Cooroora Connect October 2021

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Grant to upgrade PCH facilities Thanks to the Federal Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien, Pomona and District Community House has been successful in securing a $13650 grant from the Stronger Communities Program to upgrade its facilities. Mr O’Brien visited the centre recently to view the improvements, which included painting the building’s interior, and was welcomed by the Federal Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien and Kathryn Shewring Community Engagement and Lesley Matthews from Pomona Community House inspect the Coordinator, Kathryn recent improvements to the centre.

Shewring.

At the conclusion of his visit, Mr O’Brien said: “Thank you, Kathryn, and your volunteers for all that you do to maintain this very important piece of infrastructure for the community.”

Among its objectives, the

Stronger Communities Program supports projects that provide economic and social benefits to regional and remote areas. The projects can be either construction of new infrastructure or the upgrade or extension of

existing infrastructure.

The Pomona Community House Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 30 October in the Lawson Shed; the meeting starts at 9.30am.

Museum volunteers sought Ahead of its annual general meeting on Saturday 23 October, the Cooroora Historical Society is hoping new faces can be identified within the community to take the Noosa Shire Museum forward. All committee member

October 2021 Quarry case to be heard formally in planning court On Friday 17 September, Noosa Council formally filed proceedings in the Planning and Environment Court at Maroochydore in the case against the Kin Kin Quarry operator.

Procedural matters were discussed in court on 24 September, paving the way for an initial hearing later this month.

At the initial hearing, the council will seek interim enforcement orders for all quarry truck movements to cease during school bus hours.

The council CEO, Brett de Chastel, said further proceedings would focus on a number of alleged breaches by the quarry operator and would seek to address the intensification of use issues, which is at the centre of community concern.

“Final enforcement orders will be sought requiring the operator to limit the number of quarry trucks per day, avoid convoying Other positions required to and ensure movements are Current vice-president, be filled include secretary within the operating hours, Heather Ford, whose family and treasurer, plus a with all truck loads has strong links to the committee member. covered,” Mr de Chastel hinterland, says she is not continued page 2 said. positions will be declared vacant, with Trish Kearton, president for the past two years, indicating she won’t be standing again.

interested in the top job, but would again accept the vice-presidency if nominated.

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Museum plots new course with changed committee From page 1 Ms Kearton said she was a firm believer in management renewal to bring forward new ideas. She stepped into the president’s role unexpectedly in September 2019 following the sudden death of Jeanette Alfredson, long-standing museum stalwart. In her time, Ms Kearton said she had overseen stepped-up efforts to identify and catalog the museum’s extensive collection of historic Indigenous and colonial era items and priceless photographs kept in the safe of the former Noosa Shire Council chambers.

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Ongoing, Ms Kearton said her successor ideally would need to be a good manager with strong administrative skills, a leader and someone with a rapport for mentoring volunteers. The museum has a small but enthusiastic volunteer base, but could do with more.

Committee members meet once a month, and otherwise as required.

Some items had been ‘deWhile it receives a small annual accessioned’ in order to maintain the donation from Noosa Council, the relevance of the collection. Old files museum’s funding is not linked had been examined and reordered directly with the council’s revenue and the front of the museum stream from the Heritage Levy. building in Factory Street upgraded.

Admission fees and fundraising supplement the budget. The council does not provide staff wages to anyone associated with the museum.

However, it undertakes essential repairs on the heritage-listed building.

The museum AGM will be held at its Factory Street location on 23 October, starting at 10am. Those considering nominating for a committee position need to register as a member (cost $15 and $12 concession).

All nominations for committee positions must be in writing and delivered at least 14 days prior to the AGM – 9 October 2021. Those wishing to attend the AGM are asked to signal their attendance, phone 5485 1080. Please RSVP your attendance by phoning 54851080.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance numbers may be limited.

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Accommodation plans build on investment in trails Hopes that Pomona will have visitor accommodation in the town as a boost to the hinterland tourism sector were given a boost when Robin Yates, owner of the popular Pomona Distilling Co., announced that he is actively planning a major extension to his business at the entrance to the town – involving a new commercial kitchen, function room for wedding receptions and accommodation of between 12 to 20 rooms.

Depending on finance being available and council approvals, the expanded ‘gin palace’ will be up and running in 2023.

It will have its own containerised kitchen, possibly in place as early as Melbourne Cup Tuesday.

But it is his business expansion onto two quarter -acre housing blocks in School Street that has everyone talking. “I can see a big window at the front, with the still and lots of backlighting behind it, so when people drive into town it will be the first thing they see. It will be amazing,” Robin is reported as saying.

“We will carry the theme from the restaurant through to the centre and it will be in keeping with the new Pomona. It will be beautiful.”

Pomona Distilling Co. owner and master distiller, Robin Yates and his still.

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suitable for those hiking Tourism Noosa, said the the trails or wishing to stay plans were ‘amazing’ and overnight and enjoy the dovetailed with the town’s other eateries and marketing organisation’s Meanwhile, Robin is performances at The strategy to provide a Robin Yates’ plans build on moving ahead with plans to the public investment to Majestic Theatre. ‘natural’ tourism double the size of the Juanita Bloomfield, experience in the build ‘world class’ outdoor eating and hinterland. mountain bike and hiking Environment and drinking area that has trails between Pomona and Sustainability Manager at proven popular during Cooran and in the Yurol COVID-19 times. He has POTTERY STREET NEXT TO BE FIXED and Ringtail Creek State leased the neighbouring Forests. Both are being Pottery Street, Pomona is the next road in the town set car park area, behind the converted to national park. to receive an upgrade following completion of resealing neighbouring hairdressers work along School Street outside Club Pomona and the and Chinese restaurant, as At Pomona, trailhead Noosa Council works depot. an ‘overflow area’ for even facilities will be located more outside guests and as opposite The Pomona Work is underway to repair failed sections of Pioneer Distilling Co., making its a private function area.

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More bike experiences planned as trails upgrade proceeds Hinterland residents have had a ‘sneak peek’ at what’s envisaged in the upgrade of the Noosa Biosphere Trail network that places Pomona at the centre of the action as Noosa Shire further develops its eco-tourism and nature-based tourism credentials.

it says will be built to ‘world class’ standards using a $1.44 federal government grant.

The gradual conversion of the Ringtail and Yurol forests from a source of commercial timber harvesting to national park will allow for a Ringtail horse riding circuit and a parallel Ringtail Creek mountain bike circuit, Principal Environmental Officer, Peter Milne, revealed in a report to Noosa Council.

“However, a large section is located on National Park land (which the council does not manage or maintain), so we are having discussions with QPWS about possible future alignments to capture the best experiences,” Mr Milne said.

Meanwhile, the council is close to presenting for public consultation plans for ‘trailhead facilities’ at Pomona and Cooran associated with the upgrade of the Noosa Biosphere Trail section between both town, which

“Trail auditors have completed their investigation into Trail 5 (Pomona to Cooran) and have come up with a few different options for the core multi-use trail.

“As part of the Trail 5 project we have started scoping out a new sign manual to meet current council and Australian Standards.”

A Boreen Point trail circuit is planned, incorporating an undefined ‘Lake Cootharaba experience’.

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Another section of the Kin Kin Road to be widened Amid constant and loud calls from hinterland residents for the PomonaKin Kin Road to be made safer and to stop quarry trucks using it, the federal and state governments have reacted by announcing a $6 million project to widen the road between Williams and Turnbull Roads.

The funding comes after both Noosa MP Sandy Bolton and Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart have made repeated requests to the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Minister to act on Kin Kin residents’ safety concerns about the more than 200 a day Kin Kin Quarry trucks using the road.

A section of the Pomona-Kin Kin Road between Williams and Turnbull Roads, identified as a priority section, will be widened through a $6 million project aimed at improving safety.

Meanwhile, the state government continues survey work and preconstruction activities associated with a new bridge that will replace the single-land Six Mile Creek Bridge at Pinbarren.

Construction of a new twolane bridge will start next year. The narrow bridge is considered inherently dangerous and no longer suitable for the mix of local traffic, school buses, quarry trucks and visitor traffic using it.

Noosa MP Sandy Bolton thanked the Minister for Transport and Main Roads (TMR), Mark Bailey, and his department for prioritising a further 800 metres of the section of the Pomona-Kin Kin Road for repair and improvement and submitting it to the Road Safety Program for Federal Government funding.

“The Queensland Government is responsible for their improvement, repair and maintenance, but this funding from the Australian Government encourages them to prioritise and fast- track these projects and get on with the job of making state roads safer for all road users,” Mr O’Brien said.

“The danger this road presents combined with inappropriate volume of heavy haulage cannot be understated. This is one step [more] in helping create greater safety, and I am deeply appreciative of all who have worked in these efforts” she said.

The Federal Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien, has welcomed the impending traffic movements. His government has contributed $4.8 million and the state government $1.2 million to the widening TMR have advised that of the Pomona-Kin Kin depending on outcomes Road, a state-controlled from ecological road. investigations and any

influence they may have on the final scope of works, construction could commence early next year and take approximately seven months, she said.

Ms Bolton called for driver patience when work finally starts on a replacement SixMile Creek Bridge at a cost of $18 million. Motorists can expect to continue using the existing one-lane bridge as a new two-lane replacement is constructed

alongside it.

“TMR have commenced consultation with neighbouring property owners who could be impacted, and we look forward to seeing the final designs” Ms Bolton. She said she would continue to advocate for funding for the remainder of the ‘book ends’ upgrades to the relatively new works on the Pomona-Kin Kin Road over the range section.

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Cooran residents petition council for hall restoration A petition signed by 242 Cooran residents, tabled at the 16 September ordinary meeting of Noosa Council, calls for a more sensitive treatment of the Cooran School of Arts Hall – the oldst public hall in the shire - following removal of internal fibrous cement walls containing asbestos.

rejecting replacement with VJ wall panelling, which they say will ruin the fine acoustic qualities of the hall and its timber vaulted ceiling.

“Don’t allow Noosa Council The interior of the Cooran School of Arts Hall, showing where to destroy the superb internal walls have been removed. acoustics of the Cooran Hall, which is acclaimed Noosa Orchestra,” the seeks to maintain. and appreciated by all petition states.

The residents want a like- artists who have performed The petitioners accept that for-like replacement, in the hall, including the The signees worry that the the walls need to be VJ sheeting proposed by replaced but want the new BRICKBAT Noosa Council for hall wall linings to be fibrous repairs will absorb sound. cement sheeting without A brickbat goes to the individual(s) whose anti-social asbestos. This treatment “Good acoustics require behaviour has resulted in the tagging of civic has been used on other infrastructure with graffiti. The worst of the unwelcome sound to bounce off the walls within the hall. walls, not be absorbed,” damage occurred at the Subway Avenue men’s toilets, “Fibre cement sheeting which required a callout by the Noosa Council clean-up they state. Fibre cement preserves heritage and sheeting has already team. Annoyed that the handiwork had been removed, reflects the history and proven to be the perfect those responsible involved returning the next day to intrinsic value of the destroy a soap dispenser. Photos have been taken of the material for this purpose building,” they said. tags in the event of subsequent legal action arising from and will retain the intrinsic value that the community the graffiti vandalism.

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Whistle blown on QR’s secret railway plans

by Brian O’Connor The Queensland Government has published a map for internal discussion that depicts a realigned North Coast Railway Line running through Pomona’s Cooroora Creek Park.

The alternative route for the main railway line between Cooran and Pomona is discussed in the North Coast Line Capacity Improvement Study, which has a 20-year planning horizon – meaning that the concept is not imminent and may change.

The study is a collection of plotted and costed alternatives – not necessarily in order of priority.

The proposed deviation would run from Pomona to Traveston under one of the options Queensland Rail (QR) is exploring to address future rail freight demand on the main line serving all of Queensland and to allow for longer freight trains operating at faster speeds. Existence of the study and its contents were revealed under Queensland Government Right to Information legislation.

The railway S-bends at Pomona, which cause the steel wheels of trains to ‘squeal’, are among the tightest on the state’s rail network and the town’s proximity to Brisbane means there are frequent crossing of train paths at Pomona and long delays for traffic at the Reserve Street level crossing as trains passing in either direction sit stationary across the road awaiting clearway access to the single track north and south of the town.

Under the government’s possible long-term planning scenario, the railway line would divert from its current route in the south, near the Pomona State School, then pass

TMR UPDATE ON RAILWAY REALIGNMENT PLANNING

“While realignment of the railway line between Pomona and Traveston is not currently funded for delivery, the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) continues to through the Hill Street demolition progress planning and delivery of yard on land which Queensland Rail owns already before being carried on other initiatives to enhance the four raised bridges over Hill, Mill and North Coast Line.

Exhibition Streets and the PomonaFunding Kin Kin Road. It follows a new path decisions for to a point immediately south of the future start of the Cooran Railway Station infrastructure passing loop (start of the second projects will be track through that station). dependent on, The plans do not show whether the proposed new railway line remains elevated over its entire distance through Cooroora Creek Park, leaving unanswered questions about noise from trains rumbling close to the rear of The Majestic Theatre and impacts on the flood hydrology of Cooroora Creek.

The way in which people use and appreciate the 10ha park would change fundamentally if the plans proceed beyond the drawing board.

Notwithstanding recent completion of a new Pomona Railway Station and cross-town path, QR proposes a new Pomona Railway Station for the Cooroora Creek Bushland Reserve, a sensitive remnant swamp eco-system adjacent to the Pomona Showgrounds.

Should this plan receive endorsement beyond just a ‘working concept’, it would allow for redevelopment of the current railway reserve land and station at Pomona, either as parkland or commercial development (part of it is floodprone), and would leave open the possibility of the current track and bridges being available for a connecting bicycle path between Cooran and Pomona, as shown on state government mapping of future extensions of its approved Principal Bicycle Network.

Noosa Council is aware of the state government planning. It owns the

and staged, according to the Neil Scales OBE highest priorities across the network to meet population growth and demand.

“Delivery of the realignment between Pomona and Travestion, is, therefore, subject to statewide prioritisation and further planning, including corridor preservation activities to protect the corridor against incompatible development.

Consistent with TMR’s approved planning policy, any future activities will be subject to consultation.”

– Neil Scales, Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads in a letter to Cooran Earth Rights dated 21 September 2021.

land on which Cooroora Creek Park sits.

The state’s railway realignment plan becomes the fundamental focal point around which Pomona’s future planning hangs in reviews of the Noosa Plan conducted every seven years. There has been no discussion with the community or coordination across local and state government about the obvious implications should the planning become reality.

Noosa Council believes it might be more than ten years before QR revisits its planning for railway line.

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Koala habitat destruction leaves hinterland as ‘Noah’s Arc’ and only hope of long-term survival It is a race against time to create a natural land bridge that will allow the last remnant population of koalas in Noosa Shire to transition to a new haven being created for them in the hinterland. New figures reveal that the iconic species has declined 37 per cent in Queensland since 2018 and there are real prospects that, in 10 years time, the only place they could be found within the shire is around Pomona and other hinterland towns.

These are the findings of the Australian Koala Habitat Atlas – a multi-million dollar mapping exercise identifying where koalas are

now and where they are likely to be located in the next decade. The most startling finding is that there are just 60,000 koalas left in Australia.

Koalas are at Tewantin National Park and are sometimes seen in surrounding backyards, and were at Perigian, but many of these would Urban sprawl, the clearing of land for have been killed in the 2019 summer new housing estates, attacks by dogs fire. Scattered koalas occur westwards to Eumundi and Moy and the extensive bushfires of 2019Pocket and north to Ross Creek on 20 are all reasons for the species’ the Tin Can Bay Road.” rapid decline, said Australian Koala Foundation Chair, Deborah Tabart.

A natural land ‘arc’ is being created for koalas in Noosa Shire – at the end “Land clearing is lethal to koala populations. Over the past few years of a wildlife corridor that will allow for coastal koalas to move west to the we have seen huge land clearance, particularly across New South Wales Yurol Forest and Ringtail Creek State Forests, which thousands of food and South East Queensland, for trees will need to be planted. farming, housing development and mining. We know that offsets don’t work and we also know that displaced koalas die.

“Urgent action to stop land clearing in prime koala habitat is required if we are to save our beloved national animal from peril,” she said. Ms Tabart called for a Koala Protection Act to save the koala.

“You could always take people to Noosa National Park to see at least half a dozen koalas, but now it’s very rare to see one. The park koalas are isolated from other koalas by busy roads so we think they’ll be entirely gone in a couple of years.

Noosa Council is helping manage a project that will see 2400ha of land become National Park.

The proposed change from State Forest to protected area tenure will result in permanent protection of this important corridor between Cooloola and Tewantin National Parks. It provides valuable habitat for a range of threatened species including the koala.

This is a unique project with commercial, community, local and state government organisations working together to achieve a significant outcome for the environment.

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Sprightly Elsie 100 years old

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Congratulations to Elsie Dalzell, who celebrated her 100th birthday recently. Elsie was born the same year as the Pomona Uniting Church was built and commemorated.

Elsie has lived a full life, including signing up for the Australian Women’s Army Service in 1942.

She worked for a time at the School of Military Intelligence, Southport. Her military service has been recognised. Elsie now lives with her daughter’s family in Pomona. She has five children, nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Elsie enjoys the regular Rummikub group on a Wednesday.

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Work continues on pumped hydro feasibility project at Lake Borumba Work is proceeding finally on a two -year engineering and design analysis, hydrological modelling and environmental impact assessment into construction of a ‘pumped hydro’ electricity generation project at Lake Borumba in the Mary Valley.

Renewable Energy Zone (QREZ).

Currently, 20 per cent of Queensland’s energy is generated from renewable sources, including solar and wind energy. As the amount of renewable generation capacity in Queensland’s energy system increases, the energy grid It is likely that large-scale pumped needs to integrate the variable output of technologies, such as hydro energy storage (pumped wind and solar, to ensure supply hydro) will play an important role and demand are balanced at all in the future energy system, by providing the large storage volumes times. required to replace thermal Pumped hydro energy storage is a generation. closed water system that moves between two large reservoirs With the potential to generate up constructed to one gigawatt of electricity at at different heights. The huge continuous 24-hour output, Borumba Dam has been selected as reservoirs are used to store bulk energy over several days, weeks or the first site for detailed cost and even seasonally. design analysis following a statewide assessment of potential pumped hydro locations.

The site has been identified due to its proximity to the high-voltage transmission network, existing dam infrastructure and location within the Southern Queensland

The ability to store energy in the upper reservoir of the system is why pumped hydro is often likened to a giant battery. Electricity can be generated almost immediately by releasing water back into the lower reservoir, giving pumped hydro fast and efficient ramping capabilities.

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Seniors encouraged to get out, be active and celebrate this October This October is celebrated as Seniors Month, with a theme of social connection.

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is the importance of connecting with others. That social connection is integral to our sense of belonging and our sense of community.

Supporting a month-long program of events is part of the Queensland Government’s commitment to build an age-friendly community, where older people are valued, respected and actively engaged in their community.

It has connected with the Council on the Ageing Queensland (COTA) to plan a series of events and activities targeted at seniors.

From Lego Masters for seniors in the South-East, cooking for one on a budget workshops in Picabeen, singing workshops in Logan, seniors swimming events in Mossman, a ukulele extravaganza in Cairns and a host of activities in between, there really is something for everyone.

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Meanwhile, Noosa Council is compiling and examining the results of its Ageing Well Noosa community survey, which invited locals over 65 to put forward ideas on the range of recreation and social activities they would like to be involved in.

Suggestions provided by the community will help create a 40-week program to assist inactive older adults to become more active.

“The results will help us plan a range of activities and programs, to get people more active, more often” said Noosa Community Programs Officer, Angela Romanowski.

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Rare tree species planted at Cootharabah Members of this Landcare restoration crew are pretty stoked about planting a couple of Bacon Wood trees on a site in Cootharabah area.

Bacon Wood is a vulnerable small tree, found along the margins of subtropical lowland rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest on deep coastal sands from central Fraser Island to the southern end of Lake Cootharabah.

Unfortunately not much is known about the species. As part of the Threatened Species Recovery Project, Noosa Landcare is hoping to identify its distribution

Better to speak the Aussie lingo Noosa Library Service offers support for newcomers from overseas or people having difficulty with speaking, reading and writing English, undertaking basic skills or managing their personal finances.

Volunteer tutors provide one-on-one support in literacy and numeracy at Cooroy and Noosaville Libraries.

Enthusiastic Noosa Landcare workers plant rare Bacon Wood seedlings at Cootharabah. and potential threats across the Noosa region.

The aim is to protect Bacon Wood more effectively for the future.

This project is supported by a Queensland Government Community Sustainability Action grant.

If you need assistance (or know someone who does), please contact the Literacy Coordinator on 5329 6555 or email us at libraries@noosa.qld.gov.au

Car crash highlights intersection safety deficiencies A rear-end collision at the corner of Pound Road and Exhibition Street, Pomona, on Saturday 25 September has highlighted the need for a dedicated turning lane to be constructed for vehicles turning right into Exhibition Street, which services a large residential area on the eastern side of town.

increase in quarry truck movements through town streets.

damaged extensively. Its female driver was uninjured, but shaken.

The crash occurred about 10am when Police were called and the QAFS team attended. a vehicle heading north on Pound Road stopped and indicated a right- A community survey conducted in turn against oncoming traffic. A 2015 identified the intersection as white Nissan Patrol travelling behind being susceptible to rear end stopped also, but a blue Rav-4 that collisions. For vehicles turning left was following braked suddenly and from Exhibition Street into Factory Calls for an improved intersection did not stop in time, colliding with Street-Pound Road, long grass have been persistent for the past five the rear of the car in front. sometimes impedes drivers’ sight years and have grown louder with an The front end of the blue car was lines.

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Noosa Council News Popular free buses back at Christmas Noosa Council is again encouraging us to leave the family car at home and travel on free fare-subsidised buses over the busy Christmas and Easter periods. Mayor Clare Stewart said the popularity of the Go-Noosa program and the benefits to providing alternatives to the car made it an easy decision for council to make.

“We all know that Christmas and Easter are our peak times for traffic congestion in Noosa, and anything that makes getting around easier and avoids circulating for a car park is a bonus for everyone,” Cr Stewart said.

Subject to TransLink approvals, travel will be free on TransLink buses servicing Sunshine Beach, Sunrise Beach, Peregian Beach, Noosa Parklands, Tewantin, Noosa Civic, Cooroy, Cooran and Pomona.

Council’s Go Noosa Loop Bus is also here to stay. The Loop Bus will again service a park-and-ride facility at the Weyba Road AFL ground and The J every 15 minutes until 7pm and half-hourly until 10pm. Both sites have ample parking. ******

Council wants to join SEQ mayoral body With prospects that South-East Queensland will receive millions of dollars in funding for major projects in the leadup to the 2032 Olympic Games and with the Federal Government likely to commit soon to a $58 billion ‘City Deal’ for the region, Noosa Council has reversed an earlier decision to opt out of the coordinating group of mayors that will help decide the carve-up of funds among their cities and shires.

Officially, Mayor Clare Stewart says the about-face is ‘a show of support for the South-East Queensland Council of Mayors and its successful bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games’.

“Noosa’s involvement is long overdue, and councillors feel we need to broaden our engagement with other councils and be part of future discussions on a range of issues impacting the shire,” she said.

“Previous Noosa Councils decided not to be part of the SEQ Council of Mayors and that was their choice, but we consider collaboration and robust dialogue with other councils as vital.”

Should the other member councils agree, Noosa will re-join their ranks and pay a $35,000 annual membership.

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Locals sought to implement climate plan Noosa Council is on the hunt for 10 locals to guide implementation of Noosa’s Climate Change Response Plan. They will become members of a community reference group that would provide practical advice on putting the council’s new Climate Change Response Plan into action.

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“In practical terms the panel will consider, for example, how we encourage the take-up of low-to-zero emissions vehicles and put waste reduction programs into place to help meet our community’s 2026 net-zero emissions target,” Cr Tom Wegener said.

“The reference group will also consider how to develop and attract green industries to Noosa Shire and how we can help businesses reduce their energy costs through the take-up of renewable energy sources.”

To lodge an expression of interest to join the reference group, visit the Your Say Noosa website.

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Residents have a giggle at Hill Street repair squiggles

This picture shows the squiggle repairs up Hill Street, Pomona.

As work continues on patching failed sections of Pioneer Road that continue to require road surface re-profiling due to the pounding caused by quarry trucks and other heavy vehicles, the Department of Transport and Main Roads has taken the bitumen ‘watering can’ to fixing cracks appearing in Hill Street at Pomona.

As a road surface gets older the bitumen oxidises, becomes brittle and then cracks. These cracks allow water to enter the base layers of the road, leading to the formation of potholes.

The substance that crews use typically, is a highperformance polymerasphalt mix specially designed to form a flexible Locals have taken to bond capable of preventing calling Hill Street ‘squiggle further cracking. street’, due to the crazed While crack sealing effect of the repairs that certainly helps prevent make the road surface like cracks from worsening, the a while lot of joined jigsaw process is not without its pieces. flaws. For one, it doesn’t The repairs are needed and really make the road any usually are a precursor to a smoother in most cases. full asphalt overlay.

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Speed humps solution supported to slow Reserve Street speedsters Traffic calming measures for Reserve Street are back on the agenda after the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) refused an earlier request from the Pomona and District Chamber of Commerce to raise the existing pedestrian crossing to make it a single large speed bump, similar to what has happened on the council-controlled Maple Street in Cooroy.

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The matter was discussed at the Kin Kin Quarry Stakeholders Reference Group. Officer-in-charge of the Pomona Police Station, Sen. Sgt. Dan McNamara told a public meeting called to discuss the quarry truck problem that he supported the initiative. TMR is investigating.

While welcoming further investigation into ways traffic can be slowed and the 40kph limit enforced Road safety was not along Reserve Street, local sufficiently compromised businesses want to be to warrant the consulted about the speed transformation on Reserve bump designs, which could Street, the department told include a strip of raised the Chamber. concrete embedded in the The latest suggestion rising road or bolt-on metal out of community concern sections. around the number and The fear is that, in addition speed of quarry trucks to the noise the quarry using the road through trucks make, business town, let alone dust and owners and customers of noise pollution, is for speed outlets offering al-fresco humps to be installed footpath dining will be outside the Pomona subjected to a constant kerDistillery and close to the thunk, ker-thunk sound roundabout where every time the wheels of Memorial Avenue every vehicle using the intersects Reserve Street. street passes over the speed bump.

The winner of the raffle of a painting by artist Christine de Stoop, in aid of the Pomona Railway Station Gallery, has been won by Avia Magdalene.

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Architect who ‘trod lightly on landscape’ honoured in gallery exhibition of his work Award-winning Australian architect Gabriel Poole was known for his innovative, light-weight designs that profoundly influenced the direction of architecture in this state.

Site and climate responsive, the internationally renowned architect’s commitment to working with the realities of location, materials and budget epitomised the ways in which an architectural response can strengthen the character and identity of a region.

Space in Which the Soul Can Play is a new exhibition surveying Poole’s practice across some five decades.

chance to cast an eye across half a century of practice by a celebrated architect – to see at scale in one public space juxtaGabriel Poole, architect Charting the development positions of iconic buildings that speak of, as of his creative practice that is today synonymous with well as help define, a the best architecture across particular time and place - a heightened sense of living in the moment which the Sunshine Coast region, is wonderfully rare. comes with such an the exhibition provides a “Poole’s buildings possess rare opportunity to an honesty, connectedness experience, and that in itself has the power to pull experience a host of spaces and functional elegance the world into perspective,” not often available to us to that encourage an Mr Brennan said. explore at our leisure. awareness of the Says co-curator and Noosa surrounding environment Please visit Regional Gallery Director and the individual’s place www.noosaregionalgallery.

Michael Brennan: “The within it. There is perhaps com.au.

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2D AND 3D ART EXHIBITION SET TO SURPRISE Retrospective is a combination of 2D and 3D art by two women who spend a great deal of their lives in rural Queensland. The scenes, colours and glazes in many of the works reflect this.

Trish Poole has always been interested in art and design, mainly self-taught. Trish has attended many workshops over the years and has exhibited her work in Brisbane.

Through her watercolours and acrylics, Trish, who now lives in Pomona, has endeavoured to capture the unique beauty of the harsh, often challenging environment around Muttaburra-Longreach area where she lived for 35 years - the hilly outcrops, glorious sunsets, silver foliage of the graceful Boree trees and the twisted limbs and trunks of the native trees as they fought for survival in dry times. A keen gardener, the vibrant colours of nature are a feature in other works Trish has in the exhibition.

Marge Martin lives in Cooroy but her formative years were spent on a property in Central Qld and later in the Springsure district where she lived for 40 years. While in Springsure, Marge was very active in the local pottery group and spent

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many years as a secretary.

On moving to Cooroy, she joined Suncoast Clayworkers and enjoys the challenges of hand-building nonfunctional works as well as producing wheel-thrown domestic ware. Clay as a medium allows many different forms and functions to be pursued and the challenge is which road should you follow?

Marge has exhibited at the Nambour Garden Show, Pomona Art in the Paddock, the Hub, and been part of Claymates, Ignition and Butter Factory Friends exhibitions. Marge volunteers at the Butter Factory on a regular basis and her functional, colourful and often quirky items are much sought after at the Pomona Railway Station Gallery shop and other venues.

COVID rules permitting, the monthlong Retrospective exhibition will open on Saturday 2 to 27 October in

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In the Banana Shed, until 28 October, we have Astrid Stevenson’s exhibition Paints & Pastels on display.

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Janis tells the story Students show us their art world of the other Janis For those of a certain age who can remember the Age of Aquarius, hippies, yippies or who identify with the ‘psychedelic sixties’, it’s time to fall in love again with singer Janis Joplin, like it’s 1969. The singer rose to fame in the late 1960s and was known for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals.

Janis, The Story, The Music, The Legend will be celebrated at The Majestic Theatre by another Janis, this time Janis Smithers.

No-one does Janis like Janis.

The evening performance, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday 9 October, will feature all of Joplin’s biggest hits and especially celebrating 50 years since the release of the Number 1 album Pearl, including Bobby McGee (Cry Baby, Piece of My Heart, Summertime and Mercedes Benz), plus feature songs from The Doors and Jimi Hendrix.$30.

The bar opens at 6.30pm and the show starts an hour later.

Mixed media piece on display at The Butter Factory.

From 22 October to 14 November, Years 11 and 12 seniors from the Noosa District High School will present ALT.kNOWledge – described as an alternative knowledge of the world through the eyes of young people during a period of limited freedom and lockdowns.

Through imaginative art representations, the students also express their concerns about our environment – both close to home and further afield, of losses and gains, of grief and of simple pleasures, of our history and of unpalatable truths.

These artworks are assessment pieces, and they are also a powerful insight into what is going on for Generation Z.

Cooroy’s first Oktoberfest You may not be able to fly to Germany for the famous Ocktoberfest, but you can do the next best thing – celebrate here.

The German Bakehouse Group and restaurant Saw and Mill present Cooroy’s first annual Oktoberfest Festival in Saturday 9 October.

For the whole day, Cooroy becomes Cooroyhoff, filled with German food, beer and sweets, as well as hotdog eating competitions, a pretzel toss and replay races. Don’t forget to brush off your Dirndl and Lederhosen for the best dressed competition in aid of Lifeline. Focus of the fun will be Opal Street, Cooroy.

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Prestigious award winners on show at The Butter Factory The Cooroy Butter Factory is the venue for this year’s judging and staging of exhibits competing for the Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence, conducted by Ceramic Arts Queensland (CAQ), the umbrella organisation for potters and ceramic artists in Queensland and northern NSW. The award recognises artistic excellence in ceramics, pottery and sculpture.

The guest judge for the 2021 award is Diana Warnes, Head of Curatorial Projects at the Home of the Arts, Gold Coast (HOTA).

Karen Finzel launches a Women’s Collaborative Network for Noosa Shire Inspired by her participation in National Rural Women’s Coalition forum in Canberra, Cr Karen Finzel will launch the Noosa Shire Women’s Collaborative Network at The Majestic Theatre on Sunday 17 October.

Over three hours, those attending will be inspired by speakers including Cooroy Rag editor, Alex Purcell, Pomona State School Principal, Alyson Covey, and Ananke magazine editor-at-large, Melanie Bublyk.

“This is a great opportunity to network and discuss ‘women in leadership’ with a panel of great local women from our community,” Cr Finzel said.

There will be a live performance

by Steve and Ainsley Apirana. The $25/$20 ticket price includes afternoon tea.

The event is planned to start at 2.30pm (bar open from 1.30pm).

Further details on The Majestic Theatre website.

Fom 22 October to 28 November, the finest pieces in these fields will be on display in The Creamery and The Butterbox sections of the gallery.

CAQ is one of Australia’s oldest arts organisations.

It has a long and proud history of fostering and supporting talented clay workers. Over the years, many members have gone on to become internationally recognised artists.

CAQ holds one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Australian ceramics acquired over many years. In 2021 the Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence will be an acquisitive competition. It is open to CAQ members and non-members Australia wide.

First prize is $7000 cash, with highlycommended and people’s choice awards too.

The opening event will take place at the gallery between 6pm and 8pm, Friday 22 October.

The official opening guest is art historian Timothy Roberts.

He is Visiting Fellow at the Harry Gentle Resource Centre, Griffith University, vice -president of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, and member of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.

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Watch out for aggressive magpies protecting their nests.

Beware swooping magpies is the message from Noosa Council, which has some tips for those walking or cycling who encounter the black and white dive-bombers during the bird’s breeding season to November.

If you are walking or cycling in known areas with swooping birds there are some simple precautions you can take, according to Craig Doolan, the council Environmental Services Manager.

The council urges people to take the Other birds, such as Noisy Miners, Peewees and Butcherbirds can also be following:  Wear a hat and sunglasses or hold aggressive at this time of the year. an umbrella over your head.

“Most magpies do not attack, but  To avoid the risk of falling, during breeding season some dismount from a bike and walk individual birds can become quickly through the area. aggressive in defending their nests,” says Council’s Environmental  Attach cable ties to bike helmets to Services Manager Craig Doolan. distract the birds when riding.

Become a Noosa Show Society member If you had fun at this year’s Noosa Country Show – that’s just about everyone – you might like to consider becoming a member of the organisation that puts it all together, the Noosa Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society. The society owns the Pomona Showgrounds and operates the very successful Pomona Caravan Park, also on the grounds. With buildings and stages that the community can hire, so much is going on, and so much help is needed. Membership costs just $11 per year, which provides an opportunity to be involved in planning and decision-making. Among skills highly sought are handymen/women and those with logistics and marketing experience. To learn more, and to access the membership form, please visit https:// www.noosashowsociety.org.au/membership.

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Show-offs Starting on a positive note, how good was it getting back to the Noosa Country Show at the Pomona Showgrounds this year. Literally it was a breath of fresh air and a chance to shake off some of the Covid shadow.

The weather couldn’t have been better - good crowds attended, especially on the Friday. Everyone largely behaved! Kudos to the public and a big thanks to the show committee and their staff who did an excellent job. It was one of the bestrun shows I’ve been to, in fact, and I am looking forward to the next one, whether in uniform or not.

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Kin Kin Range. Unladen truck and dog combinations - even travelling on or below the speed limit - can create a booming sound that would be very difficult to sleep through if you lived within earshot of the road.

It’s a tough way to start the day and it doesn’t relent for most of the daylight hours, Monday to Saturday.

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Ph: 5480 1733 percentage of reported offences with your help, and I’m confident that someone would be aware of which rocks these crooks are currently hiding under, so help us to help you.

There’s been a spate of break and enters in Pomona and Cooroy over the past month with the offender targeting local businesses and several churches. This is an unwelcome spike for us as we’ve been travelling pretty well over the past year crime-wise.

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We’re continuing to perform daily traffic enforcement whenever possible throughout the Division and respond to your complaints, the vast majority of which concern PomonaKin Kin Road.

The fatigue and distress on residents and business owners is genuine.

I submit that most of the truck drivers generally comply with speed limits, as evidenced by our radars and TMR speed strips data. However, it remains that an approved heavy haulage route utilises narrow country roads not fit for this purpose.

Police parked at Pinbarren around 5.30am and performing traffic enforcement duties now understand crystal clear what many residents from Pioneer Road, Pomona through Other legal avenues are underway to modify the operating times and to Kin Kin have been enduring for numbers of trucks on these roads A good condition dual axle open top the past few years. and I genuinely want to thank the aluminium car trailer has also been We do cop some of the quarry truck affected community for their stolen from a Pinbarren private noise as the large haulage vehicles stoicism while these matters play property and would possibly still be cross the railway lines in town on out. in circulation locally. their way to the quarry before 6am.

However, the nuisance noise is While we are following lines of Social Indoor Bowls inquiry with these offences, any and nothing quite like what police at Pomona Hall all information is welcome directly to encountered recently at Pinbarren. us at the Pomona station or Wednesday 9am - 11.30am On a still spring morning, what anonymously to Crimestoppers on Arrive 8.30am sounds uncannily like summer 1800 333 000.

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COMMUNITY HOUSE AGM The Pomona and District Community House AGM is an opportunity to celebrate Pomona Community House achievements over the past year.

The AGM date is set for Saturday, 30 October at the Lawson Shed. Starting at 9.30am.

The House seeks to build a strong and vibrant community by providing a range of activities and services which are available for all.

The committee meets once a month and occasionally when needed.

Our treasurer’s position is available and we are seeking an enthusiastic team member who is good with finances. A position is also available on the management committee.

All interested parties are invited to contact our President, Lesley Matthews, via email on admin@pomonacommunityhouse.com.au for further information. All nominations must be in writing at least 14 days prior to the AGM—15 October 2021.

Please RSVP your attendance by phoning 5485 2427. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance numbers may be limited.

Calling all artists and crafters Thanks to Brooke Cooper and an enthusiastic band of volunteers, the regular Kin Kin monthly markets are up and running after tumultuous and uncertain times during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brooke is the new market coordinator for the first Sunday of the month event.

The first of the rejuvenated markets saw a return of all the old favourites, including fabulous breakfasts and coffee.

Meanwhile, the doors of the Kin Kin School of Arts hall will be thrown open to local artists and crafters, and all who admire their wares, at the first Kin Kin Spring Art Fair on Saturday and Sunday, 6 and 7 November. Entry will be free and no commissions will be charged for those exhibitors who wish to take part.

Some of the exhibiting artists will be sharing their art and techniques with visitors on the day and there will be a special section for children’s art.

The Kin Kin Depot is organising the event on behalf of the Kin Kin Community Group.

For more information, phone 0418 395 928 or email msjowiles@gmail.com.

It’s a tea cup, but we are not sure whether it is tea or coffee that Kin Kin Community Group president Jann Bonsall is drinking at a recent market day. Whatever it is, it must taste good.

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Ultra trail runners show strong interest in race

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Job Role Supported by Coordinator/Bookkeeper These runners are undergoing the 80km ‘Hinterland Traverse’ race along the trail network around Pomona. It is conducted over 80km and involves a vertical ascent to 1800m.

Phone Heather 041 111 4077 to chat.

The media launch of the Noosa Ultra-Trail race event based on the Noosa Biosphere Trail has sparked a flurry of interest in what is being billed as a ‘world event’ to take place in the hinterland next March.

Thousands of visitors and competitors are expected to travel to the region for the six racing events of various length and complexity over three days, from 23-27 March 2022.

Promoter and organiser, Nick Stewart, said many would stay on to experience the towns and attractions that the Noosa Hinterland has to offer.

Kin Kin camping fees increase It couldn’t last for much longer – Noosa Council has increased fees for camping at the Kin Kin Oval, but the new price of $10 a night, up from $6, is still a bargain.

New signs explain the increase and the camping conditions.

The price hike was made at the request of the Kin Kin Community Group, which retains camping fees for community projects. Its coffers are likely to be boosted by moves to attract more walkers and horse riders to the Noosa Biosphere Trail and in light of moves to bring more visitors to the town once the Country Life Hotel is refurbished.

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