MAJOR GRANTS FUNDING ROUND NOW OPEN
SPORTING clubs, community groups and not for profit organisations with an event to put on or who need funding for works can now apply for up to $30,000* to bring their initiatives to life through Sunshine Coast Council’s Major Grants program.
Coolum Tennis Club Inc. received $19,000 in the August 2022 Major Grants round towards their $60,000 synthetic grass court resurfacing project.
Coolum Tennis Club President Jonathon Holford said the Coolum Tennis Club was a proud and grateful beneficiary of the Grants Program.
“The resurfacing of our two synthetic grass courts has brought them up to competition standard, allowing the Club to continue hosting tournaments for both our junior and adult players.”
Community Portfolio
Councillor David Law said Council’s Major Grants
program aimed to support projects that enhanced the region’s cultural, sporting, environmental and community wellbeing.
“The program reflects Council’s commitment to fostering community development and empowering local organisations to make a positive impact on the Sunshine Coast,” Cr Law said.
“By providing fi nancial assistance, Council seeks to enable local not-for-profit groups to deliver innovative projects that enhance the community and welcomes diverse applications from a wide range of sectors and interests.”
Major Grant applications can be submitted in one of six categories:
Community development, community facilities, creative development, cultural heritage, economic development and sports and recreation. Visit www.sunshinecoast. qld.gov.au to apply today and
to fi nd more information on the grants.
Eligible not-for-profit organisations can apply now for up to $15,000 towards one-off projects, or events and activities that meet community need and provide community benefit. Grants of up to $30,000 are also available towards infrastructure projects that involve developing, maintaining or improving buildings or land that contribute to providing a safe, accessible and inclusive community facility.
Environment Levy Grants of up to $5000 are available to not-for-profit community organisations for projects that make a positive and ongoing contribution to the region’s biodiversity and waterways.
This round will close on August 28 with notifications anticipated mid-October 2023. Details on grant writing workshops can be found on Council’s website.
COOLUM SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB CLAIMS TOP WIN AT AWARDS NIGHT
clubs on the Sunshine Coast were present.
Ernie Burrows, President of Coolum Beach Surf Life Saving Club, expressed great pride and honour for the Club and its members upon receiving this significant recognition.
“The club has been working towards this award for a long time and our thanks go out to
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all the members of the Club, from the admin staff to the volunteer surf lifesavers who dedicate their time to keeping the beach safe.”
Additionally, the club also claimed the Surf Sport (Handicap) Club of the Year Award.
Ian Norman, the former president who presided over the 2022/23 season, stated that this award is a remarkable acknowledgment of the Club’s
the true spirit of Lions International and once again have helped another local community organisation.
achievements.
“These are great awards to win, as the Buhk Wilkes award covers both on-the-beach and off-the-beach efforts. And the Surf Sports (Handicap) Club of the Year reflects that, for a relatively small club, we punch well above our weight in the surf sports space,” Ian said.
“On behalf of every member, I am very proud of what the Club has achieved.”
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Coolum Tennis Club Inc. was granted money through the 2022 grants round, with the money granted used to upgrade their courts. Photo: Contributed
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Coolum Surf Lifesavers patrolling the main beach during the 2022/23 season. The club was recently awarded the Buhk Wilkes Lifesaving Club of the Year Award for their outstanding allround commitment to surf lifesaving. Photo: Contributed
FORTY-EIGHT Sunshine Coast sporting organisations will share in more than $895,000 to help maintain their sporting fields and keep them in tip-top shape.
Local sporting clubs to secure the specialist funding include Bli Bli Little Athletics Centre Inc., Bli Bli United Football Club Inc., Coolum Beach Junior Rugby League Club Inc., Coolum Cricket Club Inc., Coolum Football Club Inc., Coolum Touch Association Inc., North Shore Multisports Association, and North Shore Soccer Club Inc.
Bli Bli United Football Club Vice President Eddie Muller said the funding program was great and the experience and advice they received through the program was phenomenal.
“As a club we manage the field before, during and after the football season, making sure we get the best result we can to ensure its longevity,” Mr Muller said.
“We’re a non-for-profit organisation and with the support from Sunshine Coast Council through this funding program,
we’re able to reduce our members’ fees and get kids out on the fields playing. “Than k you to Sunshine Coast Council and the Community Sports Team for their round-the-clock support for our field maintenance.”
Sunshine Coast Council Community Portfolio Councillor David Law said Council’s Sports Field Maintenance Funding Program had been providing funds to help sporting clubs since 2011.
“This program offers up to three years of funding and
helps clubs with maintenance field costs and provides expert advice on keeping sports fields to appropriate competition and training standards,” Cr Law said.
“This funding is a huge help to our sporting groups, many of which are primarily run by volunteers.
“Our Parks Community Sports Field Officers are an asset to our team and continue to help so many of our local clubs with their queries, whether that be about fertiliser or the best mowing technique.”
FROM the coast to the hinterland, the Horizon Festival which is the Sunshine Coast’s premier arts festival will be running from August 25 to September 3 and the highly anticipated festival will captivate locals and tourists alike with a diverse array of music, cabaret, theatre, comedy, family events and more.
The Festival salutes the vibrancy of the Sunshine Coast, with artists, their stories, and the community at the heart of this year’s program. Staged in stunning locations and unique venues, the 2023 program is bursting with free and ticketed events for all ages and interests.
First Nations-led programming once again beats through the heart of the Horizon Festival program, celebrating Kabi Kabi and Jinibara artists and kers, who share their incredible cultural experiences.
Coolum plays an integral role in the festival with the backdrop of Stumers Creek once again used as the stage for Dawn Awakening which officially closes the festival with a celebration of local First Nations culture, song and dance.
Horizon Festival Director Hannah Clissold said this year’s program was designed to offer residents and visitors to the region an abundance of opportunities to engage with premiere works by local artists, as well as nationally and internationally recognised acts.
“The atmosphere at the Festival Hub will be exhilarating and uplifting, and this year we’ve programmed more food, free live music, art experiences and family entertainment
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The festival’s opening weekend is jam packed with programming in and around the popular Wonderland Spiegeltent and Festival Hub at Cotton Tree Park, with an array of free events and experiences including the opening ceremony followed by NOISE by Dancenorth, a work of epic proportions featuring the newly formed Horizon drumming band.
There will also be interactive installations from Kabi Kabi Connections and Concrete Collage as well as a free live music program.
The festival across the remaining nine days will showcase decadent circus, cabaret, comedy, tal ks, art exhibitions, and will also feature special performances in unique settings such as performer Lior at the Glass House Mountains.
The festival has something
for everyone and for all ages.
“There are so many special and unique experiences in this year’s festival, and I hope this year’s program will leave a lasting impression on everyone who attends,” Ms Clissold said.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson extended a special invitation to locals to experience Horizon Festival, describing it as one of the Sunshine Coast’s most anticipated annual events.
“We are proud to present an accessible, inclusive and diverse program this year, with exhibits, performances and events from the coast to our beautiful hinterland,” Mayor Jamieson said.
“Across 10 days and nights, the multi-arts festival supports the growing and sustainable arts and cultural ecology of our region.”
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Le ers to the editor
SUPER PROFITS TAX
Dear editor,
The CFMEU will soon be launching and ad campaign urging the Albanese government to institute a super profits tax to pay for 750,000 new social and affordable homes. This is perhaps the most exciting and enthralling bit of public advocacy in decades. The new head of the CFMEU is an erudite and socially conscious man who has the best interests of Australians at heart. The opponents of such a measure will be thick and thin.
Please allow yourself to feel the future! A future where Australia is not blighted by increasing homelessness. An Australia that not only talks of egalitarianism, but WALKS IT. Make no mistake, the corporations that would be taxed can afford it. Around 90% of Australia’s corporations will not be affected by this. This is a policy that will breathe new life into this potentially and actually wonderful country.
Dylan White, Coolum Beach.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Dear editor,
World- wide extreme temperatures= fire storms; torrential rains, severe cyclones = floods/ landslides; droughts, failed crops= famine/deaths; warming oceans= fish/reef kills; melting ice/glaciers = rising sea levels. A Climate war on our home, Planet Earth? Just asking for a friend.
Margaret Wilkie, Peregian Beach.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT COSTS
Dear editor, Queensland seniors and those on concession cards, namely pensioners, pay half price (and 30% less off-peak) on our public transport system, in SEQ in particular.
Those living in the Brisbane metropolitan area enjoy free offpeak travel between 8.30am and 3.30pm and after 7pm. Noosa Council has free bus travel in the Noosa Council Shire. The point is, that with regular increased public transport travel prices, those who do pay, wear the burden for subsidising fare evasion. Translink raise their rates annually.
If you compare the generosity of other states, namely South Australia, which offers those on welfare or Seniors free 24/7 travel on all public transport; NSW which charges only a maximum of $2.50 travel anywhere in the state all day with no limits for off-peak only and no time restraints. Western Australia has free off-peak for concession card holders, including those on the dole, or sickness benefits, and Victoria has free off-peak for concession card holders on their transport system.
Our State Government Transport Minister should be advised, that those who can least afford to travel, namely concession card holders, seniors, those on the dole or on sickness benefits, be given either free off-peak or free 24/7 public transport in line with other states.
With the State Government’s fiscal focus on Cross-River Rail and the 2032 Olympics, it is obvious there is no concession for the disadvantaged and elderly at all. The disadvantaged and the elderly, struggle in an environment of high inflation and the prohibitive cost of living, not assisted by our Labor Government, State or Federal.
E. Rowe, Marcoola.
YAROOMBA DEVELOPMENT
Dear editor,
To Development Watch, I don’t see how the twin seven storeys of the proposed Westin Hotel would be an eye sore. I understand the plan is to keep the tree line of the site which would sure-
ly hide the building. You should be watching the road passing the area and not looking over trees.
This is nothing like the ugly buildings you see going down the hill approaching Coolum itself.
The development means jobs to build the Hotel, restaurants, bars, units, and parklands etc. Also, there is the opportunity of future work for our current young locals.
I suggest you stop lining the pockets of the solicitors and let the development go ahead.
Peter Coster, Mt Coolum.
Y’BAR COURT DETAILS
Dear editor, I would like to respond to the article on the Yaroomba Beach development proposal by Sekisui House in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast Council.
I often wonder how much councils (and court judges) are influenced by large corporations in deciding to approve construction of a multi-storey hotel, service apartments and a coastal village, against the well-established Town Plan, which is in place for very reasons such as this. Town Plans are in place to prevent the high-density establishments from disintegrating the community feel of the residential suburbs of the Sunshine Coast, impacting negatively on the natural habitat in the area and overwhelming the suburb’s infrastructure.
It has always been presumptuous of Sekisui House to buy the 18ha site with the view of then gunning for a 10-storey development when there was a local building limit of two storeys. So, in 2018, they decided to resubmit their building application with plans to build up to seven storeys. How magnanimous of Sekisui House!
Whilst the finer details on the legal deliberations are obscured from general knowledge, there seems to be a rather strong discord between community expectations and what the council, which presumes to represent the residents, suggests the community wants for the site. It seems to a lay person such as myself, who cares for the local community that Sekisui House is running over council town plans. Employment opportunities and the provision of an events venue are not trump cards to override the Town Plan, as there are many ways to achieve the proposed benefits without such a huge dichotomy of building standards within the town.
Sekisui House should rather consider building their classy hotel and function centre within the limitations of the established Town Plan. You cannot tell me this is not possible?
Ashraf Saleh, Yaroomba.
APPROVE YAROOMBA
Dear editor,
The good people of Yaroomba should have backed the Sekisui project in its latest form instead of moaning over one building going to seven floors and wasting all that money on court cases. Of course, the lawyers will applaud another appeal; that’s how they make money.
However, the building regulations are changing. The government is seeking higher density and wait for it, lifting the height restrictions to eight levels! Let’s hope, Sekisui is sticking to the current and approved plans without adding another floor on top. Let them just start building and have a superb development up and ready well in time for the Olympics. The accommodation and the jobs for the area will be welcome!
J Konrad, Peregian Beach.
WHY I AM VOTING YES
Dear editor, I believe that the Uluru statement from the heart –has made it clear, it has been made from a place of love, generosity, and faith. The indigenous people of Australia have offered their hand with respect and love; and reached out to all Australians to ‘stand together’ in the belief that we can make it better’.
I can no longer accept the chasm between those of us who are socially advantaged with the harrowing plight of many first nation’s people. This wholesale inequity in almost every social measurement including such critical areas as health - where the life expectancy and preventable diseases are at third world levels and where rising suicide rates of young indigenous people are so distressing and shameful. Such awful statistics would not be tolerated if these were the children of white families in the wealthy suburbs of any Australian city.
We were always seen as a ‘fair go’ country, Australians have always ‘shown up’ for those who face struggle. We have been invited to walk with our indigenous brothers and sisters on a journey that will bring their voice and wisdom to the table through inclusion in the Australian Constitution and a voice to parliament. Such an advisory body can only bring benefits, not only for the indigenous community, but for all Australians.
We have a unique opportunity to stand together to become our best selves, let’s grasp history’s page; I am saying YES! at the Voice Referendum later this year - there is nothing to lose and everything to gain. Let’s make history together.
Dr Christine Murphy, Yaroomba Beach.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Dear editor,
Once again, the Dutton LNP Opposition beats the pro-nuclear drum as it attempts to shift the blame for the cost-of-living and energy crisis from their shoulders.
For over nine years, the coalition government failed to implement a viable energy policy. If nuclear energy is the answer, why didn’t the LNP go down that path when in power?
Mr. Dutton fails to mention that small modular reactors are not yet available commercially and unlikely to be for many, many years.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said “…Even the World Nuclear Industry status report tells us that nuclear costs rose 36 per cent between 2009 and 2021 while solar costs fell 90 per cent and wind by 72 per cent.
Nuclear is slow to build, and as it cannot be easily turned on or off, it is effectively useless for peaking and firming…”
Therefore, nuclear power is not a solution to our energy and costof-living problems, it would only exacerbate them should we go down that very expensive path.
As UN Secretary General Guterres pointed out, we are facing the dire consequences of climate change NOW. Declaring July as the hottest month on record, he said, “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”
As a nation, or indeed globally, we do not have the luxury of time before we seriously reduce our carbon emissions. Nuclear power is not the solution.
Robyn Deane, Bli Bli.
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The 2024 Heritage Calendar Competition is on now and we’re calling for entries.
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It's August - which means Sunshine Coast
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How to stay safe from swooping birds
Some native birds, like magpies, can act defensively to protect their territory, their nests and their young. On the Sunshine Coast, this usually happens between July and November each year. Please be tolerant of these protected and iconic native birds if you walk or ride near nests. Search “defensive birds” on Council’s website for tips on how to protect yourself.
Major grants now open - don't miss out groups through its Community Grants Program. Community groups can seek Major Grant funding for projects or events that
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From 25 August to 3 September, Cotton free roving bees, bubbles, pop-up drummers and dance battles. Plus, free live music and art, food trucks, comedy, cabaret and more. region too. Visit horizonfestival.com.au today. Attention all art lovers and makers Are you looking for a comprehensive guide to artist opportunities, events and news? Look
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SAFER AND COOLER: BEACHSIDE
THE LITTLE beachside pocket of Marcoola is set to have a makeover with a new plan focusing on enhancing the natural amenity of the area which will make this little coastal locale even more ‘cooler’.
Work is soon to start on a staged makeover of Marcoola, where the community has worked with Sunshine Coast Council on a plan to rejuvenate its local environment and facilities.
Enhancing the area’s natural vibe, providing more shade trees and creating safer and easier access are key features of the plan.
Residents, businesses and other groups have helped guide the development of the Marcoola Future Funding Plan.
This will help guide future planning and construction projects and protect what the community enjoys about this seaside favourite, while also enhancing the area.
Sunshine Coast Council Division 8 Councillor Jason O’Pray said he was excited to see the community’s feedback come to fruition after a rigorous planning process, with construction expected to start in the coming months.
“Marcoola has a very engaged and active community, and they have strong environmental values and a desire to ensure that their neighbourhood is safe and accessi-
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ble for all,” Cr O’Pray said.
“These values and vision have directly informed the enhancements and the staging to deliver the plan.
“It is not just about improvements to be delivered but also how they are approached.
“For example, the design palette celebrates the local natural environment. Materials chosen will use neutral tones and exude a natural warmth and the vegetation planted will include species indigenous and endemic to the Marcoola area.”
The Future Funding Plan includes the areas just north of the Marcoola Surf Life Saving Club at the Tamarindus Street intersection, through to the car park south of the Lorraine Avenue shops. Lorraine Avenue will be the fi rst area to receive an upgrade.
In the short-term the community will benefit from safer crossing points, new kerb ramps and shade through natural street tree canopies. A future street art project will celebrate the vibrant spirit of the tight-knit community.
Lorraine Avenue improvements include:
*A new pram ramp on Marcoola Esplanade south alignment connecting businesses with the coastal pathway.
Noosaville and they would like to extend an invitation to everyone to come along and learn to play bridge.
Bridge is an exciting, social, and fun card game played throughout the world by over 60 million people. It can be played at any level from casual get-togethers to professional tournaments and at any age, and all ages from six to 106 can play together.
The Noosa Bridge Club is a friendly, dynamic club with lots of events and regular sessions including a Saturday session for weekday
*A future street activation/street art project on Lorraine Avenue to engage community participation and collaboration.
*Additional kerb build outs and
connecting footpaths to improve safety and pedestrian amenity.
*Street tree planting and park/ green space upgrades. Further community up-
workers. We have a large number of members in their eighties and many in their nineties who play regularly and enjoy their bridge.
Once the basic skills have been mastered, we have several competitions available where players of the same ability compete in a comfortable environment.
Noosa Bridge Club run a course of eight weekly lessons, twice a year. The cost is $80 and in-
cludes a copy of Paul Marston’s “Introduction to Bridge”. This beginner’s course covers the basic concepts and includes sessions of supervised play where your teacher will be available to help. Why not try something new and come along to Noosa Bridge. For more information or to register phone 5447 1341 or email info@ noosabridge.com or visit our website www.noosabridge.com
for the calendar
Council’s next Ordinary Meeting online or at Sunshine Coast City Hall Chambers – 9am 24 August
Marcoola main street as it is now.
The Marcoola masterplan concept plan. Photos: Contributed
Socialising and playing are Isobel Michie, Lesley Power, teacher John Gill and Penny Sykes.
Helen Robson, Janet Young, Jack Baynes and Margaret Robertson enjoying playing Bridge at Noosa Bridge Club. Photos: Contributed
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THE DRAFT Shaping SEQ 2023 Update has opened for consultation with a projected permanent population into the future for the Noosa Shire of 76,000 residents which is not feasible nor sustainable. That is 13,000 more than what we can sustainably carry, equivalent to Christmas peak season every day. There are many who have fought so hard for Noosa over the decades, including for deamalgamation, and we need to fight again, for our communities, our environment and our economy. To assist in efforts, we ask everyone to ensure they make a valid submission to State Government after attending the information session, 4pm 29 August at ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church (Noosa District) Parish Hall’ 5 Moorindil
St, Tewantin. Registration for this and the draft, as well information on how to have your say through submissions, is available via Noosa 360 at www.SandyBolton.com/ Draft-Southeast-Queensland-Regional-Plan-August-2023. In response to concerns raised that crime and alcohol fueled violence has escalated in Noosa, we have posted to Noosa 360 data and information. Whilst we have a full complement of officers with 24/7 manned station and patrols, mobile police beat and highway patrols that operate random breath tests and speed enforcement operations, the reality is that they cannot be everywhere at once. Hence, it is important for all of us to be their ‘eyes’ and report
Here at F45 Coolum we pride ourselves in bringing 1:1 coaching into a group environment.
Our workouts combine elements of functional, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and strength training. Our weekly workout split and additional mentoring and coaching ensures training and healthy lifestyle changes.
any suspicious or bad behaviour immediately in efforts of prevention to 000 (emergencies) or Policelink on 131 444 (non-emergencies) or online at www.Police. qld.gov.au/Policelink-Reporting. Also don’t forget to lock up your cars and homes as many crimes are opportunistic. We continue to advocate for increased police resourcing throughout Queensland during the State Budget Estimates processes, as well mandatory and relocation sentencing, and at any time there is a change in crime trends in our community, we would immediately seek extra resources as we have done on many occasions which lead to specific responses such as ‘Operation Sandstorm’. Information on policing in Noosa is available at www.SandyBolton.com/ Policing-in-Noosa-July-2023.
We have a community survey open until 8 September on the proposed Cooloola Great Walk Eco Project, which has created some confusion, and I ask that you take a minute, or more, to respond, as well share with your neighbours and friends as it is so important to have everyone’s voices heard! The survey is available at www.bit.ly/ CooloolaGreatWalkSurvey.
With so much time between columns and much to share, please stay ’in the loop’ via Noosa 360 with updates on a range of important issues we are working on, and subscribe to our e-newsletter at www.SandyBolton.com/Newsletters which ensures you also advised of any Noosa MP specific polls or surveys. In addition, follow ‘Sandy Bolton MP’ on Facebook to receive information as soon as available including the Friday ‘Wrap’ with news and grant information! Always, if you have any questions or require assistance regarding state related matters, please do not hesitate to contact my office at 5319 3100 or email noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au.
A look back in time
The Greenoaks conundrum
A CONUNDRUM can be described as a puzzle that is difficult to solve, and because I have been asked to explain why one of our long-term Coolum streets bears the name ‘Greenoaks Drive’ three times since my last column, I think that it is time to look back on the history of this conundrum!
The eastern end of Greenoaks Drive begins near the junction where Beach Road [which runs inland from the traffic lights opposite Coolum Surf Club] suddenly changes its name to become the Yandina-Coolum Road … are you puzzled yet?
Perhaps it is easier to state that Greenoaks Drive is the street which suddenly ducks uphill on the left, almost opposite Perry Street and the Anglican
first
footbridge, before it ends on the eastern side of South Coolum Road.
But why ‘Greenoaks’?
Well, near the beach end of Yandina-Coolum Road, where today’s BP garage stands, the Perry-Keene family had built a home which they named ‘Green Hills’. From humble beginnings around 1906, Green Hills grew and grew, until it sported a fine twostory house, surrounded by a garden and croquet lawns, which became Coolum’s first accommodation guest house. Sadly, one weekend in 1929, the guest house burned to the ground, surrounded by local people and visitors who had seen the smoke and flames from the beach, and had run to see what was happening.
Those onlookers would never have imagined that on the western side of Yandina-
century! A short distance from the lights, where Greenoaks Drive crosses Yungar Street, there is a park with a large area of she-oak trees … the ‘Oak Trees’ that helped give Greenoaks Drive its name - yes, the road travels from ‘Green Hills’ to ‘Oak Trees’!
The ‘Oak Trees’ Park fronting Yungar street is now much used and loved by local children, and it is wonderful to see them appreciating the area, having great fun with their bicycles under the trees. No doubt they have never known that this park is where Coolum’s sugar-cane industry was centred, when cane trams first came to Coolum in 1923 - even in the 1940s and early 1950s, my father-in-law used a ‘German wagon’, drawn by horses - to haul cane to the ‘Oak Trees’ terminal, so that it could be carried to Nambour on the cane trams. In less than two kilometres, several important features of Coolum history are encompassed in the name
A cane tram at the “Oak trees” terminal. Photo: contributed.
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Happy Gardening
SANDRA GODFREY BLI BLI AND DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB
Sweet Peas – an old-fashioned favourite!
SPRING is just around the corner, and we love all the pretty flowers and annuals that burst into colour. An old-fashioned favouritesweet peas are becoming very popular again. Some of us can remember when Grandma would always have a trellis of them. Everyone loves them for their lovely fragrance, and they make a good cut flower. They seem to last longer if they are arranged in floral foam.
To grow them, they require certain conditions. The seeds can be planted directly into to the soil - but I usually place the seeds on a wet paper towel and plant them out when the small shoots appear. The soil is very important, it should be almost “spongy “. The ground should be improved by adding very old compost and well matured animal manure. Never use fertiliser containing nitrogen as it will cause a lot of greenery and no flowers. A small amount of blood and bone is fi ne. They don’t do well in hot humid conditions and love the cold weather. They require a PH of about six and a half to seven, so lime can be added if necessary. The trellis should be in a sunny, protected area, but some shade is ok. The winter here on the Sunshine Coast is suitably cold enough for them.
Advice from colder places will state that seeds should be planted in March on St Patrick’s Day, but not necessarily so - in more
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tropical climates
March can be very hot and humid, especially in Queensland. In a good season you will have flowers for several months. They are reasonably pest free but try not to water them on the foliage as it might make them prone to powdery mildew. The ground should be nicely damp but good drainage is essential.
plant them straight into your garden. It’s a good idea to give them a weak solution of an organic seaweed solution, watering the plants to settle them in.
Nowadays lots of striped and flecked sweet peas have been developed and they still have a glorious perfume. There are different varieties including dwarf and miniature plants, so hopefully next year you might be tempted to try them.
I will feature another plant of the month next time.
When finished flowering, the mature pods can be picked, and the seeds can be kept for next year by placing them in an airtight container or brown paper packet and leaving them in the bottom of your fridge - making sure they will stay dry.
Punnett’s of seedlings are also a popular way to
If you would like to learn more about all things gardening, then please come along to Bli Bli and District Garden Club. Our meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month from 9.30am at the Bli Bli Uniting Church Hall at 14 Lefoes Road, Bli Bli.
Until next time, “Happy Gardening.”
SOLICITOR AT RAY BARBER IN COOLUM BEACH. SPECALISING IN ELDER LAW AND ALL LEGAL MATTERS AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY.
QCAT CONSUMER CLAIMS
NOBODY likes getting letters of demand from lawyers or, worse still, visits and calls from debt collectors. But if you dispute a bill from any service business or tradesperson, and the matter can’t be resolved informally, this is where you are normally headed. If things then move onto court proceedings, you will be identified as the defendant –the person who doesn’t want to pay their bills – and you are already substantially on the back foot. Even if you have a great case, the process of litigation will take months and cost you thousands. It all seems so unfair when it’s them that’s done an unsatisfactory job or tried to gouge you for extra dollars in their bill. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT), in its Minor Civil Disputes jurisdiction has a power in relation to consumer and trader matters, and even matters between two traders, to make orders that ‘a stated amount is not due and owing by the applicant to a stated person’. Basically, it’s an order that you don’t owe them the money, or you don’t owe as much money as they say you do. Of course, there’s the
risk that QCAT might decide you do owe the money, but at least you won’t die wondering!
There’s a modest filing fee, but no risk of legal costs orders as QCAT is by design a lawyer-free zone. Whether you are taking on the local TV antennae installer or Telstra, the playing field is levelled substantially by the fact that they can’t send
Principal’s Post
TROY ASCOTT COOLUM STATE HIGH SCHOOL
SOMETIMES, I am just blown away by what Coolum High students can achieve. Give them a little support, an opportunity, some fine tuning and a touch of encouragement and they can literally do anything.
Recently, Coolum High students were out achieving the extraordinary. At the Australian Pinnacle Dance Eisteddfod, despite moving into the year 7-12 section for the first time and being up against schools with long-established dance academies, Coolum High’s students finished:
• First in the Cheer Dance section
• Third in Contemporary Dance
• Third in Musical Theatre
• Highly Commended in Lyrical Dance
These students were unbelievable and a credit to all the staff who helped prepare them, especially Ms Ford and Ms Murphy. I hope everyone gets the chance to see this dance troupe in action – they are exceptional.
Meanwhile, at the Sunshine Coast Eisteddfod, Coolum High’s Wind Symphony competed in the highest division available for the first time. As the adjudicator said, the standard of music on the Sunshine Coast is as good as anywhere in Australia, including in Sydney. The students were absolutely magnificent, they were young with many year 7s in the group, and they have a brilliant future ahead of them. They were champions of our community.
The Wind Symphony built on the success of the Strings Ensemble who have come from nowhere to be a significant musical force. I think we can underestimate the complexity of learning these instruments, and for these students to have learned so quickly and be developing at such a pace as a group is just remarkable. I know they are on a trajectory to somewhere very, very special.
Meanwhile our vocal ensembles were remarkable. Again, our students were young with their best well and truly ahead
of them. They sang with spirit, they sang with verve, and they thoroughly engaged the audience.
I know that as a community we can be so proud, as I am, at the way our students have represented their community on the stages that are available to them and to do so with such humility, camaraderie and excellence. All students, from all schools, who competed at the Eisteddfod did so with incredible grace and kindness, encouraging each other, and enjoying the experience. Whether it’s dance, or music, we are on an amazing upward trajectory and we will build on this success and be bigger and better next year. Congratulations to everyone involved!
their charges if they wish to defend the claim.
As usual there are limits. QCAT can only look at matters up to $25,000. The definitions make it clear that professionals like accountants, dentists and lawyers aren’t subject to the provisions. Apart from that it’s a great way to get on the front foot and resolve billing issues with as little cost and angst as possible.
DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR OR AVAILABLE TO BE PICKED UP AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
‘CELEBRATING NATURE’: COASTAL POCKET’S
COOL CHANGE
I’M excited to see the community’s feedback come to fruition after a rigorous planning process for a staged makeover of Marcoola, with construction expected to commence early 2024. Marcoola has a very engaged and active community with strong environmental values and a desire to ensure that their neighbourhood is safe and accessible for all. It
is not just about what improvements will be delivered but also how they are approached. For example, the design palette celebrates the local natural environment. Materials chosen will use neutral tones and exude a natural warmth, the vegetation planted will include species indigenous and endemic to the Marcoola area. The ‘Future Funding Plan’ includes the areas just north of the
Marcoola Surf Life Saving Club at the Tamarindus Street intersection, through to the car park south of the Lorraine Avenue shops. Lorraine Avenue will be the first area to receive an upgrade. In the short-term the community will benefit from safer crossing points, new kerb ramps and shade through natural street tree canopies. A future street art project will celebrate the vibrant spirit of this tightknit community.
PATHWAY RENEWALS
COOLUM BEACH AND TWIN WATERS
Council is committed to increasing and maintaining pathway networks across our region and in Division 8. You’ll see the footpath along Tanah Street West in Coolum Beach undergo works from Arlington Road and continue 208m East, connecting to the recently renewed footpath. Works are expected to start August 7 and be finished within two weeks, weather and site conditions permitting. As well in Twin Waters, works should be just about complete on the reconstruction of a 2m-wide and 360m-long stretch of existing concrete pathway. The new pathway extends from Waterside Drive to Nautilus Place through Warwick Daniels Park on Lake View Drive and Stillwater Drive, Twin Waters.
See you ‘round Div 8!
Observations
TONY GIBSON
A MARCOOLA RESIDENT WHO IS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
INNOVATION, COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP
ONE OF the challenges of living in Australia is the risk averse and conformist society. This has been heightened by the pandemic. An Infosys survey of 9000 people aged between 16 and 25, in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, put us at the bottom of the list when it came to taking risk. This is why Australia is losing in the digital revolution and other endeavours like India aiming to land on the moon.
While a certain amount of conformity is good for social harmony, alternatively our society can be lacking in innovation and courage in leading to improvements in areas like social justice and the environmental concerns. The lack of courage to address the ongoing climate change emergency by political leaders is an example.
move at a snail’s pace with more business cases, inflexible rules and blocking with more tactics than you can jump over. How many business cases do we need for a rail system upgrade for the Sunshine Coast? One, Two, Three or more???
Innovation and the courage to put forward new ideas are really needed. Simple ideas and the adaption of existing technologies is often all that is needed.
Recently I met with a Peregian resident Ron Gooch who has been working for 25 years in the environment, undertaking work to restore the natural environment. Ron saw a problem with the time it was taking to remove asparagus weed infestations from our native bush.
Ron was able to develop a tool using a power drill and
piping to remove the crown of asparagus which means it is 3 times faster than existing labourintensive methods. Ron has contractors and other volunteer groups now successfully utilising the tool and he is looking to promote and vastly extend the number of people using the tool. Ron is a leader with a passion for the environment, courage, determination and is innovative. Let’s celebrate innovation, and encourage courageous caring leaders.
Sign up for electronic rates for a one grand poten al win
TO TAKE the sting out of the half yearly rates notices that have just been sent out, Sunshine Coast Council are offering residents the chance to save up to $1000 off their next notice simply by signing up to receive future notices via email.
Sunshine Coast Council Outstanding Organisation Portfolio Councillor Ted Hungerford said ratepayers could give themselves a chance to win with just a few simple steps.
“You can create your own MyCouncil account on Council’s website and once you’ve done that or logged into your existing account, all you need to do is click on ‘Update your rate notice delivery’ under the Property and Rates section on your MyCouncil dashboard, and change to email.”
“Ratepayers who already receive their rate notices by email are automatically in the running to win,” Cr Hungerford said.
“Ratepayers who still get their rate notices by traditional post can put themselves in the draw by registering for a MyCouncil account or logging in to an existing account and changing their rate notice delivery method to email, before 5pm on Wednesday, August 16.
Receiving rate notices by email rather than traditional post is more environmentally friendly and registering for a MyCouncil account enables residents to access a wide range of convenient and secure online options.
“You can request services, register pets and business owners can also register to access a range of business services through MyCouncil and your information is only viewable by you.”
Council have made paying rates simple with a range of convenient online payment options including BPAY and
by phone on 131 816. Council also has a direct debit option, which can be set up to pay rates in full by the due date. Ratepayers who cannot make payment by the due date (5pm, Friday August 18) are encouraged to enter into a payment arrangement by logging into MyCouncil or by contacting council before the due date. Council is warning residents to be aware of bogus emails requesting payment of rates. Council has become aware of a small number of incidents where a scammer has emailed residents asking for payment of rates using a BSB and bank account number. Please note that Council never asks for rates to be paid to a BSB and account number.
If anyone receives an email of this nature and recognises it as a scam, the matter can be reported online to www.scamwatch.gov.au
Ron Gooch - Peregian bush conserva on volunteer.
Photo: contributed.
Event Showcase
BLACK SQUARE STRING QUARTET
CLASSICAL music with a large dose of world music influences is set to take centre stage for just one night at the Coolum Civic Centre as the Innovative and boundary-pushing, the Black Square Quartet bring their hauntingly beautiful string music to Coolum on Saturday August 19.
The Quartet brings together a fusion of musical genres, including Contemporary, Nordic Folk, Balkan Gypsy, and Renaissance music, weaving a tapestry of diverse sounds that redefine the boundaries of classical music.
This is not classical music as you know it!
Inspired by the iconic and controversial artwork, The Black Square, by Kasimir Malevich, one of the fi rst true examples of artistic mini-
on classical music.
Audiences will have the opportunity to experience a unique repertoire featuring captivating works from acclaimed composers such as Caroline Shaw, Thomas Green, Jessie Montgomery, The Danish String Quartet, Michael Bacrncev, and the quartet’s very own Michael Patterson.
“We can’t wait to bring this unique programme to audiences on the Sunshine Coast,” violinist Camille Barry explained.
“This selection of works traverses time, cultures and genres - there’s something in there for everyone.
“We’re passionate about new music, so it’s an honour to be able to perform several works by homegrown composers.”
The Black Square Quartet formed in 2018 and is committed to promoting new and Australian music. They have
many more. Collaborating with some of Australia’s most talented musicians and ensembles, such as Trichotomy, Shugorei, Sarah Curro, Aaron Brown, and Steve Newcomb, the quartet brings a fresh perspective to classical music that is both inspiring and unforgettable.
The Quartet will perform across the Sunshine Coast at the following venues - Coolum Civic Centre Saturday August 19 (7pm), Eudlo Hall Sunday August 20 (4pm), and Maleny Community Centre Friday August 25 (7pm).
Full Event Details: www. redchair.com.au
The Black Square Quartet Sunshine Coast tour is presented by local performing arts company Red Chair with the support of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. This initiative was supported through the Creative Industries Investment Program and is jointly funded by ArtsCoast through Sunshine Coast Council’s Art and Heritage Levy and
Business Showcase
YANDINA ART AND FRAMING
Proudly framing our ANZAC heroes
WITH Father’s Day just around the corner and Christmas only a few months away, the perfect gift for a beloved family member could be collecting dust and just waiting to be beautifully framed.
Yandina Art and Framing are now specialising in celebrating our ANZAC heroes with framing services that proudly display medals, war memorabilia and service records.
These pieces of art are a stunning addition to any home and family who want to proudly display their heritage.
Owner Bill Gissane said it was rewarding and an honour to bring history to life when framing medals and awards for customers.
“What’s nice for us is when people come in, we can see the reward when they see the framed work.
“All of a sudden, that rather tarnished piece of metal gets another life again, and the son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter gets a sense of the sacrifice that’s been made by the person who received it, and they’re a little more in touch with that person’s life again.”
Working with other specialists Yandina Art and Framing can put together a complete package and history.
Only recently a customer dropped a medal and photograph of a young World War One soldier in to be framed and for the staff it seemed a simple job.
However, it led to the discovery of a more complete version of the soldier’s military service
The staff at Yandina Art and Framing can handle all your framing needs and are now specialising in framing war medals.
and twice as much material which was used as a display in the final frame.
Bill mentioned the job to Kym and Patricia Presgrave, of Queensland Medals and More, who looked up the soldier’s war history.
“They said he might have gone around again. Some of them did World War Two as well,” Bill said.
It turned out that the man had also served during World War Two and should have had two more medals.
Qld Medals and More organised replacement medals and badges; Mike Korsos, of Korsos Photography, enhanced the worn old photo; and Chris McCleary of Apogee Trophies Sunshine Coast, engraved a small plaque with the soldier’s service details.
The complete package was framed by Yandina Art and Framing, which has been nominated as Queensland Medals and More’s preferred framer for medals, awards, certificates and citations, whether they be military, sporting, academic or civil.
The business can offer advice about what and how to frame such items and Bill said there were sometimes protocols governing how the medals should be displayed.
The staff at Yandina Art and Framing are also very respectful and aware of the gravity of the
A completed framing project which expertly displays war medals and memorabilia.
Photos: Contributed
work they are doing, and just how important the medals and memorabilia are to the family.
“The men and women who served, particularly in those early conflicts, did not get a lot of recognition when they came back to Australia,” Bill said.
“All they did get was those medals and that makes them, in my view, precious and they need to be treated with reverence.”
Yandina Art and Framing is located at 7 Stevens St, Yandina and can be contacted on 5446 8000
Haun ngly beau ful string music will be performed live at the Coolum Civic Centre by the Black Square Quartet on Saturday August 19. Photo: Thomas Green
Classified Adver sements
Ph: 0413 427 439 Website: www.coolumadver ser.com.au
CHURCH SERVICES
FOR SALE
12-VOLT TRAVEL HAIRDRYER: $5 Ph. 0408 680 064
ADIDAS PREDATOR FOOTBALL BOOTS: Excellent cond. As new size US6/ UK5.5. $40. Ph. 0418 420 440
ADULT FOLDING CAMP BED: with canvas carry bag, hardly used. $70. Ph. 0431 214 318
AKUBRA HATS x 2: As new, Sizes 55 and 61, $100 each. Ph. 0458 205 071
APPLE HOMEPOD MINI: White. New. $140. Ph. 0400 071 026
ARC WELDER: 100 amp, with mask, used once. $70. Ph. 0431 214 318
BABY STROLLER & HIGH CHAIR: $35 for both. Ph. 0408 717 394
BAR FRIDGE: 140L Kelivnator. Great cond. $65. Ph. 0400 014 136
BESIDE TABLES: 2 white timber units with one shelf each and woven reed drawers. New cond. $40. Ph. 0407 359 111
BIKES - HYBRID: 700 diameter wheels. 1 x single speed, 1 x 18 speed. Tyres, paint, brakes, all in VCG. $55 each Ph. 0458 545 074
BOOK SHELF: Large $70. Ph. 0407 380 312
BOW SAW: 48 teeth. 600 long. $20. Ph: 0490 886 494
BREVILLE FINGERSIDE MASSAGER: for relaxing & therapeutic all over body massage. Instructions included. $15 cash only. Ph 0428 875 445
CSHS BOY’S FORMAL SHORTS: Size 92 VGC $20. Ph 0447 027 079
DINING CHAIRS X 6: Solid cane with good qual thick seat cushions - grey pattern, G.C. $120 ono. Ph. 5446 4817
DOUBLE SURFBOARD BAG 9’4”: Ocean & Earth brand. $100. Ph. 0447 133 779
ENGINE OIL: 5 litres Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 semi synthetic. As new, unopened container. $39.90. Ph. 0423 125 827
EXERCISE STEPPER: Gas Struts and Electronic Controls. VGC. $50 Ph. 0418 608 663
FIREWOOD KINDLING: $5 Large bags, pickup at Coolum Beach Pony Club gate - 60 Tritonia Dr, Emu Mountain Estate.
FISHING GEAR: Rods, reels, lures, gaffs, cast net (new), prices neg. Ph. 5455 4189
FLEXNECK HALOGEN DESK LAMP. Translucent blue base. Fully adjustable. 2 available. $15 ea cash only. Ph 0428 875 445
FREE FURNITURE ITEMS: Old, suit painting restore. TV. Ph. 0407 380 312
GOLF CLUBS: 9 irons & 2 woods. With bag and balls. Good for beginner. $25 the lot. Ph. 0408 717 394
HAYMAN REESE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION HITCH: 130KG 4 bar intermediate hitch. $150. Yaroomba. Ph. 0473 207 900.
HEDGE TRIMMER: Ozito HTR-550. Voltage 240v. Blade length 550mm. Cutting capacity 20mm. Good Working Condition. $75. Ph. 5448 2577
HILUX MAG RIMS X 4: VGC. Modern style. $135. Ph. 0413 787 432
HORSE MANURE: From $3 per bag, pickup at Coolum Beach Pony Club gate - 60 Tritonia Dr, Emu Mountain Estate
LOCKTECH SAFE: white model YES-MO2O(WH)
H344mm xW424mm x D388mm hardly used - cost $600 will sell for $250. Ph. 0407 611 034
MEN’S BIKE: Diamond Back Mountain Bike. 18 speeds, V-Brakes, black, VGC. $45. Ph. 0458 545 074
FOR SALE
MEN’S SKETCHER SANDALS: As new Size 10. $30. Ph. 5448 9280
METAL KING SINGLE BED X 1: Brand new. Doesn’t fit new home. $100. Ph. 0405 406 391
MICROWAVE OVEN: Built in with complete trim kit and grill function. $30 Ph. 0410 614 244
MOBILITY MEAL TRAY WALKER: Aspire 125kg, unused. Height adjustable, 2 plastic trays, h/ brakes. Sturdy walking aid for transporting meals or other from room to room. Large wheels for easy negotiation. Outer lip edge to catch spillage. $90 Yaroomba 0407 739 478
MOBILITY WALKER: with brakes & seat in good 2nd hand condition. $50. Pick up from Coolum Beach. Ph. 0431 135 227
MOBILITY WALKER: Human Care – Swedish. VGC. Collapses sideways with seat and backrest. $250. Contact Julie. Ph. 0428 794 102
OUTDOOR SET: Rectangular table150x80cm, opaque glass top, silver trim + 4 lge dark grey slingback mesh chairs silver metal trim. VGC $80. Ph 0407 359 111
PRINTER CARTRIDGES: 9 new colour cartridges. Suit Brother Mod DCP-165C (LC38). $20. Coolum Beach. Ph 0408 093 038
PRO BBQ SMOKER: Made in England. black enamel, burns charcoal/briquettes. Won in a raffle, never used. cost aprox $400, will sell for $250. Ph. 0407 611 034
REFRIGERATOR: Caravan/bar fridge. Brand: Gasmate BC-62L. Voltage Rated 240V. Total Capacity 62L. Good Working Condition. $85. Ph. 5448 2577
RIVER STONES: Up to 40mm in size, approx. 6x4 trailer. $100. Contact Malcolm 0412 942 834 – please text first
ROOF TOP BIKE RACK: (aluminium and black) by Thule – stable frame holder, firm wheel fixing, quick and easy to use. Used 3-4 times only since bought new. $200 Ph. 0412 942 834
SCHOOL UNIFORMS: St. Teresa’s Noosa – Boys. From $10 Ph. 0447 027 079
SHOWER CHAIR: Non-slip with handles. Adj height. Never used. cost $100 sell $70 ono. Ph. 0412 374 675
SHOWER CHAIR: Lakeside mobility, good drainage, high back, side arms, non-slip adj height, unmarked new cond. $55 Ph. 0407 359 111
SHOWER SEAT: Waterproof seat, side arms, adj ht, non-slip. G.C. $35. Ph. 0407 359 111
SOFA BED: Double, navy blue. Ph. 0407 380 312. FREE SOFA/BED LOUNGE: Two-seater, green cloth upholstery, Exc Cond. $200. Ph. 0405 478 000
TABLE LAMP: New condition. $10. Ph. 5448 9280
TUB CHAIRS: Black leather on casters, VGC. Surplus to requirements. $50ea or 2 for $90. Cash only. Ph. 0428 875 445
VANITY MIRROR: Double-sided lighted vanity makeup mirror. $20. Ph. 0408 680 064
VULCAN PROFESSIONAL CYCLING EQUIPMENT: Magnetic home trainer bike stand. $50. Ph. 0405 478 000
WATER TANK: Hi-quality poly, 870mm diam, 1000 litre capacity with all fittings. Brand new, still in wrapping. $250. Ph. 0408 116 929
NOOSA RIVER CRUISES
ACROSS
1Small fish
6Concerning
9Wonder
10Saloon car
11Anaesthetic
12Goading devices
13Venerates
15Rudimentary shoot
17Dry
18Recoil
19Not flighty
20Dwells
22Girdle
24Colour
25Apportions
26Fanatical
27Unspoken
28Character
29Great wealth
30Postpone
31Smelting waste
DOWN
2Like better
3Astounded
4Metal
5Stringed instruments
6Made vigilant
7Wagers
8Advantageous
12Cults
13Radiolocation
14Very bright
15Two-footed animal
16Amounts owing
18Unbending
19Politician
21Conduct oneself
22Acrimonious
23Citrus fruit
25As before
26Prevalent
28Conclusion
Community news
MEALS ON WHEELS
ROSTER
Monday, August 14
Kitchen: L Corey, G Cocks, G Willis, J Hughes, J Fawkes and C Brown
Run 1: T Moore and D Donohoe
Run 2: B Jackson and S Roeser
Run 3: C Wakeham and C Porter
Run 4: L Jones and D Lawson
Run 5: M Schuit and D
Casey
Run 6: P McCarthy and D Burrage
Run 7: R and V Clark
Wednesday, August 16
Kitchen: R Price, P Carden, W Crook and T Shorter
Run 1: G abd N Mooney
Run 2: G and M Frazer
Run 3: D Stone and K Annear
Run 4: D Homan and E Holbrook
Run 5: R Patch and K Hodge
Run 6: R O’Malley and D Dionysius
Thursday, August 17
Kitchen: J Hughes, J Ivankovic, G Watt, K Schrampf and T Abraham
Run 1: L and J Taylor
Run 2: K Berry and D Osland
Run 3: F and W Walton
Run 4: B Jackson and W Vowles
Run 6: P McNeill and K Leach
Friday, August 18
Kitchen: L Corey, T Shorter, G Cocks, R Tainton and J Fawkes
Run 1: J Beath and C Tunstall
Run 2: V Therkelsen and G Gibson
Run 3: J Galbraith and R Clark
Run 4: K Clerke and S White
Run 5: TBA and W Hamilton
Run 6: L and J Taylor
If you are unavailable on your rostered day, please notify MOW kitchen on 5446 1000.
CAR BOOT & TABLE TOP
SALE
Car Boot & Table Top Sale will be held at the Coolum Beach Uniting Church garden/carpark and Church Hall on Saturday 9th September from 7.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. (set up from 6 a.m.) More information to follow. Inquiries to 0415 624 039.
COOLUM
RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION CRA
The Coolum Residents Association will be holding a general meeting of members at 5pm Thursday 24 August at the Coolum Croquet Club, 25 Seacove Lane, Coolum Beach. CRA is a local community organisation that aims to identify and promote sustainable opportunities to preserve and enhance the amenity and facilities in the Coolum Beach and surrounding areas. The focus of the meeting will be on the outcomes of the recent AGM and the priority projects for the coming year. All current and new members welcome.
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT RETIREES AIR NOOSA BRANCH
Investment Discussion Group Meeting: Thursday 17th August, 9:30am start @ Uniting Church, Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach. For further information telephone 0478 479 049 or email: airnoosasecretary@gmail. com www.facebook.com/ AIRNoosa Visitors welcome.
CHEW & CHAT
You are invited to come to Chew & Chat on Tuesday 15th August at Coolum Uniting Church Hall on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Heathfield Rd, to have a fun morning, starting with a delicious morning tea, followed by 1.5 hours of entertainment, singing, bush poetry & verse, piano and guitar playing etc. finishing the morning off with our resident band “The Good Friends Chorale” lead by Jim Christian playing popular songs from 50’s upward. We look forward to seeing you there and all for the princely sum of $3.00.
COOLUM BEACH
COMBINED PROBUS CLUB
For retired and semiretired people looking for friendship and fun. We have a guest speaker each month, organised lunches, bus or car trips. On conclusion of our Tuesday meeting, lunch is at the Coolum Beach Hotel for those interested @ own expense. Visitors
are welcome. For more information phone: Raoul 0409 685 394
NINDERRY BRANCH ALP MONTHLY MEETING
The Ninderry branch of the ALP holds its monthly meeting on the 3rd Sunday of each month at the Coolum Beach Hotel starting at 10.30 AM. Visitors are welcome and you are also invited to join us afterwards for lunch. You can also log into our Facebook page for up-to-date details of other events. https:// www.facebook.com/ ALPNinderry. For more information and to book, please contact Bill Gissane on 0477 049 157.
COOLUM CRAFT GROUP
If you enjoy craft and good company join the Coolum Craft Group. We meet every Tuesday, in the Salvation Army Hall, Greenoaks Dr, Coolum. 2pm - 4pm. A variety of crafts are on offer and our friendly participants are always ready to lend a hand or maybe you have a craft you could teach the rest of the group. New members welcome and for $3 you will receive tea/ coffee and cake/biscuit as well as a fun, few hours. For more information, please contact Isabel 5446 2317 or Yvonne on 0402 105 864.
YANDINA COUNTRY MUSIC
We welcome Allan Reed as guest artist at the Yandina country music concert Sunday 20th August at the Hall of Fame, 24 Steggalls Road 12pm. Enjoy popular country, and other upbeat, crowd-pleasing favourites with a great band and artists. Raffle and door prizes, byo lunch, free tea, coffee. Entry $8. We are a not-for-profit organisation and the proceeds will go towards the upkeep of the hall.
QUOTA CLUB OF COOLUM BEACH
Quota Club of Coolum Beach have a business meeting at 2 pm at the Lion’s Den, 15 Russell St, Coolum Beach on the second Tuesday of the month. The club has been active in the local community for 26 years raising money to support women, children,
and the disadvantaged. If you would like to join a group of motivated and dedicated women, we would love to hear from you. For information contact Sandra Verrall on 0457 355 734 or secretary@ quotacoolum.com.au. The next pop-up stall will be Thursday 24th August 2023 from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm in the courtyard of the Pacific on Coolum complex in Heathfield Road.
COOLUM BEACH SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
Welcomes all citizens 50 and over. Activities include Mahjong, Bingo, Carpet Bowls, Card and Board games. Meet every Monday from 11.30am3.30pm at the Coolum Civic Centre. Entry fee includes afternoon tea and a ticket in the door prize. For further information please phone Bernie 5448 8693.
MAROOCHY RIVER COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB
The Maroochy River Country Music Club will celebrate thirty years of performing on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday 13th August, commencing at 11.30 a.m. Entry fee is $8 and will include free tea and coffee, and cakes. Guest artist is the lovely Lynda Hansen from Gympie. Venue is the A.C.M.A. Country Hall of Fame on Steggalls Road, Yandina.
Come along and help us celebrate this special day. Great music, great atmosphere! Inquiries phone Darryl on 0458 671 568
COOLUM BRIDGE CLUB YAROOMBA MEETING PLACE
Enquiries info@coolumbridgeclub.com Sessions as follows:
MONDAY - 9am for Start 9.15 - 12.40
TUESDAY - 12.45 for 1 pm start Supervised Play (Contact Ali 0422791748 for more info).
THURSDAY - 12.45 for Start 1pm - 4.30
SATURDAY - 12.45 for Start 1pm - 4.30
Partnership Contact: Trish Gatt on 0412 546 575
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COOLUM COLTS SECURE HUGE AWAY WIN AGAINST NOOSA
PROVING why they were given a spot in the A Grade competition the Coolum Colts A Grade team defeated arch rivals Noosa Pirates 32 to 8 to record their biggest win of the season at Noosa’s Pirate Park last Sunday August 6. Coolum were able to field their strongest team in many weeks and they were determined to show their supporters what they were capable of.
With captain Luke Phillip back in the side and directing play around the rucks, Coolum’s forwards gradually gained the upper hand.
With the hard running Mboya Adams, Isaac Jones and Hsed Faaee taking the Coolum team forward their backs were able to make big inroads into Noosa’s line.
GREEN THUMBS PLANT OUT FOR NATIONAL TREE DAY
IT was a sunny Sunday on July 30 as members of the public gathered at the Doonan Planting Festival for National Tree Day and more than one thousand trees were added to the site which is now starting to see the spoils of past plantings.
The morning also featured wildlife displays, live acoustic music, face painting, craft activities for all ages, information stalls and there was also free coffee, a sausage sizzle, and an opportunity to buy native plants with free planting advice from Coolum Community Native Nursery.
Cr Maria Suarez said that it was great to see so many attend the event.
“Lots of families, singles and couples helped put plants in the ground, made bush critters, screen printed a cool tote bag, found out about the Blue Heart, learned about invasive species, checked out the reptile display or bought a native tree for home from Coolum Community Native Nursery.”
The National Tree Day events at the reserve are work-
ing towards restoring the Doonan Creek Environment Reserve which provides essential homes and food for local wildlife like koalas, glossy black-cockatoos and grey-headed flying foxes.
“The reserve is a special place and an important coastal habitat area with vegetation that ranges from iconic coastal heath and scribbly gum forest to melaleuca wetlands,” Cr Suarez said.
“It’s home to more than 125 different bird and 24 different mammal species and vulnerable wallum frogs.
“Our community has helped Council restore the reserve for many years, and in the past four years alone, has planted more than 13,380 native trees, shrubs and ground covers,” Cr Suarez stated.
“A huge thanks to all who attended and to the Sunshine Coast Council teams who made the event possible.”
To keep up to date on local Sunshine Coast Council events please visit https://events.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
The Coolum defense was outstanding throughout the match with the team repelling everything that Noosa could throw at them.
Coolum’s six tries and four conversions was a true indication of their skill and dominance across all facets of the game.
With two games to go for season 2023 the team is determined to fi nish on a high with games against Maroochydore at Maroochydore on Saturday and Caboolture at home on the August 19.
Club officials are hoping for a large crowd to literally “fill the hill” at the Colts last home game of the season on August 19 as they celebrate a positive and successful fi rst year in A Grade.
Coolum’s attack was well organised with Luke Jurd and Jackson Shearer directing play and continually putting pressure on Noosa with some judicial kicking.
Victorious Coolum Colts a er their 32-8 win against Noosa on Sunday. Photo: Contributed
New trees which were planted out by the many people who came along on the day with their green thumbs. Photos: Contributed
Representa ves from Coolum Community Na ve Nursery were there on the day to offer plan ng advice.
A comparison view of the Doonan Creek Environment Reserve and how it has benefited from the Na onal Tree Day events over the years.
COOLUMBEACHBOWLSRESULTS
Tuesday July 25
1st J Connell, S Bugden, P Freeman +27
2nd R Magnussen, L Chaloner +24
3rd R Klim, B Burkitt, V Marchenko +19
4th D Duro, G Duro, D Parkinson +16
Thursday July 27
1st R Magnussen, L Chaloner, R Oakley +32
2nd B Biddle, J Barrett, C Smith, V Marchenko +25
3rd C Raynes, B Mahony, G Locke, B Devlin +9
4th H Povey, D Lawler, P Lawler, B Smith +9 5th F Millard, G Sargent, A Hill, G Brown +8
Friday July 28
1st R Wallish, S Loch +20
2nd G Brown, L Fitzhenry +16
3rd P Brown, K Brown +14
4th P Hone, B Devlin +15
Saturday July 29 - Pennant
Results
Men’s - Div 1 Coolum Beach drew with Club Kawana 4-3 (+0), Div 2 Coolum Beach def by Club Kawana 1-6 (-8), Div 3 Coolum Beach def by Tewantin-Noosa 0-7 (-38), Div 5 Coolum Beach def by Tewantin-Noosa 1-6 (-35), Div 9 Coolum Beach def by Pelican Waters 1-5 (-5) Ladies’ - Div 1 Coolum Beach def by Club Kawana 0-7 (-40)
Sunday July 30 - Social Bowls
1st J Knott, S Hocking +16
Tuesday August 1- Social Bowls
1st D Wright, I Timms, D Manning +34
2nd P Croft, S Black, R Cunningham, V Weller +33
3rd J Farley, J King, G King +24
4th P Judge, I Belsham, A Wilkinson +19
5th P Cummings, J Swale, B Kingman +15
Thursday August 3 - Social Bowls
1st W & T Nagorcka +36
2nd J Forde, P Cummings +19
3rd M Wapling, R Sweeny +18
4th L & J Cullen +15
Friday August 4 - Social Bowls
1st A Horsburgh, J Cullen +27
2nd G Bolden, T Stamp, V Mifsud +24
3rd M Corcoran, D Wright +19
4th C Gamble, A Hill, P Carmody +19
Saturday August 5 - Pennant Results
Men’s - Div 1 Coolum Beach def Pelican Waters 6-1 (+11), Div 2 Coolum Beach def by Woombye 1-6 (-18), Div 3 Coolum Beach def Caloundra 6-1 (+12), Div 5 Coolum Beach def by Glasshouse 0-7 (-45), Div 9 Coolum Beach def Maroochy 5-1 (11)
Ladies’ - Div 1 Coolum Beach def Tewantin-Noosa 6.5-0.5 (+11)
2023 SCDBA Pennants
Teams on club notice boards and website at https:// coolumbeachbowls.com. au/2023-pennant-season/.
Please indicate if you are unavailable for any Pennant dates on the sheets on the notice boards.
Club Championships 2023 Consistency nominations now open and close on 24th August.
Dates to Remember Club AGM – Sunday, 8th October, 9am
Weekly Bowls Program
• Social bowls every Tuesday 1pm, Thursday 1pm, Friday
9am & 1pm and Sunday 9am.
• Register at https://coolumbeachbowls.com.au/ social-bowls/.
• For all social bowls enquiries contact the Social Bowls Coordinator on 0499 167922.
• Barefoot bowls every Friday night from 5-7pm. For all barefoot bowls enquiries, including social functions, contact the Club Manager on 5446 1153.
• Coaching is provided free of charge every Wednesday morning commencing at 10am. For all coaching enquiries, contact the Coaching Coordinator on 0400 945584.
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