, Cooroy and Noosa Heads were knocked back by Council, justified either by selected Noosa Plan rules or in response to a minority group of objectors. No effort was made to find win-win solutions to facilitate good affordable housing outcomes.

In 2022-23 council approved only 165 houses (34 less than the previous year) and 75 units (74 less than the previous year). Some of those houses are likely replacing already existing houses, so do not increase supply or help reduce prices.

In the 2020 Noosa Plan, Council made short term letting‘inconsistent’ in whole houses (i.e. unlikely to get council approval). But council enforcement of this has been found wanting, with a public outcry for council action. Seemingly the Noosa Plan is not leading to the promised outcome of making more permanent rentals available.

It is little wonder that the State government proposed a Housing Availability and Affordability Bill to allow the State Government to at times override council planning schemes in order to facilitate the development of affordable housing. The public (and councils) had the opportunity to submit feedback to the initial Bill in 2023 and more recently, in April and May, to related regulations, guidelines and rules.

The May council submission made some important points. The State proposed that at minimum 15 per cent of any ‘state-facilitated

Work begins to replace notorious roundabout

After years of advocacy, work is finally about to begin on the $5million upgrade of a notorious roundabout in Coolum Beach.

Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said he was excited to see machinery and demountables move into Barnes Lane in Coolum this week, ahead of the start of work to replace the roundabout at Yandina Coolum Road, School Road and South Coolum Road with a signalled intersection.

“For years the Coolum community and I have been advocating for this upgrade, which is part of our bigger campaign to bust congestion and improve safety,” Mr Purdie said.

“Locals have consistently told me this is their top priority, and while it’s been a long journey and millions of dollars to get to this point, we are starting to see some real progress.”

Mr Purdie said the work will complement the recent upgrades to Coolum State School’s Stop, Drop and Go zone, which was relocated further away from the roundabout in an effort to ease congestion.

Key features of the new intersection will include 3 signalised pedestrian crossing points, a new concrete footpath to connect the school drop off on Barnes Lane to School Road, new dedicated right and left turn lanes from Yandina Coolum Road into South Coolum Road and School Road, a new dedicated through lane on Yandina Coolum Road, and on-road bike lanes.

This is a critical stage of the long-term plan, which includes the duplication of the Motorway and a new interchange at Coolum, Mr Purdie said.

He said the duplication was currently the subject of a $3million business case, including upgrading the local road network to link South Coolum Road and Suncoast Beach Drive, and installing new on and off ramps to connect with West Coolum Road.

“I’ve already met with the new Mayor and Division 8 Councillor to progress these local upgrades, and I hope they will see the merit in

getting this important link done sooner rather than later.”

Coolum Business and Tourism president Mark Cameron said the business community was delighted to see the work finally begin.

“However, it is just the first step towards receiving the upgrades badly needed to make Coolum and our rapidly developing industrial estate more accessible and adequate for a

development’ will need to provide affordable housing, but ‘affordable’ is not clearly defined, and there appear to be no rules to guarantee ongoing affordability.

Ralph Rogers stressed, “The State government and Noosa Council need to work urgently and collaborate with the business community to identify housing and related transport solutions to specifically target the needs of workers and our businesses.”

For more information about Noosa Chamber of Commerce & Industry and to join see www.noosachamberofcommerce.com.au THE PROPOSED NOOSA PLANNING SCHEME CHANGES EXPLAINED

Noosa Chamber of Commerce are pleased to offer a plain English explanation of the proposed amendments to the Noosa Shire’s planning Scheme. Will the changes support my business and our viability? What might be the impact on my commercial property’s future use?

This is a not to be missed opportunity to get a high level understanding of the implications for your business if/when these amendments become embedded in town planning approvals.

Guest speaker Russell Green of RG Strategic will present the session which will be a high level and detailed review of the proposed changes.

“You don’t really know how the town plan will affect you until you want to expand your business or redirect the use of your property,” says President Ralph Rogers.

“I encourage every business and commercial property owner to attend.”

Tickets for this not-to-be-missed in depth seminar are available via the Chambers website.The seminar to be held at the Boathouse is scheduled for 5.30pm on 25 June 2024.

Members and non-members are all very welcome.

Man still missing

Police are continuing to appeal for urgent public assistance as the search continues for missing 34-year-old man Dennis Cole in Doonan.

Dennis, known as Danny, left a Sunrise Road property on a skateboard around 2am on 12 May and has not been seen or heard from since.

Family and police hold serious concerns for Danny’s welfare, as his disappearance is out of character. Police and State Emergency Service volunteers have searched bushland in the Doonan area, but so far, there has not been any sighting of him.

Residents within the Doonan, Yandina Forest, Wappa Falls, Cooran, Pomona and surrounding areas are urged to review their CCTV or dashcam footage, and to check their properties or sheds for any signs of Danny. He is described as Caucasian, approximately 185cm tall, with a proportionate build, brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information regarding Danny’s whereabouts is urged to immediately contact police.

growing region,” he said.

The intersection works are expected to take approximately 4 months, weather conditions permitting, and although there will be traffic disruptions, Mr Purdie said he encouraged motorists and pedestrians to be patient.

“This is one of the biggest infrastructure projects we’ve seen in Coolum for decades, and once completed, it will be a game-changer.”

contact

Police are appealing to Danny, or anyone who knows where he is, to

police.

Ninderry MP Dan Purdie welcomes the arrival of machinery to mark the start of the $5million project.

Noosa Chamber of Commerce president Ralph Rogers.

MORE IN 2024

Neighbour Day in June

Noosa Council’s Neighbour Day event, postponed due to wet weather earlier this year, will now take place in June.

Cheryl Pattison, Community Development coordinator said Council was pleased to be able to host the event.

“Neighbour Day is back on after being washed out in March this year. We are really looking forward to bringing the local community together,” Ms Pattison said.

The event – a Neighbour Day BBQ, hosted by Kin Kin Community House - will take place on Wednesday 19 June, from 4pm to 6pm.

Along with the free sausage sizzle BBQ, the event offers live music, an ice cream van, disaster resilience information, and enjoyable activities for children.

The BBQ is open for everyone within the local neighbourhood, and is free to attend.

Neighbour Day aims to foster community connections and enhance disaster resilience.

Council’s Community Recovery and Resilience team is excited to meet locals on the day, adding that this Council initiative is one of many community engagement activities planned for 2024.

“We believe that a connected and resilient community starts with us. As a region we have been through a lot, but the Noosa region is famous for its inclusive and neighbourly attitude.We’re here to build on that for the future,” Ms Pattison said.

This initiative is made possible through joint funding from the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Heavy haulage headaches

The Independent Member for Noosa, Sandy Bolton MP has continued efforts to see an end to the trauma being experienced by hinterland residents affected by heavy haulage.

In a recent speech in Parliament on the Environmental Protection Bill, Ms Bolton shared the community’s frustration that the recommendations in the 2022 independent review of environmental protection enforcement and compliance have not been adopted fully within the Bill.

“My community respect, and are passionate about, the environment. That is reflected in its Biosphere Reserve status and the efforts over decades to protect its unique assets. Yet over the last three years, we have seen a catastrophic increase in dust, noise, damage to infrastructure and wildlife, and danger to road users and residents through an inappropriate volume of heavy haulage through our Noosa villages with no action through our environmental protection system to mitigate this,” Ms Bolton said.

The Kin Kin Quarry is an example of where an environmental authority (EA) is issued for small development that then allows for an unacceptable expansion if it is the same type of development, without triggering a review of the EA in any form.

“An EA should deal with all impacts, not just those inside the permit area, and include wildlife carnage, social and economic impacts on residents, and the mental and physical health of communities. We have been advocating for improved environmental regulation including for an Independent Environment Protection Agency since 2021, and welcomed the independent review and its recommendations.”

One of the vital recommendations from the independent review was to give the chief executive the power to amend en-

vironmental authorities when otherwise environmental impacts are not being addressed.

“That this has not been adopted in full is deeply concerning. With historical EAs granted decades earlier, the size, scale, nature and impact of the activity can change dramatically over time which can devastate communities. Hence, it is so important that a mechanism be available to amend that authority when that occurs. Our community was hopeful when the recommendations came out as this provided a way forward, yet this bill does not deliver the recommendations in full as needed. This is deeply disappointing, as well that few environmental agencies made submissions during the committee consultation process,” said Sandy.

The department responded to concerns raised that it was seeking to balance environmental protections with impacts on stakeholders.

“Given the experience of my own community, and no doubt many others across the state, the so-called ‘balance’ is tilted enormously away from Queenslanders who must endure the trauma of being exploited by environmental, emotional and economic destruction with no power to do anything about it. This is unacceptable in all ways.”

The Independent MP continues to ask when will an Independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) be realised, as consultation was completed in July 2022. Every other state in Australia has an EPA, and it is time Queensland had one.

“A recommendation they thankfully implemented was adding the concept of human health, safety and wellbeing in the definitions of environment and environmental value which may provide a path forward,” she said.

Angela Romanowski and Summer Wallbank getting ready for Neighbour Day community event.

Buskers come together

By Margie Maccoll

Performer Felicity Kircher was awarded first prize last Saturday at the Noosa Final of the Australian National Busking Championships where about 50 performers lined Noosa riverbank along Gympie Terrace to shoot for their chance at stardom, as international sensation Tones and I had done six years before.

Event founder, long-time music teacher Allan Spencer said Tones and I, who performed in the busking competition in Noosa in 2018 remained their greatest success after she went from sleeping in her car and busking in Byron Bay to the Noosa competition from where she was invited to perform at the Gympie Muster and picked up by Triple J, before her fame exploded.

Allan said over the event’s 13 year history they had watched many other competitors rise through the music industry, including recent Noosa winner Sari Abbott.

A music teacher for more than 40 years Allan and his wife, also a music teacher, began the busking competition in Cooma after being asked to organise an event to raise money for cancer research.

“It grew from there,” Allan said, but the goal, to develop young talent and support not-forprofits, had remained, with events now held in several locations around the country, each one raising funds for local causes and the annual final held in Cooma, where it began.

In Noosa Saturday’s event combined with the Come Together Festival to raise funds for Noosa Riding for the Disabled, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club’s sailability program and domestic violence programs.

Allan said Noosa’s major winner Felicity Kircher, 19, had competed in the event in previous years and was a skilled busker. The competition had various categories with winners named below:

2024 Noosa Busking Winners:

· Primary (0-12 years) - First: Rudi, second: Georgia Stafford, third: Huey Bayldon

· Secondary (13-17 years) - First: Noah Robertson, second: Ultraviolets, third: The Dirty Birds

· Open (18 years and over) - First: Felicity Kircher, second: Instant Soup, third: Levi X

· Peoples Choice - First: The Dirty Birds, second: Instant Soup, third: Keira Humphreys

· Special Judges Awards - Best Singer/Songwriter: Felicity Kircher, Best Guitarist: Nuraini, Best Entertainer: Wylie J, Best Band: Instant Soup

Winners of the national busking championships including Noosa’s will compete at the finals of the Australian National Busking Championships held in Cooma on 30 November.

Taylor Dee

Busker Florence Rhodes

Man of 100 voices AJ the entertainer.

Fin Zerner

Georgia Stafford, 9, second in the Primary category.

Instant Soup, winners of Best Band category and second in Open and People’s Choice categories.

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Sunshine Beach Road will be closed for the event, so plan your journey. Catch a free Go Noosa Weekends Bus! The first 250 visitors who arrive by bus, foot or e-transport will receive a voucher for two free trees from Noosa Landcare.

Bus stops on Sunshine Beach Road, located near Arcadia Street will be moved to Noosa Drive for routes 620, 626, 627, 629, 631. Taxis and all traffic will be rerouted.

Winter school holiday fun

Attention all adventurous kids and parents! Get ready to enjoy an action-packed winter school holiday activities filled with excitement, creativity, and endless fun! Noosa Council has put together a fantastic line-up of activities and workshops to keep children of all ages entertained and engaged throughout the winter school holiday break. From arts and craft workshops to swimming lessons and basketball clinics there’s something bound to interest the kids!

Noosa Aquatic Centre

Make a splash with intensive swim lessons at the Noosa Aquatic Centre. Led by qualified instructors, these lessons are perfect for brushing up on essential water skills and swimming abilities. The shaded pools provide a comfortable environment for learning, there is also a BBQ area and on-site cafe for a full day of excitement for the whole family. Plus, don’t forget to take advantage of lap swimming and the spacious, air-conditioned gym and crèche facilities.

Noosaville and Cooroy Libraries

Unleash your child’s creativity with a wide range of workshops at Noosaville and Cooroy Libraries. Try activities and workshops such as Cricut Crafts (decorate trinket trays, keyrings, jars using Cricut design software), Build a Bird House, help the bugs stay warm by making them a cozy hotel, Ancient Times Kids’ Dress up and Photobooth, Junior Book Cafe and much more! With so many options available, your little ones are sure to find something that sparks their imagination and keeps them entertained throughout the holidays.

Noosa Leisure Centre

The Kids’ Playroom is always a hit with kids under 5 years with so much fun equipment to bounce, climb and swing - cafe onsite too!

School Holiday Step Class for the kids is back so get fit and have fun at the same time! If you

just want to shoot hoops with mates NLC is open for that too (please phone the Centre first to check availability)!

Noosa Regional Gallery

Step into the MAGICAL world of Pip and Pop these winter school holidays! IMAGINATE is a biennial exhibition event, especially for children. Inspired by the beautiful flora found in the Noosa Biosphere Reserve, immerse yourself in a spectacular pastel playland, where art

and nature fantastically collide! IMAGINATE: Sunshine Daydream runs from 15 June- 7 July 2024.

ArtPlay Sunday- Free creative family fun on the third Sunday of the month from 11am – 2pm. Workshops- Artist-run workshops including charcoal, painting, and making sessions.

Peregian Digital Hub: Come along for two weeks of fun and creative

is a biennial exhibition event, especially for children.

technology-related workshops for girls and boys aged 7-16. Choose from robotics prep course for RoboRAVE competition, digital art for iPad (Procreate), iOS app development, coding retro games with AI and Python, Java Minecraft mod making, 3D design/printing, plus Build Your Own PC! All workshops are taught by our talented young Hub Cadets.

To discover the full range of activities and workshops, check out Noosa Council’s winter School Holiday activity guide, available at https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/school-holiday-activities/school-holiday-activities-1. Remember, most activities require booking in advance, so make sure to secure your spot and plan your family’s unforgettable school holiday adventure in Noosa.

On behalf of Noosa Council, we wish all residents and visitors a fabulous school holiday break! We look forward to welcoming you and your family to our venues and creating cherished memories that will last a lifetime.

Sunshine Beach Surf Club to celebrate reopening

The Sunshine Beach Surf Club will undergo a brief closure starting 10 June for essential maintenance and a refreshing update.

The club will reopen on 21 June at 3pm, kicking off a weekend of celebrations.

Sunshine Beach Surf Club general manager Julie Strudwick said, “The harsh environment that we operate in means that we need to continue our maintenance work.”

“Although we have been trading in the new building for only four years, we want to ensure that the club remains fresh, lively, and a destination for our members and guests.

“The Club closure ensures we can get the work done quickly and with no interruption to our patrons’ experience.

“We want to ensure that our patrons get the best possible experience every time they come, so to close and do the renovations enables this to happen quickly and without interruption to their visit to the club, ensuring the best experience every time.”

The Club has been collaborating with local design company JMV Design, and during the 10-day closure, the club will introduce some exciting new elements while addressing necessary maintenance tasks.

“We have been working with JMV Design to add a fresh, vibrant feel to the club,” Ms Strudwick said.

The Sunshine Beach Surf Club has been a cornerstone of the community for the past 40 years.

Since the new club building opened in January 2020, it has become a must-visit destination for nearly 25,000 visitors every month as well as a frequent destination for our 8000 members.

It serves as a venue for enjoying meals and drinks while sitting on the deck watching the whales go by or enjoying the fabulous sunsets at Sunshine Beach. The Club also offers social events, a function space for weddings, and private functions.

“We are proud to be part of the community, and everything we do helps to ensure no lives are lost between the flags on Sunshine Beach,” Ms Strudwick said.

“These renovations will ensure that the club remains a vital and dynamic part of the community.”

To celebrate the reopening, the club has planned a special event on Friday 21 June, 2024, starting at 3pm. The evening will be filled with free live entertainment, giveaways, and fun activities for kids and grown-ups alike.

Re-Opening Party: Friday 21 June from 3pm

· Balloon Art by Miss Donna

· Suzie the Face Painter

· Aperol Sunset Bar on the lawn from 4:30pm

· Ryan Giles Band from 5:30pm

· Prizes and Giveaways

The Sunshine Beach Surf Club will undergo a brief closure starting 10 June.

The Sunshine Beach Surf Club has been a cornerstone of the community for the past 40 years.

The club will reopen on 21 June at 3pm, kicking off a weekend of celebrations.

Get ready to enjoy action-packed winter school holiday activities.

IMAGINATE

No ecotourism development in our national parks

What a fantastic headline in last week’s Noosa Today, “Great walk ditched”!

For the past five years Protect Parks and Keep Cooloola Cool as well as other members of the community have been battling to achieve this result. It has been five years of lobbying The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation and the Department of Tourism and Sport, CABN, Gympie and Noosa Councils, Noosa Parks Association and other environmental groups. Five years of letter writing, community engagement, market stalls, demonstrations, intensive research, communication with the Kabi Kabi, organizing public forums and all the while being constantly barraged with negativity and verbal abuse from so many sources.

I thank Sandy Bolton for her support and willingness to listen to our arguments and coming on board with our plea to protect the very precious aspects of Cooloola National Park. Our activism has always been about keeping the fundamental essence of the Cardinal Principle alive : to keep our National Parks as places of refuge and awe while always protecting the abundant flora and fauna that reside within these special places. It saddens me to think we have had to work so hard for something that is so obviously important. With the world as it is today, our National Parks are so essential and significant to people’s wellbeing.

The backflip from Noosa Parks Association was very encouraging. However, I remain concerned that Michael Gloster talks of a “refinement of the Cardinal Principle to enable a degree of commercial opportunity for First Nations Peoples within Queensland’s National Parks”. I have written two letters to NPA seeking clarification of this issue. The Cardinal Principle should not be “refined” or tampered with . I am still waiting for a response. In last week’s Noosa Today, Michael Gloster spoke of “exploring a number of interesting commercial opportunities in Cooloola, some based on re- purposing existing infrastructure within the park”. Five years ago, GregWood, convener of Protect Parks, presented an 11 page document entitled “Cooloola National Park: An exploration of development alternatives in pursuit of broad community benefit, via inclusive collaborative process”. At the time it was completely ignored by NPA, yet here they are, five years later exploring these very initiatives. We should have all been on the same page from day one.

Returning to the main thrust of this letter, I would strongly recommend everyone read the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation and the Department of Tourism and Sport’s statement concerning the Queensland Ecotourism Trails Program. It confirms the ditching of the Cooloola Great Walk Ecotourism Project, but if you read to the bottom, it also states, “The State remains supportive of ecotourism opportunities to enhance the Cooloola Great Walk”.

S.35 in the Nature Conservation Act allows for private site leasing for commercial development within our N. P’s. This needs to be removed now.

There is a Petition on the Queensland State Parliament website addressing this issue . If you care about the integrity of our National Parks, I strongly recommend signing this petition. We need to really push this with the election looming. Now is the time to get rid of S.35 for good.

I would ask Sandy Bolton, as part of her election campaign, to push for this petition to be signed as well as continuing her advocacy to State Government to have S.35 removed from the Nature Conservation Act.

Sign the Petition now and save our precious Parks.

Kathy Sweet, Tewantin

Commercialising national parks remains on the agenda

The Shuffle Dance consists of a few basic steps complemented by whatever variations the dancer would like to include. The Great Cooloola Backshuffle is an interesting variation in which each participant starts in an untenable position, moves in all possible directions until the music stops, then assumes an entirely new, more favourable position, in which they claim to have been right from the start.

As a masterly guide to this exciting new dance form, I recommend Phil Jarratt’s feature in this week’s Noosa Today: Great Walk

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Ditched. After reading this a newcomer could well come to the conclusion that the relevant government departments finally decided to bow to public opinion, while the real reason, that the concept simply could not hold water financially, has been conveniently lost in translation.

As Phil briefly mentions, there was strong opposition to the project from the start, led by the volunteer groups Protect Our Parks and Keep Cooloola Cool. Only these groups, the Noosa Greens and their supporters have maintained a consistent stance right from the outset: No commercial development within National Park boundaries.

What this article does not mention is that the original aim, to commercialise our National Parks, remains on this government’s agenda, as does the relevant legislation. It may well remain dormant until after the October election, but until the necessary amendments to the Act are made, the danger will remain.

Noel Bird Boreen Point

Nuclear makes no sense

There is a level of insanity underlying the call by our local member, Ted O’Brien, and other members of the Coalition to adopt nuclear power as a solution to our energy needs. The call must be understood as a politically motivated maneuver merely to distinguish itself from the Labor Government. There is nothing in it that will benefit Australians. If the Coalition were to be successful, energy prices would more than double, and would remain high (according to the CSIRO and many other scientific bodies). Significantly, if we removed, today, the legislation that prevents the processing of nuclear fuel in Australia, it would take between 10 and 15 years to have ONE nuclear power plant operating which would come nowhere near reducing our carbon footprint, especially if the Coalition were to abandon, as proposed, renewables in the meantime.

Australia was not so well endowed with hydro, wind and sunlight, then nuclear could make more sense but certainly not at this time in this place.

Two recent correspondents dispute whether CO2 is even significant in causing global warming. John Turner (NT 17/5) thinks that the Sun’s magnetic field might be causing global warming. This is not remotely possible

because the Sun’s magnetic field is about 50 times less strong than a fridge magnet. The possibility that this is causing global warming has been dismissed long ago. EvenTed O’Brien doesn’t buy this.

Richard Deane (NT 7/6) does not understand at all the role of CO2 in our atmosphere. The answers to his questions can be easily extracted from the choices offered by Google or I can find a year 8 student from the local high school that can explain it to him. Hint: Google “carbon cycle” and “role of CO2”.

I think it might be time for the Noosa electorate to promote an independent candidate aligned with the Teals independents to run at the next election. The two current members are far out of touch with the degree of action needed to thwart increasingly damaging global warming.

Steve Hall

Cooroy

Housing solutions?

When everyone knows where the nuclear power plants are to be built, will that be where the cheapest houses to rent and to buy are located? Just asking for new clear details.

Margaret Wilkie, Peregian Beach.

Feed the birds

It’s not a contentious issue! Australia is well behind others! Feed the Birds! Use good sources of information (USWildlife Service etc.) to find out what to feed them.

In Hinduism it is a moral obligation to feed the birds - why - because you have spent millennia destroying their habitat.

Australia’s current position is disingenuous at best, completely absurd at worst. Australia has a morally abysmal record of land clearing. One of the worst in the world! It’s not stopping either.

Use your heart .... Help birds proliferate by two means. Feed them suitable foods/water stations and plant trees and care for flora always, everywhere and endlessly. If you think for one second the impact humans have on bird habitat, the answer to help them or not is as obvious as the nose on your face.

Dylan White Coolum Beach

Embedded Deception

Fake news and disinformation is not new with AI and the digital world.

Deception has been embedded in our world for eons.

Greats of literature like Shakespeare based many of their plots on human deceit.

Within our bodies, deception has been integral to cancer cells tricking our immune systems into treating them as normal parts of our bodies.

Through genetic subterfuge, they render our white blood cells ineffective in eliminating these cellular deep fakes.

Through laboratory trials, our scientists have devised deceptions to combat cancer cell cons.

Medical teams have learned to use scientific disinformation to lure cancer cells into exposing fatal weaknesses to exploit for patients’ benefit.

Animals practise deception too.

Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests for them to raise the cuckoos’ kids.

Disinformation is rampant with capuchin monkeys who shriek a fake news warning as though threatened by a predator to scare others away from their food.

In the digital world, a similar battle is going on with those peddling disinformation. New technology can analyse facial blood flow to detect deep fakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift supposedly exposing their private lives and advocating products they have not approved.

Governments like ours are now on red alert in the digital arms race of defeating deception while the public sits bewildered by the pace of change accelerating under AI.

In between, are the uber-wealthy global corporations with their billionaire owners possessing the AI technology and holding mega banks of data on us to be used for good or evil with the ongoing risk of our privacy being hacked and ransomed.

Hopefully, through increased awareness and prompt government countermeasures, we can be shielded from becoming collateral damage in this arms race of digital deception.

Garry Reynolds Peregian Springs

In Noosa for the Wrecks and Relics Surf competition Deb Tinker snapped this photo “of the serenity and peaceful sunset (she) experienced in the evening at First Point”. If you have a Lenscape please email it to newsdesk@noosatoday.com.au

The Guide

AUSTRALIA’S BEST HOUSE

9Life, Saturday, 5.30pm

There’s not a tradie, split pot of paint or unfinished tiling job in sight as this straightforward series explores some of our country’s most jaw-dropping abodes. It’s pure dream territory: the viewer steps into the magazine-worthy homes and, if they can be revived from their wishful reverence to listen, a bunch of judges – Joe Snell, Brielly Turton and Andrew Purdie – share their commentary on what makes each build such a treat. Host Megan Gale is back breezily hosting this third season of aspirational distraction, with tonight’s travels diving into water projects and coastal retreats that might just bring on the waterworks when the price tag of such luxury is considered.

Journalist Marc Fennell enraptured audiences with his dazzling first season of investigative daring into the prized possessions the British monarchy have quietly nabbed as their own across the centuries. He’s back with season two to dig deeper into the swiped treasure in a fascinating eight-part doco filmed across 11 different nations including Kenya, Egypt, Canada and South America. Fennell’s globe-trotting mission features both shipwreck and desert in a compelling puzzle of ownership and truth. In tonight’s premiere, the Parthenon Marbles are under the microscope, with legendary actor and intellect Stephen Fry joining Fennell at the controversial museum exhibit.

Friday, June 14

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

Chat show hosts make chinwagging look effortless, but it takes a special kind of soul to win an audience and coveted guests five days a week. While Oprah was known for dizzyingly decadent audience gifts often hidden under their seats, former child star and rom-com queen Drew Barrymore (pictured) has enchanted with her vibrantly bubbly and honest manner. Although Aussies are a few years late to her party, her latest season is here to sweeten up that mid-morning lull. Halloween has become a thing on our shores in recent years and today’s two episodes offer a feast of costume and pumpkin-carving inspiration, with an array of snacks including potato nachos and biscuits sure to fire up viewers’ appetite.

You needn’t don your Sunday best for this sophisticated new sixpart series, but you’ll probably be inspired to pull out some of your fancier duds after falling for this heartwarming tale of a bygone era. Birkenstocks and activewear may be unpalatable after enjoying this female-led ’60s world of fashion directed by Gracie Otto and starring her screen-star sister Miranda, along with a resplendent Jessica De Gouw (TheSecretsSheKeeps) and American bombshell Debi Mazar (pictured, right, with Otto and De Gouw). Based on the book and set six months after the 2018 movie, this glamorous Aussie drama unwraps the moving stories of the women running the chic Goodes Department Store during a time of great change.

SEVEN (7)

NINE (8, 9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Mal, R) 2.00 Miniseries: The Cry. (Mals, R) 3.00 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) 3.55 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs: India. (PGa, R) 9.55 Outta Town Adventures. 10.55 Charles I: To Kill A King. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Such Was Life. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: No One Would Tell. (2018, Mav, R) Shannen Doherty. 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadis meets the clivia king.

8.30 Silent Witness. (Ma) The Lyell team returns to the crime scene when another victim is in peril.

9.30 Gruen. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson. 10.10 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 10.35 Austin. (PG, R)

11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R)

12.10 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Abandoned Railways From Above: York. (PG)

8.25 Secrets Of The Lost Liners: Oceanos. (PGa) Takes a look at the Oceanos 9.15 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters: Spies In The Deep. (PGal, R) The team searches a missing spy plane.

10.05 SBS World News Late.

10.35 World On Fire. (Malv) 11.35 Shadow Lines. (MA15+v, R) 3.45 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Down Under 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 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs catches up with Hayden Quinn.

7.20 Football. AFL. Round 14. Brisbane Lions v St Kilda.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.15 Armchair Experts. (M)

12.00 Boy To Man: The Cave Climbers. (PGa, R) 1.00 Australia’s Amazing Homes. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Industry Leaders. 2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.00 Swimming. Australian Trials. Day 5. Heats. 1.30 Mr Mayor. (PGs, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 15. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos.

9.55 Golden Point. Post-match NRL wrap-up.

10.40 MOVIE: Point Break. (2015, Mlv, R)

An FBI agent infiltrates a team of extreme athletes. Édgar Ramírez.

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.35 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.30 Destination WA.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Postcards. (PG, R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mls, R) Celebrity guests include Sarah Snook, Boy George and Miriam Margolyes. 9.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW 10, Tuesday, 11am

National treasures: Marc Fennell is joined by Stephen Fry.

LADIES IN BLACK ABC TV, Sunday, 8.30pm

STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE ABC TV, Monday, 8pm

PICK OF THE WEEK

Saturday, June 15

ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 In The Room: Leigh Sales With LinManuel Miranda. (Ml, R) 1.25 Father Brown. (PGav, R) 2.15 Gruen. (R) 2.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.30 Tony Armstrong’s ExtraOrdinary Things. (PG, R)

4.30 Restoration Australia. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Australian Story: The War Pup – Quaden Bayles. (R) Presented by Leigh Sales.

6.30 Back Roads: Leeton, NSW. (R) Heather Ewart travels to Leeton.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Father Brown. (PGav) A group of bikers causes outrage.

8.15 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R)

DCI John Barnaby and DS Jamie Winter investigate the murder of a ballroom dancer.

9.45 A Life In Ten Pictures: Elizabeth Taylor. (Ml, R) Takes a look at Elizabeth Taylor’s life through a handful of iconic shots and private photographs.

10.40 MOVIE: Whitney. (2018, Madl, R)

An intimate portrait of Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston. 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.05 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 10.05 Wales: Land Of The Wild. 11.00 My Unique B&B. 11.55 Destination Flavour. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 3.50 Vesuvius With Bettany Hughes. (PGa, R) 5.35 Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust. (PGavw, R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Jersey And Guernsey. (PGaw) It is Liberation Day across the islands.

8.25 Portillo In The Pyrenees: A Spiritual Quest. (PGav, R) Part 3 of 4. Michael Portillo continues his Pyrenean challenge, this time in France’s Ariege region.

9.20 Scotland: Escape To The Wilderness. (PG, R) Part 3 of 4. 10.15 Greenland: Survival At The Edge. (PG, R)

11.10 Paris Paris. (PGa) 12.10 Face To Face. (Ma, R)

2.05 The Witnesses. (Ma, R)

4.00 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)

4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 1. Qualifying. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 1. Pre-Race and Race 11. From Hidden Valley Raceway, NT. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Creek To Coast.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Biosecurity makes an alarming discovery.

7.30 MOVIE: The Lost World: Jurassic Park. (1997, PGv, R) A research team is sent to investigate an island populated by dinosaurs. Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore. 10.15 MOVIE: Predator. (1987, Mlv, R) A team of mercenaries is hunted by an alien. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers. 12.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 1. Highlights.

1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Tales Of Aluna. 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 11.00 Swimming. Australian Trials. Day 6. Heats. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. 1.30 Business Drive. 2.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 2.30

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Swimming. Australian Trials. Day 6. Finals and the naming of the Olympic swimming team for Paris. From Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

9.30 To Be Advised.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) Religious program.

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R) From Antigua to Martinique, St Lucia and the Grenadines, the team cruises the picturesque islands of the Caribbean on board a luxury superyacht.

3.00 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 The Brighter Side: Save. Grow. Dream. Australians share bright ideas and practical tips, from clever side hustles to mealtime ideas and money-saving advice.

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Neglect victim Martin the staffy may finally find the caring home he deserves.

7.30 The Dog House. (PG, R) A retriever is moping again when yet another of its friends finds a new home.

8.30 Ambulance UK. (Mal) Paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service respond to two separate calls for patients with severe burns, both in need of urgent treatment at the region’s only specialist burns unit.

11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Spiralling. 10.30 The Ice Cream Show. Noon Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup series. H’lights. 2.00 Patriot Brains. 2.55 United In Tears: The Oatlands Tragedy. 3.25 WorldWatch. 5.25 Tattoo Age. 5.55 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Icons

6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. (1990, PG) 4.10 Bigger & Blacker: Steven Oliver, My

Day, Winter Cup Day and Sandown Saturday. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 The Highland Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 12.30am Escape To The Country. 2.30

(2008, M) 11.30 Court Cam. Midnight Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Boating. Australian V8 Superboats Championship.

Sunday, June 16

News. 12.30 Landline. 1.25 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.25 The Secret History Of The British Garden. 3.25 Simply Nigella. (R) 3.55 Secrets Of The Museum. (R) 4.45 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

8.30

Annika. (Mav, R)

(MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00

Countdown. (PG, R) 4.00 Landline. (R)

4.30 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

Morning Programs. 10.10 Wales: Land Of The Wild. 11.05 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Para-Badminton. (PG, R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Sports Woman. 3.30 Such Was Life. 3.40 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.35 French Castles: Defying The Nazis. (PGav, R) 5.35 Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust. (PGavw, R) 6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. Qualifying. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. Pre-Race and Race 12. From Hidden Valley Raceway, NT. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Lost World Of Angkor Wat. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2.

9.20 Royal Autopsy: Henry IV – The Usurper. (Ma) Part 3 of 4. Professor Alice Roberts explores the final days and cause of death of Henry IV.

10.20 South Korea With Alexander Armstrong. (Ma, R) Part 3 of 3.

11.10 MOVIE: Watandar, My Countryman. (2022, PGal, R) Photographs of refugee descendants. 12.25 The Great Fire Of London: London Burns. (PG, R) 3.10 How To Get Fit Fast. (PGn, R)

4.05 Peer To Peer. (R)

4.35 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Dream Home. (PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown. 8.45 7NEWS Spotlight. An exclusive special investigation.

9.45 The Latest: Seven News. 10.15 Code 1: Minute By Minute: The Cronulla Riots. (Malv, R) A look at the 2005 Cronulla Riots. 11.15 Born To Kill? Timothy Spencer. (MA15+av, R)

12.15 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. Highlights. 1.15 Lipstick Jungle. (Ms, R)

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

Show. (PG) 1.00 Great Australian Detour Snow. (R) 1.30 Dogs 4 Life. (R) 2.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 15. Newcastle Knights v Penrith Panthers. From McDonald

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Travel Guides. (PGs) The travel guides head to Hong Kong.

8.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.00 To Be Advised.

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 The First 48: A Killer Fight/ Do The Right Thing. (MA15+a) Takes a look at two murders.

11.25 Transplant. (MA15+m)

12.15 The Brokenwood Mysteries. (Mav, R)

2.10 The Lap. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A fresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 8.50 Tulsa King. (Mlsv) At the Tulsa Arena, Dwight and company test out their new business plan, until a roadblock forces them to defend their turf. Tyson and his father argue about his future. Dwight

Monday, June 17

ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) 3.55 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Monday’s Experts. (Premiere) 10.05 Gruen. (R) 10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. (R)

America. (R) 11.45 Following The

(PG, R) 12.15 Grand Designs

(R) 1.00

Family:

Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.50 The

(R) 2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Photos That Changed The World. (PGa, R) 11.50 Woven Threads: Refugees. (PGa, R) 12.00 Finding Home. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 No Body Recovered. (Ma, R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 Such Was Life. 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Stories Of Power. (Premiere) 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Amazing Railway Adventures With Nick Knowles: Norway. (PGas, R) Nick Knowles explores Norway by rail.

8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGa, R) It is the start of the Platinum Jubilee, the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.

9.20 24 Hours In Emergency: Hope Springs Eternal. (Ma, R) A 79-year-old man collapses in his garage.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Of Money And Blood. (MA15+l)

12.45 Sisi. (MA15+s, R)

2.40 Vaccine: The Inside Story. (Ma, R) 4.20 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

2.10

3.10

6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. 9.25 Tiny Beautiful Things. 10.35 The Hospital: In The Deep End. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Dream Home. (PGl) Lara gives Taeler a taste of her own medicine with a revenge shop that dims the lights on Taeler.

9.10 9-1-1. (Final, M) While Bobby’s fate remains uncertain, Athena embarks on a mission to uncover the truth.

10.10 S.W.A.T. (Mav) A home invasion turns deadly.

11.10 The Latest: Seven News.

11.40 Police Custody USA: Wall Of Silence. (Malv, R) A look at the Kansas City police department.

12.40 The Event. (Mav, R)

1.35 Kochie’s Business Builders. (R)

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Do You Want To Live Forever. Part 1 of 4.

8.50 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth: Stress-Proof. (Premiere, PGa) Actor Chris Hemsworth discovers how people can live better for longer.

10.00 100% Footy. (M) Features the latest rugby league news.

11.00 9News Late.

11.30 La Brea. (Mav)

12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.10 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.05 Hello SA. (PG)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) A fresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 Lloyd Langford: Current Mood. (MA15+ls) A stand-up performance by Welsh comedian and writer Lloyd Langford. 11.05 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 News.

6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Australia’s Sleep Revolution. 8.30 Living Black. 9.10 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. (Premiere) 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Boating. Circuit Boat Drivers C’ship. 2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Darwin Triple Crown. H’lights. 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Darwin Triple Crown. H’lights. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 9.30 Appalachian Outlaws. 10.30 Late Programs. 6am Amanda. Continued. (2018, PG, French) 6.55 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 8.45 Roxane. (2019, PG, French) 10.25 Grand Piano. (2013, M) 12.05pm Cordelia. (2019, M) 1.45 Binti. (2019, PG, Dutch) 3.25 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 5.15 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 7.35 Odd Thomas. (2013, M) 9.30 Nothing To Laugh About. (2021, M, Norwegian) 11.30 Late Programs. 7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.40 Bushwhacked! 4.05 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea.

Tuesday, June 18

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

(7) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Secret Science. (R) 10.30 Monday’s Experts. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mv, R) 2.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things. (PG, R) 4.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs NZ. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

3.00 Bewitched. 3.30 Full House. 4.00 Kenan. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Nanny. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Wolf Of Wall Street. (2013, MA15+) 12.10am Seinfeld. 1.10 Love Island USA. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Late Programs.

1.30 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 2.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.25 Landline. (R) 4.55 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Animals. (PGa, R) 9.55 Outta Town Adventures. (Final) 10.25 Because We Have Each Other. (Mal) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 A Shot In A Starry Night: Van Gogh Case. (Ma, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Stories Of Power. 4.15 Coastal Ireland With Adrian Dunbar. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.45 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Do You Want To Live Forever. (R) 1.20 My Way. 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News. 6.00

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Stephen Curry. (PGas) Stephen Curry explores his roots.

8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi explores the topic of secrets and lies, delving into whether telling the truth is always the best policy.

9.30 Dateline: Breaking Good – Mafia Kids. Takes a look at Italy’s mafias.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Living Black. (R) 11.15 Unbroken. (MA15+l) 12.55 Miniseries: The Night Logan Woke Up. (MA15+ns, R) 4.10 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.35 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. (PG)

7.30 Dream Home. (PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.

9.00 The Good Doctor. (Ma) Shaun and Lea struggle to balance their parental duties with their personal lives.

10.00 Ambulance: Code Red. (M) A truck crashes into a railway bridge.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Krystal Hart. (Madv, R)

12.30 The Disappearance. (Ma, R)

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Paramedics. (Mam) A star footballer needs help.

8.30 Under Investigation: For The Love Of Eden. (Ma) Liz Hayes and the team take a look at the 2015 death of Tasmanian teen Eden Westbrook.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl, R)

11.50 Chicago Med. (MA15+am)

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.35 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.30 Business Drive. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A fresh batch of amateur cooks competes. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 NCIS. (Mv, R) The team delves into the world of cage fighting after the body of a US Navy officer is discovered missing an eye. 10.35

4.30

Nanny.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Nanny. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Sentinel. (2006, M) 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Young Sheldon.

Wednesday, June 19

ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (5, 1)

NINE (8, 9) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things. (PGa, R) 4.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 Gruen. Wil Anderson and a panel of experts analyse the advertising industry and consumerism.

9.05 Austin. (PG, R) A lunch is arranged at Austin’s home.

9.35 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) Hosted by Adam Hills. 10.10 Planet America.

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Wreck. (MA15+v, R)

12.50 Grand Designs New Zealand. (Ml, R) 1.35 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Animals. (PGa, R) 10.10 Great Canal Journeys. (PG, R) 11.05 Icons. (PGalv, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Such Was Life. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Stories Of Power. (PG) 4.15 Coastal Ireland With Adrian Dunbar. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Hunt For Truth: Tasmanian Tiger. (PG) Part 2 of 2.

8.30 Fly With Me. (Ml) Part 2 of 2. Explores the lively, important but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.

9.30 This Town. (MA15+dl) Dante embraces danger as he seeks out experiences to fuel his songwriting.

10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 Don’t Leave Me. (MA15+a) Daniele and Elena find a dead body.

1.15 UFOs. (PGas, R)

3.45 Peer To Peer. (R)

4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG)

7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG) Hosted by Lee Mack.

8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.

9.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) Footage of headline-grabbing moments captured by members of the public.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Talking Footy. A look at the week’s AFL news.

12.00 Dracula. (MA15+hv)

1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (Ml) Follows the activities of police units.

8.30 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGl) Keiren’s all-night party plans are in jeopardy after a collision with a snowbank.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 See No Evil: Angel Of Death. (Ma) A look at the search for an Angel of Death.

11.50 The Equalizer. (Mav, R)

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.35 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A fresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges.

8.40 NCIS: Sydney. (Mdv) The suspicious death of an old drug squad colleague pulls Evie back into a secret undercover operation.

9.40 FBI: International. (Mv) Scott and Damian go undercover after ex-FBI agent Bill Cormack resurfaces in a Tripoli prison. 10.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.05 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 The Story Of. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Gaycation. 1.25 Rivals. 2.20 The Inside Story. 2.50 Where Are You Really From? 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.25 Underground Worlds. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Point Break. (1991, M) 10.45 MOVIE: The New Corporation. (2020, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.40 Bushwhacked! 4.05 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. 7.30 Kickin’ Back With Gilbert McAdam. 8.00 MOVIE: All This Mayhem. (2014, MA15+) 9.55 MOVIE: Once Were Warriors. (1994, MA15+) 11.45 Late Programs. NITV (34)

7MATE (74)

9GO! (82, 93) 6am A Friendly Tale. Continued. (2020, PG, French) 7.40 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 10.00 Nothing To Laugh About. (2021, M, Norwegian) 11.55 Odd Thomas. (2013, M) 1.45pm The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. (1964, PG, French) 3.25 Lola. (1961, PG, French) 5.05 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 7.30 The Glorias. (2020, M) 10.15 A Taste Of Hunger. (2021, M, Danish) 12.10am Late Programs.

7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (2009, M) 11.05 Seinfeld. 12.05am Love Island USA. 1.05 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House.

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Thursday, June 20

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Secret Science. (R) 1.30 The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury. (PG, R) 1.55 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things. (PG, R) 4.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs NZ. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

Melbourne, Victoria. (PG) Hosted by Anthony Burke. 9.00 Grand Designs: North Cotswolds. (Final, PG) Hosted by Kevin McCloud. 9.50 Tony Armstrong’s ExtraOrdinary Things. (Mv, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R)

The Art Of... (R) 11.50 Talking Heads. (Ma, R) 12.35 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 1.20 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PGs, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Great Canal Journeys. (R) 11.05 Icons. (PGav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Inside Aldi. (PG, R) 2.50 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.20 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Guillaume’s French Atlantic. (PG) Part 1 of 5. 8.30 The Hospital: In The Deep End: The Future. (Ma) Part 3 of 3. The trio takes on roles in St Vincent’s transplant, mental health and reconstructive surgery departments. 9.35 The Responder. (Mlv) Franny hunts Chris through the city.

10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Son Of. (MA15+v) 12.40 War Of The Worlds. (MA15+av, R)

2.25 Bin Laden: The Road To 9/11. (Mav, R) 3.20 9/11: The Pentagon. (Mav, R) 4.10 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Girl In The Bunker. (2018, Mav, R) Julia Lalonde, Henry Thomas, Moira Kelly. 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PGl) Auditions continue as weird, wacky and wonderful acts compete in front of celebrity judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and Simon Cowell. Hosted by Ant and Dec.

11.10 HMP Styal: Women Behind Bars. (MA15+av, R) Takes a look behind the bars at HMP Styal, one of the most unique and controversial prisons in the UK.

12.25 The Goldbergs. (PGl, R) Pops surprises the family with a winter cruise.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGl, R) 1.00 Paramedics. (Mam, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. Under-19s State of Origin. New South Wales v Queensland.

9.45 Under 19s State Of Origin PostMatch. Post-match news and analysis of the New South Wales v Queensland match from Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval.

10.00 Gaze The First Family Of Australian Basketball. (PG) Takes a look at the Gaze family.

12.00 The First 48: Deadly Rap. (Ma, R)

12.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.40 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Taskmaster Australia. Contestants go on the hunt for Tom Cashman and the teams fight it out to create the next big conspiracy.

8.40 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+v) When a woman turns her husband in for possessing child pornography, the case is complicated by

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Salvo’s calling for help

By Margie Maccoll

The need in Noosa for Salvation Army services has increased 40 per cent in the past year said spokeswoman Penelope Lena who with her committee, ‘The Motley Crew’, last week launched the organisation’s 60th Red Shield Appeal at a breakfast at Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club.

“The need is high,” Penelope said.

Salvation Army across the country is receiving a call for help every 17 seconds.

In Noosa the need is broad but standing out to the committee is assistance required by domestic violence victims, a considerable number of women over 55 years who are dealing with homelessness, sleeping in their cars or sleeping roughly, and families trying to get kids back to school, Penelope said.

“From a personal point of view some of the women coming in that need help wouldn’t look out of place in Bistro C. What ‘in need’ looks like is not a person on the side of the road begging for money,” she said.

The Motley Crew, a group made up of members of different backgrounds and ages, with a shared view of being able to help because they can, and finding doing something without expecting anything in return to be very satisfying.

Penelope said with more than 300 voluntary organisations operating in Noosa, “all good causes”, the crew try to think outside the square to raise funds.

This year for their major fundraiser they decided on an early breakfast to not impose on attendees’ busy days with an array of entertaining guests.

With local sponsors including Bridgestone Noosaville covering the fundraising event costs, all money raised at the breakfast, expected to be about $45,000 will go to help peo-

ple in the Noosa-Coolum area, Penelope said.

“This year we had full attendance of 170 guests which included business people and a lot of individuals,” she said.

The man behind Sydney’s successful Olympics 2000 bid and prominent business, legal and sports administration professional Rod McGeoch was guest speaker, telling the audience how he had not forgotten as a child, his

father telling him to support the Salvos and of their far-reaching areas of help.

A panel of guests followed to discuss Noosa Salvo projects including its Thrive Cafe initiative which trains young people for employment and provides work experience as well as a school program to reconnect kids who had become disengaged for varying reasons such as difficult home environments.

“People could see this is where their contributions were going toward,” Penelope said.

New national research by the Salvation Army highlighted the depths of the cost-ofliving crisis, with 94 per cent of respondents saying they are struggling to afford essentials, such as housing, groceries, medical care, and utilities.

Sixty-three per cent of respondents had skipped meals and 45 per cent had to choose between paying for housing or buying food. Shockingly, the research also found over 1 in 4 (27 per cent) of respondents were forced to consume expired or spoiled food, while 1 in 20 had to eat food from rubbish bins.

A 33-year-old mother who accessed support told them she was having to constantly borrow money off friends due to not being able to buy essentials, having to go days without eating to feed her kids, and cancelling specialist appointments.

Noosa’s Salvation Army Captain Matthew Gluyas said the numbers of people needing help was frightening.

“In a lucky country like Australia, individuals and families shouldn’t have to make these sorts of decisions, like choosing whether to eat, pay rent or send your kids to the doctor. But these are the people the Salvos help every day as we try to give a new beginning to those struggling in our community,” he said.

Another fundraising event will be held on 20 June at Boiling Pot, Noosaville, sponsored by owner Scott Madill, that will include an auction of various sought-after prizes and raffles.

All funds raised locally will remain in the local community, allowing the Salvos to meet the specific needs of the most disadvantaged and marginalised members of our region.

To donate or for more information visit salvationarmy.org.au or calling 13 SALVOS. You can also donate at any Salvos Store.

Bendigo Bank pays tribute to the late David Green

Bendigo Community Bank have paid tribute to one of the stars of their team and esteemed member of the community, David Green, who passed away suddenly on 2 June at the age of 74.

He was a cherished husband, father and grandfather, along with serving as the director, treasurer, and company secretary of Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services Limited for seven years.

His dedication and integrity were instrumental in shaping the organisation, where his contributions to the financial sector and his commitment to community service left an indelible mark on all who knew him.

David was a devoted husband to his beloved wife, Carol.

Together, they recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, a testament to their enduring love and partnership.

“David and Carol were a joy together; I recall the pride and love in David’s eyes when

talking with or about Carol, his children and grandchildren,” Trish Radge said, on behalf of the directors and staff of Bendigo Community Bank.

David was a loving father to Simon and Emma who brought immense pride and happiness into his life.

As a grandfather, David and Carol loved babysitting each week, travelling to Brisbane to spend time with their family.

“David Green is well respected by all the staff, he shared wisdom, he really listened to all that was said and had the good fight when needed. He always had everyone smiling with him. He’s certainly going to be missed by us all”, KerrynVincart branch manager Tewantin shared.

“David’s life was a testament to the values of hard work, generosity, and compassion. He was deeply respected by his colleagues and community members, and we will miss him.”

Remembering David Green (front right). From left: Colleen Ginty, Rick Cooper, Steve Clarke, Toby Bicknell. In front: Danah Wood, Trish Radge and David Green.

The need in Noosa for Salvation Army services has increased 40 per cent in the past year.

Festival hailed a success

By Margie Maccoll

“Massive - it was definitely bigger than we were expecting,” was how event organiser Oz Bayldon described last weekend’s Noosa Come Together Festival.

“A lot of hard work went into it. It was good to see the community respond to that and come out in force.”

The warm winter weather also played a part, with the festival scoring one of the few fine weekends this year.

After it was cancelled in 2023 due to increasing production costs, rising insurance premiums and limited sponsorship it returned this year bigger than ever, pushed ahead by the help of extra volunteers and sponsors including a marketing budget.

The festival was established to raise funds for local organisations with proceeds from this year’s event going to assist Riding for the Disabled and the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club’s Sailability program as well as domestic violence assistance programs.

The two-day festival combined the Noosa Final of The Australian National Busking Championships on Saturday with a community fun day of music, entertainment, rides and food stalls on Sunday that included the busking championship finale.

About 35 bands entertained the crowds on various stages on Sunday and each one “was amazing”, Oz said.

“We had bands coming from as far away Toowoomba. They were doing it for free.

“The youth stage was all about the youth. That stage was packed all day. Everyone wanted to see the kids playing as well as the big bands.”

The huge attendance and positive social media response indicates the festival’s popularity with the community but for its future continuation and success at fundraising it needs more sponsors and volunteers, Oz said.

“I’ve never seen it get as much traction as this on has this year. It gives you heart to think about doing it again,” Oz said.

In 2022 despite an enormous work input, particularly from Oz, the festival returned only about $7000.

This year after figures have been calculated, Oz expects it to be nearer to $20,000.

He hopes a sponsor will come on board next time to cover the costs of the rides, the festival’s most expensive item at about $10,000, and see it as a benefit to the community to provide a fun, cheap day out for the family.

To assist or for more information visit noosacometogether.com.au

Every seat was taken along the riverbank for the festival.

Mahlon enjoys an ice-cream with a hand from Jo.

The O’Connors and Jewell’s made it a family day.

Kids took to the stage to entertain the crowds.

Gaston and Nayme enjoy the music at Lions Park.

Gabby, John and Jack Batley came for the festival.

Debbie Kay and Shirley Schramm make the most of the festival.

Pictures: ROB MACCOLL

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Ohana truly means family

By Phil Jarratt

The Covid era was an extremely tough one for the building industry, both from the supply side and the demand, and nowhere more so than in Noosa.

If you take a paddle or a boat ride around the lower river system or the man-made canals now, you can see that the industry is very much back in business, with development company branded site walls masking block-filling McMansions in various stages of construction all along the waterfronts. But it is only a few short years since it was engulfed by the perfect storm – cashed up customers with time on their hands and JobKeeper payments in their wallets who can’t travel and want to build or fix up the holiday house instead on the one hand, and tradies who can’t keep up with demand but also can’t get the supply chain moving on the other.

But tradies and developers – often one and the same – are nothing if not resilient, a trait perhaps best exemplified in Noosa by the Tatton family, a name synonymous with groundbreaking construction projects, large and small, since the late 1970s. When lockdown kicked in back in March 2020, Sam Tatton remembers standing out on narrow William Street in Noosaville with his father Jim, looking back on the pile of scaffolds on their block (previously a backpacker hostel justly famous for once housing Brett Massoud’s Bratpackers restaurant, but every block on William has a history), wondering if the build could continue.

He says: “We’d started right at the end of 2019, so we were only just beginning. It was really tough, but I think we realised we just had to manage our way through it.”

“It” is a complex of six spacious and sunny luxury apartments named Hale Lau Hala (house of pandanus, in Hawaiian) which continues a Tatton Hawaii-Queensland motif which had its beginnings in the late ‘80s and reached its manifestation in the lush tropical village that is the South Pacific Resort on Weyba Road. A bit over four-and-a-half years since the Ohana Development Group turned the first sod on HLH, I am sitting in a makeshift site management office in the garage of one of the apartments (it’s another trait of the Ohana style, that all the frills go into the building, not the affectations) with Tattons senior and junior on the week that the project is officially complete.

“Our original timetable was to do the first two buildings (four apartments) over 18 months and the last one and the final landscaping over another 18 months,” says Sam. “So we’re 18 months late. Not so bad when you consider that by the time we started the first buildings we thought we were good, that the worst was over. But we weren’t good because the problems kept dragging on, and on. We had contracts at the start but a lot of them fell apart because people just couldn’t fulfil them. You have to make the decision, do we start suing people or just keep moving forward and find replacement contractors, which is what we did. Fortunately, the market moved with the price of construction.”

Jim adds wistfully: “By comparison, we built the whole of South Pacific Resort in 15 months, and that’s 104 apartments compared with six here. But with the South Pacific site we could get right around it and drop materials

and machinery where they were needed. Here we were dealing with narrow 14 metre-width sites with scaffolds down either side, so the access was terrible.”

Sam: “Because of the nature of the buildings you had to have scaffolding on all sides, which really limited access, so we basically had to get all the trades to work the upper levels before we could work at ground level on the garages and the landscaping. All of that cost us time and money.”

Which is evident, as the sales blurb suggests: “Continuity is maintained between indoors and outdoors. It’s a celebration of space and natural light with high ceilings, organic flow and cross ventilation. With extensive use of privacy screening and glass, an almost seamless delineation between indoor and outdoor living areas is created. No expense has been spared with large format travertine tiles, stone benchtops, high-end joinery and European finishes delivering a true luxury experience.”

But for me the key is the pandanus, which reinforces the privacy screening. Native to both Hawaii and Australia, it is the beautiful plant that encapsulates the Ohana vision.

Jim Tatton, now in his mid-70s, is a Kiwi who studied science and dentistry at university before moving to Noosa with wife Delwyn and one-year-old Sam in 1978. In New Zealand he’d built surfboards to help pay his way through uni, but he also dabbled in low key housing developments. Not surprisingly, he saw opportunities in Noosa’s first housing boom, first at the new Cooloola Estate and then buying a block on Witta Circle on Noosa Sound for $17,000.

Over the next two decades he was to build many of Noosa’s landmark tourist and residential accommodations, including Las Rias, Noosa Quays, Coco Bay, Coral Beach, Skipper’s Cove and Noosa Outrigger, but on his first trip to Hawaii with Noosa realtor Peter Dowling in

1985, his eyes locked onto a whole new world of possibilities. He recalls: “When I first arrived in Noosa, I built a house for a guy who told me I needed to go to Hawaii. As soon as I got there and saw the Halekulani in Waikiki, I understood what he meant.” Although the fabled beachfront hotel has been through many incarnations over more than a century, the bones of the original colonial mansion were what appealed to Tatton.

But when he visited the neighbouring garden island of Kaua’i he had another awakening, and in a strange set of circumstances he was able to capitalise on the island’s worst disaster.When Hurricane Iniki devastated Kaua’i in 1992, causing more than $3 billion damages, Jim had a contract on a house in Princeville, but now he was released from that and found another damaged property for sale in nearby Hanalei Bay.

“It was a pole house on the beachfront road,” he recalls. “Solid red cedar with verandas all around, and not too hard to fix up, with some good local help.” It was to be the building that inspired the concept of South Pacific Resort.

Back in Noosa, Jim bought the caravan park on Weyba Road and as many houses around it as he could, and started planning a concept resort on a five-acre footprint. Hawaiian-style bamboo furniture was made in Malaysia and Jim and Delwyn sourced Hawaiian fabrics and art prints on Oahu, while local designer Kim Walker worked on the colour co-ordination of what would ultimately be 104 fully-furnished apartments set in landscaped gardens. Then they took it to market. In one frantic weekend Jim and sales guru the late Arne Smith put on their Hawaiian shirts and flew to Adelaide where they sold 45 apartments.

Sam, then in his late teens, came into the business in the concluding stages of South Pacific, working mostly on the management rights deals. He soon became dad’s righthand

man, and later gained invaluable industry experience working as a project manager for a development company in Maroochydore.

Says Jim: “I worked out that Sam did 15 years under our umbrella, and the way we worked together was I’d look after the core –the bricks, blocks, concrete and steel – and he did the finishes, and I think that’s been his forte.

Sam: “That’s the part I really enjoy, the creativity. Not so much the paperwork, although on this project I’ve pretty much done it all.”

Father Time takes us all under his wing at some point, and while age has not wearied the Tatton partnership, it’s led to some subtle repositioning. Says Sam: “This (Hale Lau Hala) is the first time it’s been my project with Jim watching my back. Prior to me going to Maroochydore, I worked under him, now he works for me! (Laughs). Nah, it’s not quite like that, but on this project Jim has been my supervisor while I buried myself in the administration and the design liaison. It’s important to have someone you trust and who knows exactly what you’re trying to achieve keeping an eye on every aspect of the job, and of course we bounce ideas off each other all the time.”

Jim: “It’s very satisfying to be able to work with your son on jobs like this. It’s the reason I’m still here with my boots on. I think that jointly we have a good feel for what type of products suit the market and over the years as Sam has come into his own, that has become more my role.”

And it’s a role that he’ll be continuing as Ohana moves into its next project, a Wyuna Drive waterfront in collaboration with the ubiquitous designer du jour Paul Clout. Says Sam: “It’ll be a really smart, upmarket home influenced by our Hawaii-meets-Queensland design philosophy and adding some Clout magic to it. I can’t wait to get moving on it!”

Sam and Jim in hardhats at the start of a long journey.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

The long view.

Picture: JASON SMITH

Jim with ace salesman the late Arne Smith after selling a big chunk of South Pacific Resort.

Eumundi history alive

Hardworking Eumundi Museum director Joe Hextall has compiled a fascinating new history of the one-time timber town’s pioneer days which will be published this week.

A History of Eumundi Volume I 1873-1919 will be launched at the museum on Thursday 13 June. The book is loaded with more than 100 fantastic photographs from the museum’s extensive collection, and covers the first five decades of the town’s European settlement.

The first selectors to reside permanently in the Eumundi district were Joseph and George Gridley in 1879. A wave of new selectors began to arrive and 47 selections were taken up by 1885. The first road through the district was a dray road, which was marked and cleared immediately after gold was discovered further north at Gympie in 1867.

In 1882 a portion was surveyed for streets and for the sale of blocks of land. This became

of Eumundi, named for a famed

Kabi warrior, and lots were first offered for sale in 1890. By 1900, shops started to appear, streets were formed and the town businesses developed.

The town’s characters are brought to life through the periods of the timber industry, the arrival of the railway, the immigration of the dairy farmers from NSW, the commercial expansion, and into and through the First World War. Museum director Hextall has built the volume by combining the museum’s own research over the past 50 years and the contemporary newspapers of the day. It will be available for $30 at Eumundi Museum and other shops in Eumundi and across the coast.

A History of Eumundi will be launched on 13 June 6-7pm at Eumundi Museum. Please RSVP to hello@eumundimuseum.org for catering purposes.

‘Get on with it’ says Alison

Billion-dollar industry opportunities will be missed if we don’t act now, says Chair of the Sunshine Coast Arts, Convention and Entertainment Centre Assoc Inc. (ACE) and former Maroochy Mayor, Alison BarryJones.

“Sunshine Coast Council, government, and key stakeholders must ensure the proposed Sunshine Coast Arts, Convention and Exhibition Centre ‘gets off the ground’ in time to maximise opportunities from the fast-approaching 2032 Olympics,” she says.

“The $248 billion events Industry is projected to increase by another 12 per cent by the 2032 Olympics. The Brisbane Olympics will inject more than $8 billion dollars into the economy, and the Sunshine Coast needs to be ready to diversify our community infrastructure offerings and reap the ongoing returns. The Sunshine Coast is headless and heartless without a vibrant city centre to attract commercial investors, visitors and residents. An operational Arts, Convention and Exhibition Centre is what we desperately need to breathe life into our new City Centre, drive and enrich our region’s economy, and boost corporate tourism,” Ms Barry-Jones said.

With over 100,000 signatures of support from residents, high-profile community leaders and Patron Matteo Bocelli (Italian singer/songwriter, son of Tenor Andre Bocelli), the ACE committee have been working tirelessly over the past 4 decades to ensure the long-overdue entertainment and convention centre becomes a reality.

“Our Council has already completed more than $3 million in feasibility studies over more than 40 years, each study has confirmed the absolute need for this critical, job-creating, infrastructure. Other smaller regions across Queensland have long enjoyed the financial, economic and social benefits this type of infrastructure delivers. The Sunshine Coast is languishing

behind socially, culturally, commercially, and economically, as these same regions repeatedly access the public purse at our expense”, Ms Barry-Jones said

Showcasing the Sunshine Coast before and beyond 2032 requires urgent attention. Our Councils’ reports already confirm the need for this facility. It’s time to integrate the various uses - Arts, Conventions Exhibitions - in a centralised location, with a cost effective and architecturally designed world-class facility.

Between benefactors, joint venture partnerships and financial contributions from all tiers of Government, this can and must be done. The events industry market in Australia is massive, and we are missing out. Among other opportunities, the Qld Governments’ City Deal Fund for major infrastructure offers grants of up to $200 million per project. “Successive Sunshine Coast administrations have made no effort to lobby for our share of funding, there IS money there and we need to fight for it”, Ms Barry-Jones said.

Noosa Council is excited to announce the Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan is almost complete.

This plan reflects the collective vision of over 400 community members and stakeholders, gathered during the first phase of consultation last year.

we need your feedback to ensure we've got it right! Visit Council’s website to read the summary of community input to date, review all precinct plans and have your say on the final draft before 7 July, 2024. Help shape a sustainable and inclusive future for the Noosaville Foreshore.

ACE Chair, Alison Barry-Jones with ACE Patron, Matteo Bocelli.

the town

Kabi

Florence Neil and Charlie Ball standing on a big kauri pine on the day it was cut down, 1912. Picture: EUMUNDI MUSEUM

Tom Gleeson in Noosa

Noosa Alive Fesitval guests will be treated to acts like master stand-up by Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson with his brand-new live show, Gear.

His event set for Saturday 20 July sold out within days, so don’t delay if something takes your interest.

NOOSA alive! Festival president Andrew Stafford said the 10 day festival in paradise could not be more exciting with the specially curated performances NOOSA alive! continues to deliver in it’s 22nd year.

“NOOSA alive! is part of Australia’s festival trail and this year Queensland’s cultural calendar is bursting with opportunity and choice,” he said.

“We are delighted to present international acts but also invite our youth to participate in workshops, masterclasses including our annual talent search Noosa STARS alive!

“Prices are kept affordable, the 22nd anniversary program has high-level artistic inclusions with an interactive point of difference allowing all ages to be involved in performances, masterclasses and workshops with some of Australia best artists such as John Bell AO-OBE,” Mr Stafford said.

“The literary program continues to grow, a new inclusion is two world class magicians and Richard Tognetti returns with Satu In The Beyond.

“We are proud to continue to keep ticket prices affordable without compromising on the quality of the program by including all age demographics, there is something for everyone. Tickets are selling fast for many reasons.

“The children’s eco-friendly interactive musical performances have seen to be popular, Seaside Vibes two-day music festival on Noosa Main Beach returns and our iconic opera on the beach never disappoints.

“We welcome Queensland Ballet for their 11 consecutive year showcasing two world premier ballets, our Noosa STARS alive! talent

search is in its third year, there is a smorgasbord of live performances and surprises for everyone.

“I encourage you to book a week away with us in Noosa and immerse yourself in the annual July arts and cultural program.”

Bask in the dangerous realism of electroacoustic collaboration by Satu InThe Beyond, featuring an all-star line-up of Australian musicians drawn from the punk, indie and classical sound worlds.

Satu leads globally renowned ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti on electric violin, Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie on guitar, Paul Beard on keyboards, Kiah Gossner on bass and Declan Kelly on drums to perform a uniquely intoxicating blend of genre-defying artistry and experimentation, Saturday 20 July at The J Theatre.

Festival Dates: 19-28 July.

NOOSA alive! also enjoys collaborative events with:

· Sunny Coast Film Collective (Sunny Coast Showdown);

· Noosa Regional Gallery (many events and exhibitions to be announced);

· Noosa Performing Arts;

· Slow Food Noosa (Film With Food).

Visit noosaalive.com.au for more information, to purchase tickets.

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Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson will be performing at Noosa Alive Festival.

Luke Million.

The social media story

By Abbey Cannan

Noosa resident Maria Karambelas has turned society’s obsession with social media and smartphones into a short film showcasing the talent of a Sunshine Coast crew and cast.

“It’s not just our youth that are addicted,” Maria said.

“This has been a project of mine for a couple of years and it started off as a one act play for the Noosa Arts Theatre competition.

“When it didn’t make the winners list, I then made it into a short 10 minute play last year and because of all the positive feedback, I decided to cut it down again to a seven minute film for the Sunny Coast Showdown Short Film script competition.”

It’s not her first rodeo behind the camera, starting out as a production assistant with Channel 7 in Sydney when she was just 19 years old.

“I worked for many years, both permanent and freelance, for various TV stations and production companies,” Maria said.

“Then for 32 years I ran my own Freelance TV crewing agency.

“I moved to Noosa from Sydney five years ago, and although now retired, have met some amazing creatives on the coast who are hellbent on getting local production going here, and with the team of people on board, I’m sure that’s not too far off from happening. “

Maria has a passion for all things creative, but this short film was her first foray as a writer and producer.

“I am involved a lot with Noosa ArtsTheatre and have performed in quite a few plays, plus directed and been involved with their publicity

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The short film, Internet Down, showcased the talent of an all Sunshine Coast

team,” she said.

Maria’s short film had a small cast of four people including Ali Lambole, Robert Boesch, Sienna McRitchie and Ava Crozier, all who she met via Noosa Arts Theatre and shared the stage with at times.

“We had a very small crew of four people, Anita Poteri director, Owen Smith, DOP, Camera Operator and Gaffer, David Aponas and sound recordist Travis Brown, all local Sunshine Coast people,” Maria said.

“Thanks to Anita’s brilliant directing, we shot the film in one day utilising my home and surroundings plus a short scene at Noosa River.

“I was very thrilled to have been shortlisted with the Showdown people, and I will definitely be entering it again as it’s an amazing platform for people to showcase their work.”

Watch Maria’s short film on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=gJrQVZLWEeo

Short stories sought

By Jim Fagan

Have you a short story in your desk drawer, the cupboard or maybe you are writing one right now? If you do, then Jan Bentley at Wallace House would like to hear from you.

Jan is president of the Noosa Arts and Crafts Association and she reports the group has now launched an open writing competition in two parts— short stories and haikus.

Closing date is June 22 and Jan is expecting a repeat of the successful contest eight years ago which was well supported with more than 40 entries.

“We are asking authors for short stories up to 2000 words and haikus in their traditional format. There are two judges in each category, all highly experienced writers. Winners will receive a cash prize.”

The association at Wallace House in Noosaville is well known for all its activities from acrylics to weaving. There is a growing

interest in writing and it now has a full calendar of writing groups each month.

Jan said: Our Noosa Writers have been active on Monday mornings for around 15 years. They have a number of short story anthologies to their credit but in recent times their focus has been on novels.

“Leader Sheila Mason has just recently published her first novel - The Shimla Legacy - which has been a popular seller through our Wattle Studio Shop. Other members also have books for sale in our shop.

“There is a large group of members who meet fortnightly for the “Pages of My Life” group which focuses on anecdotes from their lives. This group is now in its third year.

“Haiku is a type of short form poetry originating from Japan and was introduced by member and author Ian Laver in 2018. It has become so popular it has now expanded into two groups.”

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Pages of My Life group: From left, back row: Fran Bate, Julie Andrew, Vicki Jericho, Kathleen Bolt and Louwna Weber. Front. Jo Fagan, Christine Myers and Jan Bentley

crew and cast.

Favourite TikTok mum

Award-winning comedian Mel Buttle is bringing her new show ‘Not Here To Put Socks On Centipedes’ to The J this month.

Mel is a regular on The Project, The Hundred, Question Everything, and a new contestant on the 2024 series of Taskmaster Australia. She is also everyone’s favourite mum on TikTok, and was co-host on the The Great Australian Bake Off.

Mel said, “You know when you’re in a cafe and someone comes in who’s friends with the owner, and they’re chatting and laughing, and you’re just standing there, clenching your toes in your shoes. Well, I hate that feeling.

This is a show about things like that. Maybe going to the dump also gets a mention.

That’s as specific as I can be!”

GQ Australia said, “Buttle was born with impeccable timing, a penchant for the absurd and the ability to pick out the threads of the ludicrous in the most mundane of daily tapestries.”

Don’t miss the show on Friday 21 June from 7.30pm. Find tickets at www.thej.com.au

Award-winning comedian Mel Buttle.

COMMUNITY UPDATES NOOSATODAY.COM.AU

From singing and bush care to service clubs and art, there are a wide variety of groups in Noosa.

QCWA

We invite you to join us on Thursday, 13 June 9am - 11am for another one of our very popular Crafts & Hobbies mornings. It’s a chance for women to get together. Work on their own projects and learn new skills. Or just drop in for a cuppa and a chat while enjoying the company of like-minded women. You never know you may discover and unleash your hidden talents. Morning tea is provided. Members and non-members are all welcome. QCWA Hall. 123 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin. Next to the post office. Contact Robyn on 0428 385 747 for any further information.

VIEW CLUB

The Noosaville lunch time VIEW Club is a valued part of The Smith Family dedicated to supporting the education and wellbeing of disadvantaged Australian children. On the 2nd Thursday of each month this warm and welcoming women’s club gathers at a popular venue for our “Friendship Day” lunch and camaraderie. On the 4thThursday of each month we have our club meeting at the Tewantin RSL at 11:30am with a guest speaker and update on our twelve Learning for Life students followed by lunch. For more information call Wendy Brooks on 0417 267 281.

EV AND ELECTRIFY EXPO TRAFFIC

Taxis and all traffic will be rerouted during the road closure. To avoid traffic congestion, we recommend coming by Noosa’s “Go Noosa Weekend” free buses. Vehicles parked on Sunshine Beach Road at 6am will be towed away. Arcadia Street and both sides of Sunshine Beach Road between Berrima Row and Noosa Drive will be closed to through traffic from 6.30am to 3pm. Detours around the Expo site will be via Cooyar Street and Leslie Dr. Buses on routes 626, 627, 628, 629, 632 will be free, and the Sunshine Beach Road bus stops will be moved to Noosa Drive outside the J Centre for routes 620, 626, 627, 629, 631. So plan your journey ahead on Translink’s App or call Translink on 13 12 30 for all your travel information. If you are coming by car, parking will be available in car parks at Bottlebrush Avenue, Transit Centre car park, Cooyar Street car park and Lanyana Way (Council) car park.

YANDINA COUNTRY MUSIC

Yandina celebrates the 60th anniversary of the ACMA with a special concert on Sunday 16 June. Featuring special guest artists including highly acclaimed Lindsay Waddington. Sausage sizzle by the Lions Club and raffle prizes. Entry $10. See you at the Hall of Fame, 24 Steggalls Road, 11am start. Ring 0449 181 638 for bookings. Enjoy a great afternoon of quality entertainment! We are a not-for-profit organisation and the proceeds will go towards the upkeep of the hall.

WOMEN’S SHED

At Noosa Women’s Shed our focus is to teach women tool-based skills. Members can attend tool learning sessions on Mondays and Saturdays in our workshop. On Saturday 8 June, from 1.30pm, we’re having our general meeting on our block, Wallum Lane, Noosa Heads. Opposite the Men’s Shed. BYO chair. We’re listed on Google maps so you can see the location

there. All are welcome. Come along and hear our story, chat with like minded women and celebrate that our new shed is coming to fruition. Find out more about us at noosawshed. com.au or facebook.com/NoosaWomensShed

NOOSA U3A FRIDAY TALKS

U3A Noosa Friday Talks are held at 1.30pm at U3A, 64 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin. Friday 14 June – Associate Professor Kevin Alford –World famous people and their illnesses – how they may have affected the course of our world’s history. Full details available on U3A website u3anoosa.com.au/ or phone 5440 5500.

NOOSA ORCHID SOCIETY

Noosa District Orchid and Foliage Society welcomes visitors and members to its monthly meeting Saturday 6 July, at 1pm Tinbeerwah Hall. Visitors can attend two meetings for free before joining. (Meetings are held first Saturday of each month Feb-Nov). Learn more about growing orchids and foliage with our friendly club. For more information visit noosaorchidsociety.com.au

NOOSA STARS ALIVE

Inviting Expressions of Interest from talented young artists eight-18 years of age to audition for Noosa STARS alive 2024. Selected finalists will perform in front of a live audience at Noosa ‘STARS’ alive! FINALS on Sunday 28 July 2024 - River Stage, Noosa Lions Park, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville. The finals will be hosted by Damien Anthony Avery-Rossi, and the winner will enjoy a $1000 cash prize. Audition registrations are now open (and will close 31 May). Group number is limited to 10 people.

BEEF AND BURGUNDY CLUB

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.

GARDEN CLUB

The next meeting of the Tewantin Noosa Garden Club will be held on Monday 10 June at the Anglican Church 17 William St Tewantin 1pm for 1.30pm start. Guest speaker will be Judy from the Queensland Mycological Society Incorported speaking about Common Garden Fungi in your gardens. Competition table plant sales afternoon tea and friendship Guests welcome. For further information contact Len 0417604889.

AIR NOOSA

Australian Independent Retirees (AIR) Noosa Branch general meeting 13 June 10am start in the Function Room,Villa Noosa Hotel. Speaker NoelWhittaker will share insights from his new book:Wills, death and taxes made simple. Noel is one of Australia’s most respected authorities on modern retirement. Please register attendance with airnoosasecretary@gmail.com telephone 0478 479 049 facebook.com/AIRNoosa Members: Included in membership. Visitors: $10 per person includes morning tea. RSL WOMEN’S AUXILIARY

Tewantin-Noosa Women’s Auxiliary Birthday Lunch is on Friday 7 June at the Royal Mail Hote. All members welcome, please phone Kay to book on 5447 5042.

FROM BACH TO RACH

Last year we launched a New Circle 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 Noosa U3A each Wednesday 10am-12pm. Interested? Call Barry on 0478 837 708, who is looking forward to chatting with you or email barry.henze@gmail.com

TEWANTIN NOOSA PROBUS CLUB

Retired or semi retired? Bored? Need to use your leadership skills? Our Probus Club will welcome you. We meet at 10am on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Tewantin RSL. After a delicious morning tea, we have an interesting guest speaker followed by a short meeting and a game of trivia. Most members stay on for lunch. We have lots of weekly activities including Sunday lunches ranging from Pubs to Fine dining. We offer free lessons in MahJong and Rummikub, theatre outings, trips away and lots of other fun activities. Visit probustewantinnoosa.au or phone Christine on 5442 7397.

VOLUNTEER AT THE MUSEUM

Join a vibrant community organisation working to preserve our local heritage. Our displays recreate the times of first-nations people and the pioneer settler lifestyle, early technology and tools, even vintage fire engines. We’re custodians of heritage photos and family histories, we do themed displays, live events, publications and presentations. We need people with a range of passions, including writing and promotion, information management, historical research, mechanical and general maintenance, administration and all-round people skills.Volunteering at the museum is a rewarding experience.

For more information, see our website noosamuseum.org

VEGGIE VILLAGE

Veggie Village at Rufous St Peregian Beach is a community garden growing organic fruit, herbs and vegetables. Membership is open to anyone who wants to learn more about gardening, share their knowledge or just make some friends. Veggie Village has individual plots for rent plus communal plots that we look after and share. Contact us on info@veggievillage.org.au or visit veggievillage.org.au

UKULELE LESSONS

New group starting soon. No musical experience necessary. Beginners welcome. Adults only. Phone Cherry on 0410 573 629.

BOOMERANG BAGS NOOSA

Fabric donations always needed. Boomerang Bags are sewn from recycled fabric with the aim of reducing single use plastic bags and minimising landfill from discarded textiles. Any unwanted fabric, doona covers, sheets, denim, curtains or upholstery fabric can be dropped off at Wallace House (near the Noosa library) on a Monday or Wednesday morning or phone Ned on 0411 784 911.

WAVES OF KINDNESS

Waves of Kindness Care Centre Cooroy meets at the Uniting Church Hall, 51 Maple Steet Cooroy on Tuesdays. Join our ladies’ craft group every Tuesday from 10am to 12pm for morning tea, BYO craft. We are open from 1-3.30pm for welfare appointments. Call 0499 091 352.

ACTIVITY WITH PARKINSONS

The Parkinsons Activity Group, provides activities for Parkinsons sufferers, the activities range from Boxercise in the Box Office, 25 ProjectAvenue(0422485482)Georgina,Physio-led exercise (0490 444 255) Emily, Speech Therapy voice and choir (0400 037 901) Edwina. Call Ann for an info pamphlett on 0458 009 601. Parkinsons Group meets the third Friday of each month at Noosa Tewantin Bowls Club at 10.30am for information and lunch. You need to stay active and socialise to help deal with the symptoms.

LIONS CLUB NOOSA HEADS

Want to make friends and assist the community?We are a small, friendly club who will celebrate our 50th year soon.

We need people to assist us with the Noosa Tri later on in the year. We have varied activities and projects to raise funds to assist the local community.We meet the theTewantin RSL. Please phone Keetha 0421 250 614 to enquire. COMMUNITY GARDEN

The Noosa Community Garden is back in full swing attracting a lot of new members. “Our mission is to create a place of positive impact through a community garden in a relaxed, social and sustainable environment through growing together“.

Our summer gardening hours are Friday 7.30-10am. After harvest which is shared amongst the gardeners, we enjoy a chat over a cuppa. Further details please call Erika 0409 300 007.

Weekly roster for Meals on Wheels

Weekly Roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels beginning Monday 17 June 2024

Monday Drivers: Tony, Darryl, Ray Z, Maria and James, Rosemary, Elsa, Lorraine, Jason, Julie L, Sharyn Kitchen: Geoff, Janet, Renee, John Tuesday Drivers: Bruce, Darryl, Tania and Friends, Penny, Driver needed for E Run, Parani and Peter, Driver needed for H Run, Simone, Deidre Kitchen: Chris, Ann, Glenn

Wednesday Drivers: Christina, Kevin Mc, Driver needed foe C Run, Kevin, Elsa, Meldoy and Kath, Simone, John & Helen, Paul Kitchen: Denise, Chris, John, Jerry, Christina

Thursday Drivers: Kyle, Driver needed for B Run, Sue, Donna and Julie, Margo and Jim, Kerryn and Stuart, Ian, Julie L, Darryl, Sharon and Mal Kitchen: Donal, Sharon, Claire, Loz

You can also check the roster on our website www.mealsonwheels-tewantin-noosa. org.au

If you are unavailable or can do an extra run, please phone the kitchen on 54497659.

We are looking for drivers and kitchen volunteers.

Tigers go down

By Julian Pitts

The Rococo Noosa Tigers have gone down to Gold Coast heavyweights Palm Beach by three points in a pulsating high pressure State League game at Weyba Rd last Saturday. From the outset there was just nothing between the two teams who continually just threw themselves into contest after contest. The tackling and harassing pressure from the young Tigers was just awesome. In a pulsating final stanza the local boys kept coming and looked like snatching the victory even hitting the post in the final minute in front of a vibrant Noosa crowd on our annual Ladies Day on the lawn. Without doubt the difference was Palm Beach’s ruckman ex Sydney Swan Tom Hickey who was just unstoppable at clearances particularly boundary throw ins despite the gallant work of Noosa’s big man Maccy Johnston who again battled manfully against a much taller and experienced opponent. Rhys Free was brilliant across half back for the Tigers with his intercept marking a precision disposal a constant for the entire game.Skipper Lachy Flagg was also outstanding down back haulting many forward thrusts and showing plenty of dash also in his will to get the Tigers home. Mitch Conn was everywhere again and controlled the midfield whilst Tait Niddrie continues his run of solid form with another terrific effort. Cooper Ogden had some fantastic moments where his courage was on show and Nathan Horbury again oozed class whenever he had the ball in hand. Forward Seb Rogers was just dynamite forever presenting to bag three goals in an almost match-winning effort.

Jackie’s legacy in athletics

By Erle Levey

Australian sporting circles have lost a cherished supporter, champion coach, and passionate lover of endurance horse riding.

Jackie Byrnes has coached elite Australian athletes including Melinda Gainsford-Taylor and Jana Pittman, and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2010 for her contributions to the sport.

Yet Jackie was also much loved in the Queensland Endurance Riding Association (QERA) through her years as horse owner, breeder and rider.

Australian Endurance Riding Association secretary and QERA management committee member Kim Moir said she was “the loveliest, bubbliest person.’’

As recently as April, Jackie was at Imbil to support the Far-A-Way Easter Endurance Carnival.

For many years she competed on her grey Arabian mare Cooroora Carmen throughout Queensland including Biggenden, Cooyar, Blackbutt, Fernvale, Eidsvold, Murrumba and Widgee.

Jackie bred the Arabian stockhorse cross Cooroora Bold Dancer, owned, trained and ridden by Shannon Decker, including competing in the 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup at Imbil.

An advocate in the fight against melanomas and skin cancers, Jackie died following a long battle with illness.

Living on the Sunshine Coast, she was loved by the endurance riding family.

Long-time friend Jackie Richards of Cooroora Arabians at Cooran said her sport coaching background was used to help endurance riders with their fitness.

A great long lunch was had on the lawn for our annual ladies day who all looked sensational and were well and truly enjoying themselves. Thanks to the Milk Bar for sponsoring and to all that organised.

Our Senior Women of course had the bye.

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The Noosa stalwart continues to shine and add to what has already been a great career at Weyba Rd. His partner in crime Jono Freeman dangerous also and probably should have kicked 4 or 5 but for inaccurate kicking. All in all a magnificent game of footy which was enjoyed by all. And if the Tigers continue to bring that pressure they will be hard to beat in the back half of the season.

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Dolphins keep edging

The Ray White Noosa Dolphins go into the second round of the season just two points behind ladder leaders University on a crowded Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Premiership table. With a bye last weekend, the Dolphins position was always under threat with results elevating Maroochydore and Caloundra to match Noosa on 19 points, however the superior for and against of the Dolphins keeps them ahead. Adding to the pressure to all three clubs are Brothers andWynnum 2 and 3 points behind respectively.

This Saturday, the Dolphins head to Maroochydore for the annual John Curry Shield clash, a match that has always held a special place between the two clubs. Following the one-point win to the Swans in the wet in the season’s opening round, both clubs will be desperate to gain the advantage on the premiership table with a victory. With the Dolphins injury list added to following the loss of damaging centre Gideon Kautai with a leg injury, coach Jim McKay is up for another backline shuffle and will be looking forward to the return of Ben Rogers and Josh Munro in coming weeks. On a positive, the senior squad will be bolstered by the return of former A Grade Captain Will Christie having just competed two seasons in England, bringing with him the experience and direction that will be needed

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The boys are away to Mt Gravatt this Saturday in a must win encounter.

On another exciting note, Collingwood great Peter Daicos will be our next guest speaker at a dinner on Friday 28 June from 5.30pm. All ticketing details can be found on our website and Facebook media platforms. It will sell fast.

Go Tigers

up the ladder

in the tight competition.

A Grade Ladder midway of the season:

· University 21

· Noosa 19

· Maroochydore 19 · Caloundra 19

· Brothers 17

· Wynnum 16

· Caboolture 4

Last Friday night saw the Dolphins head to Nambour to take on the undefeated Toads.

The depleted RayWhite Noosa team was brave in the face of the big Nambour side going down 60-10. With no reserves bench to assist, the Dolphins were soon at an even bigger disadvantage with two early match ending injuries. Despite a difficult night, coach Digger Munro was very proud of his young charges and the never give up attitude they displayed. “We were up against a very experienced side, with 23 players to call upon, and they just kept coming at us. Despite the scoreline, our boys stuck in there. The club is very proud of these lads,” Munro said. Impressing coaching staff, prop Jack Murray was named the KB Player of the match ably supported by Jack Austin always threatening in the centres.

The Friday night team returns home this week when they take on Maroochydore.

This Weekend Friday Night (Noosa), 7.30pm Saturday (Maroochydore)

· A Grade 3.30pm

· Res Grade 2pm

Check out the Dolphins Facebook site for all the up to date information.

“Jackie was interested and helpful in anything at all. She was so excited by the sport of endurance.’’

Jackie and Geoff Richards posted an emotional tribute.

“It is with such sadness that I post this news. Our very dear and lovely friend Jackie Byrnes OAM passed away on 16 May following health issues that she had been battling valiantly for quite some time.

“However, Jackie was not intending to give in without a good-and-proper fight.

“We had some wonderful times together over the years, many great laughs and fun at endurance events with her much loved horses.

“Her care, generosity, love of life and interest in others made her an incredible person in many, many ways.

“Geoff and I will miss our dear friend more than words can say. A bright light has gone out of our lives.’’

Former Olympian and Sunshine Coast teacher Glynis Nunn posted: “We have lost such a strong woman who really wasn’t afraid to say her piece - you will be missed Jackie not only for your contribution to the sport and to the many athletes that you helped but also for your friendship.’’

Champion hurdler and relay team member Jana Pittman: “Words can’t describe the impact Jackie had on so many of us. So many hearts broken ... but the memories will last forever.

“Such a privilege to have been coached by her. She set up my whole career taking to my first Olympics.

“She taught me how to handle pressure and find the positive in any outcome. She was an incredible coach and wonderfully positive woman who has had a lasting impact on my life. She will be forever missed but always loved.’’

Dolphins in action earlier in the season.

Tigers head to Mt Gravatt this Saturday for a must-win game.

Tigers go down to Palm Beach in high pressure State League game. Pictures: CRAIG SLANEY Young Tigers came close to snatching victory but the opposition were too strong in the end.

Dolphins ups and downs

Under 13s – It was the U13s first home game of the season against the current top-of-the-table team, Caloundra. It was a magic morning with plenty of magic moments in the play, although Noosa was defeated. The final score line didn’t reflect the grit, determination, and impressive rugby this team demonstrated. Coaches Ben and Frankie have been focusing training sessions on not letting the opposition get through the middle and the U13s implemented their training to perfection. There were several tries from the dominant Caloundra side, but not one was through the middle. Each week the boys are developing and focusing on new areas which will continue through the rest of the season. In his first game for the team, new player Max brought magic moments in both attack and defence, going on to be a very deserving Domino’s Pizza Player of the Match. Luke was back from injury as captain and was awarded two points for his excellent defence and attack; Mattie got one point for being everywhere and in everything.

Under 12s – Reds – Round 8 saw a nailbiter for the Dolphins U12 Reds in a home game against Caloundra. The visitors brought plenty of heat to the field with some strong forwards, leaving the Reds on the back foot in what became a tense arm wrestle. A few handling errors saw the boys confidence dip with Caloundra answering an early Reds try. A Dolphins conversion was the only difference in points at half time. The visitors stormed over the line in the opening minutes of the second half in another blow to the Reds poise, completely ruining the nerves of the home crowd. The boys managed to pull themselves out of the mental slump though with grit and tenacity, some incredible runs landing another two tries for the Reds. Domino’s Pizza Player of the Match went to Caesar for playing like a champion with some scorching runs along the wing. Noosa Reds 19 -12 Caloundra

Whites – It was a short drive down David Low Way for the Dolphins U12 Whites against Peregian Saints in Round 8. The quick commute caught the Whites napping in the first half, with solid play marred by handling and tactical errors, allowing the Saints over the line in the opening minutes. A rousing half-time chat with the coaching team woke the boys up though. They came out of the gates in the second half with their customary determination. At full time, theWhites had managed to build a comfortable lead over their neighbours. Domino’s Pizza Player of the Match went to Emerson. Noosa Whites 22 - 12 Peregian Saints. Under 10s – Blessed by another home game and a sparkling Noosa morning, the U10s showed up sharp and focused this week ready to take on Brothers. Captain and Domino’s Pizza Player of the Match Freddy led the way. From the very first kick-off, the Dolphins were talking well and fanning out across the field to cover any hope Brothers had of making decent headway. A series of quick tries saw the Dolphins accelerate ahead with momentum that would not stop until the final whistle. Jack made a notable break through Brothers defence, driving hard to make some solid ground and delivering a killer offload to CJ who tore up the wing to score in his first return from injury. Hunter scored a flyer on the outside. Hayden delivered on tackle after tackle, and Laserzone’s most focused player, Isabella, poured her heart into every minute as usual. A convincing win this week for our U10s and

a smorgasbord of tries, but more importantly, they demonstrated the degree of skill and footy finesse this team are capable of.

Under 9s – The U9s had a home game this weekend against Caloundra and won the kickoff with James as captain this week. It was a crisp, sunny morning in Noosa and the team pulled together very well again this week. There was great defence on display throughout, especially from Louis, Josh, Theo and Toby. Lots of great tries were scored during the game, with multiple from Theo, Archie R, and Arlo. As great as the runaway tries were to watch, even more impressive this week were the ‘team tries’, set up by other players, especially Toby, James, Ramsay and Louis.

It was a great team effort and excellent to see the boys’ skills developing.

Under 7s – Riding high fromThursday night training with the Senior A grade team, topped off with pizzas on the sideline, everyone was raring to go this week. Playing Caloundra at home, we had a strong showing so Hemi and Owen took turns evening up the playing field. Slater scored the first try after plenty of encouragement from assistant coach Buster. Alfie was hungry to score, darting down the sideline and displayed strong running and passing all game. Otis attempted a chip kick. Hemi was strong in defence and shut it down. Gus scored a try in the far-left corner before halftime. Archer opened the second half with a try and a

nice straight run off the back of two passes. Great sportsmanship and support all round led by coach Hamish. Domino’s Pizza player of the Match went to Slater for a fine debut.

Under 6s – Under 6s played at Noosa with Noosa Red vs Brothers and NoosaWhite taking on Matthew Flinders. Noosa Red had a great game with the team mastering the basics well. Domino’s Pizza Player of the Day went to John P who had an outstanding game with a number of great touches and an amazing solo try. NoosaWhite’s game against Flinders was again a masterclass of the basics from Noosa. Player of the Day went to Harry C who had his best game of the season making strong touches and running the ball well.

U12 Reds are all over the ball in the break down.

U12 Reds in the huddle

U7s little legends training with their A-grade

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Whites’s Tyler fending off the chasers

Talking Sport

Ron Lane

Great year for surf club

In a review of the results of the Sunshine Beach Surf Lifesaving Competition Team, tabled by Head Coach Wes Berg, it is obvious that the club has enjoyed one of their best seasons ever. What a special season. Sunshine’s Surf Sports soared bigger and brighter this year with more red, yellow and black caps on the beach, than ever before.

Safe to say that Sunshine’s presence on the beach and in the water, was definitely noted with their most entries in events and finals ever. Summing up the season Berg remarked, “I was extremely happy with the 23/24 season. This is exactly on target for the three-year plan, that I presented to the club on my arrival: and I couldn’t be prouder.

This surf sports squad is a truly and uniquely amazing bunch of kids. They had each other’s best interest’s’ at heart and worked together to achieve their goals. It was really special. They trained incredibly hard, and every time I asked them to step up, they did: challenging themselves, growing, improving and working together. This was evident in the results they achieved.”

The highlights for the season had to be the 2024 Australian Championships. A team of 86, earning 14 Australian medals, closely followed by the 2024 Queensland Championships with 44 medals. This resulted with Sunshine finishing 5th overall in Queensland. Also, the team was incredibly proud of our 2024 Branch Championships gathering 34 Gold Medals 25 Silver( more than any other club)and 26 bronze. This medal count saw Sunshine Beach win the overall water points score by 70 points.

‘’Internally as a club, Sunshine Beach made club history with two of our females qualifying for the Nutri- Grain Series. Electra Outram had an outstanding performance finishing 4th Overall in the Nutri-Grain Series including podium within the series. Gemma Welch -Smith also qualified for round 5 and 6 of the Nutri -Grain Series holding her own and leading swim legs: thus confirming, that she definitely belongs at a professional level.

By both achieving the sports highest level and paving a wonderful pathway for their younger female athletes, they will be following in their footsteps. In closing off the season Head Coach Wes Berg stated, ‘’ My main passions and purpose this season, was to continue to create an inclusive program, that gives as many of our kids to a pathway to flourish in the ocean, thus becoming more confident and comfortable in the water, enhancing their skill set, learning to overcome challenges in the ocean, whilst learning about themselves. Becoming better athletes but more important better humans.

Creating a squad that lifts each other up and bonds together, to get the best out of each other as a team on a daily basis.” Looking ahead Sunshine Beach is excited for the future, continuing to build on their positive foundations and encouraging more of their kids on to the surf sports pathway: and thus, seeing what 2024/25season brings.

But most important, it is good to see a Head

Coach who concentrates not only the medal counts, but also on the building of self- confidence, positive attitude and great team spirit: but above all a club culture that is beyond reproach.

Jiu-Jitsu

Once again, the Noosa Caza Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club situated in Cooyar St, Noosa Heads, has competed in the Sunshine Coast Championships and the results have been outstanding. Under the control of Head Coach, Professor Yoshi Hasegawa a team of 14 adults (11 male, 3 female) and 21 Caza Kids took part. Competitors for the titles totalled 532, of which Caza totalled 35. At the tournaments end the Noosa team finished with a total of 55 medals: 26 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze. Once again, these results speak volumes for the high standard of coaching available at the Noosa Caza Club.

Amongst the medals won were Male GI Championship 141 points ahead by 27 points (GI both contestants wear cotton kimonos).

Male No-Gi silver medal 111 points lost by 6 points (both wear rash-guards and grappling shorts).Kids Overall, silver medal 588 points beaten by 18 points. Women’s GI silver medal

lost by 15 points and a bronze medal loosing first place by27 points.

Head Coach of Caza Club Caloundra Andrew Bailey, entered 3 matches and won 2 gold medals, one for his weight division in no gi, and one for open weight division, and a silver for his gi match.

Grey Belt ( juniors competitors) Jordan Van Der Walt, Logan Erben and Joel Miller were all champions in gi and no gi, receiving gold in each of their categories. Michaele(grey belt) and Daniel Svoboda (orange- black belt) received double gold on the day, one each for gi and no gi. Samson Barton received double gold, one for gi and no gi in his blue belt juvenile division.

Assistant coach at HQ, Toby Bannerman received double gold for his Adults purple division, in gi and no gi. James Strachan also received double gold in Adults’ blue belt , one for his gi in weight division and one for his open weight division. “The next competition that we are looking forward to is the Queensland State Championships on 13 and 14 July at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre Nerang Broadbeach Road Carrara.” Head Coach Yoshi Hasegawa said.

Again, it is good to see that 21 Caza Kids from the Noosa Club travelled to Caloundra to compete in a sport that teachers discipline team work and pride. Well done to all. Rugby League

Saturday for Noosa Pirates Rugby League Club was definitely a big one. A great crowd was on hand to show their support for their club, but in particular for the A grade side, as they were Playing for the Presidents Cup. First team to hit the paddock were the Women who were up against Caboolture. The first half was very impressive with our ladies running up an early lead of 18 to 6.

Unfortunately, a lapse in defence caused errors and this allowed Caboolture to run away with the game winning 28 to 18. However, some of our girls gave it their all and at games end best on field were Kirra Woods and Emily Garrett. The side now takes on Caloundra next week to play for 4th position on the ladder. We wish them well.

In the Reserve Grade Noosa continued on their winning way controlling the game against Coolum from the kick off. Full back Asha Buckman and half back Zane Keen led the side around the field. Centre Aiden Stafford -Johns had a big game scoring a hat trick of tries. The win cements the side even in second place with Caloundra : 7 wins and 1 loss, just 2 points behind competition leaders Beerwah. Next Saturday they will now play Bribie Island at Caloundra. The final score Saturday was Noosa 26 Coolum 10.

The main game was Pirates vs Coolum and for Pirates it was a double header. A win would see them hold their position on the ladder and also win the Presidents Cup and the Richter Cavanagh Shield. First half saw Pirates unsettled giving away penalties and their defence was not their usual tight play. This saw Pirates go into the half time sheds leading just 12 to 10. The loss of Joel Cox from a crusher tackle rolled him out for the remainder of the game, thus causing a reshuffle of the forward pack.

HeadCoachMichaelDuffwasreallypleased with the second half.“We dominated the rucks and our guys defence was spot on turning Coolum away, thus conceding no points in the second half. Again, our fitness and discipline proved the difference. Jye Bollinger broke the game open with a number of storming runs and a crucial try under the posts. Captain Kris Williams who was named players player of the match, sealed the win for us when he scored his second try. Full back Patrick McGinn was again at the back , scoring a try and kicking 4 from 4.

Our tenaciously in defence for one another keeps winning games. We now have a bye round next weekend for a well-deserved break, finishing the first half of the season winning 8 from 8 games. It is the first time since 2007 that we have won the Presidents Cup. The club is extremely pleased with where we are mid-season. Consistency is now the major factor for Pirates.”

Noosa Caza Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club took home a swag of medals from the Sunshine Coast Championships.

Head coach Wes Berg and nipper coach Jade Berg with the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club youth team

A big night for Pirates last Saturday.

Life of Brine

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Wrecks and Relics’ 20th

Well, you couldn’t have scripted it much better – a three-day event in celebration of 20 years and each of them blessed with winter sun, light offshore wind and tiny but lovely runners at Access 11, Noosa West.

Okay, it could have been waist to shoulder high First Point, but it rarely is in June, and I doubt that competitors would have had more fun there, even though the contest viewing area did look a bit like an old folks outing from the rest home. Ahem! What would you expect when we now have not only an over 75s division but a world first with an over 80s!

I’ve covered Trevor Brady’s historic victory in the 80s elsewhere in this edition, but suffice it to say the old boys surfed with conviction and did themselves proud, and I hope I’m still putting my feet in the wax when I qualify in 2031, which may even be an Olympic qualifier! Maybe not.

The Barry Davis Over 75s was also rather special, named in honour of a great bloke who always made a bold showing at the Wrecks, loved to surf in comps and loved (maybe even more) to come north from Brisbane and score the Noosa points with a small band of brothers known as theWednesdayWanderers.When the Wanderers showed up you knew there’d be as many laughs as waves for the next hour or two, with Bazz leading the pack. It was appropriate that Torquay’s Bob Smith, almost a Noosan by now, at least in spirit, took out the first Bazz Memorial trophy with a great performance.

A personal note here: in the Over 70s men, your correspondent failed yet again, this time by a mere point, to take the win from serial event champion Eric Walker, which would have been only the second time in multiple heats over the years that I’ve got the better of him in a heat. Of course, we don’t take it very seriously, but curse you, Ghost Who Walks! Wait until next year.

The girls put on a show in the fun conditions, with Torquay’s Penny Andrews a stylish winner in the Over 50s, Wrecks chief wrangler and multiple champ Peppie Simpson unbeatable in the 60s, and Noosa Mal Club life member Di Cuddihy winning a titanic struggle in the Over 70s to take home the trophy.

The 20th was aWrecks and Relics to remember, with a relaxed and happy vibe over the full three days, accompanied by fun and contestable waves, a wonderful celebratory dinner at Noosa Springs Golf Club and only the news of Aido’s passing casting a shadow over the last day. The spirit on the beach was, what would Aido have wanted?Well, he would have started singing, “These are my happy days, catching waves with my friends. How I hope these happy days will never end.”

Congrats to the Simpson/Curtis’s, the Borland/Molnars, the Gowers, Mick Corcoran, Ranga on the PA and the whole NMC crew. What a great event.

RESULTS

· Over 50s Men: Jason Cook

· Over 50s Women: Penny Andrews

· Over 55s Men: Glen Gower

· Over 60s Men: Wally Allan

· Over 60s Women: Peppie Simpson

· Over 65s Men: Mick Corcoran

· Over 70s Men: Eric Walker

· Over 70s Women: Di Cuddihy

· Over 75s Men: Bob Smith

· Over 80s Men: Trevor Brady

· Old Mal: Glen Gower

Meanwhile, in El Salvador

Seems like since it became “Surf City” there’s an international event in El Salvador almost every week. Go figure.

The most recent was stop seven on theWSL World Championship Tour, the Surf City Pro, which seemed to offer contestable but hardly inspiring waves at Punta Rocas over its three running days. The time zone made it almost impossible for anyone but an insomniac to keep up with, especially when there was a really important event (the Wrecks) running con-

currently, but I did take the trouble to catch up with some key heats, and can tell you that the potential world champions for 2024 have certainly hit the home straight.

In the women’s, Caity Simmers was knocked out by Gabby Bryan in the semis, but there wasn’t much in it, and she is back in the yellow jersey at number one in the rankings, and

looks locked and loaded for the finals series in September. In the men’s John Florence took the event with some incredible above the lip antics and has pulled away from the field in number one ranking. The twice world champ is on a roll now and looks unstoppable.

From an Aussie perspective, Molly Picklum was the highest finisher in fifth place, as was

Jack Robinson in the mens.

That bounces Jack back up to second in the rankings, but he gives away 10,000 points to John-John, Ethan Ewing further back in fourth. Molly drops down to fourth with a fifth placing in the past three events and in need of a big

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70s men finalists.

A columnist cross-step on an ankle snapper. Picture: FENNA 60s gals ready for the final.

John Florence flies high to win the Surf City Pro. Picture: WSL

Happy camper Kate Dwyer, second in the women’s 60s. Picture: FENNA DE KING

Jeff Perry leads the way in the 70s final, winner Eric Walker coming up behind. Picture: FENNA

Two old champs: Torquay’s Bob Smith and Dee Why’s Glenn Martin.

Chief femlin Peppie Simpson. Picture: FENNA

Plenty of winter action

Some fresh conditions last week saw temperatures drop under 5 degrees most mornings around the Gympie area.

The winds were slight but enough to send a chill right down to the bones, however, the sun was shining and the fish were biting and that was enough to keep most warm.

Conditions look to hold steady with no rain predicted, although the swell is set to rise a little along with the tide as the moon gets more visible, so the beaches may get a little rough at times.

With the epic start to the week, Tin Can Bay saw an abundance of grassy sweetlip and snapper hanging around the moored boats, and big flathead on the ebb tide in the gutters and drains around the bay.

This week will have an early morning and late afternoon low so if you’re chasing a feed of flathead, we’d suggest heading out morning or afternoon.

Tailor were hanging around in numbers at Seary’s Ledge and won’t shy away from a wellpresented pilchard or metal slug, while the mac tuna continues to patrol Inskip.

Trevally were hanging around the points and river mouths along with some queenfish.

Sending out small slugs or micro jigs like the Jigpara Micro from Major Craft is extremely effective and a lot of fun when one of the bigger guys picks it up on the light gear.

Beaches were going off, particularly with the Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic happening.

Swell picked up a little towards the weekend but was still very productive with everything on offer - flathead, bream, whiting and tailor, even some bigger mulloway coming into the gutters.

There were some good reports of tailor north of Teewah.

Again, the fish are still around that chopper size with the odd bigger fish amongst them.

Trevally numbers are also good with plenty of GT’s on offer.

There is a common misconception that these fish are no good in the pan, which is totally untrue.

Treated right, trevally are delicious and can be pan-fried or go especially well in curries and a laksa.

Whiting numbers are also on the increase, with the area around Alligator Creek really firing.

Fresh bait is key, so pump those yabbies or pull some worms for the best results.

Offshore had a few near-perfect days and has seen a number of large pearl perch and snapper down deep with red emperor also getting pulled up.

A little closer around the deep inshore reefs you’ll find snapper, sweetlip, and coral trout.

Longtail tuna and kingfish are also roaming about and quality mulloway has also been in the mix, along with Cobia.

Borumba had some very keen fisho’s rugged up and headed out early mornings, with bass at the wall end of the dam taking a liking to small vibes and saratoga on the surface fancying floating swimbaits and cicadas.

The deeper ones chose a minnow or crankbait to hit.

Spinners are always a safe option to cover all bases and it’s very cold out that way in the mornings, so giving the fish a chance to chase is best, using a slow rolling or tweaking technique.

For all the latest information log onto www. fishingnoosa.com.au for up-to-date bar and fishing reports, don’t forget to drop into Gympie’s Newest tackle store “The Tackle Shop”, Tackle World Noosa, and Northshore Bait & Tackle in Marcoola for all the right equipment, bait and advice to get you catching.

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Personality: you are what you think

By Jamie Milne, JMT director

Have you heard the saying you are what you eat?

I believe you are what you think. See your personality (Personal - reality) is like a pair of glasses.

It’s the lens in which we view the world and a part of the filtering system in which we perceive and make decisions in the world.

The incurable optimistic sees life through rose tinted glasses, we all have that friend? Everything is fluffy ducks, puppy dogs, mung beans, yoga and nothing upsets them, not even cold Chai.

This is polarised, subjective, not achievable long term.

And then we have grizzle guts, the pouting

pessimist who squints through dark gloomy glasses ‘Stinking thinking’ no matter the sunshine they complain about sunburn and the ozone layer.

Also polarised, subjective, and not sustainable long term.

Both individuals can observe the same event and see it in two very different lights, having an inability to be neutral, objective, see the benefits and opportunities, setbacks and drawbacks of any said event.

See our thinking directly influences our feelings/ emotions, which immediately determine how we act, talk, respond or react.

As Shakespeare notably observed in Hamlet “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”

Here is a short exercise, to establish ‘objec-

tivity’ in your perception, synthesis the ‘glasses’ you wear not polarise.

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PROPERTY

NOOSA MAINTAINS ITS WIDE APPEAL

PROPERTY MATTERS

THERE’S some impressive properties that have hit the market in Noosa recently.

At the same time agents are reporting good inquiry levels and numbers at open homes.

Most interest seems to be local, looking to improve position, upgrading or downsizing. Yet there is activity from Brisbane, interstate, New Zealand and further overseas.

Getting a lot of positive response has been a five-bedroom, five-bathroom, two-car waterside house at 65 Lake Weyba Dve, Noosaville, that is set for auction Saturday, 22 June, at 1pm. Marketed by Nic Hunter and Erica Newton of Tom Offermann Real Estate, the property is impressing people with the quality of the build, the size of the interior and the way it has been designed to be eco-friendly - with Weyba Creek in front and a nature reserve at the back.

Erica said that with the peaceful outlook yet the walkability to Noosa Farmers Market and shops, it enjoyed the best of both worlds.

“The fact that it is turn-key and ready to go has impressed many people. Then there’s the pool, and the self-contained guest house with its own kitchen and laundry that is the mirror-image of the house.’’

The Lake House is a luxury two-storey residence with Heidi Meyer playing a significant role in the inspired design and development. It features exhilarating open-plan living spaces, soaring doubleheight clerestory ceilings, and lime-washed American oak parquet flooring.

There is custom cabinetry and a custom-crafted 10-seater dining table with statement pendants, together with designer accessories including rugs and an extensive

collection of art by local artists and artisans including ceramics by Kim Wallace.

Disappearing banks of doors across the width of the living and dining areas open to the pool and spa with white timber sundeck.

The kitchen is long and L-shaped with stone-topped white/fluted cabinetry, curvededge island breakfast bar and sizable walk-in pantry. High-end appliances include a four-hob Pitt natural gas cooktop, two ovens with pyrolytic air fry features, a digital dishwasher and oversized icemaker fridge/ freezer.

There are five-bedrooms including the guest house, all with designer bedding, linen and accessories and wide custom bedheads. In the south wing, downstairs finds floor-to-ceiling barn doors with mirrored backs reveal a premier king bedroom suite, ensuite with free-standing bath and twobasin stone-topped cabinetry plus built-in robes, wispy curtains, and a terrace to catch the cool breezes off the waterway.

The adjoining bedroom also has an ensuite, built-in robe and terrace access.

Southside upstairs is a mezzanine retreat/leisure space with sink-into armchairs and television, three workstations with high-speed satellite internet and a terrace.

There are also two premier king suites with walk-in robes, ensuite, and views over the Weyba waterways from bed. BEACHSIDE AND LOVING IT

Zoe Cooke and Tracy Russell at Tom Offermann Real Estate have a very attractive apartment at Sunrise they are taking to auction on Saturday, 22 June, at 12pm.

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom, onecar beachside apartment at 2/41 Tingira Cres, Sunrise Beach, has been attracting great interest, Zoe said. “Single level with north-east aspect, it ticks a lot of boxes.

“There have been interstate, overseas and Brisbane buyers looking at this one.’’

The stylish, fully-renovated apartment has expansive ocean views, with spacious entertaining terraces that wrap around.

Filled with natural light and tastefully and meticulously presented, it’s an ideal weekender, lock-up holiday home or perfect downsizing opportunity.

Currently a holiday rental, the property could be offered furnished if so desired.

Located in a boutique complex of three with minimal body corporate fees, a shared swimming pool, it has a lock-up garage with a spacious laundry, and stair-less access to the front door.

BRIGHT OUTLOOK

Zoe Cooke has reported the sale postauction of 72 Annie Dve, Peregian Beach, to the top bidder.

Offering six bedrooms and three bathrooms across two buildings on 5013sq m, it was listed at $2.5m.

The local buyers were a family attracted by the seaside location, the size of the

property, the space offered at the house and barn, and the local community.

Zoe is also taking a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at Sunrise Beach to auction on June 29, in conjunction with Roark Walsh. On a 653sq m corner block, 2 Orient Dve opens up an ocean outlook from this highly-regarded street.

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

The magnetism of a sun lounge on a terrace, mere footsteps to the waterfront of one of the most salubrious stretches of pristine Noosa River, dotted with bobbing boats, pelicans gliding above, and blessed with a feast of seagull’s eye views stretching 180-degrees, was a major attraction for a Sydney couple on auction day.

Their new slice of paradise, a twobedroom two-bathroom apartment 4 at popular Noosa Harbour Resort in Quamby Place on Noosa Sound, listed by Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Luke Chen, and owned by the sellers since 1985, attracted much interest from interstate and overseas during the marketing campaign.

Three bidders were keen to hold the keys to the door and auctioneer Gordon MacDonald declared it sold at $2.475m. ANYWHERE YOUR MIND TAKES YOU There has been broad inquiry on the sixbedroom, three-bathroom, two-car house with pool on 1.01ha at 74 Foxtail Rise, Doonan, that goes to auction Saturday, 15 June, at 12pm.

Seller of 4 Noosa Harbour Resort, John Walsh, with Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Luke Chen and auctioneer Gordon Macdonald. 410335

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment 2/15-17 Attunga Heights, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 22 June, at 10am. 409596

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment 2/15-17 Attunga Heights, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 22 June, at 10am. 409596

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment 2/15-17 Attunga Heights, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 22 June, at 10am. 409596

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Tiffany Wilson of Tom Offermann Real Estate said about 50 percent of inquiry has been those entering the market from southern states. Otherwise it has been locals moving sideways.

“People are looking for a tree-change and this low-maintenance acreage property is appealing.

“The house is unique in that it has elements with different spins and resonates with people in different ways.

“Based on your travels and perceptions of places - it resonates with you in different ways.

“There is the timber staircase and marble floors. It’s blissful sitting on the deck looking out at the view, listening to the birds.’’

Numbers have been steady at open houses, Tiffany said, and it’s a great street.

The white-washed modernist residence is reminiscent of Greece’s Cyclades Islands. Auto gates reveal a pebbled courtyard then massive timber doors.

Abstracted architecture, striking interiors with curved wall features, high ceilings, mirrors and wide swathes of glass allow natural light to cast shadows over the seemingly-endless black granite flooring in the open-plan living spaces.

Plantation shutters, a wood burning fireplace, white linen-covered sofas, rattan pendants and a custom-built bar are highlights of the white-floored terrace.

On the entry side with several access points is a stunning alfresco terrace, lawn area, outdoor shower and sail-shaped pool with white granite surround.

The L-shaped kitchen comes with black granite-topped cabinetry, washed timber island with white marble insets, tactile white cement splashback and the latest high-end appliances including a six-hob gas burner cooktop.

On the mid-level, either side of a wide hallway, are four carpeted bedrooms. The premier king suite retreat has a private terrace, walk-in robe and a black granite ensuite with a bathtub.

Three king bedrooms share a bathroom, also in black granite plus white basintopped timber cabinetry and louvres opening to the view.

On the lower is a partially self-contained apartment with open-plan living and dining, two bedrooms, terrace opening off the living

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car Queenslander on 1012sq m at 23 Wattle St, Cooroy, goes to auction Friday, 21 June, at 11am. 410335

A six-bedroom, three-bathroom, two-car house with pool on 1.01ha at 74 Foxtail Rise, Doonan, goes to auction Saturday, 15 June, at 12pm. 410335

and one bedroom, a bathroom, and leisure space, all with designer-style furniture and accessories as in the residence.

CENTRE OF ATTENTION

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, onecar apartment 2/15-17 Attunga Heights, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 22 June, at 10am.

Above Noosa Junction and a five-minute walk to Hastings Street, the spacious, onelevel, ground-floor apartment is in excellent condition, according to Anita Nichols of Laguna Real Estate.

In a complex of six apartments, it features a large kitchen and a treed-outlook from the main bedroom that comes with good-sized ensuite.

Of solid brick with suspended concrete

A three-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car beachside apartment at 2/41 Tingira Cres, Sunrise Beach, goes to auction Saturday, 22 June, at 12pm. 409596

A five-bedroom, five-bathroom, two-car waterside house at 65 Lake Weyba Dve, Noosaville, is set for auction Saturday, 22 June, at 1pm. 410335

ceiling between levels, it attracts natural light and airflow with no stairs to climb.

A good-sized second bedroom is serviced by the main bathroom.

There’s a designated laundry and lockable garage together with storage for surfboards, paddle boards and all the toys CONDITIONAL INTEREST

Heidi Woodman at David Berns Real Estate has reported that the property at 9 Hinterland Cl, Tinbeerwah, was passed in at the recent auction but there are quite a few interested buyers.

They were all conditional buyers so a price has been placed of offers over $2.395m while Heidi continues to negotiate.

AUCTION ACTION

SATURDAY, 8 June

Noosa Heads

· 4/6 Quamby Pl: 2bed, 2bath waterfront apartment, Luke Chen 0417 600 840 Lauren Chen 0412 672 375 Tom Offermann Real Estate. Sold at auction $2.475m

SATURDAY, 15 June

Doonan

· 74 Foxtail Rise: 6bed, 3bath, 2car house, pool, on 1.01ha, 12pm, Tiffany Wilson 0468 922 519 Tom Offermann Real Estate

Noosaville

· 2/34 James St: 2bed, 2bath, 2car apartment,12pm, Anita Nichols 0434 236 110 Laguna Real Estate. ●

74 FO xTAIlRISe , DOONAN

If youlove thesurroundsofnature,anultra-mellow beachsceneas wellassignificantviewsofNoosaHeads, asimplydazzlingwhite-washedmodernistresidence reminiscentofGreece’s CycladesIslands,attheendof awhisper-quietcul-desacinDoonan,just nine-minutes from café centralontheNoosaRiver,has yournameon thedoor.Allow theauto gatestoslide awayand reveal apebbled courtyard;pushopenthemassivetimber

doors.Bebesottedbyabstractedarchitecture, striking interiors suchascurved wallfeaturesthatimpressin equalmeasure,andhowhigh ceilings,mirrorsandwide swathesofglass,seeminglydisappearallowingnatural light tocast shadows overtheendlessblackgranite flooring,intheimmenseopenplanlivingspaces. A 6 B 3 C 2 D

Auction Saturday 15June12pm

View Saturday 11.30am

Agent TiffanyWilson 0468922519 tiffany@offermann.com.au

2/41 TINGIRACRESCENT , SUNRISEBEACH

Thissuperband stylishfully renovatedapartment has expansiveCoralSeaviewsandtheperfect north easterlyaspect.Withspaciousentertaining terraces thatwraparound,it’sidealforentertainingall year roundandmakesthemostofthe stunningviews,and it’sonlyfootsteps to thepristinesandsofSunrise Beach.Thisluxuriouslyappointedapartmentis filled withnaturallightandis tastefullyandmeticulously

presented.It’sanideal weekender,lockupholiday homeorperfectdownsizingopportunity. Currently aholidayrental,thepropertyhasincomeproducing potentialand couldbeofferedfurnishedifsodesired.

Agent ZoeCooke 0428329291 zoe@offermann.com.au

Agent TracyRussell 0413319879 tracy@offermann.com.au

65 LAKEWEYBADRIVE , NOOSAVILLE

Poised by LakeWeyba,TheLakehouse, asparklingnew, ultra-luxury residencewithmirrorimageselfcontained guesthouse.Stepinsideandbedrawn by architectural symmetry,openplanlivingspacesandsoaringdouble heightclerestory ceilingsthatburst withnaturallight. Shadow-dance acrossthelimewashedAmericanoak parquet flooring.Anostensiblychicneutralpalette ofwhitesandlighttimberssuchascurvaceous,often

flutedcustom cabinetryand topoftheline fixturesand fittings. Locatedonlya fourminutedrivetoHastings Street,Noosa MainBeach, atwo-minutedriveto Gympie Terraceand a500-metrewalk to theNoosa Farmers’ Market and café centralonWeybaRoad.

Auction Saturday22June1pm

View Saturday& Wednesday12.00-12.30

Agent EricaNewton 0410603519 erica@offermann.com.au

Agent NicHunter 0421785512 nic@offermann.com.au

2O RIENT D RIVE , SUNRISEBEACH

Do youyearnforthemomentof wakingeachdayto white-capped wavesrollingontothebeach,thefeeling ofsandbetween your toes,surfingtheultimatebreaks, andwalkingthe water’sedgewithkidsanddogs,all beforebreakfast?Do youhavememoriesofarchetypal Aussiesummers whiled awayinholiday houses by the sea,thesoundofsurftunes,smellofsaltyair,thefeel ofsaltytousledhair,kickingoff sandals,beingbarefoot,

andhappyeveryday?Theanswerislovingandliving thedreaminanelevatedbrightwhite classictimber beachhousewithwraparound verandahs,andNEtoSE CoralSeaviews. To capitalloff,OrientDriveisarguably thebeststreetinSunriseBeachandthebeachhouseis amere200mtothesand. A 3 B 2

Auction Saturday29June12pm

View Saturday11.00-11.30

Agent ZoeCooke 0428329291 zoe@offermann.com.au

Agent Roark Walsh 0437447804 roark@offermann.com.au

3/18 PER EG IANESP L ANADE , PERERGIA NB EACH

Anenviablelifestyle awaitsthefortunate,when centre stagerightoutfront,arestrikingpanoramasofthe CoralSea,white-capped wavesrollingontoPeregian Beachsand,andthecoastline stretchingbeyond Point Arkwright toMooloolabaand Caloundra.Soeasytoget lostinthemoment.

Adding to theeasy-breezinessofthiscoastalgem, perchedonanescarpmentandin aboutique complex ofonly five,isitsproximitytotoes-in-the-sandplus diverselocalofferingssuchasthelively PeregianBeach Village,onlya shortstrollaway.

Auction

Saturday 29June1pm

View Saturday &Wednesday1.00-1.30

Agent

TracyRussell 0413319879 tracy@offermann.com.au

54 SOLWAYD RI V E, SUNSHINEBEACH

Is yourmaxim to encapsulatetheartofSunshineBeach investingandlivingwith asecond-to-nonelocation surrounded by theNoosaNational Park,a mere tenminutes to whitesandbeachesandsurfbreaks. Thinking rare andabsolute investmentopportunity? Nowdoubleit.It’sallaboutprime realestate,asite larger-than-mostinthenearneighbourhoodabutting theNoosaNational Parkatthe rearwith koalasinthe

eucalypts,localbird lifeon-song,andtwo dwellings nestledinwhat couldonlybeperceivedasan extension ofthe floraandfauna-filledpark,withmeandering pathways.

Anewly renovated70’sbeachhouseandanew Canadian-inspiredmid-centuryA-frame come togetherharmoniouslyacrossthe1099sqm,attractinga generousincomethankstoSTA approvalforthesite

Auction Saturday 6July12pm View Friday12.00-12.30

Agent LaurenChen 0412672375 lauren@offermann.com.au

1/18 HENDERSON ST REET , S UNSHIN EB EACH

Easyto be totally captivated by thetrulyspectacular, 180-degreeeagle’s eyeviewsweepingacrossthe luminousturquoiseofthe CoralSea,wherewhite tipped wavesandpopularsurfbreaksare off thehook andmajestichumpbackwhalesare makingtheirannual migrationnorth.Addlocationofbeingmere minutes to thesqueakywhitesandofSunshineBeachaswellas thevibrantvillage,andthishighlydesirablewhole floor

sub-penthouseisnextlevelandallclass. Comeinside.Beenthralled by thegenerosityofwellappointedlivinganddiningareas.Admirehigh ceilings, travertine flooring,thesenseofspaceand tall wallsof glass,seeminglydisappearingandmorphingindoors out, to theundercoverterrace,wheredrinkinginthose viewsisso everyday.

Auction Saturday 6July2pm View Saturday 10.00-10.30

Agent Roark Walsh 0437447804 roark@offermann.com.au

&3

Thebeachside stripofHastingStreet isknownfor itslaidback coastalvibe,glowwormtreelightsand sophisticatedarray ofsassyboutiques,galleries,cafes, barsand restaurantsalmostonthesand,whileinthe veryheart,aretwo super cooldual keyapartments–yes, adoublefortuityfor ashrewdinvestor. ThinkLagunaBayandNoosaMainBeachonyour doorstepandfamousNoosaNational Park aboardwalk

stroll away. Turnleft atespresso centralakaAromas, openthesecure gatesoftheSebelNoosaand take the meanderingpathwayfringed bywaterfeaturesand pools, to thequietside.

Forget thelift,bothapartmentsareontheground floor. Bothhave hadidenticalmakeovers andrefurbishments, howeverthereare naturallydifferencesrelated to area andbrands.

Auction Friday12July12pm View Friday12.00-12.30 Wednesday11.00-11.30

Agent AdamOffermann 0475804467 adam@offermann.com.au

19 KEY CO UR T, NOOSAHEADS

Whenit comes to a finding asparklingnewstunning residencewithglisteningsaltwaterlappingthewhitesandforeshore,thejaw-droppingcovetedaddress of KeyCourtNoosaSound, amereeight-minutewalk to HastingsStreetandNoosa MainBeach,thisisit. Imaginetheimpeccabledesignandbuildingcredentials ofBlackwoodArchitectsandDamienDavidson,with generousopenplanlivingspaces,a fireplaceand

endlessoak flooring.Indoors,thanksto disappearing doors,morphsintoa terracewherealfresco entertainingisatitsbest.Admirethe centrepieceof adazzlingpool,picture thekids swimminginthesafe shallowsordocktheboatatthepontoon.

Agent TomOffermann 04127111888 tom@offermann.com.au

Agent NicHunter 0421785512 nic@offermann.com.au

HOME FOCUS

PARKRIDGE LAKEVIEW: TOP OF THE WORLD

THE magnetism of an apartment treasure perfectly poised on a ridge, with bedazzling 180-degree views of sunsets, colourful cloud formations and ever-changing skies over Lake Weyba, and sweeping across to the Noosa Springs golf course, Mt Coolum, the Noosa Hinterland and a backdrop of Noosa National Park, is undeniable and outstandingly beautiful.

Open the security gate and door, take the lift to the second floor, step inside the entry way and look beyond. Admire the monochromatic aesthetic, the lofty ceilings, how natural light bounces across the natural hued flooring in the over-generous living and dining spaces, and thanks to slide-away doors makes a seamless connection to the prodigious undercover terrace.

Drinking in those views from comfy rattan chairs alfresco, is akin to feeling on top of the world. Also look below to the resident’s only pool which speaks only of carefree, sun-splashed days.

Furnishings include neutral fabric covered sofa, timber coffee table, green and cream checked ottomans, timber entertainment console, timber dining table, pastel grey fabric chairs, and accessories, all complement and mimic nature’s colour palette.

Designed for sophisticated entertaining, or casual sundowners, the core fundamentals are evident in the sizeable galley-style with marble-topped cabinetry including semi-island breakfast bar, walk-in

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pantry with small preparation bench or maybe it’s a coffee station, plus all the necessary accoutrements such as high-end appliances.

There are three carpeted bedrooms. Wake up to those captivating views from the premier king suite which opens out to the terrace suggesting a morning cuppa, and has a serious walk-in robe, as well as marble-tiled ensuite with basin/stonetopped timber cabinetry.

Two extra-large bedrooms have built-in robes; the bathroom has a bathtub and a separate powder room; the laundry is fully equipped; and nearby is a designated office/study space.

“This outstanding location places you within absolute close proximity of everything Noosa Heads,” comment Tom Offermann Real Estate agents Clare Sherwood and Patrick Sherwood. “There are no through roads, more like avenues, and Lakeview Rise is part of a true residential enclave, with an abundance of protected nature including established walkways and bikeways leading to Lake Weyba. It is minutes to Noosa Head’s Hasting Street, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa National Park, multiple shopping precincts and pristine beaches on the eastern seaboard yet is tucked away in a verdant private oasis.

“What an enviable unparalleled lifestyle offering of unequivocal luxury desired by many, but rarely available. Until now.” ●

Address: 2224/15 Lakeview Rise, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $2.15m Inspect: Saturday and Wednesday, 12pm - 12.30pm

Contact: Clare Sherwood 0402 903 733 and Patrick Sherwood 0413 889 130, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE

COASTAL SUNSHINE BEACH EXUDES CHARM

DISCOVER the epitome of beachside sophistication, with an abundance of northeasterly views from the Noosa National Park headland sweeping the Coral Sea, and mere minutes from toes sinking into the white sand. Loving Sunshine Beach doesn’t get much better than this.

The striking bright white duplex called Paperbark, designed by the renowned Stephen Kidd, is centered around savvy indoor-outdoor spaces for all seasons and reasons.

Along the walkway with statement Pandanus, expectations are aroused and not disappointed when the front door opens, and the reasons become obvious. There’s definitive avantgarde flair in the lounge space with sink into sofa, and a purpose-built bar.

Check out the bank of disappearing doors maximizing natural light which seemingly dances across the travertine flooring and melds effortlessly with the alfresco nucleus of the residence, albeit the wide undercover terrace adjoining the lustrous private pool.

Upstairs, with a vaulted ceiling complemented by washed oak timber flooring and banks of glass capturing the cool ocean breezes and abundance of natural light, flows into the open plan dining and living areas. With disappearing doors, the indoors effortlessly merges with the outdoors, revealing a terrace sheltered by a skillion roof. Embrace the optimal northeasterly orientation, offering stunning views over the Coral Sea.

The L-shaped kitchen with stone-topped cabinetry including island breakfast bar, designer pendants and all the high-end appliances to bring out the inner Jamie Oliver for creative meals or just simple sides for the barbeque.

The premier king suite is also on this level. It has custom daybed, louvres to take advantage of the views, VJ custom bedhead, wall of built-in robes and a large ensuite with walk-in shower, white stone-topped cabinetry and floor to ceiling travertine.

On the ground level are two bedrooms with built-in robes. One has an ensuite and custom daybed, the other access to a terrace and rear garden. Next door is the bathroom and adjoining a functional laundry. It opens to a drying area and path to the rear terrace and lawn area, also the other direction to the undercover

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terrace poolside.

As you navigate through the residence, volumes expand and compress both horizontally and vertically, creating joyful moments in everyday life.

“Sand between the toes is minutes away” extol Tom Offermann Real Estate agents Roark Walsh and Tiffany Wilson who are taking the property to auction on Saturday 6 July 2024. “There’s simply nothing like living the good life or investing in popular Sunshine Beach.

“Enjoy the amenable sub-tropical climate, also anonymity at the beach or nearby vibrant Sunshine Beach village, with its award-winning eateries, and where the local cafe society preserve the ‘barefoot if you like’ attitude.”

Facts & Features:

· House Area: 252m2

· Land Area: 317m2

· Sunbathed private pool with terrace

· Design: Stephen Kidd Design - Paperbark, a private and secure luxury duplex

· About: Travertine flooring; washed oak wide plank timber; super high VJ profile ceilings; fans/aircon; living on both levels

- both w roller blinds/wall of louvres; fold-back doors to NE views from Noosa National Park along coast; downstairs lounge room w custom bar & sink w. fold-back doors; Upstairs living w vaulted ceiling; custom cabinetry; undercover skillion roofed terrace; 3-carpeted bedrooms; premier king suite w custom daybed; louvres with ocean views; VJ custom bedhead; wall of BIRs; large ensuite w walk-in shower & white stone/basintopped cabinetry; 2 ground level w BIRs, 1 w ensuite & custom day bed; 1 with access to terrace & rear garden; bathroom adjacent; laundry room out to drying area & other the rear terrace & lawn area, also to undercover terrace poolside

· Kitchen: L-shaped w stone-topped 2-pac/ VJ upper cabinetry incl island w. seating & pantry; 3 designer pendants; dishwasher, oven & 5-gas hob cooktop

· Exterior: shared secure driveway; walkway from street to front entry; outdoor shower, striking Pandanus at front entry; 2-car spaces + 2 large lockable storerooms; fully fenced; established gardens.

· Location: High side of Stevens Street; minutes to sand, patrolled surfing beach, minutes stroll to Surf Club & Sunshine Beach village w eateries, bars & boutiques ●

Address: 1/5 Stevens Street, SUNSHINE BEACH

Description: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces, pool

Inspect: Saturday 12-12:30pm Auction: Saturday 6 July 2024 1pm

Contact: Roark Walsh 0437 447 804 and Tiffany Wilson 0468 922 519, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE

LITTLE COVE HIDEAWAY CLEVERLY DESIGNED

THIS three-bedroom Villa has been cleverly designed to take in the incredible views at every opportunity. It is both serene and private and centrally located in the exclusive Little Cove area of Noosa.

Just a short stroll to Hastings Street, Noosa Main Beach and the Noosa National Park, you can easily enjoy all Noosa has to offer, right on your doorstep.

Enjoy the boutique shops, and world class restaurants, or just sit back and relax on Noosa’s stunning north facing beach.

The well thought out open plan living design flows straight out to the large balcony, through the folding glass doors, with fantastic views of Noosa, Noosa River and the Noosa Hinterland.

This upper level comprises of the dining, lounge and large kitchen area. It is a wonderful position to enjoy the beautiful sunsets over the Hinterland.

Downstairs the master and second bedroom feature sliding glass doors onto

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Address: 3 ‘Bahai Lindo’ 8 Bayview Road, LITTLE COVE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: On application Inspect: By appointment

Contact: Shane McCauley 0403 646 930 and Frank Milat 0438 528 148, RICHARDSON AND WRENCH NOOSA

good-sized balcony.

third bedroom overlooks a private courtyard. The master bedroom is ensuited,

and there is a main bathroom on this level as well, both beautifully renovated. This Villa is one of only three in the

Bahia Lindo complex. There is a also a lock-up garage on title, with direct access to the Villa. ●

18 Seahorse Place, Noosa Waters

AUCTION

Friday 5th July at 1 PM

Welcome to 18 Seahorse Place, a north-facing home in a much-coveted cul-de-sac of Noosa Waters. This home of generous proportions and ample accommodation is ready for its new owner to capitalise on its fantastic position. A timeless home with a layout that capitalises on both the water views and natural light. Take advantage of its private jetty and proximity to the river precinct and start living your best Noosa life immediately.

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INSPECT

Saturday 15th June at 11 AM

Wednesday 19th at 11 AM Monique Sommer 0433 641 158

8/47 Picture Point Terrace, Noosa Heads

AUCTION

Wednesday 10th July at 1 PM

Welcome to a luxurious oasis where breathtaking sea views stretch endlessly before you, creating a stunning picturesque vista that unfurls like a masterpiece. The brilliance of Noosa Main Beach through to the Hinterland unfolds before your eyes, offering an extraordinary setting matched by the equally impressive and spacious apartment. Situated in the complex of Picture Point Terraces, the location is a dream.

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Saturday 15th June at 9:30 AM & 5 PM

Wednesday 19th at 4 PM

OPENHOMES

Boreen Point

Saturday15thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm45 WoongarStreet 322 O/O$975,000 ConsideredLaguna RealEstate0412043880 CartersRidge

Saturday15thJune

11.00am -11.30am 12 OakCourt4 39 OffersOver$1,595,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370 Cooran

Saturday15thJune

9.30am -10.00am99Tablelands Road 424 AuctionHinternoosa0415111 370 Cooroibah

Saturday15thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm20AAmarooPlace 633 O/O$2,150,000 ConsideredLaguna RealEstate0411328488 Cooroy

Saturday15thJune

11.00am -11.30am23 WattleStreet 421 AuctionHinternoosa0419491448

1.30pm -2.00pm 12 DunbarCourt3 22 OffersOver$899,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370 2.30pm -3.00pm41MyallStreet 321 OfferOver$839,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370 3.30pm -4.00pm22BLakeMacdonaldDrive4 22 OffersOver$869,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370

Doonan

Saturday15thJune

11.30am -12.00pm 74 FoxtailRise 632 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0468922519

1.00pm -1.30pm69PheasantLane 438 BUYERSGUIDE$4,250,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955 1.30pm -2.00pm273-289Sunrise Road 534 BUYERSGUIDE$2,150,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505 Eumundi

Saturday15thJune

10.00am -10.30am 6BalkinCourt3 12 OffersOver$1,290,000 Hinternoosa0419491448

12.30pm -1.00pm 131MemorialDrive 422 OffersOver$1,349,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370 1.30pm -2.00pm 7BooniahCt 422 PriceGuide$1,300,000 TomOffermann RealEstate0428329291

Federal

Saturday15thJune

11.00am -11.30am63Northmount Road 432 OffersOver$1,499,000 Hinternoosa0404344399 NoosaHeads

Friday14thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm 4BennetsAshRd4 22 ContactAgentTomOffermann RealEstate0410603519

12.00pm -12.30pm312&313/32HastingsSt 331 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0475804467 3.00pm -3.30pm1/28ViewlandDrive 221 BUYERSGUIDE$998,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

Saturday15thJune

9.30am -10.00am8/47Picture PointTce 321 AUCTIONReed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955

10.00am -10.30am522/6 SedgelandDrive1 11 BUYERSGUIDE$900,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158

10.00am -10.30am2/15-17AttungaHeights 221 AuctionLaguna RealEstate0434236 110

10.00am -10.30am20 SarahCourt5 34 $3,599,000 TheMcLureGroup0400084975

10.00am -10.30am 6BlueGumRd 322 ContactAgentTomOffermann RealEstate0423972034

10.00am -10.30am 4BennetsAshRd4 22 ContactAgentTomOffermann RealEstate0410603519

10.30am -11.00am 15 WildAppleCourt4 22 BY NEGOTIATION Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

11.00am -11.30am207/61NoosaSpringsDr 443 $3,250,000

11.00am -11.30am739/61NoosaSpringsDr 443 $7,450,000

11.00am -11.30am 19 KeyCourt4 42 $13,750,000

Wednesday19thJune

10.00am -10.30am 6BlueGumRd 322 ContactAgent TomOffermann RealEstate0423972034 10.00am -10.30am20 SarahCourt5 34

$3,599,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975 10.00am -10.30am2/15-17AttungaHeights 221 AuctionLaguna RealEstate0434236 110 11.00am -11.30am 19 KeyCourt4 42

$13,750,000TomOffermann RealEstate0421785512 11.00am -11.30am312& 313/32HastingsSt 331 AuctionTomOffermann RealEstate0475804467 11.00am -11.30am 4BennetsAshRd 422 ContactAgent TomOffermann RealEstate0410603519 11.00am -11.30am739/61NoosaSpringsDr 443

$7,450,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130 11.00am -11.30am207/61NoosaSpringsDr 443

$3,250,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130 12.00pm -12.30pm2224/15LakeviewRise3 22

TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130

TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130

TomOffermann RealEstate0421785512

11.30am -12.00pm 1ArkanaDrive 432 BY NEGOTIATION Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

12.00pm -12.30pm 124/1EdgarBennettAve 221 $990,000 TheMcLureGroup0400084975

12.00pm -12.30pm2224/15LakeviewRise 322 $2,150,000 TomOffermann RealEstate0402903733

12.30pm -1.00pm1/28ViewlandDrive 221 BUYERSGUIDE$998,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

5.00pm -5.30pm8/47Picture PointTce

$2,150,000TomOffermann RealEstate0402903733 12.00pm -12.30pm 124/1EdgarBennettAve 221

NoosaSprings

Saturday15thJune

$990,000TheMcLureGroup0400084975

11.00am -11.30am739/61NoosaSpringsDr 443 $7,450,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130 11.00am -11.30am207/61NoosaSpringsDr 443 $3,250,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130

Wednesday19thJune

11.00am -11.30am207/61NoosaSpringsDr 443 $3,250,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130 11.00am -11.30am739/61NoosaSpringsDr 443 $7,450,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413889 130

Noosaville

Saturday15thJune

10.00am -10.30am1/164Noosa Parade2 11 $860,000TomOffermann RealEstate0423726639 10.00am -10.30am53/28MunnaCrescent 211 AuctionLaguna RealEstate0412043880 10.00am -10.30am50/187GympieTerrace 221 O/O$805,000ConsLaguna RealEstate0456 110383 10.00am -10.30am3/152-158Noosa Parade 221 O/O$1,200,000ConsideredLaguna RealEstate0407379893 11.00am -11.30am4/5BarbadosCrescent 211 O/O$1,200,000Laguna RealEstate0419332973 11.00am -11.30am2/299 Weyba Road 211 O/O$730,000Laguna RealEstate0407379893 11.30am -12.00pm2/34 JamesStreet 221 AuctionLaguna RealEstate0434236 110 12.00pm -12.30pm65LakeWeybaDr 552 AuctionTomOffermann RealEstate0410603519 12.00pm -12.30pm 15 Iluka Link 422 $2,550,000TomOffermann RealEstate0423972034

Tuesday18thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm 18/239GympieTerrace 221 $1,365,000Laguna RealEstate0407379893

Wednesday19thJune

10.00am -10.30am50/187GympieTerrace 221 O/O$805,000ConsLaguna RealEstate0456 110383 10.00am -10.30am53/28MunnaCrescent 211 AuctionLaguna RealEstate0412043880 11.00am -11.30am3/152-158Noosa Parade 221 O/O$1,200,000ConsideredLaguna RealEstate0407379893 12.00pm -12.30pm65LakeWeybaDr 552 AuctionTomOffermann RealEstate0410603519 12.00pm -12.30pm 18/239GympieTerrace 221 $1,365,000Laguna RealEstate0407379893 1.00pm -1.30pm2/299 Weyba Road 211 O/O$730,000Laguna RealEstate0407379893

NoosaWaters

Saturday15thJune

10.15am -10.45am77ShorehavenDrive 532 OFFERS OVER$4,600,000Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955 11.00am -11.30am 18 SeahorsePlace 433 AUCTION Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158 11.00am -11.30am 5BroadreachCourt4 22 PRICEGUIDE$2,550,000Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158 11.45am -12.15pm40TheAnchorage 543 OFFERS OVER$6,300,000Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955

Wednesday19thJune

11.00am -11.30am 18 SeahorsePlace 433 AUCTION Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158

PeregianBeach

Saturday15thJune

11.00am -11.30am 7CorellaCres 432 $3,498,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879 12.00pm -12.30pm6/31-33 LorikeetDr 322 $2,185,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879 12.00pm -12.00pm82LakeVistaDve 749 AuctionTomOffermann RealEstate0428329291 1.00pm -1.30pm3/18 PeregianEsp 322 AuctionTomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879

Wednesday19thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm6/31-33 LorikeetDr 322 $2,185,000TomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879 1.00pm -1.30pm3/18 PeregianEsp 322 AuctionTomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879

SunriseBeach

Saturday15thJune

10.00am -10.30am2/41TingiraCres 321 Auction

11.00am -11.30am 2OrientDrive3 22 Auction

Wednesday19thJune

3.00pm -3.30pm2/41TingiraCres 321 Auction

SunshineBeach

Thursday13thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm1/5StevensSt 322 Auction

Friday14thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm54 SolwayDrive 32 -Auction

Saturday15thJune

10.00am -10.30am1/18HendersonSt 322 Auction

1.00pm -1.30pm1/5StevensSt 322 Auction

Tewantin

Saturday15thJune

TomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879

TomOffermann RealEstate0437447804

TomOffermann RealEstate0413319 879

Doonan

Saturday15thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm 74 FoxtailRise 632

Eumundi

Thursday13thJune 12.00pm -12.00pm 7BlueberryLane 532

NoosaHeads

TomOffermann RealEstate0468922519

Saturday22ndJune 9.30am -10.00am2/15-17AttungaHeights

TomOffermann RealEstate0412672375

Noosaville

TomOffermann RealEstate0437447804

TomOffermann RealEstate0437447804

9.00am -9.30am 7OakleafClose 52 3O/O$1,470,000 ConsLaguna RealEstate0411328488

10.00am -10.30am2/48 Poinciana Avenue 211 $590,000 Laguna RealEstate0402699303

10.00am -10.30am 17TingaraCourt4 22 BUYERSGUIDE$1,900,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158 10.00am -10.30am 3CypressClose 425 O/O$1,575,000 ConsideredLaguna RealEstate0411328488

PeregianBeach

11.00am -11.30am 15TinarooPlace 422 O/O$1,100,000 ConsLaguna RealEstate0411328488

11.00am -11.30am 103OutlookDrive 434 O/Around$1,350,000 ConsLaguna RealEstate0412043880

12.30pm -1.00pm58HiltonTerrace 432 BUYERSGUIDE$2,700,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955

Wednesday19thJune

12.00pm -12.30pm 5SydneyStreet 432 AuctionLaguna RealEstate0434236 110 Tinbeerwah

1.30pm -2.00pm50Tinbeerwah Road 674 OFFERS OVER$4,500,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955

SunriseBeach

OPENHOMES

-12.30pm 2OrientDrive

SunshineBeach

HOME FOCUS

OCEAN VIEW SUNRISE BEACH ESCAPE

DO you yearn for the moment of waking each day to white-capped waves rolling onto the beach, the feeling of sand between your toes, surfing the ultimate breaks, and walking the water’s edge with kids and dogs, all before breakfast?

Do you have memories of archetypal Aussie summers whiled away in holiday houses by the sea, filled with the sound of the surf tunes and the smell of salty air, the feel of salty tousled hair, kicking off sandals, and being barefoot and happy every day?

The answer is loving and living the dream in an elevated bright white classic timber beach house with wrap-around verandahs out the front, north-east to south-east Coral Sea views, and fabled breeze block fencing.

This is your perfect blank canvas to renovate, extent or land bank and build your dream home on Orient Drive which is arguably the best street in Sunrise Beach and the beach house is a mere 200-metres to the sand.

HOME ESSENTIALS

Come inside. As you would anticipate from the outside, it’s neat as a pin with beautiful polished timber floor boards and has very generous living spaces.

The port hole window in the dining area takes in the verdant surrounds, while the long living space with a fireplace, coalesces on two sides with the outdoors, is mostly undercover so perfect for entertaining and widens to drink in those views.

In the east wing are three bedrooms with built-in robes.

The premier main has an ensuite bathrooms and the family bathroom has a

bath. A toilet is adjacent as is a laundry on the other side.

The space under the house is immense, whether for storage or leisure time activities such as a ping pong table.

At one end is the carport and next to it is sufficient space for motor bikes and water toys.

“Opportunities for this valuable site are endless,” comment Tom Offermann Real Estate agents Zoe Cooke and Roark Walsh who are taking the property to auction on Saturday 29 June 2024.

“Understandably multi-million-dollar residences are in high demand in streets with such close proximity to the beach.

“Whether going up to maximise those Coral Sea views or extending. this is a win win for a savvy investor.

“Another bonus after beach-time is enjoying great coffee, breakfast and a mingle with the locals at Chalet & Co cafe, also it’s a few minutes flat walk on the beach to nearby vibrant Sunshine Beach Village with surf club, cafes, bars

and boutiques or a 5 minutes’ drive to cosmopolitan Hastings Street.”

Facts & Features:

· House Area: 207m2

· Land Area: 653m² About: classic white timber beach house; wraparound verandahs off living w NE to SE Coral Sea views; breeze block fencing; polished timer flooring; fireplace; 3-bedrooms w BIRs; main w ensuite; family bathroom w bath; sep toilet; laundry w access to rear garden; under-house storage & leisure space + carport w storage for bikes etc.

· Location: 200m via protected nature reserve to sand, dog-friendly beach & popular surf breaks; close to Chalet & Co cafe- 5-minutewalk to Peregian Beach Village & patrolled beach area; short drive to Hastings St, Noosa Main Beach + main entrance to Noosa National Park & surfing reserve ●

Address: 2 Orient Drive, SUNRISE BEACH Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Inspect: By appointment Auction: On site auction, Sat, 29th Jun 12:00pm

Contact: Zoe Cooke 0428 329 291 and Roark Walsh 0437 447 804, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE

Address 23 WattleStreet, Cooroy

Bed 4 Bath 2 Car 1

Auction21.6.2024at11amOnSite

Land 1,012m2

View Sat11-11:30am, Wed2-2:30pm

•1930sQlderrestored to tradition

•Architectguided extension, functional floorplan

•Timber floors, VJ wallsand ceilings

•Bespokecabinetry,air-conditioning

•Walk totown,cafes,andschools

SheridanHodgetts 0419491448 sheridan@hinternoosa.com.au

PRICE ADJUSTED AT NOOSA RIVER RESORT

LOCATED in the ever popular Colonial Resort, this enormous apartment offers the desirable northerly aspect.

Featuring large rooms and generous living spaces with an easy indoor outdoor flow to the huge sun-filled terrace.

Lovely views over the resort pool, manicured gardens and elevated to draw in the cooling Noosa River breezes.

Offered fully furnished and equipped, with expert on-site management to ensure continuing strong returns for your investment lifestyle property.

Exquisite resort pool and spa, outdoor

HOME ESSENTIALS

BBQ facilities, private owner storage, secure gated carparking and gymnasium.

Situated in the heart of the Gympie Terrace restaurant and boutique precinct with exciting Noosa River activities right at your doorstep.

Leisurely strolls, stunning sunsets, Noosa River Ferry, pristine river and sandy beaches, the ideal location for holiday pursuits.

Only 5 minutes to Hastings Street and Noosa Main Beach. Tightly held, rarely available prime Noosa River location, make it yours. ●

Address: 18/239-245 Gympie Terrace, NOOSAVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: $1,365,000 Inspect: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12 – 12:30pm

Contact: Melanie Butcher 0407 379 893, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE

EQUIPPED APARTMENT PRICED TO SELL

OUR highly motivated seller’s next plans are made, and she wants this lovely property sold!

Here is a wonderful opportunity for buyers looking for a fully furnished holiday apartment, a “lock and leave” down-sizer, or a roomy home and garden for permanent living.

In the tightly held, quiet cul de sac of Barbados Crescent, the apartment is in a small complex with no on-site manager.

A 15-20 minute walk or a short drive in one direction finds Hastings Street and Laguna Bay, and in the other direction finds the beautiful Noosa River with its parklands, retail, restaurant and medical facilities.

Just around the corner in Munna Crescent is the perfect launch area for the kayak or stand-up paddle on the Noosa River, or to simply sit on the river’s edge and watch the passing boats.

There is a large fenced courtyard to the front of the apartment, ideal for children, pets, dining and gardening, and a shady area to the side which is a pretty spot to enjoy a coffee or wine after a day at the beach!

The sparkling complex pool in its

HOME ESSENTIALS

tropical garden setting is adjacent to the apartment, and provides privacy and a leafy outlook.

Downstairs includes a very large open plan living room, separate dining area and modern kitchen with ample storage and bench space.

A downstairs toilet in the full-sized laundry is a very practical feature, one not often found in town-house style apartments.

There are two spacious bedrooms and a

The apartment features new floorcoverings upstairs, and a brand new large screen television.

There are modern white plantation shutters on all windows downstairs and on the large glass entry door and adjacent windows.

Air-conditioning upstairs and downstairs, ceiling fans throughout, and large windows for good air flow provide year-round comfort.

Address: 4/5 Barbados Crescent, NOOSAVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Inspect: Saturday 11am

Contact: Anne Powell 0419 332 973, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE

Because the apartment is being sold fully furnished, it is ideally set up for immediate holiday letting or for use as a bolt-hole by owners for their own holidays.

The apartment has enjoyed excellent holiday rental occupancy for several years, with many repeat bookings, so is a readymade investment for the astute purchaser.

Alternatively, it would be ideal for those wanting to live permanently in a quiet street in a tightly held, central Noosa location.

The selling price represents fabulous value for this property.

Enquire now, attend an open home, and make it yours. ●

modern two-way bathroom upstairs.

2 A 2 B 1 C AUCTIONONSITESAT

•Premierlocation,5 minutes to thebeach,leave thecar at home

•Large,one level,ground floor,nostairs, excellent condition

•Generouskitchen,a pleasure to accommodate friends andfamily

•Lovelytreedoutlookfromthemaster, greatsizeensuite

•Queensizedsecondbedroomserviced by themain bathroom

•Solid brickbuild,concreteslab betweenlevels,nonoise betweenfloors

•Oodlesofroom forstorage pluspowersourceinthe lockup garage

•Onlysix unitsinthecomplex;low BCs.The Noosalifestyle at your doorstep!

AUCTION

OnSite Sat22June10am

VIEW Sat& Wed10-10.30am

AnitaNichols 0434236110

anita@lagunarealestate.com.au

AUCTIONONSITESAT 15 JUNE AT 12PM Snooze Youlose- Primelocation 2/34 JAMESSTrEET,NOOSAVIllE

2 A 2 B 2 C

•Rareopportunity,free-standing,semi-detached,nostairs,ground level

•Beautifulcondition,renovatedkitchen, turnkeyready

•Lounge/dining/kitchenopenviaFrenchdoorstowraparounddeck

•Masterwithensuite;secondbedroom,bathroom,separateWC

•Energyefficientwithsolar hotwaterandpower;aircon& fans

•Highceilingsandskylightsfloodthevillawith naturallight

•Crimsafescreensthroughout;twocarspaces

•Tranquilandprivate;low BCs;a remarkableoffering

AUCTION

OnSite Sat15June12pm

VIEW Sat11:30-12pm

AnitaNichols 0434236110

anita@lagunarealestate.com.au