Noosa Today - 18th October 2024

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Foreshore

Noosa Council has responded to strong resident feedback on its Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Masterplan with a revised draft that is more simplified, focuses on preserving the foreshore’s character while guiding key maintenance and upgrade works and will be released next month for community feedback.

Mayor Frank Wilkie thanked the residents who took the time to provide input on the first draft when Council called for feedback earlier this year.

“We have listened to what has been said and have made changes, as promised,” Cr Wilkie said.

“We’re in the process of simplifying the draft plan based on community feedback.

“The aim is to respect the character and relaxed, open feel of the two-kilometre long public recreational space, while balancing the need for the replacement and upgrades of facilities,” he said.

“We expect to have this revised draft plan out for community input, with opportunities for faceto-face engagement with councillors and staff towards the middle of November,” he said.

“A masterplan is critical in applying for external grant funding, so we spare ratepayers significant costs, conservatively estimated at $10 mil-

lion over the next two decades,” he said.

“For example, there are heavily eroded dropoffs along the shoreline that will need attention in future, timber walls along the river are failing and the stormwater infrastructure is more than 50 years old and needs replacing.”

Council has released a Project News Fact Sheet and a short video to provide an update on the current process of developing the draft masterplan.

“We’re also continuing to talk to key stakeholder groups about any aspects of the draft plan that will directly impact them,” he said.

Set the music free

To a rendition of Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’, musicians led hundreds of locals dancing and singing their way around Noosa Junction on Sunday in a peaceful, joyous protest aimed at keeping live music a feature of the precinct, opposing moves by noise-impacted residents to cut live music in the junction.

Organised by musician and Peregian Originals founder Jay Bishoff, festival organiser and community champion Oz Bayldon and Alan Kelly of Alan Kelly Music, the peaceful march and post-march rally in Arcadia Lane presented a display of solidarity in support of a local live music scene.

“I think we all agree this has nothing to do with noise pollution,” Jay told an applauding crowd. “This is the art of sound in community. Thank you for being my community.”

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The revised draft will be available for community feedback in November to ensure it captures all the key priorities that emerged during the previous consultation.

“Once it’s released, we hope you take the time to read the revised plan, talk to our staff and give us your views, so collectively we can finalise a plan that meets community expectations for this area we all love,” the Mayor said.

To stay informed about the Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure draft Masterplan, visit yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au

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Noosa Today hits back at attacks

Noosa Today has strongly denied accusations of political bias after local resident Ingrid Jackson stated she would file a complaint with the Australian Press Council, accusing the newspaper of favouring Independent MP Sandy Bolton in its Queensland State election coverage.

Noosa Today has welcomed the potential complaint, confident that an independent and true assessment by the Press Council will confirm the fairness and balance of its reporting.

Jackson’s criticisms, posted on her Facebook page and repurposed to the “Noosa Truth” Facebook page, also claim the newspaper is influenced by the Noosa Parks Association (NPA), a group she argues has controlled local politics for decades.

Despite raising a range of ethical concerns regarding Noosa Today’s coverage, Jackson’s social media posts have gone without any balance. She has not included any comments from Noosa Today in any of her posts and according to Noosa Today has made no effort to contact the publication for comment or explanation prior to uploading the posts.

Instead, Jackson has made ongoing disparaging remarks across her social media platforms for months, without offering the newspaper the opportunity to respond to any of those posts.

In addition to her social media posts, Jackson has this week written a formal letter to Noosa Today, in which she outlines her concerns.

She wrote, “The favouritism offered to Bolton and sidelining of her opponents is glaring. The 3 October (sic 4 October) issue of the newspaper was a triumph for candidate Bolton: a large photo and two articles on the front page; photos of her, her media releases, and quotes also featured on pages 2, 3, 4, 5, and 14; in addition, there were her two paid advertisements. Meanwhile, an article about LNP campaign pledges was relegated to page 17, barely noticeable.”

Jackson further expressed her belief that Noosa Today has become a “mouthpiece” for the NPA, a local political group. She argued that the NPA, which includes former mayors and councillors, has undue influence over the newspaper’s reporting and supports Bolton’s political aspirations.

“The quasi-political grouping has influenced local politics for four decades. Noosa Today appears to have aligned itself with this group, promoting its preferred candidates while sidelining others like Clare Stewart,” Jackson stated in the letter.

Jackson has also taken to social media, where she posted: “Noosa Today’s blatant bias is on display... Sandy Bolton gets a big photo and two articles on the front page, while Clare Stewart’s LNP pledges are barely noticeable on page 17. This is not balanced reporting. The role of the media during elections should be to support democracy by giving fair, balanced, and equal exposure to all candidates.”

She also reposted on the “Noosa Truth” Face-

book page, accusing Noosa Today of lacking journalistic ethics: “The role of the media is to animate democracy, not distort it. Noosa Today has lost all sense of journalistic integrity by aligning itself with the Noosa Parks Association and its preferred candidate.”

In response to these allegations, Noosa Today’s managing director, Paul Thomas, has emphatically denied the accusations of bias.

“We reject any accusations of bias. Editorial decisions at Noosa Today are made on merit, with a commitment to fairness and balance,” Thomas said.

Thomas highlighted that Clare Stewart, the LNP candidate, had received significant coverage since her candidacy was announced at the end of 2023.

“Stewart has been regularly featured throughout the year, starting with the 26 January frontpage story ‘LNP targets Noosa,’ and most recently leading the front-page story in the 11 October issue,” he explained.

Thomas also addressed Jackson’s concerns about the 4 October edition, which prominently featured Sandy Bolton. He defended the editorial choice, explaining that the Queensland Government made three major announcements just before entering caretaker mode, all of which had direct significance to the Noosa region. These included funding for the next stages of the Tewantin bypass, a lease commitment for Noosa Hospital, and a new role for Noosa TAFE as a design college after a decade of closure.

“These announcements were highly relevant to the Noosa community, and their front-page placement was fully justified,” said Thomas. “Coverage of state government actions and responses from the sitting MP is standard journalistic practice, particularly when the issues have substantial implications for the community.”

He further refuted the claim that Stewart had been sidelined, pointing out that in the same issue, a half-page was dedicated to LNP pledges on page 17.

“Stewart was quoted, featured and mentioned throughout the pages of the paper,” he said.

“Ms Jackson complained about the ‘State Campaigns Underway’ article and how Sandy Bolton received more coverage than others. This story simply provided an overview of the seat of Noosa, with information sourced from the Electoral Commission Queensland.

“Ms Jackson even complained about the placement of quotes and the size of photos. These are decisions made quickly as pages are being laid. Usually the choices are made on photo quality, randomly, or just how it all fits together. To suggest they are politically motivated is absurd as the pages are handled by multiple people just trying to make it all work.” Thomas stated.

In her formal letter, Jackson also referenced the appearance of Noosa Independent pages in the newspaper’s digital edition, which she described as a “paid supplement from the Bolton campaign that was not labelled an advertorial”.

However, Thomas explained that this was the result of a technical error.

“The Noosa Independent pages in the digital edition were a result of an automated error, which has since been fixed. Yes, we make mistakes at times and as soon as this was brought to our attention, we fixed it and sent a message out to our subscribers.” Thomas said.

Jackson has also invoked the Journalists’ Code of Ethics in both her social media posts and formal letter, accusing the newspaper of violating the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) standards. “Noosa Today has discarded the concept that the role of the media is to support democracy. The coverage has been skewed, giving an unfair advantage to Bolton,” she wrote.

In response, Thomas reiterated the newspaper’s commitment to ethical journalism.

“We take seriously our responsibility to report accurately, fairly, and without undue influence. To suggest otherwise is unfounded, and we reject any insinuation that our coverage is driven by anything other than professional journalism.”

Thomas further emphasised that Noosa Today has provided “incredible and extensive” opportunity and coverage of the candidates.

“We challenge anyone to find such comprehensive reporting in a free local newspaper anywhere else in the country,” he stated.

Noosa Today managing director Paul Thomas.

Ingrid Jackson has accused Noosa Today of political bias on social media channels.

Three arrested after crash

Sunshine Coast police have charged three men, who police will allege are members of an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG), after a traffic crash in Palmview on 18 September.

Police will allege a Ford Ranger and a Ram 1500 were following a Mercedes C250 through Palmview at speed before the Ram allegedly rammed the Mercedes from behind which resulted in a crash at the end of Parkway Terrace at 9.30am.

The three people in the Ford and Ram then allegedly assaulted the driver of the Mercedes.

The driver of the Mercedes was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The drivers of the Ford and the Ram, a 30-yearold Kiels Mountain man and a 27-year-old Kiels Mountain man, were issued a notice to appear for driving a vehicle with relevant drug in saliva.

Ongoing investigations, led by the Sunshine Coast Gang Squad and Criminal Investigation Branch, resulted in the search warrant of a Kiels Mountain property and the arrest of three men from 26 September to 30 September.

Detective Inspector Chris Toohey said this investigation shows that Sunshine Coast police will take strong action against OMCGs.

“Outlaw motorcycle gangs are not welcome here on the Sunshine Coast and we will not tolerate any behaviour that causes fear and harm in our community,” Detective Inspector Toohey said.

“I thank the Sunshine Coast Gang Squad and Criminal Investigation Branch for their thorough investigation of this incident which began as a traffic crash but resulted in the arrest of three alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members.

“This sends a clear message that criminal behaviour will be thoroughly investigated and we will take strong action against serious organised crime.”

A 38-year-old Maroochydore man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle, endangering the safety of a person in a vehicle with intent and grievous bodily harm serious organised crime.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 6 December.

A 30-year-old Kiels Mountain man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle, endangering the safety of a person in a vehicle with intent, grievous bodily harm serious organised crime, and contravening order about information necessary to access information stored electronically.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in the Maroochydore Magistrates

Court on 6 December.

A 27-year-old Kiels Mountain man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle, endangering the safety of a person in a vehicle with intent and grievous bodily harm serious organised crime.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 6 December.

Virtual reality helping improve mental health

Youturn has partnered with the Big Anxiety Research Centre at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to bring a pioneering mental health intervention to its headspace centres. The latest iteration of the Virtual Reality (VR) environment, Edge of the Present (EOTP), is available at Youturn’s headspace centres.

According to the 2021 Census, one-third of Australians have a diagnosed long-term health condition, with mental health issues surpassing all other chronic illnesses. The rising demand for mental health services, intensified by the pandemic and the national rental crisis, has left many young people struggling to access the support they need. In response, Youturn has integrated EOTP into its mental health programmes to address this urgent need.

be showcased at Sunshine Coast Plaza during the week from 21 October, offering even more people the chance to explore this unique mental health resource.

“Around Australia, including here on the Sunshine Coast, young people are facing unprecedented challenges, and the demand for mental health services has soared,” Youturn CEO James Blevin said. “The EOTP VR programme offers a vital complement to traditional therapy, providing essential support for young people.”

Plaza. (Supplied)

Edge of the Present offers a transformative 10-minute VR experience, immersing users and inviting them to explore stunning landscapes through mixed-reality software. Designed to improve mood, well-being, and foster positive future thinking, the programme has shown significant effectiveness in alleviating feelings of hopelessness and promoting a sense of peace and mindfulness.

During Mental Health Month this October, the EOTP VR programme will be available free of charge at headspace Maroochydore. This initiative provides a valuable opportunity for

young people to access this innovative mental health tool while waiting for or between therapy appointments.

In addition to its availability at headspace Maroochydore, the EOTP VR experience will

Professor Jill Bennett, who led the development of EOTP at UNSW, highlighted the importance of innovative approaches to mental health. “The return of EOTP to the Sunshine Coast during Mental Health Month demonstrates the need for new ways of thinking, imagining, feeling, and acting when it comes to mental health. This programme offers a practical and inspiring resource for young people who may struggle with traditional therapy methods.”

To book a session or learn more visit Youturn’s on its website or social media.

Give Virtual Reality, Edge of the Present, a test run this month at headspace and Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast police have charged three men, who police will allege are members of an outlaw motorcycle gang. (Supplied)

Protesting to the groove

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“Iwasfortunateenoughtogrowupinthistown playing music,” Oz said in an emotive speech. “When I was a kid I could play three gigs a night. I could do the Villa and the Royal Mail and then I could go to the Surf Club. My young fella, who used to sit in that tree there, has none of those opportunities anymore. Pokies have taken over all our live space for our bands, now the places we only have refuge to play. You have to remember this is a vocation, an industry we’re talking about. We’re not talking about a couple of scallywags who walk into a restaurant and play music, upsetting people. This is an industry. It’s what’s brought communities together since day dot and if we stop this ... I think our community’s already struggling to stay together as a community. If we stop music our community is going to go like a stale white loaf of bread, and we’re already going that way in Noosa because the money is killing us. Let’s keep our culture, let’s keep music live.”

“It’s such an important thing to our community, live music,” Alan said. “Imagine a world without music, what would it be like? It’d be so sad.”

Jay directed attendees to his lengthy social media post where he outlined the situation facing musicians and proposed a way forward for musicians and residents.

He said in recent years, Noosa Junction had emerged as the key, thriving, diverse, all-inclusive, unofficial ‘entertainment precinct’ in Noosa Shire and the driving force in the Junction’s evening and nightlife success story.

“Against increasingly difficult, and currently impossible odds - due to persistent, individual neighbour complaints and intense, ‘zero tolerance’ policy response from Liquor Licencing (Office of Licensing and Gaming Regulation), Noosa Junction venues have, until recently, somehow managed to maintain their ‘popular, but precarious’ live music programs,” he said.

“Since the small group of live music-opposing, adjacent neighbours initiated a petition to stop the live music altogether at Noosa Junction, Liquor Licensing’s harassment of our local live music venues finally reached the untenable point. Exhausted by relentless, authoritarian pressure, two important Junction venues were put into situations where they had to halt their entire live music programs. Since this time, all reports coming to me indicate the healthy, thriving night life is no more. Noosa Junction currently feels like a ghost town, a shadow of its recent self after dark.”

Noosa Junction Association marketing and PR manager Judi Lalor recently told Noosa Today that for more than a decade, local small businesses, musicians, entertainers and the Noosa Junction Association had been working together to activate and bring the village vibe to Noosa Junction.

“Live music is a big part of that offer - it’s our beating heart. It supports our local night time economy and local jobs. It brings people of all ages together.

“It’s very challenging times to be in any small business right now and hospitality is no exception.”

Judi said now the nightlife choices Noosa Junction has worked so hard for are under threat.

Noosa Junction resident Peter Stuehrenberg started a petition to stop changes to the Noosa Plan to extend night time operating hours in the

Junction, and in response a pro-music petition was created.

This month two Noosa Junction residents, Danica Allan and Peter Stuehrenberg have delivered deputations to council calling for a halt to the proposed amendments.

These actions come as Noosa Council considers amendments to its 2020 Noosa Plan contained on Fact Sheet 12 - Business and Entertainment Activities, in which council proposes increasing the current operating hours of food and drink outlets at Noosa Junction Hospitality

Precinct from 12 midnight Friday and Saturday nights and 10pm Sunday to Thursday night, to allow them to operate until 12 midnight 7 days a week. It also proposes “to incorporate new performance outcomes and acceptable outcomes for both acoustic and amplified music (whether live or recorded)”.

In his deputation Peter Stuehrenberg called for the amendment to be removed from the Noosa Plan, though saying, “residents are not against live entertainment music but concerned about current and future management that is impacting their lives”.

Peter said residents were “shocked” in July to discover Fact Sheet 12.

“Will the current and future residents have to listen to music in their homes and bedrooms until midnight every night, listen to the noise as-

sociated with loud patrons and people leaving at night,” he said.

“Residents must wake up early to perform at work, how will school kids perform at school after lack of sleep.

“What choices will these surrounding residents have? Soundproof their houses or apartments or else complain to the authorities or OLGR.

“The proposed changes on Fact Sheet 12 bear the risks the current situation will be significantly worsened.”

Peter said the amendment should be removed and the situation deserved “a collaborative approach, with consultation, assessment, case studies to deliver a sustainable solution that provides the best outcomes for all”.

“A collaborative approach is needed to have an entertainment precinct that will not have unintended consequences,” he said. (Read Danica Allan’s deputation on P28)

Jay has called on council to declare the Junction an official entertainment hub as he said it has proved unofficially to be, and “commit to full responsibility of local governance of our live music sector, under simple, clearly laid-out requirements and processes” and for council to take over governance of the entertainment sector in a 6-12 month trial, under a proposed process.

“Firstly, Council and state government need to ‘get real’ with decibel level requirements and entertainment licences applied for and granted. The standard 75db makes lawbreakers of us all, audiences included. It is simply impossible for a small group to even enjoy conversation at this level, let alone have any live music in a semi-bustling venue environment. An 86db licence is the ceiling limit for any open-air venue on the coast. Again, this level is entirely unreasonable and makes it virtually impossible to create any thriving live music atmosphere. A feisty audience of 20 clapping at the end of a song will immediately exceed 86db, with no music being played at the time. If an audience dares to sing along with a performer, 86db is immediately exceeded, creating, yet another, ‘unlawful’ situation.

“We require 90-95db established as the standard for the new live music licences granted at Noosa Junction, on the heels of Noosa Council backing its own 2020 Noosa Plan for the Junction as a thriving hospitality/entertainment sector. This speaks to the new licences to be granted, and the ongoing, in-house decibel level measurements maintained by each venue, in weekly reports procured for Council.

“We understand select venues that apply for a licence to play at volumes between 90-95db will require renovation adjustment to help contain emanating sound.

“As put forward by Oz Bayldon, the erection of large ‘sound walls’, strategically, tastefully hidden with careful placement, will definitely help protect adjacent neighbourhoods from excess sound emanation.”

Jay said in meetings held in the past six weeks with council and nearby residents, the neighbours told them they did not want music played at the Junction after 9pm on weekdays and 10pm on the weekends.

Despite some Noosa Junction venues having been granted operating licences til 12am Jay proposed a compromise to operate until 10pm, as finishing time for all live music in open-air Noosa Junction venues, for Monday-through-Wednesday and 11pm Thursday to Sunday.

“We, the performers, local business owners and live music supporters do not wish to proceed with the longstanding ‘Us vs Them’ scenario, allowed to fester, as long as our local council is unwilling to step in and engage us all together as one community,” he said.

“On our side, we are willing to come to the table with open minds, with ears that listen, open to the possibility of reasonable compromise, as we find our way forward together as one community.”

“We propose council establishes and declares Noosa Junction as an official entertainment precinct. Next, any venue wishing to offer a regular live music program must obtain a licence from council. In order to obtain this licence, they must: a) install a 24 hr camera system b) A professional acoustic report is required to obtain a council permit. c) A live music venue must record DB (decibel reading) report hourly during live music performances, sent to Council weekly. In this way, we become a self-responsible, self-governing community, always endeavouring to behave with fundamental respect for each other, in spite of our recognised differences.”

At council’s General Meeting deputy mayor Brian Stockwell responded to Peter’s deputation, saying, “the process is that we have had staff go through all the submissions to the planning scheme and we’re currently going through a series of workshops where the major ones are discussed in some detail.

There probably will be weeks before you do find out the outcome”.

Cr Amelia Lorentson aimed to put forward a motion at Council’s Ordinary Meeting Thursday proposing a way forward to the situation. (Read her motion on P26)

Old phones provide lifeline

Devastatingly, new data from domestic violence support charity shows demand for help is showing no signs of slowing down, with a 29 per cent increase in people helped by their services since this time last year.

In this digitally dependent society, sadly technology is often used to control and manipulate victims of domestic violence, with mobile phones commonly misused by perpetrators for tracking via spyware or location services. In fact, shockingly, over half (57 per cent) of DV victims report their phones and text messages are checked without their consent ‘all the time’.

Almost every Australian relies on a smartphone in everyday life, from phone calls and text messages to health tracking and digital payments.

Being without access to a safe, private smartphone makes it increasingly challenging for victims of domestic violence to break the cycle of abuse. In fact, over two in three (70 per cent) women who experienced abuse had never separated from a violent partner, often due to financial dependency and a lack of independence because of coercive control.

As a domestic violence survivor, Lauren recalls, “I eventually realised that my abuser was monitoring my emails, text messages and social media accounts. He once told me he had put cameras in the house so he would know if I had anyone there. I was certain he was tracking me. He knew where I was all the time.”

Domestic violence affects a staggering one in four (27 per cent) Australian women and one in eight (12 per cent) Australian men.

Ashton Wood, founder and chief executive officer of not-for-profit DV Safe Phone said the provision of a safe smartphone is not simply a means of communication but an essential lifeline to help DV victims break the cycle and exit an abusive relationship safely.

With over 22.3 million redundant mobile phones gathering dust in drawers and cupboards, ending up in landfill, DV Safe Phone is on a mission to give them, and DV victims, a new life by supplying them to domestic violence agencies across Australia.

Ashton said, “Since we began, we have repaired, repurposed and gifted over 10,000 mobile

phones to domestic violence victims through our agency partners (DV agencies, police stations, hospitals and safe houses) across the country.”

Lauren adds; “Receiving a DV Safe Phone would have made an enormous difference to me in both the lead up to exiting the relationship and the aftermath. Cutting off his controlling tools was vital, and a protected phone would have helped me regain some agency and move forward safely.”

Ashton said, “While DV Safe Phone has already provided support to over 10,000 people, we’re actively seeking the support of businesses to partner with, who can supply unused technology to increase our capabilities. For every phone we distribute, a victim gains a crucial tool to reach out for help, connect with loved ones, and take steps towards rebuilding their life.”

Participation from businesses helps to open conversations in the workplace and helps break down the barriers that often prevent survivors from seeking help, showing them that they are not alone.

It also allows for a broader conversation on how workplaces can offer support and resources to those in need.

Ashton said, “One way to support DV victims is to encourage your workplace to actually talk about it.Organisationsbylawnowneedtohaveadomestic violence policy and provide leave to staff experiencing domestic violence. By participating in the 16 Days of Activism and donating old phones to DV Safe Phone, businesses can help to ensure that every call for help is heard, and not only that, but it can also be a starting point for discussing domestic violence support in a compassionate and nontriggering manner in the workplace.”

Businesses can make a real impact this 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November – 10 December).

DV Safe Phone, is encouraging individuals to speak to decision makers at their workplace to champion safety and awareness for domestic violence victims and taking the opportunity to fulfil ESG commitments, while creating a safe place for understanding and support for domestic violence in the workplace.

To find out more about how individuals and workplaces can get involved, head to dvsafephone. org

Early election voting begins

Voting for the Queensland State Election began on Monday this week following the ballot draw last week which will list candidates on the ballot paper as follows:

1. BOLTON, Sandy Independent

2. PRESCOTT, Rhonda The Greens

3. STEWART, Clare LNP

4. ROSER, Felicity Family First

5. HINSON, Darrel One Nation

6. DENHAM, Mark Australian Labor Party

Early voting for the Queensland State Election will continue to Friday 25 October from 8am-6pm (excluding the weekend) at Girraween Sports Complex, Cnr Eenie Creek Road and Langura Street, Noosa Heads, and Pomona

Uniting Church, 27 Factory Street, Pomona.

Postal vote applications closed on Monday 14 October and the postal vote return deadline is Tuesday 5 November.

Election day is on Saturday 26 October from 8am-6pm.

Read the instructions on the ballot paper for how to vote. The Electoral Commission Queensland website says the State Election has full preferential voting, meaning that you need to put a number in each of the ballot boxes. Start with writing 1 in the box against the candidate who is your first choice, then write 2 for your second choice and so on until every box on your ballot paper has a number. Voting is compulsory.

Ashton Wood, founder and chief executive officer of DV Safe Phone.

Noosa voters began casting their votes in the State Election on Monday. (Rob Maccoll)

The LNP has promised, if

$30 million “to commence the

to duplicate Beckmans Road and connect Cooroy Noosa Road to Eumundi Noosa Road“.

“An LNP government will drive the Tewantin Bypass to become reality, improving traffic flow and reducing travel times for families and tourists,” LNP leader David Crisafulli said on Monday.

Mr Crisafulli promised work on the bypass would commence in the first term of an LNP government with LNP plans to include fasttracking the remaining stages of the Beckmans Road upgrade project, working closely with Noosa Council and the Department of Transport and Main Roads to deliver it.

“This project is an important priority for the Noosa community, and the LNP is ready to

hit the gas to get it moving,“ he said.

LNP candidate for Noosa Clare Stewart said the LNP’s commitment would “ensure this project is delivered to support Noosa’s future growth and prosperity“.

The LNP said for more than 20 years, Sunshine Coast residents have called for the completion of this crucial infrastructure project and blamed Labor for its delay.

At a Meet the Candidates event held last week Independent Noosa MP Sandy Bolton called on the LNP to make a solid commitment to Noosa with construction funding of $100 million for the remaining stages of the Tewantin Bypass.

“Since Beckmans Road was handed over to Council by State in 2000, we had 20 years of inaction by Labor and LNP Governments,“ Ms

Bolton said.

“In that time we had two political party MPs, whose respective parties held government during their terms, and they did not deliver on needed historical projects such as the Tewantin Bypass and Six Mile Bridge #7.

That more progress has been made since Noosa chose to be ‘independent’ in 2017 is a testament to why it is so important for Noosa to remain independent,” she said.

Stage one of the Tewantin Bypass, the Cooroy Noosa/ Beckmans Road Roundabout, was completed in 2022.

Just prior to the Labor government moving the government into caretaker mode on 1 October they announced $8.5 million in funding to fast-track the detailed designs and business cases for the remaining stages this year.

“The funding achieved this year wasn’t an election commitment; it is in budget and allocated,“ Ms Bolton said.

“After this funding was secured, and during the recent meet the candidates event hosted by the Australian Independent Retirees (AIR) Noosa Branch on 10 October, I called on the LNP to commit construction funding estimated at over $100 million.

“The question is what will $30 million achieve?

“Is it the original Stage two which I had requested, that mysteriously changed course to combine stages two and three under the last Council term, which derailed years of work to secure funding in the last State Budget?”

LNP Noosa candidate Clare Stewart and LNP leader David Crisafulli promise $30 million for the Tewantin Bypass. (Supplied)

Raising funds for PTSD dogs

Two of the Sunshine Coast’s leading not-for-profit organisations united on Thursday night, 10 October, for a special World Mental Health Day fundraiser.

They raised more than $16,000 to train support dogs to assist Australian Defence Force personnel and first responders living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

In a playful yet heartfelt show of support, a group of 10 courageous participants pledged to dye their hair purple to raise awareness and encourage donations, with some also committing to and shaving their hair if the fundraising target was met.

Thanks to the support of the community, the event raised substantial funds, with every dollar going toward the training and handling of PTSDcertified assistance dogs.

Suitable displaced and unwanted dogs are rescued, rehomed, and trained to serve as a lifeline for those suffering from PTSD, offering emotional support, enhancing quality of life and aiding in recovery.

PTSD affects not only veterans and first responders but a wide spectrum of the population. An estimated 75 per cent of Australians have experienced at least one traumatic event, and one in 10 will suffer from PTSD in their lifetime.

Brain and Mind Hub director and chief executive officer Dr Jim Lagopoulos, who also dyed his hair purple to help raise funds with other team members, highlighted the broader impact of PTSD and the urgent need for continued support and awareness of effective treatments.

“At Brain & Mind Hub, we are deeply committed to helping PTSD and trauma sufferers through neuroscience and evidence-based treatments,” Dr Lagopoulos said.

“Partnering with PTSD Dogs Australia allows us to shine the spotlight on PTSD and the impact of trauma, extending vital support to individuals who need it most, while also cultivating a connected community that prioritises mental health wellbeing. We are proud to help raise awareness and funds for this important cause.

“What many people may not realise is that anyone can experience PTSD – from those affected by natural disasters like floods or bush fires to victims of violence. In our community, the most common events causing PTSD and trauma include the unexpected death of a loved one, being in a car accident or witnessing a death. PTSD doesn’t discriminate, and that’s why it’s so important to raise awareness and support across all sections of our society.”

Dr Lagopoulos said the recently opened Brain & Mind Hub in Maroochydore offers several treatments for PTSD and trauma and is preparing to introduce cutting-edge treatment advances already available elsewhere in the world, right here on the Sunshine Coast.

“Trauma can cause lasting changes in the brain, making PTSD difficult to treat. In fact, more than two-thirds of sufferers do not respond to conventional treatments and therapies commonly used in clinics today,” Dr Lagopoulos said.

“However, by focusing on objective measures such as medical testing, brain imaging and physiological evaluations, we can provide more precise diagnoses and personalised treatments tailored to an individual’s brain biology. This innovative

approach to PTSD has shown a response rate of 84 per cent, making a real difference in the recovery and adjustment process for those affected.”

Founder and chief executive officer of PTSD Dogs Australia, Angie Weeks, also spoke at the event about the role assistance dogs play in transforming the lives of PTSD sufferers.

“PTSD Dogs Australia plays a crucial role in supporting our large veteran population on the Sunshine Coast, and now, thanks to our new ‘Train Your Own’ program, anyone diagnosed with PTSD,” Ms Weeks said.

“This online program increases accessibility by empowering individuals to train their own dogs as PTSD Assistance Dogs, providing muchneeded independence for those who may not otherwise have access to this service.

“These dogs are trained to perform tasks that help alleviate the debilitating symptoms of PTSD. From waking someone during a night terror to creating personal space in crowded environments, and even providing deep pressure therapy by lying across their handler, these dogs offer critical emotional and physical support that helps individuals regain control over their lives.

“Fundraisers like this are vital in ensuring we can continue our work – not just for individuals, but for families and the broader community. Children’s grades improve, family relationships strengthen, and marriages rekindle – helping those with PTSD goes hand-in-hand with bringing families and communities back together.

“We’re incredibly grateful to our volunteers, sponsors, and supporters for their generosity in making this work possible.”

With decades of experience Chris joins Dr Phil Keys & Dr James Bricknell at Noosa Skin Cancer Surgery

are still open and can be made by visiting: brainandmindhub.org.au/help-us-raisemoney-for-ptsd-dogs-australia/ Brain & Mind Hub Sunshine Coast has a team of specialists and support staff working in the

clinic at Level 2, 60 Dalton

To learn more about Brain & Mind

or to book an appointment, go to brainandmindhub.org.au To learn more about PTSD Dogs Australia, go to: ptsddogs.org.au.

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Drive, Maroochydore.

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Chris Beard, Angie Weeks (PTSD Dogs Australia), Dr Jim Lagopoulos, Bernard Clarke (Brain and Mind Hub).

Bernard Clarke from the Brain and Mind Hub during the shave-off. (Supplied)

United against disaster

At the scene where bushfires raged five years ago, Sunshine Coast and Noosa Councils gathered with emergency services agencies on Thursday 10 October to highlight the reality that disaster can strike without warning.

The Peregian Beach bushfires were a stark example of this and a poignant location for the launch of this year’s Get Ready Queensland Week (October 8-13).

Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie said Get Ready Week was part of a vital campaign to help ensure residents andvisitorswerepreparedforeverythingMotherNature could throw at us.

Mayor Wilkie said it was a matter of when, not if, our region would face severe weather and we all had a role to play in keeping people and property safe.

“Severe bushfires and major floods have struck the Noosa Shire and Sunshine Coast over the past five years, forcing thousands of people to evacuate from their homes,’’ he said.

“These events isolate communities and cause millions of dollars in damage to roads, businesses and infrastructure across both local government areas.

“We can’t control the weather or when the next disaster strikes but we can prepare ourselves by understanding how a natural disaster might affect where we live, preparing an emergency plan for our homes and packing an emergency kit.

“Both Sunshine Coast and Noosa councils are leaving no stone unturned to ensure we are ready to respond individually and collectively for the safety of all our local communities.”

SunshineCoastMayorRosannaNatolisaiddisaster management was a shared responsibility across the Sunshine Coast region between both councils.

“It is through strong council partnerships that we best prepare for, and respond to, emergencies,” Mayor Natoli said.

“Councils also play a critical role in helping communities fight back after a disaster.

“During the Peregian Beach fires we saw how imperative it was for both councils to work as a united front, quickly and seamlessly.

“Together,alongwiththeunwaveringspiritofour first responders, volunteers and emergency services, it showed that we stand ready to face any disaster.”

With summer arriving and Christmas seeing a spike in pet ownership, Queenslanders are also being reminded about the risks that disaster events and severe heat pose to animals.

RSPCA Queensland and Get Ready Queensland havejoinedforcesforthePetReadycampaigntopromote greater pet safety during extreme weather.

Pet owners are encouraged to visit getready.qld. gov.au/plan and download the RSPCA/Get Ready Queensland Pet Severe Weather Emergency Plan.

“Extreme weather impacts everyone, including all creatures great and small, and through this partnership we want to see more pet owners prepared and pets kept safe,” says Emma Lagoon, RSPCA Qld spokesperson.

“Unfortunately many people are unsure what to do with their pets in times of disaster. The work we’redoingwithGetReadyQueenslandislookingto change that for the better.

The Bureau of Meteorology is warning the region is facing a warmer than average Spring with the potential for more severe storm systems as we enter the summer months. Meanwhile, Queensland Fire and Rescue is warning south-east Queensland is at a higher risk of grassfires during the Spring/Summer period.

For the latest updates, practical resources and what to do before, during and after a disaster strikes, visit disasterhub.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au (Sunshine Coast region) and disaster.noosa.qld.gov.au (Noosa Shire).

SunshineCoastandNoosaCouncildisastermanagement groups will join police, fire ambulance, SES andotheremergencyserviceagencieson20November in a joint real-time disaster exercise.

Expert financial advice for Noosa businesses

Noosa business owners can take advantage of the advice of five financial experts who have been invited to attend the next Business Mentoring Noosa (BMN) educational and networking event, Improve your financial foresight, at The J on Wednesday 30 October.

“We know that most small business owners aren’t financial experts, and that their resources are limited.

So this event will be giving you practical advice on essential financial skills,” BMN’s David Gibbons said.

“You’ll have the opportunity to interact with our five expert hosts in small group sessions, to network with other small businesses from the Noosa area, and to meet some of our mentors.”

The event will be opened by Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie and attendees will be interacting with five expert guests - Michael McManus (Rockwall Partners), Shelley Lovegrove (Pandanus Bookkeepers), Guy Hamilton (banker, director and business coach), Bill McDonnell (UniSC), and Tami Harriott (UniSC and BMN

mentor).

Topics to be covered include making working capital work for you; how to get more out of your accounting apps (and your bookkeeper); improving your value proposition for difficult times; the importance of a solid business plan; and using your financial statements to make better business decisions.

In order to enable guests to interact more closely with experts the event will be run cafe style with five small-group table sessions on rotation with experts. Business Mentoring Noosa

is a voluntary organisation that offers experienced mentors at a nominal cost for business owners.

The cost for the event is only $59, which will be credited back to you if you decide to join BMN’s 12 month mentoring program (current cost $195).

• For more information on BMN visit bin.org.au

• To register for the event visit https://www. eventbrite.com.au/e/improve-your-financial-foresight-tickets-1031933690447

Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie and Senior Sergeant Dale Johnson.

Open garden party is on

Santa’s Classy Helpers will be hosting an Open Garden Party fundraiser at Stringybark Cottage Garden on 27 October at 2pm.

It promises to be unforgettable afternoon with delicious food, music, art and craft demonstrations.

This award winning garden has been featured in many local and international magazines and books and is a Woodland Wonder of Cheryl Boyd’s life work.

Cheryl is a horticulturist and garden designer who has embraced all that the climate does offer in her 2.5 acre garden where different features abound.

Santa’s Classy Helpers are a small local charity who fundraise for helping disadvantaged families

survive at Christmas time.

They collect donations and fundraise all year round to help buy all the food, children’s gifts, and household items for some 500 families with about 1200 children for a Christmas giveaway at the J in Noosa Junction early December.

With the ever increasing need for help in the community, this year will see the biggest need ever with many new families needing help.

So dig deep and give them the help they need. Plants from Cheryl’s private collection will also be on sale.

Tickets are $69 per person for donation. But limited numbers so book now.

Please email: santasclassyhelpers@gmail.com for details on making payment.

What is your plan for ageing well? Confused about what support is out there when it comes to ageing? Come along to learn how to access the information you need to make informed decisions.

Iconic Noosa Hillclimb returns for 2024

The Noosa Beach Classic Car Club is proud to be hosting the 27th year of the Iconic Noosa Hillclimb and would like to welcome all drivers, officials, spectators and sponsors.

Once again, we have a varied field of entries competing in a wide range of vehicles including vintage, classics, modern sports and touring, open wheel race cars and many more.

Spectators are welcome to wander the open Pit area or head to the Start Line grandstands to watch the red light turn to green and the cars take off up the challenging 1.5km course negotiating all 14 bends and straights at speed!

Coastline BMW returns as the events main sponsor with an impressive Pit display of dealership cars and motor bikes and we thank them for their continued support.

The Rotary Club of Eumundi will be onsite cooking up the burgers and supplying cold drinks for all.

Coffee and Pizzas will also be available from local vendors. Tickets are $20 for a day ticket (Saturday or Sunday) and $30 for a weekend pass. Children U14 are free. Purchase on the day at the Gyndier Drive entry gate off the Cooroy Noosa Road, Tewantin or online at our website – ww.noosahillclimb.com.au

We encourage everyone to come along and enjoy this great event in a safe and responsible manner to ensure its continuity well into the future.

Please take note that Gyndier Drive will be closed to ALL, including pedestrians and cyclists from 7am on Thursday 17 until noon on Monday 22 October.

Car enthusiasts are getting ready to head to the Hillclimb this weekend. (Supplied)

Santa’s Classy Helpers will be hosting an Open Garden Party fundraiser at Stringybark Cottage Garden. (Supplied)

Save the date, it’s wood chops and wheelbarrows

From a 1977 sack race in Kenilworth to a 1965 wheelbarrow derby through the main street of Nambour, the 2025 Sunshine Coast Heritage Calendar certainly lives up to its theme, ‘Sports through the Ages’.

Thanks to contributions from our community members who sent in their family photos, every page is a trip down memory lane.

The $6 calendar is available across the region and will make a cherished stocking filler for anyone who loves a bit of nostalgia.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said the calendar featured a wonderful collection of personal photographs alongside images from Council’s Picture Sunshine Coast collection.

“The personal images and memories provide a window into the real story of everyday life on the Sunshine Coast over the ages,” Mayor Natoli said.

“The everyday lives, holidays, memories and photographs we all hold in our family al-

bums tell a broad story of what the Sunshine Coast was, and is, like.

“Our journey as a region is a continuous story and how we experience it plays an important role in our community.

“These images can now be enjoyed by everyone and will become part of our shared Sunshine Coast history.”

Images in the calendar have been tinted with colour, a technique in keeping with the tradition of hand-colouring monochrome photographs which began in 1900.

The calendar is on sale at Council libraries and customer contact centres and is available to view at heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

Five community members received framed canvas prints of their images as a special keepsake for their winning contribution.

The Sunshine Coast Heritage Calendar project is supported by the Sunshine Coast Council Arts and Heritage Levy.

Fresh start

Over the last five months, I have knocked on more than 7,000 doors and spoken with thousands of people right across our community about the things that matter most to them.

What I have heard is that people want to have access to health services when they need them –that’s why the LNP is the only party committed to delivering a long-term lease for Noosa Hospital.

I have heard our community’s desire to protect our amazing lifestyle - that’s why the LNP are the only party that has committed to delivering an independent Sunshine Coast Waterways Authority to sustainably manage our river.

I have heard the calls for a genuine commitment to start the construction of the Tewantin Bypass at Beckmans Road – that’s why the LNP have committed $30million to this vital project.

I have heard the voices of Noosa, state emphatically that they do not want a re-elected Miles

Labor Government to rubber-stamp high rise development in Noosa.

We have all seen Labor’s plans for high-rise developments, and our Independent Member’s failure to stop them.

Only the LNP will halt Labor’s high-rise developments in Noosa.

Voters of Noosa have a very real choice to make about our future.

If you want change, you have to vote for it. Only a majority LNP Government can guarantee these outcomes for Noosa.

A vote for anyone else risks four more years of Labor’s mess.

Noosa needs a seat at the table.

This time, Vote 1 LNP to give Noosa a Fresh Start.

(Authorised by B Riley, LNP, 281 Sandgate Road, Albion QLD 4010)

Lions Club Wheelbarrow Derby, Nambour, 1965. (Supplied)

LNP candidate for Noosa Clare Stewart with LNP leader David Crisafulli. (Supplied)

Spreading their wings

and celebrating all our differences and this year’s event had another goal to raise money to buy a Kubota to make work easier on the Sunshine Butterflies farm.

Currently, essential tasks like feeding animals, waste disposal, and manure spreading are carried out manually with wheelbarrows so the organisation aims to buy the agricultural vehicle to improve working conditions for members, staff and volunteers and ensure the welfare of farm animals on their 15-acre property.

The event raised about $9000 with a target of $15,000 by the end of October. Once this goal is achieved, their valued partners, Team Body Corporate, have pledged a further $5,000 to reach a final total of $20,000.

There were lots of prizes and giveaways at the event as well as entertainment by Sunshine Butterflies members. The event couldn’t have gone ahead without the support of numerous sponsors including Herbalife and contributors including Jimmy and Tam, winners of ‘The Block’ 2020 and ‘Renovate or Rebuild’, their MC, ‘Nugget’ from 91.1 Hot with Sam & Ash broadcasting live on the day.

For more information visit sunshinebutterflies.com.au/support/farmers-want-a-kubota/

A sea of purples stretched along the foreshore during the Walk in Wings.

Walkers in wings enjoyed an all-inclusive walk and community spirit. (Rob Maccoll) Noosa MP Sandy Bolton joined the Walk in Wings.Sunshine Butterflies staff and members joined family and friends and community members.

Dancers took to the path.

Walkers of all ages joined in.

Taco won the prize for the most colourful wings.

It’s hard work being an angel.

$50k proudly raised

The Noosa community came together on World Inclusion Day on 10 October to raise money to help two Noosa families purchase vehicles to transport their children with disabilities.

Almost $50,000 was raised at a breakfast event to help the Jacksons of Cooroy and the Dohertys’ of Noosa Heads to purchase wheelchair accessible vans for their children Ramsay and Daisy. Ramsay, 3, and Daisy, 10, were both born with

rare genetic disorders and rely on wheelchairs, strollers, and walkers to navigate their lives.

Committee members Steve Mawby, Libby Doherty, Janine Cook, Little Jo Powers, Cr Amelia Lorentson and Dixie Walters put the event together with the support of the Lions Club, Smile for a Child Foundation, the Noosa Heads Surf Club restaurant, Livelife Pharmacy and community members.

Anticipation builds for 2024 business awards

The countdown is on as all eyes turn to the 2024 Sunshine Coast Business Awards Gala, set for Saturday 9 November, where the winners of the prestigious 29th annual awards will be announced.

The 130 finalists celebrated their success on Thursday 10 October at a special masterclass and cocktail party at Noosa Springs, hosted in partnership with awards sponsors.

Sunshine Coast Business Awards Chair Jennifer Swaine acknowledged the excitement in the air as the finalists prepare for the gala.

“This event is always a highlight for the finalists and sponsors, but this year there’s a heightened sense of anticipation as we approach the gala,” Swaine said.

“The upcoming night is one of the biggest events of the year on the Coast, and it will be a moment of recognition for businesses that have demonstrated resilience, innovation, and success.”

This year’s storytelling masterclass, themed around the question, “Is timing everything?”, focused on media, marketing, and how to leverage award wins. The finalists were reminded that while being nominated is a significant achievement, the real spotlight comes on 9 No-

What makes us different?

vember when winners will be crowned at the awards gala.

The event featured a lively panel discussion with media sponsors who emphasised the importance of timing in storytelling, media engagement, and leveraging business achievements to gain visibility.

Wallis Westbrook, Chair of Judging, expressed gratitude to the judges, who meticulously reviewed more than 239 written applications and 130 face-to-face interviews collectively.

“Our volunteer judges play an instrumental role in the success of these awards, and we couldn’t do this without their dedication,” he said. Mrs Swaine also paid tribute to the Awards sponsors for their continued support. “Without our sponsors, the Sunshine Coast Business Awards wouldn’t be the success it is today. Their backing allows us to deliver a robust program throughout the year, culminating in our Gala event.”

As the finalists prepare to walk the red carpet, businesses across the region are eagerly awaiting to see who will take home the coveted awards and be recognised as the Sunshine Coast’s business champions for 2024. The

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Steve Mawby, Libby Doherty, Janine Cook, Little Jo Power and Cr Amelia Lorentson. (Supplied)

Cr Amelia Lorentson, Little Jo Power, Donna Frey, Jody Ditterich and Brendan Neil. (Supplied)

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Red Cross fashion show

The Tewantin Noosa Branch of the Australian Red Cross held a highly successful Fashion Show and fundraiser on Friday 11 October at the Laguna Estate Forum. In a celebration of Noosa’s cool, colourful fashions, over 100 locals enjoyed an entertaining morning, bubbles and lunch in glorious spring sunshine.

Coordinator Sue Anderson said “everyone came dressed for a fun, social morning out and certainly got that”.

In the recently-renovated Forum, Trudy Doyle introduced a wonderful selection of very wearable fashions from her local boutique “It’s All About Me” in Thomas Street, Noosaville. The models, clearly enjoying their moments in the spotlight, displayed them to perfection, much to the delight of the crowd.

Following the show, guests were treated to a wonderful light buffet lunch, catered for mostly by Branch members. Noosa Hospital kindly donated additional trays of delicious sandwiches.

Local businesses and sponsors from across the Tewantin Noosa community had donated generously to the always popular raffle and door prize draw. Guests were delighted to win a variety of vouchers, gifts and hampers. A donated print was ‘auctioned’ separately.

All the funds raised will go to the Red Cross Night Cafe in Brisbane offering a safe space and help to young people experiencing homelessness or social isolation.

The Branch acknowledges the generous contributions of the following businesses that made the event possible: It’s All About Me Boutique Noosaville, Signature on Hastings, local Restaurants & Cafes - Lucio’s Marina, Noosa Waterfront, Sum Yung Guys, Gusto’s, Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club, Rasa, Noosa Surf Life Saving Club, Tewantin Noosa RSL, The Sanctuary at Acres, Double Shot Noosa, also Intune Beauty Therapy, Coco / Indi-

go Noosa, Bunnings Noosaville, Noosa Hospital, Dan Murphy’s, Laguna Estate, Ari’s Italian Deli, The Baker’s Pantry, River Read and Zachary’s.

Noosa Branch of the Australian Red

Noosa is a unique and vibrant community, filled with passionate, educated, and dedicated residents who care deeply about the future of their region. It’s this diversity of thought and belief that makes for a healthy democracy, where people are free to express their views, challenge the status quo, and advocate for what they believe in. Noosa Today, like many local newspapers, exists to provide a voice to the community—to all of it.

Across our group of more than 50 newspapers spanning Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern Territory, we serve a wide range of communities. Each community has its own distinct character, challenges, and politics. But it’s only in Noosa where we find ourselves constantly fielding accusations of political bias. While some might take this as a point of frustration, we see it as a reflection of the passion that makes Noosa special. However, it also speaks to the complexities of managing a local newspaper in a community where opinions often clash and perspectives are as diverse as the people who live here. In Noosa, there are many strong viewpoints,

often deeply rooted in personal beliefs and local loyalties. It’s our job to navigate this complex landscape, making editorial decisions based on the relevance and importance of the issues at hand, while providing a platform for all voices to be heard. That’s why we run our popular “Soap Box” section every week, where anyone in the community can share their thoughts and opinions, no matter their stance. It’s a space designed to foster debate and allow every perspective, from the most conservative to the most progressive, to have its place. We believe in offering a balanced platform where different opinions can coexist, allowing the community to have its say.

But as much as we try to represent all voices, running a newspaper comes with tough decisions. It is impossible to give everyone equal space or coverage at all times—news doesn’t work like that. Journalism is about making informed judgements on what is most important to the community. We strive to cover what has the greatest impact, to sift through the politics, biases, and strong opinions, and to provide informa-

Cross holds fundraising events throughout the year which contribute directly to Red Cross programs assisting vulnerable people in Queensland and in the broader Australian community. Branch members meet monthly and also volun-

teer their time in the local community visiting local residents at NoosaCare Carramar and partnering with Youturn, a not-for-profit organisation addressing youth homelessness.

tion that serves the public interest.

In doing so, we understand that not everyone will agree with every decision we make. Some readers will see any decision that doesn’t align with their own views as biased. Political bias is a powerful force, and it can shape the way people see the world—and the way they see their newspaper. Noosa Today takes our responsibility to the community very seriously. We don’t claim to always get it right, but when mistakes are made, we are the first to acknowledge them and set things right.

The recent accusations from Ingrid Jackson regarding our election coverage are a case in point. We’ve been accused of unfairly favouring one candidate over another, despite our commitment to reporting on the issues that matter most to the people of Noosa. Jackson’s taunts have escalated, but they are an extreme example of how political opinions can sometimes cloud judgement. It’s disheartening when a member of the community is unwilling to see past their own biases and blames the newspaper for providing a

platform that reflects a wide array of views.

A newspaper’s role is not to take sides in political battles but to present the facts, cover the most relevant stories, and offer a forum for all perspectives. In a charged political environment, some readers may feel that their views should dominate the conversation. However, our mission is to balance those views and to serve the entire community, not just one segment of it. We hope that as we move into the final weeks of this election campaign, cooler heads will prevail, and the community can come together, united in the desire to see Noosa thrive for all its residents.

As the publisher of Noosa Today, I’m immensely proud of the role our newspaper plays in the community. We don’t take sides in politics, and we are committed to giving everyone a voice. If only that could be recognised with the same balanced perspective that we strive to offer.

Paul Thomas, Noosa Today

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Fashion Show Coordinator Sue Anderson with Branch President Valerie Hunnam. (Supplied)

Guests Ute Buczynski, Nicky Morgan, Dianna Smart, Maria Blyth and Jackie Stewart arrive at Laguna Forum for the Red Cross Fashion Show.

Branch member Sandy Richards models a dress from “It’s All About Me”.

Concerns on contaminated land

In the past, land may have been contaminated by activities now known to be hazardous.

This is definitely the case with 62 Lake Macdonald Drive, as when asbestos and other heavy metals such as arsenic were dumped on the site, the danger of these substances to human health was not understood.

The Government now has an “Environmental Management Register (EMR) for land which has been or is being used for a notifiable activity. Notifiable activities include (but are not restricted to) the following land uses – service stations, tanneries, cattle dips, landfills and refuse tips. Listing on the EMR is an indication that the land is likely to be contaminated but it does not mean the land needs to be cleaned up or is not suitable for its current use. This will depend on the nature, extent and risks of any contamination on the land. A suitably qualified person needs to be engaged to determine the contamination on the land.”

The council has carried out this study and determined there is asbestos and arsenic contamination on 62 Lake Macdonald Drive.

“Where land is listed on the EMR because it is contaminated details will be included about the hazardous contaminant affecting the land. Where there is a site management plan in place to manage the contaminant so it is suitable for a particular land use, the plan will be attached to the EMR”

“Contaminated Land is moved from the EMR to the Contaminated Land Register (CLR) where it is necessary to take action to remediate the land and prevent serious environmental harm and protect human health or other aspects of the environment.”

Using land for housing as well as children’s playgrounds are two land uses that require maximum remediation of the land. The clear felling and sieving of soil that council is proposing is determined by council proposing to use all the site for housing. Other land uses may not need this amount of remediation of the site. Leaving asbestos undisturbed is known to be a satisfactory practice to protect people’s health.

As well, there is no evidence of leeching happening now.

Even remediating the area of land in the resi-

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dents’ proposal would require the digging up and treating of the equivalent of three Olympic swimming pools of soil. This remediation is to be carried out on site. The soil is to be sieved to remove hard matter such as glass, crockery, stones and metal. Unless this hard matter is removed to the full depth of the fill, any remaining debris will continue to rise to the surface over the years. The major contaminants on the land are known to be spread by dust and to be hazardous to humans.

Residents are adamant the safety issue arising from any contamination remediation must be fully addressed and no work is started unless this is proven safe. Look at the pine tree area on google earth and it is the centre surrounded by a large circle area of residences.

Pat Spicer Cooroy

Gaining control of our car

While Australia welcomes Chinese EVs with open arms, the European Union is imposing steep import duties and Canada and the USA levying prohibitive 100 per cent tariffs on the vehicles.

The Americans are moving to ban Chinese connected-car technology over fears the vehicles can spy on and even assassinate their drivers by

airlifted to hospital after dirt bike

(LifeFlight)

Teen rescue

The Sunshine Coast LifeFlight aeromedical team airlifted a teenage boy to hospital this afternoon after a dirtbike incident.

The boy was attempting a jump on a private property in the Noosa region when he came off his bike and crashed to the ground.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics arrived first on scene and treated the boy for a suspected injury to his left jaw and left lower leg.

Correction

We apologise for an error in the digital edition only of Noosa Today for the 4 October issue. Due to an automation feature not being picked up, some pages from MP Sandy Bolton’s Noosa Independent were incorrectly included in this edition.

The LifeFlight helicopter landed in a paddock near the accident scene.

The LifeFlight critical care doctor and QAS flight paramedic provided further treatment before the patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

crashing the car.

They are concerned because, like other brands, Chinese cars have cameras, microphones, and GPS tracking allowing a foreign adversary access to the information.

In an extreme situation, the Americans argue foreign adversaries could take control of all their vehicles at the same time creating a cyber apocalypse by turning the cars into a tsunami of remotecontrolled bombs.

We know what would have seemed like science fiction is now reality when personal pagers and walkie-talkies were detonated in a widespread attack on Hezbollah.

Potential foreign manipulation of the technology is a growing issue for our political leaders as we have a greater market penetration of Chinese vehicles than the USA.

Following the USA by imposing bans could prove difficult although our Federal Government was farsighted in leading the world in banning Chinese-owned companies TikTok from government devices and Huawei from participating in the 5G rollout.

We may not have to resort to bans but require Chinese car companies to store data from Australian users in Australian Government data banks to

override malicious instructions as a sensible precaution preceding the next wave of electric and hybrid technology in utes.

It would also provide a secure foundation for managing our increased vulnerability with the arrival of driverless cars and trucks.

Garry Reynolds, Peregian Springs

No winners in war

We hear and read every day that any Country if attacked has a right to defend itself.

I totally agree with that.

The problem arising at the moment for Israel and its future is the hate and revenge in the minds of those young children in Palestine, Lebanon and also Iran if the loss of life and ensuing disabilities of brothers, sisters, parents and relatives continues.

That same hate and need for revenge being felt by some Israeli’s after 7 October 2023 towards Hamas Hezbollah and their supporters in Iran.

There was a love hate relationship between the British and Israel during World War 2 after the British refused to accept Israeli refugees with some then going to the Concentration Camps. The British withdrew from Palestine in 1948 after trying to reach a peaceful settlement between Israel and Palestine.

Israel was then attacked by Eygpt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon.

It lasted six days.

This current war is taking longer for Israel to show their superiority. They will eventually but at what cost?

Today’s available weapons and fire power is far more destructive.

Especially when the one like I am now using can become a weapon.

Ernest Wright, Tewantin

Is prevention better than cure?

How true. “There are options available for not getting pregnant” says a male. Wouldn’t an easy fix be by making it law for all males over 18 to have a vasectomy? Just asking.

Margaret Wilkie, Peregian Beach

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Fight to keep local stories alive

Our local stories are at risk without our fair share of government advertising.

This election, over 60 independent local newspapers across regional queensland will report extensively on grassroots issues, giving locals a voice on the future of our state.

Most government advertising spend goes to big city media and tech giants, who don’t employ local journalists or publish local news.

If you take away the papers, you take away our local stories.

The Victorian Government acted to protect its regional news media by mandating a ‘page per

week’ of government advertising spend in every regional and community newspaper.

Our independent newspapers employ hundreds of local journalists and publish thousands of local stories, and during election periods are often the only media dedicated to reporting on local election issues.

An equitable share of government advertising will help ensure that regional newspapers remain a beacon of truth, connection and resilience. We need to act now for change.

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Meet our State candidates

Noosa residents packed into Villa Noosa Hotel last Thursday to hear from local candidates in the State Election at a forum organised by Australian Independent Retirees (AIR) Noosa.

Present at the event were incumbents Noosa MP Sandy Bolton (Independent), Ninderry MP Dan Purdie (LNP), candidates for Noosa Mark Denham, (ALP), Clare Stewart (LNP), Rhonda Prescott (Queensland Greens) and Ninderry candidate Jo Justo (ALP).

Here are the presentations from the Noosa incumbent and candidates.

Mark Denham (ALP): I’ve lived in Noosa for 35 years. I’m a paramedic, I’ve been one for 45 years. I’m heading to retirement.

I’m probably going to be a self-funded retiree myself. I’ve set it up that way because, like you, we’ve worked really hard to get what we’ve got and we want to keep that and we want to make it go further.

You guys looked at the future, looked at where you want to be, looked at where you wanted to live so you can live a long and prosperous life. When I came into my career the average lifespan was around 60s and 70s, now it’s around 80s and 90s.

That’s because of the health care system we have, better medicine, local to your home, gives you capacity to be treated for all the diseases you might have and live a long and prosperous life. Some of the biggest concerns for you are rising prices.

How are we going to fix that? We’re putting in renewable energy, keeping our assets so we can pass on our assets to you.

Pumped hydro in this area is one of the initiatives, with wind turbines, solar power will reduce the cost and production of power which we can relay to you so it does get cheaper.

You would have gotten the $1000 power rebate and another $300 if you’re a pensioner. It was a great initiative for you.

Another issue is stamp duty. Downsizing is a positive step in retirement. We’re looking after that for you.

Another issue is electric mobile devices that are around. That needs to be worked on at a community level with the police and other services to make sure people are educated on the safety realm and what’s appropriate and not appropriate.

Hospitals, ramping is a big issue. That can’t be fixed by just fixing the ambulance, it’s a whole health issue.

Rhonda Prescott (The Greens): I was told the demographic is over 50 and retired or part retired. I fit into that demographic but I also work part time. As well as working part time I volunteer for a number of community organisations - Noosa bush care, Zero Emissions Noosa, Noosa First Nations Allies, Cooroy tennis club, Forest Star community newsletter and Making Lives Matter.

I hope I can correct some of the misconceptions and fear you might have relating to The Greens. We want to increase the taxes and royalties paid by giant mining corporations and we want to use that money to fund the kind of services you need including health services, hospitals and aged care.

The Greens are much more than a political party. We are part of a global movement towards ecological sustainability, social justice, peace and democracy.

For democracy to work there must be people like us, candidates, who are willing to have the courage of their convictions to stick their neck out and nominate so you, the voters, have a choice for who you vote for, and it’s the responsibility of voters to educate themselves about the candidates and the choices that they offer.

It is my strong belief in the democratic system and The Greens that I am standing as your Greens candidate in this election.

Even though, realistically, I have very little chance of actually becoming elected I want to give people the opportunity to vote Green.

This will not be a wasted vote. A preferential voting system applies in the state election so if the candidate who is number one on your ballot paper is not in the top two, your vote is redistributed to your second choice. So think carefully about your preferences.

People say we are crazy. In 2017 we proposed $1 public transport, in 2020 we proposed free public transport.

They said that was impossible yet here we are in 2024 with 50 cent fares and this is working, getting cars off the roads and people on buses and trains.

The catch with fares the 80-90m revenue that it generates is approximately equal to the annual ticketing system so let’s just make it free and perhaps we won’t have to spend so much on building and maintaining roads.

I was born in NZ, my parents were shearers, fences and drovers. My mother always worked alongside my father.

From a very early age I was left in charge of the household with younger sisters, chooks, pigs and dogs while they were away working, often weeks at a time.

I took a position in Bank of New Zealand, started studying accounting, became qualified accountant, migrated to Australia almost 40 years ago, obtained a masters of commerce qualification, am member of institute of public accountants, at one stage was certified as financial planner so I know a little bit about managing portfolios.

Clare Stewart (LNP): Many of you may know me as Mayor Clare. I had privilege of being your mayor for four years and the question I get asked most is why did you make the transition to state?

The answer to that is simple and two-fold.

We desperately need to change the state government and to do that we need to win seats. We need to win 14 seats and we need to win Noosa. The second reason is that some of the issues being brought to me when I was mayor were the responsibility of the state and not being enacted on, issues important to us.

When we started this campaign back in April there were a number of things we began to fight for.

The first was the hospital. Since 2017 the hospital operators have been seeking a long-term lease to allow them to invest in expansion of and improvement of the site. In April this year the LNP announced our commitment to a long-term lease for the hospital.

Meanwhile our petition, our advocacy and our efforts to raise awareness of this issue were cited by the Independent Member as nonsense.

Yet on the eleventh hour on the eve of the caretaker mode the Labor Minister suddenly announced that Labor and the hospital had suddenly secured an in-principal agreement with the hospital operators.

But this actually means nothing, in principal, no signed lease, no confirmation of the terms of the lease.

We are still being left in the dark. Only the LNP is the party that has committed to a long-term lease. Crime. We know here in Noosa crime has

increased significantly over the past few years yet our numbers of police are less than they were in 2017.

We are facing serious issues including e-bikes, e-scooters, and youth crime but you can’t do anything without enforcement and to do that you need police on the ground.

That’s why the LNP has committed to stronger laws and more police.

Similarly only one month ago our leader David Crisafulli announced if the LNP was successful Noosa would be home to safe night precincts which mean more police, more police powers. Beckman’s Road. In 2000, 24 years ago Labor promised to deliver the Tewantin bypass. It has become the long and winding road of broken promises.

The Greens Noosa candidate Rhonda Prescott.

ALP Noosa candidate Mark Denham. (Rob Maccoll)

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Labor cut funding for this critical piece of infrastructure from this year’s budget which we, the LNP, immediately called out. Again literally hours before we went into caretaker mode, that funding was put back in with an additional $7million thrown in for good measure.

There is only enough for the case study and not one bit of soil will be turned with this money. Certainly not fast-tracked and according to the TMR website that funding is far from secured - “construction of the project will depend on funding commitments and competing statewide priorities” (TMR website).

We are no further ahead. In Steven Miles press release who was quoted, not Mark, their candidate, but their favourite Independent, Sandy - another non-announcement that doesn’t commit to anything.

I’ve been fighting for this and I’ll have more to say on this in the coming days and I can tell you any commitment I make won’t be conditional.

Now the river. We’ve seen the debacle, the piecemeal approach that our river has endured for decades.

The LNP has committed with an investment of nearly $37million to the Sunshine Coast Waterways Authority.

That will sustainably and properly manage our Noosa River for the benefit of all.

Finally and most significantly three letters over the past month have turned our community upside down - SFD - state-facilitated development. What this means for our community is catastrophic.

What Labor have committed to is two developments which will change the look and feel of Noosa forever. It’s not a maybe.

It will happen under Labor. Our Independent member has failed to stop this. What the LNP has committed to is that we will stop this process, that we will work with Noosa Council and we will not dictate to them.

We will work with them and we will stop high-rise in Noosa. This is an election the LNP must win. The only way you can guarantee a change of government is to vote LNP.

You’re going to hear that’s not the case, but if every resident says I like my member, they work hard, then in three weeks time you will have Steven Miles and you will have high-rise.

The only way to guarantee a change in government is for voting for the LNP, just like we delivered de-amalgamation and made good on a promise for that we will make good on a promise again.

Sandy Bolton (Independent): Why did I stand for an Independent going back two terms ago? I lived here for 35 years but what I saw was this kind of see-sawing - the two majorssomeone comes in, someone goes out, things change.

I watched as government came in and took funding away or shut our TAFE and I looked these things and they were a catalyst of things that you fight long and hard for in our communities and with a change of government, suddenly those things don’t occur.

So those things led to the importance for Noosa remaining independent is absolutely essential.

It should never be sacrificed. We are envied across the state. I get to work with both sides but I can also can call them out because I don’t have any reason why not to.

My vested interest is with you, this community, not to a party or their white policies which may not suit us.

I can take your voice forward and I have. Some of the examples when I think going back with the inquiry into assisted dying. Our surveys were showing our community, 90 per cent was seeking that.

That’s when you can take that voice and not be constrained. So there’s been so much we’ve achieved over that time, being independent. Stage one of the Tewantin bypass.

It was actually, and Clare raised, there was a de-maining agreement going back 20 years ago said, “when needed”. Those fine prints are the things that are really our undoing in our community because assessment of need, I think going back to 2006 planning scheme said we would have 63,000 residents but I think we’ve still only got about 57,500.

So I had to go in and make a case built on what is happening to the south of us, the visitations. I had to work hard to get that first stage done.

I stood up when that funding suddenly disappeared and when I investigated, because it’s a Council road, Beckmans, I found out meetings had suddenly stopped in November.

Now there’s no notification, nobody said, Sandy, there seems to be an issue.

So when I found out what I did not only did I call for it to be reinstated but for the amount to fast track it - that’s doing two parts together. It had to have the detailed design and it had to have the business case so we can go for construction funding.

And Clare I hope some of those announcements will be approximately $100million from the LNP, if they come into government, to be able to fund that construction.

That’s the type of position Noosa is in at the moment, and you’ve seen the announcements whether it’s pedestrian crossings or to do with the SFD’s, it is a result of that I have stood up in Parliament, even at the time those SFDs - both majors supported, supported the bill that allowed it.

I was the one to say, no, and there were valid reasons why.

Going right back I put my foot right there on the spot and said this does not work the lack of clarity, the lack of detail including around affordable, and to override local government.

Other achievements: Six Mile Bridge #7, defunded when a certain government, and I’m not going to throw rocks here, but when they were elected in, literally took that funding out, so we managed to get that done.

The Noosa River, for years, but we managed to do a pilot to bring together the river advisory group which was co-chaired by Council and MSQ. That was a long journey.

Two years I think that reference group worked and all those recommendations have been rolling out with, again, some challenges, but we’ve managed to get on top of that.

As for being the first Independent Chair for a committee for 20 years that was for Youth and Justice - that was to get what Queensland was asking for greater safety now and into the future, but we needed a bipartisan agreement.

Across Queensland we heard the voices, we saw the evidence - that led to 60 recommendations. I called on both government and the opposition to support.

The government came out and supported in full or in principle, with over half those recommendations already being progressed through. So far we haven’t heard anything from the other side, but I’ll continue.

As the representative of Noosa I am not bi-

ased except I need to make sure our community is looked after and at this stage they still have not responded to those recommendations. I think when you overall look at statements that any party and I don’t care who they are, they say we need this seat to get a change of

government, why would you sacrifice Noosa. There are 93 seats. We are envied and we need going for to make sure the promises they’ve both made are actioned and I’m the one who can do that.

Independent Noosa candidate Sandy Bolton.

LNP Noosa candidate Clare Stewart.

Top issues put to candidates

State Election candidates who attended a Meet the Candidate forum last week hosted by Australian Independent Retirees (AIR) Noosa responded to questions, either previously submitted to AIR or from forum attendees.

Present at the event were incumbents, Independent Noosa MP Sandy Bolton and LNP Ninderry MP Dan Purdie, candidates for Noosa Mark Denham, (ALP), Clare Stewart (LNP), Rhonda Prescott (Queensland Greens) and Ninderry candidate Jo Justo (ALP). Here are the responses to the questions from the Noosa incumbent and candidates.

AIR: Short term accommodation has been quite controversial, what are your thoughts?

Sandy Bolton (Independent): I think one of the greatest grievances I have with the state government going back when this first became an issue was there was a reference group formed with the mayors in attendance. Ultimately they did all the work and they came out the other end. All other mayors basically disagreed with the position that Noosa had regarding STAs. So it went nowhere. Noosa Council to its credit started taking some matters into its own hands. I think what’s critical now is that that isn’t overridden, but they are supported. What they really need is that statewide register so they know exactly where everyone is but they don’t need the state bringing in some sort of levy that then ensures council aren’t getting those funds that currently they are. I think we’re getting closer. I think council’s need greater support, those that are impacted.

That’s one big issue repealing existing rights. There’s a terminology, you can’t do that because it puts local governments at risk of being sued. That’s a matter for state government. It’ll be good to hear what the LNP will do if they get in, if they will put in some kind of legislation that actually addresses that. Everyone’s been talking about it but nothing substantial has been done.

Rhonda Prescott (Greens): The genie has been let out of the bottle with short term accommodation. It’s going to be very hard to put it back in and very hard to revoke existing approvals but there were some statistics that I saw about STA in Noosa, there’s a lot of unlicenced and unregistered STA. So the Greens policy on that is homes not hotels. We think that homes built for residential accommodation should be providing houses for the local people and for workers and we’d really like to see both council and state government clamp down on STA. There’s a situation in Noosa

where local families can’t find rentals are actually staying in places like Villa Noosa for a few nights for crisis accommodation because some of the hotels and motels have fairly low occupancy rates and the tourists are all in the houses to accommodate the local people. This is an issue and this would go a long way to solving the housing crisis in Noosa.

(AIR) What are your thoughts on education?

Clare Stewart (LNP): I am the daughter of two teachers. My dad was director of Catholic Education in Toowoomba and Cairns. My parents met while they were on staff at a school. My best friend’s a teacher. I feel that I’m surrounded by teachers. Teaches work incredibly hard. I think we need to come back to core principles, maths, English, algebra, we need to get back to basics. I think this is a specific question I’ll take on notice, but I think our schools are changing. I see with my children. They need a loving, caring environment and that’s for our teaches as well. They need a supportive environment.

Sandy Bolton (Independent): Sometimes when we’re looking at an issue, we take what’s in existence and we keep plugging those things. I just want to say about education we have some sad statistics that come through whether from teaches about how they’re overwhelmed or whether it’s from children that are overwhelmed with constant information being pushed in and being tested. Countries like Norway, they aren’t experiencing what we are but have comparable results. I think sometimes we’ve got to move out of the standard rather tha going how do we make things better by just plugging on. What we need to do is look at the underpinning of what’s happening, and the stresses those teachers and students are going through can be vastly improved on if we just step outside for a moment. We’re not tackling the core causes and we’re constantly dealing with symptoms.

Gary Watt: I have a question about health and health services. What do candidates plan to do to address the issue of staff, ambulance ramping, particularly in the public system?

Sandy Bolton (Independent): We’re blessed with the services we have. I have been working with the hospital, not only in getting their first 10 year lease but also to expand. Where it all started was about the emergency department because when you don’t have capacity there what happens is it goes on to bypass and you’re redirected to Nambour or SCUH. That adds to the ramping

there but it also adds to people not being able to get back. If you’re taken down there with chest pains in the middle of the night, they check you out and you’re fine, you can’t get back. These are the types of reason this expansion is needed. It’s a private hospital with public contracts. That extension of the lease has to incorporate more public contracts. Since I’ve been an MP there is extra scope, we now have telehealth, extra things you fight for. That will continue but I think there will be a combination of extra services delivered. It’s important we focus on the ageing of this community and since Covid that has increased - that ageing and services we need. As we fight going forward we want to make sure we don’t have a situation where we are losing any services for our elderly. We’re all living longer and want to enjoy our older years.

Mark Denham (ALP) : Health is a very complex animal. If you look at the world, ambulance is a 24/7 service, emergency departments are 24/7 services, hospitals are nine hour service. So that’s where ramping comes from. Specialist services only work certain hours within the hospital so the plan is to extend those so we can move people from emergency departments, from ambulances. It’s not a quick fix. It’s something that needs to be improved as it goes along. It’s huge. The health budget is more than a third of the state budget. Noosa Hospital is a great location, great staff. I take patients there all the time. They do go on bypass. Why? Because they don’t have the capacity because they’re a limited resource. When they get really sick patients they focus on those really sick patients and others will be sent on further. Ambulance then backs it up with paramedics and other services. We have other services to supply. Not every person who calls needs to go to hospital. That’s a realisation people need to understand and what ambulance does is we put other services in place for that. We have low acuity response teams. They go out to your house if you’re not a critical patient and you don’t need to go to hospital. We go out and treat you on site. We give you what you need and we put the other services in place that you need. There are other tiered services that sit out there, not just more beds. More beds are great but more services to you, to keep you in your own community. This is where you need to be. I understand what Sandy is saying, you go to SCUH, you can’t get home. But there are lots of services out there.

Clare Stewart (LNP): I can tell you how many ambulance hours were lost last year. Ros Bates, Shadow Health Minister was up here in May, 7581 lost ramping ambulance hours on the Sunshine Coast. We can do better.

Rhonda Prescott (Greens): The Greens policy is for public ownership of services. We think the hospital should have been built as a public hospital. I went through treasury reports when Noosa Hospital was being planned over 25 years ago and we had an LNP government in power at the time. Treasury actually recommended that Noosa have a public hospital. It would have cost more initially but over the long term because we’ve now got a private hospital with public services which the government pays for, in the long term it would have been a better financial decision as well as better for the local community.

Josh Usher: One of the great battles we have in Noosa, we are special and we relate to the narrative of Noosa being independent. Getting below the narrative of keeping Noosa independent I just wonder whether your ability to do achievements over the last two periods has been with the Labor government. The challenge we face now is anticipating your ability to live with a potential LNP government. Are we better off with an independent candidate who is almost lobbying for decisions or a potential powerbroker as our local member with a seat at the table. How are you going to go and do you have relationships with the LNP right now you think you can take into the next season?

Sandy Bolton (Independent): Absolutely because I work with both sides. I travel with them. I get on with all these guys and that’s the beauty of it. I work hard and I put the cases forward. I do as every good MP should. Whether someone is a Labor MP or an LNP MP or Independent you put your case forward on behalf of your community. That is the benefit of being independent because I can be objective. I have watched and I’ve seen other regions across Queensland and they get so upset because they either have someone if there is an MP in their seat with government, a Labor and a Labor and they will make excuses for government and if they have an opposition member and they go to them they will just throw rocks. I don’t do either of those. I don’t have to make excuses for anyone. What I have to do is get to the facts.From page 19

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ALP Noosa candidate Mark Denham. (Rob Maccoll)

The Greens Noosa candidate Rhonda Prescott.

Forum debate ramps up

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Josh Usher: Wouldn’t it be a benefit to have someone in the policy development?

Sandy Bolton (Independent): What is really interesting and I’ve got to spend seven years with MPs from both sides. The factions within the parties means those MPs on the wrong side of the factions they don’t get their voice heard either, they’re not part of it. When policy is getting developed I get to talk to them all the time. How hard it is to sit in that chamber and have to vote for something that they deeply oppose and they’re community opposes. They are very conflicted. So the freedom of Noosa being independent, you know you’ll get credible information, transparency and integrity. That’s what you get because there is no reason for me to say anything. I don’t have to follow the party line. I don’t have to say

x, y, z, and I don’t have to go out with misinformation and fear mongering. I don’t have to use slogans, though keeping Noosa independent is, I suppose, a slogan.

Clare Stewart (LNP): I think what Sandy says is very nice. You can put the case forward on behalf of your own community and that’s what happened with the SFDs and the Minister said no. The only people who can make decisions - there’s a blue team and a red team. The blue team are the ones who said we will stop high rise. We will stop this. The minister said to Sandy’s action or question, no. That is it. You can advocate and you can ask but at the end of the day you’re not in the room, you’re not making the decision. In this example and it’s a great example for our community the only party who can stop the highrise, who can make the decision are the LNP.

Sandy Bolton (Independent): So why did the LNP not oppose the Bill that allowed the pathway for this to occur? So for anyone to say I am powerless, I was the one who opposed it. Both majors supported it and then I stood in chamber and every question that’s raised, everything I’ve done since has led to the LNP then going - Ooh - this is a big issue, we’re going to have to get on board. So what I did achieve is what needed to be done and that is having the LNP now going backing it. No doubt we will have Labor doing the same, not just with the SFDs. When you look at the things that have rolled out, whether it’s pedestrian crossings or otherwise, that is because, literally I stood there. What I said is, this is wrong.

Clare Stewart (LNP): The LNP received an email in a plea from the mayor to have a meeting and

myself and the Shadow Deputy met with the mayor. We were the ones who advocated for this, we were the ones who put it on the table and we are the ones determined to work with Noosa Council and LNP are the ones who will stop the highrise and stop this development.

RhondaPrescott(Greens): When the Bill that includes the SFD pathway was before parliament it was opposed by both Greens MPs and Sandy our Independent MP. Our Greens MP Dr Amy McMahon got up and said this Bill should be called open season for rich developers, because that’s what it does, it gives the power to the developers. So residents certainly want more affordable housing. This is certainly not the way to achieve it and we have alternative plans to achieve affordable housing that don’t involve bypassing the wishes of the local people.

Reuniting trafficked kids with their families

This October, Boom Shankar’s #SMILEFORASMILE campaign is putting the spotlight on a cause close to the heart and reuniting trafficked children with their families.

The Noosa fashion label Boom Shankar has partnered with charity Forget Me Not Australia to reunite trafficked children with their parents. Forget Me Not Australia work with trafficked children in Nepal, India and Uganda to rescue and safely return children deceived into thinking they will receive an education when instead they become victims of this devastating crime.

Orphan children are taken from their homes, enticed with promises of a better life, and passed along to orphanages that profit from their tragedy. Boom Shankar’s campaign with the charity organisation Forget Me Not Australia aims to provide awareness about this issue and crucial funding for these children so that they can be returned to their families.

Boom Shankar’s latest collection includes bright wet bags and lunchboxes, ideal for the beach, but equally as good for a picnic or at school. For every wet bag or lunchbox Boom Shankar sells, they will donate five dollars to

Forget Me Not Australia to reintegrate trafficked children back with their families.

Forget Me Not Australia, led by the childrights advocate Dr Kathryn E. van Doore, works in parts of the world where children are most at risk of trafficking. In rural parts of Nepal, India and Uganda, parents are tempted and tricked into sending their children to live in orphanages by traffickers looking to take advantage of the perceived opportunity for education that this ‘alternative family’ seemed to offer. The kidnapped ‘orphans’ end up on the international tourist market as attractions designed to generate financial support for the orphanage.

Forget Me Not rescues these children, reunites them with their families, and provides ongoing aid to give them the education and healthcare opportunities they need to live a normal life.

Boom Shankar, founded by Noosa’s Dui Cameron, is an Australian fashion brand that fuses vibrant, loud, colourful collections with a deep desire to help communities across the globe.

For more information visit their Noosa stores or boomshankar.com.au

Boom Shankar is raising funds through sales to reunite trafficked children with their families. (Supplied)

Noosa Independent MP Sandy Bolton. (Rob Maccoll)

LNP Noosa candidate Clare Stewart. (Rob Maccoll)

The Guide

NOLLY

Change is in the air as Kitty Flanagan’s award-winning probate law comedy returns for a third season. Not only has solicitor Helen Tudor-Fisk (Flanagan) bought a home and moved out of her dad’s backyard yoga studio, but she’s now a name partner at Gruber & Fisk – which means taking on more responsibility for the inevitable chaos that unfolds there. In tonight’s premiere “Bees in the Hive”, Helen tries to become a social butterfly to replace Ray (Marty Sheargold) after he broke the Business and Breakfast networking group’s rules by dating a fellow member (Justine Clarke), while new neighbour Murray (Carl Barron, pictured with Flanagan) puts Helen in a bind with a request for free legal advice. Better than ever, Fiskis a perfectly calibrated comedy. PICK

Friday, October 18

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

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30

Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (Ml, R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure. (PG, R)

1.55 The Princes And The Press. (PG, R)

3.00 Muster Dogs. (PG, R)

3.55 Love Your Garden. (R)

ABC TV, Friday, 8.30pm

After her scene-stealing turn as Princess Margaret in TheCrown Helena Bonham Carter (pictured) once again reigns supreme in this striking portrait of UK daytime TV pioneer Noele “Nolly” Gordon. The first woman to appear on colour television anywhere in the world, Nolly became a household name in the UK. She even had a soap opera, Crossroads, created for her. But it all came crashing down when, at the height of her fame in 1981, the series was axed without warning.

Writer Russell T Davies (DoctorWho It’saSin) meticulously researched the three-part series by speaking to Nolly’s friends and former co-stars, aiming to create a story that faithfully charts the TV legend’s fight for her career. It’s stellar stuff.

NINE (8, 9)

SO LONG, MARIANNE SBS, Saturday, 9.55pm

When it comes to legendary love stories, they don’t get much more romantic than the decade-long relationship between singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and author Marianne Ihlen. Countless Cohen songs were inspired by their bond, which began on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960. Oppenheimer’s Alex Wolff and Norwegian actress Thea Sofie Loch Naess (both pictured) star as the poetically gifted pair in this miniseries, which promises to be a nuanced, two-sided retelling. Aussies Anna Torv and Noah Taylor also feature as novelists Charmian Clift and George Johnston. It begins with Cohen leaving Montreal to find his purpose, as Ihlen’s marriage falls apart.

BALI 2002

Nine, Monday, 8.40pm

Released 20 years after the 2002 Bali bombings, and now making its free-to-air debut, this Australian-made drama still feels somewhat premature. However, Bali 2002mostly stays away from gratuitous re-enactments, instead spotlighting the everyday heroes who sprang into action and gave the world hope in the aftermath of the terror attack. Led by Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh and Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie, it’s wellacted and as sensitively told as it can be. In these two final parts, Australian and Indonesian authorities work together to track down the perpetrators before putting them on trial, as the injured survivors begin to come to terms with their new lives.

4.45 Grand Designs Revisited. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Grayson’s Art Club. (PG, R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Plat Du Tour. 2.05 Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders. (PGav, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Canary. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors. (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 MOVIE: Ruthless Renegades. (2020) Anna Marie Dobbins. 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Zoe’s Having A Baby. (2023, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross meets a plantsman.

8.30 Miniseries: Nolly. (Ml) Part 1 of 3. After nearly two decades on her show, a soap opera star is fired at the height of her success.

9.20 Question Everything. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.

9.50 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 Miniseries: Nolly. (Ml)

12.20 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv)

5.10 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome: Lost Gladiators Of The Colosseum. (PGav) Takes a look at gladiators.

8.30 Castle Secrets. (Mav) Takes a look at castles, including one with a gothic chapel erected over a supposed gateway to hell.

9.25 Rise Of The Nazis: The Downfall. (Mav, R) Part 2 of 3. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 The Allegation. (MA15+a) 12.25 Miniseries: Four Lives. (Mal, R)

3.40 Paddington Station 24/7. (Ml, R) 4.30 Peer To Peer. (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. Graham Ross visits the North Coast Botanic Garden.

8.30 MOVIE: Jerry Maguire. (1996, Mls, R) A sports agent has a moral epiphany which costs him his job and his fiancée. He resolves to rebuild his career with the one athlete who stayed loyal to him and a colleague who believed in him. Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger.

11.30 GetOn Extra.

12.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Left Off The Map. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Mighty Trains. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 I Escaped To The Country. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30am Frankie Drake Mysteries. 2.30 The Zoo. 3.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

9News Afternoon.

Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 9News.

7.00 Rugby League. Pacific Championships. Week 1. Australia v Tonga. 9.00 Pacific Championships: Australia Vs Tonga Post-Match. Post-match wrap up of the Pacific Championships, featuring news and analysis from the commentary team.

9.30 MOVIE: Criminal. (2016, MA15+lv, R)

A CIA operative’s consciousness is transferred. Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds.

11.40 The First 48. (Mav, R)

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)

9GEM (81, 92)

7TWO (72) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.55pm Bluey. 5.00 Peppa Pig. 5.15 Supertato. 5.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.35 Fireman Sam. 5.45 Shaun The Sheep. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Transformers: Prime. 11.30 Bakugan: Evolutions. Noon Gossip Girl. 2.00 La Brea. 3.00 The Golden Girls. 3.30 The Nanny.

6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Antiques Roadshow. 2.30 MOVIE: The Call Of The Wild. (1972, PG) 4.30 Rugby League. Pacific Championships. Women’s. Week 1. Australia v Papua New Guinea. 6.30 Rugby League. Pacific Championships. Week 1. Australia v Tonga. 7.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Antiques Downunder. 8.30 MOVIE: Rambo: Last Blood. (2019, MA15+) 10.25 MOVIE: Out Of Time. (2003, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

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Wheaties! Continued. (2020, PG) 6.40 The Producers. (1967, PG) 8.20 Oka! (2012, PG) 10.20 Leonardo Dicaprio: Most Wanted. (2021, M) 11.25 Defiance. (2008, M) 1.55pm The Emperor’s Club. (2002, PG) 3.55 Skies Of Lebanon. (2020, PG, Italian) 5.40 RBG. (2018, PG) 7.30 Paradise Road. (1997, M) 9.35 Lawless. (2012, MA15+) 11.40 Blood Quantum. (2019, MA15+) 1.35am End Of The Century. (2019, MA15+, Catalan) 3.10 A Perfectly

4.50 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. 5.10 Teen Titans Go! 5.30 Pokémon. 6am The Fishing Show. 7.00 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 A Football Life. 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 The Car Club. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 2.00 Disasters At Sea. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Carnage. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Surveillance Oz. 8.30 MOVIE: Hellboy. (2004, M) 11.00 MOVIE: Underworld. (2003, MA15+) 1.30am Pawn Stars. 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 Late Programs.

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 Sort Your Life Out. (PGa) The team helps a grandmother and her daughters.

8.45 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.45 To Be Advised.

10.45 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather.

11.10 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

FISK ABC TV, Sunday, 8pm

Saturday, October 19

6.00 Australian Story: Betrayal

– Hannah Grundy. (R) Leigh Sales chats with Hannah Grundy.

6.30 Back Roads: Charlton, Victoria. (PG, R) Anna Daniels travels to Charlton, Victoria.

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

7.30 Grantchester. (PGv) A murder at Esme’s office sends shockwaves through the Keating family.

8.20 Vera. (Mav, R) Vera and the team investigate after a young man is found dead in the back of a truck.

9.50 Return To Paradise. (Final, Mav, R) Mackenzie investigates when a mine owner is found dead in his locked bedsit.

10.45 Miniseries: Better. (Malv, R) Part 5 of 5. 11.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Inside Windsor Castle. (PG) Xand van Tulleken, JJ Chalmers and Raksha Dave explore Queen Victoria’s time in Windsor Castle.

8.25 Bombing Brighton: The Plot To Kill Thatcher. Explores the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing that claimed the lives of five people.

9.55 So Long, Marianne. (Premiere, MA15+) Charts a love story.

10.50 Something Undone. (Mal) Farid has dinner at the Cape family home.

11.50 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R)

3.30 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R)

4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Show: Weekend. (PG) Highlights from the past week. 12.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Cup Carnival and TAB Everest Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Creek To Coast. A look at the latest in outdoor activities.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A passenger is concealing something in her luggage.

7.30 MOVIE: Ghostbusters II. (1989, PGh, R) After a river of ectoplasm is discovered beneath New York City, the Ghostbusters investigate. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.

9.45 MOVIE: Venom: Let There Be Carnage. (2021, Malv) A convicted murderer discovers Eddie Brock’s secret and becomes the host for a terrifying symbiote. Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams.

11.45 To Be Advised.

12.45 Taken. (Mav, R) The ODNI assists an Israeli spy.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Larry The Wonder Pup. (R)

5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG,

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption. (1994, Mlv, R) A unique friendship develops between a banker convicted of murder and one of his fellow prisoners. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, James Whitmore.

10.30 MOVIE: John Wick. (2014, MA15+lv, R) An ex-hit man comes out of retirement. Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe.

12.20 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R) A 10-yearold chops off the tip of his finger.

1.20 Customs. (PGa, R)

1.50 Innovation Nation. (R)

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.30 The Dog House. (PG, R) Dogs are matched with companions. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. (als, R) Sam Pang, Urzila Carlson, Guy Montgomery, Anisa Nandaula and Hamish Blake walk through the blue door. 8.40 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Follows the staff at the Animal Welfare League as it tries to find a rescue for a teenager whose parents cannot decide on a breed, and a new family for a timid Maltese cross. Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 9.40 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) A woman becomes stranded on a remote walking track, unable to make her way out. 10.55 Ambulance UK. (Ma, R) There is a crash on the motorway. 12.10 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie

(1977, PG) (2018,

6.00 Grand Designs Australia. (R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (Return, PG)

8.00 Fisk. (Return, Ml) Ray breaks the networking group rules.

8.30 Plum. (Premiere, Madls) A footy player is diagnosed with a brain disorder.

9.25 I Was Actually There: Port Arthur. (Ml, R) Firsthand accounts of historic moments.

9.55 You Can’t Ask That: Deaf. (MA15+l, R)

10.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival: Allstars Supershow. (MA15+l, R)

12.30 Fires. (Ml, R) 1.25 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Final, Mv, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.05 Australia Remastered. (R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

(PG, R) Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Better Homes And Gardens. The Great Outdoors. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Nefertiti: To Whom Belongs This Beauty?

8.30 Akhenaten, The Secrets Of The Forgotten Pharaoh. A look at the discovery of a lost city.

9.30 Bettany Hughes: Treasures Of Azerbaijan. (PGa, R) Bettany Hughes explores Azerbaijan. 10.25 Devil’s Confession: Lost Eichmann Tapes. (MA15+avw, R) 11.30 Houdini’s Lost Diaries. (PGal, R) 1.00 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 1.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) 2.40 Babies: Their Wonderful World. (R) 3.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (Ml, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

7.00 The Voice. (PG) Hosted by Sonia Kruger. 8.50 7NEWS Spotlight. An exclusive special investigation.

9.50 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Killer Punch And Contract To Kill. (Masv, R) Takes a look at how Australian boxing’s “royal family” was torn apart by murder.

11.05 Autopsy USA: Bob Crane. A look at the death of Bob Crane.

12.05 The Starter Wife. (Mas, R) Molly begins to reevaluate her life.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

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

Mysteries From Above. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Disaster Autopsy. 9.25 WWE Rivals. 12.10am Late Programs.

7.00 The Block. (PGl) Hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft.

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 See No Evil: Toying With Us. (Ma) Police investigate a murder in a toy store.

11.10 The First 48: Devil’s Trail. (MA15+av) Detectives look into a homeless woman’s murder.

12.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R) 1.00 Fishing Australia. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Destination WA. (PG) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

Morning Programs. 1pm Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. 3.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 4.00 Bondi Vet. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 6.45 Escape To The Country. 7.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 8.30 Miniseries: The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe. 10.30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.15 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 Getaway. 11.30 MOVIE: Champagne Charlie. (1944) 1.40pm MOVIE: The Colditz Story. (1955) 3.40 MOVIE: Alexander The Great. (1956, PG) 6.30

A look at the day’s news.

7.00 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (Final, PGal) Hosted by Beau Ryan. 8.10 The Graham Norton Show. (Return, Ml) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by Demi Moore, Lady Gaga, Colin Farrell, Richard Ayoade, Jack Savoretti and Miles Kane. 9.10 FBI: International. (Mv) The Fly Team assists the NSA when the owner of a prominent cyber security company is murdered in Copenhagen and mass amounts of data are leaked. 11.00

Monday, October 21

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Australian Story. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program exposing scandals, firing debate and confronting taboos. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG)

12.25 Grand Designs Revisited. (PG, R) 1.10 Love Your Garden. (R) 2.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Catalyst. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Into The Amazon With Robson Green. (PGa) Part 2 of 3. 8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls) Game show, featuring contestants Jon Richardson, Guz Khan, Katherine Ryan and Joe Wilkinson.

9.25 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (Mls) Music-based pop culture quiz show, featuring panellists Ms Banks, Maisie Adam and Rag’n’Bone Man.

10.05 Have I Got News For You

U.S. (Mals) Hosted by Roy Wood Jr. 11.00 SBS World News Late. 11.30 Suspect. (Malsv)

11.55 Exterior Night. (Mav) 2.00 Between Two Worlds. (Mals, R) 3.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, 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. (PGa) Tane makes progress with Perri.

7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) The teams battle it out in the Kitchen HQ to avoid being sent to an elimination cook-off.

9.10 The Rookie. (Mav) Nolan and Juarez take on a special case. Stevens enlists help to identify her attackers. Lopez and Harper discover a connection to the trail of crimes.

10.10 S.W.A.T. (Mav) The team races to stop a dangerous plot.

11.10 The Latest: Seven News.

11.40 Lopez Vs. Lopez. Rosie enlists Oscar’s help.

12.40 Miniseries: Deadline Gallipoli.

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 The Block. (PGl) Hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft.

8.40 Miniseries: Bali 2002. (MA15+lv) Part 3 of 4. Australian and Indonesian investigators work together to track down the perpetrators of the Bali bombings.

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 The Brokenwood Mysteries. (Mv, R) A man is found dead in his hotel room.

1.00 Cross Court. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Dessert Masters. (PGl) Contestants incorporate movement into a dish. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns)

(MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Catalyst. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

Part 2 of 2. Marc Fennell’s investigation of music start-up Guvera draws to a close. 9.50 SBS World News Late. 10.20 In The Box. (R) 10.50 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+a) 12.40 Don’t Leave Me. (MA15+a, R) 2.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 3.30 Earth’s Natural Wonders. (PGa, R) 4.25 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Seven Local News. Home And Away. Rose reckons with her authority. My Kitchen Rules. by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel. Alert: Missing Persons Unit. The MPU searches for a homeless female teen who disappeared after running away from home.

10.10 Made In Bondi. (Final, Ml) Paul throws a Great Gatsby ball. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Chicago Fire. (Mav) 12.45 Your Money & Your Life. (PG, R) 1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

Wednesday, October 23

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

NINE (8, 9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.55 Q+A. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.25 Space 22. (PGa, R) 2.55 Makers Of Modern Australia. (PG, R) 3.50 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.40 Grand Designs Revisited. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 9.15 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R) 11.05 Icons. (PGavw, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 2.50 Scotland: Escape To The Wilderness. (PGl, R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Inside Balmoral. (PGa, 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

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 Question Everything. Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.

9.05 Fisk. (Ml, R) Ray breaks the networking group rules. 9.35 Planet America. A look at the US politics.

10.05 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. (R)

11.10 In Limbo. (Mal, R)

12.10 Grand Designs Revisited. (R) 12.55 Killing Eve. (Mav, R) 1.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Catalyst. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

7.30 Portillo’s Andalucia: Huelva And Aracena. (PGa) Michael Portillo celebrates Andalucia.

8.20 Titanic Revisited. An investigation into the cause of the sinking of the RMS Titanicon 15 April 1912. 9.20 Four Years Later. (Mal) With his exam looming, Yash is laser-focused but at the same time is barely coping.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Carmen Curlers. (Mas) The Carmen Curlers factory opens. 1.15 Romulus. (MA15+av, R) 4.10 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (PGa, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Bree is left shaken.

7.30 The 1% Club UK. Hosted by Lee Mack.

8.30 Arj Barker: Comes Clean. A stand-up comedy performance by Arj Barker where he shares some home truths.

9.45 Australia: Now And Then. (Mal, R) Part 3 of 4. Shane Jacobson and a panel of celebrities take a look at which generation of Aussies was the toughest.

10.45 The Latest: Seven News.

11.15 Chicago Fire. (Ma) Severide steps in as ranking officer at 51.

12.15 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man. (MA15+av)

1.15 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 The Block. (PGl) Hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft.

8.30 Listing Melbourne. (Premiere, Ml) Follows five top Melbourne real estate agents navigating the competitive property market while balancing their personal lives.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av) Stabler investigates murders in a seaside town.

11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

12.40 Pointless. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Contestants compete in a high-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to win a cash prize. 6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 Shark Tank. A panel, including Maxine Horne, Nick Bell, Davie Fogarty, Jane Lu and Robert Herjavec, is pitched inventions. 8.30 NCIS: Origins. (Premiere) Gibbs starts his career as part of the Naval Investigative Service operating out of Camp Pendleton. 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.55 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 The Movie Show. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 VICE Investigates. 1.35 The Cleveland Strangler. 2.30 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.00 WorldWatch. 5.00 Monty Python’s Best Bits (Mostly) 5.35 The Casketeers. 6.05 Secret World Of Las Vegas. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Kate Winslet: A Quest For Authenticity. 9.30 MOVIE: The Last Full Measure. (2019, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs. 6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Left Off The Map. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up.

(81, 92) 7TWO (72) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.35pm Fireman Sam. 5.45 Kiri And Lou. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Little Lunch. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 Doctor Who. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Gossip Girl. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Ready Player One. (2018, M) 11.10 Seinfeld. 12.10am The O.C. 1.05 Love Island UK. 2.00 The Nanny. 3.00 Bakugan: Evolutions. 4.00 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. 4.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Heart Of The Matter. (1953, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30

9GO! (82, 93) 6am

Morning Programs. 6.20 The Kid From The Big Apple 2. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 8.30 Lara. (2019, PG, German) 10.20 The City Of Lost Children. (1995, M, French) 12.25pm The People Upstairs. (2020, M, Spanish) 1.55 The Thief Lord. (2006, PG) 3.45 Time Bandits. (1981, PG) 5.55 Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams And Monsters. (2019, PG) 7.30 Kin. (2018, M) 9.25 Chappie. (2015, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

Thursday, October 24

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Designs Australia: Mount Waverley. Hosted by Anthony Burke.

1.20 Love Your Garden. (R) 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Catalyst. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

(PG, R) 11.05 Icons. (Man, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 2.50 Scotland: Escape To The Wilderness. (PG, R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Inside Balmoral. (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: Switched Before Birth. (2021) Skyler Samuels, Justina Machado, Bo Yokely. 2.00 Your Money & Your Life. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 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 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.00 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 The

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Great Australian Walks: The Riesling Trail. (Final, PG) Susie Youssef heads to South Australia.

8.30 National Parks From Above: Argentina. (PG) Takes a look at Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina from the air.

9.25 Paris Has Fallen. (M) Pearce gives Juliette a deadline. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Fallen. (Mal) 12.30 Germinal. (Masv, R) 3.30 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGl, R)

4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Tane says an emotional farewell.

8.30 Australia’s Most Dangerous Prisoners. Explores life behind bars is like for prisoners Corey Breen, Malcolm Baker and Daniel Holdom.

9.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop: Bonnie Clarke. (MA15+av, R) Ron Iddles revisits the 1982 murder of six-year-old Bonnie Clarke.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 What The Killer Did Next: Megan Newton. (Mav, R)

12.00 Magnum P.I.

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. (Mdl) Follows the activities of police units.

8.30 RPA: Backpacker Ruby. (PGm) A man contemplates brain surgery to cure his epilepsy. An accident prone backpacker has a laceration to her hand.

9.30 A+E After Dark. (Mlm) An eye injury requires immediate action.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 Casualty 24/7. (Mm)

11.50 Resident Alien. (Mav) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Little Lunch. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 9.10 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.35 Doctor Who. 10.55 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Gossip Girl. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Survivor 47. 9.00 MOVIE:

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Top Gear Australia. (Mlns) The boys head to Colombia. 8.50 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible. (1996, Mv, R) A secret agent sets out to discover who double-crossed him and killed his colleagues. Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames. 11.05 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30

PUZZLES

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10 Progressed (9)

11 Follow (5)

12 Doppelganger (4-5)

13 Primula vulgaris (8)

15 Heralds (6)

16 Beginner (6)

18 US state (8)

23 Texting (9)

24 Venetian explorer, – Polo (5)

26 Contribute (9)

27 Synthetic fibre (5)

28 Evening prayer (8)

29 US state (6)

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3 Dabbler (7)

5 Russian who studied reflexes (6)

6 Long-spouted containers (7)

7 Pleasure (9)

8 Bumper cars (7)

10 Wooded valleys (5)

14 Incapable of being seen (9)

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17 Odds (7)

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21 Quantities (7)

22 Sight (6)

25 Parts in plays (5)

1 To which plant family does lavender belong?

2 In what year did Radiohead release their first single Creep?

3 Which Australian actor played Viggo Mortensen’s (pictured) son in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road?

4 Red Leicester, Tilsit and Bel Paese are all types of what?

5 How many flea species can fly?

6 Which disco group included members Victor Willis, Randy Jones and Glenn Hughes?

7 Who painted Les toits de Collioure in 1905?

8 Is the state of Karnataka in the southern or northern part of India?

9 What part of the body does the word buccal refer to?

10 Which large seabird has been known to live for more than 50 years?

No. 208

On The Soapbox

Councillor Amelia Lorentson

Push for precinct plan

This month, I have put forward a Notified Motion at the Council Ordinary Meeting (17 October) to investigate potential precinct management frameworks for Noosa Junction, focusing on ways to manage land use conflicts between entertainment venues and nearby residents. This exploratory report will look into best practices, including the Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) model used in Nambour, to assess how relevant and suitable such frameworks might be for Noosa Junction.

This motion aims to explore options for establishing Noosa Junction as a thriving entertainment precinct while addressing conflicts between live music venues and the residential community. The report will provide insights into various management frameworks, highlighting their pros and cons and evaluating how they could be adapted for Noosa. Importantly, this is an early-stage investigation, recognizing that costs or resource implications must be considered in future budget deliberations.

Below is an excerpt of my Notified Motion that will be presented to Council at its Ordinary meeting for Councillor support and endorsement: Key Areas of Focus: Review of Best Practices:

Identify and evaluate successful precinct management models, particularly SEPs like Nambour’s, which regulate amplified music and manage the coexistence of entertainment venues and residents.

Explore how these frameworks could be customized to suit the unique needs of Noosa Junction, balancing the growth of local businesses

with the preservation of residential amenity.

Precinct Management Goals:

Develop a framework that prioritizes noise control, safety, and security, creating a family-friendly environment in Noosa Junction.

Establish clear guidelines that allow entertainment venues to flourish while addressing potential disturbances such as noise in nearby residential areas.

Expert Consultation:

Engage with industry professionals from the music and entertainment sectors, including consultants and local stakeholders, to ensure the most effective strategies are explored.

Stakeholder and Community Engagement:

Consider a roundtable discussion with local business leaders, music industry representatives, experts from the Granite Belt Music Council and QMUSIC, along with those involved in Nambour’s SEP.

Broaden community engagement to gather feedback from residents, ensuring their concerns are incorporated into the planning process to create a vibrant and well-managed entertainment precinct.

Purpose:

This motion investigates precinct management frameworks that balance noise control, safety, and security, while supporting local businesses and the live music industry. The aim is to explore best practices and engage with experts and community stakeholders to ensure the framework meets the needs of all parties. Ultimately, the goal is to create a safe, family-friendly entertainment precinct in Noosa Junction—one where residents, families, and young people can enjoy vibrant nightlife, with measures to ensure that impacts like noise are effectively managed.

Background:

The Noosa Town Plan 2020 highlights Noosa Junction as a key entertainment hub. Balancing nightlife with residents’ needs offers both opportunities and challenges. By looking at successful examples like Nambour’s SEP, we can begin a community-led conversation about the best ways to support our local live music scene while maintaining residents’ quality of life.

With clear operational guidelines—including noise mitigation measures and responsible ven-

ue management—Council can ensure that Noosa Junction thrives as a dynamic and safe environment for businesses, families, and visitors.

Relevant Precedent – Nambour SEP:

Nambour’s SEP provides a strong precedent for managing live music and entertainment in a way that protects residents from excessive noise while giving venues the certainty they need to operate. This family-friendly model can offer valuable lessons as we consider creating a similar framework for Noosa Junction.

Conclusion:

This motion represents an important first step in assessing whether existing frameworks like the NambourSEPcouldbeappliedinNoosaorwhether a tailored solution is needed. Taking no action could stifle local businesses and limit entertainment options for youth and families. By investigating best practices in precinct management, Council can develop a balanced approach that supports live music and entertainment while ensuring that noise and safety regulations are upheld. Together, we can create a vibrant, harmonious environment in Noosa Junction that benefits all.

This is a step toward ensuring Noosa Junction becomes a place where the community can thrive and our vibrant live music and entertainment culture flourish without conflict.”

The report will be presented to the Council’s Ordinary meeting on 17 October for Councillor support and endorsement. I will update you on my Facebook page, Amelia4Noosa, with the outcome.

(Please note this is my personal opinion and does not represent the position of Noosa Council.)

Cr Amelia Lorentson. (Supplied)

Residents oppose live music

Noosa Junction residents Danica Allan addressed Noosa Council last week to deliver this deputation on noise issues in the Noosa Junction Hospitality Precinct:

I’m a resident of Noosa Junction area. I’m speaking to you today on behalf of many hundreds of residents.

We are vehemently against amendments to the Noosa Plan 2020, particularly in Fact sheet 12 regarding business and entertainment as it relates to Noosa Junction.

As we understand it changes include extending operating hours for business and music in Noosa Junction until midnight, extending hours to seven days a week, not just the weekend, and the concept of Noosa junction is that it becomes a nightlife entertainment precinct including the inclusion of live music.

Why are we so strongly opposed to these amendments?

Because there is already a noise issue in Noosa Junction due to live music making noise and also car noise causing residents inability to sleep even with their doors and windows closed.

Us residents are unable to sleep in our own homes due to the noise currently emanating from the junction.

We live in Banksia Avenue which is 340m from the junction.

The residents we’re representing today live north, south, east, west within a kilometre radius.

We are all adversely impacted by the noise and late night reckless driving noise emanating from the junction.

Our right to peace and quiet and our amenity is being very quickly erased.

We are seeking to have the current issue addressed and to ensure that the amendments are not passed so that our right to peace and quiet is restored and we can actually sleep in our homes as we are entitled to do.

Please understand this is simply about our right to sleep in our own homes.

Groups including Noosa Traders Association, petitions, media articles are rallying against our petition to stop live music in the junction.

You’re probably aware of these movements and those petitions have a lot of signatures from people who do not live in the junction that don’t understand the issues at hand.

Their focus is simply on saving live music. I want to make a couple of things very clear in relation to those movements.

We are not a small number of serial complainers. We are hundreds of sleep-affected residents.

We have made complaints against a number of venues that have been breaking the regulations of their licenses.

Those licensees were given formal warnings by the office of liquor and gaming regulation (OLGR), then they were fined for ignoring those warnings and eventually they had more serious actions imposed because they were again caught in the act of operating outside their licenses.

No one has been unfairly targeted, only venues that have repeatedly ignored complaints and OLGR have been penalised.

We are not trying to kill live music in Noosa.

We are supportive of live music in Noosa and we are supportive of bringing life into Noosa but in a well thought through and sustainable way.

We attempted to engage both musicians and licensees and those generating petitions in an attempt to work together.

No one has replied back to engage with us. The issue isn’t the music, it’s the location.

Noosa Junction is simply not a suitable location for live music after hours.

Sunshine Beach Road is one strip in the middle of a residential area.

It’s surrounded by homes.

There also seems to be a complete lack of consideration or understanding of the topography of the area.

The road is essentially a valley so sound travels up out of the valley to homes on the hillsides that surround it.

No one seems to be considering this extremely important geographical factor.

The junction has long been home to restaurants and cafes without issue but restaurants trading as bars with a focus on alcohol with music almost every night of the week is a different thing.

If the proposed amendments to Noosa Plan are approved the disturbance of the peace and quiet of Noosa Junction residents will be irreversible.

Once those changes are implemented and licensees have the right to the opportunity that change will be permanent.

The changes are essentially creating a late night entertainment hub in the middle of a residential suburb.

Currently late night music and entertainment noise continues past 2am.

Residents can’t have their windows open at night due to the noise, running fans, air-conditioners, use of white noise and hearing protection have all proven useless against the level of noise.

Residents no longer feel safe walking through or near the junction after dark where people are drunk and patrons.

Residents have teenage children who work in the junction at night no longer feel safe walking home so parents have to drive into the junction to collect them at the end of their shifts.

In addition Noosa Drive has increasingly become a racetrack with hoons showing off to their friends drinking in bars located near the Sunshine Beach - Noosa Drive roundabout so we are regularly woken to the sound of revving engines, screeching tyres and speeding cars.

The proposed changes do say live music is to be non-amplified however musicians always use amplification and acoustic guitars by their nature of construction are amplified so that restriction to non-amplified is meaningless.

Venues play their music at excessive volumes over and above their regulations and they don’t control their patrons.

They yell and screech along with the music essentially creating open-air karaoke bars in competition with one another at times.

Licensees have told us the more the merrier.

The more noise patrons make the more crowds join in.

One venue has free TVs on the outside verandah without volume.

However when sporting games are being played the lack of sound does not make any difference to the degree of noise patrons watching the game make.

The outdoor karaoke bar becomes an outdoor sports bar with all the whooping, chanting, cheering you would expect clearly audible from our bedrooms.

After closing time the patrons from those venues are on the street.

They are inebriated and they’re waiting for Ubers and taxis.

After the music stops it’s replaced with yelling, fighting, screaming and all kinds of unsavoury behaviour taking place out on the streets.

Ensuring that licensees operate within the rules and regulations within provision of live music is difficult and does not come back to council.

It is not your responsibility.

It is also does not fall to local police, it is not within their jurisdiction to deal with noise complaints from licensed venues, that falls to the office of gaming and liquor regulation and they will only step in after a number of complaints are made.

OLGR are a state department. They’re relatively small in terms of staffing numbers and they cover the entire Sunshine Coast and right up to Hervey Bay.

The legislation in place regards noise complaints is extremely arduous and not in favour of complainants.

Many of us residents have been in communication with OLGR for eight months this year before any change was made - eight months of seriously interrupted sleep. Council controlled zoning and issues of permits are a completely

separate body.

OLGR handles complaints. When residents make a complaint to OLGR they are required to submit a written log of time and type of noise encountered, our log needs to match two or three other complaints before OLGR staff will give permission to management to open the case.

OLGR cannot attend to complaints at the time they are made.

It’s not a live process but it’s a reactionary process and it’s a very protracted one that places the burden on the public to document and record disturbances multiple times to prove that there is an issue.

This includes having to get out of bed late at night, get dressed, having to travel down to the junction and take video evidence of the venue or venues, night after night after night and even then that evidence is only of value if other residents provide the same evidence from the same night, same venues at same time and log that evidence with OLGR at same time we do.

All the while we and our children are not getting normal sleep.

We understand music breathes life into Noosa and the concept of providing some nightlife for local young people and older people alike but to be clear, we the residents of Noosa Junction will not sleep until Noosa Junction is no longer a location for live nighttime music.

We collectively implore you to address two major issues that is the existing noise pollution caused by bars and clubs trading under the guise of restaurants in the junction and the future strategic plans for the junction.

Put simply and in summary Noosa Junction operating as an entertainment precinct is not workable and must be moved elsewhere.

A deputation on noise was delivered to Council by Noosa Junction resident Danica Allan.

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The heart and soul Noosa

By Erle Levey

Imagine Noosa National Park at sunrise, running along the sand tracks with surfboard under your arm, heading for the wonderful waves at Tea-Tree Bay.

Suddenly, right in front of you is a koala tucked into the fork of a scribbly bark gum tree. It’s at head height and looks straight into your eyes.

An unforgettable start to the day. That is the beauty of national parks - wilderness areas that are to preserve and protect the natural environment.

The trouble is they are being loved to death. Apart from the risk of bushfire, the greatest threat to such landscapes is human activity.

National parks are meant to stand for eternity. Every battle to preserve them must be won because once they are gone, they cannot be returned to their natural state.

The natural attraction of Noosa has been retained and even expanded through time by a series of mistakes, failures and persistence.

Mistakes by all sorts of people and organisations, failures by the well-meaning, and success from the persistence of those recognising that this is an area worth fighting for. A special headland and waterways to protect and conserve for generations to come as well as the natural environment.

A talk by Noosa-based journalist/author and film-maker Phil Jarratt as part of the Open House program to highlight architecture in the region, focused on how Noosa National Park (NPA) came about.

Phil, who first surfed in Noosa in the 1960s and has been a Noosa resident since 1990, was joined by Dr Michael Gloster of Noosa Parks Association.

As former Noosa Shire councillor and longstanding NPA president, Michael is known for his role in shaping modern Noosa. He has been an architect and driver of national parks from Coolum to Cooloola as a continuous strategy.

Architecture is not simply about good design in buildings but the role it plays in people, places and spaces.

The Noosa National Park came about by mistake in many ways. Yet it is as if it was always meant to be - a reminder of the beauty and magnificence of the natural aspects of the place in which we live.

It is the heart, the soul, the identity of who we are and what is special about this place.

As such it provides a glorious place in the centre of the urban landscape that is modern-day Noosa Heads. A relatively wild space in which to relax and unwind in a world that grows busier day by day.

The majestic headland and bays provide a space in which to reconnect with nature.

While bushfire has always been a threat in Australia, Noosa National Park is threatened more by being loved to death by those who visit it and tread the coastal path.

Yet not everyone living in Noosa or enjoying the park realise it was once threatened by residential development.

It has been the same with the Cooloola section of the park that stretches from the Noosa River, north to Double Island Point and Rainbow Beach.

The creation of the Coolum section from the David Low Way west to Lake Weyba was under continual threat from when the coastal road was built in 1960 between Sunshine Beach and Peregian Beach. The second section from Coolum Beach to Peregian was opened in 1961.

EARLY HISTORY

While Phil Jarratt gave a timeline of the Noosa National Park’s history, he called on Michael Gloster to give an account of the expansion to Cooloola and to Coolum.

“Michael Gloster is more the strategist and activist,’’ Phil said. “No-one in our community has worked harder over the decades, whether the phones or the meeting rooms to get Noosa’s voice heard, and to help turn a 245-hectare postage stamp park into more than 8000 hectares, creating a crescent of green from Cooloola to Coolum.’’

For tens of thousands of years, the traditional custodians, the Kabi Kabi, roamed around what is now Noosa Shire in line with the seasons.

The original Noosa National Park, the Noosa Headland section, was a sacred place of ceremony and an abundant fishing, hunting and gathering ground.

“The evidence of that is the large number of middens that have been discovered over the years,’’ Phil said, “some of which, hidden in the

quiet corners of the park, still exist today.

“The early settlement history of what is now the park can more or less be told in 30-year snippets.

“In 1770 James Cook sailed by and named Double Island Point but made no landfall. In 1801 Matthew Flinders sailed by and reported seeing the smoke of Kabi Kabi campfires on the Cooloola shore, but again, didn’t come in and have a look.

“Another 30 years later a run of escapees from the recently-established Moreton Bay penal settlement, collectively known as the Wild White Men, decided to chance their luck fishing with the Kabis on the Noosa River rather than suffering the indignities of prison life.

“About a decade later, a couple of the escapees from prison were discovered by Andrew Petrie, a Scottish-born architect, builder and explorer, who brought them back to the Brisbane River.

By the late 1860s gold had been discovered at Gympie, and the timber industry started at Mill Point on the upper reaches of the Noosa River to supply the needs of the gold diggers.

“A track had been cut through the bush to enable the Cobb and Co coach to get to the goldfields from the river port of Tewantin, where a new town had been surveyed.

“The name came from a Kabi Kabi word meaning place of dead logs, referring to the logs floated down the river for shipping to Brisbane.’’

But what of little Noosa Heads?

Phil said the arrival in 1872 of the Reverend Edward Fuller and his devout wife Mary was a major step in Noosa’s history even though it was shrouded in failure.

“Rev Fuller’s great gift to Noosa was his request, through the Aboriginal Missionary Society, for a plot of land on the banks of Weyba Creek to house a humble home, a mission station and hopefully a Kabi Kabi camp.

“In July 1872, the Queensland Lands Department gazetted a grant of 10,000 acres of recently surveyed land, encompassing all of what we now know as the Headland section of Noosa National Park, the sites of the villages of Noosa Heads and Noosa Junction, and a fair chunk of Sunshine Beach.

“The squatters, of who there were not many, were outraged. However, the Noosa Aboriginal Reserve and Mission was a flop - the Kabi Kabi preferring their existing camps along the river settlements.

“Rev Fuller made a timely exit and the reserve was cancelled in 1878, when parts of it were opened for selection. Another 1000 acres was reserved for the creation of a township, and much of that is what now forms the Headland section of the park.

“By the early 1900s most of the Kabi Kabi population had been forcibly resettled 150km inland on another mission called Barambah, now named Cherbourg.

“Meanwhile the village of Noosa Heads had been taking shape around the Hastings Street precinct, with a few shops and a couple of accommodation houses for the almost non-existent tourists.’’

Noosa’s modern history started with the declaration of a land-locked Noosa National Park, just weeks before the start of World War Two.

It would be another decade until 1949 before the park was officially opened by Sir John Lavarack, the first Australian-born Governor of Queensland.

In 1959 it was all about new arrivals in Noosa, and that included Dr Arthur Harrold, his wife Marjorie and their two sons.

Arthur was a GP who apparently had no time for niceties and he discovered the “big lie’’ about the Noosa National Park.

“The lie was that the entire coastal track, the most popular part of the park, was not actually national park.

“From the gates of the park to North Sunshine Beach, there was a clifftop corridor of magnificent ocean views which could provide motor access to some crown land, a water reserve and, most importantly, a freehold estate behind Paradise Cave held by developer TM Burke.

“Arthur Harrold didn’t hold back. He would take a map of the park boundaries on his coastal track walks and bail up other walkers and say, ‘Isn’t this magnificent? And do you realise that this is not part of the park and could be turned into a coast road?’

“By 1962, Arthur and Marjorie, with likeminded friends like Max Walker, Guy L’Estrange and Jim and Cecily Fearnley, had enough support to found the Noosa Parks Development Association. “They were clever, committed and fearless, and they got to work on expanding the park, first by getting the coastal track included, and then working through the rest of the dominos - the crown land in 1967, the water reserve in ’72, and finally the TM Burke estate in 1984.’’

Cr Tom Wegener, Phil Jarratt, Dr Michael Gloster, Sarah Chalkley and Erle Levey. (437012)

Journalist, author and film-maker Phil Jarratt. (437012)The walkway to Noosa Head. (437012)

At the same time the Noosa Parks Association was looking to expand the green belt wherever it could, even across the river in Cooloola, where they found an unexpected ally in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

“When the Parks Association was founded in 1962, just one percent of Noosa Shire was National Park. By 1982 it was more than 10 percent, a lot of that being Cooloola.

“Today it’s 45 percent, making Noosa undeniably ‘Different by nature.’

“How another 35 percent of green was added over the past four decades is a very big story in itself, and there’s no one better to tell it than Dr Michael Gloster.’’ THE NEXT STEPS

Conserving the headland section of the Noosa National Park took a huge effort, Michael Gloster said, but there was a vital need to expand both north to Cooloola, and south to Coolum.

Michael explained that how in the 1980s, together with shire chairman Noel Playford and other councillors, they came up with a way of extending the national park to Coolum.

“We needed a new strategy. The huge holdup for a generation was the strip from Noosa Headland to Coolum being controlled by TM Burke.

“They had been given a development lease for the entire coastal strip in return for building a road there.

“The Department of Main Roads had planned to have a future arterial road running along the shoreline of Lake Weyba, and TM Burke had expected to develop all of that land.’’

Noosa Shire Council had asked TM Burke to prepare a master plan with a capacity of 100,000 to live there, Michael said.

The first step was to get the motorway rerouted to the west of Lake Weyba to where it is now - that took five years just to achieve.

The next step was to get that land between the existing communities to Lake Weyba included in the national park.

The late Cr Heather Melrose was relentless in studying archives, researching documents and she finally came up with the needle in the haystack, Michael said.

The development lease had never been defined to the western side.

It was then Premier Wayne Goss who agreed to the combining of Noosa Shire Council and State Government land in that parcel.

Yet it didn’t include the Marcus high dunes, that had resort development slated for it.

There was even a Big Rocket theme park proposed, together with an Emu Swamp residential development - inland from southern Peregian.

Since then the Noosa National Park has been extended to Stumers Creek, in association with the then Maroochy Shire, and subsequently got continuity behind Peregian Springs to Tewantin

It involved hundreds of NPA volunteers and thousands of Noosa residents, Michael said.

There was luck in the story but the inspiration provided for council staff in the 1980s by the new councillors, and the persistence they showed meant they were able to move what was thought to be the immovable objects of bureaucracy.

PEOPLE, PLACES AND SPACES

Besides bushfire, sand mining and residential development, the greatest threat to the national park, is a battle of the minds, Phil Jarratt said.

The pressures that have come over the past 30 odd years as to access to the national parks, whether it be a surfer or a jogger a wind surfer or jet ski, shows that these areas are being loved to death.

“It’s something we have to learn to live with. We don’t think politics, we think what’s good for the country,’’ Phil Jarratt said.

The question is, how do we ensure there are spaces - not just manicured recreational areas but wilderness such as Noosa National Park where fragile landscapes can be protected?

Michael Gloster tried to put it into some sort of perspective in that until about 20 years ago, national parks had certain behaviours that were allowed and others weren’t - but that approach changed.

While we recognise these are important areas

to conserve, we have to understand there needs to be some recreational uses.

What is profoundly happening is a certain percentage of people have a sense of entitlement that is downright rude - whether it be at the car park, what they bring into the park or how they utilise it.

The spaces that were once considered worth conserving, such as the North Shore, are now seeing behaviour happening more and more.

“The concept of leaving only footprints is disappearing before our eyes.’’

SOMETHING WORTH PRESERVING

To protect the park so it can be enjoyed now and in the future:

Everything in the park - living or dead - is protected. Do not take or interfere with plants, animals, soil or rocks.

Leave pets at home; they are prohibited in the national park. Pets can frighten or kill wildlife, annoy other visitors or become lost.

Take all rubbish out of the park for appropriate disposal. Never bury or leave rubbish in the park.

Stay on tracks. Do not cut corners or create new tracks as this causes erosion.

To see more information about the Open House Sunshine Coast program that is held Saturday and Sunday, October 19-20: https://www. sunshinecoastopenhouse.com.au/

National Park.

Phil Jarratt and Dr Michael Gloster. (437012)Day out at at Hells Gates early 20th century.

Image from Place of ShadowsThe History of Noosa. (437012)

Pathway at the southern end of Noosa National Park. (437012)

The entrance to Noosa National Park: (Robinson Studios, courtesy Noosa Library: 437012)

Noosa National Park. (437012)

Map of Aboriginal Reserve 1872. Image from Place of Shadows - The History of Noosa by Phil Jarratt (437012) David Low Way in 1960. (Maroochy Shire Council: 437012)Noosa National Park. (437012)

Pub tours and history

Have you ever wanted to take a peek into some of the most interesting, historic and contemporary buildings in our region?

Now’s your chance to immerse yourself in the world of architecture and design with a range of free and low-cost events as part of Sunshine Coast Open House.

The Sunshine Coast’s largest public architecture and design festival is now underway, and our community is invited to come behind-the-scenes and view houses and buildings stretching from Caloundra to Noosa and into the hinterland.

Sunshine Coast Open House offers a program packed with behind-the-scenes tours, a photo competition, panel discussions, industry and student events plus more. It provides people with the rare opportunity to tour architecturally diverse, contemporary, sustainable and historic buildings.

Sunshine Coast Open House is part of Open House Worldwide – a program that takes place in more than 55 cities globally.

People wishing to visit well-designed private homes and public buildings or book one of the special events can visit www.sunshinecoastopenhouse.com.au.

Top things to do at Sunshine Coast Open House:

• What is home? Sunshine Coast Open House Forum - Stories and reflections on where and how we live. Come along to this thought-provoking and heart-felt event to hear a selection of speakers from different backgrounds and perspectives talk about ‘What is Home?’ The forum is on Friday 18 October, 6pm at Coolum Civic Centre, Park Street, Coolum Beach Bookings required, $25 per person.

• Heritage Pub Tour - Embark on a country drive to discover the heritage pubs of the Sunshine Coast and Noosa. Pick up your map of the 16 Heritage Pubs of Sunshine Coast and Noosa. Once the lifeblood of every country town, these grand old watering holes still stand as proud reminders of history. Answer the pub quiz to win a $100 meal voucher to one of 16

heritage pubs. Tours run until 20 October. Download the map. Free event, no bookings required.

• What and where is the Maroochydore City Centre? - This is a unique opportunity to gain a bird’s eye view of the new Maroochydore City Centre on this exclusive tour. Hear about the history of the development of this site, what you will find here, what is to come, and why it is important to the future of the region on Wednesday 16 October at Market Lane, Maroochydore. Free event, bookings required.

• Urban sketching with Peter Richards - Peter

has more than 40 years of architecture experience and is hosting a group sketching session for lovers of urban design and architecture on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October at various locations. Free event, no bookings required.

• Landsborough Cribb Street Walk - Take a stroll through time on Saturday 19 October and be refreshed by the newly upgraded Cribb Street Streetscape. Explore the heart of Landsborough, where you will experience the recently completed streetscape works, and hear about the town’s rich history that has informed the design today. Free event, no booking required.

2024 Sunshine Coast Open House Building List:

• Hinterland - Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct, Landsborough Museum, Fairview (Pattemore House), Mapleton House

• Caloundra - Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra Lighthouses, Wilson Beach House

• Palmwoods/Nambour/Yandina - Koongalba, Kulangoor Cemetery

• Maroochydore/Buderim - The Wheel House Boatshed, Pioneer Cottage Buderim, Studio

– Aspect Architecture, City Hall, ABC Studios, Unitywater Control Centre, Russell Hall House

• Eumundi - Moon Mountain Sanctuary, Matsos Pub, The Barn

• Noosa Heads and Noosa Hinterland - Kijiji, Cooroy House, Wallumburn House and Garden, Pan Pottery Studio, Noosa Blue Apartment, The Majestic Theatre, Alfredson’s Joinery, Bark Art Room

• Coolum - Saltair Modular Homes, Pandanus House renovation, Tristania House Visit the Sunshine Coast Design website for more resources to help with your home design or renovation www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoastdesign

Pat Tierney releases new folk album Lost In The Haze

By Abbey Cannan

Sunshine Coast singer-songwriter Pat Tierney has just released his new album, Lost In The Haze, and is ready to hit the road for a string of album launch shows across Queensland and Western Australia.

Audiences at the upcoming shows can expect to see intimate performances of his collection of new tracks with lots of love and warmth.

“I really just want the shows to be a big warm hug for everyone,” Pat said.

“The last few years have been a wild ride and I’m excited to play the new songs and feel the energy in the room. Lots of acoustic guitars.”

The inspiration for the album began in 2020 during Covid, and was recorded with renowned roots maestro and ARIA award-winning Paulie B (George, The Beautiful Girls, Bobby Alu) at Yama-Nui Studios on the Sunny Coast.

“I had just finished my last album and obviously things had gone a bit sideways… cancelled tours here and overseas,” Pat said.

“Everything was just so up in the air. Like a lot of people, I was just trying to go with the flow and stay grounded.

“It probably hit me in late 2021 though, the reality of it all and I had to really deal with my emotions and mental state, I was questioning my place in the music world and industry.

“I felt lost, really lost and that was really the core of where all the songs came from, sitting with that feeling and being ok with it. Trusting the process. It’s a folk record but dances into some blues and roots as well.”

On the record’s genesis and the process of bringing it to its final form, Pat has said, “I was deeply inspired to push a little further with this record and experiment, try some things we didn’t do on the last record.”

“Paulie B my dear friend and producer was the perfect wingman to navigate this album. We just chipped away over a three year period and the album started to take its shape and meaning. I’m a big believer in letting the songs do the talking and taking it where it needs to go… If you give it enough time and dedication, the album and songs will reveal themselves to you.”

His newest single, titled One Day Soon was written more than 10 years ago as a letter to a loved one, and Pat’s been playing it live ever since.

“The single has washed over well, we have released a few of the album songs over the past two years so it’s been nice to craft the story of the album a little before release day,” Pat said.

“The artwork has also played a huge role in telling the album story.”

Pat has earned a tidy sum of songwriting honours, including three Queensland Music

Award finalist nods over the years, with one in 2015 following the release of his debut record, as well as in 2023 for the Blues and Roots category, and then most recently in 2024 for the Folk category.

His sophomore album Red Moon, released back in 2019, received a slew of positive reviews with features on ABC radio, Double J and community radio across the country.

As it stands, the album has clocked nearly 2 million streams across digital streaming platforms since its release.

Listen to his latest album on all streaming platforms.

Lost in the Haze album tour dates:

• Sat 19 Oct Mapleton Pub Sunshine Coast

• Sat 26 Oct The Black Market Albion Brisbane

• Wed 6 Nov Moore & Moore Cafe Fremantle • Thu 7 Nov Sofar Sounds Perth • 8-10 Nov Blues At Bridgetown Festival Bridgetown Lost in the Haze vinyl is out now. For more information visit pattierney.com.au

Sunshine Coast singer-songwriter Pat Tierney has released his new album. (Supplied)Listen

Pat’s latest album

Tristania Bark house. (Supplied)

Imperial Hotel, Eumundi.

Something truly wonderful

How does one Oriana Choir follow two highlysuccessful seasons such as Dancing Queen and Reflections?

The short answer is with something completely different.

The longer answer is with two thrilling choral works from one composer, namely John Rutter, and his Magnificat and Requiem.

John Rutter is an English composer, conductor and arranger, born in 1945, and actively involved in performing, and later composing choral music since his late teens.

In 1963, he was one of the choristers taking part in the first recording of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.

Rutter is arguably the 20th century’s most popular composer of sacred music.

He has written many carols and anthems which are loved by millions of people, and performed by countless vocal ensembles the world over.

Among his much-loved compositions are such gems as The Lord Bless You And Keep You; For the Beauty of the Earth; Angels’ Carol; A Ukrainian Prayer; and his own sublime treatment of The Lord is My Shepherd.

Rutter’s extended, major works include his Gloria, Suite Antique, Mass of the Children, Magnificat and Requiem.

Magnificat, or The Song of Mary as it is known in English; and Requiem (Mass for the Dead); are both long-established musical forms, with compositions of both, by many composers, dating back to the very earliest days of the Christian church’s existence.

The musical style of each is usually deter-

mined by whatever was current in musical circles at the time of its composition.

In this regard, Rutter’s compositions are no exception. While retaining the basic structure and sequence of movements in each work, there is no mistaking the fact that they are both products of later 20th century musical styles and sensibilities. Rutter was able to produce works that sounded and felt ‘modern’, even to the extent of eliciting an inclination to ‘sing along’ and even dance to

She sings for the Sistas

A joyful celebration of women, health, and community is about to light up Noosa with “She Sings for the Sistas,” an all-women singalong event that promises to be an unforgettable evening full of music, laughter, and heartwarming connections.

Organised by local business leader and breast cancer survivor Naomi Oyston of Shine Executive, this event has attracted tremendous community support, setting the stage for what is sure to be the “Breast night ever” for women in Noosa. Major sponsor Alex Harris of Noosa4Sale, Glenn Thiele, the new owner of 4 Pines Noosa, and performer Lucy Ravenwood of She Sings have all come together to turn Noosa pink in a way that is Fun, Female and Fabulous.

Taking place on 1 November the event aims to raise $10,000 for the McGrath Foundation, which provides Breast Care Nurses to support women, and their families impacted by breast cancer. Inspired by her own breast cancer journey, Naomi reached out to local business owners and has been overwhelmed by their generosity, with raffle prizes, donations and sponsorships pouring in. Donations have been gratefully received for an amazing Winery Immersion Experience in Victoria with flights, accommodation & meals for two; a rejuvenating and relaxing Day Spa Experience for two at Australia’s best destination spa and so many other beautiful prizes that lucky ladies on the evening will be delighted to win.

With heartfelt backing local businesses, press, and radio stations have rallied behind the cause,

turning this event into a symbol of hope, celebration, and resilience.

“This event is not just about fundraising—it’s about giving back to a community that has stood by me and so many others through our breast cancer journeys. It’s a truly special night of joy, connection, and sisterhood, where every ticket purchase, donation, and act of support makes a real difference. We are incredibly grateful for how the community has united for a cause so close to all of our hearts,” Naomi said.

The statistics remind us why this cause is so important: 58 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer every day, 1 in 7 women will face it in their lifetime, and tragically, 9 women lose their lives to breast cancer daily.

For Naomi and her husband Andy, this event is a heartfelt thank you to the community that embraced them during their toughest times, while honouring all breast cancer survivors and supporting those still fighting the disease.

Join the celebration for a night of music, joy, and heartfelt connection. All proceeds will go to the McGrath Foundation, ensuring that the community’s support directly benefits women and their families who need it most.

She sing for the Sistas will be on 4 Pines Noosa on 1 November.

VIP entry from 5.45pm, $130.

General admission from 7.15pm, $65.

For tickets visit trybooking.com/CUUCZ

some of the music, without losing for one moment the respect and reverence for the subject matter. Consequently, his Magnificat and Requiem are among the most accessible, and enjoyable, in the entire canon.

So, how does the Choir follow Dancing Queen and Reflections? With music as wonderful as these two masterworks by John Rutter, it’s not a difficult question to answer.

Over the next couple of months, Oriana will

bring it all together, and in November audiences at Maleny and Maroochydore will be treated to something very, very special.

PERFORMANCES

• Saturday, November 16th, 2.00 pm – Maleny State Primary School;

• Sunday, November 17th, 2.00 pm - Stella Maris Performance Centre, Maroochydore. For bookings and information, go to www.oriana.org.au

Support Katie Rose

Hospice at Melbourne

All roads lead to Peppers Noosa Resort this Melbourne Cup Day, where fundraising meets food, fashion and fillies, at the Katie Rose Cottage Hospice Melbourne Cup Spring Lunch and Fashion Show sponsored by John Madill Toyota.

With French champagne, and music to dance the afternoon away, gather your friends, and get set for a great day out and help raise vital funds for our local Palliative Care Hospice, Katie Rose Cottage, where every moment matters.

Presented in partnership with major sponsor John Madill Toyota, and supported by Peppers Resort & Villas Noosa, Champagne Laurent-Perrier and Gathered Wine, the event is an important fundraiser for our local palliative care hospice, that provide around the clock care, for those facing end-of-life in our community at this world-class facility.

Wearing a ‘Splash of Blue’ for Katie Rose Cottage, whilst enjoying a flutter on the race with Sweeps, Fashions on the Field, and Fashion Parade featuring popular local clothing

brands Wacker Clothing Company and Matilda COVE, compered by Noosa Fashionista Carlie Wacker.

Emceeing the day, will be larger-than-life Hot91.1’s popular breakfast radio presenter Sam Coward, who is sure to bring plenty of laughs to the occasion.

There will also be raffles and a silent auction offering great prizes, then dance the afternoon away with DJ and musician Dave West Music, as the sun sets over Noosa.

Tables of 10, so gather your friends, start planning your outfits, and get set for a fun day of food, fashion and fillies, all for a fabulous cause. Tickets cost $195 per person, and include a Welcome Drink and Canapes on arrival, plus a sumptuous two-course lunch, and wine on the table.

Tickets are selling fast. Visit events.humanitix.com/katie-rose-melbourne-cuplunch

Event details: Tuesday 5 November 2024, 11:30am - 3pm, Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas, Viewland Drive, Noosa Heads.

Carlie Wacker, from Wacker Clothing Company, will compere Fashions on the Field and a fashion parade on the day. (Megan Gill Photography)

Alex Harris, Lucy Ravenwood, Naomi Oyston and Glenn Thiele. (Supplied)

The Oriana Choir. (419057)

More events for Ocean Heroes

By Abbey Cannan

Following the success of Noosa’s first Ocean Heroes surfing workshop earlier this year, the team has now locked in four more local events to keep the stoke alive for people on the autism spectrum.

Noosa Vibe House owners Cat and Zeb Aitken have jumped on board as charity partners for all four dates, and their son River can’t wait for the next event at Noosa Main Beach West on Saturday 23 November.

“The May event was so incredibly special - the kids were just beaming with happiness and pride, it’s something we’ll never forget,” Cat said.

“The fact that even more families can experience the Ocean Heroes magic right here in Noosa is a great feeling.”

Working as a Marine Scientist since 2013, Sam Moyle co-founded the charity in 2016, which offers free surf workshops for children on the autism spectrum.

“Once we had enough demand and could see a real pathway to sustainability, I resigned from my job at the time and never looked back,” he said.

“Although it’s the perfect location for an event, Noosa hadn’t been on our radar for 2024. We were focused on building the footprint of events in NSW and then systematically growing from there. However, when Zeb and Cat from Noosa Vibe House reached out to us with their story and commitment to build Ocean Heroes into Queensland, we couldn’t resist! They’ve been instrumental in getting us setup on the ground and seen in the community.”

Sam said their first Noosa event in May was better than they’d ever expected.

“From the minute we stepped into town, New York Minute were feeding the volunteers and welcoming us with open arms,” he said.

“On event day, we had coffees from Sunshine Social and burritos by Luuna Cartel, local music and a steady stream of local volunteers.

“Looking after our volunteers is a key part of what we do, and the local community made sure of that.”

It means everything to their team to have community partners like Noosa Vibe House supporting the organisation.

“Without their support, these events wouldn’t be possible,” Sam said.

“Not only do they come down and volunteer on the day, they’re ambassadors and advocate Ocean Heroes throughout the community.”

Becoming charity partners was a natural fit for Cat and Zeb Aitken, both as parents of a neurodivergent child and as business consultants who love working with people doing great things.

“The Ocean Heroes team are truly amazing –they are so passionate about creating these awesome moments for the kids and it’s apparent in everything they do,” Cat said.

“On top of that, they’re also building a wonderful community of volunteers and businesses who want to get involved and show support in different ways – I think people are naturally drawn to the cause and the inspirational people behind it, so you have this beautiful coming together of like-minded people wanting to make a

positive impact. It’s a really fantastic thing to be part of.”

River Aitken absolutely loved the May event.

“He was so genuinely happy and relaxed which was really moving for us as parents as we know how overwhelming unfamiliar situations can be for him,” Cat said.

“From the first moment he met Sam and Hayley (Sam’s partner who also volunteers for the charity) he adored them, they treated him with

such kindness and respect and made him feel really special.

“The entire Ocean Heroes team are just so natural with the kids, they have given such thoughtful consideration to their needs and challenges, and as a result the participants feel very supported and confident even as they step out of their comfort zone.”

If you’re thinking about volunteering with Ocean Heroes, they’d love to have you along.

The next event will be held at Noosa

on Saturday 23 November.

You don’t need to surf to help out, there’s lots of roles on the beach for those wanting to stay dry. It doesn’t matter your age or your ability, they’re an inclusive organisation that prides themselves on their volunteering experience.

Email sam@oceanheroes.com.au for more information.

The next event will be held at Noosa Main Beach West on Saturday 23 November with three more to follow in 2025 on 17 May, 26 and 27 July and 22 November. Visit oceanheroes.com.au

River Aitken at Noosa’s first Ocean Heroes event in May. (Michael Tartaglia)

They are looking for volunteers for their next event in Noosa.

The charity offers free surf workshops for children on the autism spectrum.

Sam said their first Noosa event was better than they’d ever expected.

Main Beach West

American modernism

Georgia Totto O’Keeffe, an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades until her death in 1986 will be the topic of Arts National’s November 2 talk. O’Keeffe gained international recognition for her meticulous paintings of natural forms, particularly flowers and desert-inspired landscapes, which were often drawn from places and environments in which she lived, mainly in New Mexico.

The talk will be given by Deborah Jenner, American-born art historian and member of College Arts Association who has worked at the Ecole

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

ORCHID SOCIETY MEETING

Noosa District Orchid & Foliage Society welcomes visitors and members to its AGM and last meeting for the year on Saturday 2 November, at 1pm, Tinbeerwah Hall. Visitors can attend two meetings for free before joining. (Next meeting 1 February.) For more information visit noosaorchidsociety.com.au

RSL WOMEN’S AUXILIARY

The next meeting of the Tewantin-Noosa RSL Women’s Auxiliary will be held on Friday 1 November at 10.30am at the Royal Mail Hotel. $5 for morning tea. All members and friends welcome. Phone Kay 5447 5042.

RED CROSS:

The monthly meeting of the Tewantin/Noosa Branch of the Australian Red Cross will be on Friday 18 October at the Tewantin RSL. Doors open 10am. All welcome. A Cake Stall will be on Saturday 26 October at 8am at Baptist Church, cnr Lake Weyba Drive and Weyba Rd, Noosaville. SERENITY WALKS AND MEDITATION

Leave overthinking, anxiety and stress behind and step into world of relaxation with a 20 minute silent walk in nature, followed by a 20 minute guided meditation, Q and A and then optional coffee at a local cafe. Sessions are $5 at North Shore: Sunday 20 October 9–10am, Boreen Point: Sunday 10 November 8-9am, Kin Kin: Sunday 17 November. 8-9am. This project is funded under the Disaster Recovery Funding arrangements. See more information at mindfulnessworksaustralia.com.au/serenity/ or text Karl Baker 0424995028.

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Workshops:

• Learn to knit with Irene Baker-Finch: Wednesdays 1-3pm

• Energise your Painting with Trevor Purvis: November 2 & 3 - 9am to 4pm.

• Christmas market - November 15 - 17 - 9am to 3pm daily

Noosa Shire Arts & Crafts Association is a centre for creativity, learning & friendship. New members welcome. Visit our Gift Shop. Disabledfriendly access.

Tel: 07 5474 1211; Visit noosaartsandcrafts.org.au 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 4th Thursday 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.

NOOSA U3A FRIDAY TALKS

• U3A Noosa Friday Talks are held at 1.30pm at U3A, 64 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin.

• Friday 18 October – Professor Quentin Beresford – The Biggest Show on Earth: the 2024 US Presidential Election

Full details available on U3A website u3anoosa.com.au/ or phone 5440 5500.

PROBUS CLUB OF NOOSA RIVER

Are you an active retiree? Are you interested in

du Louvre and the Sorbonne.

“ I think Australians could find parallels with their own topography and O’Keeffe’s frontier themes”, says Deborah. ”Her approach to both landscape and abstract painting is both sublime and unique”.

Arts National Noosa, Saturday 2 November at St Mary’s Church, 17 William Street, Tewantin at 4pm to be seated by 3.45p.m.

Visitors, $30 including wine and canapes. Bookings preferred: membershipnoosaadfas@ gmail.com

making new friends and starting new hobbies with similar minded people?

The Probus Club of Noosa River offers fun and friendship as well as many activities including Craft, Book Club, Canasta, Dominoes, Golf, Mahjong, Coffee mornings, Lunch and dinner outings, Scrabble, Creative writing, Ukulele, Wine appreciation, Theatre outings, Walking groups and Travel.

The club meets at Girraween Sports Complex Clubhouse on the first Monday of each month starting at 9 am. If you are interested in knowing more, please contact 0410 687 639

CLASSICAL MUSIC GROUP

We meet every Thursday from 2-4pm in a private home in Noosaville. Why not give us a try? We either watch a Classical Music DVD or listen to Classical Music CDs. There is no charge but I do appreciate a $2 donation for afternoon tea or coffee and biscuits. We are a friendly group who would love to welcome you. Phone Lyn 5449 0537 for more details.

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

PROBUS 2010

Noosa Probus 2010 is a great club for retired men and women who love going on bus trips, having coffee, lunches, dinners, weekly walks, yoga, theatre, garden outings and more. Meetings are held at Lawns (Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club) 65 Hilton Tce., Tewantin on the second Tuesday of the month at 9am. Enquiries Win 0481 397 272.

TEWANTIN NOOSA LIONS CLUB

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club are looking for additional volunteers to help with our many community events and fund raising activities. Not only is giving back to the community an enriching and rewarding experience. It’s also a great way to make new friends, network, learn new skills and knowledge. If you would like to learn more about us, contact Veronica via Email. Membership@tewantinnoosalions.org.au

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

SINGERS WANTED

We are a happy, friendly, vibrant choir, singing beautiful, joyful, easy to learn songs from around the world in a relaxed atmosphere. All levels of ability accepted and no auditions. We would especially like to welcome some masculine singers. Join us Tuesdays 3.30 till 5pm at the CWA hall, Eumundi. Call Joan for more information on

0419517869.

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.

ACTIVITY WITH PARKINSONS

The Parkinsons Activity Group, provides activities for Parkinsons sufferers, the activities range from Boxercise in the Box Office, 25 Project Avenue (0422 485 482) 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 the Tewantin 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 7.3010am. After harvest which is shared amongst the gardeners, we enjoy a chat over a cuppa. Further details please call Erika 0409 300 007.

FABULOUS 60S PLUS

We are a fun, friendly, seniors social group. We welcome couples and singles to join us for morning coffee every Tuesday at the Noosa Marina wine bar Tewantin, from 10am and every Thursday at the Boathouse on the Noosa River from 10 am. We also have a monthly program of lunches, dinners, picnics, walks and other fun activities. Contact Joan on 0419517869 for more details.

PHOTO CLUB

We meet on the second Monday of each month at Uniting Church Hall, 6 Grasstree Court Sunrise Beach at 7pm. The club comprises all levels of expertise form novice to professional. The night comprises a guest speaker, supper and our monthly critique of member’s work. Visitors welcome.

NATIONAL PARK VOLLIES

Join us at the Noosa National Park Visitor Information Centre as a volunteer. For many years, the Noosa Parks Association has managed the centre on behalf of QPWS, guiding and educating visitors about Noosa National Park, while offering refreshments and souvenirs. Proceeds allowed NPA to jointly fund the acquisition of the Yurol/ Ringtail plantation forestry for conservation purposes. We offer a choice of 3 shifts: from 8:30am to 12:30pm, from 12:30pm to 4:30pm and from 10am to 2pm.Roles include leaders and helpers. Parking is available for volunteers who drive, and the centre operates 364 days a year, 7 days a week.

If you would like to know more, please contact Dave at nnp@noosaparks.org.au.

BEETHOVEN, MOZART & CO

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

COMMUNITY GARDEN AT WALLACE PARK

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

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.

Meals on wheels

Weekly Roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels beginning Monday 21 October

Monday Drivers: Driver needed for A Run, Rhonda, Ray Z, Maria & James, Elsa, Lorraine, Jason, Robyn, Sharyn W Kitchen: John, Denise

Tuesday Drivers: Laguna, Lin, Tania & Friends, Penny, Driver needed for E Run, Barani & Peter, Paul H, Simone, Bill & Cecily Kitchen: Ann

Wednesday Drivers: Christina, Council, Alan & Cynthia, Kevin, Everlyn & Mary, Catherine & Trevor, Simone, Driver needed for J Run, Bronwyn & Nick Kitchen: Denise, John, Jerry, Christina

Thursday Drivers: Melanie, Alison, Ray Z, Julie, Margo & Jim, Kerryn & Stuart, Ian, Julie L, Andrew, Sharon & Mal Kitchen: Donal, Vicki, Sharon, Claire, Michael

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

If you are unavailable or can do an extra run, please phone the kitchen on 5449-7659.

We are looking for drivers and kitchen volunteers.

Unfolding by O’Keefe. (Jenner)

Community gives back

Pelican Waters grandfather Graeme Geldard is giving back to LifeFlight after the aeromedical organisation flew his grandson from Hervey Bay to Brisbane for treatment for a heart condition.

That was 17 years ago and now Mr Geldard is joining the community to support the not-forprofit’s new Sunshine Coast base appeal, which includes the Wall of Local Legends, displaying the names of donors contributing $500 or more at the entrance of the new base.

“I’ve always remembered what the Sunshine Coast Helicopter Rescue Service (now LifeFlight) did for my grandson all those years ago, so when I received the information about the appeal, I thought it was a great opportunity to contribute,” Mr Geldard said after donating $500 for a tile.

“We’re lucky to have a wonderful lifestyle here on the Sunshine Coast and LifeFlight gives us peace of mind that if the worst happens, help is at hand.”

More than 400 club and individual donations have been received for the fit-out of the new base, which upon completion will be nearly three times larger than the current base and will accommodate two AW139 helicopters and one Challenger 604 jet.

Funds raised will go towards expanded crew quarters for six crew members, a patient transfer room with full medical facilities, as well as additional fixtures and equipment.

The Rotary Club of Noosa chipped in $3000 in support of the fit-out, raised primarily from sausage sizzles held at Bunnings Noosaville.

Club president Glenn Brown, who also personally donated $500, said the new base was creating a buzz in the community.

“This new base sounds marvelous and is exactly what we need here,” Mr Brown said.

“We hear LifeFlight flying overhead everyday and we know how vital the work is to making sure people get the medical attention they need, particularly in outlying areas.”

Mr Brown, a former Royal Australian Air Force engineer, said he had his own personal motivation for donating to the appeal as his wife was airlifted to the Royal Women’s Hospital in Brisbane after she had a stroke.

“I know exactly how vital this service is to the community.”

The Cooroy Pomona Lions Club donated

$2,600 towards the new base.

Club secretary Heather Manders said they loved the idea of supporting the new base and being recognised on the Wall of Local Legends.

“LifeFlight will always be there for anyone whether they are injured in an accident or need assistance with health problems,” she said.

“It’s why we are getting behind the new base especially as a club based in a rural town far from major hospitals in Brisbane.”

Ms Manders, who worked at the Pomono & District Community House, said Pomona was a town where locals banded together to create positive change.

“There’s a wonderful community spirit here and throughout the Sunshine Coast, which makes a project like the new LifeFlight Sunshine Coast base the ideal initiative to support.”

Construction is underway on the base which

is part of the Sunshine Coast Airport Aerospace Precinct, following $18.6 million in State Government funding for the base build, and a 20-year ground lease from the Queensland Government.

It will include the Jocelyn Walker Visitor Experience Centre to directly engage the community in LifeFlight’s aeromedical work.

Vice Regional Patron of LifeFlight Sunshine Coast and South Burnett Region, Jocelyn Walker AM, who made the lead gift towards the visitor centre, said LifeFlight had raised a significant sum, however there was still a way to go before the base opened late next year.

“We wish to thank everyone who has contributed so far towards the new base, with all donations, including for the Wall of Local Legends, going towards the fit-out,” she said.

“We are delighted that our community has rallied to support this important fundraiser and forever grateful for their generosity.”

Nuclear power, AUKUS and radioactive waste

Fifty years ago, all the plans for Australia to build nuclear power stations had been scrapped. John Howard tried unsuccessfully to revive the technology, but until recently there was broad agreement that it did not make sense for Australia. In defence circles, there had been some interest in using nuclear energy to power submarines, but also reservations about their complexity, cost and usefulness for defending Australia. Then the Morrison government proposed an agreement with the US and the UK to acquire nuclearpowered submarines. More recently, the Dutton Opposition has proposed building nuclear power stations. One of Australia’s most respected environmental scientists, Ian Lowe AO says, “While many informed observers doubt whether those proposals will eventuate, they would add a whole new dimension to the problem of managing radioactive waste. The Australian government has made three unsuccessful attempts to develop a national repository for low-level waste. Given the community opposition to those proposals, it is difficult to see how we might handle the much nastier waste from nuclear power stations or nuclear submarines.”

Professor Lowe, author of the book “Long Half-Life, The Nuclear Industry in Australia”, will discuss the issue of nuclear waste storage and other challenges of nuclear energy in Australia on October 25 at Friday Environment Forum. Friday Forum is at the Noosa Parks Association Environment Centre, 5 Wallace Drive, Noosaville and starts at 10:30am with morning tea available at 10-10.25am. Entry is $5 by ‘tap & go’ at the door which includes morning tea/ coffee.

Join the bird observers at 8.30am in the carpark for interpretive birding.

For more information: www.noosaparks.org. au

LifeFlight’s roots go back to 1979 when the Sunshine Coast Helicopter Rescue Service launched from the base of the Big Cow. In the past financial year, LifeFlight helped 600 people on the Sunshine Coast, 19 per cent higher than the previous year.

LifeFlight is fundraising for the fitout of the new Sunshine Coast base servicing the Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and South Burnett regions and beyond. Donors can contribute directly towards the base or if in a position to donate $500 or more, be honoured on our Wall of Local Legends which will be displayed at the entrance.

Find out more at lifeflight.org.au/local-legends-sunshine-coast.

Early bird tickets are now available for the LifeFlight Sunshine Coast Gala 2025. For more information, please visit Sunshine Coast Gala 2025 - LifeFlight.

Two new exhibitions coming up

Through November, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre gets in early for Christmas with some great shows that provide an opportunity to acquire great artwork and explore deeper realities.

The exhibition New Homes for Old Art showcases affordable works that no longer fit one home but will now fit neatly into a new one.

Think Big features 15 local artists with large-sized works that are bold yet delicate, colourful yet subtle, and guaranteed to complement various decors.

Two other shows explore the subtlety of nature and embodied encounters with form and space.

Rose Goodwin’s exhibition Living Outside the Lines provides a large-scale abstract exhibition of works that capture the emotional essence of the natural world, focusing on the ocean and animals.

Jean Bennett and Lyne’s exhibition The Space in Between provides an installation of painting and sculpture that explores deeper realities, revealing a spirit of mystery and intrigue.

An official exhibition opening will be held on Friday 1 November from 6pm8pm. Nibble and bar available to purchase drinks. Everyone is welcome.

These new exhibitions will run from 1 November to 1 December.

Ian Lowe with his new book, Long Half-Life, The Nuclear Industry in Australia. (Supplied)

Donor Graeme Geldard, Noosa Rotary’s Tess Alexandroff and Glenn Brown with Cooroy Pomona Lions Club’s Heather Manders, Skyler Job, Phillip Ould and

Brian Dale at the Sunshine Coast base. (Supplied)

Gone Fishing Gardiner Fisheries Rainbow Beach

Mixed bag, good catches

By Drew Gardiner

Unpredictable weather seems to be the flavor of the month at present.

At time of writing it’s looking like this coming week will have predominantly South Easterly winds, possible showers however minimal swell. Fingers crossed that offshore fisho’s can get a couple of days fishing in.

Last week there was a small window of opportunity to get offshore and those that took advantage of it fared well.

Reports of some great goldband snapper and pearl perch east of Double Island Point along with quality red emperor from the wider grounds NE of the wide bay bar.

Tailor, still in strong numbers along Fraser Island act as a major attractant and food source for silver jewfish on the closer reefs.

Those in the know used the dusk bite period to good effect quickly bagging out.

On the surf beaches travel is reasonable however Mudlow rocks at Rainbow Beach are currently unpassable after erosion.

Don’t stress, the sand can come back over-

night so lets hope mother nature opens it back up to travel shortly.

Good dart, tarwhine and whiting are being bagged along Teewah Beach and Rainbow Beaches on the last of the run out, first of the flood. Live worms will definitely get you results.

Tailor are also a option at dawn and dusk on Teewah.

At time of writing the better beach formations conducive to catching tailor are located mid way along the beach and through the beach camps area to Fresh Water camp ground.

In the straights Solid whiting and Flathead are still in numbers around Inskip point.

If you want to cover some ground and locate the lizards quickly try trolling the Fish Craft, Dr Stretch 65 lures.

Based on the old school Mann’s lures they have a great action and proving deadly in the straights.

Up the creeks mangrove jack and cod have been really firing up.

Baits like fresh flicker mullet, herring and legal whiting are working best at present.

Nose rigging these up on single live bait style

hooks like the teflon coated Black Magic DX points makes for an irresistible offering and the well exposed hook point provides excellent penetration and solid hookups.

In the lead up to Christmas, the temps rise and jacks will become even more active.

In the tinny, great places to target these powerhouses include the upper reaches of Teebar Creek, Kauri Creek and Carlo Creeks.

Look for and target structure that offers them a ambush spot.

Lanbased, checkout structures like pylons, moored vessels and pontoons located at Bullock Point, Carlo Point and Snapper Creek at Tin Can Bay.

While out chasing jacks, keep a eye out for a few sneaky barra lurking around in the same areas.

There have been reports of a few big specimens unexpectedly being battled and lost over the last week.

If you manage to get hooked up to a good fish this week make sure to drop by Gardiner Fisheries at Rainbow Beach and let them know, you might get your pic in next weeks article.

STAY ACTIVE in Noosa

From sport to dancing or walks, there’s plenty of ways to get active in Noosa.

SPRING NAV ORIENTEERING

Sunshine Orienteers are hosting a Spring Night Nav Series. The events will run between 5.45pm (start 6pm) to 7pm Tuesday evening until 15 October at various locations on the Sunshine Coast. Cost is $10 per map and you will need a mobile phone, good torch and a sense of adventure. First timers are welcome, with help and instructions willingly given. Suitable for family groups, clubs, individuals/pairs, walkers all the way up to elite athletes. More information and how to enter, found on Sunshine Orienteers Facebook page.

WALKING NETBALL

Is back for season two. With a focus on fun and social interaction rather than competition, it is a great way to stay active, energized and meet some new friends. The aim of fast walking (rather than running) is to keep it safe and injury free for all. If you thought your netball days were over, then think again. No team required, just come along and play. Registration $37, then $5 each week you attend. Wednesdays 6-730pm. Noosa Netball courts, McKinnon Drive, Tewantin. Call 0407 480125 for more info or email noosanetball@

gmail.com See you there.

NOOSA MASTERS SWIMMING CLUB

Noosa Masters swim all year round at the Noosa Aquatic Centre, 6 Girraween Ct, Sunshine Beach. Our goals are fitness, fun and friendship. Anyone 18 and over is welcome to join the club so come and give us a try. The club meets on Thursday mornings and Sunday mornings 7.30-9am.for coached squads. We then convene for coffee and a chat afterwards. For more information check our website at noosamastersswimming.com.au/ or email noosamastersswimming@outlook.com

MODERN JIVE IN TEWANTIN

Modern Jive is a great modern dance style that is heaps of fun, and is easy to learn. Come and dance to the modern music that you hear at parties, weddings and nightclubs. New and current dancers welcome! Venue: Freemason’s Hall, 30 Moorindil Street, Tewantin. Classes every Tuesday night, 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start. Contact Warren 0402 092 563 or visit LeStepSunshineCoast.com.au

TRY LAWN BOWLS

If you are looking for a low-impact, therapeutic exercise that can improve fitness, coordination and confidence, then lawn bowls is the sport for

you. The Cooroy Community Bowls Club, located at Your Mates Bowls Pub, 5 Opal Street, Cooroy, offers bowls every Tuesday afternoon at 12noon and Saturday morning at 8.30am. There is no need to book, simply turn up. For further information contact Maureen (club president) on 0419 588 661.

MAGZ JAZZ

Increase strength, flexibility, energy and wellbeing. Dance exercises and stretching. Learn new dance moves and routines to inspired music. Jazz and Latin style dance keeps the body moving, mind agile, memory working and spirit lifted. Tuesdays 8.30-10am in Tewantin. Phone Margaret for details on 0425 269 988.

SUNDAY DANCE

Every Sunday, from 12.30pm, at the Tewantin Masonic Hall, Moorindil St. We start by teaching basic dance steps, then Waltz, old time, New Vogue, Ballroom Dances and a little Latin. We run through to 4pm. Lots of fun and dancing, including a 20 min. tea/coffee break to socialise. (Only $10) Hope to see you there. Singles or couples welcome. Just rock up or phone Andrew 0429 829 328. For more info, please visit andrewsclassdance.com

WALK WITH WISDOM

Join us every Friday morning from 7.30-9am for a revitalising walk along the Noosa River. Designed for active professionals and individuals seeking growth in personal, professional, and mental well-being, our sessions are led by a diverse team of coaches and therapists. Start with brief introductions, then pair up to exchange insights as you walk. The morning concludes with a 10-minute engaging talk from a member, all while enjoying coffee from O-Boats. For more information, visit Facebook page: Walk With Wisdom.

SUNNY COASTERS LINEDANCING

We are a warm, welcoming, inclusive, friendly bunch who love to dance. With five classes offered each week together with absolute beginner workshops also starting periodically each term, there is something for everyone. Classes are held in Tewantin and Noosaville and taught by Sue who is a passionate teacher with over 30 years experience. Take an average day, build in some dance and realise the positive and rewarding results from a little music, a few Boot Scoot’n steps and encouraging vibes. Visit sunnycoasterslinedancing.com.au or phone Sue on 0408 337 262.

WALK AND WORKOUT

Mature ladies, if you’re not as fit as you used to be

and you want to get back into moving your body in the great outdoors, then this might just be your answer. Accountability and achievability with a healthy active lifestyle plan customised just for you. Vitality, mobility, stability and longevity are a few of the benefits of building strength and improving flexibility with an easy active fitness plan. Please call Donna on 0419 373 319.

CROQUET

Every Sunday morning is Come and Try Day at the Club in Noosa Waters’ attractive grounds in Seashell Place. Be at the Club by 8.15am where experienced trainers will help you understand what this strategic game is all about. And remember our offer – four free lessons before you need to think about joining. For further information ring Niven on 0428 799 987.

PLAY TENNIS

Fit tennis players required for singles and doubles play during the week and weekends. Squash and tennis players needed Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Call Karen on 0412 485 411.

INDOOR BOWLS

Noosa Indoor Carpet Bowls Club would love to welcome new members to join us each Friday morning at the Leisure Centre in Wallace Drive, Noosaville. No experience necessary and lots of fun to be had. Play starts at 9am till 11am. Please contact Pam 0407 493 402.

NOOSA FOLK DANCERS

You’re invited to come and try sessions, first one free. Experience traditional and modern, easy and moderate dances from countries around the world, on Fridays from 10-11.45am at the Catholic Parish Hall, Moorindil Street, Tewantin. We are a welcoming group providing physical and social well-being through world dance. Phone Philippa on 0417 780 016 or just come along. Wear comfortable shoes.

TAP DANCE CLASSES

Always wanted to tap dance? Beginner classes, Fridays 2-3pm at Uniting Church Hall, Werin St, Tewantin. Intermediate classes are on Thursdays 4.45-6.15pm. Phone Helen on 0448 621 788 for further details.

PICKLEBALL

Life begins when you discover pickleball. Make new friends, play indoor or outdoor, and its a sport for all ages eight to 88. Noosa Pickleball Club is hosting beginner lessons, and sessions for all skill levels. Find out more by emailing info@ noosapickleballclub.com

Barry Evans happy with his double header of jacks

Strong start for the season

By Samadhi Baker

This season Tewantin Noosa cricket club boasts strong teams through our First, Second, Third and Sixth Division men’s and Second Division women. After struggling with older junior numbers, combined Noosa District teams with Cooroy Cricket Club have been formed for under 17’s and 15’s with a smattering of younger juniors and seniors having joined. It is great to see the clubs’ ongoing partnership develop and strengthen teams at both clubs. Our clubs can’t work without the tireless efforts of our volunteers. We are always in need of great people to help around the club so if you know anyone or want to volunteer yourself, please don’t hesitate.

First Grade

First grade travelled to Maroochydore taking on the second Maroochydore side in a one-day game. Welcoming back Scorchers young gun Zac Murray added to an already strong side. After losing the toss, the openers were sent in to deal with a wicket which would not have been out of place in England. Samuel Dennien and Samadhi Baker got us off to a great start seeing off the first 10 overs off before Samadhi stupidly got himself out for 24. Sam upped the run rate, scoring fluently in partnership with Ben Claypole (32). Unfortunately, a few quick wickets fell in a bunch and when Sam went for stylishly compiled 74, the team had fallen from 3/160 to 7/180. Andrew Kratzmann (29) and Scott Aufderheide (30*) mustered an impressive rescue effort balancing power hitting with smart running and inventive shots to reach 9/241 after the full 50 overs. Scott’s first bat for 18 months (nets included) was ultra impressive! (And quietly he didn’t mind letting some of the opposition know about it). With plenty in the pitch we were happy with the score if not a bit disappointed not to have posted more after Sam’s great start. Scott and Tom Stewart took the new ball and when Maroochydore were 2/4 off 9 overs the game was pretty well over. A clinical display from our openers backed up by Zac coming on at first change and Michael Eckard miserly as usual both taking 2 for 8 off 6. Scott finishing 3 for 19 off 10 and Tommy 2 for 16 off 10. An unbelievable effort from the bowlers who beat the bat with absurd regularity. Maroochydore ended up all out 59 in the 33rd over.

Second Grade

Second Grade hosted USC in their first home game of the season in another day-nighter. After losing the toss, Tewantin was made to bowl on rock-hard pitch. Ben Giddy (4/33 off 7) got off to a great start, picking up wickets in his first and third overs, with Oliver Wilson (1/25 off 5.4) playing his part well in a great opening bowling partnership. Apart from a solid fourth wicket partnership for USC wickets fell with regularity due excellent fielding and a disciplined bowling display. Jarred Davis threatened with an exceptional line and length and Finn Mayo was able to reap the rewards at the other end picking up two wickets for himself. Joshua Christensen and Josh Peters built pressure with accurate bowling as well as USC were all out for 179 in the last over. The opening batters hung around but after a few wickets things looked dicey. Two talented young guns Joe Murray (34) and Rory Ramsden (38) settled the innings, batting with poise and cricketing smarts far beyond their years. Unfortunately, after getting the required run rate down to three an over 10 overs still to go they both fell simultaneously. Corey Flood and Jarred Davis tried to keep the momentum going, but as wickets kept falling the game fizzled out. The last batter out in the final over with 15 runs still to get. Overall, a much better performance than the previous week and lots of positives to away, most notably Rory making his best second grade contribution to date, on top of a ripper catch in the gully.

Third Grade

Division Three headed down the road to Caboolture. Their ground was smashed earlier this week with fierce hailstorm, so the pitch was tacky. We were asked to bat. Our line-up had six players under 20, a 20 year old and four 50 year old’s. Quite the spread!! Ben Blackwell and Max Cooper opened and were patient. The ball wasn’t coming on and had some tennis ball like bounce. Into the break the team was 1-62 with a gutsy effort from Max battling a back injury to compile a score of 36. After the break, Caboolture bowled tightly using the variable bounce to limit scoring. Wickets fell in clumps restricting the score to 117. Opener Reilly Carroll bowled some good balls with Farran Cooke taking an early wicket. Fighting hard and creating chances Tewantin took 6-40 after the break to be in contention for an improbable win. Best of the bowlers was Toby Hunting with 3-27

and was on a hattrick! Not enough runs lost the game, but the youngsters fought hard to the end!

Sixth Grade

Sixth grade hosted Caboolture who decided to bowl first and made good use of it taking 3/28.

Bailey Hozier and Brandon Henderson steadied the innings, Bailey (22) hitting some big shots before going at the wrong one. David Lyons continued the momentum playing well for 26. The tail stuck at the job and steered the team to a competitive total of 139.

The team played with great energy in the field as the Snakes could find little to score off. They only got to 2/43 at drinks, and despite the climbing run rate never got going as we restricted them to 6/99 off 40. Brandon Henderson and Dante

Tewantin Noosa cricket club boasts strong teams through our First, Second, Third and Sixth Division men’s and Second Division women.

Cox made a lot of good stops and Cooper Withers combined with David Baker for a terrific run out.

The skipper Wayne Moore 3/22 ( 8 ) and Brian Lee led the way with tight and clever bowling after drinks with David Lyons 1/13 ( 4 ) Justin Latimer 1/21 ( 8 ) continuing on. A good all-around effort to open the season with 2 wins!

Womens

Game 1 for the women’s team came down to a real nail-biter in Maroochydore with the Thunder defeating USC by one run with only one delivery remaining. Starting in the field, the openers Talei (2 for 3 off four including two straight maidens) and Bonnie bowled with pace and swing. The fielding was greatly improved from last year with new players Bec W, Kiera from the Pub and Zaylie

all bowling with very good results to add to their fielding efforts. Chasing 110 running between the wickets was a focus area to work on, as identified by new coach Samadhi Baker. Bec W (21 retired) and Talei (29) set up the innings, Captain Trina had a rare light effort with the bat getting an unlucky lbw decision on 6. Sharon and Bec got the run rate back on track, with Bec and Kirsty finishing off the innings with one ball to spare. Great first game team!

Juniors

Great signs from both our combined U15 (The Shire Boys) and U17 Noosa District teams with day one of their two-day games completed and both teams in very strong positions.

Thunder women’s team won against USC in a nail-biting match. (Supplied)

Volunteers are always in need and welcomed by the club. (Supplied)

Talking Sport

All the gold at Coolangatta

In what can only be described as a truly outstanding performance, in the Elite Women’s Long Course, of the Coolangatta Gold, 20 year old Finella Gibbs -Beal of the Noosa club, finished in fourth place. For this incredible young lady, already an established 10 km open water swimmer to achieve such a result in her first endeavour, can only make us wonder, ‘Just what lays ahead for this young lady?’

Coachers, officials and water safety officers who were working the event from the beach and water were amazed at her performance. Considering that this event is looked upon as being the toughest in the world of international lifesaving makes Finella’s result even more outstanding.

The event which consists of a 23km ski race, a 1km beach run, a 3.5km swim a 6km board paddle and finishers up with an 8 km beach run, saw Finella cross the finish line in 4hr 45 min. When asked her feelings she replied. “I was so pleased with everything; I am happy to say that I gave every leg of the race the very best of my ability.”

Perhaps the proudest of all on the beach (apart from her mother} would have to be coach Darren Mercer. Apart from her overall performance, unbeknownst to the majority of her supporters, was the fact that until five months ago this 20-year-old clubbie had never paddled a surf ski: little alone raced one.

And to top it off the ski race was a 23km major leg of the event. However, the problem was resolved when coach Mercer, arranged for his daughter Jordan, (a former national iron woman champion and experienced ski medal winner at national level) to step in and take control of the matter. The result, of what looked like being a major problem, now speaks for itself.” When it all worked out well, I was not really surprised. Her perseverance while doing her ski training had to be seen to believe,” said coach Mercer. “She is an extremely strong-minded person and coming from her swimming background, endurance was already an inbuilt factor.”

“I always believed that swimming is the hardest sport that one can do,” said Finella. With these beliefs already inbuilt, in it was just a matter of putting it all together for that one event. For her race tactics everything was in order. For the first leg which was the ski race and possibly my weakest, I stayed up front of the second group of girls: and this saw me in a fairly good position.”

“Regarding this,” said Mercer, “once off the ski she was never passed by another competitor: she just started to pick all the competition off one by one, all the way to the finish: and on the big day she had all her family in attendance as her support team. Add to this, for the grueling swim leg, her boyfriend Kai Robertson, was the board paddler who guided her trough the swim race and kept her on track.

Apart from her ski lessons, what could have been a worry some twelve months prior, was a nasty shoulder injury. However, this matter came to the attention of a Noosa nipper coach and fitness guru Woogie Marsh (father and trainer/ coach of our junior Commonwealth Weightlifting champion Taj Marsh) and in the words of coach Mercer, ‘’Woogie was a hugh part of working through the hard times with Finella: and this resulted, in getting her back into full training last season.”

In his summary of the lead up to the event and the event itself, Coach Darren Mercer said, “She persevered with the ski paddling and kept working hard all through the off season in preparation for the Gold. She has the mental toughness to take her all the way. I am so proud of the way she raced and it’s a true testament of what Finell is capable of as she starts hr ironwoman journey.”

Then from the lady herself, when asked whether she would go again the answer her answer needed no prompting. ‘’Definitely I will100 per cent. It has been a great experience: and I can still see my mother crying happy tears of joy. Something I will never forget.”

While talking surf lifesaving competition it is once again time to catch up with the Noosa Heads surf boat section: and all indications are they will have a very busy season for 24/25.The major highlight of the boat section is that it is a team sport

and regardless of the sport, be it surf teams, taplin, beach relays or belt races the teams events, properly governed will always tend to strengthen a club. As the old boys of the 1960s era would say, look after your team events and they will look after you. (the club) And for the Noosa club boats is a tradition that started in 1949.

Another interesting aspect of the Noosa boats is their connection with both the Pirates Rugby League and the Noosa Dolphins Rugby Union. This year for example the Noosa U23s boys, is a Dolphin’s crew as is the Reserve grade men’s. In

the masters Noosa has two crews and the same with the Rookies, one boy’s and one girl.

Just recently former Dolphins Club President Donald McKill, was at that time spending his summer months, serving as an instructor and Patrol captain at Noosa Main Beach. Then in years past two Pirates players Mal Hanley and Terry Williams went on to become Life Members of the Noosa Surf club. Brendan Williams, son of Terry Williams went on to play in the centers for Pirates A grade, earning himself a big reputation as a defender. He also spent his summer months patrol-

ling Noosa’s Main Beach. To have the lifesavers of our community in winter, going in pleasant pursuit of the pill, be it League or Union is definitely a good thing and we wish them well.

On Saturday the Noosa Surf club will play host to a boat carnival for both Youth and Masters: once again sponsored by Megabeam and under the supervision of the Australian Surf Rowers League of Queensland. (ASRL). Last time the Megabeam Boat Carnival was a big success: so here’ s hoping for the same again. Many thanks to all involved.

Finella on the beach run. (Supplied)

Finella achieves outstanding results in Coolangatta Gold.

Finella gets set to paddle.

Noosa’s Finella Gibbs -Beal competes in the Coolangatta Gold.

Phil Jarratt - philjarratt.com

Taylor the new Nat Young

You have to be a real tragic to get up in the middle of the night to watch an international sporting event in which there are no Australian competitors, but that’s exactly what your columnist did last weekend.

Admittedly, in order to watch the WSL World Longboard Finals live from Surf City, El Salvador, I only got up momentarily, in order to make a cup of strong coffee and grab my Mac and earphones and take them back to bed, but it was a supreme sacrifice nonetheless, given that the cobblestone rights of El Sunzal are not the most exciting waves in the world to watch, particularly when you have to spot the lineup through the fog, and that you could argue that the men’s event was a foregone conclusion, although the women’s was a little more open.

But watch I did, because not only did I have mates in the competitor mix and in the commentary booth, but Noosa could also claim a bit of skin in the game, with about half of the final 16 surfers having come up through the ranks at the Noosa Festival of Surfing, most prominently world champs Honolua Blomfield and Taylor Jensen, who is in fact half an Aussie through marriage and part-time domicile! We’ll get to Honno in a minute, but first let’s deal with Taylor, whose fourth world title in El Salvador puts him on a par with his father-in-law, the great Nat Young, who also won four world longboard titles in the ‘80s and early ‘90s.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but a few of us on the surf charter boat Mangalui Ndulu 20-something years ago in the Mentawais couldn’t stand a bar of the arrogant surfer from San Diego who’d just won his first US Open title and was a little bit full of himself. Most of the time, if he wasn’t surfing, teenaged Taylor would mooch around by himself on deck, smoking cigarettes, but come sleep time, there was no escaping his frequent snarls as we curled up in the common bunkhouse. (This wasn’t the Indies Trader IV – no cabins, let alone a helipad.)

But hey, the kid could surf. Not just longboards but all boards, and as he became a fixture on the podium in Noosa and around the world, we started to warm to Taylor, and by the time he hooked up with the lovely Nava, married and started a family, he’d become a very nice guy, and an honorary Aussie who spent half his year at the family compound in Angourie.

Taylor joined the World Longboard Tour in 2008 and won his first world title in 2011, backed it up in 2012, and re-emerged as an elder statesman to win his third in 2017. Now, at 40 and a grand old man of the tour, he went into the finals in El Salvador as a red-hot favourite in the yellow jersey, and in career-best form. But he wasn’t the oldest surfer in the finals, that honour going to defending world champ Hawaii’s Kai Sallas, 43, a friend and rival for decades.

But here’s the thing: having finished fifth in the rankings, Kai had to fight almost from the bottom up, taking out Hawaiian friend and protege Kaniela Stewart in a tight finish in the second match of the series, the Filipino surprise package JR Esquievel in a low-scoring third, then Hawaiian super kid Johnny the Ripper in the fourth. Kai won it with a 7 and a high 6, but rode only two waves in the heat, perhaps starting to run short of puff. Taylor came out fresh, and took out the final match two sets to love, catching only four waves for the entire one-day tournament, but they were good ones! In fact it was a masterclass in dealing with tricky sections and wobble on the face. He simply never put a foot wrong, and scored two eights in the first and a seven and a nine-plus in the second, effectively combo-ing the defending champ.

In the women’s a similar situation applied, with two veteran rivals with three world titles apiece facing off. In this instance, Hawaii’s Honolua Blomfield was starting, like Kai, from the bottom, while California’s Soleil Errico was wearing the yellow jersey and coming in for the last match-up. But Soleil had missed the Abu Dhabi wave pool event with an injury so there was a question mark hanging over her, while Honno came out guns blazing, dispatching fellw Hawaiians Kelis Kaleopaa and Sophia Culhane with two sevens in the first, then Japan’s Natsumi

Taoka

and France’s Zoe Grospiron in the second, before finding a buzzer beater seven in the third to see off France’s Alice Lemoigne. In the fourth, just like Kai, Honno showed signs of fading, and a fresh Rachael Tilly fired up with two score of 7.5.

California’s Tilly won a world title in 2015 at the tender age of 17, but hadn’t done a lot since then. Until this year, when she was the form surfer, taking out the US Open alongside Taylor. In El Sunzal she had Soleil’s measure from the start, and took out the title in straight sets with only one excellent score, but good backups. The American surf media called it the “So-Cal Sweep” of the titles. I prefer to add, and a little bit Angourie/Noosa.

Taylor trademark slashing cuttie. (WSL)

Rachael free-surfing with friends. (Facebook)

Screenshot of Taylor cruising to victory at El Sunzal. (WSL)

Rachael Tilly after winning her first world title at just 17. (Facebook)

Hang five at US Open 2024. (WSL)

Chilling at San-O (Supplied)

Unique Beach House with Stunning Ocean Views

Turn to pages 16 & 17

WHEN POSITION, QUALITY REALLY COUNTS

PROPERTY MATTERS

WHEN position is matched by quality, the result is rarely in doubt.

A multi-level, four-bedroom penthouse at Hastings Park, a world-class trophy address in Noosa Heads, attracted national and international interest to the recent auction.

Right on Noosa Main Beach, with eagle-eye views stretching along the white sand to the Noosa North Shore, Coloured Sands and yonder, the location has been described as ‘the crème de la crème’.

For good reason. Ostensibly floating in the dress circle, with massive spirit-stirring terraces and a rooftop for those inviting seascapes, the stars aligned on auction day for the father-anddaughter team of Tom Offermann and Rebekah Offermann.

Bidding started at $8m with multiple keen bidders. It was sold under the hammer for $12.51m, prompting an incredibly loud and long round of applause.

The champagne flowed for the jubilant buyers and sellers before the ink had even dried on the 30-day contract.

“Representing the owners was an absolute joy for Rebekah and me,” Tom Offermann said, who had helped them purchase the penthouse more than 30 years ago.

“They bought it new, off the plan and their love affair with Noosa does not end, as they have purchased locally.”

Rebekah and Tom ran a national and international marketing campaign attracting enquiries from more than 150 prospective buyers.

“Ultimately,” said Rebekah, “the victors were Victorian buyers and now all nine owners in the building are from the same state.

“Tom and I joked afterwards they could now hold their body corporate meetings in Melbourne!

“This is the third auction sale in the rarefied $10m-plus sector we’ve had the privilege of handing in the past two weeks,” Tom Offermann said.

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 56 Lorikeet Dve, Peregian Beach, is set for auction at 11am Saturday, 19 October. (434229)

“That totals $42.5m with the sales of 38 Seaview Terrace in Sunshine Beach at $13.1m and 3 Allambi Rise in Little Cove at $16.9m.

“We’ve actually handled all of the past 15 sales of $10m-plus, so it’s assuring our longterm commitment to building quality connections certainly pays off to all our clients.”

LOCATION APPEALS

It was a great auction on at 7 Hilton Esp, Tewantin, recently with about 60 people in attendance for the auction of the original complex of three units.

Laguna Real Estate’s Melanie Butcher and Warren Evans had seven registered bidders to work with and the crowd spilling out onto the Esplanade, eager to see the outcome.

The riverside property offered six bedrooms, three bathrooms and three-car accommodation.

With a start at $3m, auctioneer Justin Voss saw competitive bidding from locals mainly.

That saw the bidding rise to $3.96m where it stalled, and a very animated auctioneer passing the property in at $3.99m.

The property was then sold under auction conditions shortly after for the reserve price of $4m.The fact that the site was zoned low-density residential attracted the local buyers who appreciated the location.

Interstate interests were looking to relocate and saw value in the site, Melanie said.

“It was an outstanding campaign that led to an excellent response.’’

MODERN LIVING IN OLD TEWANTIN

Roger Omdahl at Laguna Real Estate had strong enquiry at the first open homes for a Tewantin property that goes to auction Saturday, 26 October. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 24 Hendry St has seen local interest as well as Melbourne, ACT, and northern NSW buyers.

POINTS NORTH

Absolute riverfront, northerly aspect, Stephen Kidd design. Put them together on Noosa Sound and you have something of real value.

A six-bedroom, six-bathroom, two-car waterfront house, pool, at 10 Noosa Pde, Noosa Heads, goes to auction at 2pm Saturday, 19 October. Tom Offermann Real Estate principal Tom Offermann and colleague Nic Hunter are marketing this formidable property.

The luxury residence has a remarkable northerly aspect across a wide reach of the Noosa River to the wooded foreshore of Noosa Spit. It is a tribute to the location and the natural environment, while blending sophistication and simplicity.

Understated from the street, the entry is via pavers set to the double-height wall with giant custom white timber doors evoking privacy and mystery. These open to reveal an extraordinarily high and mighty sky roof with distinctive chandeliers, and lavish travertine flooring before it fans out ultimately to the wide frontage of the river.

Multiple living and dining areas of varying scale and entertainment moods, open to a massive undercover terrace, then an alfresco terrace right on the waterfront with pontoon jetty in front.

The bright blue pool on the side completes a tranquil tropical oasis.

The ultra-sleek kitchen comes with stonetopped cabinetry including a generous island breakfast bar and glass splashback to a garden view.

A barbecue pizza oven is in the outdoor kitchen. Cool elegance continues in the very well thought-out, six carpeted bedrooms, which all have ensuite bathrooms.

On upper level, the premier king retreat suite

comes with a spacious north-facing, undercover terrace overlooking the pool and river. Then there is the dressing room plus robes, and bathroom with bathtub. There are four additional bedrooms on this level; one has a northerly aspect; and two have daybeds. The sixth bedroom is on the ground level, as well as an office, media room, powder room and laundry.

Seeing is believing, and this really is indisputable luxury on tap.

FAMILY HOME BIG ON LIFESTYLE

Nic Hunter is taking a five-bedroom, fourbathroom, three-car house with pool at 21 Sleepy Hollow Dve, Noosa Heads, to auction at 4pm Saturday, 19 October.

The family home is nestled in the Weyba Park Estate and is designed for both comfortable living and gatherings. Inside, are spacious living areas including a formal lounge, a family zone, and media room with its own private entrance. A bathroom is located on the ground floor.

Upstairs, the main bedroom suite is a standout feature, with a reading nook, a large day bed and access to a sun deck. A spacious ensuite has double vanities, a free-standing bathtub, and a spacious walk-in robe.

Additional bedrooms are well-sized, comfortably fitting queen or king-size beds, while one has its own ensuite and walk-through robe.

The in-ground pool is both private and visible from the extensive covered patio. The timber cabana adds an element of relaxation.

SLICE OF PARADISE

Lovers of Noosa National Park and Main Beach will be attracted to a two-bedroom, twobathroom, one-car apartment at Noosa Heads that is set for auction at Saturday, 19 October. Chris Miller of Tom Offermann Real Estate takes 7308/5 Morwong Dve to the market at 3pm.

Laguna Real Estate’s Warren Evans at 7 Hilton Esp, Tewantin, at the auction of three original riverside units. (434229)

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 56 Lorikeet Dve, Peregian Beach, is set for auction at 11am Saturday, 19 October. (434229)

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 56 Lorikeet Dve, Peregian Beach, is set for auction at 11am Saturday, 19 October. (434229)

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 56 Lorikeet Dve, Peregian Beach, is set for auction at 11am Saturday, 19 October. (434229)

ERLE LEVEY

A six-bedroom, four-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 70 Beachway Pde, Marcoola, goes to auction Friday, 18 October, at 10am. (432788)

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment 7308/5 Morwong Dve, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 19 October, at 3pm. (434229)

A six-bedroom, four-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 70 Beachway Pde, Marcoola, goes to auction Friday, 18 October, at 10am. (432788)

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment 7308/5 Morwong Dve, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 19 October, at 3pm. (434229)

A six-bedroom, six-bathroom, two-car waterfront house, pool, jetty, at 10 Noosa Pde, Noosa Heads, goes to auction at 2pm Saturday, 19 October. (434229)

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-car apartment 7308/5 Morwong Dve, Noosa Heads, goes to auction Saturday, 19 October, at 3pm. (434229)

“It’s in a really attractive position,’’ Chris said, “private and with a fantastic green outlook.

“When standing on the balcony it’s hard to believe this is only a five-minute walk to Hastings St.

“It’s like a private rainforest retreat, and really functional with both bedrooms ensuited as well.

“There is good interest as quite a few parties have missed out on other two-bedroom apartments.

“They are tightly held and to have one in a position like this is exciting.’’

On the second floor and designed by architect John Mainwaring to complement the sub-tropical climate, the apartment features high ceilings and louvres in the open plan, carpeted living area.

The galley kitchen comes with white stonetopped 2-pac cabinetry including an island breakfast bar with feature timber side and views over the rainforest.

There are two carpeted bedrooms, both with walk-in robes and white tiled ensuites. The premier bedroom accesses a terrace; the second has twin king singles; a powder room, also a full laundry.

TRANQUIL HOME BESIDE THE OCEAN

The sound of waves rolling onto the beach, the feeling of sand between your toes ... Tracy Russell

and Tim McSweeney of Tom Offermann Real Estate continue the quality of properties being offered this weekend with a four-bedroom, twobathroom, two-car house with pool at Peregian Beach. The contemporary beach house at 56 Lorikeet Dve goes to the market at 11am on Saturday, 19 October.

“It has been home and treasured beach house for the family for more than 36 years,’’Tracy said. “A generational opportunity, and backing onto the foreshore dunes as well.

“The beach walk from the back door is just gorgeous.’’

Renovated through the years, the house has had a bunk room for children added more recently. There has been lots of local interest, as well as from Brisbane and Melbourne.

The house comes with lofty ceilings, disappearing doors inviting salty breezes, sunlight splicing through walls of louvres and dancing across tiled concrete floors.

The expansive living spaces spill out to the lawn and she-oak fringed beach pathway.

With north-east orientation, it was cleverly designed by award-winning Nettleton Tribe Architects. The result is privacy, minimal maintenance and considered living spaces and accommodation for holidaying family members.

The white galley-style kitchen with island breakfast bar and walk-in pantry opens to the alfresco dining area.

There are four bedrooms. Upstairs in the carpeted main suite is a picture window and plantation shutters.

On the ground floor, the north side of forecourt has been specially designed as two guest suites with a two-way bathroom, and both have built-in robes. There’s a powder room opposite, also internal access to the two-car garage, storeroom and tool shed.

BEACHSIDE BLISS

It’s a beautiful property in a very tightly held area at Marcoola, offering beachfront position.

Zoe Cooke and Jill Goode of Tom Offermann Real Estate are taking the six-bedroom, four-bathroom, two-car house with pool at 70 Beachway Pde to auction Friday, 18 October, at 10am. A spacious Hamptons-style home within a level walk of the shops, it is part of a great community and offers a good lifestyle, Zoe said.

“It is unique in that it is a beachfront corner block of 874sq m with the opportunity for future growth.

“The open homes have been really well attended. “There are buyers circling - local as well as from interstate and overseas. They are looking

to holiday or to live here.’’

AUCTION ACTION

FRIDAY, 18 October

Marcoola

• 70 Beachway Pde: 6bed, 4bath, 2car house, pool, 10am, Zoe Cooke 0428 329 291 Jill Goode 0418 714 653 Tom Offermann Real Estate

Noosa Heads

• 2105/5 Morwong Dve: 4bed, 3bath, 2car apartment, 2pm, Chris Miller 0412 894 542 Tom Offermann Real Estate

SATURDAY, 19 October

Noosa Heads

• 10 Noosa Pde: 6bed, 6bath, 2car waterfront house, pool, jetty, 2pm, Nic Hunter 0421 785 512 Tom Offermann 0412 711 888 Tom Offermann Real Estate

• 7308/5 Morwong Dve: 2bed, 2bath, 1car apartment, 3pm, Chris Miller 0412 894 542 Tom Offermann Real Estate

• 21 Sleepy Hollow Dve: 5bed, 4bath, 3car house, pool, 4pm, Nic Hunter 0421 785 512 Tom Offermann Real Estate

Noosaville

• 6 Hazelwood Ct: 4bed, 2bath, 2car house, pool, 12pm, Adam Watts 0410 512 364 Century 21 Conolly Hay Group.

Father and daughter team of Rebekah andTom Offermann at 9 Hastings Park, 81 Hastings St, Noosa Heads. (434229)

Thinkirrefutableandirresistible.TheHolyGrailof Noosa Paradewithits covetedabsolute riverfront address,andonthedoorstepofglamorousHastings Street,isaquintessentialaquamarineplayground beyond expectations.Boastingincrediblegun-barrel viewswhicharenevercompromisedandenjoying anortherlyaspectacross awideandtranquilreach oftheNoosaRiver,isthisuber-luxury residence of

formidablequalityby designerStephenKidd.Itisa tributetothelocationandthenaturalenvironment, yet itperfectlydistilssophisticationandsimplicity. Inside revealsan extraordinaryskyroof,andlavishtravertine flooringfanningoutultimately to massiveterraces stretching to thewidefrontageofthedeepbluewater.

Auction Saturday19October2pm

Accesslimited to pre-registeredbidders

Agent NicHunter 0421785512 nic@offermann.com.au

Agent TomOffermann 0412711888 tom@offermann.com.au

10 NOOSA PA RADE , NO OS AH EADS

66 TINGIRACRESCENT , SUNRISEBEACH

Boldly stakingitsclaimon adizzyingsiteseaside,an uber contemporarybeachhouserisesphoenix-like seeminglyfromthesand,totakeitsplace inthesunon aprizedperch awashwith180° CoralSeaand coastal views.Justwhen youthoughtlifedoesn’tgetany better, waketo thesoundsofwavesbreakingonthe foreshore,grabtheboard,kidsanddog,head to the bottomofthegardenandwithin30-seconds,it’s toesin

thesqueakywhitesand.Oh,what afeeling! Connecting to thesurrounds,thisprivatelandholdingofpeerless stature,has adefinitiveaestheticsensibility. Banks of doorsalmost disappear evokinglayers ofnaturallight and colourasthey morphintotheundercoverterrace withmajesticviews,instantlyattention-grabbinganda sensory overload. Evenfrombed!

Auction Saturday 2November2pm View Saturday &Wednesday11.00-11.30

Agent Tim McSweeney 0411122331

tim@offermann.com.au

9/83 NOOSA PA RADE , NOOSAHEADS

Picturealavishsparklingnew,stand-alonehideaway withits ownpool, abeachandlongwideviewsofthe NoosaSound waterways,onthepagesof aglossy magazine.Imaginebeingacrossfromtheparknextto RickysandnearHastingsStreet,Noosa MainBeach,and itis youraddress. Easy.Justbringthesunscreenand fundamentals.Afteralleverydayisaholiday Halcyondaysbeginwithitsuniquedoseof coolfactor,

washedoak flooringandindulgentfullheightsandstone wallbesidethestairstothegenerousopen-planliving spaces.Nextlevelwowcomesintoplaywhenbanks of glassslidersseeminglydisappear, revealingaterrace overlookingthewaterfront,similarly aterraceandpool onthegroundlevel taking apostcardposition overthe beachandglisteningclear waterways.

Auction

Saturday 9November2pm

View

Saturday 12.00-12.30

Agent NicHunter 0421785512 nic@offermann.com.au

4/76 HI LT ONTER R ACE, NOOSAVILLE

Embracing aperfectnorthaspect withabsolute river frontage,thisbrightandbreezysun-filledapartment occupies aprizedground floor,endposition,mere footsteps to theriverandprivatemarinamooring.One ofonlyfour complexesfrontingtheNoosaRiverinthe blockbetweenHiltonEsplanadeandtheentry to Noosa Waters,itpromises asuperiorinvestmentopportunity without compromisingonspace,luxuryorlocation.

Providingthe convenience of asingle-levellayout,the ambienceisrelaxed,thestyle contemporary,enhanced with atimelessfresh coolmonochromaticaesthetic throughout.Indoorsextendseffortlessly to outdoors, wheretheviewsaremesmerisingfromundercover whisper-quietterracewithsidegardenandpalm fringedlawnextendingtothe water’sedge.

Auction

Saturday 2November1pm

View

Saturday 9.00-930& Wednesday11.00-11.30

Agent AdamOffermann 0475804467 adam@offermann.com.au

23 LITTLESPRING SL ANE , LAKEMACDONALD

Pictureanexclusiveand exhilaratingultraserenesubtropicalparadise,surroundedbybotanical-like gardens, awildlife corridor,andanabsolute picturesqueand sought-afterlocation,somewhere betweenthesea spray ofNoosa MainBeach, café centralon Gympie TerraceontheforeshoreoftheNoosaRiver,andthe joysofvibrant Cooroy.Soakingupoodlesoffresh airandendlessskies,marvelatthe contemporary

residencefashionedwithravishing over-sizeddesign forwardspacesandsunnypersonalitythatplayupto thenumerousnaturalassets.Seamlesslyconnecting indoorstooutarewrap-aroundwide terraces perfectlycapturingnature’sbest as wellas amenuof entertainingoptions.Everyonce in awhile,aproperty takesyourbreath away.Thisisoneofthosemoments.

Auction Friday15November11am

View Saturday 9.00-9.30

Agent ChrisMiller 0412894542 chris@offermann.com.au

33/17 NOOSADRIVE , NOOS AH EADS

Lookingforthatserendipitousmomentof finding Shangri-la?Imagineapenthousepackedwithcharacter, joiedevivreand aplayfulattitude,a rooftop terrace ostensibly floatingina paradisiacalfashion overa watercolorpanoramaanddelivering apicturesque statementlikenoother.Easytobemesmerized by lustrousLagunaBay,Noosa MainBeachandNoosa River waterwaystotheNoosaNorthShore,Coloured

Sandsand yonder.Commensurateisthepenthouse, seeminglyperchedonthecrest ofthehill, yetamere two-minutestrolltosophisticatedHastingsStreet,via aprivaterainforestboardwalk.Picture blue-skydays relaxingonsunlounges,a soakinthespa,perhaps sundownersorromantic twilightdinners,whenyou can almostreachforthe stars.

Price Guide$5.5M

Agent CameronUrquhart 0411757570 cameron@offermann.com.au

18/16 SERENIT YC LO SE , N OOSAHEADS

Thought youhad completelymissedouton abrandnewapartmentinthesold-out Tallow Residences? Here’s yourchance. Tallow Residencesisthe final releaseinSettler’s Cove,anduntilnow,theopportunity to bepartoftheSettler’sCovedreamhadclosed.The remarkablepopularityofthis final residentialoffering underscoresitsdesirability,showcasing atrulyunique opportunitythatbeautifullyblends centralNoosa

convenience withtranquilbushlandserenity. Nestled harmoniouslywithinnatural conservationbushland,this exceptionalcollectionoftwenty-twoluxuryapartments redefinessophisticationand comfort.Crafted by BlackburneJacksonarchitects,thesedesignsfeature large,open-planlivingspacesthatfosteranintimate connectiontothesurroundingenvironment. Duefor completioninearly2025.

Price $3.9M

Agent AdamOffermann 0475804467 adam@offermann.com.au

8/70 UPPER H ASTINGS ST REET , NOOSAHEAD S

Reachforthe stars inirresistibleLittleCove.Be totally captivated by penthouseperfectionwithaprodigious rooftop terracealsotrulyspectacular,200-degree viewsofNoosaNational Park,MainBeachandthe azurewaters ofLagunaBay,sweepingtheNoosaNorth Shoreand ColouredSands to DoubleIsland Point. Locationis afew minutes to theworld-famousNoosa National ParkandLittle Cove Beachisalmoston

thedoorstep. Comeinsideandbeenthralledbythe generosityofwell-appointedlivinganddiningareas. Doorsseeminglydisappearandmorphindoorsout to terracesonthenorthside, westside,alsosouthside, whereitexpands to averyserious119sqm.Drinkin those stupendousviewsandthinkbaskinginsun-kissed dayswithsaltybreezesisan everyday occurrence

Price $7.75M View Saturday &Sunday10.00-11.00

Agent JillGoode 0418714653 jill@offermann.com.au

21 SleeP YH Oll Ow DRIve , NOOSAHEADS

Welcome to SleepyHollow, astunningfamilyhomenestledinthepeacefulWeyba ParkEstate,designedforboth comfortablelivingandmemorablegatherings.Inside, you’ll findspaciouslivingareasthat flow effortlessly,includingaformallounge,a relaxedfamily zone,and amedia roomwithits ownprivateentrance.Themaster suiteisatrue retreat, complete with acozyreadingnookandsundeck.Outside, enjoythesun-drenchedpool,timber cabana,andlushgardens,offeringplentyof spacetorelaxorentertain.IdeallylocatednearNoosa’svibrant cafes,markets, andbeautifulbeaches,SleepyHollowoffersaperfect blendofstyle, comfort,and convenience.

A 5 B 4 C 3 D

Auction

Saturday 19Oct4pm

view Saturday3.30pm

24 YA NGUBBILANE , CO OROIBAH

Agent NicHunter 0421785512

nic@offermann.com.au

If youhaveeverhadthedesiretoescape to thecountryandembrace gentle acreagelivingwithoutisolation,this resplendentproperty –100%private,fully usable1.03-hectareswith abespokearchitecturally-designedpavilionhomemelding infusionsofrusticcharmwithmodern comforts,istrulygoingtomakeyourheart sing!

Designed to facilitategoodseparationoflivingwhilststillprovidingconnectivity viainternalbreezeways,the floorplanoffersexcellentversatilityincluding intergenerationalliving,guestquarters,andpossibleincome streamviashort-term accommodation.

ThepropertybordersYangubbiCreek –apermanenttidalcreek flowingintoLake CooroibahandintoNoosaRiver.You cantaketheboatallthe way intoHastings Street in15minutes!

A 5 B 5 C 5 D

Auction

Friday25October1pm

View Sat11.30-12.00& Wed12.30-1.00

Agent ClareSherwood 0402903733

clare@offermann.com.au

NORTHERLY ASPECT TO POOL, GARDENS AND NATURE’S SURROUNDS

MARVEL at the eye-catching properties on both hillsides of a much-coveted street sculpted by nature’s striking verdant offerings. Take the curved driveway past bird-attracting gardens, to the residence which is framed by heleconias and commands a spectacular presence.

Open the massive pivot door. Talented award-winning architect Jolyon Robinson’s creative albeit dramatic stamp with a nod to uber modern design, is evident everywhere. Fashioned with clever responses, there are expansive open plan living and dining spaces, seemingly endless polished blackbutt flooring, prodigious high and mighty house-wide walls of glass louvres, panes and doors, and topped with almost gravity-defying spatial raked ceilings.

Cool natural hues are simply stunning as is the magical light and its harmonious interplay with the surrounding natural landscape, thanks to disappearing doors which quietly connect indoors to out, all adding an undeniable sense of indulgence.

Alfresco is an oasis of calm on the two adjoining massive terraces with northerly aspect. The slightly upper terrace has a skillion roof, so is perfect as an entertaining option; the other for perhaps sun lovers. The lustrous concrete pool is certainly inviting for those who choose to walk beyond the lawn and natural reserve-like backdrop, to the dam and meandering freshwater creek, no doubt engaging with friendly fauna and local birdlife along the way.

Complementing the custom aesthetic is the generous galley kitchen with black stone-topped black timber cabinetry including large island breakfast bar with designer linear pendant. The wall of black slatted timber slide-away/hideaway

cabinetry has a coffee or say preparation area and a black tiled splashback. Kitted out with multiple high-end appliances such as a Pitt gas burner cooktop and every other accoutrement, everything desired by even a fussy celebrity chef is here.

When it comes to slumber zones there are four bedrooms. What a joy waking up to birdsong in the premier suite retreat. It has two entry ways, long walk-in robe, day bed and innovative walkway to the ensuite. One wall has a long black stone and single basin-topped cabinetry with gas lift windows to enjoy nature’s best exquisite views whilst washing hands. Pastel-toned green tiles feature on the outer wall and inside of the walk-in drencher shower. In the north-wing are three carpeted bedrooms. A king retreat has an undercover terrace, a built-in robed and the ensuite with terrazzo floor and white finger wall tiles has white stone-topped cabinetry, skylight and separate entry/alternate access to purposebuilt studio adjoining the garage. Two additional

bedrooms have built-in robes, and slate-effect tiles in the bathroom also a deep white freestanding bath tub and sky light. Nearby is a laundry.

“This is a cracker of a residence, packed with vivacious personality, designed with flair, naturally with the latest contemporary iterations,“ comments Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Roark Walsh, who is taking the property to auction on Saturday 2 November 2024

It is the epitome of living and loving the good life.“

Facts & Features:

• House Area: 292m2 Land Area: 5419m2 /.54ha

• Pool/Terraces: 10.7mx4m concrete w sun deck; 4.3mx4.4m undercover/skillion roof adjoining 2.9mx7.5m northerly aspect w awning

• Architect: award-winning Jolyon Robinson; complete redesign & build/renovation completed 2023

• About: curved driveway; nature’s views from

every room; fans/aircon; pivot front door; blackbutt timber flooring; lofty raked ceilings throughout; wall width of house w glass louvres, windows, high wide panes & doors; living w custom cabinetry; 4 bedrooms – premier suite retreat w 2 entry ways, WIR, day bed, ’green’ walkway to ensuite w gas lift windows above long black stone & single basin topped timber cabinetry; pastel green tiled outside & in walk-in rain/drencher shower; sep toilet; nth wing w 3 carpeted bedrooms; king retreat w 2.9mx3m undercover terrace, BIR & terrazzo floor & white finger wall tiled ensuite w white stone & basin topped timber cabinetry + skylight; sep entry/alt access to studio & garage; 2 bedrooms w BIRs, ’slate’ tiled bathroom w white-stone topped single basin timber cabinetry, deep white free standing bath tub, sep shower & sky light

• Kitchen: galley black stone-topped back timber cabinetry incl 4m island breakfast bar w designer linear pendant; Pitt 4-gas burner cooktop; Ilve 900 oven; Bosch integrated dishwasher; Ilve fridge; wall of black timber slatted slide-away/hideaway cabinetry for appliances, coffee, prep area w black tiled splashback

• Exterior/Grounds: 6x3m studio adjoining garage; solar power; gas hot water; 66,000L rainwater tank; established gardens w banksias, grevillieas, paper barks, frangipani; front w heliconias ferns & draecenas; fresh water creek; dam on boundary; plethora of birds & fauna

• Location: 10 mins to cafe central on Gympie Terrace beside the Noosa River; 15 mins to Hastings St, Noosa Main Beach & Noosa National Park; 7 mins to Eumundi; 30 mins to Sunshine Coast Airport w interstate & overseas connections

Address: 354 Duke Road, DOONAN Description: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage Inspect: Saturday 19 October 12:00pm-12:30pm Auction: On site auction Saturday 2 November, 2:00 pm

Contact: Roark Walsh 0437 447 804, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE

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SUNRISE BEACH SMART INVESTOR ALERT: CORAL SEA AND HINTERLAND VIEWS

WHEN it comes to finding the hot ticket to investment success in a top-notch area, mere minutes to sand, surf breaks, parks, cafes, and with Coral Sea and Hinterland views, this beauty has it all...and more.

Hot foot it to Sunrise Beach before it’s too late. Check out the stunning surrounding homes, and the lushly landscaped front garden with pandanus, palms, banksias and ground cover, also fragrant orange jessamine hedging the driveway.

Come inside and head up the stairs to the expansive open plan living and dining areas with lime-washed timber-look flooring. Look ahead to full height windows with peeks of the Coral Sea and on the right, open the plantation shutters to extend the view from Sunrise Beach to Mooloolaba and Point Cartwright, then sweep west across the National Park, Hinterland and backdrop of Mt Cooroy. Similarly, from the undercover cover terrace on the north side, where it’s also one of several options for entertaining, and naturally sundowners.

The undercover terrace on the ground level has a similar aspect, and with access from the roomy laundry as well as a store area off the garage, it all bodes well for alfresco parties. Potentially it also makes for easier installation of a pool and sun terrace, with the idyllic north aspect of course.

The C-shaped kitchen is the hub of the house and well placed between indoor and outdoor living zones. It has timber-edged laminated cabinetry, a walk-in pantry and excellent appliances to assist a cook up feast or dishes to accompany a barbeque.

There are four bedrooms. On the upper level along the hallway, the premier suite has hinterland views, a walk-in robe and ensuite/ bathrooms shared by the second bedroom, which has an undercover terrace with ocean views. On the ground level are two bedrooms with built-in robes and a share bathroom. The larger one has access to the rear garden.

“When it comes to a popular location and the Noosa’s Eastern beaches market completely smashing all growth trends, this hot property takes some beating,” says Tom Offermann Real Estates agent Peter Te Whata & Erica Newton who has slated it for Auction on Friday 8th November 2024. “It is 450 metres via an underpass to toes-in-the-sand at Sunrise Beach, an easy walk to local’s fave the Chalet & Co Cafe, plus Sunshine Beach, Hastings Street, Noosa Main Beach and the Noosa National Park, are in close proximity.

Facts & Features:

• Land Area: 685m2

• House Internal Area: 212m2

• House External Area: 46m2

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• Terraces: 5.5m x 3.5m & 1.8m3.3m both upper level & undercover; 5.5m x 3.5m ground level

• About: landscaped front garden with pandanus, palms, banksias & ample ground cover with driveway & orange jessamine hedging; front entry several stairs to up & down; downstairs; lime washed timber hued flooring; aircon/fans; dble garage with internal access & ample storage; living/dining: windows/doors to Coral Sea & coastal view to Pt Carwright; plantation shutters on right

with view to Pt Cartwright & west over nature reserve, hinterland & Mt Cooroy backdrop; 4 bedrooms – hallway to 2 upper level incl premier with ensuite/bathroom; 1 with WIR &Hinterland views, 1 with u/c terrace & ocean glimpses; 2 ground level with BIRs & ensuite/bathroom; rear garden access or ocean glimpses

• Kitchen: C-shape timber edged laminated topped 2 pac cabinetry; Gaggenau oven, Euromaid cooktop & walk-in pantry

• Location: 450m to beach via underpass walk-

way; easy walk to local Chalet & Co cafe; close to Sunshine Beach, Noosa Aquatic Centre; Noosa Junction with bars, restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, cinema, boutiques, essential services & transport links; 10 mins to Noosa Main Beach, Hastings Street along boardwalk to Noosa National Park & world recognised Surfing Reserve

Giving you extra choices and options for your leisure time,you’ll never need to go on holidays, just living here is a staycation in itself.

Address: 6 Woodlark Rise, SUNRISE BEACH Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Auction: On site auction Friday 8 November, 11:00 am

Contact: Peter Tewhata 0423 972 034 and Erica Newton 0410 603 519, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE

MUCH SOUGHT AFTER HASTINGS STREET

PERFECTLY positioned on cosmopolitan Hastings Street, the Ocean Breeze Resort is the ideal complement to Noosa’s stunning beach setting. With Noosa main beach directly opposite, you can take a swim, enjoy the stunning views, or take a short stroll through the Noosa National Park.

Apartment 20 has a generous floor plan, with great separation between the ensuited

bedrooms, and a large open plan living area. Relax on the balcony, or simply enjoy the tastefully renovated apartment. It is surrounded by palm trees and tropical gardens, which will relax you on your Noosa stay.

Right on your doorstep are world class restaurants and cafes, or simply stroll down Hastings Street for some boutique shopping that Noosa is famous for

Address: 20 ‘Ocean Breeze’ 52 Hastings Street, NOOSA HEADS Description: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage

Contact: Shane McCauley 0403 646 930 and Frank Milat 0438 528 148, RICHARDSON AND WRENCH NOOSA

ONE-OF-A-KIND BEACH HOUSE WITH OCEAN VIEWS

THIS may just be one of the most spectacular properties along one of the most sought-after waterfront streets in Sunshine Beach. Immerse yourself in a world of absolute style and sophistication with this one-of-a-kind residence promising the very best in modern luxury and elegance. Designed by the renowned Beach House Architecture and complete with holiday rental approval, this is a rare opportunity that’s simply too good to let slip.

From the striking entry, you are welcomed into the spacious two-storey layout centred around a unique internal breezeway. Expanses of glass frame the uninterrupted ocean views providing the perfect outlook whether you’re admiring a glistening sunrise with your morning coffee, spotting migrating whales as they splash offshore or hosting guests as the sun sets.

The heart of the home will be the open-plan kitchen and living room with striking cabinetry, an induction cooktop, a large island and a feature backsplash. An effortless connection to

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the front balcony is ideal for entertaining or you can move into the breezeway with space to dine alfresco and bask under the stars.

A lounge room and a powder room await on this main floor alongside your sumptuous master suite with a balcony, a generous robe and an ensuite.

Two more bedrooms and two bathrooms, including a second ensuite, are nestled on the lower level plus there’s a changing room and a versatile sleepout/lounge that could be adapted to suit your needs.

A tranquil swimming pool offers endless hours of relaxation or the perfect place to cool off after a trip to the beach and there’s also an outdoor shower and soaking tub, a fire pit area and, of course, more of those breathtaking ocean views.

If you can pull yourself away from this incredible beach house, you can get out and explore bustling local cafes, restaurants and boutique shops and you’re only moments from the iconic Noosa National Park.

Address: 10 Arakoon Crescent, SUNSHINE BEACH

Description: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 garage

Price: Expressions of Interest Inspect: By Appointment

Contact: Rachel Sellman 0422 719 041, CENTURY 21. CONOLLY HAY GROUP

Excellence in design & luxury

Perched on an idyllic knoll with breathtaking panoramic views across the Noosa Hinterland and Noosa Foreshore, Stonelea is the epitome of luxury and elegance. This ultra-premium residence offers seamless indoor-outdoor living, combining expansive spaces with intimate charm. Every detail of Stonelea has been crafted to perfection, delivering a level of sophistication rarely seen in the Noosa property market. Surrounded by Mt Cooroy and lush rainforests, and offering extensive views over the Coral Sea, Stonelea is more than just a home—it’s a lifestyle experience. With features like a private helipad, lift, and 5-star design, Stonelea is just 15 minutes from Noosa Main Beach, offering the ultimate in security, seclusion, and grandeur. To fully appreciate its unparalleled luxury, book your private viewing of this stunning home.

LOCATION

AUCTION

430 Cooroy Mountain Rd, Cooroy Mountain AGENT

INSPECTION By Appointment

On-site 12pm Thursday 24th October

David Conolly 0438 259 956

5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms

Walk-in cool room and a discreet butler’s pantry

15 car garage with five-person lift to kitchen

12 metre wet edge heated swimming pool

1916sqm interior and outdoor living space

Private helipad

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DISCOVER THIS ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE

WELCOME to your new home, an architecturally-designed masterpiece that perfectly pairs effortless elegance with all the latest technology. Step inside to discover a world of luxury where no expense has been spared to ensure a beautiful blend of comfort and convenience that will impress even the most astute buyer.

The four-bedroom, two-bathroom layout is spacious and light-filled with a flexible design ready for the growing family. Gorgeous French Oak flooring flows underfoot alongside a neutral colour palette and oversized windows to ensure timeless style.

For the budding chef, the state-of-the-art kitchen is a dream come true. A suite of quality appliances awaits, including a gas cooktop and dishwasher, while an oversized island bench with Corian benchtops will be a favourite place for guests to gather as you show off your culinary skills.

Large sliding doors effortlessly connect the open-plan living areas to the covered alfresco, complete with a built-in BBQ and views over

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the sparkling pool ready for summertime entertaining. A second sunny deck offers a private retreat where you can start your day with a coffee in hand as you take in the leafy outlook.

Extra features abound and include plantation shutters throughout, ceiling fans, downlights, and integrated air-conditioning. There are Corian benchtops in the bathrooms, a 7.6kW solar power system with EV charging provisions and a top-of-the-line intercom and security system. An automatic irrigation system ensures the landscaped gardens stay lush year-round.

Just as impressive as this beautiful home is its sought-after location in the pristine river precinct of Tewantin. Your new retreat is nestled on a quiet no-through road set against a beautiful rainforest backdrop for complete privacy. The vibrant heart of Tewantin, with cafes, restaurants, and services, is only moments away and you are also close to the Tewantin Marina and all the dining options of the Noosa River precinct.

Address: 6 Lewis Street, TEWANTIN Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: On application Inspect: Saturday, 19 October, 10.30am-11am

Contact: Adam Watts 0410 512 364, CENTURY 21 CONOLLY HAY GROUP

ELEGANT NOOSA RIVER RESIDENCE

AN incredible residence in the prestigious Noosa River Precinct, this recently renovated home celebrates the timeless allure of mid-century modern architecture fused with contemporary luxuries. The location offers a tranquil retreat encapsulated by natural light and a vibrant community atmosphere.

The front offers a striking façade that uses natural materials including oak and stone to create a breathtaking first impression. The design cleverly draws the eye toward the central pool area, a visual and functional centrepiece.

The heart of the home is undoubtedly the sophisticated kitchen which boasts Taj Mahal stone benchtops, integrated appliances, and a spacious walk-in pantry. This area seamlessly transitions into the dining space, where windows offer views of the pool, ensuring you’re always connected to the serene outdoors.

Extending this theme is the outdoor entertaining. The double-height alfresco area amplifies the sense of space, which is adjoining to the pool. Featuring an in-built barbecue set in an arched enclave, crazy pave tiling, and travertine features. Warm tones and lush green planting around the area evoke a resort-style feel.

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The living room offers a relaxed feel and is complemented by a built-in fireplace lounging area, ideal for adding ambiance in the cooler evenings. This area connects to the landscaped garden, complete with a full sprinkler system and immaculately maintained lawn.

The residence offers ample space for

Address: 13 Janet Street, NOOSAVILLE Description: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage

Inspect: Saturday 19th October at 11:45 am Auction: Wednesday, 6 November at 12pm

Contact: Adrian Reed 0409 446 955 and Taylor Clout 0419 676 554,

REED & CO. ESTATE AGENTS

family and guests with a large master suite on the first floor, complete with a freestanding bath, walk-in robe, and calming, sophisticated atmosphere. There are three additional guest rooms, one of these is ensuited and the others share a jack-and-jill style bathroom.

Living in Noosaville offers more than just

a beautiful home; it’s a lifestyle choice. The river foreshore is a focal point for community life, where residents can enjoy leisurely strolls, vibrant cafes, and boutique shopping. This home is a statement from every angle, offering an exceptional lifestyle opportunity in one of the most sought-after areas.

198 Moorindil Street, Tewantin

EOI ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 25TH

In an ever more frantic world, have you ever wished you could live in a location where you have the best of both worlds – a true nature sanctuary where you can escape the hustle and bustle but still be in close proximity to everything Noosa has to offer. Set on just over two hectares this residence delivers privacy, almost a “secret hideaway”. Architecturally designed, North facing with your very own lake filled with fish, turtles plus a plethora of birdlife and the odd kangaroo and koala. With a native woodland backdrop, each day nature puts on quite a show. 33 6

INSPECT

Friday 18th October at 10AM - 10:30AM

Saturday 19th October at 10AM - 10:30AM

Monday 21st October at 10AM - 10:30AM

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CHARACTER RIDGETOP RETREAT WITH VIEWS

PERCHED high on the ridge in leafy Doonan, this property is all-around captivating, but its standout feature is the views. Stretching uninterrupted over the lush hills of the hinterland to the coast, they take in Noosa Heads, the upper Noosa River catchment and Lake Weyba. The custom home has been built specifically to make the most of the position, with abundant glass windows and doors to capture the beautiful outlook from every room.

The interior boasts elements that together create a very relaxed, welcoming yet stylish ambience. Charm comes courtesy of features like polished timber floors and raked ceilings with exposed cedar beams, while crisp white paint and modern tiling add a contemporary touch. On the upper level is an expansive dedicated living zone perfect for entertaining. It includes spaces for dining and living with a cosy built-in wood fire, or head to the elevated entertaining deck to feel like you’re hovering over the treetops among wraparound hinterland and coastal views. Stairs lead down to the private pool deck, where a brand-new plunge pool awaits.

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This wing is serviced by an immaculate new kitchen with white cabinetry, stone benchtops, gas cooking, Smeg appliance, wrap around bench and walk-in pantry. A hallway lined with storage leads to the sleeping wing where two bedrooms both have access to a deck and those stunning views. The air-conditioned master incorporates a generous walk-in robe and entry to the main bathroom, featuring exposed beams and ample light. Stairs down from the upper deck lead to the lower level housing two good-sized rooms, bathroom, deck and the same spectacular ocean views.

This versatile space would work equally well as a home-based business, gym area, creative studio, games room or teen hangout. The home is complemented by picturesque, easy-care tropical landscaped gardens, while native trees encasing the block provide solitude and serenity. Additional features include parking for two vehicles, new retaining walls, terracing, decking, plumbing, and some wiring, plus a new Colorbond roof.

While very private, the property is wonderfully positioned midway between Noosa

Address: 373 to 375 Sunrise Road, DOONAN Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Inspect: By appointment Contact: Kess Prior 0404 344 399, kess@hinternoosa.com.au, HINTERNOOSA

and Eumundi. You could be exploring markets, artisan stores and country pubs in the morning, followed by a stroll on Noosa main beach and dinner on Hastings Street, all within 15 minutes of your doorstep. With truly nothing to do but move in and enjoy the tranquilly, views, and stylish coastal vibe, be very quick if you’d like to secure this parcel of hinterland paradise for yourself.

Parking on site is limited, but there is plenty of parking along Sunrise Road.

GloriousAcreage With ACreek

Address 21Andrews Road,Federal Auction29Octoberat1pmOnSite Land 9.61acres View Sat12-1pm, Wed12-1pm

•Useableland,grassedpaddocks, fertilesoil •FlowingSkyringCreekonnorthernboundary •Multiplehousesites to choosefrom,no covenants •Power connectedonsite,viewtoMtCooroora •Ideallifestyleproperty,suithorsesorhobbyfarm •Tightlyheld for20years,thisbeautyisunique!

JeanetteCatalano 0422923851 jeanette@hinternoosa.com.au

Mario Catalano 0400613879 mario@hinternoosa.com.au

Address 52BinalongRoadPinbarren

Bed 3 Bath 2 Car 2 Pool

Auction 1Novemberat10amOnSite

Land 13.79hectare

View Sat10:15am-10:45am

•Architect-DesignedMasterpieceonjustover34acres

•Panoramicviews acrosstheNoosaHinterland

•Mainandguestpavilions,entertainmentarea

•Open-plandesign,high ceilings,timber floors

•GourmetKitchenwith top-of-the-lineappliances

•Fencedpaddocks,trails,biodynamicfruit forest

Alisa Wythes 0415111370

alisa@hinternoosa.com.au

HenryReynolds 0431001083

henry@hinternoosa.com.au

StunningCountry Estateon62Acres

Address 31FleetwoodRoad,BelliPark

Bed 3 Bath 2 Car 2 Pool

Offers Considered

Land 62acres

View Sat12pm-12:30pm

•62acres of usablelandwithhinterlandviews

•Brickhomedesigned foreasysingle-levelliving •Separatelivingareas,two officesandgamesroom •Kitchenwithstonebenches,induction cooking •Outdoorentertainingareasand apebbleCretepool •Agriculturalland, fencedpaddocks, 4dams

•Rainwatertanks,drinking water filter systemwithUV

Alisa Wythes 0415111370 alisa@hinternoosa.com.au

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TURN-KEY WATERFRONT LUXURY

EXQUISITELY merging absolute waterfront living with high-end modern elegance, this stunning, single-level Noosa Waters’ residence offers an unparalleled blend of sophistication, openness, and luxury living.

Completely transformed by Luxify Designs, with flawless craftsmanship and style, this home welcomes you with a stunning design plan that spills between multiple indoor and outdoor zones.

From the light-illuminated interiors and chefs’ kitchen hosting premium Miele appliances, to the glittering resort-style pool on the water’s edge, it’s evident that not one expense has been spared to ensure opulence. Key Features of this Waterfront Residence: Completely renovated home, all internals are brand new.

18 metre water frontage with expansive 180° canal views.

Vast single-level floorplan, designed for relaxation and entertaining.

Coastal luxe aesthetic with 3.2m high ceilings, engineered oak floorboards and stunning brushed gold pendant lighting throughout.

Vaulted 4.3m high ceiling alfresco area with built-in cooking station.

Stunning stone-clad natural fireplace.

Chefs’ kitchen and butlers’ pantry with silica-free stone and premium Miele appliances, two integrated dishwashers, zip tap (hot/cold/ sparkling).

Four deluxe bedrooms with custom cabinetry (two ensuited).

Luxurious Master Suite with full water views, reveals dressing quarters and ensuite, a combined 46m2.

Decadent 3 bathrooms plus powder room include brushed brass fixtures, rain showers, floor to ceiling tiles.

Velux skylights in kitchen and master ensuite.

Glittering resort-style pool.

Beautifully landscaped low-maintenance gardens.

Private jetty, built-in outdoor lounge and day bed, multiple outdoor entertaining levels.

Securely fenced, front gate with intercom system.

This rare turn-key opportunity claims a prized address within a coveted waterfront cul-de-sac of Noosa Waters, and is a stunning blend of style, modern living and sophisticated coastal elegance.

It is within walking distance of Noosa’s vibrant Riverside precinct, offering boutique shopping, cosmopolitan cafes and gourmet restaurants. This breathtaking property is a short 6 minute drive to the renowned Hastings Street, iconic golden beaches and the prestigious Noosa Springs Golf Course.

13 Topsails Place, Noosa Waters, offers the perfect sanctuary for those seeking a luxurious and idyllic lifestyle, nestled within your own slice of Paradise!

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Address: 13 Topsails Place, NOOSA WATERS Description: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: Expressions of Interest (closing 30th October) Inspect: Saturday 19th October 11.00am – 11.45am and Wednesday 23rd October 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Contact: Mark Latham-Callcott 0417 021 257 and Sharyn Latham-Callcott 0438 010 387, COASTAL LUXE REALTY

ABSOLUTE WATERFRONT SANCTUARY

Effortlessly harmonising waterfront living with high-end modern elegance, this stunning, single-level Noosa Waters’ residence, with 3.2 metre high ceilings and an 18 metre water frontage, offers an unparalleled blend of sophistication, openness, and luxury living.

This rare turn-key opportunity, where it is evident that not one expense has been spared to ensure opulence, claims a prized waterfront address within a blue ribbon Noosa Waters’ cul-de-sac, and is a stunning blend of style, modern living and sophisticated coastal elegance. 13 Topsails Place, Noosa Waters offers the perfect sanctuary for those seeking a luxurious and idyllic lifestyle, nestled in your own slice of Paradise!

FOR SALE

Expressions Of Interest

Closing - 30th October, 5:00pm (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR)

Mark Latham-Callcott 0417 021 257

VIEWING TIMES: SAT 19th October 11:00am – 11.45am WED 23rd October 5.30pm - 6.00pm

Sharyn Latham-Callcott 0438 010 387 hello@clrealty.com.au

AFFORDABLE LIVING IN CONVENIENT LOCATION

THIS elegant two-bedroom townhouse is perfectly situated just a leisurely stroll from Noosa Civic Shopping Centre, the famous Belmondo’s Organic Market, and Heads of Noosa Brewing. With easy access to the Sunshine Motorway and the serene Noosa River, this property seamlessly blends modern design with a peaceful bushland setting, offering a lifestyle of both convenience and tranquility with low body corporate fees.

Highlights:

• Private & Peaceful: Enjoy a secluded atmosphere with scenic bush views.

• Stylish Open Plan: The kitchen, living, and dining areas flow together, featuring sleek design and a study nook ideal for remote work.

• Modern Kitchen: Fully equipped with contemporary appliances.

• Outdoor Retreat: The private courtyard, surrounded by mature greenery, provides a perfect escape.

• Spacious Bedrooms: Two generously sized bedrooms upstairs with high ceilings, built-in robes, and ceiling fans.

• Master Suite: Includes a balcony overlooking the courtyard and natural reserve.

• Convenient Amenities: Two-way ensuite bathroom, ground floor powder room, air conditioning in the living room, and security screens.

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• Pet-Friendly: Pets are welcome with Body Corporate approval.

• Single Garage: Secure lock-up garage with remote access. Nearby Attractions:

• Close to Everything: Just a 5-minute drive to the Noosa River and Gympie Terrace’s vibrant dining scene.

• Beach Proximity: Only 10 minutes to Noosa Main Beach and the iconic Hastings Street. This townhouse is an ideal choice for those seeking a peaceful Noosa lifestyle or a smart investment. Embrace the convenience, beauty, and serenity of Noosaville living.

Body Corporate Approx $3000 per annum

Address: 9/60 Hofmann Drive, NOOSAVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Price: Price Guide $860,000 Inspect: Saturday, 19 October, 11am-11.30am

Contact: Michelle van der Splinter 0413 582 670, CENTURY 21 CONOLLY HAY GROUP

COASTAL RETREAT WITH NORTHEAST ASPECT

JUST a short walk from the Village and patrolled surf beach, this stunning Stephen Kidd-designed beachside residence embodies the essence of a modern beach house with its casual sophistication spread across two floors.

“Breezes on Pacific” is positioned to enjoy a delightful northeast aspect, it’s the perfect coastal retreat. Taking full advantage of its position, the home is nestled to the rear of the tropically landscaped, 569m2 level property.

A spacious podium-level patio overlooking the 8 metre pool with wading deck welcomes you to the garden-level entrance, featuring an impressive oversized pivoting timber front door.

Inside, a central wall artfully separates a generous rumpus room, complete with built-in cabinetry for books, games, and media, and welcomes the outside in via banks of louvres.

Three spacious bedrooms and a stylish bathroom fan to the rear of the home on the ground level, while a convenient laundry room provides direct access to a private drying yard.

A glass balustrade timber staircase leads to an upper floor bathed in natural light beneath soaring VJ-lined ceilings. Bi-fold doors open to

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reveal a covered 30sqm deck with an insulated roof, low-maintenance modular decking, built-in BBQ and refrigeration-perfect for entertaining family and friends whilst overlooking the pool.

Once again, expansive glass louvres welcome the coastal breeze and flood the living space with natural light, complemented by elegant hardwood timber floors. The centrepiece of the dream kitchen is an impressive stone waterfall-edge island bench,

Address: 31 Pacific Avenue, SUNSHINE BEACH Description: 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage

featuring Bosch gas and electric cooking, zipfiltered rainwater, integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher, soft-close drawers, and abundant pantry space.

The beautiful primary bedroom on the northeastern side features walk-through robes and a distinctive floor-to-ceiling tiled ensuite.

A private bedroom at the rear of the house is accompanied by a third bathroom, while a convenient powder room nearby is perfect for entertaining guests.

Some of the homes standout features include solar power to reduce energy costs, ducted air conditioning for climate control, acoustic and thermal insulation, a motion sensor alarm, 3000-gallon rainwater tanks, computerized irrigation for effortless garden maintenance, stylish modular decking, and convenient automatic gates with audio/visual intercom.

This immaculately kept home seamlessly blends timeless architecture with modern comfort. “Breezes on Pacific” is a must-see if you value exceptional craftsmanship, spacious living areas, and a prime location near the

beach and local restaurants.

Whether you continue as a holiday rental (subject to council approval) or make it your permanent residence, this property offers versatile living options. With furnishings included, you can move in and start living today!

• Stunning Stephen Kidd-designed beachside residence

• Perfect coastal retreat with northeast aspect set back on 569m2 block

• Covered 30sqm deck with insulated roof, modular decking, built-in BBQ and fridge

• Spacious podium-level patio overlooking 8m pool with wading deck

• Two living areas, study nook, VJ-lined ceilings, timber floors

• Master bedroom with walk-through robes, floor-to-ceiling tiled ensuite

• Solar power (6kw), ducted air conditioning, acoustic/thermal insulation

• Landscaped gardens, 3000-gallon rainwater tanks, computerized irrigation, garden shed

• Motion sensor alarm, automatic gates with audio/visual intercom

• Easy walk to Village and beach

19th

11.00am-11.45am Contact: Rob Spencer 0408 710 556 and Caitlyn McConnell 0417 637 697, SUNSHINE

SUNSHINEBEACHREALESTATE

12ELANDASTREET

SUNSHINEBEACH

A 4 B 3 C 2 E

Thisimpeccablypresentedbeachhouseoffersa desirablecoastal lifestyle,effortlesslyblendingcharmandwarmthwithmodern comfortsandfeatures,ashortwalktothe Villageshops,dining andpatrolledbeach.

•Existingapprovalas aholiday-rental

•Tastefullyrenovated/extendedinrecentyears

•Privatecoveredalfrescobysun-drenchedpool

•Elegantwell-equippedgalleykitchen

FORSALE CONTACT AGENT INSPECT SAT19OCT 10-10.45AM

AGENT

RobSpencer M:0408710556

CaitlynMcConnell M:0417637697

2/9HENDERSONSTREET

SUNSHINEBEACH

A 2 B 1 C 1

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Investin astellarSunshineBeachlifestyleandlocationwiththe purchaseofthisultra-stylishapartmentin acovetedcomplexof onlythree,withlushleafygardensmaximisingprivacyandoutlook; just200-metrestothevillageand400-metrestothesurfcluband beach.

•Elegantapartmentinboutiquebuildingof3

•luxurybathroom,stunninggalleykitchen

•Endpositionenhancingnaturallight,views,&breezes

•200mtovillagehub,400mtosurfclub &patrolledbeach

FORSALE

OffersOver $1,450,000 INSPECT SAT19OCT 10-10.30AM

AGENT

KathyWise M:0407968300

OPENHOMES

Belli Park

Saturday19thOctober

12.00PM -12.30PM31Fleetwood Road 322

OffersConsideredHinternoosa0415111 370 BlackMountain

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10.00AM -10.30AM 131CudgerieDrive 312

OffersOver$950,000 Hinternoosa0404344399 CartersRidge

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10.30AM -11.00AM910KenilworthSkyringCreekRoad4 28

OffersOver$999,000 Hinternoosa0407730987 CoolumBeach

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1.00PM -1.30PM 107GrandviewDrive 432 SuitBuyersInMid$2MsLaguna RealEstate0434236 110 Cooroibah

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11.30AM -12.00PM24YangubbiLane5 55 Auction

Wednesday23rdOctober

12.30PM -1.00PM24YangubbiLane5 55 Auction

TomOffermann RealEstate0402903733

TomOffermann RealEstate0402903733 Cooroy

Saturday19thOctober

9.00AM -9.30AM8/26 KauriStreet3 11

OffersOver$640,000 Hinternoosa0404344399

9.00AM -9.30AM 4BlanfordsCourt4 22 OffersConsideredHinternoosa0415111 370

9.00AM -9.30AM1/3B KauriStreet 322 OffersOver$899,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370 10.00AM -10.30AM 4CrystalStreet 523 OffersOver$899,000 Hinternoosa0415111 370 11.00AM -11.30AM 4BangalowCourt 326 OffersOver$1,325,000 Hinternoosa0422923851

1.30PM -2.00PM29Overlander Avenue 424 Auction Hinternoosa0404344399

2.00PM -2.30PM 13 EmeraldStreet 211 Auction Hinternoosa0422923851

2.30PM -3.00PM95StrakerDrive 422 Offersover$1,249,000 Hinternoosa0422923851 Doonan

Saturday19thOctober

11.00AM -11.30AM373to375Sunrise Road 320 Auction Hinternoosa0404344399 11.15AM -11.45AM 109LagunaGrove 536 OffersOver$1,995,000 Hinternoosa0419491448

11.30AM -12.00PM 105PanoramaDrive 435 CONTACTAGENTReed &Co.EstateAgents0407 194146

12.00PM -12.30PM354Duke Road 432 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0437447804 Eumundi

Saturday19thOctober

10.00AM -10.30AM 2JocelynDrive 422 OffersOver$2,300,000 Hinternoosa0404344399

12.30PM -1.00PM 1408EumundiNoosaRoad4 2.56 $1,495,000 Richardson &Wrench Noosa54474499 Federal

Saturday19thOctober

12.00PM -1.00PM21Andrews Road 000 Auction Hinternoosa0422923851 LakeMacDonald

Saturday19thOctober

9.00AM -9.30AM23LittleSpringsLane5 24 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0412894542

10.00AM -10.30AM23EchidnaLane 532 $4,350,000 TomOffermann RealEstate0412894542

12.15PM -12.45PM4APineTreeDriveWest 432 OffersOver$1,599,000 Hinternoosa0404344399 Marcoola

Friday18thOctober

9.30AM -10.00AM70Beachway Parade 642 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0418714 653 NoosaHeads

Friday18thOctober

9.30AM -10.00AM1/35ViewlandDrive 321 BY NEGOTIATION Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

1.30PM -2.00PM2105/5MorwongDrive 432 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0412894542

2.30PM -3.00PM 14 KeyCourt5 44 AUCTIONFRIDAY 18THOCTOBERAT3PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505 3.30PM -4.00PM27/37NoosaDr 322 Guide$2.99MCoastalNoosa0411737 767

Saturday19thOctober

9.30AM -10.00AM4/9Bottlebrush Avenue 221 ContactAgentCentury21ConollyHayGroup0410512 364

10.00AM -11.00AM8/70UpperHastingsStreet 32 2$7,750,000 TomOffermann RealEstate0418714 653

10.00AM -10.30AM20 SarahCourt 534 ByNegotiationTheMcLureGroup0400084975

10.00AM -10.30AM 9WildAppleCt3 32 ByNegotiationCentury21ConollyHayGroup0413582670

10.00AM -10.30AM 6WyandraStreet 322 ContactAgentCentury21ConollyHayGroup0438259956

11.00AM -11.30AM23BayviewRd 432 ByNegotiationCentury21ConollyHayGroup0438259956

11.00AM -11.30AM515/61NoosaSpringsDrive 44 2ByNegotiationLaguna RealEstate0434236 110

11.00AM -11.30AM 13 SunsetDrive 322 BUYERSGUIDE$1,700,000Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

11.30AM -12.00PM 6DavidStreet 532 AUCTIONFRIDAY 1STNOVEMBER AT 12PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158

12.00PM -12.30PM 144/61NoosaSpringsDrive 32 2BUYERSGUIDE$1,595,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

12.00PM -12.30PM9/83Noosa Parade 321 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0421785512

12.30PM -1.00PM1/35ViewlandDrive 321 BY NEGOTIATION Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

1.00PM -1.30PM1/15GrantStreet 322 BUYERSGUIDE$2,325,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

1.00PM -1.30PM64/6QuambyPl1 11 $849,000 CoastalNoosa0411737 767

1.30PM -2.00PM 1BanksiaAvenue 533 BY NEGOTIATION

2.30PM -3.00PM 5TangmereCourt 322 NEGOTIATIONSFROM$2,300,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

2.30PM -3.00PM7308/5MorwongDrive 221 Auction TomOffermann

Sunday20thOctober

158 NoosaSprings

Saturday19thOctober 11.30AM -12.00PM739/61NoosaSpringsDrive 44 3$7,000,000

RealEstate0413889 130 Wednesday23rdOctober 11.30AM -12.00PM739/61NoosaSpringsDrive

-9.30AM4/76HiltonTerrace3

RealEstate0475804467 9.45AM -10.15AM34Creek Road 42 1AUCTIONFRIDAY 1STNOVEMBER AT 2PM

&Co.EstateAgents0433641 158 10.00AM -10.30AM 7ParkCourt5 43 $5,790,000 TomOffermann RealEstate0421785512 10.30AM -11.00AM9/60HofmannDr 21 1PriceGuide$860,000 Century21ConollyHayGroup0413582670 10.45AM -11.15AM20StarboardAvenue 32 2BUYERSGUIDE$1,850,000 Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158 11.00AM -11.30AM 6SeashellPlace 43 2$2,295,000 TomOffermann RealEstate0412894542 11.30AM -12.00PM 6HazelwoodCt 42 2$1,675,000 Century21ConollyHayGroup0410512 364 11.45AM -12.15PM 13 JanetStreet 43 2AUCTION6THNOVEMBER AT 12PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955 12.00PM -12.30PM 11/15THECOCKLESHELL 22 1ContactAgentSunshineBeachRealEstate0754472999

Tuesday22ndOctober 12.00PM -12.30PM7/169GympieTerrace3 21 POALaguna RealEstate0407379893

Wednesday23rdOctober 11.00AM -11.30AM3/152-158Noosa Parade 22 1$1.1millionnegLaguna RealEstate0407379893 11.00AM -11.30AM4/76HiltonTerrace3 21 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0475804467 12.00PM -12.30PM7/169GympieTerrace3 21 POALaguna RealEstate0407379893 1.00PM-1.30PM34Creek Road 42 1AUCTIONFRIDAY 1STNOVEMBER AT 2PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158 NoosaWaters

Saturday19thOctober 10.15AM -10.45AM40 SeamountQuay4 32 AUCTION23RDOCTOBER AT 12PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955 11.00AM -11.45AM 13TopsailsPlace 43 2ExpressionsofInterestCoastalLuxe Realty0417021257 11.00AM -11.30AM40TheAnchorage 54 3BYNEGOTIATION

Wednesday23rdOctober 5.30PM -6.00PM 13TopsailsPlace 43 2ExpressionsofInterestCoastalLuxe Realty0417021257

PeregianBeach

Saturday19thOctober 10.30AM -11.00AM56 LorikeetDrive4 22 Auction TomOffermann

Ridgewood

RingtailCreek

Saturday19thOctober 9.00AM -9.30AM 15 RiverparkDrive3 22 O/O$1.5mCons.Laguna RealEstate0402699303 SunriseBeach

-9.30AM

Tewantin

Friday18thOctober

10.00AM -10.30AM 198MoorindilStreet 336 EOIONORBEFOREOCT25TH Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

12.30PM -1.00PM 15TingaraCourt4 32 AuctionCoastalNoosa0411737 767

Saturday19thOctober

10.00AM -10.30AM451 &452/3HiltonTerrace2 21 ByNegotiationRichardson &Wrench Noosa54474499

10.00AM -10.30AM24HendryStreet,TEWANTIN 33 2AuctionOnSiteLaguna RealEstate0412043880

10.00AM -10.30AM77OutlookDrive 522 OffersOver$1,200,000 Century21ConollyHayGroup0418426065

10.00AM -10.30AM29WardStreet,Tewantin 312 AuctionOnSiteLaguna RealEstate0428711163

10.00AM -10.30AM28WerinStreet 321 $875,000 Laguna RealEstate0411328488

10.00AM -10.30AM 198MoorindilStreet 336 EOIONORBEFOREOCT25TH Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

10.30AM -11.00AM 6LewisStreet 422 ContactAgentCentury21ConollyHayGroup0410512 364 10.45AM -11.30AM31TinarooPlace4 22 $1,150,000.00Richardson &Wrench Noosa54474499

11.00AM -11.30AM 8ThompsonCrescent 331 $985,000 Laguna RealEstate0402699303

10.00PM -10.30PM64MoorindilStreet2 11 O/O$985,000 Cons.Laguna RealEstate0412043880

Monday21stOctober

10.00AM -10.30AM 198MoorindilStreet 336 EOIONORBEFOREOCT25TH Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505 Wednesday23rdOctober

10.00AM -10.30AM29WardStreet,Tewantin 312 AuctionOnSiteLaguna RealEstate0428711163 10.00AM -10.30AM24HendryStreet,TEWANTIN 33 2AuctionOnSiteLaguna RealEstate0412043880 Tinbeerwah

Saturday19thOctober

12.45PM -1.15PM50Tinbeerwah Road 674 CONTACTAGENTReed &Co.EstateAgents0409446955 Traveston

11.30AM -12.00PM441TandurTraveston Road 21 1OffersConsideredHinternoosa0415111 370 Yandina

1.00PM -1.30PM 9SunshineGrovePlace4 2.52

-10.30AM 5YaroombaDrive 532

AuctionDiary

-1.30PM24YangubbiLane5

1.00PM -1.00PM 13 EmeraldStreet 211

12.00PM -12.00PM29Overlander Avenue 424

12.00PM -12.00PM373to375Sunrise Road 320

2.00PM -2.30PM354Duke Road 432

1.00PM -1.00PM21Andrews Road 000

OPENHOMES

Marcoola

Friday18thOctober

10.00AM -10.30AM70Beachway Parade 64 2Auction

RealEstate0418714 653 NoosaHeads

Friday18thOctober

2.00PM -2.30PM2105/5MorwongDrive 43 2Auction

RealEstate0412894542 3.00PM -3.30PM 14 KeyCourt5 44 AUCTIONFRIDAY 18THOCTOBER AT 3PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0438695505

Saturday19thOctober

3.00PM -3.30PM7308/5MorwongDrive2 21 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0412894542 4.00PM -4.30PM21SleepyHollowDrive5 43 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0421785512

Friday1stNovember 12.00PM -12.30PM 6DavidStreet 53 2AUCTIONFRIDAY 1STNOVEMBER AT 12PM Reed &Co.EstateAgents0433641 158

Saturday9thNovember 1.00PM -1.30PM2/3MittiStreet 32 1Auction

Friday8thNovember 11.00AM -11.30AM 6WoodlarkRise4 22 Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0423972034 SunshineBeach

Saturday9thNovember 3.00PM -3.30PM27NebulaStreet 54 2Auction TomOffermann RealEstate0410603519 Tewantin

Friday18thOctober 1.00PM -1.30PM 15TingaraCourt4 32 AuctionCoastalNoosa0411737 767 Saturday26thOctober 10.30AM -11.00AM24HendryStreet,TEWANTIN 33 2AuctionOnSiteLaguna RealEstate0412043880 Saturday16thNovember 12.30PM -1.00PM29WardStreet,Tewantin 31 2AuctionOnSiteLaguna RealEstate0428711163

8/89 Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads

Stylish Serene Abode

2 Bed 2 Bath Single Car Space

Encounter luxurious riverfront living in the heart of Noosa, with your very own private rooftop oasis. Step into a world of sophistication with this stunning 2bedroom, 2-bathroom modern apartment. Offering uninterrupted views of the Noosa Sound River from your private undercover balcony, this sleek apartment is designed for those who crave the finer things. Enjoy your own exclusive rooftop terrace, complete with a traditional sauna, spa bath and BBQ facilities, perfect for unwinding and relaxing while soaking in the coastal breeze. With an undercover car park, separate laundry, and every contemporary amenity at your fingertips, this residence delivers both style and convenience. Positioned in a prime location, only minutes away from Noosa's vibrant dining, boutique outlets and world-class beach scene. Immerse yourself in the quintessential Noosa lifestyle.

WELCOME BY APPOINTMENT

$1,950,000

•Familyfriendlyhomeset in aquiet culdesaconjust under5 acres

•The landisflat,floodfree,irrigatedand easilymaintained

•Spaciousand light filled, open planliving/dining flowstoalfresco

•Puton aBBQ,frolicinthepoolandenjoy theruraltranquillity

•5-bay shed forvehicles, toolsorhobbiesorsimplytimeoutspace

•Water tanks; dualsepticsystemforefficientwaste management

•Under15minutes to theNoosaRiver;10minutes by cartoTewantin

•Yourchancetosecurea peaceful,well-equippedacreage forthe family

HOME FOCUS

PENTHOUSE - PRIME LOCATION SUNSHINE BEACH

RARELY do you find a spectacular 3-bedroom penthouse apartment in Sunshine Beach that has so much to offer in this price range. Wake to the sound of surf, enjoy your morning coffee on the north facing terrace enjoying the cool ocean breezes of the Coral Sea with the stunning outlook of ocean vistas and tropical palm trees. Leave the car at home, grab the surfboards and you’re a few minutes stroll to toes in the sand at Sunshine Beach’s patrolled beach and Surf Club.

These one level apartments in the sought after location of No. 1 Park Crescent are tightly held. Penthouse 9 has the highly desirable north facing aspect, high ceilings and two secure car parks. The spacious master includes a walk-in shower, spa bath, twin vanities and walk-in robe. The other two bedrooms are generously proportioned, include built-in robes and are serviced by the main bathroom, plenty of room for family and friends.

Enjoy the feeling of spaciousness and opulence with newly polished Travertine flooring and high ceilings, in the open plan kitchen, lounge and dining areas, you know you are beachside with ocean views from these areas. The chef’s kitchen, including Miele appliances, gives you the opportunity to entertain in style, enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner with the perfect aspect of the north facing terrace with large stacker sliding doors creating a lovely cool

HOME ESSENTIALS

indoor/outdoor space throughout the summer months.

Stroll home from a fabulous day at the beach, enter the new air-conditioned lift and

listen to tunes on your way to the top or cool off in the resort style pool. Relax in comfort all year round with ducted air conditioning - there is nothing this apartment doesn’t offer for

quintessential beachside living. Parking is at a premium in Sunshine Beach, but the lucky new owners of this property have the luxury of two gated secure car spaces with lift access to the penthouse, plus double lock up storage for push bikes, surfboards, and paddleboards - plenty of room for all the toys. Perfect for holiday let, reside or lock-up and leave.

FEATURES AT A GLANCE:

• Spacious north facing terrace, sparkling ocean vistas and cool Coral Sea breezes

• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms; master with spa bath, twin vanities, walk-in robe

• High ceilings, luxurious Travertine flooring, stacker sliding doors to the terrace

• Open plan kitchen, dining and lounge; premium Miele appliances

• Ducted aircon, ceiling fans throughout; stylish plantation shutters in bedrooms

• Resort style pool and spa with lift access to the penthouse

• 2 secure carparks plus double lockup storage; visitor parking

• Lift access from the carpark to the Penthouse

• 2 minute walk to Duke Street village for morning coffee

• 4 minute walk to toes in the sand and Sunshine Beach Surf Club for entertainment

• Perfect for holiday let, reside or lock-up and leave

Address: 9/1 Park Crescent, SUNSHINE BEACH Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $2,400,000 Inspect: By appointment

Contact: Anita Nichols 0434 236 110, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE

ABSOLUTE WATERFRONT, TOES IN THE SAND

WHAT a pleasure to offer this outstanding apartment in a truly exceptional location to its next owner.

Boasting a peaceful waterfront position on the stunning river, Noosa Pacific Resort offers a quiet and tranquil oasis to those seeking a getaway from the busyness of life. Launch the kayak, hire a boat and escape to the calming wonders of nature. Renovated with nothing more to do, this very spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment showcases expansive views across Noosa River from your kitchen, living and balcony. The apartment is single level, has lift access and secure basement car parking.

Each of the 2 oversized bedrooms at the rear has a balcony overlooking the garden and tennis court area of the resort. Aircon to main bedroom and living area, ceiling fans and river breezes provide a balmy temperature year round.

The apartment is fully furnished. Solid forward holiday bookings in are in place and the resort is maintained and managed by professional and friendly onsite managers.

HOME ESSENTIALS

Resort facilities include:

• Private beach

• Private jetties

• Heated pool

• Spa, sauna and gymnasium

• Full size tennis court

• BBQ area

• Secure lift access and undercover parking

• Sunny, north facing, spacious balconies

Walk easily to all the popular landmarks, or catch the free bus! Wander in to Hastings Street and Noosa’s Main Beach and choose from the myriad of premier restaurants, bars and cafes. Stroll to Gympie Terrace for your choice of water sports, BBQs along the riverside, more restaurants, riverside coffee bars and boutiques. And don’t forget the wonderful Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club for Sunday breakfast!

This is your opportunity to own a prime piece of Noosa real estate and be rewarded with potential future long term positive capital growth.

Address: 5/24 Munna Crescent, NOOSAVILLE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage

10am-10.30am Contact: Leigh Vercoe 0456 110 383, LAGUNA REAL ESTATE

•Contemporarystyleandthoughtfully designed home,oozescharm

•Groundlevel features ahugeparents retreatand ensuite, plus study

•Light filledopenplanmainliving, formalandcasualdining, kitchen

•Theblue saltwaterpoolintegrateseffortlesslywithliving/kitchenareas

•Upstairsopenlivingzonetoa balconywithstunningelevatedoutlook

•Upperlevelincludes2 large bedroomsand family bathroom

•StrolltoTewantinVillage,NoosaMarina, restaurants, cafes, RSL, medical

•Short cartriptoGympieTerrace,HastingsStreetand MainBeach

AucTIOn OnSite Sat26Oct11am VIEW Sat& Wed10-10.30am

RogerOmdahl 0412043880

roger@lagunarealestate.com.au

•Luxury, convenienceand space- stunninghomeonan expansive979m2

•Elevatedpositionwith breathtakingHinterlandviews

•Openplanliving/dining,kitchen,gasappliancesforeasy entertaining

•Fourbedrooms,2.5bathroomswithmodernfinishesandfittings

•Hugemasterwithensuite andbalcony to relaxinprivacy

•Contemporaryexteriordesign, large yard with room fora poolandshed

•Spaciousoutdoorareas- invite theneighboursfor awelcome drink!

•Justminutes to theHighway,convenientaccess to theSunshine Coast

BeauLamshed 0402699303 beau@lagunarealestate.com.au