Your Local Mag issue 18 December 2014

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Your Local Mag ISSUE NO. 18 DECEMBER 2014

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Obama's G20 speech highlights a subject close to Noosa’s heart As Brisbane went into lockdown for the G20 Summit, the Sunshine and Gold Coasts were the winners.

Thousands flocked to Noosa, taking advantage of the Friday public holiday in the city.

Accommodation and restaurants were packed, and one retailer told YLM she did as much business in one day as she normally does in a week.

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In Brisbane, everything appeared to go without a hitch – even the obligatory “photo of world leaders holding a koala”.

Everyone had their say – and US president Barack Obama even got to air his views on a subject the Abbo government didn’t want discussed, namely climate change.

But he also spoke about the importance of preserving democracy – something Noosa knows only too well.

On January 1, 2015, the new Noosa Council will have been in power for one year. But that would not have happened “without the indomitable spirit of the Noosa community, who fought so hard to restore the council and regain our democratic right to elect who governs us”, says key campaigner and this month’s guest columnist, Bob Anse .

And it wasn’t the first time Noosa residents had rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in, either.

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The Noosa battle that's been going on for 50 years JIM FAGAN “Many people arrive in Noosa and simply take its attributes for granted. We don’t have highrise, there aren’t any advertising billboards or parking meters and we’ve only a couple of traffic lights.

“The magnificent headland has never been developed, and more than half the shire is protected from human development. In truth, the whole lifestyle and aesthetic that underpins the Noosa brand are a direct result of decades of effort by commi ed locals, particularly Noosa Parks Association members.”

And, adds author and photographer Tony Wellington: “It would be hard to find another place in Australia where the local residents have played such a determining role in the shaping of their shire.”

We are meeting on the eve of the launch of his latest book, “Noosa and Cooloola” which celebrates the first 50 years of NPA. It’s a beautifully presented, 144-page book, known in the publishing world as “coffee table,” and is liberally filled with landscape, wildlife and local flora images taken by Tony, who is best known as the Councillor elected first to the Sunshine Coast Council and, subsequently, to the new Noosa Council.

It has been three years in the making.

In 2011, Tony, who has a publishing company, Beaut Books, pitched the idea to NPA to produce an anniversary book in time for the November 2012 golden anniversary of its

“Noosa and Cooloola" author and photographer, Tony Wellington founding.

Says Tony: “That all fell in a heap when I ran for election in early 2012. The project became a part-time task and whenever I had time I dedicated it to the book. I suppose what inspired me was the opportunity to reveal all the glories of Noosa and Cooloola.”

I asked if there was any particular message in the book. “I think the message is that communities can make a difference. Community organisations that are passionate can certainly influence what happens in their locale.

“If you look at the trajectory of the Green movement in politics, NPA was way ahead of its time. Its own members were engaged in the local council long before the Greens Party reared its head in 1992.

“In 1979 Jim Fearnley was the first member of the group to be elected to the local council.

Before that, NPA was spearheading a movement to preserve the environment that certainly was not populist in its day. In the 1960s the over-arching approach to development was very much one of exploiting nature not work-

ing with nature.”

Two vital chapters in the book deal with how unfe ered development of Noosa National Park Headland and the Cooloola area stretching from Noosa River Mouth to Tin Can Bay was prevented.

“Both Cooloola and Noosa would be very different places if it weren’t for passionate locals willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved. For example, the unique wilderness area of Cooloola would have been totally destroyed by mining, logging, and would today be covered in pine plantations, roads and houses. That’s the truth of it.

“It is very much thanks to NPA members like Arthur Harrold, Noel Playford and Michael Gloster that Noosa has pioneered environmental conservation, has sought to place limits on human development, and now enjoys iconic status and an enviable tourism industry.

“My aim as a councillor is to ensure that this legacy is not trashed. Those who would see Noosa turn into a carbon copy of everywhere else fail to understand that Noosa’s uniqueness is our greatest strength.

“Of course there are those that suggest a community organisation shouldn’t involve itself so directly in politics. But that’s a nonsense argument. After all, every environmental group is seeking to influence political decisionmaking.

“Those that seek to disparage the group either have no understanding of its historical significance or else they idealise a very different sort of Noosa to the one that has eventuated.”

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Asked for an example of this, he said, “When Patricia Petersen stood against Noel Playford as mayor, she continually evoked NPA as some sort of evil bogey without really understanding why she was saying those things.

“She had been put up to it by certain elements in our community that have resented NPA simply because it has been so successful.

You can’t be successful in politics without ending up with adversaries.”

And what of the future? “I believe in 10 years’ time Noosa will be more than just a buzzword, more than just a tourism brand. I hope it will be a shire that embraces liveability and environmental awareness underpinned by real innovations in sustainability and a strong economy.

In considerable part that will be premised by five decades of effort by members of Noosa Parks Association.”

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“SMALL TOWN HICKS AREN’T GOING TO STOP US”

In this exclusive, edited extract from his new book “Noosa and Cooloola - Celebrating 50 years of Noosa Parks Association”, author Tony Wellington describes NPA members’ long and bitter battle to save Noosa National Park and their tenacity when confronted and told by developers…

PICTURE: TONY WELLINGTON

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Absolutely central to the appeal of Noosa is the coastal national park on Noosa Head’s doorstep.

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All this is available right beside the holiday precinct of Noosa Heads and it should never be taken for granted. Without the foresight and tenacity of a group of Noosa locals, this headland could have ended up like so many others, with resorts, high-rise buildings, bitumen and concrete furnishing the foreshore.

The original Noosa National Park was created in 1939. It included 600 acres of the Noosa headland, with the notable exception of the coastal strip and also much of the area behind Alexandria Bay. By the middle of 1962, the threats to Noosa’s headland were real and apparent. Noosa Shire Council, in cahoots with private developer interests, had plans to build a roadway right along the foreshore – where the coastal walking track exists today. Dubbed the ‘missing link’, the proposed road would have taken motorists from Hastings Street and Li le Cove, past Tea Tree Bay and Granite Bay, around Hells Gates to Alexandria Bay, eventually joining up with Sunshine Beach.

TM Burke Pty Ltd, at the time the largest developer in the region, owned a substantial parcel of land at Paradise Cove, between Sunshine Beach and the southern end of Alexandria Bay. The state government also owned 32 acres of crown land adjoining TM Burke’s and fronting most of Alexandria Bay’s pristine beach.

At the time many people simply assumed this untouched land was part of the national park.

But it was all earmarked for human habitation, and the proposed coastal roadway would have facilitated that development.

Even more significantly, a roadway around the coastal foreshore would have changed the entire nature of Noosa Heads, with the headland’s beaches and bays systematically falling prey to developers. At the time, Noosa Shire Council was even seeking to have 16 acres of national park land at Hells Gates transferred across into council hands so it could be built upon. Gung-ho development frenzy was nothing if not brazen.

But there were stirrings of dissent. A handful of impassioned locals, most notably Dr Arthur Harrold, his wife Marjorie, Max Walker,

Jim and Cecily Fearnley and others, realised that only commi ed effort would prevent the road construction and its inevitable consequences. Their ideal was to have all possible land on the headland incorporated into the National Park.

Any successful action to protect the headland would have to be prolonged and vociferous. It would also require public support to maintain pressure on elected officials. So they decided to establish an association that would rally not just locals but Noosa devotees everywhere.

On 1 November, 1962, the foundation meeting of ‘The Noosa Parks Development Association’ (later altered to Noosa Parks Association) was held. Within three months NPA had a membership of 100. From these humble beginnings a halfcentury of environmental activism was spawned – and the ramifications would resonate through the years in local, state and even federal politics.

Two key projects were in the sights of NPA conservationists. The first was saving Noosa’s headland from development and having it protected as national park. The repercussions of this seemingly simple idea would resonate through the evolution of Noosa as a worldrenowned tourist destination.

The other project was the protection of Cooloola from sandmining, pastoral development and logging, and the establishment of Cooloola as a significant national park.

NPA SETS FORTH From the get-go, the new association began urging state government departments to prevent development of the Noosa headland and also to expand the Noosa National Park. At the local level they were met with fierce opposi-

tion from the Noosa Shire Council, many in the business community, plus local developers, particularly TM Burke Pty Ltd. This land development company responded to the establishment of NPA with an exceptionally long le er to the Gympie Times in which it complained about being “pecked at by the narrow-minded, insular and negative thinking type of individual” as well as by “National Park fanatics”.

In the ba le over Noosa headland, NPA enjoyed the camaraderie of a growing band of locals and support of the National Parks Association of Queensland and the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.

A deputation to the Minister for Public Lands put the case for incorporating public land into the National Park and high on the agenda was the coastal strip, known at the time as ‘the esplanade’.

Of course Noosa Council objected to NPA’s mission, and the state government baulked. NPA responded by mounting a public education campaign whilst continuing with its unrelenting lobbying of state parliamentarians.

Undeterred and unbowed, Noosa Council began drawing up preliminary plans for the construction of the coastal roadway. Further submissions and deputations eventually paid off when, in late 1964, the Minister for Public Lands agreed to place the headland’s coastal strip into Noosa National Park. Just two years into its existence and NPA had its first major win!

Having been stymied in their ambitions to develop the foreshore of the headland, the local council was none too happy. Nor were many local organisations that sided with council.

Noosa Council sent a deputation to the State Lands Minister to protest the Government’s action. “This move will put development of the area back by many years,” thundered one Noosa councillor to the local press.

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But the state government held firm.

Today almost no-one would suggest that Noosa headland would be be er off with a roadway and buildings around the foreshore.

At the time, however, council appeared to have significant community support.

The strategy of targeting state government and simultaneously sidelining the local council would prove highly effective again and again for the NPA. Having rescued the foreshore, the next step in the ba le for Noosa headland was to have areas earmarked for development at Alexandria Bay and Paradise Cove also transferred into national park.

STITCHING UP THE PARK Adding crown land at Alexandria Bay to the existing National Park had been on the NPA’s agenda from day one. But the state government consistently rejected NPA’s arguments, preferring to keep open their options to develop the land. To further compound ma ers, in 1966 a sandmining company applied for a lease over 70 acres behind Alexandria Bay, including parts of the national park. Inevitably, NPA opposed the application.

In a brazen show of audacity, a Mr Michael Williams, representing Summit Minerals Pty Ltd, wal ed into Noosa proclaiming: “We’ll peg the whole of the Coast, then the National Park. A bunch of small town hicks and politicians aren’t going to stop us. You wait and see!” (“We’re Gonna Dig Up The Beach – Park”, The North Coast Sun, August 17, 1966).

NPA had seen the disastrous environmental results of sandmining at Southport and on Stradbroke Island, resulting in what Arthur Harrold referred to as “dreary seaside deserts.”

The application to mine Alexandria Bay went all the way to a hearing at the Mining Warden’s Court before it was finally withdrawn.

NPA’s campaign to have the Crown land near Alexandria Bay included in the park became heated and often vicious, particularly at the local level. But in 1967 the state government finally relented and their landholdings at Alexandria Bay were added to the Noosa National Park. The additional 50 acres brought the total land protected as National Park to 930 acres. This was NPA’s second major win, and it certainly helped boost morale at a time when the challenges faced on the Cooloola front seemed particularly daunting.

The final big piece of the headland jigsaw was the freehold land held by developer TM Burke. It ran from the southern end of Alexandria Bay, incorporated The Devil’s Kitchen and Paradise Cove, and finished on the northern headland of Sunshine Beach. With the planned coastal roadway no longer viable, the only access to this land could be from Sunshine Beach.

Here NPA played a crafty strategy. A small

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parcel of high dune set back from Paradise Cove was still owned by the state government as an official Water Reserve: it contained a small stream that in earlier times was considered a possible water source for future development. NPA knew that if they succeeded in having this parcel gaze ed as national park, then TM Burke’s holdings would be virtually inaccessible. And so they began lobbying.

In September 1972, the Water Reserve, some 33 acres, was quietly added to the National Park. This followed one-and-a-half years of determined backroom lobbying by NPA, but it came as something of a shock to both TM Burke and Noosa Council.

With road access blocked to the TM Burke land, NPA proposed a swap deal that would allow the holding to be turned into national park in compensation for an equivalent parcel of state-owned land. Whilst the deal was ultimately in everyone’s interest, it would take another 12 years to achieve!

COMPLETING THE JIGSAW By 1975, TM Burke concluded negotiations to exchange its land on Noosa headland for an equivalent parcel near Peregian Beach. But four years later the land had still not been surrendered. More worrying, Peter Sharpe, then Manager of TM Burke, resigned from the company in order to contest the Chairmanship (ie Mayoralty) of Noosa Council at the 1979 elections. A split vote allowed the incumbent, Ian Macdonald, to be returned as Chairman with a very slender majority.

But this election was more significant for another reason. NPA President Jim Fearnley stood for council and managed to top the poll on a conservation agenda. This was NPA’s first direct foray into the bearpit of local politics.

The year also saw the state government

announce that the TM Burke land at Alexandria Bay would definitely be added to the National Park. The negotiations thus far had dragged on nearly seven years and would take another five years to conclude. In large part the delay was a product of purposeful, and arguably spiteful, delaying tactics by the Noosa Council.

While NPA had one of its own on council, that lone voice was not enough to prevent further council-initiated folly. In 1981 the majority of council resolved to carve a road and car parking area into the southern part of the National Park.

The Shire Chairman defended council’s intentions, arguing that it was the accumulation of three years’ preparatory work and therefore must proceed. He also claimed that the issue had become emotive because of a reaction from one small section of the community. However this argument was effectively countered when those same residents took up an NPA-organised petition against the proposal, securing a thousand signatures in a very short time. The car park was doomed.

Finally, in 1984, following 12 years of argybargy, the TM Burke land behind Paradise Cove and Devils Kitchen was added to the Noosa National Park, bringing the total area conserved on the headland to 1,067 acres.

Five years later, in 1989, the final pieces of the headland jigsaw, two small landholdings on the north-western side of Laguna Hill above Hastings Street, were added to the Park. This occurred as one of the last acts of the emba led National Party Government, doomed by the Fi gerald Inquiry to terminate 32 years of conservative rule in Queensland.

Queensland was entering a new era, as was Noosa. The state of ‘banana-benders’ was keen to shrug off its image as a cultural backwater lorded over by corrupt politicians.

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with its sister club at Lake Cootharaba. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking the plans for the Boreen Point landmark somehow found their way into Lord Foster’s design studio.

Both buildings are on more than one level, both are near the water and the list of similarities goes on.

The five floors of the Yacht Club de Monaco are like a city in microcosm, with park areas, schools, restaurants, bars and an Olympicsized swimming pool.

This clearly mirrors the Lake Cootharaba club with its two floors comprising a bar, stools, full selection of Nobby’s Nuts and a pool table.

Both clubs are unique, with shoreside facilities capable of servicing the needs of the world’s most luxurious super yachts.

Monaco has berths for yachts over 100m in length with a ninemetre draught. Cootharaba concentrates on the niche end of the market, super yachts whose length is the distance between 100m and 92m, with a 700ml draught.

The Yacht Club de Monaco was built by the French construction giant Le Grande Franc, Broix and Mortaire, with sponsorship from Moet and Chandon, Rolex and Maserati.

The Lake Cootharaba Club was built by Ken, Wally, Dutchy, Shagger and Blisters and was sponsored

by XXXX and Nobby’s Nuts.

The Yacht club de Monaco’s president, Prince Albert of Monaco, is in regular contact with the Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club’s presi-

dent, Doug of Caloundra.

They are both tremendously proud of the bond that exists between the two clubs and are constantly seeking new ways to bring them even closer together. A new member exchange program will commence next year, where a member from Monaco will swap with a member from Cootharaba for one sailing season.

His Excellency Jaques Lumiere le Fogge the third, owner and skipper of a 90m Perini Navi super yacht, will change clubs with Roscoe the electrician, owner and skipper of a 4.9m trailer sailor.

His Excellency will be accommodated at the five-star end of the Boreen Point caravan Park. Roscoe will be staying at the first place in Monaco that doesn’t throw him out.

If you have never sailed, or have never been to Monaco, but would like to experience both, without the long flight and French accents, drop by the club at Boreen Point.

Not only do some of us speak English but we are be er off financially because we spent less than $300m on refurbishment. That means if you become a member you get more bang for your buck, learn to sail for nothing and qualify for the next member swap with the Yacht Club de Monaco.

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“I remember thinking, ‘Wow, one day I’ll play there’ and it happened when I was 17 when I played in the National Youth Orchestra.”

For her it was the fulfilment of a dream and the start of a career as a concert and recording artist working extensively throughout the UK, Asia, Europe and now Australia with some of the world’s finest orchestras.

She lives in Eudlo now Louise King with husband Craig and their family, playing all over Australia at national music festivals and events and is passionate about creating “big ripple arts projects in our regional areas”. Recently she discussed this with A orney-General and Federal Arts Minister Senator George Brandis, who was in Brisbane for the G20 Summit.

“I have great contacts and I told him we should expand opportunities for local audiences to enjoy really good instrumentalists. I think he liked the idea.”

Her Cello Dreaming private studio is also so popular that students travel by train from Brisbane for lessons while

You couldn't put me in a pigeonhole.

World cellist for Chorale Wassail PICTURE: DEBORAH DORMAN

JIM FAGAN International cellist Louise King - guest artist at Noosa Chorale’s Christmas Cheer and Wassail at The J on December 20-21 - remembers being just 13 when she used to pass the Royal Albert Hall on her way to cello lessons at London’s Royal College of Music.

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others receive tuition by Skype.

Wassail partygoers will get an exclusive preview of the young students’ musical talents on arrival at The J for the Chorale concerts. Louise has organised around 12 of her cellists to play Christmas carols on the forecourt - a sort of cello hello!

I asked her about her style of playing, which has been described as “a acking” and “dramatic.”

“When you see soloists like Yo-Yo Ma or videos of Jacqueline de Pre, they are incredibly extravagant performers and that appealed to me when I was younger, watching someone so involved in every way. As a soloist, you have to be big, full of gestures so the audience and the orchestra know what you are doing; so they can read your body language, if you like.”

She has been described as an “adventurous music maker” and happily admits, “I’m not the conventional type of musician. You couldn’t put me in a pigeonhole. I’m a bit of a square peg in a round hole. I love music full stop.

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THE YEAR THAT WAS Here we are, only weeks away from celebrating the first anniversary of Noosa’s new council. While some might say what’s to celebrate, I say everything.

We achieved something quite remarkable in restoring a council that was removed from us against our wishes.

With the odds stacked against us we succeeded in taking back control of Noosa’s right to self-govern. It took six long years of blood, sweat and tears by many people to make it happen but persistence and determination ultimately paid off For me it was like a new beginning on that first morning of the New Year as I set forth on my daily run from Sunshine Beach to Main Beach through the National Park. First up at the end of my street I came across a group of council workers cleaning Webb Park after the previous night’s celebrations and was gobsmacked by the cheerfulness of the workers. I thought, wow! Here they are at daybreak on New Year’s Day and they seem to really be enjoying their job.

As I jogged through the park passing runners or walkers coming from the other direction most had big smiles on their faces and were loudly cha ing and laughing about what a wonderful place Noosa is and how we are able to once again manage its future.

So the first big change I noticed was Noosa had instantly regained it mojo. Over the following weeks, during the busiest period of the year, I noticed locals picking up rubbish left on our beaches by visitors. And along the roads householders were seen out cleaning street gu ers in front of their house, tidying up their gardens, mowing lawns and generally showing

renewed pride in their neighbourhood.

This month’s guest As the year progressed parks columnist is longtime Sunshine Beach and gardens began to flourish resident Bob Ansett, again under the tender loving a key player in Noosa’s care of the council maintenance journey towards crews and Hastings Street with de-amalgamation all the fairy lights become a tourist mecca night and day. Locals and visitors were constantly telling me, Noosa has never looked be er.

While opinions may differ issues are argued Through the first half of the year even the with vigour and passion, ultimately ending in Gods were smiling on us by providing perfect resolution. weather, enticing even more visitors to come The ‘no division’ construct seems to be and enjoy the Noosa experience and share it stimulating much more forward thinking, planwith friends and family back home through ning, innovation and increased productivity. social media.

The concept of a jury process to deal with oneMeanwhile the new council, starting from off challenges or emerging opportunities is but scratch on January 1, 2014, was making its pres- one example of thinking outside the box. Of ence felt. Starting with a new team of ‘Can Do’ course this all requires strong leadership and employees and councillors they hit the ground we’re fortunate in having Noel Playford with running and haven’t missed a beat since. his extensive local government experience to Along with meeting immediate expectations of fill that role. Backed up by former Mayor Bob residents with service delivery and accessibility Abbot and CEO Bre de Chastel they, along they concurrently set about preparing a first with elected councilors, have evolved into a up budget. Intent on keeping rate increases formidable team in a relatively short period of to a bare minimum a ‘zero-based budgeting’ time. process was implemented, requiring every item From my own perspective, perhaps a li le of expenditure to be justified. This led to costbiased, we are most fortunate to again have a cu ing and some expenditure entirely elimicouncil looking after Noosa and only Noosa nated without impacting on service delivery. interests. No doubt there has been the odd hicThe end result - no increase in rates. How good cup along the way but on balance it has been was that? an incredible achievement exceeding most exBut there’s more. Weekly council meetings pectations. So if this first year is an example of were immediately opened to the public and what we can expect from this council the future council officers were available to meet with looks very bright. residents, something that hadn’t been permitNone of this would be possible without ted under the Sunshine Coast council. the indomitable spirit of the Noosa commuWith the new ‘no divisions’ council nity, who fought so hard to restore the council structure each councillor now had shire-wide and regain our democratic right to elect who responsibilities. From a general observation governs us. this seems to be working particularly well.

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GREAT HOLIDAY READING! THREE’S A CROWD by Maria Benson The table was set. The guests seated. Nina Davis fussed around the kitchen putting the final touches to dinner. Tonight was special, more so than any other night of the year. Her guests seemed nonchalant about the affair, but Nina thought that was to be expected, considering they were deaf and mute. They looked like each other, some would say twins, but Nina knew they weren’t. Yet, the only way she could distinguish between the two was by the name tags around their neck. What annoyed her most was, they refused to take their hats off at the table. ‘Damn rude,’ she thought but refrained from speaking aloud as she started to carve a leg of lamb. She was sure they could lip read and didn’t want to upset them. She wanted the night to be perfect.

Dressed in a long blue gown that was now a size too small for her and her hair pulled up in a chignon, Nina placed the guests’ meal in front of them and sat at the table. A sarcastic smile crossed Nina’s face. ‘Do you remember this dress?’

She directed her question to the guest on her right and perceived a slight nodding of his head. ‘It was a wonderful night wasn’t it? And if I remember correctly, you were there also.’ Nina glanced at her other guest who showed no reaction to her question. ‘Ah well, that was so long ago. Although I wish I knew then what I know now. Dig in and eat up, can’t let dinner get cold.’

The usual silence filled the room but it didn’t bother Nina. Many times over the last year she had the same two guests for dinner and many times nothing changed.

They remained quiet, letting Nina take control of all conversation. She liked to reminisce about the past, constantly reminding them of the wonderful holidays she had shared with her husband, her wedding day, such a perfectly happy event, and her two children who were married and had children of their own. On and on Nina raved. If she bored them, they never said. After finishing her meal, Nina looked at their plates, her demeanour changing from the perfect hostess to an irate one.

‘Why I bother having you here is beyond me sometimes. You never eat what I cook. I’m not that bad a cook you know. You could at least pretend you’re enjoying it! After all, it is your anniversary we’re celebrating tonight. A year today, my how quickly the time has gone, a whole year already.’ Nina slammed her fork onto her plate and rose from the table. ‘I’ll make some tea. I don’t suppose you’d like some dessert?’

Another perceivable nod; this time from both guests while their hats remained in place. Nina rolled her eyes as she made her way back to the kitchen.

‘Would you care to pour?’ Nina spoke to the guest on her right as she placed a tray on the table. ‘Here let me help you.’ She stepped around his chair and took his hand. His fingers were bony and she had to clench his fist around the tea pot so he wouldn’t drop it.

‘My, you’ve lost a lot of weight,’ Nina laughed. He used to be solid and handsome, the girl very attractive. A year ago they were both the picture of health, not young but still very vibrant. Nina knew they had a great sex life and for a moment she felt sorry for them, but the feeling passed just as quickly. Her own life had taken on a new perspective and she was ready to move on.

‘This will be our last meal together, so here’s to you both.’ Nina raised her cup and saluted them. ‘I’m selling the house and moving away with Francis. You know Francis, from across the road? What a sweet and caring man he is. Always has been. Shame about that wife of his . . . tramp.’ Nina smiled and looked at the girl. ‘Oh sorry, did I neglect to tell you we’ve been having an affair for years. I’m not even sure which of my children is actually his, but that’s not important now.

What is important is that I am happy and so is Francis. No more sneaking behind people’s backs. Free to be lovers at last.’

Nina didn’t wait for a response. Not that she even expected one. ‘Now, I’m tired and I have an appointment in the morning. It will be my last with the psychiatrist. So if you’ve finished I’ll take you up to your room.’

She rose from the table and helped her guests upstairs.

‘Well, I suppose this is goodbye. I hope you’ll both be very happy,’ Nina laughed as she opened the wardrobe and placed the skeletons inside, making sure their hats were firmly fitted on their heads. After all, it was all her husband and Francis’s wife had been wearing when she’d caught them in her bed . . . a year ago.

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VANISHED by Grayham Bickley Kate stood with her eyes closed, head tilted back, salt stinging her lips. A loud diesel engine droned and the steel ramp clanged as the ferry pulled away from Inskip Point on course for the southern end of Fraser Island.

Behind closed eyes she agonised over her decision to be there. Maybe she should have told her boss, Chief Inspector Dave Thoms, what she had planned, but she knew ‘budget restrictions’ would have been just one of the reasons he used to refuse her request.

She was on her own. It was not the first time. Since becoming a Detective Sergeant and joining the missing person’s squad she had gained a reputation as a maverick, someone who flouted the rules, but this streak of stubbornness usually got her results.

As the ferry neared the southern tip of Fraser she could smell the smoke from the bushfires that had destroyed half of the natural habitat three days ago. The fires were the very reason Kate was there, in her own time, and at her own expense.

She climbed into the rented fourwheel-drive and disembarked down the ramp directly onto the sand and turned north. Having planned the trip to coincide with low tide, Kate settled down to a steady drive up the beach. Aware of the freshwater wash-outs frequently gouging deep channels across the beach, she took extra care, recalling that just last year a rented four-wheel-drive had ploughed into one, killing three of the seven Japanese tourists onboard.

The devastating effect of the fires was evident at the edge of the bush.

Charred bodies of large goannas lay twisted. An ash-stained dingo sniffed through the pickings. The landscape, black and bare, was dotted with stick-like shrubs.

She went over the plan in her mind as she drove. Four weeks ago, she had been handed the task of investigating the disappearance of a British tourist in this very place. Terence Hickey, a 49-year-old insurance clerk, had been happily backpacking his way around Australia, and like many such visitors, had booked a day tour to Fraser Island. The large sixwheeled-drive tourist bus had picked him up, with a group in Noosa. They entered the beach at Noosa’s North Shore, driving north along the edge of the ocean to Rainbow Beach, finally travelling onto Inskip Point to cross to the island using the same ferry that Kate had just left.

During a stop on the beach for morning tea, six of the group decided to go for a walk over the white dunes to Lake Wabbi, one of the clear, freshwater lakes jewelling the island,

for a swim. One hour later, only five returned. Terence Hickey wasn’t with them.

Kate remained haunted by the case. She had taken an emotional call from Terence’s mother who, after having broken down, had pleaded with her to find her only son. Kate couldn’t shake the call from her mind. What’s more, she never accepted failure.

The alarm had been raised within an hour of Terence going missing.

Park Rangers and local constables started scouring the area. By afternoon the searchers had been joined by residents and tourists. Early the next morning the search party was joined by Queensland State Police, SES volunteers and more residents.

A major manhunt had been launched.

DCI Thoms and Kate had received the assignment the night Terence went missing. They arrived the following morning by helicopter.

From landing on the beach that day to driving on the beach this morning, nothing had ever been found of Terence Hickey. A person disappearing in broad daylight - something DS Kate Wells couldn’t contemplate or come to terms with. The man had just vanished.

She had been at a loss to move the case forward until last weekend when she heard news about the bushfires, and an idea started to germinate.

She pulled the Toyota to the top of the beach. Grabbing a backpack and locking the vehicle, she headed back down the sand toward the waves.

Halfway down the beach and waving a greeting, was the reason Kate was here. Gabriella Fratelli.

Short, trim and dressed in blue shorts and a crisp white shirt, she looked confident, the way you want a pilot to look. In the shade under the wing of the six-seater, they shook hands and exchanged greetings.

‘I’ve got all the co-ordinates that you sent set up in the GPS. The flight check is complete. If you’re ready we might as well get going.’

‘Fine by me,’ Kate moved around to the co-pilot’s seat.

Gabby, as she preferred to be called, flicked several switches and the panel came to life, pressing the starter, the engine settled into a regular note. With her thumb on the radio button, she announced, ‘Brisbane Centre, Tango-Whisky-Lima, taxiing Orchard Beach. Two passengers on board, VFR for sixty minutes’ airwork local area, remaining outside controlled airspace.’

‘Tango-Whisky-Lima. Report ops normal at time on the hour,’ came the crisp reply from Brisbane Centre.

They taxied south, down the beach and then turned, ready for take-off, into the wind. Gabby tapped a small dial and said, ‘When the oil temperature reaches fifty degrees, we’re ready.’

Pushing the throttle forward, they gradually increased speed on the hard sand and at around seventy knots, Gabby pulled back on the controls and they were airborne. At a thousand metres they levelled out and went over the plan that they had discussed the previous night.

With the co-ordinates already set into the colourful GPS unit in the centre of the panel, they began to start the search pattern.

The strategy was to start two kilometres south of the spot where Terence had last been seen and then fly a grid, until they were two kilometres north of the same point.

From the southern-most point they flew straight west for two kilometres then, turning, did the same in the opposite direction, all the time scouring the ground for a sign of anything out of the ordinary.

The idea had come to Kate that, with all the foliage burned, it would give them a much clearer view of the ground. But she hadn’t factored in the sheer blackness which flattened the landscape, making it difficult to tell the difference between the gullies and the hills.

They searched for a full hour over Lake Wabbi, and had covered about half of the ground, when Gabby decided to land on the beach for a short break and some lunch. Back in the air they resumed the pattern. As the next hour wore on they both started to become despondent thinking that they might be flying a futile mission. They had found nothing that gave any indication as to the man’s disappearance.

‘We’ve got about four more runs.

Then we’ll have to call it a day, as we’ll need to refuel,’ Gabby chirped into the live mike.

‘Yeah! It’s a pity. After all, it was a long shot, but I hoped we would see something to move the case on and find some answers for his mum.’

They were now about one-and-a-half kilometres north of Lake Wabbi, flying over a deep rainforest gully with sheer sides. Kate remembered it had been a particularly difficult area to search.

The microphone opened. Gabby sounded excited.

‘Look! There, on the side of that slope. I’m sure I spotted a piece of what looks like some orange material flapping. I’ll bring her round and have a closer look.’

Banking the small plane sharply they returned to the spot and Kate took a pair of binoculars from her backpack. Gabby pointed and Kate focussed the glasses on the spot.

‘My God!’ echoed in the headsets.

‘It’s the flap of a back-pack in the bowl of a huge tree fern.’ Thinking back to her notes, Kate remembered, Terence had been carrying a blue and orange backpack when he vanished. She repeated, ‘My God! I think it’s bloody worked. I think we’ve found him.’

It didn’t matter how many times she went into an autopsy room, the smell, and the relentless fluorescent lighting always made her feel slightly queasy. She worked hard to hold on to her breakfast through the mask that she held to her face.

The blackened body on the coroner’s slab had been brought back to Brisbane.

The Park Rangers had discovered it below the place where they had spotted the orange flap. The body had been hidden in what would have been thick undergrowth and hanging from a branch halfway up a dense rainforest tree.

Initially, Kate had been angry, knowing they had missed him during the search. Then she thought, why would searchers think to look up, and even then, with all the foliage in full growth, they probably would have still missed him.

As she left the autopsy Kate had mixed feelings. She had closed the case and that felt good, despite the bollocking she got from her boss for freelancing, but she would get over that.

What would take longer to get over was the call to Terence’s mother to give her the news and hopefully ease her grief a little. She planned to do that later when she had time to finally complete the case file. She looked forward to letting her know that nothing could have helped her son. Terence, wouldn’t have felt or known anything about his death.

The coroner confirmed that he had suffered a broken neck, probably from a heavy fall, and died instantly with his camera still around his neck. Looking at the digital images that she was able to retrieve from the damaged camera, Kate worked out that he had walked off the track to the top of a high ridge to take a panoramic shot of North Fraser. Pressing the shutter had been the last action he had taken, before falling into the gully.

Kate settled down to take one last look at all the evidence and reports, before placing it all in chronological order, ready for the coroner’s inquest. It felt good to be closing this case.

The last items to go in were the photos from the camera. Before she placed them in the hard-backed folder, she decided to take one last look at the final scene that Terence would have viewed.

Most were wide angle shots showing the sand island stretching north, some further eighty kilometres. The last three prints were focussed closer, showing the rainforest leading into the gully below

his feet. She noticed something that she had not seen before. Turning to her computer she brought up the image in a Photoshop programme.

As she enhanced the pixels of the image she felt her breathing increase. What she saw looked like a piece of camouflage material. Kate blew the image up further. Now she had no doubt. The

photo showed the camo jacket of a person, hidden, but apparently advancing through the trees. Advancing towards Terence.

A slow sadness fell over her, knowing that, tomorrow she would hand it all to the Homicide Squad and it would be some time before she was able to make that call to his mother.

COLLECTABLES by Jo Fagan Angie gaped as he stood before her, torn jeans, long unkempt hair, tall, rangy, apparently uncaring about conforming in any way to the dress code for the evening.

Definitely dangerous, a challenge she would be unlikely to win. He was speaking, asking her name. She, incapable of answering, was lost in his open-gap-toothed smile, his amused laughter. Mercury and gold fillings, yellow wolfish molars and an emerald tongue piercing – not to mention nicotine-stained teeth enclosed by the fullest lips she had ever seen. They reminded her of overripe blood plums and she stared mesmerised. But wait, he was asking something of her as was Iris, her mother, who, getting no response, nudged her forcibly in the middle of her back.

‘Have you forgotten that we came to see an art exhibition, missy? she hissed, attempting to edge her daughter away from that very disreputable older man, the one with the teeth. My God, the people they let into galleries these days, and on opening night! Still, she prided herself on her manners, never acknowledging the condescension that frequently accompanied her learned platitudes. ‘Do excuse us, come Angela.’ She moved forward, confident her daughter would follow. After all, who on earth would want to spend time with such a person.

Angie did, what she wanted was to hear his voice again, well, forever if you like, to explore that mouth, to taste what was inside, run her tongue over uneven teeth, slide over slippery fillings and lick the emerald until it shone green against his tongue. She stared, for her he was the only person in the gallery. He must know, surely he wasn’t unaffected?

‘You want to leave sometime soon, darlin’, grab a drink?’ He’d swallowed a truck-load of gravel, she decided, his voice was full of it, rasping, deep, incredibly exciting. He was watching her, smiling as she reddened and squirmed. It gave her courage, after all she may have recently graduated from an all-girl school but she wasn’t a child.

‘No thank you, but I would like to see the exhibition. Perhaps a drink later?’ A plea.

She had to go with him, of course she must. And what if he had felt she was disinterested. Well, hardly that, after the way she was behaving. Could she walk? Her knees felt insubstantial. Gently, he took her arm and she was immediately assailed with his body odour, turpentine, perspiration and some indefinable male smell, so strong, pungent. She leant dizzily towards him.

‘Come then, look, tell me what you see.’ Impatient, he moved her forward to stand before a wall of oddly spaced paintings.

‘Beautiful,’ she murmured, ‘utterly beautiful.’ Forgotten for the moment, he watched carefully as she stood back, enthralled, finally stepping closer as if wanting to enter an ethereal landscape full of light, soft colours and drifting nebulous forms.

‘No beginning and no end,’ she whispered. ‘How I wish I could go there,’ she sighed. ‘Lose myself and never return.’

‘Stay with me and you will,’ he rasped.

Well, really! A joke, surely? Her mother, overhearing, felt intrusive, yet this did not prevent her assessing Angela’s companion. She’d returned to gather her errant daughter, having learned that the exhibition was of his work. He was, amazingly, a renowned artist. Mind you, it did go some way in explaining his unconventional attire and attitude, monopolizing her daughter when surely he should mingle. Clearly, there would be tears before breakfast if Angela were not removed.

‘I can be wicked, unpredictable, volatile, a traveller and I never promise anything, but maybe for you I could. Just so you know.’ He was serious, his hands shook. He was nervous, but then so was she.

His painting, she knew, would come first. Angela, who collected and renovated people’s cast offs and had planned to open a second-hand shop understood. More than a hobby, her passion was trawling through other people’s discards. They became, in time, her treasures. She had a good eye for junk and was a talented restorer, although she hated parting with her finished work.

‘Well?’ He pushed paint-stained fingers through his hair, agitated movements, her answer mattered.

‘Oh you,’ she whispered, dismissive of her waiting parent and questioning inwardly if he could hear. Surely her voice was silenced by the pounding of her heart.

‘However could I live without your junkyard smile?’

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HAROLD THE YELLOW GIRAFFE IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE LIFE EDUCATION VAN. And that same van provides local kids with valuable drug and health education.

Having already made a stop at Tewantin State School, the new van Thumbs up for Harold and purchased earlier this Life Ed from 2C at Noosaville year is currently parked State School at Noosaville State School – and it is all part of the wider national program empowering one million young Australians each year to make safe choices.

A not-for-profit organisation, it relies on student fees and local community funding to meet costs - which is why Bendigo Bank stepped in to help.

Through its sponsorship, the Tewantin Community Bank branch of Bendigo Bank, via its parent company Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services (SCCFSL) offsets the program costs.

“Their funding, along with other sponsors’ generosity, will now provide a legacy for our children for the next 20 years,” said Life Education co-ordinator Niki Andrinopoulos.

University scholarship up for grabs ONE YEAR 12 STUDENT FROM NOOSA DISTRICT STATE HIGH SCHOOL WILL SOON BE ADDING TO THEIR GRADUATION CELEBRATIONS. Well known for its support of the annual Australian Business Week (ABW) activities, the Cooroy Community Bank branch of Bendigo Bank has now pledged its support to one local student when their new scholarship program application period opens in early December.

Branch manager, Geoff Edwards said providing support to a local student to further their tertiary education was part of the Community Bank branch’s commitment to the school and building a stronger community.

“The high cost associated with tertiary study can have a significant impact on a young person’s ability to further their education. Because of this, some may not get the chance to achieve their academic dreams without some help,” Geoff said.

“Our Cooroy Community Bank branch is proud to support local youth

- maybe one day our community will benefit directly from the skills and knowledge they bring.”

The successful applicant will receive funding of $5,000 for one year and, depending on academic performance, the scholarship will be renewed to assist the second year of their study.

Noosa District State High School principal Chris Roff said he was thrilled with the news.

“This is the third year this scholarship will be awarded and we’re delighted to be chosen as the school who will give a student this support to take their dreams to the next level.”

Applications are invited from eligible students online at www.bendigoadelaide. com.au/scholarships and will be assessed in January 2015 after the application period expires on January 23. The lucky recipient will be announced in time to put the funds towards set up costs for university study.

Information is available from NDSHS reception or Cooroy Community Bank branch at 36 Maple St or phone 5447 7131.

It’s switching your banking to us.

But it’s bigger than that.

It’s more than $450,000* in community contributions to Cooroy and Noosa Hinterland.

Being bigger is not just about size, it’s also about your actions.

Our bank is probably bigger than you think. We’re part of Bendigo Bank, so we can help you with everything you expect from a big bank.

But in the things that matter, we’re even bigger than that.

Our bank is owned by our community. We earn revenue from our banking business. And we get to decide how it gets spent for the benefit of all.

So just by banking with us, you automatically become part of something bigger.

Bigger than a bank.

Drop into 36A Maple Street, Cooroy and visit Geoff Edwards and his team or phone 5447 7131 or apply now at bendigobank.com.au.

Cooroy Community Bank® Branch

* Amount relates to contributions to be made up to 30 June 2014 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 237879. (S48676) (05/14)

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Fashion

ADVERTORIAL

STEP INTO HOLSTER FOR STUNNING

summer styling As bright and breezy as the shoes themselves, holster’s newly revamped boutique at Gateway Drive, Noosaville, makes shopping a dream.

Must-have jellies for trendy kids HOLSTER’S SUNRISE TO SUNSET CHILDREN’S COLLECTION SHOWCASES THE PERFECT FOOTWEAR FOR KIDS TO WEAR FROM MORNING TO BEDTIME AND EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT IN BETWEEN. The latest range of must-have jellies combines trendsetting style, practicality and comfort for pint-sized feet and would make perfect Christmas gifts. holster’s designer and mum Natalie Miller understands what parents are looking for and what children will respond to, ensuring holster produces a collection of wearable, supportive, super cute designs for the little ones.

“Watching a sunrise or sunset in my hometown Noosa with my son is my favourite time of the day. It is a breathtaking moment in time where I draw a lot of my inspiration from. This collection is designed to celebrate those magical moments you spend with your family from dawn to dusk in style,” she told YLM. An exciting addition to the Spring Summer 2014 collection is the first ever holster for boys, the ‘Rascal.’

So whether you are shopping for your little princess, or your little rascal, holster’s kid’s collection is available for first walkers to pre-teens in-store or online at www. holsterfashion.com

Australia’s leading jellies footwear brand has grown its home town base to accommodate its stunning new range of footwear for women and kids.

Local architect David Teeland and Damien Davidson Builders have helped holster husband and wife team, Ben Nothling and Natalie Miller, to transform the affectionately known ‘Jellyland’ into a stunning, state-of-the-art retail space.

Befi ing the shoes themselves, the boutique is relaxed and welcoming, featuring white-washed timber fi ings, kaleidoscope product display walls, on-trend flat screen installations and campaign imagery featuring the 2014 face of holster, Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris.

The revamp couldn’t have come at a be er time, with Ben and Natalie celebrating not only the birth of a new baby but also the winning of a major award.

Holster took out the Resort – Ready to Wear Award at the Sunshine Coast Design Awards AND became the first label to be inducted into the Sunshine Coast Design Awards Hall of Fame.

But for Ben and Natalie the award is just the icing on the cake.

“We love being a Noosa-based brand so it’s an absolute honour to win this award. We live in a beautiful place with our beautiful children and get to do what we love every single day,” Ben said.

But YLM thinks the real winners are those who get to wear these gorgeous shoes!

For starters, they are simply stunning for day or evening wear. In clear and solid colours featuring sparkling jewels, these jellies will make any foot look pre y! Plus they are super comfortable.

But there’s something else you may not know. These jellies are not just fashionable but equally safe to wear every day.

holster husband and wife team, Ben Nothling and Natalie Miller holster now boasts a stunning state-of-the-art retail space “As a leading footwear brand we take complete responsibility and caution in what materials we use to ensure customer protection.” Ben told YLM. “Our jelly shoes are made from non-toxic PVC. A lot of other jelly shoes on the market do not use non-toxic materials as there are no regulations in Australia against it. This is something we take seriously. We want to ensure that our footwear is not only stylish but safe to wear daily.

“Our shoes are made from recycled PVC and can be put into a recycling bin after use and the materials can be recycled under Category 3 (recycling classification). All our packaging is also made from recycled materials. We are working on the best ways to reduce our carbon footprint as a leading brand.”

So now there is no excuse not to head to Gateway Drive and check out not only the new boutique, but also the stunning new Sunrise to Sunset range.

The holster flagship boutique is located at 6/55 Gateway Drive, Noosaville, phone 5449 0232 or see www.holsterfashion.com Opening hours for December are as follows: To Dec 19 - 9am to 5pm (Mon to Fri), 9.30am to 1.30pm (Sat); Dec 20 & 21 - 9.30am to 2.30pm; Dec 22 & 23 9am to 5pm, and Dec 24 8.30am to 3.30pm.

Holster will be closed on Dec 25 & 26, reopening Dec 27 & 28, 9.30am to 1.30pm, and Dec 29 & 31, 9am to 4pm.

During the month of December the Noosa store is selling selected factory seconds for $10 per pair.

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Community

NEWS

Coast Guard finds a home for Wall JIM FAGAN It has taken four years but Coast Guard Noosa Commander John Milland has at last found a spot for his Memorial Wall - right in the flotilla’s front yard at Munna Point!

The Wall is a peaceful nook where people who have scattered their loved ones’ ashes at sea can remember them with memorial plaques.

Other flotillas on the Sunshine Coast have their Wall and it is seen as an important community service.

Bob Abbot was Mayor of Sunshine Coast Council in 2010 when Commander Milland first put the notion to him. Bob liked the idea of a Wall at the walkway on the groyne at Noosa River mouth but then came delays caused by the de-amalgamation process and, when the new Noosa Council looked at it this year, it decided The Spit site was “inappropriate.” Commander Milland was asked to find somewhere else.

Since then he’s searched high and low - high as in Laguna Lookout, but this was knocked by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and low lying, as in the river front. “We looked at Gympie Terrace and places like that but because they are public access areas we thought it would be difficult getting any okay from Council.

“We had a look at an area near the Memorial Park at Tewantin but decided against it and then we spoke to Unity Water about placing the Wall on one of the water tanks in the National Park but this, too, was rejected because the tanks stand on Parks and Wildlife Service Land.

“That’s when I decided I’m sick and tired all of this and decided to put it here at Munna Point. It still has to go to the Council but I have spoken to individual councillors who say they’ll support it and I’m hopeful it will go through.”

Plans for the Wall, which will be six metres long and stand on the north western side of the flotilla headquarters, are now being drawn up.

Commander Milland said: “Like other flotillas in our squadron, we provide an ashes scattering service. It is very formal. We wear dress uniforms, flags are at half-mast and we go to a quiet location, usually close to Noosa National Park, so people can watch from the shore. We also provide a certificate with the date and name of the person and the latitude and longitude of the location.

“What’s been missing until now has been a place to commemorate the person who died. Families will be able to place a plaque on the Wall but we haven’t worked out yet how much it will cost.

“With the recent relocation of our Saturday site at Eumundi Markets we have experienced a decline in our fundraising activities of some 40 per cent on the day. We see the Memorial Wall as a valuable community service while providing assistance to our ongoing funding requirements for our operations.”

BUILDING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ISOBEL COLEMAN A life-changing experience will see Noosa builder Craig White head to Cambodia next March, to construct homes for families in need.

Craig White Craig, 27, owns Whydee Constructions and believes the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

And that’s how Structural Integrity came to be born.

Joining with Habitat for Humanity Global – and working alongside families and local tradesmen - Craig and his team will build two homes in seven days.

“A home is one of the most basic necessities in life, yet more than one fifth of the world’s population lives without decent shelter,” Craig said.

“Habitat for Humanity Global believes every human being deserves a simple, decent, affordable place to live, and we couldn’t agree more!”

Craig himself has been on quite a journey to reach this point. A lifetime of suffering depression and anxiety came to a head as his mum battled terminal cancer, his relationship ended and he suffered a traumatic injury from a wakeboarding accident.

At an all-time low, a friend sug-

gested he attend a course called the Landmark Curriculum for Living. He did – and he was hooked. Feeling better by the day he embarked on their Self Expression Leadership Program.

“In this program you get an opportunity to use what inspires you in life to assist others. From nothing you create a project and for the next three-and-ahalf months you learn the distinctions needed to be a leader and achieve your goals.”

And so Structural Integrity began.

“Now, losing myself in the service of others is what makes my life worth living,” Craig said.

The 12 members of Structural Integrity have personally funded themselves for flights, accommodation, vaccinations and in country expenses - a total of $2,100 each. The cost of each member’s time is a labour of love.

But they are busy fundraising towards the trip and you can help by supporting the Goodvibes Sunset Party at the Noosa Boathouse on Sunday, December 7, from 2pm.

Hosted by Nat at Zinc, it’s going to be an awesome arvo, with drinks, canapés, live tunes from The Elsomes, a zumba sesh, lucky door prizes and a silent auction.

There are some top prizes to be won, including a Lee Chayne surfboard, resort weekends, fishing gear and more.

To book your tickets and find out more, see www.unityaid.com/campaigns/were-building-a-world-of-difference

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DECK THE J WITH XMAS JOY The J at Noosa Junction will be transformed into a wonderland filled with joyful Christmas scenes and festive fun for two nights in December when Noosa Chorale presents its Christmas Cheer and Wassail.

The Wassail has been a calendar event each year since it started in 2007 and is so popular performances post “house full” signs.

This Christmas the Wassail theme is “Joy” and, according to Chorale vice president and organiser, Talluah Harper, “It’s the joy of the holidays, joy in music, joy in food and joy in others.

“It is table seating and we’re inviting Noosa to join us in sharing Christmas platters, drinks, hear some wonderful festive songs, sing carols from word sheets with the choir and enjoy a genial atmosphere of bonhomie and hearty Christmas Cheer!”

The Chorale will showcase famous English composer Vaughan Williams and his “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” which has been described as “a piece which is awash with a luxurious, velvety smooth sound and absolutely divine.”

Chorale sopranos Debbie Boyles and Talluah Harper, and music director, Adrian King, in Viking mood for Chorale's Christmas Wassail. PICTURE: ANN MILLAND

Arts

CLOSE-UP

Panto magic comes to Noosa JIM FAGAN WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU RUB A MAGIC LAMP? Well, when you have 27 actors ranging from three years to 60, the guarantee is you’re going to get something for everyone.

Noosa Arts Theatre’s Christmas pantomime, Aladdin and the Little Mermaid, will open in early January and producer-genie Susan Dearnley promises a show filled with fun, colour, dancing, songs and eye-catching costumes.

This is Susan’s fourth panto for Noosa Arts and she says, “It’s really a combination of two traditional favourites, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, and features arch villain Abanazer seeking to control the world using a genie from a magic lamp that lies within a cave but, thanks to global warming, the cave now lies deep under the sea.

“We also have Mermaid Princess Ariel, Aladdin, who is the best diver in Shanghai and who falls in love with Princess Ariel, and much-loved characters Widow Twankey and Wishee Washee. Altogether there are 27 in the cast, 18 of them local schoolchildren. Some of them have

been in the last three pantomimes we’ve done.”

Susan says the kids will love the 12 new songs written by Noosa Arts’ Diana Thomson. “We also have two interactive songs, The Hokey Pokey and We Do like To Be Beside The Seaside and the cast will leave the stage to encourage the children to sing and do the actions.”

Costumes have been designed by Margaret Courtney and there are two changes for each actor. She says, “The kids can’t wait to see the costumes they are getting. In the first half we have a riot of elaborate Chinese costumes and in the second half, which is under the sea, there will be anemones, sea horses and fish, all in green, blue and aqua.”

And last word from Susan: “Our panto has lots of originality and it will be great fun. There’s humour for adults and it will also last long enough for a five-year-old to stay still!”

Performances at Noosa Arts Theatre, Weyba Road, Noosaville: Saturdays, January 3, 10, 17 at 11am and 2pm.

Sundays, January 4, 11, 18 at 1pm and 4pm. All tickets at children’s prices $15 and available on 5449 9343 or boxoffice@ noosaartstheatre.org.au

Wassail

Christmas Cheer Concert @ The J Noosa Junction Ph: 07 5329 6560 Bookings: www.thej.com.au

All tickets $30 Ticket price includes cheese platter and home-made mince pies.

Drinks may be purchased at the bar.

Saturday 20 December 2014 & Sunday 21 December 2014 — 7.30pm www.noosachorale.org.au

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Holiday

FUN

Christmas fun in Eumundi EUMUNDI WILL BE THE PLACE TO BE ON FOUR FUN-FILLED FRIDAY NIGHTS THIS SUMMER: DECEMBER 5, 12 AND 19 AND JANUARY 2.

Enjoy retail therapy under the stars from 5pm to 9pm with hundreds of stalls and shops, a Christmas light spectacular, craft workshops for the kids, street performers, classic car displays and a great line-up of live music, including All Strings Attached, The Flumes and Dubarray.

Kids can have their photo taken with Santa and market visitors are invited to ‘upcycle’ Eumundi’s Christmas tree by bringing along shiny cutlery to hang on the branches.

There will also be free kids rides and Starry Nights Outdoor Movies will screen free family movies each week from around 7pm, including Bedtime Stories (Dec 5), Rise of the Guardians (Dec 12), Muppet Christmas Carol (Dec 19) and Turbo (Jan 2).

Playtime is fun at Noosa Leisure Centre

ALL ACTION AT LEISURE CENTRE THESE HOLIDAYS THERE’S PLENTY GOING ON AT NOOSA LEISURE CENTRE TO KEEP ALL AGES OCCUPIED DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. The Kids Play Room is open to youngsters aged from one-year to six, to jump, bounce, crawl, play and climb.

The Jump Bunch Room will be open from 9am to noon, for casual play, on January 5, 7 and 9.

Cost $5 per child – one week only special.

Adult supervision is required but there is no charge for parents/carers. Pre-bookings preferred on 5329 6550.

Jump Bunch holiday fun classes will be held on

Tuesdays and Thursdays in the last two weeks of the school holidays (January 13, 15, 20 and 22) at 8.30am (one to three years) and 9.30am (three to five years).

Pre-booking essential on 5329 6550. Creche available.

Kids aged six-plus are invited to try children’s yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4pm-5pm. Prebookings essential - phone Noosa Yoga on 0402 341 273.

Junior training camps are on offer at Noosa District Basketball – phone 5447 1999 or see www. noosa.basketball.net.au

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LITTLE SEED CONTINUES TO BLOOM Little Seed Theatre Company continues to flourish, now operating in Cooroy, Coolum, Nambour and, shortly, Eumundi.

And the good news is that the hugely popular Summer School program will run over two weeks: January 5-9 and January 12-16, with students performing on the respective Friday of each week.

The early bird discount is open until December 15 and family discounts apply.

The holiday program is a win for all: a Christmas present for kids and January relief for parents!

Since its inception in 2009 hundreds of students have flourished within the creative, supportive and safe culture that owner Johanna Wallace promotes at Little Seed, enjoying afterschool classes, weekend workshops, holiday programs and, more recently, dance, musical theatre and acting for adults.

In August Little Seed entered five plays (32 students) into the Sunshine Coast Youth Theatre Festival, winning best and second best play, best ensemble, three best supporting actor awards and the adjudicator’s award, plus the $1000 Youth Bursary, which went to Paris Williment.

Next year Little Seed Theatre Company will tour a show to various venues on the Sunshine Coast, giving young people the opportunity to perform to a range of audiences. Johanna will also be opening a studio in Sunshine Beach, allowing for new classes such as hip hop, jazz, dance classes for adults and acting for film.

Call Johanna on 0407 87 3232 or visit www.little-seed.com.au

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In our September issue YLM joined forces with Camera House Noosa to launch an exciting competition with an amazing prize!

We invited readers to send in photographs they had taken, their best work, to be in with a chance of winning the fantastic Olympus OM-D EM-10 camera with 14-42 EZ Lens, valued at $999.

We were swamped with entries and the quality of your work was amazing!

We published some of your pictures in the October and November issues but now the time has come to announce the lucky winner.

Camera House Noosa owner Tony Kay said he was impressed with both the number and quality of the entries.

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Health

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Fat loss - what really works?

DEBBIE CHAPPELL We are constantly regaled with myriad weight loss products and services. After 22 years in the natural health industry we have seen them all!

The best was probably the Weight Loss Cookies - full of sugar and refined grains. How could that not work? Pardon the sarcasm but it makes as much sense as a cream bun diet.

There are great examples of products and techniques that work very well and others that range from being not very effective right up to total lunacy. Let’s talk about some that work.

An effective eating strategy is the most important consideration. Recent science is changing our thinking. No longer is fat the evil food. In fact, most science is pointing to the fact that fat is good for you. The real problem is that most of us are addicted to refined carbohydrates, specifically sugar and white flour.

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HANDS-ON LEARNING KEEPS STUDENTS SMILING While youth unemployment has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons lately, one local business is certainly doing its bit to help youngsters find work.

Dr Alex Banic, owner and principal dentist at Tewantin Dental Centre has recently taken on not one, but two local students, helping them take their first steps on the career ladder.

Kirra Lundgaard, 17, from Noosa District High School, and Rachael Madge, 16, from St Teresa’s Catholic College, are already well on the way to establishing secure, long-term employ-

ment – much to the delight of practice manager Debra Morriss. “I see it as an essential part of their learning, as you can’t beat real, handson experience,� Debra said. “The students told me it was very hard to get placements so we are only too happy to help.�

The concept is not new to Debra. As a practice manager in Melbourne she regularly took on trainees, and was a workplace trainer. “You’ve got to give them a chance.

If we don’t do it, where will they go?�

Kirra is studying for a Cert III in Dental Nursing after starting a schoolbased traineeship. She spends one-anda-half days a week at Tewantin Dental but plans to do full-time during school holidays. “When Kirra finishes Year 12 she will come here as a full-time trainee

Be still and free from anxiety BYRON HILLIER IN ANY GIVEN YEAR MORE THAN TWO MILLION AUSTRALIAN ADULTS SUFFER WITH DIAGNOSED ANXIETY. Anxiety for some can be completely debilitating with uncontrollable panic attacks.

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Anxiety arises when your mind tricks you into thinking you’re in some form of danger setting off a fight or flight response.

Overcoming this trick of the brain is the key to beating anxiety.

Practice breathing: Breathing is a very powerful way to calm the nervous system and help reset the patterns that have developed.

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Get better sleep: Irregular sleep patterns will quickly affect our physical and mental health. Better sleep means better moods and better health.

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and we hope to Rachael Madge, left, keep her once she and Kirra Lundgaard qualifies,� Debra said. “I wasn’t sure what I was going to do for a career.

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Kirra told YLM. “But I’d been Racheal is doing a Cert III in having a lot of dental work myself Health Administration. Initially a 40and started to think about that as a cahour placement, Racheal is hoping to reer. Then my school offered a trainextend the experience. eeship. I applied and got it. “To do your job properly at the “It’s a big relief to know I have a front desk you really need to have a good job lined up and a career, withgood knowledge of what goes on out out having to leave the area. “And I’m really enjoying it. It can the back,� she said. “We would be interested in conbe quite confronting at times but it tinuing this program but obviously doesn’t faze me as much as I thought won’t be able to accommodate all the it would!�

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Peppermint Bark

If you want to give a Christmas gift that really shows you care, try your hand at these easy, home-made sweet treats.

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1kg white chocolate, chopped into small pieces 12 large candy canes ½ tsp peppermint oil

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Pu ing time and effort into making a gift shows the lucky recipient just how important they are to you.

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Non-stick cooking spray 1 ½ cups sugar ½ cup light corn syrup ¾ tsp salt 2 tbsp butter 1 ½ cups mixed nuts, such as pecan halves, cashews, pistachios, coarsely chopped if large 1 tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp baking soda

METHOD Spray a rimmed baking sheet and a wide metal spatula with cooking spray and set aside.

In an 8-cup glass measuring jug combine sugar, corn syrup and salt, stirring until sugar is moistened. Microwave on high for 4 minutes.

Stir in butter and nuts. Return to microwave for about 5 minutes, until the sugar mixture is thick, bubbly and very pale brown in colour.

Line a baking sheet (approx 28cm by 44cm) with parchment and set aside.

In the top of a double boiler, melt white chocolate, stirring constantly.

If you don’t have a double boiler, place a bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure it’s not touching the water.

Cut or smash the candy canes into small pieces.

Stir pieces of candy cane and peppermint oil into the melted chocolate. Remove from heat, and pour the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Spread evenly. Chill until firm, 25 to 30 minutes. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

WARNING: The mixture will be very hot so use handle when holding and pouring.

Remove from microwave, stir in vanilla and baking soda (mixture may foam up). Immediately pour onto prepared baking sheet, spreading mixture as thinly as possible with the prepared spatula. Let stand for 20 minutes until hardened, then lift off sheet, and break brittle into bite-size pieces.

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Simple Chocolate Fudge

CAFÉ DOONAN, Noosa-Eumundi Road, Doonan

INGREDIENTS ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡

METHOD

4 tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for pan 3 cups mini marshmallows 1 cup sugar ½ cup heavy cream ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pure vanilla extract 1 ½ cups chocolate chips 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

Butter an 20cm square baking pan and line with 2 criss-crossed pieces of parchment paper, leaving an overhang. Butter paper.

In a large saucepan combine butter, marshmallows, sugar, cream and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, chocolate chips and ½ cup walnuts until chocolate is melted.

Pour fudge into prepared pan and smooth top. Sprinkle with remaining walnuts and cool for 30 minutes.

Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.

Using overhang, lift fudge onto a cutting board and slice into small squares.

Bittersweet Truffles INGREDIENTS ¡ ¡ ¡

225g best-quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped ½ cup heavy cream Assorted coatings, such as crushed peppermint candies, toasted sweetened shredded coconut, finely chopped pistachios or other nuts, and cocoa powder

METHOD Place chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring cream to a boil in a small saucepan over mediumhigh heat; pour over chocolate.

Allow to sit for 2 to 3 minutes, then whisk until smooth.

Refrigerate (uncovered) until firm, about 1 hour.

Spoon mounds (2 level tsp each) of chocolate mixture onto

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a large baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Return to refrigerator for 15 minutes.

With your hands, roll mounds into balls. Place desired coatings in shallow bowls. Roll balls in coatings, pressing in and covering completely. Return to baking sheet and chill for about 30 minutes, until set.

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Amy is passionate about her café. “Every item on the menu is made on the premises. Every menu item is cooked to order.

We cater for everyone, including the gluten-intolerant, vegans and vegetarians. I am passionate about food and people,” she tells me, then adds, “most of the time!”

My order arrives. A perfectly cooked toasted bacon sandwich, a pot of Earl Grey tea and a gorgeous freshly-made Muesli slice.

Heaven on a plate!

Whilst eating my lunch I watched children playing in the garden as their mums drank coffee and cha ed. Café Doonan is a place for families to frolic, for business people to meet and for lovers to tryst. A hidden treasure that deserves to be found!

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5th December

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Andy Mackay

The Female of the Species

6th December

The Female of the Species

Liam Bryant

Christmas in Cooroy

At Noosa Arts Theatre, Noosaville, 7.30pm, phone 5449 9343

At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500 5th December

ABBA Live At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

Heavensent At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 9pm, phone 5430 7500

At Noosa Arts Theatre, Noosaville, 1pm, phone 5449 9343

Normie Rowe At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

At Apex Park, 4-10pm, see www. christmasincooroy. com.au

Wordlife At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 9pm, phone 5430 7500

7th December

11th December

12th December

13th December

Mimi Macpherson

Fiddle Me Please

Retrospect

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At Tewantin RSL, 7pm, phone 5447 1766

At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

Slam Beach Volleyball Festival

12th December

Trademark At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 6pm, phone 5430 7500

Samrai

Doug De Jong

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At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

At Main Beach, Noosa, all day, see www.slamfestival.com

Buddy Holly Show At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

13th December

15th November

14th December

14th December

14th December

14th December

Carl Lynch

Craig Martin Swing Band

Mimi Macpherson

Christmas Carnival

At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 2pm, phone 5430 7500

Children’s Christmas Party with Nikleby the Magician

A Streetcar Named Desire (NTLive screening)

Ellenger

At Tewantin RSL, 2pm, phone 5447 1766

At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

Ladyhawke At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 9pm, phone 5430 7500

At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

Carl Lynch

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At Noosa Arts Theatre, Noosaville, 6.30pm, phone 5449 9343

At the Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 6pm, phone 5430 7500

18th December

19th December

19th December

20th December

20th December

21st December

The Vibe

Red Betty

Noosa Chorale Wassail

Mimi Macpherson

At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

A-Tonez & Purple Heart

Kevin Clough

At Tewantin RSL, 7pm, phone 5447 1766

At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 9pm, phone 5430 7500

At The J, Noosa Heads, 7.30pm, phone 5329 6560.

At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 2pm, phone 5430 7500

Minx & Klubnight

Simon Says

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At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 6pm, phone 5430 7500

Phil Skinner At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

That 60’s Guy At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

21st December

24th December

26th December

27th December

Noosa Chorale Wassail

James Sinclare

Heavensent

Shades

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At Soda Nightclub, The Reef, Noosa Heads, 9pm, phone 5430 7500

At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

At The J, Noosa Heads, 7.30pm, phone 5329 6560.

26th December

Jared Porter At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 7pm, phone 5430 7500

What Can I Say At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

DJ Dave Daly At Tewantin RSL, 8pm, phone 5447 1766

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28th December

31st December

31st December

1st January

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Late For Woodstock

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At The Reef, Noosa Heads, 2pm, phone 5430 7500

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